The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 20, 1897, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1897. DOST NOT ASHES, FOR THE DEAD Father Prendergast Lectures at St. Mary’s on “Cremation.” He Declares That Not a Scin- tilla of Evidence Justifies the Practice, A Theory That Evidence of Crime Might Be Destroyed—Value of Fossil Remains, ‘‘Cremation 1is neither in accord with Christian sentiment and belief nor with true scientific teaching.” That sentence aptly expressed the bur- den of the whole of the iecture delivered by the Very bev. J. J. Prendergast, V. G., last evening at 8t. Mary’s Cathedral. The subject on which he spoke was ‘‘Crema- n,” and the lecture was delivered in be- half of the Children’s Day Homes, under e Holy Family. !y a few vacant seats were left in the o spacious edifice, even the galleries being comfortably tilled. Father Prendergast began his theme by touching on the historical side of the question. As a natural consequence, the annals of Grerce and Rome came in for considerable threshiny. “Why do not those who tell us crema- tion prevailed in ancient Greece and | Rome," he said, “*tell us the whole story ? Why 1s it that they do not explain that rich classes were the only ones who cremated their deud, and that the bodies f many of the poorer people were citen thrown into the sewer outlets? Because such would not serve their purpose. *It has been caid that the early Chris- tians first foliowed the prevailing prac- tice, but that has been proved to be un- true. They put the bodies of the dead in catacombs. On the other hand, it has been arcued that the reason why they did )L adopt the practice was on account of ious prejudice, adopted many c the 1 It is well to remember t yractices are essentials of pagar pagans built temples, and so did the Christians, Many tt : did had descended by con- 1se from the times of the earliest nts of the giobe, and Christians h right to them as anybody rer explained that the Jews dead from the earliest , and that in the rites of Christianity there never been anything ompatible with the hLighest intelli- e. He velieved that the one cardinal Teason why cremation had been rejected was because it was not in accordance with Christian harmony, sentiment or faith. Even so late as the French Revolution an attempt 1o revive it signally failed. _ “Christians believe in three divine institutions,” he asserted, ‘‘the patri- | archal, the Mosaic and the dis the gospel. that the Christian practice as regards the pensation of | It must therefore be admitted | al of tne dead is in accordance with Christian faith, for that mode of dispos- ne of bodles was used in patriarchal mes, in the ti of the prophet and the direct reien of the Son of God.” w the siatement that he had at- tempted to give the audience a merely historical review of the case, Father Pren- dergast next took up some of the argu- ments in favor of cremation. The first was the theory that cremation prevents the danger of being buried alive. The | vriest here became sarcastic and admitted ) reserve that it did—that a man gut be held for the iGeal fate of being oasted alive. ‘Why,” he exclaimed, “Pliny, the Roman writer, assures us that many men supposed to be dead recovered from cata- leptic trances just as they were about to | be cast upon the tuneral pyre, and,” in a | sadder tone, “that many recovered the use of their facuities too late, and miser- | ably perisied, strugzling in the flames.” | The next thing considered by the lec- turer was the practicability of disposing of the urns which held the ashes, ifcrema- | tion came to be a universal custom. He | did not think they could always be taken | home, for many cf the poorer classes have no homes. Neither did he believe they coula be placed in some (arge building, | for they would ail have to be placed near | the ground so that relatives and friends could come and bring offerings of flowers | ‘o place before the urns, and in the case of & city like San Francisco, where there are sixty or seventy ttousand families, an enormous building would have to be had. Hundreds of years hence what would be- | come of the ashes was a conundruni. He thought they would have to compromise on burying the urns, and then they would be where they could be taken away, or the | nshes desecrated by any of the wickea- minded. The next theory to receive the verbal lash was that the poisonous effluvia trom the bodies of the uead permeated the soil and the and so endangered the health of the living. This hedeclared to be the arzument of paramount impor.ance made by tbe advocates of cremation. He in- tended to consider it candidly, and in so do erted that he thought the theory 5 ave not the various cities from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the health | authorities, risen and declared against | burial before this if such a theory is| true?” he queried. “There is no: even a scintilla of evidence that any effluvia en- dangers the life of the living. Here is a large city, .Ban Francisco, with three cemeteries. The effluvia, 1f any, must permeate the City constantly. But this is a vealthy City, and the records, dug up when the question of removing the ceme- teries was agitated, show that the wards nearest the cemeteries have the lowest | rate of mortality of any. It has been scientifically demonstrated that good Mother Earth is the most pow- erful disinfectant known and also the! most perfect. As regards the removal of the cemeteries farther away, that is all richt for other reasons, maybe, because we now have cheap and convenient trans- rtation to the suburbs.” Futher Prendergast here asserted that ere is one good argument against cre- mation from a scicntific standpoint, and that was that by the exhumation of bodies many crimes were brought to light, and in some cases the evildoers punished. In a ~e of poisoning he asserted that cremation would destroy all evidences of crime. Scientisis be believed shoulid also be very glad that burial prevailed in ancient times, because fossil bodies had afforded valuable evidence of the age of man. To furure scientists this would also Lold true. Taking the subject up from a religious standpoint in his peroration, the lecturer declared that from the Catholic point of view the body of man was not a tent or covering, but an integral part of him, the same as his immortal spirit, The body had been promised the hope of a glorious resurrection and to subject it to any in- dignity was wrong. ‘The bodies of the #unts had been venerated. It was, there- re, good that the bodies of the dead in ases shouid be. From a sentimental stardpoint, Father Prendergast delared that much of the sweet consolation of Vieiting the spot where loved ones lay would he tsken away by the practice of cremation, for none could kneel and pray toa buried urn when they had seen the body burned and turned to ashes. A CHURCH FOR EVERY SECT Movement on Foot to Es- tablish an Independent House of Worship. Protestant, Catholic and Jew| Will Mingle Within Its Walls, Projectors of the Undertaking En- deavoring to Obtain Sufficient Funds, About two score people met in Byron Manu Hall last evening to discuss the proposition of esiablishing an indepen- dent church. This movement is an at- tempt to organize a church for the peop in the conter of a densely populated dis- trict from whicu the churches are remov- ing, and where the Gospel may be preached with freedom by an ordained minister. The people who have an inter- est in this movement are for the most part members in good and regular stand- ing in other churches, but the movement is not 1n opposition to any other organi- zation, They are not liberal in the sense of being opposed to churches. There isno desire to orgaize a new sect, but to com- bnein & povuiar movement for the peo- ple who otherwise do not have church affibations. A fund of three or five thousand dollars per annum is wanted by the promoters to prosecute the charitable and devoticnal work growing out of such a movement, It is not a question of congregations, but one of financial support. If there be enough people in this city sufficiently in- | terestea in such a movement to support it with dollars then it will go forward. “‘Any careful observer of the peculiar condition of our City,” said Rev. William Raaer, ‘*‘can easily see the industrial, social and religious demands for what should not be callea ‘liberal’ only, but ‘free,’ founded for the peonle. Every large city in the United States has a ‘downtown’ church. San Francisco is an exception. “From a densely populated district the churches have been moving to residence distr.cts. Without entering into details, it is enough to say that such & movement must sitand for the practical and, if neces- sary, the ‘institutional’ application of Christianity.” Plans for the organization of the church will be formulated uuring the nexi two weeks by acomm ttee appointed last even- ing consisting of Mr. Gump, Mrs. Stimp- son, Rev. Mr. Slocum, W. C. Bailey, Rev. Mr. Howe and Mr. Murdock. The pians decided upon by the commitiee will be presented for accepiance Lo the promoters of the proj Septembe PAPINTA A A VILLA The Little Vaudeville Favorite Buys a Contra Costa Ranch, Soon Will the Stage Be Forsaken for a Life of Quiet Amid Rural Scenes. Papinta, the sylphlike dancer who has charmed local theater-goers of late with her graceful dancing and pirouetting, col- ored light and muiti-mirrored effects, has purchased a $15,000 ranch in Contra Costa County, ana in a few years intends to re- turn 10 the sunny slopes of the Pacific and make her home here for the rest of her mortal existence, is the one act of her life in which the takes superlauve pride. The sale was consummated last Tuesday, the cash was paid down, and Papinta is now a taxpayer of this great State, The ranch the Orpheum favorite has it is situated in Ygnatiaz Val- Contra Costa County, and con- sists of 100 acres. It lies at the foot of Mcunt Diablo, twelve miles from Mar- tinez, four from Concord and twenty-two from Oakland by the roadway. About a mile d:stant is the Bancroft fruit orchard of 86) acres, and Timothy Hopkins' prop- bo ata meeting to be held on | She say herse!f that it | | erty, while Hutchinson’s and Westcott’s | large ranches are near neightors. | Fifteen acres ot the property 1s devoted to the cultivation of paper-shell almonds, fifteen 10 French prunes and fiiteen for a vineyard, while the remainder is sowed with wheat, bariey and oats. On the property is a two-story house, modernly built, a large barn and paddock and other structures. With the house go also two | teams of nhorses, three Jersey cows, 450 chickens, a Brewster family carriage and adriving buggy. Papinta has a summer home in High- lands, New Jersey, 1n charge o° Peter Dixon, and he will arrive here on Friday to take charge of the place. All of the furniture in one of her New York flats was o-dered shipped and is expected here | in twelve days. | Directly through the ranch runs Walnut iCreek, which is bo:dered on both banks with huge oak trees. The little actress declares with many a shake of her head | and wave of her bejeweled hands that it is a regular paradise on earth, and that she intends to call it Papinta Vill | “The idea to buy a piece of land in Cali- | fornia for my future home first struck me,”’ she -aid, “when I was coming here from Fresno. I am going to fulfill my | various contracts here in this country | next summer and then go to Europe. | After I have made a trip throughout the | Orient I am lgloing to_return to California and spend the remainder of my days in peace and quiet on this beautiful ranch.” That is what Papintasays, but her man- ager only smiles and smiles. That smile plainly says “Tiere’s many a slip "twixt the cup and the lip.” CHANGES FOR GAUGERS. They Must Travel in Accord- ance With the Rules of the Service. The Republican Administration In- tends to Do Business on Busi- ness Principles. | 4 Acting Collector of the Port Thomaa yesterday made an order which struck consternation into the ranks of Demo- | cratic storekeepers and gaugers, who, | ramor says, are having a good time, or | had been having a good time before the | order was made. Mr. Thomas has issued a mandate that the class of officials named shall no longer be exempt from the changes of location | which the department found many years | ago would be for the best interests of the service. It has been the rule that every | quarter storekeepers and gaugers should } | | be changed around from one place to an- | | other, the reason being that it had been | found better that tne storekeepers and gaugers should not be too well acquainted | in the communities in which they work, and that a change of location every quar- ter would remove them from the inflience ot local political pressure and would pre- vent many abuses which often arose by reason of favoritism and consequent breach of the Trules of the department. | Under the Democratic and free and easy administration of Collector Welburn no changes of any importance were made. In fact the changes were simply bur- lesques. Mr. Thomas said yesterday that | Mr. Weiburn would change a gauger | from the south of Market street to China- | town and the Chinatown gauger to the south of Market street, and o on, so that while the regulations of the department were being yiolated in the spirit. Men with families naturally object to being moved around in this way, but no | real hardship is worked upon them, as the Government pays all traveling expenses. | But the Democrats are raising an outery | over the new order, and are saying that it | is designed for the purpose ot disgusting ! Democratic gauzers and forcing them to | resign; then to fill their places with black | Republicans and rescind the order. | Mr. Thomas said that he had assigned | some San Francisco zaugers to Los Ange- |les and some from Los Angeles to San | Francisco. He appreciated the fact that | married men did not lik+ to change their residences even for a few months, but he had no alternative. The law should be carried out. He had not beard that any of the gaugers and storekeepers would re- sign by reason of the order. %l is evident that the Republican ad- | ministration intends to conduct the bus ness of the revenue department on busi- ness principles. "were apparently being carried out they | | i - Rivet-Heaters Won. The forty-five young rivet-heaters who went out on astrike at the Union Iron Works state tnet they returned to work only after a ‘‘raise” in wages had been accorded them. The raise | varied from #1 to #1 50 a week. They are now rushing to get the San Juan off the drydock working from 6 o’clock until midnight. Itis expected that she will be ready to-day. . Preparing for the Falr. A grand entertainment and soctal will be given at St. Brendan’s hall, corner of Fremont and Hurrison streets, this evening. It will be held under thbe auspices of Mrs. Hogan | and Mrs. Dugan and their many friends, who | have charge of Sacred Heart booth at St { Brendan’s Fair, September 30. An extensive | programme has'been arranged. JonNN{GRIPL’IN ve BOLLY SMAITH THE FIGHT TO-NIGHT. The Griffin and Smith fight will be h Columbian Athletic Association. eld this evening under the auspices of the The contest, according to prograrame, will be twenty rounds, but it is doubtful if the fight will run out that length as Smith is a slogeer of the stiffest kind and will swing right and left in the hope of landing a knockout blow. Gnffin can slog some himself and at close range he can admin- ister severe punishment to any opponent. The betiing favors Smith, but the knowing ones are placing their money on Griffin with the belief that he will wind up his game in good fashion when Smith tires of his wild attempts to land a decisive blow. On form Grifiin should win as he is the more polished and scien- tific pugilist of the brace, but of course the knowitg ones always sen d the weak man (o the front in the betting, as that means the heaviest “draw down.” The fight promises to be interesting from a hard-punching point of view, and doubt- BAKERSFIELD [T§ 0BJECT The Valley Road Soon to Rush Work Through Kern County. All Right of Way Difficulties Have Been Virtually Settled, It Will Be One of the Greatest Boons That Ever Came to That Section. It has been formally decided to open the Valley road for recular business through to Visalia on September 9, and the new rates between Fresno and that town will not be publishea much before that aate. The event, as already an- nounced, is to be made-the occasion oi a joint celebration with that of Admission day. The tracks of the road have been laid to Visalia, but it will require some further time to put in the necessary sidetracks, platforms and switches. As soon as all the work in and about Visalia is completed the construction force will be shifted to the Hanford division and the work on the road toward Bakers- g HANFORD BAKERSFIELD |Map Showing Routes of the Valley Road South of Hanford and Visalia. field will be rushed. Track is already laid for a distance of fifteen miles south of Hanford and to within three miles of Joa- quin Junction, where the Visalia branch will again connect with the main line. The route toward Bakersfiela is graaed for twenty-five miles south ‘of the point where track-laying ceased, when work on the Visalia branch was begun. There is, therefore, only foriy miles yet to be graded between Hanford and Baker-field, and sixty-five miles of track to be laid. It is probable that Bakersfield will be reached before the new year begins. Is is learned that all rignt of way diffi- culties in Kern County have been settled, except in one case. This will be over- come by condemnation proceedings. By the time the Valley road is ready to re- sume work toward Bakersfield, it is be- lieved that there will not a single ob- stacle in the way. Chairman Jastro of the Kern County Board of Supervisors, who is spendine a few days in this City, said that the people of that county were most anxious for the coming of the new road. He said it meant more to the county of Kern than to any other through which the road would pass. The county, he stated, was capable of producing aimost anything that grew on the surface of the earth. [tsirrieation system was costly and widespread, and the soil exceedingly fertile under the benign influence of canals and ditches. What has heretofore stood in the way of the greatest prosperity that the section was capable of are the rates of freight that are charged by the Southern Pacific. This is the only outlet that the county has at present. ‘With the advent of the Valley road and the cheaper rates that will come with it a stimuius will be given to many of the ex- isting industries and many new one will undoubtedly be started, he declared. DEATH OF MAJOR KLOSE. The Well-Known National Guardsman ¥asses Away Suddenly With Apoplexy. Major Adolphus F. Klose, the weli- known National Guard:man, died on Tuesday from a stroke of apoplexy at his home in the town ol Ban Quentin. There were but few of the old Nationals better known than the major. For twenty-five years he was the shipping clerk for M. Ebrman & Co. Klose was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1841, and at an early age he came to this country with his parents. As early as July 20, 1865, he enlisted in the oid National Guard, and two years later he was elected to the position of sergeant, and in 1871 to the place of first lisutenant of the company. So great was his interest in military affairs that in 1578 he secured the position of rifle inspector of the First Regiment, and a little later he was appointed rifle in- spector and major o° the Second Brivade under Generai John MeComb, upon whose siaff he remained for a long time. In 1886 Major Kiose was placed on the re- tired list of the Nationals and was an honorary member. Wben General Mc- Comb was the warien at the Btate prison at San Quentin Major Klose was under him as commissary clerk, and while there he was stricken with apoplexy. Twice he partly recovered from such shocks, but the last on Tuesday was fatal. The de- ceased leaves a widow and one son 12 years of age. Owing to the Nationals going into c-m}s it was decided not to hold a military funeral, put the body was taken to the armory on Ellis street, from which place it will be buried to.day, the funeral services 10 be held at 2 o’clock. ————— Thieves on a Ship. For several days past thieves have been pay- ing nightly visits to the officers’ quarters of the steamer San Juan, now under repairs at ‘the Union Iron Works. A few nights ago they broke into the room of fecond Assistant En- gineer H. B. tiayes and stole $20 from & drawer that they broke open. Another visit was aid to the room of the third mate, James (E,uwen. from which they took $10. A few evenings later the room of Second Mate Sam- less the lovers of wild slogging will be well satistied with the mill. Patsy Corri- gan and a colored ovponent will give a limited contest by the way of an appe- tizer. uel Crows was entered and several small arti- cles were stolen. The Poirero police believe that the thieves are employes of the works who are engaged on the cleaning and repairs. ‘| son and Herbert E. Law. BULDING THE NER CEARTER The Convention of One| Hundred Members Met Last Night. A Committee of Five Will Strenuously Endeavor to Expedite Matters. Progress Was 80 Slow It Called Forth Many Protestations From Angry Lips. Confusion so turned the tide of minds in the Charter Convention held last evening in Native Sons’ Hall as to call from the| lipsof oneof its most aged and logical | members the expression “the crack of | doom will sound if things continue thus | before San Francisco will be governed by the charter we are irying so hard to frame,” This expression of sentiment was favor- ably received, and a few minutes later a committee was appointed by Mayor Phe- lan, chairman of the convention, to draw up or invent, if necessary, some mode of procedure to govern the meetings which will expedite the building of the charter. The members of the convention appointed to this labor are: J. J. Dwyer, ¥. K. Lane, Samuel Braunhart, Judge A. W. Thomp- The convention opened shortly after 8 | o’clock with nearly all the 100 membvers | present. A. Gerberding of the harbors and wharyes committee notified the con- vention that his arduous duties made it impossible for him to give proper atten- tion to the work of framing a charter and asked to be relieved. His resignation was accepted and Lipman S8achs was appointed | to fill the vacancy. Dr. J. A. Anderson of | the bealth department commit ee also | handed in his resignation and Franklin K. Lane was appointed in his place. L. R. Ellert o1 the legislative committee handed in his report, but it was not read. Mr. Ellert, however, says that the only 1ssue of importance in the document is that it favors the granting af a veto power to the Mayor the same as that enjoyed by the Governor. The Mayor now has a power to veto, but when an ordinance is placed before him he must either pass it as & whole or condemn it. The Governor has the power to pass any portion of a lezislative act he desires and veto any clause he sees This is the power the legislative_committee would be gratified to see the Mayor enjos Jotin P. Dunn, chairman of the finance and taxation committee, filed a partial re- pori. It will be printed, read and passed upon at the next meeting. Joseph Brit- ton of the executive committee, M. C. Has-ettof the Judicial Depariment; James Denman, representing the School Depart- ment; Dr. Nightingale, chairman of the health comm ttee; Isidor Gutte of the ¥i-~ Department committee; Vanderlynn Stow] representing public parks; Irving M. Scott, on the public improvements committee, and George L. Center of the street railroad committee reported prog- ress in their labors, but begged for more time. A. A. Watkins of the Police Department commitiee acd Hugh Craig of the harbors and whaives commitiee filed their re- ports. They will be vrinted and ready at the next meeting. The report of Gavin McNab, chbairman of the law committee. was submitted, and, as it contained .legal issues of important bearing on the framing of the charter. it was read. Itis tbe opinion of the law committee that in the event the charter is framed, passed by the people and ratified by the Legislature it may go into effect before January 1, 1991. The commitiee suggests, however, that it would be unwise to attempt to put it in force before 1899. According to the report all departments of the City government may be required to act under the provisions of the charter immediately upon its going into effect. I ne salaries of all officials may be fixed in the charter, or if it bedesired the sala- ries of a portion of the municipal officials may be fixed and the freeholders or Sup- ervisors may establish the rest. It can require all officers now receiving fees or a salary and fees to surrender those contin- gent emoluments and accept a salary to be governed vy ihe charter, and also that a commitiee of public works can be pro- vided for which will immediately retire the Superintendent of otreets and the | Police and Fire Depariment commissions, A commun catior .rom local union No. 6, Bro.herhoou of Etectrical Workers, was reczived and reaa. The union lavors a | clause in the charter for the appointment | of anelect:ical inspectorand deputy. The union complains that many deatts ana disastrous fires have occurred through im- perfect wiring and_they would like to see | the evilstopp2d. Thecommunication was | referred to the public works and 1mprove- | ment committee. | Joseph Asbury Johnson, a member of the convention, then placed a communi- cation before the conventirn on a Kuro- pean city government. Itisas follows: Gentlemen of the Charter Convemtion: The reference made by our Mayor at the last meeting to the work of Albert Shaw, LL.D., on “Municipal Government,” as probably ‘the highest authority on that subject, hus led me to make a careful examination of the treat- ment he has given the matier then under consideration—the proposition to make ‘“the overning body of this City & large Board of gupervhors.” instead of clothing the Mayor with extraordinary powers as was professed in | the draft of a charter recently submitted (o a vote of our citizens; and as this central ques- tion is one of yital interest to thisconven- tion and the whole community it has seemed to me worth while at this stage of our pro- ceedings to present & brief review of Dr.| Shaw's position as set forth in three or four | Dages of his first volume, though he makes | frequent reference to the matter in both vol- umes. Turning to page 61 of volume I, Municipal Government in Great Britain, under the title “The British Sysiem in Operation,” I find that ish Muyor asan entirely different official from the American Mayor and Bays that except as to what we may call the “dignity business” the two ofliciels are not even #nalogou “The typical American Mayor,” he says, *is no partof tire Council or its organization, He is elected directly by the people. He is an independent co-ordinate authority.”” The Engtlish Mayor, on the con- trary, is elected by the Council and is a part of it On page 62 he discusses the divided respon- sibility of iLc Mayor and Council in the exer- cise of power under the American system and concludes by saying: “The embarrass ments and 4, ‘riunities growing out of this divided res;ousibility ure among the princi- pa: causes of the comparative failure of city governmentin the United States.” He then adas: “Many earmest and intelliigent muni- cipal reformers, especiaily in New York and the Eastern States, iave advocated the pian of greatly increasing the authority of the Mayor, so that he may be held more definitely re- sponsible for the admipistration of the va- rious executive departments. It i the plan of a periodically elective dictatorship. As a remedy for the evils that grow out of interierence by the State, and the farming out of . depariments—such 'as water suppiy—to special boards or commissions not responsible to the Mayor or the Council or the people, and, further, a8 8 temporary measure of de- fense against untrusiworthy officials, this somewhat heroic plan of meking the Mayor a dictator seems to have a great deal in its favor. But it is un-rerublican, and it does not at all solve the difficuit problem of har- monizing the authority of the Mayor and the authority of the Council. The relation be- tween the Lwo cannot at best be other than that of a shitting, unprofitable and illogical compromise. s On page 63 he goeson tosay: “It would seem & little strange that the one school of | of the qualified cit zeus. | ete. refcrmers,” those who would make the Mayor adictator, “sheuld not nnvo")\eu earlier op- posed by 'anotner school, which would advo- cate the concentration of Authorily and re- sponsibility in the Council.”” I think there is no escape from Mr. Shaw’s conclusior that, “Logically, the Mayor must even:uaily swai- low the Council or the Council must swaliow the Mayor, 1f political forces are ‘0 be accorded | some degree of natural piay; and the one man | 18 0n the decline everywhere 1n this age.” We shoald be able to cateh. the sigaificance of another fact to which be thus cnl tion: “Municipal governments outside of the | | ! i NEW TO-DAY. Philadelphia Shoe (o, He. 10 Tumo St. United States do not erect & separate one-main Power and give it the means to obstruct tne | ruling administrative body and to diminish its scope aud resvonsibility. The Mayor els where than in the United States is an integral | partof the council. Throughout the United Kingdom municipal government is simply | government by a group of men who are 1o be | regarded as a grand committee of the muni pal corporstion, consisting of the whole body In Glasgow it isa grand committee or council of seveniy-eight, | uchester of 104, in Birmingham of | y-1wo aud in most of the large Euglish | vis of sixty-four.”” | PIaInNS on page 64 how these large | or “grand committees,” appoint or remove aliofficials, and have entire charge of the municipal administration, distributing the work of depariment management and su- | pervision to standing commitiees of thei own number, which they orzanize and consti- | tute as they judge best. And he adds: “If | such a local governmeni cannot be trusted the | fanit 38 with populur institutions. So it is quite certain to be us good & government as the peopie deserve to have. The system is us simple, logical and effsciive as the American tem is complicated and incompatib.e with | barmonious and responsible administration, Infiniiely superior 1s tue English system,” | Remodelingle Two Weeks More. Our great sale will soon be &t an end, s our store will be entirely remodeled inside of two weeks. and all our great bargains are going fas. We want to dis- pose of as much of our stock as possible, and during the coming week we will throw the following barga ns on the mar- ket. Ladies’ Extra Fine Vicl Kid Opera Slippers, with beaded fronts, French heels and hand-turned soles, reduced 10 $125; sold regularly for $3 a pair. From the second and larzer volume ‘Municipal Government in Continentai Eu- rope” I shall only present a single para- h 10 be found in the preface, pages 5 uud The term municipal government in toe Unite! Siates is suggestive of aitempts to emancipate our great towns from the control of corrupt and incflicient men, to the end that the revenues muy be honestly collected and expendea and public work proverly performed, and that the police power may be purifred | from its taint of alliance withinjustice and crime, But iu Europe the honesty and efficiency of municipal government are not seriously in question anywhere. Municipal government, from Scotlaud to Hungary, is ex- ailing the bacteriologist and the sanitary spector, fostering the kindergarten and the | technical school, and inquiring anxiously about the housing of the people, etc.” Gentlemen of the charier committee, I re: | spectiuily submit the query whether it is not Remember, All Qur Shoes Are Reduced. We invite con trade on regular stock, but do not guarantes o fill comatry orders for specially advertised shoes dur- ing this sale, as our local customers have beed buyins up the bargaius as soon as they were offered. $1.50 t Lace Shoes, ; either cloth or kid The bargaln of the season— La- dies’ Fine Viel Kid with our duty to lay aside our American egotism tops, circulnr and prejudice long enough to give serious | VAGDS and heel consideration to the undeniable merits and . new coin unquestionable success of the. European sys- and patent- tem of municipal government. I think we tips, re- have a chance to lead American ciues in adopting & better form of government. At the conclusion of the reading of the communication the matter of public libraries was discussed. This led to an animated debate and the use-of much sar- casm. No definite conclusion, however, | regarding libraries was reached. The | convention adjourned before the question | bad been disposed of. Are you “ooking for a snap? Here it is, Ludies’ Fin- est Tan Viel Kid Southern Ties, with tan cloth tops to match, poinied toes and tips. fuil band-turned soles and stitched French Thesa Ties s or threads, and require They are neat, stylish and durabie, und every pair will be guaranteed. New styles to acriticed. We st 1 colved ipment of La- es’ Yux(ra F NEW TO-DAY. ‘ JOE POHEIM, raion Makes the hest fitting clothes at 25 per cent less than any other house on the | | Paoific Coast. See Prices: ! with “the late PANTS SUITS | sheped pa 10 ORDER 10 ORDER s o $3.50 4.50 5.00 6.00 heel foxing, which we intended Lo but tearing down fler them for §1 90 $10.00 | 13.50 | but we have to do it before we remodel cur store Conntry orders solicited. 3~ Send for X ew illusirated Catalogue. ss B. KATCHINSKI, FHILADELPHIA SHOE co., 30 Third St., 7 S Addre JOE POHEIM {s the largest {n the | Rules for self-measurement and | samples of cloth sent free, 201 and 203 Montgomery St., cor. Bush. 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Prevents quickne:sof dis ha:g which f not checked Jeads to Epermatorrhaea an | all the horrors of Impotency. | CUPIDE s ihe liver, the kidneys | and the uris rgans of all impurities. CUPIDENE strengthens and restores small, weak (rsans. son sufferers are not cured by Doctors is | are troub ed with Pi | CT P! K is the only known remedy | to cure without an over ton. 5000 tesiimonials. A written guarantee given pnd monev recurned it six boxes a0 not effect a permanent cure. #1.00 for $5.00, by mail. Send 10r FREE €I d testimonials. 2 ss DAVOL MEDICINE Market street, Sau Francisco, Cal. For sale by BROOKS' PHARMACY, 119 Powell street. L. CALLISCH, Wholesale Agent for the Pacific Coast, San Jose, Cal. For sale by all_druggists. The trade supplied by Redingion & Co. ack & Co. and Langley & Michaels, San Fran- cisco. ) NOTARY PUBLIC. A. J. HENRY, NOTARY PUBLIC, 638 MARKMT +T., OPP. PALACE HOVEL, Telephone 570, Residence 909 Valencls street. Telephone “Church’ 15. CO. A card engraver and designer who lives in Brooklyn, sayst ““1 work steadily all day in a downtown office in New York. Often when I get through at night, I am tired and faint at my stomach. I suppose my stomach is tired too. Anyway I feel hungry and I am apt to eat too much supper, and the conse- quence is I frequently used to have a bad stomach all night and a head on me the next morning. But I have lately found that if I take a RIPANS TABULE after my supper, it digests all right. Whenever my stomach has extra work to do, the Tabule takes hold and helps hh’