The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 10, 1895, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1895. DA M, CLAYTON TALKS She Knows Nothing of the Mysterious Woman in the Durrant Case. REPORTS THAT ARE FALSE. Defense Claims Dr. Graham Did Not Make the Statement At- tributed to Him. Miss Tda M. Clayton has been found. She is the teacher of the Redding Primary School for whom Captain Lees and others spent Saturday night and Sunday in fruit- less search to determine the truth of the report telepraphed from Los Angeles that she was either the ‘“mysterious woman” in the Durrant case or had a knowledge of the identity of the much sought for, but as yet mythical witness. Miss Clayton was seen yesterday morn- ing at the residence of Ransom Beach, 1202 Monroe street, East Oakland, where she has been visiting since Friday. The distorted rumor connecting her name with the case proved to have abso- lutely no foundatian. Miss Clayton was unreserved and talked freely of the matter. “I thought TuE CALL would give me an opportunity to deny the infamous report," said she. I was very much pleased when 1 saw the st in the other papers to see | that Tae CALL had refrained from publish- ing it until I could be seen and the truth | of the matter be had. “I cannot understand how such a story | originated. Why, I never so much as heard of Durrant until he was arrested for the double murder. I not only do not know him, but to my knowledge I bave | not even the acquaintance of any friend of | his. I never lived in the Mission, am mnot a member of Emmanuel Church and never attended services there. I haven't even | the remotest idea as to who the woman is, if she really exist Miss Clayton is an exceedingly modest and retiring young lady, and is excessively annoyed and worried at the unpleasant notoriety she has so unwittingly acquired by having her name connected with the case. Mrs. Maud Callander of Los Angeles, from whom the report is alleged to have emanated, is a niece of Miss Clayton. The aunt does not believe her miece was tbe‘ real source of the information, since they have not seen each other for two years, bave of course never talked of the case, | and the niece could not therefore have | even so confused her ideas as to have made | such a statement. | Another wild rumor made its appear- | ance yesterday. It was a report published | in an'evening paper to the effect that the | defense in proving an alibi for Durrant would show that it was not he who led Blanche Lamont into Emmanuel Church on April 3, but that she was conducted to the death chamber by an entirely different son and that her escort had an accom- | pl side the church who assisted in the | awful crime. Detective Harry Morse was considerably amused when he saw the publication. He | is, as is well known, attending to the de- | tective work for the defense, and is one of possibly four persons who know the de- tails of that side of the case. He said: | “I don’t suppose any one knows more about the young man’s case than I do,and I never heard that evidence of that nature | was t0 be a feature. As to the ‘person very close to the defense’ from whom the story | is alleged to have come, that is all bosh. There is no one who is close to the defense except Durrant, his attorneys and myself. I think it is pretty safe to say noneof us| have given out such a statement.”’ Still another story which has been ex- | tensively published, which the defense | expects to disprove, is that in which ft was | stated that Durrant requested Dr. Gilbert | F. Graham, his classmate, to loan him his notebook for the purpose of comparison, | but really that he might make his own | tally with that of one who he knew was present at Dr. Cheney’s lecture on April 3. The defense claims to be in possession of | a written statement taken from Dr. Gra- ham, which declares positively that Dur- rant never made such a request of him evincing at the same time the nervousness and concern that has been attributed to him. Those interested in the defense will say so little about their case that it is difficult to arrive at any definite conclusion as to what their star card will be, but a close | surmise as to some of the minor details can be made. One thing which it is toler- ably certain they will endeavor to disprove is the theory that Blanche Lamont was choked to death by Durrant between two minutes past 4 o’clock and 5 on the fatal afternoon. Durrant, being of such slight physical proportions, his at- torneys, it 18, said, will endeavor to establish by medical experts the im- gossibihly of his having accomplished the | eed in that time even with a less robust erson than Blanche Lamont. This will | 2 a companion theory to the one that | Durrant was physically incapable of carry- | ing the body to the belfry, which will un- doubtedly be one of the points made. The trial will be resumed this mornin and it is expected that a great portion o the State’s testimony will be in before the | end of the week. MILLWALLEVSSERSATION A Bold Militiaman Tries to Stop the Theater Bus at Midnight. Rumors of a Daring Stage Robbery by Bold Bandits in Marin County. The peacefulness of Mill Valley was rudely shocked Saturday at midnight by what was supposed to be a bona fide stage robbery. It caused intense excitement for awhile, and during Sunday and Monday all sorts of rumors gained currency in con- nection with the event. Marin County, for the time being, enjoyed the throes and throbbings of what promised to be. a big sensation. At San Rafael and at Sausalito every- body talked about the hold-up of the Mill Valley theater bus—they called it stage- coach to give the sensation a larger thrill —and the narrow escapes of the passen- gers. There were speculations as to the amount of “swag” secured by the bandits, and by Sunday night there were several big stories Hoating about Ross station and San Anselmo concerning the wonderful bravery of Hillary O’Connor_in defending bis watch and purse at the risk of his life. It seems a little cruel to puncture uli these beautiful rumors at once, but the truth must be told. And the truth is that the Mili Valley theater bus was stopped by three militiamen connected with the Signal Corps camp then at Mill Valley. It was done in 2 bungling fashion, how- ever, and there is little wonder that the sixteen Or seventeen passengers on_the bus were for atime rather badly scared. Just before the bus reached Mill Valley three men sprang out on the road and or- dered Driver Broderick to halt. One of the three, Corporal Curtiss, caught the bri- dle of the off horse and attempted to en- force the demand by main sirength. Driver Broderick, fecling in his soul that the hour had arrived for a display of cour- age, answered the demand by whipping up ais team and lashing Curtiss over the face. hThe horses sprang forward and dragged Curtiss about a hundred feet. Then George Dowd, the owner of the bus, and a passen- ger as well, told Broderick to halt. Con- stable Gray was aboard. He attempted to place Curtiss under arrest, but Curtiss showed fight and a struggle ensued. The passengers disembarked and the men lent & hand in subduing the militiaman. Dur- ing the slrnigle Curtiss struck at Dowd with his musket and succeeded in striking a passenger named Sullivan. y the time Curtiss was disarmed and placed under arrest the corporal of the guard appeared and explained that he had sent out the men to stop the coach and see if some of their comrades were not aboard. He promised to take care of the warlike Curtiss and with this understanding Con- stable Gray turned over his prisoner. Curtiss’ conduct will undoubtedly be the subject of an official inquiry, for if what the passengers on the bus relate be only half true his actions and language were most unsoldierlike. There were a number of ladies in the party and at first they were considerably frightened. NEW TENNIS CHAMPIONS, The Hardy Brothers of Ala- meda and Miss Jones of Nevada. End of the Annual Tournament at San Rafael—Miss Bee Hooper Defeated. There are new tennis champions of the Pacific States in both the men’s doubles and the women’s. The annual meet was held in San Rafael, and was ended yesterday. The final matches resulted in victories for three very youthful contestants. Sam and Sumner Hardy of Alameda are now the coast champions, having de- feated Byxbee and Boyden, the final obstacle that stood between them and championship honors, it being under- stood that last year’s cupholders, De Long and Driscoll, would, owing to Mr. Driscoll’s departure for the East, have to default to the team winning the finals. Miss Marian Jones, 2 aaughter of Sena- tor Jones of Nevada, proved a suprrise to everybodv, and especially to Miss Bee Hooper, from whom she wrested the title of champion woman tennis player of the Pacific Slope. As Miss Jones was the only competitor for the women’s tournament play was not begun until the afternoon, and then Miss Hooper went on the court to defend her title of champion. On one side of the net was pretty Miss Bee Hooper, a typical summer girl in her white straw hat, pink waist and white duck skirt; on the other was a young girl not yet in long skirts and with her hair in a braid down her back. She was unknown to most of the spectators, but before many exchanges had been made ‘‘the little girl,”” as she was im- mediately dubbed, became a great favorite and her every scoring stroke was greeted with applause. She won the first set, after a very even and spirited contest, the score in games standing 7—5. he second set went to Miss Hooper. She won the first game, lost the next two to Nevada's representative, then secured three moreafter some lively volleying, lost another, and won the last two, which made the games 6—3. The third and deciding set showed that for the next year at least the cup that has been kept at St. Helena would be trans- ferred trom this State to Nevada. Miss Jones captured the prize by taking the second, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth games in the last set, the score in games being just the reverse of the second ®» @ - That the contestants were well matched is shown by the total of 16 to 14 games, not one of which was a lone game and many of which were fought out from “deuce.”’ The voung society people that hovered rouna the courts in little groups and com- pletely filled one of the long grand stands stood up in excited expectancy to watch and applaud the sensational final volleys of the match; and then while some of them collected about the champion to offer congratulations others made Eusle to get good seats in the opposite grand stand from which a better view could be had of the doubles, the two teams being already on the courts. The Hardy brothers were easy winners. They took three sets straight with a total of eighteen games to their opponents’ seven, Byxbee and Boydendgot three games in the first set, the second, the seventh and the eighth.’ ¥n the second set the brothers from Alameda took every game but the fifth. The second, the third and the eighth games of the last set were won by Byxbee and Boyden. But their younger fellow- clubmen proved too much for them. The Zardys got three love games to the Oakland men’s two. Almost all the other games, however, were contested up to the thirty score, showing that the match was not so one-sided as the final score might indicate. Some of those who witnessed the matches : Mrs. W. E. Hooper of St. Helena, Judge Morrow, Webster Jones, Harry Stetson, Alfred Wilcox, Eddie Schmiedell, Mrs. George J. Bucknall, Edward L. Bray- ton, W. H. Taylor Jr., A. Taylor, Dr. and Mrs. Harold L. Seager, Miss Wallace, R. J. Mackay, J. H. Mee, Robb Barrett, Louis B. Parrott, A. Pnillips, Alec Wilberforce, A.T. Allen and C. Allen of San Francisco; P. W. Bates and Miss Bates of Penryn, | Mrs. John P. Jones and Miss Alice Jones of Nevada, Mfss Corpelia Hamilton of Santa Monica, Claude Sharon, Miss Eliza- beth B. Clift, Miss Abbie Clift, Miss Har- riet W. Kittredge, Jobn R. Glascock, John R. Glascock Jr., Arthur Brown Jr. and H.W. Loughhead, Oakland; Perry Hayne, Vail Bakewell, Miss Marie Dean and J. F. Dean of Berkeley. —————— The Malevolent Face. “I saw a fiendish, horrible face peering through the transom at me,” said J. C. Erbanks, who represents Friedlander & Co., when he was asked to contribute his yarn to the drummers’ column. “It was late at hight in a Ionely San Joaquin Valley town that was noted for its desperate characters. I was alone in my room and had my purse in hand, counting my money. I looked at the face for an instant and took a step toward it. AsImoved the face disappeared. I con- cluded it was only a fancy and went on counting out the gold. But I looked up again in aninstant and there was theface. I thought I never saw such a malevolent countenance, and I felt that I must fight for my life. It would be robbery or mur- der, 1 knew—perhaps both-—in spite of all I could do; for I had no dcubt of a confed- erate—perhaps more than one. It wasno delusion this time; I was sure of that, and instinctively I reached for my revolver. It was in my hip pocket. I leveled it at the intruder, when—horrors! he had the drop on me! the muzzle of his gun was pointed to my face. Quick as lightning the thought flashed through me that I must get the first shot or else I was a dead man. 1 pulled the trigger and cocked the pistol. In another instant I should have fired, but just then a puff of air came in and moved the transom—or what I thought was the transom, and which was really only an oblong looking-glass at the top of the bar. Asthe mirror swayed in the wind the face moved, and I recognized it as my own—and not quite as malevolent a face as I thought it was. ‘d‘l:’hen took a big drink and went to e e Free This Week. AL BIG PRESENTS—ONE GIVEN WITH Each Pound of Our EXTRA VALUE 50-CENT TEAS. GREAT AMERICAN IMPORTING TEA CO.'S, 52-58 Market street, S. F., Headquarters, BRANCH STORES EVERYWHERE, THE LADY AND THE TIGER, Miss Marfiuerlte Ribbentrop as a Slayer of Wild Beasts. HOW SHE KILLED HER VICTIMS. A Woman’s Marvelous Record Made With a Riley Express Rifle and a Cool Head. How many young women living to-day can boast of having killed with seven bul- lets five of the most vicious animals of the jungles of India? At the present time there is in this City at the Occidental Hotel a Miss Marguerite Ribbentrop who has such an unusual record to her credit. The young lady does not look as though she would covet the blood of a tiger or trail a panther until with her unerring aim she had caused him to give up his life and put him in the way of becoming a mere rug in the parlor of her home in Lahore. She is low voiced and quiet without a vestige of the unusual nerve she must have displayed in hunting for the victims of her skill. Miss Ribbentrop told in & modest way from the sounds that the striped creature was coming toward us. It bad smelled the buffalo. We both remained very quiet, and in a little while were rewarded with the sight of the long, lithe body, which moved along carelessly. The tiger seemed utterly unconsciousof our pres- ence until within about thirty yards of us. Then it looked up and gaveme a chance for a_beautiful shot. I wasn’t a bit nervous. Perhaps it was because father was with me. I finally got a sight on the white spot on his throat and sent the lead home without further parley. He gave a great bound and rolled over. In afew seconds the blood gushed from his fierce mouth, and I knew 1 was the winner of a beautiful skin on that shot. He measured nine feet seven inches from tip to tip. My, but he was a beauty, wasn’t he, father?” Father nodded his approval, and looked admiringly at his daughter. ““Let me tell you something she did on one occasion. We were crossing a swamp on elephants, and had_about reached the edge of the woods when a magnificent swamp stag bounded out and started to run | by us. Three different hunters fired at him and missed. When he came jumping past Marguerite she dropped him with one shot. That'sthe time I was proud of her. It takes skill to tumble a running stag. That {ear she got seven shots at big game and killed five animals—one tiger, two leopards and two panthers. We were walking along one afternoon and she spied a sieeping panther about forty yarSs away. She wanted to shoot it with her rifle, but I told her that it would be a dangerous thing to miss. ‘Well, let me take your double- barrel gun loaded with buckshot, and I'll not miss him,’ she said. So I handed it to her and she just filled him full. It’snot a good plan_to fool with such animals on oot, and T wouldn’t advise it as a regular thing. Elephant hunting is_the safest, and is generally in vogue in India. One MISS RIBBENTROP, TEE YOUNG LADY WHO EILLED FIVE WILD BEASTS IN INDIA WITH SEVEN BULLETS. just how she dropped her rifle on a nine- foot tiger and killed it the first shot. ‘While telling the story she frequently re- ferred to her father for information and approval, as he himself has a reeord of thirty tigers to his credit. “I was born in Lahore nearly twenty- | one years ago, and went to England to school when I was quite young. .At17, 1 returned to my birthplace and having always had a desire to go deep into the jungles with father, who had been In- spector-General of the forests of India as long as I can remember, he finally con- cluded to take me ona trip_with him, I had a small bore rifle with which I learned to shoot accurately, but it was too small for game, and I got a 400 Riley Kxpress which I found to be very effective pro- vided I placed my bullet in a vital spot. When I failed to do this the animal generally got away with a severe but not fatal wound. To be sure it did a great deal of deadly work, but when I most | wanted it to kill it failed me. I had taken two panthers and a stag with it, but they all had to be hit in.the heart. Iused it the first year I went out, but the second trip I bad made up my mind to use some- thineg more substantial, and if possible en- large my record. You recollect, father,” said the young lady, turning to that in- dividual, “how provoked I was when that leopard got away with nothing but a bad flesh wound. ell, anyhow, I was _set on a 500 express that carried five and a half drachms of potvder, and would send a bullet through a lion. “I had learned most of the minor details of jungle hunting, and as we had the best trained elephants to hunt with I felt that T enjoyed all the advantages of that kind of spor. I never went without father, and as he is very familiar with the amusement I had a good teacher. Once when we were hunting tigers one of thegn made directly for us. Father was behind me a little way. and before I could place a bullet he fired over my head and killed the animal. That was about the only time I bave ever been in any real danger. because, had I missed it, there would have been some trouble.” Miss Ribbentrop’s eyes sparkled as she | rezalled the incident and she looked at her father as though inviting commment on that 0int. x “Yes,” said he; “it’s a bad idea to miss when they are hunting instead of being hunted.”” *‘Oh, yes,” resumed the young lady. *“I romised to tell you of my first tiger. As Psaid before I wanted a heavy bore, so I got father to let me take his gun. He was a little reluctant at first, owing to the re- | coil of the weapon, but I was strong and anxious. so he finally reiented. had never killed nor even got a shot at a tiger up to that time, and we took our elephants and went up to the northwest province on the Terai, where the tiger hunting was said to be very good. We tooi along sev- eral water buffalo fo® the purpose of at- tracting the tiger to the spot where we de- sired him. These buffalo are very cheap and can be bougnt from the natives, pay- ment being made only for those that are killed. Well, we staked out our trap, and both father and myself got up in a tree on alittle stand made for us by the natives and waited for the quarry to appear. We had been sitting there perhaps an hour when the sound of chattering monkeys reached our ears. We knew what that meant. i “Whenever a tiger comes sneaking 1 through the grass the monkeys set eyes on him and strike up a terrific rumpus. You can hear it for a mile. It was evident | | can always get trained animals and hunters to go along, and the danger is nominal. “No, [ can’t say whether or not she will do much more huntin{. At the present time she is en route to New York with Mr. Clifford Halle and myself, where, assisted by Mr. Halle, she will complete her mu- sical education. She is very fonda of it, and hasappeared in all the cities of England and. other parts of the world. She has never lost her love for the jungle, but she hopes some day to becomeas good a singer as she is a hunter, but, as a matter of fact, I think she is better right now,” concluded the father with an air of satisfaction. Miss Ribbentrop is as much at home in AMBROSE BIERCE INJURED A Fall From a Bicycle Frac- tures His Ankle and Collar Bone. HE WILL NEVER RIDE AGAIN. Sfowly Recovering His Health at St. Helena—How,the Accldent Happened. Ambrose Bierce will never again be seen astride a bicycle, and the probabilities are that he will in future be restricted in the use of oneof his lower limbs, if, indeed, the case is no more serious. Mr. Bierce has been for a couple of years past an expert and enthusiastic cyclist, and his tall form, clad in conventional bicycle costume, has been a familiar sight on Oakland streets as he wheeled to and from his residence and the Atheneum Club, or among the more secluded and better paved thoroughfares of the city. It was also his custom to make long trips in the country awheel, the litterateur de- claring that more inspiration could be gained from a spin through a pleasant country lane with resplendent nature all about than by hours of patient thinking in the crowded precincts of a city. Usually these journeys were accomplished alone, and the author always returned refreshed and invigorated from his outings. Recently Mr. Bierce returned from a protracted visit to Los Gatos, where he had been recuperating, and took apart- ments at The Washington in Oak- land, where it had been his custom to re- side when in the Athens of the Pacific. After getting settled he made plans fora long trip awheel and a run to St. Helena, with several days of rest and quiet at that pretty town, varied by short spins about the adjacent country was on the pro- gramme. The journey was about accomplished, when, in passing over a dangerous portion of the road where a deep canyon flanked one side of the highway, he lost control of his wkeel and started down the grade at a rapid rate. After making several ineffectual efforts to regain the use of his pedalsand thus check the speed of his wheel, Mr. Bierce devoted his attention to keeping his bike in the middle of the road and free of the rocks and ruts that were encountered at intervals. He succeeded admirably for some time, but a slight miscalculation of the extent of a curve around which he was compelled to pass made him lose his balance and in an instant the wheel toppled over throwing the rider down the bank with terrific force. Mr. Bierce was rendered unconscious by the shock and lay in the gully for some time. Finally coming to himself he hailed a passing team, the occupants of which, after considerable trouble, succeeded in getting him into their vehicle and conveyed him to St. Helena. The best medical skill of the town was summoned to his bedside and it was found that he had sustained a serious fracture of the kneecap and that his collar-bone was likewise broken. The physicians in attendance after setting the broken bones and making him as comfortable as the circumstances would perm1t told him that in all probability the injury to the ankle would preclude his ever pushing the pedals of a bicycle again and the sufferer promptly gave his wheel, a fine machine, to a friend. At last accounts Mr. Bierce was resting easily and a recent letter to Oakland friends said that he was gaining strength slowly but surely and would soon return to Oakland. He deplored the loss of his favorite pastime, but took comfort from the reflection that the accident might have been much worse. Mr. Bierce is getting along in years, but by the aid of his systematic use of the wheel, which he adopted to assist in get- ting rid of chronic asthma, he has vindi- cated a robust constitution, and beyond a stiffness of the ankle will probably not suffer any permanent dnjury from his accident. THOSE CLOSED AUCTIONS, An Interesting Communication a big city as she is in the jungle, but her heart often goes back to inhore and her 500 Riley Express, with which she bas kept herself in fursand amusement for two exciting seasons. THE NATIONAL PARK, Ex-Congressman Warren English Will Represent California at the Chatta- nooga Battlefields. Colonel Warren B. English, whose term in Congress expired on the 4th of last March, has just returned from a pro- longed visit to Alaska, and will leave Oakland next Thursday for Chattanooga. He was appointed at the last session of Congress a member of the Congressional committee to attend the ceremonies of dedicating the Chattanooga and Chicka- mauga battlefields as a National park. The dedication will take place September 19 to 21. The legal boundaries of the park as authorized by Congress and ratified by the States of Tennessee and Georgia contain fifteen square miles, of which eleven have already been acquired. Eight square miles are forest. Besides the main body of the park, Orchard Knob, a tract of eignt acres, 1s_included. The knob was the head- quarters of Grant and Thomas when Mis- sionary Ridge was carried by assault. The field where Sherman fought on the north end of Mission Ridge has been ac- quired, and monument sites have been secured on Lookout Mountain where Hooker fought. Standing upon the point of Lookout “Mountain the eye plainly fol- lows twelve miles of battle line.” The cen]tral drive of the park extends twenty miles. Congress has appropriated §725,000 and the States have added $400,000. Twenty- five States, inciuding all the Southern States, have commissions at work assisting the National commission in locating the fighting line of their troops. One hundrea monuments and as many more granite markers are now in place. It is expected that Daniel S.Lamont, Secretary of War, will make the speech of his life_ on the dedication of the park. There will surely be an immense assembly of Union and Confederate veterans. Colonel English, who will attend from this State, served under General Robert E. Lee in the Army of Northern Virginia. It is probable that Adjutant-General Bassett, who served under General Grant, will be present. Congress invited the Governor of California to attend, but the Legislature last winter made no provision to defray the expenses of the journey. L Kilmuir, in the north of the Isle of S{ke, the domain of 46,000 acres on which Flora Macdonald lived and is buried, is to be sold. . From President H. Weinstock. Attitude of the California Fruit Growers’ and Shippers’ Assoclation. Some time last spring a few of our largest fresh fruit shippers, including such men as the late Senater Buck, J. Z. Anderson, A. T. Hatch, A. Block and others, with representatives of the prin- cipal fresh fruit shipping associations, met with representatives of the leading com- mercial shippers, including Porter Bros. Company, the Earl Fruit Company, the National Fruit Association and perhaps others, and unanimously agreed — first, that the practice of years past in selling California fruit in competition with itsel in rival auctions held at the same hour in the same city was extremely detrimental to the Californian fruit-grower’s interests; second, that the practice so far as those present was concerned and so far as they could make their influence feit should forthwith stop; and the California Fruit Growers’ and Shippers’ Association was thereupon formed, with the object of con- centrating all shipments of California fresh fruit in one auction-room in eath city, and of preventing the alternate glut scarcity in given markets by inform- ing all shippers daily of the number and destination of a!l cars shipped and of any changes in routing subsequently made. It was also agreed that the fruit should be sold at open auction, where all who had the money to pay with could buy. There apoears to be no doubt that these deter- minations at the time expressed the prac- tically unanimous desire of the orchardists of the State, and as those present at the meeting and unanimously agreeing on the propriety of the action taken con- trolled fully three-fourths of the fresh fruit shipments the question was consid- ered settled, and an era of better returns to the fruit-growers was confidently antici- nated. The necessary arrangements were immediately perfected and the auction- houses in_each city selected by the duly authorized officers of the association. But this arrangement, of whatever -bene- fit it may be to the Californian fruit- grower, antagonized three classes of East- ern men. These were: First, the leading ROYAR Baking Powder fruit merchants, who wished to sell to the peddlers and not to compete with them in the auction-room; second, the auction- bouses not selected, and third, and most vowerful, the Eastern railroads not leading to_the auction-rooms chosen. In view of the practically unanimous feeling of growers in favor of the new de- parture, it would be evidently easier for commission shippers not represented at the meeting to obtain shipments by falling into the same plan and joining the associ- ation, and it was presumed they would do so. Pressure, however, was evidently brought. to bear by the slighted auction- houses and railroads upon a number of the commission shippers, of whom some at least had participated in the prelimi- nary work of organizing the association. It is claimed by some that this pressure was in the form of rebates on freights and auction commissions, which would not go to the growers but would aid the opposi- tion to maintain the fight against the association. At any rate there is a_fight on in California fruit at the East, the ex- venses of which, as always, are borne by the California producer. The following letter from the president of the California Fruit Growers’ and Ship- pers’ Association, inclosing a circular from a firm of Chicago fruit-buyers, explains itself. It must be noted that the circular is addressed to retail buyers near Chicago, and was never intended for Californians. As_will be seen, the opposition fruit, in Chicago at least, is sold at glosed auction: To the Editor of the “‘Call”—SIR: If there was any further evidence needed to show how seri- ously the California fruit-grower is being in- jured by the sup‘rnn of two auction-rooms in one city, this evidence is furnished by the Ch cago fruit-buyers themselves, as will be seen by the inclosed copy of & circular issued by Peycke, Bleekman & Co., Chicago fruit-brokers. | Their statement makes it as clear as crystal that two auction-houses in one city mean the killing of prites, which doubtless is in the in- terest of the Eastern buyer, but means death 10 the interest of the California grower. Thus we see that the minority of growers who are helping the California Green and Dried Fruit Company, the National Fruit As- sociation and Pattee & Lett to support rival auctioh-rooms in New York, Chicago and elsewhere are not alone injuring themselves, but are injuring every other grower in this State; and are making ‘it impossible to place the fruit industry of California upon that profitable basis it ‘should enjoy. Yours truly, H. WEINsTOCK, President C. F. G. and S. Association. CIRCULAR. CHICAGO, August 27, 1895. Dear Sirs: Buy Califernia fruit at Chicago. Both auction sales are now taking place at the sametime. Buyers are divided and slack at- tendance is killing prices. The “Fruit-buyers’ Association” are at the Merchants’ with their “‘dress suits” (as the California papers indicate) and the ‘‘afraid-of-water” (peddlers) are at the Union. We remain neutral and buy wherever we can do the best. Yours truly, PEYCKE, BL WILL HOLD A FIELD DAY. The Young Men’s Christian Association ‘Will Call Out Its Athletes ‘Next October. All the athletes of the Young Men’s Christian Assoeiation are in active train- ing for the coming State field day, which will be held in Los Angeles on October 12. The field day will be for the champion- ship of the State. Teams of three will be entered in the championship events from each of the State associations. The work of these teams will be estimated by a sys- tem of points in a way very similar to that in use at the intercollegiate field days, and the team_securing the highest number of Foints will secure the championship trophy or its association. The championship events will be the 100- yard run, throwing the 12-pound hammer, the running high jump, the pole vault and the mile run. There will also be other events in which those not on teams may enter. There will also bea two-mile bicycle race, in which it is expected there wiil be a great many entries. The first prize for the bicycle race will be a silver cup. The trophy for the winning team in the field day will be a silk banner valued at $75. — e English convicts earn from $10 to $15 yearly. = = i & Q 3 REGENTS MEET TO-DAY. will the Selection of the Affiliated Colleges Be Accepted ? MUCH OPPOSITION DEVELOPED. Mr. Little Talks of the Wilmerding School and Its Bearing on the Situation. The acceptance or rejection of the Sutro site, as almost unanimousiy selected by the Affiliated ‘Colleges committee, will be considered by the Regents of the Univer- sity of California at a special meeting, called for 1:30 o’clock to-day. Speculation is rife concerning the action that will be taken by the representatives of the State’s greatest institution of learn- ing, and there are many who boldly pro- claim the presence of an element antag- onistic to anything with which Mr. Sutro has any connection. Dr. Cole, Mr. Beck- ett and other well-known members of the Affiliated Colleges express the utmost con fidence in the wisdom that will guide the regents in their final choice. That there is serious opposition to the Sutro site is unquestioned. Mr. Marye, for reasons which he declines to make public, is unalterably opposed not only to_this location, but to_anything that Mr. Sutro might offer, and he so stated to a Cary representative several days ago. General Houghton is non-committal when it comes to getting a positive hint as to how he will vote, but it is believed that he will favor | the Potrero property. Judge Slack and Mr. Martin are strongly in favor of the site south of the park, while Timothy Guy Phelps is just as much opposed to it. Colonel Little said yesterday: I am convinced that a determined effort will be made ai the meeting of the regents to morrow to kill the action of the Affiliated Col- leges committee. There are several regents of unquestioned railroad sympathy—Mr. Crocker for instance. 3 There isa moyement on foot to bring the Wil- merding School into the fight. From what I can learn the railroad influence will be thrown to those members desiring the Wilmerding School built in Oakland, provided they will in turn refuse to ratify the action of the Affiliated Colleges committee. Should this deal go through, I very much fear that our iriends among the regents will have a hard time of it. While the selection of asite for the Wilmer ing School is left to the exclusive judgment of the Regents, Oakland is the only city so far to make & bid for it. Placing these two things together, it can easily be seen how disastrous it would be to the Sutro site if those opposing us and those favor; ing Oakland for the Wilmerding School should determine to play the “tickle me” game. United States District Attorney Foote is one of the men who is in_accord with the representatives of the Affiliated Colleges: He said: 1 don't see how the regents can object to the site. The directors of the Affiliated Colleges are all in favor of the spot offered by Mayor | Sutro, and as they are the peoplc who will have | to use the buildings when completed, I think | their opinion should carry full weight. The | money was voted by the Legislature for the | colleges, and we were given the superyision of | the spending of the money. The matter will | be settled to-day, and I think Dr. Beverly Cole and his confreres will carry the day. According to Regent Martin, Oakland has done nothing as yet_toward securing the school, but a committee is now seek- ing a proper location and will appear be- | fore the regents very soon to present their | claims. 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