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The San Francisco call., 1896-02-17

Discussing yesterday the possibilities of
the recently reported discovery of the pole
by Nansen and the means by which the
news could have come from his ship the
FRAN, the captain said:
The telegraphic dispatches saying that
Nansen had been up to and was on his
way back from the north pole did not
state where the Fran was at the time the
information was obtained, nor were any
dates given. If we were told anything
definite as to the original source of the
report we might form some opinion as to
the probability of the discovery.
s'lt is very peculiar time of year to re-
ceive information from that region, for in
the winter everything is blocked. The
only possible way for news to come from
the Fran would be for some one to leave
the Fran and reach permanent settle
ment.
"When Nansen started out on his expe-
dition he entered the Arctic near Norway,
travelling round the pole upon a general
course opposite to the direction of the
hands of a clock. His purpose was, as
understand 1T, to reach point some dis
tance beyond the mouth of the Lena River
and there be taken up by the current in
which the Jeanette was drifting when she
was crushed in the ice in June, 1888.
THAT current the jeanette was in was
carrying her along about three miles
an hour just before she was abandoned.
1t was branch of the Japan current
which bends up into the North Pacific and
there divides, one part coming down this
coast and the other going on up through
Bering Strait. Just after entering the
Arctic that current branches again A
main and well-known constant flow strikes
eastward past Point Barrow at one or two
miles an hour, along the north coast of
British America through the great archi-
pelago and into Baffins Bay; there it turns
southwark, carrying the Greenland ice
bergs down into the Atlantic Ocean. But
the other branch bends to the northwest
and starts round the other side of the pole.
In that current the Jeanette was carried
along until she was almost on the opposite
side of the pole from US. Nansens plans
seem to have been based upon the hy-
pothesis that the current must eventually
bend in upon the pole, and crossing it,
come out on the coast of Greenland. But
/ never believed that story about some of
the Jeannette's material being found on the
coast of Greenland, and / don't believe
it yet.
NOW, if this information came by way
of the coast near the mouth of the Lena
River it passed through the hands of Rus
sian Government officials, for wherever
there is permanent settlement near that
coast there are Russian officials. But
there is no living about the mouth of the
Lena, for its big delta is covered with
drift ice in the spring and no habitation
could exist The river is over 1000 miles
long, and when the SHOWS at its source
melt the whole country is flooded about
the delta and is covered with sheet ice.
'The first permanent settlement that
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-17

led by the same spirit into fully under
standing the truth as il is in Jesus.
Lent is especially the time for US to re-
move such hindrances to the free course of
the Holy Spirit as lie within our own con-
troll. anu therefore we are especially hidden
during the coming Lent by mnistration,
by the struggle after personal purity, by
the giving of ourselves and our substance
TO bring ourselves into harmony with
Gods Holy Spirit, in order that the same
Holy Spirit might illuminate us with the
brightness and the fullness of the Easter
revelation
The Parish Report, just published. gives
an account of the Easter services as fol-
lows: Wednesday, 10:30A. M; Thursday,
A P. NJ, and Friday, 80 A. M. and 7:3O p.
NJ. at the Friday evening services the
preachers during February will be: Febru-
ary p, Rev. r. c. Foute, and February 2s,
Rev t. J. Lacey.
At the Wednesday morning services adj
dresses will be made by the rector on ''The
Prayers of Our Blessed Lord" and on
Thursday afternoons addresses by the rec
tor may be expected on "Certain Women
of the New Testament" On Friday morn
lngs addresses will be made, of which the
topics will be announced.
The services will be held this Lent on
the same plan as last year. Eight services
have been arranged for to be held on the
seven Wednesdays of Lent and on the
Mondays of Holy Week. The services
will be held in Grace Church, Church of
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-17
SOCIALIST MEETING.
Cooperation in the Production, but Not
in the Distribution of Wealth.

Cooperation in the Production, but Not
in the Distribution of Wealth.
"How and to what extent do we now
co-operate?" was the main subject of dis
cussion at the Socialist meeting last night
in Pythian TEN pie at 900 Market street.
T. e. Zant was the speaker of the even
ing. He called attention to the natural CO.
operation existing in plant and lower ami
NAL life, and in the general economy of
the forces of nature. But he declared
that there is no large social cooperation.
Such cooperation as exists in civilized
communities is confined to small groups
OF people engaged in some cooperative
production. Although they cooperate in
making the product they do not in dis
tributing it; that is the individualistic act
of the employer.
Then followed general expression of
ideas by. different speakers, particularly
noticeable among whom was Mrs 'Squires
of Oregon, who declared that the Socialists
OF her State were more thoughtful in re-
gard to the topics of the day than her i'm
mediate auditors IN this City. E. II. Kings
ley concluded what had become almost
spirited debate. He said that greenbacks
are not money because they are merely a
printed promise to pay money; that bor-
rowed money is the property of the bor-
rover because he has traded security for
it, which he may or may not at some fu-
ture time buy back with the original
amount plus the interest; that his hearers
had no right to the ballot, the Government
being founded on property rights, and
none OF his auditors owned any property.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-17

done before the mission of the historic
edifice will have been complete, and they
propose to do it with cheerful hearts. They
are Just now engaged in raising funds to
pay OF the remaining debt on the new
organ. The obligation is trifing one,
and the good people hope to soon have
the balance on their side.
The Rev. Mardon D. Wilson is an inter-
estIng man. He is gentle and affable and
is most Jealous in his work of winning
souls over to GOD. He speaks with force
and eloqueuce from the pulpit. During
the few months he has been rector of st. Pc
ter,s he has met with gratifying success.
lie was appointed to this charge on Octo-
Der /, 1898. Previous to that time he was
rector OF st. Andrews Church, Oakland.
On coming to this coast from college In
New haven some ten years ago he located
at Astoria, Or, where he remained four
years. He, next went to Vancouver, where
he presided over an Episcopalian church
for six years. Then he came to California.
The rector's sermon at the morning
service yesterday was in relation TO the
approaching season of Lent. He dwelt
With great clearness and force upon the
efficacy of prayer and the glorles of the
pure and sinless life. His text was from
st. John, xvi:12: "I have many things to
say unto you, but we cannot bear them
now" He developed the idea that God
only reveals truth by degrees or stages, as
men are able to receive it. This was
clearly taught in the New Testament and
agrees in every way with the experiences
of life.
He declared that revelation was tenn
pered to the capacity of the recipient, as
in the text, 'sYe cannot bear them now"
There was much in nature that was not
revealed. AS the good works of men
brought them into better accord with the
spirit of their Master they would be able
to assimilate more OF Gods truth, and then
the truth would be more fully revealed to
them
$50 with us,' he continued. Gas we by
prayer, by suffering, by experience, enter
more fully into the appreciation of the
ever-present spirit of God, we also will be
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-17

Melville found when he was picked up in
October 1883, was about 250 miles back
from the mouth of the Lena. Why should
Nansen after reaching the pole go back to
land nearly three times as far away as the
already explored coast of Greenland? If
would naturally have STAYED with it and
come out on it. Why would he go back
LOO miles when by keeping on about 400
ne could reach known waters?
The Fran had only arrived in the
neighborhood of the Kara Sea for her first
winter. She must have done some very
quick work compared with her sailing up
TO that time to have gone to the pole and
started back since then,
AS tor the natives communicating with
one another by some mysterious means and
at long distances, have never seen ii.
The news could hardly have come in ad-
vance by such means. There is no COM
munlcation between the natives by signals.
When two natives from different villages
meet, they sit down and smoke pipe and
exchange the. gossip of their localities.
In that country the family lives upon
what the men and boys can hunt and fish
for and consequently there isn't any wan
dering from home. In the winter season
particularly the native stays at home
pretty faithfully.
Natives living sixty or seventy miles
apart know simply nothing about each
other, even where IN many cases il would
be to their advantage to communicate with
each other.
..''You can get a native to carry message
Tor you but must always have the pay
issued at the other end or he will fall from
grace and dlsappoint you. They do all
such travelling on land by dog teams and
cover from twenty-five 10 forty miles
day.
''It is only the shore natives that have
and use canoes. When they sight ship
they come off to her with their whole fam
lilies with them. 1t is like going to the
opera. And they'll stay with you as long
as you'll let them.
Occasionally we have received informa-
ton from natives near Berlng Strait
that would be accurate, but never any
from the Siberian coast natives in the Arc
tic. They are visited by Russian authori-
ties only once or twice year. All east of
the Lena on the Siberian coast the natives
understand that if a vessel is wrecked they
should care for the survivors.
cit freezes pretty solid in that north
ern region during the winter months.
Then there is not much movement to the
ice, although there are open spaces in it.
Nothing hollow has ever yet been built
that could stand the pressure of two great
ice fields coming together. The Fran
was designed to avoid the crush OF the Ice
by allowing herself to be forced up out of
water by the pressure upon her sides. The
Ice in the northern seas is not high above
water, for it is not made up of icebergs.
Icebergs are made only on high shores
and break off of glaciers. They are not
found SO far north.
when De Long started out on his ex-
pedltion an old skipper at the Palace Ho-
tel told him that if he got in that north
west current it would either carry him to
the pole or to the devil. If Nansen got in
that current he was subject to either out
come"
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-17

the Advent and Trinity Church,
three services each in Grace Church
and Trinity and two in the
Church of the Advent. The first service
will be on the evening of Ash Wednesday
at Grace Church, and this will be st.
Peters night. This comes February 10,
and everybody must be present. ST.
Peters rector will be the preacher, st.
Peters choir, will furnish the music, and
st. Peters people must be present to sup
port both rector and choir
The officers of st. Peters Church are as
follows; Vestrymen-H. 7. Graves, Senior
Warden; Alex Gray, Junior Warden; Eel
mon Drake, A. E. Aitken, George Cuth-
bert, B. Y. Squire. st. Peters Chapter of
the Brotherhood of st. Andrew-Director,
Rev. Mardon D. Wilson; Vice Director.
Norman D. Kelley; Secretary, George
Cuthbert, 2110 Jones street; Treasurer. J.
Stuart Murdoch; C. P. Silkman, Ellis Fur
bush, Albert Wyatt, II. c. Carter, Frank
Croa1l, Flemon Drake, J. c. Astredo, f. C.
Sel1woOd
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-17
Where They Might Have Car
ried Nansen in the
Fran.
CAPTAIN WILLIAMS IDEA.
Cruised in the Arctic Thirty Years and
Never Knew Natives to Send
Information.

Captain Louis Williams, who has been
making trips to the Arctic for the last
thirty years and who has during his nauti-
cal experience acquired considerable
knowledge of the northern seas and cur
rents. is much interested in the story of
the recent discovery of the pole by
Nansen.
Twenty-Five years ago, long before the
first and only Western Arctic expedition
went out from San Francisco under the
command of DE Long, he had been as far
north as 7411 deg. Since then, summer
after summer, he has cruised about the
Arctic on whaling voyages, far to the east
of Point Barrow the most northern point
of Alaska and as far to the westward of
Bering Strait as Cape Sievernoi, on the
Siberian Coast.
1t was only last October that Captain
Williams was in the Arctic in command of
the Hidalgo.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-17
Crazed by disappointment.

Miss Emma Hubrick, domestic recently
employed at 1717 Jackson street, was taken
into custody last evening TO await an exami-
nation by the Commissioners Of Insanity. Her
story is indeed sad one. In 1893 she became
engaged 10 Gnstav Meyers. Upon the day the
wedding was to have taken place Meyers left
the City and the next heard of him he was in
Germany. The girl followed him to his Ger
man home, but he refused to marry her, and
six months ago she returned TO this City
broken-hearted Since then she has been act
ing strangely and at last her employers decided
TO have her committed TO some Institution
where she would be safe
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-17
Too Much China New Year.

T. Makinoto and K. Mochita, two Japanese
young men, celebrated the Chinese New Year
yesterday by quarreling after they refreshed
themselves too freely. Makinoto, who is 1S
years old, chased Mochita out of their house at
1 Chatham place and pursued him down Bush
street TO Dupont with an open knife in his
hand. officers stopped the race before blood
was shed and Mochita was arrested for exhibit
ing a deadly weapon in a threatening manner,
while the object of his wrath, whom he de-
scribed as his every dear friend,' was booked
as drunk.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-17

this evening with Katie Putnam, for whom
it was written, in the leading role 1t will
be put on the stage with very fine scenic
effects.
From merriment to graver subjects is
the word at Growers Alcazar. Tonight
Alfred Edward S dramatization of Faust
is on the programme, with Percy Hunting
III the character of Mephistopheles and
Miss Minna Gleason as the gentle Mar
guerite.
Tonight there will be revival of "Wise
for Wife, at the Grand Opera-house. This
is a thrilling and picturesque comedy
drama by John A.. Stevens. Miss Essie
Title, the new leading lady, will make her
appearance for the first time as will also
Darrell Vinton, the leading man.
The "Freischutz" is the attraction at
the Tivoli Opera-house for this evening.
Ida Valerga, who has been absent from
this house for some time, will appear as
Agatha, and Miss march, will make her
reappeaIance in the character of Annie
in which she has been very successful.
At the Orpheum Music Hall, the excel
lent programme that took the house bv
storm last week will be repeated tonight.
with the addition of new specialties. The
head balancing feat of the Panther Broth
ers is marvellous one, and it excites ad-
miration.
Paderewski, the great, will give recital
at the California Theater this afternoon.
and he will delight those who assemble 10
listen to him with the delicacy of the won
derful music that he produces from the
piano. There WILL no doubt, be a crowded
house.
This evening the 1rst performance for
the benefit of the Saturday Morning Or
chestra will be given in Metropolitan Hall.
The orchestra will be under the direction
of the well-known leader, Alfred Romeo
vieri, and the event promises to be a great
society affair.
Tonight there will be given in the
Grove-street Theater the first of a series of
performances for the benefit of the Veteran
Guard of the Grand Army of the Republic.
The performance this evening will be ~
and I" preceded by camp-scene by the
Vets as a curtain-raiser.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-17
First Benefit Concert.

The Saturday Morning Orchestra, under the
management of Alfred Roncovieri, will give
its first benefit concert at Metropolitan Temple
this evening.
The orchestra will be assisted by the Phil
harmonic Society, also by Miss Caroline II.
Little and S. Homer Henley, and the accom-
paniments will be played by Miss Belle Cham
berlain. The programme will contain many
Thomas, Moszkowski, Rubinstein, Wagner, Sir
Arthur Sullivan, Marchesi and Verdi.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-17

Keene lens the second week of his en-
gagement at the California this evening
with 1.-The Merchant of Venice and is to
appear in the character of Shylock. He
will be supported by Miss Tim hermann,
who will assume the role of PoItia, and bv
Miss Belgrade as Nerissa.
"In the Old Lime Kiln" play some
thing in the line of "In Old Kentucky" is
to be presented at the Columbia Theater
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-17
A uniaue Entertainment.

Brooks and Macy, the humorists, will give
one of their attractive entertainments at the
Young Mems Christian Association Audi
torium, corner of Mason and Ellis streets. to-
morrow evening at o'clock for the benefit OF
the association. The public are invited to at
tend. 1t viii be their last appearance in San
francisco this season.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-17
MONDAY PROGRAMMES.
Attractions offered to the Public at
the Different Places of
Amusement.

Tonight will be the first of the last week
of the Marie Tavary opera company at the
Baldwin Theater. and to the lovers of
operatic music there will be offered Lies
Huguenots," with Nine. Tavary, Guile,
LIGHTER, Tomlins and others in the cast.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-17
QUARTER Of A
CENTURY OLD,
st. Peters Parish at North
Beach Was Organized
in 1867.
THE sURPLICED CHOIR.
The Oldest Episcopalian Church
Organization in San
Francisco.
HAS AN INTERESTING HISTORY
How the Rev. Mardon D. Wilson
Zealously Guards the Spiritual
Interests of His Flock.
HAS AN INTERESTING HISTORY

Out at North Beach, where the fresh sea
breezes sweep up from the harbor, is To-
Gated the parish of st. Peters. 1t belongs
to the Episcopalian communion and is
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-17

this evening with Katie Putnam, for whom
it was written, in the leading role. 1t will
be put on the stage with very fine scenic
effects.
The record-union., 1896-08-23
OUR CONGRESSMAN.
Warm Commentator From Over the
fountains.

Bridgeport Chronicle Union, Aug. Sth.)
The Second Congressional District
Convention will meet at Sacramento on
Wednesday next to nominate a Repub-
lican candidate for Congress. Grove L.
Johnson will be nominated for re-elec-
ton without opposition, thus closing the
Republican nominations for Congress
in this State, and showing the good
judgment of the party in making no
change in our delegation to that i'm
portant branch Of our Government.
Every Republican Congressman from
this State has worked heroically for the
interests of the people of this State and
the country as well, and none more so
than Grove L. Johnson, who did a great
amount of work for his constituents in
the matter of pensions, increasing mail
facilities and other matters of particu-
lar Importance to his district. His
speeches in favor of pulling the gang
plank at Castle Garden and restricting
foreign immigration and favoring free
coinage of silver were masterpieces of
oratory and good sound sense. He has
been a worker from the word "go," and
this district should continue his repre-
sentation of it as long as he will consent
to represent it in Congress. The dis
tricts and States represented by old
members always WELD a greater infiu-
ence than those represented by new
members every session, and now that we
are following in the footsteps of the
Southern States in olden times, a course
which gave them so much influence in
slavery times, California will be better
able to secure proper recognition in the
future in the matter of legislation, etc.
The record-union., 1896-08-23
DIED IN TEXAS.
Death of j. F. Rudolph, a Former
Sacramento Druggist.

Mrs. o. w. Halliday (Kate Rudolph
Halladay) writes to the Record
Union" from Laredo, Texas, under date
of the 17th announcing the death
there of ]. F. Rudolph, an early resident
of Sacramento and father of Mrs. Ed
ward Cadwalader The letter says:
Many old Californians will doubt
less remember ]. F. Rudolph, who went
to California early in the fifties. For
years he was an apothecary in Sacra-
mento and Nevada City He was well
known as a chemist, having been in the
employ of the Central Pacific Railroad
and had also been connected in that ca
pacity with many cases that are re-
membered in the States history.
For about two years he had been
here in Texas, simply an old man, his
labor done. He died August 10th, aged
10 years.
The record-union., 1896-08-23
POINTS FOR HOP GROWERS.
Some Light Thrown on the European
Market.
A Circular to English Brewers Sent
by a Sacramento Com
pany's Agent.

While the hop-growers of the coast
are being impoverished by the ruinously
low prices received for their hops, and
wondering, as most of them are, what
is the matter with the brewers of Eu-
rope, they may find some information
though lack of consolation-in a cir
cular that has been addressed to the
English consumers.
This circular is dated at London,
July 21st, is signed Horst Bros.," and
reads:
Dear Sirs: California brewing barley
We have just received a cable from
our California office that they have for
warded samples of shipments of very
fancy new barley. We shall only ship
limited quantity, but will be able to
offer it even cheaper than last season.
I'VE would be pleased to hear from
you by return post whether we may
submit samples and prices.
California and Oregon hops-We are
now making contracts with farmers
who require picking money and who are
therefore willing to sell part of their
crop at ridiculously low figures in order
to secure the advance of sufficient
turn, make contracts with brewers at a
small margin.
If you feel disposed to protect your
selves against possible high prices by
buying a portion of your requirements
of Californian and Oregon hops, we can
now offer them to you at very tempting
figures, and, as E. Clemens Horst of
California attends personally to the
business on the Pacific Coast, and our
Louis A. Horst to the deliveries in Eng
land, you may be assured of the very
best deliveries.
1--WE make a speciality of contracting
at this time of the year, and fully real
ize the Importance of making good de-
liveries in order to retain the confidence
of the brewers
Another London firm, that appears to
have some compassion for the ruined
hop growers of California, has mailed
copy of the above to w. II. Leman &
Co. of this county, under date of Au-
gust eth, with these comments:
Dear Sirs: Yours of July 1st to hand.
We send you a copy Of a circular to
English brewers, from which you will
see how cruelty the chances of good
pllCSS AoA etSIilC Noelot HopS e~lc DciiS
| destroyed at this early time, when the
English crop is by no means in a salts
factory state, and certain contingencies
might bring us good prices if develop
ments were left to work themselves out
| naturally.
But our brewers are being educated
| by these means into the idea that any
| beggarly price is sufficient for the Pa
cific Coast hop-grower. They will as
suredly make these very tempting fig
ures' a market basis, as they did last
year, and the whole body of Pacific
Coast growers will be unable to get bet
ter prices than these people set. Then
our market will become irretrievable.
Why don't the growers stop the sup
ply and save their interests?"