The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 9, 1896, Page 8

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1S96 MISS OVERMAK IS WRITING A STATEMENT. Intimates That She Has a Great Surprise in Store. DISLIKES MRS. DAVIDSON The Deacons Unanimously Decide to Stand by the Rev. Dr. Brown. THE AGED PRISONER'S RECORD. Mrs. Tunnell Still Among the Missing. It Is Denied That She Is in Kings County. Miss Overman, accused by Mrs. David- son of improper relations with Dr. Brown, continues to preserve, in a measure at least, that discreet silence which has char- acterized her course nce she became an s inmate of the pastor’s home. Heretofore she has occasionally burst the chains which apparently surround her, though this has only been to deny in a general way the many compromising things that have been said about her. On the one matter, however, in which she is most keenly interested she has maintained a most sphinx-like silence. With a view of securing an admission or denial relative to the genuineness of the now famous “Tunnell letters,”” as pub- lished in TrE CaLi,a reporter called on her yesterday at Dr. Brown’s home, where she continues to reside. The young lady was cautious, cool and calculating in every: thing she said. Only once did she grow excited, and that was when the name of Mrs. Davidson was mentioned. Miss Overman, are you prepared to make any statement concerning the letters published yesterday over your signature and addr d to Mrs. Tunnell?” was asked. “I am not,”” replied Miss Overman. “My attorneys will not allow me to dis- cuss the matter with outsiders.” “Will you say that you did not write them?” “I am not prepared to about them at all, and, what is more, I will not. At the proper time, however, 1 statement “to the public which will show there are two sides to every i Ican only repeat what I have and that 1 have been hor- resented and misquoted since 1 give said befory is ribly misre the of this dreadful affair, And to think, too, it is all on account of a designing old woman. She posed as a Christian, yet see t she has done— brought d she came in cuss this race on evervbody with whom conta But I must not dis- matter. At the rroper time I will tell my story and then leave it for the vublic to determine whether I or the woman on trial for blackmail has told the truth.” Miss Overman s s plainly the severe mental strain which she has undergone during the past two weeks. She has a troubled weary look, that is only relieved when her shis up with anger or hatred. Apparently she is defiant of pub- lic opinion, though on the other hand she avows her intention of catering to that wavering quant “at the proper time.” Dr. Brown continues to deny himself to all tors, except those directly iuter- ested in the case. He said yesterday that in a few days he would probably make a statement, but would do nothing in that direction until after the preliminary hear- ing of the Davidson extortion su Heis reasonably cheerful under the heavy strain, and is confident that the end wiil prove him free of any wrongdoing. Mrs. Tunnell seems to be almost as elusive as Mrs. Baddin. One day she is in Oakland, and the next two or three hun- dred miles away. The only absolutely certain thing about her is that she is in hiding. Yesteraay a telegram was received from Grangeville, where 1t was reported she bad gone, stating that Mrs. Tunnell was not there, neither was she known. Mrs, Horton, 216 Eddy street, declares posi- tively she is there, though she declines to go into details as to how she secured the information, except that it came by letter. “My mother, Mrs. Hayes, lives at Grangeville,” said Mrs. Horton yesterday, “and as she and Mrs. Tunnell are quite old friends, there is no reason why she should not go there. I can say positively that she is at my mother’s, though I must de- cline to tell how or when I received my information. It is straight, and that is all there is toit.” It may be interesting to relate in this connection that Mrs. Tunnell left Dr. Brown’s house at 11:30 o’clock on the Sun- day night foillowing the arrest of Mrs. Davidson. She went direct to the ferry, reaching there in time to catch the last boat for Oakiand. Mrs. Davidson continues to evidence a calm and confident front. She has not the slightest fear of the final result, though she anticivates a favorable verdict in the preliminary hearing. She sa, “I have been a Christian for too long to attempt now to shield myself behind a tissue of faleehoods. All this scandal, though it is true every word of it, is due to Dr. Brown, and now he must bear the consequences of his own rashness.” The deacons and trustees, at a private meeting held last night, decided to uphold Dr. Brown, at least until the Davidson case ended. They considered it would not be fair to the pastor or the church to pass judgment at this time, or even demand an explanation from Dr. Brown. The dispatches from Hanford and Tulare add greater mystery to the already mysterious movements of Mrs. Tunnell. There now seems littie doubt but that the important witness is in Kings County, though she is carefully concealed by her friends. The preliminary hearing of Mrs. David- iace 1 ay anything | son will be resumed before Judge Campe | bell this afternoon at 10’clock. SN THE DEACONS CONFER. They Belleve Dr. Brown Innocent and Will Stand by Him., After Dr. Brown bad received the prcfu;! congratulation and assurance of his| parishioners that they regarded him asan | upright and innocent man, the deacons of | the church, who had previonsly arranged | for the meeting, congregated in the upper | ¢ of their pastor, and locked xnem-[ | selves in securely from the outer world, leaving a number of anxious and solicitous friends downstairs waiting to hear the re- sult of the conference. | Those who remained in waiting for | what they supposed would be a verdict | bad to content themselves with looking up at the Light that struggled throuzh the blinds from the interior, and many specu- lations were indulged in regarding the | ultimate conclusion of the pillars of the | Congregational chureb. The anxious ones | wandered around chatting and drawing | conclusions from the evidence that has appeared in the daily papers of this City. | Suddenly the licht went out and there | was a general scramble for the side en- trance, which Mrs. Brown had taken the | precaution to lock after the main body of the participants in the vpraver-meeting had filed out previous to the adjournment | of the deacons to the rector’s study. | In a moment the deacons came down- stairs, headed by J. J. Vasconcellos, who | was getting down to the ground floor at the rate of three steps at a time. His face bore the happiest expression, and Dr. | Brown, who followed him, was beamin over with contentment. He immediately came to Mrs. Brown's side, took her arm, | pressed it to his side affectionately, aud | left the building before his supporters had | all reached the floor from the staircase. | All of these gentlemen showed by their bearing that something pleasing had oc- | curred. and they acted more like a holiday | party than a body of men holding a sion over the scandal that burdens their minister. Itis probable that nomore con- | tented people ever came from a deacons’ | meeting in that house of worship. | They departed from the church in dif- | ferent directions, and all were ebullient with joy. “I have nothing to say of what oc- curred,” said Deacon Dexter when ap- proached regarding the result of the meet- ing, “and 1 do not care todiscuss it. I am a good-natured man, and that is the reason of my apparent happiness. Iam | | always this way. I can’t help being good- | natured. Yes, it is true that we have great | faith in Dr. Brown, and we will stand by him to the very last.” “Did the matter of prime interest in the | | doctor’s reputation come up, and were Mrs. Davidson'’s charges discussed in any 0. Notin the slightest. I Lope you | will excuse me. my good and Christian | brother, I cannot talk to you of this mat- | ter. We did nothing. We belicve in Dr.‘ Brown. I hope you will permit me to bid | you good ht.” With that D2acon Dex- ter extended his hand and disappeared down Mason sireet. | Deacon Vasconcellos wasinclined to be a | little more talkative than his associate. | He had gone up to the corner of Post street with Dr. Brown to chat with the | minister, but was met coming back toward | | Market. { | _ “Wedidn't say a word about th dal in the meeting. does not justify any comment. Dr. Brown is a persccuted | and maligned man and the law must_take | i Ve can do nothing until the scan- you do then?” | ““There will "be nothing to do. He will | be proven innocent and he will then proba- | bly explain the whole matter as he said | to-night in his address at the prayer meet- | i Not a single member of the Congre- | gational church believes him gilty of | these slanders heaped upon him by bad | people. He is upright and holy, and with the help of God and his own strong will | he will prove it.” *Did not the deacons express in him at the meeting to-night?’ | e have always believed in him and | always will. Did you not see the way ail received him > “The doctor appears to be in a happy frame of mind.” “Yes, he knows we have faith in him, and that every member of the church | loves him as a righteous man. How ter- rible it is to have such vile slauders put | upon such a conscientious Christian! | But he is innocent—he is innocent, and in | time he will rise from the whole affair ana | show his goodness.” | J. H. Hatch said that the sentiment of the meeting was to stand by Dr. Brown. He said that no action would be taken relative to an investigation or a church trial at present. ! J. H. Barnard would not discuss the matter at all. The other deacons were equally reticent. AR HER EASTERN RECORD. Captain Lees Recelves Information Regarding Mrs. Davidson’s Con- viction and Sentence. Captain Lees yesterday received a letter from Chief Inspector W. B. Walls of Bos- ton, Mass., inclosing copy of the papers in the case of the People of the State of Massachusetts against Mary A. Davidson. The papers show that Mrs. Davidson was tried on four counts of selling mort- gaged property. On March 19, 1883, she | executed and delivered a mortgage to Oliver Ditson, John C. Haynes and Charles Ditson over several pianos in her store at Lynn, Mass., including a piano made by William Bowne & Son valued at $300, which she sold on October 2, 1834, to Mary E. Judkins for $200, without the written | consent of the mortgagors or inlorming‘! confidence very | Het. D olao Cuelory amot oL Sy A TETLS “’élfi e FAC - SIMILE Ssaac OF INSCRIPTION ON TH DAVIDS G i, I o S s 2° 1490 g st e Mo E BACK OF et P A PHOTOGRAPH OF MRS the purchaser that there was a morrgage on the piano. The three other counts were for selling in the same way on February 11. 1884, Fischer piano valued at $200 to Henry S Johnson for $200; on June 11, 1884, another Fischer piano valued at$175 to Eliza F. tiles for $175, and on October 1, 1884, a. Briggs piano valued at $150 to George Ful- e r for § She pleaded not gulty and was tried be- fore a jury in the Supericr Court of Essex County. Mass., at Salem, on January 24, 1887. The jury found her guilty and she was sentenced to thirty months in the House of Correction. Accompanying the letter was a photo- graph of Mrs. Davidson and on the back was written the following affidavit: January 2, 1 1, Joseph E. Sk Commonweslt S, make the following deposition, to wit: T have known Mary A. Davidson, alias Ma: Sturgis, for fifteen years anc more, and a member of the Massachusetts district olice arrested her in Albany, N. Y., Novem- er 17, 1856, monwealth, tried at the Superior Court at Salem, January term, 1887, convicted on four | counts for lling mortgaged property, sen- tenced to thirty months in the House of Cor- i ch sentence she served. Talso declare this pholograph to be a correct likeness of her at the time of her arvest, JosErH E. SHaw. Suffolk—s.s. January 2, 1896. Personally appeared before me Joseph E. Shaw, who made oath that the above staiemen: was true to the bestof his knowledge and be- Isaac 8 MubpEN. Justice of the Pea o e TS DR. BROWN PRESIDED. Prayver Meeting at the Firs: Con- gregational Church and Sym- pathy for the Pastor. Dr. Brown was the central ficure at the regular weekly prayer-meeting in THE RANCH - HOUSE OF MRS. HAYES CAL, WHERE MRS. TUNNELL — PR AT GRANGEVILLE, KINGS COUNTY, IS SAID TO BE IN HIDING. [From a photograph.] 2 | meeting. the | classroom of the First Congregational | Church last night. There was a large at- tendance. The doctor presided over the He looked pele and careworn. But there was still the old-time ring in his voice. Hymns were sung and prayers were of- | fered up. Deacon Vasconsellos was the only person | present with the courage to speak of the Brown-Davidson scandal. e exhorted | until their pastor saw fit to make a public | statement, b § 18 no doubt a great deal of anxfes nd query in the hearts of those members of the church who are here to- | meht,” said the deacon, ‘‘regarding the | reports which have appeared in the papers lately, and which, you ali know, reflect on | our pastor. These reports have been the talkof the streets. You have all been | inquiring about them. “*Some wise heads have said that Dr. Brown ‘should make a confession.” So far as I am concerned, I want to say that I | | bave confidence 1n Dr. Brown. ~Anyway, | he isnot on trial. Nocharge hasbeen made against him before the tribunal of this church; he has not been tried by its | officers. | “I want to say that if a pastor ever ineeded the support of his people Dr. | Brown needs it at this time. The church | and people should uphold him. We ara all human and hable to fall; but I don't | know that Dr. Brown has fallen; but I do know thatif Dr. Brown has fallen God knows it. The will of God will be done. Now is the time we should show our Christian kindness and feeling.” Dr. Brown seemed greatly pleased at | what Deacon Vasconcellos had said. He made a short address to the meeting, but was silent on the charges that had turned the tide against him. He read two letters | from former congregations he had served, showinz that the people to whose spirit- ual welfare he had administered were still | unshaken in their belief of his innocence. “Icannot tell you,” began Dr. Brown, | how great my desire is to talk to you about this matter. Ican assure you that I want to talk to you more than Yyou want to bear me, but' my attorneys have ad- vised me to remain silent. They are wise men, and I must obey them. I confess | that my desire has often been to break away from them and tell you my side. When I get their consent I will then break my silence, 1 have the right to take you into my confidence to say that I have received let- ters from twenty different Stales since this trouble began. They came from the North, East and the West. Two of them are of such a nature that I will read them to you. They are from churches that I served in the past.” The letters referred to were from the First Concregational Church of Tacoma, Wash., and irom a church in Kalama: 200, Mich., both of which Dr. Brown served as pastor. The doctor entered the infant class of the latter church, grew up in it and finally became its pastor. The Tacoma letter wassigned by Messrs. Hallock and Merrill, trustees of the First Congregational Church. It was in the form of a resolution and read as follows: WHERESS, Our beloved friend and former pastor, the Rev.Dr. C. 0. Brown, has been made the victim of an evil and designing woman, therefore be it Resolved, That we still firmly believe in his Christian integrity and faith. The resolution was passed by the trus- his listeners to withhold their judgment | tees of the congregation. The Kalamazoo letter was from L. M. Gates, president of the local bank of the town and a leading member of Dr. Brown’s old church. Dr. | Brown explained that Mr. Gates was the only member of the church he ever had any trouble with, and for that reason he more especialiy prized the letter. It re- cited the fact that the doctor had entered the infant class of the Sunday-school, that his parents had been members of tha church, that he had grown up in the light of its sanctuary; that his life had always been pure and truthful, and that his old friends in_Kalamazoo felt certain that he would uitimately vindicate himself. “I might continue reading such letters from now until midnight,” said Dr. SBrown, *and I can tell you it would be very sweet for me to do so. Now, if you think I have done any wrong, hold up your hands.” No hends were held up and Dr. Brown adjourned the prayer-meeting. At the informal reception that followed a large pumber of those in attendance pressed to the platform, clesped the pas- tor's hand and assured him of their sym- pathy and loyalt; e ELUSIVE MRS. TUNNELL. Her Presence In Kings County Is Strongly Denied by Mrs. Hayes. HANFORD, Car., Jan. 8.—Just opposite the village store of Grangeville is the twenty-acre fruit farm of Mrs. Allen Hayes, 2 widow, 60 years old. On being informed that THE CALL wished to see one Mrs.Tuunell Mrs. Hayes dented all knowl- edge of such a person. ‘“You are at liberty to search every room in my house and also to search the farm buiidings,” she said. On being asked, *‘Is it not true that a lady has been stopping tiere?” she said, **Yes, Mrs. Ben Fowler of Tulare.” On being a ung lady, nswered, ‘‘Yes, ed, “Do vou know the Miss Overman,” she last fail I was visiting my daughter, Mrs. Lulu Horton, 216 Eddy | street, San Francisco, One day—I am not | sure of the month, but it was in Septem- ber or October—Mizs Overman calied to | see my grandson in reference to the school he was attending, as she was seriously thinking of taking a course in shorthand. My opinion of her was good. Miss Over- | | man seemed to me to be a modest and | | well-bebaved girl. Tt was the only time I | i | | ever met her before or since. Yes, I have met Dr. Brown. I attended his church with friends and was introduced to him | about two years Last fall I attended | bis church with a Miss Fairchild and Dr. | Brown knew me and we shook hanas. I| don’t know Mrs. Davidson or any of the | other people you ask about. My daughter may, of course. *‘I have been living here for eight years past and in the fali of the year I visit my daughter, Mrs. Horton.” Mrs. Hayes is worried that she has been brought into this and, like Mrs. Tunnell, will go into hiding if many more reporters | come around. The following dispatch was received from Tulare last night. It is a flat con- tradiction of Mrs. Hayes’ statement con- cerning ber visitor, and adds greater mys- tery to the affair: ULARE, CaL., Jan. 8.—To-night’s work reveals more mystery in Mrs. Tunnell's whereabouts. Mrs. Ben Fowler denied being over to Grangeville, and stated posi- | tively that she did not know a Mrs. Gum. | On the v: mention of that name she e cused herself and would not talk further. Arriving to-night at the residence of Mrs. Gum, who is a daughter of Mr: Hayes of Grangeville, your correspondent found a pleasant little woman who readily gave what information she possessed. She tiad known Mrs. Tunnell “just as long as | sbe could reruember.” She (Mrs.Tunnell) left Woodiana yea ent north, whera she married a man named Fowler, out did not live long with him, She has since resumed the name of Tunnell. DAGGETT ALL RIGHT. | The Superintendent of the Mint Makes a Little Explanation. sterday’s issue of the morning tue following telegram was pub- {INGTON, D. C., Jen.7.—The Secretary ury to-day sent to the Honse a list | jovernment coming under | | his department who are delinquent in render- | ing their accounts or in the pavment of bal- | s due from them for the last fiscal year. The list includes A. R. Epofford, Librarian of | Congress; Elihu Olund, Collector of Customs, | Duluth, Minn.; Overton Cade, Superintendent | of the Mintat New Orleans, and John Daggett, Superintendent of the Mint at San Francisco. | When consulted in reference to the d | patch Mr. Daggett declined speaking about | the other officials mentioned, but pre- sented the following written statement of FRANCISCO, | his own position: THE M1 E EUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, Jan. 8, 1896. To the Editor of the San Fiancisco Call—SIR: The statement made in this morning’s CALL that my accounts in this Mint were short, al- though for a very small amount, I deem it my duty to refute with the following letter: TREASURY DEPARTMENT, BUREAU OF THE MINT, WASHINGTON OF THE UNITED STATES; ! Ji 04, for $186 28. be- 3 appropriation for | s 0f your Mint (1895), inclosed | in your communication of the 21st inst.,has been d, property indorsed and transmitted to the | v, personal credit io be 3 inzent expense accounts, | and the amount 10 be covered Into the treasury a§ | a repayment to the above appropriation to cover | | disallowances found by the Auditorof the Treasury | Department. Respectsul | R. E. PRESTC In explanation of the sbove deficiency I have to say that for the past twenty years the dnily andother papers have been taken at this Mint and filed away in its archives and the cost chargea up to the contingent fund. Sue s the case even for the first year ot my adminis- tration, and_the amount allowed by the de- partment. Thereaiter, the account being dis- ellowed as unwarranted, the amount was held out, and correspondence ensued that resulted in my paying for the newspapers myself, s the | foregoing leiter shows. Respectfully, JOHN DAGGETT, Superintendent U. S. Mint. DAGGEIT NOT DELINQUENT. ours » Director of the Mint. i Not Owe One Dollar to the Government. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 8.—Director | of the Mint Preston says the superinten- ident of the mint at San Francisco, John Daggett, is not delinquent or behind with his accounts. Some reports have made him appear as a defaulter, but he does not’ | owe §1 to the Government. It may be he | neglected to render his accounts as soon as he should have under the Dockery act. | but this is mere technicality. | This explanation by Mr. Preston was made owing to a communication which | the Assistant Secretary of Treasury sent to the House of Representatives yesterday, | mentioning the superintendent as one of | the department officers who had been de- Jinquent in rendering his accounts. THORNTON'S FEE. e Is Allowed Five Hundred Dollars by Judge Seawell. Judge Seawell has decided the case of Crittenden Thornton and Felix Merz- bach against I. G. Wickersham by allow- ing the plaintiffs $500. The suit was one for attorneys’ fees. In 1891 Lippitt & Lippitt, Barclay Henley and C. J. Swift were retained by I G. ‘Wickersham to protect his interests as a stockholder in the San Luis Obispo Bank. Lippitt & Lippitt withdrew before the case was under way and Thornton & Merz- bach took their place. The case depended upon whether Lippitt & Lippitt or Merz- bach and Thornton, their successors, were drawn into the case by Wickersham or by Henley and Swift. 1f the former they should look to Henley and Swift for their fee, it was claimed, and if the latter to ‘Wickersham. Thornton sued for $15,000. Mr. Wicker- sham claimed that all the services were rendered under a written contract, and was willing to stand by the contract, which showed that $1000 balance was still due. The court tock this view. | He Does I i | he responded in the negative. | knows about the robbery. | by Engimesr Willis to view the leatber . | and the examination proceeded. THE INGLESIDE SUSPECTS.. What Were They Doing by the Olympic Pier at Ocean Beach ? STORIES TOLD BY WITNESSES. Officer Josephs and Clarke, the Cashier, Are Still Unable to Appear in Court. Judge Conlan’s courtroom was crowded to suffocation yesterday afternoon at the second session of the preliminary examin- ation into the Ingleside electric car rob- bery. Judge Low presided, and at times was compelled to rap rather sharply upon the judicial desk in order to make himself heard. The first witness placed on the stand was Charles McLean, bartender at the race- track, who scored a point for the defense by testifying that the defendant Welch came into town with him at 6 o’clock Christmas afternoon. He further stated that both Middlemiss and Welch were in- toxicated that day. H. M. Russell, keeper of the turnstile at the Ingleside track, said he thought he had seen Gardner, or some one resembling him, at the track Christmas day, but would not be posttive. William B. Peck, cashier of the restau- rant at the track, told the story of the rob- bery substantially as related by the other witnesses. He did not see the faces of the k , and said he would not be able to | vy them. Police Officer Fitzgerald also told the story of the hold-up and reierred to the shooting of Officer Josephs. He said tnat the man who fired the shot was tall and wore an overcoat. When asked whether an overcoat would make a man look taller | Police Ofticer Gibson, the next witness, | was asked by Mr. Mogan whetber he knew anything about the robbery at the Ingleside track. ‘“We object, we object,” sangout Mr. Tobin. “We don’t czre what the officer | ‘What has to be shown is that these defendants are con- nected with the affair.” Judge Low sustained the objection, after | which the witness proceeded to relate that | he and Officer Cody had been summoned money-pouch found by him on the ocean beach. He then stated that he and a number of other officers had watched the pier near which the money bad been found. Their vigilance was rewarded by the discovery of Gardner and Middlemiss at a little afier 8 o’clock on the evening of December 26, the day on which the| money was found. The two men were ~seen near the ninth post| of the pier. The place on the| beach where the money was found had been disturbed, as though some one had been searching for something. Both men refused to answer questions. fortawith taken into custody, Middlemiss complaining that he would have to stand the whole of the blame, since he had no friends, as Gardner bad. When asked where he had been the day previous, Mid- dlemiss stated that he had been with the defendant Welch, who, be said, was a bar- ber at Port Costa. Mr. Mogan asked the witness whether the pier would be a safe place for & drunken man to walk on at nizht, espe- clally if the night were dark and the man very drunk. “We must object,” interposed Mr. To- bin, ‘‘there is no reason why farcical and irrelevant questions should be a: y “Well,” said Mr. Mogan, “the same day and nobody objected." “Idon’t see any reason for objecting, remarked Judge Low, mildly. witness answer— 3 2 “In my opinidn,” answered Gibson, “it would bé an unsaie place for a sober man.” | “Well, as to that,” remarked the Judge, | meditatively, ‘“a drunken man often can | pet over places where a sober man is afraid | to venture.” | No one disputed his Honor’s dictum | questior was asked of Mr, Willis yesler-l ““Let the In an- swer to Mr. Gesford’s cross-examination the officer reiterated his former statements with more particularity. He said he had viewed the pier through a pair of night- glasses, and had noticed one man stooping near the pier. He believed he was one of | those arrested, but could not say which | one. The sand was dug up in the vicinity | of the ninth post of the pier, ! Andrew Stork, a motorman on the Mis- | sion-street extension electric railway, testified that the car which he was con- ducting was arriving at the terminus when the robbery occurred. He told the conductor to turn out the lights, as there were “‘fireworks ahead.” The order was obeyed, and the people in the car left in | great trepidation. ge saw the tail man | with a rifle, but could not swear that he | was masked. He heard shots and loud | talking, but could not give details. The | police went the next day looking for the | Place, but conld not find it. | i weil,” remarked Mr. Ges!ord.l | | | “'that’s characteristic of a policeman.”” *‘Order, erder,” thundered tre bailiff, as a burst of laughter resounded through the | courtroom. Officer E. J. Wrenn was the next wit- ness. He said that be and several other | officers had gone under orders to the | Olympic Salt Water Pumping Works at | the ocean beach on the evening of Decemi- ber 26. He went on guard at the pier at 7 o'clock with Officer Campbell. About 8 o’clock he noticed two men approaching the pjer on the beach. They went from ope side of the pier to the other, and then disappeared from view. He thought they | mignt be hiding on the pi A command | to stand forth was given 1n a loud voice by [ one of the officers, and the defendants, | Gardner and Middiemiss, came in view, | standing upon the pier. Both were taken | into custody. o | Officer Charles J. Cody was the last wit- | ness placed on the sta He repeated the | testimony of Officer Gibson regarding the events subsequent to the findingof the | money-pouch on the beach. He took charge | of Gardaner and placed the ‘‘cuffs” upon | him, while one of the other officers performed the same service for Middle- miss. At the time of the arrestthe wit- | ness did not notice any disturbance in the | sand near the ninth post of the pier, but afterward he observed that the sand at | that point had been_excavated either by | means of a stick or with the human hand | or foot; not with a spade. | At this juncture Judge Low adjourned | further proceedings in court until to-mor- | row afternoon. It was agreed between Judge and coun- sel that the examination of Cashier Clarke | and Officer Josephs, both of whom were | wounded at the time of the robbery, should | take place this evening at the houses where | they are staying. Mr. Mogan asked what conveyances would be provided for the necessary conrt | officials and the Juage and attorneys. | 1 think a cable-car will do,” responded his Honor, dryl{, | Some of the legal lights concerned not | sceming to relish this ruling, Mr. Tobin | brought the day’s proceedings to a grace- | ful and appropriate close by recommend- | ing the patrol wagon. | i HOTRES | Value of Foreign Money. | According 1o the circular of January 1 sent out by R.E. Preston, Director of the United States Mint, the following are the established | valuations in cents of the monetary units of | the principal countries with which the Sen Francisco merchants do business: The Chinese tael, Shaughai 72.5, Haikwan 80.8, Tientsin 76.9, Cheefoo 75.9; the boliviano of Bolivia, the Central American and Colombian peso, the Ecuadorean sucre and the Peruvian sol, 49.1; | l They were | . | and improvements, for repay: the Chilean peso, 49.2; the Cuban peso, 92.6; an dcllar, 53.3; the Japane:é ven, ver 52.9; the Venezueian boliv own 0f Nor eden and De: the Spanish valuations for British and are fixed by law and are unchan Canadian dollar is at par. UNION CARPENTERS. The General Committee of Philadelphia to Form Organizations All Along the Coast. Carpenters’ and Joine i held last evening and resulted in the lection of the following: J. E. McVicker, president; H. Hageman, vice-president; L. D. Gordon, recording secretary; F. Doane, financial secretary; L. N. Vezina, treasurer; G. 2 = The District C taken a new be of departure, which 1 will great benefit to have been made wheret v all carp good r unions may have the icians and secure me e at ch are char:ec to the worl rs deeply ians and to the dru times left m to their famil stores. The plan adopted by the Di nilar to that of the Forest e been made with the wher: hed at almc of the Ci drugzstores are on ton and Van N n and Market streel rict Council tatio Chese Market and near the cut. Within the next fe the services of four physicians e secured. Three have offered their services to the council. but_the selection will not be announced until all are selected. Word has eral exec hood of Carpe ica, in P! reorganized in a substantia the yea Funds will be advanced for the tion of unions in every city in Cali and in fact all over the voast. Work this direction will be begun soon. £ Before this information received, however. the local hody began thi The preliminary steps to ti.e f a carpenters’ union in been taken and the v the general or; teps have be zing unions i ved from the gen- f th Brot! ay during forma- in and n. The District Council 1ts annual picnic at Sunset Park, near Santa Cruz, in April. Arrangements have been made with the railroad company for taking out a large excursion train on that occasion. - MISSIONARY SCHOOL. Opening of an Iustitution to Foster Home and Foreign Missions. There was a thoroughiy enth meeting at the opening of the M Exte: School in the Y. M. rday afternoon. fiss Mindora L. Berry, intendent, cave an able ad scope of the school. She stated tuat ev new super- ss on the sses are to be e goes on w our own, where come mis- S have a tra Short addresses w J. Sunderland, D.D.. Rev Dr. A. E. Sturge, Mrs. Ca gomery a; To-day 7l ClocliSanad S 020 btocriy ST 20! 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