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8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1896 10 INVESTIGATE OUR RESOURCES, Mission of Treasurer Shaw of the Christian En- deavor Society. SAN FRANCISCO AS HOST. An Emissary to Ascertain if We Can Entertain a Big Convention. RECEPTION BY ENDEAVORERS. Oakland and Local Unions to Honor the Distinguished Visitor From the East. Whether or not San Francisco is to reap the honor and benefit in 1897 of an inter- national conveation composed, at a mod- est estimate, of 25,000 delegates, will be with which to entertain the National Republi- can Convention and readily secured it. The international Christian Endeavor Convention will cost only abont one-quarter of that sum, 5,000, None of this money will needed unless the convention actually comes to San Francisco, but for obvious reasons it is necessary for us 10 arrange a guarantee fund in order that our committee may go to Wash- ington, D. C., where the convention will be held this year, with as strong a leverage 8s pos- sible. The_convention will be held in San Fran- cisco in July, 1897, during the vacation time in the East, and will bring to us just the char- and women just out of school, bright, intelli- gent, enthusiastic, largely with the plans of lite unsettled, susceptible to the influence of our magnificent State, We have littie doubt that many of them will be induced to perma- nently locate in our midst; others will return to us later, and all will, while they live, sing California’s praises. Many college professors, hundreds of school-teachers, clergymen, law- vers and doctors attend these conventions. ‘The Sir Knights and Grand Army of the Re- public are largely composed of men past mid- dle Jife, with homes and business fixed, re- quiring’ a_wrench to change. Not so the Christian_Endeavorers. _Alive to the splendid opportunities of the West, on the very threshold of life, who can estimate the num- ber out of the thousands of visitors who will be permanently attracted to us? What is the money needed for? ¥ Delegates pay their own traveling and living expenses, and very naturally leave a large amount of money in every convention city. Our_expense will arise 1n promoting and ad- vertising San Francisco, the convention city, in providing suitable meeting places. There are usually two or three meetings of from 5000 0 7000 eéach in progress at the same time; therefore, aside from the Mechanics’ Pavilion, we must have two other places of equal ca- pacity, probably monster tents. These require chairs or benches to accommodate 20,000 in the aggregate. These meeting places must be suitably decorated, and provisions made for telegraph, telephone and newspaper service, committee rooms, musical instruments and instrumentalists. Souvenir badges must be given every delegate—prooably 30,000 will be Tequired. ~Headquarters for States must be provided. Programmes in pamphlet form, in- cluding all the music of the evening, must be printed. The expenses of famous orators from all parfs of the country must be paid. Our | principal streets must be decorated. Excur- | | sions about the bay and about the City and WILLIAM SHAW, THE WORLD-KNOWN CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORER. v dependent upon the report which ‘William Shaw, the treasurer of the United Society of Christian Endeavor has to make when he returns to his Eastern home. Mr. Shaw will arrive in Oakland this morning at 10:45 o'clock. He will be met at the train by a committee of the local Endeavor societies, and no effort will be spared to see that he is duly impressed with that side of the bay. In the evening he will address a large mass-meeting, which will partake of the nature of a re- ception. At the conclusion of the meeting a com- mittee of San Francisco Endeavorers, con- sistin : of J. 8. Webster, Dr. R. L. Rigdon, Dr. E. E. Kelley, Donaid Mackenzie and Professor A. Wiles, will escort Mr. Shaw Apartments have been pro- im in the Palace, and these will Shaw has been prominently con- nected with the Endeavor movement al- most from its beginning, having served as first president of the society formed in Phillips Church, Boston, in the fali of 1883, by Rev. F. E. Clark, now president of the World’s Christian Endeavor Union. He was born on February 14, 1860, at Bal- lardvale, Mass., where his home now is. For several years he wasin businessin Boston, but retired in 1887 to accept a posi- tion on the Golden Rule, the official organ of the United Society. In the spring of 1890 he was appointed to the position of treasurer of the U Society, and in 1895, when the World’s Christian Endeavor Union was formed, he was elected treasurer of that body also. It is largely due and business ability that the United Soci ety, through its publishing department, isable to conduct its great business with- | out receiving any contributions or levying a cent of dues upon the Christian En- deavor societies. r. Shaw is a familiar figure at all the Christian Kndeavor inter- national conventions, and his resonant voice, coupled with his quick wit, brightly proclaims the power of the young Chris- tian business man. Rolla V. Watt, the popular and ener- getic chairman of what is called the Committee of 1897, whose duty it will be to plan for tue entertammment of the great Christian Endeavor held in this City in July, 1897, in an inter- view outlined what has been done toward securing this convention, as well as the prenmmlrfi work yet to be accomplished in order that there may be no possible doubt of its coming here.” He saia: California lost the National Republican Convention by a scratch. San Francisco demonstrated its ability (o entertain a large number of people when the Sir Knights beid their triennial conclave in this Ci when the Grand Army of the Republic held its encampment here, agein when the National Educational Association came to oyr hospitable shores. San Francisco was naturally disappointed at her failure to cnqmre tne National Republi- can Convention. We now have, however, an opportunity 1o secure the presence in our midst of a very much larger number of people from all parts ot the world than the Republi- can Convention could have brought. 1In1893 the committee having in charge the securing of the International Christion Ere deavor Convention went to Monireal with & large delegation, having the indorsement of the Governor of the State, the Mayor of the City, the Chamber of Commerce and other | y of the religious organ- ired the convention of 1595 ifornie. We failed 1o hold it for 1895 rublic bodies and man izations, and secured for C because of our inability to secure railroad | rates low enough 1o induce a iarge attendance, hence the convention went 10 Boston, and over 56,000 delegates attended; probably the largest convention the worlda ever saw, Our commitiee made a determined effort at Boston to secure the convention for San Fran- cisco in 1897, and succeeded, on condition that satisfactory rairoad rates conld be se- cured. The action of the Transcontinental Association in fixing & $50 rate from the Mis- souri River (round trip) for the Republican Convention justifies the expectation that %he same rate will be made for this larger body. The citizens’ committee asked tor $100,000 his ceaseless watchfulness | Convention, to be | , again | | genuine California hospitality will require the sum named. | T have mentioned, however, only material | benefits, but who can estimate the influence | on our’ community of such a gathering of Christian people of all denominations? Peo- ple who do not belong to or go to church must appreciate the grandeur of this organi- | zation, which stands for the broadest Christian | fraternity, good citizenship. and practical | Christianity, and welcome its leaders to this, | our great metropolis of the West. The City | will feel the presence of the great convention | and be benefited by it. Portland and Los Angeles made a strong fight in Boston last year (o get the convention, guaranteeing to raise a sum not less than | $20,000 to pay its expenses, but the trustees wisely concluded to let'the eonvention go to San Francisco, the metropolis of the Pacific | Coast, and we have no doubt that the citizens | will readily subscribe the required amount when cailed upon by the finance committee, of which C. Z. Merritt of Miller & Lux is chair- man and ‘W. H. Crocker, president of the | Crocker-Woolworth Bank, is treasurer. The money will not be required until next year, but the guarantee should be met by subscrip- tion before the 1st of July, so that our com- mittee may go to Washington, having the re- | quired amount pledged. Let it be definitely | understood that every delegate to San Fran- | eisco peys hisown expenses—not & dollar comes | out of subscription. A reception will be tendered the distin- guished guest by Golden Gate Union at | the Y. M. C. A. Auditorium to-morrow | afternoon at 3 o’clock. The following pro- gramme has been prepared: Selection, Plymouth Congrilg tional choir— Miss Eva Tenney, Mrs. J: W den, Charles . Parent, J. R. Ogilyie; prayer; recifation in oncert, Romans, twelith chapter; solo, Mrs. Eva Tenney; offertory; address of weicome, | Professor James A. Wiles; address, William Shaw; solo, M usie Hert-Mark; 4 P. a.: | Address, Rey. William Rader; selection, Ply- mouth Congregational choir; California song, | “Sunshine,” choir and audience; Mizpah. * Mr. 8haw intends to address meetings at the more important cities of the coast, in order to awaken interest in the Enaeavor movement and incidentally to ascertain the resources of the State for entertaining the convention. TAKEN TO NAPA. The Remains of the Late Ex-Senator Spencer Removed to His Old Home. The remains of ex-Senator Dennis | Spencer, who died after midnight yes- terday at the Lick House, was removed | about 9 o’clock yesterday morning from the hotel to the Golden Gate undertaking rooms. There the remains were prepared for burial and placed ir a handsome casket. At 4 o’clock in the afternoon the body was | conveyed to the train and taken to his | former bhome in Napa. The funeral of Mr. Spencer is to take | place from the family home in Napa to- morrew. The ex-Senator’s son, Loyd Spencer, Garrett McEnerney and a number of old friends accompanied the remains to his old home. | His death was a great surprise through- | out this City and elsewhere, and the sur- prise gave expression in words and of | regret vesterday. An undertaker ‘came | from Napa to assist in caring for the remains. ——————— IN SILK ATTIRE. An Opportunity That Ladies Will Take Advantage of To-Day, 1t is a most astonishing announcement i to learn that silk can be purchased at 15 cents per yard. Ordinarily it cannot, but | to-day up till noon the Maze will offer 500 | pieces of corded end plain wash silks at the remarkably low vrice of 15 cents yard. One condition of this saleis that not more than twenty yards of a pattern will be sold toone purchaser. Ladies who appreciate genuine bargains wilino doubt flock to the Maze in great numbers this morning, and all who are anxious to take advantage of this opportunity should go early in order to secure the best selec- tions, . < acter of people California needs—young men | | | gerous condition, not being aboard of her, i sion Mr. Fell had sat with four of the ap- THE TENDER BLAIRMORE, All the Sailors on the Neighbor- ing Ships Discussed Her Crankiness. MATE MATSON'S TESTIMONY, Captain Caw's Fellow-Skippers Think the Luckless Vessel Well Handled. The investigation into the disaster of the Britisn ship Blairmore, which capsized in Mission Bay April 9, was resumed before Vice-Consul Moore yesterday morning. Captain James Garriock and FirstM ate Gordon Wilkinson of the British ship Ellesland testified that they considered the Blairmore a safe vessel, and that no blame | could be attached to her management prior to the accident, but First Mate Browne of the ship Yeoman and Second Mate Mat- son of the Verejean gave evidence that strongly censured Captain Caw. They noticed the Blairmore lying over to the puffs of the wzale, and were fearful ofa disaster. Apprentice Boys Bannehr and Powell of the lost ship testified, the former to be- ing at first afraid of the ‘‘tender’’ motions of the vessel, and the latter to having seen Mate Ludgate covered by the ballast of the careening Blairmore. Second Officer Henry Matson of the Vere- jean was sworn, and stated that his ves- sel wasabout half a mile from the Blai more. He thought she was cranky and in a dangerous position for a ship with such little ballast. ““Were you alarmed about her?” asked Vice-Consul Moore. “Yes. I did not care for the looks of the ship during the time she came to lay out there.” By bis peculiar phraseology he probably meant to say that he was alarmed about the vessel all the time she was at anchor there. “I watched the ship all the time she was there at anchor and noticed that with the least wind she went over.”’ “If your ship had acted in the way she | did,” asked Mr. Moore,” would you have been afraid of her?” “Iwould. Ido notconsiderthe weather of April 9 severe enough to have capsized a vessel properly ballasted. If I had been in command of the Blairmore I would not | have allowed the men to work in the hold that morning, considering the weather and her crankiness.” “Did you notice the Blairmore that morning 2"’ “Yes sir. I watched her from 4 o’clock till the time she went down that morning, and I thought I would not care to be aboard of her.” “Did you expect her to capsize from the way she acted 2"’ “Yes Idid. Shedid not lie in any more exposed place in the bay than any other ship.” “How did your ship behave that morn- ing?” “‘Stiff. No danger whatever. She was about half a mile from the Blairmore. A vessel properly stiffened would not have been in any danger.’”’ First Mate D. J. Browne of the British ship Yeoman swore that from the deck of his vessel ne noticed the Blairmore lean- ing over pretty well. He did not then think she would capsize, but stated that if his vessel would careen that far he would not have been satisfied. “Under the circumstances that she did capsize,” said he, ‘I consider that the weather that morning was such that any | vessel, even 1f properly stiffened, may be in danger. The squalls were heavy and sudden and the floodtide making. I no- ticed the Blairmore’s chain slack before the squall came, and when the wind struck her she backed on her chain and it tight- ened. Then she heaved more around broadside on to the tide and the wind seemed to strike her either right ahead or on the port bow. She careened, and I | think something must have have shifted, | for she hung a little and then went over. Icould not judge accurately of her dan- but she rolled too much and was too ten- der. The Blairmore wasabout three ship’s lengths from us.” First Mate Gordon Wilkinson of the Ellesland stated on the witness-stand that the Blairmore was about a quarter of a mile uwaf‘ He noticed that she seemed to be a little tender and lay over more than his own ship in the s«}unlls. He was watching the other ship all the while, he said. When she went over she hung a little, as though she were trying to re- cover; then she suddenly went over as though something had shifted. “if I had been in command of her,” he said, “I would have allowed the men to | work in the hold at that time.” Rey. James Fell of the Seamen’s Insti- tute testified that the mate and the boys had spoken to him about the condition of the ship. The former had said that he did not_think the ship was very safe, as she heeled over in a way that made it un- pleasant to be in her. On another occa- prentices in one of their boatsand they said during a conversation that they had got out of bed that morning, fearing the ship would capsize. He had men- tioned these reports to Mr. Foreman and Mr. Binnic of Balfour, Guthrie & Co. the Sunday before the accident. “Do you_consider it judicious,”’ asked Vice-Consul Moore, “to spread any such reports around unpless you could vouch for | the truth of the same from your own ex- perience ?”’ “I never gave the matter a thought.” Here Captain Caw slewed around on to the chaplain, and asked him if he had told Mate McDonald the ship was cranky be- fore or after the disaster. “1 talked to him in the hospital aiter the accident, telling him I heard that the shi; was in that condition,” answered the wit- ness. ‘“When were the boys speaking to you about the stability of my ship?”’ “I think about ten or twelve days be- fore April 9.” s “Did they speak voluntarily, or did you put the question to them so they would an- swer in the affirmative?”’ ! “1 think I only answered that your ship was heeling over a good deal. On the day of the boat race there was a strong wind and tide running, and she went over con- siderable.” “Do you not think it was your duty, seeing that you took so much Interest in the boys, officers and crew, to warn me of any impending disaster ?” . “'Noj; if they thought they were in dan- ger they ought to have spoken to the cap- tain themselves. It was no business of mine.” First Mate Thomas Smith of the British ship Inverisk testified that he had spoken several times to the dead mate of the Blairmore, and that officer had often ex- pressed himself very positively that the vessel was safe and acted in port dipn as she acted at sea in ballast, and he did not think the ship lacked in stability. He was not asked how they happened to be talking of the Blairmore and her chances. {n fact, 8 number of the seamen witnesses gave tesiimony which looked though the. cranky condition of the un- | March. | Due banks. | comin; lucky shiH was a general topic of conversa- tion on all of the vessels in her vicinity. Captain James Garrioch of the Ellisland testified that the Blairmore behaved about the same as his own ship and did not appear to lack stability. f& did not con- sider that the weather that muminé was such as to cause any ship properly stiffened to capsize. He thought something aboard must have shifted, causing her to go over. The Blairmore was not exposed to any more wind than was his own ship. First Mate Henry R. Leslie of the Crom- dale, who had charge of a rescuing boat, first noticed the Blairmore careening to an angle of 65 or 70 degrees. Other ships were careening at the same time. He thought that vessel was-in an awkward predicamsent with the tide setting one way and the wind blowing another. The inquiry will be resumed at 10 o’clock this morning. STATE SAVINGS BANKS. Their Total Business Amounts to Nearly One Hundred and Fifty Million Dollars. The Bank Commissioners are kept busy casting up the returns sent in by the State banks in obedience to the requisition for reports issued by the commission a fort- night ago. THE Cavy has already pub- lished a statement of the condition of the ten City savings banks, and yesterday the secretary of the commission announced that the returns from the savings banks outside the City were all in. These banks are forty-seven in number, and their total resources and liabilities are summed up as follows: RESOURCES, Bank premises. . Other real estate Invested in stocks and bonds. Loans on real estate. 18 81,086,642 1,629,658 34 Money on hand. 888,427 Due from banks 1,987,704 23 Other assets. 250,996 85 4,144,026 00 618 17 Due depo; 441 81 Due banks. 1323 42 Public mones 5,123 : 8 Other liabilit! 338,076 58 Total labilitte $33,098,607 86 These figures represent the state of busi- ness in the country sayvings banks at the ciose of banking "hours on the 28th of Added to the business of the City savingsbanks the entire volume of savings bank business is as follows: RESOURCES. Bank premises.. $5,240,493 84 Other real estate... ;.. . 4161.656 32 Invested in stocks and bonds. 24,046,808 62 Loans on real estate. 1021175687 92 Loans on stocks. 1285 U Loans on other sectriiies. 210,221 77 Loans on personal security 1,488,456 86 Money on hand 15540764 14 Due from ban 1400684 15 Other asse 652,475 94 Total resources. LIABILITIES. $149,20: 24 Capital paid u Reserve,. Due deposit $8,904,025 00 5,999,777 52 82,422,331 84 Public money . Other liabilities.. Total liabllities.... o......$148,205,082 24 RELIGIOUS THOUGHT AND PROGRESS An Epitome of Sermons of the Week Throughout the Land. Following is a summary of the principal sermons recently delivered in the United States and Canada by the leading clergy- men, priests, prelates, religious teachers and professors of the Christian faith. Io every instance the full text has been care- fully read and abbreviated. INCONSTANCY. It is better to be a skeptic than to be untrue to oue’s intuitions, one’s reason _or one’s con- science.—Rev. L. B. Voorhees, Methodist, Nor- folk, Va. INDOLENCE. The radical vice of the times is the desire to get som=thing for nothing, or as near to noth- ing as possible.—Rey. Henry Hopkins, Congre- gationalist, Kansas City, Mo. VIRTUE. A life of sanctity and purity 1s a more po- tent example for men to live by than any amount of creeds and doctrines.—Rev. R. A. Van Fosseh, Presbyterian, Allegheny, Pa. EQUALITY. Every person born on this earth has the in- nate possibility of knowing God and of over- evil tendencies, gaining in the end life le‘xernll".—Rev. Ida C. Hultin, Unitarian, Mo- ne, I1L. THE PRESS. The daily papers are terrors to evildoers. ‘Vice and crime are kept in check through fear of their power to check and expose. Reputa- tion is dear even to the conscienceless.—Rev. ’Il'lllleudore Clifton, Congregationalist, Chicago, THE HOME. The ideal home begins in marriage. A man or woman may have & room where he or she stays, but that is not a home. The priest comes the nearest having a home without heving one.—Rev. E. M. Wood, Methedist, Al- leghany, Pu. HARMONY. The great need of theworld is & religion which can harmonize the interest of the indi- vidual with the interests of society, which can make the desire of the individual and the de- sire of society one and the same thing.—Revy gil Bigelow, Congregationalist, Cincinnati, hio. ORATORY. We have all heard speakers who were rhetori- cal and oratorical, but they said nothing. Every statement should be clear. Some people who are called deep are muddy. Like some Florida sireams, in the intellectual world, {learnessand ddpth go together.—Rev. W. H! Moore, Presbyterian, Doylestown, Pa. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY. Religious liberty is the most resplendent gem in Columbia’s diadem. Let not this jewel be dimmed b( narrow-mindedness and fanat- icism. This is a free religious country, and church and synagogue, with the aid of the free ress, are the powers behind the throne.—Rey. . Wintner, Hebrew, Brooklyn, N. Y. WORK. Work is a necessity. Work tells! No matter by whom it is done. A dollar of help is a dol- lar to be credited on the right side of God’s ledger, whether it comes from the kidgloved hand of the refined or the begrimed hand of the artisan.—Rev. Richard Harcourt, Metho- dist, Philadelphia, Pa. TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW. To-day the riches of the world, and the pleasures of the world, and the honors of the world are the things which clsmor for your attention and for your life, and you are to make & choice between them and the glory that shall be revealed hereafter.—Rev. Dr. Smart, Methodist, semphis, Tenn. MUNICIPAL EVILS. There are three organized iniquities, para- sites on modern city lile, which threaten every municipality in our land. They are the saloon, the nrfllnzefl purveyor to drunkeuness; the brothel, the organized caterer to human lust, and the %Imb“nx hell, which is the business maneger for the gambling mania.—Rev. J. F. Stout, Methodist, St. Paul, Minn. GOD AND MAN. God governs in the life of man by trusting each with some gift. No outward array, no numbers, nor mere statistieal army, counts in the kingdom of God. One single soul true unto its ideal, one single soul sweet in charity and true to héavenly instinets brings the king- dom of God near.—Rev, Wilham H. Rider, Universalist, Gloucester, Mass. THE TURKS. The Turkish Government has no right to exist, Itisfastdying. Heaven and earthare against it. On tie ‘wall the handwriting of destruction is already visible, The persecution of Turk against Armenian comes from the fanatical hatred of Moslem to Christianity, and through the results of this same hatred the Ottoman empire will perish.— Rev. K. B, Tupper, Baptist, Philadelphia, P ‘MANHOOD. The true type of ideal manhood s not the ascetic man with hisstarved and weakened physical development, but the athletic man in whom all_ faculties are keenly alive, but held in ez}uipmu by the predominance of the moral law in every part of his being. Not outward weakness, but inward strength, must be the test of morality in life.—Rev. A. L. Hudson, Unitarian, Salt Lake City, Utah. WEALTH. t Spiritual riches, the richesof eternity, are open_ to all, whether rich or r in this world’s goods, and they will be ‘who seek them in a proper spirit. If we can’i have both there is but one choice. Give us the riches of God in preference to the wealth ot man, for the former insures eternal happ1. ness.—Elder C. W. Penrose, Mormon, Salt Lake City, Utah. L FRIGID RELIGION. Stiff preachers make empty pews. The preacher should prove himself the friend of mankind. He should descend from his pomp and high platform of empty dignity ana come among the Eeople. speak to the people, and show them that he is a iriend of manhood at large. Cold and formal churches make empty ews. Christianity is served too much on ice. e want warm hearts, warm greetings, Warm handshakings in all our churches.—Rev. M. A. Peters, Lutheran, York, Pa. ARBITRATION. In the bright lexicon of diplomacy there's no such word as “arbitrate.”” Therée are in- trigue, scheme, bribery and coercion—indeed, all arts that play upon the sordid side of men and nations, and that use dark and tortuous secrecy; but to settle an international affair openly in the fair field of intelligent discussion is an innovation that a statesman of the old school regards with suspicion.—Rev. Frank Crane, Methodist, Chicago, 11l SPIRITUALISM. What is known as modern spiritualism does not necessarily differ from true Christianity £ave on one point—the possibility and fact of nalrls communication between this world and the spiritland. As to the fact that there 1s & spirit land, and that there are spirits there, and that these spirits are the souls of departed friends, and that we shall see them again, we are all spiritualists.—Rev. B. F. Duncan, Con- gregationalist, Utica, 111, HEAVEN, The belief in mutual recognition in the heav- enly world is as natural and as universal as the belief in the existence of God or the im- mortality of the soul. Memory will accom- pany us. Death does not_efféct so great a change as many suppose. It is notso much a transformer of character as a transferer of real Tsonality into a new state of existence under ifierent ‘conditions.—Rev. Amos Sherman, Bantist, Woonsocket, R. I. NAPOLEON. His was the genius of death. His name spelled horror and destruction and wounds and famine and blood and fire to countless thousands. Children were taught to curse him who had slain their fathers; motbers cursed him who had slain their sons, Strip his robes from him, dismiss his attendants, send home the horses and carriages and what is left? A scientific butcher of men—a prince of death.—Rev. Hudson Stuck, Episcopalian, Dal- las, Texas, SLANDER. What right have you to defame your neigh- ber’s character? How easy it is to take around a little story about your neighbor, and how of- ten we find that those least merciful to their neighbors are the very ones who have skele- tons hanging over them. Many & poor soul has been driven to despair and subsequent rash doings by the malicious tongues of others. “Judge not, lest ye be jludged.”fm:v. Father Dacey, Catholic, Lowell, Mass. UNITY. I believe it would ao us all good could we put Catholic and Protestant, the Baptist and Uni- versalist, together and tell them to find ou what is common to them all. and I have faith to think what is common to all would be what is best in each and thus living out whatis botn common and best we should find & pure Christianity of both doctrine and action.—Rev. Lee 8. McCollester, Universalist, Detroit, Mich. TRAMPS. Four causes are assigned for men becoming tramps: First, the drink habit; second, the love of wandering; third. the evil effects of the indiscriminate huddling together of men and boys in our jails; fourth, this same indis- criminate mixing of country and city boys in our reformatory schools. The number of peo- ple leading this wandering life in our country 15 estimated to be at least twice the size of the standing army.—Rev. Alexander Lewis, Con- gregationalist, Worcester, Mass. THE RELIGIOUS AGE. There has never been an age when men took such an extreordinary interest in religion. The secular papers devote columns to the con- secration of a prelate and the doings of the Salvation Army. The President of the United States presides at & meeting in the interest of missions. Services for business men attract enormous congregations in the two great com- mercial cities of the New World.—Rev. W, W, Maeley, Episcopalian, Westchester, Pa. AFTER DEATH. We shall be somewhere, certainly. Any- where we choose to go, I imagine. Freed from the body, the law of gravitation will no longer hold us to the earth. Hunger and _thirst, cold and heat, will no lcnger trouble us. As a spirit the whole planetary system will be our large house. We may go to Venus or to Mars or from world to worid at will, or dance down the corridors of space to the music of the spheres.—Rev, L. H. Squires, Universalist, Rochester, N. Y. GREED. The desire to get rich has become in this country of ours & fever, & mania, an insanity. Itis a golden poison in the veins of our peopis corroding oar private and_public life, destroy- ing the beauty, the grandeur and mobility of our American character. Ong of the outcomes of this greed for money is the corporation, and I tell you that the struggle of the twentieth centurg will be between the individual Ameri- can and MONEY AND RELIGION. Money and religion are the two greatest con- cerns o{men. One sums up all that pertains to this world, and the other all that relates to the world to come. Accordingly we see that one of the chief tendencies of men is to keep their money for themselves as long as they can, and then control it after they are dead, if possible. But there is still a stronger pro- pensity to make other people accept their reli- gion while they are here, and then to enforce itsome way upon mankind when they are gone.—Rev. J. C. Jackson, Methodist, Colum- | bus, Ohio. STATUARY. | There has been some opposition to placing | the statue of Marquette in the pantheon of | great men at Washington because he is | clothed in a black gown. Would you have | him in a swallow-tail and a plug hat, orina cutaway and kniekerbockers and tan shoes, sucking a cigarette? A dress eoat made out of marble or bronze is not a thing of beauty. A sculptor has much trouble with a standing col- lar in granite. There are some hideous images around Washington. I would dislike to see Pere Marquette looking as 1f he was about to attend a Vanderbilt wedding.—Rev. Myron Reed, Independent, Denver, Coi. IMMIGRATION. ‘We do not despise a foreigner because he is a foreigner. Some of our very best citizens are foreigners, either of foreign birth or ent- age, and yet they are loyal 10 America and American institutions. But the vast majority who seek our shores are the scum of all na- tions. Ther come to this Nation with no re- spect for religion, no respect for government, no respect for home, destitute of morals, vicious and contemptible tramps and vaga- bonds. Nosooner have they set foot on our shores than they begin to corrupt society. They despise religion; they despise restraint, They love only that which is vile and debasea, | Infidelity is their religion, the saloon is thefr church, anarchy their creed.—Rev. E. N. Allen, Presbyterian, Kansas City, Mo. A FRANK STATEMENT Mrs. R. C. Peterson, of Fairhaven, Tells a Reporter of ‘Her Recent I11- ness and Cure. From the World-Herald, Fairhaven, Wash. Mrs. R. C. Peterson of Fairhaven, Wash., who has been for & number of years a sufferer from nervous prostration, rheumsatism and female weaknesses, and who has lately entirely re- covered therefrom, was called upon a few days ago by & Herald representative whose atten- tion had been called to her case. In answer to an inquiry, Mrs, Peterson said: “Yes, I was a sufferer for many years from nervous attacks, rheumatism and other com- laints. We, my husband and I, expended a fnge sum of money in visiting the celebrated doctors of Denver, Salt ke City and San Francisco, but my relief in all cases was only temporary, and we had nearly despaired of my ever recovering my health, when one day a friend advised Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills, saying they had known of a case very similar to mine where a wonderful cure had been effected by their use. g “‘Acting upon this advice, as a last remedy, my husbind purchased a box of the Pink Pills, more to please my friend than from any belie! in the medicine. However, before the box was half gone I felta decided change for the better, and after using three boxes was entirely recoy- ered, and felt as well and strong as I ever did. *‘Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills have certainly been a wonderfully effective remedy for me, and I have no hesitancy in recommending them to Stiylone Who was aftected as I was.” r. Williams’ Pink Pills are not looked upon as a patent medicine, but rather as a pre scription. An analysis of their proa)eflltl shows that they contain, in condensed form, all the elements necessary to give new life snd richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are an unfailing l'r‘ecmo for such diseases as locomotor af partial paralysis, 8t. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the aiter effects of la grippe, palpitation of the heart, ale and sallow comolexions, and the tired leeling resulting from nervous prostration, all diseases resulting from vitiated humors in'the blood, such as serofula, chronic erysipelas, etc. They are also a specific for troubles peculiar to females, such as suppressious, lrmfiul.rinu and all forms of weakness. They build up the blood and restore the glow of health to pale and sallow cheeks. They are for sale by all d gists, or may be had by mail from Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company, Schenectaay, N. Y., for 50c per box, or six boxes for $2 50. the American corporation.—Rev. | George C. Lorimer, Baptist, Boston, Mass. | NEW MUNYON'S REMEDIES CURE CATARRH AND ALL THROAT AN LUNG DISBASES, Catarrh Leals to Indigestion, Insomuia, Nervous Disorders, Consamption and Many Other Diseases—Munyon ' Positively Cures by His New Method. Catarrh, itself an unpleasant disease, is an insidious foe and leads to other very serious diseases. 1f not cured it will ex- tend to the stomach and affect the diges- tive organs, causing dyspepsia, which makes life a burden. Weakness, debility, insomnia and even insanity have followed. Catarrh neglected also reaches the lungs and ends in consumption and death. Dis- charges from the Nose and Throat, Bad Breath, Stuffed-up Nostrilsand Heaa,Pres- sure and Sharp Pains in the Head, Dizzi- ness, Sneezing, Nose-bleed, Inflamed W tary Eyes, liability to take Cold, stupid heavy feeling in the Head, Nausea, Deaf- ness and Hawking and Spitting of Mucus, are some of the symptoms of catarrh. . Are you a sufferer from catarrh ? Have you taken all sorts of drugs and patent nostrums? Are you tired of paying bigdoc- tor bilis without being cured? Areyou will- ing to spend 50 cents for a cure that perma- | nenily cures catarrh by removing the cause of the disease? If so, ask your druggist for a 25-cent bottle of Munyon’s Catarrh Cure and a 25-cent bottle of Catarrh Tab- lets. The catarrh cure will eradicate the disease from the system and the tablets will cleanse and heal the afflicted partsand restore them to a natural and healthful condition. A Specific for Each Disease. { Professor Munyon puts up a separate remedy for every disease. s Rheuma- tism Cure seldom fails to relieve rheuma- tism in from one to three hours and cures |in a few days. His Dyspepsia Cure spead- ily cures all forms of stomach trouble. is Cold Cure never fails to cure the most severe ccld in a few hours. The Munyon Remedies are sold at all druggists, mostly | at 25 cents a bottle. | Personal letters to Prof. Munyon, 1505 Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa., answered with free medical advice for any disease. TO-DAY. Is generally the result when infer. ior dress shields areused Theonly certain remedy is Waist ruined for the want of the Canfield. Dress Shields. |Canfield Dress Shields. 1‘ We agree to replace any dress damaged has been properly attached. Asik for and insist upon /00 having “Canfield Dress | Shields.” CANFIELD RUBBER COMPANY, New Yomrx, LoNDON AND PARIS. | For sale by dealers every- Trad where. Shield. And in San Francisco by The Hamburger Co., Kohlberg, Strauss & Frohman, W. C. Hays, Newman & Levin- son, Jos. Rosenberg, Schoenholtz Bros & Co., G. Verdier & Co., Hale Bros (Inc. Smith’s Cash Store. PROPOSALS. SUPPIL.IES FOR THE AT AGNEWS, Commencing May 1, 1896, and Ending ‘September 30, 1896. { OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT SEALED proposals will be received at the office of the Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the State In- sane Asylum at Aguews, No. 32 East Santa Clara an_Jose, up to 3 o'clock P. M. of TUES- PRIL 1, 1896. and at the Asylum at Agnews up to 10:30 o'clock A. M. of WEDNES- DAY, APRIL 22, 1896 (Asylum time), for furnish- ing supplies for said Asylum for the six months commencing May 1, 1866, and_ending September scheaule, and 10 be delivered as ordered : Groceries. 6000 pounds Beans, small white No. 1, last crop. 4 dozen Bath Brick. 1000 pounds Crackers, Soda, net weight. 250 pounds Corn Starch, 'Kingsford's, 1-ponnd papers. 400 pounds Cheese, best quality, Californla. 40 pounds Candles, Stearic Wax, 20-pound boxes, 16 ounces. 50 gallons Coal Onl, 150 degrees tes: 4% pounds Chocolate, Eagle, 1-pound papers. 100 pounds Germea. 8000 pounds Hominy, large. 16 gross Matches, Diamond Match Co.’s three noes, Safety. 4 dozen bottles Lucca Oil, quarts, Cross & Black- well. : 2 dozen bottles Olive Oll, Quito farm, Goodrich’s large. ‘ 600 pounds Pear Barley, No. 3. 300 gallons Pickles, No. 1 mixed, in barrels. 3 boxes Ralsius, 3-crown doose, 60-pound boxes. 5000 pounds Rice, Sandwich Islands, No. 1. i 1000 pounds Split Peas. s ounds Sugar, dry granulated, extra fine, 15,000 pounas Sugar. Gotaen & " 200 pounds Sugar, cube. 200 pounds Sugar, powdered. 200 gallons Syrup, Goiden, 30 gallons to the rrel. 72 pounds Soda, Bi-carbonate, 1-pound pape: 500 pounds Taploca, flake. S 200 gallons Vinegar, wine, 40 deg. test. 3 dozen bottles Worcestershire Sauce, Lea & Per- Tin's. pints. . 6 cases Oysters, 13 onnces, No. 1, Farren’s. Macaroni and Vermicelli. 1000 pounds Macaroni, white, No.J, 25-pound boxes. net. 1000 pounds Vermicel . 1, 265+ g 00 e elll, white, No. 1, 25-pound Canned Goeds. 10 cases Canned A pricots, sta 10 cases Canned Corn, Winstow'sr " S 1008 10 cases Canned Peaches, 8 cases Jellies, assorted. standard, gallons. o Dried Fruit. 2000 pounds Dried Apples, sliced, No, 1000 pounds Dried A pricots, bieached, Mo, 1. 100 pounds Dried Currants, Zante, No. 1, 1000 pounds Dried Peaches, bieached, No. 1. ms_;)go pounds Dried Pranes, California French, 60 Coffee, Tea, Spices, Ete. 1000 pounds Coftee, Java. ot 4000 pounds Coftee, Guatemala, gggo pounds Chicory, 000 pounds Tea. A. Schilling & Co's Popular 1500 pounds Tea. Diamond M., E. B. Congou, 500 Bounds Baking Powder, Ploneer or Golden Gate, 5-pound cans. Covg pounds Cinnamon, ground. A. Schilling & 20 povada P oRne s e i best. 8-pound cans, g, 08, & o' Gest tripto. §5 oumco g A+ Sonlog 2 dozen bortlea Extract of Vanilla. A. Schilll & Co.’s best triple, 32-ounce bottles, 7y Fresh Beef, Mutton, Etc. ’;‘00.000 pounds, Fresh Beef, No. 1, all steers, D006 0 Bounds to 700 pounds, delivered In sides. hot pounds No. 1 Fresh Mutton, delivered e 'gsfll‘! Ppounds No. 1 Fresh Veal, dressed, delivered STATE INSANEASYLUM. 30, 1896, said proposals consisting of the following | | by perspiration when the Canfield Shield | { | | PROPOSALS—Continued. Roll Butter. 2500 pounds Fresh Faney California Butter. Keg Butter. 10,000 pounds First class Californis Keg ‘Butter. Eggs. 4000 dozen Fresh California Eggs. Fotatoes. 110,000 pounds No. 1 Burbank Potatoes. Hams, Bacon, Lard and Pork. €00 pounds Bacon, Light Breakfast, bidders to state brands. 2500 pounds Hams, bldders to state brands. 1000 pounds Lard, Pure Leat, in tierces. 6 barrels Salt Pork, extra clear. Salt Fish. unds Codfish, Callfornis, selected. 100 pomad cases to_van 18 fish or I¢ss 1o cass, laas h. % halt-barrels Mackerel, No. 1, 100 pounds net each barrel. Frosh Fish. 10,000 pounds Fresh Fish, No. 1 assorted. alt. 8000 pounds Fine Dairy Salt. Flour, Grain, Ete. 15,000 pounds Ground Barley. 6000 pounds Corn Meal. 8000 pounds Cat Meal, extra. 6000 pounds Cracked Wheat. 25,000 pounds Bran. 2400 pounds Graham Fl 8000 pounds Wh Chewing Tobacco. 00 pounds Drummond Tobacco Company's Horse Shoe, Smoking Tobacco and Pipes. 350 pounds Plug Cut, in 1-pound packages; bld- @ers (o submit samples. 6 gross Clay Pipes. ‘4. D Soap, Lye and Soda. 125 boxes of Star of Kitchen Soap, 20 bars to the box. 20 boxes Ivory Soap, laundry size, 100 barsto the box. 1500 pounds Laundry Soap, Tischer's. 200 cans Concentrated Lye, American, one-pound cavs. Laundry Supplies. 1 case Chloride of Lime, 24 ten-pound cans. 2 cases Caustic Soda, 24 ten-pound cans. 1 case Caustic Potash, 12 twenty-pound cans. b pounds Blueing, Aniline K. 350 pounds Laundry Starch, Pglmetto brand. 200 pounds Wheat Starch, fifty-pound boxes. 25 pounds Japan Wax. 2000 pounds Sal Soda. Dry Goods. 400 yards Bed Ticking, Amoskeag, A. C. A., 36 inches wide. 200 yards Crash, linen, 18 inches wide. 300 yards Denims, Pearl River Indigo Blue, 28 inches wi 500 e. yards Sheeting, Indian Head, 4-4 unbleached. 100 yards Pequot, 5-4 bleached. 800 yards Pequot, 7-4 bleached. 500 yards Pequot, 7-4 unbleached. 300°yards Muslin, Lonsdale, 36 inches wide. 200 yards Prints, 32 inches wide. 100 yards Gioghams, Amoskeag, staple, assorted <olor 2 dozen Corsets, large size. 6 dozen Corset Steels. 2 dozen Steel Thimbles, large sizes. 5 dozen Buttonhole Twist. 25 pounds Cotton Batiing, medlum. 50 pounds Darning Cotton. 8 dozen Bedspreads, white. 1 dozen Hair Brushes. 10dozen Combs, dress. 6 dozen Combs, fine. 125 dozen Clark's O. N. T. Spool Cotton, assorted numbers and colors. 5 dozen Handkerchiefs, ladl 20 dozen Handkerchiefs, ’s Turkey red, 24 inches, 6 dozen Hairpins. K, & B., assorted, No. 100. 35 dozen pair Ladles’ Hose, gray mixed. 1000 dozen Needles, Millward’s assorted sizes. 2 gross Pins, Wallace & Sons, No. F. 8. C., 314, 20 gross Buttons, pants. 8 gross Buttons, horn, coat and vest. 25 gross Buttons, agate, dress and shirt, No. 40. Clothing. 100 dozen pair gray mixed cotton Socks. 10 dozen Overalls, duck, canton flannel lined, leg 80 to 34, walst 32 10 44. 8 dozen pair Suspenders, lengths. average and extra Brushes. 4 dozen Hair Floor Brushes. 2 dozen Counter Brushes. G dozen Scrub Brushes. 1 dozen Shoe Brushes. 8 dozen Combination Mop Handles. Brooms. 16 dozen California Brooms. The Industrial Home for the Adult Elind, No. 1, Excelsior. 1 dozen Whisk Brooms, 3 strings. Crockery and Glassware. 8 dozen Dinner Piates, 8-inch. 8 dozen Soup Plates, #-inch. 3 dozen Vegetable Dishes, 9-inch, 1 dozen Platters, 12-inch. 6 dozen Sauce Dishes, small. 12 dozen Cups aud Saucers. 6 dozen Glass Tumblers. Tinware. 5 dozen Galvanized Iron Buckets. 3 gallons, No, 24 [ron. 5 dozen Galvanized Tron Chambers, 834-inch top, 7-inch bottom. 61/ inches high, No. 26 iron. 10 dozen Pint Tin Cups, X tin. 1 dozen tin Coffee. Pois, ' gallons, X. 1 dozen Tin Syrup Cans, 2 gallons, XX t 1 doz:n Sonp Cans, 3 gallons, XXX tin 1 dozen Miik Cans, 3 gallons, XX tin. st 200 cords Pine Wood. Said wood shall not be under 8 inches or over 10 inches in thickness and shall be strictly No. 1. Engine-Room Coal. 150 tons Engine-Room Coal. 2240 pounds to the ton. Bidders specify kind and quality. To be delivered in carioad lots and welghed on Asylum scales. Gas Coal. 100 tons Gas Coal, 2240 pounds tothe ton. Bi- ders specify kind and quality. To be deiivered in carload lots and weighed on Asylum scales. Range Coal. 40 tons screened coal. 2240 pounds to ton. Bidders specity kind and qualioy. fhe To be delivered in carload lots and weighed on Asylum scales. The above-named articles are all tobe of the Dbest quallties, subject to the spproval of the Medical Director, and to be delivered at the Asylum at such times and in such quantities as he may desire. And it !s expressly understood that it a greater or less quantity of any article than above mentioned shall be required by the Medical Director, the same shall be furnished by the con- tractor at the contract price. The contracts will be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, and no_bid will be recelved or considered unless' accompanied by a certified check in an smoant equal to 10 per cent of the bid or bids presented, which amount_shall be forteited to the people of the State of Callfornia as settied, fixed and liquidated damages in case the bidder to whom the award of contract Is made shall fail or refuse Lo enter (nto such contract and furnish such bonds for the faithful performance of the same ns the Board of Trustees may require within five days ater such award. Supplies only to be re. ceived between 8 A. M. aud 4 P, a0 arate bids will be received for. ate GROCERIES. MACARONT AND VERMICELLL CANNED GOODS, i DRIED FRUIT. COFFEE, TEA, SPICES, ETC. FRESH BELF, MUTTON, ETC. ROLL BUTTER. KEG BUTTER. EGGS, rOTATOES. AMS, BACON, LARD AND PORK. SALT FISH. o FRESH FISH. SALT. FLOUR, GRAIN, ETC. CHEWING TOBACCO, SMOKING TOBACCO AND PIPES. SOAP, LYE AND SODA. LAUNDRY SUPPLIES. DRY GOODS. CLOTHING. BRUSHES. BROOMS. CROCK ERY AND GLASSWARE. TINWARE. WOOD! ENGINE-ROOM COAL ANGE CO. e Board resefves the right of rejecting any or all b Payments to be made monthly, in cash, when there is money In the Treasury for such pay- merts, and when there is 1o money in the Treasury, pavment to be made out of the first money i the Treasury applicable for thas pur- ose. 1 Bids to be addressed to T. 8. Montgomery, No. 33 East Santa Clara street, San Jose, Cal., Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the State Insane Asy. Ium at Agnews, and indorsed on envelope, *Pro, sals for furnishing supplies.” Bidders will aieo mark on envelope the class of supplies bid on. Envelopes and blank bids may be obtained by ap: vingto the Secretary. A separate gc’requiftdlrr cachvid. gt mples of articles. showing the charac quality (hereof required. except such hegrr pen ishable, may be seon a¢ the storeroom of 'the 'he attention of bidders Is called to section from the Political Code of the ECTIO: . “No supplies of character for the benefit of the su'u.:rym.r:eup-ou' by any moneys a) 1 .{ Ay merpr'-l-ed, Or to be appropri- State, which are In whol Mougolian labor, I3 for this State having cont; co!nmyr.dclly and county, n order to preserve' uniformit, the award It hus been resolved to receive o bie Unless made upon blank forms furnished by the *Barties win arry "arties will please e: out the sum total for And add up Lhe same, so that the gross each article amount may be seen at & glance; otherwise bid Wwill not be considered. By ocder of the Hoa State Tk i ioard of Trustees of the Dated March 15, 1896. 5 T. 8. MONTGOM. tary. No. 32 East Santa Clara ILME gfd Jso.::e Cal. the following State: city or town thereof.”