The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 17, 1895, Page 5

SURPRISES WERE MAANY, Toneno Was the Only Favorite That Managed to Splash In. RICO DOWNED BRAW SCOT. Emma D Was Heavily Backed to Beat Some Fast Ones, but Failed To Get a Mark. The rain again made the going at Ingle- side of the juicy sort, and the talent had a severe tussle with form, with adverse re- sults. Showers of rain fell at intermittent spells, and between drops nota few good things broke the tape, that perhaps out- side of the stable connections were some- what overlooked by the general public. But five races were run, the third event | on the card having been declared off. Of | the five first chosen in the betting Toneno, the lukewarm favorite for the two-year-old dash, was the only one that landed. Wal- ter J, who finished second to him, was as good as 20 to 1 to finish 1n that position. An accident to one of the boilers in the power house crippled the carrying capacity of the electric road somewhat, and the majority of the crowd returned by the steam cars. The opening race over seven furlongs roved a costly beginner for the crowd. arney Schreiber’s Braw Scot was heavily backed at 4 to 5. and through Chorn’s bungling 1iding, finished second to Rico. The latter, a 5 to 1 chance in the ring, was excellently handied by Sam Doggett. Waterloo was a good third. The Baldwin entry, Toneno, in the two- year-old dash, led from flag fall and won THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMEBER 17, 1895 The long-priced outsider went out in front and showed the way until well on toward the wire. Garner on Our Maggie gradually decreased his lead and beat him out at the end by a length handily. Oakley was jostied and cut off just_as the flag fell and finished fourth, 2 head back of Oakland. Conde, with Doggett up, received all of the backing in the fourth event, a five and a half mrfong dash, going to the post at even money. After leading for about a furlong, the second choice, Last Chance, headed him and galloped in an easy win- ner by two lengths. The talent went down hard on the last race, also a five and a half furlong spin. The roan mare Emma D was played as if she were a Hindoo, being hammered from sixes to threes and finishing fifth. Philo- mena, who opened a 2 to 1 favorite, but re- ceded in the betting to 314, quickly showed in front when the flag fell, and, leading all the way, won by two lengths from George Miller. Track and Paddock Items. Sam Doggett rode two firsts and finished second on Conde yesterday. Sam is very popular at the track and quite a number of people back his mounts whether on long- shot or favorite. They are way ahead up to date. Dan Honig's filly Beatrice Mara, who started in the second race, was cut down, which accounted for her poor showing. The superstitious ones kept off Oakley. He had the unlucky 13 for his number and his backers never had a very rosy chance of cashing their tickets, for when Bellringer bumped him as the flag fell he lost several lengths, which gap he could not close up. Pittsburg Phil put his coin down on Qakley in fxig chunks. Grannan started in to back Our Maggie, but shifted and also played Oakley. Barney Schreiber had a bet down on Braw Scott, and his jockey zave him a very poor ride forit. Chorn rides some good races and some awful bad one: Piater “Tom’ Murphy, who has been hard at work getting Walter J up on edge, dropped the erratic colt very close to the coin yesterday at very spicy odds. He and his friends were 1 line after the race, so0 the youngster apparently did not go un- backed. Montana **Bob” Smith put upa fine ride on the youngster. W. B. Sink thought his mare Philomena among rather speedy company in the last | race and did not back her heavily, which as 80 to 1 in the betting. | accounted to an extent for her oads reced- The number of starters in the mile sell- | ing in the betting. ing event were reauced by scratchingto | ight. Oakley ruled a 214 to 1 favorite, EAGEIN'S YEARLINGS. with Qur Maggie a decidedly well-backed | oo ¢ 4no Best Collections of the Season for Sale This Evening. second choice. Dungarven and Regan slso received some scattering smpport. | L o SR 0 TEEE Coebrated Rancho del Paso there will be sold this 1n a drive from Walter J, who was as good When the flag fell it looked for awhile as | though Schnitz was going to be a surpr “THE CALL” RACING CHART. Sjixteenth Day of the Pacific Coast Jockey Club Mecting. Weather showery. Ingleside Track, San Francisco, Monday, December 16, 1895. 391 FIRST RACE—Seven furlong Track muddy. Index. | Horse, age, weight. | St.| 14 .| Jockeys. |opetting 81 Rico,a..... 3 5 3638 | Braw Scot, 6. \| 710 45 Montalvo, 4 . ! N 7 Olivia, 3 15 30 8 6 i 8 18| 25 60| Good start. Won drivine. C. Hildreth's b. & 309, SECOND RACE—Five furlongs; selling; two-yearolds; conditions; allowances; purse $100. 92. Time, 1:051%. - | Index.| Horse,age and weight| St.| 14 15 str. | Fin. | Jockeys. ;ng"'“(:h i | | Tonino, 2 1n 1n | 13 3| 71 33 | 23 7 414 415 | 82 9-2 . | 2n 88" | a2 100 358 | Lucile, 2. | n 5h | 52 | 7| 358 |Globe, | 81 613 | 62 15 | 30 |Valiente, 91 7 L7 R 40 Cloyerdale, 815 9 81 (M. Bergen.....| 8 12| La Mascota, |1013 11 | 914 |H. Martin | 80 100/ 380 |Ip. Endymion, 1 10 104 e | & 82 380 |Beatrice Mara, 3n 8 1 s Je Good start. Won driving. Winner, Santa Anita stable’s ch. g., by J. H. Fenton-Lizzie B. 393, THIRD RACE_One mile; scliins; three-yearolds and upward; conditions; penatles; purse | . 2400. Time, 1:4614. Index.| Horse,age, weight. | St.| 14 % 8 | s | Fin. | Jockeys. Betang | | o G| 26 26 | F3 | 1215 18 | 2 | 5 | 7167 83 | 8 (3 3 |Oakley, 3. 815 | 315 | 4 5| 395 Dungarvan, a. 53 | 43 ; & 2 | (381), Tar and Tartar, 63 63 8 2 ‘ (280)] Regan, 3. 4h | 710 | 7 384 |Beliringer, 6 juslaBesilis Poor start. Won handily. Winner, D. A. Honig's ch. m., by Post Guard-Marguerite. 904 FOUETH RACEFiveand ahalf furiongs; selling; three-ysarolds and upward; parse §400. OJ%E. Time, 1:12. Index.|Horse,ageand weight | 8t.| 14 | 3 | 34 | Str. | Fin. | Jockeys. 1(,‘;“’"’551 | 378 | Last Chance, 4....109| 5 | 12 12 C.Sloan. 3| ) L1094 22 22 Doggett. 108 1 i 31 |R.Isom. 8l el 5 a1 e 82 | 43 |RSmith, 10 15 A Pecksniff, 4. 114| 8 | 8 | 5h J. Brown. 15 15 | Middleton, 110/ 7 | 8 6h |E. Jones 50 60 i Hiram Argo, 3 |2 73 |Chorn. 8 15 Beatrice, 3. 2 6 | 8 Rowan. 5 15| Good start. Won easily. Winner, Oakland stable’s ch, g., by Duke of Norfolk-Vidette. At post 15 | minutee. 395, EIFTH RACE_Fiveand s balt furlongs; selling; three-yearolds and upward; conditions; 0. allowances: purse $400. Time, 1:1014. Index.|Horse, age and weight.| St.| 14 A i % " Str. | Fin. Jockeys. | 0‘;“""& | | = (379) Philomena, 3. 3 TR T T 1 |85 165 384 George Miller, 4 31 485 a3 214 [C. 13 7| (307) | Clacquer, 5 1 586 32 | 42 3 | L8 10} 374 |Gallant, $ 6 615 | 84 | 515 | 42 |Piggott. 10 (387) Emma D, 5. 2 24" 23 | 315 | 53 |T.Sloan 5 165] 379" | Toano, 5 48 | 52 | 64 | 65 |Hennessy 3 4 384 | Mainstay, 3 1) 7/ 710 | 720 | 720 | 720 [Mackll 5 165 ...|Hillsdale Chief,a.111| 8|11 87 | 8 8 | 8 |Bowan 40 200 Good start. Won easi! ‘Winner, W. B. Sink’s c by Himyar-Last Ban. “THE CALL” RACING GUIDE. To-day’s Entries at the Ingleside Track, With the Weights, Best Records and Pedigrees. In races where the horses have no record at the distance to be run the records at the next nearest distance are given. Abbreviations—F., fast; Fa., fair: H., heavy: m., mile; £, furlong; ¥, about. FIR! RACE—Six furlongs: selling. Best T Index. Name. [Lbs record.| Dist. | Owner. Pedigree. 386 |Centurion. . |A. Ullman. Imp. Cheviot-Lizzie P 381 [ Tmp. Amarins L. Shaner. . Kella-Amandine 374 |Examiner i stable Surinam-imp. ‘Paloma. 3 /aragosa. Rey Alfonso Imp. Cheviot-Bessie Hook. 368 | Realiza California stable.... Regent-Sadie 381 |John Payne.. H..|Z. Abrabam: gmont-Top o’ the Morn 368 |Julia O, ¥a.|D. A. Honig, Outcast-Malva 368 | Podiga 3 H.. A. Berry. *| Powhattan-Cadiga SECOND RACE—Five furlongs; selling; two-year-olds. Tl B8 | ] T Index, Name. |Lbs record.| Dist. Lbs Tk.| Owner. | Pedigree. 109/1:06% (51 |10 H..|Hope Glen stock farm | Imp. S. Simeon-Tennessee | | 797|060 rec | 2o e |0 .7 | W.D. Randall........ | Hyder All-Namonia. | 87 v. Fresno-Varona. | 87 Brown Fox-Trade Wind. 1100/ o bl ¢ | o7 A. B. Spreckels. .. 7 1103 97!, 9 101 (8 16614 415 ¢ anta Anita stabl El Primero stable B. Nchreiber. . J. G. Brown & Co. Summer Time . |Leura F.......o. 3 | Princess Rose I1/100] THIRD RACE—One mile; handicap. ] ] Best | Index.| Name. |Lbs| record. i Owner. e | Dist. |Lbs|Tk.| Pedigree. 371 | Vinetor. im (112 “Imwood stok farm Tmp. Brains-Mollie I 871 [ Diverae. 7yt (115 G. Brown & Co...| Leonitus-Falaise 1 |Sister Mary. B e Lup. Woodlands-Sister 471 | Handsome....'| 104 1:56%5 |14 m (108 Hanover-imp. Cinderella 388 |Polaskl... |"85/1:408f 1m~ | 95| ‘aptain Al-Gold Cup FOU RTH RACE—Five furlongs: two-year-olds. | T Best T Name. Lbs mcom." Dist. Lbs‘Tk.‘ Owner. | Pedigree. Owen Bros. |Three Cheers-Gold Cup Major Ban-Decoy Duck. Blazes-Miss Hale Imp. Brutns-May D Iambeau-Gerhardine 1 resno-Rosa G t. Carlo-Bagatelle lambeau-imp. Music 352 | 389} Santa Anita stable. Gano-Cuban Queen = Bl C. Hildretn Shannon-Fannie Lewis ¢ |Syivia, |10 Schreibes \Imp. Wagner-Fabecia FIFTH RACE—One and an eighth miles; selling. .| Best Lbs record. “981:443 ‘ma/‘ 1 Owner. | Pedigree. Elmwood stck farm | Imp. Brutus-Leda. . Dupne..... - {Hindoo-Francesca C. hildreth. . .l | Grinstead-Jennie D . Corneiia Duke Montrose-OceanWave - |Ip. Cheviot-Pheebe Andersn | Pedigree. | ing and mining company, evening at public auction by Killip & Co. one of the choicest collections of thor- oughbred yearlings, forty-one in num- ber, ever offered to the public in Califor- nia. They are the get of the imported sires Darebin, Maxim, Calvados, St. Andrew, Sir Modred and Midlotbian, as well as of the renowned Salvator, Ben Ali, Torso, Fitz-James, Tyrant, Fresno and others. With such a choice and well-assorted par- cel of youngsters it is difficult to specify those which are the most desirable, but the bay filly by Salvator out of Delight, his chestnut colt out of Widow Cliquot, which is full sister to the good Sallie Cliquot; the chestnut colt by a Sir Modred out of Dixianne, the by filly by St. Andrew out of Filena, the bay filly by Midlotian out of Lady Leinster, the beautifully finished black colt by Calvados out of Sabrina, the long and low-quality looking filly by Torso out of Santa Rita, the bay filly by Sir Mo- drid out of a sister to Jim Douglas, per- haps the pick of the basket, and the hardly less worthy filly by Darebin out of Slipper Dance, the brown’ gelding by St. Andrew out of Viola, and the brown' filly by Calvados, dam by Warwick, are of a kind and of such an appearance as to be a credit to any owner's judgment who should become a purchaser. ‘While these youngsters class as yearlings it must be reruembered that in a‘few days they will take rank as two-year-olds. Many of them have been broken zlready and the work has been skillfully done. It will be surprising if this excellent band of colts and fillies does not fetch prices that will compare favorably with the average which J. B. Haggin has been getting for his yearlings at sales in the East. John Mackey, the well-known superin- tendent of the Rancho del Paso, is espe- cially proud of this collection of colts and tillies and can be seen walking around the yard at the corner of Market and Van Ness avenue pointing out his charges with the utmostdelight. There is scarcely an animal in the lot that is not related to winners of good class. Buyers will there- fore feel assured that if they get any of these they have only to exercise ordinary care to make them pay their way. California is_only entering upon exten- sive racing and now is the time for local owners to_stock up with animals of the best breeding and most promising appear- ance. Mr. Haggin undoubtedly holds trumps 1n the breeding world, and racing men need have no fear in putting his stock into the hands of their trainers. PRICE TESTED SOME ORE, Brought Into Court to Settle Dispute in Hale & Norcross Suit. A Chemist and an Engineer Declare Assays From Car Samples Wholly Inaccurate. The defense in the case of Fox vs. Hale & Norcross Mining Company introduced the expert testimony yvesterday of Profes- sor Thomas Price, the assayer and chem- ist, to show that a handful of ore taken from a car as it comes out of the mine is not a method that will give a correct or accurate sample from which to test for the | general value per ton of the rough ore. Louis Janin, a mining engineer and brother of the well-known mining expert, also said that such a basis of judgment is radically wrong as giving an inaccurate sample of an inaccurate sample. The point of Professor Price's conten- tion was that the mineral-bearing ores of the Comstock lode in Nevada are more | brittle than the ordinary granite mined with them, and, as a result, the pieces small enough to be grasped by the hand- ful would be the more valuable, while much of the bulk of each carload would be less productive. In consequence, the assay of the best of the lot could not fur- nish a standard on which to reckon the value of a ton of the whole. This line of expert testimony was on when court adjourned uatil this morning, | when two witnesses for the defense will | complete their evidence. Afterward tne | plaintiff will put two or three witnesses on the stand and the case will be taken under advisement by Judge Hebbard before court adjourns for the day. The plaintiff is suing for the difference between the $50 per ton assay of his ores 0 | and the $30 per ton returned to him after they were reduced to bullion by the smelt- and also for the return of the amount paid for the work above the regular price charged elsewhere. During the whole forenoon and part of the afternoon F. L. Wildes, formerly in charge of the branch of the Nevada Bauk located in Virginia City, was taken, entry by eutry, through the old ledger of the bank. It wasu search for the records of bullion purchased by the bank or depos- ited for its customers. The former banker told how bullion used to be bought and exchange for it received in coin_from the Carson mint, or some- times from tne Bullion and Exchange Bank. He supposed some of the bars of | bullion handled were from the Con. Vir- ginia, but nothing but the record and his positive assertion were acceptable as evi- dence. Some of the entries showed owner | unknown, and others were so brief and numerical that they recalled nothing of their history to the witness. The accounts of 1887, ’88, '89 and ’90 were reviewed in order, and the work was not completea when a halt was called to introduce other witnesses. Professor Price said that he was very fa- miliar with the ores of the Comstock lode, | and was in the habit of making about 2000 assays a year from the mines of California and Nevada. Recently be had visited the Hale & Norcross mine at the request of the defendants, and had taken samples of ore according to his own methods. From his tests he bad got these results: The fine ore or that that would pass through a halif-inch sieve assayed 2.5 ounces of gold and 39.5 ounces of silver per ton, valued respectively at §51 68 and $51 07, making a total of $§102 75 per ton for the fine ore. The coarse rock, after being put through the same process of crushing, powderin, and testing, showed 2.2 ounces of geld an 17.4 ounces of silver, respectively, worth $15 48 and $22 50, or a total of $67 98 per ton. This result was secured from eight as- says of a twenty-pound sample he brought from the mine, that sample having been taken from about 300 pounds collected by shovelfuls here and there at the mine under his supervision. He declared most emphatically that an assay from a car sample of the Comstock lode ores would be absolutely unreliable and that a $50 assay by such means would give too high a value. Louis Janin said that the assay from one mine on the Comstock lode would not be a criterion for the other mines, as there are three groups in the lode differing materially from each other. He declared that the only way to get a correct assay is to take a battery sample, a sample from the powdered mixture of the general prod- uct. He said that a cnrloafi coming up from the mine does not represent the vein of ore; that a handful from each car does not represent the contents of the car, and that the part taken from these samples for the assay tests is not representative. Gathering the Committee. Mayor Sutro, Stewart Menzies, Joseph Brit- ton, A. A. Watkins and others held two con- ferences yesteraay on the matter of appointing the committee of fifty to raise funds to oppose the passage of & funding bill by Congress. A large list of names was under consideration, but no definite decision was arrived at and another meeting will be held to-day, when the names of those who are to be on the committea will be made public. Index. 319 Imp. Darebin-Miss Clay 379 Imp. Kyrle Daly-Maggie R 387 Ye 8 Alurm-Hira 372 |Monte: F.. Elkton stable. Hidalgo-Glen Ellen 325 |Tke B F.. ’(ill’den City stable.. Major Ban-Miss Flush 365 |Sligo.. ":|8°C. Hildreth ......|Imp.MrPickwick-Henlopen 365 |Charmion. F..|D. Miller.... .| Tyraut-Unit - THERE are more leather, silver, celluloid and ‘wood frames for cabinet, card and Paris panel pictures at Sanborn & Vail's than in all the other stores combined. Their prices are right on everything. Come and see them. Open evenings. . WO30S NOT QUITE READY. Two Weeks Needed by the Ware- houseman to Write to Carlisle. THE LIE PASSED BACK TO WISE, He Characterizes the Statement of the Collector About His Rent as False. ‘Warehouseman Robert J. Woods has not yet prepared his formal complaint to Secretary Carlisle about the peculiar manner in which Harry Wise, the son of the Collector of Customs, became the partner of his successor in the Vallejo- street United States Bonded Warehouse, William B. Sanborn. “You newspaper men have anticipated me,” he said yesterday afternoon. “You have published this matter two weeks before I really intended to act. I was in hopes all the time that the thing would not be made public until I got around to it and bad my communications for the Treasury Department ready, but you fellows seem 10 get onto everything. “] want to clear up my business before I start in on this Wise affair. It will prob- ably take me about two weeks yet.”” A question_has arisen as’ to whether young Harry Wise will have to give a ond. Thav he has not yet given one was left understood by Mr. Jerome in the typewritten statement which that official, unsolicited by the Collector, prepared to set his superior right in the eyes of the public. ¥rom what Mr. Wise Sr. and Mr. Jerome both say the inference is that Mr. Jerome, as Acting Collector during the Collector’s absence, passed upon the bond of Mr. Sanborn and its sureties and for- warded it on to Washington for the de- partment’s approval. Mr. Jerome's words are: The premises had been rehonded in the name of W. B. Sanborn before Mr. Sanborn was ac- quainted with either Collector Wise or his son Harry, and, asa matter of record, Sanvorn is the sole proprietor of the warehouse, as the lessee of his mother, and Harry Wise is not, so far as this office is officially aware, connected with the warehouse. Collector Wise said in his own explana- tion: I did not know anythingeir about th partner- ship until the papers were drawn up by Judge Stanley. In the few words following the Collector admittted that the partnership was an es- tablished fact, and in speaking of the San- born bond be said: My recollection is that when the bond of Mr. Sanborn was presented I was not here. Among the warehousemen and brokers | Mr. Jerome has givenit out that it is not Mr. Woods with reference to the story that the collector made a tour of Chinatown in the interest of his son, Mr. Woods returns the compliment by saying that the state- ment made by the collector to the effect that he had heard that Mr. Woods was in arrears to Mrs. Elizabeth B. Sanborn, the owner of theVa llejo-street warehouse, for $2000 rent is false. & I did not say that the collector’had been drumming up Chinese business for his son,” explained Mr. Woods, ‘‘but that I had heard it. I was not behind in my rent to Mrs. Sanborn.” Comments have been freely made by the warehouse men on the Harry Wise inci- dent, and from what they said yesterday afternoon many of them are prepared to act with Mr. Woods whenever he gets ready to communicate with Secretary Car- lisle. As one of them, Edward P. Dan- forth, remarked : 1f the Collector can ao this with one of us, he can do it with all of us, and it would only be a question of time when all the warehouse busi- ness of the City would be in the hands of the Wise family. We will have to act, therefore, for our own self-protection in this matter. It might be added in explanation that the Danforths are not taking any aggres- sive action toward the Collector. Mr. Woods makes the Atlantic warehouse his headquarters, and is doing his utmost to pull trade away from tne Vallejo-street warehouse and throw it to the Broadway and Atlantic warehouses, owned by the Danforths, father and son. respectively. THE ACME CYCLIST BACK, George Loher, Who Went From Oakland to New York on His Wheel. He Encountered Much That Was Ro- mantic, but Much More That Was Very Unpleasant. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,{ 908 Broadway, Dec. 15. Much interest was shown to-day at the Acme Club over the tour of George Loher, who arrived home yesterday from New York, to which city he went on his wheel. Loher’s trip was one of the most arduous and difficult ever undertaken. Instead of riding from ocean to ocean by the most direct and accessible route, as all previous cross-continent riders have done—with the exception of Tom Winder—Mr. Loher pre- ferred to take his way over some of the wildest and roughest portions of the coun- try. He left Oakland on August 11 in company with a friend named Corneil, but his companion turned about at Sacramento and came home. Loher skirted the Pacific Coast to Port- land, and then made his way East through Idaho, Montana, the Dakotas and Minne- sota, to Chicago, from which point he fol- lowed the beaten track of travel to New York, where he arrived by October 30. ‘The trip was not taken with any view of . crossing the continent on record time, but GEORGE T. LOHER OF THE ACME CLUB, WHO RODE TO NEW YORK FROM OAKLAND ON A WHEEL., necessary for young Wise to give any bond. Here is what article 677 of the customs regulations for 1892 says: In executing the bonds required of the pro- gnelors of the bonded warehouse, there must e entered in the body of the bond the full names and occupations of principals sureties and their place of residence, including street and number ifin & city. * * * The ‘bond must be signed by principals and sureties in the order in which their names appear in the obligation,and if a copartnership is a party to the bond each member must sign it and the firm must be described in the body of the obli- gation thus: A. B. and C., doing business under the style of A. B. & C. A paragraph in article 678 says: New bonds musi in all cases be given when a warehouse passes into the hands of new prin- cipals and when s change takes place in a partnership. And article 679 says: Proprietors on ten days’ motice may be re- quired by the Collector {o renew their bond. If the bonds are not renewed upon the Collector’s demand he may stop any further consignments of goods from being stored in that particular warehouse, and may have withdrawn and transferred those already there. Mr. Woods tells of a remarkable pro- ceeding on the part of the Collector iast Saturday afternoon. Under the regula- tions warehouses are generall¥ supposed to be open from 8 A.M. until 5 ». M., con- siderable latitude having been allowed, however, to San Francisco by a special rule and no particular exception having been made 8s to Saturday. No warehouse in case of emergency hasallowed the regu- lations to_interfere with the storage of goods, and the custom has been to keep open until the goods were all in, no matter how late the hour was. “I have seen warehouses o&en as late as 10 o’clock at night,” said Mr. Woods. According to Mr. Woods’ story the Col- lector went to the telephone on'Saturday afternoon between 3 and 4 o’clock and ordered Storekeeper Kelly at the Vallejo- street bonded warehouse not to allow any more transfers to be made by Mr. Woods, but to close up forthwith., Yet the papers for the transfers, says Mr. Woods, had al- ready been issued by the Custom-house, and the United States draymen were on hand to receive the goods, some of which which were then on the sidewalk. To show that the customs authorities— Deputy Collector Jerome, at any rate— had taken an active interest in recom- mending Mr. Sanborn to the importersa statement was made late gemmay afte; noon that Mr. Sanborn had gone to Man- ager Henry H. Sherwood with a ecircular letter signed by Mr. Jerome commending him and saying nice things about the Vallejo-street warehouse. ter in the evening Mr. Sherwood was asked ii this was true. His reply was: I remember that Mr. Sanborn came to me with s circular letter signed by Mr. Jerome, commending him. I do not think it was & personal letter, else I would have kept it. As Mr. Wise Sr. has passed the lie to and | nevertheless Loher’s time over the most | difficult portion of the route—that west of the Mississippi River —is better than ‘Winder’s for practically the same ground. i The Acme man was eighty days in goi | from ocean to ocean, but he made fre- quent stops along the way, so that only sixty-two days were consumed in actual riding, notwithstanding his roundabout | line of travel. His way lay over some of the most difficult portions of the Rocky Mountain region, and no less than five mountain chains had to be crossed. Mr. Loher thinks he made a mistake in choosing to cross by the northern route, and recommends bicyclists to take another. route. There are long stretches of moun- tain-climbing through the Spokane coun- try and the Muller Pass into Helena, Mont., but the scenery is some recompense for the labor. The wind-swept prairies of Dakota, through miles of sand, was not leasant for cycling. After crossing the Eakom plains Loher entered a stretch of country in which everybody spoke Swed- ish and no one spoke a word of English. The cyclist traveled over 4350 miles of roads, trails and deserts, and has no inten- tion of repeating the journey.’ SAMPLES OF WATER. City Water to Be Analyzed for Chemi- cal and Organic Impurities. The Board of Health, represented by Secretary Godchaux and Health Officer Lovelace, went on another trip after sam- rles of the water used in San Francisco yesterday. The health officials were ac- companied by Professor Wenzell, the chemist, and Herman Schussier, the chief engineer of the water company. The reservoirs visited were the Clay- street hill, corner Jones and Washington streets; the Lombard-street, corner Lom- bard and Hyde streets; the Francisco- street, corner Francisco and Hyde streets. A number of samples were taken from each reservoir, and will be analyzed for chemical and organic impurities. COMPETITION IN FUEL OIL The Big Standard Company to Begin Business With Forty Tank-Cars. LOCAL FIRMS WANT THE FUEL. The Giant Corporation Said to Control the Refinery to Be Built at Puente. There may be war in the fuel oil tradein San Francisco very shortly. For some time past the business has been practically controlled by the Union Oil Company and the Pacific Coast Oil Company. Now the Standard Oil Company has ordered forty tankcars from the East and wiil prepare to enter into competition with the local firms. It has long been a matter of rumor that the Standard Oil Company intended mov- ing upon the California oil wells. This rumor now seems to have taken definite form. The great corporation has arranged for the erection of two enormous tanks in Los Angeles. These tanks will be sufficiently capacious to handle all the surplus product of the present wells. With its forty tank- cars it will then be in a position to deliver the petroleum at a minimum figure. The Pacific Coast Oil Company is not idle. It will soon have in readiness a tank steamer to bring the petroleum here by water from Los Angeles. The Union O1l Company, which is to take a portion of the petroleum so transported, has pur- chased twenty-five or thirty acres of land across the bay on which they are erectin, large tanks for the reception of the fluid. Originally it was intended to pipe the I}ezroleum from Los Angeles to the coast. his plan has been abandoned, at least for the present. The petroleum is of such a low specific gravity that it is almost as thick as molasses. It was thought that the expense of piping the petroleum, to- gether with the mterest on the money in- vested in the pipe line, would so nearly approach the cost of hauling it by rail that the Jatter means would be made use of. The prospect of an unlimited supply of fuel oil_au low figures, has stimulated the demand for it materially. The Pacific Rolling-mills have contracted for a tank of 10,600 gallons capacity. Other large manu- facturing establishmentsare said to be pre- paring to use the Los Angeles oil. The Angeles Oil Exchange will soon erect a tank with a capacity of 35,000 gallons here. A committee from the exchange has been actively urging the advantages of the Los Angeles fluid as a fuel and have met with encouraging success. Another matter of interest to oil men is the construction of a refinery at Puente. There is no doubt now of the fact that the refinery is to be built. The oil from these wells, though valuable as a fuel, is of a much higher grade than the Los Angeles | product. It will produce a fine quality of illuminating oil. it 1s now stated definitely that the Standard Oil Company is to control this refinery. A large stockholder of the com- pany, owning the wells, declared a few months ago that this was not so. He then said that the company was under contract w supply several hundred barrels of pe- troleum each day as fuel to a large sugar- beet factory, and that this contract would hold for two years longer and could not be broken. It would seem, however, that the Standard Oil Company must have gotten around the contract somehow. The step would seem, in fact, to be largely a matter of necessity. The petrolenm wells of Ohio and Pennsylvania are failing in their sup- ply, and the Standard Oil Company could not, it is said, afford to let these new wells slip out of their control. They have allowed the other companies to handle the fuel oil without competing. The handling of illuminating oil would be a different matter, though. Should the Eastern wells continue to{ail it can readily be seen that the importance of the Cali- fornia product would be greatly increased to the mammoth monopoly. ALAMEDA COUNTY'S DAY, Scenes at the Rendezvous of the Boys’ Brigade on Sutter Street. Lunches Served—Musical and Literary Entertainment—The Boys’ Drill. “The Rendezvous,” in the large hall of the Young Men’s Christian Association building on Sutter street, near Kearny, opened under the auspices of the Boys’ Brigade and for its benefit, was a scene of great activity yesterday, which was Alameda County’s day. This was most noticeable between the hours of 11 in the forenoon and 2 o’clock in the afternoon, when over 500 lunches were served to that number of hungry visitors by a large number of young ladies from the various churches of this City. During the evening the hall was filled with an assemblage that had gathered to listen to an excellent musical and literary programme, which was much enjoyed by all. There were twelve numbers, as follows : Plano solo, Miss Mabel Mitchell Recitation, George Sturtevant. Cornet solo, Private W. Rice of the First Brigade Hospital Corps, B. B. Piano duet, Misses Mabel and Lillie Etting Contralto solo (selected), Miss Josephine Batter. son. Recitation, James Vint. Vocal solo (selected), Miss Mabel Walker. Recitation, Miss Elsie Gunn. gFiano duet, Mrs. Charles Smith and Miss Sadle ce. Recitation, Mrs. Sheldon. Vocal solo, Edwin Eckert; Miss M. Lambert, ac- companist. Mandolinsolo, Albert Hunterof the First Brigade Hospital Corps, B. B. C. This was tollowed by a competitive drill between Company C of Alameda, com- manded by Colonel Walker, and Company D of Oakland, commanded by Coionel Cobbledick, for points. The Rendezvous will close to-night with a splendid programme, and the voting contest for tEe handsomest lady and for the most popular member of the brigade will terminate, and result be announced. During the midday there will be as usual an excellent lunch served up. " NEW TO-DAY. ISSSSOSoSose Don’t Shiver These chilly mornings and evenings. Get one of our B. & H. Oil Heat- ers, and get it now. Hand- some, practi- cal, plenty of heat,and costs but 3 cents an hour. We sell it for $6—it(G costs you no more than the flimsy “just- as-good” kind. The B. & H. Open-front Heater, light and heat at the same time, is $7.50. Make home cheerful and comfortable, and a Heater makes a sensible Christmas gift. Shipped to. any address on receipt of price. on sale for this week ,vonly 175 Lamps, 20 inches high, finished in polished gold ' plate, with hand- some onyx columns, and fitted with the “B. & H.” cen- ter-draft burner, the finest made. A hagdsome silk ‘shade, trimmed with em- broidered 3 chil;fon, goes with, every S lamp. The $6 kind go at $3.75, the $7.50 kind at $4.50, tht §9 kind at $5.50. These prices hold good until Satur=~ day night, but the lamps may not. Better come early. Mail orders filled if cash comes with the order. China, Glass, Lamps, Ornaments, etc., all ready for Christmas selections. A splendid assortment and WHOLESALE PRICES. Don’t wait too long; come NOW and avoid the rush. OFPEN EVENINGS. THAT BIG CHINA STORE— A Quarter of a Block Below Shreve's. WANGENHEIM, STERNHEIM & CO., 528 and 530 Market St., 27 and 29 Sutter St., BELOW MONTGOMERY. rSSSSSTSSSS, BAZAAR 25th Anniversary WE AR REEEPING IT UFX. ¢ KEEPING IT UP.” THE OLD G. R. B. When shopping for Christmas We propose you shall see ‘That rhe place of all others Is “The old G. R. B.”” For things without number For each Christmas tree Fill the counters and shelving At “The old G. R. B.” Here the prices are lowest, And well may they be, For the public is with us, “The oid G. R. B.” Come early and avoid the rush. Nore—Goods delivered free of charge in Sansa. lito, Blithedale, Mill Valley, Tiburon, San_Rafael, Stockton, Hay wards, Vall Melrose, San Leandro. Oakland, Alameda Berkeley. ST BN A We place jo; Napa, San Lorenzo, and .