San Francisco Call, Volume 78, Number 175, 22 November 1895 — TO TRY PINGREE'S PLAN [ARTICLE]

TO TRY PINGREE'S PLAN

The Institute of Applied Christianity Providing Relief. NO CALL FOR DR. FREELAND. The Temporary Pastor Has Announced That He Will Not Accept Dr. McLean’s Pulpit.

Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Nov. 21. It is now almost certain that the Pingree plan of providing for the unemployed will be given a test in this city during the coming winter under the direction of the Lns:irute of Applied Christianity. The committee appointed for the purpose has reported in favor of the plan and it will be lully discussed in its details at the meeting next Monday. It is proposed to provide for the registration of all deserving poor who are out of employment and to try to provide a patch of land from the unoccupied lots lying idle about the city which may be cultivated in potatoes or garden produce, so that the families may in a measure be made self-sustaining. In the center or in the immediate outskirts of the city there are hundreds of acres lying unused that might thus be made productive. The committee did not in the preliminary report go into details, but recommended a trial of the scheme as much better than an appeal to charity. It is proposed to make arrangements to lease all lots offered for this purpose and arrange to provide implements and seed, and thus put families in the way of helping themselves. In Detroit, where the plan was put in operation by Mayor Pingree, 430 acres were occupied and 954 applicants took advantage of the scheme. The cost of the experiment was less than $3600, while the products were worth $14,000. In Alameda County nearly all the profits from vegetable produce are appropriated by Chinese and Italians, who not only supply this county but ship large quantities to San Francisco.

The Supervisors have also been importuned to provide some work this winter on the Contra Costa County road. The committee of the* institute working on the relief schemes are: Daniel Stewart, Auditor Snow, O. I. Denison, C. A. Stowe, T. T. Frickstad and A. J. Gretrg.

THE PRODUCERS' FAIR.

It May Be Necessary to Erect an Annex to the Tabernacle. The large number of manufacturers and producers that have applied for space at the Winter Fair have made it necessary that there shall be more surface at the disposal of the committee than the Tabernacle can provide. It is proposed to build a large temporary annex rather than be cramped ior space.

The executive committee has appointed Craigie Sharp as superintendent and he will at once proceed to draw up the plans and recommend the apportionment of space. The Ebell Society, whose membership is composed of ladies, are to be as-Ked to aid the fair. A committee has been appointed to wait upon them and request their co-operation. The Ebell Society was the lather of the idea of the fair. Their afternoon devoted to local products and manufactures gave birth to the Winter Fair and was carried along by the Merchants' Exchange and Board of Trade. it ha? been definitely decided to hold the fair open from the 16th to the 2lst of December. The question of canvassing the city for funds has been dropped, as it is thought the exposition should stand on its merits. It is believed that the prices of Moor rent, admission and sale of concessions would more than cover all exrenses. The committee is meeting every night and as the time is very limited work is being rapidly pushed.

LOOKING FOB A JOKER.

He Circulate*! False Notices of a Triple

"Wedding.

Car] Hager, the founder and superintendent of the Floating Christian Endeavor Society, would like to know who started tne story that his young daughter was to figure as one of the brides in a triple wedding to be soiemnized at the First Congregational Church on Xew Year's day. The report, which was printed in all the Oakland paper?, stated that three well-known young ladies, all members of the Christian Society, were to be married to the three chief oriVers of British ships now in port. Miss Minnie Hnger was set down as the afiianced of P. A. Layton, and for several days she was the recipient of numerous congratulations. Now the young lady and her father declare that the story "is baseless, and that Miss Minnie, who is not yet 17 years of age, i- not even contemplating marriage. Bheisan energetic member of the Float■ideavor Society, and has a host of friends in church circles, many of whom expressed surprise when the engagement was announced. Miss Hager has taken a leading part in the services on board ship and has thus become acquainted with many captains, officers and apprentices, and it is thought that one of tnem probably fctarted the triple-marriage story.

WILL NOT ACCEPT.

Rev. Dr. Freeland Is Not to Be Dr.

McLean's Successor.

It has been stated that Rev. Dr. Freeland, who is at present the temporary jastor of the First Congregational Church, will be tendered a call from the trustees to fill the pastorate permanently. This statement was emphatically denied by one of the trustees to-day. -In his first sermon preached in the church," paid a trustee, "Dr. Freeland clearly outlined his position, and he has nee changed his views. At least, if be i.as, he has not informed us, and I am sure he would do so first of all. He ie not at all anxious for the pastorate, and has Mated emphatically that under no conation would he accept the position permanently. At present there is no idea of offering him a call, and the publication of that story should be denied, as it deters men with whom we are corresponding from giving us definite answers, and creates a feeling of uncertainty. "I cannot say that we are any nearer closing negotiations than we were a month ago, bat Dr. l'reeiand is an admirable substitute, and we shall find just the man we are looking for if we are left alone."

NKW OFFICERS.

The County Law

to Extend Its Work.

The regular election of the Alameda County Law Association was held last night and resulted as follows: President, Ben F. Woohler; vie e-president. W. D. Powers; secretary, Clarence Crowell; treasurer, .7. \\\ Stetson; programme committee, H. \V. Puffer, Burdette Cornell, >rank Leavitt.

Five application* for membership have been received, and the association now numbers sixty young attorneys and law students. Next Monday night there will be a mock trial. President Woolner is (tiarcedwnl] bribery and corruption durMg hia recent campaign for president. J.

F. Chapman will prosecute, and as he filed a startling array of charges, the evening will be a lively one. During the 'winter session Judges from oan Jrancisco and professors from the two pnWKnitjea w ill address the members, and in addition several new features will be provided by the programme committee. Although not yet a year old the association has rapidly become popular. This is owing to the practice of holding no sessions except for mutual instruction. There is a movement started to provide clubrooms uptown instead of meeting in the somewhat cheerless County Law Library at the courthouse, which is not at all convenient. The matter will soon be brought before the association for discussion and decision.

THE CHASE GIVEN UP.

Sheriff White Returns Home Without

Convict Crowley.

The chase after Phil Crowley, the escaped convict, is practically ended. Sheriff "\\ hite returned to town to-day and feels convinced that Crowley is out of the county. Yesterday the Sheriff and his son drove through San Ramon Valley, but failed to find any farmhouse at whic h Crowley had asked for food, and that was taken as an indication that lie had fled from his first hiding-place in the rough country north of Jiaywarris and had beaded for Contra Costa County. George A. Sturtevant, the present District Attorney of Mendooino County, formerly defended Crowley when on trial there. He says he is not the desperado that the officers say he is. He is quite a shrewd fellow and will do many things in the nature of tricks to avoid arrest, but will not do much shooting. His father is a wealthy man in the State of Illinois, and it is thought he will probably try to get to Chicago. Two Deputy Sheriffs have been left in the hills to try and secure a clew, but nothing is known at present that might lead to the capture of the convict, and no more posses will go out, except some definite information be received.

• T»r. Coyle ami Theaters. It has been stated several times during the week that Rev. Dr. Coyle of the First Presbyterian Church denounced theatergoing so strongly last Sunday night that no member of his congregation would ever again be seen at a playhouse. To-day, Dr. Coyle said that the following paragraph, which he supplied to The Call, is the only reterence he remembers making to the theater:

It is a very poor kind of a life that can live only upon* stimulants. When we can read nothing but the exciting and sensational, and must betake ourself to the theater and look upon painted shows to find happiness; when' the old home and the old church and the old book are accounted dull, the tide is very low and death is not fr.r away. The men and women who make and save the world are the men and women who pine for nothing romantic, nothing stagey, nothing startling, but are content to lead anuiet and peaceable life in godliness and honesty.

High School Athletics. A mass-meeting of students, teachers and school directors was held in the Hieh School gymnasium this afternoon to discuss the advisability of the boys sending a team East next year to compete at the National Interschoiastic games at New York. The games are held during the holidays and the boys are attempting to raise $5000 to pay expenses. Already several hundred dollars have been obtained, but Principal McChesney had denounced the plan as one that will interfere with the boys' studies. There were several speeches made this afternoon and the decision was arrived at that three delegates should be appointed by the students, alike number by the teachers, by the Board of Education and by the alumni, and that the twelve should meet at the High School next Saturday night and finally decide the matter. At present it looks as though the project will not go through. To Dwell in a Castle. Charles F. Whitton, an official court reporter, has leased the famous Peterhof castle from the widow of the late Count Peter Poulson. The new tenant is not at all superstitious and does not fear the threats of the Messianic Order that many kinds of misfortunes will certainly be the position of any one who attempts to dwell there. The members of the order are very numerous around Peterhof, and they expect to see the Count return from the great unknown at any time. Killed in a Ditch. Fritz Weilder, a sawer contractor, was killed this morning by the caving in of a sewer ditch at Golden Gate. Weilder was working with a man named Williams, and the latter went into the house, which was being connected, with the main sewer. While he was away the earth caved in, and when Weilder was discovered his feet were in the air and several tons of earth were on top of him. He was dug out at once, but life was extinct. Weilder was 35 years old, and leaves a widow and one child. Stars in Danger. The investigation into the charges preferred by Chef Lloyd against Officers Brown and O’Hare was concluded to-day. The Commissioners took the cases uiuier advisement. The charges were mainly those of drunkenness. For Mrs. Gay’s Death. J. J. Corey, son-in-law of the late Mrs. Robert Gay, wife of Assemblyman Gay, who was killed at the mole September 7, has sued the Southern Pacific Company for $50,000 damages.

HISTOKY OF A DAY.

Alameda County Happenings Told in Brief Chapters. Oakland Office, San Francisco Call, ) 908 Bioadway, Nov. 21. i The Grand Jury was in session to-day. It is about ready to present a final report. L. Debrit, who, without a license, sold liquor to the mother of Lady Sholtc Douglas and a friend, was fined $75 in the Police Court this morning. Gus Williams, Walter Cook and A. Koenig, the three " temperance house " keepers of Twenty-third avenue, were arrested Hgain today on the charge of selling liquor without a license.

Jaiies Bradley, a cracksman who has been giving the residents of Berkeley considerable , i annoyance during the past thirty days, was j ! locked up at the County Jail this afternoon i i on a charge of burglary. F. M. .Smith, the borax magnate, will have! to pay the disputed rent of the Chicago house I occupied by him during the World's Fair, aa \ the case has been decided iniavorof Mrs. j Hamilton. A. Williamson, the bicyclist, who attempted j to escape from Officer Rand but was finally I 1 overhauled in the basement of the Metropole ! ' Hotel, where he crawled under a bed, forfeited j $2 in the Police Court to-day. Josie Harper, arrested on the charge of sell- i ; ing liquor without a license, has been granted ! a fury trial by Judge Wood. This is the first i ca^e for a long time that a jury has been ; granted to a person accused of violating the ■ liquor law. There will be a mass-meeting in Germania j Hall to-morrow night under the auspices of the Alameda County Federation of Trades to celei brate the release from jail of E. V. Debs. James ' Hogau, one of the A. R. U. directors who was imprisoned with Debs, will speak. The carpenters and joiners of Berkeley are about to organize a local union. A meeting will be held on Monday evening. December 3, for purposes of organization. District Organizer Malsberry will Le present to aid the formation of the new branch of the union. Word was received to-day of the death in the asylum for the insane at Agnews, of J. L. (irpenleafof Golden Gate. He was a man of about 28 years and had been at the asylum for two or three years. He was a son ot Captain William Greenleaf of Golden Gate. Emma McP. Steele. executrix of the estate of the late E. L. G. Steele, has filed a petition to i be allowed to sell the real property of the estate She desires to settle the debts against the estate, now amounting to about $60,000, of which $15,000 is due on family allowance. The differences between County Tax Collector Barber and E. Black Ryan, tax agent of tlie Southern Pacific Company, over the tax d Us of the corporation, have been adjusted and the railroad* company will sign the stipulation which Barber has requested them to acknowledge. — —

Saladin is not a fictitious but a, historical character. He opposed with a l ! hi. .power the Christian fanatics in Palestine he took Acres and Jerusalem, and died in 1193.