Woodland Daily Democrat (Newspaper) - May 27, 1897, Woodland, California VOL. THURSDAY MAY 126. AKERS The Committee Found Him Guilty as He Will Not Appeal and Says He Can Live a Christian Life Out- side of the Chapter three of the Yolo church scandal was brought to a close at a late hour Wednesday W. T. Akers was found guilty and declared to be no longer a member of the Methodist Episcopal After the DEMOCRAT went to press Wednesday Mrs. Green was recalled and restated a portion of her J. P. March again took the stand on behalf of the prosecution and restated that he had heard Akera call Rev. fee a cur and a liar on the evening of March 30th. J. D. McLeod was recalled and said that he did not hear Akera call Rev. Calfee a and did not remember to have heard Akers say that Rev. Calfee was guilty of falsifying the records of the estimating Mr. Akers took the stand again in his own He was asked whether he wanted to say anything further about the and made a long statement about Ithe copies of committee hett made at testimony seemed to have no relevancy and the witness was Mrs. Murphy wats the first witness called in This lady denied that Rev. Calfee had ever asked ner to prefer charges agains Akers or that he asked her to sign such This concluded the testimony After a few Rev James Williams addressed the jury on behalf of the Mr. Williams took up the charges against the defend discussing the testimony in each He pointed out that the point in which there was a direct con wae the question as to whether Rev Calfee had asked Mrs. Murphy to pre fer chames This die he ascribed to the fact tha the witness for the defense was some distance removed at the time the al words were and prob ably misunderstood what was tie called attention to the used by the defendant and argued that j this alone convicted him of improper Mr. Griffith then presented the ments for the Mr. Griffith was under the impression that Rev. Calfee was plaintiff in the case of Yolo Society vs. W. T. and directed his remarks along the line of that He claimed that Rev. Calfee had driven the ant to do what he had and that the latter wae therefore He closed with a comparison of the sions of ministering to the spiritual fare of a Methodist society and that of tilling the quoting from Agriculture is the most healthful as well as the most noble work of Mr. replied Then the Rev. gave the special committee the charge usually given to a and it In about twenty minutes the tee and the Mr. Daniel presented the Rev. Ashe took the paper and while the audience listened in almost breathless The result was that the charges were sustained that of of being guilty of imprudent and and of defaming and speaking ill of a The com- fixed the punishment at Rev. Ashe then called upon the de- fendant to and extended to him the privilege of making any statement of reasons why should not be Mr. Akers with great that he had no apologies to that ho had spoken the and called upon God to witness that he was Ashe then the judgment of the formally declaring Mr. Akera to be no longer a member of the Methodist Mr. Akers stated that there would be no as he could live a Christian lite as well out of the church as in the The committee was then discharged the The of interested parties discussing their respective for some but no further stration was Another chapter in this deplorable church difficulty will be added as soon as the preliminaries can be ft will consist of the trials of Mrs. J. S. Griffith and Mrs. N. M. In our report of the church trial at on Mm. Green is nade to say that she overheard Rev. Mr. ask Mrs. Murphy to prefer barges against Mr. Mrs. Green that she did not hear any euch It is reported that Mr. en or twelve in have decided withdraw from the Yolo M. E. and have nothing further lo do with it eo loner as Mr. Calfee is BRIEF CITY NEWS Events of Interest in Woodland and ua An Impressive County Treasurer Wood returned from Sacramento this He attended the funeral of the late Sof which he describes as one of the most impressive he ever The California Transportation Company a to convey the of the deceased from Courtland and a number of smaller boats were en- gaged to bring parties from various towns along the The funeral was conducted by the Masonic Miss Mies Mabel valued pondent of the has returned from a lengthy trip in southern part of the undertaken for the benefit of her She spent nearly eight months at the Los Angeles of Oratory and Physical Her many friends sincerely hope the im- provement in her health ie permanent THE GOLLUM TRIAL Mr. Lyford company's business in Wood Further sensational developments liable to Local Items of More or Less Interest Picked up Here and There On the Nothing of Special Interest in Today's The Interest Seems to Have Died Out in the Case and the ance is After Watkins had finished in the Phil Collum trial on Wednesday Eddie Elder was He worked the woolen milla and often went into the weaver's On the day of the fire there were two small piles of wool in the Only four or five looms were full and there was but little wool on the Witness Elder waa then and Miss Nora Andrews was culled to the stand and testified that she had heard a conversation between the de- fendant and Mr. Coogan which she took down in In that tion Collum that he could not remember how much money he had put into the He had when he formed a partnership with tLe had borrowed a portion of it Mis At this of the proceedings the court ordered a recess to be taken until 10 o'clock this When court convened this morning Miss Nora was again called to the She leaumed the reading troni tier notes of all the questions and answers in the conversation between Mr. the insurance Shephard and when testimony wud being taken upon which to base a. The reading of these notes occupied the entire morning and Miss Andrews had not concluded when the the court ordered the noon L. P. Everett was the next witness He identified sumo maps and the location of its distance from etc. Miss Allio Watkins identified a ment of by trie lire which defendant made to the in surance She also identified a balance sheet made a tmx previous to the After a short recess Mr. whi was at the wa put on the He was testifying a the hour of going to lUit little interest seems to be taken in the and the is While out ask to be shown black brocaded 21 inches At 35 cents per yard atj Rosenberg I Dr. Grant will leave on his summer vacation about July 1st. Four more wheels of the Sterling make have been disposed of by W. R. M. haa received one of those double bicycles recently exhibited Three brood mares arrived on the freight train this morning consigned to SP. R. H. received a handsome Shetland pony from on the freight train this Mr. O. W. of will preach in the Congregational Church next morning and Dr. L. Newton has returned from the East and can be found at her office over Zimmerman's Mass was celebrated at the church of the Holy this morning class of ten and seven boys made its first At the commencement exercises held at Palo Alto on Wednesday the degree of Bachelor of Arts was conferred upon Miss Marie of this C. N. manager of the bicycle circuit has made arrangements to have the Woodland racetrack put in condition for the meet on June 9th. P. W. Wilson met with a severe cident Wednesday A large car door dropped on one of his as a result of which he can bardly put it to the Jerusha Family Album will be opened Friday May 28th, at Mrs. F. 8. Freeman's under the auspices of St. Luke's sion 25 lemonade A musical program will be We beg to acknowledge the receipt of an with the compliments of Miss Marie to attend the Mr. John W. of and Miss Martha of this were married at the residence of the bride's Mrs. J. in tins city ut noon Rev. M. Edwards officiated in the presence of a few and After the ceremony the bridal party was served with ati excellent On the afternoon train they took their departure for With the groom wo have not the pleasure of a personal e. The bride is an excellent young lady and has a boat of THE TRIAL A Church Committee Exonerates N. M. Testimony Given More Weight Than That of Two nesses For the more to do with Yolo church It i- understood that tho against of having falsely at the trial of Mr. at hay been THE Prospect That Fair Prices For Wheat Will A An exciting runaway took place aa the freight train A young man named Roberta who is in the employ of I. P. wa driving along the road in a rig The horse took fright at the train am ran Roberta was thrown out arid the animal continued on its wild journey until it was finally caught on the road near the The buggy was badly Final W. H. by his Phil has filed his final account guardian of the estate of V. an incompetent now The receipts were and the disbursements leaving a ance of cash on hand of THE FIRST Winters Ships a Carload ot Apricots East It is the First Carload of Green Fruit Sent Out of the State This commencement ball given by the senior class of Leland Stanford Monday May 24th. The ladies of the Baptist Church will uive a social at the residence of Mrs. W. W. Porter on College street this Refreshments and a offering will be the closing features of the Everybody is invited to The commencement exercises of the School will be held in lie opera house on June 10th. The class haa arranged a very inter- sting program for the consists of and a farce en- Great The Epworth League and Sunday chool of the M. E. Church will hold a at Grove Mav 29th. There will be conveyances it the church to accommodate those who lave not rigs of their All arc to assemble at tho church at The railroad company offers 11 special to teachers who desire to H tn to Convention meets at Shasta in the alter part of Tho round trip will only be and comfortable accommodations will be furnished there at the reasonable rate of per May Winters fruit belt ia still entitled to the honor of being the earliest in the It claims the palm for quality and variety as A 4'V ATTACHMENT The West Valley Lumber Company Seeks to Recover The Wept Valley Linn her Company brought suit in the Court lute afternoon William a mer employe of the and who until had of tho company's ut The complaint Wallace with collecting money to the of which be haR failed to turn over to the Tho com- pany has used every means ble to secure a but without and Wednesday afternoon levied an attachment on a spring sind ent of double harness belonging to In this connection it is correct to Bay that Mr. Wallace was not transferred to Woodland to lake charge of com- has been Tho Eurl Fruit Company today by iv load of to the It is the carload of green fruit shipped out of the State thin Mr. 1'. a prominent and merchant of has this to on the subject of tism tako pleasure in ing Chamberlain's Pain Balm for I know from personal ex- that will do all that is claimed for it. A year ago this spring my brother laid up in bed with in- and Tho application of fain the pain nnd the IW of one bottle completely rurod For nale bv Leithold Armon TMK in the world for Salt Fever Chapped nmi nil skin and positively cures or no pnv It IH to give or 2r> rents per a IP by W. 1 Best quality of pule nt Coy's grocery for a Men's fur 7f> cents ot A A really oil can now bo had tho of The church trial of Mrs. N. M. Elton was commenced in Yolo this ia one of the many cases that have grown out of the dissensions of the M. E. Church at that Mrs. Elton is charged with tion of to be more with having slandered tbo name and reputation of D. W. These charges were made by Mrs. The meeting was opened ling and W. F. of I was selected to prosecute the nnd Rev. James of to represent the The following members of the land church were chosen to sit an a church committee to hear the testimony and pass upon the G. W. John H. and D. Mr. of was chosen lo The defendant was advised that ehe had a right to admit the public to the trial or to have it conducted with closed just as she might She decided to exclude the It was announced that only those engaged in the trial as witnesses or officers und those who were in any way implicated would be permitted to The presiding officer found authority for this in the church Before proceeding with the trial W. T. Akers was discovered in the He was asked to but claimed the right to as he was one of those implicated in the church Mr. Ash peremptorily ordered him to but he I will not After a brief Mr. Ash said Mr. if you do not I will have to use force to have you removed from the Mr. Akers kept his Mr. in a tone that indicated he meant again ordered Mr. Akers to and the after a moment's got but be- fore going he shook his clenched fist at Mr. Ash and I will but you will bear from me He then went out into the ante- room where he remained a short time peeping in at the He did not the building altogether until Mr. Williams toward the Mrs. Elton plead not to the Mrs. Nutting waa the She testified that ehe heard Mrs. Elton nay that she did not want to be left alone with Rev. D. W. he is no Cornelius testified to practically the Mrs. Griffith nnd her were asked to nnd it ia understood that thoir timony havu been on the same but they refused to testify and were riot at the It is reported that their was based on their to havo the case triad behind closed They were willing to tell all they knew the doors were thrown open to the For the Elton She denied ever made the attributed to A lad named rt who be- longs to the the next lie that Ke Keeps a diary nnd record show Caltee left for H camping trip with tho on June 10th and did return until June Jt it is alleged that Elton made defamatory declarations on acts supposed to have been committed The for good prices for coming season are very Such was gleaned by a in a way from prominent grain merchants of HUH Of there are many conditions and which regulate the price of and tit this time of the year but little speculating is being an the condition 01 cropo can be materially changed in one day by a sudden change in the England has only a three supply on hand at the present time and the market is in such a condition that it could be easily It seems to be the opinion of persona who ought to know that the California will get good prices for their wheat for trie reason that the outlook ia not very promising for a large yield and for the further reason that freight rates to Europe are exceedingly Preserving It. Maud the had unusual experience with her She sent it by ex- solidly in a stout wooden hui she came lo claim it it Shu described tho ance of box to tho and a sad and luok caino over his Ho and went and presently with the box held had it oil tho he s are often served with orange s. Cover the berries with and juice of several Let them chill in tho refrigerator for half an hour and serve with powdered ice. A French collector the signature of Christopher Columbus always find u buyer ut The brain of an idiot contains less phosphorous than that of a penon of average mental The most remarkable cure lor on record have been by Hood's This medicine 10 unequalled for dis- eases of the Take only Hood's pills are hand Had perfect in proportion and 26e. At LawRon have two fine dence properties which they will sell at a great One ia a handsome two-story residence and the other ia modern Both are located in a very desirable part of the Those interested will please take no- tice that Dr. Grant's summer vacation will begin about July A special in summer on- 50 a for a few at Rosenberg Great reductions in trimmed Now is the time to buy if you want Mrs. Laura F. 641 Main Beautiful goods arriving daily at Mollie Everything Prices to suit your Come stud Hummer coats for 25 cents at Case A fresh lot of in indigo gurnet and and white just re- ut Bros. Valenciennes laces by the score at A new shipment jaet all widths and prices r. Cleaning and Sixth M P. tho of Tho of thin testimony was to show that Mr. Calfee not in Yolo at that This concluded the The presiding officer the e and it After being absent hulf an the committee brought in a verdict of not i This the church friala so far as tho present officers Rev. Mr. and Mr. Williams will leave for their homes tomorrow and they they will have Absolutely for its sreat leavening and food Mum and all forms ol common to the cheap
