The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 30, 1895, Page 12

12 i THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1895. CASHIER SMITH MISSING McGlauflin and Co.’s Book- keeper Mysteriously Dis- appears. "HIS ACCOUNTS ARE STRAIGHT. His Wife Thinks He Has Been Mur- dered—The Police Differ From Her. C. 8. Smith, confidential bookkeeper for L. W. McGlauflin & Co., grain merchants, 309 California street, has been missing since Sunday at 2 o’clock. A little before that hour Mr. Bresse, who is a member of the firm, went into kLis office and then found young Smith hard at work arrang- ing the accounts and checks necessary for the next day’s business. Since that hour he has not been seen, and there isabso- lutelyno clew to his whereabouts. The coat, hat, vestand cuffs worn by him when he left home Sunday morning at 10 o’clock were found in the office neatly folded up, as though he expected to don them again as soon as the day’s work was finished. On the copying book was found a small spot of blood of decidedly fresh appearance. The police hold tothe theory that Smith was short in his accounts, and thought that by leaving his clothing and hat and disarranging the books the impression would be created that he had been murdered and his body concealed. The oneobjection to the theory of murder is that $30 was found in the cash drawer when the police searched the office yesterday morning, and it is bardly probable that such an amount of money would have been left behind by the robber and murderer. To offset the assumption of the authori- ties that Smith wasa defaulter comes the statement of his employers, McGlauflin & Co., who positively affirm that the missing bookkeeper is not a defaulter. Mr. Bresse says that he examined both the cash k books and that his accounts are ight. wife, who is distracted over the affair, holds to the opinion that her hus- band has been foully murdgred and refuses absolutely to entertain any other idea. She says that their domestic relations were erfcctly happy, and further that his inancial condition was good, sd there was no earthly reason for him to leave home without some kind of an explanation. On top of all this, however, it has de- veloped that young Smith was somewhat of a stock speculator, doing all of his busi- ness through the janitor of the building where he worked. It is claimed by James Smith, the janitor, that about ten days ago he paid the missing man $3100 as his part of a stock speculation, and, further, that young Smith told him at the time that he was short in his accounts and must have the money then or be ruined. Smith received a good salary from McGlauflin & Co., but hardly large enough to warrang such speculation it is claimed he in- dulged in. Charl mith, the missing man, left his home, Fell street, Sunday morning about 10 o’clock, telling his wife as he kissed her good-by that he had tickets for the theater, and to be ready, as he would return in time to accompany her. At night he did not return, but this did not seem to give her any particular uneasiness, and it was not untll 2 o’clock yesterda morning that she became thoroughly alarmed for her husband’s safety. Accom- panied by her parents she went downtown, and, meefing Sergeant Gillen, told him that she feared her husband had been murdered, and asked him to accompany her to the office, 309 California street. Sergeant Gillen in his report “About 3:15 A. M. I received information that C. 8. Smith, bookkeeper for McGlauf- lin & Co., was supposed to be murdered in the office of that firm. Arriving there, I found Sergeant Esola, Officer Colon and C. A. Bresse, member of the firm. Mrs. Smith and her parents became alarmed that he did not come home at 2 a. M., and they called at the residence of Mr. Bresse, 1917 Pierce street, and all went to the office. Found the office to be disarranged, the safe open and about $50 remaining in the small drawer. The books were scattered about the floor, and Smith’s hat, coat, vest and cuffs were in a heaE on the office counter. Found a spot of blood on the west wall, near the counter, and also blood on a piece o(rnper. The building was searched by Colon, Knight and Kerrigan, but found nothing.” The spot of blood referred to by Sergeant Gillen as having been found at the end of the counter turns out to be a little red paint rubbed off the lifting door recently painted. On the copying-book a spot of blood was found, but it looked as though it might have been there some time. In speaking of the mysterious disappear- ance of his trusted clerk, Mr. Bresse said: “I loved him like a brother and I cannot believe that he has been guilty of any wrongdoing. The first thing 1 did this - morning was to examine my cash and bankbook, and I found everything per- fectly straight. It is hard for me to be- lieve that he has done anything outside. “I firmly believe that he will turn up all right, and when he does his desk is open for him. I believe that the poor fellow is temporarily insane, and there is a good deal to back this up, too. Why he had just started a letter to his father and had only written two or three lines when some- thing distracted his attention and I think be walked out of the office not knowing what he did. He left all his private papers on his desk, which sho¥ws very plainly that he left the office expecting to return.” ““Whether they find him dead or alive, Yyou can $ay that his accounts are perfectly straight with us.” The young wife was crazed with grief {esterdav. She could not remain at home, ut wandered from one friend’s house to another in the hope of hearing something of her husband. E Her mother looked after the household i;esterdxy and answered questions put to er by visitors. ‘“My son-in-law,” she said, “was the soul of honor and I feel as sure as I am a living woman that he has been either foully dealt with or he has| suddenly lost his reason. ““He invariably spent his evenings at home with his wife and child. If he made a visit or went to a place of amusement she always accompanied him. They have lived economically and I cannot, there- fore, see any cause for his taking any money that did not belong to him. “‘He left his wife on Sunday morning at balf-past. 8 o’clock in his usual bright spirits. He promised to be home to din- ner at 2o’clock and I was there to dine with them. I waited all afternoon and then went home, thinking that he had been detained at the office. “You can see from that there was noth- ing to show that he intended to abscond, as has been suggested. It has been said that my daughter knows where he is. How can any one be so cruel as to even hint atv anything of the kind? If they could only see her they would feel sorry for saying so. “Iam at aloss to understand why the Iamfior should make such a statement. It ooks to me as if there was a conspiracy against my son-in-law. Perhaps he knew too much, and I am afraid we will not see him alive again. “He had been with the firm as an office- boy and had gradually risen to his present responsible position.” He has had a lot of hard work recently and wanted a vacation to go to Oroville fo visit his father, but he could not get away. It is possible the hard mental work may have unbalanced his mind, but I fear the worst.” Detective Seymour was put on the case. He was informed of the statement made y James Smith, the janitor, and at once goughc him out. He ook him before Mr. resse, when he said in effect: “Two or three months agofSmith asked me to buy for him about $7000 worth of mining and other stocks. Idid so, and invested $400 of my own money in the transaction. Smith made me buy the stock in my own: name. “A week ago last Thursday Smith met me in the hallway. He said, ‘I want you to go and sell that stock.” I declined, when he said he must hgve the money to square his books, as owi%g to the dispute about Fair’s wills' the books might be called into court, and he must have them put right. T told him again I wouldn’t sell out, when he grasped me by the throatand said: ‘If you don’t I will murder you first and myself afterward. I have gota gunin the office, and I will blow your head off.” He began to drag me into the office, and got so scared that I told him I would sell out. I did o0, and handed him over $3000, the entire proceeds of the sales.” The detective said that after hearing this statement Mr. Bresse remarked that there must be something wrong with his bookkeeper’s accounts and he would make asearching investigation. The police have adopted the theory that Smith has absconded, and as the firm does not seem inclined to push the matter they will not bother themselves any more about it. Mr. McGlauflin said yesterday that the sensational stories about Smith asking him to sign checks for large amounts on Sunday were untrue, as he was not even in the ¢ on that day He believes with his partner that Smith is insane, and that he will eventually turn up ail right. The missing man is 26 years old, about 5 feet 814 inches tall, has brown hair and large hazel eyes. He weighs about 145 pounds, is of slight build and presents a very pleasant appearance. JACB ROSENTHAL DEAD He Was the Father of the Cele- brated Painter of “Elaine.” Interesting Story Illustrating His Spirit of Absolute Inde- pendence. Jacob Rosenthal, an old resident of this city, best known to the general public as the father of Toby Rosenthal, the famous artist and painter of “Elaine,” *“Constance de Beverley” and *‘A Seminary Alarmed,” died Sunday night, after an illness of but twenty-four hours, of neuralgia of the heart. The fatal attack came on while he The Late Jacob Rosenthal. [From a photograph.] was gayly chatting with a party of friends in the parlors of Mrs. Isaacs, 927 Sutter street, where he has been living since the death of his wife. about two years ago. He had been troubled with slight at- tacks of this character for twenty years, but had never otherwise had a day of serious sickness. During his last illness he almost continuously suffered terrible agony and repeatedly begged his attend- ing physician to put him out of his misery. Deceased was 73 years of age. born in Gnesen, Prussia, and came to the United States in 1850. He first dwelt in New York; thence he went to Pennsylvania and_came to California in 1851, taking up the business of general merchandising at the mining town of Volcano, Amador County. Later he went to Sacramento and then went to New Haven, Conn. In 1856 he returned to California, settling for good in this city, where he acquired quite a com- petence. For the past twenty years he has lived from his rent revenne. He was a member of Harmony Lodge,I. 0. O. F., and of Ophir Lodee, I. O. B. B., and had passed through the chairs of each, and was also a member of the B'nai B’rith Grand Lodge. His funeral will “take place this morning at 100’clock from the residence of his oldest son, Marcus, the well-known attorney of this city. During _\'esterda¥ hundreds of friends called to pay their last respects to all that is now mortal of the departea. Besides the sons mentioned, the de- ceased left two others. Joseph is also an attorrey, but has not practied in his pro- fession of late, preferring to devote him- self to real csmfe speculation. It was he who built the Rosenthal building on Market, opposite Jones street. Louis is the editor of an influential paper pub- lished at Biloxi, Miss. One of the strongest characteristics of the deceased was his spirit of indepen- dence. Asindicative of this phase of his disposition one story is told. | . At the time his son Toby had developed his artistic ability sufficiently to make his parents consider the proposition of send- ing him to Paris to study, they were not in what are usnally termed easy circum- stances. Toby, by his talent and general good nature, had made many friends. Among these was the generous-hearted late Charles Kohler of the firm of Kohler & Frohling. Learning of the plans of the rising young artist’s parents, Mr. Kohler called” upon the father at his place of business and ex- plaining that himself and nineteen other iriends and admirers of Toby, all members of the German Verein, desiring to lighten the way for the young man, whom they | considered one of them, he being of Ger- | man parents, had raised a purse of $1000 which they desired him to accept in order that he might the sooner reach the goal of his aspirations. Though tendered in this | delicate manner, the proposed contribuy- tion was gratefully but nevertheless firmly declined. ————— Are you looking for real excellence? Be sure and use Dr. Price’s Baking Powder. * CONDUCTORS' EXCURSION. Railway Men Will Spend Thirty Days Traveling. An excursion train consisting of a bag- gage-car, dining-car and three sleeping- coaches will leave here on May 7 with dele- gates to the twenty-fifth annual conven- tion of railroad conductors at Atlanta, Ga. There will be twelve delegates from Port- land, twelye from the Southern Pacific Coast division, six from the South Pacific Coast narrow-gauge road, two from Truckee, two from Tucson, six from Ogden and twelve from this city. They will be accompanied by their families. The route will be by Ogden, Salt Lake, Denver, New Orleans, Atlanta, and return via Baltimore, Washington, Boston, Phila- delphia, New York, Niagara, Albany, Chi- cago, and thence by the Canadian Pacific to Vancouver, from which place the excur- sionists will come home, through Seattle and Portland. The trip will take thirty days. The local committee in charge consists of: H. C. Hubbard, J. T. Marr, J. B. Lauck, J. H. Thompson and Jack Massie. ————— THERE is an article on this market seldom equaled and never excelled—Jesse Moore Whis- &y, Meoore, Hunt & Co, guarantees itsp urity.” | building three feet above the cornice > BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, The Bond of Mr. Morgenstern’s Son, as Clerk, Is Ap~ proved. TAYLOR FIRES A HOT SHOT. Warns Them That They WIll Hear From Him at Every Ses- sion. The approval of the bond of A. L. Mor- genstern caused a display of friction at the meeting of the Board of Supervisors yes- terday. It will be remembered that Police Judge Conlan refused to recognize the appoint- ment of A. L. Morgenstern as clerk of his court to the displacement of Ambrose Watson. Judge Campbell took the same action with regard to C. H. Forbes, appointed as prosecuting attorney in place of John 8. Enos. The bonds of both of these were pre- pared, however, and presented yesterday morning to Mayor Sutro for his approval. The Mayor said he would have to take his time about it, as he desired to be certain of the legality of the action of the board. No sooner was this intelligence carried to Supervisor Morgenstern than he prepared and had submitted a resolution of which the preamble was as follows: WHEREAS, His Honor, Mayor Sutro, refuses to approve the bond given by A. L. Morgenstern, with John F. English and 'Isaac L. Hoffman as sureties, claiming that while he has 1o oppo- sition to the bondsmen, he desires, without any authority, legal or otherwise, to investigate the legality of the action of the board in mak- ing said appointment; therefore, resolved, etc. Under the resolution the bond was ac- cepted with the sureties named. When the resolution was read the Mayor simply ordered the call of the roll and King, Scully, Benjamin and Hirsch—counted up four votes in rapid succession in the axirmntivo, and then Diamond was called. “Am I to understand,” he asked, “‘that this is a resolution approving a bond which his Honor the Mayor has declined to approve? I hadn’t heard of this before and would like to know about it.” Mayor Sutro explained: “‘The resolution sets forth that I refuse to approve the bond, but I would like to correct that. I have not refused, but I have said that I want some time—a day, perhaps—to in- quire as to the legal right of the board to make these appointments. Now you are asked to approve the bond without permit- ting me that time.”’ “Asked to take snap judgment upon a thing which the executive of the City will determine in twenty-four hours, as he has a legal right to do, I think it would be an exceedingly discourteous thing to do, to say the le; and I vote no.” Supervisor Taylor was the next to vote no, and he left anybody as to what he though “In explaining my vote no doubt in the minds of t of it. he said, “I wish to say that I think his Honor the Mayor has a right to look into this matter, and this board is doing a very unwise thing to take this out of his hands. But that is not all. I want to say that 1 think it was a very injudicious thing for this board to make appointments of this character.” “This has been a bit of high-handed business that will certainly bear its own fruit,” he said. “The people are watching the conduct of the board, and what do you think the judgment is when well equiped and efficient City officers are removed almost without warning to make room for the sons of members of the board, who are entirely without experience or other qualifications, so far as I know. Such men as these are forced upon the minority of this board and upon the City. The idea of members of this board displacing well qualified men and forcing their sons upon the people to fill responsible positions simply because they have the power todo so. It isan outrage, and if the men who have done it might hear what I hear about it they wotld go slow. *‘It cannot be done, however, without its waking the people to their peril, and they will certainly disarm the men who so abuse the So ver entrusted to them. I bave not said half what I might say inthis connection, but if we are to be subjected to_much of this sort of thing these men will hear from me at every meeting of this board. I vote no,and if I had twenty votes I would vote them no.” There was a burst of sustained applause as Taylor sat down. Supervisor Spreckels registered an em- ghauc ““No’’ without comment, as did also Supervisor Hobbs, and the vote stood four against eight. The ayor declared the resolution adopted, and another illustration of the things some men will do because they can was on record. STEALING OF STREETS. An Order to Prevent Such Work—Bituminouns Rock Ordinance. At the meeting of the Board of Bupervi- sors yesterday Dimond introduced a new ordinance to take the place of the other re- cently passed requiring that a notice of forty-eight hours be given the City by rail- way or other corporations before any work of tearing up the streets was begun. He explained that the other had a defect which made it inoperative according to Police Judge Low, there being no penalty of fine, but only imprisonment. The ordi- nance is similar to the other, only adding, the penalty of a $500 fine. He said if this did not prove effective he would keep at it until he got one that would. The ordi- nance took the regular course. Mayor Sutro’s veto message as to the authorization to pay the last $1900 on the Alta Plaza contract was read and followed the usual course. The reason assigned for the veto was the assurance that the work was not done up to contract. An order requirin‘f all street railway car companies to provide proper and accept- able guards in front, at the side and in the rear of the dummies and cars was intro- duced. The guards must be in place June 1. Plans must be submitted to the board within thirty days. The communication from the City and County Attorney reported by the Judici- ary Committee, setting forth that no taxes can be collected until October, was simply placed on file. With regard to a petition from the Manufacturers’ Associgtion asking that a time be appointed when they might be heard with regard to their request that the grantmiof franchises within the City and ounty be conditioned upon using, when possib) e,}gcodu manufactured in Califor- nia, the Finance Committee reported that if the association would aid the Super- visors in the matter the end would be ac- complished, as what they ask has been a partof the conditions with which fran- chises have been awarded for some years. _The objections to the sewer to relieve the vicinity of Lombard and Chestnut streets of the stagnant lakes were not sustained. The City Engineer was instructed by a resolution to prepare plans for sewers to relieve the vicinity of the Presidio, about which so much complaint has been maae. The contract for printing the delinquent tax list was awarded to the Post,the lowest bidder; 10 cents for each tax levy. A resolution was passed to print grant- inithe Broolzs Sign Company the privilege of building a fence around the Lotta Foun- tain and maintaining it for eighteen days as an advertising board in consideration for Fniming the fountain. The Hirsch order limiting the speed of streetcars to six miles an hour on certain streets was passed to print. . A resolution was passed to print grant- ing Charles M. Shortridge the privfl:se of the building at 710 Market street, which was torn down by the firemen during the fire at the Golden Rule Bazaar. A resolution appointing_Joseph A. Mor- gan as fish and game warden for this City and County, according to the act of the last Legislature, caused a protest from Supervisor Dimond. He said nomina- tions should be allowed, as there were sey- eral candidates, and one especially had been urged upon him. Hughes suid the law required the ap- pointment to be made at the first meeting in April, and as that had not been done he questioned the right to name him now. The matter was laid over for a week. Supervisor Hughes introduced a resolu- tion on behalf of the recently vetoed and famous bituminous rock ordinance, which after a long preamble reciting the history of the order, said: Resolved, That the Superintendent of Streets be and is hereby requested to prepare specifi- cations which in _his judgment will tend to secure the use of good bitumen in the con- struction of proper and lasting pavements and submit the same to the board. A resolution was adopted to the effect that ‘‘the Market-Street Railway Com- pany be directed to proceed immediately with the work of constructing its road on Folsom street.” A resolution was passed that ‘‘Whereas Francis J. O’Connor and W. G. Hoog- kamar each having proved delinquent and unfaithful in the performance of certain street work under contracts granted them nuedpropcsnls for public work be consid- ered from these contractors hereafter.” The board then adjourned. WL OF JERONE . OX His Estate, Valued at $70,000, Is Bequeathed to Two Daughters. Instrument Informally Exe- cuted—An Anti-Claimant Clause. The The will of Jerome B. Cox, who died April 23 last, was filed for probate yester- day. It was a brief document, covering only two pages of foolscap, though it dis- posed of some $70,000. There was some in- formality in the execution of the instru- ment, but apparently the testator was very anxious to kill all illegal claims against his eslate. The will gives all the estate, valued at $70,000 in personal property, to his daughters, Ada Nottingham Martin and Genevieve Cox Bancroft, whom it nomi- nates “executrices without bonds, re- questing that no inventory or appraise- ment of the estate be required of them. The will continues: I am unmarried, butif any woman should come forward and say she was my wife, upon the proof being made before any court of jus- thze,]%h’e and bequeath to said woman the sum of five dollars. I have no legitimate children, but if any person should claim to be my child, upon the prooi being made before any court of ins!icc,l give and bequeath the sum of five dollars to said person. The will is dated *“January, A. D. 1895,” and purports to have been witnessed by Ulysses G. Hoover and C. A. Swett, and on the reverse side of the first page appears the date ‘“January 11, 1895, with the signature of testator and witnesses re- eated. Mrs. Martin, in her petition for etters of administration over the estate, acknowledges that the will is not properly executed “in that the subscription was not made in the presence of either of the wit- nesses and that the deceased did not acknowledge to either attesting witness that the subscription was made gy him or his attorney.”’ Edgar B. Haymond appears as attorney for the petitioner, who states that she and her sister Genevieve are the next-of-kin of deceased. FLED AT NIGHT. Anna Bannaleys, Who Assumed the Name of Nettie Dowd, Is Again at Liberty. Miss Anna Bannaleys, alias Bertha Pashen, alias Nettie Dowd, aged 17 years, escaped from the Union Rescue Home, 26 Hill street, Sunday night. Despite the vigilance of the police, who are on her track, her whereabouts has not yet been discovered. Miss Bannaleys is a wayward girl, who has a fondness for assuming the names of prominent and respectable people. Two weeks ago she was arrested in a disreputa- ble resort on Third street, and then gave Miss Anna. Bannaleys, alias Bertha e Dowd. Pashen, alias Nef the name of Nettie Dowd and said that she had been abducted from her home at Mon- terey by onte Annie Jackson. ‘The publication of the girl’s story at- tracted widespread attention, and a few days later it developed that she was an impostor, as the rear Nettie Dowd was at that moment living with her parengs in Monterey. When charged with thadim- posture the girl reiterated her story and insisted thng she had not masqueraded under a false naue. From certain letters received by Secre- tary McComb of the Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Children the identit; of the girl as Bertha Pashen was_revealed. She was known by that name in certain tgmners, and on gamrdny it _developed that her real name was Anna Bannaleys. The girl confessed that this was her name and that she had assumed the others in order to escape the police, who intended to commit her to the thdnlen Asylum. Anna was a restive inmate of the Rescue Home at 26 Hill street and made up her mind to escape at the first opportunity. The chance presented itself on Sunday evening when the matron, Mrs. Baker, had gone to church and the institution was in charge of an assistant. Itis not known how Anna made her escape, but her ahsence was discovered shortly after 9 o’clock, when Mrs. Baker returned. The girl was last seen with a number of others in the reception-room, where they sang and played. Itisthought that while the attention of the assistant was directed elsewhere the girl stole to the front door, :J;ened it and made her escape. A letter addressed to Charlie Hart, 912 Market street, was found among the girl's effects. In it she stated that she would go to 35 Federal street, but inquiry at that place by Officer Wells yesterday developed that she had not been seen there. Nosuch person as Charlie Hart lives at the address given. The cunning displayea by the girl in making her escape and eluding arrest has nettled Officer Wells and Detective An- thony, who are working on the case. That she is in hiding is unquestioned, and her | arrest is the question of but a short time, ] 3 i PINKERTONS CALLED IN. More Evidence Against Dur- rant Wanted by the Police. THEY WERE SEEN TOGETHER. The Accused and Miss Willlams at the State Board of Trade Rooms April 12. Another feature of the Minnie Williams murder case has just come to light that may have some influence upon the fate of Theodore Durrant, who is accused of hav- ing murdered the unfortunate girl. It is the discovery of a witness who saw the couple together about 5 o'clock on the afternoon of the day when she was killed. T.he testimony of this witness will contra- dict the statement of Durrant, who denies that he was in her company upon that day or had seen her for three weeks. Chauncey M. Johnson, clerk at the Cali- fornia State Board of Trade exhibit, 575 Market street, is the witness who saw them together, or at least saw Durrant with a young girl who answers the description given of Miss Williams. 2 Mr. Johnson said yesterday that he no- ticed something familiar in the features of Durrant as published in his pictures in the newspapers. “I was curious to see the fellow, and when I saw him on Sunday I recollected where I had seen him before. He came into the Board of Trade rooms on the 12th inst. with a young, slim girl, and they looked uround the place for several minutes. I usually close the place about 5 o'clock in the "afternoon, and as this couple were the only people in the rooms, and as I was anxious for them to leave so I could close the doors, I took particular notice of the man who stood by the regis- ter. AtlastI told him that it was time for me to shut the doorand they went away. Assoon as I could place Durrant in my mind I went to the register of April 12 to see if he had registered his name there, and to my surprise I found the page torn from the book. No one in this place knows how or when the page was torn out. At any rate I am sure that it was Durrant who was in the Board of Trade rooms with a slight-built girl on that day.” Mr. Johnson is well known to the public. A few months ago he assisted the police in trapping and convicting Jury-briber Hur- ley, who tried toget him on'the Dick Mec- Donald jury. It will be remembered that on April 12 Miss Williams left her home in Alameda to visit Mrs. Voy on Howard and Seven- teenth strects. She reached this side of the bay at about 4:20 ». M., and did not ar- rive at her friend’s house until after 5 o’clock. Durrant was seen at the ferry waiting for some one late in the afternoon. The police are still at work securing evi- dence by means of which they propose to send Durrant to the gallows.” They have gathered much information, but do not seem entirely satisfied with the result of their investigations, and have apparently called in outside officers to assist them in their search. Yesterday afternoon Detective Simmons | of Portland, Or., and a member of the | Pinkerton force, who was formerly located | at the main office of the Pinkertons in Chicago, but. who more recently has been in Orefion, inspected the Emmanuel Bap- tist Church with Detective Gibson of the local force. A long consultation on the murders followed, during which the Pink- erton man took copious notes. The two then separated. The appearance of the Pinkertons on the | scene is considered by people who have watched the case closely as furnishing strong reasons for hopefuiness on the part of the defense. They argue that the police have reached a blank wall, which they can neither see through, climb over or get around, and therefore they have called to their assistance the ablest detec- tive talent in the country. THELAMONT MURDER Durrant Listens to His Arraign- ment With the Utmost Unconcern. The police are determined to lose no time in getting through with the prelimi- nary examinationjof Theodore Durrant for the murder of Blanche Lamont. About 11 o’clock yesterday morning De- tective Seymour took Durrant from his cell to Judge Conlan’s courtroom. Gen- eral Dickinson and Eugene N. Deuprey were present, and he took his seat beside | them. Therewere few people in the court- room, as it was not generally known that Durrant would be arraigned. Durrant was ordered to stand up while Clerk Watson read the complaint charging him with the murder of Blanche Lamont. During the reading of .the complaint Dur- rant appeared to be the most unconcerned person in the courtroom. Judge Conlan then gave him the usuul instructions as to his rights, and said: “I presume at this stage of the proceedings | you announce General Dickinson, Mr. euprey and’Judge Thompson as your attorneys?” Before Durrant could answer, General Dickinson rose and said: *Your Honor, 1 wish that you would enter me alone in this case.” The order was accordingly made, but the unexpected request seemed to take every one by surprise. The case was continued until this morn- ing, with the understanding that a further continuance would be granted until after the Coroner’s inquest is held. Durrant’s attorneys objected to being in the Police Couhn all day and in the Coroner’s office at night. urrant remained in the courtroom for several minutes in earnest consultation with his attorneys. They seemed to be asking him several important questions, which he answered by shaking his head as if in the negative. ‘When_Detective Sezmour rose to take him back to his cell, the people rushed out of the courtroom to have a look at him as he was crossing the courtyard to the prison. “They haven’t seen enough of you yet,” said Seymour. “It seems not,” replied Durrant, grimly. The preliminary examination in the Minnie Williams case will be resumed be- fore Juddge Coulan this morning, and it is expected that the prosecution will rest be- fore the adjournment of the court. | CHICO SYMPATHIZES. Baptists Adopt Resolutions Ad- dressed to Emmanuel Church. CHICO, CaL., April 20.—At the close of the sermon in the First Baptist Church yesterday, Rev. J. E. Barnes presented to his congregation a preamble and resolutions of sympathy with the Emmanuel Baptist Church in its trouble. After reciting the condolences of the First Baptist Church, the resolution con- tinued: a ¢ Be it resolved by the First Baptist Church | the representative Baptist m to his name through the newspapers, and we assure him that this church and congregation holds his memory dear as their recent beloved pastor and friend in whose Christian_integrity and ability as a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ we have the utmost confidence, and_we most heartily commend him to the City of San Francisco and the religious public as a Christ- ian gentleman and minister of the gospel who is worthy of confidence and co-operation in his profession and work. Resolved, That this church and congregation sincerely hopes and prays that the City of San Francisco will immediately repair the Em- manuel Baptist -Church edifice to its former state of perfectness, and that Rev.J. George Gibson and the Emmanuel Baptist Church and congregation will speedly resume their accus- tomed worship and work'in it. Th olutions bore the signatures of Rev.?’l.rfis‘ Barnes, Rev. E. Finley, Rev. T. H. Stephens and Charles McLard. The Lamont Inquest. It was announced that the Coroner's in- quest on the death of Blanche Lamont would be held last evening at 8 o’clock. Owing, however, to the fact that the case of Durrant on the charge of having mur- dered Minnie Williams is pending in the Police Court, the inquest was ostponed until to-morrow morning at 9 o’cloek. AN ASSESSOR'S POWERS. Opinion of the United States Court of Appeals in a Taxation Case. The United States Circuit Court of Ap- peals yesterday reiterated the doctrine in a decision in a Montana taxation case that where a taxpayer refuses or neglects to make up a list of his taxable property for assessment, the right to assess is vested in the assessor. : 4 This principle is held to be inherent in American institutions, and, as the Cali- fornia Supreme Court decided in the case of San Francisco vs. Flood, no delinquent can expect fayorable consideration in the courts as to any loss resulting to him ow- ing to such assessment. £ The Jower court had sustained W. J. Anderson’s demurrer to the action of the Custer County Commissioners on the ground that there had been no strictly egal assessment under the new State law. That judgment the Court of Appeals re- verses. —————— The best always wins. That explains the highest awards to Dr. Price’s Baking Powder_at Chicago and California Mid- winter Fai A MINISTER'S FAREWELL. Rev. J. Q. Adams Addresses the Presbyterian Clergy-~ men. Ira P. Rankin Disapproves of Taxing Church Prop-~ erty. Rev. J. Q. Adams said farewell to the Presbyterian Ministerial Union yesterday | morning in an address which will prob- ably be his last before leaving for the Ea: His subject was iv regard to the impres- sions which had been left upon him during | his - recent five months’ absence in the | Atlantic States. Dr. Adams began by stating that he had come across missionaries from nearly every part of the world and prominent preachers of many denominations within the United States. “The first thought that has struck me,” statement that the swallowing of thirty grains of the drug had only made him sick, and he'had therefore added a subsequen dose of ten grains. 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"It cures the many complaints of women that only women know of. It restores the vitality, makes the eyes bright, the step elastic, and brings the bloom of health to the faded cheek. It renews the nervetone and makes the flesh firm, hard and velvety. In fact its use is the royal road to perfect health and beautiful womanhood. Itcures their complaints and nervous troubles of he said, “from meeting them is that there is a ferment in the church generally of | W hich we are scarcely aware on the Pacific | Coast. There is a feeling that the church confronts new probiems and must face the new conditions if a triumph is to be won for the Redeemer's kingdom. I do not agree with Dr. Herron in everything, but I do agree with him that we are on the eve of a great moral and religious revolu- tion such as the world has never known."” Allusion was then made to Dr. Ashmore, nary, who | has spent forty-five years in na. “And he told me secretly that he was going back there,” continued Mr. Adams, “pecause he expected to witness tremen- dous upheavals_within the next ten or tifteen years. I have not such faith in the Anglo-Saxon race as to believe it is so superior to any other that God can use it alone. Hecan use India or China jusc as well for evangelizing the world, and if we are not true to our mission we shall be set aside. I agree with Dr. Herron that the work being done by individuals makes a magnificent showing, but Christianity does not control the business and social condi- tions of this country as it ought.” The speaker then stated his belief that people were beginning to realize this, and stated as a significant fact that recent works by Kid(f an extreme evolutionist, Balfour, a politician, and Romanes, an agnostic, all allude to Christianity as the only organized force capable of solving the present social problems. *‘Another thing which struck me,” he said, ‘‘was the amount of evangelistic work that is being done in the church at large. Cornell University has had its first great revival. Oberlin has been evangelized.” Dr. Adams_then spoke in high terms of the evangelist, Dr. Chapman, and con- cluded by thanking his brethren for the interest and friendship they had shown during the years he had spent in their midst. In the a number discussion on the paper of the pastors agreed with the speaker. Dr. Minton, how- ever, said that ever since he could remember some one had been saying that something was going to happen, and with regard to theology he desired to enter a re- spectful protest. In an executive session, held after the meeting, it was decided to bring Dr. Chapman to San Francisco next autumn. Ira P. Rankin adbressed the Congrega- tional Monday Club yesterday on “‘The Taxation of Church Property.” He con- tended that the church itself and the church buildings should be exempt from taxation, but not those buildings geld for revenue. ‘‘In New England days church membership and citizenship were practi- cally identical, and it is easy to see that in homogeneous religious communities the meeting-house would not be taxed any more than the town hall. The majority of men believe churches to be useful institu- tions and Christian men and women con- sider them a necessity.” The sgeak_er went on to say that the laws of California treat churches: exactly as other progert and that it might be con- sidered a hardship to tax what was needed for the public good. In the discussion Dr. Williams said that the tax was a drain on the countyy churches especially. “The church is sus- tained by the voluntary gifts of the few, and to put a tax on this is to tax the con- gregation twice over,” At the conclusion of the discussion Dr. Rominger proposed a vote of thanks to Dr. Herron for his address before the Congre- gational _(e}énb ?};o wleeks ago. The motion was carried with only one dissenting voice, that of C. 0. Brown. ey t the Methodist. Preachers’ Club yes- terday Rev. W. R. Goodwix]: read a prer on “Conference Week.” Rev. J. A, Emery has "accepted a call to the Episcopal Church of the Advent,in this City. ————— You need printing or binding? 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