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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-16

some and shut out from the regard and
grace of the world. The saints whom
the Scriptures glorify were mainly
disgraceful failures in the eyes of
their times. Do we dare to be political
and financial failures; to be counted of no
reputation by social responsibility and Off
cial religion. that we may witness for the
truth of Christ in the face of the social and
political lies that are darkening the minds
of men and cursing our methods and insti-
tutions? If the religious leaders of our
day would be willing to suffer the loss of
temporal things, and show the world that
civilization through them might be made
righteousness of God, they could usher in
the thousand years of peace. They would
not drink of the fruit of the vine until they
could drink it new in the Fathers king
dom. God sends them, and sends us each
as truly as he sent Jesus to bear away the
sins of the world, and become disastrous
worldly failures, that divine social
order may be built mp amidst the
ruins of the society of civilized
seltishness-a society that is doomed to
pass away, either at the bidding of the
spotless love or in some swift Judgment
that shall try all that dwell upon the
earth. But the life fulfilled through fail
ure is the life of victory. The right hand
of the Fathers glory is just above every
Calvary. Unto those who are brave
enough to be made comfortable to their
Lords death and suffer i'll that good may
come to their brother men is given the all
power of Christ that converts temporal
failure into eternal triumph"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-16
STRANGE CHURCH MUSIC.
1.-THE Masked Balln for Easter at DR.. Glib
sons.

1.-THE Masked Balln for Easter at DR.. Glib
sons.
Since the murders in the Emmanuel
Baptist Church were brought to light there
has been considerable discussion on the
singular character of the Easter music.
Rev. George Gibson is musician, and
bright music was advertised among the
Easter attractions OF his church. Serious
minded people, however, are surprised that
the pastor should have taken selections
from operas, the music of which is written
around light and immoral plots, to figure in
his Easter programme. For the offertory
fantasia on Verdi's Rigoletto, for
the organ and piano, was on the pro-
Cramme. The plot of this work is based
on Victor Hugo's 1.-The King Amuses Him
self" and it describes the Illicit love OF an
immoral king for the daughter OF a hunch-
back. The most famous tune IN the opera,
ia Donna e mobile, is sung by the King.
In the song he expresses contempt Tor all
women: ''Woman is changeable and light
like a feather in the wind.
People are wondering now II DR.. Gibson
chose music associated with his sentiments
for his Easter Offertory.
The organ prelude of the evening service
was an arrangement by Leybeck of Verdis
"Un BalIo in Maschera, Ga masked balD.
lne plot OF JnlS opera Is DdSeu on the re-
venge of husband who learns that his
wife is in love with sweet-voiced tenor.
The husband gives a grand masked ball
where in the midst of the revelry he kills
his rival, and the music which was written
around this gruesome plot is considered no
more appropriate as an aid to devotion
than the airs from "Rigoletto."
The third operate selection which figured
in Dr. Gibson's Easter music was Wagner's
ttIa0QlauSer" This opera reaches a
higher musical plane than the other two.
Its plot tells the story of how a young
German knight was tempted by every form
of carnal delight when he visited the abode
OF Venus. DR.. Haweis has contended in
his book, "Music and Morals" that the
eperatic music of Handel was of such an
inspired character that it was fit for divine
worship, but no writer on matters musical
has advocated the fitness of THE Masked
BALI as an aid to devotion, and the fact
that it figured in the Easter programme of
Emmanuel Baptist Church, has shocked
those people who do not believe in church
members having anything at all to do with
halls
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!. the south leads to the gallery, which is
not used. because there are no benches.
The ascent to the steeple or belfry, as 1t
p IS called. is here. From this gallery there
is door that opens into the unfinished
interior of the steePle. This leads to the
MINER platform, about 100 feet above the
line of the sidewalk , TO reach tins one
that end on a platform. Each flight is
against one wall of the belfry 50 that ha9tr a
tbe last step is reached. Each step is
seven and half inches high and there are re
;nc6es wide in the clear, and on the left of
each fight is a pine banister-rail twenty
SIX inches above the steps, forming very
GOOD brace for any one making the long
ascent. At the top there is a platform
fourteen by fourteen and above this are
The rafters and cross-supports that run up
to the apex of the steeple. The steeple is
not very light. A number of Slated lights
on the four sides furnish air and light suf-
ficient to enable any one to find his way UP
without a candle. The stairs have on
them the accumulated dust of many
months.
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THE WORK OF THE POLICE.
They Are Constantly Gathering More Cir
oumstantial Evidence.

They Are Constantly Gathering More Cir
oumstantial Evidence.
Chief of Police Crowley and his force of
detectives have become more strong in
their belief that Durrant is the murderer
of Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams
They have continued to collect circum-
stantial evidence against Durrant, and
many people who were reluctant to speak
out what they knew are now volunteering
their statements. Detectives Bohen, Glib
son and Cody have the murder of Minnie
Williams in charge, and Detectives Sey-
mour and Anthony are attending to the
murder OF Blanche Lamont, though they
are all working together and frequently
compare notes.
An examination has been made Of Dur
rants hands and finger-nails to see if he
could have been the person who strangled
Blanche Lamont. Everything points
toward his being the murderer. The
strong imprint of finger-nails in the neck
of Blanche Lamont could have been made
by such hands as Durrant's.
General John II. Dickinson has been
retained by Durrant to attend to his case
in conjunction with Thompson q Thomp-
son. In fact, General Dickinson, who is
Durrant's superior officer in the National
Guard, win be his leading attorney.
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Nearly all the large fortunes that have
been made in the States of California and
Nevada were first started or sprung from
the laboratory of Thomas Price, who is now
associated with his son as assayists and
chemical analyzers. Time and time again
have fortunes been made through the
analyses of these analytical chemists. It
therefore must be patent to the public that
Messrs. Thomas Price & Son are absolutely
reliable. Knowing therefore that these
analytical chemists are reliable it is pleas
ing to the Edwin w. Joy Co. to publish to
the world what Thomas Price & Son
say of joys Vegetable Sarsaparilla.
The Edwin W. JOY Co., zee Stevenson
street, s. f.
Gentlemen: We have made careful
chemical analysis of several wel1-known
brands of sarsapari11a Gncluding -
and joys and have found them all, with
the single exception OF joys, to contain
iodide of potassium.
AS result we are able to pronounce
joys to be the only purely vegetable
sarsapariI1a now on the market which
has come under our observation. Yours
truly, THOMAS PRICE & SON.
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They believe that the work was done by a

They believe that the work was done by a
medical student.
That room is the one in which Durrant
kept on shelves, on the east wall, the books
that were loaned. In the southwest corner
is small table, one end of which is but a
short distance from the door. There are
two camp-stools and chair On the floor
little TO the right of the entrance there is
a mass of coagulated arterial blood. One
leg of the table is nearly in the middle of
this coagulated mass. A few feet to the
north Is another spot of blood but not so
large, and this has the appearance of
yenous blood. Between the crimson spots
on the floor there are no traces of blood,
but on the north wall there is clot of dry
arterial blood about five feet three inches
above the floor and six inches from the
west wall. From this clot there are sew
eral trickles of blood, and on the south
wall there are number of blood spots.
Frank A. Saderman, the janitor of the
church, in pointing out the room, said:
when Miss Williams was discovered, her
head was where this blood isl and he
pointed to the spot on the tioort near the
north wall end, land her feet were toward
the table"
On the table in the room are several
scraps OF paper and cards; two of these are
! the Sunday school cards of Arthur Lord
and Miss Chetfeld. There is another torn
scrap on which is written Edward l..
| Worth, 223 Capp street" On the floor are
| pieces of a bonbon cover. Several bonbons
| are in box in the storeroom on the oppo-
| site of the vestibule. Whether the covers
were torn before or on the night OF the
murder it is impossible at this time to de-
termine, but it may be that the murderer,
| for the purpose of attracting the attention
of the girl, procured one OF the bonbons
and gave il to her,
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JURORS AND WITNESSES.
Men Who Will Hear the Evidence and Those
Who Will Testify at the Inquests.

Men Who Will Hear the Evidence and Those
Who Will Testify at the Inquests
The Coroner's Jury which viii inquire
into the death of Minnie Williams will be
composed of the following: A. H. Frank,
535 Kearny; William Taylor, 529 Kearny;
A. Jonas, 403 Kearny; n. Kohn, 407
Kearny; L. Markus, 4O1 Kearny; H. She
manski, 408 Kearny; c. Dawson, 129
Kearny; ]. Taggert, 101 Kearny; P. Rugg,
80 Kearny, and L. Green, IA Chestnut.
The persons subpenaed as witnesses are:
Mrs. Nolt, 910 Twenty-frst street; DR..
Gibson, 9011 Valencia; H. E. Shook,
Golden Gate Undertaking Parlor; James
Sademan and Frank A. Sademan. 2515 La
A. Feeney and A. B. Riehl and Sergeant
Burke; G. NJ. Wolfe, $50 Twenty third ;
J. J. McGreevy, i57 Bartlett; A. E. Will
liams, 617 Bush, and c. J. Noble, So First.
The inquest on the remains is set for 10
o'clock this morning.
The jury that will hear the testimony in
the case Of Blanche Lamont will be COM
posed as follows: M. Estenbach, 205 Bat
terry street; J. H. Newbauer, 800 Front;
S. E. Newlein, 416 Front; V. J. Fell, 404
Front; Joseph Sullivan, 30S Front; II. NJ.
Fortescue, 800 Front; H. Mohr, 218 Front;
L. Harten, 216 Front; A. Birdsey, 129 Cali
fornia; A. Florence, lie Front; Charles
Dillon, 104 Front.
The witnesses in the case will be the
same as those in the Williams case. Be-
sides those already named: c. T. Hills.
3031I Bartlett street: c. n. Marston, So
Stevenson; Mrs. A. S. and Miss Voy, 1907
Howard; Harry Shook, 2429 Mission; P
Chappell, Union Trust building; Clark H.
Moyar, 934 Mission; janitor, armory, cor
ner Page and Cough streets.
The remains of the two unfortunate girls
were removed to the Golden Gate under
taking parlors last evening. The funerals
in both instances will take place at 2 P NJ.
to-day. Miss Williams will be buried in
Laurel Hill Cemetery and the remains of
Miss Lamont will be sent to Montana on
the evening train.
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AN ECCENTRIC STUDENT.
4. G. Wynne, the Druggist, Tells of Dur
rants College Experiences.

rants College Experiences.
''Durrant was looked upon as queer when
at college," said Henry f. Wynne, the
druggist at Twenty second and Folsom
streets. There were two societies among
the students. He belonged to neither
While he was not unpopular he was in
clined to be reserved and kept to himself.
"While he was fond of the society of
women he declared the year we entered
college that his relations with them had
never been intimate This fact, I think, is
worthy Of consideration when his passion
ate nature is borne in mind.
''He impressed me as being rather green
when he first entered college. This soon
2 wore away, however. He became very
suave in his manners and developed de-
eided penchant for trying his powers of
fascination upon young women."
Mr.. Wynne thinks Durrant is guilty of
the two murders. He agrees with those
who believe that the young man
suffered from periodical attacks of
homicidal mania. At these times, a
person so afflicted would delight in the
pain of his victims. Mr.. Wagner thinks
young Eugene Ware was victim of Dur
: rants peculiar lunacy, as the two were
much in each others company and the
murder of the drug clerk was accompanied
with an otherwise unexplainable lust for
blood on the part of the murderer
Charles H. Marston of 52213 Natoma
street was subpenaed TO appear at the in
quest to-day, because he was heard to say
that his little niece had seen Durrant try to
kiss the little girls of the Sunday
school. The niece, Oracle Long, 13-year-
old girl, explodes this bubble. She ex-
plains that she said that when she went TO
the Sunday-school three years ago the
other little girls talked about the ianitor's
trying to kiss them. The talk had no con-
nectiOn with Durrant whatever,
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AT THE CENTRAL METHODIST.
DR.. Heron Delivers an Interesting Talk on
Labor and Church.

DR.. Heron Delivers an Interesting Talk on
Labor and Church.
DR.. Dille's church, the Central Metho-
dist, was crowded to the doors Sunday
afternoon with men and women more or
less interested in sociologist work, the at
traction being Professor George D. Heron,
whose emphatic utterances and determined
stand on this question has made him IA
nous from Maine to California.
Dr. Ollie, in few well-chosen words, in
PRODUCED Professor Heron, who spoke
as follows:
'The great problems engaging the think
ing minds to-day are the social problems
Now there is mighty gap between the
working masses, SO called, and the church.
With few exceptions, the great multitude
of workingmen care nothing for the
they ignore it. The church has failed in
many ways, and so has assisted in bring
ing this condition about | am coming to
think there is a difference between religion
and morality. There is no true morality
that is not religious, but there is great
deal of religion that is immoral,
"The church has been always building
up itself and has failed to make it plain
that its only business as church of Jesus
Christ is to spend itself in sacrifciai living
and dying in union with the crncified
Christ to redeem the world. Not single
passage in Scripture allows the view that
the kingdom of God does not refer to the
present life for its evidence and operation.
''Then the workingman also is at fault.
1t is almost universal among labor leaders
that the church is used only to be abused.
There is enough to criticize, but to criticize
is to fail. No one has accomplished any
thing by staying outside and finding fault
l am told to get out of the church, but I
propose to stay in the church, for Christ
did not erect platform outside the world
and prop ose to save it by the same out
side relation to it. He entered in and be-
came one with it and so redeemed
it, He came into his own and staid
with them to the end. l believe
that the masses of workingmen to-day
are coming more and more to accept the
teaching of Jesus as the only real solution
of the problems that weigh so heavily upon
them. The workingman will not be sue
cessful in his passion for different and
better order of things until he learns to
struggle, not for right but for righteous
ness. l have great hope in the signs that
point to the coming of the kingdom of
God-the setting up of kingdom of
heaven on earth, in which sacrifice shall
succeed selfshness, when the law of love,
of true brotherhood, of cooperation in
stead OF decomposition, shall be the dominant
law
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-16
THE WILLIAMS MURDER.
The Police Think She Was Unconscious When
Killed,

Early yesterday afternoon Chief Crowley
and Detective Gibson went to the church
and made a cereful examination of the in
terror. What they concluded from the
examination they kept to themselves, ex-
cept that they were of the opinion
that the door of the small room in which
Minnie Williams body was found was
forced from the inside, and that it was I'M
doubtedly done by Miss Williams in her
attempt to escape from the fiend who put
an end to her life. Their theory is that the
girl was in the room with a man; that
he made an offensive proposal and
that she then threw herself against the
door which was locked, and by doing so
forced it open, that the man caught her
and forced a piece of linen into her mouth,
that she was insensible at the time, and
fearing that if she regained consciousness
she would give information that would re-
suit in his arrest he concluded to kill her,
and did SO, using table-knife for that
purpose: Their theory is that he laid her
on table, opened her dress at the breast
and plunged the knife into her left breast
three times, then inflicted a wound on her
forehead and then cut both her wrists.
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FOUND SOME HAIR.
The Result of Sergeant Burke's Inspection of
the Closet,

the UIoseti
During the search of the church closet,
Immediately after the removal of Minnie
Williams body, Sergeant Burke inspected
the floor with view of finding any clew
to the assassin. One of the most particu-
lar objects he desired to find was some hair
which the struggling woman might have
torn from the head of her assailant
Speaking OF this part of the work the SER
geant said:
Il made very careful search of the
floor with the expectation of finding some
hair. l found quite good bit of it scat
tered around the room, but it was all from
the woman's head. l could not find any
mans hair, although 1 searched carefully.
That which | did find is with the other
effects at Chief Crowley's Office. I do not
know anything about hair being found in
the hand of the dead woman. Had there
been any there l believe 1 would have
known it.
The crowd around the church became so
dense last night that squad of officers was
sent out at Z 80 O'Clock to clear the street.
No arrests were made.
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REFUSE THE SUBSTITUTE.

1 write to admit that Notwithstanding my
misgivings your Vegetable Sarsaparilla did all
that you promised. had tried so many pre-
scriptions to no purpose that had come to
believe that nothing would relieve my dyspep-
STA and headaches, but have not had return
of either trouble since / commenced taking
your medicine. l believe l am permanently
cured, but will, out of an abundance of eau
ton, continue to take it regularly for while
vet You have my permission to make this
public, for I think that remedy that will cure
dyspepsia and prevent sick headaches should
be generally known. Respectfully,
MRS. NJ. FOWLER, 1927 Ellis street. City.
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nnrrantIs Panmanshin.

VII. T. Durrant is said to be very
handy with the pen. He made several en-
tries in the library records which are diff
ferent in style. His ordinary signature is
of the Spencerian order, but when
compiling the catalogue he used
the bold broad hand referred to by
Dr. Gibson as being similar to his. Miss
Lucille Turner, who assisted in cataloguing
the books, is familiar with Durrant's PEN
manship. She says she would know it, as
She handled quite little of it. In addition
to the library work, he wrote her pre-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-16
THE ACT OF A FOOL.
Contents Of Cardbox Left at the Central
Police Station.

The cruel murder of two beautiful young
girls which has aroused such feeling of
horror in the community has apparently
tickled the fancy of fool. Early this
morning policeman while reporting off
duty picked up small box made of card
addressed to 1.-THE Chief of Police" 1t had
been placed in the Larkin-street entrance
to the Central Police Station.
He took it to Sergeant Whitman, who
opened it. Inside was a lady's glove
smeared with red ink and lock of brown
hair, also smeared with the ink. There
was note, in a disguised hand, which
read:
You are on the wrong trail. Got the wrong
bird. Ny handy work.
HARRY THE HACKER.
Find me If you can.
A search was made for the cruel Joker,
but he could not be found.
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"Joy,s FOR THE JADED."

have had for years spells of indigestion and
dyspepsia and have tried nearly everything.
Finally took one of the Sarsaparillas. 1t did
not help me, and caused pimples to break out
on my face. This was told was the result OF
the potash contained in it. Hearing that JOY s
Vegetable Sarsaparilla did not contain mineral
and acted differently got some. The pimples
disappeared almost Immediately, and 1 have
not had any since. have not had a symptom
of my old disease, nor do think it will return.
MRS. C. B. STEWART,
400 Hayes street, City.
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Twins and Others.

AS regards twins, about one out of every
hundred births is a case of twins, and sta
tistics show that twin children are more
often of the same than of opposite sex.
Concerning triplets, the recorded facts
show that on the average two cases out of
10000 are instances where three young
people keep each other company at the
debut on life's stage. Here, again, there
of sex, boy triplets being also in excess Of
girls.
Quartets, or four children at birth, are
naturally of much rarer occurrence. Out
of every 100000 births only three result
in quartet of children.
There are at least two cases on record
of five children at birth-a woman of
Konigsberg, September g. 1884, and the
wife of tailor in Oxford Market, Eng.
land, in October, 1900.
Swallows have been seen at sea over 1000
i1ac from land
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Her Uncle a Clergyman.

OLYMPIA, WASH, April 15.-People
here are much interested in the Lamont
tragedy in San Francisco, the dead girls
uncle, Rev. T. J. Lamont, being pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church here. Mr..
Lamont's congregation was gathering for
evening service when a Telegram announced
the finding of the body of his niece in
Emmanuel Baptist Church, San Francisco.
The news spread rapidly through the con-
gregation and the service was dispensed
with.
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Excited Missionites.

All the inhabitants of the Mission are in
a state of intense excitement. A woman
living on Bernal Heights became so
wrought up over an "extra" her husband
brought home at O'Clock yesterday
morning that she started at once to find the
church. About 3 o'clock she began to
ring doorbells on Twenty-second street to
frightened some of the neighbors and they
rang for the patrol wagon. The woman
Gained down at the station, and though
she would not give her name, she told
such an honest story that the officers sent
her home, taking her past the place she
had been seeking.
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CATARRH.

e. w. JOY CoMPANY-Gentlemen: have Just
completed the second bottle of your Vegetable
Sarsaparilla. have had catarrh for years, which
affected my eyes, hearing and stomach. frequently
would have dull headache for days at time. Since
taking your remedy 1 have felt no disagreeable
symptom.
Trusting You will publish this as I want any one
suffering from any of the above symptoms to be
benefited. Kindly send me two more bottles by
return express. (Signed)
MIR. FREDERICK DE RICHMOND,
Seattle, Wash.