The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-28
LATEST OAKLAND NEWS.
The Salvation Army Up in
Arms Against an Or
dinanCe.
TO HOLD STREET MEETINGS
indications Of a Large Crowd at
the Fabiola Mayday
Fete.

The ordinance recently passed by the
City Council against meetings on the pub
lie thoroughfares has aroused the ire of the
preachers, and the measure will be at
tackled from several directions if the police
and Mayor insist on enforcing it.
The first fight viii be made by Justin
Rice, the 'cowboy" preacher, and his
wife, who also talks on religion. They
were convicted in the Police Court yester-
day for breaking the ordinance and will be
sentenced tomorrow.
Rice was arrested about a week ago for
preaching on the corner of Eighth and
Broadway and was released on bonds. The
next evening the wife took his place on
the corner, and was in the midst of an
Grafton Awhile her husband stood by and
listened, when Officer Seaman swoOped
down on her, and the patroI-wagon took
her to the local bastile.
The Rlces appeared for themselves in
court, and argued against conviction on an
ordinance which they claimed was illegal.
Judge Wood was obdurate, however, and
pronounced them guilty.
They announce that they will take the
matter into the Superior Court, and obtain
ruling from that tribunal.
Judge Wood refused Mrs. Rice a jury
ney act, and this will be a ground for
attacking the decision in the case
The Salvation Army is also on the war
path against the ordinance, and the
officers say that they will hold street meet
ings, and, If interfered with, will take the
case to the higher courts to try to estab-
hSh what they consider their rights.
After the ordinance was passed Mayor
Davie issued permits to the army for some
time, but finally withdrew his permission
Tor street-corner meetings and informed
the army that if it must hold religious
services they must take place in the City
Hall Park or from the porch of the hall, as
he considered the street meeting an OBJ
struction.
The same permission was accord ed other
persons DESTROYS of preaching in the open
air and the result has been that there has
been a clash of engagements at the hall.
Three colored exhorters, two men and
woman, have been running in opposition
to the army and nightly preach and sing
in front OF the police station, carrying on
their services so long that by the time the
army gets TO work the streets are destitute
of pedestrians who might seek salvation
through their aid.
True to its declaration that it would
preach on the streets despite threats of ar
rest, the army turned out in full force last
evening and started a meeting at Twelfth
and Washington streets. Officers Stokes
and Andrews had been detailed to watch
the warriors, and soon after the meeting
began arrested fifteen of the participants
and took them to the police station, where
they were charged with obstructing the
street. On promising that they would not
hold further meetings until their cases
were disposed OF IN the Police Court, the
entire party were released on their own
recogniZance.
The officers of the army are emphatic in
their statements that they will fight the
case to the bitter end and try to overthrow
the ordinance If possible. Soon after the
Salvationists were released Rev. c.. II.
Hobart, pastor of the First Baptist Church,
appeared at the station jinghng a pocket
ful of gold and asked to be allowed to bail
out the army. On being told that they
had been released he expressed satisfaction
and said that his church would aid the
army in fighting the ordinance to finish.
The names OF those who were arrested
are as follows: n. @. Hanson, Mrs. E. HUI
ston, Mary Brockhurst, J. Jurisch. Peter
Johnson, r. a. Cadwalloder, II. Villiger,
r. f. Beatty, Scott Hill, Louis Mauk, G.
II. Woolf, j. S. Miller, James W. Radcliffe,
II. G. T. Parke, Augustus Pollard, W. S.
Sherwood. No regular officers OF the army
were arrested.
FabioIa May-day Fete.
The management of the Fabiola May
day fete is becoming more encouraged
every day with the prospects of a success
figuring on an attendance of from 10000 to
10000 people with several districts yet to
hear from.
The rush for tickets has already begun,
and the indications are that those who
take time by the forelock and obtain their
bits of pasteboard, emitting them to adj
mission to the trotting park, will be saved
much inconvenience in the crush at the
ticket Offices which will be practically I'M
avoidable.
Word was received yesterday from
Superintendent Wilder Of the Southern
Pacific Company that half-hour trains
would be run OH the Berkeley line all day
on May to accommodate the crowds who
are expected from San Francisco.
More of simonton's Methods.
Ernest simonton, the young man who is
wanted by the police for forging the name
of A. W. Stilwell to various checks for
small amounts, has not confined his opera
tions to that line Of industry, but has
raised money by other means not strictly
honest.
Some time ago he called on Prescott &
Sargent, agents for sewing machines, and
hired machine for two weeks. When the
stipulated time for the return Of the prop
erty arrived the agents went after their
machine, but found that Simonton had
sold it and left for parts unknown.
The parties who purchased 1t demurred
against the agents demand for its return,
but finally gave it up on proof being pro-
duced that Slmonton did not own it.
IGoing Before the Superior Court.
DR.. R. A. Archibald Of Sacramento, who
was arrested on charge of libel preferred
by DR.. Thomas Carpenter OF Oakland has
decided to put stop to his annoyance by
having the Superior Court pass upon his
case.
On the first trial of the case, which has
caused much interest among veterinarians,
the charge was dismissed by Judge Wood
on the ground that the complaint did not
state sufficient cause for action.
DIR. Archibald was Immediately rear
rested on an amended complaint, and
decision was to have been rendered yester-
day. The attorney for the accused, how
ever, informed Judge Wood that he would
swear out writ of habeas corpus before
the Superior Court and have the matter
settled once for all.
Refused the Taxes.
The Southern Pacific Company made an
other attempt TO pay its taxes, less the
amount called for by the raise which the
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