2 sary can be lurnished to provision several hundred men for from one to two years He is exerting every energy to have the cutter in readiness to -tart as soon as pos sible to relieve the imprisoned men inVbe glacial sea. HER SON IS ON THE OfjCA. L s Arfifsles" Mother Gratified for the Hops Now Held Out to Her. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 12.— 1n a neat Lite cottage at 84.2 South Olive street there re- id's Mrs. George J. Johnson. Her hair has been silverel by the passing years, but her mind is just now troubled :>.ud borne down iv a weight oi woe as it never was fore. Until Mrs. Johnson once again fees the clasp of the strong arms of her son, Eugene, as he gathers her in his loving embrace she will- never rest in The son is on the ice-bound steam whaler Orca, and the mother is fearful lest lie snail never return. She has pic ture l in h r mind a possible faie for her loved one which is terrible to contem plate—lea U by starvation in the frozen regions of the Arctic. But she has one ray of hope. It has been given by The Call. The humane proj.o-ition to provisii n a ship to be sent lo the relief of the 400 American seamen whose lives are in danger in tne far north hits given to that heart-broken mother the only sunlight she has -een for a number of days. She feels that there is now a tossib lity that the life of her hoy will be -aved. and that he will be spared to com irt :n 1 sustain her in her old aga. To The Call and its proprietor. Mrs. Jocnsoti is nior-i lirofise in her expres sion- oi gratitude f >r what she terms one ci the ■ratide-t acts of humanity she has ever rea 1 or heard i I. To a correspondent <>f the paper Mrs. Johns. >n last evening detailed he story of h r boy's departure mr he Arctic and how he came to go. She is a pleasant conversationalist, and as she told of ber son the expression of her face was li^htfd up by the fires of the mother love. She said : "This v.,.*- to have been Eugene's last voyage. His father and his father's her before him were sea captain 8. My boy was on • 26 fears of a«e and he did not like to follow tne sea. But he did not tin 4 any profitable occupation on shore so one day he came to me and said: ■' 'Mother, I have decided to make one more trip to the Arctic. But this will be the ist. I will be back about November 10, and then I. will be able to obtain em ployment on shore. I have shipped be iore the mast on the whaler Orca.' 'It was sad intelligence, but I could not do anything to prevent bis going. My boy was taking the great r.sk of an Arctic voynge for my sake and so I helped to outfit him and bade him good-by and God peed. '•And now I shall never see my noble boy again. He' has gone forever. And to think ihat he will probably die of starva tion. Obi It is awful Do you think j tbev can s^tve him? "I know that everything possible will ba done, but in the las; letier I had from him he told me that the food the sailors were receiving was simply awful. He said that he wouid send me the bill of fare, on.y he Knew that it wou.d make me sick. "Furthermore he told me that the pro visions on board would last only until November 15 but he said that lie "would be i. ome beic re then. "I wish you wouid tell the proprietor of The i all that 1 snail never forget the grand i.ob work he has done in en deavoring to send relief to the poor sailo-s in the north. Ted him that in the hum ble prayers of one mother, at ceast. his generous act will ever be remembered, for if my boy's life is saved it will be through his efforts and exertions. Tell him thai lie has given me the only hope I have that I will ever see my boy "again and that 1 hope Goa may be him for alt that he has done." And tnen Mrs. Johnson could restrain herself no longer. A Hood of tears came and for several moments the grief-strifken mother allowed her emotion to have full sway. Some kindly neighbors who were with her endeavored to comfort her but it was some time beiore she regained her composure. Friends are doing all they can to lighten the heavy burden Mrs. Johnson is carrying, but the task is a difficult on-. TOLD A TWO-SIDED STORY IN COURT San Diego Real Estate Agent Arres.ed for Alleged jury. His Own Evidence In a Civil Suit the Basis of a Criminal Action. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN DIEGO, Nov. 12— R. A. Jones, a prominent real estate man, is in hot water for alle.ee. i perjury committed in litigation over a recent deal, He was scorchingly rebuked in open court to-day by Judge Torrence, wno declared that Jones had committed reijury. Later a warrant was issued fur Jones' arrest on that charge, and he was held in $1000 bonds by Jadge Bryan for examination. Jones was sued by Join Lon? to recover $500 cash and two lots worth $5000. Long bad agreed to bur a certain piece of prop erly of Barney Kanipling, and he gave Jones $5500 and a trust deed to the lots, to be turned over to > mi*. ing as soon as the latter had completed his part of the bar {rain. Now Long alleges that Jones with held $500 ol the money and would not deed the property over to Kampiing unless the latter paid bim $500. It was the old whipsaw game of demanding concessions from both buyer and seller. Jones lest lie i before Judge Torrenci that he was not an a.ent lor Kampiing, and that he was simply a go-between. But a contract was produced wherein Jones was made sole a ent tor Kaniplini; and was to receive $500 ior his services. This silenced Jones, and his attorneys hen attempted to quote authorities per- ting an agent to demand commissions from both buyer and seller. Judge Tor rence swept this aside and vigorously de nounced Jones. "I don't believe a word of your testi mony," ho_ said. "You have perjured yourself. Your course has been such as to call for the punishment of the law. I direct the clerk to take possession of the Contract in question, which, wiih the rec ord of Jones 1 testimony in this case, will serve as the bass of a criminal action against Jones lor perjury." Jones was arrested an hour or two later. GERMANY WLL RETALIATE. Complaint Made to the Pope of the Sympathy of the Vatican With the Franco- Russian Alliance. LONDON, Nov. 12.— Tbe Rome cor respondent of the Daily Chronicle says: Baron yon Bulow, the new y appointed German Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs, in an interview with the Pope, has warmly complained against the sym pathy of the Vatican with the Franco- Russian alliance and its hostility to the Triple Alliance. He declared in the name of Emperor William tbat if the Vatican persisted in such -a policy the German Government would retaliate on the Roman Catholics. RELIANCE GETS A POWERFUL LINE Will Oppose the Stanford Varsity in a Final Match To-Day. Giants Who Will Put the Col legians Through a Criti cal Test, Prospects Are That Stanford Will Win by a Larger Score Than Last Tear. This afternoon nt Recreation Rark, corner of Eighth and Harrison streets, the Stanford Varsity and a greatly strengthened Reliance team will meet for their final struggle on the gr diron. Following will be the line-up, which shows Reliance men of remarkable weight opposed to the veteran but lighter Stan ford line: m anfnrd. P. sition. lie iance. Jeffs, 151 L. K. X Sherman, 138 H ice. 16-' L. I. X trskoi-?, . tH) tic. ert, 188 L. (i. R. i-heehv, 195 Burnett, 185 C Hobbs, 225 i arte. 214 K. U. L. Smith, 197 Thomas, 185 K. T. L. Oliver, 198 Parker, 1481 „ .- , / Unvuii, 158 miii ii. 165 f X - *■" * L "-'-\Seawri*iht. 170 Murphy, 148 i _ , ■„.„ ... K,b,150 ; « Lode, 154 Daly, 165 L. H. It ..Morse. 165 Kisiier, I*7o K. 11. L ..Carter, 116 Cotton, 185 F Wyckoff, 140 To quote the words of Fete Smith, the big Reliance guard, who in 1892 played tackle for Caliiornia. "If Stanford can go through that Reliance line, it can rip the Berkeley line all to pieces." It should be a battle royal. Reliance has bent every effort to win this game, which will likely be its last this season, as the liutte match has not yet been ar ranged and seems to be only a vague pos sibility. The changes in the Reliance team are: Hobbs. the heaviest football-player on the coast, moved from guard to center because Wells is injured and Burnett is unable to practice regularly; Sheen y from tackle to guard, bis original position; big Bert Oliver introduced at lelt tackle, where Erskine and liguter men have played; I Erskine over to right tackle, with the duties of which position lie is more fa miliar; and Seawright, last season's Stan lord Varsity half, introduced at left end to share that position with Linyon. Then with Sherman, the Berkeley veteran and ex- Varsity captain at the other end ; Code, Stanford Varsity quarter for four years, at quarter: Morse an d Carter as half bacKs and Wyckoff at full, an unusualiy formidable team is arrayed against the i collegians. And these men have been I nightly practicing as a team for a week. Reliance partisans are off ring to bet | that this time their team will defeat Stan- j ford, though the preceding games have j resulted in scores of 6 to 4, 8 to 6 and 12 to j tl, with Stanford each time on the big end — Out never against so powerful a Reliance team. A great delegation of Stanford students is expected to come up for this game and try the effect of some of the new yells to be used on Thanks-giving day. On the grounds at the corner of Six te nth and Folsom streets, at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, the Alameda Higu School team will play the Horace Maun Gram mar School eleven. And on the same grounds to-morrow afternoon there will be a match game between tbe Rincon team and the Menlo lark eleven. The Rincon team is made np largely of mem bers of Company 11, League of the Cross Cadets. It expects soon to play a team from Company M and another from Com pany A, Lea-sue of the Cross. It is not tne policy of this department to lend itself to thefoolish but transparent deceptions habitually attempted by cer tain portions of each university team in their attempts to belittle the chances o! success for thefr favorites on Thanksgiv ing. Men that are boastful deserve to be beaten. But a healthy confidence is a prime requisite to a good performance. Exaggerated stories of disaster to players are only a part of a system of preliminary deception that the English collegian, the best type of the maniy athlete, does not resort to. The training of the men of Cambridge and Oxford for all their intercollegiate contests is done in the open, and when the teams meet it is the best concerted skill and ability that must win. The true sportsman feels no humiliation if he is the loser in a game he enters for the love of the sport and the enjoyment of the con test. When collegians on this coast, re gardless of Eastern practices, come to look at their contests in this light there ill ba a healthier, a better and a more ennobling atmosphere about what should be the best exemplification of amateurism. That Stanford's chances are excellent for the Thanksgiving game it is ridiculous to deny. In the opinion of this writer, who has witnessed practically all the gridiron contests hereabouts during th last seven seasons, Stanford should win by a larcer score than the 20 to 0 of last year. But no contest is settled until it is ended. ln football, particularly on a slippery be.d, there are innumerable chances for sudden reverses, for an indi vidual player, perhaps, to grasp an unex pected opportunity and turn the tide of battle. Whatever be tbe comparative ability of the two varsity teams now a fierce and hard-lought contest can be confidently relied upon, and no portion of the Uni versity of California will miss the struggle. There have been too many sure things iost in the pa-t. The fir>t Stan ford-California game in 1892 was a dead sure thing f>r California. And Stanlord men thought before the last intercolle giate ft Id day that they could not lose the meet, but they did. With the big game less than two weeks off the Berkeley team finds itself in a con dition almost c aotic. Toe line-ups for Thanksgiving day cannot be guessed any . more closely now than it could a month I ago. There is scarcely a position on the team which it can be said, barnug acci dents, a particular player rill till. The men have been shifted from one position to another in such bew lderingiy rapid succession that it is hard to tell for what position a man is a candidate. TakeQreisberg, lor example. He started in at the beginning ol the season playing a brilliant game at center, having played guard last y ar. Several weeks later found him playing halfback. Next he was tried at tackle, nnd now once more he is behind the line. Simpson has been rlave.l va riously at tackle, end and halfback, Lud low at guard, tackle, end and haliback, T.I in an at tackle anu fullback. Hopper at end and halfback, Cornish at tackle, full back, guard and center, and so on with other candidates. The pursual of such a policy of experi menting so late in the season is a decided innovation. In former year- the team has been nicked, with the exception of one or two positions, generally a month before the final contest. Judging from the nightly varying var sity line-ups the following men are most likely to compose California's '97 team : Center, McDermott; guards, Barnes and Mayer; tackles, Simpson, Pringle or Castelhun; ends, Whipple, Hopper, Col lier or Craig; quarter. Bender ; halfbacks, Captain Hall and Greisberg; fullback, Kaar berg. The fact that the second eleven has so frequently defeated or even scored against the varsity thus late in the training season THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1897. indicates, possibly, rather faulty selection of varsity men. And all this shows that California is preparing many men for the different positions, a policy that would indicate a determination to play a fast and re. ties? game against Stanford, sacrificing men and substituting fresh ones to rush for victory. BERKELEY HKACTICING. Tne Men Making Good Progress In th<- Work a Del Monte. DEL MONTE, Nov. 12.— Tbe Berkeley football team, which arrived here yester day and is training for the great came with Stanford on the 25tli, has been mak ing good progress since its arrival. The programme as carried out to-day by the team consisted of exercise during the forenoon, luncheon and, at 3 P. M., I practice came, after which the men went to the Del Monte baths tor a plunge and rub-down, returning to the hotel abouttf o'clock. This general pian will be carried out daily. Trainer Lean is keeping the men up to the strictest training rules, and they will he in fine condition for their Thanksgiv ing day contest. YALE READY FOR HARVARD Hundreds of Yale Men Arrive in Boston for To-Day's Game. BOSTON, Nov. 12.— The Yale football team reached Boston this evening. The party numbered fifty-six. Of thi3 num ber forly-:our were players and sub stitutes. The following coachois accom panied the team: Walter Camp, Frank Butterworth (the head coach), Frank j Hinkey, Louis Hinkey and G. Fisher San ford. The football train was a long one, an J was heavily loaded with Yale students. After dinner the piayers lounged about the corridors of the Vendome, chatted and whiled away the time until shortly atterO o'clock, when they went to tbeir rooms. By 10 o'clock the whole tquad had retired for the last night's rest before the great contest which will be played to-mo.row with Harvard. As regards Yale's chances for victory, there is little to be said. Captain Rodgers and his coachers refuse to talk for publi cation on that score. In sp.te of the fact that the Yale men are not loquacious, however, it is not difficult to see that the New Haven collegians are not worrying. Quietly, considerable -tting was done. Yale's sports had plenty of money with them and they looked lor and found con siderable at even figures. Captain Rod gers admitted officially that Corwin would take the place of Dudley, who was called borne by the death of his mother. JiBAIll TO Xl X IRK HALL. Great Interest Taken in the Yale-Har vard Gridiron Rattle. CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Nov. 12 —A heavy rain last night turned fcoldiers held into a lake, and the football learn went through signal practice indoors. _ At 3:30 this after noon th- Harvaid eleven and substitutes trotted out on the slushy ground, but the Drac ice was limited to catching and returning the ball on the kickoff. The line-up to-morrow will probably be as fol lows: Cabot, left end; Swain, left tackle; Bovee, left guard; Doucette, center; Haskell, right guard; Donald, right tackle; Mouiton, right end; Garrison, quarter back; Dibble, lett halfback; Warren, right halfback; llatighton, full back. All of the men seemed full of gin ger nnd in coo'i condition. NEW YORK, Nov. 12.— The rush of lootball enthusiasts from this city to Bos ton to see the Ya.'e-Harvard game whs un precedented. Ail trains from the G and Central depot for that city were crowded to their utmost capacity. All berths in the 11 and 12 o'clock trains to-night were taken, and as no more sle»t)ing-cars could be obtained the oveifl had to be satis fied with chair cars. Among Siock Ex chance br-.k^rs some money was paced on the Yale-Princeton match on Novem ber 20 at 100 to 50 against Yale. The odds on the Harvard-Yale match to-mor row remain at 100 to 80 against Yale. DR. O'BRIEN SAYS IT IS SPITE WORK. Superintendent of the Preston School Wants an In vestigation. Says the Men Who Accuse Him Are All Attaches Whom He Had Discharged. Special Dispatch to The Call. STOCKTON, Nov. 12 —Dr. E. S. O'Brien, Superintendent of the lone Reform School, who was in this city to-day, denied the charges aealnst him and says he wants a searching investigation. "Captain HawK, one of the men who make the allegations concerning cruelty at the school, is a man whom I discharged for incompetency." Dr. O'Brien said. "Secretary Bernard, another, was also dis charged for the same cause. Dr. Tyrrel, one of the trustees, wanted Bernard re tained, and is making his fight because he could not save him. "Ketchum was also discharged by me for incompetency and for neglect of duty. Captain Hawk fell asleep on the grounds and let five boys escape. Dr, Tyrrel tele phoned to me to retain Captain Hawk un til the board met, saying he had proof that it wa* a job put up by an assistant to allow the boys to escape. I relalnel him, but the hoys of Company A declared they would run away; they could not stand his cruelty and brutality. He knocked two boys down in the basement, one a colored boy named Wilson. All this has ema nated f-om discharged employes, parties whom £ had occasion to discharge for neglect of duty, frequenting saloons, drunkenness, etc. ; in short, for conduct unbecoming oflicers and gentlemen con nected with such an institution." ABANDONS FREE SILVER. Official Organ of the People's Party of Idaho Announces a Change of Front. DENVER, Nov. 12.— A special to the Republican from Boise, Idaho, says: A commotion has been caused in political circles by the action of the Boise Sentinel, the official organ of the People's party of the State, which announces in its issue to-day that henceforth it will fly the ban ner of fiat money instead of free silver at 16 to 1, the attainment of the latter being considered too remote to have the desired effect in muzzling the monopolies. It also declared for tne m ddle-of-the road policy, denouncing the Democrats as instigators of a scheme to swallow* np tbe Populist party. This action, it is be ii»ved, will sstr-jngo the Democratic wing of tie fusion party, which will likely make an effort to fuse with the Silver Republicans which, the Sentinel denounces, are d;sloval to the cause they espoused, and are flocking back to the ranks of the go'dbugs' parly. Senator Heitfeld has secured a con troling interest in the Sentinel, and the first 1 sue under the new regime came out to-day, bearing the name of E. C. Ful ler, Senator Heitfeld's private secretary, as manager. IMP GETS HOME IN FAST TIME Wins a Seven - Furlong Dash at Lakeside in 1:26 1-4. Laureate, the Odds on Fa vorite, Finishes In the Show. Morris' Lobangula Runs Third to Albert S and Volley at Bennlng, Special Dispatch to 1 mc Calx. CHICAGO, Nov. 12.— Winners at Lake side : Six furl on B t led ore 109 (1,. Smith), 3 to 1. 1 I-izzettH 109 (P. Clay), Hlj to 1 '■* Helen Wren 109 (Burns), 7 to 5 3 J Ime. 1:1 7 i/i. F.ve furlongs— ' 1 a r Deceiver 104 (P Clay), 3 to 1 1 Brlghtie .-. 109 (• on ey), 6 io 5 'i Farm Life 105 (XarVHtz), 4 to 1 ..3 lime. I:U3. One mile— Hats Oft' 10K (Dupee), even 1 A Ivi X .04 (ion vi. ft o 1 2 Inspector Hunt iu9 (\Veb» ). 6 to L 8 'l line, I :44Vi' Seven fur ones- Imp 90 (Dupee). 8 toft 1 1 If i-.U-L-ior 104 (Conley), 3Vi to 1 2 Laureate 90 (1. Burns), ,-c to ft 3 i ime, I :2bV4. Six fnrlon*****— Jim Armstrong 95 (C. Clay), 7 to 1 1 \Vi2tfliiß H(l(i. -n.nh). 10 to 1 "i Wolford 10ioma won, Flop sccuna, Siva third. Time, 1:15. Six furlongs, Sim W won, Orimar second, Ardath third. Time, 1:13% LEXINGTON, Kv., Nov. 12— Results: Six lurlongs, Fallax won. Wo Know It sec ond, Rebecca nurd. Time, 1:17) 2 . Five and a halt furionirs, ceiling, Samivel won, Ic*l« Russell second, Ma Angelina tidrd. Time l:ll}-i. One mile, selling, Lockhnrt won. Calleen second, Dockstacier third. Time, 1:45. Five furlongs, Virginia Cook won, Miss Ar nold second, Annie Taylor third. Time, 1:04 2 . Seven inrio, gs, selling, Three Bars «ou,Mc- FarlinJ II second, Eton Jacket third. Time, 1:31%. WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.— Results at Benning: One mile, Counsellor won, L B second, Tl- j mour third. Time, 1:49 2-5. Five and a half furlongs. Homelike won, I Princess of India second, Black Duke third. Time, 1:12 3-5. Mi c and a sixteenth, Albert S won. Volley i second, L ibengula third. Time, 1 :54 2-5. Seven lurlongs, selling, Sly Fox w0.., Aurum second, Glenoid third. T.me, 1:33. One mile, Oceana won, Ei ier Down second, Feliche third. Time, 1:49 2-5. CRIHELRAMH iOS It IMS. Lord Stanley's four- ear- Old Celt Cap tures the. Liverpool («)>, LONDON, Nov. 12.— the third day's rccing of the Liverpool autumn meeting to-day Lord S.anley's four-year-old bay colt Chi-selhanipton won the Liverpool cup. Captain Berwick's General Peace was second, and the Duke of Westmin ster's Labrador third. The race was a handicap for three-year-olds and upwards of 1200 sovereigns. Fifteen horses ran. J ckey Sloan did hot Pave his usual good luck to-day. He had mounts in four events, but succeeded in s< curing a place in only one, and that was when he landed August Belmont's Keenan second in the race for the Duchy p ate. In the race for the Liverpool cup Sloan rode an outsider, M. D. White's Form, which was a 40 to 1 chance. NO POST lEASun GAMES. Magnates of the National Baseball League Abolish the Temple Cup Series. PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 12.— The mag nates of the National Baseball L?ague, at their meeting to-day, voted unanimously to abolish the Temple Cup series of post season games. The resolution prohibits the playing of exhibition games at any time between National L?ague clubs. Mr. Freedman of New York offered the only oppo ition to the abolishment of the Tempi- Cup series, explaining that he felt his team would finish close to the top next season, and that he wanted the Tem ple Cup series to be continued. He votpd with the others, however, for the resolu tion, and stated afterward that he wouid set aside a fund of $5000 to be divided among Ins men should they finish at the top in 1898. A committee was appointed to confer with Mr. Temple of Pittsburg, the donor of the cup, to ascertain his desires as to the disposition of the trophy. The modifications submitted by the minor leagues to the rules relating to the draft of players were adopted. Tbe amended rule provi ies that no player in the Eastern, Western or Atlantic leagues shall be drafted by the major league until be shall have been two years with the minor league club, and that no more than two players can be drafted from any club of these leagues. §l»8i A donation of $75 was made to John Cartuy velles, the Cincinnati fireman who was injured at a can** last season by a boer glass thrown by Umpire Tim Hurst. Another donation of $351 wat made to cover the deficit in the fund for tue erec tion of a monument at Philadelphia to the veteran umpire, Harry Wright. THE UNION PACIF.C SALE. No One Seems to Know Anything About the Reported Hold- Up of its Completion. OMAHA, Nov. 12.— N0 reports have been received in Omaha concerning the disposition of the court to bold up the completion of the Union Pacific sale. Master in Chancery Cornish, who has the matter in charge, is in St. Paul, but Special Government Counsel Cowin is in Omaha. He has heard nothing of the matter, and says if there was anything in it he would have heen notified. The Unicn Pa cific head offi mis declare the hole mat ter is already settled. That is the pre vailing opinion here. Judge Sanborn, the Judge who confirms the sale, is in St. Paul. WASHINGTON. Nov. 12.— William J. Coombs of New York, who acted in an advisory capacity to the Government in conn, ction wiih the sale of the Union Pa cific R .ilroad, is in the city for the. pur pose of conferring with the Attorney- General respecting the affairs of the Cen tral Pacific. The conference is to take place to-morrow. Mr. Coombs says be is not aware of wbat steps the administration will take to pro tect the Government's interest in the road. The fuil amonnt of the Government's in terest in the road anpiox. mates $45,000, --000, and Mr. Coombs believes that the real would sell at its fuli commercial value." He mentioned the Denver and Rio Grande, the reorgan zed Union Pacific, the Central Pacific third-mortgage bond holders and udders and the South ern Pacific R. i road Company as corpora tions and interests which might bid on the road were it offered for sale at public auc tion. William Solomon, who, it is said, repre sents the banking house of 8] ever & Co. of New York, had an interview with At -General McKenna to-day, Pre sumably for the purpose oi ascertaining the Government's intention re-jecung the Central Pacific. Mr. Solomon returned to New York as soon as the conference was over, and Mr. McKenna declined to say anything regarding it for publication. SEALING PROPORTIONS. Many Matters Must Be Considered Before Measures of Protection Are Reached. WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.— During to day's sealing conference a series of propo sitions was presented by the American representatives covering the number and habits of seals and extent to which the seal herd had been reduced during the live years in which the P ris tribunal had been in operation. In turn the British- Canadian representatives presented coun ter propositions covering their view of the same subject. The propositions differed considerably, but were not so wide apart as to lead to the belief tbat they could not he reconciled. It is expected that when the session is resumed to-morrow the experts will be able to reach a common understanding. The propositions do not embody any diplomatic features, hut are solely scien tific, as to the number, habits and des truction, of the seals. After the experts have reconciled their propositions the diplomats will begin to consider the large subject of providing an adequate remedy against sea! destruction. WARSHIP FOR SAN DIEGO'S RESERVES The Marion Will Probably Be Sent to the Southern Harbor. Yourg Seamen Owe Their Cood Fortune to trie Efforts of U. S. Gran. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN DIEGO, Nov. 12.—The question as to whether the Naval Reserves here will get the Marion or tne Camanche is keep ing the division in hot water. The an nouncement was first made that the Mar ion would be ordered here, and then came the titenient of Adjutant-General Bar rett that the Marion would stay in San Francisco and the Camanche be turned over to San Diego. It now transpires that San Dieco was indebted to U. S. Grant of this city for this special concession to the local re serves. On November 5 Grant called on Secre tary Long of the navy, accompanied by Lieutenant Alexander Snarpeof the navy, as is learned by a letter received yesterday by the latter' father, Major Sbarpe of this city. The S -cretary stated to Grant, on his request for a ship for the San Diego reserves, that the department would in vestigate and see if there was a ship avail able. "Later in the day." says Lieutenant Sharpe, "the Secretary issued an order setting aside the Marion for thas purpose, and she now awaits only the final appli cation of the Governor of California to b-> turned over to the reserve-." The Evening Tribune of this city to night publishes a telegram it sent to Sec retary Long, with bl* answer, a-* follows: Secretary ef the Nary, Washing lon, D. C: Is it your intentioa in turning over the Marion to the Naval Reserves to I uruish her to the San Diego division or to the San Francisco divi sion? The Evening Tribune. Secretary Long answered as follows: Washington, D. C, Nov. 12, 1897. . The Tribune, San Ditgo, CaL : The Marion is intended lor tan Diegu Naval Reserves. John I). Long. NOT AFRAID TO DE. A Lawyer's Remarkable Letter Writ ten on the Verge of the Grave. NEW YORK, Nov. —John C. Bullitt Jr., a prominent lawyer of Duiuth, Minn., and formerly resident counsel for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company at St. Paul, committed suicide in a room at the Central Railroad Hotel, on Liberty street, taking hydro-chloric acid, cyanide of potassium and nitric acid. The suicide, who was 36 years of ace and who comes from a well-known Ken tucky family, bad been in New York about two months, having come here to promote several Mexican mining schemes in which he was interested. Of late bis friends had feared that his mind was de ranged. The suicide left a note ad dressed to bis brother, Joshua F. Bullitt of Bigstone Gap. Va., in which, after re questing bis brother to care for bis wife und little girl in Duiuth, be says: You will, I know, be interested in knowing how a person feels who is about to step into the unknown world. Hence I will tell you what my feelings are. I wonder, I doubt, I hope, but over all the wonder and the doubt and the hope a feeling of in tense curiosity prevails. What is the future? I believe I know, but it is only a belief. I am very curious to verify it. The feeling of fear is absent. I am going from here to the Eden Musee to play chess with the automaton. This fact illus trates my mental condl ion, perhaps, better than a volume of my writings wou.d. Death seems to me to be merely an event of no more importance say, than breakfast. 1 love life and hate to leave it, but the summons lias been served and I must answer. And now, good-by will meet again. Your brother, John c. Bullitt Jb. ONLY SEVEN NEW GASES. : The New Orleans Board of Health Issues Its Last Yellow Fever Bulletin. NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 12.— The Board of Health issued its last daily yellow fever bulletin to-night. It snows seven new case* to-day and two deaths. The bulletin shows that since the beginning of the scourg» there have been 1794 cases of yellow ever, of w'yspepsla, constipation, rheumatic, liver and kidney trouble are conquered by the Bit. era VICTIMS OF AN OREGON FEUD One Man Murdered and Another Wounded - Near Chetco. Strife Beiween the Coolidges and Van Pelts Breaks Out Anew. Members cf One of the Warring Factions Ambushed and Flr^d Upon. Special Dispatch to The Call. CRESCENT CITY, Cai,., Nov. 12.— A state of lawlessness, which has long been a terror to the better element of society of the southern border of Curry Couniy, Or., was made signally outrageous by the I ireachercus Killing several days ago ©1 Ai Cooiidge and the wounding of W. W. Smith. 11l feeding has existed between two clans known respectively as the Van Pelts and Coolidges since a lime, live years ago, when an effort wa made to boom Cheico as a desirable location for a city and the open sea in front as an important harbor. Thomas Van Pelt and Cooiidge, father ofthe man just killed, became associated with the inflating enterprise — which, by the way, was a dismal failure — and the two men and their respective henchmen have ever since been blaming each other for the lack of success and complaining of encroachment by the adverse party upon their rights. After about a month had passed two shooting affrays were indulged in, the latter of which resulted in the i wounding of E. C. Hughes, son-in-law of j Van Pelt. The shooting wasacknowledged by the Cooiidge party. The Curry Couuty authorities have long previously given up the hope of i maintaining peace in that section, but a I citiz ns' meeting was held and after an arbitration of the claims of the contend ing parlies, the difficulty was for a time j thought to be settled. It subsequently ; developed that the armistice was but a blind. Cooiidge and Smith had been to the house of John Cooleys, two miles ud the river from Chetco. While on their return at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and when near the summit of a bill, they were fired upon. Three rifle-shots were discharged in | quick succession ami Cooiidge fell, shot through the heart. A sudden turning of the team overturned he wagon-soat and threw Smith upon the ground. He had been shot through the right side, and knowing that his only hope of safety was in getting distance between himself and the enemy he hobbled away as best he j could and at length again rescued the house of Coolys. With Coolyshe returned j to the scene of me tragedy, finding the wagon and team unharmed and the body j cf Cooiidge yet in the wagon. The team was driven to Chetco, where a brother of Cooiidge wa- waiting, having but an hour previously arrived from Sil verton with the avowed purpose of trying to get Ai Cooiidge to abandon his location and get away from the trouble and danger that thieatened him. His brother came j only to find ♦.hat he was too late and that his fears had been too welt founded. The remains of Cooiidge were embalmed an 1 sent overland to-day to be interred at S Iverton, where his parents and other relatives live. The lawful authorities seemed powerless to prevent the outrages of such frequent occurr nee at Cnetoo, or to bring any of the offenders to an accounting. The com mon lear is that the feud is only in its inception. Cooiidge upon examination was found to have a second wound in his side, and his heart was literally torn into shreds, indicating that the shooting had been at i close range. Smith's wounds are not con- j nw to-dat: Doctor Gave Hood's Reduced In Weight by Serious I I- ness— Gaining Fast After Tt king Hood's Sarsaparilla. "1 was taken witb a violent attack of the grip which left my syttem in a very weak state. I had fallen off in weight from 140 to 119 pounds. I called on my doctor to five me something to build me up. He advised me to try a change of climate and also gave roe Hood's Sarsapa- rilla, with the remark, 'that is the best.' and that I would not need any other med- icine. After I had taken the first bottle I found myself greatly improved. I pro- cured another bottle and also a box of Hood's Pills, and I was soon perfectly well. I bave since taken Hood's Sarsaparilla as a tonic and blood medicine and have always found it good. My husband and little daughter hare abo taken it with benefit. I have found Hood's Pills an excellent cathartic." Mrs. C. F. Roth, Vernon, Sutter Co., via Nicolaus, California. Hood's s P !!?.?a Is the best— in fact the One True Blood Purifier. Sold by all druggists. $1 ; six for $5. Hnnrl'« Pi||« are purely vegetable, care- " uuu a r,,,a fully prepared 25 cents. IT IS A NERVE TONIC— Jf^. AN INVIGORANT! vl y\)(?j It Carries Vital Energy Into the Sys- yflr AT tem — Just Give It a Moment of J V^ Serious Thought. yf I If you want to bs strong, vigor- f i ous and energetic, if your system is / I / depleted and your nerves shaky, if I «*« Street, Ooposlts **■*• **■ ■• . o#%niUfcl^, Palace Hotel. San Francises. Office Hours— A. M. to 8 :30 P. M.t, Sundays. 10 to 1. 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He considered a trial speed of sixteen knots suflii lent for our battle-ships under present conditions, and it did not need to be increased until American battle-ships promised materially greater speed than they now possess. — JfEW TO-DAT." WE MSKE MEN Healthy, strong and vigorous by our new and woudertul curl. Stubborn ebronie disease- of the heart, brain and nerves that Have bflffl phvsicia. for years, and which, in fact, are incurable by the eof either drugs or electr «> ty alone, speedily and completely yield to tne ! combined influence of electricity .and nt d - ' cine, the two great agents wnich form our | magical and infallible NEWme c . t c r a O I'CURE FOR ALL DISEASES^ IT COSTS YOU NOTHING To consult us personailv or by malt. Write, if you cannot call. Address: STATE ELECTRO-MEDICAL INSTITUTE Cor. Market, Powell and Kddy its.; Kntrance, No. 3 Eddy St., SAX FKANCISCO, CAU To-day we serve many good things free, and you are in- . vited to sample. Jit first coun- ter, next ladies' rest room. FLAPJUK VI All' —Mude into hot cakes on our electric stove. (Notice the cooking by electricity.) Package 15c SCG.-tBUOUSK UltlPS — Rich, sweet, pine; served on the flapjacks. Gallon, 35c; ktg.... 51.40 WHOLE TOMATOES— Creme deLuxe: new pack; solid for frying; delicious flavor; 3-lb. tins, each 10c JltLi s AND JAMS— Creole deLuxe; 1-lb. jars; pure 15c MINCEIi' FRUITS AND NUTS- 1-lb. cartons; ready for fruit cake, etc.; saves labor; pound 15c ' C^KAMXI CKKEAL - From Battle Creek ; free samples to take home ; 1-lb. packages 15c Battle CreeK (M'ch.) Health Foods, all kinds -Extra Mince Meat ; sold In bulk; equa.s home made; rich, meaty, new ant prime; pound . l~.'a'* Wright's Table and Hotel sauce.. lOc and Hoc Pin-Money Pickles; a. great deiicacv ... 20c to 4"» c Spaghetti iv Tomato Sauce, 3 cans 10r..,. DRIKD FRUITS. Next week we will serve samples cooked of all kinds of Dried and Evaporated Fruits, Raisins, Figs, etc free. Prunes are plenty; new crop, choice, pouud 3e TiVsW GOODS. 1 New Nut*?, Raisins Imported Figs, Leggett/j Sons' Ki*:s, Imperial J'run**", Extra Se.le