The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 9, 1897, Page 10

OFFICERS OF WAR AND COLLEGE MEN They Will Contest To-Day in a Society Football Game. West Point and Annapolis| Against Graduates of Uni- versities. Gridiron Heroes of Many Teams to Fight for Maidens’ Favor at Central Park. A football contest in which society will | takea great interest is to be waged. at | Central Park this afternoon. The game will be called at 3 o'clock. The proceeds will be devoted to charity, and the glory of victory will b the only reward desired | by the participants. = will be a society event, for all the | yers are young, well educated, ath- letic, unmarried and, in some instances, might even be considered good looking. One team is composed entirely of young | commissioned officers who have been reg- | ularly graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point or the | al academy at Annapolis. And that | ns that these men were, perh. the | pick of many competitors in different | parts of the Union when they secured their appointments to the academies, and | certainly means that they must have | been physically perfect to be accepted and | retained as 8 nts at those institutions | where gallantry, courtesy and dancing | are almost as much a part of the course of | instruction as_are the studies associated with the art of war. Of the sixteen young | officers that may be called upon to play | nine are West Pointers and seven are An- | napolis men. The other feam is composed of univer. si n, representing the following insti- turions: ' Harvard, Yale, University of California, Stanford, Stevens Instituteof | Technology, M Institute of | 2y, ouri and | William Jew There will be | sixteen on hand to insure a team, in case of sccident to the original eleven. All of the college men are g | ates who have received their degrees. | Many of them are members of the swell | University Club. These then are the plavers. What mat- ters it how the game goe: But there are | enough veterans with Varsity reputations to maintain to insure a lively contest. Where tne young officers of the army and navy, confining themselyes strictly to have an advantage in pos- 1 most of which is fresh he academy teamsand half of which | n actively engaged with the Oliym. his season, the University ed up matters by bor- lent old material that ound among the members of | i m t he clu itse! In this way, while primarily for charity, resolves itself into a contest be- he representatives of the army branch of society and the clyilian | branch. , 185 “Phat” Downing, 180 | ...Dibblee, 146 Barrelson, 140 § F.McNear (c.) 152 ! aer,166 ReE Ly L R Kug, 165..... 8. M Of the army and navy team Nolan, | Haan, Ames, Bent, Hinckley, Carson and eutenants in the army; Kin M, adjutact at Angel Island: vanagh, McCormack and naval cadets soon to be pro- England is an ensign and Rubm King, who will | y fullback and do the kicking for the | team, was graduatea from West Point 2" the class of’96. He played on the academy team several years and was the captain during the seasons of '94 and '95, Carson, who will piay halfback, was graduated in 1894 and captained the team | in his senior year. Nolan, who will cap- tain the team to-day, was graduated only | last year, ard in addition to being the best | end that has ever played on thig coast | was last year rated as one of the two best | end rushes in_America during his last | | | R are moted; is a mnaval constructor. season on the West Point team, McCor- mack, who will play the other end to-day, | is a veteran fresh from the Annapolis team, as is also Karns, who will play tackle. Menoher and Haan are new at the game, not having played during their col- lege careers. Hinckley, who wiil play quarter if he has to, was so severely in- jured at football while at West Point that De runs riske in again attempting the game. Of the University Club players many bave had Varsity experience. Coyne was captain and end on the Sievens Institute of Technology team before his xraduation in ’04, and subsequently was end on the great Orange Athletic Club team. Olney was end at Berkeley previous to his graduation in ’9L. Thomas Magee was half aud end at Berkeley before 1891, and played considerabiy at Harvard, from which he was graduated in 1883, Will Pringie was a Yale’94 moan and picked up the game there. Ed Pringle was a Berke- ley man. Harvey, when he carried less superfluous flesh than at present, was | center for Massachusetts Institute of | Tecbnology. Ray Sherman was gnard'on the Berkeley Varsity for three years and graduated last year. “Phat” Downing played on the Stan- ford Varsity during his whole four years | at college, first as balfback, next as guard, next as center, and before his graduation in '95 as tackie. He captained the victori- ous team of '94, and was also a baseball player. Dibblee, a Harvard ’93 man, played four years on his class team and was substi- | tute one year on the Harvard Varsity. Harrelson, a graduaté of Stanford in 95, | rter on the Varsity football team | r on the Varsity baseball team. Tred McNear, a Harvard graduate of the | early '90’s, played half on the Harvard | Varsity during the early games of one season until injured. ‘rankenheimer, a graduate of Stanford '96, was another four-year varsity man, first at end but latterly at half, where ho became g terror to Berkeley men. Searight played football four years at ‘William Jewell College in Missouri before | graduating there, and spending last year at the University of Missours, wiere he also played before coming to Stanford and wi ng a place on the victorious Thanksgiving team. W. A. Magee is a Berkeley 87 man and a Frlduale of Ste- vens Institute of Technology in ‘88, and played half on the Varsity at both places. 8. McNear is a Harvard '95 man, and, in addition to playing on hia class team, was during his senior year substitute on tue Varsity. Such will be the array of gridiron heroes gathered from many clieges. And with them upon the field as officials will be the three most prominent players of the col- lege football season just closed. There will be the dignified and studious. | monds. looking Ransome, with his gold-bowed spectacles, unfamiliar only to those alone who know the great Berkeley fullback and captain in football attire. He will act as referee and will keep a particular lookout for the ball. Then there will be the towering, quiet and easy-going giant Fickert, who captained the Stanford team. He will be the umpire and will watch for offside plays and fouls. The last of this prominent trio will be Cotton, the youthful San Francisco giant, who was the hero of the Tbanksgiving game and who is now Stanford’s captain- elect for the next season. The timekeeper has not yet been decided upon. The First Regiment military band will be in attendance and will furnish martial trlnu,\ic before the game and between the alves Speaking yesterday of the game, Lieu- tenant Carson of the Presidio said: *Iv has been thought that we have the advantage and shoula win, but I do not see it. When the University Club first chal- lenged us it was as the University Club, but when it found that it could not oppose us with_such a formidable team as it ex- pected Lieutenant Nolan consented to the use of university men not members of the | club. He had to do so orthe game would probably have been canceled. Now we have a pretty strong combinution to goup against. “This will only be the beginning, how- ever. If this game prove a success it means that an army and navy football team will be a regalar thing here. It will be the means of infusing an added interest into the life of the army posts about the bay and into the lives of the naval officers stationed here, It will bring the younger officers of the two branches of the service sely together. “San Francisco is already considered a favorite station, and the establishment of agood army and navy football team will certainly be the means of attracting the good players to this port when they shall bave graduated from the academies.” Last night probably half the members of the Army and Navy team attended the Friday night cotiilon, regardless of the fact that when society should next look upon them they would not be attired in immaculate evening dress, but in thedirty padded suits of the gridiron field. The game should go to the officers, as most of them are in better form for having played this season and last season, while their epponents are in many instances long from the field, some stars and some very mediocre plavers, The weakness in the army and navy play will probably be in its first formations, in the handling and passing of the quarter, who is not an ex- pert though he will be behind a superior center. With Downing at_his best in the line and the splendid defensive playing of Frankenheimer and Searight the Univer- ity Club may be able to make up for some of its men that are individually ontclassed | by such piayers as Nolan, McCormack, Ames and protably King. TRCQUOIS BURY HATCHETS The Retiring President Will Aiways Hereafter Wear Diamonds. Anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans Is C:lebrated in Regular Apnual Fashicn. The Iroquois braves had a big time last evening. It was General Andrew Jackson night, the 8th of January, anniversary of the battle of New Orleans, and the regu- lar annual installation of officers. In retiring from the presidency, Senator | Gildea made a feeling speech, declaring that the braves, in their regular attend- ance at the meeting, had shown their determination to see good government in the City, State and Nation. He thanked the club for kindnesses shown him, and | especially thanked the board of trustees for the faithful manner in which they had attended to their duties. Louis Metzger made reply, declaring that the club fully appreciated Mr. Gil- dea’s efforts in behalf of the organization and his consideration toward the mem- vers as president. He thereupon pre- sented the retiring president with a hand- some gold watch charm, studded with dia- The charm bore the insignia of the club, the head of an Iroquois brave, on | one side and on the other the name of the club and the date. Mr. Guidea responded in a few fitting words. He then appointed Max Popper | and L. V. Merle a committee to escort the new officers to their respective places. Judge A. D. Lemon, the new president, was first instailed. In his address he prophesied prosperity and increasing numbers for the club. He was enthusi- astically applauded. The other officers installed were: First vice-president, T. J. Welch; second vice- president, L. F. Bvington; recording sec- retary, D. J. Gordon; finaacial secretar; A. DI Pratt; corresponding secretary, McMenomy; treasurer, P. J. Thoma trustees—W. J. Bryan, T. A. Burns, L. V. Merle, Louis Metzger, A. Tillman, E. P. E. Troy, Samuel L. Waller. The following committees were named by the president: Finance committee—Senator Meade, A. J. Stangenberger, Professor Simmons, Resolutions—Max Popper, James J. Flynn, | George H. Cabanis, Joseph Leggett, Samuel McKee. Literary—Charles Gildes, Raymond Rob- J. Early Craig. { scout—August Uhlambrock. Assistent scoui—H. L. Beinfield. Second assistart scout—Charles de Cleer, Collector—M. Metzger. An adjournment was taken for refresh- ments, wnich were served in an adjoihing room, after which Raymond Robbins de- livered an address on General Jackson. ————— Christian Sociallsm. Rev. W. D. P. Bliss of Boston will deliver an address at the Young Men’s Christian Associ- ation Auditorium, Mason and. Eilis streets, to- morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. The Brother- hood of St. Andrews will also be in attend- ance. Rev. Mr. Moreland, rector of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, will assist in the service. which will be free to il young men. The gal- lery will be reserved for Iadies. TUNNEL UNDER THE SEA. Italy and Sicily Are Planning & Tre- mendous Undertaking. A tunnel between the mainland of Italy and the island of Sicily is now being ac- tively projected. Pians and a moael com- vlete in every detail were executed by the Italian civil engineer, De Johannis, and are now on exhibition at the University of Padua, says the Philadelphia Record. The principle employed by him is that of boring in parabolic spiral lines. After thorough and careful studies of the Strait of Messina, its varying depths, the nature of the ground and all other conditions which might assist or interfere with tha success of the enterprise, De Johannis de- cided to begin his tunnel near San Gio- vanni di Banitello, at the foot of the As- promonte mountain range, while the mouth on the other side will be 1ocated on the plain *'degli Inglesi.” The entire tunnel wil! be nearly two miles long and will consist of two shaits of about 10,000 feet each, descending at a grade not exceeding thirty-two feet in each 1000. Such a tuunel would be much preferable toa brid-e, which would have to have a span of 4500 feer, aud with the enormous strength of the winds in the strait such an attempt appears to be ex- ceedingly dangerous. This tunnel will cost about $350,000,000, but the money has not yet been appropriated. ————— A recently patented device for inspect- ing the bottoms of streams has a heavy metallic_tube, the lower end of which is closed with plate glass, an auxiliary tubs containing a lamp and refiector and means for supplying air to the flame of the iamp, ALL THE HORSES WEAR SNOWSHOES A Custom Now Prevalent in the Mountains of Plumas County. The Shoes Are Coated on the Bottom Heavily With India-rubber. In Consequence of This They Do Not Ball With Snow—Fsilure of the Aluminum Shoe. E. D. Bowman, one of the owners in the Eclipse Mining Compeany, operating 1100 acres of hydraulic property under the shadow of lofty Pilot Peak in Plumas County, is at the Russ. This placer mine is six miles north of Gibsonville and near Onion Valley. The altitude of the place is about 5500 feet and enormous quantities of snow fall there in the winter. It not infrequently reaches to the depth of twenty feet. It being so ever, was one of 150 days for a conviction of petty larceny. While doing chores about the County Jail he escaped, pro- tecting his flight by running among a crowd of children just returning frem school. He was captured on the Barbary Coast on Wednasday lust. WAS DESPONDENT. George D, Dwight Bled Himselfto Death Because He Couid Not Get Work. George D. Dwight, a millwright, 67 years of age, committed suicide early yes- teraay morning by cutting his thioat,with a penknife. He lived at 110 Sixth street. He was discovered a few minutes before bis death and hurried to the Receiving Hospital, but too late to save his life. Despondency was the cause of the act. He left the following letter to his landlord : SAN FRaNcISco, Jan. 7, 1897. Ihave concluded to end my existence, and not wishing to have any mistake in my iden- tity I will state that my name is George G. Dwight, Iwas born in- Belchertown, Mass., on the 22d day o1 September, 1830, Icame to Californs ih 1855, lived in Sonora, Tuclumne County, until 1868, whenge I removed to San Francisco. Iam a millwright by occupation. Being out of work and feeling somewhat des- poucent I thought I would take a iong rest irom my earthly cares. For further identifica- tion I refer you to 562 Church street, San GEORGE G. DWIGHT. Francisco. THE JURY DID NOT AOT. A Charge Again:t J. J. Bauer That Was Wiihout Result. Collector J. J. Rauer was before the Grand Jury yesterday to answer an accu- sation brought by Attorney Tum Suden that he had forged the latter’s name to.a writ of oxecution. Rauer stated positively that Tum Suden had given him permission to sign the name and that, moreover, he had signed *Tum Suden, per Rauer.’” He says that the sccusation is nothing but spite work. The jury did not act on the matter, and & E. D, BOWMAN, the Mine-Cwner of Pilot Peak Where All the Horses Wear Showshoes. [Sketched from life by a “Call™ artist. snowy there they put snowshoes on even their animals. *To overcome the disadvantages of the snow and enable us to carry on our pro- jects there,” said Mr. Bowman yesterday, “we put snowshoes on the horses. By doing this we are able to get in our sup- plies of groceries, meats, canned goods and other things, and to transport the product of our mines. All our picks, shovels, giant powder and similar things that have to be taken about in winter are handled in this way. “ Only California-bred horses are used. It has been found these are the best, and, if possible, we get mountain horses—those that are raised at high altitudes. The horses go right along in the snow. They usually take a fast walk, but sometimes they trot a little. “They get so accustomed to the snow- shoes that they don’t stumble or fall at all, and they like the snowshoes so well that they don’t like to walk without them- They will put up their feet to have the snowshoes put on. “We uged wooden shoes at first and they worked very well, but now we have something a great deal better. It consists of a thin steel plate eight inches 1n diameter, through which are holes for the corks of the ordinary shoe. The plate is fastened by a _steel spring to the lower part of the hoof, and there is a nut on it so it can be screwed up tight with a wrench. +On the bottom of this steel plate 1s a coating of indiarubber, and this, by the way, is a great improvement in horse snowshoes. It keeps the shoe free entirely of snow, whereas formerly snow used to clog and fill up on the plate. This would cause the horses to slip and flounder around. s**Now the horses go right along. They do not trip and fall. Even when the horses are fitted out with snowshoes for the first time they rarely ever fall, though of course they are usually steadied a little till they get the hang of things. “'But we are careful not to select nervous horses. A nervous horse, when he falls, gets excited and struggles. He doesn’t lie still. If he did he would rest and could then get up, but a nervous horse will wear bimself completely out by struggling. So wedon’t want a horse that’s too high- spirited. We rather prefer those that are quiet and not easily perturbed. ‘“The trained snowshoe horses go any- where, no matter how precipitous the mountains are, nor how deep the snow is. We tried for awhile making snowshoes out of aluminum for the horses. The metal was light, and it was thought for a time that it would be just the thing. But we found tbat the aluminum, unlike steel, woula bend, 5o we gave up the new white metal and stuck to the steel, using a thick rubber coating for the bottoim. “‘Our horses have got accustomed to these shoes, and they don’t like to go through the snow without them. The snowshoes are indispensable in wild, snowy regions like that about Mount Pilot. We couldn’t get along without them.” Mr, Bowman 1s not eoing back to his mine immediately. He wants to stay here for a time and see things grow. BAOK TO DURANCE VILE An Escaped Nevada City Jail Bird to Be Returned To-Morrow. George Horstman, a fugitive from the County Jail, Nevada City, is in custody here, and Sheriff D. B. Getchell bas come to return the prisoner to his proper cell. Horstman is an old-time culprit, having served ten years’ imprisonment on a charge of robbery in this county. His most recent term of imprisonment, how- after the session the District Attorney de- clared that no grouna on which to base an indictment existed SUCALISN & PAVCE The Rev. W. D. P. Bliss Says It Will Cure An- archy. He Tells How Soms Sa'ocns Do More Than Churches to Aid the Poor. Rev. W. D. P. Bliss, lecturer, author and sociologist, spoke at the Good Samar- itan bome last night on his favorite theme, Christian socialism. The speaker dwelt at some length on the origin and development of the social- ist idea in the church, concluding that churches are greatly at fault for not going more than they do to carry into practice in the marketplace the principles of the golden rule. He advocated labor unions under proper guidance, and said: “If Christ should re- turn to earth he would say, ‘Thou shalt not be a scab!’” He said much to show that we cannot drive God out of life. The speaker held that there is much in the conduct of the churches in social mat- ters to ieave them open {0 grave criticism, saying: “In many ways the saloons offer to the downtrodden workingman more hope and assistance than he gets from our rich churches.” The speaker believed the time had come when churches ought to organize move- ments to bring God and the golden rule into everyday life. He was glad that many parishes in his church had already organ- ized circles for the intelligent study of so- cial problems, and he saw much hope in the continuation of the movement to dis-' seminate betier views among the masses. “I ao not believe low wages are so much the result of meanness,” he said, *'as of the vicious system itseif ander which men work.”” The speaker argned at some length that the duty of ministers is to project the doc- trines of Jesus into the WiJa realms of in- dustry and make them supreme in the kingdom of trade. He opposed land spec- ulation, and urged municipal ownership of public warks, fihally predicting that Christian socialism would prove a panacea for coming anarchy. —— Jackson Athletic Club Won. There was a game of football at Central Park yesterday aiternoon in which the players and spectators were generally combined In an almost indiscriminate herd that drifted and fluctuated about the field. It was the youth- ful Jackson Athletic Club contesting with the second team of the Lowell High School. The little athletic club won, with the final score 1210 0. Touchdowns were made in their or- der by Steele, Rooney and Duden, but the quarterback, though he did well otherwise, missed all the goals. The Jackson Athletic Club is a semi-social and semi-athletic organ- ization composed of fifteen boys who meet at the residence of Dr. Dorr, the father of one of the members. The club lias been in existence 1wo years. Yesteraay’sgame was the second it has played. The first was with the Wash- inglon Grammar School, which gave up the contest at the end of the first half, when the score was 24 to 0 in favor of the Athietic Club. CREDITORS VOTE FOR INSOLVENCY Now in Order for Levin Brothers’ Assets to Be Seld. Some Bookkeeping Peculiarities Explained by One of the Firm. A Large Meeting of Creditors in Which Some Very Pointed Questions Were Asked. Nearly one hundred creditors of Levin Brothers met at the City Board of Trade yesterday afternoon to hear the report of the committee appointed to investigate the condition of the failure and firm. Jacob Levi presided. Chairman Levi made an opening state- ment to the effect that the statement made by a Front-street merchant that the committee was “cooked and dried” was false iu every particular. He saia he had carried out his trust as a member of the committee fully. He asked for a vindica- tion, in default of which he presented the alternative of declining to act further as chairman. Mr. Lilienthal of tke Anglo-California Bank and Mr. Schutz of Haas Bros. made remarks in support of the, chair's integ- rity, the latter saying that Mr. Levi had certainly been wrongfully accused and that the amdunts given in by Levi & Co. and all other large creditors had peen verified. Mr. Levi appeared satistied and continued to serve. Cashier Lilienthal made the report for the committee. As assets, he reported: Total merchandise, §31,291 45; fixtures, $689150; good outstanding = accounts, $3940 29; accounts doubiful and bad, $10,- 2 Total assets, $42,123 24. Indebtedness: Total, $157,675 02; deficit between assets and liabilities, $115,55171; total deficit, $101,50176. He stated and showed that there is a difference of opinion on the outside as to the value of the assets, amounting to about §35000. It was then stated that Levin Brothers offered a settle- ment of 3334 cents on tne dollar, and that if this was not accepted, insolvency pro- ceedings would necessarily ensue, and that this meant that the creditors would not get more than one-half of the offer of settlement from the firm. Mr. Lilienthal stated that the committee made no recom- mendations, and had not cons:.dered street rumors or resolutions of outside organiza- tions. Mr. Whitney, a prominent creditor and member of tue committee, stated that he askea at the store for the cashbook, and was told @y the young lady there that they never kept one. He said he was told tke money was dumped into a common tilf; thet the partners took what money they wanted, sometimes putting in a memo- randum and sometimes not. At this point of the proceedings a com- mittee of the Retail Grocers’ Assoriation, which had bsen waiting outside, was re- ceived, Joseph Stulz being the chairman and spokesman. He presented a resolu- tion of the association, protesting against any seltlement with Levin Brothers for less thdn 100 cents on the dollar, on the ground that thefirm had bought goods of certain wholesalers and sold them for less than cost, which had precipitated t.e tailure, and because a settiement on any other basis would be putting a premium on g disastrous cutting of prices. The resolution also stated that the association would lend all its iufluence to prevent a settlement on any other basis. Chairman Levi asked if Stulz would give a guarantee that no settlement would Le made with Levin Bros. for less than 100 cents on the dollar. This pointed question closed up the spokesman for the Retail Grocers’ Asso- ciation. He responded that he could not give & guarantee for his neighbors. On motion of Mr. Lilienthal the Retail Grocers’ Association committee was then rather brusquely excused, so that the creditors couid proceed with business. Julius Levin, a member of the firm, was outside. He was called in, and consented to reply 10 any questions_asked him. He said, in reply to questions, that the firm bad never sold anything below cost, and he defied anybody to show facts to the contrary. They had sold goods at cost sometimes, bui never below. He said that whatever cuts in price were made were first made by others, and they had to meet them. Th: one who made the bigeest fight got the trade. As to the cashbook, he said the business had been a mutual affair; that the brothers were honest with each other, and had kept no classified cash account for eighteen years. ‘What moneys they received were entered in the daybook,and what moneys paid | out were joited on a memorandum, which was made for the benefit of the girl, and torn up in the evening. Mr. Vansicklen of the firm of Dodge, Sweeney & Co. stated emphatically he did not think it possible for Levin Brothers to secure a settlement with his firm even at 75 or 90 cents on the dollar, The fact that there are two attachments on the stock and that they would take precedence was announced. Mr. Johnson proposed selling the stock at auction, but this was strongly opposed by Chairman Levi and others. A motion to settle with the firm for 3314 cents on the dollar in notes good at the panks was rejected by a lerge majority. It was finally voted {o be the sense of the creditors present tnat Levin Brothers be thrown into involuntary insolvency; that the committee be continued, and that it do the best it could with the assets. UNIFORM ACCOUNTS, An Made to Have All Transportation Companies Adopt Them. In accordance with a resolution passed at the last meeting of the Railroad Com- missioners, Secretary Samuel Newman is sending out letters to the fifty-five railroad and steamship transportation companies of the State, of which the following is a copy : On the 234 day of December, 1896, this commission determined 1o prescribe a uniform system of accounts to be kept by all railroad and transporiation companies doing busizess in the State of California. Inasmuch as tnis matter is one of considerable importance to all companies so engaged, and it is the desire of The board to bring about such system with as little inconvenience as possible 1o those con- cerned, I was directed {0 communicate with you and invite you to make any suggestions you might desirc as to the most convenient system for adoption. Any views you may have regarding the macter will receive the careful consideration of the commission. An early reply will greatly oblige. —————— " THE CHUTES TO-DAY. The Haight-Street Grounds in Opera- tion Afternoon and Evéning. Tue Chutes will be reopened to-day after being closed for five days, and an inter- esting programme has been prepared. In the afternoon Brown, the one-legged cyeclist, will coast down the long slide and land in the lake on his wheel, Korto will shoot the chutes on a globe and there will be a potato race. In the evening Brown and Korto will Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. repeat their exhibitions, there will be a five-mile bicycle confest between two voung ladies, and 8 number of rew yviews will be shown by the animatoscope. During January the Chates will ran only on Saturdays and Sundays, although the skating rink is in operation every afternoon and evening, rain or shine. — EL DORADO INSTALLATION. Native Sons Banquet and Flace Elected Members in Office. ; Wewly elected officers of El Dorad Parlor No. 52, N. £. G. W., were installed by Grand- President Gesford last Thursday evening. . During the evening the retiring presi- dent, M. H. Baker, was presented witha rich gold badge studded with diamonds. The prsentation speech was made by Past President J. M. Cumming. The following officers were instailed : 5 Past president, M. H. Baker; president, G. C. Gunther; first vice-president, L. B. Mayer; second vice-presiden', F. Norton; third vice-president, F. S. Smith; mar- shal, D. Lowney; recording secretary, E. Phelan; financial secretary, M. Arey; treasurer, R. Horber; surgeons—Dr. W. J. Hawkins, Dr. E. G. Frisbie; trustee G. Evers, J. Crowley; inside sentinel, P. Mausang; outside sentinel, D. McKibben. After tbe installation ceremonies the members and their visiting friends re- paired to the banquet-fiall, where the fes- tivities were continued until a late hour. The following programme was rendered: “The Native Sons,” Grand President Gesford; cornetsolo, F. Grennan; “El Do- rado Parlor,”” G. C. Gunther; song, J. Nagle; “Inferior Parlors’’ R. J. Mier; song, A. J. Medley; “The Ladies,” Dr. W, J. Hawkins; song, J. Egan; *Visiting Brothers,” J. Abram CONCERT BY POLICEMEN First Appearance of the Police Chorus to Be Made Sunday. The Musical Officers Will Sing at the Installation of Their Comrad's. The police force of San Francisco has a fine chorus selected from its members and trained to sing by note all kinds of glees, operas or simple ballads. The police offi- cers kept the organization of their chorus secret, as they wanted to surprise their friends with a musical éntertainment that would afford enjoyment to critical sudi- ences. So not a word was spoken about the musical officers while they rehearsed and perfected themselves in vocal music. The secret has come out at last, however, although only on the eve of the chorus’ first public appearance. From all that could be gathered there will be a really interesting entertainment by the,_police singers on this particular oc- casion. The men who will appear are all trained vocalists, with rich voices and an ambition {o interpret and render refined music for the pleasure of their friends, and sometimes for the edification and ben- efit of the public whenever the cnorus may be prevailed on 1o sing at public con- certs. Their first concert will comprise choruses by a four-part choir and various solos by the members. The concert will n with the “Dream of Peace’ and con- clude with “‘Leonore.” It will be giveu at the publicinstalla- tion of officers of the Widows and Orphans’ Aid Association of the police force, which will take place Sunaay afternoon at 3 o’clock in Police Court 3. The installa- tion will be attended by many police offi- cers and officials, and the chorus will con. sequently make a special effort to appear at its best. i The chorus has sixteen active members, and twenty-one in ali, with good prospects of a large increase in numbers after the opening concert. It was mainly through the eiforts of W. J. J. Shaw, prison- keeper at the City Prison, that the chorus was organized. He has been one of the leading bassos of St. Ignatius male choir, and feeling convinced that there was good material for a large choir in the Police Department, he talked the matter over with other musically inclinea officers, with the result that their wishes were soon realized. The next step was taken, when the following letter was sent out by the committee on orzanization: SEPTEMBER 22, 1896. To the Members of the W. and 0. 4. A. of the Police Department : ~ At a meeting 0f the asso- ciation, nield on the 13th of September, 1896, atthe Clty kinli, a motion was passed by the association authorizing the undersigned com- mittee to employ & competent teacher of vocal music to teach & limited number of members of the association how to sing by music for the purpose of forming & permanent chorus to be under the auspices of the W. and 0. A. A. Any member of the associa:ion with & good voice wishing to become a member of the chorus will, by calling on the committee, be furnished with all information. §. H. RANKIN, Chairman, SERGEANT J. DONOVAN, W. J. J. SHAW, FRANK H. NORMAX, WILLIAM SAMUELS. Professor Faustino Ziliano was engaged and he has since given the promising musical society considerable attention, so that Mr. Shaw declares the chorus is already fit 1o sing on any stage or in any choir. ONLY AN ‘‘EXAMINER" STORY. The Board of Supervisors Will Not Re- move Clerk John Russell. *Nothing in it,”’ said several Super- visors yesterday when guestioned regard- ine & story published in the Examiner that a movement was on foot to oust John Russell, the veteran and competent clerk. All denied that they had any intention of taking part in such a scheme and ap- peared to be unanimous in the opinion that it would be hard to find a better official. His position has never been disturbed by politics, and the new board realizes that it will have to depend much on him in conducting the affairs of the City gov- ernment. Mr. Russell himself has little to say, except he has never heard of any definite effort to remove him. e, Young Men’s Institute Lectures. The Young Men's Institute central lecture bureau announces the foliowing free lectures for this City during the present month: Mon- day evening, January 18, Hon. M. M. Esteo wiil lecture at Metropoiitan Hall on “The Groundwork of Our Liberties,” under the au- spices of Washington Council No. 4. Wednesduy _evening, January 27, Hon. Henry E. Highton will’ lecture at Metropoli- | tan Hall on “The True Basis of American Citi- zenship,” under the auspices of Golden Gato Council'No. Friday evening, January 29, Rev. Father Yorke will lecture’ at South San Francisco on «Nuts to Crack,” under the auspices of Loyola Council No. 32! Tickets for these lectures will be ready for distribution in a few days, and may be ob- tained from the members of the respective councils and jrom the secretary of the central lecture bureau, Parrott buiiding, room 424. FOLLOWERS OF A NEW DOCTRINE Establishment of a Church by Harold Bolce and Followers. Services Will Soon Be Inaugu- rated in the Metropolitan Temple. Maintenance of a Catho ic Hospitality and Prcmotion of Religious Thcught. An association which has been in ex- istence some little time will soon be formed into a society to be known as the Cosmopolitan Church Society. Its pur- pose is the founding of a new denomina- tion and the establishment of a new church. % Harold Bolce, the originator of thé xfien and the founder of the church's doctrine, 'bas been a student of theology these many years. He has entered into public con- troversies with many ministers and be- lievers and has now, to his own satisfac- tion and that of his followers, compiled the following doctrine: “The establishment of a new Christian society which shall bs withoat limiting creed or ordinznces; the promulzation throughout the earth of the simple teach- ings of Jesus Christ, divested of formalism and the subtleties of theology; the exem- plification in all lands of the inspiring spiritual suggestions in the liie of Jesus Christ by works of love for humanity; the interpretation of the Bible and other in- spired Scriptures by personal and internal evidence rather than by historical and traditional canon; the “caliivation of a deeper sense of the dignity and infinite meaning of the human spirit; a loftier conception of the conscionsness of God made manifest in mankind; the mainte n- ance of a catholic hospitality of mind to- ward all, and to that end the promotion of a free investigating religious thought that shall recognize the ideals in the vary- ing faiths and pbilnsophies of the face; and all further religious and ethical de- velopment (as the evolution of man may constantiy suggest) along lines of liberal and optimistic Christianity.” The members of the Cosmopolitan Church Society have leased Metropolitan Temple, and their first service will be held there January 17. BALDWIN & HOWELL An Old Firm to Do Business Under a New Name. 8ince the retirement of R. P. Hammond from the firm of Baldwin & Hammond nearly three years agp A. S. Baldwin, who has been conducting the business alone, has refained the old firm name, but within afew aays a -hange will be made and J. R. Howell, who has occupied the position as cashier for Mr. Baldwin for more than ten years, will be admitted to partnership and given an interest of one-third in the firm, which will be incorporated with a capital stock of $50,000. Articles of incorporation fixing perma- nently the firm name of Baldwin & How- ell were filed Thursday. {lwo-thirds of the stock will be taken by A. 8. Baldwin and one-third by J. R. 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