The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 14, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1896, e SIR JOAN MILLAIS YIELDS TO CANCER The Art World Loses Its Most Brilliant Rep- resentative. GENIUS IN CHILDHOOD. Elected President of the Royal Academy Only a Few Months Ago. SOME OF HIS MASTERPIECES. A Thorcuzh Bohemian Who Loved Such Men as Dickins, Tennyson and Swinburne. LONDON, Ex6., Aug. 13.—The art world t of 1ts most brilliant representa- tives to-day by the death of Sir John Mil- lais, president ot the Royal Academy, who I have ever known, devoted to all his friends and passionately fond of his chil- dren. Ishall never forget all his kind- nesses to me. He made life worth living. I never visited London but that his han- som rolled up to my hotel a few hours after my arrival, and then he would always carry me off to lunch’ or dine with him as the case might be. § “He was a thorough Bohemian and always wanted the people he liked near bim. His magnificent town house-at 2 Palace Gate, Kensington, was a meeting place for all the famous men of the day. “I have seen grouped around bim there such men as Dickens, Tennyson and Swin- burne, and he was the valued friend of each. I suppose the bulk of my uncle’s great fortune will go with his title, but of course all his children and grand-children will be remembered. He has three sons and four daughters living. The eldest is Everett, who will inherit the title.”” | Sir John Millais enjoyed the distinction | of having painted some of the most popn- | Jar pictures in the world. His *‘Chill | October” has been conceded by many critics to be the finest landscape ever painted. His “Huguenot Lovers” is of world-wide fame, and reproductions of it can be found in every part of the globe. MORE BUSINESS FAILURES. Make York Jewelers Forced to Assignments. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 13.—Henry Casperfield, dealer in diamonds and | jewelry in this city and Saratoga, assigned | to-day to Morris Hirsch, without prefer- | ence. | 8. F.Meyers & Co., wholesale jewelers and dealers in bicycles in Maiden lane, | are financially embarrassed. Louis Clark | was appointed recewver to-day, with a New SIR JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS, R.A,, the Distinguishd Paiater, | and President of the Royal Academy, Whose Death Occurred Yesterday. snzceeded the late Sir Frederick Leighton but a few months ago. Death came to the great painter after an illness of several weeks, Excessive smoking had caused cancer of the throat, but for a long time he thought it only a slight affection, and refused to call in a physician until it was too late to check the progress of the dis- ease. The death of Sir John Millais naturally raises.at once the question of his successor as presidentof the Royal Academy. Un- less the arrangements made at the time of his election have been changed, this will be Valentine Princeps, a comparatively young man, but one who has already dis- tinguis:ed himselfin the world of art. Millais aid not feel able to accept the honorable position tendered him, but was induced to accept it for a year, at the end | $5 of which time he was to withdraw ana Princeps was to take his piace. As mat- ters were arranged that way it would seem as if Valentine Princeps was a sort of vice-president and is now really the president of the English Royal Academy. Sir John Everett Millais was born in Southampton, England, in 1829, a scion of an old landed family in the island of Jer- sey. At 9 years of age be entered Sass’ Academy, and two years later became a student at the Royal Academy, where he gained the principal prizes for drawing. He eained his first medal at the Society of Arts when only 9. “Pizarro Seizing the Inca of Peru,” his first exhibited picture, was at the academy in 1846. While & student in the academy’s schools his tastes had tacitly rebelled against the routine conventions of acad- emic teaching; and, strengthened in that feeling by such specimens of early Italian art as fell in their way, he and his friends, William Holman Hunt and Danie Gabriel Rosetti, resolved tc study nature as it ap- peared to them, not as 1t appeared in “‘the antique.”? i These 'views: were afterward adopted by Charles Collins and other younger painters, who were termed, half in jest and half in earnest, ‘“‘the pre- Raphaelite schocl.” Millais was elected an associate of the Royal Academy in 1853 and became R. A. in December, 1863. His paintings include a vast number of works, among the best known of whichlare: *Our Savior,” 1850; Mariana in the Moated Grange’’ 1851; he Huguenots’’ and *Ophelia,” 1852; he Order of Release,” 1853; ‘“The Pro- scribed Royalist,” 1853. In 1885 Millais was made a Baronet on the recommendation of Mr. Gladstone. Arthur Wallack, son of Lester Wallack and a nephew of Millais, says of the dis- tinguished man: «I cannot reconcile myself to his break- ing down. You see be was only 67 years old, and had twenty years’ magnificent work left in him. Everybody agrees that the work of his more muture years was his best. “If you bad seen my uncle you would easily comprebend me. He was a mag- nificent specimen of physical manhood, six feet in heightand weighing 300 pounds, and when he started over his beloved Scot- tish Highlands, gun on shoulder, to take his pastime, I teil you he was a sight to gladden the heart of a misanthrope. ‘He was the purest, sweetest character bond of $200,000. The liabilities of the firm are $517,000 and the nominal assets §819,000. They are controlling stock- bolders in the Olympic Cycle Manufactur- ing Company. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. I3.—A corps of clerks and officials is busy on the books | of the closed Murray Hill Bank. Super- intendent of Banks Kilburn said that his report would not be ready for two days yet, and if in the meantime the bank should raise the stipulatea $100,000 he would permit it to resuma business. Vie- tor Freund, a director of the bank, has offered to contribute $50,000, provided the bank officials raise the remaining $50,000. INDIANAPOLIS, Ixp., Aug. 13.—Spe- cial Judge Hammond of the Circuit Court appointed P. C. Tresler receiver of the Union National Bank and Loan Associa- | tion. The association was one of the | largest in the State, having assests of over LOcAL LD EXCHNEE Action of the Assistant Treas- urer Explained by His Superior. San Francisco’s Method of Doing Business Was Covered by an Office Rule. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 13.—The Treasury Degartment has received no in- formation about the alleged refusal of the Assistant Treasurer at S8an Francisco to exchange gold for silver certificates. There is a practice that has been followed for years, and is peculiar alone to the San | Francisco treasury. On the Pacific Coast nearly all the money in circulation is gold and silver coin, pbut little paper money be- | ing used. ¥or the convenience of bank- rs and others who aesired to make ship- ments of money to the East a practice had grown up at S8an Francisco of exchanging silver certificates for gola. It cost less to | ship §1000 in paper to New York than $1000 in coin. In this way the officials of the sub-treasury gradually made all forms of money interchangeable over the counter. | As aresult the sub-treasury gained from | $2,000,000 to $8,000,000 in gold annually for the past few years while all the other sub- treasuries were losing gold. Recently its stock of gold has been reduced, evidently for hoarding purposes, as San Francisco is one of the two points only where green- backs are redeemable, New York being the | other, and for that reason it is presumed that the practice has been discontinued of | making all moneys interchangeable, as it was simply a practice and not a treasury rezulation. Tseasury officials say there was no need of their being informed of it. If itis resumed they will be equally in ig- norance of the fact. e — Division in Tewus. DALLAS, TEX., Aug. 13.—At a meeting of the Populist State Campaign Commit- | tee held here to-day, it was determined that the committee shall be present at the State Democratic Convention at Fort Worth next Tuesday, and propose fusion | on the Presidential electoral ticket, the Densocrats taking eight and the Populists seven, ]tho charge of hazing. SHEATHED SHIPS FOR THE NEW NAVY Advantages Pointed Out by the Chief Naval Con- structor. SAVE TIME AND MONEY. Experiments Made by the British Government Are of Great Importance. ADMIRAL KIRKLAND'S REPORT. Enlistment of Apprentices at Mare Island Does Not Come - Up to Expectation. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 13.—In ac- cordunce with instructions given by Secre- tary Herbert before his departure for Europe, bureau chiefs of the Navy Depart- ment are collecting data for incorporation in their annual reports, which are to be submitted to the department by October 1. Perhaps one of the most important recom- mendations which will be made will be that contained in the forthcoming report of Chief Naval Constructor Hitchnurs. It is understood that this official will recom- mend to the department that Congress be asked to make an appropriation for sheathing all ships of and below the cruiser class. The Chief Naval Constructor be- lieves that the new navy has progressed far enough to learn what is best for its preservation. He will point out to the department that the docking and cleaning and painting of a ship's bottom every nine months prevents the service of the vessel for several months, and in addition is very expensive. If vessels were sheathed, he says, ali danger of pitting, like that suffered by the Boston, and more recently by the Minneapolis, would be removed. The experiments made by the British Government on the subject will be re- ferred to. It has been urged by opponents of the principle of sheathing that the presence of an extra skin on a vessel ma- terially retards its speed. The British Government recently proved the fallacy of this statement. Two ships were built alike in every particular, with the excep- tion that one was sheathed and the other carried only her ordinary plating. On their trials the unsheathed ship made a quarter of a knot greater speed than that made by her sister ship. A month later, however, it is said that the unsheathed ship had lost her advantpge and that the sheathed ship was her equal in point of speed. As the accretions on the steel hull of the former vessel increased her speed fell and the sheathed ship showed her heels to her sister shép. The Chief Naval Constructor will show that, while there may be a small tempor- ary loss of speed, the sheathed vessels will by continuous service be able to do equally as fast, if not faster work, and will always be ready for service instead of having to be laid up at avy-yards every nine months to be scrdped and painted. It is said that the sum necessary to pay the expenses of cleaning and painting a ship’s bottom for three years will defray the cost of sheathing., It has been deter- mined by the department to sheath | couple of gunboats now under construc- tion, but the Chief Naval Constructor is desirous of protecting all the ships by this method. The Navy Department ordered a board to-day, consisting of Commodore Charles M. Sperry, Naval Constructor Bowles and an Assistant Naval Constructor, to be | designated by the Commandant of the Brooklyn Navy-yard, to make a survey of the torpedo-boat Ericsson, and determine the amount and cost of repairs to be made to the vessel as well as the time and labor requisite to put her in condition for com- | mission. Naval Constructor Bowles, in a | report made to the department yesterday, estimated that the cost of repairs to this vessel would be $6000. It is the desire of the department to get the Ericsson in commission as early as possible, as she is required for torpedo exercise at the New- port training station. Considerable practice with torpedoes has been had by naval officers and officers of the Naval Reserve at Newport and it has been highly beneficial. The authorities feel confident, however, that better results would have been secured had such a ves- sel as the Ericsson been on duty at the station. A report received at the Navy Depart- ment to-day, made by Rear-Admiral Kirk. land, commanaant of Mare Island Navy- yard, states chat the enlistment of appren- tices on the West coast is small. Al- though an order permitting the enlist- ment of boys was issued some weeks ago there has not been the response tbat the department’s officials expected. Up to the present time only forty-five boys have applied for enlistmenf. The authorities believe that the fact of it being the sum- mer season may have had something to do with the slow enlistments and hope that the fall may have a different result to show. It is said by naval officers that the de- partment some years ago made an attempt to establish a training station on the coast, but failure resulted because of lack of enlistments. Admiral Ramsay, chief of the Bureau of Navigation, who has charge of all matters relating to the enlistment of apprentices, said to-day that the board to survey Goat Island, for the purpose of fixing up a site for the proposed training station, would not be assembled until the fall. One and perhaps two naval officers would be ap- vointed and an army officer, the War De- partment having authority over a portion of the island. Z The admiral believes that when the sta- :)i:n h;ggblilaeed on the island there will no difficulty in getting all the enli ments that may be dellred% tre LRI e HAZING AT WEST POINT. Two Cadets Dismissed From the United Service. . WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 18.—The practice of hazing. which has been indulged in by cadets at the West Point Military Academy has received a severe blow at the hands of the President. By his order two cadets, convicted by court- martial of this offense, have been dis- missed from the military service of the United States. His order of dismissal is accompanied by a severe arraignment of the practice, and a declaration oxg his deter- mination not to permit its contiruance. Notwithstanding the stringent regula- tions made by the War Devartment and the special orders isSued by the Super- intendeut of the Military Academy, the custom of hazing, which has prevailed at the Military Academy for' many years, has continued to thrive within the walls of that institution, and the authorities of the academy have finally determined to en- force the regulations. Two cadets, Giles Bishop Jr. (a private of the second class) and Cadet H. 8. Commager (also a pri- vate in the same class), were arrested on Cadet Bishop’s offense consisted in ‘“‘inflicting arbitrary punishment” upon two fourth-class cadets, or “plebs,’’ as they are familiarly known at the academy. i The cadets whom Bishop was charged with hazing were Cadet C. J. Harris, fourth class, and Cadet W. 8. Neely, The charge upon which he was tried was “vio- lation of paragraph 140, Regulations of the United States Academy’ prohibiting hazing, and two Epecl‘ficanon! stated that Bishop compelled Cadets Harris and Neely “to stand on one foot in a con- strained and painful position and did th torment, annoy and harass these cadets.’ Cadet Bishop pleaded not guilty to the specifications and charge, but the court convicted him and sentenced him. to be “dismissed from the service of the United States.” The sentence was approved by Judge-Advocate General Lieber, Major- General Miles and Secretary Lamont, who, in the order named, reviewed the case, and it was then forwarded to the Presi- dent. Here is the President’s indorse- ment: . “The proceedings and findings of the court-martial in the foregoing case of Cadet Giles Bishop are hereby approved and the sentence of said court is hereby confirmed and ordered executed. *“The offense of maltreating and abus- ing new cadets by upper classmen is so mean and cowardly and so opposed to every trait that should characterize a gen- tleman and true soldier that severe pun- 1shment should not be necessary to its prevention. 1f, however, punishment must be resorted to to effect a_discontinu- ance of this disgraceful practice, I can do no less than to resist all appeals for clemency.”’ Cadet H. 8. Commager was tried on the same charge, but the specification in his case showed that the “‘arbitrary punish- ment”’ he inflicted upon a cadet was equally as exquisite as that which Cadet Bishop had imposed. It was charged that he ‘required Cadet J. W. Wilen of the fourth class to ‘‘perform a gymnastic ex- ercise’” known as the “‘fourteenth setting up exercise,”” or as the “full-bending exer- cise” of infantry drill regulations, and also required him while performing the leg ex- ercize to keep arms raised horizon- tally, bolding in each hand an Indian club. Cadet Commager evidently saw there was no hope for bim, for he pleaded guilty and was 89 found by the court which tried him. He was also sentenced to be dismissed. The President wrote this indorsement on the papers in his case: “The proceedings and findings of the court-martial in the foregoing case of Cadet H. 8. Commager are hereby ap- proved and sentence of said court is hereby confirmed and ordered executed. “]1 am determined in all cases of this description, if proof 1s clear, to afford re- lief to those cadets who in violation of the wholesome regulations of a military academy indulge in the brut«l and cow- ardly treatment of beginners commonly called hazing,” ON EASTERN DIAMONDS.® Standing of the Clubs and Scores of the Games Played in the National League Yesterday. Cruzs. Baltimor Cincinnatl. Cleveland.. Chicago. Pittsburg. . even to-day. The Brooklyn team won the first game, giving Daub grand support. In the second game, after six men had toed the plate in the first inning, Harper gave way to Abbey, ‘who was batted all over the park, especiallyin the sixth inning. Score: Brooklyns—5, 11, 1; Baltimores—2, 10, 2. Batteries—Daub and Grim, Hemming and Clark. Umpire—Lynch. Score, second game: Brooklyns—3, 9, 3; Bal timores—19, 21, 1. Batteries—Pond and Rob- inson: Harper, Abbey and Burrill. Umpires— Clarkson and Stein. CHICAGO, IiL., Aug. 18.—The Reds got sweet revenge on the Colts to-day by shutting them out easily. Ehret was invulnerable, only three hits béing made off him. Briggs was hit at the right time, the Colts bunchin, their errors in the eighth inning. McFarlan, did not umpire and there was no trouble, At- tendance . Score: Chicagos—0, 3, 3; Cincinnatis—7, 9, 2. Batteries—Briggs and Kittredge, Ehret and Peitz. Umpires—Dwyer and Terry. PHILADELPHIA, PA., Aug. 13.—With the score standing 5 to 2 against them the Phillies evened up things in the ninth on Delemanty’s single, Thompson’s-double, Haliman’s base on balls, Clements’ single and Cross’ fly to Sel- back. They wonin the twelfth. Attendance 2644. Score: Philadelphias 7,9, 3; Washing- tons 5, 11, 1. Batteries—Orth and Grady, McJames and McGuire. Umpire—Hurst, BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 13.—New York won the game fo-aay and forced Nichols out of the box in the fourth inning. Lewis, Boston’s college pitcher, then went in and beld the New Yorks down to two hits for the remainder of the game. Van Haltren performed the rare feat of making 8 home run on a hitin- side the grounds. Attendance 1876. Score: Bostons 7, 12, 5; New Yorks 10,13,1. Bat- teries—Nichols and Ganzel, Meekin and Wil- son. Umpire—Sheridan. PITTSBURG, PA., Aug. 13.— Pittsburg-St. Louis, no game. CLEVELAND, OmI0, Aug. 13. —Cleveland- Louisville, no game. RACING IN THBE EAST. Horses That Won at Butte, Brighton Beach and St. Louis. BUTTE, Moxt., Atg. 13.—The talent succeeded in picking four out of the six races to-day. Summaries: Trotting, 2:13 class, three in five, purse 8700_Monterey won i (hieo straight heats, Red Cherry second, Antrima third. Best time, 18%4. Trotting, 2:33 class, three in five, purse gSDO—Jnstine won, taking second, fourth and ith heats, Silver King second, Grace Hayes third. Best time, 2:19}¢. Running, six furiongs, purse $300, ‘Ostler Joe won, Tampa second, Jim Biackburn third. Time, 1:16%5. Half mile, selling, purse $250, Gracie 8 won, 8t. Croix second, General Coxey third. Time, 14814, H{n‘lf mile, selling, purse $250, Daisy B won, Topaz second, Bob Tucker third. Time, :493¢. lflvn furlongs, selling, purse $250, Marsh won, Nervoso second, Yreka third. Time, 1:02 0214, ‘DRIGHTON BEACH, N. Y., Aug. 13.—Five furlongs, Louise N_won, Contrition second, Rockledge third. Time, 1:02}¢, Five turlongs, Don Blas wou, Meadowthorpe second, Florian third. Time, 1:011. Mile and a sixteenth, Volies won, The Dragon second, Formal third. T me, 1:4914. Six_furlongs, Regulator lscohus se: ond, Lithos third. Time, 1 Two miles, Emma C won, fiir!xe second. Time, 3:29. Five furlongs, Medica won, Titmouse second, Moison third. Time, 1:03 . ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 13.—One mile, Sammie Young won, Joe Hart second, Al Miles third. Time, 1:50. Five furlongs, Sea Robber won, Sugar Foot second, Tom Smith third. Time, 1:04. One mile, Castalia won, King Elm second, Agatine third. Time, 1:50. Seven furlongs, Jack won, Devault second, Pascola third. Time,1:3214 One_and a sixteenth mijes, Cherry Stone rgn. Hot Stuff second, Brahma third. Time, o ey Dying Political Prisoners Roleased. LONDON, Ene., Aug. 18.—In the House of Commons to-day Sir Matthew White Ridley, Home Secretary, states that as the result of a medical examinatioh of the prisoners the Home Office had ordered the release of the dynamiters Duly, Gallagher, Whitehead and Devany, now undergoing life sentence in English prisons. The prisoners, he said, would be set at libert; uunoon as the doctor is advised of lncK action. —_—— Irish Land Bill Passed. LONDON, ExG., Aug. 13.—The House of Lords to-day discussed the Irish land bill as remanded yesterday by the House of Commons. It was agreed not to oppose the lower house and to accept alr the amendments except one, which, however, was later also agreed to by a vote of 74 to 68, despite the opgsition of the landlords. The fact that the Houwe of Lords had ac- cepted them was lormallg intimated to the House of Commons, which briefly dis- cussed and finally disposed of the meas- ure. The bill will now become a law. NEWCOMER GAINS SONORA FRIENDS, Changes Public Feeling by His Story of Dorsey’s Death. SHOT IN SELF-DEFENSE. His Life Threatened by the -Aged Mine-Owner During a Quarrel. STORY OF WITNESS KOCH. The Defendant Charged by His Partner With Having Stolen Ballion From Their Mine. SONORA, CAL, Aug. 13.—Replete with startling testimony were to-day’s pro- ceedings in the trial of John T. Newcomer for the murder of his aged mining part- ner, Colonel Caleb Dorsey. The defendant took his place on the witness-stand and in a straightforward manner, but with con- siderable show of emotion, gave his story of the killing. On first taking the stand By- ron Waters, one of his counsel, admonished him to take his time and not get excited, as his evidence meant much to him, and he replied: “I willnot. I am willing to stay here, if necessary, six months.” At another time during the giving of his evi- dence he remarke d: *1 will tell the fruth, 1f it puts a rope around my neck.” I aid kill Colonel Dursey,” were New- comer’s first words. ‘‘On the day of the shooting I went to the mill and saw Ed- ward Dorsey and the colonel. We both said ‘Good-day’ to-each other. I asked Edward if he would lend me his mule, as I wished to go to Sonora, and I remarkeu to the colonel that I wished to have a re- ceiver appointed for the mine. Heand I then walked te the cabin where the shoot- ing took place. On the way we talked about the mine, and when we got there we both took seats, not quite facing each other. I said: “‘Colonel Dorsey, 1 am going to town to have a receiver appointed. Is there any person in Sonora you woald like to have trusted with the gold ?’ “He ‘said to me: ‘You have stolen enough gold. I will handle my own gold hereafter.’ “I told him he was aliar. I beiieve I used a stronger expression. I generally do when a man doubts my honesty or ve- racity. He reached for his pistol with his right hand. I was sitting on a chair. My pistol was in my hip pocket, and I jerked it out and shot at Colonel Dorsey. I can’t say how many times I shot. God only knows how many times; I don’t.” 1t was brought out that the reason New- comer had a pistol that day was that he was going to Sonora that morning, and, as it was a lonely trait he had to follow and a man had been murdered on it once, he always carried a weapon while travel- ing over it. The aged defendant ex- lained his reasons for telling Edward Bouey that the colonel was cutting wood for timber after the killing, when in fact he was lying cold in death., He did not want Edward to go down to the cabin and get his uncle’s pistol, and so he went up to the boarding-house, told the cook the true facts, and told him to look after the colonel and see that the pistol was not carried off by interested persons. ‘When the trial closed for the day New- comer was still on the stand, undergoing a most searching cross-examinatior, but the old man did not contradict himself in a single point. His story has created quite a reversion of feeling in his favor, and it is now the general belief that he is likely to be acquitted. The first witness called this morning was Joseph Harrison, who testified to a statement made by Edward Dorsey alter the killing, to the effect that he (Dorsey) had thought of telling his uncle, Colonel Dorsey, not to bother the ‘‘old man’’ any more, ‘‘because,” he said, ‘I was sure the old man would shoot; but —, no one ever got the drop on the colonel in his life, and I thought I would let them go ahead.” George A. Koch, a mining engineer of San Francisco, testified that he knew Colonel Dorsey well. He made his ac- qnaintance in 1881, when he inspected the Dorsey mine, and while doing so met a Mr. Elliot, who was at that time Dorsey’s partner. “I had a conversation with Colonel Dor- sey in front of the Masonic Temple in San Francisco on a Sunday about eight or ten days before his death,” said Koch. ‘“‘We had got pretty we]l through our conversa- tion in reference to the mine. His mill test was not satisfactory, and he said he ‘was going to see that it was better. I saw he was a little vexed. I wasabout to leave him, and as I left I said, ‘Give my regards to your old partner—Elliot.” Dorsey made the remark that Elliot was not there any longer. He had bought Elliot out, and he then had another partner. Dorsey said the new one was athief and he would ‘fix’ him, We parted ngreein; to meet each other the next day at the Palace Hotel. I never saw him alive again.” This testimony came as a flash of light- ning out of a clear sky to the prosecution, | and created a stirin court, The witness was asked by the prosecution how it was that the defense knew of his testimony, and he explained that on the day after the shooting, seeing accounts of it in the San Francisco papers, he remembered the con- versation, and knowing that the colonel was 8 hot-headed man and had many friends, and that possibly the man who had shot bim in self-defense had none, he thought it his duty as a citizen to inform the Sheriff of Tuolumne County of the facts, which he did. Here the letter sent by Koch to the Sheriff was produced, but it was not admitted in evidence, as the witness' testimony made it unnecessary. NATIONAL REGATTA. Winnipeg Wins the International Four- Oared Shell Kace. SARATOGA, N. Y., Aug. 13.—The sec- ond and concluding day of the national regatta furnished some exciting races, which were witnessed by a good sized crowd. The day was an ideal one for aquatics, and the honors to-day were evenly distributed. Joseph J. Whitehead of Cambridgeport, Mass., won the senior singles. The race was protested by E. A. Thompson, but upon it being shown that there was no foul, the race was justly awarded to Whitehead. In the intermediate singles Edward Van Eick of Worcester, Mass.,, won quite bandily. The New York Athletic Club won the senior double scull race in great shape, but was beaten by the Baltimores in the senior eights. The latter rowed in fine form and were a length and a quarter to the zood at the finish. The great event of the day was the inter- national four-oared senior shell race. The famous Winnipeg crew pulled :w‘;y from their competitors and line with four open lengtbs fo The Riversides, who finished seco: re dis- | qualified for having fouled the Winnipegs at the turn, and- second place was given to the Staten Island crew. The Institutes were third and the Detroits fourth. The rizes were distributed at the United tates Hotel to-night. The summaries follow : ; Final heat of the senior singles, won by Joseph J. Whitheat, Riverside B. C., Cam- bridgeport, Mass. Time, 10:11. Intermediate singles, won by Edward H. Van Eick, Wachusett B. C., Worcester, Mass. Time, 9:59. Senior eight-oared shell, won by the Baltimore Athletic Club, Baltimore; New York Athletic Club second. Time, 7:4814. Senior double sculls, won by the New York Athletic Club, Toronto Rowing Club second, Pennsylvania Boat Club third. Time, 9:003. International four-oared senior scull, won by the Winnipeg Rowing Club, Staten Island Boat Club second, Institute Boat Club third, Detroit Boat Club fourth, ?iversids Boat Club disqualified, Time, :15%, B NATIONAL BICXCLE MEET. Thomas Cooper of Detroit Won the Big Two-Mile Race. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 13.—The first day of the big L. A. W. races was marked by some of the best sport yet seen in this section of the country. Six thousand people witnessed nine splendid races at the Fountain Ferry Track this afternoon, which were participated in by the fastest wheelmen in the country. The day was perfect for racing, not a breeze stirring and the heat not being too intense for the racers. The big race, the two-mile Na- tional championship, amateur and profes- i was won by Tom Cooper of Detroit :25 3-5. The summaries of the races are as follows: One mile, novice. Charles R. McCarthy, St. Louis, won.' Time, 3:37 2-5. Quarter mile, State championship, Karl Thome, Louisville, won. Best time, :35%. Last twelfth in :09. One mile, professional, 2:15 class, J. A. New- house, Buffalo, won; E. C. Johnson, Cleveland, second; W. Decardy, Chicago, third. Time, 2:18 35, Two mile handicap, amateur, final, C. C. In- graham, Dixon, I1L, won. Timé, 4:54 3.5. One mile open, professional, Tom Butler, Boston, won; W. C. Sanger, Milwaukee, sec- ond; Nat Butler, Boston, third. Time, 2:03. Last quarter, :20 1-5: last twelft, :08 3.5. Halt mile, open, smateur, C. C. Ingraham, Dixon, won. Time, 1:15. Last quarter, ;29 2-5; last twelfth, :06 4-5. One mile handicap, professional, Nat Butler, Boston (30), won; A. L. Kennedy, Chicago (15), second; E. T. Acker, Philadelphia (60), third} Conn Baker, Columbus (50), fourth; E. C. Johnson, Cleveland (80), fifth. Time, 2:06. Last twolfth, :09 2-5. Hslf mile, amateur State championshi Karl Thome, Louisville, won, Time, 1:23 2- Two mile, National championship, amateur and professional, Tom Cooper, Detroit, won; E.C. Bald, Buffalo, second ; J. B. Bliss, Chicago, third. Time,4:253-5, Last quarter, :28 Iast twelith, :07 4-5. — YACHTING UN LAKE ERIE. D 5. A Buffalo Newspaper Man’s Boat Wins the Steamer Event. CLEVLAND, Orro, Aug. 13.—Thirteen seconds ahead of the Say When, the En- quirer crossed the finish line just before sundown to-day, in the Cleveland regatta, the winner of the greatest steam-yacht race sailed in recent years on the Great Lakes. The Enquirer obtained her lead at the start and held it for the entire course. The Say When is owned by Hon. W. J. White of this city, and the Enquirer by J. W. Connors, editor of the Buffalo En- quirer. The Say When has a record of 24 miles an hour and the Enquirer is a new boat to the racing world. The course was from Fair Port to Cleveland. The Enquirer is 144 feet over all and the Say When 138 feet. The distance was thirty miles and the winning time was 1 hour 353 minutes. In the 55-foot class this morning th Vencedor, which will race for the Ameri- can cup at Toledo next week, showed what she could do in a stiff wind and es- tablished her record as one of the best yachts afloatoninland waters. The entries were the Vreda of the Royal Yacht Club, the Vienna of the Lincoln Park Yacht Club and the Nevya of the Cleveland Yacht Club, The starting gun was fired at 10:20. From the start the Vencedor drew away and kept the lead all around the boatsin her class, nearly beating the Priscilla, a boat of a larger class. The Vencedor won in 2:51:51 elapsed time and 2:48:09 cor- rected time. The 35-foot class was woun by Eva in cor- rected time of 3:48:43. e Champion Shot Hall. DETROIT, Micr., Aug. 13.—R. H. Hall of the River Rouge Gun Club of this city won the E. C. Powder Company’s cup, emblematic of the handicap champion- ship of the United States and Canada, at the international shooting tournament here to-day. There were fifty-six entries. Hall had a handicap of three, but he shot at the full fifty targets, breaking forty- seven straight. He missed the forty- eighth shot and broke the next two, mak- ing his score forty-nine. GOLD FOUND IN SONOMA COUNTY, Yellow Flakes Brought to Santa Rosa by a - Woman. MRS. LEGGITT’S PLUCK. Perseveres as a Prospector and at Last Strikes a Ledge of Quartz. ITS LOCATION KEPT SECRET. A Housewife’s Success in Delving for Riches During 0id Hours of the Day. SANTA ROSA, Can., Aug. 13.—A So- noma County woman has discovered a gold mine. Armed only with a milkpan and a fireshovel Mrs. W. T. Leggitt has prospected the creek near her home in Redwood Township for several months. Laughed at by ber husband and joked by her neighbors the plucky woman went mining every day that her household duties would vpermit, declaring all the time that there was a ledge somewhere near and that she would find it; and she kept her word. One little patch of black sand on her claim yielded $3 in flake gold, and on many occasions she has washed out more than $2 worth with a few minutes’ work. To-day Mrs. Leggitt visited this city to | sell some of the gold and have an assay made of several pieces of rich-looking quartz. The gold was contained in a smasll tin box and was in flakes ranging in size from a grain of wheat to tiny particles. It was sold to Heath & Ekstrom and when melted made a solid button of the pure yellow metal nearly as large as a robin’s egg. The quartz will be assayed atonce by Mr. Heath and the result of the assay is likely to create a boom in Redwood Town- ship. Of course, the exact location of the new find is as yet a secret, but it is said to be on one of Thomas Hopper's ranches, near Occidental. Mrs. Leggitt and Hopper have reached an agreement as to the own- ership of the mine, in case the ledge proves to be on Hopper’s land, and there are many who believe that the proverbial «Hopper luck’’ has something to do with the discovery. Mrs. Leggitt is the mother of five chil- dren and 18 a& robust, matronly looking woman on the sunny side of 40. Her pleasant features are browned by the sun and her dark eyes show deiermination and courage. Puente’s Mystery Remains Unsolved. LOS ANGELES, Cai, Aug. 13.—The local Hawkshaws have failed to-fasten the murder of **Jack’ Hayes, the Puente Post- master, on the Mings brothers. Ben Mings, the elder of the two, was tried for the murder two weeks ago, and was romptly acquitted. To-day witnessed {he close of the trial of George Mings on a similar charge. The jury had an ali-night session, one believing Mings guilty. When this state of affairs was explained to Judge Smith this forenoon he frankly told the jury to acquit the defendant, and it was done. SRl hiL ¥ndart Loses at Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, CaL., Aug. 13.—Judge Shaw this arternoon decided for the de- fendant in the will case of Yndart vs. Coronel. Every point in the case was de- cided against Yndart, who is, however, excepted by the court from the general charges of perjury made against promi- nent witnesses in the case. The whole matter rested on the authenticity of the deed made by Mrs. Yndart, and this was decided to be false. NEW TO-DAY. But you can put a whole lot of manliness into them by dress- ing them in suits they will be proud of. Costs too much ? Yes, at the retailers’ ; not at the whole- salers’ who sell direct to you at the first small profit over cost of manufacture. Long Pants Suits, coat, pants and vest, 12 to 18 years, $5, $6 and $7. Short Pants Suits - $3.50 and $4.50. Children’s Suits $2 and $2.50. 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