The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 21, 1896, Page 8

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1896 THIES TO HIDE BEHIND NAGLE Brown Would Shift Respon- sibility for the False Press Dispatch. POND'S STRONG WORDS. The Pastor Severely Criticized for His “Audacious and Un-. warranted” Act. PROMPILY CALLED TO ACCOUNT Opponents of the Guilty Man Meet in Secret Session—Deacons Securing Evidence. Dr. Pond—Assuming the report of the United Press dispatch to be correct, as I suppose we must, Dr. Brown’s course seems to me unaccountable and most reprehensible, The representation in that dispatch of the meaning and effect of the result of council is most misleading and appar- ently cannot be characterized otherwise than as a falsehood. I have labored with myself to find some way of explaining it, without so fearful a conception, but find ne way to do so. @ If Dr. Brown supposes he can defy the council his wisdom is even less to be praised than his spirit. The decision has, it is true, only the force of the rea- son it gives and which the churches rep- resented in it supply. But this implies an amount of moral force which no man ever yet successfully resisted. I earn- estly desire to learn that he has been misunderstood. William Ross, San Jose—I think the council was very lenient in its verdict, and I feel that Dr. Brown should have received a severe censure for his unmin- isterial acts. 0. B. Parkinson, Stockton—But the findings make it very plain thatit was the sense of the coancil that had we had certain other evidence adduced at the trial, which we heard of from outside sources, the finding on this point might have been more explicit. James L. Barker, Berkeley—How are we to regard the findings given to the council by Dr. Brown in the Rochester and other cases wherein he claimed he was entirely exonerated ? Rev. Dr. Henry N. Hoyt, Sacramento— There must be some terrible mistake scmewhere. Rev. Dr. George Mooar, Oakland—I only feel as any other person wouid feel to have a man tell a barefaced false- hood. Rev. W. W. Scudder, Alameda—He ought to go away somewhere—get out of the Cit Dr. Brown’s trick on the United Press, y which a dispatch was sent to the East announcing that the council had acquitted him unanimously on every charge, seems to have dlaced the plausible preacher in even a more difficult position than ever. There is only one opinlon entertained by the members of the council and by every- one else as to the moral turpitude of such an act, and it was reported last night that it had been determined by leading members of the First Congregational Church to call Dr. Brown to account for deliberate false- hood and deceit, and to request his resig- nation should the statement of facts be ascertained to ve true. With this object in view two deacons of the church last evening called upon Night Editor Frazer of the United Press for a full statement of what occurred on the occasion of Dr. Brown’s visit to the night editor with Lawyer Nagle, Mr. Kimball and Valentine Brown. It is understood that this statement will be made the basis of a charge of unminis- terial and ungentlemanly conduct on the part of Pastor Brown. The attempt of Dr. Brown to shift the responsibility of this telegram to the shoulders of Attorney Nagle will not be as successful as sonie other of the reverend gentleman’s moves, it is thought. Nagle simply played second fiddle on that occa- sion, as he has ever since the scandal came to light. The most remarkable incident connected with yesterday’s developments came in the change of heart experienced by Dr. Pond. Whatever may have gore before, that gentleman now thinks with his brother judges that Brown isa man utterly devoid of principle. Attorney Woodhams, who acted as judge advocate of the council, seems also to have suifered a complete revulsion of feel- ings. 3 He was closeted for over an hour yester- day with Deacon Barnard, discussing ways and means to dethrone Pastor Brown, and the result of the conference is not known. The preparations for Brown'’s reception continues with unabated zeal. His lady friends will gather in force to-day in the First Church to complete the floral offer- ings. Itis rumored that Trustee Dodge has severed his connections with the church, and will to-morrow be confirmed at St. Paul’s. —_———— TO DEPOSE BROWN. Meeting of the Pastor’s Opponents in Dr. McDonald’s Office Last Evening. The most fearless of the anti-Browns to the number of thirty met in secret confer- ence last night in Dr. Jonathan T. Mc- Donald’s rooms in the Columbia building and discnssed means to oust as soon as possible the now notorious pastor of the & irst Congregational Church in order for one reason to save two score or more of the members of the congregation said to be on the point of severing all connection with church work because of the unsavory opinion they have formed from the pres- ent scandal. It is the intention not only to depose the present pastor, but to prevent him from continuing in the ministry, or, as one speaker expressed it, “We don’t believe in sending a pestiferous ship to a heaithy port.” All that would be officially given out for publication was that there had been “a unanimous, ardent, enthusiastic meeting .| to friends of his, and I know of four re- for preliminary work to get the consensus of opinion of that part of the congregation interested in the welfare of the church.” Those present declared most positively that upon the secrecy of their plans de- pends the success of the scheme. Every person at the meeting had his or her say, and it was all vigorous denuncia- tion of one man, with suggestions how to offset his well-known cunning and surprise him with a stragetic and decisive move. ““We have very serious work ahead of us for the next month or six weeks,” re- marked one of the insurgent army. “The young people have consented to stay for a time, until we can see what we can do. @ None of us will attend any of the ser- vices, but all of us mean to keep our letters in the church and continue to be members. “Every single meeting of any import- ance on Brown's side sends out vpostal cards to attend the meeting. They are not signed, either, but they are written in that well-known hand. Not one of the persons at this meeting ever received one of those cards. They are sent to others; that is why his side is well represented. “For last Wednesday night's meeting Dr. Brown sent out nusigned postal cards ceived by persons whom he thought were | his friends.” 3 3 Mrs. Cooper was present at last night’s council of war, as was Deacon Barnard also; and two trustees of the church sent word expressing their indorsement of the purpose of the assemblage. 1t was remarked that Dr. Brown’s self- arranged dispatch for the United Press had been a boomerang that had injured his case materially and increased the opposi- tion to him. In church circles the friends of the pas- tor are sometimes called **Brownies,” and those opposed to him are called ‘“Anti- Brownies.” e THE VALENTINE LETTER. A Mythical Reporter Claims to Have Written It Under Orders. The Bulletin of yesterday published al- most in its entirety a letter received by the council just a week before adjournment. It reads as follows: Brown Council, First Congregational Church : It has come to a point where I shall give you s few pointers relative to the scandal which you would not otherwise obtain, and at the same time show up the work of some of the inside manipulators. I am an ex-newspaper man, and I have been doing some of the crooked work in this case for the Bulletin and Chronicle for pay, which I did not get. In the first place I will explain the Valentine letter, which I wrote at the direction of Free Older, managing editor ot the Bulletin. Asa sample of writing to imitate I was given two brief notes from Brown to Mrs. Cooper, both dated some time in 1894. The only reason why Valentine’s name was used was to utilize that single meeting with Brown, which it was supposed no one else would know | about. As to the knowledge that Brown had never met Valentine but the once that is easily explained. About the latter part of last October I wes looking for a position, and I heard of some possible changes in the suditing department of Wells, Fargo & Co. Ameng half a dozen men approached with view of getting letter of introduction to Valentine was this man Brown, who was asked by a relative of mine. Brown replied that he did not known Valentine and had only met | him but once in his life, and then only ina sort of informal way. He did not say when or where he had met him. In talking this matter over with Older he told me the occasion must have been &t Ira P. Rankin’s funeral, as the Bulletin reporter who reported that funeral saw Brown and Valentine get into'the same carriage. This letter was to serve two pur- poses, to give the Bulletin a sensational scoop and to aid in working the dammation of Brown. The letter did not prove very satisiac- tory as far as chirography was concerned, for the three different experts to whom Older submitted it for comparison with Brown's writing said it was entirely different. Finally one of the Bank of California clerks said it resembled it. Older never mentioned the opinion of the three experts, but exploited the bank clerk’sidea for ail it was worth. The ex- perience with this letter scared off the use of three others. I had my wife write three let- ters signed with Mrs. Baddin’s name. Two of these were dated Livermore and addressed to Mrs. Davidson. One said the writer was going to work in Lilienthal’s hop ranch, with some other little news and gossip. The other was more recent in date and importuned Mrs. Davidson for some money which Mrs. Baddin was anxious to get. The third one wasof a compromising nature and was to be sent to Dr. Brown. He was then to be interviewed and asked if he had got any letter from Mrs. Bad- din. These Baddin letters were to be first used in the Chronicle and the Bulletin was to re- hash them that evening. Both Older and Simpson, the former of the Bulletin and the latter of the Chronicle, have been working off their personal spite against Brown, assisted by Mrs. Cooper and her friend Bickford, the pay for these services coming from Mrs, Stockton’s friend Tevis. This man Bickford stole the Overman letters from Mrs. Tunnell’s bureau drawer. He said that when he showed them to Older, Simpson and Hatch, and it was decided that if they could not be sold for a good sum they had better be pub- lished in the Examiner, 0 as to make it ap- pear that the Bulletin and the Chronicle were not doing all the hounding. There were two letters withheld beeause tney did not have anything in about Dr. Brown, although they were of the same dates as two others which did refer to Brown, while the latter contained all the news and gossip that was’in the former two. One of the chief propagatorsof the scandal is Mrs. Cooper. She has been the chief source of information for both Older and Simpson. It is not known outside the Bulletin office, but she furnished that paper with the story about the Rochester scandal. Older said she did not want to be known as doing this. For that rea- son she has been kept in the background, with the exception of publishing daily interviews with her, and almost daily pictures. Many newspaper men in this City knew Mrs. Stockton and her associates and haunts, and no one knows them bettet than Mrs. Cooper, for they date back to the time when Mrs. Stockton was one of Mrs. Cooper’s teachers. Mrs. Cooper is now standing on the solid coin side of this case, as she always does on all others. Tevis is putting up the coin. Iknow this, becanse I nave had some of it myself, How much Older and Simpson are getting I don’t know, but I have got very little,and that is what I am kicking abouf. Simpson has been boasting for weeks past of what he has been ‘doing to Brown, in Norman’s saloon on Bush street and other places. He says he will make Brown either commit suicide or sneak out ot town. Simpson’s dislike for Brown dates back to the time when some deacon of the church | was in trouble. These are samples of the leg-pullers and | thugs who are working the Brown scandal for coin on the outside. They have done me up and now I do them. Older and Simpson were to pay me for writing the letiers. I got §5 | from Older, but 8impson, nit. He says he would try to work it in on space bills only for John P. Young, who goes over all bills with & microscope. This job don’t need any proof oatside the two papers, the Bulletin and the Chronicle. They quote from each other and any one can compare their cooked-up accounts with all the other papers in the City. The malice of con- spiracy backed by coin shines out in every paragraph. Let the council summon Older, Mrs. Cooper, Simpson, Bicktord, Hatch and Donley and question them on lines above set forth. HENRY MAYER. Commenting on the above, Mr. Older, city editor of the Bulletin, said: ““On the day preceding the conclusion of the taking of testimony by the council, when Dr. Brown felt that he had failed to inject into the minds of the councilmen a doubt 2s to his guilt, he decided to make alast attempt to swerve them from the conclusion whish meemed inevitable, ol | ceedings. was the most propitious moment to move, because there would be littie time for in- vestigation, and the council would act upon the latest impression it had received. Proceeding on this impulse, with a blind- ness as to consequences which has been characteristic of him throughout the trial, Dr. Brown sent to the council the letter, written in the same handwriting as the Valentine letter, and on CALL copy paper. The letter was signed Henry Mayer. Its object was to blacken the characters of the persons who, Dr. Brown censidered, had injured bim most in the eyes of the council. A paragraph charging Mrs. Sarah B. Coover with a crime which is so atrocious and preposterous that its publi- cation is avoided in the cause of decency, is omitted, as also is another paragraph assailing the character of & young woman of hitherto unquestioned probity. “The letter is written in the same chir- ography as the Valentine letter. The writer says he wrotejthe Valentine letter. yet with strange inconsistency he says that he was given two notes from Dr. Brown to Mrs. Cooper, from. which he might copy the pastor's writing, He evi- dently did not copy the writing, because the Valentine letter and the last effusion are in the same handwriting. He did not disguise his writing at all. “The story of the incident of the Ira P. Rankin funeral is not only false, but it evi- dently came from Dr. Brown, and clearly indicates him as the author of the letter. The man who reported the Rankin funeral for the Bulletin was the telegraph editor, who was asked to do the work because there was no one else in the office that day to attend to it. The telegraph editor has never in his lite seen Dr. Brown. He did not enter the church and did not see Mr. Valentine enter a carriage with Dr. Brown. Mr. Valentine has stated that he never told anybody of the meeting with Dr. Brown on-the occasion in question, and be- sides himself Dr. Brown was the on'y per- son who knew of it. “Who else than Dr. Brown could have written this last letter? Who is suffi- ciently interested in vilifying Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper, in casting odium upon the editors of the Bulletin and the Chronicle? Who besides himself would stoop so low as to detail a false story of the wrong do- ings of a pure girl as the writer did in this letter in the portion of it which 1s with- held from publication? It is impossible to answer this except by saying that there is nobody else who could have written it. That there is no Henry Mayer bas been shown, and it is impossible to conceive that any of Dr. Brown’s friends would have undeytaken the task. It is directly in the pastor’s line of work, as hitherto disclosed.” Mr. Simpson Explalns. Bir. Simpson of the Chronicle is greatly incensed that his name should have in any way been brought into the disgraceful pro- He said yesterday: “Mayer is an entirely new factor in the newspaper world of San Francisco so far as I know or have been able to learn. There are so many groundless accusations in the letter as to make it almost un- worthy of notice. “For instance, I never saw or heard of the Tunnell-Overman letters until they ap- peared in print, and again 1 never em- ployed any one,in getting news but regular reporters. The charge that the Chronicle has persecuted Dr. Brown is as amusing as it is untrue. To the contrary, I have sup- pressed many damaging facts concerning the now properly adjudged guilty man. “There is one-significant circumstance connected with the letter received by the council on the afternoon of March 12 On the afternoon of the same day I received a letter signed ‘Guss.’ I never knew but one person by that name, aud he was at one time employed here as otfice-boy. The writes said the council had received im- portant information concerning the Val- entine letter. I gave the matter little or no consider- ation, because the handwriting was not of such a character as to inspire particular confidence.” Mrs. Brown said last night that her hus- band was out on business and that, so far as sheknew, he had not read the Henry Mayer letter. DR. HOYT'S VIEW. He Thinks There Must Have Been Some Horrible Mistake In the Matter. SACRAMENTO, Car., March 20.—Dr. Henry N. Hoyt, pastor of the First Con- gregational Church of this city, in speak- ing of the findings of the Brown case, said: “‘There seems to be a prevalent idea that there was a great divergence of opinion among the members of the council, but this was not the fact. On the contrary there was great unanimity and but a few slight differences. I have been intimately acquainted with Dr. Brown for twenty- seven years. Wwe were schoolmates, and L knew his characteristics well. He is a fighter, and could never see the necessity of fighting quietly, nor could he ever comprehend that a soft answer is often more effective than a harsh one. 3 “There can be mno doubt that he had to endure an excessive strain, and we were fully conversant with that fact, and during the first two weeks we made every allowance for him, but at last I went to him and personally warned him that his conduct was hurting his own cause. After that he changed his tactics and everything was harmonious. Dr.Brown eriticizes the action of the council on two points. One of those—the young lady accusing him of intimidation—he claims came up after the council had been in session, and he says we had no right to inquire into this. Per- baps we did not, but why did he not so state at that time, instead of waiting until this late day ? The other point was in regard to the payment of the $500 to Mrs. David- son *In the findings of the council we say we did not consider his reason for paying the money to purchase the silence of the supposed Mrs. Baddin was for the purpose of obtaining a legal hold on those who were attempting to blackmail bim. The steno- graphic reports will show that Dr. Brown said that for forty-eight hours after Mrs. Davidson attempted to blackmail him he did not know whether the earth was un- der his feet or over his head, and that he gave the money because he was over- whelmed with terror. This he has reiter- ated to us over and over. .I do not care to express any opinion as regards the tele- graphic report which, it is alleged, Mr. Brown gave to the press, until I hear his own explanation, There must be some terrible mistake somewhere. . Of course, I consider prevarication extremely repre- hensible in any individual, and far more so0 in a munister of the Gospel. But there surely must be a mistake.” % She g BAREFACED FALSEHOOD. Rev. Dr. Mooar Says the Distorted Dispatch Was Very Wrong and Unwise. OAKLAND, Car, March 20.—Rev. George Mooar, D.D., of the Pacitic Theo- logical 8eminary and one of the members of the council that recertly heard the charges against Rev. C. O. Brown, was seex at his residence on Edwards street to- night regarding the latter’s conduct in|noreason why Dr. Brown should criticize rushing to THE Cavy office and dictating a | the action of the council, for they dealt message regarding his vindication by the | very leniently with him.” : council. He said: 1 only feel as any other person wounld feel to have a man tell a barefaced false- hood. If he sent or dictated such a dis- patch he did a very wrong and a very un- wise thing for himself. I should think that he would have seen that to do such a thing when the full text of the findings were going to be made public would only have injured his cause. *‘I have been told by others that he now denies that he sent or dictated the dispatch to the United Press asrelated in THE CALL. How true this isI cannot teil. All I know of the wnole affair is what I have read in Tae Carn. I suppose he can now say that he misunderstood the findings of the coun- cilin the excitement, and believed they were really more favorable to him than they actually were. ““I do not care to express any opinion on his action at the Wednesday night prayer- Members of the Brown Council Who Censure the Pastor for His Frand- ulent Press Dispatch. Rev. Dr. George Mooar. Rev. W. W. Scudder Jr. meeting. Ido not know whether his ac- tion will be considered by the Bay Confer- ence at its spring meeting or not. That body can inquire into the ministerial standing of any of its members whenever it sees fit todo so.” el s “WAS VERY WRONG.” Deacon Willlam Ross Says Dr. Brown’s Press Dispatch Was Not Right. SAN JOSE, Car., March 20.—William Ross, a deacon in the First Congrega- tional Church in this city and a member of the Brown council, when interviewed to-day in regard to Dr. Brown’s attitude toward the council, said : i “I think that the council was very leni- ent in its verdict, and I feel that Dr. Brown should have received a severe cen- sure for his unministerial acts. The ver- dict was entirely satisfactory to me with the exception of that part of the findings which reads, ‘We are regretfully com- pelled to confess that Dr. Brown’s ex- planation of the reasons in his mind for paying to Mrs. Davidson the sum of $500 and agreeing to pay the further sum of $35 ver month for a series of years, all for the purpose of securing the silence of a sup- posed Mrs. Baddin, is not altogether satis- factory to us.’ “I thought the word ‘altogether’ ought to have been eliminated. While I believe it was a scheme of Mrs. Tannell’s to black- mail Dr. Brown, I believe he was a little injudicious and unwise in his acts. Inthe council the testimony of Deacons Barnard and Hatch and Mrs, Thurston dnd Mrs. French carried great weight, and but little attention was paid to the testimony of Mrs. Davidson, Mrs. Stockton and Miss Overman, 3 ~If Dr. Brown sent out that press report he is said to have done, I think it was very wrong and entirely out of place. I cansee UNFITTED TO PREACH. James L. Barker Says Dr. Brown Is Unworthy to Occupy the ? Pulpit. BERKELEY, CaL., March 20.—James L. Barker, the member of the Brown council from Berkeley, was interviewed to-night with referenee to the statement which Dr. C. 0. Brown has made through the press with relation to the decision of the council in his case. Mr. Barker furnished THE CALL corre- spondent the following statement, to which he appended his signature: “Dr. Brown is wholly to blame for the unfortunate position in which he finds himself. It ismost painful to think thata minister of the gospel, whose word should be absolute, should so falsify the findings of the council in his statement forwarded to the Associated Press with the view of misrepresenting the verdict. “How are we to regard the findings given to the council by Dr. Brown in the Rochester and other cases, wherein hLe claimed he was entirely exonerated? My feeling in the matter is that he was treated very mildly. I am convinced by what I have seen and heard during the meetings of the council and since that the conduct of C. 0. Brown hus been of such serious nature as to render him unfitted aud un- worthy to occupy the Christian pulpit; his overbearing and dictatorial manner, his imperious behavior toward many of his flock is of such a nature as to demand a severe censure. He has clearly, to my mind, shown his unfitness to correctly rep- resent as a minister of the gospel the living example and teachings of the Divine Mas- ter. J. L. BARKER.” el -AGREES WITH DR. SINK. O. B. Parkinson of Stockton Gives Brown Another Rap. STOCKTON, CaL., March 20.—Attorney 0. B. Parkinson, who as deacon in the First Congregational Church in this city, was a member of the council that tried Dr. Brown, said this evening in discussing the doctor’s attack upon the council and their findings: “I heartily concur with Dr. Sink in his opinion that Dr. Brown’s remarks were discourteous ang uncalled for. Dr. Brown is himself to blame for the fact that the young lady whose examination brought about the insertion of the plank in the findings condemning him for intimidation was placed bn the stand. He offered no objections at the -time to her being called, and, in fact, went so far as to question her himself. ““As an attorney I do not see how the council could have found him guilty of the more serious charge. The evidence was such that no jury could have convicted him on trial in a court. But the findings made it very plain that it was the sense of the council that had we had certain other evidence adduced at the trial,which we had heard of from outside sources, the finding on this point might-have been more ex- plicit. Dr. Brown has no reason to com- plain of the action of the council, and as he was one of the principal ones who de- manded the hearing, he should not be dis- satisfied because the council could not con- scientiouslysustain hisdefense in the case.” HE SHOULD RETIRE. Rev. Dr. Scudder Thinks Brown Ought to Go Away Out of the City. ALAMEDA, CAL.,, March 20.—Rev. W. W. Scudder of the First Congregational Church of Alameda, who was one of the counci! which tried Dr. Brown, was asked yesterday what he thought of Dr. Brown’s attitude to the council. He was rather re- luctant to commit himself, but said : “Anything I conld say in regard to Dr. Brown’sattitude toward the council would not help mattersin the least, but neverthe- less something could be said and said straight, too. What Dr. Brown has said denouncing the council is something I think almost every member of it rather expected. The revercnd gentleman, of course, is much more nettled over the mild censure given by the council than he would have been had he received scathing write-ups from the newspapers, because he knows that his acts have beeninvestigated and passed upon by a body which would be expected to exhibit a goed deal of leniency. “If I were in Dr. Brown’s place I would be content to remain silent, retire and try to live the trouble down. I should realize how easily I had been dealt with and would not think of criticizing a mild verdict. But Dr. Brown is an impulsive man. The sting of the council’srebuke he still feels, and perhaps thinks that by de- nouncing it he will gain sympathy.” Asked if he thought Dr. Brown would remain with bis church, Rev. Mr. Scudder said: *“Well, I shouldn’t think he would want to. He ought to go away some- where, get out of the City and go to some place where he could avoid further trouble. I know I would want to do so.” s Buetabig oy WILL HIRE A HALL. Mrs. Davinson Intends to Thunder Forth the Gospel From Met- ropolitan Hall. Mrs. Davidson thinks the most charita- ble view of the council’s verdict in the /Brown case is that the men composing it are not persons of clear mental and moral vision. “Why did they not accept the Overman- Tunnell letters as evidence?” she said. “True, Miss Overman claimed they were changed to fit the occasion, but they knew her word could not be depended upon. I counted fifty-six lies in her statement to the council. - Yet there have been instances when a child’s testimony, unsupported by any other, has been so convincing to Judee and jury that a verdict was found on its strength in a murder case. How much more convincing were those letters, bear- ing the stamp of genuineness. “Brown's character is before the public. He has shown his nature by his action in trying to send out dispatches to the world announcing that the council had found him innocent of every charge. But he doesn’t do those things skillfully. Heis a blacksmith, so uses a bludgeon.” Mrs. Davidson speaks freely of what she intends to do after her acquirtal. I will hire Metropolitan Hall,” she said, ‘“‘and thunder forth the gospel.” The trial of Mrs. Davidson will open be- fore Jndge Bahrs on Monday morning. Dr. Brown has ennged Carroll Cook to assist in prosecuting the case, and he, with Davis Louderback and some one from the District Attorney’s office, will form ‘‘coun- sel for the prosecution.” George Knight will defend the accused. . Mr. Knight insists that Mattie Overman and Mrs. Tunnell be present, and he has d;manded that subpenas be sent after them. 5 — WHY MATTIE FLED. Fears That an Unpleasant Incident Might Confront Her. A theory, foreign to any yet advanced, NEW TO-DAY: THIS MORN Until RY GOODS. ING Noon Only. DRESDEN RIBBOXS, 15¢ Yard. Something entirely new—exquisite atterns just to hand yesterday. hink of it! Over 314 inches wide. Would be valueat 40cayard. Yet, on this morning till noontime, they’ll be sold at 15c. GROS DE LONDRES ORGANDIES, 10 Cents a Yard. A new Spring Fabric—the name implies its nature. All neat, pret- ty designs, and a cloth ordinarily sold for 25ca yard. Until noontime to-day you can buy it at 10c. LADIES’ LISLE HOSE, 15¢ Pair. Think of it! A ladies’ genuine Black Lisle Hose, fine thread, ab- solutely seamless, in the ever-pop- lar Richelieu-ribbed effect in all sizes. Such Hose as would be con- sidered splendid value at three pairs for a dollar. On sale up to noontime at 15¢ a pair. COLORED SATINS, 29¢ Yard. A veritable bargain at such a price, when you can get all the leading colors of a good-grade satin, 27 inches wide, a1 29c a yard; 50c to 75¢c is more like their worth. This price good till noon only. LADIES’ SILK SKIRTS, $5 Each. Made of handsome striped silk, cut very full, flaring all_around, lined with rustle percaiine lining and bound with velveteen; $7 50 would be cheap, but $5 will buy them till noon. Ladies' Chemisettes and Cuffs, 25 Cents a Set. Made of fancy percales in pretty coloringsand patterns. Either the Chemisettes or Cuffs alone are worth the price. Till noon Pn]y. SWISS EMBROIDERED HDK'ES. Six for 50 Cents. This item will surprise you. Ele- gant Sheen Pineapple Cloth, em- broidered 1in fancy designs and handsomely finished with scal- loped borders; would be cheap at double the price. Till noon only. PLUSHES, 49¢ Yard. These Plushes are full 19 inches wide and of regular dollar quality. Most desirable colors, for fancy work and other plush uses. Until noon 49¢ a yard will puy them. STRIPE CHALLIES, 15 Cents a Yard. The latest and handsomest of the new spring fabrics, all lovely print- ings 1in floral designs, lit up by narrow and broad strives of silk. They sell regularly at 40c and 50c a yard. We have sold them at e, but up till noontime you can buy them at 15¢c. LADIEY’ CORSETS, 35e. Odds and ends of lines we are clos- ing out; several different styles, but a good dollar’s worth in any pair among them. All sizes in the lot. Till noontime at 35c. SILK SILK Ladies’ Cloaks. Capes. Ulsters, At 95 Cents Each This sale is in the BASEMENT, We have taken a lot of about 200 Ladies’ Cloaks, Capes, Jackets and Ulsters, of all colors, kinds and qualities and put them into one lot, irrespective of former selling prices. At NINETY-FIVE CENTS never had such an _op- portunity in your existence. This price until noon only. The lines of goods offered at such greatly reduced prices are to induce “morning trading.” 12 o’clock will revert to their origi The prices will hold good until noon, or as long as the goods may last before that time. Any left after inal prices. Don’t come in the afternoon for these items—IT’S A MORNING SALE. 5%;%?11@5&1?31' o, zs o ShHe Mevze s was given yesterday for Miss Overman’s sudden flight southward. It is that a face reminding her of certain | conditions and deeds of a past she would | like to forget appeared at the council; | that the apparition frignhtened her and ! she fled before it. | A fair attorney of Tacoma is in tne City | on legal business and attended the session | of the ecclesiastical court the last day | Miss Overman was seen there. She re- membered the heroine of the Brown scan- dal. Indeed she had had professional | knowledge of her, and it was with a keen sense of interest that she looked upon the young woman once more. When Mattie’s | wandering glance took in the features of | her one time legal enemy she paled per- | ceptibly. The next day she was missing, and now the bright lady attorney laughs | and says, “I scared her out of town.”” The attorney’s story is that her practice made her cognizant of and in fact partici- pant in a case in which the principal fig- ures were male associates of Mattie Over- | man and Ler sister. An Adolf Wolf was robbed and the suspects were traced to the place where Mattie and her sister were | staying. The young women gained some unenviable notoriety in that connection, being shadowed by the police for several weeks because of that association. As a result they left the Queen’s Hotel, where they were staying, and soon after left the city. The recollection of the episode, with its incidents of visits from the blue-coated guardians of the peace, was not a pleasant one, and fears of a more forcible reminder of it, the lady believes, led to Miss Over- man’s flight. | WhisT, euchre and Bezique counters, dice, poker chips, chess, checkers, backgammon, etc. Fine assortmentof prizes, game counters, tally cards and fifty styles of playing cards. Sanborn, Vail & Co. * STATE JOURNALISTS MEET They Adopt an Important Reso- lution in Regard to Second- Class Mails. Will Hold Their Big Meeting in May at Sacramento, When Nevada Editors Can Be Present. . The executive committee of the Califor- nia Press Association met last night at the rooms of the San Francisco Press Club and transacted some important business. C. F. Montgomery of the Antioch Ledger, the president, occupied the chair. W. D. Pennycook of the Vallejo Chronicle, who is acting secretary of the association, acted as secretary. The following other members of the committee were present: Allen B. Lemmon of the Santa Rosa Re- publican, J. M. Francis of the Napa Register, B. B. Willis of the Sacramento Record-Union, Raleigh Barcar of the Vaca- ville Reporter, J. A. Filcher of the Placer- ville Argus and T. G. Daniells of the Ala- meda Argus. The object primarily of the meeting was the consideration of the Loud bill affect- ing the admission of second-class matter to the mails. The subpjoined resolution was unanimously passed: W bill, entitlea i o haend e p":.‘:;'i"’f.'w: relating to second-class mail matter,” H. bill, No. 4556, which proposes changes in existing. sum iaws. Thereiore, be it Resolved, By the executive committee of the Calitornia Press Association that the Senators and Representatives in Congressfrom theState of California be aud they are hereby requested to use all honorable means to prevent the pas- sage of anything affecting or changing the present laws which relafe to legitimate news- paper circulation in the mails. Resolved, That we heartily indorse the re- forms suggested in and by the bill regarding that class of matter which has, under the guise of newspaper publications and magazine liter- ature, congested the mails of the country and prostituted the service 1o the carriage and dis. tribution of trashy and often dangerous litera. ture, and of matter intended merely for adver- tising purposes. The time of holding the spring meeting of the association was also discussed. A committee was finally appointed to ar- range for the meeting at Sacramento at such a time in May as will correspond with the arrival of the members of the Nevada Press Association on their trip to California. It is the intention to meei the visitors at that time and extend to them courtesies befitting the occasion. The California editors of the executive committee are taking great interest in all that concerns the association. —————— An Important Discovery. A large and partially unexplored region | north of the province of Quebec and be- tween the head waters of the Ottawa River and James Bay, the southern por- tion of Hudson Bay, has recently been the scene of a notable "discovery by Professor Bell of the Canada Geological Survey. During his explorations last summer he traced the course of a large river, hitherto unknown, whieh drains the region to the southeast of James Bay. The river is larger than the Ottowa, and a great part of it ayerages a mile in width. The country drained by it is level or gently undulating, and may be generally described as a plateau of 1000 feet above the sea level along the height of land, diminishing to some 400 feet at 100 miles or so from the mouth of the river, and then descending more rapidly to the shore of James Bay. The soil is sandy_in the vicinity of the height of land and for some distance be- yond, but of brownish clay along the banks of rivers and in the forests. The country is well wooded, and is fitted to be the home of a large population. NEW TO-DAY. Talk About Saving Money! —— You can pile up sacks of it if you follow the little clown’s ad- vice—buy your furniture and carpets at the “750 Mission- street prices” of the INDIANAPOLIS FURNITURE CO. 2 750 Mission St, ' ~