The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 28, 1897, Page 10

10 THE SAN F RANCISCO CALL, MONDAY JUNE 28, 18 THE ADMIRAL H0LDS THE (TP With the Whirlwind Von Schmidt Outsails the California Eleet. The “‘Big Brown Man" Piled On Canvas Enough to In- vite Disaster. The Phenicia and Sea Fox Find the Blow Too Much for Them and Retreat. Hail to the big brown man of Oa kland Creek. Once carried ho again has Adwiral von Schmidt off the California Yacht Club's of a year, and with that weird- loaking craft of his, the Whirlwind. Once | is he the owner and master of the coveted Wallace cup, the trophy for h many another good yachtsman striven before esterday on the blue waters of the 1 It was a made-to-order day for a yacht race. Bat it was essentially a Von Schmidt day. The big brown man revels in heavy weather, and be got what he wanted on this occasion. . They call that boat of his a tub, a whaler, a forlorn hope and a pee- wee, and they have often said that a good seiling breeze would pick her up and send Ler off Hiuting among the clouds. But you will bear no more of that now. Yes- terday’s little demonstration quietus on that sort of talk. Whirlwind is a sea-boat, a terror at canvas and a veritable dolphin speed. Biz boats and little boats suffered alike at hers and Von Schmidt's hands, in the annual club race of yester- and, to use the language of eye-witnesses, they—that fs, the big brown man and his boat—circus-ringed all around the rest of the white-winged racers. With the dawn of morning came disap- i the pointment for the over-the-bay yachtsmen, | for beyoni zeply the d favorable a doubtful litsle southerly in the form of wind—nothing for a good day’s sport. The sticklers gotitogether and agreed 10 post- pone the start in the hope of conjuring up a blow, and some of them are sorry now that they did, for they got more than they wented before the day was done. But it was a great day and a great race, neverthele-s. In fact yachtsmen it was the star event of the season. As the forenoon .wore along the little say Schmidt to jump sideways. It was near- glo'clock when the eight qualifying yachts began to work thei: way down the creek to the starting point, which was an imaginary linedrawn from the southerly pier-head of t .e narrow-gauge mole 1o the westernmost breasting buoy, and when the siznal gun was fired they were all in magnificent posi immediate headw Every craft in the race was a sloop. The Eina, with her heim in the skiliea hands of Commodore Lancaster, we across tue line first closely followed in L'Homme- | di the swan-lik coicia. Quickl the me Thelma, Whiriwind, Embla and Sea Fox. | lash, then the U and I, the It was a pretty start. The boats as they siood away were scarcely a hundred yards 1 eads. Ouce clear of the starting line the whole fieet stood on the same tack for Goat Island. They continued In about the same order as they started. Reaching the istand shore the Pnceuicia stood over to- ward the San Francisco side, while the remairder of the racers seemed content to work along amid-channel or hug the Goat Island skift. Up to this time the yachtsmen: had simply been enjoying geod sailing wind and were elated over it. Butnow old Boreas commenced to get a move on and sandwiched in what devel- oped into a veritable squall, puffs and was accompanied by quite a beavy sea. Soon after this change of weather the Phenicia was seen to drop the pea' of her mainsail, as if something bad gone wrong. After aspell of flap- ping sh- squared away-and ran for the lee of Goat Island, and subsequent to that hauled up for Sausalito and abandoned the race. The remainder of the fleet, with the ex- ception of tie Whirlwind, worked to the windward ‘between Alcatraz ana Angel islands. The first boat to round the weather mark was the Edna. She was lead- ing the Embia and Whirlwind by about the same distance and time as she was at the beginning. In f; there was but lit- tie change in the positions of any of the yachts up to this time. But now, run- ning to the leeward under kites, the Edna and Embla began gradually to draw away from the little Whiriwind. That stirrea Admiral von Schmidt up to his mightiest. him and strove for | has put a | me of | , there was Snothing promising for | yrfrom the south gave way to a| nking good nor'west breeze that { the bearts of the yachtsmen to th joy and the heart of the Von on for getting under | part, and were lined out like a string of | It came in | | | The big brown man has long been known as a daredevil, but when those big boats | cut loose to leave him yesterday their | crews saw him do something that cause. | them to fairly gasp for breath. Although | the wina was increasing in its fury every minute and was warning others to short- | en sail, the admiral bezan to pack on ex- tra canvas it a most reckless manner. To their borror he hoisted up a gigantic | gaff topsail with a 32-foot ciub that| reached twenty feet above the masthead, | and these in addition to spinnaker ani water sails under both mainsail and sy naker. The Whirlwind under this cloud of cauvas presented a spectacular but | hair-raising victure. 1t was sail enou for a vessel four times her size even in a light breez: It was by this desperate expedient that Von Schmidt prevented the big fellows | from getting 1ar enough away from him to cut materially into his time allowance. With his mast creaking and ready to pull out, and with every bolt ant lashing aboard working loose, this hatless and nalf-nude seadog held laughingly on and won the race, with minutes 10 spare “The Eana and the Embla were the only ones I was realiy afraid of,” said the admiral, after the day had been won. “That Edna is a tremendously fast boat, and so big, t In the hands of a man like Commodore Lancaster che is a terror for anybody. Then the Embla is a brand new boat, and to me was practically an upknown quantity. Sue’s fast and no misiake. When she get: ed up and is equipped with a prover set of kites she will keep them all guessing. In this race she had on & borrowed spinnaker and no other extra sails worth speaking of. The Edna was somewhat handicapped, too. | She had part of her shoe off, and that | certainly made trouble for her.”’ The Edna and Embia are so near a size | that they made a pretty race by them- | selves. It was nipand tuck between them | all the way. Those who watched the race | predict that when these two boats get at it again, and the new one is fally equipped with canvas, the Edna will have to take a | back seat. As it was yesterday, the Edna made tie fastest time of all of them over the course, and even then the Embla was only a short disiance behind her. After the time allowances were figured up and the Whirlwind proclaimed the victor, the Edna was formally awarded second place and the Embla third. The other finished in this order over the line, not figuring on the time allowance: Whirlwind, Flash, | Thelma and U and L | better showing than she did had she not got into trovble. [t appears that she lost | her spinnaker in the blow and sacrificed some valuable time by having to pull up. The Sea Fox, like the Pheenicia, did not | finish at all. Captain Clay had his family | aboard the yacht, and whea the we.ther got nasty he elected to pull out rather than subject them to a wetting. The regatta was handled admirably by a committee composed of J. W. Horner, C. P. Mo and ¥. H. Reid. C. B. Hill served as judge, and Messrs. Horner and Moore as uimers. The course was from the narrow-gauge pier head toand around Presidio shoal buoy, thence back to the s'arting point, a distance altoget er of \welve nautical miles. The foliowing table furnishes the time and details of the race: Name Corrected | tine, Elapsed Time | Measure- time. | aliowauce. Flash ibeima W birlwind Embla 1 2 i 1 5 i | 18 0:24 | 3 59 | 18:35 23 45 : bR 24 No Indignities Are Practiced on Them During Fumi- gation, At Least This Is the Opinion of Wan Leong Yee and Gee Ohong Tone. Chinese .women and meén are not sub- jected to indignities during the process of fumigation at the United States Quaran. tipe station on Angel Island as alleged by Attorney Thomas Riordan. At least this is the ovinion of Wan Leong Yee, secre- igry of the Chinese Consul, and Gee Chong Tone, secretary of the Chinese Six Companies. The two Chinese secretaries witnessed the process of fumigation yes- terday, When they returned to this City both expressed an opinion that no more than necessary caution was exercised ly the G overnment officials, and as to indigni- ties being practiced on those undergoing fumigation the report was a fallacy. One hundred and twen ight Chinese ar- rived on the steamer Gaelic Saturday even- ing and yesterday morning they were transferred to Augel Isiand for fumi- gation. Dr. Blue of the United tine cutter Golden Gate, reports of indignites, i process of fumigation, lated, invited Attorney Riordan and the two Chinese secretaries to accompany him to Angel Isiand. ‘The invitation was accepted and the guesis wiinessed the States quaran- being aware that practiced in_the At the conclus n of the germicidal opera- tion Dr. Bi . . guests returned to the gers of the Gaeiic had been treated with due courtesy and not undue care. - HOFFMAN CASE UNDECQIDED. The Widow and H.r Friends Evade Reporters and Are Considering. There is a probability that there will | be some developments in the Hoffman | had been circu- | fumigation of the army of Mongolians. | City, satisfied that the Chineso pissn. | tragedy in a day or two and that Figel | will be arrested for embezziement, though | there is doubt whether the graver charge | will be pressed. | Those iuterested in the tragedy kept | out of sight yesterday and Mrs. Hoffman and Mrs. Alexander were not “‘at nome” When a reporter called several times | during the day to irquire what were the | purposes of the attorneys employed by | those who believe in the theory of murder. Attorney Naphtaly declined to make any statement in the case, as Judge | Murphy before him had done. It has probably not yet been fuily decided what will be done in the matter, as the uncle of the widow has not yet decided what his advice will be. The Finish cf ths Califo | utes after the unfortunate woman drank ! the poison she was dead. A family quarrel was responsible for the woman’s act, A few minutes before she ended her life her husband, John Murphy, who had been away from his home during a greater portion of the day, returned. Mrs. Murphy was angered at her husband’s sbsence, and when he | entered the house she upbraided him for | bis actions. The husband retaliated witt some harsh words and Mrs. Murphy seized a crair and struck him over the head. furphy was almost rendered uncon- scious bv the blow, bui when he recov- ered sufficiently he shouted to his sor, Christupher, saying that he believed he | bad been fataliy injured. He then ran downstairs, and his wite tor the first time realized the magnitude of the of- fenseshe had committed. She also heard his remark that he had been fatally in- jured, and began to fear that it might be true. Her husband had been gone but a short time when Mrs. Murphy procured a bottle of carbolic acid and "drained its contents. Her daughter, Agnes, witnessed her act, and, hurrying downstairs, in- formed her father that her mother had taken joison. Mr. Murphy was loth to believe that his wife had attempted her own life, and fearing a repetition of the chair episode refused to return. His daughter then hurried upstairs ana ia Yacht Club’s Annual Trophy Race. IVEN HAD BY REMORSE Margaret Murphy Ends Her Life After Striking Her Hushand. She Used a Chair and Feared She Had Fatally In- jured Him, He Remained Away From Home Most of the Day and Over That They Quarreled. Misspprehension or remorse part of Mre Margaret Murphy, who re- ided at 1132 York street, oromuted her to swallow a quantity of carbolic acid with suicidal intent at 9 o'clock last evening. | The intent was fulfilled, and in a few min- | on the The Thelma would have made a much | . | found her mother in convulsions on the fl or. She again juformea her father and he bursied upstairs aad found his wife on the verge of death. Dr. Myers was summoned, but when he ariived the poiton’s work was finished. Death had taken place. All angry feelings were buri=d in sorrow when the husband learned that no human act could save his wife, and with his chil- dren arouna him sobbed as ihough his heart would break. The .Coroner's office was notified and Deputy Coroner Hallet took chare of the body and removed it to the Morgue. Minerva Circle. rva Circle of the Companions of the teave a social last Saturday evening in Hall at which there were present iriends of the members of the elr- d much enjoyment in the pro- gramme of dances provided by the committee consisting of Mrs. E. Bell, Mrs. J. Blake, Mrs, Low, Mrs. Page and Mrs. Maybell, During the eveniog the circle was visited by Mrs. Sarah Beversen, supreme grand chief @ompanion; Mrs. F. N Morrow, supreme grand secretary, and John Falconer, permanent secretary the Foresters, The circle will publicly iustall its officers on the third Monday in July. .. - A Patch Led to His Arrest »hn Caldin, a years, is behind an of the bars of the Southern police station, a charge of burglary opposite his name. Sun day morning N. Hines’ grocery-store, 20 Welsh reet, was entered and & quansity of whisky and cigarettes stolen. In effecting an en- trauce ihe burg:ar lefta ptec: of his trousers han a nsil driven in a door, and'the piece has been found to ma‘ch a rent in the priso ers. Caldin pleads innocence, but the police say the bitof cloih will cer: tainly lead to his conviction. = -~ HypNoTIC phenomena at Golden Gate Hall to-night. Intensely interesting. > | ERNEST JACOBSEN, the R fieman Wh) Eit th: One-Inch Center Five Cons.cct.ve T m s ai Fifty Yards Yesterday at Shll Mound. JAGOBSEN GOT THE POSSIBLE His Rifle Bullets Hit the Inch Center Five Times. A Fine Record That Has Not Been Beaten by the Best Shots. Good Scores Made by Pistol and Rifle Marksmen at the Shell Mound Range. The rifle and pistol shootine at the Shell Mound range was beiter yesterday than usual, and consequen:ly the scores made were ahead of the average. Five shoot- ing organizations were on the grounds. The light during the most of the day was good and the wind not heavy. The fifty- shot rifle mateh at 200 vards between F. E. Mason and A. H. Pape did not take place, because of the late arrival ot tne latier and business engagements of the former. Ernest Jacobsen of the Columbia Rifle and Pistol Club broke the 22-caliber rifle record at filty yards. While shooting on the Roos medal he made five ones in suc- cession, Columbia target. This means that ke placed his five shots within a cir- cle one inch in diameter, offhand. Mich- ael Dorrler ot New York, one of the best shots in the United States, has never done any better, it as wel SBome time ago Colonel Beaver made a score of 6 in five shots and stated tnat il the possibie was ever made be would make the lucky marksman a special bprize. Jacobsen’s score 1s beiter than the poss.- ble on the reduced mulitary target at tweniy-five yards. Tois brings his toral of ten scores o a total 0. £ points in fiity snots. E.i Hovey made anotheradvance on the 10 shot, Glinaemann military niedal. His totul now (Lreedmoor count) is 474 out of a possible 500. Notwithstauding A. H. Pape’s wishes name of F. O. Young will go on the hnell three-shot medai this month, Young hav.ng made 1, 3, 4, 8 (Columbia count) and Pape could not get beiter than a 9. J. Gorman, on the wree-shor Blanding jistol medal, set a high mark tor others io reach, making 2, 3,1,6. The best scores on both ranges were as follows: Rifle, re-entry matches, open to ali_comer: 200 vards, Columbin_ target, F. Bi Tifle medal and cash prizes, Liree-shotscore F. 0. Young 8, 10 105 A. H. Pape 9,10; Dr. L. 0. Rodgers 1 Bremer 11 William Glindemann mil medaland cash prizes, ten shots, Creedn punt—E. Ho 4%, 44; E Jacobsen 46, 45, 45; M. J. White A. B. Dorrell 42, F. 0. Young rifle record medal and cash prizes, ten-shot scores—D. W. McLaughlin 48, F. E. Mason 94. Cash prizes on flags, inch centers, mada du the month—r. O. Young 4, A. H. Pape 2. Pistol, re-entry matches, open to all comers, fifty yards, Columbia target, Gordou Blandin pisiol medal and cash prizes. three-shot scores—J. E. Gorman, € ; K. 0. Young, 11. Flags—Gormau 5, Your Diamond pistil-recora medal and casn s, ten-shot scores—J. E. Gorman, Howard Carr, any revoiver medal and ca<h res—a. B. Dorrell, 31; rifle z medal, five-sho ladi Ed Hovey, 12 Mre. C. F. Wal . Watte, 11, 143 Mrs. 0. 3 b prizs acobsen 28 Waltham ite 4, Mis. 0. ) The regular builseye shoot of the San J co Schuetzen Club brought out a large number of marksmen, &nd a good lot of centers were made. H. Hellbere walked off with the first prize on 144 voints. Ail of the first prizes were taken on good bullseyes, as shown by the meus- uring machine and the annexed scores: H. Hellberg 144 C. Waller 160, schuster 168, J. Gefkin 16 Hanke H. H. Burieiud 350, John Thode 388, W.( Morken 443, A. ertelson 460, F. Koch 197, D. B. Faktor 0. Lemke 694, Geo Alpers 694, R. J. H. Wicker N. Ahrens. 946, Ritzau 1188, The rezuler contest for ciass medals of the Red Men’s shooting section resuited in the following w.nners: Champion class, John Tiedeman, 368 rings; first ciass, P. H. Wili, 280; sccond class, \l. Dieckert, 362; third ss, William Dres: 311; 1ourth ciass, F. Richard, 2 t first shot, Henry Webe: Best last shot, Henry Bach, he medal shoot of the Norddeutscher Schuetzen Club brought out quite a_large atteniauce. In tue third class George Schulz won the medal for the fourth time and it now becomes his property for good. The scores made were the followinz: Champion class, Schuster, 431 rings; first c seorge’ Aipers, 405 ; second ¢ ass, J D, Heis Gus Schulz, 3¢ fo! A. H. Pay . Jonn T edema: Johu de Witt 1004, L Best last shot, J. Tuode, There was a private 50 -shot match took place in which C. F. Rust and J. D. Heise competed against H. Stelling and E. Gooiz for a purse of §20. The first couple won by a good maiority. There was a large attendance of military marksmen on the range. Their scores on the B.unt target were as follows Company I, for monthly medais— rgeant Moore 41 ieutenant geant Cor- rgeant Sheshn S rgeant , Corporal 37, Cirporal Corporal Buck- , Corporal Son 3 Blawat 37. Caro Moyer 31, Otten 2, Wisemn Powers 41, s 35, Pavson 42, M 2 land 32, Kahimanx 40, A. Diez 36, Koch 39, Behling 30. Compuny M, monthly medal —Corporal W. | Maner 41, Serireant Cobby 38, Frietts 27. Nut- Maber 22, Volkman 4. Hiri 24, Ser- sev 21, Corporal Stroth Sonntag Captain O'Ncil 26 37, Lage 27, Lyons 34, S poral J. Maher 34, Ray donald 52. FOUGH! THE POLICE. P. I Pritchard and Mike Hallinan Have to Be Clubbed. P. L Pritchard, a plumber, living at 1621 Grove street, was annoying a Chinese on a Valencia-street car yesterday after- noon, when Policeman Wilson, who hap- pened to be on the car, to.d him to behave himself or leave the car. Pritchard got off the car at Market and Gough streets, and Mike Hallinan, a saw- yer, who was with him, gave Wilson to undersiand he was “no good.” Wilson cautioned him 10 go I'ome, but he became more abusive and was put under arrest for being drunk. Policeman M. Anderson went with Wilson to the patrol-box, and while standing there Pritchard came up bebind Ander on and struck him on tne neck, nearly knocking Lim off his feet. Pritchard squared off, and Hallinan also <howed fight. Anderson had to use his ¢ ub before Pritchard and Hallinan counld be subdued. Pritehard was booked at the City Prison for battery and Hallinan for being drunk and disturbing the peac NFW TC-DAY —DRY GOODs. e BLACK SILK DEPARTMENT! Special Announcement BLACK BROCADED S CADED SATINS in 25 d These Brocades are large patterns, and at the prices quoted are the best value we have ever offered our customers, We take pleasure in informing the public that we will offer this week 125 PIECES ELEGANT ILKS and BLACK BRO- ifferent designs, i $I.OO per Yzcd. The former prices of these goods were $1.50, 1.75 and $2.00 per yard. /5 in small, medium and TELEFPHONR GRANT 124, CORPORAy, a0z, 0 & CO0. 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