The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 7, 1896, Page 5

-~ —_— THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1896. WORLD CYCLING RECORDS SMASHED : Two of Them Go to Pieces at the Big Indoor Meeting, IN THE MILE MARKS. Wells, Edwards, Vincent and Leavitt Carried Off the Honors. THE PAVILION WAS PACKED. Bay City Club Took the One and Two Mile Events, the Road Club the Ten Mile. 3 The second night’s racing of the great indoor tournament at the Mechanics’ Pa- vilion opened to a larger audience, it pos- sible, than that which attended the events | the bunch 'at the end of the seventh lap effort to catch the men handicapped over ;‘mv and succeeded in overtaking all but arley, who won from 80 yards’ handicap in 2:17 15, Bhv' the seventh heat were A. L. Holling, Toy City; E. H. Ward, Y. M. C. A.; T. N. | Thomas, Alameda; T. S. Hall, Bay City; I L.VCumhers, Diamond; M. M. Cook, mperial, and A. Young, unattached. This was'a well-contested race, and Cook and Hall had it out down the homestretch | neck and neck, the former winning by the aid of his 100-yard handicap in 2:17 45. A speedy lot took their places for the eighth heat, They were A. J. Menre and Languetin, Bay City; A. M. Boyden, Reliance; F. I.. Thiel and H. Gunderson, San Francisco Road Club; A. Grogi, lm- rial. Languetin, with the smallest andicap of the lot, 50 yards. took first place away from Boyden and Thiel right at the tape in 2:17 3-5. In the ninth heat were A. H. Agnew | and G. H. Crafts, Acme; P.Morrin and P. | Metcalf, Imperial, and' L. F. Pels, San | Francisco Road Club. They were all | nicely bunched at the end of the fourth | lap. The two Imperial men paced each | other the rest of the way, Metcalf winning from sixty-five yards in 2:17. L. Young and J. H. ch, Imperia C. Goodwin, San Francisco Road Clul W. T. Pratt, Alameda, and Tony Delmas, Garden City, started in the tenth heat. | The knowing ones said the heat lay be- | tween Goodwin and D:Imas, but 1t proved | to be Delmas and Pratt, who finished in the order named. Delmas’ handicap was | seventy yards and his time 2:18 1-5. | Intheeleventh were C. A. Roemer, unate | tached; C. M. €mith, Garden City; J. T. Lynch, Imperial, and George W. Tantau, | Olympic. Every one said it lay between | Smith and Tantau, but the former lost a | pedal ana was out of it, which left it easy | for Tantau, who won as_he pleased in | 2:22 4-5 from forty-five yards. In the twelfth and last heat the starters were: G. A. McKay and H. B. Freeman, Bay C d Chapman, Olympic, and R. C. Gilb Imperial. Chapman jumped i | AT SPEEDING AROUND THE INCLINED CURVE. [Sketched by a “‘Call” artist.] ursday evening. When the races were standing-room was at a premium, and the same entyusiasm-attended the running of eventd which characterized the first lie tournament. Tt attendance in the center of the hall, and was a splendid band of musicin with its continuous playing, the of the spectators and the club yells entkusiastic fellow-members of the men, there was enough excitement attending the running of the events to suit the most exacting lover of the sport. 1at the track upon which the races are run is exceedingly fast for an indcor cir- cuit was proven auring the evening by the fast time made in the various events. In the second and fifth heats of the one-mile what chee handicap the world’s mile record for an in- | door track was twice lowered by seratch men. by Edwards, the Olympic crack, in the second heat to and by Yeo- man of the Relian ce Clu the bfth to 2:14 1-58The men did not appear to be riding particularly fast either, but the track is so well banked and constructed it almost makes them ride in record time. Edwards also got the world’s two-mile rec- ord in the first heat of that race, bringing it down to 4:50. Besides all the prominent men in local wheeling circles the meet is drawing the enthusiasts from all the nearby cities. President Wickersham of the Petaluma Wheelmen is in nightly attendance, and Otto Ziegler Jr., the champion of the Na- tional racing circuit of 1894, with his trainer, Foster, came up yesterday from San Jose, accompanied by Secretary Pol- lard of the Garden City Cyclers. C. R. Coulter, the crack Eastern class B man who made such & splendid showinz la: year, was also there and took a great in- terest in the events. The Terrill brothers, Harry F. and William A., of the Bay City W heelmen, both crack riders, have e turned from the East and may be seen in the races next week when they have had a chance to rest and train a little. The gate prize offered by the manage- ment each night of the tournament, a high grade bicycle, was won by ticket 1631 last night. The lucky person hoiding this ticket can secure the wheel by calling at the box office any time, and can have the choice of a dozen makes, either a lady’s or gentieman’s wheel. ey The first race on the evening’s pro- gramme was a one-mile handicap, which was divided 1nto twelve heats, three semi- | finals and a final, owing to the immense mber of entrants. meIhe first heat was contested by P. R. Mott, Reliance; A.Theison, California; G. ¥. Frost, unattached, and J. F. Burns, Im- perial. Mott made a pretty rige and fin- ished first from 40 yards’ handicap in 2:18 3-5. Edwards, Olympic; F. L. Day, Bay ‘H. B. Williams, California, and §. Leavitt, San Francisco Road Club, co tested the second heat. The race was be- tween Day and Edwards, and the latter proved the better man, winning from scratch in 2:154-5. This time was an- nouncea as a world’s record, being the fastest mile eyer ridden on an indoor track. In the third beat the starters wer Ackerman, San Francisco Road Club; M. Lefevre, Acme; C. D. Gooch, Reliance, and B. J. Raynaud, Bay City, all zood fast men. Gooch took the heatfrom 100 yards handicap in 2:13 4-5. Lefevre claimed he was fouled on d“i)e‘ Jnls( lap, but Referee 3 disallowed his claim. 3 “}ifclr{cbinson. San Francisco Road Club; Ed Langer, lLmperial, and J. E. Scott, ‘Acme. contested the fourth heat. Lange{ won in a pretty sprint from 95 yards' i in 2:22 2-5. half“odu?game ont for the fifth beat, Yeoi man, the Reliance crack; 8. B. Vxx{o?nc ad the Bay Citys; A. 0. Ortion, Imperial, an: G. W. Thomas, California. Vincent was n easy winner, ;ull re):ounded toroughout the hall. He 2d 65 yards’ handicap, and his time wl“ »1-5. Yeoman, from scratck, .rodve :d)e, Qistance in 2:141-5, lowering Edwar ;— time made in the second heat and ezn.uk lishing a new world’s record for v.helgruc 3 The sixth heat brought out T. C Griffiths, Bay City; E. C. arley, Im;per;: i B. H. Elford, Reliance; J. M. Fretis, Im: al, and Russell Cushmg, Garden Cl:e'v& ’J‘his was one of the most hotly contest > heats of the race. Grifiths made a grea at a quarter past 8 o'clock even | t | and won out from both of them in 5:05 2-5. . | ing pace, and covering thedistance in 2:41. and the Bay City's club‘ and won, with several wheels’ length to spare, from seventy vards in 220 3-5. Then it was the Olympic Wheeimen’s turn. to | yelu, and they did it with a vengeance. |~ Before the semi-finals and final of the | mile bandicap were run off the heats of the two-mile scratch were runm, four in | number. The starters in the first were Edwards, Olympic; Leavitt, San Francitco Road Club; Yeoman, Reliance, and Al- borelle, Imperial. At the end of the first mile the time was 2:35 and Edwards was | leading. Leavitt dropped out during the | second mile, Alborelle fell back, leaving Yeoman and Edwards to fight it out. The former had the pole, but Edwards passed | him on the last lap and won amid great | applause in 4:50. Edwards is fast becom- | ing very popular with the public on ac- | count of his fast and game riding, and | when Announcer Knapp stated that the | time he made was another world’s record the crowd went wild with enthusiasm. Three Bay C crackajacks started in the second heat, C.S. Wells, T. A. Grif- fiths and A. J. Menne. Though all belong- ing to the same club they fought out the race in friendly rivalry and made fast time. The first mile was negotiated in 2:31, Menne leading. Wells went to the front on the second lap of the last mile and kept it up to the belllap. They all then sprinted | tor home and Wells kept his place, win- ning in 4: | Inthe third heatthere were four starters, | Goodwin, San Francisco Road Club; Tan- | tau, Olympic; C. M. Smith, Garden City, | and Byrne, Imperial. As there is consid- | erable rivalry for supremacy between all | four men a hot race resulted. The time | for the first mile was 2:353-5. - A terrific | sprint was started at the commencement of the last lap, and Smith led for half the | lap with Byrne second, but Tantau came {up_ on the outside with a big rush It was a very popular victory, and he was roundly applauded. The first semi-final of the one-mile hand- icap was then run off, those who had quali- fied in_their heats being Vincent, Bay Cisy; Delmas, Garden City; Cook and Langer, Imperial, and Chapman, Olympic. Vincent seemed to have ro trouble in win- ning from sixty-five yards, his time being 2:13 3-5, with Delmas second. In the second semi-final were Lefevre, Acme; Metcalf. Imperial; Edwards, | Olympic, and Geoch, Reliance. The way Edwards started out from the scratch mark to overtake the leaders seemed to | insure another lowered record and he came within a second of it, winning the heat with several yards to spare in 2:16. Had he not been tired from his previous efforts he would certainly have made it Four cracks competed in the third— Mott, Reliance; Tantau, Olympic; Barley, | Imperial, and Languetin, Bay City. Ina | pretty finish Tantau won from Languetin | in 2:23 3-5, from forty-five yards handicap. After an intermission of fifteen minutes, to give the riders an opportunity to rest, the final heat of the two-mile scratch was run off. Those who had qualified in their | heats were J. E. Edwards and George Tan- tau, Olympic, and C. 8. Wells, Bay City. Tantau, however, did not start, and Wells { and Edwards lined up for what proved one of the greatest events of theevening. They made a slow ride of the first mile, exchang- | | under Yeoman’s record of 2:14 1-5. | | Wells assumed the lead on the fifth lap cf the second mile and kept it for the rest | of the way, with Edwards hanging on close behind and fighting every inch of the way. They made a _beautiful sprint on the last lap, side by side all the way, and it was only by a few inches that Wells won out at the tape. The time was 5:09. The final of the mile handicap was the next event, those who had qualified in the semi-finals being Vincent, Bay City, Tan- tau, Olympic, and Metcalf, Imperial. Ed- wards qualified for this race butdid not ride, as he had just come off the track from the previous one. The race proved one of the surprises of the evening. 'The | men were bunched by the fifth lap, and | loafed a little until the seventh, when a grand sprint resulted in a victory for Vin- | cent, with Metcalf second, Tantau third. The time was 2:301-5, Vincent having a handicap of 65 yards. This made the second race won by a Bay City rider during the evening, and the club members and their friends made the air ring with the club’s yell and their ap- plause. For several minutes after the race was over the noice was deafening, and was only quieted when Announcer Knapp went to his speaking-trampet to announce the next race, the ten-mile club cup event, upon which Reteree Welch placed a time limit of 26 minutes. 2 The entrants in this race last nignt, which is one of the features of the meet every evening, were: L. S. Leavitt, San Francisco Road Club; F. M. Byrne, lmpe- rial; C. A. Parks, Alameda, and F. C. Hansen, California. The riders started out at a lively gait from the start, covering the first mile in 2:31. Two_ miles were made in 5:09, three 7:403-5, four 10:12 3-5, five 12:55 and six 15:36. Up to this time the men had ridden the racea minute faster than the same race was cov- ered in Thursday night. Attheendof the seventh lap the time was 18:154-5, and still the pace grew faster. The eight miles were made in 21:0Z; nine in 23:49 3-5. Eyrne had the lead at the beginning of the last mile with the others ri ht up behind him. As the sixth lap was pass-d they all sprinted tor home, Byrne still leading with the others contesting every inch with him. They came up the stretch four abreast, Leavitt on the inside, Byrne next and the others alongside. Leavitt won by a couple of inches -in 26:26 and Byrne was only an inch or two back of him. It was by far the closest finish of the evening and ex- cited the audience to wild enthusiasm. SUMMARY. One mile, handicap: First heat—P. R. Mott (40), Reliance. Time, 5. Second heat—J. E. Edwards (scratch), Olym- pic. Time, 2:15 4- Third héeat—C. D. Gooch (100), 5. at—Ed Langer (95), Fifth heat—S. B. Vincent (65), Bay City. Time, 2:12 1. Sixth heat—E. C. Barley (80), Time, 2:17 1-5. Seventh heat—M. M. Cook (100), Imperial. Time, 2:17 4-5. Eighth heat—E. Languetin (50), Bay City. Time, 2:17 8-5. Ninth heat—P. Metealf (65), Imperial. Time, Reliance. Imperial. Time, 2:25 2. Imperial. 2:17. Tenth heat—Tony Delmas (70), Garden City. Time, 2:18 15. Eleventh heat—George Tantau (45), Olympic. Time, 2:22 4-5. Twelfth heat—Ed Chapman (70), Olympic. | Time, 2:20 3. Semi-finals First—S. B. Vincent (65), Bay 335, y. Time, 3 | Second—J. E. Edwards (scratch), Olympic. | Time, 2:16. Third—George Tantau (45), Olympie. Time, 2 B. Vincent (63), Bay City, first. 3015, P. Metealf (63), Imperial, second. 1 ‘Two-mile seratch: First heat—J. E. Edwards, | Olympic. Tim "Wells, Bay City. Time, Secoud heat— 4:56 2-5. Third heat—George Tantau, Olympic. Time, 5:05 2-5. Final—C. 8. Wells, Bay City, first. Time, 5:09. J. E. Edwardy, Olympic, second. Ten-mile club cup race—L. S. Leavitt, San Francisco Road Club, first. Time, 2 5. F. M. Byrne, Imperial Cycling Club, second. F. Ed Spooner, the Eastern cycling cor- respondent, and John Palmer, a manu- facturer of tizes, arrived in the City late in | the evening and reached the track in time to see the last half of the evening’s enter- | tainment. Spooner, who has probably at- | tended more bicycle meets than any man living, said it was the finest indoor track, the biggest crowd and the best conducted race meeting he had seen in years. He was not surprised that two world’s records had been broken on such a track, consider- ing the high-class men who were racing, and predicted before the tournament was over many more records would fall. | There will be racing at the track both | this afternoon and this evening. The matinee events will be a mile novice, two mile Oriental scratch, and another of those exciting mile handicaps. The evening programme consists of a mile post race, mile scratch, mile Oriental handicap and the third heat of the great ten-mile club cup race, which has proven taus far the best event of the meet. The great five-mile military relay race will be contested Monday evening. The who will take part are: Sergeant H. in and Privates H. Schurr, J. J. Don- nellv, G. Barkley, A. Ziegler, of Battery H, Fifth United States Artillery; Privates J.'Fernandez ard J. F. Keilty of Troop K, Fourth United States Cavalry; Privates I Lawson, L. J. Euberts and Corporal Flick ofthe Fourth Cavalry. HE MAY LOSE HIS FEES City and County Surveyor Til- ton’s - Compensation Is Under Fire, Attorney Creswell Claims That He Must Keep to His Regular Salary. % In the opinion of City and County At- torney Creswell City Surveyor Tilton is only entitled to receive the $500 per year salary which the law allows him in | return for the services he renders the City | | and County in calculating grades, etc. | Mr. Creswell submitted a long opinion on the subject yesterday in answer to a query from the Board of Supervisors as to whether Mr. Tilton was entitled to com- pensation for establishing grades south of the park. The opinion in a condensed form is as follows: The joint Committee on Streets and Judici- ary of the Board of Supervisors have under consideration a resolution of which the follow- ing is a copy: [Resolved, That the Committee on Streets and ‘Wharves be and is hereby empowered and re- quired to contract at once with the City Engin- eer of this City and County to run all the lines and levels, to establish all necessary bench- marks and set all necessary stone monuments 80 that the grades and lines can be perpetu- ated, to prepare all maps, plans and. detail | drawings, to make all necessary computations for size of sewers, to determiné an outlet for same and for recommending asystem of grades and sewers in the district or tract of land de- scribed in resolution No. 12,509 (third series) of this board, at a cost of $11,000. The resolution was referred to the City and County Attorney with & request that his opinion be given on the authority of the board 1o authorize said expenditure., The opinjon has been given holding that no such contract could be made with the City and County Sur- veyor for the work mentioned in the proposed resolution. A City Engineer is provided for in the ect of 1885, commonly called the Vrooman act. This act permits the Board-of Supervisors to order the whole or any portion, either in length or width of streets, avenues, lanes, alleys, courts, or places of any city graded or regraded to the official & ade, planked or Te- planked, paved or repaved, macadamized or re- macadamized, graveled or regraveled, piled or repiled, capped or recapped, sewered or re- sewered, efc. This act, in section 3, requires the City En- gineer to furnish plans and specifications and careful estimates of the costand expenses of the work, which is an incidental expense and must be paid by the person to whom the con- tract shall be awarded, and by him collected from the property-owners. If the work should be abandoned béfore the contract is let section 5 requires the board to pay the City Engineer the cost of the work done by him. The board may under section 26 order the whole or any part of the work mentioned in section 2 paid by the City. The work proposed in the resoiution before the Supervisors is not provided for buhe Vrooman act, consequently no charge can be made against the City for it, because the only charge that can be made against the City by the City Engineer must be for work _done under the act as provided in sections 5 and 26. The City and County Surveyor cannot make a charge for the work, because under section 10 of the consolidation act and the act of the Legislature of May 17, 1861, the annual salary id him by the City is declarea to be by the aw full com?mlllnon for all work done b him for the City, and section 10 of the consoli- dation act makes it unlawful to pay any of the officers of the City and County a Xira com- pensation for their services. Independent of the consolidation act the courts hold it illegal 10 pay extra compensation for official services. If this opinion is upheld Surveyor Tilton will be deprived of several thousand dol- lars annually in fees. . Charges Against Lane. Judge Wallace has notified the’ District At- torney that under the law Peter F. Lane can- not be convicted of the charge against him. There are severai charges pending against Lane, some cf which are before Judge Wallace. Under the recent testimony it has been de- cided that a conviction cannot be secured and it is therefore probable that all the felony charges will be reduced to misdemeanors, CHANGES IN COMMITEE Four Members of the Republican County Organization Resign. AN ARMISTICE DECLARED. The Riva! Factions Agree to Defer Action Until Next Thursday Night. The most important political develop- ments of yesterday concerned the Repub- lican affairs of the Fourth and Fifth Con- gressional Districts. An armistice was agreed to by the repre- sentatives of all the Republican factions at a meeting of the executive committe of the State Central Committee, held at 419 Cali foruia street. 1n accordance with that agreement it is- not likely that any action will be taken by either of the rival Fourth District com- mittees or, for that matter, by the Fifth District committee before that time. The leaders of the factions that have appeared in the local Republican party have as- sented to a truce that promisesa united Republican party in the comimg campaign and John D. Spreckels has been one of the leading spirits in the work which has effected this armistice. When the executive committee met a | majority of the members were present. ‘When the meeting came to order in re- sponse to the call of Chairman P. B. Corn- wall there were present the following members: P. B. Cornwall, J. D. Spreckels, Wendell Easton, Isaac Upham, J. H. Mahoney, W. ‘W. Montague, Leon Denneiv, W. C. John- son, David Kerr, Asa R. Wells, W. C. Pal- meri, M. Cooney, A. Ruef, Frank Mec- Quaid, James McNab, H. C. Sonntag and J. C. Daly. The proceedings all looked in barmony and the net result of the meeting was a general agreement by all who coufd g0 so far as to pledge their influence in behalf of the rival committees in the Fourth Dis- trict that no definite proceedings should be taken by any Congressional district committee or organization until the next meeting of the executive committeg of State Central Committee, which will occur next Thursday evening according to ad- journment. One of the first questions that came up for the consideration of the committee was the history of the call issued by the State Committee last Saturday afternoon. This call, which provided for district conven- tions, introduced an innovation. Congressional district conventions in charge of primary elections had never be- fore Eecn heard of and the elaboration and an explanation of how this new scheme came to be presented by the ex- ecutive committee and by default and without discussion or explanation adopted by the State Committee was one of the early features of the discussion. It” was explained by J. C. Daly and others that the call, prepared, adopted and referred to the juaiciary committee at the meeting on the Tuesday preceding the meeting of the State Cen- tral Committee, was prepared without appreciation of the new feature introduced into the call of this year, and that the paragraph calling for Congressional dis- trict conventions was a discovery made just prior to the meeting of the State Central Committee. The complications in the Fourth and Fifth districts were the main topic of the meeting, of course, and the truce regarding the affairs of those districts was the net result. The State Central Committee is com- posed of representatives of the various districts, elected in the regular manner, and also of an executive committee chosen at large and on general principles. Judge Coonev early broughtup the ques- tion of whether or not the members of the Fourth and Fifth Congressional districts had a right to ‘participnn in_the election of members of the new Congressional committees. A truce was declared on this point also. A. Ruef insisted that only the members elected from the respective districts had any voice and vote, and he spoke strongly in the interest of fairness and harmony, The discussion then turned on the question of the meaning and effect of the amendment of Wells of Contra Costa County to the resolution of Mr. Sheldon of Los Angeles providing for the cre- ation of Congressional district committees by members of the State Central Com- mittee; and it was mainly the doubts concerning the effect of that resolution on the powers of Congressional committees which occasioned the adjournment. Meantime the members of the regular Fourth Congressional commit- tee will probably await developments. They believe in ‘the regularity of their appointment and are ready to take up their official duties as the interest of the party demands. C.’C. Bemis, found in his Montgomery- street real estate office, said: *‘This is a Republican year, and for that very reason the importance of clean politics and the judicious selection of candidates is greater than ever. When there is doubt about results and a reasonable certainty of de- feat. it does not so much matter whom the arty puts in nomination. ' But this year s a Republican year. Therefore, we want to pick a man for the nomination for Con- gress, for instance, whom we can send to Washington with confidence that he will do something for the State of California. That is the important business that is now to be undertaken by Republicans. I shall accept my appointment to the c mittee of the Fourth Congressional Dis- trict, of course. The committee brought into existence through the means of a forged proxy will not be considered as having any legal existence.”” C. B. Rode was coufined to his home wsterday by an_attack of rheumatism. hen seen he said: “I was not asked con- cerning my appointment. I am a very busy man, and so far from seeking this honor 1 would rather avoid it. But I have been selected, and consider it my duty at this time to get in and do what T can for good government and clean politics. So I will accept. I have seen no other mem- bers of the committee, as I have been un- able to get out, but I learn its composition from THE CaLL. Theyareall good men, and will do what they have to do openly and honestly. What we want is decent methods, a fair ballot in the primariesand in the convention as well as at the general election, and we must have it.” Nicholas Ohlandtsaid: “‘Of course I shall accept the appointment to the Congres- sional committee of the Fourth District. With another committee in the field ap- pointed by fraud and having a purpose, it may be presumed, to commit other frauds, it is hardly the time to shirk responsibili- ties. Sure, [ will accept and work with the committee to relegate bribery and Buckley methods to the rear.” ° Four Resigned. Four members of the Republican County Committee resigned at the meeting last evening held in Shiels hall. They were C. C. Morris of the Thirty-eighth Assem- bly District, Ambrose A. Watson of the Forty-third Assembly District, Thomas McDermott of the Twenty-ninth and P. H. Prendergast of the Thirty-first districts. In their places were elected Grove L. Ayers of the Thirty-eighth District, P. J. alsh of the Forty-third, John N. Brown- ing of the Twenty-ninth and Charles Clare of the Thirty-first. A Cat’s Funer: Conducted by a Dog. “Every one has observed instances of affection between those provarbhn'y hos- tile animals, the dog and the cat,’” says the American Naturalist (February), “but a case cited by I'Eleveur merits especial attention. A dog and acat belonging to the same master were the best friends in the world and spent their time in frolick- ing together. One day, while playing as usual, the cat died suddenly, falling at the dog’s feet. The; latter at first did not realize what had happened, but continued his play, pulling, pushing and carressing his companion, but with evident astonish- ment at her inertness. After some time he apbpeared to understand the situation, and his grief found vent in pro- longed howls. Presently he was seized with the idea of burying the cat. He pulled her into the garden, where he soon dug a hole and put in it the body of his former companion. He then refilled the hole with dirt, and, stretching himself out on the grave, resumed his mournful howling. The idea of burying the dead cat was extraordinary. Whence came the thought? Could it be imitation, or, which is a better explanation, did the dog have a vague idea of concealing the event which might possibly be imputed to him? But then it would seem unreasonable for him ro call attention to the fact by in- stalling himself on the grave and howling. However, human criminals are often equally inconsistent. It is difficult to form an exact idea of what gave rise to the dog’s conduct in this case.” DR KANNER ON THE WAR, The Zeitung’s Correspondent cn Russia’s Masterly Iuntrigues. Some Strange Phases of the Eastern Question—Lao Tung and Korea Both Gone. Dr. Heinrich Kanner, special corre- spondent of the influential German daily, Frankfurter Zeitung, who has been travel- ing in China, Japan, Korea and other countries and making a special study of the Eastern question for the past six months, is at the Palace. Dr. Kanner is one of the best-known journalists in Europe. He was formerly correspondent of the Bulgarian Times, published in Sofia, and it was he who ob- tained the interview with Stambouloff which so offended Prince Ferdinand. He is also the editor of the Weekly Vienna Die Zeit. Dr. Kanner has been in- terviewing Li Hung Chang and other fa- mous men of the East. He thinks Russia has a long way the best of it, so far as the East>rn question is concerned. To bis mind the Russians are the great- est diplomatsin the world. He savs Japan has shown that she could fight, and has in that way gained standing and glory for herself; but Russia, which did no fight- g, and only stuod by till it was all over, has got everything except Formosa and the moneyed consideration which China gave Japan. 2 ; “She got the Lao Tung peninsula,” said | Dr. Kanner, ‘““and Korea, fo r whose inde pendence Japan was fighting, aside from her own minor interests, Russia controls | instead of China. Itis Russian intrigue that has caused the recent murders in Seonl. The King of Korea, instead of be- ing a king, is a miserable old woman— mere putty in the bands of the Russian intriguers. ‘“The Ministers in Korea who have been favorable to Japan have been put out of office and others favorable to Russia have been put in. I have no idea that Russia for a moment wants Korea. That would simplv put her in trouble with other nations to hold her position there. All she wants to do is to keep Japan off the continent of Asia. Sue wants to confine her to the islands. - “That is why Russia insisted that Japas let go of the Lao Tung peninsula. Japan lost that and control over Korea, and while she got an indemnity of 350,000,000 yen the cost of her war was 225,600,000 yen. - So it might be asked what good it did Japan anyway, and it may be replied, as was stated before, that she got simply some glory and a better standing with the nations of the world. “Russia has an agent in Korea,tand in Japan as Envoy and Minister, with resi- dence at Tokio, is the noted Russian, Hitrovo, one of tbe most accomplished diplomats in the world, who is credited with causing all the trouble in Bulgaria a few years ago. Personally he is one of the most affable ana charming of men. “It is believed throughout Japan and China that the agent of the Russian Gov- ernment in Korea is under the direct con- | trol of Hitrovo, and that they are in- triguing together for Russia.”” Dr. Kanner will remain in America only about a montb, He was in this coun- try during the World's Fair. He will return here in October and study the political campaign. : The Zeitung, which he represents, is published at ;‘rnnklort-on-the-Mnin, and though it has but 180,000 inbabitants, the paper is one of the most influential politi- cally and commercially in all Germany. It circulates among the higher classes. It has, through long years and the exer- cise of great care, attained a reputation for accuracy second probably to no paper in Europe. The Zeitung is like the Bible to its readers. Stnrzge as it may appear, its circulation is but 40,000. The paper is sold for 5 pfenig (or about 1}¢ cents), a eum equal to 5 cents here, THE BABY'S VANISHMENT. Charges and Counter Charges Made by Papa and Mamma Marceau. A Love for Wine on One Hand and Intoxicition on the Other. The Marceau baby has gone from the Palace Hotel, but the mother is silent as to the method of its vanishment. Both parents of the child are seeking a divorce, and in the language of the detec- tives have been keeping cases on each other for some time. The baby was the sensational bone of contention, as events at the Palace Thursday night proved, and developments of a startling character are expected. Mrs. Marceau refused positively to be interviewed. All inquiries after the wel- fare of Baby Marceau and its mother’s fu- ture purposes were met with a peremptory refusal to be quizzed. All comers were re- ferred to her lawyers, Messrs. Dunne & McPike. During the short conversation accorded the reporter Mrs. Marceau let it be known that she deemed it a gross insult to her position and reputation that such publicity should have been given to the discraceful scene enacted in her apart- ments in the Palace Hotel Thursday night. Mr. McPike had also developed a disin- clination for converse with representa- tives of the press. He characterized the proceedings of Colonel Marceau as brutal. In contravention of the colonel’s alle; ions Mrs. Marceau asserts that she h been subjected tothe most brutal treat- ment. She says that_he was in the habit of getting intoxicated and subjecting her to the most humiliating treatment. The colonel has something to say about the free and unlimited nse of intoxicants in the domestic circle. In the plainest of lain language the colonel asseverates that &ru. Marceau gets drunk. The red, red wine has an overpowerin, i her, and the resultant con as to insure the colonel’s perpetual peace and domestic felicity. MARSICK 15 APPLAUDED, The Violinist's. Second Recital Here Draws a Good House. ASSISTED BY LOCAL TALENT. Sauvlet Plays in the Kreutzer So- nata—Donald de V. Graham Sings. Marsick was greeted last night by an audience that more than two-thirds filled the California Theater. assisted by Donald de V. Graham, bar; tone; Sauvlet, pianist, and Mrs. N.J. Hin- richs, accompanist. It would, be & mistake to say that there was any fervid amount of enthusiasm. The audience was keenly appreciative and showed its enjoyment of the star's ex- quisitely finished and artistic playing by warm applause. Excellent artist as Marsick is, however, he does not possess the magnetic force and the dominating personality which give some rare musicians, such as Paderewski or’ Ysaye, the power to sway the musical multitude with an almost hypnotic force. People applaud Marsick because their in- .tellect admires his art, not because their pulses thrill to his music. The opening number last night was the “Kreutzer Sonata,”” Sauvlet was the pian- ist,and he did knight's work in entering into Marsick’s interpretation of the com- vosition, which was a somewhat delicate interpretation, but lacking in passion, which some more virile violinists put into the final presto especially. Vieuxtemps' “Fantasia appassionata’ showed the violinist's exquisite cantabile, as well as his finished technical skill. His whole performance of the work made one think of the singinz of those rapidly dis- appearing liquid sopranos of the old Ital- i school, to wEom the most florid rature of Rossini or Bellini were mere child’s play. Delightfully finished and easy that singing was, but there were less soul and feeling in it than in the rougher singing of some modern artists. To a cer- tain extent the same remark applies to Marsiek’s playing of the appassionata. There were two Marsick compositions, one called a “Dream” and the other “Joking"” (Scherzando). They were both pretty and effective, particularly the lat- ter, and Marsick played them well, but neither rose above the level of the com- monplace. The ‘‘Czardas,” by Hubay, was played with considerable verve and aroused a determined demand for an encore, to which the violinist responded by playing a “Romance” of his own composition, which was a more ambitious and taking work than the two previous pieces of his own that he had played. Two numbers of the “‘Suite Tzigani’’ by A. Wormse finished the programme. They were brilliantly played and made people loath to leave the theater without an encore, but though Marsick came on to bow several times he did not play again. Donald de V. Grabam, the violinist, sang in his usual agreeable and finished manner. He is also beard to best advan- tage in French, and Tschaikowsky’s ‘‘Serenade to Don Juan’’ was charm- ingly sung in that language last night. The solo, **It Was Not Thus to Be,” | from the ““Trompeter von Sackingen,’”’ de- mands more vim than Mr, possesses, but he sang the airso cleverly asalmost to conceal the fact. Graham’s songs were encored. J. Hinrichs accompanied ably. Marsick’s last concert will take morrow evening at the Baldwin Mrs. N. place to- Theater. o e ghii by MARSICK’S LAST CONCERT. His Programme for To-Morrow Night at the Baldwin Theater. There is no small amount of interest | being manifested in the grand orchestral concert to be given by Marsick, the great Parisian violinist, at the Baldwin Theater to-morrow night. Upon this occasion the virtuoso will be assisted by a grand or- chestra of forty select musicians under the capable conductorship of August Hinrichs and Mme. Palmer, a soprano of beautiful execution and the possessor of a voice as clear as a crystal. The programme {or the evening has heen arranged as fol- ows: | Overture, “Im Hochland” .........c........ .Gade Orchestra. Grand Concerto, Op. 10 (allegro moderato) The violinist was | Graham | Both Mr. | ..Vienxtemps Marsicx and orchestra. Contabile from “Sampson et velila ... Saint-Saens Mrs. Ernest H. Palmer and orchestra. ...Mendelssohn Concerto. Allegro moiio appassionata, |~ Andante, Allegro molto vivace, Marsick and orch Melodio, Op. 8, No. 3, from ageur” 8. nts du Voy- ...Paderewski Orchestra. Song, “A Summer Night™..... Mrs. Ernest H. Palmer and orchestra. . A. Goring Thomas Rondo Capriccioso. . Saint-Saens Marsick and orc Aragonaise from *Le Cid”.. Orchestr This will be the last appearance of the violinist in this City, and, judging by the demand for seats, music-lovers are not goine to let this oppertunity escape. The seats, which are 25 cents to $1 50, are on sale at the Baldwin Theater. THEY AL IN BALLAST, Very Little Freight Now for the Trans-Pacific Steam= ers. The Doric’s Maidea Trip With but 500 Tons—Fares Cut by the Canadian Line. The Pacific Mail Company 1sin a quan- dary over its business with China and Japan, all because of the loss of business in face of an increase in ships for the trans-Pacific trade. Its twin company, the Occidental and Oriental, which is un- derstood to be practically the ‘‘Pacific Mail,” and is managed from the same oftice largely under Southern Pacific in- fluences, suffers also. The Occidental and Oriental Company only recently chartered a new steamer from the White Star line—the Doric ~and put-her into commission a few days ago. People who took any interest in shipping had an opportunity of admiring the grace- ful and stately Doric as she lay in the har- bor at Lombard-street whatf. Indeed, she was spoken of on all sides with words of admiration, and great things were expected for her. Nobody felt more deeply im- pressed on this score than did the Pacitic Mail officials. And the Doric waited in calm dignity for the cargo that never came. Largecon- signments of cotton were looked for from the South, but for some reason the South- ern Pacific did not receive a call for trains, nor did the Mail Company by Panama re- ceive a shipment. The cotton did not come, ard it is now stated, because former shipments for the Orient were neglected by the Pacific Mail and allowed to lie upon the dock or in stores, although badly needed in the Japanese mills. But the trouble was not confined to cot- ton alone, for all other clases of freight were quite as scarce. 5 “The Doric sailed for the Orient,”” said an officer of the Mail Company yesterday, “with a cargo of sand and pigiron. They found tbat pieces of the hills near the water front camein very conveniently to ballast the ship. In all, she had about 500 tons of cargo (the rest was ballast), whereas she ought to have had at least 2000 tons. It was the same story with the steamer that sailed before she did. There was cot- ton from Texas or down South, but it never came, and then little, or almost nothing, was left for cargo. *‘The truth is the Canadian steamers are taking the best of the business away from the Pacific Mail. Nor is the lost business freight alone, but passengers as well. The | fare for a first-class passenger to the Orient used to be $300. The Canadian line | made a lower rate, and the Pacific Mail has had to come down to $200—a loss of | $100 on each passenger. Chinese used to | pay $100 for the passage, but the Cana- | dians cut that down, and the Mail Com- pany had to follow suit by splitting their old rate in two. “Now Chinese can cross the ocean for $50. A steamer took out 1400 Chinese, who were going home for their New Year. | Now that means at the reduced rate a loss i of $7000 on one trip alone, and, as those fellows return, it means another loss of $7000, or §$14,000 on a single round trip of one steamer. That is only a case in point, but it gives you an idea of how the Mail Company is situated.” The Chinese are fond of eggs about 100 years old, and old eggs are worth about as much in China as old wine is in other | countries. They have a way of barying | the eggs, and it takes about thirty days to render a pickled egg fit to eat. Some of the old eggs have become as black as ink, and one of the favorite Chinese dishes for invalids is made up of eggs which are pre- | served in jars of red clay and salt water. NEW TO-DAY. TAKES | NERVE To establish a new industry in a community over- run with the produci:s Eastern tenement-house labor. of Chinese, prison and ‘We had the nerve; now we have the business. Knowing how to meet all competition, and keeping faith with the buying public did it. We employ a large force of operatives, whose wages every week puts a large sum of money into circulation, thus adding materially to the wealth and prosperity of the community. Our Wholesale Tailoring Department is in full view of the buyer. You into finished garments. may see the cloth made No Chinese or prison labor products of any kind. Every piece of goods and every stitch inthem made by free white home labor. Come and see our Manufacturing Department, and our immense stock of goods. Suits to Order, $10 to $20. Trousers to Order, $3 to $6. COLUMBIAN WOOLEN MILLS ourNUMBER § 4| MARKET ST. Beware of firms using a similar name. cisco—211 Moatgomery street. Only branch store in San Frane