The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 15, 1898, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1898. D R R RS S T T T T T TUCCTS S RELIGIOUS PARALYSES IN SONG.: + + . Quite a stir was created at the meeting of the ministers of the Christian Church when Rev. A. M. Elston of Berkeley made an attack on some of the time honored hymns sung in Pralestar‘t churches, in a paper on “The | | minis music should always be used in all good and increased devotion. ship, and all He spoke i “The World’s a Wilderness of Woe™ Down."” gregatio religion. freshes their ried to the sk k souls. To others tions. song: and hencs these fluctuations: Sweet prospects, sweet birds sweetness to me." “Or the more doleful strain: Do I love spirit and understanding. In religion imes a chronic indifference So And receive ow heir burdens T should be st ing th s down."” Love Kingdom, R R R R R R e R e e SRR SRR R P IS 000#00000000000*#+## v of music In the church services.” Singing was one of the sweetest acts of wor- hould take part in the service of song. e s 1 strong terms against such hymns as ‘“Jesus, Lover of My Soul,” “The World Is All a Fleeting Show,” “I Would Not Live Alway,” nging,”” he said, “is calculated not only to quicken the singer's plety, but also to infuse like feeling in others. A lecturer in the East not long ago tried to prove that the tendency of music is to demoralize rather than 4 | elevate. Perhaps the reason for this conviction is that much of the con- 1l singing contains neither good music, good poetry nor healthy To some the songs of the church are the means of emotional raptures instead of true spiritual enjoyment. mental opiates that put to sleep. To others a clinic that soothes and re- s on flowery beds of ease. “The sentiment of the song does not always correspond with our convic- We sympathize with the converted Jew, who being told that he must eat pork as a proof that he was a real Christian, thus protested “‘Oh, must we eat the flesh of swine, Because Lord Jesus we are thine?" ‘“‘Again, some people’s religion fluctuates with the phases of their hope no songs are more popular with such than those that express **How tedious and tasteless the hours when Jesus no longer I see, "Tis a point T long to know, Oft it causes anxious thought; the Lord or no; Am I His or am I not? How deplorable the conditionofaChristian who can sing such songs with may be in doubt, here we crave the unchanging, immutable, the eternal. Nor would 1 have the church sing that theological falsehood, woven into verse, ‘This world is all a fleeting God never did belittle His omnipotence by creating anything for a fleeting sho’ or for man's illusion. That sentiment must have | been composed by a Christlan Sclentist. It is no evidence of true plety for a Christian to sing, even when in the depths of despair, ‘I would not live alway, I ask not to stay,’ or ‘This world’s a wilderness of woe.' Surely he Is not nmking the best of life or he would wish to live 1s long as possible. This world is not a wilderness of woe, except to him who makes it so. Even heaven would be a wilderness of woe to him that would make the earth such. “*Hide me, O my Savior, hide. Till the storm of life is past, Give me, Lord, a glorious ride jans forecast the time in song when ‘They shall lay but before singing that with the spirit and under- re first whether they have taken any burdens up. are not placed here simply to die, or travel a wilderness of woe, or to that instead of these hymns the people should sing r of the Cross?”’ and others. The speaker declared that the churches. He stated that it did and “They Shall lay Their Burdens | To others they are senti- | a sleeping car in which they are car- in and sweet flowers have all lost their we want reality. Wherever else we show, for man’s {llusion given.’ or a religious paralysis prompts some my soul at last.’ “Soldiers of Christ Arise,” *“I D R S S S S e s R R R 2L T P PSP PSS S P R R R R BIC GUNS FOR HARBOR DEFENSE Formidable Land Bat- teries Are Able to Defend the City. Presence of the Battleship Oregon Is Desirable, but Not Essential. L] Tremendous Fire Thatthe Great Cannon Could Concentrate on a Hostile Ship. TARGET-PRACTICE ORDERS Shafter Looking for a Light the San Joaquin Valley. neral A in Range lery people seem to fancy that the ure of the battleship Oregon to the great squadron at Key West would leave San Francisco without yper protection. There is no good cause for such apprehension, because the forts guarding this harbor are ca- vable of standing off any fleet that Spain could send to the Pacific. The country may need the services of the to form a line of battleship Oregon battle with the Iowa and Indiana as an object lesson or something more for the Spanish. The military authorities understand what is needed for the protection of this harbor. If an element of weak- ness existed the Secretary of War would be advised of the weak places. The Monterey, Monadnock, the Phila- delphia and Charleston are within easy reach to assist the batteries at Fort Poinc and Lime Point. Much important work has been done on the land during the past thirty days. The ten-inch battery at Fort Point has been reinforced by the addition of two guns, so there are now five ten-inch rifles in position. Five twelve-inch guns commanding a fine sweep of the ocean can be depressed to bring under fire a ship attempting to pass through the narrow channel between Lime Point and Fort Point. Three more twelve-inch guns at Fort Baker, to- gether with the sixteen mortars and three dynamite guns on the peninsula can also be brought into use at long or short range. When one considers the possible concentration of fire at the narrowest point of the Golden Gate it can be understood that a hostile fleet there would have little chance of sur- val. A steel projectile of the twelve- inch rifle weighs a half-ton. When a f charge of 4560 pounds of powder is i the projectile obtains a force nt to pierce the armor of any ronclad that floats. The great guns on Lime Point, nearly five hundred feet above the water are so high that a plunging fire against the deck of & ship may be delivered. The fact is readily appreciated by the army and navy authorities that San Francisco is not in a defenseless condi- tion, and while the presence of the Ore- gon in the harbor may pe desirable the ship is not essential to the protection of the city. The large suppiy of ammunition which came from Benicia Arsenal recently has been placed in the magazines of ‘!he Presldlo and Lime Point. The 1igh-power guns are inspected every day, so that everything shall be in or- der for immediate use. Word comes from the East that a very large supply of ammunition to replenish the stock in the arsenal at Benicia is on the rail, 80 whatever the conditions may be elsewhere in the United States it can ke v said that San Francisco is not at the mercy of a hostile fleet. The work on | the fortifications is progressing with so much speed that the new battery of | | sixteen 12-inch rifled mortars will soon be ready for use. Troops at the Presidio receive no | | signs to indicate that they will be sent | south. Officers of the First Infantry | believe that the regiment will remain | at this station. even should war with | Spain be declared. The rumor of change | | of station to meet war contingencies | | has not pointed to any change in the | | distribution of forces on this coast. | tual war would require an increased | | force of men at the high-power guns, and hence soldiers of the infantry might be utilized for that duty in pref- erence to volunteers. | Orders were issued yesterday from | the headquarters of the Department of | California announcing target practice | as follows for thé current vear: Heavy artillery—The month of April, | Infantry—The months of May and | June. - | The practice of the companies sm-‘ tioned at Benicia Barracks will be held at the Presidio, under special instruc- | tions to be issued hereafter by General Shafter. | It is not settled yet where the tar- get practice of the light artillery will be held. It ‘~- place near Redwoc i st year and there is where the | e shrapnel was discovered by | Captains Potts and Califf. The de- | partment commander is looking this| year for a new range. Last week he | sent Major Edward Field, artillery in- spector, and Lieutenant John D. Miley, Fifth Artillery, on a trip through the San Joaquin Valley to find a desirable place. The officers returned tp head- | quarters last Sunday. They found | some good places for light artillery fir- | ing in practice work and also found water and other accommodations. A range of three miles, with freedom from houses and other interposing objects, 18 necessary. It goes without saying that every man of the artillery service will have higeve on the shrapnel when the shells of this pattern begin to fly. The Third Artillery at the Presidio will soon receive a new lieutenant-col- onel to take the place of Colonel E. B. Williston, promoted to command the Sixth Regiment. It is thought that Major W. F. Randolph, commanding the light artillery battery at Fort Riley will come to the Presidio. He goes up to the grade of lieutenant- colonel, and is likely to be assigned to this station to succeed Williston. i The soldiers in this department are heartily glad that General Graham gets an important command at the front, or the prosepctive front, on the gulf. The soldierly qualities of the general are appreciated by the officers and men who served under him at this and other stations. READ IT IN THE CALL. Natives of Italy Are Anxious t> Go to the Gold Fields of the Klondike. _The California-Alaska Navigation and Commercial Company was In receipt yes- terday of a letter from Italy asking for information about the Kiondike and the best way of getting there. It was under the date of February 25, from Pian de Drria, 8an Columbane, Chivari, Italy, tand was as follows: Sirs: Having read considerable in The C: about the dlscovery of gold in Alaska n.l:d ‘l;‘.lel prevailing excitement, I wish to state that many young men of this environ who are able to raise the passage and outfitting money are eager to undertake the voyage. We wish to obtain all the Information possible, T mean such as would be required in traveling from your city to Dawson. Respectfully yours, [ A. GAGLIARDO. The writer in a portion of the letter asks for the specific kind of advice that he desired. The officials of the company anticipate that quite a large number of fortune-seekers will come from Italy. —_——— Lawrence’s Bluff. Chief Lees received a telephone mes- sage vesterday lrom the Examiner office asking “Why in — don’'t you arrest Huntington?’ The Chief at once placed himself in communication with the Southern Pacific offices, and in the after- noon Attorney Frank C. Cleary called at police headquarters with $500 cash bail and H. E. Huntington's name was en- tered on the City Prison register, He {s charged with violating sections 1 and 4 of order 2866 of the Board of Supervisors in i not having fenders on the electric cars. The complaining witness is A. M. Law- rence of the Examiner, who swore to the complaint some weeks ago when he knew that Huntington had left the city for the East. —_————————— Coal Dealers’ Arraignment. United States District Judge de Haven has fixed April 22 as the date for the ar- raignment of the indicted members of the Coal Dealers’ Assoclation. Ladies’ tallor-made suits; latest designs; we glve credit. M. Rothschild, 211 Sutter, I. 6 & 7. | many of the signatures on the petition for | Improvement Company. CITIZENS OPPOSE THE BOULEVARD Bush Street May Still Be Open to Public Travel. The Supervisors Recognize a Scheme to Obstruct Traffic. Yellow Journalism Receives a Roast at the Hands of Supervisor Smith. The Board of Supervisors heard a vigor- ous protest against the establishing of a boulevard on Bush street yesterday when J. M. Manning appeared before the meet- ing and demanded that the Supervisors give the matter a full and thorough hear- ing before declding or declaring the thor- oughfare a boulevard. Mr. Manning declared that he repre- sented 12,000 front feet of Bush. street, and that the majority of property owners were against the boulevard. He said that the scheme to make a bou- levard was put up by a certain street railroad company, and that it was agamst the best interests of the citizens who live on Bush street. Supervisor Clinton supported the peti- tioner’ and expressed his opinion that a boulevard had been purchased, either by influence or otuerwise. It was finally decided to hear the matter as a special order of business at the meeting of the Street Committee that will be held a week from Thursday next. At that time all parties interested will be represented the question of boulevard or no bou- rd will be definitely settled. Supervisor Smith expressed his opinion of sensational journals that publish un- founded reports regarding the actions of the board. He said that a morning paper had published a report that had tended to convey the impression that the Judiciary Committee had “stood In"” on certain bail | bonds that were known to be shaky. He called on the records to show that the ac- tion taken had been on the advice of the attorney employea to look into the matter and that the committee was not to blame. J. H. Robinson was engaged as speclal attorney to collect from the State the money that is claimed to be due for the maintenance or orphans. His commission will be 15 per cent. ‘The C and County Attorney was in- structed to appear for the city in the suit brought by the Italian Benevolent Society to test the right of the city to prevent burials in the City Cemetery. | The site selected for the new City and County Hospital was approved. The Clerk of the Board was_instructed to advertise for bids for the lighting of public buildings for the next two years. Bids for the paving of Market street from Second to Fifth were received as follo City Street Improvement Company, $20,- 000, with an allowance of $5000 for old materfal; Pacific Paving Company, $23,750, with $100 allowance for old material; San Francisco Paving Company, $25,850, with no allowance; Fred J. French, $255857, §1 allowance; Alcatraz Asphalt Company, $26,241 30, no allowance. The matter was referred to the Street Committee. Mayor Phelan presented a veto of cer- | tain bills for the public lighting, claiming that they were in excess of the amount allowed by the one-twelfth act. The order allowing boxing permits on the payment of $100 for each exhibition was finally passed. e STREET IMPROVEMENTS. Summary of the Week’s Work of the | Board. The following is a complete record of the street improvements which passed | the Board of Supervisors at yesterday’s | session: AWARDS OF CONTRACTS. | Greenwich, Leavenworth to point 137:6 feet | y—sidewalks, to Flinn & Treac | Grant avenue to Stockton—Paving, W. Fulles reka, Twentieth to Twenty-first—Same, to n Paving Company. hteenth, southerly to Corbet Sewering, right of way, to L. C. Willlams. J, Eighth to Tenth avenues, to H, to Four- teenth avenue—Sewering, to J. H. Belser. _ Point Lobos @venue to A—Same, to to Unios E tt avenue— | same. Ninth avenue to A—Sewering, to City Street Bernice, Thirteenth to point 80 feet moi erly—Laying of sidewalks, to Flinn & Tre Seventeenth avenue, Clement to Callfornia— Macadamizing, etc., to McHugh & Sheerin. RESOLUTIONS ORDERING STREET WORK. from point 137:6 feet east of feet easterly—Paving with Lombard, Baker to point 1 curbs and artificial stone sidewalks on north- erly line. Fourteenth, Guerrero to Dolores—Regrading, paving, curbs, etc. Pine, Laguna to Buchanan—Sidewalks. Clay, Walnut to Laurel—Paving. Mission to Brook—Curbs, paving, storm- water inlets, etc. Mission and Randall—Same. Mission and Cortland avenue to Brook— sixth—Curbs and paving. Hill, Noe to Castro—Sidewalks on northerly side. RESOLUTIONS OF INTENTION. Lombard, Pierce to Scott—Curbs and paving. Lombard and Pierce—Paving. Lombard and Scott—Same. Third avenue, Clement to California street— Regrading and remacadamizing. Church, _Thirteenth to Fourteenth—Curbs, paving, culvert, ete. Church and Thirteenth—Paving, stone sidewalks, curbs, etc. Church, Thirtéenth to Hermann—Curbs and paving. St. Marys avenue, Misslon street to right of way of Southern Pacific Rallroad—Curbs, gut- terways and sidewalks. Central avenue and Halght—Artificlal stone sidewalks. Fourteenth, Dolores to Market—Curbs and paving. Ninth avenue, K street to point 125 feet south of P—Grading, curbs, macadamizing, etc. Jessle, Thirteenth to Fourteenth—Curbs and paving. Reservoir, Market to Church—Pipe sewer, curbs, paving, etc. Twenty-fifth avenue, Clement street to Point Lobos avenue—Pipe sewers, etc. Allen, Hyde to Unlon—Curbs, stdewalks, Delgado place, Hyde street to easterly ter- mination—Pipe sewer, ete. Eighth, Howard to Folsom—Artifictal stone dewalk. San Jose avenue, Twenty-second to Twenty- third—Curbs, paving and grading, etc., on cor- ner of Alvarado street and San Jose avenue. Central place, Pine to southerly termina- tion—Paving and reconstruction of curbs. Wildey avenue, Fillmore street to Steiner— Pipe sewer, etc. Waller, Central and paving. Twenty-sixth, Valencia to Mission—Same. Seventh, Hubbell to Irwin—Grading, curbs and paving. San Jose avenue, Alvarado to Twenty-third street—Pipe sewer, ete. San Jose avenue and Alvarado street—Same. San Jose avenue, Alvarado to Twenty-second street—Same. RECOMMENDED BY SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS. Potrero avenue, Division to Alameda streets— Curbs and paving. Potrero avenue and Alameda street—Paying, Potrero avenue, Alameda to Fifteenth—Curbs and paving. Potrero avenue and Fifteenth—Paving, Potrero avenue, Fifteenth to Sixteenth—Curbs and paving. Potrero avenue and Sixteenth—Paving. otrero avenue, Sixteenth to Seventeenth— Curbs and paving. Potrero avenue and Seventeenth—Curbs and paving. Potre: ame. Potrero avenue and Mariposa—Paving. Potrero avenue, Mariposa to Eighteenth— Curbs and paving. i Potrero avenue and Eighteenth—Paving. Potrero avenue, Eighteenth to Nineteenth— Curbs and paving. Potrero avenue and Nineteenth—Paving. Potrero avenue, Nineteenth to Twentieth— Curbs and paving. Potrero avenue and Twentleth—Paving. Potrero avente, Twenty-first to Tawenty- fogrtth—cuthl. paving, ;t(nn;n ‘r’t‘h‘.r inlet, etc. otrero avenue, Twenty-fou: to Twenty- fth—Curbs and peving. Y artificial paving and sl avenue to Masonic—Curbs ro avenue, Seventeenth to Mariposa— Pierce, Oak to Page—Same. Eightéenth, Ashbury to Uranus—Grading, curbs, ete. Truett, Mason to westerly termination—Pav- “frvant, Twenty-second to Twenty-third— Curbs and_paving. Waller, Plerce to Scott—Same. Stevenson, Twelfth to westerly termination —Curbs, paving and sewering. Sixteenth, Castro to point 255 feet westerly— Sewering, etc. RESOLUTION OF FULL ACCEPTANCE. Lombard, Baker to Lyon—Bitumen. Lombard, Fillmore to Stelner—Same, O'Brien against laying sidewalks on west side. Allen, Hyde street westerly—Property owners against paving. Twenty-fitth avenue, Point Lobos avenue to Clement street—Same against sewering. pclventy-third and Harrison—Same, - against ving. Stanley place, Bryant to Harrison—Sarah F. Hiller, against accepting work of paving. Fifteenth avenue, California to Lake street— Property-owners, against sewering. Lombard, Hyde to Larkin—Same, against lay- ing sidewalks. Bryant, Division to Alameda—Same, against paving. Linden ave., Gough to Octavia street—Same. Lombard, Steiner to Plerce—Same, Lombard and Plerce—Same. Alabama, Twentieth to Twenty-first—Same. First avenue, Point Lobos avenue to Clem- ent street—Same. First avenue, Clement to California street— Same. Sutter, Devisadero to Broderick—Same. Twenty-third, Bryant to Potrero avenue— Same. Central place, off Pine against repaving. Worth, Twenty-first to Twenty-second—Same, against sewering. | REPORT OF STREET COMMITTEE ON RECOMMENDED FOR FULL ACCEPTANCE. { MATTERS SUBMITTED AT PREVIOUS Lombard, Devisadero to Broderick—Bitumen, | BEERIGR: Wainat, ‘california to Sacramento-—Basalt, | Bush, Kearny to Central avenue—In favor of California, Central avenue to Walnut streat— | order declaring street a boulevard. Fourth, Howard to Railroad: Harrison, First | southerly—Same, Same. PROPOSALS ORDERED READVERTISED. | ' TRIrd-Repairing referred to Superintendent Clement street, Twenty-fourth to Twenty- | _Montgomery court—Grading referred to City fitth avenue—Sewering. etc. A oy Twenty-fifth Pierce and Green—Agalinst paving. Twenty-third, Harrison to Potrero avenue— Property-oweners may_pave. Franconia avenue, Wolfe street to Peralta venue—In favor of sewering. Jackson, Cherry to First avenue—Property- Clement _street, to Twenty- | sixth avenue—Same. EXTENSIONS, OF TIME GRANTED. Serpentine place, Temple street to Lower Terrace—To Fred Leffler, ninety days on sew- | ering, etc. owners may grade, sewer, Fitieenth avenue, South and Q street south— | * Montgomers. avenue, ;aaeytcw North Point— To John Burns, thirty days on grading, mac- | Work of filling in may begin. adamizing, etc. | Peralta avenue, Franconia avenue to York EXTENSIONS OF TIME RECOMMENDED. | street—In favor of sewering. Twentieth, York to Hampshire—Artificial Miguel— | Chenery, Mateo to MguclTo Flinn & | gtone curbs may be retained. Y, i y days on sewering. Ty I anohe o Castro-Same. West Mission-—Paving recommended started. e Fourteenth to. FiiteentheTo same, | _Commercial, Drumm to Davis—Sidewalks 2 laying sidewalks. | may be laid. | Uy daye O N “mame- thirty days on | . Ninth avenue, C street to point 50 feet south- erly—C. Easton may grade. Howard and Fremont—Sidewalks may - be d, provided blue rock is used for red. e and Beaver—Work of laying sidewalks | postponed four months. | o Noe. Fifteenth to point 362 feet ‘southerly— Same postponed six months. Central avenue, Fulton to McAllister—In fa- vor of paving. Army, Bryant to county road—Market-street Railway Company must remove unused rafls. Other petitions and protests reported on ad- versely or filed. o S Boyakin’s Trial Set. | The trial of Henson A. Boykin, charged | with presenting a false pension claim, | will be begun in the United States Dis- | trict Court on May 1L le to Cherry—To Union Pav- | ty days on paving, etc. | 1ai, guna, Ellis to O'Farreli—To property | owners, sixty days on same. PET! NS REFERRED TO T LEI COMMITTEE. ETEUIE Octavia and Willow avenue—Union Paving | and Contracting Company for Superintendent | of Streets to sign contract to pave portion for which city is assessable. | Noe, Henry to Fifteenth—Emily Sellers to lay sidewaik in front of her property. ! Potrero avenue and Hampshire street, Twen- ty-sixth to Army—Jobn Kelso Company for re- | lease from contract to grade. Sanchez and Henry—Mrs. Lizzie Tierney and Miss Sarah O'Brien to lay sidewalk on north- West' corner. 3 Q@ street south, Fifteenth to Eighteenth avenue south-Property Owners, by attorney, for hearing in case of petition’ to revoke M. C. Hogan's permit to grade, etc, Bush, Broderick to Baker—W. A. Shaw for completion of paving. York, Twenty-sixth to Army—Buckman Con- tracting Company for release from contract to sewer. Nineteenth—J. J. Dolores, Eighteenth to Smith to lay sidewalk on east line, Kent, Mason westerly—S. Mazza for bitu- minous paving. Noe and Fourteenth—John Stelling to retain artifiefal stone curbs on southeast corner, Spruce, Washington to. —Edward G, Car- rera for bituminou v Washington, Locust Spruce—Property owners for same Sanchez, Fourteenth to Fifteenth—Mrs. Ellen L. O'Neil to withdraw from contract for laying sidewnlks. Folsom, Third to F ers for repair of side PROTESTS to sthorne—Property own- TO STREET Army, Dolores to Church—Property owners against’ paving. Wolfe, Isabel to Precita avenue—Same - Bt p e G.W.BENNETT VAT THE AGE OF I5 YEARS WHEN HE INLISTEDIN THE 12 MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT ARTILLERY - IN 1861 WILL RESIGN HIS STAR. LIEUTENANT OF POLICE GEORGE W. BENNETT. At the next quarterly meeting of the Police Commissioners for thg pur- pose of retiring officers on pensions there will be presented the application of Lieutenant George W. Bennett of the Potrero district. The reason to be advanced for the retirement of Lieutenant Bennett on pension is the advice of his physician who has been attending him since last January, at which time he sustained a stroke of paralysis. The cause which led to his late illness was brought about by his devotion to his duty in remaining out of bed without tasting food for thirty-six hours when in pursuit of a burglar named James Meinhan, who broke into the residence of a widow in the Potrero named Mrs. Kane and stole several articles of value, among which was a gold watch and chain valued at $175. The theft was reported to Lieutenant Bennett, and he at once started out to run the culprit down. In this he succeeded after a lively chase of several hours’ duration, and without taking either sleep or refreshment he stayed out until he found the stolen property on Capp street, w}gere Meinhan had disposed of it to a companion. After so successfully landing his man and securing the property he returned to the station and there was stricken with paralysis. The San Francisco Police Department has no better nor truer member on the force than Lieutenant Bennett. During the twenty years that he has been on the police force the records show over 11,000 arrests to his credit, and during all this time he never lost a prisoner or made an arrest that had no merit. Immediately after his appointment to the force Chief Crowley assigned him to the South San Francisco station in 1878, where, with the late Officer Rosekamp all that, then, wild territory was placed under their charge. In 1879 Bennett was placed in charge of the Potrero district, then a lonely outside section, the rendezvous of cowboys and toughs who made the place unfit for residence. But Bennett started in to run them out and he suc- ceeded to the entire satisfaction of the Chief of Police, as well as those whose business took them across Long Bridge. So well were his serv- ices appreciated at headquarters that he was promoted to be a sergeant in 1889, and further rewarded by being made a lieutenant two years ago. Outside of his police record he has another which he appreciates still more. It is as follows, and speaks for itself: 4 Commonwealth of Massachusetts. George W. Bennett, Massachusetts Regi- ment, First Artillery: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, honoring the faith- ful services of her sons who formed a part of the land and sea forces of the United States employed in suppressing the rebellion and maintaining the in- tegrity of thé nation, has by a resolve of the general court of 1869, directed the undersigned to present you this testimonial of the people’s gratitude for your patriotism. WILL CLAFLIN, Governor. " JAMES A. CUNNINGHAM, Adjutant-General. Given at Boston this 19th day of April, 1570. Young Bennett joined this regiment at the age of fifteen years and served all through the war. Consequently he has every reason to be proud of his public career which will terminate next month, after twenty years of faithful work for the peo- ple of San Francisco. He will (with the consent of the Commissioners) draw half pay for the balance of his life. His retirement will be regretted by all who know him, and none more than the men under his command. During his twenty years he never yet reported a subordinate to his superiors. His kindly disposition won for him absolute obedience from those under him. . His successor will have a district free from thieves and vagabonds. The fac-simile is on every wrapper of CASTORIA. TRANSPORTATION, HO! FOR DAWSON! On or about May 1,'1898, the American bark ALEXANDER McNEIL will sail for St. Mich- ‘ael, connecting_at the latter point with the Pacific Coast Commercial Co.’s new dispatch river steamer Bessie H. For further information call on or address PACIFIC COAST COMMERCIAL COMPANY | A. H. HERRIMAN, Agent, 201 Front st., San Francisco. KOTZEBUE SOUND MINING AND TRABING CO. FOR Kotzebue Sound—The bark J. A. Falken- burg will sail on or about May 10, 1598. Fare, including 2500 pounds baggage or freight, $200. Passengers will apply early to LYNDE & HOUGH CO., 40 California st., San Francisco. or to A. H. Herriman, general manager, 201 Front st., San Francisco. e Al CLIPPER_BARK. & NORTHERN LIGHT, Captain Joseph Whiteside, Commanding. Wiil Sail for KOTZEBUE SOUND, ALASKA GOLD FIELDS. MAY 10O 1i8e8. Passage $200, including 3000 1bs. baggage. 30 now will secure passage, balance before April 1, 1898 Address CAPT. B. COGAN, 44 East st., San Frarcisco. Union S. & Transportation Co. TO KOTZEBUE SOUND, ST. MICHAEL, COPPER RIVER, DYEA AND SKAGUAY. For passage and freight apply to UNION SHIPPING AND TRANSPORTA- TION COMPANY, 21 Market street. California-Alaska Navigation & Commercial Co., 628 Market st. Will dispatch their elegant new ocean steamer (now building), for Dawson City, via St. Michael, about June 1. baggage free. Freight 10 cents per pound. Their powerful new river steamer (QUEEN | OF THE YUKON) draws only 2 feet loaded, with a speed of 15 _miles per hour, and elec- tric lighted throughout. and map of gold flelds, to Dyea and Skaguay. Send for pamphlet free. Also steamers e RE. Fare, $300; 150 pounds | —_ TRANSPORTATION—Continued. TRAVELERS TO DAWS0NN Via DYEA and SKAGUAY can arrange to have their provisions sent via St. Michael and the Yukon Rive applying to ALASKA-YUKON TRANSPORTATION CO., 3 STEUART ST., San Franeiseo, Cal. BIRCH Creek district; now nearly deserted owing to lack of food; larger and just as rich as Klondike; produced about $5,000,000; 1500x 100 feet; our new modern steamer, Alice Rix, stops there going to Dawson City; our ka Transportation Co., op) book fre Montgom Alas| 24 s Russ Hou: MINING SUPPLIES. W. W. MONTAGUE & CO., HEADQUARTERS FOR MINING SUPPLIES, CAMPING QUTFITS, 311 TO 317 MARKET STREET. GAS ENGINES. UNION GAS ENGINE CO. 339 HOWARD STREET. GASOLINE ENGINES and LAUNCHES —_— SLEEPING BAGS. KLONDIKE SLEEPING BAGS. Klondike Sleeping Bags. The cnly bag made that will not crack from frost or leak. Sold at factory prices. 313 Spear st., San Francisco. P. & B. PRODUCTS. . & B. BUILDING PAPE and P. & B. ADY ROOFING, sold by all first-class deal- ers, are clean, odorless, of great strength, rea- sonable in price and easy to transport. ‘They cold, keep heat, buildings; trade. st._Tel. dampness and dust out of ticularly adapted to Alaskan NE_PAINT CO., 116 Battery SLEDS. BOATS, ETC. ARCTIC sleds, fretic dogs, Yukon boats, pilot maps to the Klondike, Alaska outfts, steam launches and stern-wheel steamers, with boilers suitable to burn wood; §0 boats can be seen at salesroom. G. W. KNEASS, 718 Third st. 'Phone Red 2361. MEDICINES. DON'T @0 TO THE KLONDIKE OR anywhere else without a supply of PRATT'S ABOLITION OIL, the never-failing remedy for Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Lame Back and all lameness and pain. For sale by | all druggists. A. McBOYLE & CO., Druggists, | 504 Washington st. LIME CORDIAL. Lime Cordial especially prepared for the Alaska, etc., trade. Preventive and cure for scurvy, ete. LUKE G. SRESOVICH & CO., Agents. 521 to 52 Sansome st., San Franelsco. | ‘i trying experience. from wi in bed, propped A society lady in a busy Conbecticut town recounts an extremely «I have suffered,” said she, *‘about everything possible eak stomach and chronic constipation, and many a night have had to sit up with pillows and get what sleep I could that way. L RS NS - v (p B I could aot lie down; if I did I would feel a terrible choking sensation which made me gasp for breath. Everything seemed to ferment the moment it got into my stomach, and often I felt bloated and generally miserable. Since I began using RIPANS TABULES I have been 8o greatly relieved that I fully beliove they will soon cure me entirely. UNITED STATES LAUNDRY, % { OFFICE, -3 100 4 Market St., 3 Xear- Powell. Telephone, South 420, DR. 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