The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 6, 1897, Page 11

Er—— THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1897. 5] PLEA FOR CHRISTIAN SOCIALISM. Rev. D. P. B. Bliss, Church Lecturer and Sociologist, Tells of His Reform Mission in the Golden West. Rev. W. D. P. Bliss of Boston, official turer for the Church Social Union, edi- bian essays and au- “Au Encyclopedia of Social Re- ow mal and the West for the purpose of 1g the higher classes to the view of altruism as against the present system of egoism and bitter personal conflict in atters commercial. My purposes are in part,”” said the em- author and lecturer yesterday. *‘to se the intellectual and moral clas: y in the chureb, to the in the great economic and problems now knocking loudly f swer. The Church Bocial Union by no méane indorses all my views, for I am a| are such as list, but its purposes make for better conditions.” The Church Social Uni Bliss was the organizer o expresses its objects in tbe 10110 graph from one of its of which Mr. th o the present actical life as > enemy of of righteous- the ton, the follow comn tee and cou Archibald L. o . William_Har- ! Van de Wa Wiliiams, veling as sec- His immedi- be to teach t he will Turk-street St. Mark’s at n Mateo, eak to the socialists at t orrow night Kr Associ from the reform- dea of his e reforms, or instic better times are to eneral education and up- nearly fifty D. Maurice, 1S the econ- accepts heart a so- g a tour of Cali- | i1l speak | paternal care of the poor _under the infiuence | 0f Christian charity. State charity is not | socialism. efore, a part of the programme | Teis,t | of th - lecturer to teach people the differ- ence between philosophic socialism and | State charity. He bas surveyed the fieid | untit be believes socialism is coming, if not in this generation, partly so. He ran ior Lieutenant-Governor of Massachusetts on the Labor pariy ticket some years ago, vet he does not indorse half the prop: ganda they subscribe to and have faith in. Speaking of the growth of the doctrine of collectivism yesterday, Mr. Biiss said: Soctalism is_coming. In Germany the $0- cialist vote is 1,800,000; in Frauce 1t s at jeast 900,000; 'in Belgium, Austnia, Switzer- 1wad ltaly it is the growing party. In gland socialism has not cast a large direct simply because it has so largely entered 21l parties. In the United States it is present in the South and West in the 1,500,000 votes oi the People’s partyand in thbe Eastin the growing Socialist Labor party, and still more fu the growing sentiment of many who are 10t connected with any socialist party. New Zea- land, tne most progressive country of the s aimost & socialist commonwealth. m is spreading to-day, in ersity, in church and in State, in hu- an ideas and in practical politics. Even encer, who, through misiaking its nature, onsiders socialism s:avery, calis it “the com- ing slavery.” While thus believing in its power and foretelling its coming, Mr. Bliss does not think government ougut to force it. He say t thing that socialists aim to do is to other people 10 sccialism. Socialism pring irom the people. Government | {, can not and should not attempt to force socislistic mensures on ihe community. Y cannot have socialism until you have Thereiore, as bers Blatchford thing to do to spread socialism sis.” But as socialists gain oy strive to iatroduce Tnere is no one ies and all places. s no royal road 1o ireedom. Each com- ity must study 1ts own needs and iis own ces. re are certain measures that socialists e immediately strive for. They ke government democratic. To- merice we do not have popular gov- t, but_machine government. York City—the people or the corpora; and their 100.s, the politicians? Who rules in Cong people or the monopolies and trusts? Therefore socialists 1on, the initia- When laws are legislators cannot favor proportional represen: v and the referendum. | referred to the people readily sell legislation. The secretary of the Church Union | speaks boldly about what he thinks ought to be done under the new regime. He says: But when government has been made demo- crauc w d the State do? There are three lines of reform that must be iollowed | e or le multaneousiy, reforms concern- ing land, capital and isbor. These are the three factors which enter into ail production, 4 no one of which cen be ignored. We need | land reform, Eig] cent of the popula- n of New York City live i tenements, while or cent of 8il the families of the es own their home free from debt. ocialists would commence meeting this by taxing the laud neid for speculation as as land in use and by gradually raising the taxation on sll land values (including mines and all natural opportunities). sThus they would gradually absorb the vaiue of ail 1and for the peopl In a recent tract entitled “What Social- ism Is,” Mr. Bliss says 1t socialists would not do this alone. They i municipal and his for industry ations and mo- it i nited g as herein indicated on general questions, the author says of the Christian Socialist programme: It would aid the eight-hour movement. It would reduce the hours of labor iu factory and in shop, that men mey have longer hours ctory and | Who | ion of capital |k ] of labor in the home, the library and the { church. A true democracy must be_ built of men, not of “hands.” Christian Socialism would favor direct legisiation, through the initiative, the referendum and proportional representation, purging our politics of cor- ruption, breaking down the machine and teaching the people self-government. 1t would emancipste women as well as man. It does not believe in & democracy of baif the people. It would develop a true municipal- ism, 8s is being done in Birmingham, Gias- gow, London, Beriin and ofher cities. Glasgow, by spending $7,000,000 in tearing down and rebuilding the’ worst tenements, and by municipally clearing courts and pas- sages, by providing mupicipal baths, wash- houses, etc., has reduced her death rate from fifty-four 0 twenty-nine per thousand. This Chisiian Socialism consid tianity. It would have the city employ the upempioyed, in ways not to compete with present lsbor. Says Turgot, whom Matthew Arnold calls “the wisest statesman France ever had’ wants end rendered labor an indispensable resource, made_the right of work the property | of every individual; and this property is the | first, the most sucred, and the most impre- scriptible of all kinds of property.” It would have cities obtain the funds for doing this by | conducting gas works, surface railroads, etc., for & profit for the city, instead of having them owned by rich capitalsts favored by | city franchises. Christian Socielists would have the nations own and manage railroads, the telegraph, ex- pressage, eic., etc. I every way it would re- place competition by fratérnal combination, it would press toward reform in all these ways. Itis not one reform. It i many re- | forms on one principle. Perhaps most umpor- tant of all is land reform. _Christian Socialism would revert to the old_Bible prineiple, that God is the owner of ail the earth, and men | only entitled to its use. It would, therefore, | favor the reciaiming of the land for the use of | all tue people by taxing land vaiues on a grad- uated scale, and increasingly evers lew years, till finally the whole value of the natural re: | sources of the earth be taken for the people and not for the clusses, The traveling secretary is irying every- where to impress upon men tlie necessity of recognizing Christ as & leader. He says: We come now to ask definitely what men are to do. To recognize Christ’s headship and kingship | over all life. This is the first thing :an needs to do. It brings society together. It gives a head, an expressed unity, to the otherwise un- renlized and inchoate unity of mankind. Without Cnrist men fail. Soeialists are not ocial. They grow confusing and confused. They strive to build & tower as high a heaven | and’ produce only a Babel—a confusion of | tongues. They have lost their leeder; Christ | is the leader. He brings all into one body. He | is the atonement, the ai-one-ment of man with | man, as truly as 0f man with God. If hisbody s to-dxy divided, if the church is riven by n, it i$ DOU because men have followed but because they have refused to fol- low him. He is the way to unity. If this seems at first undemocratic it 1s soon seen that it s the very periection of democ- | racy, which is the rule of all the people. | When a!l in freedom choose Christ, we all | realize our oneness with him, even as he is | one with God. Our will is love, and love is | tne will of all. 1tis the only way we can_all | rule. Christ is no tyrant; he is the elder | brother | A body must have s head if it stand high in | the scaie of evolution; if universal society, therefore, be & body or should be & body, as | the scriptures and socialists both teach, it { must have a bead. But that head muat be | eternal. 'Science and religion are both teach- | ing -day that death does not end all. Hu- | manity shall become spirit, transformed jnto spiritlife, a spiritual whole. Its head must | then be both spiritual and visible. pChristian Socialists hold Christ to be that end. The fact thet all men are to-day being | uniter. 1t is not strange that, as a matter of | fact, all men claim Christ. They all claim him | because he belongs to all. Christians of all s claim him. The Jews say he was a Jew. heosophists elaim him for their thoughts, socialists for theirs, the individualists for thelrs, the snarchists for theirs. He is the | world-man. Sectsrian Christianity may ha made him a sectarian Christ, but, truly unde stood, be fulfills Brahminism, Buddhism, Mo- hammedanism—all religious thoughts, because he is not sectarian. It is to teach these views, among other things, that the reverend gentleman is making a tour of the United States, carry- ing on meanwhile his raultifarious duties } as editor of encycloj @dias and books on | social tovies. 2 ! HEY AL WANT BOXING LEGALIZED Sporting Men Draft 'a Bill for the Legisla- ture. A Limit of Twenty Rounds Added to the Horton Bill Proviso. It Is Thought a Mcnstar Petition Can B: Had for the Adoption the Bill of sportsmen was held Hall he Alcazar building, rrell street, last evening for the e of drafting a bill to be submitted ent lature, legitiuizi distinguished from as Scharer acted as cha nand fley as secretary. After it was decided that the bmitted should be the present cd in the statutes, with the n of the following pro s, with g ach in w n five ounces by a domes c ased by it Jetic purposes only for one year, or in a ng owned by such association. This is an exact copy of the Horton bill governing contests in the State of New th the exception that it contains ound limit the Horton biil. 1t was decided that the secretary be ap- vointed a committee of one to present the bill to a lawyec and see if it contain any provision that would interfere with its adopti L w stated by the cecretary that ator Eugene F. Bert has volunteered 10 carry the bill to Sacramento and pre- sent 1t at the proper time. Another meeting will be held Friday | evening. A petition for the adoption of the bill will be actively circulated after the next meeting by the various atbletic orca: tions of the State, The belief th residents caa be secured in this City alone, MECHANICS' INSTITUTE. \1‘- ustees Meet, Vote to Have a ¥air and prevails Nominate a Ticket. The trustees of the Mechanics’ Igsti- tute met last evening and received & list of nominations for the board of trustees to be elected Tuesday, February 23. The ticket contains the following names: R. P. Clement, E. H. Cole, Ernst A. Denicke, Frank T. Doolan, Ferdinand Formhals, ot mentioned in | iza- | over 1000 signatures of influential | | Rodney Kendrick, Charles M. Plum Jr., D. A.| iHDl’lLe Wilson, Dr. CG. A. Kern, ‘.\lzcdunuld, John McLaren, R. W. Neal, | Thomas_ Houseworth, L. E. Philips, | Joseph C. Sala. |~ Messrs. Denicke, Kendrick, Cole and Formhals are members of the present board. Seven members of the present | b ro out, the three not named above | being Richard Doolan, Grove P. Ayers and H. C. Holmes. The free use of the iecture-rooms was tendered to the Faymers’ Institute of the University of California for a series of lectures. = A medal was voted to the checker players asa prize in the tourna- ment now progressin; A report was received from which showed a profit of $8195 46. 1t was voted to hold a fair this year. A. idie, on motion of Trustee E. A. the motion being seconded by | several trustees, who spoke eulogistically of his long services, was unanimously | elegted an honorary member. - | MIDWEEK CYCLE NOTES, The League of American Wheelmen’s Fenefit Race Meet Greatly Inter- ests the Cyclers. The benefit race meet fo be held at the Veiodrome Saturday afternoon, January 16, to raise money to defray the expenses of a delegation of California wheelmen to | the National Assembly of the League of | American Wheelmen in New York early | next month is the principal topic of con- | versation among the cyclers. The idea has “caught on” everywhere, and all the clubs are taking a big interest in the event. All tne professionais now here will ride, and besides the amateurs who have been rid- | ing. there will beiany number :who have been out of condition but will commence their 1897 racing season with this meet There is also considerable rivalry asto who will be ‘appointed officials, positions which will entail considerable Lonor at | this particular meet. There will be no free list. Even the officials who are ex- pected to officiate have all promised to pay ir admissions if appointed, and, as Charley Wells, the professional rider, said : “The racer who asks for a pass to that meet ought to be ashamed of himself.” intry-blanks have been sent to all the prominent clubs and riders. The entries close January 9. No fee is required, as is customary. There will be immense fields of riders i all the events and a great | day’s sport is Jooked forward to. The race-meet committee will meet to-night at the rooms of the Bay City Wheelmen, and delegates from all the clubs have been | asked to "be present and give their ideas | and suggestions to help the meet along. | The Ariel Roud Ciub has organized, | with the following officers: William | Kaiser, presideat; F. Noitemeier, vice- | the fair, president; Wil'iama Asman, secratary- treasurer; H. Goeiz, captain; H. W.it, first Lieutenant; C. Kaiser, trainer. The club colors are brown and_yellow and the | emblem two interlaced triangies. | Harry Larkin, secretary of the Bay City | Wheelmen, is in the northern vart of the | State on a business trip. E. E. Stoddard s in Los Angeles. The Cycle Board of Trade will meet to- | morrow night at Varney's, Market and Tenth streets, principally to discuss the beuefit race meet of January 16 and de- cide in what ways the trade can assist this project, with which they are all heartily in svmpathy. The Bay City Wheelmen will hold a progressive euchre party at the clubrooms next Saturday evening. The Imperial Cycling Club’s party is scheduled tor Tuesday evening, the 19th inst., at Native Sons’ Hall. S, Becker, the winner of the great five-mile professional race at the Velo- drome on New Year’s day, banqueted the Encemnkers ot that race, Messrs. Dow, oyden, Chapman and McCrae, and a few friends the other evening. The Golden Gate Cycling Club and the Foresters have tendered a benefit to the widow of the late P. J. Hyde, who was | prominent in_both organizations. be an entertainment and dance to be held | Tuesday evening, January 12, at Califor- nia Hall, 620 Bush street. | The regular monthly meeting of the | Camera Club Cyciists will be held to-mor- | row evening. ~ Atter the meeting the eighth of the series of euchre games will be played. L. Stewart Upson, a prominent wheel- man of Sacramento, is in_the Uity on a visit. At one time Mr. Upson was the coast champion on the old ‘‘ordinary” | bicycle. | DD OF HS WAY HOME Themas J. Shackleford Succumbs to Heart Disease in a Car Seat. Hs Was a Prominent Attorney and Politician and a Member of Mount Moriah Lodze. Tnomas J. Shackleford, a prominent at- torney of this City, died suddenly of heart disease in a car seat near Goshen yester- day morning. The decedent spent Mon- i day in Visalia, and was on his way home when his death occurred. The conductor of.the train first discovered that the attor- ney was dead when he tried to collect his fare. On reaching Goshen the body was taken from the train and shipped to Visa- Li., and will be reshipped to this City to- ay. Thomas J. Shackleford was born in Lynchburz, Va., 56 years azo. He came to California in early days and settled in Talare County. In the early sixties he was elected County Clerk of that county. He subsequently served 2 term in the Legislature and two terms as secretary of the State Senate. During his political career he also held the offices of secretary of the State Board of Health, cashier of the Custom-house and public prosecutor in Judge Low's court. The deceased leaves a widow and one child. ‘He was a very devoted husbarnd and father, and a faithful friend, whose attachments were strong and ardent. He was devoted to duty and punctilious in its performance, energetic and earnest in every work. He was a member of the Mount Moriah Masonic Lodge, and the funeral will take piace under its auspices. ———— ATHLETES AND FIGHTERS. Peter McIntyre Hns a Lease of the Olympic Grounds—Meeting of the 8. F. A. Club. Peter McIntyre, a well-known trainer of amateur athletes and for many years care- taker of the Olympi¢ grounds, has leased the Olympic athletic park for a term and will give several athletic meetings during the summer season. Mé¢Intyre has several ideas which he will carry out as sgon as the proper time comes for development. In all probability the old athlete will offer some flattering inducemenis to the ath- ers practical Chris- | “God, when he made man with | drawn together in Christ shows him to be the | | Yoir, mining buildings, a hotel, siore and { Secretary Holbrook Stops the Per- | But for the interference of Gleason Hol- It will | letes so that they will train at the erounds for athletic sports that will be heid in the summer. The San Francisco Athletic Club is | arranging for an entertainment, which will be held in the elubroom on Sixth street, some evening in the latter part of this month, Apart from boxing there will be wrestling, club swinging and music. Alexander Greggains is of the opinion that Tom Sharkey was talking brash when he stated in an interview that he would like to win some easy money by stopping Greggains and two of the best heavyweight boxzers in this City in one evening. Greggains says that Sharkey cannot stop anything and that be will meet him =2t any time and place in a contest of four, six or ten rounds. ‘As the game of fisticuffs is now at low ebb the sporting public will take but little interest in fighters’ talk until such time as an opportunity will vermit of them meet- ing within the ropes. But this is the time, however, when pugilists who do not want to fight should commence chauen}ing each other. T e MINING AT GOLD OREEK. H. J. Mayham and Associates Investing $100,000 in Quartz and Placer Properties. ‘H. J. Mayham, a wealthy residert of Denver, who owns large interests in im- portant properties at Gold Creek, Nev., seventy miles north of Elko and about twelve miles south of the Idaho line,is among the arrivals at the Palace. He is accompanied by Colonel H. 8. Moxson, the engineer, of Nevada, who has been for some time with him at Gold Creek. Mr. Mayham reports that there is con- siderable activity at Gold Creek. Un- usual interest has been caused lately in the various gold ledges there. A camp has sprung up of several hundred people and a weekly paper cailed the Gold Creek News has jast been started. “The property in which I am inter- ested,” said Mr. Mayham, ‘‘consists of somethine over 1000 acres of placer ground and about fifty gquartz veins. We are working about 200 teams and 300 men, and are putting in, in all the camp, about $400,000. We are consiructing a big reser- extensive ditches. “I am satisfied the country about there is very rich, We already have gold de- veloped in both the placer and quartz properties. It.is the placer, however, that is taking our attention at present.”’ With Mr. mayham is J. Tredwell Rich- ards, s prominent attorney of New York, who is largely interested in the mine. Major J. L. Roberison of New York is president of the company. Mr. Maynam and Mr. Richards will leave for the East probably to-day. They have been in Nevada for several weeks, GLEISON UNDER AT The Horse-Breaker Is Charged With Cruelty to Ani- mals. formancs at the People’s Palace Professor 0. R. Gleason was arrested last night by Secretary Holbrook of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, for cruelty to one of the horses he was breaking ia at the People’s Palace. Secretary Holbrook has been attending the nightly performances and has been watching closely for any evidence of cruelty to the horses, but it was not till last night that he considered it bis duty to interfere, though nearly everybody in the audience seemed to be against him, judgin . by the shouting headed by Major Fahey of the Cosmopolitan Hotel. The horse was a bay one and belonged to George Schweitzer, who broughtitirom Alameda County. It had received a wound on the front part of one of its hind legs, which had healed up, leaving a scar. After the animal, which Gleason claimed was a vicious brute, had been put through various breaking-in movements, Gleason ordered his assistants to hitgh the horse to 2 wagon. Holbrook protestqd and Gleason insisted, and the upshot was that Hol- brook placed the professor under arrest, At this juncture Major Fahey offered bonds, and cueer after cheer rent the air. brook would have been assaulted. Gleason announced to the audience that he had been arrested, but that he would bring the hurse on again to-nizht, and if prevented by Holbrook it would be the last time he would perform in tbis City. There were loud cries of *‘Put him out!” from the audience aimed at Holbrook, but be stood his ground, and Gleason quietly walked away with him, Fahey and others offered bail, and there were many cries of, ““This is a grand- stand play of Holbrook!” and “Why doesn’t he look after overworked horses?” Gleason said in the City Prison that he would make this a test case, as he denied that he had ever shown any cruelty to a horse by his system of breaking-in, and be would bring competent witnesses to prove that no cruelty was shown to the horse last night. Holbrook, on the other hand, said the horse had been cruelly treated. He de- nied that it was a vicious animal, and said it was tortured for about three-quarters of an hour, until it ‘was thoroughly ex- hausted. That was the Jimit of his com- plaint. The professor was no sooner booked at the City Prison than Cliff Phillips drove up in a hack, accompanied by Ned Foster and Mike Smith, a saioon-keeper, and presentea an order for his release on nis own recognizance. After some objec- tion to the oruer on the part of Holbrook on the score ot an informality, Gleason was released. Major Fahey spoke very plainly about the matter last night, s##ing: “It wasa spectacular play by Holbrook. Gleason was in no way cruel and Lcun prove it by a hundred men. He was supersensitive and altogether wrong, but I suppose he felt that he had a duty to perform.” — JUDGE OONLAN'S BAILIFE. Efforts Being Made to Gt Rid of That Important Officer. Judge Conlan has declined to accept Thomas Wilson, a Superior Court janitor, as bailiff of his court, although Wilson was the choice of the Democratic patronage committee. George Kelly has been bailiff of the court for the past four years, and the Judge and others bear testimony to his trustworthi- ness and efficiency, and the probability is that he will be continuad in office for the next two years. “I shall notaccept any man,” said the Judge yesterday, *‘unless his gualifications are satisfactory. have found Bailiff Kelly a faithfui, efficient and trustworthy officer, and I see no reason why he should not be reappointed. I have no desire to place myself in antagonism to the com- mittee, but I want 4 man as bailiff in whom I can place implicit trust.”” CAN THE GENERAL SUE AN OFFICER? What the Commeander of the National Guard Wants to Know. \ Report Concerning Lieutenant Douglas of the Naval Battalion. : It Hes Been Placed in the Hands of the District Attorney for Grand Jary Use. The report of the Military Commission appointed by General James to inquire into the financial condition of the Naval Battalion and other companies of the National Guard was laid before District Attornev Barnes yesterday and by him presented to the Grand Jury. The ques- tion to which General James requires an answer is as to his right or the rigkt of any military authority to bring suit before the courts for moneys taken or other irregularities by officers of the guard. The report indicates a rather deplorable condition in several of the organizations of the National Guard, which it is the purpose of General James to correct. The committee referred to consisted of Charles L. Tilden, major. First Infantry; D. A. Smith, captain, Fifth Infantry, Sec- ond Brigade, and H. B. Underhill, lieu- tenant of the Naval Battalion. They were to inquire ard report upon the finan- cial condition of the First Division, Naval Battalion. Lieutenant C. A. Douglas, late com- mander of the division, did not respond to the summons to appear and testiy be- fore the commission. The accounts of the lieutenant were found to be. as the report says, in a most deplorable state, indicating a looseness in the manazement of the division’s financial affairs that was disgraceful. From March 20, 1893, to April 14, 1896, the books showed a cash balance in the officer’'s hands of $344 60, but no accounting had been given of the. sum. Vouchers for several sums, aggre- gating $151, were found, showing or indi- cating that the battalion armorer, J. F. Farrel!, had been paid the amount. The vouchers bear Farrell's name, but he declared under oath that he had not received the money. The committee also found bills to the amount of $525 30 of long standing on ac- count of which no money had been paid. Among the creditors there are H. S. Crocker & Co., the West Coast Furriture Company, Upton Bros., Captain L. Siebe, H. Peterson, aboatman, and J. ¥. Murphy and J. F. Farrell, armorers. In aadition to these an independent bill for $133 85 was also found for lumber long since utilized. A shortace in the arms, clothing and accouterments of the division was also reported. Lieutenant-Commander Turner had for along time tried to compel Douglass to make a satisfactory statement of property and money, but without avail. Douglass finally resigned, and since then the affairs of the division have been straightened out in everything bnt the oid debts contracted while Douglass was in command. GeneralJames expresses himself as de- termined to fix the responsibility for whatever delinguencies may be discovered of this character throughout the State Guard, and where possible for him to do s0 he will prosecute. A FOUNDRY AT CORSWELL The College Soon to Give Free Instructions in Iron- Molding. Electric Power to Be Obtained and Machine-Shops to B: Put in Operatidn. The Cogswell Polytechnic College is very soon to furnish free instruction in ironmolding. Men are now at work putting in an ex- tensive plant, which will be completed and ready for use a month hence. Exca- vations for the molds are being made 1n the roomy basement of the large work- shops at the rear of the main colieze building. The basement walls of brick have been cut through for windows and doors, and a large opening has been made for the connection between the molding- room and the furnaces in which the iron will be melted. A cupola, or large retort, is being buiit just without the building. In it the scraps of iron will be thrown and reduced to a liquid state by the intense heat from the furnace. | In addition to the establishment of this | new department of manual traiming the | long unused machine-shops are (o be started up in a large room directly over the foundry. Electric power is to be introduced for the operation of the lathes and other machines, the college having practically concluded satisfactory arrangements whereby power may be obtained either from the Edison Electric Company or the Market-street Electric Company. ~ * The workshops are aiready supplied with a large engine, but it would jurnish more power than is needed. For some time it has not beer: used, a gas engine of much less power having proved a more practical substitute. Before the end of this week a choice will have been made from a number of possi- bilities as instructor in ironmolding. 1t is definitely known that a logal man will get the place. He will also take char-e of | the instruction in the new machine-shops. Tuition is free at Cogswell College and any one who has satisfactorily completed | the work of the eighth grade of the public | schools or its equivalent is eligible for ad- | mission. Though ironmolding will be an | elective course, to be chosen or avoided, | it is thought likely that most of the boys | will take it, as thev eagerly take all th- | other normal courses. The college opened for its spring term on Monday, with about 125 students, two- thirds of whom aregirls. During the holi- day vacation extensive improvements were made in the drawing-room by the addition of large roof-windows, ingro- ducing plenty of light irom oyerhead. PANHANDLE CLUB. Dr. Salfield Means to Have Pure Water and No Pesthouse. The Panhandie Improvement Club held a brief session last night at Columbia Hail on Page sireet. Dr. C.. D. Salfield, the president, was | there, as was also Secretary A. L. Head, the newly instalied School Director, with Vice-President O’ Leary temporarily in the chair. President Saifield spoke earnestly on the su bject of the Pesthouse, declaring that if the objectionable building “should be lo- | cated on the proposed site he would start a water company of his own, and guaran- teed to run it successfully in_spite of the | opposition of the Spring Valley Water | Company. He stated that he had sufficient guaran- tee from the majority of the property- owners in the district to patronize the | proposed scheme, and that he had found | both the water and the site for a reservoir | whence all could be supplied, as already published in T CALL of last Saturday. In addition to this he read a long and | strong letter which he had written to Governor Budd on the subject, urging on that official the fairness of making a State institution of the Pesthouse instead of sad- | dling the expense of keeping the unfortu- nates of all nations who came to this City. | Routine business regarding cesspools on | Clayton and Waller streets, Baker and Fell, where the overflow from the pan- handle drives cover the eniire streets and sidewalks after each heavy rainfall; side walks on Cole, Oak, Page, Shrader, Ash- bury and Haight streets, which are above | grade, were referred to the committee on streets. : The special committee, consisting of L. C. Braffich, A. J. Fritz and B. E. Hendricks, which was apbpointed 1o ex- amine the accounts of Dr. Salfield, re- ported that it had found the same correct toa cent. HILL DISCUS - 4D Tho Century Club Preparing to Hold an “lndian Evening.” Miss Ina Coolbrith and Mrs. Hudson Will Speak About the Red Men. Grace The Century Ctub is going to have something new one of these evenings, something entirely ‘‘otherwise” in the nature of entertainments. **A Night With | Tennyson”’ may be all very well in its | way, but the club has planned an enter- | tainment in comparison with which con- ventional things may seem dull. Itisto have an “Indian Evening.” No doubt the novelty will be interesting | to the cultured society :hat will gather at the Century Club’s elegant house on Sut- | ter street, and, by the way, it has fallen to the ladies of this social organization to demonstrate how much there is in the | California Indian to claim attention of | artists and thinkers. The evening prom- ises to be all that is anticipated, and the ladies say it will certainly open a new field for advanced literary and artistic societies in this City, though of course only the subject itself as a source of inteliectual pleasure is considered by the club. The rooms of the club will be decorated exclusively with Indian objects—baskets, trinkets, curios and pictures of Indian subjects. Local artists have contributed sketches and pictures. Henry Raschen, who talks the Indian dialect of Sonoma and who has studied the natives in that vicinity from his boybood, has loaned paintings made by him on the coast rancherias—sketches of Sonoma Indians’ habitations illustrating their home life, and portraits of typical faces. Mrs. Grace Hudson has sent sketches of Ukiah In- dians, and her busband, Dr. Hudson, who is creaited with owning the best collec. tion of Indian baskets, contributes from his rich store baskets, the secret of weav- ing which is lost. Hanging the pictures and arranging the baskets and other things began yesterday. The Indian evening to be held to- morrow night. Miss Ina D. 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