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 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 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. Sanborn, Vail &. Co. • 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. Yale's Hair ! . ■ Ladies and Gentt.emet: It affords me great pleasure to call the attention of the public to Yale's Excelsior Hair Tonic, which is the first and only remedy known to chemistry which positively tarns gray hair back to its original color without dye. It has gone on record that Mme. M. Yale —wonderful woman chemist— has made this most valuable of all chemical disco cries. Mme. 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