The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 18, 1901, Page 9

THE UNFROCKED MINISTER MAY | Bt MURDERER C. G. Adams Shoots Dr. John G. Jessup at Berkeley. RETELLS STORY OF BUNKER RILL E. F. Preston Delivers an Eloquent Address at : Los Gatos. | —_—— Many Patriotic Societies Fit- tingly Commemorate the Day. LOS GATOS, June 17.—Three thousand | Former Episcopal Priest Uses Pistol in a Fit of Drunken Frenzy. Dentist Attempts to Prevent Father From Abusing His Daughter and Receives a Probably Fatal ‘Wound. G clers shot an wounged r. John G dentist clock shoo! residence, where the dentist had gone 8. Adams from her father. Sum- home by the young him for succor, h the girl and om on the upper armed w om liquo; d ordered with h a revolver and half the doctor on the him back. Jessup parent, who sud- d fired. The bui- p's right lung. by the impact, obled back, but recovered himself kly. He leaped upon Adams, and wrenc he_ex-preacher’s head he effort and the hem. v aggered and fell | ront porch, where he | p by John Armstrong, one of neighbors who were tr L b e pisto! shot. Adams Surrenders Himself. ! ut of the house after | ght sheiter at Mrs residence, mnext door. in the bedroom and utes, until s arrived. he demand of the surrendered himself. with blood from the and head and was = Receiving Hospital his injuries were was split open and his t in several plac ed when he wa and his story was ally -con- at- | d had lodged under de. The wound is an ous one and the chances recove culmination conduct of the daughter, who that she feared cups would kill e to Jessup father, ‘in his me dangerously crazed condition girl, and she Such is her | Jessup Makes a Statement. sup ar mortem - te. GRAPE-NUTS. 1 COULD NOT WOO. ! A Goddess That Would Not Be Won. tor 1n making so many kinds v made some that have nd desire for work, Authors, writers hard exhaust cannot rebuild. ment rkers arc generally ¥ tney . perfected a special for brain work- from field grains ments which naturally en- rebuilding brain and nerve cen- s we of West Haven, Conn., whom perhaps you will recognize f the location, but who requests kept from print in this writes: “Perhaps you would know of my experience with the storing power of your wonderful Grape- sts Food. 1 bave been a tireless work- er. Life was full of possibilities. I had| . on © n, and why not work. 1 live limit of my power, foliowing every pursuit with ardor, paint- writing of books, journalism to the fullest poetry | Rev. T | the following | excursionists attended the picnic held here | | t'-day under the auspices of the Bunker | 7111l Association, the Sons of the American | Revolution, the California Association of | Pioneers and the St. Albans Literary and ! Social Society. | The excursionists arrived on two sec-| [tions of a broad-guage train at 11:30 | {o'clock and proceeded to Bunker Hill | Park. Here literary exercises were held. | The opening number was a medley of pa- | triotic airs rendered by the Second Regi- ment Band. A prayer was offered by T. J. Lacey, the chaplain of the day. After a few opening remarks by Hon. Wiiliam G. Badger and vocal music, con isting of “The Star Spangled Banner” by Miss Juliet Greninger and “The Sword of | unker Hill” by O. Lafayette Lienau, the tion of the day was delivered by Col- | onel E. F. Preston. The speaker ex- patiated on the event that the celebration | commemorated and traced the progress of the nation from that time to the present. The address was a masterly one and | clicited liberal applause from the audi- | ence. It was followed by a song, “Red, White and Blue,” by Emil Barrangon and “The Marseillaise” by Miss Grace L. Sav- The audience then sang ‘‘America” | the exercises were closed by a bene- | ction by the chaplain. | Most of the excursionists brought lunch with them and tables were spread under- | neath the oak trees of the park. Those who did not come prepared had their | SAN FRANC1SCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1901. “THE COUNTESS VALESKA” FALLS VERY FAR SHORT OF A DRAMATIC SUCC ESS “The Circus Rider’” Makes a Big Hit at the Central-—**Gismonda,”’ | at the Grand Opera-House, Is Enthusiastically Received. Henry Miller Begins His Last Week at the Columbia T wants well supplied by the local hotels | ard the ladies of the Presbyterian church, whe took advantage of the occasion to swell their organ fund by a lunch. After luuch the athletic con: were called. | The contests were managed by a com- mittee consisting of Robert Collier, J. S. Miller and W. B. Kohn. The prizes were donated by San Francisco merchants and were awarded to the successful contest- | o ants by Lee D. Windrem, Phil J. Euler and Hugh Clark, who acted as judges. HE Countess Valeska,” the second , ,This iy the third time these patriotic so- offering of Miss Roberts’ engage- x :&‘mfiun“;;\;)v\z‘fin{: {ffrf’an:;n: J}}Zn"fi;fi ment at the Alcazar Theater, is an- ‘Donnelly’s farce | park was dedicated and given the name | nouhced as 8 icostume pidy. A8 & SEIE S BT of Bunker Hill Park. { costume play therefore it may be | seriously considered. From. any other Quiet Observance in City. sider 5 Californians did_not pnrti(ix)aleyln the | Standpolnt it is simply a hopeless hurly ant defense of Bunker H burly of incident, a grab-bag of situations bus in Tespect o the valor o¢ sliced off by the yard into acts and shut gland men who fought so gallant- | off finally with as little regard to a fitting ly against the British on that memorable | climax. ‘‘The Countess Valeska” Is a occasion every recurring anniversary of | Polish military play, its motif the love of the event is fitly observed in San Fran- | the Countess for an enemy of her coun- cisco by a general display of American | try, a Prussian officer, and the scene of flags. Ye y the starry banner was action her castle just before the battle of flung to the breeze from many a building | Friedland. The hero, the aforesald Pru: in the city. In promoting the spirit of ' sian, a Byronic gentleman with a turned. pational pride in the achievement at down collar and a turned-up patriotism Bunker Hill the assos om_deriving its aiso a penchant for amateur hypnotics—is name from the battle-field has performed | attempted by White Whittlesey, who paixiolic service 1n Opliforn makes ‘a courageous effort to galvanize | an impossiblée part into life. Florence i s of course undertakes the Count- Actor and ‘Actress Wed. | coa®and “with all her cleverness cannot CHICAGO, June 17.—Miss May Hosmer, | make the role in the least convincing. She the actress, and George R. Fiske, actor | wears some charming gowns, even two to and singer, were married here to-day an act, but in spite of these and the ex- cellent’ military millinery of the soldier background he Counte: Valeska' aroused only a limited enthusiasm. bt @ ight before Notary W. J. Morti- | Edwin Emery as Captain Muchenburg mer, saying: does a bit of good comedy in his love- “This evening Miss Adams came to | making with the ingenue (Agnes Rankin), Thomas S. Allen’s house at 2101 Hearst and Marie Howe and Frank Bacon are avenue, where I reside, and requested | well seen as servants of ,lhe Countess. me to go with her to her home to_pro- | L tect her from her father's abuse. I en- Grand Opera-House. Sardou's great play “Gismonda’ was tered the.house with her and walked into @ bedroom, where I was met by her father, | ;0 onieqat the Grand Opéra-house last assisted Charles Adams. I did not threaten him | PT & or show him any violence. I simply told | Right by Melbourne MacDowell, him that he mu not abuse his daugh- | by Florence Stone and the stock company. ter, whereupon Charles Adams shot me. | It proved an unqualified success. Mac- 1 then jumped on him and smashed his| Dowell and Miss Stonel were called before face and beat the devil out of him.” | the curtain at the close of each act and Miss Adams is 22 years of age. She and ‘ the audience was so enthusiastic that her brother rl, 10 years old, were cared | MacDowell had to make his appearance for at the White residence.” Miss Vera | before the curtain at the close of the play. White said: | The character of Marcello Almerio, whose Adams was in constant fear of | devotion to Gismonda is finally réwarded, r He has been crazy drunk most | is one of MacDowell's strongest impe! of the me-since they ha been here | sonations d last night he was strikingly and has had delirium tremens. He beat | effective ahd convincing. Miss Stone, ir Miss Adam nd she was afraid that he | the title role, acquitted herself creditably would kill She is prostrated and in a | and showed she is possessed of rare dra- very low condition.” | matic power. She was dignified as a so At the Receiving Hospital Adams made | ereign and a tender and devoted woma: etatement: | when love cnnqunre&]i pride. “hsm “rh‘l‘!] % i deserved all the applause so liberally be- Claims He Was Justified. | e inon. her. Ihe.other .parts wers “Jessup and I are the best of friends. | well sustained, particularly Zaccaria by but he interfered in my business and 1 Jack Webster, Bishop Sophron by Freder- shot him. I told him I would shoot him. | jck Hartley, Gregoras by Frederick Is- My daughter let him into the house and | melton and Cypriella by Miss Mathilde 1 heard him coming up the stairs. 1 was Choate. The plece was magnificently in my room at the time. I took my pistol | mounted. and went to the head of the stairs and Central. Judging by the audience that spent “A Night at the Circus,” the Central Theater warned Jessup not to come up. I told him I was irresponsible, that I was in an | angry mood and that I would shoot, but he kept right on coming. Then to avoid trouble 1 backed into my room, though still pointing the pistol at him. “When he got to the threshold of my | door I thought it was time to act, so I fired one shot. I kept telling him not to come, but he did not heed me. I had no intention of killing him. He was the last man in the world I would have killed. That was why 1 shot him where I did. atmed for his left shoulder. I fired only one shot. I naa five others that I could have fired, but my object was only to stop him. The revolver is a Smith & Wesson that I've had “or years. “As soon as I fired Jessup ran_toward me and grappled me around the body. 1 didn’'t make much of a resistance. Jes- sup gave me a terrible beating with the butt end of my own pistol. I don’t blame him a bit. 1 hope he recovers and I'm sorry that I had to shoot him, but when a man interferes with another man that's | what he gets. Praises Man He Shot. MYSTERY VEILS THE DIShTER Railroad Officials Inves- ; tigate the Wreck at Napa. lecturing < : | “Jessu 11 are old friends. H e days were passed in literary work | o perfeci gentleman. don 't inink hs | NAPA, June 17.—There is still much and the hts at concertg, theaters and | ever did a fwrnmz“r}tnng in éfl_s 'm?. But | mystery about the cause of the disaster tions A ro he wd interfere with me, and interference | N Valley train near the sta- receptions. 1 suddenly dropped out, a| ¥y affairs I will not brook. There was | to, the Napa Valley train neaf the S.ac mental ard physic wreck. Ambition | one thing that 1 resented, and that was | Lon here last evening, and b 2 . e I R ations to My danghter "1 | of railroad detectives have not been re- died snd hope went with it. Religion be- | Jessup's alietUons {6 TN oehter of hig | Warded with anything like an adequate me odi The world grew dark. It| wa tanugh his wife is separated from | eXplanation. The opinion of the railroad dbin B full him. But then that was not why I shot | men who work here that some person 'or became a ‘charnel house full of unclean | Wim. BUT (T, 3" ™ have’ shot. him on | Persons deliberately sought to destroy the bones Godlike and our Father's. | ihat account, because 1 consider him per- | train has not suffered any change by rea- fectly honorable. There was nothing in | the doctor's action to create suspicion | and nothing in my GSU§hter‘s actions ihat were reprehensible. 1 will stand by | d no desire for food. I could not ‘goddess sleep that knits up the | 1 contemplated a | “f ¥ woo the raveled sleewe f care.’ y 3 '8 tetr, an gl wegk solution, 2 leap into the unknown,| My daughters charactetr, and I will| when one day a friend in Yale who knew | “I'm ali right, but I hate to be ais- | Je condition said, ‘Do you | turbed when I'm drunk. T've been drunk | almost right along now for two years. I | left the ministry because I couldn’t get | drunk when 1 wanted to, and I've been | drinking ever since.” Drink Ruined Him. Adams was taken to the County Jail t Grape-Nuts Food has done a 1 for me? and told the details. T followed his suggestion and began g it. That was one year ago. I'wish vou could see me now. The neighbors say 1 do the work of ten women. I go to bed | after his wouncs were dressed. He is 51 with the hens and sleep like a top. years of age, a native of New York. He 1 hear ‘the breese call of incense|Was ordained into the diaconate of the | breathing morn’ my muscles are like | Episcopal church in Ohio in mz.&n;im};;h came a priest three years later. iron, and my back of steel. I am as alert | jprellectual strength, he had numerous as the sparrow. with whom I converse | rectorships, among 'them churches at every morning s he seeks hi tutinal | N mber i . Pa.; Soutn- erery; mos g Rk B T e iremont, Ohlo}’ St. “Philip's = i _ | Churen of Cincinnati’ and = St. Mark's 1 ascribe all of this change, and justly, | Ghape) ard the Church of the Incaination 2pe-Nuts Food and wisdom in the; of force” { good, sound reason for such | as descrfbed above. Grape- | by Food is made of the selected ele- | ments of wheat and barley that are in-| by nature to rebuild the soft gray | in the brain and nerve ceils throughout the body. This food is so pre- pared that presents these elements in perfect condition for immediate assimila- tion. The food is thoroughly cooked at the factory, and shoyld always be served mes from the package with a Do not attempt to stew it, but serve it withoyt cooking except when combined with certain puddings and des- serts, and even then the cooking is not | necessary except to prepare the other in- | gredients aside from the Grape-Nuts. to G of New York City. He had a church at Hanford, and his last charge was St. An- drew’s Courch of Oakland. Drink drove him out of the ministry. W. J. Adams, a civii engireer of San Francisce, is a brother of the former preacher. Adams has lived in Berkeley since he was dis- missed from the church. He is a cwer. Dr. Jessup-is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He is 55 years old and a native of Wisconsin. When a boy he ran away from school and joined the army. He has lived and conducted dental parlors in this city for the past five years. | He is_treasurer of both the Order of | | Red Men and of the Marston Volunteer | Hose Company. About six years ago Dr. Jussyp and his wife separated, the latter taking the only child, a daughter. The present where- abeuts of the wife and daughter is un- | known to Jessup. Dr. Jessup has been in | this State for many years. He at one Sen¢ a one-cent stamp to the Postum |me lived in Ventura and is known in Cerea! Company, Limited, Battle C"fikviother sections of the State where his Mich,, for a free receipt book. travels took him. son of the developments to-day. It has been suggested that the changing of the switch may be ascribed to the careless- ness of some rallway employe, but the majority of people who have investigated the affair refuse to accept this theory. Special Agent Meloney of the Southern Pacific Company arrived here early to- day and at once began an inquiry as to the circumstances attending the disaster. He spent several hours in questioning em- ployes and in an inspection of the track. The results of his inspection were not made known, and he went back to San Francisco on an afternoon train. Tt was reported to-day that several per- sons whose conduct at the time seemed suspicious were seen near the switch south of the station a short time before the train from Vallejo arrived and ran into the freight cars. The story ‘was only partially verified, however, and Constable George Secord, who had ‘charge of this part of the investigation, is inclined to doubt the truth of it. It is the opinion of the constable that the negligence of a railroad employe caused the wreck, but he can assign no reason why three trains should have passed safely before the disaster if the switch was out of order. The lock was found closed after the wreck, and this fact would indicate that a person owning a key and familiar with the mechanism tampered with it at some time in the af- ternoon. e Engineer Rutherford, whose ankle was sprained, is at his home in Calistoga. re. Burgess, cne of the passengers, who is believed to be sufféring from slight concussion of the brain, is in San Fran- cisco. When the crash came she was thrown out of her seat and struck her head on an iron _bar that surrounds the car stove. Pulsifer, who attended her, said to-night that she i not aan- gerously injured. » Mrs. Frederick Blanchard, another woman, who was hurt, is at her home here. She was returning from Berkeley. The shock of the collision threw her from her seat and cne of her shoulders was severely bruised. bids fair to be filled to its capacity every night during the production of Grattan comedy. Nellie Mec- Henry's great success has lost none of its o singe. last seen here. Speclalties abound in this comedy. There is a laugh in every line and many times during the performance the audience was in an up- roar of laughter. Mason Mitchell as Nicholas Friske is one of the boys. Rob- ert Cummings, the leading man, hides his personality in Signor Bonanza of the Im- perial circus. Last week's villain is a clown, while Fay Courtney is attired in a costume usually worn in a ballet. Ethel Strachan as Bud Manhatton, a debutante, sang sweetly and scored a hit. Miss Georgie Cooper has the leading part. As Madam Electra she sparkles with vivacity and as Madam Milan, the governess, she is as demure as a_Quakeress. Miss Coop- er's delineation of both characters was extremely clever. Orpheum. Of the new-comers this week at the Or- pheum Odell Williams and his clever com- pany are the dramatic stars. In make- up, speech and action he is the real cari- cature of the old-time Judge from Mis- sissippi with a horror of “a long time be- tween.” Next are Cole and Delosse, wonderfully daring on the slack wire. The riding of the hicycle on_the wire is a bril- liant bit of balancing. Lester Reeves, the barytone, made a good impression with rather unfortunate selections. As a com- edy musical artist Ed Latell is unap- proachable in skill. and originality. The East Indian pygmies, Fatma and Smaun, rare the smallest living human beings. The best of the hold-overs is the incom- parable Ezra Kendall Columbia. ‘“Darcy of the Guards,” with Henry Miller in the title role, will be the bill for to-morrow evening and Wednesday mati- nee. On Wednesday ‘“The Importance of Being Earnes will be giyen and “‘Heartsease 1.close the star's engage- ment. “Darcy” is doing better than in its first production,-and the many little changes that have been made have strengthened the pretty play consider- ably. In the title role Miller has a role that fits him as a glove. Miss Rockwell makes a convincing Pamela and Grace Elliston a dainty and fetching Cynthia. Fischer’s Concert House. A wealth of good vocal music was of- fered at Fischer's last night. Paraskova Sandoline’s “Flower Song” from “Faust,’” the “Dio Possente,” from the same opera, sung by Signor Abramoff, and “Caro Nome,” from ‘‘Rigoletto,” were all splen- didly given. Charity Martin in the grand aria from ‘“‘Robert the Devil” was at her REFORMER Gl bIVES A BOND ‘Writ of Habeas Corpus Is Dismissed With- out Prejudice. —_— The Chinese reformer Su Shih Chin was brought into the United States District Court yesterday morning on a writ of habeas corpus. At the request of his counsel, 8. M. Shortridge and George A. McGowan, the writ of habeas corpus was dismissed without prsjudice, and the pris- oner was immediately rearrested on a warrant charging him with being unlaw- fully in the country. Judge de Haven fixed the amount of bail at $2000 and re- ferred the hearing of the case to United States Court Commissioner Heacock. During the proceedings in the United States District Court ex-Congressman Maguire appeared on behalf of Consul General Ho Yow. He said his client had no prejudice whatever against the reform- er; that it was not true that a price of $50,000 had been placed on Su's head b; thé Chinese Government, and that all that Ho Yow complained of was that he had extended official courtesies to Su be- cause of certain false representations that had been made to him on behalf of the reformer. He merely wished it to be understood that the Consul General de- sired to recall those courtesies. Outside of that matter Mr. Ho had no interest whatever in the landing or non-landing o - Su. In the afternoon Su was released on a bond furnished by the United States Fi- delity and Guaranty Company. He went away with Tong K Chong, editor of the Chinese World; Loo Chin' An and Siep Sung Yung, the companions of his voyage hither, and two able-bodied Chinese, armed with ]ugo revolvers, as a body- uard. Su and his two companions were ‘CounvESS NALESKS L PICTURESQUE S€ENE IN THE ALCAZAR THEATER'S OF- FERING FOR THIS WEEK. L e best. Miss Alice Barnum, aged 7, pleased with her rendition of “Sing, Sweet Bird,” and Ed B. Adams’ descriptive and popu- lar songs were well received. A trapeze performance by the Samayaos and club- swinging by the three Gillens gave nov- elty to the entertainment. Chutes. The Chutes offers a strong bill this week. The Tobins are clever musicians and scored a hit with their refined musi- cal act. Little Baby Metzler is one of the cleverest childrensever seen here. Oth- er good numbers are Senorita Lopez in Spanish dances, Martinettl and Suther- land in a laughable sketch, Clinton Mont- gomery in illustrated songs, Lista in a fire dance and new moving pictures. Olympia. There is a good bill at the Olympia. this week. Tone in her spectacular trans- formation act has a thoroughly up-to- date noveity, and Miss Maude de Alma has little to learn of the art of soubrette- ship. All the numbers were well received last night by a large audience. | @ deimieieieielieivviiinmielin el deeeeleidel el el ek @ MANY RIFLEMEN ARE EXPECTED Shooting Bund Commit- tee Prepares a Fine Programme. Preparations for the third National Bund shooting festival, to be held in this city and vicinity from July 14 to 23, are rapidly nearing completion. Prizes of all kinds and descriptions are pouring in on the committee and will be contested for during the tournament. The committee on entertainment is leaving no stone unturned in its effort to make it pleasant for the visiting marks- men during their stay in this wity. In this worthy task it is being aided by all the shooting societies and fraternal or- ganizations. The programme so far planned is as follows: July 13: Evening—Grand tattoo and torchlight procession from California Hall; reception to visiting riflemen at the hall and official wel- come by Mayor Phelan. July 14: Morning—Parade of all shooting clubs and German societies; departure for Shell Mound Park by special boat; reception and wel- ‘come by the president of the Natlonal Bund, Captain F. A. Kuhls; banquet, firing of sa- Tutes for the United States, for the old Father- 1and and for the Federation of National Shoot- ing Societi concert at the temple, distribu- tion of prizes, popular sports, dancing, illumi- nation and_ fireworks. July 15—Reception of visitors by the president and officers of ghe National Federation, ban- quet, dancing and concert. July 16—Pioneers’ and Native Sons’ day, to whom a special reception will be tendered; banquet, concert and dancing. July 17—After the events of the day the Olympic Club will give a_complimentary ex- hibition to the visiting riflemen at the club- rooms in the evening. July 18—This day will be set apart for Inte ressed in European style. Commissioner Heacock set Wedhesday, June 26, as the day for the examination of the case. ¥ Dr. Briggs Will Talk. Dr. Herbert F. Briggs will address the Men’s League of the Central Methodist Episcopal Church this evening at 8§ o'clock. His subject will be “The Rela- tion of the Church to the Modern City."” New Consuls Recognized. Customs Collector Stratton has been advised by the Secretary of the Treasury gnize Angel Pena as Vice C 12 TRETor for Guatemala, and M. ok enijick as temporarily in charge of the consulate of Belgium. There will be appropriate exer- clses. sports, concerts and banquet. July 19—Reception to the ladies accompany- ing the visiting sharpshooters by the ladles’ festival committee; banquet and ball. 20—California day. Contests of National Police Department, University Cadets and United States army; reception by Govern Gage and ; Major General Dickin staff; Brigadier General Warfield and staft and president and officers of the bund. July 21—Singers' and turners’ exhibition a 2 turning, singing by all the societies; banquet, illumination and grand ball. -American day tion to ; recep StAte’o jcials by the president and officers of the bund; banquet, convention of dele .I became a convert I saw in the distance the (e} OF GOSTA TALKS * UPDN THE BILE Claims That the Catholic Church Is Its Pro- tector. The Rev. Father Yorke Pre- sides and Makes Some Remarks. The third lecture of the series which is being delivered by Dr. Benjamin de Costa drew a large audience last ~night to Metropolitan Temple. In treating his sub- ject, which was “The Bible Among the Masses of the American People,” the eloquent speaker argued that the Catholic Church is the only true exponent of the Bible, as the infallible word of God, and that the church had always interpreted it in the light of progress and true science. He vigorously defended the teachings of the holy book against the at- tacks of the high crities. Rev. Father Peter C. Yorke presided and in his introductory remarks paid a high compliment to the ability and worth of Dr. de Costa, saying that there are none more able than he to defend the Bible. At the.conclusion of Dr. de Costa’'s address, Father Yorke took occasion to make a few remarks, in which he vehemently criticized the modern press, stating that in_their columns might be seen side by side reports of sermons and sensational stories. He argued that the papers should keep out of the pulpit and the sanctuary. Dr. de Costa spoke in part as follows: It has been declared by seme of the modern scholars that no person of education accepts the teachings of the Bible as infallible. Then Leo XIIL (] uneducated; then all the graduates of the colleges and seminariés, and all the clergy of the world are uneducated. Catholic 'Church Can Defend Bible. The non-Catholics can make no defemse of their doctrines because their beliefs are not definitely outlined. They cannot defend the Bible, because they know not what part of it to defend. On the other hand the Catholic Church can defend the entire Bible as the in- fallible word of God. For a long time before strong walls of the Catholic Church and deemed them impregnable. The non-Catholics have d fended the Bible until they have destroyed i until they have driven 50,000,000 people in this country to disbelleve in its teachings. The Catholic Church has always interpreted the Bible in accordance with progress and the spirit of the age. It wages no conquest be- tween religion and true science. Around the Bible the church has built a wall more im- pregnable than the Emperors of Rome ever bullt around the Imperial City. If we allow a single doubt to be cast upon any of the teach- ings of the Bible, the whole book is swept away. The church is its natural guardian. It has been said that the Bible, next to the sac- raments, is most sacred. Then as a matter of right the church should be its guardian, as it is the administrator.of the sacraments. Need of an Instructor. The_ Bible does not teach infallible truths to all. In the use of the Bible we need an in- structor, just as we need an instructor in the use of a medicine chest. No. one of you would £0 into a pharmacy and attempt to order drugs without competent medical advice. “There is not a line or a sentence anywhere in the Bible that proclaims that it is superior to the church. The Lord exhorted His Apostles to go forth and instruct the people with their voices. The Bible everywhere exhorts us to listen to the teachings of the church. Down 16 the sixteenth century no ome ever heard that the Bible was the supreme rule of faith. Such a claim finds no place in the book itself. Before Luther discovered his chained copy of the Bible, fifty-eight editions, or more than 300,000 coples, of it had been printed. The Bible vas chained in the churches in order that ety ‘one might come and read it. Scholars have admitted that the Catholic Church has never mutilated the Bible to support its teach- ing. The Catholic Church to-night is the hope and defense of the Bible. Before it is a great fight and the angels are looking down. from the bat- tlements of heaven to see the outcome. Catho- lics, to-night the eyes of the world are upon you as the only true protectors and exponents of the Bible. 2 DEMANDS DUEL WITH PREAGHER Son of Colonel Gilmore Out for His Tutor’s Life-Blood. SARANAC LAKE, N. Y., June 17.—So- clal and religious circles here were elec- trified yesterday morning directly after church, when the news. got abroad that Rev. Willlam Tatlock, pastor of the Pres- byterian church, was to be challenged to a duel to the death by Harry Gilmore, son of Colonel Gilmore of ‘the regular army. The rumor was immediately veri- fled by young Gilmore, who, instead of oing to church, spent the morning hurry- ng around Saranac in search of friends to act as seconds. A friend of Tatiock said late last night: “I hear from Gilmore’'s headquarters that he is now writing out a formal chal- enge. How Tatlock will treat it I don't know. I believeghowever, that the pastor has already written an account of the en- tire matter to Gilmore’s mother, and it is quite likely that if neither of the com- batants is killed in the contest one, at least, of them will get spanked. If, as we all hope, Tatlock accepted Gilmore’s chal- lenge, I know at least two of his elders who will act as seconds on the field.” Insthe meantime all Saranac is torn u; over the prospect of such a sensatio event as a real duel. Mr, Gilmore is pre- aring for a West Point examination and Ratlock has served him in the capacity of tutor. The misunderstanding Is the re- sult of a disagreement over a question In mathematics. STRAIGHT TALK T0 THE SENATOR What Perkins Heard at a Recent Interview in His Office. Federal Patronage Leading Topic of an Animated Conference. Among many leading Republicans who actively participated in the prolonged Sen- atorial contest at Sacramento and made a gallant and successful fight to maintain the honor of the State there are several who seem determined to ascertain whether our senior Senator, George C. Perkins, proposes to recognize their serv- ices as valuable to the party. Last Fri- Gay State Senators Belshaw, Caldwell and Smith ba< a heart-to-heart talk with the United Stal Senator who dwells in Ala- meda County and expects that county to send to the Legislature a delegation pledged to use all honorable means to bring about his re-election to the United States Senate. Plain language was used at the conference. The State Senators at the conclusion of the interview expressed the opinion that Senator Perkins would respect the wishes of Republicans who had opposed boss rule in party affairs. It was readily perceived that the Sem- ator would prefer to go right along and make the contest for his re-election on the basis of his own personal fitness and- past service without touching the principles of party integrity which were recognized in the battle which culminated in the eloc- tion of Senator Bard, but the visiting del- egation contended that the Senator uld come fairly into line with the anti-boss forces of the State and assist in upholding the principles of good government and clean volitics. There was no demand that Republicans who opposed the election of Senator Bard should be turned down and ignored, but there was a demand that Federal office- holders who went _to Sacramento and made themselves offensively conspicuous in the advocacy of boss methods of manip- ulating the Legislature should not be re- appointed to office. As a general proposition Senator Per- kins is in favor of reappointing or retain- ing in service for an indefinite length of time the present regime of Federal office- holders. Frank Leach’s four years’ term as Superintendent of the Mint expired last week. W. W. Montague’s four years’ term as Postmaster of San Francisco will expire next week. There are no indica- tions and no demand for a change In either office. John P. Irish, Naval Officer, and Joseph 8. Spear, Surveyor of Cus- toms, will probably serve throughout President McKinley’s administration. The term for which United States Marshal Shine was commissioned will not expire until next year. John C. Lynch’s term as Collector of Internal Revenue will expire within two months. The offices of Col- lector of the Port and United States At- torney for the Northern District of Cali- fornia were recently fllled by appoint- ment. J. M. Gleaves, United States Sur- veyor General, and Charles Bassett, United States Shipping Commissioner, are willing to keep right along in the service. e Republican Primary League. There will be a meeting this evening of the promoters of the Republican Primary League. Subjects connected with district organization will be discussed. Many citi- zens visited the rooms of the league at 930 Market street yesterday and last night. MARK THALL GOING EAST FOR PLAYS AND PLAYERS Mark Thall, the well known theatrical manager, and Charles Bryant, stage man- ager of the Alcazar, leave to-night for New York on business. They will be away for two or three weeks, and during their stay in the East will perfect plans for reproducing a number of late New York successes at the Alcazar and Central theaters. Mr. Thall will also engage a number of new people for the loeal stock companies. As a result of this trip the theater-goers on this coast will have an opportunity of seeing a very strong stock company in the latest and most popular plays. It is the intention of Messrs. Belasco, Thall and Mayer to form a chain of theaters in the big cities on this coast. It will not be In the nature of a trust, but simply a com- bination to enlarge the theatrical fleld and give cectain cities the benefit of their successful experience in running stock houses. It will be thelr purpose to keep strong stock companies on the road and play at the various theaters under their control. During Mr. Thall's absence in the East Fred Belasco and Maurice E. Mayer will look after the two local show houses. —— e In the Divorce Court. Harriet M. Baldwin was granted a dt- vocce from Harry Baldwin yesterday on the ground of desertion. Suits for divorce have been filed by Fannie R. Patrick against H. W. Patrick for desertion, Lou- isa A. Short against B. W. Short for cru- elty and Hannah T. McLees asnlnst James T. McLees for desertion. C. M. Hatcher has sued Carrie Hatcher to an- nul their marriage, alleging statutory grounds. —_——————— . San Franciscan Robbed. CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 17.—Marcus Boegell, who until recently conducted a saloon in San Francisco, was robbed of $400 and letters of credit amounting to $2100 while a passenger on a Union Pacific train to-day. Boegeli was en route to Germany for a visit. He says three men keld him while a fourth took the money. The robbers escaped. By ‘Ex-Governor Pingree Very Ill. LONDON, June 13.—Ex-Governor Pin- gree's physicians left him at midnight. There is continued apprehension as to his condition. 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