The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 4, 1897, Page 3

J KLONDIKE » & 3 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1897. RIVAL THE bULD FIELDS Rich Placers in the Re- cently Opened Yaqui Valley. STORY TOLD BY AN EXPERT. George H. Smalley of Phoenix Says $2,000,000 Has Been Taken Out. RETURNS FROM A TOUR OF INVESTIGATION. One Man’s Work for a Single Season Netted $60,000—Americans Rushing for Clalms. PHENIX, Ariz., Oct. 3.—The first au- thentic ormation concerning the re- ported rich pold discoveries in the re- cently opened Yaqui Valley, in the Mex- ican St of Sonora, reached this city to- with the incoming of George H. Emalley. “I have been in the richest mineral re- gion in the southwest,” said he, *“‘and erence in conditions and ac- are taken into consideration, I aqui country will compare tue Kiondike.” a few conflicting rumors tion frora the seats excitement at Hermosillo, Nogales mas. But these have proved t to attract hundreds of prospectors irom all over the country. George H. Smalley is a newspaperman and mining expert. In the latter line he has had wide experience in Arizona and New Me: bout 8 month ago he was sent i jui country by the Ari- to make a careful exam- reral resources, and sead conservative report. Smalley is report back in person, instead ling it, and when he reached Phoe- mportant business was to re- sition on the Repablican. No more newspaper work for me," he said. ruck something petter.” He ha ted t e claims of his own i ' v, and on the evening of X he started Smalley | ent south with not believe favorably wit Heretofore have reached c of the Ya a rought h of m a little | under up into the heart of the Sierra Madre, on the. Aros, one of the tributaries of the Yaqui. Their theory is that there must be very rich ledges in the mountains from which the placer streaks have been wasned down. Theclimate in the middie of Yaqu', Smalley says, is hot and somewhat sultry. Vegetation is profuse, and every:.hing grows to an enormous size. Tarantulas and scorpions are plentiful, but rattle- snakes very scarce. The water is soft and sweet and abundant. At certain seasons there are mild epidemics of fever, but the fever is not dangerous and seldom fatal. There are many kinds of wiid fruits of edible varieties, and an sbundance of knee-high grass that the horses fatten on quicker and like better than grain. Trans- portation facilities’ are few and of the crudest kind. Some of the trails are pretty bad, and capitpl is ne:ded to mine there successfally. “Nevertheless, all things considered,” said Smalley, “I believe the Yaqui will turn out greater than the Klondike.” SANTA CLARA COUNTY'S FAIR. Fine Displays Arranged in the San Jose Favilion—Good Racing and Coursing. S8AN JOSE, CaL., Oct. 3.—The county fair, which opens to-morrow, will eclipse any exhibition of the kind ever held here, The labors of the Board of Trade commit- tee have been extensive and thorough, and when the doors of the pavilion are thrown open in the evening every section ol Santa Clara County will be represented by an interasting display of its resources. There will be fine exhibits of fruits and wines, and agricaiturai and dairy produce will be well represented. Notning will be left undone to advertise the resources of the county. The pavilion has been decorated in cream and orange and presents an at- tractive scene In the center a band stand, with the Board of Trade booth it, hss been erected. Along the sides are arranged the exhibits of Camp- bell, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Gilroy, Los Gatos and other seciions. To-dav a large force was busy arranging things so that everything will be in readi- ness when the fair is opened. ‘To-morrow evening the exercises will open with a band concert and speech- making. Esch evening of the week there wili pe a musical and Iiterary programme. At Agricultural Park to-morrow after- noon there will be 2:20 and 2:25 pacing races and a 2:40 trot. Lynette, Alrka, Teddy the Roan, Floracita, Adele, Fiiz Lee and Calinka wili meet in the 2:20 pac:; Corinne Dillman, Valentine, D:x. Frasse and McKerron contest for 2:40-class trot- ting honors, and nineteen horses, inciud- ing the famous Visalia, are entered in the 2:25 pace. On Tuesday there will be two trotting and two running events; on Wednesday, P | one trotting and thres running; on Thurs- day, two trotting and two running; on | Friday, two trotting and two running; on Saturday, two trotting and two running. Many of the pest horses on the coast are entered, and as the track is in fine condi- tion records are in danger. On the last three days of the fair there will be coursing matches, for which a large number of dogs have already been entered. REZE g e BUKGLAE JOHNSON CAUGHT. Desperate Crook Apprehended in a San | Jowe Upinm Den. SAN JOSE, CaL., Oct. 3.—C. W. John. son. who is wanted for burglary in W sonville, wascaptured in this city last evening by Chief Kidward. About a ittie di | month ago Johnson robbed D. A. Fra- had been floating up from the region. : sier’s residence at that place of some jew- *‘And the farther south I went the less | elry and a lot of wearing apparel. He was I heard abc he. “E at ym definite e could be learned.” For half the year it is possible to reach the upper Yaqui Valiey by small boats | that set out from Guaymas. At this sea- 1t the new gold fi son, however, the current is too strong, | and the only communication with the settlements by mule trains. Smalley went back to Hermosillo and | from there to Minas Prietas. At the lat- ter place, which is about sixty miles from the capital of Sonora, he joined a party of | | Americans who were outfitting for the | Yzau They bought pack mules and riding poniesand set out with a guide | over a very rough trail to Sayope, 100 1it. Below this ltes the Yaqui , where for centuries a nation of rs has held its own against the Spaniard and the Mexican. Since the | treaty of Hermosillo, s few montbs ago, | all hostilities have ceased and white men | are pouringnto the valley. | The newcomers do no: find placer mines vhere the nuggets may be picked up for | trouble of bending the back, Smalley “There have been such places, and 1are, but they were all pre-empied by Yaauis long ago. The Yaquis are rs, but seem to know gofdry ing or of ledge mining. the entire valley is full of rich ledg that have never been ied, while on every hand there are ich bydraulic propositions. needs experience and some money be gold out of the Yaqui country,” Smalley to THE CALL correspondent tbefore he lefton the evening train. firmly believe that untold riches await the men who first go into the upper Yaqui Valley equippea for washing the gravel the Caliiornia hydraulic method. Water is there in any quantity desired, and the stream has an immense fall. There are miles and miles of gravel all along the-course of the stream, and all of it carries gold, I believe. Every panful of taken down to the water and washed shows ‘coior.” Todig the necessary ditches d require capital, but the returns 1ld guickly repay all outiay. “Two men that I met there—Bakerand Woolf—worked & bench of gravel not tar from Sayaps. They cut sluices and in 1w0 monthis took out §26,000. Further up the river a small company has been oper- ating secretly for a few montbs ana it is said they have taken out $145,000 alrsady. There are about 100 Americans along the tiver now and but few Mexicans. The latter are notliked by the Yaquis and the dislike is mutual. Few of the Mexicans bave enough capital 10 do any sluicing, and they are wandering around hoping to pick up something. I heard of one American, whose name I had in a note- book I iost, who went down to Guaymas in 4 small boat just before we reached there. He had $80,000 in dust and nug- gets for ballast, the result of one season on the Yaqui. “The Y:qui valley mirers are very reti- cent about tneir finds, and it is difficult to getat the facts. You see the Mexican government charges an export duiy of 10 per cent on gold, and the miners wish to escape this. Tne output has alresdy far exceeded $2,000,000, and most of this has been smuggled into the United States. {The mouniains are threaded with gold veins, but the Yequis have never touched them. Perhaps half a hundred ledges have been located by Americans this sum- mer. Smalley and his partners, J. W. Fox of P.iladeiphia—one of the pariy he met at Minas Prietas—have located several of the lelges, one of which is a six-foot ledge of free milling rock that assavs$50 to the ton. They have already sola one of their claims, and on the proceeds are now going T banks b w | upon him. | in this city. of paslic trust and in the xixties was chief | arresied bv a Constable at Campbell a fow days later, but e:caped while the cfficer | was hitcking up Lis horse to bring him to this city. Jounson was caught in an_opium den on South San Pedro street. On his person was found a complete burglar’s outfit, in- cluding chloroform and a long brass tube for injecting tne drug through keyholes. A letter addressed to Frasier was found It threatened vengeance un- less the burglary charge was withdrawn. George Thomas, another crook, wes 2iso arrested at the same time. Johnson was | taken to Watsonviile to-day. —_— FALLS DEAD AT A CARD TABLE. Sudden Passing ‘of Jerome Meyers, One of Stockton’s First Chiefs of Folice. STOCKTON, CaL., Oct. 3.—Jerome Mey- ers, one of the first chiefs of police of Stockton, and an old time citizen, dropped dead of heart disease at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon while playing cards in a Main- street saloon. Meyers was one of the best known men Years ago he held positions of police of thiscity. After that he occu- pied various positions and was the rirst watchman of the county courthouse. Fora time he was in financial straits, butaahort time ago a brother in Indizna died, leaving bim a snug fortune. Meyers went East some months ago to secure this and returned with $15000. Since inen he has taken life easily, and his many friends tkought he wouid live iong to enjoy the Iruits of an eventiul life. His sudden death to-day brouzht sorrow to manv, as Meyers was popular. Meyers was a mem- ber of the Exempt Fire Company. He leaves a widow 2nd a married daughter in this city. SEouag ot o BATTLE WITH CATTLE THIEVES. Sheriff's Posse Clashes With Two Des- peradoes on an Oregon Range. BAKER CITY, Or., Oct. 3.—Sheriff Kil. burp and posse engaged in a batile with two cattld thieves at about 9 o’clock night on the Lower Powder River. Forty shots were exchanged. It was dark when the Sheriff and his men came upon the bandits, who had with ihem eighty head of cattle. Both sides opened fire and Fred Hull, one of the thieves, was sbot through the arm. Both ot the desveradoes escaped in the darkness, and Hul: rode to tnis city, where he called a doctor to dress his wounds. e was confined to his room to- dey. His partner, Earl Wheeler, has not yet been captured. it was the plan of the thieves to drive the cattle into Idaho and exchange them and then drive the strange cattle back here for slaughter. The thieves are mem- vers of a gang which has operated exten- sively in ihis section. P —— THE PISIOL WA4S LOADED, Young Awstin Orr of Visalia Killed b v a Playmate. VISALIA, Can, Oct. 3.—Austin Orr, the 13-year-ofd son of A. R. Orr of this city, was accidentally shot this afternoon by Clarence Crow, a boy of 18 years. The boys were in the kitchen of their home cleaning a revolver. Crow carelessly snapped the weapon thinking there was no cartridge in it. but there was, and the bullet siruck young Orr near the nose and passed through his head kiiling him al- most instantly. The father and mother of the dead boy were. visiting in San Francisco @nd were summoned home by telegraph. s e Fatal Effects of a Fall. CARSON, CAL, Oct. 3.—Duncan Mari- gold, who fell down a seventy-six-foot shaf: in the Silver Star mine, died from his injuries this afterncon, \\ i JOSEPH EBANKS, MURDERER. Having No Influential Friends to Invoke the Law’s Delay, He Will Di SAN QUENTIN PRISON, CaL., Oct. 3 face of the earth calls Josepn J. Ebanks e on Friday. —For the reason that no one on the friend the mulatto will on Friday next crop through the trapdoor of the San Quentin gallows to his death. He 1s alone in the world. There is no one sufficientl y interested in his case to file an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, as has been done in the cases of Dur- rant. Hill, Worden and Aliender. Evanks’ nerves have apparently gone talking continually. death-chamber was one of torture. The to pieces, for he paces his wooden cage, His first night within the confines of San Quentin and the strange experiences of the day, when early in the morning he had heard the prison gates ciose behind bim, when he had taken his last glimpse of the sunshine and the flowers and gone into the cage in the room next to the gallows, compiet tion whether he will mount the thirteen ely unnerved him, and it is now a ques- steps to the gallows with a firm step. Ebanks talks continually, not about the crime he committed, when two lives paid the forieit of his folly, but of matters entirely foreign. Then in his restiess- ness he paces up and down the narrow cell and draws the death watch into con- versation. As if bis last moments depen continues his prattle. His sleep is broke: ber was passed in uneasiness and worry. The gallows are ready to receive him. where the windows are painted white an of the heavens or the earth below. To-day Commander Ballington Boot the condemned man in the death-chamber. has been permitted to see the prisoaer si ded upon his powers of articulation, he a and his first night in the death-cham- They stand in the room adjoining, d the dying man can obtain no glimpse h of the Volunteers of America visited Tue commander Is the first man who nce the journey to the chamber of death. He remained with the condemned man quite a time, during which time Ebanks received religious consolation. What pa ssed between the two men may naver be known, but after the commander’s visit the prisoner seemed in better spirits. To- night he is agein pacing his celi and taiking with his usual gusto. Acting Warden Joha C. Edgar will h take place on Friday morning at 10:30 o’ ave charge of the execution, which will clock. ELOPEMENT OF TACOMA LOVERS Millionaire Ingersoll’s Son Weds in Spite of Opposition. Leaves Home for Columbia College, but Visits a Min- ister Instead. At Puyallup Miss Florence Ingalls Bzacomes the Young Man’s Bride. TACOMA, Wasn., Oct. 3.—Jesse B. In- gersoll, son of A. M. Ingersoll, the mill- ionaire grain dealer, has evaded parental opposition and married Miss Florence In- galls, a pretty girl who also lived in the fashionable north end. They were mar- ried in such a romantic way that society isall in a flatter, and it is said the groom’s family is not yet wholily reconciled. Their objection was largely due to the fact that both bride and groom were very young. Young Ingersoll left Tacoma last week, so the family supposed, for Collumbia lege, New York, accompanying his er, who went to = Washington (D. C.) seminary. When the train reached Puy- allup the brother mysteriously disap- peared, leaving his alone. Somewhere between Puyallup and Seat- tls be met his fiancee and retarned with her to Puyaliup. As they had procured a marriage license at Seattle three days be- fore, they lost no time in finding Pastor Marlatt of the Methodist Church, who led the wav to the home of Rev. E. V. Clay- pool. There they were married after en- g8ging Lwo witnesses. After a wedding dinner consisting of cake and apples, the young couple re- tarned to Tacoma, repairing to the home of the bride’s mother, where they were welcomed and forziven. The groom will now go to work instead of atiending Co- lumbia College. OUTLAWS THALED To OAKLAND. Sheriff Johnson of Mendocino Be- lieves He Has the Ukiah Bandits Located. UKIAH, Cav, Oct. 3.—Sheriff Johnson believes he is close upon the trail ot the two outlaws who robbed the Ukiah-Boone- ville stage last week and murdered John R. Barnett, one of its passengers. The Sheriff received some important news last night, and as aresult he and two deputies made a quiet rip io Oak- land, whers they are now working upon the clew they received. office the nature of last night’s message was not divulged, but it was iearned that Sheriff Johnson believes that the two out- laws are now in Oakland and that they will soon be under arrest. Samas it CONCLAVE OF PUORIUGUESE. Supreme Council of the State Union to Meet at San Leandro. SAN LEANDRO, CaL, Oct. 3.—The eleventh Supreme Council of .he Portu- guese Union of the State of California will meet here on Tuesday. The session wil last at least three days, considerable busi- ness awaiting transaction. No important 'cl;nrllgas in the policy of the union are ikely. During the past year the sccietv has prospered exceedingly. Supreme Presi- dent F. I. Lemos has instituted seven new councils, and the increase in membership has been about 700. The total member- ship exceeds 8300. sister 1o journey | At the Sueriff's | TEMBLORS AND TIDAL WAVES Frequent Visitations of the Disturbances in Japan. and Many of the In- mates Killed. | | Fifteen Villages Flooded by the Breaking of an Embankment in Saltama. TACOMA, Wasg., Oct. 3.—The steamer Victoria of the Northern Pacific line ar- rived from China and Japan this after- forty-three Japanese passengers and 3000 tons of freight, consisting principaliy of tea, silk and curios. It is reported that | 600'tons of treignt intended for Americans | were withheld because of the fear that the | 10 per cent discriminating duty would be | chargea. Passengers revort that an 1 day previous to the ship’s departure. Re- ports of typhoons on all sides were heard. The Victoria brings news of the severe | storm that prevailed over Japan last | month, and at sea taking the form of a typhoon. The principal damage, so far as | noted in iate papers, was at Tokio, where | 376 houses were totally demolished, 7728 partly damaged and 14,930 suvmerged. In Shidyuoka there were 1060 houses de- | molished and 4000 rendered practically | worthless. In tnis district thirty-eight persons were killed and foriy-seven in- jured. In the Gifu province bridges were washed away, the rice crop injured and other damage done. In the Saitama | prefecture an embankment broke and fi! | teen villages were flooded. Yejiris p ac- | tically i1n ruine. 1In Koishakawa 1500 i houses &ere submerged, and in Ushizome | 185 collapsed. Hardly a house in the con- ces-ion escaped damage, the Presbyterian Mission and Baptist schools suffering the worst. At Toyama seventy-five houses were flooded. The telegrapn wires were prostrated, and up to the sailing of the | Victoria it had been impossible to learn the extent of the damage in the outlying | districts. EVENTS IN { \ | | | +HE OKIENT, Chinese Atrocities torbid the Exporting of Cereals. TACOMA, Wass., Oct. 3.—The steam- ship Victoria, which arrived to-day, brought Yokohama advices as follows: Colonel Dinby, Minister for the United States, who has been seriously il is slowly recovering. The Emperor of China has forbidden all sorts of banquets and junketing be- cause an eclipse will occur on January 22,1808, An eclipse of the sun is said by the Chinese to be a proof of the wrath of heaven at the lack of virtu2 ia a ruler. Owing to the recent sdvance in the price of grain at Shanghai the Yorodszu correspondent reports the Chinese au- thorities bave prohibited all export of any cereals. The Iwate country is said to have been visited by the tidal waves ushered in by several earthquake shocks. No damage1s reported however. The Nichi Nichi correspond Mr. Speyer is trying to further t read of Roman Catholicism in Korea, and to cause the expulsion from the country of American Protestant missionaries. It is reported that 5000 Chinese have t says Thousands of Houses Wrecked { | noon with ten European, 110 Chinese and ! earthquake occurred at Yokohama the | started a riot at Swatow, China, opposing the proposed foundiag of a Christian church there. Braves to the number of 1000 have been dispaichea from Canton to pacify matters. Mount Kinshima is reported to be send- ing forth roaring sounds, but up to the present no real eruption has occurred. Japean will enter the international copy- right alliance. A case of cholera is reported at Ishi- kawa Shickome. Sufferers from dysentery throughout Japan numbered 50,121 up to Sepiember 14. In Tokio 22 per cent of the cases have proven fatal, In consequence of the recent increase in the cost of rice about 2000 of the poorer inhabitants of Shimotina and lida made an attack on thedwellings of the manager of the Matsumoto Commercial Bank, and several persons were kiHed and many in- jured. A Seoul dispatch says Chin Sanghun, Mini~ter of Finance and Acting Minister of War, has resigned, and that his vuc- cessor will be Min Chong Menk or Nam Chong Chol. —_—— FOUR HUNDEED SLAIN. Reponed Defrat of a Spanish Army in the Philippines. TACOMA, Wasm, Oct. 3.—Late Manila advices by the steamer Victoria to-day re- port fighting still going on in the Philip- pines. A party of liberaiors attacked a | convent at Paombong, which was defend- ed by a detachment of Spaniards, and after {ahot fight capiured the piace, leaving twenty Spaniards dead on the field, At San Rafaela party of rebels unde General Natividad met a regiment of Spaniards and a desperate battle ensued whid lasted several hours, until the | Royalists were oblige! to flse, throwing | sway their arms to save their lives. Tae | Spanish loss was 400 dead and wounded. In the Pampanga province there is a general revolt of the towns owing to the | cruelties of General Zsralde, who was re- cently promoted and made Governor of the center of Luzern. It is reportea that | when the municipal officers of the towns | went to offer their homage he ordered his | troops to shoot them down and none es- | caped. The delegations in the rear fled | and joined the rebels. It1s reported that the province of Cam- arines has risen on account of the execu- tion et prominent cit:zens. BOOTH AT SAN QUENTIN. The Commander of the Wolunteers of America Talks to Eight Hundred Convicts. SAN QUENTIN PRISON, CaL., Oct. 3. —Eight hundred convicts listened 1n rapt attention to Commander Ballington Booth within the walls of San Quentin Prison tc-aay. When the commander had finished his address Major Gardner, who accompanied the Salvationist, arose and asked ail the prisoners who desired | to serve in the cause of Jesus to raise their | hands. The urms went up to the number of 160. It was an impressive sight and one long to be remembered. The assem- bly hail where the services were held was crowded to the utmost. The convicts, many of them the most desperate men in the State, sat in their suits of stripes and listened to the beseeching words of the { exhorter. | _ Besides the address by Commander | Bootl, a convict read an address of wel- | come, which was followed by selections by |the choir and the band. Lieutenani- { Colonei Gardner presided at the meetin, | Commander Booth in his address a i when they left ihe prison. He referred to the work of his wife in regard to prisoners and called upon uis listeners to live down { the temptations that would beset them when tney started again in the basy world. The address was enlivened by | which brought the tears to the eves of the ! hardenea criminals. In conclusion h | implored them to be equal to the terrib: honestly in the future. = BOLD SACRAMENTO THUGS. Masked Men Raid a Store and Compel its Inmates to Give Up Their Money. SACRAMENTO, Can Oct. 3.—Two masked and armed men at 10 o’clock to- i night entered a grocery stors at Secound and O streets kept by a Frenchman named Feraut, and one of them robbed the till while the other siood up Feraut and two | men who were in the place with him play- | 1ing cards. They then compelled the men | to give up what little money they had | about them. The robbers obtained in all about $15. Shortly after a tamale vendor was held | up in the outskirts of town by two men | and robbed of a few doilars. The latter jobis :upposed to have been the work of the same party. When they left Feraut's i place they started toward the river, but doubtless soon changed their course and | went eastward. One of the men ia Fer- | aut’s store fired two shots at them as they were running off. These are probably the same two men who a week ago entered a saloon on K street at 2 o'clock in the morning and robbed the barkeeper of $50. | | { . | FIVE GENERATIONS CRLEBRATE, Une Hurdredth Birthday of Mrs. Fannie Menkard of Agnew SAN JOSE, CAL., Oct. 3.—Mrs. Fannie Slenkard, who resides with her grand- daughter, Mrs. F. C. Burwell, near Ag- news, celebrated her 100th bfrthday thie afternoon, There were five generations represented at the dinner. Mrs. Slenkard was born in North Caro- lina in 1797, and came to California in 1849. She has been married four times, |and six cuildren, thirty-eight grandchil- drexz, ninety-two great-grandchildren and twenty greai-great-grand-ch ldren living. Her third daugh'er is 78 vears old. Mrs. Slenkard is in excellent heaith and spirits. Ecteug oot Ten- Mile Rasiway Opened. BIGGS, Or.. Oct. 3.— The Columbia Southern Railway, running from Biggs to Wasco, a distance of ten miles, was opened for traffic to-night. The road starts from Biggs, a station on the Oregon Railway and Navigation road, and runs due south through a wheat belt. It is proposed to extend the road to the south- ern border of the State. D. C. O'Reilly, general manager, states that 200,000 sacks of wheat are now stored at Wasco ready for shipment. . el Wil Be Paid in Mexfcan Siiver. MONTEREY, CaL., Oct. 3.—The man- ager of the large smelters of the Gug- genheim syndicate, situated here and at Agua Caliente, has notified the men that heresfter their salaries will not be paid in gold but in Mexican silver, ai the ratio of two Mexican dollars for one gold dollar. | It is reportea that the same action will be taken by the railroads and other for- eign corporations in Mexico toward their office employes. Sl The Adams at San Diego. SAN DIEGO, CaL, Oct. 3.—Tue train- ing-ship Adams came into port from San Francisco this afterncon. The stop here on her way dywn the coast was mainly to get mail. She will leave to-morrow, going to Mexican ports and then coutinuing her trip to Honolulu. g UL Threnaténed to shoot His Wife. KESWICK, Car, Oct. 3.—James Hag- gerty of Harrison Gulch drew a revolver here this afternoon and threatened to shoot his wife, who had left him six weeks ago. He was arrested and is unable to get bondsmen to bail him out of jail pealed to the prisoners to lead better I.ves | | witty stories and many pathetic incidents | struggle that confronted them and to live | HARNESS KINGS | T0 HATCH SPEED Attractive Features of Los Angeles’ Race Meeting. | Silkwood, Searchlight and Joe | Wheeler Will Strive for | | Supremacy. | | Auction and Booking Privileges | Wil This Year B> Controlled | by the Assoclation. 1 LOS ANGELES, CArn, Oct. 3.—At a| meeting of the board of directors of the | | Sixth - District Agricultural Association | | the following-named judges were ap- pointed for the coming annual fair: L. J. | Rose Sr. of Los Angeles, J. W. Brooks of San Francisco and J. W. Wilson of Sacra- | mento. It bhas been decided to have auction | pools and book betting. Tune assoclation has heretofore soid the betiing privilege fora lump sum. but this year it will be | controlled by the association and any re- | sponsible bookmaker will be allowed to cut in for the usual figure of $100 a day. | The Santa Catalina band has been se- | cured to give a concert every alternoon during the week. Itis estimated that 100 harness horses | and 250 runners wiil be stabled at Agricul- | tural Park during the meeting. Silkwood, | which is to meet Searchlight and Joe | | Wheeler in the free-for-all pace, never looked batter in his life and a sensational | sidewheel contest is confidently antici- | pated. It has been arranged to have the | free-for-all pace on Saturday, October 16, | the third day of the meeting. | Klamath is being prepared for the free- | for-ail trot at Santa Ana. He has already trotted a half mile at a 2:06 gait, and un- | deniably he will bea hard horse to beat. | Ten carioads of horses are expected here | from the nortn during the coming week. SUKDAY LEAGU:E GAMES. | Reds Defeat the Coloncls, While the i Browns and Colts Split Even on a Louble-Header. LOUISVILLE, K., Oct. 3.—The season of 1897 closed here to-day, the Reds defeating the home team in an interesting game. Both Fraser and Rhines were touched up rather lively in the early part of the game, butthe | | latier was more effective when men were on | bases. Captain Fred Clarke was presented | | with & diamond ring by hi« admirers in the | firstinning. Attendance 5500. Score: | | | | | R H. Cincinnaty Loulsvili». S, Mo, Oct. 3.—The Browns and 0s split even in their donble-header to- Ihe home team won the first by batting ! Grifith bard in the closing innings. In the second game Thornton jooled the locals baaly. Score first game: Attendauce 3000. E, 3 Dougla: Umpire—Pears, art and Coogla: “mpire—Pears. e PROBABLY A *““ RINGER.” Kiitredge. | Horsemen Bunmting Up the Pedigres of Little Joker. SPRINGFIELD, Irn, Oct. 3.—C. A. Wilson, driver of The Bishop, the horse that finished second in the 2:30 pace ves- terday, protested against first money being given to Littie Joker, the winner, alleging that the horse was not eligible to | the 2:30 class and that he was started un- { der an assumed name. Mr. Phillips, who | claimed 10 own Little Joker, claims to | have purchased Littie Joker at Cambridge | City, Ind., last March of a man named Anderson, whose initials and address he did not know. The postmaster of Bourbon, Ind., where Phillips claims 10 reside, answered a tele- graphic inquiry of Saperintendent Mad- den and said that,no such man lives in { Bonrbon. Evidence has been securea and | the case promiss to becrme a celebrated t { | | one in turf annals and that Phillips is not | | the only one concerned in what looks like | a probable attempt to perpetrate a frand. | Will Tot Play Out the Serios. COLUMBUS, Omuio, Oct. 3.—The In- dianapolis and Columbus players had a conference to-night and decided not to play out the cuo series, the Indianopolis men refusing to play any more games ex- cept on their own grounds. The players ! of both teams were anxious to return o | their respective homes and the Columbus | team agreed to give Indianapolis the cup, | the Hoosiers having won three out of the five games played. Each player received about $75 over expenses in the cup series out of the receipts. —— County Football League Projected. SAN JOSE, CAL., Oct. 3.—The students of the various schools and colleges in the city are possessed of the football craze, and there are prospects of the formation | of a local league. Tue Santa Clara College and University of the Pacific have elevens, | and the Higir School, Garden City Busi. ness College and Normal School are now | organizing teams. With elevens at Stan- ford, Gilroy and Los Gatos, a county league of eight clubs could be organized. There is good material in the schools, ana | it is expected that no trouble will be ex- perienced in organizing and arranging a schedule of games. e Pitcher Breaks His Arm. SAN BERNARDINO, Car., Oct. 3—In agame of ball to-day between the Wood- | men and Commercial teams Gus Starke of the Woodmen while pitching a ball broke his arm between the eibow and shoulder, causing a fractare several inchesin length. DEATH OF SENAiO3 | KcHMILLAN. After an lliness of Nearly a Year the Well-Known Statesman Is Called to Rest. ST. PAUL, Mixx., Oct. 4.—Samuel J, P, McMillan United S.ates Senator from 1876 to 1888, died at his home in this city last night from anemia. He had been il for nearly a yea —_— Reward Offered for Train Robbers. GUTHRIE, O. T., Oct. 3.—The Chicago, Rock lstand and Pacific Raiiway Com- pany has offered a reward of $500 each for the capture of the five men wno held up and robhed its passenger train at Chicka- saw on Friday. 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