The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 21, 1896, Page 11

AT THE OLD TRACK AGAIN Montalvo Won the Stake Race. Opening Day at the Bay District, REY DEL BANDIDOS IN FRONT. The Favorites Were Literally Slaugh- tered—Scimitar Took a Race at Handsome Odds. The “‘old” track reopened again yester- day and the Bay Districtites turned out in liberai n The card was a lengthy one, comprising seven events at various ces, with a bountiful sprinkling of five and a half furlong scrambles that are such a sourceof delight to the bookie. Starter Ferguson used the Australian arting machine to dispatch his fields on three different occasions, and the gentle- man from Kentucky now bids fair to reach a ripe old age, for it does away with a world vocal efforts and dramatic gestures. The betting ring contained a good-sized wd, but no noti vas indulged in. It was a most icy day for the favorites, but one out of seven sent to the post being able to poke his nose first past the wire. The Burlingame stake, worth $700 to the horse, a mile and a balf, selling, hurdle affair, was the feature of the day s racing. don, was, of cours [ installed a hot6to 5 which price was later shaved te 910 10. Of the other six starters talvo was about the only one that re- i 1pport, his odds being forced 4. The favorite cut little e in the running. Three Forks, with i went out to make a running e of it and until nearing the last hurdle looked as though it might be successful. s point perceptibly he was I teking the jump, by Mon- ho had drawn away from the , and beaten out three lengths in '4, & new mark for that distance. S it lengths away the favor ce from The Lark Waterhouse ¥ was backed down from twos to the opening five and a half fur- > well in ha from the jump irom Red W foilow over the inside seven und a balf furlongs, re- astrously for both of the choices the 11 to 5 favor- finish second to the 6to1 s Rut! who was in front The second choice, k. H. Hidago gave the crowd mile and a furlong seli- Backed from 8t0 5 to 6 to 5, spond when called on in the nd up third. The 8 to 5 made all of the running, and won handil, ¥ three lengths 1n 1:. Jttle Cripple came fast at toe end, nip- second place from the favorite by a vas rumored that Rebellion had been workin zreat guns,” and when the bet- d on t e purse race tne pen- almost afraid to chalk a pr im. ) 7 to 5 was laid, s soon cuf a shade lower. Mollie rade mo: of the running to the rere the favorite forged ahead. d yards from the wire he was eable heavy plunging | John Brenock's crack, St. Bran- | t of several pockets, | v del Bandidos, with 95 | THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1896 11 ned by Scimitar, who came fast next the rail,’and in a hard drive was beaten out a head by the outsider, BThe El Primero stable’s tblack horse, ueno, carried most of the coin in the short six-furlong spin, a barrel of money gong inon him at 2 to 1, but he was la- entably out of form and ran unplaced. The second choice, Major Cook, was al- vays prominent and won easily by three lengths. Sea Spray took the place from Ferris Hartman in'a drive. John Robbins' silver-tailed chestnut gelding Duillo, a 6 to 1 chance in the bet- ting, was first past the judges’ stand in the last race, a five and a half furlon, run, beating the 30 to 1 shot, Raphael, a Lead. The favorite, Laura F, was unplaced. Track and Paddock Items. Chevalier had his first mount in many weeks astride the back of Model in the Opening race. He was unfortunate 1n get- ting left at the post. In the following event he piloted the favorite, Hy Dy, and the ride was not one to go into ecstacies over, but the colored lad will probably im- Pprove with practice. Ferguson showed up a trifle rusty after | his two weeks’ rest. He let a couple of | good breakaways get by him at the post in | the second race, finally dropping the flag o a straggling start. His handling of the starting-gate was also_inferior to that of Mr. de Lopez, its introducer. | _Tod Sioan should have been heavily fined for gettine left at the post on Peter | the Second. When the barrier was raised the other starters went away to a pretty | start, buat it did not suit the fastidious Mr. | Sloan "and he loitered behind. It has always been a habit of Sloan’s, and if boys” are not willing to accept an even break they shonld go at some other busi- ness. In the opening race both Chorn and Sioan endeavored to get a running start, which eventually ended in the webbing be- ing carried away. This running start busi- | ness is an injustice to the other bays rid- | ing in the race who have their mounts up | to the webbing, and the starter should see that the malefactors are punished. Expecting a decision either favorable or adverse to their interests within the coming two days, many of the poolroom propriefors closed their resorts yesterday. One downtown room received the results of the fifth race wrong and paid off on Trix. One uptown joint had Hidago as the first horse in the mile and a furiong event and cashed tickets on the black horse. Rey del Bandidos demonstrated in his race yesterday that the get of imp. True Briton can go the route as well as sprint. Few if any of the young sires of the coun- try have sprung’ into prominence as quickly as ‘this once-despi: now | much-sought-after black horse. His first | crop of yearlings sold for a mere song, but there will be some lively bidding when | any of them again pass under the auc- | tioneer’s hammer. His owner, R. D. Led- | gett, will ship him to Sacramento 1n the | near future, where he will stand a season. The false price of 10 to 1 was laid against | Little Cripple during the betting on the | third race. H. Martin bad the mount and | i the “‘smart set”” in the ring of course sup- posed him a **dead one” and took liberties with the brown golding. | St. Brandon pulled up lame after hislast | run at Ingleside and again at the conclu- sion of yesterday’s race. This no doubt accounted for his poor showing. MBThe fallacy of plunging on a horse the first time out that hasbeen enjoying along vacation was again demonstrated in the | case of Rebellion vesterday. Fast workouts | | are not equal to one good run asthose who | backed tbe chestnut can testify. | The probable starters in_the four mile Thornton stake are: . Gilead 117, Claudius 117, Service 118, imp. Star Ruby 106, April 115, Arundel 117, Fred Gardner 117 and Janus 118, The California Jockey Club announced through the press that the interior pool- | rooms would be in receipt of no informa- | tion from the Bay District Track during | the meeting now in progrcss. The Sacra- | mento poolroom emjoyed an excellent tele- raphic service yesterday and did s good | usiness. Some compacts are easily | broken. | the Central Pacific. ing. Think of it—a business paying nearly | $9,000,000 1n a year in those times! Why that road can easily pay its debt to the Goverument. It is° my honest opinion tbat the Central Pacific could do the same —provided there were no directors and no way of getting away with the earnings. The Central and Union Pacific roads are the main artery of commerce and travel from one side of the continent to the other. You could not drive people off them with & club. Every plot and scheme to the contrary to divert passenger or freight business overother routes the Central road will always get the best share of transcon- tinental business. You can’t keep people off the route. *This showing is an object lesson to the Central Pacific and to the United States Government. The Central i make just as good a showing. No doubt its earnings are just as heavy. But they are financiers—out of sight. z *“Iwo and two make oneover in that shop.” The speaker stood on Montgomery street opposite the Southern Pacific head offices across the street, and he indicated the “*shop” with a wave of his hand. 'he Union Pacitic, as everybody knows, | went into the hands of a receiver, and four other receivers were appointed to act with him, But ihe system is managed by 8. H. H. Clarke, the avlest living raiiway manager. He was raised by Gould in the business on the Missouri Pacitic, and when FIGURES TELL A STORY. The Union Pacific’s Financial Showing Under Govern- ment Control. EIGHT MILLIONS NET PROFIT. Railroad Men Assert That the Central Pacific Could Be Made to Pay as Much. Apropos of C. P. Huntington’s fight for the refunding bill and his claims that the » Central Pacific so far has not been oper- ated with profit, some local raiiroad men | (not Southern Pacific officials) point to | the dispatch in yesterday’s CaALL, giving | the earnings of the Union Pacific for the | past vear. | Gould got an interest in the Union Pacitic The dispatch tells the following interest- | Clarke became vice-president of the Union ing story Paciric. Later he was made president. He is senior receiver. Associated with him are Oliver W. Mink, E. Ellery Ander- son, John W. Doane and Fred C. Coudert, three of them representing the United States Government. “Under their cuntrol the bloodsuckers— that is the small feeders—have been lopped off, operating ‘and other unnecessary ex- penses reduced considerably and the road has been put upon a paying basis. The | Denver and Gulf Road, Denver and Fort | Worth and local lines in Colorado and | Kansas have been dropped, and the Union | Pacific depends upon 1tself, with the result that it has proved itself to be a splendid property. There are no directors now, nor | side schemes to be ntilized in avoiding div- idends and payment of debts to the Gov- ernment, so the Union Pacific is paying. “Now, suppose the same rules were ap- BOSTON, Mass,, Feb. 19.—The Union Pecific December statement for the whole system shows gross earnings of $1,872,563, increase $163, net $674,253; increase, Y T U months: ' Gross earnings, $22,350, 464; decrease, $821,326; net, $8,304,607; in- crease, $1,861,802. This shows that while the gross earnings decreased over three-quarters of a million, the net earnings increased more than one million ang three-quarters. Railway men declare that only good economical man- agement could ever produce such results, and they regard it as so much evidence of what can be done when the Government | assumes control of a railroad. The Union Pacific under its old manage- ment was a financial failure; it could not | pay its debt to the Government, and had | fo go into the hands of a receiver. Now it | 11ieq°(0 ‘the Central Pacific, the funding is able to make an extraordinary showing | bill would not be heard of, for the profits financially, and in the face of compara- | would more than pay debts, interest and tively dull times present a most e0COUTag- | fvod charoes.’” ing annual statement to the Nation. | A DISPUTE ENDED. Nearly $9,000,000 clear profit in the last year, which everybody will concede was | not a particularly prosperous one, is taken | 3 Little Sophie Fawson Is Adopted by Mrs. Nicklaisen. by men who understand railroading as | Quite a controversy has been raging positive proof that the Pacific railroads | are not bankrupt propositions. On the contrary these same railways are really profitable enterprises, which under honest | it and able management could pay hand- | three-and-a-hali-year-old Sophie Fawson, somely, 1n fact enough to pay Government | but matters were settled to the satisfac- debts from year to year out of the surplus | tion of all parties yesterday afternoon. wfl‘-! flfller !vn.\'irnx interest Ofldhlmfls- o Mrs. K. Nicklaisen of Fruitvale, who The showing for 1895 was discussed by % e A iy local railroad men yesterday. One of them | 18 jrought tne "'f:" “I".f“’a“ oLy, made a comparison through Poor’s Rail- | claimed Sophie, but she claimed also some way Manual, This gave the gross earnings | remuneration for continuing to_keep ber. | The father, who lives in Poriland, deciared of the Union Pacific system for 1894 as | fi i ASe $22,319,144 41, net earnings $6,310,273 83 | that if he had to pay for Sophie s educa- tion, he preferred to have her near him, and and the surplus $5,603,007 25. - ke : | at Mr. Fawson’s request the Society for “‘Under the receivers’ management the A k Union Pacific system has proved a mag- | the Prevention of Cruelty to Children took e the child and placed her in the Infants’ nificent business proposition,” he said. e *‘Some unprofitable lines were lopped off, | Sheiter, preparatory to shipping her to unanecessary expenses cut down, and with | Portland % o wise views of managing the system a grand | Mrs. Nicklaisen finally offered to adop showing has been made. Without most | the child, but General McComb refused to its branch lines the Union Pacific is the | give up Sophie without receiving orders to breadwinner of the country. | that etfect from her father. The message “In the first place the gross earnings | tarried and the controversy waxed warm, acked nearly a million dollars of the year | Yesterday afternoon, however, Mr. Faw. before. That may have been due to dull | son arrived here from Portland and at times and a contracted business, but here | once consented to Sophie being adopted we see the net earnings have run away up. | by Mrs. Nicklaisen. "The papers were Now how can any one account for that? I |drawn out by General McComb and the wonderthow old Uncle Collis would ex- | child was given. back to the woman who lain those figures, do you? The Union | has brought her up, to the general satis- Eaci:ic cut off all its bloodsuckers and the | faction of all parties concerned. expenses that somehow grew from year to | N T vear with the Pacific railroads—the same | General Richard Lawrence, the last of exactly as are still allowed to remain in | the five Lawrence brothers, who distin- | gnished themselves in India, has died at *‘Talk about railroad business not pay- | Biarritz. THE CALL” RACING CHART. Club. Weather Fine. Track Fast. er, Burns & nty-fifth Day of the California Jockey Bay Dis- rict Track, San Francisco. Thursday, February 20, 1896. ) FIRST RACE—Five and & balf furlongs; condition s; selling; purse $300. Horse,age, weight. | .| 14 | Jockeys. |Bective. 710 20 15 20 s 10 | Eeauchamp 50 Hinrichs... 50 Macklln.. 30 Coady 15 Anderson 100 evalier. Waterhouse's b. 1., by Flambeau-imp. Fairy Fo e — ‘THE CALL” RACING GUIDE. To-day’s Entries at Bay District Track. In reces where the borses have no record at the distance to be run the records at the next nearest ¢istence are given. Abbreviations—F., fast; , fair; H.,, heavy; m., mile; £, furlong; ¥, about. FIRST RACE—Five furlongs; selling; non-winners in 1895-96. 1 [ Best | Index. | Lbs record.| Dist. Name. | Lbs| Tk. | Owner. | Pedigrea. 658 | Big Chiet 99/ no re W. 0’'B. Macdouogh | Apache Flora B Playful. RS P. Archibald........ Jira Brown-imp. Fun 99 no rec. M. T. Donovan -/ Linden-Ell See Ess 109 no re 621 ‘Hazel D 89 no rec. 621 | Peixotto 3 no R. W. Roberts. 597 Duke Stevens . 5 0. Appleby sa7 Sallie Calvert. Duchess. 675 |Crackajac 620 Valparais 705 | Huntsman. 639 | Currency 3 George C.. 0 | Moran 5 | Rapido. Le Mrs. Goddard J. C. Humphrey. R rclone-Nyanza Betting, Jockeys. | Tetting, 1:3914 | THIRD RAC! iowances; pur: E—One and an eighth mil e 3600. -/ Iranwood-Jennie Mack ECOND RACE. Dist. |Lbs 1 Index. | Name. Owner. | Pedigree. . Whiriwind. Westchester stable. El Rio Rev-Blizzard The Roman. Imwood stk farm. | fmip. Brutus-Beauty Greyhurst . 1 Primero 8 able. . Ip.Martenhurst-HinScratch (710) GreenFlambean J. Quin: 715 | Ldy Laurelwood Laurelwood stabl 710 |Red Panther - Odell stable. ... 688 |Orseno ©|J. H. Snields. Ouondaga-Net e Beatrice (698) | Caspar ine - BurnseWaterhouse St. Andrew-C 657 J. Robbins. . Imp.Calvados-Virginia Dare Villlam Napie; Imp. Martenhurst-Cneerfal er-weights; inside course. turlong: ight welt. Beat | Lbs| record.| Dist. |Lbs Tk. Owner. Pedigree. rse, age, weight. | St.| sed. | 14 | 3 T | Betiing, 22 G e e S | i | o o <L 1151:473% 7141 (112 H Pleasant Hill stable., Joo Hooker-Jeasie B 2 - ses |ooesfo0 €. Murra Pirate Penzance-Jess 897 |Bey e BaNE 2 B0 931 647 [Modesto e lawn stab] der Ali-Visailn HE6 | L Cripple, 5 8 891 'Ulivia. . 1 1515 61 Bay! pr Nortolk-Dolly L, 65 628 | My Sweetheart. 0514 51 W. H. Schooler. Ban-Libbertifiibbet 7 647 | Moss Terr; 5 0914 515 ¢ (126 6500 ¢ Powhattan-Zsma 60| 646 |iecision. EARES .M. T. Donovan. . Imp. Wagner-Fleta 151 609 Salisvury Ti | 8¢ .| Burns & Watertiouse Racine-imp. Fliry 30| 695 Neiie . 71 5. B. Morrjs & Sampson-Unknown , by imp. True Briton-Emma Collier Time, 99 1 112‘:};’: fist E e FOURTH RACE—One and a halt miles; ward; the Burlingame staki ces. 724, over mix hurdles; selling; three-year-olds and up- : value $1000. Index. | Horse, age, wefght. | st.| 639 |Montalvo,5......133| 6(5h 34 (28 |215 | (707) | Three Forks, 5...123| 116 15 |in ln (G00) St Brapdon, 6...-130| 2 (6 {432 410 148 588 | Beriring 6| 721 5 510 |520 0 5 41 81 68 |6 7| *3 1. . FOURTH RACE: Six furlongs. for mares. | 1 est | | | | i Index. Name. |Lbs record.| Dist. (Lbs|Tk. Owner. ] Pedigree, 721 |Model.. .1104 1:0734| 615 ¢ |105 F...|California stabl | Imp. Sir Modred-Gy psy 702 |Fortuna. 110711:40 | 7341 |104 H.. Encino stable. |Imp. Bratus-Viola Hea 716 | Belle Stonewall. 104 6 WL B. sink |Spendtbrifi-Miss Nailer 1886 |Silver State..... 107 6 F...| W. Thompson |Tp. Cheviot-Eess Shannon 639 |Arnette | 6 |Garden City stabie. .| Imp. Midlothiun-Fileng 625 | America. 5 Z|C.H. Durk |Red Tron-Lou B 719 |Thelma. 6 nce stock farm John Haopy-Pansy 720 | Highlan: 6 |B. Schreibel Col. Hepburn-dna, 708 | Wheel F 7 |4, Harvey . |Gano-Jennie B FIFTH RACE—Three and a half furlongs; two-year-olds. = = = | Best | BT 725 FIFTH RACE—One mile; allowances; purse $400. record.| Dist. |Lhg -n:“ Owner. [ Pedigree. Z9. Do rec i | Rathbone-Miss Melbourne | Betting, 1 | op. Ol Ino rec arting McConnell | Sobrante-by Tyrant | no rec eil & Coney |Ip. Midlothian-Tady Leinstr Scimitar, 8. | 4n | 6 7 Nevada stable. Joe Hooker-Oxilla Rebellion, $ | 28 | 52 75 |P. Mitchell. Tyrant-Electricity Babeition, 123 3 7 -|D. J. Tobin Imp. Cyrus-imp. Getaway Tix, g H é D. J. Tobin | Racine-Bessie Hooker s in | 10 10 Powe . |Brown Fox Turquoise Peter 11,4 1 [ : - T, Fox | Flambeau-Precious Good start. Won driving. Winper, J. 1. Shield's br. ¢., by imp. Sothern-Wyandotte. Stariing: SIXTH RACE—Five furlongs; selling; non-winners in 1895-96, gate used. Time, 1:42. T -] Best | T T 3 Name. | Lbs record.| Di Tk. =& SIXTH RACE—Aboutsix furlongs; selling: penalties; purse $400. Index. ! ame. |Lbs | Dist. \Lb" k. | |_ Pedigree. (). 23 nfl..@;ez:’:efln llg; no m: ‘?plfina-l\‘nrz;e 1T =3 = 1 S Betting, ond Hope. e |Joe Hooker-Faise Queen Inde: st | % % Sir. | Fin. Jockeys. e 615 |Bordeaux. 108 |Tmp. Mariner-Eufaul dex.| Horse, age, weight. | ) 4| % | | | o e [George Bonhert 108 o ]R‘e\‘,‘ew’,sr‘g uinula — i} 1 Seies ] i |Glen Elm-by George Wilk 502 | Major Cook, 4....106/ 4 i ax H | fmp. Trade Wind- Doty & Sh i E el el o H g ekt 1t Gt 657 |Toano,a. 1046 | 61 | 6n 8 Bed Lron-by Jim Douglasa 356 | Bueno, 4 99 6 |.22 | 2n b |Uncasimp. Pasiine Meadow Lark, 4..100| 10 0 | 9n (15 pinning Fannic unt e 98| 7| 8h | 82 |40 Gln Dudiey-Jack Minr Mare Beatrice, & i e e 110 Apache-Madeline 81 (102 15 Duke Noriol 11 112 8 1 [ B 5% | {8 18 : 12 2 I S i 5 |C ! . G. HASKELL ACCUSED. ona 25 per cent contingent, but the re- od star. Won easily. Winner, Livingston stable’s b, ., by Bulwark-Sister to Violet. At post B.G D. mainin ) hi i ém_ e nutes. ‘Time, 1:11. . Client, Is Try- oung firsy brought an action for em- and & Lalf furlongs; selling; conditions; purse $400. L """‘;‘l s T8 TIY- | bezzlement, but that was killed in the to: ing to l:tve i, im Dis- gpe cwn.‘ Thenh Yém“d nJmcmed an in- TBetitng arred. ictment from the Grand Jury, butthat B | % | B P, Jockere. Op- UL . H. Young, a former client of Burnet ‘l:as waia ] to t_rli-l- “A lfevrt nd'" 4go A | —— z Tantituted Brocoadin e commenced a civil action for the money 2|28 | 11 (13 | 1n > G. Haskell, has instit P! %3 £0 | and now he wants Haskell disbarred. He i | iw | 32 | 33 o7 [ibave him dishasrec., Fogays Haskell haw |ieqiiin o oo malaias Hlatkoll hias boasted gla1 | 2 g3 | 34 | 8 | $1000 which belongs to him and hecan find | that he cannot be convicted, and Young 5| 861 | 6 7 51 30 | no way in which to get it. continues that, as he isa resident of an- 0ja0L 4 ¥ 8n | 90 € €5| Haskellwas Young's attorney ina suit | other State and wishes to get bome, he $l 32| 3s.] 42 | 84 | 4 | against the Southern Pacific Railroad for | Will try to bring the case up at once under 9(1110 |11 > R ‘2 $20,000 damages. Young says that while | his latest complaint. 2 ,‘; . 13 }g 111 100 | the case was penaing Haskell compromised . 6| 81 110 11 12 100 | for $1000, but no part of the $1000 has ever | New York has an Irish Good start. Won drivieg. Winaer, J. Robbins' ch. g, by Liurell-imp. Koyal Title, Starting-gate used. Time, 1:08%. found its way to the pockets of the dam- 3 1n the United aged, Haskell was prosecuting the case 190,418, tne largest of any city States. Pacific can | round the question of who isto own little | DIED N SEETHING FLAMES Horrible End of Mrs. Anna M. Dann in Her Mother's House. EXPIRED IN A FEW MINUTES. The Woman's Motherland Child Were in an Adjoining Reom at the Time. OaxraxD OrricE Sax FraNcrsco CALL,] 908 Broadway, Feb. 20. | Anna M. Dann, a married woman, was | burned to death in the back yard of her | mother’s house at 1771 Seward street this evening. Without uttering a single scream, the unfortunate woman apparently fought the flames in which her clothing was envel- oped, until with heat and fright she suc- cumbed to the destroying flames. When taken up the hairand every vestige of cloth- ing had been burned from her body, with the exception of her garters. Her body was cruelly scorched from head to feet, and in many places actually charred. So far as can be learned, the fearful accident all oc- curred within five minutes. The victim’s wother and blind sister were in the house at the time, only twenty feet away, but they were not aware of the occurrence until neighbors informed them | that there was a fire in the rear of the | house, The fire was the burning of the mother, who, a few minutes’ previously, had handed her little babe to its grand- mother, while she went into the kitchen. About a quarter of seven Mrs. Dann got up from the dinner-table. She said she was going into the rear of the house, and asked her mother to mind her little child for'a few minutes. She gave the little one a kiss, its final caress, and went through the door toward the kitchen. There are two rooms between the dining-room and the kitchen, and Mrs. Dann passed them both and was heard in the kitchen. About five minutes later Mrs. Morrison heard the neighbors shouting, and from their words she nunderstood the house was on fire. She went to the back door, and two or three people met her and told ler that her daughter had been burned to death in the back yard, a few feet from the small stoop. A little later the remains of her dead daughter were carried into the house from which she had emerged but a few minutes previous a cheerful woman. | _ One of the neighbors named Jacob Col- | burn saw the flames encircling the burning | woman, from a few housesdistant. When | he saw her she was placing her hands to i her head to protect her face from the | flames. Colburn gave the alarm, and by | the time he had arrived in the yard where he woman was, she had fallen to the ground and was_dead, and her clothes were in ashes. No one could offer any explanation of the affair, and as soon as an attempt was made to reach the woman t was at once seen that life had fled. The unfortunate woman’s husband was sent for, and when he arrived he tried to find some cause for his wife's catching fire, | but he discovered nothing. 'Mr. Dann is a livery-stable keeper, whose place of busi- | ness’is on Ninth street, between Clay and Jefferson. He said his wife was cheerful enough when he saw her in the afternoon, | and he was unable to account for the fatal accident. | An examination of the kitchen and back | gard wag made by Deputy Coronor Quellin, | but nothing could be found that would 1tend to throw any light on the tragedy. | There was no lamp missing that might have exploded, and no open stove was in the kitcien at which her clothes might have caugnt fire. Gas is burned all over | the house and there was no coal oil around that might have started the flames. A f careful search was made of the ashes of the clothing, but there was not the slightest indication that the clothing had been saturated with oil and not the faintest | smell of any such substance could be de- i tected. Dr. Kitchings was at the bouse a | few minutes after the unfortunate victim | was carried in from the back yard. | “Mrs. Dann was dead as soon as she was picked up,” said the doctor. “AndIam | positive that there is not the sligntest reason known for her catching fire. She | has been my patient for two years, since her liftle boy was born, and on my advice Ehe went to her mother’s to spend a few | days. : *‘From all that I can learn, and I have thoroughly investigated the circumstances, Mrs. Dann’s ciothing probably caught fire in the kitchen and she then'ran out into the yard. There she tried to subdue the flames, but they overcame her, and after becoming unconscious the remainder of ber clothing was destroyed. She might have stefped on a match or in some unac- countable manner she might have caught fire at the kitchen stove, but there is | nothing to_indicate how or where the ac- | cident originated. From the appearance of her clothing and her body it is certain that she must have been in the flames fully six or seven minutes. That she did not scream is a mystery, and that she did not is proved by the fact that | er mother, who was only twenty feet off, did not hear auything. Tt is- certainly the most re- markeble case I have ever met with.” When the flames were seen some one, turned in an alarm of fire aud the depart” ment responded, only to be informed that a woman had been burned to.death in the middle of a thickly inhabited community, and that it had not been discovered till she was dead. * Mrs. Dann was married to Iter husband about five years ago. She was almost 38 years of age. Previous to her marriage she taught school at Lovelock, Nev., for several years, where she was widely known and highly respected. The Coro- ner will try and discover some origin for her death at an inquest to be held to- mMOrrow. ASSOCIATION ROAD RACE. List of Handicaps and Officials for the Twenty-Five Mile Event , To-Morrow. R. A. Smyth, the official handicapper of the League of American Wheelmen in California, has completed his allotment of time allowances to the various starters in the twenty-five mile road race of the Cali- fornia Associated Cycling Clubs, to be held at San Leandro to-morrow. The handi- caps are by minules or fractions thereof and are as follows: William Goodman, Henry Newman, G.W. Thomas, F. G. Thomas, J. E. Scott, C. §. My- rick, 10 minutes; F. . Hanson, 915; H. B. Wil- liams, John Green, James Van Scheib, .A. 0. Ortion, G. S. Gaug, T. Fred Simen, 9; W. C. Kiotz, H. L. Mayo, Eq. kn or, R. Robinson. 814 E. J. Smith F. G, ekinstry, L. T Olson, A. Thissen, Co W Goo: ger, B. C.’Baynaud, F. L. Thiel, J. A. Cly- mer, 74; 1. J. Galindo, A. P.Swain, Willfam Greaves, James Wall, T. Boyd, H. V. Reafly, H. A. Goddard, R, B.Trones, 7; T. Schleuter, G.W. Bell, M. J. 0’Brien, G.'W. Tantau, G. E. Kroetz, dxfi G. J. Culhane, J. R. Kenna, R. P. Aylward, Henty Hutchinson, W. T. Prait, T..0. Evans, A. Schwall Jr.,6; A. H. ‘Agnew, W. H. Haley, 5%4; A. B. Pickard, A. T. Smitn, G. H. Crafts, V.'A. Benson, B. J. Giibert, R. H. Ham- monds, 5; Emil Languetin, B. H. Elford, E. A. Bozio, H. W. Squires, 43¢; A. J. Menne, C, M. Smith, A. 8. McDougail, 4; T.S. Hall, A. M. Boyden, L. 8. Leavitt, P. M. Lefe . s F. Day, 3;'G. M. Hamlin, J. E." W "’ Rose, G. ,A.afliuen. 234 T. Ealioli, 2; T. A. Griffiths, 1'4; H. Downing, 1; William Yeoman, F. A CFarland, F. M. Byrne, J. E. Edwards, Charles 8. Wells, seratch. The handicapping .throughout shows careful, conscientious work, and there gurely will be no complaints on that score. population of | There should be a great contest among the | scratch men, as some of the fastest road riders on the coast as on that mark. T, S. -ing over the Hall of the Bay City Wheelmen is entered but will be unable to ride as he is ill. ‘There will be a great race from the six- minute mark between H. V. Ready and H. A. Goddard of the Bay Citys. A great deal of rivalry exists between these two as to which is the faster road rider,and to-mor- Tow’s race is looked to to decide theques- tion. T. A. Gnffiths, with & 1}4 minutes’ bandicap, will make a fast race of it. He won the event three years ago from the 12- minute mark. G. M. Hamlin, holder of the world’s five-mile road record, and J. E. Wing, winner of time-prize in the big 10- mile race last year, have 23 minutes hand- icap. The race is a hard one.owing to the distance and will try the endurance of the best men. The course to be ridden over is in splendid condition, and if the weather remains fair it is expected the event will be the best ever held by the association. The officials who will serve at the race are as follows: Referee—Harlow H. White. Judges—J. B. Lamkin. G. C. C.; F. H. Kerri- gan, B. C. W.; E. B. Jerome, R._A. C. Adams, 0. C. W. . H. Tooker, 1. C.C.; Harvey, C. C.; Sol Peiser, S.F.R. C.; Neece, A. C. W, Timers—George P. Wetmore, B. C. W.; J. S. Lewis, 8. F. R. C.; T. W. Sharm, A. C. W.: J. Kitchen Jr., A. C. W.; George H. S H. D. Hadenfeldt, 0. C. W. C. Starter—Dewitt Van Clerk—J. F. Han Court, Acme. cock, B.C. W. W.; W. I Pi C. H. osgrm[,‘e&c W €.C.; W. 0. Johnson, C. C. C. Call'B. C. Marshals—Chief, R. L. Long, B: C.W. Brouillet, A. C. W.; J. H. Wright, 4 W. Flanagan, P. C, C.; H. Oeinze, O'Malley, 8. F. R. C.; J. . Dawson, I McCarthy, 1. C. C.; E. J. Hugb, . C. W. urke, C, C. C.; F. 8. Andy Buazalena, P, C. C.; Frank Lowe, W. C. C.; William Finigan, A.C.W.; O. R. Sterling, 8. F. R. C. In selecting officials it is customary to divide the honorsawmong the various clubs belonging to the association. This has been done in the present instance, with the exception of the Olympic Cyclers, one of the i)urgest clubs, who have been slighted in_ this respect. The oversight was probably unintentional . however. WANTSTREETS SPRINLED The Merchants’ Association Addresses the Board of Supervisors. A More Efficient System of Keeping Thoroughfares in Order Deemed Necessary. At last night’s meeting of the board of directors of the Merchants’ Association the matter of the proper care of streets was given a monopoly of attention. F.W. Dohrmann, president of the board, occu- pied the chair. The firm of Dodge, Sweeney & Co., Lievre, Fricke & Co., Miller, Sloss & Scott and the Union Ice Company were ad- mitted to membership in the association. The committee on street-cleaning re- ported that in general the sireets had been satisfactorily swept, but recommended that the operation be performed more fre- 2uently on certain portions of Dev isadero, ‘ulton, Grove, Fell, Clementina and Teha- ma streets. As to Van Ness avenue, an at- tempt will be made to secure the employ- ment of a special crew, whose duty it shall be to sweep that thoroughfare at least three times a week, the present weekly sweeping being regarded altogether insufficient. Complaints were also made as to the present system of sprinkling streets. Public money for the purpose was said to be in the City treasury, but the citizens were paying ~individually for sprinkling. Several large property-owners were reported to have expressed a deter- mination to discontinue all special pay- ments for street sprinkling and let the dust fly until the City should make the requisite provision for a systematic sprinkling system. After some discussion upon the subject the board adopted a set of resolutions, to be embodied in a communication to the Board of Supervisiors, urging some action in the matter, The resolutions were as follows: Resolved, By the Merchants' Association of San Francisco and the 825 representative busi- ness firms of this City, who within three davs signed the petition sent to your board on the 1st inst., that we earnestly request your honor- able board to advertise at once for bids for street-sprinkling. Resolved, That in the nane of the taxpayers of San Francisco, who have already paid in the last levy their pro rata of increased taxes for sprinkling the public streets, wa protest against paying again for this work. Resolved, That we hereby enter our deter- mined protest against any proposed diversion to_any other purpose of the specific funds set aside ‘and now available for sprinkling the public streets of this City. Resolved, That under present conditions we will no longer bear the unequal and unjust burden of a private tax for sprinkling public streets, and hereby respectfully notify ur honorable board that the entire responsibility maust be borne by you in case no sprinkling is hereafter done. Resolved, That these resolutions, duly certi- fied, be forwarded at once to the clerk of the Board of Supervisors and an official copy be delivered 1o each member of said board. Resolutions were also adopted whereby the association pledged itself to meet and co-operate with several other societies in a convention to be held March 3, in which convention the question of public high- ways will be consiaered. A communication, signed by a number ot leading merchants, recommended that the public school vacation commence on July 1 of each year, and notin the middle of June, as at present. The existing sys- tem is said to cut into the summer season, causing more or less inconvenience in business circles. Another communication stated that a majority of the leading busi- ness houses had determined to_close their doors on Washington’s birtbday. Both communications were placed on iile. Be- fore adjournment the president announced that at the association quarterly meeting in March the proposea charter would come up for consideration. It is understood that the association is in favor of the char- ter. Rt T A BREAK FOR LIBERTY. George Moran, an Ex-Convict, Enlivens the Proceedings in Judge Con- lan's Court. - George Moran, an ex-convict, was the vause of enlivening the proceedings in Judge Conlan’s court yesterday morning by making a desperate attempt to regain his liberty. Wednesday afternoon Moran stole a hat from a buggy which was standing in front of Gruenbagen's confectionery store, 22 Kearny street. Policeman J.” H. F‘lgnn arrested him and Moran dropped the hat. As Flynn stooped to pick itup Moran drew a razor outof his pocket and made a slash at Fiynn’s neck. Moran ran along Geary street guuued by Flynn, who over- took him at Grant avenue. ~ He was taken to the California-street station and chlrggd with petty larceny and assault to murder. He had just been placed in the dock yesterday morning with the other prison- ers when he sprang over the iron railing and made a dash for the door. Policemen Behan and Boyd rushed after him and caught him as he collided with a citizen who was entering the courtroom. He struggled fiercely to get away, but was overpowered and manacled. He was sen- tenced to six months in the County Jail for stealing the hat, and held to answer before the Superior Court in $1000 bonds for assault to murder, About a year ago Moran made a similar attempt to escape from Judge Low’s court- room. He jumped out of the dock and through the open window and was climb- %arn.pel to jump to the court- oliceman” Wallace grabbed ard when im. NEW TO-DAY. It ain’t a bit surprising to see people standing four and five abreast in the big Hat Department any day in the week and at any hour of the day, much to the hatters’ chagrin—much to your profit and pleasure. The Big Store does the hat business of the town. It sells the most fashionable hats, the newest blocks, the cleverest goods at the tiniest prices, and that’s why it does the hat business of the town. The picture above shows you the “Tourist,” our very newest in a soft hat; awfully clever. It comes in Otter, Silver Gray, Havana Brown and Black. Hatters hold the same hat at $2. At the Big Store, in its Big Hat Department, at —985c— . PHAEL'S (INCORPORATED). The Frisco Boys, 9,11,13,15 KEARNY ST THAT, IN BICYCLES, THE LIST PRICE DOES NOT ESTABLISH GRADE. &===The policy of this Co. is “Live and Let Live.” The WAVERLEY is sold for $85, and at the same time is guaranteed te be the high. est of all high grades. CATALOGUE FREE. AGENTS WANTED. INDIANA BICYCLE CO. J. 8. 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