The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 1, 1898, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1898. HANNA 1§ CONFIDENT OF ELECTION No Fear of Not Being Returned to the Senate. Goes Quietly to Columbus to Personally Direct His Campaign. State Employes of Ohio Are, of Course, Among the Bush- nell Workers. LEGISLATORS LINING UP. And Now It Remains to Be Seen if the Republican Pledges Will Be Carried Out. Special Dispatch to The Call. COLUMBUS, Dec. 31L.—Nearly all of the members elect of the Legislature have arrived in th ty to-night, and | the senatorial skirmish is at its height. Not since the senatorial election of six | years ago, when the Sherman-Foraker | contest was on, have there been so many pc ns in the city at one time. Ma have come merely out of curiosity, but a large number are here to take ive part in the contest be- tween the Hanna and anti-Hanna Re- publicans. To the Republicans at large the situation is inexplicable. The anti-Hanna Republicans actually in e are so few in number that the evid uninitiated can scarcely comprehend why the should be such a struggle. Charles S. Kurtz, who is the leader of the opposition to Senator Hanina, umed personal charge of the nna headquarters at the Great 1 Hotel, and a small army of workers, mostly appointees of Gov- ernor Bushnell in the State's depart- ments and the State institutions, be- sieged the roon The activity at the Hanna headquarters at the three lead- | ing hotels was even more formidable. The developments of the day were decidedly favorable to Mr. Hapna, on the surface at least. The arrival of | Mr. Hanna on the scene during the af- ternoon seemed to turn the tide slight- ly in his favor. His arrival was a sur- prise to those not in touch with the managers of Mr. Hanna's interests, as | he was not expected, according to pre- vious ements, until Sunday. of programme was con- yme to indicate that Mr. s managers considered the §itu esperate, but there was nothing te thaf this surmise was well On the contrary, Major Dick coworkers at the Hanna head- were in the most cheerful | announ quarter L6 spirits and took a more hopeful view of the situation than yesterday. | vas some rejoicing over the | public declarations of Representatives Redkey of Highland County andSmith of Delaware County that they would vote for Mr. - Hanna. Both of these Representatives had been claim- ed by the opposition. Mr. Redkey | comes from a county where it was expected the majority of his party would indorse his stand against Mr. Hanna, if maintained. Representative Smith had a war of words w! Mr. Kurtz as a result of desertion from the anti-Hanna ranks. Representa- tives Masonand Brambley of Cuyahoga now stand practically alone in their | open opposition to Mr. Hanna, al- | though they do not represent the | strength of the anti-Hanna Repubii- | cans. The others have, up to this time, kept closely under cover. Represen- | tative Mason is the avowed cand!dule‘ of Mr. Kurtz for Speaker in opposi- tion to M. Boxwell. Senator Jones of Youngtown arrived this evening. He was reported to have said that Mr. Hanna would be defeat- | ed. In an interview he said: “I am | here to do my sworn duty under the | constitution. I shall preside at the or- | ganization of the Senate, and think | there will be no trouble. As to the Senatorial contest, I know nothing about it, neither do I propose to take | a hand in the matter. It is my place and duty to be strictly neutral, and | that is the position I will eccupy. I hope everything will come out satis- factory to the Republican party. What more can I say?” | Hanna badges were conspicuous about the hotel lobbies to-night. They bore a picture of Mr. Hanna and the words, “For Senator, the party’'s choice.” The Senator was besieged by callers all the evening, but accorded | a correspondent an interview. In re- | sponse to an inauiry as to what he | thought of the situation he said: | “The contest between the Republi- | can and Democratic parties was set- tled by the people at the polls last | November. The verdict was in favor | of the Republican party and its plat- form. Since then I have not said any- | thing or given any good reason why the verdict should be changed. “The Toledo convention recommended the whole State ticket and indorsed the administration of President McKinley and Governor Bushnell. The platform was adonted by the State convention by unanimous vote. 1t contained an in- dorsement of my candidacy for the United States Senate, and so far as the party could do in the State conven- tion it was committed to my election to the high office to which I aspire. That combined action was a part of the platform of the party, and therefore Republicans all over the State think the fruits of the victory obtained by the success of the Republican party at the polls means nothing less than that the will of the voters, as expressed last November, shall be carried out by their representatives in the General Assem- bly. I know of no reason why there should be any change in the pro- gramme adopted at Toledo, and having faith in the loyalty and patriotism of the Republicans of Ohio I have no rea- son to doubt, the fulfillment of the pledges made to the people.” “What do you think of the action of Mr. Kurtz?” “I do not see any occasion why I should indulge in personalities. I con- sider that my own personality in this contest is insignificant as compared to the importance of this issue, as affect- ing the future welfare of the Republi- can party. I will merely state that I am confident that the attempt to de- feat the will of the party will not be successful.” No Combination Railroad Office. Rumor, recently and persistently elreu- lated, has had it that the Union Pacific, the Northwestern and the Vanderbilt | we | lumbia, for thirteen days, making re- | dragged B R B R L R S R R S T e lines otr‘cea in this city would very soon | occupy guarters together under one set of officials in the large new offices of the Northwestern under the Palace Hotel. | The new lettering on the windows of the Northwestern's renovated guarters has | been part]y responsible for the belief that | the Uniop Pacific would go over to the | Palace corner. Yesterday, however, | Colonel Hitchcock for the ' Union Pa cific, R. R. Richle for the Northwestern | and 'C. C. Crane for the Vanderbilt lines | separately. declared that there is abso- lutely no foundation for the rumor, and that no such combination or any other combination is contemplated or likely to OLKLIND'S CREW AT BE SIFE Continued " from Tirst Page. i condition when she reached this port on the 24th of last November. We had been thirty-eight days from San Pe- dro, and during that time it seemed that we could not make land again. We got into Astéria the day prior to Thanksgiving, in a frightful condi- | tion. The bark looked like a wreck. stopped at Ranier, down the Co- pairs, and then she came to Portland. When we got here the two mates, my- self, the cabin boy and the entire six | seamen left the vessel. I lkked to salil | on her, but I decided that the Oakland | would never survive another rough spell on the sea, and told the captain | that 1 would quit. The remainder of the crew left for the same reason.” | OAKLAND'S CREW MAY ‘ | HAVE BEEN FICKED UP BY THE LAURA WMAY. Unusually Large Number of Men Seen on the Little Schooner by a Passing ‘ Pilot. ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 31.—What prom- | ises to be the solution of the disap- pearance of the officers and crew of the bark Oakland, wrecked near Cape Flattery recently, has just been brought to light. The two schooners which’ arrived in the lower harbor on Thursday were the Laura May and the Jewell. They anchored near Sand Island, the Jewell being still in the harbor, but when they dragged their anchors, as reported on Thursday, the Laura May, being nearest the mouth of the river and unable to get under control, drifted out to sea again, and was not seen in the offing to-day. Shortly before these schooners their anchors the German ship Henrietta came in, in charge of Pilot Malcolm, and anchored in the lower harbor. Malcolm reported that as the May was drifting out he count- ed eleven men on her deck. She carries | a crew of only three or four men, and he thinks it probable she picked up the men from the Oakland. Malcolm, who was outside for a week, says the weather has been very nasty. Three days ago they passed an American ship, south bound, under full sail, name unknown. The German ship Henrietta, Captain Seemann, from Yokohama on Novem- ber 22, barely saved her charter by ar- riving up from the lower harbor be- fore 6 o'clock to-night. The captain says he was thirteen days off the mouth of the river and was very much alarmed when he was anchored below | on Thursday night. He had a rough but uneventful voyage. The British ship Drumburton, Cap- tain Spurring, which sailed from Swansea, Wales, on July 8, with a car- | g0 of coal and coke, arrived in yester- | day afternoon. The captain reports a rough voyage, with every variety of weather. In the lower Pacific he spoke | a Norwegian bark bound from Panama | to the Sound. { The big tug Fearless, Captain Clem Randall, arrived from San Francisco to-day and has been placed in service | here in place of the Relief, which will proceed to San Francisco on Monday | for repairs. The Fearless is perhaps | the finest tugboat on the Pacific Coast, | with the possible exception of the Can- | adian tug Lorne. FEERRREREERERFRERI R R R RN R NEW YEAR’S WISHES. Oakland, Dec. 31. 1897. Rev. Robert F. Coyle, D.D.— A new park for Oakland; pros- perity in business interests ; right- eousness in municipal administra- tion, and great prosperity for our churches. Rey. E. R. Dille, D. D.—For Californiz a golden jubilee marked by a revival of prosperity and manufacturing interests, For Oakland improved strests, a Sun- day closing ordinance for saloons, the purchase of Adams Point and the Jordan Tract for a park worthy of our fair city. For Oak- landers religious quickening en- thusiasm for humanity ; applied Christianity. Rev. C. M. Hill, pastor Tenth- avenue Baptist Church—I should like to see the city improved in a material way—the streets repaved and some new boulevards built, and a large, centrally iocated park secured. | should like to see more factories here, so that more of our people could find employ- ment. My programme would also include moral improvement, such as stopping all disguised lotteries and games of chance in connection with business, a closing of all the saloons, or, failing of that, closing of as many of them as possible. In a word, I should like to see in the new year a revival in business, morals and religion, H. M. McKnight, pastor of Asbury Church—My first wish for Oakland is not attainable dur- ing the new year. But this one is possible now—fair and honest dealing, at living pricss. | pledge my influence against the credit system and all forms of gambling, whether with slot machines, coupons, stamps or gifts. Let us be honest or nothing. -l(-**************i******{fl**: | | B T B R R R R R The exact cost of an English Cabiret Minister's full-dress uniform Is guineas. % | placed on the lawn gave the signal | lights on | were turned upon the flagstaff of the | exact hour a little white ball was seen | the Second Battery of the National | serveces were held at a number of | game of baseball to-morrow morning at | formation now allege that M. B. Culver 120 a.scenflo and parachute P o'cl e heml £hil renof the dity S NOW THE SECOND CITY [N THE WORLD Greater New York Is Under New Government. Mayor Van Wyck Has Sway Over a Vast Empire. Many Fat Appointments That ‘Will Gladden the Tam- many Tigers. IN WITH A GREAT NOISE. As the Stars and Stripes Float From the City Hall Bedlam Breaks Loose. Speclal Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—The citizens of New York, which to-morrow be- comes the second city of the world, en- ter then upon what is believed to be the greatest problem of municipal gov- ernment ever presented. With the last stroke of the clock at midnight an- nouncing the advent of the New Year, there will be born a city such as the Emperors and Kings of history would have deemed great for an empire. For six months, unless the machin- ery of the new municipality gets into | motion, the Maycr of New York has | the power of an autocrat. He may ap- | point officials with salaries running in- to the thousands with as lavish a hand as ever Emperor treated his fa- vorites: 5 The Mayor will appoint every de- | partment head in the city except the Controller, who is elected for four years. He will appoint all commis- | sioners, Justices of interior criminal courts, all the members of the school boards, with the exception of the Com- missioner of Education, the Justices of speclal sessions and the police magis- trates, and is given the power to re- | move any official in New York and ap- | point his successor. There are five boroughs in the Greater New York, namely, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Rich- mond. The muni¢ipal legislature is composed of the Council with twenty- | eight members and a Board of Alder- men of .y members. The president of the Council was selected by the peo- ple. The Board of Aldermen will be chosen by the members of that body | Mayor Van Wyck is given power to | veto any ordinance or resolution of either body of the municipal assembly | unless five-sixths of the mémbers of both houses declare otherwise. Each of the five boroughs has a borough presi- | dent, but his principal duty is to pre- side over the various local bodies in his borough. The exit of the old year and the in- auguration of Greater New York was celebrated fittingly to-night. One of the events that marked the occasion | was a grand parade. X Notwithstanding the warring ele- ments and the announcement made in the early afternoon that the carnival| and parade would be postponed, a great crowd of merry-makers, mask- ers, wheelmen and members of various societies with numberless floats, met at the rendezvous around Union Square ready to march through the rain and mud to honor the old city and welcome the new. An hour before midnight bombs and the parade was approaching, and just a little later the first of the pro- | cession turned into the park. A huge balloon with trailing light was sent up and as it swept across the park a blazing American flag floated down and remained burning until the bal- loon went out of sight. The drizzling rain had turned to snow, but the great crowds remained surrounding the paraders, who had gathered in the park for the chief cere- meny of the night. At exactly 12 o'clock the search- the neighboring buildings | City Hall. As the hands pointed the to climb the staff slowly. The Mayor of San Francisco had touched the but- ton and the electrical current sent the furled flag of the city of New York to the top of the staff. Here it broke out and swung into the breeze. Then bed- lam broke loose. Hundreds of bombs were thrown into the air, sending down their showers of blazing stars, and the salute of 100 guns was fired by Soon after the crowd dis- e — ALAMEDA NOTES. ALAMEDA, Dec. 3L—Watch-night Guard. perse. the churches in this city to-night. The Presbyterian Sunday-school had its Christmas tree and entertainment last evening. The second regiment of the Boys' Brigade wili hold its annual shoot to- morrow at the High-street range. The Encinals and a picked nine from Stanford and Berkeley will play a the Recreation grounds. The Bellevue Tennis Club will hold a tournament to-morrow at their San Jose avenue court. Matthew Politeo, an architect of this city, has started for the Klondike. At the annual meeting of the Congre- gational Church it was reported that the society was entirely out of debt and in a prosperous condition. There will be a lively game of foot- ball between the Vampires and the Oakland Association team to-morrow afternoon in this city. Parties who claim to have inside in- has the best chance to obtain the ap- pointment as Postmaster of this city. Culver is at present superintendent of station B. It is now claimed that the appoint- ment of E. W. Masiin to the position of trustee of the free library is not le- gal, as he is not an elector, though a resident of this city. And it is also claimed that the appointment of Weller as librarian is also not legal. This and other important matters will come be- fore the board at its meeting next Tuesday evening. New Year's at the Chutes. New Year's will be fittingly celebrated at the Chutes, and in addition to the Boston Ladies’ Military Band and - lar attractions there will be a bnmn X | such persons as are unable to pay for | cost to miners able to pay tor them. FOR RELIEF GRATUITOUSLY DISTRIBUTED Limit on the Permit of Canada for the Expedition. Goods That Are for Sale Not to Be Entered Free of Duty. It Is Hoped, However, That the Government Will Be Granted More Latitude. FOOD FOR HUNGRY MINERS At Present Mule Pack Trains Will Be Used in Taking Supplies to Dawson. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 It has been discovered, on careful in- spection of the permit granted by the British Government for the taking of supplies into the Klondike country free of duty, that the exemption ex- tends only to such goods as are gra- tuitously distributed. Under the terms of the act of Congress the Secretary of War is permitted to give suppliesf to them, but the act seems to require that where the miners are able to pay for | food the money is to be applied to de- fray the expenses of the relief expedi- tion. A strict interpretation of the Brit- ish permit would not sanction this ac- tion. Still, as the permit was in the shape of a letter from Sir Jullani Pauncefote, the British Embassador, transmitting a telegraphic acquies- cence by the Governor-General of Can- | ada, and since it was sent the Cana- | dian Secretary of the Interior has con- | ferred with Acting Secretary Meikle- john, with a full knowledge of the in- tention of the War Department, it is believed that the Canadian Govern- | ment will not interpose any objection | to our Government recouping itself as far as possible by selling supplies at It appears that tne plan of using reindeer as a means of transportation | from the seaboard to the Klondike does not promise success owing to the | inability of the Governmeut agent, Mr. Kjellmann, to get the animals from | Lapland in time to be of any service this winter. It is the present purpose of the War Department, therefore, to push through with the mule pack trains as far as possible, and old cam- | paigners assert that they can get to Fort Selkirk at least, leaving the rein- | deer to follow up the trail if they come | along at all. The deer would be of the | greatest use if they could be gotten | through to Dawson, even without a pack load, as they could be slaugh- tered for fresh meat. D Canadians Will Protest. VICTORIA, B. C, Dec. 31.—It is stated that a formal protest will be made to the Dominion Government by the different boards of trade and mem- bers of Parliament of British Columbia against allowing the admission of the TUnited States expedition goods into the Northwest Territory free of duty. They contend that if relief is needed at Daw- son the Canadian Government alone should be able to attend to it. ENGLAND’S ' IRON HAND IS SHOWN Continued from First Page. state of public feeling in the Mikado's empire over the complications of the Far East, centering in China, is shown by the last press advices received here from Japan. That the Government it- self has an eye to the gravity of the question is shown by a statement of the Prime Minister, made in the course of a reply to a delegation. He said: “With affairs tending toward dan- | gerous developments, as is now the | case in the East, we shall not hesitate to ask the Diet for 30,000,000 yen, or even 40,000,000 if necessary.” This was said only a short time be- fore the Premier was forced to resign because of a public feeling that the Cabinet was too weak to deal with the descent of the European powers upon China and the probable dismember- ment of the latter country. The Jijo Simpo, the most Influential paper in Japan, contains a scathing arraignment of Germany's course, declaring the occupation of Kiaochau shows that the Jaws and tenets of in- ternational morality have ceased to be anything more than specious pretense with European powers and that the rule by which their conduct is really regulat;d is “the flesh of the weak is the food of the strong.” After declar- ing that Germany has thrown off the mask and has taken the lead of the western powers in the struggle to de- vour China, the paper adds, as to the attitude of Japan: ‘““The conflagration is on the other side of the river, but the river is a narrow one, and the sparks may easily fly across. The lesson for Japan is that a country’s security depends solely on its strength to resist aggression, and that aggression has come to her own gates. It will not suffice that she should be merely on the defensive. To preserve what one already has it is sometimes necessary to add more. A crisis in the Orient now confronts Japan, and her undivided strength must be devoted to guarding against the perils that menace her.” The Nichi Nichi Shimbun takes a similar view, declaring that it is a part of the plan of encroachment of Euro- pean nations upon the East. It adds for Japan that it has the greatest in- terest at stake in these operations, and must prepare herself for the emer- gency. The Nippon says the crisis calls for 2 resolute foreign policy by Japan, and’ avers that nothing tends to impair am- ity more than tame submission to in- sult and wrong. The course of Ger- many is arraigned as a flagrant viola- tioon of international law. lh’l‘he g(;hluo dgci:msc;lhn the time ;:: e partition of e nese empire arrived and adds: “‘What shall Japan do? Shall she join | scene of conflict in the scramble for pieces of the doom- ed State, or shall she oppose its parti- tion? In such a crisis, the like of which has not occurerd since the res- toration, the portfolio of foreign af- fairs is in the hands of & man in whom the nation has no confidence.” The Tokio Shimpo takes the radical 'position that it is Japan's duty to suc- cor China at this juncture, on the ground that the boasted civilization and Christianity of the western world is slowly tramping down right and Jjustice in its descent upon the Orient. Aside from the excited discussion of the problem in China, the Japanese press is mainly concerned in the coun- try’s extensive naval and military de- velopment. The expenditures on ‘“ar- maiment expansion” this year will be 80,645,721 yen and next year 63,250,000 yen. Brilliant field maneuvers have been executed by the two army corps of the north and the south, in the presence of many foreign diplomats and military experts. The battle ship Yashima has Just arrived from the English ship- yards. She is the second of the big battle ships added to Japan’s new navy, the first being the Fuji. They are sister ships of 12,517 tons displacement each, of 20 knots speed and in arma- ment and general appearance much like the United States battle ship In- diana. The Yashima is the largest war ship that ever passed the Suez canal, and it was found necessary to unship the heavy guns and take off some of the outer armor to get through the canal. e A RUSSIA AND JAPAN. Something of a Comparison of the Soldiers of the Two Powers. The magnitude of operations in Asfa is not understood by many people of the United States. It seems now to be accepted as a fact that Russia has oc- cupied Manchuria with the consent of the Chinese empire. This province or state contains a population exceeding 12,000,000 inhabitants. The country is rich, and the people, measured by the standard of Chinese intelligence and progress, are advancing in the march of civilization. It is in the line of prob- ability that the raflroad extending from the main line of the trans-Siber- ian railway will be constructed to deep water near Port Arthur. According to the original plans of the Russian en- gineers, Vladivostok was selected as the Pacific terminal point of the great line 7000 miles in length from St Petersburg eastward, but changed con- ditions in China following the late war with Japan gave Russia concessions in Manchuria which will permit the con- struction of the line to an open port much further south than Viadivostok. Every Russian enterprise is guarded with so much secrecy that it is exceed- ingly difficult to obtain actual informa- tion as to the number of miles of road to be constructed in order to complete this great work. The road is in opera- tion for a long distance east of Irkutsk and for 400 miles west of Vladivostok. Water transportation is available through much of the country between the eastern and western terminal points. The work may be so far ad- vanced from Irkutsk eastward and Viadivostok westward that troops and supplies from Russia in Europe can be | readily dispatched to the expected in Asia. Contracts were awarded to American builders for the construction of large steamers to navigate the immense lake in the mountains of Siberia. These boats were built to carry trains in about the fash- ion of the transfer steamer at Port Costa. It is quite within the line of probability that Russia is in position to march troops from the easterni-to the western terminal station. It is known that an immense quantity of army supplies has been stored at Vladivastok, and that point is destined to be the base of Russian operations in a war with Japan. There is a powerful Russian army at Viadivostok, but its strength in num- bers is known only to the Russian authorities. Judging from the number of troops on transport steamers calling at Nagasaki for coal during the past two years, it is estimated by observers that the force approximates 80,000 Japan is in position to throw a much larger army than this to the front in Korea with very little delay. On the Wwater as the fleets float to-day Japan is the stronger of the two, but Russia cannot be dislodged from her positions in Manchuria and Korea by warships. Korea, containing a population of fif- teen million people, is practically un- der the immediate control of the Rus- sians. Seoul, the capital, a city of 300,000 inhabitants, is only twenty-five miles from Chemulpo, the principal sea port of Korea. The military stu- dent would say that England and Ja- pan combined should be able to land a force at Chemulpo, which would be ample to capture Seoul in a short time. The British had experience with the Russians in the Crimea and there learned that the soldiers of the Czar are mot to be despised, hencé a small British army would not be sent on that mission. The popular impression that the Ja- ‘panese army of to-day knows some- thing of war is erroneous, although many writers on current affairs speak of the Japanese soldiers as veterans. The Jananese conquered in the late war because the Chinese refused to fight and ran away. The entire loss in battla of the whole Japanese army throughout the entire war with China was less than the losses sustained by a single division of the Union army at Vicksburg in the assault on the 22d of May, 1863. Japan may be a nation of warriors, but her present army knows nothing of actual battle in conflict with trained and effective troops. The Russian troops are exceptional in their ability to preserve order and discip- line under withering fire. The Japan- ese may be equally resolute and ef- fective, but no opportunity was pre- sented in the late war between Japan and China to indicate what the Japan- ese army would do in the event of vig- orous resistance. There is a quickening of commerce between San Francisco and the Orient since the concentration of warships in Asiatic waters. Large quantities of merchandise, presumably fleet sup- plies, have been shipped to Asia. The bulk of supplies go the other way through the Suez canal, but when a gxrtlculnr line of prbvisions must be ad at once San Francisco is the near- est point for the supply. The Cana- dian Pacific and the connecting line of steamships at Victoria are active bid- ders for the transportation of goods. Chicago is right in the race with San Francisco for the trade. The Cana- dian Pacific is giving a very low rate on through consignments from Chicago to Hongkong, but not lower than the rate which San Franclsco merchants obtain from the steamships sailing from this port to the Orient. The ap- prehension of our merchants has been excited, however, by the figures which Chicago houses competing for this new trade are able to quote. SEmer e —— SAYS HE WAS FOOLING. BERKELEY, Dec. 31.—Otto Eck- burg of Lorin, who was brought back to life by San Francisco physicians after almost succumbing to an over- dose of morphine, supposed to have been taken with suicidal intent, de- clares that he was only shamming and that it was carbonate of soda, not morphine, that he took. demaad for fine THE ENGLISH Repudiates an Alleged Interview Scoring Them, Says He Received Most Courte- ous Treatment by Jockeys and Trainers. Never Stated That He Had sq Offer to Ride for the Prince o Wales. Copyright, 1897, by James Gordon Bennet. PARIS, Dec. 31.—The Herald’s Euro pean edition publishes the following: To the Editor of the Herald: Several days ago there appeared in the columns of the Herald what was purported to be an interview with me. It contained so many statements that gre absolutely in- correct that I think I am justified in calling your attention to the matter. I may say, in the first piace, that the treatment I recelved in England from both jockeys and trainers was courteous and friendly; that it would have been worse_than a breach of good taste to make any criticism uflon them, even had I had any to make, which is far from be- ing the case. In the second place I never stated that I had received offers to ride next season, either for Lord Wil- liam Beresford or the Prince of Wales. Indeed, it is highly improbable that I can ride in England next season, as my exchange contracts in America seem likely to take up the whole of my time. Should I be able to arrange it I may ride for Lord Willlam Beresford and Mr. Pierre Lorillard, but this is a ques- tion that it is impossible for me to speak confidentially about until I have been to America. The two items will be sufficient to show you how your correspondent has been mistaken In the remarks he at- tributed to me—remarks, I repeat, that I never made—and I beg you will give these few lines of correction the same prominence that you gaye to the original article. TOD SLOANE. Monte Carlo, Dec. 31, 187, Bt o SHARKEY SHIES HIS CASTOR. Proclaims Himself World's Champion and Wants a Battle. VALLEJO, Dec. 3L.—The Vallejo Morning News of to-morrow morning will publish the following challenge from Tom Sharkey: VALLEJO, Cal, Jan. 1, 1898. To Robert Fitzsimmons, Esq., so-called Champion of the World—Dear sir: As the columas of the leading papers in the United States have been used during the past few days to give expression to the views of yourself, your brilliant man- ager, Martin Julian, and James J. Cor- bett, ex-champion of the world, in re- gard to pugilistic matters, I deem that it is not impertinent in me to ask that I be considered before this championship is finally done up in elegant tissue paper, tied wlthgl‘Elly silk ribbon and handed about with scented kid gloves between you and Mr. Corbett. The history of the prize-ring will bear out my claim to be the first man that you | should meet, now that you have decided to re-enter the ring.' It is a well-known fact that Corbett had the police interfere to stop the fight when I had him beaten in San Francisco. It is a fact known to you that I received a decision over you in that same city when we met there, and, agide from all contention, you know that you fairly lost the contest by foul fighting. However, I am willing to let that pass, and to show to the world be- yond dispute that I am your superior, I challenge you to a fight to verify the de- cision given in my favor in 188. T am the undefeated champion of the world, and there is no necd of you and your brilliant manager looking about for new worlds to conquer till you show beyond cavil that you are clearly entitled to the champion- ship that you claim. I now challenge you to meet me in a finish fight at the earliest possible date, for a side bet of any amount, before the club offering the best inducement, either in England or America, to settle the question as to whether you or I am the champion. Yours respectfully, THOMAS J. SHARKEY, Undefeated Champion of the World. s g WANTS CATCH WEIGHTS. “Parson ** Davies Submits an Ultimatum to McCoy for Choynski. CHICAGO, Dec. 31.—“Parson” Davies, manager for Joe Choynski, the heavy- weight pugilist, to-day issued the fol- lowing ultimatum in answer to “Kia” McCoy’s announcement that he would meet the Californian at 162 poun “Joe Choynski will fight “Kid"” Mc- Coy at catch weights at any place and at any time for a purse of $5000. He will agree to no particular weight.” Prospects for a meeting between the two pugilists, therefore, are not very bright at present. McCoy's first propo- sition to Choynski was a meeting at 158 pounds. He afterward agreed to allow Choynski to enter the ring at 162 pounds, but Parson Davies will not lis- ten to any proposition limiting the welght 'of Choynski. ‘‘Heretofore the question of weight does not seem to have bothered McCoy | 80 much,” he said to-day. “Now, why is he so particular in this instance? He fought Creedon at catch weights, and Dick O'Brien, and when he promised |me a mateh with Joe after the Long Island City match, he said nothing ébout 162 pounds. We will not agree ¢ pull the fight off at Carson City just t0 please Dan Stuart. That is too far awiy, and we won't postpone the matth until next summer either to pleass McCoy and Dan Stuart.” COCHRAN WAY COACH THE CALIFORNIA TEAM. Captaio of Princeton’s Football Eleven Negotiating With the Berkeley Eleven. PRINCETON, N. J., Dec.31.—Garrett Cochran, captain of the Princeton foot- ball team, is negotiating with A. J. | Brown of the University of California. It is generally believed here that he will be coach at the Western college next fall. Cochran makes no secret of the fact that he would like to go to California, but his father is likely to prove a stumbling block. He is greatly op- posed to his son being further mixed up with the game of football. BRANDISHED A REVOLVER. Novel Means Employed by a Berke- ley Landlord to Collect Rent. BERKELEY, Dec. 31.—John Hart of 2219 Dana street tried to collect rent from Mrs. Margaret C. Sullivan and her son Charles at the point of a re- volver yesterday, and in consequence the warlike landlord is under $2000 bonds to answer a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. Hart was formerly janitor of the mechanical building at the university. Yesterday he demanded $48 of the Sul- livans for the premises, 2417 Allston way. The Sullivans tendered $24, claiming that was all they owed. Hart swore that they should pay the $48 before moving a stick of furniture from the house, but the Sullivans were equally determined and started to move their belongings. An express- man was called, but when he attempt- ed to move the furniture Hart drew and began to brandish a revolver. Mrs. Sullivan immediately set out to secure a warrant, and soon Hart was arrested and taken to jail. Later he secured his release on bonds to the amount of $2000, furnished by W. F. Woodsun and D. O. Kane. In the meantime Mrs. Sullivan had again sent for the expressman, and the moving proceeded without further interruption. Hart's case will come up before Justice Clift next week. ———————— Bronze paper-weights from Vienna afford miniature but exceedingly faith- ful studies of animal life. NEW TO-DAY. 1898 Twelve Mil Offered to t the United America’s Gre lion Dollars he People of atest Medicine Only a Great Enterprise Could Make This Enornous Offer and Fulfill It to ‘We have distributed through the druggists to the people of the country 5,600,000 copies of Hood’s Sarsaparilla Coupon Calendar, the handsomest and most valuable ever given away. By the Coupons on this Calendar we offer many useful articles, aggregating $11,635,000 below fair market prices. For Instance, The January Coupon and 25 cents se- cures Hood’'s Practical Cook's Book, a new manual of cookery, 350 pages, bound in cloth, wortn fully $1. The difference between 25 cents and $ represents the cash value of the Ja.n;}} This same calculatién The ary Coupon. applies to every other Coupon. flower seeds offered for the rch Coupon and 10 cents are full, lx;na.r packages, the list prices on which in the stores would be 50 cents. Thus it is clearly demonstrated that is paper. the Letter. Coupon Calenfar for 1898 is worth even more t $2 in money. We do not hesitate urge you to avail your- self of thevalue of every Coupon. You will ft§ every article exactly as representgé. Only a/nammoth business house can make fxch enormous offers as are given /M the Coupons of this Calendar and gilfill them. 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