The herald., 1897-05-23
PASADENA

6A0AOGNA
PASADENA, May 22.-(Reguar Corre-
spondence.) Rev. Father Peter c. Yorke
Of San Francisco spoke to a large audience
last evening at the Auditorium on THE
Relation of the Catholic Church to the
Present Age" The stage was prettily doc
GRATED for the occasion with palm
branches. flowers and the Stars and Stripes
hung at the back. Ten little girls in white
sang "The Star Spangled lAlnner" preced-
Ing the lecture, after which the lecturer
was introduced by Rev. William M. Jones.
pastor of the Universaist church. Mr..
Jones said In his remarks that Americans
had one distinguishing characteristic.
among others, which was the desire to
know. and in order to know he must be
free to inquire and discuss and investigate,
and he usually has enough fairness In his
makeup to givevevery man hearing. 1t
was in the spirit of brotherly toleration
that he appe ared on this platform and In
troduced the speaker. although they We're
at the very extremes of belief and creed.
Father Yorke is an able speaker and he
held the close attention of his hearers
throughout his lecture. although many OF
them were Protestants and came simply
out of ''desire to know" as Mr.. Jones
put It, what a Catholic priest might have
to say, not having heard one very often.
Others again were devout Catholics and
some could hardly be placed in either
creed. Speaking of the infallibility Of the
pope, the speaker said he occupied the
same place in regard to spiritual affairs
that the supreme court occupies in rela-
tion to our government-in other words he
was the supreme authority. He believed
TINS author.y came from God, and that he
would not allow the pope to err in matters
which he was called upon to decide. He
said there was no truth in the statement
At o-I ttos f1,a Ca hal nI
was the enemy of the public school, but
that Catholics believed in sending their
children to their own schools where possi-
bic.
MEMORIAL DAY
The public schols will observe Memorial
day by having appropriate exercises on
next Friday, when the following veterans
will address them:
Columbia school-Prof. j. j. Harris,
Samuel Weight, c. c. Brown.
Franklin school-A. K. Nash, G. NJ.
Adams, w. w. Polk.
Garfield school-Gov. H. Fl. Markham.
Samuel Hahn, w. B. Van Kirk. Rev. ].
w. Hanson.
Grant school-Dr G. S. Case, Rev. ]. H.
Stuntz. James A. Leonard.
Lincoln school-Gov. L. A. Sheldon,
William Nation. Hon. c. M. Simpson.
Washington school-Dr. H. A. Reid, ].
D. Gaylord, T. ]. Jean.
Wilson school--Rev. l.. P. Crawford, w.
M. Pennel, Edward Groenendyke.
All members of the G. A. r. and all other
veterans of the war, the gray as well as
the blue are requested to attend the eXer-
cises as above, as far possible. 1t is
hoped that there will be liberal turn out
at all of the schools.
BREvITIES
Major H. N. Rust addressed the Acad-
Of Cnia ut al, 41.,,;o
last evening. taking as a subject Mexico"
Fifteen years ago Major Rust visited Mex
leo, and while there secured q quantity
of Aztec relics which are very strange and
valuable. He also presented to the City of
Mexico some valuable Indian relics, which
we're placed in the museums of the city.
Dr. Hills stereopticon was used in illus
trating the lecture
Senator Delos Arnold has made the fol-
lowing reply to the request so generally
signed few days ago: Gentlemen: Your
request that l should consent to become
candidate as trustee of this school district
at the coming election has been duly re-
ceived. My personal preferences would be
that some other citizen should be selected
but in view of the large number of repre-
sentative persons whose names are at
tached to the request. would hardly fec!
justified in refusing to comply with their
wishes"
Mrs. W. Harrison Ballard left yesterday
for Chicago, where the doctor will join
her in June. when both will take Euro
pean tour.
A ]. Wright of 125 West Green street has
gone east on a visit combining business
with pleasure, and will remain away for
couple of months. He Is now at his old
home in Chioaon
William Walker, general manager OF nc
Illinois Steel company, paid visit to Pas
adena today, going up to Mount Lowe also
The Illinois Steel works are among the
largest in the world.
Messrs. Ed Braley. Frank Gates Frank
Brenner, Archie Price. Fred Buchanan
Rob Lacey. Horace Sandman, Walter
Simos, Charlie Prnz and Will Flint ac-
cepted an invitation from Ed and Bruce
Turner to accompany them to their ranch
near La Canyada and remain over Sun
day.
Baron Addron Won Saith and Baron Won
Letevzow are guests of Mrs. j. DeBarth
shorb and family. They are making a tour
around the world.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. S. Wallace, Charles
Fabrick and Carl Terpenning of this city
and Mr.. and Mrs. I. H. Preston of Los An
geles will leave Tuesday for the Yosemite.
They will make the trip by carriage and
expect to be absent about two months.