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The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14
LOOKING FOR KELLY.
An Engineer Who Slipped Away From
His Captors to Escape a Warrant.

An Engineer Who Slipped Away From
His Captors to Escape Warrant.
The Police Department would like to
know what has become of William Kelly,
an engineer, who lives at 31S Chenery
street. Kelly was arrested Wednesday
last by Policeman Carson on charge of
drunkenness, and after having been
charged at the Seven teenth-stree station
he was transferred to the Central station.
While he was SOLDERING UP from the
effects of his debauch his wife appeared at
the Police Court and swore out warrant
charging him with battery. She stated
that previous to his arrest he had beaten
her cruelty, and she wished him sent to
some institution where he could be induced
to mend his ways.
The warrant was issued in due form, but
when it was sent into the prison to be
served on Kelly he was not to be found.
His coat was in the cell, but neither him.
self nor broom he had been sweeping
up with could be found.
Mrs. Kelly stated yesterday that Kelly
had been seen at liberty and was laughing
at the trick he had played on the prison
officials. He said that when the 'drunk"
squad went out to clean corridors and the
Police Court floors he had gone with them,
and on learning on the outside that war
rant had been issued for him he had
quietly slipped away from the inebriates
and gone to his usual haunts to get an
other coat
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and the other in the Police Court. are
utterly unworthy of credence. These
charges were made by one of those women
only after she had been arrested and placed
in jail for extortion, and were made against
the man who had caused her arrest, and
by the other woman after she had. been
publicly accused of an attempt to commit
blackmail, and they were made against the
man who had dared to expose her."
DR.. Brown recalled the words OF Judge
Campbell, who, when holding Mrs. David
son to answer, said that it was the very
essence of blackmail that the blackmailer
will lie and swear to her lies to blacken
the character of her victim. And she will
have story definite and specific ready to
tell to the community if he dares at any
stage to resist her demand upon him.
The speaker proceeded to comment upon
the life and character of the woman, to
whom he referred as Mrs. Davidson, Mrs.
Pierce, Mrs. Buck, Miss Abbott and Mrs.
Mary A. Sturgis, some of which names, he
said, were legitimate and some of which
were illegitimately gained. He raked up
everything of her alleged career that had
been published in the newspapers, but he
did not say that the newspapers had ma
llciously maligned Mrs. Davidson as he
had said that they had maliciously ma
ligned him. On the contrary, he did not
mention the newspapers at all In connec-
ton with the alleged record OF. that pious
and gray-h aired chanter of psalms.
The attention of the council was next
called to the series of Overman-Tunnell
letters and the Decentralization letters,
whose contents were spoken of as tending
to corroborate Miss Overman's testimony.
to the effect that she, at Mrs. Davidson S
instigation, had rewritten and remodeled
the original letters for the purposes OF the
conspiracy between them.
DR.. Brown laid stress upon the PROPOSE
tion that in one series of letters Miss Over
man speaks of him in terms of respect ana
in the other series in terms of disgust and
reprobation. The letters written by Mrs.
Davidson to Miss Overman at the same
period and the very time that Mrs. Da-
wilson declared that the doctor was con-
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Brown. in this one case at least, had been
ungentlemanly, unmanly and unmlnlste-
rial. This opinion, however, would not
cause him to vote, in this one matter at
least, with the majority.
The case of Mrs. French, or more cor
rectly speaking, the Turkish tea episode,
was next considered. The council was not
at all certain as to just how much impor-
ance should be attached to this affair.
Some were of the opinion that it should
be eliminated entirely from the proceed
ings of the body, while others contended
that the charges were vital to the general
accusation of unministerial conduct. At
this point further discussion of the matter
was postponed until to-day. The balance
of the evening was spent IN reviewing
what had been accomplished since the
council had gone into executive session
and formulating plans for reaching, if pos
sible, q speedy conclusion to-day.
Miss Martha Overman has given a sur
prise to her friends and members of the
council by a hasty departure for Southern
California. Her objective point is said to
be Los Angeles, but as Mrs. Tunnell is
known to be on the Mexican side of the
border, it is thought that she is making
straight for the arms of her aged friend.
The significance of this movement fol-
lowing on the heels of the close of the case
is not fully understood at present. 1t is
generally thought, however, to secure an
affidavit of some character from Mrs. Tun-
nell, return it by mail to the City, but to
keep herself aloof from the courts of justice
and possibly Grand Jury proceedings.
Miss Overman left on her southern trip
Thursday afternoon at 5 o'clock, but her
absence from the City was not related by
DIR. Brown to any one until to-day. The
council was kept in absolute ignorance of
her departure.
At the close of Dr. Browns address to
the council yesterday most unusual
scene occurred. His partisans and few
Of those who have bitterly opposed him
sent forth yells of applause, shouted all
sorts of congratulations, waved their hats,
handkerchiefs and parasols. and behaved
in a generally unseemly manner. One ex-
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14
PREPARE TO MEET THY GOD.

DR.. Brown next turned his attention to
the intimation that he was, or had been
interested in sending Mrs. Tunnel out of
the City and keeping her out of the way.
He fatty denied that he had anything to
do with any conspiracy of that kind. He
would be the happiest man in the world,
he said. if she would return and testify.
He added:
She left this City at the instigation of Martha
Overman, who had been hopeful that she might
ing obliged to reveal her Uyn guilty love for
me.
The charges of intimidation preferred by
Mrs. Blanchard and young woman of the
congregation, who inspected the big organ
In the church, were taken up next. The
speaker declared that Mrs. Blanchard was
not and never had been member of his
church, yet she had voted twice on the
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the antagonism of large classes of people.
he had made vigorous canvass among
the residents of his neighborhood to OBJ
tam their signatures to protest which
ne had prepared against the proposed
establishment of liquor saloon almost IN
front OF the church door, and he had
thereby incurred the enmity OF the
saloon-keepers. He continued:
Atthat time I was painfully aware OF the
iact that the eyes of every retail liquor-dealer
In the community were upon me, aud that a
large sum of money lodged with those
llquor-dealers to be used against me in any
trial In which might be concerned. l have
reason to believe that some of that money has
peen USED by the way in which l have been
mallclously maligned in the public news
papers of this City
DR.. Brown also mentioned the fact that
at the time he paid Mrs. Davidson the $500
considerable number of mem bers of the
church were arrayed against him. Mrs.
Davidson chose her time when he was at
his weakest and when his foes were at the
maximum of their strength. OF all these
things she skillfully reminded him. The
community was in state of mind ready
to convict any minister accused of a viola
tlon OF the seventh commandment, and
was prepared to accept without proof any
charge against the pastor of the First Con-
gregational Church.
MIS-. Ihurston's statement was COM
mented upon most severely. She had
given, her testimony with an air of mys-
terry, he said, as if she were keeping back
more than she cared TO tell. Her testi-
mony as to DR.. Brown building fire for
MISS Overman was false, because there was
neither stove, crate nor fireplace in the
room, ner any other place in the room
where fire could be built without burn
ing down the house. He had no doubt
that the rest of Mrs. Thurston's 8 story de-
pended as largely upon her Imagination
as that part of her story had. That
is. he added, observing a good opening
to get In whack at the newspapers,
Mrs. Ihurston's imagination, aided by
the newspapers, which had published
those matters before Mrs. Thurston had
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testified anywhere, and "aided by latent
grudge against the pastor Of a rich
church, comprised her testimony.
Stripped of all Imagination, the only truth
ful statement that he would admit that she
had made under oath was that Miss Over
man and Mrs. Tunnel had told her that
Miss Overman was in love with DR.. Brown
Alleged inconsistencies in the testimony
of Mrs. Barton were taken u Her story
that Miss Overman and Mrs. davidson had
invited her to sleep at Mrs. Davidson's s
house on Geary street on the night before
Christmas eve he declared to be palpably
false. because Miss Overman and Mrs.
Davidson had had a rupture of their
friendly relations on December 49,.
DR.. Browns grotesque penchant for get
ting funny in the midst of the mots SOL
emn things cropped out in his review of
the testimony of Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper.
He alleged ironically that her statements
were as essential to the case as were those
of Mrs. Barton. In the first place, she had
proceeded to affirm that some one had
called her daughter "a pock-marked
thing" Then she had said that Mrs. Tun-
nell had left DR.. Browns house through
the back gate. when the fact was that there
was no back gate on the premises. He
also poked fun at a familiar stanza quoted
in Mrs. Coopcr's statement, beginning:
Right forever on the scafYold,
Wrong forever on the throne.
Having read the stanza in elocutionary
style DR.. Brown threw the audience into a
fit of merriment by facetiously pleading
guilty to the charge if Mrs. Cooper had
quoted the stanza as an accusation against
him.
Miss Hattie Cooper's testimony was dis.
missed even more fippantly by his remark
that he could not commend anything
better for Miss Cooper's consideration
than the motto which she said was hang
ing IN the Cooperative restaurant:
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SUTRO BATHS OPENING.
Elaborate Programme Arranged for
To-Day's Festivities.

Elaborate Programme Arranged for
To-Day's Festivities.
The programme for the opening day of
the Sutro Baths is as follows:
Exercises beginning at P. NJ; President of
the day, Colonel Taylor; speeches by Colonel
Thomas H. Barne; address by Henry E. High
ton: address by Hon. Adolph Sutro; O'Clock,
baths open for bathers; concert by Cassassa S
California Exposition band.
EVENING.
Grand athletic exhbi ton by Olymp pic Club
with following programme, beginning al 30
P. NJ. Triple bars by Messrs Belan, Leandro
Manon and v. Thurman; perch act, q. 5.
Miehhng and Walter Hoag; wrestling, Spiro
and Phillips, Butler and WerZ, ATmbruster
and Knight; Kingston and Wand; fencing and
sword contest, Professor L. Tronchet and Cap
tain Dilhan fois, Messrs. Ortion and Lastreto
tumbling Messrs. Cook, Toohey, SALESMAN and
McNally; swimming and diving by members
of the Olympic Club; concert by Cassassa's
California Exposition band.
AFTERNOON.
March, inaugural (Cassasa), respectfully dedi-
Gated to Hon. A. Sutro; grand overture (Heut-
pey), introducing Popular melodies; dance q la
pigeon Glider; gems from "Trovatore"
VerdD; concert waltz tRosa's "1mpassioned
Dreams; popular selection, 'Robin Hood" Ode
Koven); march, liking Cotton" (Sousa).
EVENING.
March, "N1arnes" (Brooke); overture, "Ber-
lin in Smiles and Tears (Conradi); "Danse
Fantastique" de Thierel; operate selection
(VerdD; waltz, "Espana" (WaldteufeD. Inter-
mission or ten minutes. Medley, "Metropolis
at night CToban); song for cornet, 'Sei Mich
Bos" (Zeller); gems from Red Hussar'' paul
Jones MorellD; gavotte, Lowing Hearts" (Kot-
tann) galop, "The Racer" (MissudJ
Charles H. Cassasa musical director
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14

Thirty novitiates have been corraled at
the capital, and after the Shriners dine
the awaiting candidates will be put to the
Arab tests Of courage.
Some injunctions have been issued, not
against the journey. but for its guidance.
The shriners are thus enjoined: "Wear q
soft hat; bring your fez and jewel; don't
need dress suits; come sure"
At recent meeting of the shrine Sac
w. B. knight, r. P. Burr, Charles M. Cog
Ian, w. A. Gett Jr., W. B. Miller, 1. ].
Scott, 7. w. Heintzelman was appointed
with full power to round up" the candi-
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14

floor of the lecture room in the Brown
matter. She had made sworn statement
IN the presence of notary public one
night, and when the transcript of the
shorthand reporters notes of that state
ment were brought to her the next day for
her signature she refused to sign it, alleg-
ing as the reason that she desired legal ad-
vice.
Then DR.. Brown said to her. "If you in
sist upon not signing it, but upon going
for advice, I shall consult the police
authorities of this City" DR.. Brown
argued that tnat statement could not, by
any means, be construed as intimidation.
He also denied that 1t had been his lnten-
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14
MOBILES MYSTIC SHRINE,
A Great Caravan Will Depart
To-Day for Sacra.
mento.
Glass of Thirty Novitiates Ready to
Meet the Arab Tests of
Courage.

A caravan OF Mystic Shriners by decree
from Islam Temple will leave the foot of
Market street at p M. to-day and by spe-
cial train be transported to Sacramento,
arriving there at P. NJ. To the Shriners
the Golden Eagle Hotel will resemble 1.-The
shaoow of great rock in a weary land"
and there they will dine and afterward ad-
journ to the Masonic Temple.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14

cited citizen shouted the name of DIR.
Brown as possible Mayorality candidate,
his speech being received with loud and
prolonged applause. d.. Brown was i'm
mediately surrounded with host of
friends who assured him of their conf
dence and congratulated him on his mag
nificent oratorcal' effort.
Deacon Morse said last night that Pastor
Brown was greatly overcome by his exer-
tion of the morning, and had been forced
to take to his bed.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14

These are few OF the special diseases in which
ex cep tionally remarkable have been made by
the specialists and it may frankly be stared that
he ping hand is extended TO every patient.
Circulars and Testimonials of the Great Hudyan
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14

dates and see that the caravan is started
homeward on schedule time.
The steering committee, consisting OF
Imperial Potentate Charles L. Field, Mobiles
F. NJ. Cartan, w. H. F. Titus, John P.
Fraser, 9. S. Benedict, ]. G. Edmundson
and ]. H. Gray will be held responsible
for the proper starting of the caravan and
everything else, including all kicks.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-07-08
The Holmes Mine.

Col. Sutherland passed through to
Candelaria last Thursday. He says
that if silver should reach one dollar
the old Holmes mine will again bios
som forth in all its pristine glory. 1t
has an immense wealth of the white
metal stored up within its walls,
none Of the large bodies of $40 ore
having been considered worth ex-
tracing in the palmy days of the
past, when it paid out millions in
dividends. 1t is one of the most re-
liable producing properties Of the
kind in the country, If silver was
worth enough to pay for it's extrac-
ton.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-07-08
.Coolgardie.

Rich new finds are being constantly re-
ported from Coolgardie gold fields. s. F.
Examiner, date Jan. 18th, reports among
the finds at Black Flat nugget Weighing
500 ounces, nearly all pure gold, number
of other pieces were obtained amounting
to about $4,000 worth. Coolgardie is an
accessible point, reached by steamer to
Frep9antle thence by rail to Southern
Cross and team to destination The trip
to Australia on the fine steamers OF thu
Oceanic s. $. Company, via. Honolulu. Sa-
moa and New Zealand Is pleasure sailing
the day long. This line tickets passengers
to Cape Town, South Africa. Map OF
Coolgardie district and Pacific ports, etc,
mailed free to any address by tho Oceanic
Line, ia Montgomery St., San Francisco.
Tf6-6mi
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-07-08
LEADvILLE, Colorado, mining mat

LEADvILLE, Colorado, mining mat
ters are at a standstill. The miners
are all out on a strike, contending
for SO per shift Heretofore they
have received only $3.50. No trou-
BILE is anticipated and the miners are
conducting their negotiations on
strictly legitimate lines, and it is the
opinion of nearly all disinterested
people that they are entitled to the
slight raise asked-not demanded.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-07-08

STATE OF NEVADA.
COUNTY OF ESARgALDA %
l, r. H. Wright, Clerk of the Board of
County Commissioners in and for said
County and State, do hereby certify that
the foregoing bills We're passed and ordered
paid by the Board of County Commission
srs OH the first Monday of July, 1896.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-07-08

Il. Il. WRIGHT.
Clerk OF the Board.
tSyttorne, Nag,. July c, 1896
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-07-08

1T is said that copper is superior
TO steel for making armor plates for
war vessels on account of having
greater power of resistance This
no doubt accounts for the purchase
Of copper interests ia this country
by the Rothschids. They have the
money to build the ships, and it is
but natural that they should want to
supply the armor plate.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-07-08

ONO Indiana and Illinois are the
latest to declare for free silver. Gu,
you wild and woody crazy Western
ers; you silver producing selfish
craiks Of DECEASED currency, where
are YOU at /?
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-07-08
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

MT. DIABLO MILL ~ MINING COM
w PANY Location of principal place
OF business, San Francisco California.
Location Of works Capdelaria. Esmeralda
county, Nevada.
Notice is hereby given that 1T a meeting
of the Board Of Directors, hel on the 2lst
day OF May, 1896, an assessment No. A.
OF i've ~ cents per share, was levied upon
the capital stock Of the corporation. pay
able immediately in United States gold
coin To the Secretary ut the Office of the
Company. room t. No. 3ls Pine street.
San francisco, California. Any stock upon
which this assessment shall remain unpaid
on the
Second day OF July, 1895,
VIII be delinquent and advertised for sale
at public auction and unless payment is
made before will be sold on thursday, the
23d day of July, 1895. to pay the delin-
Quent assessment. together with the costs
OF advertising and expenses of sale.
BY rider OF the Board of Directors,
Il. w. HEATH, Secretary.
Olice-Room 10, No. ais Pine street, San
francisco, California. m27-td.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-07-08

MONTANA boasts of the laegest sin
gle apple orchard in the world. The
Bitter Root Orchard Company has
10000 apple trees planted on $50
acres of land
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-07-08
NEW TO-DAY.
Delinquent Sale.

MT. DIABLo MILL g. MINING COM
WI PANY. Location Of principal place
of business, San Francisco, California.
Location of works, Candelarla, Esmeralda
county. Nevada.
Notice.-There are delinquent upoa the
following-described stock on account Of
assessment No. 4, levied on the 21st day Of
May, 1896, the several amounts set oppo-
site the names of the respective sharehold-
ers as follows:
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-07-08
CLAIMS ALLOWED
By the County Com
missioners.

A T THE LAST REGULAR MEETING
Of the Board of Commissioners of Es-
meralda county, Nevada, the following
bills were allowed:
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-12-11
County Commissioners.

The County Commissioners met
at their Office in Elkton Tuesday
and Wednesday.
A number of bills were examined
and passed.
Governor Lowndes was asked to
extend the time of the assessors to
March 1, 1897.
1t was ordered that no further
work be done on the roads and
bridges except by order of the
Board.
At the suggestion of DR.. G. M.
Ellis it was ordered that $50 be
appropriated to keep on deposit in
the county a quantity of the Diph-
liberia Antitoxic Serum, to be fur
nished the INDECENT poor on the
attending physicians certificate
that the parent or guardian of the
child is unable to pay for it; the
druggist also to furnish certificates
that he has personal knowledge to
the same effect. III. G. Wells, Elk
ton, and w. III. Carson, Port De-
posit, were named as custodians of
the antitoXine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-12-11
F, N. |. Notes.

Society will be held in the school
building Friday afternoon, Dec.
18th, commencing at 3 o'clk. The
curators have arranged the follow
ing program
Recitation, Maggie Boyd; selec-
ton, William Reynolds; journal,
Frank Clifford Kirk; dialogue,
"The Englishmal and Irish Inn
keeper, Observation-Disclosures,
Eddie Haines; Irish Inn-keeper,
w. Ezra Phillips; solo, "Trust and
Obey" Louise Wagner; scrap box,
Helen Phillips; selection, Cora
Boyd; recitation, Mary S. Haines;
Normal Mirror, Louise Worthing-
ton; humorous reading, Saumel
Krauss; dialogue, "Floral Offer
ing,n characters-Teacher, Anna
Garvin; Anna, Mabel Duyckinck;
Blanche, Maude Kirk; Lille,
Emily Duyckinck.
A cordial invitation is extended
to all. STUDENT.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-12-11
Jewelry for Gifts.

Every resident of Washington is
familiar with the superb jewelry
establishment located at the corner
of Seventh and ID streets in Wash
ington, known as r. Harris & Co.
They have been established twenty
years and bear the esteem and re-
spect of all who have ever dealt
with them. Their methods are
highly commendable and their
goods are of the finest quality and
marked at the lowest prices. Our
readers will do well to secure one of
their handsomely illustrated Christ
mas 1896 catalogues as they con-
tain full information regarding the
many great bargains to be secured
at their store in .jewelry of all
kinds, diamonds, lamps, bronzes,
etc., etc. Do not fail to bear them
in mind when buying Xmas pres
ents as there is nothing more ap-
propriate or acceptable for any one
than some attractive piece of solid
silver, jewelry or a diamond.
Their advertisement appears in
another column of this issue and
all mail orders will receive special
care and attention, and they may
be thoroughly relied upon. r.
Harris & Co. pay the postage and
guarantee safe delivery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-12-11
Annual rIeetings of Detective Asso-
Citations.

Little Britain Detective Association
held its yearly meeting at Oak Hill last
Saturday. These officers were elected:
President, Harry Fairlamb; secretary, J.
S. Patterson; treasurer, B. S. Patterson;
directors, J. L. Walker, Charles Hays,
Harvey Howett; auditors, ]. L. Bockius'
three years, and Jacob Kirk, one year
the association has SIPS in the treasury.
Harmony Detective Association held
their annual meeting at New London
hotel last Saturday. Seventy-six members
partook of an oyster supper. This as
ISOLATION is also an insurance company
and has large membership since adopt
ingthis feature, the membership number
ing 100. eight new members having joined
at the last meeting. There is about $3.50
surplus in the treasury. The receipts of
the day were sixty dollars and fifty cents,
assessment fifty cent per member. The
following persons were elected for the
ensuing year: President, Robert A.
Crowl; secretary, George Waterson; treas
urer, M. ]. Wilson; directors, Levi L.
Crowl, George Missimer, L. S. Jenness,
George Pennock, James Burk, Samuel
Martin, ]. T. Strickland, Francis Worth
and w. V. Walker.