The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 17, 1898, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1898. 9 A QUESTION OF SENSE Is Oakland Earnest in Wanting a New Charter ? | | | A Review of the Future in the Light of the Past. i ' The City, Perhaps, Not So Full of | Cranks as Dr. Knox Believes. | Oakland Office San Francisco Call. 908 Broadway, Jan. 16. Do the people of Oakland really want a new charter? There is probably not to be found within her borders a sin- gle citizen who does not admit the need of a new organic law for municipal government, but there is a possibility that the many scandals connected with the past few vears have created such marked indifference on the part of the public generally that they cannot be persuaded that any charter can restore decent government, and, consequently, the present movement may be defeated by the very people who are desirous of a change. There is good reason for this public indifference. City Hall scandals and quarrels have been so freguent that they are no longer regarded with any feeling of shame or significance. They are accepted as a necessary part of City Hall politics, which for a long time have been assoclated with much that is generally regarded as undesirable. To-morrow evening the Council will take up the ordinance providing for the calling of an election of freeholders to frame a new charter. As the expenses of such an election were included in the annual tax le it is certain that the ordinance will finally pas Important as the measure s, t > has not, up to this time, been a single manifestation of public interest in it, and probably not one in a ndred of the voters has any idea that such a measure is before the city government. As to the need of it the events of the past are all the proof that is necessary. To-day the city government is more in politics in every one of its departments than it | was in the old time when eity employ- | ees stood outside the Council chamber at weekly meeting wondering | wh r they were to be discharged or | present charter was one im-| ent upon this system, but com. | prove pared with. the prevailing methods of | ng the city gover: the ¢ ent at this 1d Board of Works that was e three years ago was a n of propriety. It is surprising re has not been more trouble between the different departments of | the city government than there bas been during the past three years. The present charter was framed upon the understanding that there would be an independent Board of Works, yet, when the board was abollshed by a little spasm of reform in 1895 and the present system instituted, no other changes were made, and consequently the city charter is now an instrument being carried out by the hoard, the consti- tution of which was never dreamed of when the charter was framed. | The citizens will soon be given an | opportunity to have a change, and they should not be indifferent to it. Dire as have been the failures of the past, this | is no reason why the present attempt | should prove fruitless. Reform move- | ments are all very well when they are honest; but in this city they are gen- erally born at a time when they are able to accomplish the least good, and seem to go or be driven into hiding | when most needed. At this time a pub- lic movement in favor of a new charter that shall be an honest charter is cer- tainly the greatest need of Oakland, and yet not even a primary move has [ been mace In this direction. At the same time, any public movement that | 18 not based on the broadest principles | of policy had better never be under- | taken. There have been in all elements | of soclety in Qakland too much nar- | row-mindedness and selfishness for the public good and advancement, and a charter that is not built on principles | entirely different from those that have | prevailed in the past will only add to | the peculiarity of the view in which | Oakland is held in other parts of the | country. | | | | Erratic geniuses and theorists never | fail to come forward in great numbers | at a time when the public good would | be best subserved by ‘heir keeping in | the background. According to Mrs. Dr. | Knox, chairman of the High School | Board, the Creator may have made more cranks than are to be found in | Oakland, but he never placed more of ! them in one community. This may be | true, but should this element be per- mitted to control .the formation of a new charter, Oakland can bid good-by | to progress for the next few years. | The great point in city government | that Oakland has had to study and | develop since the town was incorpor- ated in 1852 has been the matter of dealing with corporations T obably no other city of its size has had a larger experience or a more varied one. There | was a time when everything connected with her government was dominated by a corporation. Little by little thez> shackles were thrown aslde, and it was | learned that there was a common | ground on which corporations and mu- | nicipalities can come together and derive mutual benefit. Oakland learned that corporations, proper- ly -governed, are very desirable adjuncts to a city; but when permitted to do the governing they are a city’s worst enemies. That stage | having been reached about four years ago, it is quite plain to-day that the old corporation fears the city of Oakland more than Oakland fears her old enemy. . No one denies that more capital is needed here, and mno one conversant with the state of affairs, now prevail- | ing will deny that more has been done i to drive away capital in the past than to invite it. Any charter that will be acceptable to conservative citizens ! must bear these facts in mind and | must provide for the encouragement of capital. There are to-day in Oakland large corporations, whose stocks are at the lowest because dividends are not forthcoming. If it should be known in | running under separate and expensive | managements all were losing money, | Rev. G. W. Griffith of the Free Method- | | D. Arnold, vice-presiden ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. the money markets of the world that these stocks were paying dividends Oakland would be at once greatly bene- fited. No argument is needed to sus- tain this point. Such measures can be taken with dignity and self-respect, but there will no doubt be insinuations and false motives attributed to all who say a favorable word for capital. At the same time there are scores of men in Oakland who are able with eredit to | themselves and the city to frame & | progressive law that will be In itself | the best refutation of cavil and jingo- ism, and it is to be hoped that such a | board will be elected. While one of the Council committees was in session a few days ago Mr. Up- ton referred to a corporation that is now attempting to so arrange the street car systems of this city as to put them | on a paying basis. It is well known | that with all the little individual lines | | { | | | and within the past two years they | have gradually entered into a com- | bination, which is now under one | powerful management. The consolida- | tion is anxious to drop small franchises | and to acquire a few others, for the | purpose of getting things in such shape | that there will ultimately be a hope for | a dividend. Mr. Upton stated that he believed such investments should be encouraged, so that others would be tempted to bring thelr money here. Mr. Upton took a great risk in mak- ing this remark, because of the very element to which Dr. Myra Knox once alluded in a public speech. His deas, however, are worthy of consideration, because to admit that such ideas are | | an acknowledgment of servility to cor- porations, is to admit the inablility of Oakland to govern herself. Surely even the most tmpracticable theorist has more confidence in his fellow-citizens than to declare that no one can bring a few dollars for investment to this city and not be required to obey the ordinances of its government. In framing the new charter there will be no difficulty in procuring brains enough to formulate a good organic law, but there will be great difficulty in preventing the introduction of all manner of schemes and theories, which will be advocated by the class in the giving of which to Oakland the Creator has been very generous. STUART W. BOOTH. COCHRAN CHOSEN BASEBALL COACH ‘Will Direct Work on the Dia- mond as Well as on the Gridiron. An Entire New Infield Will Have to Be Selected for the Nine. BERKELEY, Jan. 16.—Baseball as well as football will be conducted at the uni- versity this season under a nmew coach. Garrett Cochran, who has been engaged as football coach for 1898, will take charge of the baseball players early in the season. He is expected to arrive at Berkeley within a few weeks, and will probably begin work immediately on the dtamond. 3 Brilliant as was Cochran’s career on the gridiron as end rush and captain of the Princeton Tigers, his reputation as a baseball crack is scarcely less than as a football player. He did good work as first baseman for the Princeton nine for two years, playing on the team that de- feated the redoubtable Baltimores, and he left the diamond only because his athletic abllity was more needed on the gridiron. Cochran’s engagement as coach will doubtless be heartily approved by the baseball men. Berkeley's entire infield will have to be reorganized this term, and skillful coaching will have to make up somewhat for lack of experience in the various positions. i e E R | STUDENTS AS TEACHERS. Will Be Glven Practical Experience | in the Berkeley Public ‘ Schools. BERKELEY, Jan. 16.—An innovation will be made by the department of peda- | Zogy at the university to-morrow morn- | i practical pedagogical work in the public | ing, when the students who are fitting themselves to be teachers will be given schools of Berkeley. The professors and Instructors of the department have made arrangements for | each member of the ci or visit at the Dwight-way the Whittler School in North Berkele: The work is made a part of the coll courge. Professor F. B. Dresslar and T . Heaton gave brief instructions yester- The High School Proposition. ALAMEDA, Jan. 16.—Quite a strong | sentiment is developing among taxpayers | against the proposition to erect a high school building. The fact is pointed out that the city already has a bonded in- debtedness gof $230,000, and the times are not propitibus for any addition to the burden that has to be borne by the tax- payers. City Trustee Fletter is very out- | spoken in Tis opposition to the proposi- | tion. He says that the people will never vote to issue the bonds that would be required for such a bullding, and that in | his opinion a new building i$ not needed. He favors building additions to the | schools already in existence, as the grounds about most of them are roomy | and such additions can be built at com- paratively small cost and without materl- | ally increasing the rate of taxation, if at all. Sunday Services. ALAMEDA, Jan. 16—"Temperament and Conduct’” was the subject of Rev. Mr. Dodson’s discourse at the Unitarian Church this morning. Rev. W. W. Scudder of the Congre- gaticnal Church preached this morning on | the subject of “Spiritual House Ciean- ing,’ and in the evening on “The Bible | the Word of God.” “Lessons from the Klondike,” was the subject of the discourse this evening of | ist Church. Lost Thelr Guns ALAMEDA, Jan. 16.—-Two youths from San Francisco, armed with rifles, came over to Alameda to-day to hunt Buffalo and other small game in the outskirts of Alameda. They were having a fine time in the wilds of the Bay Farm Island \lr‘ldfm being unaware of the ordinance forbidding the discharge of firearms therefrom. They were warned by by- standers but did not desist until an o cer came along and took their weapons away from them, but did not arres! them. Sunday Baseball. ALAMEDA, Jan. 16.—There was a good game of baseball this morning at Recrea- tion Park between the Recreation Club team and a picked nine. The latter won by a score of § to 6. The Recreation Club team was composed as follows: Olsen, Allen, Goggin, Lamb. Hanna. Ireland. Groth, 8. Allen and Fortna. The picked nine, Dunieavy, McKee, Finley, Golds- Worthy, Hammond, Bird, Green, Brock and Anderson. e To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All a sts refund the money if it fails to cure. 25c. The genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet. | has received from young |1t chool and | | to accept the position of secretary of the | day morning to the prospective teachers | in regard to their first experience in the | pedagogical art. e | I | LEXCUSES OF FOUNG MEN They Tell Dr. Coyle Why They Do Not Attend Church. Some Reasons Given Are in Direct Conflict With Others. | Streetear Men and Postal Clerks Could Not Attend if They De- sired. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Jan. 16. Rev. R. F. Coyle opened his series of sermons to-night on the answers he men to his query sent out recently asking reasons why so few of church. Dr. Coyle said that a goodly number of replies have been received, all of them courteous and some of them very thoughtful and suggestive. All were not complimentary, but all were hon- est. He said in part: In sending out this letter I did not for a moment assume, as seems to have been understood by most of those reply- ing, that there are fewer young men in the churches to-day than in ‘}Vormcr vears. A generation or two ago it was @ rare thing to see young people of either sex enlisted in Christian work or in any for | them attend | way prominent in church life and activ- | ity, and especially young men. But it is not 80 now. The truth is that the num- | ber of young men who go to church has | been steadily increasing, and is larger on this Sabbath day than ever before. In calling attention to this subject I am not to be considered as implying = that church neglect among young men s growing, for that does not agree with the facts. One reason assigned for their absence from church, and it is common to all I have received, is “indiffer- k_of religious feeling.” One 3 We do not feel th This indifferenc ¥ ¥ compulsion to attend.” is variously explained. Two or three of my correspondents say: “Too much church in early life. We had to ' whether we liked it or not. It made us :mre and sour, and now we do not care o go. ..In direct opposition to this, others say: We were not required to go to church When we were younger; we were per- mitted to grow up without the church, -’lxnd 50 never formed the habit of attend- ng. ‘Thus, on one side they got too much church; on the other they did not get enough; hence their indifference. The need of recreation is another rea- son given for absgnce from church, and Is dwelt upon“in every letter. One writer tells me that he often h following offered as an excuse attendance: “I work and need the fresh W or nard all the weel e air and recry h green field’s church alone ca My boss is a churchm: and if & is interested in my welfare why doesn’t I and the rest close thejr s afternoon and give us .t go church.” The writer ¢ s this spe fication by “There is much in it, but still I believe it covers a_multitude of sins.” In which judgment I thi he is_about right. Several of my correspondents declare that hundreds of young men are kept from church by Sunday labor, and that know is true. The street-car men : “It is impossible for us to attend church. We have to wait on Christian people and see that they get to their places of worship.” One young man writes ““The postoffi men say that three-quarters of the m delivered from the windows on Sunds received by people just from church, and that if the good people would stay aws Uncle Sam might be induced, from lack of patronage, to close up all day and boys an opportunity to attend is It is difficult to say anything in reply to such statements as these. The s: mdtha[ pricks up through them is a rved. On one side the preaching is found fault with because it is too doctrinal, and other because its theology is back- 1 and emasculated. Now, 1 am fectly willing to admit that there is something in both charges. 1 have no doubt that we preachers sometimes deal with things a little too remote from life, and sometimes we try to get so close that we are shallow and superficial. Neverthe- less a good deal can be sald for the preacher. LIFTED UP THE CROSS. Sermons by Well-Known Divines as Preached in Suburban Pulpits. OAKLAND, Jan. 16.—Rev. E. R. Ben- nett of Los Angeles and for elght years pastor of a church at Pasadena, has been Ave- called as pastor of the Twenty-third nue Baptist Church, to succeed Rev. Robert Whitaker, who recently resigned State Board of Home Missions. Rev. C. R. Brown preached his first sermon to-night upon “Unbelief,” and took for his theme, “Unbeclief as to the Existence of a Good God.” Rev. R. C. Morgan, D.D., of London, editor of the Christian, occupied e pulpit at the First Baptist Church this ‘morning, and spoke to a large con- | gregation. The speclal services following the week of prayer will be continued another week irst Methodist D E. R. Dille_ will speak every even- pt Saturday. “Universal Depravity” was the inter- esting theme of a forcible discourse by the Rev. A. T. Needham at the Eighth- Mynard preached on t Factors In a Man's Re- ligious Life”” this morning at St. John | Episcopal Church, which was greatly en- | joyed by his audiénce. Colonel William Evans, successor to Colonel Keppel, in command of the Pa- clilc_Coast, was formally welcomed by the Salvation Army at their barracks to- night. The meeting was largely attended and was preceded by a street meeting. St et i, Letter Carriers’ Officers. OAKLAND, Jan. 16.—Oakland Branch i No. 76, National Letter Carriers’ Asso- | meda, has installed newly-elected officers. The installing officer was Conrad Trieber | of Ban Francisco. ‘The following were the newly officers: Dan J. Hallahs installed n, president: P. H. W. Miller, financlal secretary; W. H. Smith, record: ing secretary; Charles D, Littler, treas- urer; F. E. Burger, collector; trustees, 1. M. Campbell, H. Kummer, George F. Sampson. Sherlff White's Namesake. OAKLAND, Jan. 16.—Sherifft C. B. ‘White has a namesake from Stockton as a guest at the County Jail. . Charles B. ngt:e was breught in last evening on a charge of using the United States mails for fraudulent purposes, and was con- victed before Judge De Haven in San Francisco, and sentenced to pay a fine of | $300 or stay in jail until he did. He claims to be unable to pay the sum. If this is the fact, and he will take the poor man's oath, he will escape punish- ment. Nellle McHenry at the Macdonough. OAKLAND, Jan. 16.—Miss Nellie Mc- Henry, Whom cverybody kuows and ad- mires as the Peeriess Peri, the dashing vaudeville artist, and Mile.” Henrietta, a demure country ‘maiden, will be the at- traction at the Macdonough Theater next | New music, new | Monday and Tuesday. specialties and an all-round clever co: pany is promised. The novelty of * Night in New York” is in the second act, wlfich 1s a reproduction of the interior of | ciation of Oakland, Berkeley and Ala- W P Carley | | | | | Ernest Black, Madison-square Garden, showing the French ball at its height, with all its gayety and beautiful costumes. The weil- selected company includes John Webster, Tony Williams, Willlam Hafford, Billy Barry, J. Hays, Miss Mai Raymond, Miss Mildred ~Connors, Miss Viola Raymore, Miss Rosa Crouch and others. The Gleason-Bremer Company. will pre- t the melodrama. “A Hoop of Gold,” coming week at the Oah.and. The company consists of such people as Fred- erick Tjader, formerly of the Frawle Company; John Nicholson, Fredericl Falrbanks, Frank ..ayton, Thomas_ D. Bates, King Gray, Mina Gleason. Nan- nette Creighton, Margaret Marshall, Lor- eta Grace and Carmelita Yost. Seeking for the Cause. OAKLAND, Jan. 16.—The Coroner’s in- quest over the remains of Joseph Rae- side was not finished last evening, but will be continued to-night. The mystery | of his sudden death beneatn the wheels of the West Berkeley local train last Thurs- day evening is still unsolved. It has been ascertained that he won $300 on the fate- ful day and it is now believed that it was a case of robbery and murder. Every ef- fort is being put forth to ascertain the truth of the matter. Prohibition Mass-Meeting. OAKLAND, Jan. 16.—The Prohibition- ists hold an opening rally this even- i January 17. at Nazarine Hall, Fighth strect, Oakland. Good music an: speaking will T in order. Hon. Robert Summers of San Jose, ex-candidate for Congress on the Prohibition ticket, will | be the principal speaker. NO REPARATION FOR THE SIN If Durrant Was Innocent Such | Is the Condition of This State. Edwards Davis Opposed Capital Pun- ishment in His Pulpit Last Night. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 98 Broadway, Jan. 16. Rev. Edwards Davis preached to-night at the Central Christian Church to a large audience, the crowd having gath- ered with the expectation of hearing him refer to the Durrant case in his sermo on “The Crime of Capital Punishment. He announced that he would preach néxt Sunday night on “The Injustice of Judg- ment on Circumstantial Evidence. The text of his sermon was taken from Deut. 5:vil, “Thou shalt not kill.” | He said: “This commandment of the decalogue s unambiguous. It's declaration Is| without a lifying phrase. The chil- dren of men often attempt to execute vengeance; but ‘Vengeance is minesayeth the Lord’ There is no circumstance, however criminating, which justifies a crime for its punishment. To cover mur- der with the guise of the state's rights is a traditional sin. Were the world still in an organic state and the people bar- bari ¢h_execution might have con- sistency. When the social state has reached the twentieth century of Chris- tian civilization murder for murder is with t tification. “I eoncec the n murement of the ¢ cent may cessity of the im- minal, that the inno- >d and that t eme : as long as t oner remal penitent. ‘In_the otori case of the posed mure Durrant, I am in«| creasingly coi of the crime of pi- tal punishme If Theodore Durrant was in t of the heinous crime at- tributed to him th te must bear upon its heart a sin which there can be no reparation. The man has sed through the trap of death into a grave of flames; ashes his remains, but the immortal’ spirit will t and touch the height of heaven. “If Theodore Durrant was gullty his execution was equally unjust, for before his spirit should pass beyond the bounds of earth unto the throne of God his con- revolting his crime, and to him should | have com: e prostration at the throne of merey for forgiveness. 1 mot ignore the divine admonition, ‘Judge not lest ye be judged.’ It can never be the prerogative of man to issue the judgment of death until that mind shall have the comprehension of the in- finite scope and complexity of eircum- tance, environment, heredity and fre Every prisoner should be able to look from the bars of his cell as through th ttice of the paradise of God's illimitab forgiveness and love.” HOTEL ARRIVALS. CE HOTEL. S R Pr s,CIId Mrs, 3. A Nichols, Pa. C. Perkins, - A. W. Bell, Alleghny, T. Sutherland, Mex. F. J S ot Kelly, ‘wife and d, Chicago. Hunt. Los Angls. rkpatrick imons, 8 Antno. DeGolyer, L Agls ‘Wash. Frultvale. Smiley, Ohfo. Biiss, Carson. evinsky, Stockton Burlington. Stelnman, Sacramento. einman, Sacto. “innell, Tehama. A. Cutter, Eureka. Mrs.'C. AL’ Johnson, San Rafael Master Johnson, Rafael, . Heine, Los Angeles. \. Parker, S. . I Ryan, Kansas. - E. Gallagher, Chgo. Mrs. Miss ., Miss A. Phillips, Smith,” Chic: Trumbull 5. Denver. & San Thos. Cpuc Mrs. ¥ tague, ND HOTEL. F. A. McCan, ton Mrs. Black, San Jose. Mrs. L. F Clatr, Parker, Cal. Bakersfield. rickson, Jmstown. S. P. Bartley, Cal D. Dollar, C Miss C.' St. Clair, akersfleld. o F J Lehr, Peorfa, TI1 Dunn, Omaha. Connichall, London. rysville. Colusa. n.’ Courtland n, Cal, J 1dock, Mysvle . H. Mason and wife, Mrs. J. Bruner. Sacto Oakland. W D. L. Withington, San . _ % Dicgo. S Oros. B. J. Martin, H. W. Crabb, Oakviile A. G. Ewer, Buffalo. ... \.ittenversg, Ptind. LICK HOUSE. A A Travis, Lundy |T Bordeaux, Shelton J D Coughlin, Reno |J F Ri i Mrs Rutledge, Butte | Sk 3 J Hamlyn & w.Bte|J bnagle, Chicgo Prot J Swett, Martz Miss Forrester, Tehin N E Hanson, Vallejo| Mrs Richie, Oakville R Bonbam &w.L I Sta. Cruin R Linklater, Cal & w. Peu C Andreas ‘& I M Johnson, Cal C & Shanklin, W Halton, Modesto M Warren, N Y J Merris, Tacoma NEW WESTERN HOTEL. J McMonagle, Sacto |C Hansen, Saot Prot G Schuiz, Sn Dieg|M B Flannigan. Cal T} Brown, Colorado |J B Foster. Monterey , Butte Napa ‘Shroder, Ukiah |R Jameson, Callstoga Hardy, Pescadero|J B Raymond, Bl Daso n Jose (C H Lowe, Oregon 7. 1. Hastings, Visalia 'R Hirs attle F 3teadows, Stockton |€ M Clark, Fresno 3 W Eceles, Fresno, I Murray, San Jose 7 Brenoan, Los Gatos BALDWIN HOTEL. M. Frank, Chicago. (C. H. Davills, P. Alto. Mre. R. D. Hall. Dnvr. ; ‘!\lpxunder Fresno. |1 St George, Fresno Miss X, H. Doff,Bostn De Puy, S. Jose. Mrs. Adele Clark, N.Y.|G. D. Powell and wife, 3.73. Gully, Stockton.| ~Riverside, . L. Bonney, N. Y. \J. R. Spome, San Jose. G 1 Connor, Bkrefleld|J' ‘Sehwartz, K. City. A Jomes and wife. |J. C. Ryerso 3 d wie, N.D. l s e A. Jones a: , —_———— UNCLE SAM AS A GOLD DIGGER. In spite of the Rand and the new mines in_ Australia, the United States is still the greatest gold-producer of all countries. It is likely to remain s0, too, after the Klondike and other Yukon regions are exploited and “worked for all they are worth.” It was fifty years ago this month, by the way, that gold was discovered in Cali- fornia. Not many discoveries in this century have more powerfully affected the current of human affairs than that.—New York Tribune. DIED. CULLIGAN—In this city, January 16, 1893, An- drew, beloved husband ‘of Margaret Culllg @nd ‘father of Lizzle, Thomas and Edward Cuiligan, a native of County Meath, Ireland, aged 66 years nscend the earth | should have had opportunity of | A VERY UNIOUE - PROPOSITION The Rev. Edwards Davis Wants a Religious Debate. Asks Rev. Father Yorke to Go Over the State With Him. A Controversial Lecturs Tour as a Means of Obtaining Money and Advertisement. Oakland Office San Francisco Call. 908 Broadway, Jan. 16. | A good deal of surprise has been | manifested at an original proposition | | made a few days ago to Rev. Father | Yorke by Rev. Edwards Davis of | Oakland. The idea advanced by the Oakland divine embraced a tour that { would be distinguished by controversial lectures in all the leading cities of the State. There does not seem to be much | prospect, however, of the people of Cal | ifornia being regaled with any such in- teresting spectacle. Neither of the gentlemen is anxious to talk of the proposition, but it oc- curred nearly two weeks ago. Rev. | Mr. Davis called upon the well-known | defender of the Catholic faith at the | office of the Monitor and outlined his proposition. According to what has| drifted out of the sanctum regarding the interview Father Yorke was advis- ed of the fact that he was well known | as a champion of Catholic rights, and | was popular, and Mr. Davis also stat- | ed that he was not altogether unknown | to_the people of California. | Newspaper work and routine preach- | Ing not being particularly productive at this time, it was suggested, so it is said, that for the two to tour the State with a lecture repertoire might prove | a very acceptable proposition from a financial point of view, as well as add- |ing to the laurels the two gentlemen have already won In their respective | spheres. | _Rev. Father Yorke listened to Mr. Davis' plans, and is said to have stated | later that it was the first time in his | life that he had been at a loss for an answer. The proposition took the edl- | tor-priest se completely by surprise and | | was so far removed from any plan ever | | contemplated by him that he was ab- | solutely nonplussed. | He listened courteously to all that the | visitor had to say, and the result of the | interview was that the matter was held | in abeyance subject to what might be‘ agreed upon when Mr. Davis should call again. Mr. Davis has not yet call- | ed again. | _“T called on Father Yorke,” sald Mr. Davis, “and outlined a plan to him em- bracing a lecture tour through the | State. He received me very courteous- , but we came to no agreement. I would prefer, however, that he express his views of the project in the press before I say anything. When he has expressed himself I will give my views.” —_———— B'NE B'RITH. There 1s great activity in the order at this | time, preparing for the twenty-fifth annual sesston of the District Grand Lodge, which 1s | to meet next Sunday. On Tuesday, the 25th inst., there will be a grand smoker tendered in Jne Brith Hall to the representatives of the | grand body, and they will be entertained with | | a first class programme. | There will he at least 135 representatives in | | the grand body. and the Oregon district will | make an unusually fine showing. It is expected that the representatives of the grand lodge will take part in the jubilee procession. P luring the sesson of the grand hody the busin occupy the greatest atten- | tion will be the report that is to be presented, | suggesting a_number of changes in the laws of the grand body on all points except the | | beneficiary 101 NS 2 g il ® niliye s L l l!ii" O Clear ® Partly Cloudy @ Cloudy ® Rain® Snow ) AREAS SHOW PRECIPITATION: s“&?fi?m. PAST 12 HOURS. EXPLANATION, The arrow flies with the wind. The top fig- ures at station indicate maximum temperature for the days; those underneath it, if any, the amount of rainfall, of meited snow in inches and hundredths during the past twelve hours. sobars, or solid lines, connect points of equal air pressure; isotherms, or dotted lines, equal femperature. The wind “high” means high barometric preseure and s usually accompanied by falr weather; ‘low’" refers to low pres- siire and Is usually preceded and accompanied by cloudy weather and rains. “‘Lows’ usuaily first appear on the Washington coast. When the pressure is high in the interfor and low along the coast, and the isobars extend north and south along the coast, rain is probable; but when the “low’ is Inclosed with isobars of marked curvature, rain south of Oregon 1s im- robable. WIth A “high” in_the vicinity of daho, and the pressure falling to the Cali- fornia coast, warmer weather may be expected in summer and colder weather in winter. The reverse of these conditions will produce an opposite result. WEATHER REPORT. (120th Meridlan—Pacific Time.) San Francisco. Cal., Jan. 16, 183, § p. m. The following are the rainfalls for the twenty-four hours and seasonal rainfalls to date, as compared with those of the same date last season: Past This Last 24 Hours. Season. Season. 0.35 Hepeame 2RASLBEL . 40; mean, 43. minimu WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL * FORECASTS. The pressure has fallen rapidly during the past twenty-four hours over the northern half of the Pacific Slope. 4 storm of moderate energy is central ta-night over Western Wash- ington and Vancouver. e temperature has remained nearly station- ary on the Pacific Slope. Raln has fallen over the northern half of the i | free of expense. L Tuction Salcs £ R o OCCIDENTAL HORSE EXCHANGE, 225 TEHAMA STREET. THURSDAY. Thursday Evening January 20, COMBINATION SALE OF Thoroughbred Racchorses ! INCLUDING: Imp. Sain, Duke of Norfolk and ten of his get; Chapple, Hallelujah, Vanish, Wood- chopper, E. J. Sherley and twenty others. Catalogues now ready. Address WM. G. LAYNG & CO., Live Stock Auctioneers, 313 Bush street. Pacific Slope. The following maximum wind velocities are reported: Fort Canby, 44 miles per hour from southeast; Bureka, 30 miles per hour from the southwest. Conditions arg favorable for moderate south- east winds and rain along the Pacific Coast north of San Francisco Monday. Forecast made at San Francisco for thirty hours ending midnight, Jan. 17, 1898: Northern California—Cloudy Monday, with rain: fresh southerly wind. Southera Californla—Cloudy Monday, with | fog on the northern coast; southwesterly wind. Nevada—Cloudy Monday, probably rain in northern portion. Utah—Cloudy Monday. Arizona—Cloudy Monday; continued cold weather. San Francisco and viclnity—Cloudy Monday, probably rain: southwesterly wind. Special report from Mount Tamalpals, taken at 5 p. m.: Cloudy, wind southwest 24 miles per hour; temperature, 40; maximum, 47. ALEXANDER McADIE, Local Forecast Offictal. STEAMERS TJO ARRIVE, STEAMER. | San Jose FRroM [ Dug Jan Jan Jan Nanaimo. Umatilla Australia Humboidt San Diego Victoria and Coos Bav STEAMERS TO SAIL. STEAMER. | DESTINATION SAmLs. | PR Czarina....|Coos Bay .....|Jan 17.10 Au|Pler § Homer......| Newport....... J 3 AW Prer 11 Excelsfor..| Alaska . 2 12" m|Per 23 Chitkat.... | Eel Kiver.....|) !y Av | Pler 13 Arcata.....|C008 Bay..... [Jan 13,10 AM Pler 13 Columbia. .| Portlana 510 Am|Pier 2 .12 M PM SS Humbldt Bay \ 4 Py Pler 13 Del Norte.. Grays Harbor Jan 19,12 m Pler 2 Santa Rosa|San Diego.... Jan 18, 11 AM Pler 11 Crescent C. |Crescent City.|Jan 13, 3 Py | Pler — Pomona ... | Humbidt Bay. Jan 13 2 px|Pler 9 A Blanehrd| YaquinaBay..|Jan 19, @ AM Pler 13 | Coos Bas..|Newport....... Jan 1. ¥ AM|Pler 11 Umatilla... | Vic & Pgt Snd Jah 31, 9 AM Pler § State of Cal| Portland {Jan 3510 Ax| Pler 24 Queen...... San Diego. 23,11 Ax|Pler 11 e e e SUN, 4OON AND TILx. United States Coast Times and Heights of High and Low Waters at Fort Polnt, Entrance to San Fri 0 Bay. Published by Official Au- thority of the Superintendent. NOTE—The high and low waters occur at the ecity front (Mission-street wharf) about twenty-five minutes later than at Fort Point: the height of tide is the same at both places. JANUARY—13%. = T = i & | TIme | g g | THm: Feot| TIme | pog [ Timel ey, 3 L | LW 7 57|13 o.\)‘ CECTIE X P H W/ L H W/ 81 04| 58| 2 0.5 9:50 40 32| 8:02 6.1 3:31| —09! 10:50| 438 3.2 8:5u 8. 4:20 -‘].} ll7:33 45 NOTE.—In the above exposition of the tides the carly hand column and the successive tides of the day in the order of occurrence as to time. The second time column gives the second tide of the day, the third time column the third tide, and the last or right hand column gives the last tide of the dav, except when there are but | three tides, as sometimes occurs. The heights fven are additions to the soundings on the ‘nited States Coast Survey charts, except when a minus sign (—) precedes the heightand then the number given is subtractive from the depth given by the charts. D —— NOTICE TO MARINERS. A branch of the United States Hydrographic | Office, located in the Merchants' Exchange, is maintained in San Francisco for the benefit of | mariners without regard to nationality and Navigators are cordially invited to visit the office, where complete sets of charts and sall- ing directions of the world are kept on hand for cormparison and reference, and the latest information can always be obtained regarding lights, dangers to navigation and all matters of interest to ocean commerce. The time ball on top of the buflding on Tele- graph Hill is hoisted about ten minutes before Doon and s dropped at noon, 120th meridian, by telegraphic signal received each day from | the United States Naval Observatory at Mare and, Cal. notice stating whether the time ball was dropped on time or giving the error. if any, is published the same day by the afternoon pa- pers, and by the morning papers the following day. W. S. HUGHES, Lieutenant, U. S. N., in charge. _—mm SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVED. Sunday, January 16. Strgr Jennle, Moller, 6) hours from Coqullle River: produce, to J § Kimball. Stmr Gipsy, Leland, 24 hours from Moss Landing; produce, to Goodall, Perkins & o. Stmr Geo Loomis, Bridgett, — hours from Ventura; oll, to Union Oil Co. Up river ai- rect. Stmr Weeott, Miller, 38 houfs from Crescent City: 200 M ft lumber. to D T C Perkins. Stmr Del Norte, Allen, 80 hours from Grays Harbor; pass and mdse, to Grays Harbor Com- mefeial Co. Stmr Peru, Friele, — days from Hongkong and Yokohama via Honoluiu; pass and mdse, to Pac Mail S § Co. Br stmr Wellington, Salmond, & hours from Departure Bay; 2336 tons coal, to R Dunsmulr & Sons Co. SAILED. Sunday, January 16. Stmr Walla Walla, Gage, Victoria and Puget Sound. Stmr Qleone, Strand, Alblon. Stmr North Fork, Bash, Bureka. . Stmr Geo Loomls, Bridgett, Ventura. U S stmr Marletta, Symond, cruise. Bark Aureola, Swan,” Willapa Harbor. Bark Enoch Talbot, Kalb. Br bark_Invernefll. Symmers, Queenstown. Bktn § N Castle, Hubbard. Honolulu. Schr Falcon, Lindholm, Tahitt. Schr James A Garfleld, Palmgren, Willapa Harbor. Schr C T Hill, Rudbach. Schr Mary Etta, Nyman. Schr Helen N Kimball, Guttormsen, Eureka. Schr O M Kellogg, Iversen, Grays Harbor. TELEGRAPHIC. POINT LOBOS—Jan 16—10 p. m.—Weather foggy; wind SW: velocity 10 miles. DOMESTIC PORTS. FORT BRAGG—Sailed Jan 18—Stmr Rival, for San Franeisco. EUREKA—Arrived Jan 16—Schr Haleyon, fm San Diego; schr Sparrow, hence Jan 9; stmr Scotia, hence Jan 15. Salled Jan 16—Stmr Pomona, for San Fran- clsco. REDONDO—Arrived Jan 16—Stmr South Coast, from Eureka. SAN PEDRO—Arrived Jan 16—Stmr Pasade- na, from Bureka. Satled Jan 16—Stmr National City. TATOOSH—Passed Jan 16—Bark Alex Mo- Neil, from Secattle for San Francisco. PORT LOS ANGELES—Sailed Jan 16—Stmr ineola, for Comox. MPI)RT BLAKELEY—Arrived Jan 16—Chil bark Latonia, from Port Townsend. Sailed Jan 16—Schr J A Campbell, for New- Tt. P FATOOSH—Passed Jan 16—Stmr Progreso,hoe Jan 13 for Seattle. GREENWOOD—Arrived Jan 16—Stmr Alca- zar, hence Jan 15. ASPAR—Arrived Jan 16—Stmr Rival, hence an 15. 3 Sailed Jan 16—Schr Maxim, for San Fran- elsco. FORT BRAGG—Arrived Jan 16—Str Coquille River, hence Jan 15. s SALMON BAY—Arrived Jan 16—Schr Wm Renton, from San Pedro. MENDOCINO—Arrived Jan 16—Stmr Point Arena, hence Jan 15; schr S Danlelson, hence n 4. T ANDON—Safled Jan 13—Schr Parkersburg, for San Francisco; schr Eureka, for San Fran- cisco. SEATTLE—Arrived Jan 16—Stmr hence Jan. TRANS-ATLANTIC STEAMERS. Progreso, NEW YORK-—Arrived Jan 1§—Stmr La Nor- | mll;fl!, from Havre; stmr Servia, from Liver- 'Sailed Jan 16—Stmr Mobtle, for London; stmr ‘Werkendam, for Rotterdam. and Geodetto Survey. | morning tides are given In the left | Great Thoroughbred and Troting 2» Brood Mare Sale, 2= TO-MORROW. TUESDAY... --JANUARY 18, 1898, At 10 O'clock &. m., at Salesyard, Cor. Van Ness Ave. and Market St. PALO ALTO STOCK FARM Having decided to consolidate all its horse- breeding interests at that location, it be- comes necessary to dispose of Fifty Head of Running and Trotting Bred Mares at Public Auction | On the above date. Among the thoroughbred mares are some of the noted animals which have made the farm famous. These mares are all stinted to Flambeau, Racine, Flood, Imp. | Mariner . Loyallst, stallions in service | at the £ tting mares are by Elec- tioneer, Piedmont, wood, Dext Prince, Paola, to such noted young sires as Monaco, Adver- tiser, Wildnut, Stephen and the Russian stal- on Verbovstchik. A number of these mares are well broken and will m: sters if not desired for bree roadster geld e admirable road- ng. Several choice gs will be offered at the same time. The horses will be at salesyard, SUN- DAY, January 16th, where they may be seen | until'day of sale. Catalogues ready, Saturday, January 8. The running mares wiil be sold at beginning of sale. KILLIP & CO., Live Stock Auctioneers, 11 Montgomery st., 8. F. HACKNEY, CARRIAGE AND SADDLE HORSES! At conclusion of Palo Alto sale we will sell several head of HACKNEY, CARRIAGE | AND SADDLE HORSES, thoroughly broken | to ride or drive. They can be seen.at yard, corner Van Ness avenue and Market street, until day of sale. KILLIP & CO. HAVRE—Arrived Jan 16—Stmr La Bretagne, from New York QUEENSTOWN—Satled Jan 16—Stmr Cam- pania, for New York. IMPORTATIONS. MOSS LANDING—Per Gipsy—1 bx molasses. Soquel, 382 rolls paper, 35 bxs apples, 1 keg cider, 1 bx wheat. Santa Cruz—i4 pkgs household goods, cheese, 152 pkes junk, 600 bbls lime. COQUILLE RIVER—Per Jennie—1 cs mdse, 110 tons coal, § bxs butter, 194 bbls salmon, & cs eggs, $8 bxs apples, 1 ton coal. COSMOPOLIS—Per Del Norte—330 M ft lum- ber, 3 cs rubber boots, 2 bdls dry hides, 158 bdls green hides, 1 cs axes. Aberdeen—3 bxs butter, 2 cs liquor. Hoquiam—S5 bdls green hides, 1 cs tools. CONSIGNEES. s cs | | Per Gipsy—Goldberg, Bowen & Co; Unlon Paper Co; Wittland & Co; H Nutter; B Mark- lowitz; Hills Bros; H Cowell & Co. Per Jennfe—J S Kimball; Hulme & Hart; C G Ragdall; Hilmer, Bredhoff & Schulz; Lang- ley & Michaels; Cahn, Nickelsburg & Co; L G Sresovich & Co; Murphy, Grant & Co; W € | Price & Co; C E Whitney & Co; R Fredericks; Standasd Of1 Co. Per Del Norte—Revere Rubber Co: Baker & | Hamilton: Bissinger & Co: W B Sumner & Co: K valsky & Co; Standard Ofl Co; Fulton Iron W Dr. Gibbon’s Dispensary, 625 KEARNY ST. Established in 1854 for the treatment of Privats Diseases, Lost Manhood. Debility or B disease wearing ou bodyand mindand Skin Diseases. The doctor cureswhen vsfail. Try him. Charges low. esguaranteed. Callorwrite, £RBON, Box 1957, San Fraucisco. | OCEAN TRAVEL. PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP CO. Steamers leave Broadway whart | Ban Francisco, as follows: | _For ports in Alaska, 9 a. m., Jan. 1, §, 11, 21, 26, %1, and every fifth day thereafter. | “For Victorla, Vancouver (B. C.), Port Town- send, Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, Anacortes and New Whatcom _(Bellingham Bay, Wash.), 9 | & m., Jan. 1, 6 1L 16 21, 26, 31, and every | fifth day_thereafter, connecting at Vancouver | with C.'P. Ry., at Tacoma with N. P. Ry., at | Seattle” with Great Northern Ry., and com- pany’s steamer for Alaska. For Fureka (Humboldt Bay), steamer Po- | mona, 2 p. m., Jan. 1 5 10, 14, 18, 22, 2, 31, Feb. 4, 8 12,16, 20, 35 29. For Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Simeon, Ca- yucos. Port Harford (San Luis Obispo), Ga ota, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Hueneme, San Pedro, East San_ Pedro_(Los Angeles) and | Newport, 9 a.m., Jan. 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 2, and every fourth day thereafter, | For San Diego, stopping only at Port Har. ford (San Luis Obfspo), Santa Barbara, Port Los Angeles and Redondo (Los Angeles), 11 a. m., Jan. 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 31, and every fourth day thereafter. | "For Ensenada, Magdalena Bay, San Jose del ic;be_ Mazatlan, Altata, La Paz, Santa Ro- | ealia'and Guaymas (Mex), 10 a. m., Jan. 6 and 24 of each month thereafter. The Company reserves the right to change | without previous motice steamers, safling dates | and honrs of sailine TICKET OFFICE—Palace Hotel, 4 New Montgomery st. GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Gen. Agts. 10 Market San Francisco. THE 0. R. & N. CO. DISPATCH FAST STEAMERS TO PO RTIE.AND From Spear-street Whart at 10 a. m. FARE £5 Eirst Class Including Berth $2.50 2d Class and Meals. SCHEDULE OF SAILINGS State of California Columbla hrough ets and ggage to all stern points. Rates and folders upon appli- F. F. CONNOR, General Agent, 630 Market street. GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Superintendents. Jan. 13 Jan. 18 | | B cation to 5.S. AUSTRALIA, for HONOLULU_ only | Tuesday, Jan. 2, at | % p. m. Special party | 8 = rates 8 hlp The S,S. ALAMEDA ealls via HONOLLU. @il aw— LU and AUCKLAND for' SYDNEY, Thurs- day. Feb. 3,at3 p. m. Line to COOLGARDIE, Australia, and CAP® TOWN, South Africa. "RECKELS.& BROS. CO., Agents, J- D SFRECKELS-§ B0 somery. Street. Frelght Office—327 Market st.. San Francisoo. French Line to Hayre. : Company's Pler (new), 42 Normm is line avoid both transit by DY clioh rajlway 80 the discomfort of crossing Alexandria, Egypt, via Paris, first class 3180, second class §1i6. Compagnic Generale Transatlantique. River, foot of I orton st. Travelers the channel in a small boat. New York to LA BRETAGNE GASCOGNE. FA NORMANDIE. ...\ December %, 10 a m- LA CHAMPAGNE..........January 1, 10 a. m. LA BRETAGNE..... anuary §, 10 a m further particulars apply to Lk P FORGET, Agent, No. 3, Bowling Green, New York. F. FUGAZI & CO.. Agents, 5 Montgomery San Francisco. STOCKTON STEAMERS 0 Leave Pier No. 3, Washington St., at 8 p. m. Daily. FREIGHT RECELVED UP TO 5:30 P, M. Accommodations reserved by telephone. The only line selling through tickets and glv- ing through freight rates to all points o ths Valley Ralroad. S i v . WALKER, . D. i ;‘A%Y‘GARRATA‘. CITY OF STOCKTON. Telephone Muin §05 Cal. Nav. and Impt. Co. FOR U. S. NAVY-YARD AND VALLEJD. ste‘?r&er’;;Mmfl%elslo." s v urs. and Sat. % MO s 3 . and 375 p. m. (& p. M. 6% Tharsy s D B 9 P m o $ a. m. and 8 p. m. B haing and Offices Pler 2. Mission_Dock, Telephone Green 381 For San Jose, Los Gatos & Santa Cruz Steamer Alviso leaves Pler 1 daily (Sundays excepted) 10 a. m.; Alviso daily (Saturdays ‘excepted) at § & m, Fi Fare between San Fran a to San Jose, Toc. Clay street, Pler 1. 41 North | First strect, San Jose.