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THE ADVERTISEMENTS. Retiring from COMMERCIAL - MUSEUM Now - WELL STARTED Plans of the Proposed e | Organization. Retall]“ ITS SCOPE AND PURPOSE MUCH WIL:&;;GE UPON THE NAME TO BE SELECTED. s the establish- n -this We close our on mu:vr:n of_delegates lothing d by commercial and industrial L rday in the Chamber of ent Satur- o discuss plans for or- Wheeler pre- Pléhn acted as ted of P.Chipman Upham, W. ht, Febru- 1900. committes General n read a letter from Di- e Philadelphia Mu- estimated the first er goods, which 't in the West- » be not more . than for th first few 121-123 Sansome St. 2 ADVERTISEMENTS. = AMERICA SAYS SO, AMUSEMENTS. The Entire Country Is On thes Move. e ,u\ et % & B | Cascarcts Candy Cathartl: Did It, and E AN | Record a Phenom:nal Victory. Five o RW*LLO.,D | Million Boxes So'd Last Year. of America comes the rers from o fon ef in Cascarets Candy Ca- wonderful modern - scle . al tonic. - Cascarets teraily -in ry- nds haye ‘tried B Riree Matinees, THE. FAMO BOSTONIANS Pr ng “THE SMUGGLERS OF BADAYEZ.” SCATS NOW SELLING. COLUMBIA THEATER—EXTRA! ‘ascarets for head- nd have received Mrs. M. Gab- hicago. the thing Burt, 70 af et¢ and have never sfactory.” Mrs. » St.,” Buffalo, San Francisco Lodge No. 21, HEATRIGAL MECHANIGS L ASSOCIATION dicitis to tk will b mith, Rich Vall here is nothing nj. Passage, 2 ® - / (/rfi(éfl‘[ff HOUSE THREE! THREE! THREE! * are the best cathartic T ever Wellwood, Manitob: —LAST TIMES OF— want ohn “IN PARADISE” Sl S i LAST MATINEE TO-MORROW AFTERNOON e ot THEC F WLLY COMPANY, “l'l—\"" fllflu. . d \w'”(f’:\‘l\') g 1oy slished pla s vourself to- S0c. - Booklet rijng Rem- ew York. the CASCARET tab- of the only rets bears the fe letters *'C C C." Look e tablet before you bu. beware of frauds, imita- tions and substitutes, ifie | arets for over | years, Mr. Wilson thought, would require about 825,000 per annum for expenses; All E holr possible was promised by the writer. Mr. de Young said the commercial mu- seum movement was spreading, there be- ing & mew oneé in Liverpool and another in Germany, which is supported by the Governiment. ' In a Short discussion it de- veloped that the Philadelphia Museum has been ‘the means of American firms get- ting a number of large foreign contracts through - the distribution of information sent by its foreign agents. Mr. Rodgers called attention to the ne- cessity of havil the title of all museum property reposed in an official hod{, ke the Boar. of Regents, thus exempting it from taxation. Mr. Upham advised that the plan of o ganization, etc., be left with a commit- tee of five for arrangement, but it was decided that the whole_committee should handle these matters. Mr. de Young sub- mitted such a plan. which was very slmi- lar to one presented by Professor Plehn. The formér's plan_ was read and partly discussed. In it Mr. de Young suggests the name be “The Californta Commercial Museum’”; -that the scope be to gather and give information to all tndustries in California that will assist in the develo) ment of commerce with our new Pacific possessions, as well as all countriés of the Orient. and also. with the Trest ef the world. A collection of raw and manufac- tured products of various countries should bhe gathered and analyzed and informa- ton concerning them be published. - In re- gard to the organization. Mr. de Youn | suggests that the management -be. veste | in & hoard of governors of twenty-three members, representing. the local commer- cial and industrial bodies, who shall se. lect a_manager with full executive pow- 1 e There should "also be an advisory | d composed of the Governor, the | Mayors of the large cities of -the State, forefgn resident Consuls, -presidents of commercial ‘bodies: and a few- others. Thege should be purely "advisory, having | no_vote. Members' inftiation fees, in the city and outside, were also provided for. After some discussion ss to the proper name for the organization, the committee adjourned to meet at 2 p..m. to-day, at 202 Market street PAYS A THIBUTE T0 THIS COUNTRY Words of a Famous French Deputy. PARIS, Feb. 1L—M. Deschanel, Presi- | @ent of the Chamber of Deputles, took his seat to-day as a member of the Acad- emy, to which he was elected in succes- sion of the late Edouard Herve.. A adls- tinguished audience was present, includ- ing President and Mme. Loubet, and the elite ‘of the diplomatfe, ‘political, literary and artistic world. His speech was a bril- liant - effort. . in an eloquent peroration; | he called on all Frenchmen to sink party differences and upite around. the tricolor not walt until France was threatened. | *“Let us,” he continued, “not: walt for a crisls: before the signing of the edict of Nantes of partie: M. Deschanel . in" which hs America; apt attention is universaily Him a brifliant political career. of the gigantic States s listened to with as coming from a man who recognized to have before He_spoke progress of the United v passes among this tical, people but some State makes a new experiment in political sclence.” M. Deschanel later referred to the “ad- mirable. founder of ‘the ro{)ub\lc. George Washingtan, who first of all brought into the New World all the flower, all the }fruu of Anglo-Saxon. political wisdom," TAUGHT A LESSON. Edward Pendergast's Boastfulness i Leads to His Conviction by Judge Conlan. Edward Pendergast, a resident of Ocean View, got excited Wednesday because a to have all the officers brought before the Commissioners and dismissed from the | £ He declared hé knew them well they would do anvthing he asked. He 0 anfiounced that he would see that the four Police Judges were removed from their positions. He raised such a distvrb- ance that he was arrested for disturbing the peace. ‘esterday Pendergast appeared before ¢ Conlan. He admitted that he did i ny of the Police Commission~ ers and had ill feeling toward the of- ficers or Police Judges. The Judge thought he should be taught not to be so free with his tongue, and sentenced him to pay a e of $5. with the alternative of twenty- four hours in ja H —_———— In the Divorce Court. Mary Farrell has been granted a divorce from Lawrence Fatrell on the ground of cruelty. Decrees of divorce have also | been granted Lawrence 8. Graves from | Edith S. Graves; on the ground of deser- tion; Pauline Isaac from Joseph Isaac, on the ground of desertion; Katherine E. e I e A A SHOW WITHOUT BEST THIS POPULAR HOUSE HAS EVER OFFERED. AMUSEMENTS. ALCAZAR THEATER- LAST THREE NIGHTS. \::\‘\” \‘ Beautiful Pastoral Play, 1ISc JS< RESERV:D SEATS Next Week—FRIENDS Engagement of MARY HAMPTON. SEATS NOW READY 3s5c SOc TIVOL! GPERA-HOUSE. “HOOT MON, Every One Is Lauzhing " THIRD WEEK [ : ©Of the Enormou: THE 1DOL'S EYE. Comic Opera Triumph, TELEPHONE MAIN 532, MATINEE TO-MORROW. LAST THREE NIGHTS s Suppe’'s Famous Comic Opera, ning at Matinee Baturday at 2. | THE BEST PER NCE EVER SEEN I This Is What POPULAR e = | MONDAY N —David Henderson's Fa- | mous Extravaganzas, I “ALADDIN JR.” USUAL POPULAR PRICES. ‘ ¥ & POPULAR PLAY HOUBE.) | Gooa Reserved Seat in Orchestra, Saturday PHONE SOUTH 770. = Lli‘nnn(»’.‘ %Be. PRy . R | Pranch Ticket Otfice, Emporium. MATINEE SATURDAY. HIS BETTER HALF. RACING! RACING! RACING! POPULAR PRICES. Eventing woieenenan dbe, T, B30, Boe and e | 1900—CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB -1900 s e and e Jenuary 22 to February 10, Inclusive. fhox TN OAKLAND RACE THACK Racing Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs- eay, Friday and Saturday. Yive or more races each da: Races start at 2:15_p. m. sharp. s Jeave San Francisco at 12 m. and . 1:3, 2. 2:3) and 8 p. m.. connecting with 1isins stopping at the entrance to the n or shine. . | track. Last two cars on train reserved for la- se Pictures will be presented at the EX- | gies and their escorts: no smoking. Buy your o Sing, Oak! February 4.5 and 6 | ferry tickets to Shell Mound. All trains via Oakland mole conn ect with San Pablo avenue lectric cars st Beventh and Broadway, Oak- AT e k3 SHERMAN, CLAY & CO. HALL, |3 sdead'eifiiuiii e sousteents | e and Broadway, Oakiand. These electric cars g0 _direct to the track in fifteen minutes, Returning—Trains leave the track at 6 m and tmimediately atier the last race. R. B 223 SUTTER STREET. THE TLLUSTRIOUS SOPRANO, MLLE. ANTOINETTE TREBELLI WILL GIVE AN EXTRA SONG RECITAL T0-MORROW AFTERNOIN, | ENTIREL EW PROGRAMME. | Reserved Seats, $1 and $150, 1 MAS H. WILLIAMS JR.. President. cretary. 2 MILRO CONCERTS AND RESORTS. ko CHUTES AND Z00. kgt MAJOR MITE, the Smallest Actor on Earth, and o Great Vaudeville Show. TO-MORROW (SATURDAY) NIGHT, GRAND PRIZE CAKEWALKING CORTEST ! OAKLAND vs. SAN FRANCISCO. Phone for Seats. “son At Bherman, Clay & Co.'s Music Store. MATINEE T0-MORROW and SUNDAY. | SOL. SMITH RUSSELL'S | * Peaceful Valley ADVERTISEMENTS, You Save §5 Owing to the dis- continuation of my Oakland store and theenlargemintof tie Montzomery - street stors, I off-r For 80 Days my en‘ire Oakland stock of woolsns at a REDUCTION | . of from | $9.50 to $5 00 | §E ¥’ on a suit; You canriot get the valus | givs you else- where for the same money. c Only excellent ma- { terial, thoroughly | sponged and shrunk, | used in the make-up of my suits. All-wool Suits to | { 1 order from ${2.50 ! Pants from.. -84 | Overcoats ffom...$15 | 7 The suits | make [ for $20, $25 and | | B8 are all the heart cou'd wish for. Call any time— con’t wait till after the expiration of the 3o days. 121 Joc Poheim THE TAILOR. tiro-1112 Market St., 201-203 Montg’y St.,. SAN FRANCISCO. DR. CROSSMAN’S SPECIFIC MIXTURE, F OR THE CURE OF GONORRHOEA, Gleets, S and analogous plaints of the O Generation. Price §1 a botde. . For sale by drugsists. Wrigits Indian Vegetale Pils A% ;&“f.‘.‘.‘;‘.‘:%.“.é;%&:fi %‘In and purify the blood. woman was arrested for drunkenness. He | went to the police station and threatened | SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1900 Eggert from Thomas G. Eggert, on th ground of failure to provide; Anna G. Ed- monds from James J. Edmonds for habit- ual lnumrranpe. and thrina Ruef from Josef Ruéf on the &ronnd of ex- treme cruelty, Suits for divorce on the rround of desertion have been filed by . Ahn against Mary E. Ahn, and Allle . Brower against George W. Brower. —— MANSLAUGHTER CHARGED. Verdict of the Coromer’s Jury in the - Inquest on the Body of Nar- jot’s’ Vietim. The Coroner’s jury in the inquest on the body of Joseph O'Neil Gleeson yesterday returned a verdict charging Ernest Narjot with manslaughter. Narjot was present at the inquest, but declined - to .make a- statement. Minnie Hamilton, who is the cause of the kill- ing, told the jury how she had picked up a strange man on the street and accom- panied him to the Stanley Tamale Grotto on Turk strect on the night of the shoot- fng. They went into a private box and had some drinks. A quarrel arose be- tween her and the stranger, who wanted her to drink a whisky. cocktail, while she, being hungry, preferred a tamale. He re- fused to treat her to the tamale and she arose to leave the box and discovered that a $5 piece that she sald she had in her pocket was missing. - She raised an out- ery, accusing the stranger of having picked her pocket, and she ran out, fol- lowed by ‘the man, who was calling her vile. names. Narjot tried to stop the stranger and the deceased and another man attacked Narjot. The latter turned to-gét away and on-being pursued turned and shot Gleeson. . She had been ‘living with Narjot for two years. Other witnesses testified that Gleeson, the stranger, and Narjot were the only men - engaged in the quarrel and tiat Gleesori was acting merely as a peace- maker. WANT SAVTA CLIRA COUNTY DNIDED Movement Inaugurated by Cattlemen. S ST Epecial Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Feb. 1.—The residents of Gilroy and the southern end of Santa Clara County are discussing the matter of county division and the construction of a new county to be known as Las Ani- mas,”’ with- Gliroy = as’ the -county seat. Henry Miller, the <attle king, is reputed to bevat the head of this embryo move- ment. According to reports it is proposed to lop off all that portion of the county south of Morgan Hill and to Incorporate it ‘as a separate municipality. Miller's desire for this division is because of an endeavor of the residents of San Jose and vicinity to have the Supervisors pass an | ordinance appointing a county veterinary culin test to cattle and kill those affect- ed. Several years ago this county had such an inspector and he did good work until he inspected some of Millér's cows. The cattle king refused to allow his stock {'to be killed and took the matter Into | court. The Supervisors then discharged | the inspector and the cases were finally | dropped. | A couple of weeks ago the Supervisors were asked to appoint another inspector, roy opposed it and the Supervisors re- fused to appoint an inspector. Now thes same men and Miller are said to be work- ing for county division. They claim their interests are entirely different from those | of the frult gsowfirs and that a separate | county, with Gilroy as the seat of gov- | ernment, {& a necessity to advance their interests. It is sald a strong organization will be effected by the cattiemen and an | attempt made to get a bill through the next regular session of the Legislature favoring division. E. . Crawford, a prominent citizen of that place, an attorney for the dairymen, | admitted to-day that county division had been discussed somewhat, but no organized | movement for {t had been begun. He said it would be a great boon to Gilroy and | although it would not be brought up until { the regular session of the Legislature a movement looking to that end may ma- | terialize at any time. A great opgoslllon would tarise to-any divislon scheme in San Jose and other parts of the county and it is doubtful whether such a bill could be worked through the Legislature. At the next meeting of the Legislature Supervisor Rea will introduce an ordt- nance rhanztnf the boundary . lines . of three of the five Supervisorfal districts. This gerrymandering will be {n the inter- ests of Supervisors Austin and Cottle, who | come up for election in November. Rea's | own district is also to bé changed materi- ally. mee——— IN HONOR OF A BRIDE undoubtedly Mrs. Pope Gives a Dinner Complimentary to Miss Hopkins, g Mr. and Mrs, John D. Spreckels gave a dinner Jast evening at their home nn Howard street, complimentary to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Brander, formerly Gertrude Forman. The table decorations were espe- clally beautiful, and were a happy X ling ot fleecy white tuic. lilles oF the v l‘ey and violets,. Covers were lald for six- €en. Mrs. George Pope gave a dinner last | evening at her home on Pacific avenue in honor of her brother, Augustus Taylor, | and his flancee, Miss Helen Hopkins. | Bedted at table were Miss Helen Hop- kins, Miss Georgina Hopkins, Miss BEdna Seott, Miss Caro Crockett, Miss Genevievi Carolan, Miss Edith McBean, Augustu: Taylor, W, Taylor Jr., Mr. McNear, gnrrg Stetso " Ya-7; oardman, C. Felton an r. and M George A. Pope. e SOUTHERN LINES WILL RUN INTO THIS CITY Improvements to Be Made at Third and Townsend to Accommodate a New Traffic. Extensive improvements will be made by the Southern Pacific Company In the depot at the corner of Third and Town- send streets. Plans are now being prs- pared for a new depot and enlarged sheds to accommodate the extra tracks that wiil Bov\‘x,t:em‘ éralns. A e en e new coast road is complete it is the intention of the Southern é’-cua‘é to run the Southern overland and Los An- eles trains over this line direct to San ancisco, thus avolding the longer route by way of Lathrop anc doin¥ away with the ferry service. This will necessitate the bullding of extra tracks and other im- provements. Just what the new depot will be in ap- arance is not yet known. Several plans ave been prepared but no selection has been made. The entrance to the de; Wl vers probably be &t Fourth Ingtoes of at Third street. General Manager Kruttschnitt says thar it will not be an elaborate construction, but merely an sccammodation for the in- crease of ti A Trebelli Recital To-Morrow. Mademoiselle Antoinette Trebelli will give an extra recital to-morrow (Satur- day) afternoon at 3:15 at Sherman & Clay anu, whe.n the following programme will b ‘oret’’ (Guillaume Teil). Ros- 1685-1740), la)m; 0 sini; * Dicesti” Bantissima Virgine,” rdigiani; “Le Cal- andrina” (1750) d 1 f', arrange or Madame Vairdot, Jomelli; ‘‘L'Hotesse Arabe,” Bi- g N Thy Sweet Glances, Tiver Grers. "Gogd Mornig, Grals: leluia g‘l_z ¢ld." Massenet; ‘“‘Chanson usett. ‘home; “Dolce un Pensier,™ “Tarantelle’” (La Tonelll), Thomas, tnspector with power to apply the tuber- | The cattlemen and dairymen about Gil- | | Hopkins. Miss Carrie Taylor. Miss Mary | George Newhall, S8amuei | be built to accommodate Sunset and | £00D. REPORTS OF ONE YEAR CHRISTIAN WORK GoldenGateC.E.Union in Convention. INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS DR. HEMPHILL ON “TWENTIETH CENTURY OUTLOOK.” o P The annual “convention of the Golden Gate Christlan Endeavor Union was held last night in the Third Congregational Church on Fifteenth street.” Over 500 del- egates were present, including a score who represented the -Chinese churches, | when Chairman Charles M. Whitney, re- tiring president of the union, called the meeting to order. The _convention - was gpened ~with a praise . service, led by W. C. Stad- feldt, This was followed by the reading of the Scriptures and a prayer by Rev. George €. Adams.. The following retiring officers read their annual reports; James W. Thompson, treasurer; Miss Hattle M. Hall, recording secretary; Miss N. M. Duft, corresponding secretary, and Miss M. U. Simpson, superintendent of junior work. Al told of prosperity. Miss Duff's report contained the following interesting | statistics; _There are at present forty-six societies in Golden Gate Union, two having disbanded dur- ing the year. The thirty-three reported socie- ties have a membership of 1384 active, 155 asso- ciate gnd 1% honorary, a total of T Nine- teen socleties report - $703 41 contributed - for horue missions, sixteen gave W97 8 for- city misstons and twenty-one report $968 10 for. for- elgn missions during 18%. The largest soelety in the union is that of the Central Methodlst Episcopal Church, with 173 active members: | the. second is that of the First Baptist, With 119, and the third that of the First Fresby- terian, with 8. The Chinese Presbyterian So- | ¢lety has given $36 for home, 3200 for city and 400" for: forelgn missions and has supported a | fative preacher in China. . Its membership is only forty. In: her report Simpson said: We have now thirty Jjunior socteties and thirteen intermediate. The membership is o4 active and 238 assoclate; total, 752. = 1htermie- | diates, 253 active, 6 associate; total, 325. - The Junior society was increased by 205 and the in- termediaté by 9 new members. They haye given 313262 to home mirsions and $51 53 to foreign. After the reading of the reports the various church soeieties pledged their ao: sistance to Christian Endeavor work in @ substantial manner, after which resolu- tions of respect to the memory of the la. fi::xb?rl“'klelillld.bwhu in life ‘was an. en- slastic member of the u xaqxopled‘ad nion, were ‘he address of the evening was délive ered by Rev. John Hemphill, pastor ‘of Calvary Presbyterian Church, who took for his subject “The Outlook - for the { Twentteth Uentury.” After recounting | the ‘wonderful progress made in the cen- tury about to end, Dr. Hemphill predicted that New York will overtake London In population and wealth before fifty years of the twentieth century have rolled away and San Francisco wiil sit enthronei as | the commercial queen of the Pacific coast, The instaliation of the following officers then took place: G. B. Littlefield, pre dent; George A. Gielow, first vice-presi- dent; Miss V. S. Hunting, second vice- resident; D. F. Parker, treasurer; Miss | attle M. Hall, recording secretary (re- elected), and Miss N. M. Duff, correspond- tn* secretary (re-elected). he convention was closed with the singing of a hymn by the delegates, as. sisted by an augmented volunteer choir of the Third Congregational Church. —— Features New and Interesting. Have you heard about the young Ca fornian who Is half swell man about town and half tramp? the oddest tourist in the United States? A kind of “Dr. Jekyll and | Mr. Hyde!’ of the road, as it were? | Do you know that the dreadful padrone system s in vogue here? Or, possibly, you | have no idea what the padrone system is. Keep up with the times and get next Sunday’s Call. There will be stories worth reading; good, wholesome matter, arti tically” lllustrated and splendidly ' repr. duced. Listen to a recital of a few of t! | features: An .English Lord was used for bait in a tiger trap in far-away India—a most thrill- ing story. An Interesting short story by a popular fiction writer. | How they kill ducks with a cannon and a few other tricks of the wily Californian market hunter. One time whe aside officlal d | for the buck-ax Interesting review of the books of the | week. by Professor H.'B. Lathrop of Stan- | ford University. Robert J. Burdette's. funniest ~story, ";\\'hgli( to Do When the Nurse Says It's'q oy. The latest invention which threatens to revolutionize the scientific world—the con-| centration and use of the,sun's rays for | on junior work, Miss ie Plresfldent McKinley power. The college girl at the University of Cal- . ifornia. Many other features besides these, and all well worth reading. f CONDEMNED THE WORK OF THE “REDCOAT BULLY” WAR. DECLARED TO BE THE GREATEST OF CRIMES. In a Lecture on “The Feelings of Ani- mals” President Jordan of Stan- ford Creates a Sensation. Near the close of a lecture which he de- livered last evening in the parlors of the Occidental Hotel on “The Feelings of Ani- | mals,” President David Starr Jordan of | Stanford University strongly protested | against war in the abstract, and made one | or two indirect references of a decided sarcaStic nature to the Boer-English mil tary campaign. His remarks were re- ceived with hearty applause. The lecture was the first of a series and | took glace under the auspices of the So- ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani- mals. Seeretary Charles Holbrook and wife were i;lmeeem. and Mrs. Holbrook in- troduced the speaker, with the statement that he was “in the forefront of those lu- | boring in_the cause of humanity.” Presi-| dent Jordan treated his theme purcly from a scientific standpoint, in introduc- tion beginning with the single cell and the protoplasm which it contains, and grad. ally ascending to a discussion of the hign- er types of antmal life. He differentiated the sensations of warm | | and cold blooded animals. saying that in | some cases a trout had been thrown back | |into the water after a hook had been | baited with one of its eves, when the fi<h would return and nibble at its own ecxre. Nothing similar to this could ever occur in the case of a warm-blooded animal, Le said, though some men were so impracti- cal and so constituted by nature that they played the nickel-in-the-slot machines. Reaching the broad subject of man's lnhumnnl:{ to man, he said he hoped the | day would arrive—though it might be a few thousand years hence—when “ni gers” and Chinese and Indians and Boers would all be regarded as possessing souis | and entitled to the right to live. This | ironical thrust at Great Britain, as wecll as the reference to the way In which the speaker conceived that country as regard- ing her opponents, resulted in long-contin- ued applause. g test crime in the world, e ‘is -the crime The sition is man’s servitnde to reatest {m (‘he state, which makes it obllfltory upon him to go out and kill his fellow-man. 1f war is not wrong, then nothing is wrong. The redcoat is symbolic of war, and it is this same redcoat bully that is hindering the march of man.” s —_——————— The Talk of the Town Is the unprecedented import of 109,203 cases of G, H. Mumm's Extra Dry in 1899, or 72 - 4% more than any other bnnd!,hlceounlod for by m:{ mfi:n':m“ ufr l!g highest Saw imported Is exceptionally fine. % | not such as would i sald of him, | He Dbée: { constitutional in “erigin, unjust- in’char | slavery. extension toward the Sou { tain t less that ‘siavery. THE GREAT.ANTI-SLAVERY CRUSADER. Copyright, 1900, by Seymour Eaton. GREAT AMERICAN STATESMEN. Contributers to this course: Professor Albert Bushnel Hart, Professor John Bach Mo- Master, Professor Charles H. Smith, Dr. Frederic. W. Speirs, Professor Andrew C. Me- Laughlin and otkers, XVI.—CHARLES SUMNER. There are those who believe that a na- tion’s history is involved in the lives of its great men. The life of Charle ner certainly very largely embodies the history of the anti-slavery econfllct in America. To study that life is to study the causes, the issues and the resuits of the great struggle for emancipation and union, -and ta know the merits of that | struggle one must needs know something of the life and service and character of Charles Sumner. Sumner the Scholar and Jurist. Little need be sald of Sumner's early | life. Born in Boston, January 6, 1811, he became a graduate of Harvard in 153). Like Motley, he enjoyed early affluence and advantages, and succeeded in spite of them. In 1531 he entered the Harvard law school, where he studied under the renowned Judge Joseph Story. He con- tinued for several years to apply himself to study in classroom, office and library, bringing to his books a marvelous mem- ory and extraordinary intellectual indus try. abroad, as a student and observer, In London, Paris, Rome. Berlin and other European. centers, becoming acquainted with the leading public mens of Europ: His studies and taste led him toward pol- itics and the law: His legal studies were devels hrewd practitioner at_the ba alo- gist, George Willlam ‘Curtjs, afterward “He was not formed for a Jury lawyer where the jury was less than a nation or mankind,” and, In sporting language, “though he had a fine eve for the country, he had a poof scent for trail.” His tastes drew him rather public and constitutional law—t peace and war and of nation: these he had_a preparation: that stood him in good stead in the years to come, In these ten years of stud and_travel and reflection we find developing Sumner the scholar—a scholar whose attainments were admirably manifested in his first CHARLES SUMNER. notable public oratien, delivered July 1845, on. “The True Grandeur of Nations a magnificent plea for peace, a severe de- nunciation of war. 3 Sumner the Free Soiler. But of greater interest is Sumner.the anti-slavery Senator and moral reformer. The inspiration of Sumner's- early public career Is found in:the cause of free soil me interes anti-slavery movement. He was a seriber to the Liberator in-its early vear and ‘he was a- friend of Garr! Y: and Channing. In 1841 he criticized Web- ster's correspondence in the **Creole.case as glving unnecessarily national support and countenance to the slave interest. He denounced the admission .of Texas, and he held the war with Mexico to be 't P acter © and detestablé - in ob‘jm’l.” and, above all, he held that if additional te ritory be forced upew us “from all such territory slavery should be forever ex- cluded.”™ At the conclusion of the Mexi- can war, with the.prospect before West. ‘Sumner felt that the time had when men of all ~parties -shoul against _slavery. ~In politics he was_a Whig. But he understood that a - party was a means, not-an-end. and if his party would not gerve his purpose he would find an organization that would Sumner and the Fugitive Slave Law. On ‘November ° 6. 1850, in-Faneull Hall, soon after the passage of the. fugi slave law of that year, Sumner spoke “Our. Immediate ~Anti-Slavery Dutjes This was a remarkable speech - He -de- nounced the fugitive slave law and delib- erately counseled resistance. “1 will not,” he said; “dishonor this home of the Pilgrims and of the Revolution by, admitting —nay, 1 cannot belleve—that this bill will ba exacuted here. Among us, as elsewhere, Indi- viduals may forget humanity in fancied loyalty to law, but the public conscience will not allow a man who has trodden our streets as a free- man to be dragged away as a slave.” This_is the speech that is said to have made Sumner Senator. It sounded the kl'{ note for the Free Soilers of America in the face of the “finality” legislation ard compromise of 1850. The speech was de= nounced as treasonable by Southern me and apologists for slavery, and it is rcei g:l more than anything else it de- termined Sumner's selection by the Free Soil party as its candidate for the Sen- ate. In the election of 1850 there was a cozlition in Massachusetts between the Free Soilers and the Democrats in the cholee ‘of State Senators and Representa- tives, with the undr'rstandlni that tae State officers chosen by the Legislature should be Democrats and the United States Senator a‘Free Seiler. Sumner was chosen Senatof in April, 1851, after a long contest. “He was not a member of either of the great parties. only, to his fense of right. He stocd for no partisan end whatever, but simply and_solely for uncompromising resistance to slavery.”— Curtis. In the Senate it was with difficuity that Sumner found ah opportunity to speak upon his “‘one idea.”’ It was not until August 26, maneuver he gained his chance. He then made his celebrated l?ee(‘h for the repeal of the fugitive slave law. This Is recog- nized as the masterpiece among Sumner s anti-slavery .orations. Mr. Curtis pro- nounces it ‘‘the most significant event in the Senate since Webster's reply 1o Hayne, and an epitome of Sumner’s whole career.” In maintaining his fundamental thesis—"that’ freedom was national and slavery was sectional”—Sumner held that wherever there was natlonal power was national responsibility, and that this | responsibility could not bé discharged un- ywar were used ‘in restraint of ‘herefore he demanded the i- stant repeal of the fugitive slave bill, th | abolition of ‘slavery in the District of Co- lumbia, that Congress should prohibit slavery in the Territories, that the do- ‘mestic slave trade be restrained, espe- cially on the high seas under the national . and that the National Governmert should go to the Hmit of its constitutional gower to relieve itself from all resvonsi- t{ for slavery. ‘was, substantial- lJ. the Free Soil platform. conserva- ive character of Sumrer's speech is scen Sum- | He spent the years from 1537 to 1840 | He was pledged then, and always and | 1552, that by a parliamentary | | In the fact that in his constitulonal argu- | ment against the fugitive slave bHI he tell back on the compact theory ef the ution in that he heid that the fugi- ave clause of that document was onferring clause, but merely mpact agreement among the St enforcem=nt must be left to State lavery,” as Fe said on a former cecasion, ‘where we are parties to it, wher responsible for it, averywhere wit dlction must be opposed by every the poiitical po' that we seek to inte | slavery in the States. Our political | well as our political duties are coextenst | with our political responsibilities.” ** Such was the message that Sum gave the Senate and the nation in I jand such was his constant uncompromis ing platform in the great anti-slavery conflict. | Sumner’s Inflexible and Uncompro- mising Character. In 154 Sumner made a plea against the Douglas repeal of the Missour{ compro- It is a mistake to ¢ rxe ere through Congress with mise, calling the repealing bill “at the | same" time the worst and the best bill in | the annals of Congress,” for while it broke down an historic barrier against slavery it at the same time placed the great ~antagonists, Freedc ery, face to d He was denou Ker;d in th ount of hat he she St his assal South Carc A 1llinois he defende Declaration of Independence, facing, Jackson faced, an adverse Supreme “ourt decision, he quoted Jacksom and Buchanan as good Dem for the position that when a pu | cial swears to support the constity Swears to support it as he understa it, not as It Is understood by others. | On May 19, 1356, Sumner delivered his | celebrated speech in the Senate on “The Crime Against Kan- sas.” the s ch for which he saulted Sumner's were very to his When slaver; ates sulted. this w as- ks s by Diye speeches offensive opponents assailed he its elt thems & personally in- The passage as rian of finds no apology Sumner’s p e £ so attack on S A B But Sumner did not = _transgres the bounds of par- liamentary decorum, and he w not called to. order by the president of the or by any In Sumner i tion, equal to wn — forms of speech to which he had not been ae- customed. Brook: bludgeon merely re- vealed the 3p weakness serit his seat in the Senate, under medi- I treatment in E 12 to his seat in 1860, the notabie session bf 180-61 he was a strong oppo- | nent of any form of comipre e held that the slavery question admit of compromise; it did not the domain of expediency. on. this.is.to be wholly wrong. question theré is no other side.” nviction, therefore, when_at the open- ¢ the war, as Miss Martineau r every public_man in the country with whom she talked agreed that si- Iénce upon slavery was the sole condition preserving the Unton—when. in crisis- Sumner was appealed to to v for the Crittenden compromise and save the country. from war, he answered: “I must do my duty; I can vote for no con- ssion to. human slavery.” “In this he poke more as the morai reformer than the statesman, more like one who has Been well described as “conscience incar- nate.” In other phases of Sumner’s public career he filled an important place in t history of his country. But these, in the story of his life, will always be subordi- nate to his career as an anti-slavery ad- vocate and statesman. -From 1861 to 1572 he was chairman of the Senate Commi tee on Foreign Affairs, and in that pes tion, entirely in a d' with his tastes, he contributed materially to the Hterature of international law. His great speech on the “Trent Affair,” January 9, 1362, Is one of his ablest productions, and it placed the surrender of Mason and Slidell on the most acceptable ground—on ground sounder and more tenable than that as- umed by Secretary Seward. That the ountry was ready to acquiesce In the surrender of the Confederate envoys, it has been said, was due to Sumner, who made it clear that the action was in ac- cordance with principles always main- tained by the United States and In ac- cordance with our humane and peaceful traditions of neutrality. The war over, Sumner spoke for coneil- jation and amnesty. He harbored no re- sentment or revenge. But he never wav- ered in his devotion to the cause of equal civil and political rights for all men, re- gardiess of race, color or previous condi- tion of servitude, and when he died, in 1574, it may be said that the struggle for the rotection by national power of the uthern freedmen in their civil and polit- fcal privileges came to an end. To Sumner's mind litics was an_en- nobling pursuit. His life foreibly illus- trated his maxim that “politics is but the application of moral principles to publia affairs.” He brought to his political life profound conviction, supreme conscien~ tiousness, great resources, careful train- ing, unselfish devotion to the publie weal and the indomitable martyr spirit of the reformer. In times like these it is well that the American people should turn to the contemplation of sucl a life. ae MLbAH P el , | | | Indlana Vniversity. ! | Still in Their Happy Home. | Mrs. Annle Schereck and Miss Catharine Conley, charged with disturbing the veace of the other roomers at 938 Howard strect | by playing an organ and singing “T'41 Leave My Happy Home for You,” will ap- | pear before Judge Cabaniss this morning. and If they have left their “happy hom for another the case will be dismissed. | Mrs. Schereck is indignant at the state- | ment that she is living apart from her | husband and says it is not true. i ————————— | Free Day at Hopkins. The Mark Hopkins Institute of Art will be open to the public to-day free of charge between the hours of 9 a. m. and |§r‘\. m. and in the evening from 8 till 1. | g exhibition of bronzes and vases that as been attracting much attention dur- ing the week will remain open for visitors —_——————— Temple Emanu-El Services. Divine services at Temple Emanu-El this evening commence at § o’clock. Rev. Dr. Voorsanger will give the lecture. The subject wiil be “The Decadence of Civil- Nations.”