The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 23, 1896, Page 5

FRANCISCO | CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1896 CELEBRATIONS ON THE COAST. Los Angeles’ New Masonic Temple Impressively Dedicated. GAYETY AT SANTA CRUZ Hundreds of Visitors Witness the Washington Day Sports at Fowler. OBSERVED AT OTHER POINTS. Patriotic Citizens Honor the Memory of the First President of America. LOS ANGELES, Car., Feb. 22.—The Masons celebrated to-day by laying the on Hi tone of the new Masonic temple street. Fiesta have streets put on such an animated appearance as this morning. Masons with the neat bib d apron, with pretty blue ribbons which ed on by pretty women—wives n s of the Order | Masons witk im- rosettes, Masons with n all the other orders s Tempiar with cha- and gleaming swords 1 Star ns and well take pattern bodies that turned It was a model pro-| respect. One of the most es of the whole procession | iptness with which it moved. ne as the parade moved down was an insp d thorc is of spec from vas one d s, and other thou- the buildings on the handsomest 1at has ever taken e soldierly ap- %) men who were husiastically commented ets the f music, preceded by ce. and them, aiter the 3 emonies were ended and lover the multitude, the scene resque. wdley, president of the ple Association, delivered an the new temple. Most Wor- attention. Hew and s followed by Hon. Thomas Flint Hon. Frank Marion Angelotti. Very Worshipful Grand Secretary George J read the records and then the t was made in the corner- Edward Coleman, V. W. Grand asurer. Music by the quartet followed, 1amid thesilence that fell on the mul- ide the grand officers laid the corner- The address of the day was most elo- iently given by Judge J. D. Bicknell, orator, and after more music the nediction was pronounced by Rev. W. . Tinker. The new temple will be one of the hand- somest on the coast. The permit for the structure, issued by the building superin- tendent recently, c: of about $35,000. The bu ng will havea frontage of £ ine feet on the west side of Hill street, between Fourth and Fifth, & depth of 160 feet, and it will be three stories in height. The wall will be mas- sive enough for a five-story block. of the building will be of a yle of architecture. A light sal- W mon-colored pressed brick will be used, with Sespe stone trimmings. The en- tranze will be an archway fifteen feet wide and twenty feet high. Here are fluted pilasters resting on carved stone pedestals d with Ionic capitals. The beautifully rved arch will rest on dwarf round col- ins. The pediment will be capped with al, and in the pediment will be the Ma- emblem carved in Sespe stone, W an Ledy THE DAY AT FOWLER. Field Sports Witnessed by Hundreds From Surrounding Towns. FRESNO, Car., Feb. visited to-day by hundrec the counties of Fresno, Ki 10 engaged in or Fowler was of people from :s and Tulare, witnessed a mul- | titude of field sports and festivities in r-vuhim ion of Washincton’s Birthday. The da; s amusements and contests were | vlanned by the Fowler Athletic Club. A | amme of great variety was carried | out to the letter with spirit and enthusi- | asm. Major George W. Waterman was grand marshal of the day. The field sports began at 9:30 o’clock, ana consisted of a potato race for boys under 15, an egg race for girls, a sack race, running broad jump, runuing high jump, obstruction race, ladies’ race, fat men’s race, match footrace and bicycle race. The afterncon was devoted to horse ana mule racing and a football match between the Oleander and Central colonies, the latter winning by a score of 4 to 0. The ladies of the Fowler Improvement Associa- tion served luncheon to the multitude. e festivities concinded with a i Good Templars' Hall 2aiin — SANTA CRUZ CONCERT, Patriotic Entertainment Given by the Philharmonic Society. SANTA CRUZ, Car., Feb. 22 —_Wagh- ington’s birthday was observed here by a general suspension of business. To-night the Philharmonic Society gave a patriotic concert at the Opera-house. District At- torney Carl Lindsay delivered an oration on Washington. At the Methodist Church, which is in » midst of a revival, Rev. A. H. Brizgs San Francisco and 8. Bovard of San Jose delivered patriotic sermons morning and afternoon, the former on *‘Tne Tem- | ple of Liberty,” the latter on *““The Citizen the Times Demand.” At the Church of the Blessed Hope H. W. Bowman deliv- ered an epigramatic lecture of a strictly patriotic character: t =X tagel W PORTLAND PATRIOTISM. Bons of the American Revolution Attend a Banquet. PORTLAND, Or., Feb. 22.— Washing- ton’s birthday was made a holiday event annual banquet of the Oregon Society of Sons of the American Revolution was beld. Covers were laid for seventy-five guests. The address of the evening was delivered by Judge Stephen A. Lowell of Pendieton.” Various councils of the order of Young Men’s Institute held commem- orative exercises at A. 0. U. W. Temple this evening. The Prohibitionists observed the day by holding a convention to nom- inate legislative tickets, sending dele- gates to a State convention, and declaring that they would cuta figure in the Sena- torial campaign of 18 i A Vallejo Makes Merry. VALLEJO, Car., Feb. 22.—Vallejo Con- cil No. 13, Young Men’s Institute, cele- brated Washington’s birthday by holding a ‘'smoker’ at its hall on Georgia street. A large crowd hlled the hall and songs, recitations and a general merry-making was the order. The hall was prettily dec- orated. Farragut Camp No. 19, Sons’ of Veterans, celebrated by a dance, in which the par- ticipants dressed themselves in their old- clothes, and the spectacle created a ast amount of mirth — At Mare Island. VALLEJO, CaL., Feb. 22.—Washington's birthday was celebrated at the Navy-yard by the closing of all the workshops and the flying of the colors on the Indepen- denceand Monadnock. Atnoona National salute was fired from the saluting battery on board of the receiving-ship. In town flags were flying at all the prominent tlag- voles. 2 S N DS Silver Men at Spokane. SPOKANE, Wasn., Feb. 22.—Washing- ton’s birthday was generally observed here to-day. All stores were closed, and to-night there were held many partiesand receptions. The Friends of Silver held a meeting, which was addressed by some of the most eminent men of the Northwest. et i e Sy Observed at Seattle. SEATTLE, Wasx., Feb. versary of Washington’s birth was gener- ally observed in this city. The Corwin fired a salute of twenty-one gunsand the Society of Sons of the American Revolu- tion gave a banquet which was attended by many leading men of the State. B Bangqueted at Fresno. FRESNO, CaL., Feb. —The annual musical and literary festivities and ban- quet of Fresno County’s New England Society was held in the Grand Central Hotel this evening. This society numbers about sixty persons. SINTABOSA CELEBRATES Benefits of a Complete Water System Demonstrated to Visitors. Two Streams Thrown Simultaneously Over the Dome of the Court- house. SANTA ROSA, CaL., Feb. 22.—The pub- lic test of the newly completed city water works took place here at noon to-day and was in every way successful. A heavy fog hung over the town during the morning hours, but “Old Sol'" had chased it away by 11 o'clock, and a more beautiful day could not have been wished for. An ex- pectant erowd lined the sidewalks and filled vehicles of all descriptions in tne street. From the top of an eighty-foot pole, planted at the northwest corner of the Courthouse square, floated the Amer- ican iag, over which a stream of water was to be thrown. Just as the big clock in the courthouse dome struck 12 six streams of water shot GOLD FOUND N MADERA COUNTY, Paying Ore Discovered at the Base of Quartz Mountain.' LUCK OF A FRESNOITE. ‘He Brings Back Specimens That Assay From $30 to $300 to the Ton. A LEDGE OF FREE GOLD. Mines in the Vicinity Had Been Worked and Yielded Fortunes in Former Years, FRESNO, CAL., Feb. 22.—D. H. Long, a well-known ‘mining man, returned here from Quartz Mountain this forenoon with samples of gold- bearing decomposed quartz which, owing toits almost unparal- eled richness in free gold, have caused great excitement among mining men and prospectors who have seen Mr. Long’s specimens. The find was made at the base of the mountain, where, in former years, much wealth has been realized. Several | mills were formerly busy in the locality. The Abbott mine, near this find, yielded a great fortune to its owner. Assays of Long’'s specimens of por- phyry and quartz run from $30 to $300 in | fine g§)d. The walls of this gold-bearing quartz are of porphyry and slate. The grounds had been worked formerly, but owing to the exceeding fineness of the gold did not pay hecause of the inability of operators to save the dust. The quick- silver process readily unites this dust, | which shows the greatness of the find. The ledge is near the old Hildreth min- ing camp in Madera County, about thirty- five miles northeast of the ci | | SR Drowned in an Irrigating Ditch. FR 0, CaL., Feb. 22.—Little Law- rence Hoard, » three-year-old son of J. W. | Hoard, a vineyardist, who resides in Tem- perance colony, a few miles from this city, | wandered away from home and was drowned in an_irrigating ditch this after- noon. The body of the child was found | soon after it was missed by its mother. SIGNED BY JUDGE LACOMBE. The Order Relating to_the Northern Pa- cijic Receivers. | NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 22.—Judge Lacombe of the United States Circuit | Court has signed the order by which he issued a memorandum of approval late | vesterday afternoon, in the matter of the | appointment of receivers of the Northern Pacific Railway Company. He directs that the cause of the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company and others against the Northern Pacific’ Railroad Company, | brought August 15, 1893, be consolidated with the suit brought by the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company as complainant 8 i S ~ [N POWER - HOUSE OF THE SANTA ROSA WATER WORKS. into ‘the air to a height of 200 feet. The flag on the test pole was caught by the rushing water and torn into ribbons, amid the cheers of the well-pleased crowd. This was, as yet, only the ordinary reser- voir pressure, with the big pump et to hiear from. Four of the streams were now discontinued and pumping commenced. Under the additional pressure the water spurted and cracked from the nozzles of the pipes, and the two streams met in air, forming a gigantic arch over the dome of | the courthouse. The eastern stream, fa- vored by the breeze, washed the face of the Goddess of Liberty, fulfilling the prophecy of Chief Muther of the fire department. After a crowd of small boys on the court- house steps had been well soaked and the usual sprinkling given to the good-natured crowd the water from the new works was turned off and that of the old turned on. Two very weak streams were turned into the air for a while, causing derisive laughter and sarcastic remarks to come from the supporters of the new system, this ending the exhibition. The city’s guests were entertained at a banquet at the Grand Hotel this evening upon their return from a visit to the works. Speeches of congratulation closed an event- ful day in the history of Santa Rosa. ey S Ola Nol Beams Upon Porterviile. PORTERVILLE, CaL., Feb. 22.—This was the warmest day of the season, the mercury registering 80 degrees in the shade. Crops are sorely in need of rain. - Adomitted to the Bar. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feh, 22.—8eventy- one students were admitted to the bar to- day before the the appellate division of the Supreme Court just before it went into session. Among them were three women, Mrs. Clara Foltz of the bar of San Fran- cisco, Mrs. Shirley S. Davis, mother of Assistant District Attorney Henry F. Davis, and Miss Carolina L. Dodge, who passed the examinations last June. — Daughters of the Kevolution. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb, 22, —The Daughters of the American Revolution completed the business of the fifth Conti- nental Congress to-day hly the clection of State regents, after which the delegates were received at the White House bysdn. Cleveland. and its observance was general throughout the State. Places of business were closed, and this aiternoon the militia paraded the streets of Portland and the public school children took part in the exereises. At Hotel Portland this evening the fifth e By the vear 1510 the cultivation of mul- berry and the raising of silkworms haa spread over the most of Italy and ex- tended into the south of France and Spain. for tha foreclosure of mortgages upon the property of the railroad company, the bill of complaint for which was filed" August 5, 1895, and that Edwin H. McHenry of 8 Paul, Minn., and Frank G. Bigelow of Mil- waukee, Wis., be appointed receivers of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company and all of 1ts property. 3 Judge Lacombe further orders that the resignations of Thomas F. Oakes, Henry C. Payne and Henry C. Rouse as receivers ] be accepted and that they make account- ing to the United States Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. The two new receivers are required to furnish bonds in the sum of $50,000 each. & The order of the accounting is dated back to take effect January 31, 1895. For all other purnoses the order takes effect February 21, 189, e REVISIONS OV -THE TARIFP, If Allowed They Will Swamp the House Bilt. WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 22.—Ding- ley of Maine, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, on being asked to-day what the effect would be of opening up the House tariff bill toan amendment in- creasing the duty on wool beyond the figure on the bill as it stands, said that he agreed with the Senate Republicans that any material amendment in one direction would invariably invite hundreds of other amendments and thus practically open up the whole question of tariff revision and swamp the measure at once. The Senate Republicans’ caucus took the ground that the only way to get any bill to the Presi- dent to increase the revenue is for the Senate to pass substantially the House tariff bill, which continues only for two years, and he agreed with this view. e A Child-Slayer Hanged. BOSTON, Mass., Feb. 22.—Angus M. Gil- bert was hanged in tne Charles-street jail yesteraay for the murder in Dorches- ter, April last, of Alice Sterling, an eight- year-old child.. Gilbert’s crime was one of the most brutal ever committed in Massa- chusetts. After assaulting the little girl he killed her with a hatchet, beating her face ana head into an unrecognizable moass. D — Swindled by a Forger. PARIS, FraNcE, Feb. 22.—The American banking firm of Morgan & Harjes has been swindled out of a considerable sum by a man giving the name of Naudorff, who forged the signature of Tiffany’s Paris confidential cierk. There is no clew. oL A Royal Prisoner Acquitted. BRUSSELS, BeLeioM, Feb. 22.—The trizl of Prince Charles of Loozetcorswarem, | @ member of one of the most distingyished famili¢s in Belguim, upon charges of ex- tensive and protracted swindling opera- tions throughout Europe, ended to-day. The prisoner was acquitted. A great sensa- tion w3 caused. JULLBGI’J BOYS AT WAR. A Lively Serimmage Starts Chapel Exercises CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ixp., Feb. 22— The freshmen and sophomore classes of ‘Wabash College began & pitched battle to- day during chapel exercises, the trouble growing out of the releasing of a lot of pigeons laden with sophomore colors. The moment the pigeonsflew up thefresh- men arose in their seatsand with wild yells began firing hymnbooks, clubs and hats at the birds. The sophomores then rushed into the freshmen and a free fight began, the students crowding out into the corri- dors. The faculty tried to get the students to desist, but were jeered. No recitations could be held to-day, the wild hilarity con- tinuing unabated. The students are parading the streets to-night and more disorder is expected. During e Sy THIRTEEN BODIES RECOVERED, Rapid Progress Made in Cleuring Away Debris at the Pulcan. NEWCASTLE, Coro., Feb. 22.—Thirteen bodies have been taken from the Vulcan mine, the last being that of Chris Brueger, found in the left entry 8t 1:30 o’clock this morning. Though good progress is made at clearing away the debris, the disastrous effects of the explosion are more marked as the workmen make their way into the entries. A force of men was set to work to-day to construct a fanhouse in order that the right entry may be cleared of gas. A re- lief committee has been appointed to look after the destitute families, and subscrip- tions have already begun to come in. No further rescue of bodies can be accom- plished until the fanhouses are rebuilt and the mine surely cleared of the dangerous gas. SENTENCE OF SOLDIERS. Imprisonment for Those Who Made As- saults on Chinese. OMAHA, Ny Feb. Tlie findings of the court-martial at Camp Pilot, W yo., on the anti-Chinese demonstration there on January 18 were received at army head- quarters here to-day. On that date five soldiers of the hth Infantry assaulted several Chinese miners. Major Crowder, judge advocate general, investigated. The soldier who stood as guard was sen- tenced to two ye in the military prison and a dishonorable discharge. ‘The others were sentenced to six and five months re- spectively. The finding in the case of the one who actually committed the assault has not been received. It is presumed that he will geta more severe sentence. The miners said to have incited the attack were only spec OPEN HOU: -~ THE RULE, Suitable Celebration of the Anniversary at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 22.—Washington’s birthday was generally obsecved here as a holiday. The banks, the Merchants’ Ex- change and all the Federal offices were closed. To-night open house was the rule at all the clubs and civic society halls, e President Coulter Resigns. CHICAGO, ILn., Feb. 22. — Jokn M. Coulter has resigned the presidency of Lake Forest University to become head professor of botany in the University of Chicago, which has been endowed with $1,000,000 for the botanical department. President Coulter denied that his resigna- tion bore any relation to the reported af- filiation of the two universities. S o= Mrs. Maybrick to Be Liberated. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 22.—A special cable aispajch to the Sun from London says: There is excellent reason to believe that the Home Secretary has decided to liberate Mrs. Maybrick, who was convicted some vears ago at Liverpool of poisoning her husband. An official announcement to thie effect will probably be made next week. G g i Inhaled Fatal Fumes, CHICAGO, IrL., Feb. 22.—Three mem- bers of the Jacodi family were found un- conscious yesterday morning in their farmhouse, near Niles Center. Fumes from a coal stove filled the room and were responsible for their condition. Annie Ja- codi, aged 15, and Jacob Jacodi, her fathert will die; Mary Jacodi, her mother, will re- cover. e : Shot While ¥achting. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 22.—The fol- lowing dispatch was received by the Sun last night: BERMUDA, Feb. 20.—C. T. Johnson, New York Yacht Club, shot himself this afternoon on board Mr. Palmer’s yacht Yampa. He is dead. it SR Will Bow on the Tyne. LONDON, Exa., Feb. 22.—The oarsmen Bubear and Ross will Tow on the Tyne championship course on March 4 for £100 a side. Bubear concedes Ross seven seconds. STREETCAR ~ EMPLOYES, A Movement to Reduce Gripmen's and Conductors’ Hours of Work. LABOR CONVENTION WILL ACT. Delegate Burns to Show the Evils of the Present Street Railway System. ‘When the Labor Convention adjourned last Sunday it was to meet again at the call of the chair. This call will be made as soon as the organizing committee, com- posed of one delegate from each union, shall make ifs report. This committee will meet at 1159 Mission street and dis- cuss the platform of principlesupon which the convention shall be a permanent or- ganization. Many matters of interest will be discussed at the meeting, and one of particular importance. It Is with regard to the hours of labor, as set forth in R, T. Mclvor's resolution of last Sunday. The subject will be presented by T. F. Burns, the delegate from tne Cigar-makers’ Union, who will introduce the following resolution, relative to the hours of labor of streetcar motormen, grirmen and con- ductors: Wherens, there are in the City and County of San Francisco 3000 streetcar employes or more who owing to their peculiar conditions are uneble to organize for their Pmlec“on and benetit; and whereas, said employes are com- pefied to labor unreasonably long hours in order to retain their Yosillons and are thus de- prived of all the rights that are inherent in thisgreat Republicand theinstitutions thereof; and whereas, several attempts have been made 10 organize said streetcar employes in & pro- tective body, which attempis have proved futile owing to the street railway corporation’s espionage or system of spying into the move- ments of its employes, which results in pre- venting said employés from receiving the benefits of organization; and whereas, this la- bor union convention stands pledged to do all in its power to aid and assist all wage-carners, and purticularly those who are unable to pro- tect tnemselves against the avarice, injustice ;g(}cnhuse of greedy corporations; therefore, Reso'ved, That this convention call upon all of the trades unions and liberty-loviug eiti- zens to unite in one grand effort to ameliorate the condition of the employes of stireetcar railway companies; and be it further Resolved, That we will pledge ourselves in- dividually and collectively to secure the pas sage of a legislative measure making the max- imum hours of labor eight hours a day on all corporation work requiring municipal fran- chises, and Resolved, That we eall upon all streetcar em- ployes to unite with the wage-workers in a grand political movement to abolish the obnoxious system which generates the evils of which we complain, and t free ell labor from the thraldom of priva(uTcng?ufil UR! Delegate from the C. M.I. U.of A., Union 228. Delegate Burns, in discussing his resolu- tion, gave several of the principal reasons for its introduction. He said, in the first place, that the hoursthe gripmen, the mo- tormen and conductors are compelled to work is simply an outrage that the people should abolish. He said that this class of wage-earners are compelled to go to work at 5:30 o’clock in the morning and stand at their posts for fourteen hours, with only time enough to ‘hastily swallow thin noon lunches and evening meals. For this they are poorly paid, and subject to abuse and insults from unreasonable superiors and a thoughtless public. Burns said: Put yoursell in the position of & motorman or a gripman on one of the big lines for a little while. These men are subject to all conditions of weather—heat, cold, rain and jog. All day and half of the night they go forcing their way through crowds of teams and. gatherings of people. -One ship of the grip or motor or brake and they crush into a wagon and smash_the vehicle or their car, for which thev are held responsible, or run down aud injure or kill & human being. These men’s nécessary watch- fulness keeps their nerves at a terrible tension all day and hulf of the night. No human be- ing can stand such & strain day in and day out for montns and not break down. Therefore I say that the public should de- mand that men in such responsible positions shall not be overworked. There would be fewer people killed and injured if the men in charge of the street cable and electric cars were not overworked. The conductors are almost as badly situated. They work as long hours and are expected to gather in every five cent piece. I & passenger i8 accidentally overlooked the conductor does not know but will be reported by & “spotter” and dis- ed. As for the social life of these laborers, have none. It is one continuous grind which grinds the life out of them and to falter meens to lose their jobs. It iythe duty of our convention to look after the interests of those who are unable to protect themsel Should they attempt to organize they would all be fired. Iam sure if they had a union that union would be represented in our convention. By the suggestion I make they can help themselves by voting for the men the wage-workers will put to the front, and the corporations will not bé able to inter’ fere with the voters under the present baliot- ing system. Mr. Burns said that in introducing the resolution he will call attention to another matter that should be looked into. Each company keeps a large force of extra men around its carhouse, who earn from $2 50 to $5 per week. The extra listis at le; 30 per cent.of the working force, and their hours are just as long as those of the regu- lars. They have to spend all their_time there, so as to be ready in case their ser- vices are wanted. ‘Thus the companies re- ceive the benefit of"the time without pay ing for the same. By reducing the hours all would have a chance to work, and be paid for it. Now the extra men virtually give all their time, and are paid for but a few hours’ work. Mr. Burns added, in conclusion: There is still another piece of injustice prac- ticed upon these unfortunate men that beats the gas company’s deposit on the meter sys- tem. Every gripman, motorman snd con- ductor, extramen - as well as regulars, is obliged to deposit with the corporation $25 to pay for damages to the cars and to insure honesty. There are over 3000 of these em- loves and their deposits amount to over $75,000, upon which the companies draw iu- ferest. What right have they to exact such a tax from their men? 1 feel sure that_the con- vention and the public in general will indorse any law that will afford these streetcar em- ployes any relief whatever. *with DR, BROWN TALKS OF HIS CASE, Confident Mrs. Stockton's Story Has Left No Evil Results. MRS. COOPER IS BLAMED. The Pastor’s Wife Talks About | the Action of the Kinder- | garten Worker. | MRS. BADDIN AS A WITNESS. Attorney Woodhams Preparing Evi. | dence for the Next Meeting of the Council. “You ask me why Dr. Brown permitted Mrs, Stockton to remain in the church after such damaging testimony as to her character was brougzht out in the cros: examination Thursday night,” said Mrs. | Brown yesterday. “Well, it is just like this. A large part of these facts, with many, many more, have come to our knowledge since the council was called. That Larkspur epi- sode and the list of men named in the ex- amination we have learned witain the | past few days. ! “As to the revelation made by Mrs. | Cooper to us in May, 1894, involving some of the most awful details, Mrs. Coover her- self exacted the most solemn pledge of crecy before she told us these things. We had only her for 2 witness, and she had | sworn us to secrecy on the ground that her own good name would be involved because she had introduced Mrs. Stockton to the church and to Dr. Brown after knowing | herto bea bad woman. Thisis the sol- | emn truth. Mrs. Cooper knows it to be true. Hence her zeal from the outset to basten Dr. Brown’s destruction. She saw | that the mention of Mrs. Stockton would | involve her. She knew that both Dr. Brown and I knew the awful truth which involved Mrs. Cooper and her connection | Mrs. Stockton. She was therefore | compelled to choose which one she would | ally herself with, Mrs. Stockton has | money back of her, and Mrs. Cooper chose | accordingly. ““Hence you e clearly that to have be- | gun a trial against Mrs. Stockton would have instantiy involved Mrs. Cooper’s | good name which she had pledged us to | protect Mrs. Stockton never again re- | turned to the church until she attempted to get a church letter, but Dr. Brown | would not give it to her, and Mrs. Stock- ton never returned after this until she came on the arm of Mrs. Cooper to testify | to her awful infamy."” | “In addition to what my wife hasal ready said,” remarked Dr. Brown lasi night, “I can affirm without fear of con. tradiction that I never spoke to Mrs Stockton after Mrs. Cooper told me in the | presence of my wife of Ler true character. To the best of my recollection I have never seen her but once since November, 1894, until Mrs. Cooper brought her in on her arm the night before last. “Attorney John M. Crighton came to me with a proposition from Mrs. Stockton though he was unaware of the facts at that time. 1 politely but vromptly handed him his hat and told him never to put his foot inside my door again. The next night Mr. Crighton came to me and apol ed for the part he had played. He assured me that he was not till then aware of Mrs. Stockton’s character and inten- | tions, and that he had accepted the mis- | ston practically blind-folded. All this I can prove. *‘Mrs. Stockton was introduced to Mrs. | Cooper by a rich man who was paying & handsome sum to the kindergarten schools. The former secured a position as a teacher on this man’s recommendation, and she was retained in the local schools as long as ossible. When decency no longer adm ted of Mrs. Stockton remaining in the kin- dergarten work here Mrs. Cooper secured her a position in Port Angeles. Why she ?i?lnut remain there has already been old. ““Mrs. Stockton refuses to fix dates. It she had done so I could have shown by my reference book that I was eitherat | bome, at some parishioner’s or by the side of some sick-bed. Her scheme would have taken me away irom my dinner six or | | seven times, hence my wifé must of neces- { sity bave known of it. ‘It is my invariable rule to gzo home with my wife after cfurch service.” Judge-Advocate Woodhams is busy pre- paring evidence to be presented to the council next Tuesday. Miss Cooper, it is understood, will bé a witness, and she promises to throw some light on the mysterious disappearance of Mrs. Tunnell. Mrs. Baddin is also likely to be brought before the council, though this is by no means certain as yet. She is said to be in the City under an assumed name. Witnesses will be brought forward to confirm the story of Mrs. Stockton. They are expected w prove that she and Dr. Brown were at the places named. The pastor will insist that Mrs. Lena Blan- chard be placed on the stand for further | cross-examination. It is hoped to weaken her testimony by her own admissions. Mrs. Blanchard stated to a CaLL reporter immediately after the dramatic scene in the council-room that if she had been vroperly coached, as she anticipated, noth- ing of the characterreferred to would bave happened. Professor Lloyd will occupy_the pulpit of the First Congregational Church to- day. A Standard for Young Men. To-day at 3 o'clock Rev. W. H. Rader, by special request, will deliver an address to young men exclusively at the Young Men's Christian Association Hall, Mason and Ellis streets. It will be the eighth address in the special course now being given at the institu- tion. UL S e Hit With a Hatchet, Wong Kow, a cigar-maker, was visiting at 8: Clay street last night when he and another Chinese had a ros The other Chinese pi up a hatchet and Wong on the ba ot his Tight ear. was fortunately blunt end o a flesh wound, which ssed at A Coast Representat Joseph Cairn Simpson of Oakland has gone to New York, is to represent the State Agricultural he Pacific Coast Trotting- horse Breeders ation and other organi- zations as a delegate to' the meeting of the National Trotting Association i 4 e et Black has always stood as the symbol of mourning, death and trouble, though a isattached to it through its being being the chosen hue of religion. It was, however, chiefly as the symbol of deadness to the world and worldly things that the monk and nun assumed it. — oo The wife of the Emperor Hwangti, whe s worshiped by the Chinese as a goddess, | is said to have begun the manufacture of \ silk in the Celestial Empire in 2600 B. 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