The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 23, 1897, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESD FEBRUARY 23, 1897 CK SMASH ANOTHER The Minneapolis Champion Cycler Rode Five Miles in 9:54 35. NOW HOLDS A WORLD| RECORD. | Coulter Celebrates His Reappear- ance on the Coast by a Clever Exhibition. BACON’S SPEEDY MILE-RECORD TRIAL. A Splendid Meet at the Velodrome Track, Mark:d by Fast Time and Lightning Finishes. The Velodrome cycie track and grounds are evidently a popular resort with the pub- | lic, for, despite the many counter attrac- | tions on the cards yesterday, a big erowd | assembled there in the afternoon to wit- | ness the bicycle races. The people were | well repaid, as the sport provided was of | an excellent cher: marked by fast| time and exciting finishes, with never a | hitch to mar the day’s pleasure. In ‘the five-mile match race, paced, be- tween W. E. Becker of Minneapolis, the | National champion for the distance, and | Horace Siater of Arizona, who is said to | have a liking for long distances, Becker | put up the most remarkable performance | scen here in many a day. As a match | ace the event did not amount to much, | er suffered £n accident to his wheel | early in the journey, and was compelled to drop out. But Becker kept riding on and on, lap aiter lap, constantly calling | to his pacemakers to quicken the pace, | as S | | when they were aiready going at a killing gait, and finished amid -deafening sp- | plause in the startling time of 3-5 h lowers th 3-5, e previous world’s record inute. The former record the Welsn champion, | made at Manbhattan | N. Y., last fall. At that time this | was considered a most remarkable per- | formunce, ar eclipsing as it did all pre- | vious rides at that distance. Michael bas | since ridden it in 9:12, but that was | against time and not in competition as was Becker's ride yesterday. The pacing was done by two teams and a :andem manned by I oyden-Freeman and McCrea-Sullivan-C. Dow, and the tandem team being Chap len. Becker went the first mile in 1:58, two in_2:54 3-5, three ir , four in 7:5 ve in 9 5, the last mile being ridden in exactly two minutes This gives him the professional competi- | tion records for all intermediate distances | | triplet | the former bring up to five miles. ker has been on the coasta couple of months now and has_been iooked upon | 83 a star pecformer. When he won the | five-mile National champicnship at Louis- ville last Augustat the annual meet of | the League of American Wheelmen all | the cracksof the country competed against him. has held the Velodrome shield while here, and won a_five-mile race on | Christmas day at the Velodrome against the Terrill brothers, Wells, Whitman and | Bovee, all crack professionais. At the distance he is probably better than any man on the coast to-day and possibly the -best in the world. | Only a short time before his ride yester- | day be competed in the mile open profes- | sional event and won the second heat and | almost had a final, when he swerved and fell near the tape. The bruises he then | sustained evidently affected him butlittle, | judeing by bis later periormance. | The Velodrome shield race opened the day’s programme and was won by Dow of Seattle in 2:164-5. He had chal lenged Whitman of Los Angeles, who has he:d the shield for the last three weeks. | Whitman originally won it from Dow. | The result yesterday was a surprise to many, who thought Whitman the better man. 2 The half-mile handicap amateur wss | . Tun infive heats and a final, those who qualified being A. Thiesen, E. F. Russ, Morris M. Cook, George W. Tantau and C. D. Gooch. This foretold the result of | the final in a measure, as Russ outclassed | his opponents, and he won_as he pleased | in 1:033 irom scratch, Gooch second, Cook third. | The only professional event on the pro- | gramme open to all was at a mile, run in three heats and a finul. Slater of Arizon.. won the first heat in 2:27 3-5, closely fol- lowed by Byrne of the Imperial Club. | Tue next heat went to Becker of Minne- apolis, with Freeman, Bay City, a good second; time, 2:30 The third heat | was won by Downing of San Jose in Dow of Seattie being second. Theseq fied for the fina! and the finish was some- what of a surprise. Becker had the race | weil in hand until he fell near the tape. There was then a general scramble to avoid running over iim and his. iallen | wheel and Byrne landed across the line a winner, for the first t:me in many moons, Freemun being second and Downing third. | The time of the final was 2:101-5, which | is remarkably fast for a six-man mile race. | . R. Coulter, the unpaced-mile cham- pion, was down to ride in the open pro- fessional event, but did not feel well and | was scratched. Laier he came out fora ¥ mile exhibition, unpaced, and did it it in 1:04 4.5, which is fast going under the conditions. Coulter will ‘soon round | NEW TO-DAY. ED ROUGH HANDS Ttching, scaly, bleeding palms, shapeless nails, and painful finger ends, pimples, blackheads, oily, mothy skin, dry, thin, and failing hair, itch. ing, ecaly scalps, all yield quicklyto warm baths with COTICURA S0P, ond gentle anointings with CoTicURA (ointment), the great skin cure. (Uticura 11 sold throughout the world. PorTaz Dava AxD CrmM. Conr., Sole Props.. Bosion a3~ “ How to Produce Soft, White Hands,” free. ITCHING HUMORS *ricde. Siiis” | first; ecratch, first; A MYSTERY IN “CASTE” When society shall have assembled at the California Theater next Monday evening to witness a performance for ck: arity there will be one name on the pro- gramme that society does not know; that the audience will be at a loss to place. The young man who is ‘o play the leading part of Captain Hautree in the comedy of “Caste'’ is well known bere, and yet the stage name that he has as- sumed will hide his identity on the bill as well perhaps as his make-up will ais- guise his personality. There are hints of a bit of romance making this precattion necessary, and of paternal objections coupled with an older brother's disapproval of the stage. However this may be *‘Selden sStuart” will be in the cast, and, as a play-lover of pretty Miss Leila Burton, will be a very conspicuous figure before the footlights. The mystery of bis identity may add a charm to the who!e affair for those who will know by name or reputation all the other young social lights that will take part in this rollicking little three-act Orphanage and the Children’s Hospital. comedy for the benefit of the Armitage into his old-time form andis a cracker- jack when he is in_shape. The Olympic_Cyclers have a fast amateur in one W. Bacon. He tacked on to the Dixon-Kraft-Loos amateur triplet team yesterday afternoon and did a mile paced in 1:55 2-5, which was & very cred- stable performance. George W. Tantsu rode half a mile, paced by the same team, in :3 The following is the summar; One-mile open: First heat—H. Slater, Ari- zoua, first; F. M. Byrne, Imperial, second. y mpic, scratch, 35. eat—W. E. Becker, Olympic, first; B. Freeman, Bay City, second. Time, 30 A 'hird heat—H, Downing, Garden City, first; . Dow, Californis, second. Time, 2:27. Final heat—F. M. Byrne, Imperial, first: H. B. Freeman, Bay City, second; H. Downing, Garden City, third. Time, 2:10 Half-mile handicap, amatenr: First heat— A. Thiesen, Californin, 50 yards, first; Tony Aiboreile, Olympic, 25 yards, second. ~Time, 1:04 3-5. Second heai—E. F. Russ, ; Bert Elford, Reliance, Time, 1:02 2-5. Third heat—Morris Cook, Olympie, 20 yards, Ralph Robinson, 'San Francisco, 40 s, second. Time, 1:03 3-5. Fourth neat—George Tantau, Olympic, Barley, Imperfal, 50 yards, 04 2-5 second.’ Time, D. Gooch, Reliance, 20 yards, tt, Barker, 70 yards, second. F. Russ, Olympic, scratch, ch, Reliance, 20 yards, secord; ok, Olympic, 20 vards, third. Time, o 1:033-5. Velodrome shield race, one mile, unpaced, ween D. E. Whitman of Los Ang > Dow of Seattle—Won by C. E. Dow. 16 4.5. Half-mile exnibition, flying start, by George W. Tantau, Olympic Club Wheelmen, paced by Dixon-Kraft-Loos triplet team. Time, Unpaced exhibition ride by Clinton R. Cou ter, Olympic Club Wheelmen, half mile. Time, One-mile recora_trisl, W. Bacon, Olympic, Time, 1:55 2-5. of Minneapolis and Horace Siater of Arizons. Won by Becker in 9:54 8-5, world's record. The meet was handled by the following officials: Referee, Frank D. Elwell McGlynn, C. S. Myricl ; judges—J. F. A. | timers—George H. Stratton, W. L Pixley, H. D. Hadenfeld!; scorers—S, G. Scovern, George W. Brouillet. Sol Rieser; nmpires —J. S. Egan, R. 8. Duncan, Joe Lewis, T. J. Fianigan; clerk of course, Georze E. Dixon; assistants—A. W. Wehe. E. H. Weatherhead, Giles Cooper; starter, Doug lass White; announcer, Jonn C. Hines, A fORGED RECEIPT. Joseph Walsh, n Salosman, Booked on Two Serious Charges. Joseph Walsh, a salesman, was booked at the City Prison yesterday by Detectives | Dillon and Crockett on.two charges—one ot oltaining goods by false pretenses and the other of forgery. He was formerly employed at the White House on Kearny street: Ou February 12 he went to the hosiery department in Murpty, Grant & Co,’s and-ordered half-a- dozen pairs of ladies’ silk hose on the rep- resentation that they were wanted by the ‘White Hou-e. Questions were asked him, and he was so familiar with the names in the White House tuat he eot the goods, signing the name of “J. Watson” to the receipt. Next morning the invoice was sent to the White House, and they denied order- ing or receiv.ng’ the goods. The police were notified and Walsh was arrested. He acknowledged obtaining the goods, and pleaded as an excuse that he was drunk at the time, s et A Generous Bequest. The Maria Kip Orptanage hss just received a very generous bequest from the late Mrs, Ellen Vinsonnalerin the form of twenty-five thares of the Pacific Gas Improvement Com- pany and tentyfive shares of the California Wire Works. Mrs. Vinsonhaler was very much interested in the building of the new home, and the money realized wiil be devoted 10 that purpose. She had always been a greal worker and did everything in her power t0 advance the cause of this worthy charity. —_—————— JF your printer can’t get the “Genuine Bank Stock’’ payer, send to Mysell-Rollins, 22 Clay.* 0 yards, second.” | c-mile match Tace between W. E. Becker | Swain; | A START ON ~ THE COLLEGES Dr. R. Beverly Cole Laid the First Brick in the First Wall. With a Few Friends He Cele- brated the H»iiday in His Own Way. | | Wanted to Havs the Affiliated Buildings Date From Wash- ing'on’s Birthday. The first brick in what will be the dental coliege building of the Affiliated Colleges was laid yesterday by Dr. R. Beverly Cole. There was not much of a ceremony, and what exercises there wera were of a patri- | otic character. Dr. Cole is dean of the medical departmeut of the University of California. On March 20 the cornerstone will be formally laid, with fitting ceremony and in the presence of the Regents, the Gov- j ernor and those who are sufficiently inter- | ested to attend. It is intended to make [ that occasion a memorable one. The grading of the lot for the colleges will be finished alout the 1st of Abril, after which the buidings will be com- | pleted with ali possible speed. The buildings intended for the depart- | ment of medicine and pharmacy will be | under one roof at the east end of the prop- { erty. Beside this will be the dental col- lege, while on the west end will be located the college of law. Those three buildings will face Parnassus avenue, formerly J street, while to the rear, close to the biuif, will be located the veterinary college. |, The first stories of all the buildings will | be constructed of California granite. In speaking of the work yesterday Dr. | Cole said: *T could not permit so im- | portant an occasion as the birthday of | George Washington to pass without j coupling up his memory with that of the Affiliated Celleges of the great State of California. And I thougut nothing could be more appropriate than to go out there and just set half -a dozen of bricks on this day.” If for no other reason than that it { will go into history that the first brick was laid on Washinzton’s birthday in 1897. ‘‘Consequently I 4id it in the preseace of a few friends and at the same lime made a few remarks such as I now express. “‘I- fouzht hard to have the colleges located where they will be, and I trust I may be spared to see them finished and occupied. - It will take about two yea: compiete the work. But we expect | to bave them roofed in before the end of eighteen months.” AN EDITOR WEDS. Fred Marriott of the News Letter United to Mrs. M. B. Magnire. A quiet wedding took place yesterday afternoon at the First Presbyterian Church, corner of Van Ness avenue and | Sacramento street, when Fred Marriott, editor of the News Letter, was united to Mrs, Maria B. Maguire. The ceremony was performed by the Rey. Dr. Mackenzie at 3:30 o’clock, only relatives be ng present. The happy pair leave for the East this evening. | | | | | MR, JULIAN AS CATERER Came to the City to Get Eatables and a Cook for Fitz. SAYS THE AUSTRALIAN IS ALL RIGHT. Nothing the Matter With Him, He Declaree, but Teo Much *“Mountain Coffes.” JIM GROOM “TURNED DOWN” IN QUICK ORDER. Stelzner Secured to Spar—Predictions and Gossip About the Big Fight A Side Bet. Martin Julian, brother-in-law and man- ager of Bob Fitzsimmons, arrived yes- terday morning trom Carson in the com- pany of Harry Corbett and Colonel Burns. Julian looks fatand hesithy. He was not dressed in his best, but lookine to comfort he had donued a blue sweater and the conventional cap that is worn by sporting men of all kinds nowadays. “How is Bob, Mr. Julian?” was asked. ‘Why, brother-in-law is as fine as silk and is now in condition to hop into a ring to decide the championship. But you know that Bob is the champion and Tcan’t understand why Cerbett forgets to in- struct the reporters to say so when they mention Bob's name. He won the title, you know, by defeating Peter Maher, the man to whom Corbe;t eave the title. But that doesn’t cut any ice with us, as Bob will prove to Corbett and bis supporters on St. Patrick’s day that Corvett hes no right claim to any such honor. I don’t fancy saying much now, but you can rest assured that friend Corbett will be made to understand thedifference between fancy sparring and good solid punching on the 17th of next month. “Fitz may not be as good at dancing as Corbett, but he is a figater, and the al- leged champion is aware that he will meet hot shot when the time arrives for exchanges of fistic compliments., I tell you that Fitz cannot lost “Well, my object in visiting this City now is to purchase provisions for Bob. He wants ceriain eatables which I can- not procure in Carson, and 1 have ordered a whole Ist of stuff to be shipped to the training quarters Severai hampers of good things will go over the line this evening, and the balance will follow in a few days. *‘Then, again, you know that my sister, | Mrs. Fitzsimmons, cannot be with Boo to see to his cooking, etc., as she must at- tend to the wants of my dear old mother, | who is sick in New York. “I have secured Sam, the Chinaman who cooked for us in Sausalito when Bob was training for Sharkey, and he will jour- ney with me this evening to Carson. He is a first-rate cook and thoroughly under- stands how to doctor things up for Bob. *“Yes, I haye also secured the services of Stelzner, the pugilist who was to moet Jeffries. He says that he is all right and that the physician of the California Club should not have blistered his back in such a manner. In fact, Sieizner says that he believes that it %¥asa put-up job of the club to avoid puting up the stake he was to fight for. telzner is a good manand I really think that he can whip Jeffries, but thisis only my opinion. However, Jeffries may be a great fighter, but nevertheless he is an untried man and we cannot place any estimate on his valu-. “Yes, Stuart is a pretty sick man, but I guess he will pull through all right. He is arustler, and I think he can get away with the climate, which is severe on strangers who do not look out for them- seives.”’ “How about that side wager, Mr. Julian, of which so much has been said and writ- ten?” “Well, our money is up. Al Smith, the stakeholder, bas $75.0 of our money. You know that $5000 of that sum is the side stake and $2500 1s the amouut I guaran- tee for Fitz’s appearance ia the ring. I believe that Corbett’s money is also up, and on that point { will have a chat with Smith when he arrives in Carson. “Groom, who managed the Sharkey- Fitzsimmons contest, met me this fore- noon, and what do you think? Why, the fellow asked me to go into another scheme. He wanted to have Bob meet some fighter—I don’t know whom, be- cause I was amused at his impudence—in a contest of ten rounds st the Mechanics’ Pavilionin April, ana that we could di- vide the pot. [ simply told bim thatl had had enough of the the National Club, and left him to soliloquize on the side- walk. “Wel!, I guess that Bob will fizht pretty close on to 180 pounds. He will not re- duce much in flesh, as he is now as hard as nails and feeling as frisky as a colt. “What do I think of Corbett ? “Well, 1o be candid with you, if Bob looked like Corbett does at present I would never allow him to enter the ring. I am afraid that Corbett’s friends will say after Bob has put him to sleep that Jim was not in condition, otherwise he could not lose. “I can’t see how Corbett can be physi- cally in good condition to engage in a championship battle, but that cuts no fizure in the game now. They tell me that he always wore a graveyard look and that he fights best when his features resemble those of a very sick man. I hope the report is correct, because if there is anything in this world that I do detest it is to hear a man offering an excuse for defeat. I do not look for a long fight, in fact it would not surprise me a bit if Corbeit found the hard sde of the boards in the first round. “The paperssaid that I intended to have an array of {riends ready to anticipate any trouble at the ringside. Well, I dia not have them at the Pavilion, when I knew I was going to be jobbed, then why should I have them in Carson? No, there will be no trouble, as the knockout will be too clean to leave an opening for a dispute. “The business men of Carson should make a small fortune. They are charging good prices for everything and tne news- ” ‘ RAILROAD MEN RESENT “EXAMINE LIES. Streetcar Employes Denounce That Paper’s Attempt to Represent Them as “Tools of Officials” as “Scurrilous, Puiuf diced and Dishonest.” The Examiner is endeavoring to convey the impression to the general public that the street-railroad employes of San Francisco were coerced into opposing the bill for the reduction of fares. There is absoluteiy no foundation for any such impression. I want to say that there was no pressure or influence whatever brought to bear on the boys by the railroad officials. The officials had no knowledge of the movement we intended to make until after the petition had been drafted and put into circulation. The plan emanated entirely from the boys themselves. A number of us origi- nally met at the Mission-street carhouse. W. C. Carpenter was elected chairman of the committes and I was made secretary. I drafted that petition and it met with the approval of the boys. It was immediately put into circulation without the knowledge of the railroad officials and without their being consulted in any way concerning it or its objects. Within twenty-four hours 3000 signatures were obtained to it. If we bad felt that we could have spered any more time before hastening to Sacramento we could most certainly have obtained the signature of every railroad employe in San Francisco. Concerning our resolutions denouncing the Examiner that paper knows that it is deliberately lying when it says that those resolutions or their sentiments originated with any of the railroad officials. Idrafted those 1esolutions myself in the hall where and at the time the big meeting was in session. They were written tnen and there and not previousiy, and they were thereupon signed by that committee immediately before they were read to the general assemblage and unanimously and enthusiastically applauded. Examiner representative who was present cannot honestly deny this. Even the There was never any intimation from the railroad companies that our wages would be cut, but we felt that if the bill did pass such would naturally be the resalt. So, simply to protect ourselves, we organized to defeat the measure. We sent a dele- gation, of which I was a member, to Sacramento to work against the bill. The entire expenses of that delegation are borne by the employes themselves. Subscriptions are now being taken up among the boys to pay not only the expenses of the delezation but the members for loss of their time, and these subscriptions are being willingly and readily paid. I resent tbe imputation that [ or that any one of the other members of that dele- gation went to Sacramento as the tools of a corporation. We went there to fight our own battle, and when we returned victorious it was on our own account that we held a big jollification meeting and passed resolutions thanking the Senators who had given us their support, and denouncing the Examiner for the scurrilous, prejudiced and dishonest course it had pursued toward street-railroad men in this City. ‘W. C. COOK. paper men must pony up or they cannot see the inside of a cart. The game is pay or play and pay has the call. “That story about Bob having a little trouble with his stomach is bosh. He drank some mountain coffee that did not agree with him, and Bob has a happy way of removing such things by a system of heaving which he has practiced to good advantage. He believes in keepihg on friendly terms with the inner man, and when anything enters his stomach that upsets his -internal arrangements he heaves—you know what I mean by that. “Why, balf an hour after he expec- torated the stuff he started off on a run of three miles to his training quarters and arrived feeling as trim as a racehorse. “Say, I am not blowing, but just as sure as my name is Julian Bob will give Corbett the greatest licking on March 17 that a pugilist ever got in a ring. Now just wait and see if my words don’t come irue.” | Julian and his man “Sam” left for Car- | son iast evening on the 6 o'clock train. Stelzner will leave tais evening. FRACTURED HIS ARM. Singular Accident to Thomas Behan, an Amateur Baseball Player, at Central Park. Thomas Behan, an amateur baseball | player, met with a singular accident at | Central Park yesterday morning and it will be a long time before he is able to play again. Beban was playing shortstop for Precita Parlor, N. 8 G. W., in their match against Miller, Sloss & Scott’s nine for charity. | The Precitas before the game started went into the field to practice a little. Behan was at third base and had made several | catches and throws. His brother was at first bese and he callea to him to throw the ball. | Behan drew back his right arm and was about to throw the bali when his arm fell helyless to his side and the vall flew off at | a tangent. Behan uttered a cry of pait and his brother and some of the other | members ran toward him. One of them | | lifted his arm up, but the pain was so excruciading that he drooped it suddenly. | Behan was taken to the Receiving Hos- | pital, where it was found that his arm was broken in threae places between the shoul- der and elbow. The only plausible reason | advanced by the surgeons for the fractures | is that Behan's bones are exceedingly | brittle and his muscles particularly strong. | A NEW MEDICAL MISSION Seventh-Day Adventists Will | Treat the Sick Free of | Charge Ty | An Interesting Religious Movsment ‘With Hea quirters on Mar- ket Street. Quite a novel and successful religious | enterprise has recently been started at 1380 Market street by the Seventh-day Ad- ventists. It is called the Market-street Mission and its purposes are humane as | well as religions. | The new enterprite is under the control | of Rev. E. E. Andross and Elder H. H. Dexter. There is a song service every evening at 7:30 and preaching at §, fol- | lowed by a praise service and questious on | the Bible. | ‘‘We have a free reading-room open all | day,” said Rev. Mr. Andross yesterday, | “and have introduced another feature of | much value in the form of a free clinic. | We bave men physicians from 9 10 10 A . daily and women from 12 M. to 1 ». &, The | brief experience we have had here shows | that a free clinic is badly needed. There | | i are many sick men, women and children in tins City who are destitute and need attention.” We 2lso geta ereat many ap- piications from the unemployed. “While the main purpose of our enter- prise is to revive an 1nterest in religion and do helpful work in_the clinic we are | open for humane work in genmeral. If| ople are too ill to call at the mission we | shall try to send some of our physicians to them.”” The sermons to badelivered this week wili be on the nature and obligations of the Sabbath. | *‘Subjects are also being considered that | will reveal the Adventists’ view of the closing work of the Savior,”” said Rev. Mr. Andross, “and we hope to elicit consider- | able attention from the people.” Grgc e HEESSEMANS WIN. Redskins Defeated by a Score 25 to 9. The Piute Indian balitossers were scalped yesterday at the FEmeryville grounds by the Heesemans, the score being 25to 9. The Heesemans did very heavy stick work and the curves of Harry Nolan somewhat puzzled the Indians. T e Piutes played a very slow game and were no match for the Hessemans, who established themselves as favorites in Oakland at vesterday’s exhlbition. Manager Walter Fry has arranged for a series of twelve games to be nlayed in Oakland in the near future. Next Snnday the Heesemans will meet tne Silver Sprays of San Francisco. of | ——————— JEWELEY store, 5 and 7 Third street, removed to 803 Kearny street. | to thedisgust of the spectators. | THEY BOXED HARD FOR TEN ROUNDS Spider Kelly Won a Hard Decision Over Lon Agnew. An Evening of Swings ani Uppercuts at Wooiward’s Pavilion. Austra'ian Biily Smith Won a Victory Over Peppers of Los An- geles. The revived California Athletic Club gave its inaugural entertainment last evening in Woodward’s Pavilion. A fair crowd was present, but the house was pretty well papered. “The first brace of pugs to enter the ring was Patsy Corrigan and Charles Goff, alias Joe McAuliffe. Corrigan was no good as a fighter, and his opponent was still worse. They mauled each other for four or five rounds, | Billy Smith and Henry Peppers boxed | ten rounds and Smith got the decision, as | he was the aggressor from siart to finish. The event of the evening was a ten- | ound bout between Lon Agnew and Spi- | der Kelly and it proved to be one of the | most exciting contests that has been witnessed under the roof of the fighting, pavilion for many moons. Agnew was a strong favorite, and his frienas expected to see him win handily, but he found a pretty touzh opponent in the “Spider," who was trained to a turn. Kelly and his attendants put in an ap- pearance at 10:30 o'clock. Kelly was sec- onded by Dal Hawkins and Young Mitchell. ~ Agnew soon followed. He was looked after by George Green and Bert Brown. Tom Sharkey was selected by both con- testants to referee the matca. Master of Ceremonies Jordan announced that the princivais weighed 137 pounds. Kelly fought well, but he resorted to several tricks which were not altogether fair. Agnew soon made himself a strong favorite with the spectators on account of his very clean style, which- was free from clinching and other methods used by some pugilists to avoid punishment. 1n the first round Agnew immediately | cut out a hot pace and kept his opponent on the retreat from the time the gong sounded until it rang again for corners. Keily evidently expected a lively mill and he trained according!y. He got away from a few right and left swings by clever ducking, and as the | round was drawing to a close he dropped his left glove a dozen times on Agnew’s mouth, but the blows lacked driving power. Agnew came up as fresh as a Baltimore oyster for the second round, and immedi- ately resumed the aggressive. He forced Kelly to the ropes and tried hard to jand left hooks and swings, but the Spider was cunning and avoided the blows by swift ducking. The bovs mixed up when the round wss about half over, anc Agnew re- tired with a biood-stained mouth. It was give and take in the third round, but Keily landed the most blows, none of which seemed to annoy Agnew, who kept | close up to his game, forcing Kelly to dance from end to end of the ring to avoid some jaw-disturbers that were aimed at him. In the fourth round Agnew fought very wickedly and warmed ilie Spiders jaw, but the blows landed tco far back toward Kelly’s ear to do damage, Aiter a very lively exchange Agnew though he had an excellent chaic? to send the Spider to dreamland,and he swung his right which missed tie point of Kel- ly's jaw by half an inchand Agnew fell under the ropes, Keily giving him a slight push as he was going downward, This round was about equal in polnts. ‘The fifth round was very exciting. Ag- new grew tired of being jabbed in the| mouth, as Kelly was continually getting his left fist uver his opponent’s guard and Lon determined to get into close quarters. A hot scrimmage resulied, and Kelly time and again grabbed Agnew by the id upper-cuts and hooks. Kelly ing tired, and resorted to clinch- ing tactics, which style of fighting did not please the spectators in the least. Agnew fought u great battle to the end, but failed to land anv ot his favorite hooks and swings, all of which were cleverly ducked ihe Spider. Referee Sharkey awarded the battle to Kelly, although nearly all present thought that” Agnew should have the decision. Kelly landed the most blows, but Agnew was the aggressor from first to last, and in | a finish fight woald certainly have won, | as the Spider was showing strong signs ot weakness at the end of the tenth round. A araw would have been the right thing. Suicide of a Chinese. Wong Fook, a ciger-maker living at 71634 Jackson street, committed suicide yesterday morning by cutting his throat with the knife be used for cutting cigar tobacco. Fook’s friends stated that the man had been acting ueerly for seve nd that they be- lieved him to be crazy.. Deceased was 47 years of age. The case was reported to the Coroner. | “trusty’’ sysiem in Crossman's Spaeic Mixturs THENSTERT I FOUR SHALL Shis, They Were Found in 1 Window of the City Prison. Captain Robinson Failed to Re- port the Discovery to Chief Crowley. A Rigid Investigation Will Likely Be Made Into City Prisun Methods. A Ciscovery alleged to have been made by Captain Robinson of the City Prison about three weeks ago may lead t plications that were never anticipate About that time the captain said he found a small parcel stuck through steel-wire screen of one of the win looking into the “tanks,” where priso: are confined pending investigation. opening the parcel he found it containcd four steel saws from six tc eight inctes long and about half aninch wide. The parcel had been shoved into the wire screen from the outside. ‘The captain locked the saws in the drawer of his desk and did not consider i necessary to notify Chiet Crowley or any of the desk sergeants of his discovery. The only person who was in his confidence was “trusty,” who is now enjoying his lib- erty, having completed his sentence. By some means the finding of the saws leaked out on Sunday, and it was reported that they were put there with the object of effecting a jail delivery. Such an idea Was s preposterous that it was at once re- jected, and various surmises were made as to who put the saws there and what was the motive that prompted the act. probability is_that Chief Crowley wi sist upon a full investigation, as he said yesterday ne could not understand why Captain Robinson should not have re« ported the matter to him at once. Guarding all the windows in the City Prison are chilled steel bars about six inches apart and about one and a half inches thick. There are two rows of these Dars, one on the outside and the other on the inside, and between them is a thick steel wire screen. The saws and the bars are about the same quality of steel and to attempt to saw any of the bars would ba a case of diamond cut diamond. It would be uiterly impossible to sever the bars with such saws. Assuming that the saws had been put there with such an object, none of the prisoners could have got possession of them without collision with one of the “trusties.’”” The cells are from twelve to fourteen feet from the windows, and the prisoners are confined behind iron bars, so that it was impossible for them to get the saws without the assistance of a “‘trusty.” “I ‘cannot understand,’”” said _Chief Crowley, vesterday, “'why Captain Robin- son could be so derelictin hisduty as not to report the finding 0. the saws to me. Of course it is absurd to imagine for a moment that there could be any idea of a jail delivery, and it is not worth while | discussing such a proposition, but why the thing has been kept so secret is what I cannot fatiom. I have been unabls to see Captain Robinson to get his ex. planation, and therefore am unable to say anything more about it.”” As siated in Sunday’'s CALL, Captain Robinson has preferred charges against Desk Serzeant Shields for not visiting the “tanks” every half hour, as required by an order of the Chief, and it is said that when the case is heard before the Com- missioners to-morrow night there will be interesting developments regarding the workings of the City Prison. One of the results of the investigation will probably be the abolition of the the prison and the appointment of salaried gnards. com the s On ® Disastrous Fire at Grand Forks, N, D, GRAND FORKS, N. D, Fen. 22.—At 2 o'clock this morning fire broke out in Thomas Beard’s dry-goods store, a three- story brick. The fire was of unknown origin, but had gained much headway. The clothing-store of Ephraim Bros., the shoestore of Rand Bros. and the hardware store of Higam Bros. and Beard’s store were totally destroyed. 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