The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 23, 1903, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY. NOVYEMBER 23, 1903. * C —_— e T TR TS DR A e e LIVES THROUGH TERRIFI SHOCK Young Victim of Elec- tric Current Regains His Senses. Remembers Nothing About the Tragic Death of Clark Yerrick. Oakland O n Francisco Call, — adway, Nov. 22 Though burne d seared by the in- se current, H. Bertz lives after re- shock from 2400 volts of rtz regained cons us- t 4 o'clock this morning at the & Hospital, where he was taken ming in contact with at Thirty-fifth and h killed Clark Yer- of the i and San Jose ntendent rvive is deemed hysicians. For the patient was d only after s senseless when he pital intil this morn- ching the pa- felt Bertz's pulse. man came out of with a start. Bertz idea what had Steward Borchert e youth, Bertz said: anything that re the accident ring street, a - the wire caught king down town, in- e Dewey Theater. I do not shock or bef: go is all I kr hing abou about the Bertz had so far im- al surgeons gave uest to be sent taken there in rnoon t the } nt to worker employed at afacturing Company’s He 18 19 years the support of a anA five younger ther s held an autopsy Morgue on the d found a shock to ause of death. On Yer- f ear the instep was r seared scar showing where dangling and deadly wire member <nd carried in- Higgi Yerrick was a robust fine physique. Coroner will hold =~ inquest prob- sday He desires to rtz's testimony, t until the young man shall vered services over the late as- superintendent will be held rning at 11 o'clock from the ert Brown’s building on t near Jefferson. 1 be selected from the BOY HURT BY ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE OF A SHOTGUN red Debenidetti, While Hunting on Sausalito Hills, Is Seriously Injured. result of the premature dis- avini, Alfred Debenidetti, & at the Harbor Hospital .carious condition. The injured 3 company with George Ravini his uncle, Hugo Ravini of 1225 Un- started early yesterday a hunting trip on the hills alito. when George Ravini the bird shot the face and arged the weapon, ing Debenidetti in e wounded boy was brought to this soon as possible and taken to rbor Hospital. Dr. Millar, the in charge, upon making an ex- found that the sight of the ye had been entirely destroyed, d in order to save the boy's life re- the optic. Several of the shot unctured the right lung, but the in- although serious, are not re- rded as necessarily fatal. e H surgeon TWO KEINGS APPROVE ARBITRATION TREATY Permanent Anglo-Italian Convention That Will Keep the Nations at Peace. NDON, Nov. 22.—The Rome cor- of the Daily Mail says that = conference at Windsor on last between King Vietor nd King Edward a perma- Italian arbitration treaty oved by both monarchs. e e———— Sing German Operetta. Mission Turn Vereln sang an “Der Freischutz in Kamer- at Mission Turn Hall, Eighteenth near Valencia, last night. The etto was in German. After the the audience participated in a all. Those who took part in the op- eretta were Emil Kiesendahl, Zitha Beck, Toni Vogt, Toni Bergk, Joseph Fritz, Charles Toloski, Hans Veroni, ofessor Charles Hoffmann, Louis von cer Mehden and Hans Veroni; E. Hel- dorn, director. ————— Late Shipping Intelligence. ARRIVED. Sunday, November 22. Nor stmr Hero, Syvertsen, 4 days from Ladysmith SAILED. Sunday, November 22. stmr North Fork, Nelson, Eureka. DOMESTIC PORTS. PORT BLAKELEY—Arrived Nov 22—Schr Mary E Pester, from Honolulu, P ATTLE —Arrived Nov 22—Jap stmr Rio- Maru, from Yokohama. OCEAN STEAMERS. YORK—Arrived Nov 22— Stmr La from Havre; etmr Zeeland, from SSTOWN — Arrived Nov 22— Stmr from Montreal, for Liverpool Sailed Nov 22—Stmr Etruria, for New York. !d.(v\'lLLE—- Arrived m—m Columbia, 1fom New York, 5 TIVERPOOL - Salled Nov 25—Stmr Arian, for Bosion, from Queenstown. 1A The operetta, NEW Bretagne, Antwerp QUE Southwark, Nothing occurred | ading his shotgun accidentally | nditions bet- | and he re-| ard Harry Bor-| | it preferable that SENATORS WANT 10 60 HOME UpperHouse Favors Ad- journment of Extra Session. N All Depends on the Day to Be Fixed for Vote on the Cuban Bill. SRS WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.—The Sen- ate will begin the week in a state of uncertainty as to whether a final ad- journment of the extra session will be secured during the week or the reg- ular daily sessions continued. A ma- jority of the Senators are amxious to bring the session to a close and to this end an agreement has practically been | entered into for a vote on December 16 on the Cuban bill. The acquies-) cence of the House of Representatives in the programme, however, has not | been secured and until the two houses | reach an agreement no definite an- | nouncement made. Leading | Senators on the whole are rather con- | fident that an adjournment will be | brought about and say it will be im- | possible to hold a quorum of either | body after Thanksgiving. The present | understanding is that a proposition to set a day for adjournment will be made | by the Senate on Monday or Tuesday, | whereupon it will be formally conveyed | to the House. This will form a basis | for negotiations, as thus far there has | been no conference between members | of the House on the adjournment ques- | tion. SENATE WANTS TO ADJOURN. The understanding in the Senate is | that a day for taking a vote on the Cu- | ban bill will be fixed without regard to the adjournment of the extra ses- | The bill will then be reported by | Senator Cullom and he will ask that a day be fixed for the vote, whereupon December 16 will be named if the pres- | ent plan is carried out. When the Re- publican Senators secure this agree- ment they will be comparatively indif- | ferent as to whether the Senate re-| mains in session or not. They think | the extra session should come to a close, as many Sena- tors desire to visit their homes before the regular session begins, but if an adjournment is not had there will be a general agreement among Senators | can be sion. | which will render it unnecessary for a however, and | majority to remain in Washington. If any considerable number of Senators | desire to meet for the purpose of mak- | ing and listening to speeches on the Cuban bill they will be allowed that privilege, with the understanding that no other business shall be taken up. | 1f there are no speeches to be made the | Senate will take frequent adjourn- | ments for three days at a time, as per- | The | | of a shotgun in the hands of | lad, residing at 1523% Du-! | mitted by the constitution, without ref- | erence to what the House may do. | There are a number of Senators who | desire to discuss the Cuban bill, but it | is probable that most of them will | postpone their speeches until after the beginning of the regular session, De- cember 7. CULLOM WILL SPEAK. After being reported to-morrow the | Cuban bill will lie on the table for a | day unless there is unanimous con- | sent that its consideration shall begin | immediately. When it is taken up Sen- ator Cullom will make a brief speech in explanation of its merits and after | he concludes there probably will be no | more addressses by friends of the bill until toward the close of the discus- sion. In the meantime the Colorado, | Louisiana, Texas and Florida Senators and probably some others will make | speeches intended to show that the en- | actment of the bill into law will be in- jurious to the sugar interests of the United States and contrary to the best policy. In addition to receiving the report | on the Cuban bill the Senate probably | will make a reassignment of Senators to committees to-morrow. The committees announcement is like- 1y to be made the occasion for a speech by Senator Morgan, which is anticipat- ed with considerable interest. In the | make-up of the committees the Ala- | bama Senator will be displaced as chairman of the Committee on Isth- mian Canals. He has been chairman of | that committee since its organization | and has been identified with it ever since he entered the Senate. It is un- derstood that he will review to some extent his connection with the impor- | tant work and that in doing so he will | sharply criticize those who fail to agres | with him in advocacy of the Nicaragua route. HOPE FOR AN AGREEMENT. The House will meet Tuesday. That body having disposed of the Cuban bill, | it has no business before it, and un- less an agreement is effected by which the called session is to be brought to an early close an adjournment proba- bly will be taken until Friday, and then ;n adjournment until Monday or Tues- ay. It is suggested that it is doubtful if there will be a quorum Tuesday, and that if the point of no quorum should be raised it would be impossible to act on a concurrent resolution providing for an adjournment even should one be brought over from the Senate. Some of the House leaders have expressed themselves in oppositfon to an adjourn- ment before the Cuban bill shall have been disposed of, but what might be the result of a conference between the leaders of the Senate and House oh this position remains to be seen. It is possible that the Speaker may be ready to announce the committee as- signments by the end of the week. If this is done the House will be fully organized and prepared at the opening of the regular session mext month to proceed to business. Members of both sides of the House are mindful of the convention to be held next vear and the desire will be generally to rush the work as fast as possible in order that the regular session may be brought to a close as early as possible. —— 3 SAN JUAN, P. K, Nov. 22.—United States Benator Newlands' resolution in- viting Cuba to become a State of the United States and providing that Porto Rico shall become a province of Cuba, has been received with derision by the Porto Rican press and public. - > | | strike other places, { OWD jong after the market was gone from other | and | ! 50 again for several years after the real trouble began | REALTY VALUES ARE INGREAGING Steady Demandfor Good Suburban Residence Property. Dealers in Berkeley and Ala- meda Report Market Very Active. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Nov. 22. The realty market during the last week has been active and steady, with | a slight upward tendency in prices. Suburban residence lots are in demand | sanitarium, charged with atiempting to | This condi- Oakland, and sales are numerous. tion is also true of East SLEUTHS TRAP QUAGK DOGTOR Physician Is Caught in the Act of an Illegal Operatjon. Authorities Use Strategy to Arrest an Old Violator. et NEW YORK. Nov. 22.—As a result {of the combined movement of the County Medical Society and Health Commissioner Lederle, Dr. Francis | Gray Blinn was arrested to-day at his | perform an fllegal operation. | Upon several previous occasions Dr. Berkeley and Alameda. While ter, there are few good offerings, as owners of business property are not anxious to sell, as the impression pre- vails that advances in the there is considerable lnfluII'Y; for building sites in the business cen- | price of | flculties, ‘but it has been impossible to prove the charges. Upon the recom- | mendation of the County Medical So- | clety, Edwin Watkins, a medical stu- i dent, recently entered into correspond- énce with Dr. Blinn, giving his name as “Dr. J." Sterling Loomis,” and ar- business property can be relied upon. The demand for stores to rent can< not be supplied at present and it seems as if the business of this city is rapid- ly outgrowing its accommodations. Following are the opinions of several prominent real estate dealers: Cheney & Berry business In Berkeiey has been larger and better during the last year than in any year of the ded it. It is fully as good a | ar which existed before theé hard times came in 1893. The growth of Berkeley depends primarily upon the growth of the unm- versity, and, iike that inatftution, the town'has doubled in slze in the last two_years. This, of course. has given a tremendous impetus to the sale of bome places, to say nothing of the spec- ulative transactions which always come in con- nection with an_influx of population in ‘this o be recognized, way. Berkeley has come however, as being the very best and choicest place to' live o on the eastern bay shore, and that In itself has been enough to Keep the real | estate men busy . for our own part, have never Lefore done so large a businéss as we heve during the last six months. as some people would have us believe, that we are going to have a break in the prosperity that we are now enjoving, but the feeling in Herkeley 1s that even If depression shouid Berkeley would hold its towns. It was so during the last panic, there is every reason to suppose that it will be We did not really feel the pinch here elsewhere. to be no falling away In the bulk of business So sure are we that there is going | done that we are bonding up on long time con- | that we can possibly get ea that we will need It tracts ail the proper hold of, with the when tiie movement begins in the spring. 1 Prospects are bright for | comprising _the | | southern end of Berkeley, the northern part of H. D. Irwin, Lorin- alty 'n Lorin and vicinity, Oakland and extending to the beautiful Cla trict at the base of the hills. For s rs back the growth of this section hi been’ unsurpassed by any locality around the | bay. Factors materially contributing to this growth have been our excellent transportation facilities and the low price of land. More actual value for the money is to be obtained here than can be had eisewhere, The new ferry, reducing the time between here and San Francisco to thirty minutes and adding greatly to the facllities for should unquestionably augment this grow We are now as convenieyt to the business heart of San Francisco as a large portion of the residence section of that city. Our accessibility, combined with the high rents obtaining, must add many to our popula- tion. It ir a fact that by paying a few hun- dred dollars in cash and a monthly installment equal 1o their present rent, dwellers in flats and apartment houses in San Francisco can ob- tain and in a few years twice pay for a home here, vastly pleasanter in itself and its sur- roundings than they are nOw occupying. conditions appeal especially to parents with growing children. This is a children’s para- dise and those brought here puny and sick from the great city in a few months' time are well and robust. i We occupy 4 point of pecuilar advantage. The swelling tides of growth of three cities Berkeley, Oakiand and San Franclsco—here meet. That they will bring to us a flood of prosperity seems certain. H. A. Pleitner, Fruitvale—The market dur- ing the months of September and October was unusualiy active, and during November, al- though the heavy rains have interfered some- | what with business, the conditions on the | hole are better than they were at this time ast year. The prices of property have advanced 20 per | cent over the prices of last year, and yet there | is a great demand for home sités, and in fact | for property of all kinds. We have a continual | demand for houses to rent, but at present | there Is not a house or tottage to be had in | this neighborhood. On the whole the average condition of the | market is better than at this time last vear. Alameda Land Company, Alameda—Speaking of the condition of the reaity market in Ala- | meda, the Alameda Land Company was never more encouraged than at present. The steady increase of property, the substantial character of the homes now being erected, and the grow- ing and constant demand for homes glve every promise to the investor and assure the specu. lator a lucrative field for investment. The nat. | ural advantages of Alameda place it ahead of any city of its size in California; the fact that millions of dollars will soon be spent in mak- ing the marsh Jands habitable, and additional appropriations granted for extension of streets and parks enthuss us to a marked extent. Ala. meda being the nearest and most direct point 1o San Francisco, makes it an ideal residence city for those occupled in business in San | Francisco, and from the beautiful mansions | bullt here during the last few years Alameda | can rank as one of the prettiest and beet kept cities in the world. Other features that attract and draw homeseekers to our city are the clean- liness and excellent condition of her streots, fine schoals, car system and sewer system, all of which is perfect, together with enjoying the lowest death rate Gf any clty of its size In the Tmion, There s not a city to-day in America that offers the exceptionally fine inducements for homeseckers that Alameda does. The one thing noticeable in Alameda to-day is the style and character of the homes buflt. the fine school accommodations, the beautiful avenues and streets tha compare favorably with any in the world, and the delightful, balmy, invigorating air that Alameda is noted for tend to advance realty conditions in Alameda. From a resi- dence standpoint there no place its equal; from a speculative one, it gives every promise of fulfilling the expectations and most sanguine hopes of those already interested, and from the ¢teady and increasing demand for realty and the determined tone of her people Alameda is destined to grow and biossom year by year, until she s properly and justly ized as the equal If not the superior city for investment and homes in California, The ccntracts let by the Alameda Land Com- pany this year have exceeded those of any of the fifteen years preceding. ———— FRED MARTIN EASY VICTIM OF SHARKS Taken to a House on Pine Street and Money Grabbed Out of His Hand. Fred Martin, who lives at 2239 Mission street, was walking along Kearny street shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday morn- ing, when he was accosted by two young men who asked him to have a drink. They took him to 522% Pine street and in the hallway asked him to let them have some money to buy the drinks. Martin had $33 in his pocket and pull- ed it out, handing one of the men a dol- lar. They grabbed the balance of the coin out of his hand and hustled him out into the street. Martin met Police- man Farrell and informed him of the loss of his money. Farrell went back with him to 5221 Pine street and in a room Martin pointed out Charles Baci- galupl as one of the two men who had stolen his coin. Bacigalupi was ar- rested and booked at the City Prison on a charge of grand larceny and Mar- tin, who was under the influence of liquor, was detained as a witness against him. ————— French Diplomat Dies. PARIS, Nov. 22—Marquis dc Cabriac, the celebrated French diplomatist, is dead. He was born in 1850. . . Berkeley—~The real enll&i It may be, | | returned home last night. ranged to have a young woman call , upon him. The correspondence resulted }in Detective Fritchman going to the ! doctor's house to-day with a woman. | Other detectives and Assistant District outside. : Fritchman, who posed as a liquor | dealer, gave Watkins $500 in marked bills to hand to Dr. Blinn. It had been { previously arranged between Dr. Blinn |and Watkins, Lord says, that the lat- | ter should receive a commission of $100 for bringing about the meeting. After the payment of the money Wat- | king and Fritchman were permitted to | remain in the operating room. As Dr. | Blinn was about to administer chloro- ‘furm, Fritchman drew a revolver and | told the doctor that he was under ar- | rest. Quickly stepping to a desk be- | fore the detective realized what he in- | tended doing. Dr. Blinn reached for a | revolver. Fritchman was upon him be- fore he could get possession of the | weapon, however, and forced him into |a chair, holding him there until the | other detectives, with Corregan and Lord, were admitted. Handcuffs were | then placed upon Dr. Blinn and he was | taken to the police station. A woman who said she was Mrs. Mary Miller, but. whose name is believed to be Craig, a nurse in the employ of Dr. Blinn, was arrested, charged with be- ing an accomplice. @ il @ BURGLARG TAKE - AL THE JEWELS Rob Turner Residéncé While the Mistress Visits. Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, Nov. 22. Burglars entered the residence of Mrs. A. S. Turner of 2010 Cedar street last night and robbed it of $150 worth of jewelry. Entrance was effected through the Kkitchen door by means of a skeleton key, which was found the seventh burglary that has oc- curred in Berkeley within a week. The burgzlars turned the Turner house upside down in their search for money. Mrs. Turner has her money on deposit, however, and the burglars had to be satisfied with all the gold jewelry they could find. They finally made off wit) two gold watches, three gold chains, cuff buttons, pins and rings, leaving Mrs. Turner the loser by $150. There was a lot of silverware in the house which the burglars could have taken, but they did not seem to think it was worth the trouble to carry away. A tin cash box was smashed to pleces, burglars had their trouble for nothing. —_——— WARRING STRIKE LEADERS. John Mitchell’s Authority Is Set Aside in Northern Colorado. TRINIDAD, Colo., Nov. 22.—The be- ginning of the third week of the coal strike in the southern fleld finds both sides determined to fight to the end. It is the intention of the United Mine Workers to put up a strong fight against the application for temporary injunction.sought by the Victor Fuel Company and set for hearing on the 25th. They believe that if the injunc- tion is granted, and later made perma- nent, the strike is absolutely lost to them. Trouble has broken out. In the ranks of the strikers. It leaked out to-day that G. M. Hamilton of the American Federation of Labor was here last ‘Wednesday and got the consent of the strike managers for a settlement of the strike in the northern coal fields. He télegraphed the information, together with the statement that he would leave for Denver that day, accompanied by Chris Evans and J. F. Ream, who rep- resent John Mitchell in the conduct of the striki 2 “‘Mother” Jones and President How- ells of District No. 15, United Mine Workers, followed on the next train and went to Louisville, where they un- did all that Hamilton had accom- plished. A telegram has been received here by one of the officials of District 15 from John Mitchell, demanding by what right they have been interfering with the settlement of the strike in the Northern Colorado fields, and or- dering them to attend strictly to the strike in Southern Colorado. —_— Young Man Commits Murder. LAKEVIEW, Or.,, Nov. 22.—Word has been received here of a murder which occurred some distance from Lakeview yesterday. Phil Barry, a youth of 19 years, quarreled with Timothy Ahern, a young man of his own age, drew his revolver and shot Ahern, who died | fall crushing the old shortly before midnight. No particu- | the Hill farm mines lars of the tragedy have been received./ mines. No one is to Blinn has been involved in serious dif- | | Attorneys Lord and Corregan remained : during her absence in San Francisco wide open by Mrs. Turner when she | This makes | but as there was no money in it the | GIVES HIS VIEWS ON CITIZENGHIP Rev. R. Logan Lectures at Lebanon Presby- terian Church. Speaks of Attitude the Pulpit Bh'onld Take on Political Questions. “The Responsibility of American Citizenship” was the subject of the second of a series of Sunday evening lectures delivered by the Rev. R. Logan | {at Lebanon Presbyterian Church, cor- | near of Sanchez and Twenty-third} streets, last night. Rev. Mr. Logan began by showing | | the attitude whieh the pulpit should jassume toward political and social {Questions. God, he said, dealt with | men not only as iIndividuals, but as| nations. The old prophets, he said, were not only preachers but were statesmen as well and they vigorously | 'and relentlessly attacked thé national evils of their time. He felt that it was little use trying to reform the indi- .vidual so long as the social conditions Wwere such that temptation met him at every step of his life. 3 | | He believed in reform. He belleved | ' that the people by banding themselves | together for good and pure civic govern- | i ment could gain their desire, and as an | illustration Rev. Mr. Logan said that | New York ‘was a better governed city | to-day because ten years ago the lead- | | Ing preachers of that metropolis united | with the best men and overthrew Tam- | | many Hall, the most powerful and { | most corrupt political machine, he said, | that had ever existed in this fair land. | | TAMMANY HALL REFORMED. | The Sabbath in New York became a ’ i day of rest; all saloons as well as every other place of business closed Saturday night at 12 o'clock and remained closed | {until. Monday morning, the ' speaker | said. Even Tammany Hall itself had been reformed, at least outwardly, and | that he consldered was &n achievement. { W’hy.fie asked, did they speak of the “RespofiSibilities of American citizen- | | ship” rather than ‘‘Citizenship in gen- !eral?” 1In this respect he pointed out | that in Russia the Czar was the abso- | lute law maker and his people had no ! | volce in the government-of the country, | hence they had little or no responsibil- | ity. Here In America every citizen, | in theory at least, he said, had an equal | voice in the government of the country |and in the making of the laws by | Which he himself is governed. | The lecturer then went on to speak | of some of the elements that enter into }the make-up of a “gosd citizen.” The | first element was conscience, said Rev. | | Logan, and in this respect he drew at- | tention to the necessity of every man | voting and voting on the side of right- ousness. If a man was a true Chris- tian he must necessarily be a good cit- izen, for that included honesty and in- dustry and activity in every good work. VOTING BLINDLY A CRIME. He spoke of the criminality of citi- zens neglecting to vote or voting blind- | {1y for men and measures. Since the | { late municipal election, he said, he had | been doing a lot of hard thinking. | ! When the time came to vote many | were called upon to support men and measures of which they knew very lit- tle. Owing to the influence of political bosses and political machines, he said, ! who usually named the candidates for | office, the voters had, after all, very little to say as to the selection of the men elected. Rev. Logan held that instead of one candidate on each party ticket where one is to be elected, there should be | ten, or even twenty, of the best men | available on each ticket. This, he said, | would givé a larger number to select from and would insure a truer expres- ion of the wishes of the people. The formation of clubs for instruc- tion on political questions was advo- | cated by the lecturer. He closed by | saying that we pray “thy kingdom come,"” and we look for the time when | | the kingdoms of this world shall be- | come the kingdoms of God. He asked his congregation to vote as it prayed, | for every vote for righteousness was a | ! I i i | | vote for the kingdom of God. 1 The Rev. Mr. Logan announced that | next Sunday night his subject will be | “Christian Science.” e — DENVER CAPITALIST DIES BY ACCIDENT | John L. Jerome Swallows Overdose of a Drug With Fatal Results. 4 DENVER, Nov. 22.—John L. Jerome, a prominent capitalist and former treasurer of the Colorado ¥uel and Iron Company, was found dead in bed at 9:30 o'clock this morning at his sum- mer home at Buffalo Park, about forty miles from Denver. He was discovered by his housekeeper, who had instruc- tions to call him. His death was caused by an overdose of a drug which he had been in the habit of taking to Induce sleep. Death was evidently accidental, and the Coroner, who arrived this aft- ernoon, made a statement to that ef- fect. The body was brought to Denver to-night. Jerome leaves a wife and two daughters. —_—— ' LIST OF DEATHS AT FERGUSON GROWING Of Twenty-One in the Mine Eleven Are Dead and One Is Missing. CONNELLSVILLE, Pa., Nov. 22.— This has been a sad day in the little mining settlement of Ferguson. When the books of the company were con- sulted to-day to determine the identity of the dead and injured in last night's explosion in the Ferguson mine it was found there were twenty-ong men in the mine last night at the time of the explosion.. Ten bodies were taken from the mine last night. Of the ten injured one died to-day and one man is miss- ing, whose body is supposed to be still in the mine. E Mine Inspector Callahan concluded an inspection of the mine to-day and said: “The explosion was little less than a freak of nature and was caused by a and the F 1e Ferguson | tention. | went to excess in social life and also SOCIAL SUCCESS HS PITFALLS Rev. F. M. Larkin Deliv- ers Sermon on the Subject. e Desire to Be ‘‘Good Fellows” Often Leads to Ruin and Disgrace. ————— “A Social Success” was the topic of | the sermon delivered last evening by} Rev. F. M. Larkin, pastor of Grace | Methodist . Church, Twenty-first and Capp streets, before a large congrega- | tion. The sermon was one of a series en- | titled “‘Successful Men"” and the ad- dresses are attracting considerable at- tention. In dwelling on the topic “A Seocial | Success,” Rev. Mr. Larkin said that | many dangers beset those who are striving for soeial recognition. *"We do'| not belong, ’ he said, “to that social set whose social success is reported in the daily press. We are not interested in the Newport set, which entertains a monkey at its dinner tables and bows to the simian as the distinguished vis- | itor of the function. “Many men are successful in business | and also in social life and that social life is the one in which he finds pleas- | ure and the enjoyment of intellectual desires. “Social success is a dangerous road because of the probability of social ex- | cess. Many people frown on social life, | and perhaps rightly, when it Is carried to excess. At one time social excess was a custom and the only pleasure was meditation and prayer. The latter “In the days of Rome the excesses of the Romans were so great that the Christians turned against those prac- tices by prayer. The Romans strove for social success as well as military pres- | tige and the former was their undoing. TRUE SOCIAL LIFE NEEDED. “True social life is a necessity and it | | was a reaction against the excess. i | | | | should be one of the greatest pleasures | of mankind. | “Samson was a type of the social | success on which I speak to-night. He was well trained by his parents to be an honor to them and his family. Good parentage iIs a great need of the present ‘ day. Not sufficient attention is given by parents to the selection of the play- mates of their children, who are des-! tined later on to become their associ- | ates in social life. | “Samson was well looked after in his | youth and on account of his superb physique he received devotion and at- | He was a perfect athlete and | would have made an ideal football | player of to-day. “Samson was also a man of intellect and wit and was fond of practical jok- ing. But one of these jokes led ulti- mately to disaster. We recently heard of a case of hazing in a college that led | to a charge of murder. “Jovial nature in social life leads too often to excesses and disaster. Sam- son's jovial nature led to his ruin and | it was left to the young lad David to | establish the kingdom of Israel as an instrument in the hands of God. | “How often we see bright men fail | in life on account of their excesses in | social life. It was so with Samson. He failed morally. His enemies made sport of him and he died by his own hand, in disgrace, a slave, in dishonor, a sui- cide. { “HE IS A GOOD FELLOW.” | “We must not forget the bitterness | of his end. This strong man was made | weak and a dupe in the lap of a Delilah | and truly it was said, ‘That her stepsi lead down to death, her feet lead down | to hell.’ | “Too often is the excuse made of a | man who goes to excess in ial life by saying, ‘He is a good fellow." It is | the ‘good fellows’ who go down to de-| struction. It is a poor apology to say | of a man, ‘He is a good fellow." i “Dr. Holland said that ‘a good fel- | low' is a bad fellow through and| through; he is as vain as a peacock, as | selfish as a pig and as unprincipled as a thief. ° “‘A good fellow’ will drink with his | companions and then go home drunk to his wife and family, or he will take a companion home who is in that condi- tion. “How many are there of these good fellows who, for social success, dis- honor their God and their parents. I quote one instance of a young man | who killed himself because he could not face the results of his social ex- cesses. | “The newspapers are daily filled with such instances of ruin brought about | S by endeavors to reach social success. Even to-day we read in the papers of a cousin of Willlam Vanderbilt who died in a cheap lodging-house fre- quented by tramps. He was well con- nected, well educated and was married to a beautiful and good woman. But his social success led to soclal excess, His wife was forced to leave him and he sank to degradation. REAPED WAGES OF SIN. “A few days ago we read of a young woman who died in the madhouse and she reaped the wages of sin in death. She was the daughter of a prominent physician and married a man against her father's wishes. A brief career on the stage, then a drunkard's career and then the tomb. | “There are thousands of such cases. Young women are going to ruin and degradation on account of their de- sires for soclal success. We see an awful slaughter of character and repu- tation. Like the trained animal in the slaughter-houses that leads its Mmates to their death, so thousands follow in the course of those who go down to disgrace in the search for social sue- cess. | Los Angeles’ big foundry firms, | Santa Fe's W “Thousands of young men and women when warned will say, ‘Oh, yes, I know it is all true what You say, but I know when to stop.’ es “Those who have fallen to disgrace and ruin in the search for Soclal suc- cess said the same thing, and so daid Samson. We brag about our will power and that we know of our ability to save ourselves from public ruin and dishonor, but we do but little to save thousands who are not strong and who cannot save themselves from the death that follows the excesses of social life.” JAPAN'S TROOPS SHOW ACTIVITY Twelve Ships Depart for an Unknown Des- tination. China’s Army Is Moving, but Resistance to Russia Seems Hopeless. BERLIN, Nov. 22—A dispatch re- ceived from Port Arthur says that 300 Japanese soldiers, with a few officers, have left Tientsin for Japan. The Japanese journal, the Nagasaki Shimpe, the dispatch adds, announces that a Japarese squadron of twelve | vessels has left Jasebo for an unknown destination. According to the same dispatch, the commission recently appointed by Vice- roy. Alexieff has finished its delibera- tions. LONDON, Nov. 23.—According to the Tientsin correspondent of the Daily Malil, China is becoming hopeless of re- sisting Russia. The Peking Govern- ment, the correspondent says, Is in de- spair, confronted it is by the need of action which the divided opinion of the Ministers renders it important to take. The movements of troops continue. —_———— PERSONAL MENTION. Dr. G. McGregor of Seattle is at the | Palace. B. F. Brooks, an oil man of Weed, is at the Palace. George E. Catts, ex-Mayor of Stock- tom, is at the Lick. John C. White, a merchant of Marys- ville, is at the California. Morris Brinn, a mining man of Sutter Creek. is at the Occidental. Mr. and Mrs. J. 8. Fee, wealthy resi- dents of Detroit, are at the California. Joseph Campbell, the wine man, and wife leave to-night for Los Angeles. Reece Llewellen, a 1. ember of one of is at the Palace. J. E. Baxter and wife and Arthur C. Atston and wife of New York are at the California. Alexander Dommerich and H. H. Rolffes, representing a large commis- sion house of New York, are at the Palace. N. H. Darton, an official of the United States Geological Department at Wash- ington, and wife arrived at the Palace yesterday. R. B. Burns, chief engineer of the ern lines, arrived from :y #nd is staying Los Angeles yester at the Palace. J. K. Seebree, proprietor of the Sara- toga and Morrison hotels of Chicago and the Tilinois Catering Company, is visiting this city and is registered at the Grand. Captain J. A. Brown of Portland, Or., is at the Lick House. Captain Brown |18 a semior partner of Brown & Me- Cabe, the leading stevedores of the Northwest. F. B. Walker, the millionaire timber- man of Minneapolis, who has acquired large tracts of timber in this State, registered at the Occidental last even- ing. He is accompanied by B. F. Nel- son, a lumberman from the same city. Francis W. Kclsey, professor of Latin in the University of Michigan, and James H. Wade arrived from Ann Arbor yesterday and are registered at the Occidental. Their trip to the coast is in connection with the visit here of several members of the Mosley Educa- tional Commission from England. —_——— Head Harder Than Bottle. William Wilson, 2002 I ryant street, and Patrick Coyle, 2012 Bryant street, who are both railroad employes, were celebrating in Wilson's residence on Saturday night. They had a dispute and it is alleged that Coyle hit Wilson on the head with a beer bottle, inflict- ing two scalp wounds. Joyle was ar- rested and booked at the City Prison on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon and the broken pleces of the bottle were booked as evidence against him. Wilson went to the Raillroad Hos- pital and had his wounded scalp stitch- ed and dressed. —e—— W eather Report. . Nov. 22-5 p. m. The following are the seasonal rainfalls to ompared with those of same date last rainfall In last twenty-four hours: Last This Last 24 hours. season. season. as e and year, Stations— osum Jzezz 220 |86t RD. N PETERY wnw XV wnwj; PUIA o 19 9ng e aagiep * sanywaaduiag, * - aanyudodway, NE Cloudy w Cloudy Rain Clear Clear FERTRILRNELNZNEE % S5N3322823589828802: 22 ‘Tatoosh « Walla Walla. Winnem: Cloudy reval portion nf'l'h.emr::n%r slope and fair ovel southern. Rain has fallen In the upper Sacra- mento Valiey, Southern Oregon and Southern 1daho. fallen rapidly along the T mciaco northward and there oach of another dis- are indications flhl ll;’r. l"I turbance from the Pacifc e The has remained nearly 'I'nmfil"dlll:::iru It is above the normal tlonary ot in_Calitornia ar! e Francisco_tor thirty hours ovember 23 ending midnight, Novem! - i $ hern ornia—Showers in_nor por- u:.':wyc’rl-";:n:n portion Monday; fresh ”‘-&".‘-’-’m"’ii'mm.—m Monday; lght west wind. Monday. B ancisco and vicinity—clouty Monday, *irest southerly wind. Probably . WILLSON, -