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LASHED FROM THE PULPIT Rev. Parkhurst Springs Another Sensation in New York THE CONSCIENCELESS CROWD Unnamed Clergymen Are Denounced as Rascals Talking; Under the Subject of Sin the Famous Divine Lets the Lash Pall on nany Shoulders New York, Feb. 18.—The Rev. Dr . Charles I'arkhurt created a sensation in his sermon by practically libelling as rascals a body of clergymen unnamed. He preached upon the subject of Sin and during the lirst part of his discourse kept himself upon the theme of individual sins of the ordinary state, but there was nothing startling in bis remarks. Then he branched off upon the sins of society at large and it became apparent to the congregation that lie had something concealed up his sleeve. This was indi cated when he declared "that crowds have no consciences; corporations are said to have no souls or consciences. This is true and a crowd lias no conscience." At this point he hesitated, as if in doubt whether to continue on the line he in tended. After a brief pause, however, he remarked: "I will give you an illustra tion of this," and again lie baited and looked around. "if you were to put a certain sum," he went on, "in the bands of one man, one Christian man, for a particular purpose, you could feel sure that it would he used for that purpose. That man has a con science. He would be responsible to the donor and to his own conscience." Another break followed in the discourse snd every ear in the congregation was strained to hear what would follow. Raising his voice the clergyman contin ued: "But with a crowd it is different. A crowd has no conscience. To the point: a short time ago money was raised and placed in the hands of a certain body of men, mostly clergotnen and elders. This body of men voted to apply this money, and it was applied to v purpose that was distasteful to nearly all the donors. "If one man hod done that he would have been a rascal, but no one man in that crowd had done what was done, and a crowd has no conscience. Each took refuge in that thought. The one man would have been a rascal, but the crowd had no conscience." The remaining references to individual sins were not lost upon the members of the congregation. Elders and other officials of thi church looked at each other with vague aid puzzled expressions. No one could ted what he meant, and the doctor declined to be interviewed. HE LIVED IN SAN FRANCISCO some of tie Past History of a .Famous Swindler San Franjisco, Feb. 18. —Harold K. Ca vclle, alias Kimball, who was recently ar rested at Chicago for bigamy, perjury and forgery, and who afterward escaped from the ottic;rs there and went to Canada, where hf is still a refugee from justice, lived in this city during September and October. His sixth wife recently died in Ibt insane asylum in Stockston. Cavclle's ■ -career reads like a chapter from the life of sows Spanish conqueror. He plun dered the exchequers of confiding women whenver he went, and his travels have already been traced throughout the East ern and Middle states and over a large pait of England and the Continent. It is noi known how many wives he bus now living, although five have been heard frim. The detectives of New York and Chicago have reason to believe that a viimher of his wives have kept silent to svoid the chagrin anil shame of publicity. ■ It is known that wherever be tarried long he married under one of bis many aliases, and that, after securing all the money he could obtain from his brides, be disappeared. The story of the way in which he plundered the wife who re cently died in the Stockton asylum is per haps the saddest chapter in the history of the swindler's career. She was a Miss Marie Hall of Buffalo, N. V., and met Cavcllc two years ago when be was trav eling under the name of Kimball. He suc ceeded in marrying her aud two went to Paris, w here he secured $12,000 from the unfortunate woman. Then he deserted her and she secured a position at Yose mlte, Cal.. as a school teacher. Early last June she was sent to the Stockton insane asylum ami died there a few days ago. STOLE A FORTUNE The Loot of a Defaulting Cashier In a Chicago Bank Chicago, Feb. 18.—A special to the Tribune from Richmond, Va., says: i "It is now quite certain that 0. M. Fig gatt, the defaulting cashier of the Bank of Lexington, stole about $150,000 from that institution. He got away with $80, --000 capital stock and nearly $70,000 be longing to the depositors. The develop ments show that that Figgatt's stealings Cover a period of twenty-five years and de positors are angry with the directors for having failed to detect what was going on. The bank is left with only $1)000 in cash. Lexington is a town of 11000 people and is the. county seat of Rockbridge, a thrifty farming community. Business is almost paralysed on account of the wreck of this financial institution. The Virginia Mili tary Institute had $20,000 on deposit and the county treasurer kept his deposits there. The town was filled with deposit or who came from the country to discuss the situation, and the feeling was bitter towards those responsible for the careless manner in which the affairs of the bank were conducted. During the time Figgatt has been stealing he has had many bonds tnun aud the situation is so complicated that it will be hard to recover anything from them, and it is likely that nearly everything will be lost. There is now no 4i>ubt that Figgatt bad accomplices in the robbery. "A director said the investigation was sure to make some startling disclosures. Some persons of very high standing are thought to have profited by the cashier's embezzlement. Figgatt has been a dissi pated man and for a year has been a hard drinker. One theory is that during the boom days, a few years back, lie invested largely anil lost money. The cashier left a note saying that he would not, ,-air. a cent away with hint but it is considered quite certain that he di-1. Eight thousand . dollars deposited tho day before he left is LOS ANGELES HERALD: TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 19, 1895. gone. Figgatt had two big valises with j him when he left town. The man is said i to have taken a westbound train. He conies of a highly respectable family. Th* loss of the Virginia Military Insti tute will temporarily cripple it." AT DEATH'S DOOR A Famous California Woman Is Searing the End San Francisco, Feb. 18.—Mrs. Jane G. Hunt is dying at her residence in this city and cannot last during the day. There are few old Califomians and but few of the early residents of Virginia City, to whom the name of Mrs. Hunt is not familiar. In the last named city she was tbe proprietress of the Williams and Bixley House, which was swept away by the great fire. Among the many who were guests at her house was Mark Twain, Joe flood man, Dennis McCarthy, .lames 11. Fair, before he became a millionaire, Theresa lioonev, before Fair took her to wife, John W. Mackay. when he was a mining superintendent, and the widow that married tbe only one of the quartette bonanza kings, now living, to say noth ing of the bankers, merchants and mining inert who had rooms there. THE SEAL INDUSTRY Arbitration Business Not Up to the Supposed Work Montreal, Que., Feb. 18.-Information has been received at Ottawa from Victoria, B. C, which shows that the seal killing Industry is far from being killed by tbe Bering Sea arbitration arrangements. Never was it in a more flourishing condi tion than it is today, and never were more persons engaged in it. Up to date fifty vessels have sailed for the grounds. One half are bound for the Japanese coast and the other half to hunt in British Colum bia and Pacific coast waters. On the ves sels which have gone to Japan there are BOS hunters, nearly all of whom are wdiites, the gun being used freely in hunting on the coast of Japan. On the other vessels there are 178 whites and tJOU Indians, making a total of 1385 persons _.:.ployed in the industry, exclusive of those who will go to sea on the schooners still in port. MISS ANNA GOULD'S COUNT The Most Popular and Talked of Man In New York The "lan That Is to Harry the Richcstd irl in America saya He Came to Thla Country for Sport New York, Feb. 18.—The most noted guest at the Hotel Waldorf is the Count de Castellane, who is to marry Miss Anna Gould. He cannot even walk through the halls without hearing his name men tioned. Tho young man, for he is only 25, is welt built and wears a crop of light curly hair. He dresses like a thorough Parisian, Count Castellane is willing to talk to newspapermen. He speaks the EngWsh language well, but with a strong French accent. The publicity which has been given to his projected marriage is distasteful to him. He said last night: "I came to this country for sport—shoot ing and riding. £ visited Newport atul was delighted with the place. I stayed there for a long time, and then went to Colorado and got back here in time to enjoy riding to the hounds at the Meadow brook Hunting Club and with the Mon teith county pack at Lakewood. It was here I first met Miss Gould. I accepted an invitation to go with Mr. and Mrs. George Gould and a party to Canada, and when I came back I was engaged to he married to a charming, simple and un affected young lady. My wedding will probably take place March 4th. It will be in George Gould's home and Archbishop Corrigau will perform the ceremony. Only a few friends will be present. My brother, Count Jean Castellane, will be* the-best man, and Raoul Dural, Prince de Grago and Howard Gould the ushers. Miss Helen Gould, Miss Kitty Cameron and the Misses Montgomery and* Richardson will be the bridesmaids. One of these will be the maid of honor; which one, I don't know. My sisters and brothers will come from home to attend my wedding." A .Notable Jail Bird St. Joseph, Mo., Mo., Feb. 18.—Walter Bryant, a young man with a broad scar on his forehead and another on his arm, has been in jail in this city for several days, held on suspicion of being Thomas Harris, wanted in Atchison county for the murder of John McDowell seven years ago, He was arrested in Springfield and brought here. That county has no jail and its prisoners are kept here. Bryant answered the description of the murderer in every particular, even to the scars on his arm and forehead. Bryant's father is among those who have identified him. On the other hand, there are thofte who say he is not the man who escaped from jail and is wanted for the crime. But the resemblance is remark ably strong. Mary the Window Smasher Fon dv Lac, Wis., Feb. 18. — Mary Sweeney, the window smasher, who has been in a dozen insane asylums, and who has broken windows in a score of Wiscon sin and Minnesota towns is detained here. She was liberated from an asylum at St. Peter, Minn., February 7th, on condition that she would return to Wisconsin. She was given a ticket to WauSau, G*n arrival there she was taken In charge by the au thorities, who intended to commit her to the Oshkosh asylum, but she wrote to Dr. Jones, president of the state board of con trol, stating that she had recovered her reason, and he said he would release her if she was committed. She had an un controllable mania to break glass, which cost leading merchants a great deal of money. Coming by Sea San Francisco, Feb. 18.— The passen gers on the steamer Eureka for Los An geles are Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Hosick, Miss Hosick, Miss 0. Paulsen, Thomas Pen dergaSt aud wife and live in the steerage. A Fatal lias Explosion Ashland, Pa. 18.—Twelve men are said to have been fatally burned by an explo sion of gas at West Boar Bulge' colliery to day. Five men have already been taken out, but none will recover. A Bank Dividend Washington. Feb. 18.—Tbe Comptroller of the Currency lias declared a dividend of 10 per cent in favor of the creditors of the Lynn County Bank of Albany, Or. The Keystone ol the Arch In the edifice of henlth is vigor, which moans not merely muscular energy but an active di, charge of the various functions of the body such as digestion, secretion of the bile, the ac tion of the bowels, the circulation ol the blood. Nothing more actively and thoroughly con tributes to the united performance of these functions than the renowned tonic and regu lator, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters The result of its use is a speedy gain in strength, together with the agreeable consciousness that Ilia ten ure of life is being strengthened— that one is layingup a store of vitality agiinst the una voidable draughts which old age makes upon the system. The fortifying Influence of the Bitters conslitute it a reliable safeguard uguitist malaria, rheumatism nnd kidney trouble Appetite and sleep Improva through its use. and it protects the system from the effects oi cold and damp. Or. Price's Cream Baking Powder World's Fair Highest Award. PACIFIC COAST EVENTS Federal Officers Swindled by an Ancient Game. THE BIG CYCLE TOURNAMET Ziegler Does Himself Proud but Takes a Tumble. A Boiler Bursts and Cuts Capers in the Spring Valley Water Company's Office. Other natters San Francisco, Feb. 18.—Nearly all the federal officials anil a number of down town business men have been the victims of an old swindle in a new disguise. The confidence operator has been a young and pretty woman. Her plan i.s to call at a gentleman's house, and mentioning the name of his tailor, say that she has been sent for his dress suit to be pressed for an unexpected dinner engagement that even ing. The suit is delivered to the fair swindler, and she forgets to return it. S. J. Ruddell, deputy surveyor of the port, Varney Gaskill and Charles L, Weller are a few of the victims who are mourning the disappearance of their swallow-tail coats. THE LONE HIGHWAYMAN A Special Messenger of an Express Company Suspected Marysville,Cal., Feb., 18.—George Haek ett, one of Wells, Fargo cfcOo.'s special' messengers, arrested Martin Meyers, alias Tom Connor, alias Durant, at Knight's Landing train at Palemo, at 4 o'clock this morning, on suspicion of being the lono highwayman who held up the Forbestown stage near Oroville, Saturday morning. He told a reporter that he had grown desperate in his cabin, eighteen miles from Oroville, four from Forbes town, having been robbed. It is under stood the prisoner has confessed the crime to Hackett, J. L. Tucker, and Mar shal Maben. He was taken to Oroville this afternoon. Meyers, alias Durant, was a partner of Tommy Brown, the notori ous stage robber. He is (io years of age; has been prospecting near Forbestown four months. Fred G. Webber, an ex-convict, and Frank P. Willis, men wanted for robbing the Wheatland railroad ticket office, de livered themselves up to Deputy Sheriff Mesuer at Wheatland this morning. They were brought to Marysville by Sheriff In low and lodged in the county jail. Sheriffs Douglass of Nevada and Conroy of Placer county, had been looking them up at Indian Springs but the prisoners refused to be taken alive by them and sent word that, Inlow was the only sheriff that could take them alive and that they would surrender to him. Both men deny being implicated in tbe robbery, but have been positively identi fied by Ticket Agent George Barnes. Oroville, Feb. 18.—The stage robber who robbed the Forbestown stage on Sat urday last, was captured this morning at Palermo by George Hackett, a Wells, Far go & Co. messenger. Tbe robber is an old convict. After the robbery he went to his cabin near Robinson Mills, about eighteen miles from Oroville, and re mained there during the night. He then nailed up the door and windows, and, taking his blankets, crawled out through a small hole ami made off before the offi cers had thought to watch his cabin. He came down to Palermo and got on the Knights Landing train, which passes through Palermo at 4:15 in the morning. He ent re l the car and took a seat near Mr. Hackett, who is the messenger of the express company. Hackett spotted the robber a moment later and arrested him. He was taken to Marysville this morning. THE FRUIT MEN Growers and Shippers Organizing for Pro tection San Francisco, Feb. 18.—The Fruit Growers and Shippers Association of California was organized today to pro mote the fruit interests, regulate distri bution and establish in cities one auction room, open and free to all buyers. Thg following board of directors was elected: X. Ti. Saulsbury, 11. Weinstook, F. H. Buck, H. A. Fairbanks, I>. Reese, B. T. Earl, J. T. Mathews. The following offi cers were elected: H. Weill stock, presi dent; X. R. Saulsbury, vice president; D. 0. Mills, treasurer and F. H. Buck, secretary. AND THE BOILER BURST A Little Steam Jostles the Spring: Valley Water Company San Francisco, Feb. IS.—Tbe boiler in the machine room of the Spring Valley Water Company's office on California street burst today and created consider able damage and not a little excitement. The Moor of the office over the machine room was bent, and torn, and windows all over the building were broken by the con cussion. Forty men were in the room at the time of the explosion, but all but three escaped without injury. One man was cut by falling glass ami two were badly scalded. The explosion was caused by a dry boiler. THE PRICE OF AN INSULT A Man Shot Down After a Wrangle About Politics Placerville, Feb. IS. —Henry Riley shot and killed a man named Jeremiah C. Wood in the doorway of the hitter's house near Georgetown, this county, last Satur day evening. Kiley, when arrested, stoutly denied the killing, but afterwards admitted it, giving no other reason than he was insulted by Wood in a political argument. Riley is in the employ of Assemblyman Butier of Sacramento, and it is the belief that Riley attempted to drive Wood from a house which the former claimed was on the land of his employer at the time of the shooting. THE CYCLE SHOW Zeigler Keeps Up His Record, but Takes a Hard Pall San Francisco, Feb. 18.—San Francisco's bicycle tournament and cycle show opened tonight with a crowd of 4000 in at tendance. There were many accident*, several of the best riders, including Zeig ler, Wells, Harbotte and others having bad falls, due to the dangerous track. Tbe turns on the nine-lap track ate so short that more than three riders cannot make the turn without endangering each other. Nearly every heat had its accident. Wells received a hard fall, and while down was struck by Gushing, who was badly bruised. Zeiglcr won his heat with ease, but iv the tinal had a very hard fall on the turn, which will lay him up for several days. The most exciting event of the night and one which aroused much enthusiasm was the club race in which one member from each of the San Francisco and San Jose clubs was entered. There were eight starters, while but three finished, the others either falling or dropping out in the first three miles. The finish was very close between Byrne of the Imperial, Rose of the Acme and Chapman of the Olymp ics, the former winning from Rose. The Falcon team, comprising Zeigler, Coulter and Harbottle, will not race again during the' tournament and it is" doubtful as to any of the Kambter team starting again owing to the dangerous track. Results: One mile novice, final heat— Decker won, Day second, George Fuller third; time, 2:30 1-5. One mile, class B, invitation, final heat —Oscar Osen won, Walter Foster second, Emil Ulbricht third; time, 2:25. Ten mile club race, $200 cup—Frank M. Byrne won, M. F. Rose second, Ed Chap man third; time, 27:33 1-5. DROPPED OUT OF SIGHT An Ex-Fire Chief of Seattle Mysteriously Disappears Seattle, Wash., Feb. 18.—A. B. Hunt, Chief of the Fire Department, has disap peared, and another man has been ap pointed to take his place. Last Friday Hunt went to Tacoma to attend trial for obtaining naturalization papers by fraud. He was seen in Tacoma that night, but mysteriously dropped out of sight after that. His enemies say he has fled to avoid trial. Alexander Allen has been appointed Fire Chief in his place. No Bodies Found San Francisco, Feb. 18.—The capsized schooner Ocean Spray was righted today, but no bodies were found on her and what has become of the crew of five men is a mystery. It is thought they got off in a small boat and were drowned in the storm. A PERFECT RAIN OF COIN Money for the Valley Railroad Is' Pouring Into the Bank Nearly a Quarter of a HUHon Already Paid in and the Receivers Are Kept Very Busy San Francisco, Feb. 18. —Money poured into the Bank of California today iv a manner that kept the clerks busy. Sub scribers to the San Joaquin Valley road were paying 10 per cent of their subscrip tions, and when the bank closed 9123,100 had been paid in, making a total of $171,800. Clans Spreckels sent a check for $(iO,OOO and his sons John and Adolph sent checks for $10,000 each. Redwood City, Cal., Feb. 18.—This town has the competing road fever and every Inducement that can be offered by the people of Redwood Olty will be offer ed tiie San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley road to come this way. Tonight a mass meeting was held in Germania Hall, Which was hardly large enough to hold the crowd that assembled to discuss ways and means to bring the road here. Prom inent citizens spoke at the meeting nnd a number of good sized subscriptions were promised. Delegates were appointed to attend the meeting to be held in San Jose Wednesday night. A Veteran Pedagogue's Vicissitudes Sacramento, Feb. 18.—John 0. Pelton, the veteran educator, was before the City Board of Education tonight, and told the story of his vicissitudes and of his poverty after his years of labor in behalf of the public schools of San Francisco. The board unanimously adopted resolutions favoring the passage of the bill for his relief now before the Legislature. A Bullet In the Brain Ran Francisco, Feb. 18.—George E. Nil son, a carpenter, was found in Golden Gate Park today with a bullet wound in his head. He said an unknown man had shot him, but the police believe he tried to commit suicide while suffering from deli rum tremens. 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