The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 9, 1895, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1895. 3 GROVER GOES FISHIAE, A Little Recreation Spite of the Stork’s Visit. in BUT HE SOON RETURNS. Hastens Back to the Gables to See That All Is Going Well. CAPE CODDERS ARE ALL AGOG. A Prediction That the New Arrival WIIl Take the Name of Naoml. BUZZARDS BAY Pre! Mass,, July 8.— ped away quietly morning for a day’s miles away in § dent Cleveland Gables th for trout ten He was attired in posit 3 t-looking suit of old, rusty-gray clothing which it was possible to find of stay-there- d the Gables. He wore an old brown hat with a broad, 1 i which flapped in the foggy 1 obscured the entire upper por- 1 of his face to his nostrils. e was happy—there was no mistak- dent went down the road in e, with his driver on the front seat, beside Charles B. Jefferson, and beside the owner sat Joe Jefferson. They fished all day in Mr. Jefferson’s private boat, captured a small basketful of trout and enjoyed themselves as thoroughly as these three when together alone ow how to do. The fishing party drove into the village after dusk, after their day’s outing, evi- tly well pleased with the outcome. e President greeted hisfriendscordially. ove Mr. Jefferson and son up the hill to “the Crow’s > and hurried away home mail, in evident anxiety n as soon as possible the tidings of and how Mrs. Cleveland had v hours. that is put out from the effect that both mother and e doing well and that nothing peful results may be ex- 1t is the family physi- ssional etiquette prevents 1t of importance about the iings as he finds them. een the slightest indica- » desire among the townspeople publi over the especial sined by the be at Gray Gables. Yet there terest here which requires only result in a demonstration. e past to pay marked atten- tion to the occupants of the Gables have not been met with the warmth which Cape Codders give and take in matters similar in their intercou: with each other, and this cools their en sm. All indulge } mment, howeve The universal desire is well voiced by one expression, ‘“Well, it’s too bad it wasn’t a bo, 1t would have been a gooa thing for Grover and a big thing for the town, | One Democrat here to-night voiced the feelings of others in saying: They will wake up here bimebyto a - sense that something happened. hat the folk ks don't want to do the but they haven’t had any en- ened in any other town d have had a band out 2 1 the President something im grin all over his face when he n the naming of the girl is sug- ed to any in or about Gray Gables it a broad smile. All manner conjecture is at once indulged There is a strong impression that Cleveland may waive prerogative and that the President called upon to exercise his in- nt and taste in selecting, drance. 1e Frances than any other, and that he uld have named either Ruth or Esther in all probat s b(‘iie\‘ed. him an opportunity v times im- portuned to present to innumerable little Franceses all over the country, so named in honor of Mrs. Cl There are those who v usly assert that Mrs. Cleveland will name her third born, as she did Ruth and Esther, and that the chances are about 99 in 100 that she will go to the Bible and the Old Testament to find still another cognomen for her little one. One of the seemingly shrewdest guessers in sight to-night puts it thus: If Mrs, | Cleveland goes to the Bible for the name it will be Naomi, for Naomi gathered sheaves with Ruth . TROLLEY CARS DERAILED, Three Accidents in a Day Add to the Jugger- naut’s Victims. The List Includes One Man Killed and Thirty-two More or Less Injured. AST LIVERPOOL, Omro, Jdly 8.—At 3 o’clock this afternoon a trolley-car with thirty passengers on board became un- man ble and started down the Frank- lin avenue hill on the north side of the v lling one man and injuring r people. > car was manned by James Hamil- a new motorman. The tracks were ton slippery after the rain, and the car got out of his control. At the foot of the hill it jumped the track on a sharp curve and went over a twenty-foot embankment into a creek. Motorman Hamilton was ntly killed. The injured are: Frank Green, aged 14, will probably die; Mrs. Frank Anderson of Rochester, Pa.; Mrs. Samuel Manor, Mrs. Charles sRichardson, Wellsville; Charles Spence, Saline, IIL; Moody Coburn barles Ashbangh, Bridgeport, Obio; Miss Millie Nicely, Wadsworth, Ohio; Miss Maggie McDole, Toronto, Ohio; Miss Frances Ncsslc?‘, New Cum- berland, W. Va.; C. F. Surle, Frank An- derson, Samuel Manor, John Manor, Mrs. Luella Anderson and Ella McDole. BUFFALO, N. Y., July 8.—Nine men were badly injured by the derailing of a rent, and they're dead slow, too. | ot origimate far away from the | trolley-car at North Buffalo this morning. A gang of seventy-tive [talians and Poles boarded the car to go to Tonawanda, where they are engaged in grading the new electric road between this city and Niagara Falls. Just as the car left the et tion and was on a steep grade the brakes refused to work and its speed increased until it reached a frightful velocity. For three-quarters of a' mile the car went rush- ng along until it struck a curve and jumped the track, being reduced to kind- ling wood. Nine persons were badly in- jured, but only two, Victor Marcel, a Pole, and Pasquale Suallo, an Italian, were seriously i urt. CHICAGO, 1LL., July 8.—While an elec- tric 'streetcar was proceeding along Pau- line street this morning the trolley pole suddenly left the overhead wire and, before the motorman realized the danger, the car | bounded off the track. The brakes were set, but the car dashed into the curbing of the sidewalk with such force that a num- ber of passengers were thrown out and badly injured. | _ The most seriously injured are: Julius Eazanski, left arm, shoulder and back rjured; Robert Stokes, Andrew Cesking, William Batthas and Frank Palera. The passengers say that the car was run- ning atout eight miles an hour. U - QUEER IOW POLITICS. Scandal Made to Figure in the Guberna- torial Campaign. DES MOINES, Iowa, July 8.—Delegates to the Republican State Convention Wednesday are here in large numbers. | This evening Drake seems to be stronger than ever before. This morning a sensation was caused by the appearance of John Henderson of Centerville, the home of Drake, with the story of Drake’s intimacy with his (Hender- son’s) wife and the ruin of their home. The same story had been printed in the Morning Gazette during the earlier part of the campaign, and when Henderson ap- peared it caused a panic among the Drake ater in the day the Drake people made things so warm that they frightened Hen- derson into a statement that the story was entirely untrue. Drake has produced docu- ments which go to show that this is the case. Henderson made a written state- ment. Henderson had been brought here by the friends of Secretary of State Mec- Farland, another candidate, and the de- velopment and exposure of the plot has left McFarland entirely out of the race. It is also proven that the McFarland men 1 in getting Henderson here. is that to-night a decided re- acfion has bezun in favor of Drake, and the probability of his nomination is brighter than ever. PALER A BASE DECEIVER, | Margaret Thompson’s Charges Againstthe Late Jay Gould’s Nephew. She Demands $25,000 for Fallure to Lead Her to the Altar. HUNTINGDON, Pa., July 8.—Miss Mar- | garet May Thompson, who has instituted legal proceedings against Dr. Gilbert Joseph Palen of Philadelphia, a nephew of | the late Jay Gould, for breach of promise of marriage, claiming $25,000 damages, 1s now at her parents’ home here and speaks | nnreservedly of her case. Miss Thompson, who has just entered upon her twenty-first year, is a professional nurse, and enjoys | the highest public esteem for her charming personality. 1" “In the first place,” were inte His said the pretty nurse, “Dr. Palen did not attend me pro- fessionall: hen I was ill in Phiiadelphia. as he has said he did. Dr. Palen was deeply interested in my recovery, and to my father said that we were engaged to be married, but that he did not want his father to learn of our engagement until after his graduation. “When I was at home here in March last Dr. Palen wrote to me, saying that he as coming to see me,and on March 8 did come. v parents being aware of his coming and knowing of our engage- ment naturally accorded him a very hearty welcome. Up to this time he had not told me of his relationship to the Gould family nor of his financial standing. These facts, | bad I known them, "vould have had no influence whatever on me in inducing me to give him a favorable answer to his pro- posal. After my return home for a brief rest from my duties at the Philadelphia Hospital I received almost daily letters from Dr. Palen expressive of the warmest sentiments. “The tenor of my letter which was written to Dr. Palen after his marriage. a brief extract of which his lawyer has made public, has been grossly misrepresented. | After his marriage I wrote to him asking that he return my picture and_ironically = congratulating him on his marriage. Iin- | tended this expression of felicitation to be accepted in the light of sarcasm, pure and simple, and in no sense as_indicative of my heart’s honest desire. Dr. Palen has basely deceived me.” | Miss Thompson said_that the under- | standing between the doctor and herself | was that immediately after he had com- | pleted his studies abroad they were to be married. Miss Thompson left to-night for | Philadelphia. i SKELETONS IN A CAVE. A Ghastly Discovery in the Wilds of Greenland. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., July 8.—The skeletons of eighteen men, apparently | members of an ill-fated exploring party, | were discovered in a small cave in a wild |and desolate part of the southwest | of Greenland by Captain Hans An- {derson of the ~bark Serano, which arrived here to-day from Ivigtut. Who the men were and whence they came are questions that the future may or may not determine. The superficial examination made by Captain Anderson of the skeletons | and of the cave in which they were found | developed no clew to their identity. The | Danish Government, however, has dis- patched a warship to the scene for the pur- pose of making a thorough investigation. Arigsi i TENNIS AT CHICAGO. Probable Hinners at the Western Cham- pion Tournament. CHICAGO, Irn, July 8.—Contestants for honors in the Western champion ten- nis tournament on the courts of the Kenwood Country Club are gradually be- coming less in number and the playing correspondingly better. The wind to-day seriously interfered with the games. So far the Chicazo players have clearly nutiflayed. the visitors. The playing of the Nell brothers has been briiliant at times, and it is expected they will win the doubles. Carr Nell will probably win the championship. He will probably play the final match with Sam Chase. 'Fhe first round matches in doubles have been played and the second and third rounds of the singles. e S No agency has had more influence in beneficially affecting the health and com- fort of the people than Royal Baking Pow- der. School Nites Purchased. LOS ANGELES, CAL., July 8.—During the meeting of the City Council to-day offers for schoolhouse sites to the amount of $18,500 were accepted. This is the be- ginning of a new era in the educational history of Los Angeles, and the first use of the proceeds of over $300,000 worth of bonds recently issued for new school- houses. CYCLING CLANS MEET, Asbury Park Overflow-~ ing With Men of the Wheel. AN IMPROMPTU PARADE, Hearty Reception Given to the Rocky Mountain Dele- gation. EDDIE BALD A FAVORITE. Nominated as a Sure Winner for the Half Mile Race Medal. ASBURY PARK, N. J.,, July 8.—The sixteenth annual national meet of the L. A. W. began here to-day. Nearly 1000 cy- clers of both sexes registered at the club- house of the Asbury Park Wheetmen, each receiving on exhibiting the certificate of the league membership a little button badge, which conveys the freedom of the city and will prove an open sesame to all the varied attractive features of this sea- side paraaise. A soft sea mist fell all the morning, which, while its effects were perceptible on white straw hats, was not sufficient to dampen the enthusiasm of the cyclers. At2:30 p. M. the Denver Wheel Club, seventy-eight strong, whose coming had been announced by telegfaph,was received by 500 cyclers and a brass band. After removing their wheels from a special baggage car, the members of the party were escorted through the city past the local clubhouse and down to the beach. A host of visiting wheelmen joined in the impromptu procession, riding to an accom- paniment of martial melody and hearty applause. They arrived at the head of Asbury avenue, the parade stopped and the Den- ver men gave vent to their pent-up emo- tions in a characteristic club yell that be- gan with a wild, weird howl and ended in | an Indian whooo. In the Rocky Mountain delegation were a dozen women, who seemed to have en- joyed the long journey from the West. ‘Almost every racing man in the city was on the track of the association some time to-day, and the big grand stand held many strangers anxious to observe the wo: the men in training, and pick the possible winners of the National championship. Eddie *“‘Cannon” Bald isgenerally nomi- nated for the half-mile medal and A.D. Kennedy Jr. of Chicago for the two-mile, but these, of course, are the merest specu- lations. It is rumored to-day that the meeting of the board of trade of cycle manufacturers and the racing board of the L. A. W. at the Coleman House here this week will not, as was reported, take any consideration of the matter of profes- sional racing, and the class B men are ac- cordingly breathing easier. Most of the B riders deny the story that they intend to espouse professionalism in a body after the vresent week, and Eddie Bald, who would probably make more by “turning” than any two others in his class, is loudest in disavowing the rumored determination. To-day was almost entirely devoted to the reception of visitors. To-morrow there will be runs to Long Branch and Spring Lake in the morning, but the great parade in the afternoon, followed by a monster clambake at Rhode Island Point, tendered by the Asbury Park wheelmen tothe Na- tional Division officials of the league, will be the event of the day. QUEER DIPLOMATIC TALK Embassador Eustis Credited With Theatening Great Britain. Comment Caused by a Pretended Interview Published In the Figaro. PARIS, Fraxce, July 8.—The Figaro prints what purports to be an interview with United States Embassador Eustis, in which that gentleman is made to say that nothing has been decided regarding his candicacy for the Presidency of the United States. Speaking of the Chino-Japanese war Mr. Eustis is reported as saying that he greatly admired the Japanese, and regretted very much that they had not taken Peking. Concerning Canada Mr. Eustis is alleged to have said that it rested entirely with the United States whether Canada would be taken into the American federation. Tne Government of the United States pre- ferred to allow the question to rest, at the same time, however, giving Great Britain to understand that there must not be any nonsense or Canada would be annexed. PURELY A FABRICATION. The State Department Places No Reliance on the Figaro's Report. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., July 8.—State Department officials regard the reported utterances of Minister Eustis in Paris, as printed in the Figaro of that city and transmitted by cable to the United States, as being among the most improbable of the many improbable fabrications which that newspaper continually imposes upon the French Republic. Intimate friends of Minister Eustis in this city, who are in constant communication with him and who know his cautious, phlegmatic tem- perament, assert that the sentiments placed in his mouth are such as he does not_entertain. Further, even if he did hold such views, they consider that the United States Minister to France would be the last person to give them publicity in an interview with a reporter of a mnoto- riously sensational paper. Mr. Eustis’ patriotic American speech at the London banquet, which excited so much comment, was carefully prepared and aeliberately delivered, friends in this city being aware of his intention to make such a speech some days before an abstract of it was flashed over the ocean by cable. They say it is utterly absurd to imagine a man of his judicial discretion to perpetrate such a lot of balderdash as thntlplaced in his mouth by the Paris Figaro. Tne story carries its own refutation on its face, and no explanation will be asked by the State Department. et / GENERAL MacIVER'S CHARGES. Little Importance Attached to Them at the State Department. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 8.—Little importance is attached at the State De- partment to the alleged charge of conspiracy said to have been made against the Consular Bureau by General Henry Maclver, ex-Consul at Denia, Spain, and the officials are dis- posed to throw the mantle of charity over the freedom of speech in which General Maclver has indulged. In regard to ex-Consul MacIver’s cause of complaint, it is said at the department that the bond which the Consular Bureau required General Maclver to give was a perfectiy proper exaction, customary in all such cases, and, further- more, that the requirement that he should not be allowed to exercise consular func- tions at Denia until the Spanish Govern- ment had granted him his exequatur is the usual proper requirement. General Maclver has been a frequent visitor to the State Department lately. He was_ordered out of one room by an officer for indulging in boisterous lan- guage. He also took another official to task for not replying to a letter, and de- manded satisfaction. General Maclver is a native of Virginia, but was appointed to the position which he has now resigned from the State of New York September 14, 1893. A challenge to mortal combat ad- dressed to one of the State Department of- ticials and various undiplomatic acts would seem to indicate that General Mac- Iver has somewhat erratic ideas of the character of a Consul’s relations to the State Department. AFTER KIS BROTHER BILL Inquiries Made of the Police Regarding Erratic Mr. Blodgett. Fears Expressed That His Adven- turous Spirit Has Got Him Into Trouble. “Y’ ain’t got a man named Bill Blodgett locked up here, hev ye?”’ inquired a tall, angular personage, as he drifted into the California-street Police Station yesterday | afternoon, and bumped into dapper Ser- geant Esola. “Who's that?’ queried the sergeant, after catching his breath. “Blodgett—first name Bill,”” replied the visitor. In his courteous way the sergeantled the tall man back to where Prison-keeper Burke was guarding the official record of arrests, and looked over the list. “What was he arrested for?” asked the sergeant. “Well, that’s what I don’t exactly know, | but I've an opinion that he’s been pulled |in for somethin’. Mebbe drunk, mebbe | battery; probably battery.” UNOS tgcre's nobody here by the name of Blodgett,” said the sergeant. “P’raps he gave another name. | you got, anyhow 2"’ | © “Oh, several drunks, a couple of batteries | and—" “He must be here, sure,” cried the man | rather excitedly. **Did one of those fellows | have a black patch over one eye and walk | with a limp—you know Bill was shot in some squatter fight here in early days, and had his eye gouged out by Patsy Maloney down on ific street in 632 | “No. None of the prisoners are maimed that way,” repiied the sergeant. “Mebbe you didn’t catch on. Have you a fellow here with a machine arm that has a back swing to it, and with his chin all | that away, so that it runs_into his neck? | Y’see I'm his brother, and Billlost his arm in a scrimmage over a mine in Placer { County, and his jaw was shot away by | Jack Dooley in Poor Shoat Gulch in "69. | He is an adventurous cuss, Bill is.” “There’s no such man here,” said the sergeant. *‘But I think be must be. Bill went out looking for trouble last night, and when he starts he usually finds it. T've been to the other stations, and he ain’t there. Are ¥’ sure that a feller wasn’t brought in here who showed you a trap-door in fiis skull— that’s where Bill got left in butting heads with a darkey in the West Indies once; or didn’t he open his vest and show you a fine set of celluloid ribs, which hold his lungs and other things in place—you know Bill was caught by the Indians onc and they built a fire on him; he got away, though; or didn’t he explain to you how it was that while he was lame in one leg, the other was artificial clean up? It was bit off by a sea lion when he was whaling | once.” “I tell you,” gasved the sergeant as soon as he could get a word in edgeways, “that we have no such man here.” “But it might have slipped your mem- ory,”” pursued the angular man, anchoring | himself to the desk. “Can’t y’ think of a feller who unscrewed his left hand—not on the machinery arm—and told you about | his trying to call down a buzz-saw in a Eureka mill. Mebbe he might not have been bragging much, and only showed you his stamped leather ear, which he got in place of the one Sour Dough Pete chewed off on the water frout. Y’ sce, Bill has always been a cuss, and always gettin’ into trouble. I know he's out on some new racket. So don’t give me any game, and let me know if he’s here.” ““I tell you he’s not,” cried the sergeant, somewhat exasperated. *‘Do you suppose for a moment that a freak like your brother | must be, could come here and not be recognized 2" “Well, T didn’t know. Iwant to find | Bill. He’s such a venturesome cuss, and when he said he felt that feeling of trouble coming over him, I got anxious. He gave me the slip somehow, and I know he's got in a fight. Y’see Bill can’t afford to get injured much more.” “Have you been down to the Morgue et?”’ : *‘No, I didn’t think of that. Bill’s too vigorous to get there I thought. But mebbe he did get the worst of it. No, if he’s there its only from two causes. Either he tried suicide for a change—y' know Bill takes freakish ideas—or else he fell asleep some where, and the hot ashes from his cigar or pipe burned through his vest, and set fire to his celluloid ribs, they dropped in on his vitals and—great gosh officer, d’lf'e know I'll get down there at once,” and Bill Blodgett's brother dashed out of the door. FROGS CHANGE THEIR COLOR. An Observant Jerseyman’s Contribution to the Darwinian Theory. ‘Within a week a curious change has taken place in the color of the frogs in the observant Jerseyman’s little ponds. These frogs are now about six inches in length of body, and when their hind legs are ex- tended they are at least a foot long. They were brought to the ponds three vearsago, when they were only about two inches long. From that time up to ubout a week ago all but one were of a dark, muddy reen, and some of them were almost g]ack. The exception was of alight, grassy green, and he had come to be considered as_a distinguished member of the frog colony by the Jerseyman’s younger son, who takes more interest in the study of bugs and birds and reptiles than he does in books. He knows each of the frogs in- dividually, feeds them for amusement, and knows each one’s particular parents and habits. Within a week he says that every one of the big frogs has turned ligkter in color. He says he can account for this only upon the theory that they have adjusted them- selves to a change in their surroundings. The bottom of the ponds is of a dark, soft and exceedingly light mud. Theedges are covered with a groWth of grass and wiid flowers, which is very much thickerthis year than ever before. The grass lies out upon the water in a thick mat for a foot in width all around the ponds. The frogs lie basking within this border of grass during almost the whole of each day, and their changed color just fits them to remain there unobserved.—New York Sun. ——————————— The State of Iowa, including its farm l;;d and manufactories, is worth §398,671,- ‘Who've A CRIME OF A BRUTE Savage Attack Made by a Drunken Man on a Woman. HER WOUNDS ARE FATAL Cruelly Beaten Because She Drove Dogs Away From Her Chickens. REPEATEDLY ENOCKED DOWN. The Owner of the Canines Objects to the Interference With Their Sport. NEW YORK, N, Y., July 8—Mrs. Rosa Warlock lies at the point of death at her home in Maiden Lane, Long Islang, suf- fering from the effects of injuries received yesterday afternoon at the hands of Feld- ing Fleck, a neighbor. Mrs. Warlock Jives in a neat Queen Anne cottage, surrounded by well-kept lawns, on Western avenue. While sitting in the house singing her baby asleep she heard a commotion around her husband’s chickens, and, upon going into the yard, found that several dogs belonging to Fleck were among the fowls and had killed two of her husband’s valuable hens. She started with the child in her arms to drive the dogs out, and while in the act of chasing them from the premises Fleck came running along with a gun on his shoulder. She asked him to call his dogs away, telling him that they had already killed two valuable hens. This seemed to anger Fleck, who was under the influence of liquor. He entered the yard and, ap- proaching Mrs. Warlock in a threatening manner, applied vile epithets and struck her a violent blow in the face, knocking out several of her teeth ana sending her prone to the ground. Mrs. Warlock, who is a rather large woman, arose and closed in with her an- tagonist, who again forced her to the ground and proceeded to kick her in the breast and sides in a most brutal manner. Grabbing the little baby, which was lying on the grass crying, he flung it to one side. Mrs Warlock got upon her kneesand begged him not to kill her. Instead of pacifying him, this angered him the more, and stepping back a pace he cocked both barrels of the gun which he held in his hands. The woman struggled to her feet and seized the gun-barrel with what little strength she had. Fleck twisted it from her grasp and dealt her a murderous blow on the head with the butt, knocking her to the ground with violent force. The brave woman knew that if she re- mained on the ground he would surely kill her, and that her only chance of escape was to get up and evade his clutches. Almost unconscious and half blinded by the blood which was flowing into her eyes, she again seized her assailant and hugged him close to her to prevent him from again using the weapon, Her cries at- tracted the attention of James Spinner, a farmer, who hastened to her assistance. TUpon his approach Fleck released himself from the woman and fled, leaving the gun lying on the ground with both hammers still raised. The weapon was subsequently turned over to Officer Holdsworth, who arrested Fleck this morning. He wasarraizned be- fore Justice Schumaker, a shoemaker, who released him on §500 bail. This afternoon Coroner Hallam was summoned to the woman’s bedside by a physician, who said she is fatally injured. Besides an injury in her head the woman had received fatal internal injuries which may cause death at any moment. HILSA WIKS BYA SCRATCH, The Britannia Beaten by an Accident at Hunters Quay. When Well In the Lead Its Maln Sheet Is Parted by the Heavy Wind. HUNTERS QUAY, Ex., July 8.—The Britannia and the Ailsa started in a race over the usual course this morning, the Ailsa crossing the line at 1:30:12 and the Britannia at 1:30:25. The wind was blow- ing fresh from the south and both boats carried jackyard topsails. It was a dead beat to windward for the first mark. The boats rounded Skelmorlie in this order: Ailsa, 11:43:05; Britannia, 11:44:03. The time of rounding Ascog was: Ailsa, 12:04:18; Britannia, 12:05:35. The wind was blowing strong, and both boats shifted to jib-headed topsails. Passing the Cloch light the Ailsa had a lead of two minutes. The first round was finished by the yachts rounding the commodore’s boat as follows: Alisa, 1:13:05; Britannia, 1:14:33. It was a wonderfully keen race, both boats making a number of short tacks for the weather mark on the second round. The rounding of the Skellmorlie mark was made by the Ailsa at 2:11:35 and by the Britannia at 2:12:03. The Ailsa changed her jib for a smaller one on the way down, but the results of the changes were aifficult to follow, owing to drizziing rain and thick haze. The time of the yachts rounding Ascog was: Britannia 2:37:05, Ailsa 2:37:55. The Ailsa’s jib split off at Innellan, and the Britannia, having passed her, was leading by 55 seconds and sailing well. The Ailsa was going by the head, her main boom periodically trailing for sev- eral mirutes in the water. The wind and sea were still heavy. At Kileroggan, the Britannia held her lead of fifty seconds, but 1mmediately on rounding the mark she was hove into the wind and her foresail was lowered. Shortly afterward her topsail was also lowered. The Ailsa finished alone, crossing the finish line at 3:46:08. The cause of the Britannia’s heaving to, it has been learned, was the parting of her main sheet. It happened when she gibed in the heavy wind and sea to round the Kilereggan mark. The twenty-raters, the Niagara, Zenita, Eucharist and Dakotah, started half an hour atter the big boats, crossing the line as follows: Zenita 11 charist 11 6, Dakot e Niagara won, crossing the final finish line 52. The Eucharist finished at , the Zenita at 2:53:18, the Dakotah at 3:01:53. | The Valkyrie 11I startea up the Clyde in tow_this morning, bound for Henderson’s yard, where_she wili be fitted for her voy- age to New York. She will sail July 18. Race and Labor Questions Mixed. . A singular instance of the race antagon- ism between the negroes and the class of white people who never owned a slave and the good will of the old masters toward the negroes comes from Richmond. The law firm of Christian & Christian—one of the most prominent in Richmond, both of the principals having been slave owners— employed a colored boy as messenger. The boy was intelligent and industrious, and developed the trustworthiness which is common enough in the South among them in their relations with ladies and gentle- men. The lawyers helped the boy on, trusted him, and he rose to be something more than an office boy. Then he studied typewriting and stenography, and became, in fact, their clerk. The labor unions took the matter upand demanded that the young fellow be dis- missed. The Christians came out in a card refusing to dismiss him, and mentioning incidentally that no other man could beas useful to them, as this young colored man understood ali their affairs.” At the last account the law firm was standing by the negro, while the white labor unions were denouncing him.—Boston Transcript. FEDERAL DESERT LANDS, How a Great Many Acres Can Be Secured forthe Com-~ monwealth. A Profit of Mlillons of Dollars In the Adoption of Any One of Them. J. W. Shanklin, ex-State Surveyor-Gen- eral of California, is of a different mind from TUnited States Surveyor-General Green regarding the feasibility and ad- visability of the State securing the gift of | 1,000,000 acres of land from the Federal Government on condition that the State undertakes the work of reclamation. He stated in an interview that the mat- ter came up in the last Legislature, that a bill was introduced in each branch, but killed after considerable discussion in com- mittee. This action, it was said, was taken on the showing made that for the State to take over the project of reclaiming the land would make its cost to the settler greater than to get title direct from the Federal Government. And Mr. Shanklin added that he indorsed the action taken by the legislative committee. Suryeyor-General Green, however, has given the matter deep thought, and is equally positive that both the State and the qeople who_ desire to secure homes would be benefited by the State under- taking to reclaim and dispose of arid lands to settlers. He admitted that it was a pro- ject of unusual magnitude, but contended | that the extraordinary beneficial results that would certainly follow would not only | adequately compensate the State for all | outlays and trouble, but would leave ita | net profit of from $2,500,000 to $20,000,000 | from the sale oi the million acres placed | under irrigation. | “There are three methods,” he stated, “that might be adopted by the State. It | is true that all are open to more or less objection, but they are all feasible.” Con- tinuing he said: Corporations may be authorized to construct irrigating systems under the supervision of the State, which could then get title to the land irrigated from such systems and in turn give title to settlers. The latter wonld heve to arrange with the irrigating company for water rights. Judging from past experience this would not result in any rapid settlement of the arid lands. Such schemes have been tried with the idea of inducing settlers to take up arid land and secure title direct from the Fed- eral Government, but they require too large o capital to be undertaken readily, and to organ- ize irrigation districts under the present State law makes the cost twice what it ought to be. Take the cases of the Madera and Turlock districts. Bonds were issued for $500,000, and they were sold for 90 per centof their face value to the contractors who built their irriga- tion systems, the price charged for the work being about twiee what it would have cost if it could have been paid for in cash. Then they bore 6 per cent interest, and consequently the | people of the district were forced to pay that rate of interest on twice the amount that the | work should have cost. Another way would | be for the State to issue 4 per cent bonds, se- cured by the lands of those already within the distriets it is proposed to reclaiim, and with the proceeds of the bonds, which could readily be sold at par, construct and maintain irriga- tion systems. But there isan almost fatal ob- jection to this, as there is a section in the con- stitution of the State which prohibits the State from loaning its eredit to any individual or corporation, and the fact that the issue of the bonds would be based on the security offered | by the settlers would certainly be construed | as loaning the State’s credit to the indivicual owning such lands, f course this objection could be overcome by nmendlng the constitution so as to permit loaning the State’s credit for land reclamation purposes only. If this could be done the State wonld come into large sections of arid land with water for them, and could then sell them in&)nrcels not exceeding the Federal limit of 160 acres to any one person. It could, if o disposed, sell them on time and use the inter- est paid by the purchasers for the payment of | the interest of the outstanding bonds, while | the revenue derived from the actual purchase Er'ce would soon meet the obligations of the onds. 1would also suggest that such lands | be disposed of at auction, so as to give every | one an equal opportunity for securing the better parcels. The third way would be to raise the neces- sary amount for the construction of irrigating systems by direct tax, but this would meet with the opposition of all those not residing in the districts to be irrigated, and would prob- ably be the most difficult to carry out. It is all nonsense to claim that Calitornia cannot do what the States of Idaho. Wyoming and Montana are dalnFA The Legislatures in all of the States have already acted favorably on the proposition, and energetic action has been taken to secure State title to 1,000,000 acres in these States at the earliest possible | specia AMBUSHED BY REBELS Spanish Troops Trapped Through a Clever Stratagem. FIGHT THEIR WAY OUT. Ranks of the Insurgents Give Way After a Fierce Battle. HEAVY L0SS OF ASSAILANTS. Leave the Fleld Littered With Dead to Mark the Fallure of Thelr Coup. HAVANA, CuBa, July 8.—Advices that have reached here from Santiago de Cuba are to the effect that Major Sanchez, com- manding a Government force, discovered 1500 insurgents under command of the rebel chief, Rabi, strongly posted near Manzanillo. Major Sanchez thereupon sent a message to Major Aznar, inviting him to join forces and attack the rebels. The insurgents captured the messenger and hanged him. They then senta reply to Major San- chez’s message, signing Major Aznar's name to it, saying that an attack on the insurgents would be made at another named point. Major Sanchez fell into the trap and advanced as directed in the forged message. His forces were suddenly attacked by the rebels in a narrow defile. The insur- gents charged on the Spanish troopsin the most plucky manner, wielding the deadly machete freely. The troops were unable to maneuver owing to the lack of space. Two sergeants, one at the head of thirty men and the other atthe head of twelve men, gained commanding positions and succeeded in checking the insurgents, shooting all that came in range of their rifles. Their fire was so deadly that the rebels made no further attempt to charge, and the troops were enabled to escape from the defile in which they had been ambushed. The Government force then attacked the main portion of the rebels, and compelled them to retreat. The in- surgents lost 280 killed. The Government loss was fifty killed and wounded. FOR SEPARATE SCHOOLS Manitoba to Be Forced to Re- store the Right to Catholics. Speclal Sesslon of the Dominlon Parllament to Be Held for This Purpose. OTTAWA, OxTAri0, July 8—The Cabi- | net at a meeting this morning decided that no legislation would be brought down this session on the Manitoba school question. Premier Foster, Minister of Finance, an- nounced in the House of Commons that the Government would at once communi- cate with the Manitoba Government with a view to securing the repeal of the pro- vincial statute abolishing separate schools. Failing in this Mr. Foster promised that a session of Parliament would be held in January to pass remedial legisla- tion forcing the Manitoba Government to restore to Catholics their rights as regards separate_schools, which they had been de- prived of. While the air is full of all kinds of ru- mors, and many predict the defeat of the Government. it is difficnlt to obtain relia- ble news. 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