The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 26, 1897, Page 1

! VOLUME NCISCO SATURDAY MORN 26, 1897 S. CORNELL BEATS | HARVARD AND YALE OARSMEN Blue and Crimson Colors Go Down Before the Expert Ithaca Men. | VICTORY FOR THE AMERICAN ; STYLE OF STROKE. : Pandemonium Reigns College Vells Form a Cataract of Clamor as the Cornell Shell Takes First ‘ Place in the POUGHKEEPSIE, Y., June Be- ) fore the eyes of the boating world Cornell won to-day a victory so decisive as to establish beyond doubt or cavil her claim to recognition among the foremost Ameri- can colleges in ~quatic sports. That Yale | bad derided this claim and Harvard had only grudgingly admitted victory more glorious. it made the Neither the blue nor crimson could do well enough to make the little men from Cornell excrt them- | selves, and with the other two crews spent and breathless the winners shot past the finish line and pulled geyly down the river for half a mile to their launch es fresh us if they were beginning instead of finish- ing the greatest race in American college annais. Yale finished second, two and a half lengths behind, and Harvard, with | one man in the bottom of the boat, barely crossed the line six lengths further back before her men collapsed utterly. Three distinct systems of on trial. Charles had taught | Cornell the short, snappy American stroke. Uuder their oid coach, Boo Cook, whose instructions have. pointed the way of Yale to victory so often, the New Haven boys learned and faithfully prac- ticed his combination English aud American strokes. Harvard relied upon the guidance of R.C.Lahmann,a Cam- bridge University man, who came to this country to teach the American college the English stroke. That the resuit was a triumph for the American stroke cannot | be denied. Cornell’s shell, under the quick, powerful strokes of the crew, which was by far the smallest and lightest in the contest, cut | through the water like a knife, with little of the dragging between strokes which | tells so terribly in a long pull. | To Yale the second position was as| itter as the third to Harvard. Yale was | beaten by an enemy whom for yesrs she | has spurned as unworthy of her steel | Contempt for the Ithaca men was openly expressed before the race. It looked dubious for Cornell at the | start. Springing from poise with = swift, | strong start taught them by Lehman, Harvard got away well in front, with Yale second and Cornell, furthest from the western shore, a little behind. For a dozen strokes or more the crimson led with a slow, steady stroke, and the deep Harvard yeli tbundered down the long line of spectators on the shore. Then | Yale took the stage, while the battle-cry of the sons of Eli smote the hills. There was not yet any response from the Cornell crew. Harvard led her by more than a quarter of a length. But the little Cor- | nell cockswain knew what he was doing. | From the bank the short, piston-rod swing of the bodics seemed the same, but | &t each swing the shell pushed forward s | little on the rivals. At the half-mile the three keen prows were aligned. Pande- monium reigned on shore, three college | yells merging into a cataract of clamor. For fully 250 yards the crews struggled | plong, first one and then another leading, until gradually the Cornell men began to | hold a slight advantage. Then they shot the front of their shell about fifieen feet abead of the Yale bow and kept it tere. This was the beginning of the end and from that point until they crossed the fin- ish line the Comneli men wers never headed. With superbstyle the Ithacans swept along, the crowds sending forth volleys of encouragement and joy. At| the mile and a quarter post the Yale crew | shot past the Cambridge eight and began | a long, stern chase after the flying Cor- nellians. ! As the mile and & half post was passed Cornell had a length to spare and was rowing a 36-stroke. There was another spurt by Yale, the | stroke going up to, thirty-sever, but Har- vard, although left in the rear, lowered the stroke from thirty-four to thirty-two. They finished in the order pamed. Time, 20:34. nven rooms were Courtney of —_——— | MOMNEY CHANGED HANDS, Backers of Cornell Made Blg Winnings at New York. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 25.—Abont | $20,000 of stock exchange money is esti- mated to have changed haads as the result of the Poughkeersie boatrace. Harvard and Yale money was much more plentiful | ©i the monitors Monterey and Monadnock | | portea | mortgage. | posed by Morgan requesting the President | it mus® be with Fitzsimmons or his con- | should prove conclusively that he has on Shore and Three‘ Great Race. ? than Cornell, and backers of the winning crew were able to get odd« of $25 to §60. | REPRESENTATIVE LEWIS PLACATED ; | At Last the Navy Depar m:nt Is Able to | Send a Warship to S:attie for the | Celebraion of the Fourih. | WASHINGTON, D. C., Jun Repre- sentative J. Hamilton Lewis has been | placated by the action of the Navy De- | partment 10-day in ordering the Adams, | which recently arrived st Port Angeles from Honolulu, to proceed to Seattle and participate in the Fourth of July celebra- | tion. Peace having thus been restored to | the bosom of Lewis he will not press the | threatened Congressional investigation to | determine whether Sccretary Long or | nator Hanna is the real head of the Navy Department. Lewis applied last April for a ship for 1he celebration. About the same time the managers of the Christian Endeavor convention asked that th battleship Orezon be sent to Tacoma on | the same date. Thisrequest was seconded by Hanna aud granted, and as the people of Portland had arranged for the presence at their city on July 4, Seatsle left out, there then beingno other ship availa- | ble. Lewis, thinking Hanna's influence had deprived him of serving his fellow- townsmen, raised a row. The opportune arrival of ths Adams, however, enabled the department to placate Lewis. iy e T0 PERM'T 70BACCO SHIPEENTS. Spain Takes Another Step in the Folicy o Preventing American Intervention | m Cuba. HAVANA, Cusa, June 25.—A cable- gram has been sent to Weyler by tie Madrid Government instructing him to permit the shipment of all tobacco pur- chased by Amsrica: This concession is in pursuauce of Spain’s policy to en- deavor to prevent American intervention. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 25.—Cal- houn, special commissioner to Cuba, left | sor Danviiie, Ilis., this afternoon, having ommunicated to Minister Woodford all e information regarding affairs in Cuba he possessed. Before he le.t he had half an hour's interview with President Mc- Kinley, in the courss of which it is re- that he declined the offics of Comptroiler of the Treasury and put in a plea for a friend for the place. Woodford spant the greater part of the day at the State Department studying the correspondence with Spain since the out- breax of nostilities in Cuba. Part of the tume he was closeted with Assistant Sec- retary of the Navy Rooseveit. gk sty URIGN PACIFIC FOBECLOSURE. R:soluton of Senator Harris to Redeem Prior Liens Favorably Considered by the Senate Commit WASHINGTON, D. C., June 25.—A | favorable report will be made by the Sen- | e Commitiee on Pacific Rsilroads on the resolution of Senator Harris provid- ing that the United States shou d redeem the Union Pacific irom prior liens and iake sleps to joreclose the Government The committee amended the resolution by inserting the proviso pro- | to suspend proceedings regarding the agreement to sell the Government’s inter- ests in the railroad and sinking fund un- til furcher sction by Congress. WILL NOT MEET MITCHELL. J m Corbett Declines to Enter the fi/ng‘ Us.ess ior the Chempionship of ihe Worid. | BOSTON, Mass., June 25.—Corbett scoffs at the idea of hisfighting Charlie Mitchell, He said to-night: “I am on 1ecord as haviug seid if 1 ever enter the ring again queror. I will meetno man unless for the championsaip of the world. I think the experience of Mitchell at Jacksonville seen his best days as a pugilist. He knows my feelings in the matter and would not chalienge me uniess looking for some advertising.” s A o SPEED OF 4 1 KFPEDO-BOAT. The Little Turbina Attains Thirty-Three Knots an Hour. LONDON, Exc., June 25.—The smali torpedo-bont Tarbina, which recently de- veloped 323{ kuots an hour at Newcastle, passed the warsuips at Spithead to-day at an average rate of 31 knots and for a short time aitained 33 kunots. It is contended hy experts that an average-sized torpedo. bouat construcied upon her lines and plans could reach 40 knots, The Witnesses at the Last Day of the Inquest. MANY WARSHIPS ARE ARRAYED Moored in Lines a Vast Fleet Is Ready for the Display. Naval Maneuvers That Will Be a Feature of the Jubilee. Parties and Dinners Given in Honer of Officers of the Forelgn and British Vessels. PORTSMOUTH, Exc., June 25.—Every house within twenty miles is full of visitors who have come to witness the great naval jubilee display to-morrow. Many peopie from London arrived to- night and found it impossible to secure beds. The vast fleet is now all in readiness. There are assembled 150 warships of all kinds, besides twenty torpedo-boats. Moored in five lines, each five miles long, the largest vessels are being placed nearest the Isle of Wight. mclude the foreign warships. form the th British fleet. which wili line southwara of Admiral Salmon gave a garden party at the Admiralty House this afternvon to | officers of the foreign warships. Right Hon. George J. Goschen, First Lord of the Admiralty, presided to-night at a dinner given at the Town Hall to the admirals and other officers of foreign and British ships. Luneh LONDON With the Lord Mayer. , June Toe Prince These vessels do not | the | DISIINGUISHED GUESTs THERE, e Prince and Princeis of Wales Take | |and Princess of | Wales took luncheon with the Lord Mayor at the Mansion | House to-day. - A larzs and distinguished | company Ruests, including foreizn princes and colonial Premiers, were pres- ent. The neighborhood of the Mansion House was crowded cheered the Prince. 7 of —_——— Ticited by the Queen. | | LONDON 5., June The Queen to-day dro 6000 schooichildren who were celebrating the jubiiee, Later she received delega- tions from fire brigades belonging to all parts of the kingdom. Twelve handred | men were in line. The Duke of Maribor- ough, as president of the National Fire Brigade, presented the officers tp the Queen. While the Qieen and. Empress | Fredesiek were dinipg to-night 100 Eion [boys with bands entered the guaarangle | of the castle and gave an exhibinion of | torehlight evolutions. The Queen watched from the castie window. ‘ Denth of a Noted .ie'vass, 3 NDON. Exc.. June 25.—Mrs. William Lingara, an actress well known to | American theater-goers a quarter of a century ago as Alice Dunning, died this | morning. EMAND R A with people, who | e to Windsor Park and visited | ‘DEVASTATION OF THESSALY Turks Boldly Plunder { the Property of the Greeks. Thousands of Loads Are Taken { From the Deserted Houses at Larissa. " Many Viliages That Have Been | Looted and Totally or Partly B Burned. | | LONDON, Exc., June 25.—The corre- | spoadent of the Daily News telegraphs | from Volo that the Turks are devastating | Thessaly. The writer says he elvded the Ottoman officials and made an examina- | tion of the city of Larissa, which, except | for the garrison of severa! thousand Turk- | 1sh troops, resembles a city of the dead. All the houses except the residences of Moslems and officersf quarters have been completely stripped of everything they contained. Respectable witnesses aver that thousands of loads of plunder have been removed to Kiassona by officers and men for their private account. Ominous rumoers are in circulation that the city will be burned when evacuated. A similar condition of affairs obtains in Turnavo, but the inhabitants of that piace had time to remove many of their ports- ble goods before the Turks arrived. The cor- respondent mentions nine villages that had | been looted und totally or partly burned. | Sisewhere the Turks under pretense of | seeking arms mercilessly beat the vil- lagers, and exact fines in money, cattle or | wool. The harvest, where it has not been | reaped by the Turks, is rotting. | Volo was spared, thanks to the Consuls | and the pre<ence of foreign warships. IR T A MODEL FOR SAN FRANCISCO. The Lincoin Monument Recently Erected in the Calton Hill Burying Ground at Edinburgh, Scotland. It Is the Only Monument of the Martyred President in Europe. {Drawn from a photograph recently received by Professsor W. D. Armes-of the State University.] \ | nesses were examined, FIGEL BE the IT DECLARED Her “Uncle New The jury finds that Isaac Hoffman, a Francisco, came to his death June 1, 1 the head, and we further find that he w to the jury. as Fross, John F. Culligan, J. Pierano, F. S Approved: “Uncle Jim” Simmons of New York will to-day have the decidiag voice as to whether or not Theodore A. Figel shall be arrested and charged with the murder of Isaac Hoffman. Chief Lees declared yas- man to be taken into custodv. He added that_he wouia place the matter in the hands of Captain Bohen to-day and will have him continue the investigation of the case. 1t took the Coroner’s jury not more than | fifteen minntes to return their sworn opinion as above regarding the death of Isaac Hoffman. and announced thirieen minutes that they were ready to report. From one of the jurors it was learned that this verdict had the unanimous ap- proval of all the members of the jury from the beginning. There was some discus- later death of the merchant, considered there was nothing to show directly the bookkeeper's connection with the crime it was thought best to leave it to the Chief of Police to find out who the murderer is. While the verdict was not just what the hoped for they had no fault to find with the course of tie jury. On the sirength of the verdict Mrs. Hoffman will be advised to-day to swear out a warrant for the arrest of Figel as the murderer of her husband. Her action in the matter will, however, depend on the decision of *“Uncle J Simmons, who is on bis way from New York, and who will arrive some time to-day. Had the hearing before the Coroner re- mained open for but a short time longer a most important link would have been added to the chain of circumstances which have placed Theodore Figel under strong suspicion. Aiter the verdict had been ren- dered there arrived from Santa Cruz a merchant named L for the sole purpose of testify quest. In the course of an stated that while he was taking lanch with Isasc Hoffman in this City on the 26th of May last he noticed that Hoffman looked much worried. He asked him the of his trouble, and Hoffman stated s bookkeeper was not acting right, that he was behind in bis accounts and that he wished his partner was here. This testimony would bhave gone to show that Hoffman had discovered that Figel had been misappropriating the funds of the firm. ng atthe in- At T THE CLOSING SESSION. The Jury Hears the Final Testi- mony in the Long Irquiry ana Finds Its Verdict. Coroner Haw kins kept his promise and concluded the inguest an hour before | noon yesterday. Quite s number of wit- but their testi- | mony save In two cases was not material. One of those was Peter J. Powers, whose lost $17,000 for Figel at the racetrack was publisued in THE CALy yesterday morn- ing. The other was ihe lust new witness, Dr. Kahn, and the important part of his testimony Was an expression of opinion— the opinion being, asan expert in gunshot wounds, that those that caused the death of Isaac Hoffman were inflicted by some other persou tnan Hoffman himseif. G. L. Campbell was the first witness of the day. He is a uewspaper man, and was aetaited to learn from the man Keiln.r of Sun Rafael whether Figel on the night of the murder had purchased s bottle of red ink irom him. Campbell euiered the store and asked for a bottie of ink of the kind that Figel had puichased. Tue dealer took down two samples and said thut he Was uncertain as to which of them it was 1hat Figel had bought on that night. Mr. Kelly, who keeps a hardware-storo near by, had told Campbeli about the transac- tion, and said that Figel had entered his store in_an excited manuer, and in presence of a lot of stoves, mattocks and such things had asked for a boitle of ink. The dealer directed him to a stationery Peter J. Powers, 127 Hyde street, came next. He said he was a stock-broker and bad been clerking for bookmakers during ARREST ‘OF terday he would not cause the suspected They retired at 11:31 A. 3. | sion as to Figel’s connection with the | but as the jury | attornevs for the firm of Hoffman, Rotn- | child & Co. and of Mrs. Hoffman had | sig, who had come | interview be | statement to the effcct that Atkinson had | WILL ADVISED This Course Determined by Verdict of Coronet’s Jury. 4 the HOFFMAN HAD BEEN MURDERED. The Widow Says She Will Not Take Final Action Until the Atrrival of Jim” From York. ged 41 years: nativity, Poland; occupa- tion, merchant; married ; residence, 927 Sutter strest, City and County of San 897, at the City Receiving Hospital, said City and County, from shock and hemorrhage following gunshot wounds through murdered by a party or parties unknown H. Le Baron Smith (foreman), William Giemann, Charles Hoffman, L. Erb, B. chneider, J. Heller, F. Braun. W. J. HAWKINS, M. D., Coroner. | the races. He knew Atkinson very well | and rememberea of the latter telling him of his having plaved in_hard luck and | that ne had iost $17,000. Thiswas in Qak- land. “We played tnree races together,” | said the witn, “Each of them was for $1000 and we lost. It was then that he made the remark referred to, and Iam a | Iittie uncertain now as to whether he said | directly that he had flost $17,000 or whether it was seventeen straizht races | and becanse we had been making $1000 | bets that I drew the conclusion that ic was $17,000. At any rate thatis the im- rression I gained from the, conversation, | The net [vsses of that day, the 19th day of Februarv, could not have been much less than-$3000 to Atkinson. The witness told of another occasion Ineleside, when iie met Figel fo- the first time. He and Aikinson had been betting together as before. Atkinson had been betting in sums of $!00. A rice ou the schedule nad been misplaced for some reason and tbe third ruce moved up to second on that account. Figel arrived after thiv race was over. Atkinson had beton a winning horse. When Figel ar- rived Atkinson introduced him to Powers and said afcerward. “That is the man I have been beiting for.” Figel was much disappointed at having missed the second race—the one listed ior thiri—because he said he had come preparec to bet heavily on the nor-e that had won and would have made $20,000. H. M. Fortescue, who sang in Trinity choir with Atkinson, related a rather in- teresting incident touching the fire of | 1895. Fortescue bad been s chum of At- kinson until a year ago. Atkinson told him a few dayvs before that fire tuat he had been approached by a friend of his with the remark that he knew where “a good fire wonld burn things up ana that there was money 1n it. “I told Atkin- son,” said the witness, “‘to have nothing | to do with any such dirty business. On the Saturday night following while we | were gathered at the churct: a member of | the choir cams and reported a big fire in progress ai the corner of Battervy and | Bush streets. I turned to Aikinson ana said, ‘Good gracious, EI, that fire has | come prettv quick.’ I knew that Hoff- | man & Alexander was at that corner, and associatea the remark and incident to- | gethor. Max Asher, emploved as clerk at 28 Batte:y sireer, was af taat fire. Standin across the street he saw Isaac Hoffman; whom he knew well, crying very bitcer y. A iriend was trying to induce bim to go nome. Here the evidence took a turn and two | or three witnesses were called 10 show the | bitterness existing between members of the Hoffman family. J. B. Paulson, who keeps a cigar-store at Bush and Montgomery streets, worked for two years for Hoffman & Alexander. He was questioned concernng certain losses sufferea by Mr. Hoffman in the Scott Bar Mill and Mining Com y, of which witness was secretary. Tois was eight or nine years ago, and reference to the matter fretted Mr. Nanthaly greatly, as he was unable to see the connection between that matter and Hoffman’s death. The witness was then called upon to re- late an incident in which Richara Alexan- der figured. Alexander, he said, came into his place one night very angry and talked excitedly about Hoffman, saying that he wouid kill that — ——if it was not for his sister, Hoffman’s wite. Wit~ | ness was asked if Alexunder was not in | San Jose the nizht of t.e murder, and re- plied thai he was. A. H. Wells was in Paulson’s store on this occasion reterred to, snd told more of | the same story. saying that Alexander | declared that Hoffman did not treat his | (Alexander’s) mother and sister right, and that if Le should ever strike the latter he would “*vore” nim. | e Mahern told something more of { the same incident without adding to its | importance. ugolph Pleasant is a coiored man, & porter in a barber-shop at Clay and Davis Tt Sl Can eep, | weak ana easly ex- | Nerves are fed and nourished by pure, rich | relreshing sleep becau e it purifies and en- parilla | Becansa the nervesare Wh ? | cited and the body is y | blood. Hood’s Sarsaparilla gives sweet, riches the blood and builds up the system. isthe Best—in fact, tbe Oue True Blood Purifier { in a feverich and unhealthy condition. Hood’s $a Hood’s Pills cure nauses, indigestio: Biliousmess, 25 conta,