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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-26
MAJOR SHERMAN WAITING FOR MR. FOOTE,

May he be cursed inwardly and outwardly. May
ne De cursed in his hair. May he be cursed In his
prain. May he be cursed in the crown of his
nead ana In his temples. In his forehead and in
MS ears In his eyebrows and In his cheeks In
/ his lawbones and in his nestrs. In his foreteeth
and In his grinders In his lips and in his throat.
In his shoulders and in his wrists In his arms,
MS hands and in his fingers. May he be damned
IN MS mouth in his breast in his heart and in all
the vlscera OF his body. May he be damned in his
veins and in his groin, in his thighs and genital
organs and his hips and in his knees; in his legs,
feet and toenas.
May he be cursed in all his joints and articula-
tlons OF his body From the top of his head TO the
sole OF his foot may there be no soundness in him.
May the son OF the living God, with all the glory
OF OF, Hls Majesty, curse him. and may heaven, with
All the powers that move therein, rise up against
hlm-curse and damn him. Amen So let it be.
Amen.
Romanism: The Danger Ahead, pp 112-115.
Peter c. Yorke says G. A. Hubbell is forging
oaths. Now, Mr.. Editor, if bishops oath, or
priests oath, or Jesuit's oath is found in
any OF our citations, and in others equally as
good, and P. c. Yorke chancellor archdiocese
San Francisco, on behalf of the Roman Catho-
lie Church, will admit the oath to be true and
is taken by mem bers of the Roman Church, we
Will show the oath or oaths-otherwise we
would ONLY hear him yelling forgery for our
trouble. G. A. HUBBELL
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-26
A MIDNIGHT FIRE.
Wooden Structures on Jessie Street
Bnrned-Loss, $1,000.


Burned-Loss, $4,000.
Two alarms of fire followed each other in
quick succession from box 81 at &c
o'clock this morning for what proved to be
trihing fire on Jessie street, between
First and Second. The blaze originated
in the rear of the two-story frame dwelling
AZ Jessie street, owned and occupied by
Mrs. NJ. McAllister. This, together with
its contents, was totally destroyed.
A two-story frame tenement al
Al Jessie street, owned by the Sisters Of
Mercy, was badly damaged. Its occu.
pants, six families in all, escaped with
most of their effects.
The three-story frame building at &c
Jessie street was owned and occupied by ]
Craemer. He had zinc foundry on the
ground floor, and lived above with bis
family. This structure was somewhat
damaged, and some plaster casts of the
angel for the new City Hall dome were de-
stroyed. The loss will not exceed $1,000.
Craemer carried $500 insurance on his
property. The others were uninsured.
During the progress of the fire consid.
cradle excitement was caused by Mrs. Nc.
Allister, who, crazed by fear, crouched in
corner of the burning building and had
to be dragged outside by the firemen. A
young man rooming at A Jessie street also
refused to leave the premises till the hose
was uurned on him.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-26
The A. P. A. Appointee Crit.
ciSeS Father Yorke's
Course.
BLAMES HIS JUDGMENT.
Editor Hubbell Has More to Say
Regarding Priestly obi
cations.
A POPE'S ALLEGED CURSE.
Developments in the Progress of the
Controversy Preliminary to
the Big Test.
POPE's ALLEGED CURSE.

Major E. A. Sherman of Oakland, who
was selected py Rev. Donald NJ. Ross to
act as one of the board of judges in the
4orke- Ross controversy and who, with
Hon. W. W. Foote, is to select the third
attorney to complete the board, sends the
ter:
Editor Call: There has been no meeting
between Mr.. Foote and myself nor any
conference regarding the selection of a third
lawyer 10 complete the board OF judges The
reason for this is that am awaiting from Mr..
Foote notification as to when and where it
Will suit his convenience to hold such IL con-
terence. He was the first to be named as a
Judge, and as such is entitled by both pre-
cedent and courtesy to suit his convenience as
to this meeting.
Since my appointment as judge in this con-
troVersy l have neither examined into the
merits OF the questions at issue nor have l as
yetany information as to the programme to be
followed. There is, however, one thing which
has occurred to me as being neither fair nor
Just.
Rev: Donald Ross, the challenged party, re-
tired from participation in the newspaper dis
cusslon OF these matters soon as it had been
agreed 10 submit the proofs and arguments for
and against them to board of judges. Rev.
Peter G. Yorke being the challenger should
nave mad the good sense to do the same. But
ne keeps up his newspaper discussion, desiring
apparently to forestall with the public by his
own statements the evidence TO be presen ted
and the formal decision of the authorized
tribunal. This, too, before the board of judges
mas even been conn leted. Until the time for
the trial arrives newspaper discussions OF these
questions by the two parties chiefly concerned
VIZ: Donald NJ. Ross and Peter C. Yorke--
should absolutely cease. EDWIN A. SHERMAN.
Decent Der %, 1895.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-26
LIKE NUGGETS OF COLD.
How the Public Rushed After
Copies of the Christmas
Call"
Of More Value to California Than
Half a Dozen National
Conven tons.

Never in the history of journalism in
San Francisco and Alameda County has
the special edition of any newspaper Gre
ated such interest and demand as the
Christmas CALL. By 9 o'clock yesterday
morning there was not one to be bought
in Oakland, and from Berkeley and Ala
media came telephone orders for hundreds
of extra copies.
The demand was so great that at 10
o'clock special messenger was sent to San
Francisco to send across the bay second
edition. When the papers arrived, about
noon, all the newsstands were waiting
anxiously, ana small army of boys, who
had become tired of being disappointed in
the effort to offer substitutes, were around
THE CALL Office, anxious to make hay
while the sun shone. Although all the
newsstands had ordered double supplies
they clamored for more, and the demand
was kept up throughout the DAY.
BY the time the extra supply arrived
all the route agents were at the office from
their outlying districts waiting for more
copies. Regular subscribers wanted copies
for mailing, and people by hundreds who
do not subscribe called for special papers
Ito get the news" as many of them put it.
The big edition arrived in Oakland at
3 80 A. M, so that everybody could have
it on their breakfast table, although it
weighed three times and half the usual
edition and made it imperative that car
riers who generally use one wagon should
use three or more.
On the Oakland trains, the streetcars and
the streets THE CALL was read by nearly
everybody and its merits discussed. AL
though good deal of praise was bestowed
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-26
AMBASSADORS ARE BACK,
Japan Not Yet Ready to Stand
Alone in General Mission
Work.
DR.. Bradford of the American Board
Tells How Christianity Is Stead.
lily Spreading.

Among the arrivals here by the steamer
China from Japan yesterday were five
Commissioners of the American Board OF
Missions, who went to that country five
months ago.
Their object was to ascertain whether
Japan was now. able to take charge OF
Christian missions there without further
aid from the American Board. The Com
missioners travelled from one end of the
country to the other, and made close OBJ
servations, finally concluding that Japan
was yet hardly able to get along without
help.
These Commissioners consist of five emf
nent men in religious work, as follows:
Rev. J. L. Barton of Boston, secretary of
the American Board; Rev. DR.. J. G. John
son, pastor of the New England Church,
Chicago; w. P. Ellison, business man of
Boston, and DR.. A. ii. Bradford, editor of
the New York Outlook. DR.. Bradford and
Secretary Barton are at the Palace, while
some of the others have gone on East.
The American board has hosts of mis-
sionaries in all the newer regions of the
globe. In Japan, as told by DIR. Bradford
last night, it has sixty missionaries and
some fifteen mission stations. Besides
these there are now forty independent
Christian churches in japan as the out.
growth of mission work. These churches
are now supported entirely by Japanese.
"There are no ADLER men in the country"
said DIR. Bradford, than at least fifteen of
our men who are engaged in general
educational and mission work in Japan.
They are graduates of the best institutions
of the world are exceedingly able and
would take high rank in any line. A
word, too, about the little church and the
big house., or how missionaries live.
gave careful attention to that in Japan.
l found the story about the little church
and the big house unfounded, and there is
not more self-sacrificing class of men
than these missionaries in Japan.
81 found the condition of Japan steady
and encouraging. The feeling is more hos
pitable toward foreigners than for some
time past l met many high officials and
was treated most cordially; but there is a
desire to be independent of other coup-
tries as soon as possible. We found a
strong nationalistic tendency. They want
to own their own railroads, and they are
dispensing rapidly with the services of for
eigners. There are no foreigners now in
the mint. They are cultivating larger
ideas.
"Miss Talcott, one OF the missionaries,
asked at the time of the war to minister to
tie wounded at HIROSHIMA, but was re-
fused. The reply was misunderstood, and
she went. When she got there and began
work aiding the sick and dying she was
not sent back, and to-day, all over Japan,
Miss Talcott is revered on account of her
work as Florence Nightingale was. She is
almost worshiped.'
DIR. Bradford and his remaining asso-
ciates will probably leave for home to-day.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-26

on the Christmas paper there were thou
SANDS who took it as a matter of course,
merely remarking that i've might have
expected that of The CALL now, anyway"
Mayor Dayie of Oakland summed up
the big paper in few words.
he said every edition of a paper
that rises to the merits of this one is worth
million dollars to California. Every
page neat, clean, valuable and dignihed.
Would to God we had half dozen papers
like The CALL in this State"
Rev. E. S. Chapman, DID,, was going
home yesterday on an East Oakland
car. 81 must see what kind of paper the
children got out" he said, "but l was
greatly interested in THE CALL this morn
ing. | consider it the cleanest and most
d,gnltied special paper | have ever seen.
There is not an objec tional word in it, and
am glad to think there is paper under
such management. 1t processes to be a
home paper. and l know of no paper so
well htted for the home. | read the pro-
prietor's advertisement yesterday, and was
amused by its truth, its cleverness and
wlthal its modestv, and | naturally formed
some idea of what to expect this morning,
But was altogether off. did not expect
anything as truly great as | received. /
will repeat that l think it is the best special
paper | ever saw"
Trade and vice-president OF the EXPOSE
position, looked at the CALL and soon
formed his opinion of it. "Two weeks
ago we were breaking our necks to get
Republican National Convention here"
he said, "but | have no hesitation in say
ing that the Christmas CALL is worth TO
this State half dozen National conven-
tons. We would have been proud of the
convention, but l think we should be
more proud of such paper
In Alameda and Berkeley the demand
for copies of the special edition was just as
great. The rapid increase of The CALLS
circulation in Berkeley during the past
year of course made less business for the
newsstands and newboys. However, they
protlted by the special edition, for a large
number of regular subscribers sent out for
extra copies to mail to their friends.
The experience of those in Alameda was
about the same as that of Berkeley.
In San Francisco as early as 2 A. NJ. THE
CALLS big special found its way on the
streets and the might owls soon pos
sessed copies and the 'newsies'' the de-
sired nickels. During the day many thou
sands of copies were sold on the streets
and in tine news stands, and the number
demanded for mailing was astonishing.
All day orders were received at the bust
ness office from the suburban towns for
extra allowances. The mails for Sacra-
mento, Stockton, San Jose, Petaluma and
Santa Rosa were larger than ever before,
and many kilograms announced that the
supply in those and other cities was made
quate for the demand, and more CALLS
were ordered on the afternoon trains. The
verdict of all was that THE CALL had sent
out the best special editions ever issued
from the presses of San Francisco.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-26
THREE MEN SHOT BY MASKED H|GHWAYMEN

but only got few feet when one of the
robbers caught sight of me, and demanded
that l drop the sack, accompanying
the request with a shot. The bullet
made a slight wound, causing me
to drop the sack, but [ picked
it up again with my left baud. AS turned
around the robber made strike at me
with the rife. l lodged back and again
dropped the sack. The robber stopped
down and reached for the sack. 1 said to
Clark, My God, what shall l do?' Clark
said, The --- can't take that
sack Clark wanted to shoot, but John
son and Mrs. Peck said, Don't shoot, as
they were afraid Mrs. Peck would be shot
''Clark went around to the other side Of
the car, and | think he fired shot. The
robbers had the sack, and were leaving
the scene and fired number of shots. l
think about eight or ten shots were fired
in all. l ran and found Clark in front of
the car and saw that his foot was wounded.
We got on the car, and found doctor at
Mission and Invent y-ninth streets. We met
police sergeant and patrol wagon there,
and sent Clark to the Palace Hotel.
''When the first shot was fired / looked
out and saw two men near the fence. The
first one who fired the shot had a light
brown or drab coat on. The man that
gra bbed the sack was about five feet high
and wore dark clothes.
"Clark would unquestionably have killed
the robber who took the sack of coin from
me but for the fact that when the high
wayman grabbed that be also took hold of
Mrs. Peck, holding her so that she made
perfect shield.
Then the robbers-and 1 should Judge
there was at least four-told the motorman
to pull ahead, but Clark, not satisfied to
see his coin go in that way, gave counter
order and so the fellow hardly knew what
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-26
Reuben H. Clark, a Bartender,
Wounded While Defending His
Employers Cash.
OFFICER JOSEPH ALSO HIT.
Flying Bullets Create CONSERVATION
Among the Passengers Police
Trailing Four Men.

Within one-eighth of a mile of the Ingle-
side racetrack, at 6:45 P. NJ. yesterday, a
Mission-street car was held up by four
desperate bandits, masked and armed with
Winchesters, and sack of gold estimated
to contain all the way from $500 to $500
fell into the hands of the highwaymen.
The first intimation of the hold-up was
the sound of a gunshot, and before the
passengers had ceased to wonder at it the
car came to a halt and an exchange of
leaden compliments took place between
Reuben H. Clark, the barkeeper, who had
charge of the sack of coin, and the rob-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-26

The phantoscope is a new invention.
1t combines the principles of the kineto-
scope and the stereopticon. and the result
is a machine that will throw ife-sized
pictures on screen, and impart to them
the motions of living beings. One of these
machines has been made so small that it
can be put under silk hat. The pictures
to be reproduced are taken upon a con-
tinuous strip of sensitive film at the rate
of twenty-five or thirty a second.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-26
A Mysterious Stabbinp.

John Anderson, sailor, was walking along
Jackson street shortly after midnight and at
the corner of Montgomery there was fight in
progress. He entered the crowd to see what
was going on and some one stabbed him in the
right side. He was taken to the Receiving
Hospital and Drs. Thompson and Stice found
that the blade had penetrated the right lung
and that the wound was dangerous. Anderson
does not know who stabbed him. He lives in
boarding-hou on Steuart street.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-26
SUICIDE IN THE PARK.
Edward e. Norton Takes Laudanum and
Ends His Existence.

Ends His Existence.
The body of Edward E. Norton, master
mariner, was found in Golden Gate Park
yesterday morning. 1t was evidently a
case of suicide, as an empty laudanum
phial was found near by. The body was
removed to the Morgue. From papers
found on the body it was learned that the
deceased had been member of the Junior
Order of United American Mechanics, the
Ancient Order of United Workmen and
other fraternal organizations. Norton was
about 40 years of age. Nothing could be
learned about the family ties of the de-
ceased by the Coroner's Office. Norton has
evidently been in poverty before death,
and was prompted to commit suicide by
reason of his distressed condition.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-26
NEW TO-DAY.
People

Who stand or walk much
need comfortable shoes.
!" Foot Comfort" tells you
what shoes are comfortable,
and how to get them. We
send /" Foot Comfort J" free.
Write for it.
GOODYEAR SHOE MAcH'Y CO., BOSTON
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-26
Held Up in a saloon.

W. M. Morrison held up James Kilby in a sa-
loon at the corner of Washington and Montgom-
cry streets at noon yesterday and robbed him OF
his watch and purse containing several dol
lars. The robber was caught by Officer Thomas
Rourke as he left the saloon and taken to the
California-street Police Station, The watch
and purse were found on his perso on.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-26

Jaros Hygienic Underwear for ladies, for gen.
tlemen. for children, for all places, all the
year. Morgan Brothers, 229 Montg. st.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-26

When an African buffalo is wounded by
hunter it is surrounded by several
others, who Immediately group them
selves round him and help him along in
their midst by showing against his side
until they have reached place of safety.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-26

Jaros Hygienic Underwear the one under
wear that is comfortable; absorbs moisture
keeps folks well. Morgan Bros, 229 Montg. ST.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-26

Office draughts don't bother wearer of Jaros
HYGIENE Underwear. He is protected from
climatic changes. Morgan Bros, 229 Montg ST.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-26

GOOD paper, well sewed, fat opening, strongly
bound ledgers, cash journals, etc. Myself Roll
Inns Company, % Clay street.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-26

suit OF Jaros Hygienic Underwear worth q
barrel OF cures. Morgan Bros, 229 Montg St.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-26
MR.. HUBBELL WRITES.
The Editor of the American Patriot Quotes
an Alleged Oath and Curse.

an Alleged Oath and Curse,
The following communication from c.
A. Hubbell, editor of the American Patriot,
has been received:
OFFICE AMERICAN PATRIOT, s19 Market ST.,
December %. I
To the Editor of the San Francisco Cdtl-SIR:
On request OF many OF your readers, here send
you, for publication, the bishops oath, as
found in Dowling's History OF Romanism, and
spoken OF in my communication of Decem Der
"a. 1t is to be noticed that that part of the
oath which especially applies to people who do
not believe that the Pope is the infallible agent
of an infinite God is: Heretics, schismatics
and rebels to our Lord, or his aforesaid sue.
cessors, will to my utmost prosecute and OPP
pose
RTSHnp,S OATH
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-02-09
Plwcking Fowls.

Theirs ere some persons who object to
scalding tcwls preparatory to removing
the feathers, Professor Blot among the
number, on the ground that it Injuries
the quality of the flesh. With all respect
fer the professor The American Poultry
Yard does not believe the difference is
worth minding at all. Plucking the
fowls is tedious enough at best.
If there are any who want to operate
without the aid of the scalding process,
let then, do SO, and when they are tired
OF it let them try the following inn
proved method: Dip the fowls in cold
water and let them drip Then apply
finely pulyerized rosin to the feathers,
using dredging box for convenience.
Then scald in the usual way. The rosin
sticks the feathers together SO that the
pinfeathers come out with the others,
saving much trouble. Apply about hall
a teacupful of rosin to fowl Use the
common crude article. 1t is cheap stuff,
and its cost is made up ten times over by
the labor saved, according to the au.
thority quoted.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-02-09

He is one of the ab1est. If not the ablests
man in Australasia. and his aid and en-
couragem were of great benefit. Miss
Alderman found the English residents in
India and China less warm hearted ard
friendly than those in Australia and New
Zealand. But it will be remembered that in
the two countries the English in the civil
service have risen in many instances from
very humble origin, and have not quite
grown accust omed to their horses and car
riages and other appliances OF recent ac-
quired position Not being quite sure of
themselves they are naturally on the de-
fsnsive against strangers and aliens whose
recognition they think may 'compromise"
them. In this respect, however, the English
in China and India do not differ radically
from the same class of Americans in Chicago
and New York.
Miss Alderman said IT found travelling i'll
the East much cheaper and much easier
than il is ON the continent. In Asia. every
where, there are Interpreters to be hired at
very reasonable rates. and The interpreter
goes everywhere with you. In China and
india in he hotels you are allowed Two
servants free of charge. In Europe every
thing is paid for, and one who does not
speak French is subject to all kinds OF en-
barrassment and is at a constant dlsadvan-
tage. You cannot make yourself under
stood. not even in the shops where you
want to make the most ordinary pure chase,
for. outside of Paris English is spoken in
very few