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16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1895. WHAT WAS [T MINNIE WILLIAMS KNEW? Did She See Durrant and Blanche Lamont on ‘ April 3. MOTIVEFOR HERMURDER ‘ A Theory Coincident With the| Story of Frank Young of Alameda. | Durrant, who seemed to which Mrs. McKay describes so graphi- cally was peculiar to Miss Williams. d habit of hers,” said Mrs. McMurr: o shake her finger at any | one with whom she was conversing ear- | nestly, and I can easily believe that the | woman who used that gesture while stand- ing in front of the churcn was Minnie | Williams, and that what she said was, ‘Theodore Durrant, I know vou had some- thing to_do with the disappearance of Blanche Lamont.””’ Mrs. M. Mower of 2726 Howard street is one of the number who saw Durrant at the ferry on the afternoon of April 12. She went to the wharf about 3:40 to go to Yountvilie, and exchanged il:eliugs with waiting for somebody or something. Durrant did not seem disturbed by the | number or proposed evidence of the various HER OWN PECULIAR GESTURE.! Dr. Moody, the Girl's Physician, Tells | an Interesting Story — Mrs. Mower’s Testimony. “If Durrant did kill Minnie Williams | why did he do it?” is asked by many persons interested in the crime. | The statement of Frank Young, the| an, which was published in yester- | ALL. has thrown a new light on the | His story, taken with the testi- | mony of Clark H. Morgan, which was | given at the Coroner’s inguest, furnishe:; the likeliest kind of a motive why the man | who murdered Blanche Lamont should | have wished Minnie Williams out of the | way. It was with the family of Clark H. Mor- gan that Minnie Williams made her home. He was a sort of foster-father to her, in fact would have been were she not be- | yond the age at which she could have been Jegally adopted. He thought as much of | her as of his own child, and she had a like confidence in him, and talked to him as| she might have done to her own famer.: She had told him of her relations to | Theodore Durrant, and had informed him | of an unpleasant experience she had had | with the now condemned student. Mr. Morgan went on the witness-stand at the Cororner’s inquest over the body of Minnie Williams and testified that she had | confided to him that Durrant had at one | time made an improper proposal to her. She told Frank Young in his store at Alameda the d before she was mur- dered, that she ‘‘knew too much about the disappearance of Blanche Lamont.” The inference, therefore, is that Minnie | ‘Williams was in San Francisco the 3d of | April; that she must have met Theodore | Durrant and Blanche Lamont together, and that he, in view of his recent con- viction of the murder of Blanche L: mont, must have decided to put her out of the way, remembering that he had offcred her an insult, and knowing be- cause of that fact and that she had seen him with his first vi he would be a most damaging witness against him should he be apprehended ,as he expected. . This 1s the theory of the motive for the kiliing of Minnie Williams as it will be | held by the prosecution, and to work it out the police are .n search of evidence to prove that Minnie Williams was in the City the afternoon of April 3, when Blanche Lamont was last seen alive. | The theory of the supposed meeting be- | tween Durrant, Blanche Lamont and Min- | nie Williams this: There is a period of" about twenty matter. inutes that has never been | accounted for when Durrant and Blanche | Lamont are supposed to have changed cars at Powell and Market streets. The time that must have been consumed in the journey from Powell and Market to | bi el Baptist Church, figuring from the time they were seen by Mrs. Caroline Lea. enter the churchyard gate, leaves an interval of perhaps twenty minutes | which, as stated s never been accounted | for. he theory, therefore, is that Minnie iams met the coupie during that in- terval. If such a meeting can be proven the motive for the commission of the sec- | ond crime will be reasonably established. When Minnie Williams said to Frank | Young. “I know too much about the dis- | appearance of Blanche Lamont,”” she did not say what she knew, but to thisin- quiry as to what it wasreturned an evasive answer and left store. Had she re- plied there is very little doubt she would | have said shewas in the City that after- noon in _"\{vril and had seen Blanche La- mont in the company of Theodore Dur- rant during that unaccounted-for interval. As yet no one has been found who saw Min Williams in the City the afternoon of April 3, but there is strong reason to believe she was nere, and the story of | Frank Young emphasizes the belief. If she was not here and did not see the } couple together how could she have known so much about Blanche Lamont's disap- | pearance? Mr. and Mrs. Clark H. Morgan, with whom Minnie Willams made ber home, | have moved to Tacoma, Wash., si murder. Mrs. Morgan was seer. at her | home in that city by a CALL correspondent { last evening She was not at that time | able to state positively whether the girl | was in the City that day, but said: “I am inclined to believe Minnie was in 8an Francisco that afternoon, although I cannot remember positively. I know she had friends _there whom she visited quit often and I remember of her speaking about them shortly before the 3d of April, saying she intended visiting them again soon, and I feel sure it was on April 3 that | she went to the City last on that mission.” | In view of Mrs. Morgan’s statemant it i believed some one will yet be found wh will remember seeing Minnie Williams in | the City that day, even if no one can be found who actually saw the three young | peoble together. | Mrs. A. B. Voy, from whose home the | unfortunate girl went forth to her death | on that April evening, is certain that she called on her subsequent to March 22, and 8 week or more before April 12. This call was in order to make arrangements for her stay in the City after Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Morgan should leave for Tacoma. Mrs, Voy has not yet been able to fix that date, but believes it was on or about April 3. Dr. Mary W. Moody of 2520 Howard street, who attended the girl when she was afflicted with lumbago a short time ago, remembers seeing her crossing Twenty- first street, 2t Mission, shortly before or after that date. She commented upon the girl's changed appearance, and thought she looked like one who had undergone a severe mental struggle. “She looked jaded and worn,” said the doctor, “and I could not but notice the change since I had last seen her. She passed on without recognizing me, but I could not banish the careworn little face from my mind.” Dr. Moody believes this was near the date of the first murder, but has not been able, as yet, to determine it. Mrs. William McMurray of 29261 Folsom street, in whose employ Minnie Williams was for several months, says the gesture new witnesses. “Asfior being seen at the ferry, I never denied being there,” he said, “and for the rest, General Dickinson is the one who will discuss its importance.” Referring to ‘‘certain unpleasant’’ ru- mors he said: “They have been trying for a long time to hatch up something against my family and myself, but have failed.” Mrs. Durrant will not be at her son’s | side, as usual, when the sentence is pro- nounced. *I do not care to let the public hq&e the satisfaction of gazing at me,”’ she said. SRS GOES OVER TILL JANUARY. Minnle Willlams’ Case Not to Be Tried Till Then—A Muddle May Result. The trial of Theodore Durrant for the murder ot Minnie Williams, it bas been definitely decided, will not go on until after the holidays. District Attorney Barnes had a conference yesterday with General Dickinson of Durrant’s counsel, and it was agreed that the case should go over until the middle of January, and that it might be called then or at any time there- after by the prosecution giving the de- fense two days’ notice. Mr. Barnes said last evening that he was fully decided to try the case, no matter what is the outcome of the motion for a new trial, which is to be made to-day when Durrant appears in Judge Murphy's court for sentence, his chiefreason being that he feels certain of securing another convic- tion. He wishes to push the trial before the witnesses have had time to scatter. Durrant will hardly be sentenced to-day, cv_ri{fi[z to the proposed motion for & new trial. Chief of Police Crowley does not believe in trying the Minnie Williams case. He, too, believes a man is civillv dead when under the deaih sentence and holds, there- fore, that the trial of Durrant the second time for murder while under such a sen- tence would be illegal. This opinion is, of course, in view of the expected denial of the motion for a new trial There is one possibility involved in the trying of the Williams case which offers good argument against proceeding with it. That is the possibility that the jury might disarree or acquit. Should the trial be had and a disagzreement or acquittal re- sult while the Lamont case is awaiting a | decision in the Supreme Court Durrant would have several years of life ahead of him in the muddle that would ensue, and out of which the Judges of the Supreme Bench would find serious difficulty in ex- tricating themselves. FOR A SEASIDE RESORT. Congregationalists Want One and Favor the Bella Vista Ranch. The Committee on Selecting a _Site Describe the San Mateo County Property. At the General Association of Congrega- tional Ministers and delegates which has been in session in Oakland, the committee, consisting of Rev. J. H. Warren and Messrs. J. L. Barker, D. Gilbert Dexter, Chester J. King and A. W. Starbird, ap- pointed to select a site for a Congregational seaside summer resort, recommended the purchase of the Bella Vista ranch in San Mateo County, about seventeen miles west of Redwood City. The idea is to have for the Congrega- tionalists what Pacific Grove is to the Methodists, and it has proved a very popu- lar one. The Bella Vista ranch contains 854 ac res and was once owned by Creed Haymond. It is mear the ocean—two miles on an air line, though to go by the road it is about twice as long. Being on rolling ground, it affords a magnificent view of the ocea The aistance to San Francisco is forty- ei%llt miles. X n recommending the site, the commit- tee yesterday submitted a report in detail, which was substantially as follows: The 854 acres are all inclosed with a substan- tial fence that cost $6000 and is now as good as new. There is a growth of forest timber cov- ering 200 acres, mostly redwood, with some medrone and tan-bark oak. Through the ranch the Corte Madera, a large body of water, runs with abundant flow the year round, There is ample preserve for deer, trout, quail and other game. There are five or more building sites where families or neighbors are to be grouped and be | far enough one from the other that frequent or occasional invitations can be enjoyed with all the zest of Christian companionship. One of these sites has an area of fifty acres, while others have room for ten to twenty families. For tenting and camping there are woody dells, lopes, lifts and retreats to satisfy all who pre- fer to be quiet and alone. The water supply, with the system of hy- drants and_tanks, cost not less than $10,000. The buildings on the property cost $11,900. There are eight miles of rondway and avenues in the tract, including a five-mile drive through the dense forests, which cost $6000. There are two fruit-bearing orchards embracing over thirty acres of piums, pears, apricots, peaches and apples. Strawberries, blackberries and huckleberries are plentiful. A four-mile drive brings one to a protected and besutiful beach which gives plenty of fishing and bathing. The climate and scenery are all one can desire, and in the near future it will have an electric and steam road within u short distance. Altogether the improvements on the -Bella Vista land have cost over $34,000, and the ranch has been offered to the committee for $42,000. A member of the committee said yester- day that the West Shore Railway Com- pany is intending to put an electric line through the ranch next year from Red- wood City to Pescadero, and that the company would eventually make Summit Springs a watering-place. Creed Haymond would never sell any of his timber. Whenever he wanted lumber for a bridg: he went outside his fine woods and bought it cut and sawed. Final action on the recommendation of the committee is to be taken at a subse- quent session. The next gathering is to be at Sacramento, but no date has yet been fixed. *‘I1 our people doultimately decide upon Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report Ro al b === : ABSOLUTELY PURE Baking Powider baving a summer resort like what Pacific Grove is to our Methodist brethren,” said Mr. Starbird, *‘it is the intention of the Congregatioralists to start a fresh-air fund. Such funds and the pleasant out- ings they afford to poor people, children, newsboys and the class of children in particular who seldom have an oppor- tunity to breathe pure country air, have proved to be great suctesses in the East, especially in New York. “Bella Vista is a good selection, I think, for a summer seaside resort. Lumber can be had for a very low price. There are seven water-tanks on the ranch, each con- taining from 20,000 to 25,000 gallons, and it is piped all over with 7-inch pipes. The :ighm miles of drives are next thing to per- ect.” TO TEST THE GAME LAW. Commission Merchants Give Notice That They Will Fight the Game Orders. Thomas D. Riordan, attorney for com- mission merchants, yesterday filed a com- munication with the Board of Supervisors protesting against the seizure of game without the observance of judicial forms. He said the merchants proposed to test the game law in the courts, and in the meantime he wanted *‘fair play.” Following is his communication: The rule of law is fundamental, says Mr. Riordan, that no officer can seize and confis- cate property without the observation of juaietal forms. This prineiple has been clearly expressed by our own Supreme Court as early as January, 1881, when the uncoustitution- ality of that section of the Penal Code which provided that all nets used in catching fish in violation of law should be forfeited, seized and destroyed. * * ¥ 1 take it for granted that your deputy is to be held chargeable with a_knowledge of the law, e(fi_unll)’ with those claimed by him to be offenders against the law, and that no law can be enforced by the use of unlawfnl methods. Confiscation of property without judicial hear- ing can never be tolerated as long as we have counstitution which guarantees the rights of property and established courts to protectsuch rights. Mr. Riordan states further in his com- munication that the commission men only asked for fair plav. They believe that the resent game law is unjustly and purposely discriminative against them and that it is in contravention of their constitutional rights. Upon this, issue they intend to make a fair tight by legal methods and no other. “I am informed,” resumes Mr. Riordan, “that your deputy boasts that he will persist in his predatory course of confiscation. I trust that in the interests of law and justice you will tuke timely measure to arrest his action. The damage already done cannot now be repaired, but if further confiscations are contemplated preventive remedies will be summarily ap- plied with the assistance of the courts.” DEATH OF & C. HIESTER, His Care¢r as a Printer and Publisher in This City. After a Long Period of Suffering the Patient Succumbed to a Compli- cation of Ailments. Amos C. Hiester, one of the proprietors of the San Francisco Daily Report, died at his home in this City at 6 o’clock last evening. Mr. Hiester’s health began to fail two years ago. He was a sufferer from Bright's disease of the kidneys, and some months since other ailments complicated the disease. last September that the patient’s chance of recovering his health was very slender in- deed, so his death was not unexpected, although deeply regretted . Amos C. Hiester was born in German~! Amos C. Hiester. town, Montgomery County, Ohio, July 6, 1836, and was educated at the Germantown Academy. Two of his ancestors attamned high rank in the Revolutionary War, and rendered distinguished service in the cause of American independence. Gener al Daniel Hiester, A. C. Hiester's great-grand- father, was a member of the first Congress of the United States, and took part in the inauguration of President George Wash- ington. Amos C. Hiester came to California in 1856 and went to work firstas a compositor on the Marysville Appeal. His string for the first week measured $106, but he gave up the “sit” to seek larger gain in gold mining. As mining was not agreeable employment he came to San Francisco and went to work on the Alta and then changed his base to the office of the Golden Era. Then he took a case on the Bulletin, and remalned with that paper until the great strike of 1869. After the strike he worked on the Chronicle until he formed a partnership with William M. Bunker, in the publication of the Daily Report. The partnership thus formed continued with- out interruption until Mr. Hiester’s death. In 1877 Mr. Hiester was elected a mem- ber of the Board of Education and selected to preside over that body. He was presi- dent of the board when the school children welcomed General Grant at that famous, ovation at Woodward’s Garden in 1879, Mr. Hiester was an honorary member of the San Francisco Typographical Union; he was also a member of the Masonic fra- ternity and several other societies. Of his amily his widow, one daughter and two sons survive, His youngest son accident- ally shot himself at Ukiah last summer, and the father suffered greatly from the shock. The eldest son is employed in the business department of the%all Report and the second son is foreman in the press- room of that journal. An old typo who knew Mr. Hiester for thirty years recently said of him: “In his dealings with men he is genial, frank and magnetic, never failing to win the kind regard of all who are brought in contact with him. A hater of shams, he is quick in his judgment, and prompt to discover worth wheré it really exists. Those who knew him best Ioveiim best. While essentially a man of the world as to the possession of all those attributes that end to success, and fond of the pleasures of life, yet he is thoroughly domestic in his tastes and habits, and home and family are paramount to all other interests.” HE WAS CROSSED IN LOVE, A Hermit Near Oakland Who Has Passed Almpst a Century Alone. THINKS HE WILL SOON DIE. His Money Will Hold Out Until His Death—Daily Expenses Amount to Ten Cents. Up among the hills in a little secluded canyon known as Indian Gulch, which is only a short aistance from Lake Merritt, there lives an aged hermit who has passed almost a century alone. Indeed, he is so | much of a hermit that he does not even | have a mewing cat or a barking dog to | keep him company. To reach his humble | habitation it is necessary to go to the terminus of the Trestle Glen electric street- car line and then proceed about half a mile up the left fork of the ravine. “I am most a hundred years old,” he said, when awakened from his slumbers the other day. It took considerable hard rapping on the weatherbeaten door to | arouse him. Hepresented the appearance time ago there was a girl who said she loved me, and I asked ier to marry me. She said she would, but afterward backed out. ‘Sincethen I could have been married a dozen times, but I don’t want anything to do with them. They are all deceiving, all deceitful, every one of ’em."” A request to gain admittance to his little hut was met by a stern refusal. He never lets anybody in, he says, as 1t is not kept very nice and so he does not want to have Eeople see it. The cabin is not over eight y ten feet, with a smail window ou one side and door opposite. It is occupied but a small part of the time, as the old fellow says that he spends most of the day out- side. He has no regular hours for sleep- ing. Some days he gets up when the sun does and sometimes notuntil it goes down. In winter he says that he stays in bed for a whole day and a night trying to keep warm. NOT TO BE BOTHERED. The Peculiar Conditions Under Which Eugene Deuprey Agreed to Borrow Some Money. A rather peculiar defense in a euit to re- cover the value of a note is that the de- fendant is not ready to pay, yet that is Eugene Deuprey’s reason for refusing W. S. Morgan. Morgan holds Deuprey’s note for $201, and Morgan is suing for the amount. Deuprey’s defense is thus set forth in his answer: Now comes the defendant, and answering herein admits that the note set forth in the complaint was signed by him, but under the circumstances and promises and considera- tion that the defendant should have such time as he desired to pay the same,and that he | would not in any wise be bothered or asked in regard thereto, and that under such circum- | stances defendant was induced to sign said note and under no other; that the defendant It was known as early as | THE AGED HERMIT [Sketched from life OF INDIAN GULCH. JSor “The Call.”] | of an ideal hermit; the long white locks | | hanging down over his ears were partially | covered by an old slouch hat, appearing as | though it had seen service for at leasta | score of years. His coat and trousers looked no newer. A stout pair of thick- soled shoes such as the mountaineers wear | completed his attire. With the aid of a cane he hobbled | jaround the corner of his shanty to an_old bench placed so as get the full effect of the noonday sun. Before he sat down, he picked up an old coverless Bible, out of | the center of which protruded a pair of | old-fashioned spectacles. “See that,”” he said, “the cows has eat both covers off on it, but that don’t hurtit. | 'Tis a grand book. I read about them all; St. Paul and St. James and King David. King David slew his thousands but he re- pented and God took him in as one of his best chums. “Yes, I'm most a hundred years old.” he went on. “Iam getting so old that I think T'll die next winter; yes, I think that I'm going to die. I feel that my time | is just about out. Tae winters oat here in | California is not very hard on old folks, ex- cept if you don't have a nice house to live in. The rains is worse on a person than | the snow is in the East. Last winter the rain blew in so hard throngh the cracks in my sbanty that it liked to have killed the old man, " IgotJameand I ain’t got over it et 2 From the soliloquizing on death, the aged hermit turned suddenly to lichtand cheer- ing words. He half sang, half muttered, the cause, though probably unconsciously, of his living alone, as iollows: Pent-up steed, Kept short of feed, 1s wiidest in its roaming: In spirit, not in letter, Mankind shall be Like a river free, Theless he's dammed the better. The steep hills surrounding the little home took up the peculiar strain and tossed it back and forth. *My name, it usei to be Steve Ned- mands. Oh, they call me anything they want t0; I guess I'm the old hermit. Call me Bob; that will do as well asany. I came across the isthmus nigh on to fift; year ago and I have been pretty much all around since then. I have beenin New York and Michigan. There is some folks belonging to me up in Michigan; but I got 80 old I couldn’t write to them any more and so they quit writing to me and I don’t know where they be now.’” 0ld Steve, notwithstanding his five score of years, is a bit proud. “If I were slicked up and shined up and shaved up and dressed up,’”’ he said, “‘I'd make as finea looking & man as any of them for my age.” His sun-browned features and silvery locks bore out his contention. “‘How long have I lived here? Well, I've been up in these parts for nigh on to twen- ty years. Iain’t been to town for over a ear. The man that lives up there on the ill, he buys my grub forme. Itonly costs me 10 cents a day to live. He gets me seven loaves of bread for two bits that last me a couple of weeks. Then, besides, I've %ot asack of flour and a piece of bacon. bat's all I eat. Of course, 1t ain’t very much, but it is good, such that itis. I used to have a gun and shoot some rabbits and squirrels, but the gun is gone and the fl:'me 1s gone. The boys have killed every- ing off. I used to have lots of money, but Solo- mon says that ‘a fool and his money is soon parted’ and so I must be a feol. T've got enough leit if I spend 10 cents a day to ::-“ till next winter, when I'm going to ie. ‘I used to read and putter away at books a good deal, but now I would rather hunt {;filbxvr,da' nests and walk around in the s. The old solitarian is a bit perplexed abont religion, although his views in gen- eral seem to be strictly orthodox. “Do you suppose that the devil has got a soul?” he suddenly broke in. “I don’t understand about that. Gabriel knocked bim out of heaven and now he goes bum- ming around on the earth; don’t he? When I die I want to be buried in a cave, lilke Jesus, for if they put six feet of dirt on top of me how is my spirit going to get out to get to heaven? "I want the napkin put onmy face and everything just the same. Then the third day I want some- bodg to come and roll the stone away."” The man who lives alone cares little or nothing for the members of the opposite sex. “No,I was never ma A long 1s not ready to pay said note, and that the de- mand upon him and the suit herein are pre- | mature. That for answer to the so-called and aileged second cause of action defendant admits that | he made the note set forth n the complaiat, | but upon the express understanding and upon the agreement that he should not be callea upon {o pay such note until such time as he was ready, desirous and able, and that he would not be under any circumstances both- ered nor askea to pay such note until such time as he should be ready and in a position to pay said note; that the defendant is not ready 1o pay the said note, and that the demand upon him and the suit herein are premature. YOSEMITE PERMITS. Hardly Any Changes Made in the Con- cessionaries—The Work of the Past Season. Hardly any changes were made in the concessionaries when the executive com- mittee of the Yosemite Commissioners met yesterday and granted the permits for next year. There were two or three, but they were very insignificant. Chairman Henry K. Field will make a trip into Yosemite Park in a day or so. It will be his Jast official visit, he said yester- day afternoon, and he will go for the pur- pose of inspecting the work done there this season. Speaking of the work accom- plished he said: “Qur attention has been devoted almost wholly to roads and bridges. Most of the bridges have been reconstructed. If we had an appropriation big enough we would like to have tgvse bridges all of stone and iron, and so far as we can weare endeavor- ing to eduncate up to that idea. “We have completed the saddle trail on top of the grade leading into the valley from the stage line. This trail runs from what is called Fort Monroe to Stanford Point. It will give visitors accessibility to the point; from which one of the finest. views of the valley is obtainable. Artist Robinson painted his magnificent pano- rama from there. ‘““It is intended to continue this trail next season along the cliffs—on top of them—to Sentinel Dome and Glacier Point, making detours to the top of Bridal Veil Falls and the Cathedral Spires and Sen- tinel Rock. The Glacier Point hotel has been much improved externally. Next season its interior will be looked after. ‘A very imvortant task we have under- taken is the topographical survey by George Kent Radford. Radford, who was supervising architect of the Niaana Falis commission, has been prominently identi- fied with the imuprovements of the Capitol grounds at Washington. D. C., and also of Central Park, New York; Mount Royal Park, Montreal, and the parks of Brook- lyn, Buffalo and Chicago. He has made a thorough survey of the valley during the past season and is now working on the maps and also sketches and designs for future work. “Alogether, I think we have greatly improved the landscape effect, and many unsightly structures have been removed.” ——————— ALL doctors don’t prescribe the same medi- cine; all good doctors recommend Jaros hygi- enicunderwear. Morgan Bros., 239 Montgry. e Suicide by Asphyxiation. Theodore Staudacher, an upholsterer who was employed on some work in the Hotei Bella Vista, committed suicide in the servants’ quar- ters of the house on Wednesday night. He had previously worked at the Bella Vista, and had then gone to Santa Clara to follow his yocation, Recently he was recalled by the landlady, and told_of having been divorced from his wife, gompiaining at the same time of feeling {ll. i is thought that he committed suicide through despondency. Death was caused by asphyxin. tion, Staudacher having forn off two gas jets, so that the illuminant had & free flow jnto the room. Jaroshygienic underwearismade for intelligen people; others prefer cheap stuff and wlcf-, Sense saves dollars. Morgan’s, Zzgnl\g;'fintl: e Doettger’s Easy Escape. Bernhard Doettger, the restaurant-keeper at 155}4 Fifth street, who tried to kill his wifo and Willlam Cohen, a hostler, on Monday, had the charge of assault to murder acainst him reduced to battery in Judge Campbell’s cour: yesterday ana he was fined 5 wltg 1o alterna- tive. The charges of aisturbing the peace against Mrs. Doettger d i m!““d. ger and Cohen were dis- Sell i WEAR ordinary underwear,keep your cold;wear Jaros hyglenic underwear and lose it: pogjsh and motiey saver. Morgan Bros., 220 Montg'y. s sy THE whole family kept well with Jaros Hy- ienic underwear. Morgan Bros ., 229 Hom:;. IRISH NATIONAL ALLINCE A State Council to Be Organized in San Francisco at Once. CONVENTION CALL ISSUED. A Movement to Secure the Freedom of Ireland by Any Legiti- mate Means. There is to be a convention of [rish Na- tionalists in San Francisco. It will be held in Metropolitan Hall on the evening of November 23. Delegates from different parts of the State will be in attendance. The idea of the convention is to organize a State council of the Irish National Al- liance of America. The movement is, therefore, the immediate outgrowth of the Chicago convention held in the latter part of September and looking to the freedom of the mother country by means other than legisiative. It has since been decided by the execu- tive committee, which has established headquarters at New York, that branches of the National Alliance shall be simul- | taneously organized in all the large cities of the United States on November 23. This day was chosen as most appropriate to form the necessary branches of the al- liance, since it also marks the commemo- ration of the Manchester martyrs—Allen, Larkin and O’Brien—who for political of- fenses were executed at the instance of the English Government. The programme for the Metropolitan Hall meeting is to elect officers and adopt a platform in line with the one which was promulgated by the Chicago convention. Ex-Judge M. Cooney and Colonel John O’Byrne have been selected as the orators of the occasion, and there will also be pre- sented a programme of patriotic songs and music. Soine of the best loeal talent has been secured, and the gathering promises to be one of the most important in the his- tory of Irish national affairs ever held in this City. The Knights of the Red Branch :g:ll have the management of the conven- ion. “The plan of campaign provides for a central council, with full authonty to is- sue charters to State organizations,” said ex-Judge Cooney. ‘“The headquarters for California Nationalists will be in San Fran- cisco. Membership inthe alliance is con- fined to the native born of Ireland and their descendants. They must first pledge themselves to aid in securing national Tights and liberties for Ireland by any manner, in the language of the Chicago platform, ‘consistent with the laws and usages of civilized nations.” | “In other words, the aim of this new movement, which has for its leaders some | of the brightest and ablest Irishmen in Anmerica, is to secure for the people of | Ireland their absolute independence as a | nation. This is their birthright, and noth- ing short of it will satisfy those who have | embarked in this undertaking. Ireland is | separate and distinct from all otber coun- | tries, and, as such, is entitled to control | and direct her own national affairs.” The applicant for membership in the | alliance must ¢ive the following promiss I hereby pledge my word of honor to eid b every means within my power, in conformity with the constitution and by-laws of the Irish National Alliance, in securing the independ- | ence of Ireland. The officers to be elected are a president, | vice-president and treasurer, a secretary | to be appointed by the president and an executive committee of nine. The mem- bership initiation fee will be $1, with dues of 50 cents a quarter. Seventy-five per cent of the gross receipts of the subordi- | nate councils will be turned into the treas- ury of the National Alliance. FROM JEFFERSON COLLEGE. An Eastern Man Asserts His Dignity ‘With a Revolver. An Eastern man, intoxicated and armed, last night invaded the drugstore at Cali- fornia and Kearny streets, formerly kept by ex-Mayor L. R. Ellert. He was received by the present proprietor, Will B. Kirk, with a certain amount of reserve. Mr. Kirk asked the stranger what he wanted. The man, with much difficulty, stammered something about Jefferson Medical College. Though he repeated it four or five times it was unintelligible. Then he announced that he was sick. Mr. Kirk had diagnosed the case differ- ently, though. He says that the man was drunk, and told him so. His visitor gotan- gry and talked loudly. Mr. Kirk at this juncture ordered the fellow out of the store. “I'm an Eastern man,” the stranger shouted, drawing a pistol. *“No San Francisco yap 1is going to order me around.” At least he tried to say that, but he didn’t scare Mr. Kirk. The latter told him to put his revolver away and get out. The feliow, after flourshing his weapon awhile, backed to the door, put the weapon in his Eocket and started up Kearny street. A clerk of the store was summoned and started in pursuit. but the man escaped. The fellow was well dressed, and evidently wanted more liquor. 0. K. TABLETS . The Great and Only Pure Kola Preparation. Kola is a name that every one knows or should know. The business man, athlete and the unfortunate all have realized its benefits. The bicyclist won’t be without O. K. TABLETS, nor the man who suffers from in- discretions. Proprietors, ERA MEDICAL CO., Philadelphia, Pa. For Sale By All Druggists. " 119 Powell Street. fer such big want to sell for spot c e goods are right. PREVENTS DON'T GHOKE:: Lo or" big “Boys" Conis, 8300, 8290, £3 00 5, 33 COLDS. cause we Of- little prices. It means e buy them of those who #4 50, worth three times this amount. Come n d for one; size 35, .’xa,'é"?, 59 onry SMITHCS 4140418 Front st Sah Fanetsco. ¥EW TODAT. MANY WOMEN SUFFERe FROM LACK OF INFORMATION. Doctors Are Too Reserved. A Womam Should Be Dealt With Openive CSPECIAL TO OURE LADY BEADEES.J ~ Women are often allowed by their phy=- sicians to suffer much from lack of in- formation and anxiety. Many medical and it is a strug to acknowledge not _understand men are vain, gle for them that they do acase, Women do not inves- tigate 5 they have gaas: their doctor, ard often wreck their hves through this unfortunate & WA confidence. Fn the treatment of female diseases men work from theory; and it is not to be expected that they can treat as Intel- ligently those complajnts from which they nave never suffered, as 8 woman can who has made the organism and d eases of her sex a life study. Women afflicted with female diseases are wise in communicating promptly with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. Their distressed condition is due to womb trouble, and their symptoms tell the story. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com= poupd is the one remedy that removes the cause, and re s stores health, cour- age, and happiness. The druggists sell more of it than all other female medi- cines. Why ? The following short letter speaks for it~ self. Mrs. Parker is a very young wife; only twenty-one years old. She was suffer- ing untold misery when she wrote to Mrs. Pinkham forad- vice. See the result. Can evidence be stronger than this ? “I deem it my duty to announce the fact to all my fellow-sufferers of all fe- male complaints that your Vegetable Compound has entirely cured me of all the pains und suffering I was endurin, when I wrote you last May. I followe our advice to the letter, ando‘.be result s wonderful.”” — MRs. CHAS?” PARKER, Little Falls, Minn. Any druggist has it HILADELPHIA SHOE CO. STAMPED ON A SHOE MEANS STANDARD OF MERIT. - $3.00 TSR L= ALASKA SEAL SHOES. We are still offering bargalns and It wil! well re- ~on (0 call ana examine our prices. T “LS FENCE on_the corner certainly in- more or less with trade, and realizing that fact we continue to offer extra inducemen's. This week we are making a drive of MEN'S ALASKA SEAL shoes that are neat but durable, ana_which we will sell for B3.00 Per palr. The skin of the Alaska seal Is noted fop its toughness and wearing qualities, and while waterproof is yet vliable and easy on the feet. These shoes have 5tood the test for vears and we will guarantee every pair. They are strong and serviceable and yet neat appearing. Remember the price, 3, and do not be deceived. as other houses are selling seal shoes for much more money., I yon desire CORK-SOLED SEAL SHOES we have them for 50 cents per pair extra, so do ot be misied but come to us ana save money. We also have & fine.assor:ment of ALASKA SEAL LACE SHOES FOR YOU:HS AND BOYS, They have double soles, and are just the thing foz 8chool wear, as they are so durable— 8175 2200 Youths' sizes, 11 to 2. Boys’ sizes, 245 to 51/ Here is rgain—LA DIES’ KANGAROO CALP TTON SHOES, with Patent-leather Tip, invisible Cork Insoles and Double Soles, that can be recommended for wear, and which we have reduced from $3 to 40c. This must interest you. Ladies’ High-Cut Storm piaced ~ within the reach of all. Price re duced to 40 cents. $2.50. This week we have placed on sale about 500 pairs of Ladies' French Kid Button Shoes, with either Cioth or Q Kid Tips, Pointed Toes and Patent-leather Tips. Hand- turned Soles and French Heels, made by LAIRD, SCHOBER & MITCHELL, CURTIS & WHEELER and J. L. LATTEMA! €O., which we will sell for §2 50 per pair. Shoes originally sold for $7, but as we have not all sizes we resolved to sacritice them. Big bargains. Ladles French Kid Button Shoes, cloth or kid tops, pointed eF square toes. either with plain or patent-leather tips. Sizes 215, 8 and 314, and very narrow widths on larger sizes. Reduced froms $5 and $4t081. WE HAVE NOT MOVED. P oa try orders solicited. G‘g::g ‘for New lilustrated Catalogus. Address B. KATCHINSKI, 10 Third Street, San Francisco. PHILADELPHIA SHOE CO. tho ey R ey eiAtterof A1 cagee® Fo Teocs, 0 oar T Uhingt belng 1 of y) aeg opt abeit jyo 1 e Bas 2 erig) € Mango NOR. e Co, guboript g . No Percantagerl’nrrrmcy.}fl Market St “RIGGS HOUSE, wWashington, D, C. The Hotel ¢ Par Excellence’” Ofthe National Capital. First class in all appolnt ments. G. DEWITT, Treas. American plan, $3 per day and upward.