The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 21, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO OALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 1897. FORENSIC EFFORT [N THE REICHSTAG Leaders Grow Elcquent on the. Extra Naval Credits. Notwithstanding the Array of Royalty and Gold Lace the Demands Are Rejected. Emperor William Wiil Ga Very Slow in Appealing to the Whole Nation. BERLIN, G ANY, March 20.—Al- though the Reichstag's rejection of the Government's demands for extra naval credits for the construction of new cruis- ers and a number of torpedo-boats has been a certainty since the declaration of Dr. Lieber, the leader of the Centrist in the chamber on Thursday, that the Center would adhere to the decision of the Budget Committes in opposition to the demands, the debate which began on Thursdey and culminated in to-day’s session bhave been followed with intense interest. The chamber was packed with Deputies; | showing the largest attendance of the ses- sion, and the diplomatic and other gal- leries were crowded with Spectators. Prince Henry of Prussis, brother of the Emperor and vice-admiral commanding the second division of the German fleet at Kiel, sat in the royal box. He wore the full uniform of his rank and especial at- tention was directed to him by the sug- gestion that his presence under the cir- cumstances might be designed to influ- ence the deeision of the house in favor of the demands, at least in a greater measure than they were finally conceded, for Yrince Henry is very popular and de- servedly so. Among the other distinguished person- s present were Admiral Knorr, com- er-in-chief of the German navy, and aron Seuden Bibrau, the chief of the Emperor's Naval Cabinet, each with a suite of officers in full uniform, and sev- eral Cabinet Ministers. The discussion throughout the ‘debate on the credits was of a very lively charac- ter, the ministerial and opposition speak- ers alike displaying their best oratory. Dr. Verbennigsen, the old-time National Liberal leader, who has been very seldom Leard since he became so advanced in age, showed much of the fire of former days, in his delivery of an eloquent and vigorous appeal to the House. to support the grants. The attack made upon the military and naval policy of the Government by Herr vor Vollmar, the Socialist orator, and the peech of Herr Richier, the Radical leader, in opposition to the credits, were splendid forensic efforts, and the response Freiserr Marschall von Bieberstein, nister of Foreign Affairs, in support of e demands, was & skillful presentation of the pecessity for the credits, which heightened his exalted reputation as & parliamentary pleader. After the votes on the credits, wh ch re- sulted in sustaining the decision of the | Budget Committee in refusing the grants for bulding two new cruisers and & num- | ber of torpedo-boats, and 10 grant credits | for the construction of one new iron- | cled, there were rumors in the lobbies, | which took definite form, of & Ministerial crisis, These ramors had it that the Kaiser had determined not only to trans- form the Ministry, with some new blood in it, but to dissoive the Reichstag; but bow much truth there is in the reports cannot now be learned.’ The Vossische Zeitung, in its issue of last evening, referred to a story which is now current thut the Hmperor had in- formed Baron von Stumm, who, in turn, | had communicsted it to the party lead- | ers, that if the vote of the Reichstag upon | the naval credits was hostile to the Gov- ernment be would send both the Minis- ters and the Reichstag adrift. In the| Ministerial circles, however, it is held | th:at an immediate change of the Min- | istry or an appeal to the country is equally | improbable. | As a matter of fact there is no good reason given upon any sidefor the over- | turning of the Government, every member of which has supporied the Emperor in | his naval policy. In regard to the dis- sointion of the Reichstag and am appeal | to the country, the old argument comes in | that at the present juncture the cotutry | is certain to return a Reichstag a great deal more hostile to an increase of the. strength-of the navy than the sitting body. Whatever developments may be ime pending, however, the Emperor will not be sikely to act hastily. The resultof the vote on tlue credits is not a surprise to him and for many reasons, international, internal and external, be will take time to consider before taking any action. e celebration of the centenary of Kaiser Withelm I, which will begin on Monday, March 22, distracts the attention of the public from the political situation. The Beriin fete in conuection witn the celebration began on Thursday last with = a concert organized by the merchants of | the city, at which the Emperor was pres- ent. Last evening a banquet was given by the leading representatives of trade and industry and a kommers was given by the members of the Academy of Aris, the Royal School of Arv and the High School of Music. T.~day tbe exhibition of Kaiser Wilhelm I souvenirs was opened, from which there was a procession of carriages containing representatives of the upiversity and tecunical schools to the mausoleum at Kaiser Park, where the - tomb was covered with flowers. The imperial 1amily wili go 10 the mau- soleum on Monday, and after that the Kaiser William I monament will be un. veiled. ' Hosts of visitors from the coun- iry are beginning to arrive and everything presages & grand celebration of the oid Emperor’s hundredth brthday. A story is published in some of the Ber- Jin newspapers that the Emperor ignored United States Embassador Ubl on the oc- casion of the last ball at the Royal Opera- house, and that he also negiected to speak to Mrs. UhlL The origin of the story is not known, but the staiément has not even a suspicion of trath. The fuct is that the Emperor wermly shook Mr. Unl by the hand and held a pleasant conversa- tion with him and also paid his compli- ments to Mrs. Uhl in the Embassador’s box, chattine pleasantly with Ler and the other ladies of the part: IT RUNS ITSELE. The Marvelous Machine Invented by a Maine Man. An engine which supplies its own power, wbich will turn the wheels of industry without the burning an ounce of fuel or the cost of one penny for its work, a ma- chine which wiil run as long as its parts will stay together, and which the longer it runs the more powerful it becomes—that is what Williams A. Rovr of Portland, Me., claims to have discovered and what hun- dreds of bright men in New England say they know he can do. Rohr does not ciaim to bave soived the probiem of per- | vetual motion, but it his machine does what he says it has done and will do again he has come as_near to the solution of that vast problem as any man ever will. About a year aso, says the Boston | Herald, the inventor interested some of | Portland's business men in his machine, and, in return for a partial interest in it, | they agreed to give him money enough to | build a larger model. These gentlemen | thoroughly investigated the machine be- | fore they put their money intoit. With skilled mechanics ahd experts they visited Rohr’s home at Long Island, and not only saw his machine run, but took it ali apart | and studied the principles.on which it de- | pends, They kept a man at Ronr’s house ! for four days and four nights, and during | all of this time the machine continued to | run without interruption. | Rohr's machine depends on compressed air combined with some simple mechani- cal contrivance for its power. A large iron air tank about 12 feet long, 4 feet | high and 3 feet wide is the most important | part of the machine. In this is placed a | eylinder twenty inches in diameter, the barrel of an’ ordinary air-pump. The | pump forces air, sucked in from without | the tank, into the tank itself. The piston- | rod of this pump is attache1 to the crank- | shaft of two large 1200-pound fly wheels | above. There is also a iarge cog wheel on this shaft geared into a larger cog wheel, which is supported by a second shaft directly in the rear of the first one. A large sprocket wheel and chain, simi- lar to that seen on an ordinary bicycle, connects the second shafr, with its fiy wheels and large cog wheel, to a small ssed-air engine. Now, when the big 120-pound fly wheels connected with the piston rod of the air pump are put in motion_by some outside force, the air pump forces air into the big iron tank, | and ‘this air is used to run_the auxiliary compressed-air engine. The momentum | of the bix fly wheels on the piston rod | crank shaft ‘brings the piston rod up | again for another impulse, and the auxil- | iary compressed-air engine, by the series of sprocket wheels, chains‘and gearing, | gives the 1200.pound fly wheeis & shove | sround, and down goes the piston into the air pump sgain, compressing more air and furnishigg more power with which | to run the machine. The air pump furnisbes just three times more_air than is necessary to run the auxiliary compressed-air engine, and thus the machine is copstantly power with which to ru HOPE FOR THE OAKLAND HOME End of an Insurance Tangle Has Been Nearly Reached. The Assistant Secretary, Who Has Been in Charge, Makes a Report. After Toiling Twenty-Eight Months He Has Almost Brought About a Final Settlement. The affairs of the defunct Oskiand | Home Insurance Company, which in 1894 | went into the hands of the assistant secre- tary of the company, Oscar F. Sites, for | liguidation, bave practicaliy been wound up. Atameeting of the board of direct- | ors, which was beld yesterday, a report | was submitted which shows to the very | large number of persons in Osk!and and San Francisco who were concerned in the operation of the company much that is of interest. g This report was submitied by Mr. Sites. It appears therefrom thaton Septedber 1, 1894, when a report was furnished by R. B. 8. York, the books of the company shiowed an apparent excess of assets above liabilities of $14,000 or more. “But,” says Mr. Sites in his report just submitted, *'a most critical and exhaustive analysis dis- closed the fact that a large amount of dead and worthless matter bad been fizured among the assets, and, from in- | sufficient data, the stated liabilities proved 1o be incorrect also. *“In other words items of commissions, cancellations, etc., with which sundry | agencies should bave been credited, and the amount of hopelessiy bad accounts reduced the assets by $44,471 64, while the liavilities were swelled vy anreported s _and otber claims, in amount 5 This leit an indebtedness of $143,00398, with assets of only $108,447 48 1o pay ii, 2 deficit of $34,506 50 10 contend with, instead of a surplus.” Tuis was not all, for there were fort; seven lawsuits over contested losses and large percentage of a-sets and liabilities | also was .scattered through nineteen States. During the past eighteen months weven snits have been brought against stockholders under the individual liabil- ity law, all of which have been disposed of. During twenty-eight monzhs, the period in which Mr. Sites has been winding up the affairs of the company, cash has been received to the total of $120,29590. The disbursements during the same period have amounted to $120,251 76, the largest two items being bills payable, $31,901 40, and losses, $17,365 07. This left a balance on hand January 1, 1897, of just $44 14. “One great hardship fo contend with,” reported M. Sites, ‘in the settiement of the company’s business was the manifest carelessness with wihich many of the im- portant accounts hbad been dled | through the books of both the Western department & ;d the home office. It wae a most ditucult matter to substantiate some of our claims, -and many valuable items had tecome lost and sunk out of sight through gross negligence.’’ The following facts in the statement give a clear idea toall concerned of tne ex- act situation of the affairs of the corpora- tion January 1, 1897, since when there has been no material change. The lia- bilities January 1, 1897, amounted to | $7600 98, and to meet these there were the | following items: Cash on hand, $44 14; | premium notes,” $2076 11; warrants, $81; bills receivable, $1127 58; equity in’ real estate, making a 1otal of $533340. Of the liabilities Mr. Bites reported that $1538 08 are good valid claims. The balance is composed largely of losses still in litiga. tion, and is an uncertain factor that may be largely if not wholly left out. There is one interesting fact connect- ed with the settlement of the company's affairs which not mentioned in the assistant secretary’s statement, but which is mentioned by one of thedirectors. This is that Mr. Sites has drawn from the cash received only $2470, while he was entitled to Tiiere has been saved in actual casu by the action of the assistant secre- tary enough to more than pay every dol- lar of expense excepting interesi and taxes, and enough to pay $2000 on account of ast two items ulso. The actual to- tal saving to the company amounts to, | $41,732 7. an indebtedness of $12,294 30, There it which is secured by nvpothecations of real estate not in the name of tue company, and consequently these amounts were deducted from hoth the assets and the lia- bilities in making up the statement. —— e New Haven, Conn., is soon to have a society of those wnose ancestors came from Great Britain and were entitled to display coat_armor .vcordinf to the records of the Heralds' College in London. ALWAYS the best specs and eyeglasies. Ber- teling Optical Company, 14-16 Kearny st. * i and then the people saw & race ‘that was E:Gg.:_bly one of the best ever seen_in the 8 Becker fought with Terrill for the lead, Wells sprinted and went around them on the outside, closely followed by Eaton, and the’ four, almost Abreast;fooght it for two laps withont a seeming advintage to any one. The was lightning fast, :ml could not haw lasted lnla(d tncoa‘u:‘; ance been much longer. Becker g the front on the luc‘mrn and held it to the end, with Eaton’s wheel almost on even terms. Wells was a close third. To make the pace of the final heat faster than the preliminaries, i possible, a tripiet cing team was put in, manned by Roma ow, C. L. Davis and George Bovee. The starters were McFariand, Btevens, Becker and Eaton. Stevens was the first man to catch on behind the triplet, the order after him being McFarland, Becker and Eaton. On the second lap Becker played his ola game of riding ahead and dropping back, getting first place behind the pacer, followed by Stevens, McFarland and Eaton. Thetime for the first mile was 2:18 2-5. There was no change -in the position on the second mile, the two miles being cov- Opening of the Big Indoor Cycle Meet. e in_ 45‘3722.5‘ The thrce 'ml:“e' weie ; ridden in 6:52 3.5 without sny chanee in An Immense Crowd in Attend: = |ihe positions. 9:1585 wis the time for ance—Kenna Beat Russ. BECKER STILL CHAMPION Won -the' Star Event at the Pavilion Meet From a ' Speedy Field. Even Starbuck and Eaton, the Crack Easterners, Could Not - Lower His Colors. four miles, with the pace gradually in- creasing as the men neared the finish. Eaton jumped from' last position to the (;onc ou the fifth lap of the last mile a3 i A the triplet dropped ont and was closely The big indoor bicycle tournament | foliowed by the sihere. He dif not keep opened last®evening at the Mechanice’ | the first place long before McFarland Pavilion to an immense audience. There gflsled him and was in turn passed by is no question but what good cycle-racing mecker. lSlv:-vlenu nlig u‘u“thhs :utollx:‘r;k;nn Sgees i e seventh lap and fell, but g 2 has a hold on the sport-loving public of hurt, His wheel was oompletely weecked, however. Becker made a wonderful sprine”in the last lapand easily assumed the lead, hold- ingit to the finish and winning by about six open lengths. McFarland came sec- ond, three laps ahead of Eaton, who was thrown out of his stride by Stevens’ fall. The time was 11:25 for the five miles, remarkably tast going. Becker, the winner, wasronndly cheered for hisride. He is probably the best five- mile man in America, haviag won numer- ous events at this distance 'from some of the fastest riders in the country. One of the crack events of the evening was the one-mile scratch, professional, im which was entered someof the fastest riders of the worid. It was run in four beats and a final. The first heat brought out Jay Eaton of Chicago; Orlando Btevens of Otiumwa, Iowa; C. L. Davis of San Jose and Max Morris of Fort Worth, Tex. Eaton bas the reputation of being the greatest in- door track rider in tbe business, and e easily maintained his reputation in this heat. He jumped the bunch after about five laps riding, and although fought hard. by Stevens wus an easy victor at the finish, Stevens giving up the struggle and being passed by Davis. The time for the mile was 2:16 4-5. Eaton showed a wonderful burst of speed on tne last lap and was beartily cheered for his clever work. Bob Terrill, Bay City; Hardy Downing, Garden City, and F. M. Byrne, Imperial, all of California, contested the second heat. This was a well-ridden beat, the men being on almost even terms all the way, contesting every inch of ground. They finished all to:ether, the judzes de- ciding Downing the yictor, Teriill second, Time, 2:29 2-5. Those who came out-for the third heat were Floyd A. McFarland of San Jose, Harry Terrill of the Bay City and George 8. Bovee of Ei Paso, Tex. The nten loafd| for the first half of the journey, but livened up the pace toward the end fast enough to suit the most exacting. In a pretty finish Ternil won, Bovee second. Time, 2:46 2:5. 'he fourth heat brought out Allan Johes of the Olympic, Charles 8 Wells this City, and the crowds which attended the meet last night had 1o reason to com- plain of the quality of the sport furnished. There were champions from all elimes, some of them world’s champions at that, and they put a vim and dash into the run- ning that was very enthusing. Mayor Phelan, it had been announcad, would start the races, but did not appear until the middle of the evening, having bad to attend s meeting in aid of the Cubans. When hedid comeand attempted to start a race the pistol given him would not work, but the Mayor, nothing daunted, used & police whistle, which answered the purpose. The track on which the events were ran is an eight-lap board affair, banked.very high on the turns, and the experiences of last night proved it to be not only per- fectly safe, but very fast. Mile after mile ‘was negotiated on it at a 2:10 gait, and in a dsy or two when the men are more accustomed to it some of the cracks claim they will cut that time to two minutes flat. Blauchard's band discoursed music dur- ing the running of the events, an innova- tion which tended to enliven the evening’s sport considerably. . The management was fortunate in engag- | ing an efficient corps of «flicials from among men prominent in cyching circles here. Mayor Pnelan and Robert C. Len- nie were the.starters; Robert M. Welch, teferee; Wilbur F. Knapp, announcer: Charles Albert Adams, A. W. Weho and Frank H. Kerrigan, judges; George P. Wetmore, George H. Stratton and Edwin Mohrig, timers. The position of cierk, one of the most important and difficult to fill at & cycle meet, was efficiently han- dled by Senator Georee E. Dixon. The five-mile invitation profe<sional race was the star event of the evening’s long and bighly interesting prorramme, and brought out some_remarkabie rider-. In’ the first heat were Frank Starback of Phil- adelphia, the champion long-distance rider of the world; Flovd A. McFarland of San Jose, Orlando Stevens of Iowa and George Bovee of Texas. The race was run in iwo one-mile heats, winners and s:conds to compete in the fin, Siarbuck, with his remarkable chainless wiieel, seta hot pace from the crack of the pistol, and kept the others jumping. Round and round they went at a terrific How THE v KNEW WHAT HAD 0CccURED of the Bay City, D. E. Whitman of Los Angeles and W. E. Becker of Minneapolis. This was the hottest heat of -the race and one of the prettiest rides of the eveniny. ¢ was neck and neck with Becker, Jones and Wells the entiré distance. Becker won at the "E’ by some inches, Wells being second. The time wa 45 This brought into -the final. Eaton, Becker, Harry Terrill, Davis and Down- ing, a sruody aggregation of professionals. Terrill fell on the second lap and bronght Bécker down with him, throwing them both out of the race. Neither was hurt. Eaton assumed th d on the sixth lap and kept it to the finish, though Downing tried hard to pass him, Davis was a good third. The time was 2:103-5. Eaton is by all means the fastest indoor man ever seen here and easily maintained his phe- nomenal Eastern reputatior: Tae evening’s racing opened with a one- mile handicap amateur event, which, on account of the number of entrants, had to be divided into nine heats, four semi. finals and a final. Those who qualitied for the semi-finals by riding first anc sec- ond in their heats were: Percy Mot Re- ljance; Morris'M. Cook, Los Angeles; W. 8. Bacon, Olympie Cgelers; V. Verilaa Bay Gity; J. E. Wing, Otympic; W. B. Plumb, Reliance; E. F. Russ, Obympi E. A. Bozio, Imperial; T.ny Atborelle, Otympic; F. G. Lacey, Los Angeles; Georze Tantau, Olympic; A. Theisen, California; L. Schmitt, Barker Club; C. D. Gooch, Reliance; C. J. Birdsall, Cal fornia, and D. E. Francls, San Francisco Road Club. i In the first semi-final were Russ and Mott on scratch, Cook at 25 yards and Bacon at 5. Russ won as he plessed in 2:11 3-5—remarkably fast time. Bacon was second. competed in the secon Wing was picked as the winner of this heat, but dis- it his admirers. riumband Wy- ade all the running, the latter winning in the finishing sprint. Birdsall came fast at the end and got second piace. The time was 2:14 2-5. The third semi-final brought out Kenn: Bozio, Alborelle and Deacon. This wi an easy ride for Kenna, and Deacon took n?an o in ‘2:1& n the fourth were Tantaun, Francis, clip, alternating pace and sprinting time | Echmitt aud Gooch. Schmitt, from 130 and again. McFarland had the pole.on the | yards handicap, set his own pace all the last turn and t?t it to the finisii, Stevens Fway and was never hesded. He received and Starbuck fighting it out for second an an ovation from the audience at the place, Stevens getiing it by a narrow mar- | finish. Gooch got second, heating out gin. In justice to Starbuck, it shou'd Tsnian. The time was 2:11.. . #aid that he only arrived here Saturday, | This brought into the final Russ, Kenna, and {8 not yet in his best riding condision. | Wyman, Gooch and Schmiti, with handi- In the second heat were Jay Eaton of | caps varving from nothing to 130 yardd. Chicago, W. E. Becker of Minneapolis, C. | Mayor Phelan -then took the nlace of 8. Weitsand W. A. Terrill of Ban Fran- | Starter Lennie and started this race. cisco. Eaton tcok the pace at the start | Schmitt, way out in front with long and made it rather slow. Becker went up | handicap, set the running and made it FOR FOULS ' front on the third lap, and made it a liitle | very hot for crat 8 faster, Tertlll jumpea on the fith lap, | chunged pace in_ the eudesvor'ts. cxieh Plumb, Wyman, Birdsall and Wing] 2% NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. ===WE COMMENCE OUR=--* GREAT 39¢ SALE! R s i e o e MONDAY MORNING AT © OCLOCK & It’s sell ter goods for 39c. It’s losing a whole lot of money, but that’s our troubles—not yours. Misses’ White Kid Gloves 39c. Sizes 5, 514, 5%, 5% ¥ We sold them at $1. Sozodont 39c. It costs §6 25 a dozen. It’s for the teeth. None sold to trade. Finest French Challies 39c. You'll find them downtown at 65c and 75c. They come in the finest four and five color printings. Imported Taffeta Silks 39c, Worth 6sc. Come in pink, yellow, light blue, helio and cardinal Imported Black Dress 6oods 39c¢, Worth $1. These are pure wool and mohair figures, 46 inches wide, and will never wear out, Navy Blue All Silk Foulards 39c¢, Worth 75c. The very latest silk novelty. Raw Silk in them is worth more. 27-inch Black India Siik, 39c, Worth 75c. Every word is true. It’s a beautiful quality and a shameful price. Fancy Novelty Silks 39c. very much more. At special sales they were 45cand 50¢c. Fancy Novelty Dress Goods 39c. ‘They sell for soc, but' Monday ou can buy them at 39c. Klext day if you need more you’ll have to pay soc, and no ?(icking. sheshrsprsiashrsiosiariasenhrefashrchreirsieshreprsfrniasioshoshreirnlrsloshefrefasirshoshrefrstashrsfrsirsirspefrefrsirsosrefrsiastesirsiasonhreoste It’s a struggle for trade. | g 50c and bet- made in this cutthroat game {of dry-goods merchandising. | chance here you can’t get It’s a choking of the weak by |again, for mo merchant | I | i i | | ‘ ; { No such prices were ever the strong. 10 Yards of Figured Lawn 39c. These are Fine Sheer Goods, worth at least $1 for 1o yards. 10 Yards Crash Toweling for 39c, | Regular soc. 6 Pillow Slips for 39c. These are 36x45 inches in size and worth 6oc. 6 All Linen Towels for 39c. They are a good quality huck and | worth 75¢. | Bleached All Linen Napkins 6 for 39c. ! The quality at the price will sur- prise you, they are wonders. 6-4 Chenille Table Covers 39c. Worth at bargain sales 75c. If you don’t come in the forenoon you won’t get any. Ladies’ Fancy Corsets 39c. W. B. make and as fine a fitting Corset as is made, sold everywhere at 75¢. Ladies’ Untrimmed Hats 39c. As good as you’ll buy at any mill- iner’s for 75¢. Sprays and Flower Montures 39c. We never sold anything like them under $1. They are marked in stock at | Ladies’ Shirt Waists 39c. We are down to the end of these, It was a sample line of Waists worth from 75¢ to $1 50 apiece. Table Linen 39¢c, Two Yards Wide. This_is a corker; two yards wide and all linen for 39c. Ever hear of such a thing? | | led for trade, you have a % | | | | | Valenciennes Laces 39c. l Best Shirt Waist bargain in town. | Ladies’ Union Suits 39c. i If ever low prices count™ 3 chn last long in such a sea of prices. That’s true. 50-inch Storm Serge 39¢. This is the wide wale. Comes in Navy Blue only, is 50 inches and all wool, and you have always paid 75¢ for it Ladies’ Egyptian Vests 39c. Ithas a silk front band and high neck and long sleeve, and the best vest we could buy to sell at s0c. Pinaud’s Roman Salts 39¢c. Price everywhere is more. Pocketbooks with Silver Corners 39¢. You may have bought this book of us at a bargain sale at 50¢, but never at 39c. Ladies’ Black Hosiery 39c. Monday any of our Lisle, Cotton or Cashmere Hosiery, ordinarily selling at soc, will be 39c. Chatelaines 39c. Usually 75¢. Veilings 39c. Usually s0c to 75¢. Embroideries 39¢. Strips of 5 yards, worth from 1oc to 2ec a yard. Great em- broidery value. A bunch of three dozen. Cheap at 75c. Children’s Oak Bureaus 39c. These are worth $1; 26 inches high, 14 inches wide, and has a fine mirror. oo s sfscfs e o oo o oo oo oo o s o s o s e oo %@ COOROO 39 ik O " © Ppoprs o MARKET STREET, CORNER TAYLOR AND GOLDEN GATE AVENUE. him. Kenna and Ru:s soon overtook and passed Wyman and Gooch and then set sail for Schmitt. They caught him at the end of the fifth lap and the field was bunched again. Kenna jumped on the seventh lap and e tho bk and wa merer Dea, winning by an ample margin. Russ ran second and Gooch third. The time was 2:123-5. Kenna's victory was very popu- lar and be was warmly applanded. During an_ intermission E. J. Baisden gave a very clever exhibition of trick rid- ing, performing some remarkeble. and seemingly aimost impossible evolutions. Walter F. Foster and Otto Ziegler Jr. of California and Fred Loughead, the Cana- dian champian, did not ride last evening, being still a littie short _on their training, but are entered in all the events on next week's programme. The following is the summary : One mile handicep, amateur, first” heat— Peicy Mott, Reliance, first, scraich; 3. M. Cook, Los Augeles, second, 25 yards. Time, ond heat—W. S. Bacon, Olympic. first, 55 yards; V. Verilhac, Bay City,second, 80 yards. Time.'2:15 4- - Third heal—J. E. Wing, O'ympic, seratch; W. B. Plumb, Reliance, second, first, yards. Time, 2:14 45. Yourth heai—E. F. Russ. Olymple, first. scratch; G. A, Wrman, Acme, second, 50 yards. Time, 2:213-5. Fifth heat—J. R. Kenna, Bay City, first, scrateh; E. A. Bozio, Imperlal, second, 50 yards. Time, 2:25. Sixth heat—Tony Alborelle, Olympie, first, i. Lacey, Los Angeles, second, 8. Saventh hi orge Tantau, Olympic, first, 15 yards; P. A. Deacon, Reliance, second, . Time, 2:20 2-5. —L. Schmitt, D. Barker Club, first, B B ® o Ninth heat—C. J. Birdsall, California, first, 40 yards; D, E. Fraicis, Road Club, second, 75 vofds. Time,2:13. First semi-inai—E. F. Russ, Olympic, first; W. S. Bacon, Olymple, second. Time, 2:11 3.5, Secondsemi-final—G. A. Wyman, Acme, first; C. J. Birdsw 1, California, second. ‘Time, 2:14 2.5, nird semi-final—J. R. Kenna, Bay City, Tony Aiborelle, Olympic, second, Time, ‘ourth semi-finai--L. Schmiit, Parker Club, C. D. Goach, Reliauce, second. Time, firs 2 E. F. Russ, Ol ympic, second. scratch ooch, Relinnce, third, 40 yards. Time, 1lle scratch, professional, first heat— Eaton, Chicago, first; C. L Davis, San Jose, cond. Time, 2:16 4.5. Second heat — Hardy Downing, S&n Jose, frstc W. A Teri, Buy Lity, second. - Time, 2:202.5, Taird_neat—Harry Terrill, Bay City George Bovee, Texas, second, Time, 2 Fourth heat — W. E. Becker, Minneapolis, first; C. 8 Weils, Buy City, second. Time, Fioal heat—Jay Enton, Chicago, first; Hardy Do San Jose, second; C. L Davis, San Jose, third. Time, 3:10 35, Fivemile invitation, professional — First heat—F. A. McFarland, San Jose, first; O. L. Stevons, lows, second.” Time. 2;15. first; 6 2-5. Jay Eaton, C| Y : Final hoat—W. E. Becker, Mizneapolis, first; F. A. McFariand, San Jose, second; Jay Eaton, Chicago, third. Time, 11 first; The City of Lunatics. About 1200 years ago Dymphn: daughter of h king, became con- verted to Christianity. Filled with re- ligious zeal she refused the attention of all suitors. This so angered her father that he threatened to wed her to a swine- herd. Then Dymphna fled away to Flan- ders, locatiug where is now the town of Gheel. Her father pursued her and found the Princess engaged in prayer with sev- eral insane persons standing about watch- ing he! D.Ymrhn:s supolications were for the return of reason to the simple folk. Tae King then drew his sword and “cleft the head from the bod Immediately the insune men were made whole in mind. Ever since that time the place where the Princess Dymphna was killed has been a sort of mecca for the insane. The town of Gheel has grown up about it and the little place is certainly one of the most ooch, Reliance, second,40 | BiE | Final heat—J. R. Kenna, Bay City, first, |CAUTION wonderful towns in the world.- It is gen- erally known as *A City of Lunatics.” Of its population of 5000 persons in 1892 2017 were crazy. ‘Only a few—the most violent—are confined. ~The others are per- miited to roam at will. only the authori- ties exercising a sort of surveillance over them. There are lunatics of every sphgre ABT106, 15 N hael pelnebec. BoTIos. yher chants, peasants, etc. — Pittsburg Dis- pateh. ———— POCKETS FOR USE AND FOR STYLE Breeches Had Pockets at an Early Date—A Pair of 1611 Had 30 Pocket Perhaps the best proof of ihe advance of the Japanese in civilization is to be found in their use of pockets. The people of that country have usually six or eight pockets cunningly inserted in the cuffs of their' wide sleeves. These pockets are always flled with & curious miscellany. As common as the twine in the pockets of young Americans is the prayer amulet written on shcets of ricepaper and com- posed by the bonzes. In accordance with 90 | that faith these amulets are swallowed Iike a pill in cases .of mental or physical distress. Another essential, seldom missimg, is a number of small squares of silky paper. These are put to unexpected uses, such as to hold the stem of a lily or lotus, todry a teacup or to wipe away atear. Among the Chinese and other nations a pouch is used instead of a pocket. This was also the case in Western Europe in the middle ages and for some timle afterward. The pouch was attached to the girdie nlong Wwith a daggzer and rosary. It was called an auimoniere or gipciere. It was often ornamented with curious patterns, gold and silk threads, coats of arms and reli- gious sentences. A dramatist of the time of Henry VIII wrote: From my girdle he plucked my pouch: By your leave, he I¢ft me nover a penny. Breeches, however, had pockets at an early date. In an old play written about 1611 it is mentioned thata man had his breeches pleated as if they bad thirty pockets. But pockets did not attain their Pproper position until the adoption of the modern strle of men’s garments. With waistcoa great opportunity for pockets presented itself. Later they were made yery broad and deep, and were covered with ‘embroidery and buttons. 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