The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 10, 1897, Page 34

o & 3 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10 1897. JUROR DATIS TALKED FREELY W. H. Gagan Tells of a Interesting Conversa- tion in June. n! At That Time the Jacob Z. Davis Will Case Was Still Undetermined. Attorneys Knight and Heggerty Believe They Have a Right to Demand a New Trial, Preparations for reopening the Jacob Z. Davis will contest are being made by George A. Knigut and Charles J. Heg- gerty, attorneys for the contestants. A motion for a new trial is pending in Judge Coffey’s department of the Superior Court, and in support of this motion two deposi- tions were vesterday filed in the office of | the County Clerk. The trial abounded in interesting epi- | sodes, one of Lhe most noticeable being an accusation by Mr. Knight that Jurer | Henry L. Davis had talked improverly to W. H. Gagan about the case before a ver- dict was rendered. The objectionable:| conversation grew out of the circum- stance that George R. Maxwell, formerly paying teller of the First National Bank, | was discharged because he testified 1hat be thougat Alexander Boyd wrote the document which was oilered as the last will of Jacob Z. Davis. Notwithstanding Mr. Maxwell’s epinion thus expressed a majority of the jury de- ciared the will 10 be genuine, and judg- ment was given in favor of Mrs. Belie Cur- t's and Miss Lizzie Muir, the beneficiaries mentioned in the will. Mr. Gagan deposes that he has known Henry L. Davis for a long time, and that one day last June, while tne Jacob Z Davis will case was on trial, he met Mr. Davis on Kearny streei, and while they were walking together Mr. Davis re- marked that he was on his way to tne City Hali, where he was sitting as one of the jurors 1n the Davis will contest. Mr. Gagan responded: *Oh, that is the case which loss my friend Maxweil his position.” He said: ‘*Yes, Maxwell talked too much and weut too far. He buid not have accused any one.” Gagan’s deposition continues as Mr. follow: I spoke of the unj sa! from the bank, understood that he wes examining the docu- ment in the County Clerk’s office with Mr. stick aud by the permission of the presi- dent of the bank, and that while he was 50 en- paged he was seen by Charles Heggerty. Later, when Knight and Heggerty found that their opponent did not call him, they con- cluded 10 use him as their witness, judging thatas he had not been called 1o testify us o the genuineness of the signature he would be M hat was not the way, and remarked that as & juror heshould notdiscuss the case, but that a5 the dismissal of Maxweli k was not partof the case he tit. He then ststed that Max- - Heggerly were old friends, friendship had a great deal to do He stated that Knight & Heggerty well and Charle and that with it had called Maxwell betore Mustick had made up his mind whether Le wanted to use him or no 1 t. told Mr. Davis that I did not think Max- had enough experience in court 10 kuow ights, and when foreed to answer & ques- tion was 100 consclentious 1o either prevari- cate or dodge ihe question. hen walked nlong Market street, and | is went into Cooper’s bookstore. 1 = juror who knew whether an attor- or had not determined to calla wit- new more about the case than he heard | in courtand told George Knight to look out for him. The reason I refused to make this afidavit betore was because when Mr. Davis denied having had & conversstion with me about the case, 1 understood irom the papers that Judge Coffey was going 1o iny the matter in court,and 1 preferred to make my statement in court and in the presence of Mr. Davis. Charles M. Wilson, a half-brother of the contestants, who was present during the trial, also makes an afidavit in sup- port of the apolication for a new trial. He swears that during the trial he saw Micnael Flood, one of the jurors, approach Michael Ryan and Rob- ert Muir in a dimly lighted corridor of the City Hall and that he talked to them 1 whispers, *'as deponent verily beiieves, about the facts of said cause.” Mr. Flood was called on to explain this conduct before the close of t'e trial and admitted that he did talk with Mr. Ryan and Mr. Muir, adherents of the propo- nents of the will, but explained that he only asked about the health of Mrs. Cur- tis, who had fainted in court the day be- fore. They told him she had been ina precarious condition, but was recovering. Mr. Wilson repels the insinuation said to have been sugygested by Juror Henry L. Davis, that Wiiness Maxweli testified azainst the genuineness of the will be- cause of his friendship for Charles J. Heggerty, one of the atforneys ior the contestants. The motion for a new trial will be argued before Judge Coffev next Friday. HASONIC GRAND LODCE. It Will Convene in Masonic Temple in This City on Tunesday Next. The Year Just Ending Has Been a Prosperous One for the Order. Inorease in Lodges. The Grand Lodge of Masons of the | State of Caiifornia will coinvene in the | Mascnic Temple at Post and Montgomery sireetsin this city on Tuesday nextand | remain in session for several days. From the reports that will be presented | to the grand body it will be seen that the year in Masonic circles has been a pros- perous one and it may be taken as an evidence of prosperity in the State. Dur- ing the period mentioned there has been some loss and some gain, but the gain has been greatly in excess of the loss, for | the figures will show that there has been a net gain of about 600 members. There have also been instituted in the State six new lodges and there has been one instituted in the Hawaiian Isiands, There has been great harmony in the jurisdiction, and at this time it is stated that there will not be anything brought up before the grand body that will call for any unusual legislation. The principal ofiicers are: W. T. Lucas of Banta Maria, grand master; Thomas v of San Juan, deputy grand mas- ier; F. M. Angellotti of San Rafael, sen ior grand warden; Charies L. Patton of S8an Francisco, junior grand warden; Edward Coleman of San Francisco, grand treas- urer; George Juhnson of San Francisco, srand secretary; K. B. Church of San Francisco, grand chaplzin; F. E. Baker of Woodiand, grand orator; W. H. Edwards of 8an Francisco, grand lecturer, and F, E. Boller of Porterville, grand marshal. ey ADVANCES made on furniture and pianos, with YOUNG BOYS | extramen, are worse than useless at a fire HALE BROS. Pure as golden fleece. Big and warm and fluf y. Full of spring and life and warmth and purity. Blankets that defy the ravages of Jack Frostand the freezy winter nights and make bed-going a lux- urious anticipation. OUR FAMOUS ALL-WOOL CAETFORNTA TS—The great winter shipment the mills BLANKE Hale's hite combed and selected fleece. 5 1bweizht. 72x84 Iinches. .. ...... 0 pair ¥xtra heavy weight, 12x54 17ch. 6.50 pair Fxtra heavy weight, 76x86 inch 5 pair Extra heavy welght, THxS8 inch. 10 00 pair (The best biankets money can buy.) WHITE WO i, cont cent o cotton ¥ 10 be detected by au expert). an ele- gant biavkei, heavy fleece and full of warmth. 6280 inches...... £3.45 pair WHITE WOOL AND COTTON BLAN- KETS—Go>, biz, warm fellows, neat as can be, g-od and warm and full of wear, just as good as many ali-wool biankets. 10-4 size.....oouen. $2.25 pair We lead in Beddings especially Shee Cases, Blankets and Comforters. COMFORTERS. All filled with pure white cotton, light as | Alr, Warm as toast Printed Cheese Cloth Covering Heavy Print Covering... Zephyr-bound and Wool-knotted Fizured Wool Knotted Silkoline. . Robe. fancy stithed... 5c each | £1.00 each $1.20 each 313 Sateen Covering, fanc 5 each Silkoline Covering, scroll stitch. .. $1 50 each | : $1.78 each des teen Coverin Siikoline Covering, rofile edge... Over 1200 Comforters 10 show you. up to $1:2.00. Prices All the beauty that fashion decrees! prices free irom tariff advances. Waiting day may mean lesser stocks or higher pr THE NEW ROMAN STRIP. Francisco s datt on them ! der. Here's & good one at & popular vrice; the new shadings in b-aoti- ful rainbow blends and color com- 7RC At Hale's. = Yard THE NEW SATIN STRIPES— Bright satinstripes on black grounds, as bright and rreity s plece of si as the Freuchman ever desig, , very swell and very new, 20-inch. At Hale's. HE NEW JACQUARDS—Three of the newest autumo styles to greet vou, fresh from the maker. 19-inch and gu rantecd all silk, some very s in fall shading: t 15° Yard | selling every dav at Hale’s at ante-tarift prices $1.00 to $2.50 yara | NEW EVED LKS—For er balls and parties. Some of =G ellest opera silks in the city ) ac Hale's for. G = aras | (INCORPORATED) 937-945 Market St., SAN FRANCISCO. | the Pacific Coast. COLD WINTER WEATHER COMING. HALE'S FAMOUS BLANKETS. |HALE'S BREAT HOSIERY VALUES. Hale's California stores—importers for re- tail. The largest importers of fine Hosiery on it any wonder we lead ? LADIES' HERMSDORF HOSE man importation, tne famous Hermsdorf dye, a brillisnt, Tustrous fast black, selected Maco cotton, high-sp.iced heels, double sole and double toe. On special sale all'week at 15¢ Pair. LADIES' BLACK COTTON HOSE tra heavy quality and flesced, Ex- of fine combed Maco varn,’ hig 9rc spliced heels, double sole and toes. O Special price Pair LADIFS' BLACK CASHMERE HOSE, German make, extra fine qu go0d weight, high-spliced heels, bie soles and toes, good value 75¢ tpecial price. . pair. HALE'S FAMOUS AST - IRON" SCHOOL STOCKI —The best boy's stocking we ever saw for the money! Narrow rib, double non- tearable knee. high-soliced heels and toes, practically everlasting. On sale st Hale's rair BOYS' AND GIRLS' BLACK CASH- MERFE HO~E—Light or heavy qual- Ly, wide or medium rib, high-spliced 9Q1C hecls, etc, an elegant high-grade ©¢3 stocking. At Hale's.. TS GENTS TAN OR BROWN COTTON SOCKS—A good wearable seamless sock. double heels and toes, & good ] O1C heavy quality for winterand therains. 142 At Hale's....... Pair Such woven elegance cannot come again at pays at times. But not now, when every ices. THE NEW TAILOR SUITINGS—No outfit complete without the smart little tallor sult. Some swell twilisin QFC the new talior gown shadings at "D MR R e W B T (50 inches wide.) THE NEW TAILOR SUITINGS—We are showing some new browns, blues, $1.25 rays aud modes in the latest twills _and for tallor gowns, 50 inches wide. At 5 Hale' g THE NEW MELTON SUITINGS—An- other cloh for tailor suits a firm, Qu].25 heavy fabric, very popular just now, bU-inch. At Hale's T ats =T FANCY FRIEZE SUITINGS—Rie1 black unent mohair loops form ex- quisitely figured patterns ou a highly il'uminated background, anele :ant fabric, 8 yards to asuit. At Hale's OUR GREAT VALUES $1220 Salt CLOAKINGS AND ASTRACHANS. Complete lines at the very lowest prices. All new. Guaranteed the best. Now ready for your nspection at typical Hale prices. | special Ger- | | | | \ j ) A HALE BROS ) ™, TH PROMPTY OELVERY HoNEST 3 glows with the season’s newness. over in their endeavor to Fashion and her retinue hold sway. ness grows and swells until in their perfect unison. stream of happy faces). The great store fairly Bargains bubble reach your ears. Dame The great busi- facilities creak and sway Crowds file in and out (a steady ’TIS AUTUMNTIME, and autumn comes with greater business and greater stocks and greater shopping crowds. times—an example of the A store of the new prosperity. Ever in- creasing, perfecting, progressing, *“Hale’s” stands as a guiding star to all appreciators of true economy. 4 D =(\§ THE AUTUMN WRAPS AND SKIRTS. Spick and span! As new as dawn! perfection. *‘Hale’ ' BEAVER JACKETS—Black J fly front, high standing col- * for the best wraps for t Jar, bu'tons close’ to the neck, halt @ .00 silk lined. A very nobby little affalr @) O—— ai Hale's.. Each LADIES' BLACK BOUCLE JACKETS, fly front. siliciined, bigh collar, an Q@ ] ()00 ideal garment for winter wear, per- @ LU— fect fit. At Hale 2 Each LADIES' KERSEY JACKETS—AIl woul, 25 iuches long, fly tront, sik lined, bound witn mobair braid and timmed with ornaments. swell @] 950 military garment i navy or black. 9 L+ At Hale's........ e Each LADIES' KERSEY JACKETS—Fly front, 4 rows stitching down front and around collar. thorsughly lord with changeablesilk, 25 brown, blue or tan, 4 very fashion The smartest styles that cloakdom ever saw! | | Experts to serve you. The stocks complete and every garment a type of autumn-style he least money. AT $280 ALPACA SKi1R( — Black fgured Alpaca, thoroughly lined and bound, care- fuliy made ant well stitched, perfect 9-50 cut. perfect fit and a_ beautifully o &— bauging skiri. Hale'sprice.......... Each BLACK MOHAIR SKIRTS—Silk fin- lar e patterns in autumn effects, oroughly lined. interlined and bound,” made especially for Hale Bros. Our price.........ccconeen 852 Each Ask 10 see our famous $7.50 Brocaded Silk SKirt. LADIE: eff KERSEY CAPES—Empire stashed velvet collar. 3 cioth siraps around bot om, biack, navy, blue or tan, a comfortable wint garment. At Hale's L LADIES' KERSEY CAPES — High storm collar, pleated bick, brald- trimmed, stitched arsund bots able garment. . cardinal or green. At Hale's.. SPECIALS IN HOUSE-FURNISHINGS. Six of the speediest specials that the busy bazear ever offered. TRA STRONG CARP THREE-QUART M EIGHT-QUART GAL 115-QUART ENAMEL C E FKENCH VELVET SWa DOW PLAYING-CARDS—Enamel back Special .. 1 to each baver. Special... d always whoiesome % 1 HALE BROS. | SPECIAL SALES FROW EVERYWAERE ] | No time for useless words or argument. Prices you want and prices you'll have. Facts and descriptions tersely put for serious consideration. SPECIAL—LACES. 200 yar'sof M. FACTURERS’ REM. NANTS 0o White Oriencal Lace wil be on sale at Hale's at...... = (310 6 inches wide.) FANCY COT10N LAC curtains, ete. — 4 inches wid -, white /s inches wide, ecru.. —Fine to trim .5¢ yard Yae yard SPECIAL—RIBBONS. | SATIN VELV RIBBON is very Hale’s prices have been BLACK popular this year. equally popular. Ex 8¢ yard -.10c yard No. 16 S 2 (Remember, this is the best qu SPECIAL—EMBROIDERIES. 750 yards of FINE CAMBRIC EM- 1921¢ BRUIDERIKS, 6 inches wide, will 12 be on sale this week at Hale's fc Yard The Fall Opening a Grand Success. Styles Perfect. 3 yards .ong White and Ecru Notting- 3 yards long White and Ecr. Notiing ham z | s c pi 314 yurds long ham....... TR cru Notting- DOMESTIC SPEGIALS. The “Solid Six”* from Domestics. Six good, square bargains. Who misses this list drops many a needful saving. 3000 HEMMED LTOW CASES—Will be s0id at Hale's this week at.....Each | (45 x36 inches). | | 600 Y ARDS OF TINSKLFED DRAPERY— r—C 1n 7 exquisite colorinzs. Will be on sale _ { this week at Hale's for...... Yard | (Our great 10¢ line 19,829 YARDS OF 36.INCH BRIGHTON & BUNTING—For decoraticg. On sale _©) al Hale's all weak ard RDS OF 1213c DISH TOWEL- NG—Two feet wide. Will be on sale this week at Hale's for..... =5 (A genuine Dish Towel bargain). 2600 YA IN 10° 1245 DAMASK TOWELS—To go I3 the special rush, @ll pure linvn ones big aud beavy and absorbani, knotied fringe and colored border, a towe. that wipes and lasts and gives you satls’ tion. On salo all week 15° Each We ciaim absclute leadership in Table Linens. Quality considered. HALE'S CELEBRATED TABLE DAMASK PRICES—Pure linen, carefully bleached. Lin- ens that look well u:ter washing 58.inch. 66-inch. 66-1inch Yard | 000000000000 000000000000 COLD WINTER WEATHER COMING. A WORD FROM THE LACE CURTAIN DEP'T. Values Typical at Hale’s. Stocks Complete. 50c pair | - |3 -.$1.00 pair AUTUMNTIME IN BARGAINAPOLIS ® +¢ | WRAPPER 8% and 4 yards long White and Ecru Some FamousLeadersin Notions The liveliest department of them all® Little things at little prices to make the business boom. Read the list. Per- chance we'll save you something. DRESS TRIMMINGS. cyard Sultana EBraid, 15 inch wide g inch wid Slors Braid for Novelty Braids. 14 inch wid=.7 Novelty Braids, 14 1n. wide.1 ovelty Braids' 34 in. wiae.16%5¢ yd HAT TRIMMING Parrots in all shade: 75¢ Spanish Coque Feathers..... §1.3 POINTED WINGS, 4 in A bunen colored quills brown, black, Polnied Wi green...... . piece Sweep Algrette black, lavender, Fancy Winzs, quill eft FEATHER BOAS. BLACK CCQUE FEAT yards lon, Fany ¢ oque pink. blue, 35 each; 1 light ehades of white—1 yard lons, ds long, $7 50 each. FEATHEK BOAS—$3 Black Ostrich Feather Boas—1 yard long, #6150 10 38 cach; 115 yards loug, $12 50 each. & yards long White and Ecru Not- tingham.... $1.25 pair Nowtingham. ... .. $1.50 pair vards long White and Ecru 3 Rt - v ek .$1.76 paic omestic Dept. THE NEW FLANNELS. Stocks complete. Flannels, Flannel- ettes and Eiderdowns. A pleasure to select where low prices and quality go hand in hand. ‘ LS. SPECIAL ALL WEEK—Wepaid him his needed a jiffy, 4c saved on th ack, red or blue ground Wrap- 1 y litt This week at PURE WOOL WRAPPER ELANNELS Pure fleece, selected and combed, fancy weaves and plaids and stripes, a perfect flannel in the prettiest autumn “get up.” Excellent quality. 30c yard Special quality 35¢ yard ALL PURE WOOL FrE —They almost small of thei yage, Lypes of the dainty wit of the Frenchman's loom. Now at H.le's Excelient quality ., 50c yard Special quall A big fine of Heavy Fieece Cotton Eider- down on sale at Hale’s for 12%ac Bard (o tell irom wool. (80 patterns.) (INCORPORAT'ED), 937-945 Market St., SAN FRANCISCO. ummmmmuuumummuumuuumzumummmuumumumwmummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmnmmmusmuum 4 AS FIREMEN Acting as Substitutes to Regularly Appointed Extramen. ‘ Three of Them Have Been En- gaged on Truck 7 Without the Foreman’s Knowledge. Captain McKittrick, District Engineer of the Mission, Greatly Incensed Over the News, A peculiar state of affairs has existed | for so1 » weeks in several districts of the | San kroacisco Fire Department. Boys— | possibl - ‘oung men—ranging from 17 to 2lyear- age, have been and are acting as subs 1! utes for regularly appointed ex- tramen, while the latter are engaged in some otber employment, never troubling themselves so much as to give the matter a thought when a fire is reported. Theso boys, in the capacity of substi- tutes, receive $10 a month for their ser- vices and the extramen whom they rep- resent receive the remaining $24 of the salary paid 1o extramen by the Fire De- partment. That these boys, acting as substitutes to is demonstrated by the fact that at a re- cent blaze in the rear of a Mission dwell- ing it took two of them twenty minutes to don Lheir canvas coats and ad just their leather belts, and oven then they were not prepar-d to fight fire. As their craniums were somewhat larger than those of the extramen, whom they were representing, the helmets wounld not fit them, and even aiter trying on every helmet in the fire truck they could not obtain one to fit, although a large assort- ment is always carried ou the fire appa- ratus. After having waited 1n all -soul Lirty minutes, they at last decided to enter the building with their ordinary street headgear. About this time the district engineer emerged from the dwelling, and informea tie drivers oi the various fire vehicles that their services were no longzer necessary, as some neighbors had kind!y extinguished the vlaze. Had it not been for the timely app ance of these near-by resicents, and their ability as firemen, the building would protably have been burned to the ground. Three of these boys have bsen scting for extramen connected with truck 7, sta- tioned in the firehouse on Folsom, be- tween Twenty-second and Twenty-third sireets. Captain McKittrick, engineer of the Mission district, was seen yesterday after- noon, and when asked wheiner or not any of these youngsters were acting as substi- tutes to exiramen expressed great sur- prise. A fter interviewing Driver Sheridan clerk of the truck company, he said: *I am surprised to learn that a minor has been acting as substitute for one of our extramen. Mr. Sheridan tells me that, as this voung man was continualiy about the firehouse and answering roll-call for the extraman whom he represented, he w. or withiout semoval. J. Noouaz, 1017-1025 Mission | led (0 believe that William Carew, the foreman of the truck company, had ac- cepted the young man as a substitute. When Carew learned that the young man, who had been on duty at several fires, was a minor, he refused to accept him, and im- mediately took bis badge from him. *‘No report of the fact that this minor was on duty was brouzht me, and I am at a loss to understand how he ever acted as a substitute. It wascertainly without my knowledge. “‘Hereafter I will enforce the order that all substitutes, before being accepted, =hall come before me for inspection, and if 1 pass favorably upon them then the fore- man may accept them. Furthermore, I have issued an order that all the firemen connected with engine 25 and truck 7 shall appear before me to-morrow at 7:30 with thei bstitutes. Iassume that this mat- ter will not occur again, and if I find any minors acting as substitutes at the inspec- tion to-morrow I will immediately dis- poseof them. Ishail thoroughly investi- gate this matter and piace the blame where it belongs. **This is the first time that such a thing has occurred among the men in my dis- trict, and 1 have been in iy’s fire service for twenty-five vears, Chief Sullivan was equally surprised when he learned of the matier, but spoke in the most elowing terms of the efficiency of Captain McKittrick. Stirring Times Recalled. The fifth lecture in the course before the Men’s Club of the Good Samaritan Mission, Second and Folsom streets, will be delivered by John Bonner, the well-known writer, on Wednesday evening, the 13to. Personal recol- ctions of distinguished men and great events will be the subject of the lecture. ! A SHORTENING OF LOAVES No Increase in the Prices of Bread Expected at Present. The Loaves, However, Will Be Materially Reduced in Weight, If Flour Goes Higher There May Be a Slight Advance to the Oonsumer, The recent rapid advances in wheat and consequent rise in the price of flour, while it has brought a golden harvest to the farmers and speculators, has also occa- sioned much anxiety 1o the hundreds of toilers in the graat city, who fear that it will have the effect of increasing the price of that great necessity—bread. An advance in the price of bread at this time would mean great suffering to the it, and at times find it difficuit to procure hunger. In the cheap restaurants also, where the chief features of meals is often an un- limited supply of the staff of life and many poor workers make a frugal midday meal for a few cents, the result of a per- ceptible rise would be the curtailing of the supply and many who can now at least saiisfy their appetites would be obliged to go hungry. As yet, however, the bakers have not found it necessary to advance the price, although many of them are gradually re. ducing the weight of the loaves. While there is a chance of the price being raised it is not likely that this will be done un- less wheat takes another jump. A prominent baker when interviewed on the subject said : “No, Ldo not think any of us will find | it necessary to increase the vrice of bread to §he consumer, although we have raised 1t elightly 10 the retailers. Tue loaves also have been slightly diminished in | weight, perhaps an ounce or so, but not enough to make any real difference to the consumers, while it saves us from losing heavily. Ido not believe that the present high price of flour will cont inue, but if it does we shall maks the loaves a little lighter and charge the retailers more, but not enough to warrant them in increas- ing the price per loaf to consumers.’” , = = PAINTINGS FROM INDIAN LIFE. A. D. M. Cooper, a local arust, has just completed three paintings representing Indian life and legends on the Pacific Coast. The most striking of Mr. Cooper’s productions is entitled **The Happy Hunting Grounds,” a representation of which is here presented. It shows three noble red men looking off over a beautiful valle; the foreground. All the game has been swept from the land, but in the clouds is a vision of bison followed by aboriginal hunters armed with primitive bows and arrows. an aboriginal burying place occupying “The Advance of Civilization” is another cxcellent composition with a strong color effect, and in the painting called “Awaiting the Second Coming of Montezuma’ there is a touch of genuine pathos. All these pictures are heroic in their proportions, the largest being twelve fest by seventeen feet 1n size. These pictures are to bo sent to the Paris Exposition. Mr. Cooper, who has his studio at Coakley’s Hotel, corner of Central avenue and Geary street, was with General Custer for six years drawing for Frank Leslie's Weekly. He treats his subjects in an ideal manner, his method thus differing radicaily from that of Frederic Remington, who deligats in ruggged naturalisms. hundreds who subsist aimostentirely upon | a sufficient quautity to allay the pangs of | | | Gate Park, FLY CASTING ON STOW LAKE Mansfield Adds to the Great Record He Made in Chicago. Sends a Fly Skimming Over One Hundred and Thirteen Feet of Water, Excellent Performances That Were Witnessed by a Large and Enthusiastic Crowd. #¥The annual fiy-casting tournament of | the San Francisco Fly-casting Club was decided yesterday at Stow Lake, Golden the presence of an interested gathering of ladies and gentlemen. Walter D. Mansfield, the crack long- distance caster, who broke all existing records at Chicago a few months ago by a | cast of 111}{ feet, astonished not only himself but every eye-witness of yester- day’s coutests by again smashing the world’s record, held by himself, to the ex- tent of 134 feet. Manstield’s score now stands at 113 feet, which isa long distance in advance of the record of tiie next best man. The wind was partly favorable to the contestants of the long-distance event, blowing from the ccean in the backs of the competitors. It came through in gusts anc consequently puzzled tuose who failed to wait for the opportunity to make some good casts during the calms. Taken aliogether vesterday afternoon proved a tolerapbly fair day for flv-casting on the lake and as a resuit some good scores were recorded. In the long-distance contests the casters stood on a platform, the angle oi which faced the buoys. As a matter of safety to | the rod-wislders from a dip they took the precaution to cast with the left foot dis- tant twelve inches from the angle or point of the casling platform. The judges correctly allowed the com- | petitors the distance tney were handi- ! capped by adding twelve inches to the length of each best cast made by them. Manstield’s cast was 112 feet, but the ad- aition ot one foot netted him a grand per- formance, of which he is deservediy proud. Dr. E. N. Lowry pressed the champion pretty hard. The docior has improved wonderfully in the past year and will | doubtless represent the club next season in the world’s championship tournament at Cbicago, if he keeps on improving or even holds his own. Fish Commissioner Vogelsang is also coming along at & nice gait to the front. Alexander is modest, and being a truth- ful fisherman, he contends that, with practice, he may succeed by next season in astonisning the natives in making a long-disiance cast for something. Toe following is a resuit of the day’s conte ts: Long-distance casting—Walter Mansfield 113 feet, E. N. Lowry 109 feet, H. Skinner 85 feer, H. Golcher 101 feet, E ¢ muuummJumuuuuuuMsmmmmmmmmumxmumuumfi Lovet! 96 feet, W. E. Bacheller 100 feet.. C. G. Young 79 feet, A. Vogelsang 92 feet, In the accaracy and delicacy contest Lowry scored 8914 per cent, Skinner 8914 per cent, Mansfieid 885 per cent, Bachel- ttfiflttttl**tll‘*flii***lll!i#iflk**t;fl*itit¥tiifi*t¥“4¥¥!4¥¥4i¥*kkt#tfi* ) ler 8615 per cent, Golcher 85 5-6 per cent, Young 812¢ per cent. F. M. Huight 813§ per cent, H. Battu 6635 per cent. In the distance and accuracy contests Mansfield scored 95%4 per 941-6 per cent, Bacneller Battu 914 per cent, Golcher 8934 per cen'. Haight ‘and Skinner scored u tie with 89 1-5 per cent to iheir credit, and in the castoff Haight won with 93 1-5 per cent, E. A. Mocker scorpd 87 1-6 per cent. Huyck 82 per cent and Young 8334 per cent. During intermission for lunch a private contest was held between thoss who had no particular desire to appease thie appe- tite of the inner man, and who had never scored more than eighty feet in a tourna- ment. The result was as follows: Mocker 8034 feet, C. Huyck 78 feet, Battu 7334 feet, F. Butler 72 feet, J. P. Babcock 69 teet, A. 8. Carmen 62 feet, Captain C. Cumming 62 feet, Haight 59 feet. The championship prize —a fishing basket—was won by Mocker, and Haight did hate but was compelled to wear the leather medal. Manstield was congratulated on his re- turn to this city by numerous friends for having accomplished such a remarkable performance, and Judge John Hunt was kind enough to christen him over a glass of wine ‘“The damon” flycaster of tbe world, which title he will doubtless hold for many suns. 1 F. M. L. Peters’ Life Insurance. Martha E. Peters has sued the Supreme Lodge, Knights of Honor, for $2000. said to be due on the life inst L. Peters. urance of the late F. M. 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