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10 THE SAN FRA NCISCO CALL, MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1895. M SIVED FROM DROWNING. Narrow Escape of William S. | Ballard and E. A. . Crennan. IN THE BAY OFF LIME POINT. Their Boat Was Upset by a Squall. Rescued by Four Young | Men. William S. Ballard of 113 Larkin stieet | and E. A. Crenann, who is in a real estate | office in the Mills building, had a narrow | escape from being drowned in the bay off | Lime Point yesterday about 11 o'clock. | Their boat was overturned by a squall | about a mile from the shore, and had it | not been forthe heroic efforts of John J. | Gormley, Charles Wedde and W. F. and H. Koch, the two young men would h: been washed from the boat and peri miserably before other help could have ar- | rived. As it was Ballard was about to give ‘Whoever would understand this great question and contributes to_its solution, must have on his right hand the works of | political economy, and on _his ‘left the lit- erature of scientific socialism, and must keep the new testament open before him." +In considering social questions we are not inguiring simply what can be imme- diately done for society; what is likely to be done in the correction of evils, but also | what are some of the remote points to- Wvard which progress is to be made.” Following this line of thought, Mr. Wil- son delved deeply into his subject, pictur- ing in graphic language the mistakes of the church and showing where social re- forms were most needed. In closing his remarks the speaker said “The race cannot rise except through sacrifice. Crncifixions are the ransom that progress always claims of men. Sacrifice is life's layv. None of us can even pay the resent what we owe the past. ‘There- ore, love one another as I love you.’ ” MISSION FOOTPADS. John Cooney Was Held Up on Twenty- Fourth and Capp Streets Sat- urday Night. John Cooney, a section boss on the South- ern Pacific Railroad, was held up on the corner of Twenty-fourth and Capp streets shortly before 10 o’clock Saturday night by two footpads. One of them grasped him by the throat PLEASURE-SEEKERS RESCUED FROM DROWNING OFF LIME POINT. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] reached him. There wasa third party in | the boat, a fisherman named Mike, but he wasin no great danger, as he secured a comparatively safe position astride of the keel. Crennan and Ballard went to the foot of Franklin street early in the morning and hired Mike's fishing-boat for a day’s sport with hook and line along the Marin shore. It was their intention to meet another party of fishers on the bay who had en- gaged a steam launch. Mike set sail, and &S o stiff breeze was_blowing the two men enjoyed a lively sail across the bay. The launch was nowhere to be seen, and as all the bait and lines were in that craft Bal- lard and Crennan decided to return to San Francisco. Mike was ordered to turn the boat back to the ci | As he was doing so a heavy squall struck the sail, and in an instant the boat was turned bottom up and the men struggling in the water. The other fishing party, Gormley, Wedde and the two Kochs had anchored their boat close in shore, and their attention was called to the men struggling in the pay by the cries and gestures of some children on the land. They cast their lines overboard, to save the time it would take to wind up, cut the anchor-rope, for the same purpose, and | pulled for the wrecked boat. | About this time the keeper of the Lime Point_fog-signal station saw the ove turned boat, and the dangerous position of the men. He gave the whistle signal, whice told the men_at the life-saving st tion, situated near Fort Point, that the services were wanted. Three minutes ater the small lifeboat was plowing hrough the water. The rescue though was effected by the four young men who started out firs Gormley, in speaking of how he and his companions saved the drowning men, modestly said: ‘“We reached the over- | turned boat just in time to save Ballard, | who had pecome exhausted by his long | struggle to keep his hold upon the keel of | the overturned boat. Crennan was not so | badly used up, and he could have held on i for a short time longer. | There was not room in the boat for Mike, | and as he said he could cling to his position | astride the keel of the overturned craft | Ballard and Crennan were taken to the shore and cared for at the fog-signal sta- tion. A return was made for Mike and he and his boat were pulled to the shore. | The life-saving crew reached the spot a ! few minutes later. The young men speak very highly of the quick response the life-saving crew made to the call for help. Of their own | Bexoic work they had little to say, and that | little with great modesty. Gormley is a salesman for George F. Plummer & Co. at 64 Steuart street. He lives at 2002 Taylor | street. W. F.and H. Koch are paintersin the employ of their father, William Koch, the well-known painter, at 115 O’Farrell | street. They live at 1815 Mason street. | Wedde lives in Alameda. OHURCH AND REFORMS, Rev. Mahlon Wilson’s Address to the Good Citizenship Club. Rev. Mahlon H. Wilson, pastor of the Alameda Christian Church, in response to | an invitation issued by the “Good Citizen- ship Club,” delivered an interesting lec- ture at Metropolitan Temple yester- day afternoon. Mr. Wilson is a pleas- ing speaker, and was fortunate in se- | lecting so popular a theme as “The Church and Social Reform.” In the course of his remarks the reverend gentleman said: “The church and social reform, accord- ing to Mr. Gladstone, is the question occu- ying the best thought and closest atten- {ion of all religious assemblies in the United States and Europe. There is but one question, and that is the gospel. This can and will correct eyerything needing | correction. My only hope for the world is the bringing of the human mind into con- tact with divine revelation. “Rudolph Todt, on this same line, says: Cooney yelled for help, and some men who were in the saloon of Christiansen & Meegan on the opposite corner came to his assistance and the two footpads ran along Capp street in the direction of Twenty-third. A tall man who was standing on the op- posite side of the street came forward and, in a tone of authority asked what all the noise was about. Thinking he was a police- man, Cooney began to explainand the crowd listened. This was what the tall man wanted, as it gave his two confed- erates time to get clear away. Then he walked hurriedly away before it dawned upon the minds of Cooney and the others that he was in the job. Cooney, fortu- nately, lost nothing A NOTED DIVINE. Rev. Professor Momerie of London Now Speaking in This city. Rev. Professor Alfred Williams Momerie of England, who is now visiting this city, isone of the best known divines in the British kingdom. He holds the degrees of M.A., Sc.D. and LL.D., and also holds the appointment of select preacher before the University of Cambridge and other posi- tions of honor. He is now in this city on his way from Australia to England. He is an eloquent Rev. Alfred Williams Momerie, D.D. [From an engraving.] preacher and profound scholar, critic and author—broad in his views, but a church- man at heart—and isone of the most ad- vanced and I)robably the most far-seeing churchman of the day. His books, nine in number, have at- tained immense po’m]ariry. His first, “‘The Origin of Evil,” is in its seventh edi- tion, and the last, “Church and Creed,” though only published at Christmas, is in its third. All are eminently readable— more interesting, indeed, than many novels—clear, trenchant and vivacious. His style is like that of Emerson and of the best French writers. Sacially, the professor is a host in him- self, a most cultured and agreeable com- panion, brimming over with anecaotes and instructive stories of English and Ameri- can life and people. Yesterday the professor delivered an in- teresting lecture in Trinity Church. He will lecture before the Geographical Society of California on Wednesday, the 24th inst., at Golden Gate Hall, choosin; as hissubject “Medieval Scienge,” an idea! topic with the professor. On Sunday, the 28th, he will preach at Leland Stanford Jr. University and lecture to the students on the 30th. This sums up his engagements prior to his leaving for England. Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report Ral ABSOLUTELY PURE ‘Baking Powder OR. BROWN'S HOT SHOT. He Attacks Professor Herron’s Well-Known Themes on Sociology. WILD CONCEPTIONS OF ORDER. Agitators Who Are Frightening Cap~ ital and Paralyzing Trade. Nearly every seat in the First Congrega- tional Church was occupied last night by people interested in the somewhat defiant stand taken by the pastor of the church, Dr. C. 0. Brown, concerning the teachings of that great disciple of sociology, Dr. Herron. The majority of the vast audi- ence expected something in the nature of a bomb, and they were not disappointed. The following is the full text of Dr. Brown’s address as delivered last night: Eight months ago it was proposed that the Bay Association of Congregational Ministers should invite hither Professor George D. Her- ron to aeliver a series of lectures, as he is now doing. That proposition_was defeated by an | almost unanimous vote. When it was renewed in the Monday Club it was opposed on the ground that his teachings are largely the same as those of the “sand lots,” though he comes with the sacred phrases which are sanctified by centuries of association with the cross of Jesus. Iwould not impugn any man’s motive. Professor Herron has all the apparent en- sm which usually oharacterizes one who s espoused a great error i the belief that it is a great truth. He is sometimes caught un- consciously in the toils which charm the dema- | gogue, as when in the same column he appeals 1o the mob by decrying competition and to the stockholders of the valley road by commend inb it as a new incarnation of Christianit, On the whole, however, he is doubtless sincere, (h(;ugh utterly wild in his conception of social order. Professing to speak for a social order which should realize the teachings of Jesus Christ, he, in fact, invites a revolution, which would result in anarchy. Calling upon individuals and the State for a reign of self-sacrifice, he | would, in fact, introduce a carnival of plunder. Demanding & new economic system, based on benevolence, his proposed revolution could result only in such expressions of selfishness | as would carry us back to the days of the Capsars. Decrying wages as “slavery,” his theories re- introduce & system wherein | sses” and “labor checks” would | represent such tyranny as the world has not seen since the Pyramids were built. Thunder- ing against competition, he derives his impor- | nce from the fact that he is a leading com- petitor among those who would make our laws of sea foam &nd rule us with a crank. Decry- ing property as a prey, he would encourage 8 barbarism, which would leave no social order 1o prey upon. ut sincerity will not excuse any man for such wild utterances as characterize his printed works: &s have characterized his lectures in this city. The following are but a few of them—samples from great numbers: “We are a fallen nation— an apostate people”; “‘As a nation we have be- trayed our trust”; our economic system is “Organized social wrong”; ““Christ is becom- ing the social ideal of the mob.” He sneers at our public schools: *“Christ spent the entire first year of his ministry in trying to get con- trol of the State”; “Society is moving quickly to revolution’; “Politicians will be fuel to the burning that is coming”: “The blood of that revolution will be laid at our doors”; “Noth- ing in the past that will compare with the awful anguish to come” (unless we ac- cept Professor Herron’s views); *Our boasted liberties were born not in the faith of our Puritan fathers, but of the atheism of France”; “This nation is to-day in astate of awful social anarch ““This is the most critical hour in all human history”; “Thisis the day when the Messiah has ap- seared. He is here in this room now. Him ath God raised up in the social movements of | to-day”; “These voices are warning us to be etting ready for the social baptism of the ffioxy Ghost”; “Forces are marshaling for their supreme agony”; ““The only way in which Christianity can fullybe put into prac- tice is to por 5 ‘A new holy Cath- olic church is y X With the exception of the last quotation all of the above were in my hearing. Look for a moment at the beurlni a& such words (with others that follow quoted fr8m his books) on the public mind at a time when gen- eral business depression strains the relations between employers and wage earners. Feeling isalready sufficientiy tense. Unless there is distinet and deliberate intention to stir up mob violence, is this the time to affirm that “our economic system is organized social wrong;” that “soiety is moving quickly to revolution”; that *politicians will be fuel to the burning thet is coming”; that “forces are marshaling for their supreme agony”? I say that we have reason to be devoutly grateful that this young professor was not here with such sayings last July, when this city and Oakland were trembling on the verge of riot. The price of such words at such & time might easily be fire and blood. | I opposed his coming, both before the as- sociation and before the club. While I love | my country and its sacred_institutions, I shall with whatever influences I have oppose the ut- terances of any man who makes war on its in- stitutions. I fried toshow that the institutions of this country are the unfolding of God’s thought, working upwerd to the light through ages of struggle. As a result we are_free. The man, who, though unintentionally, would frenzy the mob against these institutions ap- pears to me to be & public enemy. He who casts reproach upon our constitution as the off- spring of French atheism is not ouly untrue to the religlous life and heroic self-sacrifice of our fathers—he is guilty of contempt for the nation. Yes, I opposed this man’s coming. I did not want such things to be said in San Francisco, especially under the auspices of Congregation: alism. Tthought the time had come for some man, at whatever cost, to say that such utter- ances are largely the cause of our present dis- tresses. Every drop of my blood throbs in sympathy with the sufferings of the poor and the burdens of earth’s toilers. Born into a home of toil and reared to a trade which I learned while still a boy, I know the heart and the aspira- tions of the toiler. Let this newcomer, who is here to tell us how io relieve all poverty, keep step with me a few days amid the homes of poverty in San Fran- cisco and he will learn the difference between theoretical and practical relief of the poor. It is because I want the present distress of the unemployed relieved thatIoppose the agita- tors who are frightening capital and paralyzing trade. 1 am well aware that Dr, Herron’s lectures are full of references to Christ and bis gospel. He means well; but, it seems to me, the most fearful and dangerous element of this whole matter is his use of the name of Christ to give weight to such destructive teachings. Our liberties are all from the spirit of him who said, ““Call no man master.” The touch of his nail'pierced hand is on our freedom-giving constitution. It embodies the heroic Christian sacrifice of immortal past and the fragrance of pames that will never die. Itisthe embodi- ment in secular form of a great and divine truth. To invoke its destruction in the name of & “New Redemption,” in the name of the holy Christ, seems to me little short of blas- phemy. Let us ask for & moment what would be the result if at the close of Dr. Herron’s lectures here we should gather about him and say, **All right, professor, we believe. Now we are for you and your scheme.” Suppose we should destroy our national Constitution and our eco- nomic system and say:*‘Now for your dream, We have as a nation ‘sacrificed’ our national life and destroyed.our Constitution. As indi- viduals we are ready to sacrifice ourselves for this ‘New Redemption.! Now put us to work along the lines of this co-operative and sacri- ficial system of industry. The [actories are silent. "The railroads are waiting. The mills are not grinding. The mines are asking for orders. The lunatic asylums and orphanages want to know what shall be done with their empty larders and their occupants. Law and the courts have ‘sacrificed themselves,' and want to know what to do with their prisoners. How shall we go at all this? How can sacri- fice go _to work to set all these wheels in motion?”’ Probably the professor would be compelled to say: “I'don’t know,” or, as he actually did say on one oceasion, *God forbid that I should attempt to set up any plan.” But, suppose he should try to outline a plan for the ongoing of things under the law of “sacrifice.” He would probably tells us that the men who know how to run railroads must sacrifice themselves and run the railroads; that the man who is fitted for such & task and knows best must be at the head and haye charge, 8o that there may be timetables to keep the trains from colliding. Some one must have charge of the shops or nothing will get on, even under the law of sacrifice. in the {"Third. The room was searched and institutions should subsist. That would be the national constitution. Any plan would make “‘institutions” necessary. We should be under a new ‘‘institutional dominion.” And the mortar of the new affair would not be dry before more &)eople would ery out against its iniquities and tyrannies than are crying out to-day. I prefer the American constitution to the Herron constitution. It has far less of tyranny—ar less of poverty. You may ask how he can consistently make war on institutions and advocate such a view. do not know. Here, surely, is institution- alism “with a vengeance.” This theory and his other theory consume each other like his praise and his condemnation of competition almg!t in the same breath. But here are his words: It is through the state that the church of God must organize the kingdom of Godon earth.” “The state is a religious organism.” “Christianity needs the state assurely as the state needs Christianity.” “There can be no actuality of Christianity in the world unless it realizes itself in the nation.” ‘‘The people can never become Christian until the state become the osganized Christianity of the people.” Do we wonder, after all this, to_hear this lecturer afirming in the close of his fifth lecture on “Christian State,” that ‘‘a new holy catholic church is yet to be realized?” Is he asking his misstatement to foster his hopes when he says that “in spite of all our statistics Roman- ism is gaining ground and Protestantism is relatively losing ground ?” What does our author mean when he affirms that “Jesus has become the ideal of the mob.” The mob” is not a happy expression to be so frequently on the lips SFonewho would appeal strongly 0 the common people if by the word he means to designate them. The vast mass of common people—the piein honest work-a-day folk, “ho, without demonstration, are bearing the beit and burden of the day, never gather in myos. It was not the “mob” that heard Jesus gladly in the days of his Galilean minis- try. The miob of to-day finds its inspiration in saloons and its opporfunity in times of peril. The mob's instinct is violence and its finished work is fire and blood. The mob marches with a red flag at the head of its procession and honors Spies and Parsons &s martyrs. IS this | the throng to whom Jesus has become the ideal? The mob howled its approval when he hung upon the cross, It would as surely do so to-day. In the name of my master I protest most earnestly against the statement that he is “the ideal of the mob.” No doubt the mob would gladly shout for Jesus if it can be made to believe that he approves of anarchy. The practical result of such teachings, if they should gain any headway, would be to set the people over against each otner in a deadly war of classes. Dr. Herron's appeals and denun- ciations do not have the Thect of calling for righteousness from all classes. He stirs the assions of class against class. This did not esus. Our Lord, born among the poor and wearing the garb of a peasant, never appealed 1o class prejudice. He denounced all sin and appealed t0 all righteonsness. He was as care- ful tosay to_common people as to the rulers, “Except ye repent ye shall alllikewise perish.’” o part of Dr. Bushnell’s great argument for the divinity of Christ is more powerful than that in which he shows that the method of our Lord was the exact opposite of that unworthy appeal to class prejudice which characterizes Professor Herron, He did not embitter class against class, but was so faithful in his appeals that his disciples were found among all ciasses, and so impartial in his denunciations that his enemies, too, were in all social ranks. My reason for opposing Professor Herron has in it nothing personal. I never saw bim until last Monday. I have been impelled only by a profound conviction that the time has come for some one to point out the tendency of his teachings and the evil results that must follow if the church of Jesus Christ should adopt his theories. 1 would mnot willingly injure the feelings of any disciple of my Lord. But when interests so vast are in issue, and when it is Sought to attach the church of my Lord to the wildest of revolutions, I must lift my voice. I gladly concede that there is much in Professor Herron’s writings which, if it could be de- tached from other parts which are ut- terly wild, would be most helpful and spiritually ' stimulating, but it cannot be detached. The mischief is that it is so inwrought with what is destructive that the good lends its whole force to propelling the evil. Ido not for a moment think that he would approve of dy namite. His theory is de- structive of government, but he would not con- sent to yiolence. SLICK BURGLARS CAUGHT. Two Men From the East Whose Operations Are Now Cut Short. A Copy of the “War Cry” Glves a Clew That Leaéds to Their Detection. The capture of two clever burglars and safe-crackers on Saturday night afforded great satisfaction to Chief Crowley in the midst of his delicate work in preparing for the hearing to-day of the charge of murder against Theodore Durrant. Since April 6 the police have been aware of the fact that two slick operators were in the city. Their work showed that they were not novices, and had carefully ar- ranged their plans before carrying them into effect. On the night of April 6 the jewelry-store of Henry Meyers, 1396 Market street, was entered by burglars. Entrance had been effected from the rear by prying open the iron shutters. A lot of plated jewelry was stolen. The police were notified of the burglary. Two nights later the pawnshop of 8. & H. Lichtenstein, 11 Stockton street, Was entered. The burglars had sawed out a hole in the side of the building Jarge enough for them to crawl through. They stole a quantity of clothing and jewelry. When toey took their departure they left behind them a pair of old trousers and a ‘“jimmy,” and, more important to the de- tectives, a copy of the War Cry. One of the burglars had also his hand cut. Their next job was in the pawnshop of G. Abrams, 779 Mission street, where they stole a quantity of clothing and jewelry, and several revolyers, his w: end e s was on n A 19 they broke into the store of George W. Shreve, gunsmith, 739 Market street, and stole about $800 worth of guns, revolvers, fishing-tackle and other articles. Their last job was on April 20, when they entered the photographic gallery of D. Sewell, 102014 Mnrgel street. They pried open the money-drawers, but got nothing for their trouble. Then they pro- cured a ladder, which was on the roof of the building, and by it climbed down to the roof of the adjacent building, No. 1020, oc- cupied by Mrs. Lewis as a furnishing- store. They broke the transom and en- tered the store. They had knocked off the safe combination, when they were ap- arently frightened off, as nothing had en taken from the safe. Detectives Bee and Harper were detailed by the Chief to find the burglars. From the fact that a copy of the War Cry had been left in Lichtenstein’s store, the detec- tives suspected that the burglars had some connection with the Salvation Army. Policemen Ryan, Moriarity and Murrin were detailed to' shadow some men who followed on the skirts of the army and were known to be the associates of thieves. These men had been seen hanging around pawnshops. Bee and Harper recovered a portion of the stolen proverty, and from the descrip- tion of the two men who pawned it they were satisfied they knew the burglars. The three police officers were_accordingly instructed to arrest them, which was done on Saturday night, They gave their names as John Howard and Frank Barlane, alias C. E. Seymore, and said they were both strangers’ to the city. Egarly_ yesterday morning the officers ascertained that the two men roomed in a lodging-house on Stevenson street, near a large quantity of the proceeds of the burg- laries was found umf taken to the City Prison. They stole altogether about $2000 worth of goods, Howaro is a man about 30 years of age. Heis an Englishman and says he came here from the East in 1876. Since then he has spent most of his time in Tuolumne County in the lumber camps. He met Barlane, alias Seymore, two or three weeks ago in the Salvation Army mission on Grant avenue. Barlane is about 20 years of age and looks the cleverer of the two. mifls. Soin the mines. So in the asylums. Everywhere there must be direction and gov- ernment. But government implies power to enforce orders. at means law; that requires constitution. The sum of these constitutious wounld need to be a constitution of the whole, recognizing and defining the rights within which all of the He says he came here from St. Louis in 1887 and followed the sea. He has been in the city since last Thanksgiving day. ————— THERE is an article on this market seldom equaled and never excelled—Jesse Moore Whis- key. Moore, Hunt & Co. guarantees its purity.” vmuhty-flmln()lznr. TWO BRAVE YOUNG GIRLS, They Thwart the Bold Plans of a Would-Be Kid- naper. TRIED ' TO STEAL HIS SON. The Boy, a Nephew of Alice Niel- sen, Given to His Little Protectors. Little May Kingsbury, the niece of Alice Nielsen, a pretty opera-singer, is at pres- ent the heroine of the Hotel Langham. Though only 13 years old she accomplished by her bravery and perseverance what many mature women would not have had the courage to undertake. This was the prevention of the kidnaping of her three- year-old cousin, Tommy Gavin, by his father, Thomas J. Gavin. Gavin’s wife separated from him some six months ago. Mrs. Gavin was given the custody of the child by the court, the only provision being that it should rot be taken from the city. Later Mrs. Gavin, who is also a singer and is known on the stage as Hortense Nielsen, joined C. W. Pyke’s Opera Com- pany. Sheisnow on the road doing the Brave Little May Kingsbury. (From a photograph.] ‘“northern route.” In her absence her sister Alice and her mother have assumed the care of the child, whom they have grown to regard almost as their own. The youngster was taken out for the first time in months on Friday afternoon. He was in charge of his cousin, May Kings- bury, who, though 13 years old, does not look more than 10, and Ettie Robinson, a friend of the same age. Evidently the father had been waiting for them for they had gone only a short distance when he ran up behind and seized the boy, attempt- ing to carry him to a back that stood wait- ing. The little girls cried for him to stop. “I want my boy,” was the answer. “He's mnot vour’s,”” cried little Miss Kingsbury. ‘‘He's my grandma’s boy.” She ran to her little cousin’s aid, but was roughly thrown to the sidewalk. Nothing daunted she sprang to her feet and ran at Gavin, catching her little cousin by the feet and screaming for help. The other little girl caught the would-be kidnaper’s coattails with one hand and beat a lively tattoo on his back with her little fist, as she also screamed. The fright- ened baby joined in the clamor and a crowd gathered. Among them were two policemen. The story of the little girls made the officers demand of Gavin his authority for taking the child. By the order of court which he showed, they saw that the child had been given to the mother. But as the father would not release the youngster, the offi- cers took Gavin, little Tommy and the two girls before Judge Murphy, by whom the order had been made. In the meantime Gracie Plaisted had 1eached the street just in time to see the queerly assorted crowd disappear. She ran back and told Miss Nielsen’s mother. The latter promptly proceeded to faint and was prostrated witg anxiety and grief, as she thought the baby had been struck by a cable-car and was being carried to the hospital. She did not recover till the little girls came bome an hour later with fi:tle Tommy safe and sound. They had been before the Judge and told their story. He grasped the situation at once. He saw that Gavin, who refused to give up the child, was under the influence of liquor. Asking the man to step into another room to look up the records of the case, he sent the baby home with its two little pro- tectors. Now Baby Gavin 1s safely domi- ciled with his grandmother. BACK TO HIS AUNT. The Court Orders thc Father of the Collins Child to Let It Alone. The custody of the child, John Henry Collins, was awarded Saturday to his aunt, Mrs. Congdon, by Judge Bahrs. The father, who had taken the boy from her on Thursday, was told to let his sister and his son alone. When the habeas corpus proceedings came up the aunt was present and was allowed temporary possession of the child, which it seemed to enjoy, Afterward, how- ever, the father forcibly took possession, hurrying from the room. He only retained the child until the afternoon. Mrs. Congdon gave the following ex- planation: “The boy is nine years old and has been in my care for five years. I have treated him as one of my own child- ren. His father, my brother, gave me a written contract, in which he allowed me to have full control. His father wanted that ne should not know who his mother was. So it was necessary for me to tell the child that I would be a mother to him, at which he signified much pleasure. *I have learned that the father forcibly ossessed himself of the child while the y was returning from school last Thurs- day. Idid notlearn where he was until yesterday. 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Ootto W ilson, Rio Vista Miss Smuth, | W Wall, Petaluma J M Gowe; J C Adams, Oakland R P Wilton, Sacramento J M Maxw Mrs S T Hallett, Aspen Mrs S H Finley, Aspen By J L Paige, Boston E S Davidson, Kansas ‘ru C H Harding, Franklin E A Shattuck, Franklin R W Ballard, New York L Nardus, Holland W G Gallagher, Chicago M von Gelder, Amsterdam G W Leadley, Wash A J Huston, Cleveland | Mrs E Pennebery, Sacto Thos Ka; —————— Robbed a Printing Office. At 3 o’clock yesterday morning two men en- tered the office of the California Catholic, at Mrs F James, Chicago Master James, Chicago | 954 Howard street, through its rear entrance e vuian Somesville Hes Siodiard. omarville | DY 8 small slleyway from Natoma street. In P M S ard,Somerville Mps S 3 ville | - 1 . 2 WL Gill & w, San Jose © Lombardi, w1, 2 ch,Tex | the back room of the building a colored porter R CCushing, Omaha _ EJ Couper & w, Minn | named Jackson was sleeping. One of the men T Anderson, New Sork CESmith, Los Angeles | stood over him witha club and his confederate , Omaha , ¢ & w,Boist et 2 TF Ridder, Grass Villey Mrs 1 F Ktdder, Viy | went into the printing office, took all the type W Quay, Port Hope Miss Quay, Port Hope | in the cases, dumped them on the floor and Mrs A Bauer, Chicago Mrs W J Raney, Ohlo | «pied” all standing matter on the stone. They A M Waterbury, Kimz00 Mrs WV 4z00 | then took a bottle of benzine and scattered it Miss ¥ C Richards, Mich N A W % Olcaid ‘ all over the premises, after which they took & MrsN A Williams, Chogo Ms C I Cla K S\nples | number of valuable papers from a desk. The e o "Augtin_ Mrs L, N Anerson, Ohlo | burglars escaped through the front door, which Mrs N G Nettleton, Ohio Mrs J W Neft, Ohio | the pried open. Some twenty cases of type er, Lnester | Were destroyed, and the estimated damage is | $500. Henry I. Fisher, the editor and pub- o | lisher, stated last evening that despite the ’ burglary the paper will appear asusual next Saturday. MrsG A Park T Dwyer, Sacramento € MM Hinmsn, Dunkirk Mrs R F Ridgeway E H Ott & w, Milwaukee Miss Steinmeyer, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal., Apr. 11, 1895, Messrs. Sherman, Clay & Co., Cor. Kearny and Sutter Sts.,San Francisco. Gentlemen: We are delighted with the tone, touch and beautiful workmanship of the HENRY L. MASON Guitars and Mandolins in use by our Club. Never before have we had their equal and we are pleased to recommend them. » STANFORD UNIVERSITY MANDOLIN CLUB, William A. Graham, Manager W. Bittle Wells, Director. P.S.--Please hasten the delivery of the twe large MASON Guitars erdered. Graham.