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S THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free Dally and Sunday C y carrier..§0.15 Daily and Sundsy CALL, one year, by Dafiy and Sunday CaLL, six months, b ¢ Dally and Sunday CALL, three months by mail 1.50 Daily and Sunday CaLL, one month, by mail. 65 Bunday CaL1, o 50 W EEKLY CALL, ot ye .50 BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, fan ¥rancisco, Californta. Telephone £h -Maln-1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Streew. Telephone BRANCH OFFIC 97 MontxomSLy Sicech cetner £:80 o'clock. 9 Hayes street; open until 615 Larkin street, open until SW. corner Stxieenth #nd Mission sireets, open until 9 e'clock. 2618 Mission street, open until 9 o'clock. 167 Ninth street, open until 9 o'clock. 1505 Polk street; open until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Tweuty-second and Kentucky streets; open Lill § 0 OAKLAND OFFICB: 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 81 ana 52, 84 Park Row. New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Esstern Manager. THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. done, McKinley. The bimetallic com mission is good. Now for currency reform and a revision of the banking laws. Four words to the Harbor Commission- Start the free market. The Greek invaders of Turkey are ir- regular, but all the same they get there. er: The Mississippi floods may be subsiding, but the damage continues to rise rapidly. The Cubans will very soondraw a trocha around Weyler and ask him how he likes it. The employed on the boulevard will oon be unemployed if you do not help the fund that pays them. Since we are not to have a carnival of our own, we can fraternize with the rest of the State and share all that come. There is tobe cheaper travel to Yosemite | be this summer, thanks to the Valley road, and the holiday outlook for the people Rrows larger. Tt will be better for tucky to break the deadlock with a sledge hammer or any old thing rather than have it opened with a gold k The proposed West Shors road has at any rate good prospects. There is no finer scenery on the globe than between here and Santa Cruz. Peffer and Mrs. Lease have parted com- pany. He steps from Populism to con- servatism, and she goes off to socialism, There is going to bea big chasm in Kansas. Projects are now under discussion for the erection in Golden Gate Park of monuments to Lincoln, Baker, Burns and Moore. This is going to bea monumental City before long. Until the Balboa boulevard is completed San Francisco will not have done justice to herself nor shown a rightful measure of public spirit and enterprise. Subscribe to the fund and help the work. It is again asserted in Washington that the Senate will reduce the rates of the Dingley tariff, and row is the time for Californians to see to it that the teductions are not made on California prodacts. Wolcott, Paine and Stevenson make a good commission to promote international bimetaliism, and in appointing them, McKinley bas made another good stroke for the success of his administration. The editor of the Del Norte Record, snugly ensconced way up in the northern corner of the State, serenely remarks that if the Cbinese in San Francisco want to fight, why “let ’em.” O! courss, Our contemporary is safe. Why not ‘et 'em?” The present prospect of expensive wars will incline the powers of Europe to be more favorable than ever to a proposition to widen the money basis of the world, and this, thereiore, is 8 good time to call an international conference to re-estab- lisk bimetallism American corn is carried to Denmark where itis fed to cows to make butter for the English market, and in the meantime we ship oleomar, arine, butterine and stuff of that kind to the same market. An en- forcement of pure food laws is evidently needed in this country all along the line, The city elections in Californis on Mon- day did not show the Democratic slump which occurred in Eastern citiesand the fact may be cited as an evidence either that we are less fickle than Eastern peo- ple, or that we have better proofsof re- turning prosperity. At any rate we stood pat while they fell down. The desire of Wu Ting Fang to establish newspapers iu China ought not to be hopeless. It will be remembered that the Emperor of China once acted asa corre- spondent for a journal in this City on the occasion of the death of Little Pete and got a dispatch here by fakerfone quicker than the telegraph could have done it. After such a scoop the Emperor ought to be a boomer for new journalism in the Flowery Kingdom. In his address at the recent unveiling of the monument to William I the Kaiser in referring to the services of his grand- father in establishing the German empire made no mention of his father, Frederick, who took part in the war, nor of Bis- marck. The omission of these names has caused no little comment, and the Kaiser could not more effectuaily have recalled tuem to the minds of the people by any praise he might have bestowed on them than he did by ignoring them altogether. The British War Office has discovered that the volunteer force of the country is not such an effective defense against in- vasion as the people have believed. Ina battalion 800 strong, which was given twelve hours’ notice to parade, some of the men appeared in slippers, the swords, rifles and accouterments were in bad condition, the troops could not drill and one officer was found to be ignorant even of the words of command, A force of that kind would maxe a poor showing if any of the well-drilled armies of the Continent should land on the coast of England, and ihe Government does well in strengthening the navy. | | remote. in promoting it. sion will act with promptness and that ar assembling of the proposed conference. The commission is one in which the people can have confidence. is one of the strongest advocates of bimetallism i | earnest supporter of the remonetization of silver for many years. In fact, so urgent has he been in supporting every measure which tended to an enlarged use of silver as a primary money metal, that he was long regarded as an extreme free silver man. He did not, however, break away from the Republican party, as did Senator Teller and others at St. Louis, but continued to support the party because of its pledge to pro- mote the free coinage of silver by internationzl agreement. counted on to exert every energy to accomplish the success of the undertaking and to bring the proposed conference to an agreement which will permit the remonetization of silver at an equitable ratio with gold in the near future. The other members of the commission, as Senator Wolcott, are men whose appointment will be well received by the people. | Adlai Stevenson is a representative of the | 1896, after havine supported Cleveland in 1892. tive tendencies, and will undoubtealy do all that he can to assist Senator Wolcott in promoting the conference. Mr. Paine is one of the leading Republicans of Massachusetts, and while classea with the gold-standard men is known to be favorably inclined to bimetallism by in- As & representative of the business interests of the country ternational agreement, and the people of the extreme East his ap oughly National one in every respect, and will add to the confidence which the people of all classes and of all sections of the Union will have in its work. It is scarcely necessary to say that the ceived with great satisfaction by the people. licans, The administration was elected to promote international bimetallism, and there has been some impatience because the President did not refer to this subject in tarift. His action now is sufficiently prom all the pledges of the Republican party and to fulfill them as promptly as possible. The work of arranging the conference now rests in the hands of the commission. ‘The administration has done its share.. The people wiil watch with interest for the next step in the Important work and will be well pleased if arrangements can be made for assembling a conference of the nations before the close of this year. The work is an important one, It bas been we! Let it go forward. THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION. President McKinley bas taken the first step toward the establishment of inter - national bimetallism by appointing a commission composed of Senator Wolcott, ex- Vice-President Stevenson and Charles Paine of Massachusetts to act for this country This step having been taken, it is fair to assume that the commis- rangements will soon be under way for the Senator Wolcott the Senate. He has been an He can, therefore, be while not so eminent in financial matters Democracy which supported Mr. Bryan in He is a stanch partisan, of conserva- vointment makes the commission a thor- appointment of the commission will be re- It will be especially gratifying to Repub- office on the distinct pledge that 1t would his message to Congress as well as to the pt to give evidence that he means to keep Il begun and is intrusted to safe hands. THE LINOOLN MONUMENT. The movement begun by members of the Grand Army to provide for the erec- tion of a monument in Golden Gate Park to Lincoln has been 30 cordially taken up not only in this City and in this State, but by men of light and leading in all parts of the Union, that its successful accomplish- ment is already neither improbable nor It needs only that the public shall give to the promoters of the under- taking a fair degree of support to render the beginning of the work a matter of speedy attainment. The reasons why & monument to Lin- coin shouid be erected in Golden Gate Park hardly need statement. femiliar not only to all men ana women, but even to the schooichildren of the land. We cannot too often recall the name and the fame, the deeds and the services of Lincoln, nor can we in too many wavs manifest our appreciation of his characier and our patriotic love for his memory. As will be seen by letters in Tae Carv of | movement yesterday and to-day, the begun on this coast has found cordial ap- proval in the East. President McKinley and others hardly less {liustrious and emi- nent send words of cordial greeting to those who are directing the movement here and give to the undertaking all the weight and influence of their sympathy | and their words of commendation. Thisap- proval of course comes in the very nature of things. Throughout the length and breadth of the Union the name of Lincoln is revered, and whenever a new testimo- nial of the veneration of the people for him is to be reared thonsands of patriotic men are glad to aid it by every means in their power. If we are to have a monument to Lin- | coln we should seo to it that it is in every way worthy of the site on which it is to be located, of the people who are to erect itand of the man whose services it is to commemorate. It should be no ignobie monument that we raise to tbe great President wno sustained the courage of the people, directed the councils of the Nation and urged on the armies in the war that freed the slave and kept the Union whole. The monument should be one of the noblest and most artistic orna- ments of our great pleasure ground. Its erection is an undertaking which appeals to the best thoughts and emotions of the people, and every one, in proportion to his means, should contribute to it liber- ally, loyally and promplly. THE FREE MARKET. If it be trae, as reported, that action on the part of the Board of Harbor Com- missioners to carry out the law providing for establishing a free public market on the water front would be met by an at- tempt on the part of commission mer- chants in this City to have the proceed- ings stopped by injunction, the sooner the Commissioners begin the work the better. If the validity of the law is at all doubtful it should be brought to a test at once, in order that the producers of the State and the consumers of the City muy know whether or not they are to have the much-desired market. The law does not seem to make it optional with the Commissioners whether or not they shall provide a market. It is mandatory in its terms and directs that such a market must be opened. That being tbe case the commission can have no sufficient excuse for delaying the work of preparing for it. If a market sufficiently large cannot be provided atonce it is at least possible to make & beginning, so that the experiment may be tried during the coming fruit season. It is only by experience and by a test of such a market in actual operation that we can determine its value to the community and to the producers and the effects it will have upon commission merchants, Even if & beginning has to be made in a very smail way it would be well to make itat once in order that these tests may betried this year and a better understanding had of the provisions to be made for the mar- ket in ensuing years. The subject has been long under con- sideration and has been thoroughly dis- cussed in the press, among farmers and in trade circles. The law, therefore, is not in any sense & matter of hasty legis- lation. It was provided by the Legislature in response to a strong and widespread demand. Tt s as fair in its terms as any that could be devised, snd it js only by putting it in op-ration that we can deter- mine clearly whether 1t will work injury toany one. Itis the duty of the com- mission to provide the market, and that duty should be fulfilled as speedily as possible. Whether Grover Cleveland should be addressed in correspondence as *‘Esquire,’ or by a higher title, is a problem over which that stolid gentieman’s acquaint- ances are just now laying awake o’ night It, in the dark reaches of this sleep! opacity, it snould suddenly occur to them, a great white light, that the pre- fix “‘Mr.”” has not altogether gone out of use as an American title, that particular portion of their density which relates to Mr. Cleveland might be dissolved, They muat | KICKING AT THE AIR. In the exhilarating exercise of kicking at the various ills which we assume to be sssailing us we doubtless are enjoying | ourselves, but after all it is hardly fair that in this selfish indulgence we should | overlook the remedies which our solicit- | ous lawmakers are devising for the re- | moval of the iils which we assign as the causes of our kickings, as in the case, for {example, of the law just passed to alle- viate the tramp difficulty in this State, | agalast which many of us are still letting | iy our protesting toes as though nothing | had happened to make their flight super- fluous. In view of the real magnitude of tha re- form which has been made the continued | skyrocketing of our boots into midair | after an evil star which no longer glim- | mers there erows visibly less dignified with every distortion that we undergo in theeffort. A wira run through the sides of us for us to revolye on, and nothing but to impede our flying feet, wou!d furnish an imitation of the revolving jumping- jack beside which our bpresent antics would make a favorable comparison. We really should pay enough heed to our changing laws to know when 1o stop kick- ingand to guard our attention against the escape of so important a reform as the Dague tramp law, which recently issued from the Legislature. This measure is calculated to entirely remove the necessity of either begeing or starving on the highways of California. It is no theory, praise God! It isa prac- tical ordinance. 1t provides for the sub- division of the State into road districts, corresponding with the county supervisor districts, and to the overseer of each road district thus created any man may go and obtain employment at a fixed salary of 85 centsaday and board and lodeing. Tramps who exhibit a languid unpersuasion of | the worth of this arranzement will be confronted by the argument of compulsory board and lodging worth a good deal iess, with a ninety days’ sentence to work upon the highways atonly 10 cents a day. Evi- dence of their subsequent conversion to a normal appreciation of the arrangement will be followed by their promotion to the | ranks of the “honorably employeq,’” by | | which title the sincere roadworkers are to | pe known. From this unostentatious bit of legisla- tion the people of California have gained | 8 most thorough solution of “the problem | of the idle tramp.” It is impossible 10 define the limits of the innovation. It simply leaves nothing to be desired. Let it be carried out according to the letter and it will be a complete realization of tne hopes which have striven in our breasts for many past days, and a splendid in- junction against the aspiring soles of our footgear. THE LOS ANGELES FIESTA, | The abandonment of the plan to hold a carnival in San Francisco t.is year has deprived us of the pleasura of receiving from T.os Angeles a manifestation of her full and abundant sympathy with San Francisco enterprise. It was the inten- tion of the Los Angeles peovle and those of Southern California generally to make the Golden Gate Carnival an occasion for a display of Btate patriotism and an jevi- dence of their appreciation of the value of California unity in all enterprises what- ever of a public nature. It will be remembered tbat in 1895 Mr. Meyberg, as director-general of the Los Angeles fiesta, came to San Francisco on behalf of the celebration to interest the people of this City in it, and succeeded so well that San Francisco sent large excar- sions to take part in the Los Angeles fes- tivities. Mr. Meyberg intended to make rerurn of this favor by arranging for Southern California excursions to San Francisco when our carnival was held, and bad proceeded far enough in his work to make it certain that Southern Californis would not only send a large number of people to take part in our carnival, but would contribute several floats to add to the brilliancy of the display. Al these arrangements have now to be put aside, for we are not to hold a carni- val. The memory of them will neverthe- less remain with us, and what was done will be accounted as a sufficient proof that Southern California has the true Califor- nian spirit and is prompt and willing to t other sections of the Statein all that tends to advance the welfare or the fame of the commonwealth. Since Los Angeles and Southern Caltfor- nia are not to have the pleasure of State patriotism at a carnival in San Krancisco, the only way to atone for the loss is for the people of San Francisco and Northern California to give all the aid they can to the Los Angeles carnival. That which they designed to do for us we should do for them, The Los Angeles fiesta is to take place without fail. Let us see to it that we show during the festival how fully we aporeciate the kind intentions which the people of the south had toward us while our carnival was under considera. tion. e —— dens must hereafter furnish each Sheriff in the State a photograph of every pris- oner when he is discharged. The expense to which the State would have been put in the event of providing every prisoner also with a ball and chain, a striped garb and a keeper toguard him through the rest of his days was the consideration which probably preventea the zood legis- lators from adding to his identity those further advertisements of his disgrace. PERLONAL. Frank Gasser of Guatemala is in town. N. 1 Baldwin of Woodbridge is in the City. = W. N. Monroe of Visalia arrived here yester- ay. J. W. Wood, a druggist of Pasadens, is in the city. Tue Rev. George McConnick of Salinas isin town. Senator B. . Langford of Stockton is at the Palace. R. Allyn Lewis of Phenix, Ariz., is at the Palace. 1/L. T. Thom| the City. J. B. Baker and wife of Merced are at the Cosmopolitan. T. 8. Yokokaws of Tokio, Japan, 1s & recent arrival here. F.K. Gay of Modesto is registered st the Cosmopolitan. P. V. Goodloe of Angels came down to the City last night. M. C. McDonald of Wellington, New Zealand, t the Palace. Paul Morris, a mining man of Chinese Camp, is in the City. O. B. Hardy, the mining man, of Salt Lake, arrived here yesterday. J.F. Herrett, a business man of Coupeville, Wash,, 1s at the Occidental. George A. Smith, an extensive land-owner of Courtland, is at the Grand. L. W. Stockwell came up from Los Angeles yesterday and isat the Palace. Ratlroad Commissioner H. M. La Rue of Bacramento is at the Occidental. Mrs. J. Hinkle aud child of Lower Penasco, N. Mex., are at the Cosmopolitan, Among the arrivals at the Grand is Edwin Taylor, 8 mining man of Calaveras. I A. Russ of Eureks arrived here yesterday on & business trip and is at the Lick. Charles K. Hall of England, who is engaged in mining, is among recent arrivals here, Perry Averill, Mra. Averill and Mrs. Benton, of Woodbury, Conn., are at the Occidental. R. L. Rodes of Randsburg, the new gold camp on the desert, is among the arrivals at the Lick. George R. Stewart, a cattleman of Crows Landing, who ships cattle to Honolulu, s at the.Grand. George A. Goodman, president of & bank at Napa and owner fu much other property, is at the Palace. Frank L. Coombs, recently Speaker of the Legislature and formerly Minister to Japan, is a visitor here. Grove L. Johnson of Sacramento, who served during the last term in Congress, was in tne City yesterday. Leon Lewin, a business man of San Salvador, wasamoug the arrivals by the City of Pars, and is at the Palace. Mr. and Mrs. George E. Morse arrived last night from Washington, where they have been the guests of President and Mrs. McKlu- a merchant of Tucson, is in air within the immediate circumjacence | ley at the Executive Mansion since the in- auguration. A. B. Wood, who is interested fn copper mines in ihe Laks Superfor region, and who was in the eariy days of Leadville manager of some of the leading silver proerties, is among the arrivals here. He is accompaniea by L. W. Wood of New York. Congressman J. A. Barbam of Santa Rosa has returned here from Washington, D. C. where he has been attending Congress. He accompanied by Miss Lena Barham and W. W. Bsrham. They were atthe Occidental for & brief time and’ then left for Santa Rosa. Charles Wrrutias, secretary for Carlos Ezeta, the long-deposed President of Salvador, has arrived here trom New York by was of Pana- ma. He is here to rejoin the ex-President. The secretary was ic Panama when Antonio Ezeta, the brotfler of the ex-President, dled. Hugh McDonnell has returned here from Shasta Couaty, where he went a ‘Wweek ago to 100k after the development of some properties which e owns tnere. He says the Iron Moun- tain Company is working 700 men and pro- ducing 800 tons of ore a day. The county gen- erally is looking well. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, N. Y., April 13.—At the Plaza— H. Lehman, G. Heldger, E. Erstein; Union- square—Mrs. Donahue, Miss M. Donahue Metropole—A. D. Jones; Stuart—E. A. Peebie Imperial — C. Lindman; Sturtevant—J. H. Love, R. Love; Grand—O. Goldberg; Metro- politan—J. 8. Vance; Hoffman—T. J. Luni, Dr. W. Boericke, Mrs. F. M. Castle, Miss Blanche Castle and Fred Fasteneau left the Plaza and ssiled on the Havel for Bremen. BURIED IN VERSES. FATE OF THE HIGH-HAT BILL IN THE Wisco- SIN SENATE. Assemblyman Risum’s bill to prohibit the wearing of hats by women in theaters, which passed the Assembly & week 8g0, was killed in the Semate to-day, says & Madison (Wis.) dis- pateh to the Chicago Tribune, Senator Putnam, the chairman of the Com- mittee on State Affairs, which had the bill un- der consideration, reported for its indefinite postponement. The report was made in yerse, and is as follows: We thi “That And one of importauce at that, Areasked wihou- reasan By this Mr. itisu To consider his “lale of & Hat.” ‘We're expected to wrangle And get lu & tangle, When woman we vow is 80 nice, That we will sia d b- her, ‘Though she bu:lds her ha: highe: Al we sk 10 be low isthe price, High hats we're not defending, Butthe shows we've been aitending Were those with ba let feats. T e hais were then behind us, For the ouly place you'd fiud us Was down in the front row of seats. Our women are 30 winsome— Very few are not handsome— ABd i1s oft remarked that In fair or foul weather When at theaters they gather, 1t's only the homely wear a hat. 8o this s our verdic We be leve woman perfect, And she Is in our hearts enthroned; She needs 1o legl:laciot, And 1t's our recom mendation That the nat bill be forever postponed, WITH YOUR COFFEE. Tutor—I can’t make an encoursging report on your daughters’ progress. They refuse to learn. Oh, don’t let that worry you, my good man} But what are you paying me for? For the looks of the thing.—Fliegende Blat- ter. “Have you heard, Count, how Mr. Jones haa his arm taken off 7’ “No, mees; ees it possible?”” “Yes; he put his arm around Cissie’s waist 1ast night, and, of course, she took it off at once.”’—Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. X—You, a member of the Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty, dock your horses’ tails 1t possible? Z—Why, of course. I want to protect the flies.—Exchangy acious, no! Her father bought her & new Dbicycle,”—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Moneybags—You want me to engage in spec- ulation whereby I can make half a million. Explain thescheme. Cholley Cheekiy—Your dsughter is to re- ceive a million from you if she marries with your consent? Moneybags—Yes; but what has that to Go with i1? 7 Cholley Cheexly—Everything. You must Under an act of Legislature which the Governor has approved State prison War- consent for her to marry me. She gives me the million and I give you hall. See?—Judge. MINISTERS AT FEASTS Rev. E. G. Mathena Says Banquets Are Too Expensive. PLAIN REMARKS AT THE PRESBYTERY. The Speaker Says There Should | Be No Waste While the Poor Suffer. CHURCH BUSINESS TRANSACTED YESTERDAY. The Board of Missions Graats Aid to S:veral Struggling Churches. Considerable interest attached to the session of the Presbytery of San Francisco | at the First Presbyterian Church yester- day morning and alterncon. Though no great matters were finally disposed of, tery until 2:30 p. 3, April 26 at the Mis- sion Home on Sacramento street. Sev- eral important questions went over with | the adjournment, among them tha ques- tion whether delinquent churches be ra- fused aid by the board of home missions. Rev. H. C. Minton was elected_a_dele- gate to the General Assembly at Winona, Ind., which convenes on May 20 Rev. L M. Condit and Dr. E. B. Stewart were elected alternates, aiso Rev. F. R. Far- rand, J. P. Printzman, M. T. Romaine, | Captain George Jounson and G. D. Fahne- stock. It was decided that a Sunday-school committee and a committee of the pres- bytery confer as to a proper concert of action between them on various matters at issue, there being, it was said, a lack of | unanimity, | After the committee on home missions | bad conferred for several hours their re- | port was discussed by the presbytery, and the sum of $400 was voted to the Frank- lin-street Church and a like sum to the Holly Park Church, It was decided to assess every church in the presbytery to muke up the deficiency existing in the French and Italian mis- sions. Rev. Mr. Bevierand Eider A. B. Cheney were appointed a committee to investigate the question of disposing of $5000 left to the (‘{nward €unday-school in the settle- ment of the Howard-street Church affairs, The mission proper went to the Calvary Church, which does not ask for the $5000, and the question is what to do with the money. ] FRATERNAL DEPARTMENT, | More Delegates to the Grand Court of Foresters of America—The Com- | panions of the Forest. | 3. s W. Ssunders, grand sub-chief ranger | of the order of Foresters of America officially | visited Court Stanford of this City last even- ing. He will visit Court Yerba Buena of this City this evening and Court Golden Era on Friday evening. Foster, grand recording secretary, will 1y visit Court Rafsel, in San Ratael, | this evening, and 8. L. Waller, grand trustee, | will visit Court Mokelumne, in Lodi, on next nday. itional delegates to the coming session AN Ab) RN E. H. JENKS, the Presbyterian Moderator. several important toples were discussed and acted upon. The session finally aa- journed until Monday, the 26th, at the Mission Home on Sacramento street. E. H. Jenks was chosen moderator yes- terday, though F. A. Doane acted for most of the afternoon, the moderator serving with the Home Mission Committee. Much of the business of the day was te- diously routine in character, beinga hum- drum recital of petty grievances, reports of committees and work of like character; butRev. G.E. Mathena, known as “‘the iriend of tke poor of the Potrero,” broke away from conventionalism when the uestion of a prand banquet at the Occi- dental Hotel was sprung. The matter under discussion was ways and means of making a successful ban- quet on April 29 in honor of the eradu- ation of students at the Presbyterian Theological Seminary at $150 per piate. Invitations had been sent to all minis- ters, and ail were asked to state whether they would attend. Rev. Mr. Reynolds had urged those present to do all in their power to make the banquet a success, and the moderator was awaiting responses. It was at this juncture that Rev. E. G. Mathena aross and made u speech that sounded like the simple doctrines of Curist as taught by Tolstoi in his novels, Reyv. H. N. Bevier criticized him severely for “'breaking the sweet harmony of the meeting by speaking of unpleasant things,” but Mr. Mathena did not modify his position. *“We are asked to go to this banquet at the Occidental Hotel,”” he said, modestly, “but it costs $3 if we take our wives. 1 confess that suca a use of money seems to me wrong, vitally wrong, in these times of want and suffering among our fellow- creatures. Itis embarrassing for me to thus decline the invitation or to appear to be out of joint with the times; but my work lies "among the very poor, among those to whom a dollar is of great import- ance. Itis a matter of conscience with me and I cannot consent to spend $3 in this way when the poor are coming to my door for food; when little children are hungry and iil clad, and when honest men are out of employment, their families in want. “With the small sum of $3 I could do great good in the way of charity or I might get ten children into my Sunday- schocl. Idonot think it is proper for ministers of the gospel to set such an ex- ample as this wonld be. My conscience, erefore, compels me to decline the invi- tation, although friends have offered 1o ylfi 'l’or the plates for my wife and my- self. Rev. H. N. Bevier arose at once and criticized the speaker for introducing a discordant note. “I think such talk mars the sweet unanimity of this beautiful meeting,” ne aid, “‘and I believe the banquet will be a benefit to the seminary; therefore it ought to be encouraged.” Rev.. Mr. Woodworth, in reply, said “This gaudy dinner will in no way sid the seminary. The banquet is for the telect and fortunate and not for the riff- raff like Brother Mathena and others who cannot afford to attend. Of course, the newspapers will boom it and put forth the brilliant things said, but the report will not be made in a quiet way.” 1)The matter was not discussed further, d_the presbytery devoted its attention to other themes. The application of Thomas K. Dryden to be allowed to preach was refused after an examination by the presbytery. 1t was decided to adjourn the presby- of the Grand Court have been reported to the grand secretary as follows: Court Capitol of Calitornia No.” 6, in Sacramento, J. C. Ing Jr., J. Doan, P. Hirsch and Dr. Watts; Court Prids of Grass Valiey No. 8, W. H. Barden and W. J. Rowe; Court Saeraménto No. 12, Judge Joseph W. Hughes, John Morris and C. A. Root; Court Hubertus No. 15 ot this City, H. C. Canaris, P. G. G. Kunze, Ernst Masck and F. Thine; Court Golden State No. 22 of this City, E. I Wolfe and I Lindeman; Court Magnolia No. 29 of this City, E. H. Sueil and Gensler; Court = Pajarn _Valley Rose No. 44’of Watsonville, M. Fitzpairick and George F. Martin; Court Oskland No. 46, C. D. O'Gara; Court Del Monte of Monterey N 47, Joseph Shulte Jr.; Court Paragon No. 43, Nipa, Herman Wiprut; Court Castle Rock No. 50, Sunta Barbara, John R. Dugen; Court Butte No. 58, Chieo, C, E. Steinagle; Court Sherwood No. 60, Santa Clara, 8. Oberdeene H Court Santa Lucia No. 70, Salinas, W. H. Goodrich; Court San Leandro No. 74, James Henarickson; Court Livermore No. 7 Bangs; Court Barbarossa No.79, of this City, Oscar von Forgoffsky; Court Eureka No. 80, J. M. Simpson and E.'E. Skinner; Court Pride of Colusa No. 81, Gustave Gabert; Court Granite No. 82, Lincoln, L. C. Browning; Court Richmond No.'86, of this City, William Hamp- ton; Court Vacaville No. 88, 8. F. Chibe; Court_ Dixon 89, B. F. Newby; Court Teutonia No. 90, San Jose, Louis Gunther Court Francaise No. 97 of Los Angeles, J. Apiou; Court Neptune No. 99 of Santa Monioa, Harry Oppenheimer; Court Columbps No. 103 of Los Angeles, A. G, Rivers; Court Cinnabar No. 103 of Middletown, E. W. Schwartz; Court Alisal No. 108 of Pleasanton, Frank Lewis; Court Mount DiabloNo. 118 of Danville, Ralph Harrison: Court Schiller No. 120 of_Stockton, J. P. Koeller; Court Gem of Yuba No, 121 of artsville, A. G. Wheaton; Court Fruitvale 124, E.§. Lund; Court Italia No. 127 of n Jose, L. Pomponia; Court Sonora No. 120, B. Curtin and William Hartig; Court Tone 181, E. W. Perkins; Court Santa Ana No, Louis Levy and Ed Waite; Court Dante Alighieri No. 189 of Los Angeles, L. Carboni; Court Sotoyome No.142 ‘of Healdsburg, J. J. Livernash; Court Loma Prieta No. 145 of Campbells, George 8. MeCoy; Court Serra No, 147 of Santa Barbara, Judge V. B. Cope; Court Castroviile No. 149, W, F. McGuigan: Court San Lucas No. 154, W. E. Moss, Companions of the Forest, F. of A. Mrs. M. A. Duke, grand chief companion, ac- companied by Mrs. L. Atwood, P. G. C. C.; Miss B. Hinize, grand treasurer; Mrs. K. TO-DATY. You think it is because your child is “growing too fast” that he fails to put on flesh. More often it is due to a gradual and general weakening of all the forces of the body. The child may have no pain, may have a fair appetite and yet lose flesh. Perhaps-the happiest effects of Scott’s Emulsion are in such cases as these. It gives the body a fat which is easily taken up; alters unhealthy action and sup- plies the best blood-making food known to medical science. C. C.; E-=J. Chamberlain, g ishman Gf Excelsior Circic Mrs, Chase age Beile Circle and Dr. At & D wood of Robin Houd Circle, visited Presid l:) Circle Tuesday evening, Aprit 6. Arood et tendance greeted the visiiors. ‘Ihe ritualist work was performed in a manner that W very satisfactory. Duriug the eve LaFevre, past chief companion of f cle, was presented with a past panfon’s badge and certificate hi framed. After the c.oose o members and visitors ret; room, whel nt and PASt Was appropr o enin; : ments to cele twelfth anniversar a grand ball in Unlon-square Hall on Satur- day, May 1. Diana Circle will give an entertainment ana hop to its friends in Socinl Hall, Alcazar build- he evening of Weunesday, is is to be an inyite f smmittee having charge of it has pre- pared an interesting programme. Grand Chief Compunion Mre. pid an official visit to Bay City ¢ day night, und Tuesday she called on Hamlet Cirele in Alameda. Additional de! Grand Circle have been reported as fotiows: Bay City Cire No. 11 of this City, Mrs. Leah Marks and Mrs, Helena Worms; ate San Diego Circle Mrs. N al Circle s obs of Oakland for Loyal tircle No Anna M. Niedt of University Ci Alameda County. No. 271 of Sa Minerva Cirel Minerva Circle No. 20, Companions of the Forest, gave a social and fishpond party in Social Hall, Foresters’ building, last Monday night for the entertainment of its triends. There was & good attendance and there wasa great desl of enjoywent in th-:'dnx,nlce, and much merriment was produced by the open- Tog of the packages of Tien” drawn {rom the pond. The *“fisher maidens” were Mrs. Page and Mrs. Barrett. It wasa plensant reunion, which was got up by the committee of aTrang ments, composed of M Mrs. Page and Mrs. Butler. The reception committee iss Muy Bell, Mrs. Mary Oste d Mrs. Kiein; Mrs. Butler acted as floor manager and wes assisted by Miss May Bell. Crocker Lodge, A. 0. U. W. This evening Crocker Lodge No. 302, Ancient Order of United Workmen, composed exciu- sively of employes of the streetcar lines, will give its first “high jinks” in Excelsior Hall, on Mission street. The committee that has had the matter in hand for some time bas arranged for an entertainment that will give much enjoyment to ail who will uccept the lodge's Lospitali EPECTAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * EASTER Ecas.—The very latest designs in faces, flowers, animals, etc., in vegetable col- ors, on fine ench cream exgs, 5 cents each, at Townsend's, Palace Hotel building. e " The three popular pictures in the London shop-windows are those of the Queen, Mr. Rhodes and Dr. Nansen. Faster Time on the Santa Fe Route, Three and One-half Days to Chicago or St. Louts—Fo and One-half Days to New York. Leaving San Francisco Mondays and Thursdays, at 5 2. ., connection Is made at Barstow with the famous Santa Fe limited train. Dining-car, buffet swoking-car, vestibuled Pullman, palace drawing- room, sleepers. ‘Ihe handsomest train on earth— equipment and appoiutments fauliless. Dally through sleeping-cars, bo.h palace and tourlst, vakland pler to Chicego. Tickets also soid via Ogden, Portland, Mojave, Los Angeles, Deming or EI Paso, to all points in the United States, Canada, Mexico or Europe. Ticket office 644 Marke: street, Chronicle Bullaing. Telephone Main 153L. Railroad Tickets to the Eust via Rio Grande Western and Denver and Rlo Grande Railways, At lowest possible rates, with throngh Pallman buffet and tourist sleeping car service evers day. Personally conducted excursions leaving Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Only line permitting stop-over 2t Salt Lake Clty on all classes of tick. Detatled Information and tickets furnished ac 14 Montgomery street, or 314 Callformia strees “Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrnp™ been used over fity ves mothers for their chiidren whie Teeiht fect success. 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To soothe and strengihen the vocal organs, Ayer's Cherry Pectoral bas long been the favorite preparation with public speakers. —— The New York Sun says that Anton Seidl has finally brought to a definite conclusion plan fo condict at Baireuth this summer. will lead certain of the “Parsifal” perfo ances, and, afier a visit to Budapest, will r this eountry. NEW TO-DAY. MONEY Made Buying Crockery and Chinaware AT (reat American Tiporting Tea O, MONEY SAVING STORES: 140 Sixth st. 325 Hayes st. 965 Market st. 218 Third st. 146 Niath st. 2008 Fillmore st. 617 Kearny st. 3005 Sixteenth st. 1419 Polk st. 2510 Mission st. 1344 Market st. 521 Montgomery ave. 3285 Mission st. OAKLAND. 1053 Washington st. 1510 Saventh st. 917 Broadway, 616 E. Twelfth st. 131 San Pablo ave. ALAMEDA—1355 Park st. one Headquarters, 52 Market St.. S. F. Operating 100 Stores b That’s why we sell so cheap. Good reason ? 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