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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-06
YOUR LIVER.

There is nothing which is more neg
lected speaking generally than liver
trouble. Foolish people joke about :" their
liver" as they would about the smallest
trihes in the world, and yet there is moth
ing more really serious. 1t you have ever
had dull pain on your right side below
your ribs, or have experienced disagreed
BILE sensation when lying on your left side,
or pain just beneath your right shoulder
blade. it is time for you to be alive to the
serious consequences which are liable to
ensue. These are sure signs OF liver dis
ease and you have got to take notice OF
them, or jaundice or dropsy is sure to
ensue Plain and certain relief is insured
bv using JOYS Vegetable Sarsaparilla.
You need it. and if you have any of these
symptoms it will quickly relieve you. But
neglect means just what we have told you.
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from the basement floor to the southeast
corner OF the floor of the belfry, measuring
the distance one must traverse in order to
reach that point?"
1t seemed like an hour before the an
swer came-which is another argument for
the theory that even time is relative, for in
truth the answer was given in less than
twenty minutes.
1.-TWO hundred and fifty seven feet" at
last Mr. Russell said.
Then another and another and another
line Of measurements was required-not
so much for the enlightenment of the jury,
perhaps-for it is not likely that they could
carry all these figures in their head-but in
order to get them all into the record.
Mr.. Russell answered all his questions
carefully and only after due deliberation or
reference to his notebook or by actual
measurement, both Mr.. Barnes and Mr..
Dickinson making notes all the time.
When Attorney Dickinson at last said
he was through with Mr.. Russell and that
his model of the tower and belfry might be
moved from its place on the table where
it INSTRUCTED Judge Murphy's view of the
jury, the court heayed deep sigh of relief
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attention when you saw the body on the belfry
hoor? asked Barnes.
'No, SIR"
Glow did the body appear to your"
81 noticed nothing particular except the
marks on the throat"
Chow was the body carried DOWN."
in sheet. 1t was taken in sheet and car
ried down and laid in the casket in the sheet"
"Was Mr.. Noble present at that timer"
Gle was downstairs
"Did he see the body them"
eyes, sir; when it was placed in the casket
Mr.. Noble saw the body"
"You have said you got Mr.. Noble. Where
did you find him?" asked Mr.. Barnes.
II sent for him to come" replied Detective
Gibson.
son Sunday, when you found the body did
you leave anybody on guard at the belfry door
when you went to telephone to Chief Crow
ayes, sir; had Officer Reid stay at the door
and told him to allow no one to enter the
belfry until came back
Upon objection of Nj. Deuprey the instruc-
tons given to Officer Reid were stricken out.
"Did you find any clothing on the floor
where the body lay?" asked Barnes.
was any clothing visible them"
'Did you see any jewelry or personal effects
in that room at that timer"
81 did not"
General Dickinson cross-examined again.
day."
Shortly after 9 O'Clock in the morning"
You found the body at what time?'
"a very few minutes after that"
"Was the janitor at the church,"
eyes, sir"
"Was there crowd on the street,"
mot at that time
"Where did you meet the janitor7'
Gle let us.in at the side entrance"
81 now give you photograph; do you recog-
niZe it %
81 do" said the witness.
"What is it %
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pleted. Mr.. Russell promised to make
several measurements during the noon
recess and report them in the afternoon.
Then he stepped down and out, and the
women in the audience woke up and
craned forward their necks, the men gaped
and rubbed their eyes and the evening
newspaper men sharpened their pencils
and began to take an interest in things
of this world.
District Attorney Barnes called for Wit
ness E. T. Gibson. Even Judge Murphy
looked relieved. Here was an end of the
figures and angles; here was-but was it?
81 desire to call Mr.. Mccullough to
identity some diagrams, said Attorney
Dickinson.
And then another set of ruled and
squared sheets of linen board was hung on
the wall beside Judge Murphy-one OF
them at time, and each one of them must
be fully and carefully explained by Civil
Engineer Ernest Mccullough, who took
the witness-stand for that purpose. His
diagrams were about the same as those
submitted by Mr.. Barnes for the people.
In one particular only they differed.
This particular-a small mistake in the
measurement-was pointed out by Mr..
Barnes. Then the explanation went on,
and on and on, the women returned to
their gossip and the men to their maps.
Presently both were -udely punctuated
by the courts announcement that the noon
adjournment was about to take place. 1t
came so suddenly and unexpectedly that
the audience, only half awake, started to
its feet almost as one person.
"Sit down, sit down. roared the bailiff,
and he pounded the gavel on the clerk S
desk to emphasize the order.
Keep your Seats" said Judge Murphy
in tone not much milder. The audience
sat down again and rubbed its eyes. Then
the jury was admonished as usual, and the
adjournment proceeded with due form
and precislon-the women lingering IN the
courtroom as usual until told to "move ON
by the bailiffs.
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ga photograph of the belfry door,"
GAS 1t appeared when Z?
''When first saw it on the night OF Saturday
April 49,"
:'You went there at about midnight?"
81 did"
What lights did you have?"
Candles
could you at that time see the scars on the
casing and where the lock in the door was ?"
Eyes, sir"
AT this point Mr.. Barnes took the photo
graph and examined it. Then he asked
some questions about it..
"You say you broke in the door Sunday
morning ?'' he said. Docs that photograph
show where you broke it ?"
at does not"
"But you recognize the indentation on the
casing and the lock as natural p asked Dick
inson.
"Oh, yes" said the witness.
Then the photograph went to the jury.
One of them said:
''The door is open here 2"
ayes" said the witness.
"You saw it closed %
eyes, sir"
81 would say" remarked Mr. Dickinson
"that these photographs were taken at the in
stance of the defense, somewhere about the
time of the preliminary examination. have
one of the door closed, but could not fine it,
The photograph of the door closed was
then offered to the witness. He identi-
fled it.
Then Mr.. Barnes handed witness type
written paper and asked him if he could
identify it.
Eyes; that is my report to Chief Crow
ley about the finding of the body oil
Blanche Lamont
Mr.. Barnes offered it in evidence.
Lawyer Dickinson objected.
Judge Murphy said the defense might
call for the document, but that the State
could not introduce it at this time.
81 only do so to accommodate the Defense
said Mr.. Barnes.
Mr.. Deuprey.
"Then l shall decline to produce the paper
when it is called for,' said Mr. Barnes, con the
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know all about how this measurement
was made. He was told in detail. and
then Mr.. Russell was let so.
''Call E. L. Gibson" said Mr. Barnes.
You are police officer attached 20 the de-
tective department p
~ am"
"Did you visit Emmanuel Church on the
18th and 14th of April of this year 2"
"Yes, sir"
''For what purpose ?"
ITO make search of the premises"
ION the first day-that was Saturday-what
part OF the church did you search 2"
III was in the evening, between 10 and IL
O'Clock. / went over the premises and into
the tower also. l could not get into the belfry,
because there was no knob on the door,"
Gibson was then directed to show on the
model the door of the belfry, just how
the handle had been knocked off. Under
Barnes questions he pointed out the door
to the belfry and described how it led to
the belfry from the gallery of the church.
"Did you return to the church on Sunday,
the re, 1 L = !, ?"
"At what time?"
mime O'Clock in the morning"
'W no was with you 90
Policeman Reid The janitor of the church
went with us up to the belfry door"
Ibid you find the belfry door locked %
ayes; the key the janitor had would not
open the door,"
Mr.. Dickinson objected to this answer
1t was repeated for the courts benefit and
then admitted, Mr.. Dickinson taking ex-
ception.
"Did you finally 60 into the belfry?" asked
Mr.. Barnes.
az did,"
"Tell us how yon, got In and what you found
there, if anything"
Witness pointed out on the model how
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-06
THE REMEDY.

The fact that years of public attestation
as to its merits helps great deal to con-
tinue the public confidence in JOYS VEG
ETABLE SARSAPARILLA cannot be
doubted, but it must also be remembered
that it is a purely Californian remedy
containing no injurious iodides-and it is
universally conceded to be the best family
medicine on earth. But you must be very
wary when you ask for it in drug store
that you are not CERTAIN is run on the
highest principles or they may try to palm
off on you an inferior article. If man
ever offers you something that che says
is as good as JOYS, forever after avoid
him as you would a noisome disease. He
is not dealing fairly by you. Now remem-
Der that. GG
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THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
De tective Gibson Describes the
Finding of the Body In
the Beifry.

De tective Gibson Describes the
Finding of the Body in
the Belfry.
The afternoon session opened with the
usual mum Der of women in the audience,
and Witness Mccullough still on the stand.
Attorney Dickinson pinned another map
on the board, and asked the witness what
it was.
"a map of the Mission district showing the
block in which Emmanuel Baptist Church is
located" answered Mccullough"
I'VE offer it as an exhibit" said Mr.. Dickin-
son.
'was it drawn from the City maps" asked
Mr.. Barnes.
eve have no objections" said the District
Attorney.
Lawyer Dickinson took another roll and
nailed it against the wall.
What is THAR" he asked.
ga diagram showing the crossing at Califor-
mia and Powell streets"
Made from the City maps? asked Mr..
Barnes.
mo; from actual measurement"
"On what scale?' ssked Dickinson.
"Ten feet to one inch"
ave offer it as an exhibit" said Dickinson
But Mr.. Barnes was careful. He ex-
amined the diagram closely and asked the
witness for several measurements. These
were given, and then Mr.. Barnes said
there were no objections.
Mr.. Dickinson handed witness photo
graph of a cable-car going south on Powell
street. near California; then one going
north OIL the same street. These were
duly identified, and became exhibits with
out objection.
"Can you tell me how many steps there are
from the basement of the church to the upper
floor of the belfry?" asked Dickinson.
~ 4 bao n I,
floor of the gallery twenty-five more, and then
to the upper floor in the belfry there are fifty
three, making in all 105 steps," was the
answer.
Are they all of uniform height?'
mo, SIR they are six inches from the audi
forum 10 the gallery, and five and half
inches in the belfry."
A number of similar technical questions
were asked and answered by this witness,
then he stepped down and out, and Mr.
Russell succeeded him In the witness
chair.
He was asked by Dickinson to give the
actual measurement from the auditorium
to the belfry floor.
cit is exactly 24O feet by tape line" replied
Mr.. Russell.
'When was this measurement nader"
Between 1 and 2 o'clock this afternoon"
Then Attorney Dickinson wanted to
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-06
YOUR BLOOD.

This is the vital fluid without which you
could not exist for single moment. When
you find yourself covered with pimples;
when you see that your digestive organs
are not working properly; when you are
heavy and dull in the morning, then you
may be sure that your blood needs purify
ing, and it needs it badly. About this mat
ter there is never any time TO lose. Delay
is far too dangerous to be thought of for
moment. JOYS Vegetable Sarsaparilla is
what you must have, and as it is without
question the greatest blood purifier in the
world, you have your cure in your own
hands without doctors aid.
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ground that it is privileged communication
to me-"
"Oh. we have a subpoena for the Chief of Po-
lice" said Deuprey.
"Was the lock on the belfry door sprung?''
then asked Dickinson.
ait was"
'And the knob Off"
'fes, sir"
Were there marks Of violence on the door,
"There were"
"Where-on the sill?"
YES"
"How long did you spend in examining the
door?"
"About ten minutes"
Gibson then went on to state that he
had searched all the church and the prem
ises generally, and the belfry was the last
place visited. He knew of but one en-
trance to the belfry at the time, but since
then he has found that there is another
way in, not properly an entrance, but holes
in the plastering and in the walls suffi
GENTLY large to admit of entering the
steeple. He had tried five or six skeleton
keys on the belfry door, but none would
open it. The next morning, Sunday, April
Ia, he was again at the beliry door about 8
O'Clock. With him were Policeman Richl
and Saderman, the ianitor. They tried
more keys, which the janitor had brought.
but none fitted. The janitor said nothing
about any other entrance to the belfry at
the time. Gibson had asked for the belfry
door and the janitor had shown him to it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-06
GOT THE GOVT?

Do you ever have pain in any of your
small joints? Your big toe ball, for in
stance? If so, hadn't you better make
sure that GU are not getting the govt? 1t
starts that way, and in Its advanced stages
you will find chalk-like Jumps forming in
the joints. Don't wait that long, for there
is not the slightest reason that you should.
Gout often arises from impure blood, too,
and that greatest of all blood purifiers,
joys Vegetable Sarsaparilla, will not only
relieve you of your present troubles, but it
will ward off future attacks.
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to the fact that time was precious ele-
ment to men not lawyers by profession,
and once he openly remarked that:
well all be dead of old age before this
trial is over-unless you gentlemen are
more expeditions"
Before court adjourned for the afternoon
Judge Murphy announced-after consult
ing the pleasure of the iurymen-that
there would be no sessions held on Satur-
DAVIS
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-06
Clarence Wolf Denies 1t.

Clarence Wolf will not testify on the
witness stand-as it has been stated he
would-that Durrant told him on April
that he intended to lead astray Blanche
Lamont.
"Durrant never so much as mentioned
the name of Blanche Lamont to me-" said
Clarence Wolf yesterday. II did not see
Durrant on April 2. In fact, l did not see
him at any time between March % and
Anril 5. The statement that went to the
prosecution with any such story is obso-
iutely and unequivocally falsehood.
nected with the prosecution in the Dur
rant case on such topic and have not
been subpenaed as witness"
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Barnes pru:,ed it down SO as to make it
refer only to shoes.
"she gave me everything but the Shoes" said
Gibson. ''She said, Here is everything but his
shoes He has but one pair and he has them
on"
The termination of Detective Gibson's
examination occurred conformity with the
arrival of the afternoon adjournment hour.
The trial goes on this morning.
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THE ARMS WERE FOLDED.
The BeIfry Door Had to Be
Broken Open to Effect an
Entrance.
MANY MAPS AND PICTURES.
A Morning Spent With the Model and
Dlagrams-The Great Crowd
Kept in Check.

THE DURRANT CASE IN A MINUTE
THE RELFRY SCENE.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-10
QUEENS HOUSE SERVANTS,
They Number 1 900, with hut Two Adu'-
lions since Henry Will

Vhav Number 1000 WIN hu' wv
lions since Henry VIII.
Oreon Victorias household is a large
ono consisting of Just a thousand per
sons for the maintenance OF whom Jhe
nation sets apart the sum of S2,oOO'VOV
e,.erv wear Most of the posts are SINE
cures or fixtures for life.
I'm the early part of Queen Victoria
roion. q. mistress of the robes may pos
sibIv have done a few hours work IN
the wear giving orders that the ap-
,orsi inf the sovereign should be care
fulv preserved from moth ana aust IL
moving the regal ermine, velvet ana
lace M stated times and seeing tnaC
tbe crown Jewels were always locHeu
mn safely after q public airing one
could also afIiX her name 70 Warrants
,,,Doverins one worthy tradesmah 10
,ou sowing cotton 10 the royal house
hold and allowing others 10 put up
tl,, roval arms over their doors pe-
c.,,es their various wares were bought
h,- perscns of iUustriOus degree. har-
~ier Sutherland's signature was Almost
os GOOD am addition TO business a0yer-
rissmsnts as To the Queen emDlal-
oned in big guilt letters over Ine
shops. .,-,..a 80.
some Of the posts are entirely Or
naweutal and others have very niue
Jrtv attached TO them Probably the
only additions to the household since
me time of Henry VIII. are two steam
snnlratus men. Although there is no
LONGER a royal barge, nor any pagean-
trv on the Thames, there are stu Il
Norge master and waterman, with
salary each of $4,000 a year.
For the past 500 years there has been
ro hawking in the forest Of Windsor,
lint me Office Of grand falc0ner, held by
the Duke of st. Adams has only been
s,Dnrsssed within the last two years.
There are four table deckers whose
sole autv is to lay the dinner cloth and
80 chat the plates. dishes and cutlery
are fairly set forth.
There is also O wax filter. who sees
+be candles properly disposed, and a
frsr and second lamplighter who re-
caives the same salary as mat of the
Poet Laureate. which is $500 a year
This may seem shabby payment, but
- v,rsf he confessed that most of the
noe+s laureate have been overpaid for
the stun supplied.
Tben there is the keeper Of the
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-10

Grafton. w. Va. April 9.-HOn.
George w Reynolds of Pruntytown,
the cattle king of West Virginia, was
registered at the Ward House to-day,
and i'm conversation with a Register
man I'm relation TO the outlook for cat
tie and sheep this year, said;
eel am we'll pleased the way cattle
end sheep are starting off this year;
sheep are higher. that is, spring
lambs. than they have been for years
past. being quoted at 10 and II cents
I'm Baltimore | don't think they can
or will stay quite that high. but it is
safe To- say that they will stay up at
good prices during this season. Cat
tie are now in good demand at good
prices. l think l can safely say that
/ have shipped more cattle than any
three men that ever lived in West
Virginia, and | expect to ship thou
sands of cattle and sheep this year. 1
have about seven hundred head OF my
own wintering, besides l have good
many more bought up.
wool. 1 think. will remain about
the same it was last year. have
thought for some time that 1t would
be little higher. but / see the monOp-
olists who control the price of wool in
this country are determined to keep
I it down if possible. A few of them
/ had o meeting in Wheeling the other
dav and agreed what they would start
it at this spring, and they further
agreed TO keep il down to that II they
/ could. Those fellows who met in
Wheeling. buy. through their agents,
about all the wool in this State. But
one good thing the little we farmers
loose on our wool we more than save
i'm the purchase Of clothing for our
selves and families; and we are not
the only ones that are benefited by
the reduction in clothing. Every one
who buys clohing feels 1t. The reduc-
tion in the price of clothing has been
great blessing to the whole country.
To me it is very plain that putting
wool ON the free list is not the cause
of the fall in price. It has been going
down ever since the Mckinley tarln
was enacted. and before Cleveland
administration (the last oue) begun.
ann certainly we'll pleased with the
business outlook this spring
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-10
Coal Onerntors Indicted.

Charleston, W. Va, April 9.-The
hanawha County Criminal Court
grandjury adjourned, after returning a
number Of indictments. The jury took
into consideration the screen law, and
indicted four coal companies, namely,
the Winifred Coal Company, Monarch
Coal Company, Stevens Coal Company
and the Belmont Coal Company.
There were returned eight indictments
against the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail
way Company. The Charleston, Glen
DENIM and Sutton Railway Company
was also indicted on twelve offenses.
each road being indicted for obsuuct-
ing public highways and for not hav-
ing sign-boards at crossings. The
screen law was declared constitutional
by the Supreme Court of the State,
and these indictments are the first re-
turned for three years.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-10

Washington, D. c., April 9.-Japa-
nese advices up to March 16, show
that in the native press the peace
mission Of Ii Hung Chang occupies
the leading place While some jour
nails are more moderate in their de-
mands, others declare in uneQuivocal
terms that peace is an impossibility
until the flag Of the rising sun floats
over Pekin The Mainichi, in a rath-
e5 philanthrOpic manner, advocates
anneXing a part of continental China,
not merely for the two usually adj
vanced reasOns-namely to secure the
independence of Corea and the main
tenance of peace in the East, but that
it would be contrary TO the principles
of humanity to suffer the Chinese in
the newly occupied districts to fall
again under tho barharous rule Of
China.
An excellent scheme for the ami
hilation of the Japanese submitted
by a sage of high repute is reproduced
from a Chinese newspaper. The
scheme was originated in answer to
the proclamation of the governor of
Marking, who ordered all those under
his jurisdiction to devise some scheme
for the destruction of all the Japa-
nese. The scheme was as follows:
Every soldier should be armed with
sword. long bamboo pole and buck-
ct of water. The pole and the bucket
should be held with the left hand,
while the sword was grasped with the
right On charging down upon the
foe. the buckets should be hurled at
the opposing ranks, so as TO wet their
powder and render their guns useless.
The bamboo pole should then be
thrust between the legs Of the enemy
and given q twist, which would cause
the Japanese to tOpple over in the con-
fusion. After that it would be an
easy matter to finish of the dripping
and PROSTATE fees with swords. The
governor, it appears, did not take
kindly to the suggestion, and, as the
story goes, drove the pseudo sage from
his presence in a fit Of rage.
Evidently the stoutest resistance
which the Japanese eXpeditionary
army as It advances on Pekin will
meet, says one of the Japanese papers,
will not be offered by LiiHung Chang's
soldiers, nor by the Ma'Churian troop
ers, but by the Mohammedan soldiers
of China. This was indicated by the
conduct Of Gen. Tsao at the battle of
Phyong-Yang. He acquitted himself
as a true general should, while Yei
and the other Chinese generals dis
graced themselves by their pusillan-
unity. Gen. Tsao's conduct at Ply
ong-Yang and Admiral Ting's at Wei
Hai-Wei We're, the papers say, the
solitary bright spots in China's dark
record during the war. TsaO was a
patriarch Of the Chinese Mohamme-
dams. A story has been told that when
the effect of Tsao's death reached his
native district, his wife declared that
she should collect some 5000 Amazons
and avenge the death of her husband,
and that the Mohammedans shared
her resolution.