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10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1896. ON THE VERGE OF A DECISION Labors of the Council Ex- pected to Conclude To-Day. BROWN’S JUDGES SILENT Not Improbable That the Ac- cused Man Will Be Fully Exonerated. THE PASTOR SEEMS ANXIOUS. Dr. Williams Visits Him at a Late Hour, Evidently With Cheering News. The Brown council was in almost con- tinuous session from 2 o’cleck yesterday afternoon until 11 last night, without reaching a verdict which they were willing should go to the world as an expression of their three days’ detiberations. 1f they reached a conclusion at all the individual members were loth to give it out, presumably preferring to sleep over the decision before relieving the suspense of those most directly interested. When the ecclesiastical judges made their exit on the Mason-street side last night every man was in a great rush to catch a car or anything that would take him out of the reach of reporters. Dr. Pond, Rev. Mr. Rader and Layman Ruthraff were the only members who took things leisurely. They sauntered down the street apparently oblivious of news- paper men or anything else, except the consciousness of the secret hugged so closely to their breasts. “Is it true that the council reached a verdict of unministerial conduct?'’ was asked of Dr. Pond. “I decline to answer,”’ was the laconic | you say, then, if the council has ended its deliberations?” was then ven- tured. “I decline to answer that also,” the rev- erend gentleman replied. Dr. Pond volunteered the information that, as the ‘‘boss whitewasher” of the Pacific Coast, certainly no very severe ver- dict could be expected from him. Rev. Mr. Rader and Layman Ruthraff were equally as uncommunicative as their brother judge. They refased to indicate in any way the final findings if such a hin g had occurred in the council. During the evening, and in fact until the council adjourned, Pastor Brown walked up and down Geary street from Mason to Powell. Every ten or fifteen minutes his friend and adviser, Deacon Morse, came hurriedly up to the church, and with much eagerness asked if there wasany- thi new or if a verdict had been ren- dered. One thing, at least, is sure, if the council did not reach a decision last night they came very near the point. A committee was appointed, with Dr. Williams as chair- man, to suitably draft the verdict of the council and present it to the church. Dr. McLean when asked last night if a verdict bad been rendered said: **We have not yet concluded our labors althoush we have almost arrived at a decision. When we parted to-night we pledged ourselves not to divulge anything that had taken place, so I am not at liberty to say one word. I think we shall finish to-morrow afternoon.” From another sourcelater in the evening it was learned that the verdict will be ‘“zuilty of non-ministerial conduct,” quali- fied -in such a way as to admit. of Dr. Brown’s continuing in the ministry. During the afternoon Dr. Pond made a long argument favoring a mild judgment and incidentally arraigning the women who had appeared agaiust Dr. Brown. His speech was not very favorably re- ceived, though listened to with respectful attention. Mr. Dodge made a spirited re- ply, in which he said that this was not an occasion where leniency could be exercised. The sudden departure of Miss Overman occupied some little time of the council, though it was finally determined not to al- Jow this even to prejudice their verdict, provided Dr. Brown made a proper and plansible explanation. The moderator, Dr. McLean, consumed a big portion of the evening in giving = blackboard demonstration of the different handwritings submitted to the council. This was confined largely to comparisons of Miss Overman’s.writing with that of the anonymous letters received by Mrs. Cooper and others. Dr. McLean has expressed the opinion that the letters offered in evidence by Dr. Brown as samples of those written to Miss Overman while that young lady was in Ta- coma were written to order. On January 7 Dr. Brown only had one of these letters. The moderator is correspondingly skepti- cal and cannot see whya man at home would call a woman Mattie and thenina letter address her as *‘Miss Martha.” The council will meet this morning at 10 o’clock. The committee on findings will meet this morning at 10 o’clock, for the purpose of putting in shape the opinion of the coun- cil. That body proper will meet at 1 o’clock to receive the report and make such additions as the membets might suggest. This verdict .will not be given out until ‘Wednesday night. The committee is made up of Dr, Wil- liams (chairman), Mr. Curtis, Dr. Hoyt, Rev. Mr. Rader and Dr. McLean. Immediately after the aajournment of the committee last night Dr. Williams vis- ited Dr. Brown at his home, 1703 Geary street. As Dr. Williams is a substantial friend of the accused pastor, this midnight visit is significant if nothing more. R SREt IN OLD MEXICO. A Charming Spot Where Skies and Sea Are Calm All the Summer. Mrs. Tunnell and her dear young frie nd Mattie Overman displayed rare judgment when they chose the seaside town of Ense- nada in the Mexican province of Baja Cal- ifornia as a quict place where they might rest until the close of the Davidson trial. Tbe bay of Todos Santos is almost a perfect crescent, edged with gray sands and white foam, about a mile long. On each horn of the crescent is a high point of Jand—that on the south being known as the Punta Banda, Under the lee of the int on the north and the bare hills that Eg('k it stand the Hotel Iturbide and the simple little Mexican custom-house and town. In the townis a barracks where about fifty dark-skinned Mexican soldiers are housed. They are uniformed inthe summer-time in white and straw hats, and are more reminiscent of picnics than of war. An American hotel, second class, keeps open_doors for modest tourists at $25 per month, while the ‘‘high-tcned” English visitors, of whom there are many, sit on the piazzas of the Iturbide and dreamily contemplate the drowsy sea, for the ocean in that vicinity isas quiet as a sleeping babe. There is a restaurant in the place where one may dine on the fattest of chickens, with Spanish olives, Frencn pates, French wines, real Havana and Mexican cigars. An excellent Mexican band gives open-air concerts and also plays at banquets in the restaurant, the most favorite Spanish airs being *‘Los Risos Cabellos,” “‘Sobre Las Olas,” “Dime Mujer,” “Un Beso,”’ *“La Paloma” and others that make the feet tingle for the dance. There is no doubt that when that band gets to playing some of its lively music Sister Overman and Mother Tunnell will be sorely tempted to waltz to the seduc- tive music. In this quaint town, away from the clatter of Christian gossip and solaced by the daily reading of the Scriptures, it is expected that the roses wiil bloom again in the now sallow cheeks of the strawberry haired Mattie, and that that pious matron, Mrs. Tunnell, the mother confessor of the fair Mattie, will await in peace the second coming, in which doctrine she is so ardent a believer. Some surprise has been manifested that Mattie and her aged friend did not hie to Tacoma, where is Mattie’s home, and to lives her sister, who, according to Mattie’s evidence, supplied her with money. It would not cost her so much to live up there, and besides that she would be in thebosom of her family. The story that she went to Ensenada for the purpose of in- WRECK OF THE MATTIE T, DYER, Terrible Sufferings Endured by the Captain and Crew. NO WATER FOR 8 DAYS. All the Provisions Consisted of Twenty-four Cans of Fruit. JUST A CAN FOR EACH MAN. \ The Last Boat Was Picked Up by a Steamer Sent Out to Search for Them. The United States gunboat Bennington arrived from Honolulu yesterday with the entire crew of the wrecked sealing schooner Mattie T. Dyer aboard. The made for the nearest point of land. This was a rock almost covered and encircled b{llnnd. After landing they dug every- where for water, but like the ancient mar- iner they found “Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink.” A number of goonies (a member of the albatross fiuml[\ly) were captured and distributed among the boats, but only the ones that were longest in making land made any use of their liv- ing cargo. Even in thcse instances the flesh was not used, and a meal was made of the blood. 5 : Some trouble was experienced in getting away from the rock and one of the boats was almost swamped. Once clearit was Elam sailing. The men suffered horribly, owever. Some of them were only half dressed and all of them had been drenched by the waves. The sun beat down furiously and the sea reflected it back again. Dur- ing the day they were baked almost to a cinder, and at night the wind and sea would get up together and the men would get soaked through and through. Their hands and feet swelled to frightful propor- tionsand many of the men attempted to jump overboard in order toend their suf- erings. Three of the boats landed at the island of Niihau, but a steamer had to be sent after the fourth, which wasin command in J. F. Jackson. The Keau Hou was placed at the disposal of Captain Mockler, and he found tue men when they had given up all hope and were almost dead from hunger and tnirt. They were all delirious and begeed and prayed for water. Their mouths were washed out and only a few drops at a time were given them. When satisfied a little broth was made and fed to them, and in this manner they were gradu- ally bronght back to life and reason, The men who were in charge of the four boats were seen yesterday, and all had thrilling stories to tell. “When [ took my last observation on February 21,” said Captain Mockler, “we were in latitude 35 deg. 10 min. north, longitude 166 deg. 20 min. west. 1 thought' that we were clear of all danger, but the current carried us down during the night The Forward Deck of the Mattie T. Dyer as She Appeared Just Before Leaving San Francisco. Captain Mockler and His Officers Were All on Deck When the Photograph Was Taken. |Drawn from a photograph.] Tunnell to make an affidayit exonorating Dr. Brown is not generally believed. Such an affidavit would be prac- tically worthless, because Mrs. Tunnell could depose to whatever points she pleased and there would be no opportunity of cross-examining her. Her statement would have but little effect upon public opinion, because she has already denied that she received money from Dr. Brown since she has been away from San Francisco and afterward aknowledged that she received money, but was not aware of the source whence it came. A strong 1mpression prevails in certain quarters that Mrs, Tunnell knew all about the plot entered into by Mattie to black- nuir Dr. Brown, but that she piously looked upon the matter as a plan to bring Dr. Brown to his duty as a minister and as Mattie’s most admired friend. Others be- lieve that Mrs. Jane Elizabeth Baddin, the landlady spoken of as having had ocular keyhole demonstration of the doctor’s al- leged 1ndiscretion with Mattie, is simply a lay figure for Mrs. Tunnell. There is no doubt that the old lady is the keystone of the case. Her sudden flight from this City after having had a confer- | ence with Dr. Brown and Miss Overman, | and the fact that these two supplied her with money after she left, have given rise to the most damaging suspicions against the Rey. Charles Oliver Brown. The Grand Jury has as yet made no in- quiry into Miss Overman®s culpability in the blackmail scheme as revealed by her- setf before the church council under the most solemn of oaths. Nothing will be done until after the church council shall have rendered its decision in the Brown case. When that shall have been done the Grand Jury will take a hand. District Attorney Barnes said yesterday afternoon that after the conclusion of the Brown ecclesiastic trial Mattie Overman’s case will be properly presented before the Grand Jury. He expects that the ecclesi- astical council will prepare findings, and this will expedite the work of the Grand Jury very materially, the evidence before the council being of the most voluminous character and lumbered up with much ir- relevant matter. Miss Overman, he said, was under sub- pena in the Davidson case for the defense, and if shedoes not appear when called she will be guilty of contempt of court. If she should be indicted for felony by the Grand Jury extradition papers will be ap. Elied for and she and Mrs. Tunnell will be rought back from Mexico or wherever else they may be. Miss Overman’s absence is favorable for Mrs. Davidson’scase. She is the most im- portant witness for the prosecution and should she and Mrs. Tunnell remain away it will only be a matter of Dr. Brown’s word against that of Mrs. Davidson. Should Miss Overman be indicted she will have to_stick to the story she told the ec- clesiastical council, otherwise her testi- mony will be rejected by the jury as false. Taking all these facts into consideration itis believed that the pious pair will re- main in bhiding somewhere in Mexico until the Davidson matter is settled at least. ducing M Smuggling is very prevalent in Bechu- analard. The mounted police are con- stantly employed patrolling the border, their principal duty being to check the illicit dealing in liquor. ——————— Don’t Be Too Late for the Steamer, _ And don’t omit when you are packing up your ef- fects preparatory for the vovage to include among them a supply of Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, the great remedy for seasickness. Travelers for plessure or business seeking foreign climes. or who locomote by steamboat or train, besides yachtsmen and mariners, testify to the remedial and prevent- ive eficacy of the bitters. which is incomparable story of the disaster reads like a romance. The night was clear and bright although there was no moon. The vessel was un- der full sail and an observation having been taken the day before the captain and crew thought everything was plain sail- 1ng. Captain Mockler had sailed the same course for years when on his way to the Japanese coast in search of seals. The watch was about to go below and the master was on deck to see how things were going. Seven bells had just been sounded and the reverberation had hardly died away when the Dyer struck. The sails were thrown aback and for a few minutes all was confusion. The schooner lifted with the next swell and then settled on a blind rock. Order was soon restored and the men began launching the boats. The first one put over the side was all provisioned but unfortunately was dashed 1o pieces on the schooner’s quarter. Two | other boats met the same fate, and then all attempt to save anything was given up and the crew embarked in the four re- maining boats. A few minutes later the Mattie T. Dyer turned over and went down bodily. One of the boats was short of sail, and Alonzo Perkins, the carpenter, went back to secure a jibsheet. While he was aboard the schoouer heeled over, and he had to jump overboard in order to save his life, When daylight broke Captain Mockler made an inspection of the boats, and found that all hands had been saved. Two compasses had been secured, the sec- ond one having been torn from the bin- nacle and thrown into the boat a few min- utes before the schooner went down. There was no water and only a case of canned fruit which one of the sailors had rescued at the last moment. The first thing Cap- tain Mockler did was to distribute the men evenly in the boats. He took command of one, and had with him Second Mate W. Spear, Pederson, hunter, and Chris Olson, F. Peterson and V. Madison, sailors. The second boat was commanded b First Mate Hugh Walker, and be had wit! him N. 8. Waldell, the steward, and Mor- ris Madelin, C. Sinclair, J. Jensen and John Nelson. The third boat was placed in ccmmand of J. F. Jackson, one of the hunters, and he had with him Alonzo Perkins and W. Lindquist, hunters, and C. J. Berry, B. Donnelly and James Mitchell, sailors. The fourth boat had only five in it, and Ed Larsen, hunter, was Eluced in com- mand. He had with him Frank Moore, J. ‘Waisen and J. Huyden, sailors, and M. A. Lundgren, cabin boy. ‘When the distribution had been com- pleted Captain Mockler opened the case of canned fruit and gave each boat six cans. Two of the boats were out four days and four hours beiore reaching land; the third ‘was out seven days and six nights, and ihe fourth was out eight days and seven nights before land was reached or help came. One can—and a two-pound can at that— was the daily allowance for all six men. 1f it were peaches, each sailor was given balf of one in the morning and a small quantity of the liquid. Midday and even- ing his allowance was the same, so it can b_eimafiined how the men who were out eight days suffered. 1t was the same when it came to apricots, but when the gooseberries and grapes were opened only three of each were served out with the small modicum of liquid allowed. This was the law laid down by Captain Mockler, and it was rigidly followed, ex- cept in one instance. This was on the first evening, when the skipper opened a can of apricots and explained to the men tbat Iand was 500 miles away, and that starva- tion diet must rule. Kach man was given his allowance and then the can was stowed away. Next morning it was gone, and no for nausea, headache, dyspepsia, biliousness, rheu- matigm, nervous and kidney trouble, I and we went on the French Frigate shoals. During the four days and four nights we were out the men suffered a great deal, but we all took our medicine, and when we landed on the beach at Niihau we still had two cans of apricots leit. Our boats went to pieces almost before we got ashore, and Mate Walker, who brought his boat in at the same time as mine, narrowly es- caped with his life. ‘“‘After getting ashore we began pros- pecting for provisions. who was on a fishing expedition, and he agreed to take me back to his camp. He had a horse, and both of us got on it and rode ten miles into the interior. When we reached the Kanaka camp they advised me to go five miles further and see the manager of the station. *‘I got a fresh horse, and I'll tell you in contidence that that extra five-mile ride was worse than starving in an open boat. I was simply flayed alive. “When I reached headquarters there were eggs, butter and milk in abundadce, but dll I got wasa look at them. Manager Moore kindly gave me a sheep, and aiter wsiunf; a few minutes Isaid: ‘Couldn’t you please let me have a little coffee?’ *Certainly, certainly,’ he answered, and handed out two small packages.” I waited a minute or so longer and said sugar would go well with the coffee. ‘Oh, certainly, certainly,’ he answered again, and handed me out some sugar. Then feeling thor- oughly ashamed of myself, I said, ‘A little salt would go well with the mutton.” ‘Oh, certainly, certainly,’ said Moore, and banded out the salt. Then I rode back to the Hawaiian camp. ““What a difference there was in the re- ception. The natives had all gathered and maude & collection. There. were clothing, shoes, food and_everything they thought we might need. They had horses ready and they came down in a body to the beach and did everything possible for my crew. When the third boat came in they took hold of the almost famished crew and fed them on poi diluted with milk, which they rode ten miles to get. 1 can never forget the natives of Niihau. ‘‘From that point we went to Waimea in a whaleboat, and when we explained that two of our boats were still missing Captain Thompson of the Ke Au Hou at once stopped taking cargo and started out to look for them, Larsen’s boat, we found, bad reached Niihau, but there was no sign of Jackson’s craft. We cruised around ail that night and next day sighted them. They were lying in the bottom of theboat, but when we came alongside managed to get up, and Alonzo Perkins made the boat fast. When we arrived at Honolulu the Amwerican Consul took charge of usand we were sent home on the Bennington.” _Chief Ofticer Hugh Walker's story is similar to that of Captain Mockler’s. "The’ two boats were in company troughout the four days and the twelve men in them were not reduced to such siraits as the others. J. F. Jackson and Alonzo Perkins, who were in the boat that was out eight days, say they never had such a fearful experi- ence. The men were only half clothed and Wwhen picked up by the steamer nearly all of them were a mass of blisters and sores. “In getting away: from the barren rock,’ said Jackson, ‘“our boat was almost wrecked. We followed in the wake of the captain’s boat, but she sailed faster than we'did, and when eighty miles from land we lost sight of her. Then a gale came w and we were driven out of our course. e beat our way back, but another storm drove us off and we were in despair. Our last can of peaches had gone two days }zrevxously and we were not only without ood, but_perishing for a drink. A rain- storm helped us out, or else I don’t think one of us would ever have reached Caii- fornia alive. The Mattie T. Dyer went one knew anything about its disappear- | down almost in & moment and Perkins al- ance. most went down with her. When we After leaving the schooner all the boats | reached the boat he only had a pair of ‘We found a native | unde! nts on, so you can imagine how he must ave suffered in that tropical sun.” Larsen, who was in command of the boatthat was out sevendays and six nights, only repeats the story of the horrors en- dured while vainly seeking to make land. The’ men lost evervthing, and some of them landed in San Francisco yesterday dressed in tlothes given them by the native Hawaiians. The Mattie T. Dyer was one of the best- known sealers sailing out of San, Francisco and her entire crew hails from this port. She was fitted out at an expense of $10,000, and all the insurance on her was $3000, placed on the vessel by Mrs. Mockler after the captain sailed. She was one of the fastest schooners afloat, and during her run for Japan hung to the steamer Rio de Janeiro for four days. When she went on the reef she was only twenty days out irom San Francisco. TWO BOONS FOR EUREKA, Beneficial Results of the Freight Traffic War to That City. LOWER RATES TO PREVAIL. Shingles Can Now Be Shipped From Humboldt Bay to Compete With the Sound. Within the past few weeks there have been developments in the transportation situation on the coast that are bound to result in giving a8 decided impetus to the commercial growth of Eureka and the en- tire section tributary to this metropolis of Humboldt Bay. g As a side issue of the great traffic war— passenger and freight—between the South- ern Pacific Company and the Oregon Rail- way and Navigation Company for business between this City and Portland, Or., the North Pacific Steamship Company, a third competitor for the freight tariff be- tween the points mentioned, not only cut its tariff down to $1 a ton, but also invaded Coos and Humboldt bays with its vessels —the Alice Blanchard and the Empire. In retaliation the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company put on the South Coast, which took freight at the same rate | to Portland and cut the rate from Port- land to Eureka, Cal., to $1, it having been $3 to that port from San Francisco pre- | viously. This resulted in injuring the | trade of the local merchants with Hum- | boldt Bay, and the matter having been called to the attention of the San Fran- cisco Board of Trade, that body called a special meeting of the local commercial or- ganizations to consider the matter. A special committee was appointed, con- sisting of A. L. Scott, W. R. Wheeler, T. J. Parsons and W. B. Curtis, to confer with Goodall, Perkins & Co., the local gen- eral agents of the Oregon Railway and Ngvigation Company, in order to arrive at i what would be considered a fair settlement of the matter. This committee met yes- terday and as the first steps in the adjust- ment of the matter agreed to send the fol- lowing communication to the Oregon Kailway and Navigation Company repre- sentatives: Messrs. Goodall, Perkins & ‘0. General Agents O R. & N. Co.. City—GENTLEMEN: At the corVer- | ence recently held in the rooms of the Board | of Trade by representatives from the following | organizations of this city, the Chamber of Commerce, Board of Trade, Manufacturers’ and | Producers’ Association, the Traflic Association, Merchants’ Assoc'ationand San Francisco Fruit | ! Exchange, at which you were represented, a | committee was appointed to confer with you | in reference to the discrimination in rates | ‘which your line is maintaining between Port- | land, Or., snd north coast ports south of there, notably Eureka, as apainst San Francisco. | The committee after due deliberation begs | permission to make to you the following re- quest. We contend that San Francisco bein but 216 miles from Eureka as against 520 | miles from Portland to Eureka is entitled to | the lower rates. We request, therefore, that | rates from San Francisco to Eureka shall be adjusted on a mileage basis, San_Francisco re- ceiving the benefit of bergeographical position. In refutation of press reports in both Port- | land and Eureka papers we wish to here state | that we have no demand to make, nor was any demand ever made, that the service between | Portland and Eurcka be discontinued. We would be pleased to hear from you on the proposition as outlined above at as early a date as practicable. It is believed that there will be a prompt compliance with the request of the com- mittee and that not only will justice be done the merchants of this City, but Eureka and Humboldt Bay will be given the penefit of lower rates than heretofore | from San Francisco. But the most important development so far as Eureka is concerned has been ac- complished through the Traffic Association of this City and largely through the per- sonal efforts of Traffic Manager W. B. Curtis. Heretofore Eureka has always been placed at a great disadvantage as against the Puget Sound country in the business of supplying shingles to the East, because it was not located on a transcontinental line, and did not enjoy the privilege of a terminal rate. The matter was taken up by the Traffic Association and the result 1s best told in the following telegram sent on the 13th inst. to Secretary D. K. B. Sel- lers of the Eureka Chamber of Commerce by Traffic Manager Curtis: The Trafic Association of California to the Cham- der of Commerce of Eureka—GREETING: The Cen- tral and Union Pacific railroads have agreed with us to make from Eureka to the Missouri River and Chicago the same rates per 100 ounds on shingles, carloads, as is made from Puget Sound 1o the same destination, and those railroads will pay the charges from Eureka to San Francisco, provided that the charge is not more than §1 50 per ton weight on board cars at San Francisco. The steamers North Fork, Alice Blanchard or Empire will take at that rate, or you can ship b; unly vessel that will carry for that tigure and deliver at Mission Bay or Oakland wharf on board cars. The importance of this may be gathered from the fact that last year there was shipped East from Puget Sound 8000 car- loads of shingles as against 80 carloads from Eureka. This concession will not in any way interfere with the business of those who ship shingles East from San Francisco, as nearly all such firms are the owners of mills in Humboldt county. Later it is hoped to obtain a similar con- cession on lumber. KICKED A WOMAN. John Brignolf, a Plumber, May Have to Answer a Charge of Man- slaughter. John Brignoli, a plumber, living at 322 Chestnut street, finds himself in a serious predicament. He was at a Foresters’ ball in Union-square Hall on Saturday night, and about 1 o’clock Sunday morning he got into a fight. One of the objects of his wrath was Mrs. J. Thompson of 12 Tehama street, and it is now charged that he kicked her 1n the abdomen. Brignoli was arrested for disturbing the peace, and on Sunday he was released on baii. Yesterday morning, when his case was called in Judge Joachimsen’s court he failed to appear and a bench warrant was issued for hisarrest. Lady friends of Mrs. Thompson were in court and they told the Judge that she was in a precarious condition as the result of her injury, as she was in a delicate state * e tud e Judge at once raised Brignoli’s bail to $5000. He was arrested and will be held pending the 1esult of Mrs. Thompson's in- jury. % ————— The Southera Pacific Case. Counsel for the State will cpen the argument in the case of the Southern Pacitic Company inst the Railroad Commissione CKeuna's court this morning, i J%:’" NEED NOT BREAK DOWN. 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