The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 5, 1896, Page 3

- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1896. 3 TRAP-SHOOTERS AT SAN JOSE Lively Competition for the Target Association Trophies. First Honors in the Team Match Won by Olympic Club Marksmen. M'COY TAKES THE “GOLD DUST.” The Tournament Declared the Most Successful Ever Held in America. SAN JOSE, Car., Oct. 4—The first day of the S8an Jose meet of the California In- animate Target Association was pro- nounced by visiting marksmen by far the most successful in the association’s his- tory. In\ the number of entries it even eclipsed the celebrated meeting of trap- shooters in Rochester, N. Y., in 1895, which was at the time pronounced the largest ever held in the world. There were 163 entries for all the events, and the marksmen kept the five slectric traps busy from 8 o’clock this morning until it was too dark to ses the bluerocks this evening. The average shooting was poor, but the Olympic Gun Club of San Francisco did some phenomenal work and broke 108 blue- ks out of a possible 120. This entitles thisclub to the Overland Monthly trophy— a silver punch-bowl. The Lincoln Gun Club of Oakland took second place in the m event, breaking 103 bluerocks out of ble 120. In the third event, for the E. T. Allen cup, individual contest, Dr. George of Antioch proved the victor, ng the only clean score in the event— twenty birds straight. The second event was for the “Gold Dust” diamond medal. Martinez Chick of the Los Angeles team and R. H. McCoy of the Stockton Athletic Association both made clean scores of 20 each in this con- test, and the tie was shotoff. The match proved very interesting, as the contest- ants have tied each other on several occa- Chick missed his last bird, and Coy won the medal by a score of 17 to ck’s 16, There was great rejoicing in the tent of the Stockton marksmen over The tea shoots for the Overland Monthly trophy resulted as follows: n Club—O. Feudner 18, Fanning . Feud . J. Golcher 16, W. H. 5. McMahon 12, Jackson otal 90. Fishbeck 17, Ralph 16, Leigh- ason 19, Chick 16. Total 99. y Cvelers No. 3—H. M. Sprig r6, O. Ingalsbe 9, W. Lipsett . Schilling 13; total 70. *aw 17, Gunzendorfer well 10; total 79. Joaquin V Fox 16, Wood 11, shiell nsurby 16, Downing 13, McVesgh 15; City Cyclers No. 2—Holmes 16, Fhin is 13, W. G. Flint 13, C. A. Hall 18, Hoiron 12; total 87, ol —Burns 18, McDuff 17, E. Fors- v‘.lz‘{vt’hun:ou 18, Murdock 14, Daniels 20. —Sears 17, King 17, Andrews errison 13, Depue 14. Total en City Crclers No. 1—R. Coykendall 16, G. H. Anderson 16, F. Coykendall 14, J. Delmas 17, J. Conol 19, A. M. Barker 17. To- re No. 1—Albron 11, Judd 13, Menden- 8, Haxuhurst 16, Ecker 12, Billington 16. . 2—Kearney 15, Herton 16, aw 16,E. Foster 15, Alderton 17. 1 G. C.—Balkwill15, H. Relphs 19, . 14, Payne 15, £1lis 17, Fonzers 15. icholl 13, F. Merrill 16, D. 19. C. Merrill 13, C. J. 516, ience ubbs 15, McCutchen 14, Olsen 16, Coftin 18, J. C. Baker 14. To- arban 17, Altizer 11, Procter 15, 1afill 12, J. Ross 16. * Total, 86. g clean scores in the 20- test were: R. H. McCoy, Stock- W George, Antioch; J. Breer, ; E. E. Mason, Los Angeles, uman (two), San Francisco. making clean’ scores in the 15- 1ts were: W. Sears, San Fran- D. Daniels and C. H. Shaw, Oak- M. Chick, Los Angeles; C. Haas )» J. Jefirey, Salinas; Lee Durham two), Antioch; Dr. A, M. Barker and J. Carroll, Garden City Cyclers. The individual scores showed the fol- ing results as the number shot at and Naue 1% 1008 19100, I ‘ueN0Iq MO, ©=300-10 SEREIe t Swaim Petersen Nicol.. ¥. Merrill. Winders | | | S ighy, o A A =7 W.B.nOBSON l..-—-—-_‘ e e - W Sy San Jose Marksmen Whose Labors Did Much for the Success of the California Inanimate Target Association’s Tournament. Beemiogton. E. Werner. Kleverabe. Clabrough. The contest to-morrow will be for the association team championship medal, individual championship medal and Gol- cher individual troohy. These events will be the most important of the contest. oAt Will Rally at San Jose. SAN JOSE, Car., Oct. 4.—Preparations are being made for a Republican out-door rally in this city next Friday afternoon. Hon. F. X. Schoonmaker of New Jersey will be the orator of the occasion. The meeting will be held in the afternoon so as to give the farmers and those residing some distance from the city a chance to hear this talented orator, The railroads have made reduced rates from all over.the county. All the political clubs of the county will be in attendance and the meeting will be the greatest rally held in this city this campaign. BROWNS MOUNTAIN ABLAZE. Great Pines Mowed Down by a Wall of Flames—Mount Lowe Hotels in Danger. PASADENA, Carn., Oct. 4. — Browns Mountain, crowned by great tongues of flames that shot along its top, was the sight that greeted Pasadena people this afternoon. Director Royce of the Pasadena Water Company, who has just come in from the camp of the fire-fighters, says the flames were thirty feet high, and have mowed down the great pines as a sickle cuts grass, leaving the once beautiful spot a blackened and charred wilderness. This is the mountain upon which Owen and Jason Brown cherished the fond hope of erecting a great cbservatory to the memory of their noted father, John Brown, of Harper's Ferry fame. Like scores of other beautiful spots in the Sierra Madre range, it now stands a scorched and blackened monument of what Scout Burnham characterizes as criminal carelessness. Scout Burnbham has recently returned to Pasadena from the scenes of his cele- brated exploits in the Matabele war, and he is very indignant at the apathy of the people in allowing thousands of acres of mountain land to be devastated before they take action. Royce reports a strip thirty miles long burned over. The men had a close call for their lives last night. They were sur- rounded by fire, and afier an exhausting night’s work bad just three loaves of bread for nineteen men, with the camp eight miles away. A huge fire is now burning in Bear Can- yon uns a larger one in San Gabriel Can- yon, northeast of Pasadena. The greatest apprehension is again felt for the safety of the Echo Mountain House, Aipine Tavern and other property of the Mount Lowe Company, though they were yesterday believed to be outside the danger line. People, with their belongings, are com- ing down to ihe vallevs below. Alarm riders are keeping far in advance of the flames, warning the few settlers and bee- keepers of the impending danger. “The conflagration covers a strip twenty- five miles long and from one to six miles wide. Machinery is gradually superseding horse traction on the Paris tramways. Already there are steam trams by the side of the Seine from the Louvre to Versailles, and from the Arc de Triomphe to varions goinls. while mechanical traction, either y steam or electricity, is in contempla- tion on other lines. X Thomas Wilkinson, Holder of the Oldest Railway Pass in Existence. Mr. Wilkinson saw the first railroad locomotive make its trial trip at Darlington, England, seventy-five years ago. He will join with citizens of the San Joaquin Valley to-day in celebrating the arriarl at Fresno of the first passenger-train over the Valley road. URGE LOYALTY 10 THE PARTY Democrats of Los Angeles Appeal to Their Fellows. Ask That Legislative Nominees Be Pledged Against T, V. Cator. STRIKING AT THE COMBINE. Senator White’s Political Partner Declared a Foe of Sound Government. Los ANGELES OFFICE OF THE CALL, 328 South Broadway, % Los AxGELEs, Cal., Oct. 4. The following letter was sent to the chairman of the Democratic State Central Commitiee to-day : To the Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee—SIR: A political party has no ex- cuse for Iis existence unless it unalterably stands for the prineiples it would apply to the government of society; and no true Democrat will tamely surrender his political principles by voting for the socialists and riff-raff poli- ticians who pander to the antagonistic doc- trines of foreign socialism. The sincere Demo- crat must be a Democrat from principle. He believes that local seli-government is the foundation of all free government. He insists that the State, the community and the citizen have certain fundamental rights which can- not be given up without endangering the liberties of the people. He believes that the highest aim of government should be to re- strain every man from doing any injury to his fellow-man and to guarantee every person in the enjoyment of the fruits of his own labor. These principles underlie the political creed of every true Democrat. They are the test by which he must govern his fidelity to the can- didacy of those who seek to exercise the func- tions of the Governmentin which his life, liberty and property are involved. The citizen is no longer a Democrat who unites ‘with or supports the votaries of an- tagonistic doctrines; and when he votes for the devotees of foreign socialism, who demand government ownership of all the means of production and distribution, he delegates power to men who insist on & scheme of gov- ernment that would deny & men the fruits of his own labor by taking from the industrious to support the drones of society. No Democrat, true to his own prineiples of government, can have anything of a political nature to do with any man or set of men who secretly or publicly demand an antagonistic scheme of government, or who urge principles that would plunge our Government into an- archy and destroy the Republic. The men of the People’s party, so called, who support Thomas V. Cator for United States Senator are devotees of the most dangerous form of foreign socialism. He has in the past been their aggressive leader, and experience has proven that they will support no man who does not accord with their political views., They reside usually in the larger cities of the State and Nation, are active and determined partisans, but, being conscious of their weak political strength, they unite with the People’s party; and, by denying their real convictions, clan- destinely teach their dangerous doctrines to the rank and file of the sympathetic organiza- tion. The elevation of their leader to the Senate of the United States would discredit the intelligence of our people, disgrace the State and humiliate the Democrats who aid in his election. Were our countrymen endowed with human perfectabllity we would require no Governe ment and then we would be scientific anar- chists, without a Government, and enjoying the millennium indeed. But as the Creator has not given us the key to omnisclence nor en- dowed us with human perfectability, we must have Government among mea, and we cannot preserve our free institutions nor maintain'a republican form of government by pandering to ths dangers of foreign socialism. There is no middle ground between the American Democrat who supports William J. Bryan on the one hand and the discivles of foreign so- cialism on the other; therefore, the al- leged Populist leader in this campaign is a dangerous impostor covertly bargaining for office and posing as & secrct defender of an- archy on the one side and tue duty he owes to his country on tte other. We want no reign of terror, no anarchy, no foreign sociaiism, no crowned head, nor moneyed oligarchy. We want the rights of every cilizen, every community and every State guaranteed under an American system of government in ali respects free from foreign control. But we cannot have such a govern- ment if we elect legislators who pander to the fallacies of foreign socialism, ind who, to con- summate their designs on society, trade min- isters of justice for contral of the lawmaking power. We want a Democratic government once again. We want a free, united and prosper- ous people under the democracy given us by Jefferson, preserved by Lincoln, defended by Bryan and forever to be perpetuated py the Democratic party, and this we cannot have by intrusting the functions of government to such men as Thomas V. Cator. The sincere Democrat can never lower the banner of his democracy to the red flag of the commune that has a logical defender in the alleged Popu- list now seeking to be elected to the United States Senate by Democratic votes. Therefore, urged by an unalterable iealty to Democratic prineiples and appealing to our fellow-Demo- crats to save their party from humiliation and disgrace, the provisional committee for re- organization of the Los Angeles democracy urge every Democrat in California to require each legislative candidate he may at the com- ing election vote for to subseribe to the pledge contained in the following resolution: WHEREAS, One Thomas V. Cator is a Popu- list candidate for United States Senator; and whereas, said Thomas V. Catoris claiming that for United States Semator he will receive the votes of Democrats elected to tne Thirty- second California Legislature, notwithstand- ing the fact thatssid Thomas V. Cator does not claim to be a Democrat; therefore be it Resolved, That every Democrat in California be and he is hereby urged to require each legislative candidate he may at the coming election vote for to subscribe to the following pledge: “I hereby pledge myself if elected to the Thirty-second California Legislature to contiznously vote in the joint assembly thereof fora Democrat for United States Senator, and I will not vote in said joint assembly for Thomas V. Cator. ALyA UDELL, Secretary provisional committee for reorgani- zation of the Los Angeles Democracy. Sl vl D BRYAN’'S ENMITY TO WHITE, The Senator Said to Have Insuited the ¥oung Nebraskan. LOS ANGELES, Car., Oct. 4—S8enator White’s absence on a pleasure trip with friends to the Grand Canyon of the Colo- rado at a time when his party is sorely in need of orators to spread its doctrines in California has caused considerable com- ment among local Democrats. ‘‘White was never known to take a trip like this when his own immediate inter- ests were at stake,”” is the substance of what can be heard in almost any group of political debaters. This pleasure trip of Senator White’s recalls some of his statements about his doubts respecting his own State in this contest, which has been in striking con- trast to the claims of Congressman Ma- uire and nearly every other stump- speaker of the party this vear. Moreover, it is now remembered with some emphasis that White has been re- markably lukewarm as to Bryan’s candi- dacy throughout the campaign. He “found it out of the question” as chair- man of notification committ ee to *‘go into the enemy’s country”’ and inform Mr. Bryan of his nomination at Chic ago. There is a story abroad which explains all of these things. It is this: Senator ‘White was a member of the credentials committee at the Chicago Convention. The National Committee had indorsed and seated the opposition to Brvan’s delega- tion from Nebraska during the temporary organization. After the committees had been appointed, Bryan began his memorable fight before that committee in behalf of himself and his colleagues. He had repeated occasion to see Senator White and other members of the committee. On one of his visits to the committee-room Mr. Bryan sent in his name several times, as the story goes, to see the California Senator. Mr. White, evidentl} sympathizing with Bryan’s opponents, did not care to see the Nebraskan. But Bryan waited without and watched hls opportumity. Finally ‘White appeared at the threshold and the n | “boy orator” attempted to speak with him. White tried to parry off the siiver champion and finally shut the door in his face, never dreaming that this beardless youth was soon to be “his” candidate for the presidency. ‘White, it is understood, incurred the bitter enmity of Bryan by the door-slam- ming episode, hence his indifference to all else in this campaign except his combine with T. V. Cator to control two sessions of the California Legislature, s BEN BUITTERWORTH ARRIVES. Will Begin His California Campaign at san Bermardino To-Day. LOS ANGELES, Can., Oct. 4. — Hon. Benjamin Butterworth of Ohio. one of the ablest orators in the Republican ranks, arrived here this afternoon direct from Nevada. Mr. Butterworth comes to California under the management of the National Republican Committee, and will make a number of speeches iu the State. His first speech in Southern California will bpe delivered in San Bernar- dino to-morrow evening. On Tuesday evening he speaks at San Diego, Wednesday afternoon at Santa Ana, Wednesday evening in this city, Thurs- day evening at Ventura, Friday evening at Fresno, and thence he goes to San Francisco. Mr. Butterworth has been speaking for some weeks in South Dakota and Minne- sota. In conversation with a CALL corre- spondent to-night he said those States were assuredly safe for McKinley and Hobart. e T PORTLAND'S POLICE CHIEF OUT. John W. Minto Resigns to Forestall Re- moval Because He Would Not Support Bryan. PORTLAND, Og., Oct. 4.—Chief of Po- lice John W. Minto, by far the best ex- ecutive head of the police department this city ever had, steps out of office to-mor- row to make room for one of Mayor Pen- noyer’s favorites. Minto resigned, know- ing that his removal was a question of a few months only, because of his pro- nounced ogposmon to Bryanism, and also to enable him to effect an organization of the policemen heretofore removed by Pen- noyer to work for the Republican Presi- dential nominees. The oid Chief retires with a splendid record for honesty and ability, and his going is greatly deplored in the community. His successor is a wealthy patron of the turf, known as “Doc” Robertson. Robert- son is very friendly toward the sporting fraternity, with which he bas been on the most intimate terms for many years, and in consequence an early clash is expected between ‘himself and District Attorney Lord. The latter is making a strong cru- sade against the gamblers. The Police Commissioners meet to-mor- ToW ni%hn and they will likely remove Republican policemen. gl Santa Clara Prohibitionists, SAN JOSE, CaL, Oct. 4—The Prohibi- tionists of this county in convention yes- terday afternoon indorsed the county nominees of the National party. The usual resolutions condemnjng the liquor traffic as the chief source of crime, pauper- ism and high taxation, and pledging the efforts of the party to the lngvnnion of the same, were adopted. G. W. Griffith, J. Henry Williams, F. T. Holland, F. Phelps and L. H. Albertson were named as a County Central Committee, with ‘power to increase their number. Santa Monica Accident., SANTA MONICA, CAL., Oct. 4—H. E. Olds, night watchman at the Southern Pacific wharf, was strugk by the bumper while attempting to jump on the switch engine at the wharf last night. He died before midnight. ————————— LoaNs on diamords. lnieress low. At Uncle Harris'y, 16 Grant avenue VISITORS CROWD -~ FRESNO STREETS People of the San Jeaquin Valley Gather for the Celebration. First Passenger Train Over the Competing Railroad Will Arrive To-Day. GEEETING TO CLAUS SPRECKELS A Boisterons Welcome Awaits the Founder of the Line—A Parade and Barbecue. FRESNO, Car, Oct 4.—The arrival of the first passenger train over the Valley road will be celebrated in. grand style in Fresno to-morrow. It will be the most elaborate affair ever planned in the San Joaquin Valley, and a fitting recognition of the greatest enterprise promoted on be- half of the people in this part of the State. Fresno realizes the import of the ar- riyal of the first train over a competing railroad, and to-morrow will show her ap- preciation of what has been done for her. The reception to Claus Spreckels and the other directors of the Valley road will be a gladsome one when they arrive on the train, and they certainly will appreci- ate the happiness of the people which they ‘wereinstrumental in causing. The preparations for the ceiebration have been going on with vigor for the past week, and the various committees are gratified at having their labors practically completed by last evening. The arrangements for the big parade were under the management of Fulton G. Berry, and it will be a grand success. It will be the most extensive parade ever held in the City. Governor James H. Budd, accompanied by his staff, will be commander-in-chief. General Matthew W. Muller of the Third Brigade N. G. C. with his staff and Lieu- tenant Colonel S. 8. Wright with staff of the Third Infantry Regiment, will partici- pate. The Ninth Battalion N. G. C., con- sisting of companies H of Merced, E of Visalia, C and F of Fresno will be in line. The floats in the parade will be numer- ous and magnificent. Nearly every busi- ness house in the city will be represented. A striking feature will be the display of Clovis Cole, the largest grain-grower in the valley, who will have in line six twelve-mule teams and eighteen wagons loaded with wheat from his ranch, to be shipped over the new rcad. The procession will start at noon, and, after passing through the principal streets of the city, will proceed to the depot grounds to receive the train, which will arrive at 1 o’clock. Besides the excursion- ists from the north the train. will bring about fourteen directors and trustees of the railroad company. Arthur R. Briggs will deliver an address of welcome and Mr. Spreckels is expecied to respond. After short speeches by prominent citi- zens of Fresno the barbecue will begin. Arrangements have been made to feed 6000 ‘people. The roasting of the carcasses over the pits began at 10 o’clock to-night. Many rows of tables have been constructed, ad- joining the roasting pits. The barbecue will be free to everybody. The day’s festivities will conclude witha bicycle parade in the evening. The wheels will be gorgeously decorated, spirited competition being induced by the offering of several valuable prizes. About 400 cyclers will e in line, and they will be in charge of Emery Donahoo, assisted by Harry W. Skinner as chief aid. In the‘evening there will also be a ban- quet at the Hughes Hotel, given by the Chamber of Commerce and the Hundred Thousand Club in honor of the: Valley road officials and other prominent guests. Preparations for it have been made on an elaborate scale. To-day’s trains brought large numbers of people from various parts of the valiey to attend the celebration. Nearly every town between Stockion and Bakersfield is 1 the supervision first, represented on the hotel registers, which are already being crowded. Larger dele- gations are expected on to-night’s and to- morrow’s trains. To-night the city presented a gala ase pect, the business housas along the prin- cipal streets being gaily arrayed for the morrow’s festivities. Many of the resi- dences in the clty are also decorated in regular Fourth of July style. Every one is enthusiastic over the celebration, and if the unforeseen does not happen 1t will bea great success. P it SAW THE FIRST ENGINE START. Thomas Wilkinson, Who Witnessed the Trial of a Locomotive in 1821, Will Be a Guest of Fresno. SELMA, CaL., Oct. 4.—At the opening of the Valley Railroad to-morrow at Fresno there will be present Thomas Wll- kinson of Clifton, five miles north of this place, a native of Darlington, England, where as a child he saw the first crude lo- comotive (the one that was on exhibition at the World's Fair at Chicago), make its trial trip seventy-five years ago this month. Subsequently Thomas Wilkinson was indentured to the Shildon works, where the Stephenson’s first railway locomotives were built. Mr. Wilkinson still has his indentures and they are probably the old- est papers of the kind in existence. He also has probably the oldest pass in ex- istence. 1treads: Office of Stockton and Darlington Railway. Thomas Wilkinson to ride by coach or coal train to Middlesbro. Shildon Works, Sept. 4, 1845. Wx. Bovch. That pass carried the holder over the first railway ever built and operated in the world as a commercial line. Com- menting on it, the Newcastle (Eng.) Daily Chronicle recently saig: In those days Shildon was a more important eenter than it now is, for at it the bulk of the engines of the Stockton and Darhington Rail- way were built and repsired, and of that im- portant work Mr. Wiliiam Bouch, brotaer, we believe, of the late Sir Thomas Bouch, was the Tt will be noticed that the pass gives permission to iravel alike by passenger train or by coal train. It was issued at a time when the length of the Stockton and Darlington was about forty miles; when that important work, the Sheldon tunnel, had not been long opened and when the line from Middlesborough to Redcur was in course of construction. Mr. W nson would he at Shildon under probably, of Mr. Timothy Hackworth, who the first in charge of the locomotive engines under Mr. John Dixon, the consulting engineer. Mr. Williaw Bouch was later at the head of the Shildon works, and with Mr. (now Sir) David Dale he projected the larger works at North road, Dariington, to which from their opening, thirty-three years 8go, much of the locomotive-building was transterred from Shildon. But this was lon after Mr. Thomas Wilkinson had left Englan for America. The Stephensons, Hackworths and Bouches— all names connected with the opening of the vast system of railways that had here their modest beginning—have passed away, and even many of their pupils ; others, like the en- gineer we have named in California, have lound homes and work in distant lands. Mr. Wilkinson has been a citizen of this country nearly forty years and is now a farmer in Fresno County. The latest rail- way, as the English have it, is surveyed through his land in its extension from Fresno to Reedley. Mr. Wilkinsor is a hale and vigorous man of nearly eighty years, all the early vart of his life having been spentin loco- motive building. He is now enjoying the English ideal—a country home. 70 41D IRISH PHISONERS. Funds Will Be Raised by the darsfleld Club of San Jose. SAN JOBE, CAL., Oct. .—The Sarsfield Club of this city at a largely attended meeting this afternoon took steps toward holding an entertainment to raise funds to aid the Irish political prisoners recently released from Portland prison and to work for the release of other political pris- oners now in jail there. The meeting was attended by the delegates from the vari- ous Irish societies throughoyt the county. A. N. McCabe presided and uM. Monahan was secretary. Much ehthusiasm wasdis- played and it was decided to nold some sort of an entertainment during the month. Thomas Oakes, Mark Bradley and M Dalton were appointed a committee of a; rangements, and they will confer with committees from the various other Irish societies. The prisoners in whose behalf the funds are to be raised are Dr. Gal- lagher, John Daily, Devney and White- head, who were committed to Portland I}risun in 1882 as dynamite suspects. here are some half-dozen also still con- fined in the prisons. i Santa Olara’s Delegates. SAN JOSE, CaL., Oct. 4—The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of Santa Clara has elected Mrs. J. W. West, Mrs. H. M. Sheldon and MissJ. McKinley dele- gates to the State W. C. T. U. convention which meets in Petaluma on October 17. NEW TO-DAY. A Perfect Picture Made to order and made by an artist. Gives you that gentlemanly bearing and comforta- ble feeling so prized and admired. All pure wool, genuine indigo-dyed Tweeds, .Cassi- meres, Blue and Black Cheviots and Clay Worsteds, for Hundreds of pretty patterns—perfect fit and perfect style. $17 50 to $25. Sold anywhere else for Samples for asking. GoLumpian Wooew MicLs . N.. WOOD & CO.), ( 541 Market Street. 211 Montgomery St., S. F. 1005 Broadway, Oakland. Cor. 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