The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 4, 1896, Page 11

A 11 WHISPERED 175 DEATH, Why - the Fabiola Fete Will Henceforth be a Free and General Fiesta, GEORGE HATTON'S FIRST SUIT. Alameda County Ladies Have Shown + Enough Diplomacy to Insure Them the Ballot. OAKLAND OFFICE SAx Francrsco CALL,) 908 Broadway, May 3. | | The day of. Fabiola fetes is past, and in | future years the great Mayday fiesta will not be given for charity, but for the gen- eral purpose of exploiting the city and of | bringing large crowds to Oakland. The result is but natural. To be a great suc- cess the masses must attend, and the | mass of the people cannot afford to pay‘ star theater prices for the privilege of viewing the floral parade. Last week’s fete, although it will leave a surplus, can- not but be regarded as a partial failure. The balance will probably be less than $1000, and this is a sum aitogether too in- significant when compared with the time and servicesof the many able and generous men and women who labored for weeks. The weather had something to do with the result, but for the past month it has been noticed that the general interestin the affair was not one-tenth of what it ‘was last year. "An invitation sent to every merchant in town asking them to decorate tneir stores and make the town look at- tractive did not meet with a single re- sponse. The argument was made that no benefit would be received and that busi- ness dia not justify it. ‘With the promise of the fete association that next vear’s fiesta will be free and will take place on the streets of the city, inter- est will be increased a thousand fold, and instead of a small-and exclusive proces- sion at the park a pageant will bearranged that will rival that of Los Angeles and pack the city with people, which will be an inducement to merchants to make gay their stores. Another reason for the smallness of the jete was that it was whispered to death. Since last year’s show the hospital for whose benefit it was given has been made the headquarters of the railroaa hosrital work and no words are necessary at this time to explain that the addition to its sphere did not increase its popularity. Still another reason can be found to ex- plain why “ali Oakland’’ did not go_in to make it a success. Bocial, political and religious lines are all drawn too tightly in this city. to permit of any general celebra- tion for any institution necessarily so ex- elusiye as a semi-private hospital must be. All these things figured on Mayday and the result was seen at the park. Oakland- ers take far too much pride to allow Fabicla to want, but it bas been clearly proved that the annual fiesta must be a thing of ali the people and for all the peo- ple-to insure the success it deserves. George Hatton, the local newspaper man, has been missing for about a year. He was néver absent from his desk during the dey time, but assoon as his last edition was out of the way George was no more to his friends. Speculation was rife and he was suspected at different times of being interested-in some of the many midnight depredatidns that have been committed in Oakland. It was more than suspected that* he knew more about the boy burglars than-he allowed to escape his blue pencil. Then it was mentioned that he had cap- tured a San Francisco beiress and was | preparing to astonish the social world with the announcement of a notable engage- ment. This idea was popular, for it con- veyed avision of a certain farewell bache- lors’ banquet, and such events in these depressed times are devoutly to be wished for. But George was not doing anything of the kind. e was doing his best to win a bet from bis bosom- friend, Colonel Tom Garrity. Tom and Hatton made a wager a vear ago that the newspaper man could not apply himself to anything that would | keep Kim in his rooms in the evening. | Garrity bet his friend could not stop at home. George bet that he could. Garrity sugeested the study of law, but the sug- gestion was one of pure sarcasm. “Done!” crijed Hatton, and hands were clasped at 20 to 1. Last Friday the secret came out. Hatton was seen on the street with his friend, the colonel, and the next morning among the names of those entitied to parchments from the Supreme Court was that of George F. Hatton. It was the first time George ever kepta secret, and he could not bave done it had he not kept at home. Now . Garrity refuses to pay the bet, and Attorpey Hatton’s first case will be to sue his brother attorney for that twenty. For the first time in five years the two friends occupied different pews at church this morning. : If all the counties in California were like Alameds the women would have the suffrage after next November. For sev- eral years there has been a marked in- crease of the desire to let women have their own way,-and already many have figured prominently in movements re- quiring great skill. Thereare a few ladies, however, who do the cause more harm than good. They are forever making themselves objectionable to the male half of the community and have not judgment enough to see it. They stand on street corners and muke wide their phylacteries, but they are in the great minority. They may be truthfully compared with the “Jong-haired’’ element among the Popu- lists which was so thoroughly overpow- ered by the conservative, youthfuland dig- nified element at the recent county con- vention. Among the ladies of brains and char- acter who have commanded the respect of their brethren are many who are capable of showing more discrimination at the polls than the majority of men. They dominate the Political Equality Society of-Alameds County, the Ebell Society, the ‘Women’s Suffrage clubs and similar or- anizations and are as powerful in the fioma as in the public sphere. During the past few months careful inquiry has im- presseq the husbands of these ladies wit the justness of their cause. Therein lies at once their power and the secret of their robable success. Every converted hus- {J)and at once becomes an active suffrage evangelist and the ladies are nearer their goal than they think. Diplomacy that can win over & husband can be trusted with the bailot. The First Congregational Church is still without a pastor, and Rev. C. E. Jefferson 18 back in Massachusetts telling of his pleasant trip to California. Although tendered a call, after he had preached two Bundays there were many who huped he would not accept. He isnota brainy man, and his discourses were very ordinary affairs. He impressed the leaders of the comgregation with the many things that gre necessary for ‘‘a modern ehurcfi" and talked a irent deal about church govern- ment and kindred topics, but scores of Dr. I:ic!.ennlu pupils at the Congregationai College could discount the Eastern man in every direction. The call was extended, as much as anything, because there was & vacancy to be filled, and the congregation preferred to close the gap. The probation- ary pastor felt this and concluded to stay where he is. Far better men than Mr. Jefferson will come to Oakland for the magnificent salary offered. 2 . e— =Colonel Sprague Dies. OAKLAND, Car, May 3, — Colonel | extortion, officiousness, formalities. | ure and arraignment of its oppressors, in | there shall be propounded qu Charles H. Sprague, U. 8. A., retired, died at his home, 658 Fourteenth street, this city, to-night. The family refuse to give out any facts regarding his sickness, death or life yntil to-morrow. Colonel Babb of Benicia has been detailed to attend to thesa details. THE COMMON PEOPLE. Rev. E. Davis Preaches Against the Quibbling and Back-Biting of Sects. > OAKLAN: CaL., May 3.—Rev. Ed- wards Dsvis, minister of the Central Christian Church, preached to-night on the theme, “The Common People Heard Him Gladly.” The speaker said: “The term common people in this instance implies the equiva- lent of an immense throng. In the tem- ple had gathered the populace. The Sad- ducees had questioned Jesus about the possibility of the resurrection, and the scribes were inquiring about the command- ments. Direct replies baffled their skepti- cal misgivings. Undismayed the Master continued his condemnation of hypocrisy, And the common people heard him gladly. “The populace always enjoys the expos- church or State. But the condemnation did not cause repentance, and consequently humility, simplicity and sincerity. The Sadducees, scribes and Pharisees still in- trude their agnosticisim, literalism and formalities on the doers of the Word. Theology is not religion, nor 1s church- membership the shibboleth of salvation. Christendom to-day needs a reiteration of Christ’s denunciations. And the common people will hear them with the same ap- Proval as 1n that olden day. “+Jesus snoke not as the scribes, but with authority, because he spoke the truth. If the minister of God preach the word his voice will reverberate with the power of liberated speech, and, sustained by the resonance of the universe, the hearer will be inspired with confidence. Conviction and action are a consequence. So long as the gospel shall depend on the require- ment of remuneration the tinkling of coins will be beard in the silence between sen- tences. So long as the hearer of the gos- vel must pay for his pew as he would for a seat in the theater churches will not be considered bouses of God. So long as bling ques- tions, and the bickering of backbiting, and the unchristian competition of sectarian churches, there shall be the necessity of Christ’s condemnation. And from whom- soever that shall come the people of the commonality will hear that gospel gladly.” ELEVENTH AMENDMENT. How “The Call's” Declaration for Suffrage Is Viewed in Alameda. Electric Light Demurrer to Bs Over- ruled by Judg: Frick—Dr. Zeyn Seriously IIL ALAMEDA, OAr., May 3.—There is but one opinion current here to-day among the ladies, and that is that, with the open and avowed support of T Cary, the eleventh amendment in favor of woman suffrage must carry next November. A gentleman who is a prominent advo- cate of the measure, in talking about the matter this morning, said: “THE CALL has cast its bread uvon the waters, and it will return to it in many ways undreamed of in the near future. I am glad of it. It means the passing of the eleventh amendment now. I know there are over 100,000 more males than females in the State between the ages of 21and 5 but what does that matter? Because they are the majority it doesnot give them the right to deny women a vote or to say that because women are in a minority they are bound to be ‘turned down’ when they do vote. That is like the arguments used about unsexing women, breaking up the home, ousting men from their rightful work, destroying the halo of purity that always surrounds a woman by giving hera vote. *“It's all poppycock. Why, the very women who are contending for their en- franchisement are the best women in our State. They are the mothers with experi- ence, with home life, with good surround- ings, with good husbands. It is not for selfish aggrandizement they are contend- ing, nor for more luxaries and comforts. They have all they want and have nothing material to gain by the passing of the amendment. They are battling simply for the lower strata—the submergea tenth if you witl—and those who come after them. “What have we men done? Wedon't want to work any more than woman wants to work. But we’ve got to. And we don’t want our women to work, but they must THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 4, 1896. FUNERALS GF PIONEERS, Many Pay Their Final Respects to W. A. Holcomb and A. K. P. Harmon. EULOGY BY REV. DR. COYLE. A Life-Time Friend of Mr. Harmon's Conducts the Services at His Late Home. 0axzLAND OrrIcE SAN FRANCISCO CAH—.} 908 Broadway, May 3. Two pioneers, well known throughout California, were buried in Mountain View Cemetery this alternoon. At the First Presbyterian Church many friends of Wiltiam A. Holeomb, late presi- dent of the San Francisco Produce Ex- change and call board, gathered to pay their final respects to the departed mer- chant. Many came over from San Fran- cisco, and the large charch was well filled when the cortege passed down the aisle. It was an interesting gathering. Many snowy-headed men were there who had doubtless thought that their call would have come before that of Mr. Holcomb. Pioneers were prominent in all parts of the church, and as, under the inexorable laws of nature, their ranks must be thinned with increasing rapidity, they listened with rapt attention to the re- marks of Rev. Dr. Coyle. The members of the family were not numerous, but the friends were, and after the casket had been placed before the choir the male quartet softly sang a funeral hymn. . Dr. Coyle delivered a short eulogy. ‘“The pioneers of California are rapidly passin, from us,” he said. **While we are atuerefi here to pay our final respects to Mr. Hol- comb another assemblage is doing the same over the remains of Mr. Harmon. I knew Mr. Holcomb in life and met him several years ago when I became pastor of this church. Of his public lite and his tri- umph over difficulties you have all read. But of his home life and his private life nothing has been said. He was one of the most generous men in the community, andon some days a score of unfortunates would go to his modest home and not one would goaway empty handed. He told me a few days ago, when he believed he was going to recover, that if it was God’s will he was ready to die. It was God’s will and he has gone to his reward and rest.” The interment at the cemetery was pri- vate. The honorary pall-bearers were se- lected from the g;erchnnu’ Exchange, Produce Exchange and Chamber of Com- merce, all of San Francisco. A. K. P. Harmon’s Funeral. QAKLAND, CAL., May 3.—The remains of A. K. P. Harmon, the deceaseda capital- ist and pioneer, were interred this after- n in Mountain View Cemetery, of which corporation the deceased was pres- ident. The funeral services were held at the late residence of the deceased, on Web- ster street. Dr. W. C. Bartlett conducted the ser- | vices, having known the deceased inti- mately for many years. His address was of a very personal and touching nature. The honorary pall-bearers were selected from the Cemetery Association and the various institutions of which he was a di- rector. The main entrance to the cemetery grounds were draped in black and the whole board of directors attended the ob- sequies. DEDICHTED THE CHURCH The Presbyterians of Berkeley Open a Beautiful Edifice. Athletes of the University May Not Be Able to Make an Eastern Tour. BERKELEY, CiLn., May 3.—The mag- nificent new Presbyterian Church build- ing, at the corner of Allston way and Ellsworth street, was dedicated this morn- ing with exercises of 8 most imposing na- a Fraise service was; held at which the following programme was carried out. Organ__ Voluntary; enthem, “Rejoice the Lord Is King” (Cecil B. Klein); scripture read- ing by Rev. J. Clarke Robbins; contralto solo by Miss Alice Raymond: duet, “I Will Myagnily Thee” (Mosenthall), Miss Edith Russell and Mr. Willlam 5 arris; prayer by Rev. George E. Hatch; bass solo by Fred H. Clark; address by Rev. 8. 8. Palmer; unartet chorus, “O Zion That Telleth Glad %‘ldlngl" (Dudley Buck); financial statement by the treasurer; address by Rev. E.S. Chap- ;mlr;,en.g.;.lte‘xinr m;m{dl:‘r}hnms rayer y Rev. F. J. Akers: orus, *‘Heaven and the Earth Display” (Mendelssohn), The following was the programme of the evening services: Organ voluntary; Doxology; invocation; seripture reading by Rev. James Hunter; antbem (Dudley Buck); prayer by Rev. J. B. Warren; quartet; offering; '°Bm° solo; ser- mon by Key. H. C. Minton, D.D.; bass solo and chorus (Franck); prayer by Rev. A. M. Elston. ——————— May Not Go East. OAKLAND, OAL, May 3.—The bj field day yesterday at Central Park, 'hicg was given as a benefit to the University of California Eastern Athletic team, did not prove to be as great a financial success as was anticipated. Asaconsequence it now appears to be extremely doubtful whether | the original plans for the proposed East- ern tour will be consummated in their entirety. In fact it is not probable from the present_outlook that more than six men will go East, and that those whodo go will only be able to contest in the Western intercollegiate and in the Motit-Haven games, on account of the lack of finances to transport them further on their out- lined itinerary. The total net receipts from yesterdey’s games will not aggmslta $1000 according 10 the statement of the manager, and from other sources the total amount will not ex- ceed §250, making & grand total of about $1250. It is generally conceded that the six men who will go across the continent, provid- ing Torrey finds it possible to leave, will e Merwin, Edgren, Koch, Torrey, Lloyd and Crafts. A meeting will be held to- morrow among the athletes, when more definite plans as to the Eastern trip will be decided upon. BATHARDS T0 THE FRONT Business Men Organize a General Development Associa- tion. Eager to See Their City Improved and Made a Manufacturing Center. HAYWARDS, CAL.,, May 3.—The pro- gressive merchants and business men of Haywards have concluded that it is to the best interests of their section of the State to have an .organization which may be looked to in taking the lead in all move- ments to advance the town and surround- ing vicinity. At a meeting held last week over which Thomas B. Russell presided, a committee consistingof Messrs. J. B. Parsons, George 8. Oakes and George Baxter were named to prepare and present a definite plan of organization. The meetirg adjourned to | meet last evening to hear and consider their report. The Town Hall held a representative gathering last evening when Thomas Rus- sell called the meeting to order and asked for nominations for temporary secretary. P, Wilbert was elected, and then the spe- cial committee was called upon to present its report. The reading of the proposed constitution and by-laws was listened to with the great- est attention by all present. After some discussian they were adopted as read. The name chosen for the new organiza- tion is the “Haywards Development Asso- ciation.” The object of the new organi- zation, as set forth in the coastitution, is to promote general interest of residents of this vicinity upon questions pertaining to industrial and financial matters, to in- crease local trade, attract and encourage new enterprises, begin new improvements and do everything which shall sustain the fiood name of Haywardsand vicinity at ome and abroad. This new association will co-operate with the State Development Association and hold regular meetings the first Saturday of each month. The next meeting will be held Mornday, May 11, at which time the charter membership roll will close and the election of officers take place. B Big Damages Awarded. OAKLAND, CAr, May 3.—Mrs. Emma ‘W. Thompkins, wife of Major J. W, Thompkins, was awarded $12,500 damages against George 8. Mountgomery for injuries 1eceived in an accident at Cazadero last summer, when a stage overturned. She had her thigh broken and received other if they would live. Our attempls at legis- lating for the greatest good for the great- est number have given us a Huntington, a Buckley, several incarnated Bacchuses and I don’t know how many lunatic asylums and poorhouses. Women can’t do worse. I've a great idea they will helpusto do better. “Anyway whether the good they may do in the future is problematical or not as a matter of equity all women who vay taxes direct or indirectare entitled to vote. They will get it, too, and THE Carn will not regret the day when it advocated the rights of woman.” A Presentation. ALAMEDA, Cin, May 3.—w,., L. Wheeler was' not allowed to leave the service of the Alamada, Oakland and Piedmont Electric Railway without: ex- periencing some idea of the estimation he was beld in by the employes of the road. Yesterday afternoon he was presented with a gold wateh chain with diamond locket attached, and a gold match box. Engineer George Ames made the presen- tation on behalf of the employes of the company, and told how high the regard was that all the men entertained for him, because, though strict, he was always just, and was ever their friend and adyiser. * W. B. H. Fisher entered on his duties as the new superintendent yesterday. The services of A. Duperu, the assistant superintendent and aight receiver, have been dispensed with, The sum of $300 went a-missing some two monthsago after his night watch, and all efforts to trace its whereabouts have failed. The vacancy will be filled by Al Baxton, a well-known and popular employe. Dr. Zeyn Seriously Ill. ALAMEDA, CaL, May 3.—Dr. Geor, C. Zeyn, a member of the Board of Healll;!; and one of the leauing physicians, has con- tracted such a severe case of facial erysi elas that his condition is extremely criti- cal, Yesterday his temperature was so high that his confreres, Drs. W, O. Smith, C. H. Lubbock and E. M. Keyes, held out little hope. To-day he has improved somewhat and there are stronger hopes for his nltimate recovery. Demurrer Overruled. ALAMEDA, CAL, May 8.—Judge Frick will, to-morrow, overrule the demurrer entered against the complniut of J.T. Fleming against the City Trustees in the electric Jight suit. He will also refuse to dissolve the injunction suit, and raise the bond required to be given by complainant, to $5000. ‘Woman’s Congress. ALAMEDA, Cav, May 3.—The com- mittee to represent the third Woman Congress of the Pacific Coast comprises Mrs. A. A, Coben, Mrs. L. Van Orden, Mrs. 8, Chappel, Mrs. 8. E. Knowles, Mrs, Emily Powell and Mrs. A. 8. Soule. G. W. M. Reynolds selected ‘“Master Timothy” when writing his choice essays which bore the title, ‘“Master Timothy’s Bookcase.” 1 FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AT BERKELEY, DEDICATED YESTERDAY. ture. The dedicatory sermon was preached by Rev. Robert F. Coyle, D.D., of Oak- land, after the dedicatory prayer had been rendered by the Rev. H. H. Dobbins of Berkeley. The building, with a seating capacity of 600, was filled to overflowing. The dec- orations were proluse, the altar being the central point from which the banks of cut flowers and vines radiated. Upon the vlatform sat the pastor, Rev. Dr. Ketchum, Rev. Dr. Coyle and Rev. Mr. Dobbins. At intervals through the exercises the choir, which had been enlarged into a chorus for the occasion, rendered special selections. The order of exercises was as follaws: O lunta: choir and congregation); 1u006ation by tha pastor;. an thos: hont: Shout the Glad Tidiugs,” J. H. Brewer; scrip- ture reading, Rev, Dr, Ketchum; soprano solo, Miss Edith Russel ‘Coronation,” by chorus and_congregation; dedicator: prayer by Rev, H. H. Dobbins; offertory, "I’Ar‘o (Handel), violin and organ, Miss Chiamberlain violinist, Mrs. Irwin organist; tenor solo, William N. Harris; sermon_ by Rev. R. F. Coyle, D.D.; ussell, I ¢ - lam N. Harris atd ¥, G. Clark: bymn sad benediction. . For the text of his dedicatory sermon Rev. Dr. Coyle took Luke xxi:19—"In your patience possess yé your souls.” In the afternoon begiuning at 8 o’clock injuries from which she has not yet fully recovered. Negligence on the rt of Montgomery, 2s owner of the u&.ga, in allowing an inexperienced driver to take the stage out was charged. e Foreign Missions’ Conference. . ALAMEDA, CixL., May 8.—The follow- ing officers were elected by the Paeific Conference of the Woman’s Foreign Mis- sionary Society: President, Mrs, Jenkin vice-president, Mrs. J. B. illivra; corresponding secretary, Mrs, P. M. Pres- ton; recording secretary, Mrs. C. W. Moors; treasurer, Mrs. H.'A. Stephenson; auditor, Mrs. McKnight. The treasurer reported the receipts for the year to be $45787 and . the disbursements $454 90. The next annual conference will be held in San Francisco. ST S e o The porcelain tower at Nankin was 248 feet high, e —————————————————————— LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE, o S et e WO iy S R SOUTHAMPTON—Sailed May S—Stmr Saale,tor New York. GIBRALTAR—Passed 3—Stmr Kaiser Wit~ BT ufif’n’-’-‘lmm State of | S| from New York for Glasgow, Nebraska, PRAYER FOR HIS RETURN, George Atkinson’s Disappearance Agitates Oakland Congre- gatious. WAS A THEOLOGICAL STUDENT. Was Last Seen Tuesday, and Foul Play or a Romance Is Suspected. OARLAND OFFIcE SAN FRANCISCO CAY.L,} Broadway, May 3. George Ernest Atkinson, president of the Christian Endeavor Union of the Market-street Congregational Church, is missing. To-night Rev. E. C. Chapman gave notice of it and prayed that the presi- dent might soon be restored to them. The missing young man is a student at the theological seminary and Dr. McLean has done all in his power to trace him, but with no result. Last Tuesday he left his rooms and no one has seen him since. There are good reasons for suspecting foul play. There is also some ground for presuming that Atkinson has gone off to sea’to drown his sorrow, because a young lady to whom he was engaged refused to longer regard herself as his afflanced. This was a sore blow to him, and he has frequently threatened that he wonld run off to sea. Atkinson is the son of W. H. Atkinson of Forest Grove, Or., and inquiry has been made at his home, but nothing has been learned. He was a very earnest student and a popular leader of the Chris- tian Endeavorers. Two months ago he was elected president of the Market- street Union, and under his presidency the union was making marked progress. Dr. E. C. Chapman, pastor of the church to which young Atkinson is attached, is of the belief that the missing man has met with foul play. A short time ago he received a snug sum of money from home with which to carry himself through the summer. This money has not been found in his room, and no one knows what has become of it. By the manner in which Atkinson left the college it is not thought that he intended to make a journey, as he went off in a working suit of clothes and & tennis cap. His best clothes are in his room and there 1s not the slightest indi- cation that he had prepared for a journey. Last Tuesday Atkinson was seen in the Western Union Telegraph office on Broad- way, bat since then no one has seen him. The object of his visit was to see a young lady operator who is a member of the En- deavor Union of the Market-street Church. She stated to-night that she had not seen Atkinson and had not the remotest idea where he was. Thers was nothing un- usua' about his manner while in the tele- raph office, but since he left there noth- ing whatever is known of him. The missing student was to have been at Loomis, Placer County, to preach to- day and for several weeks, and it was thought he might have been there. A iele- gram, however, proved that he had not been heara from, and inquiries in other directions also failed to bring any tidings “I tbink Atkinson has either run off to sea or else he bas met with foul play,” said Dr. Chapman to-night. *“I do not think for a moment that be hascommitted suicide, as he was not a young man likely to do any such thing. "He was 25 years old and particularly tright and promising. He went to the theological seminary about a year, and made rapid progress. He has never been missing before, and if he has not met with foul play I fear he has car- ried out a scheme that I'm told he often spoke about and has gone to sea. Various reasons Lave been given for his desire to rush off to sea, but none of them seem to justify me in thinking he has carried it out.” An intimate acquaintance of Atkinson’s has a theory about his disappearance that does not seem at all improbable. think,” said he, *“he has gone to sea rather than face the ordeal of preaching. It is a pronounced case of stage iright.” Revs, Drs, Chapman and McLean kept the fact of Atkinson's disappearance a secret till this evening, but they con- sidered it their duty as be did not return to notify the police and to refer to the matter from the puipit. Fishermen predict there will be no high water in the Columbia this year, and an= ticipate a poor fishing season in conse- quence. “1| Tuction Qales PAVILION AUCTION HOUSE. 819-321 Sutter St., Above Grant Ave. AT SALESROOM, THIS DAY, MOndayi . coccrriieniiinessse Moy &, 1896, At 10:30 o'clock A, M., 2 STANDARD UPRIGHT PIANOS And the Oak, Walnut and Mahogany ¥urniture of 3 Private Residences; also a Large Variety of Carpets. ATlP M, At 1806 Market St., Near Van Ness Ave.. ...l WILL SELL.... THE FINE STOCK AND FIXTURES OF THIS WELL-KNOWN SALOON, Conslsting of National Cash Register, Bar and Bul%nr. Shuflle-Board, Tabies, Chairs, Plo- tures, Fine Glasswaroand a Large Choice Stock of Wines, Liquors and Cigars. S. BASCH, Auctioneer. J. C. MUTHER, AUCTIONEER, WILL SELL THIS DAY, Monday............ May 4, 1896, Commencing as 11 A. M. sharp, At 733 Market St., near Third, A FIRST-CLASS RESTAURANT Completely farnished, on account of depsrture tooraine Y avost 100" Bevepiate. Sirrors: 300 ards of 1nlald Linoleum; 140 fine Oak Vienna airs; 30 elegant Oak Tables; fine Fire-proot Safe; Crocke and Glassware; Cutlery and Linen; 2 nch Ranges: 1 Heater and 1 Bahers' Oven, etc. This place will first be offered as & whole, and 1t a satisfactory bid is not obtained it will be sold in loltahw lnll‘:nylmhlsu'l. Everything must be sold ‘without L Or reserve. J.C. MUTHER, Auctioneer. L H. BURD, AUCTIONEER, Office and Warehouse, 211 Larkin St., At 11 A M, $5000 Worth of Japanese Furniture and Crockery. 1f you want elegant goods, attend this sale. L H. BURD. Auctioneer. BAOWN DID NOT PREACK A Big Crowd Waits Patiently for an Event Previously Called Off. Monday. Deacon Morse Is Censured for Not Securing a Regular Minister for the Occasion. For probably the first time in the his- tory of the First Congregational Church every door leading into that sacred edifice remained closed yesterday. The fact that such an unusual thing would occur was duly advertised, but it did not prevent nearly half a thousand of the curious- minded from gathering in front of the church when the hour for the morning service arrived. There was no one present who seemed willing to assume the resvonsibility of tell- ing the people that the doors would not be opened. Tall, grim but genial Sexton Pike did not show up, neither did the “Qily Gammon’’ of the retired pastor’s fol- lowers. For nearly an hour the people walked distractedly about and then in squads of twosand fours went their re- spective ways. Sunday morning Deacon Morse caused to be inserted in the church notices the fotlowing: FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Owing to the lliness of Dr. Brown there will be no services at this church to-day. Sunday- school and Christian Endeavor services will aiso be omiited. Regular Wednesday evening meeting as usual. L H. MORSE, Senior Deacon. There are those who contend that Dea- con Morse assumed more power than he ssessed when he caused such a notice to e ?blishsd. “The First Church does not delegate any such authority to one man,” said one of ~ the dissatistied members yesterday. “Besides, whoever heard of ‘senior dea- con’ in Congregationalism? None of us can understand this move, but we are in- clined to think there is a ‘joker’ some- where.” Mrs. Cooper saw many things in the action of Deacon Morse to condemn. “It is certainly a very unusual nrooeed(ng," she said, “when it is remembered that there was to have been admitted into the church some twenty-five new members, Dr. Brown could not, of course, have per- formed the babtismal ceremony, but it would have been an easy matter to have secured 2 minister in good standing. It is “THE CALL” b RACING GUIDE. To-day's Entries at Pacific Coast Jockey Club’s Ingleside Track. reces where the borses have no record ai the distance to be run the records at the next nearest r distance pre given. ALureviations—F., fast: Fa., fair; H., heavy; m., mile; £, furlong; ¥, about. FIRST RACE—Nine-sixteenths of & mile; two-year-old. Best, record. | Dist. 14 m Pedigree. Riley-Slster]; M. J. Kelly: St. Andrew-Hattle Bell .{Elmwood stock frm | Imp. Brutus-Beauty Floyd Red Iron-Unknown <|H. Floyd............ .{Atkin & Lottridge.|El Rio Wm. Napler. Imp. M Pueblo sta . 8. Ho E] Primero stable.. Salvator-Oris Imp. Maxim-Fleurette PUBBIRERRES v £ g F...|E. Corrigan Pedigres. Emperor Norfolk-Winona Ansel-Miss Goodrich Imp. Kyrle Daly-Maggie B Shannon-Fannie Lewis Bulwark-sister to Violet Portland-Fantasia Hidalgo-Bertie W Imp. True Briton-Lillie 8 Kosclusko-May Valey Tyrant-Mayette Isaac_Murphy-Derochment 1mp. Brutus-Nerva, .| Livingston stable . Floodmore stable. EL Primero stable. F. McDermott. . Alma Dale stabll -|R. E. Dolan Elm stek farm THIRD RACE—Six furlongs; selling; three-year-olds. Pedigree. Gano-Carmelito Bramble-. Lou Imp. Bratus Ledetis EL Rio Rey-Valerie Imp. Wagner-Fabecia Imp. Inverness-La Trappes Ip. True Briton-Big Bertha Ip. Inverness-Wood Violet Brown Fox-Trade Wind ‘Take Notice-Picaic Pedigree. L S A Tmp. 5t George-Leves Argyle-Glenloch Lotglellow-Queen Beluga Pirate Penznce-Ldy Stnhope 1mp.Cheviot-Phaebe Anarsn Ip. Fullrton Lass| 108 Oregon klipse (108 ungarven. Paros. 1118 1087 1113 ans 1027 Perseus.. ¢ Tiberius .| .88 Strathflower.. .. 106, @A T B»ng*an-na Pedigree. Joe Hooker-Addle O'Neil Ip. Idalium-by Kyrie Daly atten-Louise Forrest Imfi Mariner-Marin El Rio Rey-Question Prince Nortolk-Hridee John A-Lowana R Fellowcharm-Sal. Hampton @ stk frm | fmp. Sir Modred-Typhoon A. Y. Stephenson..| Prince Norfolk- A vone A. B. Spreckels. ... | Flood-imp. Queen Bess JAPANESE & CHINESE AUCTION SALE 419 Kearny Street. THIS DAY, AtT1 TN 2and 7 P & 1898 REMOVED FROM CHINATOWN For convenience of sale, the stock of & CHINESE MERCHANT, WHO IS RETURNING TO CHINA. RARE ORIENTAL CURIOS. Satsuma, mo‘é‘l’:}:‘l‘l’,’ fi:c.h"l..‘ 'xu:n, Tokonabe, Antique nl;::‘b‘xs(;lg::l'::" ?flk Goods, SIZES. JAPANESE RUGS, ALL ‘Without Reserve or Limit. Chalrs for Ladtes., F. T. KEELAR, Auctioneer. HARDWARE AUCTION. CONTINUATION SALE THIS DAY. <eisene May 4, 1896, o'elock 4. x., 2235 Mission Street, Near Eighteenth. FRANK W. BUTTERFIELD, Auctioneer, 19 Montgomery sireet. AUCTION! _AUCTION! D o P 40 Well-Bred, Mostly Gentlo Horses Must be sold witiout reserv TUESDAY............. .....-.KA! B, As International Horse Mariet, Twelfth and Harrison sts. W. P. MCCORD, Auctioneer. Monday, very, very peculiar and there must be mgelhm; behind it.” There are those who think it is the pur- pose of Brown’s friends to gather in force at the Wednesday night meeting, and in some way re-elect him to the pastorate. Of course such a cproeceding ‘would be entirely contrary to Congregational usage, but in view of the tactics assumed by the moder- ator at the last meeting the opposition is ready to believe anything possH)Ye. . Morse’s statement that Brown was too ill to appear in the pulpit is hardly in keeping with thst gentioman’ fornia-stiser M night that he had » Brown, in which tha preciation to preach . Sunday, bu! o able to give 2 day. D S — First Use of Umbrellns. There can be little doubt that when um- brellas first came intouse 1n Elgglsnd they ‘were carried only by women. Of this we have the evidence of Guy Miege in his French Dictionary, 1688, who has the sen- tence: “Umbrellos are ov%y in use amongst women.” “The New World of Words,” revised, etc., by J. K., Philobibl., 1720, has the remark, “‘such as are here commonly us’d by women to shelter them from rain.” Both umbrello and umbrella are given. Gay has the following allusion: Good housewives all the winter' espise, Detended by the riding hood's dlsgeiser Or, underneath th’ umbrella’s oily shade, Safe thro' the wet on clinking paitens tread. Let Persian dames th’ umbrella’s ribs display, To guard their beauties from the sunny ray; Or sweating slaves support the shady load, When Eastern monarchs show their stare abroad; Britain {n winter only knows 1ts aid. To guard from chilly show’rs the walking maid. “Trivia,” 1715, book 1, lines 209-18. For many years the carrying of an um- brella was regarded as effeminate. In the Draper’s Dictionary it is stated that when men began to carry umbrellas they were hooted and jeered atas ‘“Frenchmen.”” In the Female Tatler, December 12, 1709, there is the following satirical announce- ment: The young fenuemm borrowing the um- brella belonging to Will’s coffee-house, in Cornhill, of the mistress, is hereby advertised, that to be dry from head to foot on the like occasion, he shall be welcome to the maid’s pattens.—Notes and Queries. ————— Napoleon’s Fifth War with Austria. Ostensibly this war was to be unlike any other so far waged. The secret instruc= tions given to the lmperial Austrian envoy in London clearly indicate that the Haps- burgs hoped by victory to restore their in- fluence both in Italy and Germany; for that was the meaning of ‘‘restitution to rightful owners” and the “slight rectifica- tion of their frontiers,” or, in other words, the restoration of European conditions to what they had been before Napoleon’s ad- vent. This was the dynastic side; the national side was also to beused for its purposes. “‘The liberties for Europe have taken refuge under your banner,” ran Charles’ proclamation to the army; “your victories will break their bonds, and your German brethren still in the enemy’s ranks await their redemption.” To the German world he said, ‘‘Austria fights not only for her own autonomy, but takes the sword for the independence and national honor of Germany.” Another manifesto, written by Gentz, the ablest statesman in Vienna, declared that the war was to be waged not against France, but against the system of persistent extension which had roduced such universal disorder in qurope.—*Life of Napoleon,” by Profes- sor Sloane, in the May Century. ——— A new industry, that of catching snap- ping turtles for Chicago markets, has re- cently developed in Jefferson Count; (Wis.) waters, and is being followed wh{x ecuniary advantage. The turtles sell, ive weight, for from 10 to 12 cents per pound. — f\sma.rt Broadway, New York, druggist has this sign hanging outside his store; it marks. the new era of drug selling, Is it any wonder that he has to enlarge his quar. ters, that his clerks are busy, and that his store is one of the most popular along the leading thor- oughfare? ou can afford to trade with a druggist that has such a motto as that. Dr.Gibbon’s Dispensary, 6: Establisbed s 25 bl gnbocyind ma"fi curesw g-hn-hu. Try him. res guarantc ed. Callorwrite, , Box 1057, Saa Francisce