The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 1, 1897, Page 7

FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1897 digal Father.” 0sc0 8 OPERA-HOUS! Westerner.” ALCAZAR TnraTxn.— A L k. Tivour Orrma lousk The Wond Class Vandev ) SkaTrxG Rixk—Daily at Haigh AUCTION SALES. aTat.—This day, Febriary 1, Ar Uansex , at salesr ock 100D F AsCH—T 19-221 ture, at 3 ”CITi NEWS‘ IN BRIEF. be permitted after no ball playi e Conve lebrated by Annie Besant, thc lecture in~ San Franc summe ring in the afier- y’s weather as been out passage is lub gave & clever o Turn Verein fémien at the she] 7 was very larg termaster tengni- Adoration was inaugurated yesterday- morning. In - the man presched: next § \. J. Wells of n presched. last. eye: s for Industrisl ub bas -offered 10 its reg iordan: purchased arday nig s yesterday. Mr. David i catled the v, and t0ld e highb known - Roston e, M. C: A" branch of the: Holy ) «tion whose obj be répression of Dominic’s yes- s_the. religion of the ides of jounded his views all last nigat. g'in of false alarms to s’ been discovered to o11ve of robbery while the & ofthe Bands.of Hope of d: yesgerday efterno +-Chureh.’ Weste 4 drupi, a trombone atid. some poker foses” A. Gunst, Cherles ¥ ate: arranging for pri- tend th vada on Law. Smith” entertained tn ninade Club at her res: Juckson street-on Saturdsy. H. J d s intereating paper, which was cted by yocal seiectio F. V. Brooks and L. D. Hargus, attorneys for Wong Chong; the Ghinese barber. in the Little te-case, held AS & witness, have petitioned & writ of habess cirpus. under which to secure It wilk be heard to-day. bef Franz. Wolf yolverin a 1 The police sa that e is -t conc ¢ o0 ‘murdered Mrs, M a1 918 Montgomery BAND OF HOPE UNION MEETING. Western Star Band Wins the Quarterly Prize Bauner. The union mecting of the Bands of Hope of District 5 was held yestérday afternoon at pworth Methodist Epizcopal Cnurch, corner of Church and Twenty-sixth streets. Mrs. 8."W. Kerrigan, district superintend- ent, presided; and:the virious bands com- prised within. the district were fairly. well represented, in spite of the disagreeable state of the weather, The prize banner awarded every quar- ter to the band-haying the highest average attendance daring that’ period was won by Western Star Band, the superintendent of which is Miss Tiotiie Greaber. Interesting addressés on the subject of temperance were delivered in the course of the: afternoon by Rev: J. W. Webb of Fresno, grand. c| ¢ I: Neison ' of - Golden Gate Cunmingham, chief templar of L0, 4.-T.; Mrs. 8. F. Fa- <é, county president of the ;. M, 1, chief tempiar of and Mrs, Veliing.of “Springlieid, Mass. #nd lecturer for the W, 0 Re b spoke of the objects. of the Band ‘of Hope and emphasized the important fact.:that -this orzanization seeks not only-to rédeem the-drunkard but to savethousands of children from the curse of strong.dFink; Mrs. de V 's address i powerful appeal for'absoin‘e proh She condemned. the:Governmeny as well as ihe saloon-keeper, for the reason that the former licenises the liguor traffic. Mrs. Kerrivan. dealt’ with.the force of adult example in predi<posing:-the young 10 sequire habits O strict temperance.: tlorence Greaber contributed:n recita: i65.0n Dronibition and the Misses Nellie 1d Flora Spraul sang i duer. . W. Webb.spoke at Mizpah Presbyterian cet, his sérmon b lea, "*'Prevention last night hurch-on Harri- zsignificantly s."Better Than e Durkeels Funeral, Dirkce, San Fran- s oldest’ fireman, is 10:be’ 1iéid 1rom the, 17103 Hyde ‘street, 1o day h inaayer ce. the funeral was- announced- 1or_ yesterday- morning, and nieny persons were misled. thereby. srtr e isalily Bilis and Ribbons:for Progressive ¥ cw . Score’Cards for seven-nanded Euebre. Playiug-cards of all° kinds, Whist 5e.s, Poker Chigps, etc, -Sanborn, Vall & Co., 1 Market si i - In Canton, Chite, they Dame streets after the virtues, as here they are named after persons. Thus there is & street called Unblemished * Rectitude, - a - Pure Pearl street, « street of Benevolenceand another of Love. ] ief templar of the L. O.| PAGMS FROWH O POLICE METHODS Prohibited From Freeing the Air of Evil Spirits. Ten Chinese Highbinders Ar 7} rested for Vagrancy Again | at Liberty. Writ of Habeas Corpus to Free Wing Chong, the Barber in the | f ‘“Little Pate” Case. { | | Chinese highbinders, Chinese aristocrats and Chinese beggars alike are sighing and scowling at the squads of police that pa- trol the streets of their quarters aay and night. They think the order prombiting the | use of fireworks ‘particularly obnoxious. | The pagans are thoroughly conyinced | that the dark alleys, narrow recesses and | gilded josshouses are infested with ‘evil | spirits and- hobgoblins, the souls of men | who died in sin. According tothe rubric-| of jossism there is but one way to drive | the evil genii to_ their stopping. place— that is noise and lots of it. | Bombs, crackers and gongs will .cleanse { the air of the hovering ‘spirits, but the | most important. portions of ‘the’ prescrip- tion have been denied ‘them.: In conse- quence the Mongoliany are disconten ted.'| Lt is safe to say, However, that miany & va- | grant fireeracker will be expioded during { the new year festivities, but in case the dar- | ing Chinaman who touched the- punk to the fuse be caughit' he wili- be chastised | and cast into prison. | Captain: Wittman and Sergeant- Price | 1abored diligently all day yesterday breal {ing up highbinders’ meetings and inci- dentally cplintering tive furnishings’ and paraphernalia’ of - the ' meeting- places. Over thirty places were raided, and ful ten times that number-of Chinamen were thrown downstairs and into the street. The capiain and the sergeant also kept Chinatown busy during the dark hours of night. A few more days of ‘this rough- and-tumble vigilance will convince. the | Mongolians that meetings are decidedly | out.of order, and they will- abandon the | | habit. The ten highbinders arcested by Ser- zeant Mooney: and_posse’ in room 3, 39 Wasiington alley, Saturday: night,. and | charged with vagrancy, were all released | day atérnoon_on §300 “bonds each, { accepied by Judge Low. l A 'soldier at the: Presidio saw the Chi- 1 | | nese buying revolvers'in u store on-Mont= gomery - street. - He Chinatown and saw ‘them “enter 39 Wash- ingtor. alley.. ‘When he returned to'the | Presidio he notified -his commanding-ofii- | cer of ‘what -he had-’séen, and - the coms | manding “officer wrote a ' note 1o Chief | | Crowley, which _the Chief handed to Ser- geant. Mooney, with ‘the- Yesult: that. the highbinders were arrestéd.and the .re. | volvers were found in:'a secret-place:in | the wall of ‘the room:and confiscated. | { -~ The Chief ‘thinks that in ‘view.of the | | ominous condition of affars in Chinatown |'at present a-Pclice “Judge -shiouid. not be | { followed ‘them to | so reaay to -sccept’ bonds for ‘men who | have been purchasing firearms, butshould:f | adopt arbitrary meastres: in dealing: with | | such men, thiereby: helpine the police in | | having the laws obeved. i | “Iftne Cnimese, said, the " Chief ‘yes- | | terday, *'do not-obey our laws th citizens | may “do what was done in Eureka: and | | othier places—rise up in -their might and | drive them out of the Citv. Butin such an event ihe police would be placedin .| delicate position, and it isas well to avoid | | such a contretemas, if possible.” i Frauklin V. Brooks and L. D. Hargus, | as attorneys for'Wong Chong, went befaore | Supreme. Court - Justice Harrison yester-| day and secured a writ.of habeas corpus returnable to-day before Judge Seawsli, under which the attorneys-hope. 1o secure | the release of tne Chinaran from jail. Wong Chong is‘the barber -who' was in the act of shaving Little “Pete: when the latter's assass.ns entered the shop. Heis; beld without bonds and “with. no -charge against him, &s a - witness. I | “Chief Crowlev_fears ttat if he is re-| | leased the Sam Yups will steal-him away, | | nd what ougiat 10 be the most.important | witness for the prosecution when the trial | of the murderers takes place wili be miss- ing. | Wong Chong' testified- before “the Cor- | oner’s jury'that he was in'the shop and heard ‘ihe shooting, but saw nathing. at | the time of the murder. He- thinks that ought to-reiease him. { He wants to get-put of jail and bis fam- ily want him out; they say-théy want/ him especially to° help: them celebrate in | the quiet way that is beliig rione just now | the glsd Chinese -New Year, - Wone, Chong is also eager to- celebrate; atid - has'| employed attorneys 1o aid him -to regain { bris freedom with the greatest possible ex- | { pedition.’_It:was for this that Brooks and | | Hargus intruded npon Justice Harrison’s | | observance of the -Sabbath-at his-home | yesterday. i [~ Had they waited until to-day the hear- | ing under the writ-would :not have taken | nlace until to morrow, thus losine a day., | | The attorneysdectare that.‘their client is | { unlawfuily detained.- They-say lie is will- ing to give bonds in any. amount to secure | | bis liberty, and they expect-to-see him i free man'to-day, Justice Harrison having | signed the writ. i The petitioner for the. habeas corpis’ is Rey.. W: C, Young, a. Chinese minister and friend of Wong Chone. T0 BEMEDY LABDR'S ILLS Co-operation, Profi-tharing, Edu-| cation, Among the Hogpe- ful Signs. Rev. ‘A, J. Wells of the S'cond Uni- tarian Church Touches on-the Single-Tax Doctrine. Rev. A. J. Wells; pastor of the ‘Second | Unitarian Church, - preached a sermon Iast - eveniiig -upon. -the subject of ‘the “Remedres for industrial Tils.” A portion” of the prophecies of [saiah was read, wherein it is foretold: that the peopie’ shall. not labor . in vain, aud ‘that | an era of such: perfect peace will .come | | that thie tion will lie. down with the lamb | and dust will be the serpent’s meat: | In-beginning . liis “address “the - pastor| | wirned:his hearers that-the remedies -lie |-had . to" ‘propose “were: not mew, und that- they could not. be ‘expected to be apolisdrall :at once.:~Thére is: no’royal road, he. said; to: the accomvlishment of | the removal of industrial evils; ind their elimination must ‘come by & process of evolution, - Tiue improvement of society will be wrought by society itself, and will come as tneresult of somebody’s clearer think- ing. Practical men were inclined tolaugh at the’ theorles social reformers as dreams of ideals that could not be attained, but ideals are the worla’s masters. . The speaker referred tothe evils of the | remedy of present evils by some similar | and Jeiting the people have the use of | peared, so that the copy ‘,cnlllvlled 80 88 to be capable of the inter- | “Ivanhoe”. (Suilivan), #“Happiness’"(Bohm) and “Where Blooms |-Miss Jeanotte Harowitz danced a sailor's competitive system, and mentioned two agencies which must be used to open the way for a belter system—a better educa- tion and a better religion.: In the im- provement of education he laid special stress on the need of putting industrial training on an’ equality with the more purely 1ntellectual education. The im- provement of religion he holds must be a teaching of the doctrine of brotherhood in a more practical sense than is' now done. Christ planted himself clearly on the ciple of fraternity. Current re- lifginn is formed moje from the teachings of St. Paul than of Christ, Co-operative industries, profit sharing, and the doing away with the system of selfish competition, is a remedy the speak- er prophesied - will neutralize . indus- trial” ilis. “This will abolish: the . distinc. tion between capital and labor. Wage earning, he said, will in the process ot social improvement become a thing of the pasi. ‘While not distinctly avowing an ac- ceptance of the single tax doctrine of Henry George, the pastor looks for a method of breaking up land monopoly, land free as the use of air. “Let the hands have acres and the acres have hands. Her- bert Spencer, John Stuart Mill, the his- torian Froude, the scientist Wallace, the commentator B ackstone, deny tbat land can-be property in the sense that movable things “are -property.” The old Jewish law that prevented great land monovolies by compelling its return to the people at theend of every fi{ty years was cited with approval. The remedy of legislation was illus- trated by what has recently been done in eland to compel codtractors to.pay {fair wages to their workmen. gt s A HIS—TvOBIO PRAYERBOOK. Modjeska Carries Mary Stuart’s Original | Look=The Warrant. | The story. of -how. Modjeska - secured possession of & copy .of. that. most rare | document, ‘the ‘deathi’ warrant of Mary, | Queen - of Scots, is _anjinteresting - one. | Careful search has revealed that in the | there ig no trace of the warrant by virtue of which Mary Stuart lost her head. It is Enown. that after signing. the warrant; which weas prepared for her’signature by her secretary, Davidson, Quéen Elizateth returned it to him - witi theiustructions 10 hold until such time as she should send for it. _ Burleigh: and” Waisingham in- duced Da son to turn the warrant over to Colon r Francis. Nolan elmost im- | mediately after. it was inurusted to his care. Whoetner Colonel Nolan returned it. to Queen Elizabeth or to her secretary. | is not known, but-all trace of the original document mysterious disap peared. Davidson, however, made a copy of the | +warrant, which was published in bis biog- raphy. by Philipson: | The only copy of this" work known to existat the present time is in the British | Musenm. - When Modjeska was in London a short time since she oblained permis- sion to have-a fac-simile of the death war: rant made. The warrant, as it appears in the muse s'on three of four pages, but Modjeska engaged the services af an emi- nent bibliophile, who put the document into the shape in whicn it- originally ap- stie has in ner-| historically. correct. | possession is the only one of its kind in existence. | The actress also’ as smong her collec- | tion ‘of treasures & prayer-book carried by | Mary -when -she went o the scaffold. | Modjeska carries the book in this scene.in ary Stuart.”’ Thisvaluable book: was | presented: to her by a celeorated London | antiquarian, who vouches for its ‘suthen- | ticity. | INTERPRETED 61 SOIG. Interesting Paper by:H. J. Stew- | art Before the Chami- | nade Club Mrs Giorge Law Smith Enfertains a Number of the Music Lovers of the. Western: Additi:n. The Chaminade Club is an organization of ladies residing inthe ‘Western -Adui- | tion, the object of which is o' caltivate & love. of music. -Tts :name ‘is- thac of ‘a.| French lady, distinguished as:a composer | of sohzs. i Although primerily its-objects are -edu- cational and. artistic, the club. has_ also a | sociai side andits meetings are looked fipon by, thie. memb-rs as cccasions’ mot:| onty. of profit, but of rare enjoyment. | One of thie most suecessful of these sorees'| was that held Satirday at the residence.of | Mrs, George Law Smith; whose dauglhter, | Miss Mand Law Smith, is bresident of the | club. “The eventof the- afternoon: was-a paper 6n -**Vocal “Art” by H. J. Stewart and - its “interpretation by ‘well- known ingers, who rendered.characteristic selec: | tionsatanpropriate pointsin Mr. Siewart’s thesis, AMr. Stewart was introduced in a humor- ous speech by William- Greer - Harrigon, who referred 10 him as an ardent:lover of hsrniony-and:an eminent instructor of | music. - Mr. Stewart's paper was an ex- | tremely interesting-one and-it was highly | appreciated, - He expressed - the opinion | that .the requisites for a -singer were: | First, voice; second, voice cultivated <0 as 16 -be canablo_of execution; third, voice pretation snd performarice -of & musical composition, The programmeé: rendered in interpreta- tion of'his paper was ps-follows: “Come, Gentle Sleep,”’ from the ‘opera | Frank:Coflin;- 1 | Love but Thee' and _**Woodland W nder- ings”(Grieg), Miss Clough ; ~Like a Father Piueth His Cirildren, from “the oratorio | “Ruth’’ (Cowen); Miss Ella V. McCloskey ;| the Rose” (Clayton Johns), Mrs. Frank L. Wratten. Amang those fresent ‘were Mrs. George | Law.Smith, Miss Maud Law Smith, Mr. d Miss James. Stewnari, Mre. James E.i- wards, Mrs. Raymon Wilson, Mrs. Martin | Regensburger, Miss Henry. Mrs. John | Leale; Mrs, C. Bennett, Mrs. Sproule, Miss Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Harri. | son, Miss M. L Harrison, Miss E. G. Har- | rison. A CLEVER PERFORMANCE. | The Olympic Dramatic Club Presented | “Rip Van Winkle™ to a Crowded House. The first entertainment and ball given by the Olympic Dramatic Club . at the San Frdancisco Turn Hall, on Turk sireet, last night proved to be a most.enjoyable affair. “Rip Van Winkle’’ was ths play pro. duced, ‘and ‘the company ~distinguished itsel! in . the production... Henry Maret as Rip was especially good, and Miss Josie La Fontaine in the character of Gretchen also received well deserved appla The first act served to introduce several specialties: -J. P. Grodjens’ barytone solo won for - him -several deserved .encores. hornpipe.. #1'il'Be No_ Submissive Wife'! was ziven by Miss Isabélle Coppage; and Miss Josie La-_Fontaine; Mrs. Busy Tram- poni, Mrs. Martin: and ' Professor Martin and his pupils contributeéd to.the pro- gramme. The committees in charge were: Arrangement—J. P. Groajens, president: Frapk Kruil, secrotary; Freaerick L. Grithth, trensurer; Henry Maret, siage manager, Recepifon—Frank Kilmm, Eugen Ziilig, Louis Frankiin. Floor manager, Profescor Martin. Floor—Alfred Fuerth, Joe Meyer, Louis Rapp, Frank Krause and Herman Alpe; ot abingivds Hypxoric Lust., 6 O'Farrell, teach, treat. * FISH TAKEN BY THE THOUSANDS Twelve Hundred of the Finny Tribe Caught in One Net. Captain Christensen Says That Ten Thousand Can Be Caught in an Hour. | Captain Meredith of the Domin‘on Loses a Very Va'uable Grey- heund. Fishing in the southern seas has become a science and when it comes to a haul of 1200 of the finny tribe in one scoop net it looks as though the fishermen should bave it all their own way in Houolulwand that fish shipped to S8an Francisco in cold storage would prove a paying investment. Ali kinds of fish were brought up in the and while one man labored at the-oars.an- other bailed outthe boat. - Luckily Captain Harry Marsha!l in the tug Active came along. and taking the boat in tow landed itin the Folsom-street slip. The gquartet presented. a_novel appearance -as they came along in-tow of the tug.” The two men were facing the storm of rain and the women were wrapped in oilskins, while Johnson was trying to cover all four with an umbrell George A. Knight also had an - experi- ence in the storm. He went out in the gascline launch Athlete and came near being swamved. - *“The Colonel’’ delights in rough weather and yesterday he deter- | mined to test the sea-going qualities of his vessel. Off Alcatraz he opened the window to have a good look ahiead and at that moment a sea broke aboard that flooded the cabin ‘and washed Charley Peterson out of - the -engine-room. “Colonel” Knight got wet throuch. but “he stayed by the ship” and by some clever work at the wheel reached compara- tively smooth water. The Athlete isnot laid ‘up for repairs, but several exira lines were out last night to prevent ber breaking away should an extra-heavy gale come up. Captain Meredith of the British ship Dominion wiil be u sorry man when he reaches England and the ne ot the death of bis prize greyhound, ‘Captain Meredith,” reaches him. The animal came from the kennels of the Marquis of Anglesey and in 1803 was the runneriup for the North Wales Waterloo cup. A vear later he was presented to the captain of the Dominion and made his home on her up to a few months ago. He was made & great pet, but the decks ruined his feet to such ‘an extent that to keep him aboard any longer meant cruelty to animals, He was accordingly turned over to J. J. Eamonds, the weil-known greyhound ex- — — o3 A While Lying in Mahukona Bay, (it " Taken by a Sailing Vessel. - In the Scoop-Net Shown Over §200 of the Finny Tribz: Were Taken at One Haul. | | | | H. I, the Crew of the Brig J. D. Spreckels Made the Most Remarkable Draught of Fishes Ever | net and some of: them ire -still alive and | kicking on-bosrd the brig Jolin D. Spreck- | als, Down at Mahukone, and in fact-in all the " ports ‘of -the’ Hawaiian - grotip, the | ‘water is wonderfully clear “and . at any'| time of theday fish can be seen sporting | by the thousands among the coral. . All the sbecies are represented, but. the gold fish | predominate, : | “While the Spreckels was lying. at Ma- | hukons;” ‘said Caprain. Chrlstensen. yes: | terday, * we made a remarkable cateh,” In fact, I think it'was equal.to that wonder- ful catch made on ' the Sea “of Galiles by the Disciples. . Thé waters of theé bay were | nlive with all Kinds of ‘fish. They rangea. | in size from the small gold' fish o the huge schoapper. “We:tried 1o catch some of them witha | line,; but-they would- not bité, Then the | men. made ‘a_scoopnet:: The .top was | about twenty-five feet .in circumference, | and in depth it wasabout twelve feet. | | The “iron. hoops that ‘kept it distended 100K it to the bottom, and then- the: line was attached tothe hoisting cear. -When | the fish came around again after recover- | ing from their fright caused by the drop- | ping of the-net into the water the signal to hoist_away was ‘given, and the men | landed 1200 of - the. finny tribe on board, i | 8ome. of them were tlirown overboard again, while_others were eitlier eaten or | salted down, and many of the goldfish | were kept and brought 1o S8an Francisco.” | A photograph of ‘thenet was mads by | Capiain _Christensen as._ it was being hauled-aboard. { Captain Mortensen of the American ship Snow & Burgess is very s.ck man. He | was taken down with the erip shortly afier | the arrival of his vessel, and it will be sev- | eral days before he is about again. Miss May Douglas and Miss Lizzie Ral- on had an exciting experience on the bay yesterday. They had been to a party the night before, and in the morning decided to see a male friend of tneirs aboard the | C. H. Waijen. They all got into Harry | Johnson's whiteball, but the wind and | tide were too much for the boatman. - He | got alongside the bark, but counid not | make a landing, as the waves were run- | ning very high. A return start . for | Vallejo-street ‘wharf was. made, but with | all. hands at -the oars the boat - was | gradually carried toward the heads. | The men gave the.women their oilskin | coats’ and -caps to keep off the spray, | {day. | splendia programme " was preseoted. There was pert-on. Clay street;'and he took him in | charce. He was *‘rounding ‘to in.great | shape’’ when yesterday he was taken sick, | #nd.in two hours. he was dead. “Captain Meredith,” ‘as. he was called, was one of | the best'tred ‘greybounds that ever came | to:California, and his death will be regret- | ted-by-all the breeders in the State. | Saturday inst the tug Active attempted | to tow the big ship Samanthia off the mud | flats at® Suusalito and. failed. One of her | hiawsers parted during the attempt, and finally“Capfain Marskall-gaveit up for the | The. wind -and tide were favorable | vesterday ‘and the Active made another try.at the job.". This time the big ship was | hauled into:deep waier and later on towed | to sea. She goes 10 Horo!ulu to load sugar | for-New York. - It.was on his return from | towing the Samantha to sea that Captain | Marshall picked up:the boat with the two | men and two women in it: that was drift- | ing out to.ses. LAST EVENING'S ALARMS. Three Small Fires in Quick Succession Called Out the Department. An alarm was sounded from box 138 at 5 o'clock last evaning for a blaze in C. Gregory’s dwelling, 1608 California street. The blaze, which damaged the building to | the extent of $5, was.caused by an. over- | turned coal oil stove. | ‘Tne: alarm from.bhox 1%5at7:25 ». M. | was fora fire at the dwelling-house occu- pied by Mrs. B. Burns, southeast'corner | of ‘Jones -and Uniow sireeis. Carelessness | with - matches - caused "the. biaze, which | aamaged the dweiling to theextent of $50. | Fire broke outin the rear of A. Gruber's saloon, 613 Kearny street, at 7:50 p. M. An alarm was rung from hox 21 and the blaze | was soon “extinguisned. The loss will amount to about $25 — e Degree of Honor. The officers: of Dawn of Hope Lodge were in- ttalled on Saturday, d of January. Among those who- witnessed the installation were Mrs. Dairymple ot Colorado and Mrs Morean of Kan- On Tuesday the ofticers of Minerva Lodge were Installed by Deputy Mrs. Pinkham in public aud in_the presence of @ large numbe: of peopie. A an address by Mrs Stéwart, S. L. of H : recitu- tion by Miss Josie Butler: address by Mrs. E. M. Mayon, G. L. of H.; song by Sam %00.h, G. K. of ihe'A. 0. : remarss by the grand recorder, Mra. Polas @ by _Deputy Mrs. Pinkbam, Frank & Poland, I. G. M_W.. and Dr. Mayon. Several others contribuied Intéresting nambers and served to make.the eveilug & Very pleas.nt one. The orer is KrOWing and quite a number of ap- plications for the benefits of the beneficiary fand have been recelved. NEW T " Two joints, pipe and elbow com- ©-DAY- $14.47. Will Seil until the 9th TWENTY-SEVEN Ro. 7 UTICA RANGES For coal or wood, 6 7-inch holes, -oven 18x18xo} inches. (USRAXTEED 600D BAKERS. pléte, for FOURTEEN DOLLARS AND ° FORTY - SEVEN CENTS. Money back if you want it. Sale begins Tuesday, Feb. 2d. SPECIALTIES—Household Ranges, Blue Flame 0il Cooks, Myers’ Oil Heaters. JOHY F. MYERS €0., 947 Market §t, | putting the department on a full-paid | 0’clock this morning from box:296, THIEVES TURN I THE FALSE ALARMS Engine-Houses Visited by Robbers in Absence of the Men. Firebox 238 Smashed In With a Bowlder, and Soon the Big B:ll Sounded. Emplcyes Prchibited From - Making Their Losses Known—Two Other False Alarms. A well laid and successful scheme to'rob the firemen attached to Engine Company 29, located on!Brannan and Eleventh streets, was. perpetrated yesterday morn- ing at 2:40 A. M., when an alarm was turned in from box 238, on Potrero ave- nue and Seventeenth street (formerly Santa Clara avenue). The thieves that planned the robbery had arranged for one of their confederates to go to the firebox mentioned. There, with a huge bowlder, he smashed in the face of the box and turned in the alarm. This brought out the engines in the sur- rounding section, . Under. the stringent rules of the Fire Department every man attactied to the company must reportat the box from which the alarm comes, and this, 100, without any loss of time. Some- times there is not even time to close the doors of the engine-house as the wagons roi! off on the run. On the return of the men to their houses they have frequently, after . these faise alarms, discovered that the place had been entered by thieves, very often the pockets of clothes left in the honse would be found turned inside out, . while ‘many articles of clothing would be missing. Tue thefts have been reported to the officials of the Fire Department and by them to police headquarters, but so far the culprits have not been caught. The men attached to companies which have been robbed have been cautioned not to give publicity to the particulars of tie theits. Thls injunction has been faithfully com- plied with so far as the men are concerned, but not so, however, by the members of their families, who were forced toimpart to the groceryman, butcher and baker, their inability to meet their monthly pay- ments for the necéssaries of life, and in | this way the thefts have been let out to others not pledged by srict secrecy. Saturday being payday with the fire de- partment, the thieves who concocted ‘the raid on the men’s pocket at Engine Com- vany 29 on Brannan and Eleventh streets yesterday morning, when ‘the - box was smashed open, did not go away empty- Landed, much to the lamentations oi ‘the hard-worked men and their families, who | were leit short of their scanty stipend in consequence. The two false alarms turned in yester- day afternoon from boxes 98 and 56 were believed to have been prompted by a ‘sim- ilar motive to that of 238, after which the men of engine 23 were robbed. ‘The victims of the scheme complain bit- terly of their loss,and urge upon -their friends in Sacramento the necessity of footing, with provisions that one of their number be permitted to remain on guard while the company is out on duty. A fire alarm was turned in about 12:20 tu- ated at the corner of Kearny and Califor- | nia sireets. No excuse ior the alarm could | be ciscovered, and it is supposed to have | been the act of thieve: THE FLOOD AND THE ARK, Rev. Mr. David Calls the Flood = Divine Allegory. The Rev. J. S. David, minister of the Third Swedenborgian Society, commenced a'series of doctrinal lectures at Washing- ton" Hall, Red Men's buil 320 Post street, yesterday morning. He said the Mosaic account of the flood Das been the subject of a.vast amouat of speculation and comment. Some regard | itas a myth pure and simple; others re- | gard it as a partial myth having grown | out of a poysical catastrophe, which | might have been the sinking of the conti- | nent Atantis. The popular belief among | Christians is_that the story is literally | true in alpits historic details, having been written by divine inspiration. There are those who believe that it was written first by one of the wise sages of | high antiquity and contains a deeply | esoteric meaning. - The new church claims that the sacred scriptures were | written by _divine inspiration, and there- fore contain infinite depths of meaning veilea in allegory. According to Sweden- | NEW TO-DAT. MR. GROCER : Sclilling's Best tries to satisfy everybody’s reason- able demand: Satisfy you with a fair| profit and with doing the| right thing by your cus- tomers. Satisfy your customers with money’s-worth or money-back (paid by you to them, and by us to you A Schilling & Company San Francisco REMOVAL NOTICE. 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Moral: Avoid dyspepsia by using Ayer’s Cathartic Pills. borg, triie history begins with Abraham, and even the true bistory is allegoric. As mere history, there are many things in the Bible that are of no real value to us. It is to be regretted that so many people, 1n their inability -to reconcile the literal story with_science, have gone away and denied the Bible. 'Instead of going back- ward if they had gone forward and made the letter of the wWord the gateway to the eternal sense they would have entered into a realn: of light and intelligence.of which merely natural thought had never dreamed. By fettering itself to the letter of the word, and'in many cases driving from iis ranks who have dared to think, the church has driven thousands into skepti- cism and rendered itself practically use- less'asia spiritual Teader of mankind. White the story of the flood proba has ‘a basis ‘in: a physical catastropie, such as the sinking of Atlantis, its real significance lies beyond the physical and the. historic.- The food was a terrible in- undation of evils and errors tbat swept over -the ancient world, destroying the church- and “the golden age. Noah and his. sons represent the faithful few, the “remnant,” who remained firm and un affected by “the food of falsity and e Tire ark was their perception of truth and their protection. The animals.and ‘birds in the ark, clean and unciean, were ail the affections and thioughts of these faithful souls, spiritual and.nstural, They all conibined asa unit against the ebullitions of the great deep. The faithful formed the nucleus of a new chureh, the heralds of a new dispensation known as the silver age. Mr. David then applied the story of the flood (o the individual experiences of life. 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