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BILLY SUNDAY
SAVING SINNERS
WITH BALL TALK
Stirs San Francisco by Fervor
of Religion Couched in
Slang of Fans
Jargon of Diamond Mixed With
Biblical Quotations by
Evangelist
William J. Slattery
Billy Sunday, the man who has b.een
fighting the devil since he ceased chas
ing flies and liners over the green dia
monds of the National league, graced
*. San Francisco" with his presence yes
torday afternoon for the first time.
Before bedtime fully 10,000 knew that
. the king of the evangelists was among
• them. Half that number heard him in
his tirade against sin at Dreamland
-, rink, and the other half had wind of
...
. the sensation which lie started in the
City of Sensations. He swooped down
• upon the multitude like a Kansas
He flayed all classes alike,
rich and poor and high and low. He
• grave his listeners a shaking up such as
.' they have not experienced since April
There are evangelists and evangelists,
. 'and preachers and missionaries, but
there is only one Billy Sunday. We
\u25a0 have heard much of his prowess and
• his peculiarities and his spellbinding
• methods, but none of these do the man
justice. He is in a class which none
of the others have as yet invaded. He
has his own style and his own tactics,
and nobody can appreciate what it all
Is till he or she has heard the former
ball player and seen him act.
/WAGES SPECIAL WAR
He wages war on Beelzebub with his
... own special process — a process which
" nobody else has thus far mastered. He
goes "at his work rough shod*and he
is brimfull of that kind of enthusiasm
which wins men. women and children to
his way of thinking. He talks to them
Sn the jargon of the diamond and the
slang of the street, and he comes back
. again at them with biblical quotations
arid passages from the works of the
old masters and the Grecian authors.
He has everything that a man needs to
mystify and awe and convert an audi
ence. There is nothing lacking in his
wonderful makeup. When he starts he
2:as everybody with him.
'-; There never was an evangelist nor a
public speaker who boasted a more un
, usual career than this same Billy Sun
day. 'Tis hard to believe that this man
• who is now fighting the fight of the
Lor<j was a rough and ready ball tosser
of the good old palmy days of the dia
mond, who used to think more of a
two base hit than he did of the king
•dom of heaven. It is hard to combine
two more difficult callings than the one
which Sunday followed .25 years ago
and the one which is his today.
• WHITE SOX HERO
A quarter of a century back Sunday
was the right fielder on the famous old
Chicago White Sox team, one of the
most historic that Uncle Sam's great
national pastime ever knew. Then he
. was the diamond hero of the hour,
sharing the honors with the mighty
John Clarkson, Mike Kelly, Pop Anson,
Ed Williamson, George Gore and the
others, whose memories will never die
so long as the game of baseball lives
and prospers.
Sunday was the fleetest runner of the
diamond in those days, and, incidental
ly, the man has never played ball since
who could travel over the paths ag the
• now renowned evangelist used to. He
•was the pride of Chicago and the pet
oT Anson, the man who led the fighting
ball team to so many glorious victories.
.Xobody, not even Sunday himself, ever
breamed that a few more years would
find him. on the road preaching relig
ion Instead of- laying down bunts to
\u25a0win games for Chicago.
But Sunday got religion one mem
, orable day and the seemingly Improb
able came to pass. He responded to the
call and In the tumult of his environ
ment he 'orgot the ball field, where he
bad labored and fought for so many
fears. He was laughed at and ridi
culed and, scorned by fans and players
•• alike, but nothing could stay his deter
mination to take up the burden in the
name of his Creator. He entered upon
• his new career full of confidence and
zeal and he has been fighting a winning
figilt ever since.
BIBLE REPLACES BAT.
"Once I dreamed of nothing but
knocking the ball out of the lot," said
Sunday yesterday, "but now my ambi
tion is to knock the devil out of the
hearts of sinners. The bible has taken
• the place of the bat in my affections,
..and 1 hope to score as many sinners
as I did bases in those good old days
when the White Soy used to beat them
all — and we barred no team."
Engrossed as he is in his new life,
• Billy Sunday still loves the game of
baseball. He. can't forget.lt. Even in
his sermons he must refer to it. The
.* ?port took a deep root in his. heart.
• when he was but a lad and he uses it
• now in his crusade against £in. Base
ball to him is still sacred. It's part of
his life and part of his religion and so
long as he is an evangelist he will use
it in the Lord"? fight.
, He told the crowd nt Dreamland rink
last night of his conversion — how he
'got religion when h»> dreamed nothing
save stolen bapt-s and running catches.
He related how the Lord had called
him to. the new- fiiold and how he re
sponded. He told. of his trials and his
tribulations and his own temptations
and his struggles, and he fairly beamed
with happiness and joy when he in
formed his listeners that he is a better
fishter today than .tie was the day he
quit the diamond for the pulpit.
SINGLES SLAXG A. \D GOSPEL
There was many an old man and old
woman in that audience yesterday who
did not know half what Sunday was
telling them, but they could all see by
his earnest manner and the fervent
light in his oyes that he was "on the
square." as he put it. 'Tis so seldom
that a man who is preaching the word
of God searches the, diamond and the
streef for his' pet phrases that only the
up to ! date ones find themselves capable
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Former Hero of Chicago Baseball
Fans Comes Here to Save Souls
Portrait of Billy Sunday, evangelist, who was a famous baseball; player, and two of ;; his attitudes in exhorting
' -' sinners to be: saved. ,~^-*» \u25a0":'\u25a0: .' \u25a0;• v" : -\.' \u25a0'._'- ''\u25a0''\u25a0'.. \ ; ':V...
of following Sunday as he spouts the
gospel and Billy Baxter in the same
phrases.
But this is Sunday's plan of cam
paign — the successful plan which he
has followed for all these years
throughout the length and the breadth
of the land. He has found that it is a
winner for him — one that "gives the
devil the best run for his money he
ever had." It strikes home, according
to the man \vho B has adopted it, and he
should be in a position to know, judg
ing from the thousands of converts
whom he has made since he quit base
ball.
One of the first men to greet Sunday
upon his arrival was William A. Lange,
a prominent real estate man of this
city, but known the country over as
"Little Eva" when he, with Sunday,
played on the great Chicago team. It
was the first time that these world re
nowned tossers had met in 20 years,
yet they knew each other at first
glance and fairly "jumped into an em
brace like ardent lovers, long sepa
rated.
OXCE FAMOUS PAIR MEET
"Well, Bill, old boy," exclaimed Sun
day, "you look like a man who has
prospered since you left poor old Pop
Anson and the rest of the gang back
in Chicago. How's the batting eye,
anyhow? It does me more good than
anything else to meet an old pal. like
you after all these years. Sit down
and tell me all about it."
Lange sat down and the famous pair
fanned and fanned over the happy, old
days. They -looked at each otheT like
a pair of youngsters starting to play
and they joked and laughed and talked
and played, ball over and over "again.
It was a moment of moments for them.
"Billy, I' want to thank you for put
ting me on that. everlasting All Ameri
can ball team," said Lange, referring
to a combination' of players which Sun
day named as the greatest that the
game has ever known or ever will
know.
"I know that you flattered me, and it
was a great honor. I. didn't think you
still remembered me.".. ...
"Remember you.", blurted out Sunday.
"Do you think I could forget you?
You had the class in those days, old
boy. You could play the game and "hit
that ball when: a hit meant a run. I
never forget a ballplayer like you, Bill.
You're down on that everlasting. All
American ball team and none of them
have got.it on you either. You were
a ball player, you. were." _\u25a0'... • :\u25a0/_
Then Sunday began- to dream of the
diamond and his • wandered
back to those stirring times when' he
used to be: the .first .man _up..on that
mighty Chica-go- team." . -The sight /of
Lange made 'him .think, of the others
who used ; to- be great, bu£ whom the
world has .forgotten now. \u0084 , .
RECALL NOTED PLAYER •
' "Did you know .that, John Clarlcson
died the "other day back, in \ Massachu-'
setts?" inquired^" bystander. ' '- \u25a0 / '
"John Clarkson> dead?" -asked^ Sun
day, as". lf .suddenly ; struck. < VYou^don't
tell me. Ah, there is another sad. story,
the story of the greatest pitcher -who
ever. .threw '.'a> ball, over, a plate. Poor
old John. " Booze and cigarettes got
him, and ju*t* in his- prime, too. He
couldn't see- the i : evil^ of his J_way,- and
for the • JastYf ew..; yearsj. his . mind .was
a blank. Poor Clarkson!'; ••
. "And is old George/ Van Haitfen. still
in the game? "Well," well, * I 'remember
Van 2a years ' ago " back in ; the ; National
league, but" of late; I have lost track of
him. By \the"iway. you : Caiiforniaris
turned out" some great ball players in
your day, and, you 'are still ' turning
them out; as' everybody, knows: who". has
heard of the fame^ of Overall .and
Chance. : ;•>'.•: \u25a0 :\u25a0'-".•"'\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0'".-. :<: <
.'Ti can '. go away back; and tell you
of lots, o\ them. 'Poor old Charley
Sweeney, :6ne 'eof the ''greatest- pitchers
of his .time,', "was from 'San,. Francisco,
too, but -he let the'devil in the form -of
whisky kill "him off. there were
Jerry , Denny and v . Carroll and , Morris
and "White Wings' Patsy- Cahill—^H
from .your -Golden State 1 - and" all /stars
when I. was in. the game. /\u25a0.":: - > : .
"The. sight-of Bill Lange 'reminded
me of all these old 'timers. -Bill was
the greatest outfielder 1: ever, saw.- -We
were all proud of .him.. "It. was like" a
cure for-Eore eyes when I .spied. Bill
after all these years, we have, been sep
arated. ?>ow, I wish :I had conic to/San
Francisco before. Still,' I think.'that I
can do "my ' share \u25a0. toward casting •' the
devil out of your. midst, even during my
limited stay. , Anyhow, I siiall try. • *
II A D WIDE EXPERIENCE > ' '
, "I'm Just, as earnest an : evangelist as
I wasa ball player'a" quarter of a-cen
tury, ago. "I'm for i saving . souls .now
and bringing; ray: fellow, 1 men to; realize
as 1 realize that the way/of. Go<3 . Js:the.
only way for any- of ; them.' /I '. have seen
more of this wicked life;, than /most
men. I have seen them 'come, and' go
and pass 'in and out, / and" now* I know
that thY way of ;the Lord; is,the only
THE SAN ERANOISCQ vEBro^^^BRTJARY 12,; 1909;
way to travel. I know that. l. am on
the right path and I want them all to
get on the bases and run- around after
me. If they do, they will come home
and score for the honor of 'God and
not get left on the paths like the un
fortunates who live, without knowing
that the devil has them in his grip."
This is the way that the ball playing
disciple of the Lord talks. This is his
campaign, which he carefully mapped
out, and this is the way he .wants all
his fellow men to feel. He. believes
that everybody has a chance to live as
the Savior intended him to live and he
believes that he is one man among-men
who has been directed to preach the
word. •
"Here is a letter from another fa
mous one of the bygone days, another
whom I had- all but forgotten," con
tinued the evangelist, as he tore open
a note from Dad Moulton, the beloved
trainer of the athletes of Stanford
university. "Do you know that it was
old Dad who trained. me for that fa
mous footrace I. ran against Arlie
Latham back in St. Louis in-the. early
eighties?" '-.v/' '\u25a0?'•\u25a0
WERE OLD TIME PALS
i "Dad and I were pals in those days.
I was one of the' best runners on the
Chicago team and Latham, poor fellow,
I don't know where he. is, now,. was the
star of the St. Louis Browns. .Well,
they matched us for a 100 yard-sprint
and Dad trained me and | boosted jne
along. The race, was the event of .the,
season and I-.., wi1l modestly admit ;that
I beat Arlie in one of the- hottest. spurts
I ever made. Old Dad "won • it:' for m e
and now after all these years. I- hope,
to. grasp his good right. hand and thank
him again." . . . .~' *w, '„ '\u25a0'. ' "," % \ '\u25a0\u25a0.'_'
During the course of; his;^ spell bind
ing oration at 1 Dreamland, Sunday -shot
a rapid fire volley, of; advice, criticism
and abuse-'at "his listeners that-seemed'
to awe every.; one -of , them: ; He
nounced the average .\u25a0churchman7as ? : be- ;
ing too 'full' of commercialism "to i\ pay'
any attention to God.':, He -roasted', and.
toasted society as a s^am and' a; farce,
and- he* said, he was*' "trying '/to^ make'
this old-world better-r-to make it easier
to go ; to heaven and. harder Po'^break
Into hell." •"•:;\u25a0\u25a0 '.\u25a0". \u0084' .-\u25a0: \u25a0-.'}} . ]:'/; ; :_- "\u25a0.' '- : ;".\u25a0
:> Sunday whipped "himself into a, fury.
His eyes- turned - glassy" and he all -but
frothed :at ' the - mouth.^-He :: danced
around'the stage,- took' his -coat- offhand
acted just like he used todonvhen.the'
bases - were full . and • two .were * outl^.iHe
took the crowd. by storm >"and the-iur-.
ther, he progressed the" more ; vehement
he became, .Probably* nobody^. In that,
vast ; audience \u25a0 .ever . heard
quite" like It befpre in' the, evangelistic
line/; /'.\u25a0' ' •: ' r .-/ '\u25a0.' '•; - :^--/ v; -..-•-I.
'."Judging^' from ' the "way. '.many -of
your church people act; youvwrould imf
agine.»that.' they had -ft -first ;classPullr
man- palace car ticket', to- the.; Al
mighty's jQaliri and that , they, Jiad 'left
notice with" the' porter' hot to call, them,
'ti i\. Heaven •;' was. *;' reached,'.' '. thiindef ed
Sunday; ."but "most .of ; them; wakeJ up >' in
-tini«" to; realize.' that ' they-;" are "side
tracked" with/a .hot, box .and : ; that- the
blgjtripis'all a jbke. '• " . \u25a0 ' . ..
Ki/aYS .RELIGIOUS SIIAMv '
5 ."rm'.not a spiritual osteopath. ..I'm. a
surgeon';and every 1 time I "wield the
knifo". it 'goes .rightMrito '; the..' wou'ndvof
iniquity and j the stench and .corruption
cbm^out. Get together," all of yOu, ancl
shout^'AmTen!' now and. then. V Let .the
-"world -, know,;. that', .you. are.', not Y -- hide-'
bound.' -Half ; the \ itiembers^<of r. .-your",
churches, cpuld j die; tomorrow. and the
churches Would not lose 'a. bit pf .their
spiritual force.; I BlOstf of /you' "are rob
bing God. There .are ' too .rnany..>men
keeping- their. storeS'^openlpn,- Sundaj'
arid . passing^around -the collection .box
( irif church. ' The "majority \u25a0of \u25a0-"•' us • lack
enough; oil -to grease' one of ; the axles
of a ;wheel of God's ; chariot." ; . -, *
rThe".au<llence',thatJgr«eted. Sunday* at
his*, address ;. last \u25a0 "evening,, was «.:e.ven
greater!, than thelafternoon! crowd,' and;
if "any thing, .the speaker t more
forcible^ and; earnest- than >on his -first
appearance. " lie was ;. roundly \ 'cheered
and.'the more the crowdrhurrahedHhe
more.{he rpjistcd and ;c6ndemried all
"hypociites : and followers^ of the'devil."
; Sunday; isaccbmpftn led Mel/Trot
ter, another. • well known . evangelist
wlio conducted. a* very.successful.revlval
her last year." ;\u25a0"' ; Sunday's; wi f e r and i four
children, • ranging {frqmj a -babe- in; arms
to a /pretty- young jmissi/are "also * in--'
eluded ;.iri> the. party," -which.w ill, leave
for. Los 'this : af ternooTnA*;; \u0084:,".,
After,; a' few/lectures in 1 . the; south
Sunday' wlU'returWeast..' .r:/ f' ' \u25a0: ».'^: ,J
Low," RntPM East ' rind , Europe
Direct tb; Washington, D. ..C.,.; in' one
car. - Excursions Hhree*: timesl a** week.'
Write or; call. 'B7 4 Market street. v Wash.
ington-Sunsetv: Route,; San. Francisco.
:\u25a0\u25a0 :\u25a0•".••---:: \u25a0•". ••---: Phil K.\ Gordon, Agent.^.•"-'
CALLS MARRIAGE
RECORD FORGERY
Attorneys Have Tilt in Case In*
yolving the Estate of John
.Fighting at/every, stagejthe appllca
tion'of.Mary' E. O'Dono'ghue/ for letters
of .administration' over V the" estate y°f
John] W./O'Donoghue, her late/husband,
Attorney B. M. Aikens, dounsel for Min
nle~.Nugent,-/niece 'of ; the .dead ic 'man,
charged in -Judge; Graham's-court'yes
\u25a0ter'daV > 'v-thatyihVi-'marrJagfe/;_cert'l'flcate.
•rroducea-by^Mrs./O'bonoghue-was a
forgery."'. Hiram W? ' Johrisojv- attorney,
for -the -widow, 'had/in trodu'eed the/cer
ttitgateSa^e\^deo^OT^howffig^piat^the
marriage to6k" place": ln - Martinez^ pbri
tra Costa ;. county, VlhrJariuaryTU 9o6,* be
ing solemnized ?by Kev.'Clar'ence^Stev
ens. Attpnie^^Aikens,* on _ behalf ' of Min
nie . Nugent, 'who ; is 'also' applying' for
letters vof administration, f jumped 'up
and~said: : \u25a0\u0084,. \u25a0"'\u25a0-,£ \u25a0\u25a0 .'".: / -/\u25a0 /' >•--\u25a0//''
, J'l ihave written: -tox the.- recorder; of
Contra.,' Costa county .and ' he>.informs
meZ;therc ,; is /.'no.-' record ;: .of .-/any^ such
marxiase. .1 want . time ;to^look -Jnto
this/ matter \vith : a2yiew/of;;attacklng
ihe v Qertiflcate':as ; a" •\u25a0forger>^that.*is;- If
an inve^tigaiioli '\u25a0; ot i-th'e'; facts.* shows It
tp^be sucn"." '-' _v"'- : /; a ' ;J> -\u25a0\u25a0 '\u25a0''.\u25a0 .3 •'\u25a0-\u25a0 -.
•r-V'-That/rs^ a /co>vardlV./ statement'." to
make," '" retor-tedj JohiTson.^ .",1 .r am 'will
ing. : to \u25a0 . give] -. this C'-g^n tlemanV; .time to
make;,an investigation,, but 1 if^he.'rf ails
to ? , make/. gpod ! . If am';. Inclined /to/ ask
your." honor , to mete/out-tbVhlm "exactly
whatVhe J deserves."v .-,,;; .:/.:• \// M : j
' / "If • thi3 '.is Mo tr a*f oVgery, ' thl s 'woman
is. capable' of • rnakUigVonej''/A'lken /said.
.; *'You> can/ : have.Ttime-;tq^pVoveryour
cowardly".s tatements.V and if "do
H6t,* : 7w«S : -wlll-tell-:;'yo'u'-what'<we^think
of you;V v replied • 'Johnso n,; / .?".:/ : ;;; : /
', \ ;"You;may tell/ me -.\u25a0what^yqu ; think 1 of
me : any time- you .llk^,'; {retorted VAiten.
-'I .J. Ju <ige ; *GraKam<;Jgranteti
aric^;/ of >. the /case/'to^ February: * 16.
O'Dbnp^hue V'.wasVa-'i "' mining Vengineer,
who vdiud-* lntestate /r-JanuarVs-'-last.
Mrs.* MoryE.'.O'Donpghue.^his" widow,
who.wa3.apr.ointt ; dihis';guafdlan ; vSep
tember,l3,; lgoe^says/he leftVani'estate
Of; only, about; 82i500.. \u25baThe v 'niece,- r MIn-
Mie Nugent; -.Vclaims -t-'.tti^' '-'estate^' was
worth .. aboutv./ s9|ooo,"i and "/.that * fjdni
O'Donoghue took; ad Vantage .of ;h"er.:ap
pointment/ as -guardian^ to ; deplete- the
estate";o.f , a/ considerable" amount. '. -
HIBERNIA;SAyiNQS^
M^ ! MeD
Supreme Court ' Passes On iCase
I nvoly ing; Fbrcclosurei Sale '\u25a0--'\u25a0
The^supreme •court affirmed'the- judg-
meijt of j.the .lower court ,-inithe^case
of the Hlbernla -savings^ arid- loan- soci
etv^afjainst I.Jame1 .James 'T.VBoydfyesterda'y;
Tlie action was on an alleged judgment
f or. dettclency, after i a' .foreclosure .; sale
of 'mortgaged^ property:.- ;;v: t^rvy ; •:
\u25a0.-.The jury, actlrig;.on;instructions f from
the courts bfought v ln>a^verdict'ln T « favor
of the 'plalntlff.isßoyd! appealed; trom-the
judgment- and 'fromrtherordert denying
anew.trlal.
'An} application}; for alwrlt^of^habeas
corpus, to 'Secure? h!s% released from:. the
Oakland ,prisonr was-; filed */tvith~> the' 'su
preme v cour t;yes terday V by, R;; C .*. Blake]
who -?alleges^ in vhlswpetltionHthat thesis
being detained'Hlegally^Helclaims^ that
he^is^being^held s on^b^lmisdemeanor
charge: for obtdlning{money«under;false
pretenses;Jalleged f to abave-jbeehicom
mitted than; three syearsiagoSThe
court ;.wiiHprobably| actfion* the 5 petition
nextftweek.>,£V\ ! ; J .jS..-:,ni;.,;;k--v.,-;.iv ; 'i,,
COFFEY TRIAL LIKE
CALHOUN HEARING
United Railroads Officials Take
Stand to Tell- of Handling
Alleged : Boodle Fund
Mysterious $200,000 With»
drawn From* Mint Subject of
A Day's ProceecHngs
-The. parts played by Patrick Calhoun
and^William M. Abbott and other offl r
cials ;of the ': United Railroads In the
alleged: bribery of the Schmitz board
of. supervisors rwere retold yesterday at
the; trial -of^Mic^ael^W^Coffey^before
Judge Dunne. But for . the absence of
the- trolley magnate ; and the presence
of \ Coffey. and; a few other changes in
the -court setting , the trial ; yesterday
was a : rehearsal- of the Important
drama in; which Calhoun is now figur
ing. - - .
. Calhoun's letters and telegrams of
authorization for. the -payment of
1200,000 to TireyiL/ Ford were read
into the court* record once again. Then
the money was traced, to Ford's /office,
where it was placed temporarily on a
table in that offlclal's-FOom. And' from
there .the; money,, is 'alleged; to have gone
to Ruef and from: the curly boss to the
supervisors, one of whom was- Michael
W. Coffey, the defendant. The circum
stances narrated by each witness clear
ly corroborated the testimony, offered
by James L. Gallagher.- A complete
chain of circumstances was welded at
the close of the day's session' and those
who helped to do the welding were offi
cials connected with the United Rail-
WITXESS IS MISSING
There was an ' important witness
missing. t George Starr, treasurer of
the United Railroads, and his books,
were not/to be found. Starr was In
charge of all; moneys at the time when
the : briberies:. occurred, but he Is now
somewhere In New York. George B.
Willcutt, auditor for th^ United Rail
roads; Adam Dahler, 'acting treasurer
for the railway company; William M.
Abbott, counsel for the railway, and
George Francis, secretary l to Tlrey .L.
Ford, l were called .as witnesses. They
added to the chain-of evidence against
Coffey, -notwithstanding the reluctancy
displayed by several of the officials to
answer a number of pertinent questions
asked by William Hoff Cook, the as
sistant prosecutor. .Memories were
ominously dull In -respect to several
Incriminating circumstances, but with
the former testimony of "the "witnesses
at hand the assistant district attorney,
managed to gain his point.
The defense took little interest In
this procedure other than to object to
certain! lines of testimony and to ask
the single' question; "Did yon see any
one pay any.money..to Mr. Coffey?"
Carroll Cook attempted at one stage
to adduce testimony from Willcutt in
an .effort to show that certain large
sums' of monef-— for- relief purposes
had been paid out "by the company
without entry upon the books of the
corporation. -This attempt was made
ostensibly for the purpfse of showing
that is was not unusual for the railway
company to pay out money in-large
sums' without making vouchers, for It.
TRACES RELIEF FUXD
William Hoff Cook declared, however,
that as the defense had raised, this ques
tion, he proposed to show just where
the $65,000 relief fund from the United
Railroads . went, ~ and - unlike . the ac
count* of $200,000, it" was accounted for
In the usual way by. vouchers made at
the various banks -which did business
with : the railway.- The \u25a0 alleged, boodle
fund was : never accounted for in the
books of the corporation, but handled
entirely, It is alleged,- by Ford and Ab
bott. ' : \u25a0\u25a0:\u25a0-, \u25a0\u25a0' - '\u25a0- :--'.•-•\u25a0 \u25a0:. : •\u25a0\u25a0
i. E. D. Hawkins, .\u25a0 chief book-keeper
at » the mint; Thomas! P. .Burns, cashier
at- the United- States subtreasury;
W. X.v Cole, '-former/ cashier. In the
mint, -and ,* Jacob /'Selig,^ clerk at
the mint,/ were 'called\by: the .prosecu
tion- as and'/testifled to the
facts concerning, the withdrawal of
$200,000' from.thelmlnt; 'which "was ex
changed-for"bills,of various denomina
tions; at 'the subtreasuryl -./\u25a0\u25a0;-\u25a0 - \u25a0'\u25a0'. -
Charles J.; Heggerty, . Ruef's office
boy, was brought into court on.an at
tachment,- as.he I failed Yto> : -.appear'.,as a
witness, earlier Jn the* day. := He : told
of visits -paid Cby Mullally arid Ford to
Ruef's office, about the time when the
boodle^ money, changed/ hands. "James
C.'ShaVpe, .^custodian ••\u25a0of the. Western
national-bank r saf e; dep'oslt vaults^and
Thomas C. Hlnsch.^ gatemari.-at the
bank.- testified that- Ruef had three safe
deposit boxes. fn the .bank. .
WOMEN^INCpRPORAf E THE
;town : and country club
Organized: fo'rj Social Intercourse
and to Maintain Clubrooms
/.Articles of \u0084^ incorporation ;of \u25a0;. 'the
Town, and -country/ club, a new women's
social organization, were 'filed 'with
the/county/ clerk /;yesterday./ ' The/of T
fices. of \ the, : club are at ' 1 916 t Franklin
street'and'/itVlsv formed,, according <tb
the .articles, to promote/social'inter
eourse 'and' to maintain clubrooms,^ li
brary./etc. :The v directors are;
line ! H."; Robinson, \u25a0- Ellens S. - ; Baker. \u25a0 Eva
R.:*Barroni • Eliza 'H.VCarrigan, Helen
R.> Mitchell., 1 Edith^K, Davis, . Anne 'M.
Dibbles,- Minnie, ,;Bertramu- Houghton,
Maryi K.^Hopkinjß.v Florence? J.- Spencer
and Anne dv' Pont-Peyton./ ••: .» .• ". \
coxcert.;atC,the pa«k ; ;
,\The 'following .program", of music, in
honor , of i Abraham Lincoln's centenary
will bei; given 'in Golden ;Gate. park to
day, weather. permitting: -•' ->"
Anthem, "Star Spangled Banner.'.' ; "' '
March, " "Araerlcan > Sielodles" / . . . ....'..'. Weldon
OTtrture, •• " American 'Songs'-' '. ........... T0banl
Opins »from ."Robin \u25a0> Hood 1 .'. .."..... ."...De; Koren
"Humorcsque ;\u25a0 Yankee D00d1e"' .......-.;.. Ueeves
"Recollect ions. 'of CCItII^ War" .'.". . .\ r. : . . . Beyer .
Mosaic; Introducing '.\Airs of ,' All- Nations*'.. Sousa
Pencrlptlre, " • "Cavalry .t~ CbafgeV .V. . . .: .jXuden
Selections, ."Favorite. American -Songs". .".Bendix
Fantalsje ~ • ".American*! . >: . ; . . •'. ». . . '..'.: Herbert
Patrol. -"Blue ;and. Gray" . . . . .... . . • . . .Dalbey
yAmerica.'.'^ \u00847- :;.'•\u25a0' ."; .. : ':''.?'.:',:, .i
HOTEL 5Jv FRANCIS
yrhe furthest 'advance iqi >
science\in\hqtel service
:;;\u25a0- ,\ \u25a0•-'_..\u25a0•\u25a0 '." ', \u25a0\u25a0-.'\u25a0'\u25a0..' '' \\ l '.;"\u25a0'
I Quick = room service is gained '•
.by • maintaining, .pantries '.ion
every* other floor. .''\u25a0 '
"the . management „ of
.; '•>: ;> '.r: ; \ James .W00d5..;. ;..
HENEY'S ILLNESS
POSTPONES TRIAL
Calhoun Case Delayed Until
Monday Owing to Prose
cutor's Indisposition
New Special Jury Venire to Be
on Hand When Graft Hear
ing Is Resumed
. Francis J. Hehey's continued Illness
caused Judge Lawlor yesterday morn
ing to order a continuance of the Cal
houn trial until Monday and no sessions
of the case were held yesterday. Judge
Lawlor announced that Dr. Herbert C.
Moffltt had reported -to him that Heney
was .still -confined to his bed. He ad
monished-the jury to refrain from dis
cussing or reading anything. pertaining
to the case,' and dismissed all the tales
men in attendance until Monday morn
ing. ....
A new, special; jury venire will be, on
handat that time and the case will
be resumed without further delay.
Heney's* illness,- as reported by his
physicians, .is. not of a serious nature.
He is-' suffering from an attack or the
grip, "'arid % the) doctoVs.J- in . ordering
him Jo.r emain, in. bed. for a few days,
have ' merely-; taken a precautionary
step.V " '\u25a0-\u25a0 ' \u25a0 '- 'S. • ' "
- It has been found that^Heney's-hear
ing was slightly, impaired at the time
he was shot . /during the Ruef trial.
While.this after effect has not been suf
ficient 'to.'bother 'him" to any great de
gree. Dr.- Moffltt does not -consider it
prudent.to allowhim to expose himself
while suffering from "a bad cold orthe
grip. -•\u25a0• '
TRAIN ROBBER ON
v'st^;;-: ; * WAY TO PORTLAND
"Dutch" Pete Stroff to Be Tried
for, Crime in Oregon
"Dutch". Pete Stroff. train robber, who
was brought from San Jose "Wednesday
night to the city prison , on his way to
Portland, by Deputy Sheriffs J. J. Fitz
gerald • and A. F. Leonard, was taken
from the prison yesterday afternoon for
his destination.
Fitzgerald, who is also special agent
for the Oregon railroad and navigation
company, said that Stroff and two com
panions, John Hayes and James Burks,
boarded a train about 10 miles from
Portland on the night of December. 17
and stole packages of jewelry valued at
about $1,000 from the express. car.
Hayes and Burks were arrested
shortly after the robbery, but it was
not till "Wednesday that Stroff ' was
caught near San Jose by the two dep
uty sheriffs. rl^f^M.-
Personal Mention
B. . Heyman of Tacoma Is at the
Dorchester.
G. C. Hyatt of Bellingham is at the
St. Francis. J^/'
Victor E. Tull of Seattle and Mrs.
Tull are at the Granada.
Ex-Governor r Henry T. Gage of Los
Angeles Is at the Fairmont.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome A. Hart have
apartments at the Fairmont
. Fulton G. Berry, a hotelman of Fres
no, is a guest at the Stewart.
Charles J. Lex. a merchant of Cin
cinnati, is a guest at the Manx.
Mr.; and Mrs. H. M. Olcott of New
York are staying at the Stewart.
Mr. and Mrs. Truxtun Beale have
taken apartments at the Fairmont.
Mr. and" Mrs. Jonathan Slade of Chi
cago are registered at the Fairmont.
Dr. Gustav Boar and Miss Boar of
Portland are guests at the St. Francis.
' Rev. George McPherson Hunter of
New York is registered at the St. Fran
cis.' '
Dr. F. B. Whiting and Mrs. Whiting
of Seattle are staying at the St. Fran
cis.
Major Melville J. Shaw of the United
States marine corps is at the St. Fran
cis.
Montroyd Sharpe, . a businessman of
Santa Cruz, is a guest at the Union
Square.
J. D.'.SheVwood. a" capitalist of Spo
kane, -and Mrs. Sherwood, are at the
St. Francis.
H. P. Cramer of Winters and G. H.
Digman and family of San Jose are at
the Imperial.- \u25a0
W. C. Carpenter of San Louis Obispo
and Prof. W. L. Driver of Sacramento
are at the Holland. ,
. A. J.< Arighi and wife of St. Helena
and^ Colonel G. S. Adolphi of Los An
geles are >at' the'- Argonaut. \u25a0
"Gay Lombard, prominent in financial
circles in Portland. Ore., and Mrs. Lom
bard, are at the St. Francis.
|. : !^^?|%HUp^K^^^SßrBbß^9k^^^^J \j J5 wCI dll Cl
\u25a0 ntifisri ?l tin
. Some are' overhauled and reconstructed, being put into first class
: condition' pothers are but slightly" used and can't be told from new ones.
.They have been traded in on "account of. purchases of new high
grade pianos and were sold originally as high as $700 hew. »
, Tlie ; list comprises the following:
CHAPPELL & CO.- (Mahogany) FREDPJCK (Oak, Walnut and
AMISELL (Ebony) Jlahoarany)
SCII AEFFER (Walnut) ?,?H O>T (Walnut) -
STIRLING (Walnut) ERHARDP, 11. (Oak)
KISGSBURY (Walnut) «Tri\Si-lv*JSfc x
wir( , ftV ,„ \u25a0\u25a0!- _ v !STKI>>>AI (Ehony)
rvi^i^n^?^ 7) : '< FISHER Olaho^any)
WIIEELOCK' (Mahogany) ME L Y I L L E CLARK (Interior
CHIC.KERI>'G (Quarter Grand) Player)
Accommodating Terrhs to Those Who Desire
THE HOUSE THAT GUARANTEES—
JI&MJ. /^IJRTAZ & CON
rJw-""^pS?"*- 161S Van N ess Ave ",^^ *£ 9
SOCIALLY^
CHARMING, TOO
A ' Well Developed Flgmre, Ex-
quisite Bast Proportion, Well
Bounded Arms and ' ]Seek,
Jlake Homely. Women At-
tractife— Cot Tnis Out.
"There was recently published
the formula of a famous beauty
doctor who became wealthy m
the profession of figure culture.
Many of our famous actresses
and society ladies, it i 3 claimed,
owe to her science the charming
and exquisite proportion of fig-
ure which they enjoy.
So rapid and thorough ia the
treatment that one can almost
"see the flesh grow." One young
matron had to prove her identity
to her, husband after a months
absence, during which time she
had used the home treatment.
An increase of six inches is not
unusual after a month's treat-
ment.
Go to any druggist and get
separately two ounces of glycer-
ine, three ounces of rosewater.
one ounce tincture cadomene
compound (not cardamom) and
five cents' worth of borax. Mix
the glycerine and tincture cado-
mene, shake ancl let stand two
hours. Then add rosewater and a
teaspoonful of borax. Apply
morning and night, rubbing until
absorbed: then wash with hot
water and soap; dry thoroughly.
Continue a few weeks and beauti-
ful development rewards the
effort.
HillsM
UJiILL
The Aristocrat; of the
Coffee trade:
HILLS BROS. HIGHEST
GRADE.
1
One and two pound cans.
Particular People Prefer Packages
If your grocer does not carry this brand, send ordet
to us, we will see you are supplied.
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