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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1895. CRISIS, Honors by the Emperor Caused Strife in Japan. AVERTED THE COUNTITO’S MARQUISATE Members of the Mikado’s Cabi- net Were Finally Induced Not to Retire. ECHOES OF THE RECENT WAR. Cholera Raging In Chinese Pro- vinces and the Attacks on Mis- sionaries Continued. [Correspondence of The United Press.] TOKIO, Jaray, Aug. 17.—A Cabinet crisis was nearly precipitated in Japan on August 6 by a political maneuver of excep- | tionally shrewd character. Two months ago a committee was appointed to investi- gate the services of military and _ciyil offi- cials in connection with the war and to re- port to the Emperor. In the natural se- quence of events the recommendations of this committee should have been submit- ted to the Prime Minister before the sov- ereign was invited to act upon them. But some subtle politicians of the opposition contrived by means not yet clear to have he Premier kept in ignorance of what was going forward, and cne fine morning Count Jto, summoned to court, found himself raised to a marquisate and decorated with the Grand Order of Merit. There would, of course, have been noth- ing extraordinary or inconvenient in the bestowal of the highest possible honors upon & man who bad deserved so well of the state as Count Ito, but the affair pre- sented, nevertheless, one very embarras- sing feature, namely, that the other decor- ations and distinctions conferred by the Emperor on the same occasion were all in consideration of military or naval ser- vices, so that Count Ito was placed in the invidious position of being the only civil official distinguished by the sovereign. Naturally, had such differentiation re- ceived the Premier's indorsement, disloy- alty to his colleagues 1 the Cabinet— notably to Viscount Mutsu, Minister of State for foreign affairs, whose conduct of the empire’s foreign relations throughout the war evinced remarkable skill—would have been the least of the offenses charge- able against Count Ito. Appreciating the situation at once he declined to complete the formalities connected with the assump- tion of a marquisate, and having presented a memorial to the Emperor praying his Maje! a to withdraw the honors, left the ignified his intention of not d be settled. sho To Western readers it will seem strange | that there should be any difficulty about declining a marauisate ora Grand Order of Merit, but in Japan the sovereign’s will is sacrosanct, and irom the moment that his | Majesty has conferred a distinction its ac- ceptance becomes a point of loyalty. Thus, for a moment, it seemed that the opposition had brought abouta Cabinet crisis. The Premier must either resign or consent to become a Marquis; the Em- peror = ready duly conferred or lose the services of the man who enjoys his confidence more than any one else in the country, and who had steered Japan with consummate abil- ity through her recent difficulties. But Count Ito at last decided neither to em- barrass his sovereign nor to play into the hands of his political enemies. He ac- cepted the honors conferred on him, made it clear to his colleagues that their claims had his_full recognition and resumed his official duties. The Japanese have shipped about a thou- sand Chinese prisoners of war, to be ex- changed for any prisoners held by the Chinese, according to the terms of the Shi- monoseki treaty, but have been surprised to learn from Peking that only two of their countrymen are in the hands™ othe Chi- nese military authorities. 'These two men are said to have been severely wounded in the Liao TungPeninsula; but, if that be so, no one understands how the Chinese. who, in their precipitate flight from Liaotung had to leave behind them many of their own wounded, can have carried away two disabled Japanese. According to Japa- nese records about sixty soldiers are not accounted for. Their bodies were not found, nor could any trace of them be dis- covered. It was hoped thata majority of these men would have been found in the hands of the Chinese aiter the war, but they seem to have been disposed of in a manner that can be readily conceived. The terms proposed by Japan for the restoration of the Liao Tung Peninsula are understood to_be, first, the payment by China of an indemnity amounting to about #£8,000,000; secondly,that the evacuation of the peninsula shall take place pari passu with the paymeut of the indemnity; and thirdly, that the conclusion of the new commercial treaty between the two em- pires shall precede the final evacuation. Russia is urging some objections to the last condition on the ground that it in- volves an irrelevant affair. But Japan’s position is clear., From the moment that she abandons Liao Tung, she virtually ceases to have any means to bring pres- sure to bear upon China. It is true that she still holds Wei-hai-wei, but owing to theconciliatory spirit shown by the Japan- ese plenipotentiaries at the peace conferenge China, instead of having to pay the whole annual cost of the occupation of Wei-hai- wei, namely, two million yen, became liable for only five hundred thousand. She may, therefore, justly see no reason for haste in terminating_an arrangement three times as costly to Japan as to herself, and from that point of view may defer the conclu- sion of the commercial “treaty indetinitely. ‘With Japan at Port Arthur, Yingkow, and Haicheng, inconvenient demonstra- tions might at anfy: moment force China’s hand, but when the last Japanese soldier has left Manchuria, China’s opportunity to procrastinate will be immensely im- proved. Hence Japan insists that the commercial treaty, a matter of vital im- gortance to her large trade with the neigh- oring empire, shall be concluded before she'gives up her position of vantage. There existed from the first, her statesmen say, certain interdependence between the various parts of the Shimonoseki treaty, and an important section of it cannot be separated without any regard to tne fate of the remaining part: Cholera is committing terrible ravages in the great city of Nanking. At first only the southern part of the town was affected, but now the plague'is everywhere. All the preventive measures dictated by modern rophylactic science are totally neglected. The proverbial filth of a Chinese city reigns supreme. Night soil from stricken quar- ters is carried to_suburban gardens and freely used to fertilize veyetables, some of which are subsequently eaten raw.” Heaven alone is relied on to stretch forth a help- ing arm, and in order to propitiate the deities, lofty scaffoldings are erected in the principal thoroughfares, supporting pavil- lons wherein are altars with lighted can- dles and smoking incense. A much ad- vertised method o? cure is to take a copper cash into the mouth. it is supposed to melt at once, when it should be replaced by another. Six or seven doses kill the disease. The United States Minister in_Peking has upiainud the Rev. Spencer Lewistof Chungking to represent America on the official duties until the ques- | ust either take back an honor al- | Szechuen outrages. It is admitted that Mr. Lewis possesses all the necessary qual- ifications from a missionary point of view, but dissatisfaction is expressed because a Secretary of Legation or a Consul-General is not nominated, in order to give the com- mission greater weight. A curious device has been employed by the anti-foreign agitators in Chengtu to perpetuate and intensify the feeling against missionaries. After the latter had all been driven out and their houses burned or razed, sedan chairs containing children began to arrive at the sites of the ruins. The bearers averred that the little ones were for the foreigners, who had purchased them. This was quite an artistic sequel to the digging up of bones said to have be- Lnng]ed to infants eaten by the foreign evils. Chengtu has been decorated with pla- cards accusing the Japanese of stirring up the Szechuen riots m order to embarrass the Peking Government, and promising the Christians that if they will worship the idols and conform to the customs of the multitude they shall be spared. In spite of all that has happened the officials suffer these placards to remain exposed. General Tsiang, who commanded the garrison at Yingkow when the Japanese captured that place has been sentenced to death. Not only did the gencral decline to obey the Taotai’s orders requiring him to march out and intercept the advance of the Japanese, but he and his troops also had the misfortune to be leaving Yingkow westward just as the Japanese were enter- ing it from the east. Subsequently he bad various imaginary encounters with the enemy, and won sundry signal ideographic victories. All these things however, might have been extenuated—so says the impe- rial decree—had he not, after reaching | Tientsin, attempted to put two months’ | pay of his troops into his own pocket, thereby causing the men to mutiny. So | be is to die. . The terrible massacre of Christian mis- sionaries near Foochow took place at their sanitarium, which is situated at Whasang, not far from Kucheng. Ten persons were killed, namely: The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart and one child, Miss Yellop, Mis! | Gordon, Miss Marshall, the Misses Saun- i fiss Gordon, Miss Hettie Newcombe. were all British subjects. No £ merican was among the sufferers. The fullest statement as yet published is by Dr. Gregory, an American missionary : At12:30 P. 3. on the 1st of August a native Christian rushed into my study, s ng that some of the foreign ladies at Whasang, & mountain resort near Kucheng City, had been killed that morning and our houses burned Fifteen minutes later a note from Mr. Phillips confirmed the report, for he said that five | 1adies were dead, four seriously wounded and the Stewarts missing. Iatonce went into the yamen, where hundreds of people had alrendx athered. t Magistrate (Wang) sal € would immed go right up to Whasang, taking some sixty soldiers with him. At3P. M. 1 leit Kucheng C under escort of thirteen find that nine adults, English subjects, had been murdered and that all those alive at Whasang (nine) had been more of less severely | injured with the exception of Mr. Phillips, who had arrived at Whasang only two or three days beiore and was lodging at a’ native house some distence from the Euglish cottages. I at once set to work to make the injured as | comfortable es possible, and I found Miss Cod- rington (English) had Feceived one sword cut extending from the left angle of the mouth diagonally upward and downward seven inches in extent.completely dividing the lower lip and exposing the jaw bone. One cutin the crown of three inches exposed the inner table of the skull: there was & cut _across the nose; under the eye a cut_three inches long; on the right side of the neck two wounds, siso wounds on the arms,and & deepwound on the right | thigh, serious. Miss Hartford (American) re- | ceived slight injury in chest, having been beaten by an assmilant while down. While the rvant struggled with him she escaped to the lis and remained hidden until the affair was over. Her worst injury was sho Mildred Stewart, aged 12, was ght knee joint was exposed six inches, s had two wounds on the left leg, serious. Kathleen Stewart, 11, slight bruises. Herbert Stewart, 6, deep wound right side of the neck, four inches; compound comminuted fracture of the skull; on back of head wound through the skull, through which the brain was ex- posed; wounded left side of head; wound chest; stabin the back. He died thirty hours efter,’en route. Ewan Stewart, 3, stab left thigh; bruised, but not seriously. Baby Stewart, 13 months, stabbed in tne right eye; wounded in the face and on the head; frac: tured skull, several bruises, serious. Of those killed, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart, Miss Nellie fsaundersand Lena, the Irish nurse, were lled and burned with the house. Miss Hettie Newcombe was speared and killed by being thrown from & precipice. Miss Marshall’s throat was cut, her head being nearly severed. Miss Stewart’s body showed no wounds; death from shock probable. Miss Gordon had deep spear wounds on the face and neck and side of the head. Miss Topsy Saunders’ death was caused by & spear wound entering the brain, right or! ‘he missionaries were apparently massacred by members of the secret society known as the “Vegetarians.” The party is estimated to have consisted of eighty men armed with spears and swords, strongly organized and under one leader. There was no_suspicion of an attack, which was sudden and terrible. The whole affair was over in thirty minutes. Miss Codrington says they begred for life and promised = property and valu- ables. Some assailants were inclined to yield, but the leader, who carried a red flag, waved this and shouted to his men: “You now your orders—kill outright!” In the evening we placed the bodies in coffins, and after much effort succeeded in getting the magistrate to order the coffins to_be carried to Suikow and secure chairs for the survivors. We left Whasang at 3 P. M. on the 2d of August for Suikow; traveled all night, arriving at 8:20 at Suikow. The party leit for Foochow at 3 . m. on the 3d.and met a launch with the United States Marshal Hixson and Messrs. Wolfe and Banister, English missionaries, on board with supplies. We arrived at Foochow 2t 12:30 on the 4th. Probably another of the Stewart chil- dren has by this time succumbed. Great excitement has naturally been caused among foreignersin China. Meetings have everywhere been held calling for stringent measures, and denouncing the apathy of the British Government. Meanwhile, the anti-foreign spirit seems to be spreading. A riot occurred at Fatshan on August 7, and the mission was attacked, but the tel- egraph being interrupted no particulars are known. The French mission at Huyen in Kuangtung has also been attacked by a mob, but its inmates made a stout re- sistance with firearms and beat off their assailants. Itis stated that the Chinése soldiers sent to Kutien to protect mission roperty were the chief plunderers of the tewarts’ house. KILLED BY MASKED ROBBERS. Murder of a Bartender Who Refused to Surrender. COLORADO SPRINGS, Coro., Aug. 31.— Gus Wolfe, a bartender in Oscar Burn- side’s saloon, in Goldfield, one of the towns in the Cripple Creek camp, was shot and killed by two masked robbers at 10 o’clock last night. The two_ men entered the saloon by the front and rear doors respec- tively, and ordered the barkeeper and three customers to hold up their hands. The customers complied, but Wolfe be- gan shooting. The fire was returned, and Wolfe fell with four wounds. He died in fifteen minutes. The robbers went through bis pockets while he was still writhin and then robbed the till. They secureg less than $10 altogether. At 1 A.M. a large posse from Cripple Creek, Victor ana Goldfield are sconrin, the hills for the men, but with very smal clews. It will go hard with them if caught. —_——— Big Fire in Libertyville. CHICAGO, IrL., Aug. 31.—Fire destroyed fourteen buildings, comprising the busi- ness section of Libertyville, Lake County, Ill., between midnight nmiZo’clock this morning. The flames started in the rear of Schank’s hardware store, in the main street, and, fanned by a higi: wind, swept the business section. Reports from the town were meager this morning, but these indicate that the bi- cycls factory recently built and a piano factory, forming the main industries of the town, had been entirely consumed. The population of the town is about 1000, The buildings for the most part were frame and afforded good fuel for the flames, g In Behalf of Taylor. PIERRE, 8. D., Aug. 31.—At a late hour last night Judge Fuller of the Supreme Courtgranted a writ of error and certificate of probable cause in the Taylor habeas corpus case, The writ is returnable Sep- tember 10, commission appointed to investigate the | soldiers and arrived at Whasang at 8 P. M. 10 | | it over and over again. FAVOR THE FARMERS, Catholics in Congress Urge Many Needed Reforms. AGRARIANS ARE AHEAD, Demand May Be Made in the Reichstag to Regulate Speculation. GERMAN ARMY MANEUVERS. Vast Numbers of Troops to Be Assembled for the Amusement of Emperor William. [Copyrighted, 1895, by The United Press.] BERLIN, GerMANY, Aug. 31.—The pro- ceedings toward the close of the Ger- man Catholic Congress which has held its sittings in Munich this week lifted the meeting above the level of the common- place, which otherwise prevailed through- | out the session. The burning questions under discussion were those concerning Agrarian reforms, and the eloquent debate of the terms of the proposals discussed showed that the congress as a body had a much keener feeling of sympathy with the farm laborers and peasant farmers than with the great landowners. The speakers before the congress de- nounced with equal vehemence the system of usury, which is despoiling the farmers, and the policy of the speculators, who are making farm products the subject of their operations. It was suggested that State interference in favor of the farmers and against the speculators be demanded of the German Government, but no practical pro- posal in this direction was formulated. If the Center (Catholic) party in the Reichstag should carry out the sentiments of the congress, a coalition of that party with the Agrarians in the Reichstagon some points is certain. Among the pro- jects thus far formulated, that of Herr von Pleetz, the Agrarian leader, now stands first. It is in the shape of a demand for legal prohibition of speculation in all kinds of grain. L Herr von Pleetz insists that a great Ber- lin firm, which has recently been engaged in bulling wheat on the market, was able to obtain, and did obtain, Government in- formation, which it made use of as a guide in its speculative operations, and that it also even obtained credit upon import duties. The character of this statement will not hinder the Arrarians from making public capital out of it until the officially inspired newspapers are compelled to deny | The unsubdued fervor of the Agrarian agitation is in strong contrast to the gen- eral duliness of international politics. The forecast for the business of the next ses- sion of the Reichstag indicates that among the main topics of discussion in that body will be proposals for the regulation of in- terest on loans, and agriculture and the suppression of speculation. The importance and magnitude of the forthcoming ' great autumn maneuvers, called the “Kaiser Maneuvers'’ because of the circumstance that the Kaiser in person attends them and reviews the troops par- ticipating, is made clear by a plain state- ment of figures. The South army, ad- vancing from the south and southeast, is composed of the Third Army Corpsand the imperial guards, the latter with its ordi- nary reserve strength battalions, or quar- ter battalions, as they are termed, filled up to full battalions; the imperial guards numbering, therefore, nine regiments of infantry of rifle guards, one of chasseurs, eight regiments of cavalry, two regiments of field artillery and one battalion each of engineers and commissariat. The Thira Army Corps, leaving its skele- ton battalions in the garrisons, will num- cult'and heayy task to make the necessary roads for the movement of the troops, especially to provide ways for cavalry marches and for the advance of the artil- lery. The road called Streithefen Damm, run- ning from Bagemuhl to Streighof, has been widened to admit the passage of a single horseman, but must be further ex- tended to a width to let artillery across. The Stettin Pasewalk railway line crosses at Lockwitz, where the most interesting scenes of the maneuvers will take place. The charges recently made by the Etoile Belge, the organ of the Congo Government, against the German authorities and traders in the Congo region of assisting in thg sagla of arms to the Arabs, met with an md:g— nant denial by the Cologne Gazetfe. This denial elicited a reply from the Etoile Belge, which declared that proof existed that an English dealer named Stokes had s01d all his stock of arms and other goods througheut the German possessions in Africa, the officers of which territory had imposed a heavy duty upon the guns, etc. German agents worked with Stokes, who, the Etoile Belge says, met his just fate, death. After making an explicit and em- phatic denial of the assertions that the German officials were implicated in the sale of arms to Arab slave-traders, the Ga- zette proceeds to caution the Belgians against their summary execution of white men, who ought to be tried in a court of justice instead of being left to the mercy of a high-handed official. The Gazette suggests that the Congo officials execitted Stokes because he was their greatest competitor in the ivory trade, and adds that Germany’s interest in the matter is increased by the fact that the Congo State seeks to extend its bound- aries to the northeast and declares that it is extremely doubtful whether or notit has a right to the coveted territory. The Congo State, the Gazette says, owes its ex- istence to the good will of the powers and that good will it cannot dispense with now. The significance of the utterances of the North German Gazette and Cologne Ga- zette are due to indications of the rap- prochement of England and Germany in @& common policy in regard to the inter- land against France and Belgium. The Bavarian Minister of Justice has in- formed the Bavarian legation in Berlin that the case of Louis Stern of New York, who was recentiy arrested at Kissingen for an alleged insult to Baron von Thuengen, the Deputy Commissioner at the Spa, has Bamberg, for consideration on its merits. The clemency of the Prince Regent cannot be exercised in the case until the court has made a report. Preparations for the celebration of Sedan day in Berlin are proceeding with feverish anxiety. The municipal authorities have voted the sum of 50,000 marks to be de- voted to decorating and illuminating the Schloss, which promises to present the grandest spectacle of the kind the capital has ever seen. All of the Government and municipal buildings will be adorned with designs in electric, gas and other lights, which thousands of workmen are busily engaged in arranging to day. £ Crowds of people throng the streets, viewing the progress of the decorations, the center of attraction being the Schloss. The appeal of Burgomaster Zelers to thein- habitants of Berlin to decorate their houses with flags, etc., has been responded to everywhere, with the result that the houses upon miles and miles of streets are dis- playing flags and garlands. Most of the houses also have some form of illumina- tion, bengal lights and gas being supplied through the municipal authorities to in- habitants who were unable to buy them. INSPECTION OF THE ROAD Government Inspector Coombs Going Over the Union Pacific. There Are Many Formidable Obsta- cles to the Reorganization of the System. , OMAHA, NEeBR., Aug. 31.—Ex-Congress- man Coombs of Brooklyn, a Government director of the Union Pacific, passed through the city yesterday on his way ber eight regiments of infantry of three battalions each, or twenty-four battalions of infantry, one battalion chasseurs, four regiments of cavalry and two of field ar- tillery and a single battalion each of en- gineers and commissariat. The total strength of the South army amounts, therefore, to sixty battalions of infantry and three of rifles and chasseurs. twelve cavalry regiments, four artillery regiments and two battalions each of engi- neers and commissariat. The North army, marching from the east, north and northwest, is composed of the Second and Ninth Army Corps. The Second Army Corps will number eight regimerfts organized like the guards of four battalions each, or twenty-two bat- talions of infantry, four regiments of caw- alry, two regiments of field artillery and single battalions of engineers and commis- sariat. The Ninth Army Corps is composed of eight regiments, each consisting of three full battalions and a skeleton battalion, the latter being the much-discussed fourth battalion. This amounts to twenty-four full battalions and eight skeletons, in ad- dition to which the corps has a chasseur battalion, four regiments of cavalry, two of field artillery and a battalion each of engi- neers and commissariat. The North army will be therefore an aggregate of fifty-six battalions and eight skeleton battalions of infantry and one of chasseurs, eight regi- ments of cavalry and four of field artillery and two battalions each of engineers and commissariat. = To this great force are to be added two regiments of railway troops and a battalion of balloonists. The total number of troops to be gathered at this autumn’s Kaiser maneuvers is therefore as follows: In- fantry, 116 battalions and eight skeleton battalions; rifles and chasseurs, four bat- talions; cavalry, twenty regiments; field artillery, eight regiments; engineers, four battalions; commissariat, four battalions; railway troops, 2 regiments, and balloon- ists one regiment. This will give a force of about 86,000 men, 350 pieces of artillery and 15,000 horses. The Kaiser's original idea to outdo in numbers the famous gun maneuvers under Francis Joseph in Hun- gary has to be abandoned bécause of the cost involved. An important part will be played by the Little Randow River, which forms the boundary between Pomerania and Ucker- mark. While of itself an exceedingly un- importan: stream for miles its tributaries spread over a wide area ot swamps, form- ing broad ponds, which extend for a dis- tance of fifty kilometers. Only two high- roads cross the swamp, all other parts be- ing impassable, except for pedestrians. The two highroads are twenty kilometers apart, the northern orne at Lockwitz and the southern one at Schmolin. Under these circumstances the engineers, pon- tooners and sappers will bave a very diffi- East, after an extended trip over the sys- tem, during which he made & thorough examination of the road. The Union Pacific, he says, in common with other transcontinental lines, is suf- fering from over-capitalization and radical changes must be effected in this regard through some plan of reorganization. The road, it must be remembered, was built in advance of the requirements of the coun- try. Railroad business, or the business of building railroads, was expensive in those days and heavy losses resulted, and all these Msses have been capitalized. These, in connection with the heavy debt to the Government, present formidable but not impossible obstacles to its reorganization on a business basis. The original idea of the Government in extending aid to the road was that it should form one continual line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Coast. This plan has not been carried out, and that fact presents another drawback to the pros- perity of the system, and in lien of a west- ern terminal at the Pacific the road has been compelled to look to the north and to the south for business. This has re- sulted in a number of costly experiments that have greatly benefited those sections at the cost of financial loss to the road. g s TO0 FILL THE VACANCIES. Proclamation Issued for Special Elections in Kansas. TOPEKA, Kaxs., Aug. 31.—Governor Morrill has issued a proctamation calling special. elections November 5, the day of the general election, to fill the following vacancies: To succeed Edward O’Brien, Democratic State Senator from Sedgwick County, resigned; to succeed Lucien Baker, Republican State Senator from Leavenworth County; to succeed A. W. Dennison, Populist” State Senator from Butler County, aspguinted Appellate Judge; to succeed Solon Thatcher, State Senator from Douglas County, decensed; to succeed John Schuyler,” Democratié Re!prelmtativa from Eilis County, ap ointed Postmaster by President Cleve and; to succeed Elyric C. Cole, Repub- lican Representative from Barton County, appointed Appellate Judge. ~ Sosiedn Poor Health and Suicide. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 3L.—Henry Rothkopf, importer and senior member of the firm of 8. Rothkopf, Son & Co., com- mitted suicide this morning by shooting himself _in the mouth while in his private office. He was said to be worth about $500,000. For some time past Rothko; was in poor health. This is supposed have caused bim to commit the act., The firm was a prosperous one. There are no ;»qsix:iesa troubles known to his family or riends. St gl Silver Bullion on Hand. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 31.—The Mer- cantile Bafe Degosit Company reports sil- vet bullion on band, 112,068 ounces; d ited, none; certificates outstanding, u?“' been referred to the chief court, sitting at | ON EASTERN TRACKS, Finish of the Circuit Meeting at Fleet~ wood Park. CAPTAIN WHITE'S WIN. Driven by Geers the Big Black Horse Went to Vic~ tory. GOOD CARD AT SHEEPSHEAD. ““One 1 Love” Handily Captured the Race for the Belles Stakes. FLEETWOOD PARK, N. Y., Aug. 3L.— About 200 horsemen witnessed to-day the finish of the'2:27 trotting race that was carried over on account of darkness last night at the Fleetwood grand circuit meet- ing. When the horses were called out for the fifth round this morning Edward Geers, the driver of Robert J, was pehind the black horse Captain White, in place of Ira Harris who bandled him yesterday. The Driving Club'of New York cleared about $10,000 on the five days’ meeting in spite of the anti-gambling laws which pre- vented the management from deriving any revenue from the betting ring. Patchen and Gentry will start next Wednesday in an exhibition race at Phila- | delvhia, then going to Louisville and after- ward to Dubuque, Sioux City and Lexing- ton, where bo&x pacers have engagements which will bring them together. 2:27 ciass, trotting; pur e $2000. Capiain White, blk. g, by =cariet Wilkes (Iiarris and Geers).....2 1 8 8 7 11 Lake Erie, br. g., by Cadmus (Har- bletonian 521113838 Belle Trux(o T RS g 82338570 6765410 7654 7Tro 887660 45 4dr dis 20 — 2:184— ’ SHEEPSHEAD BAY, N. Y., Aug. 3L.— The very attractive card here to-day brought out a very large crowd, fully 7500 ersons being present. The track was in st shape at the beginning of the sport, but a shower late in the afternoon made it decidedly heavy. The features of the pro- gramnre were the races for the Belles stakes for two-year-olds and the turf handi- cap, the ninth of the season, for three-year- olds and upwards. The former was wen handily by One I Love, who ruled favorite at the cdds of 6 to 5. Argentina,a10to1 shot, ran second, three lengths away and Kloretta IV third. Axiom was well backed to cross the wire first in this event, but he finished in the ruck. The race for the turf handicap resulted in a decisive victory for Bathampton, who went to the front in the first fnr?ong and was never headed, win- ing by a length from Counter Tenor, who finished only a short head to the good of Maurice, third. Five furlongs, Ramiro won, The Winner second, Captive third. Time, 1:08. One mile, Monaco won, Sun Up second, Owlet third. Time, 1:41 4-5. The Belles stakes, for two-year-olds, Futurf course, One I Love won, Argentina second, Floretta IV third. Time, 1:12 1-5. v One and three-sixteenths miles, Orinda won, Sabilla second, Sir Dixon Jr. third. -Time, 2:01 1-5. Six and & half furlongs. Irish Reel won, Buckrene second, Buckwa third. Time, 1:19 2-5. The Turf handicap, one and a quarter miles, on turf, Bathampton won, Counter Tenor sec- ond, Maurice third. Ti 0. LOUISVILLE, KY., Aug. 31.—8ix furlongs, 8t. Maxim won, Leo Lake second, Diggs third. Time, 1:1534. Seven furlongs, Tough Timber won, Roose- velt second, Chenoa third. Time, 1:283%. One and & half miles,Peabody won, Fayette Belle second, Rasper third. Time, Five-eighths of a mile, Lewanda won, Serena second, Sir Dilke third. Time, 1:03. Four and a half furiongs, Fretful won, Par- don second, Passed (formerly Reject) third. Time, 56%. GALESBURG, ILL., Aug. 31.—The track was fast to-day. During the afternoon C. W. Williams announced that on Monday Fidol would be sent to break the world’s stallion record, and that during the week both Azote and Alix would start to beat their records, the latter the world’s record made over this track last year. He also snnounced that their would be poolselling next week. 2:13 trof, BB P won, Maud C second, Miss Nelson third. Best time, 2:113;. 2:25 trot, Ella Belmont won, Pat L second, Templer third. - Best time, 2:1314, 2:19 trot, Oscar Williams won, Killona sec- ond, Baker third. Best time, 2:123. 2:27 pace, Antidote won, Lady Nottingham second, Keencutter third. Best time, 2:1134, Three-year-old pace, Miss Rita won, 0 Shelton second, Sandy Boy third. Best time, B Thrée-year-old trot, Bessie Welton won, Lena Welton second, Medium Wood third. Best time 2:20. 8T. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 31.—Three-quarters of a mile, Asnland won, Pelleas second, Norman third.’ Time, 1:19%5. Three-quarters of a mile, Judge Dubose won, Lasalle second, Sir Vassar third. Time, 1:191% One mile, Jack Bradley won, Eau Claire second, Danton third. Time, 1:48. One mile, Sallie Woodford won, Crevasse second, Marcel third. Time, 1:46. Four and a balf furlongs, Alberts won, Wil- liam Duke Jr. second, Sixty third. Time :59. One mile, Miss Rowett won, Georfe W. Bailey second. Mollie King third. Time, 1:47. Amateur Championship. : ATHLETIC PARK, CsIcAco, Aug. 31.— The Western amateur athletic champion- ship meeting was held this afternoon. The track was in excellent condition. The results of the contests were as follows. 440 yards—D. H. Jackson first, T. B. Egbert second, A. W. Lyddy third. Time, :52 2-5. 100 yards—J. V. Crum first, D. Stuart second, L. Hol d third. Time, One mile, T. B. Copeland won, L. H. Rossiter second, B. C. Kempter third. - Time, 4:39 1-5. 220 yards, J. V. Crutn won, J. Mayberry sec- ond, H. Jackson third. Time, 0:21 4-5. This breaks the record. “ AROUUD A TURN” The Record Beaten by Crum, the Shifty Towa Boy. CHICAGO, ILn., Aug. 31.—The record for 220 yards “around a turn” was beaten at the Western Amateur Athletic cham- plonship meeting here to-day, John V. Crum, the shifty Towa boy, covering the distance in 21 4-5 seconds, the previous record being 2214. 100-yard run, John V. Crum won. Time, 10 seconds. Time, 21 4-5. 220-yard run, J. V. Crum won. 440-yard run, D. H. Jackson won. Time, -5. 5 380ard run, E. R: Copeland won. Time, gge-m'ue run, E. B. Copeland won. Time, 120-yard hurdle race, A. C. Clark won. Time, 17 seconds. "2723 vard hurdle, F. J. Weedman won. Time, 127 2-5. Running high jump, A.J. Hess won. Height, 5 feet 9 inches. Running broad jump, W. 8. Farrant won. Distance, 21 feet 117 inches. Pole vault, A. H. Culver won. Height, 10 feet 3 inches. Throwing 16-pound hammer, C. H. Henne- mann won. Distance, 110 feet. Putting 16-pound shot, C. H. Hennemann won. Distauce, 41 feet 104 inches. WHEELMEN SUSPENDED., There Is a Suspicion That Three of Them “Fixed” a Racer. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 31.—Cabanne, Titus and Murphy were suspended to-day from the L. A. W., and the suspension of Bliss of Chicago and Cooper of Detroit has been asked for. Douglass W. Robert, the local member of the racing board, to-day telegraphed as follows to Chairman Gideon: “Suspend Cabanne, Titus and Murphy pending investigation; evidence that they ‘fixed’ race here August 24.” The chairman replied, ‘Suspend all three and send synopsis of evidence to me.” g The Associated Cycling Clubs of this city, under whose auspices the races last Saturday were held, ask for the suspen- sion of Bliss and Cooper for not appearing after promising to ride. On the Ball Field. BROOKLYN, N. Y., Aug. 31.—Brooklyns 7, 11, 3; Clevelands 15, 21, 4. Batteries—Ken- nedy, Daub and Grim; Wallace and O'Connor. Umpires—McDonald and 0'Day. BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 31.—Bostons 12,13, 3; Cincinnatis 6, 9, 5. Batteries—Stockdale, Nicholsand Ryan; Parrott, Rhines and Vaughn. Umpire—Emslie. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 31.—First game; Washingtons 4, 7, 8; Louisvilles 8,11, 2. Bat teries—Mercer and McGuire, McDermott and ‘Warner. Umpire—Hurst. Second game—Wash- ingtons 9, 18. Louisviiles 7, 11, 5. Bat. teries—Anderson and McGuire, Weyhing and Warner. Umpire—Hurst. PHILADELPHIA, PA., Aug. 31.—Philadel- hias 10, 11, 3; Pittsburgs 9, 18, 7. Batteries— gnrsey and Clements, Foreman and Mack. Umpire—Jevne. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 31.—New York- Chicago game called at end of third inning on account of rain. Score: New Yorks 6, Chi- cagos 0. BALTIMORE, Mp., Aug. 31.—Baltimore-St. Louis game called at end of second inning on sccount of rain. Score: Baltimores 2, St. Louis 1. Marion C1s Dead. BARDSTOWN, Ky., Aug. 31.—Marion C, ‘| the great handicap race mare, died yes- terday at the farm of S. P. Lancaster. Of Interest to the Coast. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 31.—The leave of absence granted Lieutenant Thom- as of the Fifth Artillery is extended two months. Private Mulvihill at Alcatraz Island will be discharged without honor. Private John McGuire of Benicia Arsenal will be sent to the Hot Springs (Ark.) Hos- pital for treatment. The following pensions have been ranted: California: Original—Calvin N. wineford, National Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles. Reissue—Charles McCarthy, Los Angeles. Mexican War survivors—John . Steel, Merced Falls. Washington: Reissue—John N. Bovee, Burton, Ll A Lynchers Were Outwitted. JONESBORO, ILL., Aug.31.—A mob of 100 men gathered here at 1 o’clock this morning for the purpose of lynching John Jones, who beat and kicked to death Mrs. Mendenthal on the fair grounds yesterday afternoon. The mob secured a rope and, going to the jail, demanded that Jones be given up. The Sheriff, however, had an- ticipated the visit, and Jones, early 1n the morning, had been taken to Dongola, ten miles.south of here, where he was placed on the train and taken to the Cairo jail for safe-keeping. The mob would not disperse untit_a committee had been allowed to search the jail. 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