The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 12, 1900, Page 3

One Innovation in the Christian Edition of the Topeka Capital. NEW EDITOR A SOCIALIST, Rev. Dr. Sheldon Orders His Jour- stic Staff to Abstain From Using Tobacco or Liquor. ;ffi&;‘ .A‘—:n:)l people attended | say something t of editing & per next week, but disappointed. se matter what- 3 of his discourse was His text was taken from was expect n.- Durir as been CONTINUE THE AGITATION AGAINST MGR. SBARRETTI 1a Citizens to Pro- ointment to the opric. might gr pped for timated from com- WILL ESTABLISH NAVAL STATION AT PEARL HARBOR Secretary Long to Appoint a Board of Officers Who Will Be Entrusted With the Work. March 11 £ Dispa WASHINC be iss TON ommendation appointed. Rear Admiral w f dant of ke PRESIDENT TAKES FIRM STAND ON THE TREATIES Asks Time for Ratification, Declar- ing That Senate Must Bear All Responsibility. arch 1.—Presidcnt n a firm stand In sup- of reciprocity now e. Not only will tne ge of ra i r the ra » the British West Indi | n of the administration now . must act upon ti ake the responsib 3 matter has devel- able political importance, act whicir has caused the F rmine 1o extend the time provision in the treaties. ok g | Retired Officer Passes Away. | BOSTON, March 11.—Captain Joseph W. Gelra: 8. A, retired, died to-day, aged | 63 years. His body will be taken to Ar- Yington Cemetery, Washington, for inter- ment. ———— Protest Against Meat Bill. | BERLIN, March 1L—Protests against | t inspection bill have been for. ‘v:laem‘gduimm ?fifi Bouth German and Cen tral German Chambers of Commerce. - ag R g PRS- IR le P | * R4 L 4 PP S saseeoes - . v € REV. - Re Mr. Sheldon is a divine of Topeka, & Dpublicity of te, + the Topeka Ca CHARLES M. SHELDON. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1900. D S T e S S A e S S SIS Kans., who has gained much ¢ wing to the fact that for one week he will be in charge of & al, and, according to his words, conduct it *“as Christ would.” |/ . D o T e e ] IMPERIALISM AS DANGERQUS AS SECESSION Thus Declares Dr. Jordan in Discussing the New Policy. 2 e Ex-President Harrison Among Those Who Applaud the Remarks of the President of Stan- ford University. S S atch to The Call president ersity in th Central States. t st night at Indianapolis e ool-teachers at the Univer- on “Lessons from the Trans- President Harrison was among Prestdent Jor- hose who welcomed him. dan sa st dangerous and subver- n imperialism, exemplified ation of trade with Porto Rico sudiated by to be If we were to stitution gave us all nge an honest ; them Am has come,” ther what we want of American institutions se inferior nations as in- for our own benefit_and, for their owx good one answer to that question, and Expansion is impos jon. Wherever holding th: flag our here never c under our ultimately do with them. Bad Policy but Good Morals. one between States. evied on Porto Rico provides that >t part of the United States. If it art of the United States it is not e constitution, hence it not e dominion of the President and , who are creatures of the con- Congress cannot do other than general tariff law to any part ited States. To suppose that s can go where tution is an idea unthinkable. n the country of Hawali disap- .D, Ohio, March 11.—David of Leland Stan- has started some vigorous | It is due the American ons as part of the Congress needed 1n Thev must take care of as the rest of us did, for the he continued. “to is expan- There sible under ¢ there our constitution goes an be two kinds of flag—a regular citi- and a three-guarter citizen. The de- | e 10 add the Philippines to the United States is based on ignorance of what the ilippines really are and what we will | who has been to the Klondike and was for a time editor of the Klondike Review; Raphael Merville, who is a brother-in-law of M. de Lemre and who holds a fast au- tomobile record, and L. Crom, private secretary of M. de Lamre. The three travelers sent ahead of them to this coun- try an automoblile of five horse power and a motor cycle o. three horse power. The vehicles have been forwarded to Van- couver, whence they will be sent to Skaguay and on to Lake Bennett by way of the Yukon and the White Pass Ralil voad. M. de Lamre said to-day that he intended, to start on Wednesday for Mon- treal andon April 19 to start by automo- bile from Lake Bennett for Atlin. “The automobile will go in front, the motor cycle will follow and a sleigh car- ;}'!l hl;rn\'lshms will bring up the rear,” a At the mlaces where we must travel by water,” he added, “I intend to place the automobile in a large flat canoe and use the power in the machine to work the paddles. AMERICAN CONTROL OF THE ISTHMIAN CANAL Captain Mahan Urges an Increase in the Navy to Back Up the Mon- roe Doctrine. NEW YORK, March 11.—In a paper on “The Monroe Doctrine and Our Navy,” which he has written for the forthcoming issue of Leslie's Weekly, Captain A. T. Mahan says: emember that other nations. and iropean—because the most active— d likewlge in using the isthmlan , for the support of their interests, positions. To thelr doing so0 we oppose the Monroe doctrine. The navy should strictly be superior t3 any which can be brought against it, but this ex- treme conciusion is qualified by ~thar circum- stances, such as our nearness to the Caribbean Sea, our national power through our great te- sources, the dangers to which var ents may be exposed in ot from other enemies. We o ire expect to have a na which Great Britain within our means to of France or Germany, the only ear sales other than Great Britain w might lead them activ pute the nce of the Manroe doctrine on upon this condition will indicate the size necessary to our own war fleet and the wisdom of cuitivating those cordial also relations to which Great Britain has invited us. which our interests and our institutions advise and the existence of which put it out of the power or Wwish of any other state to quarrel with us about the Monroe doctrine. It to the interest of Great Britaln that we | charge of the American isth- provided she can feel sure that we will mus, do it effectively or that our preparations and our deeds will answer to the words of Wash- ington and Monroe, RAILROADS AGREE TO STOP CUTTING OF RATES | Practically an Alliance Formed for admit Luzon and Mindanao as | might be bad policy, but would | e bad morals. The constitution pro- at import duties shall be equal the United States. There Therefore the constitution | and yet be a creature under the | s people became citizens of the tes with all the rights and pre- our _own citizens, Including ight of tariff protection and of free other citizens of the | tend the con- annot ny place t t legall the constitution or good for the terms of possession and ignty as distinguished from equal right and ordinary citizenship, enough to make negroes and Mal citizens of the United States: t sals would e t the constitu- ays equal to make be infinitely worse. yic ruining Great Britain cannot be on the people of the United England Guilty of Murder. In his reference President Jordan said the forcin, of war deliberate murder, and the responsibiilt; of the crime rests upon Chamberlain and, lentally, Cecil Rhodes, who, although not tied on the tail of the B: Further along President Jor« ““The great lesson of the Transvaal will be learned later on. Imperiaiism, mil:tar- ced, will never strengthen England nently. The only strength a nation = is in the hearts of its people. and that what makes the United States as a na- »n what it is to-day. Imperialiem is the bin’ was written did the ted States realize what t y really meant. Some day somely will write the ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ of Brit- ) imperialism, and it will create a great- r stir than did the book of Harriet Beecher Stowe. Great Britain is .n the wrong. The Anglo-Saxon has a mission to perform. Its influence should be felt in v nation, its sword in none.” Ex-President Harrison was among those who applauded Dr. Jordan’s assault upon imperialism. WILL RIDE TO KLONDIKE ON AN AUTOMOBILE NEW YORK, March 1L.—The French steamer Aquitaine, which came into to-day from Havre, brought Frenchmen, who say they intend to make the attempt to go to the Klondike by au- ‘tomobile. They are E. Janne de Lamre, EDUI”.P of the There is no | It is bad | 1 economical system which is to Transvaal affairs | 2 those people by the British was a avery of nations. Not until ‘Uncle Tom's e stavery of port three Protection Against the Inter- state Commerce Law. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, March 11.—It is rumored that the great Western rallroads have made an agreement to do no more cutting of rates between Chicago and the western coast. The agreement, it is reported on excellent authority, practically amounts to an alliance of these railroads for mu- tual protection against the interstate com- merce law. According to the Herald's informant, at a meeting of representatives of all or most of the continental lines, which took place here on March 8, an agreement was made that after March 15 there would be absolutely no cutting of rates west of Chicago and to the Pacific Coast. . Among the roads said to have been rep- resented at the conferenge were the Chi- cago, Burlington and Qunicy Railroad, Southern Pacific, Central Pacific, North- ern Pacific, Atchison, Topeka and Santa ¥e and Chicago and Northwestern roads. In fact, it is said that every important line between Chicago and ‘the ~Pacific coast, with the exception of the Canadian roads, entered into the compact. Neither Cook nor Raymond or any tour- ists’ companies which hitherto have had special rates will, it is asserted, receive any advantage under the new arrange- ment. e e s CHEERS FOR THESPIANS. Comedie Francaise Members Well Received in Their New Home. PARIS, March 11.—A large and fashion- A s atteriy devsd | able audience filled the Grand Opera- ‘While none of us want to | ngland actually whipped, there are y of us who would like to see 2 good | tich | ap | house this afternoon and gave the mem- bers of the Comedie Francaise a warm re- ception on their first appearance since the fire which destroyed their old home, the Theatre Francais. Mile. Dudlay was the recipient of an especially enthusiastic greeting. kerchiefs and hats were waved and bou- quets of roses and violets .were thrown upon the stage from all part of the house. Deeply moved, the actress re- sponded by throwing back kisses. “Andremaque” and “Le Malade Imaginaire” were performed and the acoustics of the opera-house proved bet- ter than had been expected. - Colombian Revolution Gr\o'ws. KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 11.—A gen- eral and fifteen men have landed here on the way to Colon. They say they are Ar- gen!lans and are going to join the Colom- ia revolutionists. Mail advices to-day from Panama report that the Colombian revolutionary movement continues, —_——— Hoisting Works Burned. VIRGINIA, Nev., March 11.—Gould & Curry’s hoisting works caught fire from a defective stovepipe at noon and in two hg;:rs the bull%mt w:; g:tted. The ma- cl e was lamags ‘water. Er g B Ty i (el i ————— Plague Case in . BYth. Ig.bs.bmwi.. ll(.n‘rch 11.—Three fresh cases of bubonic plague in Sydn are officially reported to-day. i 6 Hand- | WRECK OF THE LILA AND MATTIE AT TILLAMOOK Schooner Goes Ashore at the Mouth of the Harbor. Weather Was Very Heavy at the Time, and All Efforts to Save Her Were Un- availing. S L Special Dispatch to The Call. ASTORIA, Or., March 11.—The schooner Lila and Mattie of San Francisco is ashore at the head of Tillamook Bay, and from‘, the meager detalls of the disaster recelved here will be a total loss. The accident happened on Friday while ! the vessel was crossing out of the har- | bor. The weather was very heavy at the | time, and the southwest gale and strong current set the schooner in toward the | spit. The steamer Harrlson was near by, and Captain Dodge passed a line to tbe helpless vessel. The line soon parted and the schooner struck. It was impossiblc to render further assistance, and the Harri- son continued on her way. As the weather was very severe on Sat- | urday it is feared here that the schocuer will go to pieces. She was buflt at Al- bion Bay, California, in 1888, and is of 106.58 tons gross register. For several years she has plied between San Fran- cisco and Tillamook in the lumber trade. 'DEMOCRATS ORGANIZING THEIR ARMY —_— | | Continued from First Page. | i | one of Governor Taylor's most ardent sup- | | porters. Colonel Willlams was in com- | | mand of the troops at Frankfort until | | quite recently. TAYLOR PARDONS ALL i OF THE ACCUSED MEN | LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 11.—Accord- ing to a statement made by Governor | Taylor to-night to a representative of the | Commercial, he has granted a pardon to | each of the persons. for whom warrants | have been issued charging them with be- | ing accessories to the assassination of | Governor Goebel, including Secretary of State Caleb Powers and ex-Secretary of State Finley. In his statement Gov- ernor Taylor recites the conditions un- | der. which he claims to have been elected | and charges the Democratic contestants | for State offices with conspiracy to secure control of the government. He con- | tinues: Notwithstanding these conspirators were de- | feated at the polls as to the State officers, they | Fucceeded in securing a majority in each of the | There are a great many Indians known | to be in this immediate section, and 1t is | evident that a very strong force will have 1s ta the effect that on Friday reporcs | were 1 | are prowling between Medano and Potam. | whole and sound—to the number of 184 YAQUI BRAVES SLAUGHTERED BY THE MEXICANS Four Days of Skirmishing Brings Disaster to“the Indians. - e Mayas Have Also Taken the War- path and Bands of Them Are Continually Harassing the Mexican Troops. et AUSTIN, Texas, March 11.—A special from Potam, Mexico, says that during tlLe four days ending on Friday the Yaqui In- dians and the Mexican troops had four engagements near Cocorito, Mexico. The Mexiean troops are endeavoring to force | their way through this section of the country so as to keep a roadway between Torin and that poirt open for travel to be in the fleld at once to suppress the uprising. The engagements of the four days mentioned resulted very disastrously for the Indians, as in the neighborhood of 200 are known to have been Kkilled, and possibly more. The Mexican troops suf- fered very little loss of life, though some | twenty soldiers were wounded. All the engagements were in the nature of skirmishes, lasting only a few hours, | when the Indians would retire. The fact that the Maya Indians have also taken the warpath and are harassing the troops a great deal gives rise to grave surmises as | to how long it will take to bring the up- rising to a termination. A special from Ortiz, State of Sonota, | reached there of a bloody skirmish be- tween a band of some $00 Yaquis ani about an equal number of soldiers about fifty miles west of that palce, in which the fighting was continued all day. The loss among the soldiers was light owing to their splendid fortifications, behind a nat- ural breastwork of bowlders on a hillside, with the Indians in the open. It was a cleverly laid trap into which the Indlans ed, and while they left none of thelr dead on the field it is thought their loss is heavy, as quite a number were seen i3 fall. Reliable information states that fully 2500 Yaquis are now in the neighbor- hood of Guaymas, and fully as many more EXCITING SCENES AT BAPTISMAL SERVICES One Hundred and Eighty-Four Negroes Plunged Into a Tank and Two Women Faint. NEW YORK, March 11.—Negro men, women and children—some deaf, some mute and others blind, but most of them were plunged into a tank of water and brought out of It gasping and breathless | in the Mount Olive Baptist Church to-| day. “This is the largest number of persons ever baptized in one Christian church!” exclaimed the pastor, Rev. C. T. Walker, as he led the last of the dripping proces- sion from the font to a pew. An ambu- lance was summoned from the Roosevelt Hospital and three old colored women who had fainted because of the shock of | two houses of the General Assembly and In re- taining in power the State canvassing and | counting machine. While many Democratic members were hon- | estly elected, vet others were elected by the manipulation of dishonest precinct officers and | County Canvassing Boards before and during the election, and then after the election by a system of counting in and counting out until the majority aforesaid was obtained. As thus constituted, the General Assembly and Can- Vassing Board have declared that the will of the people, as expressed at the polls, shall be : aside. It is needless to say that such con- | spiracfes as this almost inevitably: produ | lution, because a free people will not wi be deprived of their right of suffrage or | sent that the minority instead of the ma- y shall rule. | Pending this unfortunate struggle, the Hon. | | Willlam Goebel, the conts nt for the office of | | Governor, was assassinated by whose identity is unknown. Thereupon a con- | | spiracy was formed to fasten this heinous | | crime upon all or some of the State officérs | elacted by the people, the purpose being to ob- scure and cover the political robbery and to terrorize and destroy all opposition. "In order to carry out this foul conspiracy they procured an act appropriating $100,000, ostensibly for the purpose of detecting the criminals, and em- ployed a lawyer whose course in the criminal practice in Cincinnatl was o odious as to cause | a , resulting in the destruction of the Court- | house’ and the loss of over forty lives. Following this, an employe of the Cincinnatl Enquirer has made affida charging that | Hon. Caleb Powers, Secretary of State: his brother, John Powers. a captain of a company of State militia; W. H. Coulton, a clerk in _the Auditor’s office; Hon. Charles Finley, ex-Sec- retary of State, and Captain John W. Davis, policeman of the Statehouse grounds, con- ired, aided and abetted In said assassination. arrants were issued and said W, H. Coulton taken from ¥ 3 was, during the night of March his home, where his wife and children were sick, and incarcerated in the County Jail, with- out bail or being given an opportunity to secure bail, On the day of said assassination Har- land Whittaker, wHose residence s in Butler County, Ky., was arrested and charged with said erime and sination and was plas in jail and Kept confined without trial for over one month, in deflance of law requiring a speedy examination and that a person charged With erime shall be brought out every two days. Upon the trial he was held over without ball, notwithstanding’ there was absolutely no evi- dence introduced showing his gullt. "For some cnuse, or without cause, our cou almost entirel> of Democratic Judges, come so partisan that it is practically, if not absolutely, impossible for any man not of their Persuasion to obtain a falr trial. As organized, fhe courts are courts of conviction instead of courts of trial. Under this state of affairs. belleving that each one of sald persons is innocent of any complicity in said erime, and further belleving that the enormous reward will secure the con- | Vietion of these men. however innocent, 1 deemed it my solemn duty to issue pardone to | them in order that these political conspirators might not be enabled to deprive them of Lhieir Iiberty or life. The guilty men should be pun- ished, but designing men controiling the courts should not be enabled to shed blood of innocent men: and if it is in my power to prevent it I Dladge myself. in the name of God and human- ity, that it stall not be done. ACCUSED MEN ARE i TAKEN TO LOUISVILLE LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 11.—An officer from Frankfort arrived here to-night | about $:30 having in custody Harland | Whittaker, who at his preliminary trial | a few days ago was held to the Grand Jury on the charge of complicity in tho assassination of Governor Goebel, and W H, Coulton, who was arrested yesterday on a similar charge. The men were brought here from Frankfort because of the fear that an attempt would be made by the soldlers, acting under the Republi- can administration, to liberate them. SAYS PHILANTHROPY INCREASES PAUPERISM Senator Depew Declares Charitable Efforts Are Generally Pro- ductive of Harm. WASHINGTON, March 1L—President McKinley, Secretary Long, Senator De- pew and a number of members of Con- gress to-night attended a public meeting at the Columbia Theater, held in the interests of the National Junior Republic, which has its headquarters at Annapolis Junction, Md. The object of the republic is to provide for the boys of Washington and Battimore, especiaily those without homes, a place where they can be taught to care for and govern themselves. Sen- ator Depew made an interesting address, ! in the course of which he said: “] am always suspicious of philan- thropy, it comes to me in so many forms and ‘so many Eulm, seeking help. In many cases either the individual is a fraud or the cause he represents is a fraudulent one. I am convinced that fully one half of all charitable efforts are pro- of more harm_{han good. < They p-.nrrilln and encourage pau- increase pers to as such.” | Awful Fate of Sailors That Com- | time of the_ collision and were unable to | of the Cuvier are drowned. immersion, combined With the poor venti- lation of the church, were carried to their homes. The extraordinary scene was the culmination of a serfes of revivals in this | church, which have caused more than 700 persons to take communion besides the 184 who were immersed to-day. THIRTY MEN DROWNED CAGED BELOW DECKS | prised the Crew of the Wrecked Steamer Cuvier. | LONDON, March 11.—It is now learned | that the British steamer Cuvier, com- | manded by Captain Quinton, which w reported Friday last sunk by an unknown | steamer, was run down In the Straits of | Dover the morning of the Sth by a steamer whose identity {s not known. The | three survivors who were landed at | Calais, France, shortly after the disaster | say a great hole was torn in the Cuvier, | sinking her in less than five minutes. | They further state that the thirty men | comprising the crew were below at the reach the decks and map the boats, so quickly did the rammed vessel go-down, and that the colllding vessel paid no heed to the cries for assistance shouted to those on board and steamed away. The captain and third mate were seen to jump from the bridge as their vessel went down. Two of the survivors clung | to a capsized boat until picked up by the Windsor and taken to Calais. It is be- lieved all the other members of the crew sl St NEGRO IS LYNCHED. Had Killed Two White Men and Was Quickly Punished. VALDOSTA, Ga., March 11.—Word was received here to-night of a double murder | and lynching near Jennings, Fla. Two white men of the name of Carver were killed by a negro, whose name could not be learned. The negro was captured by the Sheriff. A mob quickly gathered, took the murderer away from the officer and swung him up to a tree. i it e Miners’ Wages Raised. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. KESWICK, March 1l.—Miners' wages have been raised at Iron Mountain mine, the scene of the recent disastrous cave- in._They are now to receive $3 instead of $2 75, as before. Mushers will receive 3250, an increase of 50 cents. The mine will be running to its full capacity during the coming week. The cave-in caused a sus- pension of work, as all energies were di- rected to rescuing the dead and catching “P the ground where it had caved and blocked the main tunnel. - Seven Houses Burned. SAN DIEGO. March 11.—A special to the Union from Ogilby in this county says that the Stingaree portion of the Hedges mining camp was burned this evening. J. D. Craig, in whose house the fire started, is badly burned and Is in a precarious condition. The fire was caused by the explosion of a lamp. Seven houses were burned. AR Iowa Ready to Sail. LOS ANGELES, March 11.—A large number of peopie to-day visited the Iowa, which lies in San Pedro harbor. Admiral Kautz, nccomya.nled by his wife and sev- eral officers of the warship. came to this city and later ascended Mount Lowe. The Towa will leave San Pedro for San Fran- cisco some time to-morrow afternoon. prebnt sl sl o Death of Well-Known Actor. NEW YORK. March 1L—John Z. Little, the actor, is dead in Brooklyn, aged 62 years. He was a native of Philadelphia and was at one time manager of a theater in Chicago. He toured the whole United States with his company, producing “The World.” _ Imprisoned for Life. PEKING, March 11.—An imperial edict just issued directs the imprisonment for jife of Wu_Shih Chiu for assisting the Peking syndicate to get the Ho-Nan Rail- ‘way concession. e Petition for More Light. , A petition has been circulated for the past two or three days among workers in the leading newspaper offices of the city praying the Board of Supervisors to con- tinue the street lights after 12 o’'clock at st a8 L lrane et vt SO new: tg un'gn their vpny’to their homes after the papers go to press. The plan suggs:st- . | tended to disturb the various ed in the petition is to light alternate lamps throughout the city. This, of course, would mean no extra outlay, as all the lamps are now used up to 12 o’clock at night. he petition is signed by about or 400 names and will be presented tv the Board of Supervisors this afternoon. —_—— CHRISTIAN CHURCH TO INCREASE ITS POWER Meeting of the Angelical Board at Which Ways and Means Were Discussed. First Christian Church, Twelfth street, near Howard, was last evening the scene of an earnest meeting, held to devise ways and means for the furtherance of the interests of the church and to provide for the establishment of other churches of the sect throughout the ctiy. Judge E. A. Bridgford, chairman of the angelical board, presided at the meeting and was isted by Dean S. M. Jefferson of Berk- Rev. Mr. G._Smith Hathaway of Alameda, of Oakland, Rev. W. Rev. White of the West Side Church and Rev. Frank S. Ford of the First Christian Church. “These five churches constitute the strength of the Christian church in the bay cities.” said Judge Bridgford. “The purpose of this meeting is to enlist the aid of all in the church to join hands and aid us to gain greater strength through- out the land. The board of which I am the chairman was not organized for spasmodic effort, but for methodical and permanent labor on behalf of the church. A few years ago there were but five churches of our denomination in Chicago. To-day there are twenty-one and the church is still forging ahead. We are here to- night to enlist you in the ranks of the workers and provide you with the muni- tions of war, for we are going to lay slege to the city. In unity there is strength and with proper organization much can be done. In all probability Rev. A. W. Darst of Chicago will come to this city and ald in the fight of the church to enlarge its scope. All the ministers present spoke of the hope they placed in the new move- ment to advance the interests of the church and believed that a few _years hence would see the church as thorough ly established and as Strong as it is to- day in Chicago and other portions of the | East. Several meetings will be held in the course of the next few weeks to com- plete the plan already under preparation for the establishment of other churches throughout the bay citles. MULTITUDES HEAR THE BOY PREACHER Three Services Heldat Howard-Street Church and Many Converts Are Made. Devout Christians and scoffing infidels, the lame, the halt and the blind, profes- slonal men, laborers, the unemployed and women of all ages and from every walk of life crowded Howard-street M. E. Church from door to pulpit at three different services held vesterday at which Master Jack Cooke, the boy evan- gelist, officiated. This youth is attract- ing unusual attention. Many believe that he is, as he says, filled with the spirit of the Holy Ghost, while others believe that he is what he appears to be, a boy of considerable learning in his chosen line and endowed only with the right to preach If so inclined, a right denied to no one under the laws of this land. The services conducted vesterday were on the same lines as those that enter-| tained the congregation during all of last | week. The boy preacher preached, an- | swered questions to the best of his abil- ity and exhorted his hearers to follow the teachings of scripture. An experience meeting followed, in which many told of the sins they had committed in the past and prayed that henceforth their feet would always tread the straight and nar-| h row path. During the day it was found | necessary to remove one of the audlence for his annoving conduct. _Another was | denied admittance to church for having created a disturbance during a prior meet- ing. These were the only incidents that meetings. At the close of each meeting many people went to the altar_and confessed the sins of their lives. Prayer was offered for them and they prayed with those who had converted them. It was late in the evening before the last service concluded. | — BIG DONATION FOR THE FRENCH HOSPITAL Meeting at Native Sons’ Hall Preparatory to the Society’s Regular Annual Election. The French Benevolent Society, of/| which the French Hospital is an ad- junct, met yesterday afternoon at Native | Sons’ Hall preparatory to the annual | meeting for the election of officers, which | is set for March 2. Secretary A. Labigne read extracts from his annual report, the most im- port ftem of which is the announcement | of the settlement of the A. E. Sabatle | estate. This will bring no less than $102,- 000 into the treasury of the society to be devoted to the needs of the hospital. Upon the conclusion of the reading of the secretary’s report many were the eulogies pronounced upon ‘the deceased Sabatie. A. Goustiaux spoke at length on the liberality and charity of M. Sabatie in the most glowing terms. It was sug- gested by P. A. Bergerot that the gift to the society be commemorated gI’ the ex- | pendityre of $1000 for a bust of M. Sabatie to be erected in the hospital. Dr. Oscar Mayer, an honorary member of the insti- tution. proposed that the endowment go toward the fitting up of a new operating room, at the entrance of which the bust should be placed. The following directors were placed in nomination: A. Messager, F. Cediez, R. M. Aguirre, F. St. Denis, A. Miqueu, H. Falregue, D. Cames. John Burgess and | Emanuel Meyer. James Godeaux will | be judge of election. WILCO, THE WIFE MURDERER, 5 ARRESTED He Is Found at the Home of His Father in Pasadena. ——— Breaks Down and Confesses to the Brutal Deed, but Says Ha ‘Was Insane at the a L{ Time. iy —_—— PASADENA, March 11.—C. W. Wllcox, who murdered bis wife on the 7th inst. at Santa Rosa, was arrested hers this after- noon by Marshal Lacey and Policeman Goltman. The Sheriff of Santa Rosa had notified Marshal Lacey that Wilcox might come here, where he has relatives. Wilcox came to-day from Los Angeles on an elec- tric car and went to the house of khis father, A. W. Wilcox, on the corner of Marengo and Washington streets. The murderer’s stepmother notifled the officers. Wilcox broke down, feil on the Mar- shal's neck and confessed the crime, say- ing: “I was crazy. They said I used & hatchet, but I killed her with a revolw I must have shot her twice, for I had f bullets in my gun, and I had three when I came to my senses. I want to be ar- rested.” The Sheriff will arrive on Monday to take the murderer back. Wilcox says has been sick since the 27th of last July and out of his head at times. “T was jealous of Ida, because I thought another man had been showing her some attentions. When I shot her I took two doses of poison, but the poison falled.” Wilcox senior has gone to Kelseyville. EASTERN ATHLETES TO BE WELL ENTERTAINED The Eastern champion athletes who did B | such brilllant work in the boxing and wrestling tournament last week in the Olympic Athletic Club arena will be the recipients of marked attention during the week to come. They will start eastward next Monday. In the meantime they will be l.’:\\'lshl{l entertained at theater parties and in sightseeing, being shown all points of interest in and about this city. They all express surprise at the hospi- tality shown them by the directorate of , the Olympic Club, as it has, apparently, been boundless. When the young men left the East they were warned against Western spectators and the referees by whom_their performances were to be passed upon. They have had no reason to feel unkindly toward the referees, Jack Kitchen and Eugene Van Court._ both of whom dealt out exact justice. The spec- tators have fairly idolized the itors and have accorded them the most kindly and enthusiastic receptions at every available opportunity. he work of the visitors has revived wrestling and has also placed amateur boxing on a higher plane. It is possible the Olympic Club n*.('lals will make the tournament an annual event working in conjunction with the officials of the Ama- teur Athletic U'nion in the East. Presi- dent William Greer Harrison, J. A. Ham- mersmith, John Elliott and their asso- ciates on the Olympic directorate worked ard and earnestly for the success of the tournament, in the brilllant outcome of which they find their recompense. The athletes are to be the guests of the Orpheum management tais evening. When they first arrived John Morris man- ager of the Orpheum, sent an invitation tendering them the freedom of the house, but the cares of training caused them to postpone an acceptance until their work in ring and on mat was over. Boxes have been set aside for the visit- ors, and John Morrisey has promised to see that they remember their visit to the Orpheum with genuine pleasure. ————— ON THE PRESIDIO LINKS. Nine ladies played on Friday eighteen-hole handicap on the Presidto links. The course was sodden with ruin and the greens were heavy and slow. Miss Mary Scott won the prize for the best scratch score, Miss Caro Crockett took the prize for the best handicap score and Miss E. W. Morgan the award for second best handicap score. The others who played were Mrs. R. Gilman Brown, M: M. B. Houghton, Miss Edith Chesebro Mrs. Belcher, Miss T. C. Morgan and Miss Genevieve Carolan. Miss Sarah Drum having gone East and Miss Maud Mullins being unable to play owing to an attack of la grippe. Miss M. B. Houghton and Miss Rowe will have places in_the San Francisco team that plays at Oakland to- morrow. Their precise standing in the team has not yet n settled. John Law- son was out on the Presidio links on Fri- day afternoon practicing for to-day's championship contest. John Duncan Dgnn and H. Gaylord Wil- shire played a f#rsome on Thursday on the Presidio links against Stephenson and C. R. Winslow. Stephenson was in great form, driving very long balls and playing a strong game_throughout. He and <. R. Winslow beat Dunn and Wilshire 10 up on eighteen holes. 'he qualifying tournament for the Coun. cil's trophy for women will be played on Friday, March 15. The eight best scoies will be entitled to play for the cup. Al score cards must be signed by a_scorer and handed in before sunset on Friday. The first round of the cup contest will take place on Monday. March 19, the semi- final round will be R‘“ed on Wednesda: March 21, and the final round on Friday, March 23. n an This starts the fifth week of the sale of those blue serges for $10.00, and we find a long list of satisfied customsrs as a result. 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