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THE BAY DISTRICT RACES
Jockey Club Smiles and
the Selling Race
: War Goes On.
MIDLO MADE A FINE RUN.
The Decidedly Warm First Chlce,
Uncle Giles, Bowled Over
by Agitato.
The Pacific Coast Jockey Clud has removed
its office from parlor G to more commodious
quarters in parlors A and B of the Palace
Hotel. '';.'•: :■; '.;> __ _ ;. ;
Nine bookmakers were doing business in the
ring yesterday, an increase of one over last
drawing. ~*', : \'-V, '.'
There was a hot tip out on Pooladain, who
Started in the lirst race and was backed from 7
to 4to l. He was away from the post none too
well, but, judging by his running, a slower
pace would suit him better. ...
Tod Sloane has received a telegram from his
brother, Cash, who was recently suspended for
>i Mi.-picious ride on a favorite at Oafcley, stat
ing that he had been reinstated and would
come to California if he could secure employ
ment to ride for some good stable. ;.":
The judges have tired of witnessing races
thrown away through boys indulging in
grand-stand finishes, and at the conclusion
of the last raceifined Shaw $25 for his ride on
Agitato. The horse won, but Shaw took mat
ters so easy the last furlong that he was nearly
nipped out by Donahue on the favorite. This
is not Shaw's first offense, and it should teach
him a lei-son. - .: • ; ■;.'_:
Horses carrying the orange, blue and
green colors of Burns A: 'Waterhouse
have loomed up in front quite frequently
of late, but many ot the victories have
proven costly in the way of ."boosts' Mri
the selling events. Last week the firm
had gome horses bid up, and the dose was
repeated yesterday. "When Midlo, who
won tbe second race, was put up to be sold
he was bid up to $1000, a raise of $700 over
his entered selling price. The bidding-was
done by : AlLe,gg, part owner of Charles
Boots, who ran second. There was more
trouble ahead for the wealthy turfmen in
the fourth event. Fannie Louise was in
. the race, pitted ag?mst a very ordinary lot,
entered to be sold for $800. Bhe won with
ridiculous ease and was bid up $360 over
her entered selling price by J. J. Case,
owner of Kathleen, the second horse. It
is claimed by horsemen that the Jockey
Club is to blame for all of the trouble.
They say that on an average but one race
a week is given for the better class of sell
ing platers, which compels their owners to
place them where they do not belong and
take the chance of a bid-up. The poor
owners have grown tired of . this sort of
thing and have taken the matter in their :
own hands. ; ' .
The attendance was all that could be ex
pected yesterday considering the card.
Racing-going folk have learned to look
with such distrust on favorites that when
two finish in front they are supposed to
have enjoyed a good day. Such was the
case yesterday, a couple of first chances, a
10 to 1 chance and a second and third
choice-setting the coin. '• •
It is dollars to doughnuts the trainer of
Gondola forgot to muzzle the mare and
allowed her to' eat too much dessert iat
lnncheo.li, for she did not run the way
favorites are supposed to in the opening
live-fnrlong dash. Detective, a 10 to 1
chance, fed all the way and won easily
from Yreka, another outsider, in l:o2J^.'
Tamalpais finished third. ;: : •
In the next race, a rive and a half fur
long dash for two-year-olds, the first
choice, Midlo, backed from >< to 5 to 6 to 5,
ran a remarkably tine race. Getting away
absolutely last, he wended his way through
the held of eight, and catching the second
choice, Charlie Boots, who had been mak
ing all the running, .the last sixteenth,
won cleverly by a head in 1 iO8)£. Treach
ery, the third choice, got the show. : .'"•
: Tlie third race was a six-furlong run for
maiden starters, ridden by maiden jockeys.
Coleman opened an even-money favorite
in the betting, went back to 7 to 5, when
he was played down to 6 to 5. Jefferson
opened at 8 to 5, receded to threes and was
again backed down to his opening odds.
The Little Flush colt, ridden by Rowan, a
a.W-to-l chance in the betting, led all the
way, and won easily a length before Jeffer
son, with the favorite third. :
Thejiext race, a five- furlong sprint, was
taken very easily by Fannie Louise, backed
down from leven money to 3 to 5 and off
the boards. Kathleen was : a good second,
with Arctic third. :
■ The bookmakers took a hard fall out of
.the talent on the last race, arnile selling
affair. Uncle Giles carried a small barrel
of coiri.- at 3 and 4 to 5, but Starter Fergu
son sent them away with the favorite last,
and, although he made a fine run, could
never catch Agitato, the 2-to-l second
Cboice,;who led all the way and won by a
head in 1:41
Ninth'day, Tuesday, October I.— Weather fair;
track fast. ; • ' ■
A\ FUKST RACE— Five furlongs; selling;
TT-L. three-year-olds ~ and upward; purse 8250.
Time, } :oiy s . :- ; ■
' Ind. H6rse, weleht, jockey. .St. y. sir. .Fin.
1352 Detective. 99 (\V. Flynn)... 2 if If 13
, (31)Yrek», 106 <Mack1in).......3 8 6 21
11 Tamalpais, 10-1 < r.son).7 61 ih . 3/i
24 Addie M, 102 (Htnrlchs)....l 3ft 7 4i
' 12. Corrinne Buckingham, 104 •
Jones) .4 57 ' 6V4 51
11 Gondola. 104 (Donahue)..;. 6 2y a li ttf
883 Sopladain, 99 (Chevalier)...^} . Ih 8 7Vi
. 11 Kayo, 99 (Peoples) ; g- 4h ■ 3J£ 9 '
Good Btsxt; Won easily. Winner, b. g., by imp.
Deceiver-Kxile. ... .
Betting; Detective 10, Trelca 8. Tamalpaia 20
Kaj-o 12, Addle M 6, Corrinne Buckingham 12,
Gondola Sooladaln =■ •
AC). SECOND RACE-Flve and a half furlongs;
Tt.— selling; tworyear-olds; purse $300. Time,
1 :08i,4. .:: . .-. ■ •
md.' H<>rse, weight, jockey. ■ . St.- Va Str. Fin.
- .28 Mrdlo. 103 (D0nahue)....... 8 il 23 1A '
1342 Ch-arlie Boots. 103 (Kin;
• rJchs) • .'......■...•...7 It 1A 23
1388 Treachery. 104 (Mucklln)., .1 6/' 33 3i
. (28)l y hyllis; 99 (Peoples) :...2 8S 5 4Vo
26 Lktle Flnshrtlly. 96 (Cheya- ". " ■ y
lier) '..'.: "........4 41 6 57
28 Imf.. iss BrummeT, 98 (A. : ■
'. .- St—Bottl ......:. ..6 It 7 61
. •■' 26 Billy McCloaKey, .99 (W. .
.-■ -FJynn) ..." 3 .3/14 ■ 7/0
„ 28 Riynan, 97 <E. Jones) .9.9 9 8/4
' lt> Margaret M, 95 (Keldy).-...8 2U, 8 -9 :
§ixro-
PERCENTAGE
PHARMACY, :
953 MARKET ST,
Bet. Fifth and Sixth,
-" One .of our ••-■' . x -
,chstome«. FERRY DRUG CO., $ Market St.
We guarantee the following prepa-
rations, and if not more than satis-
factory . we will REFUND THE
.: MONEY .PAID: .
Cooper's Blood and Liver Specific . . .85c
. Cooper's; Skin Specific. .'..■...;.v4oc
I: Cooper's Skin 50ap. . . . '. . ;. ; . . 15c
• Parson> Sarsaparilia. : ......... 65c
.■.HammoHd's Phospho Iron and Celery
: v '•'., T0nic.; ..:..:.,.. >;..;.•; .75c
Mme. Fray's Special Prescription, or
: .'- Woman's Friend ."..* 75c
■• A Full Stock of Eye Glasses. Klertrfc
B ** l «tf*,? 1 iJ I ; i< «»« ifc»tterieB. Silk Stockings
»t 111 KAIJC.
Good start.' '.Yon driving. Winner, b. g., by Imp.
Midlothian-Electric Light. • .. •:
Betting: Midlo 6 to 5, Charlie Boots 2y , Treach
ery 4, Little Flush nily 80. Phyllis 40, imp. Miss
Brnmmel 15, Billy McClosfcey 50. Margaret M. 60,
Kuinari 30. -.• '___.-. : • *
AO THIRD RACE-Six furlongs; selling; maid
ttO. ens; three-ypai>olds and upward; maiden
jockeys: purse $260. Time, 1:16. . . •
Ind. Horse. weight, jockey. St. y% Str. Fin.
Liltle Flush colt, • 102 ;
(Rowan).., ..„...:.. 2 l/i .It IX :
31 Jefferson, 111 (Raymond).. $2 3! 2$
31 Coleman, 108 (A. Johnson). l 31 34 34
36 Willie Gibson, 105 (Llver
■ more) ....•:. ...::.:4 4Vfc 6 • AS
36 Dr. Gardner, 100 (Wilson).. 3 5 .41 5
Good start. Won easily, j Winner, b. g., by Alex
ander-Little Flush.: , •■ '..-.-; .
Betting: Little Flush colt 3%, Jefferson 8 to •6;
Coleman 6 to 5, Dr. Gardner 30, Willie Gibson 60.
AA FOURTH RAOE-T-Five furlongs: selling:
tr'±. all ates: purse $300. Time, 1:01
Ind. norse. weight, jockey. St. V a ' Str. Fin.
10 Fannie Loulse,lo6 (Donahae).B 67 31 1 y%.
16 Kathleen. 107 (5haw).. ...... .2 li% 1A _?
39 Arctic. 107 (Mack11n). ...... ..1 2y a 4J 31
(18) Red Wi11.99 (Chevalier) .....3 4/i Zh 4y 3
28 Encino, 79 (Heidy) „..4 2SA - 6y 2 .53
12 VirgieA, 91 (.shepherd) 7 7 7 63
32 Veragua.94.CA. Stufflett)....6 «V 4 QS 7"-
Good. start. Won easily.- Winner, b. f., by imp.
Darebin-Xellie Peyton. - ' • .' • • *'■
Betting: Fannie Louise 1 to 2, Kathleen -10,
Arctic IS, Red Will 3, Veragua 60, Enclnq 60.
VirgieA 60. _ .:
AZ. FIFTH RACE— One mile; selling; purse
rbO. $300. Time, 1:41 y . ; ; :
Ind. Horse, Weight, jockey. St. y St. Fin.
17 Agitato. 110 (Shaw) ........ 1 ly a 11 l»i
(34) Uncle 107 (Donahue). s U 2£ 2*
27 Kfinsom. 95 (Chevalier).....? 3/i 3/ 38
22 Silver, 92 (E.Jones). 4 '.'is 43 4J
34 Ledalia. 101 (Sloane) 3 6 5 6 •
Poor start. Won driving. Winner, br. g., by
Imp. Cyrus-Frolic. .:■ • ■
Betting: . AKttato 2, Vncie Giles 3 to 6, Ransom
10, Ledalia 12, Silver 60. • • :
Following are to-day's entries: :' ■-.
First race, eleven-sixteenths of a mile, sell
ing, light welter-weights— Joe Cotton 129,
Jonn Payue 132,' Monitor 105. Detective 128,
Crawford 129, Carmel 132, Warraco 129,
Easel 106. ;
Second race, eleven-sixteenths of a mile, two
year-olds—Long Lady 115, Gratify 115, Grady
Third race, three-quarters of a mile, selling,
three-year-olds and upward that have not won
two races since August 31, 1895, winner to be
sold at auction for $1000, if for less three
pounds allowed for each $100 to $100; horses
that have been beaten twice since August 31
allowed five pounds; entries close 8:30 a. m. ;
no declarations. ■ ■', .' .
Fourth race, eleven-sixteenths of a mile, han
dicap—Mainstay 108, Duchess of Towers 104,
Morven 90, Red Bird 80. = :
Fifth race, one mile, handicap— Claudius 115,
McLight 111, Rosebud 105.
"IT'S A DEAD COI.D FROST."
[AS JAMES J. CORBETT SAID OP HIS BECKPTION TS
SAN" FBAXCIBCO ON THK OCCASIeS
OF HIS LAST VISIT.] ;
October frost's predicted In the pugilistic ring. '
And the signal-service bureau will be asked to plan
: '-. the thin?; * - . •: . :
If it comes then 'twill be welcome; 'tis a thing we
need full sore
Just to check theepidemic of the mouthy "scrap
rinp'' bore. ~V-':.' - . ?-.
Tired as people got of Sully, they're half-sorry now
he lost, -
Wntle the best they wisu for Corbett is a ' .
"•■"■V -~-r : Dead
: " Cold
: ■ ! - Frost.
If the Texas Legislature doesn't sqnelch the talkish
twain; ■ ■ .
If the Lone Star beams a welcome to the braggarts
and their train: '■_ . .
If exchange of slang's arrested by exchange of jab
and whack ■ ' ; • - .: .
If the pugs are brought together by the magnet of
the "s:ick," .
'Twoulil be half-wey satisfaction, should a game to
Fitzy lost * • - '
Give to Corbett' type of "gentleman" a
■ , • : : i,«; ' . .-Dead . .
Cold
Frost.
Fell i\ frost to Gobs and Coburn, and the same to
Ryan fell,
And the Boston gladiator's tale no need for me to
tell:
It was "wear and tear and whisky" laid th« Bean
vllle giant low. ■ • '. ;'-t--,:
And the boy that knocked that wreck apart-the
fates have got in tow: ■ i " •
And October's close may herald, to the .'tall lad's
■ . sorry cost. . . !
That at last he's chilled his record with a ■}'-■ .
-»' •■-. V- . '' Bead
. . : Cold :
.'; ' : '.' . . : ■ Frost.
Whether -Dallas gathers boodle from a . show of
• ' • swiping dukes, : :
Or the Choctaws acquiesce in taking riak of pale
■ face flukes; •
Whether down among the Aztecs, -or on Arizona's
• -waste — - - :
Anywhere that James and Robert can each other
. safely paste. . ■ . ;
Still sorue kind folks are wishing that Fitzsimmons
will, if crossed, • . ; • '
■ Make a "has-been" of big Jimmy with a • - ■
Dead
Cold
________________ Frost.
SPANISH VIEWS ON CUBA.
Camillo Martin Ridicules the Idea: of
Any Filibustering Expedi
tion.
Camillo Martin, the consular representa
tive of Spain in this City, has only ridicule
for the rumor ol an expedition being fitted
out in San Francisco to aid the people of
Cuba who are seeking entire independence
from the rule of Spain.
Referring in a general way to the in
surrection that has now been in progress
m Cuba for many 1 months, he stated that
the situation is being continually mis
represented by the Eastern newspapers,
which publish false reports fabricated iv
Tampa, Key West, New York, Boston and
Philadelphia. He added that these had
become so outrageous that the local Span
ish paper had found it expedient to add
an "English section" to its pages in order
to make denials and corrections of these
reports. Continuing, he said:
These Eastern papers have correspondents
In Cuba who invent news items in favor of the
insurgents, and even the reverend ministers in
New York and Chicago are preaching against
Spain, and all with a view of creating a senti
ment in favor of recognizing the insurgents as
belligerents. .
It is probably not generally known that the
insurgents are mostly negroes and mulattoes,
at least three-fourths of them, while but one
fourth are whites, and they are of the lowest
class.
AH the Cubans who have property interests,
who have any standing, who have intelligence
and who have education, are against the move
ment for independence— the more so that the
last Spanish Congress pushed a law granting
them such reforms in the matter of local gov
ernment as gave them virtually entire inde
pendence, or home rule, and all the Cubans of
the better class are perfectly satisfied with the
existing character of the Government.
The real object of those who have incited
this outbreak is plunder and robbery. They
claim that they want to secure the independ
ence and freedom of Cuba. If they accom
plished their purpose it would simply throw
Cuba in the condition that prevailed in San
J>omingo when it secured its independence.
There would be two republics, a white and a
black one, and there would be continual war
between them., for even now there is always
bickering between the two San Domingo fac
tions.
Many of the negroes themse.ves have come
out in a protest and declared their loyalty to
Spain.
There have been reflections made on Spain
for not having subdued the rebellion. The
impediment has been the' rainy season, when
it is Impossible to do anything, owing to the
bad condition of the roads. There are now
80,000 Spanish troops in. Oubec, but a large
number of them have to be divided among the
plantations to protect them from plunder.
From May to December is the rainy season.
The dry season sets in next month, and I have
no doubt that then the re Dellion will be quickly
suppressed. If there are not enough men there
to accomplish this, Spain has now 25.000 addi
tional men ready to throw into the field, and
if it is found that more- men nre necessary they
will be promptly forthcoming.
In conclusion, the Consul stated that he
was a native of Cuba himself and felt con
fident that he represented the best element
of his countrymen in speaking of the
affairs of Cuba.
• — ♦ — «
Timber-Cutter Indicted.
The United States Grand Jury brought In an
indictment .yesterday against James Forbes,
charging him with illegally cutting 1000 tan
bark oak trees on Government land in Mendo
cino Gountv. The accused has not ueen ar
rested, and' the document was placed on the
secret file. Information* filed against Richard
Ryan- and Peter Kelly, charging them with
perjury in connection with a mining transac
tion, were ignored. •
• • • • — ♦ — .
' , Garrity Exonerated. ~~
Thomas Garrity, a young man who was ar
rested by Secret Service Agent Harris for pass
ing a counterfeit dollar, was examined before
L rnted States" Commissioner Heacoek yesterday
and ay consent of tbe United States District
Attorney discharged from custody. There was
no evidence to show that Garrity passed the
spurioua coin with criminal intent.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1895.
THE BIKE A REFORMER
Mrs. Peet of the W. C. T. U.
Welcomes the "Silent
Mystic Wheel."
T.HE SECOND DAY'S SESSION.
Reports and Addresses by the
State Officers— Work of the
Past Year.
The second day of the sixteenth annual
convention of the California Woman's
Christian Temperance Union was called to
order by the president, Mrs. Sturtevant-
Peet, yesterday morning in the Y. M. C. A.
building. After devotional exercises the
following committees were appointed :
Committee on credentials— Mrs. Henrietta E.
Brown, Mrs. Grace Kimball and Mrs. Annie
Little Barry.
Committee on resolutions— Miss S. M. Sever
ance, Mrs. D. S. Dickinson, -Mrs. Maria A.
Croley. Mrs. Jennie Phelps-Purvis, Mrs. Stod
dard, Mrs. J. N. Croake, Mrs. Laura Knowles
and Mrs. Bowman.
The annnal reports of the officers were
read, Mrd. Henrietta E. Brewer, the cor
responding secretary, reading that of the
recording secretary, Mrs. Dorcas J. Spen
cer, who is ill. Mrs. Ella S. Pringle was
appointed to fill the office of the absent
MSS. STUETEVANT - PEET, PRESIDENT OF IHE CALIFORNIA
W. C. T. TJ.
lady. Mrs. J. L. Evarts was appointed to
the office of treasurer during the conven
tion, Mrs. Emily Hoppin, the custodian of
finances," being detained from the sessions.
Upon "Juvenile Work" Mrs.- Nellie B.
Eyster, the State superintendent of: the
.Loyal Temperance Legion, read an enter
taining paper, in whiclti she said:
There are fifty-two companies of the Loyal
Temperance Legion now organized In Northern
California, wtth a membership of 4000 child
ren. Their motto is, "Tremble, King Alcohol,
for we shall grow up," These children's com
panies are divided into junior and senior com
panies, who receive seals, like those of the
( hautauqua, upon receipt of diplomas that
they have completed a certain course of scien
tific study furnished them in their manuals.
The Loyal Temperance Legion is a National or
ganization, now composed of hundreds of
thousands of children, of which each State and
local organization is a branch.
Mrs. E. G. Green stated in her paper
upon ''Kindergarten and Mothers' Work"
that there had been a notable increase of
"mothers' , meetings" this closing year.
Books on chiid-training had been added to
the libraries and a deeper interest shown
in the literature of childhood. Photo
graphs illustrating the effect of alcohol
upon the human syst m had been placed
in the hands of some of the kindergarten
teachers of San Francisco with a promise
that their lessons would be taught the
children.
Miss M. N. Cummings read an instruct
ive report on "Foreign and Sailors' Work,"
and Mrs. Jessie B. Nevins on "Young
Woman's Branch."
Mrs. M. E. Greene gave a Bible reading
from the text, "Christ's Kingdom One of
Mutual Service on Earth as in Heaven,"
in which she spoke of the need of more
self-sacrifice and more mutual service in
the woman's temperance cause. "
The hall was crowded in the afternoon
session, demonstrating the great interest
taken in the work of the convention. . The
committee on credentials reported the at
tendance of the following-named delegates :
Castroville-fMrs. J. M. Brook. Mrs. M. X
Clark. • : .
Saratoga— Mrs. Lipscomb, Mrs. Nesbit
Suisim— Mrs. C. E. Clarke. .
Suisun Valley— W. W. Scarlett.
Fowler— Mrs. Josephine Aten, Miss Hester E.
Hawkins. • .
Briton— Miss M. 8. Russell, Mrs. It. E. Mo-
Millen. . . .
.- Kelseyville— Miss Viola L. Boardman.
Sacramento— Mrs. Hutchinson, Mrs.C. Condo,
Mrs. C. R. Huntoon, Mrs. H. M. Smith.
Mendocino— Mrs. D. C. Brayton. '
Ukian— Isabella Johnson, Mary E. P.
McCowen.
Winters— Mrs. F. Udell, Mrs. L. D. Hemenway.
Maryßville Mrs. Mary A. Meek.
Clayton— Carrie S. Newall.
Woodbridge — Mrs. George D. Hyde, '. Mrs.
Emma Mentz. . •
Sacramento— G. A. Btoddard, Mrs. M. A.
Coughlan. *
. Santa Clara— Mrs. M. D. Sheldon, Mrs. Jessie*
8. Kenyon, Miss Josephine B. West.
Linden— Mrs. M. E. Harrison, Mrs. Margaret
Hughes. .
, Ban Jose— Mrs. C. M. Ayres, Mrs. S. W. Gis
christ, Mrs. E. L. Bailey, Mrs. C. A. Paikison,
Mrs. S.-S. Sumner. ■
Stockton— Addie Estes, Fannie Gay, Lillian
McCloud, Sarah Fuller.
Seasid-e— Mrs. Blanche L. Heiss, Mrs. Otto
Heiss", Mrs. Kmma Houghton.
San Jose— Mrs. Rose Fluth, Miss Sophia
Fluth, Mrs. Fruhling.
Westminster— Mrs. W. W. Allen. "
Santa Rosa— J. W. Olson, Mis. Angle W.
Allen, Mrs. A. J. Wheeler, Mrs. R. G. Corbin.
Petaluma— Mrs. Emma Sharp, Miss Dell
Jewell, Mrs. E. Button, Miss Minnie Penrod. •
Pleasanton— Miss Donna M. Winning.
San Mateo— M. E. Winslow.
Oletn,— Miss Catalina Seeli, Miss Minnie
Schroeder.
East Oakland— Mrs. L. P. Cutting, Mrs. May
Teeple, Mrs. M. J. Hamilton, Mrs. M. B. Wake
fieid.
Lorin— Pauline Brock, Mrs. Amman.
Livermore— Miss Mabel E. Palmer.
Healdsburg-Mrs. F. D. C. Shaw, Mrs. 8. J.
Hay wards— Mrs. Joel Rußsell, Mrs. D. A. Hol
lister.
Fort Bragg— Mrs. A. B. Campbell.
. Florin— Ann M. Jackman.
Eureka— Mrs. Ina Kinzel.
Ceres— Mrs. L. J. Whitmore, Mrs. Viola Craie:
(alternates), Mrs. Alice Wolf, Miss A. E. Ulch
Berkeley— Mrs. Mary Smith, Mrs. B. F. Ber
gen; (alternates), Dr. Carrie Young, Mrs. Ella
Engl. . ' - ■ . .
Alameda— J. D. Jamison, Mrs. Alice
Gott, Mrs. L. Carlcon. -.- .-.» •:-. ;
Colima— Mrs. O. A. Murphy.
;■ Campbell— Mrs. M. M. Whitman.
Vacaville— C. A. Hutton.
Elmira— Miss May Dilles, Mrs. Salina Carl
ton. .-■ . '
lienicia— Miss Ada Campbell.
Gilrny— M. Nelson, Mrs. Emma Strange,
Mrs. Helson B. Ladd. .
Auburn— S. E. Cullen, Mrs. NeUls Birce.
Lincoln— Mrs. A. Sherborn. -
Elk Grove— Mrs. A. K. Gage, Mrs. Mary J.
Mackey. . :
Lockeford— Mrs. E. C. Allen, Mrs. S. L. Locke.
Oakland— Mrs. M. S. Bartlett, Mrs. O. E.
Gifford, Mrs. Hattie McMath, Mrs. O. H. Burn
ham.
Oroville— Mrs. D. W. Gray.
Peachland— Miss Lulu Tallman.
Santa Cruz— Mrs. Ella Pringle, Mrs. P. H.
Truax, Mrs. A. M. Coinstock, Mrs. Lulu Greene,
Mrs. Jennie Baker, Mrs. Eva Heath, Mrs. Mary
Harper.
Corralitos— Mrs. Alice Bowman.
Salinas— Mrs. Christine Armstrong.
Yuba City— Miss E. B. Hamlin.
Ghlco— Mrs. A. B. Huff, Mrs. L. A. McCargar,
Mrs. Alice Mocum.
Oak Park-Mrs. C. B. Lightfoot, Mrs. E. E.
Beck.
San Francisco— Mrs. Emma L. Howard, Mrs.
Caroline Parker, Mrs. C. B. Williams, Mis. H. L.
Gear, Mrs. M. E. Gardner, Mrs. L. M. Carver, Mrs.
F. S. Veslit, Mrs. Putchet, Mrs. Mary F. Gilley,
Mrs. Cochran; alternates— Mrs. S. B. McCoy.
Mrs. S. M. Gardner, Mrs. C. A. Davis.
Mrs. H. P. Van Kirk addressed the con
vention on "The Gospel of Physical
Power." and Miss I. C. de Veiling upon
"Unto the Third and Fourth Generation."
The president's annual address was a mas
terly argument for the cause of temper
ance, and a tender plea for more earnest
action on the part of the women who were
devoted to that end.
"Inspired and moved by the most sacred
ties of human and divine love," said the
speaker, "true daughters and mothers of
the republic have battled these many years
for the greatest need of the period— God's
eternal justice! This would quench the
tires of every distillery and brewery, write
over the door of every saloon •To rent,'
stay the hand of every illiterate voter, send
to prison every briber and political boss
and place woman in her riphtful position."
Upon the subject of physical culture
Mrs. Peet scored her highest oratorical
triumph, and when she figuratively tied a
white ribbon on the bicycle and. hailed it
as a co-reformer the hearts of every
woman, young and old, were with hef.
The bike— and possibly the bloomer— has
come to stay with the W. C. T. U.
Mrs. Peet in her remarks said: "Re
formed dress is no longer a question en
gaging the attention of a few families, but
is now universal. All know the value of a
strong unburdened body, and for this rea
son the banishment of. the corset and re
stricting bands is taking place. But dress
reform pressed its claim for forty years
with little progress until the bicycle," that
graceful, silent steed of motion, dashed
through and burst the door of prejudice.
"The mystic steed of steel is the mute
but telling advocate of dress reform. It
demands simplicity in- dress, it encour
ages physical exercise, and utterly refuses
to carry a drunKen rider. In stiort, the
wheel is a reformer, for it has discouraged
the use of cigars and cigarettes to the
number of 65,000,000 a year."
The evening session was an able and in
structive address upon the "Evolution of
Wonian," her advance from primitive bar
barism to the ballot-box being illustrated
by tableaux. One of the pictures which
Miss Severance, the speaker, drew was
woman surrounded by her political com
panions or rather political equals — a con
vict, an Indian, a Chinaman, an idiot and
a baby.
Ihe convention will rpjeet this morning
at 9 o'clock for an election of officers and
national delegates. In the afternoon the
addresses and discussions will be upon
abstinence in moral science, and in the
evening David Starr Jordan will address
the convention on "The Sober Mind."
TO RESCUE LITTLE WAIFS
Organization of the Children's
Horn© -Finding So
ciety. .
It Proposes to Take Youths From
the Slums and Teach Them
Useful Trades.
The Children's Home-Finding Society
has recently been organized ,in this city :
and its officers and directors are among
the most prominent people in the State.
The first move in this direction was made
many months ago, shortly after D. M.
Carman gave a series of lectures in this
city on the subject of slum life. in the
larger cities, with etereopticon illustra
tions.
It was found on investigation that San
Francisco had a large number of this class
who were not eligible to or tit for the ordi
nary orphan asylums. The plan. of work
at that time outlined was the result of a
thorough investigation of nearly all the
systems adopted by the various child-sav
ing institutions of the country, and a
prominent feature of the proposed work
was that of makine the children taken
from the hovels of the City wholly or par
tially self-sustainine. . ,■ \ '■ .
The next step was the formation of tue
Children's Home-Finding Society with
the following officers: "
President, D.M. Carman, San Francisco.
Viee-presldents-Thomas Magee, . San Fran
cisco; Mrs.. arah B Cooper, San Francisco;
i vd £, c 3 ohn Reynolds, R.S. Cantine, R
F. Maclauren, D.D., San Jose: Judge R F
Crawford, Santa Rosa ; Hon. :t. w. Elliott,"
Stockton ; James HorsburghJr., San Francisco;
Peter Bohl, Sacramento; Hon. A. M. McCoy
Red Bluff; George McCormick, D.D., Salinas 1
Judge C. C Bush, Redding; Professor Welter
Miller, Stanford University; Mrs. Dr. Cushman
and others. Mrs. J. E. Barrow, M.D., of Oak
land, is the recording secretary; the Colum
bian Banking Company of San Francisco, treas
urer; Hot.. H. V. Morehouse, San Jose, legal
counselor; Rev. H. w. Brayton, San Jose State
superintendent and financial secretary. -
.Board of directors for the first year— D M
Carman, San. Francisco; F. D. Bovard D.D
Alameda; Mrs. Carrie Judd Montgomery Mrs'
J- E- Barrow, M.D., Rev. W. H. Latourette!
Oakland; C. H. Street, San Francisco Rev. L
Delos Mansfield, Hey. John Hannon and S b
Hunkins, San Jo.«e; Mrs. M. Fell, San Fran-
Cisco ; U. Stedman, Alameda. ' v
The headquarters of the society wilfb
in San Francisco. : ;
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In 1869 there were in London only 500
miles of underground wires, whereas there
are now 13,000 miles.
IN FIELD AND ORCHARD.
Story Told by the Harvester in
the Pacific Coast
States.
PROLIFIC WALNUT TREES.
Heavy Almond Yield at Rio Bonlto.
Some Instructions for
Farmers.
Most of the Sonoma County hops were
gathered last week. The crop is a very
fine one, says the Santa Rosa Farmer, and
the weather, taken all in all, has been very
favorable for pickers and growers, facili
tating the gathering of the crop in the
proper season. Even more care than usual
has been exercised in curing the fragrant
blossoms, and hop buyers all readily con
cede that the Sonoma County crop of 1895
is by far the finest ever placed on the
market. The number of bales per acre is
from five to ten, according to the stand of
hops, the cultivation and the location.
The cut worm has seriously interfered with
the stand in several localities and added to
the expense account. The weather has
been cool and favorable in Alameda County,
and a prime article, about as fine as the
Sonoma County crop, has been baled, the
yield being about the same, seven bales
per acre.
Frank Cress of Wyandotte has twelve
walnut trees and the oldest is eleven years
old, says the Orovilie Register. All the
trees are prolific bearers, ana from the old
est tree he gets between three and four
60-pound sacks. These he sold last year at
ten cents a pound. He says English wal
nuts have no disease, bear heavily, and
there is a handsome profit if an orchard
will bear anything near as heavy as his
dozen trees do.
The Nevada City Transcript says that the
700 acres of almonds at Eio Bonito, Butte
County, will yield this year 250,000 pounds
which at ten cents a pound will equal
$25,000, or a trifle less than $40 an acre.
Had it not been for the late frosts the crop
would have given over $150 an acre. This
is certainly away ahead of wheat-raising,
where the farmer is lucky to get back even
a little more than his seed.
At the Pullman (Wash.) Agricultural
College several weeks are devoted every
year to the instruction of farmers on a
line quite similar to that pursued at the
Wrights Camp Summer School in this
State. In referring to the inauguration of
this idea of a farmers' school at Pullman,
President E. A. Bryan of the agricultural
college recently said that for the first two
or three days- the farmers seemed to think
they were perhaps wasting their time;
that having devoted all their lives to
farming they perhaps knew as much as
any schoolmaster or professor could know;
but they soon discovered that each pro
fessor had made special study of his de
partment, and that he was able to give
them a large amount of not only interest
ing but very valuable information in re
gard to it, and that while college professors
might not know as much abont farming
as practical farmers, each one of them did
know a little more about some department
of farming than even the farmer himself.
Salt Bush at Traver.
Last January the editor of the Traver
Advocate secured and planted a small
quantity of Australian salt bush seed. In
April he made a trip to the Tulare agricul
tural station and got some plants, which
he planted on the same land with the seed.
In the last issue of his paper appears the
following: We now have at our office or>e
of the plants grown from the seed, which
measures eight feet across. We learn from
our experience with the plant that the seed
should be planted early in the fall and riot
covered very deep in the ground, in fact,
we think seed scattered on the surface, be
fore the winter rains begin, would give
best results. We can show a plant for
every seed planted, unless it be in one or
two spots where they were irrigated. They
do not seem to do as well when irrigated
as they do on unirrigated land, and culti
vation is not necessary, at leaat we did not
cultivate.
The experiment with us was to see if it
would grow on alkali— the kind of land
that they say will eat off a crowbar when
stuck into it — and such land that is not
cultivated, but lies waste. Well, this
is the kind of land on which we scratched
under the few seeds we had. A look at the
land about once in two weeks was all the
attention it got; but that seemed to be all
it needed, for it grew at a rapid rate— that
is, the plants from the seed. The trans
planted plants did not do well, and aU
though we watered and kept the ground
loose around them they soon died. :
We have great faith in this salt bush
and truly believe that there has not as yet
been any plant brought to the observation
of the California farmer that will assisjt
more in neutralizing and reclaiming alkali
land than it will. We are convinced that ijt
is adapted to such lands, because our obser
vation shows U8 that if planted in the fall
the plants will be large enough to shade
the land directly around it before the hot
summer sun draws the alkali to the sur
face. And any one with a "knowledge of
such land knows that if the land is shaded
it is always moist. This fact is what we
consider the only thing that makes it pos
sible for anything to grow on the land.
This being the case the salt bush fills all
requirements, as one single plant will send
out a mat of runners four feet in every
direction and cover the ground four or five
inches deep. As a forage plant we can say
that we have tried it and hnd that horses,
cattle, hogs and sheep eat it. We have not
so much that we could carry it in large
quantities, but have only tried it on a
small scale.
A chemical analysis has shown the plant
to contain something like seventy-five
pounds of salt to a ton of the hay. By the
above we can see how it will assist us to
neutralize these bad lands. First, by
keeping it shaded ; second, by gradually
taking out the salt, and third, as a fertili
zer that has been digested by the stock
that have eaten the plant for hay. We
hope our farmers who have alkali land
will send to the horticultural station at
.Berkeley for a small quantity of this seed.
It will only cost you 5 cents postage.
An orchard should be cultivated as deep
and as often as possible.
A fact that should be generally known
among fruit-growers is that drying the
fruit too dry injures its flavor when
cooked.
The Guinda News has this to say about
Capay Valley's fine fruits: F. Swete is
shipping his crop of Bartlett pears to
Eastern markets. The fruit is as large as
any we have seen. A sample, representing
the average of the crop, measured twelve
inches in its shortest circumference and
weighed eighteen ounces. One of the
lareest weighed over twenty-two ounces.
A Kelsey Japan plum, picked from one of
J. G. Woodbury's young trees, is on exhi
bition at the Postonice. It measures
nearly eight inches in circumference.
Prune- Raising <n Oregon.
According to the estimates of G. I. Sar
gent, secretary of the Oregon Board of
Horticulture, there are 565,000 acres of pit
and core fruit in that State, and 1500 acres
of the berry variety. Of the former esti
mate 35,000 acres are set to prunes. Mr.
Sargent has estimated the yield of orchards j
under his observation and feels warranted
in making the statement that at bedrock
prices prune-raising is a profitable indus- j
try in Oregon. R. F. Meyers of Jefferson
has twenty-three acres of prunes. The
trees are 7 years old and the orchard
promises an average yield. Mr. Meyers
estimates the yield at ffom 80,000 to 100,000
pounds dried. The cash price being offered
for dried prunes is from 4 to 5 cents.
From the lowest estimate, 80,000 pounds,
and at 4J^ cents per pound, the income
from this orchard will be $3400, or a little
more than $147 per acre. The cost of
evaporating, at 1 cent per pound, will be
about $35 per acre. Allowing $12 for
spraying, cultivating, etc., leaves a net in
come of $100 per acre. -Secretary Sargent
considers this a conservative estimate.
Drying California Black Figs.
A. B. Leckenby contributes the follow
ing suggestions to the Bakersfield Califor
nian: It is timely to say a few words on
the subject of fig drying, especially con
sidering the many that are going to waste.
Last year we read up on the subject and
followed many formulas, in most if not all
cases to be disappointed with the results.
The following simple, common-sense way j
we found productive of results that gaye
all we desire: Gather your figs off the
ground or off the tree when they are per
fectly ripe. Dump them in clean water.
If any rise to the top they are not ripe,
and we do not believe any process will
make a desirable dried fig of them. Take
those that sink, put into a wire basket and
dip in boiling water until the skin is ten
der, but do not allow them to boil soft so
as to fracture the skins. Spread on wire I
trays until dry. It is a good plan to dip j
the dry figs in boiling water before packing :
them away, in the same manner and for !
the same reasons that apply to other dried
fruit. Our experience with this process re
lates only to the California black fig.
"A Trick in Irrigation."
Under the above headline the editor of
the Woodland Mail writes as follows:;
About this time of the year, or earlier per- j
haps, almost immediately after the apri- i
cot, prunes or almond trees have been re- j
lieved of their crop, it is a great scheme
to turn the water on to them. It has a !
wonderful effect. Trees that seem to be i
sickly will revive and throw off by re- ;
newed vigor the disease that had already
half killed them. Trees that before bore ;
meagerly and miserably seem to oecome
instinct with life, and as though they had
changed their species commence the fol- :
lowing season to produce large and lus
cious crops.
There is a logical reason for all this. I
The fruit buds tor next year's harvest are
forming now. The long, dry summer and
the burden of maturing a cron of fruit has I
left the tree exhausted to that" extent that i
it is liable to be attacked successfully by
pests and tree disease. Moreover it is not j
equal to the emergency of responding to !
the instinct that impels it at this time to ;
form the buds for the next season's crop. !
As a consequence the buds do not set well •
and the vitality of the tree is at a low ebb. !
It is often wondered why an orchard after
it passes the age of six or eight years seems
to collapse and fails to make good the
promises of its first years. It may have
been cultivated properly, yet it does not
get there. The owner bewails his hard I
luck, and declares there is nothing in the !
fruit business anyway. This farmer wants I
to learn a trick in irrigation. If he will
giya his trees a thorough watering in the
summer soon after the crop is off he will [
administer to them the very dose of medi
cine tbat they are famishing for. He will I
surprise himself at the result. His trees I
will brighten up, and in the early spring !
they will give early promise of the abund
ant harvest that will surely follow. Try j
it once, and you will be convinced.
No venders of intoxicants are allowed to j
follow the French troops in Madagascar.
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Men Who Are Weak and Who Have
Tried All Other Remedies With-
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PERMANENTLY ORGANIZED.
The Civic Federation Adopts a
Set of By- Laws and
Constitution.
Objects and Methods of the Organ
ization Set Forth— Present
Condition.
The Civic Federation Held a long execu
tive session last night to reorganize, and s
complete set of by-laws as well as a con
stitution was adopted. Several important
matters on which the organization expects
to act before long were touched upon, but
no definite plans were laid. The matter of
taking the electric railroad companies into
the courts to force them to put fenders on
their cars was one of the things mentioned,
and the opinion was expressed by mem
bers that the sooner action was taken in
vie w of the recent accidents the better.
The constitution and by-laws provide
that the name of the organization shall be
the Civic Federation of San Francisco, and
its objects:
First— The formation of an influential, non
partisan, non-sectarian association, embracing
all the forces that are now laboring to advance
the municipal, philanthropic, industrial and
moral interests of Ban Franci.-eo.
Second— To serve as a medium of acquaint
ance ana sympathy between persons who re
side in the different parts of the City, who pur
sue different vocations, who are by birtn oi
different nationalities, who profess different
creeds or no creed ; who for any of these rea
sons are unknown to each other, but who,
nevertheless, have similar interests in the well
being of San Francisco, and agree in the desire
to promote every kind of municipal welfare.
Third— To increase the number and effi
ciency of agencies designed to discover and
correct abuses in municipal affairs and to
increase the interest of the citizens in such
affairs by securing the utmost practicable
separation of municipal issues from State and
National politics.
The methods to be employed in attain
ing the ends sought are set forth as fol
lows:
The principal means to be employed by the
federation are investigation, publication, agi
tation, prosecution and organization, toge
ther with the exercise of every lawful influ
ence needed to carry iuto effect the purposes
of the federation.
The federation as now organized con
sists of a central council of sixty-eight
members, fifty of whom are selected by
the council atlarge from the citizens of the
City, and the remaining eighteen being
representatives from each of the district
councils. The central council is the su
preme body and has the selection of the
board of directors representing the corpo
ration.
For the Detter systematizing of the work
the federation is divided into six depart
ments as follows: Political action, mu
nicipal, philanthropic, industrial, educa
tional and moral, each in charge of a sub
committee.
POUND UNCONSCIOUS.
lieo Green the Probable Victim of a
Runaway Accideut.
Leo Green, a rancher at the Ingleside,
was found in an unconscious condition on
the electric railway, between Ocean View
and Sunnyside, at 7 o'clock last night.
The seat of a buggy and a robe were found
lying beside him.
It is supposed that his horse ran away
and threw him out.
He was taken in a car to Thirtieth street
and San Jose avenue, and thence in the
patrol wagou to the City and County Hos
pital. No marks of external injuries were
observable by the physician who examined
him, but it is believed be was injured in
ternally. At a late hour last night he was
still unconscious.