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The San Francisco call., 1898-09-03
METHODISTS IN CONFERENCE. Second Days Session of the German Members of the Denomination
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The second days session of the Cali fornia Conference of the German Metho- dist Episcopal Church was held yester- day in St. Pauls German Methodist Epis- copal Church on Broadway, between Stockton and Powell streets. Rev. G. J. Schultz opened the days proceedings with prayer. Bishop John Fletcher Hurst occupied the chair. At the out set of the meeting he appointed Rever- ends F. Bonn, w. c. Schmitzler and E. H. Baab committee to draw up suitable resolutions which would express the sent iments of the conference on the "state of the country" Rev. Otto Wtlke and Rev. R. Steinbach were appointed a committee on resolutions. Acting on a resolution adopted on the first day those in attend ance paid over to the treasurer of the board of stewards, Rev. F. Meyer, one half per cent of their salary for the Spe- cial annuity fund
 The following ministerial visitors were introduced and addressed the conference: pr. S. D. Simonds, pr. J. A. B. Wilson and Dr. Bovard.
 It was decided that the next meeting of the conference be held in the First Church of Los Angeles. The committee on Freedmen's Aid Society read its report which was adopted. The report on home missions was also read and adopted with the amendment that the conference col lection of 1897 be credited to St. Johns Church.
 It was unanimously agreed that equa lay representation be permitted in future meetings of the conference. Before ad journing Rev. l.. Kroech was elected tc Bishop Hurst delivered an interesting address on Higher Education lasi night. The church was crowded and the learned divine was attentivsly listened to
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ly amounted to an acknowledgment of sluit. These admissions were made while Mrs. Botkin was under an intense nervous strain and suffering from hys- teria- The nurse then told of Mrs. Bot kin's pointed inquiries of Dr. T. w. Stone as to the effect of arsenic and what quan- tlty or the mineral poison was necessary 10 produce death. According to Mrs. Rauof the accused woman's questions re- garding arsenic were made in a 1ocular vein, and she intimated jokingly that she a strong impression on the grand Jurors, and when Chief Lees added that Dr. Stone would substantiate Mrs. Rauof's as- marked
 The turning point, however, in the case against Mrs. Botkin, notwithstanding the moral effect of Mrs Rauof's statements ano idios'nnrdf Chief Lees, speech is peculiar anonymous letter, the note inclosed in the the box Of candy and the known handWrito ing of Mrs. Botkin.. This characteristic nature to the note With love to yourself and baby" Is Mrs. C., and the initial is quoted, quo with two dots above and to the ieft or the letter and two dots directly beneath the final stroke.
 Mrs Botkin was. very fond of using quotations in her letters, and she in variably used the old German method of indicating the words of another When the attention of the jurors was called to this remarkable coincidence in the hand writing exhibits they became intensely interested in the writing and made a rigid analytical examination of all the writings at hand. Very few people use uuotatio5s n I this manner. and the fact that Mrs. Botk1n has this remarkable character lstlc, which is also found in the note and anonymous letters, convinced the jurors mat she Is in some way connected with the heinous crime which has startled the whole continent ~
 Another strange element in this remark able case is the great difference between the writing on the note and the super scription on the wrapper which incIosed the bonbon box. Local experts have carefully examined the published repro auctions of these writings and they eX- press the opinion that they were written by different persons If this is the case the ,poisoner either had an accomplice or used friend, who unwittingly contrib uted to the death of Mrs. Dunning and Mrs Deane. It Is barely possible that the person who directed the box has been found by the police. Chief Lees is known to have statements in connection with the case which he refuses to give to the newspapers or even give the names of the parties who made them. His object in keeping these things hidden is known only to himself, and like all his official acts passeth all understanding.
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kerchief to the clerk at the counter where these articles are sold and it was imme- diately recognized as a duplicate of stock which had been on hand for nearly a year. The Chief received duplicates and sent detective to other drygoods estab- lishments, but no other store in the city had these identical goods. The pricemariS on the handkerchief is almost conclusive evidence that 1t was bought at the City of Paris. Nearly all the retail stores in the city use printed pricemarks, which are obtained from stationery stores. At the City of Paris, however, the clerks in tf e several departments prepare the price marks with rubber type. These marks are consequently. irregularly printed, and the figures are frequently out of alignment, which Is not the case where they are printed by machinery
 The manager of the store and also the clerk in the handkerchief department un- hesitatingly express the opinion that 1t was bought there by the person who sent the poisoned candy to Mrs Cunning.
 But none of the employees of the City of Paris can tell who purchased the hand kerchief.
 At the request of Chief Lees Manager Rainey of the City of Paris ordered an immediate and systematic investigation, to discover, if possible, the identity of per sons who had bought handkerchiefs with in the past sixty days. Cash tags, which are made out in duplicate for every sale, were examined by the bookkeeper, but with no definite result. Since June 1 hun dreds of handkerchiefs, singly and In lots. have been sold by the six clerks in that
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AN OLD LADY MISSING.
Sudden Disappearance of Mrs. Abbie II. Bettles-Police Unable to
 Locate Her. >."

Mrs. Abbie M. Bettles. an elderly lady. left the home of William w. Deamer. 2117 Broderick street, on Tuesday morning faSs and ana rho ho ssr aee o a aer HaS yei health, and at the suggestion of Mrs. Deamer went out for short: walk 6r:Hfde; on the cars. Whether she was taken: III or became lost has. not yet been tiiscoY@ cred, although the police: are diligently. searching for her. When Mrs. .Bettfe.ss' clothes and wore a black shawl with "a colored border. She IS gray haired short of stature and is inclined: to stoutness.
 During the past few years she has. made her home with the .Deafrers, and.at no time has she shown signs. of Heptal Arrangement. Mir. Deamer notified the police on "Wednesday evening, and +sfnce then has sent letters: and -teiegTaIn5 throughout the surroundlng: counties; in- hope of finding her .:.Whcreabopts5 but without success. He. gives the missing ladys age at "A. # = :. ..:' .: :
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department, and when the purchase was pa1d TOT no name Is on the salesman's tag. Whenever a purchase is charged sent cod. or delivered there is, of course, an accurate record by which it can be traced The delivery clerks books and the books Of the firm were rigidly examined but nothing to indicate that Mrs Botkin had bought a 25-cent handkerchief was dis covered. Neither have there been any de- lfveries to Mrs. Botkin or the Hotel Vic months
 Any one of the six clerks in the lace department of the City of Paris might have sold the handkerchief in question but all declare they would not be able to identify any one who made a purchase from them unless there were some pecu- liar circumstances in connection with the sale. or the customer attracted special at tention by strange demeanor. MT. Hack cit. W. Johansen, V. Kehrlein, George A. who wait on customers in the lace de- Tartnlent. They are all very positive they could not identify the person or persons they waited upon a month ago; Mrs Botkln Is not known to any of these clerks and they do not remember selling handkerchief to a woman of her de- scription. Each clerk has sold from four to six single two-hit handkerchfefs since June l, but they cannot recall a single individua. customer who made the pur- chase.
 at the City of Paris, and she visited the store almost daily. Two f1oorwalkers and several clerks remember her very dis tinctly. Some time ago a young man employed at the store was very friendly with her and she called to see him of tener than the proprietors thought neces- sary and the young man was. discharged The employees who knew the accused woman say that she always came to the store alone, and they do not remember seeing her with another lady.
 Chief Lees had men out securing, the city for a lady who was believed to have accompanied Mrs. Bothn on a shopping tour late in July. The Chief heard a 1umor that the imprisoned woman had visited the City of Paris at the time men toned, and that she was accompanied by a lady of Mrs. Seeley's appearance. It was also reported that Mrs. Botkin purchased a handjSei chief on that occasion. This strange woman has not been found.
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Jury Chief Lees made long and fervld appeal to the jurors to ina a plll asailie. sI . Mrs. Botkin, that she might be hel4 d d prisoner until evidence strong enough io convict her of the double murGef Soulu be secured. In his speech the ChleI sol, emnly declared he thought the accuseu woman was guilty of the diaboilcai crlme with which she is charged. and salo that he only needed short time to procure indubitable testimony which would seno her to the gallows. He also informed The me jurors that Mrs Botkin had admitted the authorship of one of the anonymous let ters which had been sent from san fraH- cisco to Mrs. Dunning.
 Mrs. Botkin and her attorneys are greatly surprised at the new turn Tn the case, although the lawyers have repeat edly expressed a desire that their client would be indicted. The statement by Chief Lees that the defendant had ac- knowledged she wrote the anonymous letter Is characterized as deliberate falsehood by the imprisoned woman ana her attorneys. Mrs. Botkin emphaucally declares that she never wrote one or those letters. and states that she has not admitted to Lees or any one else that they were written by her hand
 Mrs Rauof's testimony before the Grand Jury was startling and sensational. She did not actually swear that Mrs. Botkin confessed to her that she sent the arsenic-charged chocolates which Killed the two unfortunate sisters, but she strongly intimated that the accused woman made admissions which practical
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CLAIMS UNDUE. 1NFL LUENCEI C.E.- Mrs. Bridget NcDernlott of: Chicago.
 Contests Her Granddaughter's =:
Will

Mrs. Bridget McDermott of Chicago yesterday filed a contest::to tile: will of: her granddaughter, Miss ::Deede Marga- % last Miss Taylor :left a .holographic will. by which the bulk ,of:.an estate ap-. nraised at $22.0OO was beqneathed to friands-Miss Helen Deinmtng. of San francisco Miss Belle. Norton of New York. Miss Emilia RoedeEer and Edwin alleges that her granddaughter was sia- riousiy i'll at the time the instrument: was executed and was weak in body. and mind from the excessive use of drugs While in this condition Mrs. McDerinott alleges that she was. influenced by Tue: ker and Miss Demming to. such. an -ex- tent as to cause her to almost disinherit
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TRAILING IN THE TRACK
 OF THE DOVER ASSASSIN

mary hearing in Police Judge Joachim sens court on Wednesday next.
 The Chief has also been having a chem ical analysis made of the inks used In the different writings for the purpose of discovering whether or not Mrs. Botkin' s of ink that the writer of the anonymous letters and the director of the poisoned candy used.
 Detectives Mcvey, Gibson, Wren and Dinan spent the day inspecting the poison sales lists of the different drug stores for clew to the person who bought the ar senic that took Mrs. Cummings life. They have not yet finished with their in quiry.
 Mrs. Botkin spent day of nervous un- rest The maudlin howls of drunken ridor from the matron's quarters had driVen away her sleep in the night and this lack of rest, coupled with the ef- 1ects or her recent iitness, have left her MISS Dora Brown, of late spends nearly all of the day with the accused woman Ghlef Lees has had prepared copies of dence bearing on the case, and these, with transcript of the evidence so far ln hand, will be expressed to the Attor- ney General of Delaware
 Mrs. Botkins Sunday will be spent In the company of her son, Beverly Botkin, who will arrive this morning from Stock fEn on the steamfI T C. Walker Her -Ae..D"iio, w. A. DOlhlIl, IS expected 10 arrive this afternoon on his regular weekly visit
 Chief Lees has given rigid injunction to all of the witnesses of the prosecution to say nothing whatever to newspaper men or whatever information they may have concerning the case: This pressure has been screwed down hard on Candyman Haas, and he has instructed the bevy of damsels who handle his wares to grant no interviews. The approach of a news paper man is signal for general stam- pede to the basement. Mr. Haas posi- lively declines to give out any and all in IorInat1on without first having permission to do so from the Chief
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Lees Ostrich-Like Caution.

Chief Lees is carefully guarding from in- spection. letter written at Healdsburg by Mrs. Cordelia Botkin to Mrs. Price proprietress of the Hotel Victoria at Hyde and California streets. The reason that the Chief assigns for this absurd se- crecy is that the letter contains matter of the utmost importance, and that Mrs. Price has asked him to not give it pub- licity through the newspapers. In an in- terview yesterday Mrs. Price talked freely of the letter, and said that it was simply a request that all of Mrs. Bot kins mail be forwarded to her at Healds- burg.
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wooDMEN ADJOURN.
They Tender Special Vote of Thanks
 to The San Francisco Call.

to The San Francisco Call.
 The work of the Head Camp of the Woodmen of the World was closed at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
 There were during the day a number of amendments to the constitution, the prin- cipai one being that the committee on laws shall meet in the city where the Head Camp be in session three days be- fore the session and arrange all amend ments that may be proposed
 The Head Camp officers were installed by Sovereign Commander Root
 A special vote of thanks was rendered the San Francisco Call for its reports of the sessions and entertainments gotten up for the officers and delegates.
 The citizens of San Francisco vera complimented for their uniform courtesy to officers and delegates and the reception committee was given a vote of thanks for the manner in which it had entertained every one connected with the Head Camp. and a special vote was given to Golden Gate, Redwood and Oakland camps for courtesies.
 The camp then adjourned to meet in Salt Lake in 1900
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MRS. BOTKIN IS
 TO BE INDICTED Quotation Marks Are Used
 Against Her.
An Alleged Similarity in Dots Ap- bearing in Her Known Writing
 and the Anonymous Letters.

The secret proceedings of the Grand Jury in the BotEin case came to light yes- terday and 1t Is given out as a certainty that the alleged poisoner will be indicted under section 347 of the Penal Code. The indictment will be granted on the state ment made to the jury by Chief of Police Lees, the testimony of Mrs. Raouf and a remarkable characteristic which was found in the anonymous letters sent to Mrs. Cunning and the chirography of Cordelia Botkin.
 In presenting the case to the Grand
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THE POLICE GROPING
 FOR EVIDENCE
Examining the Ink of Mrs.
 Botkin's Letters.

Chief Lees put in the better part of the morning with Kytka, the department photographer and expert who is prepar- ing bromide enlargements of all of the documentary evidence that has oeen gathered in for the Botkin case. The anonymous letters, the paper in which
 the box was wrapped and the specimens of Mrs, Botkins script are now in shape
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LEES STARTS
 ON A FRESH CLEW The Handkerchief Bought at
 the City of Paris.
MPs. Botkin Known at the Store, but None of the Clerks Re-
 member Her Purchases.

Another incomplete link in the Cunning poisoning case was found yesterday by the police. It was learned that the linen handkerchief which was laid on top of the deadly chocolates was purchased at the City of Paris drygoods store. Whether Mrs. Botkin bought the handkerchief is yet to be ascertained.
 Yesterday morning Chief Lees went to the City of Paris and handed the hand
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After five years of Successful business the firm of Mohns & Kaltenbach. proprie- tors of the Atlas wine vaults 29. Market. street, have set apart to-day as an .anni
 versary and have issued to their friends and their friends friends an invitation to be present and enjoy their hospitality.
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suited to their respective parts Tho minor characters were also properly pre- sented.
 and hearty reception. curtain calls and flowers being plentiful.
 The play deserves and doubtless will have a successful run, and the new the ater as a candidate for public favor, starts auspiciously.
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The Towards Picnic.

The popular Towards Club, composed of some of the elite of the Mission. wilF hold its ninth annual picnic tomorrow: al Harbor View There will be fuIi brass band in attendance and a pleasant time Is anticipated . =
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Mrs CorlaBu
  the Grndr r possible O. fthe edouhe hemude.
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planation may be given in a general denial, which the accused woman, over her own signature, has made in The Call.
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The famous old JESSE MOORE WHISKY is recommended by physicians for family and medicinal becaue 1t Is pure.
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"Australia's Greatest Kangaroo Drive of the Year." In next Sun days Call.
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Miss Emma Herber, the young l hence through the fact that she 1
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-03-24
THE COI,ORED PAPER.

The first issue of the Twin-City
Herald appeared Saturday. 1t is to
be published weekly by syndicate
of colored people, with Rev. j. t.
Gibbons as editor and business
manager. The issue before us
breathes a spirit of independence of
Republican wire-pullers, unless the
wire-pullers consent to a more
equitable division Of the spoils.
This idea is quite clearly enunciated
in the following extract from the
salutatory:
"Men who have been eating Repub
lican pie all their lives through and
by the suffrage of the negro, shall
and must give him some pie-not
promise-and a tangible piece of the
same. We are not going to live on
promise any longer. We must have
something hereafter or you will get
nothing"
Despite the hot shot poured into
the tricksters by the Herald, it's de-
nunciation and renunciation Of
''Koodoo RUSSELL and it's appella
ton of "Konoonafuking" to the
Pops, if the past is fair criterion
for the future, the negro, the bone
| and sinew OF the Republican party III
the South, will continue to feed upon
the broken promises of his boss {
and remain a newer of wood and a
| drawer of water wherewith to pre-
pare sumptuous repasts for his
cunning masters, the white Republi-
| cans.
| The best and truest friends Of tbs
negro are the Democrats, but the
successful hoOdwinking of the pie
/ counter scramblers in the Republican
party keeps him from realizing this
and with a blind allegiance he goes
on voting for the men put up By
the cliques, regardless of moral attri
butes OR capability for the positions
sought.
Some day he may get his eyes oper
to the true condition of affairs, but
up to this time Ephraim has beer
| Joined to his idols.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-03-24
FEDERAL COURT REMOVAL

1t affords US pleasure to give our
hearty endorsement to the spirit of
the timely communication in this
issue of THE SENTINEL from the pen
of Capt. R. B. Glenn, upon the SUBJ
iect of the proposed removal of the
Federal Court from Greensboro to
Winston Salem. 1t is entirely in line
with our own feelings in the matter
and it will be remembered that we
took occasion d few days ago to
deprecate the disposition to stir up
i'll feeling between the two cities over
the matter.
Winston-Salem feels kindly to-
wards her enterprising neighbor and
expects her to put forth every legiti-
mate effort to retain the Court, but
at the same time Winston-S Salem will
use with yigor the very strong argu-
ments that obtain for the removal OF
the Court to this city. Moreover,
we remember that the question is
not to be settled by a duel of harsh
words, but bya presentation of facts,
and hence there is no necessity
for sowing seeds of rancor and dis,
cord.
The first fact to be considered is
that the Government needs Federal
Court building and will erect one at
some point in the district.
The second fact is that the build
ing should be placed and the Colrt
held at the point that will be least
expensive to the Government and
that will, at the same time, be the
most convenient to the greatest
number concerned.
There are none that will deny the
first of these premises. Then the
argument is upon the second propo-
sition: Where shall the Court be
held? The answer to this question
will settle the whole matter.
For the reasons SO clearly and
fairly set forth by Capt. Glenn, we
claim that Winston-Salem, by long
odds, more fully meets the require
ments of the Government and of the
people, and so confident are we of
our claims and their superiority over
any other place that we urgently
appeal to Congress to send COM
mittee here for the purpose of maxi
ing a complete investigation of tie
situation.
We have nothing to conceal in this
matter, but, to the contrary, we
court the closest and most rigid
scrutiny, believing that a fair minded
and disinterested committee will very
readily reach the conclusion that the
Federal Court for this District should
be established at WinstOn-Salem.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-03-24
City Farmer and a Pinhooker.

One OF our prominent citizens and
frst-class farmer had some OF TIE
weed on one of the warehouse floors
last week and as the pinhooker is no
respecter OF persons, they approached
the city farmer with a great deal of
reluctance and fun and gently inquir-
ed if there was any chance to drive a
trade. The city farmer promptly
placed his figures, which the pin
hooker thought too high and with all
the energy of his soul tried to conv1ce
the farmer that his figures were above
the maket Finally the trade was
made on terms proposed by the far
mer. After the weed was sold, the
pinhooker had ST % profit out OF the
trade Moral: Beware of the pin
hooker-so says the city farmer.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-03-24

For seed Potatoes true to name
Let PoindeXter's b your aim.
For Glover Seed and Best of Grass
Do not let III ID. Poindt xter pass.
Garden Seeds and Onion Sets,
1t is the place to get the best.
Two Dollar Clocks and Ship Stuff
fine,
And Warner Moore's Anchor Lime.
The Coffve green, we cal it Tick,
Will help the well and cure the sick.
Cotton Checks that il best of all,
And best of Lanterns, that are so
smlll.
The Shoes we sell are the cheapest,
And our CalicOs the neatest.
Our Guanos are by far the b'st;
Com see US and send the rest.
Sat and Leather, 'Lasses 2,
Sugar of the brightest hue,
Crockery, Glass and Table Ware,
QUICK ST p Guano to beat the stare.