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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-22
SCANDINAVIAN CHARACTER
Its Bearing Upon the Origin of
the Lutheran Reforma.
ton.
Mrs. Beck. eyer Contrasts the Char
acters of Southern and Baltic
Peoples.

The pulpit of the First English Lutheran
Church on Geary street near Octavia was
occupied last night by Mrs. Beck Meyer, a
Scandinavian lady who represented three
Scandinavian countries at the Interna-
tional Woman's Congress at the World s
Fair.
Mrs. Beck Meyer, who is at present a
special lecturer at Stanford University, is
thoroug hly conversant with all the details
of Scandinavian history as well as with
European history in the time of the
Reformation. A native of Denmark she
speaks fluently the Danish tongue, yet her
English is faultless and spoken with but
an occasional accent.
Her subject last evening was the "Scan-
dlnavian Reformation and It's Relation to
Our Times and Country" She treated the
subject OF the Reformation rather from the
STANDPOINT OF National character and
cu5toms than from a purely historical
standpoint. She demonstrated that the
Reformation, far from being as some have
claimed, the result of the efforts of few
individuals who aimed at political ends.
was the natural and necessary result of
certain deepIy-hxed traits in the Scandi-
navian character
The difference between the Catholic
and Lutheran religions" said Mrs. Beck
Meyer, sis based upon the difference be-
tween the countries in which the two re-
ligions prevail. Just as the same treat
ment of all the children of family can
not be to the interests of all, so the same
ecclesiastical rule of two nations so widely
differing as the Southern and Baltic peo-
pies Is an impossibiitv.
I'm the sunny South, where life is spent
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-22

IN the open air. the outward form of beauty
is sought and worshiped. In the North,
where the Teutonic peoples are sur
rounded with mountains and ice; where
there is continual strife and struggle for
existence; where for days the cottagers
must remain snow and ice bound within
their four walls, they soon realized the
necessity of looking within themselves for
beauty In history, accordingly, we IND
the northern peoples were possessed OF
strong personality, the necessary result OF
such determination.
1.-The Catholic religion satisfied the
Southern natures. Its beautiful pictures
gratlfied their love of external beauty. Its
Latin hymns were in mother tongue to
them. The institution of the confessional
satlshed them as words of forgiveness to a
child will satisfy him and cause him to
forget his wrong.
with the Northern people it was differ
ent The beautiful pictures did not satisfy
their longing for beauty within. They did
not understand the Latin hymns that fell
SO unsteady upon the Southern ear.
Ihey demanded something that appealed
TO the individuality, to the conscience, and
rather than rest satisfied with forgiveness
OF previous transgres>ions, the Northern
people, on account of the strength of
their character, wanted more than to hear
beautiful stories of the Child of
Bethlehem-they wanted the open Bible,
that they might meet that Savior and
know the man.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-22

The Imperials were the first to start,
leaving San Leandro about 1l:15, with
handicap intervals from few seconds to
two minutes. There were forty-tive en-
trants in this race, the most ever entered
in a club race on the coast. Of these forty
one faced the starter and thirty-siI fin
ished, a very good showing. OF the miss
ing ones, the usual tales of punctures and
tumbles were told, but no one was hurt.
The men took the direct road from San
Leandro to Haywards, and it was in very
poor shape for racing, so that their times
were not fast. w. Mack, with fifteen
seconds handicap, won the race and made
the fastest time, 1874 as well, an unex-
pected and unusual occurrence. J. ]. Bor-
rec, with the same handicap, was only q
second behind. The finishes in the I'm
perial race were close and exciting, as the
riders came in in punches of five to ten.
The following is the table:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-22
EIGHTY DOCTORS COMING,
Eclectics From Their Annual
Convention to Arrive
To-Day.
Professor John Uri Lloyd, Author
of the Weird Romance "Eti.
dorpha," Already Here.

About eighty physicians, accompanied
by number of their friends, will arrive
here at 9 o'clock this morning from Castle
Craigs, where they made a short visit on
their wav from Portland, Or, the scene OF
the recent twenty sixth annual convention
of the National Eclectic Medical Associ-
alton of America.
They came out from the East as a special
party, and are taking in all the places OF
interest along roundabout route, selected
because OF scenic attractions. The party
will make the Palace Hotel its headquar-
tiers during stay of nearly two days in this
City.
Several of the party have already ar
rived, having come direct from Portland
Among the number is Professor John
Uri Lloyd of Cincinnati, Ohio, VINO is
taking advantage of the opportunity and
the company to see the country. He is
professor of pharmacy in the Cincinnati
College of Pharmacy and professor OF
chemistry in the Eclectic Medical Instl-
tute at Cincinnati. At one time he was
president of the American Pharmaceutical
Institute.
The author of a number of works OF
chemistry, pharmacy, and drugs, he has
recently attracted good deal of attention
in the East by strange and fearfully
romantic realistic literary conception en-.
titled 'Etidorpha," book that first ap
peared four months ago in a subscription
edition, but which has already exhausted
Its sixth edition OF 5000 copies. The title
of the book is the goddess of love spell
backward. Its subject-matter is said to be
a peculiarly subtle product of the realm Of
the laboratory, and withal purely scien.
tifc dissertation.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-22

Rev. Calls came here expecting to meet
men wearing wide. brimmed hats above a
belt full of pistols, and about half fear ing
to be "held up"
"Instead of that" said the colored
bearer of the cross yesterday with hearty
laugh, 81 find condition of society and a
state of material progress in some respects
superior to the East. You have greater
physical development than many Eastern
cities.
But | observe that human life is not so
sacred here as it is in the East. The num-
Der OF murders and suicides tell the story.
can hardly pick up newspaper without
finding an account of a new murder or
another suicide
Compared with Eastern cities also the
observance OF Sunday is not SO general
here. think this lack of Sunday observ-
ance tends to increase crime. Business
goes on here Sunday the same as on week
days, except among the leading mer-
chants, the big retail stores and the whole
sale houses. I think | shall preach Sc
rles OF sermons on Sunday observance be-
fore long.
Golden Gate Park" he said, "has ad-
vantages not possessed by Central Park
other such attraction in the country as the
Cliff"
Rev. Mr.. Calls was born in Matthews
County, Va. of slave parents about the
year 1858. AT the close of the war he was
taken to New \ ork by Captain Quit OF
Massachusetts, an officer in the Northern
army. Subsequently he found a home
among the farmers of Suffolk County,
Long Island N. Y. He became a student
at Hampton, Va, in 1873, from which he
was graduated in 1879. After teaching in
his native State for some time he returned
to New York.
For nearly eight years prior to his en-
tering the ministry he was in the employ
of the East Side Savings Bank of Roches-
ter, N. Y.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-22

the best time of the race. covering the five
miles in 13:47
The CALIFORNIA; started their event at
IL :05, from San Leandro, having twenty
nine entrants. The fastest riding was
done by p G. Alexander and G. Blrdsall,
the scratch men, the former making II "a
for the five miles and Birdsall one-fifth of
a second slower.
The race was won by F. L. Norton with
a minute and a quarter handicap, who
logged along over the course within nine
seconds of the scratch men himself.
The following table tells the tale:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-22
THE VICTORIOUS CALLS.

An Accident Mars the Sport in Which
the Examiners Won.
Yesterday morning THE CALLS baseball
team defeated the "Stars" at, the Preside
grounds by score OF to 3. In the after
noon they played the Examiners at the
Si1teenth-street grounds, during which
The CALLS were In the lead and had their
opponents at their mercy with splendid
chance of carrying home all the honors
when line bali in the fourth inning hit
Pitcher Whaley of THE CALLS thumb b,
splitting it open, thereby preventing him
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-22
Miss redmond win stay Away.

Miss Mary E. Redmond, who has begun the
suit for $4,000 damages for breach of promise
ofmarriage against Thomas Carter. the wealthy
carbuilder and general contractor, will not re-
turn to the City soon. She is now variously
reported to be in Los Angeles and San Ramon.
She will remain away from San Francisco till
the case comes up for trial. THIS is the advice
OF her attorneys. Mrs Wells the proprietress
OF the lodging house on Mason street where
the pretty milliner has rooms, says Miss Red
mond will return only the day before the trial.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-22

While the road races yesterday inter-
ested many and attracted lots of wheel
men, there were several runs of the other
big clubs that were well attended. The
Olympics and Acmes had a joint run to
Trocadero, near IngIeside, and the Bay
Citys went to San Mateo; the Alameda
Cyclers touring to Mill Valley. Altogether
it was lively day Tor the wheelmen and
next Sunday bids fair to be equally as act
i've as far as this particular sport is con-
cerned,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-22
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cap. T;n1ae

first and second respectively, rode abreast
for about a quarter of mile from the
finish, each striving to gain a lead They
collided not twenty yards from the tape
and both fell, but pluckily jumped up and
dra ged their wheels TO the line, thor
oughly exhausted but game to the end.
Lehner got there first by few inches. 1t
was his first race. j. S. Brereton made
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-22
MKINLEY AND HOBART

The young business men of the City who
heretofore have RETAINED from joining any
of the many Republican clubs have organ
lzed what they term the Young Mems
Republican League"
This organization advocates "protec-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-22
Bitten by a Dog.

Henry Brannan, q nine-year-old boy, who
resides with his parents as 961 Folsom street,
had portion of his left ear bitten off by a
vicious dog which was running at large in the
vicinity of his home. The injured boy
was treated at the Receiving Hospital.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-22
OBSERVANCE OF SUNDAY.
Rev. Mr.. Calls, a New Co ored
Pastor, Sees a Lack of
1t Here.
In Many Other Respects, He Says, San
Francisco ExcelS Eastern
Cites.

Rev. H. ]. Calls, the new pastor of the
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church,
comes from Ithics, N. Y. Like great
many Eastern people who do not know
anything of California and San Francisco,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-22

The white rhinoceros has become nearly
extinct. There are two stuffed specimens
in England and one in the Cape Town
museum. 1t Is the largest species of the
genus.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-22

Three-quarters of second is the time
occupied by the fall of the knife in the
guillotine. The knife is weighted by 12O
pounds of lead, falls nine feet and cuts
through flesh and bones as easily as
through bar of soap.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-22

from continuing the play. This, as mat
ter of course, gave the advantage to the
Examiners and they were declared the
winners by a score of Is to I.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-22
LIABILITIES

Losses in process of adjustment OF
in suspense. ..........
Gross premiums on fire risks run !
ming one year or less, reinsur- |
~ance so per cent. ................
Gross premiums on fire risks run
ming more than one year, rein !
surance pro rata ............
Liability under life department. {.
Cash dividends remaining unpaid.
All other demands against the com.
Total Iiahilft1ac
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-22

RISKS AND PR f.
NUNS.
n Il a m ou mt o I
Risks written dur
ing the year. 49,.
n ct a m unit o
Risks expired dur
ing the yes r..
\ eft a m o Il IL in
force Deem Der
81, 1898.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-22

Rev. Calls came here expecting to meet
men wearing wide brimmed hats above a
belt full of pistols, and about half fear ing
to be "held up"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-24
IT'S ALL TALK.

A subscriber desires TO be- enlighten-
ed as TO the reasons of the protests be
ing made in Germany against Ameri
can food products, whether it is really a
fact that the meats sent from Chicago
are really diseased. We answer moth
exported from Chicago are just as
wholesome and free from disease as the
meats found in the butcher shops of the
average town, and for the most part are
superior to the country butchers meat.
So, upon the other hand, the talk found
in our dispatches, made in the Reich
stag. and by the Prussian Lawmakers,
of the superiority Of German food, is
all talk. There is nothing TO 1t be-
yond a desire to keep out the American
product and to make the German con-
sumner pay more for the benefit of the
German producer. They politically
have as much right and power, but still
they must satisfy the consumer, who is
in the majority, hence these charges of
adulteration and disease. Reciprocity
would bring them TO time and stop
these reflections. Itappears, however,
from an examination made in London
that German food is much more adul-
terated than American. The fact that
out Of fifty-one samples Of American
food examined, not one case of adul-
teratiOn was found, whereas out Of 104
sample of German food examined
thirty-seven were adulterated ought to
satisfy Germans, and especially those
In this country, that the claim that Ger
man food is much purer than American
is not we'll founded. The only offset
to this is the fact that there is more
or less trade jealousy against Germany
in EnglandY But there certainly is
not much trade love for America.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-24

the last bond sale which was attempted
to be manipulated through a Wan
Street syndicate and which would have
went outright to such syndicate at a
nrofit of many millions but for the al
most universal protest by the public
press. and it is now understood that
there was no call or demand for such
an issue. The gold that was i'll the
treasury had been taken out Of the
treasury by the men who were in the
deal and who had arranged for another
issue of bonds. On January 9th. the
date of the call issued by Secretary
Carlisle for proposals for S100,OOO,OOO
of thirty-year per cent, the gold re-
serve amounted to SCI, 365, 600. During
the month which elapsed before the
bids were opened the gold reserve fell
to about $40 100000, not because there
was any demand for gold for exports
but because prospective bond buyers,
namely, banks and other large financial
corporations. drew that form Of coin
out of the treasury in order TO be ready
TO pay for any bonds that might be
allotted to them. Since the allotments
were made the gold reserve has suffer
ed no depletion on account of eXporta-
ton or any other cause except the pro-
cess Of paying for bonds which should
never have been issued. If no call had
been issued there is no reason what
ever to believe that the reserve would
ever have fallen as low as $50,O00,000,
and that is just as good as ten times
as much to provide for the retirement
Of legal tendar notes. The treasury
now contains an idle surplus amount
ing to S267. 900, 600, Of which nearly
s129 100000 is gold. No other govern
ment in the world possesses an idle sur
plus of half this amount, and there is
no good reason why our government
should ever keep more than 100000
of idle money on hand to meet any Of
it's obligations. 1t would be far better
for the general welfare if all the money
now locked up in the treasury were in
circulation or available for circulation.
1t might as well be at the bottom Of the
sea as where it is in so far as the none
tary needs of the people are concerned
because there is no way Of getting any
of ii out Of the treasury at present
There can be no general revival of pros
perity in this country so long as the ex-
listing money famine continues, and 1t
viii probably continue as long as Presi-
dent Cleveland remains in the White
House The best remedy TO apply TO
the existing condition would be the IN
restricted coinage Of silver at the ratio
of 16 to /. But that cannot be done
under the present administration, and
therefore it behOOves the people of the
United States TO elect a president and
a congress in the coming campaign that
will make it their first duty to re-estab
lish the good old policy Of bimetallism.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-24
THE coLoRED TROOPS IN CUBA.

Eigh-tentS of the Cuban patriot army
are negroes, affirms Spanish minister
de LONE along with other statements
of more doubtful character. And this,
in all probability, is the only grain of
truth in all that the willy Spaniard has
seen fit to give public expression to ON
the subject Fortunately the Ameri-
can public have not yet fallen into the
habit of looking to diplomatic circles
for reliable information, and It is to be
hoped never will. Diplomats deal in
facts only when the truth serves their
purpose better than lying, and as their
purposes are seldom Of an honest ma
ture, cunning, evasion, inuendO and
treachery are the favorite weapons
with which they seek to accomplish
their ends.
Straight down the crooked lane.
And all around the square"
Anything but the naked, unvarnished
truth with these gentry; hence public
suspicion and disTuSt. CavellerO de
LONE true to the habits and instincts
of the class to which he belongs, in
stating SO precisely the proportion of
white to negroes in the Cuban army,
evidently had some object in view other
than the mere mention of a common
place fact, and it is quite apparent that
object was to arouse race prejudice in
the minds of American sympathiZers
~ a
of a degenerate nation thinks that the
knowledge that the negroes far out
number the whites in the Cuban army
will have a tendency to eStrange deep
seated sympathy in thic country he
must certainly reckon without his host
If the entire Cuban army, officers and
privates, were negroes it would only be
another chapter added to history in
proof that liberty is as dear to the black
as to the white man, and that self
sacrificing valor is not confined TO color
of skin. or contour Of viSage. From all
trustworthy accounts Of affairs in Cuba
we learn, that the colored troops are not
lacking in courage and are doing their
full share of fighting and if the revolu-
ton proves successful, will be justly en-
titled to a full share of all the fruits of
hard won victory.
The general complexion of the army
which IS giving General Weyler so
much trobule-it is quite evident is dis
pleasing TO the exquisite taste and high
strung senSibilities Of Don de LONE,
but can anyone doubt that he would
welcome with outstretched arms these
same negro troops into the Spanish
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-24
ALONG THE KANSAS NILE.

A. p. Riddle has been appointed a regent
of the State Agricultural School
The attempt OF those late Billiards to
hurt the peach crop viii be fruitless.
1t is understood that Mike Sutton is stilI
the Menelek OF the Kansas upper Nile
Professor Dyche put a few extra touches
on his lecture at Salina because he was
just 59-years-old.
Sheriff skinner OF Cowley county an
nounces that he is for the denomination OF
Governor Morrill,
Attorney General Dawes says THAI he
has decided that a notary public Is neither
a state nor county officer.
Ewing Herbert, editor. who once violat-
ed an old tradition by biting at Sol Miller.
has now tackled Andy Felt
George l. Douglass is the only Kansas
politician who Is known TO keep the news
paper clippings about himself
Billy White calls registering a sacred
civic duty" 1t isn't as important as ut
tending the caucus the night before the
primaries.
When Kentucky comes to southern Kan
sas for its horses. IT would seem TO be
Kansas business to go into fine horse bus
mess steep.
Up in Topeka they call Hutchinson q
coyote town" but Hutchinson marriages
10 stiH rake in the conventions which To-
peka wants.
Governor Morrill, has issued a proclams-
ton for ArbOr Day. April =. on which day
many people In Kansas viii celebrate By
setting out trees.
We take great pleasure in announcing
that as an inylgorator OF Kansas editorial
pockstbooks. Haines FerTsly COMPOUND Ia
without an equal
Topeka Is probably staying up az nights
20 tremble for fear Hutchinson may also
JOIN the movement 70 remove the state
capital further west
J.. 4 Sieinlan az II Dorado has clock
which was among the first ever brought
west OF the Allegheny mountains J. was
made entirely of wood, even the works
Grandfathe- clocks are not al that
poesy aid song claim for them. Mrs.
Johnston q Newton. while standing On
rockingham 10 wind one. fei aaG broke
her arm
The Il Dorado Republican, zhicA =
EplscopaIiaz. an101aces 20 a feverish sub
scrlber Rho doesn't want % sa. that Z
= not breaking Lent n attend roacsr-s
ard iectursz
The tosn % Topeka e taking % cor
str1ctlng an auditorium r. order 90 catch
ths STATE co1vertionz II should also re-
place rs marble besrz E.th something thzt
car feel the Narnth o. Hospitality
3frs- Fritz Voss, a German WOMAN e.
Newton. has been curot by prayer. Ch-s-
tlzas gathered around her bes Az pray
- IL bo;h E.uElish and German. a19 ne
confirmed fnvzIf5 % Yeas Immediately
arose and wafLef
DICK Howard te-is hz7T the farmers - a
certain l5caEfy keep from iosi-E tseir
porks--t.ilves Thsy carry TIER packets
T1u o. su--sowsr sses Etslca h15se - Ire
knife W'her a r1a- Iozss rs knife AZ
aftsrxe-s sees s8afoEsr s1T1zG - - .
arzz - knife a. ths ro1.st