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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1900. &'fifi@ OARLAD, NN OF THE WATER RATES NOW T0 BEGIN Roberts’ Wells as a Side Issue. RSO kland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Feb. 11 fight over water rat night. At that time W in ttack this question, but what e no one knows. Councilman e hands of the Fire and Water { which he is chairman, and 1 the care of the committee of the there wil the water rates ests of the H ue will cloud be two points to be »per, and erts wells. the other remains be seen. As there will be mo report from the Water Committee to begin upon it will be | sary to work from the present ordi- ™ - ted a year ago by will be made by 1 to force a meter kinson of the ty d there will points already CHURCHES OBSERVED LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY OAKLAND, Feb. 11.—Union Defender’s | T versafy of the birth of Abra- | was observed at the First 2 s Church this evenin « onducted by Rev. E himself a veteran of the of the Gr: Sons of V { Corps and milar s urth stree n. rty-fol rch aptist Church to-n‘ght D. Kanouse, an orat delivered an a f temperance. ed the pulpit h e recelved s, for four ch at Eugene succeed Rev R vorth, presid cupled t Presbyterian the subject of ent orke BODY OF DUNSMUIR IS COMING HOME AKLAXD, Feb. 11.—The body of Alex- the coal king, who died arrive in Oakland to- w n mpa. the . Dunsmuir. The w r undertaker’s and insmuirs home near San The body will remain at the ker's until Wednesday afternoon, ce from the e arrival of the morrow. wish the funeral e new home near not have the body vill remain in Oak- The great place st fully completed, muir left a few with the intention of 1 everything w. Id bring back and e woman he had ears ago, the ) preserve to a restrictive his m gt s ever held himself absolutely m everything that savors of politics & never held an office and has never new « dent past twenty e He is about 50 vears old, a grad- e of Ann Arbor, Mich., a prominent of Porter Post, G. A. R. the Telegraph-avenue Imp b. He is represented as a man avoring improvements, but d ready to listen fo the wisdom of the various improve- ubs and the City Council, and not us to run the city into debt, yet ady to vote bonds for streets, schools, rks and wharves. He has no business kes him out of the city, and gives assurance that he will now devote much time to of Oakland the municipal affairs. BERKELEY, Feb. 11.—At Mrs. Phebe Hearst's concert this afternoon, in 15 which was for the mem- for class of the University the following programme A Hearst ¥ 2, in C minor, Op. posth ssai; song, “Dormi Bella, s Bussani), 1657-1716; so- (Bchumann), Miss o songs. {a) '‘Cherry Ripe” ntly Sweet Afton” (Spil- in B flat, No, §, Op. 1§ adagio ma non Malinconia, ada- prestissimo ?a" were: Henry Hother Wismer, sec- Armand Balomon, viola; Theo- feldt, violoncello. Miss Con- e Jordan zccompanied on the plano. vocalist was Mrs. Charles Olcott La quasi allegro, who took first violin: allegretto, Those The Richards. ————————— Berkeley Church News. BERKELEY, Feb. 11.—At the First Uni- tarian Church’'this morning Rev. F. L. Hosmer spoke upon “Hearsay and Vision in Religion.”” Rev. C. K. Jenness of Trin- ity M. E. Church spoke upon “Evolution Applied to Religion,” and “Good, but not Christian,” was the subject of Dr. Min- ton's sermon in the First Presbyterian Church in the morning. “Sin” was the text in the e\-emni; Rev. Ben F. Bargent of the North Congregational Church epoke of “A Plcture and a Sermon.” In the svening a quariet from the University Y. M. C. A held a platform service. At the First Baptist Church Rev. R. L. Halsey spoke in the morning upon “The Episde of Christ,” and in the evening upon “The Transformation of Man.” ——————— The Catholic Missionary Union expend: $3500 § vear for the su of ,C-tnou: missioparies in the Sout committee of the whole | sired that the matter be taken | d in a boay. { of in | ¢ | in this country. uncilman at large has been | INJUSTICE OF ENGLAND'S WAR ON THE BOERS Stinging Sermon by Rev. Guy Smith. | | Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Feb. 11 “The Course of England From a Scrip- tural Standpoint” was the subject of Rev. Guy W. Smith’s sermon at the First | Christian Church this evening. He said in part: “We fnd ourselves at a great disadvan- tage in ¢ with reference to the war In South Africa, baving to depend for our informa upon very unrellable sources. 1 have no desire to call in question the motives of that great nation in waging war with an | almost unknown and unheard of republic in the south of the dark continent, but to deal with facts that are beyond all ques- | tion of a doubt. “Whatever may have been the principles involved that led to a declaration of war, it is an offense against civilization and against God that it is continued. We are familiar with the arguments that it is ssion; that life is being sacrificed to urpose; homes are shrouded in gloom mourning; hearts are broken and lips opp! no pi and are quivering with sorrow that will never | 3 again know the smile of joy—and yet stands to-day guilty of a far ime than oppression. By the un- sary shedding of blood in the rav- eges of war she is doing that for which God’s word arraigns a man as worse than ngland is spending vast mil- lions to carry on this war against the Boers millions of her subjects are starv- ing to death for the necessaries of life Oh! what man among u | enough to contend with | would not hide his head in shame If his | neighbors were compelled to support his | children; and yet England goes on to war, with a deaf ear to the cry for bread and | | permits appeals to be made to her neigh- | to support her starving subjects. | “We are compelled to lift our voices in | protest and cry shame upon such a | course. I believe it is the duty of every | Christian to help suffering humanity, but | | while America is ministering to the needs | | of English subjects upon English sofl we | should demand that she stay at home take care of her family or else get out.” | THREE POLICEMEN GET TWO CROOKS | “ OAKLAND, Feb. 11.—Louls Jackson and Charles Clark, two hoboes with a pen- chant for petty larceny, went beyond their limit to-day and are now locked up in the City Prison on a charge of burg- | lar They entered the room of Willlam Law- son at the corner of Third and Franklin | streets this evening and stole a satchel | containing a sult of clothes and a check | for $60. Several other inmates of the | place saw the thieves departing with | their plunder and notified the police. licemen Moore, Hamerton and Kyte were detailed on the case. They found the burglars hiding in a lumber yard at Sec- ond and Clay streets. They had the en property in their possession. ackson is 42 years of age and Clark is They have both been arrested many Po- 61. 3 | times before on petty charges. ———— | SECOND SERIES OF RELIGIOUS LECTURES OAKLAND, Feb. 1L.—The success of the “Congress of Religions,” under the au- | spices of the Young People’s Religious Union, at the First Unitarian Church, has been %0 pronounced, both in interest and attendance, that a second series has been announced. The claims of Judaism, Ca- tholicism, Protestant orthodoxy and a lib- eral religion have occupied the past four s. The second series will inciude wing: February 18, “The Claims of Spiritualism on the Modern World,” by R. S. Lillle of New York; February “The Claims of Vedantism,” by Swam ve Kananda of In March 4, “The | Claims of Theosoph . L. Ducey of Michigan: March 11, “The Claims of | Christian'Science,” by D. F. J. Fluno. et o et | Suicide of a Pioneer. Feb. 11.—Because he was without friends, and penni- less, Willlam Gibbons, a pioneer of Ala- meda County, took a dose of strychnine | to-night and killed himself. The despond- ent self-murderer was 75 years of age. | He committed suicide in a little shack in which he lived at Mission San Jose. Gibbons came here from Ireland in the early days and amassed a fortune. His money was lost in unwise speculation and for a number of years he has lived pre- riously, being unable to do much work | because of his enfeebled condition. Lately he has occasionally labored on a ranch | near San Jose, but he was not able to e a_great deal of money. The deceased had attempted suicide on | several occasions. He was never married and so far as {s known had no relatives Coroner Mehrmann will | hold an Inquest. —_———— I e e ] HOME STIP_Y COURSE. IIIL.—RECENT SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES. Published Wednesdays in The San Francisco Call. Begin- ning Wednesday, February 21, 1900. AR a e e e The world has been startled dur- ing the last few months with some remarkable sclentific discoveries known to the public as “Wireless Tele; /' “Color Photogra- phy iquid Air,” etc. These will be presented in a popular way by Professor William J. Hopkins of Drexel Institute. Among the subjects to be discussed in this se- ries are the following: ‘Wireless Telegraphy. High Speed Telegraph Systems. Pnotography in Colors. Liquid Afr. Dark Lightning. Moving Pictures. Process Engraving. Submarine Boats. The New Gases. And others which are especially interesting either because of nov- elty or because of practical use- fulness. + G2+ 4444444444440 Burglar in the Toils. Joseph McCabe was arrested by Officer Beach yesterdsy and charged at the ( iy Prison with burglary on a John Doe war- rant swora to by Peter Dolan, who keeps | a lodging house at 675 Howard street. Yes- | terday a burgiar enterca Dolan’s plac | through a rear window and giole a sult of clothes and an oveircoat. The loss was discovered shortly afterwird and Beach notified. He found the man to whom the overcoat had been sold and from him se- cured a description of the seller, which caused him to search for McCabs and place him under arrest. LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. OCEAN STEAMPR. D e e e e e A e e e S S R S LR R B e R e s o R Y NEW YORK—Sailed Feb li—Stmr Alvs, for | Port au Prince, ete. GCIONFOR DROROROROR VROLRLLEOROG WU FIAOROR OROLOK0G A land, Yolo County. O OIIOIO RO GORORORONDL 0N DROIOLIOIOSIONC NN ORI ORON OO ORO IR IR ORI OR OO O the angry mother-in-law. hands. the week SO ROROROROROL been accounted for. 3 4 8 § charity. Her brother, Dr. E. 8. & County. < [ Je Rl =t e s SEORTORGIRS VRO ORIOLITROROND ROROIIOMPET LONFE00 SENATOR BARD WILL HURRY ON 10 WASHINGTON Leaves Here To-Day for Mare Island. RECEPTIONS IN HIS HONOR HIS NEIGHBORS WILL GIVE HIM AN OVATION. As Soon as He Can Arrange His Busi- ness Affairs in the South He Will Leave fcr the National Capital. PALLT Senator Bard spent yesterday resting after the fatigue of the contest at Sacra- mento and the reception Saturday night | at the Unlon League Club. To-day he will | leave the city for Mare Island, where he will make himself familiar with the situa- tion at the naval station. He will take the night train Tuesday for Fresno, and upon his arrival there Wednesday will be terdered a reception by the citizens of that place. He will arrive at Ventura in the evening, where another public dem- onstration is being arranged in his honor. From Ventura he will go to his home at Hueneme. His neighbors are preparing to give him an ovation. After spending sufficlent time at his home to arrange business affairs he will go to Los Angeles for a like purpofe. Mr. Bard will take no time to recuperate before starting for the national capital. He states that he belleves his duty and the interests of the State call him to ‘Washington as soon as he can possibly get there, and he is not going to consult his personal conveniences in arranging the date of his departure. With the re- ception _to the distinguished southerner at the Union League Club Saturday even- ing the atmosphere seems to have been cleared in a measure of politics. While apparently the whole Legisiature moved to this city for the time being nonme of the members are inclined to *“talk shop.” They assert that they came here to forget their troubles in the pleasures that San Fran- cisco affords. e?/ all agree that the certainty of Republican success in Call- fornia will arise Phoenixlike from the ashes of the late Senatorial contest. VENTURANS PREPARE TO WELCOME SENATOR BARD Special Dispatch to The Call, VENTURA, Feb. 11.—A rousing recep- tion will be tendered Senator-elect Thom- as R. Bard of Hueneme In this ity Wednesday afternoon. A mass-meeting of citizens was held last night at the City Hall, when it was unanimously decided that the affair should be made a memor- able one. A committee will meet Senator Bard at Santa Paula. A reception committee of fifty prom- inent citizens, representing all sections of the county, will greet the Senator at the depot, and, acgompanied by the Hueneme, Ojai_Valle; anta Paula and Ventura eity bands, escort the honored guest (o the Hotel Rose. A minute salute of cannon will be fired upon Senator Bard’s arrival, Captain A. W. Brown will be marshal of the day, The reception will be held at the Hotel Rose from 2 to 4 o'clock. Large del- egations from the country towns will be resent. The commititee on arrangements s preparing to make it an elaborate but informal affair. — A Notorious Pickpocket Caught. Police Officers T. J. Connell and Con Riehl made a neat capture of a notorious piekpocket named James Donly yester- day afternoon, at the corner of Ninth and Harrison streets. The officérs saw the crook extract from the pocket of a Oakland Office of the San Franciseo Call, 1118 Broadway, Feb. 11 eloping couple, closely pursued by the bride’s irate mother, were mar- ried in the lecture room of the First Christian Church this morning. The . elopers were Frederick Hart, son of James Hart, one of the wealthiest ranchers of Colusa County, and Miss Dolly Holloway, an elocutionist of constderable note and superintendent of the Christian Sunday-school of Wood- The big church organ had just begun pealing forth its voluntary for the morning service, the congregation had become fairly seated and Rev. Guy W. Smith, the pastor, was about to make his usual when he was suddenly summoned to the groom and the blushing bride were promptly united As Rev. Mr. Smith pronounced the concluding words of the nuptial cere- mony a rustle of skirts, a ery of dismay and a sudden opening of a door announced the arrival of the bride’s irate mother, Mrs. A. Holloway, who had hurried all the way from her Woodland home in the hope of thwarting the marriage, as she had done last Wednesday. the knot that God had tied could not now be untied, her remonstrances avall- ing nothing. For the bride, her daugater, mother’'s sorrow for a girl that had left a happy home. had little more than a marble heart and a cold glance of vindictiveness that foreshadowed a total eclipse of all hope of a mother-in-law’s blessing or re- conciliation. Then the organ's voluntary ceased and the pastor had to hurry to his pulpit, while the happy bride and groom Young Mr. Hart had held many secret meetings with the pretty brunette Sunday-school mistress of Woodland. home in Princeton to press his suit and the And Mrs. Holloway was kept in almost total ignorance until early in she unearthed & plan whereby her daughter and voung rancher were to be married at Sacramento last Wednesday. forts to thwart the union were crowned with success on that occasion, but the lovers became only the more determined. down and secured the marriage license in this Gretna Green and this morn- ing the Woodland Sunday-school mistress was missing. The young couple will make their home on the big ranch, which the groom has been managing for his father. The bride is & decided brunette, with large black eyes. markable talent as an elocutionist and is popularly known from Sacramento to Red Bluff on account of the many entertainments she has glven in ald of Holloway, is a leading dentist | ca a schemer. | somethin, | part of the wife. ELOPING BRIDE PURSUED BY HER IRATE MOTHER PREDERICH HART opening announcement, lecture room, where the nervous But alas! she was too late and Holloway expressed a For the groom she Mrs. left the scene, followed by Many times he hurried over from his Sunday-school mistress’ soft the wealthy Her ef- Mr. Hart Yesterday came Her absence now has She possesses re- of Yolo Mrs. Kearney of 1309 Dolores street her purse, containing some money. Donly is an old offender and has been behind the bars before for various offenses. He was charged at the Central sation with grana reeny. A es s S VENISON HIS RUIN. Rev. Dr. Mackenzie Moralizes on Isaac’s Fatal Weakness. Rev. Dr. Mackenzie preached an interest- ing sermon last evening in the First Pres- byterian Church, Sacramento street and Van Ness avenue, on the theme ‘““They Married, and Then—." His text was taken from Genesis, xxv:25: “Isaac lovel Esau because he did eat of his venlson, but Rebecca loved Jacob.” Prior to his discourse the preacher read the twenty-elghth chapter of Genesis, in which is recounted the theft of Isaac's blessing by Jacob at the instigation of his mother. In introducing his theme Dr. Mackenzie said that Lot's great fault was avarice; Ham's, sensuality; Noah's, drunk- enness, and Isaac’s, venison. Because Isaac loved to eat, and especially to eut venison, he loved Esau better than Jacob, because the elder boy was a hunter and supplied his father's palate, “No wonder that Rebeeca, who had vowed to take Isaac for better or worse rebelled at such a snoring incarnation of venison.” he sald. ““That caused the trou- ble in that household and made of Rebec- These things were not written for people living in the time of Moses, but for you in the great 1%0; veu are the beneficiaries of the historic tale.” From the tale of the sacred scribe Dr. Mackenzie drew the moral that frequently a husband made marriage a failure by his attention to something or regard for that inspired contempt on the It was the duty of a wife under such circumstances, he said, to endeavor to_wean her hushand away from his idols. Rebecea, he said, fell short on the score of patience. He believed all wives naturally reverenced their husbands and that generally the husbands were to blame if such was not the case, e SIX FUNERALS. Five Volunteers and One Regular Buried at the Presidio. The funeral of six of the dead from Manila drew the Presidio crowds to the cemetery yesterday. Five of the dead were members of the old First California Volunteers, and the sixth was omas Thompson of the Third United States Ar- tillery, who died in the islands and was sent to his last rest on the hill with his volunteer comrades. The five volunteers were Sergeant.C. B. Lemon of Company B, Guy W. Packer and Anton B. Nilson of Company C, Jo- seph’ J. Towne of Company D, and John J. Bowman of Company G. Members of the companies named, some in uniform and some without, made up the greater ggr(lon of the train that followed the dies. They were all buried together in the Natlonal Cemetery. —_——— Operation Proves Fatal. Mrs. Louls Welsgerber died yesterday at St. Luke's Hospital as the result of an operation performed for tumor of the stomach. The deceased had been a suf- ferer from the malady for some time and had for the last month been under the care of Dr. Kenyon. Her husband did not think that the operation, which was found to be necessary a few days ago, would prove fatal, and when the news reached him at his p.ace of business on Third street, near Market, about 10 o'clock last evening, he was almost over- come b% the shock. The funeral arrange- ments have not yet been decided upon. —————— g Him for the Worst. “I had a cheerful experience the other day,” remarked a gentleman who had spent several days atl one of the springs for rheumatism. “What was it?" asked the observer. “] was carried Into a depot near the u?rlnn and deposited on a seat near an old lady, who looked at me with a com- placent smile and inquired: ‘Been hurt?’ **No,* Ilhrgpu& “ Y “ ‘Water do you any good?” s i “ “Well, lots of people come here water, The patient returns home :n‘,; g: p-‘perl announce that Mr. Se-and-S8o has returned from the springs much improved m the u: o’tntl:e r:;ta(li-; ;:.ut if youfilmd e papers, you' wi thltp r. So-and-8o has died and has b::: buried.’' The conversation was te - Tl o be continued.—Columbus Dispasen FRIENDS FIRST SERMON WAS A GREAT SUCCESS Preached to a Large Congregation. I S Oaland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Feb. 1L P: bably tne largest and certainly the most cosmopolitan audience that has gathered in an Oakland sacred edifice in y-ars appeared in the First Presbyterian Church ‘s>-night to hear Willlam Nat Fricr | prea:. his first sermon. Not only were all the seats filled, but the aisles also were crowded. The congreeation included professional m:: religious men, —echanics, clerks, saloon-keepers and in fact men from every walk in life. It was estimated that there were almost 2000 people pres- ent. At the conclusion of the services Mr. Friend was tendered a spontaneous ova- tion, which was participated in by almost everybody in tae church. “I qon’t need to introduce you to the gentleman who is going to fill the pulpit of this church to-night,” sald Rev. Dr. Coyle, the pastor. “Mr. Friend s prob- ably better known to the people of Oak- land that I am. He has been in the law and news%fl.per business, but wherever he has been he has maintained his cleanness of mind and action and he has a host of friends equal to his exceedingly wide acquaintance. He is a young man who is genial, broad-minded and of great in- tegrity, a young man to whom it gives me great pleasure to pay this tribute. This is the first time r. Friend has ever preached, but I feel confident that even those who expect the most from him will not be disappointed.” The delivery of the young ecclesiastical student was perfect. He preached with- out the aid of notes or manuscript and throughout the discourse he held the rapt attention of his large audience. For a text Mr. Friena took the quotation, ‘“Why follow Christ?’ From it he deducted & logical and eloquent sermon. ““The young man of fashion seeks pleas- ure instead of religion,” he said. “The man who accumulates riches is a seeker after gold and makes it his one alm. So engrossed {s he in gathering it he does not know the undertaker will one day come around.” Mr. Friend then gave his idea of the politicians in whose ranks he was once numbered. “And now down the avenue comes the politician. He is a grand fellow to grasp your hand, and you loosen the bond of sympathy within Lou at once and prom- iSe him your vote before he has even ask- ed for {t. But he is done with you then. All you catch is a smile as he scurries across the street after another, and an- other man like yourself. All day and through the night he keeps up his tire- some grind of welcome. Year in and year out he Is at it. His family have him only toward the early morning hours. He gets an office or he controls the patronage of a Governor. The best years of his life go to the effort and then there comes an evil day. Another takes his place and he nrugflel 8gn.lnst the slow tortures of po- litical death and is laid away in the - litical cemetery—put away on the shelf of desire—a worn and back number, good for nothing to himself, his family and his friends. His goal, his hope, his ideal has been reached all too soon, and he cries out aloud In his misery those famous words which Shakespeare put the mouth of Cardinal Wolsey, the politician Prince of Henry viil, ‘Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king he would not in my age have left me naked to mine enemies.” e should look for everlasting life as well. as earthly things. Life eternal does not begin over the great beyond. It commenced here and in_the cradle.” Mr. Friend implored his hearers to think of their future and concluded by asking them not to judge his remarks from an oratorical standpoint, but to con- sider the meaning whiech he attempted to in convey. His initial appearance in the gulpll was so successful he will shortly address an audience in San Francisco. —_———————— HOLD-UP FAILS. Train-Robbers Foiled by the Quick ‘Wit of the Engineers. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 11.—A Times special from Perry, O. T., say An at- tempt to hold up south bound train No. 405 on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway was made last night just after the train left the coal chute a mile north of Perry at 9:45. Some one pulled the bell cord and the train was slowing down when the engineer noticed several masked men standing near the track. The engineer opened the throttle and the train dashed by the would-be robbers, who made a t{mle attempt to board it. Offi- cers are in pursuit of the robbers. —_————— Fruit-Growers to Meet. Speeial Dispatch to The Call. NAPA, Feb. 11.—The fruit-growers in this vicinity have decided to join the California Fruit-Growers’ Association, and a meetng has been called for next| ‘Wednesday, February 14, at the Court- house here, to perfect a permanent or- ganization of the association for Napa County. On Saturday, February 17, Judge W. H. Aiken of Santa Cruz, the State or- anizer, will address the orchardists of Napa County on the merits of the new State association. The local organization here is beln&!athered by Willlam Hunter, S. M. Tool, W. H. Atkinson, W. M. Fisher and Leonard Coates. These gentiemen arle‘ all prominent orchardists of this lo- cality. ——— Very Mysterious Murder. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 1L.—J. Schutz, a wealthy wine dealer, was shot and mor- tally wounded to-night while seated in his parlor at his nome near Clayton. Who the would-be murderer is or why the attempt on Mr. Schutz's life was made are regarded as mysterious. The bullet was fired through the window. - Streetcars in Germany. The chances of evading fares on the streetcars of German cities are very slight. When a passenger steps on a car | the conductor immediately asks where he 18 fnlnl and then prepares his ticket, which serves also a8 a receipt for the fare. The preparation of the ticket con- sists only In detaching it from a book and unching it or marking it with a pencil. his process involves much more work than the simple process of ringing up the fares, as conductors do in America; but the task is lightened by the fact that only a certain number of persons are per- mitted to ride on a car at the same time. The number of sitting and standing places is plainly marked on each car. If a car is designed to carry thirty rSons no more than thirty persons will be per- mitted _to ride on the car at the same time. When MY(NnI in Germany is for- bidden it is settled once for all. In order that every person who rides shall get the prescribed ticket inspectors @re employed who spend their time in % ascertaining whether the conductors are doing their duty. These inspectors step into the cars | and ask the passengers for their tickets. They note the number of the tickets and whether they correspond with the stubs retained by the conductor. The clerk who {ves out the biocks of tickets to the con- 5ucton notes the number of the upper- most ticket and at the return of each olock collects from the conductor who re- turned it as many fares as there are tickets detached. The rate of fares va- rles from 2. cents to 5, according to the distance. Small children are carried for half fare, and any one for the sum of SHLIATION BY PROIY 15 BUT A DELUSIN Claims of Liberal Re- ligion. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Feb. 11 The First Unitarian Church was again crowded to the doors to-night when Re Benjamin Fay Mills delivered the last lec- ture of the first serfes at the “Congress of Religions.” His theme was The Claims of Liberal Religion on the Modorn World.” He said in part: Liberal religion is not dogmatism. It is not indifference. It is not negation. It is mot in- definiteness. It may be defined as such a con- fidence in the divine soul and the manifesta- tion of that soul in men at this stage of human progress as to lead a man to cast himself on his divinest impulses, in full assurance that this will bring him necessary knowledge, con- tinual progress and right relationship with his ellows. There is a sense in which this religion makes no claims on the modern world. It is simply & question as to whether the modern world has grown sufficlently to appreciate it. Somne one well says that men worship God soclally and transact their business individ- ually, while the fact is that they should transact thelr business socally and let their religion be a concern for the individual. No man can be “‘saved” by any reilglon mposed from without, but only by the development of knowledge and character in himself. Salvation by proxy is a delusion. It believes that ‘Time makes ancient ®ood uncouth,” and that ‘“They must upward still and onward who would keep abreast of truth.” A man may attend a liberal church, he may have had Unitarian ancestors, he may believe | what he considers liberal doctfine, but all these will not make him worthy of the name unless he grows In all that constitutes a man. The liberal man can recognize the spiritual in nature and worship it with the pantheist he may believe in the immanence of and rejoice In it with the Buddhist; he may recos- | nize the continuity of divine revelation with | the Catholle, and he may emphasize the right | of private judgment with the Protestant. and | yet believe that his religion transcends all these. While he belleves that all the truth | ever in the world is here now he knows thers ie yet more to be discovered, and fearlessly consecrates himself to search for it and find it_wherever he may. 1 can see in every form of religion for the people Who are interested in it. As Lin- coln said: “If you like that sort of thing. that is the sort of thing you like.” They have all grown out of us and may_grow out of us still. If you were born a Jew and in the doctrines and forms of Judai est of which you are mow capabl good Jew. If you hunger for authority In re. ligion and that seems to you the highest ex- pression of which you can conceive, them you would naturally be & Catholic. I Dever sald, as reported, that I had any idea of becoming a Catholic, but I vrefer to emphasize the good characteristics of others rather than to search for their defects. 1f you believe In the traditional views of the Bible and regard it as a once-for-all, ultimate revelation of God, and are satisfied that your Quty calls you to surrender your will to its precepts, then you may weil be an orthodox Protestant, and I hope you will be & good ome. But if are a free soul, or wish to 1f you belleve that a man may discern in sufficlent light to lead to his development it he will but follow it; if you bellev~ in the evolution of the soul and that humanity possesses the power to pro- duee better and better religious expressions and activities with the p: ing sges: If you be- lieve in the progress of the race. in the human- ity of God and the divinity of man, if you think that love is a sufficlent remedy for all woes in all worlds in all ames, if you will endeavor to live the loving life, if you want to “‘Leok up and not down, look forward and not back, look out and not in,” and to “Lend a hand,” then we say ‘‘Coma on!" and hold out welcoming hands to the great fraternity of those who believe above all things In truth, freedom, progress and lov The Greater Part of This Country’s | Consumption Now Packed Here. | Formerly the sardines consumed in this country were all imported from France; now about three-quarters of the sardines | eaten in the United States are put up | here, the chief center of the sardine in-| dustry in the United States being the eastern coast of Maine, though some sar- dines are now put up on the coast of | SEES MILLIONS OF ANGELS WITH HIS NAKED EYE The New Religion of “Prophet” Smith. | ALAMEDA, Feb. 11.—The police ambu- | lance was sent down to Alameda t last night to fetch an old man, known as Po . | “Prophet” Smith, who was reported to be | d¥ing in a hovel there, to the Receiving Hospital. The police met with a vigorous protest from Smith against being re- moved to any hospital. He said he had no intention of dying just at presnt and could get along all right if left alone. “Prophet” Sinith lives In an old hulk, which carrfes the burdensome nam= of Central Pacific. The boat leaks so padly that the owner has to sail it principaily on dry land to keep it from foundering. A mast with rungs like a ladder sticks up at one end of the craft. Smith climbs to the top of this mast every morning to pray, as he is particularly religious. His idea 1s to get as near heaven as possible. When the boat is risked In deep water, which s seldom, it will sail in only one di- rection, and that the direction of the tide. “The Religion of the Messiah™ is. name of a new sect founded by the old man. It consists of three degrees, the titles of which he cannot divulge. The word of God, he says, is directly commu- nicated to him, and he is endowed with uniimited powers. Things are revealsd to him just as they were to the old prophets. 1f people would follow his teachings they. would live forever. “Heaven i3 revealed to me.,” sald S see millions of a ace with my naked cye. They are everywhere. God talks with me every day or two. When he wants me he asks in a deep volce, ‘Is that you, Smith? I am your God. I want to talk to you' and then he tells me how to direct the eople. That's why I've got this boat. t's to hold religious meetings on. All ~a not get this religion I preach. as it Is oniy for a select few. The location of rich gold mines In Alaska is known only to me, and knowledge of untold wealth all over the world has been revealed to me. “1 was on the earth 7000 years ago, and when I ascend to heaven I will stay there 7000 years before I came back to Ala- meda.” tor to a Store in Madrid. “Of all the citles I have visited in Europe,” sald R. A. Stinson, of Boston, at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, “I found Ma- drid one of the most interesting. It has a number of out of the way features that appeal to one. For instance, take the Rastro, which is a street in one of the lower sections of the city wholly given over to the purchase and sale of second- hi articles. I used to spend a good time there. There are two—I think t' uestrian statues in Madrid that depict a horse that has since become obsolete. It is the horse of the Middle Ages, that carried not only the rider clad in armor, but armor on the horse as well. ‘With the giving up of the use of armor, this particular horse's mission in _life came to an end, and disappeared from oft the surface of the earth, and the only memory of him left is In an occasional equestrian statue or picture of that date. “While I was in Madrid I tried to pur- chase one of the famous Toledo biades. The old-fashioned two-hand sword was what 1 wanted to get, one of those that were fit to cut through armor and ‘which filled their mission completely, y bloody battlefleld e an- clent days bore testimony. I had to give it up on acount of the nrnn. They cost trom $150 up, but while 1 was looking for one a shopkeeper showed me a most scientific trick. HIis store was very lofty, running up two or three stories, and was descanting on the beauties of this partic- ular sword, when, in order to prove the perfect temper of the metal, he drove the point into the floor and bent the blade until hilt and*point met. He then sud- denly released the hilt and the six feet of gleaming sword sprang up Into the air like a thlng alive. Up and up it went, al- most to the lofty celling itself, when it California. The packing of sardines in this country was begun about thirty-fve | vears ago. Thousands of pecple now find | employment in one part and another of | the work In ecatching fish, in ing | cans, and In canning and packing and marketing and =o on. | Sardines are put up in greater variety than formerly, there belng nowadays | sardines packed in tomato sauce, sar-| dines in mustard, spiced sardines and so | on; but the ‘ren bulk of sardines, both | imported and domestic, are still put up | in ofl. Sardines are put up also In a greater variety of packages than for- merly; there being, for example, various sizes and shapes of oval tins, and some French sardines are ImForted in glass; | but as the great bulk of all sardines are | still. put up in oil, 8o the great bulk of | them are still put up in the famillar flat | boxes, the great majority of these being | of the size known as halves and quarters, | and far the greater number of these being in quarters. Sardines are packed 100 tins in a case, and the consumption of sar- dines in this country is roughly esti-| mated at from a million and a half to two million cases annually. | Like canned goods of every deseription, sardines are cheaper now than they for- mPrli’ were, and American sardines are sold for less than the imported. American sardines are now exported from this coun- try to the West Indles and to Bouth America. —_——————— Not Half Bad is an admirable word. a meaning which is all its own, There are | times when no other combination of | sounds will tell the story as well. But there are women to whom everything that pleases them is “lovely,” from a beau to | a spring hat or from a sermon to an oys- | ter stew. To make matters worse, every- | thing which pleases is “perfectly lovely. Everything which does not is “perfectly awful.” It is a relief, after Hstenm to an overseasoned exclamatory conversation of this kind to listen to English people prais- | ing somewiins in the negative, semi-de- | preciatory way—to be told that something | is “nmot half bad” Instead of ‘“perfectly splendid.”"—Chicago Tribune. | “Lovely’ It has | lost its impetus and began its descent hilt first. It returned almost to the place whence it started, the shopkeeper catch- ing it by the hiit with practiced ease and returning it to its case. I was crazy to try it myself, but the owner refused to aliow me, as he thought I would probably not only wreck the store but perhaps in- jure myself as well. He told me that if 1 wanted to learn the trick I had better practice it in a large open lot, and that a suit of armor wouldn't be a bad thing 0 wear until I got the hang of it."—New ‘'ork Tribune. —_————— English Anti-Cigarette League. ‘We learn from the Newcastle Chronicle that one of the latest developments of the young women's movement is the forma- tion of an anti-cigarette league among the lady students of schools and colleges to discourage the use of cigarettes among the boys of their acquaintance. Thev pledge themselves to detest the odor of nicotine, not to give presents of articles connected with the use of tobacco, and in other ways ““which girls know well how to employ” to discountenance the us: of a perniclous weed which is now so com- mon. The last clause of the pledge is ominous, especially at the present time, when the mistletoe season is at hand. It will be noticed that the constitution of | the new league is delightfully vague, as becomes ‘‘articles of association” drawn up by ladies. Cigarettes are to be deried to boys, but the prohibition does not seem to apply to the damsels themselves. And with the announcement of the formation of this soclety comes a letter from a schoolmistress deploring that in her own and other similar genteel establishments she finds that the practice among the fa‘'r pupils of lmnlln, daintily perfumed cigarettes ““on the sly” is becoming alarm- ingly common.—London Illustrated News, —————————— With a German inventor's device the lquid can be readily and easily strained from fruit. a pair of vertical arms being attached to the sides of a tub to carry an elongated stralning net, which is twisted by & crank at one end to squeeze the contents. ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY . FOR. Nome, St. Michael, Dawson ALL POINTS ON YUKON RIVER. CARRYING THE UNITED STATES MAIL. FOR NOME FOR NOME, ST. MICHAEL CISCO .. 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