The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 25, 1898, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, APRIL 25, 189S UP WITH THE STANDARD OF THE RED CROSS! AR, once the pastime of kings, is 10w civilization's surgical opera- | W on As the keen cut of| the scientist’s knife is supplement- ed by the deft care of the trained | nurse so is the sanguinary ex- cision of the festering ulcer from the | body politic of the world tempered by | the gentle ministrations of the Angels of Mercy wearing the red badge of peace That which once spread devastation | for the personal aggrandizement of the | | rulers of men has become the weapon 1gainst tyranny and oppression in behalf of humanity, and, as the hosts a conquering despot were followed hordes human vultures intent | upon spoliation of dead and dying on | the bloody field, it is a fit antithesis that | the dove of peace, bearing aid to the | unfortunates who fall, should tread | close on the heels of the army battling | for the uplifting of man. This is the sentiment which civi tion imbues in the breasts of those who go forth to fight the cause of the weak, and this is the sentiment that brought forth the Red Cross Society and makes its modest flag the glad harbinger of peace and surcease from pain after the and turmoil of the crimson iza- uproar field. There are other duties than that of bearing arms in response to a call to end the nation from invading foes. as 's ha were upheld mes of old so must our country’s | defenders have-their arms sustained by those whose place is not at the front. It is the duty of every non-combatant to do t which lies in his or her pow- er to ameliorate the condition of those only the bullets of the but also those insidious allies of —disease and neglect. the tens of thousands of broken- | men whose emaciated and crip- | forms bear silent but eloquent tes- | ony to their bravery wherever vete- | rans of the late war are seen, not one- tenth of number owe their afflic- tions to the saber or bullet so much as to the lack of care subsequent to the | battle 1 thousands fill graves in the plands of the South who, | be with their friends on hey received proper nursing | s of burning fever and ting disease brought on by privation nd exposure. To California belongs the honor of | organizing Sanitary Commission, ch was such a potential agent in les- the horrors of the war of the rebellion, and California will again lead the nation with ,her angels of mercy even as she stands ready to lead the hosts of war. o-day active work | the y response of the State to the | estion of The Call shows that the | West is not only open-handed in her lavish hospitality to those who | follow the sun across the snowy ranges to the genial shores of the Pacific, but | when times of trial beset the nation she is as ready to shed her last drop of blood in its defense and spend her last dollar toward minimizing the dangers which surround those who give their bodies as living shields to their coun- | try. All cannot lead, nor is it possible that all can even take active interest in the front, but all—every man, woman and | child in the State—can do something to further the cause which has for its ulti- | mate object the welfare of the country. | ¥ War is a costly operation, and all the | adjuncts pertaining to war require money. The work of the Sanitary Commission calls for millions of dol- | lars if it is to be properly carried on, | and it is these millions that the great mass of the people who remain behind can furnish to those whose duty calls them to the tented field. Let every Californian give from hi store that which can be spared, and whether it &g the thousands of the mil- lionaire or the mite of the little child it wilt have equal weight in the grand total which will furnish those necessities and nurs: h will undo the deadly work of Spanish bullets and Cuban fevers. : Hold up the Sanitary Commission even as the Sanitary Commission backs up the brave boys in blue, and let the patriotic tide set forth so strong from | the Golden West that the wave of en- thusiasm will sweep over the country, washing out every thought except that from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from Columbia to the Gulf—north, south, east and west, the whole nation stands together, shoulder to shoulder, in the battle for human liberty against op- pression and misrule. | BERKELEY HAS ORGANIZED. BERKELEY, April 24—The Red Cross Soclety was Berkeley | organized this 1 M. Reed, F. M. McLean, M | Clayes, Mesdames M. M. Rodgers, M. C. Lamb, E. B. Newton, A. H. Hob" Douglas Keith. 3. Plehn, H. M. F. Wilson, M. L Randall, 8. gelo E. E. Bl . Hall, B. H. w, F. H Bigelo O Bonle, S V. Hatha' h, Davenport,” J. H. m R. Lansing, J: L. Shepherd, H. C. Huse, ns N. Shepherd, 8. Christy,” J. D. Thomas, A. T. Green, T. Rickard, A. Smoot, M. Palmer, F. V. Paget, J. K. Stewart, C. Wilkinson, P. R. Boone, F. Slat H.' Howlson, E. A. H. J. Crawford, A. Blake, J.I8. Bun- J. Wilkinson, R. W. Nutting, J. G. M. Stratton, Dr. E. Cum- Mis M. J. Gilbert, Richardson, r, E. V. Carlin, Mary B. B L. M. 5. Morse, A. M. M. Palache, 0. C.” Briggs, . C. Williams, A. Ransom, M Crawford, L. McCullough, B. B 8- X ). Kellogg, P. Smoot, C. Bunneil, Mot - Wilkinson, M. B. 5. Quinan, R. Quinan, K. Green any Margaret Wilkinson, Colonel Greenlief, by request, gave some interesting and valuable unofficial advice to the members of the new society gathered from his varied experiences in the clvil war. The colonel advised that the socclety deal only with authorized agents of the Government in order that funds and supplies collected for the front M. Erwin, REY.FATHER WYMAN W.S.BARNES WM.ALVORD A WIDE FIELD To The Call, San Francisco: every confildence in the fornia and su is already citiz will organize to-morrow. A sylvania, New Je: and Illinols wil society in the s of the Christian a wide fleld for ir operations and You cannot organize too early, and emergencies. We m and shall sav ings that made the late civil war s the noble citizens of your State. urec irit o0O0000000000 T am In full sympathy with you. patriotism and humanity of the people of Cali- FOR OPERATIONS: CHICAGO, April 24, 1588, 1 have d the Red Cross Soclety which your t noon on Monday citizens of Penn- 1 meet to organize a national relief Commission of "61. There will be there wiil be much for you to do. you must be prepared for many e our soldiers from the awful suffer- terrible. God speed The Call and B. F. JACOBS. 0000000000000 000000000 CO000000 0000000000000 00000 afternoon with much enthuslasm at the | First Congregational Church, and before the meeting, which was presided over by Rev. George E. Swan of St. Mark’s Epi copal Church, had adjourned 141 members had signed the roll. The new societ which will co-operate with the general Red Cross Society, has, as has alreac been stated, for its main objects, to pr pare surgical dressing and bandages, to aid the wounded and to keep a record of the sick and wounded. | The following officers of the soclety | were electe President, Mrs. Charles R. Greenleaf; first ent, Martin Kellogg, president of the of Call nd vice pres; dent, Rev. George E third vice pre dent, Harry Hillard; Mrs. Geo Stratton: tremsurer, Palache. The following individuals signed the roll of the soclety: Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Osmont, Colone; and Mrs. C. R. Greenieaf, Mr. and Mrs. C. M Chase. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hillard, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton T Mr. and Mrs. George B. Hatch, Mr. A. A. Pennoyer, Mr. and Mrs. B | head,” Rev. ST £ D. Keith,” W. Wilkinson, Graydon, ‘Professor F. et, Professor H. | the civil war that $1 surgi. Ie | eivil war would have reach their destination. rd the end of : the work of $ at the beginning 1 of the lack of proper anization. The routine of demand for vice of the kind that could be ren- Ted by such a soclety as the Berkeley ch would be, first, a request from the the campaign di al 'to the Government for suppii ervice, and then, in case of a tempo governmental shortage, a de- mand would be made, most possibly | through Miss Barton, for the help of suc| volunteer assotiations as the auxiliary Red Cross Socleties. The colonel advised the formation of committees for the un- dertaking of specified lines of work as, first, aid to the wounded, the making of cal dressings, the making of litters, and keeping the records of sick, wounded and dead, which latter, If it had been effectively looked after during the ved an immense amount of trouble in after years. Then a_committee of finance Is necessary, for often the appropriation for some specified need of the army will fall short during war, and then is the time when effectual help can be rende: y associations. The the Berkeley ph too glad to place th vice of the members ans would be only hemselves at the ser- of the soclety, in the It was satd after | " RCROWLEY HR.G.H.HANSON.NG.C, | churches to-day matter of giving such practical informa- tion as lies within their province. THE SPIRIT OF WAR. Rev. F. S. -V~Vard Depre- cates War and Tells of Its Horrors. At the First Christian Church last even- ing Rev. F. S. Ford spoke on the “Spirit of War.” War in all its horrors and ter- rifying incidents was pictured to imagination .and was deprecated an arbiter of international difficultie “Peace is the greatest blessing of na- of the last days preparatory to the end of the world and the coming of the Son of God are possibly drawing very near, for we have had, and are now having, “‘wars and rumors of wars,”” “famines,”” ‘‘earthquakes,” on rising against nation,” ‘‘pestilences,’. o iniquity,” causing the love of many to grow cold, and the gospel has now been a to all nations. Truly the second cominz ot Christ appears to be rushing onward in exact accord with this prophecy. It ma while you live, for we cannot read God's cal- endar accurately, but that it drawet cannot be questioned by any who read the prophecies as the very oracles of the most high, as all tru 1" do But of the sober word of t! | Unitea States with its fifty warships TO REPAIR THE DISASTER. The Red Cross an Aid to the Resources -of the Hospital Corps. havoc wrought with the human an: through the medium of Red Cross so the formation and operation of sucl are now establishing you have the Red Cross banners sickn and wo ceive attention, and it is to the cr philanthropists are placing at our di ing on the field of battle. Lieutenant Colonel and oJoJoJojoJoJoJoJoJoJoJoloJoJol ] CREEEOEEOOOOE®E About the only immediate means of repairing some of the disastrous geons of the sanitary corps of the National tomy during actual warfare are cieties or similar organizations. In h a humane institution as that you hearty co-operation of all the sur- Guard. Under the folds of unds of friend and foe alike will re- edit of humanity that whole-souled isposal the means for allaying suffer- G. F. HANSON, Surgeon, Second Brigade, N. G. C. ® ® ! g ® loleleloloetololofoYoroloYoloYolol ' DRW.D.MECARTHYNG.G WANT CALIFORNI To The Call, San Francisco, Cal.: during the civil war. Its object will ing for the sick and wounded on th care of the needy families of those w! try’s call and went to the front to b cause of humanity. California and T! rying the organization of a red cro: nia’s co-operation. 0000000000000 0000 CO000C00CO0 tions,” sald Rev be maintained teaches us how to necessity of grim we should follow Mr. Ford any WEST P HILADELPHIA, Pa., April 24, will meet to-morrow to organize a national on the general plan of the Christifan Comm war, and A’S CO-OPERATION. The representatives of three relief association. It w on, which was organized 1 be to t the Government in car- e battle-field and for the support and ho took up the musket at the coun- attle for their homes and for the 'he Call are doing a noble work in Hur- ss society. We would . like Califor- HENRY C. McCOOK. 000000000000 000C00Q , “and should 3 Civilization rbitrate without the and bloody uch teachings. NO WALK-OVER FOR AMERICA Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, April 24. Prayers were offered in most of the for the success of the natlon’s army and navy and the safety of the homes on the co and the early re- turn of peace. Rev. V. Marshall Law of the Church of the Advent to-night spoke on the theme of “Wars and Rumors of War.” During the delivery of his dis- course he said: From the words of Christ which I have ex- plained to you you can see that his :rophecy 0000000000()0 s actua annot_fight Cuba and guard the whole Atlantic seabo | as well as the Pacific. On the chessboard | war one United States ironclad cannot w | three Spanish ironclads and set the oppr Cubans free into t ain without the help of the God of batt True we are waging a war of humanity, and it is right that we should We cannot claim to be Christian and longer sit supinely by while § causes mars | deaths in ¢ arvation than occurred in chole ¢ ar on both sides. But tem- zahs with prayers to the king of Bunting should fly whenever our arms a victory, but remember that it may id breeze at half-mast befors score wave in a are tl h this business, for the ness is no mean our caus just, the hell of full of fire and ‘somebody {8 sure to be dreadfully burned in attempting to quench glowing brimstone. It is the business of an enemy to deceive. Telegraphic reports may be bulletined and published in good faith by the newspapers, but while they proclaim that the fleet in the Philippines still rides at the coast of Asia the astute enemy ent them out may be steaming toward ncisco. While you read of Spanish s on the other side of the globe as you sip your morning coffee in fancled security the Shells from that same fleet may begin to rip up the sod in your own dooryards. We shall win, but let us shout quietly at first. MANY F the promises made by the jolly | crowd of Native Sons who left | this city yesterday morning are to | be believed, there was a hot time | in Nevada City last night. | To-day is the date fixed for the an- | nual meeting of the Grand Parlor, the | supreme legislative body of the order’| of Natlve Sons. Delegates from local parlors and their friends to the number of 150 left this city by special traln at | 8 o'clock yesterday morning and ar-| rived in Nevada City, the pla of meeting, late in the afternoon. The party included a score or more of la- di the wives of delegates, who will partake of the gayeties of the coming with business is always religiously ob- | served by the Native Sons. The ne- ty for the liberal mixing of whole- | some enjoyment with the duty of fram- ing the laws for the order is, if not a part of the ritual, at least a part of the unwritten code of ethics that is never violated. It is becoming that a son of the Golden State should have no | NATIVE & SONS = DEPART = FOR = NEVAD care that cannot be Ii smile. Among the departing delegates were | many who are familiar figur For ex- ample there was Grand Tx'(-usurori Henry Martin. Eve school boy in‘ the State knows Henry Martin and | knows that his popularity and great | good nature is only exceeded by his | weight. It is said that some of his friends recently proposed that he take command of a company of volunteers to fight the Spaniards in Cuba. Martin quietly but firmly refused, and when for his reasons gravely re- ghtened with a | “A commander should be a level- headed man. 1 would never do because I could not keep cool—in Cuba.” Of course that settled it. There is no | use to argue with a man who will joke | about so grave a matter as war. How- | ever, this will not prevent his loving | friends from re-electing him to the of- | fice of Grand Treasurer without opposi- Bob Martland, the popular manager | of the Native Sons’ Hall, was a con- | spicuous member of the throng. A | Grand Parlor without Martland would | be like a wagon without wheels. The | thing would drag. The annals of the order contain only one instance whcnl he failed to appreciate a good Joke. Tt was soon after his appointment to his present position. This was just prior to the ion of the Grand Parlor held two years ago at San Luls Obispo. As a matter of business Martland had some cards printed, acro the center of which there appeared in bold type the words “Manager, N. S. G. W. Hall.”” His own name appeared in smaller type in one eorner of the bit of cardboard. Prior to his departure for San Luis Obispo he telegraphed ahead to the Ho- tel Ramona to have apartments re- served for him. When the hotel he handed his card to the clerk and asked to be shown to his room immediately. The clerk glanced at.she card and then at Martland, and said: “I am very sorry, Mr. Hall, but the house is full and you will have to g0 elsewhere for accommodations.” When the full significance of the sit- uation dawyed on Martland he said not a word, but beckoned to the circle of grinning friends and disappeared in the direction of the refreshment counter. Ex-Milk Inspector Dockery, who is one of the funmakers of the order, was | a_ conspicuous figure in the crowd of | Natlves assembled at the ferry. He is authority for the statement that there he arrived at| will be something doing when he and Ben Davis reach Nevada City. Davis’ specialty is the preparation of little surprises for candidates for initiation into the mystic rites of th» side degree of Argonauts. The friendly rivalry be- tween the Argonauts and the Curly Bears is well known, a condition that has led Davis to devise some new and wholly entertaining (to the spectators) features of the initiation of this year's crop of candidates. Mayor Phelan, who is a delegate from Pacific Parlor No. 10, was among the departing Natives. There was also Fred Lees, who enjoys the reputation of always being able to participate in a standing vote during the sessions of the Grand Parlor. Joseph E. O'Donnell and Judge Frank Kerrigan, who won fame at Redwood Citv last year by getting lost and spending the whole of one night in following the changing current | in a tide slough, were on hand, each having promised not to venture outside the corporation limits at Nevada City. Kerrigan confided to several intimate friends that he had been misrepre- sented in the tide slough incident, a fact which he attributes to the invent- ive Imagination of H. R. McNoble of Stockton who is familiarly known among his brothers in the order as | Judge Slough. | Another noticeable flgure in the crowd was that of Henry Lichtenstein of Alcatraz Parlor No. 145, who enjoys the reputation of being the Adonis of [-the local delegation. There were also many others whose faces have been seen at every gathering of Grand Par- lor delegates during the past half- dozen years, and who are known to al- most every member of the order in the State. It was as jolly a crowd as one would wish to see and they may be ex- pected to give a good account of them- | selves during the five days’ session of the Grand Parlor. Ample provision had been made for their creature com- fort during the trip by rail, a circum- stance that did not add to the gayety of the envious but admiring friends who gathered at the ferry to bid them | farewell and good luck. The names of the Grand Parlor offi- | clals and delegates who left for Ne- | vada City yesterday follow: | .M. A. Dorn, John T. Greany, Frank }H. Dunne, Henry C. Gesford, George | D. Clark, Henry Lunstedt, Henry S. | Martin, Joseph K. Hawkins, Lewis F. Byington, Joseph F. Coffey, W. D. | Shea, James P. Dockery, J. J. Jamison, | Leon Dennery, Harry Lachman, Charles A. Boldermann, James D. Phe- LAYS A9ID OFFICI AL : lan, Leonard Stone, S. V. Costello, D. A. Ryan, David Wilson, Joseph J. Har- rington, D. A. Huntemann, Frank H. Mills, W. P. Humphreys Jr., J. A. Black, J. Frank Marini, Louis P. Pow- elson, Charles R. Heverin, L. B. Meyer, W. J. Hawkins, John G. Joly, John F. Finn, George H. S. Dryden, L. K. Ha- genkamp, Frank H. Kerrigan, D. C. Martin, Edward L. Head, C. D. Steiger, Fred W. Lees, Joseph E. O'Donnell, Eugene W. Levy, Saul Magner, Finlay Cook, James B. Keenan, W. S. Grattan, D. E. Murden, F. P. Wehe, P. V. Lon, L Harris, George E. Gallagher, R. Doolan, James L. Gallagher, Lichtenstein, Louis Nonnemann, Ed- ward J. Taffe, R. D. Barton, Robert W. Martland, S. A. White, William C. Miller, James M. Hanley, A. J. Mocker, Harry I. Mulerevy, William Barton and William Attridge. NEVADA CITY, April 24.—The city was in gala attire to-day in honor of the Na- tive Sons who are here to attend the an- nual session of the Grand Parlor. Every street, business block and residence in the city Is gay with flags and bunting, and at frequent intervals the streets are spanned with arches, decorated with ap- propriate emblems worked in incandes cent light bulbs. Besides these illumin- ated arches, festoons of vari-colored lights swing from pole to pole along the = Henry HENR L/ ARTIN, WAS on- TIME . A = CITY | principal business streets and from the fronts of some of the more pretentious | buildings. At 6 o'clock this afternoon a special train bearing the Grand Parlor officers and the delegates from San Francisco, Los Angeles, Stockton, Sacramento and {all intermediate points’ north and south, | arrived and was greeted with the firing of cannon and the blare of brass bands. The delegates and their friends, to the number of several hundred, were under escort of a reception committee from, the | local parlor, which met the visitors at Colfax, the junction of the narrow gauge road with the Central Pacific line. “Upon the arrival of the train in_this city, the | visitors were greesed by all of the local | Native Sons and by the local company {of the National Guard and some thou- | sands of citizens. The delegates, upon leaving the train, formed in line and were escorted in a sort of triumphal proces- sion through the principal streets and to their respective hotels and headquarters. This evening an open air band concert was given for the entertainment of the visiting Native Sons. The opening sfon of the Grand Parlor will be 1d |at 9:30 o'clock to-morrow morning. It will be brief, the balance of the day be- ing reserved for the amusement of tha city's guests. In the evening there w be a grand promenade reception and dance at the Armory, and a formal pres- entatifon to the grand president of the keys of the city. t oconr ey