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Hotel Arrivals.

Arrivals at the Golden Eagle Hotel
yesterday: M. L. Nelson, c. H. Gilletts.
Chicago; w A. Croxton and wife, Will
lam Calder, Roseburg, Or; "A. D.
Thompson, Oakland; ]. S. Graham,
Seattle; H. c. Haskell and wife. Wor-
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Text of the Resolution Introduced by
Congressman johnson.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-28
The school Vacations.

At the last meeting OF the Merchants Asso-
citation President Dohrmann was authorized
to appoint two special committees One was
to consist, OF five members who will act as
vice presidents at the mass-meeting of the
Highway Improvement Committee, L. A.
w, which will be held in Odd Fellows Hall
on the evening of March 3. Mr.. Dohrmann
yesterday selected X. Melrose, a. S. Baldwin,
NJ s. Kohlberg i. r. Ebert and Vanderlynn
Stow. The other committee, consisting of three
members OF the association, has been ap-
change the time OF the school vacation so that
the public schools OF this City will close from
about July to the middle OF August Those
selected were R. L. Toplitz, Percy Beamish and
AndreW NJ Davis =
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-28
The Witness Delivers Her State
ment With Apparent
EarneStneSS.
TUNNEL LETTERS EXPLAINED
Miss Hattie Cooper Appears as Wit
nesS-The Hearing to Be Re.
Sumed To-Day.

Matte Overmau is the first self-confessed
bIackmailer-in heart, at least-in the
Decentralization scandal. Last night she
told the council called to determine the
guilt or innocence of Dr. Charles o. Brown
in the matter OF certain alleged immoral
conduct one Of the most remarkable
stories ever heard in fiction or told in
criminal jurisprudence.
With calmness which seemed at times
forced, yet never nervous, she acknowl-
edged this, and almost in the same breath
put herself on record as being thief and
a forger. :
When she. assembled the stand every eve
was strained and every neck was craned to
see her. The councilmen drew their chairs
closer until they formed a half-circle about
the all-important witness.
s Then she began her story. She asked
permission to tell ii her own way without
interruption, except such assistance as
could be gained by occasional references to
Mrs:Thurston' S damaging testimony.
Miss Overman began with her first meet
ing with Mrs. Tunnel and Mrs. Davidson.
gradually leading up to the grand climax,
where she acknowledged that, acting
under the influence of Mrs. Davidson, she
had consented to defame the character of
the man she loved .
She denied emphatieally ever having
told Mrs. Thurston that DR.. brown had at
anv time professed other than friendship
for her, or that he had made the least de-
monstration of affection as alleged.
Il might have told her. she said, ''that
was disappointed because DR.. Brown did
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demand to be seated regardless OF the new
election in that district: which Chairman
Sullivan will have held within few days.
This is the main proposition upon which
a pitched battle is like1ycto ensue.
.'Alf i wish to say is that am glad tne
crisis has come,n SAID. Chairman Sullivan
yesterday. 'Maxwells. action and the
action Of the primary com mmittee in order
ing new election will, I think. convince
everybody that: we are; sincere In our OPP
position 10 Rainev. Our refusal to let
Rainey increase. his representation IN the
general committee from any district is
simply matter of expediency, and We
will stick to it. But T don't believe in
personal controversies in the newspapers"
A new ticket for the Forty-fourth IS
being fixed up at headquarters and 1T VIII
be the only one that will be recognized at
the new election. 1t is limited that this
ticket will shut the Maxwell faction out
entirely, and then the battle to see whether
or not Sullivan can dictate the delegates
from the Forty-fourth will be OF. The
Junta primary committee will likely meet
tonight to take some further action about
the various district rows.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-28
THE STATE COMMITTEE,
1t Will Meet Tomorrow to Arrange
for the State Con-
vention.

To-day large number of the memb bers
of the Republican State Central Commit
tee will arrive in the City, and at the
meeting of the committee in Pioneer Hall
tomorrow afternoon the campaign will be
practically opened by the fixing of the
time and place for holding the State con-
vention and the ordering of primary cleo
tions for the selection of delegates TO it.
The executive committee will probably
meet again to-day. and the call for the
State convention and the plan for the
holding of primaries, which have been
prepared for submission to the State Com
mittee, may be again considered and
amended. A majority of the executive
committee has favored using the Estee
vote instead of the Harrison Presidential
vote as the basis for the apportionment of
delegates to the State convention, but this
will be one of the matters to be decided by
the convention.
On the basis of the Estee vote the total
number of delegates would be over two
hundred less than at the convention of
two years ago, according to the appor-
tionment of one delegate to every 300
Estee votes, which the executive commit
tee has decided to recommend. The rep
resentatiOn from San Francisco would also
be considerably less on the basis of the
Estee vote than it would be on the basis of
the Harrison vote. The call adopted by
the executive committee provides for
primaries to be held April 30, and fixes
May IL as the time for the State conven-
tioIi.
1t cannot be prophesied what city will
win the convention. Sacramento has so
far put forward the most vigorous efforts
to get it, and committee from the Sacra-
mento Board of Trade will be on hand to-
morrow to help urge the claims of that
city for the convention. San Jose, Stock
ton and Santa Cruz also have aspirations
for the convention, and will undoubtedly
tinG friends talking for them tomorrow.
During the past few days many Repub-
licans in San Francisco have spoken OF the
possibility of the convention being
brought here. The last Republican State
Convention to be held in this City was
that of 1885,
As the convention of this year will
simply nominate Presidential electors and
Congressman, the interest is not as Keen
as when State officers are to be NOM
mated, but large attendance is expected
at the meeting tomorrow.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-28
SAM RA|NEY MAY BOLT,
Trouble in the Junta Develops
Preparations for an
Early Battle.
The Rainey Daggett Forces Are
Hustling Everywhere to Gain
More Strength.

victory for Rainey in the new Junta
general committee, bolt of the Rainey-
'Daggett-L -Lanigan forces in the event of
defeat, and compromise which may be
fixed up within a week to hold the trem-
bling organization together, are three
things talked about among the Junta
people now.
Nobody is sure in which of the three
directions things will 20 within a few
days, but the general feeling is that
Rainey will win what he wants to win.
The coalition of the Rainey, Daggett and
Lanigan forces against Chairman Sullivan
and Gavin McNab, who run things at
headquarters with the support of the anti
Rainey primary committee. is close to a
majority if it is not already one, and
effective workers from these camps are
hustling about the districts finding ont
Just now things stand and winning sun.
port wherever possible
Chairman Sullivan won't talk back To
George Maxwell, secretary of the Fire Com
mission, who gave the bosses at the Junta
headquarters broadside yesterday. May
well sticks to his declaration of war and
his intention to let the twenty-five delegates
elected Monday night in the Forty-fourth h
go before the new general committee and
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-28
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
Inquests on the Bodies of May Comb oy
and John Dolan.

Inquests on the Bodies of May Conboy
and John Dolan.
Inquests on the bodies of John Dolan
and May Conboy, who were found dead IN
a rear room of 1881 Morton street, were
held by Coroner Hawkins yesterday morn
ing. 1t will be remem bered that the
bodies were found lying on bed In one
of the houses on Morton street.
George Dolan, brother of the dead
man, testified that John met May Conboy
at Shell Mound Park four years ago and
became infatuated with her. The deceased
had several hundred dollars in bank, and
George asked him whether he had any OF
it left; and deceased said he bad not, as he
had sauandered it all on May Conboy.
Witness was told by his brother a few
weeks prior to the shooting that he would
rather see May dead than leading the life
she had:chosen, and that he borrowed
from witness the revolver with which
the killing was done. r..
g.. Marion was next=swOrn and testlfled
that he had met May Conboy few hours
prior to her death, and she told witness
that ohm Dolan was getting jealous, anG
that she was afraid of him.
The jury returned verdict of suicide In
Dolan IS case, and that May Conboy came
to her death by a .buflet-wound, inflicted
by ohm Dolan, now deceased.
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of the testimony should not be incorpo-
rated in the minutes was made and carried
unanimously.
Rev. E. r. Ollie, pastor of the Central
Methodist Church, was called as the first
witness.
After the preliminary questions DR..
Brown asked: Ibid Mrs. Buxton ever tell
you at any time DR.. Ollie, that Mrs. C. B.
Ihurston and her husband had attem pied
to wrong YOU year ago."
Judge Advocate Woodlands objected to
this testimony as hearsay.
Dr. Brown explained that his object was
TO show that there existed on the part OF
Mrs. Ihurston disposition to criticize
ana ind fault with and attempt to iniure
a regular minister of the Gospel. and that
II he were permitted he would show that
Mrs. Ihurston and her husband were en-
gagged year ago Sin an attempt to slander
the gentleman who Is now on this plat
form" added the doctor impressively.
The Judge advocate renewed his obiec-
ton that If there were to be an attempt to
lmpeach the testimony of witnesses the
attempt should be made legally. 1t was
simply hearsay matter and would tangle
up The council with outside issues.
A witness could not be impeached, he
said, by recital of particular acts 1t
could be done in only two ways one by
showing that the reputation of the witness
u,
and another by bringing in evidences
directly in contradiction of the evidence
presented by the witness.
81 understand" added the Judge adyo-
cate, that she swore last night she had no
enmity toward ministers of the Gospel.
and If 1t could be shown that she had said
otherwise then it would seem to me that it
would be proper"
1--WE have been frequently reminded -
pursued DIR. Brown, "that we are not pro-
eeeding upon strictly legal lines in the
examination OF witnesses, and / dom t
10 legal lines as to that which would
lmpeaeh the testimony of witnesses. 1t
seems to me to be quite as conclusive to
snow that she had been antagonistic to
ministers OF the Gospel. l am ready to
snow that she, with her husband, was pre-
pared TO affirm that DR.. Ollie year ago did
attempt 10 cheat widow, whose very
name DR.. Ollie doesn't know
Dr. brown explained further that the
making OF the charge against DIR. Ollie
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not DO these things; that is, did not hug
me-"
She said that's she came to San Francisco
on account of i'll health intending to
return TO Tacoma at the end of a few
weeks. She took up her residence. how
ever, at DR.. Browns At various times
she assisted him in his studies and after a
While began to think more of him than
she should have done, knowing him to be
married man. She disclaimed having
told Mrs. Thurston that she intended
going to Tacoma as niece of DR.. Browns,
OUT old say that as member of the family
she could 60 at half fare
On her return from Tacoma she went To
1--we with Mrs. Davidson. Almost i'm.
medlately that lady told her OF the troubles
IN the First Congregational Church-the
Herron-Strauss and Simpson episode.
RS. Davidson talked great deal about
Dr. brown and OF my affection for him. -
continued Miss Overman. ''and tried to get
me TO say that he reciprocated It, This
would not do because it was untrue.n
Ihen Miss Overman told OF how Mrs.
davidson broached little scheme which
she had on foot, whereby a lot of money
could be made. Mrs. Davidson declared
that she had splendid foundation for a
good story, as she had often done sncb
work Tor Eastern papers.
1--WE must have talked about the matter
for dn hour, said Miss Overman. land II
was finally agreed that Mrs. Davidson
should manage the entire affair. In brief
however, may say that we entered into q
scheme to blackmail DR.. Brown. Then II
was that she actually laid the foundation
of the paper story and general blackmail.
ing scheme. Mrs. Davidson was to write
this and was to take it to the Chronicle
and offer it for sale. / was afraid that il
would be published, but she assured me
that they would go to the party interested
and get back the money paid TO us and
more besides.
q was 10 charge $1,000 for this story, but
when l reached the Office my courage
failed, and l only asked that $1,000 be
Paid"
Then Miss Overman described in detail
the famous Tunnell- Overman letters. She
said that Mrs. Davidson insisted that they
should have some hold on DR.. Brown, and
the only way to secure this was to write
strong letters showing criminal relations
These letters must first begin with friend
ship, then love, followed by an absorbing
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passion, the whole ending with grand
climax OF. criminalIty.
Miss Overman had written letters, she
said, to Mrs. Davidson and Mrs. Tunnel,
which were to be utilized in perfecting the
plot
She first rewrote letters to Mrs. David
son containing all of the subject-matter
mentioned above. Then came the ques-
ton OF introducing the same into the let
tiers she had written Mrs. TunnelI.
"There was only one way to do this, !"
said Miss Overman, land that was by ex-
tracing the letters had written that lady
from her room. l knew where those let
ters were, so this part OF the scheme was
easy to overcome. l secured them and
the rest is known"
Miss Overman then went into details
concerning the advice offered by Mrs
Davidson as to what should be placed in
these letters. When the work of forging
DR.. Browns chains was completed these
letters were carefully carried back to Mrs.
Tunnell's room and replaced in the pack
age from which they had been abstracted.
The witness went on to relate how she
suddenly became stricken with remorse at
the foul plot into which she had entered
and of her determination not to go any
further with it. She declared that she
tolo Mrs. Davidson of this conscience
pricking, whereupon that lady became
ner of harsh things. AT length, however,
Mrs. Davidson declared that she had been
acting under the influence of the evil
spirit, that she knew the blackmailIng
scheme was wrong and she hoped God
would forgive her. They would think no
more about it.
Throughout the recital of this wonderful
story Miss Overman betrayed not the
slightest emotion. She seemed to be
rather amused than otherwise. She de-
clined to face the audience, though
whether this was through natural modesty
or desire that her words should only be
heard by the council is not known.
AT times DR.. Brown proffered kindly
word of advice, suggestion or encourage
ment, as the occasion seemed to demand.
The reverend gentleman was visibly affect
ed during the recital of these, to the lis
teners at least, unexpected disclosures, his
breast heaving and sighs audible to those
around him escaping.
Miss Overman had just reached the in
taresting part OF her story-that is explain
ing Mrs. Tunneirs connection with the
case, when the moderator announced the
hour of adjournment.
She VIII be placed on the stand to-day,
and presumably will consume the entire
afternoon session in explaining other loose
ends of the alleged conspiracy.
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THE PROCEEDINGS.
Testimony as to the Intimacy Be-
tween Mrs. Tunnel and Miss
OVerman

After the reading Of the minutes DR..
Brown arose end said:
II tkink that one statement in the min
utes is incorrect. You will kindly read
what is said concerning the testimony of
Mrs. Thurston."
Scribe Hatch read the passage in the
minutes to the effect that Mrs Thurston
testified that Miss Overman had confessed
herself deeply in love with DR.. Brown, and
that DR.. Brown reciprocated her love.
Judge Advocate Woodlands suggested
that it would be unnecessary to lncorpo-
rate any of the substance OF the testimony
in the minutes.
a motion to the effect that the substance
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-28

There's a good deal of
truth in this "Fire Sale"
of ours. The prices have
really "gone up in
SMOKE" despite the ab-
sence of the "Fire."
We, Brown Bros. &
Co. (121-123 Sansome
street), have taken every
"broken lott and every
"odd size" out of our
wholesale stock and put
them at i" Wholesale
makers cost" and offer
them to you at retail at
that price.
Every one of these lots
is offered at the bare
cost of manufacture
our manufacture.
Remember to look for
the "Blue Signs" and
you can't go astray.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-28
The Captain Healy Case.

The evidence in the Captain Healy case is
now all in and dJudge Advocate Reynolds pre-,
sented the side of the prosecution yesterday.
The findings of the court-martial will now be
submitted to the authorities al Washington for
approval The charges against Daniels and
others will not be taken up at once.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-28
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