The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 21, 1903, Page 4

INSANE WOMAN FIGHTS POLICE Four Brawny Patrolmen Are Barely Equal to Task of Taking Maniac to Hospital —_—— MATRON MASON A Shows a Tremendous Born of the Mad That Possessed Her ATTACKS Patient Strength Frenzy Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Dec. 20. frenzy of dementia | Byrne gave battle tnis four policeme: was not subdued until she had exhausted the big bluecoats i effort to remove the crazed woman to the detention ward at the Receiving Hospital f After that ane patient con- Wpued her wild While Miss M son, the k 1 matron, was attend- | ing the u nate woman the de- mented creature suddenly grabbed the m i and sank her teeth mm. the in a painful injury. Steward Harr chert, who was close at I If a powerful man, had to exer elf to the utmost to save In a maniacal Mary J noon to after- | and Imost thelr Iwart the flesk the matron from more serious injury Ewen in her exhausted condition the patient fought with exiracrdinary strength against the attendants. They | were lled to use pestraining thongs, which were only put in place after hard work to prevent the woman | from doing herself harm. Miss Byrne arrived a few days ago | from Seattie. She went to the Golden House, 462 Twelfth street. Last night | her actions were so peculiar that the landiady, Mrs. Stoddard, suspected her lodger was not entirely rational. At} 11 o'clock this morning the roomer had | not arisen and refused to leave her bed. Four hours later the situation was unchanged, so the police were sum- moned. Patrolmen John Murphy and | Lon Agnew, reinforced by Policemen Stahl apd Sherry, tried to remove the woman, after investigating. But it was a battle every inch of the way from the | lodging-house to the hospitai. Miss Byrne said she was 39 years old and that her home was in Seattle. | Her hallucinations led her to imagine that enemies were trying to take her life. The csz will go before the Lunacy Commissioners to-morrow. R CITIZENS' COMMITTEE WILL HOLD MEETING | No One Seems to Want Position of Chairman of Body Selected | to Act on Bonds. BERKELEY, Dec. 20.—The Citi- izens’ Committee apointed by Thomas Rickard, president of the Board of | Trustees, to prepare the items for the proposed bond issue calling for the expenditure of about $250,000 for fm- provements for the tewn, will hold its first meeting to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock in the Town Hall. There are forty members of the committee and all these have promised President Rickard to serve with the committee. As yet there is no one picked out | to be chairman of the committee. President Rickard has approached a | number of gentlemen on the commit- | tee on the subject, but so far there | seems to be none who wishes to as- | sume the responsibility the position | will entail. It is certain that the| chairman will be burdened with con- \ siderable work, "and business men, with their own private ‘duties to per- form, do mot care to burden them- selves more, and so they are begging to be excused. ! It will be the important duty of the | chairman to appoint the committees that will investigate the various items for which bonds are proposed and re- port upon them to the Board of Trus- tees. In order to appoint suiuble[ committees, it will be necessary to get a chairman ngt only acquainted with | the needs of the town, but also with | the men who, in his judgment, will be best able to cope with the subject under invéstigation. { e DR ELE Peralta Camp Installs Officers. BERKELEY, Dec. 20. — Peralta | Camp, Woodmen of the World, has in- stalled the following newly elected of- | ficers: Consul commander, C. H. Mec- | Cullough; adviser lieutepant, Adam | Guenther; banker, J. Schmitt Jr.;| clerk, Clarence Cole; escort, S. W. Johnson; watchman, C. P. Davis; sen- try, M. Arbulich; manager, C. A. Cain. Dr. Lyman Abbott to Lecture. BERKELEY, Dec. 20.—The Rev., Dr. Lyman Abbott, editor of the Out- | look and a noted pulpit orator, will deliver a series of lectures in Berkeley | next April under the auspices of the [ Bowe, the old man found dead in his Pacific Theological Seminary. The dates for the lectures and the topics have not yet been selected. Dr. Abbott | succeeded Henry Ward Beecher -as pastor of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, | N. Y., and when he took up edltonal\ work was himself succeeded by the | Rev. Dwight Hillis. e Argus Annual. OAKLAND, Dec. 20. —The.Alameda Argus issued its annual edition yes-4 terday. The Argus is now twenty- seven years old, and has been closelfl identified with the advancement of the Encinal City. The special edition is- sued yesterday in commemoration of the founding of the paper was de- voted to the industries, development and suctess of the city. Gt | loans upon easier terms and in larger propor- | tionate sums than ever Before. | pears that the future will be most prosperous. POSTAGE ON THE | CHRISTMAS CALL 5 CENTS DOMESTIC. 10 CENTS FOREIGN. DOMESTIC POSTAGE IN- CLUDES ALL POINTS IN THE UNITED STATES, MEXIOO, HAWAIIAN ISL- ANDS, PHILIPPINES, POR- TO RICO, CANADA AND GUAM. MAIL THIS SUMPTUOUS PAPER TO YOUR FRIENDS N THE EAST AND ABROAD. E —— CREAT GROWTH |CHILDREN SAVE [ DURING YEAR Real Estate Dealers Declare That Never Before Have So Many Large Sales Been Made THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1903. C MOTHER'S LIFE) Summon Ald When Unfortu- nate Woman Attempts to End Her Existence on Railroad ——— SN S HOLIDAYS AFFECT MARKET | SHE DISAPPEARS LATER —_— —_—— Demand for Small Houses and Cottages to Rent Far in Excess of the Present Supply RERIES S Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Dec. 20. Real estate dealers throughout Ala-| meda County agree that tne: present vear has been remarkable for’'the ac- tivity of the local realty market and | nearly all express the opinion that next vear will prove fully as prosperous as the one now drawing to a clos2. More | jarge sales have been made and more | property has changed hands during 1903 | than in any other year in the history | of the city of Oakland, and the same is | true regarding the erection oOf large | modern business blocks and ‘the im- provement of stores along the principal | | thoroughfares. BUSINESS CENTER EXPANDS. The business center of thz city has expanded rapidiy during the present year, especially northward on San| Pablo and Telegraph avenues, and toward the east on Eleventh and Twelfth streets. Rents in both the| | | business and residence districts have | increased, in some localities nearly 30| per cent, and there are few houses or desirable stores to be had at any price. | | All of the firms which make a special | business of renting say that the supply | of cottages short of the demand. During the year builders have been | exceedingly busy and a large number of houses and cottages have been erected in Oakland, Berkeley and Ala-‘ ! meda, but building has not by any means kept pace with the increase in the population of the three cities. In| Alameda alone seventy-seven new | houses and cottages have been built during the year and several more will | be begun before the close of 1903. The | building operations in Oakland and | Berkeley have exceeded those of Ala- meda, yet there are not mearly enough | houses to supply prospective purchas-) ers and renters. Among the more important transnc—, tions of the year was the purchase of | the Canning block at the corner of | Thirteenth street and Broadway by | Hf‘nr)' A. Butters. The purchase price | | of the property was $295,000. Property in the vicinity of the new “Key route” road from North Oakland to Berkeley has become popular among homeseekers, and recently another large tract of land, between Fifty-sec- | ond and Fifty-fifth streets and Adeline | street and Shattuck avenue, was placed | on the market. Negotiations are also | in progress for the purchase of a tract 217x350 feet in size, fronting on Stan- ford avenue, just north of Shell Mound Park. DEALERS ARE JUBILANT. Altogether 1903 has been the mosti prosperous year for the real estate men | ever known in the history of the coun- | ty. Following are statements from dealers in Oakland, Berkeley apd Ala- meda: George W. Austin—The market continues active, although there is a tendency toward @ lull’ during the, holidays. Keen buyers are | taking advantage of the temporary depression, and many bargains are being picked up by speculators. Atter the first of January there will be a revival of activity. The money mar- ket is remarkably free and it is easy to secure and small houses is far| Charles Adams & Co., Alameda—The Ala- | meda real estate market is brisk. but there are | very few houses to rent on account of the heavy demand. I should advise property-own- ers o bulld on vacant land at once, as it ap- W. J. Mortimer & Co., Berkeley—Though winter {s now upon us, the sales of real estate, both improved and unimproved, show but little variation from our midsummer phenomenal run of business. Capitalists are Jooking for invest- ments in our college town. for they realize our steady growth is permanent and without any boom' tendencies. The Firgt National Bank is buildiog a five- story_ stone .and steel structure in Berkeley | proper, to cost in the vicinitysof $75,%00. Our $50,000 Iibrary is under way: also,a brick butlding 1s being erected in South ‘Berkeley for a new ssvings Residence property is in demand, éspeclally bullding iots lymng along the foothills and ad- jacent to the college grounds. OId residents of San Francisco can remember when lots on California street could be had for a song or a darink. What is the price of them now? En- tirely beyond the grasp of the ordinary man, So the time is not far off when hillside lots of Berkeley will be at such a price that fortunate indeed will be the owner of a fifty-foot lot. —_—— OLD MAN DIES WHILE ALONE IN HIS HOUSE William Bowe, Gardener, Found Ly- ing Dead on the Kitchen Floor by Some Boys. BERKELEY, Dec. 20.—Willlam home at Eighth and Virginia streets last night, was a victim of congestion of the lungs. This was determined after an autopsy to-day by Dr. Charles F. Gladding. The Coroner will hold an inquest to-morrow night in the local branch morgue. Bowe was found lying face down- ward on the floor in his kitchen by some boys who intended to buy some eggs of him. The members of his family were not present at the time | and did not suspect his being serious- ly ill, as he appeared to have only a cold and had been around as usual. There are some bruises on the arms of the body, but these are supposed to have been caused by falling. Bowe was 61 years old and a native of Ireland. He was a gardener by oc- cupation. He leaves a widow and six grown children. —— e Founded a New Lodge. BERKELEY, Dec. 20.—A new lodge of the Knights and Ladies of Security was founded Friday evening in Tay- lor's Hall. During the evening a ban- quiet was served, at which some fifty guests were entertained. The follow- ing named officers were chosen: Presi- dent, T. Nielsen; first vice president, Mrs. Edward Andrews; second vice president, Mre. J. B. Hall; guard, J. ‘Tyfer; financial secretary, Mrs. J. H. Gentry; corresponding secretary, Mrs. ‘W. E. Finch; treasurer, Edward An- drews; trustees—J. Seveia, J. B. Car- bonne and Mrs. Dolly Mitchell. B — \ Men who have not time for religion must be too busy to breathe. Abandons Little Ones and Con- tinues Her Journey Afoot, Finally Reaching Altamont PSS LIVERMORE, Dec. 20.—Two aban- doned children are awaiting the return of a mother at the home of John Kie- ley between here and Altamont. Who they are or where they came from other than that they once lived in Reno, Nev., or Truckee, Cal., and that the children bear the name of Hill, no one knows. The strange family made its appear- ance in this city early during the week. The woman, who is a little over 40 years of age, was intelligent looking. | and the two children, both girls, were bright and well dressed. The woman gave her name as Mrs. Mary Hill and announced that she came from Truckee and was looking for work as a domestic where she could secure a home for her children. Apparently her quest was unavailing, for she left Livermore on Friday morn- ing and started to walk toward Alta- mont along the railroad track, taking the children with her. On Friday evening about dusk the eldest child, a girl of 12, went to the farmhouse of John Kieley on the Alta- mont road a little distance from the railroad track, and said that her moth- | er was trying to commit suicide on the | railroad track. The child was fright- ened and ran to the only house that was in sight. Mr. Kieley went to the spot pointed out by the child and found the woman acting in a very strange manner, while the other child, a girl of 10, was crying beside the track. Mr. Kieley offered the woman shelter in his | house, but she refused every offer. He protested that it was nearly night and that her children cught not to be left without shelter. She declared that she wanted to go to Altamont, but.agreed to allow the children to stay with Mr. | Kieley at his home. The last that has been heard of the woman was that she arrived at Alta- 'mont on foot yesterday morning and applied for food at the home of C. H. Christensen. She told him that she was trying to reach Tracy, and he gave her enough for her fare to that point. She took the morning train in that di- rection and nothing has been heard of her since. Meanwhile the two little girls are in the care of Mr. Kieley. They secegy to know very little about their parents and say that they have been In some convent school in Réno, Nev., for a long while, and that they have never known their mother to act in this strange manner before. Thé officers of San Joaquin County have been notified- to .look out for the woman, as the people here believe that she is demented. ————————— PERSONAL. Dr. E. C. Foster of McCloud is at the Grund. Dr. Hykes of Shanghai Is registered at the Occidental. Attorney A. F. Jones and wife of Oroville are at the Palace. J. A. Murray, a banker and mining man of Butte, Mont., is at the Palace. | W. H. Mitchell, 2 mining man of | salt Lake City, s staying at the Palace. Dr. A. P. Cook, surgeon of the steam- ship Nippon Maru, is staying at the | Palace. N. H. Falk, a director of the Hum- beldt County Redwood Association, is at the Lick. Editor C. N. Milinés of the Dally Fumboldt Times arrived at the Lick yesterday. Dr. and Mrs. Pischel have just re- turned from a very enjoyable trip to the Hawaiian Islands. Joseph Beck has just returned from an extended visit to New York and is at present residing at 927 O'Farrell street. Robert Forbes, head of a big cannery firm in Seattle, returned yesterday from Siberia and is registered at the Palace. William Salomon, a prominent banker of New York, and C. E. ter Menlin of the financial firm of Hope & Co. of Amsterdam, Holland, are registered at the Palace. They havg come West on-a sight-seeing tour and will- go to Monterey - to-day. Congressman Willlam J. Wynn has returned from Washington, D. C,, to spend the holidays with his family. He is delighted to get back to San Fran- cisco from the rigid cold weather of the East. * Kikei Nishikawar, chief engineer of the Bessi Copper Company of Toklo, which controls the second largest cop- per producing property. in Japan, is registered at the Occidental. He is in this country for the purpose of in- specting the American methods of min- ing and smelting copper ore. Count Musaquni Okudairia, son of one of the oil magnates of Japan, ac- companied by Sutaro Yamaguchi, whose father is one of the leading mer- chants of Tokio, arrived on the Nippan Maru yesterday and are registered at the Occidental. The young men are students and are on their way to Harvard, where they will complete their education. ————— Centenarian Passes Away. WORCESTER, Mass., Dec. 20.— Mrs. Honoretta Marshall, a remark- able character and. believed to have been the oldest woman in Massachu- setts, is dead at the Worcester Hos- pital for the Insane, at the age of 105. She was born in Poland. Lefta widow nearly sixty years ago, with great wealth, she devoted herself to distributing her fortune to the poor. Six years ago she developed a mania for walking by night and it was found necessary to place her under restraint. —_———— The v-;,ummn.m-n-m- gear shown by a fashior uptown dealer in New York is a narrow tan leather strap and small nickel b\ufin as a fastener for tan shoes. . HEATHED HULLS A PROTECTION To' WARSHIPS The Bfltlsh cruiser Flora, which re- cently ran ashore in British Columbia waters and was taken off in a seriously damaged condition, is one of the eight cruisers of the Astraca class, built in 1893. They are of 4360 tons displace- ment, 9000 horsepower, 19.75 knots, and being intended for service on foreign stations, where docking facilities are not alway® to be obtained, these ships are wood-shetehed and coppered. The primary object of this is to retain as near as possible the original speed of ing to clean and paint the bottom, which is necessary for vessels without copper sheathing. The additional first cost Is compensated for in a few years through the saving in coal consump- tion and docking expenses, and, be- sides, service. Another important advantage of this wood-sheathing is that it con- tributes largely to the safety of the vessel when it happens to run aground, as the 4-inch teak planking acts as a cushion and takes the brunt of the | damage in contact with rocks. The Flora owes her salvation to the fact of being wood-sheathed, as did the Bonaventura two years ago when stranded on the coast of China, and the Crescent, which ran ashore last year in the West Indies, but was float- ed with little injury to the hull. It is easily understood that the damage to a vessel without wood-sheathing would be far greater under similar conditions of accidents and would probably result in the total loss of the ship. The trans- verse frames of vessels of this class are four feet apart and the longitud- inals, or fore and aft framing intervals, | range from three to four feet; the outer | platirfg is seven-sixteenths of an inch thick, leaving areas of twelve to six- teen square feet of unsupported sur- faces only seven-sixteenths of an inch in thickness to bear the weight of the ship against rocks and other under- water obstructions. The addition of four inches of teak to the outside of the skin plating unquestionably relieves the strain on the thin bottom plating tom would be rent and ecrushed and preclude the possibility of saving the ship. SHEATHING AMERICAN CRAFT. | It is quite probable that the neces- United States navy may be brought up again before Congress and receive its sanction. Ex-Chief Constructor Hichborn has advocated this system since 1885, and in 1899 succeeded in hav- ing a law passed providing for the sheathing and coppering of three bat- tleships, three armored cruisers and six protected cruisers. last named were awarded in Decem- ber, 1899, and four of these vessels have contracted for until February, 1901, and when Hichborn was retired his suc- cessor, with the aid of other bureau chiefs and all the contractors, prevailed upon Congress to rescind the sheathing are now being built with unprotected bottoms. The reduction of payment to the builders has not yet been settled, after nearly three years' contention. Hichborn’s successor unexpectedly and suddenly resigned last November, and the present chief constructor, W. Capps, is on record as being an advo- cate of sheathed ships. Mr. Capps ex- plained the subject clearly and fully to the House Committee on Naval Affairs in a meeting on March 15, 1900. In com- menting upon the objections to the sheathing system Mr. Capps said: “Those whose special province it is to keep informed concerning these things are not of such diverse opinions, but those whose time must of necessity be largely occupied with other matters sometimes err in expressing opinions based upon inaccurate or incomplete in- formation. * * * I say sheathing is good for certain contingencies; I would not sheath all vessels. It is especially good for foreign service—service re- mote from a dock—bgcause it is the best means we know of to maintain high speed and save in the consumption of coal.” This is exactly the view of Mr. Hichborn, against which the opin- ions of non-professional men are of no value, and it is therefore reasonably safe to predict that sheathing will be one of the many new improvements in- corporated in future new ships, con- tributing to their safety and making them more efficient and economical. TESTING FRENCH TURRETS. Two French armored cruisers, Conde angd Gloire, are to undergo a similar test as that to which the Suffren was subjected two months ago. Prepara- tions are in prégress with the Conde, one of the turrets of which is to be taken off the ship and transported to the proving ground at Gavres, near the dockyard 1'Orient. The turret selected i8 only about six inches in ' thickness and it is to be fired at by guns of less than 6-inch caliber at long range. Of- ficers have volunteered to be within the turret when the test is made to ascer- tain the effect of the concussion upon human life within the turret. The ex- periment appears to be of little value ‘when it is to be considered that in act- ‘ual warfare the turret is as likely to be hit by a 12-inch shell, in which event both turret and its occupants would be destroyed. It will require twenty days' work to remove the turret from ship to proving grounds. . The French armored cruiser Desait, a sheathed vessel of 7700 tons, 17,100~ horsepower and a calculated speed of twenty-one knots, made her speed trial November 17, developing 17,715-horse- power and 20.7 knots speed. The coal consumption was only 1847 pounds per horsepower, being 30.3 pounds for each square foot of grate surface. The boilers are of the Belleville type and the performance came well within the limits of the contract, which allowed 32.77 pounds of coal to each square foot of grate to obtaln the requisite horsepower. _ The battleship Suffren went out l::.‘ mwwumme‘mu which was found to be knots. At the end of this Fruns were made un- the vessel and avoid the frequent dock-| the ship is always ready lnr; and makes temporary repairs by divers | possible, whereas an unprotected bot- | sity of sheathing some of the battle-| | ships and cruisers to be built for the | Contracts for the been completed.. The others were not | clause in the contracts, and the vessels | S THIEVES STEAL FALUABLE GENS SOp Lo Apartments of Mrs. Keener En- tered by Burglars and Jewelry Valued at $1000 Is Stolen SRR FARLY EVENING C(RIME Vietim Returns From Theater and Discovers Loss—Police Are Summoned Immediately AR 28 Detectives were called at midnight last night to investigate a daring bur- glary in the Ainsley Hotel, a fashion- able apartment house at 620 Turk street. The apartments of Mrs. Ra- phella Acosta Keener were looted dur- ing the early evening, and gem-studded Jjewelry valued at more than $1000 was | stolen. Soon after dinner Mrs. Keener left the Ainslee with a party of friends to visit a theater. She says she locked the door. About 11:30 o’clock she returned and found everything was in disorder. Evidence that a thorough search had ‘been made by burglars was, apparent. Trunks had been broken open and their contents scattered about the floor; clothesswere dragged from closets and searched, and chairs and tables were overturned. Mrs. Keener ran back inte the hall- way and screamed for help. Her cries ‘were heard by many guests as well as the clerks, who ran to her assistance. The proprietor then entered the apart- ments and at once telephoned to police headquarters. Detective Ed O'Dea responded and visited the premises. O'Dea found that the thieves had left no portion of the place unsearched. The detectives have no clew as to who the guilty parties are, but place | the time of the crime at about 9 o’clock, when people occupying adjoining apartments say they heard footsteps in the rooms. ——— POLICE TAKE BURGLAR AFTER RUNNING FIGHT | Two Officers Are Wounded After Hav- ing Surprised Five Thieves at Work. NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—A gang of | five burglars, surprised while leaving | the office of Isaac A. Sheppard & Co., on Pearl street, after having blown open the safe, had a running fight te- night with the police, during which a policeman and night watchman were shot and slightly wounded. One of the burglars was knocked down and cap- | tured, but the others got away. The | prisoner, who gave the name of Wal- | ter Davis, is believed to be a Western crook. The men who escaped got away with a strong box taken from {the safe. The value of the contents |'is not known. CRIMINAL IN TOILS AFTER MANY ESCAPES Thomas J. Blake, Accused of Nmmer- ous Crimes, Is Landed Behind Bars in Norfolk. NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 20.—After a | chase extending from San Diego to Norfolk, Thomas J. Blake, alias Ed | Hall, has been landed in jail here, ac- |cused of being a deserter from the navy and a murderer. Detective Bon- ner of St. Louis has been shadowing Blake since last June, when he ar- | rested him in California. On the way back to Missouri Blake escaped. Bon- ner arrested him at Norfolk yesterday, but Blake again escaped, being re- taken at Suffolk to-day. Bonner re- | fuses to tell of the murder of which he is charged. % 5 4 der steam raised by mixed fuel with satisfactory results. OFFICERS IN GERMANY'S NAVY. The increase of commissioned offi- cers in the German navy is systemati- cally carried forward with the addi- tion of ships. The latest navy roster shows: Five admirals, 6 vice admirals and 16 rear admirals—a total of 26 flag officers against 32 officers of that rank one year ago. The other grades show 58 captains, 24 commanders, 101 lleu- tenant commanders, 2456 lieutenants, 387 junior lieutenants and 332 ensigns— making a total increase of 150 in the ranks below flag officers. The corre- sponding totals in the United States navy were in July last 25 flag officers and 932 below flag rank. Our navy has a superabundance of captains and commanders, of which there are 196, but is greatly deficient in ensigns and junior lieutenants, of which Germany has 719 against 234 in the United States navy. The Russian battleship Imperator Alexander III made her four hours’ speed trial October 24, averaging 17.36 knots with 16,265 horsepower and a coal consumption of two pounds. The contract horsepower was exceeded by 265, but the speed fell short of the cal- culated 18 knots. The five torpedo boat destroyers, De- catur (flagship), Bainbridge, Barry, Chauncey and Dale, left Hampton Roads December 12 for the voyage to Manila. The trip is calculated to take five months. The original itinerary which was intended down the coast of the continent to the equator, thence westerly to the island of St. Paul, whence the African coast was to be made and skirted until reaching the Mediterranean, has been abandoned, and the flotilla will steam across the Atlantic, via the West Indies. The long- est stretch of the voyage will be from St. Thomas to the Azores, a distance of 2588 statute miles, which may be sghortened to 2349 miles if the hoats go from St. Thomas to Barbadoes and thence to Cape Verde Islands. The furthest steaming ‘distance in the In- dian Ocean is from Aden to Bombay, 1888 miles, and the total distance to Cavite by way of the Azores is 18,534 miles and 19,115 miles via the Cape Verde Islands. There will be twenty- two ports on the route at which the flotilla will call to coal and take in stores. All the destroyers are identical in hulls and differing only slightly in machinery. They have a full load dis- placement of 636 tons, drawing ten feet with 200 tons of coal in the bunkers, | tasne. ‘which “’%" calculated to m for about knots STATE SCHOOLS FOR CATHOLICS . Archbishop James E. Quigley Urges Their Creation and Maintenanee by Government i ASSAILS PRESENT SYSTEM Prelate Deplores Lack of Re- ligious Eduecation and Conse- quent Increase of Liberalism e S CHICAGO, Dec. 20.—“The new world was discovered by Catholics and the cross was planted In the name of the church. We cannot get it out of our heads that Catholics will yet claim the new world again.” This hope was expressed by Arch- bishop James E. Quigley in an address before the Roman Catholic Woman's Leaguer The Archbishop declared that the se- curity of the national constitution in- creased proportionately with the in- crease in the number of Roman Catho- lics. He urged the establishment of a subsidiary system of the public schools for the benefit of the Roman Catholics. This system, “for the benefit of the mi- nority,” said the speaker, “should be paid for by the state, but controlled by the church.” “The supreme and fundamental er- ror of the age is liberalism,” urged the Archbishop. “Liberalism delegates to the state all rights, and this is when the state and church conflict.” The education of the child, he added, should rest with the church and not with the state. The Archbishop de- clared that the United States constitu- tlon stood for individualism. He as- serted that to-day the state was en- croaching on the righfs of the church, and that God was not recognized in any of the modern constitutions. “Protestants and non-Catholics,” the Archbishop continued, “are undertak- ing, through the public system, to pre- vent the Catholic children becoming firmly cemented to their church and to keep the Catholic church from getting a stronger foothqld. The purpose of the non-Catholics is to prevent the growth of the church. They will scruple at no | violation of justice to gain their ends. “The state must provide schools for the minority, as well as for the major- | ity. The state should divide the public school system and maintain a separate | system for the minority—separate in the sense of religious teaching. The | two systems could be under one con- trol, but in the Catholic division Cath- | olic principles should be taught. This | would give the minority an equal chance with the majority. | “The cry all over the world is for | non-sectarian education. The Catholie schools are recognized by the state, but they are not supported by the state be- cause non-Catholics believe that it would be dangerous for the state to support them.” e PRISON DIRECTORS PASS | ON STORY OF “RAKE-OFF" | Denials Are Made to Board at Fol- | som Meeting and the Matter i Is Dropped.- FOLSOM, Dec. 20.—A meeting of the State prison directors was held here to- night, there being present Directors | Felton, Wilkins, Devlin and Ray. The most interesting episode of the meeting was the investigation of the published | story that Daniel Kevane, formerly secretary of the State board of exam- | iners, had accepted a “rake-off” of $30 a month from the salary of C. H.| ‘Ward, engineer at the prison, who re- | ceives $125 a month from the State. Kevane was emphatic in his denial of | the accusation. Ward was called as a witness and denied that he had ever paid Kevane or anybody else anything for getting him the place. He said he obtained his appointment through tne friendship of Senator Oneal of San Jose and that | nobody ever asked him for anything on [ that account. Ex-Warden Wilkinson, who was credited with having supplied | to the board the first intimation of the scandal coupling Kevane's name with | the alleged “rake-off,” testifled that all he kney about the matter was that it was common talk. The directors, after weighing the testi- mony, adopted a resolution declaring | he says that in their judgment there was no foundation for the accusation. —e—————— SEETHING VOLCANO 1S SUDDENLY QUIETED HONOLULU, Dec. 14.—All activity in the crater of Mokuaweoweo ceased on the night of December 8. Captain Simerson of the steamer Mauna Loa was sitting on the deck of his vessel watching the fire display till 10:15 o’clock that evening, when he went to his cabin. Being unable to sleep, he went on deck again a few minutes before 11 o'clock, walking aft to en- joy another view of the volcano, but there was not the slightest sign of ac- tivity to be seen. It was a fine star- jight night and the ridge of the moun- tain could be clearly seen against the sky. Back of it, where the red glare had been a short time previous- ly, there were several stars to be seen, but not a sign of fire or its reflection. — e Steamer Amur Reported Safe. VICTORIA, B. C., Dec. 20.—Ad- vices have been received by the Canadian Pacific Railway officials here which indicate that the steamer Amur, now four days overdue from Skagway, is safe, though she prob- ably has had some accident which caused her to make slow progress. A report was received to-day from Ketchikan that she arrived there on ‘Wednesday last, two days late. The Amur left Skagway on December 12, with fifty-five passengers. —_————— htamm a’"mlmm e 8 BOUND IN—12 MIDNIG! & ‘._ HT. E‘fi" rear S Paul, m—'fl-a. e atiae Vedariant. 20—Stmr Aurania, n—mm ®a. New York. ROOT PRAISES GENERAL W0D Seeretary Says Former Sur- geon's Rapid Advaneement Was Based Wholly en Merit —_— BEST MAN FOR THE PLACE SRR ST C He Is Better Fitted, Declares ‘War Department Chief, Than Other Officers Long in Service WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—The letter of Seeretary Root to Senater Proctor, acting chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, giving a resume of the military record of General Leonard ‘Wood and stating the chief considera- tions which led to his nomination as a major general, was made public to-day. After quoting from remarks commend- atory to General Wood made by Gen- erals Miles, Lawton, Graham and For- sythe the letter relates that “upon thesa and similar evidences of fitness Presi- dent McKinley appointed Captain Wood a colonel of the First Volunteer Caww | alry in May, 1898.” The Secretary also quotes from the commendations of Generals Young, ‘Wheeler, Sumner and Shafter on Gens eral Wood's conduct in the Santiago campaign, and says General Wood's appointment as commander of the San= tiago province appears to have been based on a statement made by General Shafter in a dispatch to the depart- ment, in which he said he “thought General Wood by far the best man to leave in command of Santiago.” The Secretary reviews General Wood's subsequent military career, Baying in this connection: “Upon a review of General Wood's entire military record I think it fair to say that no officer of the American army below the grade of major general has held more important commands, rendered more distinguished services o demonstrated to a higher degree the possession of qualities which fit a man to render valuable services to the coun« try as a major general.” In speaking of the principles which sound judgment require the President to follow, the Secretary says: “The law which recognizes semiority alone as the title to promotions up te the grade of colonel abandons that rule when it deals with general officers, and imposes upon the President the duty of selecting the best men for gen- erals, without expressing any limita- tion upon the class from which he is to make the selection. “Preyious rank,” continues the Sec- retary, “is of little consequence pro- vided the service shall have been long enough to furnish the requisite experi- ence and make the demonstration of capacity certain.” —_—————— GALE IS SWEEPING THE ATLANTIC COAST It Is Feared the Seas May Endanger the Foundered Submarine Boat Moccasin. NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 20.—A sixty- mile gale is sweeping the Virginia and Carolina coast to-night, but no re- ports of shipping disasters have been received. It is feared that the heavy sea may seriously jeopardize the safety of the submarine boat Moccasin, ashore at Currituck. The Mocecasin has been buried six feet by the wash of the sand and It is reported the action of the waves has badly affected her sides. PORTLAND, Me., Dec. 20.—A terri- fic southwest gale has raged along the coast to-day, reaching a velocity of fifty miles an hour outside the harbor. The gale did much damage in the city to windows and electric light wires. —_——————— Sheriff Starts With Chandler. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20.—J. Chand= ler, wanted at Idaho Springs, Colo., in connection with the destruction of min- ing property at that place during the late labor troubles, was taken to Sam Francisco to-night by Sheriff White on a habeas corpus writ sworn out by the prisoner’s attorney. Chandler will ap- pear before the Supreme Court of the State at San Francisco to-morrow, and that body will decide the question off extradition. W eather Report. (120th Meridian—Pacific Time.) SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 205 p. B “'nn following are the ssasonal reinfalle 49 te as compared With those of same and rainfall in last 24 bours: - Last This Last 24 hours. seasom. season. 50 1728 | 10.70 a2 unusm "3e 0 448 5.0 00 6.02 5.13 0 0.38 313 o 0.42 0.8 .00 0.82 4.98 ‘00 0.43 497 .00 0.40 6.0 THE COAST RECORD. B B .B.5 i 9% 95 .3 £ rnun‘;gga;s, H PR A Ty El ¥o8 Fak : 86 04 NW Pt Cldy .02 8 32 SW Cloudy .05 58 20 W_ Clear .00 54 50 NW Pt Cldy .50 60 38 N Clear 00 56 8 W Pt Clay .00 40 22 SW Pt Cldy .10 54 40 NW Clear .01 52 26 S Pt Clay .00 6 48 SW Clear .00 52 42 NW Clear .02 64 34 SW Clear .00 50 42 SW Cloudy .38 50 46 NW Cloudy .3 52 42 Cloudy * 120 56 42 NW Pt Cidy .00 40 28 SE Cloudy .02 52 47T N Clear .00 .36 N_ Clear .00 68 52 NW Pt Cldy .00 48 42 SE \Cloudy .31 44 36 SW Cloudy .08 48 42 SW Cloudy .80 54 42 SW Cloudy .08 46 36 W Cloudy Tr. 64 38 N Pt Cldy .00 WEATHER CONDITIONS FORECAST. Cloudy weather ls over the Pacific Slope from Central California and Nevada Rorthwan and fair weaiher over the southera o Valley and " thence o e pressure. tho m‘w portion ofAl-Il country and fallen o entral off the California, and, Oreson coast, ‘mperature changes have been slight in. The te: all districta west of the Forecast made at San Francisco for 30 - -