The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 4, 1896, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1896, DEMOCRATIC WAR AT SACRAMENTD, The State Convention Is Likely to Be a Gory Thing. LINING UP ON FINANCE. Federal Brigade Gold Forces and Silver Men From Hills and Valleys. THE BUCKLEY-JUNTA BATTLE. Buckleyites Will Make a Silver Play and Shrewdly Complicate Their Contest. The IMmocratic State Convention is ten weeks distant in the future, but it looms up now as a battlefield that will be gory when the day is done. There will be two chief struggles in that convention according to all present indi- cations. The fight of broadest importance will bg that between the silver and the gold forces. The fiercest battle, and tbe | one of most local significance, will be that between the contesting Buckley and Junta gations that now seem sure to be sent to Sacramento. The Junta delegation will be owned by the Federal brigade, no matter how the ight over Rainey in the Junta turns out. t fight has local politics for its chief motive. If the new Lanigan combination wins complete control of the general com- mittee and creates the delegation, it will be by a very great majority for gold, for the administration and for Carlisle. All the chief influences in the Junta—Daggett, Rainey, Welburn, McN Lanigan, Wise, and others—are for ‘‘sound and the Federal brigade will, of v be united in support of adminis- tration policy and the personal interests of the Secretary of the Treasury. The in- fluence of other Federal officials who are iling patronage strings in local , to some extent, be thrown the So, if the Junta delegation is will be pretty nearly one xty-one votes for Carlisle ld plunkea solidly into the conven- ere hund in how this gold and silver come out a4t the convention, men are afraid of defeat. id that in spite of all infin- an be brought to bear through- State the hill tribes will come the mount: and the hus- p from the valleys with such ments under the silver will run the conven- ns are that the gold be beaten, though their strength midable. a delegation will present the a lot of personal enemies her for the power that dis- bs just exactly as in the h is controlled by , the members pull of respect to their jobs. t and Welburn will have most of zation, and there is considerable 1 between them. If Rainey win the local organization Daggett t the big end of the delegation at business wi the i Sac Welburn will have con- siderab anigan, the newly crowned boss of the Junta, who proposeés to make Rainey a mere pretender, succeeds in run- ) tion, Welburn will get as *n if not a little more than Daggett. olieccor John H. Wise and John Dag- e bitter enem Wise will get ition in the Junta delegation ral members of the general nittee pave Custom-house jobs. No- body knows where Wise stands in the local t le, Last fall when the anti- Buckley movement was started, McNab others thought they had patched u s between Wise and Daggett to S extent that W, e would go into the anti-Buckley combination. Then he sud- denly wentto Los Angeles on important business on the eve of that meeting when A Watkins was elected chairman. He left his politics to be managed by his son Ha and when he got back he was amzazed and chagrined to find that his son had landed him in the Buckley camp. However, he faade the best of it by going late to the first meeting of the Buckley general commitree after he had received that the crowd was large ana the was a success. Since then Wise has been considerably ont of politics. He has friends ana Custom-house employes in both the Buckley and Junta general com- mittees and he will probably come out all righ t Max Popper, who is a gold man, likes Daggett as he likes poison, and there are rts of ties like that among the Junta e who will tigure as influences in the mento delegation. - tight of the contesting Junta and delegations will open almost at rst whack of Chairman Gould’s gavel, ) his fight seems destined to be in- volved in the financial contest. T ¢ NOW seems no prospect of a com- between the local factions. Both w 1161 delegates to the convention. The Junta is banking largely on the pres- tige gained by its r ition by the State Central Committee and on the hostility to Fu among_the representatives of the i The Junta expects that Chair- mar Gould nd Secretary Markley will put 161 delegates on atemporary roll and that they will thas get a chance to vote for a chairman who willappoint a friendly committee on cre- dentials. If there is an attempt to do this the battle storm .will break then and there, and if any determined effort is made e the Junta the best of it one of the ws of Democratic_convention his- tory will at once be in action. The Buck- leyites count on their showing ot Demo- cratic strength necessary to the party, on the right of their cause, on the wrong of Junta cause, on Democratic conven- on precedents and in their orators, protestants and howlers. But they are figuring on something else, They sece the Junta .delegaticn getting ready to go up with the Federal brigade Carhisle and gold delegates. They to send a silver delegation, fayorable to Maguire and White tes at large. That will be good kely. The convention will hear for gold the knocking of 161 silver men and then the knocking of 161 gold men and the complexion of the convention and will depend largely, if hom the door is opened. Of course many of the pulls and in- fluences will figure in the contest. The representatives of the rest of tne Btate can order in 161 votes of the kind they want. The contest will not be wholly Buckley and anti-Buckley by any means. Personal ambitions and the control of San Francisco Democratic polities will be in- voived and probably a California contest in tiie National Convention, for the Buck- -deyites declare that if they are shut out at Sqcramento they will send contesting es 10 Chicago from the Fourth and Fifth districts. Daggets, it is now said, will not be a ate for delegate at large, although be wants to name two or three. Welburn and Wise of the Federal brigade and likely W. D. English_are expected to be candi- dates. Gavin McNab-isalready consulting a good deal about the sort of men that ought to go from the Fourth and Fifth districts, and he favors such men as A. A. Watkins, E. B. Pond, George F. Marye and James D. Phelan. Opposed to the Federal-brigade candi- dates there will be Maguire and White for delegates at large. They represent the silver and anti-railroad element, and on the financial complexion of the convention their fortunes wilrmainly depend. There is no doubt that strong anti-rail- 10ad resolutions will be adopted and 1ail- road influences will be directed merely to lightening the blow or to boost a resolu- tion favoring Government ownership, a rlay that the railroad makes whenever it can, because it thinks it good politics to make it appear in the East that California sentiment 1s in favor of the proposition., As likely as not resolutions indorsin, Governor Budd will be introduced, and 1 s0 there will be some more fun. From all over the State low, rasping sounds can be detected. Meat axes are being ground for something like this, . VISITED THE Y. M. C. A. Praise From Chauncey M. Depew and Cornelins Vanderbilt. Yesterday afternoon Chauncey M. De- pew and Cornelius Vanderbilt, accom- panied by Colonel C. F. Crocker, called on H.J. McCoy at the new building of the Young Men's Christian Association, Ma- son and Ellis streets, and inspected the building from top to bottom. They were delighted with the appoint- ments of the building. Mr. Depew re- marked to Colonel Crocker that it was the finest association building he had ever seen, and Mr. Vanderbilt declared it was ahead of anything they had in New York City and said the edifice was certainly a great honor to San Francisco, These gen- tlemen are deeply interested in the special work for young men, and it is hoped that both of them will be prevailed upon to say a few words at the grand mass- meeting in the auditorium of the associa- tion building to-morrow afternoon at 3 o’clock, when an orchestra of fifty instru- ments will lead the singing. The service Sunday aiternoon will be limited to young men between 16 and 45 years exclusively. PRINTERS IN DISTRESS, Typesetting Machines Destroy- ing Means of Live- lihood. Union Delegates Express Their Con- fidence in the Efficiency of the Labor Council. The Labor Council held an unusually interesting meeting last evening. The re- ports of the various unions in regard to the attitude they would take in regard to the friction which has arisen between the Labor Council and the Central Alliance was one of the interesting features. All the unions reporting, including the Iron- molders, the Boiler-makers, the Coopers. the Typographical, the Electrical-workers and the Pattern-makers, declared allegi- ance to the council. The Coopers, Elec- trical-workers and Pattern-makers, how- ever, it was stated, had taken no formal action on the matter. E. W. Thurman of the Typographi- cal Union stated that the union had dis- cussed the deplorable state in which the crait had been forced by the introduction of typesetting machines in ail of the news- paper offices, THE CALL excepted, and in many of the leading joboffices. _After con- sidering the best means of relieving the distress of many members of the union the following resolutions were unani- mously adopted : WHEREAS, Many typesetters have been re- moved from employment by the Mergenthaler typesetting machine, thereby bringing distress and want into their homes; and whereas, the continued introduction of said machines will within a year almost destroy hand composi- tion in San Francisco, thereby removing from the community and scattering throughout the country many hundreds of typesetters who, although they have served years at their trade, will be forced into the ranks of unskilled labor; and whereas, many employing printers in this City express hearifelt sympathy for us and _desire to assist morally, financially and intellectuslly, therefore be it Resolved, That the following-named mem- bers be and are hereby appointed a committee to confer with said proprietors as to the best measurcs to be pursued to alleviate the dis- tress, and to obtain such testimony and take such measures as_will promote the object of this resolution: L.T.House, C. H. Jensen, W W.Shannon, Henry A. Chase, F. M. Pattee, A. Sutton, John Collins, W. G. Alberti, C. Hawkes, J. W, Butler, M. McGlynn, f. E. Gnekow, I. I. Neubarth, 8. I Jenner, Hoelier, A. Schwatks, J. Phiilips. Otto Grassman, one of the members of the Bakers’ Union, whom Labor Commis- sioner Fitzgerald deputized to examine the bakeshops with regard to their sani- tary conditions and also as to the condi- tions of the employes, requested the co- operation of the council. A committee consisting of Messrs. Burns, Milne and McArthur was appointed to wait upon the Bakers’ Union and ascertain how the council could best be of service to them. A communication was received from the Racine Typographical Union stating that the members of that organization haa been locked out since January on account of demanding recognition, and they had started a paper of their own. They asked financial support from the unions in this City. The matter was referred to the Typographical Union. W. McArthur of the Coast Seamen’s Union introduced resolutions reaffirming the faith of the council in its efficiency, and deprecating any movement to sup- plant it by any organization working upon side issues. Tne resolutions, which were understood to be the statement of the at- titude of the council in regard to the Cen- tral Alhance, he supported with a spirited speech, They were adopted unanimously. —————————- VERY EASY FOR THE WIZARD, Schaefer Defeats Garnier in the Second of the Seeies. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 3.—Wizard Schaefer easily defeated Albert Garnier, the Belgian champion, for the second time in the series of the Garner-Schaefer-Ives 18-inch balk line billiard tournament at Madison Square Garden to-night. The fifth and semi-final game of the series was slower than any of the previous games and did not attract much public interest. Garnier had already been worsted in all the other awmes in which he had participated and fis deteat by Schaefer was anticipated. Garnier was exceedingly nervous and seemed unable to keep control of the balls for any length of time. Schaefer did not have to extend himself and as a conse- quence the game was long drawn out. To-morrow night the New York series will conclude with the second game b tween Schaefer and Ives. The’'score was: Schaefer, 600; best run, 132; average, 26 2-23. Garnier, 204; best run, 35; aver- age, 9 3-11. —_ Killed Both Women. CLINTON, IvrL., April 3.—James Polen, living near the machine-shops in this city, quarré'ed with his wife late this afternoon on account of attentions she had been re- ceiving from another man. His wife's mother, Mrs. William Miller, defended her daughter. Palen became enraged and seized a shotgun, with which he killed both the women. He then attempted suicide, but was arrested. . i e T Retivement of a Captain. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 3.—Captain Charles C. de Rudio, Seventh Cavalry, U. S. A., has been directed to proceed to his home at San Diego, Cal., 10 await retire- ment.- This action was taken at Captain de Rudio’s request. |STRONG. LANGUAGE USED, Depositors of the Looted People’s Bank Score Its Di- rectors. TRUTH OF THE:MANAGEMENT. The Board Condemned for Dismissing Flournoy—Directors Viewed With Distrust. A mass-meeting of depositors of the People’s Home Savings Bank was held last night at Foresters’ Hall, 102 O'Farrell street. I. H. Qualman occupied the chair. T. H. McCarthy stated that the execu- tive committee had -prepared resolutions regarding the removal of John Flournoy as attorney of the directors. “‘Such is the condition of affairs in the People’'s Home Bank,” he declared, ‘‘we all ought to be aroused. This meeting was not properly advertised and this ac- counts for the comparatively small attend- ance. Ithink it would be well to postpone action for a week.”” George T. Conant favored prompt and decisive action and called for the report of the committee, which was read as follows: WHEREAS, The board of directors of the People’s Home Savings Bank, at & meeting held March 31, 1896, removed John Flournoy from the office of attorney for the bank on the plea of aileged economy, when certain mem- bers of said board have always shown evidence of reckless extravagance and improper diver- sion of funds; and whereas, we believe the real object of the removal of Mr. Flournoy to be to make places for the legal buzzards of M. H. Sherman and other debtors of the bank; and whereas, the creditors of this bank from San Diego to Siskiyou look with distrust and suspicion upon every act of the present board since the depositors were refused a continua- tion of representation in the directorate at the annual election in January last, a majority of sald board being now composed of figureheads working in harmony with scheming interests inimicable to the welfare of deposiors; therefore, be it Resolved, That we condemn the action of the majority of said board in removing from office the only attorney who has ever proven satis- iactory to the depositors, & man who stands unimpeachable as a lawyer and one who has worked faithfully and conscientiously for the interest of the depositors. Resolved, That we believe this spasm of al- leged economy in dispensing with the services of Attorney Flournoy, who was receiving a minimum salary one-fifth the amount of his incompetent predecessor, at a time when a score of suits involving $300,000 of assets are pending, is a mere subterfuge to dispense with a man who would not be & pliant tool in con- summating their scheme, ana be it Resolved, That we have no confidence in Directors George Stone, 8. K. Thorn- ton, W. H. Phelps, W. P. Taylor and E. M. Freeman. That 8. K. Thornton having received certain sums of money for services as director and retained the same after a motion prevailed to refund has proven himself devoid of honor and unworthy of pub- lic confidence; that W. H. Phelps having be- come & director in place of I. L. Merrill, and who was bribed to resign, is not calculated to inspire confidence in the public mind as to the integrity of purpose in his presence there; that W. P. Taylor has shown himself a pliant tool of schemers by voting ona resolution for the removal of Attorney Flournoy without con- sideration or examination of the facts. George Stone has acted as president of the bank dur- ing its course of nearly three years in liquida- tion. The bank has paid but 15 per cent to. depositors during .that period, while a sum largely in excess of dividends has been absorbed in expenses and other questionable ways, so it must be apparent to the most feeble- minded that if George Stone did not partici. pate in the extravagant waste of poor people’s money he was passive while it was going on; and, be it further Resolved, That the collective and individual effort of every depositor is needed to prevent further waste of their money and to check- mate M. H. Sherman, who, next to the man- agement, did more to ruin the bank than any ome else by unloading upon it worthless se- curities, and who is now, by help of schemers who now have complete control in the bank management, seeking to avoid his liability for what few claims the bank can enforce against him. We appesl to the.courts, the Bank Com- missioners, the Attorney-General and to the Governor of the State to do us justice. T. 8. Williams, a member of the execu- tive committee and an ex-director of the bank, declared the removal of Flournoy was damnable. “I know those rascals. Isat with them,” he continued, “having seen them vote to retard all measures for the depositors’ benefit. And I tell you it is time to take the bull by the horns when they removed the only honest man in the outfit. “Wedon’t want any defunct politician running the bank,” exclaimed Conant. “1 move we petition the Bank Commis- sion to remove S. K. Thornton, Sherman, Taylor and Phelps.” The motion was carried unanimounsly. George T. Conant was elected to the executive committee in place of N. Mor- com, resigned. The meeting adjourned until next Fri- day night, when depositors will meet in the same hall. HOW STEIL WAS BUNCOED Alleged Footracers Must Answer to the Charge of Grand Larceny. Ryan, Flynn and Brochard Tell How the “ Double Cross” Was Given Their Friend. It reouired something like six hours yesterday for Judge Low to hear the evi- dence in the case of the three alleged foot- race swindlers who successfully got away with $1000 belonging to Arthur W. Steil. ‘When the testimony was all in it took his Honor just two minutes to surround J. W. Ryan, J. W. Flynn and Frederick Brochard, the accused men, with $5000 bonds each for their appearance before the Supreme Court. Last night Ryan and Flynn told the story of the alleged footrace with con- siderable bravado, though it was evident that they were fearful of the outcome. Ryan said he met Mclver and Steil in front of the California Hotel, and there the scheme to make $1000 was planned. Ryan was Known as 8 mining man of weu{zh. while Steil thought it would sound better if he was a racehorse man, so for the time being he was Porter Ashe. Mclver was to be known as_his private secretary. Ryan told hisfriends that it was.a “cinch”’ to bet any amount on his ability to beat Flynn any distance from 50 to 500 yards. Steil was elated at the prospect of picking up a few dollors so easily, so he agreed to bet $1000, if not more. Flynn, the winner of the footrace, told how” he came to make the bet with Ryan and how Brochard was drawn into the affair. The latter had backed him in sim- 1lar events before, and consequently did not hesitate to loan him $1000. The wit- ness said the only thing which troubled him at the time was the poscibility that Steil (for the nonce Porter Ashe) might de- sire to bet a larger sum than $1000. The only way to overcome this difficulty was to resort to trickery. The stakeholder, a friend of his, was to ass the neatly rolled ckage of bills ack to him. Flynn would then be in a position to bet another thousand. This could be done any number of times, re- sulting, of course, in Bteil's putting up his good money against nothing. The ambi- tious tailor, however, could only raise the original sum agreed on, and so the matter went at that. Flynn insisted on the perfect honesty and squareness of the race. Burchard, be- fore loaning him the money, had insisted on knowing'if the race was straight, and Flynn had .assured him that everything was on the “‘dead level.” In addition to Flynn and Ryan, Frank Brochard, W. P. Gilpin, J. C. Tncy and 8. C. Bowley were also called as witnesses, their testimony being substantially the same as that of the principals, The ac- cused men had not succeeded in sscuring bail up to a late hour last night. - DEATH OF DR. FISK. An Ex-School Director and State Sen- ator Passes Away at His Home. Dr. Henry M. Fisk died at his residence, 2100 Bush street, at 1 o’clock this morning. Dr. Fisk was one of the oldest and best- known citizens, having held several of- fices of trustin this City and State. Atone time he was a school director. He was once & member of the Board of Health and also a State Senator. He was 72 years of age and leaves a widow and three q)mwn children, two daughters anda son. Dr. Fisk was well-to-do, and in times past enjoyed a very large practice. His death was not unexpected as he had been ill for some time past. MISSION BOY BURGLARS: Lads 16 and 19 Years of Age Break Into a Grocery Store. Henry Steir, the Youngest, When Arrested This Morning, Con- fessed the Crime. Two more youthful criminals have been caught after a daring robbery and are now lodged safely at the City Yrison, Neither of them are quite as youthful as were the Oakland boy burglars, yet the youngest, Henry Steir, is but 16 years of age. His partner in crime is Louis Dehrmann, who is three years oldaer. Some time between 9 o’clock Thursday night and 6 o’clock yesterday morning these boys, armed with a dark lantern and a kit of crude burglar tools, made a raid on McCoy & Nesbit's grocery-store at 3202 Sixteenth street. They cut a hole in the back door just large enough to admit a hand, and through this opening they unlocked the door and had access to toe interior of one of the largest retail grocery-stores in the Mission. They tilted their pockets with cigars and cigarettes, eat all the sweetmeats they could hold and drank not a little of the bottled iquor that was handy. They did not overlook the till, which contained a quantity of small coin—something less than $100. They took all the cotn, some cans of sar- dines, pickled olives, some caviar and a few other delicacies that could be easily stowed away. Also a small case of lim- burger cheese. They covered their iracks successfully for the time being, and enjoyed liberty and their stoien fruits for several hours. During the day, however, Policemen Thompson and Porter discovered a clew which led them to the hiding-place of Dehrmann, the older boy. He was found in a lodging-house on Mission street, having removed.from his hume on Six- teenth street, near Mission. ‘When arr¢#$ d he denied all knowledge of the crime and declared he was in bed all of Thursday night and until after day- light Friday morning. At 1 o’clock this morning Steir was ar- rested in a lodging-house on Third street, near Howard. He commenced at once and seemed very much alarmed for nis future liberty—which is, indeed, somewhat in jeopardy. He told how the robbery was committed and named his accomplice. Although he declared this to be his first offense Sergeant Burke is inclined to believe that these boys were concerned in some of the recent Mission burglaries that have seemed 50 mysterious. ARIZONA’S 4’S LITICAL ROW. Clark Found Not Guilty of Assaulting Goy- ernor Hughes—Secretary Jor- dan Resigns. PH(ENIX, Ariz., April 3.—P. J. Clark was to-day tried before a jury in Justice Morris’ court for assaulting Governor Huches last Monday, and a verdict of not guilty was rendered. It seems that immediately after the assault Clark went before Recorder Jobs, leaded guilty to asseult and battery ani is friengs paid _bis fine of $5. Whether the jury took this into account or not is not known, but it was developed during the trial that no one saw the blow struck, and hence there was no direct testimony on which to convict. Fldridge Johnson, private secretary to Governor Hughes, handed his resignation to Acting Governor Bruce to-day and it was accepted. It is unofficially announced that J. M. Burnett, a lawyer of this city, will be appointed tofill the vacancy. He was formerly a resident of Gila Bend, where he practiced law and edited the Arizonan. The news that the Senate committee had voted to recommend Governor Frank- lin’s confirmation was received with satis- faction by all, as the people are tired of so much political fighting. It is learned on good authority that Congressman Murphy withdrew his protest at the solicitation of business men of Pheenix, regardless of political belief, as they desired ‘the unset- tled condition of affairs terminated. S e FRESNO DAMAGE SUIT. Rumored Desire of Ervangelist Johnson to Compromise. FRESNO, CaAL.,, April 3.—The damage suit of Evangelist Johnson against several leading citizens of this city for al- leged unlawful detention = growing out of the preacher's insult to Fresno youne girls will, so far .as the defendants are concerned be pushed to a speady conclusion. The accused citizens, by their attorneys, appeared before Judge Webb of the Superior Court this forenoon and asked that the case be set for trial at as early date as possible. After consult- ing his calendar Judge Webb designated April 30 as the day. A rumor was current to-day to the effect that Johnson is “slready weakening and would gladly entertain a proposition to compromise and withdraw. It would not surprise many people if the evangelist sbould qui¢tly depart from the community and let his suit go by default. Johnson was served with a notice to- day citing him to appear before Notary Public Moultrie on the 9th inst. for the purpose of making a deposition setting forth in detail the grounds of his com- plaint as well as other information for the guidance of defendants in subsequent proceedings. BELVEDERE MEANS WAR, The Land Company Writes to President Foster of the Donahue Line. FERRY SERVICE MUST REMAIN. If Any Change Be Made Belvedere Will Protect Itself in a Vigorous Fashion. The Felvedere Land Company has thrown down the gauntlet for whoever pleases to pick it up in the threatened fight between the Donahue line and the North Pacific Coast Railway. The chal- lenge is said to have been directed at Sid- ney V. Smith, though no mention is made of his name. Since 1t was his purpose to consolidate the two railways, which would leave Belvedere without proper transpor- tation facilities with San Francisco, the inference is plain, This action of the land company is a corroboration of THE CALL'S announce- ment that Belvedere had risen against en- croachment on its rights. It contained a direct statement of the facts of the case in a letter to Mr. Foster, president of the Donahue railway. The_letter gave Foster notice to the ef- fect that unless Belvedere be considered in the railway contest the land compan; would stand by the people of the islan suburb for mutuak protection. B If the present service were withdrawn or curtailed this letter means that an inde- rendent ferry steamer would be estab- ished between San Francisco ana Belve- dere on a plan already published in THE Cary; and also that an electric railway on the light country style would be built to San Rafael to connect with the ferry depot at Belvedere. Mr. Foster was rather pleased with the communication for it could be used as a powerful argument in favor of his side of the controversy as against the proposition to consolidate and run all Jocal San Rafael trains via Sausalito. In discussing the matter R. X. Ryan, general pagsenger agent of the Donahue Toad, snig: ‘‘People who build homes and invest more money in developing the conntry through which a_railroad passes have rights which the railroad must re- spect. There is in fact an unwritten con- tract between them and the raiiroad com- pany. The people put their money and time into the country, which they would not have done were there no ratiroad in their section. ““This development takes place under the influence of regular and a well understood service. Withdraw that service and the ople are irretrievably injured; their omes and_ property become practically valueless. hat is to hinder railroad men to discontinue a recognized standard ser- vice, and then buy in the property and land along the line for a song, replace the service and sell out at great profit? It seems to be no more than common-sense that people have rights in this respect. For that reason 1 believe that Belvedere would have a good cause with which tore- sist an attempt at sidetracking it.” Hatch Bros. have offered a boat similar .to their fast steamer Monticello for a ferry to Belvedere. It hasbeen computed that the business of Belvedere and - Tiburon in freight and passengers would support a ferry without the aid of an electric road to 8an Rafael. “‘We find now that we can be inde- pendent if we want to,” said J. D. Max- well, who has been one of the active men in the fight. “If sdetracked we would drop Mr. Smith altogether. Of course we would not make any move unless com- pelled to act, and if that should come we know what to de.” ALL WHEELMEN INVITED, Elaborate Preparations in Prog- ress for the Great Fabiola Fete. Floral Equipages Are Expected From All the Towns in the County. OAxLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,) 908 Broadway, April 3. | Less than a month hence the great Fabiola fete will be a thing of the past. The headquarters are kept busy all the time and every Thursday evening there is a meeting of the general committee. To-day a general invitation was for- warded to everybody who took part inlast year’s parade, reading as follows: A repetition of last year’s floral exhibition in the interest of the Fablola Hospitel will be held on May day this year at Oakland Trotting Park. The experlence of last year will enable the present committee, with the co-operation of the citizens of Oskland, Alameda, Berkeley, S8an Leandro, San Lorenzo, Haywards, Niles, Livermore and the other communities in our banner county of Alameds, to make the coming fete a greater success than that of last year. The accommodations on the grounds will be better and complete; a mlfinmpem grand stand has been erected and will be opened to the public for the first time on that occasion, and other improvements are belnimnde. e ladies of the Fabiola Hospital Associa- tion desire to express their appreciation of your kind assistance and presence in con- tributing to last year’s fete and hope that you ‘will lend your aia this year also. Kindly signify on the inclosed blank equipages, horses, colors and flowers, and_re- turn to J. A. Colquhoun, secretary, room 202, Central Bank building, Oakland, at your early convenience. Very sincerely yours, etc., WiLL1AM R. DAvIs, President. The bicycle eventsin connection with the fete and the lantern parade will greatly ex- cel those of last year. The following invi- tation 1s to every cyclist who feels any interest in the festivals: Dear Sir: It has been decided to repeat the very successful fete of last year in the interest of the Fabiola Hospital Association, to be held on May 1 at Oakland Trotting Park. Every- thing so far indicates that the affair will be more general than tne last. There has been great improvements made in the grounds,a d handsome grand stand has been erected and ai nnfemems ate being made to comfortably handle the large attendance ex- pected and already assured. The bicycle events will be a special feature of the day. The executive committee has set aside the sum of $600 for awards in bicycle events. The prize list has not yet been made up, but it will equal that of last year, which is conceded to have been one of the best ever given in the State and the prizes first class. A lantern parade will be held of visiting and home clubs on the evening of April29 or 30 and valuable trophies will be giveh to the club making the best appearance and the visiting club having the largesi number in l{ne. Should the lantern parade take place on the 29th of April (and the matter will be decided in ample time), there will be a decorated bi- cycle parade at the Trotting Park on May 1, as the day intervening woula give individual cyclers and clubs time to get upspecial designs for the floral );-ud-. The track will be in splendid condition, and the events at this fete will be such that no cyclist should miss it. A number of cycling novelties never before seen on this coasture now in hand,and the commiitee will make definite announcement in the near future. This committee believes it is justified in say- ing that the Fabiola Floral Fete of 1896 will be the event of the season in California, and the bieycle programme & special d attractive {feature. ‘GEORGE F. NEECE, Chairman. W. E. GRIFFITH, Captain Reliance Club Wheelmen. A. P. BwAlN, Captain Acme Club Wheelmen. Bicycle Committée Fabiola Floral Fete, 1896. R ey Bond our lection To- 3 ] BERKELEY, CaL., April 3.—The special election to secure bonds for $60,000 for school purposes will be held to-morrow, under the school district election law, which allows only one polling place. The voting will be 5one at the Kellogg school building, on Center street, East ‘| Berkeley. The polls open at 8 o’clock and close at sundown. J. Donahue and H. F. Greenough will be judges of election, and ‘W. H. Kerrison will be inspector. Friends of the bonding measure express confidence in the resultof the vote, though a two-thirds majority is required to carry the proposition. So'far the only opposers of bonds are the authors of the anonymous ‘‘Civic Federation” circulars. The latter have been distributed in large numbers. The *‘Civic Federation’ objects to bonds for any sum, and proposes to raise $20,000 or $25,000 by direct taxation for school purposes. Those who oppose the *‘federa- tion’s’” plan say that the amount would be much too small, and that as a direct tax could not be collected pefore June, 1897, a long period of inconvenience and poor school accommodations must follow if bonds are now defeated. _Two replies to the *‘Civic Federation’s” cxrculn;s were issued to-day. Oneisa cir- cular signed **Anti-Civic Federation,”’ and the other an extra of the Weekly Herald. Baseball Prospects. BERKELEY, CAL., April 3.—Captain Johnston of the university baseball nine and Mr. Cohen, the coach, will go to Stan- ford University to-morrow to witness a baseball game between the Stanford Var- sity nine and the picked nine which de- feated the U. C. on the Berkeley campus on March 21. The game at Stanferd will afford excellent opportunities for compar- ing the strength of Stanford’s nine with that of Berkeley. In the afternoon Managers Miller of California and Watson of Stanford will meet to arrange dates for the intercol- legiate games ana to discuss the question of having a freshman game. Both sides are willing to have a contest between fresh- men, and it is expected that the terms of such a contest will be readily agreed upon. Alumni Association. BERKELEY, CAL., April 3.—A meeting of the Alumni_ Association of the Univer- sity of California will be held to-morrow evening at Mark Hopkins' Institute of Art in San Francisco. The subject of dis- course and the object of the gathering will be ““University Finances.” rhe proposition of making the univer- sity monthly 1nagazine the official organ of the association will also be brought up for discnssion. Masonic Temple Association. BERKELEY, CAL., April 3.—The Berke- ley Masonic Temple Association will hold its annual meeting on Monday evening, April 20, at the office of the association, 2143 Addison street. The principal busi- ness of the evening will be the election of directors for the ensuing year. 3 George W. Long Dead. BERKELEY, CaL., April 3.—George W. Long died last evening at his residence on Telegraph avenue. He was a native of New York, aged 73, and had been a resi- dent of Berkeley for fourteen years. The deceased leaves 2 widow and a son and daughter. Brigit's disease was the cause of death. .- Death of Henry Harbourne. ALAMEDA, CaL., April 3.—Henry Har- bourne, father of Librarian Harbourne, died at his residence on Moss avenue, Oak- land, last night from paralysis and Theu- matism of the bowels. He was a native of Parsontown-Birr, Kings County, Ireland, aged 76 vears. He was a past sachem of Pocahontas Tribe, I. O. R. M., and a past chancillor commander of Metropolitan Lodge, K. of P., both of San Francisco, a past master of Washington Lodge, F. and A.M., and a past high priest of Eric Chap- ter, R. A. M., both of Buffalo, N. Y. ——————— Signor Manuel Garcia, the teacher of Jenny Lind, Catherine Hayes and Mme. Marchesi, entered his nineéty-second year on Tuesday. Signor Garcia is still hale and hearty, and instructs private pupils in London. His debut in New York took place seventy years ago, when that city had only one theater. He retired from the stage in 1829 RELIGIOUS THOUGHT AND PROGRESS An Epitome of the Sermons Week. [Following is a summary of the principal sermons recently delivered in the United States and Canada by the leading clergymen, priests, prelates, religious teachers and pro- fessors of the Christian faith. In every in- stance the full text has been carefully read and abbreviated.) of thre PARENTAGE. The responsibility of man to man is exact- ing, but the responsibility of parents to chil- dren is a thousand times more exacting.—Rev. Monsignor Thorpe, Catholic, Cleveland, Ohio. KINDNESS, Kindness is the fruit of love. Kindness tells of the heaven in the heart. True kindness is grounded on love, is not ephemeral, is con- sistent and persistent.—Rev. W, T. Thompson, Presbyterian, Charleston, S. C. THE SALOON. The saloon is the personification of selfish- ness, misery and eternal ruin. It stands only for selfishness, to the sacrifice of every other interest. It is Satan’s great ally in crime.— Rev. J. A. Davis, Presbyterian, Nyack, N. Y. SUICIDE. Suicide, or self-murder, is the gravest crime, because it takes life, the most sacred trust given to_man—because it wantonly intrudes upon_a right which solely belongs to God.— Rov. 5. J. Merherson, Presbyterian, Chicago, CRIME. It may cost something to properly save a boy from becoming a criminal, but it will cost the State and city much more if they permit him to become a habitual law-breaker.—Rev. R. A. White, Universalist, Chicago, I1. THE SALVATION ARMY. The trouble with the Salvation Army isthere is nothing back of it. Men are converted and drawn into it, and then find there is nothing real nor substantial for them to lay hands on. Rev. W. Delafield, Episcopal Church, Il CHURCH UNITY. There can never be a union of the denomina- tions excepting upon the basis of consistency and consecration. When all sects live atike close to Christ in practteal, everyday living then union will be possible.~Rev. Dr. Euster, Methodist, Spokane, Wash. g RELIGIOUS WOMEN. Are not women more religious than men? Even at_the time of Christ women displayed more religious fervor than men; they were the lastin attendance at the crucifixion and first at the tomb of the resurrection.—Rev. D. Kirkpatrick, Universalist, Tonawanda, N. Y. GOD AND NATURE. Nature is not one thing and we another. We do not see nature and not see God. Nature is not, as many have thought, something which can be touched, handled and tested, and God simply an abstraction.—Rev. W. R. Hunt, Uni- tarian, Duxbury, Mass. STATESMANSHIP. The public welfare is the mark aimed at by the right-mirided statesman. An arrow barbed with malice or winged with mere personal am- Dbition will never hit the mark oi the people’s love or win the victory for freedom and jus- tice. — Rev. George Batchelor, Unitarian, Lowell, Mass. THE BAPTISTS. The Baptists are a broad and tolerani reli- ious body. The catholicity belongs to them. E‘hey are called the bigots of bigots, but on the conirary they are the Protestants of the Pro- testants, the dissenters of the dissenters, the tists of the separatists.—Rev. C. H. ng, Baptist, Boston, Mass. HEAVEN AND HELL. There are just about as many hells and heay- ens as there are human beings, and of just about as many sizes. We shape ourselves the joy or fear of which the coming life is made— {2 iher words each man maakes his own place in this'life and the next.—Rev. L. H. Squires, Universalist, Rochester, N. Y. PRAYER. Prayer isnot of the lips, nor of the intellect. If there is any reality in_prayer it grasps the Yhole belng in its uppeal to God. _Prayer takes hold on life, and the life that cannot be prayed is defective, and the prayer that cannot be lived is defective.—Rev. Robert Meredith, Con- gregationatist, Brooklyn, N. Y. PRACTICAL RELIGION, Religion is not a garment to be hung about the shoulders on the first day of the week, and to be thrown aside for the other six. Men must realize that religion is a practical thing, and that it can be taken asa vital factor into our everyday lives.—Rev. Claude Travis, Metho- dist, Frankfort, Ind. EQUALITY. A man is man in the Scriptures and nothing more. All stand on the same level. The Bible isa book that brings society to a common level. Every man isa true nobleman if he isa Christian. Every manis arich manifheisa follower of Jesus. Rev. C. L. White, Baptist, Nashua, N. H. THE TRUE CHURCH. Christianity is not a failure. If the Bible has any word of truth in it—and tisall truth-- the Catholic church is the only true churol 1t is the ark of salvation, the comforter of the afflicted, and what she was in the first century she is now, and ever shall be.—Bishop Watter- son, Catholic, Columbus, Ohio. COMFORT. Books on comfort are very rare. Doubtless one large reason is because 1t is impossible to write a book on the real meaning of comfort which people want. They want comfort in a hazy, mysterious way. But the biblical idea of comfort is very plain snd full of common- sense. Comfort means help.—Rev. A. F. New- ton, Congregationalist, Brooklyn. LEGISLATION. Brass is not made gold by gilding it. Reform by legislation is a dream. iegia]nflve decrees cannot make men other than they are. The need is to make men, snd to make men brothers. Social happiness without brother- hooa is impossible. Brotherhoed is not a roduct of the law. Itisa productof love.— ev. S. G. Nelson, Baptist, Brooklyn, N. Y. THE BOOK OF BOOKS. 1 have heard rrelchers argue- that in these times of wide thinking a man who_keeps ciose 10 one book will narrow himself. It may E with other books, but the minister who sticks closé to the Bible hasa wide knowledge of the whole range of history. It deals with all hu- man experience.—Bishop C. W. Foss, Methodist, at Philadelphis, Pa. RELIGION AND POLITICS. There must be no compromise with evil. It is our dut{ to carry our convictions into all the walks of life, into our business and into our litics. The man who does not carry his re- igion into his politics, in my opinion, has & very poor kind of religion and & very poor kind of politics.—Rev. H. L. Huntington, Baptist, Pendleton Hill, R. I. CHARACTER. The loss of character is the saddest of losses. It is lost by sudden acts of crime or folly. A great temptation comes Life is unguarded and it yields. A fool will burn a city which & century could not build, and by a single act we can shatter a character which’ a jlifetime will hardly rebuild.—Rev. A Gunnison, Universal- ist, Worcester, Mass. INFIDELITY. Infidelity is not distinguished for its mod- esty. Stone-throwing is its pastime. Its ocou- pation is the undermining and overthrowing of cherished beliefs and institutions. Its stock in trade is epithet and ridicule; it reveres no sanctity; it blushes at no vice; it follows virtue afar off: it engsges itself unhesitatingly to de- stroy what has required years for construction. —Rév. A. Z. Conrad, Congregationalist, Worcester, Mass. CUBA AND ARMENIA. There was never a perfod in the world’s his- tory when the God ot Elijah was more needed than to-day. All countries profess to believe in God and Christ, and yet nothing is being done by them to prevent the butcheries in Armenia and Cuba, because there is no one with grit enough, no one bold enough to stop them.—Rev. Dr. Proudfit, Presbyterian, Spring- field, Ohio. PURITANISM. Puritanism in its logical result, as well as historic eloquence, is free America. Its prin- ciples are the fountain whence flowed the Declaration of Independence. An open Bible, a free church, utterly separate rrom the state, social equality, which knows no distinctior. but merit, the sovereignty not of prelates or of princes but of xhegenfile a8 expressed in right- eous laws.—Rev. P. H. Mowry, Presbyterian, Chester, Pa. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. If the Catholice hurch is not the kingdom of God on earth, where, then, is that kingdom ? Where is there an institution like the Catholic church? It has marked the history of every day from the death of Christ down to the présent time. If it is not the kingdom of God on earth it has failed in its mission, and Christ was & false prophet.—Bishop McGovern, Catho- “lic, Harrisburg, Pa. INVENTIONS. The number and importance of inventions in this day is not due to the superiority of the modern brain over the ancient, but is due to the soclal conditions of to-day. Liberiy of thought, absence of war, preservation and wide dissemination of intefligence by printing make the platform on which the inventor stands raised high above the scientist of the middle ages or ancient times.—Rev. Frank Crane, Methodist, Chicago, 111. EDUCATION. Education is not a stuffing or cramming process, but & drawing out, u developing of whai 15 in a person. Itise mistake to fancy that & large education is only for the pro- fessional man. Why should not all persons want & generous education? But unless eau- cation strengthens manhood it is fruitless, Man is _intended to do something for the world. He must not be satisfied with the leaves.—Bishop N. 8. Rulison, Episcopalian, Wilkesbarre, Pa. SECTIONALISM. In the consideration and settlement of every uestion certaining to the welfare of this Na- tion there should be no North, no East, no South, no West. The-im should always be to secure the welfare of the Nation as a whole. The action of Congress has not always been along this line, as, for example, may be easily discovered by looking into ifs treatment of such questions as the silver question and the tariff question.—Rev. R. A. Beard, Congrega- tionalist, Nashua, N. H. WOMAN’S DUTY. Let not the husband take upon himself the duties of the wife, nor the wife the duties of the husband. To reverse God's order in the home is to wreck the family and disrupt so- ciety. The wife who goes to the ballot-box and votes, or to the courtroom to practice law, or on the platform to make a political speech, or into a pulpit to perform the functions of the Christian ministry, is not only_disloyal to her sex, her husband and her children, but is prac- tically an infideL.—Rey. Dr. Hawthorne, Bap- tist, Atlanta, Ga. IDEAS. The size of a man's world is the size of his ideas. Small ideas, small world. Small world, small man. The nature of the man’s world is the nature of the man. If his ideas are pure, he is pure. If his ideas stoop to low things, he must sink to the same low level. The man with ideas rules society. The man with- out ideas is the sponge that takes up. Ideas are in the inteilectualy and moral world a standard as in the commercial world. It takes a certain number to measure up.—Bishop Joyce, Methodist, Bridgeton, N. J. ALMOST CRAZED. THOUGHT HER CHILD WAS GOING TO DIE. The Terrible Ordeal of a Mother—Her Little. Girl Almost Faded Away. Saved in the Nick of Time, A Story That Will Touch the Heart of Every Mother. From the Journal, Detroit, Mich. A very grateful mother i3 Mrs. A, L. Hartness of 676 Grandy avenue, Detroit, for the wonder- ful cure which her daughter has received by the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Said Mrs. Hartness: ‘‘Yes, my daughter’s life has been saved by using Pink Fills, thanks to a kind iriend who recommended them to me. “‘Blanche was sick for over three years. She had the care of the best physicians procurable, and no expense'or trouble was spared to give her relief. She was o thin that she was fairly skin and bones, her digestion was out of order, and she had the most awful headaches. We gave up all hope of her recovery. Her long, thin, listless face made me nearly crazy, and we did everything in our power to give her strength and induce her to take an interest in An)'thir:f. “One X‘ friend told me about the Pink Pill ana Mr. Hartness went downtown and got three boxes. She had taken aboutone box, When, to my amazement, one morning I heard her playing on the piano. Icould hardly be- lieve it, for it had been over & year since the piano had been opened. «“Soon she began to take short rides on her bicycle, and soon she went singing around the house, our own happy, hearty little daughter once more. “She thinks nothing of a spin on her wheel over to Mt. Clemens or Pontiac, and is aswell as she ever was. . “I had a girl living at our house who was a great sufferer from impoverished biood, and who received instant and permanent relief from the use of one box of the pills. “If this information can be of any use to help some poor 8iCk ene, it is given with the great- est of pleasure. The proprietors lof Dr, Williams’ Pink Pills state that they are not & petent medicine, but a prescription used for many years by an emi- nent practitioner, who produced the most wonderful results with them, curing all forms of weakness arising from a watery condition of the blood or shattered nerves, two_ fruitful causes ot almost every ill to which flesh is heir. The gfll! are also ipecific for the troubles culiar to females, such as suppressions, all lorms of weakness, chronic constipation, b ing down pains, etc., and in_the case of men Wi 151“ peedy relief and effect & permanent cureinall cases arising from mental worry, overwork or excesses of whatever nature. They are entirely harmless and can be given to weak and sickly children with the greatest ;ood and without the slightest danger. Pink ills are sold by ell ’derl‘lertss‘;)r will be sent st paid on receipt of ce cents a box, or Hix ‘Doxes for $2 DO-they are never sold in bulk or by the 100), by addressing Dr. W liams’ ue\ficme Company, Schenectady, N. Y.