The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 15, 1896, Page 9

v THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1896. e SUNDAY PAPERS ARE CONDEMNED, Are Said to Be Not Needed and Declared Inimical to Religion. GOOD PEOPLE OBJECT. The California Sabbath Assccia- tion Expresses Its Con- victions. APPEAL FOR SUNDAY LAWS. Winerooms on Ferry Steamers, Saloons, Etc., Would Be Closed by This Legisiation. Association held 1 vesterday at the . A. building. ng at 10 o’clock 1s opened by devotional owing which were the re- rsand the appointinglof com- committee of the past report, outlined the ac- nce the last convention, a work that would have y the association had it been | ing largely in prepara- e action to be taken in behalf observance, particularly with nce to the enactment of a new Sab- ad prepared memorials sof the three citiesof Ala- asking the passage of an or- lose the open Sunday saloons | co stands, and further » sale and delivery of Sunday ion, commencing at 1:30 as apened by the offering of a ver by Rev. Dr. Calhoun. The follow- 1g officers and committees were elected ing’year: D er, Re 1bell, Deacon E. C. P. Boynton. he following resolutions were framed | adopted: d by God, observed rist and realized in r ages, but . Its observ- petual obliga- he moral char- be improved, every 1 aud duties he uest all pro e in every prover Ives Temember- requirements stand as divine saleguards o ie co-operation of all good in securing a Sabbath law in the State oraia which shall restrain all our citi- zens from unmecessary work and all demor: g practices on Sabbath and sccurs to the benefits of Sabbath rest aud the oppor- tunity to worship God. That we petition Congress to enact a law for- bidaing the carrying and handling of the | United States mail on the Sabbath and ail un- | v labor by emploves of the Govern- | roads and other corperations. | where intoxicating liguors are | sold on theSabbath are among the grestest | foes of tne sabbath; therefore, we &sk for s | Btate law closing thein on the Sabbath. Among the many jorms of Sabbath desecra- tion that curse the people none can find less excuse than _the liquor saloon, the ferry-bosts | on the bay of San Francisco, these saloons are evil and of tne week and should t w, but _they are all dangerous when they ath day in violation the divine law gives, solved, That s friends of the Sabbath as as of temperance we bear testimony 1s inexcusable iuiquity, and hereby seech the officers of the company charge or controlof these saloons to em. v newspapers are 8 modern_invention rs hope to make money. . They are demoralizers. y are enemies to the best interests of re- n and the church of Christ, besides they cular work on the sacred day of rest, and these are produced for the reading public in direct violation of the Divine Law. At 3 o'clock a_public meeting was held, rayer being offered by Rev. Dr. J. M. “rench. Rev. Robert Whitaker delivered an address on “The Duty of the State to Secure a Weekly Resi-day for All La- borers.” He said that one of the happiest signs of the times was the fact that this movement had so many advocates. He believed that if people are to make a day of rest for the working man it could be done only on the ground of general good rather than on specific religious reasons. It would be a great advantage to every church,” said he, “if there was legisla- tion making it uniawiul to labor on thet day, congregations and attendance would be largely increased.’” The Rev. Dr. W. W. followed with an address on “Responsibilities of the Pulpit and of the Church in Regard to the Sabbath.” He said the responsibility of tbe whole matter lay with the clergymen | of the evangelical churches. That there | was too much apathy among clergymenon | this subject. He believed the matter | should be worked up in the prayer meet- | ings. “Every minister,” said he, “should be above suspicion on this subject in his own practice. He should teach it persisently by word and example—not once a year, but all the time.” g A short discussion followed, in which several of the members took part, and all expressed strong views on the subject against uny deviation whatsoever from the divine rule concerning the Sabbath day. Ecv. Dr. H. A. Ketchum was delegated to convey to the Endeavorers at San Jose their hearty co-operation and views on the fionducting of conceris on the Sabbath ay. DISCUSSED SPRINKLING. Merchants’ Association Presented Plans to the Street Committee Yesterday. A delegation from the Merchants’ Asso- ciation, consisting of Hugo D. Keil of Goldberg, Bowen & Co., Henry Michaels of Langley & Michaels Company, F. W. Dobrmann of Nathan, Dohrmann & Co., A. Fusenot of G. Verdier & Co., Marshall Hale of Hale Bros., J. Silverman, and Mor- ris Fredericks of Will & Finck Company, met the Street Committee of the Board of Bupervisors yesterday to discuss plans and specifications for sweeping and sprinkling the pusiness streeis of the Lity. Mr. Dohrmann spoke at length on the good that would accrue to the municipality iI the business streets and main thorough- fares, boulevards and ayvenues were sprinkled regularly, and also argued that it was the duty of "the municipality to un- dertake the work and provide for the ex- pfiensde by taxing the property-owners ben- efited. / John T. Dare, who said that he repre- sented 1800 property-owners who were op- sociation, spoke in opposition to the plan of sprinkling only the main streets. He said that it was only right and just that if any streets wyere sprinkied all in need of it should be given the same treatment. fe brought figures to show that in many Eastern cities the raerchants defray the expense of sprinkling the streets in the vicinity of their business honses. mitted an interesting batch of figures and data for the consideration of the commit- tee and the matter was taken under ad- visement for a week. ORIENTAL PUBLISHING. Chinese Printers Do All the Work From the Mikado’s Realm to Borneo. W. H. Purcell of the great publishing- house of Kelly & Walsh at Yokohama, Hongkong, Shanghai and Singapore, the largest in the Orient, is at the Occidental. The firm employs English foremen and Chinese printers. The house has been founded since 1860, It publishes all the voluminous books used in the Chinese Government service, with many others of different kinds in China, Japan and Calcutta. The house also publishes literary works of al! kinds, among them being some of the same books that are issued by the Scribners. The bouse in its ramifications and varied pat- ronage may be said to extend from Japan to Borneo. ‘‘Our greateat work, and one compara- tively recently issued,” sai yesterday, *“was Giles' Chinese-English Dictionary It cost a large amount of money to get it out. “We handle a great many works of posed to the scheme of the Merchants’ As- | The Merchents’ Association also sub- | Mr. Purcell | THE DAY THEY WERE MADE FREE, Anniversary Celebration of Norway’s Indepen- dence. EIGHTY-TWO YEARS AGO. The Proposed Two Days’ Fes- tivities of “ Den Norske Forening.” T0O BE IN SARATOGA HALL. A Farce-Comedy, a Ball an! Banquet, ‘With Appropriate Speeches, Will Be Given. What the Fourth of July is to the American people May 17 is to all Nor- { Mr. Halfdan Grotschier. wegians. They, the hardy sons of the north, have the same hatred of oppression ference and declaring their independence. Sweden, exhausted by the war she had just been in, was not in a position to force matters and Norway gained her point. Crown Prince Karl Johan Bernadotte of Sweden, who recognized Norway’s right as a separate and distinct country with the same rights as Sweden, was chosen ruler of both countries, but Nor- way, through her own congress, formu- lated her own la Out of the spirit of freedom xndl liverty came such men as Ole Bull, to whom a monument is nOW being erected at Minneapolis; Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, who died last year, who wrote many valuable books, including the history of the discovery of America by Norwegians in the year 1000; United States Senator Knute Nelsen from Minnesota and late Governor of that State; Rasmus B. Ander- sen, late United States Minister to Den- mark, who transiated all the works of Bjorntjerne Bjornson. 2 Norway is the most democratic country in the world. In fact it is positively socialistic. The Government owns or con- trols all the railways, mails, telegraph, telephone systems, Water works, gas works, electric works and steamships, all of which are run for the benefit of the people, 1t is to congratulate themselves for all these good things acquired within the past eighty-two years that the Norwegians will celebrate here at Saratoga Hall to- morrow night. R \ The fete will begin with a farce enti- tled *Til Saeters,”” under the direction of ! The amateurs to take part are the Misses Jennie Paulsen and Fanny Oxholm, and Messrs. G. A. Skogstad, Olaf Thomsen, Claus Isaacksen, Halidan Grotschier, Ivar Jansen, Paul Jacobsen and Thomas Thiis, Dancing will be in order after the play until the midnizht bour, the dawn of May 17, the anniversary of Norway’s inde- ce, when to the patriotic song of 1f Norge” by all present, a pro- be formed and a march taken ball. Speeches? will be cession to the banquet MASONS WERE NOT ROBBED. The Tale of the Cemetery Association Pecu- Iations. ONE HUMOROUS STORY. Members Wonder How They Lost i Half a Million Without Knowing It. OFFICERS EXPLAIN. GRAND Pilferings of a Bibulous Superin. | tendent Were Grossly Distorted, There was a great deal of quiet amuse- ment among the Masons of the City yes- terday over a lurid account of fraud and duplicity, laid at the door of the Masonic > Q 2 OO D) < PROMINENT NORWEGIANS WHO HAVE BEEN ACTIVE IN PROMOTING THE CELEBRATION OF NORSE INDEPENDENCE. N\ ouveR OusE // = European publishers in addition to our extensive printing business. We have published several papers and among them was a comic weekly not long ago, but it did not succeed. Itappears that thereis not yet enough patronage to support that kind of a publication in the Orient.” Mr. Purcell is en route to London and other European capitals on business in connection with his hous P FIRE DEPARTMENT. Estimate of the Amount Required for the Next Fiscal Year. The Fire Commissioners met yesterday afternoon and accepted the resignation of Henry J. McConville of engine 33 and John O'Brien of engine 14. John McNa- mara and John ¥. McGrath were appointed to engine 33 and John Bolan to engine 14. The following estimate of the amount of money required for the running of the department for the fiscal year 1596-97 was submitted: Selaries, $400,500; pensions, $15,000; relict to injured firemen, $1000: leaves of absence, 12,0005 running expense, $80,000; material, 0,000; five new engines at $4000 each, §2¢,° 000; one new weter-tower, ¥5000; two new hose-wagons, $950; new hose, $10,000; new house for engine 10, $6000; new house for truck 3, $15,000; new house and lot for pro- posed Engine Compeany 34, $6000; new house and lot for ptoposed Engine Company 35, '000; slterations and repxirs to houses, §15,- ; fiorses, £6000; hydrants, (new), caiiings and setting, .000. Totanl, $688,450. This is & reduction of $31,550 as compared with the amount for the present fiscal year. Life insurance experts contend that a woman who is in good health at the age of 45 is likely to outlive a man of the same age, because she is, asa rule, more temper- ate in habits and is less liable to accidents. and that love for liberty which are the distinguishing traits of the people of the United States, and they never fail to cele- brate the anniversary of the day upon which they proclaimed their independ- ence. The Norwegians of this City and State, some 8000 miles away from their beloved country, who are banded under the banner of Den Norske Forening, a society essen- tially Norwegian, propose not to be out- done by any other national celebration this year, and they will begin the festivi- ties at 8 o’clock to-morrow night and con- tinue them until Sunday. The story of Norway's battla for liberty will be told over and over again in prose ana poesy, and the little sons and daugh- ters of the Norwegians on this coast will listen to the tale as recited to them in the adopted h ome of their fathers. It dates back as far as the ninth century when many of the most prominent men of Norway, tired of Danish supremacy, left their homes and founded a colony in Iceland. To these men is due the most complete part of the history of Northern Europe. 1in 1814, after baving for centu- ries been under rule of a Danish King, Norway decided to cast aside the yoke. Denmark was at war with England and Sweden. Bweden had just lost Finnland and at the conference at Kiel the Enropean powers agreed that Norway should be freed from Danish control and pass under the protection of Sweden. This was only a change of masters, one as objectionable as the other, and the Nor- wegians on May 17, 1814, took a decisive stand, repudiating the action of the con- meade and toasts drank to Norway, the home of their birth, and to the ited | States, their home by adoption. C. J. HALE MIS3ING. The Police Are Endeavoring to Trace His Whereabouts. Clarence J. Hale, clerk in the wholesale hardware house of Dunham, Carrigan & Hayden Company, is missing, and the police are endeavoring to find him. He | has been suffering from nervouns prostra- | tion and loss of memory, caused by over- | work, and it is feared thatsomeinjury has befallen him. He left his home, 309 Tay- lor street, Wednesday morning, and aid not return. Hale is 42 years of age, but he looks more like 50. Heis 5 feet 7 or 8 inches tall, cray eyes, black and gray hair, full beard and mustache, and is slightly lame. Every effort to trace his whereabouts has €0 far failed. A Bulky Document. The transcript on appeal from the deeision in the Oakland water-front case has been filed in the Supreme Court. It is & most volumin- ous document—so bulky indeed as to make it absolutely impossible for the Supreme Court Justices to read it through. There are 6030 folios, or 603,000 words—enough matter to fill half a dozen newspapers if printed by the column. There are three volumes, two of which are printed, and the third isa portfolio of exhibits. It isone oi the largest documents ever filed in the Supreme Court of this State, —— One morning recently, while out for a walk, Professor Alfred Free of New Lon- don, Conn., found & nure white robin. He was astonished to see such a rare bird in that locality. Cemetery Association, printed in a morn- ing paper. 7 ircordinz to that sensational narrative the cemetery association has lent itself during the last five or six years to a well guarded scheme of peculation. Thou- sands upon thousands of dollars have dis- appeared from the funds of the associa- tion, if the writer of the article referred to is to be credited. and the members of the order have slumbered while all this was going on. 5 In one instance a man named Gay, so it is set forth with suggestive embellishment, got away with §40,000. He was superin- tendent.” His tenure of office extended over a period of fifteen yvears. According to Attorney Countryman, who is quoted by the morning papers 8s its informant, Gay managed to take nearly $50,000 under the eyes of the trustees and without making use of six signatures to every warrant drawn on the treasury. “It is natural we should laugh at such an absurd story,” remarked a prominent Mason yesterday. “It is the cutcome of an inquiry made by Oriental Lodge in connection with its request that its contri- bution to the cemetery fund be reduced from $70 a year to a smaller amount. When it was found that the association had §50,000 on hand they wondered and wanted to know ‘how so’ and ‘wherefor'.” Grand Master Pierson and Grand Secre- tary Johnson smiled broadly when their attention was called to the story and pointed out the absurdity of the supposi- tion that the order through the cemetery association, composed of some of ths old- est and most honorable Masons in the State, conld be robbed of several hundred thousand doliars. Said Grand Secretary Johnson: ‘It is too ridiculous to be discussed seriously. 9 NEW TO-DAY—DRY e o S OSSN -t SA Sdursnind it ARGAIN-DA OF EXTRAORDINARY MERIT! GOODS. | SPRCIALS that in many cases are 0N Y In conformity with our rule of offering EXTRA INDUCEMENTS to our Bargain-Day patrons we select a variety of the MOST SEASONABLE AND POPULAR LINES and place them ON SPECIAL SALE TO-DAY at figures Yo VALUES! A 150 pairs BIARRITZ KID GLOVES, i each. be offered at $1 50 each. CORSETS! widths, from 10c a yard and upward. e offered at 10c each. At 124 162 dozen MEN'S FULL-FINISHED HE heels and toes, in sanitary gray and vi offered at 12}4c a pair. LADIES’ KID GLOVES! At 28 Ceomnts. 5 200 pairs &-BUTTON KID GLOVES, in tan and brown shades, sizes 63, 7 and 74, extra good value for 75¢, will be offered at 23c a pai t 25 Conts. n mode and slate shades, all sizes, extra good value for 75¢, will be offered at 25¢ a pair. At S1.00. 500 pairs 4-BUTTON DERBY KID GLOVES, shades, extra good value for $1 50, will be offered at $1 a pair. CARRIAGE PARASOLS! At 7S5 Cents. CARRIAGE PARASOLS, in Satin (lined), value $1 25, will be offered at 75¢ each. At S1.00. CARRIAGE PARASOLS, in Surah Silk, with ruffles, value $1 50, will be offered at $1 ir. in tan, red, brown and English red At S1.50. CARRIAGE PARASOLS, in Gros-Grain Bilk, with one and two ruffles, value $2, will CORSETS! At 865 Cents. 50 dozen LADIES’ BLACK CORSETS. extra lonz waist, high bust, two side steels, periect fit gunaranteea, regular price §1, will be offered at 65¢ each. NEW DRESS TRIMMINGS! COLORED SPANGLED TRIMMINGS, in the newest patterns, latest shadings, all JET AND COLORED YOKES, both Beaa and Spangled, with and without epau- lettes, latest designs, and at very low prices. BLACK OSTRICH FEATHER BOAS AND COLLARETTES, from 18 inches to 54 inches, best quality. 18-inch, $3 to $8 50 eac! DRESSING SACQUES AND LADIES’ CHEMISES! At 78 Cents. LADIES' DRESSING SACQUES, made of Eiderdown flannel, in red, blus, pink and gray, perfect fit, regular price $1 50, wiil be offered at 75c each. At 8O Cents. LADIES' CHEMISES, made of fine material, finished with deep ruffle, edged with colored embroidery, regular price $1, will be offered at 50c each. MEN’S FURNISHINGS! At 10 Conts. 100 dozen MEN'S, LADIES' AND BOYS' ALL-SILK WINDSOR SCARFS, in new designs of fancy figures and in light and dark colors, extra good value for 25¢, will inch to 54 inch, $8 50 to $18 50 each. Conts. VY MERINO SOCKS, with double spliced ana colors, regular price $2 a dozen, will be i At 25 Conts. 75 dozen MEN’S CHEVIOT AND MADRAS OV colors, extra well finished, regular price : RSHIRTS, in a choice variety of Oc, will be sold at 25c each. REMNANTS! REMNANTS! In connection with the above the week’s vast accumulation of Remnants and Short Lengths of DRESS GOODS AND SILKS will be cleared out AT GREAT REDUCTIONS TO-DAY. Markol S, comer o Jneg SAN FRANCISOO. are too well known as Masons and men to | permit of such a suspicion as that insinu- ated. = A superintendent they employed some years ago got to drinking and used a few hundred dollars that belonged to the association, but there is a great difference between a trivial peculation of that kind and & discrepancy of $40,000.” Secretary Hobe of the cemetery associa- | tion said he would treat the whole matter | with silent contempt, but he warmed up to | the subject finally and said that if the | charges made were not so paipably unjust they would be comical. “Why,” he said with warmth, “the men composing the association are past masters of some of the leading lodges of California, and they are men of means. The idea of a steal—but, pshaw, it is too nonsensical. I shall treat the whole thing with silent contempt.” H. L. Davis, president of the associa- tion, showed the improbability of the story by referring to the constitutional | rovision that no moneys can be drawn fiom the treasury unless the warrant con- | tained six signatures. Mr. Countryman, who was quoted as| authority by the morning paper, called attention to a legislative enactment pro- viding that the association could not have | more than $5000 in the fund created for the care of the graves. and thatthe surplus | might be paid to the relief board. He | wanted to know how that surplus had been disposed of. He had notking to offer in confirmation of the charge that the alleged peculations amounted to several thousand dollars. The other Masons questioned on the subject who did not laugh at the story of half a million in fraudulent appropria- tions dismissed the subject with a laugh. NEW SEALING RULES. Regulations Governing Vessels Em- ployed in Sen Otter Hunting During the Present Season. Collecror Wise is in receipt of the follow- ing rules governing sea otter hunting dur- ing the year 1896: TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE Sv,cxnun,% WASHINGTON, D. C., April 29, 1896. ARTICLE 1. Eyery vessel employed in sea otter hunting, or in transpording sea otter parties, shall have in addition to®he papers now required by law a special clearance and license, ARTICLE IL No vessels propelied by steam shall be em- waters, that is, within three miles of the shore, or for the purpose of transporting sea otter huntin rties within saia territorial waters. Only sailing vessels and boats propelied by oars or paddles shall be so employed. ARTICLE IIL The master of any vessel having on board skins of sea otter, mink, marten, sable, fur seal or other fur-bearing animdl, shall, before unlading the same, report to the Collector of Customs at the first port of arrival of his vessel in.the United States, and shall fi'e a manifest in detail of such skins with said Collector. ARTICLE IV. Masters of vessels failing to comply with these regulations will be considered_to have violated the provisions of section 1956 of the Revised Statutes, hereinafter annexed, and ‘will be liable to the penality described therein. “Sectipn 1956. No person shall iill sny otter, mink, marten, sable or fur seal or other The trustees of the cemetery association fur-bearing animal within the limits of Alaska | sea otter hunnn% 1 ployed in sea otter hunting within territorial | { Territory or in the waters thereof; and every person guilty thereof shall for each offense be fined not less than $200 nor more than $1000 or imprisoned not more then six months, or both; and all vessels, their tackle, apparel, furniture and cargo, found engaged in vioia. tion of this section shall be forieited; but the Secretary of the Treasury shall have power to authorize the Kkilling of any such mink, mar- ten, sable or other fur-bearing animal, except fur seals, under such regulation as he may prescribe; and it shall be the duty of the Sec- retary to prevent the killing of any fur seal and to provide for the execution of the provi- sions of this section_until it 1s otherwise pro- vided by law; nor shall he grant any special privileges under this section.” ARTICLE V. It will be the duty of the officers of the United States who may be in localities where sea otter are taken, or who may have knowl- eage of any such offense having been com- mitted, to take all proper measures to enforce the penalties of the law. ARTICLE VI. Vessels which have cieared in good faith for prior to the issuance of these regulations shall not be seized for a breach thereof made in good faith, without knowledge of said regulations. Masters of said vessels shall, however, be warned by the United States officers charged with the enforcement of these regnlations, and shall be given a copy thereof. ARTICLE VII. The foregoing regulations are intended to apply only to the season of 1896. J. G. CARLISLE, Secretary. flsmart 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.