The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 24, 1896, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1896. THE SPIRIT OF CIVIL LIBERTY Father Yorke Defends the Claims of Catholi- cism. ITS RECORD REVIEWED. Champions the Rights of the People as Against the Nobles. EFFECTS OF THE REFORMATION The Reverend Chancellor Warns His Hearers Against Sowers of Dragon’s Teeth. Though the rain poured down in tor- rents and the wind blew a gale, thousands of people braved the elements ana crowded Metropolitan Hall to the doors last night. The occasion was a lecture by the Rev. Peter C. Yorke, the second of a series given by the Chancellor of the Archdio- cese under the auspices of the American ‘Woman’s Liberal League. The title of the lecture was “The Dragon’s Teeth, or Cuwvil and Religious Liberty.” The dis- tinguished speaker was in excellent voice, and for nearly three hours held the atten- tion of his large audience. At times he was quite eloguent, and his well-rounded periods stirred the feelings of the audience to a high pitch. The Hon. J. F. Sullivan presided. Miss Georgiani opened the programme with a fantasia of patriotic airs on the piano. The chairman said that the sentiment that had brought about this series of lec- tures was the same tbat inspired the peo- ple. in spite of the elements, to turn out in such large numbers, standing together as hey did for the principle of civil and re- gious liberty. He paid a glowing tribute to the good work done by women in the past, and asked where there could be found a stancher friend of woman than the mother and mistress of all churches— the Roman Catholie Church. His reference to the efforts of the Sisters Charity in the course of humanity, and r brave and self-sacrificing conauct 1 the battlefields was loudly applauded. In introducing the reverend orator of the evening, Judge Sullivan paid the Chancel- lor a titting tribute for his courage in championing the cause of the churci and the people in the fight for civil and reli- gious liberty. Fatier Yorke received an ovation on coming forward to address the multitude. “Iam glad to see that the rain has not dampened your enthusiasm,’’ he said, “‘and I am also g'ad to see your interest in the American Woman’s Liberal League and the great principle for which it stands— | civil and religious liberty, and equal rights among all men. [Applause.] ‘At the'last lecture I showed that all liberty began with the Lord and Savior, and with a regenerated humanity. And. | coming down to the sixteenth century, L showed that the fruit ch we enjoy to- , the harvest that we have gathered in, | be citizen was taught his rights and | I showed how all this was_due to Id Catholic churcn and the Popes at ber head. [Applause.] “To-night I wish to go a step further. The period that I dealt with showed that Christianity had won. All nations, though speaking different tongues, belonged to | the communion of the ancient church. ‘We come now to a divided Christendo we comc to a time marked by religious rancor, marked by divisions in “the Chris- tian household, with brother against brother and father against son; at a time when the northern nations left the church. “‘Ifear and tremble lest any word of mine should give offense, and I do not wish to wound the feelings of any non- Catiolic. [Applause.] Ideprecate religious strife. If there has been religious rancor sown in this community, and if we have had to say some plain truths from time to time in self-defense, the fault does not lie with us as Catholics. It was only when seli-interest had conquered justice that we were compelled ~ to "defend our- selves that those who come after us cannot say: ‘When you were accused you had no defense.’ 1 wish simply ' to make known the facts. Non-Catholics hate the cruelties of ages gone by, and we Catholics likewise hate them as much as they.” [Applause.] Father Yorke then went on to say that the sixteenth century had opened most auspiciously. This country had just beea discovered "and the field of commerce greatiy enlarged. He showed how educa- tion and the social standard in all coun- tries of Europe were rapidly advancing. Tice field of letters had been widened, civil liberty had advanced, ana European society as a whole was developing in the direction of a safe liberty. He quoted from Protestant historians to show tbat the Catholic church encour- aged the advancement of civil Iiberty. The three great powers were the people, the nobles and the king, and while the church was at times at outs with the nobles] and the king, she never through all these thousands of years was in conflict with the people. ‘On this scene, so full of promise at the - beginning of the sixteenth century,” con- tinued Father Yorke, ““broke what is called the Reformation—a reyolt in Germany and other northern countries against the authority of the Popes. We find that in the contest between the kings, the nobies and the people at the beginning of the sixteenth century there was a con- federacy between the rulers and the people. Now if you give a man power to-day he wWants more to-morrow, and the only way to carb him is by a strong and healthy public opinion. If the people are not united on questions of morality, honesty and justice they may be controlied at the dictation of the ruler. ‘‘Now, in this country the people are di- vided on political guestions and those in power scheme and plot to hold office, and if they tell the people that the torpedo- boats “are blue they will ,believe it. If people are blind because of being divided the pagan nationsend brought them into the Christian fold, and it was such an or- ganization that held kings and nobues in check and protected the rights of the peo- ple. [Applnuse.& “It is a good thing for the church to mind its own business and the state to at- tend to its own affairs. It is a bad thing for the church to try to run the state, and a bad thing for the state to try to run the church. [Applause.] The Popes always stood for this principle. During the mid- | dle ages the independence of church and state were] symbolized in the Roman pon- tiffs, < “After the Protestant Reformation all civil hopes of Catholic Christians were destroyed. It wasarranged that as soon | as a body of Chrisnans might separate from the Church of Rome its only head would be the temporal sovereign. So it came to pass in England. Now, we find that the Rrsc head of tbe divorced Church of England was not a Bishop—not a legiti- mate successor of St. Thomas of Canter- bury, but the royal hog Henry VIIL *“At the bottom of this revolt of this so- called reformation not so much religious as political motives are_to be looked for. Kings have only one_religion, and that is that they believe in kings. Hence, we find that Catholic kings have joined w:gh un- believers in order to increase theirown power; and the worst of 1t all is that the poor fools of people believed in them and in their pretensions. 1f there be a lesson in the history of the past, thisshould teach us that the greatand good God, who is the author of religion, never intended that re- ligion should bea thing to be fought about. The man who would attempt to convince Americans to the contrary is either a fool or a scoundrel. “The power of a well-ordered and well- organized public conscience met its death- blow in the so-ralled Reformation. Atthe same time slavery commenced to spread about the earth. ~We inherited the writ of habeas corpus, the famous magna charta and the right of representation with tax- ation from our Catholic ancestors, but we did not get from them the black inberit- ance of human slavery. & “However, we m make an exception as to Indian slavery. The S}mmnrds_who | came to the new world found rivers glittering with _ gold enslaved the Indian in order to get him to amass treasuers for their conquerors. In Massachusetts and Vir- ginia we find no man prominent in church or state advocating the cause of the slave. In the south, however, we see some lazy, 2ood - for - nothing monks taking the trouble to say a good word for the poor en- slaved savage. o “In Santo Domingo we see the Domini- can Father Montesino getting up in his pulpit and telling his hearers that they were guilty of mortal sin in engaging in the slave trade, and had about as much hope of salvation as though they were Turks. When reprimanded for his burn- ing words his superiors confirmed them, and on the following Sunday Montesino E:ve the people a stronger sermon than fore. “Las Casas, the first American priest, who, though a Spaniard, was the first to receive the sacrament of holy orders on this continent, was the great advocate of the slaye. From the court of Spain to the courtof Rome and back again went the voice of the priest Las Casas; and down to our own days comes that noble voice leading for the God-given rights of the ndian slave. “Nor were the Popes idle. Paul ITI, who was held up by the reformers as a tyrant and a buggenr, commanded that no savage people, even though they should not embrace Christianity, should be molested in the enjoyment of their pos- sessions or liberties. Men may call this papal interference in politics, but I wouid rather appear at the last day beside such Popes as Paul III than with our modern patriots of to-day. “In Mexico there are about 11,000,000 people, of whom 9,000,000 are of Indian birth. Itis true that these Indians have not been taught to chase after the almighty dollar on a bicycle nor to make wooden nutmegs, but they are free men | and have a chance to improve until per- haps they may be able to come up to our leyel in these and other respects. ““When the slave trade commenced among the Portuguese Moliaa ana San- chez, the great Spanish theologians, laid down the proposition that the traflic_was unlawful, and those who engaged in it or rofited by it were guilty of mortal sin. E‘he same doctrine is laid down by Soto, a Jesuit writer, whose works, dated 1589, are in the library of St. Ignatius College in this City in their old-fashioned psrebment bindings. ‘“‘Another phase of the effort to divide the people by setting them against each other on religious grounds was the mag- nifying_of the divine right of kings. James I, the most learned fool in all Christendom, wrole a book to prove that all power in every department of govern- ment proceeded from the King’s bounty. This doctrine was long held in England. “This same doctrine became very popu- lar throughout Europe. In 8pain”a court chaplain had the nerve to say, when preaching before the King, that the tem- poral sovereign had absolute power over the lives and properties of his subjects. The people arose en masse, and, dragging the monk from the pulpit, they took him to the Inquisition of ali places, and the In- quisition, whose sole business is supposed to have been the burning of Protestants, condemned this monk, after a long trial, | to retract from the same pulpit his false and heretical expressions. “This will give us a sort of idea of the kind of liberty which our Catholic ances- | tors believed in. The Catholics of this country can point back with pride to their fathers, who made the first entry in the volume of the history of American_ re- ligious liberty. The tradition of freedom in America had not its origin in the so- called reformation; but ‘its roots were fastened deep in old Catholic soil. France, the pioneer of religious liberty in Europe, has at last recognized the old, solid prin- ciples 6f freedom that have come down from our Catholic ancestors. “The countries which have kept the Protestant ideas least diluted are the only despotic nations which bear the Christian name. The Catholic nations are all con- stitutional monarchies or republics. Not one Catholic despotism can we find. But of tietwenty-two republics of the earth twenty are Catholic, or nearly so. Now we come, at last, to our title. An old fable speaks of one who sowed drag- ons’ teeth, which sprang up in the form of armed men firhting against each other and killing each other. Let us, if we love our country, beware of those whose work it is to sow dragons’ teeth, whose only aim is to spread strife among brethren.’’ THE BUILDING TRADES, Woodworkers Will Hold an Open Meet- ing To-Morrow Evening. At the meeting of the Building Trades Council last evening the woodworkers’ del- egates announced that to-morrow even- ing their union would hold an open meet- ing to all members of the craftin their ball at 1159 Mission street. The purpose of the gathering will be to organize all and on political issues, then schemers will plot against them to gain their own ends. “Nobility grows up like the mushroom in the night. We have in these United States a class which if not noble, would like to be.” Father Yorke pictured the contentment of Christendom at the time the Reforma- tion began. He said that Italy was dotted over with republics-and it seemed as though the spirit of justice was to go out from the classic shades and ean§ over the world “'1t was then,” he said, “that the devil sent religious intolerance into the world, and the neck of liberty was placed under the foot of tyrants. For 200 years Europe was a vast batile-ground—and ail oh ac- count of religion. Catholics shot down Protestants and Protestants shot down Catholics, and the result was that after 200 years of warfare we find that the peo- le were crushed and absolutism reigned in Europe. And this was the outcome of the Protestant Reformation, “‘So in the early days if the Christians were not united the world would not have been conquered. They organized into one society, with one bead; they went out into branches of the trade. Inthe woodwork- ers’ line there are many departments, es- cially in the mills. It is desired to ring all classes of woodworkers into the union which is possivle under the rules of the National amaigamation. The Shinglers’ Union is still seeking for a representation in the council, and the delay is caused by their work in many in- stances conflicting with that of the car- penters. The latter will not object so long as the shinglers confine themselves to the roofs and do not work on the side walls or do repairing. Another hitch is that the shinglers work by the piece while the oth- ers in the building trades work by the day. —— The following story is told in London in illustration of Artist Whistler’s cordial esteem of himself: *Mr. Whistler,” said a certain duckess, “‘I was at Richmond the’ other day, and the view of the river was almost as beautiful as one of your pic- tures.” And Wuistler's reply was: “So nature has begun to look up.’” e ‘WE have pictures, frames, clocks, onyx tables, mirrors and banquet lamps for the million. Prices down to the lowest notch. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market strect. . LADIES WAISTS! At 50 Cents. LADIES’ WHITE LAWN WAISTS, made in the latest style, full sleeves, finishied with sailor colfar, edged with embroid- ery, will be offered at 50c each. At $1.00. LADIES' PERCALE SHIRT WAISTS, detachable collar and cuffs, in fancy checks, regular price $1 50, will be of- fered at $1 each. At $1.25. LADIES’ WAISTS, made of the latest Per- sian patterns, detachable collar, bishop sleeves, regular %rice $175, will be offered at $1 25 each. At $2.50. LADIES’ PERSIAN DIMITY WAISTS, bishop sleeves, detachable collar and and cuffs, very latest, will be offered at $2 50 each. At $7.50. LADIES’ WAISTS, made offancy change- able and Dresden effects, finished with fancy coilar and belt, regular price $9, will be offered at $7 50 each. NEW DRESS TRIMMINGS! JET AND COLORED SPANGLE AND BEAD TRIMMING, in edgings and bands, in all widths, newest styles, handsome combination colorings, and At Lowest Prices. |JET _AND COLORED BEAD AND SPANGLE YOKES, and with Epau- lettes, in every conceivable style and novelty, in solid colors and beautiful shadings and At Lowest Prices. DRESS LINING SPRCIAL! 100 pieces 25-inch BLACK COTTON OREEN SKIRT LINING At 10 Cents Yard. OSTRICH FEATHER BOAS! Black, White and Gray Ostrich Feather Collarettes, and Black Ostrich Boas, in 86, 45 and 54 inch, At Lowest Prices. LADIES BELTS! LADIES’ BELTS, in 2 and 2% inch Silk Belts, with silvered, gilt or jet buckle; 2-inch from 25¢ up, and 2i4-inch 35¢ and upward; also Leather, Spangle and Tinsel Belts in a large variety of styles and At All Prices. ~+GIGANTIC VALUES FOR NE& TO-DAY—DBY_“E'OODS. T0DAYS TRADE!~ To-day we make an offering of SPECIALS THAT WILL PROVE RESISTLESSLY ATTRACTIVE to all who appreciate GENUINE]| BARGAINS, for they include a variety of new and seasonable lines|* of Parasols, Ribbons, Gloves, Waists, Dress Trimmings, Laces, Hosiery, Underwear and Men’s Furnishings in styles and qualities that regularly sell for and are Actually Worth 25 to 50 Per Cent More Than the Prices Quoted! . LACE DEPARTHENT! At 3c, 4¢, 5¢ per Yard Up. WHITE and BUTTER VALENCIENNES LACE, a large assortment at_30c, 35c, 40c, 45¢, 50c, 56¢ and 60c per dozen. At 25 Cents per Yard Up. BATISTE INSERTIONS AND BANDS, with all-overs to match, will be offered at 25¢, 35¢, 40c, 50¢, 60c, 75c and $1 per yard up. At 15 Cents per Yard Up. APPLIQUE LACE, black embroidered in butter shade, will be offered at 15c, 20e, 25¢, 30¢, 35¢, 50¢ and 75¢ per yard. At 15 Cents per Yard Up. BUTTER AND IVORY ORIENTAL, LIERRE, CHANTILLY AND AP- PLIQUE LACES, will be offered at 15¢, 25¢, 35¢ and 50¢ per yard., EMBROIDERIES! At 25 Cents a Yard. FINE NAINSOOK, CAMBRIC AND SWISS EMBROIDERIES, with Inser- tions to match, fegular value 50c, 60c and 65¢c, will be oifered at 25¢ per yard. At 50 Cents a Yard. !FINE NAINSOOK, CAMBRIC AND SWISS EMBROIDERIES, with Inser- tions to match, regular value 75c, 85c, 90c and $1, will be offered at 50c per yard. At 60 Cents a Yard. WHITE SWISS EMBROIDERED FLOUNCING and DEMI-FLOUNC- ING, 27 ahd 45 inches wide, regular price $1. FANCY RIBBONS! At 35 Cents. FANCY SHADED RIBBON, 5 inches wide, in elegantly assorted colors, value 75¢, will be offered at 35c. At 50 Cents. DRESDEN RIBBON, 4 and 5 inshes wide, in handsome designs, will be offered at At 65 Cents. DRESDEN RIBBON, 4 and 5inches wide, in Dresden and shaded effects, will be offered at 65c. At 25 Cents. TAFFETA RIBBONS, 5 inches wide, in blue, white, maze and pink, value 45c, will be offered at 25c. PARASOLS! PARASOLS! At $1.50. LADIES' SILK GLORIA PARASOLS, with celluloid handles, entirely new, value $2 25, will be offered at $150. At $2.00. LADIES’ 22-INCH SILK GLORIA PARA- BOLS, real Dresden handles, in blue or white, value $3, will be offered at $2. At $2.50. LADIES’22-INCHSILK GLORIA PARA- SOLS, in handsome Dresden handles, value $3 75, will be offered at $2 50. At $1.00. CARRIAGE PARABOLS, in gloria silk, silk lined, value $1 50, will be offered at §1. MEN'S £ BOYS FURNISHINGS! At 50 Cents. 75 dozen MEN'S AND BOYS' FANCY TRIMMED NIGHTSHIRTS, made ex- tra large and of heavy Wamsutta mus- lin, good value for 85¢, will be offered at 50c each. % At 12% Cents. 450 dozen MEN'S FULL-FINISHED HEAVY MERINO SOCKS, in sani- tary gray and vicuna colors, worth 25¢, | will be offered at 1224c a pair. At 75 Cents. 65 dozen MEN’S HEAVY TUNDYED AUSTRALIAN LAMB’S-WOOL UN- DERSHIRTS AND DRAWERS, war- ranted thoroughly shrunk, extra value for $1 25, will be offered at 75¢ each. At $1.00. 50 dozen MEN’S EXTRA FINE CASH- MERE VICUNA UNDERSHIRYS AND DRAWERS, fancy silk finished, regular price §1 50, will be offered at $1 each. BOYS' SAILOR SUITS! At 75 Cents. 72 BOYS’ SAILOR SUITS, in fancy na blue striped duckings, trimmed witl white embroidery, warranted fast col- ors; blouse and pants, 75¢c. At $1.00. 55 BOYS’ SAILOR SUITS, in light and dark navy and cardinal fancy striped duckings, handsomely embroidered and trimmed with white braids and pearl buttons; blouse and pants, $1. £~ Our New Spring Catalogue is now ready for distribution to COUNTRY PATRONS ONLY, to whom it will be mailed Frze on receipt of address. GLOVES! GLOVES! At 45 Cents. 000 pairs 5-HOOK UNDRESSED KID GLOVES, co(l;ors mod;{. als!g and vian izes 614, 63, 7, 7} and 8), regular ssnlne Sl.)gvill béof‘foxed at 45¢ a pl%r. At 65 Cénts. 900 pairs 8- BUTTON LENGTH MOUS- UETAIRE UNDRESSED KID LOVES, in dark and medium tan shades, regular value $1, will be offered at 65c a pair. . At 65 Cents. 800 pairs 6BUTTON LENGTH MOUS- UETAIRE CHAMOIS BSKIN GLOVES, in white and natural, regu- lar value $1, will be offered at 65¢ a pair. At 75 Cents. 500 pairs 5-HOOK KID GLOVES, black only, regular value $125, will be offered at 75¢ a pair. At $1.00. 500 pairs 2-CLASP PIQUE KID GLOVES, embroidered on back, colors tan, brown and English red, regular value $150, will be offered at $1 a pair, HOSIERY AND UNDERWEAR! At 25 Cents a Pair. 200 dozen BOYS’ BLACK RIBBED COT- TON HOSE, extra heavy, double heel and toe, made specially for boys’ wear, size 6 to 10 inches. Special at 25¢. At 25 Cents a Palr. 150 dozen CHILDREN’S FINE RIBBED MACO COTTON HOSE, double knee, heel, sole and toe, black and assorted tan shades, size 5 to 9 inches, regular value 35¢ and 40c. At 25 Cents a Pair. 175 dozen LADIES' REAL MACO COT- TON HOSE, high spliced heel, sole and toe, black and assorted tan shades. Special price 25¢c. At 50 Cents. 75 dozen LADIES’ RICHELIEU RIBBED SWISS LISLE-THREAD VESTS, low neck and sleeveless, white, ecru, black, sky and pink. Bpecial at 50c each. At 75 Cents. 50 dozen LADIES' JERSEY RIBBED EGYPTIAN COTTON UNION SUITS, high neck, long sleeves, regular price $L. Ua 7 Harket and Jones Streets. HOW FLYNN MET KNIGHT The Two Were at One Time Partners in a Raiiroad Enterprise. Murphy Bullding, CORONER'S INQUEST TO-MORROW Dr. Bohm, a New Witness, Promises to Give Some Very Important Evidence. The appearance of George A. Knight as attorney for J. T. Flynn, the alleged destroyer of his own child, recalls an in- stance of a few years ago in which both figured with equal prominence as the promoters of one of the most important railroad deals ever undertaken on the Pa- cific Coast. The plan included the extension of the San Francisco and North Pacific Coast Railroad from its present northern terminus at Ukiah to Portland, Or., a distance of about 550 miles. The inten- tion was to convert the Donahue road into a trunk line to be known as the Pacific Coast Terminal Railway Company. Had the schedule gone through an inlet would haye been made into S8an Francisco for the Great Northern, the Union Pacific, the Northern Pacific and the Canadian Pacific railroads. The idea was the joint product of Knight and Fiynn, and was only defeated by the untimely deatn of Colonel Donahue. Buring a journey to Portland in 1890 Knight met Flynn, who was then largely interested in a Southern Oregon land en- terprise. A two hours’ chat in a Pullman smoker on their way north resulted in the birth of the coast road scheme. Knight was a personal friend of Colonel Donahue, while Flynn was interested in various land deals with W. H. Holcomb, vice- president of the Union Pacific, and C. H. Prescott, holding a similiar position with the Northern Pacific. An introduction to Donahue followed, resulting in a tacit agreement on the part of the northern roads to use the Donahue terminal line into Ban Francisco. The four roads were to pay a combined track- age rental equal to the interest on the bonds issued 1or extension purposes. This would bave given each of the northern lines an entrance into this City, at a cost less than a sixth of ‘that of individual ownership, and still left Donahue in pos- session of all the local business. Arrangements were made at the same time to take in the Oregon Pacific system and use it as a feeder for the terminal; also to construct another branch from Eurcka to the Upper Sacramento Valley and possibly another into the Rogue River Valley from Crescent City. This system would have opened up a vast territory along the coast between Mendocino County and the Oregon line, besides making San Francisco master of the ccast business. Colonel Donahue laid the question of a_bond issue before a syn- dicate of Boston bankers and was assured that they would be taken at par to the extent 0{330.000 per mile, or within $10,000 per mile of the estimated cost. Shortly after the receipt of this intelligence Knight, Flynn and Mr. Zook proceeded to Ukiah on a special train, where they met Colonel Donahue and a party of Eustern friends. Asthe result of this conference, Colonel Donahue started north with a surveying party, intending to go_to the ogue River Valley by way of Fureka:, but the rough weather enccuntered made Nurphy Building, Market and Jones Strests. it necessary to abandon the project Eureka and return by steamer to San Francisco. A few weeks later Colonel Donahue died, and the great coast railroad scheme died with him. In speaking of the matter yesterday, Flynn said: “If Colonel Donahue had lived San Francisco would now be the reat railway center of the coast, and Mr. night and myself would be several hun- dred thousand aollars ahead.” W. G. C. Pitt of the Voice of Labor, who was connected with Flynn in soliciting aid for the maintenance of tne Labor Bureau previous to the arrest of the latter, yesterday consented to make a statement regarding his knowledge of and his rela- tions with the accused previous to and at the time of his arrest. Mr. Pitt wili ap- pear as a witness before the Coroner’s jury to-morrow. : : The following is hisstatement as written by bimself: The time has come for me tospeak. I have hesitated, but never refused to bed)lnced on record regarding my relations with Mr. Fiynn. I first met him in Seattle some twelve years ago. He was then s prosperous real estate dealer. Two years ago 1 met him here and did what I could to plece him in communication with such publications as might need his ser- vices. Irecognized his ability, as did a num- ber of others, lmong{ them being the editor of the Wave, W. H. Mills, M. McGlynn of the Voice of Labor and others. Since our reunion in this City he has been a constant visitor to my home and we all felt cheered by his presence. ¥ Last March Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald requested me to make a canvass of the busi- ness community for the purpose of raising sutficient funds to tide over the pureau until the next session of the Legisiature. Feeling the responsibility ot the work, and knowing Mr. Flynn's ability, I called him to my aid. How well the work was done I must leave for Mr. Fitzgerald to say. During the canvass, which lasted fully sixty days, I never saw Flynn under the influence of liquor. His only sin, so far as I noticed, was his_insatiable desire for hirh-priced cigars, I responded, so far as possible, in the wuy of advancing him money from time to time, but at no time was the amount greater than$10. Idid understand that he had'a lady acquaintance, but he never volunteered her name, and I, of course, had no right to insist upon knowing it. At no time did he ask me for money for an: epecific purpose, except when his son arrive from Oregon. On that occasion he said: “My boy needs some clothing; can you help me out?’ Ireplied that I would, and did. Those are my relations and acquaintance with John T. Flynn, and I may add by way of conclusion that I am proud tocall him friend. I am his friend, and will not believe him guilty until indisputable evidence is presented mlt him. WILLIAX G. C. 3 It was also learned yesterday that Dr. E. . Bohm, whose office is at 114 Turk street, has been subpenaed to tell what he knows regarding thecase. To a CALL man he said: “I have known Mrs. Shane for about three years. I treated her at the time I first know her for an ulcerated limb, from which she had suffered for a long time previously. i succeeded in curing her, and was afterward called to prescribe for her and her family at various tiies. *On the night of the 13th of this month Mrs. Shane sent for me to attend her sis- | ter, Mrs. Browning. The summouns came through the two children of Mrs. Brown- ing, who called at my office. I had re- tired, but immediately dressed and went to the house, 130} Ninth street. I was there met by Mrs. Shane, who informed me that anotier physician had been called and she asked me at the same time to speak low, as she did not wish others who were in the house to hear our conversa- tion. 5 “I then asked her 1f it was a premature birth, and she_replied that it was, but promised that I should be psid for my visit. I have been subpensed to appear before the Coroner’s jury, and what else 1 know—which, by the way, is very material evidence—shall then be told.” The Portland Oregonian of the 19th inst. haa this to say regarding the man now under arrest: & “Flynn made many friends during his residence in” Portland, all of whom Ehink well of him and express surprise that he should have been arrested on so serious a charge as murder. Without hesitancy all who knew bim declare 1t impossible that he could have been guilty of so serious a crime.” ¢ The Coroner’s inquest will be held to- morrow and Mrs, Browning has promised to be present. N Murphy Building, Market and Jonss Streats. POLICE COURT COMEDIES The Meeting-Place of Luckless/ People in the Limbo of the Law. THE LADY AND THE LAWYER. Interpreting Counsel’s Flowing Diction. Floored Under an Interrogation Point. There are more things in 8 morning ses- sion ot the Police Court than was ever thought of in ordinary, everyday philoso- phy. 1t is the general meeting-olace at the foot of the grade—the point where people who have got to the end of their rope fetch up, and the flounderings of the unlucky ones in the limbo of the law are pathos and bathos mixed and mingled. Even the painful efforts of the be- leaguered court seeking to restrain the sometimes too much industry of the prose- cution, or struggling to escape the pitfalls and entanglement of defending attorneys, are often ludicrous. The muse of comedy and the goddess of justice sitting in bank might preside not unfittingly over the destinies of the Police Court. After the foregoing preface several acts from ‘the serio-comic performances in Judge Joachimsen's court yesterday morn- ing may be given: One Duffy, in Judge Joachimsen’s court, and his running mate, Ellis, were charged with attempting to rob an individual of innocency and inebriety of his slender assets after a night among the ‘“‘steams.’” The Prosecuting Attorney had gently ex- tracted the victim’s plaint for the edifica- tion of the court stenographer, and then defendant’s council was turned loose at him: “Upon your solemn oath, Mr. Schmidt, will you state upon your personal, apart from any conclusions you may have ar- rived at from hearsay, testimony just to what plane of intoxication you had re- duced yourself previous to this assault—I mean alleged assault—on Natoma street on the morning mentioned in the com- plaint, and how many drinks—?" There is no evidence that this would have stopped before autumn set in if he had not noticed that the Judge was en- gaged 1n an argument with a brother at- torney regarding bail for another offender and had probably forgotten all about the cross-examination. However, it had taken forty seconds to ask that muck of the ques- tion and that was so much time saved, and that is much when and where time (expended) is everything. The witness struggled a while with the ponderous interrogation point and then sank down in complete inanition. “Were you not, Mr. Schmidt, more or less in a startling state of inebriety,” re- turned counsel to the charge, “while in the company of Mr. Duffy and Mr. Ellis that morning ?” “Were yon drunk?”’ suddenly inter- preted his Honor, looking at the galloping hands on the clock dial. “No, sir!” “I should prefer, may your Honor please, that the witness answer my ques- tion,” said the attorney blandly. * “All right—read the question—witness answer it,”’ ordered the Judge. The witness answered *‘No, sir,”” again Murphy Building, Market and Jones Strasts. and went on record as not being more or less in a state of inebriety—an equivocal condition, sruly. After Mr. Schmidt’s weakness for in- toxicants had been fully established, and the fact that his wealth had decreased to one solitary silver dollar and the haif of another one—after Mr. Schmidt had told how the strong fingers of Mr. Duffy had compressed his windpipe and the slender digits of Mr. Ellis had sought the resting lace of that doilar and its fractured rother—after another witness had identi- fied the Duffy-Ellis features as belonging to the twin night prowlers he had seen vrospecting in the pockets of the unwise Schmidt, the next case was called, A woman charged with vagrancy was cited to the bar. The policeman testified that during the hours of the night she was doing everything except ornamenting some domestic fireside, and at no time in his recollection did she conduct herself in a manner compatible with perfect de- corum. Her general conduct, he inti- mated, was not such as Third and Howard streets—her neighborhood—could admire. To this her attorney entered a specific denial, and before hs had finished “‘the lady’—he called her that, with emphasis on both phonic divisions of the words— had & “‘ca-rac-ter” as pure as a dewdrop. “*Officer Tool”’—all policemen are officers in police court etiquette—began the attor- ney for ithe people, “on your knowledge what is this woman’s occupation ?” ‘‘I object to that answer,” interrupted counsel, ‘‘on the ground that it tends to injure defendant’s—I mean on the ground that the officer knows nothing definitely about her occupation.’” However, it Was shown that the lad was not a very good “lady”’ notwithstand- inF the assertion of the keeper of the saloon, where with the assistance of a piano, she drew beer values from the poe- kets of the visitors. *She is honest and industrious,” said her counsel, “‘and poor,” using that rich | and magic word, the powerful and final ar- gument of a forlorn cause. *“‘She supports two children and—'’ “And a big, broad- shouldered man named Anderson,” said his Honor. “I know the chap and have his name already gfor sentence. I would rather have him here than this woman. However, letter-pear-f'r-sentence-morrow- morn’n.” Another unfortunate wary of rash suf- fered *‘a lady friend’” to relieve him of $32 during a reception which she held in his honor in a North Kearny-street cafe. So- briety brought him a knowledge of his bankruptey and the bruises he had re- ceived in return for his eighty-two pieces of silver, and he invoked the law. On the stand ‘“‘the lady’s” attorney inguired closely into his liberslity in the bottle- opening line, and his ability to know noth- ing after a certain period in the progress of his usual drinking bouts. To such ques- tions he returned hangh:i and indignant answers, bringing upon himself frequent severe admonitions of the court. Whatever resentment he may have cherished against the woman, whose fasci- nations were his undoing, he transferred to the interogating lawyer. In his wrath- ful mind she was exonerated, and, even if she had “lifted” his pocket, her un- of the wicked presumptiousnesss of her attorney. Instead of casting a stone at her, he heaved a whole broadside o rocks at him, and would have sacrificed the cause had not the State of California taken cognizance of “‘the lady’s’’ apparent short- comings and sent her below to prepare in sorrow and in tears for the Superior Court on a charge of grand larceny. Then the heavy wheels of justice rolled on with creak and groan, like a car of juggernaut, ;Wfir the reckless victims of "their own olly. Planned Flying.Machines. Leonardo da Vinci, being a great archi- tect and engineer, as well as painter and sculptor, left notebooks pmfl%g that he had studied the flight of birds, and had planned flying-machines to be driven by wings or by screw-propellers. But as Leonardo was good at figures he seems to have abandoned his plans after finding out how much force would be needed.—St. Nicholas. ————— A good many things come in with the tide which never went out with it. Murphy Bullding, Market and Jones Streets. MRS, G, T, YERKES HERE, The Wife of the Famous Million- aire of Chicago in Town. ON A TOUR OF THE STATE, How Her Husband Bought Up the Car Lines in Chicago and Built a Great University. Among the arrivals at the Palace last night was Mrs. Charles T. Yerkes of Chi- cago, wife of the famous millionaire whose philanthropic work, including his munifi- cent bequests, have made him known throughout the world. Mrs. Yerkes is accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. G. Momsen Taylor of Colorade Springs, Colo. They are on a tour of the leading resorts, and have been attending the flower show at Santa Barbara and vis- hing other points of interest. The career of Charles T. Yerkes has scarcely a parallel in this country, where immense fortunes are made in" a brief time. After losing all he had a few years ago in Penusylvania he went to Chicago, and by luckly speculations, the like of which have probably never been equaled, he bought up the various streetcar lines of that city. He-also founded the great Yerkes Uni- versity and caused to be built a powerful telescope, the biggest known in the world. The university with its endowments cost millions. Visitors to the Chicago Exposi- tion will remember the monster telescope, which was then on exhibition there. Mr. Yerkes has recently completed a magnificent mansion in New York, cost- ing, it is alleged, with its furnishings, several millions. He already had a pala. tial home in the Windy City. The enter- prises with which Mr. Yerkes is directl; and indirectly identified are various, an he is credited with making great sums an- nually from all of them. His wealth is uoted variously at from $20,000,000 to ?30 ,000, and some enthusiastic persons place it at even a hiiher figure. Mrs. Yerkes and her friends will prob- ably be here for several days. Green Stones in ¥avor. Green stones are the fashion just now. Ot these, of course, first comes the emer- ald, for green diamonds and green sap- hires are too rare and small for modern Nothing can equal a really fine ewelr{. | emerald—rich, dark, velvety and glossy— righteousness was quite absalved in view | yet it is said that a flaw or fault almost always lies in the stone, and an emerald without a flaw is priceless. Next to emer- alds coine peridots (the French name for Indian chrysolite). These stones are par- ticularly soft, and they are difficult to cug and polish. Peridots, when really fine in size, depth and color, are lovely stones. They are a clear, deep leaf-green, showing almost yellow beside the blue tone of color of the emerald. Few peridots are now brought into the market, and those sola are usually old stones recut and reset in } modern fashion. Both emeralds and peridots are “step cut,”’ with a large broad table or center space. The chrysoprase is pretty, but lacks depth of coloring. The reason the emerald and peridot make lovely orna- ments is that they can be set round with sparkling diamonds to show off their lovely coloring, but pale stones, like the chrysoprase or beryl, have to be set plain by themselves, as they will not bear the contrast. About twenty years ago a fas ion came in of setting Eefldou with en- amel and surrounding them with pearls, This fashion now seems to have returned. —Manufacturing Jeweler.