Newspaper Page Text
4 THE PACIFIC COAST Death of Luck, the Los j Angeles Would-Be Murderer. INJURED DURING A RACE. Pigeons to Carry a Message Between Fresno and Berkeley. SANTA MONICA ENCAMPMENT. A Japanese Held to Answer for Assault to Murder at Sausallto. LOS ANGELES, Cat.., July 21.— Luck, the would-be wife-murderer, and who alto attempted his own life, died this morning at 1:30. The Coroner's jury impaneled this evening elicited no new facts bearing on the case and returned a verdict of sui cide. Mrs. Luck passed a very bad day and is now in a high fever. Should in flammation set in there is little hope of her recovery. PORTLAND'S FLASHING TALK. The Longest Heliographic Conversation Ever Held in This Country. PORTLAND, Ok., July 21.— The most successful long-distance heliographic con versation of which there is any record took place to-day between Mount Hood and Portland Heights, a distance of seventy or eighty miles. The conversation lasted one and a half hours and was a complete success. The heliograph used on the heights was a large one having two glasses, each thirty-six inches square. That on the mountain had glasses six inches square. The day was perfect for the experiment. When the parties return from Mount Hood the conversation will be authenti cated by documentary evidence, so that it will be recognized as the longest helio graphic conversation that has ever taken place in the United States. IX CAMP AT SANTA MONICA. Spiritualists of Southern California Open Their Session. SANTA MONICA, Cal., July 21.— The Spiritualists of Southern California opened their camp-meeting here to-day with great eclat. There was a great crowd of all sects and classes to see and hear the services, many being believers and more skeptics. The services opened with a flag-raising. The flag raised was the one that John Wilkes Booth stumbled over and fell, breaking his leg, after he shot Abraham Lincoln. President S. P. Dye continued the serv ices with an address of welcome, in which he treated of the aims and mission of mod ern spiritualism. He was followed by Professor Loveland, formerly a Methodist minister, and by Dr. J. M. Publes of San Diego, who delivered an eloquent talk on God .the author of ail spirit life ; man, a Eirit, connected with all the spirit realm. b claimed that clairvoyancy, vision trance, dreams and mind-reading were established facts, proved by the Bible and life. He also claimed that there was no war between true Spiritualists and true Christianity. James G. Clarke sang' the "Evergreen Shores of Life," an original hymn, while the flag was being raised. There were tests— bad and indiffer- Dr. Publes talked m the evening on the conditions of the dead after death, claim ing progress for all. Taking a Look at a Whale. SANTA MONICA, Cal., July To-day witnessed a big crowd here of fully 20,000 people to see the whale washed ashore on the Deach. ACCIDEXT AT VALLEJO. A Lad Seriously Injured While Engaged in a Bareback Horserace. VALLEJO, Cal., July While en gaged in bareback horseracing to-day the young son of Dr. Lawrence Carpenter of this city was thrown from his horse and nearly killed. This boy with others named Kelleher and Finnell had arranged a race and Dr. P. Vallejo was acting as judge. The horses started and as they passed down the first quarter young Carpenter's animal made a dash for the gate leading to the stables. Before the rider could con trol the animal it had stumbled and Car penter was thrown violently against a post, striking on his stomach. He lay ap parently dead till picked up by Dr. Vallejo. he boy was taken home and made as comfortable as possible. The doctor says his injuries are serious. PIGEOXS FROM FRESNO. They Will Carry Messages to Their Owner at Berkeley. FRESNO, Cal., July 21.— At 7:30 to-morrow morning ' several homing pigeons owned by A. Carlisle of Berkeley will be liberated from the top of the Courthouse dome in this city by William J. Hutchinson. It is expected that they will reach the bay in three and a half hours. They will carry messages from this city. RACES AT SACRAMENTO Prince Ira, a Long Shot, Sur ' prised the Talent In the 2:40 Trot. Won In Three Straight Heats, While ,V the Favorite Was Badly - ; , ; Beaten. , , SACRAMENTO, Cal., July 21.— opening day's races of ; the Trotting-horse Breeders' Association meeting drew a good attendance. The talent was . surprised by an unknown, who walked off with the honors in the 2:40 . trot, winning three straight heats. The opening race was a special trot be tween El Benton and Mary Osborne, mile heats. In ' the * first heat El Benton led from the start, and finished fifteen lengths to the good under the whip. The mare re : versed the order 'of things in .the second heat and won handily. In the • third heat she led for half the distance, and then El Benton walked by her and had it all to himself down the stretch, winning by ten lengths. . <■.; • "7 .;.-. . The second event of the day was' one that had attracted the attention of 'horse men throughout t the : State the 2:13 pace for a purse of $1000. Considerable difficulty was experienced in getting the horses away. They , scored eleven : times before starting in the first heat. Ottinger was re sponsible to a certain ; extent, he breaking badly several . times : before reaching ' the wire. ; Then Fred ". Mason, after ; scoring seven times and going to the quarter each time, exhibited a decided inclination •to declare the race off as far as he was con cerned by insisting on going into the sta ble-yard, and it required the assistance of two or three grooms to get ' him *to the starting point after each subsequent score. When not attempting to enter the yard he strolled around in an erect position on his hind feet with the grooms hanging j to his bits. At the ninth start Baywood's driver was threatened with a fine of $25 for com ing to the wire far in advance of the field. When they did get off Hanford Medium and Laura M went to the front and paced to the half neck and neck. Waldo J, who sold favorite in the cools, paced last in the field until the five-eighths post was passed, when he passed the bunch and in the homestretch went to the front, win ning by two lengths, Lama M second, Hanford Medium third. Baywood, who seemed to be a favorite with many, paced well to the half and then broke. Waldo J and Ottinger also left the ground on the first turn. ■ _- • In the second heat Waldo J sold a hot favorite, going at $20, while the field brought but $5. After scoring ten times the horses got away well bunched. At the quarter Ottinger led slightly, but was soon passed by Waldo J, who rapidly gained three lengths the advantage, retaining that distance to the finish, Lady M second, Del Norte third. . , A short distance beyond the wire Ciboio, who had been exhibiting sighs of soreness, fell dead on the track. His driver escaped uninjured by springing over the animal as it fell. In the third heat Hanford Medium ob tained a slight advantage at the start, fol lowed closely by Lady M .and Waldo J. At the quarter "the latter took the lead, Hanford and Laura M keeping a close sec ond. Ottinger, who had been rapidly gain ins:, broke, but he recovered quickly and forged to the front on the homestretch, winning the heat in a close finish with Waldo, who lost his feet within a short distance of the wire, but recovered in time to gain second place. Del Norte came in third. The fourth heat was a "facer" for the tal ent. Waldo J sold a hot favorite at 20 against the field at 7, and was distanced, Laura M coming in first, Del Norte second and Ottinger third. Laura M then went out and took first place in the fifth heat, with Ottinger second and Del Norte third. The outcome was postponed until Monday afternoon, on account of the lateness of the hour. In the first heat of the 2:40 trot the start was not of the best, the large field making it almost impossible to send them away. Lady Thornhill secured the advantage, followed by Hazel Ayres and Charivari. The latter rapidly went to the front and retained the position by two. lengths to the three-quarter post, where he , was over hauled and passed by Zombro. In the homestretch Prince Ira, Lady Grace and Briarhill forged ahead. When within sixty yards of the finish Zombro left his feet. Prince Ira trotted squarely in, win ning the heat by two lengths, with Zombro second and Lady Grace third. It the second heat Zombro sold at $20, Prince Ira at $7, Lady Grace $5 and the field $3. Briarhill got* away first, followed by Ravenscroft and Prince Ira. At the quarter Zombro came to the fore and trot ted neck and neck with Prince Ira to the three-quarters. They entered the stretch together, with Ravenscroft a length be hind and the field well bunched several lengths in the rear. Zombro followed his former tactics and left his feet as he neared the finish, allowing Prince Ira first place, Zombro second, Ravenscroft third. In the third heat Prince Ira sold for $20, Zombro $15 and the field $4. Bay Rum got the best of it, followed by Lady Thornhill, Prince Ira getting away in the seventh place. Maria P cut the pace and went rapidly to the front, leading to the three quarters, where she was passed by Prince Ira, who trotted in an easy winner, Zombro second and Lady Grace third. „ HONOR FOR PACIFIC GROVE. One of Her Sportsmen Caught a Sixty - One Pound Salmon. \ The Largest Ever Taken With Rod and Hook In the Bay of Monterey. PACIFIC GROVE.CaI., July To-day Ross Sprague, a local sportsman, caught the largest salmon ever hooked in Monterey Bay. The fish - tipped the s scales to just sixty-one pounds. The catch caused con siderable excitement in fishing circles. The fish was taken with an eight-ounce rod and a small hook, and took the captor just one hour and fifty-five minutes to land. The season this year for salmon has been the best ever known, the fish being of large size and gamey. From fifty to seventy-five boats go out from here and Monterey daily. William Baker, a noted sportsman from San Jose, has made some excellent catches. LADIES IN CHARGE. They Held Services in the Methodist Epis copal Church. PACIFIC GROVE, Cal., July 21.— The services in the Methodist Episcopal Church of this city were to-day turned over to the W. C. T. U. ladies, who have been conven ing here for the past month. A. E. L. Green of Santa Cruz opened the day with an excellent talk on "Woman Suffrage. "« The church was decorated with evergreens and long streamers of white ribbons, the emblem of the union, which were hanging from every corner. This afternoon Mrs. Ada. Norton, super intendent of temperance instruction, gave an able address on "Sunday and the Sa loon .' ' _____ Tennis Tournament at Del Monte. PACIFIC GROVE, Cal., July 21.— E. M. Greenway, who has been at Del Monte for the past week, announces that there will be an invitation tennis tournament given at Del Monte on the 9th and 10th of August. There will be some lively times, as the track has been ' completed. There will also be pony races, hurdle races and polo. :„ . Soldiers Preparing for Battle. PACIFIC GROVE, Cal., July 21.—Every thing at Camp Monterey is in first-class i trim and the soldiers are now going through the regular camping routine. Many little skirmishes take place up in the hills, and everybody \is preparing . for the big sham battle that takes place next month. VANCOUVER REGATTA. The James Bay Crew Won the Senior Four Rowing Race. VANCOUVER, B. 0., July 21. -The fourth annual regatta of the North Pacific Association of Amateur Oarsmen ended yesterday.: The water was all . that could be desired, and in no event did an accident interfere. The chief interest cen tered in the championship senior fours, in which five strong and thoroughly repre sentative crews entered— the James Bays of Victoria, the Burrard Inlet crew of Van couver, the Seattle crew and the Portland crew. 7- ■ The : betting was heavy, the Victoria crew being a favorite at even money, 6 to 4 being laid against Portland and from 3 to 10 to 1 against the others. 7 ; .The Bays won easily in 9:01, not having occasion to • increase - the pace from their practice stroke of thirty-six. -Seattle fin ished a creditable second. The winning crew ■ was composed' of D. '■. O'Snllivan (stroke), D. T. Jones (second), W. Scott (third) and J. D. Watson (bow). Aden of Victoria took the junior singles by default. 7 ' •' ' - ; The next regatta will be held under the auspices of ■; the Vancouver clubs on ; Bur rard Inlet."^MjHH_*_Q_*HnHSi ■ -.-■.. * Of the unskilled laborers of this country nearly 100 : per cent have less than $1000 worth of property. H____________& THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JULY 22, 1895. FEARS IT SAN JOSE, ______ _■■____— __W_fa__ft—__W- B__Jff&SSSSgßg Trouble Expected Over the Estate of Elezer Frost. BLOODSHED IS LIKELY. Opposing Heirs Guard the Supposed Hiding Place * of Treasure. STRANGE TALE OF THE SON. Claims His Father Was In the Habit of Secreting Large' Sum's of Money. • ■ : SAN JOSE, Cal., July -21.— There prom ises to be a lively fight over the estate left by Elezer Frost. Each night Erwin Frost and his wife maintain : a watch over the premises. . It is supposed that Elezer Frost buried his money, and it is this reason that causes Erwin and his wife to main tain a strict watch. The neighbors are beginning to fear Frost, and last night neighbors of the widow complained to the police. While no demonstrations of any kind have been made, it is said that Erwin Frost has made all preparations to dig up v the yard at the first opportunity. When interviewed last evening, Erwin told the following story: "People say I am raising this trouble to acquire newspaper notoriety. That is not so, as no one dislikes that kind of notoriety more than I do. I merely want. to see that my father's wishes are carried out. He often used to 'make three statements, the first of which was: 'Right wrongs no body'; the second was, 'An honest man, woman or child will bear Watching,' and the third was 'A rogue needs watching.' Those three things constituted his religion before he was led away .by. Spiritualists, and what I have done thus far has be en strictly within the lines of my old father's first religion. 7;"7 7' "I think that my father \ honestly be lieved in Spiritualism, and the happiness which resulted from that belief, if any re suited, was the only comfort he had in life. His life with Dora Frost was not one of heavenly happiness. It was his wish that there should be no row in, the, family, but the history of the Frost family may come out, and if it does it will be worth $100 a copy in book form. "I will tell you all about my suspicions. When Dora Frost, Mrs. Ida Wissman,' my sister, and Mrs. Lucy Carpenter, my fa ther's sister, prepared my father's body for burial they did so with locked doors. They removed a piece of white tape on which was a key and an oilskin bag, and gathered up what money and papers there were in the house at that time. When they came from the house they were very nervous and excited, but when they went back there they were calm and collected, and their actions seemed to say, 'We have ac complished our ends.' '> 77-7 "At that time I was overcome with grief and had uno thoughts iof property and money. . The three women ignored, me, I was asked no : questions, and while they were holding their consulta tions I was locked out of the room. I claim' that it was merely an accident that I was allowed to see my father before he died. The Friday before his death I hap pened to be in the vicinity of his house on business and , met my niece, Etta Frost, who told me that he was on his death-bed. When he first saw me be gasped 'Erwin, Erwin," I want to talk business,' but I told him that it would be better for him not to worry over business matters while he was sick. I went to the house in company with my wife before my father died. He was barely able to talk, but he lay. there gasping 'Paper, paper, paper,' and then he would say 'Money, money, money.' I know now that he wanted to tell me some thing regarding his money. ■■ "The tape which I claim was taken from around my father's neck I saw the Satur day before he died. He always called the key which was attached to it the key to hidden wealth. The oilsilk bag contained papers which told the exact location of the buried treasure. Prior to his last illness I had not seen my. father to talk to for two months. Any one who says that I was ever in the room alone with him at any time during the three days preceding his death tells a malicious falsehood. • "It has been his habit to have two thirds,' yes, nine-tenths of his ready money under ground. Harvey Swickard will remember that once when ;my father had trouble with his first wife he dug up a great deal of money, all- he could carry in a grainsack, and took it to Mrs. Swickard and put it temporarily in her care. = That good woman, who is long since dead, once said that she thought my father had $150, --000 in ready money. 7 . "He always used to hide his money when we lived on the ranch. He would take a piece of lead pipe large enough to contain a ?20-piece, trim it down carefully, seal up one end and fill it full of twenties. Then he would solder the end up perfectly solid. I have seen him do that many times. He would have pipe cut according to the amount he wished to put up, and he had it figured down fine. He would then find a hiding-place for the pipes' Some times he buried them in outlandish places. He also bored large auger-holes in stumps and blocks, in which he placed large sums of money. I myself have found thousands of dollars in loose-wheat': bins. , I would take the money to him and tell him to place it in the bank, but j nothing could make him change his views as to "the proper way to keep money, and I have no reason to believe : that "he * ever changed them. .Mrs. May Taylor, Mrs. Mary Letheridge and William Frost, the chil i dren of '■ my. father's second , marriage, will ail bear me out in my statements in regard 'to my father's habit of burying his money. I am satisfied that there is between $40,000 and $100,000 buried either on the River street place, near my mother's tombstone, or on ; the ranch. The ■ paper -in the oil silk bag tells the exact spot. ' "1 simply. want what my father intended me to have. Ido not wish any family liti gation, but I want -. my frights. 'I ; want permission to dig for the treasure, and am willing'that each side have representatives to watch while the search is being made. My father certainly ) had ;a" great f deal of ready money. ' ; He has been accumulating right along and has-been. spending very little. 7lf ' Dora : Frost j' and Mrs. Wissman produce \ the \ key everything will be all right.: : There is enough for all of us. . . . ' "I will tell ' you why I put a watch over the '" River-street : place. ,7 They, the "other side, have had a watch there ever since the night my father died. ' -When' my brother Miner asked them what they were afraid of. Mrs. Wissman said i they were afraid that ; I would come, and dig up 'that trea sure.' Does ; not * that look -as if there is money buried "■ there? I thought they in tended to get away with my father's hard earned money, so I got C. C. Payne and my, son Bert to watch the place. 7 This was done at, the request of Mrs. May Taylor and Mrs. Mary Letheridge, they agreeing to pay theirjpro rata for a watchman/; The watchers were instructed not to go into the yard, but to notify me if : any digging was done. That is all." * Mrs. Dora Frost, the widow, says that the oilskin referred to, by Erwin is noth ing-more or less than a bandage." She ridicules the story of $40,000 being buried in the yard, and says that, husband was not in the habit of burying .bis coin. It .is;, said that the widow has! made ar rangements for an armed patrol about; the house. Erwin is a detective of no mean ability and a man of nerve, and any dis play of force on the widow's part is liable to lead to a clash from which bloodshed might result. ,' Death of Judge Strahan.' PORTLAND. ; Or., July 21.-Ex-Chief Justice R. S. Strahan died of apoplexy to day, aged 60 years. Deceased was one of the leading lawyers of the State. He was also a prominent ; Democrat f and; was •■ a candidate for United States Senator in 1878, being beaten by. a few votes. His Walking-Stick Exploded. , PORTLAND, Ok., July 21.— Hoff man, the water-works contractor, against whom grave charges were pending in the Federal Court, was killed to-night ' by the accidental explosion of a rifle, which he used as a walking-stick while on an outing in the woods. - . ON SOCIALIST ROSTRUMS. At the Turk-Street Temple Dr. J. L. York Talks About > Money. The Power of Reason Is the Theme : of . the Pythian Castle Meeting. , Dr. J. L. York discussed the money ques tion at the meeting of the San Francisco section of the Socialist Labor party last night in the Turk-street temple. His sub ject was,' "The Common People," and he endeavored to show -how the free and un limited coinage of silver would be a step in the right direction. From the speaker's point of view the making, by legislation, of gold the king of metals and subordinating the entire polit ical, commercial and industrial system to its heavy rule iB the cause of the labor and money famine. He called the demonetiza tion of silver the "curse of the age," and attributed to it the wide disparity of social conditions, whereby 32,000 persons own more of the products of labor than do the remainder of the 05,000,000 people in this country. • r> -..- His explanation was 7 that monetary values had all been subordinated, to the gold unit, thereby giving the bond-brokers and bankers the power to control the en tire circulating medium, and contract it so as to serve their ends. As . a result, the purchasing power of gold had been tre mendously increased, and, correspond ingly, the selling value of the products of labor, and, in consequence, that of labor itself had been reduced. . : A gold standard, he argued, was alto gether in favor of the money -loaner, ena bling a creditor nation like England to im pose ' upon a ;. debtor nation like America double, or -even treble,' the amount of actual obligations, seeing that with falling prices and falling wages it requires more of the products or labor to wipe out the debt. Thus, while the creditor extorts more of the , products of labor from the debtor, he is able by contracting and con trolling, the volume of .money to limit the natural demand and to pull down prices and wages. ", ; V ":>•:? The speaker believed that the free and unlimited coinage of | silver would reduce the advantage of the gold' power by in creasing the amount of money in the hands of the people, stimulating the demand for the products of labor "and increasing prices and wages. It was using one metal against another, in his opinion, and aiding to weaken the power of capital on the one hand and to lift up the value of labor on the other. -7: ;;r"7 '"■"'. The doctrine of the "survival of the fit test," as applied to the business world and social . status, he scored with vehemence, and remarked that it never seemed to ap ply, to the moral plane, for the good and benevolent and honest were always crushed out by the greedy, selfish; rapacious and licentious. .The American section held its meeting in Pythian Castle, with Mrs. Anna F. Shaw presiding. H. A. Sully made a few observations relative to the reported con ference between Chief of Police Crowley and the officers of the National Guard over the recent rumor that a general strike was contemplated. He said the coming strike existed only in imagination and that' no alarm should be felt at all. The speaker of the evening was Ray mond Duncan, whose theme was "The Great Law." Mr. Duncan elaborated upon the power of reason, and anticipated that in time it would relieve mankind of all ne cessity for manual labor. / MRS. JAMIESON'S FINGERS She Fails to Obtain a Judg ment Against a Rail road Company. The Damage Due to Contributory Negligence— Her Daughter- In-Law Returns. • Mrs. ,- Marion Jamieson, mother-in-law of the handsome Mrs. Jamieson, who eloped from Victoria with Arthur Turner, a well-born young "Englishman, and was chased clear to the City , of : Mexico by her irate husband, lost her suit v against the Presidio and Ferries Railroad Company in Justice Barry's court Saturday. ;■': When her daughter-in-law ' fled with Turner her son followed, and she, desiring to keep him out of trouble, sold her, prop erty and removed to this City. 7 ' Keeping Jamieson from ; following his wife cost her every penny of .her money and she was compelled to take in needle work to support herself. 7 One f day : last April, while riding in one of the cars of the defendant, she had her hand crushed by having it caught in a closing door. , .;■ '.' Deprived of her means of earning a livli hood she sued the company for $299 99, with the result mentioned. ."-'X' 7; ;•' '■„'-'• '■ ? The court held that Mrs. Jamieson had ; been | guilty of \ contributory <in getting her hand in the- doorway at a time when the door was on the point of closing. ' During the progress of the suit it was developed that after deserting Mrs. Jamie son Jr. in the: City of Mexico Turner went to I England': and ■, his partner in I flight re turnedto California and iis now J supposed to be residing in Oakland.wailing for word from her lover, whom she declares she will soon rejoin. \ - ~ '"„ _ 7; After obtaining a divorce from his wife, a proceeding ; which his mother persuaded him into rather than following and wreck ing vengeance on the guilty couple," Jamie son f obtained ? work '£ at i the 7Un ion fi Iron Works, where he is now employed. 7 '■"■'. i" He supports! his mother in a neat home on Buchanan street * and g has no intention of " returning : to ; Victoria, but will ' begin lite anew here. 1 -—.-.-«.-, MANIFESTO OF BUDD. Armed Societies to Be Under Government Control. CONDITIONS SET FORTH. Only Citizens Allowed to Pa rade as Semi-Military Bodies. PERMISSION MUST BE ASKED. The Stars and Stripes Must Be Car .,", ried While Marching ; ' . — With Arms. J SACRAMENTO, Cat,., July 21.—Gover nor Budd ■is preparing a document -in which he will inform all ; semi-military or ganizations that only under certain condi tions will they be permitted to parade and drill with arms. Under the law passed by the last Legis lature no body . of men or organizations other than the National Guard or United States troops are allowed to drill or parade with arms without first having obtained permission from the Governor. . . ... Governor Budd has decided that in or der to drill or parade with arms, members of such organizations must take the oath of allegiance to the United States and the State of California. The .oath must be filed with the J adjutant-general with an agreement that at all times when called on to defend the Government and uphold the laws of the United States and this State, or in any cases of emergency, the members of such semi-military organizations will place themselves and their arms and equip ments under authority and control of the executive power of the United States or the commander-in-chief of the State of California. Copies of the constitutions and by-laws of such organizations must be' filed with and approved by the Governor. When drilling or marching 5 with arms, they must carry no flag other than the stars and stripes. When not drilling or marching with arms, they may carry any banner or flag not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and of this State. IN THE HANDBALL COURTS. Champion Jones Defeats Kil gallon of Denver and J. Lawless. * ":■< Arrangements to Be Made To-Day for the Match for the Coast Championship. The principal event at the handball courts yesterday was ; a match, M. J. Kil gallon, champion of Denver, and J. Law less against John Jones, champion of Aus tralia, played at the , San Francisco court. Jones had, two weeks previously, defeated Kilgallon and J. Harlow, "the" coast cham pion, but Kilgallon " imagined, for some reason or other, that he might do better with Lawless as a partner. .He found bis mistaKe, as Jones won the match '. with comparative ease by three games to one. The attraction at the Occidental court was a match between T. F. Bonnet and L. Kenny and John Purcell and Ed Maloney, which was won after a hard struggle by the two former. On Wednesday night there will be a splendid exhibition of handball, when Kilgallon and R. Leniban will play against Bonnet and John Riordan, a bril liant quartet. Among the games played at the Union court was one between John Riordan and Thomas Lenihan against R. Lenihan and J. Nelson. It was keenly contested from start to finish and resulted in a victory for the two latter. .'.*.. Arrangements for the match between Kilgallon and Harlow, for - a consideration ana the championship of the coast will be made this evening at the San Francisco court. Great interest is being taken in the match, which will unquestionably be one of the best : that has ever been played on the coast. It is likely that, at the same time, the arrangements for the match for $100 a side between W. McManus, propri etor of the Union court, and Phil Ryan, proprietor of the San Francisco court, will be made. Each is keen to meet the other.l_iß^lfi}_SSP3^S___E_ff>^'" Following were the games played at the different courts yesterday : Ban Francisco court— P. Ryan and J. Rodgers defeated M. McNeil and G. McDonald two straight rubs. Charles Dixon and Lewis Levy defeated : Thomas Ryan ■ and Ed. Kerrison, 21—8, 21-19. R. Shea and D. , ■ McCarthy defeated H. Moffett and J. Brown, 21—16, 12—21,21—15. Thomas Ryan and G. Ward defeated Ben Chapman and Phil. Barry, 21—15, 17-21, 21—13. Tim Sullivan and E. McDonald, two old veterans, defeated D. McCarthy and W. Darius, 21—16, 19—21, ( 21—11. Thomas Ryan and G. Ward defeated D. McCarthy * and P. Barry, 21—14, 9—21, 21—16. Al. Pennoyer and G. Hutchinson defeated Pat. Kelly ' and J. McEvelley, 21—9, 16-21, 21—18. -. J. Jones, the Australian champion, defeated M. J. Kilgallon, the Den ver champion, and J. Lawless, 21—12, 21— 19,16—21,21—7. Occidental court— V. C. Tobln and T. Cun ningham . defeated W. Jacobs and F. Dolan, 21—14, 18—21, 21—11. T. :F. Bonnet and G. Coggin defeated P. Connolly and L. * Kenny, 21-17, 19-21, 21—18. Ben i Clemmens de feated 0. Belling, 21-16, 18-21, 21—17. J. Bradley and Al Collins defeated T. Clemmens and J. Shaw. 21—14, 19—21, 21—10. r ; F. Mc cormick and Dr. Ed E. Hill defeated "< Dr. E. J. Creeley and W. Cronan 21—17, 18—21. 21—7. M. McCormick and T. v < Desmond "defeated Joe Lynch andT.Degan, 21— 17, 18—21, 21—19. J. Shaw and T. Clemmens I defeated C. Bradley and Al Collins, 21—20.18-21, 21—16. G. Cun ningham and Ben - Clemmens defeated C. Kelleher and H. . Stanley, 21—17, 16—21, 21— 12. W. Jacobs and C. defeated H. Stanley and >G. Cunningham, 21—14, 19—21, 21—8, Tom Clements defeated J. Hurley, 21—20, 20—21, 21—19. C. Custer defeated 0. Belling, 21-4, 21— 18. At rackets D. M. Stan ley and John Purcell defeated P. Connelly, 11— 2, 8—11, 11—5. In the game of the day T. F. Bonnet and L. Kenny defeated John Pur cell and Ed Maloney, 18—21, 21-14, 17—21, 21—16, 21-19. . -,■.,.;■■,-,-'- Union - court— Darius defeated C. Butter field. 21—16, 18-21, 21—12. H. Batzner and Charles Long defeated H. McKinnv and Dan Doherty, 21—15. : 18-21, 21—12. Terry * Mc- Man us and J. Nelson defeated - O.Hendry and C. Johnson, 21-15, 17-21. 21—19. ; W. Keough and C. Nisson defeated P. McDuff and C. Cam cart, 21—15, ; 16— 21," 21—17. ■ W. . Hanniford and ,G. : Ackerson defeated C. Long and < Dan Doherty, 21—14, 16—21, 21—20. M. Morton and Ed. Nannery defeated J. Halle tt and ; T. Ward, 21-15. . 18-21, 21— 19. v J. Guinne and Neal Casey of the . Reliance Club, Oakland, de feated M. Brannan and P. "; Johnson, 21—17, 16-21, 21—20. John Mulligan defeated G. Levlolette, 21—13, 15-21, 21— 20. R. Lenihan and James Nelson defeated John Riordan and Thomas ■; Lenihan, ; 21—15, 16—21, 14—21. 21—20, 21-15. ; /; - ■ -)■-.■■ THEY PLAY GOOD OEIOKET. The Pacifies ■; Have \ Lota of Fan With - the Bohemians at Alameda. 7 Attracted partly by the perfect weather and partly by, the fact of its being the only cricket fixture for J the ' day, ?ah f unusually large number of ; spectators ; witnessed? the Pacific-Bohemian match at Alameda yes ■ terday. 'A:: close contest was looked for, ; the Bohemians being the general , choice for first place, but once again the "game of surprises", upset the calculations of the' prophets. * ' Captain Robertson won the toss and sent the Pacifies in. He. took a wicket with his firat "ball. 7 ~ Then Cecil Gardner of ; San Jose, who is a veritable pillar of : strength to the Pacifies, got in, and, with 5 excellent cricket, scored 64. Wiseman,; G. Theobald and .Cassidy all contributed double figures, and, at the fall of the tenth: wicket, the telegraph registered 131" runs. This did not seem to be too formidable a total to the Bohemians' adherents, but when Robertson : fell for a paltry 11 and his best men began to follow suit in rapid' succession, the issue of the game was prac tically decided. Not a single man made any defense worth mentioning, nor, ex cepting Robertson, ; did any ; one 'reach double figures. Hufferdine and Cassidy both bowled well. One of Gardner's s two catches at cover was ; a gallery one. The innings closed for 40— less than a third of the Pacifies' score. 7 " In the follow the losing team made a much better showing. • Robertson' scored 61 in his own best form ; Martin's 27 was the result of careful play and the total of 118 was put together by hard work. In this inning Hufferdine again bowled well, keeping the hum down, while Cassidy, at greater expense, took most of the wickets. Meyers made a brilliant catch at point. Time was called at the close of the inning, so the match went to the Pacifies, on the first inning, by 91 runs. The score: PACIFIC*. J. Myers c. Dnnlap b. Robertson.... 0 C. W. Bennett b. cook son 0 C. Gardner b. Robertson..... 64 E. A. Mutch c. Martin b. Cookson. 4 J.J.Theobald b. Robertson .1.. 4 George Wiseman c. Bowhill b. Robertson 13 George Theobald b. Beeves. .....'....... 23 H. C. Cassidy b. Cookson... : 13 J. H. Harbour run0ut.,....;.. •.. 0 T. J. A. Tiedenlann not out 7 G.Hufferdinec. Martin b. Cookson... 0 Extras 3 Total 131 Robertson— l2o balls. 49 runs, 4 wickets. Cookson— lo7 balls, 39 runs, 4 wickets. BOHEMIANS— EIHST INNING. W. Robertson c. Myers b. Cassidy. 11 Dr. Bowhill c. Gardner b. Cassidy '.. 4 a. B. Martin c. Gardner b. Cassidy, 0 A. G. Sheath b. Hufferdine ..............;. 0 V. P. Irwin b. Hufferdine..... 0 C. F. McCollum b. Hufferdine 2 W. Reeves b. Hufferdine....... 1 - W. McCraec. and b. Cassidy 8 i H. H. Cookson b. Cassidy...." 6 J. Memmony c. Mutch b. Hufferdine 6 R. Dunlap not out ...:.. .'... 2 Extras 7... 0 Total :.... 40 Cassidy— balls, 14 runs, 5 wickets. Hufferdine— s4 balls; 26 runs, 5 wickets. BOHEMIANS— INNINQ. - W. Robertson c. Hufferdine b. Ca55idy.........'. 61 Dr. Bowhill c. Myers b. Cassidy ......:..'. 10 A.*G. Bheath b. Cassidy ..;.....;:.;....;.;.: 0 K. B. Martin c. Myers b. Cassidy ..'..:. 27 V. P. Irwin c. and b. Hufferdine ..V.. .......... 4 C. F. McCollum Lb. w. b. Hufferdine... .....i... 2 W. Reeves b. Cassidy .9 W. McCrae c. G. Theobald b. Cassidy.... 0 R. Dnlap b. Cassidy 1 H. H. Cookson not out 0 Extras 4 Total .........118 Caseldv— balls. 66 runs, 7 wickets. Hufferdine— l26 balls, 31 runs, 2 wickets, Bennett— 3o balls, 18 runs, 0 wickets. DAVIDSON UPON ALASKA He Gives an Interesting In terview on the Boundary Question. Canada's Demands Characterized As Nothing- but an Audacious Steal of Harbors. •A representative of The # Call called on Professor Davidson at ■■ his residence last evening for the purpose of obtaining- an interview from him relative to the Alaska boundary. line trouble now in : discussion between Canada . and the United States. Professor Davidson made the following* statement: ■; 7 ~ . _ -,• I have refused to be Interviewed upon the subject of the Alaska boundary, because some two years since Superintendent Mendenhall (who was crowded out of the survey one year ago) had enjoined the * officers on the Pacific Coast not to make known what the coast sur vey had done on the boundary survey, and par ticularly to express no opinion upon the sub ject matter in dispute, and although I am, as every one knows, no longer . in the public ser vice, yet I do not feel at liberty, even as a citi zen, to touch upon certain points of the matter. I acknowledge, however, that I have been gathering some important historical'- -and geographical material which I think will have a great bearing in the final discussion when it comes l.efore the American and British or Canadian Commissioners for settlement. . Nevertheless, as all of the :, Coast Survey officers who had served on the boundary work during the last three years have read papers before the National Geographic Society of Washington, and two papers are before the Geographical Society of tne Pacific, I offered some criticisms upon the paper by Lindenkohl of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, who had presented it to Petermann's Mitteilungen.'and which the Geographical Society has published in its bulletin of last April. This paper describes the topographical labors of the American parties on the different rivers which traverse * the ten marine leagues wide strip extending along the southeast seaboard from Portland Inlet in 54 deg. 40 m m. lat itude, along the continental shore to the meri dian of 141 deg. west, near the position of Mount St. Elias. gb_&*Q&g*? ' This strip covers the territory claimed by the United States as defined in the Anglo-Russian treaty of the year 1825. Our right tojthis strip had never been disputed by Canada until within the last few years, when they put for ward the preposterous claim that the thirty mile strip should be reckoned from the outer coast of the great chain of islands forming the Archipelago Alexander. The claim was advocated by Dr. Dawson of the Dominion Geological Survey, but was so evidently absurd that he had to back water. Then the Canadian Government claimed that the chain of mountains along the shore was not ten miles of the thirty inshore, and on this ground surveys were ordered and executed by both governments. I was appealed to by Superintendent Thorne for the best method of procedure, and these recent surveys have been executed in the man ner recommended. Lindenkohl .recapitulates the principal streams north of Portland Inlet, and gives some Interesting descriptions of the dangerous work done by the Coast Survey officers. The indications are that the mountainous country rises gradually for. more than thirty miles from salt water, and even attains 9000 feet at that distance. The streams are torrential in character, and have cut their narrow ■ courses down thousands of feet, through narrow and dangerous gorges, with walls of 1000 feet over head. In spring, when the ice begins to - break away, the navigation -by canoes is very dan gerous, and several mishaps to the surveying parties have occurred, with : loss of instru ments, clothing and provisions. Fortunately, so far. no lives have been lost. 7 '■■■■■-- '. The Stikine River is a large torrential stream, running seven miles an hour, with several glaciers coming into it. The Toku is another inlet barred by a fine glacier, filling the valley. The Chilcoot and Chiicat rivers drain large * areas and have their sources In great glaciers ; that also send their northern waters down to the Yukon. -• / - • The Taku, Chilcoat and Chilcot open into the northern reaches of the Chatham and other straits. They have anchorages and harbors at their mouths. * They are also gateways into the heart of Alaska, and from the latter the Yukon can be reached at Fort Selkirk in -■ less than twenty days, according to E. J. Glave's report tome. • '.'-.-'• -"- '» :.:■•;.■:• .-•■ ■*-..•-.-.;>• v ••■•-.■ v It is understood that the Canadians are now straining a point to bring the thirty-mile line across the northern part of the Archipelago Alexander, so as to give the entrances to the foregoing three rivers to Canada! In other words they will try to take the only ways by water which the United States possesses 'of en tering Alaska south of the peninsula, or -in fact south and cast of the meridian of 141 dee. at Mount St. Elias. " ; .; :— . ; .>>•.-;. > . This is the old grab game, and it behooves our people to keep a sharp lookout and prevent this audacious steal. •• ;.-.-:: ■-.--: -: . Darin* last season the rivers and inlets of Chilcoot and . Chiicat were ' surveyed »by ; two of the Pacific Coast officers of \ the ; survey, but the results . have ' not been made public, and I decline to describe them at present for various reasons. , "' Professor Davidson stated that he would continue his astronomical observations so ■far as his instruments would permit. ,\ The £ ship-owners, * masters ■-•■ and - under writers of the Pacific Coast will send a; set of resolutions adopted by them to President Cleveland and: Secretary. Carlisle protest ing against the removal of Professor | Dav idson - from i the Geodetic Survey, and ' re questing that he be reinstated. WHAT DR. COLBURN SAW. •How He : Got Acquainted With the Common People of Other Lands. HIS. EXPERIENCES IN INDIA ■ Makes Some Comparisons of - the 7 '1 Conditions of the World's Laborers. Just who will fill the pulpit of the Simp son Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church at Hayes and Buchanan streets, which Dr. A. C. Hirst will leave vacant when he goes to Chicago; cannot be definitely deter mined until the Methodist Conference meets here early in September, but it is generally believed that Rev. M. J. Colburn will be nppointed. Bishob Goodsell is now in the East and is to be at the conference in Chicago, and Bishop Warren is here from Denver to pre side over the San Francisco Conference in Bishop Goodsell's place. 'Jr. Hirst ex pects to receive the pastorate of the Cen tenary Church in Chicago, and the influ ence of Bishop Goodsell, it is said, will be used to give him the place in the work of the church which he desires. He is at present attenaing the Chautauqua Assem bly at Los Angeles. Rev. M. J. Colburn preached at the Simpson Memorial . Church yesterday and seemed to please the congregation by his logical style, as well , as easy manner of handling'what the world is inclined to call metaphysics. Christianity is a # living fact with him, and he impresses his auditors accordingly. But he is a philosopher in the things of this world, as well as an ex pounderof biblical doctrines. This was . demonstrated by the trip around the world which he has just fin ished. He left here in September two years ago, after laboring in the pulpit of the Eighth-avenue Church in East Oak land, and devoted the time following to a practical observation of the lives and hab its of the great ■ common people of Asia, Europe and Egypt. Unlike the average globe-trolter, the Rev. Mr. Colburn had plenty of leisure, and was not only seeing the sights but get ting acquainted with the people. He would go and live altogether among the natives for a time, and therefore formed a pretty fair estimate of conditions and ; characteristics. For instance, at Calcutta he hired for 16 cents a day— which was double .wages at that Mohammedan boy who could speak several necessary languages, and, with the boy as his valet, he traveled all over India •to Bombay. The boy's name was Nabbi Bux, meaning "Gift of the Prophet"— about as common a name there as John Smith, is in this country. With Nabbi as an interpreter he would take his lodgings for weeks at a time with the com mon people, and whatever resorts they at tended he attended. Some of his compari sons made yesterday as to the conditions of workingmen were very interesting. "In China," he said, "I saw men hitched by the fifty at a time to the big stone- roller in the English quarter of Shanghai, and driven with a . stick, like cattle and yet they were glad to get the job, because they received four cents a day, which was big wages to them. ; "The common day's wage in India is two cents. < The natives cook their food and sleep in the same fields they work in, and, to a Caucasian, they seem to live like ani mals.' Withal they are content, for nature is very amiable to them in that country. '."In .Naples, Italy, I saw workingmen all lodging in one room and subsisting, upon a poor quality of beans and a third grade of olive oil. j The poverty of the masses in Italy is due to the rigorous system of taxa tion there. A hotel-keeper told me he had to give about 40 per cent of all his business to the Government. ... "After being taxed for everything he needed he bad to pay to the Government 15 per cent of the gross receipts for the privilege of running a hotel. The system of taxing the salt industry is such that in many of the seaside towns the people have to obtain a permit; from the Govern ment whenever they • want ,to dip up a quart of salt water from the sea for bath ing purposes— the Government is so afraid they might try to evaporate the brine and use it as salt. : "The happiest | working - people I saw in all my travels were those of the southern part of Germany, particularly in Munich. All the shops are closed there from 12 to 2 p. m., and the business men do not visit their offices until a late morning hour; and it is a common thing to see the stores close at 6:30 p. m. just to enable everybody to attend the opera. The Government does a great deal for the Germans . in the way of parks and music. ... ' "Americans are much better paid, it is true, than • the ) people of other countries, but they are the most discontented because the most intelligent. We have more money in this country than any other, " and less happiness. It is because the dominant characteristic .of the Anglo-Saxon is ac quisitiveness—a quality that has given the race energy and push, and ; made it the master of the planet." Mr. Colburn was for four years the pastor of the First M. E. Church of San Diego, and at one time had no less than forty con verted drunkards in his congregation. : Jovial once meant the type of character supposed to belong to all persons who were born when r the planet Jupiter, or Jove, was in the ascendant. They were supposed to possess more of the cheerful elements of character than others, and hence to par take of the benign 1 ' qualities ' attributed to the father of the gods. ■ Tabby, the name of a well-known ' spe cies of cat, was ; formerly atabi, which was a term used :to designate a peculiar pat tern in the silks manufactured in : Persia, The markings in the fur of ' the cat resem ble the pattern in the •' silk, hence the double application of the name. V Jade originally signified any rude person without regard to sex. 7 -.-'.' ARE YOU A FRUIT ; GROWER?? THEN WRITE FOR OUR PRICE ON FRUIT PAPER. PROMPT SHIPMENTS • GUARANTEED. / M. BROWN & SONS PAPER MANUFACTURERS, /., /SUCCESSORS TO S. P. TAYLOR PAPER CO. 414-416 CLAY STREET. V