The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 27, 1898, Page 14

14 FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, 10 o'clock, from his late residence, 1340 Ellis street LOUIS BROWN, President. ANDER L. BADT, Secretary. In Decoto, November 26, mother: of Mr: » M (o5 G., J Adolphus coto, Lowrle and the laté Mrs. November 25, 1.48, Rich- husband of Annie W. T. Grubb, Mrs. bard J. and Kittle G. arieston, Mass., aged nds and acquaintances are respect- nd the runeral this day 221 Broad- n hurch, where a high will be celebrated for the e of his soul, commencing at §:45 o' clock. nterment Holy Cross Cemeter: MADI —1In this city, November 25, 1898, Eleanor Merritt, dearly beloved wife of Wil- M. Madden, daughter of Charles M. and 3 , and sister of Charles C. N o-morrow ch of St ay), , & na- take place this day m the residence of treet. Interment —In Dawson . dearly son_of a October 13, N of ng Company, Interment 1 November g at 11 Jrockett and re a solemn requiem ed for the repose of his t 9 o'clock. Interment November 24, husband of A 1898, Murie Britton, , Mrs! Arthur aged 75 a native of Switzerland y, Jessie, ve of In- a nat! under_the ar 0. 5, K. of P. November 24; 1838, at her Ida M., beloved er of Mrs. P. ttie and Ada ances are respect- funeral this day 5 , ‘thence to St. Mary's uiem highs mass will ock. Interment Holy Big unty, i Dipper Mine, Cal., Novembe mont, aged 70 years 2 ances are respect- vited to attend the funeral this day at 2 c'clock, under the auspices of Mission Lodge F. and A. M., from the Mission Mas Temple, 2668 Mission street. Interment Masonic Cemet WHITE—In_ this _city, November 23, 1888, Jonathan Lloyd White, aged 48 years and 6 months 0> Friends and acquaintances are respect- fully Invited to attend the funeral this day (Sunday), at 1 o'clock, from the Masonic Temple, corner Post and Montgomery streef under the auspices of Excelsior Lodge No. 166 A. M. Interment Masonic Cemetery. a, November 24, 1895, Fred- y liams, aged 4 W ars 6 months and 2¢ days. ‘WOOD—In this city, November 26, 1898, Edna Frances, beloved daughter of Francls and Veronica Wood, a native of San Francisco, aged 4 months and 13 days. " A CARD. TO all friends who assisted at the obsequi of my late husband, Captain A. Jacobsen, T beg to return my sincere and heartfelt thanks. Their eympathy was a welcome ac- knowledgment of the estimation in which ey regarded the character of a and falthful hushand B MR: ANTON JACOBS PORTLA BUSINESS. PORTLAND, Nov. 2.—Exchanges, balances, $31,311. s$212,114; NORTHERN AT MARKET. —Wheat unchanged; 60c;: club, 63@sdc. GTON. TACOMA, N Wheat—Club, stem, 63c. ——— WEATHER PORTLAND, 2 ‘Walla Walla, 60 WAS 26 60c; blue- REPORT. (120th Merias Pacific Time.) SAN FRAN 0, Nov. 2, & p. m. The following are the seasonal rainfalls to date, as compared with those of same date last season, and rainfall in last 24 hours: Past24 This L Stations— Hours. Season. Sepmen. Eureka . L 0.08 6. 8.59 Red Bluff. 0001 ) 418 Bacramento D000 1 274 San Franelsco. X ] 28 Fresno 0.00 148 141 San Li 0.00 065 0.3 Los Angeles 000 0.1 248 San Diego 0.00 021 109 Yuma . 002 020 071 San Francisco data: Maximum temperature, 56; minimum, 45; mean, 5). WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL FORECAST. v An area of moderately high pressure is cen- tral in Idaho. A well-marked depression central north of Montana and another is cen- fral in the vicinity of Vancouver. Rain has follen along the coast as {ar south as Point | Reyes and conditions are favorable for scat- tered showers as far south in California as San Francisco. Quite general rain has fallen In Arizona. made at San Francisco for thirty hours ending November 27, 1898: ‘Northern. California—Partly cloudy Bundey, .| F 8 F Interment Laurel | C E Trainer, Sacto beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. | with occasional light rain in northwest por- tibn; fresh southwest wind. Southern California—Partly cloudy Sunday fresh, variable winds. v cloudy Sunday. cloudy Sunday. tly cloudy Sunday. sco and vicinity—Generally cloudy probably with occasional light show- h_southwest wind. Z report_from Mount Tamalpals—Wind norths perature, foggy; maximum_tem current, W. H. —_— | REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Estate of Gilbert Clements (by executor) to | Paul T. Goodlos line of Webster Street, 100 S o 9 ) $8000. M. A. Dorn to Louls Friedlander, lot on § of Oal 100 W of baker, W 33 by 310 | 1ine k street, |8 1 Alexander W. and Rose Wilson to same, $10. J. and Mary E. Rutledge to Samuel C) undivided one-fifth interest in lot ot Point Lobos avenue, 50 W of Col- W 25 by S 125; $500. n Martin to Theodocla Cook, of Mission and Third streets, v NW 20; also party wall on NE and ot sald lot: $10. 5 mes D. ¢ rgaret Byrnes, E. F. and 'y Fitzpatrick, Charles G. and Louisa wald to John B. Walters, lot on NE line of avenue, 150 SE of Folsom, SE 25 by NE . and Marie L. Huntington to John H. Wallace, lot on W line of Sixteenth avenue, 17§ S of B street, S 48! §7 degrees 30 minutes, W 120:1%, N 4 120; $10. and Dora Getz to James T. McLure, of Ninth avenue, 160 N of N % 6 by E 120; $10. y nd James P. Burke to Robert R. A Russ Jr., lots 403 and 405, Gift Map 100, ecta E. Caswell to Willlam McCall, lot on corner of Athens and Japan streets, SW 150 ¢ NW 100, lot §, block 66, Excelsior Home- d; $1C. tate James G. Fair (by executors) to Te- lot on S line of Cortland ave- of Andover avenue, W 25 by § block §, Fair subdivision Holly W 15, K $ arles L. and Frances D. J. Smith to Chr e er J. and Kathleen R. Haley, lot on N line irmount street, 50:3 W of Chenery, W 50 {125, lot 14, block 19, Fairmount: $1150. 0. and Susie Burton Discho to Eu- Vest, lot on SE line of Vienna street, of India avenue, NE 2 by SE 209, lo 11 and 66, block 6, Siiver Helghts, warranty deed; $1200. Mary and James Hughes to Andrew Iot on § line of owa street < by S lot 10, block D, Rail- ad N $10, nnyside Land Company and California Insurance and Trust Company to Augusta n, lot 22, block 20, Sunnyside; $10. M to fcArdle (by R. 1. Whelan, Sheri 1 lot on S line of Sadowa street, 50 by S 125; $134. Brown to Upl in estate of Jemima Blenis; —. Alameda County. Rose H. Wilson to C. B. Crane, s Scenic Park Tract, ‘mouth, W n, all Alexander B. Chapple, Tallman, lot on SW e and Parker street, W g lots 1 and 2, Map of Hille- 00. keley Warren, lot of East 100, block as perty, Edward H. NW line of st Oakland; $100( 5 S ton to J. West Martin, lot 10. Weston Tract, Oskland Apnex: grant. rst Land Company to omena Cornovale, lots £3 and 34, , Brooklyn Townshi| c d’ Investment 7 ife of John), 1c ashington T 3 and A. B. Tayaton and Edward C. ank E. Armstrong, lot on W line t ble to Fi Louisa stre 174 N of Berkeley way, N & | | by W 13465 being lot 3, Twitchell Tract, Berkeley; $10. HOTEL ARRIVALS. | W WESTERN HOT | L Ang L Anderson, Manila | S Jose |C H Cobet. Manila cto P Welle, Manila { L Ang [C M Reéd, Manila | 4, Mantla |F Shipman, Manila Mantla |H C Soles, Manlla . Manila D S Scranton, Manila | . Manila |J Rivergelt, Manila h Manila P McFarland, Manila A Whaley, a IR Sheet, Manila N Braun,’ Manila L R Fiint, Sta Cruz PALACE HOTEL. i W B Greenlee, Chicago T E Gibbon, L Ang \ F Barl Palo Alto F Cornelison, Chicago | , Palo Alto A Yarrington, C E Bennett, Dayton Mrs Yarrington, Redld D Mason, London T H Land, Boston E Welsbaum, Hanford C M Splance, Pitsburg | J G O'Bryan, Denver N C Brooks, Phila Mrs O'Bryan, Denver J L Tualey, Redwood lda Forrd .Chicago [Mr Frazer & w, Melbra W W Allen, Pueblo 1J F Caldwell, N Y rs R E Alien, Pueblo|B Johnston, Chicago Mrs H March, N Mrs F Buck & c, 3 Julta_Bush, N Y| Vacaville A March, N ¥ |3 " Krutschnite, Bur- H P Leland, Palo Alto _lingame W McGuire, Palo Alto/C R Orgues, San Jose Mrs Henderson, Trucke| L Moore, Cinn 1o Alto (O F Long&w, U S A pokane |J Kappler & w, Carson Peking |W Y Shaw, Louisville F M Temple, San Jose v Hope H B Martin, Utah H Saunders ateo |S Ashley, San Jose San Jose an Jose |3 A Benham, Fresno , Cal J D Miner, San Jose ord, Cal San Jose |J L Mulholland, Sitka . Berry H Hamilton, Oakland , Sutsun !J G Black, Woodland . Antioch |F Russ, Stanford , Antioch |C Hughes, Stanford Wheeler, Stanford |J Emmerling & w, Pa H Knepper, Stantrd|E F Talcum, Ls Ang M ¢arter, Irvington A R Yerington, Cal Miss K Hubbs, Denver H E Fredrickson, Neb W J Briges & w, N Y L G Spitzer, San Jose C G Raub, Sutter W T Rainer & w, Cal R J McKenny, Manila R J Gordan, Manila Miss M J Dufty. N J J M Groves, Manila Carter, Y Boothe, E G de Ry, Mre H Hopkins, Sact F E Wright, Sacto 8 Butler, Grass Valley Dr A A Finch, Astoria|H E Irish, ‘Sta Cruz F M Stamfel ] W Mahon Mrs G Greene, Fresno Miss Ward, Fresno Mrs Hoffman, Cal C B Blils, San Jose Miss Baldwin, Cal IH Jones, Napa | Mrs J L Dutfon, Cal [C W Morton, Sacto e frs G V Taylor, .Ll E § Paxon, Manila Mrs H Cushing, Cal |(F R Remell, Sacto S H Rice & w, Uklah |E C Hart, Sacto Mrs G ulitn, Cal [R L Crane, Ukiah W Righy, San Jose _ |J ¥ More, Cal 1 W Connolly, U 8 N |W B Stanford, Cal Mrs E J Flint, Sacto |H W Mrs J F Hughes, Peta|R Meyer, J F Clapp, Sn Andreas|C W Garrard, Angels Campbell, Cal (W D Shaughnessy, Cal Miss ¥ H J Schroder, Stanford ELLIGENCE. SHIPPING I ARRIVED. Saturday, November 26. Aus stmr Burma, Mikulicich, $2 hours from Nanaimo. Stmr Co Fort Bragg. Stmr Chilkat reka. | "Shir Reliance, Steinborn, 24 hours from Flsks 11, BAILED. Saturday, November 26. Stmr Newsboy, Ellefsen, Usal. Stmr Mackinaw, Littlefield, Tacoma. Stmr Point Arena. Hansen, Point Arena. Whal bark Chas W M-rean, Scullom, whaling voyage. Schr Melancthon, Bellesen, Coos Bay. Echr J Eppinger, Johnson. ullle River, Johnson, 18 hours from Anderson, 26 hours from Eu- | TELEGRAPHIC. | POINT LOBOS, Nov 2610 p. m.—Weather, | cloudy; wind, 8W: velocity, 8 miles. ‘DOMESTIC PORTS. VENTURA—Sailed Nov 26—Stm Geo Loomis, for San Francieco. GRAYS HARDBOR—Sailed Nov 2%—Schr John ¥ Miller, for Ean Francisco; schr Maggle C uss, for San Francisco. B GAMBLE- Arrived Nov 26—Schr Okan- ogan, fror Honolulu. Sailed Nov 26—Chil ship Star of Italy, for Australla; schr Joseph Russ. for San Franclsco, POINT REYES—Passed Nov 26—Stmr Pasa- aena, from FEureka. for San Pedro; Aus stmr Burme, from Nanaimo, for San Francisco. POINT ARENA—Arrived Nov 2%—Schr Net- tie Sundborg, from Fish Rock. G008 BAY—TBar bound Nov 26—Stmr Arcata, for Ban Francisco. SEATTLE-Salled Nov 2%—Stmr Dora, San Francisco TEUREKA—Saled Nov 26—Stmr Sunol, for San_Francisco. PORT LUDLOW—Arrived Nov 26—Chil ship Star of Italy, from Port Blakeley. TILLAMOOK—Arrived Nov 2—Stmr Ruth, hence Nov 21 SEATTLE — Safled Nov 2%—Stmr Leelanaw, for San_ Francisco. ASTORIA—Arrived Nov 25—Stmr | trom Fureka. ~ov 26—Stmr Columbia, hence | Nov 24 for Alliance, Francisco. v A—Arrived Nov 26—Stm Geo Loomis hence Nov 25 | 'GRAYS HARBOR—Satled Nov 2%—Stmr Sig- ral, for Naraimo. FOREIGN PORTS. AMOY — To sail Nov 2—Schr W F Witze- man, for Puget Sound. TRANFATLANTIC STEAMERS. GIBRALTAR—Sailed Nov 26—Stmr Auguste Victoria, for New York. BREMEN—Salled Nov 26—Stmr Welmar, 'w York. HAVRE—“ailed Nov 26—Stmr La Gascogne, 26—Stmr Cartha- genian, for Philadelphia; stmr Campania, for New York. MOVILLE—Sailed Nov 26—8tmr State of Ne- A ME TON Bt 26—Stmr 80T lled Nov e b catled N 26—Stm A.ro.onls,m N A al jov ir for Philadelphia. Redids_ | use se, Engl| W H Barnes, Ventura nn {J J Delvey, U S N “hicago | i GRAND HOTEL. 1 edding E M Thompson, Reno | Mateo T C Perrin, San Jose | ¥ E Coykendalt, S Jose | 1 | “satied Nov 26—8tmr George W Elder, for San | | CLINTON SAYS - HE WAS WRONGED Makes a Reply to Father Yorke’s Speech. A REVIEW OF THE SAILORS’ HOME CONTROVERSY. Attributes His Defest to Prejudice Created Against Him by the Speech Made at Oakland. On learning the day before the recent election that the Rev. Peter C. Yorke { intended leaving the city on the follow- ing day, 1 caused to be submitted to him the following affidavits and trans- cripts from official records, refuting the charges he had made against me in his | recent Oakland speech and pamphlet, which he had distributed all over the city on the eve of the election, and re- questing him to retract said charges, étherwise I would be compelled, in de- fense of my good name, to publish them. Father Yorke read the papers and thereupon positively refused to make | any retraction. I took the precaution | to thus give him fair warning of my intention to publish the papers, s0 that | he could not charge me with making a “cowardly attack” on him during his absence. Although already in posses- sion of this evidence, I deliberately de- | clined to use it in support of my can- didacy during the closing week of the | campaign, for the reason that my de- | sire for re-election to the office of Su- pervisor was subservient to my deter- mination to protect and vindicate my good name in the community, and be- | cause 1 well knew that owing to the| prejudice created against me by Father | Yorke I would not receive the calm and unbiased judgment, which at the pres- | ent time—the excitement of the elec- tlon having subsided—I confidently | hope to receive from my fellow-citizens. | In his pamphlet Father Yorke says: “When the question (Sailors’ Home) was first before the board Dr. Clinton was reported as having made a motion to give the home to the old sectarian society.” e Thi¢ is erroneous. My first official act regarding the matter was taken at | | the meetine of the board last February, | when I offered the following resolu- | tions: “Whereas, There are two applications for a lease of the buflding formerly used as the United States Marine Hos- pital for the purpose of conducting and maintaining a ‘Sailors’ Home'; and “Whereas, It appears that the La- dies’ Seamen’'s Friend Soclety have heretofore conducted and maintained a sailors’ home in the said building under a lease from the city and county; and “Whereas, It is desirable that such an institution, as well as all other pub- lic institutions, should be conducted on non-sectarian principles so that their fulness may be extended and not re- stricted or abridged; therefore “Resolved, That full power and au- ;thorlly is hereby conferred upon his Honor, the Mayor, to make, execute {and deliver a lease of this property for a term of two (2) years for the purpose "Df a ‘Sallors’ Home’ to such corpora- | tions who may be organized for the | purpose of conducting a home for safl- | ors on non-sectarian principles, and to! | make such conditions as may be con- ducive to conducting such home in the manner and for the purposes as herein set forth. (Signed) C. A. CLINTON.” “February 7, 189 The resolution was not adopted. It was an earnest though futile effort on ! my part to settle amicably the whole | question and thus save our city from | the infliction of another religlous | wordy war, which should be avoided, if possible, by all good citizens. | The pamphlet reads: CLINTON'S COWARDICE. | “As soon as Dr. Clinton thought I was helpless and could not answer he comes forward with an attack on me in the shape of a letter, supposedly written by the sectarian soclety.” Now, in the first place, I was not aware of Father Yorke’s illness. 1In the second, I was not the author of the letter in question. In the third, cow- | ardice is not a factor in my make-up. | In refutation of the charge that T was the author of the letter, or that I had inspired it, T submit the following: “To Whom It May Concern: This is to affirm—upon oath, if necessary—that the article of explanation in reference to the history and present condition of the Sailors’ Home, which recently ap- peared in the leading city dailies, was written by the request of the board of managers and trustees of the Sallors’ Home for three specific reasons: “First—To inform our right-minded citizens concerning the history of an as- sociation which for forty years had { held its ground and numbered among its managers some of the most reliable and philanthropic people in the State. “Second—To refute incorrect state- ments concerning its management, to which publicity had been given through the press. “Third—To publicly express our gratitude to those Supervisors who had nobly battled for our rights, some of whom we know having suffered much abuse and defamation through thelr efforts in our behalf. “(Signed) “MRS. NELLIE BLESSING EYSTER, “Treasurer of Ladies’ Seamen’s Re- Hef Soclety. & “November 1, 1898.” Father Yorke in his lecture says: “In regard to his protestations of in- dependence, Dr. Clinton bears the same relation to J. F. English that Delany, for instance, bears to Rainey. J. F. English made Dr. Clinton and put him in politics, and Dr. Clinton worships his maker. J. F. English is in the com- mission business and sells potatoes and onions and such things. Up to a few months ago—this voting that I have spoken of took place In the summer time—and on the 1st of September T learned from Larzelere & Co. of 320 Davis street that up to a few months before that time they had supplied po- tatoes and onions to the Sailors’ Home. At that date the superintendent of the Sailors’ Home began to drive up to the warehouse of Dr. Clinton’s friend and get his onions and his potatoes for the institution. “Of course one good turn deserves another, and it is an instructive and edifying fact that the vote of Dr. Clinton should be rewarded by patron- age for Dr. Clinton’s friend, and so the Honorable ‘Potato’ Clinton was not able to give a reason why he had voted !to turn over the Sallors’ Home to a sectarian society, but preferred to re- main silent in the absence of any rea- son.” . I am and have been for many years Mr. English’s family physician, and if 1 had followed his advice I would never have accepted public office. With regard to Father Yorke's insin- uation—which, if true, would be In- famous—that T had bartered my vote in order to gain the patronage of the ! Sallors’ Home for Mr. English, I sub- | mit the following affidavits : “SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1, 1898, “Hon. Charles A. Clinton, Howard'and Twenty-first streets, City. “Dear Sir: Referring to certain newspaper articles published to-day, in which my name is mentioned in con- nection with, the furnishing of a por- tion of the supplies in which I deal to the Sailors’ Home in this city, permit me to say that I have sold goods in my Iine to the Sailors’ Home, in greater or less quantities, for over twenty years past, commencing with Superintendent Swannack, then Superintendent Fletcher, and latterly under the admin- istration of Captain M. Staples, who has been there, I think, for some seven vears. I have had a very small propor- tion of the trade, and more particularly lately. I find from my books that my supplies to the Sailors’ Home for the current year—that is to say, for the last ten months—aggregate $111 96, making the average sales to them $11 per month. Where they purchased the remainder of their gooas I do mnot know—neither do I care. Their trade with me is so insignificant that it is not worth mentioning. Yours truly, ““(Signed), JOHN F. ENGLISH, ‘‘Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st day of November, 1898. “N. E. W. SMITH, Notary Public in and for the city and county of San Francisco, State of California.” “SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1, 1898. “Charles A. Clinton, M.D., City—Dear Sir: I note an article in to-day’s Call and Examiner referring to my dealing in supplies for the Sailors’ Home with certain parties in this cit -, specifying particularly purchasing of potatoes, on- ions, etc., from Mr. John F. English. And this I8 to say, that I am bound to no one in my purchases. I have always and | do now and propose to continue to buy |where I can do so to best advantage. My purchases from Mr. English have been but a very small portion of the goods in this line that I have occasion to use. “Allow me to say that you have never in any manner, directly or indirectly, suggested any person from whom or place at which I should transact any business of any kind whatsoever. Re- spectfully, “Signed) MELVIN STAPLES. Superintendent Sailors’ Home. ‘“‘Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st day of November, 1898. “N. E. W. SMITH, “Notary Public in and for the City and County of San Francisco, State of California.” SAN FRANCISCO, Nov, 1, 1898. ‘““Hon. Charles A. Clinton, Twenty-first and Howard Streets, City—Dear Sir: Referring to the statement in the morn- ing papers of to-day, I will state in all due justice to the parties concerned that I have not had business with the Sailors’ Home for at least the last five or six years, and have not discussed the matter relative to Mr. John F. Eng- lish in any way or shape or at any time. “I make this statement with all due justice to yourself, as there seems to have been some misstatements in this instance. Very respectfully. -“(Slgned) W. R. LARZELERE, 320 Davis Street, San Francisco.” Father Yorke, in a letter in The Call of the 2d inst.. says: “But the Mayor's innocence did not exculpate Clinton and Dodge and Lack- mann. The Mayor's innocence in the matter of the lease (Sailors’ Home) did not assoil them for their treachery in voting for Chris Reis, the indorsee of the A. P. A.” Regarding this charge of the rev- erend gentleman I have only to say as a matter of fact that }F was not present at the meeting of the Board of Buper- visors at which Mr. Christlan Reis was elected treasurer, as the following cer- tifled copy of the minutes proves: “Copy of the minutes of the Board of Supervisors of the city and county of San Francisco, Book ‘A,’ No. 60, page No. 159, at its meeting held on April 23, 1898: “Board of Supervisors, San Francisco, “April 23, 1898. ‘“ Saturday forenoon. “The Board of Supervisors met pur- suant to adjournment to flll the va- cancy in the office of Treasurer of the city and county, caused by the resig- nation of A. C. Widber. “Present—Supervisors Devany, Has- kins, Sheehan, Dodge, Lackmann, Mor- ton, Britt, Smith and Rivers. s “His Honor Mayor Phelan presiding. “The chair stated that it was in or- der to proceed to vote to fill the va- cancy in the office of Treasurer of the city and county, and directed the clerk to call the roli—the nominations being made being Henry S. Martin and Chris- tian Reis. “The roll being called, Christian Rels recelved the votes of Supervisors De- vany, Haskins, Sheehan, Dodge, Britt and Rivers—6, and Henry 8. Martin recetved the votes of Supervisors Lack- mann, Morton and Smith—3. “There being no appointment. “Discussed by Sup rvisors Lackmann and Smith. “The roll was again called and Chris- tian Reis received the votes of Super- visors Devany, Haskins, Sheehan, Dodge, Lackmann, Britt and Rivers—T. ““Henry S. Martin received the votes of Supervisors Morton and Smith—2. “Thereupon, on motion of Supervisor Morton, the appointment of Christian Reis was made unanimous. “The chair then declared Christian Ries duly apoointed Treasurer of this city and county to iill the existing va- cancy, having received the unanimous vote of the board. “On motlon the board adjourned to meet on Monday afternoon, April 25, 1898, at 2 o'clock. - “JNO. A. RUSSELL, Clerk.” Father Yorke in his pamphlet dealing with the action of the Board of Super- visors in re-leasing the Sailors’ Home to the Ladies’ Seamen’'s Friend Society says: ’?In the Monitor I called the attention of the people to this monstrous wrong. Among the members guilty I mentioned Dr. Clinton and he replied not by prov- ing that his vote was right, but by saying that 1 was a liar.” Simply because I voted on the Sailors’ Home question according to the dic- tateg of my conscience the reverend gentleman jumped upon me with both feet. He ‘‘mentioned” me by holding me up to public scorn and obloquy. He denounced me as “a vociferous re- former whose protestations of philan- thropy, of purity, of principle and of common veracity the public should dis- count.” That I had “cast aside even the pretense of decency.” He stigma- tized me as “‘a Judas who had betrayed the sacred cause of religious liberty,” and by innuendo he charged me with having sold my vote. Conscious of not having done any wrong, and naturally indignant at the unjust attack on my good name, I re- plied that the “Monitor’s article, in so far as it touched me, was false, and 1 hereby pronounce as equally false the allegation that I used the word ‘llar’ in my communication.” ontinuing Father Yorke says: “Dr. Clinton, with his eyes open, voted that Catholics were not entitled in this town to equal rights with Pro- testants. To this Dr. Clinton made no answer. He did not dare to give the reason he voted for the Apaist outfit of the Sailors’ Home.” This charge I brand as absolutely and unequivocally false, as I will presently prove. I have already shown how I endeav- ored to secure for the Home an abso- lutely non-sectarian board of directors, and having failed in this I then turnea my attention to the management of the Home, which up to this time I had not had the opportunity to fully in- vestigate. I instituted a thorough and conscien- tious investigation of the institution, its officers, inmates, library, accounts, rec- ords, etc., and found that the state- ments contained in the communication of the board of managers of the Sailors’ Home—to which I have already re- ferred—were, as far as I could ascer- tain, true, and were substantially as follows: Forty years ago a band of devoted women, chiefly the wives and mothers OVEMBER 27, 1898 of sailors, after many years of hard work, accumulated $30,000 for the pur- pose of providing a home for sailors in our port, free from the influence of the saloons and Kindred temptations. The old Marine Hospital having been con- demned and abandoned and fallen into decay, these ladies petitioned Consress for its use in order to enable them to carry on their humane and disinter- ested work for the sailors. Their prayer was granted and the lease of the old hospital was placed in the city, for the only reason that the city was a per- manency, while the society might die out and the lease consequently lapse. 1 do not believe that it was ever con- templated that the city should manage the home, or that it should be con- sidered either a State or national In- stitution. And further, 1 believe that if the city had been required as a con- dition of the lease to spend any money to make the old building tenantable it wouid not have been accepted. The Ladies’ Seamen's Friend Society secured the franchise and spent their hard-earned $30,000 in necessary per- manent improvements in order to make the home habitable. The home is not in the full sense of the word a charitable institution. Board and lodging is $5 a week to those who are able to pay. but no poor and worthy sailor has ever been turned away from its door on account of his poverty. In this way many bad debts are con- tracted, as my examination of the books revealed. ‘When a seaman is sick he is cared for at the society’s expense, a doctor is provided and medicine supplied, and 1t he dies he is burfed also at the so- ciety’s expense. No inquiry into the denomination of the sallor’s religious belief is ever made. Any minister, Catholic, Pro- testant or Jewish, is at liberty to hold services in the chapel of the home. Absolute liberty of conscience s given to every inmate, and when sick each is permitted to call to his bedside any religious teacher whom he may desire. I found absolutely gothing in the li- brary, including the periodicals, etc., to justify the charge made by Father Yorke that “The vile publications of the bigots, the obscene weeklies pro- duced by jailbirds were supplied lavish- 1y to the sailors.” In a word, I found the home, as stated by Mayor Phelan aftel e had thoroughly 1nvesllgale§ it, conducted in a business-like and proper manner. The soclety, however, was_composed exclusively of Protestants; a Protestant chaplain was employed and religious services were held for those inmates of the home who wished to attend them. At the instance of Mayor Phe- lan these sectarian features were elim- inated. Services by the chaplain were discontinued and Catholic ladies were elected as members of the board of di- rectors. These concessions, the Mayor assured me, were perfectly satisfactory to Father Yorke, tanzi informed me that he had sub- mitted the terms of the proposed lease to the Rev. Father Mhl}lgan. secretary to the Archbishop, and that they weic perfectly satisfactory to him. Considering all the circumstances, as a conscientious public servant, I came to the deliberate conclusion that if the Board of Supervisors should take the home away from those humane and philanthropic women, who had spent the best years of thelir lives in perfect- ing it, and had expended upward of $60,000 in keeping up the improvements, and hand it over to another society which had made application for it, and which society was without experience in the management of such a difficult business and had done nothing what- ever in creating it, the act, to my mind, would be nothing less than a species of robbery; the Board would be fairly open to the charge of bigotry and every fair-minded man and woman in the community would be justly arrayed against them. These were the Jjust considerations which moved me to support Supervisor Lackmann's motion—not my motion, as claimed by Father Yorke—to renew Ladies' Seamen'’s Relief Soclety, and I so stated them before voting, although Father Yorke has re- peatedly asserted that “I did not dare to tell the reason for my vote.” For instance, in his Oakland speech the Rev. Father says: “I had to leave the city during the time the convention was going on, but I left word at the Monitor office that any kind of a letter at all that he might send should be printed and put before the public to set him right with his own people. Dr. Clinton refused to give any explanation if his vote. Dr. Clinton did not dare to tell the reason why he had voted to turn over municipal property to a sectarian institution.” 1 did not consider it necessary to write “any kind of a letter at all” to Father Yorke in the further explana- tion of my vote. My course in the mat- ter was fully understood by the reading public—it was plain and above board, and I had nothing to explain to the reverend gentleman, my ‘‘own people” or any one else. Of those voting for the motion seven were co-religionists of Father Yorke, and their act was ratifled by the Mayor, himself of the same faith. Now, I do not believe there is a man or woman in this whole city so narrow-minded, so unreasonable as to believe for a mo- ment that these eight men were as Father Yorke charges, “Judases who betrayed the sacred cause of religious liberty by voting to deliver the poor Catholic sailors to a bigoted sectarian soclety.” The sacred principles of civil and re- ligious liberty are as dear to me as they are to Father Yorke, and I yield to no,one in my respect and love for the constitution of our common coun- try, which guarantees to every citizen equal civil and religious rights. I love fair play with the same intensity of feeling that I hate injustice. ‘When Apaism was rampant in this city a few years ago I was among the very first to publicly denounce it. With volce, pen and purse, as far as my lim- ited means permitted, I fought it; and Father Yorke in his glorious and suc- cessful battle against it had no more earnest supporter than I. My whole life has been a protest against bigotry. When scarcely out of my boyhood, in the land of my birth, I did not hesitate when called upon to obey the call of duty and prove my devotion to the eternal principles of civil and religious liberty. In conclusion, I submit that the fore- going affidavits and transcripts from official records completely refute the charges fulminated against me by the Rev. Father Yorke. To the prejudice he created against me during the closing days of the late campaign I frankly attribute my de- feat at the polls. The reverend gentleman self a chivalrous enemy. He accomplished his purpose, and I would not, if I could, deny him the gratification which he undoubtedly feels at the result. His charges, although susceptible of refutation, were to him “a -ood enough Morgan” during the few days of popu- jar excitement immediately preceding the election, but, so far as I am con- cernad, the episode is now ended. The fact that upward of 23,000 of my fellow citizens refused to ieve the allegations of Father Yorke is sufficient vindication of my course as a public servant. That this army of freemen upheld by their suffrages the principle which was Involved in my candidacy is adequate satisfaction to me as I retire to the enjoyment of private life. 1 did not receive justice from Father Yorke. I confidently look for it in the opinions of my fellow citizens, without rd creed or party, when proved him- shall have calmly considered the facts which I lay before them. My career in San Francisco for the past twenty-seven years is an open book. In public as well as in private life I was honored with the confidence and good will of the people long be- fore the Rev. Father Yorke set foot in California. I have done mv best to prove worthy of their confidence and good will. I deeply deplore the course pursued by the Rev. Peter C. Yorke since his entry into the arena of politics tn California, and I earnestly hope that the reverend gentleman may never again perpetrate against any of his fellow citizens an injustice such as he has inflicted upon the motives and good name of-—Yours very truly, C. A. CLINTON. ¥ RAZING OF THE HOTEL RUINS AGAIN DELAYED Baldwin Wanted Fur- niture Removed. WRECKING RESUMED TO-DAY BIG CROWDS WATCH WORKMEN IN PERILOUS PLACES. Traffic cn Market Street Repeatedly Interrupted—Police Had a Hard Job Keeping the Crowd Out of Danger. An unusually large Saturday afternoon crowd thronged Market street yesterday, and gave the police a deal of trouble in the neighborhood of the Baldwin Hotel ruins. A large force of officers wason duty keep- ing people outside the danger line around the tottering walls. In hundreds of cases warnings were unheeded, and the officers | were compelled to lay hands on men and | women alike to get them on to the farther sidewalk and keep them moving. Crowds of idlers stood all day in front of the | Emporium, gazing at the wrecked hotel and keeping close watch on every move- ment in and about the buildings. The center of interest was in front of theater, where May's-wrecking gang was attempting to finish the, demolition so nearly completed by fire. Only a small portion of the dangerous | walls was pulled down. During the fore- noon the wreckers worked hard on the Market street side, but they did not ac- complish much, owing to the inadequacy of their machinery. The heavy cable which was attached to the iron girders broke repeatedly when the windlass was turned and the strain became great. Early in the morning George Renworth and William Mays, the intrepid climbers, went up the insecure fire escape, over the loosened cornice and attached the cable to the unsupported chimney, which sways back and forth with every breeze. Mer- chants, clerks and laborers on their way to work smpfed to gaze at the two men at their perilous vocation, and when a brick or piece of charred timber came crashing to the ground the spectators ex- Pected to see the two men toppled over nto the debris five stories beneath. The workmen paid no attention to these things or to the crowd below. Familiarity with danger had deadened whatever fear they | may have had, and they proce¢eded with their work with the utmost unconcern. ‘When the line was made fast to the chimney Renworth and Mays descended and haif a dozén men began winding at the “crab.” A turn or two and the slack was all taken up. Then the specta- tors became intensely interested. All traffic was stopped on Market street, and the police forced the curious crowd be- yond the danger line. The men at the capstan were soon pushing the long han- dle bar with all their might, the ropes tightened and the chimney began to bend inward. Angther turn and the pile of brick and irbn seemed about to topple over, when the cable snapped with a loud crack. The crab jumped from its moor- | ings and the men were thrown on their faces. The chimney swung back to its original position and for a moment looked as though it would fall outward. Several | subsequent attempts to demolish the chimney were made, but the cable would not stand the strain, so operations were transterred to another section of the wall. The climbers again ascended to the top, thisstime to a more dangerous posi- tion than the first, and tied the cable to the iron girder on the fifth floor. This time the efforts of the wreckers were success- ful, and after a hard pull an immense section of the overhanging debris tum- bled within the walls with a rumble and a roar which could be heard blocks away. A cloud of dust enshrouded the ruins for a few moments and prevented further operations until it had settled. The end of the cable was again car- ried to the fourth floor and wound around another irder, but at this juncture “Lucky” Baldwin ordered the wreckers to cease work until considerable furni- ture of little value had been removed from the rooms which were only partially burned. The remainder of the day was copsumed In lowering sofas, tables, Xaréos, m:rdrobelz, etc., to the ground. ‘'o-day e work of pullin, v walls will be resumed. Pl e Jomuiche 0 search for bodies of vietims fire trap can be made for several dnoyts tg; the wreckers will not have the dangerous wall down before Tuesday or Wednesday. When the searchers for the dead do toola removing the debrls they cannot reach the bodlies for another week, as the walls are to be entirely razed, which will inter- fere with digging in the ruins. Madison & Burke have asked for bids for wrecking what remains of the hotel, but they have nothing to say about the probable erection of a new Kolel. 1t is reported that the Hibernia Bank will, in order to protect its large mortgages’ on Baldwin's property, advance him the nec- essary funds to rebulld. Another rumor is that several wealthy men and a cor- &)munn o{ twod %re very anxlous to buy e property and have o; "Am B:ldwlin. pened negotiations pprehension regarding the number of dead who lie hurleg in thi b]acknnec}’ r{mss of debris increases from h Persistent rumors that several well- known people are missing and that their | families beliéve they perished in the | flames continue to circulate, Attempts to verify these reports are belng made, but the interested relatives swear that | the absent members of the family are out of town, adding that no information ree garding their whereabouts can be given. ‘There is now no doubt that the last body taken from the debris is that of Tate Pryor. A telegram from Mrs. Pryor, giv- ing a detailed description of her husband’s teeth, which corresponds with the teeth in the remains at the Morgue, establishes a complete identification. —_—————— Park Music To-Day. March, ‘‘Cortege Nuptlale, and Juliet” our to hour. D Selection from ‘‘Luct: Trombone solo, fantasia, “‘The Worning roriied b wmg cloxegilfi e » . loconda’ TR0 rieh. Ponchielll H tic, iihe Arkansas Traveler”..Reeves Rk ....E. E. Schmitz e —— Advances made on furniture and planos, with o withont removal. J. Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission. —_—————— Presentation Banquet. At a banquet of the officers of the Fitth Infantry Regiment, Second Brigade, N. G. C., in the California Hotel last even'ng Colonel D. B. Fairbanks was presented with an appropriately inscrfbed and very elaborate fob chain, the design of Major J. H. Hendee. Its reverse side bore the they ruuom.l' and regimental colors, the regi- the | mental number nbnve.crossed guns and a large diamond, the entire fob peing sur-4 mounted by a golden bird of freedom. ong those present were: General W. H. Warfield, Colonels Fairbanks and Giesting, Majors Whitton, Dunn, Juliard, Dorn, Hayes and Hendel; Captains Part- ridge, Haven, Poulter, Wenk, Bush and Rottanzi; Lieutenants Smith, Heller, Bor- lini, Stockdale and Beam. —_———————— A Miraculous Escape. Among the losers in the Baldwin Ho- tel fire was the Baldwin Jewelry Com- pany. However, their patrons will not lose a cent, because all the valuable stock and papers were saved. Through the energy and enterprise of the mana- gers, aided bv the efficient Fire Dis- patch Association, in which organiza- tion the company has very wisely kent up membershir ever gince their incor- poration, on August 1, 1896, all «the movable effects were removed to and new headquarters opened up across the street in the Parrott building, room 408. This was all done lone before day- light, while the fire was still burning fiercely, and the work was attended with no small amount of danger from falling timbers, hot ashes and cinders. Besides the nrotection of the Fire Dispatch and Burglar Alarm compa- nies, as a further precaution against losses to their patrons by fire and store breakers the directors of the jewelry company have always adhered rigidly to the rule of placing all articles valued above $50 every night in a public safe deposit vault.” All aother articles of value were kept'in a tested fireproof safe, so that, save for a slight wetting, everything besides the store furniture is now in good shape in their temporas office in the Parrott building. New and larger quarters are now be- ing fitted up and will be ready for oc- cupancy in a few days at 846 Market street, just a block below the old store.* | it e | Law Suits by the Hundred. Three hundred and forty-tWb suits, against as many citizens, were filed ¥ | terday by the city and county to recover | moneys alleged to be due for delinquent | taxes. The alleged delinquent taxes are upon personal property secured by real estate and represent sums from 38 cents up to $400. ——————— To Foreciose a Big Mortgage. The Hibernia Savings and Loan Soclety filed suit yesterday against George O. Davis and others to foreclose a mortgage ! of $42,950 on two lots, one at the north- | east corner of Buchanan and Vallejo { streets, and the other on Ellis street, | near Jones. ADVERTISEMENTS. This dining-room is not only unique from its location—215 feet above Market street, command- ing a grand view of the entire city and bay—but from its peculiar arrange- ment, guests enjoy privacy in an open room. No crowding, no noise. The very best of French cooking and exquisite service. Light refreshments, as well as an attractive menu. 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