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FORGERY HIS FORTE
Albert S. Moore Con
fesses His Numerous
Misdeeds.
CAUSED BY SPECULATION.
While "Long" on Cotton He
Becomes "Short" in
Accounts.
CIRCULATED MUCH BAD PAPER.
Positive That All His Fine Pen Work
Did Not Realize One Hundred
Thousand Dollars.
NEW YORK, N. V., June 14.— Albert S.
Moore, whose forgeries were disclosed yes
terday, has made a confession of his wrong
doings.
"I first forged three years ago," he told
a reporter. "I was then a bookkeeper for
Inrnan, Swarm & Co., for whom I
had worked for fourteen years. I had
been speculating on the market and
was long on cotton. Late one even
ing my broker came to me and told
mo that I would have to put up
margin at once. I was in deep water and
my failure to keep the contract I had with
him would have necessitated his failure.
I nad no money, but told him I would give
him the needed amount. In an unfortu
nate moment I decided that I could raise
the money on bad paper. I expected to
realize my fortune and buy back the note.
I made a note with a forged indorsement
and sold it to the bank. Just the amount
I got I don't know.
"From that time on things went bad
with me. I was on the wrong side of the
market, and simply got deeper and deeper.
I had to keep on selling bad paper to raise
money to keep myself up. But all the
time things got worse and worse, until now
I am here.
"My arrest was not exactly unexpected.
I knew two days ago that I was going to
be arrested, and made no effort to escape."
"What is the amount of your forgeries?"
"I had a memorandum of all the bad
paper I passed, and gave it to the police.
The report that the aggreeate is over
$100,000 is not correct. I am positive that
there was not over $75,000. I can say now
that I sold no paper out of town — not a
cent's worth."
Moore denied that he was or had been a
Sunday-school superintendent. He said
he had merely been the secretary of the
Sunday-school of the Collegiate Dutch Re
formed Church.
Moore, forger, was arraigned in the
Tombs Police Court this afternoon. He
waived examination, and was held in
$20,000 bail for the General Sessions.
TWO TRACK RECORDS BROKEN.
Hal Pointer's Great Performance at the
Overland Park.
DENVER, Colo., June 14.— 1t was ladies'
day at Overland Park and the grounds and
grandstand were filled to overflowing. An
excellent card was presented, the track was
in perfect condition and the weather pleas
ant. The race of the day was the third,
which Hal Pointer won easily in two
straight heats. Flying Jib did not seem
In the best of condition. During the day
two track records were broken. In the third
race the second heat was paced by Hal
Pointer in 2:lo}£, establishing a new
record. Between the fourth and fifth race
Robert J went against the track record with
a running mate and succeeded in reducing
the figure to 2:06 flat. He paced the last
quarter in 3034 seconds. It was the opin
ion of the judges that Robert J's record to
day was the fastest ever paced at this time
of the year.
Trotting, purse $800, 2:17 class, Alhanlo
w on, Troublesome second, Lizzie S third. Best
time, 2:15^.
I'aeinc, 2:2S class, purse $800, Keen Cutter
•won, Athol Wilkes second, Tom Johnson third.
Bert time, 2:20.
Pacing, $800, free for all, Hal Pointer won,
Flying Jib second. W W P third. Best time
2:10.:.
Running, purse, polo pony race, four and a
half furlongs, Fiying Bird won, Dutch Billy
second, Bud third. Time, 1 :01%.
Running, purse $300, seven furlongs, Billy
Bunderland won. Little Nell second. Venwood
third. Time, 1:32^.
Running, selling, five furlong?, Little Ell
won. Artless second, Border third. Time,
1 :03 3 i.
ROSY, Ikd., June 14.— Six furlongs, Lizzie
W won, Fiction second, Olston third. Time,
1 :173£.
Four and a half furlongs, Gretchen S won,
Bandela second, Fischer third. Time, :58.
Six furlongs, Le Proa Lyon won, Tippecanoe
second, Belie of Springfield third. Time, 1 :19.
Seven furlongs, Fullerton Lass and Lismore
ran a dead heat. Lady Rose third. Time,
1 :31^.
Six and a half furlongs, Kimberly wo n, Sim
rock second, Velox third. Time, 1 :25.
CINCINNATI Ohio, June 14.— The rac
ing at Latonia to-day was first class for
inferior horses. The directors of the
Oakley Jockey Club determined to-day to
have no foreign books on the track. Louis
ville and Latonia will probably follow the
lead of Oakley.
Six furlongs, St. Cyr won , Springvale Second,
Browneil third. Time, 1 :17U\
Selling, one mile, Fairchifd won, St. llario
second, Porthos third. Time, 1 :tw,
Five furlongs, Maggie won.Petrolene second,
Nellie Parker third. Time, I :o3><£.
One and a sixteenth miles, Dominion won,
The Princess second, Saddle Bags third. Time,
Four and a half furlongs, Ethelinda won.
oond, I.ucetta third. Time, rST I^.
Six furlong*, Blackliawk won, Yellow Rose
6ecnnd, Lay On third. Time, 1 :16.
ST. LOLiS, Mo., June 14. — Six furlongs,
I rania won, Campania second, Carrie B third.
Time, 1 :Ifj.
Five furlongs, ABC won, Claud Hill second
Air Tight third. Time, I :o2}£.
One and three-sixteenths miles, San Bias
won, Janus second, Michael third. Time,
'J :< *-} ■>•
Nine furlongs, Prince won, Brakeman sec
ond, St. Leo third. Time, 1:57.
Five iurlongs, Mike Kelly won. Mermaid sec
ond, McHenry third. Time, 1:02.
Nine furlongs, Salvador won. Jim Henry sec
ond. Williston third. Time, I :sß>^.
Knocked Out With an Ice lick.
BROOKLYN, N. V, June 14.-William
A. Maber, alias "Shadow," a pugilist 29
years old, billed to light Young Corbett at
the Seaside Athletic Clubto-nignt, became
involved in an altercation at Coney Island
early to-day with Christopher Gernio, an
Italian watchman. Gernio stabbed Maber
in the left breast with an ice pick, inflict
ing a painful but not dangerous wound.
Hit wound was dressed, after which he
was locked up on a charge of intoxication.
Gernio was held on a charge of assault.
On the Diamond.
WASHINGTON, June 14.— Washingtons 3,
base hits 10, errors 2. Cincinnatis 6, base hits
10, errors 2. Batteries— McGuire and Mercer,
Merritt and Foreman.
BALTIMORE, Md., June 14.— Baltimores 11,
base hits 16, error 1. Pittsbursg 0, base hits 3,
errors 5. Batteries— Clam and Hemming, Sug
den and Hawley.
BROOKLYN, *N. V., June 14.-St. Louis 7,
base hits 13, errors 3. Brooklyus 12, base hits
13, errors 2. Batteries— Peitz and Staley, Bur
reli and Kennedy.
NEW YORK, N. V., June 14.— New Yorks 0,
base hits 5, errors 3. Clevelauds 3, base hits 6,
error 1. Batteries— Wilson and Clark, Zimmer
and Young.
BOSTON, Mass., June 14.— Bostons 4, base
hits 7, error 1. Chicaeos 7, base hits 10. errors
2. Batteries— Ryan, Ganzel, Stivetts, Nichols;
Kittredge and Griffith.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. June 14.— First game:
Philadelphias 17, base hits 18. LouisviUes 5,
base hits liJ, errors 5. Batteries— Clements,
Taylor and Beam; Welch and Weyhing.
Second srame— Philadelphia 14, base hits 23,
errors 5. Louisvilles 6, base hits 13, errors 3.
Batteries— Clements, Grady, Cars-ey and Beam ;
Zahner and Cunningham.
IMMEDIATE TRANSPORTATION
Customs Officials Curl Jio Longer Slight
Denver Importers.
DENVER, Colo., June 14.— Otis Spencer,
Surveyor of Customs, has stirred up the
custom-house officials at Tacoma. Goods
shipped in bond through that port to Den
ver have been invariably taken in charge
by the custom-house brokers of Tacoma
and thus very much delayed in the jour
ney to Denver. The claim was made that
Denver had no -customhouse. The matter
was referred to the Treasury Department
at "Washington, and the surveyor at Ta
coina was stirred up to such an extent that
he wired Spencer that immediate transpor
tation for Denver will be accepted in the
future.
ROBBED A MAIL CAR
The Postal Clerk Forced to Jump From
the Moving Train.
GALVESTON.Tex., June 14.— The mail
car on train No. 4, International and
Great Northern, arrived yesterday without a
postal clerk. A masked man crawled into
the car just after leaving Tucker and at
the point of a revolver demanded the safe
keys.
When told he was not in the express-car
he demanded the registered-mail keys.
Upon their surrender he ordered the clerk
to jump out. Clerk Orrin Davis was badly
hurt by the jump. Eight registered pack
ages are known to have been taken.
ROBBERY OF A RICH MINE
Daring Theft of Ore at the
Golden Fleece in
Colorado.
For Two Years, at Least, Twenty
Thousand Dollars Have Dis-
appeared Monthly.
DENVER, Colo., June 14.— A special
to the News from Lake City, Colo., says:
A scheme of gigantic proportions has been
unearthed by which the Golden Fleece
Mining Company has been systematically
robbed for a number of months, and to
day it was announced that the mine
would shut down for an indefinite period
at once.
The thieving has been confined to high
grade ores and will reach enormous pro
portions, as the amount stolen has ex
ceeded one-half of their monthly output,
which has averaged at least $40,000 a
month. These figures seem only possible
when the extraordinary richness of their
high grade ore is taken into consideration.
Rumors implicating many of the em
ployes and various citizens of the camp
have been current all day. A reward of
$1000 for information leading to the arrest
and conviction of each person implicated
in the robbery is offered. The manage
ment insists that there has been an organ
ized gang at work making shipments to
various parts of the State and even to Mex
ico, from where the ore was reshipped to
the smelters. They say they will run
down every member of this gang if it costs
$50,000 to do so. This mine has been pay
ing regular monthly dividends of $12,000
for over two, years.
The wages paid the men are the highest in
the State. The Golden Fleece is the rich
est mine in Colorado and probably in
America. The company have placed armed
sentinels at all the workings to prevent
further tnefts.
WAGES INCREASED.
The Concession Due to the General Busi-
ness Revival.
CHICAGO, 111., June 14.— Crane & Co.
manufacturers of pipe fitting and brass'
goods, announced a 10 per cent increase in
wages to-day. The increase affects 2300
men. The firm announced that the great
improvement in its own business within
the last few months and the general busi
ness revival justifies higher wages.
Marriage of a, Jfetcspapcr Man.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.IL, June 14.-W.
E. McCreight of the Daily Citizen, one of
the most popular and successful newspa
pers in the Southwest, has joined hands
in wedlock with Mrs. Marian Graham, one
of Albuquerque's leading society ladies.
The happy couple left for a two weeks'
sojourn in Southern California.
All Must Close on Sunday.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, June J4.-Act
ing under pressure from the Civic Federa
tion, the Chief of Police has issued
orders for the closing of all places of busi
ness hereafter on Sunday. The order is
intended to include the icecream and soda
water stores, fruitstands and cigar-stores.
It will be the first attempt in the history of
the city to enforce strict Sunday obser
vance.
Failure of a Hank.
NASHUA, N. H., June 14.— The Milford
Savings Bank was to-day enjoined from
doing business by the Bank Commission
ers. Of late the withdrawals have been
heavy, and the bank has also suffered
severe losses in the West, where it had
large interests. No statement is made
public.
For many years the Government has
given its orders for Royal Baking Powder
in preference to all others, it being found
by the official examination superior to the
others in strength and purity.
Mayor Against Fire Chief.
SALT LAKE, Utah, June 14.— Tnis af
ternoon a voluminous complaint was filed
with Mayor Baskin against Chief Devine
of the Fire Department. The petition pur
ports to represent two-thirds of the force
of the Fire Department and claims that
the chief has violated many rules of the
department over which he presides.
Western Roads Sot Agreed.
CHICAGO, 111., June 14.— The West
ern roads made no progress whatever to
day toward perfecting their organization,
and the meeting adjourned until to-mor
row under circumstances which do not
promise an early agreement.
Heath of a Xotf.d Comedian.
GREEN BAY, Wis., June 1.-A pri
vate Berlin cable to-day says Ernst Osc
meidler, a noted German comedian, well
known in this country, died there today.
Dissolved the Injunction.
DENVER, Colo., June 14.-Judge John
son has dissolved the injunction re
straining the city officials from interfering
with Bannigan's poolroom.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1895.
NO HOPE FOR SPAIN
Such Is the Cry of
the Cuban Revo
lutionists.
THEIR BOLD MANIFESTO.
Liberal Spaniards Have Noth
ing to Fear if They Remain
Neutral.
FORCES OF THE INSURGENTS.
Further Precautions Taken by the
United States to Avoid Com
plications.
TAMPA, Fla., June 14.— The following
proclamation has just been received from
Cuba:
To the Cuban People : Maximo Gomez is in
command with 2000 men. The Marquis of
Santa Lucia, with the cry of "Cuba Libre,"
has joined him with 1500 men. Twenty of the
most noted gentlemen of Puerto Principe ac
company the worthy Bon of Camagmey.
There is no hope for Spain. Kemidos has
protected the landing of Rolofl and his 280
men. He brings munitions of war and 2000
pounds of dynamite. Santo Spirula has already
seven armed bands. General Maceo, with 0000
machetros, is destroying and burning every
thing which he finds in his way. The liberal
Spaniards have nothing to fear. Their lives
and property will be respected while assist
ance ie not rendered to the Government.
The autonomist party says an insurrection in
arms is necessary to force the Government te
favor autonomy.
Shame to those false patriots who live on
miserable bread that a deapot throws them.
The soldiers from Mahon, a Spanish province,
have gone over to the insurgents' ranks. The
daily expenses of the Spaniards run up to
$150,000. Martinez Campos has lost already
10,000 men. The soldiers in ths city of Man
zaaillo die in the streets of fever and dysen
tery. The famine spreads through the province
of Cuba. In Baracoa and Guantanamo there
are 18.000 insurgents in arms. Liberal Span
iards, sons of Riego and Pinio, hurrah for
liberty. To arms, and down with metropoli
tan government and tyranny. Hurrah for
Maximo Gomez. The Revolutionary Committee
of Havana.
Cuban advices received here are to the
effect that 11,000 Spanish troops will land
at Nuevitass,;on the northern coast of Cuba,
to-day, being the second installment of
troops dispatched to Campos by the home
Government.
Colonel Figuerdo, responding to an in
quiry to-day about Jose Marti, said:
"I have been seriously considering the
unfortunate news for the past two weeks.
The persistency of the Spanish alarmed
me at first, and now, in the absence of
news from Havana, I feel convinced that
Marti has died for the country he loved so
well. The revolution will go on just the
same. While we have lost a good man the
cause still exists, and the fight will be
pushed vigorously. Tomas Estrado Palma
of New York will undoubtedly be chosen
to fill Marti's place, and will do it ably."
ZAXHED I A' CUBA.
The Filibustering Party, With Arms and
Ammunition, Reach- the Island.
HAVANA, Cuba, June 14.— Information
has just reached here that the Cuban fili
bustering expedition on the tug George
W. Childs, under command of General
Carlos Roloff and General Serafin Sanchez,
which slipped away from the Florida
coast Thursday, has landed the party with
all arms and munitions of war at a point
near Aguadores, in the Province of San
tiago de Cuba.
A dispatch received here from Manza
nillo, Province of Santiago de Cuba, an
nounces the surrender of five insurgents,
besides three students of the university,
who had sided with the insurgents.
Maceo, according to a dispatch from Hol
quin, has shot two prisoners who were re
cently captured by the insurgents. The
iusurgent band commanded by Regino
Alfonse, in the district of Palma de Pinro.
has broken into the stores of Rogue Con
trareas. Alfonse fell into an ambush and
was wounded by a volunteer cavalryman.
It is reported that a filibustering schoon
er was sighted off the coast not far from
Havana.
The insurgents have burned the village
of San Vincente, near San Cristo.
The steamer Mexico has arrived at Nen
vitas, province of Puerto Principe, from
Spain. She had on board 900 soldiers, who
have left for Puerto Principe.
The insurgent bands commanded by
Maceo and Banders have appeared in the
neighborhood of Quabajaney, province of
Santiago de Cuba, and have plundered
stores belonging to Ceranada and Matu
tano.
Colonel Segana has had a skirmish with
the insurgents near Songo. The insur
gents lost two killed and left five wounded
on the field. On the side of the troops one
lieutenant and two soldiers were wounded.
MORE PRECAUTION'S.
The United States Extremely Anxious to
Prevent Complications.
WASHINGTON. D. C, June 14.-Attor
ney-General Harmon has received the fol
lowing letter from the Secretary of State
in relation to filibustering expeditions
against Cuba:
It is a matter of current rumor and newspa
per report that at various points In the United
States attempts are making by enlistment of
men, equipment and arming of vessels and by
other illegal measures to aid the insurrection
now in progress iv the island of Cuba.
While this department has not been furnished
With tangible evidence confirmatory of such
rumors and reports, it deems it of great impor
tance that no opportunity shall be given for
complaints that the Government of the United
States has in any respect fallen short ot its full
duty to a friendly nation. It is respectfully
suggested that the United States Attorneys
and Marshals for the several districts embrac
ing the coast line between New York and
Brownsville have their attention called to this
question, and be specially enjoined to see to it
that the neutrality laws ot the United States
are faithfully observed and all violations
thereof promptly and vigorously prosecuted.
Complying with Mr. Olney's suggestion,
Attorney-General Harmon has directed all
United States Attorneys and Marshals of
the Atlantic Coast lines to act in conjunc
tion, aud to take the steps necessary and
proper to prevent any violations of the
neutrality laws, acting promptly and vig
orously.
The Raleigh sailed from New York last
evening for Key West. She will patrol the
Florida coast with her launches and
boats, to prevent Cuban filibustering expe
ditions.
THE SCHOOL QUESTION.
It Will Be Debated, in the Winnipeg Legis
lature Monday.
WINNIPEG, Maisttoba, June 14 There
was no reference to the school question in
the Legislature to-day. Premier Green
way returned from Ottawa this evening
and a debate is anticipated Monday.
Archbishop Langevin was asked to-day
for his opinion on Manitoba's reply to the
remedial order. The following is his
answer:
"I am sorry for the local government's
bad will. It is rather strange that after
five years of public discussion their memo
rial should blandly charge the Ottawa
government with ignorance and claim for
themselves the monopoly of knowledge. I
trust the Government and the Parliament
of Canada will sustain the judgment of the
Privy Council in England and stand by
the constitution of the country."
A caucus of the opposition members will
be held before Monday, when a plan of
action will be decided upon in reference to
the debate on the motion pertaining to the
schools.
TO PROTECT SEALS.
Provisions of the Act Introduced in the
Rouse of Commons.
LONDON, Eng., June 14.— The Bering
Sea bill, which was introduced in the
House of Commons on Monday last by Sir
Edward Gray, Parliamentary Secretary for
the Foreign Office, and which passed its
first reading upon that occasion, replaces
the act of 1893, which expires in
July, and will enable the Govern
ment to cany out its agreement with
Russia. It empowers the Government by
order in council to prohibit seal catching.
The act remains in force until January,
1898. In addition to the Bering Sea
award, in regard to the seiziire, it empow
ers the officers of foreign states which are
parties to the agreement to seize British
ships and equipment when they violate
the order. British officers have the same
powers in regard to foreign ships.
An impression prevails here that Canada
will vigorously oppose the passage of the
new act.
MO URNERS BECOME THE MOURNED
Horrible Catastrophe to n Party Gath
ered in a Death Chamber.
VIENNA, Austria, June 14.— Seventy
people gathered in the death chamber of a
young man in Rovogno, a seaport town of
Austria on the west shore of the Adriatic.
The flooring of the chamber collapsed and
all fell to the ground floor and then into a
deep cellar, the walls of the house falling
on top of the unfortunate victims.
All the inhabitants of the town came
to the spot and the fire brigade was called
out, all the soldiers in the town rushing to
the scene. All tried to remove the debris.
This was done and revealed the fact that
fourteen of the mourners had been killed
and thirty wounded. The unhappy young
woman who had been the fiance of the de
ceased young man was found dead in the
ruina in a position close to the coffin.
Forgeries on a Tremendoti* Scale.
LONDON, Ekg., June 14.— 1t transpires
that L. A. Wooley, a prominent lawyer
who committed suicide in March last, was
involved in extensive forgeries extending
over a period of several years, estimated to
amount to from £50,000 to £140,000. He
placed mortgages on the property of oth
ers, in some instances mortgaging the same
property two or three times.
O'Xrien Must Retire.
LONDON, Esq., June 14.— 1n the Bank
ruptcy Court, on motion of Patrick Alex
ander Chance, who was recently accorded
a verdict for £407 against William O'Brien,
M. P., for the city division of Cork, an
order was yesterday issued against Mr.
O'Brien. This compels him to retire from
Parliament.
For a Statue to Cromwell.
LONDON, Exg., June 14.— The proposal
of the Government to erect a statue to
Oliver Cromwell was adopted to-day in the
House of Commons by a vote of 154 to 147.
The passage of the motion was only se
cured by the support of the Orangemen.
Russia Will Take Ad Action.
LONDON, Eng., June 14.— A St. Peters
burg correspondent of the Times tele
graphs to that paper that it is almost certain
Russia will take no action to compel re
forms by Turkey in Armenia.
Pincus Secures a Divorec.
LONDON, Eng., June 14.— Jacob Plncus,
the American trainer of the Croker-
Dwyer horses, hae been granted a divorce
from an English woman whom he married
in September, 1894, on the ground of her
infidelity.
A. lierlin Warehouse Burned.
BERLIN, Germasy, June 14.- A fire
which broke out to-day in Victoria ware
house, destroyed the building and its con
tents, involving a loss of 1,400,000 marks.
The Duke of Fife's Residence Burned.
LONDON, Exo., June 14.— The family
residence of the Duke and Duchess of Fife,
Mars Lodge, Braemar, was destroyed by
fare to-day.
The Royal Baking Powder is the greatest
of the modern time helps to perfect cook
ing, and every receipt requiring a raising
ingredient should embody it.
McKitiley in Great Demand.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, June i4._Word
comes from Columbus to-night that Gov
ernor McKinley haa decided he cannot
accept the invitation to speak at the Re
publican League convention. He had
promised to talk at the Kansas Chautau
qua on the same day and will keep that
appointment.
A Banking House Assigns.
METROPOLIS, 111., June 14. — The
banking house of Brown & Bruner closed
its doors to-day and made an assignment
this afternoon to D. W. Helm and F. P.
Curtis for the benefit of their creditors.
The liabilities will be about $100,000; assets,
$140,000.
Heavy Storms in A'ebraska.
OMAHA, Nebk., June 14.— Specials to
the Bee from Nebraska points indicate
that heavy storms swept over the central
and eastern part of the State this afternoon
and to-night. Some damage was done to
crops by hail in some sections and rail
roads were washed out at many places.
Xlie Tutna Reservation to Be Openea.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 14.— 8y
the arrangement of July 23, 1893, the
Yurna reservation, consisting of about
four townships, is to be divided, and four
acres allotted to each Indian. The rest of
it is to be thrown open to settlers. Traces
of the old surveys are to be obliterated
and freß h ones made.
May Begin Business.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 14.-The
Comptroller of the Currency to-day author
ized the Standard National Bank of the
city of New York to begin business with a
capital of $200,000.
A Pardon Denied by the {'resident.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 14.-The
President to-day denied the application for
pardon of George W. Cummings, sentenced
m California for ten years for robbing the
mails.
Condition of the Treasury.
WASHINGTON. D. C, June 14.—To
day's statement of the condition of the
treasury shows : Available cash balance,
$183,873,143; gold reserve, $99,503,567.
DESKS WILL BE VACANT.
Merchants and Their Employes
Take to the Woods in
a Body.
GRAND OUTING AT GLENWOOD.
A Programme of Unlimited Fun
for the Hundreds Who
Participate.
When Frank S. Johnson of the Johnson-
Locke Mercantile Company, eight years
ago, started the movement for an annual
outing of the wholesale merchants and
their employes, in conformity with the
custom that had prevailed in the East for
many years, he had little idea that it
would grow in popular favor so rapidly as
it has grown from year to year.
Each summer since 1837 these picnics
have taken place and each recurring occa
sion has witnessed a larger attendance at
the scene of the festivities, and a more gen
eral closing of the wholesale business
houses of the City. From the indications
Thomaß H. Browne, President Mer
chants' Picnic.
yesterday it is likely that but few of the
downtown firms will be open to-day, as the
members of the various firms, as well as
their employes, will be enjoying the at
tractions arranged for their special benefit
at Glenwood, a lovely spot in the Santa
Cruz Mountains.
In fact, among the 1200^>eople who are
expected to take the trip there will be quite
a number of visiting merchants from the
interior of California and from neighboring
States. The boat to connect with the train
that will carry the merry crowd of picnick
ers will leave the narrow-gauge slip at 8:45
this morning and the return train will
leave Glenwood at 5 p. m.
Ample provision has been made for the
amusement of all who attend. There
will be excellent music and a
spacious pavilion for dancing, and there
will also be a long and varied list of races,
so that every one will have a chance to
contest for the special prizes offered. The
races and prizes are as follows :
First race (porters only) — First prize, one case
Cutter whisky; second, one case Oriental soap;
third, one case lavarine.
Second race (pirls 10 to 15 years)— First prize,
one pair gloves; second, one ladies' pocket
book; third, one box gum.
Third race (salesmen only)— First prize, one
case Jesse Moore A A whisky, second, half
pound box tobacco: third, one'box cigars.
Fourth race (married women)— First prize,
one dozen Maggi bouillon; second, one box tea;
third, one-quarter gross er.ameline.
Fifth race (box*, 10 to 15 years)— First prize,
one gilt-edge edition Shakespeare; second, one
case claret; third, one case perfume.
Sixth race (fat men, over 200 pounds)— First
prize, one case Noble whisky; second, one box
cigars; third, one pail giease.
Seventh race (young ladies, 15 to 25 years)—
First prize, one pair French kid shoes; second,
one box tea; third, one Y. A. cheese.
There will also be about 300 valuable
gate prizes. Basket lunches will be the or
der of the day, but dinner will be served
under the treeg by the owner of the park.
Milk and iced lemonade will be furnished
free by the committee. Among the most
Charles J. Kingr, Secretary merchants,
Picnic.
enjoyable features will be a genuine
i ankee clambake on a big scale, and its
appropriate concomitant, a barbecue,
both under tne manipulation of a master
hand.
The list of officers and committees, which
follows, is a guarantee of full enjoyment to
all who may attend :
Thomas H. Browne, president; vice-presi
dents—George A. Kohn, M. H. Weed, W. M.
Bnson, W. K. .Bracken, F. E. Brigham, Ed
Pond, William F. Mau, Jacob Levy Jr., Webster
Jones. A. Meertif, Isidor Seiler, W. B. Weilman
A. A. Hooper, Al Ehrman; Charles J. King, sec
retary; J. A. Folger, treasurer.
Transportation and grounds — Thomas J. Har
ris, chairman ; Clifford Ireland, Leon A. Maison.
Finance and subscription— A. A. Banz, chair
man; W. E. Wicker, Charles J. King.
Closing up— Emil A. Engelberg, chairman;
l<eon A. Maison, George Wheaton.
Music— W. E. Blake, chairman; George W.
Lamb, Frank H. Tyler.
Games, prizes, etc.— P. J. Kennedy, chair
man; W. W. Sanderson, Hugh M. Johns, H. P.
Howard, George R. Lucy, D. H. Vail, Al Ehr
man, Carl Wolbach, Thomas J. Harris.
Floor— George W. Lamb, chairman; R. M.
p-iperu, H. C. Casebolt, Charles M. Bredhoff,
Samuel Seiler, W. A. Lieber, Robert Luhman,
W. E. Blake, Charles F. Sage, C. W. Hawks, H.
JSI. W. Sandbach.
A week day is always selected for these
outings, because they thereby take on
more of a holiday flavor, and also because
they are less likely to attract an attend
ance that might prove objectionable.
In addition to those who go by train a
large delegation of cyclists will leave early
this morning for "Glenwood on their
wheels.
THE MAELSTROM`S SECRET
A French Scientific Tarty to Investi
gate the Whirlpool.
The theory that the great Maelstrom
whirlpool, off the coast of Norway, is sub
terraneously connected with the Gulf of
Bothnia has found many believers, among
them the celebrated Kirchner, who pre
pared the architectural plans of what the
Towel of Babel was like. Yearning for
something definite as to this mystery of
nature, however, the French Government
has nominated a scientific commission to
study the celebrated whirlpool, to investi
gate its suggested connections with the
Gulf btream and to rectify existing charts
of its currents, says the Philadelphia
Record.
All the poetry of Scandinavia centers
around the terrible gulf which expresses
the supreme horror of nature. But we live
in a more positive age. The whirlpool is
in the vicinity of the wildest rock-bound
coast of Norway, the black cliffs of which
have been called "the ramparts of the
world." Still, there are times when the
pool is_ ?o calm that a small boat can sail
across its presumed mouth. No ship has
ever been .>ucked down — mariners know
the currents by their charts — save that de
scribed by Edgar Allan Poe, so full of
"creepiness," and where the vessel is con
verted into match-wood. Of its crew one
alone was rescued, a youth of 22, who, after
some corkscrew tossing in the funnel, was
thrown up on a beach some miles away, his
hair having become as white as snow and
he himself a wizened old man.
During periods of storm the Maelstrom
is said to resemble a funnel, the water
whirling inside a ring of foam; but the eye
can see the descending liquid wall to be all
jet-black water. Trunks of trees have
been thrown up so split that the natives
say they have Decome "mermaids' hair."
Of course there are legends of whales
having been drawn into the great mill race,
and that their cries have been heard above
the storm.
What, will accrue to science from the re
sult of the Frencn commission is naturally
impossible to predict. As was evidenced
by the late expedition of a Frenchman to
the depths of the Red Sea to recover traces
of Pharaoh's lost hosts, the Gauls of
to-day have a decided fondness for peering
into matters the investigation of which
seems to be contrary to the decrees of both
time and nature.
But an outside observer might plausibly
allege that a descent into a volcano to as
certain whence came the fiery scoria, as
well as observations as to the effect of the
ejected molten lava upon the circumjacent
air, would be quite as easy and of equal
advantage to the world of science as the
proposed effort to fathom the mysteries of
the Maelstrom. The fascination for div
ing into the unknown is, however, so great
that as long as nivsteries shall exist some
body will be found to spend valuable time,
valuable life and valuable means upon
their solution.
MILITIA GOING TO CAMP.
Second Artillery Companies
Will Leave For Ukiah
To-Day.
Military Discipline Is to Be Observed
as In Regular Army En
campments.
Seven companies of the Second Regi
ment, National Guard of California, will
leave this afternoon for Ukiah, where they
will go into camp. The soldier boys will
be absent for a week, and while they ex
pect a good time, they fully appreciate the
fact that Colonel Macdonald is a strict
disciplinarian, and believes that thc.-e an
nual encampments should be conducted on
military principles.
"We leave Saturday afternoon at 3:20
o'clock," said Colonel Macdonald yester
day, "and the indications are that the
seven companies will furnish about 400
men. In addition to this, we will carry
alone a fully equipped ambulance corps,
which will be under the direct control of
*f,ajor McCarty and Captain Ferrell. The
first-Hamed gentleman has been with us
for several years, and ie consequently thor
oughly familiar with all the details" of the
department. Captain Ferrell served for
several years in the British army, and did
efficient service in the fearful Soudan cam
paign.
"A new feature will be introduced this
year in the shape of Second Regiment
athletic corps. They will go with us, giv
ing exhibitions of their skill every day
while in camp. Of course we will take
along our band.
"Next Tuesday Brigadier-General Bar
rett and General Dimond will visit the
camp, when an exhibition drill and in
spection will take place. On Thursday
General Warfield will pay his respeota to
the Second Regiment, remaining in camp
until the following Saturday. On that day
the men will strike their tents and return
to the City.
"The camp will be conducted strictly on
military lines, and any violation of the
regulations will be severely punished. We
are going there to learn what it means to
be a soldier, and I don't propose to stand
the slightest breach of discipline. On
Saturday week an excursion will be run
to catch a glimpse of camp life, and what it
bling the friends of the Second Regiment
from San Francisco to Ukiah, thus ena
means to be a soldier."
A MONSTER LOBSTER.
Alive When Captured, This Creature Is
Regarded as a Gold Mine.
The largest lobster in the world, stuffed,
varnished and inserted in an elegant glass
case, now belongs to W. J. Kilduff. stew
ard of the St. Nicholas Hotel in Boston,
who expects to realize a large fortune by
placing the creature on exhibition, says
the New York World. Mr. Kilduff is
thinking of capitalizing this lobster in the
form of a stock company.
He has made a rough calculation that
there are 70,000,000 people in the United
States eager to witness his lobster and pay
1 cent each for the privilege, and this Mr
Kilduff figures, would bring in $700,000 to
the company, while the expense of trans
porting the lobster in its glass case would
be small. But with proper advertising
Mr. Kilduff thinks that these people
would be willing to pay 10 cents each to
see the lobster, thus bringing the profits
up to $70,000,000. He says he has been
"approached" with many flattering offers
from dime museum men.
The lobster which has thus had great
ness thrust upon it "belongs," savi Mr
Kilduff, "to the male gender." He was
caught at Provincctown, Mass., in August
of last year and turned over to a taxiderm
ist for permanent preservation,
♦i. he ? captured the lobster weighed from
thirty-five to forty pounds. He measured
40 inches in length when straightened out
and i? now from 23 to 28 inches wide whon
measured from tip to tip like a bird. The
right claw is 15 inches long and IS inches
in circumference on the large end
Mounted in a stained white ash case,
the lobster is, ayS its proud owner, most
beautiful to look upon-"clean and whole-
Borne pleasing to the eye and well worth
50 cents or 51 of any man's money to see."
The lobster, he says, was alive when cap-
A New Cotton Pest in Alabama.
RaWwin 01 ? 1 a . re P uta We farmer of
Baldwxn County, writes us that the new
cotton pest, first noted in Southwest Texas,
has been found in great numbers in his
cotton near Tens a 3aldwin Couuty, and
tnat of the sixty-seven acres under culti
vation one-third is killed by these insects,
J.nis is startling information. It was be
lieved that the new nest was isolated far
away on the Lower Rio Grande, and lo!
be re*t is flourishing in South Alabama
ana doing great damage. From this may
be inferred that it is to be found elsewhere
in this and neighboring localities; and, if
so, there will be a decrease of production
of cotton which will make the voluntary
acreage reduction seem as. nothing in com
parison.—Mobile Register..
About 35 per cent of the population of
Brazil are whites, 36 per cent mulattoes, 25
per cent negroes, and 5 per cent Indians.
NOT A WHIT DAMAGED.
Effect of the Imprisonment of
the President of the
A. R. U.
LABOR LEADERS STIMULATED.
Debs Will Conduct a Campaign
From the Confines of
His Cell.
If it was supposed that the sending to
jail of Eugene V. Debs and his co-workers
in the American Railway Union would
have a discouraging effect on th'; mem
bers of that organization, such a sus
tion now appears to have been at taint.
Harry A. Knox, who was the leader of the
Sacramento strikers last July, had this to
say yesterday regarding the mattt r:
"There Is no doubt that it is the best
thing that could have havpenel for the In
terests of organized labor. It has net pro
pie to thinking who have never thoghf
on the labor question, and they see what
the end will be if they don't get in and do
the right thing for themselves.
"It stands to reason that the success oi
this Government lies in the haßdaofthef
working class, and it has beea clearly
demonstrated within the past fnw yean
that the more thoughtful laboring people
are not satisfied with the men Wno have
been at the head of the Government, as
they have been swinging about lrt>m one
party to the other.
"Although it is going to be to the bent-til
of organized labor to have Debs serve his
term, the majority of us do not like to see
any man made a martyr of for our cause,
as has been the case with Dobs.
"The American Railway Union in this
section of the country is more determined
than ever to right the wrongs that have
been done by our Judges to the cause of
labor. Our organization has not only been
maintained, but has largely iooeMad its
membership of late, and continues to add
new members at each uieeung jf the local
unions.
'•What the feeling is among Debs' immei
diate associates and followers is beal
shown in a letter I have just received fron.
L. P. Benedict, private secretary to Pn jj
dent Debs."
The letter mentioned reads as follows :
Dear Brother Knox: Yours of the 28th nit. to
the president is at hand, and reply tails to th«
undersigned as he is out of the city and prob
ably will not return before he goes to the "Baa
tile de Woodstock." You may sure he is not
in the least disheartened or dismayed. I never
saw him more cheerful in my life than after
receiving the news of the decision. He is sim
ply determined that the A. K. V. shall accom
plish its mission, and this will be brought about
notwithstanding intrigues.
Attorney-General Oluey thirteen times re
fused to prosecute trusts under the anti-trust
law, saying it was not constitutional. During
the debates In Congress, before it became a
law. Senator Sherman Ueclared it had no refer
ence to labor organizations, but at the same
time it transpires that labor organizations aro
the only class affected by it. .Suffice It to «ay
the law was passed with the intent of restrict
ing: the great trusts, such as Havemeyer,
Rockefeller and hundreds of ethers are con*
ducting:, but is now declared not to apply n»
them but to the oppression of labor.
1 confess I have but little respect for the habs
ituesof the great National house it Washing.
ton. But there Is an election coming ii 1896k
and if there is not a general scattering ana
honse-cleaning then I shall have as little re,
gpect for the men who furnish the substance
upon which these titled favor: fatten.
I note your determination to put the coast in
line. This is the spirit that will win. Resoi
lute determination is better than ability if on*
must be dispensed with; but you have bota
and lam sure you will come out on top in it
letter from Sacramento to-day we ere assured!
of a thousand members from there. I ho,-*
our friend and brother does not overestimate,
The secret system you have adopted ouzkt ta
do the work. ]
The president and his colleagues will oon»
duct a campaign from the jail and I shall d<£
my best from here. I have been working in,
the labor cause for three years steadily, and
am as good as new yet awhile. Like yoursell, it
has cost me a good deal of tacriflce, but it will
be all the same in the final round-up. II 1
don't live to get the benefit of it some one else
will, for it's coming. Nothing «an stop trm
progress of humanity entirely. The persecu
tions we are now undergoing are but simple
obstacles in the pathway of human!
Secretary Chase's Unmarked Gratr,
Two years since, on a visit to a Cincin^
nati cemetery, the attention of Hon. Ld^
ward L. Pierce of this city was called to,
the fact that the grave of Salmon P. Chase!
the great war Secretary of the Treasury*
the distinguished Chief Justice of the
United Stales Supreme Court, and the emi-.
nent statesman, was unmarkii t by any
memorial. Mr. Pierce, who was "in M?
Chase's law office in 1853-55. and passed]
the succeeding winter with hiia at wash 3
ington, where he conceived a warm friend
ship for this public man, asked and ob.
tainedfrom Mr. Chase's legal representa
tive the privilege of putting up a <-imi>le
stone to his memory. He was prevented
from doing this at the time by hia
immediate departure for Europe. After
his return, following over a year's al>-
Kence, he consulted with William En^.
dicott of this city, another warm friend
of Mr. Chase, and together they agreed to
share the expense of the tribute. General
Jacob D. Cox has acted as their agent oa
the spot, and has attended to the details.
The tablet, which is of simple granite, was
placed in its position yesterday, Memorial
day, without ceremonies. The neglect in
this case seems to have come from an un
certainty as to whether the State should
erect a monument to Mr. Chase or the
means should be provided for it by popular
subscription. In the meantime, Mr.
Chase's children, having met with personal
misfortunes and financial reverses, have
done nothing. It would seem to be full
time that a monument worthy of its dis
tinguished subject should appear. The
admirable spirit evinced by these two Bos
ton gentlemen will be gratefully recog
nized.—Boston Herald.
A chemist advises that canned fruit be
opened an hour or two before it is used.
It becomes richer after the oxygen of the
air has been restored to it.
At a distance of seven miles above the
earth no human being can breathe.
§PERCE«TAGE
M, PERCENTAGE
\cs§7 PHARMACY,
J^*A9s3 MARKET ST.,
?££*£ SOUTH SIDE.
One of our Bet. Fifth &0(I Sllttl,
Customers.
In the Lead!
YOST
FALCON BICYCLES
$85 and $100.
SWIFT and STRONG.
CALL km SEE THEM.
WE ARETHE AGEXTS.
Trusses, others sslc $5 to 10: our price SI 75 to «5
tlectric Betta . .. S3 to *i s
Galvanic and Faradlc Batteries. . . ..'. '. '.'.'....&5 to 7*7
Obesity Belts «22r
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