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The San Francisco call., 1897-10-03
FAIR OF ST. BRENDA S
A Determined Effort to Wipe
Out the Heavy Debt Upon
the Parish School.
Crowds of Friends of the Church
Throng the Pretty Booths-A
Financial Success.

In an effort to erect a schoolhouse large
enough to accommodate the numerous
children OF the parish ST.. Brendan's
Church was compelled to assume debt
OF $4,000. so large in proportion to the
financial abilities of the parish as 10 thor
oughly cripple ITS energies and prevent its
expansion. The parish, though largo in
numbers and enthusiastically devoted to
Its beloved pastor, Rev. John Nugent, has
but few wealthy members, but are deter
mined to make supreme effort 10 clear
the debt and celebrate the jubilee of the
pastor at the same time. For this pur-
pose church fair was determined upon.
which opened last evening, and is to con-
tinue for the next three weeks. The fair
is held in the large room of the parish
school, which has been fitted up in a
manner displaying the utmost taste on
the part OF those ladies upon whom the
active work of preparation !. as fallen.
There are six booths in all, filled with
choice selections of brica- brac and ar
tlcles of utility, at which officiate the
most charming young ladies of the paris b.
whose appeals are hard TO resist. Every
method known 10 church fairs for raising
money Tor good purposes is employed, and
the success so far indicates that he debt
which presses so hard upon the church
will be materially reduced, if not wiped
out altogether.
The ladies presiding at the various
booths and who are conspicuous in their
efforts to please and make the fair an
assured success, are among the best known
10 Catholic society circles in the city.
They are active in every goou work. and
ask that all friends OF St Brendan's will
come and enjoy the attractions to be found
at the fair.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-03
FAST TRAINS THE SAFER,
The Reason Why Slow Runners X ill the
Most People.

The Reason Why Slow Runners X ill the
Most People.
There seems to be an impression" said
a railway superintendent to an lndianap-
oils Journal man, speaking OF the fast
service the railways are now giving, "that
the fast trains are the most dangerous for
people to ride on. and that more persons
are killed in crossing tracks, etc., than by
the trains which are slower. This is a
mistake.
THE Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has given this matter special attention,
and has statistics to show that, in proper
tion to the fast and slow trains rum more
acci dents have occurred to the slow trains
and more persons not In the employ of
the company killed by the slower trains.
Men In charge of fast passenger or freight
trains are constantly on the watch for
danger.
The engineer feels that there is more at
stake, and one will notice that the blasts
OF his whistle are more frequent and
sharper; that the fireman is more pariicu-
lar to ring the bell when passing through
a Town or city or near highway cross
ing. 1t would be difficult TO find people
living on the lines of the roads which run
fast trains that have not heard of the Chi
cago limited on the Pennsylvania lines.
the fast express No. 9, between st. Louis
ana New York, over the Vandalia ard
Pennsylvania lines; the Empire State Ex-
press, the knickerbocke on the Big Four,
and the hundreds of other fast trains
Fast trains are run nearer op time, and
people know their time and keep out of
the way. The equipment of the fast
trains is kept at the best standard, and
everything conduces to make them safer
to ride on and less liable to njure PEOPLE
at highway crossings and in passing
through towns and cities. The Pennsyi-
vania transportation department is fully
satisfied that the above statement is
correct"
The same remark will apply TO the
freight service In 1888 twelve miles an
hour was considered The highest speed
limit tor freight train, and J. ]. Turner,
when superintendent of the Indianapolis
division of the Panhandle. was the first
TO increase the speed of freight trains in
this section, scheduling train at sixteen
miles an hour between indianapolis and
Columbus. Com petitors soon took SINH
lar action and increased the speed of the
fast freights to eighteen miles an hour
then to twenty miles, which was the
maximum for through freights for several
years, but with the better track and bet
ter locomotives some of the roads are
scheduling freight trains at twenty-three
to twenty-five mi es an hour, using the
schedules of passenger trains during the
seventies and eighties.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-03

| to the work OF an evangelist, to which he
has given part of each year for several
years.
Rev. ]. A. Wickham. late of Portland,
has received call to the Christian Church
in Alameda
The Presbyterian Board of Foreign Mis-
slons has made cut on the foreign field
OF between $4,000 and 5000, 0C0 and yet
there remains a debt of $97, 400
Divine services Will begin at 5 80 sharp
tuesday evening (Atonement) at tie SYM
agogue OF the First Hebrew Congregation.
AT the annual meeting OF the Associ-
ated Jewish Charities of This city Monday
night Mrs. u; 5. Hirch6erg was reelected
director The annual report showed the
society 10 be in a fiourishing condition.
At The Busn-street Temple Rev. DR.. Isl
dore Meyers Will preach Tuesday evening
at Z O'clock on The Writing on the
Wal" and on Wednesday, Yom Kippur,
at IL A. NJ. "a Confession; at $50 P. NJ,
"The Captains Question"
This morning at 10 o'clock the Free Re-
ligious Sc ool will be opened and organ
| lied at the rooms of the Emanu-El Sister
hood. 1918 Folsom street
Divine services In the Temple Emanu- Ell
! In celebration of the day of Atonement
commences Tuesday evening at 1880
O'Clock.
The Southern California Methodist Con-
ference opened its twenty-second annual
session in Simpson Church, Los Angeles,
! on the 29tb.
Rev. Barton w. Perry, Ph. D., of San
Lsandro, has been elected president OF the
Methodist State Sabbath Association, in
place of the Rev. DR.. Ketch um, who has
removed to Oregon.
Kew. Fay Don aldson. who graduated at
Napa, took TWO years graduate work in
! Michigan University, and later graduated
at Boston Theological School, will take
supply work in the California Methodist
! Conference this year.
After Bishop Foss sails for India on the
9 OF October Bishop Cranston will be in
/ charge OF tue conferences of the Pacific
/ Northwest.
| Bishop Cranston opened the session OF
/ the OHIO conference on the 18Th, at Wash
! inglon c. ii.
! The fifth annual meeting of the Colum-
! bia River Branch of the Woman's For
/ elgn Missionary Society convenes at
1 Olympia, Wash, on Friday morning, the
! Sth.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-03

The woman's work of the First Congre-
gational Church Of this city will in a fe W
days be organized along modern lines.
Steps have been taken toward an orgaEi-
cation which Will include all branches OF
church work done by women.
Pastor Russell will be in his pulpit al
the Hamilton. square Baptist Church to.
day in this city.
Last Sunday was rally dav" at the
Howard Presbyterian Church. Three hun
dred scholars were present.
The San Francisco Bible and Training
School of the Deaconess' Bureau will
open its fall term Wednesday. October 6.
at 80 A. NJ. at Trinity NJ. L. Church
There will be an informal progra mme and
a conservation service for the class. Teach
ers OF the school, ministers and friends of
the work are urged to be present
Saturday evening, October 9. in the
lecture hall of the Association building,
Mason and Ellis streets, Rev. S. NJ. Jeffer-
son. LID, dean of the Berkeley Bible
Seminary, will deliver lecture on "Origin
and Growth of the Bible" All young
men invited,
There will be q union mass-meeting al
the Young Mems Christian Association
auditorium, Mason and Ellis streets, to-
day at 3 O. clock, 10 be add ressed by Rev,
Robert I. Coyle, ID. pastor OF First
Pres by terian Church, Oakland. Subject,
closes That Enrich" The Knick r
DOcker VIII sing. service IT ee to
both men and women.
There will be union meeting OF ell the
ministerial associations in the city to-
morrow morning III the Y. NJ. c. A. Aud j.
torium.
On Friday evening October 8. the Sun
day-school of the First Christian Church
will give an entertainment to the pupils
and their parents.
A reception to Rev w. w. Wood ward.
the new pastor of Epworth NJ. +. Church,
will take place Wednesday evening at that
church.
Rev. ]. W. Phelps of California-street
NJ. L. Church will Inaugurate tonight the
first of q series OF special meetings that
are to last oil week.
& reception Will be rendered the Rev.
Henry Pearce ana family on TUESDAY,
evening at the Fifteenth.avenue II. Il.
Church.
The Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety of Howard NJ. L. Church will bave a
meeting for the election OF officers Friday
afternoon.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Howard
M L. Church will hold an all-day meeting
Friday, October s, commencing at 10 A. NJ.
Lunch will be served at noon. In the
afternoon the election of officers Will take
place.
Rev. James Lyall, Scotch evangelist,
will preach at Howard Nj. Z. Church this
morning and evening.
The annual meeting OF the Ladies' Aid
Society of Central NJ. e. Church, for the
election OF officers and other business, will
be held Thursday at 2 P. NJ.
Rev. G. Z. Locke, the new pastor of Gen.
trel M. E. Church. will preach his first
sermon in that church this morning at IL
O'Clock.
AHA. NJ. to-day DR.. Ford will preach
on s'Trusling Jesus" and at 7:45 p. NJ. his
subject will be Excuses"
The Central Baptist Association will
meet in Emmanuel Church on October s,
and Z. This Will be the first lime the
church has been open for meetings other
than the regular service for two years or
more.
The Rev. w. B. Randall, d. D., has re-
signed his pas,orIts of the Summit N. J.
Baptist Church 10 devote his entire time
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-03
INVOKED THE GRAND JURY.
Precita Valley Inspected by the City's
IpQuis itorial Body.


The mem bers OF the Precita Valley I'M
provement Club are determined TO have
their grievances rlghted at any and all
hazards. The frequent petitions ard ap-
plIcations sent to both the Board OF Su-
pervisors and the Board of Health TO have
the many nuisances abated in that sec
ton having proved ineffec ual the last
remedy sought by the club was to have
the Grand jury take the matter in hand.
With this object in view that disIin-
guished body paid visit 10 the locality
on last Thursday and saw for themselves
the conultion of The sewers, which are
permitted 10 drain into the many vacant
lots, the principal one, however, being
that which empties in the rear of tie
CoIum bia Grammar School from the
school proper.
The accommodation at this place is of
such nature that tie drainage from the
school empties on the south side OF the
building, the efhuvia of which permeates
the building, bringing sickness and dis
ease 10 the children.
The effects of this, 1t is said by the club
members, has produced diphtheria and
scarlet fever among quite mum Der of the
children In the neig hborhood, resulting in
several deaths.
The Grand Jury went there in body
on the day mentioned and made e. careful
examination of the entire valley. WHAT
the result Of this inspection may lead to
is not known, but one thing is certain. and
this is that the club has shown de-
termination to have its grievance made
known through the proper official cham
nels.
The death valley pond, where the sewer
from the City and County Hospital emp
ties, was also pointed out to the Jury
when they were there and due notice of
It's condition taken.
Any attempt to obtain school for the
children for the present has been aban-
doned, IN consequence of the cutting down
OF the school appropriations By the Super
vlsors. similar condition of resignation
10 the powers that be has been accepted in
regard 10 the getting OF fire engine for
that section for the present
Previous to the adjournment of the
club committee was appotnt-d tc make
arrangements for the holding of a mass
meeting at Graham's Hall on Precita ave-
nue. and Alabama street on the evening of
October Is for the purpose of discussing
the condition of the valley. The mem bers
OF the committee are: Frank Powers, j.
3. Wizard, j. T. Graham, c. Peterson and
John McCallan.
The city officials and many prominent
speakers will be invited to participate.
AT this meeting the club will call the
attention of the Mayor to the unused car
tracks on Army street, belonging to the
Market-street Railroad Company.
Resolutions OF regret were passed over
the sudden demise of the late health off,
Ger, DR.. A. s. Lovelace. The club feel that
they have losta good friend and the city a
valued officer. Many of the improvements
IN the vicinity of Precita Valley can be
credited to his zeal and energy and viii
stand as monument to his memory.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-03
NEW TO-DAY.
Free TO EVERY MAN.
THE METHOD OF A GREAT TREATMENT
fOR WEAKNESS OF MEN.
WHICH CURED HIN AFTER EVERY
THING ELSE FAILED.

Painful diseases are bad enough, but when a
man is slowly wasting away with nervous
weakness the mental forebodings are ten
times worse than the most severe pain. There
Is no let up TO the mental suffering day or
night. Sleep Is almost i'm possible, and under
sueh strain men are scarcely RESPONSE bic for
what they do. For years the writer rolled and
tossed on the troubled sea OF sexual weakness
until 1t was question whether he had not
better take dose of poison and thus end all
his throubles. But providential inspiration
came to his aid in the shape of a combination
OF medicines that not only completely restored
the general health, but enlarged his weak,
emaciated parts to natural size and yigor, and
ne now declares that any man who will take
the trouble TO send his name and address may
have the method OF this wonderful treatment
free. Now, when say free L mean absolutely
without cost, because l want every weakened
man 10 get the benefit of my experience.
am not philanthropist, do / pose az
an enthusiast, but there are thousands OF men
suffering the mental tortures OF weakened
manhood who would be cured at cnee could
they but get such remedy as the one that
cured me. Do not try TO study out how / can
afford TO pay the few postage-stamps necessary
to mail the information, but send for it ana
learn that there are a few things on earlh
that although they cost nothing to get, sTe
worth fortune 10 some men and mean a life
time of happiness 10 most OF us. Write to
Thomas Slater, box 22S3, Kalamazoo Mich
and he information will be mailed in plain
sealed cnvelope.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-03
Archer and the Surgeon.

When Fred Archer. EngIand's famous
Jockey, once consulted one of England 5
most famous surgeons the surgeon said !:
You must not think me rude, Mr.. Arch
er, but l take no interest in any branch of
sport, and l have never heard your
name" "Well," said Archer, ~ hope
you won't think me rude, either, but till
a friend advised me TO consult YOU | had
never heard your name, either, and when
] asked my friend who you were he said !:
He is the Fred Archer OF the surgical pro-
fession. The surgeon probably had the
last word. however, when he sent in his
biil.-Boston Globe.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-03
SAVED BY A WASP,
Its Sting Brought the Principal Juror
to Mood for Acquittal

TO moOu lOr Acquittal.
"'By what slender thread ETC.. YOU
know the quotation, said the lawyer who
went West thirty years ago to win his
spurs and then came back to civilization
10 win fame and fortune. "pll give YOU
an illustration.
AFTER l had been out there long enough
to get acquainted with the people and
their ways | was called upon 10 defend n
young tenderfoot charged with murder.
There was not the slightest doubt fIom a
legal standpoint, of his guilt. The only
thing to be urged in his ehalf was the
fact that he had been buiied and fr;g hit.
ened into state of irres possibility.
put up the best tioht | could 10 save his
neck, but the entire community was tn n
under The influence of a strong reaction
ary sentiment. Lawlessness had gone too
far OF late and there was stern deter
mination 30 make an impressive exam pie
whenever opportunity offered | was
really without bote of securing an ac-
quittal. But fate inlerfered in a way th at
was without precedent.
The man best calculated to dominate
the jury was baldheaded, large, big-voiced
and pugnaclous. The twelve good men
and true had scarcely entered the iurv-
room when wasp flew into the open win
dow, was attracted 10 the shining pate OF
the big man, and resented an argumen-
tative gesture with n sting that eliciled a
howl. followed by volley of expressive
frontier oaths. Two or three OF the Jury
men laughed, and the ba.dheaded man
made dive for the place usually occupied
by his sixshooter. 1t was missing, and by
the time he got thi-teen-inch bowie
knife from his boot leg, he was being held
and talked INTO reason. He realized how
slight provocation had put murder into
his heart, and how nearly he had com
mitted the very or me on which he was
sitting in judgment. They brought in a
verdict of not guilty and the big fellow
told ME afterward: If that davilish wasp
had been anywhere else that afternoon
ydur tenderfoot would have hung. But
after that prod he had my sympathy
Detroit Free Press.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-03
Youthful Rivalry.

any father is policeman" boasted a
little boy of Allegheny.
"Pooh, that's nothingI' replied another
little fellow, my fathers a newspaper re-
porter"
We'll. my aunt is going to be married
next week." said the first boy, returning
the attack.
Zone Of my sisters was married week be-
fore last, and my oldest sister has twins ''
was the trium phant reply.
His victory was short, however. The
other boy meditated for half a minute.
my uncle takes UP the fare In church
on Sundays. ."-Pittsburg Chron icle Tel
egrapt.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-03
FRAHER'S SPRITE THIEF.
1t Set a Market-Street Store
Burglar Alarm Going
for Hours,
In the End Palace Hotel Guests
Thought There Was a General
Call to Arms.

Officer Phil Fraher is on the still hunt
OF burglar who almost caused as much
panic on Market street early yesterday
morning as stage hold-up. 1t was not
the swag the wary marauder succeeded i'll
getting away with as the row that his
attempt to do so, provoked, that is worry
ing the policeman.
1t was all due in the beginning to an
attempt on the part OF some light fingered
night sprite to break into the cigars ore
of Julius Hitler at 632 Market street, In
front of the Bouquet saloon. The store is
only protected from the street by a high
iron screen, over which an agile vaulter
nigh easily jump. Once behind this OBJ
struction, the burglar found himself con-
nected with an elaborate alarm system
that shrieked out on the early morning
air very ominously.
FRAZIER heard the alarm some distan ce
up the street, but when he arrived the
first cause of it had disappeared, while
the din was becoming loud enough 10
ket-street side of the Palace Hotel. How
to shut oil the alarm became of more i'm
portance 10 the officer than the pursuit OF
burglar no one had seen.
MesSenger-boys were sent for and
boosted over the iron screen by FRAZIER,
only to add 10 the confusion. Finally
messengers We're dispatched for Tom
Shaw, the proprietor of the saloon in the
rear, in hopes that the noise could be
abated before the Fire Department turned
out. Shaw could not be found, so there
was nothing for FRAZIER to do but TO grin
and bear it. For three hours that burglar
alarm roared to the discomfort of the
whole street and the merriment of large
crowd that had gathered. 1t was only
when Hitler arrived to open up his store
that the noise ceased and FRAZIER went
home to recover mis- nerves.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-03

pectation with which the Parisians are
awaiting the new move of the Imperial
lists. The Little Hat" as the club is
named, is SO called III memory of the fa-
nous headgear worn by Napoleon the
Great. The club is serious enough in Its
proposal to revive social interest in the
Bonaparte dynasty, but it remains to be
seen what effect, il any, this masquerading
and relic-exhibiting cam paign will have
on French political sentiment.-Philadel
phia Record
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-03
The Coming Bonaparte Revival

All carnival-loving Paris is looking for
ward with eagerness to the series of EN-
Tire balls with which the new Napoleonic
society, lie Petit Chapeau, has promised
TO regaie the gay capital. 1t is an open
question whether there is even a grain of
POLITICAL ref ction in the mir;k- loving ex-
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-03

A peer who becomes bankrupt is dis
qualified from sitting or voting in the
House OF Lords; peer of Scotland or Ir e.
land is by bankruptcy disqualified from
representing his country.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-03

One thousand novels are published
every year in London-that is over three
day.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-03

Fifteen wears ago about 5000 bicycles
were annually produce in England. Dur
ing 1896 over 500. 900 were manufactured
there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-17
O. Nj. e. CHARTERED.
Secretary of State Bush Issues an
Illegal Document

Today the secretary of state issued
a charter under the laws of Kansas, to
an organization which proposes to con-
duct a drinking resort similar to those
operated by the o. M. B. in this city
The charter was issued to the ':resub-
mission club of Kansas of Topeka" the
purposes of which are widely different
from that expressed in the charter, an
investigation of which would have con-
yinced the secretary of state that he
was SanctiCning an illegal institution
and one which contemplates the viola
ton of a law which the executive de-
partment is attempting to enforce.
This resub1nisSion club is to take the
place of Excelsior lodge No. 324 o. NJ
B., the latter having been disorganized
who alleged that Simon Greenspan was
attempting to manipulate the organiza-
ton to advance his private and person.
al aims
Those who are fighting Greenspan
have organized this new club and Will
continue the joint managed formerly
under the dispensation of Excelsior
lodge, on the second floor of the Craw-
ford Opera House, where a bar and
plate glass mirrors reflect the faces of
the thirsty .resubmissionists' who de-
clare in their charter secured TO-DAY
that they have organized to promote
purity in public affairs and advance
political and social economy
This is the first time during the last
threa state administrations that a char
ter has been issued where every indice-
ton pointed to the fact that a drinking
resort would he maintained by the or
ganization securing the protection of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-17
WOMEN DOUBTFUL
Fort Scott Women Jurors May
Not Serve.
Miss Wheeler Absolutely Re-
fuses to Act.
WANTS A SUBSTITUTE.
Will Not Be With a Lot of Men
as CuriO.
One Married Woman, However,
Says She Will Appear.

Fort Scott, Aug. 17-Sheriff Wheeler
was busy today serving summons on
those drawn a few days ago on the jury
for the next term of court.
The papers were served on the women
the same as men.
Miss Cora Wheeler the only single
lady drawn declared she would not
serve. She said she might send a sub
stitute, but she was not going to sit up
in a jury box with a lot of men to be
stared at all day by the crowd.
Mrs. A. Kaufman took the matter
differently. She said she supposed she
would have to be governed by the or
derS and would do as the others did.
When Informed that Miss Wheeler pro-
posed sending substitute she said she
would send her husband if it was al
lowed.
Mrs. G. Ross informed the sheriff
that she would be present in court.