The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 23, 1904, Page 8

~ N FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY FEBR ARY 23. 1904 CONGREGATION SHERITH ISRAEL LAYS | JUDGE GARBER CORNERSTONE OF SPLENDID TEMPLE, Hundreds of Members and Friends of the Prosperous Hebrew! Society Brave the Storm to Participate in Impressive Cere- monies Conducted by Rabbi Nieto---Details of the Enterprise 4 owed faith ing the s of the ancient SKETCH. HISTORICAL three who, The letter of Miss Merkley, whose picture is printed above, proves beyond question that thousands of cases of inflamma- tion of the ovaries and womb are annually cured by the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. loss of strength and perve force told me something was radically wrong with me. I had severe shooting pains through the pelvic organs, cramps and extreme irritation compelled me to soek medical advice. The doctor said that I bad ovarian trouble and ulcera- tion, and -advised an operation. I strongly objected to this and decided to try Lydia. E. Pinkham’s Vege- table Compound. I soon found that my judgment was correct, and that all the good things said about this medi- cine were ttue, and day by day I felt less pain and increased tite. The ulceration soon healed, the other complications disappeared, and in eleven weeks I was onee more and vigorous and perfectly well. “My heartiest-tlranks are sent to you for the great: good you have done me. ——s-mxe!ywun. 185 MARGARET Mesxrey, 275 Third St., Milwaukee, Wis.—86000 forfeit.if original of above letter @roving genuimencss cannot be predused. ) | 1851 | It | street, | This humble structure | tered the congr | a change | synagogue neceseary 1] Just KBRS UR o Frat Sy PASTOR OF RITH 18- 3 AT THE LAYING. e ared for the cele- h holidays here in tin a temporary structure then the end of Kearny where now standg the Commercial Hotel. The fact that fon: was more abundant then than build- ing materials or buildings was vividly brought out by the historian’s state- ment that for the use of this building during holidays alone the embryo congregation had to pay the extraor- dinary sum of $1000. The next year, said Mr. Badt, the congregation effect- €d a regular organization on August Its first home was in building known as “Merchants’ Court,” on Washington street, between Mont- gomery and Kearn "he great fire of destroyed this structure and left the congregation to seek new quarters in rooms on Kearny street, between Washington and Jackson. The first s dedicated on September 8 of that year. stood on the east side of Jackson between Broadway and Val ration until 1870, when at ted the large temple streets was dedic the congregation nd the removal & membership farther west had made of locatic The growth of to obtain which were told length. PAYS WARM TRIBUTE. historian paid a warm tribute former rabbis and lay officers of the congregation, whose long devotion to its int had buiit it up from : feeble organization with few members to one of the most prosperous Jewish societies in the country and made it able to undertake the erection of the coming magnificent synagogue, an or- nament to the city and a pride to its members. at The to the el, in a short but most feeling address presented a silver trowel, the | gift of the congregation, to President Harris, who was about to perform the final act that had brought the com- pany together. Rabbi Nleto sald in part: “We have stone laying the natal day selected for our corner- of that “Degax Mns PiNEEAM:— Gradual )nn’nl man that laid the cornerstone of the most magnificent nation in the world's history. The difficulties we have met in building this congregation and synagogue are as nothing to the heroic labors of the father of our land. Let us remember his example and build not for ourselves, but for poster- ity and country, for faith and free- dom.” Architect Albert Pissis having certi- fied that all arrangements had been made for the completion of the edifice, President. Harris calléd upon the vice president of the congregation, Henry Roman, to prepare the new box to be deposited in the cornerstone with con- temporary records. This was duly sealed, its contents including copies of the leading Hebrew and secular pa- pers, by-laws of all the San Francisco congregations and charitable socleties of that faith and much other matter of interest to the members of Sherith Tsrael., A copy of the great Americaf peti- | rooms in a | ragogue was erected in 1854, and was | 2jo. | of frame shel- | Post and Taylor | of | and a still larger | the steps taken | some | Jacob Nieto, the rabbi of Sher- | | tion to the Czar of Russia in behalf of his Jewish subjects was one of the! most noteworthy articles in the box. | { There were also a copy of the consti- | | tution of the United States and a num- | ber of coins of current us | Meyer Davidson, the senior member | | of the congregation. placed the box of j records in position beneath the mas- | sive cornerstone, which hung suspend- | ed from a derrick, and which was then slowly lowered into its final resting lace. “I mow declare this one duly and truly laid,” proclaimed President | Harris, “and may heaven prosper our | efforts and grant us the reward of our labors and enable us all to see the | completion of the superstructure.” fis the cornerstone descended into its place the sun, which had been hidden all the afternoon behind the clouds and rain, broke through the dark and shone bright and clear for a | few minutes upon the impressive scene. | was accented as a good omen for re of the new temple and its congregation. | The closing address by Rabbi Jacob Voorsanger, D. D., of Emanu-El, on Sutter street, was an eloquent tribute to the work of his | fellow Hebrews of the Sherith Israel | and it aroused hearty applause by its | references to the land where so many | Hebrews have found welcome and pros- | perity. Dr. Voorsanger said among | other thing: MANU-EL'S GREETINGS. “Greetings from Emanu-El oh the auspicious beginning of a holy work. | This rain to-day that blesses the earth is a symbol of God's blessing upon a dry and thirsty land. As it drenches the soil, so shall the religion of Israel | drench and bless this country and all | the countries of the world. We in-| voke the symbol of the rain that this | faith may give spiritual prosperity to | our descendants for all future time. | “We lay this cornerstone believing | that the inspirations of our faith are | just dear to us in this great, free | land as in those Oriental countries | where our forefathers struggled in cen- | turies long agone. The civil loyalty of the Jew is only matched by his loy- alty to Israel and to his own home and | family.” The benediction was pronounced by Rabbi Isidore Myers of Congregation | Ohabai Shalome. The new synagogue, the massive | foundations of which have aiready been | completed, will be pushed rapidly for- | ward, and it is the hope of Rabbi Nieto | and his parishioners that they may be able to worship in the finished tem- | ple during the Jewish holidays in Sep- tember. Their present synagogue at Post and Taylor streets may have to | be vacated upon short notice, as it has | been sold. The structvre that is rising for the growing congregation at California and | | Webster streets will be one of the finest pieces of ecclesiasti- | cal architecture in San Fran- cisco. Planned in the general style | adopted by the leading Hebrew socie- | ties of the world, it will attract praise by reason of the especially imposing features of the facade and by great at- tention to interior convenience and | beauty. The building will cover a plat 128x100 feet. Its material is gray sand- | stone. —_—————— Steph Kills Brewer and Flees. DRINGESS, W. Va., Feb. 22.—John Steph, a wealthy merchant, shot and killed Elmer Brewer, a wealthy farmer and neighbor, to-day. Two hours later a torch was applied to Steph's large store and it was totally consumed. Steph’s home also was fired, but it was saved. Steph is in hiding. Musician Tries to Kill Daughter. SIOUX CITY, Towa, Feb. 22.—Steven Maucka, a blind violinist, shot and dangerously wounded his 16-Year-old daughter to-day and then blew out his own brains. He is believed to have been insane. ——————— ‘When a scandal comes up in conver- sation and some one present wants to change the subject, it's usually the sign that there's something doing close .t. home. | tion of the honmor of serving | tion | the delegation altogether. | have been made is simply held up. | Representatives, | must be held responsible for every act Congregation | REJECTS OFFER Declines to Accept the Appoint- | ment on Panama Canal Com- mission Made by President S £ 2 S i CHOS NGINEER \\ILL BE Action of Roosevelt in Filling| Place Pronipts Californians to | Unite on a Patronage Plan 7ol S AT Sl CALL BUREAU, HOTEL BARTON, WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—The declina- | on the | Panama Canal Commission came along | in due form to-day, Garber, as was expected. President | Roosevelt, in discussing the matter! with members of the California delega- | later, intimated that his next selection from that State for the -office would probably be from the ranks of | engineers. The action of the President in ufiel'-‘ ing the appointment to Judge Garber | is probably responsible for a move on the part of the Californta delegation | locking to the getting together of that | bedy in the matter.of distribution of | State patronage that will be productive of excellent results. It is\ot too much | to say that the nomination of Judge | Garber, while not criticized in the mat- | ter of the nominee, struck the Cali-| | fornia Senators like a thunderclap from | a sunny sky. It is explained by thei fact that the Senators were not united on any man aceceptable to the President | and for that reason he sought the ad- | Vice of répresentative men outside of | This divi- sion of sentiment and influence has worked to the disadvantage of Cali- fornia Republicans aspiring to Federal | office in many instances, some of which | are fiotable, as well as to the great| embarrassment of members of the dele- gation themselves, The result has been that where the President has not taken the matter out of the hands of the delegation entirely, making his own choice, the appointment otherwise to | SENATORS CLAIM POWER. This matter has been a source of con- stant irritation to the Californiahs for a long time and often the subject of discussion among them. The Senators have hitherto claimed exclusive right to name candidates for Federal offices other than postmasterships in the sev- eral legislative districts. Where the Senators each had candidates for any | single office and failed to come together the delegation in the House has been appealed to to serve as a jury and | render judgment. | The members of the House, however, have respectfully declined to offer their | socd offices at any such disagreeable | Jjuncture. It is not for them, they say, to judge between the Senators. If they are to be consulted by the Senators when they ar¢ in a dilemma they, the’ insist upon having | some say in a clear field. The bena-‘ tors claim the right to the distribu- tion of patronage on the ground that‘ it falls to them to secure the confirma- tion of the nominees. By this same sign, say the Representatives, they | of the officer appointed upon their ex- | clusive motion. But the system has failed to work anything but failure, and the Senators | and Representatives alike have real- ized how it has weakened their effec- tiveness both here and at home in Cali fornia. Whether or not it was the Judge Garber incident that brought the mgt- | ter to a head, Senator Bard to-day | submitted to Senator Perkins, and after | a slight amendment by the latter both | Senators submitted to the House del gation, a proposition calculated to clear | the sky, bringing about harmony and work the much desired reform. DELEGATION FORMS PLAN, Briefly stated, it is that the whole delegation shall decide who shall be proposed for the Federal offices im Cali- fornia. This was the proposition of Senator Bard. Senator Perkins' only | stipulation was that the nominee in no | case should be chjectionable to either ! Senator. The proposition in writing | was sent to Representative Metcalf, | who will bring it before the other House | members at a meeting to-morrow. “It will, of course, be accepted,” said Metcalf to-night, “for this is what the House delegation has been contending for all along. There will, I am sure, be no objection to the only stipulation in it, for the reason that no member | of the House would wish to force the nomination of any man objectionable to a Senator. We all desire that only non-objectionahle men be given the Federal offices.” The result of this move will prob- ably soon be felt in California official circles. ——————————— HOUSE SHIES AT FAREWELL ADDRESS OF WASHINGTON Refuses to Listen to the Reading of First President’s Words of Advice. WASHINGTON, Feb. The low- | er House of the American Congress | to-day refufed to hear the reading of Washington's farewell address. In the Senate, following the usual cus- tom on February 22, the address was read immediately after the chaplain’'s opening prayer. Williams, the minority leader in the House, moved that the clerk read the farewell address of Washington and that immediately thereafter the House adjourn. A peint of order made by Payne was sustained on the ground that the motion embraced two prop- ositions. ‘Williams then moved that the House adjourn and pending adjourn- ment that unanimous consent be given for the reading of Washington's fare- well address. Having coupled a re- quest with his motion it again was held not to be in order. Then Wil- llams asked for unanimous consent that, this being Washington's birth- day, the farewell address be read. Upon the demand of Payne for the regular order Williams moved to ad- Jjourn. On roll call the motion was lost, 93 to 95. Three Republicans voted with the minority for the mo- tion; otherwise there was a 22 signed by J\.ldge; wide. Tapestry Brussels Price exclusive. Price, per yard Body Brussels ¢ equal this wonderful weave for wear, per yard deluge of textile beauty. 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BURTON OPPOSE GREATER NAVY Chairman of House River and Harbor Committee Against the Appropriation Measure -— . Feb. to-day WASHINGTON, bill encountered opposition on the Republican side of the ion appropri House. Burton, chairman of the River and Harbor Committee, announced in a vigorous speech that he could not upport a bill which declared that the United States, which in his view shoula be the leader in all works for peace, is going to double, treble and quadruple | its naval establishment, all under the sertion that it is done for peace. Consideration of the bill was pending when the House adjourned, twenty-six of the seventy-three pages having been rcad for amendment under the five- minute rule. Burtonopposed the naval policy ex- pressed {!; the bill as a departure from the voli which has been alike the honor ax’d bulwark of the country. He asked what w: the necessity of so great a na what nation was threat- ening and what nation was attacking us, and what nation had questioned the control of the United States over the Philippines. Continuing, he asked what country heid back when Panama broke away from Columbia. Turning to the Spanish war, he declared there was ample opportunity for foreign pow- ers to have formed combinations against the United States if they had so desired, but no such action had been taken. The fact is, said Burton, that the United States doés not need a large navy unless there shall be a com- bination of all Europe with their navies against this country. In such an event, he continued, this country could not provide a sufficlent naval force without a change that would be absolutely ap- palling—a change in the social condi- tion. “We could not build a navy like that of Great Britain without changing the whole framework of our society,” he said. Burton said the Monroe doctrine is/| in n¢ danger and that the supremacy of this country in the western hemis- rhere is secure. The Monroe doctrine, he said, means that republics must prevail on this side of the earth and that the stronger are to protect the weak. He wanted to know what hob- goblin distnrbed the dream of the gen- tleman who feared Germany wounld at- tack the United States, “The nations of the earth respect us,” he said. ‘““They honor us, and, so far as fear is salutary, they fear us.” ————— TAKES HIS LIFE WHILE TEMPORARILY INSANE President Rich, a Leading Mormon, Says Elder Crosby Was a Victim of Overstudy. KANSAS CITY, Mo, Feb. 22.—The body of Lorenzo Crosby, the Mormon elder,. who committed suicide near here on Saturday, while en route to his home at Greer, Ariz., from Atlanta, Ga., was sent to Salt Lake City te- day in charge of an official of the church. Ben BE. E. Rich of Atlanta, president of the Southern States Mis- sion, undet whom Crosby had worked, ‘arrived here to-day to view the re- mains. Mr. Rich stated that Crosby party alignment with the Republicans op- | had suffered from melancholia, the re- ' posing adjournment, &ult of overstudy. | | | | | | cago, ARREST CRANK I\ WASHINGTON Man Known as Edward Relgar Is Captured at the White House by Seeret Service Men i P WASHINGTON, Feb. Relgar, who gave his address as Chi- was arrested at the White House and locked up, pending an in- into his mental condition. Rel- is of unbalanced mind. He has written many letters to the President, suggesting that people be named in accordance with their occu- pations. Thus he maintains that a dealer in wood should be named Wood, a carpenter should be named Carpen- ter, and so on throughout the list. He said that the present scheme of nam- ing people has caused a war among the flies which may be ended only the adoption of his suggestion. For many weeks the Secret Service offi- cers have been on the lookout for him and when he appeared to-day he was promptly placed in custody. Relgar desired to see the President to ascer- tain why his letters had not been an wered. When he was searched a load- Edward to-day quiry gar evidently ed revolver and a box of cartridges | were found in his pockets. The offi- cers had no difficulty in getting him away from the White House. then taken to police headquarters, where he was turned over to the au- thorities. Relgar says he is a miner and railroad man. Saturday night. An examination of his effects dis- closed copies of veral letters he had written to the President and some doc- uments, indicating that he was inter- ested in patent devices. AT TRATS ARt Convicts’ Plans Are Foiled. SANTA FE, N. M., Feb. 22.—Seven life convicts at the New Mexico peni- tentiary to-day overpowered Acting Superintendent R. C. Garrett and cut him with a knife because he would not give up the combination to the armory. They were subdued by the guard be- ! fore they could aceomplish their ap- parent purpose to seize the wives and children of the penitentiary employés and use them as shields. —_———— Forbes’ Appointment Confirmed. WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—The Sen- | ate to-day confirmed the appointment of W. Cameron Forbes of Massachu- | setts as a member of the Phillppine' Commission and as Secretary of the Department of Commerce and Police, vice Luke E. Wright. He was He arrived here | WILL DISPOSE OF OLD HALL Distriet Grand Lodge of B'nai B'rith Decides to Sell the | Eddy-Street Property at Once | —_——— District Grand Lodge Indeper a sessi € several amenc lm~ nts i tion of the Gran | sented s 1 Then fo a lengthy | of the proposition to build for the order in this city also a proposition to sell tk | on Eddy street known as B'nai B Hall and apply the proceeds to th | erection of the new structure. It w gfinzll!y decided to sell that proper | and secure a new site upon whic tpn»r! a suitable building without d lay. | It was decided to place the mat |in the hands of execufive comm | tee of the Grand Lodge, to which is be added a comm s of eleven, on= from each of the lodges in San Fran- cisco and one from the lodge in Oak- land. These eleven will be named be- fore the close of the Grand Lo sion and then the committee will given authority to proceed. | There will be another ! day. ge ses be —_— e BLOCKS TRAFFIC AND DAMS PROVO RIVER | Rocks and Timbers Carried a Distance | of Two Hundred Feet Near | Bridal Veil Falls. | __SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 22 [ The Heber City branch of the Denver {and Rio Grande Raliroad is reported complun-ly blocked by a mammot | snowslide in the canyon a short dis- | tance below Bridal Veil Falls. | rific was the slide that rocks and tim bers were carried far up the other side |of the canyon and the Provo River was completely dammed for some dis- tance. For a distance of 200 feet the |track is buried from seventy-five to | ninety feet under the snow and debris. | —_———————— t The Kilties To-Night. The celebrated Scotch Band, the Kilt- | fes, will begin a six-night season at the Alhambra Theater to-night. The band consists of forty pieces besides piper buglers, etc. A very attractive featu will be the Clan Johnstone. troupe, t | greatest dancers in Seotland. So ter Passing of Leslie Stephen. | LONDON, Feb. 22.—Senator Leslie Stephen, president of the Ethical So- | clety, is dead. He was born in 1832 b ORDER FOR THE GREAT TWENTIETH CENTURY CODK BOOK. Mail This Order to The San Francisco Call With 7Se. The San Francisco Call, San Francisco, Cal: Ecpy of Th c.u'- Great Twen ents is The to prepay shipping SIGREY o rusesrisecevepassoe STREET . CITY sereaee Inclosed herewith please find 75 -Pn-hmnulodlmn- h ers to the daily and Sunday paper, - o gt 4 €s.) whieh send me tllf’ one Cook Book. 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