The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 21, 1895, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JULY ‘21, 1895. WAS TORN T0 SHREDS i An Oregonian’s Ghastly ! Method of Killing | | Himself. ! | SAT ON GIANT POWDER. to the shouts and songs of the gay Bo- hemians, who will be out forall the joy there is in it e . HIS MURDEROUS ATTACK. Thomas J. Hanly Attempts to Kill His Mother and Brother With a Hatchet. Thomas J. Hanly, 233 Valencia street, made a murderous attack with a hatchet | last night upon his mother, Mrs. Annie v, and his brother, Jesse C. Hanly, a compositor. Mrs. Hanly, who had been sick for two ‘or three weeks, was siiting at the open He Touched Off the Deadly | Explosive and Was Blown J to Atoms. | | | HIS RESIDENCE DESTROYED. | James Fisk Was Determined to Deprive His Wife of a Home. PORTLAND, Or., July 20.—A special | from Ciatskanie gives particulars of the | fearful death of James Fisk, a well-known | resident of the Clatskanie country, who | blew himself up with a can of giant pow- sk was a wealthy lumberman. He | ily married, but recently began ulty with his wife. Domestic troubles, coupled with ancial losses, | made him despondent, and he carried out | atened n of committing sui- o his wife left him | k got desperate. He had a home{ elegantly ished, and remarked to a | friend : | “T'll fix the b so that my wife will | not get the e—you see if I don’t.” He went upstairs to the garret, where he kept st cegs of giant powder for blow- ing up s He brought a keg down, sat down it, and lighted a match. A | fearful explosion followed, and the house, | together with all contents, was blown to atoms. What was left was reduced to ashes, and | nothing but a few charred embers are left | to tell the tragic story of the lonely man’s | fate. When the neighbors searched for Fisk all t could be discovered were one foot | with a portion of the ankle attached, a | partofa hand and some fingers, fragments had been blown some distance | from the house, and in that manner es- | caped being destroyed by fire. Several of | the rafters to which were attached shingles | were also found quite a distance from | where the dwelling nad stood, where they | rad been hurled by the force of the explo- | sion. On the ur side of the rafters were | tound a quantity of blood and traces of | powder. Fisk was 47 years old, and bore an excel- l lent reputation as a steady, industrious | man. He had deeded nearly all of his land to his wife, and the house and con tents, valued about $4000, he evidently in- | tended she should not have. TEACHERS PENSION FUND. Treasurer Widber Will Begin | Preparing for It on I Next Payday. Advisement Until Advice Can | e Taken Under More Legal Be Obtained. letirement Fund Sutro, uperinten- ded to put the new teachers’ pension law into full | operation on the 1st day of August,and | li attempt to render it active in spite of | the ambiguities in the wording of the doc- | | The Schoolteachers’ Commi: g of a letter from the secretary | O of Education, calling atten- the fact that William White, a | ad applied to be retired onan of 1 the measure was discussed at ascertain, if possible, how the obstacles in the way of making | ve could be overcome. ce not beginning to deduct from the salaries of teachers at the last payday. He said that at that time there were many matters in re to the law which he “did not iully unaerstand, and that, as his office was | in a turmoil, he had no time to look them up;ana he also wished to consult theother abers of the commission before pro- ceeding. He thought that while otner means of carrying out the law than those | prescribed by the measure might be of | greater advaniage, it was best to give | the letter of the law a full trial before departing from it. After some further talk it was decided that from the preserit and until it is proved worthless, the law must be carried out. Treasurer Widber was instructed to begin on next payday to withhold 1 per cent of the pay of those who had given notification that they desire to take advantage of the law. A. communication was received from William White, ing to be retired on a pension of §45 a month and inclosing a check for $300. This was made necessary by the provision of the law, which says | that three rs must elapse between the | time a pension is applied for and the time the first installment falls due, unless iu cases of great necessity, when $300 must be paid by the applicant to cover the install- ments until a sufficient sum has aceumn- lated from the 1 per cent deductions to carry the former on. Mr. White's case was considered a good oneon which to base a precedent. He was stricken with paralysis some months ago while engaged in giving a lesson, and has been unable to do any work since. The discussion was_favorable to the dis- abled teacher’s petition, but no action was taken on it, as the Commissioners wished to obtain legal advice on some minor mat- ters before bringing the question to u con- clusion. The meeting was adjourned for this purpose and will meet at the call of the chair at the earliest moment that the proper advice can be secured. BOHEMIAN JINKS, The Midsummer Outing of the Chil- dren of the Owl in Sonoma’s Woods. The midsummer jinks of the Bohemian ub will be held under the big redwoods near Guerneville, in Sonoma County, August 3. Great preparations have been made for this affair, which is the eight- eenth of the kind given under the auspices of the club, and the flight of the owl to the leafy woods, where Pan pipes within the sacred groves, will be followed by the tread of many feet. _“Death to care’ is to be the watchword. Vanderlyn Stow, who is to sire the cere- monies. will see that the demon of carks and wrinkles receives the iron in the mid- riff. There will be many and other things happen than are down on the programme, grim ceremonials to hush the lips and other things to loose them. There will be gay old times, when the welkin will ring | upon him | cuffed. were-placed against him at the City Prison. There were eight wounds in Jesse’s scalp and his skull was fractured in one place. | Mrs. Hanly had six wounds in her scalp | sta These | § window of ‘the front room looking out upon the street. when her son Thomas crept up behind her and deait her a blow with the blunt end of a hatchet. She screamed and he struck her again and again. Jesse C. Hanly was stretched out on the lounge asleep and_Thomas turned his attention to him. He attacked him “l-u)} the ax and struck him repeatedly on the head. Policeman Cooke was standing on the corner of Fourteenth street and ran to the scene. When he got there Thomas turned nd a desperate struggle ensued, s finally overpowered and hand- Two chargesof assault to murder and her skull was fractured in four places. She is in a critical condition. Thomas has not been well for several month nd it is said has been insane of late, which is the only reason that can be attributed for his attempt to murder his mother and brother. G A . ATIONAL STAF J. H. Shepard of Oakland, Who Has Just Been Madea Colonel. He Commanded One of the First Volunteer Companies Raised in This State. J. H. Shepard of Oakland, who has re- cently been appointed a colonel on the of General Thor V. Lawler, com- mander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, has a fine record as a soldier. J. H. Shepard of Oakland, Recently Appointed on General Lawler’s Staff. [From a photograph.] During the early part of the war, when a mere youth, he was a member of the Sum- ner Light Guard of the First Regiment of California and resigned to take a commis- sion for the purpose of raising Company K, Seventh Regiment, California Volun- teers. He was commissioned as second lieutenant conditionally that if be raised the company in_forty-five days he should be commissioned captain of the company. He raised 115 men in thirty-five days. The company rendered hard frontier ser- vice 1n this State, Arizona and New Mexi- co, participating in many skirmishes and fights with Indians, Captain Shepard be- ing wounded in the neck and breast, the last wound nearly proving fatal. He was honorably discharged March 1, 1866, at San Francisco, Cal., and was tendered a second utenant’s commission in_the United ates army, but declinec. He was subse- quently appointed to a position in the sur- neral’s office in Washington, D. C. Captain Shepard has been prominent in Grand Army circles for many years past. w :n in Washington he wasa member of Kit Carson Post No. 2 of the Department »f the Potomac. In 1884, on account of ill health, ned his position in the surgeon-general’s office, and returned to California, where he engaged in the pro- curing of pensions for the old veterans. ‘He soon discovered that the old sol- | diers were compelled to pay from $1 to $2 every time they wanted a paper signed re- lating to their claims for pensions. After trying_to persuade the County Clerk of San Francisco to remit the charges, he framed a bill and had it introduced into the Legislature to do away with all fees by County Clerks in pension cases, but it failed to pass. After three efforts the bill was passed in 1887, since which time all papers relating to pensions have been executed by County Clerks free of charge, thus saving thousands of dollars yearly to the old soldiers and their beirs. _ ; This he followed up by having a bill passed by Congress doing away with fees in all United States Courts and by terri- torial officials, for executing vouchers in pension cases. Last winter he introduced a bill in our Legislature for the benefit of widows and heirs of soldiers of all wars. It failed to pass. . Colonel Shepard is an active member of Lyon Post, G. A.R., of Oakland and has served on the staff of the department com- mander during the past year. He is a member of the military order of the Loyal Legion of this City and indorsed by all | }»a.«‘ department commanders of California or his work. = g In New Quarter On account of the proposed removal of | the building at the southwest corner of Third and Market streets preparatory to the erection of the big building for the San Francisco CaLw, several very promi- nent merchants have been compelled to se- cure new quarters. was T. Lundy, who for more than twenty years had conducted a jewelry business on that corner. His new location, No. 16 Ellis street, is a_splendid one, being practically upon Market street. The salesroom is large, and presents that carefully selected stock of jewels, silverware and precious stones, for which this store has become celebrated. - This handsome establishment marks an innovation among the mercan- tile houses of Ellis street, and furnishes an opportunity for congratulation on the part of old patrons of this firm. While there are a large number of men engaged in this particular line of business, few are so prac- tical in the application of their knowledge as Mr. Lundy, and consequently few are able to give such universal satisfaction to their patrons. Cross-Country Club. The Cross-Country Club will make a trip to Cazadero to-day. Four hundred and twenty- | four tickets were sold last night, and President Locke stated that at least 400 people were un- able to secure tickets, as it had been deter- mined not to crowd the special train. In orger to accommodate the disapuointed & similar ex- cursion will be run next Sunday by the club. Among the number | EVIDENCE FOR DURRANT. The Prisoner’s Lawyers Have a Bloody Handkerchief to Offer. MYSTERIOUS . INITIALS J. H. J. Strange Story of an Unknown Man Who Is Expected to Testify for the Defense. The attorneys who will defend William Henry Theodore Durrant in his trial for the Emmanuel Church murders are hold- ing in reserve for use at the proper time during the court proceedings a story which directly affects the guilt or inno- cence of their client and is not the least sensational development in this case of many sensations. They have in their pos- session a letter and a bloody handkerchief. The handkerchief was dropped by the murderer of the dead girls as he left the church after the second crime. The letter was written by a man whom the murderer jostled in his hurried exit and who picked up the handkerchief. On the Wednesday or Thursday follow- ‘nf the arrest of Durrant a stranger called on Mrs. Durrant and requested a private interview. She was engaged with callers at the time, but led the way to an adjoining room, not, however, before her visitors had secured a good look at the new arrival. The stranger declined to give his name or address, but the story he told, if propetly substantiated, is of the utmost importance to Durrant. ‘*About 9 o’clock on the Friday night on which Minnie Williams was murdered,” said the stranger, I was passing the Em- manuel Church, when the side gate into the yard opened and a man came out. He was in a great hurry and bumped up against me pretty hard. He excused himself abruptly and passed rapidly along the street. “I did not like the way the fellow acted and stood watching him. When he had passed nearly out nf’sigm I noticed some- thing white at my feet. It proved to be a i handkerchief and it had blood spots upon it. My first impulse was to call after the man, but his manner had ‘riled’ me and I | put the handkerchief in my pocket, think- ing that the loss served him right for his | lack of courtes “When I first heard of the discovery of Minnie Williams’ body, I conclnded that | the fellow whose handkerchief I had was her murderer. Iwas going to notify the | police, but a chance glance into a mirror showed that T resemble the description of | the man seen entering the church that night equally as well asdoes your son. I | bad been hunting along Bartlett s | that night for a friend of mine and I could not have accounted for my time for two | hours in a satisfactory manner. Therefore I concluded to keep quiet. I could not do | so longer, however, when I see the evi- dence that is apparently being secured against your son, whom I know to be inno- cent. T will send the handkerchief to G eral Dickinson. It has a name upon i and perhaps through it the real murderer may be found. Unfortunately, however, it isnow in the wash, but I will send it as soon as I get it back.” Mrs. Durrant begged and pleaded with the stranger to have him give his name or where he lived, but he was thoroughly frightened and would say nothing beyond an involuntary admission that he resided on Golden Gate ayenue. On his departure Mrs. Durrant told ns story to her callers. | “The man was of medium height,” said { Mrs. Durrant when questioned about the matier. ‘“‘He was rather heavy set, and must have been about 35 years old. ciothes were rather-secedy. His hat? It was a Fedora, and rather shabby. “Why did I not have him ‘Well, there was no one to follow him. It was in the middle of the afterncon. Mr. Durrant was at the jail with Theodore, and there were only women in the house, Besides he had promised to call onor com- municate with General Dic! n."" X Durrant told her son's lawyers | about her mysterious visitor, and a day or | two later General Dickinson received a let- | ter from him. In it he repeated practi- cally the statements made to Mrs. Dur- rant, emphasizing his fear of being made | by the police to answer for the crime him- | self. He signed himself ’ and prom- ised if it should be absolutely necessary for him to come forward to save voung Dur- | rant from the death penalty he would do | so. The handkerchief wls ‘inclosed with the letter. It was hemstitched, and in spite of the fact that it had been washed blood stains were plainly visible. Tt bore a name wri ten in indelible ink, but so faded that not | more than the initials could be made out with certainty. The initials were ‘J. H. 1J.7 After the first **J" some small letters were written as though the { “James” or “Joseph.” | not _more than “Jen— | guished. The man who dropped. the handkerchief at the door of the Emmanuel Church did not resemble in any respect the prisoner who this veek will have to stand trial for | the murders. He was tall, said Mrs. Dur- rant’s visitor, about 40 or 50 years old and wore a closely cropped dark beard. His clothing was dark, and a slouch hat sur- { mounted his head. His ccat was a long followed ? could be distin- had no overcoat. Upon receipt of the letter and handker- chief, detectives were put at work looking up all the men they could find whose ini- tials were “J. H. J.” Some were followed to Stockton ard to Sacramento, but so far without satisfactory results. A search was also made for the mysterious “S” i who lives on Golden Gate avenue, but it is | understood that he has not been found, though General Dickinson is confident that he will turn up at the trial. Strangely enough the police have had in their possession from the first evidence which is strongly’ corroborative of the i story of Mrs. Durrant’s visitor. About 7:45 o’clock on the night of the Williams murder, J. D. Hendry, a carpenter, who lives at 918 Twenty-first street, was going with a lady to an’ entertainment, and was stopped at the corner of Twenty-first and Capp streets by a man who inquired his way to Emmanuel Baptist Church. Mr. Hendry did not know the church by that | Dr. Gibson was its pastor. Upon that statement the direction was given and the stranger departed. His description, as given by Mr. Hendry, tallies exactly with that given by Mrs. Durrant’s visitor. Hen- dry told the police what he knew, but they, apparently, paid no attention to it. It is likely, however, that he will be called on by Durrant’s attorneys to tell his story in court. THE SILVER CONVENTION, The Press Throughout the State Com- ments Favorably on the Proposed Meeting. The work of the bimetallic convention committee is progressing very favorably and there is every reason to suppose that the August convention will be a great suc- cess. The idea is daily receiving the most}fa- vorable comments in the newspapers throughout the State and letters are re. ceived from all parties in all portions of the United States for blanks that the com- mittee is issuing for the formation of leagues. 2, Nevada has promised 200 guests for the convention outside of the regular dele- gates. Arrangements are nearly completed for getting hali-rate tickets for the visitors. There has not been sufficient time since the formal invitations were issued to hear from the noted bimetallists addressed, so the speakers are not definitely known. His | pmustache was a reddish brown, and his | Of the last name | Prince Albert, worn unbuttoned, and hc | name, and the stranger mentioned that | Senator Jones arrives here early next week and will undoubtedly be present at the convention. g ‘ A letter received two days ago from Gen- era! A.J. Warner, president of the Amer- ican Bimetallic League, congratulates the committee upon the wisdom displayed in the inauguration of such a movement. M. W. Belshaw, chairman of the last di- metallic meeting Leld in San Francisco, has supplied the committee with several hundred copies of his essay on *‘Silver as Money”’ for distribution. HE IS COMING BACK. Chambliss, the Censor of Society as He Found It, to Bptnl‘n From New York. o W. A. Chambliss, whose society diary disturbed the happiness of many of the author’s enemies on this coast, has written that he is abont to return to this City from New York. He will arrive here about August 1, and his marriage will soon follow. The authority on social forms, customs and Mr. Greenway says that he has suc- ceeded in inducing members of the New York Four Hundred to publish the book that was prevented from appearing in this City on account of obnoxious personalities, but he is to deal chiefly with society as he has found it in the East more particularly than with his original discoveries on this coast. The encmr of Greenway thinks that he has been called npon to expose “the ab- surdities of caste and aristocracy’’ that he has observed in New York, and he proposes to deal, he says, with the anglomaniac rather than with western acquaintances. MUNCPAL - ONVERSHP A Popular Agitation With This Object in Sight to Be Begun. Will Call a Meeting and Have the Powers of the State Ascer-~ tained. Municipal ownership of public utilities. That is to be the single purpose of a move- ment to be started by a number of local reformers. A man who has given this matter deep thought is John M. Reynolds, whose name has become familiar with mostly all recent local movements for the reform of municipal politics. He was a leading spirit of the committee of eleven during | the last session of the Legislature, and has been an active member of the Civic Fed- eration. John M. Reynolds’ ideas of municipal matters have finally led him to the opinion that the only practical method of reform worthy of the attention of conservative business men is the municipal ownership of public utilities. The three great utih- ties he would have thus owned are street lighting, water service and telephone system. Job Harriman, who is the idol of the li: i \ly agrees with Mr. nolds’ position and so do Revs. Joseph 3. Scott and Edward J. Dupuy, the two Presbyterian clergymen who recently started a socialist weekly, atleast they pro- pose to go ahead and advocate municipal ownership in their journal. From another quarter, too, comes agree- ! mentand co-operation, namely, Chairman Edward S. Barney of the People’s party County Committee. Messrs., Harriman and Barney had a conference with Mr., Reynolds yesterday afternoon -and con- cluded to go at once to work in the organi- zation of a popular movement for muni- cipal ownership of public utilities. They will ask prominent business men and practical reformers to come together at an early date and organize for this end irre- spective of political atliliations. « It isnot intended to have anything of artisanship . enter into the movement. epublicans, Democrats, Populists, Probi- bitionists, socialists and men who are not hidebound at all with any political creed are to be invited to join in with it and lend it their earnest co-operation. Then if the | agitation proves ‘to be a popular one each of the political parties will be asked to in- corporate a municipal ownership plank in its next City and County platform. In discussing the subject yesterday each of the three gentlemen admitted that a good movement might be jeopardized by being given a partisan color of any kind, and agreed that as it was purely a local affair questions of Federal and State poli- ties would not be disturbed by it; nor should it be hampered by them. Mr. Har- riman said: There isnot the slightest doubt that all theso- cialists in the City will urge along this matter withall their wonted enthusiasm, for it is aunite in line with right political economy as social- istssee i, but Iagree that any good move- ment might be injured in the public mind if exclusively associated with a school of thought against which there may be more or less pre?n- dice in the minds of ine great conservative mass of electors. Business men, whose supror! of a thing like this is most desiraple, are the most timid and are easily aliennted from a wise movement by a fear that it might be made simply a means to an end by persons whose radicalism otfends them, Therefore,I am fully of *he opinion that it should be simply a popular movement regardless of any political party. “That is the position I take in all such movements,” said Mr. Barney, and he | continued : I am now what is commonly known as a Populist, but I would cheerfully work shoulder to shoulder with Republicans and Democrats ina popular agitation for municipal owner- ship of water works and gas and electric light works. See what Chicago is able to do since that city concluded to own her own water works. She now talks of having a cansal built from Lake Michigan to some tributary of the Mississippt River, 50 &s to utilize the water power thereby obtainable for a complete electric-light glln[. Thus one good step makes the next possible. Mr. Reynolds explained that the legal status would ultimately prove to be a small difliculty. Reasoning from A to B, he would first presume that an act of the Legislature would be all that would be necessary. 1f, however, the Legislature did not possess the power, an amendment to the constitution could give it to them, and the veople, if the movement proves popular enough, could easily have the con- stitution amended. g I feel confident that the press will take up this question with its accustomed en- ergy, and then success will be assured.’ Sy e Cheap Circus Property. A circus was sold in Los Angeles the other day by the Sheriff and the whole outfit sold for a song. The Los Angeles Record of July 12 last had the following account of it, showing that a circus when sold under the hammer does not bring much: A 891 CIRCUS Sold Under the Hammer at Fourth and Main Streets To-Day. l Wallace's show was sold under the ham- mer this morning. The big tent, which was pitched at Fourth and Main streets, brought only $91, including the elephant. W. W. Eggert, the man who secured the first attachment, was the purchaser. Colonel Mudd, Wallace and’ arer, the showmen, failed to appear at the sale, which was conducted by Deputy Constable Brakesuhler. PSS s S e Mrs. Anderson’s Suit. ‘The papers in the suit of Mrs. Christine Anderson against Attorney J. J. Coffey, Dr. F. 8. Cook and Mrs. Rose Dugan, the full story of which was published in TrE Cawn several days ago, were filed in the Superior Court yesterday. hfirs. Anderson is the widow of John M. Anderson,a lodging-house keeper at Hamp- shire and Twentieth streets. The Ander- sons owned the property, and it is alleged that Mrs. Anderson, after her husband's death, was defrauded by the defendanty out of all she owned. The property is valued at $7500. 2 THE BAY DISTRICT RACES Del Norte Ran the Mile and a Sixteenth Handicap in 1:47 Flat. BREAKS THE COAST RECORD. Four Horses Finishing Heads Apart in the Hurdle Race Startled the Crowd. Charley Quinn’s coin was instrumental in cutting the price against Major Cook. The black colt Charles A is now a member of the string of that very capable trainer Walt Vivell. Rey Del Bandidos swerved all over the track in the stretch, apparently having grown top- heavy for his underpinning. Away from the post better the speedy chest- nut sprinter Sport McAllister would have given Gold Bug a much stronger argument. The latter won through the superb riding of Hin- richs. A well-known turfman at the track recently received a letter from a prominent penciler now booking at the new Milwaukee track, in which he states the meeting at the Cream City is meeting with the most flattering success. All of the bookies are making money, and the at- tendance, the writer states, the day the letter was written, Monday, was 6000. After Hinrichs had won the second and third races Charley Quinn remarked, “Looks like Hinrichs was goin’ to clean the kittle,” but his bolt had been shot. He was unplaced after that. The St. Louis Garrison’s finish on Thorn- hill was full of hairbreadth situations, Japa- nese bomb explosions, picturesque scenery and rare bad judgment. One week ago yesterday the veteran horseman, Mat Storn, was in very bad humor. His horse, Del Norte, had been bumped about in. the handicap, and Mat said he was positive the horse could beat any horse in the race at the same weights, barring the rough-and-tumble get-there tactics that were used on that occasion by the jockeys riding in the race. Yesterday this prediction was verified, for in the mile and a sixteenth handicap the son of imp. Greenvack carried off the honors, winning well in hand at the end from the 9 to 5 favorite, Flirtilla, in the very fast time of 1:47, a quarter of a second lower than the coast record. The brown horse went to the post 3% to 1. Behind the two leaders were Remus and Thornhill. 1If one could guess the winners yesterday riches were in sight. There were six events on the card, and after Amigo’s win of the opening dash, all of the other races went to the outsiders in the betting. As usual the Saturday crowd was always en- deavoring to down the first choices. So thev had a great day of it. At least one hurdle race has been run off without any mention of the ‘‘dead ones.” The finish of the mile and a half hurdle yesterday, when four horses fin- ished heads apart. was certainly testa- mentary to the fact that all were trying. Carmel, Mestor, J. 0. C. and Ali Baba car- ried the bulk of the money bet. After all of the jumps had been taken without accident the race had apparently narrowed down the last sixteenth of a mile to a duel be- tween J. 0. C., Mestor and Ali Baba. While the three were fighting it out near the rail Piantoni came with a rush on Guadaloupe and snatched the race on the wire by a head. J. 0. C. got the place with Mestor third. It was a highly exciting finish and is significant of the fact that head-and-head finishes are possible in jumving races as well as on the flat. But how long this one has been coming. 1t is gradually drawing on the betting public that Don Gara is a pretty shifty | sort of a voungster. In the five-and-a-half- furlong handicap yesterday he got the best of a poor start, but was headed by the 7 to 5 favorite, imp. Santa Bella, before a furlong had been traversed. He chal- lenged the favorite again in the stretch, however, and in a hard drive gained the verdict by a head in the fast time of 1:071¢. Joe K, a 20 to 1shot, made a remarkably good run_in the stretch, finishing but a head behind the place horse. Backed from 2 to 1 to 3 to 2 Amigo took the opening event on the card, a five and a half furlong dash, ridden out, a length in front of Auteuil, with Prince a good third. The next race was a second edition of the ovening race, with nine starters. Ledalia and Johnny Capron were the ones that “figgered.” Ledalia, the favorite, was not in it, and Johnny gota very small piece of the hoe cake. In a drive, Little Tough, with post odds of 8 tol against him, downed the 10 to 1 chance Bellringer half a length. Johnny Capron was a good third. Tive very rapid ones lined up in the third race, a five-furlong seiling dash, and Jockey Hinrichs of St. Louis cut a water- melon. Major Cook was an extremely warm _favorite, going to the post 3 to 2. Sport McAllister and Royal Flush were in good demand, but Goldbug had 12 to 1 hung ont against him. 5 Major Cook tried to run off with the plum, but the speedy Sport chased him to hard that he passed 1t over. . Sport grew lez weary toward the end, and now came Mr. Hinrichs’ time. He slid along on the outside with Goldbug and wona cleverly timed race by a length in the fast time of 1:00%. MULHOLLAND. SUMMARY. SAN FRANCISCO, July 20, 1895, 119 FIRST RACE—Five and a half furlongs: o selling: three-year-olds and upward: purse $250, Ind. Horse. weight, jockey. 8t. 15 Str. Fin 1168 Amigo, 98 (Piggott 27 1a 17. (1183) Auteuil, 98 (Coady’ 415 81 2 1152 Prince, 98 (McIntyre). 1A° 21 31 3 1173 St. Elmo, 102 (Hinrichs) 1 1122 Connaught, 98 (8hepard). 1137 Red Idle, 87 (Reldy). 8 3n Good start. Won handily. Time, 1:09%. Win- ner, b. g., by Joe Daniels-Puritan. - Betting: Amigo 3 to 2, Auteuil 3 to 1, Prince 10 to 1, Red Tdle 4 to 1, Connaught 30 to 1,’ St. Elmo 10to1. 1194 SECOND RACE—Four and a half fur- . longl: selling: three-yéar-olds and up- ward; purse $250. 51 41g 4V 6 5‘:6 bl/; 6 6 Ind. Horse, weight. jockey. 8¢, 1? Str. Fin, 1168 Little Tough.101(Hinrictis). 1 14 215 In 851 Bellring 04 (Shaw) 2h 3¢ 2u 1178 JohunyCapron an 1168 Ledalfa, 96 (Chy a4 1138 Tom Clarke, 94 (Burn: 52 56 1168 Rogation, 8 61 1173 Solitario, 98 (4 ¥) 4TI 7 1168 Dolly M, 90 81 61 Miggle, 85 (Shepard) 9.9 9 9 Good start. ‘Won driving. Time, 1:0834. Win- ner, b. g., by Glen Elm. Beting: Little Tough 8to 1, Bellringer 10 to 1 Johnny Capron 3 to 1, Ledalia 13 to 5, Rogation 13 101, Dolly M 9 to-2, Tom Clarke 9 to 1, Sofitario 40 to 1, Miggie 100 to 1. 1195, JHIRD RACE-Five furlongs; selling.: . three-year-olds and upward: purse $300. Ind. Horse. weight, jockey. St. 15 Str. Fin, 1170 Gold Bug, 105 (iinrichs)....1 27588 17 1181 Sport McAllister, 94 (Cheva- lier).... . 4 1A 26 271 e s B o glim;cn’wm. Tor' (6. Fonas) 555 Fair start. Won driving. fla’f“’ :0084. Win- ner, ch. g., by Pittsburg-Mollie Betting: éold ug 10 to 1, 8 McAliister 18 r Cook 3 to 2, Royal Flush 14 to b, Craw- L FOURTH RACE—Fiveand & half fur- « longs; handicap: two-year-olas; purse to 5, ford 12 to 1196 5350, Ind. Forse. welght. fockey. 8t % Str. Fin. X0 Don Gore, 105 {Ohevation) - 355 Sh 10 (1045)Tmp. Santa Bells, 112 (P} goit). . 418 1 o2 1190 Joe K. 97 8 3 83 33 33 1140 Ledette filly, 90 (E. Jones 55 41 1180 Rey del Bandidos, 112 (Hin" 42 B8 6 8 V4. Win- 2 namtwl‘lmh 2.Jo¢ K90 to 1, Ledette illy § didos 6 to 1, Walter J 10to 1. 1197, EIFTH RACE—One mile and a six- - teenth: handicap; three-year-olds aud upward; purse $400. - Ind. Horse, weight, jockey. 1171 Del Norte, 105 (Piggott) 815 2 L 1171 Flirtilla, 87 (E. Jones) 1 1a 114 2 1167)Remus, 95 (Chevalier)... .2 2I 81" 314 1171)Thornhill, 110 (Hinrichs) .3 4 4 4 Good start. Won cleverly. ner, br. h., by imp. Greenback-Priscilia. Betting: Del Norte 7 to 2, Flirtilla 9 to 5, Remus 18 to 5, Thornhill 7 to 2. 1198 SIXTH RACE—One and a bhalf miles; « six hurdles; handicap; purse $400. Ind. Horse, weight, jockey. St. 15 Str. Fin, 1080 Guadaloupe, 132 (Plantoni).1 55 42 4 Time, 1:47. Win- (1187)J O C, 125 (Stewart). 17 14 24 1172 Mestor, 139 (Henness 81y 31 3 1172 Ali Babs, 130 (Maynard)...2 47 213 45 1186 Carmel, 132 (Spence) 8 i 1179 Mero, 137 (Seaman 7 6 1187 Vulcan, 182 (Kidd).. 7 1126 The Drummer,124(Gil Poor start. Won driving. cb. g., by Grimstead-Josie C. Betting: Guadaloupe 10 1 1,7 O C 4 to 1, Mestor 3101, Ali Baba 4 101, Carmel 5 to 1, Mero'10t0 1, Vuican 40 to 1, The Drammer 50 to 1. TRAP-SI_IW)E_ING EVENTS. San Francisco Gun Club at the Oak- land Track—Inanimate Target Contests. The San Francisco Gun Club held its monthly live-bird shoot at the Oakland Track yesterday, but owing to the fact that most of its members left yesterday ona deer-hnnting expedition into Marin County only three members put in an ap- pearance. The following is a result of the shooting done: * The club shoot resulted as follows: William C. Brown....012022111120-9 T. S. Butle 121012222032 2-10 111112111100-10 In the shoot-off for the monthly medal at five birds each Butler won by killing five straight. ‘Time, 2;49. Winner, A six-bird sweepstake resulted as fol- lows: Brown 5, Butler 4, Moore 6. . Second sweep; Brown 5, Moore 4, But- er 6. Third sweep at five birds resulted: But- ler 5, Moore 3, Brown withdrawn on the third bird, having missed an easy shot. The Recreation Gun Club will shoot at live birds to-day at the Oakland track, and the Lincoln Gun Club will smash clay birds at Alameda mole. The tournament committee of the Cali- fornia Inanimate Target Association met in the rooms of the Olympic Gun Club last night, Colonel S. I. Kellogg presiding. The Oakland racetrack was selected as the location of the initial tournament, which is to be heid on October 6and 7. The fol- lowing committees were appointed: Prizes—A. A.-Martin, W. J. Golcher, M. C. Allen, D. Daniels and H: B. Varney. Pro- gramme and advertising—M. C. Allen, H. H. White and T. H. Barney. The tourna- ment committee will meet again next week to adopt shooting rule: VALUKTIONS NCREASED The Assessor Raises San Fran- cisco Assessments a Large Amount. Books and Figures Turned Over to the Board of Supervisors for Its Consideration. Assessor Siebe made his annual report, as required by the Board of Supervisors, yesterday. His report showed that the assessed valuation of the real and personal property in the City and County of San Francisco is $3,429,419 greater than it was in 1894, The report is made for the guidance of the Board of Supervisors when it shall assume its duties as a Board of Equaliza- tion to pass upon any protests which may be made against the valuations set by Assessor Siebe. The following is a full text of the report: In compliance with resolution No. 12,338 (third series) I herewith submit my annual re- port, as City and County Assessor, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1895, On July 20 I delivered to John A. Russell Esq., clerk of your board, the assessment roll of personal property, contained in_tweuty-three volumes, amounting to $63,658,782, and the real estate assessment roil, contained in fifty- ,_amounting to $264.878,635, of 0 was the assessment against 5 was the assessment on improvements. In addition to the above I also delivered one volume containing assessments for the payment of principal and interest on Dupont-street bonds, four volumes of real es- tate indexes and fifty-four blockbooks of maps of all the lands and subdivisions of real estate within the City and County of San Francisco. The personal property roll last year footed 3,299,903 e real estate roll amounted (o ¥261,808,9 We therefore find & net increase of #3,428.419 on personal prop- erty and real estate over last year, the entire assessment lnst year having been $325,108,898, as compared to $328,537,517 in 1895. The receipts and expenditures of the office were as foliows: RECEIPTS. ‘Taxes on personal property unsecured by real estate Poiltax. Total. $439,625 88 68,467 00 $507,992 88 EXPENSES. Salary of Assessor Sulary of dep Salary of deputies (extr Blockbooks, rolis, stationery, ete. Advertising. 4,000 00 24,500 00 64,655 69 Telephone service.. Subscription to papers Though the total valuation has been raised to a large amount, individual in- creases have been comparatively small, and Assessor Siebe does not anticipate any great amount of trouble in convincing the board that his figures are just in case they are questioned. In view of the fact that tne operation of the new personal Eroperw tax law delayed the Assessor so that not more than half the usnal time was used in collecting them the amount obtained is regarded as un- usually goo: Y. M, C. A, CYCLERS. Edwards Came in First In Both of the Exercise Spins Yes- terday. The Y. M. C. A. cyclers were out in rac- ing togs of the colors of the rainbow yes- terday afternoon trying their speeding qualifications on the five-lap track at Cen- tral Park. Two exercising spins, in the way of races, were down on the card, and, while they were not particularly exciting, they demonstrated the easy superiority of J. E. Edwards over the rest of the riders entered against .him. The first was a half-mile scratch, with J. E. Edwards, J. Keller, F. Bronson and A. Larsen entered. Itwasa walkaway for Edwards, his competitors being beaten in the first 100 yards. He bumped in firstin 1:11 1-5, with Keller, who made the next good showing, second. Larsen was never in it. 1n the mile spin, a bandicap, there were seven entries: J. E. Edwards, scratch;J. Keller, 80 yards; F. Stackpole, 85 yards; F. Bronson, 9 yards; T.' Burr, 95 yards; B. Waterman, 110 yards, and A. Larsen, 125 yards. ’ At the signal the men were pushed off nicely, Edwards, the scratch man, making such a wonderful spurt that, by the time the first Jap had been covered, he was up with the winning. He took things easy, following Keller and Burr, who were rid- ing fast ahead, and, as_the bell announced the beginning of the fifth Jap, he spurted ahead and came in ahead in 2:27. 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