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4 ART OF WAR IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. "Military Training" Before the Young Woman's Suf frage League. c MRS. SMITH OPPOSED TO WAR Does Teaching Boys to Be Soldiers Teach Them Patriotism? The large hall in Pythian Castle in which the Young Woman's Suffrage League holds its semi-monthly open meetings was crowded last night to hear the programme which had been prepared for the evening. Among the many who were present were ! the following named ladies who have been j and still are prominent in the discussion of equal rights and justice for both sexes: i Mrs. Eva Bates of Boston, Mrs. Anne Has kell, Mrs. C. P. Stetson, Mrs. E. Kidd, Mrs. R. Patterson, Mrs. M. Simmonds, i VIEW OF THE PLATFORM AT THE MEETING — MRS. OSBORNE, PRESIDENT; MRS. CARTWEIGHT, SEC RETARY; MRS. SMITH, SPEAKER. [Sketched at the hall last night by a "Call artist.] Mrs. Louise Sorbier, Mrs. F. Bucknall of San Jose and Mrs. Anna F. Smith. Professor Mansfield opened the even-' ing's entertainment with a mandolin solo, Mrs. Hilderbrand-Cartwright, secretary of the league, being the accompanist. H. A. Higgins delivered a lecture on "Men and Dogs," in which he drew a com parison between the treatment that dogs receive and that which is accorded to men. The former, he argued, were kindly treated and well cared for, while the latter were not treated with that degree of considera tion they are entitled to. This treatment by those whose only aim seems to be the acquisition of money and property, one of the results of modern civilization, he held, i? what has created the great army of tramps. These, he said, were created by force of circumstance, not by choice. " After an instrumental selection by the Kallander quartet Mrs. Mabel B. Osborne introduced Mrs. Anna F. Smith, who spoke on "Military Training in the Public Schools" and whose remarks awoke con siderable discussion. The speaker said that it had been an nounced that she was to reply to an attor ney, unknown to her, who had stated that he would discuss woman suffrage and would endeavor to show why the ballot should not be granted to woman, but that having been advised "not to talk against Mrs. Smith, as she would metaphorically wipe him off the face of the earth," he had taken alarm and declared that he could not keep his engagement. "Military training," she said, "has for a long time and consistently been prose cuted in the Sunday-schools. There has been a persistent effort made and is still being made to establish and maintain a military despotism in the United States. The Sunday-school rooms have been con verted into arillrooms to foster this mili tary despotism, and now it is proposed to introduce the system into our public schools." She said that the result of this training would be the making of butchers of the boys, for teaching them to bear arms in cites a desire to use such. She spoke of the purposes for which the public schools were established and entered her protest against the proposition to convert the great institutions of learning into schools to teach savagery to the young, to teach them the art of war, and war, she said, is barbarism. "What does all this mean?" she asked. "It means that a plutocracy is training their boys in the school of the soldier to uphold it in the position it has secured. Why is this instruction given in the church buildings? Why in the school? Why in the colleges? In one college not a thou sand miles from here, there was recently placed 10,000 rounds of ammunition. What was the need of this in a time when there is no foreign power threatening us? "It is time that a halt is called in the teaching of the art of butchery. We want to see man elevated to the highest pedes tal, but 1 tell you that it cannot be accom plished by teaching barbarism, for 1 re peat it, war and the art of war is barbar ism. Hugo's prediction that in the twen tieth century, which is not far off, there will be no wars and that man will love his fellow-man, does not look as if it would come true in view of this great preparation. I believe that there should be a limited militia to enable us to protect ourselves from an enemy, but I am opposed to teach ing all boys the spirit of barbarism of the past ages/ Mrs. Smith then called attention to a series of resolutions which she had sent to the Board of Education and which had '.'simply been read and filed." She read the resolutions, which are to the effect that there should not be any military training in our public schools, and she asked the in dorsement of them by the audience. Mrs. Anna Haskell, a member of the league, stated that she did not think the league ought to take any action in the mat ter until the other side had been presented. "For one," said she, "I am in favor of mil itary training." President Osborne said that it was not the intention of getting the sense of the league on the question embodied in the resolutions, but that of the audience. Secretary Cartwright said that if the boys are to be instructed in military tactics the girls also ought to be instructed, "for," said she, "we are in favor of equal rights. I think that before the league takes any action in this matter the other side should be heard, and I suggest that Mrs. Haskell be named to answer Mrs. Smith." Mrs. Saxton, who stated" that she had been a teacher in the East, said that she was very much in favor of military train ing for boys, for it instilled in them patriot ism and reverence for the flag, which in many instances has not been treated with proper respect. The knowledge that our boys were being trained as soldiers would i gain for our country a proper respect. Mrs. Smith briefly replied that there was | but one patriotism, and that was the sense of justice which man should deal out to man. The resolution was then on motion adopted by a large majority and the an nouncement made that Mrs. Haskell will, at a future meeting, answer Mrs. Smith and show why the boys of our public schools should receive a" military training. One lady, whose name was not announced, said she supported Mrs. Smith's views and ] wanted to know why the church did not practice what it preached. She said that | while ministers taught the boys to love j their enemies at the same time they taught them the art of war that they might slaugh ter right and left. A number of persons in the audience in three-minute talks gave their ideas for or against military training. THE CITY'S NEW BAOETBAOX The Pacific Coast Jockey Club Is No In the Field to Stay. San Francisco is to have anew racetrack. The first steps toward organization have been taken and the tract of land purchased by Edward Corrigan and Joe Ulmer near Inglesidc will next year be the scene of winter racing. The name of the new association is the Pacific Coast Jockey Club. Articles of in corporation have been drawn up- and will be filed to-day. The incorporators are as '. follows: Adolph Spreckels, Edward Cor- j rigan, Henry Crocker, W. S. Leak and S. W. Androus. This organization is the j outgrowth of the internal dissension that < has existed during the present race meet- j ing and will prove a most formidable oppo- ] nent to the present California Jockey Club. j The land for the new track was purchased S one year ago, but up to the present time no improvements have been made on it. Now, however, the plans for a modern race track in every particular have been sub mitted, and work will be begun with a few ! days. The grand stand, which will be one of J the finest in the country, will be 350 feet ! long and 75 feet deep, in the center of j which will be a music-stand modeled some- | thing after the present park music-stand. The lawns and other equipments will be I styled very much after the Morris park I racetrack. The stables will be located on ! the backstretch, far away from the grand I stands. Trees will be set out to shut off ; the cold winds, and with beautiful lawns and fountains its projectors intend that it shall be second to no racetrack in the ■ country. In turf circles it is whispered that the popular millionaire horseman, Adolph j Spreckels, will probably be president of the new racing institution and Henry Crocker secretary. A much wiser selection could scarcely be made, for both of the | gentlemen named are popular with all classes of horsemen and ardent supporters I of all matters appertaining to the turf. » » » Gifts to Fool the Public. The condemning of alum as an unwhole some ingredient in baking powders by the Government authorities as well as by phy sicians generally has not deterred manu facturers of such powders from foisting them on an unsuspecting public. Follow ing is a partial list of the alum powders found in the stores: "Calumet," "Chicago Yeast," "Kenton," "Grant's Bon Bon," "Hotel," "Taylor's One Spoon," "Climax," "Snow Puff "Snow Ball " "Giant," "Milk," "Crown," "Unrivaled," "Sil ver Star," "Davis' O. X.," "Forest City," "Mon arch," "K. <:.," "Loyal," "Manhattan," "Crys tal," "Hatchet," "Home," "Echo," "Perfec tion," "Rocket," "Town Talk," "Vienna " "White Rose," etc. It is safe to reject all brands sold with a prize. All powders sold at twenty-five cents or less a pound are sure to be made of alum. Dr. Wiley, the Government Chemist, in his official examination of baking powders at the World's Fair, threw out all "alum powders," classing them as unwholesome. USED A REVOLVER. A Fight* Between a Chicken-Rancher • and His Boarder. John Ehred, a chicken-rancher at 109 Russian avenue, near the Six-mile House, and John Furnish, who boarded with him, had a fight last night. Ehred accused Furnish of losing a valuable whip, which Furnish denied. Ehred got angry and struck at Furnish with a chair. .Furnish picked up a revolver. to defend himself, and while Ehred was trying to take it from him it exploded, but fortunately the bullet did not do any damage. Ehred succeeded in wresting the revolver from furnish and hammered him over the head with it. Policeman Stoddard was notified of the fight and placed the two combatants under arrest. They were taken to the Seventh-street station in the patrol wagon. While being searched a dirk was found upon Furnish, aud he was charged with assault to murder and carrying a con cealed weapon. • Ehred was charged with an assault with a deadly -.weapon. He de clared that Furnish deliberately fired a shot at him before he took the revolver from him. Asphyxiation of an Unknown. An unknown man was found dead in bed at 17 Fourth street last evening. Asphyxiation was the cause of death. It is unknown whether it was a case of murder or of suicide. The man was evidently a workingman, about 35 years of age. M. C. Clark, tho proprietor of the house, says the man came to his place three days ago. On Sunday he gave Clark a silver watch as se curity for a night's lodging. Nothing but an empty whisky flask that belonged to the dead man was tound. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1895. INDORSED THE FRENCH CHURCH. The Presbytery Hopes Soon to Assist Rev. E. J. Dupuy's Work. HAWEIS WAS UNORTHODOX. So Says Rev. A. K. Crawford. Some Congregationalists Uphold Him. "The Life Work of the Ministry" was the subject of the paper read yesterday by Rev. H. H. Rice before the Presbyterian Ministerial Union. The speaker urged the necessity of preaching the Gospel to the exclusion of other things, and among other subjects, dwelt on the one of inter esting young men in the work of the min istry. In the discussion which followed, strong disapproval was expressed of the custom of substituting lectures on Shakespeare, Savonarola and other literary and his toric characters for the simple preaching of the Gospel from the pulpits of the churches. It was also stated that the young men of California needed to be l aroused to an interest in ministerial work, 1 as very few of the sons of the Golden West i were to be found laboring in the minis terial vineyard. Rev. Dr. Minton said, however, that while it was well to interest , young men in taking holy orders, he did not believe in making the way of the di vinity student too smooth and easy for him. Rich Eastern universities helped would-be ministers too liberally. "The men with softened muscles, softened hearts and softened heads are not the sort of men we want in the ministry," he added. Next Monday Rev. R. F. Covle of Oak land will read a paper on "A Triumphant Ministry." The second adjourned meeting from the December meeting of the presbytery was held yesterday and it was unanimously de cided that the spring meeting, which takes place on the second Monday in April, should be held at the Westminster Church, where Dr. Minton is preaching in the place of Dr. Adams, who is in the East. Rev. Fountain R. Farrand reported for the committee on home missions that the executive committee of the Young Peo ple's Presbyterian Association had. under taken to assist in raising funds for the Italian work and would give an entertain ment next Monday in Howard Church for that cause. The work of the French Re formed Church on Powell street, of which Rev. E. J. Dupuy is pastor, was indorsed and it was stated that the Presbytery of Oakland, as well as San Francisco, hoped soon to contribute to the funds of the church. Both these reports were adopted. Rev. F. R. Farrand also stated that the affairs of the Central Tabernacle had been wound up and that there was a small bal ance coming to the presbytery. ACCUSED OF UNORTHODOX!. Two Ministers "Whose Views Have Excited ''. ■•''; "L -_ Comment. Rev. H. A. Haweis has departed, but in the mouths of the orthodox his views on certain scriptural subjects still taste bitter. Yesterday the Congregational Monday Club listened to a paper on "Misrepresen tations of Moses," by Rev. A. K. Crawford, in which the English clergyman's opinions on the lawgiver, as well as those of Bob Ingersoll, were combated. In the discussion which followed various opinions were expressed. Some of the brethren stated that, while they objected to criticizing Mr. Haweis after he was no longer present to defend himself, they could not indorse his opinions on the Old Testament. Rev. W. Tubbs said: "The applause Mr. Haweis received when he spoke on Moses seemed to me a severe critique upon the spirituality of the brethren present." Other ministers, however, did not disap prove of Dr. Haweis' views. Rev. W Rader said that in the main his opinions were in line with progressive orthodoxy, and Rev. A. H. Smith declared: "Sooner or later we have got to come to that." Ira D. Rankin, the chairman, gave his opinion that "for a minister to claim too much for the infallibility of the uible is to expose ourselves to the attacks of skeptics, who can show the mistakes of our pre tensions." Rev. Dr. Brown stated his intention of reading a paper at a later meeting to com bat the statement that Rev. Dr. Heron can be considered a representative Congre gationalism When the club had carefully considered the matter, he was sure that the ministers present would not indorse a man of such dangerous views. It was de cided to defer an expression of the opinion of the meeting with regard to Dr. Heron till the paper had been heard. ' THEIR FIRST APPEARANCE. Debut of tlio Treble Clef Quartet la Golden Gate Hall. The Treble Clef Quartet gave its initial concert last night in Golden Gate Hall under circumstances which must have filled the hearts of the performers with joy and their pockets with money, for not only was the concert a success artis tically, but, what does not always follow, the audience was unusually large, in spite of the fact that the admission fee was the somewhat fancy price for San Francisco of a dollar. • - It was scarcely to be expected just now when la grippe is abroad in the land that in a body of four singers one at least would not be "out of the combat, "as the French express it. Miss Beatrice Priest, the first soprano of the quartet, was a victim last night to the prevailing malady, and being unable to appear, her place was ably taken at short notice by Mrs. Brune. The other ladies who composed the new organization were Mrs. A.M. Noble, Miss Jeannette Wilcox and Mrs. J. E. Birming ham. The singing of the Treble Clef Quartet proved to be pleasant and artistic. The voices were, on the whole, well balanced, the intonation was good and the shading was delicate and finished; in fact, the singing was of that pretty lyric kind which always commends itself to an audience. It is a style of singing that is heard at its best, however, when unaccompanied, and on that account "The Donkey Cart, by Theodore Bonheur, was the most charming selection rendered. All the other numbers were accompanied. Among them were Mendelssohn's "Ride, of the Elves," the same composer's "Slumber Song" and an arrangement for four voices of Sullivan's "Lost Chord." The performer who won the most enthu siastic applause was Miss Alice Ames, the young San Francisco violinist, who proba bly made her last public appearance before going to study in Berlin. Miss Ames' per formance was a surprise to most of her hearers. She showed her command over a legato style of playing in Massenet's med itation, "Thais, which she rendered with considerable sentiment. In Sarasate's "Zigeunerweisen" the young violinist gave proof of a surprising care of . technique as well as of verve and brilliancy. There were cries of "bravo" mixed with the enthu siastic applause with which an encore was demanded. Another successful performer was Mrs. Brune, whose songs deserved all the ap plause they received. Mrs. A. M. Noble gave a distinctly orig inal rendering to Mozart's "Voi che sapete," and one that made the most hardened opera-goer wonder whether it was indeed the dashing page's aria that was being sung, or a dirge from a requiem mass. Mrs. Noble is doubtless more used to interpreting church music than operatic arias, but it was a surprise to hear -the style of the sanctuary infused into any thing so thoroughly connected with the footlights as "Voi che »sapete." The French chanson which she gave as an en core showed a good deal more sympathy for the spirit of her song. Mrs. J. E. Birmingham sang a couple of selections, receiving an encore, and Miss Ada Weigel, the pianoforte soloist was a very welcome addition to the attraction of the concert. M. E. ASHES ACCOUNT SETTLED. He Proves to the Court a Satisfactory guar dianship. There Was No One Present to Oppose His Final State ment. R. Porter Ashe was before Judge Slack yesterday asking that his final account as guardian over the estate of Sarah Althea Terry be approved. There were none of the attorneys of the new guardian, T. H. Williams Jr., present, and upon the testi mony of Mr. Ashe the account was con firmed. . Ashe has always resented the imputa tions cast upon him by Williams when he charged that Ashe had been misman aging Mrs. Terry's estate, and it was for this reason he demanded that his final ac count be passed upon by the court. The other side of the controversy, reasoning that Ashe, never having been guardian, therefore could not file a final account, were not on hand. The account showed that Ashe had re ceived $1503 60 and had expended $2,095 25, leaving the estate in his debt $591 05. Ashe was called to the stand and told in detail of every transaction mentioned, and just the condition of the property when he turned it over to his successor, Mr. Wil liams. As to the personal property which he had been charged with selling without authority, it was shown that he had had an order of court for that purpose. The personal property sold, he showed, had brought $400 more than its appraised value. The settling of this account practically ends the controversy which has been going on between Porter Ashe on the one side and Thomas Williams Jr. on the other. Ashe was deposed from his position as guardian to Mrs. Terry upon tne showing that he had not given his ward the five days' notice which the law requires before the guardian's appointment is finally con firmed. He was then charged with mis managing the estate, and for that reason he insisted on presenting and having set tled his final account. TnE more used the better liked— Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder. It is strongest, purest and best of all leavening agents. ■-■' -— " WAITING FOR HUNTINGTON. Renewed Activity on the Coast Division Extension An ticipated. A Projected Road to the Iron Mountain Mine— Coming Extensions. George Stone, one of the contractors who has in charge the work of extending the line of the coast divison southward toward Santa Barbara, is in trie city and says that little is being done at present, only a small gang of men being employed. It will re quire three months' time to complete the bridge across the Santa Monica River, he says, although the work is being pushed night and day. Mr. Stone is hopeful that after the ar rival of 0. P. Huntington, who is expected in this city in a few weeks, the word may be given out to push the line through to Santa Barbara. The connection could be made in about fifteen months, Mr. Stone says. C. W. Fielding, the English capitalist who recently purchased the Iron Mountain mine in Shasta County, has in contempla tion the construction of a railroad from the mine to a connection with the Southern Pacific, a distance about ten miles. The International Car Accountants' As sociation will meet in this city next month and an excursion party of about 150 persons will come out in a special train. The convention will be held at the Palace on the 16th of April. The body holds its sessions annually, but this will be the first time its members ever convened on this coast. ■ Wiv ■: The so-called Western Trunk Line Pas senger Committee has changed its name to that of the Western Lines Passenger Asso ciation, notification of which has been sent to railroad officials in this city. For the meeting of the National Editor ial Association, which is to be held in Denver in July, a special rate of $60 will be given from this city to that point and re turn. Dr. M. Gardner, the recently appointed superintendent of the Southern Pacific medical force, has been cutting down the number of employes in that department. A general reorganization of the staff has followed, but the changes are, except in a very few instances, not of a local nature. Money makes the mare go and buys the Al mighty-dollar Cigar. • RATES ARE CUT SIXTY PER CENT. Excitement, Among Insurance Men Over Fierce Busi ness Rivalry. IT IS WAR TO THE KNIFE. A Flaming Sign Over an Agent's Office Causes Demoral ization. Insurance men were agitated yesterday by a flaming sign over an office door on California street declaring war against several companies of the compact. The sign was printed in large letters in black and red upon several square yards of muslin as follows : : pncF.six ! : v War to the knife. • • : Mann <& Wilson's Dwelling Buslnesss cut 60 : : percent! '<\ : It will pay yon to cancel. : I;- Hagan Bbothebs. : Mann & Wilson, general agents of the Lancashire, Girard, St. Paul, Agricultural and Teutonia companies, all of which are in the compact, had parted company with their city agents, Louis Hagan & Co., in compliance with a rule of the board. But the Hagans would not be outdone, so they made arrangements with the Phoenix Com pany of Hartford, a powerful non-union corporation and retaliated by cutting for mer business 60 per cent. "It is not a fight of the Phosnix Com pany," said Louis Hagan. "We will write dwelling-houses at 60 per cent. "Some time since Mr. Mann, of Mann & Wilson, informed us we had no right to leave their oflice and associate ourselves with other union companies without his consent, which he would not give. A rule of the compact forbids one member from employing a man from another member's office without mutual consent. Owing to the unsettled condition of things we did not want to bind ourselves to any one office. We had been city agents many years for Mann & Wilson's companies, and when informed we were not at liberty to withdraw our business, we tried to make arrangements with the Phoenix Company and found that Mann had forestalled us by requesting the agent of that company not to arrange with us. "Last Thursday he told us he wanted a reply to a proposition to take our business and make us salaried canvassers. This we refused to give. Upon returning to the office we were notified that our registers, which give a synopsis of our business, had been removed by Mann & Wilson on the plea that they belonged to them after per mitting us to make our entries and put our business secrets in the books for years. On Friday morning all our policy-holders re ceived a circular from Mann & Wilson stating we were no longer connected with them, and next day this • circular fol lowed : Referring to policies of insurance of the Lan cashire Ins. Co., St. Paul Ins. Co., Girard Ins. Co., Agricultural Ins. Co., and Teutonia Ins. Co., held by you and issued by Louis Hagan & Co., formerly city agents, please be good enough to call upon us or await a call from a representative from this oflice beiore taking any action whatever regarding such policies, as 'Louis Hagan & Co. are nolo user connected with these companies. Yours very truly, Mann & Wilson, General Agents. "Thereupon we sent out this circular in reply : To Our Customers: We have retired as city agents of Mann & Wilson's companies, and from this day on become a member of the firm of Hagan Bros. This will enable us to give you any and all advantages that may present them selves. Under the old auspices we were unable to properly protect our customers. All out standing accounts must be paid to us. We thank you for the good will you have always extended us and hope to merit your confidence in the future. Yours respectfully, Louis Hagan- & Co. "As an interesting sequel Mann & Wil son forced a brother of this firm to leave his desk in their office and go after all our business at any "rates. They even gave him authority to make a cut of 75 per cent on the Blythe estate frame buildings, and to take Baldwin Hotel risks at 1 per cent, where it used to be 3)4 to 5 per cent. When told by friends of this action we decided to cut on residence property 60 per cent, but recognized the fact that the other class of risks is not worth such desperate efforts." Mann & Wilson stated that they had to give Hagan & Co. the option of" coming into their office as salaried men on an in come equivalent to commission made as city agents. This was in accordance with a rule of the board abolishing city agents and making them salaried employes. "Messrs. Hagan & Co. declined to give up their agency and had to withdraw," said Mr. Maun. "The registers did not be long to them nor to us either, but to the companies we represent, and it has been decided by courts repeatedly that, agents have no claim upon the registers. "As for cutting rates we shall protect our business against their opposition, no mat ter how low the cut." KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. 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