The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 21, 1895, Page 6

BOIN®O m OB BT R CELE- B TRt 4 the shoe in blood and then put it back in THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, h BLOODY SHOE IS FOUND IN'THE CHURCH. It Was in the Study and| Belongs to the Pastor. HOW IT IS EXPLAINED. The Pastor Offered to See Durrant, but Was Not Welcomed. “HE IS STILL WILLING TO GO. important lnformatlon Received by the Prisoner’s Mother—Dick- inson’s View. One week has passed since Emmanuel Church received a baptism of blood, and the names of the unfortunate maidens who were murdered within its walls were her- alded to the civilized world. Interest in the “case is almost as strong as ever. Curiosi- ty seekers throng the sunny thoroughfare “in front of the crime-haunted edifice, and ‘women vainly appeal for admittance to the policeman who guards the door. Not one of these women would pass an hour wlbne after dark in that church for Hunt- ington’s fortune. The policeman, who is supposed to be made of sterner stuff, passes the hours of his vigil in & room remote from the gory chamber in which Minnie | Williams was strangled and butchered. | The police are, metaphorically speaking, | turning the building upside down, hoping that somewhere in its dusty recesses they will find proof in the shape of a blood- stained garment that will strengthen the chain they are binding around Durrant or Jorge fetters for another. They have found | *an abandoned well under the church, and | are feeding fat their imaginations on what | may be concealed within'it. Dr. Gibson has engaged a private secre- | xetary who, it is said, is a puissant scribe. The secretary gave the press a statement | from his employer last night that is inter- | esting reading. Mrs. Durrant has received information to the effect that a| man and weman were ‘seen entering Emmanuel Church while her son was at Dr. Vogel's. Tt is said that at the proper time these persons will make themselve: known to the authorities. Dr. Samuels | has found hairs from the body of a bay | horse among those that were found on Blanche Lamont’s waist. Young Wolfe | rides a bay horse and Durrant rode a bay | horse on the day of Minnie Williams’ death. Late last night the police admitted that they had found a bloody shoe belonging to | Pastor Gibson in the church study. A BLOODY SHOE. Crimson Stains on One of| Gibson's Articles of Footwear. A blood-stained shoe belonging to Rev. Dr. Gibson is in the possession of the police. The shoe was found when the | search was begun a week ago, but the police authorities have ever since kept the | matter quiet in an endeavor to learn the true significance of their discovery. The shoe is one which Gibson kept in his study to wear when at work there to ease bis feet. The police ransacked the pastor’s study and- found this shoe, which had blood stains on the sole. They took the shoe away for examination. Dr. Gibson keeps in his study all the | time two old pairs of shoes and 2 pair of | slippers. The slippers and three -of the | whoes are still there. The fourth shoe is | the newly discovered link in the chain of | evidenc { Notwithstanding that the shoe belongs | 1o the pastor of the church the police do mnot believe it connects him in any way with the crime. The murderer may have put it on so that if he should accidentally step in a pool of blood the stain would not be on his own Ll:o& On the other hand, the pastor may ve had it on when he was called by Mrs. Nolt to view the bedy of Minnie Williams. | Again, the murderer, in order to throw suspicion from himself, may have dipped he pastor’s study. Robert Lynch, the private secretary of | Rev. Dr. Gibson, said: “We can give little | information on the subject. The four | shoes were in the pastor’s study prior to the murder of Miss Williams. When we | ‘went there Thursday we found only three | shoes there. We really know nothing | nore and have no theories in regard to its | @isappearance.” GIBSON’S DEFENSE. | Why Durrant Was Not Visited 1 and the Secretary Ap- | pointed. | Rev. J. George Gibson made a vicarious | statement to the press last night. | The situation of the bright young pastor | of Emmanuel Baptist Church has not | been one of great felicity for several days. | He has been widely suspected of butcher- | ing Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams | simply and only because he was the | reacher, for there has not been yet | ught to light a single circumstance that | eould be twisted into a bit of evidence connecting him remotely with the crimes. This tendency to susp the minister i reflected on by his friends as a pecuiiar ex- hibition of the perversity of human nature. His manner and actions since 10 o’clock | Baturday morning have afforded this | theory its only nourishment, but when | these are analyzed they fail to show to | many people anything worse than a lack | of tact, discretion and good worldly sense. He has been the victim of many deep annoyances, misrepresentations and ruth- | less and cruel charges. His experience with the press, and the world generally, | has during theweek been so unfortunate | and unhappy that he has sought the safety | and consolation of seclusion. Interviewed | be will mot be under any consideration. Private Secretary Lynch is a buffer inter- posed at all times between the pastor and the press. Mr. Lynch meets all callers, attends Mr. Gibson constantly and trans- mcts every item of the pastor’s business. He is a'very nice and bnght‘{oung fel- low, this private secretary, an H?ele quite ably fills the trying position. is the pastor’s cabinet, being friend and adviser as well as clerk. He has a young, black mustache, a bright and pleasant face, black hair that twists itself up a little, a courteous munner, and he displays consid- erable executive ability in carrying out Mr. Gibson’s orders to not let him be in- terviewed. He intimates that Mr. Gibson has a great deal of confidence in him and that his job is a very arduous and trying ene. He is an interesting mystery, with an interesting occupation, which is carried on the nieely furnished flat at Twentieth | at present crowded with so much work that he | | was arrested but Dr. Gibson was not, and that | doctor told this | mea sured one five-hundredths of an inch. | man’s head and was evidently torn out by and Valencia streets, where Mr. Gibson lodges. Mr. Lynch yesterday received and con- veyed to the pastor an offer of the columns of the CALL in which to make any state- ment he pleased in answer to the unjust things being said about him, and in the evening a\statement was given in response to an urgent request. But the statement was the private secretary’s, made, of course, with Mr. Gibson’s knowledge and approval. A The statement touches on two points only. These are the employment of a pri- vate secretary to da the interviewing, etc., which has caused some perverse and light- veined comments, and the failure of Mr. Gibson to visit his parishioner, Durrant, in prison. A more complete statement of the pastor’s position, from his own standpoint, will likely be made in two or three days. The statement it as follows: April 20, 1895. Many people are saying and writing hard things about Dr. Gibson because he has de- ciined to be interviewed by reporters, and to express opinions and_give theories about the terrible erimes in Emmanuel Church. His reasons sare very simple, and if every critic would place himself in his position he would see at once that the doctor has adopted the wisest course for all concerned in the case. The public wanta clear statement from him. Heis not an excitable person, as some have stated, but, since the day of the murdered body being found, he has been pursued by all kinds of people till he has scarcely had one calm moment to himself. Will not the public have justa little mercy on a man in such circum- Stances? Each day so many called- that to see and talk with all_ was impossible. Each day would have needed the length of two days. Think of the strain on one's physical strength. Think of the mental condition of & man in his position having so many interests to think oi— the interests of the law and of every one in the case, even 1f he laid everything aside that was personal. He could not make time and could not possibly see every reporter. The presence of & private secretary need not cause any_comment. The doctor cannof pos- sibly receiye reporters and callers and tran: act all hiis business alone. He has been and is cannot possibly do it and needs h(‘l% Every public man has a right to employ such a secre- tary and the choice of the person may be left t0 the employer. His secretary is a young man in whom he has perfect confidence, and who can be_seen | with him everywhere he goes. Through this | ntative he is always willing to see the and others interested in the case. The | secretary is pleasant' with those who are the same to him, and thus does a great amount of work which would be left undoue but for him. | Dr. Gibson's reasons for not visiting Theo Durrant aré very simple. His frfends know thut ne was ready to call on Mrs. Durrant with one of the deacons to arrange a c¢all on Theo, but 50 many callers came that they were pre- vented carrying out that arrangement. Next day Mrs. W A, Durrant’s letter came out in the WVednesday, April 17. he wrote: “Why did Mr. Gibson want to hush the matter up at first, and why did he re- i t the police have the keys to the | Then follows something about of 40 about whom Miss Williams This letter put an end to any hope of The insinuation that the preacher was either the murderer or | knew of the murders was in itgelf sufficient to | keep him away from Durrant. The evidence beiore the Coroner proves that Dr. Gibson wever tried to hush the matter up, and he never hiad the keys of the church in his posses- ven in his hand. He has, as stated at the Inquest, a key to eu- | ter the door at the side of the church. On the heels of Mrs. Durrant’s insinuation came a re- port that Theodore Durrant remarked that he | spoke. visiting Theodore Durrant, the minister was the last one in the church. This statement from Durrant may be correct, but the insinuation, whether by him or the press, showed Dr. Gibson that it would be un- wise to visit him. Again, the CALL of Friday, April 19, does Dr. Gibson the justice of stating his reasons for not calling at the prison. Yet | y one has overlooked this statement. Trae, | he did not send his reasons to the papers, but | his reasons are expressed almost word for word | as he uttered them to one who was in a respon- | e sible position, and & position to communicate | them to Durrant. Evidently they were not communicated. The | entleman that if Theo | wished to see him all he had to do was fo let his pastor know, and, no Juatter the conse- | In this ter- iness Dr. Gibson did think that even ould tell him to do what was wisest by aying “Come."” Again, the doctor wrote a letter to Durrant’s father on Thursday, the 18th, asking him to come and see him; but up to this date no reply as been received. Whenever Dr. Gibson was placed under the | on in_gny way connected with | the murders his duty as a pastor to call on Theo Durrant ceased ROBE L¥xcH, Private Secretary. FOUR KINDS OF HAIR. Dr. Samuels Found Bay Horse Hair and Black—Wolfe’s Horse a Bay. There were four kinds of hair found upon the dress waist of Blanche Lamont, instead of three as previously stated. “I found,” said Dr. Samuels yesterday, “two kinds of human hair and two va- rieties of horse hair and so many contra- | dictory statements have been made about the matter that I wish you would straighten them out. “Of the horse hair one kind came evi- dently from the mane or tail. It was black and measured one three-hundredths of an inch in diameter. The other horse hair was of a light bay color. It came ap- parently from the dnimal’s bhody and “One of the specimens of human hair was long and brown. Itcamefrom a wo- man’s head and measured one four-hun- dredths of an inch. The other was a light yellow color—the varety commonly known as ‘blonde.’ It came, I think, from a the roots. v measured one five-hun- dredths of an inch. . ““It is very easy, with the aid of a micro- scope, to distinguish .between human hair and horse hair and that of any other ani- mal. Horse hair, as_in the present in- stance, differs materially from the buman variety in several particulars. The animal hair is coarser; it hasa larger tuhe run- ning through its interior, and the cellular tissue of the hair proper has an altogether different make up.” A hair from the body of a bay horse se- lected at random on the street was sub- mitted to Dr. Samuels. The microscopist pronounced it to be of the same color as that found upon Miss Lamont’s dress, but of a darker shade. In connection with Dr. Samuels’ state- ment it may be of interest to note that the horse Elmer Wolfe rode on the night of the Williams murder was a very light bay, with black main and tail. The horse hair was found on the Lamont girl's dress and the coincidence might be thought for that reason to have no importance. The herders, however, on the Guadalupe ranch and the employes at the milk depot on the San Bruno road state that the animal which Wolfe. rides is his favorite saddle- horse and that he seldom rides any other. ‘Wolfe has not, so far as known, been re- quired to give any account of his where- abouts on the afternoon Blanche Lamont disappeared. Was he in town that day? And if so, did he ride that horse in? In any case, he would be likely to have upon his clothes horse hairs of the same two col- ors as those déscribed by Dr. Samuels. The blacksmith who shod Wolfe's horse at the San Bruno road milk depot on the evening of the Williams murder remem- bers the animal perfectly. He said yester- dy. Wolfe's mount that night was a little light-bay mare, with very dark—almost jet black—mane and tail. ghe has been on the ranch for some /time and is called ‘Clena’ or ‘Klena.” Flie name was given her by some Swiss who uged to work at the ranch. Itisa word in their native Jan- guage, and is said to mean *pony.’ "’ Wolfe’s workday clothes which he claims to have donned at his home after the party at Dr. Vogel’s house are such as could not fail to attract attention, especialiy late at night, yet the conductors and gripmen of the late cars on Howard street are positive in their statements that they did not see bim on the night of the tragedy. - .« Wolfe was formerly a bookkeeper, but | Ton, now .works on the ranch as a herder. When be took to vaqueroing he adoptéd all the cowboy costume, including huge spurs and a_ big white sombrero. It is thought that he left his spurs at the stable that Friday night, but his white hat at this season would serve to distinguish him anywhere. The remainder of his costume is said to have been a.sack coat, vest and trousers of a dark, but_ otherwise non-de- script hue and a negligee shirt. A DESOLATE CHURCH. The Police Still Guard It and Search Fruitlessly for Fur- ther Evidence. Emmanuel Church had a-cold, dreary, forsaken appearance yesterday. When the big, dusty, iron-strapped outer doors of any church stand closed and proclaim that the edifice is lonely, unless the sexton or somebody else has slipped quietly in by the side door, the appearance is naturally a little dreary. That was the way Emmanuel Church looked yesterday as the wind swept Bart- lett street. The place was forsaken even by the knots of people that for several days have generally been standing on the side- walk looking at the ordinary and respecta- ble $30,000 building and gazing up at the latticed belfry as though they were fasci- natea by ghe wonder. . i But thegplace was tenanted though it was “private.”” Reporters and the occa- sional curious strollers who ached to see the blood pools were barred. The church authorities had been given jurisdiction over their property, though they were not allowed to cleanse it, and they think that the public has learned enough about its beliry, stairs, library, stains and desolation. The' policé are stiil there. They are guarding the building from possibilities of Incendiarism and are also guarding the evidences of crime that cannot be carried away. Incidentally they are still hunting about for possible farther clews. The blue- coated ofticers are all kept inside now, be- cause when two policemen stand on guard on the sidewalk in a stately way it some- how collects and holds a crowd by increas- ing the wonder and mystery of the big drab pile. Sergeant Reynolds remained in charge all day with three or four assistants, and big Janitor Sademan, repellant to every intruder, was there representing the church. The only people who got in were accredited representatives of the prosecu- tion and defense in the Durrant case. Law- yers and experts looked and measured and reflected nearly all day. Each side had photographers there taking views of eve?' part of the interior, including the blood- spattered walls, and everything was meas- ured up, down, along, under and around. The jury in the Durrant case will some time ‘hence spend a day or two hearin these photographs and measurements Lulg about and fought over unless some new and sensational discovery in the meantime suddenly lifts the cloud from over the young medical student. Yesterday, as on the day before, the| police hunted the church over and over | again, from cellar to the dark and dust- laden corners of the highest loft, like | people hunting long somewhere to ‘see if | more money was not dropped. They found | nothing. All the clothes of both victims had been found and taken away, but the chureh still afforded not the slightest sug- gestion of a clew left by the fiend during s of crime.” This fact is one of y singular things about the case, There is not a finger-mark, a trace of blood, a button or the absence of anythin, in the church itself that can be connecte with any particular man. During the day the police borrowed a shovel of one of the neighbors and spaded over a lot of loose earth in the open lot at the rear of the church, but they didn’t find even a color there. It came to general knowledge yesterday that there is an abandoned well under Emanuel Church. It seems quite_appro- priate that it should be there. It adds another delightful touch ot romance and mystery to the place. Years ago people drew water from that well, when the grass Frew green all around it, and then not ago the Baptist church peo?‘le bought the lot and covered the well with a hand- some sanctuary. There have not yet appeared any eerie tales about that old well, but the old in- habitants may get to work soon. The police have wondered if the recent bloody { work reached down into the earth in any way as it did_upward toward the sky and have prodded about it by the light of dark lanterns, but they have found it quite filled up, and no signs of anything being buried there. 3 The door opening from the vestibule into the reading-room, which was burst open on the night of Minnie Williams’ murder, was taken off its hinges by the police yesterday and carted off downtown to be used by the prosecution as evidence in some way. The church is still guarded, invaded by irreverent feet, desolate, much wrecked and uncleansed and it will remain so at least until after the preliminary examina- tion of Durrant. CRITICIZES CROWLEY. Dickinson Disapproves Talk About Manufactured Evidence—He Shuts Mouths. General Dickinson of Durrant’s counsel sharply criticized Chief Crowley vesterday for his reported statements that he had a complete case against Durrant and feared only manufactured testimony. “If Crowley said that,” remarked Dick- inson, “he is a fool. He is not a prosecut- ing officer,and it is his province only to collect all evidence obtainable against and concerning every one who was -in any way connected with either tragedy. It is not his business to judge of that evidence, but to submit it to the District Attorney, and he has no more right to usurp the func- tions of a prosecuting officer than 1 have. “‘So far as our case is concerned we have not made any of its points public, nor shall we till at the trial the case for the peo- ple has been closed. I, to-day, secured control of the case and T have shut up sey- eral people who were talking too much. “The reasons for our reticence? Well, I have never yet tried a case in the news- papers, and yet I have had a few important ones. I am not going to begin it now. Then, too, you know with what facility witnesses to prove anything are found in San Francisco, and I have not the utmost confidence in certain persons connected with the prosecution. “Crowley’s remarks are apparently in- tended to throw discredit upon whatever testimony the defendant may be able to secure in his favor, and they are not only ill-advised but unfair in a man in his posi- tion. “I have not read all the newspaper re- ports of the crime, but have confined my- self to the sworn testimony given at the Coroner’s inquest. Of that there is little of any importance, and if at the trial the prosecution: should not secure more I think I should move for a nonsuit. In any case, Durrant is not the guilty man, because he was not there. It is shysiollly impossible that he should have done what they claim he did, unless, indeed, he were an old time magician who could take that church in his hands and roll 1t into a ball and then restore if “Those horse hairs? I do not attach any importanceé to them, for if one waiks a block anywhere in this city he is liable to have hairs blown on his clothes." MYSTERIOUS COUPLE Their Presence in the Church Reasserted and Again Denied. The- story ‘that Mrs, Durrant had re- ceived information of a young couple who visited the Emmanuel Baptist Church be- tween 8 and 9 o’clock on the night of the Williams murder was repeatet ye:tetdziv again with added circumstance and detail. Last night, however, persons who had de- clared that '"1:1 knew the identity of the couple declined to furnish any informa- tion, and denied that they had made any statements of the kind. DURRANT’S STORY. ItIs Not Yet Completed and Is Assuming Large Pro- portions. Durrant still keeps up his wonderful composure, and many of his friends who call upon him give him hope by express- ing their belief in his innocence. About 10 o’clock yesterday morning sev- eral students, the majority being ladies, from the Cooper Medical College, paid him a visit. He positively refused to see them and turned his back upon them' till they went away. During the day he received many callers including two or three ladies and " chatted with them pleasantly and even gayly. His father and mother called to see him last night and remained with him in his cell for nearly two hours. Captain Stone considerately broke the 10 o’clock rule in their case and they did not leave till after 11 o’clock. Durrant is still busy writing his state- ment tor the guidance of his counsel and exfwct; to have it ready to-day. It isa voluminous document. It is astonishing the devices resorted to bg' people to see the prisoner. A boy about 18 years of age called upon Captain Doug- lass yesterday and asked for permission see Durrant. To the amazement of the captain the boy said he was gifted with the rophetic vision and he could foretell the uture. He was politely shown to the door. PREPARED FOR TRIAL. The Prosecution Has Made All Arrangements for To- Morrow Morning. The police have made every preparation for Durrant’s preliminary examination, which will commence to-morrow morning at 11 o’clock before Police Judge Con- lon. All the witnesses have been subpenaed to be in attendance at that hour and Chief Crowley said yesterday that he was ready to proceed. Durrant will be de- fended by Eugene Deuprey. District At torney Barnes will assist Prosecuting At- torney Wak eman in conducting the case for the people. 2 Arrangements were made yesterday by the officers of the court for cile ACCOmMMOo- dation of the press and the witnesses, and when the hearing commences everything will be in readiness to proceed. ° = ° Chief Crowlef' and District Attorney Barnes are dailyin receipt of numerous letters about the murders. A specimen was one received yesterday. It wasfrom a sgiritualis& and purported to be signed by the two murdered.girls. It began by as- serting that Durgant was their murderer and said: ‘‘He betrg us by telling us we were cowards am(’ did not trust the Lord, and that in the house of God no harm counld come to us. May the fate that has befallen us be a warning to all youn, ladies to beware of pastors of churches.” The communication said that if Durrant confessed his soul would have peace, but if he did not their spirits would forever tor- ment him in his dreams. It was not the first and only crimes he had committed, but he bad been guilty of others. ADVICE 70 GET MARRIED, Judge Low’s ‘Clemency for a Man Charged With In- fidelity. The “Co~Eds,” From Stanford Uni- versity Listen to the Tes-~ timony. A peculiar case was heard in Judge Lows, court yesterday and while the evidence was being taken about 150 students of both sexes from the Stanford University tiled into the courtroom and remained as inter- ested spectators until the conclusion of the case. The students were on a tour of in- spection around the City Hall. Lagos Steiner was arrested about a week ago on the complaint of Henry Locks, 17 Ross street, on the charge of infidelity. The facts as disclosed by the evidence were that in March last year Locks de- serted his wife, Rebecca, and baby girl. They had been married for about six years. The woman was lelt destitute and she called upon the Hungarian Consul for as- sistance. Through the Consul she became ac- quainted with Steiner, who helped her on several oceasions to keep her and her child from starvation. Steiner fell in love with the deserted wife and as he could not marry her he suggested they should live together as man and wife and ultimately she could obtain a divorce on the ground of desertion and they would be afterward legally married. She consented and they went to live at the house of L. Beass, a fellow-countryman. Beass and’ Steiner had some trouble about mone{ matters and it ended in Steiner and Mrs. Locks and her children in Febrnary last leaving the Beass resi- dence. Beass refused to hand over their personal effects and Steiner, about a month ago, obtained a search warrant in Judge Low’s court to get back their property. The Judge, after hearing both sides, made an order upon Beass to diliver the property 10 Steiner. Beass, with the object of having his re- veu,}zle upon Steiner, hunted up Locks, and got him to swear to a warrant for Steiner’s arrest on the charge of adultery. After listening to the evidence, the Judge, turning to Locks, said: “What part do you play in this transaction? You appear to me to be the dog in the manger. ou desert your wife and child, and over a year aiterward KO“ come here at the in- stigation of another man and swear out a -warrant for the arrest of a man who be- iriended her in her distress and need.” My client,” interrupted Locks’ attor- ney, “is perfectly willing to take his wife :tl):xd child back and suitably provide for em. “Yes,” said the Judge, still addressin himself to Locks, who sat with his hea bowed, ‘‘when you find that another man has seen some’ good in the little woman you deserted you begin to think there is something good in her also, and you now say yon want her back, “1 must fine you,” said the Jud Steiner, ‘“as you have not denied the chug‘e, but in the circumstances I will fine you $100 without any alternative, and I would strongly adyise you to get the little woman divorced from” her husband and marry her, as I believe she will be happy with you.” This ended the proceedings, and the in- terested parties and the Palo Alto students filed out of the court. The_sentence of the Judge is in effect that Steiner is not sentenced atall. He need not pay the fine there being no alternative he cannot be imprisoned. ————— Gladstone computes that the habitual speakers of the English language have in- creased from 15,000,000 to 105,000,000 durin, the g:st 100 years, and that they wi number 120,000,000 by the endflffl“c{".' 1900. At that rate of increase, which is sevenfold each century, such speakers will include not less than &o,m,wn the end of the year 2000. o LApies’, misses' and children’s Leghorn hats, fine quality, 65¢ and upward. % APRIL - ISSUES FOR NATIVE SONS, Several Important Ones to Be Decided During the Com- ing Week. REPORTS OF THE OFFICERS. A Lively Time Over the Question of the Admissien Day Celebra- tion Seat. At the office of Grand Secretary Lun- stedt of the Native Sons of the Golden West in the Pioneer building everything was in a state of luxury and bustle yester- day, preparatory to the session of the Grand Parlor, which will open at Masonic Temple in Oakland, Monday morning. Returns made to the secretary indicate that there will be more than 300 delegates present on the first day. This will be the eighteenth annual con- vention of the Grand Parlor and it promises to be full of interest and excite- ment, as quite a number of important questions will come up for action. Among these will be the consideration of several important changes in the ritual. ‘What is likely to cause a strenuous contest is the proposition which will be sprung to locate the Grand Parlor permanently at San Francisco. It will also be proposed that the Grand Parlor subseribe to the stock of the N. 8. G. W. Hall Association to aid in the construc- tion of the new building now under way on Mason street, between Geary and Post. In the election of officers the contest will be between the candidates for grand lec- turer and for grand orator. Those named for the former office are George D. Clark and Eugene F. Bert, and for the latter Wil- liam M. Conley and E. M. Messerve will enter the field. The e‘frogramme for the session is an- nounced as follows: Monday—Morning and afternoon, business session of the Grand Parlor; evening, reception at the Acme Club rooms. Tueudl{——?nrmle at 11 A. ., barbecue at 1 P. M., business session in the evening. ~ Wednesday—Business session morning and afternoom, ball at the Reliance Clubin the evéning. Thursday — Business session morning and afternoon, including election of officers; ban- quet in the evening. Friday—Bullshead breakfast. From the report of Grand President Jo D. Sproul the following important excerpts are taken: Three new parlors have been instituted during the past term, as follows: Etna Parlor No. 192 was instituted at Etna, Siskiyou County, on July 27, 1894. Liberty Parlor No. 198 was instituted a¢ Saw- yers Bar, Siskiyou County, on August L1, 1894, Presidio Parlor No. 194 was institufed on Avgust 18, 1894, in San Franeisco. Sebastopol Parlor No. 143, Sebu(ogol, ?‘Qi‘.‘-’"“ County, was teurgnnized on March 1, McCloud Parlor No. 149 at Redding, Shasta County, was to have been reorganized on March 30, 1895, but it had to be postponed to a later date in order to complete the arrange- ments, Elk Grove Parlor No. 41 surrendered {ts charter on March 26, 1895. Sotoyome Parlor No. 68 surrendered its charter on June 26, 1894. Redwood Grove Parlor No. 79 surrendered its charter on J“liy 26, 1894. The Grand Parlor at Eureka regularly dis- solved the following parlors for failure to meet or nsact any business for more than one ear: S 2 Manzanita Parlor No. 36, Anderson, Shasta County. Colusa Parlor No. 69, Colusa. Porterville Parlor No. 73, Porterville, Tulare County. McCloud Parlor No. 149, Redding, Shasta County (since organized). Donner . Parlor No. 162, Truckee, Nevada County. E % Millville Patlor No. 165, Millville, Shasta County. Pomona Parlor No, 174, Pomons, Los Angeles County. TUnion Parlor No. 178, Copperopolis, Cala- veras County. I have sent charter applications to Newcastle, Plager County, and West Point, Calaveras County. The grand secretary reports that the follow- ing pariors failed to make their semi-annual reports for either of the past two terms and none of them excegt Silver Tip No. 103, San Marcos No. 150 and Palos Verdes No. 190 have pald any per capita tax. Calaveras Parlor No. 67, Invincible Parlor No. 74, Prince Parlor No. 80, Gilroy Parlor No. 81, Meridian Parlor No. 98, Silver Tip Parlor. No. 103, Eagle Parlor No. 119, Sconchin Parlor No. 134, Chispa Parlor No. 139, Oakdale Parlor No. 142, Lakeport Parlor No. 147, San_ Marcos Parlor No. 150, Seapoint Parlor No. 158, Le- moore Parlor No. 175, Varima Parlor No, 181, Palos Verdes Parlor No. 190. Nearly all of these should be dissolved and the district deputies instructed to secure their charters and paraphernalia for the Grand Parlor. Their present members seem to be hopelessly indifferent to the progress of their parlors, and an opportunity should be given to more earnest and zealous natives of Cali- fornia to form good parlors. The visiting board of grand officers has, in my judgment, been an excepnonc.uz faithful and useful adjunct to the order. I hear noth- ing but good reports of their work, and am convinced that their visitations have been productive of much permanent prosperity. mong the unpleasant duties ineident to the office was the institution of lefnl proceedings to_compel Sotoyome FParior of Healdsburg to refund certain moneys attempted by some of its members to be improperly distributed among the members of the parlor on its disso- lution. Iwill say that the suit had the desired ect, and I am convinced that no future trouble will arise on that score. The power of the Grand Parlor in the premises was forever fixed and determined, and the lesson will, 1 think, have & salutary effect on other branches who might contemplate the sameline of action. From the report of Grand Secretary Henry Lunstedt is taken the following financial statement: Amount on hand April 1, 1894... Amount received from sale of steam- ship tickets ... Amount received from Humboldt committee. . Amount received from parlors. Interest. Total receipts from all sources....$18,746 69 Amount paid on warrants on grand treasurer. . 14,164 656 Balance on hand April 1,1895 $4,582 13 Balance due from parlors g 723 00 In his report the grand secretary also states: $4,100 89 3,204 00 1,000 00 10,403 93 37 87 1y, the order has mot made any fenn it has not augmented its progres membership. 2 The retrogression is, however, more apparent than real, being caused Erlnclpuly by the dis- solution of pariors at the last sessfon of the Grand Parlor, parlors which should have been dissolved several years before. The number of initiations indicates that the mareh of pro- greui:m goes steadily on. As I said in my last Teport: BX- & matter of fact we should be well pleased with our progress. No other fraternal order has fared any better, and most much worse. The general impulse of hard times has beem felt g; all fraternities. That we have been able to stand the storm so well attests the strength and security of our timbers.”” I have visited many of the Jzulor- and the reports of the vlslt{nfi Dboard as well as my personal observa- tion when visiting with members of the board, demonstrates that the parlors are in an emi- nently sal ‘tory condition. ‘The progress and stability of the parlors is eyinced in nothing more thanin thestatement of the condition of the treasurles, which now hold over $182,000, being an increase of nearly $12,000 during the year, equivalent to a 6-per- cent_increase, notwithstanding the fact that ,5flww_ was paid to744 brothers for fick nefits. During the 'zsar there were fifty-five deaths among ie members of the order. In accordance with the instructions of | the Grand Parlor, Grand Secretary Lun- stedt sent communications to every subor- dinate parlor in the State, asking them to take action on’ the Bmpagifion to perma- nently locate the Grand Parlor at San Francisco, and to forward a certified state- ment of the result of such fction to the grand secretary,- that such statements might be read before the incoming Grand Parlor. Referring to this matter, the grand secretary’s report says: A large number of replies have been re. ived, which are now in the hands of the Board of grand trustees, and will be duly re- rted to the Grand Parlor; & rushc prepon- erance of the resolutions #re in favor of m manently locating the Grand Parlor in Francisco. 8 If the Grand Parlor succeeds in making things as lively and interesting as did the San g‘(“rancisco committee on the 9th of September celebration last evening, every member who absents himself irom next W e‘fi’a convention in Oakland will have good cause for regret. It was generally members of the local known among the %arlors that the great uestion of where to hold the Adwmission ay celebration was to be _consxderad, and in " consequence the reading-room of the order in Pioneer building was crowded. After the organization of the committee, with J. P. Dockery as chairman, E. L. Head as vice-president, T. C. Conmy as secretary and J. B. Reenan as treasnrexa the celebration-seat question was presente: bybthe reading of communications on the subject. 7 ayor Effey’s telegram to Chairman Dockery read: Santa Cruz extends the glad hand of welcome to the Native Sons and wants to see them here in September. Will do all in our power to make tMe occasion & big success, and would like a chance to outdo the good old times. From a member of the Santa Cruz par- lor came the terse and pointed message: Have raised the $3000. Next was read the substantial promise made on behalf of SBacramento by Thomas Fox, a member of one of the Sacramento parlors, as follows: Sacramento has guaranteed $5000 if the cel- ebratton is held here Admission day, which comes in State Fair week, and biggest time ever had. Last was read a communication from T, H. Guodman,genera] passenger agent of the Southern Pacific Company, agreeing to make a very low rate to Santa Cruzif it was.decided to hold the celebration there, tickets to be good to Santa Cruz on the 7th and 8th and the morning of the 9th of Sep- tember, and good for return on_the after- noon trains of the 9th and on all trains of the 10th and 11th. The letter then con- tinued: In view of the very favorable conditions which will prevail in 1895 ror the holding of a celebration, viz.: The fact that Admission day falling on Monday the great bulk of excur- sionists will avail themseives of the oppor: tunity to visit Santa Cruz.on the Saturday and Sunday preceding, thus meking three days' holiday, and the further advantageof being able to quote & lower rate than has been cus- tomary in recent years, would seem to insure one of the largest gatherings that has ever taken place outside of San Francisco. . And in this connection we beg to suggest that the influence of the order can no doubt be brought to bear on the business gommunity to the extent of making Saturday, the 7th of Se tember, a holiday, as well as the 9th. s be accomplished the attendance at Santa Cruz, or wherever the celebration may be held, would, of course, be materially increased. Immediately on the conclusion of the reading ofsthis letter a motion ‘was made that itgbe the serise of the commiittee that Santa Cruz - be selected as the place for holding the 9th of September celebration. This precipitated a hot debate, the ol?posl- tion to the motion being led by Finlay | Cook. He claimed that the committee in adopting the motion would seriously han- dicap Sacramento in her fight before the Grand Parlor, where the matter had to be eventually decided. He added that the last communication wonld undoubtedly influence many to vote for Santa Cruz and he decidedly objected to the ‘“octopus, the .Southern Pacific of Kentucky,” attempting to dictate to the Native Sonshow they should conduct their affairs and where they should hold their celebration. His remarks were loudly ap- plauded by members and visitors. Pending the debate a motion was made, as a substitute, to lay the matter over till the next meeting of the committee. This was defeated, and the vote on the original question resulted in a tie of 19to 19. Per- mission was then granted to the author of the original motion to withdraw it. The matter will thus come before the Grand Parlor next week as an open question. This action saved Sacramento from cer- tain defeat; for had the first motion car- ried it would have received the unanimous support of the delegations from the Oak- land and Alameda parlors, the committee from which, at a meeting held earlier in the day, had decided tc stand by the San Francisco delegation in whatever it de- termined to do in this matter. Chairman Dockery was instructed to appoint committees, to consist of three members each, on the following matters pertaining to the celebration: Decora- | slightest trouble. dquarters, printing, transporta. 33:.’ I ]:ee;s,%dvegfishg, hotels and accom- modations, music, {zr:de,_ finance, enter- i eption. ’ ui‘;:’:g;%‘do;:& put the secretary and treasurer o}) the - celebration ,com’:éngcee under $10,000 bonds each; but after '; heated discussion the matter went over meeting. e th; u’;?éefore agy‘aurqmerfnt snP ;;x]vollfa‘t;!z}(n was announced from Stanford % i i embers of the committee to at- ;ggdt];genfiigh jinks and smol:e; of the par- ich was then in progress. - loka;vjlo]\lximv;ent was taken to meet again on the call of the chair. —_— KITTENS, $40 EACH Did Rudyard Kipling Set the Fashion in Persian Felines? Did Rudyard Kipling make Persian cats the fashion or no? : He probably started the desire for one in the heart of some great lady of LOT\- don by his description of that grea't trip across the desert in the turquoise twilight, when camels lay at rest by bales of musk, and there were baskets of Persian pussy- cats brought for sale. u New York is going to take dogs London is on the path to cats. g 'Pis “the desire of each fashionable woman in that great British town either to possess or purchase cats, and feline shows are announced for several dates. The poodle, bloodhound and dachshund trot no more beside their owner, clipped and beribboned. In their place are car- ried great mewing, spitting cats, snow white, ash, others gray, or occasionally black as crows. Satin’ bands and bows completely swathe the neck, and they roll themselves up in a ball in the curve of my lady’s arm even more gracefully than the former cherished pet. 5 5 But the Persian variety of feline aris- tocracy is the one most eagerly sotight after. One has to pay from $50 to $200 for a prize, and the kittens are sold for $30 and $40 apiece. This price obtains in London and Paris. The knowing ones go out to Crecy-en-Brie or some of the i suburbs and buy the great beantiful ani- mals, where tfleir value is not yet so highly prized. The thrifty bourgeois, however ,ean be trusted to find it out soon enough, and then there will be some cat farms, as many women laughingly threat- ened to establish in Atlanta, Ga., when E’{briuge T. Gerry, who was spending the winter there, paid $95 for an ordinary cat for his sick child. ™ . “It is a bard matter to get a Persian pussy in London,” said a New York woman who was displaying her beruffled acquisition. “I went to a fancier’s, picked a fine cat out, but it was weeks before I ac- complished my bargain. They were afraid L was a breeder. 1 had to procure letters from my banker in New York to establish my identity. However, I got two at odd timés, and I have promised my friends some kittens at $50 a piece.” Every cat must have its day is the way the dogs are now looking at the old saying. It is a bitter blow to them to see their friend, the enemy, raised to place and power. : 3 In view of this it is rather interesting to know that the United States Goyern- ment has_officially recognized the stand- ing of felines by appointing 100 of them on.the payroll. " They guard the mail- b;gs from mice in the postoffices. ne woman in Connecticut has col- lected 300 of the pets, and Mrs. Morley of Montreal has a private collectlon of 100. Tammany Methods in Mexico. John Macdonald, a New Yorker, whose hair has turned gray in the interests of Tammany Hall, has returned from a trip through Mexico, says the New York World. “Why,"” said he at the Fifth-avenue Ho- tel a few nights ago, “the influence of | Tammany and its teachings are every- where. While I was down in Mexico I | visited a mining town. Whom should I run | across but an old New Yorker,a former member of Tammany Hall, superintendent of the mine. “How do you get along?” I asked. ““Don’t say a word,’ he said. ‘You re- member that old red brick bujlding on Fourteenth street? Yes. Well, I learned @ 'good many things there. ¢ When I came down here I saw that I was up against a hard game. The first thing I did was to appoint the Mayor's son-in-law my vrivate secretary and the brother of the Prefect of Police assistant superintendent and I've never had the ‘We own the town.’ " NEW TO-DAY. $5 A MONTH, MEDICINES INCLUDED. The Folly of Paying More for Treatment and Medicines. There Is No Better Medical Service, No More Scientific Treat- ment Than That Given by the Copeland Medical Institute. The best medical service in this season of “hard times'” should not cost more than $5 a month. e This is the stand that Drs. Copeland and Neal take. This is the gauntlet that they throw down to their confreres in the profession. The physician who charges more than that amount as his monthly fee does so because his ractice is so limited that he is obliged to, or gecause he feels that he is able to bamboozle his patients to swell his receipts. There is no better medical service than Drs. Copeland and Neal give in_their specialties. Their large practice attests this fact, their es- tablished situation proclaims it, their testimo- nials emphasize it. Five dollarsa month is the only charge for treatment and medicines. If you pay more you | are simply giving away sll over and above that amount. A PROMINENT GENTLEMAN Adds His Testimony to the Long List. Probably no gentleman is better known in San Francisco, nor in the whole State, than Attorney F. M. Husted. He has lived here for years and i proprietor of Husted's directories, which are gotten out for all the citles in the State exceg: San Francisco and Los Angeles. Mr. Husted suffered from catarrh since his boy- hood and was treated for it by Drs. Copeland and Neal. The results of treatment are shown in the following letter: LAW OFFICES OF F. M. HUSTED, 8AVINGS UNioN BUILDING, 530 California street, 8N FRANCISCO, Cal,, April 10, 1895, Drs. Copelund and Neal—Dear Sirs: In reply to your inquiry of the 3d inst. permit me to say that 1 do not require further treatment, as all traces of my catarrh seem to have disappeared. When I came to you, by the ad- vice of a friend, I was very skeptical about the possibility of & cure, as I had suffered from chronic_catarrh since boyhood, and had been unable to get any relief. Upon commenein trer-‘tmnndl wlthtymhl ‘u:zaz immediately ex- enced great relief, now - E:g =i flnl);vl:xn m ; 4 consider my: ou are af Tty to use this in an; may see fit. Yours very truly, LW you NASAL CATARRH, ‘Why So Much Is Said About It—Danger 5. ! of N:lgllut. may have occurred to the av, of the aaily Angen to ask why iet s v,;:‘td:z (‘::‘(‘:l':}hh sai Yy medical specialists about Nasal catarrh, when neslected, b train of disorders that are ?riglnlul_ fl’x“‘flz??l‘n arepulsive disease every one knows, but that it is the mother of many other eomPl‘lnm few know or a| T to catarrhal lpu‘:e‘nx hl‘rfi‘:filfi ratinalle A typical case of catarrh is furnished by Mr. 1.8, B Bakery, 38 S TAT trye’v mepriewr of Shay's Ty, 88 “Ihad catarrh for years,” said he, “and all my efforts 0. gat rid of 1 were withont avail until T wentfo the Copeland Medical Institute. For a timé it seemed but a heavy cold, but it soon took on & more serions character. M. nostrils were almost completely closed an Tirons 400" ket mo chmisnaa foinsred 11 o A ept me continually coughing an “I'tried many physicians and sll the reme- dies I could hear of, but nothing did me. an good. Drs, Copeland and Neal made a mu(n{ J. B. SHAY, 38 FOURTH STREFT. examination and I began treatment with them. To-day I feel like another man, my symptoms are all 50113 or fast disappearing. 1 cannot find words strong enough to express my gratis tude. Idid not believe in advertising dootors but seeing a case so near like mine I thought 1 would try, and noyw I believe in Drs. Copeland and Neal anyway.” HOME TREATMENT. Every mail brings additional proof of the fuccess of the home or mail treatment. A. F. Shangraw, Dixon, Cal., writes: “I feel better now than I have for years, and think I | am about cured of my catarrh. Ihave recom- mended your treatment to quite & few persons in Dixon, and think you have heard from them.. € | 1 shall al'vays have & good word for you, and think my recovery something wonderful. ‘When I began the treatment the improvement | was slow and I became dhcoung , but on our advice I persevered and now I am thank ul that T did. Had I not continued I would.be miserable to-day. Indeed,as I have said, I feel better than I have for years.” 3 . If you cannot come to this ofice write for a symptom blank, ¢ $5 A MONTH. No fee larger than $5 o month asked for an ascae Our motto 183 “A Law Feo & Cure. Mild and Painless Treatment.> The Copeland Medical Institts PERMANENTLY LOCATED IN THE , COLUMBIAN BUILDING, SECOND FLOOR, 916 Market St, Next to Baldwin Hotel, Over Beamish’s. / W. H. COPELAND, M.D. b, J.'G. NEAL, M.D. 1 SPECIALTIES—Catarth and all di $ the Eye, Ear, Throat and L\mg. Nar\'ss::um?- T oL B s tes . P. M,2t05P. Sunday—10 A. M. to 2 p. u.’ ly' Cntu{hl‘troghlea axi kindred diseases trea successiul mail, Send tamas for qunnni dgonh-.s Seunny Therefore, whiles Paris .