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The San Francisco call., 1898-02-16
RAILROAD TRAVEL.

SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY.
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The times., 1898-12-16
COrbin to the Rescue.

1t would be iudicrous If it We're not
tragic to compare two statements which
filled adjoining columns in yesterdays
newspapers. In one is a summary of the
examination by the House Military Com
mittee of Adjutant General Corbin on
the subject of army reorganization. In
the other is an abstract of the testimony
of the chief surgeon of Skaters staff
before the Alger Relief Commission, the
abstract being edited by that body before
it reached the newspapers. In one the
adjutant general. with round eyes and
baby stare of surprise and incredulity, is
quoted as saying there was no complaint
of the treatment received by the soldiers
of the late war. why, 1 have never
heard of volunteer officer or man COM
planning of the lack of any article the
soldier needed. The army was better
cared for than any similar army before
it, In the adjoining column Major Pope
recites the facts of the failure to supply
the expedition to Cuba with the articles
most essential to its welfare and de-
scribes the consequent sufferings of the
wounded and the sick and his unavailing
efforts to obtain the needed supplies.
Adjutant General Corbin, who calls
himself a volunteer. ought to know more
about the recent war than any other
man. 1t was he who disintegrated and
emasculated the Office of the inspector
general. and by the virtual suspension
of General Miles made himself the gem
eral in command of the army. He Sc
lected as the commander of the Cuban
expedition a man who had served with
him fer a short time In an inferior po-
sition in an Ohio regiment during the
Civil War-a man without experience
above the rank Of colonel. and untitled
by his lack of training and by an un-
fortunate disposition as well as by ply
sique to command an army of invasion
in the tropics. The purpose of the Sec
The times., 1898-12-16
The Lnte Mr.. Bricc.

The death of Calvin S. Brice,
which occurred yesterday in New York.
will be deeply regretted In Washington.
In recent years there have been very few
men who. equally with him. have made
themselves liked by the people among
whom their lot was cast.
Mr.. Brice win be long remembered as a
charming host: as man who under
stood how to exercise hospitality with
grace and to make his Washington home
the home of his constituents. He was a
seIf-made man and product of the plain
people His success in life, in material
directions, was something phenomenal. 1t
is given to some individuals to excite the
antagonism of those who regard their
prosperity with envy. Mr.. Brice, on the
contrary, was peculiarly liked, and lis
great financial achievements never de-
tracted from the affection in which he
was held by all who knew him.
The times., 1898-12-16
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1s, 1885.
Democratic o.tricbe..

The trouble with Mr. Bryan and a num-
Der Of other people who would be the first
TO declare themselves Democrats is. that
they are TOO hopelessiy ignorant to be
trusted with either power or responsible
ity.
They have seen Mr.. Mckinley go to
work to destroy the hideous structure OF
protection. which he and his friends haze
spent lifetime and much labor in build
ing up, ard they have never uttered a
word of commendation or even given a
have howlei and snarled at him. They
know well enough that the policy of ex-
pansion. II carried out, would kill protec-
tion, destroy the basis upon which the
bsocd-sucking trusts monopolize business
and bring about the freedom of trade for
praying. But because the unconscious
agent of reform happens to be the Repub-
lican statesman whom Providence has Sc
iected to demolish the edifice of protec-
tian these Democrats have not sense
enough 10 approve, but must actually OPP
pose his labors toward their salvation.
IL is easy TO understand how Senator
Hoar can antagonize the Government and
the people in their desire to give Ameri-
can agriculture ard commerce enlarged
opportunities The Hoars, -Hales and suc'i
people are wise enough to see that The
domination of the protected industries
must go to destruction when good Demo-
cratic expansion batters at the prison wall
they haYe bniit around the nation.
II is much more difficult 10 comprehend
why persons like Mr.. Bryan or Senator
Vest should oppose what, if successful.
. would impose absolutely the conditions
for which they are supposed to have been
fighting all their natural lives.
What, for heavens sake. has bitten
hss5me of the old Democrats? Are they at
last opposed to free trade? Do they wish
to throw blmetallism overboard2 If they
do not. why in the name of political san
ity do they antagonize expansion, which
will actually compel practical free trade
and make free silver something more than
a weakly supported academic proposition?
Has II come 10 pass that leading Demo-
Gratis not only do not wish to support,
but deliberately aim to defeat the objects
that underiy their party organization? 1t
may seem a strange question to ask, but
we are compelled to ask strange questions.
There are strange creatures loose. We
can call two of them to mind right now,
and both claim to be Democrats.
The times., 1898-12-16
TWO FIREMEN KILLED.
severAI Families RareIy Escape
With Their Lives.

Chicago. Dec. 15.-The collapse of a wall
during a fire at si54 and s15s Cottage Grove
Avenue tonight killed two firemen and In
jgred a half dozen otilers.ss The building.
which was a fire trap. was completely
destroyed. Several families living in
apartments on the second floor were rout-
ed by the flames and barely escaped with
their lives, losing all their household and
personal effects. The first floor of the
building. a two-story brick structure, was
occupied by the Palace Livery Stable
Company.
The fire originated in the stable. Truck
Company No. IL was among the first ar
rivals at the fire. which soon got beyond
control OF the Gremen on hand Lieut..
Meyer ordered his men to hoist ladder
to the second floor. This was done. ana
the lieutenant, followed by members Of
his company. started up. He had Just
reached the second floor when the wall
collapsed killing him and one other. All
the injured firemen. il is believed, wiz
recover.
The times., 1898-12-16

Was freqaented by assiduous workers,
some of whom had rarely been known to
handle spade before. They dug around
the roots of the apple trees; they plow-
ed up the Whole field Ike 50 many indus
trious moes. Finally they tecaz.e ii ed
and went away: and then the astute
owner of the land did little more Dig
giIg and narrowing. and planted p5ta-
toes. His apple trees also bore f uit that
year in great abundance. The whole
proceeding had been a ruse on the part
of the farmer to get a very rocky and
tough piece of ground ready for his crop
without doing the work himself. The
world is full of just such schemers. and
their easy prey is the man who is in n
hurry TO make a fortune before he knows
what to do with it.
The times., 1898-12-16
TO SUCCEED MIR. BLISS.
Thomas Ryan, Of Kansas, Urged as
n Candidate.

The Congressional and other friends Of
Thomas Ryan. of Kansas. Assistant See-
retary of the Interior. have entered Tim
as a candidate to succeed Secretary Cor
nelius n. Bliss when the latter's resig-
nation is accepted by President McKin-
ley.
This action was decided upon last
night, and the friends of Assistant Sec
retary Ryan point out that he is man
of ability and experience IN pubic af-
fairs; also that he served fourteen years
in Congress with Mr.. Mckinley, be-oli-
ing n member of the House of Represer-
tatives when the President did. aad that
he retired from Congressional life at the
close OF the same SESSION when MIR. Nc
kinley retired.
They also point out that Kansas has
been in the Union forty years and has
never had "a Cabinet office. The fur
States contiguous 10 Kansas have. IN the
meantime. been represented i'll the cabi-
net. Attorney General Garland was fr m
Arkansas; Secretary of the Interior
Francis, who served with President
Cleveland was from Missouri; Hon.
George w. Mccreary. Secretary OF War
was from Iowa; Sterling Morton. Sec
retary of Agriculture. was appointed
from Nebraska. and the present Secre-
tary of Agriculture vi sog, Is from Iowa.
The Republicans vi Kansas" said Cn=
of Mr.. Ryan's supporters last night
now believe they have u good char ce
for Cabinet recognition and a very cd
man in Assistant Secretary Ryan for ihe
place. and President Mckinley will be
urged TO give them the portfolio they
ask II "a Of i,c ard
the States and one of its ablest .so.is.'
Mr.. Ryan also served as minister TO
Mexico. having been appointed by Pes
ident Harrison.
The times., 1898-12-16
THE ECRUcIFlx1oN.
The .Edit9 .ofsrhe fines:

To the Editd .ofsThe fines:
In what iyear was Jesus Christ kill
ed?" is on4 ahe questions answered in
The Times ,5f LIST Sunday under the head
of Notes andspucries. and the answer
is I'm 30 a II" Did the editor follow
the authorllyshf the late Judge Bradley
in assigning thdt date? have preserved
the judges opinion on that theological
question in my scrapbook.
Before me is table of conjectural
dates of the crucifixion and other events
up to the sojourn of Paul in Rome, pre-
pared by the late Canon Farrar and
printed in an appendix to his Life and
Works of St Paul." 1880. Il have myself
added twelve authorities to his twenty
six. Five of the thirty-eght give no date
of the crucifiXion, but of later events in
the lifetime of Paul OF the thirty-three
who undertake TO date the crucifxion
twelve say A. d. 90, seven A. d. 80, mot
including Bradley), six A. d. % four A.
d. 81. three A. d. 80. one A. d. S5 and
none A. ID. 81.
Three of the six who say A ID. ~ are
Clement of Alexandria, Tertuilian, and
Eusebius the first church historian. An
other, and the very earliest authority, is
the recently discovered Syriac Docu-
ments, which give the sequel to the story
of Abgarus and Jesus Christ contained In
Eusebius's Ecclesiastical History" In
all these documents the date Is A. ID. 20.
Nor Is there any ancient authority for
another date, save that of Jerome, which
says A. d. 30. and the "Chronicon Pas
chale," which says A. d. 81. Canon Far
rar credits Eusebius with the date A. ID.
SO. but this contradicts his ecclesiastical
history. which fixes the year y. by the
story of Absarus and Jesus Christ. And
! find that Farrar's year &c is taken from
the chronological Canons, attributed
to Eusebius. but doubtless a later monk
ish forgery. The other two authorities
for the year 20 are Davidson and Nc
Ciintock and, Strong's encyclopedia of
Religious knowledge
Now iet me show how very uncertain
is any of these dates. The crucifiSion Is
of the week. that is to say, on the day
before the Sabbath of the Jews, which
began at evening on the day we now call
Friday The first three gospels describe
that day of the crucifixion as the great
passover day. ] herewith submit AN ac-
curate astronomical table of the time of
the vernal fun moon. which fixes the day
of the passover for the years % to :s5 in
elusive.
The times., 1898-12-16

The autonomist donkeys who swore by
Blanco and now swear by Jiminez Castei-
lanos, his successor. have .reconsidered
their designations and will put in claim
to Office and salaries after Spanish evac-
uation. These Cuban Spaniards are not
very smart. but they show one of the
first qualities of the American politician.
which is to hang on to a salaried job till
the last. Their last will come when the
Americans kick them out of the way.
They have never pretended to consider
the interests of the Cubans, and nobody
was ever taken in by them except Sena-
tor Hale and the few un-American SYM
pathizers with Spain.
The times., 1898-12-16
Pubic opinion.
Erom tlle philadelphia Ledger.l }


Few people fully realize the power OF public
opinion in forming or reforming the moral char
acter OF a community. There Is very small
minority who have sunk low as not to feel its
influence. Hardened criminals may spurn it and
defy it, though even in such a class some might
be drawn upward sufficiently to feel again the
pressure OF its influence. On the other hand, a
few have risen above the sphere of its authority.
Their own sensitive and enlightened consciences
afford far severer test of their conduct than
that set by public opinion, and their standards
and ideals have ascended beyond its reach. Yet
when we except these two extremes we shall find
that the very large majority of people yield to
its authority and are governed by its laws. The
conduct that it frowns upon they, usually re-
nounce; the lines Of action it upiolds they strive
to follow. This desire to stand well in the es-
tinfation Of our iellowmen, though not the
highest motive, is at least natural and credita
BILE one, and which supplies the elements Of
civilization aud moral progress to a vast extent
For there is no doubt that public opinion, while
it may have its fluctuations, is yet, upon the
whole, progressive and improving agent.
The times., 1898-12-16

1t will be seen that in none of these
seven years did the passover fall on FIi-
day .s
Furthermore. fix the date of the
passover on Friday is a violation of the
established pfinGples of the Jewish cal
endar. which forbids the celebration On
the day before the Sabbath. (See Rabbi
Wises "orisin of Christianity" Iage a0,
Still further. the Jews allowed no tr al
or execution fnithhe great passover day
The Mosiems have their ancient scrip
lures, giying,a, history OF the world frcm
Adam down tliroiigh their great prophet.
Z Ibrahim 10 Isa, the son Of Marian. be-
gotten by Gabriel in the guise of her
cousin Yussuf. young carpenter of the
Temple, whose custodian was their uncle,
Zachariah. the priest. The mother and
child fed to Egypt. escorted b. Yus uf.
tc escape the wrath of Herod the King.
At twelve years of age lisa began to work
miracles in Egypt After thirty years
mother and son returned to Ailia tcalled
Aelia capitolina by the Romans. and now
known as Jerusalem). Zachariah had
been slain BY Herod; his son Yahya Gohn
the Baptist had been hidden but now
came forth after the death of Herod. pro-
claiming the coming of the prophet Isa,
who would work miracles and bring from
heaven book and law. The first who
believed in lisa was his cousin Yahya.
Isas ministry after his return did not
exceed three years. He was forsaken by
Simeon mot Peter) and betrayed by
another disciple. not named, for n reward
of thirty dirhems. The mob tied Isa
head and feet, and dragged him to a
place where they had ready a stake on
which to hang him. By magic their
leader Isoua was transformed into the
likeness of Isa. and by the same power
Isa disappeared. The bewildered mob.
after a little time. killed their leader and
bound him TO the stake.
As for Isa, Allah raised him to heaven,
as it is written in the Koran-"They have
not slain and have not hanged him, but
some one who resembled him" For seven
days Isoua's body remained on the stake.
Each night Marian came and wept at
the lOOl uith oi the
eighth day Allah caused Isa to come
down from heaven to his mother. Then
she knew he was not dead, and her heart
was consoled. The same night lisa met
seven or eight of his disciples at his
mothers house. The one who had be-
trayed him had slain himself. and ST.
neon, who had forsaken him. was not
there. Isa sent forth his disciples as fol-
lows: To Greece and Rome he sent Paul
and Peter Not Simon or Simeon Peter;
to Babylon he sent Thomas; to Kairoum,
Philip: to Ephesus John; to the Hedjaz,
Bartholomew. James and Yahya were to
remain at Ailia- Then isa reascended to
heaven. His mother died six months
after the ascension. James and Yahya
were kindly treated by King Herod II.
but under the influence of his mistress.
Herodias, and her. mother he beheaded
the prophet Yahya. The Arabian chron-
icle knows no Pontius plate.
1 believe that our ancient Scriptures are
borrowed from the Arabian records,
which know no Jesus, much less Christ,
nor Jerusalem; but always, as in the
Koran, have Isa and AiIia.
di12 W. H. BURR.
al
The times., 1898-12-16
The Trial of Mrs. Botkia.
From the San Francisco Examiner.)

Fr0m tlIe San Ffanclsco EAlfilIntr.J
The trial of Mrs. Botkn will be one OF the
celebrated cases of the decade, and will turn
the attention OF the whole country to our
methods OF administering justice in California
The murder, By whomsoeyer committed. was one
of the most extraordinary in the history OF
crime. and was entirely novel of conception: the
wicked product OF depraved imagination. Under
all circumstances poisoning Ia the most hideous
and treachsrous OF crimes, but in the present
case the poisoner has discovered a means Of ini-
measureabiy widening the sphere of danger. We
have desire to condemn anybody in advance
OF trial. forestall the verdict Of the jury. hu,
it il proper to say that California rests under
the imputation that jsstice cannot be done where
a woman is concerned. and that female murderers
almost invariably 20 scot tree.
The times., 1898-12-16
Fools Gold.

In nearly every State in the Union
there has at some time or other been a
gold-mining excitement. A few Jumps of
promising yellow metal have been turn
ed up by the spade of the inquisitive
mineralogist or the plow of the farm
er, and the town forthwith goes crazy
and dreams of new Eldorado. The last
excitement of that kind was In Ohio.
Ores were discovered in two or three dif-
ferent counties, and sent to the profess
Sor of mining engineering in the State
university. He examined them and sad
they were iron pyrites. and the gold fever
promptly disappeared.
The incident in Ohio illustrates the
eagerness of the ordinary man to
get money with the smallest possible
amount of work. This same trait in hu-
of buried treasure. Captain Kidd is cur
rently believed to have inferred pots of
gold on nearly every mile of the ATTAIN
tic coast; and II similar legends are not
rife on the Pacific coast it is because
there is no evidence that the pirate king
was ever there. There is something In
tensely fascinating about the idea of tax
ing fortune out of the ground by few
strokes of the spade. A shrewd old farm
or once played on this trait in human ma
ture in a way which, if not quite hon.
est. was amusing-especially to him. He
caused to be circulated a report that
there was treasure buried in a certa n
part of his farm, probably near some ap-
pie trees: he himself didn't believe the
story, but If other people chose to try TO
find 1t they were welcome to dig. For
the next few weeks the ground inquestion
The times., 1898-12-16
FORMAL ORDERS ISSUED.
Officers Named for the MiIitar,
Division of Cuba,

Formal orders were issued at the War
Department yesterday establishing the
military division of Cuba, and placing
Mai Gen. John Il. Brooke In command
as military governor: also assigning Maj
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee as military governor
of the province Of Havana, and placing
Mai. Gen. William Ludlow in charge of
the military and civil forces, revenue
police, and sanitation in the city of Ha-
yana.
The submiIitary departments in Cuba
will be commanded, so far as decided upon,
as follows:
Department of Pinar del Rio-Brig.
Gen. c. W. Davis.
Puerto Principe-Gen. L. II. Carpenter.
Department of Santa Ciara-Gen. Simon
Snyder.
Department Of santiago-Gen. Leonard
Wood.
The times., 1898-12-16
A COURT OF INQUIRY.
1t VIII Investigate the Rcc-nt
Massachusetts Accident.

Acting Secretary Allen yesterday ap
pointed a court of inquiry to inTs ST sste
the circumstances and fix the RESPONSE
bility for the recent grounding of the
battleship Massachusetts. OF Governors
Island. The court will meet on Moaday
December 10. at the Brooklyn navy yard.
1t win consist of Commodore Picking.
and Captains Taylor and Cooper. with
Lieut.. Robert L. Russell as judge advo-
cate.
The report OF Naval Constructor
Bowles ON the damage to the Massa-hu-
setts was received at the Navy Depart
ment yesterday. His description OF the
battleship's injuries agrees with that
published in the newspapers The versi-
cal keel Is crippled and must be replaced.
Mr. Bowles estimates that the repair
work will cost about s25f5e and that II
can be completed in thirty days.
The times., 1898-12-16
THE TIN-PLATE TRUST.
Ii Is Incorporated Yesterday. Cap
itniized mt <5o.OOO.OO0.

Newark. n. j., Dec. 15.-Artic4es of in
corporation have been fled in Newark
for The American TIN Plate Company. the
ineoI porarors being James Il. Dill. of q
Pima Street, New York (nInety ssnares); !;
Howard X. Wood and d. C. McLaren
Esst Orange tiive shares each. These
shares comprise the capital with which
business is 10 be begun. but the capital
ization is for s55.69a.00s and from the fig
ure is supposed 10 be wiiat is known AS
the tin plate trust The object quoted
il to buy, sell and manufacture tin and
tin products. The preferred stock Is placed
at 20.cGe,O0o and the common stock at
$50 coo COO
The times., 1898-12-16

Senator Money is right in the sugges-
ton that there should be some diplomatic
negotiation with Great Britain in connec-
ton with the Nicaragua Canal. We owe
that to her friendship, as well as to the
fact of the Buiwer-clayton treaty. That
We shall insist on full and exclusive COR
troll of the canal is matter of course.
but there is no reason why We should be
rude in the virtual abrogatfon of a part
of treaty, even if conditions have
changed.
The times., 1898-12-16

The idea suggested by the secretary of
the Alliance of Reformed Churches and
presented to the Christian Citizens AS
sociation at the convention in this city
that the Unt.ed States should corfiscate
the church property in the islands wrested
from Spain is encouraged by such procla-
nations as the priests in Porto Rico have
made warning the people against all
Protestants. If these priests had ordinary
intelligence they would know that they
imperil the interests of their organiza-
tion by promoting a distrust and hatred
of America. 1t is to be understood that
they are not Catholics as Catholics are
known in this country. or even in Europe.
AS a missionary agent who has spent a
long time in the Philippines asserts, they
have no conception of the purposes and
methods of the Roman Church, and are
without piety or good morals. The enor-
nous property interests the church has
acquired in ali the islands that belonged
to Spain have been the result of robbery
of the people. The higher church poten-
tates have been as merciless as any bank
rupt soldier sent to the islands by Spain
to recruit his fortunes.