The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 25, 1896, Page 8

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1896. POLICEMAN STEVE BONNER'S BIG FEAT WITH A PISTOL He Shoots at Two Children Going Home From a Senior Class Dance at the Girls’ High School. Ray Connell, Aged 17, Now Very Il From Cold and Fright. STRANGE CAST CF THE AFFAIR Chief Crowley Investigating the Mat- ter—It May Go Before the Commissioners. Policeman Steve Bonner has distin- guished himself, but he 1s far from happy thereat. It is the manner by which he lured fickle fame that is worrying the august bluecoat. Last Saturday morning Policeman Steve Bonner overzealously pulled his embryo howitzer from its receptacle in his hip- pocket and sent a bullet whizzing over the heads of Ray Coanell, aged 17, and his sis- ter, still younger. Bonner says he mis- took the children for burglars, but Chief Crowley shakes his head as dubiously as an audience listening to one of Judge Campbell’s fish stories. So the matter will probably be brought bejore the Police Commissioners, and Mr. Bonner, so handy with his little gun, may have & chance to don civilian’s clothes for tha rest of his/life. The facts of the case, as gleaned from the boy Ray and his sister, are as follows: Ray is a student in the Boys' High School. Last Friday evening was tiie oc- casion_of the senior class dance of the Boys’ High School, but the function took place in the Girls’ High School building. Both Ray and his sister attsnded the dance. It held rather late, and when they left the building, shortly after 1 A. M., they found that they had missed the last car, and were obliged to walk home. So they set out for home, talking and laughing in high jspirits. All went well till they reached the corner of Oak and Baker streets. When they reached this point they were suddenly startled by a gruff voice con- manding them to halt. The night was rather foggy, and they were unable to dis- cern the fact that the voice emanated irom an officer of the law. They became frightened and started to run. The girl started to screaming, but soon ceased and saved her breath for the race. Up Baker they sped, closely pursued by Bonner, for he it was. They never glaneed back to see who was in pursuit, but ran for dear life, Bonner after them. When the two frightened children reached Page street they darted up that thoroughifare, with Bonner still in active pursuit, unti! they reached their residence at1320. Then they rushed up the steps and through the doorway, the door hav- ing been left unlocked for them. Just as they started up the steps it was that policeman Steve Bonner, who had managed to draw his revolver while sprinting, sent a bullet sinzing over their heads. He then slowed up and with the mien of one who is conscious of a duty well performed, leisurely sauntered back to his beat. The boy Ray had become so overheated from the unusual exertion that he con- tracted a severe cold, which has since de- veloped into rheumatism, and he now lies in a very precarious condition. In fact, his case is so serious that his mother, Mrs. Charlotte Cornell, declined to have him interviewed directly. The girl is none the worse for her excit- ing experience with the exception of be- ing in an extremely nervous state of mind. At first she was inciined to be hysterical, but this soon wore off. Mrs. Cornell is a widow in well-to-do circumstances and is very indignant at what has occurred. She is totally anable to understand why Bonner should have found it necessary to fire at the children when he saw tkem ascending the steps of their residence. As for Policeman Steve, he hasn’t done much talking. He dountless was con- vinced that the boy and his sister contem- plated a burglarious raid upon the dwell- ing under his very nose. Another strange fact is that he did not perceive that he was pursuing two fright- ened children when they passed under the rays cast by the gas lamps. As has been mentioned the Chief is now investigating the occurrence, and the natter will probably go into the hands of the Commissioners. WEALTH FROM A FEW OENTS. A Postage - Stamp Investment That Yielded $100,000 *‘I had always ben a behever in the old saying that ‘Fortune knocks once at every man’s door,””” said Abraham White of Boston, “*and perhaps that may have in- spired me to invest that 44 cenis in post- age stamps, out of which Mrs. White and Icleared up a little better than $100,000 profit.” It was in Chamberlain’s that Mr. White was being interrogated about what is to him an old story now—ihe bidding of him- self and wife on $1,500,000 of Government bonds at the time UncieBam invited sub- scriptions from the Nation at large, in or- der to replenish the gold reserye. It is a story, though, that will never lose its in- terest, says the Washington Post. *I had never bought or sold a bond in my life,”” saia Mr. White, “but it occurred to me that here was a chance to make a few dollars with but little risk. Mrs. ‘White knew of my plans, and she had been doing a little fizuring on her own ac- count, put in a bid for a $500,000 allot- ment. No other woman bidder was suc- cessful to that extent. Weil, our bids went through all right, though J. P. Mor- gan and his asscciates thought they had blocked my path by getting a treasury ruling that the allotments were non-trans- ferable, and that the payments for the bonds must come from the original bid- der. As they had cost me on an average 1113 and were worth immediately alter 1191 had nodifficulty in financing such re- munerative securities. I went into Rus- sell Bage’s office, explained my mission and came out with a check for $500,000, with which I got all the gold needed for securing the bonds. That’s about all there is to it, and I'm afraid it has given me a notoriety disproportionate to the size of the transaction.” Mr. White is a man of about 30 years, with an energetic and spargling manner, and full of good humor. He was born and reared in Texas, and when but 16 years of age astonished the veteran cot- ton-buyers by his dashing methods of operating in the fleecy staple. Ten years ago be went to Boston and here wooed and won a charming little Yankee maiden, whose pluck -ns wit were on a par with his own. Since ber good luck on the bond transactions Mrs. White has made for herself not less_than $40,000 by judicious investments. Her husband was not the penniless adventurer that some of the sensational stalements that got into rint made. On the contrary, he had n esrning a salary of $5000 a year as the Eastern representative of the Armour | an examination Packing Comp&ni, though at the time of the bond deal he had gone into business for himself. Just a few days ago Mr. White executed another exploit in the ssme line that caused a goodly amount of talk in the New York papers. It was a bid on Brooklyn bonds to the extent of $1,795,000, in payment for which he gave a check for $1,895,000, the largest check that ever passed through the hands of the City Comptroller. On this he pocketed the neat sum of $60,000. EDWIN BOOTH'S ORDEAL. His Arrest and Trip to Washington After Lincoln’s Assassination. Very few persons are aware of the fact that after John Wilkes Booth shot Presi- dent Lincoln Edwin Booth was practically taken into custody by the agents of the Government. He was released as soon as showed that he knew nothing of the conspiracy. This story of the affair is related by Ivory M. Blood: At that time Mr. Booth resided on East Fourteenth street, near Broadway. I was in the United States secret service of the War Department, and bad been de- tailed by Chief Baker to take Mr. Booth into custody. It wasafter the assassina- tion of President Lincoln, and Mr. Booth's brother, John Wilkes Booth, the assas- sin, bad been apprehended by Baker's men and mortally wounded b‘y Sergeant Boston Corbett in Mr. Garrett’s barn in Virginia. +Secretary of War Stanton and Judge Advocate-General Holt, under whose in- structions I acted, wished to question Mr. Booth in regard to his knowledge, it any, of the movements and conversations of his brother, John Wilkes Booth. Upon my going to Mr. Booth’s residence, the doorbell was answered by a colored serv- ant. I told him that I wished io see Mr. Booth. He went upstairs and upon re- turning said Mr. Booth wished to know if I would not tell him the nature of my business. 0, I replied. ‘I mustsee him in per- and I sent up my card. “The servant returned to Mr. Booth’s room, and shortiy afterward that gentle- man came down and invited me into the parlor. I shall never forget his appear- ance. He was pale and haggard, greatly agitated and trembling from head to foot. He had apparently an intuition that some- thing serious was to bappen to him. When seated, I opened the conversation by say- ing to Mr. Booth: “‘Yousee by my card that I am in the secret service, and am obliged to take you to Washington, D. C. If you wish to see any other authority I have my papers in my pocket.’ “With a tremulous voice he replied: ‘No. I do not care about seeing them.’ Several times during our conversation he saia: ‘Itis anawful thing.’ ‘It bhasdis- tressed me greatly.” ‘I feel as if I was going to die.” ‘I cannot understand why my brotber did the terrible deed.” “Mr. Booth wished to know if he could give bonds, and I replied in the negative. Then he asked if he could consult counsel, and I told him he could under the follow- ing condition: my presence; that he could not have any conversation with any person, including his connsel, except in my hearing, and that all such conversation would be strictly confidential on my part, giving him as a reason that the habeas corpusact was then suspended, and that the Government did not allow any private conversation where parties were under arrest. “Mr. Booth at the time had on hisdress- ing-gown. He returned to his room and came down wearing 2 black suit and silk hat, and said he was ready to accompany me to his lawyer on Wall street, whose name I do not at present recollect. Be- fore leaving the house I said to him that I would not, as was customary, put the nandcuffs on him, and that no one on the street would know that he was under ar- rest, adding: ‘You cannot get away from me, because I am armed.’ - *] pledge myself as a gentleman,’ re- plied Mr. Booth, ‘that I will not try to get away.’ “f asked him if he had a pistol, and he answered: ‘I have not.” ‘The servant was dispatchea for a car- rage, and upon its arrival we were driven to the office ot Mr. Booth’s counsel, on Wall street. - Mr. Booth asked me if there was ‘much excitement in Washington, what I thought they would do with him, and if any one thought that he had any connection whatever with the tragedy. “‘I would rather die than go'to Wash- ington,’ he said. “1 replied that I knew of no one who had intimated in the least that he had been in any way connected with the affair. ‘On introducing me to his counsel he said to him: **‘Mr. Blood will tell you his business with me.’ I told the lawyer that I was going to take Mr. Booth to Washington by order of tne Washington authorities. “The lawyer declared that [ had noright to take Mr. Booth from the city, and if there were any charges against him they oucht to be tried by the United States court here. *“‘The Government has authority,’ I re- plied, ‘to send any person to Washington, and Mr. Booth is not the first person that I have taken there.’ I don’t care what you have done with other people,’ the lawyer exciaimed in an angry tone, punctuated with an occasional oath, ‘I am here to defend the rights of Mr. Booth.’ “* *No one ohjects to your doing that,’ I responded, ‘but I shall obey the orders of the Government.’ “*I want,’ continued the lawyer, ‘to see M-, Booth alone.’ “ ‘“You cannot do it,” was my answer. “‘What are the charges against, and what does the Government want with him?’ asked the lawyer. “* ‘To examine him as to when he saw bis brother last, and if his brother had ever intimated to him anythinys about the assassination. The Government is mnot going to spare any pains or expense to get at the bottom facts of the affair.’ “‘If I should set forth Mr. Booth’s rights as a citizen under the constitution, you could not take him to Washington,’ said the lawyer, with much aspersity of language and a show of impudence in his manner. “I replied that I would take Mr. Booth and the lawyer, too, if he interfered with the orders of the Government, if it took all the soldiers at Governors Island to o it. “‘Well, Mr. Booth,’ said the irate coun- sel, turnicg to him as he sat 1n a chair in his office, without taking part whatever in the foregoing dialogue, ‘you had better go with this man to Washington, and 1if you need my services you can telegraph me.’ “On being driven back to Mr, gooth'- residence luncheon was served to us, after which he changed his costume and had scme things put into a satchel. We went in the carriage direct to Debrosses- street ferry and took a train for Wash- ington. “‘Upon arriving in Washington early the pext morning I turned Mr. Booth over to Colonel Baker, after he had break- fasted at an all-night restaurant, and after we had waited scveral hours at Willard’s Hotel. He was put through a course of examination by Colonel Baker and after- ward taken before the Judge Advocate- That he must not-leave | General. There were no discrepancies in his two statements. After he had been examined by the Judge Advocate-General he was discharged. There was nothing whatever in his statements to show that he knew anything at all about his broth- er’s terrible act before it had beer perpe- trated.”—8t. Louis Globe-Democrat. —————————— PARIS PRISONS. In France a Person Deemed Guilty Until He Proves Himself Innocent. The prison premises at the Depot of the Prefecture are very insufficient, and it is a blot on Paris that such s place continues to exist without improvement. Any one almost might be obliged to pass through the ordeal of a night at the Depot. Mis- takes have been made before now by the French police; persons of undoubted re- spectability and perfect innocence, foreign visitors 1n particular, have been arrested, and when once in custody they cannot go free until all the formalities have been fulfilled. In France an accused person is deemed guilty until he proves himself innocent, and as this principle may press very hard at times better arrangements should be made at the Prefecture. There is one little room set apart for the better dressed of the captures brought by Black Maria. This is called “Salle des habits noir”—the room for decent coats— to which are sent the outwardly respect- able. These favored folk, who have the privilege of being crowded to the number of thirty or forty into a very limited space, are wostly clerks charged with fraud, seeming swells who are really ad- venturers, forgers, embezziers and the like. There ate a few separate cells, sev- enty-six for males and as many for fe- males, set apart for the top-sawyers in crime, or those brought in undera Judge’s order; but the rest of the aay’s “takings’ are herded together, sometimes to the number of 200 or more in one great arched The St. Ignatius organ is one of the great ones of the world. finest and best church orgzan in America. GREAT ORGAN WILL BE HEARD T0-DAY Crowds of Eager Listeners Will Visit St Ig- natius. Clarence Eddy Will Manipulate the Keys and Show the Instrument. The Famous Organist Says That This Is the Finest and Best Church Organ in America. The great organ in St. Ignatius Church will be heard t6 best advantage to-day, under the skillful manipulation of Clar- ence Eddy. Thousands who attend the services will critically listen. The opin- ion of Mr. Eddy is that thisis the best church organ in America and one of the greatest ana best organs in the world. Mr. Eddy is known as the ‘‘organ opener,” for the reason that wherever there is a big I consider it the I have opened nearly all the great church organs in the United States and therefore am familiar with them. The organ at St. Ignatius is the most complete of any in its mechanical accessories. It is admlrably placed so that it sends out its full volnme ail over the church and produces the finest effect. with it. Its action is electric. I scarcely took my fingers from the keys for three hours I was so pleased ‘When its four banks of keys are all coupled the touch is no heavier than when only one manual 1s played. The voicing is superb and thoroughly artistic. manual organ west of Denver. are over eighty stops. Several of the reedstops were imported from France. There is no other four- I consider the instrument exceptionally fine. There Musically it is entirely worthy of the mechanical part. The specification is par- ticularly well designed. It is modeled after the great Columbian organ, which was such a success at Chicago. One feature is the open diapason, thirty-two foot, which has been made in California since the organ was brought here. By one pressure of the pedal the entire resources of the organ can be effective stop. overated. It is a remarkably The crescendo and the decrescendo can be produced by the use of one pedal, and I found the effect startling. The soft-to-full organ and the reverse can be played with- out taking the hands off. By the adjustable combination pistons between the man- uals any combination of manual and pedestal stops can be set and locked. Drawing a piston locks the combination and gives perfect control of the organ. The voicing of the reeds is characteristic. Remarkably rapid repetitions of com- binations can be made without robbing the organ of wind. The diapasons are very full and dignified. the world. To sum it all up, this is oneof the greatest and finest organs in Crarexce Eppy. hall, with stone floors and wooden benches —a big, dark, dreary and ili-ventilated chamber, nearly always crammed with a dirty, ragged mass of wretched humanity. One or two narrow exercising yards give some relief, but in bad weather the hail is always full and at night the prisoners lie closely packed on mattresses on the floor. The prison system in Paris improves directly the depot is done with. An accused person must either be releasea within twenty-four hours or be sent to Mazas, the *irial” prison, where all thus committed await appearance in court. The improvement means that he is now lodged alone in a small, separate cell where his friends and his advocate may have access to him and he may prepare his defense. Only in certain cases he is kept “‘au secret,” in absolute seclusion— that is to say, seeing no cne, speaking to no one. The hand of justice is thus heavy upon him for fear he should escape con- viction by planning some subterfuge or manufacturing an alibi and false evidence to support it. Whether *‘au secret” or not he is continually harassed by the Judge, who “instructs’” or prepares the indict- ment, and whose business it is, by re- peated questionings, to elicit confessions or admissions of guilt. This, to English ideas, is taking an un- fair advantage of him, but in France the system is carried -still further, and it is the custom for -the Chief of the Detective Police to visit accused personsin Mazas once a_week and talk matters over with them. I have assisted at some of these “Mondays in prison,’ as M. Mace, an old Chief, calls them in his book on the sub- ject, They appear quite friendly unoffi- cial interviews; all sit cozily together, the prisoner and the police, cigarettes are pro- duced and the conversation at first is quite general. But woe to the prisoner who is not on his guard; a simple hint, a word dropped casually, a change of face when some doubtful detail in the affair is men- tioned, will serve to give strength to mere suspicion and, perhaps, complete the case. At one time a still more indefensible practice obtained. If an accused person continued obstinately dumb, he was given a cell companion, a false friend, some other prisoner known in slang talk as the mouton, or la musique, whose role is that of the spy, to worm himself into the other’s confidence, obtain revelations, then betray him to the authorities. Oc- casionally a disgunised detective has per- formed this dangerous and rather disgust- ing duty. 'owadays right-thinking French judges are found who disapprove of the practice, and it is seldom if ever tried. The double cells used for the pur- pose still exist, but the association of two prisoners is generally reserved for cases where one of them shows suicidal or other mania.—Cassell’s Family Magazine. ————— ExtrA edition of Christmas Town Talk on sale at all newsstands to-day. The regular weekly edition will be issued to- morrow morning. e e In the Queen’s household furniture and the more t‘Pemnnanu articles required in a household are bougiit under the direction of the Lord Chamverlain, while the Lord Steward undértakes the purchase of provi- sions and liquors. organ to be exhibited Mr. Eady is gener- ally called upon to iliustrate its capaci- ties, Therefore Mr. Eddv’s opinion, which is given in a signed communication is enti- tled to, and will receive great weight, The City and the church are to be con- gratulated upon the possession of this noble instrument. The best opportunity to hear the organ will be this evening after vespers. It will be heard at 5 A. M., 10:30 A. M. and also after vespers. During the masses it will be used effectively, and much of its power and beauty will undoubtedly be made ap- parent, but only incidental to the service, the exceptions being in the voluntaries and the offertory. But this evening, after vespers, where there is practically no time limit, Mr. Eddy will periorm several great organ works. The programme as mnSe up yesterday by Mr. Eddy is as follows: Double theme varie (new), Roussean (written expressly for and dedicated to Clarence Eddy); pastorale in E (new), E. H. are; andanie in D (vew), Hollins; fantasie, op. 101 (new), Saint-Saens; sonata in C minor, No. 5, Guil- mant (dedicatea to Clarence Eddy)—(1) Al- legro Appassionato, (2) Adagio, (3) Scherzo, (4) mcluuvo. (3) Choral et Fugue; (b) Fugue in D minor (Louis Thiele; Saint Ce- celia Offertory in C minor (Edouard Batiste); (@) In Paradicum (In Paradise), (‘b) Fiat Lux (Let there be ugm (Theodore Dubois). Suite Goth- ique, op. 28 (new{ (L. Boellmann): I—Intro- duction, choral; II—Menuet Gothique; III— Priere & Notre e; IV—Toceata. These are the selections, but the order of performance may vary iron: this. The programme, as will be seen, embraces rep- resentative selections from the greatest composer for the o?nm The opening of the great organ will be a musical event not only for S8an Francisco but for the en- tire coast. THE LOST OHOED. An Incident of the Wreckage of Last Spring’s Flood. The lost chord is found, says the Lewis- ton Journal. It was lost last spring, went gliding down the Androscoggin gracefully but stealthily at dead of night, was arpeg- gated on the Rips and finally silenced in the roar of the falls of Topsam. But there is a funny side to the funeral, 1f you will ‘pardon the solecism. Beside all the grotesque sights in the way of floating indebtedness, I recall an incident that occurred about ten miles down river on the Lewiston side where a ty of would-be Lewistonians was stuck in _the frappe at the time, I had jumped from the carriage for a change for myself and the horses and bad been wallowing along for some distance when I saw a youngster just ahead who was resting for a fresh effort toward Lewiston, as I thought. To make sure I inquired. “Yep,” came the answer. I then looked at him more closely and saw that he was braced up in a new store suit of the hopeful size, with the trousers turned up to clear a big pair of boots that belonged probably to his big brother. He seemed to be afraid of me (I was a sight) or else embarrassed because I was the first one to see him 1n long trousers, although they were turned up. The inquisition proceeded. “Why are you going 10 Lewis- ton?’ Noanswer; astudy in ts, I're- peated the question mechanically, being absorbed for the moment in recovering from the mud my neiher limbs, which were slowly seeking the center of the e arth. “I'm going up ter Lewiston to see the bridge,” was the stout answer. ‘“‘Where do you live?’ I remorselessly continued. “OV'r there,”’ this time with soft blubber- ing which I pretended not to hear, so much_had my own sufferings hardened me. Ilooked over there and saw close by the river’s bank a snug little place which wae one of the best grandstands to view the wreckage of the bridge that could be bad. “You want to see the bridge?”’ I was getting mad. 'he bridge has gone out, you little —.”’ Loud blubbering followed, the little feilow turned in his boots for home and the last I heard was the tear-choked accents in the distance, “I want to see the bridge.” ———————— THE BEARD IN HISTORY. Pogonotomy, or the Gentle Art of Self- Shaving. The practice of pogonotomy, the bar- bers say, is every year becoming more and more widespread. Pogonotomy is what the Greeks used to call the gentle art of self-shaving. Some people shave them- selves because they wish to save time, others to save money. But the fashion of going smooth-shaven is steadily increas- ing, and it is quite probable that within another five years beards and mustaches will be still less in vogue than they are to- day. The decadence of the-beard among civil- ized races and the reason for its disappear- ance are 1nteresting things to trace. Long ago a luxuriant beard was thought to be- token & high degree of holiness or wisdom. Even now the believers of the Koran reverence the beard, and swear by that of their prophet. But it would seem that in this very idolatry of the beard lay the cause of its downfall, for the possessor of a handsome beard was prone to vanity, and was lhikely to spend so much time in decorating it that he ran the risk of neg- lecting more important matters. So the church and state, then closely joined, de- clared against it. The French swells of less than 200 years ago used to crimp their beards, twine them with threads of gold and hang them with pearls. Philip of Valois, who was one of the leaders of fashion of his day, used to tie golden acorns in his beard. The result was that popes and monarchs pegan to issue bulls and edicts against hirsute appendages, someti mes with tem- porary effect, and sometimes with none at all. Pope Leo IX and Gregory VII anathematized the beard, and this means that they cursed it root and branch, for a papal anathema in those days was some- thing sweeping and terrible. In the army the first reason for abolish- ing the beard was that of cleanliness. Up to the time of Alexander the Great the Greeks were a bearded people, but that ruler made every one of his Grecian sol- diers shave. The Komans, too, made shaving obligatory in the army, and there were few beards or none among the civil- ians. The beard was then considered to be the characteristic feature of the harbarian. The first Roman whom history records as baving shaved every day was Scipio, the conqueror of Africa. In later times Peter the Great of Russia made an attempt to banish the beard from his baif-civilized dominions, but achieved only an incom- plete victory, and at one time even endan- gered his throne by the maintenance of his decree. William the Conqueror was anotuer great commander who would have no beards about his court or among his soldiers. In France in 1553 ail the lawyers were forced to go clean-shaven, and eight years later the clerks lost their beards by law. And so the barber's trade has grown, but now they themselves acknowledge that their ranks are swelling faster than those of their customers. In times of financial prosperity the barbers’ pockets bulge with coin, but when business is de- pressed, they say, their customers by the score shave themselves. No one would think of making the mod- ern barber a hero of romance, iize the barbers who flit through the pages of the “Arabian Nights” or “Gil Blas.” It would be hard to fancy that the ancestor of the man who shaves you to-day and tries to force on strangers all sorts of tonics for the hair and other costly and impossible things was perhaps he who in- spired the shears that subdued Samson.— New York Sun. ——————— CARISBROOKE OASTLE. The Apartments From Which Charles the First Attempted to Escape. As a memorial of the late Prince Henry of Battenberg, governor of the castle, Car- isbrooke Castle is to be fully repaired. By some considered of Roman, perhaps British, origin, the castle was captured in 530 by Cardic, who gave it to his nephe ws, Stuf and Whitgar, the latter of whom re- built it. The fort was enlarged by William Fitz-Osborne, first lord of the island, and in “Doomsday Book” it is cited as occu- pying one virgate of ground. Some Nor- man masonry remains at the northwest angle and in the Mountjoy tower. The castle assumed its present aspect 1n the reign of Queen Eliza- beth. She built the outworks with a moat and replaced the principal gate, above which is “E. R., 1508, employing for engineer the Italian, Genebella, who had fortified Antwerp. The keep stands on an artificial mound ascended by seventy steps. One may yei see the ruins of the apartments occupied for some fourteen months during Colonel Hammond’s gov- ernorship by Charles I, from which ne twice attempted to escape, and where his children were imprisoned after his death. The Princess Elizabeth’s gravestone, inscribed “E. 8.’ was found, in 1793, near the altar of Newport parish church, wherein the Queen erected a monument to her memory forty years ago. St Nicho- las’ Chapel was rebuilt in 1739, It be- longed once to Quarr Abbey. Near the Castle Hill are traces of the Cictercian riory, founded by Fitz-Osborne, who gnllt also the parish church of what was formerly Wightgarisburgh. On the hill's south slope by the village streetstands the Roman villa other is at Morton, on the remoter side of Brading-Down.— London News. St S Eating Up an Estate. The New Orleans Times-Democrat de- votes several columns to an exposition of the exorbitant claims presented against the estate of the late Fanny Sweet of that city. The highest court of the State re- cently decided that the rightful héirs to the estate were a brother in San Francisco and a sister at Huntington, W. Va., and it was said each would come into possession of $100,000 worta of property. But a-re- port to the court having charge of the estate shows its gross value to be a little over $54,000. But for the interference of the Judge there would have been nothing left for the heirs, as claims for enormous fees were put in. These the Judge cutdown in a summary manner, which will leave perhaps, $40,000 to be divided between Lhe two heirs. As an evidence of the large claims put in, and the paring process 1o which they were subjected fi' the Judge, the following may bte mentioned: One attorney claimed $12,000, and was allowed $100; one notary public who made a wili, which the court declares was no will at all, asked $250, got nothing; another no- tary made a claim for $2000, got $250; the undertaker claimed $1408, got $550; a woman, for services and meals, fought for $1500, and was awarded $200; one physician claimed $1703, and was award ; an- other physician asked for $1500, but the court considered that there was no evi- dence to show that he was entitled to any- thing; an amanuensis ciaimed $10,000 for alleged services, and he gets nothing, and 80 on almost throughout the entire list.— Baltimore Sun. FROM DESK 10 PULPIT Reporter Bolce Will Be come the Pastor of a New Church. To Be Founded on New Lines, Freed From the Subtleties of Creed. The Cosmopolitan Church Is the Name Selccted for the New Organis zation. Harold Bolce, for some years a well- known Oakland and San Francisco re- porter, has begun a movement to organize what he terms the Cosmopolitan Church in San Francisco. He will be the pastor. Mr. Bolce recently traveled in Europe, accompanied by his wife, and was corre- spondent for a New York newspaper dur- ing the recent trouble in South Africa, where he was at the time. Heisa native son, and attended the State University. He studied theology three years, however, under Professor Joseph French Johnson of the University of Pennsylvania, The idea of the new church is the estab- lishment of a new society without a creed, or as Mr. Bolce puts it *‘to promulgate the teachings of Christ without the sub- tleties of theology.”’ The articles of incor- poration call for ““a religion that will rec- ognize the idea of beauty in the varying religions and philosophies of mankind.” Mr. Bolce was born near Haywards and belongs to Oakland Parlor, Native Sons of the Golden West. While none but his most intimate friends have known of his clerical tendencies, Mr. Bolce has, in fact, beer preparing for the ministry for ten ears. % After graduating at the Oakland High School he attended Dwight L. Moody's theological school at Mount Vernon, Mass. He then returned to Cali.ornia, where he pursued his studies at the State Univer- sity, meantime doing newspaper work of so high a grade as to bring him consid- erable tame by reason of his pure English and charming style. He went East abouta yearago and made a hit on the Inter Ocean at Chicago, fol- lowing it with succees on the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. He 1s well known in ‘Washington, where he was for a long time editor of the Spokane Spokesman. Mr.« Bolce was married two years ago to Miss B B. Kline, a sister of Miss Rolinda Kline, who is now studying music at Florence, Italy. She formerly sang here. The purpose of the new church, accerd- ing to Mr. Bolce’s ambition, is to h% b} tute a practical plan by which the bro doctrines of Christianity may be tanj on a basis not incompatibie with modern thought. ON THE TAIL OF HIS OOAT. A Man Dislikes to Have Any One Sit There. “Ever notice how much a man dislikes to have any one sit on his coat skirts in a streetcar?’”’ asked the observant man as ha olded_his paper, according to the Detroig Free Press. *Because it will crease his coat?” “No, I never thought it was that. It’s 5 sort of natural impatience at being held down. Then, the offender is nearly 5. ways a woman and nothing short of ap earthquake will move & woman in a stree;. car. 1alwayshold the skirt of my coag around me and watch for emergencies, But Isaw a lunny thing the other day, 2 woman who weighed 200 sat down on g man’s coat just as he was going to snatch it away. The poor fellow fidgeted, put ¢ was no use, he might as well have beep nailed to the seat of the car. When pe reached his street he said to the womap as he tried to edge away: “ ‘Will you kindly release my coat?' “She was deaf, it appears, for she neyer budged a step. 3 ‘ *You're sitting on my coat, madam|' ¢ ‘What does he mean? she szid 1o the car generally, ‘What does the 5, want?’ “The-conductor explained to her ang she rose as the man shot through the door to the sidewalk. “‘Why didn’t he say what he wanted » she asked. ‘I thought he asked me some- thing about a goat.” “Now you notice and you'll see how it annoys a man to be pinned down in that way. Women don’t seem to care, for I've seen one of them sit on some her woman’s new gown or cloak and 8 wouldn’t seem to mind it a bit. Buz.f ky different with men.” ————— A Canal to Develop Horsepower. A scheme to develop 100,000 to 200,000 horsepower by building a canal from the 8t. Lawrence River to the Grass River in St. Lawrence County has recently come to light It has taken long months of work on the part of the men who were pushing the enterprise to secure the neces- sary capital. It is now understood that they bave managed to place bonds with certain English capitalists, and the work on the proposed canal will begin at once. ‘rhe Bt. Lawrence is to be tapped two miles below the southern end of Long Sault Island, and the canal will run over & comparatively level plateau till it reaches a drop of about 40 feet at Massena, on the Grass River. Here the turbines will be putin, and an electric plant will be erected to generate the horserower. The canal will be about four miles long, 300 feet wide and 25 feet deep if it is decided to obtain only 100,000 horsepower. John Bogert, the consuiting engineer, estimates the cost of such a waterway at $1,000,000. NEW TO-DAY. < PHYSICAL MANHOOD. 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