The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 25, 1896, Page 12

12 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 25, 1896. OLD SOLDIERS IN CHURCH, fJemorial Services by Vet- erans of Grand Army of the Republic. N TWO CITY CHURCHES. Paulist Father Clark Welcomes the Boys in Blue to St. Mary’s, REV, DR. CRUZAN AT PLYMOUTH The Folds of 01d Glory Hung Over the Altar While a Snaredrum Served as a Pulpit Desk. An American flag, lustrous under the incandescent lights with the rich sheen of silk and the flashing of gold bullion, with staff reared aloft and its bright folds wav- ing, was carried down the middle aisle of St. Mary’s Church last night by the color sergeant of Lincoln Post, George H. Rob- erts, a black man, whom the grand army of the American republic saved from slavery thirty-five years ago. Behind him marched the grizzled mem- bers of the post, under command of H. W. Mortimer. Then came Garfield Post, R. R. Kilgore commander; Cass Post, John O’Neil commander; Meade Post, John F. Goggin commander, and Liverty Post, William N. Park commander. They filed up close to the aitar rail and occupiea the front pews on each side of the aisle. After them came the Women’s Relief Corps, consisting oi Meade Corps, Mrs. Bessie Johnson, president; Lincoin Corps, Miss Lillie Milne, president; Garfield Corps, Mrs. Addie Ballou, president, and Seven Pines Circle, Miss Pauline Willis, president. The occasion was a memorable one, be- ing the first time that posts of the Grand Army of the Republic have held memorial services in a Catholic church. The church selected was one conducted by the Paulist Fathers, a Roman Catholic religious order composed exclusively of natives of the United States, and embracing among its priests many prominent converts from Protestantism. The interior of the edi- fice was most profusely decorated with the American flag and National colors. Two silken flags, rich with glinting bul- lion and bearing the eagle of the republic at the head of the staff, were displayed at the ends of the large marble altar. Back of this and the two other altars the wall was draped with the flag for which the Grand Army Veterans fought and suffered morethan a quarter of a century ago. In front of the altars, high above the altar rail, between two parallel wires, one above the other, and extending from one gallery to the other, were the lettersin giit card- board IN MEMORY OF OUR DEAD HEROES. The organ loft was crowded with women singers and the music was more than ordi- narily impressive. There was also an orchestra composed of the following: Miss Chloe Devlin, violin; Miss Marie Gior- giana, organ; Miss Marie Dillon, harp, and the Misses May Mugan, Kate Gadsby, 8. Drathman, G. Drathman, F. Butler, M. Butler, M. Johnson, N. Johnson and Mrs. Hampton. Miss Devlin played a violin solo, and was followed by Violinist Herr August Hinrichs, who played & romanza by Svendsen very sweetly, very tenderly and very religiously. The soprano soloists were Mrs. W. Nu- nan and Miss Lottie Crawford. The con- tralto voices were Mesdames George S. McComb and D. Silva. Mrs. McComb’s sweet and mellow contralto had a fine op- portunity of being displayed in the hymn “Regina Ceeli,” and the opportunity was not lost. The remainder of the solo singers were J. Sieberthal and James Lane tenors and ‘W. Gordon and Frank Meagher bassos. The sermon was preached by Reyv. Father Clark, who very appropriately used a snare- drum on top ot the pulpit for a desk. The drum was fastened to the staff of a silk flag which depended from the front of the panit. Father Clark is the grandson of one of the American Revolutionary heroes of 1776, and_feelingly mentioned that fact when bidding the old soldiers welcome to worship with him at the same altar. He spoke eloquently of the duty of the citizen, both to his God and his country, and pointed out what he believed to be the most serious dangers that threaten the Republic—the immorality of the press, the avarice of rich men, the divorce laws and the warping of marriage from its true and natural design. The most impressive part of the service was the elevation of the host before the kneeling congregation, the aitar lights twinkling like stars behind the clouds of incense. It was the smoke of battle, not where men are slain, as at Gettysburg, Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain and Bull Run, but where sins are slain with the sweet incense of prayer and the rain of repenteut tears. i AT PLYMOUTH CHURCH. George H. Thomas Post Joins In Services Conducted by the Dlvision Chaplain. George H. Thomas Post, G. A. R., wor- e ——— NEW TO-DAY. 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Thomas Post, made the open- ing prayer. The chaplain’s address was from the text: “How Are the Mighty Fallen and the Weapons of War Perish.” He recited in eulogium the characteristics which marked the Union soldiers in whose honor the institution of Memorial day was ob- served. His remarks were mainly ad- dressed to the younger generation which had arisen since the stirring events of the | Civil War. He represented the Union soldier as the grandest man that ever wore a uniform. After extolling the high ae- gree of courage evinced by these men on the field, in the prison and in the hospital, he said: They were also men of & higher and nobler character even than that. They were seli- sacrificing. They freely gave themselves for their country. Because they were such grand men who did such grand work, we old soldiers who marched with them and fought with them ask you, 8 younger generation, to_honor them. Comrades of the George H. Thomas Corps, 1t is our duty to impress upon this rising generation how much they owe to these men. Memorial dayshould be recognized not as & holiday but as & holy day. Wherever there are soldiers’ graves the citizens should march out to them, and by strewing flowers upon them should say, “How are the mighty fallen.” In'65 the Nation counted these men s worthy of all honot, and they are just as worthy of honor to-day in’96 as they were in "65. e AT THE FRENCH CHURCH. Whit Sunday Services and Confir- mation by the Archbishop. ‘Whit Sunday was celebrated yesterday | by the French colony at the Church of Notre Dame des Victoires with a succes- sion of religious ceremonies. Children’s mass was said at 9 o’clock in the morning, Father Emile Gente officiat- ing. Father A. Loude officiated at high mass at 11 o’clock, the sermon being delivered by Father Gente. Mercadante’s mass in A was sung by the choir, under the direction of Professor Martinez. The *‘Pater Noster” oi Nieder- meyer and Schubert’s “Deus Meminerit’’ were sung by a double quartet. Archbishop Riordan administered the sacrament of contirmation in the after- noon. Zingarelli’s ‘““Ave Maria” and Nieder- meyer’s “Pater Noster”” were sung by the following: Sopranos, Misses Florence Garrissere, M. Vergez arnd L. Ward; con- traltos, Misses Anna Grozelier and Irene Mull; tenors, James Lane and E. Torpy; bassos, John McAuliffe and N. Lane. Dubois’ *Veni Creator” was sung by the chorus accompanied by organ, orchestra and the aouble quartet. Mlle. Gallant sang the ‘‘Ave Vernm'’ from Stradella accompanied by Professors Martinez and Bettmann. At benediction Verdi’s “O Salutaris’’ was rendered by Mlle. Garrissere and Rossi's “Tantum Ergo” by the double quartet. AT THE THEATERS. The Varioas Attractions That Are to Be Offered by Theatrical Man- agers This Evening. This evening the management of the Baldwin Theater will present ‘“Midsum- mer’s Night Dream,” with Miss Ada Re- han in the character of Helena. It wiil be splendidly staged. At the Columbia Theater there will be a. continuation of ‘“Miss Harum Scarum,” in which Miss Amy Lee has captivated her audiences. New sonis and specialties will be introduced. ¥ Historical tragedy is what will be offered at the Grand Opera-house this evening. Edmund K. Collier will appear in the title role of Metamoras,and wirl use a scalping- knife given bim by the Semincle chief. “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” as an opera, has proved such an attraction that the man- agement of the Tivoli has decided to con- tinue it tonight and for the balance of the week, and it may run into a third week. There are many numbers on the pro- gramme to be offered at the Orpheum Mu- sic Hall to-night that will interest the audience that will assemble to witness Pa- pitna and other specialty artists. TRIPPING THE TROLLEY. A Gay Young Man Lost His Grip and Fractured a Thigh. H. Aagaard, feeling in high spirits, re- fused to be secured by the usual waist- belt while tripping the trolley yesterday afternoon at the shooting of the chutes. He lost his grip in transit, and his left thigh was set at the Receiving Hospital. rs. Irving of 430 Golden %}aw avenue, on her way out to tize park on her bicycle, collided with the ambulance bringing in the patient. She, too, received injuries that were treated at the hospital. ———— In fifty-four cases out of a hundred the left leg 1s stronger than the right, PENTECOST DAY COMMEMORATED, Solemn Services Held in the Catholic Churches. THE CHURCH'S BIRTHDAY Archbishop Riordan Preaches on the Descent of the Holy Spirit. MANY CHILDREN CONFIRMED. Beautiful Spectacle at St Mary’s Cathe- dral After the Solemn High Mass. Pentecost Sunday, the anniversary of the great day when tongues of fire de- scended upon Christ’s apostles in the upper chamber in Jerusalem, came yester- day. All over the world the festival was celebrated by the Catholic church with becoming ceremonies, and in this City there was no exception to the rule. At the late masses the services were solemn. Altars were decorated profusely with flow- ers in honor of the day. At St. Mary’s Cathedral a solemn high mass was celetrated by Rev. Father Har- rigan, who was assisted in hix office by Father Ramm as deacon and Father Dempsey as sub-deacon. Father Mulligan was master of ceremonies. Under the direction of Professor Harrison, organist of the catbedral, Haydn’s Third Mass was sung. Much thought had been given aecoration of the chancel and altars. The sanctuary was a bower of wonderful beauty and effective contrasts. Palms and ferns and red flowers made a gorgeous color effect that was heightened by the gilt candelabra, clusters of blazing candles and the white marble altars. Immediately after mass the archbishop administered the sacrament of confirma- tion to 300 boys and girls. He delivered a sermon on the inawell- ing of the holy spirit, telling his attentive augdience that men were tue temples of the Holy Ghost. The scene of the sensible form of mighty winds when tongues of fire descended upon the apostles was de- scribed. This event marked the birthday of the church. The whole church was assembled there in the 120 in the upper temple. His Grace said that the church had not only a body but a spirit also. each membver. “If any man will keep my word we will come unto him and take up our abode in him.”” This was not only for one place or one person, but for the whole church. The upper chamber was the great cathedral of Christianity. In conclusion his Grace declared that men must not only e born again in water and the Holy Ghost, but must receive him airectly in the holy sacrament of con- firmation. He asked all to pray to the Holy Ghost against temptations. The confirmation service was a really beautiful spectacle. There were nearly 200 girls all dressed in white, pictures of youthful innocence and purity. They wore white veils ana delicate wreaths, while their hair was tied with white satin ribbons. As they passed down the aisles and knelt before the grand hi-h altar, with its play of color and its bril- liancy, where the Archbishop, attended by priests and surrounded by acolytes in pur- ple, stood waiting to ancint them, an im- pressive sight was witnessed. These little girls seemed likeso many the This spirit was in | | white satin bows on their arms and white | the 1andiady’s room and asked for a spoon U brides, and such indeed they were, being wedded to their holy faith, in which torough the sacrament they became stron and perfect. ‘The boys were in black, wilg gloves on their hands. During the service the choir sang Him- mel’s “Veni Creator.” Very Rev. J. J. Prendergast directed. NO BLANTHER. The Police Have Absolutely No Idea How to Catch the Supposed Murderer. Captain Lees and his detectives have been hard at work for twenty-four hours stamping circalars descriptive of J. E. Blanther who is wanted for the murder of Mrs. Philipena Langfeldt over one week ago. The circulars are nearly all made ou t in Spanish and the $1000 reward offered by Governor Budd for the capture and con- viction of the murderer is made a promi- nent feature. The Spanish circulars are the same as were distributed by post throughout this State and Texas and they bear a reproduc- tion of the most recent photograph of Blanther, published three days ago in THE CaLL. 1 Excepting a few letters received by Cap- | tain Lees yesterday from enthusiastic Sheriffs and Constables in different parts | of the State saying they believed some one looking like Blanther wasin their neigh- borhood, nothing new has developed in the case. Captain Lees and his men areas deep in the dark as they were nine days ago. SWALLOWED LAUDUNUM Mrs. F. Lively of Sacramento Having Nothing to Live for Attempts to Commit Suicide. Mrs. F. Lively, about 30 years of age, at- tempted to commit suicide yesterday morning by ~swallowing an ounce of laudanum. She came from Sacramento Saturday night and engaged room 8 in the lodging- house, 921 Market street. Shortly after 7 o’clock yesterday morning she went to to take some medicine as she was suffer- ing from neuralgia. She zot the spoon and in a few minutes opened the door of the landlady’s room and threw the spoon inside remarking, ‘‘Excuse me, but I am through.” About 11 o’clock the landlady had occa- sion to go into Mrs. Lively’s room and found her in bed unconscious and breath- ing heavily. She notified the Receiving Hospital and Mrs. Lively was taken there in the ambulance. The usual remedies were applied and she regained conscious- ness. 'wo ‘‘trusties” from the City Prison kept her from sleeping till all dan- ger seemed to be past. Mrs. Lively said she had been deserted some time ago by her husband, who was an employe of the Southern Pacific Com- pany in Sacramento, because he had got tired of her. She had nothing to live for and thought she would come here and commit suicide. She paid $4 for the week’s rent of her room and was left with 25 cents. ——————— NOT A BABE'S DIET. Little Miss Shilinski Acquired a Taste for Rough-on-Rats. Annie Shilinski, a 16-months-old babe, crawled around her father's bakery yester- day and picked up a few pieces of bread upon which some rough-on-rats had been smeared. ¥ The mother immediately administered emetics and the child was soon relieved. Fearing, however, that the child might be in further danger, the mother conveyed it to the City Receiving Hospital, where it was found the child wasin no danger. s George H. Woodbury. the 16-Year-Old Inventor of an Electric Bike and Builder of an Engine and Boiler, The Boiler Carries 200 Pounds of Steam and the Engine Can Develop 60 Horsepower NEW TO-DAY. LOBERS & C0. SPECIAL SAVING SALE. Monday—Tuesday—Wednesday This week’s offerings are all of the same high grades as usual. Regular goods we have al- ways handled and always expect to handle, reputation makers, friend creators, business builders, every one of them. o 1ea— We have the first of this year's crop basket fired Japan tea (un- colored)—tirst in America. Fresh delicate da‘nty in flavor, a rare treat to tea drinkers who have a double benefit in thisreduced price. Three tea specials this week. Formosa Oolong, Basket fired (un- colored) Japan and Assam Ceylon, 59¢ grades. .....(3 Ibs. $1) 35 75¢ grades. . Frontier Rye Whiskey— ceeeve-...full gt 90¢ very superior, maturely aged, absolutely pure, copper distilled whiskey. Aged by natural fermentation. Naglee California Brandy— Distillate 1884 regularly $125°..... bot 90c 1 reg $150. ... bot $1 10 The 1884 is & riesling brandy and the 1871 is & burgundy grape, both have chemist's analysis of con- tents and distiller’s label cork and cap on each bottle. Their purity and wholesomeness are unaisputed Booth’s Old Tom Gin— «v.....bot 70¢ regularly $1 00. Glass stopper. Best imported. Recommended by physicians for affections of the bladder. It is cooling to the blood in warm weather. Anheuser-Busch Malt Nu- frimte. .l . s o0 .. Dot 200 Manzanilla Olives...gal soc regularly 65c. Shrimps, Dunbar’s Barataria hu e ke s LS 2 tins 35¢ regularly, tin 25c. For salads. Figs preserved in syrup by Dunbar’s Sons, New Orleans— Individual sized tins..... 3 tins 25¢ Dried Peaches, regularly 10c......4 lbs 25¢ Pitted Plums, regularly 10c...... .4 lbs 25¢ Send postal for catalogue ;| you'll find it useful, interest- ing, money-saving. NOTARY PUBLIC. HARLES H. PHILLIPS, ATTORNEY-AT- law and Not: ublic, 638 Market st oppo- site Palace Hotel. phone Residence 1620 Fellat. Telephone, “Pine” 2591 NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. SILKS! SILKS! SPEGIAL ANNOUNCEMENT ! 25,000 YARDS NOVELTY SILKS ABOUT ' REGULAR PRICES! per yard. | We will offer to-morrow and follow= ing days a special purchase of HIGH NOVELTY SILKS, the very latest designs. will be on exhibition in our show win= dows and will range in prices from 26c to §1,28 per Yard, Our customers will do well to take advantage of this offering as the actual value of the goods is from 75c to $3.00 all new goods and These Silks TELEPEONE MAIN S8777. S8 THE VERY BESY ONE Tu EXAMINE es and fit tnem to_Spectacles and Eye- instraments of his own invention, whose superiority has not been equaled. My suor cess has been due to the merits 0f my work. Oftice Hours—12 10 4 P. M. THESUCCESS OF THE SEASOY THE LADIES GRILL ROOM ——OF THE— - PALAGE HOTEL, DIRECT ENTRANCE FROM MARKRT ST OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THIS B0Y 1S A MECHANIC George H. Woodbury, at Six- teen Years, Builds a Launch. His Strange, Bright Light Causes Policemen to Prohibit Him From Wheeling at Night. George H. Woodbury, the 18-year-old son of George E. Woodbury, manufact- urer of ore concentralors at 141 and 143 First street, has just performed a feat of mechanical skill that would do credit to one many years his senior. It is not every boy that can design and put up a boiler and engine complete in all its workings and capable of propeliing a boat through the water from twelve to fifteen miles an hour. This is what the lad has accomplished. Ever since he was able to know any- thing about machinery his whole time has been devoted to it. He is at present a student at Anderson’s Prevaratory School at- Sixteenth and Guerrero streets, preparing himself to take the mining and civil engiueering course at the State University. : The boiler he has just constructed is of the water-tube patiern and generates a pressure of 300 pounds of steam to the square inch. The tubing of the boiler is 1inch in diameter, thus allowing this high pressure. 1}Petroleum is used as a fuel, and when the machinery is in motion it isrun on the same principle asa naphtha engine, large tanks of petroleum being stored in lockers on each sice of the boat. The eneines are double and of the ver- tical fore-and-aft compound type designed to turn from 400 to 600 revolutions a minute and capable of developing from 50 to 60 horsepower, running with a 200- pound pressure of steam. Young Woodbury is thgroughly con- versant with all the workings of an en- gine, and can run one as intelligently as a licensed engineer. He is now putting his machinery into a launch which he had built by George W. Kneass. He expects when everything is in working order that the boat will beat anything of her size on the bay. She is 23 feet long, 4 feet beam and 4 feet 6 inches deep, and is called the Allegre. She is now l{:flgu Long Bridge. In addition to building engines and boilers the boy is somewhat of an in- ventor, and has got up an electric light for | a bicycle that can be putinto successful operation. * He has ridden with this contrivance at- tached to his own bike up Golden Gate avenue several times, but every time he appeared on the avenue the police invari- lgly drove him off, as the light resembied a miniature lighthouse coming along and caused too many runaways. The light would burn’ very steadily for six hours and throw its rays ahead of the wheel for about fifteen feet. Z On the two front forks of the machine are pluaced large tubes filled with oxygen. On the handle-bars is another tube filled with ether, and between the crossbars is arranged a neat little battery. Wires con- nect with the oxygen tubes and the ether and when in motion the wheel generates | its own licht. But a wheel equipped with this contrivance is rather too heavy to be ['practicable, so the boy intends to eliminate some of this weight and have a light on Lis wheel that will show obstacles ahead. “It is my natural bent to cultivate a liking for machinery,” said young Wood- bury yesterday. My father followed a t's vocation and I naturally in- herit it from him. 1 built my engine ‘and | boiler after school hours at my father’s shop and outside of a little help from some of the men employed there everything is of my own design and construction. I have been knocking around the shop from | the time I have been big enough to handle tools, and as the men always showed me things I naturally know a good deal about a machinist’s trade.” REV. FATHER RAMM. He Tells St. Mary Cathedral’s Con- gregation Why He Is a Catholic. | There wasa very large congregation in | 8t. Mary’s Cathedral last night to listen to the Rev. Father Ramm preach upon the text *“Why I am a Catholic.” In this the reverend father gave an in- teresting account of his bent for the clergy and of his researches for the divine truth. He dwelt at length upon the teachings of the Episcoral church and reviewed the teachings of the Church of England. He then told of the Catholic church and stated that it bad always been the true ex- pounder of the word of Ged and that it was the church that had never contradicted itself, its belief being to-day what it was in the first century of its existence; and it was because he found it to be the true charch that he was a Catholic. LADIES’ AUXILIARY A. 0. H. Martha Washington Circle No. 1 Organ- ized Yesterday. Sunday afternoon, at Hibernia Hall, 120 Ninth street, there was a large attendance of ladies to organize the first branch of the Ladies’ Auxiliary Ancient Order of Hiber- nians in the State. In the East the Ladies’ Auxiliary isa very large body. It 1soreanized in nearly every State of the Union, and in some of the States hasthousands of members. The objects of the auxiliary were stated to the audience of ladies by Captain Jerome Deasy, president of the county board A. 0. H. Strong addresses were made by Rev. Father Crowley, J. J. Donohue and other members of the order. | Following the addresses a temporary or- anization was perfected and the follow- ing ladies were elected officers: President, Mrs. Captain Deasy; vice-president, Mrs. John yall, recording secretary, Miss Essie Pnillips; financial secretary, Mrs. Captain Wrin; treasurer, Mrs. Charles Flanagan. The motion to call the first branch of the Auxihary Martha Washington Circle No. 1 was carried unanimously. i The committee on permanent organiza- tion advised that the temporary officers biénnae permanent for six months. Car- ried. The committee on rules of order sub- mitted rules and by-laws. which were adopted. Fully 100 names are on the roll- call of the circle. s The meeting was very enthusiastic throughout. It adjourned to meet again ‘Wednesday, evening, when those ladies | colors, and after openin, esiring to join should attend at Hibernia d Hall. ——————— JOCKEY COFFEY SUSPENDED. His Pecullar Ride on Zobair the Cause of the Ruling. In the race won by Peru on Saturday last, Zobair was a starter, ridden by Jockey-trainer Jimmy Coffey. His hand- ling of the horse in the race looked just a trifle queer, and after an irvestigation the judges have suspended him. Zobair carried Bookmaker Humphrey's in the betting at 4 to 1receded to 7. Following the usunal order of things in a matter of this kind the bookmaker ad mits the ride looked bad, but thej jockey will have to stand the brunt of the punishment. The officials have also requested J. H. Shields, owner of Scimitar, to be more careful in future about the consistency of the brown colt, who hasdumped the talent hard on several occasions of late. NEW TO-DAY. We Californians are not so far behind after all. You paid $30 for this cheval mirror when we had to get it East. California makes it now, and $12 buys it. Same style, same wood, same finish, same glass, same everything except price—ri- diculous! French-plate mirror 20x50; dainty hand carve ing; well polished. Some oak, some maple, some mahogany finish. $12, no bevel on mirror: $15, beveled mirror. Carpets . Rugs . Mattings CALIFORNIA FURNITURE COMPANY (N. P. Cole & Co.) 117-123 Geary Street. L