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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JULY 28, 1895. MONOPOLY OF MONEY Harvey Declared It Has Been the Ruin of Mankind. SCARCITY AND POVERTY. The Want of the Purchasing Medium Often Destroyed Character. HORR INTERRUPTED BY CRIES. One More Day Will Wind Up the Great Debate Between Cham- plons of Gold and Silver. (Copyright 1895 zel F. Hatch.) CHICAGO, ILL., Ju There was an attendance of between 75 and 100 listeners to-day when Mr. Horr inaugnrated the next to the last session of the great silver debate. Mr. Horr opened by quoting a re- port of the Finance Committee of the TUnited States Senate for the purpose of showing that gold had not appreciated since 1873, and challenged -his opponent’s sincerity in basi his arguments in this matter upon Sauerbeck’s tables, which are hman acd based charges, Mr. Harvey rdest hits that have yet been placed to b dit. He produced an article written by Mr. Horr in answer to a correspondent, which had appeared in the weekly and monthly editions of the New York Tribune, in which Mr. Horr scoffed at the idea which he has frequently advanced in the present debate that human labor formed a trustworthy standard of value. Mr. Horr’s reply to the correspon- dent, as quoted by Mr. Harvey, concluded with the words: ‘“Your system seems so absurd that I can hardly treat it soberly.” In reply to the charge that he had un- y based his arguments upon a foreign table, Mr. Harvey produced a comparative statement showing that his arguments would have been even more forcibly em- phasized by the Aldrich report to the | nited States Senate, and further stated that his selection of Sauerbeck’s figures was based upon his belief and the gen- erally accepted opinion that they were more authoritative. Mr. Harvey said he was accused by his | opponent of finding fault with men and conditions for the reasons, as he charged, that the silver people delighted to do so. Mr. Harvey continued: “He bas touched a phase of human nature on which volumes might be writ- ten, and it is a hope of all who take an active interest in the promotion of civiliza- tion that the time will come when there will be nothing but content and happiness | on this earth. But to reach that period we must remove the obstacles in the way. The argument he makes has been used in | ages to fortify and defend the many. There is one instance in this country when that argument was made, and the answer to it was the Declaration of Independence. “Later the King issued an amnesty proclamation offering peace to those who would lay down their arms, and the in- sidious tongue told the people they were pessimists to further arraign the condi- tions under which they were living. The answer to that was Yorktown. You can- not deter men who know their rights and dare maintain them by an argument that is intended to lure them from the subject to which they invite your intelligent analysis. Mr. Horr's inappropriate lan- guage consisted of words that might be ad- dressed to slaves, but not to free men.” Mr. Harvey, in defending his use of the Bauerbeck table to show the decline in prices of staple articles since 1850, at- tacked the Aldrich table, which he said was made by a committee of the United States Senate, and that one of the men who helped to male it was Edward Atkin- son, whose bias could be judged by the fact that he tad recently said over his own signature to a Chicago paper that the proper way to deal with a silver man was to hit him over the head with a club. Yet that report showed a decline in prices of 30 per cent below 1872 and 8 per cent below the price of 1860. The Aldrich, Sauerbeck and Soetbes tables show that prices are lower now than in 1850. All the tables proved the enormous purchasing power of money when exchanged for prop- erty and the small amount of money property will buy when exchanged for money. Mr. Horr accused his opponent of being tricky in quoting ene sentence from the article which he had written for the New York Tribune and assuming that it showed the gist of the whole article. What he said in reference to the man’s theory being ridiculous did not relate to his measure of value at all. It was his attempt to substitute a paper dollar based on nothing with which tc do the business of the country. Mr. Horr added: “That is where Harvey will land yet. The disease that he has never dies out. He has reached the last stages of it. That is the trouble. What he wants and what these people are after is to destroy all property and to put this Nation ona so- cialist and anarchist basis.’” [Cries of Mr. Horr—That is right; I knew you would understand that. Mr. Harvey—I submit right here that there is not one scintilla in this debate that authorizes you to say that. Mr. Horr—I say there is one scintilla in it and I say that up to date you have got applause from this audience, your part of it, only when your arguments tended to show that you think the whole society of this country ought to be destroyed. [Cries of “No.”] I know what I am talking about. - Now, as to banks, why is it that Mr. Harvey feels called upon to enter into a tirade against banks and to indulge in such a torrent of abuse against bankers? I hardly conceive of a greater, more wicked misrepresentation of facts than have crept into the talk he-has given us up to the present moment. Why do you keep insisting that this country has nothing left, and that all we have left we owe to foreigners? Why do you try to prove to the people that we are on the brink of a precipice—future ruin? Look at the facts. No nation on the face of the earth has been as prosperous as the United Stated since 1873. As far as the United States are concerned, I know he is mis- taken. Mr. Harvey presented his opponent with a table of failures in the United States during the last thirty-eight years, and de- clared that the credit system of maney, with its tax of $200,000,000 annually, would If there was more real money instead of bank credit there would be comparatively few debts and few failures. The people owed it to themselves and to civilization to get rid of bank credit money and substi- tute for it real money. The intricacies of | the science of money were not difficult to master. The first lesson to learn was the neces- sity for money. Civilization was so con- structed as to make it a necessity. The want of money often destroyed character in man and woman. The scarcity of money was the principal cause of their poverty. To relieve the demand money should be made no more desirable than other prop- erty. Totake thatone great strain from | the buman mind and turn it in a higher and nobler direction was the true study of economy and statesmanship. The mo- nopoly of money has encouraged all forms of monopoly. Mr. Horr—I charged my friend Harvey twoor three times with tending toward the old notions of greenbackism and being areal believerin that ridiculous fiat money. He does not deny it. Mr. Harvey—I do deny it. Mr. Horr—You did not, andyou have not. You simply say: “There is nothing in this debate from which you have a right to infer anything of the kind.” I inferred it from his methods of arguing that old craze of fiat money. He bases his new philosophy entirely on the theory that the people of the world are all in debi. It does not occur to him that sums of in- | debtedness include debtors and creditors. ALLCAUSED BY SICKNESS, Terrible Domestic Tragedy | Enacted Near Petty, Texas. Farmer Bradshaw Kllled His Wife and Child and Then Himself. PARIS, Tex., July 27.—Details of one of the most horrible tragedies ever enacted in | this section reached here this morning. For some time Henry Bradshaw, a farmer liv- ingsixteen miles west of this city and one and a half miles south of Petty,a small town on the Texas and Pacific Railway, has been in bad health and grown despond- ent. He had a wife and two children and was in good circumstances. About 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon he went to his house from the field and took his shotgun and fired a charge into his wife’s back while she was at work in the kitchen. He then shot his little four-year- old daughter, who was in another room. The charge struck her in the head and literally blew it off. Bradshaw then reloaded his gun and went into the sitting-room and lay down on the floor, placed the yun in his mouth and | pulled the trigger,with the result of almost decapitating himself. Neighbors heard the shots, but thought nothing of it. About sundown the hired man went to the house and found the dead bodies in | different rooms all saturated with blood. The baby, only about 10 months old, was crooning in its cradle, unmindful of the ghastly scene around it. | Bradshaw was a sober, industrious man of good family, and his wife was the daughter of a Methodist minister. Their | married life had been happy, and no other motive for the horrible ceed can be given except that Bradshaw had grown weary of life and did not want to leave his wife and children. e UNITED AT LAST. Romance Connected With the Marriage of ! a German Couple. NEW YORK, N. Y., July 27.—Justice of the Peace George F. Sevmour of Hoboken was called upon yesterday to officiate ata wedding in the Hansa Hotel. The couple were Richard Blankenberg, 37 years old, and Miss Elizabeth Dohring, aged 27. After the ceremony Blankenberg said that about ten years ago his present wife and himself were lovers in a hamlet in Germany, where they were both born and lived until they reachea their maturity. They quarreled one day and Blanken- berg became enamored of another woman living in town. She accepted his suit, and after a brief co\lnshig they were married. Blankenberg and his bride sailed for Amer- ica and located at Grand Rapids, Mich. He secured empioyment as a cabinet- maker and saved considerable money. He lived happily with his wife until about three years ago, when she died. About a year later Blankenberg decided to return to Germany. He met Miss | Dohring and again became a suitor for her | hand. He proposed marriage and she ac- cepted, with the condition that the cere- mony should not be performed until two years later. Blankenberg accepted her proposition. He returned to his home in Grand Rapids and the couple corre- sponded. About a month ago Blanken- berg received a letter from her saying that she had engaged passage for America. Bhe expected to arrive in Hoboken last Saturday. Blankenberg came on and met her on the steamship dock. Monday they went to the Hansa Hotel and were mar- ried. Mr.and Mrs. Blankenberg will re- main in Hoboken until to-morrow, when they will go to Grand Rapids. Lrioc REMAINS IN BOSTON. Rev. Nehemiah Boynton Will Not Accept the Call to Oakland. BOSTON, Mass., July 27.—Rev. Nehe- miah Boynton, pastor the Union Congre- gational Church, who had received a call to Oakland, Cal., has declined. The invi- tation came informally to give Mr. Boyn- ton an oppertunity to look over the field. Had he intimated a_ willingness to accept, a forma! one would have followed from the church, which was known to be unani- mous in its desire to engage the Boston pastor. Mr. Boynton, however, has decided not to allow the church to take this step, and hie will not leave Boston and his parish. The California church at Oakland is one of the largest in point of membership on the Pacific Slope; in fact, twice as large as is Mr. Boynton's present charge. Sl gty ELECTION THUGS SENTENCED. The Most Brutal Offender Received One Year. CHICAGO, IrL., July 27.—As a result of the continued crusade by the Civil Federa- tion on the election outrages in Parkside last fall Judge Brentano to-day passed sengences on the ringleaders as follows: Simon McNulta, a year in the peniten- tiary; Dennis Maloney, William Heslan and Patrick Miller, all fined $2000; James Burke, fined $150; Patrick Corcoran, $100. McNulta's sentence was made more gevere than the others on account of the eculiarly abhorrent character of his crime. i’ie struck a woman voter in- the face and broke her nose. gl Drowned While Bathing. BRATTLEBORO, Vr., July 27.—George A. Currier of San Francisco, who has been visiting with relatives at Brooklyn, about five miles from Newfane village, was drowned while bathing in West River there to-day. He was accompanied by Frank Totwin and Charles Barnes, who tried to rescue him in eight feet of water. The body was recovered. Young Currier had a perilous journey around Cape Horn, en route for New York, and barely escaped with his life. His parents have been in- formed of the drowning, and will come account forevery dollar in these failures, | East. CRIMES OF ONE MAN. Holmes Held Accounta- ble for Another Dis- appearance. MAYBE IT WAS MURDER. This Victim Was a Beautiful Brunette Who Worked as a Cashier. BREAKING DOWN OF QUINLAN. Storles of the Suspected Accom- plice of the Swindler Are Con-~ tradicted. CHICAGO, IuL., Jn 27.—The most im- portant development to-day in the Holmes mystery was the announcement by the Police Department of the identity of the young Chicago girl who has been missing for over a year. The announcement was not made until the department felt that the girl’s disappearance was in some. way connected with Holmes. The conclusion could no longer be withheld that the swindler had enticed her away from her home and perhaps made away with her, or, at the very least, sent her to some re- mote part of the country where she will be very hard to find, in order to get insur- ance money on her life. The name of the mysterious beauty was Emily Van Tassel. With her mother, Mrs. M. L. Van Tassel, she lived on the ‘West Side at 641 North Robey street. Her occupation was that of cashier in a res- taurant at 1151 Milwaukee avenue, and it was here that she met Holmes. All that the police are able to ascertain about her connection with Holmes is that he saw her op four different occasions. The first time Holmes also met the girl’s mother and together they ate ice-cream at the sestaurant. Emily Van Tassel wasa young lady of much more than ordinary beauty. A pic- ture in the office of Inspector Shea shows herto have been a typical brunette with short, curly hair, clean cut, aristocratic- looking features and a general air of sprightliness and vivacity. Herfigure was slender, her age 16and her weight about 100 pounds. She was a Sunday-school teacher at an adjacent church, and Frank Wild, the proprietor of the restaurant with which she was employed, says she always bore a good reputation, so far as his knowl- edge extended. She disappeared Wednes- day, June 1, 1892, and has never been heard from since. Of course it is by no means certain that she went away with Holmes, but she showed a remarkable lik- ing for him, and her mother and step- father pelieve, in the light of the recent revelations as to Holmes’ character, that she went with him. She was seen at Sun- day-school by a number of persons on the Sunday preceding the day she disappeared and seemed to be in her usual good spirits, chatting with all her acquaintances and having a word to say to all her scholars. Not a single clew to her has ever been re- ceived since she left home, and whether or not she went away with Holmes, there is little doubt in the minds of her friends that she is dead. This afternoon was spentin examina- tion of Clarence A. Phillips, a groceryman, who at one time worked for Holmes, and afterward bought out the business. He told little that the police did not know already, but his testimony is regarded as valuable because of some contradictions to statements made by Janitor Quinlan. The police hope to confront Quinlan with enough contradictions to cause him to confess all that he knows, and they cer- tainly have a formidable list of refutations of his testimony now. He was not exam- ined to-day, but will be given until Mon- day to think the matter over. Mrs. Holmes will also be examined Monday. A clotted mass, which the exverts pro- nounce to be human hair, was the only im- portant find at the castle to-day. It is now certain that the bones found to-day were only soup bones. Chief Badenoch left to-night for his sum- mer residence at Brown Lake, Wis., taking with him a great pile of documen- tary evidence which he has not had a chance yet to look over, He will return Monday and resume active investigation of the case. The workmen digging in the cellar of Holmes’ house in Englewood this after- noon unearthed two brick vaults, three and a half feet beneath the surface. The vaults are 6 feet long and 3 feet wide and just deep enough to make a grave for a single body each. Both were filled with quicklime. Near by was found another bunch of hair clotted with blood. The indications are that in the graves, or vaults, were laid the bodies of Minnie and Annie Williams. Time and quicklime had accomplished their work, but there still remained sufficient evidence to make the identification satisfactory. Two soft spots in a hed of nard clay were the size of human bodies, and where the heads would have been were mats of long hair. The hair found is of two shades, and the position of it would indicate that the boaies of the owners were laid side by side, the heads but a few inches apart. By far the mogt important person found by the police to bring the crime of murder home to Holmes appeared at police head- quarters to-day and told a startling story, corroborated by the material fact of a human skeleton, supposed to be that of Miss Emeline Cigrand or Miss Anna Wil- liams. His name is kept a secret, but this is his story in substance: About the time of the disappearance of Anna Williams and Miss Cigrand from the “castle” of Holmes at Sixty-third and ‘Wallace streets a man answered an adver- tisement in the Chicago papers in the name of Harry Gordon, which was one of the names Holmes assumed. The adver- tisement was to call at Sixty-third and ‘Wallace streets. The man went there and was given the body of a man to articulate by Holmes. He performed the work and was paid forit. Then he was given the body of a woman with the flesh of the face torn off. He articulated this body and re- ceived pay for the work from Holmes. He was given a third body, which was that of & woman, and the flesh of this one was also torn off. Holmes did not pay the man for doing this last work and he re- tained the skeleton. To-day he brought the skull of the woman, which he had keptin his possession, to Inspector Fitz- patrick. v Detectives were at once sent o the man’s house to bring the remainder of the skeleton to the City Hall, and the ghastly proof of Holmes’ fiendish murders is now at police headquarters. The police believe the skeletons of the women are those of Anna Williams and Miss Cigrand, as both were missed about that time, according to the man’s story. The male body is sup- posed to be that of Robert E. Phelps, who is ‘said to have been Holmes’ business manager in the copying concern, and to have married Minnie Williams, MI1SS CIGRAND’S FATHER. He Was Located in Indiana, but Was Ignorant of the Murders. LAFAYETTE, Ixp., July 27.—After two days’ search by wire Peter Cigrand, the father of Miss Emeline Cigrand, Holmes’ supposed victim, has been located at An- derson, Ind., and was interviewed by a United Press representative to-day. He is employed at the Buckeye Manufacturing Works, in the western part of that city. He said he had nof heard from the miss- ing daughter since the time of her sup- posed marriage. The letter he received then was to the effect that she was going to Europe to spend the following year. After failing to hear from her again he wrote to Holmes, and later heard from him, stating that he had.not seen her since she had married Phelps, and that he did not know where she was. The letter was typewritten and dictated and signed by Holmes. They have put it away, but are unable to lay hands on it now. The old man was prostrated when he learned for the first time what he was being searched for and why. Heis growing old and says he is not financially able to go to Chicago. He does not know of the partic- ulars of the case of Holmes’ victims, as he aoes not read a great deal. THECOMPTROLLER'SACTS Discovery of a Supreme Court in the Treasury Department. Secretary Carlisle, However, Is the Moving Power Behind the Throne. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 27.—The delegation now in this city from Lounisiana to appear before Comptroller Bowler on be- half of the sugar bounty cases which have been held up are very much concerned over the outcome of the visit and are not in- clined to be oversanguine that the Comp- troller will reverse his decision, which will result in having the entire amount of the sugar bounty, over $5,000,000, held up on the ground that the appropriation was un- constitutional. “] have looked carefully over Storey and Kent to see if 1 was not mistaken about what these great authorities say on the judicial powers of the Government,” said Senator Caffery. I have found that such judicial power was lodged in the Supreme Court and certain inferior courts within its jurisdiction throughout the country. But in spite of this Comptroller Bowler has dis- covered anotber Supreme Court in the treasury, and he presides over it. This court has power, it 15 claimed, to declare any and all acts uncoastitutional and from its decision there is absolutely no appeal. The eutire action of Congress might be nullified by Comptroller Bowler inall in- stances in which appropriations are car- ried. “The sugar bounty is not the only in- terest that may suffer. Congress appro- priated $100,000 for the Atlanta exposi- tion; it appropriated a subsidy to cer- tain steamship lines, and Mr. Bowler may adjudge both these appropriations to be unconstitutional. The most serious part of this whole matter is that Mr. Bowler has power to do what heisdoing. Itis provided by statutes that the Comptreller shall have authority to pass upon any and all accounts, and from his decision there is no appeal. The Secretary of the T®easury could not reverse Mr. Bowler’s decision. In the case of these sugar bounties Con- gress passed the law, and the President, who is sworn to defend the constitution, approved it. To our amazement and sur- prise Bowler has discovered this Supreme Court in the Treasury Department, and is conscientiously of the opinion that it is his duty to pass upor the constitution- ality of the acts of Congress. “This is the first time the Comptroller of the Treasury has ever asserted his author- ity to turn down an account because the law authorizing it was not constitutional, and this action has been reserved for Mr. Bowler.” The Louisianians leave for Gray Gables Monday to try and induce President Cleveland to interfere in their behalf, but, of course, he will not do it. The truthis that Becretary Carlisle is responsible for Bowler’s action. He wants to save every dollar possible for obvious reasons. e CRAIG NOT REMOVED. Secretary Carlisle Approves Collector Wise’s Recommendation. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 27.—Sec- retary Carlisle decided to-day that he would not revoke the commission of Mr. Craig of BSan Francisco as a notary public. Mr. Craig’s only connection with the customs service of the United States was that of a notary public administering such oaths as were required in the transaction of its busi- ness at San Francisco. He was charged by the United States Civil Service Commission with having acted as custodian of funds collected from officials in the Government service in San Francisco for political pur- poses and the Secretarg was asked to re- voke his commission. Collector Wise was asked to report on the case ana he did so, recommending that Mr. Craig be not dis- turbed for the reason that he did not vio- late the law, because he was not a Govern- ment employe. After considering the case Secretary Carlisle approved the Collector’s report. P e BECK IS UPHELD. Acting Secretary Reynolds Approves the Agenv's Acts. WASHINGTON, D. C.,, July 27.—The actions of Captain Beck, U. 8. A., Indian agent of the Omaha and Winnebago Indians, has been approved by the Department of the Interior in the matter of evicting the tenants of the Flournoy Company from the lands of the Indians. Acting Secretary Reynolds of the Interior Department late this evening replied to the teiegram of the Congressional delegation stating that the department approved of the manner in which Captain Beck had proceeded, as it was in accordance with the decision of the United States court at St. Louis that the Flournoy €ompany leases were illegal. Acting, Secretary Reynolds suggested to the delegation that the settlers protect themselves by taking out leases under de- partmental regulations. Of Interest to the t. WASHINGTON, D.C., July 27.—J. E. Lindow and C. E. Jonas, and Philip Coak- ley of Oakland are among to-day’s arrivals. Amer P. Roberts was commissioned Postmaster at Orick. Pensions have been granted as follows: California: Horace B. Gunnison, Phil- lipsville; Leroy 8. Williams, Los Angeles. Reissue—Mason C. Marburn, Three Rivers; Joseph B. Harbridge, Los Angeles. Mexi- can war survivor, increase—Henry R. Bmith, Salinas. i Orniginal—John Lupeneo uel Whitney Eve- KNIGHTS TO PARADE: Preliminary Plans for the Triennial at Boston. THE TEMPLAR CONCLAVE. At Least Thirty-five Thousand Members to Assemble Next Month. GROWTH OF A GREAT ORDER. Some Interesting Information Con- cerning the Men Who March Under the Red Cross. BOSTON, Mass., July 27.—With the Christian Endeavor convention out of the way only a little over a week ago, the Hub has already commenced to turn its atten- tion to, the reception of the Knights Templars of the United States, who hold their twenty-sixth triennial conclave here the week of August 26. It will be one of the greatest gatherings of the Knights ever known, both in point of attendance and in the interest which has shown itself all over the country, and which is particu- larly marked here. Not only Boston but all the smaller cities about here take an in- terest in the big meeting, such places as Lowell, Worcester, Providence and others having already made extensive plans to help their brethren of Boston in entertain- ing the visitors from all over the country. Of course Cambridge, Lynn, Somerville and other suburban places will take a hand, but they need no particular mren- tion, as they are included in the plans of the triennial committee as a part of greater Boston. It will by no means be a similar gather- ing to the big Christian Endeavor conven- tion which has just conquered the city. The difference is most marked. For ex- ample, at the Hotel Vendome, one of the principal hostelries in the city, there was not a single Endeavorer, but the house has already been engaged for 600 Knights. That indicates much; the same is true of every other first-class hotel in the city. The arrangements already made by the triennial committee and its corps of sub- committees are very perfect, and unques- tionably will provide for the Knights one of the best entertainments they have ever been offered at any conclave. Money has not been spared in any direction, nearly $100,000 having been appropriated for this one branch alone of the conclave. Reports come to Boston that the visitors are not to be behindhand in lavishness, and if this be true the Sir Knights will be treated to a magnificent occasion. The grand parade comes on Tuesday, August 27. It is conservatively estimated that there will be 35,000 men in line. It will be one of the “shows” of the century. There is nothing in a military line to equal the uniforms of the Knights, and many of the commanderies make a specialty of marching maneuvers which cannot be approached by Uncle Sam’s boys in blue in street tactics. For that reason the show of the Knights on the streets is one of exceptional brilliancy and will go down in history, if for that reason alone. The order has grown so in recent years that it is becoming somewhat unwieldy at these triennial conclaves, and accordingly the subject of making a Northern and Southern jurisdiction and dividing this immense army is to be broached atthe Boston conclave. If the motion is carried it will mean that never again can so great a spectacle be presented in this country. The city will be crowded to its capacity during the meeting. Already it is impos- sible to secure a room at any hotel for that week, and the better class of lodging- houges have made engagements univer- sally. The choice has been the best that the city could offer, and of thateverything has been taken. Many hundred of visitors, unable to se- cure first-class lodgings, will sleep in the cars which bring them to the city and the Boston and Manie Railroad has already provided track-room for 500 sleeping-cars. That shows something of the extent of the arrangements. Notwithstanding the great size and prominence of the order in this country it is one that has not been extensively adver- tised. Many persons associate it with vari- ous sorts of “knights,”” others know that it is some part of Masonry, while there are not: a few, lespite the fact that there is hardly a village throughout the length and breadth of the country but has a repre- sentative, who are totally unacquainted with the organization. It is a part of Masonry; it is the body at the head of what is known as the York rite and a man desiring to become a mem- ber passes through several other bodies. It is composed of representative men in a community. Not if the order can Fkelp it are unworthy citizens allowed to join and therefore it stands for what is best and truest in manhood and patriotism. At the present time there are 39 Grand Commanderies in the United States, hav- ing under their jurisdiction at the last report 972 subordinate commanderies and 103,303 members. Pennsylvania has the largest membership (10,594), followed by Massachusetts with 10,384, a number greatly increased during the last three months; New York 10,018, Illinois 8523, Ohio 7566, Maine 2756, New Hampshire 1853, Vermont 1283, Connecticut 2099. It will be seen from the above that about 40 per cent of the total membership is within 300 miles of Boston, which insures the largest attendance at any triennial. The Grand Commandery of Massachu- setts and Rhode Island is by far the oldest, having been organized in 1812, and that of Connecticut in1827. The ant{-Masonicex- citement prevented further extension until 1843, when the Grand Commandery of Ohio was organized. The order of Knights Templar is of great antiquity, dating back to the time of the first crusade to the Holy Land, when the military order of the Temple was called into existence for the purpose of checking the power of the infidels and de-' fending the Holy Sepulcher and other sa- cred places of the Christian faith in Pales- tine. It was not introduced into this country, however, until about the begin- ning of the present century. The order was instituted in 1113 with nine knights, who embraced the vows of perpetual chastity, obedience and poverty, after the manner of monks, and devoted themselves to the task of clearing the high- ways and protecting the pilgrims on their way to the holy city. The first grand master was Hugh de Payens. Uniting great devotion and desperate valor, they soon gained a wide reputation. At first they had no church or place of abode, but in 1118, nineteen years after the conquest of Jerusalem by the Crusaders, they were rewarded for their services to the Chris- tians by a place granted them within the sacred inclosure of the temple upon Mount Moriah. From this time these knights, who had previously called themselves “the poor fellow-soldiers of Jesus Christ,” became known as “The Knighthood of the Temple of Solomon.” From this temple, granted to their use by Baldwin, King of Jerusalem, they derived their name of Knights Templar. The history of the various erusadesisa history of the Knights Templar, for in all the wars and bloody battles until they were finally driven out of Palestine they were active and heroic participants. De Molay was the last grand master of the active religious order, and under his leadership, after the Templars had left Palestine for the last time, they estab- lished themseives in the island of Cyprus. But though the active work of the mili- tary and religious order of the Knights Templar was terminated by their losses abroad and persecutions at home, it is claimed that the order has never ceased to exist, and, in support of this claim, an un- broken line of grand masters from Hugh de Payens in 1113 until the present time is presented, The beautiful ceremonies and ritual of the modern Knights Templar are founded upon the ancient rules of the Poor Fellow-soldiers of Christ, though the menastic and active military features have been discarded. The modernized order was introduced into the United States early in this century, and presents an un- broken line from that time. Boston Commandery, the oldest Tem- plar organization-in the United States, and the largest in the world, having now over 800 members, has the honor of inaugura- ting the movement which has resulted in securing the presence of the Templar hosts in Boston. The initial action was taken by Sir Eugene A. Holton, then commander of Boston Commandery, and gathering force as it went resulted in the indorsement of the invitation by every commandery in the jurisdiction, and also by the Grand Commandery of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The invitation was presented at the Denver conclave, and though Cincin- nati and Louisville were also candidates for the honor the claims of Boston were so ably presented that the committee re- ported in its favor and the Grand Encamp- ment accepted the invitation, both by unanimous votes. The action created a wave of enthusiasm throughout this juris- diction, and measures were at once taken to make all the necessary preparations. A large and influential committee was ap- pointed, with R. E. Sir General Samuel C. Lawrence as chairman,. E. 8ir Benjamin ‘W. Rowell as secretary, and Sir Daniel W. Lawrence as treasurer. NATIONAL SILVER PARTY, Leaders Have Agreed to Meet With That Object in View. Congressman Latimer Sald the Agreement Was Delayed by Bland’s Objections. COLUMBTS, 8. C., July 27.—Congress- man Latimer of South Carolina is author- ity for the statement that the silverleaders have agreed to call a convention to meet in 8St. Louis in September for the pur- pose of forming a National silver party. Among the names mentioned of those who have agreed to the scheme are Bland of Missour1, Tillman of South Carolina and Marion Butler of North Carolina. Large numbers of others have signified their as- sent. According to Congressman Latimer, the agreement has been somewhat delayed by the objections of Senator Bland, who refused to come 1n at first, and to sever his connection with the Democratic party. The purpose is to form a party independ- ent of the two old parties and one that, it is expected, will draw much strength from the Populist party. The ball was set in motion at the Mem- phis conference and has been quietly pushed ever since. The plans are now complete and will be given to the public jn a few weeks, when the call for the conven- tion is issued. Since the Memphis confer- ence sentiment has been sounded, and the leaders say the time is most opportune for the formation of such a party. Congress- man Latimer gave this information pri- vately and went no further in his speech to the alliance to-day than to say: “Let us call an additional convention like our own ‘March convention’ and say we are for both metals, and then put a man on a simple platform for silver and make the race and win the fight. The Republicans say that they will not desert their name. Iam a Democrat, but I am in ‘favor of this early convention, and I say to you, hold it and win the fight.” e s Death of the Old Trust. CHICAGO, Irr., July 27.—The last rem- nant of life in the old whisky trust was, upon motion of Levy Meyer, counsel for the reorganization committee, destroyed by an order entered in the United States C{mrt by Judge Showalter at noon to-day. The order is the final decree and will have the effect of winding up the business affairs of the old company. NEW TO-DAY. JOE POHEIM, riiios GENUINE REDUCTION IN PRICES. PANTS suITS T0 ORDER T0 ORDER $3 50 $10.00 4.50 13.50 5.00 156.50 6.00 17.50 7.00 20.00 8.00 25.00 9.00 30.00 201 & 203 Montgomery St., cor. Bush, 724, 1110 & 1112 Market 8., San Francisco, Cal. TOILET WASHSTAND /ANB SHAMPQO, USE © ACGOMMODATION SALE Shoes at just one-half the price you have been paying for them. With ready buyers, and the shelves of our stors crowded with the choicest offerings in up-to-date styles in shoes. the prices on which arc so low that they move at & fast pace, to make room for our big shipments in fall styles that will shortly arrive, the only reason of these unusual reductions. What Accommodation Prices Mean. MEN’S. A GENUINE RUSSIA CALF LACE SHOE, In either square or pointed (b] .80 SE SHOE, iher light or double @8 7.90 OLTD (POLICE SHOES), $2.7o es, in lace or Congress. ... — /INE HAND-SEWED CALF SHOE, in lace or Congress, Nl»strle$3.15 toes. == BOYS’. A SOLID CALF LACE OR BUTTON SHOE, ail-style toes. . o ind s RUSSIA CALF LACE, +25 = A DURABLE all-style toes FINE VIOI KID BUTTON 11-style toes, sewed sole 346 pairs of GENUIN KID BUTTON or LACE S, hand-sewed, turn soles, all of our pretuiest style toes. These shoes have always sold for 5. CHILDREN’S. FINE DONGOLA KID BUTTON, stylish patent leather tips, lizes 1 to 5. A GENUINE FR! KID B spring heals, nep* —— sizes 8 to 1015 . ALL SOLID EVET SHOES, spring GENUINE TAN, I ton, spring_ heels soles, sizes 8 to 1 i I i $30 OU LADIES' FINE I .o oou miv UA- FORDS, hand turn soles, sizes 2 to 31/, onl; LAD‘{ES' GENUINE o .50 hand-sewed turn soles. . o8 All the above are special prices for this week. Country orders on fhe above must be received no later than Wednesday, July 51. Our new catalogue sent free, post paid, to any address for the asking. SULLIVAN’S SEOE IHOUSE, 18, 20, 22 Fourth Street, Just South of Market. OUR ENTIRE STOCK AT CUT RATE PRICES ! Ladies’ Shirt Waists at Ladies’ Double Capes at Children’s Reefers at Ladies’ Embroidered Ladies’ Silk Blouses at. Ladies’ Tailor-made Suit And a number of other barg: h it will be worth your while to see before purchasing elsewhere. LOEWENTHAL’S Cloak and Suit House, NO. 844 MARKET ST. NEAR STOCKTON. LUNDY'S JEWELRY-STORE For 20 Years at the Corner of Third and Market, is REMOVED 70 16 ELLIS ST, OPPOSITE FOURTH, Where Old and New Custom Be Welcomed. 18k WEDDING RINGS A unmuzk wim OPTICIAN iy s Wflg- ents of his own invention, wi u) has not been equal 8uccess nam