The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 18, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1897. CHARL!;S M. SHORTRIDUE, Fditor and Proprietor. and .00 end .00 2nd Sunday 50 and Sunday CALL, Oue 1yby Al 56 Bunday CALL, one year, by mail. 5 W ELKLY CALL, One year, by 150 BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Marke: Streer, ¥rancisco, California. £an Maln-1868 Telephone......... B EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 Clay Street. Telephone..... ... Maln—1874 BRANCH OFFICE: 7 Montgomery sireet, corger Clay; open untl | 9 Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'clock. 815 Larkin street, open until 8:30 o'clock. W, corner Sixtecntn and Mission sieets, epen ntil 9 o'clock. 18 Mission street, open until 9 o'clock. 167 Ninth street, open until 9 o’clock. 1505 Polk street; open until 9:80 o'clock. { NW. corner Tweuty-second and Kentucky | streets; open till 9 o’clock. | OAKLAND OFFICE. 908 Broadway. OFFICE < Row, New York Citys ern Manager. Rooms 81 snd DAVID M. FOLT; THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL- THE SUMMER MONTHS. Are you foing to the CouBtrs ona vacaton® If 50, it routle for vs to forvard THE CALL to Yo ss. Do not let it miss you for you will Oxders given or left at ness Office will attention. TRA CHAF ned things. to improve right The rain has bri continue Prospects The show: and cries of encore. We have a welcome for the conductors and all they cond McKinley has spoken for Americans in Cuba and by and by he will speak for the Cubans al This is evidently a good year for the cial situation in Europe, but a poor year for liberty. fin As a political leader “Boy” Bailes is showing himself to be a genuine Texas steer of the most erratic The European concert has at last found something on which it can agree. Itis unanimously in favor of having Greek ces turned over to its control. e Lincoln Monument League is rap- idly increasing in membership and prom- ises to be strong enough before long to carry the movement through with a rush. T As the great bicycle race from Bordeaux to Paris was won by a Frenchman, with a Hollander second and a Dane third, we may safely conclude there were no Amer- icans in it. The reason why the powers hesitated to stir up the Turkish question is now clear to the commonest comprehension. There are too many Turks and they are too will- ing to fight. The London Times assertion that unle-s his terms are agreed to he will immediately march upon Athens as an insolent threat, but it does not venture to say what John Bull will do about it. As Bro Chapman prefers to go to prison ratier than to answer the questions asked him sbout the alleged Senatorial sugar deal, itis evident he expects to have business enough Witk Senators in futare to pay him for keeping his mouth shut. The’tssk before the California delega- tion at Washington is to recover the Ding- iey rates on prunmes and raisins without losing a firm hold on the Senate rateson citrus truits. It will be a caseof holding on with one hand end fighting with the other, but the issue at stake is worth the struggle. The bill for the relief of American citi- zens in Cuba would have been passed as promptly in the House asin the Senate if it had not been for Democratic obstrue- tion. The country, therefore, has another illustration of the need of such & man as Tom Reed in the chair to conduct busi- ness at all in the face of such opposition as Democracy makes. One of the unexpected results of the in- creasing use of bicyclesis the demand in many Eastern cities for an enlargement of the potice force in order to put an end to scorching on crowded streets, in tha parks and along sidewalks of suburban districts. It is said the average bicycler never realizes how fast he is going. and no one with less authority than a policeman can arrest his attention and make him think of it. Thefight over the tariff in the Senate will be directed mainly against the rates fized on sugar, wool, hides and beer. The California contest will be to restore the Dingley rates on prunes aud raisins, while retaining those of the Senate on citrus fruits. As the Republicans have not & clear working majority in the Sen- ate, a genuine Republican tariff will be impossible. We shall have to be content with a compromise measure, but the Western men should be careful to see that equal concessions are made on both sides. We must not give everything for nothing. The statement made at the Cuban mass- meeting 1t Washington that Cleveland’s Assistant Secretary of State had written to a Consul in Cuba, I advise you to make your reports hereaf ter less favorable to the Cuban insurgents, as thiz adminis- tration desires to avoid all possible fric- tion with the Spanish Government,” is one that should be speedily investigated. Jf such instructions were really sent to our Consuls in Cuba it would seem that during the Cleveland regime the Spanish Minister at Washington must have been as potert at the State Office as Becretary Olney himself. According to a recent Parliamentary re- port, the amount of money paid into “chancery” during the year ending Feb- ruary, 1596, smounted to nearly $80,000,- 000. This, added to the balance on band at the beginning of the year, made a truly grand total of $383,842,285. The exact part of this huge sum which could be described es unclaimed is not revealed, but no less than §11,649,110 has been appropriated to various governmeutal needs on the sup- position that no successful suits to recover it will ever be brought. It will be seen the chancery business is a pretty rich pudding, and the British Gov:rnment gets no small plum out of it, | cines. was greeted with applause | eaks of the Sultan’s | THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. In his message on Cuban affairs the President asks simply for a grant of money from Congress for the relief of American citizens resident in the island who have been made destitute by the war. Such an appeal should have met with no opposition whatever, and notwithstanding the well-known capacity of the Democrats for blundering, the country will note with surprise that the entire Democratic vote |in the House, led by Bailey of Texas, de- { liberately interposed objections to an im- | mediate consideration of the bill, and thus | postponed action on it until next Thurs- | day. | The tone of the President in asking for this relief is studiously moderate. If he had been requesting aid for the sufferers | from the Mississippi Hoods his words could not have been freer from even a suggestion of offense to Spain. He begins | by reciting that official information from our Consuls in Cuba establishes the fact that a laree number of American citizens in the island are in a state of destitution, ffering from a want of food and medi- Ho adds that the agicultural classes have been forced into the towns, where they are without work or money. and goes on to say ihat the local authori- ties of the several towns, however kindly disposed, are unable to relieve the needs of their own people, and are altogether powerless to help our citizens. This straightforward appeal, so simple in its terms, met with an immediate re- sponse from the Senate. Within less than an hour from the time the message was read a resolution appropriating $50,000 had been drawn up, reporied to the Sen- ate and adopted unanimously. It is to | be regretted that an equal promptaess was not shown in the House. Bailey, how- ever, saw, or thought he saw, an oppor- tunity for party advantage and at once declared he would object to an immediate consideration of the measure unless it | were amended by including in it the Mor- n resolution recognizing the belliger- i ency of the patriots, By this action of the Democratic leader | and his party followers a simple measure | of relief for our destitute countrymen in | su | Cuba is bound up with a wholly different question and postponed as indefinitely as the Democrats can do it. The country will note the proceeding with something more than its usual impatience at Demo- | cratic blundering. In this cass there will be indignation as well as impatience. The people will gladly bhail a proclamation | conceding belligerent rights to tue Cubans, and even more gladly a recogni- tion of the independence of the island, | but that is no reason why we should leave jour own citizens in the island to suffer | from destitution until such time as it be- { comes advisable to deal with the broader | issue. | The message in itself is a most com- | mendable one. President McKinley bas {already shown himself a master of the | bigh artof saying much in & few words and | ending when he has said it. His mes- | sages so far have been models of Iucidity | and terseness, and the country has begun ito regard him as one of the clearest | thinkers, writers and speakers that ever satin the Presidential chair. | | | A GOOD MOVE The real estate men of Santa Clara County have recently beld a meeting in | San Jose for the purpose of forming an organization to be known as the Santa Clara County Real Estate Association. The objects sought for in the new move- | ment are to provide a uniform method of | transacting business, to promote harmony of effort among real-estate dealers and to encourage the investment of capital and the settling of home-seekers in the county, The movement, while directly in the | interest of the real-estate dealers, will be indirectly beneficial to all classes of peo- ple. Santa Clara, like so many other sec- tions of California, has been largely in- jured in the past and her advancement hindered by divisions and dlssensions among her own people. The struggle for personal pre-eminence in all undertakings, which is so characteristic of Americans, has been carried to excess in California and has not infrequently become what in the emphatic language of the time is known as ““cutthroat business.’* We have seen the ill-effects of these keen rivalries in every department of our energies. They are to be noted in poii- tics, in commerce, in manufacture and | not infrequently bave been seen in the | struggles of rival municipalities. Every- thing which tends to restrict these rival- | ries within wholesome bounds is certain to be beneficial to every section of Caii- fornia, and, therefore, all movements which tend to bring about kindlier feelings between rivals in business and a greater degree of harmony in work for the gen- eral good may be accounted as among the more encouragiug signs of the coming of anew era of prosperity. It 1s certainly a wonderful future that lies tefore Santa Clara County. Her | situation with reference to San Francisco and to the State at large is most fuvorable { in every respect. She has ample railway communication, and may look for the ac- complishment in the near future of im- provements at Alviso which will give to her county seat of San Jose practically | all the advanteges ot aseaport. Her soil, | rising from the valiey to the mountains that girdle it, is suitable for the cultiv: tion of cvery form of tres or fruit or flower that is either useful, beautiful or | medicinal, which is knowa to ths temper- ate zone. No climate more agreeable to | men can be found anywhere under heaven, | and no community offers more attractions in the way of schools, colleges and good society. In the very rature of things it is inevi- tabe that these advantages must sooner or later make Santa Clara one of the most | wealthy and thickly populated rural dis- tricts 1n the wor!d. It has adyanced rapidly in the past, despite the rivalries of its local leaders, but will advance much more rapidly as soon as an era of har- mony and united effort begins. For that | reason the proposed organization of the real-estate men is one of the encouraging signs of the times, and the good results to flow from it may be expected to affect not only that county, but all other sections of the State where peovle are wise enough to emulate the exampl OUR FOREIGN TRADE. A short time ago Consul Monaghan, who represents the United States at Chemnitz, Germany, in a revort to the State Department asserted the American people will tind little or no, market for their manufactured goods in Germany, and expressed the opinion that if our mer- chants would make the same effort to ex- tend their trade in South America and in Asia as they are now making to extend it in Europe ‘‘the returns would be five times as great.” Further reports from Germany not only confirm the statement of Consul Mona- ghan as affects manufactured eoods, but show that there is comparatively littie prospect for tride with Germany even in the food products of this country unless We can arrange some system ot reciprocity which will induce the Germans to receive American goods in their markets on ex- actly the same terms that are given to German goods in the United States. We are told that in the kingdom of Wurtemverg, the butcher who of- fers for sale meat imported from the United States must display upon his shop a sign bearing the words, “Inferior American Meats for Sale Here.”” It will be seen the adjective conveys 1o the mind of the consumer the idea that American meats are of an inferior quality. Very naturally the sale for them will be lim- ited and few dealers will care to carry them 1 stock while they are compelled to advertise them in that way. Saxony is another of the kingdoms of the German empire where such restric. ticns are placed upon American goods as make it almost impossible 1o sell them, We are told that the importer of Amer- ican pork into that kingdom must first pay the customs duty for admission to the empire, then a duty for admission to the kingdom, next a third duty of 31 cents per pound for admission to the capital city of Dresaen, and finally a fee of 25 cents per piece must be paid for inspec- tion before sale is allowed, no matter whether the piece weighs a pound ora hundredweight. These examples of German restriction upon the sale of American exports suffi- ciently illustrate the dificuliy which we bave to combat 1n buliding up a trade in that country to prove the truth of Consul Monaghan’s statement that we would find larger and speedier profits if we directed our energies toward expanding trade in South America rather than in Europe. They also make clear the importance of those reciprocity treaties which were such a notable feature of the administration of the State Office under James G. Blaine during the Harrison administration, We import many millions of dollars' worth of goods irom Germany every year, and it would seem that we are in a position to say to her she must accept either reciproc- ity or retaliation. In the meantime whatever arrange- ments may be made with Germany our merchants shou!d not overiook the prom- ising field of South America. Itisin the countries of that continent rather than in those of Europe that we must look for the upbuilding of a trade which will be bene- ficial and profitable to all concerned. THE SULTAN'S REPLY. The reply of the Sultan to the European powers, that Turkey will not cease hostili- ties before her conditions are accepted, but will continue the march upon Athens, may have been intended simply as a claim for damages which the Sulian does not expect to obtain, but which may be used a8 a basis for exacting from the powers much larger concessions than he could have hoped for had he been more mode: It is a well-understood ruie in diplomacy as in law to ask for a great deal more than the plaintiff has a right to obtain, for no man sver gets more than he asks for; and, on the other hand, by asking an excessive amount a good margin is offered for de- ductions and compromises. Whether the Sultan intended this kind of a bluff can only be definitely known when the final settlement of the question is made. He has at any rate put himsel! in a position where he can treat with the powers from a point of vantage. He re- tains for himself the right to continue the march of his victorious troops on Athens, and throws upon the powers the responsi- bility of continuing the war by refusing to accede to his terms. In doing this he once more shows the diplnmatic skill for which he has become noted and goes far to justify the assertion which has been re- peatedly made since the outbreak of the Armenian massacres that he is by all odds the greatest master of diplomacy now liv- ing in Europe. It is not at all likely that his claims will be admitted by the powers. The indem- nity of $40000,000 may be conceded, but his further claim for the annexation of Thessaly to the Turkish empire can hardly be seriously considered even by his own advi-ers«. The nations of Europe have had too much trouble with Turkey even 1n its present condition to give con- sent to anything which will strengthen the empire and increase its wealth, popu- lation, territory and prestige. In some respects it is nota bal thing that the Sultan has made so large a claim upon Greece. It wiil serve to dispel the 1llusion that the Turk is a sick man who exists in Europe simply by sufferenca, 1t will make evident the fact that the Turks ars as ambitious and as aggressive as ever and constitute a continual menace to the peace of the world. Those who fondly belieyed that the Ottoman empire would die of itself if it were lelt alone will have to revise their opinions in the light of this war and of the high claims the Turks bave based upon it. It is apparent the Ottoman empire is as ready as ever to ex- tend its frontier whenever it has an op- portunity to do so, and Europe instead of having a dying man on 1ts hands has con- fronting it a powerful and dangerous foe to whom it cannot afford to make the least concession or grant the slightest in- crease of power. LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM UP T0 DATE. They stood beside a singing brook, And he was brave and she was fair, Her little hand in his he took. And pressed a dozen kisse et me be thy slave' he cried; let me duily toil for thee. But say that you will be my bride, And have dominion over me"" “I want no slave,” she made roply, “But what | seek is & money King, With means to buy the earth if T snould ever chance lo want tue thing'® —Cicveland Leader. WITn YOUR COFFEE “Suppose, Bobble, that another boy should strike your right cheek,” asked the Sunday- school teacher, “what would you do?” “Give him the other cheek to strike,” saia Bobbie. *“That's right,” said the teacher. “Yessum,” said Bobbie; “and if be struck that I'a paralyze him!"—Pearson’s Weekly. “Doctor, I'm & poet, and—" began the mar- ble-browed young rhymesmith, importantly. “Ah! And you wish treatment?”’ fnquired the eminent physician promptly.—New York World. Hobson—I sent a fdollar to that concern which advertised an appliance for keeping gas bills down and got it this morning. Dobson—What did they send you. Hobson—A paper-weight.—New York Com- mercial Advertiser. There would be & deal iess of disturbsnce in this world if when a man had nothing to say he would be silent about it.—Boston Trau- seript. Tnward Sorrow.- Uncle Fred—What & good girl you were not to cry when you broke your dolly. Good little giri—No, I didn’t ery, out I's just as damp inside.—New York Truth. To make sure that the Atlantic cable would stand the strain of the Greek names it was thoroughly tested by one of Kiplings poems.— Kansas City Times. A book agent awoke a man who was sleaping in Lafayetto square, but excused himself and saked if he did not want to buy a dream book. ~New Orleans Picayune. Mr. Dizzingham (timidly)—Mr. Millyuns, wh—whether you are aware of it or mot I d—doun’t know, but your daughter Eisie loves me, and 1— 0ld Millyuns (interrnpting)—Oh, never mind that. She always brings home every stray puppy that she finds and feeds him. Half an hour later they found the dazed young man still waiking around in & circle.— Cleveland Leaaer. PERSONAL Robert Ford of Loomis i3 in town. E. D. Taussig of Palermo is at the Occidental, The Rev. William Gill of Colusa is at the Lick. Fx-Judge Thomas B. Bond of Lakeportisa visitor here. Harwood Morgan of Seattle registered here yesterday. A. C. Craig of Davis, Cal., is at the Cosmo- politan Hotel. C.E.Tinkham, a lumber manufacturer of Chico, is in the City. A. Gartenlaub, a vineyardist of Fresno, s here on a short visit. John Thoman, a vineyardist of St. Helens, is here for a few days. J. k. Devendor!, a resl estate desler of San Jose, is at the Grand. E. A. Moody, & mining man of Gold Run, ar- rived here yesterday. W. H, Dudley, a wealthy resident of New York, is at the Palace. C. H. Reed of San Luis Obispo came up to the Bay City yeaterday, A. B. Harges of Portland, Or., is registered at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. C. R. Hopkins, a well-to-do business man of Butte, Mont., is at the Palace. J. Harrison ana wife of Pacific Grove are staying at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. M. Rohm Herzog of Logalbach, Alsace, was among the arrivals by last nigit’s train C. W. Roby, a leading business man of Fresno, was among yesterday’s arrivals, Elias Thomas, a wealthy business man of Portland, Maine, arrived here last night. The Rev. C, 0. Tillotson of Santa Cruz srrived here yesterday. He is at the Occidental, Among the arrivals here from Red Biuft yesterday was J. L. Barham and Mrs, Barham. E. W. Runyan, the well-known banker and business man of Red Biuff, is a recent arrival here. F. Weller and E. §. Barlow of Tacoms, Wash., are among the arrivals at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. A. Templeton, a business man of Galveston, Tex., is in the City accompanied by Mrs. Tem. pleton. Among the arrivals from the north yesterday was H. B. Cambie of Vancouver, British Co- lumbia. D. E. Hobart, & weslthy mining man and ranch-owner of Silver City, N. Mex., is visiting the City. John F. Williams and William D. Bennett have returned after visiting several cities oi the State. Dr.J. B, S. Egan, MissEgan, Mra. G. Hul- burt and L. H. Blakeman of Now York areat the Palace. V. D. Crysler of Detroit, Mich., who is here for business and pleasure, Is staying at the QOccidental. Charles Monroe, an attorney of Los Angeles, the partner of United States Senator White, i al the Palace. Charles C. Wren, formerly surveyor of vada Conaty, arrived here yesterday from Grass Valley. S.N. Perkins, the City ticket agent of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, has gone East on & month's visit. Matthew Gage, the capitalist, of Riverside, who owns the Gage system of canals at River- side and viclnity, is in the City. Among the arrivals here yesterday was R. M. Schofield, & well-known resident of Port. land, Or. He is at the Baldwin. Police Judge Low adjourned court yesterday for his annual vacation, which he will prob- ably spend in the Santa Cruz Mountaius. Justice Groezinger yesterday presided in Judge ‘Campbell’s place in Polics Coart 1. Judge Campbell has ricumatizm and intends 10 spena & week at Barulett Springs. The Reverend E. G. Miller and Mrs. Miiler of Cedar, British Columbia, arrived hare yester- day. Mr. Miller has been engaged for some time in mission work in that part of the coun- try. Dr. Thomas Flint, the early ploneer of San Juan, who is interested in an enormous ares of Iand and in various business enterprises, arrived here yesterday and is At the Grand. Mrs. Flint came with him. Antoine de Grublssich-Keresziur, Charge @ Affaires at Buenos Ayres, will arrive here to- day and will swop at the Palace. Arrange- ments have been made for his coming by Carter von Voorhard of Javs, Who came yes- terd Nat. C. Goodwin, who enjoysan international reputation as a humorist and comedian, was among the arrivals by yesterday’s overland. He was accompanied by Maxine Elliottand Miss G. Ellioti of New York. They are at the Palace. Mayor A. G. White of Sandwlch, I, is among the members of the Order of Railway Conductors now visiting this City. The Mayor is a relative of ex-superior Judge Sanderson of this City and met the Judge yesterday for the first time in thirty years. Mrs. Helen Gardener, the dlstinguished author of many interesting scientific works and widely known as an able lecturer, who appeared here recently during the session of the Woman's Congress, has returned to the City after visiting several of the most attrac- tive suburban poiuts. Mrs. Gardener is now visiting some of her friends here. She will probably remain in this City and other parts of the State during the entire summer. This was her intention when she reached here some three weeks ago. CALIFORNIsNsS IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, N. Y., May 17.—At the Plaza, C.H. Smith; Manhattan, Miss G. King; Hoff- mau, Mr.and Mrs. C. Hall; Holland, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Forman, Mrs. L. Eilis; Sturtevant, J. 8. Estrange; Cosmopolitan, F. A. Cornell; Plaza, Mrs. J. Skae, Miss Skae; St. Deni: Smith; Brogdway Central, N. P. Breed; Grand Union, G. B. Day; Holland, R. Warren. Mrs. G. H. Howard, chiid and maid left the Plaza and sailed on the Aller for Bremem. Louls Rapp and Mrs. Caroline Rapp slso sailed for Germany. Mrs, Agnes Markowiiz sailed on tne Ems for Genoa. Isaac Goldtree arrived from Bremen on the Aller. Miss Mary Cat- terill arrived irom Genoa on the Ems. Otto Soltner of San Diego, Cal,, Arrived from Bremen. MEN AND WOMEN. Eflie Crooker, a pretty girl of 23, has cap- tured a star route contract at Port Washing- ton, N. Y. €ir William Hunter has drawn up an nppeal for the Indian famine fund, to be distributed 8s a leaflet throughout the United Kingdom. Dr. Nobel’s will, turning nearly sll of his property into a fund to further the advance- ment of science, is contested by the late in- ventor’s relatives, Rudolf Zeiler, the Viennese operetta com- poser, has been found gullty of fraud and per- jury and sentenced to one year's imprison- ment at hard labor, Field Marshal Yamagata of Japan has an- Dounced his intention of being present at the jubilee anniversary exercises of Queen Vie- toria this summe: BEST peanut taffy in the world. Townsend's.* e — FPECTAL information deily to manufscturars, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 Montgomery. * s CONDUCTORS—Call and see our California ace fruiis, 50 cents a pound, in elegant fire- ched boxes. Just 'hl‘l”lul want l:g-xflllerll friends. Townsend’s, 627 Palace Hotel buildg, —————————— HUsBAND'S Caloined Magnesis—Four first- premium medals awarded ; more agreeablo to the taste and smaller dose than other meg. nesia. For salein bottles withregistered trade- mark label. ' e Mark Hopkins lnstitute of Art. Thlnflplllll exhibiuon is n:w open daily Jrom © A. M. 10 5 . M. and grand congert gvery Thuraday evening. Open. S:udm L4 SOLDIERS MAY BATTLE T0-DAY The Rains Interfered With | the Plans at the Pre- sidio Post. If Nothing Prevents the Sham Fight Will Take Place This Forenoon. The Post Field Day Events Will Take Place To-Morrow — New Features to B: Presented. Had it notrained on Sunday night the sham battle on Golf Hill at the Presidio would bave taken place yesterday morn- ing as announced, but as the heavy rain had produced an immense amount of moisture, which had not sufficiently dried yesterday morning, it pone the event until this morning. ‘The fact that the event was postponed on account of the moisture is no reflection on the men in the three branches of the service, for they are ever ready and will- ing to turn ou, if tnere is any necessity, rain or shine, but the officers had consid- eration for them and did not think that any good would result from having the men tramp in the mnd and slush when the result to be attained could be obtained by a delay of twenty-four hours. A large number of citizens visited the Presidio, which is the most beautiful post on the coast, if not of any under the con- trol of the United States military authori- ties, in the hope of seeing the contest be- tween the soldiers, who were to defend the fortifications, and the ‘“‘enemy’’ that Was to march upon them, but they were disappointed, still when they were in- formed as to the reason for the postpone- ment, they took their disappointment good-naturedly and said “'better luck next time.” Thoss who remained on the grounds did not have their trip out to the post 1or nothing, for they had an oppor- tunity of witnessing the drill by & number of recruits for the cavalry, which was an exceedingly interesting event. The men rode horses without saddles, blankets only being cinched on the animals, and they went through the movements of dis- mouniing and mounting while the horses were on a trot; they were instructed in the manner of holding the reins the art of “turning in the saddl other movements, To-morrow, should the weather be fine, and the indications are uhat it will be, the monthly field day will be held at the Pre- sidio post, morning and afternoon. This | will be a most interesting affair, and while not on as grand a scale as was the tourna- ment of last month, it will be fully as in- teresting, for there will be a number of military events that have about them a certain charm for the civilians. The men who are booked for the several contests are exceedingly enthusiastic, and it is sale to say that they will ao their utmost to excel previous recorde. There are reveral new jeatures on the programme. One will be a broad-sword contest on foot; another will be mounted wrestling by teams, and still another wili be a mountea relay race. The drivers’ race, which excited so much interest and was 80 favorably commented upon during the tournament, will be repeated. The vprogramme, as a whole, is a particularly good one, and the men who are to take partin the coatests deserve to be encour- aged by the presence of a large number of citizens of both sexes. DAVIS ESTATE CONTEST, Judge Coffey Considering Another Will Disposing of $2,000,000 Woith of Property. Judge Coffey vesterday began the hear- ing of the Jacob Z. Davis will contest, which bids fair to bs a bitterly fought battle, as the estate is worth about $1,000.090, according to the estimate of the proponents of the will, thouzh the con- testants declare that $2,000,000 is the proper figure. There is an array of legal talent in the case, Mrs. Lizzie Muir and Mrs. Bell | Curtis, beneficiaries under the will, being represented by Attorneys Mastick & Mas- tick, Reddy, Uampbell & Metson und Treadwell, while Knight & Heggerty and George D. Collins appear for Catherine Stead and Elizabeth V', Wilson, the con testants. 5 Ten jurors were in the box when court adjourned last evening, as follows: G. A. Berton, B, Sherry, John Lynch, E. R. Wallace, William W. Hovart, Jobn Porcher. James Denman, Alfred W. Reay, W. J. O'Neill and Thomas Breen. These gentlemen are still subject to challenge. At 2 o’clock this afternoon an effort will be made to complete the panel, BARKS AND SNARLS. The San Francisco Kennel Club Will Open Its Show To-Morrow Morning. ‘The dogs of the City have closed their canine jaws on everything in sight. The bench show at the Pavilion opens to-mor- row morning at 10 o’clock, The dogs will be benched at the Pavilion prior to 9 o'clock A. M. The Swiss Mountain ken- nels of Pennsylvania will show a repre- sentation of cocker spaniels as cockers are exploited on the Atlantic slope. W. 8. Kittle will exhibii a kennel of riffins not to be duplicated this side the Stiesour. Toa Sloane’s setter is expected to make a prominent showing of interest. BACING IN A GOOD CAUSE An Excellent Programme the First Charity Day at Ingleside. The Crack Crescenio Among the Carded Starters—No Dearta of Bcokies or Jockeys. The first of the two extra days’ racing to be given under the auspicas of the Pa- cific Coast Jockey Club, the net proceeds of which are to be donated to the Balboa boulevard, the Woman’s Exchange and the veterinary department of the U versity of California in pro rata propor- tions, accoraing to the amount of tickets disposed of by the mauagement of each of the beneficiaries, will take place this after- noon at Ingleside track. #rom a speculative standpoint the card is a very auwractive one, the different fields being of moderate size and com- paratively easy to “dope.” There will be no dearth of bookmakers to hancie the coin bet, notwithstanding the recent de- parture of several Eastern pencilers. A large number of tickets have been ds- posed of, and society is expacted to be present in full force. The entries are as follows: five furlongs, two-year-olds, purse. 1008 ~abaoth. 99/ 1008 Towanda ...... 104 (927)Miss Remsen..104| 743 Ross. o9 956 La Lom 99| 990 sonule fonc... 99 1021 Benicia.. 99/ 1021 Lo, Prietos.... 99 econd race, seven-eighths of a mi e, selling. Jus Porteus..103| (962)Alrzau Velox ... (1018) Atticus 3 1028 Geo. Palmer..107| 1025 adam Andrew107 Third race, six furlongs, purse. 1024 KingWiillam.127 Minx. 95 1011 Mercutio 125 3 Loa a7 (Lu25)Santuzz 11%| 1009 McLight, 29 597 Stariing 902 Kitty Brady ..107 1025 Crescendo . Four:h race, six and a haif furlongs, seiling. 1029 Logan . 124( 1030 Mainstay. 996 Veras 119/ 105 kasei.. 1027 Pe x tu 119 979 Wm. Pnierin, 1019 Willjiam (1017)Earl Cochran. 04| 999 San Marco....107 1029 Daylisht . 1016 Rausom. 108 1080 Devaull Sixth race, one mile, purse. 1019 Motlie R | 1023 Imp. Trance..109 1023 Con Mot 1020 Kai Mol...... 104 954 Marcel 1025 Del Paso 11...103 (1022) Treachery, 1022 Jacs Mariin. 100 (1024) Horatio. SELECTIONS FOR THIS AFTERNOON Miss Remsen, First racs—Towanda, Los Prietos. Second race—Velox, George Palmer, Adam Andrew. Third raco—Crescendo, King William, Santuzza. Fourth race—Veragua, Logan, Peix- otto Fifth race — Collins, Ransom. San Marco. sixth race—Del Paso II, Imp. Trance, Horatio. —————— The costliest building of modern times is the State Capitol of Aibany, N. Y., which bas already had snent upon it the immen:e sum of $20,000,000. Yesterday was the gala day of all the year for the members of the San Francisco Schuetzen Verein. It was the occasion of their thirty-elghth annual May festival, or king shoot. Shell Mound Park was crowded from early morning until iate in t) ternoon with members of t| Verein, their families and friends, who had gathered to celebrate the festal day. Almost the entire active membership of the Verein, which now consists of one hundred and ssventy, were present, one hundred and fourteen of whom took part in the shoot. Lawrence Bauer won the honors of the day ana was declai The other winners were ecepter, D. B. Faktor; ring, August Browning; Alpers came second and won the crown. left wing, L. Bendel; right foot, A. Bertels At 11 o'clock the “king shoot'” bagan. distant, formed the target. Lots were cast members. T piec., the man bringing 1o thy winning the honors of the ‘The other winners we: & foot, 8 wing, or some other portion of the bir only after some ve! After the shoot Bauer was carried about the fellows, members of the Verein, In the pavili the president of 1 round the and the title of rmined accordin n; left, 0. Lemke A wooden eagle, placed ou a tall staff at100 feet 1o determine ihe order of shootil m the contest began. The object in view was to shaot down the t p 83 they brought down from { the “king shot.” George follows: Apple, E. right wing, Henry Prien; 1ail, J. C. Waller. head, H. among the piece br ird ece of the wooden image of the noble king shot,” which he will hold for E taff the head, The contest was a close one,snd it was fine work that Lawrence Bauer finaily won out. rounds in & chair supported six sturdy o was wreathed by Min x.ma':fa.umer of The ex-king was also wresthed by Miss Emma Koch. Dancing in or the pavilion followed the congratulatory address by the president and the response by the new king. Next Thursd evening the official crownin, 620 Bush streef . whioh all the priges won on last Sun at California Hall, y will be distributed. of the king will take ¥, Yand yeat ‘The king’s prize is $150 in casb. in addition King Bauer will receive s diamond medal. | torgotten. 10 CLIMB HIGH ABOVE THE CLOUDS - Two Scientific Parties to Beard Mighty Mount Legan. Its Towering Peaks Reach Be- yond Those of Mount £t. Elias. A Regicn Where No Human Voice Has Ever Been Heard or Foots step Left a Trail. Two fully equipped parties of scientists, one from Italy ard one from Philadelphia, will leave the Morayian Mission for Mount St. Elias on the 29th of May. The Italian party, which has been cor- responding with Dr. de Vecchi here for some months, will consist of seventeen, many of whom are experienced moun- taineers from the Alps. The Philadelphia party, under Pro.essor Bryant, consists of but eight men. Professor George David- soa thinks the smaller party bas the advantage, by reason of the smaller food supplies and trappin;s required. Thinking that tne Italian party might come to this City, the Geographical Society of the Pacific passed a resolution on Saturday offering the partv its rooms and the use of all books, maps and other data needed; but news was received by Dr, de Vecchi that Professor Fay of Boston has advised the Italians to go by the Canadian Pacitic, so as to leave for the mountain the sime day the American party starts, May s0 they will probabiy not visit Sun Francisco at all. ' The Italian expedition was arranged in March, but the American party has beeu making preparations for two years. Pro- fessor H. G. Bryant is an old mountain ciimber and he heads the party. He has fully consulted Prolessors Russell and Davidson with reference to the work. *“The purpose is o reach the culminat- ing peaks of the Si. Elias range,’ said Professor Davidson yesterday. *“Mount 8t. Elias is 18,011 feet above the sea, but Mount Logan, which is twenty-six miles northeast 18 19,522 feat and 1s the highest mountain in North America. A mile and a haif beyond iz Mount McGrath, which i3 19,275 feet high.” The last camp will be made by the American party at Agassiz glacier. From there the varty will travel over the ice afoot to Mount St. Elias and the higher peaks, beyond latitude 60 and near longi- tude 140. ~ It 1s the same region visited in 1888 by Lieutenant Schwatka and Seton- Karr for the New York Times. 1f the Fparty gets to the top of Mount Logan it members will be able to see nearly 190 miles, Mount St. Elias can be seen 185 miles by mariners. At present absolutely nothing is known of the geology of the regions these parties | are about to visit. All climes hover along the clond-reaching sides of thess monster peaks, more subime by far than Mont Bianc with its Arve and Arveyron raving ceaselessly at its base. With success the contributions made to science by this party ought to b of great v Recovered a Diamond, b Annie Kearns, a domestic in the employ of C. Potper, Castro strect, left & diamond ring on the window sill of her chamber and Lee | sng, another servant, took it and pawned it | with' a Chinese tirm at Washington street and Ross alley. Dejectives Wren and Gibson recovered the jewel vesterday and arres.ed Sing ou & charge of petty larcen: ————— Excursion to the Eust and Yellowstone Park. A party s now being formed to make the tour of the Yolowstone Park, leaving hete about the 29th of May. Ttwill be in charge of Dr.J.C. Branner of Stanford Universizy Rates will be ver; reasonable and accommodations first class. The Yellowstone Perk can justiy lay claim to hav- 10g more natural wonders und maguificent scen- ery within its bounds ihan any other spot I the worid, and a trip there is one that will never be It you would like to join the party communicate at once with J. E. 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