The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 29, 1895, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCI O CALL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1895. fa e b s e MR SAN VRARGEEER (e VIEUD Be ROH BIRIEE. SEER — HOKE SMITH REPORTS| Review of the Work Done by the Department of the Interior. CARE OF THE INDIANS. The Necessity of Eliminating Politics From Their Management, CIVIL SERVICE ENFORCEMENT. At Present There Are Not Enough Inspectors to Protect Forest Reserves. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 26.—The report of Hoke Smith, Secretary of the Interior, elaborately reviews the varied work of the Interior Deglirtment. It be- gins with the Indian service and calls at- tention to the strict enforcement which has been given to civil service reform, both as to those places covered by the clas- sified service and those to which the rules of this service do not apply. It dwells upon the necessity of eliminating politics from the management of Indian affairs and of conducting each reservation upon strictly business principles, the object be- ing to make every Indian who remains upon the reservation self-supporting and ready, as sdon as possible, to assume the duties of citizenship and be freed from the paternal care of the Government. He recommends that, instead of a single Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the ser- vice be placed in charge of three commis- sioners—two of them to be civilians, to be appointed from different political parties, and one to be a detailed army officer. The report shows that the attendance upon the Indian schools increased 1500 dur- ing the past vear, nearly one-half of the increase being in the Government day schools. The reduction of 20 per cent which the law required in connection with the contract schools has been strictly carried cut, and the Secretary adds that there seems to be no reason why such re- duction should not continue from year to vear until the system of Government aid to sectarian schools shall terminate. The report estimates the amount of pub- lic lands undisposed of to be about six hundred million acres at the close of the fiscal year and shows that the total receipts during the year for public lands amounted to over $2,000,000. The unadjusted land grants to railroads amounted to nearly ninety million acres. The Secretary suggests the advisability of patenting the arid l!anasto the States after it is fully determined that the selec- tions made by them under the Carey act are arid lands. Under the subject of forests, the Secre- tary calls attention to the fact that 17,000,- 000 acres are included within forest | reserves, the object being to thus preserve the forests for future use. and their preser- vation to control the supply of water so that it may be stored and wilized for irri- gation. There are but thirty special agentsto protect the timber upon the entire public | domain, to examine swamp lands and to vestigate fraudulent land entries, a force too small to permit anything to be done toward guarding the forest reservation. Unless some plan is devised by Congress for the protection of the forests, either by the army or by foresters living upon the reservations, it is manifest that the object sought to be accomplished will fall. The review of the Pension Office shows the aggregate of the pension roll at the close of the year to be 1,102,935. Referring to the number of pending cases, the state- ment is made that the greater part of these are old cases, lacking some quality of proof which the law requires. One of the interesting features of the re- port is the discussion of the relations be- tween the Government and bond-aided roads and of the possibility of the collect- ing the amount due the Government from these roads. The report urges that two things are to be considered: First, the collection of the debt due the Government; second, the creation of a great through line from the Missouri to the Pacific, which was the original purpose of the Govern- ment leading to the issue of subsidy bonds. He states that the Government is already out $117,435,000 upon these roads, and that the first mortgage bonds only amount to $64,613,000; that the property is worth more than the first mortgage bonds and that the Government interests can be pro- tected, if necessarv, by taking up these bonds. WILL SEIZE A STEAMER, Scheme of Antonio Ezeta and Friends to Invade Sal- vador. After Departing as Passengers They Intend to Turn a Mail Vessel Into a Cruiser. PANAMA, Coromeia, Nov. 28, -Parties just returned here irom a trip along the Central American coast, and who are now going south, said in conversation that a plot is known to exist among the friends of ex-President Antonio Ezeta of Salvador to collect men and arms at convenient places on the coast and then ship the {riends of their cause as passengers on one of the Pacific Mail steamers, which they | propose to seize, once having passed the Siexican coast, and convert the vessel into an armed cruiser. They then propose to descend on a Sal- vadoran port, where they will have a force ready to proclaim the revoiution and march on the capital, where they claim they have gained over a part of the garri- son. The revolutionists claim that they have officers and men who are able sailors and sufficiently daring to seize the Mail steamer. — REFINERIES SHUT DOWN. A Temporary Close Owing to the Quan- ? tity of Sugar on Hand. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Noy. 28.—All of the sugar refineries in Philadelphia, in- cluding the Franklin refinery, which is connected with the sugar trust,and the been closed for some time, and the Frank- lin and McCahan refineries have been running on half time. At the headquart- ers of the refineries it was stated that a similar move had occurred for the past two years at this season of the year, owing to the large quantity of the refined product on hand. i ey CHICAGO OPERA-HOUSE LEASE. Kohl, Midadleton & Castle, a Wealthy Firm, Male the Purchase. CHICAGO, Irv., Nov. 28.—The Chicago Opera-house, one of the best theatrical properties in the ccuntry, to-night passed into the possession of Kohl, Middleton & Castle, a wealthy firm of amusement man- agers of this city. They have secured from the Chicago Opera-house Company a lease for a term of five years at an annual rental of about $35,000. " Dramatic, operaticand other first- class combinations will be booked from De- cember 16, when the new management will assume control. Manager David Henderson, for ten years lessee of the house, has retired and will devote his time and attention to his travel- ing companies. g, Surgeon Ewing in Trouble. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 28.—Cap- tain Charles B. Ewing, assistant surgeon U.S. A., whose station is Jefferson Bar- racks, Mo., is in trouble. He has been ordered to Fort Leavenworth, Kans., in arrest, to appear beforea court martial which will meet there to-morrow, to answer charges preferred agamst him. The War Department is closed to-day, and itis impossible to learn the nature of the charges. DEATH OF A BRAVE MAN, Close of the Career of Sheriff Samuel Patterson of In- dian Territory. Was a Soldier in the Civil War and Afterward a Terror to Outlaws. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 28.—Samuel S. Patterson, Sheriff of V ndotte County, Kansas,- died at Bartlesville, I. T., this morning. Mr. Patterson, who was one of the most widely known officials of Kansas, was stricken with apoplexy while hanting in the Indian Territory. Mr. Patterson wa vears of ager He spent most of his in the two Kansas Cities, and his life was an eventful one. He was the eldest of eight boys, all of whom were born and raised on a farm in La Salle County, Tll. He served as a mem- ber of the Tenth Illineis Infantry and Bat- tery C of the First Illinois Light Artillery. He was wounded while an artilleryman at Stone River, and when captured once he experienced the horrors and hardships of the life in Libby prison for a period of two months. He came West in 1869, and es- tablished a livery business at Independ- | ence, Kas, There he was made Town Marshal, and afterward a deputy United | Stares Marshal and a member of the United States Secret Service. In the capacity of a Government officer he had many thrilling experiences in run- ning down bands of outlaws who infested Southern Kansas and the Indian Territory in those days. He was a messenger for the Wells-Fargo Company with a Santa Fe run on September 29, 1833, when the train was held up at Coolidge, Kans. It was one of the most daring robberies of that year, and it created great excitement in Kansas City, and, in fact, everywhere Eastand West. The engineer had been shot and killed, and the robbers—four of them—entered the express-car where Mr. Patterson was lying on the floor apparently dead. Two of the bullets had pierced him, but, wounded as he was, he opened fire on them and drove them from the car and saved thousands of dollars for the express company. After this incident Mr. Patter- son was presented with a beautiful gold watch by the company for his bravery. S gty LOS ANGEL RUMORS. Swindlers Said to Be in Hiding in the City. LOS ANGELES, Can., Nov. 23.—All sorts of rumors are afloat regarding Pro- fessor George Felton’s whereabouts, Itis claimed by some that he is hiding in this city, instead of having gone away. Mrs., Felton yvesterday lifted some of the bogus checks that he had passea. She has settled with severat of the victims and in- tends doing 'so with all, even if she has to mortgage her last dollar’s worth of prop- erty. Word was received this afternoon that Felton had been arrested this morning at the Hotel Brewster, San Diego. Sheriff Burr had received no intelligence eon- firming the story. It is known that Felton went to San Diego when he left Los An- zeles, but is was supposed he was in Mexico. His apprehension is anxiously looked for by a score of victims that he duped, and if found, but little mercy will | be shown him. e NEARING DEATH ATLOS ANGELES. Clifton E. Mayne Still Growing Weaker in the City Prison. LOS ANGELES, Caw., Nov. 28.—Clifton E. Mayne still lies 1n a very critical con- dition at the County Jail. Itis more than probabie that he will not live to serve out his twenty-five years’ sentence at San Quentin, if indeed he ever reaches the prison. Shenff Burr, when asked about his condition, stated that Mayne was very weak and liable to die. Shortly before 4 o’clock he had a choking spell and 1t was believed he was bleeding internally, being unable to raise the blood. His death is expected at any hou: MINE TIMBERING. Comstock Mines Have Swallowed Up Products of Whole Forests. Probably nothing in the world can be said to exceed in structural wonder of its kind the labyrinthian system of sub-surface timbering peculiar to the Comstock mines, the sum of $55,000,000 being considered a moderate estimate of the cost of the same from the opening of the mines to the pres- ent time. The size of the timbers varies from the huge pieces sixteen inches square and twenty-four feet long to the smaller Eeces eight inches square used ‘in crib- ing. The species employed are chietl yellow pine, fir and cedar, fully two-thirds of the whole amount being the first named—a favorite timber, in fact,with mine carpenters on_account of its exactitnde in joining. Cedar, of course, is inferior to no known timber, not even excepting rosewood, for its lasting Gualities under- gmund. But1t is =aid that yellow pine as been taken from the tower level of these mines, so compacted by the enor- mous pressure it has withstood as to have a density and weight exceeding those of lignum vitw. Noneof the timbers in the Comstock mines have yet badly decayed, and their life cannot ‘be accurately de- termined, but the heat and vapors of the mine, surchar witn mineral atoms, ngmmr to have a decidedly preservative elfect upon the timbers.— Northwestern Independent McCahan refinery, shut down last night, throwing over 2000 men out of employment. The Spreckels refinery has Magazine. —————— Probably in London alone over 20,000,000 matches are used every twenty-four hours. REED WAS SURPRISED. Received a Funny Letter From Broderick of Kansas. CHAIRMANSHIP WAIVED: Labeled “A Rare Curiosity to Be Preserved for Future Generations.” SELECTING THE COMMITTEES. The Maine Statesman Will Show Neither Fear Nor Favor in Nam- ing the Members. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 28.—Con- gressman Thomas B. Reed of Maine ex- perienced & new sensation to-day. It came in the form of a letter from Mr. Broderick of Kansas. Mr. Broderick wrote that as the only Republican member of the Committee on Printing,he might prop- erly claim the chairmanship in the next House, but that he would not do so; that he preferred, on the contrary, not to em- barrass the prospective Speaker with an application of any character and that he boped Mr. Reed would feel at liberty to place him wherever he chose. Mr. Reed at once dicta ted a reply ex- pressing his gratification at Mr. Broder- ick’'s unselfishness and adding jocularly that his request was so reasonable that it should certainly be complied with. Mr. Broderick’s letter was then filed away with other papers, bearing in Mr. Reed’s hand- writing thisindorsement: “A rare curios- ity to be preserved for future generations.” But this experience is so rare that Mr. Reed properly describes it as a new sensa- tion. Itis unlikely to be repeated. Up to the hour of luncheon to-day Mr. Reed’s callers were as numerous as on the preceding days of this week. The visitors to Mr. Reed began calling early and did not cease until 2 o’clock, when many of the number went over to Georgetown to see the football game. Then Mr. Reed im- proved the opportunity to attend to some correspondence and take a short outing. The new members, while modest in their demands so far as chairmanships are con- cerned. are eager for appointments to the more prominent committees and to com- mittees where they believe they can best represent their constituents. More than thirty applications have already been filed for assignment to the River and Harbor Committee. The statement made yesterday that the committees would also be announced at the same time, with the exception pos- sibly of the committee on rules, mileage and accounts, is contirmed to-day by one of Mr. Reed’s intimate friends. This gen- tleman doubts if the list will be completed before the 15th, and not probably before the 20th of December. Mr. Reed has made no promises either with respect to the chairmanship or assignments. In making up committees he will not be influenced, it is said, by personal, but by party and public considerations. He will not hesitate to appoint men whom he cor- dially dislikes or with whom his relations are far from agreeableto the best cheirman- ships, if the puplic interest demands it. He will, on the other hand, it is asserted, refuse the request of his more intimate friends if he regards them as unfitted for the places.they desire. CALIFOENIA REPRESENTATIVES. They Are Planning for Places on the Committees. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 28.—Rep- resentatives Barham, Hilborn, Bowers and McLachlan of California met at the Ebbitt House to-day to try to reach some under- standing as to their severa! committee po- sitions and other questions of pol- icy affecting the welfare of Cali fornia. Mr. Johnson was not able to be present, however, and as Mr. Loud was also absent the conference was postponed until next Saturday morning. Mr. Loud telegraphed from Chicago that he would be here Saturday. Although no’ definite conclusion has been 1eached it is understood that Mr. Hilbern wonld like to be a member of the Public Buildings and Grounds Committee, Mr. Loud chairman of the Committee on Postoftices and Postroads, and Bowers aspires to the chairmanship of the Com- mittee on Military Affairs, of which heis now the ranking member. If he cannot be chairman he would be content with the membership of this committee and one other, either the Public Lands or Naval Affairs. Grove Johnson, Barham and McLachlan, the three new members, are each ambi- tious to serve on the Rivers and Harbors Committee, but on Saturday one of them will be selected by the delegation to be urged for this position. Of the three Grove Johnson onght to stand the best chance, as he has Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers in his district. Mr. John- son is very modest, however, and will take what Mr. Reed chooses to give him. He is already recognized as the leader of the California Republicans in the House. Judge Maguire is expected at the Ebbltt House to-morrow and Senator White will arrive at the Normandie Hotel Monday. Senator Perkins has not been heard from yet. California will get no places under the House organization. The delegation was tardy about making a deal with the combination. There has been a disposi- tion among several of them to support General Henderson for Clerk, but he is knocked out. Southern and Western members are very angry and denounce “ring” politics and declare that the action of the Ohio and In- diana delegations in selling out to the combine will work serious injury to the prospects of McKinley and Harrison. It is certain that those Congressmen are very angry. They held a meeting at the Riegs House to-night and strongly denounced the Buckeyes and Hoosiers. Some of them asserted boldly that this action on the part of the Indiana and Obio crowds would se- riously damage the prospects of both Har- rison and McKinley. These spceches were regarded as intem- perate, and while there is no doubt that Southern and Western members are very angry they will probably cool down in time and not seek to wreak their vengeance upon the devoted heads of the Presiden- tial possibilities from Buckeyedom and Hoosierdom. Representative Barham said to Tne CALL reporter to-night: “I regard the action of the Indiana and Obio delega- tions us very unfortunate. The Southern- ers and Westerners are very mad, and the result cannot fail to be prejudicial to the best interests of our party, especially in Indiana and Obhio.” WHERE VAN ALEN WAS. Kept at a Private Sanitarivm Under- going a Surgical Operation. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 20.—The Re- corder says: James J. Van Alen, who was brought into unpleasant publicity re- cently as l%e defendant in & suit brought by Colonel Colt of Providence, R.I., for $200,000 damages for alienating his wife's affections, is in a convalescent state in the private sanitarium of Dr. W. T. Bull, 35 ‘West Thirty-fifth street. Mr. Van Alen disappeared from public view shortly after giving bail. Oniy a few of his most inti- mate friends have known of his where- abouts. Mr. Van Alen has not been in a condi- tion to take an active part in the proceed- ings to patch up the bills in the Colt family, but all that has been done he sanctioned from his bed in the sanitarium. Mr. Van Alen’s visit to the sanitarium was rendered necessary by his physical con- dition, which was serious. The danger was removed by a very severe surgical operation, Mr. Van Alen is credited with being one of the best cross-country riders in the world, It was during a hunt in England, on the occasion of his last visit abroad, that he received the injury which culmi- nated in his being subjected to the sur- geon’s knife. Mr. Van Alen met with an accident somewhat simglar to the one which resulted in the death of J. W. Mackay Jr. near Paris recently. His horse stumbled and Mr. Van Alen was thrown violently against atree. ENTERPRISE, Swopping Confidences About Notable Newspaper * Scoops.” “‘Talk about newspaper enterprise,” said the young man with soiled cuffs and a briarwood pipe, “did 1 ever tell you about the big thing we did on the Startler a year or two ago? No? Well, it was a great drive and well worth the telling,” notes the Boston Transcript. “There hadn’t been a murder for three days, and not one of the mysterious disap- pearances amounted to a hill of beans. ‘We'd got to have a sensation, but what it was going to be was more than any of us could guess. “Tom. Skipper, our local man, was so much concerned about the matter that he actually offered to commit suicide to help the paper out, but old Cutter, one of the desk editors, happened to think just in time that if Skipper suicided there would be nobody left to write the thing up in Skipper’s inimitable style. “Then somebody suggested that instead of killing himself Skipper kill some other fellow; but that wouldn’t be much better, for Skipper would be locked up beyond the reach this scissors; so the whole busi- ness was dropped. be done. “Finally our literary editor got an idea. Of course it was of no use to him; couldn’t use ideas n his department, you know. So he guve it to the city editor. The idea was a novel one, as might have been ex- ected from a man who spends the heft of his time reviewing the title pages of fic- tional literature. It was to print a few chapters of the Bible under a scare head und with lots of cross lines. “Well, sir, we aid it and there never probably was such an excitement among our readers. It was brand new to nine- teen-twentieths of them, and th2 way they besieged the office for copies and the way they bragged about the Startler’s enter- prise was a caution, I can tell you. Why, sir, we sold more than 3,000,000 copies of that day’s issue, and even then we were wholly unable to meet the demand.” “Not so bad,” said the young man with the moth-eaten mustache, ‘‘but nothing to the little stroke of enterprise we did awhile ago on the Snark. Justas you had done, so we, too, had tried everything we could think of for a sensation, and everi/- body was at his wits’ ends. Nobody could suggest anything that was worth trying. “It began to look biue at the Snark office. It was the first time, you know, that we had ever been stra;f; ed for an idea. We beean to think we’ Enve to sus- pend publication, for it was useless to think of issuing a Snark with no sensation init. “Luckily, however, our office-boy came forward with a tip. We get most of our suggestions from our office-boy, you know. What do you suppose his idea was? You'd never guess in a thousand years. It was simply this, that we issue a number of the Snark with not so much as a single lie 3 (O “Well, sir, the thing was done: it was wearisome work, but it was done. The paper was printed, but it didn’t take at tirst; our readers couldn’t understand it. But after a while a few of them got onto it and then the news spread. Well, sir, to make a long story short, we sold 17,000,000 copies of that paper. We tried it again the next week, but the folks wouldn’t buy. They said once would do for a sensation, a novelty, but for a regular thing they pre- ferred the Snark’s regular vintage.” e " MAD OATS. Their Bite Harder to Treat Than That of Mad Dogs. An epidemic in Paris of ‘‘enraged cats,” as the French call them, has called forth some interesting statements from Dr. Challou, the airector of the anti-rabies staff at the Pasteur Institute in that city, where from 1500 to 1800 persons bitten by'mad animals are treated annu- ally, says the New York World. **Contrary to ‘the popular belief,”” he says, ‘‘cats go mad frequently, and about 5 per cent of the cases we treat_are caused by bites i flicted by them. Horses and other domes- tic cattle are rarely subject to madness. “The bites of cats which have gone mad are generally serious and difficult to treat, for two reasons. First, the teeth of the cat are fine and_sharp, and the wounds they make are deep, introducing the virus into the system thoroughly. The dog, on the other band, has larger, blunter teeth, which tear rather than penetrate. Cauterization is excellent if done immedia(elg in the case of a dog bite, but when the wound is caused by a cat’s teeth it is impossible to cauterize more than the edges, while parts below the surface remain impregnated with the virus. ¥ “In the second place, the dog bites at the hands or legs of the person he attacks, and not often at the face, while the cat almost always attacks the face first, for it can jump more easily, and clings with its claws to the clothing. Bites in the face are much more dangerous because of the proximity of the point of entrance to the virus of the nerve centers, it having a much shorter disiance to traverse than if it entered the body through a wound upon the legs or arms, “One thing which makes a cat much more dangerous when it goes mad is that it seems to become furious and attacks whatever it sees, while a_dog lnqnenug. will crouch: in a corner and seem to be sul ject to a sort of paralysis.” Among cats, another suthority says, mn- sanity is probably most frequemfy brought about by indigestion, which causes a congestion of their feeble brains. The reason they have convulsions more fre- qluently in "hot weather is that_the heat of the direct raysof the sun is especilly difficult for them to endure. The Angora cat is the species most likely to become mentally disordered, for it is continually making'its toilet and swallows a great many of its long hairs, which form ina ball in its stomach and cause cerebral con- gestion. This has been established by a number of autopsies which have been made upon this variety of feline. ———————— Siberia had its name from the city of Siber, the royal residence of Kuts, a Tar- tar prince who established a wide domin- ion in the northern districts of Asia. But something must - f g RACE OF MOTOCYCLES Only Six of the Machines Entered the Long Contest. WERE MANY DRAWBACKS So the Performance Was Con- sidered as Being Rather \ Remarkable. RAN OVER A SLUSHY COURSE. The Duryea Won the Struggle Over the Slippery Distance of Fifty- Four Miles. CHICAGO, Irr., Nov. 28.—The moto- cycle contest over a fifty-four-mile course for purses amounting to $5000 was won by the Charles E. Duryea gasoline motocycle. Although eleven vehicles were last night announced to start, but six appeared this morning to begin the race. The perform- ance was remarkable in that the race was run under the greatest difficulty, Chicago’s boulevards being deep in snow and slush. The following started: The Duryea of Springfield, Mass.; the Morria and Salom electrobat of Philadelphia; the H. Mueller motocycle of Decatur, I1l.; the R. H. Macy of New York; the De Lavergne of New York, and the Sturges electric motocycle of Chicago. The course was from Jackson Park, over the boulevard and out to Evanston, re- turning to the starting point. The start was made at 8:55 o’clock. It was consid- ered impossible that all would finish. Five of the contestants passed through Lincoln Park to the north, the De La- vergne quitling at Sixteenth street. The Duryea made the run from the starting point to the Auditorium, eight miles, 1n an hour. It finished at 7:18 p. »., com- | pleting the course in 10 hours and 23 min- utes. The H. Mueller was second, reach- ing the finish line at 8:53 o’clock. The otners came stragzling in up te midnight. SN TR ON THREE WINTER TRACKS. Winners of Racing Events at Baltimore, Lexington and New Orleans. BALTIMORE, Mp., Nov. 28.—Five furlongs, Florrie won, Venetia II second, Heresy third. Time, 1:06. Seven furlongs, Little Tom won, Diabolus second, Sun Up third. Time, 1:36. One mile, Lady Adams won, Fatal second, Kerry Gow third. Time, 1:53!4. E One mile, Premier won, Levina second, Vol- ley third. Time, 1:49}. Six furlongs, Shakespeare IT won, Whippany second, Tremargo third. Time, 1:193; One 'and o sixteenth miles, Eclipso won, Phaebus second, Antidote third. Time, 1:56. LEXINGTON, KY,. Nov. 28.—Five furlongs, Tda Wagner won, Chatterbox second, Feast third. Time, 1:06. Three-quarters of a mile, Font D'Or won, Crumbaugh second, Amy T third. Time, 1:23. Four and a_half furlongs, Lutie Lewlis won, Bramble Leaf second, Martin third. Time, 1:00. Threequartets of a'mile, Mill_Boy won, Glad second, Annie M third. Time, 1:20. Three-quarters of a mile, Myrtelle won, Ru- pee second, Jennie Miles third.” Time, 1:22, NEW ORLEANS, La., Nov. 28.—One mile, Norman won, Tanéred second, Major McLaughe lin third. Time, 1:43. Five and a helf furiongs, Nicholas won, Arse- nic second, Georgie Smith third. Time, 1:0914. One and a half miles, Lightfoot won, Marcel second, Peytonia third. Time, 2:29. One and a sixteenth miles, Buckwa won, Lo- gen second, Chattanooga third. Time. 1:48. Seven furlongs, Proverb won, Ada L second, El Reno third. Time, 1:38). S et KNOCKOUIS AT BALTIMORE. Joe Gans Finished Siddons in the Seventh Round. BALTIMORE, Mp., Nov. 28.—There were two knockouts at Eureka Athletic Club to-night. Joe Gans, the colored lightweight of Baltimore, finished George Siddons of New Orleans in the seventh round, and Jack Ward of Baltimore put “Tug” Sayers of Boston to sleep in the third round. Gans and Siddons weighed in at 125 pourds. Gans did all the leading, and closed the left eye of the white boy in the second round. Siddons landed only three hard blows during the contest. When the men began the seventh round Siddons was weak and grogzy. Gans landed several blows, and finally a vicious righthand punch on the jaw sent Siddons flying to the floor, where he lay uncon- scious for fifteen seconds. He was then assisted to his dressing-room. Sayers was no match for Ward in the reliminary bout, and was repeatedly Enockedo his feet. In the third round Ward landed right and left and put his man to sleep by a righthand blow in the face. R Figuring on a Fight, DALLAS, Tx, Nov. 28.—W. K. Whee- leck, secretary of the Florida Athletic Club and still associated with D. A. Stuart, said this evening: “I am but recently back from Houston where I arranged matters and signed Mr. Fitzsimmons on behalf of Mr. Stuart. I know both Julian and Fitzsimmons are exceedingly bitter against Brady and Cor- bett, as they realize that the heavy-weight championship loses prestige should Mr. Corbett really refuse absolutely to meet Fitzsimmons. “I satisfied myself as to the ability of Fitzsimmons and Julian to put up_their forfeit and side stake money, and also their earnestness to fight. Idon’t indorse, however, such personalities as have ap- peared. I believe the sporting public have a right to demand that these two men meet in the ring, _“There is absolutely no valid excuse that either can offer now to prevent a meeting. Mr. Stuart is now on his way to New York and I believe that Corbett will ap- preciate the situation and sign with him without upnecessary delay or quibbling under the preseni favorable conditions presented by both Stuart and Fitzsim- mons.” ———— Made Remarkable Time. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 28.—F. G. Thompson, a young cyclist of Washington, made the remarkable time of 57 minutes 57 seconds in a twenty-mile road race near this city to-day. There were forty entries for the race, and there were no serious ac- cidents. The road was in fair condition. A protest was filed, but it is thought it cannot be sustained. R Mg 2 Carter Declines the Challenge. LONDON, Ena., Nov. 28.—Carter has declined to accept the challenge issued by Roberts to play a game of billiards of 24,000 points, spot barred, for any amount up to £1000 a side, Roberts to concede 12,000 points. At the Walking Match. v MINNEAPOLIS, Miyy., Nov. 28.—Re- sults of the walking match at midnight were: Glick 347, Hart 344, Day 344, Hegel- ‘%n 333, Taylor 307, Campana 302, Horan ‘When pins were first invented they were considered so great a luxury as not to be t for common use, and the maker was not allowed to sell them in an open shop ex- cept on two days of the year, at the be- ginning of January. — Libby and Mary Ellen. Every oncet in a while Libby Sweet gits stucs on herself an’ wants to go on to the stage. One day Jast week she says to me, "Mary Ellen, there’s an ad. in the paper this mornin’ for 100 young an’ pretty chorus girls, an’ I want you to go up with me to the place at noon.” “You haven’t got any nerve at all, have you?” I says, “to call yourself pretty.” “Well, you know, looks is only a matter of taste,’” she says, “‘an’ anyway Ican sing in tune, an’ that’s more’n you can do.” “Sing!” I says. “They won't want you tosing. They'll want you to wear tights, an’ you can’t do that, for you’re knee- sprung.’”’ Then she fired up. _*'As for bein’ young an’ Preny. Miss Eastside,” she says, “they'd only have to look at you oncet to know whether you was pretty or not, but they wouldn’t know whether you was young; an’ you couldn’t tell ’em, for you don’t know yourself, as your mother backed down the ages of the whole family when she was wraslin’ round tryin’ to git married ag’in.”” “You could tell ’em your age all right,” Isays, ‘‘ever since your father had to swear to 1t in court when you was arrested for rottin-eggin’ the Salvation Army.” Jest then the forelady came alongan’ told us to shut up our clack. The idee of her callin’ herself pretty! Blackas a hat an’ shoulders as square as abox. Butma says her mother uset to be the belle of Jones’ Wood. Don’t look much hke it new. Weighs 300 pounds if she does one, an’ has to shave !—Judge. UTAH 1S FOR THIS CITY. General Friedrich is Doing Some Excellent Prose- lyting. Boston Information Seems to Indicate That Pittsburg is Not Acting With Wisdom. ‘We have captured Utah’s National com- mitteeman. The work of securing the votes necessary to get the Republican National Convention for 8an Francisco has begun well, and Gen- eral Robert A. Friedrich, who was the first delegate to leave San Francisco on a proselyting tour, has proven his efficiency by winning O. J. Salisbury, the commit- teeman from Utah, over to San Francisco’s side. The general has not only done this, but has succeeded in enlisting Utah’s Gover- nor among our champions, and that ex- ecutive l}us appointed a committee to go to Washington in our behalf. This means a great deal to the Pacific Coast, and particularly San Francisco. It indicates how thoroughly our sister States understand the importance of holding a convention on this coast, and the strength we will draw from them when our claims are laid before' the National Committee will be of great value to us. It is probably the keynote for other States around California to get into the | harmony of the plan and add their pres- tige to the organized body that has done so much to comaplete the work so well be- gun by the people of San Francisco. As a matter of fact General Friedrich did not expect to ‘get Utah asone of the States that favored San Francisco, but it was nevertheless most welcome. His main strength lies in the South, where he spent his boyhood and college days and where he is happy in the possession of a great many influential friends, who will doubtless give him & good deal of help to assist his desires to a satisfactory con- clusion. In Kentucky he is almost posi- tive that he will succeed in gaining the approval of William O. Bradley, the Gov- ernor-elect of the Bourbon State, who was a youthful companion of General Fried- rich and who has from time to time of- fered to do anything he could for his friend. Alabama and Georgia may be induced to stand for the Golden West, but those two States will have to be handled with some care, as Chairman Quay bas his eye on them for Pittsburg. In afew days others of the delegation of five, sent out of this City by the executive committee, will be in the thick of the fight for strength and individual votes, and we will probably get news in a few days of more conquests over the disciples of both Chicago and Pittsburg. We have some as- surance of fidelity from one or two sources that have been kept private by the execu- tive committee for reasons that are suffi- cient and good, and when the National Committee gets ready to make its selection they will be quietly introduced into the ceremony and utilized for all they are worth. A great deal of objection at first found to San Francisco has been obliterated. notably that of distance and the rate of railroad travel. Those who at first held that it would be a detriment to come such a distance from the East to hold a conven- tion have come to the belief that the coun- try is broad enough and good enough to deserve more attention from the states- men and politicians of the eountry than it is in the habit of receiving. The railroad companies have all made a round-trip rate of $50 from Chicago, and that has placed the transportation ata figure low enough for the trip to be made by most any politician who wants to come to the nominating center of his party. Wendell Easton was quite delighted at the report of General Friedrich, and ex- pects more of a similar character in a few days. The finance committee is resting on its oars, with over $150,000 in sight, and more too if the National Committee requires it and concludes to select San Francisco. The merchants and publicespirited citizens say they will put up all the money re- quired, and there will be a flood of revenue when it is wanted that will surprise and shock the silurians. ! Following is a copy of the dispatch re- garding Utah's committeemun and the Governor's attitude: SALT LAKE, Utah, November 27. Wendell Easton, northwest corner Scott and Clay strects—Committeeman from Utah sup- ports San Francisco. Governor West has ap- pointed committee to go to Washington in our behalf. “ROBERT A. FRIEDRICH. / —_—— /PITTSBURG GROWS WEAKER. The Smoky City Said to Have Little Show. BOSTON, Mass,, Nov. 27.—There is no doubt but that Pittsburg is in earnest in her endeavors to try to secure Eastern support in her fight for the National Re- publican Convention. Whatever may be her method of operations in other sec- tions of the country, her campaign in the New England States can only be classed as almost an aggressive one, although as far as imaterial results go there is no reason to see that her efforts have in any way changed the feeling of Eastern politicians in regard to favoring the claims of San Francisco. 8till in spite of the fact that the Pitts- burg agents have met with a rather cold shoulder on all sides, they have been at work night and day, andif the sn_:tements in Republican circles are a criterion they intend to spare neither time nor money to attain their object. TuE CALL correspon- dent during the last few days has. mm:lo_ a series of the most vigorous inquiries among the leading members of the m.rty. and asa result of the investigation finds that not a single leader of any prominence, or whose influence would be material in the choice of the conveation city, has re- mained unvisited. In nearly all these cases the strongest cjaims have been brought forward for the Smoky City, and while the members themselves are non-committal it has been no secret that Pittsburg money has been flowing like water to procure ma- terial aid. Hon. H. H. Atwood, one of the best known politicians in the East, and a Jeader in lobbyist circles at Washington, said to-day: 1will say positively that Pittsburg will never get the convention this year. Itis true that they are spending plenty of money, but in the wrong way, throwing it around carelessly, in- stead of trying to swell their convention fund. 8o far as Eastern Repuplicans go I feel certain that Pittsburg will not stand a ghost of & show. The bagkers of the Maine man, who control New England, are too well acquainted with McBright's chances in Pittsburg to be ever caught napping at any such ticklish vait. Tdo not pretend to have inside information, but I have it on good authority enough that the con- vention lles between Chicago and San Fran- cisco, and it is no secret, and that the backers of Reed can entertain no thoughts ot the former city. So you can draw the conclusions 50 far as the East is concerned. et FROM ALL OVER. Bits of Opinion From All Parts of the fompass. San Francisco has held a big mass-meeting to secure the Republican National Convention next year. All parties are working to that end, and $80,000 has already been subscribed. A hundred enthusiastic Californians, selected from all parts of the State, will comprise the committee on promotion.—Pittsburg Post. The San Francisco CALL leads the subserip- tion for the National Republican Convention with $10,000. THE CALL began the campaign to secure the convention for this coast, and if the next Republican President is named at San Francisco that progressive newspaper will be entitled to chief honors.—Escondido Times. A well-known politician who has been called here by the approaching inquiry, and who is a close personal friend of Senator Quay, said to a reporter on this subject: “The next National Republican Convention will go to San Francisco. The committee is opposed to Chicago and does not see any rea- son for sending it to Pittsburg. San Francisco has raised $200,000 to pay off the committee’s old debts, and her citizens are earnest in their efforts to secure the convention. Colorado, Nevada, Nebraska, Oregon, Utah and other silver States, which must be recognized in some way by the Republican party, are clam- oring for San Francisco, and you will see that in the end the committee will consider it good politics to send the convention there.’” The speaker said thatSenator Quay, failing to secure the convention for Pittsburg, would favor San Francisco. He did not believe that Philedelphia would be seriously considered.— ‘Westchester (Pa.) News. We should be glad to see San Francisco chosen, on its merits, as the place for both the great party conventions of the coming year. Such selection would mean a great deal for the coastand the whole country. It would fill the general mind with clearer and fuller ideas as to the greatness and extent of our country; it would fix attention in a very direct manner on our Pacific States as integers in our vast con- tinental commonwealth; it would be an object lesson in patriotism, both for the East and for the West; and, lastly, would signalize the tri- umph of the march of Western empire. Let usall appeal to our Eastern friends to come to the Pacific Coast as a duty to themselves, that they” may behold the beauty and glory and grandeur of these States by America’s sunset seal As American citizens they can no longer afford to hear the names of these States as mere expressions in geography. We appeal to them to come and see us. Their country will mean much more to them after they have taken the survey that this visit wili give them. It will afford an incomparable tour—to many of them a revelation; a visit to a new world—for great numbers of our conspicnous public have never yet seen these Pacific States.—Portland Oregonian. BIRTHDAY WISDOM. Superstitions Attached to the Day and Month of Your Worldly Advent. Superstitious people! Why, all of us are superstitious! Anyhow, a birthday rhyme is always excellent. Thus: Monday’s child is fair of face, Tuesday’s cbiid is full of grace. Wednesday’s child is born for woe. Thursday’s child has far to go. Friday’s child is loving and giving, Saturday’s child must work for a living. But the child that is born on the Sabbath day Ts bonny and happy and wealtny and gay. It is handy to know the old rhymes, for— if it be a pleasant one—it is nice to in. scribe on a birthday gift, though I hope nobody will inflict that on a*‘Wednes- day’s’ child. As for the month in which one chances to be born, a friend of mine has evolved a number of wondrous and interesting things from a very simple book of astrol- ogy. Here are a few hints: Ifa girl is born in January she wiil be a prudent housewife, given to melancholy, but f good temper. It in February, & humane and affectionate wife and a tender mother. If in March, generous and impulsive, but apt to be headstrong. If in Ae)rl!, inconsistent, not very intelligent, but likely to be good looking. 4 Ifhin May, handsome, amiable, and likely to e happy. 1f in June, impetuous, will marry early and be frivolous. 1f in July, passably handsome, but with a sulky temper. f in August, amiable and practical, and likely to marry rich. " If in September, discreet, affable and much ked. 1f in October, coquettish and likely to be unhappy. 1f in November, liberal, kind and of a mild disposition. If 1n December, well proportioned, fond of g;welty and extravagant. — Philadelphia mes. NEW TO-DAY. 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