The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 19, 1896, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1896. . THEY CAN WEVER BE RECONCILED Contention Between Seekers of Amusement and Christians. Every Element of Oakland So- ciety Interested in the Present Struggle. CHINESE FAITH IN BRYAN. A Recent Sensation That Was Ex- ploited About Two Years Too Late. i OAKLAND OrricE S8AN Frawcisco CALL, ©08 Broadway, Oct. 18. } Oakland must now decide whether she will be a metropolis or whether she will rest contented to be an sdjunct to the larger city across the bay. The question is one that has two very clear sides to it, each supported by an influential element of society, between whom reconciliation | is impossible. During the past week affairs have been rapidly approaching a crisis, and it will have to be fought to a finish between the Ministerial Union, the Supervisors, the Christian Endeavorers, the Merchants’ Exchange, the Board of Trade and the racetrack people during | the coming month. There can be no| wetropolis on this side of the bay'so long as the narrow-minded policy exists that | has characterized the municipal govern- | ment and to certain extent the county government during the past four years. No one can aoubt the honesty and integ- rity of all parties and inaividuals con- cerned in the present struggle, but every one who posfesses a moderate share of intelligence can see that the day of de- cision has been reached and cannot longer be avoided. On the one hand are the Ministerial Union, the Sabbath Observance Associa- tion (headed by a truly good man—Rev. Dr. McLean), and the Christian Endeayor unions, and on the other side are the Merchants’ Exchange, the Board of Trade, the Seventh-day Adventists and members | ol the Hebraic faith, the street railroad companies (who own parks and give free concerts on Sunday) and the Racing As- sociation. Several leading merchants and merchants’ organizations have been stat- ing their side by resolutions and other- wise during the week and to-day several ministers have bandled the matter from their pulpits. The ministers deciare that they do not want a return to the old blue laws, but only an enforced moral observ- ance of the Sabbath. 'I'he merchants as- sert that they are not in favor of pool-sell- | ing, but they want and must_have all the | legitimate trade they can divertto this| city. More, a new side issue has been brought forward and will, it is understood, be | formally launched to-morrow night. The Christian Endeavorers, and they are cer- tainly the balance of power in the county in any .oatter that goes before the elect- ors, are 1o discuss whetter the merchants | have not been rather basty 1n indorsing | the racing association and whether it is | not the duty of Christians to patronize those who do not favor horse racing. This is a very serious aspect of the case, for nearly every merchant belongs to one or the other of the two mercantile associa- tions, and to withdraw business from | them 1neans simply that trade must be NEW HOME OF building will be commenced this week. Thirteenth and Clay streets. The buildi brick and terra cotta details. the second, reading-room, parlors, cafe a gymnasium, with perfect appointments. It will cost about $30,000. The first floor will be sto: — THE ACME CLUB. OAKLAND, Car., Oct. 18.—Work on the foundation of the new Acme Club The property is located at the cornes of ing will be of four stories, of light pressed and offices; the third and fourth will be a the short life of his soprano voice. The oung ladies are all musical studentsand ;rofessor Bartlett says that the change will be a permanent one. s T SECRETARY BAER COMING. Christian Endeavorers Preparing té Re- ceive a Representative of the United Societies. OAKLAND, Cav., Oct. 18.—8, W. Con- | don, president of the Alameda County | Christian Endeavor Union, and H. J. | Waters of the Oakland City Union have received word that John Willis Baer, gen- eral secretary of the Urited Society of Christian Endeavor, of Boston, will be the uest of the two unions mentioned on unday, November 1. Mr. Baer comes as the representative of the trustees for the purpose of looking over the work done and yet to be done by the committee which has charge of the preparations. Marched for McKinley and Hobart. ALAMEDA, CaAL., Oct. 17.—The Repub- lican parade to-night outnumbered any previous attempt at a political demonstra- tion this fall. It consisted of the McKin- ley Drill Corps of this place, the Young Men’s Republican Ciub and the Fourth ‘Ward Clup of Oakiand. The procession marched down Santa Clara avenue to Sherman street, headed by a band of twelve pieces. ¢ Encinal Hall, where the meeting was held, had been handsomely decorated by Messrs. W. H. Noy and George Lovegrove. The visitors were met by Messrs, E. A. | Kober and C. W. Petig, and after the speechmaking they were treated to sub- stantial refreshments. Hon. Joha P. Jack- son expounded the good old and sound Republican doctrines to the great satis- faction of the audience. The hall was packed to its utmost and many failed to gain entrance. Caught in a Frog. OAKLAND, Cawn, Oct. 18.—Jobhn H. Mackay, a switchman, met with a fearful accident the railroad-yards this after- noon. He was switching cars and was running across a frog to grasp a lever, when his foot caught and he was unable to extricate himself before a car ran over him. He was badly hurt, and several bones were smashed. Heis at Fabiola, in a very critical conditio WATING N SUSPENSE Ugitarians Anxious for the Re- turn of Their Sign- board carried to San Francisco. | A good deal of guiet work is being done | among_the candidates for the offices of | Supervisors, but experience has proved | that pledged Councilmen and Supervisors are the readiest of pledge-breakers. Pre- | vions to the last municipal campaign, the | Sunday - closing Association (which has not been heard of for a year) extracted promises from a majority of the council- | men that they would pass a Sunday-closing | ordinance. Being politicians, the prom- | ises were readily made; being men of business, the pressure of other business | men induced them to break their pledges | just as readily after election. There is not the shightest reason to suppose that any better irnnu of consistency exists among the Oakland politicians than was exhibited iwo years ago. All these questions can only be decided by the people. The Supervisors cannot do it, neither can the merchantsnor the min- isters. If Sunday balloon ascensions are made illegal by ordinance, the people | who now patronize them will go to San | Francisco and spend their money. If racing shall be prohibited the patrons of the track will not spend their money | here. Butinany event legislation is use- less either as a preventive or incentive. If | the people do not want Sunday concerts, | saloons and racetracks, these ventures will soon have to close up for lack of patron- | age. Ii the people do want them nothing will prevent them from nnli:fyin% their | tastes, The peoplé of Alameda ounty | are not of the kind that can be made moral by legislation, nor will any one ele- ment submit tamely to the dictation of another element. As has been proved be- fore, they realize their individual rights and will be guided accordingly, mer- chants, ministers ‘and supervisorial pledges, notwithstanding. 1t is a mistake to attempt to settle snch questions at an election, as they are purely matters to be settled by the conscience, the dictates of which each individuel has an inalienable right to accept and follow. There 1s s certain Chinese concern in | this city which has lately started in busi- ness under circumstances that electors who are following every kind of doctrine would do well to consider. There isa boldness and a Bryanesque flavor about the circulars which they are mailing to every home that isa litlle unusnal. 1ln soliciting patronage they say that ‘‘only neat Chinese clerks are emploved,” and after a reference to the dearness of “white goods’’ comes the information, “Made in our Chinese factory in San Francisco, by Chinese labor only.” Surely there is a little political moral in this, that even the head of a local silver league can grasp. A few days ago a story was given wide publicity regarding the alleged cause for the insanity of a young man who was once a railroad employe. It was multi- iterated that he was driven insane by the actions of some railroad officials who pree vented him from getting work. The rail- road company has enough to answer for 10 aamn it eternally, but trath is still the truth. The facts are these. The poor lad was pariially insape two years ago, and was desperately anxious to marry a young lady who didn’t want him, He had some trouble in Judge Clift's courtroom, and attempted to shoot Attorney Aldrich, The case was passed by on account of the lad’s mentel condition. 8. W. B, Pt Vested Uhoir of Young Ladies. . _OAKLAND, CAr, Oct. 18.—An innova- tion was made to-day at St. Paul’s Episco- pal Church. Twelye young ladies in veat- ments and wearing mortarboard caps were added to the choir. For several Rev. Dr. Payne Delivers His Second Sermon on Suffrage—Inter- esting News. BERKELEY, CaAL.; Oct. 18.—Rev. Ed- | ward B. Payne, pastor of the Unitarian Society, has written a communication to Professor Thomas R. Bacon, chairman of the Stiles Hall board of trustees, asking that the signboard of the Unitarian Soci- ety bereplaced an the front of the hall. As stated in a recent issue of THE CAvrr, the Unitarians, upon renting a portion of the building a year and a half ago, tacked up a neatly designed placard on one of the the fact that services of the Unitarians were conducted within. A request came from some of the authorities in charge of the hall asking for its removal, because some criticisms had been advanced againat allowing the unorthodox Unitarians to occupy a portion of the university stu- dents’ building. The sign was removed and nothing was said about the matter until a few davs ago when ti:e Christian Bible Seminary tacked up its shingle. It‘has remained there unmolested, while the sign of the Unita- rians lies in the basement among a lot of empty boxes. This unjust discrimination, as Dr. Payne calls 1t, has aroused an end- less amount of talk among Berkeley peo- le. And so Dr. Payne has written to the trustees asking that the sign of his church be replaced. The church members are in considerable suspense over the matter, as the letter was sent several days ago, and no answer had been received up till to- night. Dr. Payne on Suffrage. BERKELEY, Cir., Oct. 18,—Dr. E. B. Payne of the Unitarian Society aelivered his second lecture on woman suffrage this years there has been a vested chotr of boys at the church, but in a few weeks they ill be entirely withdrawn and young la- substituted. The reason for the change is that so much recruiting is re- quired to maintain a boys’ choir owing to pillars of the building calling attention to | morning to the largest audience that has assembled at Stiles Hall for many months. His topic was ‘‘The Relation of Woman tothe Larger Work of the World.” Last Sunday he spoke on woman in her domestic sphere, and next Sunday he will speak more particularly on her enfran- chisement. In his address this morning Dr. Payne said that the restrictions put on woman were generally due to the attitude of men on tlie subject. *“This is shown,’’ said he, “in the first place when men claim exclu- sive prerogative in the wider activities of | life. This is illustrated by Dombey in | Charles Dickens’ ‘Dombey and Son,’ ~His | spirit was to hold woman to her sphere. “There is another class of men who do not begrudge woman ber full share of happiness in life, but think that her con- tact with the world would wreck her fem- inine qualities. *‘Men have formed a distressing mental picture of the female reformer, egotistic and exacting, and make the stand for the expected new woman. Such a woman is aterror to them.” Dr. Payne made an appeal to trust in woman to find her own way, and to deter- mine her own part and deed. He held that there should be no sex jealousy, no suspicious guarding of prerogatives, but a mutual trust and yielding grace on both sides and a perfect union of purpose and power to meet the common enemies of life—hunger, ignorance and sin. In closing his address, he drew a strik- | ing parallel between the sentiment ex- | pressed in the closing lines of ‘Paradise | Lost,”” and what shall be the relative | standing of men and women of the pres- | ent day. Mission Work at St. Joseph’s. | _BERKELEY, CAL., Oct. 18.—The Rev. | Fathers O'Shea and Mullane, the Redemp- | torist missionaries, opened a mission at | St. Joseph’s Church this morning, with | services appropriate to the occasion. Early mass was held at 7:30 o’clock and a | later one at 10:30. During the coming week they will be held at 5:30 and at | 8:80 A. M. | The sermon of instruction was preached | this morning at 8:30. To-night the ser- vices began at 7:30 and consisted of the Rosary sermon and benediction. Students’ Congress Debate. ' BERKELEYX, CaL, Oct. 18.—The stu- dents’ congress at the State Uniyersity | will debate next Wednesday evening on the following subject: *“Resolved, That a centralized form of government, such as aimed at in the pro- posed new charter of San Francisco, is de- sirable.”” The resolution will be upheld by Mec- Cormick, Murdock and Bufford, and op- posed by Simpson, Mannon and Abra- hams. | 014 Landmark Gone. OAKLAND, Carn.,, Oct. 17.—Carpenters are tearing down another old landmark this week. It is the old bouse situated in the middle of the block on Third sireet, between Clay and Washington, and has stood there since 1849. The house has been papered with oid issues of the ‘‘Con- tra_Costa,” a weekly paper published b; J. R. Dungleson and_edited by Mrs. 8. M. Clarke, many of which are dated October 20, 1854, One advertisement is a city tax levy of 134 cents, signed by Horace W. Carpentier, Mayor, Edward Gallagher, i:)residant of the City Council, and J. R. unglison, clerk. West Oakland Rally. OAKLAND, Cav., Oct. 18.—The Alameda Political Equality Society will hold an en- thusiastic meeting in Hanson’s Hall, West Oakland, Tuesday evening, the 20th inst, A fine programme has been arranged. There will be short ninecheu. but the fea- ture of the occasion will be music by East- ern talent. This will be the first rally in West Oakland. League ot the Cross. OAKLAND, CaL, Oct. 18.—The cadet company of St. Francis de Sales has re- ceived its commission and will be known as Company N. The officers elected are: Captain, J. J. Power; first lieutenant, Thomas Roberts; second lieutenant, Frank Wyms. e Slashed in the Face. John Monaghan, a laborer living at 232 Franeisco street, was watching a fight at Paci- fic and Kearny streets, between 2 and 8 o’clock yesterday morning, when J. Yarnier, a barber, #lashed him in tne right side of the face with a knife. Monaghan was taken to the Receiving Hospital, where a long, deep wound was stitched and dressed by Dr. Thompson. Yar- nier was arrested and taken to the California- street station, where a charge of assault with 2 deadly weapon was booked against him, —_———————— People who sell newspapers in the streets of Moscow are compelled to appear in uni- form. DEATH'S CURVE AT LAST PROTECTED Its Long List of Fatalities Has Probably Closed. An Elaborate System of Sixteen Pneumatic Gates Almost Complete. IMPROV<MENT CLUB HAPPY. An Operator in a Tower Will Pro- tect Life and Property Night and Day. OARLAND OFFICE SAN FRrANCISCO CALL, 908 Broadway, Oct. 17. At last the Southern Pacitic Company has decided to place an elaborate system of protection around Death’s Curve. For nearly thirty years the swilt Berkeley locals and the overland trains have been killing travelers on the réad crossings at Death’s Curve, but nothing has been done to prevent fatalities till the presentsys- tem was decided upon. Yesterday a gang of men were working on the auto- matic gates and one-half of them are already in place. The system provides for four gates where the trains cross the road leading from ihe pier, four gates where the tracks cross Bay street, four gates where they cross a little unnamed street and the same number at Cedar street. In the little triangular lot at the end of the pier a tower has been erected, from which the whole system will be worked. The oper- ator can see the whole Jength of the curve from his elevated position and his sole business will be to look out for all passen- ger and vehicle traffic as trains are ap- proaching from either direction. The gates will be worked by means of com- pressed air. Death’s Curve is one of the mostd gerous localities on the Southern Pacific system. It is the curve thatis rounded about every twenty minutes by the Berke- ley local. All the way and overland trains swing around it as they approach or leave the pier, and all freight trains must go over it. The great danger has always been that on account of the curve no one could see a train approaching until they were right on the track. Children have been killed frequently, wagons have been demolished and their occupants mangled, and foot-passengers have been found dead by the track times without number: The Morgue records for the past two decades can alone show how many graves have been filled through the fatalities at the curve, but until this week nothing has been done to prevent it. The West Oakland Improvement Club is highly pleased at this latest piece of work by the railroad company, but greatly regrets that it was not undertaken sooner. After the system is put in the total cost of operating will be the monthly salary, about $65, of the towerman. YOUKG WONER T0 o Elaborate Plans for a Regatta in Oakland Creek Thanks- giving Day. Active Preparations B:ing Made for the Christian Eodeavor ‘g7 Convention. ALAMEDA, CAL, Oct. 18.—The prepara- tions for a Thanksgiving day regatta on Oakland Creek are being pushed with vigor by Commissioner 8. J. Pembroke of the Amateur Association, who promises to have a day’s sport that will long be re- membered, if it does not storm. There will be senior and intermediate races and outrigger skiff races. Thelatter promise to be an interesting feature of the day. There are eight or nine entries romised, and ten if the Columbia Club Jjoins the Amateur Association before that date. The Ariels, South Ends, Dolphins and Alamedas will each enter two men. In the junior sculls Brown, the present champion, McCauslana, Duplissea and a dark horse will enter. Not the least of the day’sattractions will be a ladies’ four-oared barge race between the San Diego team and a new team just organized here. Already the Alameda team are under the tutorship of a pro- fessional teacher, and they will give a good account of themseives op the creek. All efforts to induce the promoters to dis- close the ladies’ identity have failea. If .the Columbia enters the association a four- oar onmsger skiff race between them and the U, C. team will be arranged. The latter may also enter the intermediate barge race. . A Mass-Meeting. ALAMEDA, Can, Oct. 18.—The Ala- meda City Christian Endeavor Union is arranging for a grand mass-meeting for the latter part of next week, in the inter- < SEVENTH ST Death’s Curve at West Oakland, Which Is at Last Being Protected by an Elaborate Pneumatic System of Sixteen Automatic Gates. ! { | est of the’97 convention, which meets in San Francisco next ycar. Edward Bur- rell has charge of the work, and is doing all he can to secure some able speakers for the meeting. A e MONTANA HORSES. A Select String Owned by Marcus Daly of Anaconda Arrives at Ingleside. San Francisco is now the haven on which every horseman has his eye, and every day sees new arrivals getting in, either bookmakers or owners. Satuday “Billy” Randalil landed at Ingleside Track with a string of five owned by the Mon- tana copper king, Marcus Daly. The star of the stock is Senator Grady, at one time looked upon by his folk to down the best of the East. ‘He did. run some cracking races among them, finishing second in the American Derby won by Rey el Santa Anita. Later he went wrong, proving a disappointment. ' The others in the string are: Friur, Salvation, Ostler Joe and Senator Bland. The latter will be remembered as the win- ner of the Farewell handicap decided over the Bay District track, when he set the coast record for one and a quarter miles at 2:07 flat, E. R. Lowery of Chicago, probably with- out an equal as an auction poolseller, is registered at one of the downtown hotels. Mr. Lowery is somewhat of a bookmaker as well, and may be persuaded to take a handin the California game. “'Gloucester’” McDermott, *‘de man wid do Bteve Brodie dialect,” came to town the other day from San Jose with his colt ‘Walter J, the aluminum three-year-old. Time was when a mention of the colt’s name would cause trainersto see to it that their feed stalls were securely locked, and Jockey ““Pop” Weaver to stop whittling long enough to grin, but when he struck that winning dip last spring the colt would have irought a round sum. He has developed into a grand looking horse, and no doubt will add additional luster to | the name of True Briton at the coming meetings. INGLESIDE COURSING Sir Walter, a San Jose Dog, Won the First Prize at Yesterday’s Meeting. The usnal big crowd of coursing men as- sembled at Ingleside Park yesterday and saw a forty-dog stake run through. H. Spring of San Jose was congratulated on the winning by his 8ir Walter of the first prize. Following is the result of the run down: Wildflower beat Tullermore, Elmsport beat Westside, Little Tom beat Molly Bawn, Queen B beat Honest John, California Violet beat Fearless, le{ Fitzgorald beat Bella Roche, Bonunie Belle beat Reliance, Bright Eyes beat Wizard, Tempest beat Monitor, Royal Stag beat Red Rover, Faster and Faster beat Fairy Queen, Mimosa beat Active, Cleverness beat Corte Maders, Fireman beat St Cloud, Tipper- ary beat Eclipse, Will-o-the-Wisp beat Jenny Lind, Gaslight beat Famous, Sunnyside Maid beat Bill Nye, Trilby beat Longfellow, Sir Wal- ter beat Nancy. First ties—Wildflower beat Elmsport, Queen B beat Little Tom, California Violet beat Lady Fitzgerald, Bright Eyes beat Bonnie Belle, Tempest beat Royal Stag, Faster and Faster beat Mimosa, Firemen beat Cleverness, Will- o-the-Wisp beat Tipperary, Sir Walter beat Triiby. The finish of the stake was between Sir ‘Walter and Fireman, the former winning after a hard course, California Violet tak- ing third money. OFFICERS IN - THE PULPIT. The Salvation Army Takes Possession of the Third Congregational Church. Major McIntyre and the staff officers from the BSalvation Army headquarters occupied the pulpit of the Third Congre- gational Chyrch and conducted the even- ing service there yesterday. This innovation was, however, on the invitation of the Rev. Willlam Rader, who, being ill and confined to his home, granted tbe army ths use of his church for indoor worship. Major McIntyre, his wife and six of the staff occupled the seats on the platform allotted to the ministers during service. The service last night was conducted by Major Mclntyre, and was similar to that followed by the army in their street devo- tions. Each convert in turn told the congrega- tion how he had received the light of Christianity, and the happiness which it brought.* . Captain McIntyre, the wife of the major, read a list of statistics showing the work done by the army on this coast, and also all over the globe. The system under which the army con- ducts its various homes were thoroughly explained for the benefit of the con- gregation. The singing of hymnsand prayer closed the meeting. e —————— “THE HOLY CITY.” A Sacred Cantata in Which Miss Millie Flynn Will Appear. A sacred cantata entitled “The Holy City,” by Alired R. Gaul, Mus. Bac. Cantab., will be given next Friday even- ing at Trinity Presbyterian Church, on Twenty-third and Capp streets, San Fran- cisco. “ The participants will be the Philomel quartet, which consists of Miss Millie Flynn, first soprano; Miss Susie Hert Mark, second soprano; Mrs. Etia B. Blanchard, first alto, and the following: Mrs. Emilie Parent, second alto; Miss Alice rartridge, alto; D. M. Lawrence, tenor; Henry A. Melvin, basso; sopranos— Miss Alice Brannan, Miss Effie Burris, Mrs. F, W. Crossett, Mrs. George L. Dar- ling, Mrs. Joseph Flach, Miss Lilliac Holje, Miss Mary Kelleher, Mrs. W. Z. King, Miss Alice Mayhew, Miss Jennie Partridge, Miss Florence erdeu, Miss Lizzie %Vardm. Miss Jennie Williams; tenors—Benjamin T. Bromfield, Edward Calame, Clinton Folger, D. M. Lawrence, James McCullough, Thomas Miles, J. J. Morris, Burbank omers, Frank Somers, 7.0W. Treadwell, 5. M. Weeks Jr.; altos — Mrs. E. A. Ba Miss Irene Crocker, Miss Edith Day, Miss Mary Gam- ble, Miss J. L. Greninger, Mrs. Lizzie Kemp, Mrs. James Alice Partridge, Miss Nellie Partridge, Miss Florence Rn{a ond, Mrs. W. A. Ruthrauff, Miss L. E. Wefelsburg, Mrs, C. B. Zabriskie; bassos—F. W. Crossett, Leon Ensign, Edward #ilmer, William Grandi- man, J. H. Hallowell, 'E. D. Hewitt, W. A. Howitt, Robert E. E. Martin, J. Nachtrieb, Ben Wentworth, W. B. Winn; ianist, barles M. T. Parker. The newspapers of England and else- where speak in high praise of the music and artists. The work of Miss Millie Flynn, the first soprano, is particularly commended, %as bas a caltured voice of fine range ar 2 minkrs, o STRUCK BY AN ENGINE. Ge orge Williams Caught by a Locomo- tive and His Leg Broken. As George Williams, who resides at 613 Shotwell street, was crossing the railroad track in a delivery wagon at Sixth and King streets, Saturday afternoon, a switch engine struck the wagon and the driver was hurled from his seat to the ground. The wagon was demolished and a quan- tity of heavy stone material which il- Jiams was delivering struck him and his leg was fractured. The engine was brought to a standstill and the engineer and fireman went back to assist the injured man. He refused to be removed to the hospital, so a convey- ance was procured and he was sent to his home. . TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take laxative BromoQuinine Tablets. All dru, gists refund the money if it fails to cure, 255 McCullough, Miss | Frederic Maurer Jr.; organist, | Tuction Salcs L. 1. BURD, AUCTIONEER, Office, 211 Larkin Street. THIS DAY. Monday... . October 19, 1896, At110'clock 4. )., On the premises, 437 Golden Gate Ave., Near Larkin St., +-e: T WILL SELL.... The Fine Furniture of 10-Room House. L. H. BURD, Auctloneer. BASCH AUCTION COMPANY, Ine. 319-321 SULITEE STREET, Bet. Grant avenue and Stockion street, Y WILL SELL THIS DAY, Monday. October 19,1896, At ve Salesrooms, The contents of 2 private houses, cousisting of Parlor, Bedroom and Dining-room Furniture, Oar- pets, Stoves, Ranges, etc. Speclal attention ‘is called to the Carpets, as they are all neariy new and of the finest quality. S BASCH, Auctioneer. OVER 2000 PIECES OF ORIENTAL RUGS AND CARPETS. GENUINE AUCTION SALE, ! Continuing dally at 2:30 ». ., AT 424 PINE STRHEET (0ld Art Assoelation Rooms). Goods on Exhibition Before and After Sale. H. SARAFIAN & CO. DERRICK TALKS POLITICS Attempts to Criticise the Recent Declarations of Arch- bishop Ireland. ogrian e Ciaims That the Love of Catholics for the American Flag Is of Re- cent Growth. +*Archbishop Ireland Shows His Hand” was the subject selected by Dr. G. H. Der- rick for his talk before the Good Citizen- ship meeting at Metropolitan Temple yes- terday afternoon. The speaker was inter- rupted many times by longand continuous applause, particularly when he referred to the priesthood in politics. The meeting opened with a few general remarks from Chairman Quitzow, in the course of which he said: “The day will soon be here when we will be calledupon to show whether we have profited by our coming together here for the great length of time that these meet- ings have been held. . *1f we have learned in what direction our political strength should be exerted and how-we should cast our ballot on election day the object of these meetings will be to | some extent accomplished. “The grave questions that present them- selves to be decided by the ballot on the 3d day of November are more important than any that have confronted the Ameri- can people prior to and which the great American Nation was called upon to vote in 1860 and which was finally settled by the great contest that followed. “The church in America is still in its cradle, but the child is very dear to the holy father,” said Dr. Derrick in his open- ing remarks, adding ‘‘while Grandmother Yorke rocks it to sleep.” Continuing, he said: “The first few wordsare Martinelli's greeting to America. Why afe we here to-day? Because there are rights which are vouchsafed to us by the constitution, but is in danger irom this baby.in the manger.. Rome is carrying on a great campaign against this movement. Five ;J':ears ago she said, ‘the country is ours.’ 'wo years ago she saw'a people uprislnf. determined to throw her back to the old world from which 'she emenated. “Within the last few days statements have come out which seem to maxke the blood of a trane American runcold. I have peen threatened within the last few days by anonymous letters warning me that I had better cease my utterances. I was threatened with San Quentin, where I could organize an inaependent A. P, A. 1 thought thiat if the time had come when an American citizen could not speak his mind the sooner I found it out the better.” The speaker then referred rather sar- castically to Father Yorke's contention that as many Catholics had died in de- fense of the flag as Protestants., He ad- mitted’ that many thousands had so died, put he denied that it had been at the dic- tation of the priesthood. Dr. Derrick also affirmed that the very paper now presided over by Kather Yorke had in 1860 and 1861 stood up for secession and rebellipn. “There are people in this City who knbw this to be a fact,” added the speaker. Con- tinuing he said: “Now comes this great and good man Archbishop Ireland, who stepped from his priestly robes and assumed the garb of a private citizen. He said he wanted to give in advice as a citizen. We don’t want any of that, however. The idea of any man divesting himself of his religi- ous authority tospeak as a citizen is pre- posterous. Now that is just the very thing we don’t want because the priest carries the votes of those who believe in him. Iunderstand that Yorke does not like this letter, but that does not cut much figure. Ireland, you know, is so much ahead of Yorke that he does not count.” Dr. Derrick then undertook to analvze the letter of Archbishop I[reland, though he desired it understood that he was not making a political speech. He referred particularly to the archbishop’s claim that the platform adopted at Chicago tended to disrupt the social order of things in this country. The speaker applied the letter to the local situation by saying that the ‘Woman’s Liberal League was putting forth its best efforts to defeat the new charter. — e e MUST HAVE SEWERS, Residents of Holly Park and Vicinity Demand Drain- age. An Enthusiastic Meeting to Discuss Matters of Vital Importance to' Property-Owners. The residents of the extreme south- western portion of the City have inangn- rated an active campaign for a sewer sys- tera in their district. At present there are no sewers beyond Holly Park avenue and in therapidly improving district left unprovided for there is a growing demand for drainage. There was a meeting of the residents of the district held under the auspices of the Holly Park Improvement Club at their hall yesterday afternoon. H. O. Wein- holz, president of the club, acted as chair- man of the meeting. After a brief explanation by Mr. Wein- holz of the object of the meeting repre- sentatives of neignboring improvement were called upon for expressions. ?nnr::s P. Tuohey of the Fairmannt Club voiced the desire of the organization which he represented to work indus- triously toward the acquisition of a sewer system. He called attention to the danger of sewer funds being used injudiciously and dishonestly. *‘Whenever the Fair- mount Club sees anythin{ of that kind going on,” he said, “‘we will immediately call a halt.” Richard Richenbach of the Holly Park Improvement Club declared himself in I (00K & (0. 123 Kearny Street. THE GREATEST AUCTION SALE In the History of This Country. Unreservedly to E Highest Bidder .’l‘ha Enormous Stock of High-Grade China Will Be Sold by Public Auction. ACTUAL VALUE .. $100,000. WE SAY 50, AND IT IS SO. This valuable and magnificent stock, comprisi: Quinaware, Glassware, Dinger Sete, Yampe, Cut: v Ornaments, 't Goo: ‘will ‘wholesale and retall q\unml:'u. De g COMMENCING TO-DAY. Monday......... ............ October 19,1896 At 10:80 4. 2., and continaing two weeks. ALLEN COWAN, Auc:ioneer, See large advertisement in other part of for full particulars. puamen AUCTION SALE 2 & S & CARRIAGE TEAMS, ROADSTERS AND DRIVING HORSES, BRED AT OCakwood Stock Farm, Danville, Contra Costa County, Cal, At 11 o’clock A. X, On TUESDAY............OCTOBER 20, 1896, AT SALESYARD, Corner Van Ness Ave. and Market St Catalogues now ready. Horses at Yard Satur- day, October 17th. KILLIP & CO., Auctioneers, 11 Montgomery St., favor of a complete drainage system for the district. He thought it could not be put in operation too quickly, and he advo- cated going before the Supervisors with a petition at once. Thomas O’ Neil said that the City Engi- neer was already working on plans for a sewer system, and if the improvement clubs would work together they would un- doubtedly secure the system. 2Other gentlemen present expressed them- selyes enthusiastically in the same strain. Mr. Kroutch moved that a petition be pre- pared and signed by the secretaries of the various improvement clubs interested re- questing the Supervisors to provide for the drainage system needed. The motion was carried unanimously. Frank Conkling, Democratic candidate for Supervisor from the Eighth Ward, spoke of the necessity of united efforts on the part of the improvement clubs., He gave some practical advice in regard to organization and advised the members if they saw fit to enter politics to see to it that they indorsed such candidates as would be true to their interests. In an- | swer to a question he spoke in favor of beautifying Holly Park. Representatives of the Precita Valley and Nuevo Potrero clubs spoke of the re- sults which they had attained by ‘‘stick- ing everlastingly to it.” This sentiment was approvingly commented upon by sev- eral speakers. It was decided to meet again at the same hour next Sunday for further dis- cussion. THE CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR A Grand Rally of the Societies of the Golden Gate Union. ¢ To Be Held in San Rafael in the Pres- byterian Church Next Friday Evening. A rally ofall the Christian Endeavor so- cieties in Golden Gate Union will be held Friday evening at S8an Rafael in the inter- est of the International Christian En- deavor Convention, which will convene here next July. A few weeks ago the two Christian En- deavor societies of San Rafael sent a for- mal invitation to the executive committee of Golden Gate Union asking that the next rally be held a. 8an Rafael, in order thatnew zeal might be infused into their ranks and their members stimulated to greater effort in view of the approaching international -convention. The union gladly responned, and the rally was ar- ranged for. The lookout committee has made ar- rangements for a special boat for Friday night. The Endeavorers will leave San Francisco at 6:30 via tbe San Francisco and North Pacific route, and they will be welcomed at San Rafael by a reception committee. A basket lunch will be served by the ladies for the convenience of the business men on board the boat. The rally will be held 1 the beautiful new stone Presbyterian church. The details of arrangement have been placed in the hands of a committee com- posed of the following named: Miss E. Shaver, Miss E. Murray, Miss H. J. Trum- bull, Mrs. Vanderlip, Dr. Vanderlip, Wil- liam Mackenzie, Miss Smith, A. J. Todd and Miss Clifford. In addition to this local committee the following members of the San Rafael societies are interested in the work of arranying for the rally: Miss Florence Tabor, Miss Anna Barstow, Miss Addie Tabor, Miss Saunders, Miss Jennie Finlayson, Miss Etta Shaver, Miss Ethel Mur- ray, Miss_Carrie Finlayson, A. Peterson, Miss Georgia Finlayson, Miss Elliott, Miss Ethel Murray, Miss Gates, Mrs. Stimson, Mrs, Wood- ward, Miss M. Dollar, P. C. Inman, Miss Peterson, Miss Pauline Murray, Miss Ids Todd, Miss Mary Dollar, Garf Barstow, Stanley Dol- lar, Miss Baker, Miss Smith, Miss E. i, Miss Clifford, Mrs. Clifford, E. B. Davenport, R. Ciifford, Mr. Ham. The following societies in San Francisco will be present at the rally: 2 First, Calvary, Howard, Westminster, St. John's, Olivet Memorial and Mizpah Presbyte- rian; Plymouth, Puritan, First, Third, Beth- any, Fourth, Park and Safah B. Cooper Congre- gational; First and Sscond United Presbyte- rian; First, Third and Hamilton-square ;g tist; Cen! Grace and Zion African Meth ist Episcopal aud Mariners’ Church. —— Stars Against Alerts. Central Park was crowded yesterday after- noon with people to see the baseball match between the Stars of Nevada and Alerts of Alameda. Up to the sixth inning the Alerts had made two runs, but the Stars had failed to score. In the seventh the Stars made it very interesting for the Alerts and ran up a score of eight runs. There were two men on bases when the ball was knocked into Eighth street and lost. Another ball was Frn ded and the Alerts refused to play with it, claim. ing it was too heavy. The umpire awarded the match to the Stars, amid the greatest ex- citement. The Alerts lodged & protest against the umpire’s decision. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. i M———- itm slguatuze overy o A M{ wrappen Dr. Gib) 6256 bon’sl)ispensar{: