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NEARER THE GALLOWS
r
Important Evidence Ob
tained Against
Durrant
FROM SIX WITNESSES.
Saw Him Near the Church the
Night of the Williams
Murder.
IT WAS ABOUT 9 O'CLOCK
He Has Said That at That Time He
Was at Vogel's— His Examina
tion To-Day. '
• "We have evidence that will send Pur
rant to the gallows," said a police sergeant
last night.
This expression was caused by the dis
covery of very important evidence against
the supposed murderer of Blanche Lamont
and Minnie "William?.
" Dun-ant was identified by three young
■ ladies last evening, who saw him coming
from Emmanuel Baptist Church between
9 and 9:15 p. m. on the fatal Friday night
. that Minnie Williams was killed.
.. Detective Cody learned in some way that
.six young ladies had some valuable infor
; ■ mation in regard to Durrant's whereabouts
on that night. He also learned that the
voting ladies .were reluctant to tell their
,• story, as they did not wish to he drawn
intp the terrible case. Detective Cody
:"• finally ascertained who they were and
' their relatives told them that they should
: give the police the information — they
.'; should throw aside their desire to avoid
'; publicity in order that the ends of justice
.'•■ should be served.
The two Misses Sturges and Miss Fitz
.-Patrick, who live near the Emmanuel
■ Baptist Church, are the latest witnesses
whose evidence will tighten the web
- around Durrant.
.'• ••These ladies called on Chief of Police
'.• Crowley about 7:30 o'clock last evening,
'" and told the following story.
.; Between 9 and 9:1.") o'clock on the night
....Minnie Williams was murdered, six young
■ladies were walking down Bartlett street
" toward Twenty-second. Durrant came up
.'•behind the young ladies from the direction
; of the church, and evidently thought he
i 'recognized one of them. He called out
."' "Flora, Flora."
""• They paid no attention to him, and he
• called "Flora" again. He caught up with
••them and seeing his mistake he walked on
past them, crossed Twenty-second street
.arid, went down Bartlett in the direction of
'•..Twenty-first. The young ladies went
. down Twenty-second street. Three of the
young ladies" rrcosrnizpd Dnrrant as he had
.attended the Cogswell school at the same
..time they did. One said to the rest, "Why,
• ;-P^urrant must be crazy." When the Misses
.'. "Sturges and Miss Fitzpatriek finished their
: >story Chief of Police. Crowley sent for
:- .Durrant. He was taken befdfe the three
young ladies, who positively identified him
as the man they had seen.
■■.Durrant's preliminary examination for
" the murder of Miss Williams will take place
■in Judge Conlan's court this morning.
. ' The.police still have charge of the Em
manuel Baptist Church, though no steps
were ' taken, .yesterday in the line, of a
search. I Caotain L'eesj 'whb bus returned j
from Los Angeles, went out to the dese- '
crated building yesterday afternoon, ac
companied by Sergeant Reynolds and De
tective Seymour. The three prominent
members of the Police Department spent
. an houf going over the ground, and Cap
tain- tees was shown all the places in
the church, from belfry to cellar, that have
any connection with the murder case.
Captain Lees will now take charge of the
I .inv*-siigation and. conduct it until its end.
.": At the same time the head of. the de
■ Vtectives was making his first investigation,
- W. S. Jones, a representative of Taber, the
photographer, was soing throurh the
■• building taking pictures of the different
places that may be referred to in the trial.
• Mr. Jones took flashlights of the belfry,
• ! snapshots of the interior of the church and
...long exposures of the library in which the
; body of Minnie Williams was found. All
these pictures were made at the request of
•general John H. Dickinson, one of the
•attorneys for Durrant. who obtained per
= mission from the Police Department to
: secure the views.
. '. Though a week has passed since the dis
covery of the double tragedy, it seems that
the morbid curiosity of the people has
abated but little. Hundreds gathered in
...front of Emmanuel Baptist Church all day
' yesterday and gaped in wonderment at the
lar£e edifice. Those in the crowd who
were the boldest applied for admission to
. the church as they saw reporters, police
• • men and officials of the church going in,
' but the blue-coated guardian of the dese
crated building firmly refused to allow any
one to enter but those having business
there. Nearly all of the applicants who
:■: wanted to see the bloody sights were
•women.
".: •■.. The theory that some strong proof could
be gained against the murderer by the
■measurements of footprints in the belfry
. ,n..ar the body of Blanche Lamont has
been abandoned. When Detective Gibson
and Policeman Riehl found the body in the
"belfry they immediately went downstairs.
. Among the first to ascend to the top land
■ ing in. the belfry was John T. Dare, prose
cuting attorney in Police Court 3. De
• tective Gibson wanted him to go to the
place so as to understand the matter when
it came before him. John T. Dare said :
. There was no measurements of footprints
made. I don't think there was any chance of
- footprints being found in the belfry which
; would be of any use to the police. We. certainly
saw none. All that I saw was marks as if the
. .body had been dragged from the top of the
- steps to the further corner of the belfry. There
- "was not enough dust to show outlines of a foot
■- print well enough to furnish any clew. •:: .- «^ ;
'* • Sergeant Reynolds said yesterday that
the police had not attempted to gain any
clews from possible footprints in the bel
fry. He said: ; :/; :
No measurements of footprints in the dust of
the belfry were made, as none of any distinct
ness were found. In fact from what is known
no good evidence could have been oblained in
this line. At the time the body was found no
footprints were discernible, and soon afterward
, the belfry was full of tracks.
The police have acted strangely about
the blood-stained shoe belonging to Rev.
Dr. Gibson which was found in his study a
week ago.. Chief of Police Crowley claims
• that there is nothing of importance in con
nection with the shoe, but the fact remains
; that his men found the shoe a week ago,
! brought it to Chief Crowley, who has
keot it for examination ever since. He will
■ not make known his reason for keeping
. the old shoe, though he admits having it
in his possession. Chief Crowley said :
• •. The shoe was brought to me several days
. ago, but an examination of it has not resulted
in adding anything to the evidence we already
have against Durrant. It is a plain, old shoe,
well worn, and seems to have no connection
with the awful crimes that were committed in
the church. The owner of the shoe is
the pastor. There is nothing whatever to con
nect Mr. Gibson with the murder.
• Chief Crowley did not state, however,
why his men had selected this one partic
ular shoe when they made their search,
. nor did he state why he had kept the pas
tor's little piece of property for a week. It
is believed that this is one of the pieces
of evidence which the police have that they
. will not disclose.
Rev. Dr. Gibson could throw no light on
the mystery of the shoe. He said :
'• lam not surprised at the finding of one of
my shoes with blood stains on it, but I cannot
account for the stains in any way. All that I
know is that the four shoes were in the study
before the tragedy. Now there are but three.
1 do not know why the police took my old shoe.
I have not had the shoe on for a long time. In
fact it was virtually cast away. I did not have
it on when I went to view the body of Miss
v» uliHms, so I could not have got any blood on
it that way. If there are blood stains on it the
murderer must have put them there for some
purpose or other.
The congregation of the church has not
yet sufficiently recovered from the shock
received a week ago to make any approach
toward settling the question of what the
future of the church shall be. There has
yet been no meeting of the trustees or con
gregation, and no canvass of the opinions
of a majority of the members. One of the
trustees said yesterday that a meeting of
the congregation would likely be held in
about a week, and then the prospects of
the future would be discussed and the
course of the congregation determined.
The tragedy will be costly to the church
in a purely financial as well as in other
ways. It will take hundreds of dollars
probably to repajr the slight damages done
by the murderer, and the much greater
damages that have resulted from the some
what ruthless overhauling that the police
and others have given the structure in the
search for evidence.
The cleaning of the church alone appears
an almost appalling job. No broom has
touched a floor since a week ago Saturday
morning. Above the pulpit platform the
cross of calla lilies has become a woeful
looking symbol and the roses and mar
guerites that bedecked the front of the au
ditorium with such freshness and profu
sion the morning before Easter have dried
up and scattered their withered petals
about the floor.
No services were held in the church yes
terday. It is not likely that there will be
any held there for some time.
Dr. Gibson remained all day in the se
clusion that he has maintained since Pri
vate Secretary Lynch's arrival from Chico
last Thursday morning. A number of his
friends came to see him and were cordially
received into the privacy of his room, but
reporters were received by Mr. Lynch.
Mr. Gibson is getting together ideas for his
first sermon and it promises to be the most
notable, if it is not the most interesting
one of his career. It cannot now be even
guessed when he will preach it.
Chief Crowley was Dusily engaged yes
terday in putting the finishing touches to
the mass of evidence he has prepared for
the preliminary examination of Durrant,
which commences before Judge Conlan at
11 o'clock this morning.
Genera) Dickinson's criticism of the
Chief, which appeared in yesterday's
Call, did not seem to worry him very
much. "The object, it appears to me," he
said, "is to get me involved in a newspaper
[ controversy, bat if ao it has failed of its
i purpose. I shall not reply to the general's
so-called criticism of my conduct
Purrant spent a quiet day yesterday. He
had a few callers, but the most of his time
was devoted to completing his statement
lor the guidance of his counsel to-day. He
was as cheerful as ever, and appears to be
more confident as the time for his prelim
inary examination approaches.
His parents called again to see him last
night and remained with him for two or
three hours.
He was asked the question if he remem
bered seeing the young ladies on Bartlett
street the night that Minnie Williams was
murdered and who identified him last
] night, but the question remained unan
i swered.
Speaking of Rev. Dr. Gibson's not com
ing to see him he said he would send him
a written invitation to call at the prison if
he thought he would look at it in the right
way.
Mrs. Durrant, since her son's trouble, has
learned well the art of keeping her own
counsel. Last evening, however, she
paused long enough to remark, with much
evident satisfaction, that the blood-stained
shoe, which the police have kept hidden for
a week, did not oolong to Theodore.
A few days ago Mrs. Durrant stated that
a young girl had come to her and said
with tears in her eyes that she did not be
lieve in Theo's guilt, because he had once
"done her a very good turn," and had to
her personal knowledge saved one girl in
the congregation of Emmanuel Church
/mm ruin at the hands of another young
man. The jnrl said that if her testimony
to that effect was needed she would swear
to it on the witness-stand.
Elmer Wolfe h:is not come forward with
any explanation of the suspicious circum
stances attending his story of his move
ments on the night of the Williams mur
der. An attempt was made yesterday to
nnd him that he might avail himself of
the columns of the < 'all if he desired to
make any explanation, but he kept him
self in careful seclusion. It is said that he
is rusticating on the Guadalupe ranch sev
eral miles from the city on the San Bruno
road.
A story is being told in the Mission to
the effect that a hack was seen standing
before the church on Bartlett street a few
minutes before 10 o'clock on the night of
the Williams murder.
At 3:46 o'clock on the afternoon of the
day that Miss Williams' corpse was found
a man entered the barber-shop of Law
rence Limner at the corner of Twenty
fourth and Mission streets. He brought
the latest news of the tragedy as he had
gleaned it from the bulletin boards down
town, and while the subject was under dis
cussion a second man, who was being
shaved at the time, stated that the night
before, as he passed the church at 10
o'clock, be saw a public carriage standing
before the door. This man is being vigor
ously sought for, and in case he is found
the presence of the hack, the light in the
pastor's study and the screams heard
about that hour will form material points
in the case for the defense.
HAPPINESS OF SINNERS,
Rev. F. R. Farrand Say* There Is No
Satisfying Genuineness
to It.
Rev. F. R. Farrand, the pastor of the
Howard Presbyterian Church, delivered
the regular Sunday afternoon address to
young men at the Young Men's Christian
Association yesterday.
He spoke of the seeming happiness of
some of the unrighteous. "Some people,"
he said, "are so wicked and so taken up
with their wickedness as to rejoice in it
and are seemingly happy. But there is no
true happiness in it. The prime cause of
all wickedness and the reason why some of
the wicked believe that they are happy is
the fact that those people nave not been
brought into Bympathy with God.
'•A sinner may go among his follow-men
with a bold face", but once lie is brought to
realize what God is he breaks down and
finds no peace until he is reformed. Why
are the churches not better filled ? Because
too many men are at enmity with God and
fear to face him. and not because the
preaching is not good enough. These peo
ple, as time goes on, form habits of thought
about their condition — habits that are
pleasing and self-satisfactory. They fix
upon certain great sins to be avoided, and
imagine they are doing their whole duty
in being guiltless of them, while at the
same time they are indulging in others.
These men are as much in need of being
brought into sympathy with God as are
the sinners who are openly in rebellion."
Next Sunday afternoon, in the audito
rium of the Young Men's Christian Asso
ciation, Henry Varley, the' noted English
evangelist, will deliver the address to
young men.
A new use for homing pigeons has been
suggested. It i 3 thought that every large
steamer should carry a supply of them, to
liberate in the event of an accident. Pig
eons have a record of 800 and 1000 miles a
day. If the Gascogne had had homing
pigeons on board it is believed that news
of her would have been received three days
before she was sighted.
Carroll D. White says "hunger has caused
more men to commit petty crimes than
anything else." Of 6958 homicides in
1890, 5100 had no trades.
Mark Hopkins Institute of Art Annual
Spring Exhibition. Open daily. Admission,
25 cents,* ■ ■■.■:•.•-" ■..-■■- *
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1895.
LATEST OAKLAND NEWS
Final Preparations for the N.
S. G. W. Annual Cele
bration.
FORMATION OF THE PARADE
Constables Hold a Meeting and Ar
range for a Test of the
Fee Bill.
The delegates to the Grand Parlor meet
ing of the Native Sons began to arrive yes
terday by scores, and the local celebration
committee was kept busy with carriages
and coaches meeting them at the various
trains and escorting them to the hotels to
which they had been assigned.
By night the Metropole, Albany and
Wilson hotels were crowded with natives,
and committee-meetings to arrange for
to-day's festivities began.
Grand Marshal Robinson visited the Na
tive Daughters' organization of Alameda,
about whose participation some doubt was
expressed, yesterday. He found them
eager to be in line in the parade. They
promised to be present in a handsomely
decorated drag.
The formation of the parade was decided
upon yesterday, as follows :
FIBST DIVISION.
Chief of Police and four mounted officers.
Platoon of police of sixteen men.
Grand marshal and twelve aids.
Fifth Infantry Band.
Fifth Infantry Battalion, Major John Hayes
in command.
Four-in-hand carriage, containing Grand
President Joel D. Sproul, Mayor J. L. Davie and
Chairman of the *95 Celebration Committee
Rod W. Church.
Grand officers on foot.
Members of Grand Parlor, Board of Super
visors, Board of Education, Board of Public
Works and members of City Council, in car
riages.
SECOND DIVISION.
Edward H. Benjamin, Grand Marshal.
First Infantry Regiment Band.
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
Floral float.
Canton degree of I. O. O. F.
Uniform Rank No. 11, K. of P.
Oakland Fire Department, in charge of Chief
Lawton and First and Second Engineers.
Acme wheelmen.
Reliance wheelmen.
THIRD DIVISION.
Dr. W. H. Blood, marshal.
First Regiment drum and fife corps.
Alameda Parlor No. 18, Native Daughters of
the Golden West, in decorated four-in-hand
drag.
Float, "Eureka."
Oakland Parlor No. 50, N. S. G. W.
Piedmont Parlor No. 120, N. S. G. W.
Brooklyn Parlor No. 151, N. S. G. W.
Drum and life corps.
Alameda Parlor No. 47.
Halcyon Parlor.
Mission Parlor of San Francisco.
Stanford Parlor of San Francisco.
The previously published line of march
has been changed somewhat. The parade
will march out San Pablo avenue to Six
i teenth street, thence to Telegraph avenue,
| thence to Broadway, thence to Fourteenth.
The water carnival for Thursday night
i has been fully decided upon, and will form
| one of the most attractive features of the
{ celebration. It will be held under the aus
; pices of the California Yacht Club. Cas
: sasa's Band will discourse music from a
| stand erected on a barue anchored about
i 100 yards from shore, Below the Webster
i street bridge. Along the opposite shore of
: tne estuary, at the foot of Broadway, will
| be ranged the larger vessels of the yacht
! fleet, lying in Brooklyn basin and the «*s-
I tuary. Nearer to the Oakland shore the
j smaller yachts will be stationed. All will
, be decked with flags and bunting and will
' send up fireworks during the evening.
j The life of the picture will be furnished
by a fleet of naptha launches, which will
tow long lines of gayly decorated canoes
; and boats to and fro under the glare of
i hundreds of electric lights placed on the
wharves, the bridges and the rigging of
| the vessels.
The programme for to-night's grand
\ open-air concert at the City Hall Park is
i as follows :
| Grand overture, "Macbeth" Hatton
j Operatic selection, "Faust" Oounod
| "I'ajutuiuade'' Oottschalk
, Fttutasn-. American airs, "Lustiger Bruder"
Kappey
"Concert Walti" (by request) Yollmedt
Overture. "William Tell" Rossini
Sextet, "Lncla" Donizetti
<t»-nis from the admired works of Tostl Godfrey
| Excerpts from "A Gaiety Girl" Jones
| March, "Great Republic' 1 Thiele
The celebration committee has received
. word from all parts of the State that a
i large number of visitors are to be expected
and hotel accommodations are being ar
ranged for the g»ests.
AKRAXUIXQ FOR A CONTEST.
About twenty constables and deputies,
representing all sections of Alameda
County, met at the office of constable J. F.
Cronin, 453 Eighth street, yesterday to
discuss the recently enacted fee bill and
settle the details of the coming struggle
which is to be waged against that law.
Mr. Cronin explained in detail the ob
jectionable points of the bill and the meth
ods by which a leeal battle could be suc
cessfully waged against it.
He said that he had consulted a number
of competent legal authorities on the mat
ter and that all had expressed an opinion
that in the hands of good attorneys the
measure could be proved to be unconstitu
tional.
Mr. Cronin also explained that the fight
against the bill would be very expensive,
and that the constables ana their aids
would have to put up at least $15,000 if
they expected to carry the battle to a suc
cessful issue.
He asked if those present were willing to
put up their percentage, and all expressed
a desire to aid to the full extent of their
abilities. Mr. Cronin then said that Arthur
Rodgers, a San Francisco attorney, had
consented to join with ex-Supreme Justice
Van R. Paterson in the matter, and that
as soon as preliminaries were arranged a
test case would be made.
An Alameda County officer will open
the battle by refusing to turn over fees as
provided by the law, and the constables
will make the fight, which they promise
will be to a finish.
Those who attended yesterday's meeting
signed an agreement to do all in their
power to assist in the fight, financially and
otherwise, constables. Justices and other
officials throughout the State whose fees
are cut down by the law.
ALAMEDA.
The local insurance war, one of the bit
terest ever inaugurated in this country,
has about lapsed for want of ammunition.
Agents, however, are not crying quits as
they are just as ready to cut policies now
as they were when the campaign opened,
but have exhausted their supply. The war
has resulted in deeper cuts than have ever
before been made in this city and some
phenominally low rates have Seen quoted
as is evidenced from the fact that the re
insurance has not left anything to be writ
ten to speak of. There are few policies
ui>on improvements outside tne business
center that have not been written for at
least that length of time. Agents believe
that former high rates are a thing of the
past.
The Library Board.
The Board of City Trustees will appoint
a new library board at its meeting this
evening. This has been decided upon after
a careful canvass of the situation. It has
been reported that the present board of
library managers would refuse to give up
their seats without a struggle, and they
even hint that the matter will be carried to
the courts. However, the City Trustees
have been advised that it is in their power
to reappoint, and they propose to exercise
their right at the meeting this evening. It
is probable that two of the old board will
be reappointed, and that an almost entire
new force of employes will be placed in
charge. Librarian J. \V. iiaxbourc* was
appointed two years ago, and he has been
made the subject of considerable gossip.
The same point was raised two years ago
as to the appointing power of the City
Trustees, and a contest seemed imminent
at that time, but the new appointees took
their seats. All other appointments are
made at the pleasure of the City Trustees.
Candidates' Investments.
Statements of candidates of money ex
pended during the recent campaign must
be filed by to-morrow.
The figures, as presented by some
of the candidates, make interesting read
ing, and show that not a single aspirant
spent as much as $100 in his effort to rep
resent the people.
BERKELEY.
On next Friday evening the freshman
class will celebrate the demise of Bourdon
and Minto with the usual procession,
speeches, spectacular performances, and in
all probability a rush with the sophomores.
A communication has been in the hands
of the president of the sophomore class
from the freshman president for several
days past, suggesting that they be allowed
to make the performance a university
affair, and not indulge in the customary
rush. The sophomores have apparently
made no effort to reply, and it is to be
concluded that they intend to prevent the
freshmen from carrying out their plans.
Both classes are so large this year that if
they do rush it will be the hottest affair of
the kind that the college has ever seen.
Students' Entertainment.
The Students' German Literary and
Dramatic club, consisting entirely of talent
from the university, will present <l Ein
Kriminalverbrecher*' and "Als Verlobte
Empfchlcn Sich" at Union-square Hall,
San Francisco, to-night. After the per
formance the floor will be cleared for
dancing.
ARE WRITTEN IN BLOOD.
Lessons Which Ministers Find
in the Mission
Tragedy.
Comments Upon What the City
Lacks In Morality and Virtu-
ous Tone.
Particularly pointed was the sermon of
Rev. M. M. Gibson at the First United
Presbyterian Church, corner Golden Gate
avenue and Polk street, last evening. He
found an occasion in the Emmanuel
Church crimes for the taking up of several
objections to capital punishment and
answering them. He therefore selected a
pretty strong text, as follows :
And Samuel said, "As the sword hath made
women childless, so shall thy mother be child
less among women." And Samuel hewed
Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal—
I Samuel xv:33.
Dr. Gibson reviewed scriptural authori
ties on the necessity and justice of capital
Eunishment from Genesis to Revelation.
[c said, in speaking of the Mission
murders:
The perpetrator of those crimes was a fiend
no matter who or what he may have been. I
do not care if he belonged to 1000 churches
and was the superintendent of a hundred krl>
bath schools. The more intelligence, the
deeper the guilt; the better his environment,
the worse h is crime. I feel that it is time that
the ministers of justice took the sword and did
a little hewing like Samuel in Gilgal. When a
man shows the instincts of a ferocious beast,
and does not consider the innocence and help
lessness of young girls, what should entitle
him to any clemency. Of course, I don't be
lieve in Judge Lynch, and before punishing we
should first tind the guilty man, and I, for one,
am not prepared to say that we have got the
right man.
There is too much romancing about crime in
San Francisco. It is the rich criminal who is
allowed to go Pcott free. Let the criminal be
executed whether he comes from Nob Hill or
Tar Flat. Let us have even-handrd justice, re
gardless of condition, standing, race or color.
Then only will the adjninistraUan -f law be a
terror to evil-doers. Too many are allowed to
escape owing to the quibbles of law and short
comings of justice, until it has become the thing
for men to believe that they can handle the
pistol and commit crime witn impunity. They
feel secure in an immunity from all punish
ment. Why, here is the Supreme Court of the
State saying that "undue haste should not be
shown in the execution of Frederick*," the
man who shot down my friend, Mr. Herrick!
The sermon of Rev. W. R. Goodwin at
the California-street Methodist Episcopal
Church last evening, was evidently a retal
iation. The pastor seemingly had" in mind
the ludicrous attempt of a saloon-keeper
last week to have all side entrances to
churches closed by the Board of Super
visors, a petition to that effect having been
inspired by the liquor seller's deductions
from the Emmanuel Church tragedy. The
text choseu was Hosea iv : 1-2.
Heßr the word of the Lord, ye children of
Israel : for the Lord hath a controversy with
the inhabitants of the land, because there is no
truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the
land.
Summed up, his disccurse may be said to
be a specification of the causes which lead
up to the commission of such crimes and
a suggesting of such cures as the pastor
thought would be effective. He said in
substance :
In San Francisco there have been 150 mur
ders committed witnin five years, and only one
• 'hinamau has been banged in ail that time.
Some forty murderers are now in jail. The city
is full of robberies, thefts, assaults and crime,
and the character of the community can be
fairly judged by the number of illegitimate
methods there are in vogue for the obtaining
of money— gambling, lotteries and other meth
ods of tnat ilk. It is a place of general lawless
ness, full of saloons and dens of vice, each a
pernicious source of law-breaking and vio
lence.
Those who are sworn to uphold the laws ol
the land are easily turned aside by hush
money, and men prominent in the community
find it necessary to keep their evil doings from
the light by the efficacioui use of hush money.
It is a place of contract marriages and
divorces. I would say to the young woman
who is not willing to be married in her father's
home or in the parsonage that she had better
remain unmarried, and the young man who
proposes a contract marriage to her she should
shun as she would a rattlesnake. The relations
between the sexes here are so notoriously loose
that it is hardly to be wondered at that crime
is the apparent rule, rather than the excep-
And what are the causes of this deplorable
state of affairs? I would say, first, lack of
proper home irffluence and training. A hood
lum home produces only hoodlum children.
The outdoor life of this city is one of night
saloons, night theaters and night bawdy
houses, all productive of general licentious
ness and crime. The second cause is lack of
moral and religious training and neglect of
church aud Sunday-school attendance.
The cure I offer is religion in 1 the home. It
makes drunkards sober, thieves honest and
the impure pure.
The picture, too, will change when we have
an honest and impartial press, the impartial
and prompt administration of law, and a fear
less, plain and devoted pulpit, all crowned
with the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
Rev. Dr. Eli McClish, pastor of Grace
M. E. Church, preached last evening from
the first two verses of the ninety-seventh
psalm :
The Lord rcigneth. Clouds and darkness are
around about him, but righteousness and judg
ment are the habitations of his throne.
The central idea of the pastor's sermon
was to show how unexplainable are the
ways of the creator and what unloooked
for means he sometimes employs to work
his ends ; also what things are allowed to
happen and to exist which upon their face
seem to indicate the absence of the pro
tecting hand of providence, but which may
really be some part of the great plan for
universal salvation.
Apropos of this last idea Dr. McClish
touched lightly upon the recent tragedy in
the Mission, and upon the lesson which it
taught. In the hrst place, he said, it
showed the need of more motherly influ
ence and protection ; it also disproved the
pagan idea that a place of worship, merely
from its character, is a protection to life
and property. A church, the pastor said,
was sanctified only by its association with
the worship of God.
Upon the platform with Dr. McClish was
the Rev. Dr. George <3ibson of the ill
omened Emmanuel Church. He took part
in the service to th« extent of reading the
scriptural lesson and pronouncing the
benediction. It was by the courteous in
vitation of Dr. McClish that he was
present.{
IN THE SOCIAL WORLD
A Benefit to Be Given in Aid
of the Oakland Ladies' Re
lief Society.
AT THE SUMMER KESORTS.
Weddings and Engagements An
nounced — Receptions and
Parties.
Oakland society will all be in evidence
this week at the Macdonough Theater.
Those who attend the performances on
Thursday and Friday nights next will en
joy a treat and help charity. The play,
which is to be given for the benefit of the
Ladies' Eelief Society, is a musical trav
esty on "Ronieo and Juliet," and is to be
given by the best of well-known amateurs
both among the principals and chorus.
The music is adapted and the play itself is
intended to be acted only by men.
The clubs, including the Reliance and
Athenian of Oakland and the Bohemian
and University of San Francisco, have been
largely drawn upon for talent in this pro
duction. Mr. Hopkins as the Friar, with
his beautiful voice; Mr. Dickman as the
Apothecary, with his good comedy; Mr.
Melvin as the melodious Capulet; Mr. Tay
lor, whose acting weight is 200 pounds, as
Juliet ; Mr. Somers, with his good singing,
as Romeo; Mr. Campbell as the Nurse, and
Messrs. Carlton and Thomas as the valiant
Tybalt and Mercutio, with the inimitable
Peter of Paul Miller, supported by a chorus
composed of the Berkeley and Reliance
glee clubs and others, constitute a magnifi
cent cast.
There is no more popular organization
than the Ladies' Relief Society of Oakland,
jWhose magnificent charities are a monu
ment to the worth and goodness of the
leading ladies of Oakland who have sat on
its board of directors during the past
twenty -five years. At Temescal they main
tain on their large tract of land three
',homes,"one for aged women, one for
children and a third, a nursery for infants.
Last May the society lost by fire in their
buildings 510,000 over and above the in
surance, and their income from the State
has been reduced $3000 a year by the failure
to pass the usual appropriations for sup
port of poor. So they will have use for the
proceeds from the sale of seats for their
performances.
The Assembly Club will give its final
party of the season at Golden Gate Hall
next Thursday evening.
The wedding of Lieutenant George
Wycherly Kirknam and Miss Grace Good
year is set for May 2 at St. Paul's Church,
Benicia.
The engagement of Miss Laura J. Phil
lips of Sacramento to Mowbray R. Dundas
of this city is announced. The wedding
will take place about the middle of May.
The engagement is announced of A. L.
Hartman and Miss Birdie Isaac, and the
wedding will take place in May.
A pretty wedding was that of Miss An
nie Marie Kelly to Peter Glennan Jr. The
ceremony was performed at St. Mary's
Cathedral last Tuesday evening by Rev.
Father Kirby in the presence of a large
concourse of relatives and friends. The
bride, daintily attired in white silk en
train, with clusters of orange blossoms and
modestly enshrouded in a lace veil, looked
very pretty. Her maid of honor was Miss
Alice Dwyer. The bride's little niece, Ger
aldine Dwyer, escorted by the groom's
brother of seven summers, led the bridal
Erocession. A reception was held at the
ome of the bride's parents, 29 Fulton
street. Their presents were numerous and
costly.
The marriage of Miss Edythe Griffin of
Pomona to Edward Tufts of Los Angeles
was celebrated in Pomona last Thursday.
The bride is a daughter of O. F. Griffin,
who was for years a prominent business
man of this city. She spent several years
in San Francisco with her grandjmrents,
George C. Wickware and wife, at the Occi
dental Hotel, and has a wide acquaintance
here. The groom is the leading member
of the Tufts-Lyons Firearms Company of
Los Angeles and is regarded as an enter
prising and successful young man. Mrs.
Wickware, Mrs. Daniel C. Perkins, the
bride's sister, and Mrs. E. C. Dake, her
aunt, all of San Francisco, were present at
the nuptials. Mr. and Mrs. Tufts will
make their home in Los Angeles.
Prince and Princess Poniatowski will
spend part of the summer with Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Crocker at their home near
Burlingame.
Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Day sailed last
week from New York for Europe.
Mrs. Jerome Lincoln and Miss Ethel
Lincoln will leave for P^urope shortly.
Dr. and Mrs. Clinton Gushing are ex
pected to return from Europe about May 1.
At the old Redington place at Bur
lingame, which is open to summer board
ers during the vacation of Hoit's school,
are: Mrs. R. P. Schwerin, Mr. and Mrs.
H. W. Ellicott, Mr. and Mrs. R. Thomp
son, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Buckingham,
Mrs. Charles R. Detrich and her family,
Miss Bessie Styne, William Adams Jr.,
David 8. Painter, Benjamin J. Block and
Joseph Burke.
Among the recent arrivals at Highland
Springs are the following:
E. Hyde, Oakland; Walter J. Wells, Miss H.
Kecfe, Walter E. Hyde, San Francisco; W. T.
Welcker, Berkeley; J. M. Stillwell, Springfield,
Mass. ; J. Howard Nicoll, New York; Mr. and
Mrs. John Kruse, Marshfield, Or.; E. B. Strong,
San Rafael; Daniel Harvey, James Murphy, 0.
Hansen, San Francisco; J. B. Stout. Fisher
man's Bay; M. W. Plummer, San Francisco;
Mr. and Mrs, James Phillips, Napa; Mrs. C.
O'Hara, San Francisco; George C. Codding,
Petaluma.
D. T. Phelps is at Byron Springs for the
benefit of his health.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. French will leave for
Alaska about May 1 and expect to be gone
a month or six weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Schoenfeld(nee Tishler)
will be at home Sunday next at 1329 Clay
street.
The guests who attended the birthday
surprise party given to Wilbur Cook at his
home, 915 Hayes street, last Thursday
evening, enjoyed a pleasant entertainment.
Among those who took part in the musical
and literary part of the evening were:
Charles Pierson, G. A. Alden, W. Donaldson,
Miss Cassie O'Donnell, Mrs. Coffin. Miss Ruth
Parker, James Harris, M. Post, G. Post, P. Ma
her, F. Ward, Ellert Stack, 11. McKenna and
Miss Mary Jennings.
Among those present •were: Mr. and Mrs.
Wilbur Cook, the Misses Emma Cook, Madge
Redington, Mannie Larkin, Kittle McKenna,
Cassie O'Donnell, Rose Levi, Virgie Frarie,
Ruth Parker, Julia Larkin, May Jennings, Liz
zie Donaldson, May O'Donnell, Alice Fagan, F.
Smith, E. Levi, Lillie Umfred. Lees 80110, Mrs.
llensley, Mrs. Oldfield, Mrs. Parker, Mrs. Post,
Mrs. Coffin, Messrs. G. H. Alden, \V. Donaldson,
G. Post, A. Carby, A. C. Wier. George Ward,
George McCauley, F. Hayes, Ed. Murphy, A.
Cook, P. Alexander, A. M. Cook. W. M. Parker,
J. Oldfield, P. H. McKenna, F. H. Ward, Wil
liam Umfred, James Harris, Charles Pierson, P.
Peterson, M. Post, A. 0. Johnson, N. Smith, E.
Slack, F. Reise, F. Maher, P. Fassett.
A vaudeville evening "at home" was
given by the Misses Josie and Eva Dolan
to their friends at their residence, corner of
Waller and Scott streets, on Thursday
evening last. The spacious parlors and
dining-room were beautifully decorated
with, banks of roses and softly shaded
lights. Music was a prominent feature of
the evening. Among those taking part
were: Miss Sadie Martell, Miss Anna
Dunn, Miss Marguerite Hughes, Miss
Marie Carroll, Miss Eva Dolan and Miss
Mac Sullivan.
The San Francisco Athletic Club will
hold their fifteenth annual excursion and
picnic at Bohemian Grove, Sonoma Coun
ty, on Sunday, May 12.
The Thursday Night Whist Club gave a
theater party at the California on the 18th
which was a very enjoyable affair. After
the performance all were driven to the
Maison Riche, where a dinner was served.
Those in the party were: Miss Mildred
Nathan, Miss Rosalie Hart, Miss Lillian
Rothchild, Miss Blanche Conn ; Messrs.
Frederick Harris, Mortimer Goodkind,
Martin Berwin, Alfred Lew.
The Friends' Dancing Club gave their
post-lenten social at their hall, 2127 Mis
sion street, last Thursday evening.
An entertainment and social will be
given by Borromean Council No. 129,
Young Men's Institute, at Mission Opera
hall, 2131 Mission street, next Friday even
ing. A special feature will be a farce to be
presented by members of the council.
The Young Ladies' Sodality of St. Bren
dan's Church will give a literary enter
tainment and musicaie next Friday even
ing at their hall, corner of Fremont and
Harrison streets.
The Catholic Central Club will give an
entertainment and dance on Wednesday
evening in San Francisco Hall, Alcazar
building.
The EBChscholtzias will give their next
party at National Hall, 815 Ellis street,
Thursday evening, May 24.
HFTY COFFBBTS AT ST. LUKE'S.
Mr. Moreland Preaches on "The Folded
.Vi iik in in the Tonib of .Jesus."
At St. Luke's Church on Van Ncsa ave
nue more than fifty persons were con
firmed by Bishop Nichols on Easter Sun
day night, twenty-three of whom were
young men, and many of them converts
from various denominations. The new
communicants received their first com
munion early yesterday morning from tbe
hands ot the rector, Rev. W. H. Moreland.
Mr. Moreland preached on "The Folded
Napkin in the Tomb of Jesus" to a large
congregation yestesday. He said :
The incident of finding the grave clothes ar
ranged in order and the napkin by itself, while
apparently trifling, was eloquent with mean
ing. It said as plainly as possible "The Lord
liveth." Life had been stirring in the tomb.
The moment the disciples saw the folded nap
kin they knew it to be a message from their
Lord telling that he had arisen.
What calmness Christ showed in the halls of
deatn, deliberately removing the wrappings of
the grave and placing them so that they
would tell the etory of the resurrection?
Death is to be prepared for with deliberation.
Foolish is he who refuses to think of death be
cause it is an unpleasant thought, or tries to
drown it in business or the music of the dance.
Scores of people joke along life's highway,
ignore the sweet and winning voice of Christ
calling their souls to heavenly pursuits, and
dismiss the great duties and obligations of life
as if they were trifles light as air. It is a pity
for a man to imitate the ostrich, hiding his
head behind a rampart of caskbooks and ledg
ers and refuse to see his danger.
The folded napkin is a mark of Christ's lov
ing thoughtful ness for others, and teaches us
to give expression to our feelings and affec
tions to those about us; also, it shows how he
valued the gift of a friend, and declares that
the smallest service we give to him is dear in
his sight, if it be done with the right motive,
while gold and silver are not acceptable to
him unless given with a sincere desire to please
him.
A Burglar Arrested.
Thomas Smith is under arrest for attempting
to commit burglary by breaking into the rear
of the Glen Ellen Wine Company's vaults, at
959 Market street. Early Saturday morning
Officer Gus Wollweber surprised the fellow,
who had cut open the door with a hatchet.
Smith turned upon the officer with his hatchet
uplifted, but he quickly dropped the weapon
wnen Wollweber pointed a pistol at his head
ajid threatened to blow the fellow's brains out.
Jxvrs of new patterns in picture frames, and
old ones closing out at 25 per cent discount.
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The largest gold coin in existence is said
to be the gold ingot or "loof" of Annam, a
flat, round piece, worth about $325, the
value being written on it in India ink.
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