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The morning call., 1894-11-12
ABOUT PARTY POLITICS.
Rev. w. ID. Williams Talks on Their
Use and Abuse.

"The New Atmosphere; or. The Use
and Abuse of Party Politics." was the
subject of the sermon preached last even
ing by Rev. W. d. Williams at Plymouth
Congregational Church, On Post street.
near Buchanan. The text was, LET your
fOrbearance be known unto all men,"
"a fine atmosphere is essential to
healthy development, and a fine political
atmosphere Is equally essential to the
prosperous development of a nation" he
said. "Politics is the science of social
conduct. We have politics and we have
party politics. There must be politics,
aud there must necessarily be party poll
tics.
1.-The great majOrity of voters are not very
far apart except when some controversy Is
reached. There is abuse in party politics,
such as implying unworthy motives to
opponents We should be tolerant as well
as vieilant. Edmund Burke said that
compromise is the life OF politics.
"There are higher and lower regions in
politics and The lower is b0ssism without
craftsmanship. Stagnant water and hot
sun produce malaria. Stagn ant ign ORANGE
and hot whisky produce bossism.
Religious fanaticism should have no
place in politics"
The morning call., 1894-11-12
THE POWER OF CHRIST.
1t Is Illustrated in the Raising of
Lazarus.

Rev. George Z. Walk preached in
Trinity Church yesterday on ''1he Power
of Christ Over the Invisible World, Illus
trated by the Raising of Lazarus from the
Dead"
HE cried with a loud voice, Lazarus,
come fOrth!' was the text, taken from st.
John xi: 43. These words, Mr.. Walk
held, con tain one of the mos, important
facts of the Christian religion. 1T is a
very positive demonstration" said the
preacher. "of the power of our blessed
Lord over the invisible world.
"The mission Of Christ on earth was
most emphatIeally a mission of mercy-of
mercy to the souls of men. If he wrought
upon the bodies of men, it was that he
might gain access TO their souls. When
he gave sight to the blind body it was
that he might clear away every film from
the eyes of the soul. When he unstopped
the ear of the deaf it was that he might
cause their souls to hear. He who can
make the blind see can open the eyes Of
the mind. He who can raise dead body
can quicken a dead soul. There was
always an Interior design in the miracles
of Jesus, not always apparent upon their
surface. We must interpret the life and
the works of Jesus through this Interior
aspect. and not simply as they appear TO
dueCt present T0ldtlOn6 dUu interests.
THE lesson. therefore, is one of death
of life. We are made to see that Jesus has
power over death, and that, therefore, we
may safely and confidently trust him even
in this emergency.
1T is no evidence that Jesus does not
love a family because death is permitted
to invade its sacred precincts. There is no
room for despair when you are impelled
to the sorro wful task of laying your dead
away to rest. The love and attachment of
our Lord for this family Of Bethany is one
of the most conspicuous features of his
early life, and is a demonstration to us of
how he is affected in behalf of the families
that he loves in times of deep affection"
The narrative of the raising of Lazarus
from death was reviewed by the preacher
in feeling words. He drew a touching
picture of the beautiful incident, conclud-
ing impressively: For the frs time life
has met death; for the first time the resur-
rectiOn has met the grave. But, bark
Lazaraus, come forthP Who is this that
speaks TO the dead? And they obey him,
Why, this is Jesus. the prophet of Nazareth,
the son of the most high God. He has
spoken to the dead of Martha and Mary
as he will one day speak to your dead and
TO mine; for not only Lazarus, he says,
but all that are in the grave shall hear his
voice and shall come forth they that have
done good TO the resurrection of life and
they that have done evil to the resurrection
of damuatiOD."
The morning call., 1894-11-12

cupied the pulpit of the Park-street NJ. E.
Church Yesterday.
"rhe Surprises of Truth was Rev. Mr..
Dodson's subject in the morning at the
Unitarian Church.
New Council of Chosen Friends.
Webster Council Nc. 2O2 is a new connci1
of Chosen Friends Just organized here.
The officers are: II. c. Hackett, past
councillor; r. Frank Clark. councillor; w.
A. White, vice-council0r; j. NJ. Hillman.
secretary; trustees-H. P. Moreal, c. H.
Lubbock and l.. &c British.
Good Fellows viii Entertain.
The Royal Order Of Good Fellows in
Alameda will give an entertainment and
reception to members and friends to-
morrow evening in Fnresters' Hall.
Otto Herrman's Singular Accident.
Otto Herman of street is recoverin o
from curious mishap. He struck his
head against mantlepiece in his house,
causing conclusion of the brain
The morning call., 1894-11-12
THE TELL-TALE SHADOW.
It Is an Unconscious Influence That
Goes With Men.

lt Is an Unconscious influence That
Goes With Men.
Rev. William II, Moreland preached at
st. Luke's Church to large congregation
from the unusual text, "Peter's Shadow"
He described the sick brought out Of the
houses at Jerusalem and laid, bed and all
on the sidewalks, the blind cropping to the
doors, the manned and crippled crawling
from their hiding-places, because man of
God vas passing by. He said every one
has shadow, which falls FROM him upon
others, darkening or blessing the lives of
men.
There is an unconscious influence which
goes about with you and which reveals
you to Others" be said. You may assume
a conscious influence, clOthe yourself in
fancled graces, imagine yourself noble
and high-minded, but you can't deceive
any one. The tell-tale shadow goes with
you. You may say: i set no bad exam
pie. My sins, whatever they are. are hid
den. The public knows nothing OF the
evils in. my life.' But you forget The
shadOwl
THAT is falling on your neighbors. You
are as TRANSPARENT as glass. You walk the
streets ard f1atter yourselves you are an
esteemed citizen, while plain as day is
your shadow. 1t goes with you to your
store and falls on your clerks. 1t shadows
your children, darkens your nome, follows
you to church, falls upon your fellow-wOr-
shippers. Every ma 5 influence comes
not from what he seems to be but from
what be is; not from his reputation but
from the tone and spirit of his life. ST.
Peter had come down from the pulpit
where he had been exercising his con-
scious Influence, and as he walked among
the sick be was unconscious of himself.
He was doing nothing, but his presence
brought health and blessing. This is what
every life may bring to others If men will
fill themselves with God"
Mr.. MOreland spike of the evil of max
ing others sin by example. referring to the
haunting faces of the past, the fingers
that point and eyes that gaze out of the
shade (which an evil Influence casts on
the lives of others. He continued:
IN othing can cast shadow unless a
light is shining on it. No man can have
true influence on the world unless he
lives in the light of God. Christ is the
light OF every man, and can make our
shadows beautiful, our influence an inspi-
ration to others. In what light are you
walking? If in the glare of earthly fires
that flame and flicker your steps are in
secure. Gods light is steady. Fill your
life with Christ. Determine to make your
life a blesting to the world. Begin in your
own home and In your own city. Il only
ence be pure, be public spirited, be gener-
ous 1t was said of DR.. johnson that no
one could walk under the same um brella
with him without being a better man.
When Florence Nightingale walked
through the Russian hospitals the sick
raised themselves up to kiss her shadow as
1t fell on their beds"
The morning call., 1894-11-12
TIE IOWEK UF BABEL.
A Spiritual Figure, Not a Material
Fact.

At the Sweden borgian temple, on O'Fur-
rell street. near Webster, the Rev. F. l..
Higgins preached yesterday morning from
Genesis xi:4: And they said. Come, lie I
US build us city and tower, and the head
thereof 10 the heavens"
MY text as read" said the speaker, sis
a literal translation of the original, accord
ing to which we also find that it was the
valley OF Shinar and not the plain in
which the city and tower Of Babel were
built.
But is Unreasonable" he continued, "to
suppose that a literal tower intended to
reach heaven would have been begun in
the bottom Of valley instead of on the
top of some mountain thousands of feet
higher MP? Moreover, if this was literal
tower intended by its height for a beacon
to keep the people united and harmonious
and working with and for each other, then
what was the wrong about iit? And why
The morning call., 1894-11-12
AFTER THE CONTRACTORS.
Irregular Methods Discussed by the
Mission Road Club.

A most enthusiastic mass-meeting was
held Saturday evening by the West End
and Mission Road Improvement Club. G.
A. Gin bbiny presided.
Several reports were received from in
dignant property-owners regarding the
manner in which contractors of the Mis-
sion road, from China to Huron avenues,
are allowed by the Board of Supervisors
to bid and sign contracts for grading and
then to give up these contracts whenever
they please.
The club entered into a prolonged and
heated discussion on this question. upon
which every member present held the one
opinion-that OF indignation against the
Supervisors.
j. Cannon, President Ginbbiny and
Messrs. Goltry and Oyen spoke at length
on the subject under discussion, and
finally committee of two was appoin ted
TO investigate The matter and report back
to the CLUB. After their report is submit
ted the club will see that the contractors
are compelled 10 live up TO contracts made
with the Supervisors.
The morning call., 1894-11-12

A German statisticlan says that his latest
discovery is that 5000 years hence there
will be one man 10 every go women.
The morning call., 1894-11-12

SILVER frames, iuKstands. trays, game
counters, capdlesticks and silver-mounted
purses at low prices. Stationery department.
Sanborn, Vail & Co. TAI Market street.
The morning call., 1894-11-12

Horticulturists now use glass houses.
which are moved Oh fixed rails to protect
vegetation and force its growth ia various
locations.
The morning call., 1894-11-12

ana unusually handsome. His father,
John Stlch. conducts summer resort at
Staiings station. and JOSEPH said that his
orother could not live at home because of
olsagreements with MS siepmother. The
surviving brother is only 20 years Of age.
Strengthening Out the Election.
Yesterday was one of the very few Sab
paths IN the year that was not day of
rest TO The mlnionS of the County Clerk.
MIR. Crane and his entire force worked
from early morn until far into the night,
and even then matters were hardly ready
for the gentlemen who will look over the
returns to-day and on as many other days
as 1T will require for them to decide upon
and formally announce the victorious can
dldates In the recent election.
The only spectators were the watchers
who have kept the vault in which the
ballots repOse under surveillance ever
since the election in the interests of the
Populst vic ors, Sheriff-elect White and
the probable Treasurer-elect Sanford.
During the day there were not many. but
at o'clock, when, as on other evenings,
they were excluded, they were Joined on
the outside of the building by many 9TH
ers, until, as Deputy County Clerk ex-
pressed it. "they were as thick as bees"
just as on preceding evenings the men
were posted at regular intervals around
The entire building. and all night long they
maintained their vigil in the interests of
honesty, purity and a fair count"
The Ladies viii Celebrate.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will hold their second quarterly
meeting in the -third-avenue Bap-
list Church on next Tuesday aftern Don,
commencing at 1 80 o'clock. The order
was organized twenty-oDe years ago this
month and the ladies intend 10 celebrate
the anniversary in a novel manner.
Mrs. J. A. Merrill will read the history
of the order from its Inception to the pres
ent. She will tell what it has done in the
past aud what it hopes 10 accomplish in
the future.
The most interesting feature. however.
will be what the ladies term "a crusaders
symposium" 1t Will be conducted by
Mesdames Stevens. Sanford, Johnston,
Merrill and many others.
Alameda's Tax Collections.
County Tax Collector Roseborough is
we'll pleased with his collections thus far.
One day last week clear $4,000 was paid
through the little wicket in his Office. and
it is a very slow day that does lot bring in
more than $4,000. lie reports that prop
erty-owners, instead OF paying only one
lnstallment of their taxes, are paying both
installments, and thinks this argues that
the hard times in Alameda County is now
nothing more than nightmare, remem-
brance of what has been.
The morning call., 1894-11-12

BUY paints, oils and glass Off. N. Woods &
Co., 81 First street Lowest prices.
The morning call., 1894-11-12

POTTERY, panels and plaques for decoration,
in artists material department. Sanborn. Vail
& Co
The morning call., 1894-11-12
ALAMEDA,

Any one who happened to look on the
scene of serenity about the Alameda Jail
yesterday would have scoffed at the idea
tina. the burglar who has committed so
many depre6ations in Alameda, and is sup-
posed to have committed the murderous
assault on the VOLTS, was confined within.
but such was the case. Samuel j. Thomas.
the cOlored burglar arrested in San Fran
cisco, was brought over to Alameda by
Chief Rogers very quietly on Saturday
night. and will have his preliminary exam
ination before Justice Innes this after
noon at 2 O'clock. Besides the Wolff as
sault, sixteen cases of burglary or at
tempted burglary are laid at Thomas
door, but the police have evidence tending
10 MS conviction in three cases only. 1t is
not thought that the attack on the VOLTS
can be proven against him. as neither the
rev MI. Wolf nor his wife can identity
their assailant.
Church Services Yesterday.
Rev. t. L. Higgins of the Swedenbor
gian Church discoursed Yesterday on "The
restoration Of Eden to Earth"
Kew. +. 5. Brush of the Presbyterian
church preached last evening on ''The
heasonabieness of the Christians Belief"
AT the First Christian Church yesterday
morning Rev. NJ. III. Wilson spoke on
The OmniDotenee of Faith"
Last evening at the Congregational
Church Rev: w. w. Scudder discoursed on
Character"
Rev. w. S. Bovard of San Francisco &C.
The morning call., 1894-11-12
THE MATES PLAN.

AZ INA IL ~ IHINs
1t Was Not Liked by the
Able Seamen.
SAILOR ANDERSON TALKS.
His Story of the Voyage of the
Scottish Dales.
A FIGHT ON THE SHIPS DECK.
The Tar Says He Went AIoft Clad
in Shirt and His OilskinS
Only.
The morning call., 1894-11-12
The Choral Union.

The University Choral Union is not
being properly supported this year and
may become defunct. The union opened
the year with the Intention Of preraring
Handl's "Messiah" for next commences
ment; but instead of the 200 voices neces-
sary for the oratorio there were but fifty
TO sixty in attendance. and in consequences
the design of preparing the messiah" has
haan given I'D,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-05
A Ffve-StOry Brick Block Almost De
strOyed This Morning.

WORCESTER, Mass, Jan. 5.-Early this
morning the fire department was called out
to fight the fercest fire that has occurred
in the business section Of this city for many
years.
large granite five-story block, owned by
R. c. Taylor, was almost destroyed and it
was with difficulty the flames were confined
to that one building. The first floor of the
block was occupied by Clark, Sawyer & Co.,
dealers in crockery and glassware.
The fire started in their packing room in
the basement and swept upward ny means
OF the elevator well. The alarm was sound
ed at 800 and was followed by two general
alarms, calling out every available piece
Of apparatus in the city. The block faces
east opposite the common and City Hall
In the rear and on the north is an alley
way and on the south Jonas G. Clark's big
block towers.
This building was saved.
Torrents of water We're poured on the
names and after two and half hours
work the were entirely subdued, but not
until the entire rear half of the block had
been Quilted and the Ell tire building practi-
cally ruined. 1t was insured for only ST.
oW clark Sawyer were insured for
SsOOOO. which will probably cover their
loss. The insurance is divided among home
ana foreign companies in policies of about
SS,ooo each. There were many vacant rooms
ana the upper floors were entirely open.
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Queer Actions Regarding A. G. How
land, Who Has Disappeared.

Queer Actions Regarding A. G. How.
land, Who Has Disappeared.
FALL RIVER, Mass, Jan.5.-Facts which
have come to light within a day or two
furnish convincing evidence that A.G. How
land, the Boston man whose disappearance
from the steamer Pilgrim last Friday night
has been so much of a mystery, committed
suicide
SO much of a mystery, committed suicide.
1t appears that short time before the
departure of the boat from here that even
ing man stepped up to the counter of the
restaurant on the Fall River line wharf and
began talking to himself. The waiter. VIM.
Haworth, asked him If he wanted anything.
In reply the stranger said: Eyes. / want to
jump over this counter" Then putting his
hand to his forehead he said: Il have a
very peculiar sensation here. Won't you
come out and see me jump off the boat? 1
am going to take a leap overheard from
here tonight"
The proprietor of the restaurant, Mr..
Trafton, said in a kindly way, to his err
ratio customer that what he needed was a
good sleep, and suggested to him that he
go aboard and get into his room at once.
The man admitted that would be the
proper thing to do and left the place.
Nothing more was thought of the matter
until the story of Howland's disappearance
appeared in the papers Monday. A de-
scription of the unfortunate man was given
Mr.. Trafton, and he says 1t tallies exactly
with that of the stranger who acted SO
Queerly in his place.
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AND STORMING
Big Drop in the Mercury in Eng
land.
WRECK ON THE GOODWIN SANDS
Contest For Electoral Reforms ir
Belgium.
VARIOUS EUROPEAN MATTERS

LONDON, Jan. 5.-The extremely cold
weather now prevailing has delayed the
mails in the north of England A mail
cart running between Sleaford, Lincoln
shire and Peterboro, Northamptonshire,
had not yet arrived at the latter place. 1t
Is thirteen hours overdue. At Spalding,
Lincolnshire. q laborer named Smith had
been found frozen to death.
In Cornwall the cold is greater than be-
fore experienced in fifty years.
In Hyde Park. London, the thermometer
registers IL degrees above zero. The
Thames from Windsor to Teddington is
frozen over. A number of trading vessels
are fast in the ice in the middle Of the
stream.
A vessel went on the Goodwin Sands, in
the strait of Dover, last night. Warning
of the wreck was given by the firing of
guns from the Norths Head and Gull light
ship, but, though the life boat on shore was
run down to the surf, it was impossible
because of the heavy sea running to launch
her. Consequently no assistance could be
sent to the stranded vessel. The Goodwin
Sands Is one of the most dangerous points
on the English coast. At daylight this
morning the wreck had disappeared, having
probably been pounded to pieces and with
out doubt all Of her crew was drowned. A
piece OF WOOD having the name SHT1StldHd
painted on it, a seaman's chest, similarly
marked, and a quantity Of other wreckage
have come ashore. 1t Is believed that the
lost vessel was the Swedish bark Christi
ana, Capt. Kullsen, from Trapani for Goth
enburg.
A dispatch from the Isle of Wight, where
the queen is at present sojourning, says
that the mercury registers nine degrees
above zero (FahrenheiO, which is the low
est point it has reached in 100 years. The
river in the Isle of Wight which empties in
the Solent is frozen over within few yards
Of the Solent.
BERLIN, Jan. 5.-The Rhine at Frankfort
and other places is covered with thick ice
and the navigation Of the river is badly i'm
peded.
Snow has been falling in the county OF
Westmoreland, northern England, for TWEEN.
ty-four hours, and the storm shows no signs
of cessation. The roads in every direction
have been rendered impossible by the drifts
This condition of affairs is not peculiar tc
Westmoreland. Two mail coaches runnine
north and the Tunbridge. in Kent, are
showed in on the road. Dispatches from
various outlying districts in the midland
counties report the non-arrival of mai
carts The intensity of the cold i'm Corn
wall may be judged from the fact thai
many of the inlets of the sea there ar.
partly frozen over.
The suffering Of the poor all over tn.
country Is terrible. In London the weather
has already caused a rapid increase In tn,
death rate.
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DIED ON THE GALLONS.
Exacting the Death Penalty 10
Brutal Crime

SE1mes
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Jan. 5-Martin
Reed, colored, was hanged at 0:l5 am. to-
day for the murder Of his wife,
Reeds crime was a brutal and cold blood
ed murder of his wife. The killing occurred
September 16. 1890. Reed and his wife Hes
ter quarreled over charges ami counter
charges of infldelity and separated. Later
Mrs. Reed filed a suit for a divorce. The
mornig Of the murder he told the landlady
Of the house adjoining his own home, which
was 1OS East 14th street, that before the
day was over he intended to kill Hester.
Shortly after noon he found his wife in a
room in half reclining posture He held
her down and, while she cried for mercy.
he placed the revolver against her neck and
fired. The woman fled to the street and
fell, dying. Reeds mother-in-law entered
the room where Reed was and he attempted
to kill her. but she escaped him. Reed
then shot himself in the pit of the stomach.
the bullet passing through his body. The
police surgeon, on examining the wound,
said he could not live two hours
Reed was forty-two years old and an ex-
pressman. Before he murdered his wife
Reed went to Undertaken j. w. Wa2ner's
and selected two caskets.