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The herald., 1895-04-15
BLOOD STAINED THE CHURCH

SAN FRANCISCO. April IA. - The
Emanuel Baptist church. on Bartlett
street, between Twenty second and Twen-
ty-third streets. in this city, has been the
scene of two Of the most atrocious muir
ders ever committed in the state. Yes
terday the mutilated and murdered body
of Minnie Williams was found in the Ii
brary of the ediice. Today the dead and
nude body of Blanche Lamont was found
III the tower of the same church. The
same hand, the authorities believe, slew
both girls and w. II. I. Durant, the
young man suspected of both crimes, is
now in custody.
Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams
were members of the Emanuel Baptist
church, and members of the unday
school class. The former was a pupil at
the Normal school on Powell street, in
this city; the latter was companion in
family in Alameda. across the bay from
this city. Both were 81 years old, bru-
nettes and pretty and modest girls. Both
had been the recipients of attention from
young medical student named W. II. I.
Durant, who is also the librarian of the
church and the secretary of the Young
Peoples society of the church.
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BURNED LIKE A WISP OF HAY

very little chance to save anything at all.
They simply had to grab what they con-
sldered their most valuable possessions
and run. Occupants of the lower floors
were more fortunate, and lost but little
Thez>anagers of the hotel issued orders
to ne servants to leave the furniture and
all the fixtures to burn. and devote their
entire attention to the luggage and effects
OF the guests, and this Injunction was
strictly followed. Beyond the books in
the office, the cash and the silverware bnt
little of value of the hotel property was
saved.
The grand piano, one of the four in
struments in the hotel. was carried out
to place of safety. but tie veneering was
all cracked and blistered by the heat.
The sloping grounds about the hotel
soon looked like military bivouac.
Trunks and boxes, chests and hat cases
were scattered about everywhere. After
the flames had eaten up everything, the
walls had fallen in and there was abso-
lutely no hope of saving anything else.
the guests started sort of baggage ex-
change. Everybody had grabbed what
ever he could. whether it belonged to him
or to somebody else. Then when the ex-
The herald., 1895-04-15

Today a sample run Of illuminating oil
was made. and it is a beautiful water
white, fully up to thes andard test.
There is considerable activity in oil
land holdings and many inquiries from
Eastern capitalists.
More attention is just now being at
tracted to the Wyoming fields than ever
before. 1t is conceded that this must be
one of this country's final supply points,
as is evidenced by the present East tern
shortage.
The Salt Creek producing wells now
number five. with No. 6 nearly finished,
and the piping and material now in
transit to complete six more.
The herald., 1895-04-15

On April Sd Miss Lamont. disappeared.
Diligent. search failed to reveal any trace
of her whereabouts and her aunt. Mrs.
Noble, with whom she had been living,
was totally unable to throw any light on
the affair. Miss Lamont came from Dbl
Ion, Montana, several months ago, having
been sent to San Francisco for her health
and the same time to attend the normal
school to perfect herself as teacher.
Last Seen With Durant
The last person seen in her company
was W. III. L. Durant, young medical
student, who it appears had been on
friendly terms with the missing girl.
On Saturday morning at IL O'Clock the
mutilated body of Minnie Williams was
found in the library of Emanuel Baptist
church on Bartlett street. The girl had
be en- assaulted and her remains were cut
and hacked, the girl having evidently
died from loss oflbIood. On further ex-
animation it was found that she had been
gagged, the assailant tearing part of her
underclothing and thrusting it down her
throat with sharp stick, badly lacerat-
ing the tongue. Two witnesses state that
they saw young man and woman en-
ter the church, the former answering the
description of Durant and the latter that
of Minnie Williams.
Following this clue, the police at once
put the residence of Durant under sur
veillance. Miss Williams lived with
friends in Alameda who gave her home
until she could secure a position. She had
been a regular attendant at Emanuel
church, having formerly lived in that
neighborhood but on the separation of
her father and mother had removed to
Alan eda.
Friday morning the Morgan fanny.
with whom. she lived, had packed their
household goods preparatory to moving
to Tacoma, and Miss Williams had re-
moved her possessions to the house of
Mrs. Noy, near the church. Friday even
ing she was to have attended a meeting
of the Young Peoples Society of Emanuel
church at DR.. Vogel's house. At p. m.
she left Mrs. Voy's house to attend the
meeting, taking Il latchkey with her.
She never returned there. About the
same time Durant left his home on Fair
Oaks street. in the same vicinity, bound
for the same meeting. About O'Clock
Durant met Philip Perkins and asked
him some questions about trip to
Mount Diablo which the Signal corps of
which he was member was to take
the next day.
At DIR. Vogel's
At $3.50 he appeared at DR.. Vogel's resi-
dence where the young peoples meeting
was in progress, and none were merrier
than he during the remainder of the
evening. AT II O'Clock he lett with a
party of young people and went home.
The next morning Durant arose early
and went with his comrades of the Signal
corps to Mount Diablo, fifty miles away.
The two murders are so closely connect
ed that it is now necessary to go back to
the Lamont case. Yesterday Mrs. Noble,
the aunt of Miss Lamont, received
through the mail a paper containing the
three rings worn by her niece the night
she disappeared. On the paper were writ
ten the name and address of Theodore
Durant. This, together with the fact
that Miss Williams an intimate friend
Of Miss Lamont, had been heard to say
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was assisted to Dress bundled up and
carried downstairs.
Cashier Bean got cut off by the flames
when he was on the second floor but
managed to escape by going out on the
roof of the piazza and jun ping to the
ground below. Fortunately he was un-
injured.
After the fire had burned itself out
every body began to make some arrange
ments for shelter. General Wentworth
and several of his staff stablished head
quarters in the bowling alley below the
hotel. Most of the guests went to the
Hotel Green in Pasadena, although some
of them went to the Echo Canyon house
and a few came to Los Angeles
The following is list of some of those
who were staying at the Raymond:
Mr. and Ers. Edward Balm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoyt and children.
Fraul'in Vogt and children, valet, maid.
C. W. Kingsley and wife, Boston.
G. willard and wife, Boston,
Harvey Bacharach, Faribaut. MINI.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julin Fowler, st. Louis.
Mrs N. P. Rogers and maid, New York.
Mr.. ]. P. Rogers. New York.
Miss E. NJ. Rogers New York.
4. J. Richardson ana wife,
r. w, Richardson.
T. L. Wells and wife, children and maid.
Chicago.
j. NJ Cooper and wife. New York.
Mrs. W. II. Pile, Philadelphia.
r. ii. Pile. Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs Howard r. Thompson, London.
Mrs Marlin Ryerson, Chicago.
Mrs. Campeau, Chicago.
Miss Laura A. Farnham, Boston.
Miss Annie ]. Becker Boston.
Miss Mary L. Becker, Boston.
Mrs. H. T. Dickey, maid and valet New York
Mrs. Mdek. Casey and maid, New York.
Robert Stuart and wife. Chicago.
John Stuart, jr., Chicago.
II. G. Hutchinson, Boston.
Charles c. Harding, Boston.
F. A. Foster. New York.
Miss Clara A. Dows, New York.
T. E. Gill. wife and son, steubenville, Ohio.
Mrs Morrison, Pittsburg.
Mrs. Jacob Newman, child and maid, Chicago.
Miss Goodman. Chicago.
Colonel J. Manso Loomis. wife and maid.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Harris, Philadelphia.
Master Edison Harris child and nurse, Phila-
delphia.
Mr. and Mrs. D. W.. Rust, Detroit
Miss Loretta Foster Tippuis.
A Yunger, Chicago.
S. Greenbaum and wife. San Francisco.
Late in the afternoon Gene al Went
worth had somewhat recovered from his
excitement and he sent the following
message to Boston:
Walter Raymond. 400 Beacon ST., Boston:
The dear old Raymond is burned to the
ground. No one injured and think the guests
have saved the majority OF their personal
effects. w. c. WENTWORTH.
Mr.. Raymond is the owner of the hote'.
He builG it in 1886 and 1887 at a cost of
about $500 Since then many i'm
provements were made. Last year, for
instance, an electric plant was put in at
a cost of $780, coo and a number of rooms
were added.
The owner is member of the excuI-
sion firm OF Raymond & Whitcomb and
he owns besides two other hotels-Went-
worth Hall in New Hampshire aud big
hostelry at Glenwood Springs. Colo.
These are only open at certain seasons of
the year. They are all operated by one
manager who takes all his help from
place to place at the proper seasons.
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The hotel is total loss and what was
saved of the furniture and fixtures
amounts to practically nothing.
The insurance is about $205, 600.
Mr.. Raymond seems to have been hav-
ing very bad fortune lately. Within a
year his parents have died and a week
ago one of his children passed away.
Most of the servants secured accommo-
dations at the Green. They will be taken
east Immediately.
Col Wentworth says the hotel would
have been closed in a week at any rate.
SO far as can be learned the conflagra-
tion was due to defective hue. The lin
ing burnt out and the frame work adjacent
to the brick took fire. This is Manager
Wentworth explanation of it at any
IN
The herald., 1895-04-15

ctement was all over they began sorting
out their different belongings.
A flock of express wagons drove out
from Pasadena, and they all got heavy
loads. Some of the stuff was taken to
the railroad station, some to the Hotel
Green, Pasadena, and some to other
places.
Nobody was I'M njured in the fire. at least
so far as has been learned at present.
Considering the rapid progress the flames
made. this is almost miraculous. Had
the fire broken out at night, when every
body was in bed. there must have been a
tremendous loss OF life. Everybody was
congratulating everybody else that the
conflagration took place just when it did.
During the progress of the flames Cen
eral Wentworth. the manager. who is a
large fat man with a shining bald head.
stood outside and watched his hotel
being eaten up by the red sheets of fire.
He knew what lot of money the place
had cost, and he knew what loss it
would be to Walter Raymond. the pro-
prietor. Who could blame him for she'd
ding tears? He did shed them too. and
lots of them, as he walked frantically
up and down. waving his arms and
shouting all sorts of orders to whoever
came near him. One man came tearing
out of the house yelling like an Indian
that had sat on long slender tack.
In about three minutes he turned loose
more kinds OF blue-edged. red tinted cuss
words than any mule driver ever heard of.
He seemed to be afraid that somebody
named Howard had been lost in the
flames, and he wanted everybody to go
in search of him. 1t never occurred to
him to go on an expedition of that sort
himself. He was trying to persuade a
small boy to run up to the top floor,
when Howard" who was a ull-grown
man, came sauntering out with a cigar
between his teeth, apparently uncon-
cerned.
A young matron from the east had
gone with friend to the Easter services
at the Church of the Angels. In the
middle OF the sermon somebody rushed in
and told her that the hotel was on fire.
'My baby" she shrieked, and rush ed
out of the church. She had left her little
girl in charge of a maid and was nearly
crazed until she found the little one safe.
There were number of other instances
of that sort. Some of those who were
away, driving or picnicking. when the
fire broke out saved none of their effects
excepting what were with them.
A Mrs. Dicky of New York was staying
at the hotel with number of servants,
including an English valet named AL
bert. Albert WAS jewel, so everybody
said. He saved Mrs. Dicky and her
money and wardrobe, besides a bird in
big cage. Then he went about telling
everybody the proper thing to do under
circumstances of the sort and condoling
with the other servants and even guests
who had been SO unfortunate as to lose
their personal effects. Albert must have
formed himself after one of Thackelay's
characters.
"Oh Baldwin, he said to another valet
in the broad Cockney dialect. there's no
Use in tryin' 10 put hout fire like This.
Hall youv'e got to do bis to try hand save
what you can. Him mighty glad Hi
saved my lady. Iii made four trips,
Baldwin, but Hi got heverythink, even
The herald., 1895-04-15
THE OIL BOOM
An Advance OF Two Cents a GaIloI
Wyoming Oil 1en Jubiiant

CASPER, Wyo., April 1.-THE rise in
the Standard Oil Companys production
in the East caused an advance of two
cents per gallon at the storage tanks here
Wyoming oil men are iublant over the
prospects for u rise in lubricating OIL
which Is pumped directly from the wells
in these fields in marketable condition.
All OF these oils are finding ready mar
ket. and it is expected their prices will go
up with the Standard rise.
The herald., 1895-04-15
Suspected Stage Robbers

PUEBLO, Col, April 14.-Frank NJ
Miller and A. E. Wilhite, who were ar
rested here on suspicion of being the
Cripple Creek stage robbers, have been
turned loose. their claim of having just
come from Oklahoma being verified.
The herald., 1895-04-15
Secretary Smith in Florida

ATHENS, Ca, April IA. Secretary
Hoke Smith reached here today to look
after the confirmation of the sale of the
Georgia Southern and Florida railroad
for which his fee amounts to $40, 900, ac-
cording to report.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-30
Magnificent Corn.

Yesterday afternoon Col. R. k. Adams, of Noble Lake, sent to the GRAPHIC office some magnificent specimens of white bread corn. The ears were over a foot in length and eight inches in circumference. MT. Adams says that he planted 125 acres of this corn and it has pro- duced (, 1000 bushels. He is one of the few farmers ir Arkansas who keeps an account of his expenditures on the crops that he plants and he says that his corn, to plant, culti. and gather, only cost him 3 cents a bushel.
 MT. Adams recently sent twenty five bushels of this corn to the At lanta Exposition, and would have sent twenty-five bushels of yellow Tennessee corn, but that neighbor- ing farmer desired to contribute that.
 MT. Adams says that he now has enough corn to feed his stock and fatten enough hogs to run his plan tation for two ears, and he is as in dependent as } prince.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-30
 HENRY IRVING,
Great English Actor Coming to America He Brings An Immense Amount of
 Baggage With Him.

LONDON, August 30:-When Sir Henry Irving sails for New York to- morrow, he will take with him the largest amount of baggage and special scenery ever carried by and English actor across the water. In addition to the 130 trunks of all sizes carried by himself and the members of his company, there is 1000 tons of special scenery and properties 10 be used in the elaborate productions of his pieces. The repertoire for which such a great amount of paraphernalia is required in producing includes King Arthur, /" 'SThe Story of Waterloo" "Faust," Beckett "Much Ado About Nothing," "Macbeth" and a number of other popular pieces. Among the members of his company who will accompany him to Amer ica are: Miss Ellen Terry, Miss Julia Arthur and Paddy" Howe, the oldest of English-speaking actors. Sir Henry will begin his American tour at Montreal on September l6.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-30
CLEWS TO A ROBBERY
Which Attracted Worldwide Interest Some of the stolen Goods Re- covered After the Lapse
 of a Year.

LONDON, August 30:-One year ago this month all England was set talking by the daring burg lary and theft of $15, 1000 worth of jewelry from the residence of Princess Soltykoff at Beechwood. The robbery was one of the most daring ever brought to the atten- ton of the metropolitan police, and from the skill of the perpetrators. of which there was ample evidence shown by the blasted and rifled safe which stood in the Princess boadoir and from which the jewelry, together Withs cash and securities had been stolen, the work was immediately at tributed to American cracksmen and several of Scotland Yards best men were sent to New York to work up the case as it was believed the gang would endeavor to dispose of it's booty in the United States. After several months spent in searching for a possible clew, the men returned home and their report threw no light on the case which has continued to baffie the most vigorous efforts of England's best detective talent. Until this week, one year since the robbery was committed, there has been absolutely no develop ment.
 On Wednesday last, however, a most important discovery was made in Buekinghemshire. An Eton water man found concealed in the bank of a small tributary of the Thames a number ofsmall articles which were at once recognized as among those stolen from the SoItykoff residence. There was small satchel from which the mountings had been ripped, the re mains of a small purse ornamented with the gold crown and monogram of the Princess, a gold spiral pencil case, a gold mounted card-case containing several of the Princess cards and a second purse with u couple of small keys. The find has spurred mp the detective deparments, both of the government and of private agencies, to renewed energy, as it is understood that the Princess who returned from the continent upon hearing of the discovery will offer an additional reward to the sum first offered which it's self was a small fnrtnne
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-30
ANOTHER HANDSOME PRIZE.
In the Graphic's Bicycle and Typewriter Contests -Katzenstein, the Shoe
 Dealer the Donnor.

That liberal hearted gentlemen and nopular shoe dealer Mr. Jake Kat zenstein. asdonated pair of l.. A. " shoes toae given to the lady or oontlemen wbo comes out first in the GRAPHIc's Bicycle contest. Fms is most kind and thoughtful of him. trha shoes q 9e something that every h;cvcle ridel needs, and those sold hv Mr Kat enstein are the very best as all whee3men will testify.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-30
OTHER PRIZES.
The Ladies Coming Out Second in Each oi the Graphtc's Contests to Be
 Given Fine Hats.

The Kaufman Bazaar Company, always alert and enterprising, an- nounces that it will give to each per son coming out second in the GRAPH Ic's typewriter and bicycle contests, if such persons are ladies, the choice of any hat displayed at their fall opening. It does not seem right that a person, after making ahard fightfor the typewriter or bicycle and com ing out second probably by only a few votes, should getnothing at all, and the Kaufman Bazaar Co.,, realiz- ing this, thoughtfully offers beautiful prizes to such persons, pro yided, of course, they are ladies. The hats may be selected from their hand- some display and without regard to price, whether it be $5 or $20. know ing, as all Pine Bluff ladies do, the beautiful and costly hats this firm always carries in stock we can ex- pect to see a lively contest for second place.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-30
BURNED TO DEATH.
Mrs. HarrelI and Two Daughters For merIy of This County, Meet With
 n Horrible Fate.

The Memphis Commercial of August 17th published an account or the horrible death of Mrs. Callie Harrell and her two daughters, age 14 and Is respec- lively, at Arlington, Tennessee, on the previous night. A lamp exploded in the house occupied by the uniortunated family and before they awakened they were so suffocated or terroized that they were unable to get out of the burning building and were cremated.
 The family formerly lived in this county, near Sherrill, and for years traded with the k. M. Knox Com pany of this city.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-30
An Important Athletic Event.

CHICAGO, ILL, August 30:- Every thing is ih readiness for tomorrow's amateur athletic championships which promise to be one of the most important athletic events that has taken place in the West in recent years. The interest will of course center about the performance of Crum, the Iowa runner, who is con fidently expected to beat all existing records for both the 100 and 20 yards run. The list of entries for the vari- ous events includes fifty of the most prominent amateurs in all branches of the sport to be found in the West. Every atlethic club of note is repre- sented except the one at Detroit.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-30
THE SECOND BALE.
A Colored Jefferson County Farmer Has the Honor of Bringing It to
 Pine Biuff.

Allen H. Hough, n prosperous col pred farmer, who lives near swan Lake, has the honor of bringing the second bale of this season section tt Pine Bluff. and the first bale that WAS grown in this county. The bale brought in by Hough was a close second, us il arrived yesterday after moon only a short time behind that brought in by Mir. Brown, of Drew county. The bale weighed 300 pounds and it's class was middling. It was purchased by the Is. Nj. Knox Company Ut cents per pound and the farmer had the entire proceeds placed to his credit with that excel lent firm.
 fIongh is one of the k. NJ. Knox Company's best river customers. He is q splndid farmer, an iniustrions man and is making and saving money each year. He says that the cotton crops i'll hIs vicinity will be fully 20 per cent. shorter than that of last year
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-30
THE LAWYERS ADJOURN.
The Meeting of the American Ear Associ- alton the Most Interesting
 Ever Held.

DETROIT, MICH, Aug. 30. The meeting of the American Bar Asso- citation concluded it's work with the transaction of unfinished business this morning. The concluding ses- sion of the section of Legal Educa- tion is being held this afternoon. The principal papers are those on s'The Relation of Law to Our Ma tiohal Development by the Rev. Lyman Abbott, of Brooklyn, and 'sThe Importance of the Study of Jurisprudence by Students of Law, and the Extent to which It Should Be Taught in Schools or Colleges for the Education of such Students, by Dr. N S. Davis, of Chicago. The convention will come to a close with the annual dinner at the Hotel Cad lilac this evening, at which speeches will be made by prominent members from all over the country.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-30
One More nhiectinn.

Another startling evil of bicycle riding has come forth. A tobacco journal grieves that the craze has caused the cigar habit to fall off among young men to q ruinous ex- tent. This, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer, may arouse the mothers Of the American youth. That their darlings should go flying along the public highways, risking sore throats in the open air, constantly annoyed by the twitter of birds or the giggling laughter of pretty girls, when they might be sitting, safe and contented, in some dark corner, sucking at twofers, is danger that needs looking after. The youth of this country owe the public q duty. There are lungs to be filled on almost every street car, and if this craze continues, who shall stand at the front door of the car and smoke? There are faces to be tanned, and how can it be done by riding reck- lessly through the fresh breezes, be- yond the reach of burning mullin or cabbage leaves? Why, if the American youth presistsin this craze, there may be scarcely smell of him left, after awhile.