The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 6, 1897, Page 2

o < THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 6 DIDEMICS OF THE PAST YEAR Surgeon - General Wg- man Submits His Annual Report. Excellent Services of the Ma- rine Hospital Corps In the South. Pacific States In Consiant Danger From Plagues Raging the Orlent. In Special Dispatch to THE CALL CaLL OFFIC W Rices Hor: sToN, Dec. 5. Ci I3 Surgeon-General Wyman oi the Marine submitted his annual eport to Secretary Gaze. It shows that during the fiscal vear ending Juue 30, 1897, the total number of patients treated Tiospital service at ho! and the dispensaries con- | nected with the service was 54, Al- | though the total number of patients | vas 674 1n excess of those treated previous fiscal year, the ex- itures were $538 356, which is $21,000 s than for the previou ber of immigrant the service at the gated 232,147, The surgeo various eneral says: of les1slation to secure proper teck crews ou \Weslern rivers, to n was called in the last report, | act of Congress approved requiring every steamboat Mississippi River and its furnish an appropriate protection from the is one that has long of the marine hospital made frequent reports | of Congress will be although the act antil June 30, 1898, rowing demeaids L to he crew Th The surgeon-generalinvites attention to the officers of e corps during the 1l visitation of ow fever in the £o Medical offi- ed to duty in infected dis- thongh a number of them t0 yellow fever, never- uded with alacrity and ries with j iency. ree officers contracted ever and one lost his life by acci- r 1e line of duty. Under tbe head of “F ' the surgeo discu-ses the scts of cholera, smallpcx and yeilow f ppearance of . cholera in he is now a mat- e United States time, owing to the | ic Health Ser- The d ( vea two States, the bubonic plague in tern her e Las offered a new problem for the consideration of the | r previous it heaith authorities of the United States. The diseae 15 reported as increoasing at present in Northern Ind 1t hassiso ap- peared ir ain portions of China and Japan 1 ¢ ine regulations were issued with rererence to this disease, and a regular officer of the marine hospi- 1al service was sent to the poris of Jaran and China during the summer of 1897 to | 1 accurate knowledge of e ditions at these ports and the | liability of contarion extending to the| Uunited States, One vessel infected with the plague wns received and properly treated at the United Siates station at San ancisco The report of the international lepro-y ce, he!d in Berlin in October, imperfect statement of of cases oi leprosy in the dif- riries of 1he world, there being, t 0,000 in India, 20,000 in | ) waii, 1200 in Rus.ia, 700 n the United States een unusually preva- lent throughout tue island of Cuba during the past year. In the port of Havana m November 1, 1896, to November approxima Japan, in Calcutta and Yeliow fever La: 897, there were 1605 deaths. The dis- ease has also_ prev: exteasively | throughout the West Inuies. A history of the recent epidemic of yellow fever ia the South is also given, with statistics, The operations of the Marine Hospital services were conducied through experi- enced ofticers. This expert service, Dr. Wyman say reat value to the determ ence of the dis- ea-e, without which the neces-ary precau- tions wouid not have been taken by local authorities, The surgeon-general states that there is little doubt that ihe work which was done had a marked effect in controlling the epread of the disease and preventing a much more extensive epidemic. The total number of cases of yellow fever reported 1o ihe burean up to Novem:- ber 20 was 4108, and the number of deaths 423. Oithese there were 1722 cases and 244 deaths in New Orleans. The report gives a full account of the operations of the eleven national quaran- tines and the measures taken to enforce the national reguiations at San Franeisco and Sabine Pass, Tex., where, Dr. Wyman savs, by reason of local inadequacy inter- ference was necessary. Atiention is called to the facttbat an effort was mude more than a year ago to supplant the national quarantine station on Ship Island with a State guarantine of the same character on a neighboring isiand nearer the shore, but Dr. Wyman says it failed. Reference is made to the atiempt to excite coucern regarding the Sbip Island station on account of its alleged proximity to the coast, which the surgeon-general says hLas besn falsely given as five miles, whereas it is twelve miles away. The station, he continues, is well equipped, and the eiforts by interested per- sons to connectit with the recentoutbreak ot fever are not supported by =z single fact. The national station was removed from Chandler to 8hip Island in 1891 after the destruction of the Chandler sta- tion by a storm, which swept the hospital out to sea anddrowned five people. Its transfer wa< legalized by the appropria- tion act of 1895, The surgeon-general azain refers to the necessity of a more strict national quaran- tine law, which he has made the suoject of a special report in the past two yeurs, and Lie makes recommendations looking to the strencihening of the law both to preveat the spread of disease and inter- ference with interstate regulations during the times of epidemics. MILITIA ME> GATHER, An Important da ivnal Conventdon fo Be Held at 5t. Louts. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 5.—Military men are pathering in this city from afany States, A national convention of State militia will be hield here this week, and many subjects pertaining to the welfare of organizations will be discussed. visitors will be | handscmely entertained. A feature will be the parade and drill oy the First Regiment, N. G. M., at the Coliseum, a+ a compliment to the visiting jotant-generals. Missouri, Illmnois, Texas, Kansas and Arkansas will be par- ifcularly well represented at the conven- ton. <Telegrams indicate that many dis- dinguished military men irom every State @ the union are en route. Maine and California as well as Iilinois and Missouri are to be represented. Sohely = BURIAL OF GYLDENSUPPE. The Victim of Martin Thorn and Au- gusta Nack Borne to the Grave. NEW YORK. Dec. 5—The funeral of bati-rubber Guidensuppe, who was mur- dered at Woodside, Long Island, on ne 25th, by Martin Thorn and Augusia Nack, tock place this afternoon from an under- taking shop on East Third street, where the body had ‘ain since it was removed from the morgue. All day Saturday and to-day from 11 o'ciock in the morning un- til the hour of the funeral immense crowds of the curlous flocked to get a look at the murdered man. The crowd entered by the front door an¢ passed out throuzh the rear. Thedismembered body, arrayed in a dress suit, lay in an oak coflin with shiding glass top. The right arm was crossed over the breast. Where the head should have been was a vacant space, save for a photograph of the murdered man, whicih was placed against the side of the cothn, the coffin-plate was engraved Christian W. Guldensuppe, died June . 1897, aged 42 years.” The funeral was arranced by two lodges of which Gulden- suppe was a member. Eight members of the New York crew of bath-rubbers who worked with Guldensuppe contributed a large floral piece about four ieet high. Two wreaths were <ent in by the lodges. There were no ceremonies whatever, At 2 o’clock the coflin was placed in a hearse and driven totue Lutheran Cemetery at Middlesex Village, L. L S MAS. PULLHAN TQ CONTEST. Kot Satisfied With the Provisions in the Wil of the Palace Car Magnate. CHICAGO, D:c. 5—Harriet Sanger Pullman, widow of the palace car mag nate, is preparing to make troubie for Robert T. Lincoln and Norman B. Ream, executors of the Pullman will. Instead of accepting $50,000 a year and thoe Puli- man homestead for lite, she is considering | the advisability of demanding her dower rights er the laws of Iilinois. In fact, it is said she has already de- cided upon this move. She has oné year from the Jdate the will was filed for pro- bate 12 which to decide whether to abide by its provisicns or demand a settlement according to law. ‘The practical disinher- itance of her twin sons, George M. Pull. man Jr. and Walter Sanger Puliman, both favorites with her, has not been without influence upon her contemplated action. HORE TROOPS SENT Germany Sends Re-anforce- ments to Guard Her Re- cent Conquest. Denlal of the R:por: That Other | Europsan €quadrcns Have En- tered the Harbor. Special Dispatch to THE CaLL BERLIN, Dec. 5—When the German re-enio:cements, consisting of four com- panies of marines, numbering 23 officers and 1200 men, and a company of naval artillery, arriv: at Kiao-Chau Bay, for which point, as already cabled, they will soon set “out, they will btinz the total German force there up to 4566 men, the rgest body Germany ever sent beyond European waters, It is understood that 1he reserves had to Le drawn up Blhe adm iy denies that other Euro- pean squadrons have entered the harbor at Kiao-Chau :o watch Ge:rmany's pro- ceedings, and it 1s believed that Aumir von Diederich inst such an The Kolnische 7 dition as baving a t obtain missionary reparation, and second 10 obtain the concession of Kivo-Ghau a payment for past services rendered China by Germany the conciusion of peace There 18 much self-congratulation among the Germans that the missionary incident absolves the Government from the tedi- ous and perhaps abortive nrocess of dip'o- matically claiminz a coaling station in the form of a demand for a treaty port or a settlement on perpetual lease. It is be- lieved nnneces:ary 10 take Gr2at Britain into accouni, as she is occupied else- where, while Japan is not likelv to resist the coalition of Germany, Russia and France. This is the contention of the Kolnische Zeitung. At the same time it says that Germany will not be led by the aliure- ments of France or Ruseia to deviate from a policy of moderation in China. LOVE LEADS TG SUICIDE. Aged Man Ends His Life Because of a Separation From His Young Bride. NEW YORK, Dec. 5 —On Thanksgiving evening Sumuel G. Parkhill, 74 vears of age, of Brookiyn, married Miss Kirkiand of Brooklyn, who was fifty years his junior. To-day Parkhill committed sui- cide at his home in Brooklyn by shooting himself through the brain. When the couple were married the families of the two objected strongly to vould piotest vigorously ttempt. to with Japan. the union on account cf the disparity in | their ages. They were forced to separate and since that time Parkhill had ap- peared somewhat depressed. He lived with bis married dau hter and son, and when the family was at church heshot himself. His relatives give no reason for the suicide beyond the statement that Parkhill had seemed despondent during the past few days. Porkhill was a ticket-chopper on tie Kings County Elevated road. Previous to this he was a superiniendent of the Brooklyn City and Newton Railroad and became possesse! of considerable prop- erty. —_——— MESSAGE 10 P iGULS MAYOR. Bohemian-Americans Send Words of Eucouragemant. CHICAGO, Dec. 5.—At a meeting of the Bohemian citizens of Chicago to-day the following message to the Lord Mayor of Pracue was vrepared and cabled: CHICAGO, Dec. 5—To Dr. Julius Podli; ny, Lord Mayor, City of Prague, Bohrmia: Tne Boheminu-Americaus, iu meeting assembled atthe Boheminn Turner Hall in Chicago, de- sire to express to their brethren in Bonemia their heartfelt sympathy for the cause for which they are struggling and commend the firm stand taken by them in their fight for the preservation «f their Ianguace and their na- tional existencz, Polish abd Slavonian repre- sentatlves joined the Bohemiaus with words of encouragement for the Bohemian cause, COMMITTEE. el Fire n a Steamer’s Hold. LONDON, Dec. 5.—When the British steamer Waybridge, Captain Evans, from Savannah via Genoa, put into St Michael’s to-day for coal a fire was dis- covered in the after hoid. The flames were subdued by sieam, when it was found goods nad been damaged, to what extent is not stated. Th: steamer pro- ceeded, ————— To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drug- gists refund the monev if it falls to cure. 2Zbe. The genuine hus L. 5. Q. on each tablet. ung regards the expe- | ofold aim; first, to | in connection with ), | | | | | | LL BACGK [P THE PRESIDENT Congress Willing to Give Spain a Chance to Act in Cuba. Interviews Show the Senti- ment of Members of Both Houses. In the Mean Timea a Fleet of War- ships Will Ba Within Eighty Miles of Havana. Spectal Dispatch to THE CALL. NEW YORK, Dec. 5—A Washington special to the Herald says: Senators against action, Senstor who favor, but <o not expect action, 24; Senators for im- mediate action, 9; Senators non-commit. 1al, or mnot seen, 14; Representatives against zction, 178; representatives for as- tion, 159; Representatives non-committal, or not seen, 18. Congress will conenr in the wishes of the President and give a fair trial to Spain’s new scheme of automony for Cuba. This conclusion is indicated by interviews | and by information obtained as to the po- sitions of men who have not yet arrived in Washington. I bave obtained inter- views with more than two-thirds of the Senators and more than half of the repre- sentatives. The opinions of absentees have been learned by talking with their colieagues. The interviews show there is an overwhelming pro-Cuban sentimentin both houses of Congres:. They show, however, that it is within the power of the President and supporters of the administration to prevent any se- tion that would interfere with the desire of the administration to pursue a con- servative course and give Spain ample op- portunity to end the war in Cuba. In some respects the interviews are moresignificant than the pell. They show that everything depends upon the leaders in the House of Representatives. The Senate has already passed a resolution rec- ognizing the Cubans as belligerents. It is pending in the House. The interviews | show that notwithstanding their strong 10 KIAG-GHAD BAY sympathy for Cuba most of the Republi- cans and not a few of the Democrats think that the whole matter can safely bz left in the hands of the President. Though the pro-Cuban sentiment 1s stronger and the influence of the administration is weaker in the Senate the result of the poll of that vody shows th is little probability of any action. Many even of the most radi- cal Senators are against taking any fur- ther step at this time. By its determination to send the rth Atlaniic squadron to Fiorida Biy 1o en- | age in the usual maneuvers, the admin- istration believes it has reached 1 d -c.sion | which prevent jingois'ic discus- o Congress with reference to 1! | | | | i ficant in showing that an improved sending warships to Havana. As the Her- ald has stated, ihe entire squadron will be within eighty miles of Cubs at the latter part of the month, and two gunboats wiil be to the immediaie southward of the island. Cuba will thus be virtually surrounded by American men-ofswar,which can reazh any portion of the island witl, x ho to provide vrotection for Americans sbould they bs in dunger of violence. Rear-Admiral Sicard, commanier- chief of the sg dron, will b2 in Washing ton to-morrow and will call upbon Secre- tary Long and discuss the course which his’ squadron shall pursue upon its ar- rival in southern waters. . It is tbe belief of Senator Hate end several other members of Congress that the action of the administration is signi- on- ¥ istration feels that there can be o resumption of winter cruises without sndaneering the iriendly relations of the United States and Spain. There is no ground to believe that the authorities will comply with the wish of the Americans resident in Havana ex- sed to Consul-G:ueral Lee that United s be stationed at Havana. Spain bas promi-ed thar Americans shall be protected. e NO FEAR OF UNCLE SAM. Spanish Authorities Think the Unlted States Will Not Inter- fero in Behalf of Cuba, MADRID, Dec. 5—El Liberal, the offi- dition exists in Cuba, ana conse: the adm cial organ, contends that there is no ground to fear that the United States will recogrize the insurcents as belligerents or othérwise inierfera in the settiement of the Cuban difficulties. “Inasmuch as Spzin has accorded her colonies in the Antilles the maximum of iiberty that old powers accord to their colonies, therefore,"” conciudes E. Liberal, “the United States cught to be grateful to Sp ain. But as America's zood will 18 h smpered by offensive or restrictive con- ditions, we must ignore them a.d in accordance with our interests, with our Lonor and sovereignty."’ A member of the Cabinet, in the course ofan interview to-day, declared that ac- cording to the communications received by the Government from Senor de Lome, the Spanish Minister at Washinaton, President McKinley’'s atiitude toward Span is “very gratifying.” The Government, continued tha Cabi- net Minister, does not believe President McKinley will demand the termination of war in Cuba within any specified pe:iod, ‘for Pre-itent McKinley knows that Spain’s first desire is a conclu:ion of the war, and thats is putiing forth every effort toend i1, The Spanish Government, he further as- serted, is now studying means of mobil- izig the volunteers in Cuba, and Senor Puigceiver, the Minister of Finance, is consideritg proposals to raise money, waich wi | be submi:ted to the Cortes. Senor Sagasta, the Premier, is indls- posed to-day and confined to his room. NICARAGUATRANSPORTA 7:IUIILIIV£S Steamship and Railway Systems to Be Constructed by the Atlas Company. MANAGUA, Nicaracua, Dec. 5 (Via Galveston). L. Wicumann, representing the English corporation known as the Atlas Steamshin Company, has deposited with the Treasurer of Nicaragua $35000 in god as the company’s gnarantee under its contract with the Nicaraguan Govern- ment, by the terms of which the campany receives ihe exclusive rizht of steam navi- gation for thirty years on the Silico tagoon, Lake Nicaragua and the river San Juan del Norte, with the exclusive right, olso, for the same time of constructing tramways and railroads along the line and at the best places 10 avoid the ob- stacles in the river. —_— Bryan Leav-a for Mexico. GUTHRIE, Dec. 5.—Hon. W. J. Bryan departed for Mexico this morning, after | being elaborately entertained by the peo- ple here. At the oyera-house Mr. Bryan lectured on bimetallism. Mr. Bryvan says he will stay in Mexico for four weeks. Yesterday he received an invitation by wire to be the guest of President Diaz at the Mexican capital. Mr. Bryan in an in- terview gave it as his opinion thai the present Congress would be a do-nothing affair. e ELOPES WITH A TRAMP. Society in a Maine Town Shocked by the Escapade of Gne of its Leaders. HOULTON, Marxe Dec. 5—The resi- dents of Houlton are in the throes of a social problem. A community of cuiture, an educational and religious center, 1s shocked. The wile of one of the most re- svec ed ciuzens has gone wrong. The Kays moved in the very best set. Wil- am A. Kay is Deputy Sheriff of Aroos. tock County, and has supervision over the County Jail. M:s. Kay has always been & leader in socia! affairs. Thomas Sweeney is a jail-bird tramp. He is illiterate, unprepossessing, vulgar, and yet William A. Kay bas filed an ap- plicagion for divoic', and this man has been named as co-r-spondent Mrs. Kay immediately entered a cross suit on the maie with a number of Houiton’s most prominent married women. 1t was while in her husband’s jatl that Sweeney excited the interest of Mrs, Kay. She was atle to visit him at all hours of the day and aight without exciting any suspicion. One evening the Suneriff fol- lowed his wife ana tramp lover. He saw enough to convince him that the gossips had the very best au- thority for their tales. Sweeney promptly disappeared and the wife left Houlion. The pnir met at the Q.een’s Hotel, St John, but were not permitted to stay there and they went to Ban or. Key is wiliag to provide for the woman’s maintenance <o iong asshe keeps away from Sweeney. Kay’s lawyeris au- thority for the statement that an agree- ment for separation will be reached on this basis, a7 St ENTERS A MUEnSTER ACADEMY. Mgr. Joseph Schroeder /ppointed to the Faculty of a Prussian Institution. BERLIN, Dec. 5—Right Rev. Mgr. Joseph Schroeder, Iate professor of dog- matic theology of the Catholic Unive-sity at Washington, has been appointed by the Prussian Minister of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs to the faculty of the Catholic Academy at Muenster, capital of Westphaha. Mgr. Schroeder’s resiznation of his pro- fessorship at Washington was placed in the hands of the board of Directors of the Catholic University in the latter part of of the scholastic year, when the resigna- tion would take effect unless te should sooner find another po The period of grace wrs given him in order that he might communicate with the Prussian Minister of Ejucation and arrange for a professorship in som: Ger- man university. At the time Monsignor Schroeder said that be lal earnesuy wished to resign during his last vacation and had been ad- vised by his physicians to do so, but that he returned to the universfty because the Holy Father had advised him to take that course. The board of directors, there- tore, tefi the tinal decision of the matter 10 the Pope, after an official expression of its “regret at the many charges against Monsignor Schroeder in this connection.” YIELOING 1C HiS GRIEF. Genera! Clay, Deserted by His Girl- Wife, Is Fast Failing in Fealth. WHITEHALL, Ky., Dec. 5—General Cassius M. Clay is erestly grieved because of the long absence of his child-wife, Dora Richardson, and much worried over stories being circutated regarding her. Three webks ago Saturday Dora left the home of General Clay for the cottage of her brother, at Valley View. been sick most of the time. ‘When stories Ciay he characterized ihem as lies, circu- lated by enemies to damage and destroy his confidence in her. A message from Vallev View to-night states that Mrs. Clay is much improved and has sent Genera: Clay word that the will return to him swhen she is well enough. Those who know her best be- lieve sue has no intention of returning to etary istance that she continues send- ing General Clay these messages. Gen- eral Clay’s bealth is failing and beshows unmisiakable signs of mental and phys. ical suffering. his grief. - DE YOUNG'S FRIENDS ACTIVE. Owing to Major Handy’s Illness They Expect to Secure the FParis Ex- position Place for the Editor. WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, —The friends of M. H. de Young nave not abandoned their hove of having him appoin:el di- rector-general for the United States at the Paris exposition. It appears that Moses P. Handy, who has been slated for his place, is seriously and periaps criti- cally ill and will in ail probability not be able to accent, so De Young’s fr ends are active in his behalf. Among them is George A. Knizht of S8an Fiancisco, who is a1 Willard’s Hotel L Ol BLEW OUT HERE BRAINS, Poor Health Cawses Mys. Howell to Com- mit Suicide. KANSAS OITY, Mo., Dec. 5.—In meager rcoms in Charlotte street at midnight last nizht Mrs. Lillian Howell, aged 37 years, blew out tier brains with a revolver. She had veen a sufferer from chronic pneu- monia for years, and believed she was a sindrance to her husband, E. P. Howell. After she died Howell was with trouble resirained from killing himself. They were both students of the Kansas City Homeovathic Coliege, coming here from the Louisville (Ky.) Homeopathic College in September. The body will be cremated and ihe ashes sent to Madison, Wis., Howel’s home, for burial. A b BTEER:1GFE PASSENGEKS. Large Number of Italian Immigrants Brought on a Steamer. NEW YORK, Dec. 5.—The Prince line sieamer Trojan Prince, which arrived to-day from Leghorn, Genoa and Naples, brought 1000 steerage passengers, the ereater portion of them being women and cbildren. This is the largest number of Italian immizrants brought by wny one steamer to this port in many months. Tire state of heaith on board was excel- lent. nANY e Fanning to compete. CHICAGO, Dec. 5—R. A. Heicks of Dayton, Ohio, and Charles Grimm of Clear Lake, Iowa, arrived in the city to- day. They will compete in the first race of the shooting match, beginning to- morrow. Heicks 13 challenger for the cast iron badge held by Gromm. J. A. R. Lllictt of 1he Kansas City party will ar- rive to-morrow. Among the vi<itors al- ready here are Fannine of San Francsco and Jobnson of New Yors City. Several changes are probable 11, the make-up of the Chicago team owing 10 1etirements. ground that ier husband had been inti- 1 saw her meet her | October last, the hoard receivini it on ths | understanding that he would be permitied 10 remain at the university until theend | She has | regarding her condition reached General | Whitehall, and that it is only to get mon- | He cannot long survive | ARRANGING FOR - OTHER BATTLE Dan Stuart Expects to Get Bob and Jim in the Ring. Will Offer a Most Liberal Puise to the Champion Heavyweights. Three Places Selected Whers the Fight Could Be Held Without Interference. Special Dispatch to THE CALL NEW YORK, Dec. 5.—Dan Stuart has decided to make an effort to arrange an- other contest between Robert Fitziim- mons and James J. Corbett for the heaVy- | weight championship of the world., The Texas sporting man says he believes that the public wants Corbett and Fitzsim- mons to meet again, and he will do all in his power 1o have them face each other in the roped arena once more. He intends to see both the principals and tneir mana- gers in the course of the next two weeks, and submit to them articles of agreement cailing for a contest to a finish, to take place next July. “I will offer them a liberal purse,” said Stuart, *‘and guarantee them ab-olute protection. In order that they may not lose anythigg if 1 fail to carry out my agreement, I will post a substantial tor- fer Where do you propose to hold zhe con- test? ’ was asked. “‘1 have three places in view,” replied Stuart, “and they are much more access- ibet Carson City. One of the places is within forty-eight hours riae of this city and I have been guaranteed that | there will be no interference. I have | looked over considerable territory for the contest during my trip West and South and I am convinced that if Corhets and Fitzsimmons mean business they will not have any difficulty in settling their differ- ences in a pugiiistic wav.’’ “Do you favor any of the three places you have in mind and can you tell me of | 118 location 27" *Noj; all are satisfactory and everything w1l depend upon the inducements offered s0 far as the final se.ection is concerned.”” Stuart sa.d he did not care to name the size of the purse he would offer for the battie, but tnat it wou!d be a very liberal one. In conciusion be said he was con- vinced that both Coroett and Fitz.im- mons were anxious to fient and he did not | expect to experience any troubls in secar- ing thelr signatures to articles of agree- ment within the nex: two months. el MERCURY WINS THE STAKE. Good Day for Short-Enders on the Sacramento Coursing Field. SACRAMENTO, D:c. 5.—It was a good day for the short-enders at the coursing meet. Arrab Go On set the example, and was followed vy Lanky Bob, which de- feated Promise Me. The latter dog met with a sligit accident by running into the fenze, 2and the knowing ones say that had itnot been for that Lanky Bob would | never bave brought profit to his backers. In the third race EV D changed the short-end situation by defeating Black Bess. In the fourth Mercury sustained the talent in the defeat of Handspring, and in the fifth Elco won against Grady. Electricity end Straight Tip were then slipped togetber, but through some error Biraight Tip siipped the collar and made the trip alone. The owner of Electricity demanded an immediate race, and when they were started again little E ectricity, of conrse, won over the tired Straight Tip. in the seventh Daisy iil renewed the hope of the short-enders vy defeating Re- ception.” Owing to the guarding of Buicher Boy and Daisy Bell, the former and Glenbrook were Jined up, and when the flay floated i1t was on the white. This was the most profitable investment tor the short-enders, as the odds against Glenbrook were 4to 1. Daisy Bell and Liltie T were the next two out, and of the two maidens the first proved the faster. Little Dalizht brought much delizht to her backers in the next, and so did Forest | Queen. Masterpiece did not sustain the import of his name, old Governor Mark- ham winning. When it came to the first ties Lanky { Bob, Mercury, Electricity, Daisy Bell, | Little Delizht and Governor Markham re- | tired Arrah Go On, E V D. Elco, Daisy Bell, Glenbrook and Forest Queen. In the second ties Mercury beat Lanky Bob, Electricity beat Daisy Bell anu Guy- ernor Markham heat Little Delight. When it came to the distribution of the purse money Mercury took the best por- tion of it, Governor Markham came in for second monev, while Electricity seemed satisfied with what was leit. it i BIG RECEIPTS FROM FOOTBALL. | | i | | Quite a Fortune Spent to Witness the | Exciting Games on Franklin Field. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 5. —The an- nouncement was made to-day that the games played on Franklin Field by the University of Pennsylvania football team this year produced gross receipts of over $90,000. The net return to the athletic association accruing from tnis wiil amount to $50,000, the larzest sum by 33 per ceni ever returned from footbali. The total attendance has been over 100,000 ior the lourteen games played. The Harvard game was the banner con- test and there was an attendance of 24,000, Seats sold at good prices, averasinz $1 6, muking a gross return of nearly $35,000. Of this amount Harvard took 40 per cent. The Cornell game drew 20,000 at a smalier rate, making the gross receipts about $22000. Cornell drew 25 per cent. The Indian game drew 15,000 at regular prices and netted §12,000, of which the visitors secured 25 per cont, while the Lafayette game drew 20,000 at the regular prices, ihe visitors getiing 33 per cent. The ex- peases at th- smaller games were slignt, Ww.ile the attendance aggregated 20,000 in ten games. —_—— 81X-DAY R:CE BEGINS. Thirty-siz Men >tart at the Crack of the Pirtol. NEW YORK, Dec. 5—At 12:15 A, M. Starter Eddie Bald fired the pistol and the thirly-six men were off in the six-day bi- cycle race at Madison-square Garden. They rodein nine columns, four men in eacs. Hale, the winner of last year’s con- test, led the first lap, and Rice, who came second in last year’s contest, led the first mile. Time for first mila, 2:28 2.5. Jimmy Michael rode two milesin 4:02 2-5 before the b g event was started. He tied his Chicago Indoor record. _Twelve thousand people cheered the rigers ai the opening. 1 brac of every where it fed on tbe high and dry grass and was fanned by astrong sou'h wind. The fire started near Ruth postoflice, near the county line, ana swept with axhtning speed. It was an exciting night amonz the farmers, who feuzht like demons to vreserve their crops, the women and chil- dren assisting. The canyons running cast and west along Trail Creek finally stopped the fire, but only after serious property loss had been entailed. Many tales of narrow escapes ara told. At il WESTERN HECORDS BROKEN. { | Wonderful Speed Attained by Trains on the Union Pacific During Spurts. OMAHA, Dec. 5.—Celebrating its new birth the Union Pacific has taken two more falls out of Father Time and has set a pace for fast running that will likeiy stanqd in the West for some time. Three record-breaking spurts in one week are its record. Of the first, the Associated tress furnished full particulars last Tuesday. At that time a 520-mile run was made at the rate of 6214 miles an hour, with a 100- tuile dash at the rate of 63.2miles an hour. Yesterday the fast mail was again late in Wyoming and was danced across the Nebraska plains at a rate that makes the Tuesday run look slow. It coverec forty- two miles from Sidney to Julesburyz in 38 minutes; 81 miies from Julesburg to | North Piatte in 71 minutes; sixty miles, | North Piatte to Lexington, in 60 minutes; | thirtv-five miles, Lexington to Kearney, in 33 minutes, and a final dash of forty- two miles from Kearney to Grand Islana in 36 minutes, or seventy miles an hour. The 261 miles from Sidney to Grand 1sl- and was made in 238 minutes, an average of 65.6 miles an hour. From Grand Isl- and to Omaha the run was ordinary, the lost time having been madae up. To-day the Union Pucific brought a the- 1 company cn a_special train from i 1 miles, in | 5 minutes. From this must be deducted ive minutes for changiug engines at Grani Island, four minutes’ delay by a| Missouri Pacific train on the crossing at Petrel, and necessary slowing up through Omaha, and a slow run over the Missouri- river bridze. The actual running time of the train was 5 minutes, an average of | 63.6 miles an Lour. | fo = VARITY THE CAUSE OF THEFTS. | Jule-burg to Council Bluifs bt Four Society Women of Massachusetts Arrested for Indulging in Shoplifting. BOSTON, Dec. 5.—A gigantic and | comprehensive system of shoplifting has | been unearthed by the Lynn police, and | as a consequence four women, the operat- | ors of the scheme, are under arrest at po- | lice headquariers. They have confessed | and the goods have been recovered. Sev- | eral truvks are filled with the booty. The | officers are positive that there are other women implichied. Four homes have been made desolate and practiceliy all the | furnishings removed. The women are Mrs. Clara Pnillips, wife of Linco!n Phil- hps; her sister, Miss Lulu Coub, Miss Florence Manson and Mrs. G. B. M. Hous- ton, wife of ex-Alderman Houston. Tne orerations of the women exiended to | Waterville, Boston, Lynn, Salem, Malden | and other cities. | It is one of the most remarkable cases | on record, as the women are all prominent socially, all fariily women and members | of societies and fraternitis. Their sole | motive was vanity and the desire to dress | well and furnish their homes in luxu Furs and broadcloth cloaks were taken in | iarce numbers, wiile there are also hun- dreds of yards of laces, numerous pair~ of stockings, hurdreds of yards of silk, silk waists and skirts, entire dresses, bric-a- | nature, ribbons, clocks, shoes, perfumery, brushes, mirrors, toilet articles, laces and underwear and almost every ariicle on sale in dry goods, mil ners’ and furriers’ stores, valued at many thousands of dolla SANTA FE TIME SCHEDULE. | Numerous Changes Soon to Go Into Effect on All Parts of the System. TOPEKA, Dec. 5.—The divisi intendent of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe has partially ccmpleted a new timecard for pas-enzer trains on all parts of the system, effective December 13 No. 1, whick now reaches Kansas City, Mo., at1:55 P 3., and leaves for Calif rnia at 2:25, will leave Chicago at 9:30 p. M. and | reach Kansas Citv at 11 A M, leaving at 11:30 via the main live. There will be no afternoon train west oi Kansas City on the main line except the Topeka plug at 2:30. A new train, No. 21, will connect with the fast mail from Chicago, which will reach Kansas City at 2:10 p. m, by way of the cut-oft to Emporia. No. 1 will run on about the same time as before, but No. 21 will be a faster train and will catch No. 1at Albuquerque at 8 the next morn- ing. No. 22 wil start from Albuquerque and catch No. 8 at Newton, where it will he merged into the latter train, reaching Kunsas City as No. 8, without change of time. HELD - FORGER., Jeweler Stewart igmant Dretention in Jail. NEW YORK, Dec. 5.—Harry Stewart, a jeweler, was arraigned as a suspicious | character in a Police Court to-day and re- | munded until to-morrow for identifica- tion. Stewart was arrested on Saturday | by Central Office detectives at the Hotel | Cadiliac on the strength of a telegram from the Chief of Police of Cleveland, hio, which stated that Stewart was want- H ed for forging railroad tickets. Stewart | was very indignant over his arrest. He says he is not the man wanted. g Severe Fire at Tulsa. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 3.—A special from Tulsa, L. T., to the Republic says: Fire originated in the general store of Prince & Gillet to-day and destroyed over $100,- 000 worth uf property. The brineipal logers are: Fred G. Scott, Lvnch Mer- cantile Company, Prince & Gillet, the | Tulsa Banking Company, the Commercial | Hotel, George B. Perryman, Lewis & | Bro lerick and Egan Bros. 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NEW YORK, Dec. —A plot to black- meil Sencr Don Eugenio de Faria Teixeira, a Brazlian millionaire, which had been frusirated by the central offic: detectives, was revealed to-day by the preliminary Police Court proceedings in the prosecution of William B. Turnbull, who claims to be an accountant, and William E. Gould, who has been known as a Wall-street speculator. The name of Arturo Baldasamo y Topete, Spanish Con- sul-General, having been mentioned in | connection with the scheme to extort thje sum of $4500 irom Senor Teixeira, a Jab: pena was issued for his aitendance at the examination in the case of Gould and Turnbull, which has been set down for Tu oners were committed to the Tombs prison in default of bail, and it is said that at the Police Court investiza- tion Turnbull will bscoms a witness for the prosecution, and by disclosing the full details of the conspiracy, fasten the guilt on his confederate, Gould, and im- plicate a high Spanish Government cfficial. ~ The money was demanded from Senor Teixeira under threats to publish his life’s history, and the alleged fact that he had violently assaulted his wife while she was in a delicate condition. The detectives bad several interviews with Turnbull dur- ing the course of the negotiations to ex- tort the money, the amount of which was finally reduced to $2250, and are in posses- sion of the letters written to the Brazilian miliionaire, Senor Don Teixeira, who is a widower, arrived nere in October, 1896, with his mother, Mme. Maria Louisa Teixzeira, from Epain. It was then announced that the Teixeiras intended to invest their for- tune-of about $50,000,000 in this eountry. They spent haif a million dollars erecting a mansion at the corner of West End ave- vue and One Hundred and Fifih street in this city. There mother and son have since lived quietly. Consui Baldasamo comes into the cuse because of his friendship for Gould. He gave (o Gould a letter of recommendation, which Gould presented to Teizeira in ap- vlying for the position of private secre- tary. When a detective, yozing as the agent of Teixeira, conducted negotia- tions with Turnbull, the latter brought Gould into the case. Then the detective inquired at the Spanish Consulate con- cerning Genld. The Consul said that he considered Gould eminently fitted to act as secretary to Teixeira. Senor Teixeira has a reputation as an artist. He painted the celebrated picture entitied “The First Communion of Americy,” which took prizes in Paris, Madrid and Chicago. He isa first cousin of Dom Pedro, cnce Emperor of Brazil. Senor Teixeira is reputed toown rich gold NEW TO-DAY. LEADING CASH GROCERS. {NCORPORATED TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SPECIALS FOR THIS WEEK. TELEPHONE SOUTH 292. 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