The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 6, 1896, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1896. 9 FRIENDS AND FOES OF OLD GLORY, Rev. Dr. Henry Lectures on Who They Are and Where They Are. COMMENDED FLAG DAY. Paul Jones’ Flag Motto, “Don’t Tread on Me,” Applied to the A. P. A. HE ANSWERED FATHER YORKE A Large Audience at Metropolitan Temple Heard a Patriotic Ad- dress on Old Glory. Rev. J. Q. A. Henry delivered an ad- | at Metropolitan Temple last evening | audience on ‘‘Friends and Foes | " John Quitzow, president | merican Protective Association No. esided. He made a brief talk, in | ich he said the A. P. A. is not an| nemy of the Roman Catholic church, but | that its members are the best friends of the Catholics. The fight, he said, was against their church asa huge political machine. | A. M. Russell made the opening prayer, | | | of A in which he appealed for civil freedom throughout the world, and in following it | up with a little speech he referred to the | communication of Rev. Father Yorke pub- | lished yesterday morning. He said Father Yorke had used the name Ananias a8 num- ber of times and he propounded a conun- | drum to the audience. He wanted to know the difference hetween Ananias and the average Catholic priest. The audience apparently did not have its conundrum clothes on and Mr. Russell answered his own riddle. He said Ananias told a Jie when he sold all the Jand and kept back part of the money, but the priest would tell a lie and keep all the money. The audience ap- plauded the riddle. Two little girls in white short dresses, Maude and Marian Thomson, sang, np, Tramp, the A. P. A.'s Are Marching,”” to the tune suggested by that other song of nearly the the same title. Miss Booyer’s double quartet sane. | Preliminary to his address proper Rev. | Dr. Henry said he had read the published communication of Rev. Father Yorke. When asked by a friend yesterday what he thought of it, the speaker said be re- | | the s who have and will again support the flag. They have learned to love it better than they do the flag 'of Rome. “I have got tired of seeing pictures of that pug, Bob Fitzssmmons, standing in the ring draped 1n the<American flag. I want to say that anybody who associates the flag with pugilism is guilty of treason. I want to see the flag kept pure. Large as this country is, it is too small for any or- ganization " that does not venerate Ol4 Glory above any civicemblem.” He gave a number of instances where O!d Glory had been insulted and torn into shreds by Roman Catholic mobs. He also recited many cases in song, story and history where women had nobiy defended the flag, mentioning the heroic and his- torical Barbara Fritchie of Fredericks- town, who, leaning out of her window, said: Shoot, if you must, this old gray head; But spare your country’s flag, she said. “There is a general interest in flag day,” Rey. Henry said. ‘I am glad to see it be- coming a National interest. June 14 promises to become as popular as July 4. Raise the 15,000,000 school children to venerate the day, to see the flag asthey approach the schoolhouse, and you will have a generation that will never permit anv other embiem to be raised above Old Glory.” The attention of the audience was called to the A. P. A, picnic, which takes place to-day at Sunset Park, in the Santa Cruz Mountains. PRESBURY DISMISSED. An 0la-Time Chinese Inspector Is Let Out of the Service Without Warning. There is considerable talk in Custom-house circles about the peremptory dismissal from ce of Chinese Inspector Presbury. The order came from J. D, Harrison, chief of the Chinese bureau, and is to take effect June 15. No reason was given for the discharge, and it is probably on this account that the goss are hard at work. The favorite story is that Mr. Presbury was let out to make way for a younger mal. The Chinese bureau is said to come under the new service law, and the dismissal of Presburyis the forerunner of a general plan to infuse all the young blood possible into that and various offices. Mr. Presbury isone of the oldest men in the service, and has been honored with many re- sronsible missions. There is & story to the effect that Collector Wise has been’ antago- nistic to Presbury for & long time and that it was through his inflence that the inspector lost his job. . Presbury is related to Judge Field, and will make an effort through him to reach the Wash- ington authorities direct. MEDALS O NOTRE DAME The Commencement Exercises Are Very Largely At- tended. Archb'shop Riordan Confers the Honors to the Graduating Studénts. The study hali of the College of Notre Dame was crowded Thursday afternoon with friends gatherad to attend the com- mencement exercises. The platform was artistically arranged. A cascade formed a cavas and surrounded with palms and pine boughs made a back- plied th ‘‘felt a good deal like a man | who bad n kicked by a jackass.” The speaker paused and waited for the audi- ence to liave its langh out. Then he said | f | 1ber 6, 1894, the A. P. A. kicked | ¢ Papists out of office than it had | tin twenty-tive years before, and | my op ground, 1n front of-which were the stu- dents, clergymen and invited guests. Miss Mary McInerney read an essay on “The Three Masters of the Universe.” She dwelt particularly on the value of time and argued that where sloth prevails all things fade and decay. Miss Kate Lawler, niece of J. F. Sulli- 3 ion is that in November, 1896, it | wiil be i kicking condition, and be- re we g ough with them there will not be enough left of them to make a t. t will be no remains at all | Yorke's regurgitation must have him immensely. 1 am willing | ople should take the utterances Yorke and myself and judge | is richt and which is wrong on | iotism, loyalty, purity of social life, | ics, etc. It must be an unclean bird t would give utterances such as his. If| heart is as unclean as his mouth I tell | ell can’t beat it. He ought to be ated and soaked in carbolic acid in r to be admitted to decent society. ‘I want to say,”’ he continued, “‘thatI am coming pack to San Francisco as often as [ can to give Romanism bullets, and if e is any place on earthy that I want to omanism stemped out in it isright San Francisco.” _ Speaking to his subject for the evening, he sai “The conditions that confronted the people in 1776 and 1861 were not more hazardousand dangerous than those which confront us at_this time. There is still an | enemy atourdoors. Will the people come together, or will they remain apart and ermit our American institutions to die or {ao taken by Romanism? The signs all point out that it istime to take a lesson from the maxim that ‘in union there is strength.” It will be but a few years tiil the enemies of the flag will have rolled it in the dust. The question is, ‘Shall we hang together or shall we hang apart?’’ Rev. Henry interestingly sketched the history of flags from their beginning— trom the first sign upheld by a savage down to Old Glory, the emblem of liberty and equality. He told about the peculiar rattlesnake flag of Paul Jones and applied its significant motto, *‘Don’t Tread on Me,” to the A. P. A, Then he went on to sav : *‘Our flag was never known as Old Glory till after the rebellion, when it had been bathed in the blood and tears of the North and South. "1t represents 70,000,000 people of this Government. These colors float- ing above the little red school house must mean all they signify to the 15,000,000 of school children. “‘Thank God for the power of the press—— of the patrictic press,” he said. ‘‘Three hundred thousand people cannot read the reports of these meetings or that article of Father Yorke's without having the hood- winks of ignorance removed and seeing the fallacy of the drch-enemies of this Re- public. A Quaker woman, I have told you, made the first flag of our country be- cause she Joved it. Qur women do and ought to uphold it. The red, white and blue, I think, means the emancipation of grease spo “There women. It stands for the protection of her purity. It certainly means no less than that. If God is in the battle, then woe to the enemy—and God .is in our bartle. “We live in America--the best country on which God’s sun looks down,”” he said. “If any man wants ignorance and super- stition then let him get over on the other side of the ocean; we don’t want him here, Iam getting sick -and tired of men coming to this country and then’ criticiz- ine and damning its institutions. If they don’s like it let them getout! I say the American is the highest type of man that hives “The time is coming when we shall be able to say with Daniel Webster that the proudest exclamation of man shall be, ‘I am an American!” The thought on this flag of ours came from heaven and was de- signed by the angels of God. The people who stand by the flag are on God’s side. ““What does it mean,” he asked ‘‘to see our beautiful flag timidly drooping under a green rag, to have it refused admission to a church? How long since Romanism dared to decorate her churches with our ag ? “They know, and so do youand 1. The only reason they hayve done so is that the A. P, A. caused a condition of public sengi- ment that forced them to it. They had before refused to admit it; when they did admit it they spoke of others as belated patriots, but when they patronize the flag it is through their damnable and Mellish Jesuitism,” He told of an Eastern Alderman and Bishop who had said: “We_ are Papists first, patriots aftérward.” *I weuld say to them: ‘Gentlemen, get back to the country you came from. This is no coun- try for you.’ Thereare thousands, though, van, in her paper on ‘Christian Art,”’ spoke of the vast interest the church took in the development of the faculties of man on the principle that wherever the intel- lect is clear and free the advance of the mora! forces is unhindered. “Westward”” was the subject of Miss Juiia Bannerman’s paper. She spoke of Fremont, who unfurled the stars and stripes over California, and of Columbus, who gave & new world' to mankind. Sne spoke, also, of the self-sacrificing soldiers of the cross. 3 Miss Veronica Kennedy read an essay entitled ‘‘A Thing of Beauty Is a Joy For- ever.” ‘‘Cum Deo,” by Miss Anna Mul- cahy, and “In_Limine,” by Miss Eva Cleary, embodying the valedictory, were original poems. Of the musical selections, the concerted pieces for “Gemgof Verdi,” arranged for two harps by the Sisters of Notre Dame, were particularly beautiful and well exe- cuted. The following were the graduates: Miss Julia Bannerman, Miss Eva_Cleary, Miss Sadie Keenan, Miss Veronica Kennedy, Miss Katie Lawler, Miss Katie Lynch, Miss Mary McInerney, Miss Anna Mul- cahy. Gold and silver medals and books were dwarded the successful pupils by Arch- bishop Riordan. At the conclusion he made a brief address, in the coursé of which he said: “The proper education of girls is a great blessing; for the work of a woman in life is greater and reaches farther in building up 4 community than that of a man. The building up of character and conduct rests with the mother.” He paid a special tribute to the success that had crowned the efforts of the Sisters of .\_t]ntre Dame in the education of their pupils. The clergymen present were Archbishop Riordan, Rey. Father Mulligan, secretary of the Archbishop; Rev. Father Gleason, pastor of Mission Dolores; Rev. Father J. Sulhvgn. Alameda; Rev. Father Connelly, Rey. Father James McDonald, Rev. Father Quill, Rev. Father Stokes, Rev. Father McGinty, Rev. Father Cummings, Rev. Father M. Ryan, Rev. Father Lynch, Rev. Father Crowley, Youths’ Directory. The programme in full was as follows: “La Regata Veneziena,” six pi Ve Misses M Carrick, C. Arats, B, Bresovicn. ¢ Fay, G. Kelly, M. Heffernan, F. Hernande: Hernandez, D. Merle, N. O'Tolle, 8. Sala, Suarez; choral salutatory, L, Bordese; Three Masters of the Universe,” essay, Miss Mary Melnerney; ‘“Traum der Simerin,” op. 45 (Labitzy), first violin Miss F. Hernandez, second violin Miss F.Van Reynegom, pianc Miss C. Chapmean; “Christian Art,” essay, Miss Kate Lawler; “Un Jour de Joie” solo and ghorus (L. Hemelsoet), soloists Misses A. Mulcahy and 8. O’Connell; “Westward,” essay, Miss Julia Bannerman; ms of Verdi” (C.Oberthur), arranged for two harps by Sisters of Notre Dame, first harp Miss C. Arauz, second harp Miss R. Hernand graduation honors; award of medals; ‘‘Cum Deo,” original poem, Miss Annie Mulcahy: class motio; fantasie, opus 15 (Liszt), three pianos, Misses C.Chapman, S. Keenan, K. Lynch; award of premiums, col- lege classes; “Flow ‘Gently, Diva” (T. Parry), ehorus; “*A Thing of Beauty Is a Joy Forever,” essay, Miss Veronica Kennedy; award of pre- miums, grammar class; sacred chorus (Fau- conier); “In Limine,” original poem, Miss Eva Cleary; selections from the opera *L’Elisire | &’Amour” (Rossini), six pianos, Misses S. Kee- nen, A.Conway, C.Chapman, E. Sresovich, K. Lynch, N. Lynch), M. Lynch, M Tr(fi, L. Kelly, . R A. Van Reynegom, R. Hernan yan. e e Arrested A Conductor. Charles E. Singer, a conductor on the Castro- street cars, was arrested last evening on & war- rant sworn out by Daniel Keating, charging him with assanlt with a deadly weapon. Dan- jel Keating was lccompnnfiing his brother Jemes to the German Hospital yester- day, when the brother, who is said to be of , not very strong imnd, became excited and obstreperous. The brother tried his best to coutrol the unfortunate man, but was not succeeding very well wiren the con- ductor came in and struck James over the head with some blunt instrument, inflicting an ugly wound. For this the arrest was made. e Died While Making a Call. Richard C, Cunningham, who in early days was proprietor of & well-known répdhouse on the San Bruno road, died g\lfldenlyon Thurs- day evening at 10:30 o’cloek, at the residence of Mrs. Lawless, 511 Franklin street. Mr. Cunningham resided at Grove street, He was a widower 65 years of age. ————— JupGe WALLACE branded as a sellconvicted perjurer in Barry's Star. - | the Children’s Hospital is ready for the LTTLE JMS- PROMISED LAND. Incurables’ Ward in the Children’s Hospital Now Awaits Him. HE WILL SOON ENTER IN Reception Given by Him Yester- | day to His Legion of Friends. A HOUSE FULL OF SUNSHINE. | The Little Invalids Are Filled With | Happy Expectancy Regarding Their New Home. The Little Jim ward for incurables in reception of Little Jim and his fellows. There is a bridge extending from the ‘need be turned away. department from the old building, allow- ing that much more room there. Every- thing in the new ward is of the brigntest and whitest and best. The new ward will enable the hospital to accommodate all comers—no applicant All the Little Jims ot the City may find room here in the sun- shine, at least so the directors hope. The beds already there do not by any means fill the spage it offers and when need be others will be put up. The playroom on the upper floor is roofed with glass and the walls for the most part glass. Here the little invalids may have great sport and forget some- times that their lot is not as happy as some others, There are a few touches of further preparation to be made and then the Little Jims will cross the bridge and enter into their promised land. WHY THE MONADNOCK MOVED. Her Captain Objected to His Men Pay- ing Ferringe on Decoration Day. The various and numeropns refreshment resorts and clam-chowder traps along the Sausalito water front haye found business much improved by -the presence of the United States war vessels, Coast Survey steamers and revenae cutters. The mon- itor’ Monadnock carries a large crew, and Jack is partial not alone to the Sausalito brands of rum, but to the creamy chowdet and stall-fed oyster likewise. Therefore when the Monadnock got up steam the other day and moved majestically from Richardson’s Bay to the San Franecisco water front there was much speculation as to the reason for this unexpacted change, as it was generally understood that she would only lift anchor whea it was time for her to get under way for SBanta Cruz. Now the cause of this shift ¢f. berths is attributed to a difference between Captain Sumner of the monitor and the superin- tendent of the North Pacitic Coast railroad. The captain was under the impression the detachrient he sent from his crew to as- The Shadow and the Light—Little Jim and His Quarters; as They Were and as They Are. old to the new hospital at the second story of the buildings. Itis a covered and inclosed bridge with plenty of windows. It is to be called the Bridge of Smiles— that is 1o say, it might be called the Bridge of Smiles, for it is through it that Little Jim on his crutches will lead the unhappy incurables out of the darkness of the old building into the light of the new. Little Jim was holding a levee vesterday, but he woula not‘have known ‘it had not some one told him. In a gloomy room— the best, perhaps, that the old building affords—he was resting his wan little face on his thin white hand listening to the subdued voice of the nurse at his side. She had given him a rose and was explain- ing to him that it had been sent by a lady —one of the many ladies who were at that very moment walking up and down the wide stairways and through the round, bright rooms that had been built for him just across the bridge—and how the ladies would have liked to come and see him and bring bhim flowers, but that it was best for him that they should not. There were a dozen- of the little invalids in this gloomy room, where, despite the every-day calm that was preserved, they were as happy as is the out-door child on the eve of a summer vacation. It was Little Jim’s day and he felt the importance of it. ver the bridge the beautiful ectrcular building was crowded with his friends, all congratulating him on the change in his fortunes. No cheerier sickroom could be imagined. Its wide circle let in the light evervwhere; its white wails were zay with pictures chosen to catch the fancy of the child. Flowers were everywhere. The orchestra was making music, and in_the children’s playroom, whicn .com- rises the top floor, a company of nurses n caps and blue gowns were serving coffee and other refreshments to the visitors as they thronged through the room. | If was a reception in celebraticn of the completion of the new ward of the hospi- tal. The new ward isa hospital in itself, containing no less than forty beds. There is an operating and surgical department in the new ward, which will remove that sist in the decoration of the graves should be carried over free. The superintendent couid not see the point. The eaptain ar- gued that that the comvpany should have suflicient patriotism to forego the tax of 25 cents a man for the tars. But the su- perintendent was adamant. The fares were paid, and the indignant commander got up steam on his_vessel and steamed away to a more hospitable shore. Commodore . Harrison, the Government pilot, used his persuasive eloquence to in- duce Captain Sumner to return, but the offended mariner turned a deaf ear toall the commodore’s overtures, Now, as compensation for the loss of the Monad- nock, Harrison declares that he will get the Oregon to anchor off Sausalito, and that she is worth a dozen monitors. THAT TELEPHONE ORDER City and County Attorney Creswell to Frame an Ordinance That Will Be Legal. Supervisor Spreckels, who has kept a close watch on the telephone franchise which has been before the board for several weeks past, headed off another attempt to push the measure pto- posed by the People’s Mutual Telephone Company through to a recommendation yesterday and succeeded in having the matter referred to the City and County Attorney to draw up an ordinance that will be legal and free from jokers, The orders of the People’s Mutual Com- pany and the one proposed by Herman de Laguna on behalf of & company of capi- talists were sent to Attorney Creswell to be used 1n part or as & whole "as he deems necessary. General Freidrich, who ap- peared for the People’s Mutual Company, expressed himself as fully satisfied to have Mr. Creswell draw the order. ————————— . Saunders’ Divorce. Susan Saunders, through her attorney, George Hayford, yesterday made complaint against Frederick Saunders, her husband, whom she is n;i.uag ‘lor dé’v«mn‘ukxlnhx_ that he be re- stral. rom dis| of his rty pend- ing decision of the divorce luh.mw Vg BLLY SHITH T0 FGHT GALLAGHER, He Telegraphs Consent and the Challenger Signs Articles. SHARKEY TO CORBETT. Tom O'Rourke Declares Slavin Can Stop Sharkey in Ten Rounds. “KID” LAVIGNE TO COME HERE. There Is a Promise of Many Lively Boxing Centests in the Near Fature. The New Occidental Club has only re- cently organized, but it is compos:d of men who intend to make boxing lively in the near future. As an example of their ambition it may be stated that yesterday they matched “Mysterious’ Billy Smith of Boston and Billy Gallagher, who recently defeated Danny Needham, to box in S8an Francisco in a very short time. Smith wrote to Mitchell a week ago, asking for a chance to fight the winner of the Gallagher-Needham contest. Yester- day Mitchell telegraphed Smith that Gal- lagher was willing to meet Lim, and 1n return received the following telegram: PORTLAND, OF., June 5, 1896. Young Mitchell: All right; 144 ’pounds. Send $50 for expenses. BILLY SMITH. “Young’ Mitchell is really the moving spirit of the new organization, and it is due to his enterprise and business sagacity that the new Occidental Club has been formed. He said: ‘‘Gallagher has already signed articles for the contest, which will be of ten rounds’ duration, for a suitable purse. “Smith’s telegram shows that he is per- fectiy willing, and will attach his signa- ture upon arrival day after to-morrow. The bout will take place in tbe Pavilion and as soon as it can be brought off. | “Smith is generally recognized as be- ing the welter-weight champion of the world. The men are about evenly matched, and both are hard, wicked fighters, being known as ‘knockers out.’ “In my opinion it will be the best welter-weight match in the country. There wiil be no such monkey tacties in the ring as haye taken place here ]aul{.” But this is not the only match the club has in view by any means, as this tele- gram, also received yesterday,. demon- strates: 2 NEW YORK, June 5, 1896. John L. Mitchell: See how much club will give for Slavin o stop Sharkey iu ten rounds. ToM O’ROURKE. A telegram from so prominent a man as O’Rourks demands attention at once. Evidently Mitchell thought so, for the fol- to him: . 8N FRANCISCO, June 5, 1896. New Oceidental Ciub has permits for contests. 1f notSharkey will take on Jack Davis. Come onanyway. We can do business. MITCHELL. The answer to this dispatch is expected to-day. If Sharkey does not care to meet the brawny Australian there is no doubt but that Davis will be willing to step into the ring with him, tor he says he is here not for his health aloneand will meet any- body in.thé heavy-weight class. E.J. Lynch, Sharkey’s backer, was also willing to speak of the prospects of his charce. Hesaid: - ““We intend to li¢ low and saw wood. “The pest offer that comes in will be ac- cepted. Thisisa purel{ business propo- sition with us, and we intend to work it for all there is in_it. I don’t know any- thing about the New Occidental Club, be- %L}nze”wa are identified with the National nb. Sharkey even went so far as to express surprise at the offer made by the New Oc- cidental Club. It was not becoming in him, he said, to fight for so small a purse as $1250. As the last purse Sharkey got is generally conceded to be about §1000, that gentleman’s contempt for a §1250 purse is not easily understood. ¢ As regards fighting Davis, he has noth- ing to say. The question as to whether he would meet Davis, provided a suitable urse be offered—his estimate being that 2500 would be appropriate to a man of his pugilistic caliber—elicited no answer, It may be stated on the authority of “Young” Mitchell that *Kid” Lavigne will be here inside of three months, and that the club is now in correspondence with him. Sam Fitzpatrick, his manager and trainer, has written a letter giving Mit. chell and Dan Leary power to act. The new club wishes 1t to be stated that it is now open for offers from those that would like to go against the “kid.” The Board of Supervisors yesterday made public that bereafter only those clubs capable of paying & hfil’;h license will be given permits to draw off contests. SHARKEY AFTER CORBETT. Indignantly Bets That “ Jim " Can- not Stop Him In Four Rounds. Sharkey is looking for fistic ‘trouble with Jim Corbett, and his backer has emphasized the matter by depositing forfeit money for a match of limited length. % Jim Corbett made the statement yester- day that he could stop Sharkey in four rounds. The news was not long in reach- Tom O' Rourke: lowing dispatch was at once forwarded to |’ ing Sharkey’s backersand last night he deposited §700 with a morning journal as a guarsn-ee of good faith in challenging “Gentleman Jim” to attempt to make good his boast. ‘When seen last night Sharkey said that he was eager to meet Corbett for four rounds, for he feit that Corbett could not stop him in that time. With the bet wds the offer to meet Corbett anywhere that might suit his convenien 3 A CHARITY DEFENDED. Management of the Christian Union Mis- sion Kefutes Some Misstatements. ‘The following communication is self-ex- planatory: " CHRISTIAN UNION MISSION, ' 590 Mission Street, June 5, 1896. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: On June 3 the Examiner published an article by oue “Ben Wilson” that did the Christian Union Mission a great injustics, and by order of the superintendent we wrote to that journal explaining matters and asking for publication | of the facts. This was cheerfully promised, but to-day’s coby, though bringing & weak re- traction, is not what it ought to be, and there- fore we appeal to THE CALL as the ever-ready champion of truth and liberty, to publish the following letter, which is an exact copy of the ane furnished the Examiner: Mr. Wilson starts out by saying “that a sig! gl:eell:d him as he walked up the steps; it rea that all who called after 8 o’clock at night should apply at the side door.” This is 10t 50. There never was such a sigu, and we are at a loss to understand how Mr. Wilson can sdy so. Then Mr. Witson speeks of “flaming gas jets and a blezing fire 1 the office.”” As there is neither stove no fireplace in the oftice, and as there is only one gas jet at the register-desk you can easily see that there is & mistake some- where. “The side door was opened by a young man,” continues Mr. Wilson. This is another mistake, for the side door is always open till 11 o’clock. But now comes Mr. Wilson’s state- ment that we should have said, “Our rule is not togive abed to any one unless we receivean overcoat or something on deposit.” This state- ment isebsolutely false and an nnmitigated lie. We simply defy any one to come forward and | show when or where we ever aid takea garment aa security for a lodging. We go further than that, ana claim that no worthy man is refused | a bed or ameal at the Christian Union Mission, | and we are prepared to prove it, Mr. Wilson admits that he was told “You | smell of whisky”—and this fact barred him from admission. We -have very pronounced ideas as regards liquor, and -well remember this particnlar case. There happened to be two Eendemen in our office at that time, one of whom is a minister. and they will gladly bear me out in the statement that Mr. Wiison filled the office with the fumes of liquor. You $ay we might be mistaken. Hardly; for three | years of continuous service in the mission and | daily contact with that class of which Mr. | Wilson is a representative have taught us to | “size up” people and made us competent to | judge in such cases. | Itis a pity that an institution like the Chris- tian Union Mission, which has, in its quiet way, fed, lodged end clothed thousands, should be so grossiy misrepresented by apy “Ben Wilsoun.” We cordially invite this Mr. Wilson to call at our office, and we shall take | pleasure in introducing him to those gentle- men who witnessed the little incident and are ready to substantiate the assertions of your humble servant, REv. P. W. FRIEDRICH, Assistant Superintendent, CLEARY ON HIS MUSCLE. Charlie Favor's Threatened Evidence Arouses the Anger of the Cus- toms Inspector. Customs Inspector Cleary got into trouble again yesterday, and it is highly probable that he wilt have considerable difficulty in explain- | ing his conduct to his superiors. Thursday night Cleary visited ClLinatown apparently in search of his old-time friend, Charles Favor. He was 1n & highly intoxicated condition, making it generally disagreeable for those with whom he came in,_ contact. Finally he meta friend of Favor’s, an alterca- tion followed, resulting in Cleary “pulling his gun.” He was arrested and booked at the California-street station, but later in'the even- ing was released on a $300 bond. Yesterday he started on the warpath again, and was rearrested about noon. Cleary’s dis- like of Kavor grows out of the rumor that the latter intenas to turn State’s evidente. Some iwo months ago Cleary and Favor were jointly charged with aitempting to extort money from Chinese. The former was re- leased by Commissioner IHeacock because of insufficient evidence, but Favor did not escape 80 lightly. He was held to answer under £1000 bonds, which he was unable to give. Last week Dis- trict Attorney Foote rednced the boud to %500, | and now Favor is practicallya free man. It was given out &t the time that Favor had se- | cured his freedom. on & promise 1o tell some | unpleasant things about Cleary and other customs officials. Cleary heard of it, and for | { the last two days he has been hard after the i sealp of his erstwhile friend. What the out- come will be no one can surmise, but there is | a.general belief around the Federal building | that Special Agent Moore will use the present trouble against him in Washington. 5 FTER BT SHPS S. Asam of Japan Here to Con- sult With the Union Iron Works. | A New Stcamer Line to Be Estab- lishéd B:tween Japanese.l’orts and Portland, Oregon. 8. Asam of Tokio, who is at the head of a new Japanese syndicate with £5,000,000 capi- | tal to start a new line of steamers between the prinéipal ports of Japan and Portland, arrived here yesterday. Under a law lately passed by the Japanese Diet a subsiay is to be paid by the Government for all vessels of over 6000 tons burden. The idea of the company, which has already been organized, is to have all its vessels of about 9000 tons. The vessels therefore will be of enormous size. Mr. Asam is here to see what terms American shipbuilders can make him on building the vessels. His object first 1s to see Irving M. Scott of the Union Iron Works. Mr. Dickey of the works was over in Japan s ome time since, ard then, it is stated, had a consultation with Mr. Asam and his friends concerning the snips. It is given out from a reljable source that the subsidies guaranteed by the Japanese Govern- ‘ment wiil go far to foot the cost of the vessels. Mr. Asam is very friendly, asare his country- men generally, to Americaus. He thinks hi ships ought to be built here. The idea of the new syndicate is to do a very large business and cui the freight and pas- senger rates to a low point. They have even in view the furnishing oi a passenger rate as Jow as $9 between Japan and the coast. A big business is expected to be done in tea. By fostering trade it is thought a greatand af the same time profitable business may be worked up between the iwo countries. 4 Mr. Asam will be here for some days and will thoroughly investigate the matter. Then he will probabiy go East and to Europe. ————— Defective Light Wires. The residence of M. H.de Young narrowly escaped destruction by fire on Thursday ncon. When the house was wired for electric light ing the wires were improperly 'placed and the fluid made a short circuit through a gaspipe, which was in time burned in two, and the gas escaping was converted into a flame. The flame was burning rapidly into a large beam when the fire was 3’ vered. A still alarm was iven to the engine-house near by and the remen had considerabie difficulty in reach- ing the fire, which was between the walls. The damage was not great. ‘ — - - Hotel Men’s Annual Election. At the annual meeting of the California- Hotel Association held yesterday at the Paluce Hotel, 8, F. Thbrn was re-elected president; Joseph King was elected vice-president; Gi eral R. H. Warfield was re-elected as secretary; K. B. Soule, re-elected treasurer. - Charles Montgomery, General Warfield and Joseph H. Doolityle were elected as the executive com- mittee for the term of two years, and George P. Snell and J. C. Kirkpatrick, legislative com- mittee for the same period. The Compact Demoralized. The new insurance compact, which seemed almost certain of successtul organization Thursday, has been demoralized by the sud- den withdrawal of the Atlas and the Assurance Union companies. This left the compact with- out the Hartford, Royal, Atlas, Assurance Un- jon and Continental and a few smaller compa- nies. The rumor that the Alliance Company WORLD'S MUTTON KING, Arrival of Allan Hughes, the Great Sheep-Grower of Australia. Tried to Find a Market in Japan and Made a Qu:er Discovery—The Mark=t Here. Among the arrivals here yesterday by the steamer Peru from Australin was Allan Hughes of London, the mution king of the world. For many years Mr. Hughes has owned ships plying between Eneland and the Antipodes. He had an abundsuce of eargoes to take out,but oftentimes did not have cargoes for the return trip. He had carried a great deal of mutton to London, and conceived the idea of going ex- tensively into the sheep business in Australia, so that his vessels could be further cmployed. This was several years ago. He. invested large sums in sheep and chose the best grazing rounds for them. They increased so fast that he was ere long the greatest grower not only in Australia but on the globe. He enlarged the capacity of his vessels also, so that now he is able to ship as many as 80,000 dressed sheep at & time. Mutton sells in Australia for 2 cents a pound, butin Lon- don it is worth 4 cents. Mr. Hughes was surprised to find that mut- ton in Sen Francisco is worth 5 cents. It astonished him beyond measure, for the figurc seems extraordinary, so he says. He thinks there must be & big profit in sheep- rowing at this figure. Mr. Hughes will look firther into the state of the mutton market while here. He has recently spent some time in Japan, where he went witi the object of trying to | find a market for mutton from his vast ranges, or stations, as the ranches are there called. The king of the mutton growers was, how- ever, astonished when he got to delving into the actual condition of things. Asa result he will not ship any mutton there. He found that nobody wanted mutton, and that the Japanese esteemed it of little more value than goat's esh, ¢ In Tokio alone he found there were 600 beef deealers, 117 dealers in horse flesh, 166 in pork and 73 sellers of the meat of wild animals, while there were but 17 dealers in mutton. Mr. Hughes would like to bring some of his mutton here, end it is possible that he may do s0. He will remain a few days and will then go on to London. ———————— Ball Grounds Boycotted. At the meeting of the Building Trades Council Thursday night a boycott was ordered on the baseball grounds st the corner of Fol- som and Sixteenth streets.mThis course was instituted because of the Action on the al- Jeged partof the baseball management in vio- lating agreements with the council in the matter of leitfng contracts to non-union men. T ey Milliners to Close Early. The wholesale milliners of the City have formally agreed to_closeé their places on Satur- day afternoons at 2 o’clock irom to-day until August3. The firms which have signed the agreement to close are Butler-Schutze Com- pany, F. Toplitz & Co., Holm & Nathan, Hinz & Landi and R. L. Toplitz & Co. —_— A WAR REMINISCENCE Scenes at Hatcher’s Creek and Petersburg Recalled. | John B. Scace Speaks to a Reporter of Stirring Scenes — Escaped With a Slight Wound, but, Like Other Veterans, Has Suffered Since. A Story Thut Reads Like a Page From History. From the Albany, N, Y., Journal. Wheu one encounters in print the life-story of some scarred veteran of the Civil War, a feeling of admiration and sympathy is the certain result. Aceustomed though we are to tales of heroism and suffering in everyday life, there is something peculiarly altractive about these old war records, serving, as they do, as a sacred passport to_the heart of every true Ameriean. Thousands found their rest on the field of carnage or in the hospital, but their eomrades, when the struggle was over and the victory won, returned to their homes and began aneéw the baitle of lite. John B. Scace, the widxly-kuown contractor and building-mover of Xlbany, N. Y., has had an unusually interesting lifé,’and when seen by a reporter recently at his home, No. 15 Bradford street, told o his many experiences and adventures while serving undet the old flag in the late war. Although having en- dured all the hardships and privations of life in the ranks, Mr. Scace bears his more than halta century of years with an elastic step and a keen mind, taking an active interest in pri- vate and public affairs. t Mr. Scace is & member of Berkshire Lodge No.52, 1. 0. 0. F. He enlisted in the army in 1862, in Company A, Forty-ninth Massachu- etts Volunteer Iniantry, serving under Colonel W. F. Bartlett, First Brigade, First Division, | Nineteenth Corps, with which he_ participated in some of the hottest battles of the war, in- cluding Port Hudson, Donaldsonville and Plain Store, where he was wounded. His time being out he was discharged, but soon re-en- listed as sergeant in Company A, Sixty-first Regiment, Massachusetts® Volunteer [nfantry. He was in the battle of Hatcher's Run, the fight abont Petersburg and the battle of Sallor’s Creek. R After his honorable discharge (June 4, 1865) Mr. Scace returned to Albany ana settled down once again to his business and social interests, He has resided in the city eversince. It would seem that now of all times his peace and hap- piness would have been uninterrupted. Such was uot to be the case, for four years ago, while engaged in superintending the raising of the immense smokestack of the Albany electric power-house, the lever of & loosened windlass struck him & heavy blow across the back. The effect of the blow was not at first apparent, he being able to leave his bed in a few days. But the worst was to follow, for without warn- ing he was seized with sciatic rheumatism in allits virulence. Untold agony followed. Said Mr. Scace: “I could not sleep for the pein. No one will know the tortures the rheu- matism gave me. I doy’t know how Ilived during those days. I became little more than skin and ‘bones, and it seemed like life didn’t have anything but suffgring in it. Cures? I tried every so-called rheumatic cure that was ever invented. 1gave all of them & good trial before I stoppéd taking them. My friends and neighbors recommended remedy aiter remedy that they heard of, but my rheumatism went on just the same. Well, after I had almost had the life tortured out of me I came acrossa newspaper account of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills, and Tfl!uu[ht I might as well add another name to the list as not, so [ ordered some of my druggist. ] tell you, I was glad in those days to hear of anything that could give me any hope at all. Yes, I got them, and before I had taken #w00 bozes that pain began to leave me. Why, [ couldn’t understand it. I couldn’t imagine myself being cured. But before I had taken a half-dozeu of those boxes I was cured. The suffering which had made my life almost un- bearable for so long had disappeared. Iwasa new man. % «T began to get strong. I picked up in flesh, and I-went back to my business with all the vigor and vim of a young man. Ithink every one who knowsane will tell you what it did for me. Pink Pills is the grandest medicine ever discovered,and if my recommendation will do it any good.I want you to use it. I hope others will hear of it and ba benefited as- T have been. Every one shouid hear of it. I can’tsay too much for them,” Mr. Scace ex- claimed, enthusiastically, in conclusion. This is but one of the many cases in which Pink Pills have taken such a beneficent part in the history of humanity. Mr. Scace is now enjoying the fruits of an nnusually large b‘,fiiness managed solely by himself and coverifig almost the entire eastern portion of the State. Mr. Scace is also an 1vory carver of marked ability, which he follows solely for his own pleasure. Many little trinkets carved by the light of the campfire at- test his skill in this direction. ‘Far from being solicited to recommend the curative wnich had taken such a load of misery from his life in his gratitude his praise for it is unstinted and unceasing. And from his own statement one may easily see that when he does cease to sing its virtues it will be to answer the last mustering in. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills contain, in a con- densed form, all the elements necessary 1o give new life and richness to the bleod and restore shattered nerves. They are also & specific for troubles peculiar to females, such as mp{resslonn, irregularities and all forms of weakness. In men they effect a radical cure in all cases arising from mental worry. overwork or excesses of whatever nature. Pink Pills are sold in boxes (never in loose bulk) at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2 50 and may be had of ail druggists or direct by would leave San Francisco was denied yester- day by its general manager, Mr. James. - mail from Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Schenectady, ¥. Y. :