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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-27
General Conference of Delegates
Who Favor a Broad Gauge
Platform.
SILVER TO CUT A FIGURE.
Prominent Leaders Who Have En-.
tered the Race for the Presi.
Dental Nomination.

PITTSBURG, Pa, May 26.-During the
day and tonight many delegates to the
National Prohibition Convention, which
opens here tomorrow, held caucuses and
selected committeeman.
At q general conference of the delegates
who favor a broad-gauge platform it was
decided TO push e. E. Bentley of Nebraska
for President; ]. H.. Southgate OF North
Carolina for Vice. President and I. B.
Logan of Ohio for chairman of the Ma
tional Committee. At the meeting of the
National Committee A. A. Stevens of
Pennsylvania was elected temporary chair
man. He is anti-free silver.
Indications point to an exceedingly ex-
citing convention in the appearance OF
that bugbear OF all political conventions
the question of the free coinage OF silver as
a platform plank. There are two factions
in the Prohibition party. and they are
styled "broad-gauge" and "narrow-gauge.'
Between these factions a wordy warfare
has taken place in the party press.
A number of candidates are being act
lively groomed for the Presidential nomi-
nation. Rhode Island Will present the
name of Hon. Henry b. Metcalf; Maryland,
that of Joshua lowering; Nebraska, Charles
E. Bentley; Texas, J. B. Cranfill; Ohio.
Ralph S. Thompson; Georgia, Walter B.
Hill, and New York, Henry Clay Bascom.
Massachusetts suppoy will be divided be-
tween Metcalf lowering and Bentley
John G. Wooley and Ex-Governor ST.
John have declined to allow the use OF
their names
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Bing Binger second, Billy Mckenzie third.
Six furlongs, Constantine won. Dora Wood
second, Damocles third. Time, 1:1515
NORRIS PARK RACETRACK, N. Y,
may zo.-Tnough an. excellent programme
mad been arranged for to-day heavy rain
storm this morning changed the going
condltlons and as result the card was
ruined by Withdrawals. The principal
event was the race for the Laureate stakes
Tor two-year-olds. Bastian took the lead
ana made all the running. He clearly
outclassed his fiela and won by a good
neck from Haphazard.
High weight handicap. six and half fur
longs, Shakespeare ii won, Rosedale second,
:, One mile, Volley won, Abuse second Benamie
third. Time, AS.
Inc Laureate. five furlongs, Bastian won,
1:03.
:. One mile, HanweI won, Deerslayer second,
AureIan third. Time. 1:42.
IN, rive furlongs. Edolin won, Azure second,
one mile and a sixteenth, Premier won, Prig
second, Cromwell third. Time l so.
OAKLEY RACETRACK, May 20. = Sum-
marles: Selling FIVE furlougs, Ethel Lee won,
fseo second, V1scount third. Time, :O314
Selling, six furlongs, Joe Clarke won, Hull
bert second, Richfield third. Time, 1:1712.
seven furlongs, Leonsise won, Crusader sec
ono, Hardenburg third. Time, L :31H
Hall mile, Sapphire stakes, CleoPhas won,
Amiable second, Imp third. Time, :50M.
One mile, Anna Lyle won, James Monroe
second, Paul Pry third. Time, l "A.
Selling, six furlongs, Harry Shannon won,
Sir pike second, john Hsvlin third. Time,
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NO Use ron Mck1N1Er.
Judge Stevens Talks of the Boycott on
the OhtOaa.

Judge stevens Talks of the Boycott on
the Oht0aa.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 26-Judge ]. H.
Stevens, State president of the A. P. A.,
was seen at his Office yesterday ana
asked about the stoiy told by T. B.
Haughawout of Carthage Mo-, that mem
bers of the advisory board got $4,000 for the
stand they took against Mckinley and
were to get $4,000 in the event of the de-
feat. He said:
81 don't know why Mr.. Haughawout
has fought me so bitterly. except that he
went to Canton and saw Mckinley"
rs it true, as he says, that the COM
mittee got money for condemnation of
Mckinley"
mot a bit of it. When see him shall
get an explanation or know the reason
why"
will the fight that has been made on
Mckinley have any effect now that the
order has gone back on the committed
mo, that settles all opposition. Indi-
vidual members may do as they please.
and there are plenty of them who have no
use for Mckinley. They are not satisfied
with his Amercanism. That will have its
effect in the convention. 1t may also be
felt after the convention"
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BISHOPS COHSECRATE0.
An Imposing Ceremony in the
Methodist Episcopal Church
at Buffalo.
Closing Topics Discussed Before the
Members of the General
Conference.

CIEVELAND, ONO, May 26-Charles
Cardwelll McCabe, Earl Cranston and Jo-
seph Crane HartzeIl were eonsecrated as
Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church
at Central Armory this morning. There
was an immense congregation present,
nearly every seat in the big auditorium
being filled. The conservation was most
impressive.
AT IL 10 A. NJ. the Bishops of the church.
the Bishops-elect and those assisting in
the ceremony filed in and took their seats
on the platform. Bishop Bowman. the
beloved senior Bishop, who has served the
church in that capacity since 1882, pre-
sided. The collect was recited by Bishop
Vincent, the epistle was read by Bishop
Thoburn and the gospel by Bishop TAYLOR.
The Rev. i. d. McCabe, DID,, and the
Rev. T. C. Tiff presented Bishop-elect Nc
Cabe; the Rev. d. l.. RAIDER and the Rev.
r. S. Rust presented Earl Cranston:
Joseph Crane Hartzell was presented bv
the Rev. NJ. c. B. Mason and the Rev.
Samuel L. Berler. After prayer by Bishop
Fitzgerald of New Orleans the examina-
ton and invocation was conducted by
Bishop Andrews. 1t was the most solemn
part of the service. Every voice in the
armory was hushed and every ear strained
to catch the questions of the Bishop and
the answers of the candidates.
Then followed the laying on OF handsv
and presentation OF the Bible. The con-
gregation sang a hymn and the benedic
ton was pronounced by Bishop Foster.
People fiocked from all parts of the
house to congratulate the newly made
Bishops, and the platform was crowded
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THE BAPTIST ANNIVERsARrEs.
Ast Election of Officers for the Home
Missionary Society.

MtsSfon0fB society.
ASBURY PARK, N. J., May 26.-The
concluding day of the Baptist anniver-
saries was begun by an address before the
Home Missionary Society by the Rev. C.
A. Woody of Oregon. His subject was,
FIFTY Years Work On the Pacific Coast"
The next speaker was H. c. Woods.
Bishop of Colorado He spoke ON "Chapel.
building in the West"
The officers of the Home Missionary
Society elected were: President. III. K.
Porter, Pennsylvania; interpretations, f..
NJ. Van Dusee, Minnesota, Stephen Green.
Massachusetts; treasurer, ]. Greenwood
Smelling, n. Y; recording secretary. A. s.
Hobart, Yonkers, n. Y; corresponding
secretary, Thomas ]. Morgan, New York.
The financial committees report stated
that, while the debt of the society has
been reduced nearly $25, 900 during the
past year, the outlook for the coming wear
indicates that the debt will be increased to
$50, 900, if the present rate OF expenditure
is continued and no special help comes.
The committee on resolutions reported
the following, which was adopted: That
a petition to the Gar of Russia. crowned
to-day, be forwarded through the proper
channels, asking the exertion of his kind
Offices in behalf of suff -ring Christians in
Armenia.
The final session OF the Baptist ami.
versaries was held this evening and was
devoted to werk among foreigners in
America. A vote of thanks to Founder
Bradley for the use of the Auditorium aad
other courtesies was passed, and the Ban
fist anniversaries for 1896 were ended.
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Fourteen San Francisco Artists
Supply an Excellent Grade
of Music.
UNIVERSITY ALUMNI DAY.
First Annual Luncheon to the Re.
firing Class by Graduates of
Former Years.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CAL, May
26.-The seniors concluded their class ex-
ercises of yesterday with grand ball
which came to an end about o'clock this
morning. Encina Hall dining-room had
been cleared, and potted plants were SO
arranged about the room as to leave cir
cular space for the dancers. Although
there we're eighty couples on the,hoor, the
space was ample to prevent crowding.
There were flowers and drapIngs in plenty
to beautify the room. Music was supplied
by fourteen selected artists from San Fran
cisco, with Herr Schmidt as leader. No
better dance music has ever been pro-
vided for Stanford hops. There were
twenty-four regular dances on the pro-
gramme-an attenuation of waltzes and
two-steps.
The following constituted the commit
tee that had charge of the ball: Miss Stef-
fms, Miss Meade, R. L. Wilbur, R. M.
Campbell, ]. A. Colliver, A. B. Spalding,
6. w. Ritter. Guy Cochran (chairman.)
The patronesses were the Mesdames
d. S. Jordan, F. Angel, A. w. Smith,
Nathan Abbott, f. A. c. Perrine, S. Baker,
]. B. Brady, M. A. B. Rice, E. f. Thomp-
son. L. NJ. Spalding and S. E. Edwards.
Refreshments were served during the
evening.
To-day was Alumni day. The pro-
gramme opened this morning with brief
exercises in the chapel. Owing to the
unavoidable absence or sickness of several
of the alumni officers and speakers the
programme was considerably broken up
Messrs. G. L. Clemens A. 81. '93 and Mr..
Ashley, president of the association, were
absent, and A. H. Barnhsel 1913, presided
The chairman introduced r. L. Sandwich
'95, who delivered an interesting address
on the value and Importance of higher
education. He was followed by Miss
Wright, who read a paper prepared by
Miss A. S. Holbrook, A. M, '96, on 1.-THE
reconciliation OF the interests of the indi-
vidual with those of the masses"
In the afternoon the alumni gave their
first annual Luncheon to the graduating
class and their friends in the Encina
dining-room. A carefully planned menu
was served to $50 guests. and the follow
ing toasts were responded to, A. HI. Barn
bisel acting as POSTMASTER:
''Welcome to New Alumni. "A. II. Barnhisel '9g
Response. -. r. L. Wilbur president go
as nd It's Cold Cold world".... A. r. Cotton '94
1.-THE Grndu ate Student" OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Mrs. Mary r. Smith. Pb. D., 'p6
Crises. President Jordan
The evening was given up to the prone
made concert in the quadrangle, which
was illuminated by hundreds of lanterns.
An orchestra from the City discoursed
select music for two hours or more, and
fully 500 faculty members, students and
their friends were present. Booths were
arranged at various corners of the quad
rangle, and here the "co-eds" received
their friends.
Tomorrow the graduates will receive
their sheepskins after the addresses BY
Professor NJ. 3. Anderson and Dr. Jordan.
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Clothing Taken From One of
His Victims Distributed
as Presents.
ONE BODY IS SHIPPED AWAY.
Detectives Claim That They Can Con.
vict the Salt Lake Murderer
if Captured.

SALT LAKE, UTAH, May 26.-The de-
velopments in the Scandinavian church
murders were meager to-day compared
with yesterday. The search in the church
for the remains of Miss Samuelson proved
truitless and the officers have come to the
conclusion that whatever the murderer
may have done with the body, it is not
in or about the church. Other develop
ments go to show that the pastor disposed
of the clothing of Miss SamueIson in
various ways.
The Rev. Mr.. Ellefson of Ephraim, of
this State, says that Mr.. Hermans visited
with his family few days prior to his
final departure from Salt Lake, on May
6, and then. said that he was anxious that
Mrs. Ellefson should have some articles
OF remembrance of Hermans' deceased
wife and asked her to accept as such
a quantity of ladies' underclothing.
The DEVELOPMENTS of the past few days
lead Mr.. Ellefson to examine these gar
ments minutely, when he found that they
were all marked with the initials "a K
s., those of Miss Anna K. Samuelson
1t also appears that Hermans presented a
number OF handkerchiefs to Mrs. Mork,
wife OF Presiding Elder Mork of Brigham
City, before he left for the East, and some
OF these also bear the initials AK. So
1t has also been learned that on Febru-
airy IL, about three weeks after Miss Sam
nelson disappeared, Rev. Mr.. Hermans paid
visit to Butte, Mont, and that he took
with him two heavy trunks, on which he
paid excess baggage. a letter was to-day
received from Rev. Mr.. Melby, Scandinav-
ian Methodist minister at Butte, by Presid-
ing Elder Mork, stating that Hermans sold
a trunk and a quantity of ladies' under
clothing when he was in Butte at that
time. These circumstances confirm the
detectives theory that Hermans MUIR
dered Miss Samuelson and shipped the re-
mains in. a large wooden box which he
had made about the time she disappeared.
In regard TO Miss Clauson, the officers
declare that there is no longer a shadow
of doubt that Hermann is her murderer.
They say that never before have they been
able to forge SO complete and strong a
chain of circumstantial evidence in any
case of great concern as in this. The po-
lice here incline to the belief that Her
mans is hiding in Chicago, and Rev. Mr..
Mork says he had friends in the western
part of that city.
Governor Wells to-day offered reward
OF $500 for the capture of the preacher, and
private subscriptions to about an equal
amount have been sent in, so that the
price on the pastors head is about $1,000
and increasing.
Dentist Keyser has identified the teeth
found among the ashes il the furnace in
the church basement as being identical
with those he made for Miss Clauson in
1891.
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ONLY rWo FAroRITEs WON
Cora Havtu and Dick Behan Captus
Races at Lakeside.

Cora Havtu and Dick Behan Capture
Races at Lakeside.
CHICAGO, Ill, May 26.-Cora Havill
and Dick Behan were the only winning
fayorites at Lakeside to-day. The sport
was rather tame and very small crowd
was in attendance.
Five and half furlongs, Cora Havil won,
MT. dunlap second, Pontlear third. Time,
-Four and half furlongs, Harry Gwynn
Won won snag second, Miss Chambers third. Time,
One mile, Toots won, Nikita second, SIM
mons third. Time. 1:43L
Six turlongs, Dick Behan won, Helen Wren
SECOND, Rubber Neck third Time, :14%.
SIX furiongs, Glenoid won Mayfern second,
ouliross third. Time, 1:15lI.
five ana half furlongs Excuse won Mary
second Kinda third. Time, :O9L.
FAIR GROUNDS, ST. LOUIS. No. Nav
26.-Magnet a l to s favorite, in the fourth
race, broke the five-eighths of mile track
record. held by Sidkel-1 :0lL-made last
october, 10y finishing in col
Six fnrlongs, Earl Cochran won, Snspender
second, Senator Hill third. Time 1 :I6IZ
Five fnrloDgs, Celoso won Remember Ne Sec
ond, Buck Where third. Time :O3.
one mile, Whisper won, Tom Elmore second
lmmilda third. Time, / :43.
Five furlongs Magnet won, George f. Smith
second, David third. Time, 1:0I.
one mile and sixteenth, Sunburst won,
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ON THE BALL FIELD.
Brooklyn Players Defeat Louisville on
the HO,ne Grounds.

Brooklyn Players Defeat Louisville oss
the Home Grounds.
BROOKLYN, N. Y, May 26.-Two
thousand people greeted the Brooklyn
players to-day on their return from the
disastrous Western trip. The home
players came within a hair of again losing,
but Kennedy steadied down when men
were on the bases. Clarke's catch of
long drive was the feature. Score:
Brooklyns. 100000 9 2
Louisvilles ..............1 100000 1O-3 9 0
Batteries-Kennedy and Burrili; McDermott
and Miller. Umpire-Weidman.
WASHINGTON, d. c., May 26.-The
Washington team returned home today
after trip of twenty-one games and
played about as listless and mediocre a
game OF baseball as has ever been wit
messed here. MERGERS pitching was ex-
ceedingly weak, but owing to this being
ladies' day he was kept in the box. Or
the other hand the Cincinnati team gave
wholesome exhibition of the National
game. Attendance 5000. Score:
washingtons. ..OO211OIOo- IL 8
C1ncinnats. ......... 3305140 0-lS 20 2
Batteries Mercer and McGure; Dwyer and
Waugh. imp ire-Hurst.
BALTIMORE, MD., May 26.-Hart was
effective to-day until the fourth inning,
when six singles, two Dagger and two
passes to first netted the champions seven
runs. Messenger, who relieved him, did
little better. Both teams played a fast
game in the field. Attendance, 2St6.
Score:
Baltimores. .......-..-..0 O2O4O-l3 Is /
St Louis. :. .............2O 90 01O00-3 S 8
Standardization and Robinson; Hart and
Murphy. UmpiTe-Lynch.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Nav 26-The
Phillies defeated Chicago to-day by supe-
rior ell round play. 0rth was invincible,
and held the Westerners down to five
hits. Hulen's work at short was nota bic.
Attendance, 1000. Score:
Philadelphias. O1OOO5O-S IL l
Chicagos ....-....-.......O O0O1OO-l 5 l
Batteries-Orth and Clements Friend and Kilt
redge. Umpires-Henderson and Campbell.
NEW YORK, n. Y, May 26-Five thou.
sand persons welcomed the New Yorks
home from their Western trip to-day and
went wild over the victory scored over the
Clevelands. Both pitchers did we'll, and
the battle teemed with brilliant plays.
Weather cloudy and warm. Score:
New Yorks.. OOoOO102-5 IL 6
Clevela1ds- 30 o 2 O00-4 10 4
Batteries-Clarke and Wilson: Cuppy and Zin-
mer Umpire-Sheridan.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-27
LIGHTING WITHOUT WIRES
Wonderful Electrical Inventions
Being Made by Tesla
and Edison.
The Introduction of a More Perfect
Illuminant Is Now Near
at Hand.

NEW YORK, n. Y, May 26.-The Elec-
trical Review in its last issue announced
by authority that Nikola Tesla had per-
fected his vacuum-tube system of electric
Lighting without wires. the possibilities of
which he first brought to public notice
about five years ago in lecture before the
American Institute of Electrical Engi-
neers. This light is whittier, more brilliant
and more intense than the arc light and is
produced with much smaller amount of
electrical energy. A laboratory photo
graph has been made by means of this
light with an exposure of only two Sec
onds. The details in the photograph are
remarkably fine. Tesla states that his APP
paratus has been greatly sin:plified and he
will soon have it ready for practical use.
Working on different lines, Thomas A.
Edison has, according to the Electrical
Review, to be published tomorrow. sue
ceeded in developing new kind of electric
lamp or vacuum tube, by means of which
the Roentgen x rays are turned into pure
white light. Edison's new lamp is an
ordinary Crookes tube. coated on the in
terror surface with crystals of a new fuor-
escing substance which he has discovere d +,
some of tungstate of calcium. The rays
III passing through this coating of crystals
are changed to light. Very little heat is
generated, and nearly the whole of the
electrical energy expended is transformed
into light. The new lamp is used in place
of Crookes tube, with the ordinary Y ray
apparatus.
Mr.. Edison believes that there are great
possibilities in his discovery, and is now
enthusiastically at work perfecting his APP
paratus into commercial form. He expects
that before long he will so develop IL that
it may be used with high economy on an
ordinary incandescent circuit.
Electrical and scientific people are
eagerly watching the outcome of the work
of these two great inventors on this inn
portant subject. The Electrical Review
says editorially: I'VE cannot hesitate to
express our positive conviction that the
introduction of more perfect illuminant
is near at hand"
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for long time with surging crowd of
enthusiastic Methodists eager to greet
those who were to guide the destinies of
a religious force which numbers over
3,000,0 600 souls.
The General Conference was presided
judiciary committee reported and the con-
ference acted on a large number of APP
peals.
Charles W. Price OF RussellvilIe Circle
(Onio), convicted of lying, appealed from
a decision of Bishop Bowman.
The conference reversed the Bishops
decision and ordered new trial.
When the celebrated Baltimore amend
ment was before the annual conference
the New York East Conference refused to
act on it and the committee recommended
that no appeal be entertained.
A committee of FIVE was appointed on
complimentary resolutions.
The committee on book concern wanted
the conference TO appoint book editor
and 1t was so ordered.
Tonight had been set aside for the an
niversary of the temperance work, and the
auditorium was decorated accordingly. a
large banner inscribed, "The Saloon Must
Co." hanging at one end of the building.
The decision of the conference to hold an
evening session for business spoiled the
plan for great temperance rally, but the
rules were suspended anu the nrSt tllrtY
minutes were given over to the temper
ance organization.
The regular order, the report of the COM
mittee on constitution, was then taken up.
There was quite long debate over the
manner of constituting special sessions of
the general conference, the issue arising
between those who held that for members
of the preceding General Conference to hold
over and sit in the special session would
be unconstitutional, and those who held
that new members must be chosen. The
former prevailed and the article was
adopted.
There was sharp debate over an at
tempt to give laymen equal rights with
the ministerial delegates to preside pro
tenn. over a General Conference in case
there is no Bishop present to preside. One
amendment looking to that end was
tabled, but Mr.. Buckley introduced an
other and made a strong speech favoring
the acknowledgment of the laymen's
rights TO preside.
DIR. Nicely opposed the amendment and
thought that no reference should be made
to the order from which the president pro
tenn. should be selected. This view finally
prevailed. the reference being stricken out
and the section adopted. Adjourned.
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HAS SEEN IN oRIoAGo.
Hersaans Believed to Be In Hiding at
the Lake City.

Hersaons Believed to Be In Hiding at
the Lake City.
CHICAGO, ILL. May 26.-Rev. Francis
Hermans, the Salt Lake preacher wanted
in that city, was in Chicago last Saturday
and is believed to be here still. On Satur-
day evening a travel-stained man carrying
grip and answering to the description of
Hermans was seen at the corner of Sixty
fourth street and Stoney Island avenue
The local police have been notified that
Hermans was seen, and Captain Shippy
and his men are securing their district in
the hope that he has not departed
Hermans is a striking-looking man and
easy to identify. He has red hair and red
mustache, wears gold eyeglasses, clerical
garb and speaks with an accent. Men in
the garb of priest, with red hair and gold
eyeglasses are not uncommon, hut when
a red mustache is added to this the COM
bination is very rare.
The man who was at Stoney Island ave.
nue. and Sixty-fourth street answered in
every detail the description of Hermans.
He was travel-stained and carried small,
battered gripsack. That be was an abso-
lutte stranger in Chicago he proved when
he stopped a man and asked him the best
and quickest and cheapest way to get to
South Chicago. Then he asked if the cleo
trio cars going to South Chicago and West
Pullman were not the best for him to take.
He was told that the Alley 81" at Sixty
third and Stoney Island was the route
which met his requirements, and seemed
surprised. He did not go to the az" sta
ton directly, however, but merely thanked
the man he had asked for the Information
and remained standing at the corner. He
was there half an hour later.