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THE BAY DISTRICT RACES.
Boreas Easily Disposed of
Wheel of Fortune in a
Mile Dash.
SERAPHIN WON IN A DRIVE.
Overlooked by the Talent, Addle M
Took the Opening: Dash at
Odds of 30 to 1.
Nebuchadnezzar stumbled almost to his
knees soon after the flag fell, which contribu
ted to his defeat.
The Westchester stable, started two more of
their horses yesterday, Bob Tucker and Ver
non. The first named is possessed of consider
able speed, but neither succeeded ln getting
inside the money.
Peter the Second carried topweight in the
mile yesterday and ran a surprisingly good
race. The colt's wind is affected, it is said,
from a sickness, and were it not for this he
would be a second Installator.
Joe Harvey had a swell bet down on his filly
Wheel of Fortune. A few days back she spread
eagled her field in a mile race, but when
Boreas hung on yesterday she threw up the
sponge. __
Tod Sloane rode his first mount since his re
turn from the East on Boreas and, judging by
his clever ride, Tod is In as good form as when
he departed for the other side of the Rockies.
Notwithstanding the mild torrid ware. it
was rather a "cold day" for favorites, Nellie
G and Hanford being the only successful ones.
George Rose, the well-known and popular
owner and bookmaker, looking hale and
hearty, returned from his Eastern trip just in
time to see his good colt Boreas win. Mr.
Rose says he had an enjoyable trip, but that it
feels good to be in California once again.
The way Wheel of Fortune's stable folk
bet their money yesterday would cause an
old turfite to think she had "Boreas beat
to death," but she didn't. She hooked up
■with the son of Eolian and Peter the Sec
ond, the only other starter, at a mile and
•finished an inglorious third. There was
no doubt but that her stable connections
thought she could win, for they sent her to
the post a9to 10 favorite. Boreas drifted
around even money and 11 to 10 through
out the betting, while Peter the Second,
who "didn't have a chance," had 30 to 1
chalked against him.
There was no delay at the post for the
flag sent them away in a line. Away went
Boreas and "The Wheel," with Peter, to
the surprise of all, keeping within easy
hailing distance. Nearing the bend for
home Boreas began to cut loose, and it
was evident something was wrong with
some of the cogs in "The Wheel," for she
could not respond and was passed by Peter.
The race was ever. As Boreas passed the
wire a short distance in front of the de
spised outsider it actually caused a show
of enthusiasm— a faint glimmer of sunlight
on the cemeterial racing of late. The
favorite was a poor third, the.time, 1:41"4,
being a shade too fast for her.
Most of the betting done yesterday was
against the watermelon-stand, the colored
dispenser of the luscious fruit doing a land
office business. The crowd in the betting
ring could not be called a sweltering one,
for there was too much vacant space, and
the bookies experienced no inconvenience
in handling all the money bet.
There was some great studying and
figuring done over the first race, a five-fur
long dash, with thirteen starters. Imp.
Greene, Model, De Groat and Monarch all
figured well, but "figgers" went wrong.
Addie M, an overlooked 30 to 1 shot, came
out of the bunch forty yards from the wire
and won easily in _:01%. De Groat
downed Imp. Greene a nose for the place.
The starter's flag contributed to the fav
orite's defeat in the second event. It was
a six and a half furlong spin, for which
Nebuchadnezzar went to the post a 7 to 5
choice. Getting away well Seraphin led
all the way, and just managed to beat the
favorite out a nose on the • wire. Ricardo
finished third. Nebuchadnezzar was away
from the post badly, or he would have
been returned a winner.
The gray mare Nellie G under Reidy's
guidance, scored another win in a five and
a half furlong gallop over the inside
course, starting equal favorite with Gussie,
who was backed down to twos from 10 to 1.
Nellie G won by a length, Gussie getting
the place from Tioga by a nose.
A steeplechase over the extreme short
course proved easy game for the 4 to 5 fav
orite Hanford, who was out in front all
the way, and won easily from Mendocino.
Under Maynard's vigorous ridine Yange
•dene came in third. Muxholland.
BUMMABY.
San 1-rancisco. August 1, 1895.
TOOK FIRST RACE— Five furlongs: selling;
X m.ijx) . three-year-olds and upward; purse ?250.
Ind. Horse, weieht, jockey. St. "_• Str. Fin.
101 Addie M., 91 (Riley) 5 8/ sft li
DeGroat, 101 ( Piggott) 1 6/i 2/1 2*»
1225 Imp. Green, 107 (E. Jones). 6 3/ 'Ah 8"i
1219 Wild Rose, 94 (Burns) 2 4ft 4V_ 47
Gondola, 102 (Mclntyre)... 3 IA 17 5*A
494 Model, 107 (Coady) 7 6ft 73 __
Bob Tucker, 94 (Reidv) 4 _a 6ft 77
Rob Roy, 100 (Anderson).. 11 103 103 87"
Monarch, 106 (Shaw) 9 9. Hf 9/
Little Pete, 97 (Cleary) 8 It 9ft 10/
1219 Imp. Lady Splendor, 102
(Bryan) 10113 113 11/
567 Yreka, 109 (Hennesy) 12 121 12* 125
1229 Duke Stevens, 117 (Moyer)l3 13 13 18
Poor start. Won easily. Time, 1-01&4. Win
ner, br. f., by Eolian by Patsy Duffy.
Betting: Addie M 20 to 1, DeGroate to 1, Imp.
Green 4 to 1. Gondola 10 to 1, Yreka 8 to 1, Little
Pete 4 to 1, Model 4 to 1, Bob Tucker 10 to 1, Wild
Rose 20 to 1, Rob Roy 20 to 1, Imp. Lady Splendor
30 to 1, Duke Stevens 15 to 1, Monarch 6 to 1.
"I OOC* SECOND RACE— Six and a half fur
1-OU. longs: selling; three-year-olds and up
ward; purse $300. '.jjanQpjgggfcfflgH
J_d. Horse, weieht. Jockey. St. "V_ Str. Fin.
(1185)Seraphin, 89 f E.Jones) 3 1"_ 1-" Ins
1216 Nebuchadnezzar, 100 (Chev
alier) 6 47 "33 23
1375 Ricardo. 101 (Hinrichs) 7 2"A 2*£ 3*_
(1220)Bellringer, 106 (Shaw) 1 3/4/ 43
<1206>i"rondeur. 97 (Piggott) 4 s*t 6i 6*
Vernon, 94 (Reidy) 5 6/ 6* 65
981 Quarterataff, 110 (L.Lloyd).2 111
Good start. Won driving. Time, 1:21. Winner,
cb. f., by Emperor of Norfolk-St. Cecilia.
Betting Seraph! nsto 2, Nebuchadnezzar 7to 5,
Ricardo 6 to 1, Bellringer 12 to 1, Vernon 15 to 1,
Quarteratafi 50 to 1, Jt'rondeur 7 to 1.
1 937 THIRD RACE— (lnside course; track
X.miij I . fast); five and a half furlongs; selling;
light welter-weights; purse $300.
Ind. Horse, weight, Jockey. St. *_ Str. Fin.
3211 Nellie G. 117 (Reidy) 1 2J ln II
1018 Gussie, 117 (Maynard) ......4 4 3- 2ft
1221 Tioga, 110 (Piggott) 2 Ift 2. 3ns
1058 Miss Ruth, 110 (L. L10yd). ..3 3ft 4 4
Good start. Won driving. Time, 1:11%. Win
ner, gr. m., by Sampson. . c : ..
Betting: Nellie G 2 to 1, Gussie 2 to 1, Tioga 3 to
1. Miss Ruth 6to 1. -• <r
193 ft FOURTH RACE— One mile; selling;
XmiOO. purse 9500.
Ind. Horse, weight, jockey. St. *"_ Str. Fin.
(1218)Borea9, 98 (Sloan) 1/ lft I"*_ l"/_
Peter the 6econd,lo3(Chev
alier) 33 2-2
-(l2o3)Wheel of Fortune, 93 (E.
Jones) 272* 3 3 ,
Fair start. Won handily. Time, 1:4114. Win.
ner, br. c, by Eollan-Ordnance.
Betting: Boreas 11 to 10, Peter the Second 20 to
1, W keel of Fortune 9 to 10.
1 939 FIFTH ACE-(Extreme short course) ;
s-oo But ° ne mile: steeplechase; purse
9*300.
Ind. ■ Horse, weight, jockey. St. 'A Str. Fin.
1213 Hanford, 122 (Ambrose).. ..lift It it
1213 Mendocino, 137 (M. Casey). 3 26 'it M
2 AST Yangedene, l'_»<Maynarc!).s 45 46 39
-.1002 Mutineer, 131 (Stewart).... 4 81 31 475
1213 Sympathetic. Last, 137
(Stanford) -. ...6 b8 5 5
1198 Thel»runamer,l37(l'iantoni)2 pulled up. i
Good start. Won easily, Time 1:65*4. Winner
b. g., by imp. KyrleDaly-Vlsalia. * . - .'.
Betting: Hanford 4 to 5. Mendocino 6 to 1,
Vangedene 3 to 1, Mutineer 7 to 1, Sympathetic,
Last 12 to 1, The Drummer 30 to 1.
Following are to-day's entries:
First race, half a mile, maiden two-year
©ids-Lady Leiaeter filly 109, Florence C lO9,
May Jones 109, Lady \ Melbourne 109, ■ Isabel
109, Jack Atkins 109-
Second race, half a mile, maiden two-vear
olds—Carrara 109, Belle Oak 104,- Agravator
104, Billy McClosky 107, Don Pio Pico 112,
Benham 112, Margaret H 109, Irene E 104.
Third race, elevtn-sixteenths of a mile, sell
ing, two-year-olds— Charles Boots 105, Elsie 97,
Don Pedro 110, City Girl 101, Josephine 99,
Belle Boyd 99, Miss Brummil 99, Spry
Lark 103.
Fourth race, eleven-sixteenths of a mile-
Hymn 109, Santa Bella 80, Royal Flush 112,
Installator 105.
Fifth race, three-quarters of a mile, handi
cap—Howard 111, Road Runner 107, Char
mion 106, imp. Ivy 100, May McCarthy 104,
McFarlane 87.
NO ISLAND PARK.
Abandonment of the Acme and Reliance
Club Plans of an Athletic
Reservation.
One of _ the . most important athletic
projects of this locality his probably fallen
through by the failure of the Acme and
Reliance clubs to effect the necessary com
bination. These two clubs had proposed
to establish at joint expense a big athletic
park on Bay Farm Island. But the two
organizations are unable to satisfactorily
combine in the undertaking, and there is
little likelihood now that the park will be
established.
Either of these clubs, however, alone or
with the co-operation of some other
organization, may eventually complete the
plan. The proposition, as considered by
the Reliance Club's committee, was
purchase or lease from Amos Mecartney
a large tract of land that is now used for
agricultural purposes, and which, by its
location upon the bay shore, would afford
the very best opportunities for both field
and aquatic events. The land is level and
in every way adapted for games of all
sorts; the boating facilities would be
excellent, and there is probably no better
place about here for salt water bathing
than that would be after the desired im
provements had been made.
. E. B. Jerome and P. H. Bernays of the
Reliance Club looked the project over
carefully and they were very much in
favor of the proposed park, but in this
matter the union of the rival clubs cannot
well be brought about.
There is a possibility that the Reliance
Club may yet carry its negotiations ,to
completion, and in that case a street rail
road to connect with the island will be
built and the Berkeley and Palo Alto Uni
versity athletic managers will be invited
to have the annual football games and
other > intercollegiate events played there.
The destruction of the Haight-street
grounds has left the student teams with
out a satisfactory meeting place and the
games would probably be held at Bay
Farm Island if the contemplated park
should be established.
A FAITHLESS HUSBAND
CT. Elliott Attempted to Elope
With His Wife's
Servant.
The Girl, Rosa Muss-rave, Is De
tained at the Beulah
Home.
Rosa Musgrave is in detention at the
Beuiah Home awaiting sentence from
Judge Campbell. Rosa came to the
notice of the Society for the Preven
tion of Cruelty to Children a year ago,
when it was alleged that she was cruelly
treated by her father. Mrs. Campbell
took her into the benevolent institution at
Berkeley in which she was then inter
ested, and finally secured a place lor her
as domestic in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
C. T. Elliott of Vacaville.
The head of the -family, Mr. Elliot, soon
showed a predilection for the society of the
girl, and his growing fondness for her led
to trouble between himself and wife. The
firl left Vacaville in May and has since
een working for Mr. and Mrs. Dodge of
Alameda. Since that time the pair have
corresponded, and the girl turned over the
letters to Officer McMurray yesterday.
General McComb stated that circumstances
pointed to a meeting of the two at a hotel
in this City a few weeks ago, when they
occupied adjoining rooms. It is evident
from some ot Elliott's letters that an elope
ment was planned.
Elliott is a handsome young fellow, the
son of a wealthy widow, who owns valu
able ranches in Sonoma County. His wife
is a cripple. Elliott is staying on one of
his mother's ranches at present.
The following- from Mrs. Elliott shows
that she is not blind to her husband's in
fidelity :
Vacaville, Cal., July 3, 1895.
Miss Rosa Musgrave : I supposed "you under
stood and that it would be unneccessary to tell
you that Lottie, as well as myself, has no use
for anything coming from you.
But then it is, only what might be expected
of one who has proven herself so brazen and
utterly devoid of shame as you within the past
few months have done.'
Of course, you will take the trouble of telling
my husband of this when next you write him
in the endearing terms you are accustomed to
use when addressing nim, but that will be en
tirely satisfactory to me. Mrs. C. T. Elliott.
Elliott gives his plans in this epistle:
' • Sunday Afternoon.
Will soon start to Elmlra. O, if I could only
get a letter from you, but don't much look for
one. I don't think Mrs. E. has had time to
write to you and maybe won't.
If we go to Denver we will be In one of the
finest places in the world and the healthiest.
They have snow there, but it isn't very cold in
winter or warm in summer and the Rocky
Mountains are within fifteen miles of the city.
We can get some ponies and guns and go hunt
ing for all kinds of wild game after we get
settled there. I think that 1 can get a position
there without much trouble. Then we are all
right.
It won't cost but about $25 apiece to go
there, then we will be where there won't be
any one to know us, all by our lonely.
You can get away all right from those people.
You can tell them that you are going to get
married the day we leave. They won't have
time to tell any one and we will skip.
Good-by, * darling. Lots of love and kisses
from yours forever, C.
TELEGRAPHIC CHESS.
Three Games "Will Be Contested by
Local Players Against the Seattle
Chess Club.
Chess by telegraph is becoming popular
on the Pacific Coast. Within the past few
months San Francisco has encountered
Victoria and Vancouver, B. C, and now
another northern light, the Seattle Chess
Club, has had the temerity to risk a match
with the redoubtable San Franciscans.
The match will commence to-night at
6:30 O'clock, when the .initial moves in
three games will be made. Seattle wili
have the opening move on boards 1 and 3
and the home team on board 2. . This con
cession was granted to the Seattle players
by T. H. Martin, to whom the local play
ers are indebted for having made the prin
cipal arrangements to bring about the
match. 77 - l* : " t 7
Dr. Walter Lovegrove, Rodney Kendrick
and A. S. Howe have been chosen as the
captains, each of them to have the assist
ance of two other players with whom they
can consult as to the mode of operations
which will serve best to defeat their an
tagonists in Seattle.
The Seattle Chess Club will be repre
sented by Griffith Davies, C. B. Bagely and
M. Dickey, each of whom will probably act
as captain of a team at each board.
Griffith Davies, late. postmaster of Seattle,
has gained considerable reputation as a
skillful chess-player, and would be likely
to make a good fight for his side if he did
not have Dr. Lovegrove to compete against.
The Postal Telegraph Company has run
a direct wire from the Mechanics' Institute,
San FranciscoJ to the Seattle Chess Club,
and thus the time occupied in the trans-,
mission of the moves will be reduced to a
minimum. The games are likely to last
from six to eight hours. • 4
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1895.
OLYMPIC CLUB POLITICS
Names That Are Beginning to
Be Spoken Of for Various
Positions.
THE FIGHT FOR LEADER.
Harrison and Crocker the Most
Prominent Candidates for
President. .
Like grass after a spring rain, candidates
have sprung up in the Olympic Club in
answer to the announcement that next
Monday evening the club would meet and
select a nominatine committee to take care
of the campaign of the regular ticket dur
ing the coming election. Names are now
definitely spoken of in hall and gymna
sium, over the card tables and in the steam
bath, where before all was speculation and
rumor.
So far the candidates for membership in
the nominating committee of five are the
principal object of interest. The various
elements of the club must be represented,
as has always been the custom, and so the
fight is narrowed down in each annex to
one man. The cardroom element, includ
ing the billiard-players and the more so
cial side of the club, want Tom Craig.
The tank men, those who swim, those
who bathe and those who sit around on the
railing and look on, are generally in favor
of George McComb, who for the past year
has been assistant leader in the tank. He
will represent the entire aquatic element.
Fred Butz is the most prominent candi
date from the outside men who has so far
appeared. He is a well-known figure on
the track, and is interested in all the out
door work. The tennis men are not agi
tating the question of a candidate for the
committee this year, and so Butz, if se
lected, will represent them, too. Jack
Leighton is the choice of the gymnasts
and inside men generally, but he may not
run, as he has other aspirations. The
bicycle men will put up Jack McGlynn,
who has been a prominent figure among
the membeis of that annex for a long time.
The politicians who were in the fight
last year are again 'in the field. Ed Kruse,
who engineered the opposition in 1894,
has taken hold again, and will make Har
rison's fight should he run. Ike Deutsch
is also out with a combination of hi* own,
but a compromise between the two. in
which the cardroom men will get recog
nition, may be effected,
W. G. Harrison and H. J. Crocker are so
far about the only ones mentioned for the
presidency. Oelrichs is not considered
available. For vice-president Bucking
ham and Peck are spoken of. The treas
urer fight is likely to be a hot one if both
Russ and Eaton run. There are many
who believe Russ too old fashioned in his
methods of running the office, but Russ
has held the place for a good many years,
and he will be a hard man to beat If he
stays in the fight. For secretary Pennell's
name, is spoken of, but Jack Leighton
seems to be making the better fight. Alec
Forsythe. so long secretary under Harri
son, is mentioned also for the place, but
he is strongest when spoken of as a di
rector.
Leonard Gill is the only orie prominently
mentioned so far for captain, but around
the leadership the candidates cluster like
bees. Charles Morrell, Scheuster, Dr. E.
X. Short and Paul Bernard are all spoken
of, and each has friends working in his
interests. Morrell was drawn down last
year and Hammersmith was put on the
ticket in his stead. This year it is ex
pected that the inside men will generally
favor him. --" ,''•:»,.
The ticket for directors is a little mixed
yet and several mentioned as officers are
also spoken of as possible directors in case
they fall short in original ambitions.
Among these are Eaton, Short and For
svthe; in addition there are mentioned
Frank O'Kane, Len Owens, Harlow H.
White and Matt Weed. White is backed
by the swimming element and the wheel
men, and the latter having a voting
strength of over 200 will be efficient sup
port. The social element will again sup
port Weed, it is said, and he confidently
expects to be in the board again.
THE SILVER CONVENTION.
Secretary Keeney Says the Idea Is
Popularly Taken Up All Over
the State.
Secretary George P. Keeney, of the
American Bimetallic League of San Fran
cisco, and chairman G. W. Baker of the
local executive committee, have received
correspondence from most of the counties
regarding the State silver convention, to be
held in this City on the 19th inst. Mr.
Keeney said yesterday afternoon :
Our letters show that the convention is a
popular move, and the enthusiastic manner in
which the country press has advocated the
convention leads us to believe that it will be
one of the largest and most notable gatherings
ever seen in California.
I am satisfied that finance is to be the issue
of the coming campaign, for the people are fast
waking up to the fact that tne ability on the
part of the gold power to corner the circulating
medium must receive some effective blow.
The sentiment in favor of the free and unlim
ited coinage of silver is practically unanimous
in this State.
To show . you to what extremities the mo
nopolists are pushed here is a gold page, called
a "Sound Money Page," issued by the Ameri
can Association twice a month, which it fur
nishes free to country papers, the cost being
borne by the Reform Club of New York. The
same institution also gets out a "silver page"
once in a while for which it charges the cus
tomary price.
The silver propagandists are doing good
work under the circumstances, considering
that we have all the capital and advantages of
the gold power to struggle against. We have
now headquarters in Washington, Chicago,
Nashville, Term., and this City, which are al
ways open and from which emanate a volumi
nous amount of free-silver literature for edu
cational purposes.
In the convention each county is to be
represented by five delegates at large and
five delgates for every 500 votes or fraction
thereof cast at the last election. Excur
rion railroad rates have been secured for
August 17, 18 and 19.
AUCTIONEER AND CLIENT.
Lawrence Vincent Is Arrested for Fel
ony .Embezzlement.
Lawrence Vincent, an auctioneer, was
arrested yesterday on a warrant charging
him with felony embezzlement. The com
plaining witness is F. C. Carlsen, living in
the St. Ann's building, 6 Eddy street.
Carlsen alleges that he gave Vincent
some household furnishings to sell in De
cember, 1892. They were sold for $1500.
Of this amount there is still due $335 50,
and although he has asked Vincent re
peatedly for it he has not yet received it.
Vincent does not deny that he owes
the money to Carlsen, but says that
he has frequently offered it to him, and it
has not been accepted for some reason or
other.
THE INFORMER'S REWARD.
Who Will Get the Money Will Be Set-
tied Next Monday.
The question as to who is to receive the
informers reward in the Emerald smug
gling case is likely to be settled next Mon
day. There were 400 pounds of ;, the drug
and the net, proceeds, after paying the
duty,* United States Marshal's fee and
other expenses, were $2314. Of this sum
half goes to the informer, and ' Mrs. Louis
Greenwald, wife of the smuggler of ; that
name, claims it. Through her the Govern
ment was able to condemn the stuff and
sell it.
Mrs. Isabella Lodge, alias "E. W. Mc-
Lean," the partner of Whaley and other
notorious smugglers, sent the first in
formation as to the shipping of the drug,
and it was through her that the Custom
house • officers were enabled to make the
seizure. She put in a claim for : the ; re
ward and Mrs. Greenwald, , through her
attorney, protested. Special Agent of the
Treasury Benton was sent to Victoria, B.
C, to ascertain whether Mrs. Lodge was a
genuine woman or only McLean under
another name. He unearthed the woman
and she will appear in court next Monday
to prosecute her claim. While she may
have been working with the members of
the Emerald gang the fact still remains
that she was the first person to give in
formation that led to the seizure. 7
MONEY FOR AN EXHIBIT.
County Supervisors Asked to . Hasten
Payment of Their Contributions for
Atlanta's Fair Display.
The work of preparing a creditable dis
play of California products for the At
lanta Exposition is not such an easy task
as those interested thought it would have
been. >
So far none of the money promised by
the County Supervisors has been sent in
from the counties, and, as there is but
little time left to make up and ship the
exhibit, Secretary Filcher of the State
Board of Trade has addressed a letter to
the Supervisors of the State, urging them
to act promptly in the matter. ,
It was the intention to get bids and
award the contract for packing and ship
ping the exhibit at once; but the execu
tive committee decided that it was safer to
secure the funds before becoming respon
sible for any bills. 7 77 - "\
ln order to enliven the County Super
visors in the matter of appropriating the
money, the Half-million Club will set the
machinery of this body in motion. Messrs.
Crocker and Bunker will at once com
municate with the State development
committee, which is composed of fifteen
members in all parts of the State, and re
quest the committee to impress upon the
Supervisors the importance of prompt
action.
NEW POLICE CAPTAINS
The Three Appointees As
sumed Their Official Duties
Yesterday.
Kindly Feeling's Expressed Toward
the Officers Who Retired From
Service.
In recognition of the official services of
Captain John Short, one of the three re
lieved police captains, the following reso
lutions have been handsomely engrossed
and presented to the aged officer:
Whereas, Vie, the officers and members of
Company B, Police Department of the City and
County of San Francisco, being desirous of
manifesting our appreciation of the valuable
and upright services rendered by Captain John
short during the many years we have been un
der his command; and, .whereas, this, the occa
sion of his honorable retirement from the po
sition which he has firled with such marked
ability and success is most opportune for our
purpose, be it
Resolved, That we bear cordial testimony to
the able and painstaking manner in which
Captain Short devoted himself to the import
ant responsibilities which devolved upon him
during his long and honorable career in this
department. The fearlessness and impartial
ity which distinguished all his action*, and the
firm, though at all times humane, methods by
which ho labored to secure discipline and
esprit de corps among his subordinates have
endeared him to all who had the good fortune
to be under his command.
Resolved, That we shall recall with admira
tion the meritorious record which Captain
Short, as commander of Company B, has es
tablished; that his urbanity and conscientious
consideration toward those who co-operated
with him are indelibly Impressed upon our
memory, and that for his future welfare and
happiness we extend to htm our most sincere
consideration... ■-. ■,
Resolved, That an elaborately engrossed copy
of these resolutions be presented to Captain
Short as a mark of our most affectionate
esteem. : -.-.;.
The resolutions are signed by Chief of
Police Crowley and Officers M. 0. Ander
son, Charles M. Janes, H. 0. McPherson,
M. Siiannahan and Thomas L. Tobin, com
prising the committee.
Captain Douelass made a farewell ad
dress at noon yesterday to the men of the
second division. He referred to his long
years of service as captain and said that if
any of them deemed that he had been
harsh with them he could only say it was
for their own good. He gave them some
excellent advice and urged upon them the
necessity of never violating the rules of
the department. He said that when the
Commissioners called for his resignation
he refused to comply with the request be
cause he felt that he was mentally and
physically competent to discharge his
duties. The call for his resignation carried
with it at least an intimation that the
Commissioners regarded him as incom
petent and to have complied with their re
quest would have been an admission that
they were : right. Therefore he felt justi
fied in not tendering his resignation.
Captain Stone was engaged the greater
part of the day in explaining to his suc
cessor, Captain Robinson, the workings of
the City Prison. He took his retirement
cheerfully.
The new captains— Wittman, Spillane
and Robinson charge of their re
spective stations yesterday. The two
former were cheered by their men, and
were the recipients of many hearty con
gratulations. Lieutenant Gillen also took
command of the second division. He
bears his disappointment manfully.
The new sergeants were assigned to
their posts yesterday. Sergeant Moffitt
will remain in charge of the office at police
headquarters, and continue to increase the
number of his friends. Sergeant Davis
was assigned to the Central police station,
vice Gillen, promoted to the command of
the second division. Sergeant Donovan,
the youngest on the force, was assigned to
the North End station, vice Robinson,
promoted to be captain. Sergeant Perrin
will take the place of Sergeant Reynolds at
the Seventeenth - street station, and
Reynolds will go to the Southern station,
vice Spillane, promoted to be captain.
Patrolman C. H. Waterman was assigned
to office duty at the North End station,
vice Asher, resigned. The vacancy at the
California-street station, caused by the
resignation of Patrolman Harold, will not
be filled.
SUING FOR PROPERTY.
Aged Mrs. Olsen Files a New Complaint
Against Her Young
Husband. ,
Mrs. Dorothea Olsen of Alameda filed a
new complaint in the Superior Court yes
terday against her husband, Peter Olsen,
The plaintiff is the woman of nearly 70
years who married a sailor 32 years old,
and has nad constant trouble since. She
was divorced' from Peter last January, but
she married him again in April, and at the
latter time deeded the young man all her
property. ,
In the complaint filed yesterday the
woman asked that the deeds of the land
be declared; fraudulent, and that Peter be
compelled to convey the property back to
her. - .
There is likely to be considerable litiga
tion, for when Peter secured the deeds to
the property he promptly raised some
money on : mortgage, and the man who
holds the mortgage will defend his claim.
Mrs. Olsen and Peter are living unhap
pily in the same .house on Santa Clara
avenue, Alameda, both claiming the title
to the property and refusing to surrender.
Besides the Alameda property Mrs. Olsen
or, Peter owns real estate at the corner of
Jackson and Front streets in this City.
Mr. Stubbs Goes East.
J. C. 8 tubbs, third vice-president of the
Southern Pacific \ Company, left ; for the East
last night. | He will attend conferences of the
Eassenger associations in Chicago and Bt.
ouis during his three weeks' absence.
CIVIC FEDERATION'S HAND
It Will Be Shown In the Alms
house Superintendency
- Fight.
GRAVE-DIGGER DAN O'CONNELL.
Over a Hundred Positions Still at
the Disposal of the Board
of Health.
The Board of Health has made changes
in a very small proportion of the positions
at its disposal. Out of a total of 141 it has
made only fifteen appointments so far.
The positions which have been filled by
the new board and the monthly salaries of
each are as follows:
Health Officer. Dr. A. 8. Lovelace, $250.
Secretary of the board, Edmund Godchaux,
$175.
Assistant secretary, H. H. Zobel, $100.
Quarantine Officer, Dr. W.A.Chalmers, s2oo.
City Physician. Dr. A. P. O'Brien, $150.
Assistant, Dr. J. R. McMurdo.
Police Surgeon, Dr. Conrad Weil, $100.
Assistants, Dr. Frank Fitzgibbon, Dr. Edwin
Bunnell and Dr. G. Howard Thompson, $75.
Steward Receiving Hospital, Dr. C. Buchers,
$75. '
Matrons, Mrs. Rose Keen and Mrs. Edmunds,
$60.
Disinterment Inspector, Dr. A. K. Happers
berg, $100.
The positions in which no change has
been made as yet are as follows:
Six health inspectors, $100; plumbing in
spector, $125; assistant, $100; one market In
spector, $100; three market inspectors, $75;
messenger of the board, $75 ; captain of quar
antine launch, one deckhand, one engineer;
superintendent of city cemetery, $75.
At the City and County Hospital—Superin
tendent, $100; four visiting physicians, $100;
resident physician, $125; steward, $125: clerk,
$75 ; druggist, sloo ; assistant,sso; matron,s6o;
waiter, $40; waiter, $30; waiter, $25; four
cooks, $60, $40, $35 and $30; baker, $50; pot
washer, $20; four laundrymen, $40, $30, $30,
$25: two machinists, $60, $30; driver, $40;
gardener, $40; two gatekeepers, $45, $30;
watchman, $40; porter, $30; four domestics
and ward tenders, $25, $10, $10, $5; 2 dressers,
$75, $50; six nurses, $40, $40, $10, $5, $5, $5 ;
one instructor; nineteen places at $10; nine
places at $5. -.--.,.; ,:■.
At the Almshouse— Superintendent, $150;
matron, $60; resident physician, $125; clerk,
100; chief cook, $00; night watchman, $12;
8 $30 places; 8 $40 places; 6 $50 places.
At the Pesthouse— Steward, $45; 3 $40 places;
nurse, $25 ; laundry man, $10. . .
The new board is in more trouble. It is
all about the Almshouse and the new su
tendency thereof. Until a few days
ago it was generally supposed that the
record of Superintendent Weaver and the
backing of Mayor Sutro would cause the
Board of Health to retain him in charge of
the City's charitable institution. Mayor
Sutro, it is said, has made only one request
of Governor Budd and the new board, and
that was not to disturb Weaver, whose ad
ministration he regarded as a credit to San
Francisco. '■■ ;>. 7 -7.
But a lusty Democrat from Mono wants
the job. His name is Ed Reddy, and he is
a brother of Pat Reddy, once a State Prison
Director, now of the law firm of Reddy,
Campbell & Metson, attorneys for the
Southern Pacific Railroad.
Ed Reddy is not a citizen of San Fran
cisco. He is not on the great register, and
in a political sense this municipality has
no knowledge of his existence. But the
dense ignorance of the municipality is not
shared by Mr. Reddy. He knows of it and
also of the Almshouse, and he wants that.
But the Civic Federation has pricked up
its ears. As one of the members yester
day expressed himself on the subject after
an informal caucus: "Weaver has been a
good official and we don't think that he
should be removed simply to make room
for a politician and a carpet-bagger at that.
"We have nothing to say against Mr.
Reddy, except tbat the sum total of him
is described by the word politician. The
Almshouse is supported by the taxpayers
of San Francisco. It is one of our most
important institutions. The credit of the
City is deeply involved in its maintenance.
To turn a man out who has, in everyway
shown himself capable of conducting its
affairs properly and ministering to the
wants of the unfortunates who have been
obliged to seek the City's public shelter in
order to give a piece to a politician would
be an outrage on decency and good govern
ment. Why, according to the reports
wnich the Civic Federation has on govern
mental matters the Almshouse of San
Francisco is rated third among charitable
institutions of the kind in the United
States in its standard of excellence. Yes,
we are going to memorialize the Board
of Health and present our petition at the
next meeting on this subject.
"Our motto, and indeed the purpose of
our organization, is 'better government,
not worse,' and we expect that a reform
Board of Health shall rise above instead of
fall below its predecessors."
The Governor has recommended Dan
O'Connell for the position of Superinten
tendent of the City Cemeteries. At a re
cent banquet Dan recited for the Gover
nor's delectation Bret Harte's "Heathen
Chinee," and the grave-diggers' dialogue
from "Hamlet." His elocution was so re
alistic that it made the Governor think of
a graveyard, and he then tendered the
gonial Bohemian the job. Already the
name of that cemetery up at the Bohemian
Club is "Dan O'Connell's boneyard."
Another candidate is a man named King
from Alameda. This is the season when
the country politician comes to town.
CALL A CHURCH COUNCIL.
Friends of Meyer Strauss Are Consider
ing: Such a Plan.
While his fellow church members were
passing judgment upon him at the First
Congregational Church on Wednesday
evening Meyer Strauss was enjoying him
self at a prayer-meeting at the Plymouth
Church, where he received many kind
words. Yesterday he was busy all day
directing the scene painting for the play
"By Order of the Czar," which will be pro
duced at the Grand Opera-house next
week. He found numerous letters await
ing him on his return, in which were words
of commendation on his course, from
friends and strangers who were interested
in the proceedings through newspaper
j accounts.
To some of the friends who called on him
j last evening he said : '*1 have the approval
of my conscience as to the act for which I
was censured, and which cost me* my mem
bership in the First Church. If I were to
be summoned before my Maker to-night I
would not recall one word."
He remarked that he did not feel that he
would be exactly welcome at the church of
which he had been a member for so many
years, but that he would attend churches
of his own denomination hereafter. •
Mr. Strauss' friends in the church are
considering a plan to call for a reconsider
ation of the vote of expulsion or to submit
the matter to a council of Congregational
churches, which body, although it has
only advisory power, has a strong influ
ence in such cases.
Some of them do not hesitate to say that
the proceedings were of too summary and
secret a nature ; to be authorized by either
the common law or the. common sense of
church government.
"It "is contrary to all precedent," said
one of the members of the standing com
mittee, "that the accusers should pass judi
cial judgment upon the accused, yet that
is what the pastor, and I. Morse did." ;
Strauss says he will take no action in the
matter, but leaves it in the hands of his
friends.
THE. PARK MUSEUM.
Purchase of a Valuable Collection of
Old Coins.
Mr. Wilcomb, custodian of the Park
Museum, yesterday received : a very valu
able collection of old coins, purchased re
cently by the Park Commissioners of 8. S.
Chapman of Philadelphia, who, under the
pressure of adverse circumstances, was
forced to part with a collection to the
formation of which he had given the best
years of his life.
There are 600 coins and medals all told,
most of which belong to the colonial pe
riod of America. A few Hungarian, Ger
man and" Spanish? coins of very ancient
date are included in ; the collection, also
about half a dozen bronze medals of Eng
lish kings. There is a pine-tree shilling of
1700 and several American dollars and half
dollars of 1794 and 1795, also a $5 piece
from the first mintage of this denomina
tion.
AFTER HER DOWRY.
Mrs. Jean Ducasse. Wants . 87 50 That
Her Parents Promised to Give
at Her Marriage.
Mrs. Marie Louise Ducasse, a young
French woman, who was married recently,
is suing her father and mother, Mr. and
Mrs. Jean Weber, for her marriage dowry.
She declares that she deposited $750 with
her parents before she was j married, the
understanding being that the money
should be given to her Dy the parents at
the time of her marriage. Her marriage
to Jean Ducasse was without the knowl
edge of her parents, though, as stated yes
terday on the witness-stand, and the
parents have refused to give up the
money.
In their answer, the Webers charge that
their vivacious young daughter obtained
all the money belonging to her and with
out anybody's consent. They charge that
iust before her marriage the young woman
broke into her mother's room and appro
priated $200 in cash and $500 worth of
clothing, and they do not intend to pay
any more."
DISCOVERY OF AMERICA.
The Madrid Society to Celebrate Its
Anniversary.
The Madrid Mutual Benevolent Society
is making preparations to celebrate the
four hundred and third celebration of the
anniversary of the discovery of America
by a parade, literary exercises, followed by
a grand Spanish carnival on the evening
of October 12 at the Mechanics' Pavilion.
It is the intention to invite several organ
izations to assist in making the celebra
tion a success. '■",-'
The following committees have been ap
pointed: 7s-
Executive— Nava, A. J. Cohelo, John L.
Noriega, Eugene E. Sciallero, A. L. Seggus. Jose
Alonzo and Frank L. Noriega; entertainment
William McNeil, Paul Freygang, C. A. Cun
ningham, Joseph I. Hogan, Lieutenant E. F.
Gibbons, U. S. A., F. B. Webb and Emile Prahl;
music— B. Costta, A. J. Higgins and Fran
cis Franchinnl. *>-■''
PHILOSOPHICAL UNION
Important Meeting of That
Body to Be Held at the
State University.
Joslah Royce to Discuss His 800 - on
the Religious Aspect of
Philosophy,
An important meeting of the Philo
sophical Union of the University of Cali
fornia will be held at the lecture rooms of
the University at Berkeley the 30th of
this month, at which the eminence of Cal
ifornian professors as delvers in the mys
teries of practical wisdom will be.exem
plified. At that meeting two native sons
of California, graduates of the State Uni
versity, who have won renown for their
original views as thinkers, will address the
union on the relation of philosophy to
religion.
The Philosophical Union, which was
founded by Professor George H. Howison,
the Mills, professor of philosophy at the
university, studies each year a book on
philosophy by some eminent authority,
and at the end of the year pays the ex
penses of the author to come to California
and discuss his work before them. This is
a new departure, inaugurated in the past
year, which it is intended shall be perpetu
ated. During the year past the union has
been studying "The Religious Aspect of
Philosophy," Dy Professor Josiah Royce of
Harvard, and he, in accordance with the
plan outlined, will be present at the com
ing meeting.
Professor Royce graduated from the
State University in 1875 ; receiving his de
gree of doctor of. philosophy at Johns
Hopkins University in 1878. He was in
structor in English at Berkeley from 1878
to 1882, when he became instructor in
philosophy at Harvard. From this chair
he was advanced to the assistant profes
sorship of philosophy in 1885,' and from
1892 until the present time has occupied
the chair of professor of philosophy.
Besides "The Religious Aspect of Phi
losophy" Professor Royce is the author of
another work much valued among pro
fessors entitled "The Modern Spirit of
Philosophy," and he is a frequent contrib
utor to the philosophical and psycho
logical reviews on philosophical and edu
cational topics.
The forthcoming meeting will not only
be an exceptionally important one to those
interested in the study of philosophy from
the fact that Professor Royce will discuss
his own book, but because another native
son who has won distinction for his views
on the same line of thought will be present
and take nart in the discussion. . He is
Professor Sidney E. Mezes, professor of
philosophy at the University of Texas.
Professor Mezes graduated from the State
University in the class, of 1884. He is
looked upon as one of the most promising
of the younger professors of the day.
The topic of discussion at the meeting
will be "Supplements and modifications of
the doctrine and the argumentation of
Royce's religious aspect of Philosophy."
The meeting will be opened by Professor
Royce in an address in : which |he will set
forth the supplements and modifications
he would make to tb . arguments of his
book, which was written ten years ago,
some of his ideas contained ;in which ne
has on that account changed somewhat,
although he still adheres in the main to
the beliefs he held at the time of writing.
SALVATION ARMY TRILBY.
The Corps From Barracks No. 2 Springs
a Sensation in the Street
Parade.
" Several varieties of Trilbys, professional
and amateur, have been produced since
Dv Maurier's story became world famous,
but it has remained for San Francisco to
produce the most original one of all.
For some time past the Salvation Army
has not been drawing such large crowds as
in the days gone by, and the audiences at
the meetings in the barracks, which al
ways follow the parade, have been grow
ing thin. , ; -
Recently the leader of. the corps at Bar
racks No. 2 hit upon the idea of turning
the popular fad into ; some : account } and
looked about for some one to personate
Trilby. It was difficult' to obtain a lassie
willing to call the attention of the popu
lace to herself alone by appearing in the
most approved Trilby costume, , but one
was' finally secured who, for the good of
the cause, would don a white and f flowing
robe and a 7 wreath 7of * flowers ; and
tramp over the cobbles to the music of 'the
Salvation Army drum and tambourine. ; 7
To say that she created a sensation when
she '._ appeared with : the corps on > Kearny
street - last » evening I would 1 , De * putting ?it
mildly, and inside of ten minutes after the
first tap of the drum announced that the
line of march had been taken up the corps
was followed by ; an open-mouthed crowd,
wondering whether * a lunatic ' had forced
her way , into the ranks or whether the
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new woman. . '7
The army.Trilby marched bravely along,
however, looking* neither to the right nor
left. To give zest to the occasion a new
variety of melody, borrowed from the min
strel stage, was introduced into the army
band, consisting of the time-honored bones
which clacked merrily. When a number
of small boys joined in the band with more
bones the march became one of ' triumph,
ana the result of the experiment ': was a
crowded house at the barracks.
BALDWIN CONCERTS.
It Is Decided to Give a Series of Five
- „ Classical Performances. ..
The Al Hayman Company " has decided
that a series of five symphony concerts
shall be given in the Baldwin Theater at
the conclusion of the Mechanics' " Fair.
Just who the conductor will be has not
yet been definitely settled, but a decision
will probably be arrived at tc-morrow.
At present the choice seems to be be
tween Fritz Scheel and August Hinrichs,
conductor of the Baldwin orchestra. If
Scheel can furnish the required securities
he will give the concerts on his own ac
count, and if they prove successful a second
series will probably be undertaken.
Failing Scheel, the Hayman Company
will give the concerts, and Hinrichs will
stand every chance of being engaged as
conductor. It has been rumored among
San Francisco musicians that Adolph
Bauer of the Tivoli would conduct a series
of concerts for the Hayman Company, but
there was no foundation for the report, as
his name has not been among those con
sidered by the proprietors of the Baldwin
Theater. There has also been no question
of importing a conductor from the East.
There is a musical library, containing a
wide and varied collection of orchestral
scores, belonging to the Baldwin Theater.
This will be invaluable in giving variety
to the semi-classical portion of the pro
grammes.
The Whitcomb Case.
Jerome Lincoln, trustee under the will oi
A. C. Whltcomb, presented his fifth annual re
port yesterday. The present value of the prop*
erty under the trustee's control is $3,698,185 76.
The receipts of the property during the past
year amounted to $78,504 75.
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