The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 1, 1898, Page 3

SHERMAN TO / RETIRE FROM OFFICE/'SOON Owing to His /Enfeebled Condition the Secretary of State Will Leave the Cabinet. administration. Mr. Sherman, it atorship for the coming six years. try, and recognizing the neces now confront the United It is explained that tiring, and only ren strance of the Presi ing the last few m fortunately and man following in OF It was beli o had been for resentment a Kinley’s friond, past, the It is fur moted, but Cabinet tes. the which it Mark Hanna. RESSIANY BACK INDTAN REBELS That Is the Belief of the White People on the Frontier. | Admit They Have No Evidence to Sustain This Most Se- rious Charge. But the Frontier of the Czar Is Dan- gerously Close the Himalayas. to Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—Mrs. S. H. Messmere, wife of an American mis- slonary, was a passenger on the White | Star steamship Germanic, which ar- rived at this port to-day. Mrs. Mess- mere comes direct from her home in Bisnor, India, and brought with her some interesting information about the Afridi war in the Himalayas. “The tribes that have been waging war on the British,” Mrs. Messmere said, “will surely be put down. Al- though an American, I know their grievance is ill founded. One of their complaints is that they are overtaxed. This complaint is quite absurd. Under their Mohammedan rulers taxes fell upon them severely. They had to pay ir income in taxes, while the xes are slight in compari- There nother force that may be behind thi. g. We do not know of it positivily, but we have strong sus- pici We on the border line know to a certainty that in one of the risings a few years ago letters wriiten in Russlan from Russian agents promis- ing aid 1o the insurgents and inciting them to g0 ahead in their revolt against (e British were found on the | chief insurgents. “We. have no evidence that in this war the ¥ ans are goading the tribes, but s border who with the unde are doing hard of the recent the Russians and there is' no going on behind th of our people on the thoroughly familiar it of events there | nking on this phase | For, let me tell you, very close to India, ng what may be DUDE KIRK WILL mor HAVE TO Fice 4 cprowp. Testimony in the Mandelba.m Djsorce Case Will Be Taken in Private Before a Referee. NEW YORK, Dec. 3L—j. Kirk will not have to fage i} in a public courtroom as Waldere e crowd respon- dent in a divorce case. That mych was assured to-day WhA Jusiee Smythe, in the Supreme CoWt, on ap. plication of A. H. Hummel, former Judge Charles Dono! suit brought by Richard again nie Mandelbaum. The case will practically be t Win- | ed in parties to the not directly uit so desire all pe ted in the cas WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—The cat was let out of the bag to-day re- garding the future relations/of Secretary of State Sherman with the Cabinet as soon as the Ohfo Legislature definitely decides the Sen- or not, giving as a reason his enfeebled condition, making it impos- sible after a long pubiic career to give further service to the coun- y of giving way to a more active man to cope with the numerous important foreign problems which y Sherman has long contemplated re- | B principals, witnesses or attorneys Auy be excluded from the hearings. e events which led to the sensation\l | shooting of Mandelbaum by Kirk the Hotel Girard may remain as gre: a mystery as the identity of the “mai in the iron mask.” The specific alkegation of improper conduct against Mrs. Mandelbaum names the Hotel Gerard as the place, November 13, 1897, as the time and James Waldere Kirk as her companion. There is also an allegation that Mrs. Mandelbaum was guilty of gross im- propriety with Kirk at “divers other times and places prior to the date of the commencement of the suit.” The Despotism of the Dead. Alfred Cridge, one of the Freeholders elected at the late charter election, lec- tured last night before the Union Reform League on the “Despotism of the Dead.” The meeting was also addressed by other Fromlnent members of the league, includ- ng Rev. Mr. Shultz, John Marble, Mrs. Lillie, J. R. Thompson and Theodore Lyneh. is stated positively, will leave the He will retire whether Hanna wins DOV Cabinet on the urgent remon- nd his advisers sagalnst a retirement dur- was feared might be construed un- ect of antagonizing the powerful Sher- > to the administration. the impression would go forth that Sherman the Cabinet, and that his friends would show s supposed humiliation by retaliating against Now Me- that that danger is considered eme for Sherman's retirement is no longer concealed. stated authoritatively that Judge Day will not be pro- hat a new man, not now in official life, will enter the BRUSH FORMS THE ROADBED Novel Experiment Being Tried by the Valley Railway. Costly Foundation for Its Line Over Marsh Land Near Stockton. Two Layers of Fascines to Be Placed Before the Gravel Covering Is Laid. Special Dispatch to The Call. STOCKTON, Dec. 31.—The construc- | tion of the Valley Railway's roadbed from Stockton to Richmond Point be gan at Old River, under the super: sion of Contractor J. D. McDougald. The bed of the road is being laid in a novel manner, and to some ex- tent the work is experimental. The spot selected for commencing opera- tions is in the worst stretch of marsh land between here and Brentwood. Borings show the depth to solid ground to be thirty feet. To support the rail- road embankment a bed of brush seventy-five feet wide will be laid, and, for the initial work, 500 cubic yards of brush have been cut. It has been done up into fascines fifteen in- ches in diameter, and each bundle be- ing bound tightly with wire. These fascines will be laid as com- pactly together as possible, breaking joints to make the bed firmer. There will be two layers of fascines, the top layer to be covered with a few inches of earth, when ties and rails will be laid on it, forming a temporary track. Over this road bed trains will eventu- ally be run from the vicinity of Brent- wood, hauling sand and gravel for the permanent embankment. The brush support is intended to remain perma- nently where it is placed, the earth hauled in from Brentwood being dumped on top of it. Contractor McDougald left for the scene of operations this morning. He took down with him on a barge a lot of earth dredged from Mormon chan- nel in this city, to be used as a cover- ing. The brush has already been cut on Old River and bound into fascines. Twenty-two head of horses and half a dozen wheel-scrapers to be employed in taking the earth from the barge to the brush bed were sent down on the vessel this morning. This method of railroad construction is very costly, as may be judged from the fact thgt at the opening of the bids at Sacramento not long ago for fur- nishing fascines to be used in the work on the Sacramento River the lowest bid was 80 cents a cubic yard and the next lowest $110. How much Con- tractor McDougald is to receive from the Valley road is unknown. The cost, however, is less than if piles had to be driven into the marshy ground to sup- port the rails. Vast quantities of sand and gravel are obtainable in the vicinity of Brent- wood, and, as the materiai for the em- bankment is to be obtained from that side of the Tule basin, it is probable that the Valley road intends to change its base of operations to Brentwood as soon as the stretch of roadway begun to-day is finished. Mr. McDougald’s contracts call for only 100 feet. The work was evidently begun in the worst part of the swamp to make sure that such a roadbed is feasible. As soon as this is demonstrated similar work will be commenced on the Brentwood side of the basin and continued across the tules to Stockton, gravel and sand be- ing hauled on the brush as fast as the fascines are laid. AN “ETHERAL POET.” ¢ Is Charged With Disturbing a Religious Meeting. middle-aged man with long, black and short whiskers entered the CoRregational Beth Israel on Geary StrQ4 near Octavia, last night and to harangue the congregation. f the members summoned a an and the man was taken into At the City Prison he gave as Krijas Polangasky. He hat he was an “etheral poet,” and thé§he had been sent by God to proevide the poor. It is believed that the%ilow is mentally weak. He was chaj d with disturbing a relig- ALLMILLS -~ | - REDUCE THE WAGE SCALE It Will Be General] Throughout New England. Manufacturers to Cut the| Salaries of Employes | 10 Per Cent. Thousands of Operatives Who | Are to Be Affected by the Lower Rate. EXCUSE OF EMPLOYERS.! They Claim They Are Compelled to | Meet the Competition of the South. | Special Dispatch to The Call. | BOSTON, Dec. 31.—The action of the | cotton manufacturers in New Bedford | and Rhode Island in deciding to join | the movement to lower the wage scale in January, which was inaugurated | by the big corporations of Fall River, makes the reduction practically a gen- | eral one throughout the New England | States. Cotton mills River, | | Lowell, Manchester, Salem, Suncook, and a number of smaller places | | posted notices of a | reduction amounting to from 10 to | | 111-19 per cent. In New Bedford it is | understood the cutdown applies to the | | cloth miils only. As far as known the reduction in ali the mill centers applies | to treasurers, superintendents, over- seers and clerks, as well as to the spin- | ners and other operatives. PROVIDENCE, R. L, Dec. 3L.—After delaying their decision to the las, in the hope that in the meantime condi- tions might change so as to render the Step unnecessary, the agents of the leading cotton manufacturing corpora- tions in this State decided to-day to reduce wages. The cut down will average about 11 per cent. It will take effect January 17, and notices to that | | effect_will be posted next Monday. J. W. Danielson of the Quinnebag Company Lockwood Manufacturing | Company and other corporations with mills in Eastern Connecticut, said the reduction would also take effect at his mills on January 17, although the amount of the reduction had not yet been decided on. The other Eastern Connecticut cor- porations will take similar action and mills operaiing about 2000 spindles in this State, Connecticut and Massachu- setts and the earnings of between 30, 000 and 35,000 operatives will be af- | fected by this decision of the Provi- | derce agents. Colonel R. H. I. Goddard, in discuss- | ing the cut-down to-night, said: I | | should have preferred have already to keep the | wages where they are and run ghorter | hours for, say, four -months, as the rest decided to run full P we | shall be obliged to do the sam® No | doubt the first action, taken in Fall] River, was largely. due to Southern competition. “The low wages and the standard of | living, with the longer hours there, | make it hard for us to compete with | them. I do not think the cotton manu- facturing business will ever leave New | | England for the South, but things will | | have to equalize themselves.” Robert Knight said: “We have got | | to do it to put ourselves on a level | | with the other manufacturers. It will | only bring us 10 per cent nearer the Southern manufacturers. This is the | key to the whole situation, and whera | to-day the Southern mills are sold up | and can go on making and selling at | a profit, we are carrying stocks, and | when we sell cannot get back a new dollar for an old one.” | NEW YEAR HONORS GRANTED BY THE QUEEN, Among Those Receiving Titles Is J, Mac- Leavy Brown, the British Consular Agent at Seoul. LONDON, Dec. 31.—The New Year honors are an earldom for Baron Hals- | bury, the Lord Chancellor; peerages for Sir William Wallace Hozier of La- narkshire and Sir Horace Brand Townsend-Farquhar, M. P.; baronet- cies for Sir Saul Samuel, the Agent- | General of New South Wales in Lon- | don, and Sir Frederick Wigan, senior partner of the firm of Wigan & Co, and John William MacClure, M. P. and knightage for the Hon. G. W. Bu ton, Chief Justice of Ontario. The persons honored with the Order of Companion of the Bath include Pro- fessor d’Arcy Thompson, the seal ex- pert of the British Foreign Office. J. MacLeavy Brown, the British Consular Agent at Seoul, is made a companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. | AN INSANE YOUTH AT THE WHITE HOUSE. | 1| | Told the Doorkeeper That the President Had | a Lot of Property Belonging to Him | and He Wanted Jt. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—A young man named Frank Kacheeski was ar- rested at the White House this after. noon and sent to the police station. | His sanity will be investigated. He told the doorkeeper that the President had | a lot of property belonging to him, and he wanted it. His talk was rambling, but he was considered dangerous, Papers on his person showed that he | was discharged (Idaho) barracks orfflirr?e zégeor B'(.’l::: month. | A Sl PLOTTED TO ASSASSINATE { THE CZAR OF RUSSIA. Viadimir Bourtzeff, Editor of Narodnaya Voltz, and a Printer Committed for Trial Without Bail. LONDON, Dec. 31.—Vladimir Bourt- | zeff, editor of the Narodnaya Voltg (Will of the People), and Weirzbecki, | print.elrt t:é lth-t paper, were to-day comm or trial at the Bow- PoBlLeenCol:rrt ‘without lt::;l e urtzeff was arrested on Dece 16, charged with inciting nverunll)‘:l: sons to assassinate the Czar of Russia. Weirzbecki was drrested a few days later. An incriminating article was produced in court relating to the pol- icy of the Russian revolutionists and urging the of the Czar. | General Blanco THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1898. CAMPAIGN OF PANDO FAILS [N ORIENT Brought to a Halt Be- cause Supplies Are Short. Cannot Make Any Head- way Against the Rebel Stronghold. Will Return to Havana and so Report to Marshal Blanco. PATRIOTS VERY ACTIVE. ‘With Fifteen Hundred Men Colonel Cepero Crosses From Matanzas Into Havana Province. Copyright, 1597, by James Gordon Bennett. HAVANA, Dec. 31.—General Pando’s campaign in Orient has been brought to an abrupt halt. Owing to the im- possibility of continuing an aggressive campaign in default of the receipt of supplies and munitions, repeatedly de- | manded, the general and his staff have left the scene of operations on Cauto | River for Santiago City, where ‘it is said there intention is to take ship and return to Havana to impress upon making any impression on the rebel the utter futility of stronghold in the east until the Span- ish forces are re-enforced and supplied with all essentials to carry on the campaign. The Herald's correspondent in Orient reports that General Pando found the troops in a deplorable condition. Many were ill, food was short and the men | were in a condition of general demor- alization. In spite of this he made a brave effort to carry out offensive operations, but failed completely. By heroic efforts two gunboats forced a passage up the river, but the object of the expedition, to relieve isolated in- land garrisons. was frustrated on ac- count of the activity of numerous rebel bands and the difficulty of oper- ating in the country districts. It is rumored that Colonel Cepero, the rebel leader, with fifteen hundred men, has crosséd from Matanzas prov- ince into Havana province to assist the rebels there. MADRID, Dec. 3L.—The Imparcial calls upon the Government to ‘“repel every action of the United States avoring of intervention in Cuba,” and adds: “There exists a widespread | sentiment against the conduct of the United Staces, but we do not think General Weyler is the most acceptable exponent thereof.” Continuing, the Imparcial criticizes the Government for stopping tele- grams referring to. the general’'s pro- test to the Queen Regent against the | wording of President McKinley’s mes- sage to Congress, and expresses the opinion that it would have been to the Government’s interest not to hinder its publication. The Tiempo is of the opinion that General Weyler's protest demonstrates a lack of discipline in the Spanish army. General Weyler and other generals were the guests of Senor Robledo to- night. « The newspapers comment on this and hint at possible ill results. DELEGATE SEBASTIAN RECEIVED AT ST. PAUL. Speaks at Great Length and Alludes to the Love of the Pope ‘for the United States. ST. PAUL, Dec. 31.—A largely at- tended reception was given to-night to the apostolic delegate, Mgr. Sebastian Martinelli, by the citizens of St. Paul in the Ryan Hotel. An address of wel- come was read to him by the Hon. Daniel W. Lawler. Mgr. Martinelli in response spoke at considerable length. After referring to the Pope’s recent encyclical letters on marriage, on the constitution of civil society, on the labor question, and other great problems and questions of the day, he stated that the Pope strives to promote the prosperity and welfare of society, as well as of the na- tion, pointing out the means to be used for attaining that end, and indicating the evils which lead to its destruction or ruin. There was no need. he said, for him to speak of the Pope's love for the United States or its institutions, nor the interest he takes in the pros- perity, nor of the hope he entertains of its future. In conclusion he paid a warm tribute to Archbishop Ireland. . b 4 Salmon Pack of the Year. VANCOUVER, Dec. 31.—Official re- turns give the British Columbia salmon pack for the past year as 1,007,838 cases. This is larger than that of any pre- vious’ year, while the Fr®er River pack is 400,000 cases more than the pack of 1893, the best previous year. Sixty- four canneries were operated last year. A cable from London to-day an- nounces that the deal for the sale of eighteen canneries to an English com- pany is off. Owing to the prevailing Klondike craze, people will not sub- seribe for industrial enterprises. e A NOVEL CELEBRATION. Seventeenth Annual “Hogmanay" of the San Francisco Scottish Thistle Club. The San Francisco Scottish Thistle Club held its seventeenth annual “Hogmanay party” last evening In Laurel Hall of the Shiels building, 32 O'Farrell street. “A Guid New Year to Ane and A'” was their motto, and they upheld it by having a good, old- fashioned social time, such as would have delighted the heart of a High- lander. The grand march for the dance began at 8:30 p. m., and dancing was,kept up until 11:30 o’clock, when all adjourned to the banquet hall and gave the inner man a chance to start on the new year with a full stock. The dances were interspersed with an impromptu literary programme, in Which the members were assisted by the Militia male quartet. J. Hill w: the chairman of the reception commit- tee, and W. Grant acted as floor man- ager. BUNKO MEN WITH MUCH READY CASH John Reed Forfeits Quite a Fortune in Bail. The Confidence Operator Put Up $81,800 to Gain Freedom. Sold Gold Bricks and Furnished Pals to Dupes as Detectives. BOLD WORK OF THE BAND. One of the Victims Receives a Taunt- ing Letter Signed by “Slippy Ike.” Spectal Dispatch to The Call. BOSTON, Dec, 31.—When the case of John Reed, the notorious confidence man, charged with innumerabie bunko games all over rural New England, came up in the Police Court in Lowell, Mass., this morning, the defendant failed to appear. This is his second default. Accordingly Reed’s bond . was de- clared defaulted by the court, and there is a certified check for $7000 in the Prescott National Bank from Bail Commissioner W. B. Thompson of Cambridge to satisfy the wounded dig- nity of the law. The disposition of the money will be made by the Superior Court, and Farmer Charles Sweetser hopes to get back what he lost, as George F. Penniman did some seven or eight years ago, the money he invested in a bogus gold brick This is the climax In the remarkable case of a mysterious unknown bunko man backed by unlimited capital. The authorities have no doubt now that Reed has deliberately jumped his bail, or that the bail arrangements were made deliberately with the view of paying cash down what the court de- manded for his liberation. This was the first assignment for trial due him since he was bailed in Brockton and settles the point as to his intentional absence. Had he appeared here proba- ble cause would undoubtedly have been found and he would have been ordered to the Grand Jury, possibly in increased bonds, a fact which partially explains the hustling movement his friends got on to go the rounds of the places where complaints were pending and put up the money and permit him to get away before the court got down to work on his case in real earnest. Charles Sweetser, who was the victim of Reed and a fellow who insisted on calling himself “Tennessee Sam,” and nothing more, was in court this morn- ing with his two sons. Mr. Sweetser is not very communicative about the case. ‘That's the last we will see of Mr. IReed, I guess,” said he this morning when the case had been disposed of. Mr. Sweetser lost $3500 to Reed. The non-appearance of Reed was not a surprise to any one, as it was an open secret that after he had been taken to Boston from Brockton, where he was last arrested, he had been again liberated from the Sheriff's custody by a neat legal trick and had left for parts unknown. Reed, up to the time of his departure, had deposited as bail for his appearance at Cambridge, Clinton, Brockton and Lowell a total amount of $31,500. Tt is now an ac- cepted fact that this large amount was virtually paid as the price of his lib- erty, and now that he has gone there is little chance of his appearing at any of the other cities or towns to answer to the charges against him. Farmer Martin Wood has just received the fol- lowing letter from Reed: “Martin Wcod, the Gambler: How much will you take now to settle the Reed case? There will be some more gamblers after you. The money you gave the detectives helped to bail out John Reed. They are all partnets. ‘When they trap a soft thing like you they give your name to their partners and they come around and take an- other fall out of you. For sporting you won't do. SLIPPY IKE. “Care Klondike. Ha! ha!” After losing his $4500 Wood paid a de- tective $300 to find Reed for him. The detective was one of the gang. BADE ’'97 GOOD-BY. The Society of California Picneers Give a New Year's Eve Reception. The old year was bidden farewell and the New Year welcomed in by an in- formal reception given by the Society of California Pioneers at their hall last evening. Dancing, interspersed with a musical and literary programme, was the en- tertainment offered the members of the society and their families, and the amusement was kept up till the year 1898 was several hours advanced. A few minutes before midnight the floor master announced the lancers as the dance, and at the stroke of 12 the music struck up and with numerous “Happy New Years” the dance began. Stately gentlemen led their daughters through the mystic mazes of the old-fashioned dances, while silver-haired mothers were guided by their sons, and the elders were as sprightly and graceful as the youngsters. Blanchard’s orchestra furnished the music for the dancers, and Misses Tlorence Fairchild, Nellie Bowlin and Lulu Flemming furnished thre musical and literary entertainment. & Rails for Bakersfield Extension. The Valley road track is now laid to within thirty-eight miies of Bakersfield, an additional mile and a half of track having been completed on Thursday. The shi; yde and Hitchcock, very recently ‘rrwed in port from New York, are now unloading tons of rails made at the Carnegie rolli mills for the Valley road. These will be used on the exten- sion to Bakersfield. A piece of experi- mental roadbed in the marsh land west of Stockton was begun yesterday by the Valley road. This work is designed to make possible the construction of a rail- road embankment. Not a Larceny Case. The case of B. Jacobs, Samuel Haslitt and Lynn Scott, the three men arrested on a charge of larceny for taking sand from the Presidio Reservation grounds, came up before Court Commissioner Heacock yesterday and resuited in the discharge of the men from custody, the Commission: that what ~ th statute covers the case. e I GENERAL SIR HENRY HAVELOCK-ALLAN. m il i Sk CALCUTTA, Dec. 31.—The mutilated body of General Sir Henry ) Havelock-Allan, it is announced from Ali Musjid, has been found and is being conveyed to Peshawur. Sir Henry Havelock-Allan left his command the day before yester- day, and when he did not reappear a search was organized. It resulted in the finding of his horse, stripped and shot, with Sir Henry missing. It was then feared that the distinguishe late discovery proves to have been d officer had been killed, which the the case. It appears that after visiting ;_undi-Kotal Sir Henry Havelock-Allan, coming from Ali Musjid with an inadequate escort, ieft the latter in order to hurry to Jamrud. Sir Henry was always prone to take rash chances. FALLS FIGHTING FOR HIS GOLD Ballard Saloon Keeper Mortally Wounded by Robbers."' Slays One of His Assailants Be- fore Being Brought Down by a Bullet. Confederates of the Dead Man Escape and Their Identity Is Not Known. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, Dec. 31.—Ballard, the lumber and shingle mill suburb of this city, was the scene this evening of a double tragedy that is shrouded in considerable mystery. The shooting occurred shortly before 7 o’clock and was probably participated in by sev- eral men who were seen running away from Charles Ross’ saloon, in which the affray occurred. Mrs. Ross, startled by hearing four pistol shots in rapid succession, rushed into the saloon and there witnessed a ghastly sight. Her husband was lying behind the bar, blood streaming from a bullet hole in his forehead. On the other side of the bar was 'a stranger, almost in the last gasp of breath, as a result of a bullet wound beneath his left eye. As the distracted wife bent over the prostrate form of her husband he raised his head, say- 1 “They tried to rob me.” He then fell into a state of uncon- sclousness, from which, it is supposed, he will never recover. The stranger is supposed to have come from Montana. His real name is unknown, although for several days he has been begging around Ballard. He died fifteen minutes after the shooting occurred. The authorities have been at work on the case, but as yet have not been able to locate any of the living par- ticipants to what they consider was an attempt to rob Ross but ended in a tragedy. Ross is a German about 50 years of age. It is supposed that the bullet from his revolver ended the life of his probable murderer. The latter fired but one shot, indicating that two others were fired by his fleeing confed- erates. At the hour when the shooting neighborhood, although a crowd soon collected. Ross was brought to the | hospital, but the physicians have little hope of his recovery. e e T S GRAND JURY T0 MAKE INQUIRY Citizens Sworn to Investigate Santa Clara County Officials. Fertile Field Opened to Them Through the Recent Exposes Published in The Cali. SAN JOSE, Dec. 31.—The following citizens were drawn to-day for a Grand Jury for the coming year under the supervision of Superior Court Judges Lorigan, Hyland and Kittredge: S. T. Moore, A. Normandin, Isaac Bingham, Isaac Lipsett, G. B. Polhemus, A. L. Kellogg, E. W. Conant, Edwin Will- son, George Taylor, Edgar G. Hall, Gus Lion, Charles R. Williams, J. H. Townsend, R. D. Fox, C. W. Proctor, C. F. Freitag, Bernard Mayer, G. T. Dunlap and H. S. McClay. S. T. Moore was chosen chairman. The jury was impaneled by Judge Lorigan, and the usual stereotyped in- structions delivered. He said if the Jurors would conscientiously follow the occ:hrred but few people were in the | instructions they would do their duty well, and be saved from any trouble. He assured them that the instructions were not new, but had been aporoved by many judges and given as their charges to grand juries. The grand jury impaneled to-day will be closely watched by the citizens of the county. It has an especially fer- tile field to work in. The recent disclosures made by The Call have aroused the people, and the Grand Jury will be expected to inves- tigate the charges of corruption. The stealing of the bond from the clerk’s office in the Steve Wade case, the di- latory action in the Knapp and Norton cases, the improper charges made by Roadmaster William Garliepp of Mountain View and other exposes made by The Call are worthy subjects for their consideration. PENTECOST CHURCH. | Rev. O. C. Miller's Little Flock Cel- ebrate Christmas With Song and Music. The little church on Jackson street, between Laguna and Buchanan, known as the Church of the Holy Spirit, of which the Rev. O. C. Miller is the pas- tor, belongs to the Evangelical Luther- an branch of the English sect. In ad- dition to the tenets of this particular sect being expounded by the pastor to his usual Sunday congregation, he has attached to his charge the Pentecost mission, in which a diversity of in- structions are imparted, to not only adults, but also to numerous tots rang- ing from 4 to 16 vears of age. There.ig also a sewing school attached to the mission located at the coraer of Leav- enworth and Pacific streets, where girlg who have been neglected in their home lives are taught the useful branch of needle-work. The material is furnished by the mission, and, as an inducement to the girls, they are permitted to take home that which they make into gar- | ments. It was these girls and the little chil- | dren of the mission who so befittingly celebrated Christmas week in the church and at the mission. During the earlier evenings of the week the church on Jackson street held its Christmas celebration. At this ob- servance the indefatigable minister was not forgotten by the members of his congregation, as Santa Claus found, among the many good things, a purse well filled with gold, which was labeled for the minister. The celebra- tion yesterday afternoon and evening was for the smaller children of the mission in the afternoon and the larger ones in the evening. At the afternoon entertainment there were over 150 tots from the summit of Russian Hill and portions of Pacific street. The evening exercises were for the larger children and the sewing class | belonging to the Pentecost Church and mission. At this meeting there were | present over 300, all of whom enjoyed | the programme prepared for them by the minister and the ladies who so kindly assisted him. The usual Christmas tree was there, as also a present for each child. Rev. Mr. Miiler’s popularity among the members of his congregation, large and small, was made manifest during the past week by the courteous and kindly manner in which they flocked about him to wish him a happy New Year. NEW TO-DAY. WHEN OTHERS FAIL CONSULT DOCTOR SWEANY. 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