The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 22, 1895, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1895 THE KING OF ROUND VALLEY'S DENIALS, GEORGE E. WHITE TALKS OF THE LONG HISTORY OF MURDER, THINKS IT IS GROTESQUE HE SAYS HE BELIEVES THE BLOODY | STORY CAME FROM HIS WIFE'S LAWYERS, THE HORRORS NOT ALL TOLD. ACCORDING TO ATTORNEY LINFORTH | THERE WAs STILL MORE DEVIL- TRY IN ROUND VALLEY. The story of the Round Valley crimes | published in yesterdey morning’s CALL | startled San Francisco. That within a few bundred miles of this City such a history should be enacted seemed to most persons incredible. George | ‘White, the **King of Round Valley,” as he walked on the street wasa marked man, and people peered into his face to see if there was written there evidence of the | working on and off.” docino County. This 1s also ridiculous. Why, the Judges in that part of the coun- try are as straight as in any other section of the State. All I ask is let them try to prove that I have ever been up before a jury. except in a civil case. “In THE CALL some time ago they ac- cused me of putting $15,000 worth of prop- erty in Littlefield’s hands. Now I want to say that I never spoke to Littlefield in my life and never saw him unrtil this spring, when he was arrested for cattle-stealing in Covelo. He wasstealing for Guinn—shoot- ing the cattle down. In Humboldt and Trinity he was looked upon as a thief. Sheriff Brown of Humboldt, to whom I talked to-day, said: ‘We know this man; he had a bad reputation; he wasa bad man.’ Now, on the conirary, Vinton, who was shot by Littiefield, bore the reputation during the four years he was there of being a quiet, working and peaceable man. He herded sheep for three vears, and he did it in good shape. We knew one thing, and that was that sheep and cattle were going. We found them shot down on the ground. We also knew that three men were doing it—Palmer, Groggory and Littlefield. Last winter these three men fell out, and this man Greggory quit them. His mother and his friends prevailed upon him to lead a dif- ferent life. Since that time he has been Here Mr. Costello interposed a question: “Did the killing of Littlefield and Vinton have anv connection with the divorce case?’ “Nothing whatever,”” Mr. White replied. ‘It was a simple case of cattle- George E. White, the King of Round Valley. [From a photograph.] knowledge of the crimes that have made one of the fairest spots in all California a synonym for murder and worse. But George White is not the sort of man whose thoughts are written in his face— the man who could not remdin impassive when such a record was read would never have gone through the reign of the torch, the poison phial and the bullet and been king of Round Valley all these years. George White has the strong tanned face of the frontiersman; the kind of face that seems more in keeping with the rude sur- rounlings of a cattle ranch than with a broadcloth suit and a city. Butit isnota face that tells whether the man is one to whom such horrors as have been pub- lished are familiar or not. He was not worried over the disclosures, apparently not even indignant that his name should be mentionea in the same article that described the cold-blooded deviltry of Wylackie John, the assassina- tion of Jim Williams, the conspiracy that resulted in the killing of the McPhersons, husband and wife, the ambushing ‘and death of George Eggleson, the poisoning of Staggs, the perjury, the hounse-burning, the slaughter of Jack Littlefield while he was unarmed and riding in the custody of men who were bringing him in the name of the law to answer for a murder which his friends say another man com- mitted. George E. White has heard the long story of blood and cruelty before. It seemed neither to shock nor to surprise him. “Why, this is perfectly ridiculous; that isali I can say about it. It reads like a burlesque.” This was the cattle king’s comment on TrE CaLy's account of the Rouna Valley feuds, the last incident of which was the killing of Littlefield. The conversation took place at the office of Mr. White's attorneys, Messrs, Henley & Costello, in the First National Bank block. Mr. Henley is out of town, but will be back to-morrow morning. He has had charge of all the cattle king’s legal affairs, but in his absence Mr. Costello assisted his elient. “These charges have been published be- fore,” said Mr. White. *I can only put them down to the attorneys of Mrs. White, whose action against me is now pending before tbe Supreme Court and is almost ready for a decision. Let me say right here and now that I deny all the main points made in THE CALL of yesterday and to-day. I have just read to-day’s account, and, as I said before, it reads like a bur- lesque. So far as killing people or having them killed is concerned the charge can simply be described as ridiculous,” and Mr. White laughed. Continuing the cattle king said: “The suit before the Supreme Court is only on a question of property. The fight was begun in 1885 and has been going on ever since. “Take that story in this morning’s CaLL about the conspirators meeting in the or- chard. This is false in every detail. I defy the man who said these things to prove anything of the kind. I am a man 62 years of age and I was never in my life accused before any jury, with one excep- tion, vears and years ago, when I was ac- cused of tearing down a man’s house. They indicted twelve men, and I was one of them. I was acquitted of the charge. “Now, about my owning the Judge and jury and every other court official in Men- ‘Wylackie John was his principal lieuten- ant. He had worked for him on and off, but Charles Kendrick was the only super- intendent he had in a number of years. Mr. White had been acquainted with Wy- lackie John for over thirty years, but says he lived twenty-five miles away from him. Mr. Costello then asked: “Had all this anything to do with the White divorce case?’ referring to the long and bloody record. “No,”” answered White, “Wylackie John’s killing is the only connection in the case.” Mr. White gave it as his firm opinion that stories published in newspapers had some weight, and reiterated his assertion that the publications concerning him were made with a view of influencing the Supreme Court. He further said that the story regarding the rendezvous at the ‘Wilson House was to some extent true. “I will tell you,” he said, **just how it occurred. “There was a man named Brick McPherson who went to Wylackie John and told him that he had had criminal relations with Frankie White. Wylackie brought him to me and I told him I did not believe that he could even talk with ner. To prove that he was able to do this he went into her room in the presence of Wylackie. Then, afterward, he said that he could take her to any place he wanted. He would take her to Vallejo. That was a decoy. I bad afriend at that time named James Keller, whois now in Denver. I had intended to follow them to Vallejo, but my friend said, ‘This is a put-up job; they want to kill you.” Well, we went to Vallejo and knocked at the door of the room where they were, but we did not burst the door open. I suppose they would have shot me if I had. That was simply a decoy.” The White divorce caseis pending in the Supreme Court. This is the case of which Judge Wilson said, in deciding the case against White, that it was without parallel in thbe history of California for perjury and the shocking character of the testimony, and that every witness for the cattle king had apparently received his reward or ex- pected to. ‘‘ ‘Yes, beautiful; but O God!” "* quoted Walter Linforth, Mrs. Frankie White's attorney, from the account of the splendid valley that man’s cruelty and greed has made horrible. He quoted the remark made by the stage-driver when he reached the summit overlooking the beautiful valley and halted to give his horses a breathing spell. “That phrase expresses it all,” he con- tinued, ‘‘but as to the story so graphically crime and horror has not been half fold yet. It would require chapters. A vol- ume is necessary to do it justice. ‘It is a terrible story, and THE CALL has not overdrawn or over-colored a single detail. Mrs. White was in to-day, and after reading the article she said in her quiet way that it was truthful as to detail and not a fact was included that could not be veritied. She has lived through many of the tragedies enumerated in the article, and knows better than any one, perhaps, what a power is exercised in_that country v the ‘Cattle King,’ her ex-hnsband. ‘ ‘Beautiful, but O God.” That isan apt phrase. It isa beautiful spot, magnificent in its scenic variety and attractiveness, but O God, the crimes that have been committed in the lovely valley make one shudder. It has been the hot bed of conspiracy, | bloody, ruthless, murderous conspiracy, and THE CALL merits the thanks of all | California for showing up to the world the true ctate of affairs in that blotted section of our fair State. The character of Wylackie John isieven blacker than it has been painted. “Another thing THE CALL failed to note Ma FRANKIE WHITE, THE WIFE WHO FIGURES IN THE BLOODY SIORY. [From a potograph.] stealing. Mrs. White is trying to make it appear that these murders and lynchings grew out of the divorce case. The supposi- tion is that these cattie-thieves fell out. I have no doubt that this is the truth.” ““Was Jim Williams connected with you in any way ?”’ Mr. Costello asked. “‘His name was not Jim Williams; it was Billy,”’ replied White. “He was a half-breed. and did not amount to any- thing. He was not connected with me in any way.” This is the way they tell the story of Wil- liams’ death in Round Valley: He was a witness against Perry, who runs the White saloon in Covelo. Perry’s alleged offense was selling liquor to Indians. One night about two months ago Jim Williams was sitting with his wite in his cottage. The lamps were lit, the children had been put to bed, Jim had lit his pipe, and there was a cry outside. Some one called his name. He laid down his pipe and went out. His wife heard some one speak from a little distance, as though calling him to come nearer. A moment later two shots were fired, followed by the quick tramp of horses’' feet that rapidly became indistinct and died away. She went to the door and called: “Jim ! Turned from the bright lamplight into the night her eyes could distingnish noth- ing. With her hands stretched out before her she went groping down the garden, calling: “Jim!” “Jim1” Her foot touched his dead body lying in the path. She stooped, turned it over and felt his face, covered with warm blood. *Is it not a fact that a war has long been waged against cattle thieves in your sec- tion of the country?” was Mr. Costello’s next question to his client. “Yes, that is so,” said White. The cattle king gave a description of the death of Wylackie John at the Gibson House, Covelo. He said that John had his back turned to Clarence White and had his right hand on the door. The doctors testified that Wylackie John could not have seen Clarence White pointing his re- volver at him. Mr. White denied that | is that the Coroner’s jury in the case of | poor Jack Littlefield was composed exclu- lslvcly _of White's men. There were the | four Van Horn brothers, Greggory. tried for attempting to murder Littlefield, Sim- mons, one of White’s men who signed the | lease with Vinton as a witness when White let his nephew Rohrbough have certain properties in order to avoid the payment of Mre. White's alimony. The others were | also White’s men. The lease to Rohr- | bough was antedated a year for the pur- pose of fraud. There is no doubt in my | mind, or in the minds of others interested |in the case, that Littlefield was murdered in cold blood. All the facts and evidence point that way. When Vinton was shot be sent word to Rohrbough that he was ‘shot througn and through, to send a doc- torand a man to look after the cattle.’ Now if these were not White’s cattle why did he send to Rohrbough for a man to | look after them? They were in together, but l\\'mton'a intended victim was too quick. ‘‘Clarence White, Miss White's brother, who killed Wylackie John, is one of the coolest men I ever saw. One day he was sitting on the porch of the Gibson House when a man, whom White had commis- sioned to do him up, approached with a club-like cane over his shoulder. He be- gan abusing young White for the purpose of getting “an opportunity to brain him, but the latter saw his point and talked to ain time. When the other man was off is guard for a moment Clarence sprang at his throat and drew his revolver. The other, much to the surprise of all observers, escaped with hislife. “Attempts have been made on young White's life several times, but he has alwndyu been able to out-maneu- ver the intended assassins. ! “The ‘Cattle King’ is here now on one of his periodical visits. Whenever things get too warm for him at his principality e takes up his headquarters in the me- tropolis for a month or two, or until there is a blowover of the excitement. But, W thall that has been written, many per- sons do not yet fully understand the real cause of the trouble. With all of White's holdings in acquired Government land some of the sections are wmiles apart. On these vacant sections White's cattle roam, feed and ruminate at will, the same as on his own lands. If a settler comes in and fences off his honestly obtainea 160 acres schemes are at once concocted to get him outof the country. Hence the history of arson, perjury and murder.” told in THE Cary, let me say the story of | C. B, STONE, THE FAVORITE REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IN CONFERENCE. THEY EXPRESS PREFERENCE. CHOICE FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, VICE THE LATE A. J. MOULDER. The indications are now that Charles B. Stone, one of the Republican members of the Board of Education; will be the succes- sor of the late City and County Superin- tendent of Common Schools, A. J. Moul- der. Yesterday morning there was a confer- ence at the instance of Director H. T. Scott of the Republican members of the board. There were present: Directors Dodge, Hawley, Henderson, McElroy, Murdock, Scott and Stone, the only absentee being Director Scott. Directors Ambrose, Carew, Clinton and Comte, being Democrats, were not invited. The purpose of the conference was to ob- tain an expression of opinion as to who ought to be chosen to succeed the late Superintendent. Upon consultation it was discovered that the candidates for the position were Charles B. Stone; C. 8. Young, who was the Republican candidate before the people, but defeated by Moulder, and Madison Babcock, who for some time past has been Deputy Superintendent. There was some discussion as to the merits and qualifications of the respective candidates. = It was stated that Young, having been defeated, was the logical can. didate to fill the office. Then it was urged that he had not been in touch with practi- cal education for a number of years, and at the same time it was stated that Stone, as_chairman of the Classification Com- miitee, had a thorough knowledge of the needs of the department, and was familiar with its workings, as for about four months precedine the death of Mr. Moulder he had practically dlrected the department. It was also stated in his favor tbat he is an energetic, positive man, with good busi- ness qualification, and that during the time he has been in the board he has de- veloped wonderful executive ability. Deputy Superintendent Babcock was mentioned at the conference, but he did not seem to have any supporters when the announcement was made that if Stone were chosen Babcock would be reap- pointed deputy, and that, it was said, was a good position. A remarkable fact was mentioned and that was that a few days since Stone met Babcock on the street and said to him, “If I should be elected I will appoint you my deputy. ‘‘Strange,” said Babcock, I was on my way to call on you to inform you that if I was elected I would apsoing you as m{ deputy.” uring the conference it was hinted that the Republican County Committee might want to have something to say as to who should secure the place, and it was also said that Young was backed by the South- ern Pacific in his fight for the place, but there was an expression of opinion that the board will act for the best interest of the department, and will not be dictated to in the matter. There was a call for expression of prefer- ment, not in the nature of a caucus vote, but that each one present announce his preference. Mr. Stone was by reason of the position he occupies as a candidate silent. Five announced that be was their choice, while the other said that he must declare for Young, “but,” he added, “'I promised to do this much_for that candi- date, and having done so, I feel free to say now that Stone is my choice.” It needs but seven votes to elect. Stone has six_members who will surely vote for him. Director Barrett will, it is believed, vote with his party, and Director Comte has declared that he will cast his vote for Stone. That would give him eight votes, which will insure his election. Two of the other Democratic members have stated that they knew of no reason whyv Stone should not be elected and that they in- clined to vote for him to make him feel that he had the confidence of all his fellow- members, or at least ten-twelfths of them. The election for Superintendent will be held on the 30th inst., and unless some- thing unusual should occur between now and then Stone will be chosen to fill the unexpired term of fourteen months. HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL AGAIN GRAPPLE WITH THE PROBLEM, SEVERAL PROTESTS FILED AGAINST CONTEMPLATED STREET WORK. At the meeting of the Board of Super- visors yesterday another effort was made to limit the height of future buildings, Mayor Sutro handed in a veto against the expenditure of $10,000 for an official map of the City and County and the Grand Jury offered a proposed ordinance to puta quarterly license of $3 on all billfard, pool and combination tables and bowling-alleys used by the public. Supervisor Taylor made another stout effort to have the height of future build- ings limited inside of 100 feet, and in part he succeeded. Again he urged that high builaings depreciated surrounding prop- erty, lowered rents in adjacent buildings. shut out the sunlight from the opposite side of the street and threatened public life in times of fire or earthquake. His motion to kill the proposed ordinance was lost by a vote of six to six. He asked that it be sent back to the committee for future consideration, and it was so ordered. The last move of the board was to limit the height to 130 feet on streets more than 100 feet wide. On streets less than 100 feet wide the outside limit on height was placed at 100 feet. The tendency of the board now seems in the direction of limiting the height to 100 feet. There are still several stout advocates, however, for “no limit.” The clerk was instructed to advertise for bids on a railroad franchise asked for by the Southern Pacific Company on Division and York streets, along Division street to Sixteenth, across Sixteenth to Harrison to an intersection of tne main line of the Southern Pacific Railroad at a point between Sixteentn and Seventeenth streets. Mayor Sutro’s veto of the order provid- ng $10,000 for an official map of the City was regularly received. _ objections were that the Merchants’ Association had volunteered to do the work for $5000 and that the public had not been given a chance to compete for the work. & The chances are that the majority in the Board of Supervisors will go straight ahead, spend the money and pay no atten- tion to tbe veto. James Cottle was appointed driver of the patrol wagon of the Seventeenth-street station to fill the place made vacant by the retirement of John Donohue. The Grand Jury has suggested to the Board of Bupervisors that an ordinance be framed to impose a license of $3 per quarter on all billiard tables, 1 tables, combination tables and bowling - alleys used in saloons or public resorts. . John Nagle objected to the character of work bein§ done on Fell street, between Laiauna and Buchanan. Referred to com- mittee. The following protests were referred to the Btreet Comgzmee: Paving Shrader street, from Haight to Page; paving Cole street, from Haight to Page; sew- ers on Buchanan street, batween ermann and Waller; paving of Masonic avenue, from Haight to Waller; stone sidewalk on Oak street, between Fillmore and Webster; paving Bryant street, between Twenty-first and Twen- ty-second; grading Californis avenue, from Lizzie to Eugenia; paving Seventeenth street, from_Castro to Douglass; sidewalk on Church street, from Twenty-fourth to Twenty-fifth. The Superintendent of Streets asked for the rejection of all bids for paving Eight- eenth street, from Castro to Collingwood. STATE LABOR BUREAU. Positions Found for One Hundred and Seventy-Five People. It was a busy day yesterday in the State’s Free Labor Bureau. The registration for work was as large as usual and positions were found for 175 peonle who want em- ployment. Of these 108 men were sent to the Mountain mine in Shasta County. Places were found for twenty carpenters and twenty women and girls, A large number of orders for bookkeepers and clerks have been received and fillea. The Labor Commissioner of Kansas has sent to Commissioner Fitzgerald for all of the data concerning the Free Labor Bureau. The Kansas' official writes that the success of the local bureau has been spoken of so favorably that he desires to present to the next Kansas Legislature a petition for an additional appropristion, so that he may establish in that State a free labor bureau for the benefit of the unemployed similar to the California institution. VOTNG STOCK BY PRONY, RAISING A POINT THAT MAY " AFFECT ALL MINING COR- PORATIONS, CONSOLIDATED CALIFORNIA AND VIRGINTA DIRECTORS SHOWN A NEGLECTED Law. Theodore Fox and Henry G. Sieberst, owners of one share each of the stock of the Consolidated California and Virginia Mining Company, created quite a stir at the annual meeting of that company yes- terday when the time came to elect a board of directors. The motion was made to proceed to an election, when Sieberst, who is attorney for Fox, notified the meeting that the elec- tion could not be held, for the reason that the shares represented did not appear upon the books of the company in the names of thereal owners—in other words, that the certificates of stock had not been legally 1ssued. He then offered a written notice, in which the following occurred: To Messrs. Charles H. Fizh, George R. Wells, Cornelius O’ Connor, Nat T. Messer and H. Zadig, Directors of the Consolidated California_and Vir- ginia_Mining Company—GENTLEMEN: On_Octo- ber 15, 1894, you were declared elected direct- ors of the Consolidated Callfornia and Virginia Mining Company upon the proxies of persons having no beneficial or real ownership in the stock, and that you may not again proceed to hold an election in the same unlawful manner and for the same purposes, on this 21st day of October, A.D, 1895, I will respectiully call your attention to so much of the act entitled “An act for the further protection of stock- holders in mining companies” (approved April 23, 1880) as applies to the books of min- ing companies and elections held thereunder, viz.: Sec. 2. All stock in ench and every mining cor- poration in this State shall stand in the books of said comi owners of such stock or in tees of such real owners: but in every case where such stock shall stand in the name of a trustee the party for whom he holds such stock in trust shall be designated upon such books and also in the body of the certificate of such stock. Sec. 3. It shall not be lawful for any such cor- oration, or the secretary thereof, to close the ks of said corporation more than two days prior to the day of any election. At such election the stock of sald corporation shall be voted by the bona-fide owners thereof, as shown by the books of said corporation, unless the certificate of stock, duly indorsed, be’ produced at such election, in which case sald certificates shall be deemed ‘the highest evidence of ownership, and the holder thereot shall be entitled to vote the same. Your company does not ke2p books contain- ing the names of the real owners of such stock or any book in which are the names of the real owners of such stock or the stock standing in the name of the trustees of such real owners, or the party for whom he holds such stock in trust is not designated in or upon any books of sald company. It does notappear from your stock ledger or stock certificate that any stock has been issued by the corporation in the name of the trustee and the party for whom he holds such stock in trust. We also object to certain firms and individ- uals voting upon the ground or grounds that they have no beneficial or real interest what- ever in the shares of stock of the corporation, the Consolidated California and Virginia Min- ing Company; that they are not the real own- ers of the stock or shares of stock purported to be issued to them; that they are not the bona- fide owners thereof, or of any part thereof; and that the books of the company nor the certificated shares of the capital stock pur- ported to be held by them do not designate for whom they hold said shares of stock; and it does not appear from the proxy or_ proxies so given by the said individual or individuals, firm or firms, that they were given by the bona-fide owners thereof. Yours truly, etc., THEO FoX, the owner of 135 shares of stock of the Consolidated California and Virginia Mining Company’s stock ; H. G. BIEBERST, the owner of 100 shares of stock of the Consolidated California and Virginia Mining Company. ‘When a motion was made to elect direc- tors Denis Kearny seconded the motion. Seiberst objected on the ground that the books did not show_that he was a stock- holder. Thereupon Kearny declared that he has 500 shares of the stock locked up in an iron vault. The objection was over- ruled, as was one made by Seiberst when H. Zadig, broker, offered to vote 6000 shares, which he did not have with him. Objection to every act was made by Fox an& Beiberst for the purpose of taking steps to have declared illegal the election held during the afternoon, & The old board, with two exceptions, was re-elected. These were J. W. Twigg, sec- retary of the Andes Mining Company, vice Cornelius O’Connor, and T. H. Fish, brother of the president, in place of George R. Wells. A % In support of the position taken by Seib- erst he quoted the following from the twenty-third New Jersey equity reports: An election is not legal if the list of stock- holders exhibited and acted upan on the day of election is not a true list of stockholders, and known not to be such by the parties who exhibit it and who vote upon it. Stockholders who are not such at the day an election s held cannot vote, althongh they were_stockholders at the day on which it should have been held. At the meeting 130,000 shares were reg- resented by proxy, 135 by Fox, 100 by Seib- erst and 21 by the directors. A Boy Tramp. Henry Carter, 17 years of age, was arrested on Saturday for vagrancy. He appeared before Judge Conlan yesterday morning, and in an- swer to the Judge said he was a native of New Hampshire and had run away from home two years ago. He had tramped all over the coun- try since then. He had been offered a job in & box_factory here, but he declined it, as the work did not suit him. The Boys' and Girls’ Aid Society had refused to take him in, and he expressed & willingness to goto the Whittier Reformatory. The Judge gave him 50 cents, and told him to go and look for a job. ——————— The Fire Record. A small blaze in s blacksmith-shop in the rear of 619 Front street caused an alarm fro box 19 at 9:30 last night. ks The fire resulted ~from live dumped iuto a barrel. The dam Firo caused & damage of about Union Clothing store at 12 morning. couls g;is%g was . 1000 in the 45 o'clock this —————— UsE our Bank Stock pads for figuring pur- s. As salt to the system, so is Bank Stock or the eyes. The Mysell-Rollins C: Clay st., make millions of bank ;ld? Ranyi 2 SOCIETY AND MRS, BOOTH THE SALVATIONIST EXPLAINS HER MISSION TO THE CHANNING AUXILIARY. TELLS OF “ROUGH DIAMONDS.” ASTONISHING LAST REQUEST OF A MURDERER — CAMPAIGN AGAINST SIN, Mrs. Ballington Booth lectured yesterday before the Channing Auxiliary in the par- lors of Dr. Stebbins’ church. The rooms were filled with elegantly dressed women who had come to hear something about the Salvation Army, its work inthe slums, and the roughs and toughs with whom, up to the present, its work has been most concerned. It was like a message from another world to most of the fashionable women to listen to Mrs. Booth telling her experiences among people against whom they would hesitate to brush their silken skirts in the street. The speaker began by assuring her hear- ers that much latent good lay in even the most brutish of these outcasts. She nar- rated an experience that was evidently personal of a ruffian who had slain another man in a drunken brawl and who was con- demned to death. He was callous to all emotion, till a woman managed to reach his better feelings and he repented, osten- sibly at least. “They offered to grant him a last re- quest before he died,” said Mrs. Booth. “Iexpected he would ask for some deli- cacy to eat, something to gratify his animal nature; but what he said was, ‘I should like to put my little baby to sleep once more’; and they brought the little child to his cell. He rocked it to sleep be- fore going to the gallows. “When you see father love such as this existing in a brutal criminal it should surely show you that there is something of the divine existing in the man. I could tell you wonderful and romantic stories about our saloon experiences, for in New York we hold as many services in the saloons as in the barracks, and many drunken waifs have been brought back to honesty and respectability through this branch of the work. It is because the army can show some practical, tangible results that people all over the country are beginning to take an interest 1n it.” Mrs. Booth gave a general sketch of the army system, showing how the soldiers are seli-supporting, how the officers hav their own little homes and how the bar- racks is not, as is often supposed, a dwell- ing-house for the saivationists, but merely a place for holding services—a church so to speak. Each dollar spent is accounted for and each corps is generally self-sup- porting. “We do not go about merely arousing people to repentance and then leaving them. Where we plant our flag we plant it to stay. In the slums our officers win their way by their work, by nursing and feeding and scrubbing in the filthiest tenement-houses. We e some method in our madness in the Salvation Army. Money is earned for necessary ex- penses, but from the commander-in-chief down to the smallest officer lives of pov- erty are lived for the world’s sake. Our difficulty is o make the officers accept enough for their necessities.”’ The apparent sensationalism of Salva- tion Army methods was explained by say- ing that it had been thought wise to learn a lesson from the plays, the variety shows that interested the multitude. ‘‘People will flock to hear something new, some- thing exciting, and is religion always to be dead? Music, for instance, belongs to the Lord, not to the devil; thatis why we take the Jatest popular songs, things that catch the ear, and adopt eievating words to them. You would be surprised to find that some of the people who are the most cultured and have the most of this world’s goods shave strayed into our halls and have been carried away by our music.” A touching description was given of the ‘“‘hopeiess, homeless outcasts” in the Bow- ery, and Mrs. Booth described, in power- ful words, the awful condition of filth and misery i which some of these poor wretches exist. I do not believe in pub- lishing the seamy side of things, but I think it as well to let those who know nothing about it have some idea of the real condition of things occasionally,” and the eloquent salvationist certainly gave the fashionable women beifore her no excuse for languishing any longer in ignorance. One story alone, about an unfortunate cripple, whose bed had not been made for three years,was sufficient in itself to arouse the desire to take soap and water into the slums. The rescue-work was described, the sal- vationist reminding her wealthy sisters that the good and pure of her own sex are not generally the ones willing to extend a helping hand to a fallen woman. “But my, opinion of rescue work is that if anim- pure woman is ever to be reached and touched it is by a pure woman.” The lecture concluded with an account of the Salvation Army Auxiliary League, which those present were invited to join. Mrs. Booth afterward took a drive out to the CIiff to visit Mayor Sutro. Judge Campbell Uneasy. Judge Campbell has recently been receiving daily a letter or postal-card from a correspond- ent who signed himself Andros Lzuchanck. They were written in half German and half English, and neither the Judge nor any one else could interpret them. The Judge thought the contents of the letters might be threats to blow him up with dynamite, and began to feel uneasy. Yesterday the Hungarian Consul calmed his fears by telling him that his corre- spondent is a harmless crank. e To-day is the second and, for the present, the last— SPECIAL SILVERWARE DAY at the Hammersmith & Field AUCTION You don’t have to stand around and wait for your chance. Whatever you select from the magnificent display will be offered at once and SOLD—no matter how absurdly low the highest bid is, DAILY AT 2 P. M. NEW TO-DAY. My name is Grippe, Cold, Sore Throat or any other result of wet feet. There’s only one way to circumvent me. Wear Buckingham & Hecht’s Nova Scotia Seal Cork Sole Shoes Absolutely Waterproof Men’S. . :..o.ciciena 2500 Women’s...........$3.50 Boys’.....$2.50 and $3.00 Misses’. .. oo viecs van DAY Child’s....$1.25and $1.50 Our Illustrated Catalogue sent free to | any address. Kasts 738-740 Market Street GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. EPPS’S COCOA BREAKFAST-SUPPER ‘RY A THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF THE natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and_by a caretul applica- tion of the fine properties of well-selected Cocon. Mr. Epps has provided for ourbreakfast and supper a dellcately fl v many hea use of such artic be gradually built up until strong e every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are fioating around us, ready to attack wherever there s a weak point. may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well forti- fled with pure blood and s properly nourished trame.”—Clvll Service Gazette. Made simply with boj ouly in halt pound tins JAMES EPPS & © Chemists, London, ng water or milk. Sold y grocers, labeled thus: Ltd., Hommopathig ngland. BARGAINS IN WALL PAPER, ROOM TOLDINGS AND WINDOW SHADES, Large Stock of Fine Pressed Papes at Less Than Cost. Paper-hanging, Tinting and Frescoing. 811 MARKET STREET. OME TO US AND YOU WILL NOW the most wondertul bargains in_cholce MEN'S WOOL UNDERWEAR everoffered in this market, LOOK! LOOK! REGULAR $3.00 SUITS, 2 cases BROWN DERBY RIBBED. FINF, HEAVY, PURE WOOL SHIRTS and DRAWERS, at 8714¢ each. 2 cases FINEST QUALITY, PURE WOOL, CAM+ EL'S-HAIR at $1 00—regular $2 00 suits. AND CAMEL'S-HAIR, plain eavy, fine wool, at 50c each. 2 cases BROWN DRAWERS il b; and ribbed, h TS Lac—worth twice that. NEW DEPARTMENT! Boys’ and Youths® Clothing! SPECIALS! EXTRA HEAVY KNEE PANTS at 25¢ a pair (all size: BOYS’ OVERCOATS at $1 5Q—half price. BOYS' REEFER SUITS at $1 50, §1 75, 32 00 and $2 50. ‘WOOL CHEVIOT SUITS, ages 4 to 14, at $2 00 \'ul?;nt's' LONG PANTS SUITS at $4 00; worth 50. ‘We also carry a large line of ME $1 50, $175 and $2 00—best 1 ADOLPH SCHOENFELD'S SHIRT DEPOT AND BOYS’ CLOTHING. 1316 MARKET ST., Directly Opposite Seventh. TAMAR INDIEN PANTS &t A 1axaiive refreshing fog fr\lhhlloznsnxe‘,‘ very agreeable (o take. CONSTIPATION hemorrhotds, bile, loss of appetite, gastric and intestinal troubles and headache srising from them. E. GRILLON, 33 Rue des Archives, Paris, Soid by all Druggists. PILLS! mmEANS Y