EX-JUROR BROWN VISITS PASTOR GIBSONHe Fades Gently Away

in the Fog and theTwilight.

NEVER MET BEFORE.

Young Mr. Lynch and HisPreceptor Back Again

From Chico.

FACE TO FACE WITH RUMOR.

Positive Denials of Stories of Scan-dal Against Emmanuel's

Pastor.

THE DfRRANT CASE IX A MINUTE-ENDOF THE GIBSON STORY.

Pome new interest was injected into the Dur-rant case yesterday by the publication of aBtory raking up rumors of a scandal inthe lifeof an indefinite Rev. Mr.Gibson. The interestwas short-lived, however, for the reason thatthe story was punctured ina dozen places bystatements from the prosecution, letters inthepossession of the police, and an emphatic de-

nial from the Rev. J. Geoige Gibson that eitherhimself or the Rev. Jesse Gibson were con-nected with any scandal in any church inEngland.

Incidentally,the Rev. J. George Gibson didnot state that he had received a visit during

the evening from ex-Juror Walter S. Brown,who was the center of attraction in the Dur-rant cose a couple of weeks ago.

Walter S. Brown, once a sworn juror inthe Durrant case, over whose expulsionfrom the box such a rumpus was made,was a caller at the residence of the Rev. J.George Gibson of Emmanuel BaptistChurch last night. He was closeted for along time with the pastor and his privatesecretary, young Mr. Lynch, making hisexit only when a trioof reporters touchedthe button on the electric bell. Then Mr.Brown faded silently into the foggy twi-light beyond the reach of interviewers and

became aware of the rumor and tookmeasures to inquire into it. Inresponseto one of his letters he received the fol-lowing:

Maywood, 111., May 2,1895.To Chief of Police, San Francisco— Sik: With

regard to the' awful tragedy in EmmanuelChurch, allow me to say that the Jesse Gibsonwho preached at Romney Chape), Westminster,London, is not the same as the J. G. Gibson ofyour City. Youcan get full particulars fromMr-Spurgeon's college, where Istudied withthe two Gibsons. Strangely enough they bothboarded at the same house, but were very un-like. Jesse Gibson, who preached at Westmin-ster, was a Canadian and took a pastorate inCanada when he completed his studies. Ithinkitonly fair to Dr.Gibson of your City to knowthis. Mr.J. A.Keys, secretary of Pastors' Col-lege, Newington, Butts, England, will be ableto furnish you full particulars of the two men.Yours truly, (Rev.) Geo. H.Kemp.

45 Beckexham Road, Penge, )Surrey, fcxo., May 24, 1895. j

P. Crowley £.19.—Dear Sir: In reply toyour letter of the 7th inst., requesting infor-mation respecting the standing reputation ofRev. J. G. Gibson, who studied at Mr. Spur-geon's college,Iwrite to say that Mr. Gibsonwas accepted as a student upon satisfactorytestimony tohis Christian character inAugust,1879. Our late Honored president, C. H. Spur-geon.and the tutor were perfectly satisfiedwith his character and deportment wuile incollege, were in harmony with his Christianprofession, and be left the institution at thecall of the Baptist church inthe city of Saint Andrews, N. 8., tobecome their pastor in 1881. He remainedthere about seven years, and, so far asIandothers connected with the college know, main-tained an honorable character. Ihave noready means of ascertaining the date of hisleaving forAmerica,but Ifind a note to the ef-fect that he was pastor at Red Bluff and leftthat place for Chico in1892, removing thenceto your City in1894. Ihave never heard theslightest imputntion against Mr.Gibson's char-acter and conduct us unbecoming his pro-fession of a minister. Ihave to-day shownyour letter to President James A. Spurgeon.D.D., and have pleasure ininclosing his testi-mony as to Mr.Gibson's character. Iam, sir,yours respectfully, .T. A.Keys,

Secretary of the late Rev. C. H.Spurgeon.Pastor's College, Temple Street, j

Newington, S. E., May 24. 1896. jThe Rev. J. G. Gibson was with us incollege,

and came dulyaccredited and left us in fullesteem and honor. Ihave never heard ofany-thing affecting his moral character and actionsand ministerial standing. Ideem itquite un-likelyfrom allIknow of him that he can beimplicated inthe horrors related inthe publicpress of America.

James A.Spttrgeon, President.These letters satisfied the prosecution

that there was nothing in the rumor andthey were pigeonholed for future refer-ence. They might never again have seenthe light of day had itnot been for yester-

day's publication. As soon as he read thearticle yesterday Captain Lees called uponDistrict Attorney Barnes."Itwas only after the publication this

young Mr. Lynch took the reporters inhand.

The Rev. Mr. Gibson desired to make astatement, not as ittranspired concerningthe visit of ex-Juror Brown, but greatlyconcerning himself. Infact, he never con-veyed, not even through the medium ofYoung Mr. Lynch,, the information thattile well-groomed, silk-hatted old gentle-man who had wafted from his study just alew moments before was the same personwhose presence in the jury-box had causedDistrict Attorney Barnes to lie awake somany nights a couple of weeks ago. In-deed, the Rev. Mr. Gibson did not evendeign to see the reporters who had calledupon his invitation to take down his state-ment. He sported the oak on his studyand let young Mr.Lynch act for him.

The visit of ex-Juror Brown had evi-dently furnished the pastor with food forthought, and as young Mr.Lynch talkedhis preceptor and friend communed withhis thoughts in solitude.

The statement which the reporters hadcalled to receive was deemed necessary bythe Rev. Mr.Gibson, by reason of a publi-cation in yesterday's Examiner. In thatarticle an indefinite Rev. Mr.Gibson withan unsavory record clinging tohis minis-terial skirts had been lugged by his clericalears into the Durrant case. The Rev. J.George Gibson took itbetween the lines asaimed at him. He had been in the Citybut a few hours in the morning upon hisreturn from Chico, when his attention wascalled to the matter. He was horrified atfirst. Later he became indignant and im-mediately expressed that indignation toCaptain Lees, through the mediumof young Mr. Lynch. Captain .Lees inturn became indignant that it had beenstated that he had sent a detective to Al-varado on Thursday to look up Dr. Gib-eon's character. Out of the double indig-nation came the real facts ina case aroundwhich rumor had builded such a sensa-tion.

To begin with the detective the Exam-iner referred to as having been detailed toget a statement from Henry Rief of Al-varado was nothing more than a Call re-porter, who had gone to that town to lookinto the selfsame rumor affecting Rev. J.George Gibso::, the truthconcerning which\u25a0was said to b^; in the possession of Mr.Rief. The reporter saw and talked withthe Aivarado butcher, heard his entire6tory and returned with it to this office,where it was concluded that there was notBuflicient foundation to connect the in-definite Rev. Mr. Gibson with Rev. J.George Gibson.

Yesterday the Examiner printed theBtory and the result is a flood of corre-spondence between Captain Lees and vari-ous people and the statement from Mr.Gibson himself, which .seems to completelyknock the underpinning from the story ofMr.Rief.Itbas long been current rumor that the

Key. J. George Gibson bad left some un-pleasant memories behind him when hecrossed the herring pond. Counsel forDurrant were aware of this rumor shortlyafter their client's arrest, as the cross-examination of Eev. George Gibson at thepreliminary examination shows. He wasasked thenwhat he knew concerning theKomney-street Chapel in London. Hestated plainly that he knew nothing of itand had never officiated in that edifice.Further questions on the matter were notasked.

Atabout this same time Chief Crowiey

morning," said Captain Lees, "thatIreal-ized the necessity, in justice to the prose-cution and to Dr. Gibson, that Iresolvedto give out whatIknew in relation to thematter. Ihad a talk with the District At-torney and he agreed with me, and nowyou have the letters."

Later in the day the Rev. J. GeorgeGibson decided that he would make astatement to the newspapers, and thatstatement young Mr.Lynch made for himafter the exit of ex-Juror Brown from theGibson flat. The statement in substanceis to the effect the Rev. J. George Gibsonand the Rev. Jesse Gibson were fellow-students in Spurgeon's College, London,from 1879 to 1881, the latter graduating inthe latter year with the fullconsent of theRev. Mr. Spurgeon, the Rev. J. GeorgeGibson doing likewise a few months later.The two students were acquaintances, andfor a time boarded together on Churchstreet, Camberwell. The Rev. Jesse Gib-son was a Canadian, totally unlike theRev. J. George Gibson in personal appear-ance, and is now the pastor of St. Cathe-rine's Church, Queen street, Ontario, Can-ada, to which country he went immedi-ately upon his graduation. No scandal,so Mr.Lynch states for the Rev. J. GeorgeGibson, has ever attached to his name,which still remains on Spurgeon's Collegelist, a guarantee in itself that he has neverdone anything unworthy of ministerialstanding.

For himself, the Rev. J. George Gibsonstates through Mr. Lynch that he knowsnothing of Romney chapel, and neverofficiated there. Immediately after hisgraduation, he was ordained in St. An-drews, Scotland, and remained as a pastorthere six years, when h» journeyed to RedBluff, Cal., where he remained three and ahalf years, going from that to Chico, wherehe remained two and a half years beforecomine to San Francisco in last Novem-ber. His name is also on Spurgeon's listfor 1895, and he has never been besmirchedby a scandal. He cannot remember anyscandai connected with Romney chapel,and is certain that no other Gibson thanhimself and the Rev. Jesse Gibson evergraduated from Spurgeon's college.

That is the end of the sensation, and itisnot likely that it will ever be resurrectedagain.

THE REV. JESSE GIBSON.[From a photograph.]

TROUT FOR AUSTIN GREEK.Twenty-Five Thousand of the Tahoe

Variety Planted in Its Waters.Abont 25,000 of the fry of Tahoe trout

(Salmo mykiss) were planted by the FishCommission in the waters of both forks ofthe Austin Creek yesterday. They camedirect from the Sisson hatchery and weredelivered in rive cans, containing abouttwenty gallons each of newlyhatched fish,which measured between 1% and 2 inches.

These are the same variety that arefound in the Truckee and American rivers,and were placed inAustin Creek, which isthe last stream toenter the Russian Riverbefore the latter enters the ocean, toascer-tain whether the trout would remain in

•the stream or would run to the ocean, asdo the fish indigenous to those waters.

A Jewish Socialistic Social.The Jewish section of the Socialistic Labor

party held an enjoyable social last evening atthe Temple on Turk street. The first part ofthe programme consisted of literary andmusical exercises. Some fine instrumentalmusic was rendered under the direction of

Professor Silver. Miss Annie Zwerin delivereda recitation, which was followed by a fancydance by Jeanette Harowitz. Philip Zweringave a recitation, which was loudlyapplauded.Professor Zyler delivered a short address, whichwas of great interest to the socialists. After aviolin eolo by Professor Wagner the party in-dulged ina pleasant dance. About midnightluncheon was spread for the merrymakers,wholater on resumed the dance.

AT THE MECHANICS' FAIE.Over Sixteen Thousand, the Largest

Crowd Since the Opening Day,

Passed the Turnstiles.

Over 16,000 people, irrespective of 2000High School pupils who were presentedwith complimentary tickets, took advan-tage of the fact that to-day would be a dayof rest and attended the Mechanics' Fairyesterday afternoon and evening.

The new exhibits, including the agricul-ture and horticulture exhibit of the Uni-versity of California, boat-making and nu-merous inlaid-wood working plants oflocalmechanics, gold amalgamators and variouskinds of mining machinery, are rapidlybeing placed in position, and by Mondaynight the exhibits will all be in their per-manent places and the interior appear-ance of the pavilion willbe greatly im-proved.

Anexcursion train of the San Franciscoand North Pacific Railroad will be runfrom Ukiah and way stations on Univer-sity day, which is next Saturday. Collegesongs and cries willbe the order of the day.

The following musical programme willbe rendered by Scheel's concert band onMonday afternoon and evening:

AFTEBNOON.March, "Bismarck" JendrowsklOverture, "Fest" LortzingWaltz, "Carmen Bylva" IvanovlciIdyl, "Onthe MillBrook" EllenbergSelection, "Cavallerla Kusticana" MascagniOverture, "Egmont" Beethoven\u25a0\Vaitz, "IjßReinede la Mer" Scusa"Turkish Patrol" MicbaellsTrio and chorus from "Freischutz" WeberMarch, "Caprivi" Nehl

EVESING.March, "Souvenir de Leipzig" PupkeOverture, "Pique Dame" Suppe•'lnvitation to the Dance" WeberFlute solo Selected byA.RodemannIntroduction and Bridal Chorus from ".Lohwi-

prrin'' WagnerOverture, "Czar and Zimmermann" LortzlngWaltz, '-The Wave" MetraPatrol, "Guard Mount'1 Eiienberg"The Chase of the Butterfly" Keler BelaMarch, "KingCharles" TJnrath

TO DEMAND A FORFEITURE.An Indignation Meeting of the

Residents South of GoldenGate Park.

Citizens Determined to Bring theMarket-Street Railway Com-

pany to Time.

The meeting of the South of the Parkand Ocean Boulevard Improvement Asso-ciation held at Solomon Getz's office in theCrocker building yesterday afternoon, wasattended by men whose property interestsin the district immediately south of GoldenGate Park are Considerable. Among themwere Thomas U. Sweeney, the donor of theobservatory on Strawberry Hill; C. W.Pope, president of the association; GeorgeLane, the secretary; Charles Lane, EdwardEwald, Attorney Michael Mullaney, Messrs.Conley, DiNola, Getz, Wells and others.

Before the meeting was called to orderthe important announcement wae madethat Mayor Sutro had just leta contract forthe grading of Sullivan or J street, be-tween First and Fourth avenues. This isthe proposed site for the AffiliatedCollegesand public library buildings, and It wasdoubtless with the intention of making hisgiftstillmore valuable and acceptable to thecolleges that Mayor Sutro let the contract.It was signed yesterday at 1o'clock, andcalls for the completion of the work in tendays, beginning Monday morning. Thiswork willcost Mr.Sutro between $5000 and$6000. It will make a splendid improve-ment to the property, and amounts inreality, if the site be accepted by the com-mittee, to a cash donation of the amountthe contract willcost. South of the parkproperty-owners and residents are joyousover the good news, and predict an era ofprosperity ana rapid development for whatthey rightly consider one of the most beau-tifulresidence sites in the City.

In convening the meeting PresidentPope explained that it had been calledprimarily to protest against the suddenand inexcusable stoppage of thfi streetcarservice on Clayton, Cole and Carl streets,and to devise ways and means of eitherenforcing a forfeiture of the abandonedfranchise or compelling the Market-streetCompany to renew their discontinued ser-vice.

Other matters for the organization toconsider, said Mr.Pope, were the improve-ment of the Ocean Boulevard, the openingof J street to the ocean and the establish-ment of sewer grades.

A great deal of friendly discussion fol-lowed, ana the Market-street Companywas handled without gloves by the gentle-men present. It was finally "decided notto parley any further with SuperintendentVining of the Market-street Company orany other officers of the road, but to pro-ceed to petition the Board of Supervisorsfor a forfeiture of the Metropolitan StreetRailway franchise. To this end there willbe a mass-meeting Tuesday evening, Sep-tember 3, at some downtown hall. Atthis meeting the petition will be intro-duced and a committee 'chosen to takecharge of the matter.Itwas pointed out by Mr. Sweeney that

the discontinued service had been operatedby the Metropolitan Company long beforethere was a single house in the neighbor-hood; that the neighborhood had grownand flourished by the service and that nowithad enough inhabitants to pay for thestreetcar service that had been affordedbefore the recent high-handed action ofthe Market-street Company. Mr. Sweeneyalso pointed out that the Market-streetCompany was not compelled to buy thisroad.Iimade the purchase withits eyes wide

open and for a definite purpose. Itmusthave known whether or not the roadwould pay operating expenses. Mr.Sweeney thought the reason for the ces-sation of the service could be found in thedesire of the Market-street Company toinjure the availability of the Sutro site forthe Affiliated Colleges.

And these sentiments found a ready re-sponse in the remarks made by many ofthe other gentlemen. Attorney Mullaney.while urging on the agitation, took rathera gloomy view of the situation from thefact, he said, that the Market-street Com-pany owned a majority of the Board ofSupervisors and could twist that bodyabout its thumb as itchose. He thought,too, that as a legal proposition the roadcoula not abandon a part of its franchisewithout forfeiting the whole and that theSuperior Court should be called upon to f

declare the forfeiture.Between now and the mass-meeting of

September 3 the matter willbe thoioughlycanvassed from a legal standpoint.

President Pope said he had made inquir-ies concerning the improvement of theOcean Boulevard. He said the work couldbe done for between $13,000 and $14,000. Hehad made a proposition to the Park Com-missioners to the effect that ifthey wouldappropriate $9000 of this amount the asso-ciation would agree to raise the other$5000. If the Park Commissioners shouldaccept the plan the work will probably befinished

—and the finest boulevard in the

world established— withinsixty days.

Free This Week.12 BIG PRESENTS-ONE GIVEN WITH

Each Pound of OurEXTBAVALUE 60-CENT TEAS.

GREAT AMERICAN IMPORTING TEA CO.'S,62-58 Market street, S. F., Headquarters.

BRANCH STORES EVERYWHERE.

GENERAL GRAHAM WRITES OF TREASONDemands of the Mass-

Meeting Denouncedas Such.

HIS CAUSTIC COMMENT.

The Railroad Strikers Char-acterized as Public

Enemies.

THE INSCRIPTION TO STAND.

Citizens Who Attended the Metro-politan Hall Gathering Se-

verely Scored.

General William M. Graham has senthis answer to Chairman Fergusson of themass-meeting of Saturday evening, August17, in reference to the removal of the"Murdered by Strikers" inscription. Farfrom complying with the demands con-tained in the resolutions General Grahamhas gone to the extent of characterizingthem as treasonable and the strikers aspublic enemies, while those who partici-pated in the mass-meeting are "men whohave publicly put themselves outside ofthe law and of the respect of honest, law-abiding citizens."

Chairman Fergusson's letter inclosingthe resolutions to General Graham waswritten and mailed on the 22d inst. andreads as follows:

General William M. Oraham, Presidio— DearSir:Iherewith transmit to you a copy of theresolutions adopted at a mass-meeting of citi-zens, held at Metropolitan Hall on Saturdayevening, the 17th inst.

Any communication you may desire to maketo me concerning them will be esteemed afavor. Yours very truly,

M. J. Febgusson, Chairman.The resolutions referred to were as fol-

lows:Whereas, General W. M.Graham, the officer

in charge of the United States troops sta-tioned at the Presidio, has caused to be placedon a monument erected to the soldiers whowere killed in the wreck of the train nearSacramento, July 11, 1894, an inscriptioncharging the members of the American Rail-way Union with having murdered them; be it

Resolved, That we regard the action of thesaid Graham as a libeloue and cowardly attackupon the good names and reputations of inno-cent men, and that we look withhorror and re-proach upon the übo of a sepulture of the deadas a means of ventiug hatred, spleen or maliceand that in the placing of this ehoulish libelupon the monument General Graham wellmerits the severest condemnation ofailloversof justice and fair play; and

Resolved, That we demand of GeneralGraham the immediate removal of the inscrip-tion, "Murdered by Strikers," considering itspresence a public insult and disgrace; and

Resolved, That inevent of the failure of saidGeneral Graham to remove that inscription atonce, the chairman of this meeting be re-quested to at once forward copies of theseresolutionß to the Secretary of War and to ourSenators and members of congress with therequest that the proper action be had to causethe removal of the said inscription.

No time was lost by General Graham inpreparing and dispatching his answer,which was delivered to Rev. Mr.Fergusonby a soldier from the Presidio. Its text isas follows:

Headquarters Fifth XJ. 9. Artillery, »Presidio, San Francipco, Cal.,

August 23, 1895.)

M.J. Fergusson, chairman, 670 Twentieth street,San Francisco, Cal.—BTR: Ihave the honor toacknowledge the receipt of your letter of the21st inst., transmitting tome a copy of resolu-tions reported adopted at a meeting held atMetropolitan Hall on Saturday, the 17thinst.

These resolutions demand of me the imme-diate removal of the inscription "Murdered byStrikers," placed on a monument erected lastwinter in the National Cemetery at this post tosoldiers wbo had belonged tomy regiment wholost their lives inthe execution of their duty.Iam a competent judge ofhow these soldiers

met their deaths, and the words "Murdered byStrikers" exactly and justlyexpress my judg-ment on that point.

For this reasonIrespectfully decline tocom-plywith the treasonable demands ofmen whonave publicly put themselves outside of thelaw and ot the respect of honest, law-abidingcitizens by adopting resolutions of sympathywithpublic enemies and condoning the crimeof murder. Iam, sir, very respectfully, yourobedient servant, Wm. M. Graham,Colonel Fifth Artillery,Brevet Brigadier-Gen-

eral,U.S. A.

Chairman Fergusson declined to expressany opinion of the reply sent by GeneralGraham when seen last night, and saidthat the matter was not a personal one;that in forwarding the resolutions toGeneral Graham he had simply acted in aformal manner, in accordance with theduty that devolved upon him as chairmanof the mass-meeting. He added that hebad not yet made up his mind whether ornot he would reply to General Graham.

One thing, however, would be done, hesaid, and that was to carry the matter to ahigher authority for action, as provided inthe resolutions. By the end of this weekthe resolutions, the correspondence be-tween Chairman Fergusson and GeneralGraham and the newspaper reports andcomments on the incidents leading up tothe present situation willbe forwarded tothe Secretary of War forhis considerationand action. What further course would bepursued should the Secretary of War failto comply with the demands embodied in

the resolutions Mr. Fergusson was notprepared to say.

RUN DOWN ON THE BAYT. R. Keenan's Narrow Escape

From Drowning While Outfor a Row.

His Boat Was Crushed Under thePaddle-Wheel of the Ferry-

Boat Oakland.

T. R. Keenan, a salesman of S. P. Dinkel-spiel&Co., had a narrow escape from beingdrowned in the bay last evening off thefootof Market street. He was ina smallboat that was run down by the ferry-boatOakland on the 8 o'clock trip from SanFrancisco to Oakland. Keenan is a mem-ber of the Dolphin Boat Club, and afterwork he rowed in a light craft to LongBridge. On the return trip, as he wasskirting along the wharves the bigferry-boat run out of the slip and before he hadtime to escape his little craft was crushedintokindling wood by the steamer's paddle-wheel.

Keenan was thrown beyond the bladesof the wheel by the shock, and only byexerting all his strength

—although he isa good swimmer— was he able to keepafloat until rescued by the Oakland's smallboat.

Captain Brown, in speaking of the acci-dent, said that the mist on the bay pre-vented him from seeing Keenan's boat,which carried no lights. When about 100yards or more from the end of the wharfhe saw a white object and immediatelyrang the bell to stop. The passengers on

the lower decks saw the man in the boatgo under the wheel, and shouted to theofficers.

Several threw life-preservers into thebay, for they distinctly heard the unfor-nate man call for help. Second Mate W.H. Higginson and his crew quickly clearedaway the small boat while the 'Oaklandwas backine, and in a few minutes thecrew were pulling to the rescue.

Keenan was found struggling bravely tosave his life. He was taken into the littleboat well-nieh exhausted and placed in thefireroom, where he was stripped of his wetgarments, He said the reason he had nolight inhis boat was that he was overtakenby the darkness after leaving the LongBridge boathouse.

He remained in the fireroom until 'hisclothes were nearly dry and he had re-covered sufficiently to go to his home at1210 Clay street. The steamer lost onlynine minutes in her trip,and the rescue issaid to be the quickest on record in theferry service on this bay.

THIEVES ON EDDY STREET.Two Residences Inthe Same Block In-

vaded by the Gentry.

The burelars are at present holding highcarnival in this City, and that the house-holders who are suffering from the lawlessvisitants are keeping the "surprise parties"quiet by the advice of the detectives be-comes more apparent every day. In someportions of the City a dozen residences inone block have been cleaned out by burg-lars, and the officers have waited for theclews that never came.

The residence of Mr.Robinson at 1915Eddy street was entered last Thursdaynight and the visitor's presence was onlyknown next morning by the disappear-ance of a sum of money and a pile o! wear-ing apparel lying on the parlor floor,which he had removed from other apart-ments. Robinson was told to say nothingtillthe thief was caught.

A few doors further alone in the block,1977 Eddy street, early that morning, aburglar—possibly Mr.Robinson's visitor-came in by a front window and, turningthe hall lamp out, proceeded to investigatethe interior of the building.

He was frightened away by the return ofa boy, one of the family, from a late party.He almost stumbled over the burglar, whonearly frightened the youngster to death.Next day a pile of valuable articles foundnear the window proved how systematical-lyand securely the fellow was working theplace. The residents of the house statethat only for the interruption the entirepremises would have been looted. Theywere directed to say nothing about thematter.

CHRIST CHURCH SUPPLIEDA Special Meeting of the Oak-

land Presbytery on Thurs-day.

"Divine Healing" to Be Discussedby the Presbyterian Minis-

terial Union.

Rev. W. Lane, one of the most promi-nent, thongh youngest, members of theEpiscopal clergy ofthe coast, has accepteda call to Christ Church at Alameda. Hewillpreach at that church to-day and willgo to Merced to bid farewell to his oldparishioners this week. He will assumecharge of his new parish as once. Thoughbut 30 years old, Mr.Lane has occupiedthe responsible position of dean of thecathedral at Spokane, Wash. He is anephew of General James Lane and cousinof George B. McClellan. He succeedsRev. W. T. Perkins, who resigned in orderto attend to business connected witb hispatent of a new and improved refrigerator-car.

The reception to be extended by theCongregational Club to the Commissionersof the American Board to Japan on the10th prox. willtake the form of a grandCongregational rally. There will be abanquet early in the evening, and the cluband its guests will repair to the FirstCongregational Church at 8 p. m., wherethere willbe a large audience of membersof the various churches of that denomina-tion in the City. A special request hasbeen made by the executive committee ofthe club that all Christian Endeavor,Women's Missionary, Boys' Brigade andother auxiliary societies should be fullyrepresented and come ina body. Addresseswillbe made by Dr. J. L.Barton, secretaryof the board, Rev. J. G. Johnson of Chicagoand A. H. Bradfoid of Montclair, N. J.

The General Association of Congrega-tional Churches and Ministers of Califor-nia willmeet at the Market-street Congre-gational Church of Oakland October 1to4.

Rev. H. Hammond Cole of Olivet Con-gregational Church has resigned his pas-torate to accept a call to the WeavervilleCongregational church.

The Young Ladies' Branch of theWoman's Board of Missions of the Pacificwillhold its annual meeting at the FirstCongregational Church on Thursday. Theafternoon session will commence at 2o'clock. There willbe a basket supper at6, and the evening session will open at7:30.

Dr. W. W. Case will preach on "TheAbbot and the Devil"at the Howard-streetMethodist Church this morning and at theevening service his theme will be "TheSaloon-Keeper's Ledger." There willbe apraise service preceding the sernion andMisses Pearl and Maud Noble will renderselections on the cornet and trombone.They willalso give a vocal duet, and J. F.Fleming, the barytone, will sing "TheLost Chord."

The Presbyterian Occidental Board ofMissions willgive a farewell reception atthe Presbyterian Mission on Sacramentostreet to the Misses Oneatt on Mondayafternoon, the 2d prox., from 3 to5 o'clock.

The meeting of th«S Bay conference ofthe Congregational churches and minis-ters, which has been postponed severaltimes, willbe held at Haywards on the 2dprox. Dr. Williams' series of discourseson "Things That Stand" having arousedmuch interest on the part of the ministryand laity alike that subject has been chosenfor discussion. Dr. Goodell has been re-quested to speak on the same subject onthat occasion. Dr. C. O. Brown will bethe third speaker. Dr. Williams willgivethe third of his series of sermons in an-swer to the arguments of skeptics thisevening at Plymouth Church. He willan-swer the question, "The Foundations ofFaith. WillThey Stand?" His morningdiscourse will be on "Faith ConqueringFear."

"Was Christ a socialist?" is the questionwhich the Institute of Applied Christianitywilldiscuss on Tuesday evening.

The California French Christian Unionwillhold its annual meeting in this Citythe first week in October,

Abram H. Cannon of Salt Lake City,one of the twelve apostles of the Church ofJesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, spent afew days in this City last week, and isnow at Los Angeles. He is conferringwith other ecclesiastics of the State inregard to the practicability ofestablishing amission inJapan.

John Beck and W. T. Beattie, Utoniansequally prominent in business and churchmatters, willaddress the Latter-day Saintsat Calanthe Hall this afternoon and even-ing.

Rev. Thomas Filben, pastor of the FirstMethodist Episcopal Church, will give areview of Drummond's "Ascent of Man,"at the Methodist preachers' meeting to-morrow.

Rev. Campbell Coyle will address thePresbyterian Ministerial Union to-morrow.The efficacy of faith cure was discussed by

the union last week and willbe continuedto-morrow in the discussion of Mr. Coyle'spaper on "Divine Healing."

Dr. Mary W. Nile?, who is engaged inthe hospital at Canton, China, writes thatthere is much disquiet in the city, whichpromises to break forth into open disturb-ance.

The presbytery of OaKland has called aconvention to be held at the First Presby-terian Church on Thursday and Friday.The meeting has been specially called fora discussion of "The Hoiy Spirit."

Dr. Robert F. Coyle preached to a largeaudience in the First Presbyterian Churchof Oakland last Sunday evening on "Foolsfor Christ's Sake."

There willbe a meeting of the San Francisco Presbytery at the Howard .Presbyte-rian Church to-morrow at 2p. m. for thefurther consideration of missionary work.

Mr.Laddia the new tenor at Saint Luke'sCathedral.

THE GRAVE OF "HIGHLAND MABY."

Probably inall Scotland there does notstand another such touching monument asthat erected to the memory of the sweet-heart of Robert Burns. Many are the feetused to treading American soil that yearlyfind their way to this shrine in far-awayGreenocks. The path winding to it iswornwith travel. The grave lies in the westKirkland. not amid the heather and thewildbanks as loved by "Highland Mary,"but surrounded by the turmoil of busy citylife and clouded over with smoke frompassing river boats and hundreds of sur-rounding chimneys. It is now more thana hundred years since this generous soulsacrificed her life for her brother, nursedhim through a dangerous lever, to whichshe herself succumbed.

Brave soul indeed to thus imperil herlife, which, at tnis time, had become par-ticularly briglat to her, bwing to her en-gagement to the poet. Her lifehad neverheretofore been especially light, owing topoverty, which necessitated her workingas a domestic. The large, white mansionwhere she was thus engaged still stands atCailsrield, and itwas there the poet firstsaw and fell in love withher. Her spin-ning-wheel, the Bible her lover gave herand upon which they said their vows, and alock of her long, bright hair are kept byAUoway's "haunted kirk"as cherished me-mentos. It is more than fiftyyears ago•'nee a monument was erected by sub-

\u25a0 r.ption to the memory of "HighlandMary."

The monument is of marble, twelve feethigh, being a sculptured medallion, whichrepresents inreliefBurns and Maryplight-ing, with clasped hands, their vows. Be-neath the medallion are the words:

Erected over the-gravp of Highland Mary.Tlßl2."

MyMary, dear departed shadeWhere la Uiy place of blissful rest?"

—Lady North.

Maguire on Natnral Taxation.Congressman James G. Maguire will deliver

an address before the Single-tax Society of thisCity this evening at Foresters' Hall, 102 O'Far-rell street. His subject willbe "Natural Taxa-tion." This willprobably be the last lecture ofJudge Maguire before the local society prior tohis departure East, where he is to take an ac-tive part in the single-tax campaign now wag-ingin the State of Delaware. A large audienceis anticipated for the lecture this evening, notonly because Judge Maguire is a very enter-tainingspeaker, but because of his perfect mas-tery of the subject chosen for him.

MilitaryPapers Consolidated,

The current issue of the Pacific Americancontains the following interesting announce-ment:

TO OUB PATBONS.

With thinissue the Pacific American consolidateswith the Western Military Gcmte, published byGeorge A. Helmore, wbo thereby obtains an in-terest Inthis paper, tnder the new order of thingsthe National Guard wlJl find tbeir interests ad-vanced and guarded as zealously as ever, itbeing

the aim of the Pacific American to foster to the

fullest possible extent this branch of our Nationaldefense. This department willbe under the im-mediate control of Mr.Helmore.

The word topaz comes from the Greekverb, signifying to guess. The jewel wasbrought from the east, and reported tohave come from an island, and menguessed at the location of the isle whichproduced such beautiful gems.

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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 1895.

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