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WHEELMEN ARE AROUSED
They Will Make a Concerted
Effort to Secu re Good
Streets.
BETTER PAVEMENTS WANTED.
The Fight May Include the Team
sters Also, and It Will Be a
Political One.
The wheelmen have determined that this
City must have decent pavements, and
•within a week their campaign .of action
•will be started, and their plans matured.
Among bicycle - dealers Los • Angeles
ranks Bret as a wheelmen's town, Oakland
second, San Jose third, and only when the
fourth is mentioned does San Francisco,
the metropolis, appear. "
This is due in a great measure to the
poor condition of the City's streets, arid
the impossibility of using the wheel for
business purposes, except to a very limited
extent. To remove .this difficulty -it is
plain that some improvement must be.
made in the street pavements, and 'to' do
this the wheelmen have started, an agita
tion on their own account. The. first, step
■was taken \ by the Olympic- Wheel
men last evening when • the subject
was formally '. announced -at . their
meeting, and a committee was appointed
to tender the assistance and. support of the
annex to secure a bituminous pavement
on Folsom street from the ferries out to
Nineteenth street. • \ '-. .'
Close estimates based on statistics gath
ered from the dealers, the cycling clubs,
the records of the League of American
Wheelmen and the various cyclers place
the mim ber of riders of the wheel in this
City at, 15,000.
This includes owners of wheel? and also
those who, not having, the time, or not
wishing to be shaken upon the city streets,
ride only in the park.depending upon rented
bicycles for their cycling -.trips. This lat
ter* class is a more numerous one than is
generally supposed, however, as a glance'
. at the park or at Van Ness avenue on Sun
days or on moonlight nights will at once
show. In a burst of confidence a keeper
of one of the cycleries admitted the other
- evening that during the. fine moonlight j
nights,-. which were the rule la.st week, his
. wheels netted him an average of $159 a
night. '■.;* .- '.-.■..'
This was from the transient riders, who
cannot afford to buy wneels for the limited
use which the business streets allow. The
influence of these riders 1 is, however,
counted as a strong factor in the wheel
men's, fight, arid as with good streets- quite
a percentage of their number: would be
come owners of wheels, the dealers have
■dropped.into the controversy and will lend
their aid in whatever movement the v.-heel
men start. This aid will be financial as
well as moral, and will be freely extended.
At the meeting of .the Associated Clubs,
I which will be held next -week, the- first
I concerted step? toward making the wheel
men's fight for good roads-will be taken.
The several plans, which have for some
time been under discussion wherever the
influential wheelmen have gathered, will
be brought up for consideration, and ar
; rangements will be made to present them .
in tangible form-to a. mass-meeting of
wheelmen.'. This meeting will be called by
the Associated Clubs early in June, and
then the cyclists will prepare for action.,
There, is no doubt but that the tight will
be a political one. The wheelmen will
. .submit, a candidate for Superintendent of
§ Streets, and they say they will elect. him
in spitof of any opposition that party or
machine may show. ' The wheelmen's
strength was shown once in the" last elec
tion. Justice of the Peace Kerrigan, who
is an enthusiastic cyclist, was made their
candidate, principally that the strength of
the wheelmen- might be shown. -and as a
result he headed the ticket. There was
Borne attempt to get the cyclists to indorse
one of the candidates for- Superintendent
of Streets also, but it was not deemed ad
visable to go that far.
In the next election, however, it wilL be
different, and until then the wheelmen will
only lay plans and arrange their campaign,
incidentally doing what they can in the
meantime to strengthen their position.
The most feasible plan so far spoken of
is one which will at once increase the
strength of the cyclists by the influence
and the numbers of the teamsters and
horse-owners. To do this the agitation
wiil be for two classes of pavement. Down
town they will try for basalt blocks, which
the teamsters want, and in the outskirts
and the residence portions of the city they
will agitate for bitumen.
The basalt blocks which will be asked for
will not be such as are now laid by the City
contractors. Instead of irregular block's
roughly hewn, the stones laid will have to
be regular in shape, of uniform size and
evenly placed. Instead of sand as a foun
dation, the pavement which the "good
street" agitators will ask for will be laid in
cement of at least twelve inches in thick
ness. The blocks will be loosely laid, and
the spaces between them filled for half the
depth of the block with cement, the re
mainder of the depth to be filled with
gravel.
Such a pavement as this would offer an
excellent surface for the .bicycle,- as if the
blocks are properly selected they will form
a perfectly smooth roadw'av, and the spaces
between beine rilled with loose gravel the
pavement will afford a sure foothold for
heavy teams. This, teamsters and hack
men say, is not the case with bituminous
rock. In the rain, and particularly during
a heavy fog, bituminous pavement will
often get so slippery that fast traveling or
heavy pulling is impossible, as horses' feet
will not hold upon it. •
But there is practically no heavy travel
in the residence districts, and so there the
wheelmen want at least the level streets to
i be paved with bituminous rock. In this
- *ay all classes whose business ; takes them
tpon the pavement instead of the side
f walks will have a pavement to suit their
v, needs and their tastes. •-" •
"It is foolish to suppose that a bitumin
ous-rock pavement is the only suitable on«
for a bicycle," said George P. Wetmore, a
veteran member of the Bay Gitys, yester
day. "This thing has been talked of
for a long time, and we are
going to make this fight so that
the teamsters will get in with us. A basalt
block pavement, laid as it should be and
of the proper blocks, will give as good a
surface for bicycles as any other. We have
looked at all sorts of pavements, and the
League of American "Wheelmen has taken
up the subject, and from the correspond
ence of that organization we have learned
of almost every decent pavement that is at
once strong and durable, giving a good
footing for a horse and a smooth surface
for a wheel. This basalt block pavement
is the best that has been foundfor all pur
poses, and we believe the teamsters will
help us secure it.
"It is not the best for wheelmen, but it
is good enough, and thus we can work for
smooth, unbroken pavements in the resi
dence districts, where little heavy teaming
„ is done."
As to securing these pavements, the
wheelmen as a rule are willing to help by
having a tax ' placed upon their wheels,
provided also that a proportionate tax is
placed on all wagons and buggies owned
•2 in the city. The amount of, this tax is
of course a matter of speculation
so far, and no one is willing to say just
Low much he will stand, but anything in
reason will be readily met by the wheel
' men, provided it is made on all vehicles,
and provided that the entire amount of
such a tax is used to secure good pave
ments and suitable streets. There is no
claim by the wheelmen for, any special
kind of pavement: they -only want a
* smooth pavement, and in this the team-
Bters join with them. If an organization
is perfected they will be a power in the
next election.
Last evening, at the meeting of the
Olympic Cycling Annex, L. 0. Owens,
chairman of the annex, announced that a
concerted effort was to be made by the
wheelmen of the City to secure good
streets, and he asked the annex to instruct
its delegates to the meeting of the Asso
ciated Cycling Clubs as to what course
they should take when the question was
brought up. He suggested some prepara
tion among the members of the annex of
an agitation on the subject, and asked for
the views of the members as to what
course the annex should pursue in the
matter.
The subject, except in a very uncertain
form, was a new one to the annex, and so
there was not much of a discussion, the
members preferring to leave the matter
entirely in the hands of the delegates, al
lowing them. to act as circumstances dic
tated. Supervisor Hirsh, who has been a
member of the Olympic Club since 1869,
and is a charter member of the annex, in
speaking to the question outlined the
course which the Board of Supervisors
would take in the matter of laying decent
pavements on the -principal streets.
He said that Folsom street would un
doubtedly be payed with bituminous rock,
in conformity with the request of the Fol
som-street Improvement Club. He said,
•too, that if available funds made it possi
ble Market street would receive a top
dressing of bituminous rock from the fer
ries out at least to Ninth street, whereat
the wheelmen, who are tired of the Mar
ket-street cable slot, applauded vocifer
ously.
It was decided to send representatives to
the next meeting of the Folsom-street
Improvement Ciub to offer the assistance
and co-operation of the Olympic Wheel
men's annex in the effort to secure a
smooth pavement on Folsom street. The
committee is composed of Captain A. C.
Thornton. George Day and Lewis Hunter.
The delegates to the associated clubs are
L. D. Owen, H. H. White and Stanley G.
Scoyern.
At the close of the meeting the following
resolution was adopted :
Retolved, That the Olympic Club -wheelmen
do heartily indorse the proposed action on the
part of the Merchants' Afsooiation for the im
provement of the present poor condition of the
city's streets' and to secure goo^ roads gener
ally, and that we will use every effort to aid
the association in its pood work.
ALL READY FOR RACING
Sport for Kings to Be Wit
nessed at Gravesend
To-Day.
In the Brooklyn Handicap Rey el
Santa Anita's Stock Is
Booming,
NEW YORK, N. V., May 14.—T0-mor
row Gravesend will witness sport for kings.
The Expectation stakes, with its promises,
and the Brooklyn handicap, with its pos
sibilities, will be run, and the card has on
it many other <rood things. But while the
interest has been as strone it has not been
as loudly proclaimed as in previous year^.
"With the first fall of the flag to-morrow
a. new system of racing will be inaugurated.
In it there is a promise of that honesty
and fairness which alone will bring with a
whipping finish a resignation to the fact
that the best horse has won. Out of the
original thirty candidates for the Brook
lyn handicap but twelve remain, and the
chances are at least two of these will not
go to the post.
Only a few of the horses were declared
out in February, among them being Old
Banquet and Don Alonzo, well up in the
weights, who were sent across the ocean.
Dr. Rice and Ramapo are almost up in the
estimation of those who are looking for
odds. ■
.To day's storm has sent Rey el Santa
Anita's stock booming, for the Western
crack is good in the mud. Sir alter,
whose gameness is unquestioned, has a
host of supporters, while the others are
more or less fancies by those who have
•'inside "information." The entries for the
Brooklyn handicap are as follows:
Hors*. Welsht. Jockey.
Ramapo 127 Griffin
Sir Walter 124 Docket'
Dr. Rice 122 Taral
Rey el Santa Anita 118 Bergen
Rubicon 118 Mldffley
Lazzarone 1 18 — Murphy
Bassetlaw 109 Llttlefield
Declare 106 J. Lamley
Ed Kearney 97 Penny
Hornpipe 105 Hamilton
Assignee 95 - Keefe
Counter Tenor 100 Lamley
Counter Tenor and Declare are consid
ered as the two extreme doubtful entries,
and chances are always strong against a
three-year-old, Declare having showed but
poor speed in the trials.
The last handicap work was done yes
terday. On Saturday Ramapo covered the
full distance at Sheepshead in 2:o9}^. This
is looked upon as a grand performance.
The fastest trial made by any of the
candidates was 2 :065^, made at Louisville
by "Lucky" Baldwin's representative.
Rey el Santa Anita, a short time ago. But
the Westerner has not done anything of
that kind here yet, though it is said he is
in the best possible condition.
A 8 far as the talent know, Dr. Rice's
best effort at the handicap distance was
made yesterday, when he was sent in
2:\V,i.
Bassetlaw's form this year has not been
such as would frighten off the rest of the
contenders.
Sir Walter has covered the mile and a
quarter at Jerome in 2:lo<^.
Then cornea bunch of lightweights, who
have simply showed that they have a right
to contend in the handicap.
To-night the odds stood about as follows:
Rainapo 7 to 5, Dr. Rice 8 to 5, Rey el Santa
Anita 8 to 1, Sir Walter 4to 1, Rubicon (3 to
1, Hornpipe 15 to 1, and the others rang
ing from 10 to 20 to 1.
LOUISVILLE, KY.,May 14. -The racing
at Churchill Downs this afternoon was very
ordinary. There was no stake on the card,
and all the events were at short distances.
The time made by Rey del Carredas in the
second event is the best that has been
made here for the distance this meeting.
Five furlongs, Galon dOr won, Horace Argo
second, Royal Spirit third. Time, 1 rtKi'-i
Five furlongs, Rey del Carredas won. Uncle
Lnke second, Merry Monarch third. Time,
1 :''l/5*
Four -furlongs, Sidkel won, Otho X second,
Sir Arthur third. Time, :50.
Six furlongs, selling, Santa Cruz won, Green
wich second, Crescent third. Time, 1-15U
Four furlongs, selling. Maggie S won, Helen
Keller second. Scat third. Time, :50>4.
HARLEM, 111., May 14.-Six furlongs, Relict
won, Pow wow second, White Wince third.
Time, I :l9J^.
Seven and a half furlongs, Tester won, Blue
Banner second, Proverb third. Time, l:40»4
Four furlongs. Sir Play won, Kamsin second,
Glacier third. Time, :bV.i. ~ '
Five furlongs, Pop Gray won, George F.
Smith second, May Rose third. Time, 1:03!^.
Seven and a half furlongs, Willie L won
Freddie L T second, Rossmore third. Time
1:37^.
BALTIMORE, Md., May 14.— 0n the
track of the Gentlemen's Driving Park to
day was begun the opening meeting of the
New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore
circuit. A more than fresh wind swept
over the field and heavy overcoats and
wraps were in evidence. The attendance
was good, and the first two races were won
in straights. The third race on the card,
the 2:40 class, was put over until to
morrow.
224 class, trotting, Falkland won, B L C
Becond. Clipper third. Time, ii :273^-2:27>-£
--2 '28
2:13 class, pacing, Robert C won, Maud P
second, Budd Dobie third. Time, 2:24—
2:23^-2:23.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1895.
THE BAY DISTRICT TRACK
A Cheap Lot of Selling Platers
Furnished Some Difficult
Guessing.
EVERY FAVORITE BEATEN.
Tod Sloan Put Up a Ride on
Nephew That Did Not Please
the Critics.
Eleven pencilers cut in yesterday.
Five straight favorites were tripped up.
Pipgott was in front on two winners, Fleet
wood and Clacquer.
One prominent trainer announced in the
paddock at the conclusion of one of the races
yesterday that he had all he wanted of the
present meeting and would remove his horses
next week.
There was much adverse criticism of Sloan's
ride on Nephew, the favorite for the fourth
race. He may have waited too long before
making his ran, but he evidently tried his best
to win at the wire.
Records were in no imminent danger of
being smashed by the class of horses that
started in the different events at the track
yesterday, the majority of them being the
cheaper class of selling platers. This fact
coupled with the chilly condition of the at
mosphere had a most depressing effect on
the betting portion of the crowd, for but
little coin changed hands in the ring.
The talent were sidetracked in the open
ing event and remained there throughout
the day. It was a maiden race, short six
furlongs. Halifax, Tamalpais and Dolly
M were the favorites in the betting, but
Fleetwood, a 6 to 1 shot took the lead soon
after the flag fell and won handily from
Dolly M. Edna M was a good third.
In the next race, a five and a half fur
long run, the talent received another hard
knock. C M C was the "pipe" in the
race, and the bookmakers thought so well
of him they laid 11 to s against him at post
time. He got away last and was never
heard of. Nelson, the one-eyed horse, got
away first and won in a big gallop with 4
to 1 against him. My Sweetheart finished
an ordinary second and Tobey third.
No one denied that Bernardo was the
class of the third race, but he has been
performing rather poorly of late, so that
twelves could be had against him at post
time. The race was a short six-furlong
spin for lieht welter-weights, and the two
vear-olds Eventide, who went to the post
favorite, and Donna Carlotta carried the
bulk of the public's money.
The black mare Kathleen led all the way
until well into the stretch, followed by
Donna Carlotta. An eighth from home
Eventide showed in front and led until
within a few yards of the wire, when Paget
brought Bernardo up on the outside from
the far rear pnd won W a short half length.
Oypsetto nrrldine also nipped Eventide out
for the place by a head.
Although a pronounced cripple. Nephew
was the class of the fourth race, a six
furlong sprint, and was made a decided
favorite, going to the post 7 to 5. Many
considered the price again=t that good
sprinter Clacquer a trifle long, and toward
post time considerable money went into
the books on him. He got away first and
was never headed, winning by a head from
the favorite, who, after getting away sec
ond, fell back to last place and made a
cannon-ball run through the stretch.
Inkerman, third away from the post,
finished in that position close up.
The favorite's chances were spoiled by
the poor start in the last race, a five and
a half furlong dash. Red Glenn was a de
rided favorite, proing to the post 11 to 10.
Hueneme, Alaric and Nellie G were the
only ones considered outside of the first
choice.
Merrell dropped his flag to a very strag
gling start. Annie Moore, Hueneme and
Nellie G getting much the best of it. After
passing the half Hueneme took the lead
and looked a winner, but tirincr badly the
la^t sixteenth was passed by Nellie G and
Carmel. The former, splendidly ridden by
Shaw, won by a leneth. Carmel, forpet
ting to sulk, was second by a neck. The
favorite closed up a big gap, hnishing
third.
SUMMARY.
Pan Francisco, May 14. 1895.
QAA FIRST RACE— bout six furlongs; maid-
V\J\J. ens; three-year-olds and upward; purse
$260.
Ind. Horse, wpleht. Jockey. St, 1/2 Sir. Fin.
842 Fleetwood, 90 (Plsraott) 3 1A lft 1.7
878 Dolly M, 92 (E.Jones) 7 3V» 3V a 21
Edna M, 103 (Enos). 1 hi 4ft -3%
878 Tamalpals. 103 (Peter5).... '...4 2J . 2* 4V 3
C 76 McCJovern, 94 (Glenn) « 7ft 6iAs*
880 Prince Idle, 96 (Mclntyre)....2 8 5/ 6/
876 Ilalifax. 89 (linrnsi 8 6ft 75 710
876 Cadeau, 92 (Cleaty).. 6 4ft 8 8
Good start. Won handily. Time, 1:16. Winner,
eh. c. by Fe'lowcharm-Alamo'lii.
Benin?: Fleet wood 4 to 1, Dolly M 16 to 5. Edna
M 10 to 1, Tamalpals 4 to 1, McOovern 40 to 1,
Cadeau 20 to 1, Halifax 3 to 1, Prince Idle 60 to 1.
QAI SECOND RACE— Five and a half fur-
U\Jx. longs: seining; three-year-olds and up
ward : purse $300.
Ind. Horse, weight, Jocfcey. St. Va Str. Fin.
860 Nelson. 114 (Hennessy) 1 lh It IS
823 My Sweetheart, 87 (Cheva
lier) 2 4* 41 24
883 Tobey, 99 (Hlnrichs) 7 11 55 3/
Imp. Ivy, 105 (Hteele) 5 2% 3V4 *\
812 UttleToueh.lo2(W. Flynn) 4 51 7/ i'l
883 Lodl, 102 (Shrpard) „,8 9ft 61^ 63
783 Prince, 102 (H. Smith) 10 10 81 7/»
(576)501»-dad, 106 < Peters) 3 3* 2Va 8/
(TI7)C MC, 107 (Shaw) ..9 Bft 91 91'
871 Claire, 101 (E. Jones) 6 6/ 10 10'
Fair start. Won easily. Time, 1:09. " Winner,
eh. h.. by Duke of Norfoik-Nlelson.
Betting: Nelson 4to 1, My Sweetheart 8 to 1,
Tob<*y 8 to 1, Sole dad 12 to 1, Imp. Ivy 6 to 1, Lodl
50 to 1, hi' tie Tough 30 to 1, Prince 40 to 1, Claire
20 tol.CMCll to 5.
QH9 THIRD RACE-About six furlongs: sell-
O\)Si. ing; light welter-weights: purse $300.
Jnd. Horse, weight, Jockey. St. V^ Str. Fin.
886 Bernardo, 121 (Paget). .8 8i 6ft In
885 Gypsette gelding, 81 (Ward). . 653 31 2ft
891 Eventide, 87 (Riley). 7 01 2% 3V
856 Tom Clarke, 107 (Hinrichs).. B 71 Bfi 4*
871 Kathleen. 123 (8haw).........l 1/ lft 6/
868 silver, 107 (E. J0ne5)..... ....5 3/ 6/ 6%
Donna Carlotta, 85 (Piggott)..2 2V 4Va7VQ
890 Mi. Air. 121 (Dodd) ..4 4A 7ft 8S
872 Gold Dust, 121 (Stewart) .....9 0 9 9-
Good start. Won cleverly. Time. 1:13%. Win
ner, br. £.. by Imp. Cheviot-Sweet Peggy.
Betting: Bernardo 12 to 1, Gypsettejrelding 20
to 1, Eventide 9 to 5. Kathleen 20 to 1, Donna Car
lottn 5 to 2, Mt. Air 10 to 1, Tom Clarke 16 to 1,
Silver 8 to 1. Uold Dust 100 to 1.
GAD FOURTH RACE— Six furlongs; selling;
yUO. purse $300. ,
Ind. How. weielit. Jockey. St. Vi Str. Fin.
871 Clacquer. 106 (P1gg0tt).......l 2/ lft ;lft
892 Nephew, 112 (Sloan) 2 th 6/1 '21
867 Inkerman. 100 (Hinrichs). . .3 l/i 21/0 3V 3
890 Fonuna. '99 (8urn5).'.....-.:. 4 4/ 6% 4/
(883) Blue Bell, 106 (Shaw).. 7 84 3/ 5/
869 Hue Abbott, 99 (Hteele) 6 7 4ft 6^
892 Road Runner, 107 (Peters). 6A 7 7
Good start. Won driving. Time, 1:16. Win
ner, eh. c, by Three Cheers-Belle of the Lake.
Betting: Clacqucr 18 to 6, Nephew 7 to 6. Inker
man 12 to 1, Blue Bell 3 to 1. Fortuna 30 to 1,
Road Runner 15 to 1, Sue Abbott 100 to 1. ■
Qf\A FIFTH RACE- Five and a half furlongs;
tjy ft. selling: three-year-olds and upward; purse
$300. i -
lml. Horse, weight. Jockey. St. Vi Btr. Fin.
888 Nellie ft, 104 (5haw)....... ..3 33 2A 1%
(SBo)Carmel, 102 (Hums) ...4, 5A SS 2/1
882 Red Glen, 105 (McAuliffe)...s 6ft 47 3/i
(BG3)Huenome. 102 (Peters) 2 2A» 1% 4*
888 Alarlc, 98 (Chevalier). .;.;.. 8 It 6/ M
881 Annie Moore, 100 (Rowan). .l 1% 31 6ft
734 Myron. 91 (E. J0ne5)..... ....6 4A 7* 7*
883 Lulu, 100 (W. F1ynn).. ..:... 7 8 8 8
Poor start. Won driving. Time, l:08y a . Win
ner, gr. m., by Hampson.
lietlng: N>llle ft 8 to 1, Carmel 30 to 1, Red
Glen 11 to 10, Hueneme 5 to 1, Myron 8 to 1,
Alarlc 5 to 1, Annie Moore 76 to 1, Lulu 13 to 1.
Following are the entries for to-day:
First race, five-eighths of & mile, two-year
oids—Miss Brummel 110, La Fletcha 95, Her
Majesty 115. Monitor 113, Edgemount 110,
Nerva filly 103, Veva 115, Heartsease 110.
Second race, one mile, Belling, non-winners —
Alexis 105, Minnie Beech 99, Dara 82, Demo
crat 99. Tuxodo 107, Huntsman 97, Reserve 04.
Third race, one and a sixteenth miles, handi
cap— Oaklnnd 107, Little Cripple 102, Claudius
98, Malo Diablo 95, Arundel»2, Normanaie 8(5.
Fourth race, eleven-sixteenths of a mile, sell
ing— BaD jo 104, Joe Cotton 101, Keene Foxhall
104, Mantell 107, Tim Murphy 113, Tillie S
105, Nervoso 86, Mamie Scott 90, Sue Abbott 99.
Fifth race, eleven-sixteenths of a mile, extra,
selling, inside course, substitute for No. 15;
top price, f 700; if for less three pounds oft for
each $100; to $100 winners of two races this
year to carry 5 pounds' penalty, three or more
8 pounds. Entries close at 8 :30 a. m.
MILITAEY SHOTS.
Companies C and G Will Practice Tar
get Shooting— Cycling Annex.
On Saturday, the 25th inst., Companies
C and G of the First Regiment, N. G. C,
will leave this City and go to Bryant, Con
tra Costa County, to camp for the night,
and the following day engage in target
practice, returning Sunday night. These
companies are making arrangements to re
organize the bicycle corps which, last year,
was an attractive feature of the organiza
tions. A joint committee has been ap
pointed to induce the individual cyclists of
these companies to re-establish the "Na
tionals" and wear the attractive yellow
badge of the former organization.
PROTECTORS ARE NEEDED.
The Poachers Have Unre
stricted Sway in San Mateo
County.
Chinese Who Are Depleting the
Bay of Its Small
Fish.
The sportsmen of Redwood City will
soon organize and form a protective asso
ciation, if for no other purpose than to
stop the indiscriminate slaughter of game
and fish out of season. It will be re
membered that at a recent meeting of
the Supervisors of San Mateo County a
request from the sportsmen of the sur
rounding country was road, asking them
to appoint a game warden. The Super
visors, after thinking the matter over, re
fused to gra:H the wish of the sportsmen
on the ground that the county was unable
to stand any additional expense, so
called. Now that there is no one to look
after and protect the game of the county
poachers have been slaughtering doves
that are nesting in the hills, and also the
wild ducks that are tolerably plentiful in
the marshes adjacent to Redwood City.
The noble deer are not nassed unheeded
by the law-breakers, and not later than
one week ago two were seen strapped on
the back of a horse which was ridden
through the town. Of course if this Btate
of affairs continues sportsmen from this
City, who have left many dollars in the
city of the redwood during the open pea
son, will go elsewhere for sport.
The sportsmen who will pull trigger on
the Suisun marshes next year may look
forward to some good shooting, as late re
ports from the "ducking grounds" speak
very well for the future. It is said that
the" wild rice which was planted in some
of the ponds of the "preserve" clubs a few
years ago is now doing well and will
afford excellent picking for the birds of
passage next season. The carp, whicn
had taken possession of the ponds last
year, have been exterminated by the free
iise of dynamite, and as a consequence the
celery and grasses which wild dircks are so
passionately fond of will be quite prolific
when the season for, duck-shooting opens.
Cinnamon teal are astonishingly plentiful
on the Suisun marshes this year and mal
lards are more numerous than ever. The
indications for good sport for those who can
take the opportunity in the sweet by and
by are, from all accounts, the very best.
The attention of the Fish Commission is
called to the fact that Chinese fishermen
in the vicinity of California City and Mc-
Nears Point have been making very large
catches of shrimps and small sea iish
during the past week, and the average
daily shipment from Tiburon is over two
tons. It is presumed that the Commis
sioners are aware that the taking of small
fish is illegal, consequently the arrest of
some of those oriental poachers who have
been for years depleting tnis bay of its
food fish is daily expected. The law on
this subject is certainly plain enough for
any ordinary Deputy Fish Commissioner
to understand. It says:
Every person who shall cast, extend, set,
U9e or continue, or who shall assist in canting,
extending, using or con tin uiue, Chinese shrimp
or bag nets for the catching of fish in ;lie
waters of this t^tate is guilty of a misdemeanor,
and every person who, by seine or other means,
shall catch the young fish of any species, and
who shall not return the same to the water im
mediately and alive or who thai] sell or ofl'er
for saie any such fish, fresh or dried, is guilty
of c. misdemeanor.
This law is a good one and should be
easily understood by the officers whose
dt.tyit is to protect the miniature fishes of
this bay from extermination. Now is the
time when the Chinese reap their harvest
and now is the time for the l'ish Commis
sioners to prove that they are alive to a
duty which demands immediate attention.
DURRANT'S LATEST MOVE
He Has His Hair Cut Short
and Shaves Off His
Mustache.
His Appearance Is So Changed That
the Witnesses Cannot
Identify Him.
Theodore Durrant, the young medical
student, who is accused of murdering
Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams, is
a new man as far as appearances go. Dur
rant has changed his facial appearance so
that his own mother will hardly know him
when she calls to see him again. The very
dark brown mustache jyhich partly cov
ered Durrant's upper lip is no longer there,
and the long, dark hair, which once made
his head look so long, has all been cut off.
Durrant's last meeting with a tonsonal
artist has caused a remarkable change in
his features. His hair is now cropped so
short that he looks as if he had received a
sentence of lift imprisonment and had just
left the prison barber at San Quent in.
After his mustache was shaved off yes
terday Durrant's face became so different
from its former appearance that the men
at the County Jail, who are accustomed to
see him daily, could hardly realize that he
was the same person. His face has a much
fuller appearance, and apparently the al
leged murderer has grown fat since his ar
rest. When in the City Prison Durrant's
face seemed to be thin, Now it looks al
most round.
None of the witnesses who identified Dur
rant as the man they saw with Blanche La
mont or the man they saw near the Em
manuel Haptish Church could now swear
that he looks anything like the person they
met on the iatarApril 3 and April 12.
The cause of Durrant's action in chang
ing his facial appearance is not known to
any one but himself and his attorneys.
When interviewed last evening Durrant
said he had his hair cut and his mustache
shaved off just for his own pleasure and
comfort. It is possible that the radical
change in his custom of wearing his hair
may have been done for the purpose of
weakening the Identification by the wit
nesses for the prosecution when he comes
up for trial in the Superior Court.
The change is certainly sufficient to con
fuse the witnesses considerably, but
whether the defense can gain a point of
any value is questionable. The witnesses
positively identified Durrant at the pre
liminary examination and this may be
shown to be sufficient. Still it is odd that
the authorities should allow Durrant to
virtually disguise himself.
All Going
For $1 00 to Santa Cruz and return. Iro
quois Club outing: next Sunday morning.
Boat leaves foot of Market street 8 :45 a. m.
sharp. *
AFTER THE SOLID EIGHT
The Grand Jury Intends to
Look Into an Alleged
Cinch Bill.
BARCLAY HENLEY'S EVIDENCE.
The Police Department Will Be Most
Favorably Mentioned In
the Report.
The Grand Jury expected to have Bar
clay Henley appear before it at the regular
session to-day, but the members will be
again disappointed. Barclay Henley left
for Santa Rosa yesterday evening, and he
will not return until to-night.
The grand jurors are anxious to ad
journ, but before doing so they desire to
thoroughly investigate the charges of
Doodling which have been laid at the doors
of the Solid Eight Supervisors. Barclay
Henley, as the attorney for the Civic
Federation, submitted some of these
charges, and the grand jurors want to
have him come before them and give the
evidence he has to back up his charges.
He has been subpenaed.
Barclay Henley is not very communica
tive on the subject. Just before he left the
City he said: "I have submitted charges
against some of the Supervisors, and I am
ready to go before that body when the
members want me to tell what* I know. I
have been subpenaed, hut 1 had to go to
Santa Rosa, so I missed last week's meet
ings. I have to go to Santa Rosa and will
not be able to attend to-morrow's meeting
of the Grand Jury. Still, when I am
wanti'd I will testify. I believe we have
evidence which will be sulticient to cause
the indictment and arrest of some of the
Supervisors. I cannot tell what it is until
I go before the Grand Jury."
George T. Gaden, one of the most prom
inent members of the Civic Federation,
said: "When our organization announced
that it had evidence against some of the
Supervisors, Barclay Henley came forward
and offered his services as a citizen and as
an attorney. He conferred with our attor
neys and came to me to talk the matter
over. He spent a large part of several
days about two weeks ago in preparing the
matter so as to put it in a proper shape to
go before the Grand Jury. He studied
up the legal side of the case and we all
came to the conclusion that two or three
of the Supervisor- should be indicted, ar
rested and thrown out of office on tne
evidence we had before us.
"Henley informed us that the Church
street franchise of the Market-street rail-
road system was illegally granted and that
it could be set aside. He went further
than this. He said that seven out of every
ten franchises granted by recent Beards of
Supervisors were as illegal as the Church
street franchise. He said that they were
nearly all improperly granted, and that
they could even now be declarea null and
void.
"We have a great deal of important evi
dence to put before the Grand Jury in re
gard to the Church-street matter and other
franchises, but it would be wrong for me
to make public that evidence until it is
given to the Grand Jury and that body acts
on it.
"I thought Mr. Henley had gone before
the Grand Jury. I cannot understand why
he has not. I will see him when he re
turns to-morrow evening and try to have
him give to the grand jurors all" the infor
mation we have got. It was understood
he would do so."
As other charges than those made by the
Civic Federation have been tiled with the
Grand Jury, that body will not be without
material to work on at the meeting to-day.
Supervisor Dimond may be called in re
gard to the Church-street franchise, and
same members of the Milkmen's Union
may be called in regard to an alleged
"cinch" bill recently introduced in the
Board of Supervisors.
This bill was in regard to laws governing
the public pound, and it would greatly in
terfere with dairymen and others. It is
alleged that the dairymen had to bribe
some of the Supervisors in order to keep
the proposed ordinance from being passed.
Tiiis will be closely investigated.
What time the jurors will have left to
day after looking into the Supervisors'
acts, will be spent in discussing the differ
ent sections of the report which they will
now begin to prepare. No further work
outside of the Solid Eight's alleged
crookedness will be taken up by the jury.
The report of the police committee has
already been outlined. Chairman John
McCarthy of the police committee and
Charles W. lredale and Joseph Britton,
NEW TO-DAY— CLOTHING.
Sundry
Summery
SUBJECTS
BY SUMMERFIELD'S
"SUIT"=ABLE AND OTHERWISE.
1. MEN'S SUITS at $10 and $12. Cheaper
suits elsewhere, also just as good, at $20
and $25. See 'em in our large window.
2. BOYS' GRADUATION SUITS. Of
course he ought to have a new suit for the
occasion, when good clothes cost so little.
3. VACATION SUITS, $2. Something the
boy can have a good time in. Quite neat;
exceedingly strong. ,
4. SUMMERY NECKWEAR— Date, '95.
Percale and Outing Shirts. Underwear.
5. HOT WEATHER HATS AND CAPS.
Light, airy.
£357~ Hatters and Haberdashers' stocks excelled; their prices
knocked "into a cooked hat."
6. A CONUNDRUM— How do some people get
rich on '"prices without profit" when we can't on
prices with profit and a good trade ? Answers
solicited.
924=930 MARKET STREET.
members of the committee, made a tour of
the police prisons yesterday morning.
They visited the main prison at the new
City Hall and all the branch stations.
They inspected every nook and cranny in
the different places.
They also visited the Receiving Hospital.
They said that they found everything in
first-class condition and their report on the
Police Department will be a favor
able one. They have also agreed that the
general work of the policemen and of the
police authorities is excellent, and that the
laws are enforced as well as could be ex
pected. Foreman W. H. Gagan and Mr.
AfcCarthy have personally inspected the
City after dark, especially in the tender
loin district, and Foreman Gapan has ex
pressed himself as satisfied with the way
in which the City is being governed as far
as the Police Department is concerned. It
is possible that the report may advocate
the City owning the branch police stations
and that the stations be arranged so as to
have a proper place for the patrol wagons
and the horses used by the department.
DIDN'T KNOW THEY VOTED
The Water Rates Are Not Yet
Very Firmly Estab
lished.
Supervisors Say They Did Not Know
They Were Voting on the
Final Passage.
The action of the Board of Supervisors
on Monday in r dopting the resolution fix
ing the water rates for the next fiscal year
seems to have caught some of the members
of the board asleep.
Several of tnem claim now that they un
derstood that the resolution was only
being passed to print, when, by their votes,
it was really being finally passed.
There is an impression, it seems, among
many of the members that all matters
huve to go through the regular process of
being considered at one meeting, being
printed in the official paper and then acted
upon at a subsequent meeting, under the
head of unfinished business.
While this is the case with ordinances,
it is not true of resolutions, which, at the
Eleasure of the board, may be adopted off
and.
The question of water rates has been
hanging tire and under discussion by the
Water Committee for a long time, and the
rates as agreed upon at the Wednesday
night meeting previously were well known.
The rates were a compromise — a larger
concession to the water company upon
those which the majority of the committee
had set out to fix.
It was supposed after the long discussion
of the vexed question in the committee
rooms that it would hardly pass the open
board without a lively tilt, it for no other
end than the appearance of the thing.
That it went through without a dissenting
voice occasioned some surprise.
The members now account for their lack
of interest with the explanation that they
"thought it was simply going to print."
"There can be no doubt that the resolu
tion was passed," said John A. Russell,
cierk of the board, yesterday. 'Chairman
Morgenstern made the motion and it was
duly seconded. If Mr. Hobos made the
motion to pass to print, as he says he did,
I certainly did not hear it nor did the
Mayor. lie waited quite a little while after
Morgenstern had made his motion to put
the second to it, and then put the question
in his usual form, 'If there is no objection
the resolution stands adopted.' There was
no objection and the resolution was
recorded as adopted.
"However," continued Mr. Russell, "I
will not send out any formal notice of the
adoption in view of the fact that there has
been a misunderstanding and the board
may wish to reconsider its action at the
next meeting, which they have the right
to do."
The resolution fixes the rates for hy
drants at $5 (an advance from $2 50) and
reduces the rate to private consumers 10
per cent.
Stealing M ilk Cans.
A jury in Judpe Low's court was occupied for
nearly five hours yesterday afternoon and
evening in listening to the stories told by
twenty-four witnesses in the case of John and
Jacob Stateler, charged with petty larceny.
The Milkmen's Association was pushing the
case against the defendants, whose particular
offense was in stealing milk cans belonging to
the association, taking the brands oft them
and replacing them with their own brands.
The jury was out forty minutes, but failed to
agree upon a verdict. Six were for conviction
and two for acquittal.
The 3lontgomery Estate.
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Montgomery has petitioned
the Probate Court to appoint a guardian of
her daughters, Annie A. and Hazel Mont
gomery. The matter will probably come up
to-day, when the question of counsel fees for
the estate attorneys may also be considered.
NEW TO-DAT.
NAPOLEON,
OIfCE ASKED FOB AN OPINION,!
Gives a Graphic Description of Ills
Ideal Woman. Mothers Please Note.
[SPECIAL TO OCR LADT BEADFItS.]
In response to a question asked by a -
lady, the great Napoleon replied, —
Agfefeijn "My ideal woman is
il^fpS not the beautiful- featured.
Ks||*i^j~L society belle, whose phy-
Tgtej'jv. 4.) sician tries in vain to
keep her in repair, nor
is|[\ v©^w\the . fragile butterfly of
£vVm ill * t \ fashion, who gilds
H\v« I O m\ l^ e tortures °^ ( '* s "
$$$£ II H&a ease V ' llh ' a forced
BjSyi jfW |A|a 6m '' : ° ! my ideal is
wjL ip i a woman who has
wl 111 I I H= accepted her being
ill 111 iv'L Mi as a sacre^ trust,
Mi M II wt§&s . and who obeys the
I' i'lfl |i| \ jKV-i laws of nature for
L 'H I I /'£% the preservation 'of
M)M Hi «?%! her body and soul.
M \iM « oi&i!w.\ "Do you know,
■ rajli'ji. A mv kntG involunta-
|pi«il w ffl^' rily bends in honiago
*P m \ "JJiSffif when I meet the
t|||S| B V matron who reaches
sSj' — pfjm middle age in con>
plete preservation.
lteg^ l ''* i^*B»^^ "That woman is
rendered beautiful by perfect
*2£& health, and the stalwart children
by her side are her reward. That's my
Ideal woman."
To grow to ideal womanhood the girl-
hood should'be carefully guarded.
Mothers owe a duty to their daughters
j that in too many cases is neglected.
Nature has provided a time for purifi-
! cation: and if the channels are obstructed
; the entire system is poisoned, and mis-
I cry comes.
At a mothers' meeting the wife of a
j noted New York divine said to her lis-
i teners: " Watch carefully your daugh-
i ters' physical development.
" Mothers should see that Nature is
j assisted, if necessary, to perform its otlice,
j and keep their daughters well informed
as to matters concerning themselves.'-' • .
; Irregularities, from whatever cause, are
j sure indications of organic trouble. With
, irregularities come disturbance of the
i stomach and kidneys.
Violent headaches often attack the
; victim; pains J> »^— ~^s^^
bility follows // Ws£so^\ \\
then utter I I liv I I
Unless h the C^^£^>^jv!> •
obstruction is removed at once, your
daughter's whole future will be darkened.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com-
: pound will accomplish the work speedily.
It is the most effective remedy for irregu-
lar or suspended action known.
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Parlor— Brocatelle, 6-plece salt, plash
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Bedroom— 7-piece Solid Oak Suit, French Bevel-
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rocker and table; pillows, woven-wire and top
mattress.
Dining- Koom— 6-foot Extension Table, four
Solid Oak Chairs.
Kitchen— So. 7 Range, Patent Kitchen Table
and two chairs.
EASY PAYMENTS.
Houses furnished complete, city or country, any-
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1. FRIEDMAN & CO.,
224 to 230 and 306 Stockton .
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
TO
TAXPAYERS
Taxes Now Doe on Personal Property
Unsecured by Real Estate.
TN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS
X of the new revenue law the undersigned At-
aessor of the City and County of San Francisco
will collect all taxes due on personal property un-
secured by real estate. The necessary books,
blanks, etc., now beine ready, I will from and after
the 15th day of May, 1895. proofed to collect said
tax. As the law is very strict and the time In
which the collection Is to be made limited, tax-
payers will facilitate the office-work and avoid
further trouble and expense by paying the tax to
a deputy authorized to collect the sanie, or aC the
Assessor's office, new City Hall, Immediately.
The polltax of $*2 Is also due and payable to a
deputy, or at the Assessor's office.
WFor the convenience of tax-payers the As-
sessor's office will be open for the present from 8
o'clock a. m. to 9 o'clock p. m.
JOHN I>. SIEUE, Assessor.
San Francisco, May 14, 1895.
[Post, Bulletin and Report, please copy.]
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