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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-29

of Father Kirby, who had long been con-
nected with st. Mary's Cathedral and is
we'll known in San Francisco.
The new pastor preached on the Gospel
of the Good Shepherd yesterday. He told
how Christ was the Good Shepherd; how
he came into the world to save mankind; ;
to establish one fold, one church.
1.-THE sheep of the fold, +" he said, 'are
the Christians of the world. They belong
to the one fold with one pastor. Some
wandered away, and these Christ himself
went after. Christ showed he was the
Good Shepherd by leaving the ninety-nine
in the desert while he went after the one
that had strayed away"
The speaker here developed the three
parables-one fold and one pastor; the
woman who lost the groat and swept dill
gently until she found it, and the Prodigal
Son. He told how the Good Shepherd
spoke in parallels; how he put his teach
| ings into practice by sitting down with the
sinners; how Mary Magdalen came to
him sinner and went away saint. He
also developed the incident of the thief
| dying beside the Lord upon the cross, and
| the saying, "Thou shalt be with me this
day in paradise"
1.-THE church," said the speaker, 'has
always continued the teachings and mis-
sion and practice of the Good Shepherd,
| and especially acts out the divine will at
Easter, when she gathers all into one told
| that they may perform their sacred duties
by going to confession and communion,
and thus reconcile themselves to God"
Father Kirby is an able speaker, clear
and eloquent.
On Wednesdays and Fridays of the
months of May the rosary and the bene-
diction of the Blessed Sacrament will be
celebrated, and. on every evening during
the month there will be rosary and lit
any of the Blessed Virgin at Z 80 o'clock.
Confessions will be heard on Saturday
| afternoon from to 6 o'clock and from
1870 to 10 o'clock.
Rev. Father Dempsey of st. Mary's Ca
thedral will preach at the high mass at 80
| o'clock next Sunday
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-29

the horses half rations. The supply of coal
will last about four hours in case a big fire
should have to be fought. There is no coal
oil on hand.
In the downtown district, east of Sixth
and Polk streets, the firemen will be
stranded" by o'clock this evening. In
this district there are ten fire engines,
three chemical engines, three trucks and
one hose company. More than one-half of
these will be out 81 food for the horses by
tonight, and the other half will be out by
tomorrow evening. There is no coal or
coal oil on hand.
There are nine fire engines in the West
ern Addition, four trucks and two chemi-
cal engines likewise out of fodder, coal and
oil.
"While all this is bad enough" re-
marked Secretary Maxwell, "there is still
another danger that threatens to cripple
the Fire Department. On account of the
lack of funds the Corporation Yard will
have to be closed, likewise the carpenter
shop on Ellis near Buchanan and Engine
Company q will go out of service. In the
hold statutory positions, the gu
perntendent and the Assistant SUI
perintendent of engines and the
machinist. There are ten machinists and
blacksmiths whose pay is not provided for
by the statutes and they are paid by the
day. 1t IS the same In the carpenterShop
where six men are employed. The Fire
Department never responds to an alarm
but what some engine or truck is broken
or damaged The machinists and car
penters are kept busy repairing engines
and engine-houses all of the time. We
cannot keep these men and so we will
close both places within day or two
Assistant Chief Engineer Dougherty, at
present the executive officer of the depart
ment, had very long face yesterday at
would not be so bad if it was not for the
horses" he remarked. eve have 200
horses in the department, and of these IT'S
are in active service. They will have to be
fed, and yet we have not feed enough to
last more than tweDty-four hours. The
greatest economy is being observed in deal
ing out their rations. 1t is the lack of
horse-feed that is worrying me.
''While we are almost out of coal, and
have not enough to last over four-hours'
run at big fire, I'll get coal enough for all
emergencies. If I run out of coal l will
smash in the gate of the first coal yard |
can find and take all that is needed, and
let the City stand the damage. l can't
break into a hay and feed store and get
feed for our horses without the risk of being
shot or arrested"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-29
FATHER K|RBY'S SERMON.
The New Pastor of ST. Agnes
breaches on the Good
Shepherd.
GROWING CONGREGATION
the New Parish Starts
Out.

Rev. Father Kirby is now fully installed
as pastor of the new st. Agnes Church
which is located on Masonic avenue, neal
the park panhandle.
The new church, in which mass will be
celebrated daily at 1880 o'clock A. NJ. and
twice on Sunday, is for the accommoda
ton of residents to the south about Golden
Gate Park. The growing population in
that part of the city made the new church
necessity, and some time ago the little
chapel was built and attended by the
priests from the Sacred Heart Church
But the congregation continued to III
crease, and resident priest to take care
of the parish was needed, so Archbishop
Riordan selected one of the brightest and
most capable young priests in the person
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-29
TROUBLE IN CHINATOWN,
The Police Employed by the
Six Companies Accused
of BlaCkmail.
Notices Posted on Telegraph Poles
That Blockaded the
Streets.

Chinatown was in futter of excitement
all of yesterday and the police had con-
siderable trouble in controlling the mobs
that congregated on the corners of Wash
ington and Jackson streets on Dupont.
They spread across the thoroughfares and
at times the cable cars were stopped until
way had been cleared. The cause of the
commotion was notice posted on the tele
phone pole at each corner named. Ser
geant Christensen ordered the placards
torn down, and it was only then that the
crowds could be dispersed.
The notice was about eight inches long
and four inches wide. 1t was a denuncia-
ton of the Chinese police squad m ain
tanned by the Six Companies, and free
translation of it made by Chinaman be-
fore it was torn down is as follows:
TAKE NOTICE.
The white devils sent into Chinatown BY
Chief Crowley have lately been held in check
Theyd do no more Matchmaking. We are only
relieved from one class of bloodsuckers to be
afflicted with another. The captain and eight
men appointed by the Six Companies to keep
order are now worse than ever the white devils
were. They are blackmailing the women, the
opium sellers and the lottery games. None OF
us are safe from them and it is time they were
done away with. We had to put up with the
Companies devils.
Just who was the author of the above il
is hard to ascertain, but the general i'm
preston is that the high binders are at the
bottom of it. If any blackmailing of lot
terry dens or opium joints was done it is
they who would suffer. They are also the
last people in Chinatown who will sit down
and submit to paying tribute unless they
are certain there is no loophole of escape.
Ii they think they have grievance trouble
will ensue and Chinatown may be the seat
of another highlander war
Some time ago the Chinese Six Com
panies organized a police force Of its own.
1t is composed of nine men-a captain,
sergeant and seven patrolmen. These were
selected for their fighting qualities and
trustw horthlness. They had to be brave
men so as to face the highbinders without
fear when it came to stand-up fight, and
they had to be trustworthy so as to com.
mand the respect of the Chinese COM
munity. 1t is this little force that the cir.
culars pasted on the telegraph poles ac.
cuse of blackmail
II don't know who was the author OF
the notice" said King Owyang at the
Chinese consulate yesterday. 3tIt was
some scurrilous denunciation, L suppose,
and as the police tore it down no attention
will be paid to it. If the men appointed
by the Six Companies to act as policemen
have been Matchmaking any one we don't
know anything about it,"
The secretary of the Six Companies
when seen about the matter appeared
densely ignorant in regard to the notice.
He did not even know that his employers
had special police force in their pay.
Just the same, quite crowd of Chinese
merchants gathered at the companies
Headquarters on Sacramento street and dis
cussed the situation for several hours yes
terday afternoon.
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in the past week, and this week nearly 100
more will follow them to San Mateo
County. The expense is charged to friends
of the dead when any can be found, but in
many cases no trace of relatives can be
found. These are removed at the expense
of the congregation of German Jews to
whom the cemetery belongs. During the
summer the last coffin will be dug up, re-
boxed and reburied. and then the living
will buy the lots and make use of the hill
side.
The adjoining block across Nineteenth
street is the old Hills of Eternity Cemetery,
belonging to the congregation of Polish
Jews. The new Hills of Eternity Gene
terry is beside the new Home of Peace
grounds in San Mateo County, but the re-
movals to it have been comparatively few,
and it will be good while before all the
gravestones disappear from that block.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-29
" THE MAN OF SORROWS
Rev. DR.. j. George Gibson Preached at
Grace 1I. e. Church Last
Night.

The services at Grace M. E. Church at
Twenty-first and Capp streets last night
were impressive. 1t was the first time since
the awful double tragedy in Emmanuel
Baptist Church since the people and the
pastor of that church worshiped together.
They and their friends gathered in vast
numbers at the invitation Of Rev. DR.. Nc
Clish and his devoted followers.
The thought of the tragedies seemed to
run through the entire service and the
picture of one congregation opening their
hearts and sympathies to the other had its
pathetic side. DR.. McCIish touched lightly
upon the Emmanuel affair and said that
the Trinity Presbyterian, German Baptist,
Bethany Congregational and Hamilton
square Baptist had also thrown their
churches open to the Emmanuel congrega-
ton during the temporary closing of the
church.
The choir sang with more than usual feel
ing and Mrs. Don Pardee Riggs rendered the
solo, "The King of Love My Shepherd Is, y
with much expression. There was not
standing room in the church so great was
the attendance, while hundreds clamored
for admittance.
DR.. Gibson took his text from chapter
So of Isaiah, verse 3: He is despised and
rejected of men; a man of sorrows and
acquainted with grief"
He dwelt at length upon the life OF
Christ, his purity, his love, his ready sym
patty with those who suffer. 1t is wrong
to suppose that we are alone. There is
one who understands US; the One who
came down into this life; the One who was
rejected; the Man of Sorrows.
"All have sorrows, but they are to be en-
dured and not described; to be borne, not
expressed. Christ wept over Jerusalem,
as he hung upon the cross the multitude
sneered at him"
DR.. Gibson closed his sermon with a
touching appeal to all to turn their hearts
to Jesus Christ the Man of Sorrows and
Love. He pictured his crucifixion on the
cross, first by the gloom and sorrow of his
death and secondly by the glory and light
of his resurrection.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-29
THE THEATERS.
Attractions Which Will Be Placed Before
the Public This Week.

the uDllc InlS w eek
Tonight at the California, Grattan Don.
nellys bright comedy drama, ''The Amer
lean Girl" will be presented by strong
company of players, which will include
George Osbourne, who will appear in his
splendid impersonation of Ross Bolter, the
American manager, and we are also to see
the two famous children in the cast. Miss
Adele Belgrade will assume the leading
role, that of JASMINE the American girl.
Ysaye, the great violinist, will arrive on
Saturday week to prepare for the series of
concerts that he is to give at the Baldwin,
beginning with Monday, May Is. This
great artist promises to create no less
greater sensation in social and musical
circles of this city than he has everywhere
he has so far appeared
At Morosco's 1.-The White Star" with
several thrilling scenes, such as a ship
wreck, will be presented by the full force
of Moroscos melo-drama actors and
actresses.
Three new stars will appear at the Or
pheum this week, and if the reports be
true they will astonish even the regular
patrons of the house, in which every kind
of a performance has been given. Con-
stanZ and Ida are up-to-date equllibrists
who give new and startling tricks. John
II. Drew is sara 10 DC character eoLneulah
and dancer of his own peculiar kind.
The Circus Royal and Venetian Water
Carnival is still entertaining large crowds.
The oddity of the varied performance is
very attractive and the waterfall is alone
worth going far to see.
At the Tivoh Opera-house Offenbach's
"Brigands" will be produced for the first
time in five years in this City. Phil Bran
son will appear as Falsacappa, the chief of
the fashionable band of brigands. Title
Salinger Will appear as Frageoletto and
Oracle Plaisted will take the part of
Fiorella.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-29
THE GREAT SILVER STATUE.
The Most Striking Exhibit of the
Worlds Fair Is in This City.

The Most Striking Exhibit of the
Worlds Fair Is in This City.
The celebrated Montana silver statue
that attracted so much attention at the
World Fair is in this city and will be on
free exhibition to the public at the Maze,
at the corner of Market and Taylor streets.
Last evening private view was given to
members of the press. The statue is a
striking and beautiful work of art, and
consists of a figure of Justice, modelled
after Ada Rehan, standing on globe with
an American eagle at the base. The ped
estal is of solid gold. The whole work
stands nine feet two inches in height and
the total weight is four and a half tons
In the statue, globe and eagle are $1,000
ounces of pure silver. valued at So, 800.
The pedestal contains gold of the value
of $224,O 200. The silver is from the cele-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-29

brated Drum Lummond mine and the gold
from Mrs. Macadoo's Spotted Horse mine.
The statue was one of the most striking
exhibits of the Worlds Fair in Chicago,
stantly on exhibition throughout the coun-
try. After being exhibited in Los Angeles
and Portland it will be taken to the Cotton
Exhibition at Atlanta and thence to Eu-
rope. 1t is in the hands of the Montana
Silver Statue Company, with whom the
proprietors of the image have made ar
of charge. To-day and for two weeks it
will be on exhibition.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-29
Morrow Club Picnic.

The members of the Morrow Club had an en-
joyable time yesterday at Harbor View Park,
the occasion being their annual picnic. There
was very large attendance and in addition to
other sports tug-of-war was held, the teams
being made up OF picked members of the club.
Arrangements had been made to have Henry
Martin, the popular grand treasurer OF the
Native Sons of the Golden West act as anchor
man for one of the teams, but as the other side
could not find a suitable Offset as TO weight
and size as anchorman Mr.. Martin did not en-.
ter the contest.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-29
THE C|TY'S DIRE DISTRESS,
Ex-Justice McKinstry May Be
the Moses in the
Case.
SEES A POSSIBLE WAY OUT.
The Supervisors VIII Promise to Pay
and Then Get Into the SUI
preme Court.

Mayor Sutro. with ex-Judge McKinstry,
called upon Supreme Court Justice Beatty
at the latter's residence yesterday, to con-
suit him with regard to the acute financial
difficulty in which the City finds itself.
Chairman of the Finance Committee
Taylor was to have been present at the
conference, but was called out of the City.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-29
WRENCHED HIS LEG Off,
Deplorable Accident to Ensign
Madison of the
Olympia.
THE CRUISERS TROUBLES.
Jolly Corinthians Go A-Saiiing Over
the Wild and Raging
Main.
HE CRUISERS TROUBLES.
THE

A deplorable accident happened on board
the cruiser Olympia, which returned from
Santa Barbara and the southern ports
yesterday morning AS the anchor was
being let go off Sausalito the cable came
unshackled and the great chain, running
out of the hawse-pipe, struck Ensign George
MaIleson on the right leg below the knee,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-29

medal which was the prize for the race,
was therefore not awarded. The race was
one of eighty-ive yards.
Edwards also for eighty-fve yards, fol-
lowed. 1t was for silver medal and was
won by BOSNIAN by about six feet. Some
high diving from the 65-foot tower by
Thompson and Green finished the day
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-29
ROOM FOR THE LIVING.
The Old Home of Peace Cemetery 500
G. to Be Sold,

The Old Home Of Peace Cemetery Soon
to Be Sold.
The old Home of Peace Cemetery, oecu-
plying the block bounded by Guerrero,
Church, Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets,
will soon be in the real estate market.
When the new cemetery of that name was
established in San Mateo County five years
ago about 1900 bodies rested in that block
of hillside, but at various times they have
been removed to the more distant burying-
ground by ffties and hundreds until now
not more than $50 are left.
A number of bodies have been exhumed
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-29
WILL TAKE COAL.
The Head of the Fire Department Has 9


Some idea of the danger which menaces
the city by the refusal of the contractors
to supply fuel and fodder for the fire de-
partment was gathered yesterday from
Acting Chief Dougherty and Secretary
Maxwell.
Secretary George Maxwell sent out to
the foremen of the various engine and
truck companies to learn exactly how
much fodder for the horses, coal for the
heaters and engines and coal oil for the
lamps was on hand. The replies he re-
ceived were startling. In the Mission
district there are seven engine companies
and one truck. This is the most fortunate
district of the lot, for there is fodde
enough to last for seven days by feedin
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-29
AT THE TERRACE.

Some Good Races by Members of the
Pacific Swimming Club.
The swimming season at the Terrace
by the Pacific Swimming Club. There
were two races. In them were entered
Dana Thompson, Dan Green and Matt
Gay. Thompson and Green came in to-
gether, with Gay four feet behind. The
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-29

w. A. Anderson, alias John Foster a NOR
phine fiend, committed suicide at % Tenth
street yesterday. He was an engineer by pro-
worse until he had not a friend or a cent left in
the world. He somehow or another secured q
revolver and blew the top of his head OFF.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-29

NEW OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-03-05
After Our Flour Trade.

WASHINGTON, March 5.-Russia
is about to make a determined eff.
fort to reach out for and capture
some of the great markets for flour,
such as England, border OF the
Mediterranean sea, and Asia Minor,
which is at present largely sup
piled by the United States. The
Government is backing the project,
and promising to afford special
transportation rates and facilities
for export trade in flour, and to ad-
vance loans to Russian millers to
enable them to extend their opper-
atiOnS
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-03-05
A Novel Engine.

J. r. Pearce, foreman in the
shops of the Kansas City, Mem
phis and Birmingham road at
Amory, Miss, has designed a
steam engine which has no eccen-
tries, cranks, crosshead nor piston
rod. The power is applied direct
ly to the machine intended to be
operated by the engine. The
points claimed in its favor are a
saving Of power and economy Of
construction, as experts state that
it can be built at one-fourth the
cost of the modern steam engine
Mr.. Pearce has secured a patent
on the invention.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-03-05
,AMUsES MR.. RUSS.
The Yankee Ferry Boat Curiosity
in Far Away Siberia.

NEW YORK, March 5-Ameri-
can ferry boats are matters of
much interest in Russia at present
and it is probable that in the
course OF the next six months or
ders will be given in this country
for six of the Yankee ferry boats to
be used In Siberia. Count IRA
sickle, of It. Petersburg, manager
Of the Eastern Siberia Construc-
ton company, is in this city. He
is on his way to the Siberian CAPT.
tai to report on the advisability Of
building bridges and furnishing
ferry boats for the Siberian rail
road service. He arrived from San
Francisco yesterday and will sail
for Southampton Wednesday on
the American line steamship New
York. Today he will inspect the
Brooklyn, Washington and High
bridges.
81 am more in favor of ferry
boats than bridges" he said last
night, "a bridge takes from five to
eight years to build and will cost
five or six millions OF dollars. We
can get a ferry boat for about
100000 piece. and, as they are to
be used for transferring cars across
the river, l think they will prove
more satisfactory.
81 will make my official report
when / reached St. Petersburg.
When L return, probably in two
months, l may be authorized to
order some ferry boats for the Rus
sian government. If they are built
here they will be constructed,
taken apart and shipped to Russia.
American workmen will have to go
there to put them together"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-03-05
Making a Target of Penny.

MIDDLETowN, N. ", March o.
Joseph Penny, the truant officer
has been actively at work during
the week sending pupils to school
On Sunday father reported to the
police that he had found a pistol
on his ll-year-old hayward son
The lad intended to shoot the
truant officer with it. 1t leaked out
that several boys had armed them
selves and intended to shoot Penny
if he tried to make them go to
school.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-03-05
FIRED MISS IDA

And Denounced the Colored Folks
SAN FRANCISCO, March 5.-Miss
Ida Wells, the Negro woman who
is crusading against lynching
Negroes in the South, has no love
for the Methodist ministers of this
city. At a meeting of Methodist
ministers Miss Wells was dis
cussed, and while the reverend
gentlemen approved of her mis-
sion, they objected to endorse her,
as she had not proven she was a
member of Methodist church.
During the discussion Miss Wells
came into the room and attempted
to speak in her own behalf. She was
not allowed to proceed and was
finally, with other women, eXclud-
ed from the room, while Bishop
Goodsell related some thrilling 1n-
stances OF negro depravity which
he did not consider proper for Ia
dies to listen to. Miss Wells de-
nOunced her treatment by the
minister as shameful.