The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 20, 1895, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1895. 10 BE REPEATED HERE As It Was in Chicago So Will It Be in San Fran- cisco. ENTHUSIASM WILL BUBBLE UP. The Greatest Political Excitement Can Be Expected at the Repub- lican Convention. None but an eye-witness to the National Convention can appreciate its magnitude. In the history of American politics many exciting and inspiring scenes have been en- acted at these gatherings of the most brilliant and diplomatic of America’s statesmen, but seldom has there been a massing of men whose actions were so thoroughly in sympathy with their feelings as at the Republican Convention in Chicago in 1884, when James G. Blaine, the Plumed Knight of the Republican party, was nominated amid the wildest applause, the echo of which will go down to posterity. A graphic story of the great meeting is here pre- sented for the readers of “The Call.” It shows something of what may be expected in San What would the securing of the Repub- lican National Convention mean to San Francisco? That 1s the question that is being asked all over the State. The ad- vantages to accrue from having such a athering within our gates are too many varied to be particularized in a brief article. Little more can be done by way of prophecy than to describe some of the scenes and incidents that have marked gatherings of this kind heretofore. Con- ventions are very much alike so far as their practical results are concerned. The great cities that strive to secure the honor of entertaining the delegates and their thousands of friends place their efforts upon a purely commercial basis. They argue that the presence of so many thou- sands of people will increase the local trade to an unparalleled degree, and will set in circulation a great many thousands of dollars that otherwise would never reach that particular center of population and commerce. A few of the most notable advantages to San Francisco if the convention comes here may be specified: It would fill the hotels so full that peo- ple would pay for the privilege of sleeping on the-dining-room floor. After the convention thousands of poor people could buy the extra beds and bed- steads from tbe hotels for 30 cents apiece. The restaurant-keepers would make so much money in one week that they counld afford to reduce prices one-half to home patrons for a year. The streetcar companies would be com- pelied to build bundreds of new cars to handle the traffic, and when the jam had subsided there would be room 1n the cars for the regular passengers, so that they wouldn’t have to cling to the outside | platf straps. Our young women of Califorpia would re the pleasure of reviewing and meet- several thousand of the dashing young isiness men and_ politicians from the East, North and South. There is no tell- ing how many happy marriages might result. There would be an awakening on the part of the rest of the country to the im- portance of the Pacific Coast; but better still, there would be a genuine awakening on the part of our people to the immense importance of our Californian resources. New citizens would be gained, and those would be of the most enterprising class of the entire country. No snails would be in attendance at that conventioa. An interesting and diverting feature would be the deluge of colored orators from the Sunny South. They are a bril- liant lot of speakers, in no way inferior to their white bretnren. They are enthusi- astic, effervescent, and cannot be kept from sounding the praises of their favor- ites in season and out of season. Upon the slightest provocation they will mount tables or chairs and send forth volumes of unexcelled eloguence. One of them, Mr. Lynch, was the temporary chairman in 1884, and I never saw a better presiding officer. He was incomparably superior to the man who was chosen as permanent chairman of the convention. 1 think the most notable convention that I ever attended was the one in Chicago in 1884, at which Blaine was nominated for the Presidency. Though eleven years have elapsed the incidents of that occasion were so striking that they remain stamped upon my memory as clearly as if the events were but of yesterday. It was my fortune to be in Chicago thirty days before the meeting of the convention, being at that time engaged as newspaper printer and writer. I watched the assembling of the great convention from the beginning. Nearly a week before the date set for its opening the advance guards of the different delegations began to arrive to spy out the land, prepare headquarters and organize their forces. Saturday and Sunday before the opening day the city was deluged with excursion trains from every direction. On Monday morning they were st:il arriving. There was no rivalry among the hotels. There were no runners at the railway stations announcing the attractions of their hos- telries. The only thing a hotel-keeper could do was to stand behind the counter, from which the registry book had been taken, and to say, “Very sorry, sir; very sorry; but we are all full; not a room left.” Such great caravanseries as the Palmer House and the Grand Pacific were crowded from cellar to garret with four and five men in each room, extra cots and : folding-beds being placed in every apartment. The hallways were also lum- bered with temporary beds and cots, for which one had to pay in advance and take his chances by being run over by the fellows who came in late at night, which the majority of them did. This was only one of the phases of the crowd. In the dining-rooms it was almost impossible to get anything to eat. Badgered waiters struggled with their orders for food, and were unable to meet the requirements of the guests even though the orders included the most ordinary dishes. Bnt these dis- comforts and trials were nothing compared to the tribulations endured by the bar- keepers in the different saloons. There the crush was actually terrific. I meta friend from San Francisco who told me that he had been trying for two hours to get a drink of beer or soda or whisky, or ever water, at the Palmer House, but was unablé to do so. I madean in- spection, and found that the entire room was crowded with a hustling, good-natured mob that refused to budge an inch on any m or hold themselves up by the account. When a man got in he had to stay, but if he happened to be out there was no chance for him to get in. By tak- ing a streetcarand riding a mile or so from the big crowd, my friend found a quiet sideboard where he was able to obtain a glass of beer without fighting for it. But these are mere sidelights upon the great convention. It was in the pavilion where the most interesting proceedings were to be witnessed. I remember that one night, I think it was the second day of the session, there was a hitch in the pro- ceedings. Some of the committees were not able to agree, and there was nothing for the convention to do. Before an ad- journment was agreed on it was arranged that some of the leading orators of Chicago should be invited to address the multitude of visitors, who were there to enjoy the convention, and who did not relish being turned out of doors without their regular supply of excitement. Emory A. Storrs, the brilliant Chicagoan, was the first speaker. Bob Ingersoll was called for, but refused to respond, because he was sulking in his tent—that is to say, he sat in one of the boxes with anumber of friends and de- clined to lend a hand in aid of any of the candidates. He felt sure that it was a Blaine year, and as he did not favor the man from Maine he would not speak. As he could not get the man of his choice, he preferred to remain silent. After a number of men with National reputations had entertained the great throng a tall, angular, lean-looking old man was introduced. “This is old Dick Oglesby, the Republi- can nominee for Governor of Illinois,” said the chairman. There was a mighty shout as this an- nouncement was made, for the people seemed to know that something good was coming. They were not disappointed, for Oglesby made one of the most adroit polit- ical speeches I ever heard. It is simply impossible to express in words the pitchto which the enthusiasm of partisanship in the audience had been aroused. 1i you go to an ordinary political meet- ing and hear what the reporters call *‘pro- longed applause” it may be worth your while to hold a stop-watch. You will find that the aforesaid prolonged applause seldom lasts more than thirty-five seconds. Yet at the Chicago convention I have seen the applause last for thirty-five minutes, during which time all proceedings were absolutely suspended and the audience would seem to go crazy. Frantic women would lean over the galiery and wave flags, shouting as if insane. I saw one woman who was actually projected clear out over the audience by three men, shrieking at the top of her voice the name of her fav- orite for President. At such times whole delegations would spring from their seats in the convention-room, and headed by flags and banners with every kind of device to inflame the minds of their adherents, would march through the corridors be- tween the delegates’ chairs. It was when this feeling was at its height that Dick Oglesby faced his audi- he knew it. He was a candidate for the governorship of Illinois, and acknowledged that he had a hard fight on his hands. After dealing with State politics, and teli- ing why hethought he ought to be elected in the usual manner of a candidate, he ventured into the realm of National politics. Here was a field in which he felt | that he was sure of an appreciative hear- ing. One by one he took up the candi- dates for the Presidency. With glowing words he depicted the qualifications of ‘White Hous to any of the candidates. He merely, as he explained, echoed sentiments of those who believed in the different candidates. In speaking of the gentleman from New York he said that the friends of President Arthur held thus and so in regard to the man who then occupied tue place that had + been filled by Washington, Lincoln, Grant. This brought forth a hoarse roar of ap- plause, for the New Yorkers were loyal to their champion. After that McKinley, the representative protectionist, who even then was a for- midable candidate, was mentioned, and his name received an ovation. “Black Jack” Logan of Illinois was cheered so long and so loudly that the speaker be- came weary of waiting for the audience to give him a chance to proceed. He walked around uneasily, took a glass of water, chatted with some friends at the side of the stage and at last came to the front and to be heard further. In quick review Sherman, Allison, Harrison and Robert T. Lincoln and otber great men of the Na- tion were mentioned. 5 Oglesby leit Blaine for’ the last. A silence as of death fell upon that vast concourse as the speaker began with measured tones to make the closing refer- ence to the most popular candidate. “There is one,” he said, “whose name is known to every American.” The people began to be uneasy in their seats, but they let him proceed. I refer to one who in season and out of season has borne the banner of American Republicanism in the front and heat of battle; one who—" A cheer broke forth and drowned the closing sentence. “He is a representative of American citi- zenship, American manhood.” Cheers lasted for five minutes, while the band playea *‘The Star-spangled Banner” and the California delegation, headed by the National colors and an immense stuffed eagle perched with outstretched wings upon a gilded staff, marched round and round the corridors of the convention- room. . “I refer to one dear to the hearts of the people [Cheers] — the great masses, [Cheers] the common people [Cheers] of this mighty Nation.”’ More cheers, more music, more march- ing, more applause. “Ineed go no further. [Cheers.] It is not necessary for me to tell you that I re- jer to that incomparable statesman [cheers], leader [cheers]; that valiant Ru- pert of debate [cheers upon cheers]; that white-plumed Knight of Navarre [cheers and yells of applause]—the Hon. James G. Blaine!” No writer can adequately describe the scene that followed. Bedlam reigned for the space of half an hour. Women cried and men embraced each other. The en- thusiasm seemed to be all-pervading, all- commanding, invincible. Even delegates from New York, from Ohio and from Indi- ana could not refrain from joining in the cheers. In vain the chairman of the meet- ing appealed to them for order. In vain did the band discourse discordant music in the bope of diiving the populace from the auditorium. The people were literally crazed with the intensity of their own feel- ing, carried away, translated by their en- thusiasm. At length order was restored, and Oglesby proceeded to do some good work for himself. His audience for the nonce had forgotten that he wasa candi- date for Governor; bat he did not. Ad- vancing to the front of the stage with as- sumed modesty, in a half-apologetic way, he said: | “Ladies and gentlemen, I heartily thank you for your courteous reception, of my | will not give any one ence. It was the chance of a lifetime, and | the man who then held the chair in the | Oglesby was careful, how-“ ever, not to give his personal indorsement | held up his hand in token that he Hesired | humble efforts. I have been making political speeches for a great number of years. I have appeared in fourteen States and seven Territories, yet never before were my oratorical efforts so highly appreciated as at the present moment.” The people saw the joke of Oglesby ap- propriating Blaine’s applause to himself. A wave of laughter swept over that vast audience and the adherents of old Dick Oglesby made a rush for the stage. Gath- ering him up bodily and capturing the California eagle for the occasion, they car- ried him on their shoulders around the cor- ridors, taking a path that had been beaten smooth for them by the marching delegates of New York, Illinois and California. It was a great stroke for Oglesby, and must have gained him thousands of votes, for the papers the next day were full of dis- cussions of his master play. I believe he owed his election to that speech. Iam not inclined to go into statistics and show you how many dollars each one of those thousands of visitors would spend and how much the total will be at the end; that is to say, how much money will be left in our City by the delegates and their friends. The accession of foreign coin will certainly be great. The excite- ment, the life, the bustle, the awakening of the community will be something more than wonderful. It will be sublime. It will delight the members of the Half Million Club and all other like organiza- tions who wish to advance the interests of the Pacific Coast. At the same time it would be likely to cause a number of silurians to die of heart disease. For the blessings we are about to receive let us be duly thankful. ‘WeLLs DRURY. A DISCREPANCY FOUND. It Is Currently Said to Existin the Office of the Re- corder. Sam Rainey Reported to Receive Roy- alty on Hydrants—Chief Sullivan Says He Does Not. The heads of departments, the chief deputies and clerks, accountants, and the army of retainers that occupy the new City Hall constitute a large family. The fam- ily secrets are = generally pretty well guarded, but gossip occasionally reaches the outside. A report has been going around for several days to the effect that C. H. Williams, theexpert of the Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors, | had discovered a shortage in the Record- er'soffice. The amount delinquent is not stated, hence the reportof the expert is awaited with some degree of anxiety. The assertion that a discrepancy or shortage had.been discovered was made last week to two officers of the City gov- ernment. At the next meeting of .the Board of Supervisors Mr. Taylor, chair- man of the Finance Committee, may sub- mit the facts. While he isdealing with the question he may digress from the main | point to the extent of explaining why the | fee receipts in the County Clerk’s office, | the Police courts and several other offices | have not been checked up by an expert for several months. Yesterday a CaLL reporter asked County | Clerk Curry when the expert had last checked up the fees of his office. The clerk thought it had been done recently, | but inquiry did not show that it has been | done for six months, or even during the resent year. Mr. Curry’s deputy, who Eas charge of the fees, suggested that the expert had checked the fees in the Audit- or’s office. The Auditor said xubse(}uenuy that the expert had been in there frequently look- ing over the books. The books in the Auditor's office will show the receipt of fees according to the certificate issued and returned, but information as to fees remit- ted could only be obtained in the County Clerk’s office. In the Watson suit, recently instituted, Auditor Broderick was impressed with the circumstance that he could find no record that a fee had been paid. was interested in the suit he fanciea that he had won the case in the first round. Inquiry at the County Clerk’s office brought to light the fact that Judge San- derson had remitted the fee. Further riuestion elicited the informa- tion that Judge Coffey of the Probate Court frequently remitted fees. The Au- ditor, desiring to know to what extent legal business was being transacted with- out the payment of fees, suggested that future reports of the County Clerk shounld contain a full 'statement of fees remitted each month and by whose order remitted. Mr. Curry at once agreed to comply with the Auditor’s suggestion. It is said that the expert of the Finance Committee is kept so busy looking after other matters for the board that he has not had time to get into the books of the Police courts, the Sheriff’s office, the Free Library and the County Clerk's oftice. The City is now paying for the new hy- drants authorized by the Board of Super- visors. The scheme contemplates an addi- tion of 1000 hydrants, and the work of Eumng in the first 500 is going on merrily. For each one the Spring Valley Company gets $40, which surely covers the cost of the hydrant and the setting. Then the company gets $5a month from the City for each hydrant maintained. THE CALL was informed that some one, believed to be Sam Rainey, received a royalty of §7 on each hydrant, and also a roEnlty on a patented hose nozzle. bief Engineer Sullivan was asked if anybody received a royalty on the hy- drants, and he replied “distinctly in the negative. He said, moreover, that the double hydrant was Rainey’s patent, but that Rainey had never received a dollar from San Francisco, Oakland, Merced or any other city for its use. On the other hand, the report goes that Mr. Rainey has made, or will make, $25,000 by ‘reason of the Fire Department using his patents. The recordsin the Auditor's office simply show that the Spring Valley Company is paid $40 for each hydrant. Chief Sullivan knows that the hydrants are made by the Risdon Iron Works, What Spring Valley pays for the hydrant is something that is known to the water company and the iron works, The Auditor knows that the demands are constantly coming to him. At tae rate of §5 per month the water company is drawing nearly $150,000 a year from the City, aside from receiving $40 for every new hydrant put in. This scheme is sup- posed to reduce the water rates and make the burden lighter for consumers by forcing the owners of land on which no houses stana to contribute something in the order of general taxes for the use of water. The charge to the City may not be ex- cessive, but men who are familiar with the subject recard $40 as pretty steep for build- ing and connecting a hydrant. 8till the price has been as high as $70. T — Need Not Pay Overdrafts. The suit of Mrs. Emma Zeltner, formerly the wife ot John Wieland, against the executors of the Wieland estate, has been concluded by a verdict for the defendants, The Suit arose over the transfer of the Wieland Brewery to the brewery syndicate formed in this City about three years ago. The boys of the Wieland family, John Wieland among them, had over- drawn their allowances from the income from the brewery, and they claimed that Mrs, Wie- land, widow of John Wieland, the founder of the brewery, had, in consideration of their agreement to the transfer, promised to allow the amount of their overdrafts. Mrs. Zeltner wi ing for the amount of her husband’s interest in the amount of the overdrafts, about $70,000, but the jury sustained the executors in their refusal to pay. ————— Sir Henry Bessemer, the “steel king,” 83 years of age, continues to take keen in- terest in scientific affairs, and keeps him- self up to date. culiarity is that he s autograph. | and a half furlongs. | benin{z until 20 to 1 was reached, when a a As he | THE BAY DISTRICT RACES, 0ld Toano Captured a Sprinting Dash in Remarkably Good Time, FAVORITE TOOK THREE RACES. Perhaps Again Proves Himself a Game Youngster by Beating St. Lee in a drive. Thirteen pencilers weighed in yesterday. Wallace & Co. and White & Co. withdrew, but their places were filled by two new firms, Davis & Co. and Mark Elias, The Sporting World, abright and newsy turf paper, issued every evening, has made its ap- pearance, and seems 1o have “caught on’ with racegoers. It is replete with all the latest horse items. Frank Winer, the well-known Chicago book- maker, who, with his partner, Sam Summer- field, booked at the track last winter, arrived in the City yesterday. Mr. Summerfield is due in a few days. The Pacific Coast Jockey Club has issued the programme for its first week’s running events in very neat pamphlet form, a decided im- provement over the present bulky sheets. “Morse” Taylor, who rode his horse, The Judge, in the second race, spoiled one very pretty breakaway by not breaking with the field, and was let down by Starter Ferguson. Riley Grannan caused the odds against Sleeping Child to be cut by backing him around the ring for the place. The Montana horse failed to get 8 chalk mark. About the heaviest winner of the day was Charley Quinn. He got aboard Toano st all sorts of odds, ranging from 2Q to 1 down, and was said to have cieaned up $6000 by his win. The brown gelding Ross, owned by the Ari- zona stable, wrenched himself internally while rolling in the sand at the oocean beach yesterday and died within an hour. He was one of the get of imp. Sir Modred and a very useful horse in any kind of going. Rowan, the young lad who threw away a race on Irma last Saturday by taking a nap on the mare’s back while running in front with a comfortable lead and being beaten out by Eob Tacker, repeated the trick again yesterday with the mare. While simply Falloping in front he relapsed into a sound snooze and allowed Jerry Chorn to beat him out with Judge Tamm, the favorite. After yesterday’s run it is beginning to dawn on the racing fraternity that Perhaps is a very promising youngster, and no more fancy odds will be obtained about him. His owners, Neil and Coney, have backed him heavily in all of his recent races and again plunged on him yesterday. They are many hundreds to the | good. About the only sensational feature of the racing yesterday was the win of the old warhorse Toano, who a few years back was able to hold his own with the best sprinters in the country. But age told on the old fellow, and his former perform- ances at the track have been poor. In the second race yesterday he seemed to have ained a renewed lease of life, for he led his field the whole distance and won romp- ing in the fast time of 1:063{ for the five He receded in the stiff play cut his odds down to12. Ina drive for the place the 7 to 10 favorite Duchess of Towers was beaten out three parts of a length. The attendance was good, but the betting was inclined to drag. Three out of the five favorites justified the confidence re- posed in them by gétting home in front. Jerry Chorn scored a winning bracket in the opening race, a five and a half furlong run with the 6 to 5 favorite Gondola. Sole- dad beaded him until well on toward the wire, when he passed the outsider and won by a length. The brown gelding Perhavs upheld his reputation and proved himself one of the best youngsters at the track by taking the third event, a five and a half turlong spin for two-year-olds, in fast time. He opened at 4 to 1in the betting, was backed down to 214 and later receded to threes. The Schreiber entry, Laura F,ruled a 2 to1l favorite throughout. Perhaps was first away when the flag fell and was never headed. St. Lee gave him a hard rub at tke end, but he outgamed him and won by half a length in 1:07}{. Belle Boyd wasa fair third. A cheap lot of selling platers were gath- ered together in the fourth race at six fur- longs. Judge Tamm and Irma were about the only ones of the eleven starters that seemed to be in demand. The former finally closed an 8 to 5 favorite in the bet- ting. ” The favorite was the first to show when the tlag sent them away, but soon relinquished the lead to Irma. "The latter had a mortgage on the purse, but while running in front with a comfortable lead, Rowan, her rider, fell asleep_a sixteenth from the wire, and Chorn on'Judge Tamm purloined the race by half a length. Val- paraiso was a poor third. i The final race of the day was taken easily by the 6 to 5 favorite Happy Day. He assed Leonville in the stretch and won y three lengths in 1:42. SUMMARY. Fifty-first day, Tuesday, November 19. Weather fine. Track fast. 963, FIBST RACE-Tive and a hait furlongs; « selling; _three-year-olds and up; purse 8250, Time, 1:08. Ind. Horse, weight, jockey. St. 3? Szl'r Fio. 188 Gondola, 106 (J. Chorn). 1 241 Soledad, 105 (McClain)......5 15 13 23 194 Burmah, 100 (Chevalier).. 3 2n 814 3h 175 Silver, 100 (E 1 246 Prince, 105 56 66 Kitty A, 107 (G. Denni: 85 8 202 Sinbad, 109 (Anderson; 77 Start good. Won handily. Winner, W. P. Fine's b. m., by Frank Khoades-Della. Betting: Gondola 6 to 5, Soledad 4, Burmah 6, Silver 4, Kittte A 100, Prince 12, Sinbad 100, 9G4, SECOND RACE_Five and a nalt fur- . longs; selling: three-year-olds and up; purse $260. Time, 1:0634. d. , Horse, welght, jockey, St. ¥ Str. Ein. 223 Toano, 111 (Hennessy)....4 1¢ 15 ‘14 (235) Last Chance,107(C.Sloane).3 414 214 21 59 Duchess of Towers, 102 (Donnelly).. 1.7 63 83 (230)Tmp. 5 ard) ‘ 5h 42 4n 282 The Judge, 118 (T 214 22 b} 142 Beatrice, 104 (Kowan).....6 62 61 66 245 Sleeping Child, 106 (M- CIain)...... ... 8 8 TR 727 Hiram AT, £ ).2 3158 8 Good start. Won easity. Winner, W. Bloom- baugh’s b. g., by Longfellow-Satara. Beiting: ‘oano 12, Last Chance 414, Duchess of Towers 7 to 10, Sleeping Child 15, Hiram Argo 12, Beatrice 15, imp. Lolokulani'80, The Judge 25. 965, THIRD RACE—Five and a halt furlongs; - 070. selling; two-year-olds; purss $300. Time, 0714, : Ind. ‘Forse, welght,fockey, St 34 Str. Fin. (232) Perbaps, 110 (Shaw). 117 3 i?" 242 St. Lee, 104 (T. Sloane) 3n 2 119 Belle B;yd, 108 (Cheval Laura F, 112 (J. Chorn). iR 4s 4 196 Ciaude Hill, 101 (Mack] 314 55 196 Veva, 108 (Kennedy). T8 Gw 242 Virgie W, 108 (E.Jones)... 4 2n 61" 7 s 4 2 170 Miss Pollard, 101 (Shepard)8 9§ & 242 Marionette, 106 (McClain).9 7 Start perfect. Won driving. Winner, Nell & Coney's h. i, by Koscinsko-May Viley. Betting: Perhaps 3, St. Lee 4, Belle Boyd 8, Marionette 10, Claude Hill 25, Laura F 2, Virgie W 20, Miss Pollard 100, Veva 50. Q6. FOURTI RACE-Six furlongs: three- ah 0 yeacoi and upwara; purse $250. Time, 115634, Lud, Horse, welght fockey. 8t 34 Str. Fin. 230 JudgeTamm.104(J.Chorn) 1 a5 1 231 Trma, 104 (Rowan)........ 2 11 13 & 889 Valparalso,100(Hepnessy) 8 31 24 31 231 Ida Sauer, 104 (Riley)..... 8 8¢ 0§ o 243 R H, 109 (L Dennizon; 6 614 814 O 230 Tmp. Lady Splendor, (C. Sloane). 7 9, 61 61 162 Great Falls, lmg_l -6 4 U N 187 Joe Hill, 106 (Coady)..ooc 4 a1 8y 81 243 Huguenot, 100 (H. Brown) 910; 105 93 202 Silver Lip, 104 (H.Wilson)10 74 514103 Fond Hope, 104 (Macklin).1111 11° 11 ‘Won dflvm. }&':nn&r, 8. F. Capp’s s-Retta B, Good start. ¢h. g., by Nick of the W Bettl Judge Tamm 8 10 5, Irma 8, i Val, Tope 8, Huguenou 40, Joe il 20, imp. 16, For l'sdguflnplin:g:‘lflp Ida Sauer 8, R E 25, Great Ttlrl 3 ver Lip 40. | synagogue on Geary street. FIFTH RACE—One mile; selling; purse 2617. $300. Time, 1:42. Ind. Horse, weight, jockey. St.14 Str. Fin. 1 (245)Happy Day, 101 (McIntyre)d 3 13 245 Leonville, 106 (Chevalier) .5 41412 2 D m e i (Bowell o 6 85 4 ‘avory, owell)..... ... 1 s Res, cCiain)2 12 28 bi 3 3146 6 ner, 8. C. Hil- by Emperor-Felicity. (244)San Luis Rey, 101 ( Day 6 _to 5. Leonyille 11 to 5, lpsp’yn L.fi};a Rey 38, Faro 15, Favory 40. Following are the entries for to-day’s running events: First race, five-eighths of a mile, selling—Pro- fessor Hooker 104, Moran 103, Sen Marcus 102, Mabel L 98, Guess 98, Vicksburg 98, Gov- ernor Budd 110, Canvasback 101, Diana filly 106, Skalkaho 105. Second race, about thre selling, non-winers 1895, three-year-olas an upward, winner to be sold at auction for $800. 1f for less, two pounds allowed for each $100 t0 $100. Entries close at 8:30 A.M.; no dec- larations. Third race, five-eighths of a mile, hlndicls; Potentate 115, imp. Star Ruty 110, Fly 107, Robin Hood 11104, Blue Bell 100, Red Bird 90, Fourth race, one mile, handicap—Lobengula 112, McLight 110, Remus 105, Wawona 97, Model 92, imp. Ivy 90, Rosebud 105. Fifth race, three-quarters of a mile, selling— Charmion 106, Arapahoe 112, Yemen 97, Lin- ville 96, Rose Clark 101, Rosebud 102. Sixth race, one and a quarter miles, selling, hurdle—Imp. Lady Sflendor 127, Soon Eno‘% 120, Amigo 137, Adelante 123, Tom Clark 120, Dick 0’Malley 137. At a meeting held by the stewards of the California Jockey Club last evening, they decided to suspend Jockey A. Williams and Trainer McNally of the horse Mon- tana, who made such a peculiar showing in a mile race on Tuesday. Circumstances tend to show that fraud was intended, but nothing was shown to connect the horse’s owner, Mr. Woolman, in the matter and ha was exonerated from blame. The book- makers’ sheets were taken up and exam- ined, but nothing of a suspicious character was shown by them, and it is the opinion of the stewards that the trainer was “Jaying’’ for a handicap. There is a probability that Perhapsand Caliente, tbe speedy two-year-olds, may be brought together in a_match race at four ang a half furlongs. William Murry, the trainer of Caliente, stated last evening that he thought J. E. Terry, the owner of the colt, would be perleczl{ willing to match his horse, and, as Neil and Coney, the cwners of the other youngster, ex- Eressed their willingness to match the rown gelding for any amount up to $5000, all that remains is to put up the coin and set the date. Both are good ones, and the winner would have to do some rapid traveling. THE CLERICAL IMPOSTOR F. H. Schwertz Arrested in Sac- ramento and Will Be Brought Here. 244 Faro, 104 (E. Jones). good. Won _easily. uarters of amile, ! He Gained the Confidence of Rabbi Vorsanger and Several Promi- nent Citizens. Rev. F. H. Schwertz, the clerical im- postor, who passed worthless checks ona number of grocerymen and others, has been arrésted in Sacramento. Last night Chief Crowley received a dis- patch from Captain Lees, who isin Sacra- mento, that he had seen the article in yes- terday’s CALL and Schwertz had been ar- rested there. The Captainasked, ‘Do you want him?’’ and the reply was, ‘“Yes, send him on.” Detective Seymour was busy all yester- day searching for Schwertz. He learned that Schwertz had on November 15 pre- sented a letter of introduction from Rabbi Voorsanger to the Southern Pacific Rail- road officials and obtained an order to their ticket agent on Market street for a ticket to New York at half rates, the usual terms for clergymen. He did not present the order, but tried to negotiate it with Greenwald Bros., the ticket agents on Market street, last Sunday for $20. He not only passed worthless checks on the grocers on Haight street and other streetsin that neighborhood, but in other parts of the City. He represented himself to some as connected with the synagogue on Minna street, and to others with the He was a glib talker, and spoke familiarly of the different rabbis in the City, and of several promi- nent gentlemen members of their congre- gations. The full extent of his swindling opera- tions is not known, lmt it will, no doubt, be considerable in the aggregate, a8 many of those who received his worthless checks will suffer the 1oss rather than come for- ward and file a complaint against the im- postor. The police say he is evidently a clever confidence operator, which is borne out by his worming himself into the good graces of Rabbi Voorsanger. 5 WILL AERATE THE WATER The Spring Valley Company Pro- poses to Purify Its Supply. BAD ODOR TO BE REMOVED. Placid Lakes of the Peninsula Need the Agitation of Seasonable Winds. This season to date has been remark- able for warm weather and the absence of wind. In 1878 there wassimilar high tem- perature and dry weather, marked by prolonged lull of the winds. Then there was general complaint concerning the quality of water supplied to San Fran- cisco. This season the atmospheric con- ditions which prevail in California extend overa vast area. In the Mississippi Val- ley and throughout the great Northwest, from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, there has been an absence of seasonable winds and rainfall. Even the water in the lakes high up in the moun- tains seems to be stagnant. Herman Schussler, chief engineer of |the Spring Valley water works, who has made a special study of water for thirty years, is convinced that the purest water in the world will become stale if the oxygen of the air is withheld from it. The water in lakes or storage reservoirs occupying high placesin the peninsula is usually fresh- ened by the winds, which sometimes create waves 80 boisterous that navigation in a small hoat is dangerous. When nature does not supply this agitation, which is re- quired to keep water pure and fresh, artifi- cial means must be applied. Speaking on this subject last evening Mr. Schussler said he was preparing to have the water at Clarendon Heights and College Hill reservoirs aerated, and would in time extend the system of aeration to include all the water snpplied to San Francisco, if the state of the water should require it. “You have no idea,” he said, “how water will be improved by exposing it to the air. When the winds which tum- ble it about subside it lies without motion or air, and acquires an odor of staleness. Once admit a free circulation of air and the odor and bad taste disappear.” The process of aeration consistsof pump- ing the water or permitting it to rmn through a_standpipe by force of gravita- tion to a height of twenty-five or thirty feet, and then to descend, broken in the fall by shelving boards. The volume of water is thrown into a thousand threads before it again enters the supply pipe. There is gravitation sufficient to aerate without pumping at most of the points. At Ocean View pumping will be required to aerate. Mr. Schussler says the water of Lake Merced has not been used since the middle of last January. The company is now en- gaged in extensive work to carry the sur- face drainage of the lake to the ocean. The representatives of the water com- pany assert that water was taken from the Almshouse sewer and subjected to chem- ical analysis and the report made that the water came from the reservoir. Mr. Schussler asserts that tne sewer is eight feet below the reservoir and so no water could, as reported, leak from the sewer to the reservoir. The large body of water in Crystal Springs and Piiarcitos is pure. From Ala- meca Creek, through the pipe-line across the bay, the company is taking about eight million gallonsaday. The idea is to freshen the reservoirs with this running water. Kverything is bemng done, so the engineer says, to improve ihe water and remedy the defectcom glained of. All over the country there is the same complaint. Few cities, he contends, are as well served as San Francisco with pure fresh water. Should the winds and cooler weather hold off for two or three weeks longer artificial means will be ready by that time to freshen the supply to the districts from which the most complaints come. The experience gained in 1878 has taught the engineer what should be done, and high laces exposed to winds have been selected or reservoir sites. There are many good {-_oints for putting in standpipes for aera- ion. The Emperor Fo-Hi, the first of his line, is the Chinese model of politeness. He is said to have been so civil he always spoke, even of himself, with profound respect; and when the Chinesc habit of self-depreca- tionis remembered, this degreeof civility will be better appreciated. NEW TO-DAY—CLOTEHING, TWO LEGS Pants: TWO PRICES: LONG OUR “SHORT” WHOLESALE PRICE: P e 3.00 LONG SHORT For Blg or Little, Stout or Thin Men. AND SHORT. THE ‘“LONG” RETAILER'S PRICE: $2.50 3.00 3.75 4.50 In the Newest and Most Fashlonable Cuts and Patterns. BROWN Wholesale Manufacturers of Fine Clothing, Proprietors of the Oregon City Woolen Mills, 121-123 SANSOME STREET. BROS. & CO. FOOLING AWAY TINE Another Instance of the Danger of Procrastination, An Interesting Story With the Bright Side=Lights of Truth Thrown Vividly on It. Procrastination, or “The. thief of time,” as it is proverbially termed, certainly works as much harm as any of the vices which are more commonly called to public attention. The man of an inquiring turn of mind is conscious of this, but the heed- less many think “there is nothing much in it.” 1t has caused hundreds of men to fail to_keep business appointments which might readily have resulted in fortunes that have fallen to the lot of others who have been more punctual, and the men who keep criminal statistics say that those unfortunates who appear to have “‘drifted’” into vicious habits unintentionally are almost all of them victims of this per- nicious habit. And even nature verifies the truth of this assertion in a marked way. If you have a cold and you neglect it, it will not be surprising if it turns to congestion of the lungs, in a mild manner at any rate. If you have a bruised finger and do not keep the air from it a fester may readily ensue; and so on. And when we come to the more serious ailments— nervous diseases, for instance—the danger of delay in getting proper help is at times most appalling 1n its dreadful consequences to the procrastinator. There is up in Trinity County a gentleman who has a very decided opinion on this point, for, to use a co]lor{uialism. “‘he has gone through the mill.” 1t isMr. J. 8. Bailey of Weaver- ville, who was suffering from a most severe attack of nervous trougle when he applied to the great specialists at that wonderful curative establishment—the Hudson Medi- cal Institute. Mr. Bailey’s opinion on procrastination is clearly expressed in the following letter, which he has seen fit to write: Weaverville, Cal., August 6, 1895. Hudson Medical Institute, San Francisco, Cal. Gentlemen: I will now state that after two months’ treatment with you I feel fully restored to health, and wish to express my gratitude to you for your speedy aid. I also wish t0 say that any person who may be suffering from any nervous dlsorders would be doing themselyes actual injus- tice and harm not to consult the Hudson Medical Institute without delay. Yours In health, S. J. BAILEY. That is short, crisp and true. Every one who consults these wonderful physicians }]'“ tn]e same sort of praise for them. Just isten S. M. Hooker of Los Angeles writes: “I now feel a8 though I was a cured and a well man.” Frank Minturn of St. Louis, Mo.: “I have not W. Fowler of Kamele, Or., says: “I am feeling 8 g00d now as it is possible for a man to feel.” K. C. Taft of Stowe, Cal., writes: “I am fegling fine without a sign of disease now.” Truly the amount of testimony of this nature which is received at the great “Mecca for all the sick” would surprise any one. 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