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The San Francisco call., 1898-04-18
THEIR STATE
 CONVENTION
President Merrill Tells of the Preparation Being Made
 in Los Angeles.
California Offers Two Banners ts State Unions Doing More
 Than They.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call.


 sos Broadway, April r. Leonard Merritt of Los Angeles, presi- dent of the California State Christian Endeavor Union, addressed the young people of this city in the First Congrega- tional Church this afternoon at O clock at the Brooklyn Presbyterian Church at 5 o'clock, and at the Park-street M F. Church, Alameda, at 6:30. His addresses related to the coming of the State con- vention of Endeavorers at Los Angeles, June 23 to 26 inclusive.
 He told of the preparations being made to entertain the visitors, the programme and the work to be done. The sessions of the convention are to be held in the new First Baptist Church. which seats 2000 persons, and has twenty-nine separate rooms. Within a radius of one block are five other churches which can be used in case of necessity. All visitors from be entertained free of charge while at tending the meetings. An orchestra of twenty-five Endeavorers and choir of eighty will supply the music, except solos, duos and quartets.
 The programme will be one of the best ever prepared for like gathering. Rev. Wyland Hoyt, the noted Baptist divine of Chicago and popular trustee of the United Society, will be one of the prin- cipal speakers. No sunrise prayer meet ings will be held except Sunday morn
 
 the morning watch" will be observed as the opening services for the day. The business session will De held Saturday morning, denominational rallies in the afternoon and evangelical services on Sunday. The evening services will be of public interest.
 A. R. Waters, transportation manager for Northern and Central California, an- nounced rates of one fare for the round trip, provided 300 from north of Lathrop made the trip, otherwise the usual one and third fare would prevail. It is de- sired that the delegates leave Oakland pier at S:30 D. m., Wednesday, June 22, by special train, which would allow a daylight trip over Tehachapi, arriving at Los Angeles for a late lunch about l D. m. Thursday.
 Mir Merrill attended a meeting of the State executive committee in San Jose yesterday The others present were Gen. eral Secretary Francis M. Reid, San Jose; superintendent of street car and railroad mems work, E.. c. Gilbert, San Francisco; superitendent of Tenth Le- zion, H. J. Waters, Oakland; President Mrs J. A. Cameron, Alameda sCity Union; President E. H. Baker, Santa Clara County Union; President J. Dutal, William G. Alexander, San Jose; Rev. F. H. Marr, Redwood City, and R. R. Pat terson, editor Pacific Christian Endeav- orer. The reports showed the work in good condition. Five hundred dollars was set aside for convention expenses officers to go ahead with the work out lined.
 thoriZed to purchase banner and present it to the United Society to be awarded at Nashville in July to the State Union doing the most to promote their lines of work These are to be awarded each year on this basis.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-18
THE YACHTS COME OUT.
The Fleet of Pleasure Boats Now o1
 the Bay.

Neither the hosts nor the guests of the California Yacht Club on Saturday even ing were astir very early on Sunday morning, 1t being necessary to await the turn of the tide at 10:30 a. Nm., before starting to beat out of the Oakland Creek AS soon as the tide had begun to ebb Commodore J. Lancaster's flagship Embla got under way and was quickly followed by Commodore pr. T. L. Hills Cygnus, flagship of the San Francisco Yacht Club, ,Vice-Commodore George J. S. Whites Will O the Wisp and Louis Sutherlands Catherine, the three visitors from Sausalito. After these followed all the yachts of the California Yacht Club that are already in commission. White heads sloop Surprise, Homier's sloop Re- gina, Vice-Commodore c. B. Edgar's sappho, R; R. IHommedieu's Phoenicia, and I, George Woodsum's yawl Verona. Thetis and B. N. Walters sloop Embla. Embln had large party on board and carried Commodore c. J. Lancaster's s
 The wind was quite light, but the yachts beat out with an ebbing tide from the San Antonio estuary, and once out bownr n she open vceco@mander Dnna sOSa Whites VIII O the Wisp and Secretary Gathers U and ] were tho first out of the creek, and I,s close sr upon E,s them came CyEnu6, Cdtnorincl Ifnpia ana the rest of the cruising yachts.
 The San Francisco yachts, after get ting out of the creek, shaped their course for sausalito, being met on the way over Ames'f Ella, ex-Commodore l, Cutie s Chispa and D.. c. Bartiett'a Frolie. which has been chartered for the coming sea son by w. l., Eaton,
 On beard Dr. T, L, Hilra cygnus, flag ship of the San Francisco Yacht Club, were Commodore pr, T, L. Hill, Secre-
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-18

tary Charles E. Hill, Arthur Inkersley and c: T. Hill. On board Vice-Commo- dore George T. s. Whites sloop Will O Robarts, c. T. s. White and J. M. Pun nett. Louis Sutherland's Catherine car Tied Archie Sutherland, H. Maddock, Broad and J. Menefy.
 Cygnus has had extra breadths added to her mainsail and jib and Commodore Dr. T. L. Hill thinks that her sailing qualities have been improved by the in- creased sail area.
 The San Francisco Yacht Clubs new house was visited by many guests and members yesterday. w. s. Goodfellow' $ La Paioma was out for cruise yester- mona. Aggie, flagship of the Pacific Yacht Club. lay at the wharf all day.
 Saturday, April 23, is the day set for the opening of the San Francisco Yacht Club, and no pains will be spared to make the first entertainment in the clubs new house a success.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-18
INFLAMMATION

The arrow flies with the wind. The top ng- ures at station indicate minimum temperature for tho days, those underneath 1t. If any, the amount of rainfall or of melted snow in inches and hundredths during the ast twelve hours. 1sobars, or solid lines. connect points of equal air pressure: isotherms, or dotted lines. equal barornetric pressure and Is usually accompanied by fair weather; low refers to low pres sure and Is usually preceded and accompanied by cloudy weather and rains Lows usually first appear on the Washington coast. When the pressure is high In the interior and low along the coast and the isobars extend north and south along the coast. rain Is probable; but when the low Is inclosed with isohars of probable. With a Thigh" in the vicinity of Idaho, and the pressure falling to the Cali fornia coast, warmer weather may be expected in summer and colder weather in winter. The reverse of these conditions will produce an opposite result.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-18
Professor Syle Lectures.

BERKELEY, April H.-Professor L. Du Pont Syle, of the university English de partment, delivered a lecture this even ing at Stiles Hall on "The Lesson of the Roman Republic to the American. The lecture was the fourth of a series of five lectures by Berkeley and Stanford pro- fessors under the auspices of the Berke ley Unitarian Society. Next Sunday even ing the concluding lecture of the series will be given by President David Starr Jordan of Stanford University.
 Professor Syle. in his lecture tonight, urged 1t as the duty of every patriotic American citizen to study the history of the Roman republic and to learn how to avoid in America the defects which caused the downfall of Rome. particularly the evils in the distribution of wealth
 The professor declared that the thraa causes of the downfall of the Roman empire-the vast accumulation of wealth the rapid advancement to citizenship of foreigners possessing neither the feeIfnes nor the traditions of their adopted couns try and the accumulation in the cities oP a vast proletariat. idle and conseouentiv vicious-all of these causes are at work undermining the American republic toN
 If the worship of tho almighty do,,er continues to grow at its present rate Y ha declared, "thc fate of the American ra. .eo public Is sealed. Tho stream of corr,,nf- : Ing wealth which poured into Rome frnm her provinces in the far east Is parnlieIed by the recent growth of material weeith in this country. Tn this rapid growth of wealth, an important element has beep the discovery of gold in California, which was probably the greatest moral curse that has ever befnllen the United States.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-18
PRACTICED AT
 4 SILENT FOE Sehuetzen Sharpshooters Successfully Open
 the Season.
John Utschig Was Said to Have "Scooped" Everything in
 Sight.
Valuable Prizes Won by the Quick Eyed Marksnen-The Full
 Scores.

The great annual prize shooting fes- tival of the California Schuetzen Club is now matter of ancient history. Rifles were popping all day at Schuetzen Park, near San Rafael, yesterday John Utschig nearly gave himself heart dis ease by making "A out of possible 75 points on the ring target and 72 on the honorary target. Miss Regina Page mann, prospective author of How to Shoot, Though a Woman" won the ladies prize by a score of 16 and Philo, the Jacobite, he of the editorial carpet slippers, made 69 points.
 Shooting began at 9:30 a. m. and con-
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-18

San Francisco temperature: Maximum, e2; minimum 46. mean, 54. WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL
 FORECASTS. The pressure has risen generally over the country west of the Rocky Mountains. An area of high pressure is moving in over Washington and Vancouver Island ana VIII probably cause fresh northerly winds and warmer weather over the southern half of the Pacific slope. The temperature has remained nearly sta tionary except in Eastern Arizona, where 1t has risen decidedly. The temperature in the great valleys of California is from to 15 degrees above the normal.
 The following maximum wind velocities arc reported: Tatoosh Island, 26 miles per hour from the northwest; Idaho Falls 2S south. With the exception of light rain at Port An geles. no rain has fallen on the Pacific slope. Forecasts made at San Francisco for thirty hours ending midnght, April IS. Northern California - Fair Monday; fresh northerly wind; fog on the coast in the morn ing.
 Southern California-Fair Monday; warmer Monday night; fresh northerly wind. Nevada-Fair Monday; continued warm weather
 Utah-Fair Monday.
 AriZona-Fair Monday
 San Francisco and vicinty-Fair Monday; warmer fresh northerly wind; fog in the morning.
 Special report from Mount Tamalpais-Wind clear, northwest 36 miles per hour: tempera- ture, 5S; maximum temperature. 6S
 ALEXANDER McADIE
 Local Forecast Official.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-18
CATHOLIC TRUTH SOCIETY.
Union Temperance Services in East Oakland-Rev. G. W. Sweeney
 PreacheS

OAKLAND, April H.--St. Francis de Sales Hail was crowded this afternoon to hear Rev. P. c. Yorke on the aims and purposes of the Catholic Truth So- ciety. Almost all of the parishes had large delegations present to accord -exnected that a branch of this society wifi be organized in this city at no dis tant date.
 F Coylee pulpit wbo bso-ngne She is Ga breach by the Baptist church, gave her self to missionary work under the Womans Christian Temperanee Union in wall. then to Australia and New Zealand, and finally around the world twice, preaching and organizing as she trav- eied In all lands;
 avenue Baptist churches held a union meeting tonight at the former place in behalf of the Anti-Saloon League move pent The pS H cobhgresgstonal ebsTesss gS ls and wise and were addressed by Rev. E. S..
 IaSG Rev. George ". Sweeney. formerly pastor of ts the dd First noes chrataSn tS1. Church ing much to the delight of his former congregation.
 Mrs. Taylor Held for Insanity.
 OAKLAND, April 17.-Mrs. Amy Tay- Tor of Eighth and Harrison streets was taken to tho heeeiving Hospital to-day and detained on charge of insanity, formed that has caused her considerable trouble, She becomes hysterieal at times and to-day was more 90 than ever before, hence her detention, Her attorney called and talked with her for some time this afternoon and declared that she was all right and would be dismissed upon ex- animation.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-18
N. K. BACLEY OR N. Q. RANDALL A Suicide Who Seeks to Protect His Own
 Name. All Marks Removed From His Clothing, but a Card Is
 Overlook ed. Mason, Knight Tennplar, Shriner and Elk, but Sick, Out of Money
 and Despondent
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After a fruitless chase of
 ' year and a half after health,
 S which is constantly failing,
 . . my funds are exhausted, so I = = take the only course left me
 '. and put an end to an existence
 z, which is only burden to me, . without hope for the future. = I shall take ten grains of o morphine.
 a I am a Mason, Knight Tenn ], plar, Shriner and Elk, and by D notifying them they will 9 probably see that I am prop Q erly started on my journey to 2 that house not built with 9 hands where the fare is plain z but wholesome-the oasis to- Q ward which I am travelling. c I do not wish my friends to Q know that I have come to such c an end, so I do not specify to . what lodges belong, but rely . on my brothers to take a D brothers word.
 S My name is assumed and I S am unknown at Denver. V much regret the trouble I am - causing.
 V N. o. RANDALL. - Herewith my last 50 cents
 = for my lodging.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-18
Morning Paper for Berkeley.

BERKELEY, April 1.-The Berkeley Evening Gazette has been brought out by the r. w. Marquand Company, the pub fishers of the Evening World, and, com menc;ng with tomorrow morning. the paper The Gazette, World and Weekly Herald will all be edited by B. F. Foster F. M. Marquand is to be business man. ager and c. c. Emslie assistant business of the consolidated journals.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-18
ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS.

on the guardian bond, and court had to be reopened by the clerk, as such pro, ceedings must be done Tin open court:
 The proceedings were then gone through; a half were consumed in hustling py Judge and attorney to help out two uh- fortunates whom they had never seen pe- lore and may never see again, put Whq Wero anxious to do what was right cannot help thinking that the list or Judges and attorneys who would work uh- til very late Saturday afternoon under such circumstances Is not very lengths'
 Oakland Is ready for the next scandal The water rate sensation is dead. al though its memory Is likely to live Tor year at least; tho Grand Jury has ceased to occupy q prominent place III III the public mind and the numerous Clty Hall rumors fail to interest: The new chiefs of the police and fire departments lave fallen Into their niches, ana no ,,I, up,, heoval has resulted, and as the Sond SlN
 have entered into control of the munlclpai situation in the latter half of a fiscal year with deficit ahead Of them they cannot do anything very wrong, so tnat It looks as though the city was to be glVen over entirely for e time to the never ending excitement of politics.
 There are some oflce-seekers now talk fog every opportunity to come before the public who will wonder why they are so unpopular on election day. They Will find their answer in the fact that they nauseated the public with their intense
 'unselfish' zeal for the success or the party. before there was any necessity or seen "dead-sure combinations" shattered | hopelessly, and will see 1t again There are many men yet unmentioned who will be elected to office, and this should help | to restrain some of those who already have elected themselves in their minds. | STUART w. BOOTH.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-18
Berkeley News Notes.

BERKELEY, April 1.-The funeral of Mrs. Waterman, wife of Professor s. D. Waterman, principal of the Berke- ley High School, will take place to-mor- row afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Trin- ity Methodist Church. Superintendent of Schools F. F. Perham has ordered the high school closed all day. and all other public schools closed during the after noon, out of respect to the memory of the deceased.
 Professor L. Du Pont Syle will deliver the last of the university extension Iec- lures at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art tomorrow afternoon at o'clock. His subject will be 'The Advantages and De- sirability of an Endowed Theater
 Harry Hillard and MISS M. Grace Rich ardson have been appointed delegates from the First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley to the Presbyterian State Sun day school convention, which takes place next month at NaDa.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-18
STRUGGLE FOR 4 BIC FORTUNE One Claimants Success Encourages Two
 Heirs. Were Forgotten When John w. Smith Passed Deeds
 Around.
Now They Bring Suit to Have the Court Order Equitable Dis-
 tribution.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,

 An action will be brought tomorrow in the Superior Court to try to annul deeds covering property valued at a quarter of a million. and once the estate of the late John w. Smith, a capitalist who died in testate.
 John w. Smith is well-known as the builder of the California and Nevada
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-18
WEATHER REPORT.
u2oth Merldlan-Pacltlc Time.l

SAN FRANCISCO. April II. p. m. Following are the rainfals for the past twenty-four hours and seasonal rainfalls to last season.
 Past This Last Stations e4 hours Season Season. Eureka ,.,,,...,.,,......., S1.15 47 .6S
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-18

Gambling debts are recoverable by law in France. Spain. Venezuela. and, in some cases, In Germany.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-18
SUN. MOON AND TIDE.

United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.
 Times and Heights of High and Low
 Waters at Fort Point, Entrance to San Francisco Bay. Published by Official Au- thority of the Superintendent.
 NOTE-The high and low waters occur at the city front (Mission-street wharD about twenty-five minutes later than at Fort Point: the height of tide is the at both places.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-18
AUCTION SALES.
FURNITURE 40 ROOMS.

THIS DAY CIONDAY) at Ii a. m.
 115 SECOND ST. FRANK ". BUTTERFIELD. 6O2 Market.
The Van Buren press., 1898-12-17
SHEEP VERSUS HOGS.
farmers. n Trs- 70 Their Or Interesss
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cszz.fEzz z-a therefore tai which
ought ~ 1,e : source q wealth 10 Us,
g. ss-rzzEtlF z Aszrce u depression.
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L-.-z a'zc hog products not leaving Z
faiF margin. either 70 the farmers or
to Fise ,.srTefz- II l. easy to state the
so1rre uf the trouble. but il Is more
dIflr1lr 70 suggest 4 remedy and re-
I~f. re have. for many years. ad-
Fiscd TIE cultivation Of mutton as d
LfaIFsoie meat, and the raising Of
more sAeep and fewer hogs. The
farming papers Of the country have
taken ai5es with Us. and have support
ed our views. and there is no reason
D. hy Tire formers should not do what
~ 90 th-ir interest and what will help
th~5r 6ank accounts.
4 large PORTION Of the wealth of En-
gland and Australia is derived from
slecp raising. An increase in the
nultber q sheep in iscountry would
as,l considerably 10 the wealth of the
ffion- especially Of the farmers and
g lbe packers, the more 50 now, when
o3l is amply protected and ought to
bring 81 good price. One Of our con-
refupOraries urges the farmers, in the
srtae manner aE we do, and speaks
especially for the state Of Iowa, which
Is nohF q very large hog-raising state,
baf rlaieTer relates TO Iowa relates
no q s.reat extent 20 other western
states. aDu also 10 the south.
" COURSE. il will not do to raise
sheep on ground which is too fiat or
feL Bat in the blue grass section of
lny country sheep would mature as
rel. if not better. than they do in the
British islands. We have hotter sum
uers. il 81 true. but our winters are
more even than they are in England.
The packers and commission men
ought TO educate the farmers to un-
derstand more fully the value of the
sheep as an investment and of mutton
al u desirable food. Sheep need some
care. but If il is bestowed upon them
there is no better investment to the
farmer.
Five acres Of land viii take care of
- sheep and their lambs during the
summer. aud during the winter no
farmer viii miss what they eat. Their
deeces viii pay about 81 a piece and
their lambs a year Old. il properly
cared for, are good for 50. If fattened
to 100 pounds weight and put on the
market they are good for S by the
carload. 1t has been figured out by
an authority. that with oats aud corn
al 30 cents "A bushel and oil meal at
SIPS per hundred, a lamb from the
time that il is two weeks old until il
reaches 100 pounds, which is in the
eleventh month"; will not consume more
than S1.35 worth of grain. In our
opinion, the time is not very far dis
tant when, with the scarcity OF beef
and with the high price which cattle
command, we will have TO resort TO
eating mutton. There viii also be a
great export demand for the article.
We have too much corn, too many
hogs, too few sheep.-National Provi-
efrpar
The Van Buren press., 1898-12-17
HERE AND THERE.

"A party of capitalists from the
west has been visiting Florida with
view TO inducing the farmers to en-
gage in the culture of cassava,, from
which starch will be manufactured.
The first con- ention of wheat
growers ever held in that neighbor-
hood met recently at Macon, Ga. Such
a gathering is suggestive of one of the
most effective means of preventing So
called Overproduction of cotton.
One of the most absurd objections
TO good roads was made at a Farm
crs' institute meeting in Galesburg,
H., where a farmer opposed hard
roads because they were favored by
bicycllsls, who had cheapened the
price of horses and feed.
--Tha' farmers as a class would be
greatly benefited by better roads no
one can doubt. Their surplus produce
has to be hauled over the roads. and
this work can be done at much less
cost on good roads than it can on poor
ones.
If the money spent in repairing
our vehicles, in keeping up our horses
and the value of the time lost in the
south during the last 20 years caused
by our poor highways had been placed
upon the roads the south would to-day
have highways that would rival those
OF Europe.
The Van Buren press., 1898-12-17
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