Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 28, 1889, Page 9

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY JfiLY 28, 1889, —TIHE LOCAL SPORTING WORLD A Proposed Beneflt for Frank Seles, Omaha's Baseball Manager. AMATEUR WHEELMEN'S ACTIVITY A Cnteh-ns-Oatch-Oan Wrestling Matoh—Afeer the Middie-Weight Champlon—The Baseball Re- view—Miscolianeons. A Benefit for Sclee. A digvement is on foot to give Frank Sele, the olever and efficient manager of the Omahn base ball team, a grand benelt at the local p#fk Thursday, August 15. That the gentorfian I deserving of this extra recog- mition at the hands of Omana's base ball DAtrons no one will doubt. He has worked faithfully and industriously from the open- ing of the season to bring tho team vD to & standard of play that would permit of no icking even from the most exacting crank, and well has he succeeded. He has the pen- nant winners,it now scoms a foregone conclu- sioit, yet in this there may vot be disappoint- medt. ‘But irreapective of this desirable end, the Omabas = are playing tho best ball to-day of any minor association team fn ‘the conntry—are batting hardem flelding oleaner, running bases better and winuing more cames, The credit for all this must be awarded Manager Selee, He is careful and painstaking with his men, vet rigidly nevere when it _comes to discipline, and they own their splendid condition and “fine work to his. unremitting watchfulness mora than anything else. The main attrac- tion at the proposed benefit is to be an exhi- Vition game of ball between the homo team and the Minneapolis ageregation, and a spir- fted hattle will be the result. Manager Solee will occuny the box for the locals for the first five innings, and Man- ager Morton officiate similarly for his team In addition to this there will be long distance throwing contests, mateh baso running, sev- eral spriit racds, a wrestling bout, hich jumping, ete,, making up a most interesting and varlea programme. APOLLOS ON THE The Run to Trvington at 3:30, ‘The run to Bellevue brought out thrirteen of the boys, and they all_had n dandy time. Time down. one hour and forty.five minutes ; back, one hour and twenty minutes Beindorf was the only man to climb every hill, and the only one who didn't take at lenst one header. The sfeht of Bob Calkins on the last run was ‘good for sore eycs—so the boys all said. But three of ‘the thirteen came back per the'steam cars. Phe sultry sun was too much for “Short Crank” Fred. and he was com- velled to drop out at Soufh Omaha, There 18 an_anixiety to see the president turn out on soma of the runs. An unusual number of road hogs were en- countored en route t Bellevue For the run to«duy, meet at 2540 Capitol aveuue, ROAD, Among the Wheelmen, Joseph Josephi atarted on_his tour Th day morning, leaving Des Momnes, to which point he took the train from here. Watermelon and ‘“purec’ is not exactly the proper combination to eat, but it has been eaten, and can be done again. Francisco's hana is just about getting well. He already hints about taking a ride. Who says he had enough ridin. When is the Coombe-Florence medal to be run for! ‘It has been nicely engraved, set- ting forth the date and the name of the giver. There will be a run_to Irvington at 8:30 m. to-day andBellevue at %:3) p. m, The club mileage is away behind this month be. cause of the rainy weathor. At Missouri Valley they had fully pre- pured for the boys, to all appearances, an extra call having been put on the rack, which wus casilv disposed of, although some the boys, it is thought, would have caten anything, from nails upward, upon their arrival. J. H. Lothrop has resi first lieutenant. This will be read with re- gret by a great many of the riders of the club, for all iad a great feeling for “Lothy.” But then, lawn teunis takes his attention now. Ho has oven sold his mach 10 be able to devoto al} his time to this pretty sport. It's dollars to doughnuts, thougli, that hie kioks pedals agnin next season. ‘I'ho run to Missouri Valley last week was attended by eight members who ran through, two ouly, goihg us far ns Crescent. The Tonds beyond Crescent were only in fair con- dition. One new rider attending, this ride exhibited great merve in sticking to his machine as he did, After having his hand blistered so budly that he could ha dly hold the nandle, ho-continued on his way, though he could have caught a tram_which would have brought him through. This was the first long ride on a safety out of Omaha, ono being ridden just as an’ experiment, and he thinks it is the road machine of the future, Ridine it back with reater easo than going, the roturn trb being watched by most of the boys, thinking the captain would surely give np; The captain's ordinary is now for sale. ned his office of Misc 1lancous Sports. Hurry McCormick is pulling out the erop- ples by the cord at Spirit Lake. ‘Che Sports Afield, puolished at Denver, is one of tho neatest, newsiest and best edited sporting sheets in the country. Frank Parmeleo, of this city, and Charlie Budd, of Des Moiues, go to Leadville next week to participate in a big trap shoot to be given there. ‘The finest broken Gordon setter in the city of Omuha is the property of Jack Penning- ton. Billy Townsend's irish bitch, Zoe, 18 another magnificent dog. Dr. H. A. Worley, with o coterie of con. genial spirits, will spend several weeks next month elk and deer hunting in the famous valley of the Sweetwater. Elmer Frank, clerk of the United States court, an will leave about the 15th of August for their annual deer and bear Lunt off wmong the Colorado mountains, W. C. Dohm’s half-mile in 1m. 55's, ba: been duly verified by the proper officials’ and will become the best American awateur record, supplanting L. . Myers' 1m. 55 2-5s Cards are out announcing the marrioge of immy F. Lindsay to Miss Mary £. Lynch, ono of Omabin's fuir-daughters, at tho home of the bride, Soventeenth ani Manderson stroets, on the evening of July 31, Cable advices are that Jem Smith, the Soglish pugilist, is willing to take §1,000 ex- penses and fight John L. Sullivan in this country for the championship of the world, if Switivan is not willing to ¢o abroad. D, ve Hennett and Ed Kendall are doing the lown and Dlinows towns on a professional sprinting tour. They beat the local crack at Davenport last Thursday, and are said to have got away With nearly a thousand dol- ars of prohibition suckeretta. A t Chiougo, Tiursday night, Frank Ives made @ total' of 315, while Jucob Schuefer seored 225, in & game of balk line billiards, Ives' average was 18 638 and Schuefer 18 31-88. This is the first time that Schaefer was ever beaten i a gime as long as 300 n;lnu by any wman save George Slosson and aurice Viiuuux—that is iu fourteen in balk line. Ives did the remarkable perform auce of 208 in nine innings. Evih‘Lowis. the strangler, and MeMillen, the strong mav, are matched for a mixed style wrestling contest to take pluce at the Coligbupm AURUALT. The contost will bo for A purke 0f “§300 offered by the management, and will, in all' likelinood, be a struggle worth witnessing. Lewis has the repu being one of the bost cateh-as-catol- wrestlers in the world, and in fact for eral years heid the champiousbip, but he way up i all styles, and fully able to hoid his own with the best of them. MeMillen, the strong man, while not so well known as the strangler, is also u good man at this style of wrestling and fully expects to down the Wisconsin terror, A fight, or more properly speaking, a glove contest, s being arranged for between Jimwy Lindsuy, the middle-weight cbampion of Nobraska, aud Dan Daly, of St. Lous, to come off within the next fortnight witnin one bundred miles of this oity. Lindsay's record is 100 well kuown for rehearsal here, but in Taly, who . is comparatiyely & novice, o will find @ wareior worthy wil his muscle, NOrve aud scicuce. He has made but one tlkht 0f wuy note~u druw with no less a rsonuge, tbat BUy Moyer, the Streator WEO fouglit & draw with Juck McAilige last winter, Daly and Lindsay will fight for A purse of $500 given by a number of port- ing men of this city, Councit Bluffs and St. Louis, The time and place has not as yet been decided upon, The following is s list of the entries for the great professional championship meeting, 10 be held at Denver August 18 to 25; Dave Bennett, Ed Kendall, of this city} J. P. Haughn, Casey, Ill; W. Samuels, Botany, N. §. U Jesse Cross (colored), Cairo, Til.§ H. M. Johinson. St. Louis; 8id Peet, Buffalo, N. Y.; Jamos Quirk, Brantford, Ont.; James Collins, Milwaukee,' Wis.; E.'S. Skinner, Denver; C. F. Gibson, Kansas City; O. D. Clack, Kansas City: C.' C. Lee, Fort Scott, Kau.¢ W. H. Hoogh, Girard, Kan.; W.Mills, Watertown, Mass.: F'red Roger, Trenton, N. J.; Dave_ Shepard, Pittsburg, Pa.: E. U, athias, New Philadeiphia, O.; Frank Only Dodge City, Neb.; T, W. Dobbins, St. Paul, Minn.; O. D. Start, lowa: F. W. Stone, New York; Frank Lewis, Oakland, Cal.: M Slattery, Boston; ‘*Tuckie” Murphy, Provi- dence, R, 1.; W. Brown (colored), Natick, homas Fitzgerald, Toronto, Ont. Ryan, Los_Angeles, Cal.; W, Don vi an, Mass.; J. W.Flynn, Lynn, Mass. ; W. U, Bryan, Hutchinson, Kan. The entry list up to date comprises thirty names,among them being the st prominent rununers in the country. xterminating the Birds. The secretary of the Omaha gun _club is in receint of the following letters, which speak for themselves: Lixscorr, Neb,, July 25.—Dear Sir: It you have any men out looking up violators of the game laivs, send one to this place. They are slaughtering young chickens and gronse in this vicinity by thousands and shipping them to the eastern markets, - Axseimo, Nob., July 28.—Dear Sir: 1 write you if the interosts of the game law, and with the hope of stobping *ho killing of young prairie chickens before the law is up, 1f your club desires to proscente offnders, T advise you to send an officer or ofticers up into Custer county. The birds are being killea off by the wholesale there. Dunning is the station the birds are being largely shipped from. Plenty of evidence is obtain- able that will conviet several of the con- scienceless scamps. . Bixcrort, Neb,, July 19-Dear Sir: There are one or two rogularly orgunized parties in this vicinity who nothing but shoot: prairie chickens for the eastern market, and they are at it now. Up on the Omalin reservation, the birds are being litorally exterminated before they are half grown. Cahnot your soc take some steps which will put a stop to this uniawrul pract If you want_any shoot- ing this fall, you will surely have to do something to protect the young birds. Nowrii PrLarresNebge July 18.—To the Sporting Editor of Tue Ber: If _any move is made by the Owaha, gun clubs to put a quictus to the wanton, yialption of the prairie chicken law, T have fromy 50, to $100 to con- tribute to help the cduse dlong. It is an out- rage to have chickens and quails. not yet haif-grown, destroyed, in the way that mur- ket hunters are now destroying them. Flashes From the Binmond. The season 18 more than half over. Brooklyn is still after Tom Nagle. Emmerke is with the Milwaukecs, Shock leads in batting for Milwaukee, Des Moies is in a bad way for pitchers, evne is putting up a good game for Sioux City. Minneapolis is yet a factor in the pennant chase. Cincinnati would give a big round sum for Nichols, Alvord is putting up a good game for the Cowboys. Tuckerman is doing the best pitching for the Apostles, Burns, the Poet, of Kansas City, bas made 100 base hits, Milwaukee has got & got a good man Pitcher Davies, Joe Quinn, Boston’s short-stop, with malurial fever. Elmer Foster is the champion sprinter of the western association, Minneapolis has a strong pitching trio in Duke, Devlin and Mitchell. Sioux City has patched up ber difficulties and will play the season out. St. Paul has released Wagenhurst, who has signed with the Cape May team. Canayan is, without a doubt, the ‘best out- flelder in the Westera association. It is hinted that Kansas City parties con- trol the bulk of St. Joe's base ball stock. Willie Mains, St. Paul's long drawn-out twirler, is getting it in the neck hard and often. W. L. Van Horn, one of the Denver direc- tors, was in the city a couple of days this week, Crooks 18 the only player in the country who has mude four bome runs in one game this year. Captain Shoch work out of the Ezra did. What's the matter with Omahw's securing Krock and Somers, the battery recently re- leased by Chicago? Burks, Sioux City’s short stop, went back on Denyer and signed with 'St. Joe. Iowe says he'll have the young man black listed. Juck Messitt has been loaned to Denver and is playing third. The Omaha manaj ment can recall him wheneyer they fecl 80 disposed. “Peek-a-b00" Veach, of the Sacramentos has been laid off for Goozing, He is an irre- deemable lusher and should be *fired” in- continently. Nagle has caught four-fifths of all Omaha’s games this season, and, hih yet his first poor gamo to catch, Tommy is worth bis weigut w serap iron. ME 1% Milwaukee has no cause for regret in los- ing Pitcher McNubb. Omaha found him a regular pud. He claims to have been sick while here, however, Crooks has made 10 home runs, Cleveland 9. Andrews 8, Strauss aud Canavan 7 each, Messitt 5, Walsh, Nagle: and Cooney 4 cach, Clarke 2 and Nichiols 1. Dalrymplo and McClellan are the ball players of tho Denver team. Grandpapa Dolan, however, continues to hold up his end, both at and behind the bat. The St. Joe papers olaim that Owaha has a wholesale dread as well as disgust for Chippey McGarr. But that 1s untrue. The gy littlo bird bis always beou o favorite ere. Kid Nichols is one of the coming pitehers, that is, if ue basn't already arrived. He is certainly one of the most effective men in the box to-day, and the National league and the American wssociation are both clamoring for him. Remember there is a game at the ball park to-morrow, as well as Tuesday and Wednes. day, too. These pames were trausferred from Des Moines here by mutual consent, and will be the last played here until Au’ gust 8, The battling averages of the Omaha team up 1o and inciuding the game yesterday, as follows: Crooks, .455; Cleveland, .33 Canavan, .826; Nagle, .521: Cooney, 805 Walsh, .505; Willis, .300; Strauss, .265; 'An- drews, .200; Messitt, 350: Clarke, .320; Nichols, 200, Under the new rules of four balls, three strikes, the improvements in batting is scarcely noticeable. Takipg the official uy- erages of last year in_comparison with those of 1o dute, we find that the batting is in- creasod about 10 per cent. On this bass the leading batsmen this vear would not have wore than 877 to his credit. In fact, it will be surprisiag if these figures are reached. The Spirit of the South pays Tim Hurst, the new Western association umpire, the following compliment: “The late Southern league season is notavle in one respect, it in- troduced to the base ball world down in this direction the best umpire we have ever seen, inTim Hurst, He is intelligent, honest; firm, quick and correct in his decisions, and has the respect of ull players.” In a game in New York last week Patsy Oliver Tebeau, Omaba's old third baseman, drove the ball over the fence and won #100 for so doing. Mo New York Sun spoke as follows of the hit: *n this game Tebeau was the hero of the day, and when he left tue field he was $100 richer than when the ganie bogun. When Connor made his hit over tho fence a few days ago, James J. Coo- £an wa e wn offer of $100 to the uext player who would put_the ball over the fence, and Mickey Welch made a bet of #10 that the bail would not #o over again. Mickey 18 out his $10, for in the fourth wning, when Welch vuve Tebewu @ coaxer, the batter did not seem 10 bit the bail hurd, but it went up in the air with & graceful curvo wnd disappaared ove: the fence. As it curved through ru white strip of puper seemed 0 trail in is off is getung ‘much Milwaukees than better Uncle out behins it, upon which was stamped, *"Pay the bearer $100.” [t did not take Mr. Cooganlong to brin the chieck 1o the players’ bench, and notwithstanaing that Captamn Ewing objected on the_ground that the re- ward was for the New York players alone, the money went to the batter, an Mr. Co gan renewed the offer to the New York layer who should dvplicate the hit. Te- au's hit was not 80 long & one as Conor's, for it went over the feuce as near center fleld as possible.” Questions and Anawers. Beatrice sport.—A wins, Will you please inform mo in_Sunday's issue where William Hickok, (Wild Bil,) was killed and who killed him'and whoro he was buriedi—An Old Subscriber, Eleventh and Pierce strects, Ans.—At Deadwood, by Jack MeCall in *70. He was buried there. McCall was hung at Yankton, Dak. Pleaso anawer the following questious in Sonday's sporting columns, Did Drury Vanderwood, of Kansas City, breake the rec- ord atthe spring shooting in that city, and what is his record ! Where does J. R. Stice,the noted live-bird shot reside, and has he any occupation, What is Budd’s best record on 100 live birds, and has ho ever been beaten ! ~L. McK. Omaha. Ans.—Know nothing of Vanderwood or his record. Stice resides in this city and is connected with the Collin's Gun ' company, Budd’s record is mnety-nine birds. He has been beaten repeatedly. When and where did Sullivan and Kilrain first meet, and how often did they meeti—C. H. Mayberry, Stauton, Neb. Ans.—In Boston, in January, 1883, times, Can you please inform me whether Jacob Schacfer, the champion billiard player, was born in Chicago or St. Louis!—T. H. . Cue, Omahu, Ans.—He was born in Milwaukee. T. R. Black, City—All the questioas you ask have boen answered soveral times in these columns before, and Tax Ber has not the space to reprint them. It is expected that those interested will rezularly read this column and keep posted; for that reason the queries are published in full. No attention 18 paid to communications asking to what r ligious denomination or what political party this or that ball player belongs To decide a bet wil! you ple size of the ring in which Mitchell fought in France {— Fremont. Ans.—The square, In a game of pinocle 0%0. The dealer turns up the seven spot (dees), can this be counted! In melting, when one has melted 150 (juck, queen, king, ten and ace) can he, by placing an extra king or queen, count forty additional!—Churles N. W., Kansas City. Ans.—Unless you had an understanding before the game begun, it counted. Yes, to your secoud question. A Man's Mistake. M. N. B. in Boston Glohe, A braco of beauties—one a blonde And Vother a brunetto is; The dark-eyed houri’s Rildegonde, The golden locks are Letty's. Three e stato tho Sullivan _and % 0. Dunham, feet regulation, twenty-four A and B both have A horse between two bales of hay Might fancy what I suffer; To miss a heaven whichever way 1 turn, ob, what is tougher? Either I'd woo as I've wooed none Had | ne'er met the other; But when I think of hife with one It makes me long for vother. When Letty lifts those violet eyes To mine 1love her madly; But Hildegonde's angelic guise Affects me quite as badly. Their rival charms distract me so 1 wish I'd never scen 'em For, soou or late, full well I know, T've got to choose between ‘em. Besides, to break a woman's heart Should horrify a heathen Yet if I chioowe that is the purt That tate assigns to me then, O Letty! O gay Hildegonde! Bo sure that 1 shail pity Whichever’s left! Yet why despond? “There still is Salt Lake City And where I fancy either faco— Now all aglow with beauty— In tears for me, 1t seems a case Where bigamy’s a duty! e e ) . EE P. S.—Kind friends, the die is cast, Oh, take me out and bake me! I've povped to both the girls at last And neither one would take me! PEP| The rond to rumn leads through the wicket rate. The language of a deaf-mute is a thing that goes without saying. Has the horse who wins by a baro neck any ndvantage over a pretty girl at a ball. The trouble with a tip on o horse race is that 1t is 8o seldom tip-top. None of Jack the Ripper's victims is so thoroughly dead as the London police, What are the wild waves saying! Thoy are probably lying about their circulution, What's the difference between being in the soup and getting in a ste The_fly-wheel is the anarchist of mechan- ics, It is always engagod in revolutions. Marriage is not s fwlure. It is simply Cupid’s assignment for the benefit of his ereditors. The people who get the greatest pleasure out of the traveling season are tho servants who stay at home. The sublime porte has been asked to join the triple alliance, The allunce wants t5 be able to talk Turkey to Servia, Alas! no British syndicate of capitalists has yet proposed to buy the state capitol at Albany, A very sensitive horse is btter than any other for hunting because he is quicker to take a fence, ‘The man who is late for the train is like a contractor when he is seen *‘tearing’ up the street, Actors may have no end of animosities in private life, but they always make up before they appear on the stage. From Newport comes the cry that men are waated. The heavy swells of the surf are nov sufticieu? to satisfy the feminine heart. In the meteorological eccefitricities of the present season nulure seems to be indulging in “cruel and unusual” modes of aunoying mankind, ‘The majosty of the law had to take a back seatat the prize fight, but it sww the fight, and can now get up and be the majesty of the law again. ““Yes,” said the literary man, with a sigh; vstyle s a fine thing for a writer to have, but' when his wife's got it, to, it takes all the profit away.” An English viscount, aged twenty years, has married o concert hall singer. Ho will probably have & divorce in time to make a tuitable marriage at the age of discretion. The time has comeagain when & fine string of fish in the hand 18 worth two dollars out of pocket to tho man. who didu't cateh tho fis *But, Max, don't you think it extravagant to give $300 for a diamond (0 wear on my hand " “Not at all, my dear; you don't cori- sider how much I shall save on your gloves,” “Forty Thieves" was_receutly billed for a Moutreal theater, but it was a failure, The insignificant number of thieves was ouly jeered at by the American colony of default- ‘ers and cashiers, Stage realism is taking another and more life like form. In a play soon to be pro- duced in New York there will be no tauk flled with real water, or & brace of bona fide buglars but a rooster that knows when to crow. A competent company has been engaged to support the bir - SRMIND DROPS, e An Absoluts Oure, The ORIGINAL ABIETINE OINTMENT is only put up in large two-ounce tin boxes, and is an absolute cure for old sores, burns, wounds, chapped bands, snd all skin erup. tions. ‘Wil positively cure all kinds of piles. Ask for the ORIGINAL ABIETINE OINT- MENT. Sold by Goodman Drug cempany at 2 cents per box—by wail 50 ceuts, - e Jewelry belug aguin 1n high vogue, ail sorts of vew desigus aud devices ure being brought outy STRUGCLE FOR A FORTUNE. Florence Blythe's Case as it Appears in Court. HER MOTHER TELLS THE STORY: Eleotricity Ends theé, Highbinders Business in Chinatown—An Un- romantic Mongolian Court- ship—Curse of Land Monopely. A Breeze From fhe Const. SAN FrANci=co, Jaly 25.—[Special to Tne Beg.|—The story 8f the struggle for the millions left by $he late Thomas H. Blythe has aftgmcted attention throughout this cum:}ry. Sngland and Australin, and the edurt room in this city, where the fight 1§ mow at its most interesting poriod, is {$hronged daily. The principal charadtér just at present is Mrs. Ashcroft, mother of Florence Blythe, the latest elaimant for the millionaire’s money. Although suffer- ing from sickness, Mrs, Asheroft was on the stand for severnl days last week and reveated the story of her life—her meeting in TLondon with Thomas Blythe, his promises of marriage and final desertion, followed by the birth of Florence, and the subsequent marriage to Joo Asheroft. Tho story of Mrs. Asheroft loses none of its interest in the details. Grief was her portion,and sel- dom was it dispelled by joy. Her son of happiness was short with Thomas H. Blythe; the shame that came of it was 80 great that her father was not told of it. Then her marriage with Asheroft—barren of everything but tears and bitterness and remorse. She concealed from her hus- band the address of Blythe, fearing Asheroft would attempt to blackmail the man who had causad her so much sorrow. The father of Florence scemed to have forgotten his little girl and her mother, and for two Years nothing was heard of him. At the end of that time the witness wasordered to write him by her husband, and complied only when *Joe” Asheroft stood over her ‘with a bludgeon and dictated the words that she should set down. The cro tion shows that the defense is not istied with Mr. Blythe as a fathor for Florence. A large crowd listened to her story, more could not get into the court room. The pioneers have prominent places in the room, and many. ladies liston with eagerness to every'detail of the case. The hearing of this case is notable for many things; one matter'in particular strikes the observer. Thé usual court room froquenters have been replaced by o better element, and interest more than curiosity draws the audion There are, however) a number of tough characters seen in the court room daily, and the impression has gone abroad that an attempt is to be made to abduct the girl plaintiff, and thus end the proceedings. To prevent anything of the kind detectives have beon engaged to wateh Florence aud accompany her wherever she goes,night and day. A will is said to be in exi tence giving all the' property to Flor- ence, but so far the mich sought after document has not been found, although it is believed to be in-possession of at- torueys at Los Angeles, - LIGHT IN CHENATOWN. The frame of mind in which tlie Amalgamated Assoclation of High- Dbinders finds itself if Chinatown -over the erection of the efectric-light masts and the lighting of 'the powerful arc light is illustrative of'the class describ- edin the Bible, of Which it is snid, *‘they love darkness 'rather than light, because their deedsare evil.” It must be a severe blow td*the intustrious Mongolian assassin td find his favorite cornerin an alley ordourt lighted up by the electric light and as brilliant as day, where heretofare it had been shrouded in utter darkness, and where he could use his hatehet or iron bar en- tirely unobserved. He must think that the police authovitied have interfered with his vested rghts, and that this is becoming a hard country for a poor man. There is no such detective as light. Crime flees before it and hides itself and vice of all kinds aveids it as though it were fatal to it, as, indeed, it is. The portion of the city called Chinatown has been a perfect - Aisatia, ehielly becauso it was so dark, and because a deed of violence might be done and the criminal escape under cover of the shadows vhich fell across the naprow alleys and streets; but now the searching rays of the electric light penetrate to~ the farthest recesses of the holes in the wall in which cluster scores of these aliens, and the highbinder’s occupation is gone. A MONGOLIAN COURTSHIP, Lan Ah Fook works in a tailor shop and has just been married, his bride being Miss Ah Oil, lately a resident of the Presbyterian mission home, The ceremony was performed by Rev, A, W. Loomis at the mission. Fook wore his Sunday suit and a doubtful smile, while Miss Oil was decked in a new navy blue blouse and bright green trousers.” The other Chinese girls of the mission gathered around the prospective bride and jabbered over the affuir, casting oceasional envious glances at Fook. He stood the trying ordeal in the most swic manner until he was requested to take Miss Oil’s hand. He then hesitated, blushed and finally a look of disgust settled upon his countenance, evidently bored at the little mark of affection which he was compelled to publicly ex- hibit. Theéy both repeated the marringe ser- vices and made their responses ingood English, When Fook was asked if he *‘would take this woman to be his law- ful wedded wife?” he hesitated, eyed her askance for & moments, and then re- sponded doubtfully, **Y-e-e-p.” THE BRIDE’S 8TORY. After the cevemony had been per- formed ana congratulitions over with, Mrs. Fook told areporter in the best of English the history of her life in_the mission and how Mr. Fook had wooed and won her, I was brought to this country as a slave about flve yesrs ago, but was res- cued by the Chinese consul and placed in the mission home, where I huve lived ever since, I go to church every Sun- day, and there Iirst saw my husband. He is not & merchant, &nd ¢ould not go to China for a wife, so he told Dr. Loomis that he wamted one from the mission. He expressed a preference for me, 50 the minister asked me if I would marry him. 1 was glad to get the chance, and [ accepted it immedirtely. You know, we are met considered re- spectable by our people unless we are married. Theu he oume here to see m and I told him that L wanted to be mar- ried by a minister bomake it bindjing, though I am not a Cheistian. He fon- sented, and that wasmll there was to it. He wanted a wife, aad I wanted u hus- band. He suited me and I wus accept- able to him, There, now.” und she tossed her head in contempt of the po- - ~TWELVE PAGE etic features of an ideal courtship. The honeymoon will be spent in the tailor shop. A BOMB-THROWER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. “Dr.” James A. Hodgos, who gained 80 much notoriety in February, 1887, by his attempt to throw a bomb at Adelina Patti_during & performance at the Grand opera house, attempted to end his life by cutting his throat in this city recently. Fortunately, he did not cut quite deep enough, and with the aid of a few stitches and a good constitution the old doctor will be spared toadd a few more years to the three score and ten which have already passed over him. The act which made Hodges no- torious is one which will not be forgot- ten in & hurry by any one who attonded the last performance given by Adelina Patti in the Grand opera house in Feb- ruary, 1887, and saw the bomb thrown by Hodges come flaming through the airin the direction of the stage. The excitement raised by the action was something intense, and the only thing that prevented a panic was the coolne: of the famous songbird. Hodgeg was taken, burned and bleeding from the theater, and after a trial, was nt to prison for two years. He was released I December, and came back to San Francisco to find that his wife of forty years had died the month before, ana” that his daughter had fol- lowed her soon after. Whenjhe heard of this the old man, who had always acted queerly, seemed to lose his senses en- tirely, und he acoused every one of cou- spiring to do him an injury. By his wife's will everything she had wa to her son-in-law, Albert T. W Hodges contested the will, but, after a long and acrimonious contest, it was sustained, Since then Hodges made several visits to Warren’s residence, 26 Derby place, and made demands upon him. " When refused he would organ- izo n street meeting and denounce his son-in-law as a murdere After his at- tempt at suicide Hodges said he wanted to die, and objected to having the wound sewed up. He must have spent considerable time preparing for his death, for he had several letters, written inarambling way, in his vest’ pocket. LAND MONOPOLY'S CURSE. The curse of land monopoly has ever boen one of the most gigantic evils of the century and of the country. It is making giant strides here in Californi: It is opposing itself as a barrier to pro- gress. Itisa stumbling block placed on the road to improvement. for the purpose of wrecking the trains of entor- prise. 1ts vieious work is to be seen on every hand. The Norvis grant in Sac- ramento county is one of the most glar- ing examples of the baneful rvesults of land monopoly. It seems as though here hundreds of homes might be dot- ting the landscape; a thousand children basking in the sunshine; the music of the church bell and the voices of happy scholurs making melody where now the rolling plain echoes only to the low of the cow, the bleat of the sheep, and the neigh of the horse; orchard, and vine- yard, and farm standing as silent wit- nesses to the growth and prosperity of the county. Yet no such picture pre- sents itself. But a few houses can be seen und dozens of herds and flocks. All this tair land is the property of one man. Not content with hoarding to himself these vast acres, the owner hereof has barb-wired them all in, until only the county road is left. For over thirty years this vast area has been the rendezvous of pleasure parties. It was one of the few places in the county where a pleasant Sunday could be spent. Now it is locked up, and its boundless acres, untilled, have naught but cattle, sheep and horses for the background to the landscape, while J-@ver and anon. : The merry brown liares come leaping Over the crest of the bill. And as they leap the Duke of Sucra- mento and the love of the Rancho del Puso glances hoardingly over the union. “‘millions of hands Nt acre millions of acres want hands.” THE € JENSE REVENUI The annual report of the city license inspector shows the total collections for the past year to have b 10,577 40, as agninst $480,128.85, lust year, i increas: 5 The ¢ tion of the revenues is as follow chandise, $94,19: bankers, liquor dealers, $285,300; municipul li- cense, insuranc 1 , solicitors, 3; dog tags, . stock ¢ i cate tax, $7,719, of which #6,849 puid to the state treasurer; one-hall proceeds from permits for the sale of fire-crackers, 705, the other half hav: ing been paid into the fire relief fund; vehicle licenses, including street $22,929; puwn brokers, $6,660; theatres, 47.108; Chinese and other basket ped- dlers, $11,610. The expenses of the li- cense office for the yeur are about $28,500. THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB. The organization of the Union League club in this city has been a matter of great surprise to the politicians of both parties, most especially that class which depends largely upon the general apathy of the better class of citizens for success. The olub is thoroughly repub- lican, and will advance that cause at all times. The idea developed during the last campaign in the organization of the conference convention of republi- can clubs was that of concerted and continuous action, The practical itlus- tration of that principle wus the bring- ing of the young men prominently to the front und they assisted materially by united action in making a brilliant victory, The present organization will not be restricted to age and will bo thoroughly independent in its move- ments. The formation of the league is largely due to Colonel William H, Chamberlain, the active president of the Dirigo club. L Redpath and Jeff Davis. 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