The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 27, 1896, Page 3

CESETON | HERMIANS' HEAD Refwards Offered for the rrest of the Fugitive f Preacher. FRESH PROOF OF GUILT, Clothing Taken From One of His Victims Distributed as Presents. ONE BODY IS SHIPPED AWAY. Detectives Claim That They Can Con. vict the Salt Lake Murderer if Captured. SALT LAKE, Utax, .May 26.—The de- velopments in the Scandinavian church murders were meagér to-day compared with yesterday. The search in the church for the remains of Miss Samuelson proved fruitless and the officers have come to the conclusion that whatever the murderer may-have done with the body, itis not in or about the church. Other develop- ments go to show that the pastor disposed of the clothing of Miss Samuelson in various ways. The Rev. Mr. Ellefson of Ephraim, of this State, says that Mr. Hermans visited with his family a few days prior to his final departure from Salt Lake, on May 6, and then said that he was anxious that | Mrs. Ellefson should have some articles of remembrance of Hermans' deceased wife and asked her to accept as such | a quantity of ladies’ wunderciothing. | The developments of the past few days lead Mr. Ellefson to examine these gar- | ments minuteiy, when he found that they ‘were all marked with the initials “A. K. 8.,” those of Miss Anna K. Samuelson. It also appears that Hermans presented a | number of handkerchiefs to Mrs. Mork, | wife of Presiding Elder Mork of Brigham | City, before he leftfor the East, and some | of these also bear the initials “A.-K: 8.’ ! 1t has also been learned that on Febru- ary 18, about three weeks after Miss Sam- | uelson disappeared, Rev.Mr. Hermans paid a visit to Butte, Mont., and that he took | with him two heavy trunks, on which he paid excess baggage. A leiter was to-day 1eceived from Rev. Mr. Melby, Scandinav- ian Methodist minister at Butte, by Presid- ing Elder Mork, stating that Hermans sold | nd & quantity of ladies’ under- | ing when he was in Butte at that | time. These circumstances confirm the | detectives’ theory that Hermans mur- dered Miss Samuelson and shipped the re- mains in a large wooden box which he | had made about the time she disappeared. in regard to Miss Clauson, the officers | declare that there is no longer a shadow of a doubt that Hermann is her murderer. They say that never before have they been able to forge so. compiéte and strong a chain of circumstantial evidence in any case of great concern as in this. The po- lice here incline to the belief that Her- mans is hiding in Chicago, and Rev.Mr. Mork says he had friends in the western part of that city. | Governor Wells to-day offered a rewlrd | of $500 for the eapture of the preacher, and private subscriptions to about an equal amount have been sent in, so that the price on the pastor’s head is about $1600 and increasing. Dentist Keyser has identified the teeth found among the ashes in the furnacein the church basement as being identical with those he made for Miss Clauson in 1881, St WAS SEEN IN CHICAGO. Hermgans Believed to Be in Hiding at the Lake City. CHICAGO, Irn., May 26.—Rev. Francis | Hermans, the Salt Lake preacher wanted | ‘in that city, was in Chicago last Saturday and is believed to be here still. On Satur- day evening a travel-stained man carrying a grip and answering to the description of Hermans was seen at the corner of Sixty- fourth street and Stoney Island avenue, | The local police have beén notified that | Hermans was seen, and Captain Shippy and his men are scouring their disirict in | the hope that he has not departed. Hermans is a striking-looking man and easy to identify. He has red hair and red mustache, wears gold eye-glasses, clerical garb and speaks with an accent. Men in the garb of priest, with red hair and gold | eye-glasses arz not uncommon, but when ared mustache is aaded to this the com- bination is very rare. The man who was dt Stoney Island ave. nue and Sixiy-iourth street answered in every detail the description of Hermans. He was travel-stained and carried a smalt, battered gripsack. That he was an abso- lute stranger in Chicago he proved when he stopped a man and asked him the best and guickest and cheapest way to get to South Cbicago. Then he asked if the elec- tric cars going to South Chicago and West Pullman were not the best for him to take. He was told that the Alley “L” at Sixty- third and Stoney Island was the route which met his requirements, and seemed surprised. He did not go to the “L” sta- tion directly, however, but merely thanked the man he had asked for the information | and remained standing at the corner. He was there half an hour later. ONLY TWO FAVORITES WON. Cora Havill and Dick Behan Capture Races at Lakeside. CHICAGO, Iri., May 26.—Cora Havill and Dick Behan were the only winning favorites at Lakeside to-day. The sport was rather tame and a very small crowd .was in attendance. Five and & half furlongs, Cora Hayill won, Mr. Dunlap second, Pontlear third. Time, 091, Four and & half furlongs, Harry Gwynn }Enng second, Miss Cnnxigerl third. Time, 4 One mile, Toots won, Nikita second, Sim- mons third.' Time. 1:4314. Six furiongs, Dick Behan won, Helen Wren second, Rubber Neck third. Time, 1:1434. . Six furlongs, Glenold won, Mayfern second, Sullross third, Time, 1:15/. Five and hinlf furiongs, £xeuse won, Mary Lsecond, Hinda third. Time, 1:09%4. FAIR GROUNDS, ST. LOUIS, Mo., Ma; 26.—Magnet, a 1 to 8 favorite, in the lonrtz race, broke the five-eighths of a mile track record, held b; kel—1:011/—made last October, by fiuishing in 1:01. Six.furlongs, Earl Cochran w second, Senator Hill third, Time, 1 g?s;?nd" Five furlongs, Celoso won, Remen] e ond, Buck ere third, Time, 1‘1):?‘“ RE One mile, \\'hlsficr wou, Tom'Elmore second, me, v 1 | Clevelands, | electrical Bing mnfr second, Billy McKenzie third. Time, 1:5 Six furlongs, Constantine won, Dora Wood second, Damocles third. Time, 1:15%. g MORRIS PARK RACETRACK, N. Y., Mndy 26.—Though an excelient program me bad been arranged for to-day a beavy rain- storm this morning changed the going conditions and as a result the card was ruined by withdrawals. The principal event was the race for the Laureate stakes for two-year-olds. Bastian took the lead and made all the running. He clearly outclassed his fiela and won by a good neck from Haphazard. % High weight handicap, six anda_half tur- longs, Shakespeare II won, Rosedale second, Whippany third. Time, 1:981¢. R Onemile, Volley won, Abuse second, Benamie third. Time, 1:45. The Laureate, five furlongs, Bastian won, | Jlaphazard second, The Friar third. Time, One mile, Hanwell won, Deersiayer second, Aurelian third. Time, 1:42. Five furlongs, Eidolin won, Azure second, | The Manxman third. Time, 1:021%. v | One mile and a sixteenth, Premier won, Prig second, Cromwell third, Time, 1:50. OAKLEY RACETRACK, May 26. — Som- maries: Selling, five furlongs, Ethel Lee won, Red second, Viscount third. Time, 1:03%4. Selling, six furlongs, Joe Clarke won, Hul- bert second, Richfield third. Time, 1:17%. Seven furlongs, Leonsise won, Crusader .ond, Hardenburg'third. Time, 1:31%. Half & mile, Sapphire stakes, Cleophas won, Amiable second, Imp third. Time, :50%. One mile, Anna Lyle won, James Monroe second, Paul Pry third. Time, 1:44. Selling, six furlongs, Harry Shannon, won, Sir Dilke second, Juhn Havlin third. Time, 1:15%. sec- SR IR ON THE BALL FIELD. Brookiyn Players Defeat Louisvslle on the Home Grounds. BROOKLYN, N. Y., May 26.—Two thousand people greeted the Brooklyn vlayers to-day on their return from the disastrous Western trip. The home players came within a hair of again losing, but Kennedy steadied down when men were on the bases. Clarke’s catch of a long drive was the feature. Score: Brookl: 030010000—4 9 2 Louisvi 100001010-3 9 0 Batteries. d Burrili; McDermott and Miller. Umpire—Weidman. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 26.—The | Washington team returned home to-day | after a trip of twenty-one games and | played about as listless and mediocre a | game of baseball as has ever been wit- | nessed here. Mercer's pitching was ex- | ceedingly weak, but owing to this being | ladies’ day he was kept in the box. On | the other hand the Cincinnati team gave | a wholesome exhibition of the National | game. Attendance 9000. Score: Washingtons 02110100-5 11 5/ Cincinnatis. 3051402018 20 2 Batteries—Mercer ‘and McGaire; Vaugh. Umpire—Hurst. BALTIMORE, Mp., May 26.—Hart was effective to-day until the fourth inning, Dwyer and | when six singles, a two bagger and twc passes to first netted the champions seven Kissenger, ‘who relieved him, did | Both teams played a fast | Astendance, Tuns. little better. game in the field. Score: Baltimores. St. Lous. 28i6. | Murphy. PHILADELPHIA, Px., May 2 Phillies defeated Chicago to-day rior all round play. Orth was invincible and beld the Westerners down to five hits. Hulen’s work at short was notable. Attendance, 4000. Score: Philadelphias. Chicagos 0201000508 12 H 0000001001 ments: Friend and enderson and Campb: NEW YORK,N.Y., May 26.—Five thou- | send persons welcomed the New Yorks home from their Western trip to-day and | went wild over the victory scored over the | Both pitchers did well, and | the battle teemed with brilliant plays. | ‘Weather cloudy and warm. Score: | New Yorks. 000001025 12 6 Clevelands. 001201000—4 10 4| Batteries—Clarke and Wilson: Cuppy and Zim- | mer, Umplre—Sherida: LIGHTING WITHOUT WIRES Wonderful Electrical Inventions Being Made by Tesla and Edison, : | The Introduction of a More Perfect Illuminant Is Now Near at Hand. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 26.—The Elec- | trical Review in its last issue announced | by authority that Nikola Tesla had per- | fected his vacuum-tube system of electric | lighting without wires, the possibilities of | which he first brought to public notice about five years ago in a lecture before the American Institute of Electrical Engi- neers. Thislight is whiter, more brilliant and more intense than the arc light and is | produced with a much smaller amount of energy. A laboratory photo- graph has been made by means of this light with an exposure of only two sec- onds. The details in the photograph are remarkably fine. Tesla states that his ap- paratus has been greatly sin:plified and he will soon have it ready for practical use. Working on different lines, Thomas A. Edison has, according to the Electrical | Review, to be publishea to-morrow, suc- | ceeded in developing a new kind of electric lamp or vacuum tube, by means of which the Roentgen X rays are turned into pure white light. Edison’s new lamp is an | ordinary Crookes tube, coated on the in- terior surface with crystals of a new fluor- escing substance which ne has discovered, some of tungstate of culcium. The X rays in passing through this coating of crystals ! are changed «to light. Very little heat is generated, and nearly the whole of the | electrical energy expended 1s transformed into light. The new lamp is used in place of a Crookes tube, with the ordinary X ray apparatus. Mr. Edison believes that there are great possibilities in his discovery, and is now | enthusiastically at work perfecting his ap- paratus into commercial form. Heexpects | that before long he will so develop it that it may be used with high economy on an ordinary incandescent circuit. Electrical and scientilic people are | eagerly watching the outcome of the work of these two great inventors on this im- portant subject. [The Electrical Review | says editorially: “We cannot hesitate to express our positive conviction that thel introduction of a more perfect illuminant | is near at hand.” | i et B A Railroad Election. CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia., May 26.—At the annual meeting of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern stockholders the fol- lowing directors were chosen: R. R.Cable, C. P. 8quires, Lyman Cook, F. H. Griggs and A, Kimbail. At the directors’ meet- fong R. R. Cable was elected chairman of t e board; C. J. Ives, president; Robert | Williams, vice-president; H. H. Holiister, treasurer; S. S. Dorwaert, secretary and treasurer; J. Broecksmit, auditor. A Sy v = Drowned Her Three Children. HARRISVILLE, Mo., May 26.—Mrs. Martin Frost, living at Cleveland, in the western part of this county, arowned her three ‘small children in a barrel of water and then cut her own throat early this morning. It is. supposed that the woman became suddenly insane. i LSS s Krlled by the Explosion of a Blast. . BUTTE, Monr., May 26.—Peter Connolly and John Nolan were instantly killed to- lflll?mfld‘a tlhlrd. 4 1:43. ive furlongs. Magnet won, Geos 3 h second, Davis lhin‘f Time, 'l.:(fl.l.‘e g One mlie and & sixteenth, Sunburst won, day by the (Fefl_nntum explosion of a blast m |in"the T T C mine. a | E. Bentley; PROHIBITIONISTS ASSEMBLE TO-DAY, Representative Men of the Party Are Lined Up at Pittsburg, STRUGGLE OF FACTIONS. General Conference of Delegates Who Favor a Broad-Gauge Piatform. SILVER TO0 CUT A FIGURE. Prominent Leaders Who Have En- tered the Race for the Presi- dential Nomination. PITTSBURG, PA., May 26.—During the day and to-night many delegates to the National Prohibition Convention, which opens here to-morrow, held caucuses and selected committeemen. At a general conference of the delegates who favor a broad-gauge platform it was decided to push C. E. Bentley of Nebraska for President; J. H. Bouthegate of North Carolina for Vice-President and T. B. Logsn of Ohio for chairman of the Na- tional Committee. At the meeting of the National Committee A. A. Stevens of Pennsylvania was elected temporary chair- man. He is anti-free silver. Indications point to an exceedingly ex- citing . convention in the appearance of | that bugbear of all political conventions— the question of the free coinage of silveras & piaiform plank. There are two factions in the Prohi n . party, and they are styled “‘broad-gauge” and “'narrow-gauge.”’ Between these factions a wordy warfare | has taken place in the party press. A number of cundidates are being act- ively groomed for the Presidential nomi- nation. Rhode Island will present the | name of tion. Henry B. Metealf; Maryland, thatof Joshua Levering; Nebraska, Charles Texas, J. B. Cranfiil; Onio, Ralph S. Thompson; Georgia, Walter B, Hill, and New York, Henry Clay Bascom. | Massachusetts’ suppcy will be divided be- tween Metcalf, Levering and Bentley. John G. Woolley and ex-Governor St. John have declined to allow the use of their names. v ——— N0 USE FOR McKINLEY. Judge Stevens Talks of the FBoycotl on the Ohioan. Mo., May 26.—Judge J. H. president of the A. P. A., was seen at his office yesterday and asked about the sto:y told by T, B. Haughawout of Carthage, Mo.. that mem- bers of the advisory board got $5000 for the gtand they took against McKinley and were to get $10,000 in the event of the de- feat. He said: “I don’t know why Mr. Haughawout has fought me =0 bitterly, except that he went to Canton and saw McKialey.” “Is it true, as he says, that the com- mittee got money for condemnation of McKinley 2" Y ‘‘Not a bit of it. When I see him I shail n explanation or know the reason ST. LOUIS, Stevens, State 11 the fight that has been made on McKialey bave any effect now that the order has gone back on the committee ?” ‘“‘No, that settles all opposition. Indi- vidual members may do as they please, | and there are plenty of them who have no use for McKiuley.” They are not satisfied with his Americanism. That will have its effect in the convention. It may also be felt after the convention.” Bt ey Opposed to Gold Men. INDIANAPOLIS, Ixp., May 2.—The Democratic free-silver conference was held here to-day. Chairman Holt of the State Committee was asked to resign because of his inclination toward gold. A resolution offered by J. R. Strouse of Rockville de- manded the resignation of Hon. 8. P. Sheerin of Logansport as member of the National Committee from Indiana on the same grounds, but it did not carry. ok s Withdrawal of Roberts. GALVESTON, Tex., May 26.—Political circles in Texas wore astonished to-day by the withdrawal of ex-Governor Roberts, a silverite, from the gubernatorial race. The *sound-money” Democrats bolted from the silverites, and both factions will put out candidates for the governorship. BISHOPS _ CONSECRATED, An Imposing Cefemony in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Buffaio. Closing Topics Discussed Before - the NMembers of the Geaneral Conference. CLEVELAND, Osro, May 26.—Charles Cardwell McCabe, Earl Crancton and Jo- seph Crane Hartzell were consecrated as Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church at Central Armory this morning. There was an immense congregation present, nearly every seatin the big auditorium being filled. The consecration was most impressive. At 11:10 &, M. the Bishops of the church, the Bishops-elect and those assisting in the ceremony filed in and took their seats on the platform. Bishop Bowman, the beloved senior Bishop, who has served the church in that capacity since 1832, pre- sided. The collect was recited by Bishop Vincent, the epistle was read by Bishop Thoburn and the gospel by Bishop Taylor. The Rev. L. D. McCabe, D.D., and the Rev. T. C. 1liff presented Bishop-elect Mc- Cabe; the Rev. D. L. Rader and the Rev, R. 8. Rust presented Earl Oranston; Joseph Crane Hartzell was presented by the Rev. M. C. B. Mason and the Rey. Samuel L. Berler. Atter prayer by Bishop Fitzgerald of New Orleans the examina- tion and invocation was conducted by Bishop Andrews. It was the most solemn part of the service. Every voice in the armory was hushed and every ear strained to catch the questions of the Bishop and the answers of the candidates. Then followed the “laying on of hands” and presentation of the Bible. The con- gregation sang a hymn and the benedic- tion was pronounced by Bishop Foster. People flocked from all parts of the bouse to congratulate the newly made Bishops, and the plutform was crowded { THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1896. for a long time with a surging crowd of enthusiastic Methodists eager to greet those who were to guide the destinies of a religions force which numbers over 3,000,000 souls. The General Conferenceé was presided over by Bishop Ninde this morning. The judiciary committee reported and the con- erence acted on a large number of ap- reals. Charles W. Price ot Russellville Circle (Onio), convicted of lying, appealed from a decision of Bishop Bowman. The conference reversed the Bishop's decision and ordered a new trial. When the celebrated Baltimore amend- ment was before the annual conference the New York East Conference refused to act on it and the committee recommended that no appeal be entertained. { A committee of five was appointed on complimeniary resolutions. The committee on book concern wanted the conference to appoint a book eaitor and 1t was so ordered. & To-night had been set aside for the an- niversary of the temperance work, and the auditorium was decorated accordingly, a large banner inscribed, “The Saloon Must Go,” hanging at one end of the building. The decision of the conference to hold an evening session for business spoiled the plan for a great temperance rally, but the | rules were suspended and the first thirty minutes were given over to the temper- ance organization. The reguiar order, the report of the com- mittee on constitution, was then taken up. There was quite a long debate over the manner of constituting special sessions of the general conference, the issue arising between those who held that for members of the preceding General Conference to hold over and sit in the special session would be uncounstitutional, and those who held that new members must be chosen. The former prevailed and the article was adopted. There was a sharp debate oyer an at- tempt to give laymen equal rights with the ministerial delegates to preside pro tem. over a General Conlerence in case there is no Bishop present to preside. One amendment looking to that end was tabled, but Mr. Buckley introduced an- other and made a strong speech favoring the acknowledgmeut of the laymen's rights to preside. r. Neely opposed the amendment and thought that no reference shouid be made to the order from which the president pro tem. should be selected. This view finally prevailed, the reference being stricken out and the section adopted. Adjourned. pei L S BEFORE THE FPRESBYTERIANS. Interesting Aubjoots Considered at the General Assembiy. SARATOGA, N. May 26.—The Pres- byterian General "Assembly opened as usual this morning with the report of Chairman Booth of the committee on bills and overtures. The next important bill before the committee is the one in re- gard to the New York Presbytery, which | disobeyed the order of last year's assem- | biy in receiving students from tbe Union | Theological feminary. The commitiee decided to refer the matter to the commit- tee on charch polity. Dr. Montfort, chairman of the judicial | committee, made its report, assigning four of the cases before it to special commis- sions for trial, and Rey. Dr. Kane of In- diana, chairman, read the report of the home m ons committee, His resolu- | tions proposed radical changes in the dis- tribution of the funds of the board. These were to the effect that moneys for home mission work were to be distributed ac- cording to the direction of the presbyteries in whose jurisdiction the assisted churches were located. The sums thus distributed were to be determined by the ¢xchange of reports between the board and the pres- byteries, and the apportionment recom- mended by the presbyteries was to be final. A second resolution recommended a thorough scrutiny of the methods of the board of home missions. The re-election of the following trustees of the home board was recommended: Thomas Nel- son, Brooklyn; J. M. Ludlow and G. L. | ning, Usange, N. J.; Elders Jobn S.I Kennedy, John F. Parsonsand H. E. How- iand, New York, and Charles E. Greene, Princeton. Spe:ches were then made on the home mission report by Secretary McMillan, Presideat Dr. John Hall, Trustee J. 8. Rawsey of New York, Dr. Agnew of Phil- adelphia, Dr. Hubbard of Auburn and others and the recommendations adopted. At the afternoon session Chairman Booth reported an answer to an overture which was adovted proposing the estab- | lishment of a court of arbitration for the examination and termination of interna- tional disputes. The report of the committee on aid for colleges was read, and this was followed by a renewal of the discussion on the Young People’s Society matter, the sub- | ject being the adoption of a resolution authorizing a reconsideration of the mat- ter of young people's societies by the Breed committee, with instructions for | submitting to the presbyieries a plan of forming an independent denominational union. After a long discussion this reso- lution was stricken out. A clause pro- viding for interdenominational feliowship of young people’s societies was stricken out. On motion the Breed committee was discharged, and the report thus emaseu- lated by the Christian Endeavor leaders was then adopted as a whole amid great applause of the assembly. Adjourned. e THE BAPTIST ANNIVERSARIES, dn FElection of Officers for the Home Missionary Society. ASBURY PARK, N. J., May 26.—The concluding day«of the Baptist anniver- saries was begun by an address before the Home Missionary Society by the Rev. C. A. Woody of Oregon. His subject was, : “Fifty Years' Work on the Pacitic Coast.” The next spesker was H. C. Woods, Bishop of Colorado. He spoke on ““Chapel- building in the West.” The officers of the Home Missionary Society elected were: President, H. K. | Porter, Pennsy!lvania; vice-presidents, E. M. Van Dusee, Minnesota, Stephen Green, Massachusetts; treasurer, J. Greenwood, Snelling, N. Y.; recording secretary, A. 8. Hobart, Yonkers, N. Y.; corresponding secretary, Thomas J. Morgan, New York. The financial committee’s report stated that, while the debt of the society has | been reduced nearly $25000 during the past year, the outlook for the coming year indicates that the debt will be increased to $150,000, if the present rate of expenditure is continued and no special help comes. The committee on resolutions reported the following, which was adopted: That a petition to the Czar of Russia, crowned to-day, be forwarded through the proper channels, asking the exertion of his kind offices in behalf of suff:ring Christians in Armenia. 3 The final session of the Baptist anni- versaries was held this evening and was devoted to werk amonz foreigners in America. A vote of thanks to Founder Bradley for the use of the Audilorium aad other courtesies was passed, and the Bap- tist anniversaries for 1896 were ended, —_——— Receivers Are Appointed. OMAHA, Nesr., May 26.—Dudley Smith, former president, and 8. C. Wood- son, representing the St. Joseph (Mo.) | stockholders’ interest in the Omaha house, bave been appointed receivers of the Steele-Smith Grocery Company of this city. “This action was broughtabout by by the trustees of the Steele estate wish- ing to withdraw the interest of that estate from the business. The assets are said to be far in excess of the liabilities. UL Rise of the Missouri, “8T. LOUIS, Mo., May 26.—This morn- ing the danger line, twenty-eight feet, was reached by the Mississippi here, and indi- cations are that, unless there be a letup of the heavy rains in Missouri, lowa and }imoiu', ge waters :I“ g’t';hn high as the of four years/ en pro the value of $2,000,000 was dut&yxnflz local Weather Bureau announces that the crest of the flood has been reached, but this is not believed by experienced river men, ST SENORS DANCE AT PALO ALTD, Class Excercises Conclude With a Ball in Encina. |EIGHTY COUPLES WALTZ Fourteen San Francisco Artists Supply an Excellent Grade of Music. UNIVERSITY ALUMRI DAY. First Annual Luncheon to the Re. tiring Class by Graduates of Former Yoars. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Civ, May 26.—The seniors concluded their class ex- ercises of yesterday with a grand ball which came to an end about 1 o’clock this morning. Encina Hall dining-room had been cleared, and potted plants were so arranged about the room as to leave a cir- cular space for the dancers. Although there were eig'ity couples on the*floor, the space was ample to prevent crowding. There were flowers and drapings in plenty to beautify the room. Muzic was supplied by fourteen selected artists from San Fran- cisco, with Herr Schmidt as leader. No better dance music has ever been pro- vided for Stanford hops. There were twenty-four regular dances on the pro- gramme—an alternation of waltzes and two-steps. > The following constituted the commit- tee that had charge of the ball: Miss Stef- fins, Miss Meade, R. L. Wilbur, R. M. Campbell, J. A. Colliver, A. B. Spalding, G. W. Riter, Guy Cochran (chairman.) The patronesses were the Mesdames D. S. Jordan, F. Angell, A. W. Smith, Nathan Abbott, F. A. C. Perrine, S. Baker, | 3. B. Brady, M. A. B. Rice, E. F. Thomp- son, L. M. Spalding and 8. E. Edwards. Refreshments were served during the evening. To-day was Alumni day. The pro- gramme opened this morning with brief excercises in the chapel. Owing to the unavoidable absence or sickness of several of the alumni officers and speskers the programme was considerably broken up. Messrs. C. L. Clemens, A. M. '93 and Mr. Ashley, president of the association, were absent, and A. H. Barnhisel, 93, presided. The chairman introduced R. L. Sandwick ’85, who delivered an interesting address on the value and importance of higher education. He was followed by Miss Vright, who read a paper prepared by Miss A. 8. Holbrook, A. M., '96, on “‘The reconciliation of the interests of the indi- vidual with those of the masses.” In the afternoon the alumni gave their first annual luncheor ta the araduating class and their friends in the Encina dining-room. A carefully planned menu was served to 150 guests, and the follow- ing toasts were responded to, A. H. Barn- bisel acting as toastmaster: “Welcome to New Alumni"....A. H. Barnhisel '03 The evening was given up to the prome- nade concert in the qnadrangle, which was illuminated by hundreds of lanterns. An orchestra from the City disconrsed select music for two hours or more, and fuily 500 faculty members, students and their friends were present. Booths were arranged at various corners of the quad- rangle, and here the ‘co-eds” received their friends. To-morrow the graduates will receive their sheepskins after the addresses by Professor M. B. Anderson and Dr. Jordan. Fureka’s Senatovial Candidate. EUREKA, Cirn., May 26.—The an- nouncement of Hon. Frank McGowan'’s candidacy for Congress has left a vacancy in the State Senatorial fight among the Republicans of this district. J. N. Giltett to-day declared his intention of entering therace for the nomination. Mr. Gillett is a leading member of the Humboldt bar, and the attorney for the Bank of Eureka, the Savings Bank of Humboldt County and the Eel River and Eureka Railroad NEW TO-DAY. “At Sloane’s.” TAPESTRY BRUSSELS, Best made. Immense Line at 65 cents per yard, Sewed, Laid and Lined. 100 PIECES (5000 YARDS) Usual 75¢c Grade at 50 cents per yard, Sewed, Laid and Lined. EXTRA SUPER ALL-WOOL. Best Quality, High-Class Designs, Usual Price 75 cents per yard. At 60 cents per yard, Sewed, Laid and Lined. KENSINGTON ALL-WOOL ART SQUARES. Usual Price 75 cents per square Yard. Reduced to 60 cents Square Yard. Stock to Select from Four Times as Large as Any Other On the Coast. W. & J. SLOANE & C0., CARPETS, FURNITURE, UPHOLSTERY, 641-647 Market Street, “‘SAN FRANCISCO. NEW TO-DAY. 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