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THE BAY DISTRICT RACES
The Two- Year-Old Blootusbury
Showed Himself a very
Fast Sprinter.
THREE FAVORITES IN FRONT.
Mamie Scott Played for a "Good
Thing" in the Last Race Won
Away Off.
"Dick" Ilavey has been engaged to do the
starting at the Woodland races.
W. 08. Macdonough is seldom seen £t the
track these days and much has been the won
derment thereat. The owner of Ormonde be
came disgusted with the "tin-horn" methods
of the ring, and, not being able to'bet any
amount of money, prefers to remain in town.
Continual losses of late have made the pen
cilers very chary about taking money in any
large amounts unless accompanied by a guar
antee that it is "sucker" and not educated
coin. The ice, too, has cracked several times of
late and let "good things" through which has
not tended to increase their boldness. Many
of them are cutting expenses. Where foaming
steeds once carried their clerks and their coin
to and from the racecourse, the stuffy, crowded
cars are now resorted to. They are slower, but
the expense is much less.
Johnny Coleman was evidently " hunching"
the price a bit when lie chalked 11 to 10
■against Bloomsbury. George Rose offered to
bet him $500 at tnose odds, but Johnny said
nay, nay.
The last run was to have been the medium
of two or three "uncorkings.' 1 Kitty L was
backed from 50 down to 10 to 1, and Cadeau
was also the recipient of considerable support
at long odds. The winner had them all
straightened out before going a furlong.
It looked very much as though Chevalier
made his ride too late on Installator. If, in
stead of waiting for Tim Murphy to kill the
youngster off, he had set sail from the head of
the stretch, it is dollars to green apples Instal
lator would have won. To give a boy waiting
orders on a horse capable of going a much
further route than the distance of the sprint
yesterday was a decidedly bad piece of judg
ment. From his owner's say-so he is a decid
edly hard horse to leave in the rear, for Mr.
Boots once said he thought the son of Brutus
could outrun any sprinter on the track a quar
ter of a mile from a standing break.
That sterling two-year-old Bloomsbury
again demonstrated yesterday that he is a
sprinter above the ordinary. He met the
crack Installator and old Tim Murphy in
a five-furlong dash, and, going to the post
' a 4to 5 favorite, led all the way, winning
: at the end by a very short head from In
stallator, who came from third position in
the stretch and pressed him very closely,
The official time as hung out was 1:00^,
but the majority of horsemen that held
■•. timers on the race made it 1:00 flat.
: Although the fog was not auspicious to
good racing the time in the different
events was fast and the races were well
contested. It promised to be another dark
day for the first choices, the talent's pick
in the first two events on the card going
down, but after that they all won out.
Gondola, a well-played second choice,
• led all the way in the opening dash at five
and a half furlongs, winning ridden out a
head before Mendocino, a 7 to 1 chance in
the betting. Detective, the 8 to 5 favorite,
was a close third.
• The talent were about evenly divided on
the next race at six furlongs between Ike
L and May McCarthy. Ike finally closed
in the books at 8 to 5, with twos about the
Holly mare. Liberal odds were laid
„ against the other six starters. So fast did
Ricardo carry Ike L the first half of the
journey that he was beaten when the
stretch was reached and gave up the ghost.
Ricardo was in turn passed by May Mc-
Carthy, who won easily by two lengths in
■ 1:14'/: Sligo, with 20 to 1 against his
chance, came fast at the end, finishing a
■ , dose third.
• In the third race, a mile selling affair,
the favorites began showing to the front.
Sit. Air, backed down from 2% to 1 to 11 to
' 5, led all the way, finally winning ridden
out, three parts of a length in front of
• Bellringer, who came with his usual rush.
[. Abi P was a fair third. The time, 1:43,
marked a very ordinary performance.
• •• It was hinted around that Mamie Scott
'■ was the one to turn the trick in the last
race, also a mile dash, and when the odds
. were posted the 214 to 1 against her lasted
about a minute, 8 to 5 being the prevailing
, odds, j It proved a good thing, sure enough,
•; for when the flag fell Eddie Jones sailed
' out in front with the mare and she finished
pulling up, a City block in front of the
; field in I:42]^. Ledalia, the third choice,
• finished in the place, three lengths ahead
• of Vernon, who had second call in the
betting. llsßi Mulholland.
summary!
■ ■ . San Francisco, Aue. 22, 1895.
;- 101 Q FIRST RACK— Five and a half fur
■ 1010. longs: selling: three-year-olds and up
.' .-ward : purse $250. Time, 1 :09.
■■• ': Jed. Home, weieht. Jockey. St. y 2 Str. Fin.
: 1303 Gondola, 101 (Hinricbs) 3 1/ 1/ I*
• 1301 Menrtocino, 98 (Chevalier;... 6 5/1 21 2/
: 1297 Detective, 91 (Keldy) 2 4/ SI 3.5
1756 Huguenot, 109 (Glover) 8 8? Si 4/
1288 He la Guerre, 101 (PljrKott)...9 ft? 67 6%
'1147 Red Rose, 99 (toady) 1 2% 4» 6y 2
1297 Suro, 110 (Hennessey) 5 71/2 13 74
; 1297. Imp. Green, 112 (Ames) 4 3y 3 H3 4*
; : 1287 Mollle Rogers, 102 (H.Smith)7 9 9 9
S Perfect start. "Won driving. Winner, D. m., by
Frank Rhoades-Della.
; ••Betting: Gondola 18 to 5, Mendocino 7to 1, De
tective 8 to 5. Red Rose 20 to 1 De laGuerra 7 to 1,
Surd 25 to 1, Imp. Green 6 to 1, Huguenot 15 to 1,
*• Mollie Kogers 200 to 1.
10l i SECOND RACE— Six furlongs: selling;
XOLrk. three-year-olds and upward: purse f 300.
Time, 1:14%.
" Ind. Horse, weight, jockey. St. y« Str. Fin.
1244 May McCarthy, 96 (Pig-
BOtt) - 4 3V 2 2% 12
1298 Ricardo. 98 (Riley) 1 \h 1% 2%
-■ 865 Sligo, 104 (Shaw) 8 6A 31/2 3A
' 1291 Soon Enough. 99 (Coady).. .s 6! hi 4£
1077 Don Csesar, 103 (Chevalier). 6 7V 2 It 5/1
(1289)1ke I/, 94 (K.Jones) 3 21 41 6f
1306 Quarterstaff,lo4 (Hinrichs).2 4/» 61 7y 2
. 1245 Charles A, 104 (F.Jackson). 7 8 8 8
Fair start. Won driving. Winner, b. m., by
Scotland-Parides. ' ■«.___.«
Betting: May McCarthy 2 to 1, Ricardo Bto 1,
Sligo 20 to 1. Quarterstaff 10 to 1, Ike L, 8 to 5, Don
! ii.snr 10 to 1, Soon Enough 20 to 1, Charles A
15 to 1.
■joic THIRD RACE— One mile; selling:
101:0. three-year-olds and upward; purse $300.
Time, 1:43. * -- --
Ind. Horse, weitrht, jockey. St. V Str. Fin.
■1305 Mt. Air, 98 (Coady) 3 1% 17 },?*
• 1291 Bellrinser, 105 (Shaw) 2 3/ 4/ 2*
1294 Abi i«. 109 (Hennessey) 6 4A 2/ .HA
1291 Nellie G. 101 (E.Jones)..... 1 8 63 43
1308 Warrago. 101 (Hinrichs)....s IK 3V 2 "'
1289 Hyman, 103 (PUtgott) 7 61 hi W
1281 Bobolink, 104 (Chevalier)... 4 6Va 12 "
1310 Model, 100 (Wilson) 8 7/8 8
Poor start. Won driving. Winner, b. g., by Imp.
Brutus-Young Jule. - . :
.Betting: Mt. Air 11 to 5, Bellnnger 6to 1, Abi
IP 7 to 1. Warrago 5 to 1, ; Model 60 to 1, Hyman
5 to 1, Nellie O 30 tori, Bobolink 10 to 1.
10l FOURTH RACE— Five furlongs; all
lOIU. ages: purse f3OO. Time, 1:00%.
Ind. Horse, weight, Jockey., tit. %. Str. Fin.
(1300)JJioomsbury, 2, 83 2 1% 11 In*
1300 Installator, 3. 105 1 3 8 r 23
1300 Tim Murphy, a, 109 ...... 3 2 2/ 3
Good start. Won driving. Winner, Joe Gibson's
b. g.. -by Three Cheers- Dam of Early.
• Betting: Bloomsbury 4 to 5, Installator 3 to 1,
Tim Murphy 11 to 5.
-ioYt FIFTH RACK — One mile: Belling:
• J OL I . three-year-olds and upward; purse »300.
■ Time, 1:42 V 2.
Ind. Horse, weight, jockey. St. V a Str. Fin.
1259 Mamie Scott, 88 (E. Jones). . 2 ,1* ; 15 IS
•■1284 Ledalia, 101 (Chevalier).... 1 2A „23 24
<1288)VernoD, 90 (Keidy)..........4 6A HI Si
(1297)Yangedene. 99(Pigg0tt)....7 51 6i 45
1302 Gold Dust, 102 (Hlnrichs)..3 3y a 41 6/
1293 Cadeau, 90 (E. Dennison). 4* 67 6%
899 Kitty Li 88 (1. Johnson)... 6 717 7
Good start. Won easily. Winner, b. f. f by
Canny Scot-Eola. ,' „ ,„ .
"- Betting: Mamie Scott 8 to 5, Ledalia 16 to 5,
Vernon 3 to 1, Gold Dust 6 to 1, Kitty L 8 to 1,
Cadeau 40 to 1, Yangedene 10 to 1.
There are six events on the card to-day.
Following is the list of starters :
First race, nine-sixteenths of a mile, maiden
two-year-olds— May Jones 101, Cheripe 104,
Don"lMo Pico 107, Ollie M 109, Little Flush
filly 104, Carrara 104, Phyllis 109, Vicksburg
112, Lady Leinster filly 104, Irene E 104, Isa
belle 109".
Second race, seven-eighths of a mile, selling—
Relampago 104, Hello 100, Wild Hose 104,
Favory 103, Uncle Giles 103, Rob Roy 100,
Ichi Kan 104, Sheridan 107.
Third race, three-fourths of a mile, selling-
Rose ClarK 117, Silver 112, Josephine »9,
Walter J 92, Crawford 119, Tiberius 07.
Fourth race, three-fourths of a mile, handi
cap—Royal Flush 112, McLight 110. Vinotor
103, Roadrunner 106, Silver State 97, imp.
Ivy 94.
Fifth race, one mile, gelling— Mary S 95, Car
mel 103, May Day 104, Charmer " 101, Fred
Gardner 104, Ike L 93, Peter the Second 96.
Bixtb race, seven-eighths oi n, mile, selling-
San Luis Key 104. Ryland 104, Tuxedo 104.
Olivia 98, Tom Clark 97, Veruou 97, Ked Will
100, Sir Walter 107.
ANNUAL HUMANE CONVENTION.
delegates Who May Kepresent This City
:tt Minneapolis.
Secretary John McComb of the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
has received a communication from the
committee of arrangements, calling his
attention to the National meeting of the
American Humane Association at Minne
apolis, September 25 and 2(3, and inquiring
the number of delegates that will probably
represent San Francisco.
General McComb thinks Joseph G. East
land, Gilbert Palache and C. E. Worden
will probably attend from here.
Addresses will be made and papers read
on humane work at the Minneapolis gath-
erins by President Cyrus Northrup of the
University of Minnesota, Rev. George H.
Wells of sfinneapolis, Hon. Luther Latfian
Walls of Chicago, Dr. Aibert LerKngwell of
Cambridge, Mass.; Gaylord H. Thompson
of Denver, Colo. ; Richard F. Reed of
Natches, Miss. ; Daniel R. Noyes of St.
Paul; Mrs. George X. Naylor and Rev. J.
J. Keane of Minneapolis.
BLUEBLOOD FOR A SONG.
Trotting Stock Sells Under the
Hammer at the Price
of Scrubs.
The Blood of Electioneer, the King
of the Turf, No Longer
In Demand.
The closing-out sale of the Souther
farm, which took place under Killip
& Co., the livestock auctioneers, at their
salesyard, at the corner of Van Ness
avenue and Market street, on Wednesday
last, shows how much of change may take
place in a short space of time in the
temper of the public. But a few years ago
the public were ever eager to witness the
trials of speed made by the queens and
kings of the sulky.
The very best talent in sending the
trotters about the stretch commanded
princely salaries, and moneyed men vied
with each other in securing the very best
strains of blood in the trotting line.
Senator Stanford, perhaps more than any
other man in California, vas instrumental
in contributing to the trotting-horse in
terests of this State. His stable became
famed the world over for the fine blood
which it contained. Electioneer, the
"king of the turf," as horse-lovers termed
him on account of his splendid qualities
as a sire of fast trotters, was the pride, not
only of the late Senator's stables, but of
the trot ting-horse men of the whole
country as well. To be the proud
possessor of a son or daughter or any
horse having Electioneer blood in his
veins was to be considered the acme of
achievement and the beginning of pros
perity in the trotting-horse circle. But
now how great the change has been the
records of last Wednesday's sale can best
testify.
Gilbert Tompkins. the owner of the
Souther farm, well known to the horse
fancying world, had fitted up a model
horse-breeding establishment with all the
necessary arrancements to make whatever
of success that could fall to the business of
horse-raising in its higher lines. There was
a private track for speeding the youngsters
and bathing tanks where a hor^e would
have the luxury of a bath and a subsequent
rub down after the fashion of the best
methods known to the fancy. Large and
airy barns, where each horse was stalled
in commodious box stalls, were provided.
In short, nothing that skill and experience
could suggest was omitted to make the
Souther the model farm of the Pacific
Coast. But now this splendid establish
ment will be changed, and the horse in
dustry, which for so many years the young
proprietor has followed with so much zeal,
wiL there be known no more.
The animals were forwarded to this City,
a large number of them, among the lot
being eight fillies and geldings ranging
from one to three years old, by El Bentonj
2:23, the well-bred son of Electioneer. They
were all sold, and that too, at an average of
but f 6o a head.
The trotting horse interest could, it
would seem, scarcely fall lower.
Off for Atlanta.
The first shipment of the California exhibit
at the Atlanta Exposition will be made to
day. Five or six cars will be sent away and
two or three more carloads will follow within a
few days. The Board of Trade has secured
$250 from the San Francisco Chamber of Com
merce and $250 from Tehama County. It is
believed that before long the full amount re
quired, $6000, to make a creditable exhibit of
California products will be subscribed.
Estates in Probate.
Caesar A. Luckbart'e will conveys to Mrs.
Luckhart the title to the .Wvada Metallurgical
Works at 23 Stevenson street.
James Kelly's will was filed yesterday. A
$10,000 insurance policy is bequeathed to the
testator's widow.
John Spaulding's estate has been appraised
ats27,<>7s.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1895.
THE ALASKAN BOUNDARY
England's Attempted En
croachments Will Affect
San Francisco.
BUSINESS WILL BE DIVERTED.
Great Britain's Claim a Scheme to
Destroy America's Commer
cial Advantage.
The fact that the British Government
has a party of surveyors working on the
new boundary line between Canada and
Alaska, and is running that line where it
pleases and to suit its own purposes, as
told by Father Barnham of the Society of
Jesus in an interview published, in The
Call yesterday, is considered of the most
serious import by those in position to know
how very valuable to the United States is
the threatened territory. Not only is the
famous Glacier Bay to be wrestea from
SCENE IN GLACIER BAY, WHICH ENGLAND COVETS.
[From a photograph.]
Uncle Sam, but British diplomacy pro
poses to gain a strip of territory sixty
miles wide along the entire southeastern
border of what was once Russian America.
"The British Government," said Captain
Niebaum, a director of the Alaskan Com
mercial Company, yesterday, "in attempt
ing to change the Alaskan boundary line
I from its accepted position on the charts of
i the last 145 years is simply following out
its ordinary commercial policy, which is to
control the shipping and commerce of the
world wherever possible.
"The claim that the boundary line as
shown on the charts is to be changed has
in it nothing new, but the information
that that Government has in the field a
corps of surveyors and is running a line to
suit itself is indeed startling.
"According to the old boundary which
South Eastern Alaska, Showing: Pres
ent Boundary and the Line Claimed
by Great Britain.
has been the accepted line for nearly a
century and a half, and which was never
disputed while Alaska remained under
Russian dominion, the United States con
trols every avenue of approach to the
Fort Reliance territory, where the richest
mines in the Upper Northwest are now
situated. The inside passage lies in ex
clusively American waters. The head of
navigation on the four great rivers of that
section— the Chilkat, Chilkoot, Taku and
Stikene rivers — and the lower waters of
those streams lie in American territory.
The Chiikat and Chilkoot passes— the only
passes through the rough Bald Mountain
country — are also on American soil. Con
sequently America controls the trade of a
large section of British territory and Amer
ican ships carry all its imports.
"But what England now proposes to do
is to establish the boundary somewhere in
about the center of the inside passage. If
she accomplishes this she will obtain ac
cess by water to the interior, her ships will
carry the imports and the trade of that
section will go to Victoria instead of to
San Francisco. Some of it has already
been diverted by her action in placing cus
toms officers at Forty-mile Creek on the
Yukon, which is just across the line from
Alaska proper.
"At the present time people bound for
the mines go by way of Chifcat Pass, but
the journey is so difficult that all supplies
are taken around the longer route, by way
of the Yukon River.
"This the British Government aims to
prevent. Surveyors have been at work
striving to discover a feasible railroad
route through Chiikat Pass, and in case
England wins on the boundary question
undoubtedly such a road will be built, and
it is equally* certain that it would seriously
affect bur Alaskan trade. As I have said,
the boundary question is not a new one.
The propensity of the British lion to 'hog'
everything in sight was evidenced in this
case long ago, for no sooner had Juneau
City begun to assume some commercial
importance than the claim was made that
it stood upon British soil."
The pretext upon which Great Britain
proposes to claim a change in the bound
ary line, as explained by those who have
made a study of the subject, seems almost
puerile. Southeastern Alaska is largely
composed of adjacent islands, there being
but a narrow strip of the mainland which
owns the authority of the. United States.
In the treaty which determined the origi
nal boundary line England yielded ten
leagues (thirty miles) back from tbe coast.
When the maps were drawn the coast line
of the mainland, the continent, was, of
course, taken as the base of measurement.
Now, it is understood. Great Britain claims
that the general outline of the continent
as shown on a map with the islands in
cluded should be the base. If that conten
tion prevails, not only will tne United
States lose Juneau City, the large Ad
miralty and Kupreanoff islands, the famous
Glacier Bay and severs! harbors, but the
United States military post, Fort Wrangel,
which is now thirty miles within the
Alaskan line, will be almost an equal dis
tance within British America.
THE CONVENTION RESULTS.
Silver Men Will Commence the Work
of County Organization
at Once.
The Silver Convention has passed into
history, and now men are talking of the
results accomplished and the probable
effects of the gathering upon local, State
and National politics. It was a remark
f able meeting in many respects. Perhaps
its most noticeable feature was the perfect
harmony that characterized from first to
last the deliberation of 540 delegates, rep
resenting three States and widely diversi
fied interests. Those who expected to see
a heavy representation of delegates di
rectly interested in the production of sil
ver were surprised to learn that only three
silver miners were present, and perhaps it
ought to be known that these delegates
took no part in the formation of the plat
form which resulted from the work of the
convention. Having been called together
on a non-partisan basis, the delegates took
care that nothing of a partisan character
should entei into their deliberations.
The sentiment of the convention was
rounded on the lirst day of the meeting
relative to the formation of a new party,
and it was soon ascertained that a major
ity preferred to walk for at least a time
with the old organizations in the hope of
their accomplishing better results than
could be attained by breaking old party
lines ami sailing under the banner of a
new organization. A good many who
earnestly favor the organization of an in
dependent bilver party in California were
deterred from action, claiming that such
v move would not only be premature, but
a piece of political trickery, in view of the
non-partisan call under which the dele
gates came together. So it happened that
the new party idea was put to sleep in
committee meeting during the first ten
hours of the convention. From that
time on until the hour of adjourn
ment the delegates worked to
gether like clockwork in formulat
ing a plan for county organization, which
was embodied in the report of the commit
tee on platform and passed without a
dissenting voice, Walch of Orange voting
for the report when the fallacy of his
objections had been pointed out by the
clear-cut logic of Secretary George P.
Kenney. If this platform means anything
it means an educational campaign con
ducted on strictly non-partisan lines and
the concentration of the strength of bimet
allism in California. It means that Cali
fornia's delegates to the next Republican
National Convention will be bimetallists
and that a disposition on the part of the
convention to evade the silver issue will
result in the withdrawal of these delegates
and the formation of a silver party. This
is the programme and the silver men are
confidentthat they have sufficient strength
to carry it out.
County organization will commence at
once and be vigorously prosecuted.
New Corporations.
The North Bald Butte Gold Mining Company,
with a capital stock of $100,000, has been in
corporated by Howard Vernon, A. R. Dow,
George R. Vernon, M.Prescott and F. A. Berlin.
The University of the Pacific, formed by the
consolidation of the Methodist colleges in Kapa
and Santa Clara counties, was incorporated
yesterday.
Suit for 525.000 Damages.
Mary M. Jamieson has begun suit against the
Presidio and Ferries Railroad Company for
$'25,000, claiming that she was injured in
alighting from a car at Buchanan and Union
streets, on November lU, 1894.
COMPLAINING OF RAUER
Merchants Protest Against His
Work on the Old City
Hall.
DEBRIS BLOCKS THE STREET.
Removing the Building and Material
Being Dona In an Unlawful
Manner.
The manner in which Jake Raver is hav
ing the work done in tearing down the old
City Hall under his contract with the
Mayor is causing complaints to fall thick
and fast into that office. Taylor Rodgers,
the Mayor's private secretary, said yester
day in discussing the matter:
"There has been a number of complaints
coming into this office relative to the man
ner in which Raver is tearing down the old
hall. Tho business men near the old rook
ery complain that they have been and are
still being much damaged in a business
way by the methods which Raver or the
contractor under him employ in doing the
work."
The contract provides that a fence suita
ble for the purpose shall be maintained at
the outer portion of the sidewalk during
the continuance of the work in removing
the building; that the work shall be done
in 120 days after the date of the contract,
which is June 5, and that at the termina
tion of the contract a good board fence, six
feet in height, shall be erected on the inner
line of the sidewalk; that the sidewalk
shall be properly maintained and sup
ported during the'work of the removal of
the building.
Charles H. Fechheimer, a clothing mer
chant at 70t> and 710 Kearny street, said:
"I have lost fully $50 a day in my busi
ness. It has been completely ruined, be
cause of the fact that everybody is com
pelled to pass by on the other side of the
street.
"The dust and sand fly all over every
thing and literally render it impossible for
me to do any business worth mentioning.
"We complained some time ago to the
Mayor as to the negligent manner in which
the work was being done, and Raver
agreed that he would remedy the matter
and remove the debris, brick and lumber,
so as to give a passageway, but it has not
been done.
"We renewed our complaint but a day
or so ago, but as yet there is no change for
the better. Superintendent of Streets Ash
worth and his deputy, Crow, I think have
been active and fair in the matter, but it
is claimed that the Mayor's contract went
beyond the law in the matter, and gave
Raver certain privileges beyond the law,
but as to that I know nothing, but I do
know that if Raver did not make a store
house of the street from which to sell and
deliver the brick, stone and lumber of the
old building that we men doing business
on this side of the street need not be made
to suffer so by an almost total loss of busi
ness."
NEW SIGNAL OFFICEES.
Kesult of the Election in the Second
Brigade Corps— Will All Learn
Telegraphy.
There has been an election in the Signal
Corps of the Second Brigade, and G. C.
Boardman Jr., formerly first lieutenant, is
now captain. Captain A. A. Hanks, for
mer commander of the corps, has retired,
as business cares forbade the spending of
as much of his time as the necessities of
the corps demanded. Captain Boardman
has been lieutenant of the corps for two
years. His old position was filled at the
election by PhilJip Perkins, formerly first
sergeant.
Captain Hanks was a veteran member
of the corps. He entered when it was the
Signal CorDS of the First Infantry, and
was its first sergeant when the organiza
tion was attached to the Second Brigade.
Four years ago he was elected first lieu
tenant, and two years ago was made its
captain.
Captain Boardman was also a charter
member of the corps. He was made first
sergeant in 1889 and first lieutenant in
August, 1893, upon the promotion of Hanks
to the command. Lieutenant Perkins is
the first member enlisted in the present
corps to receive a commission. He came
in in June, 1889, and was made a sergeant
in 1891. He has been the prize signalman
of the corps ever since he won the Denicke
Bignal medal in 1890, about a year after he
joined.
The corps is now devoting more atten
tion to telegraphy than formerly. For the
lack of experienced instructors this branch
of the work was allowed to fall behind the
flag and heliotrope signaling, but the in
terest of Captain Warford, a retired guards
man and an old Western Union operator,
has been enlisted in the corps, and he has
taken the telegraphers in hand and is rap
idly making them proficient.
KEIOEM SCHOOL ESSENTIALS.
Grand Jury Indictment Needed to
Commit to Whittier.
The wish of A. R. Olson, a tailor of 108
Tehama street, to have his 15-year old son,
Victor Hugo, who does not seem to like
work, according to his father's story, aent
to some reform school where he might
learn a trade of some kind, brought to
light a piece of legal interpretation which
Secretary John McComb of the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Children con
siders rather strange.
No more boys can be admitted to the
lone institution, says General McComb,
— How Will
You ever get well if you persist in neglecting your
health ? You say, 'There's not much the matter with
me." You think not, but dull headaches, indigestion,
sour stomach and insomnia lead to very serious things
when they are neglected. You would not be inclined to
give
Against a favorite in a race where it was easy to "pick
the winner;" would you ? You are doing a more foolish
thing than that when you neglect these warning symp-
toms. But DR. HENLEY'S Celery, Beef and Iron will
banish all these ills. It contains simply celery to im-
prove you r nerves, beef extract to nourish your system
and the exact quantity of iron to improve your blood.
As a beverage it is bound to . . :
Suit You__j»il
ard the District Attorney holds that to
send a boy to the Whittier Reform School
he must be first indicted for some crime
by a Grand Jury.
This requirement of an indictment, Sec
retary McComb thinks, operates contrarily
to the purpose for which the reformatories
were established, namely, to take in
mischievous and refractory t»03 r s and teach
them useful avocations.
PEKJURY IN COURT.
Judge Low Orders W. C. Isaacs, a Wit-
ness in a Case, Placed Under
Arrest.
W. C. Isaacs was a witness before Judge
Low yesterday in the case of Joseph
Sparks, charged with petty larceny.
He and his wife and Sparks were em
ployed by Mrs. Lizzie Thomas, 11 Kearny
street, to work around the bouse. On Sun
day Mrs. Thomas missed a silver water
pitcher, and she taxed Isaacs with know
ing what had become of it. Isaacs brought
it back to her and told her that he had got
it from Sparks. This was the testimony
of Mrs. Thomas in court yesterday, which
was corroborated by Frank Pierce, ono of
her roomers.
When Isaacs was called as a witness he
swore that he had never seen nor heard of
the water-pitcher. Judge Low at once
ordered him placed under arrest for per
jury, and fixed his bonds at $10,000. The
Judge instructed Prosecuting Attorney
Madden to swear to a complaint charging
Issacs with the crime, and expressed his
determination to punish him for what he
considered a deliberate piece of false
swearing.
Sparks was convicted of the charge of
petty larceny and will be sentenced to-day.
OIL FROM LOS ANGELES
Local Capitalists Are Inter-
ested in Handling the
Product.
A Pipe Line to San Pedro and Tank
Steamers to Run to This
City.
Several weeks ago three gentlemen rep
resenting the Los Angeles Oil Exchange
came to San Francisco for the purpose of
interesting capitalists in developing the oil
industry of Los Angeles and to introduce
oil for fuel in this City. They represented
that the oil output of the Los Angeles wells
is about 30,000 gallons a day, of which 1200
gallons are used in that city. They wanted
to lay a pipe line from Los Angeles City to
San Pedro and store the surplus in a large
reservoir at that port. The next feature
was to start a line of tank steamers be
tween San Pedro and San Francisco and
build another reservoir for the reception of
oil in this City. In the matter of using oil
for fuel the men represented that one
barrel holds about forty-three gallons,
worth $2 40, and that two barrels of oil
| will produce as much heat and steam
power as one ton of the very
j best anthracite coal, which costs
about $7 per ton. They expect
to reduce the price of the oil to $1 Toper
barrel and the cost of heating as 3.5 is to 7.
Last week the Los Angeles men succeeded
and organized a company with half a mil
lion dollars capital, and the cash was put
up. An expert was sent to examine the
oil supply, and the company is now wait
ing for his report. If it is favorable the
company will at once ask for bids on con
tracts for the construction of nearly twenty
miles of large pipe to carry the oil to San
Pedro and for several large iron storage
tanks. The men interested are now look
ing around for suitable steamers that can
be converted into tank vessels. If what is
dcs'red is not to be had on this coast the
company will make inquiries for charters
on the Atlantic side. At the present mat
ters are at a standstill pending the arrival
of the expert's report for the future sup
! ply. and until a favorable report is received
the capitalists do not wish to be known as
being interested in the undertaking.
WOMAN AND THE LODGE.
Assertions Made l>y Alfred Coad l':iu«te
His Wife to Sue for a
Divorce.
Mrs. Jane M. Coad tiled a divorce com
plaint against Alfred Coad yesterday. She
charges her husband with cruel and inhu
man treatment, and says that he has
wrongfully accused her of going to the
lodge of the Knights and Ladies of Honor
and to her mother's house for the purpose
of obtaining the society of men.
Mr. Coad, according to the complaint,
objects to the visits to the lodge, and he
declares that his wife should stay at home
and attend to her household duties.
Mrs. Coad accuses her husband of cruel
treatment toward her almost ever since
their marriage in 1890. She wants a de
cree of separation, and asks the court to
order the defendant to contribute liberally
to her support. He is said to possess con
siderable property.
THE TBAPPIO ASSOCIATION.
Some Difficulty Encountered in the
Selection of a Secretary.
« A special committee of the Traffic Asso
ciation met yesterday at 214 Pine street, to
select a permanent secretary and formu
late a report to be submitted to the execu
tive committee. Those present were: I. F.
Littlefield of Whittier, Fuller & Co.,
Henry Michaels of Langley & Michaels,
W. K. Wheeler of Holbrook, Merrill &
Stetson, C. H. Schmidt of Tillruann & Ben
dell and Henry Williams of Williams,
Brown & Co.
They canvassed fifteen names for secre
tary, but did not reach a final conclusion,
and adjourned until Tuesday, at 3 p. m.,
when a secretary for the organized associa
tion will be selected.
NEW TO-DAY. „- .
Daylight
INTO
Them.
We have daylight to spare— have the
best lighted store in California.
Water on the floors does not damage
goods on counters three feet above tha
floors.
But yell flood! FLOOD! take a lot of
auction-house goods, sprinkle and sponge
them, double the price on the tags and
then offer to sell at a big reduction — for a
" mere song."
It's not only the fools who get fooled.
Clothes buyers of Frisco! Methods of
business that have been hooted and
booted out of the East are holding a car-
nival in this city. Are you willing to
play the clowns? . '
Here's for legitimate business and honest
bargains:
56.50
Men's Suits in black and blue, guaran-
teed O. K. Sold in the flooded district
for $10.
57.50
Men's Suits, strictly all wool; well made
and trimmed. Sold in the flooded district
for $12.
SIO.
Fine Black or Blue Cheviot Suits, excel-
lent quality. Sold in the flooded district
for $15.
MOTHERS,
See our bargains in Boys' Clothes.
H. Roman &Co
New Store,
Cor. Fifth and Market Sts.
G REDUCED
TELEPHONE RATES.
SERVICE No. i.
Old, 89 50 New, 95 50
Per Month.
WITH NICKEL-IN-THE-SI.OT AT-
TACHMENT.
Reduction over 42 per cent.
THIS SEKVIOE, NOW GIVEN FOB
85 5O PER MONTH, INCLUDES:
Individual Metallic
Copper Circuits (Two Wires)
Long Distance Telephones Express System
■Forty City Switches
SERVICE No. 2.
Old, 89 5O New $4 50
Per Monh.
WITH NICKKL-IX-THE-SLOT AT-
: ; : r TACHMENT.
Reduction over 52 per cent.
THIS SERVICE, N<»W GIVEN FOR
84 50 PElt MONTH, INCLUDES:
Combination Line Metallic
Copper Circuits (Two Wires, one subscriber on
each wire) no bell-ringing interference
Long Distances Telephones Express System
Forty City Switches
SERVICE No. 37"
Old, 99 50 New, 83 50
Per Month.
WITH NICKEL-IN-THE-SLOT AT-
TACHMENT.
Reduction over 73 per cent.
THIS SERVICE, NOW GIVEN FOB
83 50 PER MONTH, INCLUDES:
Party Line Metallic
Copper Circuits (Two Wires, five subscribers
on each wire)
Long Distance Telephones Express System
Forty City Switches (to each subscriber)
Three hundred subscribers are now connected at
this $'-' 50 rate.
L. H. JACOBI,
Contract Agent. 216 Bush at.
Sax Francisco. August 8, 1895. . ■■■-?-
LARGE RANCH
WELL RENTED.
For Sale Cheap
Notice is hereby given that in pursu-
ance of an order of the Superior Court
of the City and County of San Fran-
cisco, the Executors of the last will ot
Jose Vicente de Laveaga,deceased,will
sell at private sale, to the highest bid-
der, for cash in gold coin, subject to
confirmation by said court, on Monday,
the 24 day of September, 1895, the
Rancho Real de Los Aguilas, situated
in the County of San Benito, State of
California, containing 23,650 'acres.
This ranch j has been for fifteen years
'. rented to one responsible firm, and is
now held under a lease for the unex-
pired term of three years at $6675 per
annum, payable quarterly in advance. §
Bids in writing may be delivered to
the undersigned Executors personally
at any time before making the sale.
■ For further particulars and descrip-
tion of the land apply to DANIEL
ROGERS, M. A. DE LAVE A, THOMAS
MAGEE, Executors of the Last Will
and Testament of Jose Vicente de La-
veaga. deceased, 604 Merchant st., San
Francisco.
Ho Percentage Pharmacy, 85i|Jlu|et Si,
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