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RAGING EVENTS ON MANY TRACKS. Catulus, Duke & Wishard's Crack Two-Year-Old Colt, j 4 Bolts Through the Barrier and Runs Away at the Oakland Course. — '. — ■ Clears the Fence After Running a Mile and Rolls Down an Em bankment, Breaking His Leg in Three Places—Sloan Pilots Two Mounts to Victory at Newmar ket, England. i * • SAN FRANCISCO, April 26. — Just Bls the horses had reached the post for the third race at Oakland to-day. Catu lus, the crack two-year-old colt of the Duke & Wishard string, broke through the harrier, unseated his rider, J. Reiff, ran a mik and finally cleared the fence, rolling down the embankment It was found that the animal had ibroken his leg in three places, and he was speedily destroyed. Catulus was an even money favorite for the event in which he was to have started, and ■was looked upon as one of the most promising two-year-olds of the year. Jockey P.eifZ was Unhurt. • The weather was fine, but'the track •rery heavy. Results: ' - Three and a half furlongs, selling, Pidalia (Coburn), Il to.4>, (E. Jones), 2 to 1; seotodj -PythTa (H. Shields), 7 to 1, third, :-Tlme—o:46l,. Halifax, Hci,or Bright, -Rose of Hllo and Ovando also ran. 1 Futurity course, selling, Pat Murphy (Bullman), 12 to 5, won; Defender tßassinger), 20 to 1, second; Major Cook (Devin), 20 to 1, third. 'Time— 1:10. Durward, Bueno, The Last, Don Oara, Colonial Dame, Roulette Wheel, Brown Prince, Shellac, Little T. G. and Uncle True also ran. Five furlongs, Flamora (Bullman), 11 to 5, won; Armistice (Thorpe). 30-to 1, teecond; Kitty Kelly (Jenkins), 3 to third. Time— Tom Sharkey and The Scot also ran. Surfeit left. Catulus •bolted and broke a leg. One and one-sixteenth miles, selling. Imperious <E. Jones), 1 to 4. won; Bonner (J&nkins), 0 to 1, sec ond; Whale-back (J. Reiff), 12 to 1. !third. Time—l:s4%. Alvin E. Favei eham, Eureka and Stone L also ran. Jtoadrunner left... * Six furlongs, Ctrsdale (Bullman). 8 to f>. wen; Yavuba (Glover),- 8 to 1, sec ond; Ach (Piggott), lti to 5, third. Tim*; i—l:2o. Ncra Ives, Guatemoc, Lime water, Gold Baron and Royal Fan also ran. ' Futurity course, selling, Sly (Bull man), 13 to 5. won; Heigh Ho (J. Reiff). p to 5, second; Horatio (Louillier), 20 to 1, third. Time—l:ls. Toriblo, Bliss Rucker, Etta H., Homestake and Tor eion also ran. AT MONTGOMERY PARK. MEMPHIS, April 20.—The weather Was warm and sultry, and track fast at Park. Results: J Seven furlongs, Johnny McHale won. Traveler second, Celtic Bard third . Time—l:3o%. Four and a half furlongs, Bonnlvard won, Florence Aneta second, One Line •third, Time—o:s6%. One mile, gentleman riders, Braw Lad won, Tony Honig second. Bellamy third. Time—l:47. - Six furlongs, Timemaker won, Verify «*ond, Cherry Leaf third. Time— 3:15%. Seven furlongs. Sea Robber won. Foreseen second, Balk Line third. 1:30»4. One mile, Our Nellie won, Jim P. sec ond, Savarin third. Time—l:44. AT AQUEDUCT. NEW TORK, April 20.—T0-day's re sults at Aqueduct: Five furlong?., Zanone won, Lady Lindsay second, Kinniginnic third. Time—l:ol 1-5. About seven furlongs. Swamp Angel •won, Miss Tenney second, Taltanassee third. Time—l:2o 2-5. Six furlongs, Byron McClelland won. Exile second, Rey Satazar third. Time —1:1.7*4. . • Mile and seventy yards. Blue Away Won, Knight of the Garter second. Dummy third. Time—l:4o 3-5. Four and a half furlongs, Neponset won.. Summer Girl second, Maharajah third. Time—o:so 2-5. About seven furlongs, Prosaic won. Head Up second, James Tod third Time—l:27 3-5. AT NEWPORT. ', CINCINNATI, April 20.—The track at ■Newport' was very heavy to-day. Re sults: j Four and a half furlongs, Vohicer Won, Aleen Wilson second. My Chicken fthird. Time—o:sß%. One mile, Dr. Graves won, Carl sec ond, The Geezer third. Time—l:lß. Mile and a sixteenth. Joe Shelby won. ■ Bethlehem Star second, Vannessa third Time—l:s3. j Six and a half furlongs, Carlotta C. I OTT HAS NO BUNCO | remedies to sell to the weak, ncr- I )' ou ». imaginative, Indiscreet or err ing ones We do not derive our revenue from any such sources. But we do a strictly legitimate drug 1 ess at th . c smallest margin of t™ 1 ever attempted on the coast. ' fair treatment In a drug store • V^M n f„ more to , 5011 th an could be t told in an entire newspaper. We 4 hay( ? w la, 7 e stock and make a 5 specialty of quick delivery. Give pfea^you' telePh ° ne us - We n KITHKR PHOKB.Ko.IO. , FRANCIS S. OTT, The Place to Buy Drugs, : 200 X S&eet, Sontl Side Second -and I * LESTER. (Incorported.) WAOOW- -"AND CARRIAGE UATB rials. Hardware, Lumber, Iron, Steel ix> ooal, Horseshoers' and Blacksmiths' Sup plies. 70S, 711, 713. 7is J iitreeL BAor*meoi» worn, Tap pan second., Molo third. Time 1:22%.., Mile and a sixteenth, , Isabey won, Helen H. Gardiner second, Amber Glints third. Time—l:s2. RACES IN ENGLAND, LONDON, April 26.—Sir Waldie Grif fiths' bay Ally Styria, ridden by Tod Sloan, won the Wilbraham plate at Newmarket to-day in a field of four horses. The betting was 4 to 1 on Styria. i A.- M. Covington's brown colt St. Pauius'came in second and Sir J. Blunder! Maple's Complaisance third. The race is of 200 sovereigns, tWD-year olde, distance five furlongs. The 2,000 guineas at Newmarket to day were won by the Duke of West minster's Flying Fox. Lord William Berasford's Caiman, rlddin by. Tod Sloan, was second, and Leopold de Rothschild's Tydent was third. Eight horses started. The betting was 0 to 5 on Flying Fox, 5 to 1 against Cai man aiid 50 to 7 against Tydent. Cai man led to the bushes, 'when Flying Fox passed him and wow in a" canter by two lengths. "■ A selling plate was won by -Douglas Baird's chestnut colt Bgrriont. with' Sloan up. Ten horses can.- The bet ting was 4 to 5 against Egmont. A three-year-old welter handicap was won by Light,.' Comedy.. .. Jolly Tar, owned by Lora William Beresford and ridden by Sloan. Was unplaced. Thir teen horses ran> - -i. „ ON THE DIAMOND Results of Yesterday's National League Games. PHILADELPHIA. April 26.—Boston won to-day's game in the flrat inning.' Score: Boston i), hit 3 12. errors 2; Philadelphia -3," hits 7, errors 3. Bat teries—Willis: and Clark; Wheeler and Douglas. and McDon ald. f;,':Ss!S"&2*f.: r , 1 -• • • ]"■ AT WASHt NGTON. WASHINGTON, April 20.—The game to-day was called at the beginning of the third inning on account of rain. The score then stood jj to 0 in favor of New- York. • the jiew.pitcher for the local team, was in the box. ' AT CINCINNATI. CINCINNATI. April 26.—The Exiles showed lack of practice,' and were easy for the Reds. '"'.'."' Score: Cincinnati 10, hits 16, errors 0; Cleveland ;5, hits' 11. errors 4. Bat teries— Bre'iteneteln. Damman and Peltz; Sudhoff amd Sugden. Umpires- Burns- and ■SmftnV AT LOUISVILLE. LOUISVILLE, April 26.—T0-day's game was nip and tuck until the ninth inning, when the Pirates made a strong finish. Score: Louisville 3, hits 8, errors 5; Pittsburg 7, hits 12, errors 2. Batteries —Magee and Kittredge; Leever and Schriver. Umpires—O'Day and Bren nan. AT BROOKLYN. NEW YORK, April 20.—With two out in the ninth inning to-day at Wash ington Park, Baltimore rallied and made the score close. Score: Brooklyn's. hits 9. errors 2; Baltimore 3, hits 8, errors 2. Batteries —Kennedy and Farrell; Nops and Rob inson. Umpires)—Gaffney and Andrews. AT ST. LOUIS. ST. LOUIS, April 20.—8y bunching hits in the last inning Chicago captured the third game of the series. Score: St. Louis 0, hits 9, errors 2; Chicago 7, hits 13, errors 3. Batteries- Wilson and Criger; Calahan and Dona hue. Umpires—Swartwood and Warner. STEEL ADVANCING. Prices Reach High Water Mark in Pittsburg Market. PITT3BUKG, April 20.—Prices in the Pittsburg steel market reached high water mark this week. Since Monday steel billets have been selling at $26.50 per ton, and that in thousand ton lots for delivery in three and four month*. Jones & Laughlfns sold one such lot at that: price for .Eastern delivery. This is considered by steel manufacturers as an indication that there is little dan ger of a backward turn in prices for the present In other branches of the iron indus try, the same strong tone continues to prevail. Structural material is in such demand that builders all over the country have put off projected build ing, as they cannot contract to get the steel in time for this year's building. BICYCLE COMBINE. The Big Manufacturers Soon to Be Under Control of One Company. CLEVELAND, April 26.—There is a strong probability that within a few days nearly one hundred of the largest bicycle manufacturing plants In the United States will be under the con trol and ownership of one gigantic com pany capitalized at $50,000,000. The capitalists behind the scheme have exact data upon the situation, and this week will see the footing up of the sums total of the varioue phases of the propo sition, and definite action will come at a meeting, of the manufacturers early next week. A. G. Spalding of Chicago is the chief figure in the enterprise "The trust will build three different grades of wheels," said Mr. Lacer of the Cleveland Bicycle Company to-day "a high price wheel, a medium and a ciieap grade. There Is little probability of the big deal falling through." A Former Premier of Austria Dead. VIENNA. April 20.—Count Hohen wart Gerlachstein, former Premier is dead. He was bom in 1824, became StaathaJter of Upper Austria in 1808, and was appointed Austrian Premier and Minister of the Interior in Feb ruary, 1871. While Premier' he endeav ored to abolish the existing Constitu tion and establish a Federalist Con«ti tuuo.n. Owing to the vigorous opposi tion of the Austro-German Constitu tionalists, Count Gerlachstein resigned in Oftober. IS7I. Since then he has been the leader of the Federalist Reichs party. Colonel of the First Nebraska LINCOLN (Neb.). April 20.-Governor Poynter to-day received a cablegram from Lieutenant Colonel Colton at Ma nila, declining the appointment as Col onel of the First Nebraska, because he is in charge of the customs service and cannot accept. He says the First Nebraska has been permanently retired from the firing line. Governor Poynter at once appointed H. B. Mulford of Omaha, senior Major, as Colonel Col cnel Mnlfoid is a volunteer officer and was transferred from the Second.' Three Men Killed. EASTON (Perm.), April 20.-Three men were killed by a fall of slate In the Pen Argyle quarry, twenty miles from this city. Two hundred tons of slate and, dirt fell into the hole, and Edward Harding and Joseph D. Ger man are buried under it, with no hope of recovering their bodies inside of two days. A third man, an Italian, was cut jn two. ' > ■• -. ( '. * One-tenth of the world is still unex plored. THE RECOBD-TLXNICEN, SACEAMEyTO, THURSDAY. APRIL 27, 1899. A LETTER FROM ADMIRAL KAUTZ RELATIVE TO AFFAIRS IN SA MOAN ISLANDS. Its Publication Causes Consterna tion at Navy and State De partments at Washington. CINCINNATI, April 26.—A letter written by Rear Admiral Kautz to his cousin, Mrs. Charles Lindley of Cin cinnati, has been made public by the '. recipient. It is dated March 23d, and j lain the easy vein of a relative's priv ate correspondence. In the letter he says: "You will probably read a lot of stuff about me in various newspapers, but I can assure you that I am all right, and have done nothing that I or my friends may be ashamed of, unless it is the making of a King, which I am obliged to da to-day. But he is a very inof fensive sort of a young fellow, a native 19 years old. He wears a French Ad miral's cocked hat, but not shoes or stockings or trousers, still, considering the. torrid weather, he looks very well in this climate. But I hardly think he would look as well on Fourth street, Cincinnati. "I am not a King here, but just plain 'boss of the ranch.' The German Con sul lv.d that position up to my arrival but since then he has been a very silent partner. I am very much afraid he does not like me—in fact, I am not at all popular here with the Germans. But I am all right with the English and hope to pull through with them. I have no doubt of being sustained by the Gov ernment in all I have done. I hope to get away from here in a month from this time, but may not be in San Fran cisco before the middle of May. With love to the Kentucky Colonel and your self. Your cousin. "P. S.—l am in error about the shoes and trousers of his royal highness. At the last moment his advisers prevailed on him to put on both, just for this occasion only." The Kentucky Colonel is Mrs. Lind ley'g husband, a member of Governor Bradley's staff. KAUTZ WAS INDISCREET. WASHINGTON, April 20.—The publi cation of Admiral Kautz's letter refer ring to his position at Samoa caused ab solute consternation at the Navy and I State Departments a.t first reading, but there was soon exhibited a disposition to minimize the affair because It was clearly apparent that the letter w-as nothing more than a strictly private communication passing between mem bers of the same family. Nevertheless, coming ac it does close upon Captain Coghlan's indiscretion, and following the publication cf Judge Chambers' let j ter to his brother, criticising the. Ger mans in Samoa, the opinion" was held j that Admiral Kautz's letter could not have other than harmful effecf- upon the relations between the United States and Germany. The letter was brought to the atten tion of the President, and some sort of a reminder may be sent to the officer to be more careful in his correspondence. No orders have been issued to the Philadelphia to leave Samoa, is the Ad miral says, so it is probable that he made the statement on the belief that |he could adjust the differences jthe factions in Samoa within that time. THE SCARCITY OF SMALL BILLS. TREASURER ROBERTS TALKS ON THE SUBJECT. t I The Wave of Prosperity in the Northwest Has Much to Do With the Matter. NEW YORK, April 20—United'States Treasurer Ellis H. Roberts, who is on a business trip to this city, In talking last night of the scarcity of bills of small denominations throughout the country, said: "This lack of small bills is due in some parts of the country to the fact that the bankers don't take the trouble to send in their bills of large denomina tions and get small ones in exchange. This is the case nearly everywhere ex cept in the larger cities of the East and in the Northwestern States. "In the Northwest there has been such a wave of prosperity during the last two years that the bankers and merchants have had no occasion to send their money East, as they did in previous years. They are rich enough to keep their money at home. "There was a lack of small bills in this city up to a few months ago, but now the bankers, merchants and busi ness men of every kind have all the small bills they want. They have got them by sending on thejr larger bills. The revenue stamps on checks have probably had something to do with bringing into more general use the smaller bills. "The reason we cannot Issue the smaller bills as fast as the bankers want them Is because we are restricted by law. The law allows us to issue only $340,000,000 in United States notes, and the silver certificates are restricted by the number of standard dollars held in the treasury. We are now printing only small bills, and have a big supply on hand, but cannot Issue them be cause of the restrictions I have "men tioned. So the only recourse for the hanks that want small bills is to send in large bills in exchange for them. In the ten sub-treasuries throughout the country there is now $242,000,000 in gold, but only $18,000,000 in paper. We are sending out paper money in bills of small denominations now at the rate of about $3,000,000 a week. But a good part of this is sent out in place of old and mutilated bills. Although theTe is a shortage of small bills in circulation, the treasury was never richer in funds than it is at the present time." CENTENARIANS. One Person, in Fifty Thousand May Reach the 100-Year Mark. It dots lot appear quite easy to be a centenarian. Sir G. Cornewall Lewis no doubt was rash in assuming it to be impossib c md Mr. Thorn, tie Li brarian of the House of Lords, who, after exhaustive investigation, pro nounced such cases to be excessively rare, was probably the victim of a pre conceived idea; but even T. E. Young, the very newest authority, the late President of the Institute of Actuaries, is evidently inclined to think that the normal life of the healthiest and most enduring persons Is considerably less than a century. The general conclu sion of his very interesting and In structive though rather overloaded book upon the subject is that the instances of abnormal longevity which, however, do occur are, so to speak, ( sports or aberrations. The length of, the poten tial life cannot, It is true, be proved, for there is no absolute reason either in theory or in science why life should ever end, any more than there is why a man should hot be twelve feet high; but universal experience, or, as it is sometimes called, ) the "rule of fre quency," is sufficient evidence. Human life, Mr. Young- moreover thinks, ends even in, aberrant eases very close to the century. The longest life of which there is proof that would sat isfy an insurance office does not ex ceed 100 years. The duration of patri archal life asserted in Scripture, how ever the statement may be explained, cannot refer to individual life, and the cases so often quoted, of Jenkins, Parr, Cornaro and others remain entirely without verification. They are some times frauds, sometimes blunders and sometimes merely instances of ignorant credulity. The number even of cen tenarians is exceedingly few. The In quiries of the Institute of Actuaries and the Faculty of Actuaries, together with those of the actuary of the national debt office, cover more than 800,000 lives, and among them only twenty two indisputable cases of life protracted beyond the century can be discovered, of whom four were males and eighteen females. These, it will be observed, were all picked lives, persons either ac cepted by the offices because they were likely to live, or persons with compara tively good means who had unusual confidence in their own chances of sur vival, and therefore bought annuities. (Mr. Young, indeed, makes the exceed ingly acute suggestion that people really know a good deal about their own con stitutions, and that consequently the self-selection of annuitants by them selves impairs the accuracy of many calculations.) It follows that even among such persons the chance of any one reaching a hundred is only about one in fifty thousand, while as the as sured, especially among women, have usually surmounted the great dangers of life, the chance of any one taken in discriminately from the population Is almost indefinitely less. The custom of humanity is therefore against any one who wishes to be a centenarian, while apparently his own action will help him very little, the con ditions of longevity bsing in great meas ure involuntary. Moderation in flesh eating, it is true, and in the drinking of alcohol conduces to lengthened life, and so does) a placid temperament, which, however, must not, we suspect, be artificial, as perpetual self-restraint exhausts vital energy; but the three main conditions were settled before the aspirant was born. He should be of medium hight. over which, as Scripture tells us, he has no control; and he should be born in one of those families the members of which have a general habit of living to eighty-five or ninety. This is much the most important lequi site of all. and it is not quite estab lished that it is not a universal one. Whence the quality is derived Is not yet understood, bult it is beyond ques tion that there exists in some families a quality as separate as any race pe culiarity which enables a majority of its members to go on living beyond the average period. They aTe not physically stronger than other people, and they are as often attacked by .disease, but they have a power of recovering them selves completely after illness which other men do not possess, and they con sequently decay more slowly. It is probable, though not certain, indeed, that this peculiarity extends to whole races, and that the greater average dur ation of Western as compared with Eastern life is derived from it. The Asiatic—that is, he who J* never at tacked by severe illness—hves as long as the European, but if he is attacked he has an inferior faculty of recupera tion. He does not recover so complete ly, or he dies at once. It should be add ed that for those wishing to be cente narians it is convenient to be born a. woman, for the present popular notion, which Mr. Young shows to be compara tively new, that old women'tend to Jive longer than old men, is absolutely true, set true as to affect the tables of all life insurance societies. More of them pass the 100 th year, and they pass it by a. longer period of time, though at last the oil burns out in the lamp of both sexes. (This burning out of the oil is, by the way, one of the best arguments for the usually illogical belief of the materialists. It suggests that a ma 1 : may have at birth a certain fjuantity of the essence called life, commonly supposed to be immaterial or spiritual, and that when this is used up he ceases as a living being to exist.) Willi the total number of centenarians increase? The answer must almost cer tainly be in the affirmative, at least as regards the comfortable, classes. They tend, as every one can see for them selves, to live longer. There is consid erable evidence that in the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth centuries men of seventy were considered very aged, and that a man of eighty was a rare phenomenon; and of course the number of the exceptionally old increases with the number of the. aged. There is no increase, or an imperceptible one, in the degree of the exception, but there is in the number of exceptions! a fact observ able in another department of physics. The ancient world produced a few men as taM as modern giants—the Emperor Maxlmin, for example—but it seems certain that the proportion of six foot ers, and, indeed, the general bulk, has enormously increased. The Roman sol diery were small, lithe men, and there does not exist in England a set of suits of middle age armor which the larger Guardsmen of our day lould by any device or exertion put on fo: battle. There will, therefore, if medical science, sanitation and the general habit of obedience to the laws of health continue to improve, be many more centenarians —possibly, Mr. Young hints, so many as to make the sale of annuities based upon existing tables of longevity a very risky speculation. Whether that fact will Increase either the wisdom or the happiness of the world is a more doubt ful matter.—The Spectator. He Couldn't Make Lemonade. The strongest trait in Mr. Medill's character was h.is> sensa of justice. An old man in his service bad been dis charged by the head of the department in which he was employed. The old man bought a stand, a few lemons and some sugar and opened a lemonade stand in front of the elevator entrance of the building. He had been there two days before Mr. Medill saw him. Mr. Medill bought a glass of the old man's lemonade, and after he had tasted it, asked: "What are you doing here?" "Making lemonade," was the reply. "Why are you not at work?* "I have been discharged." "Tou will have to go to work again. You can't make lemonade." Mr. Medill was too much of a disci plinarian to go over the head of a de partment, without good reason. He did not reinstate the old employe, but gave him work in another department, and he still has the job.-r-Hittsburg. Dis patch. . - • , •, —- ■ The man who praises the baby al ways wins the mother's smile. TROOP B IS REORGANIZED. ITS MEMBERS WILL, SOON BE IN THE SADDLE. Names of Those Who Have Passed the Necessary Physical Ex amination. The reorganization, of Troop B, cav alry, was completed last night, and the men who have toiled to that end are, happy. Its members went through a rigid physical examination by Major F. L. Atkinson, Surgeon ot the Second In fantry, last night, and the "Old Guard" are sound in body and supple in limb. On. April 19th Troop B reported ready for duty, and the delay of the past week was owing to the failure of the proper authorities to detail a surgeon to conduct the physical examination. For that reason the acceptance of thef troop by the State will be dated April l 19th, and it will draw allowances and supplies from that date. After each trooper had been declared by the surgeon to be physically sound, the oath was* administered, and upon signing the troop roll they became citi zen soldiers—members of Sacramento's crack cavalry troop. Many of the troopers, as the appended roll will show, were members of Bat ter C, Heavy Artillery, United States Volunteers, in the late unpleasantness with Spain, and were also members of old Troop B, which, at the beginning of the war was merged into Battery C. Others were members of the old troop whose business or other interests would not allow them to enter the service of Uncle Sam, and others are recruits- men new to the service, but anxious to learn. The troop is composed of a fine body of men throughout, who will make an equally good appearance on parade or in a skirmish of the genuine variety. It only remains for Governor Gage to accept the organization, and this, it is known, will be done within the next few days. -• "■ ' '. Following is a complete list of the names of the members of Troop B: The lettera following the names of the members indicate former rank, as fol lows: V—Members who served In the National Guard and also in the volun teer service; V. R.—Volunteer recruits, or those who served in the volunteer service, but not in the National Guard; N. G.—Those who served in the Na tional Guard, but not in the volunteer service, and recruits who have never seen service: Captain John Cooke (V.), First Lieu tenant Samuel W. Kay (V.), Sergeant O. J. Baden (V.), Sergeant Fred C. Hunt (N. G.), Sergeant K. H. Lee (V.), Sergeant Fred Morrison (N. G.), Ser geant H. W. Lee (N. G.). Corporal Tom Kelly (N. G.), Corporal Samuel H. Jen nings (V.), Privates. W. F. Evans (N. G.). Rube B. Lee (V.), Sergeant Joe Bauquier (N. G.), Privates W. F. Milne, (N. G.), C. Jennings (N. G.), W. J. My ers (N. G.), Sergeant Frank P. Pike (N. G.), Privates Isador Schad (N. G.), F. A. Jiegler (N. G.), I. Wiseman (R.), C. M. Myers (V. R.), S. Sehested (V.), J. O. Williams (N. G.), Wm. C. Hauser (V. R.), L. A. Myers (V.), E. C. Hunt (V.), Geo. F. Schadt (V.), D. McDougall (N. G.), Joseph H. Hastenplug (N G.), Geo. Wara (V.), M. T. Prendergast (V.). M. A. Cevedo (V. R.), S. D. Ferrel (N. G ). John L. Sullivan (V.), F. A. Ross (N. G.), G. Hess (N. G.), John C. March (N. G.), W. Manning (N. G.), W. C. Hack man (N. G.), A. C. Tennyson (V. R), Del C. Bush (R.), John G. Merle (V. R.), Charles A. Faylor (V. R.), Wm. H. Stinson (V. R.), Willis F. Hayden (V. R.), R. W. Clegg (V.), C. F. Bastian (R.), H. C. Castorf (V.), John S. Greg ory (R.), E. Holder (N. C-.), Alfred Mil ner (R.), W. A. Danin fR.), George .1. Lindenfeld (R.), Wm. B. Huber (R ), A. E. Owens (R.), W. Hosking (R.), James H. Hayes (V.), G. W. Colvert (R.), James Colvert (R.), George W. Waldron (V.), L. M. Clarke (V). The Moonshiner Explained. A Georgia revenue man had a novel experience recently with a moonshiner in a suspected district. Early one morning he discovered an old man standing near a grave in the mountain region. But the trouble about this grave was that the revenue man had observed smoke issuing from the place where the headboard should have been. He surprised the old man, who imme diately feigned great sorrow, explain ing his presence there by the statement that his brother was buried there. At the mention of his brother he feigned great grief, and said he "never would get over it —it wuz sich a hard dispensation of Providence." "But isn't it peculiar," said the rev enue man, "that I see a stovepipe at the head of his grave, and smoke issuing therefrom.?" "Stranger," replied the weeping moonshiner, "he died in his sins, an' hit's my opinion they're a-roastin' of him down below!"— Atlanta Constitu tion. COMMERCIAL. WHEAT ON CALL OPENS LOWER —SPOT UNCHANGED. Oats Quiet at Previous Range of Prices—Hay Market in a Con fused Condition. San Francisco, April 26th. Flour prices nominally unchanged. Wheat on call opened slightly lower; af terward steadier, in sympathy with changes in Chicago market. Spot Wheat unchanged. Barley on call opened lower, but afterward steadied. Oats quiet at pre vious range of prices. Corn quiet and un changed. Hay market in a confused condition. Fine weather and light receipts may cause some improvement. Bran and Mid dlings steady. Strawberries sold at irregular prices. Arrivals of Cherries lighter and market easy. Orange market continues to clean up well on all lines at previous prices. Lemons quiet. Fancy Apples firm. Mex ican Limes are strongly held at late ad vance. Other fruits unchanged. Butter market generally weak. Cheese weak. ■ California store Eggs weak and lower. Ranch unchanged. Eastern are not now offering to any extent; prices nominal. Closing Quotations. FLCL'R—Net cash prices for Family Ex tras, $3.60@3.70 per barrel: Bakers' Extras. f3.4(K53.65; Oregon and Washington, $3@0.5J per barrel. WHEAT—Shipping Wheat, $1.06»,i per ctl for No. 1 and for choice; Milling, JI.MXa - 1.12& per ctl. BARLEY — Feed, per ctl; Brewing, nominal. OATS—Poor ,to fair, $I.27W£i 1.32 Vi per ctl; good to choice, $1.35®1.40; Fancy Fed 11.42»4<g1.45; Gray, $1.30r<i1.35; Milling, $1.35' #1.40: Surprise. $1.42^11.47M.. CORN—In sacks: Large Yellow, $I.loffJ 1.12 V*; White, $I.l2Vsfcl.l7Vi; Mixed, Jl.O7Vi A hosiery selling quite unusual is now in progress. Thursday, April 27th, All-silk taffeta ribbons, regular 20c and 25c quali ties, 15c yard. All-silk fancy bat ribbons, reduced from 25c to 15c yard. •*' Fancy silk ribbons reduced from 35c to 250 yard. for woman's wear The cloak and suit section is filled with the most stylish suits and wraps for the spring season that the modiste can produce at reasonable cost. There's an element of exclusiveness which enters into these vari ous lines, and gives you the assurance of not having your new spring suit, jacket or cape duplicated by your neighbor. More than this, they're fashioned in the latest and most ap proved manner and finished with the thor oughness that guarantees good service. Ladies' tailor suits, of fine cov ert cloth, made with single breasted fly dart front, with small button trimmed strap seams, lined with fancy striped taffeta silk; new panel front bell skirt, with seams, strap and button trimmed; button and loop back. ! -- : " Ladies' fine covert and broad cloth tailor suits, made with double breasted jacket ; two pearl buttons through heavy strap trimmed front; round cut and ined with fancy taffeta... ifJIO Ladies' separate skirts of fig ured brilliantine cut in the new shape, with plaited back, perca line lined and velveteen bound. . &2 Ladies' all-wool serge skirts, \ with pleat back and strap seams, j navy and black; lined with perca hne' $3.50 Waists of black and colored taffeta silk, nicely plaited all over and trimmed with knife plaited ruffle down the front, from neck to waist . • if> 5 ©1.10; Small \ellow, California, $l-2o per ctl. RYE—97 1 / 2C'Ssl. ... BUCKWHEAT—NominaI. BHAX—$l5.5O© 1G.50 Der ton. MIDDLINGS —$18®21.50 per ton. ROLLED BARLEY—S2I©24 per ton. OATMEAL—*4.SO©4.7S per 100 lbs. OAT GROATS —$4.75 per 100 lbs. ROLLED 0AT5—56.50@6.95 per bbl for fcood and $6.35(86.75 for sacks. HAY—Ex-car or cargo: Wheat, $95713.50 per ton; Wheat and Oat, $9*812.50; Oat, $9© 11.50: Island Barley, $0.50-87: Upland Bar ley, $9-810; Alfalfa, $5.50©6.60; Stock, nom inal. STRAW—Per bale, 25®55c. HOPS—Crop of IS9S is nominal at 15c per tb for choice, 12*813 c for prime, ll©llV»e for medium, and lower grades 10c per lb. BEANS—Round lots. Bayos, $1.55-81.65; Large Butter, nominal; Pink, 11.80(01.96: Red, $3.50; Lima, $4; Pea, $2.25-82.40; Small White, $2-82.15: Large White. $i:SO-K>1.60; Blaekeve. $4<84.10; Red Kidney, $2.40®2.50. POTATOES —Sacks—Early Rose. $1.25© 1.50 per ctl; River Burbanks. $1.40-81.60 per ctl; Oregon do, $1.1081.55 per ctl for seed and $1.50-81.80 for large: Oregon Garnet Chile, $1.50®1.60; Humboldt Burbanks, Jl.aO -81.65 per ctl; Petaluma. $1.50©1.65 per ctl: Merced Sweet Potatoes, nominal; New, lV 4 ©2V,c. . ■. ONIONS—IO(B6Sc per ctl for No. 2 and 3Sc@sl for No. 1. ■■ VEGETABLES—Asparagus, 75e!i>>$l per box for common, $1.25-81.50 fpr good to choice; fancy do, $1.75 per box; Green Peas, 2(84e per tb: Garlic, 20c per lb; To matoes. $ITi2: String Beans, fi(B-8c per lb; Egg Plant, 10(812V.;c per tb for Los An geles; Green Peppers. 20©25 c per lb; Dry do, 10jjil2y4c per tb; Mushrooms, —©— per hex: Marrowfat Squash, — per ton; Cream do, $1.25 per box: Rhubarb, 40©85e per box; Cucumbers, 25c©$l per dozen; Artichokes, per sack, 25©6 Dc: Summer Squash, per box. $1.75©2: Brussels Sprouts, _ FRESH FRUlTS—Apples—Fancy, $3-8) 3.50 per box, and common to choice. $1(81 2.75. Berries —Strawberries, $s©B per chest for small and $5-86 for large. Cherries —75c©51.50 per box, according to variety and condition CITRUS FRUIT-rOrangee, Navels. $1.51 ©2.26 per box for common to goo<l, $2.6o<fr I for choice and $3.25®350 for fancy; Seedlings, $I@2 per box; Japanese Man-, darins, —4$ — per box: Mexican Limes, $7 fi7.50; California lemons, $1-81.25 for com mon to good, $1,503-2 for choice and $2.26@ ►jO for fancy: Grape Fruit, $2©2.50 per box. TROPICAL FRUIT--Bananas, $1.50©2.5 C per bunch; Pineapples, —@— per dozen; Smyrna Vies, —®— per lb; Persian Dates, 614(87c per lb. DRIED FRUITS —Apricots, 12*4®14c for. Royal and 14V4@l£%c for Moorpark. Prunes —40-50?., 7%(cTßc; 50-60s. Sftos%e; 60-70s, 4% <84% c: 70-80 S. 3%fi4c; 80-90s, 3"4©3 Vie: 90 --100s. 2%-83c; 100-llOs, 2»4©3Vie; Black Figs, In sacks, 3Vi©4c; White, s©l>e; Peaches, B©9c for good to choice. 10®l(H4c for fancy and 12H©14%c for peeled; Plums. 4V.©6c for pitted, KglVxc for unpitted; Apples, ©8%, c for good to choice evaporated, 9© 9VoC for fancy do, and for sun dried. , „ RAISINS—New crop, f. o. b. Fresno: Boxes, 20 lbs net, 6-crown Imperial clus ters, $2.50 per box; 5-crown Dehesa clust ers $2; 4-crown Fancy clusters, $1.50; 3 crown London, layers. $1.30; 2-crMwft do, 33ic; Seedless Muscatels, 6<-ib boxes, j!V4c; Ungraded Loose Muscatels, 3V4c; Sul tanas, unbleached, 4'-4c. BUTTER— Creamery—Fancy, 17c per tb; seconds, 16-816V--C. Dgiry-aFancy. : other grades, 13%'8T4c per lb. Packed But ter, nominal. _m CHEESE —New, old. —®—c; Cal ifornia Cream Cheddar, — @—cr. YOung America. ll@12c; Eastern, 14'/ 2 ©Hsc; ; ' West ern. 12(813c. EG<sS—California Store Eggs, 14V4@15c per dozen; 16®17c per-dozen; East ern, nominal. - POULTRY—Live Turkeys, la-JilGc per lb for Hens and 13-814 c for Gobblers; Dress ed do, nominal; "Roosters. ~ $5(85.50 for old and $7.50(88.50 for young; Broilers, $3.50 @4 50 for small and $5#6 Tor large; Fryers, $6(87' Hens, $5.50©6.50; Ducks. $6!8;8: Geese, si 50®2 per pair for old and $J.26tf?2.50 for GosiU?g9j Pigeons, $1.50© 1.70 per dozen for old, 52©2.50 for young.- GAME—Hare, $1; Rabbits?, $l©l.-25- per dozen. . . ,< ; . Meat Market. Following are the, ratee for whole car cas aco from slaughterers to dealers:' BEEF — First quality, B®B%c; other grades, 7-A©7%c per lb. VEAL— Large, 7®Bc, and B@BV4c per It) for small. MUTTON—Wethers, 7V<i©3c; Ewes, 7@ 7»sc per lb. ... ... LAMB—Be per lb for Yearling, and 9@loc per lb for Spring. PORK—Live,Hogs, sVic ncr lb for me dium, 5J4c for small, 4? 4 c for large; dress ed, 7®Bc per lb. " - •* California Dried Fruits. NEW YORK, April 26.—California Dried Few comfort shoes are stylish— it's different with the Delsarte; $3-50. I Pretty silk waists of taffeta, ijij ' plain colors, finely plaited front and back; sleeves near shoulders and cuffs and collar also plaited; ] colorings comprise a variety of choice shades. Quite new and j stylish $8 Ladies' all-wool mixed covert' cloth jackets, made single breast-' ed, with fly front and welt seams; ined with heavy satin .... $ 5 Some unusual prices on new and stylish silk and chiffon capes, ! just the thing for cool evenings: all are handsomely trimmed with i jet. lace or ribbon, io to 18 , inches long; $2.50 to $25. ( Children's reefers, in tan nov elty goods, double breasted, with three metal buttons through plain navy or green kersey cloth, collar bretels and cuffs, two rows two-toned braid trimmed belt [back $2.50 Hale's corner, Ninth and K. Fruits, steady. Evaporated Apples—Com mon. 7-B'SV: prime wire tray. B%©9Vjc; choice. 9©9 V; fancy, 9%©10 c. Prunes, 4V 2 ©9Vie. Apricots—Royal, -Km© 14c; Moor park, 14©lSc. Peaches—Unpeeled, 9©l3e; peeled, 25©28 c. California Fruit Sales. NEW YORK, April 20.—The Earl Fruit Company sold California Cherries at auc tion to-day as follows: Black Tartarian, $4.25f(6.12'4: Purple Guigne, Advance. $3.37M,©3.62te. Closing Grain Quotations. . Chicago, April 26th. WHEAT—May, 7114 c; July, 72% c; Sep tember, ll%c. New York, April 26th. WHEAT—May, 77c; July, 76% c; Septem ber, 75% c. 1 ' . San Francisco. April 2*-th. WHEAT—December, $1.134 ; May, $1.06 M,. BARLEY—December. 90% c; New, 86% c. CORN—Large Yellow, $1.10@1.12V6. 8RAN—515.50©16.30. SACRAMENTO MARKET. Local Trade Is Quiet in Produce Circles. Sacramento, April 26th. ' Local trade was rather slow in produce 'circles to-day, but In shipping line was quite active. Cherries are coming In move freely, and prices are dropping. Following -are the retail prices for the various articles mentioned: FLOUR—Family Extras, $1.95 per 100 lbs;- $f for 50 TTiS. FRUlT—Oranges, 15c, 25c, 30c, ,40c and 50c per dozen; Limes, 15c; Leraons, 25c; Cocoanuts, 10c each; Bananas, 25c per dozen: Apples, $2 per box; Dates, 10c per tb; Strawberries, 2 for 25c; Cherries, 10;.' 25c per lb. VEGETABLES —Tomatoes, 12!£c per tb; Celery, 5c per head; Cauliflower, 10c per head; Carrots, Lettuce, Radishes, Leek, 1 Green Onlonsv Oyster Plant. 12V 2 c per i doitin bunches';' Onions'. 2c per lb: Romain. 2 for sc; Peas, 10c per tb; Beans, 15r per tt>; Cream Squash. 3c per lb: Spinach, f.c; Peppers, 25c: Hubbard Squash, 2M;c; Onions, 3c per lb; Asparagus. 3®sfe per TV. Old Potatoes, 3c per lb: New, 6c; Rhubarb. 3(B'se per tb; Artichokes, 20c-per dozen. 'MKATS—Reef—Prime Rib Roast. 12, per lb; Corned Beef. B©-12e; Sausage, 12% c: Vienna Sausage. 15c; Bacon, 15c; Loin ■Steak, 12<815e; Rump Steak. 10c; Chuck Roast, 10c; Rump, Sc; Brisket, 8c; Chile* Steak. 10c. Veal—Loin and Rib Chops. 15c; Roast Veal. 12--, Mutton—Leg, 11 12' c; Loin find Rib Chops, I2>*e: Mutton ' Stew, *r; Shoulder Chops, Be. Pork - v'a.W<-r; Ham. 12fi13%c. * . 4 POULTRY—Hens. 60c each; Spring, 50c each; Broilers. 25-8 40e each: Tame Geese, $1.50 each; Tame Ducks. 50-865 c each; Tur keys, 17c for live and 30c for dressed, per EGGS—California, 20c per dozen. DAIRY PRODUCE—Burt er—Pickle. 20c per lb; Mountain, 20c; Valley Roll. 2o : Petaluma 45c per roll; Creamery. 4.V ]>• ■■ roll. Cheese—California, 15c per lb; Younj? America, 17c; Eastern Creamery, 0930 c; Genuine Swiss. 40c; American Swlsm, 20c; Neufchatel, 10c. HAY AND GRAIN—Oat or Wheat Hay, 85®85c;' Alfalfa, 608«5c; Whole Barley. $1.20; Ground Barley. $1.35; Feed Oats, $1.50(81.60; Middlings. $1.05: Shorts. $1: Bran. 95c; Straw.- 6oru7oc; Corn, largo, $1.3"; Small, $1.35; Cracked Corn, $1.40; Ground Corn, $1.35. - , „, j NUTS—New Walnuts, loc per tb; New Almonds, 15(820c; New Brazils. liVjc; Pe cans, lfic; Filberts, 15c; Chestnuts, 15c per lb; Pine Nuts, 25c. COAL OIL —Pearl (cases). 17c: Star, 17c; Eocene 19c Extra Star, 21c; Elaine, 23c; Water White (bulk). 12c. GRANITE MINING CANDLES—IO oz., 6tic- 12 oz., 7c; 14 oz., 7%c; 16 oz.. B%c. 'ELECTRIC LIGHT CANDLES-10 oz., 4Vfec; 12 oz., sV£c; 14 oz.. 6%c; 16 oz., 7c^. SAN FRANCISCO STOCKS. San Francisco, April 26th. Morning Session—Andes. 13c; Belcher. 37™ Con Cal & Va, $L(D6l.7St' G & C, 3Sc: Hale & Nor, 24c; Ophir. $1.*(g1.20; (Over man 13c; Scorpion. 3c', Sierra Nevada, il ©99e; Union Con, 520> Closing Quotations—Alta, 9c; Alpha Con. 5c- Andes 12c; Belcher. 37c: Best & Pel. 61c- Bullion 2c: Caledonia. 30c: Challenge "Con 35c; Chollar, 32c; Confidence, 7Sc; Eon Cal Va $1.85; Con Imperial, lc: Crown Point 21c'; G & C. 40ca;. Hule & Nor, 240: luli i 22c- Justice, 19c 1 Mexican, 60c; Oc cidental Con. 33e; Ophir. $1.25; Overman. 12c* Hotost, 25c: Savage. 27c; Seg Belcher, ■'c- Sierra Nevada, lc; Standard. $2.50; un ion Con. 54c; Utah Con. 12c; Yellow Jacket, 43c. m * SEND THE WEEKLY UNION TO YOUB friends In the East. 7