The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 6, 1896, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1896. GHASTLY DENS N CHINATOWN, Where the Dying and the| Dead Inhabit the Same | Quarters. 3 THE TAI PENG FONG. Mongolian Deadhouses Where | Paupers Are Sent to Die in Horror. “CHAMBERS OF TRANQUILLITY.” | Morgue and Hospital in One—Interior | Views of Some Chinese Under- takers’ Shops. atown has a dark, tragic picture | h the white light of publicity | before been flashed. It stly in its details that the Chinatown guide never dares | it to bis best patrons, or to those gk most show | City official or member of the Board of The gentlexhsn is well known for his t';bur- itable work, especially in the Chinese quarter, and it is merely for the sake of not retarding his usefulness in this direc- tion that his name is omitted here. It may be obtained, however, by any Health who doubt the correctness of the facts as stated. Recently this gentleman, accompanied by a CALL reporter, made a tour of Chinatown for the purpose of lo- cating and visiting these “Chambers of Tranquility,” as the denizens of ‘th'e quar- ter call them. The report of their investi- gations is given in the former’s words as follows: It is time the attention of the Board of Health was called to those chambers of hor- rorson Pacific street, euphemistically called Tai Peng Fong—‘‘chambers of ll‘Bquli!- jtv.” Of all the abominations of pesti- lence-breeding holes in that malodor- ous quarter these charnel-houses are the ciimax. No wonder & Chinaman buries his face in his sleeve and gets a move on as he passes by at night. He smell ghosts. We visited these ghoulish hovels & few days 8go. Passing down Jackson street we stopped to watch a sick Chinaman being carried out of a basement and dumped with ail his belong- ings into AN express-wagon. “Wha' fo’ so fashion?’ I inquired of the Chinese inmates, already beaming with satis- faction at having rid themselves of & dissgree- able burden. “Oh,” said one fellow, “he alla same tramp, he nob'long my take care, send 'm to h tal.” We pondered awhile over thisreply. A hospital in Chinatown! Where could be? Who ever heard of such a place? The driver whipped up his horse, and the wagon started | off at a quick pace, the poor wretch inside | vainly endeavoring to steady himself while | being rattled over the rough cobblestones. Only a Chinese tramp. Rattle his bones over the stones, He's only a pauper that nobody owns.” Curious to know where this so-called Chinese hospital was situated, we started off on a run to follow the wagon. It halted near the Chi- over the dead, her lamentations being regu- lated by the amount of money paid her. Far- ther up the street, at 740 Pacific street, was the deadhouse of the Yan Woh or Hakka Com- pany, where a great hullabaloo was going on. A dead Chinaman was being boxed up while a Taoist priest was droning forth his liturgies. On the floor surrounding the coffin were flam- ing wax tapers and several plates of sacrificial meats, including rice, chicken and a erab, offered to appease the dead man’s ghost. At 742 Pacific street was another deadhouse, bearing the sign Tseng Yeong Sho or *“Quiet Nursing Place” of the Yeong Wah Company. Here again was the same daismal hole of squalor, with beds for the dyingand coffius for the dead. Dying Chinese who have no friends to take care of them are invariably brought to these norrible abodes to breathe their last breath, lonely and forsaken. Aslong as a Chinaman is likely to recover, his clansmen will provide hin with bed and food and medical at- tendance in the homes of the living. But woe to the patient who is without blood relations. When the native doctor gives him up. the news spreads. The landlord and fellow-tenants get alarmed and clamor for his removal. Theroom of a dying Chinaman is supposed to be filled with devils; the tables and chairs and beds utter mysterions sounds, which fill the superstitious mind with horror. There are certain ceremonies which are said to drive off these diabolical visitors, but they cost money, and no one will go to this ex- pense on behalf of a stranger. The landlord is alarmed at the prospect of a general exodus of his tenants and an empty, haunted house on his hands. A death happening in his rooms is sufficient to put his house in ceremonial quarantine for twelye months. Thedying man must be packed off. Where? No hospital in San Francisco will take him in. A few vears ago the Chinese merchants raised a large fund to erecta hospital. Plans were drawn up and submitted to the City authorities, but for some reason the Chinese were not permitted to build. Large sums of money are subscribed by missionary societies to erect hospitals in Cbina, but there is no place in the Christan City of San Franciseo where & sick and friendiess China- [IW bc' ( M || | Wi ‘ The Deadhouse of the Hop Woh Company, or “Chamber of Trangquillity,” on Pacific Street. “On one side was a cofin and on either side were trestle beds, one of which contained a sick man, almost within touch of the corpse.” least inclined to be astonished by the ordi- hadowy pictures of the Mongolian labyrinths. It is'that kind of a picture which de- man djectives in its description, and no adjective synonymous with ghastly, hor- rible, awful will be too strong for its de- tails. It is the picture'of the dying and the dead huddled side by side in one rcom, and thata room of filth and gloom and squalor, a room of ghostsand grinning skeletons, of rotting human flesh ana tor- turing souls of men suffering more ago- nies before death than Dante conjurea op for the lost souls after death. These are the Chinatown morgues, or hospitals, and deadhouses combined. They are little rooms at the end of long, foul allevs, where those who are dead and those who are aying lie together until their friends ship their dry bones back to China for burial. There are several of these places in Chinatown. Primarily they are Chinese undertakers, but those who are dying and poor are hauled there as soon as they become helpless and left alone in the chamber of horrors until they, t0o, become corpses. Aside from the gruesome horrors of these dens, there is also a sanitary con- sideration involved. Christian people will shudder at the inhumanity of the spectacle, and perhaps steps will be taken to lesson the tortures of the dying Chinese pauper. But if human sympathy and sentiment should not be strong enough there is the sanitary aspect of the case, which cries aloud for the abatement of such a nuisance as the Chinatown pesthouses. The Board of Health should act, and doubtless will when the whole truth is known to them. Tre Cary has had the matter carefully and thorouzhly investigated by one of the best authorities on Chinatown in the City. | nese undertaker’s, Man Fook On, at 724 Pacific | street. The poor dying heathen was yanked | out of the wagon and carried up & narrow passage and into a room tn the rear of the un- dertaker’s shop. The stench that greeted our nostrils as the door opened was simply sicken- ing. It was a smell suggestive of decomposing human flesh and musty bones. The wagon | quickly deposited its burden and hurried off. We pushed our way into the dismal den. A mummy-faced object hlinked in the light of | the open door and evidently objected to our | visit. The sick man was Leung Al Suey, a Hoy Ping man, and this was the deadhouse of the Hop Woh Company. On one side wasa coffin and on either side were trestle beds, one of which contained the sick man, almost within touch of a corpse. We lighted a candle | that was on the table and lifted the cofhn 1id with a flesh creeping sensation. Inside was & dead Chinaman, his face as black ssacoal. The coffin was stuffed with paper clothes and other articles supposed to be needed by the deceased in the world of shades. The adjoining room was filled with boxes con- taining the bones of Chinese belonging to the Hop Woh Company that had been exhumed in different burial grounds, some having come from the Eastern States ali scraped, washed, sorted and labeled ready for shipment to China, where they would reeeive proper inter- ment in the sepulchers of their fethers, and where those Buddhist and Taoist masses would be said und sacrifices offered to secure their peace in the other world. Some imaginative Chinese boys declare they can hear these hones rattle every midnight. Several other charnel-houses were in the same alley, the one next door south belonging to the Ning Yeung Company and one next door north belonging to the Kong Chau Company. These other doors were locked, but judging from the stench that poured through a broken window of the Kong Chou ossuary worse horrors were inside than those already described. In the basement of the undertaker’s on Pa- cific street was another row of these “‘chambers of peace.” Several coffins were here, and amidst scenes of death was another sick man groaning upon a bed. An old woman kept the place, who made her living by waiting upon the sick and acting as a professional wailer Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report Rl Baki Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE man can breathe his last, except among coffins and boxes of bones in a Chinese char- nel-house. In some cases they are dumped into these hideous “chambers of peace” and left to die unattended, except a peep now and then to see when life is extinet. If money is peid to an attendant’to provide gruel for the dying man it is safe to say that it goes into the pocket of the hardened rascal, who spends little time with his charge. Is tnis strange? What sensible human being would think of living half an hour in such a death- laden atmosphere? And so the poor wretches groan and gasp out their miserable lives un- attended and uncomforted. But a Chinaman has his hopes. He nas no haunting fears of the great unknown. Resignation 1s stamped upon his face. There are good times abend. Already the fumes of roast pork and chicken reach his nose, and soon his ghost shall feed on the fat of the land. Neglected, and often brutally treated while life is ebbing away, his manes will be worshipped to-morrow. Already the burial sacrifices, paper clothes and money, are being got ready for poor Leong. The Six Companies, with a benevolence which we occidentals do not appreciate, pro- vide for these sacrifices. They cannot be ne- glected. When the unfed ghost of a dead Chinaman goes on the rampage he simply raises Cain. Smallpox, fevers and all sorts of calamities are brought about by unpro- pitiated ghosts. So, after all, the dead pauper AT be revenged in that sweet by-and-by when he becomes a god. This is all very well for the dead Chinaman, but meanwhile what can the Board of Health do to protect us from pes- tilence while these fetid charnel-houses are al- lowed to remain in the heart of the City? VERSATILE SPEDON. Clever Sketches and Impersonations at the Young Men’s Christian Association. S. M. Spedon discounted the majority of popular entertainers. His vivid imagination, his versatility and_his fluency greatly pleased a large audience at the Young Men’s Christian Association last evening. He opened the evening’s entertainment with clever crayon sketches of types like the street-corner philosopher, the mati- nee girl with a cartwheel hat, the bicycle irl and the dude. He explained and illustrated the methods by which news- Eapers are illustrated. This was followed y & clever skeich of Mount Hood and vicinity, after which he drew his concep- tion of the Venezuela sitnation, and ended the series of pictures with a hne marine scene, “The Midnight Arrival.” He gave some vood impersonationsof a society favorite of the masculine gender, an old gentleman who had attended services at afashionable church, and some National characteristics. 5 THE BATTLE FOR CLEAN POLITICS Defeat for the Railroad Forgers and Tricksters Appears. MAHONEY REPUDIATED. The Fourth District Committee Will Meet and Organize at Once. MEMBERS ON THEIR POLICY. The Victory of John D. Spreckels Wins Him Many Adherents and Congratulations. The regular Congressional committee of the Fourth District, elected night before last by the votes of seven of the eleven members of the State Central Committee representing that district, will meet for or- ganization to-day or to-morrow and will then proceed to formulate a plan for the primary election for delegates to the State Convention. Meantime, the executive committee of the State Central Committee will hold a meeting. A call for *‘an important meet- ing” of the committee to be held at the rooms of the State Central Committee at 8 P. M. to-day, has been issued by Chairman P. B.Cornwall. The specific purposes of the meeting have not been stated, but it is supposed that some measures relating to the Fifth and Fourth Congressional districts will be offered. The machinations of the railroad politi- cians are becoming more clearly apparent in the affairs of the Fourth District espe- cially. It wasthe railroad influence chat manipulated the underhand proceedings which resulted in the snap meeting of Sat- urday night in the private rooms of Senator J. H. Mahoney in the Baldwin Hotel at which, with the aid of a forged proxy, a Congressional committee pre- pared beforehand was named as the com- mittee which should represent the Repub- licans of the Fourth District, and control the State interests of the Republican party in that district. This railroad scheme has already re- ceived its death blow by the revelation of the forgery of the proxy of Gusiave Mel- sing, which gave the necessary majority, and by the attendant revelations of the tricky manner in which ‘the meeting was called by Senator Mahoney and Martin Kelly, and the cut-and-dried programme which was carried through by a vote of six to four. A majority of the Republicans of the City who have no sympathy or patience with Martin Kelly politics, and who are not ready to recognize the right of Martin Kelly, Senator Mahoney and others of their type to control the party in the in- terests of the railroad company, have al- ready repudiated as far as they might the snap proceedings of last Saturday night. They recognize the legality, fairness and decency of the meeting and action of a majority of the State Central Committee of night before last; the fact that the com- mittee then created is the only one which has a legal standing in the party organiza- tion; that it is representative of the Re- publicans of the whole district, and that it was appointed and will act in the inter- ests of clean politics, fairness to all Repub- licans and party harmony. The disgraceful forgery of Gustave Mel- sing’s proxy last Saturday night, an un- scrupulous political trick of the sort sel- dom practiced in planes above the conten- tionsof district primary politics, will not down. The criminal trick was perpetrated by men assuming initial control of the National Republican political interests of the Fourth Congressional District. The fact that the majority necessary for the appointment of a committee was secured through this forgery is a clear-cut thing that will remain the chief feature of the history of that snap meeting of Saturday night. acob Shaen, who was induced to attend the meeting and vote the proxy of Mr. Melsing proyided for him, now vigorously repudiates his share of the proceedings on the ground that he voted the proxy inno- cently, accepting without knowledge or question the assertion that it wasall right. e has since learned of the forgery and vesterday declared that he was made the victim of a small and dirty political trick, and that he was innocently made the tool of others. The regnlar Fourth District Congres- sional Committee, composed of Nicholas Ohlandt, Louis Pockwitz, George Rode, C. C. Bemis, R. Rasmussen, F. Arata and Henry Leffmann, will meet for organiza- tion to-day or to-morrow. Yesterday the members of the committee received the following notice of appointment signed by Thomas C Duff, chairman of the meeting of the members of the State Central Com- mittee from the Fourth District: SaN FRANGISco, March 5, 1896, You are hereby notified that st a regular meeting of the members of the Republican State Central Committee for the Fourth Con- gressional District, held on March 4, 1896, in pursuance of the resolution of the Republican State Central Committee adopted at its regular meeting on the’ 29th day of February, 1896, for the purpose of selecting the com: mittee of seven persons resident in said Fourth Congressional District in whom should be vested the powers and duties provided for in said resolution, you were tluly and regularly selected and appointed as one of the said com- mittee of seven persons and invested with the aforesaid powers and duties; and you are fur- ther hereby notified that the other members of said committez selected and appointed to act and serve as your colleagues thereon are the following-named gentlemen, viz: Louis Pock- witz, George Rode, C. C. Bemis, R. Rasmussen, F. Arata and Henry Lefferman. C. C. Bemis of this committee, well known as a leading Montgomery-street real estate man, said yesterday that he would accept the appointment. “I consider it an honor to represent the Republicans in such a capacity in a year so full of hope and importance to the party as this one,” he said, ‘“and I shall certainly perform the duties devolving upon me with a spirit befitting the office. “I certainly have no doubts about the legality and authority of the committee of which I am a member, and few fair- minded Republicans whose minds and consciences rise above the political methods which have come to be calied ‘Buckley methods’ could- have any such doubts. My only interest is to see the affairs of the party conducted with fair- ness, decency and succees, and I know that such is the spirit of this committee. *I shall be very much dislfpcinwd if the committee does not rise a little above the plane of petty political tricks and con- duct the affairs of the party intrusted to 1t in a broad, honest and dignified way which will win the respect and confidence of the community and conserve the high- est and best interests of the party.” Louis Pockwitz, another member of the committee, has not recently been as prom- inent in .political affairs as he was some years ago when he served several terms as a member of the County Committee, but heisan old, well known and respected business man and Republican. “I have not conferrea with any other members of the committee,’”’ said Mr. Pockwitz last evening, ‘‘and so can say nothing as to any action the committee may be likely to take, but I will say that | what I want to see is the party harmonized and successful. The trouble now is that a few men are trying to run the party in the interests of the rail- road and boodle. They are getting Mar- tin Kelly to help them. " I've known that man twenty-five years, and I know that he has always been an unprincipied loafer and a trickster. Iam sure that this committee will do anything it can do honestly and fairly to produce harmony and to give every voter in the party an equal voice and vote in its affairs.” t was intimated yesterday by friends of Senator Mahoney and_Martin Keily that the proxy of Supervisor E. C. Hughes, voted by John T. Dare at the meeting night before last av 850 Market street, was not entirely regular itsel, Mr. Hughes put an effective quietus on those indefi- nite hints. “Yes, I gave ty proxy to John T. Dare,”’ he declared last evening, *‘and 1 am sure he made proper use of it.” All I know about the proceedings of the meeting I have learned from the papers, and I do not care to discuss the situation, but I cer- tainly would not give my proxy to any- body whom I could not frustto make proper use of it. I gave my proxy in good faith, I believe it was voted in good faith, and eyerything is all right as far asIam concerned.” The victory of John D. Spreckels in be- half of political decency and over the rail- road tricksters has won for him many new volitical friends, many congratulations and many new supporters of his political leadership. On the other hand, many Republicans interested in the success and good name of the party have this week renounced and condemned the factional manipulators whose methods have been so early exposed and who have started in to drag the local party through the mire to C. P. Huntington’s feet. Thomas W. Chandler of the Forty-fifth district was one who yesterday reversed his political affiliations, condemned the methods of the railroad faction and gave his adherence to the methods and prin- ciples advocated by John D. Spreckels. e IN THE THIRD DISTRICT. Committeemen WIill Meet In This City Saturday to Decide on Procedure. OARLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,) 908 Broadway, March 5. | The new Third Congressional District Committee will meet next Saturday in San Francisco to decide whether or not primaries shall be called or whether ward clubs shall appoint the delegates. The new committee was appointed by the State committeemen from the various counties, who concluded that there was no Congressional district committee in exist- enceand so they appointed themselves, There is much doubt as to what became of the last comm ittee. According to somea resolution was passed at thefast district convention deciding that the chairmen of the different county committees should constitute the Congressional committee for the purpose of preserving its existence till itsiservices should be again required. There was some doubt as to whether this applied to the individual chairmen or was intended to apply to their suc- cessors. Several of the county commit- tees were reorganized and the Congres- sional committee was lost sight of. ur- ing bis last campaign Hilborn appointed an auditing committee, in accordance with the purity of election law, and this was the only committee known to be in exist- ence. This was ignored by the State Cen- tral committeemen from the Third District, and they appointed ‘themselves. This is the view taken by Editor Frank A. Leach, but he is not certain of the meaning or scope of the resolution appointing the county chairmen. The new committee met after the State Central Committee last Saturday and ap- pointed E. K. Taylor of Alameda as ckairman and Senator Guy C. Earl as sec- retary. It was decided not to discuss whether or not a primary should be called, as there was not a full attendance, so an adjournment was taken to Senator Earl’s office, 532 Market street, when the ques- tion will be decided. George Morrow, one of the com mittee- men, was seen to-night at Temescal. ‘‘So far as we know,” said Committee man Mor- row, ‘‘there was not any Congressional committee in the Third District. If there is one there is not the slightest possibility of it making any opposition in the face of the action taken last Saturday. Thereisa difference of opinion about the calling of rimaries. Some want them and others o mnot. I favor open primaries for this county, but I ‘do not know how my colleagues stand. Some of the committeemen may desire that the ward clubs appoint the delegates, and it will probably be left to the discretion of the State committeemen in each county. There is absolutely no dispute as to the legality of our existence as the Third Con- gressional District Committee. I might say, also, that I do not think we shall again nominate Mr. Hilborn.” CHIEF CROWLEY'S THANKS He Writes a Warm Letter of Appreciation to Dr. Thomas Filben. No Communication Received During His Term of Service Had So Encouraged Him. Dr. Thomas Filben isone of the warmest admirers of Chief Crowley and his policy. He wrote a letter of condolence and praise to tbat official on Monday, in response to which he received the following yesterday : OFFICE CHIEF OF POLICE, SAN FrANCISCO, March 3, 18! Rev. Thomas Filven, D. astor First A Church—MY DEAR Sir: Your very kind and sympathe'ic letter was handed to me lasteven- ing. ’Fhe expressions of consolation for the loss of my son were such as only a father and a friend could give expression to. Couchea in such language as you have written them I find it difficult to convey my feelings in return. During my many years of public service I as- sure you I have never received any communi- cation which has afforded me so much pleas- ure and encouragement, and, coming from one Who has been o thoroughly identified with re- form work in our City as you, your words of confidence in my administration and the effective aid you and yours have received from the Police Department in your labors in rela- tion to the work of reform nowin hand are such as not only encourage an official in the discharge of his duties, but they, moreover, tend to smooth the roughness met with in the paths of the journey of life. In conclusion, I desire to assure you that my endeavors in the future, whether in an official capacity or that of & citizen, shall always be on the side of good: government; and at all times do not hesitate to call on me for assist- ance in the work of you and your associates. If at any time such assistance should not be as effectual as should be desired, I will deem it a favor if you will communicate with me, and if it is within the possibilities the remedy will be applied to your entire satisfaction. Again thanking you for your kind words of sympathy, confidénce and encouragement, I remain, very respectfuily, P. CROWLEY, Chief of Police. ——————— Alice Edith Blythe Arrested. Alice Edith Blythe, who was a claimant in the Blythe estate as the widow of the de- cedent, was arrested on Turk street last night by Policeman lelnfuon for being drunk. She was. very abusive toward the police- man, and he charged her with —using vulgar language. About six months ago she was arrested for being drunk, and at that time & friend had her placed in the Home for Inebriates. She has been arrested at different times on the same charge. e Bush-Street Temple. Rabbi Fryer will deliver his first German lec- ture at the Bush-street Temple to-morrow morning. It promises to be a treat. Services commence at 10 o’clock. The public is cor- dially invited to attead. e e e COLONEL ANDREWS is still selling sterling silver at 95 certs per ounce and diamonds at 25 per cent below cost. Store to rent and ele- gant fixtures for sale, Diamond Palace, 221 Montgomery street. o THE FAST CYCLE RACERS, All the Speedy Men Compete at the Pavilion Tourna- ment. AN IMMENSE AUDIENCE. Wells m:d Edwards Won the Mile Events, and the Ten-Mile Was a Dead Heat. The great seven-days’ indoor bicycle- racing tournament and cycle show opened last night at the Mechanics’ Pavilion, and if the attendance at the opening night is any criterion of the success of the meet, it is assured. The stands and galleries were packed with spectators, and in the aisles and around the various cycle exhibits one had to move slowly or not at all. The races were run off with a snap and vim which reflected great credit on the riders and the officials who had charge of them. Nearly all of the exhibits were in place last night, and most of them are remark- able for the taste and elegance displayed m fixtures and decorations. There are all sorts of bicycles displayed, from a single to a six-seater, the latter attracting as much attention as a prize racer at a horse show. In the handling of the races there was little to be wished for. The timing was perfect, the starting and judging good, and Announcer Knapp, with his immense white ‘knapaphone,” or speaking trumpet, was very much in evidence. A great deal of enthusiasm attended the running of the races. All the clubs were there in full force, and as their respective riders won a heat or a race they would give their club yells with a vim which insured sore throats this morning. The Acme and Reliance clubs of Oakland, the Bay Citys, Olympics, Garden Citys, Cali- fornias, Imperials, S8an Franciscos, Libertys and other smaller clubs were present en masse and vied with each other in the loudness of their calls and enthusiasm. There werea great many ladies in the audience, all of whom seemed to have favorites among the racers, and those who did not chose the one most to their liking, and applauded his efforts by waving their kerchiefs energetically. The first of several high-grade bicycles offered by the management of the tourna- ment as gate prizes was won by the holder of ticket 1875. The first race of the evening was the mile invitation, divided into four heats, the first in each heat to qualify for the final. The first heat came near resulting in a great upset for the favorite, Charles S. Wells, the 200-pound champion of the Bay City Wheelmen. He had the pole up to the sixth lap, when Russell Cushing, a San Jose flyer, spurted to the front and it was nip and tuck between them to the tape, where Wells barely won, amid great ap- plause, in the fast time of 2 minutes 32 seconds. In the second heat Hardy Downing of the Garden Citys, R. H. Long of the Bay Citys and W. W. Needham of the Olym- pics started. They exchanged setiing pace all the way and fought it out at the tinish, Downing winning by several yards, Long second, Needham third. Time, 2 mins. 35 3-5 secs. T. A. Griffiths, Bay City; F. M. Byrne, Imperial, and H. W. Squires, Acme, start- ed in the third heat. There was a great surprise in store for the crowd at the fin- ish, for every one familiar with the abili- ties of the men thought the race lay either with Gritfiths or Byrne; but Squires cut- spurted them both at the finish, winning handily in 2:24. There were three men in the third and last heat—William Yeoman, Reliance;. J. E. Edwards, Olympic, and Ackerman, San Francisco Road Club. The heat was won by Yeoman, who barely beat out Ed- wards right at the tape. The time was 2:28 3-5. There were over thirty entries for the mile scratch, open, and the race was divided into nine heats and three semi- finals, not more than three or four start- ing 'in _each heat. G.H. Crafts of the Acme Club won the first in 2:34. Frank M. Byrne, the pride of the Imperial Club, took the second heat easily in 2:321-5. The third heat went to E. Languetin, Bay City. Time, 2:41 2-5. here were four starters in the fourth heath, and J. E. Edwards of the Olympics passed his three competitors at the finish, winning in 2:351-5. The fifth went to Charles M. Goodwin, San Francisco Road Club, 1n 2:244-5. He surprised the crowd by beating C. M. Smith, Garden City, and S. B. Vincent, Bay City, who were picked for first and second places, respectively. H. B. Freeman, Bay City, had things about his own way in the sixth heat and won it in 2:31 2-5. In the seventh heat Tony Deimas of the Garden City Club came first, but he had to work hard for it, as his competitors pressed him hard at the finish. The time was 2:43. The eighth heat brought out a trio of crack sprinters—Wells and Hall, the Bay City fliers, and Yeoman, whom the Re- liance Club men look upon as their best man. They aiternated pace all the way, and in a beautiful sprint at the-finish Wells won out, beating the others only by inches. The Bay City contingent in the grandstands went wild over their favorite’s victory. Wells’ time was2:41 3-5. George W. Tantau, Olympic, took the ninth heat in 2:40 4-5 after a very ' pretty contest with T. L. Alborelle and N. Acker- man. To give the riders a chance to rest, and as a pleasing variety, the management next put on two Chinese races, distance unlimited and names of riders unknown, though Announcer Knapp stated they were One Lung, Hop Sing and Chew Gum in the first heat. They were far from in- experienced, and the winner, Chew Gum, made the mile in 2:45. The race was very amusing, and kept the spectators in roars of laughter. There were two in the second race, Pitty Sing and ‘‘Rain-in-the-Face.” This heat was, if possible, more amusing than the first. One of the celestials had on a racing suit and was mounted on a light wheel, while the other wore his ordinary clothes and his bike could not have weighed less than fifty pounds. Though so heavily handicapped, however, he made a game race of it, and was only beaten a couple of laps. Timer Wetmore said the time was 3:06 4-5, and the other timers concurred. The next race, and one which proved ihe most hotly coutested of the evening, was the final of the one mile invitation, those who had qualified in their heats be- ing C. 8. Wells, Bay City, H. Downing, Garden City, H. W. Squires, Acme, and William Yeoman, Reliance. Downing did most of the pace-setting, with Wells, Squires and Yeoman trailing him in the order named. Wells went to the front on .the sixth lap, but Downing would not give bim the place, and they fought it out to the tape, Wells winning by barely a wheel's length, Squires third, Yeoman fourth. A blanket would have covered the four as thev crossed the tape. Wells’ time was 2:30 1-5. The winners of the first three heats of the mile scratch open were then brought out as, owing to the number of heats, it was necessary to run the race off in three semi-final heats. Crafts, Acme, Byrne, Imperial, and Languetin, Bay City, rode the first, Byrne winning in 2:312-5, though his lead over the other twoat the tape was only a few inches. N Edwards, Olympic, Goodwin, San Fran- cisco Road Cub, and Freeman, Bay City, had qualified for the second semi-final. They ure a fast trio of sprinters, and cut out a lively pace from the start. Goodwin stole a march on the sixth lap and secured quite a lead, but the others soon overtook from im, and he was passed a few yards :](;::Ech by Edwards a?d E;femau in the jer named. Time, 2:33 5-3. m"l‘f)l;ly Delmas, Garden City, C. 8. Wel}z. Bay City, and G. W. Tantau, Olyrqpils. qualified for the last semi-final, but We! Z did not start, as he was somewhat, tires from the effort required to win his p_r.eh- vious races. Tantau took first place, Wit Delmas close ‘up at the fimish. Time, 9.33 3.5 B oo short rest the winners of the three semi-finals, Byrne, Imperial, an Ed-~ards and Tantan, Olympic, started for the final of the one-mile scratcn, open. Referee Welch put a time limit on the race 30. Edwards set all the pace for the first six laps, and beat the ()lhe“rs out in a pretty finish, the time being :30 4-5. The victory was a very popularone, and Ed- wards was roundly spplauded. The last race on the programme was the ten-mile club cup race. This event is to be run in five heats and a final, one for each night of the tournament except Sun- day. The clubs ana riders entered in the first heat run last night were: Bay City Wheelmen, T. A. Grifliths; Reliance (:l_ub Wheelmen, A. M. Boyden; Garden City Cyclers, Hardy Downing; Olympic Club Wheelmen, George Tantau. The men kept well bunched for the entire distance, and negotiated the miles as follows: F 3:07; second, 5:521-5; third, rth, 11:48; 1th, 22:34 ; eigl The men livened up the pace consider- ably at about_the middle of the last mile, and a hot sprint marked the finish of the race. Griffiths led the bunch for three laps, with the others ting out every inch of the way. Downing slipped a pedal on the last lap and was out of it, and Boy- den was also Feir. behind. This left Griffiths and Tantau, who tore down to the tape side by side. The result was very doubt- ful and the juages decided the race a dead heat between the two. The time for the ten miles was 27:57 which is phenom- enally fast. SUMMARY. One mile, invitation: First heat, won by C. S. Wells, Bay City. Time, 2:32. 2 Second heat, won by H. Downing, Garden City. Time, 2135 35, Third heat, won by H. W. Squires, Acme. Time, 2:24. Fou heat, won by William Yeoman, Reli- snce. Time, 2:28 3-5. Final heat, won by C. 8. Wells, Bay City. . Second, H, Downing, Garden Time, 2:30 1 Ci One mile scratch, open: First heat—Won by G. H. Crafts, Acme. ime, 2:34. Second heat—Won by F. M. Byrne, Imperial, T Time, 2:32 Goodwin, San Francisco Road Club. 24 4-5. S eat—Won by H. B, Freeman, Bay City. 12 Yon by Tony Delmas, Garden econd—won by J. E. Edwards, Olympic. Time, 2:33 3-5. Third. 1 by G. W. Tantau, Olympic. -5. by J. E. Edwards, Olympic. 4 30 . second—F. M. Byrne, Imperial. Ten-mile club cup race—Deaa heat between T. A. Griffiths, Bay City Wheelmen, and G. W. Tanteu, Olympic Club Wheelmen. Time, 35, The races to-night will be a one-mile bandicap, two-mile scratch, Chinese race and the second heat of the ten-mile club race. There are a great many entries for each of the events. NEW TO-DAY. ‘When any part of, the body isn’t doing the work that nature intended it to do, it puts tke whole sys. tem out of tune—out of harmony. 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