The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 25, 1900, Page 31

R RS SR PP PSPPI Pages 31 10 40 D444 04440 4404404444444 04 444 4444444040 pa pq | <+ LJ CHe+ 44444 s ) R e agy | SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, OPERA “FAUST" MLCHIEICENTLY SUNG BYSTHRS —_—— ™ Melba Gives New and £pen- did Expression to H Marguerite. OCEAN GREYHOUND SIERRA BREAKS ALL RECORDS ON HER WESTWARD RUN New Liner of the Oceanic Steamship Company Comes Into| Port, Completing Splendid Dash From Delaware Capes. —— Is the Attraction at and Gadski Sings Baeu- —Packed House at Both Performsances. engrin” Kt By Blanche Partington. THE PALATIAL NEW STEAMSHIP SIERRA, FIRST OF THE E MAIL SERVICE BETWEEN HERE AND AUSTRALASIA. OCEANIC COMPAN Y’S NEW FLEET THAT WILL INAUGURATE A FAST ———— | | ana that a theor | pels us to a conviction that after HELL CANNOT BE SWEPT AWAY OA LIGHT METAPHOR { Ministers Take Issue With the Rabbi Nieto's Opinion. M LB I'l'h. Moral Government of ths World Must Take Into Consideration a System of Rewards and Punishments. PESIUS e Rabbi Nieto's sermon denouncing dog< matic religion and pleading for ration ism in the field in which faith is supposed to be supreme has created a storm of comment. When the young clergyman declared that “hell's a painted farce”” he brought the defenders of every faith to their feet. dogmatism In In a series of | Interviews obtained yesterday the pr ponderance of opinion was agalnst the position taken by Rabbi Nieto. With quite as much logic the defenders of t good, old fashioned future abode of t wicked argued that the rabbl is wrong v of reward and punish- ment is absolutely necessary to the m government of the world. It is very convenient and eminently isfactory for men of the world, the putants declars, to brush hell away ridicule, but reason as well as faith jeath there must be the reward of good acts and the punishment of evil ones. Hell I3 no joke, the opponents of the rabbl insist, and it cannot be annihilated in a meta< phor. The world nee as a logleal evitable conclusion hat part of human life which breeds misery, misfortune and suffering as the consequ. e of erime. Among those who were seen y and who stand for the orthodox bellet hell is the Rev A. B. Winslow, sterday In an inte The Inst stamped up ditions upon is the paran I our emtry upon is practically a ence to the It yond i for the life of the p the future life b the plan of o in not artificial, ones life into the Old Testam only to conform to the p simpl ywn being but true ing. There is not a rel not better gerved by lc as represented th I have no hesitan: gets the most and t life who s with v's new steamship Sierra ar- v morning. She made the run 4 came into port looking the ocean HE Oceanic § 4 from Ph in revord-break greyhound tha On December 12 the Slerra will go on the Aystralian run, ng the Alameda, and from that on a steamer will leave this rt every three weeks for Hawall, Samoa, New Zealand and Austra- instead of one a month as heretofore. The offical report of the trip of the Sierra from the Atlantic to rive to the comfort of the humblest that may travel on this palatial liner. It would take columns to give an adequate description of the ve: sel, but the chances are that before salling day she will be thrown open to the public, and then everybody can see what a beautiful ship she is. The middle-deck saloon and berths are finished in red plush, while the upper saloon is in green. The smoking-room to the rear of the upper deck is done in antique. upholstered In russet leather. In every detall there is a tendency to the luxurious, andl in no Instance does the decoration prove inharmonious. to the life to co ment of the fit us for living in our present st days and to Sydney by nearly a week. For instance, the Mariposa, which makes the Initial trip of the new service (in the place of the | Slerra, delayed) left here on the 22nd inst. at 9:15 p. m., carrying the mail which left London at the close of business on Saturday, Novem- w{(",‘”‘"‘ o= ber 10, and fs to make Auckland Monday morning, December 10, and | moy. Sydney Thursday morning, December whereas the P. and O. steamship Victoria, which left London on November 1, taking up at " Port Sald on November 13 the last mail and passengers that left Lon- | don on November 9 and Brindisi on November 11, will only arrive at the Pacific is as follows: Had strong head winds to Cape rgin November 1, 580 p. m Steaming time from Cape Virgin in itself, footligh a is to the lasi t Philadelphia October 11, 1000. Passed Cape Henlopen 4:30 p. gin, Detained_offt Cape Virgin 13 hours 17 The Sierra is 6000 tons gross burden and her engines will develop She is 425 feet long and 52 feet beam. Her officers H. C. Houdlette, captain; N. man, chief engineer; W. N. Hannigan, chief steward, and Dr. M. Soule, who looked after the health of all aboard. m., Octo- with high sea. Arrived off are: Cape Pillar through Magellan ours 55 minutes. Detained g% Sandy Point 14 hours. Left Sandy 48 m. and passed Cape Plllar 540 p. m. Arrived off o T 2 a m. Detained at Coronel 1 day 15 hours 52 minutes, °HtITe FUN. ember 8. From Cape Pillar to Coronel had a gale of head o. a year. Captain H. C es, were al of the wizard Wagner hem e cast was identical with the first | “From the time we left the ex- e Reszke's place uhlman in flve days when asked. and I never saw a prettler set of e than those that drive the Sierra. called upon will make the Sierra s coast.” rom Coronel fo Ban Francisc Total steaming time, 39 days 16 hours They work like a clock and when w her heels to anything on the There were crowds down to see the new steamship yesterday. Her had fine weather. Total breaks the record held by the Alameda for many Houdlette, who brought the new flyer out, eays she is the hest sea boat he ever set foot on, while Chief Engineer Nieman says she is as easy to handle as a yacht. Philadelphia,” *“we have never been under full steam, but nevertheless she ran along at a 12 and 13 knot gait as though nothing was the matter. comes to making mail time I think she can easily do the run to Ho- I have been at sea a few years my- sald Nieman yesterday, When it convenient as an incre es in a ship all my life 5000 horsepower. mail C. Walton Jr., purss LS e ADVENT OF NEW STEAMSHIPS WILL INAUGURATE A NEW ERA IN AUSTRALASIAN TRAVEL Oceanic Company’s New Service to Auckland and Sydney Far Ahead of the Peninsular and Oriental Route as a Time-Saver. The departure of the Oceanic Steamship Company's steamship Mariposa en Tuesday evening for Auckland, N. Z., Australia, marked the beginning of a new era of quick and more and passenger service to those far off lands, as well e In the business of San Francisco. Before the inaugu- ration of the new arrangement the service handled by the two steamships Mariposa and Alameda, of the Oceanic Steamship Compans from and the Moana of the Union Co His duties were light, as all hands and the cook enjoyed the best of health during the this Sydney on December 15, two days later than the Mariposa, and her | passengers and mail for Auckland will only reach there on the 20th, a week later than those who left London a day later by the San Fran- cisco route. The Mariposa, though not so speedy as the steamships which will follow her, is expected to make the trip on schedule time, and on her return will drop out and leave the service to the Slerra, Sonoma and | Ventura. The first named, which was delayed In leaving Philadel- | phia for her long trip around the Horn to this port, will leave here | on Wednesday, December 12, and will be followed by the Sonoma and | Ventura at intervals of three weeks. These three vessels, which were | built on the order of the Oceanic Steamship Company especially for | this service, are not only as speedy, but equal In conveniences and equipment to anything afloat. They are twin screw vessels, 6000 tons | each, with double bottoms of the cellular system, and have electric | and refrigerating plants. ‘They are expected after a while to better | the present schedule time by at least two days and make the run be- tween San Francisco and Auckland in something less than seventeen days, which will put the London mail in Auckland in twenty-four day er; W. H. Nei- and Sydney, With its advantages of time and but two changes, one at New York and one at San Francisco, as against the four of the P. and O. line at Dover, Calais, Brindisi and Port Said, and the torrid trip through the Red Sea, the new line can well expect not only all the New Zealand travel, but the greater part of that to and from East- port was mpany of New cabins and staterooms were inspected and everything in the shape of Zcaland, leaving here on Tuesday once a month and making the run ern Australia as weil. This is already to an extent well assured. hing was pronounced good. In the second cabin the accommo- to Auckland in twenty-one days and to Sydney in twenty-five days. The Mafposa went out full, with over sixty passengers who had k. oh powers that b dations are equal to anything in the “first cl on the coast steam- In point of time this line could not compete with the Peninsular just got in from England besides the earlier arrivals from there. | t seware of the odic Everywhere there are electric fans. and there are plenty of and Orlental Steamship Company for the through business from The Sierra is booked full for her salling December 12, the Sonoma | son. SR bathrooms aboard. Hot and cold water is distributed from one end of London to Sydney, and just about held its own with it to Auckland. nearly eighty for January 2, and the Ventura is fast filling up for - B Ml the ship to the other, and the electric light system is perfect. Now the situation has been greatly changed. The old service has January 23. Many of these passengers are tourists who have been | e e simply There are three kitchens, one each for the second cabin, steerage beén discontinued, and a new and quicker one instituted, which will attracted by the advantages of the new line and make a stay to visit | e house b dor of their and the saloon. In fact, nothing has been overlooked that will tend beat the P. and O. service from London to Auckland by < some ten the wonders of California. | jce—love £ Ortrud for m wo- Ag- 1 its hother FRATERNAL ELECTIONS FOR THE ENSUING TERM Those Who Have Been Chosen to Serve for the Next Six | Months. officers for the ensuing al organizations nue The election HE question that is now agitating the members of the National Guard in this city is what kind of a defense Captain Nippert of Com- until the el Excelsior Circle of Porest of America sed for the ensuing term Compafions of the ollowing elected th ¢ companion; Miss }Fl t Infantry, will make niom; Mrs. Le . t he will plead well, recording s ght guide; Mre tion of his action precedent in . Mrs. M. Burgh, 8. C. C: Mrs Antolnette | .. n,rtia] there Is no alternative pun- CAPTAIN A. J. KELLEHER RESIGNS GOMMISSION IN NATIONAL GUARD Adjutant of First Regiment Will Retire to Private Life. ! M. Barbour, inner guard the First Regiment of Infantry, and he outer guard: Mra. J Wish has expressed the bellef that he has not e sobosiay, vRsician. T en guilty of anything wrong. If the i rcies Circle of the Companions of the For- | charge that has been preferred against | est of America has elected Mrs. R. Munk, C. | him by Major Margo is sustained by the Pape, H 58 B 5 Fn'_‘fd'x.."n Musk, 1. G ishment; it is dishonorable discharge from el G.: Mrs. R._Ebner. O. G.: the service of the State. | Sthiook and R. Munk, trus- | Tpe captain was given an opportunity tees: Dr. Sobolay, physician. Martha Washington Circle of the Companions of the Forest of America has elected May . "C. C.: Jessie Bchweltzer, S. ¢ to resign from the command of his com- pany before the charges were preferred, but he declined to act upon the sugges- tion. It was generally understood that Major Charles L. Tilden was to appear as | counsel for the accused. but the major stherine Cruder, trustee; Miss Florence Licht. | gggerts that he is not and will not be in organist. | California Circle of the Women of Wooderaft the case. sx chosan the following named as its officers | Captain Alfred J. Kelleher, adjutant of epsuing term: Mrs Lizzie etees. |ipe First Regiment, has tendered his res- e N etan: Bana Reed. | lgnation, which will take effect about the " panker; Elvira Bunner, | time that Colonel O’Nell assumes com- T Kaufman, J. Cin':":'l;:(z:lfl | mand of the regiment. The captain en- G. W. Baltic, managers b d the National Guard as a private 4 e < Miss Dela. | tered the private in ive and six monthe, respectively: Mis Dels | L attery B, Sscond Artillery, March 13, outside sentinel; | 1880, and has been In the guard conti; ously since, except while serving as r mental adfutant of the First Californ! Volunteers in the Philippines. made licutenant ot Light Battery D. and “in December, 1891, was promoted captain and adjutant of the Second Artillery. In December, 18%, he was transferred to the First Infantry as regimental adjutant. | The captain i8 a pleasant, affable gentle- man, a conscientious officer, and during his connection with the guard made many friends who regret that he has decided to lay down his sword and retire to private 2Ay, R. 8.; Mies . Kragen, R. G.; Charles TAens Lo G.. Bertha Goodman, I G.; A. An- hon 0. G.;: Dr. H. Laldlaw, physiclan: Miss e —— Music in the Park. Weather permitting, the Park Band will render the following to-day: ure, “Raymond” 20 ¢ ‘Manon Lescant ard of the Nile' @'s Tife in the Alps **Shephe Scenes from ‘I Lomberdi g FIRST REGIMENT ADJUTANT, WHO HAS TENDERED HIS REBIGNATION, Photo by Bushnell. | G at Alameda. Next Tuesday he 'l& in- nrect Company E at Santa at apa Wednesday and I at Livermore Fri- day. The inspecting officer was accom- panied by Captain D. A. Smith, regimen- tal adjutant of the Fifth Infantry. companies made a good showing at mus- ter and inspection. Company A had 3 men, 1 absent; B 44 men, 11 abeen! men, 11 absent; D 51 men, men, 13 absent, and G 48 The men had evidently o i LSRN e 8 variations. ... . of the First, for b Performe ~ . During the past week Major Margo, in- = & Wallh oy D epector Second Brigade, Inspected com. | 'P @ppearance. Intermezzo, “‘Salome” . panies of the Fifth Infantry—Company A March, he Mick That Th et Oakland, B at San Jose, C at Peta-| See the display of dlamond and pearl brooches E rinis Lawior | luma, D at San Rafael, F at'Oakland and Post-street. * at Rudolph-Barth's, jeweler, 141 - MRS. FERN THOMAS IS HAUNTED BY DEATH She Identifies a Drowned Man as Her Foster Father, Israel P. Russell. Mrs. Fern Thomas of 277 Dore street appeared yesterday at the Coroner's in- quest on the body of Israel P. Russell, who was found in the bay a few days ago. Mrs. Thomas identifled the dead man by the peculiar shape of the spectacles found in his pocket and by the clothing. She testified that he was her foster father, a stonemason by occupation, a native of Scotland and 77 years old, and that sev- eral days before he disappeared he had threatened to kill himself. The jury retum‘,d a verdict. that Rus- sell committed sufclde while laboring un- der aberration of mind brought on by o.d age. Death and mysterious disappearances | seem to be haunting About a year ago an abscess was cut out of her head, and shortly after the opera- tion she called at the City Receiving Hos- pital to report the disappearance of her niece. A few days later she returned with | the information that she had found her | niece dead in San Jose. Less than a week ago she informed Captain Spillane that her husband had left her house, taking their little boy away with him, and that she had received a note from her hus- band saying that his body and that of the boy would be found in the bay. She afterward called at the Morgue and told mla‘ same story. e rs. Thomas appeared In mourning yes- terday, and wé’ that she h&d_jugtyre- celved a message from England ‘inform- ing her ‘gr the death of her foster %mthexi. Mrs. Russell, wife of Israel P. ussell. s Mrs. Thomas Is in destitute circum- stances. —_—————— MAZATLAN JOSE STOWS HIMSELF ABOARD SHIP Clandestinely Takes Passage forCape Nome, San Erancisco Count and Is Disappointed. Jose Gomez, a nineteen-year-old lad from Mazatlan, Mexico, was reported to the immigration officlals at this port by the officers of the steamship San Juan as a stowaway. Jose Is a carpenter’s ap- rentice and lived with his pare azatlan. He heard that Caj DNogt: W:: einity of the CIft Hou and he stowed nimself away 1 cisco teq's:“ e San Juan, expeci é&bfir t gold h take o to his s aetigneeu sur-. He is Jlocked up In the, de 3 ohed ar’ the Mail ock “with the - oA ants, awail the he 3 B er 5 to7 hir 8 Mrs. Fern Thomas. | IPROFESSOR BACON DISCUSSES ROSS INCIDENT AT A BANQUET Declares Freedom of Thought and Speech Has Limitations. Professor Thomas R. Bacon of the Uni- versity of California declared himself op- posed to unlimited freedom of speech by a college professor, at the annual banquet | of the Yale alumni of California at the Palace Hotel last evening. “Freedom of thought and speech has its limitations,”” said Professor Bacon,| “and this freedom can be limited only by | a_man's_intelligence and a man's morat | sense. When a man stands as a part of | | a_corporate body the limitations on his | chooses. Such an assumption is prepos- terous. Every university has a govern- ing board and a president and with them | rests the final responsibility.” To say that a professer may teach anything he be- | lieves to te true and that the gogerning | board must stand by and submit to his | declarations is simply absurd. | “Suppose a mathematician, well versed | in his departmcnt, should go into one of | our leading colleges and proceed to teach the students that two and two make five Would the president or the governing board let him go on unmolested? Well. [ guess not. The same principle can be ap- plied to the Rass case. I believe in liberal thought and .iberal speech. but there Is such a ng as overste ' "‘Zl‘.‘;‘d"; PPing one's e banquet ‘was attended by about forty Yale men. Professor E. B. g]lpp of Berkeley acted as toastmaster, and among those who spoke were Eugene V. Baker of Los Angeles, president of the Yale alumni of Southern California, Cap- tain Murphy of the '92 baseball team, Dr. Mannahan and Mr. Knight. | | speech come from something outside of H hfmnelf and unless they are obeyed chaos |-will surely follow. “I think the public in general Is very ill informed in this matter at Stanford. I know I was up to thirty-six hours ago. It | Is a case where judgement should be sus- | pended until the whole truth is known. ““‘Acagemic freedom is not such a simple matter’ as the newspapefs assume. They seem to take it for granted that a man who holds a position in a university has a right to say anything under the sun he in the shape of a very tough bit of twisted rawhide. —————————— Company C Will Present Operetta. A delighttul entertainment will be given ‘| on Thanksgiving eve, Wednesday, No- vember 28, in Native Sons’ Hall by Com- pany C, League of the Cross Cadets. The comic operetta ‘““What Happened to Brown” will be presented by James C. Song and Story. = gq?":fm l‘.h:'fi“lfifx:';::":fih:ff o N'n" Past Presidents’ Association of the pany C is recrulted from St. Patrick's, St. | Natve Sons of the Golden West held a Rose’s and St. Joseph's parishes. and is [MoSt enjoyable smoker last night in the one of the most prominent companies of Li7iIUet Toom in Native Sons' Hall w. the League of the Cross Caueis. i hus L- Jobnson acted as master of ceremontes arge membership, and tbe proceeds of |and had prepared a splendid programme. entertainment will be devoted to the | The star event of the evening was a cham. pionship contest between heavy-welght boxers from each side of the slot. The bout ended with Ronors even. Following is the list of those who afforded amuse- ment to the guests: M. Glass of Los Angeles, J. Dougherty, broth- F. Eberson, B. 8. Walsh and ers. P ‘Wednesda; evening t! Tickets o g there will be dancing. admission are 25 cents. e o e By wios JOLLY CROWD ATTENDS NATIVE SONS' SMOKER Evening Spent_l.n Partaking of Re- freshments and Listening to committee, Leagu q g;:l“,d are speclally M in the com- {PAY" the close of the entertatnment on not and theory of futu: the moral government c ) dreadful, but nature is full of dreadful th as well, and that which has commanded consensus of econviction in almost ths world of religious thought is certainly to serious comsideration. Ridicule will n. move the dreadful facts nor the per analogles which confront us. The necessity of a deterrent from violatio of law is universally recognized in every real of government. The presence of penalties as well as of rewards everywhere, unless, indeed, the value of moral government be the exception. Why not first try the experiment of removing penalties as a ‘motive to virtue from our civil lawe?® us see how the experiment will work here b fore we try it where there may bs no oppe tunity to reverse the experiment if it be un- successful. Conduct from the highest motives only has been the ideal of theorists for ages, but it does not appeal to practical lite. All uplift of life begins with the lower mottv We see this in government of familles a of society. Ome trouble in San Francisco to- day is that the conviction of inevitable retri- bution is allowed to sleep. All reformative methods fail while this conviction slumbers. Nothing is so much needed as a clear, u mistakable. philosophical presentation from every pulpit of the ultimate outcome of stm, in the danger of eterna This, In_bic with the agony of an awful re the danger of those about us, presented in some of its phases for the remainder of this year by every rabbi, every priest, rector, past 1 mission worker would revclutionize San Francisco. No general moral reformation has come elsewhers or will eoma here without the awakening of a great con- viction concerning the awful realities of the e who lives for the future most best in the | NEW YORK €LUB ENJOYS BANQUET AT OCCIDENTAL Native Sons of the Empire State Hold First Anniversary of Soclety. The Native Sons of the Empire State banqueted at the Occidental last evening. The club was organized a year ago and was the result of the coming here of the New York regiment during the war, The dining hall was brilliantly {lluminated and a fine menu was served. Colonel C. Mason Kinne presided and toasts were given by Colonel W. R. Smedberg, who spoke on “The United States of America™; Colonel H. P. Bush, whose subject was “The State of New York": Asa R. Wells, who_talked about “The State of California,” and General W. H. L. Barnes, who gave a brief review of the club's organization. The following members were present: William Alvo G. H. Kahn, H. Kahn, W Lovey, William MecMann, Man: J Mueh, J. I ) E. A. McCarthy. Moulthrop, J. B. McIntyre, O'Keeffe, ‘A. H. Phely Read. Willlam R. Sperling M. J. s WELL ‘TO REMEMBER How We Buy and Sell Rugs. We're a mill house and only pay ome profft, and that to the mill. Ordinary dealers are not on the same footing with i to-day than rs combined many dollar: all other San Francisco de We're saving many person will do the same by you-rugs from to $0.00. Art Carpet Shop, 223 Powell street. . ——— Sidewalks for Precita Valley. The Precita Valley Improvement Club has petitioned the Board of Public Works for -sidewalks along Army street from Alabama to San Bruno avenue. The side- walks along Army street from San Bruno to Kentucky have become so choked up with sand and other debris that men who travel over that thoroughfare are com- pelled to walk in the middie of the road- way.