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12 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 1895 EX-JUROR BROWN VISITS PASTOR GIBSON, He Fades Gently Away in the Fog and the Twilight. NEVER MET BEFORE. Young Mr. Lynch and His Preceptor Back Again From Chico. FACE TO FACE WITH RUMOR. Positive Denlals of Storles of Scan- dal Against Emmanuel’s Pastor. THE DURRANT CASE IN A MINUTE—-END OF THE GIBSON STORY. Some new interest was injected into the Dur- rant case yesterday by the publication of a story raking up rumors of a scandal in the life of an indefinite Rev. Mr. Gibson. The interest was short-lived, however, for the reason that the story was punctured in a dozen places by statements from the prosecution, letters in the possession of the police, and en emphatic de- nial from the Rev. J. George Gibson that either himself or the Rev. Jesse Gibson were con- nected with any scandal in any church in England. Incidentally, the Rev. J. George Gibson did not state that he had received a visit during the evening from ex-Juror Walter §. Brown, who was the center of attraction in the Dur- xant case a couple of weeks ago. Walter S. Brown, once a sworn juror in the Durrant case, over whose expulsion from the box such a rumpus was made, was a caller at the residenee of the Rev. J. George Gibson of Emmanuel Baptist Church last night. He was closeted for a long time with the pastor and his private secretary, young Mr. Lynch, making his exit only when 4 trio of reporters touched the button on the electric bell. Then Mr. Brown faded silently into the foggy twi- light beyond the reach of interviewers and became aware of the rumor and took measures to inquire into it. In response to one of his letters he received the fol- lowing: . MAYWOOD, IIL., May 2, 189."3_. To Chief. of Police, San Francisco—Sik: With regard to the awful tragedy in Emmanuel Church, allow me to say that the Jesse Gibson who preached at Romney Chapel, Westminster, London, is not the same as the J. G. Gibson of your Cily. You can get full particulars from Mr. Spurgeon’s college, where I studied with the two Gibsons. Strangely enough they both boarded at the same house, but were very un- | 1ike. Jesse Gibson, who preached at Westmin- ster, was a Canadian and took a pastorate in Canada when he completed hisstudies. Ithink it only fair to Dr. Gibson of your City to know this. “Mr. J. A. Keys, secretary of Pastors’ Col- lege, Newington, Butts, England, will be able | to furnish you full particulars of the two men. Yours truly, (REV.) GEO. H. KEMP. 45 BECKENHAM ROAD, PENGE, SUR; ENG., May 24, 1895. P. Crowley FEsq.—DEAR Sik: In reply to your letter of the 7th inst., requesting infor- mation respecting the standing reputation of Rev. J. G. Gibson, who studied at Mr. Spur- geon’s college, I write to say that Mr. Gibson was accepted as a student upon satisfactory testimony to his Christian character in August, 1879. Our late nonored president, C. H. Spur- geon, and the tutor were perfectly satisfied with his character and deportment while in college, were in harmony with his Christian profession, and_he leit the institution at the call of the Baptist church in the city of Saint Andrews, N. ., to become their pastor in 1881. He remained there about seven years, and, so far asIand others connected with the coliege know, main- tained an homnorable character. I have no ready means of ascertaining the date of his leaving for America, but I find a note to the ef- fect that he was pastor at Red Bluff and leit that place for Chico in 1892, removing thence to your City in 1894. Ihave never heard the slightest imputation against Mr. Gibson’s char- acter and conduci as unbecoming his pro- fession of & minister. I have to-day shown your letter to President James A. Spurgeon, D.D., and have pleasnre in inclosing his testi- mony as to Mr. Gibson’s character. I dm, sir, yours respectiully, J. A.KEYS, Secretary of the late Rev, C. H. Spurgeon. PASTOR’S COLLEGE, T T, ( ege, full NEWINGTO The Rev. J. G. Gibs and came duly accredited and left us in esteem and honor. I have never heard of any- thing affecting his moral character and actio: and ministerial standing. I deem it quite un- likely from all 1 know of him that he can be implicated in the horrors related in the public press of America. JAMES A. SPURGEON, President. These letters satisfied the prosecution that there was nothing in the rumor and they were pigeonholed for future refer- ence. They might never again have seen the light of day had it not been for yester- day’s publication. As soon as heread the article yesterday Captain Lees called upon | District Attorney Barnes. “It was only after the publication this THE REV. JESSE GIBSON, [From a photograph.] —_— young Mr. Lynch took the reporters in band. The Rev. Mr. Gibson desired to make a statement, not as it transpired concerning the visit of ex-Juror Brown, but greatly concerning himself. Infact,he never con- veyed. not even through the medium of young Mr. Lynch, the information that the well-groomed, silk-hatted old gentie- snan who had wafted from his study justa few moments before was the same person whose presence in the jury-box had caused District Attorney Barnes to lie awake so many nights a couple of weeks ago. In- deed. the Rev. Mr. Gibson did noteven deign to see the reporters who had called upon his invitation to take down his state- ment. He sported the oak on his study and let young Mr. Lynch act for him. The visit of ex-Juror Brown had evi- dently furnished the pastor with food for thought, and as young Mr. Lynch talked his preceptor and friend communed with his thoughts in solitude. The statement which the reporters had called to receive was deemed necessary by the Rey. Mr. Gibson, by reason of a publi- cation in yesterday’s Examiner. In that srticle an indefinite Rev. Mr. Gibson with an unsavory record clinging to his minis- terial skirts had been lugged by his clerical earsinto the Durrant case. The Rev..J. George Gibson took it between the lines as aimed at him. He had been in the City but a few hours in the morning upon his return from Chico, when his attention was called to the matter. He was horrified at first. Later he became indignant and im- mediately expressed that indignation to Captain Lees, through the medium of young Mr. Lynch. Captain Lees in turn became indignant that it had been stated that he had sent a detective to Al- varado on Thursday to look up Dr. Gib- son’s character. Out of the double indig- nation came the real facts in a case around which rumor had builded such a sensa- tion, To begin with the detective the Exam- iner refgrrea to as having been_detailed to get a statement from Henry Rief of Al- varado was nothing more than a CALL re- porter. who bad gone to that town to look into the selfsame rumor affecting Rev. J George Gibso::, the truth concerning which was said to bz in- the possession of Mr. Rief. The reporter saw and talked with the Alvarado butcher, heard his entire story and returned with it to.this office, where it was concluded that there was not sufficient foundation to connect the in- definite Rev. Mr. Gibson with Rev. J. George Gibson. Yesterday the Examiner printed the story and the result is a flood of corre- spondence between Captain Lees and vari- ous people and the statement from Mr. Gibson himself, which seems to completely knock the underpinning from the story of Mr. Rief. 1t bas long been current rumor that the Rev. J. George Gibson had left some un- pleasant memories behind him when he crossed the herring pond. Counsel for Durrant were aware of this rumor shortly after their client’s arrest, as the cross- examination of Rev. George Gibson at the preliminary examination shows. He was asked then what he knew concerning the Romney-street Chapel in London. He stated plainly that he knew nothing of it and had never officiated in that edifice. Further questions on the matter were not esked. £ At about this same time Chief Crowley morning,’’ said Captain Lees, “that I real- ized the necessity, in justice to the prose- cution and to Dr. Gibson, that I resolved to give out what I knew in relation to the matter. Ihad a talk with the District At~ torney and he agreed with me, and now you have the letters.” Later in the day the Rev. J. George Gibson decided that he would make a statement to the newspapers, and that statement young Mr. Lynch made for him after the exit of ex-Juror Brown from the Gibson flat. The statement in substance is to the effect the Rev. J. George Gibson and the Rev. Jesse Gibson were fellow- students in Spurgeon’s College, London, from 1879 to 1881, the latier graduating in the latter year with the full consent of the Rev. Mr. Spurgeon, the Rev. J. George Gibson doing likewise a few months later. The two students were acquaintances, and for a time boarded together on Church street, Camberwell. The Rev. Jesse Gib- son was a Canadian, totally unlike the Rev. J. George Gibson in personal appear- ance, and is now the pastor of St. Cathe- rine’s Church, Queen street, Ontario, Can- ada, to which country he wentimmedi- ately upon his graduation. No scandal, so Mr. Lynch states for the Rev. J. George Gibson, has ever attached to his name, which still remains on Spurgeon’s College list, o guarantee in itself that he has never done anything unworthy of ministerial standing. For himself, the Rev. J. George Gibson states through Mr. Lynch that he knows nothing of Romney chapel, and never officiated there. Immediately after his graduation, he was ordained in 8t. An- drews, Scotland, and remained as a pastor there six years, when he journeyed to Red Bluff, Cal., where he remained three and a half years, fioing from that to Chico, where he remained iwo and a half years before coming to San Francisco in last Novem- ber. Hisname is also on Spurgeon'’s list for 1895, and he has never been besmirched by a scandal. He cannot remember an scandai connected with Romney chapel, and is certain that no other Gibson than himself and the Rev. Jesse Gibson ever graduated from Spurgeon’s college. That is the end of the sensation, and itis not likely that it will ever be resurrected again. TROUT FOR AUSTIN OREEE. Twenty-Five Thousand of the Tahoe Variety Planted in Its Waters. About 25,000 of the fry of Tahoe trout (Salmo mykiss) were planted by the Fish Commission in the waters of both forks of the Austin Creek yesterday. They came direct from the Bisson hatchery and were delivered in five cans, containing about twenty gallons each of newly hatched fish, which measured between 1}; and 2 inches. These are the same variety that are found in the Truckeeand American rivers, and were placed in Austin Creek, which is the last stream to enter the Russian River before the latter enters the ocean, to ascer- tain whether the trout would remain in ‘the stream or would run to the ocean, as do the fish indigenous to those waters. —————————— A Jewish Socialistic Soclal. The Jewish section of the Socialistic Labor party held an enjoyable social last evening at the Temple on Turk street. The first part of the programme consisted of literary and musical exercises. Some fine instrumental | music was rendered under the direction of Professor Silver. Miss Annie Zwerin delivered a recitation, which was followed by & fancy dence by Jeanette Harowitz. Philip Zwerin ave a recitation, which was loudly applauded. Frotessor Zyler delivered & short address, which was of great interest to the socialists, After a violin_golo by Professor Wagner the party in- dulged in a pleasant dance. "About midnight luncheon was spread. for the merrymakers, who later on resumed the dance. AT THE MECHANICS’ FAIR. Over Sixteen Thousand, the Largest Crowd Since the Opening Day, Passed the Turnstiles. Over 16,000 people, irrespective of 2000 High Schoot pupils who were presented with complimentary. tickets, took advan- tage of the fact that to-day would be a day of rest and attended the Mechanfcs’ Fair yesterday afternoon and evening. The new exhibits, including the agricul- ture and horticulture exhibit of the Uni- versity of California, boat-making and - nu- merous inlaia-wood working plants of local mechanics, gold amalgamators and various kinds of mining machinery, are rapidly being placed in position, and by Monday night the exhibits will all be in their per- manent places and the interior appear- ance of the pavilion will be greatly im- proved. An excursion train of the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad will be run from Ukiah and way stations on Univer- sity day, which is next Saturday. College songs and cries will be the order of the day. The following musical programme will be rendered by Scheel’s concert band on Monday afternoon and evening: AFTERNOON. Jendrowski . Lortzing March, “Bismarck" “Fest". armen Byivi 1dyl, “On the Mill Brook Selection, “Cavalleria Ru Overture, “Egmont”. ... Waitz, “la Reine de Ta Mer” “Turkish Patrol”.... March, “Caprivi’.. EV! March, “Souvenir de Leipzig’ Overture, “Pique Dame”. “Invitation to the Dance’ Flute solo. Lohen- -.Wagner “The Chase of the Butt March, “King Charles T0 DEMAND A FORFEITURE. An Indignation Meeting of the Residents South of Golden Gate Park. ...Unrath Citizens Determined to Bring the Market-Street Raliway Com- pany to Time. The meeting of the South of the Park and Ocean Boulevard Improvement Asso- ciation held at Solomon Getz's office in the Crocker building yesterday afternoon, was attended by men whose property interests in the district immediately south of Golden Gate Park are tonsiderable. Among them were Thomas U. Sweeney, the donor of the observatory on Strawberry Hill; C. W. Pope, president of the association; George Lane, the secretary; Charles Lane, Edward Ewald, Attorney Michael Mullaney, Messrs, Conley, Di Nola, Getz, Wells and others. Before the meeting was called to order the important announcement was made, that Mayor Sutro had just leta contract for the grading of Sullivan or J street, be- tween First and Fourth avenues. This is the proposed site for the Affiliated Colleges and public library buildings, and 1t was doubtless with the intention of making his gift still more valuableand acceptable to the colleges that Mayor Sutro let the contract. It was signed yesterday at 1 o’clock, and calls for the completion of the work in ten days, beginning Monday morning. This work will cost Mr. Sutro between $5000 and $6000. It will make a splendid improve- ment to the property, and amounts in reality, if the site be accepted by the com- mittee, to a cash donation of the amount the contract will cost. South of the park property-owners and residents are joyous over the good news, and predict an era of prosperity anarapid development for what they rightly consider one of the most beau- tiful residence sites in the City. In convening the meeting President Pope explained that it had been called primarily to {:rovest against the sudden and inexcusable stogpage of the streetcar service on Clayton, Cole and Carl streets, and to devise ways and means of either enforcing a forfeiture of the abandoned franchise or compelling the Market-street Company to renew their discontinued ser- vice. Other matters for the organization to consider, said Mr. Pope, were the improve- ment of the Ocean Boulevard, the opening of J street to the ocean and the establish- ment of sewer grades. A great deal of friendly discussion fol- lowed, ana the Market-street Company was handled without gloves by the gentle- men present. It was finally “decided not to parley any further with Superintendent Vining of the Market-street Company or any other officers of the road, but to pro- ceed to petition the Board of Supervisors for a forfeiture of the Metropolitan Street Railwav franchise. To this end there will be a mass-meeting Tuesday evening, Sep- tember 3, at some downtown hall. Kt this meeting the petition will be intro- duced and a committee 'chosen to take charge of the matter. It was pointed, out by Mr. Sweeney that the discontinued service had been operated by the Metropolitan Company long before there was a ‘single house in the neighbor- hood; that the neighborhood had grown and flourished by the service and that now it had enough inhabitants to pay for the streetcar service that had been afforded before the recent high-handed action of the Market-street Company. Mr. Sweeney also pointed out that the Market-street Coargxmny was not compelled to buy this road. : It made the purchase with its eyes wide open and for a definiie purpose. It must have known whether or not the road would pay operating expenses. Mr. Sweeney thought the reason for the ces- sation of the seryice could be found in the desire of the Market-street Company to injure the availabiiity of the Sutro site for the Affiliated Colleges. And these sentiments found a ready fe- agonse in the remarks made by many of the other gentlemen: Attorney Mullaney, while urging on the agitation, took rather a gloomy view of the situation from the fact, he said, that the Market-street Com- gnny owned a mnjor'ndy of the Board of Supervisors and could twist that body about its thumb as it chose. He thought, too, that as a legal proposition the road coula not abandon a part of its franchise without forfeiting the whole and that the Superior Conrt should be called upon to, declare the forfeiture. . Between now and the mass-meeting of September 3 the matter will be thoroughly canvassed from a legal standpoint. President Pove said he had made inquir- ies concerning the improvement the Ocean Boulevard. He said the work could be done for between $13,000 and $14,000. He had made a proposition to the Park Com- missioners to the effect that if they would appropriate §9000 of this amount the asso- ciation would agree to raise the other $5000. If the Park Commissioners should accept the plan the work will probably be finished—and the finest boulevard in the world established~within sixty days. Free This Week. A2 BIG PRESENTS—ONE GIVEN WITH Each Pound of Our EXTRA VALUE 60-CENT TEAS. GREAT AMERICAN IMPORTING TEA CO.'S, 52-58 Market street, S. F., Headquarters. BMNC]B STORES EVERYWHERE. GENERAL GRAHAM WRITES OF TREASON. Demands of the Mass- Meeting Denounced as Such. HIS CAUSTIC COMMENT. The Railroad Strikers Char- | acterized as Public Enemies. THE INSCRIPTION TO STAND. Citizens Who Attended the Metro- politan Hall Gathering Se- verely Scored. General William M. Graham has sent his answer to Chairman Fergusson of the mass-meeting of Saturday evening, August 17, in reference to the removal of the “Murdered by Strikers” inscription. Far from complying with the demands con- tained in the resolutions General Graham has gone to the extent of characterizing them as treasonable and the strikers as public enemies, while those who ‘partici- pated in the mass-meeting are ‘‘men who have publicly put themselves outside of the law and of the respect of honest, law- abiding <itizens.” Chairman Fergusson’s letter inclosing the resolutions to General Graham was written and mailed on the 22d inst. and reads as follows: General William M. Graham, Presidio—DEAR Bir: I herewith transmit to you a copy of the resolutions adopted at a mass-meeting of citi- zens, held at Metropolitan Hall on Saturday evening, the 17th inst. Any communication you may desire to make tome concerning them will be esteemed a favor. Yours very truly, M. J..FERGUSSON, Chairman. The resolutions referred to were as fol- lows: WHEREAS, General W. M. Graham, the officer in charge of the United States troops sta- tioned at the Presidio, has caused to be placed ona monument erected to the soldiers who were killed in the wreck of the train near Sacramento, July 11, 1894, an inscription charging the members of the American Rail- way Union with having murdered them; be 1t Resolved, That we regard the action of the said Graham as a libelous and cowardly attack upon the good names and reputations of inno- cent men, and that we look with horror and re- proach upon the use of a sepulture of the dead as & means of venting hatred, spleen or malice and thatip the plaeing of this ehoulish libel upon the monument General Graham well merits the severest condemnation of ail lovers of justice and fair play; and Resolved, That we demand of General Graham the immediate removal of the inserip- tion, “Murdered by Strikers,” considering its presence a public insult and disgrace; and Resolved, That in event of the failure of sald General Graham to remove that inscription at once, the chairman of this meeting be re- quested to at once forward copies of these resolutions to the Secretary of War and to our Senators and members of Congress with the request that the proper action be had to cause the removal of the said inscription. No time was lost by General Grabam in preparing and dispatching_his_answer, which was delivered to Rev. Mr. Ferguson by a soldier from the Presidio. Its text is as follows: HEADQUARTERS FIFTH U. S. ARTILLERY, PRESIDIO, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., 2 August 23, 1895. M. J. Fergusson, chairman, 670 Twentieth street, San Francisco, Cal.—SIe: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 21st inst., lrlmmmgg to me & copy of resolu- tions reported ldor at & meeting held at ?de'éropolltln Hall on Saturday, the 17th nst. These resolutions demand of me the imme- diate removal of the inscription ‘‘Murdered by Strikers,”” placed on & monument erected last winter in the National Cemetery at this post to soldiers who had belonged to my regiment who lost their lives in the execution oi their duty. I am a competent judge of how these soldfers met their deaths, and the words “Murdered by Strikers” exactly and justly express my judg- ment on that point. For this reason I respectfully decline to com- ply with the treasonable demands of men who nave publicly put themselves outside of the law and ot the respect of honest, law-abiding citizens by adopting resolutions of sympathy with public enemies and condoning the crime of murder. 1 am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, VM. ARQGBAHAI Colonel Fifth Artillery, Brevet Brigtdier-éen- eral, U. 8. A. Chairman Fergusson declined to express any opinion of the reply sent by General Graham when seen last night, and said that the matter was not a personal one; that in forwarding the resolutions to General Graham he had simply acted ina formal manner, in accordance with the duty that devolved upon him as chairman of the mass-meeting. He added that he bad not yet made up his mind whether or not he would reply to General Graham. One thing, however, would be done, he said, and that was to carry the matter to a higher authority for action, as provided in the resolutions. By the end of this week the resolutions, the correspondence be- tween Chairman Fergusson and General Grabam and the newspaper reports and comments on the incidents leading up to the present situation will be forwarded to the Secretary of War for his consideration and action. hat further course would be pursued should the Secretary of War fail to comply with the demands embodied in the resolutions Mr. Fergusson was not prepared to say. RUN- DOWN ON THE BAY, T. R. Keenan’s Narrow Escape From Drowning While Out for a Row. His Boat Was Crushed Under the Paddle-Wheel of the Ferry- Boat Oakland. T. R. Keenan, a salesman of 8. P. Dinkel- spiel & Co., had a narrow escape from being drowned in the bay last evening off the foot of Market street. He was in a small boat that was run down by the ferry-boat Oakland on the 8 o’clock trip from San Francisco to Oakland. Keenan isa mem- ber of the Dolphin Boat Club, and after work he rowed in a light craft to Long Bridge. On the return trip, as he was skirting along the wharves the big ferry- boat run out of the slip and before he had time to escape his little craft was crushed into kindling wood by the steamer’s paddle- wheel. Keenan was thrown beyond the blades of the wheel by the shock, and only by exerting all his strength—although he is a good swimmer—was he able to keep afloat until rescued by the Oakland'’s small boat. Captain Brown, in speaking of the acci- dent, said that the mist on the bay pre- vented him from seeing Keenan’s boat, which carried no lights: When about 100 ind- or more from the end of the wharf e saw a white object and immediately rang the bell to stop. The passengers on the lower decks saw the man in the boat go under the wheel, and shouted to the ofticers. Several threw life-preservers into the bay, for they distinctly heard the unfor- nate man call for help. Secona Mate W. H. Higginson and his crew quickly cleared away the small boat while the Oakland was backing, and in a few minutes the crew were pulling to the rescue. Keenan was found struggling bravely to save his life. He was taken into:the' little boat well-nigh exhausted and placed in the fireroom, where he was stripped of his wet Farmgnts,_ He said the reason he had no ight in his boat was that he was overtaken by the darkness after leaving the Long Bridge boathouse. He remained in the fireroom *until his clothes were nearly dry and he had re- covered sufficiently to go to his home at 1210 Clay street.” The steamer lost only nine minutes in her trip, and the rescue is said to be the quickest on record in the ferry service on this bay. ¢ THIEVES ON EDDY STREET. Two Residences in the Same Block In- vaded by the Gentry. The burglars are at present holding high carnival in this City, and ‘that the house- holders who are suffering from the lawless visitants are keeping the ‘‘surprise parties’ quiet by the advice of the detectives be- comes more apparent every day. Insome portions of the City a dozen residences in one block have been cleaned out by burg- lars, and the officers have waited for the clews that never came. The residence of Mr. Robinson at 1915 Eddy street was. entered last Thursday night and the visitor’s greaence was only’ known next morning by the disappear- ance of a sum of money and a pile ot wear- ing apparel lying on the parlor floor, which he had removed from other apart- ments. Robinson was told to say nothing till the thief was caught. A few doors further along in the block, 1977 Eddy street, early that morning, a burglar—possibly Mr. Robinson’s visitor— came in by a front window and, turning the ball lamp out, groceeded to investigate the interior of the building. He was frightened away by the return of a boy, one of the family, from a late party. He almost stumbled over the burglar, who nearly frightened the youngster to death. Next'day a pile of valuable articles found near the window proved how systematical- 1y and securely the fellow was working the place. The residents of the house state that only for the interruption the entire premises would have been looted. They were directed to say nothing about the matter, — CHRIST CHURCH SUPPLIE A Special Meeting of the Oak~ land Presbytery on Thurs~ day. “Divine Heallng” to Be Discussed by the Presbyterian Minis~ terial Unilon. Rev. W. Lane, one of the most promi- nent, though youngest, members of the Episcopal clergy of the coast. has accepted a call to Christ Church at Alameda. He will preach at that church to-day and will go to Merced to bid farewell to his old parishioners this week. He will assume charge of his new parish as once. Though but 30 years old, Mr. Lane has occupied the responsible position of dean of the cathedral at Spokane, Wash. He is a nephew of Genefal James Lane and cousin of George B. McClellan. He succeeds Rev. W. T. Perkins, who resigned in order to attend to business connected witb his patent of a new and improved refrigerator- car. The reception to be extended by the Congregational Club to the Comma1ssioners of the American Board to Japan on the 10th prox. will take the form of a grand Congregational rally. There will be a banquet early in the evening, and the club and its guests will repair to the First Congregational Church at 8 p. M., where there will be a large audience of members of the various churches of that denomina- tion in the City. A special request has been made by the executive committee of the club that all Christian Endeavor, ‘Women’s Missionary, Boys’ Brigade and other auxiliary societies should be fully represented and come in a body. Addresses will be made by Dr. J. L. Barton, secretary of the board, Rev. J. G. Johnson of Chicago and A. H. Bradford of Montclair, N. J. The General Association of Congrega- tional Churches and Ministers ,of Califor- nia will meet at the Market-street Congre- gational Church of Oakland October 1 to 4. Rev. H. Hammond Cole of Olivet Con- gregational Church bas resigned his pas- torate to accept a call to the Weaverville Congregational church. The Young Ladies’ Branch of the ‘Woman’s Board of Missions of the Pacific will hold its annual meeting at the First Congregational Church on Thursday. The afternoon session will commence at 2 o’clock. There will be a basket supper at g, and the evening session will open at 7:30. Dr. W.W. Case will preach on “The Abbot and the Devil’’ at the Howard-street Methodist Church this morning and at the evening . service his theme will be ‘‘The Saloon-Keeper’s Ledger.” There will be a x{r{nse service preceding the sermon and isses Pearl and Maud Noble will render selections on the cornet and trombone. They will also give a vocal duet, and J. F. Fleming, the barytone, will sing “The Lost Chord.” The Presbyterian Occidental Board of Missions will give a farewell reception at the Presbyterian Mission on Sacramento street to the Misses Oneatt on Monday afternoon. the 2d prox,, from 3 to 5 o’clock. The meeting of thé Bay conference of the Congregational churches and minis- ters, which has been postponed several times, will be held at Haywards on the 2d prox. Dr. Williams’ series of discourses on “Things That Stand” having aroused much interest on the part of the ministry and laity alike that subject has been chosen for discussion. Dr. Goodell has been re- uested to speak on the same subject on that occasion. Dr.C. 0. Brown will be the third speaker. Dr. Williams will give the third of his series of sermons in an- swer to the .arguments of skepties this evening at Plymouth Church. He will an- swer the question, ““The Fotundations of Faith. Will They Stand?”” His morning discourse will be on “Faith Conquering Fear.” +‘Was Christ a socialist?” is the question which the Instituteof Applied Christianity will discuss on Tuesday evening. The California French Christian Union will hold its annual meeting in this City the first week in October, Abram H. Cannon of Salt Lake City, one of the twelve apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, spent a few days in this City last week, and is now at Los Angeles. He is conferring with other ecclesiastics of the State in regard to the practicability of establishing a mission in Japan. John Beck and W. T. Beattie, Utonians equally prominent in business and church matters, will address the Latter-day Saints at Calanthe Hall this afternoon and even- ing. fiev. Thomas Filben, pastor of the First Methodist_Episcopal Church, will givea review of Drummond’s ‘‘Ascent of Man,” at the Methodist preachers’ meeting to- morrow. Rev. Campbell Coyle will address the Presbyterian Ministerial Union to-morrow. The efficacy of faith cure was discussed by NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. RIBBONS! RIBBONS! R0 Nty o s . S S A T M T AT T s TR e e e 3 We have now on exhibition our complete stock of NEW RIBBONS FOR FALL 1895 and will offer this week 3000 pieces Super- fine Quality Satin and Gros=Grain. Ribbons at the following LOW PRICES! 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Niles, who is engaged in the hospital at Canton, China, writes that there is much disquiet in the city, which promises to break forth into open disturb- ance. The presbytery of Oakland has called a convention to be held at the First Presby- terian Church on Thursday and Friday. The meeting has been specially called for a discussion of “The Hoiy Spirit.” Dr. Robert F. Coyle preached to a large audience in the First Presbyterian Church of Oakland last Sunday evening on ‘‘Fools for Christ’s Sake.” There will be a meeting of the San Fran cisco Presbytery at the Howard Presbyte- rian Church to-morrow at 2p. w. for the further consideration of missionary work. Mr. Ladd is the new tenor at Saint Luke’s Cathedral. THE GRAVE OF "HIGHLAND MARY.” Probably.in all Scotland there does not’ stand another such touching monument as that erected to the memory of the sweet- heart of Robert Burns. Many are the feet used to treading American soil that yearly find their way to this shrine in far-away Greenocks. The path winding to it is worn with travel. The grave liesin the west Kirkland, not amid the heather and the wild banks as loved by ‘‘Highland Mary,” but surrounded by the turmoil of busy. city life and clouded over with smoke from passing river. boats and hundreds of sur- rounding chimneys. It is now more than a hundred years since this generous soul sacrificed her life for her brother, nursed him through a dangerous fever, to which she herself succumbed. . Brave soul indeed to thus imperil her life, which, at this time, had become par- ticularly bright to her, bwing to her en- agement to the poet. Her life had never eretofore been especially light, owing to poverty, which necessitated her working as a domestic. The large, white mansion where she was thus engaged still stands at Cailsfield, and it was there the poet first saw and fell in love with her. Her spin- ning-wheel, the Bible her lover gave her andsupon which they said theif vows, and a lock of her long, bright hair are kept by Alloway's “haunted kirk” as cherished me- mentos. 1t is more than finygenru ago <ince a monument was erected by sub- cription to the memory of *‘Highland Mary.” The monument is of marble, twelve feet high, being a sculptured medallion, which represents in relief Burnsand Mary plight- ing, with clasped hands, their vows. Be- neath the medallion are the words: Erected over thegrave of Highland Mary. “ My Mary, dear departed shade heré is thy place of blissful rest?” —LADY NORTH. e Maguire on Natural Taxation. Congressman James G. Maguire will deliver an address before the Single-tax Society of this City this evening at Foresters’ Hall, 102 O’Far- rell street. His subject will be “Natural Taxa- tion.” This will probably be the last lectureof Judge Maguire before the local gociety prior to his departure East, where he is to take an ac- tive part in the single-tax campaign now wag- ing in the State of Delaware. A large audience is anticipated for the lecture this evening, not only because Judge Maguire iz a very enter- taining speaker, but because of his perfect mas- tery of the subject chosen for him. ———————— Military Papers Consolidated. The current issue of the Pacific American contains the following interesting announce- ment: TO OUR PATRONS. ‘With this issue the Pacific American consolidates with the Western Military Gezette, published by George A. Helmore, who' thereby obtains an in- terest In this paper. “Under the new order of things the National Guard will find their interests ad- vanced and guarded as zealously as ever, it being the aim of the Pacific American to foster to the fulest possible extent this branch of our National defense. This department will be under the im- mediate control of Mr. Helmore. The word topaz comes from the Greek verb, signifying to guess. The jewel was brought from the east, and reported to have come from an island, and men guessed at the location of the isle which produced such beautiful gems. 3 PHILAI]ELPHIA SHOE CO0 STAMPED ON A SHOE MEANS STANDARD OF MERIT. The tearing down of the bailding at Third and Market streets and the erection of the fence has more or less interfered with our trade, and we know it; but we are after business and we are going to get it. We will sellshoes at such a price thatit wil] be money in the pockets of our custom. ersto trade with us. All we want Is a trial, and a visit to our store will more than convince a cus- tomer that we are in earnest.’ Call and examine our styles and prices, and you will receive courteous treatment, even if yon do not buy. We are now making a special drive of Ladies’ Extra Fine Don- gola Kid Button Snoes, with either kid or cloth tops, circilar vamps and heel foxings: Razor Toes and Long Pointed Patent Leather Tips, which we ‘will sell for $ 2 .3 5 ‘These shoes are the very latest in style and are guaranteed for wear., The cloth Is a fast black and will not fide, while the soles are pliable and require 10 breaking in. These shoes retail regularly for §3 We are also making a special sale of Ladies’ Fing Russet Goat Oictord: Ties, with poiated toes and tipsand stitched French heels, which we will se T B S0 Ties are nobby in appearance and are neat- n{ffl&':na guaranteed to wear. They have hand- turned soles and are free from tacks and nails. Their regular price is $3. 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