The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 3, 1896, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1896. SHOOTING FOR THEIR DINNERS A Lively Team Match at the Schuetzen Park Rifle Range. J.C. WALLER'S MEN WIN Strecker Again Carries Off the Californias’ Champion Honors. BREMER'S PRIZE IS IN SIGHT. An Interesting Private Match Among Three Military Marksmen. Other Events. It was a lively day at the Schuetzen Park rifle range near San Rafael yester- day,and Captain Schuman had his bands full providing for his guests. Nearly a dozen targets were up and the only rest the markers had was during the half hour's intermission at noon. With two exceptions, the marksmen were all mem- bers of the German: shooting clubs. The large attendance of those of the California Schuetzen Club was ac- counted for by the two attractions, the monthly medal contest and the team shoot for a dinner. Adolph Strecker arrived | late, but he heid his own and went to the | front again as the first in the champion class, He carried off this honor in spite of the fact that he shot irregularly shaped bul- lets, caused by his bullet-mold having outlived its usefulness, a fact that he did | not discover in time to secure better am- munition. Charles Thierbach made a| pretty run in his score for second prize in the second champion class. Louis Ben- del, after a hard struggle, took the first | prize honors in the first class, closely fol- lowed by J. F. Robinson. Otto Bremer stands a good chance of finally winning the first prize in the second class. In fact it is almost conceded that he will be adorned with this medal. I The scores made were as follows, Ger- man ring target, twenty shots, 200 yards: A. Strecker 439 418, s; second prize, % 5 | cond ¢ rst prize, CharlesThier- , O. Burmeister 353. Bendel411; second e, O. Bremer 419:i S8. | First pr ubold 3! i Breuss 408; sec- A.N. Boyan 387; | t st class, A. Reubold 94; second class, J. Kullmann 355. Best first shot, A. Jungblut 25; best last shot, | 0. Bremer 25. | The great event of the day, however, was the team match between two selected teams of the Californias. In each team there were eizhteen of the best shots in the club, and on the result dependeda | dinner for the three dozen. J. C. Waller | was the captain of one squad, and T. J.| Carroll, the everywhere-2 -the-same-time shooting-master of the club, was in charge | of the other. The selection of men was | impartial, but Captain Waller's men pulled out 62 points ahead. The condi- | Menne and Elford and Krafts. | watches were compared it was-found he Clark, C. 8. P. of the Paulist Fathers, will lec- ture in Metropolitan Hall on “The Father of Modern Liberty” for the benefit of the uniform and armory fund of Comg&ny D, First Regi- ment, of the League of the Cross Cadets of Sacred Heart parish. Colonel James F, Smith, past president of the Y. M. I. and president of the American Liberal League, will preside. — e . |H. L FABRY'S DEATH. Said to Be No Mystery—Dr. Buchanan’s Efforts to Save His Patient. The assumed mystery attending the death last Friday evening of Herman L. Fabry, who was suffocated by gas, is said to be, upon further investigation, no mys- tery at all. There is no evidence to sus- tain the suicide theory, and in all proba- bility the death was accidental. When the mother of the decedent de- tected the escaping gas she at once sum- moned Dr. R. A. Buchanan of 523 Laguna street. He remained with his patient for twelve hours and did everything medical science could suggest to save him, bat it was too_late, and at 7 o’clock in the even- ing he died. It is the opinion of his father, Leovold M. Fabry, that he got up early in the morning, tried to lizht the gas, and then fell back upon the bed and went to sleep, leaving the key open. CORBETT MAY FIGHT. His Exhibition at Cripple Creek Will Not Invalidato His Agreement With Sharkey. James J. Corbeit left S8an Francisco on Saturday night for Colorado, where he will give 8 boxing exhibition at Cripple Creek with Billy Woods. It was considered by some of those who take a deep interest in the manly art that his proposed exhibition with Woods would be an infraction of the agreement signed by him and Sharkey. Inquiry, however, dispels this theory. It is claimed that it is not a match within the meaning of the prize-ring code, inas- much as it is only an exhibition of science and not for honor or lucre, but just such a display as, to use the language of one of the sports, ‘‘you might give in your par- lors before the members of your family.” The same latitude is extended to Shar- key should he see fit to give a ‘‘parlor’ exnibition with another of the strong- muscled fraternit WORLD' RECORD BEATE E. W. Decker of the Acme Club Rode Five Miles in 10:23. But the Record Cannct Stand, as There Were Not Enough Timers Present. E. W. Decker of the Acme Club Wheel- men of Oakland rode five miles on the Sau Leandro-Haywards road yesterday after- noon in 10 min. 23 sec., being nearly a minute faster than the worid’s record for the distance, but because he did not have the full complement of timers requirea by the California Associated COycling Clubs the record is unofficial and cannot stand. The world’s five-mile road record is 11:11 2-5, made not long ago by George M. Hamlin of the San Francisco Road Club over the same course. Decker has felt all along that he could better that perform- ance and decided to make tue attempt yesterday. He had four tandem teams for pacine, the riders being Brouillet and Bedbury, Kenna and Agnew, Dixon and The pace maintained the entire distance was steady and very fast, and Decker kept up with the tandems well. When the had ridden it in 10:23, but there were only three timers, and the association and the tions were ten shots to each man, the club to pay for the dinners for the winners | and the losers to pay for themselves, | Captain Schuman provided a splendid re- | past for the marksmen, but he declared | that the losing team ate =0 much that he lost all of the profits on the dinner. The | scores were as follows: i Captain Waller’s team—D. W. McLeushlin | 2 Bendel 200, F. P uster 205,F, Attin- | . F ic 58, L. C. Babin 170, Schroeder 19 0, W. Ehren: | s 181, R. Langer176, F. A remer 199, W. Nolden 16¢ e k . 8, L. Reubold ). The regular monthly medal shoot of the schuetzen section of the Verein Ein- tracht resulted in the following winners and their scores, German ring target, twenty shots: Champion c! First class. . Kuh's, 425 rings. 401. Zaion, 334 first shot, Charles Gumbel, 24; best last shot, R. Stetten, 23. The B8an Francisco Grueth Verein’s shooting section monthly medal contest resuited in the following class winners and their scores of tweniy shots in the German ring target: Champion class—Fred Baumgartner, rings. ¥irst class—U. Diethelm, Second class—Joseph Fi Third class—R. Hauser, 34 Best first shot, Al Gehzet, 24; best last shot, Fred Baumgartner, 24. The west end of the ranee was kept noisy all day with the rattle of musketry, as two militia companies were holding their monthly'medal shoot there. An in- teresting private match for the dinner was held amony thrée of Company D’s men. Some fine shooting was done on the mili- tary target, as seen by these scores: 445455 45506—46 5454555 4 0—46 : 455445545445 As seen, Jones won by Creedmoor rules. The companies’ scores, ten shots to each man, were as follows: Company D of the Fifth Regiment, San Ra- fael—J. F. Rflbm;nn 46, A. N. Boyen 45, N. 5, Vanderbilt 44, J. s es 43, Kerrigan 43, J. P. 3 . Ja , Lie 3, Capiain Ediott utenant Murray 40, F. Eden 40, J. T. Bustin 40, P, T. Butterworth 39, J. W . Gardner 37, ith’ 3 Archer 36, D. ,, D. 35, G. Collamore 35, V. Hoxie 35, Cheda 35, R. }. Whittemore 35, H. iverson 35, D. N. tchneider 34, N. Em- hoff 34. V. Clark 34, L. Johansen 33, P. A. Le Cornec 33, H. Dawley 31, D. Haley 31, J. E. Greaver 30. Company H, First Regiment, 5. F.—Captain F. W. Wanen 39, Sergeant A. Roach 32, Corpo- ral Ehrenpfort 44, Corporal C .Call; C. Mider 42, Poikinghorn 30, Eisner 37, Las- well 42, Attwater 42, Schnider 25, Mitchell 36, Desmond 18. Furnenz 40, Ries 19, T.J. Car- ro! 2. 412 Treanton 3 Schlosser 3 Hoffer 37, T W. Martens At Shell Mound. It was Shell Mound’s off Sunday yester- day. Following are the clubs and their scores: Deutscher Krieger Verein,monthly medal shoot, German ring target, twenty shots: Champion class—F. Kaiser, 318 riugs. First class—N. Niegle 285. Second class—J. H. Mohr 285. Third class—R. Schwittenhauser 195. Independent Rifles’ monthly medal shoot, ten shots, military target: Sergeant F. M. Zeising 43. Corporal F. Han 41, Corporal J. Staude Jr. 38, Corporal J. Win- dermenn 35, J. Stang 33, Sergeant H. Schlicht- mann 32, N. Biegel 31, Sergeant J. H. Schnei- der 80, Dr. F. T. Bond 30, H. Goetjen 28, Lieu- tenant oenning 27, H, Staude 27, J. Lin- decker , H. Jurgens 17, J. W. Reiley 13, W. Tienken 12, Sergeant J. H. Wilkens 6, H. Han- Century Road Club of America, by whom such records are allowed, reguire five imers. Decker was disappointed because he did not get the record, but will try again next Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’ciock. His ride vesterday was timed by T. L. Hall at the start and A. P. Swain and C. B. Shear at the finish. The ride was a re- markable one, and probably the strong wind at his back helped him a great deal. He will doubtless get the record next Wednesday. Before the record trisl the Acme and Reliance clubs each-held a five-mile road- race over the course. The finish of the Acme race was rather straggling, but the time made was fairly =zood, as will be seen by the following table: Contestants. SLE80EEES 2:00 1:15 C. Lewis. The first six men in the Reliance race finished in'a bunch, and for a few seconds it was quite exciting. F. Neylan fell near the tape, but was unhurt and remounted and rode the race out. Following is the score: g Net = Contestants. Havdl-| gigin g 8P | Timer 9 10/F. Neylon.. 11|C. D. Bates Jr.. 12|C. D. Gooen 13|B. H. Elford. Yesterday most of the local cyciing clubs had runs to the Park, the 8an Fran- cisco, Olympic, Alpha, California, Im- perial, Bay City, Goiden Gate and Ala- meda Clubs all heading that way. There was a strong wind all day and riding against it was rather hard work Coming in, however, some of the men spread out their coats for sails and it was easy going then. Tue Camera Club cyclists went to San Jose yesterday, the Outing Road Club to Haywards and the Liberty Cycling Club to Laundry Farm. Next Sunday all the local and Alameda County clubs wil! bein Swockton attend- ing the biz watermelon run of the Ter- minal City Wheelmen. They will go up | by boat Saturdav night. Those Japavese Steamship Lines. E. 8. Babcock of Coronado, president of many -big corporations in San Diego and Coronado and manager and half owner of the Hotel del Coronado, returned to the Palace on his way home from the Yellowstone Park, where he has been on a pleasure trip. He thinks that it rests with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad rather than with the citizeus of San Diego to secure one of the Japanese steamship lines. For, he says, it is continental trade and overland rates that the steamship company wants, for local and coast commerce is not large emough. San Diego can offer practically nominal port rates and can give water frontage for wharves, but it cannot promise trade that it does not con- trol. Mr. Babcock thinks that the Southern Pacific Company will make a strong effort to have one of the Japanese lines decide upon San Francisco as a terminus, aud he bases his opinion on the theory that the railroad prefers to control the land traffic to the exclusion of the Northern Pacific and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe rather than to foster the Pacific Mail Steamship Company and lose a greater sen 3. League of the Cross Lecture. On Friday evening next Rev. Arthur M. volume of business. ——————— LoaNs on diamonds. Interest low. At 'Uncle Harris’, 16 Grant avenue. l REBEL CORKS ON PLEASURE BENT. An Immense Crowd at Their Picnic at Shell Mound Park. SOME FINE GATE PRIZES The Races and Games Were Exciting and Very Closely Contested. JIG AND REEL DANCING. Pretty Girls Who Can Dance the 0!d as Well as the New Steps. The Prize Winners. A big crowd attended the tenth annual picnic of the Rebel Cork Benevolent As- sociation yesterday at Shell Mound Park, Berkeley. Extra trains were run all took out won the prizes. Miss Kittie Ches- ter won the sewing-machine. INGLESIDE COURSING. Right Bower Won the First Prize Yes- terday in a Compauy of First- Class Dogs. The coursing at Ingleside park drew out a large crowd of leashmen yesterday and a splendid day’s sport was witnessed. The wins of a number of short ends kept tae crowd in good humor and the pool-box did a big guuineu. The hares were first- class. The run down resulted as follows: Lissak_beat Acme Boy, Right Bower beat Queen B, California Violet beat Coomassie, Sir ~Walter beat Sport, Sarcastic beat Swlftsure, Snowbird beat Annie Daly, Tom Hayes beat Free Silver, Miss Brumme zat Corte Medera, Happy Day beat Chippie, Alameda beat Uncle Sam, Dublin Stout bent Gee Whiz, Maud G beat New Tipperary, Pre- mier beat Spinaway, Bill Nye beat True Blue, Royal Stag geul Daisy, Governor Jim beat Lord Clifton, Gold King beat Monitor, Susie beat o beat Lissak, Cal st ties—Right Bower beat Lissak, Cal. Violot beat SirWalter, Sarcastic beut Snow- bird, Tom Hayes beat Miss Brummel, Ala- meda beat Happy Day, Dublin Stout beat Maud G, Bill Nye beat Bremier, Governor Jim beat Royal Stag, Susie beat Gold King, Second ties—Right Bower beat California Violet, Sarcastic beat Tom Hayes, Dublin Stout beat Alameds, Bill Nye best Governor Jim, Susie & bye. B Third ties—Right Bower beat Barcastic, Dub- lin Stout beat Susie, Bill Nye a bye. Fourth ties—Right Bower beat Bill Nye, Dublin Stout a bye. Final—Right Bower beat Dublin Stout. Prizes—$20, $15, $10, $5 50, $5 50. Sunday next the management of the park will add $25 to the entrance fee of $1, insuring a good prize to the dog winning the finals. ———————— Hebrew Social Club’s Picnic. The Ban Francisco Hebrew Social Club’s first annual picnic was held yesterday at Schuet- zen Park, and about 750 people were present. The club was organized oun January 5, 1895, and was incorporated six mouths later. The Hebrew Orphan Asylum band furnished a part of the music for the occasion. The pleasure- seekers had an enjoyable time. Thirty-five | gate prizes were distributed. The officers and committees were as follows: President, H. Goldman; vice-president, W. Goldman; secre- tary, Milton M. Davie; treasuret, A. H. Becker; committee of arrangements—H. Goldman, P, Goldstein, A. H. Becker, Joseph Coleman, Mil- ton M. Davis; floor committee—William Gold- man, 8. Shaben, C.Stockwitz, D.Goldstein, J. Freed; rece‘vtion committee—Martin Meyer, A, Strauss, Wiiliam Baron. ———————— Stabbed With a Penknife. Peter Samuels, a painter, living at 95 Pratt place, was arrested yesterday by Detective Anthony and Sergeant Green on the charge of assault with a deadly weapon. He had a_row with his wife Friday afternoon and stabbed her in the back with a penknife. day long, and the number of people was one of the largest ever inside the pictur- esque park. The crowd was well-behaved and orderly, which added much to the enjoyment of the day. The Hibernian Band furnished the music for the occasion. It was kept busy in the pavilion, where the crowd of dancers whirled and glided. One of the most attractive features of the day’s pleasures was the jig and reel danc- ing in a pagoda under the trees. Professor McCarthy, a piper, and Professor McMa- hon, violinist, furnished the music for it. It was something comparatively novel in the way of dancing, and people stood on the tables and benches and chairs and craned their necks in order to see it. This style of dancing was open to all. Many a pretty Irish girl showed to an admiring and applauding multitude that she could dance a graceful jig as well asa graceful waltz. Chauncey Olcott, the Irish comedian, made a little speech to the crowd in the pavilion, and by urgent request delivered a very pleasing recitation. The chief interest of the day centered in the great variety of races held in the after- noon. They began at 2 o’clock. The fat ladies’ race brought out a number of very large entries, and in the fat men’s race no one was eligible for entry who weighed less than 250 pounds. The several grand stands around the racetrack and arena were filled with peo- vle, increasing the picturesqueness of the scene. The individual entries for each race had friends in the crowd, and b, shouts as he passed them they encourage: him to greater efforts. It was the same with the ladies. The races resulted as fol- lows: For boys under 10 years of age—J. Riordan, first; J. Robertson, second. For boys under 14 years of age—Ed Barry, first; George Crowley, second. For girls under 10—Katie 0’Connell, first; Alice O’Nell, second. For girls under 14—Emma Mohr, first; Mamie Smith, second. For professionals, three times around the track—Frank Wilson, first; R. D. Johnson, second; J. M. Sutlivan, third. F‘"i"““g men—Ed Johnson, first; T. Byrne, secou S For marriageable young ladies—Nellie Molloy, first; Annie Roach, second. For married men—C. J. Sheble, first; G. Mitchell, second. For married ladies—Mrs. Burns, first; Mrs. Beasley, second. For men over 40—Charies M. Brown, first; Thomas Frazier, second. For married ladies over 40—Mrs. Carney, first; Mrs. Baugson, second. For fat men—D. 8. Huschle first; (prize not called for and name not given), second. For fatladies—Mrs. Owens, firsc; Mrs. Grabitt, second. Three-legzed race for boys—J. Sullivan and J. O'Le 1y first, W. Davis and F. Haselbacher second. Three-legged race for men—M. Sullivan and 0. McDonald first, M. Corcoran and R. Riga second. Special for boys—J. Sullivan first, J. McDon- ald second. Bfleclul for girls—Evelina Moore first, Anna McDonough second. Sack race for men—M. Dwyer first, E. Mc- ngvir -ccnn‘d‘ o = ack race for boys—Charles Haggerty first, Frank Smith second. e Running hop, step and jump—J. Lynch first, M. Kelly second. Standing jump—John Smith first, M. 0’'Dowd O Tining high jump—George Bdwards 8 unning um orge Edwards first, Williem Burke second. . Standing high jump—T. Sheble first, F. Kane second. 5 The prizes were cash and all kinds of valuuble and usefal articies. The list of gate prizes was especially fine, ranging from a sewing-machine and a year’s subscription to the WEEKLY CALL down to §2 50 cash. All the tickets were placed in a sack, and in the pavilion Kittie Cookery, 4 years old, put her hand in the sack and the first fifty-two numbers she MONEY T0 SAVE PUBLIC HEALTH. An Increased Appropria- tion Vigorously Sought. CALAMITIES PREDICTED. Special Session of the Board of Health Last Night. PRESS SUPPORT IS INVOKED. The Sum Required for Food Inspec- tion, Ambulance Sys- tem, Etc. A special meeting of the Board of Health was held last evening at the office of Dr. G. J. Fitzgibbon, a member of the board. The special session was called to consider the allowance made by the Board of Supervisors to maintain the Health De- partment for the fiscal year ending June 30,1897. The physicians comprising the board hold that the sum appropriated is wholly inadequate, and they therefore de- sire that the Supervisors should raise the estimates and increase the allowance in this particular respect. In a statement for the public press for- mulated at the meeting last night it is set forth that the persistent and successful efforts of the press to reduce the tax rates have resulted in taking from the Depart- ment of Public Health aporopriations which are vital to the City’s welfare. The powerful influence of the press is, there- fore, earnestly requested tc prevent a zross injustice to the Health Department and a serious calamity to the City. The point is advanced that the tax rate this year will be low—$105 on the hun- dred dollars—and that the total amount of municipal expenses will be over $5,000,000. It is cited that the Health Department is allowed but $25,000, but that $25,000 more earnestly asked for would only raise the tax rate to $105)%4. In other words, the Board of Health asks that at least 1 per cent of the City’s expenses should be de- voted 340,00C inhabitants. to preserving the health of its Reference is made in the statement to a meeting held at the Chamber of Com- A Goop Lo IRiSHGIG] COIN FOR THE CRUSADE. Local Aid Given to a Great Theosophi- cal Movement. The Theosophical Society that has occu- pied Red Men’s Hall regularly every Sun- day evening for the past four years held its first meeting last night in its new com- modious quarters at Golden Gate Hall, on Sutter street. There were several addresses made dur- ing the evening by prominent theoso- phists. Their remarks all bore on the ob- jects and the vast importance of the great theosophical crusade now being carried on for the high purpose of changing the ideals of humanity and showing them the path to greater happiness and influences. The active interest taken by the local society was amply indicated by the speak- ers. A collection to aid the crusadersin their travels was taken and was responded to liberally. The hall, chosen on account of its large accommodation, was hardly big enough to hold the large number that attended last night. K. B. Rambo presided over the meetinfi. and in afew preliminary remarks wel- comed the society to the new hall and briefly outlined the history of theosophy in this country. He said that in 1875 in New York the first movement toward a theosophical society was made by a few persons, This movement has grown slowly and steadily, until now it stretches across the extent of the earth. = Meetings that at first were held with a certain exclusiveness became more public in nature, and now it is the custom to open the doings of the society to the whole world. The society is now in its twenty- first year, and another method of propa- ganda has been put into effect in the form of acrusede of seven people, who will visit every land and show what t' eosophy really is, what it teaches and what it will accomplish, After an instrumental solo by Miss Alice Winant, Dr. Anderson spoke on the purpose of the crusade. He said in part: . The purpose of the erusade briefly expressed is tochange the ideals of humanity. Theosophy presents itself asa yehicle to do this. Noman can help himself or his fellow-men without realizing how puerile, how low and how con- :e.:\zuble. are the present ideals of the human This address was followed by E. P. Jones, who spoke on the messages of the- osog\hy. “Theosophy,” said he, ‘“‘teaches that there is a proper way to live and a proper way to die, or, in other words, a proper way of life,” 3 Mrs. M. M. Thirds then spoke with much beauty of thought and expression on “Brotherhood.”” She saia that the souls of men were but sparks of the great central fire, the deity. Tiniyres SOME VIEWS OF THE REBEL CORKS ENJOYING THEMSELYV! LP WHILE You WAIT merce, and the written petition, signed by a ereat number of taxpayers, nearly all the banking institutions and building as- sociation and a great number of mer- chants, recommending the Supervisors to allow an increased appropriation. The statement was that the petition was signed g_y over half of the taxable wealth of the iy. 4 To prove that a question of patronage is not involved the members of the Board of Health will gladly turn over the entire patronage which will be created to any competent person or board, and aid every effort to make its distribution non-parti- san and the appointments subject to a civil service examination. The board says: *‘We have found the patronage an annoyance which rises to the dignity of a curse.” Some interesting comparisons are thade in the manifesto of the Board of Health. It is said that the appropriation allowed to insute the health of 340,000 citizens is less than what is paid annually to the janitors who sweep out the City Hall. It is only one-seventh of the $175,000 which is spent each year to maintain 1300 inmates of the City and County Hos- pital, Almshouse and Pesthouse. It is contended that this inadequate ap- propriation forces San Francisco to be the only city cf its size in the civilized world which is without an ambulance system. In summing up all the calamities of the insufficient allowance the Board of Health says: “In a word, this beggarly appropriation means disease, disgrace and wholesale murder. These are not empty terms. The record shows them to be a conservative statement of facts.” In closing, the address takes the ground that the newspapers can avert the in- iquity by demanding $25,000 merely for the Health Denariment. The additional wants as expressed in the address are: Eight good inspectors, $7200 a year, a Iaboratory, $1800; chemist and assistants, $2700; bakery inspector, $900; patroiman for canned roods, $900; three ambnlances, $3600; 1naintenance and equipment, $5000; veterinary surgeon, $1800; bath and laun- dry inspector, $900; sewer inspector, $900; insane, $500; Receiving Hospital, operat- ing table and instroments, $1500; clerk of vital statistics, $900; additional office ex- penses, $2700. The closing paragraph reads: ~ We have secured the assistance of the peo- le. We ask the aid of the press in this mat- ter, so vital to the weliare of the City—the public health o0f San Francisco—and we beg to assure you in advance of our grateful thanks for such aid, which will vastly lghten the la- bors we shall otherwise have to make to ac- quaint the citizens with the conditions we have outlined above, for we are dreadfully in earnest, and we will surely and indelibly fix the responsibility for the misfortunes of this City in the matter of the health and physical comforts of all its citizens, rich and poor alike, John F. Morse, G. J. Fitzgibbon, Henry H. Hart, John M. Williamson—Board of Health of the City and County of San Franeisco. et e e i AN ILLUSTRATED SERMON. Rev. Frank K. Baker of Epworth Meth- odist Church Uses Oil Paintings. Rev. Frank K. Baker, pastor of the Ep- worth Methodist Charck, corner of Twen- ty-sixth and Church streets, has intro- duced a novel feature into his Sunday evgnipg sermons, by exhibiting large oil paintings of scripture scenes in connec- tion with his preaching. The first of the series of illustrated ser- mons which Rev. Mr. Baker will preach was delivered last night before a large con- gregation. The subject of last night's ad- dress was ‘“Heart Hardening,”” and each of the three causes of heart hardening— the sins of contention, procrastination and presumption, were illustrated by large oil paintings, revolving upon a reel. ontention was represented by a picture of the spies holding up before the Israel- ites the grapes of Eschol. The death of the spies who had caused the chiidren of Israel to murmur, represented the second sin, Procruginntion. the sin of presump- tion, was typified in the children of Israel going up into Canaan against God’s will. On next Sunday eveninga sermon, illus- trated by three large oil paintings, will be delivered on the “Life of Christ.” —— . WILL BE MORE COURSING, First Meet at Ocean View Grounds Un- der the New Management. The Ocean View Coursing Park will re- open next Sunday under the new manage- ment, which consists of D. Dillon, P. J. Riley, J. Cox and M. Tiernan, all old-time coursing men and well-known throughout the State, A large meet is expected and probably over sixty dogs will be entered. The en- trance will be $150 for each_dog, and $25 will be added to the stake. The drawing will take place on Friday night at Delta Hall. Besides a large number of dogs {from this City there will also be hounds from San Jose and Port Costa entered in the meet. MEDALS FOR HANDBALL, Games in the Tournament Now Going On and More to Follow. Several Exciting and Close Finishes in the Three Courts Yes. terday. Handball is on the boom and many players who were comparatively unknown a few months ago are coming rapidly to the front. The tournament at the Occi- dental! court is responsible in a large measure for bringing this fact into notice, and it is doing a good work for the manly sport. At the San Francisco court yesterday M. McNeil and Phil Ryan, the proprietor, had another tussle for supremacy. Each chose a new partner, Ryan having R. Shea and McNeil M. Manning. Three games were played and they were possibly the most exciting seen in the court, the final being won by McNeil and Manning by one ace. McNeil eschewed French dinners, which put him in better condition than on the previous Sunday, but Ryan was foolish enough not to do any training for the event, imagining that the Nicasio air would have a permanent effect. Another clever game was played, the participants being J. Riordan and G. Dahl against P. T. Donnelly and D. Connelly. The former team won in three straight games, but they were close and exciting. Phil Ryan, in order to encourage the sport among juveniles, has offered a gold medal and a silver medal to be competed for in his court. The medals have the ini- tials of the court on a cross-bar. Eight boys have aiready entered for the compe- tition, which will commence in two weeks. They are: J. Collins, R- Murphy, T. Fay, W. Stansbury, M. Edwards, G. McGuire, J. White and T. Ryan. At the Union court an exciting game was played between Terry McManus, one of the proprietors, and J. Wren. Each won a rub after some brillinnt&;]ay, and the final will be played next Sunday. The event of the day was a game between J. J. Feeney and R. Lenihan and_J. Hariow, ex-coast champion, and M. J. Kilgailon, It was a rattling game, and was won after a close finish by Feeney and Leniban. Following were the games played in the courts: San Francisco court—J. White and T. Ryan defeated G. Dahl and M. Edwards, 21—14, 17—21, 21—20. W. Dari and J. Brown deteated C. Butterfield and P. Barry, 21—15, 1621, 21—19. W. Manning and M. McNeil defeated P. Ryan and Bob Shea, 21—15, 18—21, 21—20. W. Stansbury and J. Collins defeated R. Murphy and M. Edwards, 21—15, 17—21, 21 M. Edwards and W. Stanbury defeated G. Me- Guire and T. Fay, 2115, 18—21, 21-19. J. Lawless and J. McEvely defeated D. Connelly and J. Siattery, 21—14, 16—21, 21—19. P. Kelly and G. Hutchinson defeated A. Pennoyer and J. Kearney, 21—-15, 18—21, 21—19. J. Riordon, coast champion, and G. Dalldefeated P. Donnelly, amateur champion, and D. Con- nelly, 21—17, 20—-21, 21—14. Union court—R. Murphy and M. Nally de- feated P. Prunty and J. Driscoll, 21—11, 16— 21,21—12. W.P. Doran and F. J. Freeman de- feated W. Heffernan and C. Doran, 2117, 15—21, 21—18. Terry McManus and J. Wren ghyed and each won a rub. Tim Sullivan and . Crane defeated J. Burns and P. J. O’Brien, 21-16, 14—21, 21—11. James O’'Donnell and Tim Jordan defeated Professor Lynch and O. Henry, 21—9, 13—21, 21—3. J. Howard and George McGuire defeated M. Basch end J. Ho- gan, 21—16, 14—21, 21—8. William McManus ana J. Freeman defeated Patterson and O. Rowau, 21—18, 17—21, 21—15. J. J. Feene; and R. Lenihan defeated J. Earlow and M. J. 21-18, 16—21, 17—21, 21-19, Kilgallon, 2196 The tournament for the General Wali medals was continued at the Occidental Court yesterday. The place was well filled with spectators, who applauded some of the exciting finishes to the echo. In the first class Leniban’'s overhand swiping fame advances him another peg toward medal honors by defeating Ed Maloney—51 to 40. In the same class John Purcell defeated Al Hampton—51 to 45. The other games werein the third and fourth classes and resulted as follows: R. O’Connor defeated B. Clements, 51 to 48; W. Collins defeated F. Haynes, 51 to 45; W. Cronan defeated P. F. Dunne, 51 to 46; C. Kane defeated G. Green, 51 to 42. The regular meeting of the club will be held next Fridn{ evening. Aiter the meeting there will be exhibition games, —————— NARROWLY ESCAPED DEATH. ¥. H. Stackpole Knocked Down by an Eleetric Car. F. H. Stackpole, who resides at 37 Jessie street, was knocked down by an electric car on Broadway, near Kearny street, last evening and received several cuts on the head and shoulders. _Bnckpo!e. who was intoxicated at the time of the accident, started across the street toward the County Jail and walked directly in front of a car. He was struck and dragged several feet before the car could be stopped, but fortunately escaped :‘eéefdht?l:g ilfijure_ea.. Stackpole was re- e Recei his wounds were dreu::?l.g HMaspitsl whoid —_——— . A third of the land surface of is covered with forests, Gl THESE NEITHER FOR SILVER NOR GOLD The Labor Exchange Hopes to Revolutionize Cur- rency. GIVE VALUE FOR VALUE The Worth of a Man’s Daily Toil Is Recorded on Paper. TO BUILD HEADQUARTERS HERE There Are Now Onpe Hundred and Sixty Fiourishing Branches in the Country. The Labor Exchange, an organization intended to lighten the burdens of the la- boring man by depriving the over rich of excessive profits, is rapidly gathering a large membership. More than 400 people in San Francisco have joined, among them being laborinz men, artisans, merchants and professional men. The organization is contemplating the building of head- quarters here in the near future. One remarkable feature of the organiza- tion is the fact that it claims thatitis doing effective work quietly. It says little, but continually saws wood. The Labor Exchange was organized about four years ago in Missouri by G. B. de Bernardi. When a boy he felt that something was wrong with society and set about to remedy the condition, finally evolving the prese nt system embodied in the Labor Exchange. From the nucleus started near the Mississippia powerful and wide-extended society h as grown. The San Francisco branch is now two years old. This is one of the twenty branches in California and of the 160 in the United States. The main object is to put the unem- ployed to work, and also to do away with the present monetary system. In each city there i3 a building called a depository, where a member brings the fruit of his labor—a load of farm produce, a suit of clothes or a pair of shoes, elc. For this he receives a check, correspond- ing somewhat to the greenback used in United States currency. These checks are marked with the same relative value as coin, that is, in dollars and cents. With this check he may buy whatever he pleases, or store it away for future use. This check bears the receiver's name and would be tender only by him. When the checks have been used they are canceled. “Qur checks,’”” said R. Patek, chairman of the building committee yesterday, ‘‘are really worth more than legal tender, as each dollar represents so much work be- hind it. “The depository buys at wholesale and sells at retail and the margins of the transactions runs the establishment. “We have learned the reason,” he con- tinued, *‘from the capitalists and monopo- lists. We simply keep to ourselves the rofits that otherwise would go to them. We get our most sympathy from the ranks of the Populists. We have no as- sesments nor dues; only a dollar initiation fee that goes toward propaganda work. “There are many merchants and land- lords who will accept these checks., Our resent officers are: Fred Clark, president; arnaby Dougherty, vice-president; C. ‘Warfield, manager; L. C. Clark, account- ant; Kinghorn Jones, secretary; and di- rectors, Dr. Betzel, R. Patek, Mr. and Mrs. Ancker, Daniel O'Fitz, C. Gleeser, who is also State organizer. “‘There has not yet been a failure in any branch that has been started. 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