The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 25, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 25, 1896. BENICIA'S AGED PRELATE ILL, Venerable Bishop Wingfield Suffers a Stroke of Paralysis. HE IS NEAR TO DEATH. Deprived of the Use of His Left Side and but Partially Conscious. HMOURNING IN HIS DIOCESE. Dr: Williamson, the Invalid’s Physi- cian, Can Give but Slight Encouragement. BENICIA, Can, May 24—J. H. D. Wingfield, Bishop of the Northern diocese of California for the Episcopal charch, suffered a stroke of paralysis last night and is in a precarious condition. Dr. ‘Wilhamson, the Bishop's physician, re- vorts that his patient is in great danger, but hopes that the iron constitution of the ecclesiast will be able to combat his malaay. All day long the invalid has hovered be- tween life and death. To-night Dr. Wil- amson could give but little encourage- | business troubles. { good standing of the Oad Fellows and A. . U and returned home a little after 7 o’clock. After being home for a half hour, the daughter and Mrs. Cottle heard the report of a gun in a workstop back of the house. Going to investigate, the daughter found ber father prostrate upon the floor. She alarmed the neighbors and several men responded, but they came too iate. Cottle had deliberatelv taken his own life, using a 32-caliber rifle, which he still held in his hands. He had lain down upen the floor, with his head on some sacks, and holding the muzzle of the rifle with his left hand against his forehead over the righteye pulled the trigger with the right hana. P The’ bullet crashed through his head. The only cause for the act, as far as can be learned, was melancholy and despondency. He was a severe sufferer from illness at times. He had no do- mestic troubles, living happily with his wife and daughter; neither had he any e was a member in . W. lodge of this city. He was a brother of H. W. Cottle of the State In- surance Company of Salem. T adh e SUICIDE NEARE ALMA. Charles Bernard Ends Earthly Care by Cutting His Throat. SAN JOSE, CAL., May 24.—Charles Ber- nard, a woodchopper, was to-day fourd dead in his cabin on_the topjof the Santa Cruz range, a few miles above Alma. The finders did not make an investigation, but from appearances it was ]uuged’ that Bernard cut his threat. A Coroner’s in- quest will be held to-morrow. Bernard was about 40 years of age. He recently served on juries at several in- quests upon suicidesin that neighborhood, and at the last ingue:t, heid only three weeks ago, declared that he would never commit suicide. No cause for the act is known. — SANTA CLARA VALLEX FRUIT. Campbell Growers Ship a Carload to the Belgian Market. SAN JOSE, Can.,, May 24.—There is no demand for dried fruit, and the market re- mains unchanged. There are about twenty carloaas of dried fruit in the vari- ous exchange warehouses, and this will all be in the channels of trade before the new crop comes in. The indications are that there will be [From a recent photograph.] ment. He said there was no change in the patient’s condition for either better or worse, Hisentire left side was per- alyzed, but partial consciousness had re- turned and no complications had as yet developed. He reported that the Bishop had for some time been threatened with paralysis, and consequently the attack was not unexpected. Dr. Wiiliamson bases his slight hope of saving the Bishop’s Jife on the care the invalid has taken of himeelf for the 1ast few years. Specizal services were held in the Episco- pal church and a general regret isex- pressed in the community by all classes because of Bishop Wingfield’s illness. Wit ON THE COLUM Non-Union Fishermen Attacked and Roughly Handled' Near Oak Point. More Than One Man Found to Have Been Killed in the Recent Battle. ASTORIA, Or., May 24.—The non-union men engaged in fishing near Oak Point were set upon by a number of members of the Columbia River Fishermen’s Protective Union to day and severely handled, their boats being wrecked and turned adrift, their nets cut and the men themselves left on a rocky point jutting out into the river from which they could not escape unless assisted by parties passing down the river. Just as darkness set in about 200 union men congregated near Eureka, with the evidentintention of committing some act of hostility, either toward the canners in that vicinity or toward non-union men. Itis known that the steamer Alarm, used as a cannery tender for the Cook Packing Company, is near Oak Point with twenty tons of salmon on board, and it is thougfin the fish may be seized and de- stroyed. From hints dropped by the fishermen it is now absolutely certain that Searcy was “not the only fisherman killed in the recent melee a few miies above this city. It is believed that at least one of the attacking party was killed and several wounded. Searcy’s partner, Jewell, who escaped with slight_injuries, states that when he fired his shotzun more than one man dropped, and that Searcy was thot in the forehead as he was reloading his gun. Searcy and Jewell had no weapons, save shotguns loaded with buckshot, while the attacking party was armed with rifles, It is thought that the end is not yet, and that unless a compromise is quickly ef- fected between the canners and fishermen encounters of 2 more serious nature are unavoidable. ; The officers of the union express deep regret that bloodshed should result from the strike, but declare they are unable to prevent individual members from commit- ting lawless acts. e o TRAGEDY AT EUGENE. Farmer Cottle Ends His Life With a Rifle Bullet. EUGENE, Or., May 24.—People on the streets here were startled last night by the ‘report that C. H. Cottle had shot himself. Cottle lived on a small farm about two miles northwest of Eugene. He had been in town after kis daugnter, an average crop of prunes, with apricots light in some places, and peaches light. The recent rains did some damage to ripening cherries, causing them to become soft and rot. The cherry crop is light, but very good prices are quoted. Offers of 6 and 7 cents per pound have been make for Royal Anne cherries. During the past week the Campbell Fruit-growers’ Union shipped a carload of dried prunes to Brussels, %’elgium. Memorial Day Services. SAN JOSE, CaL., May 24.—The citizens’ committee in charge of the Memorial day celebration is meeting with much success. Already a sufficient sum has been raised to defray the necessary expenses. The graves of veterans in the cemeteries will be decorated in the morning. In the aft- ernoon there will be a parade, with over 1000 school children in line. Literary ser- vices will be held in the evening. Pt Won by San Jose. BAN JOSE, CaL., May 24.—The San Jose Baseball Club defeated the Reliance Club of Oakland in a hotly contested game at the Garden City Cyclers’ Park this after- noon by a score of 8to7. The score was tied four times, and it was not until the nin;h inning that the winning run was made. s, Stole From His Parents. SAN JOSE, CAr., May 24.—William En- derlin, a 17-year-old boy who is wanted in Healdsburg for petty larceny, was arrested in this city last night by Detective Ander- son. He will be taken to Healdsburg to- morrow. Itis said he stole some jewelry from his parents. —_— Baseball at Benicia. BENICIA, Cavn, May 24.—An exciting game of baseball was played at the Benicia Barracks betwween a nine from the Marine Guard of Mare Island and soldiers from barracks, The former won by & score of 22 to 12, DR, STEBBINS TO STANFORD SENIORS, An Eloquent Baccalaureate Address by the Noted Speaker. LOVE FOR THE CREATOR. He Urges Faith in the Deity Though Affliction Mingles With Life’s Joys. RELIGION A BALM FOR EVILS. No Human Mind Can Comprehend the Bitterness of the Despondent’s Existence. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Car., May 24.—The Stanford University Chapel was jammed to-day with un audience anxious to hear the baccalaureate address of Rev. Horatio Stebbins. A large number of visi- tors were present. About the pulpit were set vases and baskets of flowers, while the platform and railing were festooned with green. Dr. Stebbins’ discourse was delivered in that characteristic vein and manner which has given him a wide reputation for elo- quence. He began with the quotation, “Because he has set his love upon me, therefore 1 will deliver him. I will set him on high because he has known my power. He shall call upon me and 1 will answer him. I will be with him in trou- ble. I will deliver him and honor him. ‘With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation. Speaking from this text, Dr. Stebbins continued: ‘To the intellect alone re- ligion makes an evil, even conceited as- sumption, yet it proves man’s greatest re- ward; it alleviates his afflictions and paci- fies the disturbances of his being. Yet this it does witliout a wora of apology. It offers no proofs, and contends there can exist no proof, unless it be the consent of the heart within the temple inclosing it. The reason for this is the child’s reason, ‘It is so because it is so.' The inquiring mind holds such logic no logic; it violates and follows that precept: ‘Trustand live. But the wisdom of life is in finding out that the child’s answer is the best and pro- foundest one. “Safety from evil, safety from the storm and danger—the feeling of safety in God— is religion. We need no proof of this. Evil is a fact; we know how much trouble there is in this world, that joys and pains counterbalance one another. No pity moves the restless sea for those who sleep forever in its caverns. There is no pity in the deadly plague and famine, as they spread from city to city, and from one con- tinent to another. We look on them, however, as something with which we shall never be brought into close contact. No buman experience, no human heart, can uncerstand the bitterness, sorrow and distress of the despondent’s life.’” Continuing, the speaker said that life ‘was not all dark and melancholy and that he had no desire to be pessimistic. There were beauties in the world which all saw and which all enjoyed—handiworks of God, smong which we were placed and which we could not understand, for they were beyond human reasoning. “The man who had solved the problem of evil, as we call it, and reconciled it with the goodness of God can boast that he un- derstands the Almighty to perfection,” said he, “but such boasting is a snare or hypocrisy. *Daily sorrows and joys of life are pro- found facts. Reason does not and cannot explain moral discipline. We may wonder why God did not create us less subject to ills and pains; but this is a sin against the creator, for it isa substitution of human methods for the divine. We are charging providence with the making of mis- takes.” The substance of the doctor’s conclusion was to accept the goodness about us and not to condemn what we could not under- stand, for notwithstanding the many years which we might spend in study and re- search—even though one’s life were ae- voted to it—there were myriads of phe- nomena which must be accepted on faith, Religion, the strongest staff of mankind, had much within it that was unknowable, yet this should not make the student a skeptic. Religion was the most precious thing to which we could cling, and to the student its value was infinite. SUICIDE ON STANFORD CAMPUS. John Morley, a Young BSpaniard, Ends His Life With Morphine. PALO ALTO, CAL., May 24.—The body of a man was found on the university campus by three children this afternoon. It 18 believed to be that of John Morley, a young Spaniard, a stranger in this section. An examination disclosed that he had robably commitied suicide by poisoning Eimseu with morphine. e was evi- dently a pharmacist, as a recommendation in his pocket would so indicate. No cause for his act was known. The body was found soon after life became extinet. S R SURVEYING TO PHENIX. The Santa Fe May Build an Independent Coast Line. SANTA FE, N. Mex., May 24—The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Company will to-mgorrow start a surveying corps west from Whitewater, Grant County, to run a fine to Pheenix, Ariz., with a view to building an independent Pacific Coast line in case it fails to buy the Atlantic and Pacific at the foreclosure sale July 8, A line from Victor, Cal., to Ash Fork, Ariz., has already been surveyed. FALL OF THE BASTILE. The French Residents Making Prep- arations for Their Great National Celebration. The committee on ‘organization of the French celebration of the 14th of July met Saturday evening at the Cercle Francais. President Sylvain Weill, J. Deschamps, P. A. Bergerot, A. Bousquet and J. Godard, appointed at a general assembly held May 15, were present for the purnose of ap- pointing on the committees one member from each of the French societies in this City. The representation from these societies is as follows: Societe Francalse de Bienfaisance Mutuelle, 0. Bozio; Ligue Nationaie, J. Lambla; Alli- ance Francaise, E. J. Dupuy; Laiayette Guard, P. Bigue; French . Lamaysou; Le: ion Francaise, J. Godeau; Lyre Francaise, L. e, ) s; Lizue d'He ,J. Bayle; Loge La Parfaite Union No. 17, A.M.L. and_A., J. M. Dupas; Loge Franco- Americaine, No. 207, I. 0. 0. F., Thomas Scha- biague; Grove Celtic No. 44, A.0. U. D, B, Olympie; Grove Perseverance No. 10, A. O. U. D., A. Gavillet; Tribu Seminole No. 54, imp. R. O R. 0. F., A.'Granger. AT CAZADERO COLLEGE CAMP. Christian Students Meet in the Shade of a Spread- ing Oak. LIFE WORK DISCUSSED. Leaders in Y. M. C. A. Cam- paigning Explain Methods to Delegates. TO LABOR AMONG FRESHMEN. Special Mission of the Undergraduates Who Are Present at the > Conference. CAZADERO, CAL., May 24{.—As the sun sani toward the irregular horizon of many J. B. Pon; Cour Victoire No. 108, a, | Steep. tree-covered hills and long shadows crept down into the narrow ampbitheater C. C. Michener, Pennsylvania College '90, International Secretary of the College Y. M. C. A, and the Man Who Is Managing the First Conferemnce of Repre” sentatives From Pacific Coast Colleges Now im Session at Cazadero. The representative of the Cercle Fran- cais has not yet been appointed. . Messrs. Alfred Chaigneau of Le Franco- Californien and E. Marque of Le Petit Cal- ifornien have also been added to the com- mittee. The following officers were elected : Honorary president, the French Consul; ex- ecutive president, Syivain Weill; first vice- president, P. A. Bergerot; second vice-presi- dent, J. Godard; sccretary, J. Deschamps; treasurer, J. Godeau. The following sub-committees were ap- pointed: Finance—P. A. Bergerot, J. Lambla and J. Bayle. l’zvluuom——l. M. Dupas, A. Chaigneau and the representative or the Cercle Fran 11 10 be appointed. Music—M. Fuchs, P. Bigue and B. Olympie. Decorations and {lluminations—J. Godard L. Godon, A. Granger, Thomss Schaliague and . B. Pon. ‘Advertising—E. Marque, E. J. Dupuy, O. Bozio and A. Bousquet. Gor;l' e—P. Bigue, C. Lamaysou and J. e Ball—A. Bousquet, J. B. Pon, Thomas Scha- biegue and B. Olympie. Gimes—A. Gavillet, 7. Lambls, E. Marque and J. Godard. A committee as follows was appointed to canvass the situation asto where the fete would be held: P. A. Bergerot, J. Godeau, A. Bousquet, J. Lambla and L. Godon. ————————— There is no directory in the city of St. Petersburg. LATE ARRIVALS AT THE COLLEGE MEN'S CAM}" AT CAZADERO. (Sketched by a * Call ” artist.] where nestles the little hotel and cottages the last rays fell upon a rmarkable scene. Seated and reclining on the grass under a great spreading oak on a conspicuous hill- side, grouped like some aboriginal council of braves, were representatives of twenty American colleges seriously discussing what they would attempt as their life work. G. 8. Eddy, Yale 91, was their leader, for these sunset talks lasting an hour are regular features of the great College Young Men’s Christian Association conference at Northfield, Mass., where Mr. Eddy has had several years’ experience in the same class of work. In other respects the second day of this conference has been uneventful, for a strict observance of Sunday has permitted of lit- tle beyond the regular session; but they have been given the same long hours of earnest attention by all the delegates. Mr. Eddy began the morning session, which was punctuated with frequent prayers and songs, by a discourse on the effectiveness of prayer. He cited many most remarkable instances of wonderful revivals in foreign missions, following almost immediately upon concerted prayers for them in this country. 8. M. Sayford was the principal speaker and illustrated his ideas with numerous scriptural quotations. In speaking of prayer and its scope he named three es- sentials of prayer: (1) Spiritual concep- tion of God's character, obtained from the word of God, teaching first of his person- ality; second of the personality of the Holy Spirit; third of the divinity or deity of Jesus Christ; (2) realization of God’s presence; (3) earnest endeavor after holiness in daily life. Prayer itself, he explained, had the authority of the scriptures, the command of God and the example of Christ. In order to make his prayers acceptable to God a man must be clean, must have faith in God and must render prayer in a forgiving spirit. Hugh Beaver of Pennsylvania State Col- lege began the regular instruction in bible study during the morning, taking as his subject “Christ as the Man of Prayer.” His purpose is in similar daily talks to prepare the men here to teach the bible in the Young Men’s Christian Association of their respective colleges. The Rev. Dr. Dille of San Francisco is to address the conference on Tues: On Wednesday the Rev. Alexander Patterson of Chicago will speak and on Ihursday the Rev. Dr. Coyle of Oakland. Others will follow. The immediate result of the work of the conference will be to exert a Christian in- fluence over the 1500 or 2000 freshmen who will enter the colleges of the Pacific Coast next fall. The permanent results may be imagined. How wide-reaching this influ- ence may be can be inferred from the fol- lowing table of institutions to which these workers will return when the next term opens: Sen g Sl s S e S (SR L e ) < 2 5 -1 2 3 g8 CorrEex. 2 2 L : K s H < 8 University of Oregon.. | 450, 2 Oregon Aricultural College. 896 1 Willamette University 300 1 Portland University 200! 1 Pacitic University. 180, 1 Albany College 150 ..... McMinnvilie College. 100! 1 Pacific College. w0l 2 University of ¢ 1,240/ 8 Stanford Untversity. . os7| 11 State Normal (Los Angeles). ss0| 1 University of Southern Califo 30| 5 University of the Pacific 2000 2 Pomona College 200! 2 Chaffey College. 200! 1 Caliiornia College. 50| 8 Occidental College 50| 2 Yale University 1 Geitysburg University 1 Penn College.... 1 Pennsylvania State College. 1 MRS. NELSON’S DEATH. Hosts of Friends Mourn the Loss of the ‘Mother of the Old People’s Home."* The news of the death of Mrs. Charles Nelson, ‘“‘mother” of the Old People's Home, has caused much sorrow among her multitude of friendsin this City and throughout the State. Mrs. Nelson passed away at her home in Seminary Park, Alameda, Saturday morn- ing. She has suffered for a number of years from diabetes; this, with an attack of the grip, resulted in her death. Her life work has been the building up of the home and looking after the comfort of the agea people who took refuge there. She was a native of Denmark and was 66 years of age. She came to California in 1851. She was then Miss Metha Clausen. A few vears after her arrival here she mar- ried the well-known vessel-owner and lumber merchant, Captain Charles Nelson. After her marriage the captain and his wife lived on Rincon Hill. Three chil- dren were born to them, of whom only their daughter, Mrs. C. C. McMahan, re- mains. In 1874, while an active member of the floward Presbyterian Church, Mrs. Nelson began the work which has made her name famous in San Francisco. At this time she organized, together with Mrs. S. B. Peterson, her sister, and some other ladies, the Scandinavian Ladies’ Benevo- lent and Relief SBociety. In 1879 she succeeded in getting from the State a charter for the Oid People’s Home. This was in reality but a continuation of the good work done by the original soci- ety. She was also successful in persuad- ing the municipality to sell some shanties on Francisco street and leave the site to the society for a number of years. She laid the proposition before the Mayor and Board of Supervisors, encountering much opposition, but finally with the help of friends the desired sale and lease were ac- corded. The home occupied its quarters on Fran- cisco street for about fifteen years. The original building became too small for the growing needs of the iustitution, and at this time Mrs. Charles Crocker offered financial assistance, saying to Mrs. Nel- son: *You furnish the orains and I will furnish the money.” A lot at the corner of Pine and Pieice streets was accordingly purchased, and by the aid of Mrs. Crocker's generosity the present magnificent structure was erected. Mrs. Nelson, however, did the plenning and arranging and watched each step in the progress of the building. A year ago Mrs. Nelson resigned as pres- ident, but until that time she never al. lowed a week to pass witbout visiting the home and cheering its inmates. Her last visit was on Good Friday night. After this she went to the southern part of the State and after her return was never able to leave her residence in Alameda. A RELIGIOUS WAR. “« General”’ Peter Duggan of the Army of Jesus Attacks the Salvation ' Army. “‘General” Peter Duggan of tne red- capped Army of Jesus held a spirited meeting in his headquarters at 631 Mer. chant street last night. The ‘“‘general” is an ex-Salvation Army warrior, and while subscribing to the olden rule given by the chief of that y he possesses little love for hisold comrades. “The Salvation Army,” said he in his sermon last evening, *'is a money-making scheme first, last and all the time. Old General Booth started in a poor man and now he is a millionaire. ‘‘General’” Duggan has a standing army of about twelve persons and a strongiy made base drum. All of his men, includ- ing the drum, are recruits from the Salva- tion Army. A part of the meeting-place is fitted up With bunks, where houseless men are lodged as well as fed when the larder will permit of such outlay. In his method of conducting services, the “gen- eral” uses the swing, gesture and motion of the army in which he trained and which he admires so little.§ . MRS. E. WALLACE DEAD. The Widow of William H. Passes Away Suddenly. Mrs. Emeline Wallace died at her resi- dence, 2220 Broadway, this City, yesterday morning. The illness was brief. The pa- tient succumbed to an attack affecting the bowels, which did not threaten fatally until a few minutes before death ensued. Mrs. Wallace was the widow of Wilham H. Wallace of the old-time firm of Sisson, Wallace & Co. At the time of the con- struction of the Central Pacific Railroad this firm had cash credits and resources to a large extent and advanced considerable sums for the building of the railroad. Ex- tensive payments were made in San Joaquin Valley lands, which were owned by Mrs. Wallace at the time of her death. Wallace died fourteen vears ago. Two months since Harry Wallace, a son, passed away. The only surviving member of the fam- ily is a daughter, Mrs. James Morton, who resides in this City. Mrs. Emeline Wallace was a native of Michigan, but came to California when quite young. She was a lady bighly es- teemed in a large circle of friends. Wallace NEW TO-DAY. Tan Ties Children. Very pretty Southern Ties, Brown Cloth Top, KId foxed, Spring heal. Sizes 810 10%4. Sizes 11 to 2 Same style iu black, same prices. Kast's 738-740 Narket St. Send for Catalogue: mailed free. Headquarters for Buckingham & Hecht's Fine 25 One of the most in- teresting sales that we tkave invited you to attend in many a day; interesting in many ways ; inleresting in point of price and in~ teresting in the high character of the goods that will be offered. 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