The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 17, 1896, Page 5

—_— THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1896 5 PIERCING THE PASTEBOARD Grand Outing of the Schuet| zen Verein Yester- day. SEVERAL GOOD SCORES MADE. | Schuetzen and Shell Mound Shooting§ Ranges Were Well | Patronized. | Had the sharpshooters the choosing of | their day, so far us its being favorable for shooting goes, thev could not have selected 8 more favorable one than was yesterday for shooting at the target. And yesterday, being one of the very finest of California winter days, many marksmen shouldered their rifles and hied themselves in divisions to Schuetzen and | Snell Mound parks, there to spend theday, accompanied by their wives and children, to enjoy themselves in their accustomed | way, without interfering with their neigh- bors’ joys or comforts. The more pronounced marksmen of the several vereins, headea by the renowned target-piercer Philo Jacoby, patronized Bchuetzen Park, there to compete for hon: ors and medals, The competition between the mem- bers of the California Schuetzen Club who belong to the National Guard and Who will report in Sacramento on Wash- | ington’s birthaay, there to compete with | the gold-bar winners from the entire State | for possession of the State’s medal, re- sulted in the selection of: A. Enrenpfort, | >. Kelly, H. R. Brown, 1. J. Carrqll, F.| Muller, F. Rienl and Charles Novak. | Yesterday’s shooting at Schuetzen Park | was opened by the Grutli Verein section for the monthly medal. The contest was sharp and animated, and after all the ores had been carefully totaled up it re- sulted in the following numerical_order: W. Diethelm, J. Boehman. H. Hinter- mann, F. Baumgarten, Cbarles Ott, M. A. Tschurr and John Frei. The Turner Schuetzens proceeded next to earn honors at what is known as plain | buliseye shooting. The scores made in | this contest were very fine, and resulted in the following order: O. Burmiester, F. Brunotte, C. Sageborn, H. Enger, Charles Neilson, Charles Rudolph, Joseph Straub, W. F. Atuinger, H. Steiber, L. Bruni, F. | Kommer and W. Glindermann. | The members of this club, immediately | on the finish of the above score, gom- | peted for the medal of the championship | class. W. Glindermann was more for- | tunate in this score, as he came out with | fiying banners, carrying with him the | championship ~ medal. J. Straub came | nexton the role of honorable mention, | and obtained the firsi-class medal. L. | Bruni won the second-class medal. R. Finking came next with the first best shot tside of the medal ring, and F. Attinger followed close in his tracks and was cred- | ited with the last best shot. | The | bout of the day was the most | exciting, as it was for the yearly diamond | ial, which, wh won, will become the | v of the lucky man who makes the at the ‘end of the The shooting for this valuable prize yes- 1 terday was far above the average of other | competitions, s the figures will show. | The shooting for this prize is ata six-inch | pasteboard target, 200 feet distant, and the | exact measurement being so precite as to | measure one inch by the thousandth part. The figures here given indicate the dis- en by this measure! of the target: { 78, L. Bendel 207, A. Ebrenpfort | - A, ment from the | ; nge 56 ach 640, R. Stettin 6 ton 924, L. Reubold 9 Brunotte 24, J. 9, 760, Utschig | AT SHELL MOUND. Good Scores Made Iin a Very Treacherous Light. For all that it was an ‘“off’ Sunday | vesterday at the Shell Mound shooting | range, still there wasa fairly good attend. | ance of riflemen, but nearly all were out | for practice. There wasno wind to speak { 1 of to cause the marksmen to shift their windgauges, but the light was treacherous. None better than rifiemen realize the tricks the light on anordinary bright day can play. It frequently happensthat within the space of a second the atmospheric conditions will change so as to completely upset a man’s calculations, For example, the black disk in the white target on a 200-yard i range will appear not over 100 yards away and the next minute it will be so dim as to appear 250 or 300 yards away. -Such illusions are” bad enough, but the refleman 1s completely at sea when the bullseye ‘‘stretches’ down to meet the front sight on his rifle. That, is the round black disk appears to_become elongated like an ege on end. When this illusion takes place the marksman had better wait for the atmosphere to clear or he will be taking great chances of making a wild ot. Another atmospheric caprice is when the heat and light give the lower part of the round disk a flattened appearance like the bottom of a pear. To fully explain the causes of these eccentricities would take too much space, but briefly stated they are heat, light and wind. Stch conditions existed yesterday, and it keot the marksmen thinking rapidly to keep pace with the changes. For ail that a number of very good scores were made. The shooting section of ‘the Red Men held its regular contest for class medals. The scores and winners were as follo Champion medal, won by John Zimmermann, 69 rings; first class medal, won by H. Bach. second class medal, won' by P. H. Rulffs, 2965 third class medul, won by W. Dressler, 260; fourth class medal, won by G. Wagner, 200; first best-shot medal, won by G. Huer, 24; last best-shot medal, won by H. Bockmann, Several of the military sharpshooters held their monthly medal shoots: Since the reorganization of the National Guard many new men have entered the volun- teer service and nearly all are young men. | All of the latter have entered rifle shoot- ng with enthusiasm, and, while their scores are not very high, they are deter- mined to succeed. Many of the new mem- bers were on the range practicing yester- day. Following are the companies, marks- men and scores: Company B of the First—E. C. Cordell 36, Licutenant A. F. Ramm 43, W. Osmond 35, George Sullivan 37, Charles Perry 47, J. Gilky- son 29, H. B. Sullivan 3’ A of the Fifth—Captain Poulte: 43, Sergeant Donnie 43, rgeant Brier 3. C. E. Meker 41, Licutenant Vaughn 40, mers 44, C. Puckett 40, Jahanigan 38, son 32, W. Peck 29, McCombs 3, Parritt Brink 81, Herman 24, Fellows 35, n 28, Bodwell ‘28, Jumpe: Jahnigan Ellis 41, Learn 36, Littiefield 43, o J. tewart 43, McKillican 38, Taggert 35, Tymeson 39, Patrey 12, Hail 13, Deeds 30, Dickerson 33. Knights of the Red Branch Rifles, practice— Captain J. Sheehy, 43; Sergeant D, Russel, 33; P. Sullivan, 28; J. Campbell, 37; Serzenn;!\(. 1 Gaul, 42; Sergeant J. Smith, 41; J. Tracy, Lieutenant M. Mannix, 33; . Murph: Rahill, 41; P. Rush, 41; Ed. Lee, 42; 30; Rogsson, 35; Kilieen, 3¢ rporal J.J. H J Rogsson, 40; G. Egan, 27; P. Kearney, 26; J. J. Loughry, 301 J. D. Loughry. 29; Corporal John Green, 41; J. Fahy, 30; J. Hogan, 30. FROM HAWAII. Conslderable Interest Manifested In the Islands Over the Inter- Republic Match. Hoxorury, Feb. 10.—In military circles little else is talked of now but the contest between the National Guards of Hawaii and California which takes place this afternoon. Colonel Fisher kindly furnished THE CALL correspondent with a complete list of the team he has selected, which is as follows: Field and Staff—Soper, and W. C. King. Company A—Bordfield and Duarte. Company B—White. Elwin, Johnson, Schmidt, Giles, Parke, Oleson, Storey and Rowell. Company C—Camara. Company D—McKinnon, Drummond, ohnson, Boyd and C. Crozier. Company E—Moore, Gouvea, Buchanan, Coyne, Sutton, Barry, Taylor, J. W. Smith, Berry, Catlyle, Sherwood, Sproat, Loh. man and Neeley Company F—Ludwig, 8. Johnson, Bur- Pratt, Fisher | netie. Voliberg, Hanarald, Reade, Hager- up, Lambert, H. Peterson, McKeague, Frudershoff, P. Johnson, Fitzsimmons and W. Peterson Justice Brewer of the United States Supreme Court and a member of the Venezuelan Boundary Commission is a nepbew of Justice Field. Justice Brewer was born in Smyrna, Asia Minor, but his parents returned to the United States before he was a year old. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— “THE CALL” R ACING GUIDE. To-day's Entries at Ingleside Track. In races where the borses bave no record at th ¢istance are given. Abbreviations—F., fast: Fa., fair; H., heavy; m., e distance 1o be run the records at the next nearest mile; 1., furlong; *, about. Seven furlongs; selling. FIRST RAC! Owner. Pedigrec. The Judge Minnie Cee. Governor Budd Sleeping Child. Artist. Duelly. .. San Luis Rey. 1mp. Loyalist-British Queen #Pienipo-Jaconet Eresio-Rosa G |Child_Mist-Erin-Go-Braugh Irup. Darebin-Hirondelic Litteral-imp. Royal Title B. Abrabams, [ 13 T 3. . 1: F Clifron. E| rfik-MlyMcCarty's Lst Hazard. . X 1{1 F v trathmore-Zoo Zoo Ida Saver 3 H. Joe Hooker-Addie O'Nell Theresh. 8411 98| 11 ke Montrose-LaFarondole Comrade. 1104 10554 | 107| H..|C. Spooner., rant-Blithesome Belle of Stonewl|102/1:18 | 100|H..|W. . Sink pendthrifi-Miss Nailer D RACE—Six turlongs; selling. = 1 Bes: | Index. Name. Lbs record.| Dist. |Lbs Tk.| Owner. Pedigree. 648 Harry Lewls. 106 1:1314 *61 90 F .. J. Maddox Versailles-Cousin Kate. 693 George C.. 90f....... 1. LTS Garrte, Bramble-Lady Lou. 2 105 11163 61 |86 ¥ | Ancrim stabie ‘Apache-Emma Longfield. 901:01% 5f | 96 F..|D. A. Honig. Bramble-Retta. 90 .. ... E. Corrigen. Longfellow-Rena B. 106 F .. W ('BMacdonough|Sinfax-Partisana. | 81'F . Westchester stable.| Powhattan-Y erna. Myrile H. 1 103/F 0 \T. 3 Torso-Lady Leinster. 558 Irish Chi . d Bug ... Imp. Amarino.. Longfellow-Babee. Pitisburg-Molife S. Kelin- Amadine. Flambeau-Tmp. Fai Rapture-Ventura. Prince Norfolk-Haldee. iry Rose. |Odell stable. iz Boanie Brown-Dispatch 847 Raphael 1 '98n Duke Norfolk-Futurity. 702 |Mollte R 7t | 82(H Imp. Mariner Cantenac. 647 /Ginger.. T AR Peeteed R | olian-Respond. Little Bob 102 1013 | 51| 87 -|Surinam-Daisy 5. 28| 5615 4151 | 97 e.. | Imp. Suwarrow-Franchese, 5 ‘Welcome stable. Hermese-Unknown- 5. THIRD RACE—Oneand a sixteenth miles: handicap. 17| Best ] Index.| Name. |Tbs| record.| Dist. |Lbs Tk.| Owner. Pedigree. :9 | Logan. 119|1:57 |13 m 110 H..|A. Shields ... Voltiguer-Pert o) Tt niar Wby . [114/1:62 |1796m(118 1. |G B Morris & o/ HommpenOerament 00 el bae. 1|102/1:47 11167105 F.."| Woodiawn stable |Imp. Greenback Briscilla 673 |Cabrilio 1|101/1:4314|im 50y | 98 E.!| R. Van Brant ... | St.Saviorip. Lizzie Hmpton -k ‘ 99/1:508,111-16m| 99| Fa. (L. Ezeil Hindoo-imp. Calphurnia Br0 931:82%2 71 104/ H..|F. Brown. o | : :181416 1 e..| Fullerton-Castaway- FOURTH RACE—One mile: hurdle; handicap. T | B T est | ) | Lbs record. | Dist. | Lbs! Tk. Index.| Name. Owper. Pedigree. E] - |152 2:0514'1 J-16m 140 H..|G. Mother: Apache-Irene o 2:1214 114 m |142 H. Spokane-Trifle Arctic.. 0441114 m {140|F Robson Greenleat Argents, Cicero. Arundel. Artist.. & Guadalou Manhattan McGovern Lordlike. Silverado. 114 1v4m [142'H Bhve ya™ 47 Inquirer-Arilla Loagteliow-Bell Knight Duke Norfolk-Elaine Imp. Darebin-H irondelle Grinstead-Joste C ‘| Birdcatcher-Ursulla -|Surinam-Chester Beile -| Vassal-Ladylike -| Rutherford-Josie C | Be 1 Lbs record. Dist. [Lbl"rk.k Index.| Name. Owner. Pedigree. t Tt Imp. Midlothian-Filena Ve e Sit Dixon- Wassar Voltiguer-pe) +|doe Dan eis-Miss Hooker ‘Tom Ocbiltree-Medusa Imp. Cyrus:Frolic Gano-Jennie B Farondole-Satisfaction Prince Royal-Manzanita tal bie. -|Cambridge stable.. Owner. Pedigree. 201105/1:18% Princess Rose [1| 88| :5614 413 1 Duchss Milpitas 100/ 1:41%4 1 m 675 | Tim Murphy . | :w& Bl t 591 |Japan........... AR 694 | Walter J. .01 Vs 454 | Roval Flush 408 |Candor. B. Schreiber. . lifornia stable. Hose. Jils Johnson- Wigwsm Tmp. Sir Modred-Gypsy Eolian-Ordnance Himyar-Wild Kose Duke Norfolk-Ledette Imp ‘i rue Briton Lilly 8 Three Cheers-. ette Imp. Darebin-Miss Clay .| stroke of policy, provided music for the | | turned from her trial trip of a short run MARDI GRAS PREPARATION Artists Produce = Wonderful | Changes at the Hopkins Mansion. STANTON IS CHIEF MAGICIAN. Artistic and Bizarre Decorative Ef- fects to Astonish and Delight the Maskers. \ Had Artist John Stanton lived in the timeof Aladdin thatlucky young magician would not have needed his lamp to secure beautiful interior decorations for his pal- ace. He might have turned Stanton loose in a room with a miscellaneous assortment of tacks, wire mesh fencing material, old clothes and a tub of water thickened with plaster of paris, and, lo, bare walls would be transfigured into immense, elaborately carved panels, Some soft colored paint and a lot of gilt powder, and gorgeous trappings would result. That is what was being done at the Hop- kins Art Institute all day yesterday. A plece of wire netting was bent and tacked on the wall. A piece of cloth wet in plas- down the comst yvesterday. It was her first work outside since being extensively repaired and refitted at Mare Island. She attained a speed of 10.9 knots in a mod- erate sea with her engines working splen- didly, and the inspecting officers are highly pleased with the vessel’s behavior. She will leave for Honolulu to-morrow or next day. : The revenue cutter Perry, which is un- dergoing extensive repairsat Muin-street dock, will, when ready for sea, have had $10,000 spent on her. She will be provided with a fine new battery of six-pounder rapid-fire rifles, new decks, sails and boats, among which is a steam launch. There has also been work done on her rails and deck houses. She will be the best-equipped vessel in the Pacific Coast revenue service. ; ; The battle-ship Oregon is practically fin- ished, and to-morrow she will be towed to the drydock at Hunters Point. There she will be cleaned and her hull otherwise made ready for the trial. Until Mare Isi- and Navy-yard gets a larger dock tae Oregon will have to visit Hunters Point in the future, as no other basin will hold her generous proportiohs. ; The British 'ship Ellsmere, Captain Beeching, arrived vesterday, 162 daysfrom Dundee by way of South Shields. The Britich siip Celtic Race, Captain Owen, 122 days from Newcastie, Eng., and the British “ship Roby, Captain Oakley, 129 days from Liverpool, came in yesterday. Toney Felton, the blind Indian who begs and plays a mouth-harmonica on the streets, was arrested vesterday at the ferry. He was under the influence of liquor and was meking a disgusting spectacle of him- self generally. At the police station he was abusive, and was locked up charged with drunkenness and vagrancy. The un- fortunate fellow is a miserable object and an eyesore to the public. He should be put some place and taken care of. ARMY AND NAVY NOTES, Forest Area of the Presidio Reservation Con- sidered. LIEUT. SCHOFIELD'S HEARING. Freaks of an Old Napoleon Gun—The Commander of the Monad- nock. Captain Reid, a retired officer of the U. 8. Navy, in accordance with custom, is permitted to use a gun belonging to the Government to make experiments in ord- nance. The captain as a representative of a private company is now endeavoring to | give to a projectile fired from a smooth-bore gun the rotary motion which rified groovas impart, This is accomplished some way by indenting the projectiles. It appears that Captain Reid's experi- ments are not only interesting to himself and the company which he represents, but they afford also a variety of entertainment to soldiers and spectators. It has been his privilege to use a 12-pound Napoleon ter of paris is fastened over it. 'There isa smearing of gold paint, and—presto—a massive gilt vase of classic form, daintily poised, stands out from the wall in strong relief. The scene at the institute was a stirring one. Stanton and a half dozen art stu- donts dressed in dirty loose blouses and old clothes were transforming the recep- tion hall into & room of wonderful artistic besuty and novelty. Queer effects in lighting and original and bizarre decora- tive ideas have been given full sway, so that the rooms for the Mardi Gras will present an artistic appearance, There were five young men with tangled locks and bronze bedaubed faces assisting Mr. Stanton. They were William Huba- cek, Ralph Robinson, Charley Burnett, Mr. Aitken ana M. Urunuela. “All are art | students. One of the most striking features of the decoration are the hangings of glorious oriental rugs. This work was being super- intended porsonally by Hadji Ephraim Benguiat, who also furnished the rugs, most of which are of rare historical inter- est. Mr. Beneuiat is well known among the artists for his striking work, and five | years ago did the decorating of -the rooms for the zreat artists’ ball in Boston. Therg are to. be many distinguished guests at the ball. His Hygness the Duke of Abruzzi, A. Bertolini, commander of the Christoforo Colombo, and officers, and General Forsyth and his staff are to be | present in full uniform, Paderewski will also attend. Besides this there have been \ Suggestion of a Scene at the Coming Mardi Gras From the Upper Gallery of the 5 Art Institute. I The following were the cabin passengers of the Oceanic steamship Monowai which arrived from Australia, New Samoa and Honolulu Saturday night: From Sydney— M. Donovan, Miss P. Heymanson, M Prescott, B. W Scott and wife, A. A. Zimmerman and wife, Joseph P. Prescott, A.F. Walter E. Scott, E. A. Sanf . Re dihough, Mrs. L. Legler, Mrs. Kingsbury and two children, Sir William Windeyer, James Foreman, P. Fannan, A, D. She; hard, E. W. Scott Jr., Wallace Scott, W. | N. Hires, L. Crossland. answers to the invitatjons from over two hundred and fifty of society’s 400. Sir Henry Heyman, who is to lead the orchestra, promises that the maskers will have music such as they never danced to before. Mr. Martin merely beams and says: “Tt will be beyond every one’s ex- pectations.” ALONG THE WATER FRONT Boatman Henry Peterson and His Faithful Little Ger- man Band. Trial Trip of the Steamer Adams—Ar- rival of Three Deep-Water Ships. The bright, sunny day and warm, pleas- ant weather drew many people down on the water. front yesterday, and conse- quently the wharves were crowded with visitors. The sociable and courteous officers- of the Italian cruiser Cristoforo Colombo again invited the public to inspect their vessel, and several tugs gayly flying the tri-color of Italy carried passengers be- tween the ship and the shore. Henry Pe- terson, with Ei- launch Amy, by a bright patrons of his craft, and caught the greater part of the passengers who went out to the Colombo. His landing-place was alongside of the German ship H. Hack- feld, apd noticine an accordion lying on the vessel’s topgallant forecastle he made inquiries and learned that the whole ship’s | crew were masters of melody. So he employed the entire outfit to sit on the Hackfeld’s rail. several hours for a keg of beer. The band consisted of the acordion as leader, a violin, two ver home-made drums vividly hand-painted, , a triangie,tambourine and pair of cim bals. The music was not quite Paderewskian, but the artists stuck flflhhl]lg to Peterson and filled the little Amy till her gunwales were level with, the water. A rival boat- man, whose passenger business to the cruiser was injared thereby, is going to’ bring the matter before the Musicians’ Union and have the Amy boycotted for running to the time of “‘scab’” music. The United States steamer Adams re- { ought to make a halt for a From Aukland—H. Platt-Higgins and wite, S. Philips, A. W. Hattenstein, W. Davies, Adam Lee, James Mills, A. P. Dryden. From Samoa—Mrs. D. 8. Parker and two children, Miss C. Metzler, Miss B. Willis. . From Honolulu—F. D. Whitney, J. A. Buck, J. Millikin, C. Welch, J. G. Hof- mann, Mrs. M. L. Hoover, B. V. Hoover, wife and child, Mrs. E. E. Alvord, Mrs. A. Stowell, Dr. J. C. Fraser and wife, Harvey Walker, W. B. Fay, wife and two daugh- ters, C. P. Colburn and daughter, Mrs. Tuck, Mrs. Holmes, Mrs. Podmore and two children. FOR PUBLIC OWNERSHIP. Another Body of Socialists Working in the Cause of Reform. The Out-door Order of Public Ownership has issued a new circular setting forth socialistic principles, the principles of which are to secure for the people popular control of the Government and of public industries, public ownership of all lands and of all railroads. The circular in one clause sets forth: “The all-including and incomparably dynamic idea of society, as it closes this century, is co- operation under general or public ownership, in which the people repiace the capitalists and the political state 1s advanced into an industrial orgenization. Co-operation we must heve; but we cannot have it without public owner- ship. The one sound and ebiding foundation for union is therefore this principle of public ownership. It is' the one potent and compre- hensive combining thought. Me:mbership in the order proposed for bind- ing all progressives into a conscious working organism_consists sitaply in a pledge to pro- mote public ownership in_every possible way. Whenever a member can do so, he will explnfn the bearings of natioualizing this or that in- dustry, the railroads, the trust, the land; he will vote for the same, mlklnfiit his ever pres- ent political motive; he ill plan how to com- pel political bodies to adopt it, and how to re- Kluce the present order of barren politicians y men sworn to the Mo‘flnmnlion of society hf' making industries public property; he will pledge his neighbors and friends to muster aud combine their energies for this urgent social reformation. We have waited toolong without action; we nave staggered i confusion among clashing ideas; we are losing time, strength and cour- age, and the ienemy waxes in organization, audacity and the might of precedent; we now nal encounter, to concentrate and enter nEon an unyielding, irrepressible, uncanquerable campaign, to bring industrial affairs to the point of criss and change. The circular is issued over the signature of Morrison I Swift, the weli-known Socialist fecturer; and accompanying it is .acard of agreement. The members are required to do all possible to advance the propositions set forth and spread informa- tion by indoor and outddor meatings, lit- erature and conversation. Zealand, | | ] which has long occupied an ornamental position near theé Presidio flagstaff. On | the first occasion that Captain Reid used | the gun. the projectile which was calcu- | late ¢, according to the army regulations | and the logic of the ordnunce officers, to | lodee in a sand bank, after it had passed | through two wire nettings erected to test | velocity, did ricochet from the soft sand | bank, made a graceful flight over a brush- crowned bill, descend.into the National Cemetery and knock over a headstone. | Thereupon General Grabam directed | that future experiments should be made on tne water front of the Presidio, and knowing the gun, tautioned the gunners against shooting while any floating craft in the bay was in the line of fire or any WAy near it. Everything being arranged the old Na- | poleon was taken down to the beach and the muzzle peinted toward Marin County. At the tirst fire the projectile went all right, but the Napoleonic exhibition was | made in the rear. The gun kicked, broke the troul, dismounted in the sand. Inquiry disclcsed the fact that the ordinary charge of two pounds and a half of powder was prejectile weighe: the ordinary prejectile weighs only twelve pounds. The company which Captain Reid represents must repair the damage before further experiments can be made. The board of army officers, which was recently appointed by General Forsyth to examine the forest area of the Presidio reservation, with a view of ascertaining whether there should be extension of the forests, has forwarded areport to Washing- ton. The chairman of the board is Colo- nel 8. B. M. Young, Fourth Cavalry. It | 13 believed that the recommendation of | the board is to the effect that the forest area is already large enough. The Pre- sidio reservation embraces 1300 acres of the growth 1s so dense that one can haraly walk through the woods. Space’ must be kept open on the reservation for field maneuvering of the troops-and if the War Departmept policy of concentration is fully developed the force of soldiers at the Presidio will bé largely increased. The nomination of Colonel J. J. Cop- | pinger to be brigadier-general, which was suspended for so long a time in the Sen- ate, was finally confirmed afew days since. Senators Burrows, Gear, Perkins, Teller, Pettigrew, Squire and Wilson made speeches in opposition to the nomination, urging principally the delay of the general in becoming a citizen of the United States and criticising the President in passing over so_many senior officers in selecting him. The vote of confirmation was de- cisive, as. 44 Senators voted affirmatively and only 17 in the negative.. Lieutenant R. McA. Schofield of the Fourth Cavalry recently appeared hefore the examining board at the Presidio for promotion. The board found in the course of the physical examination of the candi- daate that his hearing was defective. Then came the question whether the deafness was sufficient to unfit bim for duty; also as to when and how it occurred. Lieuten- ant Schofield was':duly examimed and found qualified by & board of army sur- geons in 1889. It apfiean, however, that certain officers who knew Mr. Schofield before he entered the army are of the opinion that he was then deaf. A ques- tion arises here which the board will have land, and much of that space is already | occupied by it as a museum. ‘“The house,” covered with young trees. In some places | says the Boston Transcript, “is situated at to settle. If Lieutenant Schofield’s dis- ability originated in the line of duty he would under the law be entitled to be re- tired with the rank of first lieutenant. If, however, it is decided that he was deaf at the time he was passed by the first board a complication will arise which may not only affect the military status of Lieuten- ant Schofield, but the officers on his first board. The question of fact will have to be dztermined by the present examining ard. Lieutenant Schofield is the son of the retired commanding general of the army. General G. W. C. Lee has sent the saddle used at Appomattox by his father, Gen- eral Rabert E. Lee, as.a present to Mrs. Elizabeth Fairfax Ayers, wife of Captain Cbarles G. Ayers, Tenth Cavalry. Gen- eral Lee was a warm personal friend and admirer 6f Mrs Ayers’ father, of whom he once said that *‘he was the bravest man in the Confederate army.”’ Coionel Charles G. Bartlett, Nintk In- fantry, who is well known in San Fran- cisco, will retire within. the next three months, although he will not be 64 years years of age until Septem ber, 1899, Captain’ Robinson, the new post quar- termaster at the Presidio, is now on duty. e new steel wharf at the Presidio, which was constructed by contract ac- cording to plans prepared by Colonel A. 8. Kimball, quartermaster-general of this department, is very nearly finished. The structure was fully described in Tue CaLn when the work was ordered. | Batteries H and L of the Fifth Artillery have moved into one of the newly com- pieted double-brick barracks at the Pre- sidio. The third double structure will be ready for the two light batteries early- in April. Additional buildings to be con- | structed on the line will be used by the | cavalry. Another ten-inch_rifle arrived from the East yesterday. 1t is the second of three guns to constitute the ten-inch disappear- ing battery. The weight of the gun is 67,200 pounds. The projectile weighs 550 pounds, and the charge of powder 250 pounds. The muzzle velocity attained is | 1900 feet per second. It will be mounted on a Crozier-Buffington disappearing carriage. Some delay in the construc- tion of the battery has occurred, owing to a defect of the counterpoise in the well. Naval Constructor Washington Lee Capps is now on duty at the Union Iron Works in connection with the construc- tion of the gunboats. Forthree and a half years he was on duty in the Bureau of Construction and Répair, Washington, D. C., and in addition performed duty asa member of the stability board, of thg board on armor tests, and of the board for | devising new methods for fitting armor piates. The Army and Navy Journal says his work was always well done and the highest praise is accorded. to him by hi superior officers. In a social way M S | Capps shone in Washington and his dr. parture was deeply regretted by ma e- iriends in the Capitol City. ny Cdptain Sumner, who commanded the United States cruiser Columbia in her re- cent remarkable fast run across the Atlan- tic, arrived here a few days ago. He will command the Monadnock. At last accounts the cruiser Philadel- phia and the coast defender' Monterey were at San Diego. An early return of the. vessels is expected. In returning Santa Cruz and Monterey may be visited. Orders for the Adams’ to sail for Hono- lulu and relieve the -Bennington are ex- pected. Captain Kane, formerly commander of the Monterey, has gone East by rail. He was exceedingly annoyed by the publica- tion in one of the newspapers of a rumor that he had Jost his mind. Captain Kane was sick for several weeks, but the iliness did not affect his mind. FELL OFF THER BIRES Two Riders Meet With Serious Accidents Near the Ingleside. The Victims Are Dr. J. T. Rowand, Dentist, and Mrs. Sarah Bowman, Dressmaker. The Ingleside was the-scene of two bi- cycle accidents yesterday, one of the in- jured being a lady and the other a mem- ber of the sterner sex. Dr. J. T. Rowand, dentist, was riding with a friend, and when opposite the dairy farm near the House of Correction, his bi- cycle struck againgt an obstruction in the road and he fell heavily to the ground. He struck on his face and right side, and |'when his friend jumped off his machine and ran to him he was unconscious. Blood was pouring from a wound over the right eye and another on his nose. Help was procured, 2nd tie unconscious dentist was carried into the residence on the dairy farm and the ambulance was summoned. Dr. Rinne accompanied the ambulance and dressed the wounds, He was under the impression that the skull might have been fractured. There was a large lump on the forehead just over the | right eye. ~Dr. Breyfogle; the family phy- sician, was also summoned and he took charge of the ease. it was thoughtad- | visable to keep the patient at the dairy farm until he recovered from the shock to his system. While the ambulance was there Dr. Rinne was notitied that a lady had fallen from her bicycle a little further east, and | it was driven there. The lady was Mrs. Sarah Bowman, a dressmaker, living at | 324 Brannan street. She and a party of friends _started out to ride through the Ingleside to the ocean beach. Her bicycie got stuck suddenly in some wet sand and she was thrown off. She fell on her left siae, and the shock made her unconscious used, but that Captain Reid’s new-fangled | for a few moments, forty .pounds, whereas | She was_taken in the ambulance to the Receiving Hospital, where Drs. Weil, Fitz- gibbon and Bunnell attended to her. She was unable to lift her left leg, and the doctors were afraid that one of the bones had been misplaced. Her left shoulder and elbow were siso badly contused. She was detained in the hospital until another examination can be made after the swelling was reduced. Shedeclared that she would never ride a bicycle again. —_— The Old Quincy Mansion. The Adams family has decided to pre- sent to the Quincy Historical Society the house in Quincy, Mass., in which Presi- dent John Quincy Adams was born, to be the corner of Independence avenue and Franklin street, and is 1n a good state of preservation. With a little alteration it can be converted into a fine extm’})le of a mansion of the Colonial style. This will be done, and the furnishings made to correspond with those of the awellings of the Revolutionary period. The Quincy family is, by inheritance, the possessor of much that is of ‘great historic value, con- necting that family by the closest of ties and_ associations with the history of the Nation from its iucegtion to the present time, and thereis a hope that a part, at least, of this rare collection, important from a Natlonal as well as a local point of view, may in time find a permanent rest- ing place in what was at one time the home of two of the early Presidents of the United States and the birthplace of one of them.” NOT FOR SALE. A Panoche Gentleman Has Secured Something Which He Wants to Hold. Is in No Humor to Take as lMuch as 1$500 for Something That Is at Times Neglected. N THE SAN BENITO VALLEY THERE I8 & most picturesque little place which is cel- ebrated for the excellence of its crops and the. sturdy character of its native sons. One of the good tamilies of the place is that of the Ashursts, the boys being well known for their straightforwardness and manly bearing. Ine deed, in that region there is no one more res spected. Some little whiie ago, however, one of them (Robert) began to appreciate thatall was not well with him. He did not pay much attention to the growing weakness that he felt, thinking thatit was only a passing ailment. But here was where he made a serious blunder. As his disease progressed he began to realize that he was indeed ill. He tried all that he could do to_shake off the. attack, using all the remegies that he knew of for (hat purpose, but still it kept getting more and more firmly implanted {n his system. Almoston the verge of giving up, he wrote to the Hudson Medical institute—that _great institution for the cure of thesick—and he et once gota letter telling im that he need not despair. And now, after having been under the skill of the specialists here for & couple of weeks—just fancy it, only a fortnight—he has been done so much good that he frankly says that he would not be where he was just those few days ago for five Hundred dollars. Here is a letter that he has seen fit to write to the management of the great institute: PANOCHE, Cal., August 13, 1895, Hudson Medical Institute, San Francisco, Cal.—Gentlemen: I reply In pursuance o your requests. Ihave been taking your medicines ior about two weeks and am greatly pleased with the results. Am no longer trounled with aeadache, backache or deep pains. My eye- ight is very much better, blood does not rush 7 head as it used to, And as a consequence Q tellect is brighter and brain clearer. Have gained six pounds since commencing ireatment. My bowels do not yet move as reg- ularly as they should, but I take a tablet every night, and that may be all right in time. ze that it takes time to effect a cure. Hon- e gentlemen, I would not take $500 to re- lapse into the state I was in before I applied to you. Iremain yours respectiull OBERT ASHURST JR. Now, that js the letter of a highly respected and intelligent young man, and it & conclusively how remarkably efficient and rapid in its work the treatment of the special- ists of the ‘‘greatest of all curative establishe ments on this continent” is, But Mr. Ashurst is by no means alone in his high opinion of what Is being regularly done for suffering hu- manity there. W. Fowler of Kamela, Or., writes: “I £-50 g0od now that if I felt any better I could jump out of my skin.’”” S. J. Bailey.of Weaverville, Cal.: “After twe months’ treatment with you I feel fully re- stored to herlth.” George H. Rice of Fort Canby, Wash., says: “‘The treatment of the Hudson Medical Insti- tute is all that could be expected or desired by any one.” Hundreds of letters of this sort come to the management, cheering them on to furtner ef- iort i0 make the statement more than ever }r}m{\i that “AS LONG AS THERE XSTL[FE RE IS HOPE IF_THE SPECIALISTS OF TH RAND OLD HUDSON MEDICAL INSTI- TUTE HAVE NOT YET TREATED YOUR All the Following Cases Are Curable: Catarrh of the head, stomach or bladder; all bronchial diseases: all functional nervous dis- Vitus' aance; hysteria: shaking paisy; 1l venereal diseases: all kinds of blood ulcers, wastes of vital forces; rheuma- tism; gout; eczema; all skin diseases, from what- ever cause arising: psoriasis; all blood-poisoning; varicocele: poison oak ; lost or impaired manhood; spinal trouble; nervous exhaustion and prostra- tion: ‘{ncipient paresis; all kidney diseases; lum- bago: sctatica: all bladder troubies: dyspepsia; indigestion; constipation; all vis disorders, which are 'treated by the depurating department. 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