The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 15, 1897, Page 9

THE SAN ¥FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1897 ND SPARE COI o IO CHimmy Only Two Years of Fancy Salaries for the County Officers. Why the Municipal League Should Have Indorsed the Park Project. ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. considerable expense trying to get a change of survey which would move the road about 700 WeRt of present survey. By making this changelthe road would run across ong quarter 9Esection and leave two quarters aimost iu- act. 1was given to understand by authority of the comj avy’s chief engineer and mauaging directors atall times since our first interview, which was last August, that if the right of | Way would not cost more on the quarterangles : tbey would make tue cuange. I have canvassed the distance and have demonstrated that the chane of line would make a consi crable :aving in the purcha-c of right of way land not ownei by our compeny, and r my company (o give a bali inierest res, to be used for town-site pu s, and a free right of way Across our place, which would be over a mile in length, 1 have been given to rstand in the last few days that they will not consent to the moving of survey as intended, but propose o run on the line which causes us much damage, and further want a right of way 100 feet with the privilege of removing trecs and v nd of making burrow pits 1o pro ade high enough to which are above the We proposed to . eneral level of th ther o sypho Except to the Regular Politician the Municipal Campaign Is Very OAKLAND OF The cu county ¢ good effect. have been ple thrown t gation fon 1 i this county. al offices is much abo i involves about the = propriating a | department has been that while one man cleared vear, another would clear not less 0. ment ed is now made that the e conditions in the com- worid, and this is what they There is, however, one thing sidered, that so long as the fancy longer the legitimate prey s they must not be ex- s &n open purse from which itical and philantbropic s can be filled at random. 2 the new regime this much con- must be shown. But it isas ear in mind that the new sched- s not affect the present incumbent, e retrenchment will have no excuse commence until the next board of v officers assume their duties in 1899, The Merchants' Exchange .is consider- ing a plan to advertise Oakland to the All kinds of schemes have been s not been gained, and the complaint is Il made that in the different parts of n difficult to learn any- County. ie when the matter of public gituted the desire of the Exchange 10 let outside States f Oakiand is very timely. people have heard of the beauty n Gate Park who know nothing ail of the City of San Francisco, and 1d Oakland acquire an immense pub- i 'w some liberality in it would do far more to ad- ise this city than wiil be done in many by sending out pamphlets contain- g matter of varied degrees uf exceilence. is to be regretted that the Municival Leaguein the plattorm which it framed at its convention two weeks ago should ve thrown cold water on the scheme to re parks. Nothing can be accom- any city when the leading ies are opposed by a reform nt of which better things h v be expected. The league form, while it did not so stat con- 1 more than a hint that the scheme oyide a public park might develop job by which some one might bene- k y that a large of propert ot be “found”’ where and cannot be acquired except purchase, and as it is equally certain he matter will have to be submitted o the people at & special election before bends can be issued for the purchase it reasonably be inferred that any *job” ould be unearthed long before it was un- ied on the people. I of fifty acres that could be the many electric roads now | the foothilis would do ertiso Qakland and attract s city tuan the sending out of it of statisuical literatare. en of Oakland is now | surfeited with politics, and | municipal campaign launched manner than the one now d to be wagine. t with primaries, conventions and | ons, the city has been disturbea | since last August, and the commercial ment views with immense satisfaction | thorou never was ar 2 q r | avonld cause much more than thet an ditches or briug in earth to build up the vroposed grade. “This requirement we ea 000 improvement to our p the other hand, making b 0w pits punt_in | to our proverty, and wouid leave a | | perpetual nuisance in the form of weeds and | Tnou- | ntwater. We have h as we consider the ¢ proposed line, and ha ergies to trying to make the d operty and cheapen th n pany. ed between two lines, miles and anoth our products are astern suip caunot consider ourselves benefited as 85 many that have property a greater dis from s Your reierence to the fe Fresnoit, eration, s well known ihat th paid { they ‘heve received { As evide dgment against that respectfully, ROBERT SMILIE. BOXING AT PLEASHNTON, A Clergyman Asks the Trustees to Proibit Such Exhi- bitions. tgiven a price as age on the pres- directed our en- ess to our | 10 Public Opinion in the Town Seems to Be About Evenly Divide. OAx: » OFFICE ¥ ~ Fraxcisco CALL,] 908 Broad ay, Feb. 14. | Some well the quiet little town does not intend to allow 1t if it can be helped. The Trustees ars not unanimous on the advisability ot sorbing topic of conversation in the town for two weeks. A special meeting of the Trustees failed to accomplish anything. A petiti allowed in the town has been drawn up by Rev. Mr. Wilson of the Methodist biscopal Church, Charles White, Philip Kolb, C. H. Wise, George Detjens and J. tures. Trustee Martin does not think any action should be (aken. He says there is no town law governing prize-fights and he can see ‘'no harm in a colored man and a white man battering each other for the amusement of a crowd that likes that kina of sport.” Mr. Gray, another Trustee, takes a dif- ferent view of the matter, and Trustee Hortenstine would Iike to stop prize- fighting, but cannot quite see the way. The matter will be decided at the next meeting of the Trustees. The affair that is creating such a dis turbance is the Turner-Nicho! contest be- fore the Antelope Athletic .Club next Wednesday FRATERNAL VISITORS. Head Consul ¥. A. Falkenburg and Party Arrive and Will Be Offi- clally Kecelved To-Night. OAKLAND, CaL., Feb. 14.—F. A, Falk- enburg, head consul of the Woodmen of evening and is at the Arlington. make that his home for the next six weeks while he visits the camps of the organiza- tion around the bay. With the zentleman 18 his wife, daughter, his private secretary and governess. While the camp 1s in session Mrs. Falk- enburg will be tendered a receptiun by the wives and sweethearts of the members of lington. WILL BRAVE IT AGAIN, Young Christians Will Hold Their Postponed Parade Next Tuesday. the fact that after March 8 there will be at | OAKLAND OFFICE. SAN FRANcisco CALL,) least & year and a_half before disturb normal conditions. At the present time, outside of the same | old company with whom politics means | bread and butter, the interest in the local | campaign is very smali. The great ma- jority of voters have already decided upon their choice, and it is a matter of some difficulty to get a reasonable attendance at campaign meetings. As a matter of fact, politics has become somewhat of & farce on local lines. Each element is di- vided, and even the solid Republican front shown last November does not exist in the present conflict. politics | The whole Republican ticket is certainly | worthy of support, and if the Republicans | themselves desire 1t they could, of course, elect it from top to bottom. Judging by the present outlook, however, there will ‘be some serfous breaks, and unless great discretion is exercised by the body politic ere will be a repetition during the next o years of the municipal farce that has raced the City Hall during the term 0 near its close. Auditor Snow has issued a report which sorhewhat remarkable inasmuch as there is no item in any of the departments charged to_ *sundries.” In this connec- tion he made the following explanation a fewdays ago: ‘‘When I first took office,” said the Auditor, “I had counsicerable dif- ficulty in Knowing just what people spent The reports from the different Jepart- ments would come to me and the largest item would be sundries. 1gave the boys 2 hint and told them that I would not audit any more accounts for sundries, and, although there may have been a diminu- tion in the number of cigars smoked around the ball and in the strength of the periume on official hanakerchiefs, there has also beer 8 diminution of the expense of the various departments; and after an experience of eight years I feel that I can tifully say that this city is supplied by contractors on as honest and economical * basis as any city e Union.” TUART W. Boorn. EXPLAINS. no! is SMILIE J1as No Desire to Obstruct the Valley tailway Eoute. ’ Car., Feb. 14.— Robert lie of Oakiand, who was referred to in ticle published in Tz CALL of yes- vrepared the following state- t for publication: Morning Call, San Francisco: For the fpose of giving a fair statement of condi- J yexistin the right-of-way affairs 211 Francisco and San Joaguin Valley [ wish to give a brief outline of our 1 this matier. sclf unjustly attacked by the icle o the above subject in your col of to-day. Allow me to state our position in this matter from the beginning, Qur company 15 the owner of 580 acres of land, with improvements which bave cost us, with interest, upward of $200,000. The right ot way runs diagonally across our land a litile westof center of section, We have been to Sm * position 1 consi l | opposition to this bill is confine | Post of Oakland, and that it is tne 908 Broadway, Feb. 14. { The following orders to govern the parade of young people’s church societies next Tuesday night were issued to-day : All socleties should meet at the First M. E. Church promptly at 7 o’clock. The Methodist society will assemble in the north gallery and | the Mizpah in the west gallery. The First Baptist society will assemble on the west side of ‘the lower floor, with the Tenth-avenue Baptist society in their rear. Any other Ba tist organization represented will ogcupy the seats in the back portion of the house on that side, The First Fresbyterian Society will assemble 1¢ front and center of tne house with the ociety occupying the position fm- their rear. The Second Presby- will take the seats in the back- cent other societies will occupy the | seats on the east side under the gailery. All junior soc the rear o charge of The for) pr banner & and that ¢ order will Pasto cers of ot 68 are requested to mssemble in heir young people’s societies, in heir superintenaents. ation will be by fours and every is hereby requested to_see that his ars at the front of his society, arch by fours. The followling bserved: s of Oakland City Union, offi- r unions, drum corps, First M. E Jr. Society, First M. E. r Methodists, First Bap- ptist Jr. Society, Tenth- Baptists, First Presby- byterlan Volunteer erian Soclety, other ngregational socletfes, all 5 Boclet, 5 Second Presby Presbyterians, C other organizatic Active Grand Army Men. OAKLAND, CAL., Feb. 14.—The Army and Navy Republican League has issned the following: A mass meetfng has been called 10 mq army and navy headquarters, 474476 Ef:;tlr: eet, Onkland, to-morrow, Sunday afternoon. February 14, at 20'clock, té consider (s quos: tion of ‘turning over the Veterans' Home at Yountville to the State of California, snd we want you to be there, and do not fil. * The graveness and importance of the ques- tion to be considered warrants holding the meeting on Sunday. Later in the week would be oo late. This meeting is non-political and affects every old soldier. he impression has gone abroad that the d to Lyon outgrowth lastspring of the charges made by that post agement of the home, which against the n comes from_the Grand Army THE COMMITTEE. Single-Tax Meeting. OAKLAND, Car, Feb. 14.—Single-tax- ers will be interested in hearing the ad- dress of Joseph Leggett of San Francisco, who will speak before the Oakland Single. Tax Club at Hamilton Hall next Tuesday evening. This is the regular public meei- ing of the club, and some of the members will also speak. Lecture to Young Men, OAKLAND, Car., Feb. 14.—Dr. Mun. hall, the evangelisi, delivered an address this afternoon at the Macdonough The- ater to young men, The revival will con. men generally. tinue for some weeks yet and on Tuesday evening the march of young Christians will take place. | two great schools of known sporting men have ar- | ranged for a prizefight at Pleasanton, and | stopping the fight, which has been the ab- | n against prize-fighting being | N. Arendt, and it has numerous signa- | | angry and im; the World, of Denver, Colo., arrived last | He will | | but for th the camp, in the dining-rooms of the Ar- | | ceilent people, but their ¢ SVS HELLFIRE IS ALL A FICTION | i Wendte's Criticism of Re-| ligion as Taught in Oakland Churches. Salvationists and &'eventh-DayK Adventists Ccme Within Its Scope. He Declarcs Thst the Union Revival Acts Most on Weak ) Intellects i OAELAND OFFICE SAN ¥ RANCISCO CALL,) 908 Broadway, Feb. 14 '{ Dr. C. W. Wendte’s auncuncement that he woula handle fearl the doctrine of fear and hell as taught in the Oakland churches was fully justified this morning. The Unitarian aivine delivered an address that will rank as one of the most remark- able ever heard from a local pulpit. With only a few personal references, Dr. Wendte forcibly attacked the revival now in progress in tms city, defended Pro- fessor Jordan, answered Dr. Munhall’s re- cent references to Vo:taire, and made a casual allusion to other creeds, inclnding | the Seventh-day Adventists and Salva- | tion Army. | Dr. Wendte opened his address witha description of the two distinct portraits of | Christ found in the New Testament—one the avenging Christ of Revelations, the | other the loving Christ of the gospels— | and he declared that any attempt to reconcile the two must of necessity be | futile and farcical. After defining the | Christian thought as | those of fear and of love, be said: Ttis a curious and suggestive fact tbattwo | Sundays ago a dramatic version of the parable | of tne Foolish Virgins was rendered in the chancel of a Protestant church in San Fran- | . Young girls irom the congregation, | suitably arrayed, fmpersonated the ushappy victims and rent the air with their anguish at | finding the door shut against them. This was | | one of the favorite miracle plays of the middle | ages. | E"1u the local case the devil and his imps were | indecd wanting, but were probably supplied in the sermon of the minister, who improved | the opportunity, the gas being turned down, 10 impress upon his hearers the awinl nature of divine judgment and the terrible danger to which their obduracy exposed them It s the simple truih (o say that to-day, as in former times, fear is (he sentiment most appealed to in the prevailing church: The revival now in progre-s iu Onkiand is & striking con tion of the statement. To show the necessity of salyation Dr. Munhall, the revivalist, pictures el in the most & 1d materialistic fashion, asaliteral lake o e and brimsione, and Seeks to terrify his | hearers into an acceptance of the terms of | grace. Verily, he has bfs reward. Young | people, whose imagination is more keen | veloped than_their reason, and all who fe but do not think, are agitated and alarme cren i not fully conviaced they respond (o his sophistical pleading 10 be on the safe side, or are carried awsy the excitement sur- ounding them. Ican imuginea revival based on charity toward our neighbor and an eternal hoye for all, but & revival based on mau’s cow- ¥ fears and seifish hopes I have. little re- ect for. I admit that it corresponds to some menis In human nature, especially in its | ier stages of moral and spiritual develap- The feebler in intellect, the weaker ia | 1 & man is, the more powerful will be the dominion of fear over his imagination and A higher development of his mentai and moral powers is reguired, ere he c uperior to the tremors of nis flesh, the | morbid fancies of his imagination, and breathe | the purer atmosphere of faith, hope and love. Unquestionably, the notion of Jesus as an cable judge of the world is foreign to the real spirit of the g It is 10 be found chiefly in the book of Revelations, which, in tue opinion of leading cri newand nsing school of biblical s her a Jewixh apocalyptical writing, vamped and directed against Nero and other persecutors of the eazly or else is & palpable imitation of later Jewish scripture like the books of Daniel, Erdras and others. Yet this religion of fear is preache our midst. The Saivation Army makes it it main rel in its relig‘ous work, or would, t num in its rank and file. This overcomes even its hersh ctrine and symbols of war and bloodshed, bols which, in_themselves, ate so foreign | hristianity. { | i | | are a most ex- rine of Christ and the judgment is not based on the gospel of Jesus, but on & Jewish-Christian per- version of his character and teachings. The prevailing spirit in Oakland churches should be joy and not fear, hope and not de- | spair. No man was ever truly converted by tear. Hell is a ficiion of theologians, an in- venilon of priests, a ‘scare-bead” of revival- ists. Let this rawhead and bloody bones” of theology, as Historian Alger calis it, be rele- gated to deserved and odious oblivion. DEVILS SURPASS AN, Professor Bacon on the The-| ology of Evil Spirits, Hs Says There Is No Virtue in a Belief in the Unity of God BERKELEY, CAL., Feb, 14.—Professor Thomas R. Bacon of the State University preached to the Unitarians in Stiles’ Hall this morning on the text, “Thou believeth that there isone God; thou doest well; the devil also believes and trembles, But wilt thou know, O vain mau, that faith without works is dead ! “Devils seem to be great theologians at times,’’ said Professor Bacon. ‘‘At the perioa when James wrote the words of the text the belief in the unity of God was a rare one, but it appears that the dev:l had grasped it, not merely one or a few of them, but all. We do not reaily know a great deal about the devils. Only in the Bible do we learn that they exist and then our information is vague. “All is inference and conjecture beyond the simple fact that they exist—that somewhere in the moral universe are dis- embodied spirits given over to evil, “Unhampered by the obscurations of the flesh such beings would naturally be ac- quainted with spiritual trutbs. They know that God is one as a fact and as eas- ily as we see and know that grassisgreen. Doubtless the theology of the devil is iar more accurate than that of any men. “Qur knowledge that God is one is littie | to our credit. Our fathers found it out | long ago and handed it down to us as the multiplication table or the fact of the | rotundity of the earth.”” Professor Bacon sannounced that the pulpit would be occupied next Sunday by Professor Griggs of Sianford and that Dr. Alger, the new pastor of the church, is expected to arrive during the following week. — e————— Kun Over and Killed. OAKLAND, CaL, Feb. 14—A man known as “Indian Thomas’ was killed by the Livermore Jocal train at Pleasanton this evening. Thomas Was one of the best known characters in that neighborhood, track, The case was reported to Coroner Baldwin, who will hold an inquest to- morrow ailernoon. SCORE SENATOR BEARD. He Kills the Annexation Scheme of the Encinal City Fathers in the Senate. ALAMEDA, CaL., Feb. 14.—The citizens of this place are wrathy over the action of Senator Beard of Warm Springs, and they believe that he gives them good cause | to be. On the north side of the city, situated along the southern shore of the tidal canal, is a strip of land thirty feet in width, known as Harrison street. It i not down on the original city grant, be- Jongs to no one seemingly, and if any on bas jurisdiction over it it is the Board o Bupervisors. The city applied to the Legisiature fo an enabling act to annex it. There being no inbabitants on it an election could not be held. ¥ emblyman Waymire introduced the | bill in the House and requested Senator Beard to do likewise in the Senate. expressed his willingness, and up to the first of last week it was supposed that he nad. But one of the city oflicials, on I00] ing the matter up, found that the biil was not there. Bearl1 is =aid to have declar-d that the City Trustees could go where it never freezes. 5 The only hope the bill now has of pas ing is in tbe shape of an emergency measure, and as it is not probable that any such action will be taken Harrison treet must remain out in the cold another two years. Company G Wins, ALAMEDA, Cav., Feb. 14.—The target GRAND MILITARY TOURNAMENT NEXT Preparing for a Great Con- test at the Presidio Post. Many Novel Events That Will| Be Preseated by the Soldiers. | Officers Who Are on the List to Be | Retired for 0l1d Age—A New Undress Cap. He | A military tournament and athletic contest for troops serving in the Depart- ment of California will be held this year at the Presidio of San Francieco in the month of April, beginning on the third | Monday and continuing in the afternoons | until completed. A programme showing | definitely the events and their order will be published later. Suitable medals, | prizes and tropnies will be awarded to winners. | In addition there will be post ton!eus‘\ | I i | 1234-36 Pacific St. | High-grade Groceres, Auction Sales GROZERY 1ND HIGUOR, SALE. TO-MORROW, ...Febraary 16, 1897, At 11 d'clock A. M., &t Cor. Leavenworth, ELL. , Tuesday Imporied Liguors and , Woodenware, Wil- 0oms, Conbters, Wines, Glassware, Crocke Ehoweades, Caddica, 1 National Cash Register. Scales, Scoops, erc 5 1 Business Buze " aue the sale every day untll stock s aoda will ba 2010 1 Iots 16 s well uy cers. Tl one of the cleanest | auction. and thes INDIAN. it ditions is 93-5 seconds, Twenty dollars was put_up on the result and there were many side bets by ftiends of both men. The men at the Presidio Post are not cased with the order that says that they 1 not play bali at the post on Sunday, in order to > to Golden Gate Park. d of examiners bas had 3 num- and must now for examination for promotion. The old gun mounds that were at the v end of the Presidio parade ground are being removed. The following named generals are to be p'aced on the retired list during the eurrent Major General Thomas H. Ruger, dicr-General Frank Whe 8; and Adjntant-General George September 2. Avril 2; ton, Ma D. Rugel the quartermaster-general, has been sub- Horses of Troop Falling to Fir:, and Wall-Scaling Exercise. From Harper's Week'y. match between a picked team of fifteen of | Company F, Oakland, and Company G of | this city was won by the latter this morn- ing on ‘the High-street grounds by seven voints. The men shooting and the scores | were as follows: Compauy_ F aptain Wethren 39, Lieuten- ant W 39, Lientenant Cobbledic! Pri Parsons 38, Blukelry 19 son 41, Carnes 29, Travis 41, Swansou 30, Company G—Capiai ant Pickett 41, Major Hayes tick 41, Sergeant Day Musician La Due 38, Musi vate Russell 40, Huft 38, 36, Higby 85, Riehl 32, Born A New Paper To-Day. ALAMEDA, Can, Feb. 14.—The Ala- meda Daily Evening Encinal, which was , Lieuten- Sergeant Whit- | established September 16, 1869, by F. K. Krauth, was published for the last time | To-morrow George | vesierday afternoon. F. Weeks, the new editor and proprietor, will present to the subscribers of the old paper the Daily Encinal, an ecight-page paper, printed on a new press and irom entirely new type. The appearance of the sheet will be entirely different and all of the latest general, State, county and local news will e found in its columns. THE HANDBALL COURTS. T. F. Bonuet and E. Maloney Defeat E. Linehan and M. J. Kilgalion, Handball enthusiasts crowded the San Francisco court yesterday, as several in- teresting games had been scheduled. The event of the day was & gome in which 1. | F. Bonnet and E. Maloney played against R. Linchan, the overhand swiper, and. M. J. Kilgallon. Bonnet played agreatgame and he and his partner won the final by three aces. M. McNeil and Phil Ryan disappointed their friends. They had been hoasting about their ability to_vanquish any team in their class, and Robert Sheaand Georze McDonald took up the challenge. Ryan and McNeil were not in it from the start and Shea and McDonald defeated them in three straight games. This morning at 11 o’clock Jim Corbett and M. J. Kilgailon will play a game in the San Francisco court against J. C. N lon and Al Hampton, which should be well worth seeing. Owing to the wet weather there were no games at the Union court yesterday. Following were the games played in the San Francisco court: Robert Shea and G. McDonald defeated M. McNeill and P. Ryen, 21-1,21—19, H J.J. Hogan and M. Basch defeated George Ma. uire and J. Foley, 21—10, 17—21, 21-: E. dwards and E. Curley defeated 3. McClu and W. Stansbury, 21—9, 12—21, 21-10; Thomss Ryan sod W. Darfus defeated J. Brown and P. Barry, 2116, 7—21,21—18; J. Hinze and Jean Vogelsang defeated D. 0'Brien and C. Callahan, 21—10, 8—21, 21-15; R. Murphy and Ed'Toy detented J. Lawless and M, Edwards, 21—16, 10—2I, 2114, 21—16; E. Maloney and T. F, Bonnet defoated R. Line- han _and” M, J." Kilgallon, 16—21, 2112, 1021, 21—18; P. Hutchinsos and M. McClure deforted P. Kelly and J. Pendergast, 21-9, 18-21, 21—16. e The Land of Long Ago. This evening at 8 o'clock Rev. Haskett Smith will give his second lecture in the Young Men's Christian Assoclation Auditorium, Masou and Ellis streets, at 8 o'clock, on_*‘The Land of Long Ago; Where the Pharachs Lived, Reigned, Died and Are Buried.” This lectare will be amo: the most interesting of the series, and many besutiful views obiained during Mr. Smith’s travels in this sirange land will be thrown o the canvas. ————————— TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY, and had lived there for many years. Itis Inot known how he came 10 be on the Take iaxatiye Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drug- gists Tefund the money il it falls to cure, 29¢. 37, Browning | Total, 553. | ea- | one day in each month, the next of which will be held at the Presidio on Wednesday | next, whena programme of events will be made up from a list of 107 prepared at headquarters. These embrace athletics, gymnastics and military. When an individual has won an event twice at the same post he is to be called an expert athlete in that event'and given a bronze medal. He is thereafter de- barred from competing, except with his own class. The man who first qualifies in an event at post will be the champion athlete of that post in that event, but will be 50 only w0 long as he can defeat the men of his own class in subsequent post contests. When a champion leaves a post a new championship is declared. For the tournument in April there will be entries from all the posts in the depart- ment. The events will under the direction of Captain James S. Pitur, First Infaniry; First Lieutenant J. M. Neall, Fourth Cavalry; Lieutenant | R. C. Croxton, First infantry; Lieuten- ant F. J. Wilson, Third Artiilery; Lieu- tenant Leon 8. Roudiez, First Infantry, and Licutanant J. F. Bell, Seventh Cav- | alry, aid. The tournament will include many events that will prove novel to the civil- | tary contests. There will be tent-pitching, tent-striking. litter-bearing, hasty en- trenching, race, equipment race, wall-scaling, shelter tent, mounted gymnastics, mounted wrestling, mounted tug-of-war, rescue race, dead-body rescue, mounted skirmish contest, spare-wheel race, section contest and drivers’ contest. Wall-scaling is done by men in light- marching order, between teams consis ing of a non-commissioned officer and four men. Teams to stand at mark twent, feet from wall, fully armed and equinped. Wooden wall, ten feet high, close-jointed, with cap-piece four inches’ wide. Maga: zine of each rifle to be loaded with five blank cartridges. Entire team to get over with arms, clothing and equip- mepts and fall in at mark twenty feet from wall, with equipments ad- justed, in position of soldier, pieces atan “Order.” Five shots to be fired, by first man who sees over wall, at a ‘supposed enemy, before any man becomes exposed on to; the first man who reaches top to fire five more, while sitting thereon; the other fifteen shots to be fired from greund on other side Ly the three remaining members of team ; the non-commissioned officer and each member to fire five shots, and no more, during maneuver. Then the rescue race is by mounted men to rescue comrades whose hftses have been killed. Teams of two men each; No. 1 of each team to stand, mounted at scratch, armed with revolver in holster, flap-buttoned, and five blank cartridges in belt; No. 2 to crouch behind thrown horse, 100 yards away, having carbine in hand, with five blank’ cartridges in magazine. At signal, No. 1to draw pistol, load five chambers of cylinder, then race to No. 2, emptying his pistol as he goes at suaposed enemy beyond. No.2 to magazine fire five more shots) over horse, none to be tired except when horse is down. After each has fired five shots, No. 2 to abandon horse, mount behind No. 1, and thus re- turn to seratch, both bringing their arms with them. The race to determine who is the cham- pion sprinter of the regular army in this City took place yesterday over a wet course and in the rain. The distance was 100 yardsand the contestants were Private Raines from Fort Mason and Private Puckett ot the: Presidio post, both ail- round athletes and first-class sprinters. The match was.won by Raines in 1025 seconds. This is remarkably good time, for the ‘best professional record for that distance under the most fayorable con- be conducted | ians. They come under the head of mili- | blauk-cartridge race, bayonet | mitted to General Miles. It has been sug- gested that the eagie or the coat of arms | of the United States of metal be used, The cap haircloth, which wiil instead of embroidery now used. is 10 be lined with | make it perfectly rigid, and it is to be half an inch higher than the one now in use. It has also been suggested that the visor, instead of being forty degrees from the horizontal, shall be thirty degrees from the vertical. 1t has also been suggested that the arm of the service and the rank of the officer shall be indicated on the cap by white braid for infantry, yellow for cavalry and red for artillery. A bill amending a section of the eivil William T. Raines, Champion Sprinter. service law in the interest of those who served in the army or navy of -the United States has passed in the House. It pro- vides that preferences- in appointments to the civil service of the United States shall be given to the persons and in the order herein designated, namely: t, to per- sons honorably disc arged from the mili- tary or naval'service of the United States by reason of aisability resuiting from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of | duty; second, to persons honorably dis- charged from the naval and military ser. vice of the United States in the war of the CASTORIA For Infants and Children, b pitch and catch they | g officers sent be- | , recommended by-| DISSOLUTION SALE. Monday, the 15th” «7 of February, 1897 At 11 o'clock . 3., At d business, consi<ting o Good Will aad Book 2 Inventory will be for inspection at our office ) day moraing from 8 o'clock. 1f not sold as & whole the stock will be sold plecemeal. Any sund all bills against Indiana Auction Com. pany. B. M. Birdsail or H. 1. Leutholiz, we request be sent to our office, where they will be. INDIANA AUCTION C B. M. BIRDSALL. i UTHOLTZ. P. J. BARTH, AUCTIONEER. RETIRING AUCTION SALE OF JAPANESE BAMBOO FURNITURE, TO-MORROW. February 16, On the premit | 208 LARKIN STREET mencing at 2 and 7:30 ». ., and continuing dail = uniil all fs soid, Tuesday.. 1897, without Furnt:ure, Chai’s ig ets of all be sold in rs requeated Lo attond. reserve, the above consisting at varl ds. Thi 10ts 10 suft rebellion and widows of such honorably discharged persons; provided, that as to are found to possess the business capacity necessary for the proper ischarge of the duties of such offi dier-General William P. Craighill, Chief of neers of the army, who, by operation of law would have been retired on the st of next July, voluntarily re- tired on the 1st inst. His motive for 5, doing was that he did not wish to be re- tired for age, as that might interfere with bim if be should desire to obtain a posi- tion in civil Jife. Colonel John M. Wilsor was named as his possible successor. He was at one time superintendent of the Military Acad- emy. NEW SHOOTING GROUNDS A Very Picturesque Spot Se- lected by the Olympic Gun Club. A Trial Shoot—Geiting Ready for a Tourpament—Electricity Ap- plied to Traps. Preliminary to a two-day open-to-all bluerock and live-bird tournament to be given, beginning next Sunday, by the Olympic Gun Club, a number of members braved the rain and went out to Ingleside vesterday to have a first shoot and trial on the club’s new grounds. Picturesque is exactly the word that de- scribes the new grounds, They are the first for live-bird shooting in San Francisco, and are naturally as fine as can be found in this countrv. Both the bluerock and live-bird sections command a view of Lake Merced and the Pacific Ocean. Two bulk- beads, score boxes, platforms and traps are in, and a shed has been erected for the ter and convenience of marksmen. The tangle shot pull,”’ an electric con- trivance for the release of traps, was tried the first time yesterday at the grounde. This is the invention of Thomas R. Bar- ney of the Olympic Club and is the firsg practical application of electricity to live- bird traps in the United States. The shooter has no knowledge of which one of five or any number of traps is going to be released, and it further prevents possibil- ity of collusion. A n.an stands behind the shooters, and by levers on a sort of a dial arrangement releases the traps. It worked yesterday to perfection. In the forenoon there was a little live-bird shoot- ing, but no attempt at scores was made. In tne afternoon the following scores at bluerocks were made: Otto Ferduer 12, A. Biank 6, Naurman 11, Neustadter 7, E.Schuitz 5, Fred Feudner 9, Whitney 11, Grant 8, F. Schultz 8, E. A. Shulix 4, Wagner 11, Wiegel 5, Alderton 10, 0'Don- mell 8, F. Forster 11," Allen 5, Fanning1l, Haight 11, Owens 14, A. Blank 11, Grant 7, O. Foudner 7, Alderton 10, Shaw 13, - FOND OF LIQUOR. Charles Burke, a Young Sailor, rested for Eurglary. Charles Burke, a sailor, 20 years of age, 'was arrested yesterday by Policemen Ryan and O'Dea on s warrant charging him with burglary. The complaining witness is August An- derson, saloon-keeper, 2¢ Howard street. Anderson_alleges that on Sunday night, February 7, Burke and two iriends took him home, as he had imbibed too much liquor. They put him to bed and Burke took $4 out ¢f his pockets and his keys. ‘The three then went to the saloon, opened it and stole niue gallons of whisky, six boxes of clgars and emptied four kegs of eer. The police are searching for Burke's two companions. . Friends of the Forest. Last Tuesday Pioneer Parlor had several Initia- tions. 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