The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 20, 1895, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 20, 1895. —_— e 5 HER DEATH A MYSTERY, The Evidence Regarding Mrs. Jennie Mathews’ Demise Is Conflicting. WAS THE WOMAN POISONED? Captain Lees’ Theory—Statements Implicating Secretary Crowell Were Not True. There were several new developments in the matter of the death of Mrs. Jennie Mathews of 502 Broderick street, late last Saturday night, but the case is by no Mathews was suffering from the effects of strychnine will not known until the dead woman’s stomach and its contents shall have been thoroughly analyzed by the chemist. Captain Lees’ opinion is that death was not caused by strychnine poisoning, but that the woman had not received the right treatment for the illness from which the was sufiering; that her illness in the cemetery was really only violent hystiria and that did not require extreme remedies. : Still another theory which was discussed was that of suicide, but what reason she could have had for committing the act is not known and the husband is positive that such could not have been the case as she had never betrayed any such tenden- cles. Mr. Winthrop’s statement as made to the police is as follows: Yesterday about 2 P. M.Iwas driving to the western end of the cemetery to look after a grave that was being opened for a burial to- day. Mrs. Mathews was at_the south end of the children's plot, where she has a couple of children buried. She signaled for me to hold up, as she wished to say something to me. I stopped the buggy and talked to her from it. She, 1 thought, looked a little out of sorts. Sne’ said: “1 have learned to ride & bicycle MRS. MATTHEWS, means freed from the elements of mystery. Through the ravings of the woman prior to Jer death an injustice was inadvertently dorie in yesterday’s reports to Mr. Crowell, the superintendent .of Laurel Hill Ceme- tery. To ber husband, before she died, she | kept repeating the statement that the su- perintendent of the cemetery had given her a pill which made her sick. It transpires that Mr. Crowell is away in Santa Barbara, and could not possibly have had anything to do with the case. The person to whom Mrs. Mathews had reference was Oliver W. Winthrop, the as- sistant superintendent of the cemetery, but the statement that he gave Mrs, Mathews a pill in the cemetery rests only upon her ante-mortem statement and the testimony of her five-year-old child, who was with her at the cemetery. Mr. Win- throp in a statement made to the police | and want you to loan me$75 to buy a bicycle.” | 1told her Tdid not know why I should do so. Even if I were willing I could not loan her six bits. Whereupon she said: “You had better can, because you are rich.” Shie appeared quite angry and said: “Well, give my little girl Mattie a ride.” I said I was going o the office, and she said: -*Then give | ber a ride to the office.” I thought it an easy Wway to appease her anger, and took the child in the buggy and I drove to the office. I litted the child out and told her to go to her mother, she being at or near the grave. She said she was afraid she would get lost and would not be able to find her way back, so I told her to sit down and wait until I came from the office and I would see she went back all right. Iwas in the office about ten minutes, when I came out. Itoccurred to me I had left & Miss Corbett up in the cemetery, who was after net- 1 Taking the child I went to Miss Corbett, excused myself, and directed her to & man who was pulling nettles, and told her to tell him she was the lady who was to get the nettles. 1 told her I was going to take or leave the child with its mother. After leaving Miss Corbett we went to the Mathews graves. 1 saw Mrs, 0. W. WINTHROP, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF LAUREL HILL CEMETERY. [Sketched from life.] emphatically denies that he ever did more than assist the woman home after she was taken ill, and what he says is borne out by ‘statements made by employes in the ceme- tery. The mystery here begins as to_how Mrs. Winthrop really came to her death. At the Morgue there are no particulars to be bad, except that Dr. Barrett removed the stomach and bladder from the body and ave them over to a chemist for analysis, in order to discover traces, if there areany, of poisoning, which might bear out the as- sertion of Dr. E. M. Griffith, who last attended the woman, that she died from the effects of strychnine. It was for strychnine poisoning that Dr. Griffith said he treated the sick woman. After diagnosing the case when first called in, bhe said he concluded that she » as suffering from the effects of the Eolmp and so administered chloroform, romide of potassium and chloral hydrate, as is usual in such cases,” added the ¢octor in telling of it. Whether Dr. Grif- Rth was correct in his surmise that Mrs, Matheys, as we approached, sitting on the cop- ing, in what appeared to be a spasm or cramp. I saw she was suffering, and immediately got & fruit jar, which was in a plat near by, filled it with water, and bathed her face and fanned her with my hat. We were there ten or fifteen | minutes after I got the water, and was fanning her when she grabbed my coat in her spasm. A Mrs. Gedge came along and I asked her to go back a little way and see aman I directed her 10, and told her to send him to the office for the buggy. She went, and shortly after re- turned, nd two men came with the buggy. I Jearned afterward the reason the two mea came with the buggy. The first man, Bem- frage, did not know anything about horses and he went to the office and told Mr. Smith that Mr. Winthrop wanted the buggy right away, and asked Mr, Smith to drive it back and the two men came back. While waiting, or it ma; have been before Mrs. Gedge came, asked Mrs. Mathews what she had eaten for dinner, thinking she might have taken some- thing that gave her cramps. She told me she had nsparagus, carrots and’ bread; the child said, “and pie.” When the buggy arrived I instructed Smith to assist me to put Mrs. Mathews in the buggy. I asked her if she could get up. She said she could not. I said “ponsense,” whereupon she got up and giveitto me or you will be sorry for it. You | | | 1 | | | | | ago. walked, with one of us on each side of her and holding her by the arm. We placed her in the buggy. IsentSmith to the other side to get in and placed the child on the bottom of the buggy in froht and Mgot in myself. I drove. During the time Mrs. Mathews was sitting on the coping she expressed a desire to be taken home; that was the reason I sent for the bug%‘y. Just at the time Mrs. Gedge left to bring the buggy two young ladies, the Misses Dyer, whosé father, James Dyer, is buried in'thé lot on the coping of which Mrs. Mathews was sitting, came and were arrang- ing flowers. They were there at the time Mrs, Gedge was away, and we left them there when we drove away. On the way to her (Mrs. Mathews’) home I wanted to stop at the drug- store on the corner of Devisadero and Sutter streets. She insisted on being taken home and her own doctor sent for. Before we reached her house she took_out her purse and got out the key and handed it to Mattie, the child. When = we arrived at the house I lifted Mattie out the buggy and told her. to unlock _the doof, and returned to the buggy and had quite a little fuss in getting Mrs. Mathews out of the buggy. She first wanted to get out herself and then she wanted Smith and myself to lift her ont. After a minute or two she allowed Smith and myself to lift her out. She walked up the stairs, Smith on one side and Ion the other helping her. In going up the stairs Iasked her if she wished to lie on the lounge, or where. She said she wanted to go to her bed. After she sat on her bed I asked her the name and address of her doctor. She told me his name was Dr. Cook, and that he lived on O'Farrell street. I left, instructing Smith to stay with her, and went to the corner and tel- ephoned to Dr. Cook’s office. A lady answered the telephone and said Dr. Cook was not in, but another doctor was there who would answer the same purpose. I said Send him to Mrs. Mathews, 502 Broderick street, who is very sick,” I then returned to Mrs. Mathews’ house and asked her if I had not better send up her neighbor. She said she was mad with her and didn’t think she would come. I said, “If she will come you will be willing?”’ She said, “Yes.” I went down the back stairs and asked if she would come upstairs and stey with Mrs, Mathews. She said she would and ceme up- stairs with me. When Mrs. Mathews heard us coming she commenced carrying on as if she was in great trouble. She had acted quite rationally and all right when coming in the buggy. If I had thought it anything serious at the cemetery I would have called the E&lrol ‘wagon. After the neighbor came in Mrs. Mathews threw her arm around her and said, ‘“Mrs. —, will you for- give me all that I have done to you I'II‘h_C }ad)’ tried to calm her and said, “That’s all right.” As I left I said to the neighbor who had came in, “You can take care of her.” She said, “You had better go to the carhouse and have her husband sent home.” I went there and delivered the message and then went to the cemetery. The doctor had not arrived when I'left. It ‘all happened be- tween 2 and 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon. . Mathews belonged to Olive Branch No. 34, Order of Chosen Friends. She joined in August or September, 1894. 1 pro- posed her name. The benefit is $2000, and is payable to the child, Mattie. She paid all the assessments but the April one of $1 60. I had not seen her for about a month, and, in order 1o prevent the suspension and loss of 'the ben- efit or insurance, I paid the April assessment. I am secretary of the lodge, and it is not un- usual for the secretary to pay assessments to save members from béing suspended and los- ing their insurance. I have done this for other members to the amount of about $100. I had called at her house twice before to collect assessments, thinking she had forgotten about them. She paid both assessments to me on | both occasions at the house. Mr. Winthrop, in addition to his state- | ment, gave some further explanations last | evening. He said: | 1 have known Mrs. Mathews for a year or o. Last August 1spoke to her about joining the | Chosen Friends. I try to get as many_to join | the order asIcan. There 15 & commission of $3 on the average for every new member brought in. Mrs. Mathews is, however, the only one of the persons visiting the cemete who joined my lodge. Tused to see her occa- sionally, and have called at her house twice to | collect the assessments due the lodge. She did not get along well with her husband, at least at times. About four months ago I re- ceived a letter from her, which I will try to find. 1do not like to say what was in it until Ican find it. Shestated something to the ei- fect that she was haying trouble with her hus band, and tnat in case of her death she did not | think he would be the proper person to handle | the $2000 insurance, which she intended for her daughter. She said that the child should | have some other guardian, | 1 paid up Mrs. Mathews’ assessment in April and she is delinquent for another one, on | which the time ran out on the 15th insi. I | will, however, pay this up, so that the child will'not lose the insurance, Both Smith and myself belfeve that Mrs. Mathews was shamming illness all the time we were with her. She only complained of pains at the cemetery, and she acted perfectly rational all the time we were driving to her | house. She was all Tight then until the lady from the flat below came up, when she seemed 10 go into hysterics, We left her soon after an donot know what happened. Of course it i all nonsense about my giving her a pill or | about exhibiting a revolver. | Edwin Mathews, the husband of the | dead woman, was in a dazed state of mind all day yesterday. He has not yet recoy- | ered from the shock of his wife’s death. | He spoke freely in answer to all questions, | but was not able to volunteer any informa- tion. He said: My wife's name was Jennie Renna before our marriage, which took place about seven years She'was an Italian. Her father’s name is Vincent Renna, and he runs a barber shop at the corner of Folsom and Tenth streets. My wife was 20 years of age when our marriage oc- curred. She wasnot quite 27 when she died. 1 was summoned toher side about 3:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon. 1 found ber suffering from some kind of spasms. I could not talk to her connectedly | on account of the spasms and because Dr. Griffith did not want me to talk to her. When he was out of the room I got most of her state- ment. She said Winthrop had come to her when she | was at the grave of our two children. They are both buried in one grave. Shesaid that Winthrop had told her to take a pill. She did not want to take it, but he took one to show her it was harmless. ' She said he made a show of atevolver and forced her to swallow the ill. 1did not get from her the reason why Vintbrop wanted her to take the pill. My little daughter Mattie, Who is nearly 6 | years old, corroborates the pill story. She has | iold me that she saw Winthrop give my wife | the pill and make her take it, saying, “Don't | be foolish.” My wife said that about ten minutes after she took the pill she began to get sick. My wife also said that Winthrop refused to take her from the cemetery until she compelled him | to do s0. She also told me that Winthrop had | caused her to get her life insured in some lodge | and that Winthrop had peid the premiums on | the policy. I tried to get more particulars | from her, but could not do so on account of her condition. My wife was perfectly healthy and had no reason to commit suicide. We got along very pleasantly and she haa no worriment of mind. When our ehild died about l;;en ago she was very much affected, but she had gotten over her grief some time ago. Recently she has tuken toridinga bicycle, and was out frequently the last few days. ' She Jpasin the bestof spirits when I saw ler at noon yesterday, and I don’t believe any sudden change could come over her, even though she visited the grave of our children. I did not know she was acquainted with Winthrop. T never saw him but once. I had no idea she had any insurance on her life or thatshe be- longed to any lodge. Just before my wife died she cried out: “Charley, Charley!” None of us know to whom she referred. She must have been in a delirium. Dr. E. M. Griffith was in a comparatively quiet mood vesterday and spoke freely on all poivts in'the case. Inever knew Mrs. Mathews more than to see her a few times on the street. I never attended her before. Iwas called in somewhere'about 3:30 P. M. yesterday. From the woman’s ac- tions I diagnosed ner case as one of strychnine poisoning znd treated her accordingly. She Was in spasms almost continually when oy under the influence of chloroform to keep her from going into the convulsions which hurt her severely. I also gave her chloral hydrate and bromide of potassium. All three of these are antidotes for strychnine poisoning, 1 kept her under the influence of chioroform nearly all the time, for when she would come out from its influence she would go into spasms on the least noise. [heard partof her siatement to her husband. As I was out of the room part of the time I did not hear it all, 1 believe she told him that Winthrop had forced her to take & pill. She also said something about a life insur- ance policy which Winthrop had gotten out for her and on which he had paid the pre- miums. I did not want her to exert herself by talk- ing t0o much, as it brought on spasms, Her throat was affected, and she could not spesk distinetly at times. She was unconscious some time before she died. As I kneyw that the woman had made a state- ment I told her that she would surely die,and that she should be particular about making a statement which virtually accused nnolier person of killing her. She stoutly maintained that what she said wfii true, and that Winthrop had given her the 2 The police have not made much of an investigation of the case, as they bave not heard anything from the Coroner. Captain Lees has received the statements of Wintarop and Mathews and when told last evenlng that Dr. Grifith had admin- | the dumps. | sumption. | just across the street, istered chloroform, chloral hydrate and bromide of potassium to Mrs. Mathews, he said: Why, I don’t think any strychnine. will be found in the woman’s stomach. —As I under stand the action of strychnine it is almost im- mediate. If the facts are as represented it is uite probable that the woman was killed by Dr. GRiffith's treatment. Tf Mrs. Mathews ha. taken strychnine I think she would have been dead before Dr. Griffith was summoned.- I think he mistook hysteria for strychnine poisoning. Ifhe kept her under the influence of chloro- form and gave her also_bromide of potassium and choral hydrate it is very possible that these poisons stopped the action of her heart, and if her heart was a feeble one her death could have been brought about easily. I do not take any stock in_the statement made by the woman against wlqmrog while in & hys- terical condition. It might have been purely imaginary, as similar cases have oecurrec in this City. There is really nothing to show that Mr. Winthrop was guilty of any wrong act. Dr. E. M. Griffith, who attended Mrs. Mathews, and whom Captain Lees seems to believe responsible for the woman’s death, has gained considerable notoriety before in this City. In October last he wasarrested for brand- ing a baby with & hot needle. A young woman had come to his office, which was then at 1050 McAllister street. She was about to become a mother. Dr. Griffitk attended the woman, and on Sep- tember 30 the baby wasborn. Eleven days later a messenger boy appeared at the Re- ceiving Hospital with the baby. It was soon discovered that on the baby’s leg the letter E and the figure 1 were in- delibly branded. Dr. Griffith wasarrested, and admittea that he branded the baby, but claimed it was not a cruel act as the baby had not suffered any. The charge against him could not be sustained and he was released. Dr. Griffith created quite a sensation at the time on account of his erratic actions. It was learned that he was heavily addicted to the use of mor- phine, opium and intoxicating spirits. MANY MEN AT THE DUMPS The Labor Commissioner’s Re- port to the Co-operative Commonwealth. Seeking Grounds on Which to Estab- lish a Large Co-operative Farm. George W. Sells has been appointed manager of the Co-operative Common- wealth, and since he assumed office, last Tuesday, he visited a number of the asso- ciations that have in the past interested themselves on behalf of the laboring classes. At a meeting of the Commonwealth held last evening in the old church building on Geary street, opposite Union square, the manager stated that among those who had been spoken to was Hugh Craig of the Chamber of Commerce, who had declared that an association of which he was a member had raised a large sum of money to help the workingman, and that if the Commonwealth carried out its promises he weuld again do what he could for the laboring men. He also stated that at a meeting of the Commonwealth held in the afternoon he read an interesting report from Labor Commissioner E. L. Fitzgerald in regard to laboring men on the dumps. This was a report of an agent of the Labor Commissioner, sent at the sugges- tion of the Commonwealth to investigate It is as follows: Ispent a day among the inhabitants of the several street’dumps, and this is what I saw and heard, and this is what any one can see who will g0 there almost any day in the year and can stand the vile smells and will keep his eyes and ears open. They eat the refuse of the dumps and they sleep ‘on the dumps. Their homes are made from the ragged and filthy bits of carpet, oil- cloths, matiings and pieces of tin extracted from the loads of refuse breught to the City dumping ground by the hordes of scavingers, and after lheg; have sorted from among the filth something that to them seems of especial value, such as bonesor rags, or may be bread, they seem satistied. Here are together about 180 or 200 able- odied men who feed themselves by picking he stale bread, meal and vegetables from the ump carts. 1saw men sorting the refuse, picking eand digging and scraping around the ashes, tin cans, rotten fruit, street sweepings, swill and stable refuse for a crust of stale bread or bit of meat. Isaw them pick up the mouldy rotten bread. break away the black and filthy por- tions, putting away the rest for future con- T saw them pry off the tops of cans of rotten fruit and stinking salmon, sniffing the foul odors to ascertain if the contents had gone beyond that stage which the human stomach can endure, but how do they draw the line of demarkation between food and carrion? They est what we would fear to thow to our dogs.” They sort over the foul rags gathered | from the back alleys of Chinatown, disease- breeding, leperous Mongolian cast-off clothing, shaking them out and hanging them on a line to dry, some to be worn by them, the rest to be sold "to buyers of junk. Isaw hutsbuilt of almost everything, some neat and clean, some filthy and {umble-down, none tall enough to stand erect inside. Some lay on old spring- beds picked up on the dumps, others lay on the ground. I sew sleeping apartments made out of forty or fifty feet lengths of sheet-iron ipe covered with bits of carpet held in place y stones or & piece of sewer-pipe. Lifting the iece of carpet that fell over an end of the pipe saw in some matting and old comforters a myriad of rats, which scampered away on see- ing the light. 1 talked with many of these men, one an up- holsterer, another a mechanic, another a shoe- maker, all willing to work atanything. One saia: “There are no criminals among us. If we find one we run him out. We are honest men, and we want work.” Another said: “What do the Supervisors sell the right to sort over the refuse to those scavengers? ~We could make & living from the dumps if they were away, and_what do they do with the money that the old feilow, whose son keeps the saloon K.ys them? I uever eard that it went into the City treasury, did you?” Iwas forced to acknowledge that I had not. It has been learned from an attache of the Board of Superyisors that a certain Frank Capello, known as the keeper of the dumps, is paid a salary of $50 & month by the City to spread the refuse 8s fast as it is recelved, also !Ent the office is considered one of the fattest plums in the gift of the Supervisors, and is mucs sought after. It seems that the incumbent assumes that he owns or has a prior right to e\'urylhin%de ited on these grounds, and he employs the Ital ians to pick over and sort out all that is valu- able. The rags are sorted over, dried and baled. The tin cans are thrown into a furnace to get the tin and solder, which is run into molds, then the remainder is baled and sold to be made into sash weights. The sweet corn cans are used again, the bones are used for fer- tilizing, the rubber melted, and the manure sold to truck gardeners. Thus the man who is paida’salary to simply scatter the refuse be- comes & monopolist, an autocrat and & tyrant, Who keeps the poor unemployed from vicking up an honest, though meager, living from that over which his jurisdiction ceases as soon as it is scattered. Is there a remedy for this state of affairs? Are men compelled to live alongside of this foul-smelling dumping-ground? Is it not pos- pible, through the instrumeniality of the Labor Commissioner, to bring about a change? There areidle lands as well as idle hands, and itis not among the impossibilities of the near future to bring these together and make them operate, through the assistance of the Labor Bureau of this City. When the Mayor, who is noted for his benevolence, owns the greater part of the unoccupied lands of San Fran- cisco, it does seem not improbable to ho that results similar to those brought about in Eastern cities_could be successfully accom- Dlished here. No man who is the owner of & vacant lot could possibly object to filling the stomach of some poor man’s family with a meal of potatoes raised by extra hours of toil upon land that is idle. Geo. W. Sell, Esq.—DEARSIR: At your request I send above report. It is euthenticand a mat- ter of record in our office. ctiully, E. L. FIT2GERALD, Labor Commissioner. May18,1895. 3 Manager Sells said last night that some action will be taken by the directors of the Commonwealth in regard to the men men- tioned in the report. He also stated that the Mayor had been spoken to with a view to obtain some unoccupied land upon which to start a_co-operative farm similar to that in Detroit, and that the Mayor had spoken encouragingly of the proposition. fi:snid that he intends to wait on other land-owners. -Thus far 100 good mechanics and fifteen laborers are enrolled. Within a week fourteen have obtained employment and next week he has promise of work for forty more. ¥ < The board of directors will meet to-night and elect officers. IROQUOIS HAVE A PICNIC, The Local Democracy Takes Its Outing at Beautiful Glenwood. EVERY ONE HAD A GOOD TIME, It Was Much Quleter Than Former Affalrs, but Was Thoroughly Enjoyable. The glad slogans of Democracy resound- ed through the fir-topped heights of the Santa Cruz Mountains in triumphant peans vesterday; the warriors of the Iroquois Club, their friends, their wives and sweet- hearts wandered through the beautiful pic- nic grounds at Glenwood, and danced, and lunched and had the most delightful arbitrary representative value established by theagove ent is the only thing uni- versally recognized. “That there is need of a money of ‘ul ti- mate redemption’ or ‘base of issue’ is one of the many superstitions that are mixed up with the money question. *‘The nearest approach to ¢his of which there is any actual necessity, is the direc- tion of Congress to the Secretary of the Treasi to go and do business for the United States just as business men in their senses umxll‘r do, namely, issue for ser- vice rendered or products su;éylied the Government’s memoranda of credit, which, in short, are treasury notes, and receive them again from whomsoever becomes in- debted to the Nation.” SHORT SERMONS. Brief Discourses—A Recent Innovation by Paulist Fathers—The Priest in Confession. The five-minutes sermons which have re- cently been introduced by the Paulist Fathers at St. Mary’s Church on Califor- nia street is one of the popular features of the service. Rev. Father Arthur M. Clark has been delivering a series of discourses on the ‘“Confessional,” always limiting himself to a few minutes, and last night he closed the course. His subject was “The SKETCHES AT THE IROQUOIS CLUB PICNIC, time imaginable, returning early in the evening perfectly ecstatic over the splendid time they had had. In many respects yesterday’s outing was much quicter than former affairs of the kind under the auspices of the Iroquois Club, but it was probably more enjoyable than any ever given before. To begin with, there were no speeches on the tariff, or object lessons on the innocuousness of Grover; there was never a row, nor the sign of a row; no accidents marred the pleasure of a single one, and the arrangements we re simply perfect. ‘When the steamer Encinal pulled out of the slip yesterday morning it had on board, by actual count, just 760.people in the Iro- quois excursion party, as good a looking, as stylishly attired, as pleasant a throng as ever journeyed forth on pleasure bent. The band played, little knots of singers here and there on the boat caroled snatches of popular airs to the morning, guitars and banjoes tinkled, and all was merry on the journey to the mountains. Twenty cars made up the train which pulled into the sta- tion at 12:10 o’clock and every car appeared | be tobe crowded. The dining-room of the Glen- wood Hotel was crowded again and again with the hungry, basket-lunchers spread out in all directions under the shady trees in the glen, and the large, fat men who presided behind the lunch-counters, wore off many layers of adipose tissue in an effort to cater to the wants of the clamor- ous hungry. g Dancers crowded the big floor provided for their accommodation almost immedi- ately after reaching the beantiful glen and enjoyed themselves for four hours to their hearts’ content, There was no set pro- gramme; the club merely provided the place, the time and the refreshments and the big crowd wandered at its own sweet will whither it listed. It was as perfect a day in the sunlit mountains as one could wish for, and dur- ing the four hours’ stay at Glenwood every moment was enjoyed. A small party of pleasure-seekers from Santa Cruz joined the excursionists in the afternoon, as did a contingent of the unter- rified Democracy from Watsonville, The Santa Cruz people did plenty of missionary | work in the interest of the coming water carnival in the beautiful city by the sea | and contributed their share to the general enjoyment. 'i'he excursionists broke camp shortly after 5 o’clock, boarded the cars for home, arriving in the City at 8 o’clock, better a hundred per cent each for the sunshine, the ozone, the atmosphere of hapginess, in which they had mingled during the day. Louis Metzzer was chairman of the com- mittee of arrangements and Joe Coffey acted as floor manager. The other mem- bers of the committee were: Dr. Bryant, J. J. Flynn, L. V. Merle, Fred Raabe, John A Wall 3: H: Zemansky, Jobha Kreling, Charles Ames and H. D. Pratt. SINGLE TAX SOCIETY. Clitus Barbour and President Reynolds Discuss the Money Question at Length. Money was the subject discussed by the Single Tax Society last night. Clitus Barbour, the principal speaker, advocated the free coinage of silver, but admitted that it was not the most important issue, the deriving of revenue from land values by the single tax being equally important iz his Opifiion. He urged, however, that it was the duty of all who desired to im- prove conditions to ;om in assisting to right the wrong of 1873. resident James S. Reynolds finally took the floor and concluded the discussion with an explanation of the nature and purpose of money, in which he said : “We must draw a clear distinction be- tween money of account, money of ex- change and commodity money. “Money of account is not a tangible thing, but an abstract idea. We call its unit a ‘dollar,” which in the realm of values is like the idea of ‘number’ in mathematics or that of ‘point’ in geometry. Our monetary unit only conveys any idea of value when used to express the relation between things in exchange with respect to their comparative values. “Money of exchange is merely a mem- orandum of credit expressed in the terms of the money of account. 9 “Commodity money is sunp(lg’ the material token upon which the Govern- ment has put its stamp of value. The idea of the intrinsic yalue of the metal or material of the coin is lost, and the 1 Priest in Confession.” Among other things he said: ‘“‘Not the least difficult part of the prac- tice of confession is that which he who lis- tens has to perform. He is at once jur, | and judge, while the penitent is criminal, | Erosecufing attorney and his own lawyer. or the work the priest prepares by a | long course of study.” He must be a friend | of those who need it, kind to all although , severe. He must be prudent and careful, and as patient as he knows how to be.”” These points were developed at some length. The results have been good which have followed these Sunday evening in- structions, as numbers have been led to investigate more closely the doctrines of the Catholic religion. Father Clark opens a mission for non- Catholics_in St. Helena, Napa County, mjax; Sunday, at the invitation of Rev. P. ake. Professor Scheel and his band of tal- ented musicians will give a sacred concert at St. Mary’s on Tuesday evening, June 4. The repainting and decorating of the old church will then be finished, and the effects under the electric lights, which will turned on for the first time, will be shown to good advantage. The famous painting of the Immaculate Conception, brought from Rome by the late Archbishop Alemany,”and the points of the Crucifixion and the Blessed Virgin have been reset in the sanctuary walls and stand out in strong relief and harmony. AIES OF THE CHURCH the Funeral Services Over Remains of Governor Burnett. A Requiem Mass at St. Ignatlus and Interment at Santa Clara. There were quite a large number of | callers yesterday at the Burnett residence at 1713 Larkin street, to view the remains of : the first elected Governor of California. The body had been laid out in the drawing- room and the features were life-like and natural, showing a calm and peaceful end. There were many and beautiful floral tributes from the relatives and friends of the departed pioneer and executive. The funeral will take place from the fam- ily residence this morning. A solemn re- quiem mass will be celebrated at St. | Ignatius Church at 10 o’clock, and the mortal remains of Peter H. Burnett will then be conveyed by a special funeral train to Santa Clara, where the interment will take place in the Catholic cemetery. Rev. Father Coltelli will be the celebrant of the mass and Rey. Father Larkin will act as deacon. Rev. Father Cottle will preach the sermon. A male choir will sing the mass and the solos will be by an espe- cially selected quartet. The following gentlemen will act as pall- bearers: Judge McKinstry, Senator Geor; C. Perkina Captain James M. McDonald, Dr. C. D. Cleveland. Christian Reis, Alex- ?'}l" Boyd, W. A. Piper and James R. elly. ’l‘h{ gentlemen’s sodality of St. Ignatius Church will bea)reunt in a body and Gov- ernor Budd and staff are also expected to be present. The Pioneers will also be rep- resented. Among the mourners who will accom- ;uny the remains to Santa Clara are the ollowing: Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Burnett of Visita- cion Valley, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bur- nett, Mr.and Mrs. C.T. Ryland of San Jose, Jlldge and Mrs. William T. Wallace, Miss M. Burnett, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Ryland of Los Gatos, Miss Har- riet Burnett,. Mr. and Mrs. George Burnett, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Sheehan Mr. and Mrs. Frank Burnett, C. T. Ryland Jr., David M. Burnett, Miss Romie ~Wal- lace, A. Burnett, Peter Burnett, Mr. and Mrs. Sprague, John W. Ryland, Miss Sarah Burnett, Miss Margaret A. Burnett and Miss Mary Burnett. —_————————— Macauley had a good mother and revered her memory. Hesaid: ‘‘In after life you may have friends—fond, dear friends— fond, dear friends; but never will you have again inexpressible love and gentle- ness lavished upon you which none but a I mother bestows.” FOUR DARING FOOTPADS, John S. Macintosh, the Saloon- Keeper, Tells of His Experience. HE WAS GAGGED AND ROBBED. The Police Have Secured a Revolver, Cane, Mask and Plece of Another Mask. The hold-up of John 8. MacIntosh in his saloon, corner of McAllister and Leaven- worth streets, about half-past 1 o’clock yesterday morning was a cool and most daring piece of work. The saloon is close to the City Hall and people are passing it atall hours of the night. There is also a saloon on the opposite corner, which was open at the time of the robbery. From subsequent developments it is evi- dent that the four masked footpads were acquainted with the saloon-keeper's methods and the interior of the saloon. They were seen by 2 young man standing against the fence on Leavenworth street, above the saloon, a few minutes before the robbery and he thinks he could identify at least one of them. They were not at that time masked. MacIntosh had counted his cash receipts for the day and had put $70—$55 in gold and $15 in silver—in his pocket. He left about $2 change in the till. ““I was in the act of placing some cigar- ette-boxes on the shelves in the window looking into McAllister street,” said Mac- Intosh yesterday, ‘“when I heard some one 'slip in by the rear door, opening out to Leavenworth street. Thinking it was a customer I continued fixing the boxes, when I was startled by a voice from behind me snlying. *‘Throw up your hands.” “1 fooked round and saw a short man, wearing & long mask, with a revolver in his hand pointed at me. I glanced to my left and standing at the corner of the coun- ter was another masked man with a re- volver pointed at me. This man’s mask was torn and he covered the torn part with his left hand, but I could see that he was freckled and had a light mustache. At the center of the counter on the outside was a third masked man. with a revolver in his hand. ‘‘The two men outside the counter were about the same size—5 feet 7 or 8 inches. The short man behind the counter was, I should judge, about 5 feet 4 or 5 inches. ‘“While the two taller men kept their re- volvers pointed at me the short man, be- fore I had a chance to yell, shoved a wet )}ieca of cloth into my mouth to gag me. hen he went through my pockets and took the $70, besides my keys and a police whistle. He pulled out my watch and said, ‘It's only silver,’ and one of the others said that they did not want it as it was not a goid one.” The short man then took the change out of the till. All this time the man standing at the center of the counter kept his eyes fixed on the rear door." “They dragged me into the room lead- ing from the bar and tied me by the wrists to a chair with m{{ face looking toward the wall. They used one of the bar towels. Then with ™ another towel they tied my neck and double-gagged my mouth. “The fourth man, who was also mas stood outside the front door as a lookout. Four of my friends came along McAllister street and when he saw them coming tow- ard my saloon he ran inside and held on to the front door. They tried the door and as it did not yield they thought I had locked it. The robber ran to the back room and eave the alarm. One of them said to me that if I attempted to stir or make a_noise they would blow my brains out, and they allran out of the rear door onto Leavenworth street. * “My four friends tried the front door again and when they entered and did not see me behind the bar they came into the rear room and soon had me released from my uncomfortable position. I ran out of the rear door and saw the four footpads about a block ahead of me, running north as fast as they could. I ran after them yellm§ ‘police’ as loud as I could, an when I reached Golden. Gate avenue I saw them turning round the corner of Turk street toward Market. “I gave uF the chase and went to the Central police station and reported the robbery. The whole thing was done in two or three minutes.” Policeman Smith, who accompanied Mac- Intosh back to the saloon, found a revolver on a small table in the rear room' which one of the footpads had left in his hurry to get away. It isa small pin-fire weapon of little use. H ‘When daylight broke yesterday morning MacIntosh found one of the masksand a cane on the sidewalk on the opposite side of Leavenworth street, where they had been thrown by one of the footpads. The mask is made out of the black lining of a coat. The under part of another mask was found in the doorway of the house on Leavenworth street ilnmediately above the saloon. These articles MacIntosh handed to the police. He thinks he would be able to identify the shortest of the footpads and the one whose mask was torn. The police are working on the case, but no arrests have as yet ieen made. Some idea may be formed of the cost of accessories to a billiard-table when it is stated that it requires the tusks of three elephants to furnish a complete set of balls—namely, sixteen Y'ramid, twelve pool and three billiard balls. A PICNIC FOR BUYERS OF TEAS, COFFEES, SPIGES, ETC. ——AT ALL—— Great American Tmporting Tea Co.’s STORES. 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