The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-27
ACROSS THE BAY.
A Lodge of Scottish Clans Or.
ganized ut Oakland.
Rev. S. G Emerson Ordained to the Ministry.
School Department Troubles Church
Services.
The total registration of voters in Oakland

The total registration of voters in Oakland
is 1854.
There will be meeting at the Oakland
Theater this evening to see Senatori Stan
ford and hear Tom Fitch, the silver-tongued
orator, on the political questions of the day.
A lively time is anticipated at the meet
ing Of the Board Of Education this evening
when the report of the Committee of the
Whole is brought up with reference to the
charges against S. G. S. Dunbar, principal
OF the Durant Scool, in the Second Ward
1t is understood that }. L. Davie, amember
OF the American party and gentleman
brought up in early life in the Roman
Church, but who is now bitterly opposed
to 1t, will bring in additional evidence
before the board to show that Mr.. Dunbar
required certificate of character Of chill
dren OF Roman Catholic parents from Rev.
Thomas insolvency of st. Francis de
Sales parish or L. Serda of Sacred Heart
parish before he would admit them to the
school, and especially If they had been at
tending any of the parochial schools. Mr.
Dunbar positively denies that he ever fur
nished or received such certificate of char
acter. A number of the members OF the
American party are upholding Davie in his
charges and will be present.
SCOTTISH CLANS.
A lodge of the Scottish Clans was organ
lied at st. Andrews Society rooms, Oakland
Saturday evening, with charter member
ship of 38. Among those present were de-
scendants of the famous Clan Campbe)i,
Clan Macgregor, Clan Mackenzie, Clan
Macdonald, Clan Hamilton, Clan Fraser,
Clan Colqnhoun Calhoun, Clan Stuart.
Clan Macpherson and others. The name OF
Ia n1a nh &c 10
Macdonald and the Glencoe tartan as the
badge. A Mr. Macdonald of Glencoe was
the CHAIRMAN and will undoubtedly be the
first ChieftaiD. Several members of Clan
Fraser OF San Francisco. among them Hugh
Fraser, the Chieftain, were present at the
organization of the new clan. The officers
will be elected and installed at the next
meeting. The order Is confined TO Scotch
men, their sons and grandsons, or sons and
grands0ns OF Scotch mothers. 1t pays sick
benefits and has a death beneficiary system
for the payment of $500, $1,000 or $1,000 to
the heirs or devisees of a member, raised by
| assessments similar to the A. o. u. W., K.
OF H., etc. The assessments are graded ac-
| cording to age IL was started about twelve
| years ago, and has now about 1900 members,
| three years.
PASTOR ORDAINED.
| At the FIRST Congregational Church last
| evening Kew. >. Il. Emerson, the new assist
| ant pastor, was ordained for the ministry.
Rev. +. c. Oakley Of the Plymouth-ayenue
| Congregational Church preached the sermon :;
| Rev. j. II. J. Rice of the Chase-street Church
gave the right hand of fellowship; Rev. E.
| $. Williams, Secretary of the Congregational
| Union, delivered the charge to the candi-
date, and Rev. DR.. George Mooar offered an
| ordination prayer. AT the morning service
a farewell was given to the newly set-off
| Market-Street congregation.
CHURCH SERVICES.
Rev. DR.. Stanton of Albany, N. Y, occu-
| pied the pulpit of the First Presby terrain
Church yesterday. His morning subject
was, 'The Fashion of This World Passeth
| Away" At the prelude 10 his evening dis
course In the First Methodist Episcopal
Church last evening, Rev. DR.. Ollie referred
to the Durant School controversy. His
| topic was, "A New Menace to Our Public
| Schools" At the German Methodist Epis-
copal Church the anniversary of the Ep-
worth League of the church was celebrated
gramme. The subject Of Rev. c. Fl. Hobart
at the Third Baptist Church was, ''Chiefest
Amoffs Ten thousand" Society was
the topic of Rev ). NJ. Van Every at the
| Thirty-fourth street methodist EPISCOPAL
| Church. Rev Dr. Chapman's theme at the
| Brooklyn Pres byterian Church was speed,
| lative and Practical Inquiries About Judas
| fseariot." Rev. George Il. Rieman preached
| his third pictorial sermon on Eternity" last
evening at the Twentieth-street Baptist
| Church. The subject of Rev. c. w. Wendte
| at the Unitarian Church in Hamilton Hall
was ''Life's Struggle and Reward" Home"
| and Drifting" were the morning and even
ing topics OF Rev. Frank Dixon at the
Tenth-ayenue Baptist Church. East Oak
land "The Sons Of the City," sermon for
young men, was delivered last evening by
Rev H. III. Rice at the Second PRESBYTERIAN