The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 23, 1896, Page 13

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, S INDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1896 13 Interesting Report of Important Up-to-Date News Items in Alameda County ST, MARY'S CLASS OF 'o7 It Renders Some Patriotic Ex- | school | triotism. 1h hildren are not lacking in pa- The prograrame embraced the mn “‘America,” recitations by Miss H. ldmore and Miss E. Lindemann; song, ‘‘Star-spangled Banner'’; recitation, “The Boys We Need,” by C. Barry, H. Scholten and A. H. Durne; recitation, “Crossing tl{: Delaware,” ~ Miss (}‘:’ H 5““;‘4" % “Wasnington’s Christmas Pa primary ercises at the Col- { classes; recitation, acro wshington) | essay, Miss F. Scholten; n lege. Through Georgia”; recitation, “H Years™; essay, Miss M. Coughlin; recits tion and song, “Red, White and Blue 1"ecin “My Native Flag,” Miss T. M CL dermott; song, he Violets EVER YOUNG ORATORS.|poreoifi soug, ilhe WViols Senlly and I.Sken; song, o Free”; address, Miss M. Coughiin; song, ¢ 5 *‘Mount Vernon Belis.” A Large Audience Agreeably Enter- Choral Society Organized. tained With Varied Music ALAMEDA, Car., Feb. 22—A choral and Speaking. 9058 Broadwa; | hallat St. Mary’s College | Humphrey, Inaes and Pollard have been crowded to its relatives and friends of the dents, patriotic and highly interest- mme. The exercises were by or Literary Society, class of a credit to those who had ch: Me: lobert J. Drady, John J. Greeley, William A. Hughes, Bernard J. Flood, Joseph J. Hooson, Thomas H. Richardson, J. Wi liam Solen and William F. Murph The room had been very beautifully de: orated with bu the J nd were 1 There was also gr to the attractiveness of the scene. college orchestra opened the pro Wwith the “Columbia March,” by met. Thomas H. Ric the day, made a very pleasing address of welcome to those who had gathered to lis- ten to the efiorts of the students, J. W. Solen and R. G. Drady a ve; tistic manner Par: o Bailors,” as a duet. The recitation, “The Midnight Mass”” (White) by William A. Hughes, was rendered in & manner that won the young man hearty applause. This was followed by a solo by J. W Solen, his selection g ‘“‘Me: Childhood” (Graham). It appeared ike a very responsive chord, as the recailed him. t of the three ity with which he rendered The college . J. W. Solen, . G. Drady and . J. d of Bunker Hill” afterpicce to the During the interlude the orchestra rendered (Wiegand). Hooson, the second orator of ng to speak, gave that grand Beecher’s to “The American er that thrilled the entire ceessful rendition of the t of ap- een very gratify- ffe rendered as ncore. J. Willi s to app 1b d in a most masterly It aits, his thoughtfulness for others, abhorrence for all 1is love and patriot- antr. ed to his hear: s to do ns at all 1d not ar, hatred or prejudice. y applauded as he took his orcht Jr. followed with Japriccioso” (Mendelssohn). Drady gave as a recitation the utmost capacity to- | by tne friends of the institution and visiting clergy, to listen to a | nting, flags, shields and | . pictures of Washington, as well as of a | mous generals of the late | een foliage, potted | vlants and cut flowers in profusion to add | The Schram- dson, president of They, | was a eulogv of Washington’s | v above all other things. | society has been formed in Alameda with eighty members. F. P. Rn:‘la has been chosen president; Edward Bckert, tr urer; George Innes, secretary; E. D. Crandall, leader, and Mabel Jones, accom- st. F. H. McCormick, Mrs. C. E. Naylor Stratton, Ro; nd Me hosen to act as an eXecutive committe The first_composition taken up for study “The Rose Maiden,” a cantata, which v nted in public when suf- Meetings will be held 3 Tuesday eveni P e Ser: ALAMEDA, CarL., Feb. 22.—A National | p rvice will given at the Con- | gregational church by the chorus choir, under the leadership of E. D. Crandall, | Sunday evening. Interesting features of | the service will | Miss M. Williams_and Dr. Humphrey, consisting of National hymns and an- There will also be & male chorus, | thems. 9 hee, O Count The pastor, Rev. vill take for his subject, JUL BRERK AT CAKLME | Two Prisoners Succeeded in Es- | caping From the Old City Hall, Thieves Serving Six Month Sentences Got Away on Friday Night. OAKLAND OFFICE SaN I 500 CATL, ) 908 Broadway, § Charles Reisart and William Anderson, two men serving six-month sentences as petit larceny thieves, cut their way out of the city prison and escaped last night. The first intimation that the prisoners | were not all 1n their regular places was when Night Prison-keeper Swain went to the kitchen at 5 o’clock this morning to awake the trusties so that they might be- gin the preparation of the morning meal. On opening the door he saw that the room was vacant and a moment later saw a hole in the wall where they had cut their way to liberty. The kitchen of the City Priscn is a small | cubbyhole off the main corridor and over- looking on one side a yard that is reached from the jail by a flight of wooden ste | four in number. This is inclosed by a | fence ten feet high, studded with nails. | This yard opens into another by a door | which leads to the corporation yard. The | police patrol wagon stable adjoins this in- | ner yard at the north. The prisoners had | at 0dd moments and on various nights cut | a hole three by two feet in size in the old | wall that acts as a foundation for the building. They chose a spot beneath a | large copper cooking: boiler. The filling | between the blocks was nothing more than soft, crumbling lime. The two cooks had worked this out with knives, hiding the refuse in an ash-barrel | in small quantities, so as not to excite any [Reproduced from photographs.] J. W. SOLEX ERCISES AT ST. MARY’S COLLEGE. “Death of Benadict Arnold” (Lippard), in a pleasing manner, J. L. Jaunet, J. W. Solen and H. J. Swords rendered *G Restless Sea’’ (White), and Bernard J. Flood recited The Dandy Fifth” (Gas. | ay). The programme closed with the ouvenir Quickstep” by the orchestra. STORYOF GOLD WATCH Two Alameda Boys Offer One for Sale and Disclose a Theft. Patriotic Entertainment by Pupils of otre Dame Academy—New Cheral Society. 29, ALAMEDA, Car., Feb. 22.—On Friday two boys, Milton Blake and John Powell, attracted attention on Park street by their | efforts to sell a gold watch. The boys were nine years of age and it was manifest at once such a thing to dispose of. The police took the boys in charge and questioned them as to where they obtained the time- viece. Their stories were improbable and contradictory. They were sent home and the waich retained until their purents could be conferred with, when it was ex- pected that information would be obtained as to the rightful owner. itturned out that the watch belonged to Mrs. Miller of 1323 Santa Clara avenue. from her residence by the Blake boy, who sccompanied his mother on a visit to the iler home. The first intimation the mother had of the incident was when 1n- quiry was made by the police as to the rship of the watch. Ithough young ! years, the Blake boy has caused his arents a great deal of trouble and worry through his waywardness. riotic Entertainment. ALAMEDA, Car., Feb. 22.—Yesterday afternoon the pupils of Notre Dame Acad- emy gave a patriotic entertainment at that they could not properly have | It was taken | suspicion. They squeezed through thi | dperture and once in the inner court had little difficulty in'scaling the fence adjoin- ing the patrol-wagon stable, An officer whowas on duty was not disturbed. Foot- printsin the soft earth show plainly where they landed outside the fence and started off toward Fifteenth street. Pho- | tographs and descriptions of the men have | been sent out. The'old jail has been considered unsafe for <ome time and is not in condition to hold any clever crooks for any length of time. Anderson’s term would have ex- pired April 28 and Reisart’s on May 11. Shakespeare in London. . Shakespeare “came to London,” entered, in fact, iuto eternal fame through its gates. Why he came, or precisely when, |18 largely a matter of conjecture. Over this, as over so much of his life, lies a veil that he himself never chose to :ll!_l. That he &%as poor is cer- | tain, and _higlxldy Rrobnble that he was | < quite uniriende Whether he had any consciousness or persuasion of his almost miraculous gifts we can only guess. The | impulse that led him there cannot have | been altogether due to chance or whim; but that he could nave foreseen the splen- | did result is aitogether impossible. Like | many a less-gifted mortal, he sustained | the struggle of hope and fear. The fiit folio of his plays sells to-day for a large sum of money; but let us imagine a ro. mance worth twenty islands of treasure. Suppose some one, wrenching away a shaky panel in an old house in Warwick- shire, came upon a concealed cupvoard, wherein lay, thick with the dust of 300 vears, a roll of manuscript, curled and yel- { low with age. And suppose that, on un- | folding it, he found it bore the title ‘ The | Life of Me, William Shakespeare.”” Here | surely would be a record of unparaileled interest, and chiefly the chapter which ! should tell of how he came to London. Tuink of what that step was to him, con- sider the power of his mind, imagine it at the age of 50, looking back with calm un- ruffled ‘insight on its own history as a d=ama, and then reflect what he, Shake- speare, could say about that youthful entry into London, and how depict it. A King's ransom could not buy the chapter, and a temple would be a poor place to house it.— Chambers’ Journal. —————— the academy on Chestnut street. The pur- Pose was to show that Catholic schools and People of melancholic temperament ravely have clear blue eyes, ROMANCE OF A SAILOR, His Caprices With Marriage In- volved Him in Frequent Difficulties. BURIED UNDER A FALSE NAME. The Many Heirs Are Preparing to Battle to a Finish With the Widow. OAXLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,) 508 Broad way, Feb. The heirs of Captain William I Wilson, who resided at West Oakland, declare that there is no proof that the old seaman is dead, and they are making preparations to begin a legal battle for his estate. The story as told by William G. C. Pitt, one of the nephews, is full of romance. The relatives of the presumably dead man are: Charlotte Heartwig, a sister, residing in San Jose; William D. Evans, Richard Wilson, on the ground that both were dead. The relatives hunted for proof but could find none. The nearest they could find was thatof ‘William J. Williams, aged 71 years, native of England, retired sed captain.’ The grave was found at Peta- luma, twenty miles from where he died. Priscilla Burch, or as she cails herself, Priscilla Wilson, kept to herself the news of the captain’s death for four years and then buried the remains under a false name. The heirs are now on the warpath. They have pooled their interests and in- tend to fight Mrs. Priscilla Burch or Wilson to the end."” : Installation of Knights, OAKLAND, Car., Fe —The follow- ing officers of Liberty Division, First Regi- ment, U. R. K. of P'., were installed Friday evening in Castle Hall by Colonel Abbott: W. H. H. Hussey, sir knight captain; A. Fango, sir knight first lieutenant; ¥, 0. Walgreen, sir knight second lieutenant; W. W. Moare, sir knight recorder; M. Jonas, sir knight treasurer. Coming Attractions. OAKLAND, Cst., Feb. 22—The music lovers of this city are intererested in the engagement of the Tavary Opera Com- pany for the coming week at the Mac- douough Theater, and a big rush is ex. pected at the opening of the sale to-mor- row (Monday) morning. ‘‘Carmen” will be given Wednesday evening, “Bohemian Girl” for Thursday matinee and “Trova- tore” Thursday evening. March 4 A. M. Falmer’s “Trilby’” Company. March 6 and 7 Nellie McHenry in‘‘A Bicycle Girl,” March 9, week, Freaerick Warde in reper- 22, H.-Pitt, Elizabeth Pitt-Hodges and Wil- toire. LAKE MERRITT REGATTA An Immense Crowd Witnesses the First Races of the Season. MANY CLOSE HEATS ROWED, South Ehd Beats the University and Dr. Denniss Captures the Skiff Race. 0AxLAND OrFricE Sax Francisdh Canr.) 908 Broadway, Feb. 22. | Over 8000 people lined the shores of Lake Merritt this afternoon to witness the open- ing rowing reeatta of the season, held un- der the auspices of the Alameda Boat Club. The weather was all that could be de- sired for a rezatta, scarcely a zephyr dis- turbing the placid waters of the lake, The races, which were over a mile course, with a turn, were exciting in each instance, and the oarsmen merited all the applause they received from the onlookers. Considerable trouble was experienced AKE MERRITT BLAT HUu: [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] TR conttin | The South Ends Leading the University Crew in the Race at Lake Merritt. liam G. C. Pitt, of San Francisco, besides - a number of relatives residing in England, Australia and British Columbia, all of whom intend to make a strong fight at the proper time. One of the earliest events in the strange career of Captain Wilson oc- curred when the Duncan Bank closed its doors in San Francisco in 1879. Wilson bad $100,000 on deposit, and at the point of a pistol he compelled Duncan to turn over to a trustee named Bradley 350 lots in the Haley & O’Neill Tract in South San Francisco. ‘“The most singular affair in connection with the history of Captain Wilson,” said Mr. Pitt to-day, “is that no one is able to establish the death of the ancient mariner The only guide we have to go by isa rather suspicious entry in the death rec- ords of Sonoma County, which sets forth that one Captain William J. Williams died at Santa Rosa, December 30, 1891, “The romantic history of Wilson dates as far back as 1849, when he met and mar- ried his wife Jessie in New Haven, Conn. He followed the sea for a living and a year later found him in California, having left his young wife behind. Two yearsin the mines enabled him to return with about $3000. The meeting between husband and wife is said to have been pleasant, and he urged her to accompany him west, but she firmly refused to do so. He returned to the coast alone and drifted into the Aus- tralian and New Zealand cattle trade, and finally became wealthy. “He owned several ships and bought and sold his own cargoes. While commanding one of his own ships he carried as a pessenger a lady named Mrs. Priscilla Burch, a grass widow, and as a result of the acqugintance formed at sea the t wo became fast friends. During a hurricane the couple without resorting to the formal- ity of a divorce plighted their troth and then lived as man and wife for twenty years. When the cattle trade proved to be no longer profitable the couple went into the wheat-carrying tiade between Europe and San Yrancisco. At different times they owned the ships Olivia Cautts, Monetti and Oregon. “In 1870 they settled down and selected Oakland as their home. About this time a couple of married sisters came to visit him. One of them was Mrs. Heartwig, now of San Jose, who came from New Haven, where the captain’s abandoned wife resided. They beseeched him to send for his wife, but he refused to do this, and so they sent for her. When she discovered the state of affairs she soon obtained a divorce and $50,000. Captain Wilson then repented of his double love and so he re- courted his divorced wife and they re- married. “After a time Mrs. Wilson brought a new suit for a division of the community property without a divorce. The captaln was charged with nearly every crime in the calendar, and spent much time either in court or in jail. Sixteen years were spent in litigation and then the wife died, | and had it not been for her attorney, Fisher Ames, she would have been buried in a pauper’s grave. She left behind her a | legacy in the shape of her attorney’s fees, which suit is still pending against Wilson. This suit proved a source of annoyance to Wiison, and in order to evade it he fled, and his property -has been transferred so often that its ownership is now doubtful. Among his possessions were 350 lots in the O'Neil & Haley Tract, South San Fran- cisco, three houses and six lots at West Oakland, a fruit ranch in Sonoma Valley, a house and lot in Petaluma and personal property said to be worth $100,000. “On leaving Oakland he joined Mrs. | Priscilla Burch and resided for a time at Santa Rosa. Wilson was & remarkably well preserved man and the announce- ment of his death was a surprise. The de- mise was not known till about a year ago, when one Miller filed a motion in the Su- perior Court of Alameda County asking IHJURED AT THE PARADE Miss McKinery May Succumb to Effects of a Fall on Filbert Street. Her Strange Hysterical Ravings—Four Men Required to Control the Struggles of the Girl. OaxLAND OrFice SAN FRANCISCO Carry, 908 Broadway, Feb. 22. } Miss Kate McKinery of 2010 Filbert street may die from injuries received while waiting to see the parade. She was standing on Broadway, in front of the Union Savings Bank, with her fathér in a large crowd, when he decided to move to another location. He started and called to her to ‘‘come on.” 8he moved back- ward a step or two and it is supposed struck the curb. Anyhow she fell back- ward, striking her head on an iron post and then on the stone'pavement., She lay stunned for a while, but recovered suffi- ciently to walk away. She was taken to L. W. Wheeler's residence, on Harrison street, where she soon became hysterical. All day long she remained in the condi- tion in spite of all efforts to relieve her. About 9 o’clock to-night she quieted down and an attempt was made to get her home in a gurney. When the corner where she was hurt was reached she became hyster- ical again and jumped out of the carriage, and had to be taken to Diber t & Co.’s drug- store, where opiates were given to quiet her. Tke poor girl’s screams attracted a great crowd, who believed some one had been badly injured. Every effort to move her was resisted and the combined strength of four men could not get her into a carriage ‘until a late hour. Tt is feared her brain has been injured. Dr. Hamlin wascalled to attend the girl, bklt he could find nothing tnat would indicate any serious injury, but her condition was such as to cause great un- easiness. i While she was in the drugstore she would cry out: ‘“The girl will (fie, I know the poorgirl is going to die, oh what will Ido? Iwould take the medicine myself to save the poor girl.” She seemed to have something on her mind which was giving her great uneasi- ness. When questioned her sister ‘said the girl had sdid so many gueer things in her “hysterical moments' during the day that none of the family could understand. It is the opinion of her friends that some mysterious secret is on the girl’s mind and that she is suffering far more from that than from her injuries. *‘Joe” Could Understand English. Several years ago I had a beloved mon- grel fox-terrier named Joe. We were stay- ing some months at Penzance and the dog | went everywhere with us and knew the place well. One day we were, as usnal in the afternoon, on the club tennis ground, when the secretary came up and warned me that on the jollowing .day, as there was to be a tournament, no dogs would be admitted to the in- closure. I promised to shut Joe up at home. That evening we missed the dog, and in the morning also he was not to be seen. When we went to look on at the tournament in the afternoon we found Joe waiting fer us; the ground man told us that the dog had been there all night, and would not allow himself to be caught. He had never slept out before, and he cer- tainly must have understood what was said. ‘We often used to say, “We will drive to such a place to-day, but Joe must stay at home,” and almost invariabiy, in what- ever direction it might be, before we had driven a mile, we found Joa waiting for us by the roadside; he. alwai'os rinneg when we came up with him.—Lon on Spectator. Joseph Mayer, the actor in the passion play at Oberammergau, who took the role of Christ, has met with an accident for a dismissal of the suit of Wilson vs. which necessitated the amputation of one of his legs.. ° with small boats and sailing craft that kept constantly getting in the course of the rowers, but outside of this difficulty everything was carried out without a hiteh, and, taking it all in all, the first re- gatta of the season was a pronounced suc- cess that will live long in the memory of the rowing contingent. The boat houses on the edge of the lake were decorated with fla gs and the numer- ous yachts which plied to and fro with their sails spread gave the regatta an animated appearance. The rowing fraternity from San Fran- cisco was out in force to view the races, and many prominent sports were discern- ible among them, the most conspicuons being Young Mitchell, Alfred J, Fritz, President Humphreys of the P. A. A. and Jules Morton of the Olympic Club. At exactly twenty minutes past 2 referee George Wilson sent the South End senior crew and a University Boat Club. crew over the course for the first race. The South End crew got away to a strag- gling start and getting the lead kept it to the stakebbat, where the University crew evened up with them. After rounding the stake the South Ends put forth their best efforts and crept slowly away from.their opponents and crossed the finish line four lengths ahead. Time, 4:45. 5 The personnel of the two crews is as fol- ows: Z South Ends—Henry Bode, bow; Bob MacArthur, forward waist and captain; Gus Carson, after waist; Frank Duplissea, stroke, and George McGill, boxswain. University—A. D. Smith, bow; N. C. Treu, forward waist; J. L. Wittenmeyer, after waist; W. E. Cole, stroke, and Nel- son Eckart, coxswain. The next event was the outrigger-skiff race between members of the Alameda Boat Club. This race was rowea in heats. In the first heat Fred Ayers defeated J. Lancaster by a boatlen:th; time, 5:48. Dr. Cecil Denniss defeated J. Pembroke in the next heat by three boatlengths; time, 5:55. Between this last heat and the final heat was the single-scull event, in which were entered William McCausland of the South End Club, champion junior single sculler of the coast, and Samuel J. Pembroke of the Alameda Club, the champien outrigger- skiff oarsman of the coast. This wce attracted considerable atten- tion, Mr. Pembroke being over 40 years of age and McCausland not yet out of his teens. F. Duplissea was booked for this race, but failed to enter, not having a boat fit to row in. This race was to be the star event of the day, as the sports were anxious to see Duplissea and McCausland match oars, but Duplissea’s failing to enter took all the ginger out of it. The race was won by McCausland by four lengths. Time, 6:05. Pembroke made a pameraceof it, but his boat was inferior to his opponent’s boat, which is one of Peterson’s racing shells. Z For the final heat of the outriggers Dr. Cecil Denniss and Fred Ayers lined up. The race was rowed over one-half of the course, the rowers starting from the stake boat and finishing at the starting point. Dr. Denniss was victorious in tbis heat, thereby winning the outrigger race of the day. Xfler this event followed the barge race between two crews from the Alameda Cinb of the following mnnqx%: % Crew No. 1—Alfred Bullion. J. Pem- broke, W. B. Henchmann, Dr. Denniss and J. Bull, coxswain. Crew No. 2—Fred Ayers, A. Bangs, W. G. Hanson, A. Webb and W. Steinmetz. The race was won by the latter crew. Time, 6:18. - In this race the following crew from the South Ends, Al. Fritz, E. Scully, J. Ma- honey, Charles Cutter and E. Lenahan, in the barge Blister, followed the racers over the course and made an interesting finish with the leaders. This race closed the day’s programme. 3 he officials of the regatta were: Ref- eree, George Wilson; judges, Ed. Scully, Al. Rodgers and Leander Stevenson; judges atstake boat, J, Fickett and George l:nswn; timekeepers, N. Sullivan and W. Barry. The success of this regatta is all due to Mr. 8. J. Pembroke of the Alameda Club, and the universal opinion of the oars- men is that Lake Merritt is admirably sit- uated for boat racing and that the future regatias should be held there. > PIERCED WOOD AND SKIN. Extraordinary Success st Berkeley With the Keen Cathode Ray. BERKELEY, Car., Feb. 22 —Some very successful experiments with cathode Tay photography ook place to-day at the University of California under the super- vision and personal direction of Professors Cory, Christy, Slate and Instructors Le Conte and Drew. The work done to-day Was a continuation of that commenced yesterday, only on a grander and more scientific scale. Tq—day the experimemalisrmd at their service apparatus more suited to the suc- cessful accomplishment of tests than yes- terday and the experience which they had gained in former attempts served them to a good purpose in the efforts of to-day. One thing which made the tests to-day of such remarkable success was the fact that they had in use a number of original Crooke’s tubes. Yesterday they used t_wenty-six plates at an exposure of twenty- five minutes when tie one Crooke's tube which they used failed on account of the unsteadiness of the electrical current. The negative was under-exposed, but it showed clearly shadows of an iron und platinum spatule, a coil and a coin, and a faint shadow of the wooden base of the tube. In the other experiments yesterday incandescent and genicler tubes were used. It was discovered soon, however, that tke Crookes tubes were the only ones with wh ich they could hope to attain success, This morning their efforts were renewed and at the end of five hours’ work photo- graphs equaling almost any that have yet been made by the use of the cathode ray were produced. With the use of the pow- erful electric current furnished by the dynamos in the electrical building, to- gether with the Crookes tubes, which they by chance had on hand, they accom- plished results of the most Hatiering nature. An ordinary purse belonging gto Dr. Joseph Le ‘Conte containing several coins of small denomination was placed in front of the ray. After an exposure of one hour the photographic plate showed the coins within and the metallic clasp with remarkable distinctness, while the leathern purse 1tself appeared as a mere dark haze. A dead gopher was also taken, and, after an exposure for a period of time equal to that expended on the purse, the plate showed the skeleton of the rodert with al- most periect clearness, while the hair, skin and fleshy part appeared asif made of gauze. Following these, photographs were taken threugh wood of various kinds, and through a number of metals, such as platinum, gallium, aluminum and sal- injum. In making these experiments a large in- duction coil was used without make and break piece current sent through the primary. No make aud break piece was used at all, but an alternating current of 100 volts pressure. The Westinghouse al- ternate pressure of 1000 volts’ current fur- nished by the dynamos was led overto a pair of transformers, This reduced the pressure to 100 volts. The 100-volt alternating current led to the primary of.the induction coil. The sec- ondary of the induction coil was connected to each end of the Crookes tubes. The 100- volt alternating current was varied at wiil by a resistance which-counid vary the eifect in the tube. This was used in the alter- nating primary circuit, The apparatus taken altogether was very simila1 to that used by Roentgen, with the exception that an alternating current instead of an interrupted current was used. The diffi- culty found with the. interrupted current which was used yesterday was that the spark at the breakpiece was too violent and caused the destruction of the tubes. Before the finul and most successful ex- periment yesterday was finished the tube broke with an exposure of only twenty-nve orthirty minutes. To-day with the alter- nating current and the Crookes tube sev- eral exposures of over an hour were made. An attempt was made to photograph the skeleton of a fish, but the ray went through its body with such intensity that it ap- veared perfectly transparent. Dr. Joseph Le Conte said that this result was due to the imperfectly calcitied bones of the fish, The experimenters considered them- selves fortunate in having on hand a number of Crookes tubes, for they realize that the results of their work would not have been near so successful without them. The tubes were secured by Dr. John Le Conte fourteen or tifteen years ago and lay unused in the storeroon: until yesterda; An attempt was made to photograph ca bonic acid, with a view to determining the relative density between it and other sub. stances of a similar nature, but the e periment was without satisfactory result: Those directly interested in the pursu- ance of the experimental work with the cathode ray at the university are mosten- thusiastic in their remarks concerning tiie results already accomplished and the pros- pects which lie before them. *WWe have made a good start,”” said Dr. Le Conte to-night, *‘and there seems to be no reason why we cannot do just as succss- ful work with our apparatus as any one anywhere else. We have most excellent electrical service and as for the machinery and all the accessory apparatus, it is at our disposal. We will in all probability prosecute our work vigorously. I think we will take it up again next Monday where wel eit off to-day.” THE EASTERN DOGS WOM, Sport at the Opening Meet of the Interstate Coursing Club. A Sixteen Dog Stake at Ocean View Park To-Day With Some . Crack Entries. The members of the recently reorgan- ized Interstate Coursing Club and quite a number of their friends spent a pleasant day yesterday watching the running that took place in the inaugural meeting of the club at Newark Coursing Club. As the entrjes in the meetings of this club are limited to the dogs of members, the affair was somewhat exclusive, which tended to make the crowd smaller than it would otherwise have been. The day was perfect and the groundsin fine condition, barring a slight hardness, that was rather trying on the feet of the dogs. Interest in the affair was heightened by the fact that E. H. Mulcaster, the Eastern coursing enthusiast, was on hand with some of his best dogs, and the sportsmen present were all agog to see what showing they would make with. the California hounds. In previous meetings the East- ern dogs have not shown up very well. Yesterday the case was different, however, for Mulcaster’s dogs made marks of their opponents. ¥ Foliowing is the result of the run-down: J. H. Rosseter’s Pocahontas beat Robinson & Peyton’s Lass o’ Gowrie; J. R. Dickson’s Ce- milla beat T. Butler's Susie; M. Curtis’ Lady Campbell beat J. H. Rosseter’s Santa Alicia; James Deane’s’ Livingston beat M. Traynor's Kate Krogin; T. J. Healy’s Let Her B beat M. Curtis’ Cleverness; H. Bpring’s Bennie Belle beat Robinson & Peyton’s Red Rover. First ties—Pocahontas peat Camilla, Lady C-mfibeubeat (Livingston, Bonnie Belle beat Let Her B. The old dog stake was then taken up lmd carried through the run-down as fol- ow: H. G. Layng's Miller's Maid beat Robinson & Peyton’s Royal Daisy, E. H. Mulcaster’s Fear Not beat John Perigo’s Wee Lassie, P. J. Reilly’s Eelipse beat M. Traynor's Whip (formerly May Tea Boy), H. H. Devine's Stonewll Jackson beat J. R. Dickson's Hercules, T. Coomey’s Right Bower a bye, George Watson's Belmont beat M. Traynor's Valley Maid, P. J. Reflly’s Jimmy Rix beat J, McCormack’s Rapid, M. curtis’ Ruby beat T. P. McInerny’s Little ‘Ban Shee, Robinson & Peyion's Daisy beat’ D. J. Healy’s "Applause, Layng’s Royal Buck beat M. H. Shee- ‘han’s’ Dynamite, J. F. Grace's beat D.Sharnon's Tydarent (former! light), D. Shannon’s Flying Buck b Smith’s Manuka, Jumes Byrnes’ Seminole beat P.W.Sheehan’s’ Banjo, J. H. Halton’s Kitty Scott beat 8. E. Portal's Laurclwood (formerly Elmwooa), D. Dillon’s Lady Fitzgerald heat T. J. McHugh's Sculptress, M. Curtis’ West Side beat P.J. Reilly’s Dottie Dimple, J. H. Rosseter's Wayfarer beat T.J. Cronin’s Reli- ance, Robinson & Peyton’s Master Glenkirk beat Henry Spring’s Bill Nye, Tbomes Cox’s Sam beat M. Rodgers’ Sly Boy, E. IL Mul- caster’s Kirk Glen beat T. J. Cronin's Best frum P. McInerny’s Roval Fellow beat P. Keily's Jack, Robinson beat James Byrnes' Mohawk, D. J. Healy's Moondyne beat T. McDonald’s Lissak. _To-day the three puppies left in will de- cide where the prizes belong, and the ties of the oid-dog stake will be furnished. Sixteen clever dogs—among them W. Shields’ Regent, W. D). Murphy’s Lord Clifton, T. Nunan's Yreka, J. J. Edmunds’ Vida Shaw, C. Evans’ Dashaway, A. Mer- rill's Snowbird, Villa kennel’s Tempest, J. J. Larkey’s Spinaway, J. J. Edmunds’ Valley Queen, J. Sexs: and Vilia kennel's Elect Ocean View coursing park to-day for good prizes, and a splendid day’s sport is an- ticipaied. & Peyton’s Banker HOTEL ARRIVALS. 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