The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 10, 1895, Page 1

VOLUME LXXVIIL_NO. 40. SAN FRA‘N'CISCO, WEDNESDAY MORNING, ‘JULY 10, 1895. PRICE FIVE CENTS CORNELL'S MEN WIN An Error Gives the Americans a Victory at Henley. LEANDERS DIDN’T START. Claim They Were Not Ready When the Word Was Given. THEIR PROTEST OF NO AVAIL. The Board of Stewards Awards the Race to the Western Oarsmen. HENLEY, Exg., July 9.—The weather was cloudy in the early hours of the morn- ing and it was feared that the principal feature of the Thames rowing would be marred by rain, but the clouds lifted about one brightly, ng breeze all re length of the as lined with craft of every d crowds of people gathered s of the river long before there among the mana- s taking part in the The enclosed grand side of the finish was lly dressed ladies and accessible point ide jammed Last year gers, com events of the day. packed with beau their escorts and eve g the course on h enthusiastic crowd eclipsed all previous gatherings. Houseboats were more numerous than emand for them so great st exorbitant vprices charged Cornell crew was the center of in- terest and the Argonaut Rowing Club's r of Toronto attracted a full share of e principal event of the day was the d race for the grand challenge 1 is rowed in heats, the final one cided on the last day of the re- e crews entered for this race Boat Club, the holder s Rowing Club, the nb, the New College g Club, the Cornell Uni- Trini Hall (Cam- The first heat was won by Trinity Hall, who beat the London Rowing Club by six Jengths. The second heat.was won by the Eton eight, who beat the Thames Rowing crew a length and a quarter. Then canle the heat of greatest interest to Englishmen and Americans. The Cor- nell crew had drawn to contest with the eight of the Leander Boat Club, who won the cup last year and were considered the strongest crew entered in the race. The wind was blowing strongly off the Bucks shore, which favored the Cornells, who had drawn a position on that side. G.S. Francis, the manager of the Cornell crew, was unable to yet on board the um- pire’s launch, which follows the boats over the course, as Mr. Willand, the umpire, thought she was already filled. When Mr. Wiliand asked: ‘“Are you the Leanders shouted “No,” but Mr. Willand did not hear them, 0,” and the Cornells went off . The umpire’s lJaunch did not follow for some time, but as the Cor- nells showed no sign of stopping the launch even y followed them down the course, the sta nt. The s, after Towing at a pretty fast pace fora while, reduced their speed until their ke was little less than pad- dling. The; t minutes and eleven seconds ng over the course. The Cornell boys, of whom there wasa large number present, ran along the tow- path, cheering the men and filling the air with the Cornell cry, which was taken up by the Americans occupying houseboats along the course. The scene was very ex- citing. In the meantime the Leander crew re- mained at the post, declaring that they would lodge a protest against the heat being given to Cornell. It appears that when the umpire asked if they were ready some one in the Leander boat said “Yes,” whereupon the umpire gave the word “Go.” Almostatthe same time the stroke of the Leanders shoutea “No, no.” The Leanders, or part of them at least, made a faint attempt to get away as the Cornells started, but it was eviden! that the crew had no intention of going over the course, though for what reason nobody can imagine. Asfar as any one could see they were quite as ready as the Cornells were, though it may be true that they were not ready. Anyway, it was a very unfortu- nate misunderstanding to say the least. The failing of the Leander eight to start was a great disappointment to the Thames oarsmen. The Leanders were supposed to be the best crew on the river, and were thought to have the best chance to take the cup, and were, consequently, very heavily backed in the betting. When Umpire Willand gave the word to go the most intense excitement pre- v d. Shortly after the starting signal was given the Americans could be seen from the Berks shore far down the river. The Leanders were not in right, and it was t first supposed that the crowds of boats along the banks obscured the view; but this belief was dispelled when, as the Cor- nell crew neared the finish post in grand style, the Leanders were still invisible. ‘Their absence at the finish created a scare among the supporters of the English rew, and many were the reasons assigned for their failure to appear. The Ithaca men rowed a fine race, and were greeted with bursts of cheers by the spectators, many of whom took up the Corneil ery, which was started by the friends of the srew, and repeated again and again all along both of the shores. When the um- pire’s launch came up to the press in- tlosure, it was learned that the umpire gave the word to start after having asked she crews if they were ready. Mr. Willand states that he heard no re- Iy from either boat until immediately after the start, when he heard the Leander men protesting. He thought he had given the crews a fair start and could sce no rea- son for calling the boats back, especially as the Leanders had pulled four or five strokes. It was not until the Cornell men had reached the winning post that the umpire was informed by the other regretta officials on board the launch that the Leanders, before the start was given, had said they were not ready. The umpire, notwithstanding these statements, main- tained the right to award the heat to the Cornell crew. To-night the protest of the Leanders was decided adversely by the board of stewards. In the first heat of the grand challenge cup the Trinity Hall crew drew ahead immediately after leaving the starting point and at Temple Island was a_quarter of a length in the lead. At the Rectory, about a quarter of the distance tothe finish, it was a clean length ahead. Their time at the Fawley Court boathouse, mid- way of the course, was 3:10. The crew was then two lengths ahead and kept increas- ing this lead until it won by a good four lengths. The time for the full course was 7:30. The London club's boat at no time had a chance of winning. In the heat between the Thames and Eton College rowing clubs the Thames athletes led slightly just after the start, but the Eton men were a quarter of a length ahead at the quarter mile, half a length at the Rectory, and three - fourths of a length at the Farm. Their time at the Fawley Court boathouse was 3:32, when they were a length and a quarter ahead. The Eton boat was steered badly, being kept too much in the middle of the river, but this did not prevent their winning by a length and a quarter, covering the course in' 7:34. The Argonaut Rowing Club’s four and the four of the London Rowing Club rowed a terrific race in the first heat for the Steward’s challenge cup. The Argonauts reached a stroke of 42to the minute and the Londoners rowed at a40stroke. There was never a distance of half a length between them, and first one led by a few feet and then the other. Coming to the winning post the London crew madea final effort and the Canadians, feeling the effect of their tremendous exertions, were beaten by about three feet. The finish was so close indeed that it wasat first thought the Argonauts had won, and reports to that effect were flashed broad- cast by wire, while the crowds along the banks of the riyer expressed their regrets that the Londoners had been beaten. The actual result was not known until it was officially announced. The London boat took the Rerks side and the Argonauts the Bucks side of the river. The wind was blowing almost straight down the course. The Argonauts started at a forty-three stroke and the Londoners at forty-one. The London boat at the top of Temple Isiand was three- fourths of a length ahead, and at the quar- ter of » mile mark the Argonauts were slightly in the lead. The Londoners were just ahead of the Argonauts’ boat at the Fawley Court boathouse, which they reached in 3:43. At three-quarters of a mile mark, the Londoners led by half alength and kept that lead until they reached the mile, when the Argonauts drew up even with their op- ponents. The Londoners gained a little'at the Isthmian clubhouse, and the Cana- dians fell back to a few fcet between that point and the finish. The London boat was only three feet ahead at the finish, covering the course in 8:0114. The first heat for the silver goblets (pair oars) was won by W. Broughton (bow) and 8. D. Muttlebury (stroke) of the Thames Rowing Club, beating A. J. Davis (bow) and L. H. K. Bushe-Fox (stroke) of Lady Margaret College, Cambridge. The second heat of the race for the silver goblets was won by Vivian Nickrlls (bow) and Guy Nickalls (stroke) of the London Rowing Club, beating W. E. Crump (bow) and C. M. Pitman (stroke) of the New Col- lege (Oxford) Rowing Club by three-quar- ters of a length. The first heat of the Thames challenge cup, eight oars, was won by the St. Johns (Oxford) Rowing Club, beating the Thames Rowing Club by a length and a half. Time, 7:36. In the second heat the Amsterdam (Dutch) boat beat the Lady Margaret (Cambridge) crew [by two and a half lengths in 7:35%4. For the Twifold challenge cup, four oars, the first heat was won by the London Rowing Club, which beat the Henley Row- ing Club easily in 8:42. In the second heat First Trinity (Cam- bridge) beat Trinity Hall (Cambridge) by three lengths. Caius College (Cambridge) won the third heat by beating the Stone Rowing Club by two and a half lengths. The fourth heat was won by the Molezy Rowing Club, beating the Thames Rowing Club by two lengths. The first heat for the Visitors’ challenge cup (four oars) was won by Trinity (Ox- ford) beating Caius College by a length and a half in 8:14. The first heat in the Diamond sculls (singles) resulted in a row-over for Guy kalls of the London Rowing Club. In the second heat for the Diamond sculls, Guiness of the Leander Boat Club beat E. A. Thompson of the Argonaut Rowing Club of Toronto. New College of Oxford drew a bye for the first round, and. it has now been ar- ranged that New College and Cornell shall row against one another to-morrow after- noon after the second round, while Eton rows Trinity Hall. Cornell and New Col- lege will both be fresh and in good form. C. M. Pitman, the noted forward stroke of the last two university boat races, is the stroke of the New College crew, which may be regarded as stronger than Leander. The river presented a beautiful sight. Everything was full of animation. The houseboats and launches that lined the river as far as the Enid Reach were pro- fusely decorated with bunting and flowers. On the banks were hundreds of tents liter- ally covered with floral designs and flags, the American, English and French colors predominating. United States Embas- sador Bayard and wife and the officials of the American embassy had a special launch, and a large party of Americans were on board the houseboat Rouge-et- Noir, one of the finest of that kind of craft on the river. It was decorated with flags and flowers and looked like a floating pal- ace. Among those on her were the Hon. Seth Low, president of the Columbia Col- lege, and wife; Charles Dudley Warner, the Misses Grace, Messrs. Douglass and S8amuel Sothern. F. H. Howell and B. Howell, of New York. The Rouge-et-Noir will remain for a week, and it is said that the party on board will be the guests of the American embassy and- of Secretary Continued on Second Page DEATH ON THE RAILS Thirteen People Killed by the Colliding of Two Trains. A CRASH IN THE DARK. Sleeping Tourlsts in a Pullman Coach Meet Their Fate Unwarned. CAR AND ENGINE TELESCOPED A Suspiclon That One of the En- glneers Had Dozed at His Post. CRAIGS ROAD, Queskc, July 9.—In the early hours this morning there occurred an accident on the Grand Trunk road at the station here that has seldom been ex- celled in horror by any similar event in Canadian annals. - A special excursion passenger train, rushing along in the darkness, crashed into another train of the same kind preceding it, and killed thirteen people and wounded thirty. The dead are: Charles Bedard, mail clerk, Richmond; Miss Bedard, Rich- mond; Hector McLeod, engineer, Rich- mond; Richard L. Perkins, fireman, Rich- mond; Rev. J. L. Mercier, Richmond; -— Coogan, Richmond; Rev. E. P. Dig- nan, Windsor Mills; Miss Valin, St Joseph de Levis; Miss Phaneuf, St. Joseph de Levis; Mrs. J. B. Cayer, Danville; Miss Delicourte, Shefford; an aunt of Miss Valin, name unknown, St. Joseph de Levis; John O'Farrell, Cavpleton. The injured are: John Cadieux, Dan- ville; J. B. Cayer, Danville; Seraphine Cayer, Danville; Joseph Cayer, Danviile; Louis Cayer, Danville; Virginia Sylvester, Broughton; Francis Fontaine, Broughton; Louis Gaudel, Arthabaskaville; Patrick McHugh, Capleton; Pierre Alard, Rich- mond; Antonio Bgri, Arthabaskaville; Hercules Descoteau, wife and two sons, Danville; Rev. F. Desrosirs, Broughton, legs and arm broken; J. Quinlan, Mon- treal; Cyrille Remilard, Sherbrooke; De- lina Grosseline, Sherbrooke; Mr. and Mrs. Hamel, Danvilie; Mrs. Louis Morin, Wind- sor; Olivine Morin, Windsor; Mrs. Frank Cayer and six-year-old daughter, Dan- ville; Mrs, Zerphine Lanlin, Windsor Mills; Lazare Godabout, Windsor Mills; Joseph Richard, Brompton Falls; Cleophas Charest, Coaticooke ; Bennett Bassler, Pull- man car-porter, Toronto. The trains that came in collision were special excursion trains filled with pil- grims en route from Sherbrooke, Richmond and Windsor Mills to Levis, where they wete to cross over to Quebec and proceed to the shrine of St. Anne de Baupre. They were following one another with an inter- val of twenty minutes. The forward train was making good time, having left Rich- mond at 10 o’clock the night before. On the rear of this train was a Pullman, in which were the priestsand others in charge of the party, and it was in this car that most of the loss of life occurred. The first train reached this station, four- | teen miles west of Levis, about 3 o'clock | and stopped at the tank to take water. The usual precautions were taken to avoid danger against the following train. Only the trainmen were about and attending to their duties. The Pullman in the rear was in silence and the sleepers were unaware of the terrible fate that was rushing upon them. Suddenly there was a great crash, the second train, coming at full speed, dashed into the rear Pullman of the first section. So great was the impetus of the colliding train that the engine embedded itself in the palace car and the latter plunged for- ward and partially telescoped the first- class car immediately in front. Every berth in the Pullman was wrecked and some of the occupants killed never knew what happened fo them. They died sleep- ing. Others awoke to their horrible sur- roundings maimed, bleeding and bruised, conscious of little else but the agony that racked them. It was an awful scene.. The cries of the wounded, the moans of the dying, the out- pouring of passengers from cars that were not badly damaged, the hurrying forms of the uninjured trainmen with their flicker- ing lanterns, all combined to make a sight seldom exceeded in tragic horrors. The work of rescue was bezun as soon as possible. When the blinding clouds of steam had subsided the trainmen, priests and others got to work and the wounded were taken out of the Pullman and first- class car and removed to temporary quar- ters, where the women of the party at- tended as best they could to the wants of the maimed pilgrims. They tore off their underclothing, made bandages for gaping wounds and tried in the absence of enough medical aid to go round to stop the flow of blood and properly cléanse the wounds. Word was at once sent to Montreal and an order from there was sent to Levis to send out doctors from Quebec to attend the wounded and a force of men to clear the track. The special train reached here at an early hour and all the wounded that could be moved were placed on board and sent to Levis, where they could be cared for in hospitals. It is hard to say where the blame for the accident rests. It has been suggested that Engineer McLeod might have dozed off to sleep, and thus having missed the warn- ing light was unconscious of his where- abouts. Indeed, that would seem to be the only theory that could be advanced, but a strict investigation will be held at once to determine where the responsibility rests DENTH N THE FLAMES Three Detroit Firemen Perish While Fighting a Con- flagration. Over a Hundred Horses Cremated by the Burning of a Livery Stable. DETKOIT, Micr., July 10.—A fire broke out in Case's livery stable, the finest and best of its kind in the city, situated on Congress street, between Griswold and Shelby, at midnight, There were 135 horses and a large number of handsome vehicles in the puilding. Only about twenty-five of the animals were rescued. There were about forty stockmen in the building, but it is said all have escaped except a man named Cummings, who jumped from a third-story window and was killed. The firemen are missing and are thought to have be eath. Hanged for Wife Murder. PITTSBURG, Pa., July 9.—Daniel Werl- ing, who shot and killed his wife, Barbara, {in April, 1894, because she refused him money, was hanged here this morning. MURDERED BY FIENDS, Father and Son Shot to Death by a Mob in Kentucky. ARE GIVEN NO QUARTER. The Old Man Made to Stand in a Corner While They Fire Upon Him. AVENGERS ON THEIR TRAIL. Will Show No Mercy When the Band of Whitecaps Is Over- taken. CINCINNATI, Onro, July 9.—A special to the Tribune from Princeton, Ky., says: A posse composed of indignant Lewiston citizens, armed with revolvers and rifles, has started in pursuit of the murderers of Joseph Howton and his son, Hewlett. The mob which kiiled father and son was made up of at least fifteen men, and should the posse catch up with them there will be a desperate battle. The mob, all the members of which were masked, went to the Howton residence at Lewiston, eight miles from here, shortly before midnight last night. The men held a short consultation, and just as the clock struck 12, one of the mob knocked on the door and asked to see Hewlett Howton. He came to the door, and after talking a minute or two on some personal matter, he was seized by two others. They pulled him outside and asked him to go with them to the barn. He refused, and one of the miscreants shot him through the body. Then they dragged him to the gate and shot him several times. One man had stood guard at the door, and after they had finished Hewlett, the gang went back to the house. The white- haired father begged that they spare his life and the lives of his family, but his en- treaties were unheeded, and they made him back up into a corner, so they could shoot him without danger to his wife ana daughters. The leader deliberately counted ten, and then five of the men fired at the old man. One ball struck him in the wrist, another in the abdomen and a third in the groin. Then the men left the house, taking with them a boy who worked on Howton’s farm. They carried him to a vacant building and tied him to a tree, telling him' they would kill him if he attempted to escape before daylight. A man named Brashears was sent half an hour after the shooting for one of the neighbors, who lived half a mile away. He was stopped by a man on horseback and made to go back home. The old man was not dead, and another hand was sent for a doctor by another road. This was also guarded, and the man was turned back. It was given out that no one must leave the Howton place again before daylight under pain of death. As a result, it was eight hours before any of the neighbors knew of the mob’s awful work. There is no theory as to the cause of the mob’s action. The Howtons were quiet, inoffensive people and stood well in the community. They were noted as good . VALEKYRIE III, THE NEW OHALLENGER FOR THE AfluCA Uv:?. . [Reproduced from an engraving in the London Graphic.} neighbors and did not have a known enemy. John Howton, the eldest son, was a blacksmith. He was a member ofa very bad gang which was broken up last winter, when he was sent to the peniten- tiary, but his father and brother had nothing to do with his misdeeds, and even refused to shield him when they could have done s DEBS SENTENCE MODIFIED. The Strike Leader Will Serve but Six Months in Jail. CHICAGO, ILL., July 9.—Judge Woods this morning modified the sentence of Eu- gena V. Debs from one year in jail to six months. The sentences of the other direc- tors of the American Railway Union were reduced from six months to three. The sentences are now as the court originally imposed them. The sentences were made cumulative, one to begin when the other ended,for technical reasons,in order that the cases might be brought before the Supreme Court, as the court only wished to punish the men for the length of time prescribed, and it has all along been intended to make the sentences as originally imposed. SR ¥IRE IN A WAREHOUSE. Furniture and Merchandise Valued at $300,000 Destroyed at Chicago. CHICAGO, ILL., July 9.—Three hundred thousand dollars’ worth of furniture and general merchandise was destroyed by fire to-night in the storage warehouse of George Parry at 156, 158 and 160 West Monroe street, Three firemen were painfully though not seriously wounded by falling bricks and glass. The buildings No. 158 and 160 were totally destroyed, but No. 156 was saved by a firewall, and the contents were damaged only by water. The burned buildings were owned by Norton Pope of New York and were valued at $30,000. WILLWORK IN THE SLUMS Bishop Potter’s Unique Pro- gramme for His Annual Outing. Intends to Take Up His Resldence in a Tenement District of New York. NEW YORK, N. Y., July 9.—Forsaking the comforts of his residence in Washing- ton square north, and the spacious accom- modations of the Episcopal mansion in Lafayette place, and forezoing his Euro- pean tour or 2 season at Newport, Bishop Potter is about to take up his abode for four succeeding weeks of the summer amid the slums and tenements of the old Tenth Ward. No. 130 Stanton street, the Cathedral mission, formerly known as the Epiphany House, will be the home of the head of the diocese of New York for the coming month. There he will perform the duties which devolve upon the minister in charge of the mission, while the latter is absent in his vacation. In his address before the diocesan con- vention last September, Bishop Potter told his clergy about the work being done in Stanton street for the downtown East Side, and suggested to them that they arrange, each one of them, to spend a week or more there every year, so that they might be conversant with the workings of this most potent factor in bettering the condi- tion of unfortunate humanity. Without any flourish of trumpets, and unknown to all but a few of his most inti- mate associates, Bishop Potter has quietly so arranged his affairs that he may pass four weeks in active work in the Stanton- street mission, and thus set an example to his subordinates throughout the city. His residence in the Cathedral mission will be- gin the present week, and it is expected that he will conduct the regular Thursday evening services there to-morrow night at 8 o’clock. The location of the Cathedral mission for the work which it is carrying on is one of the most favorable in the city. The square mile, 1n the center of which the mission stands, contains, according to the census, over 350,000 persons, and it is said to be the most densely populated square mile in the world. In speaking of the Bishop’s plan a prominent churchman said yesterday: “In taking up his residence on Stanton street Bishop Potter will do much to give to the people of New York an object lesson of the meaning of the great cathedral which is to crown the heights of Morning- side Park. We can no longer think of the cathedral simply as a magnificent building in which the church liturgy is to be ren- dered with all the accessory of a dignified ceremonial, It becomes rather the heart of the missionary endeavor, which minis- ters to high and low, rich and poor, alike; an endeavor which finds its inspiration and power of continuance in worship.” DANEN OUT BY h FLOD Hundreds of Familiesina Kan- sas Town Desert Their Homes. Boat Patrols Kept Busy Resculng People From the Rising Water. SALINA, Kaxs., July 9.—The portion of the city east of the Smoky River, contain- ing a resident population of 1200, is under water. Hundreds of families have vacated their homes and hundreds of others are unable to leave, except in boats. The river has been rising steadily for three days, and although it has reached the highest point known in history it con- tinues to rise rapidly. The situation to-night is the most serious in the history of Salina. A foot nore water will cover the first floor of 500 houses. The flooded district is being patrolled by men in boats, and endangered families are bein g constantly rescued. WRECKED BY A WATERSPOUT. Farm Buildings Demolished by a Kan- sas Deluge. LEOTI, Xas.,, July 9.—A waterspout passed near here during the storm Sunday and demolished the homes of Mrs, Hein- rich and Peter Loewen. Its course was southeasterly. It destroyed twenty-eight windmills and twenty-four barns and gran- aries. It passed near the big Mennonite Church a few miles from Leoti and de- stroyed the buggies and wagons of those attending church. FIRST GUN IN' 10WA, Republicans Meet to Open the Gubernator- ial Campaign. DRAKE IS A FAVORITE, He Will Enter the Convention With a Well-Organized Force. TEN CANDIDATES IN THE RACE: Dark Horses Base Their Hopes of Success on a Deadlock Between the Leaders. DES MOINES, Towa, July 9.—The Re- rublican State Convention will be called to order at 10 o’clock to-morrow morning in Calvary Tabernacle.a structure that will hold 3500 people, but will not begin to hold all who will seek admission. Practi- cally the full number of delegates, 1244, will be present. TLe number required to nominate is 623. The only contest will be over the nomination for Governor, for which there are ten candidates, at least seven of whom are professing to-night to expect the honor, and the other three will not admit that they are without hope. The platform will be adopted without a contest of any sort. 1t is now generally expected that it will be short and in no way radical. State issues will be dwelt on briefly, but the liquor question will not be touched upon. Two years ago the party adopted the policy of considering this question out of politics and will continue it. The Minneapolis platform of 1892 will be reaflirmed as to National issues. This course will be adopted as being best adapted to further the candidacy of Sena- tor Allison, who is here but taking no part, for the Presidency. General F. M. Drake of Centerville and ex-United States States Senator James F. Harlan of Mount Pleasant are the two leading candidates for Governor, and the hopes of the others rest upon the assump- tion that the lines will be so strongly drawn between these two that neither can be nominated. General Drake has e most votes for the first ballot, and his forces are the best organized. Senator Harlan’s friends depend upon his popu- Iarity, based on his past services, to make him a general second choice. Between these two it is a question of organization versus enthusiasm. There is a little bet- ting being done to-night and Drake is the fayorite. The personal fight on General Drake has been abandoned, what is con- sidered as a full vindication having been published and all the other candidates having disavowed the attacks. The claims of the candidates for Governor as to their votes on the first ballot are: Drake 400, Harlan 300, Matt Parrott 200, W. M. Mec- Farland 200, J. B. Harsh 150, E. S. Ormsby 150, J. L. Kamrar 50, F. C. Letts and A. B. Coway each their home county, and W. 8. Russell none, as he is not even indorsed at home, although he keeps open headquar- ters and insists upon being classed as a full-tledged candidate. In case of a protracted struggle the men with few votes at the beginning count themselves in as good shape to win as those with many. It is thought that the renomination of Lieutenant-Governor Dungan, State Super- intendent Sabin, Railroad Commissioner Perkins and Supreme Judge Given will be easy, although Messrs. Sabin and Given will have opposition. J. R. Lane of Daven« port will be temporary chairman. HELWY'S SHOT 0 CENTER As Predicted by “The Call,” the Californian Wins the Germania Prize. He Captures the Award In a Com= petition With Over Six Hun- dred Marksmen. NEW YORK, N. Y., July 9.—The an- nouncement exclusively made in a dis- patch to THE CALL yesterday that George Helm’s shot on the target Germania was the best bullseye of the 600 and odd made was substantiated to-day by official meas- urement, and that popular delegate from the Golden City takes first prize of $300, his builet having struck the bullseye ‘‘plum center.” To-day was devoted to social reunion by the marksmen and their friends at Glen- dale Park, and to-morrow the official score will be announced and the prizes distrib- uted. Some of the California marksmen, as already stated, are in New Haven as guests of the Winchester Arms Company to-day, and will be on hand to-morrow to receive their prizes with the rest. On Sat- urday all will return home, picking up en route George Helm, who will go to Utica 10 visit some friends to-morrow afternoon. The others will devote the interval to sight~ seeing in this vicinity. In addition to the many prizes which the delegation will carry back from New York are two of the six handsome silver wreaths presented by the New York Times to the holders of the highest scores on each target, value $75, won by George Helm with 75 points, the highest possible score on the ring, and Adolph Strecker, who made the record of 97 on the man target. Apart from the intrinsic value of these prizes, both men will have reason to give them a prominent place in their col- lections as mementos of records made at the first National shapshooters’ reunion, and moreover from the fact that both are duplicates of world’s recordsalready made by the same pair—Helm’'s at San Fran- cisco two years ago and Strecker’'s at the Milwaukee shoot last June. L Californians in New York. NEW YORK, N. Y., July 9.—These Cali- fornians registered at the hotels to-day: Mr. and Mrs. J. Kirk of San Francisco and Miss Miller of San Rafael at_the Bruns- wick; John N. Anson of San Francisco at the Holland; J, P. Trafton of Los Angeles at the Astor,