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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1897. COPID TOILS IR POLICE GARD Portland’s Chief Blue-| coat Brings About a Marriage. Assists a San Francisco Girl in a Search for the Man She Loved. The Bl!g-Hearted Orfficlal Pays Wedding Expenses and Sup- plies the Ring. PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 6.—Chiet of Police Barry has proved a Capid in the ase of a San Francisco couple. On the 3d of last month Ruth Inman, a girl 20 rs of age, of Minna street, wrote to m upon the suggestion of Sergeant of Police Colby of San Francisco asking that e aid her in finding a young man named Frank Parks, between whom and hersel! 1 attachment existed. The writer added that were it not for the influence of Roesch, H. B. Needham, 0. H. Reynolds, C. D. Wnite, W. H. Woodbridge, C. W. Bickford and i A. Shaeifer. _From San Francisco—President A. J. Doyle, Vice-president L. L. Remy, Secretary J. F. Nicnois and Treasurer Loufs Kragen and the following-named representativ-s of the local lodges the reiief c.mmittee: Califernia Lodge—T. Mann, Robert Gunnison; San Frau- cisco Lodge—George Walcom Jennings; Yerba Buena Lodge—A. D. Cheshire, F. J. Smithson; Bav City Lodge Regensburger, Louis Cook; Farusworth Lodge—C. E. Aver, F. A. Taylor; Abou Ben Adhem Lodge—H. H. Doobin, W. Douglass ; Germania Lodge—A. H. Weyser, Otto Somiiz; Coucordia Lodge— George ' Schrei, H. Miller; Apollo Lodge— A.J. Doyle (president), Louis Hammerschmidt; Parker Lodge—J. A. Wells, A.J. Lake; Sparian —F. L. Crosby. J. . W. Allan, M. Dore Clausen, M. Houghwaut; CellY; Unity Loage— Pacific Lodge—W. H. Ophir Lodge—H. R. Bohen, P. Fiath: Occidental Lodge—J. J. Mc. Donald, W. G. Pillar: Cosmopolitan Lodge—E. H. Merthens, W. W. Peck: Golden G Lodge— Louis Kragen (treasurer). T. 8. Le Clerk; Alta Lodge—W. H. Smith, H. B. Hibbett; Franco Americaine Lodge—L. L. Remy (vice-pre: e; Fidelity Lod e—A. W. . W. H. Stackpole; Morse Lodge—J. M. { Wilson, Edward Leopold; Western Addition J. H. Gray; Golden West . J. H. Burke; Sargent Sebab ag There were also present anumber of past officers of the relief committee. | After the toothsome things served nad been disposed of, Louis Kragen, who acted as host, made a short address, in which he | spoke of the sirong bonds of fraternity t at bind the members of the relief com- mittees together and of the grand work that these committees are doing. He in- | troduced the grand master, who delivered | a short addrass on the order in the State | of California, after which tne new presi- | dent of the com mittee was called upon to respond to “The Outgoing Officers.”’ Alter speaking 1n a_general way on this subject, he suddenly turned to W. A. S, { Nicholson, the retiring president, and in a very sharp tone, asked: *Why don’t you | stand up, sir, to this toast?’ and as he his people he and she would now be mar- ried. “I know,” continued she, “that if I could see and have an understanding with 1im he would wed me, as 1 am sure he eally cares for me and knows [ am an in- ocent girl. Ido not wish to cause hisar- est nor do I want an officer to approach | him, as that would bring about necessary publicity in the matter and trouble. But if you can locate him for me, I can see or write to him and our trouble would be ended. He has promised to marry me and our engagement has been announced in the papers.” The rest of this letter was of the most ir who read it could doubt that it was penned by a good-hearted woman who valued her honor above all view of the case. He put forth his best efforts to locate Parks. He was success- ful a day or two later and he at once wired 1o the expectant young woman. On the 30th of July Miss Inman wrote to Chief Barry a letter profuse with the deepest gratitude. She added that she would sail on the Columbia for this city Jast Sunday and would like to meet her affianced at the steamship dock. The de- mined young woman arrived here on esday met the young man, who ot at all averse to making her his t transpired that Parks avas out of funds pending his appointment toa lucra- tive place in a large mercantile house 1n a few days. So Chief Barry played the part of a generous Cupid. He not only paid | for the marriage license and bought her a wid ling ring, but advanced the new groom a few dollars to help him out until he was settled in his new business pusition. And now they are married. C e Fire a: Kelseyville. LAKEPORT, CaL., Aug. 6.—Kelseyville was the scene of a conflagration early this morning. Oisen’s livery stable and black- smith-shop were burned with all their conten Eleven horses were cremated and a er of vehicles destroyed. The with no insurance. 00D FRLLOWS CHARIY. Good Work of the General Re-| lief Committee in the Past Six Months, A Banquet Tendered to Members of the Committee of Sacramento and Stockton. The general relief committee of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of San | Francisco held its eighty- ninth semi- annual meeting Sunday iz Eureka Hall in the Odd Feliows’ buildirg. There was sent a full representation of the dele- s trom the local lodges, and there were also present ihe members of the re- lief committee from Sacramento and the reiief committee from Stockton. The vis- | itors, from the attention they paid to the | proceedings, were deeply interested, and they so declared themselves after the ad- journment. The reports that were presented showed that during the past six months the com- mittee gave relief in 275 cases, each being a deserving one, and in the carrying out of this worthy work the sum of nearly §8500 was expended. In addition to this the sum of $477 was expended for the relief of distressed members of the order | who did not belong to the jurisdiction of 8an Francisco. During the session the subject of organ- izing a relief committee in the degree of tbe Rebekahs was 1aken up and discussed | at some length, and the statement was made that the matter had been talked of in an informal way 1n the Rebekah Jodges and that the members of these lodges were favorable to the project. The rea- son for this move is that a number of cases that are brought up before the relief comamittee are of & character that should properly be attended to by ladies. A cominittee of seven, consisting of Messrs. Stackpole, Walcom, McDonald, Jennings, Bohm, Peck and Regensburger, was appointed to conier with a committee from one of each of the seven lodges of Rebekahs in this City and re tat a fa- ture meeting. The proposition isithat the new relief committee shall work on the same lines as the general committee and in harmony with it. The following named were elected as of- sof the committee for the ensuing : A. J. Doyle ot Apoilo Lodge presi- t, L. L. Remy of Franco-Americaine Lodge vice-president, J. F. Nichols of Par- Lodge secretary (re-elected); Louis 1zen of Golden Gale Lodge ireasursr elected). 5 ' the close of the session the members of the committee and the visitors were taken to the City Hall and the great dome was viewed, after which the party went to the McAllisier-street side of the I, were ranged on the steps and_there np was photographed, Master Nicholson, the mascot of the being in the center of the R st 1 o’clock in the afternoon , who were the guests of the ncisco commitiee, were taken 10 tio in tie basementof the Odd ows' building, where a sumptucus quet got up in their bonor awaited There were present Grand M‘nsler -w, Grand Secretary Shaw, Grand Ireasurer Greenebaum, Junior Puast Presi- dent W. A. 8. Nicholson of the relief committee and the following named: From Sacramento—president J, L. Robinette, Vice-president E. Warner, Secretars B. Shiels, asurer B. Wilson, F. M. Jackson, C. H. ‘ F. Manual, G. B. Greaton, Witham, John Murras, . G. A. Runyan, T. F. Barton, Fetnerolf, H! M. Eugene, E. T. Moss, John Straub, Charles Cooley, John Roach, T. W. White, W. Meldrum and 'W. H. Shartzer. From Stockion—President G. E. Bartholmew, Vice-president G. W. Gallup, Tressurer G. F. nsely appealing nature, and no one | se. Chief Barry took that | rose, two members of the committee placed | behind him a handsome brocaded ve.vet- | covered easy chair, and a moment after, | President Doyle said: “Now sit down, | sir.”” With that, Mr. Nicholson was seized i by two members and forced into the chair, but no sooner did he touch it, than he sprang up again, under the belief that be was being initiated into a new side degree. | Therenpon President Doyle, on behali of | the comm:tiee, presented the chair to the | retiring cfficer with the love, affection and esteem of tne committee in recognition of | the energetic manner in which he per- formed his duties during his term. After that there werea number of toasts, which were responded to by the presidents of the visiting delegations and others. | The affair was a red-letter one in the history of the San Francisco committee, and it will long be remembered with pleasure by all who partic: RATTLESNAKE OWNERS Miss Frances Jolliffe and Ray Taylor Are Rivals, Society People Have a Playful Con- tention Over a Trophy of the Ohase. Miss Frances Joli a society belle of this City, has bad a very interesting dis- cussion in regard tothe ownership of a rattlesnake hide, and it became necessary to refer to high judicial authority in order to settle the question even so far as it re- lated to possession, leaving the matter of { ownership still in abeyance. | The contention arose in this way: Miss Jolliffe while walking on Siegler Moun- tain near Siegler Springs saw a rattie- snake. She tried to kill it, but found her efforts of no avail, so she called to her as< sistance Ray Taylor, a young gentleman 1 | acquaintance, who killed the rattlesnake with a shotgun. Then the young man claimed that the snake belonged to him because he killed it, and the young woman claimed it be- longed to her because she discovered it, | she contending tnat he simply assisted her | to reduce it to possession. | Judge J. V. Coffey of the Superior Court of this City happened to be at Siegier ‘.\'y\nn at the time and was appealed to | for a solution of thedifficulty. His Honor dec ined to seriously consider the propo- sition, but gallantly gave the weight of is opinion on the side of Miss Jo!liffe, saying that there were nine points in her favor, it appearing that she had the snake’s skin nailed to the side of the wall |in her apartments. He cited the tenth | and well-acknowledged potent factor in litigation, namely, that the fair claimant isa young lady. aylor did not readily acquiesce in ustice of this view of the case, but up | to the present time no litigation has been commenced to:ecure a judicial determina- tion of the issue. Of course, it is under- | stood that if such a suit should be insti- | tuted in the City and County o' San Fran- cisco Juage Coffey would be disqualified from sitting in the case or participating in the decision. Several gentlemen learned in the law have taken the trouble to look up the ques- tion, ana these barristers say that it ap- pears from an examination of the authori- | | | tion that wild animals, or animals fere nature, belong to noone as lon: as they | arein their wild state, and property in them is acouired by occupancy only. Merely pursuing and wounding wild ani- | mals will not vest the property until they | are actually secured. A very strong case illustrating this principle is found in the New York re- ports, where the plaintiff while fishing cast a seine around a shoal of mackerel, | with the exception of a small opening | which the seine did not_quite fill up, and | when defendant entered and took the fish it was held that plaintiff’s possession was not complete 8o as to enable him to main- tain an action for trespass. Now, therefore, it would seem from the above authorities that the young woman | did not by her own acts acquire a prop- erty in the snake, and that she could only rest her claim on the ground that she em- ployed the young man to kill the snake for her, aid 1n that case there seems to be | no good reason why the snake should not belong to her. In that event he would have s claim for services, to be setiled on the pasis of quantum meruit, . Counsel for the lady wiil strenuously insist that Mr. Taylor simply acted as her ageut, and that though he actually and physically reduced the snake to subjec- tion, yet he acquired no property in the fruits of the chase. At first 1t was thought to base the lady’s claim on the | right of discovery, but the controlling de- cisions of the New York Supreme Court | cited compelled an abandonment of that position. It may be added that Miss Jolliffe still retains possession of the trophy. —_— ULTLiMATUM 10 PERU, McCord Claim Against That Country Hust Be Paid Immediately. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 6.—A special to the Herald from Washington says: An ultimatum has been presented to the Pe- ruvian Government by the administration requiring the immediale payment of the McCord claim of $50,000. Whiie no threat of coercion is made, in case of refusal, the note makes the siatement that any fur- ther delay on the part of Peru to close the incident will be considered as injurious to the coraial relations existing between the two Governments, The Peruvian Minister has cabled the note to Lima, and 1s now awaiting instruc- tions from bis Government. 1t is said that the Peruvian Government will ury to obtain further consideration of the cuse, but such an attempt will not meet with success. The State Department has informed Peru that her liability is unjuestioned except by herseif, and that this Government will not consent to fur- ther discussion of the matter, | ties that they are a unit on the proposi- | PRAGTICAL RESULLS UBTAINED Some of the Results of the Use of Equisine for Alcoholism, SEVERAL MARKED CASES e, Remarkable Changes in the Constitution of Those Who Have Been Treated. HOW HORSES STAND ALEOHOL. An Interesting Talk by Dr. D'Evelyn on the Discovery Which He Claims Prevents Drunkenness. “My investigations have not near been completed,” said Dr. D’Evelyn yesterday. “I have reached the point where I feel sure of my conclusions and think the medical profession should know what I have discovered, and through the profes- sion the wnole world would be benefited. I have passed the enthusiastic stage and can now show definite results that are practical. While I bhave been studying the subject for fifteen years I have not reached the end yet, and there is a wide field for research in this direction. Itis logical that if phaysicians can take the hthisical child, the child predisposed to any hereditary disease, and treat it for the purpose of helping it to withstand the assaults of the disease we can as well take a child predisposed to the drink habit and lay the foundation for resistance. “While I said nothing in my article concerning what has been done so far as treating humanity, I did not reach my conclusions until I had fully tested the value of the discovery on mankind. From examinations of human blood [ fornd in- disputable evidences of the peculiar changes in the corpuscles that were tc be found in the horse after he had been sub- jecied to the treatment with alcohol. I have treated several cases where men were confirmed drinkers, and can say that the success which attended the treatment equaled all of my expectations. I have a case now where a patient had been un- der treatment for some days when he met with a severe accident. He had been a hard drinker 1or years, and his accident was so serious that hac his system been in the condition that is usuaily found among such people he would not have been able to withstand the injary. As 1t is, he is getting along very weil, and tbere has been no increase of temperature, and his constitution has so far recovered its tone that he is rapidly recovering. “I am not prepared to give statistics yet on ceses, for you undersiand that people do notlike to have the notoriety of being cited as such cases. I have now under treatment a most interesting family where the children show distinctly all the effeets of parental influence from an inebriate father. I was called to treat the fathar, and when Isaw the mother I said that she was altogether of a different type and told her that she was the balance-wheel in the family. Before I saw the cnildren, Itold tue mother that had it not been for her strength there would have provably been idiotic children. She said that her oldest son was aimost an idiot. These children are now being (reated to take away the predisposition to drink. “I am confident, after seeing the bene- ficial results of the u-e of the treatment, that after a man has been fully treated he will not only lose the desire for drink, but that, should he feel inclined to take a glass of beer or wine or other intoxicant, there will be no danger of a relapse into the old ways. The system is simply forti- fied against the necessity for 11, or rather against the feeling of need. You know, men who work hard with their brain often complain of brain fag. This simply means that the cortex cells are tired, and need rest. But many men think they can- not take a rest, and that all they need isa stimulant. The result is that they take the alcoholic stimulus when they should give their braina rest. If there is any pre- disposition through hereditary tendency to drink this usuaily means a rapia down- fall, and especiaily if the stimulation takes place at about the foriieth year. “The general results of this treatment will be nothing startling in the individual cases, but if it is systematically carried out for generations there will be a marked return to what we may term normal con- ditions, Take a child who is following a cycle and there is littie or no appreciable change in the individual, but there is a new cycle started whicn would event- ua'ly bring out an entirely different con- stitution. In the individual cases of ine- briates there are, however, marked changes, and I have stopped the stimulants off short without the slightest inconvenience to the patient. I could give you the name of one very prominent man who had reached the point of delirium tremens. He was restless and nervous and had not slept for almost a week. He was being dosed with narcotics, chloral and the bromides when I found him and wasin a fair way to succumb. I ordered the im- mediate cessation of all medication and in forty-eight hours he was sleeping as calmly as a baby. Istopped all stimu- lants and looked entirely to general con- ditions, and he not oniy recovered from the immediate effects of the liquor, but began to grow fleshy. He completely re- covered from tne attack, and was so forti- fied against the habit that he had no further desire for stimulants whatever. “I have studied the effects of alcoholic stimulation in man for more than fifteen years, and it would surprise you to see how closely the horse seems to be allied with humanity when under the influence of alcohol. In my experiments I have tried to use exactiy the same specific grav- ity alcoholand have endeavored to have ail the conditions exactly similar. Some of the horses are nervous and get into fighting m.oods. Others get humorous and still others get morose. I have one lorse now under treatment who asks for water as soon as he receives his morning dram. He gets his alcohol and im- mediately sits down on his haunches and puts his fore feetin the manger. Then he wants a drink of water. I find also that hereditary traits in horses are in- tensified in the progeny and had one mare who was very nervous. Her colts were more so and were more easily influenced by the alcohol which I gave them, They were congenital inebriates. . +In my investigations I have found the changed blood corpuscle most marked in the children of gin drinkers. I have taken the blood of children and examined it microscopically and found that there was a more specific change than in their parents. This has been especially notice- able in the children of the Chinese, who drink large amounts of gin. These cor- puscie changes are exactly what my in- vestigations led me to believe would be found in the children of drinkers, and it is to remove this congenital taint that the treatment is acapted. The article sent to the Medical World will start many other investigators to working in the same line, and I feel sure that soon the medical pro- fession will bring out all there is in it. It is surely of such incalcuiable benefit to mankind that if it can be fully demon- strated that there is a rational and logical treatment which will begin with the hereditary taintin: of the blood and eradicate from the human race the desire for stimulation, it will work unto!d good through tue hands of the men who have the hygiene of the world as their mission.” “TQOK POISON, Suicide of an Unknown Man in Goiden Ga e Park. Park Policeman Compher found the dead bodyv of a mun yesterday near Stow Lake. in Golden Gate Park. The man nad been dead only a day or two and neld in his st ffened fingers a vial from wnich the labe!, deep orange in color, had been almost ail scraped off with a penknite, The vial had evidently contained a clear, colorless liquid, but there wasnot a arop left in it to determine its nature. A copy of the Argonaut of Apri! 2, 1897, lay open beside him. A white-handled penknife, a pair of reading glasses, a metal corkscrew shaped like a bottle and marked ‘‘Anheuser Busch’’ and a metal matchbox were found in the pockets, tut there was nothing which couid serve to identify him. The deceased was about 40 or 45 years, old and had a brown mustache and beard. His clothing was brown in_color, except the hat, which was a black Fedora. The body was taken to the Morgue. e S O I The Feast of St. Domine. The solemn celebration of the feast of St. Dominic will take place to-morrow at the HIS LIFE SAVED [THEY KNEW A | BY HER BAD AIM Mrs, Mary Gordon Tries to Kill Paul Tillaux, a Designer. A Tragedy Avoided Only by the Forethought of Michael J. Wall, ‘ Trouble Encountered in Reaching the Station—Strange Tale Told by the Woman. “You've been trying to poison me and now you can have this for your reward!"” With these few words Mrs. Mary Gor- don pointed a revoiver at Paul Tillaux and pulled the trigger. There was a sharp report, and the man for whom the bullet was intended sprang to his feet un- harmed. Before a second shot could be of fire-alarm firea M. J. Wall, inspector MRS. MARY GORDON, the Would-Be Murderess, and M. J. WALL, Who Is Responsible for the “Would-Be.” Dominican Church, Bush and Steiner streets, with solemn high mass at 10:30 A. M., celebra- the Franciscan fathers in the presence is Grace Archbishop Riordan. The pa- negyric of tnesaint will be delivercd by Rev. P. C. Yorke. An augmented choir, with or- chestral accompaniment, will furnish the music for the occasion, under the direction of Professor Merigan WATER FOR OCEAN VIEW. Spring Valley Water Company Asked to Put Down Mains vn the Streets. Ocean View wantsfresh water for domes- tic use and it is going to have it if persistent agitating will accomplish any- thing. The district known as Ocean View has all the elements of climate and geo- graphical surroundings to make it a favorite locality to live in. The streets are broad and level with a natural fall for sewerage. The ocean breeze brings an Invigorating and [healthiu! cheerfuiness into the entire valiey not to be found in any other part of San Francisco, and yet, with all this, tie people there are suffer- ing for the want of fresh water. Time and again has tue Ocean View Improvement Club petitioned the Spring Valley Water Company to lay mains on the streets that have been macadamized. Those stree's are: Lake View avenue, Thrift, Montana, Minerva, Lobos, Faral- lones, Broad, Sadowa, Sagamore, Piy- mouth, Capital, Orizaba, Bright, Head, Victoria, Ramseli, Aich, Vernon, Ral- ston, Bixbee, Monticello ‘and Thornton. All of them are in a condition to receive the mains of the water company. At the meeting of the improyement ciub last Tuesday night a motion was passed requesting the company to at least put mains on Capital street from Broad street to Lobos avenue; also on Sickles street from Mission road to San Jose avenue, along Broaa street and down San Jose avenue to Hearst street. This motion was on the principle that half a loaf is better than no bread. ''he request to lay mainy on all graded streets was also carried, but fearing that the company would not com- ply with such a sweeping benefit at one time the lesser request was mildly asked for. A. Desban, who was temporary chair- man at the meeting, instructed Secretary M. F. Taylor to communicate with the Spring Valley Company, notifying it of the action of the club and at the same time add a rider to the communication to the effect that if immediate reliet is not forthcoming a petition will be forwarded to the Supervisors asking for relief. Farly Morning Duel. CHICAGO, IuL., Aug. 6.—Alexander T. James, who claims to be a vaudeville actor, and E. J. Curtis, a cabman, fought a duel with revolvers at short range in Wabash avenue Weduesday morning. James received a shot in the forehead and Curtis was severely wounded in the side. The trouble was the outcome of a guarrel over a woman. Neither of the duelists was seriously injured, although a dozen shots were exchanged. e A Fruit Belt Colony. BELLE PLAINE, Iowa, Ang. 6.—A number of families have secured a con- cession of 6000 acres of land in Shelby County, Ala., thiriy miles south of Bir- mingham. The tract is to be laid out in the colony plan, but each colonist will own his own property. The tract of land isin the fruit belt of the State and is ad- mirably located. Each colonist will get a thiriy-acre home for about $350. il ST Again the Deadly Mushroom. ROCKFORD, IrL, Aug. 6.—Albert T. Lamb, salesman for a local farniture company, and his four children are very dangerously ill from eating what were supposed to be mushrooms. Miss Urina, aged 25, died to-day, and Etita, aged 14, cannot live. The others arein a critical condition. I and police telegraph, knocked the revolver from the woman’s hand. This stirring scene, which narrowly missed being a tragedy, occurred in the Liberty Restaurant, 338 Bush street, yesterday at about 5:15 p. M. The man who owes his life to a poor aim is Paul Tillaux, a designer, living at 405 Kearny street. The chief actor, Mrs. Mary Gor- dcn, lives at 118)4 Eilis street, and claims to be a hairdresser by occupation. At the time mentioned Tillaux was sit- ting at a table eating. The woman sud- denly made her appearance and, using the words quoted, fired the shot while standing only two feet away from the ob- ject of her veneeance. How she missed him is a miracle. As the woman was about to shoot the second time Walil, who was standing near the doorway and had rushed in on hear- ing the explosion, struck the revolver from the angry woman's hand with an ordinary vair of pliers, the kind us d in his vocation for cutting wires. He then grasped the woman by the wrist and started with her for the California street Police station. A crowd of about 300 strong had col- lected by this time and followed the woman and her captor. Several of the bolder spirits began to make remarks aboui Wall not wearing a uniform, and one even grabbed him by the coat, when Wall turned and knocked him down with a well-directed blow. At this tie crowd grew so threatening in its demeanor that the arrival of Policeman Gruenwald, on Kearny, between Bush and Pine, was a lucky circumstance. The two men reached the station with their prisoner in good condition. She was then taken to the Central police station and booked on the charge of assault to murder. The revolver was booked as evidence. Tillaux has been sub- penaed as a witness. He will say no more about the woman than he can get out of, but admits that he has known her for some time, and lately has tried to avoid ber. Tillaux was arrested about six months ago on the woman’s complaint that he was trying to poison her, and brought be- fore Police Judge Campbell. He was acquitted. The woman, who is evidently demented, claims she was driven to the act by desperation, that Tillaux has tried to poison her for a long, even lying in wait in hallways to shoot opium and chloroform on her. She says she went with the designer for some time, until about a year ago in fact, at which time she went to Los Angeles. Immediately aiter returning here ste had him arrested. She claims that Tillaux sprinkles chlo- roform over her while she is asleep, shoots opium into her shoulder, and that be bhas her otherwise under his control so that she is irresponsibie for anything she does. She says her shoulder is punciured with wounds from a hypodermic syringe at his hands, but the police say the woman is a cocaine ‘fiend” herself. £hs has been married twice, according to ber own statement, and has a young dauchter by her first husband, who is dead. She says Gordon deserted her about two years ago and that a sister in the East has been her main support. Sons of Ohio. The Ohio Soclety of California, which was organized about two months ago, added twenty to its membership of ihirty-five at its second monthly meeting and entertainment at Shasta Hall, Native Sons’ building, last evening. Colonel Johu P. Jackson delivered an address on “‘Ohio; Its History, Its Sons and Its Greatness,” and the other feaiuresof the rogramme were as follows: Piano sol EhmuL. Duniap; violin solo; bass 50i0 and recitation, D. Foley; recitation, Miss Rose Ben- nett; song, George Matine; mandolin solo, Miss Hattie L. Dunlap. Ben B. Haskell is president of the society and Louis P. McCarty secretary. ————— There have teen twenty-seven cases ol insanity in the Bavarian royal family during the last 100 years. TRICK OR TWO Gentlemen Drivers Get Mized Up With Racing Judges, One Race That Failed to Go Through According to Programme. Fred Wilkes Was Obliged to Win. Iora a Mare of Good Quality. Ladies’ Day at the Races. The first race on the Trotting-horse Breeders’ card at Emeryville ycsterduy’ was a gentlemen’s race for members of the Golden Gate Park Driving Club, but it proved the most ungentlemanly affair of the afternoon, for a little sharp practice was attempted. The job was nipped in the bud through the intervention of a veteran turfman and writer and not by any foresight of the judges. There were six starters in the event, with Our Joe a pronounced choice in the pools, bringing $10 against §8 for the field. E. Aigeltinger, the driver of the favorite, made no eftort in the first heat, the pacer Fred Wiikes winning jogzing in 2:3234 from :he first choice. Wilkes now opened a strong favorite in the poois, when these repre- sentative gentlemen riders loosened their sack and Our Joe was soon a hot favorite again. On the occasion of the second heat E. Cerciat, behind Fred Wilkes, relapsed into a reverie after sending his horse to & break at the first turn, ard Our Joe jogged around in 2:2814. Fred Wilkes failed to get inside the flag, and was distanced. A | wail went up irom the fleeced ones, and after some deliberation the judges con- cluded to waive the distance clause and order Fred Wilkes out again, with another reinsman in the bike. The pinochle crowd in on the job fell on their knees and gave vent to a great howl of agony, but without avail. With his new driver to do the piloting, the Wilkes horse overhauled Our Joe in the homestretch and secured the third and deciding heat by less than a length in 2:2614. According 10 the rule Mr. Chester, the driver cf the winner, was awarded half of first money, and for his doubtful handling of his horse in the second heat Owner Cerciat was fined the other half of the purse, which found its way into the treasury of the National Trotting Association. The judzes also declared off all mutual tickets soid on the third heat. It was a just rebuke to men who wish to be styled gentlemen reins- men, but who by patty jobbery and con- nivance bring the trotting turf into disre- pute, A train was held up in Southern Cali- fornia some years ago, and while looting the passengers one of the desperadoes told them to *‘get a wiggle on,”’ or in other words to act more hurriedly. This same expression might be used in giving the officials in the stana at Emeryville someadvice. They are about as rapid as a one-legged man packing 2 one year’s pro- vision outfit over Chilcoot Pass. W hen three races with small fields cannot be trotted or paced off and race-goers larded on this side the bay before 9 o'clock, sidewheel events will never become popular. As it was “ladies’ day,” the fair sex was well represented in the stand, though the ma- jority of them departed ere the sport was over—presumably from hunger. The 2:24 trot farnished the best con- tested event of the meeting, six heats be- ing ruled off before the winner was re- turned to his stall for slumber snd rest. The betting was feverish from the outser. In the opening pocls the field brought $20, Tora $12 and Daisy Wood $12. Daisy Weod took the first heat from Claudius in 2:1614, out it did not materi- ally change the complexion of the bet- ting. In the second heat Dick Havey stepped out with Peko and won the heat without much effort in 2:17}4. Iora fin- 1shed second and Claudius iuird. Peko now sold for $20 and the field $7 and took another heat, this time 2:19 being hung out. With the pools alt favoring Pcko, the Humbolat mare, Iora, which seemed to have just warmed up to her work, went out and took the three following heats in 2:161{—2:17%—2:1734. The third event was another gentle- men’s race and was captured by the fa- vorite, Ada R, after D.one had taken the first heat. Gentlemen’s race for members of the Golden Gate Park Drivins Club. Heats2 in 3. Fred s, by Nutwcod Wilkes, by Alpers W (Cerciat and Chester) Our Joe, by Sidney (Algeltinger) Lady Van Ness, by Antevolo (Jobnson Coriect. by Direct (Richardson) Belle, by California Nutwood (: Headlight (Stewart). .. Time, 2:3214—2:28%4 Trotting. 2:24 class, purse $500. Heats 3 In 5. Tora, by Ira-Dalsy Hayward (Ne- bie). . 433111 Peko, by Electioneer (Havey)....3 1 1 3 8 2 Daisy Wood,by Sitkwood (Maben).1 5 2 2 2 3 Emma Abboit, by Abboisford (Delviso) 54 445r0 Helen J, by Corrector ( 7 7585 4ro Doilican, by Mambrino Chiet (SmIth) .2vuesszronscsnn .6 6 6 dis Clavajus, by Nutwood Wiikes (Bung 2 3 dis ‘i ime, 614—2:1714— 2:17%. e Gentlemen's race, for members of the Golden Gate Park Driving Club. Heats 2 in 3. Ada R, by Adirondack-Belle (Stewart). Dione, by Dawn (Richardson) Peanults, vy Sidney (0'Kane) Maud, by Anteo (Newman). Time, 2:26=2:241—2:21%5. Notes. The parade of fast stock was one of the pleasing features of the afternoon. Jack W, Adbell, Zombro, Mamie Gr:ffin, Chal- lenger Chief and the other notables came in for much admiration from the lades. The starting of W. P. McNair last year may not have pleased some of the drivers who like to iake a nap while scoring or break some other man’s bike, but race- goers got home 1n time for breakfast the following morning. If the people who put up the job in the gentlemen’s race strike Dawson City early the coming spring a good position whipsawing logs may be open to them. It was about on a par with the man who borrowed another fellow’s watch but was obliged to hit him on the head first with a brick. This is the closing day of the meet, and the 2:40 elass trot, with Durstine, Jaspine, Diana, Eureka and Dr. Leek among the entries the 2:10 pace and the 2:20 pace will furnish the sport. Programme for Sut:o’s. A numbér of entertaining specialty acts and several aquatic features afe on Sunday’s programme &t Sutro Baths. The prineipal contests in water will be a fifty-yard one- legged race for boys and a fifty-yard one- armed race for men. Three money prizes will be awarded the winners in the latter and four rizes in swimming suits to winners in the Potiaer. 'The Zoyarows, aerfal periormers; Rand and Duck, acrobatic comedians, and Zeda, contortionist, will make their first ap- pearance. NEW ATHLETI ORGANIZATION It Will Have a Grand Field Day on the 25th of September. W. P, Lawler Is Made Perma- nent President of the New Institution, It Has for Its Object the Fostering of Amateur Athletics on the Pacific Coast. The persons interested in the formation of a new amateur athletic organization met again last night at the Olympic Club. W. P. Lawler and H. P. Taylor Jr., repre- senting the Olympie Club, J. J. Allen and J. P. Cook of the Acme Club and E P. Redlick of Fresno, representing by proxy J. M. Smith of the Fresno Athletic Club, were present. Mr. Lawler was made president and E. P. Redlick secretary. Various communi- cations expressing sympathy with the movement and asking for detailed infor- mation were received. Also letters from the Los Angeles Athletic Club, the Santa Clara Club, the Santa Barbara Club and the Army Amateur Atkletic Club. A letter was also received from Everett J. Brown, manager of the Berkeley foot- ball team, disapproving the vrganization, The secretary was instructea toanswer all the letiers fully. A permanent organization was then made under the name of the Ama- teur Athletic Association of the Pacitic States. H. P. Smith Jr., J. J. Alien and J. M. Smith were appointed to draft a constitution, by-laws and rules. It was decided to have ageneral field day Sep- tember 25. Meetings will be held Friday nights at the Olympic Club. Communications are to be addressed to room 34, 508 California street. The temporary officers were made per« manent. DR. DILLE'S SOCIALISM. It Made Orthodox Socialism Shiver and Loudly Make Protest. Chairman John Larsen raised false hopes Wednesday night when he announced in thecrowded Turk-street Temple to Liberty Branch of the Socialist Lator party that Rev. Dr. E. R. Dille was a socialist. Of course the announcement was made upon report, and like all things founded upon revort the verification was disappointing. Dr. Dille’s subject was, **Wealtk, Weges, Work.” The doctor started out very well, indeea, and the scarlet bunting draping the speaker’s stand aid not seem out of place when he denounced the corpora- tions, the monopolies and the trusts and told of his sympathy with the striking coal miners. He was warmly applauded when he recommended the Governmental ownership and control of public utilities. When he spoke of the division of labor and the many evils it entailed under the present social conditions, he had his audi- ence with him. Radical socialism, scch as inculcated by the Socialist Labor pary and in Bella- my’s “Looking Backward,” had a fatal and self-destructive eiisct, he said. It avolished the individual, and assumed that an idle, lazy, vicious man could be made good by giving him three meals a day with a Government spoon and pre- senting bim with two suits of clothing a year. “The present system, imperfect and un- satisfactory as itis,” continued Dr. Dille, “would not be =o bad if the men ana women in its make-up were better. Bel- lamy takes no account of the fact that every man is selfish and lazy. Every man is as lazy as he dare be and he will not work unless under the spurof motive. That motive is the fear of want, and therefore under the socialistic plan there would be no incentive., The trouble with Bellamy’s system is that it proposes 1o save society without saving the individ- ual and leaves human nature out of the question. “I would rather live in an old rookery in Tar Flat than be taken in charge of by a Government baby act. Tpe world is bad enough now, with its poverty and ig- norance, but it is infinitely better than a despotism like that. “What I think the world needs is more government from within—a modified so- cialism which should sately give play to individualism.” NEW TO-DAY. GREAT SALE ——or—— SCHIOL BOOKS! New and Second Hand. NOTE.—Having extensively canvassed the City for OLD TEXTBOOKS, we now have on hand a large supply about AS GOOD AS NEW, which we will sell FAR BELOW COST. SPECIAL NOTICE. 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