The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 15, 1895, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1895 | that Durrant went to Mount Diablo with the Signal Corps, T took the esrly train and wen to Walnut Creek. When I arrived there I r ceived a communication from the Chief to ge the Constable of Walnut Creek, Constab Pelmer, so we hired a team and the constable and I rode to the foot of a ranch, getting there about 11:30. The ranch was kept by a man named Mose, who also owned the farmhouse. T asked him if-he saw a party of soldiers pass last night, and he said _yes, there were about eleven of them came over last night. They had something to eat at the farm, fed and watered their horses and remained there until about 8 o'clock in the morning, but left their blankets behind them, intending to re- turn at 12 o’ did not return unt ¥ did ar- rive they watered their horses, and I saw Dur- rant and said, “Hello, Durrant” He said, Anthony,” and asked me what was the 1told him that he was accused of the | liems and that I was sent 1 of Police to take him back | ed by whose order I wanted 11 told him by the Chiefs | rever had anything to do | *and said he was innocent | know anything about it. | e was at ’s party last | 1, “Yes, 5 he got 1 enant of the company did not want | e him unless I had a warrant; I said | I would take as I had {mperative orders | from the Chief to bring him back. They (the | 1t and other officers) guaranteed that | home on horseback with tof thesoldiers. 1said no,and finally | 1 to go with me. | ation in Chief Crowley’s office | oung man the following: 1 i on t 1 for “Hello, matter, murder of Miss W by order of the ¢ 10 the city. He 1o arrest hin with the gle's ,at 8 Upon ex Chief fe. tion and dc own mouth this purse He twe Bartlett streets. CLARENCE WOLFE'S STORY. Durrant Had Btains That Looked Like Blood on His Hands, Clarence N. Wolfe of 630 Twenty-third | street was probably the last person who saw Durrant in this ci It was about 12:30 on Saturday morning, and the sus- pected man was standing on the corner of | ‘'wenty-fourth and Bartlett streets. In | answer to a question Durrant said he had | 1o get his horse shod, and as soon as that | hed he would start out | . According to Wolfe much downcast, and was a different man altogether from the one who had made merry at the social gathering of the members of the Young | People’s Society of Christian Endeavor in | > not W I ppeared ve Dr. Vogel's house. A discussion between the Rev. J. George | Gibson and Mr. Wolfe brought out the | fact that Durrant did not reach Dr. Vogel’s | until 9:30 or 9:45 . ». Miss Williams, who | W o expected to attend, of co not. From the conversation it learned | ed, e, [ perspira | and there some rks that looked | s onl ds. He aske: | nd brush | if he might wash before meeting the ission was granted ned he seemed a differ hed and joked with eve: life and soul of the party £ he read a lon, g peo- | letter | ing from the church and had 1 a second visit to the library. ng dark-blue overcoat and a rd appeared anxious to escape was then con evidently pa He worea slouch h: ition. got to P Dr. V Frid about the m: e of us noticed anything his actions, but since these mur- el’s house about Wolfe whe terda; % dered womer been found in the church Dr. 1as told us about the 1 and ered manner in which he arrived at the hous I believe Durrant d he had trouble in catching the horse was to ride on the trip he was to start wrning. He was a quiet, gentle- nd got along well with the ladies. Itis hard to think for an instant hat he had anything to do with the crimes.” WHAT DR. GIBSON SAYS. He Tells About His Movements—His Proposed Sermon. The Rev. J. George Gibson was seen after his return from the new City Hall. He told Chief Crowley all he knew about any circumstances connected with the two awful tragedies, and returned to his home ai 901}¢ Valencia street prepared to give the newspapers all the information he could. The following is a statement written by himself: Last Thursday morning I went to chu got my mail, looked around the front he! saw a new piacard on the library door. 1 went forward to the door and read it. The door was ight. The afternoon I spent at the First ptist Church. I returned to my room, got dinner, dressed and went to the First Baptist | Church, where I was engaged tv sing. After ihe meetipg I walked to my room along Mission | street with Dr. Dietz. | Friday morning 1 went to church for my | mail. Everything in the front hallway was | allright. After studying forawhile I went to the | Y. M. C. A. to meet Harry Varley. I gotlunch, | made & call and returned to my room, As I | was very tired, not having been well for the last week or two, I rested till supper. After | supper 1 went 1o the church. This would be | 8bout 6:30. I unlocked the side door, passed in and locked it from the inside, as I knew it would soon be dark. If Iremember correctly. I went into the front hallway to see if any let- ters had come for me in the afternoon. Every- thing seemed in perfect order. 1went upstairs to the study and wrote till abou . 1 then left, locked "the door and went to the business | meeting of our Christian Endeavor,on the corner.of Howard and Twenty-second streets. | 1 remained there till 11 o'clock or a little | after, when I returned to my room. Saturday | morning I got up early, Sunday being Easter, | and got to the church'at 8 o’clock, which is an | hour earlier than I usually get there. The door | wwas elosed, but unlocked. Istepped insideand heard a noise as of some one walking in the iibrary-room. I said to myself, “Oh, its just the janitor or his boy cleaning up.” As it was | 100 early for the mail I went right up the back steirs into my study. The janitor's boy came in. Finding the door uniocked at an earlier | hour than usual he wondered if I was in the study. He came up the back stairs, listened, heard me reading aloud and then went back about his work. Before he came 1 ‘was conscious that some one was in the build- | ing, but did not go to see, thinking that the i.nlm wanted to make & special clean-up for Easter. After a short time I went into the church and spoke to the janitor's boy, telling him not to clean the platform till the afternoon. He said, “Mr. Gibson do you know that the library has been broken open.” Isaid *No, but don't you gay anything and I will see about it. Knowing my mail would be downstairs I went down into the front hallway. I saw the door of the library broken open. Ilooked atthe lock, went into the little room, looked around, but as every- thing was in pecfect order it did not strike me 10 open the door of the little closet under the stairs where the books are kept, so I passed out. Iwent up to the study again. The piano- tuner came. 1 can stand most things, but I could not stand the discord, so I left and went to my room on Valencia street. About 12 o’clock a lady was announced. She told me about three Sundsy-school girls finding the body. She looked into the closet, but could not make up her mind whether it was a wax or areal figure, She thought perhaps it arough joke. T'went out with her, got Dr. King and went to the church. We saw the girl. 1 “Let us not touch a single thin sulted together and went to Mr. Keller, the un- dertaker on Mission street. Mr. Enook was in the office. We told him. He telephoned to the Coroner. We returned to the church. It is not true thatI tried to hush the matter up. Dr. King and myself did the best thing we could think of under the circumstances. When the officers came I answered all the questions and gave them every assistance. It is not true, as the Examiner states, that I absented himself from the place and could not be found either at his home or the houses of his friends. I was in the church from the moment I saw the body till evening, except when I went for lunch about 2 o‘eloci. | was stolen? Every day has its disappoini- Then I called at my rooms and told my friends. As 1 took lunch at'the restaurant nearly oppo- site my rooms there was no secret about my movements at all. The whole of the day I was interviewed in the church by the officers. T re- fused to see the reporters because I wished to prepare my own statement of thdliacts and be cause I could not do more than help the officers of the law at one time. Ithought my first duty was with them. All the young people who were decorating saw me in the church the whole day. After the officers came they asked me if I knew the girl. Isaid no. Oneof our young men arrived. He saw her clothing and said that is Minnie Williams’ clothjng. A further inspection was madp and it whs decided that the murdered girl was Minnié Williams. Inad only seen the girl somg three times, and in the state we found her could not recognize her. The papers are in error when they state that the murdered girl was found in my study. The study is upstairs and is at the very oppo- site end of the building. It is not true that there is a bedroom in the church or that I ever slept there. Iam rich enough to have a room with a family I have known for years. The murdered girl was found in a Iittle closet under the stairs in the front part of the build- ing, on the ground floor. The room where my mail is dropped is on the right hand as you enter. The library is on the left, and the closet opens from the library and is under the stair going up to the main building. It is quite & small place and has a gas jet in it. 3 After leaving the church Saturday evening I | went to my room and told my friends that I would spend the night at Mr. Taber’s home, 630 Twenty-third street, but that I had had enough for one day and would not see any re- | 1 leit my address with the friends hurch members might see me. I h) ve One tha taken care not to be alone for a moment. of the young men has been with me since Saturday and present At every interview have had with the officers and Chief of Police. The idea that I have been hiding is untrue, for | bi' birth, having been born in Edinburgh. He attended the Heriot Watts College and the New College asa boy. He afterward studied at Spurgeon’s College, London, where he graduated at the end of 1851, He was ordained to the Baptist ministry in St. Andrew’s, in January, 1882. While preach- ing here he took a post-graduate course at St. Andrew’s University, where he enjoyed the friendship of such famous preachers as the Very Rev. Principal Tulloch, chaplain to_the Queen, and Dr. A. K. H. Boyd, the celebrated writer. Dr. Gibson came to this country in 1888. He preached in Chico for a few months, but accepted a call to Red Bluff, where he remained three years and a half. He left behind him a large congre- gation and a host of friends. He removed to Chico, where he preached for two years and a half. Having a splendid tenor voice, he led the male cholr which: was s great attraction. In Augustof last year he was invited to preach in Emmanuel Baptist Church. ecame merely for the month, as they had called a pastor. The pastor | from the East declined to come to San Francisco. A call was then extended to Dr. Gibson, and he came to the church in November, 1894, Since then the congrega- tion has doubled, and the work has been showing great signs of success in every de- partment. He is an eloquent speaker, and never preaches from manuscript. He has | in his study letters and books which he re- | ceived from Mr. and Mrs. Spurgeon, also | many letters of introduction from prom- inent ministers of his own and other de- nominations. He has also been a frequent writer to local and religious papers. He is the author of *Nights in the Life of Jesus REV. J. GEORGE GIBSON, PASTOR Drawn from a on in company | The services at the Emmanuel Baptist | Church, in which the two young women | lost their lives, were to have been very | ate. The decorations were ver) . and had the programme been out the -rinci{.u! items in the morning would been the anthem, “Death Hath No More Dominion,” and the pastor’s sermon. The subject for the dis- course was ‘O death where is thy sting?” and the text was “For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.” In the evening Dr. Gibson would have discoursed on the words, “Woman why weepest thou?” His text would have been, “But Mary stood without at the sepuicher weeping, and as she wept she ® | stooped down and 'looked into the sepul- cher * and they said unto her, woman why weepest thou.” A synopsis of the reverend gentleman’s discourse, as prepared, is as follows: | Every one here recalls the various incidents | that led up to the crucifixion. The disciples | fied from the cross. The women remained. They were the last at the cross, the first at the tomb. Their presence at the tomb was an in- dication of their unbelief. They had not come to sec him rise, but to prepare him for his long sleep. Mary came and found the stone rolle: away. She was surprised. She began to weep. While thus engaged Jesus himself drew near | | and questioned her thus: “Woman, why weepest thou?” g 2y First consider this interesting question. | Many women are great weepers. Men deaden their feelings; women do not. Women, like men, are the cause of their own tears. Temper is responsible for many tears. Vice is the foun- | tain of tears. Even motherhood, when holy, | brings tears a man knows nothing about. Women have more cause to weep than men. Society forgives & man readily, but not a | woman. A man has the forming of his life in his own han A woman has to wait on the | will of others. A man is free to go anywhere; | a woman is not. A woman has more disap- | pointments and makes more sacrifices, 1f | there is any sickness at home, she has to attend 10it. Mary did not find her Lord. She could | not show her loye as she wanted to show it. | What wonder if she wept, especially as the | dark thought crossed hermind that his body | ments. Secondly, listen to the quiet answer. This individual was a stranger. She could not answer his question. Even in her grief | she was wise. A woman should not | wear her heart on her sleeve any more | than a man. Mary was polite. Stranger though she was, she did not forget to call him | Sir. Looking at her face, which perhaps bore | marks of the suffering she endured when the | evil spirits possessed her, the stranger might have said to himself, “Here is a poor woman | who does not know much about the forms of | locliely." ‘We are apt to misjudge the poor and i ugly. She wanted to be comforted. Rachel wept | for her children because they were not. Right | or wrong she was gon!lg to eling to her sorrow. | Not so with Mary. “Tell me where thou hast | laid him,” she said, “and I will take him away.” It issimply awful when we will not be comforted. Some sorrows make us stagger | and fall. Then, if we can do no more, it is bet- | ter to cry to God, “Restore unto me the joy of salvation.” ‘hirdly, harken to the earnest exclamation. Mary! That was all the Lord said. Never was there a shorter Easter sermon. We have such & high opinion of our eloguence and our the- ology. oor they are in their power com- pared with this one word—Mary! Bhe felt its charm. It was a word spoken irom the heart to the heart, as words should be. He needed no manuscript for this address of welcome. Mary! Thatname told her she was not forgot- Mary! That name told hershe was not despised. Mary! That name told her he was not ashamed toown her faithfulness. Risen in triumph, with the beauty of eternal youth upon his face, ne was still the lowly, humble Nazarene, who would accept the love and devo- an of the poorest person and the simplest eart. 1 knew Durrant only as I knew other young men who belong to the church, as I have not been here long. 1might say that my relations with him were only official. We were not on the friendly terms that has been intim Tt 18 & moral certainty that Durrant had a key to the side door of the church. There are several persons who have keys to this door, and any ‘way the commonest house key would open the door, as the lock is & simple one. If I am not mistaken I found Durrant in the church one morning when I came there to go to my study. He was in the library. For two months Dur- rant_has given considerable time in arranging the library and in getting new books. He seemed to take a great deal of interest in it. Of course I would not believe Durrant could commit such a horrible tet ot crimes, but now everything points against him. I had never heard a word said derogatory to Durrant until the time of the lflllnfi 8ince then I have been told some stories of his bad actions to several women. Rev. J. George Gibson is a Scotchmen EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH. photograph.] Chri t,” “Some Texts in the Light of To DR. GIBSON AT CHIOO. A Populer Pastor Who Was Not Averse to Dancing. CHICO, CAL., April 14.—Dr. Gibson came to Chico from Red Bluff, where he had pursued the duties of a pastor. About four vears ago he took charge of the Baptist church here, and his pleasant and affable manner and well-chosen sermons imme- diately secured for him a congregation that was the envy of brother ministers. The church was crowded morning and night, and many times worshipers were turned away. He and his sister kept house until the latter married D. M. Hooper, an old resident here. From that time till he went to San Francisco he lived a bachelor life, doing his own cooking, ete. His actions were always considered above reproach, although he was very popular with the ladies, young and old. By some men it was thought there were two sides to his character, but if so, noth- ing to lead to that conclusion was ever shown. In opinions he was very decided. Although a minister, he seemed not ad- verse to dancing, and haseven been seen at a dancing party, though taking no part. He was a_great correspondent of local papers, and wrote some interesting_ arti- cles on morality. D. M. Hooper and wife his sister) are at present living here, and Mrs. Hooper feels it keenly that a murder should be committed in her brother's church. AROUND THE MORGUE, Police Neoessary to Keep Back the Orowds of Curious People. Before the body of Blanche Lamont reached the Morgue hundreds of people had heard the news and hastened to Dun- bar alley to see the remains. Before the wagon containing the corpse could approach the door policeman had to be called to scatter the throng. As the news spread through the city the crowd increased, and three officers were detailed to clear the narrow alley. They were on duty from noon until far into the night. Every man in the crowd had a theory regarding the crime. All the murders committed during the last decade were | discussed, and stories of detective work leaned from cheap novels were recited. %o a man they wanted to have a chance to pull on the rope which would be sure to go around the neck of the murderer if found. The men were not alone in their denun- ciation of the criminal. Hundreds of women, with their Easter gowns and bon- nets, mingled with the crowd. They added their lamentations to the more stern expressions of the men. ‘‘Hanging is too good for him,” was their favorite statement. Every scheme imaginable was tried on the Deputy Coroners to obtain a view of the bodies of both young women. Handsome young women, motgerly look- ing matrons and even children wanted to see the ghastly sight. Some of them | thought they might be able to identify either one or the other. | said they had gone to school with Blanche | Lamont _and thought they would know A few of them Minnie Williams if they “could see the body. Some of them even went so far as to say they belonged to the same Sunday- school class. Many of them were permit- ted to see the remains, but on the average left the building with blanched faces and shaky limbs. The men were different. They either knew Dr. Hawkins or some of his deputies “intimately.” Many of them were admit- ted. Had actual count been kept, the Coroner would bave found that he had hundreds of *‘intimate’’ friends whom he never heard of before, The private detective who wears a bul- let-proof vest, a 5-inch star and carries an arsenal with him by authority of some In- diana, Kentucky or other Eastern “Asency,” was on hand dhyhying his badge and insisting upon seeing the re- mains. As a general thing he was handed a copy of the CALL containing the pictures of the dead girl and then allowed to pass into the crowd without seeing the bodies. Coroner Hawkins was at_his office all the afternoon waiting for Dr. Barrett to hold the autopsy upon the remains of Miss Lamont. Every point in the city that he was likely to visit was telephoned to and a number of messenger boys were sent out. Shortly before 3 o'clock it was learned that the physician had gone yachting and would not be back until evening. Dr. Hawkins would not permit any one else to make the autopsy on the gound that the doctor who did the work would have to appear in court and he wanted Dr. Barrett to be that man. Coroner Hawkins justly complained that his office was overworked at present. He has thirty suspicious deaths on his books n which inquests have not been com- pleted. During the month of April there were six deliberate murders. This num- ber does not include the deaths of Blanche Lamont or Minnie Williams, These two make the fearful total of eight violent deaths at the hands of persons known or unknown since April 1. The calendar is so crowded that the Cor- oner cannot say when the inquest will be held. ~ He thought yesterday that he would be able to arrange for a hearing on ‘Wednesday if the police were ready to go ahead at that time. In the meantime sep- arate juries will be empanelled. They will ziegveé e remains and the bodies will be uried. THE MURDER OF MISS WILLIAMS. A Strong Chain of Evidence Against Theo- dore Durrant. | The manner in which Miss Minnie Williams met her fate has been pretty well learned. Some new details were brought to light yesterday, but the main points are as published yesterday morning. The full story as known is as follows: The belief that Durrant and Miss Wil- liams had an engagement to go to the church Friday evening is strengthened by some evidence given to the police by P. 8. Chappelle, the detective. He has been acquainted with Durrant for some time. Mr. Chappelle said : “I knew Durrant quite well. Some months ago his father was robbed of $1000 on a trip East by some ‘green-goods men, from whom he was going to pur- chase some ‘queer’ money. 1 met Durrant at the time. He wrote me out a long state- ment of the incidents connected with his father's loss. I met him frequently after that and knew him when he worked for the Golden Rule Bazaar during the last holidays. I was at the ferry at 5 o’clock Friduy evening and saw Durrant meet Miss Williams “there. They went off to- gether toward Market street, apparently to take a car. “They were chatting in a friendly way, and I don’t doubt they were making ar- rangements for a later meating. From what I knew of Durrant he was not of the kind of men who are very successfnl in making love to young women.” It is supposed then that Miss Williams met Theodore Durrant at the ferry and was accompanied by him to her friend’s residence at 1707 Howard street. After having dinner Miss Williams started from the house with the intention of meeting Durrant to get a book from the library i the church. When Durrant and Miss Williams met, shortly after 8 o'clock, and entered the church together, they probably went to the front of the church building. To es- cape from his attention Miss Williams went into the library room and locked the door behind her. . Durrant must have broken open the door by throwing his body against it. It is supposed by those who believe him guilty that after the crime he brushed up his clothes, straizhtened himself up and started for Dr. ogel's party, so as to prove an alibi. 3 Even when he reached there his clothing was in disorder and some blood stains were on his hands. His cold-blooded nature is shown by the fact, as stated by Clarence Wolfe, that he went into the church again after midnight, possibly to look at his vie- fim to see if her body Bad been discovered. Possibly he was actuated by some fiendish desire to gloat over his awtul work. THEORIES OF THE POLICE. They Believe That W. H. T. Durrant Is the Murderer, The police are satisfied that in the person of W. H. T. Durrant, the medical student, who is now under arrest at the City Prison, they have the murderer of Blanche La- mont. He was assistant superintendent of the Bunday-school of the Emmanuel Baptist Church. He had charge of the library and was familiar with the interior of the edi- fice and he possessed keys to the church doors. Blanche Lamont disappeared on Wed- day, the 3d inst. On the morning of that day before she went to the Normal School on Powell street she was seen with Dur- rant. At 3 o'clock that afternoon she left the Normal School. The police have found three young ladies who saw her meeta young man at that time whose description fits Durrant and board a Powell-street car with him. The young ladies are students in the school. They are Miss Edwards of San Mateo, Miss Pleasant and Miss Lani- gan of this city. The rules of the institution forbid the students accepting male escort to and from the building, and soon as Miss Lamont was reported missing these girls reported to Superintendent Yoder the in- cident of the meeting mentioned. They will be asked to-day to identify Durrant if they can. That night Blanche Lamont did not reach home for supper. The police think that the couple went directly from the school to the church on Bartlett street, and that Durrant persuaded the girl to enter the church on some pretext—perhaps to get a book from the new library. They be- lieve that in the little room where Miss Williams died Durrant choked Miss La- mont to death, accomplishing a double crime, and that subsequently he carried the dead body to the tower. The officers think that after the body of Blanche Lamont had been in the belfry for some time Durrant became alarmed and decided to make some other disposi- tion of it. They believe he tried to reach the tower, and, finding the door had been locked in the meantime, tried to force it or pry it open, but without success. They argue this from the condition of the door. The knob had been broken off, the wood- work is badly marred where a ‘‘jimmy’ had been used, and the bolt of the lock had been so bent that it could not be shot back by the proper key. Janitor Sedeman says that these things have been done gince last Sunday when he locked the oor. WHAT HEDEMARK SAW. Lights in the Church the Night Blanche Lamont Disappeared. Charles L. Hedemark is a wood and coal dealer, whose place of business is at 1052 Valencia street. He resides at No. 112914 on the same thoroughfare, and from the rear windows of his home the church on Bartlett street is plainly visible. Hisstory io as follows: ‘On Wednesday evening, April 3, at 7 o’clock, I was looking out of my back win- dows when I noticed a light in the church on Bartlett street. It wasa flickering light, and appeared as if one were carrying a candle or a wax taper. It showed near the bottom of the big stained-glass window, which reaches nearly to the floor of the allery, which one must traverse to reach he tower from the lower floor. “ By the faint light I could distinguish the form of a man, who went along a little way and then stooped down, and repeated &his till he had passed way across_the win- ow. The light then disappeared entirely for quite a time and then reappeared. “The occurrence did not appear strange to me then. I remarked to my wife at tgs church. T thought no more about it till it was recalled to my mind by my wife this morning, after the discovery of the body. I believe now, however, that what I saw was Durrant carrying or drnfl;ing the body of the murdered 5]!“&118 mont to the tower.” RESULT OF THE AUTOPSY. Blanche Lamont's Death Was Caused by Strangalation. The autopsy on the body of the unfortu- nate girl was made by Dr. J. 8. Barrett. It proved conclusively that she had been murdered. The lungs were filled with alood, the cartilages of the neck ani the windpipe showed signs of compiession and the marks from the fingernails of two hands were plainly to be seen in the neck. time that men must be working late in the | 146 State st., Chicago. The verdict of the surgeon was “‘asphyxia- tion caused by strangulation.” Miss Lamont was, according to Dr. Bar- rett, 5 feet 8 inches high and when alive weighed at least 150 pounds. The Morgue officials are positive that she was not mur- dered in the belfry, as there was not the slightest trace of a struggle. They are equally positive that no man single-handed could “carry her up the narrow winding stairs. Tt was all that Deputies Hallett and McCormick could do to carry the body down in a sheet, and from that they argue that it would be next to im){ossible for a man to carrr her from the library to the belfry. Hallett insists that there is an- other man in the case and that he assisted in carrying Miss Lamont into the tower. C. G. Noble, at whose house Miss La- mont lived, called at the Morgue lastnight and wanted to secure the body. He was told that it could not be given u}; until after the autopsy, and then he left an order for it to be delivered to the Golden Gate undertaking parlors. The remains will be put in a leaden casket and sent to her relatives in Montana. The father of Miss Williams also called on the Coroner and demanded the body of his daughte: HOTEL ARRIVAILS. GRAND HOTEL. 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Yale was receutly | asked the question ‘‘which of her discoveries she consid- ! ered the most wonderful.” Her reply was as follows: La | Freckla,becauseit unmasked | my own face from a filthy | mass of freckles and gave me |§ the beautiful rose leaf com- plexion which you see and| which has been admired by the people of every na- | tion. Before I discovered La | Freckla I was a freckled | face individual, disgusted | with my own appearance. To-day I am the envy of every woman who looks at my skin. La Freckla will remove any case of freckles in exist- ence and leave the skin as transparent as crystal. One or two applications remove tan and sunburn. It takes from three to nine days to destroy every trace of freck- les. Itis the only remedy known to the world that does this. Now is the time to use La Freckla, asit strengthens the skin, removes. and pre- vents freckles and sunburn. $1.00 per bottle. Sold by all druggists or MME. M. YALE, Temple of Beauty, REDINGTON & CO., Wholesale Dru, sts, San Francisco, are supplying the rs of the Pacific Coast with all of an ealb SENT FREE It is a matter of vast importas % The manufacturers of the GAIL BORDEN ¢ EAGLE BRAND CONDENSED MILK issue a pamphlet, entitled “INFANT HEALTH.” #5 Wwhich. ld bein every home. _Address, NEW YORK CONDENSED MILK CO., 71 Hudson nce to mothers. 8 3 Street, New York, NOY NEW TO-DAYCLOTHINO. LET W 'THE FUN | give. : FURNISHINGS BEGIN All in a lump we have _bought out the stock of f the BROWNING MFG.Co., recently located at 512and 514 Market street---“Re- | prices. b2 ftailing at wholesale It was a $75,000 i spot cash purchase at just | what we were willing to We are going to stir up the town by re-selling this stock at once at a trifle over what we paid—enough to pay for adver- tising the sale, which will be the biggest advertisement we or any other firm ever had. We do not depend on people buying for present needs only At these prices people will supply themselves for a whole year. at HALF THE WHOLESALE COST. This Colossal Fiesta of Bargains begins 10-DAY! Do not ‘“come early.” Give others a chance. —SHIRTS, NECKWEAR, UNDERWEAR, These figures—well, look at them ! Browning’s Our ."Sllr fi W fi Wholesale ‘om-up” Prices. Prices. $8.50 — s4.85 b " 10.00 —— a8.50 MEN’S SUITS 1500 1 1088 . 22.60 — 12.85 27.50 — la.85 i 10.00 — 3 ' MEN'S OVERCOATS im0 — S'E3 2500 — 1518 MEN’S TROUSERS | o 5,50 — =3.80 2 1.75 —— o5 f mens nats——— 38— .32 CHILDREN’S SUITS——l e anh 6.50 — 4.5 HOSIERY, etc,, 3| & jig-$. H. SUMMERFIELD & CO., 024-930 Market Street. BALDWIN HOTEL BLOCK.