The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 27, 1899, Page 7

EFFECT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL REVOLUTION Thousands of Dollars Will Be/Marked Pro Saved Monthly to the Department. List of Substitutes, Probationary and Special Teachers Dismissed---Protests, Legal Actions and Vindications. Sewing Instructors Escape. supreme in the De- The revolu- this unique financial matter, states that the money in monthly payments is ready for use and the school will go on till June 30, till the present and last class is graduated. Fowler and her pupils were jubi- erday morning over the conces- 3 The newspaper visitor found the gray haired teacher sitting in her recep- tion room, sewing a slight rent in the national ensign, a sort of colonial dame- making-the-first-flag tableau, and a con- | 8ratulatory group of girls around her. ““We did quite well in the terrible or- deal,"” said she, “and came out with colors | partly flying. The puplis are satistied and the studies will go on as usual. Of course, it will come a little harder on them, especially on those who are less able than others to pay for their tui- tion, but there will be no complaining. Every student here must earn her own | liv and to gain the profession of teach! she entered this Normal School. | It is sald this institution is below stand- ard, and that it has only one year of ¥. while State Normals have four. t ‘me explain that: Pupils here are high school graduates, while those in the schools need not be such. Another hed error was that Alameda Coun- refused our diplomas. The School Su- tendent of that county has made a 1t statement. However, we are for the grace we have re- ancertair prote scheme individual affected by th ion and dis been con- | pro- ow their Many other: dated out of schools een do not know ¢ Schools fin- g of the School | ,Miss Fowler's position is a peculiar one, According to the order of the Board of i ie goes oft the payrolls on 31, She will be employed by the al’ students for five months ending 30, and then where she will be “at” be determined, possibly, by the ® must court, as she is not disposed to be abol- ordered 1n other were not | ished with her school. Miss Fowler was mewhat startled by the visitor's query to whether her acceptation of the pu- offer for five months' employment | could be technically construed as a vir- tual surrender of her position and con- tinuous salary in the School Department should she finally fail of a place on the afe” list by reason of long service as a she would.take | Public teacher. | of a teacher |, The pioneer mandamus suit of the num- = This dectsion | DT that will probably follow the board's int s Qdecislon | orger of Wednesday evening will be that board, it is claimed, | of Miss Mollie L. Sabins, a Washington without impar- | ing School teacher. Recently now to date of ther or not dated out. has been con- tia ent expects to pating the loss of her position, she | ' 1 Monday. | applied for a restraining order, which was On We chool Board | re by Judge Belcher of the Superior ¢ € r!!gi‘(fg | rt, on the ground that there was then no evidence that she had been dismissed. | The Judge in his decision referred to a previous case—that of Bell against the Board of Education—in which he decided a mandamus-suit in favor of a dismissed teacher. Attorney J. H. Spinetti stated > | yesterday that if Miss Sabins were dis- = | missed from her position and salary she would immediately commence suit against the board. “I have every reason to believe,” sald he, “that Miss Sabins and Miss Dwyer have been consolidated out of the Wash- ington Evening School. The former has 3 been in the department fourteen months, fon ‘Until the | and her class was the largest in_that 2 | school. All of the decisions of the Supe- | rior and Supreme courts have been fa- vorable to the teachers, and all of the decisions follow the Kate Kennedy case. Miss Sabins violated none of the rules of the department, her competency was not , her class and school are still ce, and I cannot see why the courts will not Intervene in her behalf. The Board of Education is actuated by a worthy desire to economize and work the department out of a grievous tangle, but it must not treat a regularly elected | teacher with injustice.” | _The compiling of the lists of the dis- o | missed and unassigned is a work, under | the rules of the Board of Education, re- quiring care and time. Teachers who en - | tered the department previous to Augus 1, 1888, are out beyond the hope of sal- trion unless the courts come to their re- will cull out about eighty-five nam From August 1 the list will be followed back to about the middle of the vear, the last elected teacher going first | till a number considerably over a hundred shall be “assigned without pay.” There exists a working poseibility that the board will not stop at the abolition of four | evening schools and the reclassification | In the others, as ordered last Wednesday | evening. The sewing, music and several other special classes escaped only by a bare margin. The cooking schools went out early in the caucus. ‘‘Let their moth- ers get into their kitchens and instruct the girls in cooking.”” said a practical Di- rector, and the others echoed the senti- ment. The bookkeeping classes were last, because it was understood that the sup- ght will make & L $6000 and $8000 a | nt. The exact n, as the list of t 'yet made out. ute class alone department. ~J. M. Stockmann and Miss Dora Moran and Miss | Miss and and s have bee rs who have bee e placed on the unas- | ‘rowley, , Miss H. principal. s Helen Fitzgerald, Miss a Fahrenkrug, Miss ning School—Miss A. ;. Brennan, Miss M. E. city would not be exhausted for ten years. The classes in manual training went down | after considerable fighting. The Directors | were loth to cut off the chances of a boy learning a useful trade, but these classes daytime, could attend evening schools was enacted to prevent the crowding of those schools by children who passed SEe'T. Forbes (un- | their davlight in idleness and attended £fict ‘Sophie Stolz, | the evening classes for varlous reasons | other than a desire to learn. The Nor- | mal School was abolished for a number of reasons, considered ample by the A. Hay, | board, notwithstanding the storm of pro- Miss Maud | testing arguments raised over the mat- 5. A. | ter. One potent reason given by a prac- | tical Director was that the school = was | established years ago, when teachers | were few. and that institution was the | supply station for the city schools. With | the flock of universities, State institu- ‘uons and schools of pedagogy grindin, | | m the roli of the Arguello, Burnett Gram- = ) 1 ! ! < Lizzie out educators there was no *“ % for the San Francisco Nnrmalwslcn}foolht\: fllll. ssgowc‘nhlc Dr?s(‘rlbed schools and clas: out for cause, say - rectors. R —_— BUILDING Officers and Committees Chosen for the Ensuing Year. The Building Trades Council last night elected the following officers for the en- suing year: P. H. McCarthy, president; A. H. Coburn, vice president; W. M. Page, recording secretary; C. W. Page, financial secretary; C. W. Stark, treas- s | urer; C. W. Doyle, sergeant at arms; o, Ariven (he one | trustees—H. Cassidy, H. J. Skeen, George t and the longest. | 1-e¢, T. Saunders, J. Leary; executive petitioners evidently found | committee—E. de Lier, C. W. Stark, C. champlon in Director Gedge, the A Hussey, Walter Goff, J. E. McDougal, H. k of the board. Five | Thieler, R..Linhart, C. W. Page; organiz- r remain to be studied | ing committee—~P. H. McCarthy, G. Lee,, and the plea found a fa- | W. Goff, W. Brumfleld, J. Leary: law and legislative committee—W. Goff, . A. arer in another member. This 2 increased until seven votes Jefters, W. M. Page, H. J. Siceen, J. be’ rath. ermitting the school to remain : The balance of the vear. end.| The Council will hold a reunion and 30, provided the pupils paid its | ball in Scottish Hall to-morrow night, To the board this eceding from the original stand institution be abolished, but the cause of the girls won over Di- 3 . Wash- Morrison, Rich- | A. Dunn, Hancock TEADES COUNCIL. l County Hospital Overcrowded. E The four hundred and fifty beds in the | rectors. Armstrong, Bergerot, Conlan, | City and County Hospital are all occu- Cole, Gedge, Head and Kemp—a partfal | pled by patients. This leaves the bulld- and the school was given five|ing full and prevents the admission of months’ grace. any more patfents for the present. The salary bill of the school which its | @reat has beén the demand for admission 25 girl patrons have taken upon them- | that two cots had to be provided yester- selves, according to the old pay schedule, | day for two urgent cases which came in. — e———— " about $380 rfir mFOFlh_M]ltsis "l'zgwlera; rincipal, $200; Miss Fitzgerald. , an TinlTees, $40: total for the five months, | Lurline Salt Water Baths, Bush and Larkin sts. Swimming, Russian, hot and cold tub baths, Saltwater direct fromocean. $1500. udge Conrey of the Taxpayers' Educational League, who has charge of ply of young bookkeeping material in this | wol_John §. Drew, | had to be sacrificed in the scheme of re- ot C.CA. | trenchment. | _ The rule that only pupils of 14 years old tionary feachers | and upward, and who are empioyed in the | an- | | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1899. EPISCOPAL CONVENTION COMPLETES ITS LABORS gress of the Church in California Is Joyfully Announced. HE last session of the Episcopal convention was called to order by Right Rev. Bishop Nichols yester- day morning in St. Paul's Church. There was a fair representation of delegates present when the morn- ing prayer, read by the rector, Rev. Wil- liam M. Reilly, began at 9 o'clock. Rev. Charles 8. Linsley of Sonora read the Scriptural lesson, and a benediction was pronounced by Bishop Nichols. After the spiritual communion with Di- vine Providence the members of the con- vention settled themselves down to the serious discussion of business proposi- tions affecting the welfare of the Califor- nia diocese. The morning was entirely taken up with the reports of various com- mittees, all of which showed the Episco- pal church in this State to be progressing in a marked degree. The principal question which came be- fore the convention was the providing of an episcopal residence for the Bishop in this city. Resolutions were introduced by Major Hooper as follows: Whereas, In the interest of the advancement of the divinity school established by the Rt. Reverend the Bishop of the Diocese, he has felt it incumbent on him to reside at San Mateo; and ‘Whereas, of a large majority of both priests and laity of this diocese that the interests of the church would be greatly enhanced and benefited by the residence of its official head in the see city of_this dlocese; and Whereas, It is but just to ourselves that such residence should be had and maintained befitting the dignity of this branch of tha American church; be 1t therefore It is the concurrence of opinion Resolved, That it is the sense and conviction of this convention that such a residence should be provided; and it is therefore Resolved, That a committee of four ladies and four gentiemen be appointed to take the necessary steps to inaugurate and put into effect this declaration, wish, intent and bounden duty of this convention. Dufln? the discussion Bisho) retired from the chair and A. Nichols . Drown, ) PROMINENT LAY chancellor of the diocese, acted as chair- man pro tem. He appointed the following ladies and gentlemen with power to elect a chairman and add to their number if deemed advisable: W. E. Dean, Willlam Babcock, Henry T. Scott, Major W. B. Hooper, Mrs. 8. Wilson, Mrs. W. Crock- er, Mrs, I. L. Pool and Mrs. George A, Pope. Later in the day, on motion of Major Hooper, Rev, William Carson Shaw was placed on the committee, which will report at the next convention. On motion of General Houghton the chair appointed a committee consisting of J. F. Igouthn. H. H. Howlett and A. N. Drown to memorialize the Legislature to exempt church sites and the edifices erected thereon from taxation. Rev. Dr. E. B. Spalding read the re- port of the committee on Christian edu- cation and strongly urged endowment for church schools, which are at present car- Tied on by personal efforts by the prin- cipals. His recommendation to place the EC%OUIE on a firmer basis met with marked favor on the part of the delegates. Rev. John A. Emery, in reporting for the Board of Missions, made a plea for the enlargement of the church’s mission field. Rev. Edgar Lion, for the San Fran- cisco convocation, sald that contributions last year had been most generous. W, Lucas reported for the San Joaquin con- vocation that the past year had not been very encouraging, but the outlook for the present year was more hopeful. Dean Lewis, for the convocation of San Jose, said that the church debt in San Luis Obispo is being rapidly paid off. Twelve men are traveling, engaged in preaching the Gospel, and only four were aided by the Board of Missions. The finance committee reported contri- butions_as follows: For parochial pur- ses, $54,738 01; for the diocese, 82; fifr general objects, $8% 01. The total value of church property is $714,639 54, Bills payable in the sum of $32,503 61 were presented. Sunday schools had contrib- uted $2488 39. There are now in the diocese 1 Bishop, 72 priests, 6 deacons, 9 candidates sfor deacon’s and priest’s orders, 19 lay read- ers, 33 parishes, 33 missions organized and 14 unorganized. Two cornerstones were lald and one church opened in 1888. The number of families in the diocese is 5584. There were 675 baptisms, 257 con- firmations, 539 communicants, 280 marri- ages and 442 burials. There are 519 teach- ers and 6174 pupils in the Sunday schools. Right Rev. illlam Morris Barker, Bishop of Olympla, then delivered an ad- dress, in which he compared the condi- tions existing at the present time with those of twenty-six year: first visited this city. * the church,” he said, times greater west of the Mississippl than jt has been in the East during the last ten years.” In the absence of Bishop Morris of Or- egon, Rev. M. Garrett, rector of Trinity Church, Portland, was called upon for a speech. In the course of his remarks he said that the little diocese of Oregon gave twice as much for missions as did the dio- cese of California, Dr. Garrett was com- missioned by the convention in a rising vote to bear a message of greeting to Bishop Morris. Rev. Charles L. Miel, speaking for the diocese of Sacramento, said that it had a great territory, and he hoped that it would soon have enough missionaries to cover the field, Rev. L. Sanford, rector of St. Paul's, Salinas, and Rev. C. S, Linsley, mission: ary of St. James, Sonora, made felicitous speeches, and Duncan Ferguson asked the prayers of the assembled delegates for the little mission in South San Francisco un- der his direction. The afternoon session was called at 2 o'clock, and the subject of Sunday-school work, which had been made a special or- der for that hour, was taken up. Rev. William Carson Shaw addressed the dele- gates, making a strong plea for the or- ganization of an institution with appoint- ed officers to stimulate Sunday-school work throughout the diocese. He earn- CORPORATION DELEGATES TO THE CONVENTION. Moreland was warmly congratulated by estly asked the co-operation of the clergy to make the institution effective. Rev, W. I Kip Jr. expressed himself as strongly in favor of the proposed move- ment, and spoke of the ulvamas%s of a central office in this connection. Rev. H. E. Cooke declared that the education of youth in spiritual things was a public and not a private matter, and introduced res- olutions appointing 2_committee of five for the purpose of forming a diocesan Sunday-school institute. The chair ap- g‘olnte Revs. H. Cooke, M. D. Wilson, V. I Ki D ip Jr., W. C. Shaw and Dr. H. C. avis. The committee on canons recommended that the county of San Joaquin be trans- ferred to the convocation of San Joaquin. The committee asked to be discharged on the proposition of taking the power of the Missiona Board to fix the Sll?‘ends of missionaries and Placing it in the hands of the Bishop. After considerable discus- sion, during which Rev. James S. Moe- Gowan took tne stand that the power rightfully belongel to the Bishop, the committee was discharged. The convention then proceeded to the election of officers and the chair appoin ed the following tellers: Standing con mittee—Rev. W. A. Brewer, Mr. H., Tay lor; boards _of missions—Rev. James Hulme, Mr. William Burbeck; incorpora- tion—Rev. L. C. Stanford, Mr. C. P. Siik- man; missionary council—Rev. H. B. Col- lier, Mr. Louis Duncan. The following were elected: DELEGATES TO MISSIONARY COUNCILS. Clerical member—Rev. W. L. Kip Jr. Lay member—J. V. D. Middleton. BOARD OF MISSIONS. members—Rev. J. R. de Wolfe Cowle, R:“l\erll;g'd." Mynard, Rev. G. E. Swan. Ty members—Dr. H. C. Davis, C. D. Haven, G. H. Kellogg, J. V. D. Middleton. Board of directore—Walter E. Dean, A. N. Drown, Rev. D. O. Kelley, !lll“ht Rev. W. F. Nichols, D.D., A. H. Pheips, William A. Van Bokkelen, John A. Wright. STANDING COMMITTEE. g bers—Rev. R. C. Foute, Rev. B ev. Robert Ritchie, Rev. E. B. B'fl‘;‘"&én{‘\gfim N. Drown, Major W. B. Hooper, Colonel George H. Mendell. The fourth lay member of the standing committee not having received a majority of the concurrent vote a new election was ordered, and William Babcock was suc- cessful. v unamimous vote the secretary was orggre‘(li o cast the ballot for Rev. David McClure as registrar and A. N. Drown as chancellor of the diocese. On motion of Rev, H. E. Cooke, second- ed by Rev. E. B. Spalding, it was resolved to accept the invitation to hold the semi- centennial convention next year in Trin- ity Church, San Franeisco. “he committee on church charities re- orted that the various institutions were n excellent condition. The committee on the state of the church reported that there was larfie encouragement in the progress of parishes and missions and the mission- ary offerings were above the average. The church had received a new impulse during convention week. There had been a de- crease of $12,58 59 in the debt of the dio- cese during the past year. Resolutions were adopted empowering the committee, together with the secretary and the arch- deacon, to prepare a missionary map of the digcese. Rev. Robert Ritchie, rector of St. Paul’s, Oakland, presented resolutions, which were adopted, testifying the appreciation and thanks of the convention to the morn- ing and evening papers for their full and complete publication of the proceedings. Resolutions of thanks were also passed to the rector and vestry of St. Paul's Church for their hospitality and kindness in extending the use of the church for the purposes of the convention; to Right Rev. Wiliam Morris Barker, Bishop of Olympia, for his deliverv of the sermon at the consecration of Bishop Moreland; to Major Hooper for his consistent and abundant hospitality to the visiting dele- H. E. Cooke's resolutions of re- fl'el at the separation of Bishop W. H. oreland from this diocese and an ear- nest hope for his success in his new fleld were adopted. After the singing of a hymn, benedic- tion and prayer by Bishop Nichels the convention adjourned sine die. e Bishops Banqueted. Rev. William H. Moreland, the newly consecrated Bishop of Sacramento, was presented with a handsome solld silver communion service for his private chapel at the Episcopal palace at the capital by the clergy of California at their annual reunion banquet in the Occidental Hotel last evening. Bishop Nichols made the presentation speech, and the recipient fittingly re- sponded. The banquet was an elaborate affair, and was attended by the visiting bishops and the entire clergy of this dio- cese. The table was in the form of a horseshoe, and was profusely decorated with ferns and cut flowers. Bishop Nichols presided. Speeches were delivered by Bishop Perrin of British Co- lumbia, Bishop Barker of Olympia, Bishop Leonard of Salt Lake, Rev. Dr. Lusk of New Haven, Conn.; Rev. F. H. Church of Tacoma, Rev. R. C. Foute of Grace Church, Chaplaln Clark of the Seventh Regiment of Los Angeles and Rev. H. R. Ramsay of Santa Barbara. At the conclusion of the banquet Bishop his brethren. CONFERENCE OF THE BROTHERHOOD The Cathedral Mission of the Good Sa- maritan was the scene of a most remark- able religious service yesterday after- noon, conducted by the Lord Bishop of Columbia. The occasion was a quiet hour in anticipation of the assembling of the convention of St. Andrew's Brother- hood chapters of the Pacific Coast. ‘The hymn of the brotherhood was sung, and in a few words the preacher an- nounced his themes—*‘Lord, let me know Myself,” ‘“Lord, let me know Thyself,” “Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?” The addresses of the Lord Bishop were direct and approi)r(&tfi, and the large bodK of men which filled the edifice were muc impressed. 'he regular meetings of the convention began at the Church of the Advent last evening. After a short service by the Rev. J. A. Emery, participated in by the sev- eral clergy present, the Pacific Coast counselor, L. C. McAfee of 8an Franclsco, toos the chair and called for the roll of delegates present. Those from this city, Fresno, Spokane, Seattle, Stockton, Peta- luma, Portland, San Mateo, Los Angeles, New York, Sacramento and other cities responded. A brief session was then held, at which it was decided that a committes be appointed to render any possible as- sistance in the arrangements for the tri- ennfal conference. which is to be held in this city in 1901. The same committee was also instructed to do all in his power to galn for the Pacific Coast the annual in- ternational conference of the brotherhood for 1901 Professor Bailey of the University of California read a very carefully prepared paper on “Christ’s Influence on the Broth- erhood.” An address by Dr. R. C. Dan- fels on “Brotherhood Influence in the Church” followed. Mr. Mallock’s paper on ‘‘Brotherhood Influence in the Univer- sities” was carnest in tone and thought- ful. “Brotherhood Work in the Army" was discussed by Major Noble, U. 8. A,, who eloquently pointed out the enormous field for pious and effective work that the army present The ‘“‘question box” was in charge of Dr. H. R. Braden, who was quite equal to the occasion. A brief prayer and benediction closed the services, which are to be resumed this morning with a corporate communion at the Cathedral Mission of the Good Samaritan, Rev. W. I Kip Jr. administering the sacrament. At the Church of St. John the Evnnfells!, Rev. E. B. Spalding, 8. F. D., presiding, the reading of papers and general discus- ston will begin at 6:30 p. m. | IMPROVING MISSION STREET. A New Bridge Over Islais Creek With Bitumen on the Roadbed. Mission street west, formerly Mission road, is now coming in for Improvements. Since the roadway became a continuation of Mission street proper it began to be neglected by the Street Superintendent. In this way the old wooden bridge over Islais Creek, west of College Hill, fell into decay and became a source of danger to the many people whose business com- pelled them to drive over it. Now, how- ever, the street is undergoing repairs, and a new iron and stone bridge is being built over the creck. It is the intention of both the contractor and the Supervisors that this bridge shall last for at least half a century. The abutment are of con- crete, with culverts leading from the roadway into the bed of the creek. In ada{uon to this Ml&non“str&e‘t trgmé Cres- cel avenue, on e sum 01 Hil, o Sliver “avene, about o mile far | ther west, will be bituminized. This, finished, will make that nortion of ggn;;on street one of the prettiest drive- ways in the city. Dr. E. N. Torello, pres- ident of the Mission and Five-mile Im- provement Club, and Méyer H. Levy, its secretary, have labored hard and stead- fastly for improvements in the Excelsior Homestead section of the Mission, and credit is due them for the success of their efforts. The question of getunfi electric lights on Silver avenue, which thoroughfare leads from Mission street to the San Bruno road, will now be agitated, and water mains will be asked for to convey that much needed fluid to homes and fam- ilies scattered over a large area of the l@ln ‘hillside. u{ in order will come a demand for a_new _ schoolhouse. The old barn in which Miss an{lfly instructs the ris- ing generation of the hills is unfit for the use for which it was nailed together twenty-five years , When it stood on Columbia street (East Mission). Tn its resent condition it is said to be unfit to %mucflockotmu much less chil- ren. An engine house for the housing of a chemical engine in the Excelsior Home- stead portion is also considered a neces- sity for not only the immediate section but for the preservation of buildings in Ingleside and other outlying quarters too ifi‘;.L from the engine house on College ——— Found in the Bay. The dead body of an unknown man was found floating in the bay off Fort Point yesterday evening by Charles Picard of the Life Saving Station. The dead man was dressed in a rough blue serge coat, black striped trousers and a llghf brown flannel shirt. It is believed that the body is that of the uncle of Gaetano Bales- treri, whose remains were recovered from the bay at Hunters Point on the 5th inst. Both men lost thelr lives during the stor‘;u" on the bay the latter part of De- cember. —_—————— Bishop Montgomery of Los Ange- les has a sermon to the workingmen of Ameriea in nevt Sunday’s Call. BEWAILED THE SAILING OF THE SCANDIA Officers and Privates Left Behind. HER DEPARTURE UNEXPECTED VAIN EFFORTS TO OVERTAKE THE SPEEDY TRANSPORT. Disappointed Soldiers Drown Their Sorrow in the Flowing Bowl. The Morgan City Also Leparts for Manila. Instead of tossing on the waves of the Pacific on the good ship Scandia, two officers of the Twentieth Kansas Regiment are tossing on beds of pain at the Grand Hotel bemoaning their ill fortune in missing the transport that is bearing their command to south- ern waters. They are Captain J. F. Morrison of Company I and Lieutenant M. F. Smith. Both officers arrived with their regiment on Wednesday af- ternoon, and being desirous of getting more than a fleeting glimpse of this city before departing, they secured leave to go ashore. In their search for attractions they forgot the hour of sailing, and are now stranded on the shores of San Franeisco waiting for the departure of another transport. The officers are not the only disap- pointed ones. Non-commissioned of- ficers and privates are sharing their sorrow. Unlike their superiors, they were not given leave to go ashore, and the sorrow is more poignant. Unlike their superiors, they are not tossing on beds of pain, but are drowning their ill- luck in bumpers of Barbary Coast liquor, well knowing that severe pun- ishment will be meted out to them for their willful desertion. ‘When Captain Morrison and Lieu- tenant Smith learned that their boat had sailed they were frantic. They speeded to the water front to charter a tug in the hope of overtaking the Scandia before she passed through the Golden Gate, but their efforts were futile. Bemoaning their fate both re- turned to the Grand to await orders from the War Department. A few non-commissioned officers and a number of privates were also anxious to taste of the delights of city life and quietly slipped over the side of the Scandia while she was lying alongside the wharf, expecting to return by the same route. Their disappointment was great on their retwrn to find their transport gone. When the transport Morgan City salled yesterday afternoon on her long voyage to Manlla, she went out of the harbor with her lifeboats utterly out of condition for use. This was a flagrant breach of law, 'he boats were filled with freight to the gunwales, over which their canvas covers were drawn and lashed down. ‘With the boats in such condition it would, in case of disaster, be impossi- ble to get them clear for launching till much precious time was lost. Not only are the boats reported to be unfitted for service, but the vessel sailed short- handed, a smaller number having been shipped to take the berths of the old crew discharged just before sailing. It has been stated that a part of the Morgan City’s cargo was coffins in which to bring back to their native land the remains of soldiers who died in the Philippines. This is denied by J. Heldt, late a quartermaster of the steamer. She had a lot of undertaking supplies, but no coffins. The cargo of bacon, of which so much was said, was not removed and will become part of the rations to be served out to the sol- diers at Manila. PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF CALIFORNIA Effective Work Being Done at the East by a Native Daughter. MISS HELEN KELLEHER'S NOe TABLE TRANS-CONTINENTAL LECTURING TOUR. An Extraordinary Interest Being Manifested by the People of the East in Everything Per- taining to California. ald Our readers will no doubt call to mind that not long ago the Southern Pacific Company, in connection with | the State Board of Trade, Manufactur- | ers’ and Producers’ Association, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and | other interests, arranged with Miss Helen Kelleher, the well-known lec- turer on California, to deliver a series of 100 lectures on our Golden State in the principal cities of the Western, Middle and Eastern States, the same to be magnificently illustrated by over 200 caxefully selected slides, artistically colored and reproducing scenes surpris- ingly true to nature by a dissolving view electric stereopticon, the largest apd most powerful ever used in this country. : For the further information of the citizens of our city and State the pas- senger department of the Southern Pa- cific Company advises that the tour, thus far, has met with extraordinary success, notably in the cities of Chica- go, St. Paul, Cleveland, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Springfield, Ill., Lafayette, Ind., | Kalamazoo, Mich., etc. The season was inaugurated at the Chicago Beach Hotel, December 1, be- fore an audience of 500 of the best peo- ple of that city. Subsequently it was delivered before Chicago’s swell club, the Marquette, on which occasion every seat was occupied, as well as standing room. At Cleveland, January {2, the crowd was so great that hun- dreds of people were turned away from the doors of the Y. M. C. A. auditorium, being unable to obtain even standing room. Miss Kelleher reports that an intense and unusual interest is being manifest- ed by the people of the East nowadays in everything pertaining to California, the inhabitants having awakened, as it were, to a better and stronger realiza- tion of the great attractions of our State from the standpoint of health, wealth and pleasure. The present se- vere winter throughout the East and West has contributed in a great meas- ure toward intensifying this desire to know more about the Golden State. Miss Kelleher further reports that her lecture and mission are meeting with the highest praise from prominent business men and would-be tourists, | who unhesitatingly admit that her de- scriptive and illustrated lecture is the most effective means of advertising the State of California that has ever been devised. A Chinatown Burglary. Burglars visited the furnishing goods store of Heringhi & Belasco at 805 Dupont street last Wednesday night, and stole $350 worth of silks, blankets, ladies’ cloaks, silk bloyses, etc. One of the pad- locks on the-frbnt door was opened with a skeleton key and the two other locks were forced by the burglars. The store was opened for the first time Wednesday morning, and was visited by large crowds of Chinese, examining the stock. The store was crowded at night, and in the crowd were several highbinders, who took observations for thelr visit after mid- night. 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