The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 5, 1895, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 5, 1895. 5 FOOLED THE ENGLISH. Criticism of American Methods of Horse- Racing. BANQUET A GOOD THING. Tricks of the Turf That Are Too Deep for the Steady Britons. LATE GOSSIP FROM LONDON. Some Noted Paintings Viewed at the Public and Private Ex- hibitions. LONDON, Exg., May 4.—The way the Americans are running their horses here lhas begun to arouse criticism which prom- ises to increase. It is impossible to ascer- tain in advance what horses they intend to run in any event. The Sporting Times to- day says: “The Americans played a bold game in entering a horse » Banquet to be sold for £200. Four thousand pounds went on him and the ‘good thing’ came off in fine style. He was bought in for £760, and, it is said, would not have beem sold for twice t amount. S vas again seen e is no doubt he to great advantage. is really a fine horseman. “The plunge on Banquet was the talk of the day, as we have become unaccustomed to such heavy betting. We can’t say we wel- come this return to a sort of racing which has always been held to be vicious. The objectof selling races is defeated when for a gambling purpose a horse is entered for | sale at a tenth of his value with the inten- tion to re-buy him at whatever cost. From all we can hear the Americans have not yet played their great cards. Some day we | see their favorite in the still unfit We hear the Americans are the way, he is anxious to be rid of to any millionaire desiring a palace. It is an im- mense limestone mansion, most beauti- fully situated. The sale of the jewels and racing cups of the late Duchess of Montrose, known in sporting circles as the ‘‘Red Duchess,’ who raced horses under the name of “Mr. Manton,” realized over $125,000. A pearl necklace was sold, according to the terms of her will, for the benefit of the poor of East London. It brought $57,000. The sixteenth royal military tournament will open at Islington on May 23. The leading feature will'be an historical pageant of the Third (King’s Own) Hussars and Buffs East Kent Regiment, the latter claiming to be the lineal descendants of the “Trained Bands” of London. Begin- ning with the year 1557, the various epochs will be illustrated by the different dresses and equipments of both cavalry and in- fantry. A detachment of the ‘‘gymnastic staff of the Egyptian army”’ will take part in the combined display of all arms, which will thus be made more theatrical this year. Copyright. — CANADIAN FEDERATION. Great Uncertainty Regarding the Action of Newfoundland. S8T. JOHNS, NEwroU¥DLAND, May 4.— The greatest uncertainty prevails regard- ing confederation with Canada. The Gov- ernment received letters from the Domin- ion Cabinet last night and censidered them. Those qualified say that the dis- agreement continues. Official members of the Government party say that confedera- tion is dead, and that the only alternative is to accept the position of a crown colony. The Ministry held two conferences with Governor O'Brien, it is supposed on the French shore question. The Governor in- sists upon the holding of a general election before the guestion of confederation is sub- | mitted to the Assembly. The Whiteway- ites—the Government party—refused to | agree to this, fearing that they would be defeated. St Victory for the French. PARIS, Fraxce, May 4.—A dispatch from Madagascar anuounces that the | French forces brilliantly carried an im- | portant position on the Betsibska River, capturing a number of prisoners, several | gunsand a quantity of provisions. The Hova loss was serio; Lady Kimberley Is Dead. LONDON, Exc , May 4.—Lady Kim- berley, wife of the Becretary of State for the trial ground at Newmarket, pying it morning, noon and night to the exclusion of other trainers.” Mr. Poultney Bigelow has been elected a mber of the Council of the Royal Society of Literature. He is the first American to ate of the Oxford University Ath- c meeting has been fixed for June 5. The sport will conclude on June 7. Oxford itted to Cambridge fegyconsidera- sondence rela@ng to the | -Cambridge vs.ithe Ameri- eal spring weather has prevailed dur- ' past week, and London is looking 1 everybody seems to be g the change from the cold and fogs of winter to the sunshine of the com- ing summer. The season begins auspi- iously, though there is the usual stock of nts from tradesmen who grumbled use the members of the royal family to spend but little time in towm. en again the shopkeepers are grumbling because the Queenis going to crowd in wo drawing-rooms into a fortnight, for, in opinion, there cannot be too many ’ lays, and they have particular with such events as Queen’s -rooms because, naturally, they occasion for a grand display of fin- a consequent expenditure of much money. On Monday the Royal Academy will open its doors and the world of art will more be in full swing. The *‘Royal view’”’ on Thursday last was well attended, among those present being the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the Queen Regent of Holland and her daughter, the little Queen Wilhelmina, whose future, according to report, is to be linked with that of the eldest son of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg- Gotha. Then there was the Grand Duch- ess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and a host of other notabilities. Friday’'s “private views” was the occa- gion for the customary crush of fashionable people and for the usual elaborate display of spring toilet novelties. Lady Grandy and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Asquith, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Herkomer and Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Stanley were among the first to arrive. The absence of Sir Frederick Leighton, president of the Royal Academy, was much regretted, and fears are ex- pressed that his health will compel him to resign. Sir John Millais; R. A., who proves to be a good host and a good speaker, will doubtless make a successful chairman in place of Sir Frederick Leighton at the banquet to-night. The exhibition of pictures at the Royal Academy fully sustains the level reached by its predecessors. Sir Frederick Leigh- ton, with aflaming ‘“June’” and a “Lach- rymz"; Sir John Millais, with a “St. Stephen” and a fine vision subject entitled “Speak to Me”; Alma Tadema, with a feast of flowers entitled ‘‘Spring,” and all the leading artists are well represented. Sargent’s examples are confined to por- traits, of which there is the usual multi- tude on the walls. The sculptors are good and include busts of Chauncey M. Depew by Albert Bruce-Joy, and the Princess of Wales by Countess von Gleichen. Water- house will probably be the successor of William Charles Thomas Dobson, the re- tiring academician. The new gallery “private view” almost rivaled the Royal Academy display in aris- tocratic fashion. There is no sensational picture, but there are 2 number of fine ex- amples by Sir John M. Millais, Hunty| Burnes-Jones, Collier, Shannon, etc. Sar- gent’s striking portrait of Ada Rehanis the center of attraction. The exhibition of portraits of Fachel- deon at the Grafton galleries is similar to the exhibition of pictures of fair women held last year. The Queen, the Princess of Wales and other members of the royal family have contributed many pictures by ©old and modern masters—pictures by Sir Joshua Reynolds, the great English painter, being the most prominent. The Princess of Wales is sending two sketches to the coming amateur art exhibition. The Queen of Holland, accompanied by the Queen Regent, her mother, visited Foreign Affairs, is dead. She was the | daughter of Ricbard Hobart, third Earl of | Clare, a title now extinct. | CORUHUSKS HRE SHRCE | | { Many Tamale Men Are Forced to Close Their Estab- lishments. ‘Several Tons Secretly Gathered Up in Mexico to Relieve the Local Famine. Local tamale manufacturers are being | forced out of the business. The trouble has arisen through a scarcity of husks. Usually these indispensable adjuncts of the toothsome Spanish dainty sell from 2 cents to 4 cents a pound. ¢ began to get scarce about January 1. began to go up. It was then discovered that there were no husks to be had in the United States. Early rains had spoiled most of those picked for the tamale trade, and the rest were not available. Charles S. Kapp of the firm of Kapp & Street secretly sent a man to Mexico to buy up all the husks in the market there. Yesterday Mr. Kapp was the happiest man in the city. He had received ten tons of husks, and though some of them cost him 40 cents a pourd he was elad to get them at that. Had they not arrived he would have been forced to give up what he has made a very lucrative business. The fluctuations of the cornhusks have been peculiar. When Ned Foster received the tamale concession of the Midwinter Fair he had fifty tons of husks picked for him, most of which came from Merced County. They cost him 3 and 4centsa pound. After the fair he had about twentf‘-lour tons left. In November, 1894, he sold ten tons of these to Mr. Kapp and the rest to a Mr. Palmer at 5 cents a pound. On Janu- ary 8 Mr. Kapg gaid Mr. Palmer 8 cents for a portion of his husks. In February, he paid him 16 cents, and in March he bought all that Mr. Palmer would sell him for 25 cents a pound. Most of the husks used here eome from Southern California. That source of sup- y\!y was exhausted early this year. From iansas and Celerado a few were obtained. Then the whisky men were appealed to. The answer was that in Kentucky they burnt the husks or fed them to the cows, but that there would be plenty next year. The small local tamaleimakers, who buy their tamales as they use them, have been forced to go out of the business, as the men with large stocks will not sell. Even N. Garcia, the pioneer of the tamale in- dustry, who has stewed up chicken and peppets in Hinckley alley for that pur- pose for twenty years, has had to discon- tinue. J. T. Swoffort, who has had a Jarge busi- mness for eight years, dazzled by the oppor- tunity of selling husks, for which he had paid 2 cents a pound, for 25 cents, sold his entire stock, thinking the top notch was reached, and he could bmy more soon at l%w figures. He has had to shut up his shop. Foster, after sglling his husks, decided to open a tamale-garden on the roof of the buildings in the Blythe block. This plan fell through. Later he contracted for the lot on Eddy street, recently bought by Mr. Spreckels from the old hermit who had lived there for years. Mr. Foster bought vast quantities of red pepper, made his contracts for chickens, and then found he could not get husks for love nor money and had to give up his scheme. Corn husks are not very heavy, but in San Francisco an average of 603 ounds are used every night for tamales. On Sat- urdays this figure will reach 800 pounds. From fhis an estimate can be gained of what privation would ensue should the husks now on hand be destroyed. ——————— Electricity Superseding Steam. All railroads will eventually be operated electrically. The first changes from steam will probably be made, and have in fact already begun, on short suburban roads where the traffic is heavy and the trains are run at frequent intervals, and thus ap- s;o‘xxmate more closely to the ideal con- itions of the economical electric railway. Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle to-day. | These electric spurs will then be gradually They Were met at the railroad station by the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and were entertained with m castle. There has been much comment, however, on the fact that the little Queen | new, e and her mother have been in London for a | those contemplated in Englan week past and have had to stay at Brown’s Hotel, no palaces being offered them, althcugh no members of the are at present stopping in London. ‘Bu{'kmghum Palace having been pre- viously engaged, the son of the Ameer of uch ceremony at the | officers, extended until in the course of time the entire lifle will be adapted to the new order of affairs, and a new generation of »ailroad less wedded to the old methods, will have come into existemce. So far as light railways are concerned, such as n at the present time, and which are rapidly in- creasing in the United States, electricity resents advantages which cannot be dis- royal family | puted. - It has even been suggested that such a%ric_ult'unl roads might largely in- crease their income by supplying electric wer for farming operations in the dis- Afghanistan, who is on his way here with tricts through which they pass.—Scrib- his suite of seventy persons, is to be housed at Dorchester House, Captain Holfords’ magnificent Park-lane palace, which, by | prices. “Seavey’s,” 1382 Market st, ner’s. IuMENSE stock Trimmed Hats. Yery low INWILLIANYS DOMAI, Increased Opposition to the Anti-Revolu- tionary Bill. THE AMERICAN ARTISTS. Their Clever Paintings Attract Much Admiration at Berlin. OIL IS STILL ON THE RISE. Germans Who Oppose the Tactles of the Big Standard Oil Monopoly. BERLIN, GerMANY, May 4.—The Reich- stag proceedings have attracted little in- terest during the past week, but they are expected to be greatly enlivened when the anti-revolutionary bill comes before the House. The demonstration to-morrow against the bill by delegates from the various city councils will be a great affair, having gained importance by reason of the Government’s opposition. The Government yesterday received another rebuff in this question in the adoption by the lower House of the Wur- temberg Diet of a socialist motion con- demning the anti-revolutionary bill. Pre- mier Mittnacht declared the vote on the bill in the Bundesrath was not binding and admitted he had grave doubts respect- ing the advisability of the measure in the form given it in committee. This state- ment is only a sign of the times, as it is very evidemt that throughout Europe, apart from Russia, the feeling is distinctly against the drastic character of the anfi- revolutionary bill. The Government, too, does not help its cause in combating so- cialism by ridiculous mistakes, such as in- cluding in the list of poeks regarded as subversive to the stave and attached to the anti-revolutionary bill in order to show its necessity the political works of the patriot poet Freiligrath, written in 1848, and which are now used in ordinary schoolbooks. The sentences in the Fuechsmuehl riot- ing case have caused a great deal of indig- nation and are being made capital of by the socialist press as showing the contrasts be- tween the law and natural justice; 143 men were condemued to terms of impris- onment varying from fourteen days to four hs. The chief sufferer was Burgo- master Joseph Stock, who received the heaviest sentence and a fine. The severity of the punishmen®is generally condemned by the upper class of newspapers, many of whom urge the Prince Regent of Bavaria to pardon the offenders. The commune of Fuechsmuehlds on the verge of destruc- tion, as the prisoners form the bulk of the adult population. The leading event, socially, has been the opening of the art exhibition by Dr. Bosse, the Minister of Public Instruction, repre- senting the Emperor. There was a very smurt attendance. The American exhibit placed separately in two large halls, and is universally conceded to outshine the rest, even the French section being eclipsed. Harrison, Gay, Pearce, Brudgeman, Shr- gent, Stewart, Weeks, Metchers, Dannett, Macewen and Rolshoven being especially strong among the Americans. Harrison’s plenary painting, “En Arcadie,” is said to be the greatest attraction of the show. The American section has received gen- erous praise from the entire Berlin press. The Vossische Zeitung, for instance, says: “Those times are past when American art was sneered at; who can deny it? In the arts and crafts there is the same re- sistless advancement as in the technical science. One feels the presence of the youthful vigor which courses through veins across the ocean and which is ever achieving fresh things.” Among the sculptures Professor Heiner’s Heine monument has been purchased by the Germans of New York. A portion of the German press com- mented on the warfare on the Standard 0il Company because of its successful manipulations in raising the price of pe- troleum, which has risen 50 per cent with- in three months, and which isnow 15 cents a quart at retail. The Kreuz Zeitung and other papers call upon the Government to take steps to prevent such usurious pro- ceedings. Yesterday's question in the Reichstag was the outcome of this agitation, and the result showed that the Government is evi- dently preparing counter measures. The Government through the Navy De- partment, following the example of other powers, has secured by contract the event- ual services of four fast Hamburg-Ameri- can line steamers and six of the fastest steamers of the North German Lloyd line. They will each be armed with sixteen guns of heavy caliber and fourteen quick-firing guns. The steamers will be used in case of necessity as dispatch-boats and for re- connoitering work. The first practical test of their availability will be made during the great naval maneuvers next autumn, one of the steamers being hired for 130,000 marks. Emperor William and the imperial fam- ily bave taken up their residence at the New Palace until the end of June, when the Emperor is going on a yachting trip to Norway. The Empress will spend the summer with her children at Wilhelms- hohe. His Majesty’s new racing yacht Vinita is'being fitted out and will be taken to Kiel on Monday. She will be raced during the Kiel regatta, in June. The Reichstag yesterday by a Iarge ma- jority agreed to a credit of 1,700,000 marks to cover the expense qf the canal. Von Boetticher, the Imperial Secretary of the Interior, made the unexpected announce- ment that the actual cost of the canal was probably 700,000 marks less'than the esti- mate. A medal has been modeled by Professor Herter at the instance of the Emperor to celebrate the dedication f the canal. His Majesty will present one of these medu.s to each guest. According to reports published here Miss Grace Chisholm, the lady whe has just taken the degree of philosophy at the Uni- versity of Gottingen with the express permission of the .Prussian Minister of Education, this being the first degree ever taken by a woman at Gottingen since it became a university, is not an English- woman, as at first announced, but an American. Carl Bailey Hurst, formerly United States Consul at Crefeld, has gone to his new post, that of Consul at Prague. The Innocent Boy. There was a bridal couple from €anada coming over on a ferry-boat yesterday afternoon. They were young and tender, and as they sat togetherin the cabin they had hold of hands. This is perfectly proper and right, and we’'ve zfie been there. Among those who looked on, however, wasa lad of tender years, accompanied b, his mother. The boy gazed and gazed, and finally turned to his mother and ex- claimed in a voice loud enough for all to hear: ;. “Say, maw, that girls wants to wige her nose and that fellow won’t let her.”—De- troit Free Press. THE LIFE OF A DAY. Translated from the Italian by Mel. “T1 Romanzo di Maria,”” a book of weird psychological tales, described by the au- thor as “Mundane,” is attracting a good deal of attention in Italy. The author, A. Olivieri San Giacomo, uses a peculiar impressionist style, almost impossible to reproduce in English, but the following storyette gives some idea of his mannerisms. A rose is supposed to be the speaker: 4 Yesterday morning in the pearly light of dawn I opened my chalice to life, and & drop of dew, glittering with a thousand tints, fell like & kiss on my petals. 1 looked #round. It wasa March dawn, all tender Eink and delicate violet, and, though the breeze was wintry and a light sheet of ice covered the water ‘in the fountain, there was a strange purity and luminousness in the air, and all the effluvia of the garden and of the hothouses in full bloom reached me and mingled with the sounds of the music, which seemed to speak cheerfully from the distance. 5 Life is beautifal—I thonght. While the sun was caressing me with its first beams, Iole entered the garden and perceived me. A great delight seized her, and she began to clasp her little hands, which were as tender and pink as my etals. pl was the first rose of the garden on which she had spent so much loving care through the rigors of the cruel winter, and from the moment she perceived me I was instijled with new life by the feeling that some one was interested in me. She was a slender, frail girl, her cheeks just tinged with a touch of carnation. Her soft, blonde hair was like gold, and she had ene of those delicate spiritual faces that seem to shine with the light of im- mortality. Tole zave me my salutation on entering life, and I gave her my first fragrance. But she did not pluck me, another thought seemed to occury her, for I noticed that her blue eyes looked anxiously through the gate along the white road. and a veil of melancholy now and then covered her features. *‘Sheis in love,” I thought. Suddenly a horse’s trot was | heard. Iole ran to the gate, and ‘“he” | appeared. ‘Ls Ilooked at those two young people, mutely holding one another’s hands, look- ing into one another’s eyes, caressed by the spring sunshine, they seemed to me like the youth of nature, the spring of ex- istence, and when they spoke I listened to their voices as if they had been music. “Iole,”” he said, “your dear image is always before my ey When will my dream become a reality?” and he kissed her hands, lovingly and respectiully. Iole ran to the rose tree, plucked me, and fastening me te his coat, said: “There is the first rose of my garden. I give it to | you, as I have given you the first love of my heart. Keep it, and the rose will bring you the reality of your dream.’” And though my tender fibers were suf- fering from the wound of being severed from the rosebush I could not help think- ing, “Love is a very sweet thing.” The water in this Moorish cup where I am immersed keeps me alive, but how un- familiar everything is. Near me two gilt cupids kiss one another over the clock, the room is filled with a vague perfume of sandal-wood and the air is soft and tepid. “He" i3 seated in an armchair, with a book in_ his hand, but he is not reading; his eyes are fixed on a damask portiere, and be is listening tc the slightest sound. Evidently he is expecting some one, lole, no doubt. The surtain moves aside and a woman dressed in a fur coat sppears in the void. He jumps up delighted to meet her. Ohl Deo! it 1s not Iole, it is a taller, more beau- titul woman, with full red lips and eyes like lamps of passion. He takes her hands and rains a shower of kisses on them, calling her ‘love,” and caressing her hair. Why? My intelligence reels in trying to understand it. Can a man love two women at the same time? To which does he lie, to the girl of this morning or the woman of this moment? As I strive to catch these words he takes me from the cup and fastens me on his breast. Well! 1 would rather have died near [ole, but— What is happening! A man has ap- peared on the threshold, he is very pale, anq has a revolver in his hand. ere is a cry of agony, and the beautj- ful dark woman falls struck to the heart. The fatal ball has hit me also; I have lost many petals, and am sprinkfed with the blood off the girl who lies supine and still on the carpet. I died when they threw me asidein a corner of the room as a useless object. To- day he picked me up, kissed my stained petals and shut me 1n a little ebony casket. In my sepulcher I still think of Iole’s sweet face and say to myself, “A man’s love is a terribly sad thing.” NO REDUCTION PLEDGED, Four Supervisors Not Bound by Any Non-Partisan Agreement. What Dunker, Taylor and Hobbs Say About the Water-Rate Con- tention. i Now that the time is drawing near at hand when the Water Committee of the Board of Supervisors must fix the rates for the fiscal year, which opens on July 1, the members, not only of the committee but of the entire board, are taking an active interest in the matter and all that apper- tains thereto. After the several meetings which were held, and in the course of which consur, tives of the water company, with a view of arriving at an equitable adjustment of rates, the committee considered the various propositions laid before them. Property-owners, who had to pay the rates demanded by the water company whether they used meters or not, com- plained that the rates were too high. On the other hand, the water company claimed that no discrimination had been made be- tween patrons who used or did not use meters. s The corporation demanded sufficient re- turn en invested capital, a gercentagu on their bonded indebtedness, their operating expenses and a margin of profit besides. ‘When ¥lea§mned as to their pledges to the Non-Partisan party Messrs. Taylor, Hobbs, Hughes and Dunger repudiated the idea that they had ever made any pledges which might require any definite percent- gis‘of reduction in the water rates. r. Taylor said when asked about the pledge: *There was no pledge. There was a Jetter, but aside from that there was an oral agreement which declared only in favor of reduction, no percentage being mentioned. ‘““The reduction is to come but the per- centage of the reduction has not yet been fixed. Just what that percentage will be has not yet been determined.’’ Mr. Dunker and Mr. Hobbs practically supported Mr. Taylor in his statements. r. Dunker said:. “I made no pledge for any definite percentage of reduction of the water rate. It would have disqualified any member of the board to have been previously pledged.” As the matter stands the percentage of reduction in the water rates will not be de- %m':nag “1211 :&: neommen::‘don:‘:t :‘Pfi ater Com: come up before the Board of Superviso! TS, No doubt she was expecting some one, |- ers were exa mined, as well as represent® | [N CELL TWENTY-EIGHT, William Henry Theodore Dur- rant Remanded to the County Jail. PRISON OFFICTALS ARE GLAD. His Photograph Taken to Be Placed in the Police Rogues’ * Gallery. There was a fecling of relief among the officlals of the City Prison yesterday after- noon when William Henry Theodore Dur- rant was removed from the cell he had occupied since his arrest three weeks ago and taken to the County Jail. Yesterday morning Judge Conlan signed the commitments, and shortly afterward, at the request of General Dickinson, a barber was sent for and Durrant was shaved and had his long hair trimmed. About noon Detectives Bainbridge and Seymour took him to the department pho- tographer, who took his photograph, which will be placed in the “rogues’ gallery” at police headquarters. He sat placidly and unconcernedly and obeyed the instructions of the photographer implicitly. About half-past 1 o’clock a hack drove up to the City Prison and in a few min- utes Durrant, carrying a satchel in his hand which contained his comb and brush and a few other articles, appeared, pre- ceded by Detective Seymour and followed by Detective Bainbridge. Sevmour stepped into the hack, Durrant followed, and Bain- bridge jumped in and eclosed the door. There was no one around, as it was not known when Durrant’s removal would take place. On the way to the County Jail Durrant chatted pleasantly to the two detectives on general topies, but nothing was said about the charges on which he had been held. On arriving at the jail Durrant was con- fined in cell 28, on the west side of the cor- ridor, which has been the abiding place of seyeral notorious murderers. It was at one time suggested that Dur- rant should be kept in the City Prison until the conclusion of the trials in the Superior Court, as was done in the case of Murderer Fredericks, but Chief Crowley was opposed to the scheme. He did not desire to have Durrant longer on his hands than he could help, as the responsibility for his safety would rest upon him instead of the Sheriff. DURRANT’S DEFENSE. Analyslis of the Theories Outlined by the Young Man’s Lawyers. The questions asked by Durrant's attor- neys during the recent examinations in Judge Conlan’s court and before Coroner | Hawkins have been shrewdly analyzed. From the points thus obtained a fair view of the line of d efense has been obtained. A casual survey of the Emmanuel Bap- tist Church leads to the conclusion that either the “microscopical examination” of the building and of the circumstances attending the crime has been made in an amateurish wa¥y or that a very inferior microscope was used. There are several things visible to the naked eye which ap- pear to have peen cempletely overlooked by the detectives, yet which may have and probably do have an important bearing on the case. Much has been written of the side door to the church, but no one appears to be aware that there are two side doors to that edifice and two gates to the surrounding grounds. Many columns have been printed to the effect that the murderer must have had a key to ‘“‘the” side door because Pastor Gibson found it unlocked when he reached the church on that fateful Saturday morn- ing; but who has heard that the other side door was left habitually unlocked for these to enter who chose? It has been assumed that the assault uf:nn Miss Williams was begun and cem- pleted in the library or in the little book closet adjoining it. According to the theory of the defense, there are no grounds for such a supposition. The murderer’s victim would scarcely have accompanied him to any apartment into wkich he had to force his way by breaking open a door. Then, there were no signs of a_struggle in the library, as would necessarily have been the case had it alone been the scene of crime. The dead girl’s flowers, too, were not discovered in that room. It has been a generally accepted theory that the hand which sent Blanche Lamont’s rings to Mrs. Noble wrote upon the wrap- ping paper the name of George King with the purpose of directing suspicion toward him. Careful students of the case who are friendly to the defense of Durrant hold | the opinion that the murderer of Minnie Williams conveyed her almost lifeless form to the library closet with similar intent and then cut and mutilated her body that suspicion might fall upon more than one. ‘While the police are confident that the evidence accumulated will suffice for the conviction of Durrant the latter’s friends assert that the prospects for the acquittal of the accused become daily brighter. They base their hopes upon their belief in Durrant’s innocence and their confidence in the discovery of the murderer. They assert that Durrant did not meet Minnie Williams at the ferry depot on the afternoon of April 12, but that he did meet a girl named Beatrice Partridge; also that he did not go anywhere with any young woman, but took a car with a male com- panion and rode home upon the front end via Valencia street; also that a fellow- member of the Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor noted him passing her house with this companion a few minutes before 6 o’clock, and remarked upon it to her family. saying, “Thee just rode by on his way home.”” They claim that the accused remained at his'house till 8 o’clock, when he started for the residence of Dr. Perkins at the corner of Guerrero and Twenty-fourth streets. He remained in conversation with the family for a few minutes, played with Miss Perkins’ pet dog and feft the bouse with the doctor, m whom he E{nrted not earlier than 8:20 or 8:30 o’clock. e reached Dr. Vo(fel’s at_9:30 o’clock, left Elmer Wolf and Miss Lord at 11:45 o’clock and reached home at midnight or within ten minutes after that hour. The hiatus in the known movements of the accused during the period from 8:30 to 9:30 o'clock the attorneys for Durrant claim to have completely accounted for by the testimony of witnesses who knew the oung man well and cannot be mistaken in his identity. For ebvious reasons, how- ;vir‘, their names are for the present with- eld. The guestion of the hour at which Min- nie Williams died has not yet been satis- factorily determined. The prosecution has assumed that she died about 9 o’clock Fri- day night, but there has been no testi- mony given to establish the time within sixteen hours. This of course will not be overlooked by the attorneys for the de- fense. Witnesses have been found who heard screams issuing from the church at hours during which Durrant’s whereabouts is accurately known. Milkman Harvey of the Bcotia Dairy, which faces on Mission street, almost directly in the rear of Em- manuel Church, states that when he arose at 1:30 o’clock on the merning of April 13 he heard those screams. A woman who lives close by the church has made similar statements. 4 The defense also claims as tollows: Thai Durrant was not the only young man that had n.wn of access to the church at will; that Daisy Wolf, who superintended a weekly sewing class for the juvenile scholars of the 1 Sunday-school Saturday oons, had & key to the church; that this key was at her home, and that her brother Elmer had knowledge of and access to it. That Elmer Wolf denies having an scquaint- anceship with Minnie Williams, who was & visitor to his family, and who had stayed at his home on several occasions as his sister’s guest. That the writing of the address upon the {:ckuge containing the rings of Blanche mout, received by Mrs. Noble, had none of the characteristics of Theodore Durrant’s pen- munshig.. That in any event the penmanship was probably disguised or simulated. That a key was not essential to gain admis- sion to the chureh, as the door on the Twenty- second street side was, as a rule, left unlocked. That this fact was well known to milkmen, grocers, confectioners and others who supplied the viands used at the fre%uem church socials. That all these persons delivered goods by this entrance frequently. That this condition of things was well known among others than attendants at the church. That the side entrances are invisible from the street, and that no person could be seen to enter the church by them. That the yard of the church has been a tryst- 1ng£1acu for people living in that neighbor- hood: that Durrant had not a reputation as a lady-killer; that another member (now an ex- member) had; that the latter frequently visits the church, though now a non-resident; that this person was one whom all the young iadies of the church distrusted; that he frequently attempted to take liberties with them. That upon one occasion he was alone with a young lady in the vestry and that his actions were such as to cause her tohave a serious hysterical attack; that only a desire to avoid a public scandal prevented his arrest and prose- cution at that time; that said ex-member was, during April, present at the services in the cQurch, to which he at one time possessed a key—one that fitted the side door; that this person knew and was intimately sequainted n‘i!h both Blanche Lamont and Minnie Wil- ams. That Sexton Sademan and Durrant were not friendly to each other. Durrant suspected the former’s son of being guilty of pilfering from the church, and that the sexton resented this; that recently a man, formerly of Oakland, has been an attendant at the church; that this person gave as his name one since found to be ctitious; that he at socials and upon other occasions persecuted the young ladies of the church with his attentions; that some of the elder ledies objected to him, and that since the disappearance oi Blanche Lamont he has been at the church to but one service. This person has been married and divorced, and has also been an inmate of an insane asylum. That evidence in support of all of these asser- tions has been secured, and that additions to this sccumulation are being obtained daily, and the friends of Durrant are confident tha before many days the burden of guilt will be openly borne by the responsible criminal. The blood-stained clothing found at Napa and at Berkeley are not being overlooked by Durrant’s friends, nor are the faintest clews, from however great a distance, being neglected. It is not forgotten by those interested | that a fragment of carpeting surrounding | the mutilated body of a murdered woman, | discovered floating in a New England river, | was found to be from the cabin of a schooner moored at Philadelphia, six days’ | sail distant, a clew that led to the murder- er’s arrest. A SLEUTH IN VERSE. Jail Detective Plunkett Misses His Vocation and Turns Poet. Out of the thousands of unprintable let- ters and communications received at the CaLL office touching the Durrant case, the following remarkable verses have been res- cued. They are given for what they are worth, as manifesting the opinion of the writer. It is not known to whom he re- fers in his effusion: FIRST VERSE. Good people, one and all, this story T'll relate, Abount the double tragedy and the two young girls’ sad fate, That took place In & Baptist church, here in our charming city, | Where two innocent girls were murdered, O what | a sad, sad pity. SECOND VERSE. Into the church they were decoyed by some flend, | but I won’t speak his name. There to commit the bloody deed, he understosd the game. & ‘His first victim's name was Blanche Lamont, twenty-one years oid, He carried her up to the beltry and left her im death both grim and cold. THIRD VERSE. The deed he committed all alone in the stilly Dight, In that bmlucky Baptist church where he was & shining light. Then he robbed her of her garments and he hid them out of sight, High up In the spire on that eventful night. FOURTH VERSE. His next victim’s name was Marion Willlams, her 8ge was twenty-one, Into the church he led her, where he nad her all one, There he did assault her In & fiendish way, ‘hen took her life by strangling, that’s what the Coroner's jury say. FIFTH VERSE. The perpetrator of the deed did it in cold blood, More than human nerves he had, his business he understood ; Young girls all take warning by the two innocens girls’ sad fate, And be aware of 'all false young men, with them don’t stay out late. SIXTH VERSE. Mothers all take warning by this sad affair, Guard your girls day and night, of them take good care, For if you don’t some day you may rue it when it is too late, So remember well and bear in mind the two inno- cent glrls’ sad fate. SEVENTH VERSE. Neither one of these two young glrls had loving mothers near, No one to protect them, no father or brother dear, They were easlly led astray by a brutal fiend at Dight, To accomplish his cruel deed where he had them out of sight. GEORGE PLUNKETT, Branch Jall 2. San Francisco, May 8, 189 TO TEST THE FEE LAW. The Sheriff Sued for Refusing to Accept a Fee. The workings of the fee law have not yet apparently commended themselves to all the parties who have occasion to come within its scope. The necessity of secur- ing many different blanks and receipts at the City Hall from different departments while the money must be paid in another is yet a novelty to many. esterday William_F. Dockery obtained from the Superior Court an alternative writ of mandate compelling Sheriff Whelan to receive and execute a writ of attach- ment obtained by petitioner in the Justices’ Court against John Lyon in a suit to recover $4375 for work done. ‘Whelan has been cited to appear in De- ganment5on May 10 to show cause why e should not issue the writ of attachment. This action will work somewhat in the | nature of a test case of the fee law. At the Sheriff’s office it was said that Dock- ery’s attorney came and tendered the money for fees in the attachment matter and was told to take it and pay it to the Treasurer. He declined to do this and the suit followed. OFF FOR THE EAST. The “Forty-Nine Mining Camp’’ Leaves for Chicago This Morning. The “Forty-nine Mining Camp,” or at least the principal contingent thereof, leaves for Chicago this morning at 7 o’clock, for itslong tour of the East and South and principal cities of Europe. The party will occupy a special car, which is decorated with streamers in the national colors, and isto bear the legend *‘The Forty-nine Mining Camp.” ———————— Artists’ Reception. It is proposed by the directors of the Art Association to close the spring exhibition this year by having an artists’ reception to the members of the association exclusively, with a view of establishing cordial relations be- tween them. For this purpose & conference will be held at the institute to-morrow at4 o'clock P. M. NEW TO-DAY. NOW IS THE T ME FOR TREATMENT, One Month’s Treatment Now Is Worth Two Months During the Winter. The $5 a Month Rate Remains and Treatment—The New Success. It has been the custom of Drs. Copeland and Neal each spring and summer that they have been engaged in the practice of medicine in this city to announce the advent of the season as the most favorable for treating catarrh and all chrome diseases of a kindred nature, the results of repeated and efttimes neglected colds. They feel very grateful to the public for the confidence with which it accepts and responds to their printed utterances. Their many years' experience in (remlns all forms of catarrhal and kindred chronic diseases entitles them to speak authoritatively on the subject, and it is particularly pleasing to jeel that the publicap- preciates and acknowledges this fact. Therefore, following the usual ¢ustom, Drs. Copeland and Neal desire to announce the ad- vent of the present favorable season. Now is undoubtedly the time to treat catarrh. Now we have nature to assist us in the treatment instead of retarding it. A month’s treatment now is worth more than two months during the winter, In fact, in some aggravated cases it is simply impostible to effecta cure during the winter months, and in these instances pa- tients have been advised to delay treatment until summer. THE NEW TREATMENT. A cordial invitation is extended by Drs. Copeland and Neal to all their friends and patients, old as well as naw, to call and test the new treatment. It has passed the stage of ex- periment and has been demonstrated a com- lete success, particularly in those cases which ave withstood the other and older methods of treatment. During the past week they have added to their already complete offices the new appliances, and are now ready to treatallthose more stubborn cases which in the past have been thought incurable. It is to their financial interest, as well as their medical fame, to cure, for one cured patient is worth many dollars of advertising. They have the best treatment and the new and direct means of using it. WHAT IS CATARRH? Drs. Copeland and Neal are frequently asked “What is catarrh?” and “How can a person tell when he has the disease?” Briefly, catarrh in thisclimate is chiefly the result of neglected colds or a succession of colds. Beginning with naso-pharyngeal irritation (that is, the cold first settles at the junction of the back part of the nose and_upper roruun of the throat) the catarrhal inflammation rapidly extends up- ward through the Eustacian tubes into the ears, causing: Buzzing, roaring, hissing or ringing sounds. The hearing is xr-dnnllg impaired. The noises and {mpaired hearing are always worse in damp weather and when the patient has a cold. The ears often discharge. At other times the ears are dry,itchy and filled with wax. Earache is a frequent accompaniment, es- pecially in children. Continuing its course upward, the catarrhal inflammation extends through the lachrymal ducts into the conjunctival mucus membrane. The eyelids become inflamed and red. They are also often glued together in the morning with a sticky, tenacious mucus. The eyesight becomes blurred and often im- aired. W A bright light causes intense pain. The eyes become weak and watery. b.’ll“hare is & deep-seated aching pain in the eye- s. A dull pain often exists over region of e nostrils are frequently sto one side and then the gmer. 3 S rpel Th Lot There are little swellings noticed in thy trils, making breathing otfen Mcnlz . These swellings are aggravated by damp ™ hese, sweilt also ese swelings are o th’? guuent k}‘n E!cold.dh 5 e e nostrils often arge vnslzes 1& chulfiter. e el metimes this mucus is slimy an back into the throat. i gioe ":‘k‘ fit::exe;lm‘eg it k‘,’l uu‘:fh llnd wn;clons and nsiderable blow! back fnto the throu to disl Pt kT feeling o tness is often notic thi‘b‘r:d of ;hegnnz;.d S ce: o g downwal m its naso- geal or?mn the throat becomes tfleet«l‘.’ ks The mouth and threat in morning are filled ‘with mucus. Sometimes this mucus is jelly-like in appear- the Only Charge for Medicines Treatment Is a Pronounced ance, causing considerable hawking and spits ting to dislodge. At times the mucus is so tough and tenacio that gageing and even nausea and vomitin; result from efforts to dislodge it. At other times the mucus 1s slimy in nature and is dislodged without difficulty. The above symptoms are those of molst or discharging catarrh. In the dry condition there is a tickling or scratehy feeling in the throat. This causes a tickling, spasmodic or hacking cough. There 18 a bad taste in the mouth im the morning. The tongue is usually badly coated. The breath is often foul. There is pain and stifiness in back of neck. Extending down the esophageal mucus met« brane, the stomach, and ldter the bowels, be come affacted. The appetite is abnormalj it may be lost, in- creased or perverted. There is a weight, dull pain and a sense burningin the, pit of stomach after taking fe b This is accompanied by flatulence and heart urn. Alternate constipation or diarrhea. A dull headache, languor, dépression ef spirits and irritability of temper. A bitter taste in the mouth. The tongue is coated and breath foul. Pain at the heart,accompanied by palpitae tfon and shortness of breath, making the pa~ tient think he has heart disease. Again, there is & short, dry cough and occae sion paroxysms of an asthmatic character. The skin becomes sallow, dry an various eruptions &ppear. So it is seen that catarrh causes a long train of aymptoms but little understood and appre- ciated by the average physician, because he comes in contact with so few patients. From an experfence of many years in treating an average of 100 patients daily, Drs. Copeland and Neal feel that they are justified in claim- ing that caterrh affecis the whole system, the eyes, ears, nose, throat, bronchial tubes, lungs, n‘amwh, bowels, kidneys, liver, bladder, etc., ete. They also feel justified in claiming that their new system of treatment consisting of loeal med- ication,combined with administration of medi- cine internally, is the only rational method of cure. In this they are certainly sustained by the hundreds of testimonials from reputable citizens which have been published during the past six years. Test the New Treatment HOME TREATMENT. Every mail brings additional proof of the success of the home or mail treatment. - rough and M. S. Weeks, Santa Margarita, Cal., writes: I visited you last November and had you pre. scribe for me, and now I am happy to say I sm entlrely well and have been for several months,” If you cannot come to this office write for a symptom blank. $5 A MONTH. No fee larger than $5 a month asked for an; disease. Our motto is: “A Low Fee. Qui Cure. Mild and Painléss Treatment.” The Copeland Medical Institas, PERMANENTLY LOCATED IN THE COLUMBIAN BUILDING, SECOND FLOOR, 916 Market St, Next to Baldwin Hotel, Over Beamish’s. W. H. COPELAND, M.D. J. G. NEAL, M.D. SPECTIALTIES—Catarrh and all diseases of the Eye, Ear, Throat and Lungs. Nervous Dise eases, Skin Diseases, Uhrimio Diseasen, Office hours—9 A. M. t0 1 P. M., 2 to5 P, M., 7108:30r. M. Sunday—10 A. M. 102 P. M. C-ur!rhl ltro\blble! .R. g’dgeg dlleul&: treated successfully by mal nd 4 cents in stamps for question eirculars.