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10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY WTHE PUBLIC SHOULD SUSPEND JUDGMENT" That Is the Opinion En-| tertained by the Ministers. REV. DR. DILLE TALKS. Miss Overman Says She Has Ever Teen All That Is Good and True. MRS. DAVIDSON SPEAKS AGAIN | Mrs. French Tells of Dr. Brown’s At- tempt to Force Mrs. Stockton on the Congregation. The Brown-Davidson case continues the absorbing tonic of ¢ sion. This mdrks the tenth day of the sensa fair, and d g that time not one of evid has been introduced by either side vro or disproving the various | charges. Mrs. Davidson stands a self-admitted ex- inmate of ar n school, though she has explanati f this. The story | Imittedly an extraordinary | must ve remembered that not a we sse which co from ened by contact with the wor given y she te is an of ordinary finesse sct sharp- ged prisoner ared on the wit- s evidence has been d adyice of counsel he k of the relations, existing between n. This course | i sas caused the deacons of his own church, and tt i of others, to indulge in remarks w while not uncompliment- portend his ultimate withdrawal from all connection with his pre charge. It has been stated that the reverened 7 nation has been in the i the deacons since Thursday last, s emphatically denied by the appearance of Mrs. Tunnell 1 favorab ht of those un- n his house on the lowing the arrest Davidson. Since ihat time the ted woman has not been seen It has been stated that she ) nd one week ago and at 4 o'clock in the afternoon hurried rush for a trz ection o relatives there, is to the 1 lea ings County. but a telegram effect that she had 1 The c: réached the stage of anonymous commurications. Yester- ing Attorney Galiagher received a letter from Seattle purporting to come from a person who has in past known Miss Overman. eceived v day mor days Miss Overman denies bitterly the truth |the - her | been 1avishing illicit kisses and dinne of al! that has been said reflecting or character. “All these dispatches published about me constitute atissue of falsehoods,” she said vesterday. my enemies. 1 did not know many. I am a poor and for that reason am attacked this way. Mrs. Davidson intimates that she keeping in reserve a bit of spicy evidence concerning Pastor Brown that will over- shadow all that has been told heretofore. “There are many things connected with the ¥ Church,” she said, that I had 50 rst which d airing. not the only one in that church gumlity of immoral ¢ There are one o old goats around that sacred edifice who are as deep in the mud as their leader is in the mire. They know that I am aware of this, quaking in their bonts. tell more later on, though I think the pres- ent from their evil ways “Concerning my fe, there is little I can add to the story published in THE CanL of to-day. I have traveled all over America and was always thrown 1n direct contact with the most eminent people. At Wash- ington, twenty and thirty years ago, I knew the leading men of the day, my own n and that of my fam giving me into the best circles. *‘Of course, all this has nothing to do | with my present situation except thatit | shows that I am not the woman some people would Lave the public believe. I knew Abe Lincoln well and recall with in- finite pleasure the first time I met him at the White Hounse. During the war I went to the front with my husband, and staid with him through that long and dreadful period.” Ln passant, Mrs. Davidson tells a little incident which occurred during the pre- liminary hearing on Saturday. ‘‘Dr. Brown was sitting just back of me,” she said, “‘though I did not know it until I felt his Svengali eyes fixed upon me. Turning round I said, ‘Dr. Brown, I am very sorry for you.' After a moment’s hesitation he replied, ‘And I, madam, am very sorry for vou.’ hat man is a capital actor and I am glad to see that he showed temper when an allusion was made to his wife. Aslong as I have known him that is the first time be has ever shown her the shghtest con- sideration. Dr. Brown swore on the stand that he caused me to give him the receipt for §500 that he might have tangible evi- dence against me. When I am placed on the stand I shall give the real reason why the receipt was given, and I shall be pre- pared to prove evervthing I say he Ladies’ 1 Mission beld its regular meeting at the zational Church vesterday. During a very earnest prayer ofered by the secre- tary. a special blessing was invoked for Dr. Brown and Miss Overman. Dr. Dille, pastor of the Central Metho- dist Church, is of the opinion that judg- ment should be suspended until the case has been thoroughly investigated by the courts. He blames Dr. Brown for having paid the blackmail money, and he thinks his greatest crime was a little silliness and imprudence. “Enemies of churches,” he said yester- day, “‘are always eager to hear anything 2gainst them, and are of course elated over this scandal. Their eyes are alwa; open for just such things, and they grasp and magnify anything which gives strength to their argument. “But among right-minded people there is, so far as I can gather, an entire suspen- sion of judgment. Dr. Brown, I think, s been the victim of a malicious plot—a conspiracy most foul. He is a man of ry Society First Con- t gentleman | | 1S | and 1 | ‘It is all the work of | dined into pron aefenseless girl, | of Dr. Brown is | two | | nd T rather suspect that they are | I may consent to | { | i | | Mrs. J | made he i city brilliant attainments, and has fulfilled his pastorate faithfully and consci 'xlions.‘.}n Of course a minister cannot have too high a moral standard for himself; he should be, like Cwmsar's wife, above suspicion. That which reflects on his character does harm, and this present trouble is bound to | do great harm.”’ ; Mrs. Horton, 216 Eddy street, who is reported to nave received a letter from Mrs. Tunnell prior to that lady’s departure for parts unknown, is also among the missing. To all callers at her house last night it was given out that she had gone to Oakland, and her return was extremely uncertain. It is thougit that she is in communication with Mrs. Tunnell, though this is denied by the young lady who answers the door bell at 216 Eddy street. The preliminary hearing of Mrs. David- son will be resumed in Judge Campbell’s court to-day at 1 o’clock. e : HE USED THREATS. How Dr. Brown Wanted Mrs. Stock- ton to Perform With Young Girls. Now that the details of Dr. Brown’s acquaintance with the gay Mrs. Stockton have came to light, many members of his congreeation have begun to compare dates and events, and the result of- these com- parisons is a feeling of indignation that 1t was after the preacher's acquaintance with the lady of rather romantic history after the kisses, the car rides and the| dinners at the Maison Riche, that Dr. Brown used all his ministerial power to | force Mrs. Stockton on to the programme of a public entertainment, which was par- ticipated in by young girls of the congre- gat In May, 1894, a Turkish tea was being arranged for the benent of the church. ank French had charee of the p gramme, and when Mrs. Stockton w posed as a performer she made 1o ob- ction, as she knew nothing against that reputation. B fore the entertain- tully mapped out, however, ench received information which decide that it would be doing the girisa great wrong to r on the programme of a public en- rtainment with Mrs. Stockton. Not wishing to wound the lively lad, feclings, Mrs. French wrote a mnote 1o her Stating that she had decided to limit the programme to youn She added that there were othe: TAVET Teasons which it would grieve heras much to write as it would the wecipient of the letier to bear, and she concluded by stating that M Stockton would no doubt take the hint and not try to force herself upon them, when her presence would be likely to cast a slur upon innocent girls. stead of taking this letter in good part Stockton laid it immediately before the pastor. Dr. Brown was extremely in- nt at the slur c st upon his prote fter prayer meeting on the ever receipt of the letter, he re French to remain at the chur ton threa ene argued and protested to induce Mrs., rench to change her mind and incl Stockton among the performers. em ed firm, to Mrs. tor two hours he and Mrs. Stc The however, in her de nit the programme to your To have his aunthority set aside in this fashion was not Dr. Brown’s idea of the in which church entertainments iould be conducted, and two days later { he paid a visit to Mrs. Frank ench’s home, accompanied by Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Stockton. Viewed in the light of later revelations, it is not considered to have been a very pastor-like act for the reverend gentleman to take woman upon whom he had to the house of a Ilady of spotless reputatic for the purpose of threateninez that lad into putting the woman he h nence in a public enter- ainment participated in by the young girls his flock. Dr. Brown acted in ever. _ Supported this manner, how- by Mrs. Brown Mrs. Stockton he demanded an explanation of the unju charge brought inst the latter, stati the withdrawal of her name from the pro- gramme would be likely to injure her anding with the congregation. "He also \dignantly demanded the names of the L people who could bring charge: lady of Mrs. Stockton’s resp \d reproached Mrs. French with ved instead of investigating slurs. Mrs. French, who knew the Brown-Stockton affair, said it was from Washington th her information came and thatshe was sufficientiy satisfied with her authority the nothing of not to jeopardize the young ladies’ names | »osure will be enough to warn them | by aliowing Mrs. Stockton to_appear with Brown, filled with apparent rath, threatened Mrs. French them. Dr, righteons { with an_investigation, with reporting her unchristian conduct to the committees of the church and with all the other ministe- | rial thunders at his command, but though the argument raged for three hours she stood firm in refusing to put Mrs. Scockton on the programme, From that day Dr. Brown showed an animosity to Mrs. French that has been the cuus gation, though the cause of his disiike not been known until now. He not on opposed Mrs. French in the church, but when her name was proposed some maonths aeo for membership in the Congregational Monday Club, Dr. Brown worked so hard against ber admission that a split of opin- | ion in the club was threatened. To avoid dissension Mrs. French refused to allow her name to be proposed. The fathers of tne young girls who took part in the Turkish tea are the people who feel now that they owe a debt of gratitude to Mrs. French, and since the publication of the Stockton-Brown episode one or two of them have expressed pretty strong opinions about the ministerial effort to put the Stockton woman before the public in company with their daughters. SEEL g MISS OVERMAN INDIGNANT She Declares That the Dispatches From the North About Her Are Untrue. Miss Mattie Overman stood in the hall of Dr. Brown’s residence last evening while addressing a reporter for Tnr CaLL and said: “I wish to say that all those dispatches published about me this morn- ing constitute a tissue of falsehoods, relation to that dispatch which says that I was a resident of Victoria, B. C., I wish to y that I never had a dressmaking estab- lishment there, and did not have a parlor that was frequented by a gay set, because during the three weeks that I lived in that i was sick all the time, and conse- quently could not have had much com- pany such us is mentioned in the dispatch. “There is no more truth in the other dispatches than there is in that one. This is all the work of my enemies. I did not know that I had so ma They will con- up everything toinjure me. Why are such horrible stories devoid of truth told about a woman? I am poor and defense- less, and for that reason am attacked in this waj ries put in circulation? IfI wassuch a bad woman as some veople are trying to make me out, do you suppose that Mrs. Brown would sllow me to remain in her house? _“Thes Fecpl(‘ are unable to take my life, but they are taking my character from me and that is aimost as bad; but as. there is not a word of truth in what is seid I will live it down; that is, if I can. It is a shame the people who know me should tell such falsehoods about me. They should consider the feelings of my parents. ““About that man who is said to be a waiter at Great Fal's, Mont. I left him long ago, and I had good reason for doing allow them to | 1 kissed and | of much comment in the congre- | In | Why are sach scandalous sto- | so. He married me when I was a mere girl. His manner toward me now shows of what character he is. If he had not fallen <o low as he has, he would not at- tack me as he has done. I do not care to 2o into the aetails of that matter at this time, but if it becomes necessary I could tell everything in court. “I do not desire to say anything more about this man and only wish to add that I have been indignant all day ever since I read those false stories.” Carpenters’ Installation. A meelting of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners No. 304 was held last evening and the following board of officers was in- stutled: President, Adolph Henning; vice- president, Gustay Muller; recording seetar: Amos Dannanfelser; financial secretary, Ru- dolph Bauer; treasurer, George Felix; con- auctor, W. Printz; warden, Mr. Krajewsk Trustees—William ‘Tangens, Charies Goldbec John Felix. Delegates to the district council Albert Volkswinckler and Gustav Muller. —————— To Reopen the Lux-Miller Case. There is another phase in the Lux & Miller litigation which is likely to prove important. Yesterday several persons, whose names are | withheld, were in the cflice of Delmes & Short- ridge, ailorneys for the German heirs, and there’ made aflidavits in the presence of Dis | trict Attorney W. 8. Barnes und E. S. Pillsbur 10 be used in’ the motion to reopen the ca TRACTSFOR THE HEATHEN The Secretary of the American Society on Its Gigantic Work. Sending Out Books and Pamphlets by Millions— Work on the Pacific Coast. The Rev. Dr. George L. Shearer, secre- | tary of the American Tract Society, the | institntion that, save one, distributes more | religious literature than any other organi- | ion in the world, is at the Palace, | The society is erecting a twenty-story | bmlding at 120 Nassau street, New York, to cost §1,100,000, The ground it has owned for many years. Dr. Shearer is here in reference to the circulation of literature on the Pacific Coast. He says tlie society, which is now 71 years old, is doing a gigantic work amoug the various nations of the globr. | It prints the salient doctrines o | evangelical denominations—a review | what the Bible teaches. There are about | 30,000 members in the society, and the | various books and pamphlets are printed in 153 different lang s and dialects. Dr. Shearer is enthu ic about the work of the American Tract Society. He thinks there is no estimating the gr | is accomphishing. he said: It has circulated ehout 850,000,000 publica- tions and periodicals and reachiesali la We have away publications tc 2 0,000." They were put L ough_colporteurs, laymen, go trom ) house. Where pe Te 100 peor to pay for them they were giv away. We have made 14,500,000 family visits | und given away 16,000,000 copies of different | books. Oz the Pacific Coast last year we had thirty - colportenrs under the charge | Dunning; thirty labored in | ud the others elsewf const. They made aboxt 15,000 vis We have ¢ireulated from $35.000 to 40,000 worth of publications per annum on this coast and in the isiands. "We print in Hawatlas and we have printed four booksin Chinese. They are standard Sunday-school books, used all over the country. We also publish Chinese and English readers and dictionaries for the Chinese. We have made & Zuln prim over in Africe where they u er for the peoy having the war, | and we have also published it in the tongues of the Upper Congo, such as the Mpongwe and Bulu. We print in thirty-five of these lan- | guages in New York. The society is supported \ly by gifts and legacies. In the great {ing which we are erecting in New York will have 650 rooms above the third floor. Che rents will One « aims from various countrie ature in th when they us & partial endowment is to keep the immigrants supplied with out liter- med to'speak our langus; We keep & men at Castle Garden wiio under- stands many tongues, and hegives them litera- ture on their arrival. A large part of our publications is circu- lated through the trade, that is through book- sellers, and as I i:ave said, v | | | | Rey. Dr. George L. Shearer, Secretary of the American Tract Society. very large amount gratis to those who are un- able to pay. We believe the press has a power. We use the press and the voice when we can, but when we cannot use the voice with the press, we use the press alone. However, there is this one thing. We must get our teachings into the literature of the people who are desired to be taught. Itisthus that we make our teachings permanent. Now as to the good that we can do, aside from w 1 have already given, We help the seamen by giving them something 1o read and think sbout that is of value to them. We help the prisoners in the various penitentiaries, jails and reformatories, by giving them also’ good works to read. We reach people in outof the way places, who can get nothing to read. We also provide reading matter for the sick in hospitals. We install preachers in homes where preachers never go. 1 can give yon an illustration of the good of our work. Years 1go a traveling colporteur away in the wilds of | West Virginia gave toa young woman one of | Baxter's works, and as & result she became a Christian. Her daughter grew up and she also beeame a Christiaz, and afterward the child of the Intter. and thus there were three genera- | tions made Christians through that one book. | 01d Baxter has been Gead over 200 years, but he is preaching yet. That is only one illustra- tration of what a single book did. It 1s im- possible to estimate the eigantic pood of & society such as this, distributing as it does its millions of publications each year. Dr. Shearer will be here a couple of weeks | at least. | caltn U L n PROTECTS USERS OF “ROYAL” Baking Powder Company Wins Its Case in the United States Court. Chicago Times-Terald. The deeision of Judge Showalter in a recent case ihat came up before him sustains the claims of the Roval company to the exclusive nse of the name “Royal” as a trademark for its baking powder. The special importance of this decision consists in the protection which it mssures fo the millionsof consumers of Royal baking powder against inferior and unwncle- some “compounds. The excellence of this article has caused it 10 be highly esteemed and largely used almost the world over. Its high standard of quality having been alvays main- tained, the cupidity of other manufacturers is excited by this high reputation and large de- mand. Very few of the hundreds of baking powders on the market aresafe to use. If their makers could sell them under the. name of a well known, reputable brand incaleulable damage would be done to the public health by the deception. The determinetion of the Royal Baking Powder Company to protect the users of the Roval baking powder against imi- tators by & rigid prosecution of them inakes such imitations of its brand extremely rare. * at good it | In chatting _\'o.-‘lord"\_\'i re on this | also circulate a | SLIDING DOWN THE SLIDE. Enterprise of the Boys Who Live Near the Haight-Street Grounds. THEIR OPPOSITION CHUTES. They Use a Dry-Goods Box for a Boat and Soap Takes the Place of Water. The spirit of enterprise and emulation has taken possession of the small boys who live in the vicinity of the Haight- street grounds and they have started op- position to the *Chutes.” This enter- places—one on 4 vacant lot opposite the Haight-street grounds and the other be- tween grounds. The last named has been in operation several weeks; it is out of sight of the general public, but is known to the boys in that section of the City. There is an in- cline 180 feet long built of 2x3 scantlings Jaid at an angle of 45 degrees. These are supported by posts and pieces of boards prise has made itself self-manifest in two | Belvedere and Cole streets, op- | posite Beulah, two blocks north of the | and after that is done then the Pension Commissioners take action. This course was pursued last July, At tho regular meeting of the Pension Board that month no action was taken, but at the meetinf of the Police Commissioners two weeks later Captains Douglass, Short and Stone, Sergeant Cohrn and three patrolmen were asked to tender their resignations before July 31. 1t is supposed the same course will be followed now, althot Chief Crowley said last night afier the Commissioners had been in secret session for nearly two hours, that so far as he knew the Com- missioners did not intend to ask any of the sixteen eligibles to hand in their resigna- tions. “So long as the men are not incapaci- tated from active duty,”” saia the Chief, ‘I do not see the use of putting them on the pension list. We have to pay full salary to some one to take their places and half salary to them, and it is not good policy to burden the pension fund unnecessarily, as there are thirty-six on the list now.” . CLARE 1S INSOLYENT, | | | | He Filed His Petition in the Superior Court Yes- terday. | The Value of His Assets Placed at Three Hundred and Fifty | Thousand. i | Alfred Clarke has at last petitioned to | be declared insolvent. He filed a long | | | THE OPPOSITION CHUTE driven into the ground, and the whole has the appearance of a log railway such as is used in logging camps. At the end of the wooden rails there is a counter incline about ten feet in length and furnished with a bumper to stop the boat on its downward course. A rough windlass and a clothes line at tbe sterting point is used to haul up the boat which is about ten feet niz and set on iron runners that rest on the scantlings. Heavy cleats fastened to tiie bottom of the boat keep it from tear- ing the scantlings on its downward run. This is the joint production of Willie Pitchford, aged 14, his brother Harold, eight years old, and Manuel Revera. aged about ten. These youngsters are partners and run their chute on_strict business principles, no dead-head tickets being is- sued. The | or a sack; three rides are given for an oil | can and three boys can ride for a nickel. “We's making money,” said Harold “Yesterday we took in $1 75in 3 cacks and cans and $1 05in money. We | ain’t running to-day, but comearound and { see us when we are and don’t forget to say | that we've got a ticket oftice.” The “slide’” opposite the Haight-street grounds is in full view of all who ride on the cars and has been running but three ays. This was built by a co-partnershi composed of Joe Misney, 14 years oIJ: Willie Deimastero, 13 years old, Tilden Dicken, 11 years of age and Charle Mester. 8'% vears old. Their outlfit con- sists of a “'tower’’ twenty feet high built of scantling covered with boards that have { been treated to a coat of whitewash. On this there is a platform, and from each corner there is a flagstaff from which floats a miniature American flag just a: the big concern across the way. The also built of scantlings as is the other oues, but it is only fifty feet long with a flat extension of twenty feet. In lieu of a boat these youngsters have a dry-goods box fitted up with two seats. It is vrovided with wooden runners and safety cleats, and soap takes the place of water to make the box go the bottom. **We built this all ourselves,” said Char- lev Mester, “‘and nobody helped us.”” When the co-partners were asked where they obtained the lumber they winked, but spoke not. *“We charge one bottle for a ride, and we don’t take no sacks and no tin cans, we don’t; and as we want to catch all the trade we eive ten rides for 5 cents.” 5 “Want to see a slide?”” asked one of the 0ys. Receiving an affirmative ned, the speaker and a balf dozen other boys clambered u the ladder that leads from the grounR to the platform. “The boat” was turned over, the runners “slushed’” with soft soap {and then rested on short pieces of scant- ling. When the boat - steerer gave the word four youngsters filed into the bex, which was tilted by main force, and down it went with the load, the boys in the meantime yelling, ‘‘Shake her; shake her, boys.” They reached the sandy landing without any bumps or accident. “We ain’t got her running smooth to- day,” said one of the co-partners, *‘cause we din’t wet the track. We pour water on the soap and then she goes like greased lightning. When we_slide the big boats on the othersideain’t in it.” After a pay customer has taken bis ride he is givena card on which are the words in rude characters, “I have slid the slide.” ‘There is some talk in the neighborhood of placing a boycott on the slide by the housewives, who have discovered tfmf. a serious raid is being made on their supply of soap. POLICE PENSION FUND. Only One Officer to Be Retired From Active Duty by the Com- missioners. The Police Commissioners met last night and dismissed the charge against Police- man John J. Coughlin for allowing Fred Mason, a ‘‘trasty,’’ to escape. They also dismissed the charge of being drunk while on duty against Policeman George P. 0’Connell, in consideration of his previous good character and good, service. The Commissioners then resolved them- selves into Pension Commissioners, and the application of Policeman Jacob Ler- man to be retired from active service was granted. tie has been over twenty-three years in the department. No action was taken in rega teen officers who are eli gbla for retire- ment on the pension list. 1t appears that rd to the six- the Police Commissioners have first to ask the officers to send in tbeir resignation, | S0 | document in the Superior Court yesterday, setting forth an inventory of his estate, and the liabilities under which it is weighted. Mr. Clarke is generally known as “Nobby’’ Clarke. | His secured liabilities he sets forth as | follows: Savines and Loan Society, § , secured | by ndeed of trust of the Douglass-street prop- | erty, where ne lives; Collateral Benk, §/000, secured by Jand secured by land ; irst National Bank, Hibernia Savings an ety on judgment Vallejo Com- mercial Bank claim, § ay Brothers, judgment. $1100; Jacob Bertz, ¥15,161 70; William Eyan, note and mortgage, $2000. There are also pending against him a suit of Max Gumpel for $119 25, and one | by John F. Bixbee for $1989. | are several suits agaimnst J. F. Turner ag- | gregating $140,000: a suit against F. Witt- | ram for possession of 1760 acres of land | valued at $100,000, and two suits for dam- ages—one against A. Baird and_others for | false imprisonment, and the other against | ard of flealth. s unsecured debts he says include | ninety-six notes in favor of J. F. Turner, | aggre ating$ 1, the dates of the notes running from November 11, 1891, to July 2, | 1892, The consideration for the making of the notes was that Turner shouid discount them and turn the proceeds over to him, | but instead Turner took the notes to secure debts due to him. Jacob Bertz holds | $250,000 worth of this paper. These notes, | the petition states, were given and made without thoughtof fraud, and in the course | of legitimate business transactions. Kennedy and Shaw hold now mnotes for $1200. Annie F. Geggus holds notes for | $5000, Emma Clarke for $300 and Nellie L. | Whelan for $300. | In his assets Clarke includes all his prop- erty mentioned in a certain deed dated April 27, 1891, conveying the same to J. F. Clarke, and also that mentioned in an- other deed to the same J. F. Clarke, dated August 17, 1891. He surrenders the lands, | he says, provided he has any rights in | them,” These lands include plats in the | outlying districts and some desirable lots in the City. His total assets he estimates at §350,000. His debts amount to $380,000. Clarke has been struggling along under insolvency proceedings for some time, but his crediturs bave been forcing him to it. This time, he says, he has turned the tables and has petitioned for insolvency himself. BIRDS OF PARADISE. Because of Their Brilliant Plumage Ruthlessly Destroyed. The bird of paradise most used in milli- nery is that obtained in the Papuan Isl- ands and New Guinea. Mr. Wallace, in describing the Paradisea apoda, says: From each side of the body, beneath the wings, springs a dense tuft of long and delicate plumes, sometimes two feet in | length, of the most intense golden-orange color, and very glossy, but changing to- | ward the tips into a pale brown. This tuft | of plumes can be elevated and spread out at pleasure, so as almost to conceal the body of the bird. In his “'Oiseanx dans la Monde” of October 20, 1894, Jules Forest bitterly deplores the destruction which has tesn going on during the last decade. He emphasizes the fact that it isno | longer possible to rrocure such perfect specimens as were common ten years ago, | since the unfortunate birds are so hunted that none f them are allowed to live long | enough to reach full maturity, the lufi plumage of the male bird requiring sey- eral years for its development. He further states that *‘the biras which flood the Paris market are for the most part young ones, still clothed in this first plumage, which lacks the brilliancy displaved in the older bird, and are consequently of small commercial value.” Since January 1, 1892, strict regulations | for the preservation of the bird of paradise have been in force in German New Guinea, and M. Forest appeals to the English and Dutch Governments to follow their good example. The common-sense of every thoughtful women must at once tell her t"at no com- paratively rare tropical species, such as the bird of paradise, can long withstand [ this drain upon it, and that this ruthless destruction merely to pander to the ca- price of a passing fashion will soon place one of the most beautiful denizens of our earth in the same category as the great auk and the dodo.—Nature. SR The Koran forbids its believers to de- | stroy the vines, palm trees, fruit trees, corn and cattle, even of their worst enemies. { country. { Jury in the case were Mrs. Volhe, Antoine ¥ sharge for a ride is one bottle, | Among the actions in favor of Clarke | as the bearer of extradition papers to Italy. When the documents are properly certitied toin San Francisco he will obtain from the Governor of California _the necessary papers and then vroceed to Washinzton. The Secretary of State will issue the international extradition papers which Officer Smith will present to the United States Minister in Italy. The latter in turn will bring the matter tothe notice of the Minister of Foreien Affairs for the Kingdom of Italy; and if everything ap- nears correct the King of Italy wi L permit Merlo to be transported to the United States to an: for the crime of murder. Officer Smith is a native of Genoa, Ttaly, and will have no trouble in speaking the language and conforming to the customs of the [talian country. It may be late in the stmmer Lefore the ofiicer returns with The American Embassy Cables That | bis prisoner, but the long arm of the law £ R will ultimately reach the fugitive. : the Accused Is in Jail Tt is regarded as somewhat extraordi- at Rome. FATRADITION FOR MURDER Indictment of Felice Merlo, the Slaye{ of Augusto Capurro. WITNESSES FOR THE STATE. nary that Merlo should disclose his where- abouts and make a confession of the crime to a daughter of his victim, but one theory accounting for his conduct is that remorse has driven him to his confession and the proposal of marriage as an offer of repara- tion. Philip Ratz, who wi ; was concerned with Lane and M in debauching girls. The complaining wit- ness was Julia Christiansen and the cor- roborating wirness Lonise Oliver. A bench warrant ssued for him and bail fixed at $10,000. rroll Cook, the attorney for Leon R. has had the whole Grand Jury naed as witnesses to attend Judge Two indictments were found by the Grand Jury yesterday and reported to Su- perior Judge Slack. One charges Feli Merlo with murder and the other charges Philip Ratz with assaulting a girl. There is a story connected with the Merlo case. On the night of May 19, 1894, he murdered Augusto Capurro in a grocery saloon at 426 Green street, near Lafayette. Capurro at the time worked for Hawley ndicted yesterday, 1t Bros., on Market street. Merlo was a | [RSased 48 Wiesses 19 S Gl 2 scavanger. The two men had a quarrel | The Grand Jury indicted Meyers last over a game of cards. The amount in dis- | Thursd pute was'$5, which Merlo claimed that The Grand Jury will hold another ses- n next Friday afternoon, and at that me Foreman Maskey may announce the standing committees.” The present Grand Jury isnot inclined to give much time to small cases belonging properly to the police courts. Capurro owed him. The latter denied the debt, and Merlo, after brooding over his supposed wrongs, stabbed Capurro to death. In the darkness the murderer made his escape, and the police officers | failed to find him. Two daughters of the murdered man re- side in this City. One is Mrs. Ida Volpe | and the other Mrs. Bacigalupi. About three weeks ago Mrs. Bacigalupi received a letter from Felice Merlo. in which he stated that he was living in Italy. In this | letter he acknowledged that he killed her | father and closed by making her a proposal of marriage. He supposed, evidently, | when he wrote that she was a single woman, as she was when he fled the | Mrs. Bacigalupi and her sister, Mrs. Volpe, lost no time in placing the letter before the Chief of Police, and since then Merlo has been arrested in Romeand placed in jail. District Attorney Barnes that a cable message was received Sunday The Scientist Had to Pay Costs. Writers upon heredity who select real personages in support of their theories should take warning by the experience qu the Dr. Anbry i \ nthor of tled A Criminals’ and *The Contagion oi Crime.’ In this he instanced a family he gave, the members in- irred & number of convictions for various offenses during a period of something li seventy years past. He added that one of the female members of the family had led dissolute iife in Paris, and that after liv- 1z upon the debauchery of others she had retired on a handsome competenc; I'his woman bei till alive brou a est physician, and ame id yesterday ht an | from the American embassy in Italy an-| action for libel against the doctor. Itdoes nouncing Merlo’s detention on the charge | not seem to have been denied that the of murder. | facts were as stated in the books. but the The witnesses examined by the Grand | court held that the author was not justi- | fied in raking them up. At the same time, as 1t was held that be had no intention to annoy but had been actuated solely by scientific considerations, the judge has let him off on paying his own costs and those of the plaintiff. —London Ne e Over 200 computations have been made of the time between the beginning of the Christian era and the creation, resulting warrant for the accused, who 1s a fugitive | from the discrepancy between the He- from justice. | brew, the Septuagint and the Samaritan Officer James Smith has been designated | ages. Carneglia, a partner in the place where the murder was committed; Miss Mamie Bacigaiupi, a young ladv_who saw Merlo | watching for Capurro; Dr. Rovert O'Don- | nell, who made the autopsy,and Harry | Sime. | ‘When the indictment was presented in | Judge Slack’s court, District Attorney Barnes asked for the issuance of a bench NEW TO-DAY. ittt 14 The Mercury e Souvenir RN, Sunshine, Fruit and Flowers... 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