The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 28, 1897, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO, CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1897 10 PREACH <0 THEIR PREACHERS The Peculiar Mission of Dharmapala of India to the West. MISSIONARIES ALL LACK TACT. They - Ilgqoré Eastern Supersti- tions But Preach Their Own With Fervor, WOULD RECONCILE THEM TO BUDDHISM, Something. ‘About the Horrors of - 'Famine Where Labor Is Paid . -'2 Cents a Day. It is a rather novel mission, that of Anagarika Dharmapaia from India to this country. He comes to preach humanitar- ianism and considération and methoa, not to.speak of brotherly love, to missionaries Wwho go into India. Five minutes in the company of Dharmapala discovers to the ledst observing a remarkable man. quite yolng in appearance—say about 32- 10 be possessed of his attainments. He is a Bingnalese by birtn, ke has lived in India for many years and bas adopted it as bis country. He has the mild, quiet manner, but nothing of the obsequious- ness of the Singhalese. He is tall and slim 1n figure, his skin is a deep chocolate coler, und, his eyes and long, wavy bair and-thin beard and mustache are black his" picture-que raiment is composed % | ljavery of simple windings of a brignt yeliow cloth. He'has complete command of Englisn, in the use of which he permits himself a shight foreign accent. He is the general retary of the Maha-Bodi Society of I », which attempis & reconciliation of ddhism and Christianity. Yo abjure and banish ignorance and perstition and selfishness—that is my religien,”’ he says. *It is my mission to preach that, for that is what Buddha preached. With all the inteliectual i'lu- mipstion of the present day there is stperstition clonding and bumpering the mind:© You don’t like to sit down to tabie gs the thirteenth person. President McKinley will carry with him to the White, House a hor. s been presented to him. it & pieesantry, land-.recognize the uperstition . how musi the mass of the regard to these same at is what I came to y | missionaries to India. | The-common people there have certain | 10Cent supe: s well es killed for dice the people acred in India. the beast o The cow s the giver of life den 4 gives mik. K —and the missionary —does so in India. the two are cpupled at once in tie mind of the | e missionary goes hunting and ruth- kills in India, which is considered a base thing to do; he does not set If greatly against the iniroductio other does not .live as and is not that xample of uprightness, purity and zeal ihat'tne people expect in an apostle of i e religion. . ing the hittle superstit ple of In ) they, the mi to their own superstitions. Thisis-whatI came to confer with the missionaries concerning. 1 would say to ‘Brothers. let us live such liv nt and pure and steac 46 humane, so marked by brotherly 1d kindly consideration that our Heis | st in the | 1ves shall recommend the doctrines we preach; let us free our minds rirst from supersiitions that we may be better able to lead others out of theirs.’ “You see,’ continued Dharmapala, *‘the people of Indis, the laboring classe: are very, very ignorant—oh, so ignorant. They know how to plow and sow and reap | and that isall. Now, when the mission- | ary comes to them and preaches his doc- trine of redemption with all the force of his intellectual power the poor, ignorant people accept it with all its superstitions rather than with its higher lights. When they are told that t eir sins shall be washed away through the blood%of Jesus they see no need of personal effort. . Oh, Ithink itisa great sin. That which de- stroys individuality 1s wrong. Buddha preached the utmost freedom of thought 1o clear the mind. Discinles are expected to think for themsel Then it comes 10 this: that no priest is necessary. Each individual must himself strive for the heights.” Speaking of Buddha’s teachings, Dhar- mapala said: “This is the year 2480 of the era of Buddha. Itisa popular beliei among his followers that with the twenty- five hundredth year there will be a great revival of his teachings, which wiil spread over the western world as it_has hitherto obtained in the east. The discoveries ana | teachings of Huxley, of Darwin, of Tyn- dal, ot Herbert Svencer, Schopenheuer, Haeckel and of Bishop Berkeley but an- ticipated the spread of the doetrine in_the west as that of Buddha anticipate them thousands or years in the east. ished over India and tbroughout Asia for 1500 years and it marked the period of India’s glory. Ob, yes, we bave an ethical code; we are all | right there. But as all thinzs contain the | seeds of decay, Buddhism died in India and is now stron.est in_China and the P ula. Weare making an effort to nd have made a very good be- | ginning. I would ask the Christian mis- sionaries to study this religion that they | may at least know what it is that th wish to supplant,” | Asked avout the famine in Indi Dharmapala lifted up his hands and said: “Ah, they are starving there, starving. It cannol be relieved by the new crops before May, at. least, 5nd in the meantime the snffering is horrible. You see they had no thought of the drouth. In ancient nes they used to store up grain to meet uch an emergency, but now the English Government makes no provision for ir, and poor people cannot. The Englisn merchant offers them money, and of | course they sell. Every kernel of grain in | the coun s bought up and shipped out lof t e country. The very lowest prices are offered them, and they know nothing of the value in the markets of the world. ‘\'nnsr( ntly they ares unprepared to meet any emergency. The crop failed, | and they starve. | B | e average traveler in India gains little knowledge of the real condition of the people. The traveler sees the hand- some houses of the English in the towns; verything looks trim and beautiful, and away with the impression that it is a prosperous, weil-governed country. They do not see the abject poverty and e people that can be iearned by penetrating but a few miles away from | the sta They do not know that the improvements they admire were paid for at the rate of 2 cents for a day’s lahor—a day extending from early morning until laje_in the eveninz If the laborer is specially recommended he gets 214 cents. And to this rate of wages is added a moun- | tain of taxes. They are taxed for these | splendid ‘improvements’ that they do not | | understand or appreciate; they are taxed | | for the subport of the military ana for rategic railroads and so_on. If the | Queen invites the Sultan of Turkey or the Ameer of Afghanistan and spends fabu- | lous snms in tbeir entertainment, he | cost is ssed to India as being an affair for the benefit of that country.”” | “Mr. Dharmapala will spesk this even- ing at Native Sons’ Hali under the au- spices of Golden Gate Branc , Theosophi- | cal Buddwism ' and Chris- tianity. PROFESSIONAL -BONDSMEN, The Grand Jury Will Be Asked to In- vestigate Frank H. Meader. The Grand Jury will be asked by Judge Conlan to make an investigation into the conduct of Frank H. Meader, who is surety on several Police Court bonds. Mary Brown, alias Eiiza Kilcline, was arrested some days azo for grand larceny. She was relessed on $2000 bonds, accepted by Justice of the Peace Barry while pre- siding in Judge Conlan’s court. One of the sureties was Meader, who gave his ad- dress as 111 Grant avenue and qualified on a lot 25x100 reet, with improvements, at | 67 Alley or Abbey street, this City. Coris Newman, the expert, discovered that there was no such street in this C but that in San Mateo County there was a lot_on Abbey street, San Mateo, owned by Henry F.Meader. He drew Judge Con'an’s attention to the fact yesteraa and the Judege issued a bench warrant for the woman's arrest, as she had failed to respond to her name when called. The | Judge also declared his intention of bring- | inz “the matter to the attention of the | Grand Jury. | Theother surety on the bond isJ. An- | glade, 603 Pine street, wno is all right, having property valued at $5000, Soc H. DHARMAPALA, QUEEN OF SONG IN GRAND OPERA Aimee Pascal Will Lend Her Sweet Voice to the Symphovy. With Mesdames Foeder, Berthet | and Oberthy She Will Swell the Soprano Volume. When the Costly Company Is Coming, Who Is in It and What They Will Present. The music-loving world of S8an Fran- cisco is on the tiptoe of expectancy re- garding the coming of the opera season at Aaughter of the late Commodore John Rudd, U. 8. N. Mrs. Sitgreaves has been a resident of San Francisco for the last three years. TREBELLI'S FAREWELL, The Accomplished Soprano Is to Give Two Concerts in Golden Gate Hall, Mile. Trebelli will give two song re- citals at Golden Gate Hall, the first on Saturday afternoon, March 6, and the sec- ond on Tuesday evening, March 9. At the completion of her world tour Mile. Trebelli will return to Europe, and after a short rest in Italy will mrfi.u, m September next, a contract to sing 1n Berlin, Dresden, Leipzig and Munich. She then goes to Russia, Poland, and will probngly sing in “The Messiah” with a leading German society. Mlle. Trebelli has now been away from Eur%ye nearly two years, having sailed from England in April, 1895. She has not peen to her home in France since her return from Boston in 1894. ———— A LECTURE ON RAILROADS. Modern Engineering Described and Fully Hlustrated. Willard Beaban, C.E., delivered .a charming lecture on “American Railroads and Their Engineering” at the Mechanics” Ipstitutelast night. The subject was copiously illustrated by photo - opticon views, showing a vast amount of mountain scenery and bridges. MLLE. AIMEE PASCAL, HIGH SOPRANO. the California Theater. Many citizens have heard the organization in New Or- leans, and speak in the highest terms of its worth. The principals are the leading lights of the lyric stage from the first the- aters of Europe, and were orzanized into this company not for the purpose of a tour but expressly for the gnaranteed sea- son at New Orleans, which is about to come to an end. San Francisco will be the only otber city in the Union to hear this complete aggre- pation of singers, as it will come here | direct and will present the operas ona scale of completeness that would be im- | possible were it a traveling company. In | all—principals, chorus, ballet, etc.—there will cone here over 140 people. | The leading soprano of the troupe is Madame Foedor, a pretty blonde, about the age of 28. She made her debut at| Nice, whege sie was very successful. She | then sang in Nantes, and afterward | engaged as first soprano in the great the- ater o1 Brussels. Madame Foedor is also & dramatic artist of much attainment. In | regard to her rendition of the difficult role of Rachel in “La Juive,” the New Orleans | Picayune said: Mme. Foedor, who appeared in the title role last night, was the same talented artist she has shown herse.f to be inall the parts she has played. She rose to the exigen- cies of the vocal and dramatic require- menta of the score and acquitted herself admirably. Her voice was displayed in all its beauty and power and showed the pest of schooling, joined to faultiess taste ion. Her rendition of the aria " prociaimed her master of ber art and won her the favor of the pub- lic. Mme. Foedor will be heard during the season here in her most brilliant roles, such as Valentine in “‘Les Huguenots,’ Santuzza in ““Cavalleria Rusticana,’’ Anita in *‘Navarraise,” Pasilea in ‘‘Benvenuto,”’ etc. Nestor Massart, the leading tenor of the organization, was formerly an officer in the Belgian army and left the service of the King for the lgric stagze. He made his debut at the great Theatre de la Mon- naie in Brusseis in “Faust,” and was af- terward most successful in “William Tell,” “The Prophet,” etc. His success with this organization has been most pro- nounced and his appearance Lere in his favorite roles will prove a decided treat for our music lovers. M. Prevost, the forte tenor of the com- pany, is an exceptionally fine artist; in fact, his equal has never been heard in San Francisco. His Manrico in “Trovatore,’ in which be made his debut in New Or- ieans, called lorth the highest praise from all who hesrd bim in the role. Opera- goers have in M. Prevost®the much de. sirea high C tenor, and they can now en- joy all the heavy operas to their hoarts’ content. Other leading members of the organiza- tion are: E. Deo and E. Maurick, tenors; Marcel Athes, A. Javid and Gauthiel, bassos; Henry Albers, Leon Freiche and R. Chateau, barytones; Lespinass- and Grevain, _ comedians; Aimee Pascal, Marthe Berthet and 'Mlie. Oberthy, so- pranos; Mme. Combes and Mme. Fre- maux-Benati, contraitos; Mme. Andree Savine, Mme. C. Lafeuillade and Mme. Bellet, comediennes; Mme. de Consoli, grande premiere danseuse; Mlle. d: Biaz! and Mile. Rossi, premieres. A grand cuorus, orchestra and ballet will also ap- pear with the organ:zation. The opening performance on Wednes- day. evening, March 10, is 10 be “Tro tore,” which will be followed on Frid the 12th, by “’ Africaine,” Saturday mati! nee, the 13th, by “Faust,’’ Saturday even- ing, *‘Miss Helyett,” Tuesday .evening, 16th, “Sigurd,’”” Thursday evening, 18th, the double bill, **‘Noces de Jeannette” and “Cavellaria Rusticana;”’ Satuorday mati- nee, March 20, “La Juive,” followed by “Voyage de Suzette,” *Les Huguenots,’ “Aida,” “Gillaume Teil,” “Liy Navar- raise,”’ ete. ‘The subscription sale of seats for the searon of twenty operas will open at the box-office pn Wednesday morning. The regular sale of seats for single perform- ances commences Saturday morning. Death of Julian Sitgreaves, The friends of Mrs. Beverly Sitgreaves will regret to learn of the sudden death of her son, Julian A. Biigreaves, ir ¥heeling, W, Va. Mrs. Sitgreaves is a Virgiutan snd' the only The speaker told of the wonders of the Canadian Pacific line, and showed some of the best <cenery along the Union and Southern Pacific systems. The snow- sheds, cantilever bridees, and other feat- ures of interest, were fully descrived and thoroughly iliustrated. HORROR HAUNTS PASTINE'S HOUSE The Victims of the Fatal Fungus Lie in State. Grief Prompts the Stricken Father to Attempt Suicide. Numerous Cases Where Poisonous Mushrooms Have Cause¢ Serious Illness in the Italian Quarter. Surrounded by anxious and loviag friends and the faithful physicians who in relays keep up a constant vigil little Atelio Pastine, aged 10 years, fights stub- bornly the battle of death. In theadjoin- ing room Ricardo Pastine, the heart- broken father, lies weak from the effects of the deadly toadstools, sobbing piteously when he is not cruelly arraigning himself for bringing about the death of two, per- haps three, of his lovdd ones. The wife, who has about recovered from her illness, watches the mental suffering of her hus- band, and while her heart throbs with an- guish strives bravely to bear np under her sorrow. At times the struggle proves too great for her and she falls to the floor shrieking hysterically. It is an awful shadow which has fallen on the house of the Pastines. In the lit- tle sitting-room, side by side, are the silent, white-robed bodies of little Atello and Tito. A mournful procession of friends, and all the Latin quarter, who are apparently friends of the Pastines, passed into the room and tear:ully lifted the clotbs from the faces of the two lads who were seized so rapidly by the awful conqueror that their features did not have time to discard the look of boyish roguish- ness that was the delight of the neighbor- hood. In the kitchen, little Eda, upon whose dainty body the deadly poison took least effect of all, sut in a littie chair by the gstove, and ~her great brown eyes opened in wonder at the throng who gazed upon her as one whom death had given up. The ordeal had long since ceased to amuse her. “Tito,” she cried, ““come out in the yard and y.”’ Inthe vpale light of the can- dle Tito lay solemnly siient, and the little sister pouted prettily. Nothiug can dissuade Ricardo that he is not the murderer of his childr-n. When the first boy, Agilio, saccumbed to the influence of the poisonous mushrooms which Ricardo and his | friend Santos Cinollo gathered at Golden Gate Park, his reason almost left him. As breath de- parted from th- body of the boy, h- cried: “1t is better that I, who have killed him, die too.”” As Lie said this he turned to a bureau and drew a_revolver from one of the drawers. Cinollo observed theact just in time, and after a struggle obtained the weapon, which he still retains. Dr. G. E. Caglieri, who,with Drs. Joseph Pescia,0. Perrone and L.D. B icigalupi, were called 'in by Dr. E.C. Mervy, the family physician, expresses the opinion that the effects of the poison would not have been 80 deadly had more of it been taken. As 1t was Pastine returned to his home with the mushrooms Wednesday evening after family repast had been prepared. Only a tasie, four for a family of six, was pre- pared, and the deadly alkaloid muscsrin, | A. Splivalo Speaks a Word in Favor of one of the most pernicious poisons knowa, was gradually absorbed into the system. A larger amount would probably not have becn retained on the stomach, but with the small quantity consumed no ef- fects were noticed until the next morning. Then little was thought of it and it was not until Thursday evening that: Dr. | | Mervy was called. It was then too late. | | Tue agency of death was already coursing | | through the veins, carrying its fatal nes- sage 10 the heart. Tue mortal effect of muscarin is to paralyze the heart and when it has once been zbsorved in the bloud the only re- course is to hypodermie injections of atropine and strychnine, and to internal stimulaots. By this means it is hoped to counteract the effect upon the hear: until the system | can throw off the poison. In the case of | the faiher, the mother and little Eda this course proved successful. With the two litie ones, who sleep where the candles cast the shadow of the crucifix between them, the poison had already seized the hearts in a death grip, and with Atelio | the battle s on. At a late hour last ni-hi Atelio showed signs of great improvement, and Dr. | Mervy, who was in attendance, expressed strong hopes for his recovery. The particular form of mushroom which | Ricardo Pastine gathered is known as the | | fly fungus on account of the small fly or microbe to which is ascribed its poisonous | qualiti Itis prevalent in this rezion | and many residents of the Italian quarter have suffered from it. Among these Cap- tain Oimo of the Garibaldi Guards and a number of friends recently partook and were seriousty ill. J. Valente, of the firm of Valente, Ma- rini & Co., recently pariook of the fungi with his wite and a friend. All three were very il and are only just recovering. Last season Mrs. Pendola, who lives on Mason street, near Green, came very near dying from the same cause, as did more.re- cently a man named Mangini and his wife. Arrangements have not yet been made for the funeral of the iittle ones. Prob- ably they will be buried to-morrow. | | ALL HAIL TO GREECE. Cretan Independence. “All hail to Greecel” exclaimed A. | Splivaio in the course of an address de- | livered last night at the Turn Verein Hall, “and may her ships as of yore sweep the | Peloponessus, and may her arms achieve for the Cretan people independence as an integral portion of a Christian country.” This sentiment was received with great enthusiasm by the audience, which at- tended the entertainment given by the Hellenic Mutual Benefit Society for the benefit of the Cretan suffer rs. Mr. Splivalo spoke of the glories of ancient Greece in the realm of philosophy, poetry, science, oratory and war, and provhesied that King George would win a second Maraihon. 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