The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 17, 1896, Page 32

o = 3 THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 17, 1896. FOR THE SOLDIERS AND THE SAILORS, The Salvation Army's New Movement in Their Special Behalf. WARRIORS UNDER TWO FLAGS. Fighting Men of the World to Be Re- enlisted Under the Motto “ Love Shall Conquer.” The Naval and Military League of the Salvation Army 1s about to be inaugurated | in the United States. It has been in operation in England only long enough to fully demonstiate what great results may be expected from it wnen it shall follow the track of tie army round the world. Major Lewis, who, under General Booth, is the head and front of the movement, believes that it will be the greatest of all peace commis- sions. Working among the fighting men of the world, its doctrine is peace. Carry- ing the flag of “blood and fire,’ there is written on it the motto, *“Love Shall Con- quer.” “The league is immensely popularin the armay—I mean the Queen’s army—and iu‘ be required to travel and to receive them at their journey’s end. In a word, we shall form a union of fellowship around the world. “You can see what a fascinating and | beautiful work this is—how it takes hold | of the imagination and will certainly en- list the soldier and sailor before many | years almost to a man, I look forward to that accomplishment. It is a vast peace commission that will bind together in | love the peopie of every nation.” DOMICILED 1 IN A RUIN. | | A MaN WHo Is CONTENTED WITH | His Lot anp Looxs Upon To- BACCO AS THE STAFF OF LIFE. ! No man ever selected a more desolate !spnl for his home than dia Edwin King | when he built his big house on a marsh [on the eastern shore of San Francisco | Bay, near where the Alameda River comes in, nearly thirty-five years ago. It was out of the world then, and it has remained S0 ever since. Why King built this house is something | of a mystery, but the story goes that he had some idea of turning the miles of waste tide-land around it into fields of wheat. But his plan was never carried out, because he and ail the members of his family were taken sick on account of the malarial influences of the marsh. One of sons died, but he did not give up his idea for n y 3 until he was nearly bankrupt and a physical wreck. He tried to sell his place, but nobody would even have it as a gift. Where King and his family went is not known. 1d no neighbors, and the people in_Alviso with whom he was ucquainted are all dead. The old house is still standing, but is Major Lewis, Who Stands at the Head of the Salvation Army’s New “Naval and Military League” for the Salvation of Soldiers and Sailors. the navy, and starting with a single corps | likely to fall to pieces any day. Duck- in London cur soldiers and sailors have carried and planted our banner in the | most remote quarters of the world,” said Major Lewis. Major Lewis is that pretty, fresh-faced | voung English woman who accompanied | the consul, Emma Booth, on her recent | visit to San Francisco. | She is to form a part of the official | family of Commander Booth-Tucker in: this country. In England she was devot- | ing herseif wholly to the league. She had | her own headquarters and was in direct | communication tkrough correspondence with army and navy chiefs throughout the British Empire looking to a recognition and assistance by them of the new move- ment. She was detailed to accompany Commissioner Eva Booth to come to America at the first reports of the seces- sion of Ballington Booth, and within twenty-four hours’ notice turned over the affairs of the league to her understudy and took ship. She expected to be back in London with the Ballin:ton Booth affair happily adjusted within three week: That was months ago, and she is not only still here but has been ordered to remain. The headquarters of the league will be shifted with her from London to New York, Major Lewis intended while here to establish the first corps of the league in this country, but the iliness of the consul kept her so absorbed in other affairs that | she was prevented from taking any steps in the matter. Upon the return of the commander to New York she will at once | set about placing the new movement on | its feet. | “A soldier and a sailor,” said Major Lewis, in talking about the league during her visit here, ‘‘likes his religion hot. He lies action, The Salvation Army methods answer the demand of his nature exactly. For years General Booth has been pressed people interested in the weifare of the | or and the soldier to ‘do something specially in their interest.’ “In response to that pleading he con- ceived the idea of the league and set me . 1o work to execute it. My first step was to ask for the recognition of the Salvation Army by the Government as a religious organization. You know there are only | five churches officially recognized by the | Governmeunt, the Church of England, the Roman Catholic, the Methodists, Presby- terians and Jews. For attendance at the services of any of these organizations the | soldier is given a money allowance in ad- | dution to his pay as a soldier. We desire that our followers shall have the same consideration. The revenue would enable them to sustain and push the work. “But we are not standing still and wait- ing. Not by any means. The league is | already at work almost at every place | where England’s soldiers are, or where | there is an English naval or shipping sta- tion. We have only entered upon the work and yet [ may truly say we have done a vast deal of good. It would sur- | prise you, I'm sure, to look over one day’s mail at our headquarters. Why, since arriving bere letters have been forwarded me telling of earr men in San Francisco concerning our work for the sailor. Ship-owners and agents are glad to help us in the work, for they know 1t will upiiit the men. But it is the men themselvés who receive news of the leagne as a message of glad tiding. Poor Jack, you know, is such a segregated peing. He is here ay and away, where nobody seems to know or care, to-morrow. He can have no ties like oiher people. ‘The Saivation Army offers him a great family that 1s waiting to receive him at every port. As a member of the league be will go away feeling that he has left dear friends, but that he is going forward to find other dear friends of the same fam- ily. This is lterally true. When the league is established there is waiting some of its soldiers and officers to meet every ship that comes to port. Before the sailors come ashore these soldiers of the league will board the ship and invite them to the league rooms, there to find pleasant companions and reading matter and comforts, and generally extend a wel- come and let them see that there is some- body interested in them. “Furthermore it is a part of our work and pleasure tolook aiter the friends of the sailors while away and form a con- necting link between them, visit the old mothers or lonesome wives of the absent ~ues, to see them safely off should they | agined. t Jetters of inquiry by | | hunters have used a large portion of the | cutside planking for firewood and left only the framework intact. Tke ruin can be seen for miles. It isin a spot only a few 1nches above the tide level and diffi- cult to reach, as the road to it has almos disappeared. When near the house one has 1o feel the way among the slimy marsh grass and jump over muddy pools. A more desolate spot cannot be im- To the west no building can be Old Man Campbell, Who Makes His Home in a Ruined House. [From a sketch.] seen as far as the eye can reach. North, south and east one looks over miles and uiiles of tide-land waste before the eye is relieved by the sight of human habitation. The ruin itself is most cheerless, and seems to be only the abode of bats and owls. But such is not_the case, for an old man named Campbell has lived there alone for many years, and a most con- tenied individual he is. He occupies the only room left in the house. It ison the second floor, and caanot be reached except by a ladder, as the stairs have long ago been destroyed. Campbell says he is there to take care of Edwin King’s Ruinmed House Where Campbell Makes His Home. [From a sketch.) the place, but who hires him is a matter he keeps to himself. His room is com- fortable enough, but dirty in the extreme. He lives in idleness and does very little cooking, as he subsists on_iobacco almost entirely, which he says is the ‘‘staff of life.” "All day long he smokes and chews and rests, At night he continues the process, with brief intermissions of sleep. When the weather is bad he remains in bed, smoking and chewing all the time. He has a pipe that will hold at least a quarter of an ounce of tobacco, and he keeps it alight most of the time. | tion of_the late Republican convention as matter of diet, but tne clothes he wears about the house are made of old flour sacks cut much after the prevailing fashion among the Chinese. When he goes to some of the nearest towns for tobacco and provisions he wears ordinary clothes. Campbell is the happiest man in the State. The only visitors he has are hunt- ers and he is always glad to see them. He is 84 years old and strong enough to walk twelve miles across the marsh and back again the same day. He never was sick a day in his life and says all his good heaith is due to tobacco, which he has used since he was a boy. Campbell's only amusement is to walk to the bay shore and watch the steamers go by. e SUING FCR WAGES. Frank McGeerey Wants His From Macdonough. Frank McGeerey is suing W. O’B. Mac- donough and his agent, Jokn D. Sweeney, for $720 wages, which he says are due to him. McGeerey says he was left an orphan when 10 vears old, and was put in the Catholic orphan asylum in San Rafael. Sweeney, he says, took him away from the asylum and put_him to workfon Macdon- ough’s ranch. The agreement, McGeerey says in his complaint, was that he was to be well cared for, was to be educated and tkat he was to receive $10 a month. He says he never received any wages on the ranch, nor did he receive any money when he was transferred to Macdonough’s racing stables. He claims he was ill treated at the stables, and that finally the tramer drove him away with a pitchfork and told | him never to come back again. McGeerey is suing through his guaraian ad litem, P. S. Nagle. LADIES D BABIES' TEA, the | Money Happy Entertainment at Little Sisters’ Infant Shelter. A Charity That Is Crowded for Room and Is Forced to Turn Little NEW fINCORPORATED] 937-939 Market St. % E] We are not sel TO-DAY. A list of goods and prices where quality in every instance is supreme. less than cost nor dividing profits. Our story is stamped with truth and our statements for intei- ligent people. Economical business principles is the only true basis of consistent price. ling at SPECIALS FOR THIS WEEK. 58-inch, fine Ones From Its Doors. The little inmates of the Little Sisters’ Infant Shelter, at 512 Minna street, were happy yesterday, because it was a holiday at the home. The directors and officers | had decided to give a tea to the friends of the shelter and prepare a smail feast for the little babies and the older children | who are under their ministering care. | Quite a number of ladies responded to the | invitations extended, but the attendance | was not as numerous as this charity de- ‘ served, and this is more remarkable when | it is known there was no charge and that | it was only an invitation to those who take | an interest in such work, to see what is | being done for helpless little waifs. | The little ones and all seemed to appre- | ciate the visit and did what they could to | make themselves agreeable. They were allattired in their best and looked neat | and tidy, as they always do, and ander the | supervision of Miss Josie Kentley, who is asa mother to them and whom they all | love devotedly, marched into the class- | room and after saiuting those present with a curtsy formed in a circle, and for want of room and seating accommodations | squatted op the floor, cross-legged, like so | many little Turks. | After Mrs. J. M, Pierce had sung “The | Little Low-backed Car” for the children | Master Frankie Phelps, a bright lad of about 8 years, spoke a few words of wel- | come and thanked on behalf of the class | ail the good ladies who had looked after their weifare, He was followed by little | Miss Nettie Perkins, who sang “The Star- | spangled Banner,”” and then another little | miss, Nellie Phelps, sang a song of child- | hood. The class sang in chorus and then | tea was served. | “The trouble with our hore,” said Mrs. | T. G. Taylor, the vice-president, *is that | it is too small and it isinan out of the way place.” ““But it is crowded to its capacity and we | are forced to refuse other children for want | of sleeping accommodations,” added Mrs. | C. E. Cooper, the president. “Yes,” continued Mrs. Taylor, “‘we're | doing all that we can to make a pleasant home for our little ones, and would do more if we had but the meansand the | room. We have utilizea every. inch of | space, and we have been forced to crowd | the beds one against the other in the | rooms we use for dormitories. While it is true that the children have fairly com- ! fortable quarters, this place is not what it | should be to carry out the purposes of our | orzanization. We have been looking for and awaiting some kind-hearted person to come along, as they have it in the fairy books—one who will say, ‘Here is a_home | for your little ones; large and sunny, healthy grounds, where they may play and thrive; take it, and may God help vou in your work,’ but we are still waiting for that person of generousimpulse. Until such does come forward we wiil care for our little ones and educate them to the | end that they, in time, shall grow up good and useful mem bers of society.’ | | | | INDEPENDENTS FOR SPRECKELS Strong Resolutions in Favor of Good Measures and Clean Men. The Independent Political Club held its regular meeting Wednesday evening,when some resolutions were adopted on the ac- to the Nicaragua canal and refunding bill | as follows: ‘WHEREAS, The financial and industrial con. dition of tbe people of the United States and of the State of California has steadily been growing worse and worse under Democratic rule; therefore. be it Resolved, That we, members of the Indepen- dent Political Club, do most honestly petition the people of this State to put forth their ut- most_endeavors to return the control of the Government, both general and local, to the Not only is Campbell peculiar in the | validity of the clauses sttacked Republican party. Resolved, That we do individually and as members of the Independent FPolitical Club oppose and condemn the bill or act looking to ll‘;e refunding of the Pacific railroads indebt- edness. Resolved, That the completion of the Nicar- agua canal would be a vast benefit to the peo- ple of the Pacific Coast and would lead 0 a great reduction in the rates of transportation of our products 10 Eastern points; we do there- fore petition our representatives in Congress 10 use their best endeavors to secure the pas. sage of a bill looking to the speedy completion of such canal. Resolved, That this club feels a special pride in and that it does most neartily and enthu- siastically indorse the action of the lateRepubli- can convention in doubly honoring the Hon. J. D. Spreckels by electing him as one of the | delegates-at-large to the publican National | Convention at St. Louis and in electing him National Committeeman from this State. Resolved, That under his leadership the In. dependent Political Club freely and confi- dently believes that the Republican party wiil achieve one of the grandest victories ever known in Californis, and to this end hereby support. Resolved, That we, , ihe members of the In- dependent Political Club, hereby ratify and indorse the action of our executive committee in favoring the adoption of the new charter for San Francisco. Resolved, That we hereby tender them our encouragement and support in their deter- mined efforts to improve the present system of the government of San Francisco to insure the ratification of the new charter by the people at the sext election, and its subsequent ap- | proval by the Legislature of the State. i R e e — Paterson Is Guardian. Van R. Paterson has been appointed guar- dian ad litem of Herman Oelrichs Jr.and of the minor heirs of James G. Fair, in order to defend them in the suit of Charles L. Fair. Charles Fair is suing to set aside the trust clause in the stolen will. It has been set aside in regard to the real property, but a suitis now pending to set it aside as to the personal roperty also. 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A spe- 95¢ clal value at. 28) o Yard BARGAINS THIS WEEK |FANCY MOHAIR SUITING, inches wide, this season’s | all staple sprir price. colorings. Our the dollar. Sale co mmences Monday, May 25. BLACK |7 ext 7/ 7 N N \ *.S\\\‘\ ~ - PREANN Q . 7. L (Oh . BROCADED GROS GRAINSILK a heavy quality and new designs. We purchased the entire stock of Cloaks, Wraps and Suits, valued at $12,000, of Charles Mayer & Co., known as the California Cloak Company, 105 Post street, at 10 cents on R o HALE BROS., Incorporated, 937-939 Market St. SENT BY THE MIKADD. Arrival of an Embassy to Ex- amine Electricity and Telephones. Commissioner Mine's Story of the Gov- ernment’s Intentions—Will Visit Many Places. Among the arrivals at the OcciQentul is a special commission from the Mikado of Japan to study into the workings of tl_le electrical power and telephone systems in the United States. s The commission is composed of 8. M"‘."' R. Natayama and Y. Wadachi. They will be about two weeks in examining into the telephone and electrical systems of San Francisco, Sacramento, Fresno and other cities and will then proceed to Eastern cities. They may also visit Europe. Thgy expect to be sbsent from Japan six or seven months, £ “All over our empire now,” lll@ Com- missioner Mine yesterday, ‘‘there is great interest in eliectrical power and in electri- cal lighting. Electricity has been intro- duced in several cities, but the Goverq- ment wants it all over the country. Itis the same way with telephones. We have seen the value of them and desire to have them generally adopted. = *It is our intention to study into Vlhe work ings of both systems in the United States. We want to generate electricity from the many powerful waterfalls in our country and use it for electric railways, general power and lighting. To-day we visited W. Stewart Smith, the well-known engineer, apd other prominent men in- terested in electricity. We have also been examining into the different systems here. ““While here we will visit the American Falls, which furnish electricity for Sacra- mento; the Merced Falls and other places, and will also spend a short time at Sacra- mento, Fresno and other places. We be- lieve that the transmission of power for long distances is of great importance. “‘Wherever we can we intend to use elec- tricity. It will, according to the ideas of our Governmeat, be especially valuable in connection with our various public and private enterprises. 2 ‘It is our desire also to utilize the long- distance telephone in Japan. Mr. Haka- yama and Mr. Wadachi, who are with me, are experts on telephonic subjects. We intend visiting Manager John 1. Sabin of the system here, and will try to gather what we can in the way of information in other channels.” . The Commissioners came by the steamer China, and have been very busy since then in gathering facts about electricity and telephones. S. Mine, the Japanese at the Occidental Who Is Tnvestigating High-Power Electricity. A Call From the West for Cats. i On the register of a prominent Chestnut- [ street hotel this legend was written yes- terday: ‘*Joshua L. Drumgoole, Oregon; | here for vleasure and cats.” The clerk was inclined to doubt the sanity of the | guest, des;ii‘te the fact that he looked very sensible. r. Drumgoole, however, laugh- ingly explained away the clerk’s fears be- fore he went in to dinner. “I have come East to visit some of my relatives,” he said, “and I mean to atfend to another little matter of a_purely business nature while I'm here. I bave a large ranch in Oregon, devoted principally to the grow- ing of wheat and other grain. _For several years past our crops have suffered | country thereabouts. greatly by reason of the depredationsof great armies of gophers that infest the The nuisance has grown more and more annoying with each succeeding year, and we bave finally de- cided that a'stop must be put to it. Now, a cat is death on a gopher, but cats are not 20 plentiful in the West as they are here. So I intend to get together a couple of hundred cats and take them with me when I start for bome. Outin my coun- try cats bring fancv prices, but from my recollection of this locality I should be able to get all I need for very little money."”’—Philadelphia Record . Half of the human race, it is asserted, live almost entirely upon rice. FOR THE CITY CARNIAL Big Meeting of Citizens Ex- pected To-Morrow Night at the Baldwin. An Interesting Circular Issued From the Headquarters of “A Week of Festivities.” In order to insure a large attendance of citizens and members of societies, clubs and other organizations at the Baldwin Hotel on Monday night the committee on | carnival of the Golden Gate have issued the following invitation: Headquarters, Carnival of the Golden Gate— A week of Festivities”—Baldwin Hotel, San Francisco, May 15, 188 Atameeting of the special committee of or- ganization of the Carnival of the Golden Gate, which it is proposed to hold this year in San ‘rancisco on a scale of unheard-of magnifi- cence, it was decided to extend a special in- vitation to all organized bodies and represen- tative citizens to attend a meeting in the parlors of the Baldwin Hotel, first floor, on Monday evening, May 18,at8 o’clock. Men who have the interests of the City at heart are par- | ticularly desired, in order that a completa | exchange of ideas may be obtained and a cele- | bration arranged _which will reflect credit | upon the metropolis and citizens of the Pacific | Coast. It is proposed to raise by popular subscrip- | tion and u\plwrwiie about $100,000, for which a week of festivities will be given. Judging by the experiences of other cities, this will | réturn to the tradespeople and laborers at least £1,000,000. % | 1% ith the programme the tempoTary commit- | tee have outlined, and which can be easily car- | ried out if you heartily co-operate, this esti- | mate will be exceeded, for at least & _quarter | of & million strangers and visitors will be in the city during that week. tas in other places have attracted peo- om the Eastern States without one-nalf tractions that San Francisco can offer. hat is needed is for each one to take off We know that you will All his coat and work. | do it. | “Kindly attend or send a representative of | your body or firm. Much time and thought | have bee ided already in the matter, which promises to be & featare of future yesrs in this city. We remain, yours respectfully, R. H. WARFIELD, Temporary Chairman, HENRY I FIsuer, Temporary Secretary. A display by the bicycle clubs oi the city is one of the features determined upon by the committee of organization. It is the wish of the committee that each club sena a regresemnnve to the meeting, as it 15de- sired to put a prominent member on the executive committee. e — Arkansas has 100,000 farms, which pro- duce 600,000 bales of cotton, 900,000 bushels of sweet potatoes, 1,000,000 pounds of to- bacco, 42,000,000 bushels of corn and 2,000,000 of wheat. From the Arkansas forests are cut over $20,000 worth of lum- ber every year.