The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 27, 1898, Page 22

1898. DAY, NOVEMBER 27 22 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, S THESE MONKS HAVE SPOKEN ONLY TWICE IN FIFTY YEARS. They Elected a New BAbbott the Other Day in Their Kentucky Home, and in the Gelebration That Ensued the Rigid Rule of Silence Was Broken for One Day, | the world at large, some curious con- v;;elrd hl\;n:lnr(t)h?! rose and lost itself in asts were seen. The smooth-shaven the vaulte of. :r‘;onks in their gowns and cowls of _ Reading the Papal decree and the coarse stuffs elbowed in and out among Confession of Faith and the examina- laymen and churchmen in broadcloth. tion of Father Obrecht were first gone From an overhanging gallery women in through with. Then the new abbot ad- modish gowns, rosy cheeked with the vanced to the steps of the altar and, unusual excitement, stood side by side prostrating himself, offered up a fer- ise at 4 o'clock in the digging of his own grave, an occupation ntil the first ray of the that must indeed be conducive to sol- announces the coming of day the emn and religious thought. P pent in praver and penance, The abbey at Gethsemane, in which - fare is coarse, brown bread, and the interesting ceremonies took place water servies. As soon a few days ago, was founded in 1848. licht enough they begin the The entrance is through a long walk of nell of a deep- 1 wafted thr the alr of a Kentucky on October ing, an eremony, the in- routine of sowing and reaping, fine old trees, which form an arbored g D ot ! : has been per- Vvarying this with religious exercises. way, at this season melouncholy with ;-uh :1;-91 (?fhlt\entt‘unck:; gx;mnshgxe(x;;. \e;:n%alyhe;rrf:érb{l‘gs‘shggp;}’}:pms(‘;“%gk-the e are in the Uni B : a & leave: rustlin ressed in bright cotton fabrics an e.cud % 2o thejs mre i the Uit Ao s Ooly ralE e A D R TR D 5 O ctional sunbonnet of the moun- subdued voices of the monks chanting one at Gethse- in the autumn wind. 2 m County, Ky., and the Here all is quiet and peaceful, and ar Dubuque, Towa. In the en- the days come and go with unvarying e are only @ thousand of monotony. Only a few miles away, ks, who have taken upon however, in the little towns of New s voluntarily the arduous life Hope and Coon Hollow, large factories nasterie penitential hymns, while the celebra- tion of the pontifical mass and the Pro Nobis were solemnly read. Then ths new abbot kneit before the altar and, amid the swelling strains of the “Te Deum,” Bishop McCloskey pronounced tain folk. Women are rigorously ex- cluded from the monastery, but these had gained an entrance by climbing an outside wall, and at the risk of torn clothes and scratched faces they man- aged to view the ceremony from a point which w many weary hou and solitude,” contemplation, are noisily engaged in the product for he benedict! i ratjo 0! r 3 g all fthe of vantage. the benediction. d solitary penitence. privatjon. y 3 which Kentucky {s famous all th vAntAEE | prestive, L ineresilog feature of the service day the Trapplst m he jorderewes ftinded fukihe yesy whela over. Bt (he xhildenm gt fite At a little after 10 . o'clock the bell was the conferring of the miter, giving . Bernard, on much thé same neighborhood seldom see or hear any exists to-day, but the de- thing of the busy monks, and it is only were so great that the disci- when the big bell tolls that they are for a time relaxed, until, in made aware of anything unusual in the restored by the Abbey of monastery. i K e v a bishop, and ceased tolling, and a long line of black- the abbot the power 0{ a 2 robed acolytes entered the chapel, bear- the crozier, l\r'shépherd s crook, having ing candles, which threw a weird glow reference to his position at the head of upon the wan faces of the monks when the fold. The crozier presented to ay In speak tb no others—and 1 pline w » want they are com- 1100, it EDMUND. (OBRECHT- Father Obrecht is an elaborate affair, ux, and the Cistercian The return to France of Father Ed- composed of more than 7000 pieces of S amopEL S . vears later ward, the first abbot consecrated in the wood. It was put together by Father stery, necessitated the selection of Timothy, a monk in the abbey, who a r, and the Rev. Edmund spent ten years on the work. Obrecht, O. C. P., was elected by ths they went to take their places a few Final services consisted in placing professed monks toifill the vacancy. Rev. Willlam George McCloskey, flags. moments later. Following the acolytes upon the abbot’s finger a ring, signify- the professed monks are those who have Bishop of Louisville. The monastery The stars and stripes were in evi- was the bishop, in a trailing robe of ing that thenceforward he was wedded been in the monastery for seven vears for once had lost its simple character, dence elsewhere in the chapel and purple, and the abbot, in a gown of to the order. Then the bell-ringers sent and who have taken the final vows of and the vaulted chapel was festooned without the walls, and s 1 to indi- spotless white that shimmered and forth a joyous peal which echoed and , g theotferiT with evergreens swung in long loops cate that, despite the seclusiveness of shone in the light of the waxen tapers. re-echoed for miles and bore tidings ppist monk grows ol Consecration of the new abbot took from the arches and pillars and caught the order, the monks were not without Then appeared the abbots of the Bene- that for one day at least the monks of yproaching he finds place in the chapel of the abbe and up in a knot just in front of the altar, some knowledge of current affairs. dictine and Cistercian orders, and lastly Gethsemane had given themselves over bors to begin the the blessing was conferred by the Right where also rested several American In the chapel, not ordinarily open to the monks of Gethsemane chanting a to rejoicing. B e e POO® @ SIOTOOIOToXOOICKO) POEO® fofolorciofotolotolofofolofoYoroYolofoXoloXoRoJoRORoOfoROROROROROJORC) SECTIONS OF SAN_ FRANCISCC B s BRANDING SEALS TO SAVE become better understood. WHERE DISEASE 1S PREVALENT | i s i THEM FROM THE POACHERS l of that safety vehicle has long sinc > influen: tated the strict rule of former that time forward it h: bearing the name the mc OJOJOROJOROROJOJOJOOX OO o¥oXoRoYo o o) ® ® ) ® Here, for the : & S e dicating the locallties in the ci re di ia, | Arthur's Club, lates” . The Board of Health has just issued a series of maps indicating the locallties in the city where diphtheria, pneumonia, | A8 TS Q. W e e own with How the Idea Was Adopted and Garried Out by the Federal Government. diseases are reported to be most virulent. The object of issuing the map is to him six weeks ago, and by the operation typh of its first plunge <ent the Sufferer's head X i i o ; iy clean through the ORT COLLINS, Colo., Nov. 25.— | it has been put into practice the con- | have been depleted had not some means y-owners and residents that by proper improvements and remedies the infected sections can be window folded abos One man’s originality has done | Sclenceless pelagic sealers have been | been adopted to stem the tide of pela- 1 5 | ake iving. ic slaughter. And so rapacious more to settle the sealin ues- | put to it to make a living v, &l ~ o % driver, too, was T e e e mE ales | " President Jordan of Stanford Uni- [have been the pelagic sealers that are and explained how for fotts [years tHan aiy other)| FEISIEY iwas alib dReply mifctested ifni| QUE.JOfueriment, has even' ' con. E L of Heal : ; o o 4 | hav~ been uble to impress upon the | it all happened. are was Sitting 100 el : 2 this plan and it was owing to his in- | lemplated the Killing of all of our ing the districts in which certain diseases are most prevalent an T e e O e | far ro b e (e was pltAE (00 | one witms Whnid fehls mamt wamimettier LR P 8N S0 [ Bed G EE S8 S0 08| nerdu o orflentifo Seircimivent the also the points where the most deaths have occurrzd during the p ematic efforts to improve the sani- | Slipped it wa ble cover itself. The | a diplomat nor a great international | pm’émal test. In fact President Jor- conscienceless marauders of the north last fiscal year. Three localities in the city stanfl out prominent- | itary Stes | Dut haiane Saiies Tty sned and; making the app providential. ] 4 TS Ry aged. When he ¢ HE Board of Health of San Francisco has just issued a map show- their instructiveness the authorities | he called upon his evel of health of the rest of the city. The map shows Chinatown to be the most infected district. conditions and reduce the num- | SUAIENt tip is to sit as far back in your | Jawyer—he was simply a special agent | g el A ¥ hansom as possible, and put you 4 3 : an seems ave ha e idea abou . ne« ber of deaths in the affected sections. | nampeet the fommisans Hhe SoUf, deet| for the United States Treasury Depart- | as soon as Mr. Murray. He went north | $0d 10 such extreme measures have been resorted to. Various method: n this “sickne . Chi i r he section A | ly on this ~YK‘”1~55 map’’: Chinatown, '}’f Latin quarter and t| After a numb-- of of continued | hansom, though, has no footboard, and | ment, who went quietly to Alaska and |during the summer about six years ago | po(i i D Lot generally called “South of Market street. labor the so-called “pest holes” of these | you do not always ride with the door open. | lived. there for ten y until he had |and tried the experiment on his own | ROWeVer, were adopted by our Gover The total number of deaths in the Latin quarter for this year was | cities havc been e ‘ated and the | You will do well, anvhow, never to have | .. ot % Tesponsibility, It was so successful | TSNt Py which the herds, although ter- 257 e e distrist bounded’ By | Rowsll iGEseitwieh, | seneralihealthiofithe clyiimproved ac | Sheamindew/dhwn an almarsia wese & [ VS G0 problem. | that he put forth his best effrts to get | TPy decimated, have been kept intact 5 hi 5 ity lfgllior\dlpr“ff the Sufferer had taken th His remedy was as astonishingly | {ha United States Government to moke | 214 a sufficient number of seals re- tion his head would have main, if properly protected, to perpetu- ate the snecies. The first step taken to- ward conserving the herds was the an- nual branding of the female seals. This experiment was sugeested to Mr. Mur- | rav’s mind by the custom in vogue in Colorado and other States of the West | of branding of cattle, with which he | was well acquainted. The purpose to be attained was to make the skins of | the female seals valueless for commer- cial uses, and thus render the animals immune from the ravages of the pela- gic sealers. The idea was received by the higher authorities with but little favor at first, but consent was finally given to have the experiment tried. Those opposing it expressed a fear that if the branding did not absalutely de- stroy the life of the seal, it would im- pair its reproductive faculties. The experiment was first tried upon adult seals. A full-grown seal with a pup at her size was first to be branded. and the fron was brought to a white heat and the animal branded to the very quick, yet but little pain was mani- fested bv the seal, and as soon as the operation was done the old seal went to her pup and calmly nursed it. After some 350 adult female seals had been Broadway and Sansome streets. ? The annual publication of the Health | pee . 5 b | simple as it was original. He sug- tic To. Ciinatown thete weve 540 deaths, about 1201 of whish were: | Department lafiSar Hranciseo Tor tha | o omas s e RO e i e gl s AR S B LU S e Murray, who Caucasians and Africans. Chinatown includes the district bounded 1 | by Kearny, Powell, California and Broadway. Eight hundred and four deaths occurred in the district known as south of Market street, running from First to Eighth streets and from Market to Brannan streets. The greatest number of deaths in any one square was 148. This square is boundel by Pacific, Dupont, Broadway and Stockton streets. In the Latin quarter there were 21 deaths in the square bounded by Kearny, Dupont, Broadway and Vallejo strests. Soutn of Market street, in the square bounded by Folsom, Harri- son, Sixth and Fifth streets, there were 55 deaths. X The largest number of deaths in any one square in the Mission ‘was 13. In the Western Addition 10 deaths is the maximum number for one square. Below will be found the explanation for this extraordinary mor- tality in certain sections of the city. HE distribution of the most viru- | lent and contagious diseases in | n Francisco is ywn by the companying map. It is the to fifty to one of those outside the 11 arlet and typhoid fever are spread - the largest expanse, but they are sspondingly lighter in number. In ac first of its kind ever published in outside of the military camps, ) i v this city, and one of a very w of | which were not fuily reported in the vhmngndl.qtlr‘w(:“l?:glrlulwffl\;:sn;‘r;r;]t;::d u; similar nature published in other citles | fiscal r, were there more than four DUBIREELs beCyestiit He) asa bt Ries aun of the United States. The data upon | fatalities in any one block. animal, from hip to shoulder. is grid- froned with deeply burned scars, so that the skin i{s rendered absolutelv valueless for the manufacture of furs, and the animal is left to breed by the open sea sealers. The special agent then directed his efforts to the preservation of the male seals. The open or pelagic season un- der the present international agreement between the United States and Great Britain extends from the first of Au- gust until the first of October. “This period is included within the breeding season, when the seals, both male and female, old and voune. are inhabiting the rookeries. The breeding females are caring for their young, the breed- ing males or bulls have charge of their | harems, while the non-breeding males or “bachelors” are compelléd by the bulls to herd bv themselves. The males | take little or no food during this sea- | son, while the females are obliged to | go to sea dail- to obtain food in or- der properly ‘to nourish their voung. Scattered over the seal islands are numerous lakes and lagoons, connect- ing with the sea b~ means of narrow inlets, through which these smaller bodies of water are supplied with fresh water by the action of two tides dailv. | From San Francisco the special agent. had transported a large quantity of wire nettin~ with which he fenced these lakes and lagoons about, leaving open- in~s through which the seals could be .driven and which could be closed bv means of gates. The bachelor seals o o v;lerefldr:ve? ll\mo these Inclosures about the first of August and kept until Diagram Showing Where the Various Diseases Prevail in/first of October. and having p]entvtt;i fresh water to disport in and by na-* San Francisco. ture requiring no food. were kent in wild seals by branding, thus making | was this quiet but most important fac- §3fide§fi?réé_°'&fi’e':f"th§§—e ‘ggre-: nifa?&’,‘é KXxXxxy¢ |them valueless to. the pelagic fishers, | tor in the seal question, returned to his | anq allowed to frequent the open sea PRI who have caused so much trouble and | home in Fort Collins, Colo., after ten|ggain. These methods have beén so ef- ? ¥ | loss along the Canadian coast. When 3‘3"";’)’]:‘ A"g’k*’-b He brought his report | fective in their results that the pelagic he proposed this plan to the Govern- |j¢ pe 't !““; de:fi{"z"{":k‘;‘;‘“‘dwfil:‘!;:_ seal;rs have become well nigh discour- ment, this and the idea of fencing in | ralysis and died on October 4. S e By D wild seals, it was rejected at first with| And there is but little doubt ‘that| The tramp would rather go to Jall scorn. Later it was accepted, and since the entire Ameri.an fisheries would | than be caught in the toils. Similarly with the pneumonia, pluer- A isy and other acute lung diseases, the sraphic and useful | geaths and cases reported extended mayps.prepared by Statistician Will D. | farther into the Western Addition than Griffin of the Health Department for |any of the other marked disenses. The the annual report of 1897-98. same diseases, however, congest in the Only. a glance at the 1 2 and Latin quarters. to. discover the location Diphtheria is found unexpectedly in E s Yeandtsoo's numerous instances on so elevated a : ks In thelgoition as Bernal Heights. But it ap- area known as Chinatc 1d its im- | pears to center in the three sections in mediate environment the total number | which the other accentuated diseases of deaths from all dise during the | concentrate. = fiscal ‘year 1897-98 wa 40, notwith- This concentrating of diseases In cer- standing that this area contains only | {2in well-defined districts of the ;L‘“p(‘: twelve squares. Of ‘this number of | 15 TROSt lNtErestinE AnC HAciul S8pEc deaths less than one hundred were not | 1o g cxnibit, The Unes smbracing tu- Chines osis, the fevers. the lung com- nts and diphtheria cross and in- It is common knowledge in the Health | clude much of the same ground in and .Departmentsthat all sick Chinese in|about the Chiness quarter; also the San Francisco go to the Chinatown dis. | &Tound south of Market down to Bry- trict to dle. They carry with them | At and between First and Eighth fhto thelr hovels tuberculosis, fevers | SIe€tsi also a limited area in the Mis- it 4 J S| sion between Guerrero and Harrison pulmonary complaints and saturate | anq enteenth” and - Twenty-third the air with the deadly germs they | streets, breathe. The result is that not eve: In the south of Market street section the East Side of New York or the fo :hh- statistician reports 804 deaths. In| ‘ter of any American city is|What is known as the “Latin Quarter,” o O e ¥ | bounded by Sansome and Powell and | more given to fatal diseases. Sl i pug | The otie block bBtindea Broadway and Greenwich, ‘the statls- e 2 3 tician reports 187 death In the Chi- Dupont, Stockton, Broadway and | nese quarter, as previously stated, 540, | Pacific streets reported the In the Mission gection the total was | traordinary number of 148 deaths| about 200, the section in which all of | during the fiseal year. Other bloc the more acute diseases were recorded in the same vicinity reported age m.hf;ll_;u): ;é(\x&gu{r:?gx’xyxdv:k:’g‘i‘?;SE‘IIFe;::’t?‘nvn1 gates’ running from to 61 deaths, INg, olean strebbs and e atorio s . San That these large numbers are alto-| Franciceo winds, it Is claimed by the gather abnormal is made evident by | th Department officials, are shown éomparison with other parts of the|in the representations of this map. The city, where from 10 to 13 is the great- | immunity of the far northwestern por- est total recorded in any one square. }'mrr :l!"t"h}f“ "l_l‘y‘?‘nd nfil’ho secticns far- The several lines in the map are| . """ b 'l; get u; rlfrnng after- e e aly the territory | 10°n and ocean breozes, 18 looked upon | AW as an unmistakable demonstration of | Within® which the greatest number of efits of these otherwise some- | diseases have been reported. Scat- agreeable winds. 1 tering cases have occurred in other | Paltimore and Washington are two of sections, but the cases within the lines | the few .cities which have made similar | are in the proportion of from three up! maps of annual health conditions. By | it is based a the figures and a neav’ ser of most ap is required of the nursery “knes: In the