The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 28, 1896, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1896. 5 FRESND'S MYSTERY | GROWING KPACE Hints That John Barker Was the Victim of a Murderer. Was Found Dying From Poison | Soon After the Lehmann [ Shouting. | An Acquaintance Intimates That He Lost His Life Because H> Knew Too Much. F. NO, CaL., Dec. 27.—Did John Bar- ker commit suicide? If he did, why? These are questions which are being con- sidered by those engaged in investigating | the mystery surrounding the attempted | murder of Solomon Lehmann last summer. John Barker is the man whom, Detective John Harrison clainrs, Charles A. Schwei- zer, the harness-dealer, hired to kill Leh- mann in order to secure the $5°00 life in- surance. It wes Barker who meade dam- | a g statements to Samue! Ralston, a Mariposa-street saloon-keeper. He was | suspected from the first of the attewrpted | assassination, and Lehmann was positive it was he whom he passed on Blackstone avenue that night, to be shot at a moment later. Several weeks after the shooting Barker was found dead one morning at the Saxe | ranch, east of town. An autopsy was held | and 1t was asceriained that he had died | from laudanum poisoning. He had been brought to the rapch from town the night | before by a friend. He was then in a deep | stupor, but the friend thought he was | only intoxicated. The Coroner's jury | came to the conclusion without much furtuer debate that is was a case of sucide. Now, since Barker’s connection with the Lehmann-Schweizer affair, h's death is « looked upon in a different light. some it is believed that Barker will- took his own life, and that he was led to the act because of his attempt to k Lebmann. It is believed that the | thought of what he had done preyred upon | ind so much that it became unbear- | | | L and he resolved to end existence. ere are several reaso t Barker took the lau 3 There are good grounds believe that it was he who fired the shots | sawmill owner. His statement to | on is almost conclusive evi- | his own t acconn to | dence. es this, Lehmann ident him to a certain dogree as the | would-be slayer. A fcw days afier the | shooting, Lehmann saw Barker on the| street in this city and excitedly exclaimed to a friend: “That’s the man who did the shooting! That’s the hat, the shirt and pants the | fellow wore!” { Lebmann was so sure that it was Barker | who had attempted to kill him that he | wanted to swear out a warrant for his | arrest immediately ; but he was counseled | not to do this. Lehmann and Barker had | had tronble. This was not an uncommon | thing for Lehmann, and Barker was not | the only enemy he had; but it seems that the feeling between these iwo was very bitter. It would not have been a ditficult matter to have hired Barker ‘o injure the mill owner. Af.er the shooting, however, there was a sudden change in Barker’s actions to- wurd Lehmann. He showed all manner of friendship to his former enemy and could not do encueh for him. His desire | to show the millman favors almost bor- | dered on the rigiculous. Lehmann says that for several days before Barker was found dead ke acted very strangely. He appeared to want to tell Lehmann some- thing, but was afraid to doso. He would t 0 be in a very confidential mood and | 1 d suddenly change. He never admitted anything, however. Before the attempt to murder Letmann weas made Barker drank very little, but afterwards be took to drinking very hard, and when [ taken home by a friend the last night | he was alive it was supposea that he was | only on one of his frequent sprees. ‘ What motive Barker could have for | ng svicide could never be learned. young msn in good health with | own cares to bear upon him. He| bad usuvally been in good spirits and his | s and relatives were at a loss to | nt for his act, but in the lightof | ese rocent events it seems as if the mo- | tive might have been learned. Ed Bouchard castsa grim suspicion on Barker's death. Bouchard was one of the | first whom the officers thought might | have tried to kill Lehmano. He was | piiced under arrest, but no evidence could | be secured against him. He bad haa diffi- | calties with the mill-owner and was an in- | timate friend of John Barker. Bouchard says that he does not believe that Bar] committed de. He does mot belicve that the man ever took poison of his own | knowledge or intent. Bouchard’s state- ments cannot be accounted for much, | bowever, and it would not seem probable | that murder was commiited becau:e | Barker knew too much. | A Carv correspondent ascertained to- day that Schweizer has known for some tine that he was suspected of having hired Barker to shoot Lebhmann. Lei- mann went to him a few days after the attempt was made, and as much as told | him that he (Lehmann) believed him to | be connected with the conspiracy. | Scott also had an interview with the har- | ness dealer, in which the latter was ap- | prised of the reports that he had hirea | Barker to commit the ceed. Strangely | enough little Carolina Lehmann, who re- | ceived the second charge from the gun," which was ‘intended for her father, said | while in a delirous condition the day after | the shooting that she recognized Char!es} Behweizer as the man whom they met in | Blackstone avenue that terrible night. Schweizer still maintains the air of an innocent man, and pubiic sympathy is with him, yet it cannot be denied that there are some features of the case which present themselves in a manner very dis- agreeable to him. ANCHOLED AT MONTEREX. The Monitor Monterey Recruiting Men at Ite Namenake City. MONTEREY, Can, Dbec. 27.—The United States coast-defense monitor Mon- terey, which was ordered to its namesake city for Christmas, has been lying at anchor in the harbor since Sunday last and while here has been doing some re- cruiting. Of the ten men who have al- ready presented themselves to the exam- ing officers three did not come np 10| | on the s Sheriff | o, physical requirements. The recruiting officers hope to fill their plrces before the vessel leaves this por:. Wuen the Mon- terey arrived it was twentv-eight men shor:, but when it sai:s for Santa Barbara this week it will carry a sirong repre- sentation from the town after which it is named. The monitor Monsdnock is ex- pectel from Santa Cruz to-morrow. | YALE FOOTBALL HER0 HERE Rev. C. 0. Gill Leturns From Mission- ary Work in China. Two of the lonely three cabin passen- gers that arrived here yesterday evening mship Pern from the Orlent ware Rev. and Mrs. C. O. Gill of Peking, China. Mr. Gill is the great Yale tackle, who in 1893 came to Berkeley from the East to coach the University of California football team. Soon after the Thanksziving game that year he returned East. took unto himself a wife aud started for China, where he had decided to enter the missionary service. After three y-ars’ work among the heathens of the Orient he 1s now on his way back to his old home in Orange, N. J., Mrs. Gill's failing health making her return to this courtry necessary. Mr. Gill is a young man of medium height, but of unusually poweriul build. While a football player at Yale he was ranked asone of the best tacklers in the country. The eastward journey will be resumed in a few days. Whether or not Mr. Gill will return to China will depend unon his wife's conaition. Rev. and Mr. Gill are staying at the Occiaental Hotel, AGAINST THE CORNER GROCERY ‘The W. C. T. U. Will Be After It With a Sharp Bill. One Rest Day in the Seven for the Laborer—Other Legislative Acts. When the solons, newly elected and hold-overs, meet at Sactamento in the coming Legislature they will be wel- comea by the Woman’s Christian Tem- perance Union. As a matter of fact, they will be welcomed by a number of other people, among whom will be those repre- | senting the liguor interests, and this alone will indu e the ladies of the State W. C. T. U. to be in the Capital City when ihe law- makers arrive. At the head of the forces for Christian | temperance wili be the president of the union, Mrs. Sturdevant Peet, the ablest worker in the cause on the coast. She will | be assisted by the most energetic ladies in the association, and it is their determina- tion to move the capital, if possible, in their efforts to bring about the passage of several acts in which they have become interested. First, is what they call the ‘‘corner grocery law,” by which the com- mercial establishment known under that title shall cease to retail intoxicants, and deal on'y in a stcck less alcoholic. The second is a Saboath law which will prevent employers from working their laborers seven Jdays in the week. Itisnot intended that the proposed act shall set apart any particular day in the week as a legal day of rest and the workman may choose his period of recreation from the seven. A third measure which will claim the attention of the union is the “age ot con- | sent.” At the last Legislature a bill passed both houses raising the time when | a young woman is compleiely mistress of her own sctions from 14 to 18, but Gov-| ernor Budd neglected 1o sign it; hence the work of getting it through the Legislature maust be done over. State Recording Secretary Mrs. Dorcas J. Spencer of the W. C. I. U. said in an interview yesterday that they would have a strong delegation of earnest workers in | Sacramento when the Legisiature met. “Oar vresident, Mrs. Peet,” said she, “who is well equipped for labor in com- mittee-room or drawing-room, and who can meet a lawmaker in Senate-chamber or C urthouse, will see that our measures get fair hearing. Our principal work will be on our ‘corner grocery’ bill. If it be- comes a law the line will be sharply drawn between the business of the man who sells the public its necessary food and the other man who deais out alcoholic mix- tures. “The corner grocery is an injury alike to the legitimate grocery business and to society. The proprietor of the nmonde- script place by his bar, his prosperous retall business in whisky and beer, can more than hold his own with th: grocer proper. The corner grocery is a menace to the neighborhood because it will draw a custom that the saloon cannot reach. People will walk in past the stacks and shelves of groceries to the bar in a back room when they would not enter the other place. Moreover, the corner gro- cery is a favorite Sunday lounging place for young men and boys, the latter being unable to frequent the saloon. “Both clusses go to this place because it is freer and the drinks cheaper. “Qf course the corner grocery men will say such a law is unconstitutional, ctc., but known as tbe Nicholson law in Indi- sna it hasstood ail tests since it was en- acted, a number of years ago. The Supe- rior Courts have upheld it and the Su- preme Courts of that and thres other States have confirmed it, and tie man who sells groceries cannot retail intoxi- cating liquors. “Now, in regard to our other measure, 'the day of rest’’ said Mrs. Spencer, ‘‘we have no desire :0 cross ‘the corner of any- body’s belief regarding the Sabbath. “\We wish to leave every one free to rest when convenient, but we want a law that will let the laborer have one day in seven to himself. By this a man working by the month cannot be forced to labor those thirty days without rest days. These will be vouchsafed him by Jaw. I do not think any confusion will result from such a W, as 1 once lived in a neighborhood where there was a large number of Sev- enth-Day Adventists. Their factory bells and our church pells, and vice versa, would blend tozether very sweetly. While one part of the community worked the other prayed, and peace abode there. “The bill raising the age of consent from 14 to 18 passed last session under soch favorable auspices and with sucha fine majority that we have no fears of our success this year. Governor Budd should have signed the bill, and we cannot un- derstand wby he iet it remain in s pocket till too late. If he haa fet it be- come a law those North Beach fiends would all probably have been sent to San Quentin. “The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union has mapped out its work, and it will be true to its principles as the cham- pion of good morals.” A Case in Point. Under common law a man is forbidden to maintain & nnisance on his premises which impairs the bealtb, comfort or property of his neighbor. By analogy it would appear that interpational law for- bids a country to maintain a nuisance which offends the sense ana outrages the civilization of a neighboring country. From this point of view Spain is indict- able before the court of nations for main- taining anuisance in Cuba, and the United States can_be called as the prosecuting witness.—New York Mail and Express, i they go to fight for Cuba libre. MEN T0 FIGRT IN CUBK'S ARMY American Volunteers Sign the Roll at Los Angeles. Colonel Nelson of the Island Re- cruiting a Company of Soldiers. Engeges Them as Min:rs to Avoid Vio'ating the Neutrality Laws. LOS ANGELES CawL., Dec. 27.—“Want- ed —100 men to go to Flor ida to work in the mines; ex-soldiers or sailors of the United States army preferred. Address Colonel Francis Nelson, 111}§ West Third street, Los Angeles.” This peculiarly worded advertisement in a morning paper means more than is indicated npon its face. The ‘‘ex-soldiers or sailors of the army’’ are not wanted to follow a peaceable vocation in Florida mines. Theirs is to be a warlike mission; Colonel Nelson is recruiting a company of volun- teers and is believed to be meeting with great success. The colonel is & man of good address and well educated. He was visited this morning by a CALL representative, who asked him at once if the men he was en- gaging were not toserve in Cuba’s army instead of in Florida mines. His reply ou probably know the importance of the mining industry in Florida and may draw your own conclusions, If people want to make out that I want the meh to g0 to Cuba let them do so. 1 do not know of any law to prevent me or any one eise from hiring men and chartering cars to take them to Florida or any other port of the United States to d'g for coal, gold, diamonds or clams, do you? I am a ci zen of the United States, loyal to her flag and laws, and while I regret thatour Government does not recognize the inde- pendence of Cuba I intena to obey the laws aslong as I am in this country. IfI leave it voluntarily I become responsible | for my own action and am willing to abide | by the consequences. I was here last week and attended the Cuban mass-meeting. The enthusiasm displayed for Cuba libre encouraged me and I concluded that there would be plenty of men here who would make good miners. [ shall remzin a few daysand see whether there are any who want to go to Florida. 1f net, I will be able toen- gage 21l I want in San Francisco. Iknow what I am doing and will not getinto trouble. I will not hire any man to go to Cuba as long as the neutrality laws forbid it, but I can hireall I plesase to go to Florida without fear of Government inter- ference.” ‘Ihe colonel said that he had been in Cuba since the rebellion broke out and re- turned to the States because he thought he could do more good for the cause here. Those mines in Florida needed looking | after and he is busy skirmishing for men to work them. Colonel Nelson arrived from Guaymas, Mexico, last evening. He claims to have taken 500 men from San Francisco to Chile during the late unpleas- antness in that country, and says he was wounded in the left side during the siege of Valparaiso, though he makes no claim to being a great military genius. HOGD TRIES NEW TACTICS. Secretly Warns Harbor Commissioners That San Pedroites Have Detectives Watching Them. LOS ANGELES, CaL., Dec. 27.—En- zineer Hood of the Southern Pacific Com- pany, who has had charge of that corpora- tion’s fight on behalf of Huntington’s pri- vate pier at Santa Monica before the Government Harbor Comm:ssioners, has embarked in a private scheme of his own which seems destined to get him into some awkward situations. Bewildered by the testimony ot seamen respecting the superiority of San Pedro over Santa Mon- ica as a deep-harbor site the engineer be- gan a secret atlack on the friends of the free harbor. A report of yesterday which was at first treated as an idle rumor seems to bave had as its author none other than Mr. Hood. The engineer had warned the harbor board that its members were being shadowed by detectives employed by the iree-harbor advocates. ‘When called down on this matter Hood replied that he didn’t know positively that the Commissioners wers being watched, “‘but,”” said he, “‘that is what our detec- tives say.” The explanation would indi- cate that the ‘“‘crime’’ of shadowing this body is not confined to the San Pedroside, but is one of the self-asserted privileges of Hocd and Corthell. The Free Harbor League is indignant over Hood’s charges and will demand an accounting. —_— BHOOTING A7 S4AN GABRIEL, Deputy Sheriff Secerely Wounded Whils Attempting an Arrest. LOS ANGELES, Cav., Dec. 27.—Infor- mation was received to-night from San Gabriel that Deputy Sheriff Wilson had been shot and severely wounded while attempting to arrest P. H. Morales. The latter stabbed a man three months ago and to-night Wilson tried to arrest him near Monrovia, about fifteen miles from here. Morales shot the officer in the thigh with a shotgun and mansged to escape. Sheriff Barr and a posse are in pursuit. WS i Determined to Journey Hence. LOS ANGELES, CAL., Dec. 27.—Charles Springer, a stage driver in pioneer days, made a third aitempt at suicide in the United States Hotel last night. He was found unconscious in his room this morn- ing, but his life was saved by hard work at the Receiving Hospital. Springer declares he will yet succeed 1n killing himself. AN INNOOENT OULPRIT. It Fires the Alarm Gun and Stirs Up the Fort and Town. Cape Town, South Africa, claims the nonor of possessing the smallest crezture ever known to have been a gunner in the Royal Artillery, or any other artiliery. At the Castle, Cape Town, it appears there is a magnificent gun workea by elec- tricity, used for giving the midday and evening time. One day the military and civilians of Cape Town were surprised to hear the gun go off at hall-past 10 in the morning. The general commnndlni the station sent to inquire what such irregularities meant; the prigade major did the same. The commanding officers of each regiment and battery stationed in Cape Town sent messengers, but no one could pe found upon whom to lay the blame. The officials could give no explanation; they were as much surprised as anybody. The general in command of the station became furious at such an unheard-of in- fringement of discipline. He was sure there was mismanagement somewhere or the act conld not have been possible. Strict search was ordered to be made, but although the order was carried out to the letter the culprit remained undiscover.d. Then, when the search had been prac- ticaily abandoned, the little gunner was accidentally discovered and arrested. There he lay inside the instrument that transmits the electric current from the Royal Observatory of Cape Town to the great gun. This instrument is called a relay, and is in the central telegraph of- fice of the station. The action of the cur- rent going .through the instrument’s main moves a sort of light tongue, which is so finely set thas the slightest touch will affect it. The tongue forces the current into what are termed the time fuses, which fire the gun at the castle. Right inside the relay was found the little gunner. He was discovered by an official who was examining the instru- ment and who was surprised to see inside —a big brown spider. In its explorations within the instrument the spider must have touched the tongue sufficiently to move it and thus fired the gun. The general sent the spider to the Cape Town Museum, where it is now to be seen with a card underneath entitling it “The little gunner,’”’ and giving a full account of its exploit with the Cape Town midday gun.—Brockton Times. RALLYING TO D0 HONOR TO BUANS Caledonian Club Determined to Have the Proposed Monument. The Building Fund Will Probably Reach Large and Generous Pro- portions Next Year. He dared to use the pointed gnill While others bowed the knee to power, And Scotlaad owes a guerdon still To Burns who lert her faires: dower. For there are grander fields to fight Where man proclaims his brouher’s right, And Surns, of poets leads the van, In simple trath that wa: is man. “Robbie’”’ Burns, he of world-wide fame, tnough thousands of miles of land and sea separate his native goil from the western remote end of the Amrerican continent, is venerated in the memory of his brave countrymen and by every American, whether he be a reader or a hearer of poetical effasions, for none there are who have not committed to memory some lines of the gifted **Robbie.” That a monument will be erected to his memory in San Francisco is a foregone conclusion, since the Caledonian Club has determined to accomplish this purpose. When a Scotchman makes up his mind to do a thing he is going to do it if there be any truth in the ‘‘History of a Grand- father,”” by Sir Walter Scott. The officers of tte Caledonian Club who were recently elected will go into office on the 1st of January. They are: D. R. Mc- Neill, chief; John Reid, first chieftain and chairman of receptions at all meetings where the public is invited; George David- son, second chieftain and treasurer; Jj. H. Duncan, third chieftain and secretary; J. W. Cameron, fourth chieftain and financial secretary; J. A. J. Macdonald, physician; with John E. McFaline, A. Lauristcn, M. P. Forbes, D. H. Finnie and F. F, Finley as a board of trustees. They have set their minds on starting subscriptions and the formation of a nucleus by which the groundwork for the permanent organization of a working committee will be so firmly planted that there will be no such thing as a backward move. Probably by the 1st dav of January, 1900, a statue of Burns will be erected. The intention of the Scotch peonle of California is to erect a statue to Burns which wiil be far superior to anv sculpture yeu placed in Golden Gate Park. The Caledonian Ciub will stand sponsor for the undertaking. Yet all who wish to honor one of the greatest of poets can do so by assisting the Caledonians in their undertaking. This view of the situation has been ac- cepted by not orly the St. Andrew’s Soci- ety, which is a kindred branch of the clans, bat also the Knights of St. Patrick and the Sons ot St. George. For the for- mer society F. T. Shea, the architect, at a recent meeting volvnteered the assistance of tkat society to the good work, as the Irish are almost as much in love with the memory of the Scotch poet as are the Scotchmen themselves. In speaking for the Sons of 8t. George Mr. Oliver, the sec- retary, said that the Englishmen ir San Francisco wou'd not be backward when the time comes for subscriptions. On the suggestion of some interested person made in a casual way, that it would be a good idea 10 form a ladies’ auxiliary, D. R. McNeill has partially en- listed the co-operatioa of Mesdames George Davidson, John Rewd, J. 8. Web- ster, Andrew McNear, Atexander C. Bal- lingall, D. A. Macdonald, Hugh Fraser, John Elder, Adam Grant and Y. C. La son with others who are expected o join their auxiliary. The husbands of all those-ladies are earnest advocates of the Burns monu- ment. Captains Brauce and Menzies may be r:lied npon to do their share of raising iunds when they once get staried in earnest. In addition to the already large-sized nest-egg in the handsof Second Chieftain George Davidson, as treasurer of the Cale- donian Club, the receipts from the next annual picnic will be devoted to the mon- ument exclusively, after deductine actual expenses. This, with other plans of Chief McNeill will, before the year 1897 closes, see & hundsome Burns mounment fund to the credit of the building committee in one of the City banks. As soon as the newly elected officers of the Caledonian Club get installed next month, pbsitive action will be taken to form the necessary working commit- tees. The Sultan and Electricity. The Sultan seems to have a curious mingled liking for and a dread of elec- tricity. Mr. Burgin tells in Cassell’s ine that some years ago he caused to erected in the grounds of Yildiz Kiosk a small theatre lizhted by incan- descent iamps. One day he saw the workmen trenching the walls in order to bury the wires leading from the engine- roomn to the theater, and stopped the work, insisting that the wires should all be placed in sight on poles, as he feared that otherwise they migzht be used to pro- duce an explosion. He had also an elec- trical boat on a small lake, an English dogeart driven by electricity, and a tiny e.ectrical tram car upholstered in blue satin and gold, which runs in a circle. It is said that he has never yet ventured inside any of these vehicles, and also that Le has forbidden the use of telephones in Constantinople lest murderous coaspi- racies should be devised over the wires. —_———— TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take laxative BromoQuinine Tablets. All drug- gists Tefund the money if it fails to cure. 20¢, TOURNAMENT OF ARMY ATHLETES Four Great Field Days at the Presidio in April Next. . The Department Contests Will Take Piace on the Mounted Drili Grounds. A Grand Stand Will Be Tonstructed to Seat Spectators—List of the Events. The board of United States army officers recently appointed to devise a programme of athletic events for a military tourna- ment of the Department of California has prepared an elaborate report. The tour- nament will begin on the third Mounday of April and coniinue four days. It will be held on the mounted-drill grounds of the Presidio. In order to accommodate spectators a grand stand with a seating capacity for 1000 people will be erected on the field. It has been decided to charge a fee of 10 cents for each ticket to the grand stand. The prizes to be given will consist of gold and silver medals. An 1individual winning three times cannot compete again except in his own class. A contestant winning any department coantest twice shall be given a suitable gold medal and be known as a distinguished athlete. The board appointed Lieutenants Haan and Croxton a committee L0 manage the souvenir programme, A committee was appointed to inter- view the managers of tue streetcar lines connecting the Presidio with the City. Funds to procure prizes will be obtained from various sources. Sums received from the railroad companies, from adver- tisements in the souvenir programme, from the post exchange and other chan- nels. will be applied to the purchase of medai; . In fixing the month of April as the time for holding the tournament the com- mittee desired to give téams an opportu- nity to organize and train. The weather conditions of that month are supposed to | be favorable to outdoor exhibitions. Pro- | gressive merchants and other public- spiried cilizens of San Francisco may join in the contributions to procure prizes worthy of the highest competition. The events at the Presidio promise to enlist the attention of a multitude of peo- ple outside of army circles. To provide a programme in which all the branches of the service could be represented was a task involving some study. The board, of which Captain James Pettit is chair- man and Lieutenant W. G. Haan 1s re- corder, has submitted the following pro- gramme: 4 100-yard run. Running broad jump. 440-yard rua. Running high jump. 880-yard run. | FPole vaulting for distance. 830-yara go-as-you please, in heavy march- ing order. Throwing lb'aponnd hammer. 120-yard hurdle race, 10 hurdles 30 inches high. 'f‘ug-ann-Nm more than one team from eaca post can be entered; teams to be of eleven men each, mine nen on rope, one an- ehor and one captain; all the men in each team must belong to the same company, troop or battery; to be pulled on the level ground; contestants to wear United States regnlation shoes; distance to be pullea, three feer, or time limitof five minutes. Skirmish race, 200 yards—Eight 25-yard lines; each contestant to be equipped in light marching order, with forty roundsof blank ammuuition and to fire five shots, lying down, at each line, using rifle, either as single loader Oor magazine arm; not more than cne man to be entered from each company; nou-commis- sioned officer 10 follow each contesiant to see that conditions have been complied with. Equipment race, 85 yards—Contestants to be | equipped with rifle, blanket roll, belt and 10 | rounds of ammunition, campaign hat, leg- giugs and white gloves; to leave rifle at 10 gnl‘d!. gloves at 20, shelter nalves at 30, lanket at 40, legginys at 50, ammunition at | 60, belt a1 70, hat at 80, turn stake at 85, and returning to scratch replace ail equipments so s to pass inspection. Teni-piiching contest—Common tent, three men to each; pegs to be well driven; walls | Tolled 1or inspection; and all men stand one pace in front. Relay race—Teams of 10 men from same company in two lines 50 yards apari; 5 men on each side; message to be carried 5 complete rounds or 50 yards by each man. Bicycle race, 440 yards—Three men may en- ter from the Presidie d one from each of the other posts in the department; L. A. W. racing rules to govern. Bayonet race—Five bayonets stuck in the ground, 10 yards apart, to be gathered one at & time, and placed on rifie at starting point; only one rifle to be used; each bayonet to be left on until next is brought ic; last one to be left on rifle. Scaling wall—Wooden wall, close-jointed, with cap-piece 4 incnes wide; to be 10 feet high, braced from the rear. Teams of 10 men each; to be in light marching order; entire team to get over with arms and equipments. (Time contast.) Hasty intrenching—Contestants to nse bayo- Dets and tin cup or meat can; contestantiwins ‘Who makes most effective cover in five minutes. Novelty race—Contestants to startat scratch; rifles with bolts taken out and apart 100 yards distant. Run to rifles, assemble bolt, fire cart- ridge and return 10 scrateh. Striking shelter tents—Two men in each tent pitched, with blankets spread under them; equipments on either side of tent. At signal, strike tent, roll blankets in shelter halves, put on equipments and run 10 paces to the tront. MOUNTED EVENTS FOR CAVALRY AND LIGHT AR- TILLERY. . Mounted hurdle race—200 yard: hurdies 3 feet in height, 50 ya and last hurdles to be respeciively 25 yards from siart and finish of track; horsesto be equipped with bridle, blanket and surcingle; roopers to wear campaign hat, undress upi- form and leggings. Mounted high jump—23-yard start; horses to be saddled and bridled and troopers to be clad as above. (Same rules as in {00t contests.) Broadsword contest—Horses to be saddlea and bridled; troopers to be equipped with broadsword, gauntlet, plastron aud mask; a paper plume to be attached to mask, the loss of which will indicate defeat; opponents to be drawn by lot. Mounted gymnastics—School of the trooper, at will, 10 minutes. Mouited skirmish contest—Horses to be sad- dled and bridled; trooper to be armed with carbine, revolver and saber; each trooper to take track, draw saber, right and left cut against infantry, return saber, draw pistol, fire five shots to rizht and left iront, halt, throw horse and magazine fire from over horse. (Time contest.) Mounted wrestiing ‘match—Competitors to be paired by lot; disqualification for foul; four competitors from each iroop: bareback. Tug of war, mounted—Teams: one captain and five compatitors. Each troop to be repre- sented; limiting lines ten yards; each team to be in column, facing in the direction ot Lull; horses three yards from head to croup; no articipant to catch hold of the mane of the orse nor of the saddle. Equipment race—Competitoss to be placed in line, with leggings and spurs within reach; saddles, etc., to be fifty yards therefrom; at rumpet call each competitor to put on ieg- gines and spurs, go to saddle, make blanket- roll, pack on cantle of saddle, fold saddle blau- ke, take equipment to horse (to be fifty yards from line or saddles), equip horse, mount and g0 10 starting poinl. Prize for neatness and dispatch. 4 brush par; fiist LIGHT ARTILLERY CONTESTS. Wheel race, 100 yards—Each man torolla spare; light artiliery wheel; 100 yards, Guu-detachment contest—Gun limbered with- out horses; unlimber, dismount piece and car- :(uge). mount end fire one shot. (lime con- est. Section contest—Four-horse team, hitched; come into action to the right, fire two shots, change piece, wheel with spare wheel, and re- tire 1o starting point. (Time contest.) Platocn contest—Four-horse teams; horses are on picket-line in park, 250 yards from | firing-line; herness on poies; at signal har- ness, hiteh, advance to firing-line, come into action to the front, fire four shots, then fire to right, changing iront to rear on right plece, nndknre three shots; limber up and return to park. Drivers’ contest—Field is 100 yards long, 50 yards wide; on north and south’ends are four posts on corners of the square, the diago- nalsof which are ten feet; on each side are two posts, seven feet apurt; four-horse team hitched 10 piece, start from center, move to the right oblique, pass between four posts at north end, making left wheel, pass between two Dosts on west side and between four on south end by left wheel, obliquing to the left oblique, pass between the four at the north end by right wheel, then pass between two on east side and between tne four on south end by right whee:, halt in the center; for each post knocked down five seconds will be added 1o the time of exe¢uting the movement; team making best time takes first prize. Bauery contest—Execute £ix movements by signal, firing during the movements sixteen blank cartridges. 10 be judged by three offi- cers who have served in the light artillery. General James Biddle, U. S. A., who was colonel of the Ninth Cavalry when he was retired a few days since, is in San | Francisco, Genera! Biddle isa Pennsyl- vanian by birth, but entered the army in | 1861 as a commissioned officer of the Tenth New York Infantry Volunteers, He was appointed captain of the Fif- teenth United States Infantry in August, 1861. He was brevetted major in Septem- ber, 1861, for gallant condlic. at Richmond, Ky. He was brevetted lieutenant-colonel in December, 1864, for bravery on the field at Nashville, Tenn., and in 1865 brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers for gallant 1 service throughout the war. The programme of lyceum instruction | at Angel lsland for the season of 1897 has been submitted: 10 the department com- mander. On February 9 Lieutenant Wil- son will read a paper on the present or- ganization and equipment of the Spanish army. A board of officers consisting of Captain Sedgwick Pratt and First Lieutenants Charles W. Hobbs and B. H. 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