The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 3, 1898, Page 2

... Wwitnes: 3 2 there was to the new diggings. In six days there were hundreds of clajims staked off the entire length of the Lcre which is ten miles long. The men were not content with walking to the new gold discover but they ran »+like sprint eager were they to reach the place. The excitement be- . pame intens d hundreds of men who " :had good cl on Hunker and Moose- hide Creeks left their diggings to lo- <: aims. Old 1miners say Qu Creek promises to be a: the El Dorado, and it is my opinion that it is. said McConnell, contiu- and I have an interest in sn claims. We have four at the of the Klondike, four on Moose- on Quartz creek and I own the El Do- rio, The El Dorado claim ind 64. Men who have de- s contiguous to these are from $5 to $45 to the pan. vet are undeveloped, but I part with either . My holding . § called luxur- , but nobody , will be 11 stz Great ¢ howeve a little s in the my ¥ next 1 have ded. M , via Seat- mer Corona v more Yu- v, but as none ovember 24, e fire, they were able - to what has already had heard of the fire wn 1 understood was burning. say ation repor con- to the prices now nts vary. C. P. id that before he 0 in provisions for his 20 a pound. There the day 1 to add ve been to! on th that that the fiicting of men going in willing to sell this 1 work in rail, they ss. There suld stint pay such 5 there were others t struck pay A said that not more out, y prospected. An- > party said a recent dis- n made on Dian Creek, two miles above Dawson into the Yukon. It is a v locations rush. On Quig- and had been made that rted that the had bought three za from Alec McDon- Jim for $322,000. It i ¥ not for tion to sh. TAKES BACK TS ERRING SPOUSE San Leandro Husband Pursues an Eloping Pair to Stockton. Becomes Reconciled With His Wife, Who Had Fled With His Own Brother. morning an e; i e as V angualgi arrived in this 1 of his erring an Leandro yester- r circumstances that ent turned to his hon ay after his hard day's work yund no wife to greet him, and everything pointed to the fact | that she had fled from his roof. His 16-month-old aby was alone in the house, crying for mamma. Upon in- quiry the unhappy husband ascertain- ed " that his brother » was m - He discovered, after a hasty investi- gation, that his wife and his brothe had, in fact, eloped. He lost no time in starting in pursuit of the guilty pair. He heard that they had gone to Stockton, and the first train thither he boarded. Upon his arrival here he went at once to the poli told Chief e station, where he iall of his mission and gave a description of his spouse and is brother. A couple of officers wer led to look up the elopers, and brief search they were found in a lodging-house on Weber avenue, op- posite the court house and within a throw of the police headquar- ters. There the woman had given the name of Claudina Garcia. confronted his sence of his own > a couple of po- ice officers. She wept at sight of him, and before many words were exchang- ed she v crying hysterically. The brothe: d no explanation to make, and during the scene he quietly sneak- ed awa The erring wife sobbed for forgiveness, promising to go home to :San Leandro and to her child. Her “husband’s wrath had been appeased, --and he agreed to take her back. The _policemen withdrew, not desiring to any more of the scene of re- heiliation. —_— Jail Break at Sacramento. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 2.—J. L. Orr - and ‘Thomas Babbitt escaped from the ounty Jail to-day by the aid of a -".ciothesline, with which they scaled ‘the walls. Orr was serving six ~months for smuggling opium to the -State Prison grotinds, and Babbitt for previous jail _breaking. Both are morphine “fiends.” They are yet at Jarge. g Succumbs to His Wounds. 'SEATTLE, Wash.,, Jan. 2.—Charles Ross, the Ballard saloonkeeper who shot . and killed a highwayman in his saloon cand was himself mortally wounded, died” to-night. The dead robber has been identified as a man named Hof- ferty, who recently came from Texas. ———— To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. S6c. The genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet. and that | Bonanza, | American | COSTA RICA MAY | FIGHT NICARAGUA Continued from First Page. that he has gone to Costa Rica, and will lay the case before the President. | This ha$ aroused new friction be- | tween the Governments, and the end | cannot be foretold. War, it is be- lieved in many quarters, will be the | result. | In the meantime Nicaragua threatened from another source. Be- | lieving that war between that Gov- ernment and Costa Rica is probable, araguan exiles in Costa Rica are is | going to Salvador_to try to induce | President Gutierrez' to aid them | against Nicaragua. Salvador, how- | ever, is in great danger of revolution, so President Gutierrez in the present case is an unknown quantity. An outbreak in Salvador is expected daily. The Herald's correspondent in San Salvador telegraphs that the situation, financially and politically, could not be worse. The United States Commission Managua. to-morrow icaraguan Canal has not yet arrived in It wiil probably be there \L OFFICE 10 BE RETIRED Men Prominent in the Service ‘Who Will Soon Be Rele- gated by Age. Rear Admirals Beardslee and Selfridge Among the First to Forsake the Sea. Special Dispatch to The Call. Age will relegate to the retired list many prom- inent naval officers during the year just, begun, including nine officers of | high rank in the line, five in the medi- cal corps, two of the pay corps, six engineer officers, one chaplain, one pro- fessor of mathematics, one naval con- structor and one civil engineer. The first line officer to retire will be | | Rear Admiral L. A. Beardslee, who | will reach the retiring age on Febru- |ary 1. His retirement will promote | Commodore C. S. Norton. Admiral Beardslee, Rear Admiral T. O. 1fridge will be placed on the retired Orders just issued by the Navy Department will detach him from the command of the European station on February 7. that command by Commodore K. A. Howell. Other officers who will be taken from | the active list are Commander S. Bel- | den, Rear Admiral W. A. Kirkland, | Rear Admiral M. Sicard, Rear Admiral E. O. Matthews and Rear Admiral J. N. Miller. Commodore Bunce, who will | then be rear admiral, will retire on De- | cember 25. Medical officers who will retire during 1898 are: Medical Directors B. H. Kid- der, E. 8. Bogert, D. McMurtrie and G. | H. Cooke; Pay Director A. J. Pritchard | and Pay Inspector W. W. Woodhull | will be retired. Engineer officers who { will be removed from the active list are Chief Engineers F. A. Wilson, E. Farmer, P. Inch, A."A. Damson, J. H. | Chasmar and J. W. Stivers. Captain | A. B. Rose will be retired on April 15, and Professor J. F. Eastman in July. Naval Constructor J. B. Hoover will and Civil Engineer A. G. Menocal on September 1. MISS WILLARD FAINTS AT THE CLOSE OF A LECTURE. Though Ill She Attempts to Speak at Length to the People of Her Girlhood Home. JANESVILLE, Wis., Jan. 2.—Frances E. Willard, president of the National Women’s Christian Temperance Union, fainted to-night at the close of her lec- ture on “A White Life for Two,” which she delivered in the Congregational Church. A physician was summoned, but it was some time before she recov- ered sufficiently to be removed. The church was packed and hundreds were turned away. The church was exceedingly close, and it was noticeable that Miss Willard was making a pain- ful effort to speak. She suddenly | brought her talk to an abrupt close and left the platform, fainting as she reached the ante-room. Her secre- tary, Miss Gordon, said that Miss Wil- lard had been ill for several days, but had kept up for this talk to the people of Janesville, among whom her girl- hood was spent. She is resting easily | to-night. Rt ey LIVELY RACE WITH THE RAGING FLAMES. Fire Breaks Out in a Baggage-Car and | Theatrical Scenery Is Burned During the Run to a Siding. | i ST. LOUIS, Jan. 2.—A theatrical | company playing “In Old Kentucky” | left Kansas City at midnight last night on a special train of three coach- es over the Wabash en route to St Louis. An hour after leaving the front end of the baggage-car was dis- covered to be on fire. The engineer crowded on all steam to make a siding at Fleming station, ten miles ahead. The wind fanned the flames until they could be heard above the roar of the flying train. When the siding was reached the baggage-car was a loss, and was left to burn. The company lost its scenery and three valuable horses. Nobody was injured, and the train of two cars arrived at the Union station this morning. ol BISMARCK’S CONDITION NOT CHANGED FOR THE WORSE. The Ailing Ex-Chancellor Spent New Year's Day in Company With Relatives. FRIEDRICHSRUHE, Jan. 2—Bis- marck’s condition is in no way worse. He took his midday bath as usual. New Year’s day he passed in company with Count Herbert Bismarck, the Count and Countess Bismarck, the Countess von Arnim and Count and Countess von Rentzau. He did not re- tire until 1:30 this morning. Dr. Chrysander and Dr., Schwelnin- ger were also present. The latter and Count Herbert Bismarck left Fried- richsruhe to-day. i MR Death of Captain A. J. Hatch. LIMA, Peru, Jan. 2—Captain A. J. Hatch of the schooner Louisa, which recently arrived here from San Fran- cisco with a cargo of lumber, dled at Callao, Six days after the retirement of Rear | He will be succeeded in | | be placed on the retired list on June 24 | A1 FOR ERIN'S TOILING MASSES Success of the Irish Agri- cultural Organization Society. Developing the Island’s Indus- tries on the Co-operative System. One Hundred and Seventy Farmers’ Clubs Already Formed Through Its Efforts. Spectal Dispatch to the Call. NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—Right Hon. Horace Plunkett, M. P., chairman of the Irish Agricultural Organization So- | clety, who is now visiting the United | States, has contributed to the January | number of the North American Review, which will be issued on January 13, an account of the efforts which have been | made, since the death of Mr. Parnell, | to further the cause of Ireland through | | the development of her commercial and | | industrial resources. This new move- | ment, Mr. Plunkett points out, depends ‘rnr its success upon the co-operation | {of Irishmen who are politically op- | posed to each other, and it has been the means of bringing together in a common endeavor prominent men of | the most diverse political factions, unfonists and nationalists uniting. The conviction out of which the new | movement arose was that the lrishi | difficulty has long been rather econom- | ic than political, and that it is so more k | than ever to-day. | “Solve the economic problem,” says | Mr. Plunkett, “and in the process the | Irish people will be so elevated and ! strengthened that they will be able to | solve the present problem for them- selves.” Being entirely practical in their aims and processes, the patriots who insti- tuted this movement sought sugges- tion and inspiration in countries where | similar efforts had already been made. Commissioners were sent to Denmark, to Germany, to France and other coun- tries on the continent to observe the | results of the attempts to organize in- | dustries of various kinds and the work | of the Irish agricultural society was pursued along the lines suggested by the representatives of the commis- sioner. The programme of the reformers is | based on voluntary association for in- | | dustrial purpos and the attempt | made is to give practical effect to this| principle by the establishment of so- | | cieties of farmers for common advan- | | tage. The succ which has attended | this work has been most encouraging. | The Irish agricultural organization so- | clety, representing almost all classes of | Irishmen, was formed to provide funds for carrying on the movement, and it has been instrumental in establishing 170 of the farmers’ societies in Ireland, scattered throughout thirty-one of the thirty-two counties, with an aggregate membership of some 17,000, “These societies,” says Mr. Punkett, | “variously embrace every branch of| the farming industry. They cheapen | production by the joint purchase of | seeds. manufacturers’ implements, | machinery and other requirements of | their industry. In dairying districts | they erect creameries, which they show | a capacity to operate for their own pro- fit. They jointlysell what they produce | with a view to saving middle profits. They are in many districts applying the principle of co-operation to agri- cultural finance, and are thus securing a great reduction of interest on farm loans. The advantages derived from combination of individuals is enhanced by joint action between societies.” | . Mr. Plunkett says that it is only the lack of funds sufficient to send organ- izers qualified to educate bodies of farmers, who are ready to listen to| them in almost every parish in Ire- land, which delays the universal adop- tion of the new scheme, and he calls attention to the fact that in providing the means to accomplish this purpose, a splendid opportunity is open for some wealthy lover of Ireland to confer upon her people an incalculable boon. FIRE‘I An Old Landmark, Built by Isaac Requa, Is Destroyed by Fire. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Jan. 2. Shortly after 9 o'clock to-night fire was discovered on the roof of the old Isaac Requa house, on Park street, near KEast Twelfth, Fruitvale. The house, which cost $9000, was entirely destroyed. It was last occupied by John Church. It had been unoccupied for a year, and it is pretty plain that something has been going on within its walls of which the outside world has known nothing. Church was a pecu- liar man, with a still more peculiar | record, but there is no means of trac- | ing to him the discoveries of to-day. Since the Fruitvale bond election the residents of that locality have been looking for a place to establish a new school, not desiring to build at pres- ent. The Church house was suggested and last October a committee from the Fruitvale School Board, headed by Chairman Bane, visited the place. They were shocked to find a number of bloodstains, seemingly made by a gory hand, upon a door -casing, and several dark splotches upon the floor, which could not be mistaken. Here and there in the larger rooms upon the first floor were bits of torn garments and shreds of clothing, and a fierce struggle can well be imagined to have taken place there from the stains and daubs found all about. It is believed now that a local boxing club has had some lively set-tos here, and it may be that something of the kind was in progress there to-night. John Church was the much married man who once upon a time asked his wife to stand up in court. Three women arose, and each blandly re- marked “I am Mrs. Church.” Church was finally convicted of bigamy after a sensational trial. The place now belongs to” B. M. Derby, who lives next to it. His resi- dence had a narrow escape from the flames, as did numerous buildings. Sparks flew two blocks or more to the Valentine Hush residence and ignited the roof, but a prompt use of the gar- den hose prevented any damage. Tne district being outside of the city limits, no fire apparatus started for the fire until Chief Fair ordered Engine € and the East Fourteenth chemical out. 'They could only protect the surround- ing houses. The fire burned itself out by half past 10. No clew has been found for the cause of the fire, unless some one was using an upper room and had a fire Lin toe fireplace, 3/ l‘;vFRUITVHLE. i | fi WORK AHEAD FOR CONGRESS Will Soon Consider the Hawaiian Annexation Treaty. Corbett’s Claim to a Seat in the Senate Will Be Con- tested. In the House the Battle on Civil Ser- vice Appropriation 1s to Be Renewed. Special Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, Jan. 2. The prevaling opinion among Sen- ators is that very little legislation will be attempted during the present week. The fact-that Congress will not recon- | vene until Wednesday will probably be taken by the absentees to mean that nothing will be attempted until the following week, and, as a consequence, it is doubtful whether there will be a quorum present in the Senate on Wed- nesday, in which event there will prob- ably be an early adjournment and then an adjournment until Monday. In any event it is not probable that any impor- tant questions will be raised during the present week. The general understanding is, how- ever, that the work of the session will begin in real earnest ufter this week, and that henceforth there will be no Jjustification of the complaint of dull- ness in the proceedings. Among the questions which will engage early at- tention are: The Hawaiian annexation question, the claim of Mr. Corbett to a seat in the Senate from Oregon, the immigration and the financial ques- tions. In all probability the Committee on Privileges and Elections will meet dur- ing the present week, and the chances are that an early report on the Corbett e will be ordered, even though it may not be favorable. The Republican side of the chamber will'not be a unit in Mr. Corbett’s interest. Senator Bur- | rows of the committee that has charge of the case is preparin an exhaustive speech antagonistic to Mr. Corbett, and the opposition is counting upon the as- sistance of still others from that side of the chamber. It is not believed that there will be any serious antagonism to | the immigration bill, but there may be considerable time consumed in speeches on the subject. It is probable that Senator Davis, chairman of the Committee on For- eign Relations, will make an effort during the present week to get a day fixed for taking up the annexation treaty, and there is no apprehension of any objection to naming a day inthe near future. The plan of the sup- porters of the treaty is to take the question up in executive session on a resolution of ratification, and to de- bate the treaty for a few days in ex- ecutive session, pursuing this course long enough to determine their strength and commit those who pro- fess. to be with them. If they find that they have the ne- cessary two-thirds to secure ratifica- tion, they will press on to the end, but if they discover themselves to be de- ent in voting strength thoy will change their policy and take up the question of annexation on Seuator Morgan’s resolution to that end. There is no doubt that a majority of affirma- tive votes can be secured and that a resolution of this character can be passed if a vote can be reached. The present indications are that the treaty as such will fail of ratification by from two to six votes, but friends of the agreement have by no means lost hope that they will succeed in securing the entire sixty votes necessary to ratity. They claim that they have been mak- ing headway in securing votes during the recess, and are hopeful of still add- ing to the number. They now assert that a solid vote may be expected from the Republican side of the chamber. and that several Democrats who have been claimed by the opposition are on the fence and liable to come to them. The circumstance which has done most to improve the chances of the treaty is the conduct of the European powers in apparently preparing for the partition of China. Many Senators feel that this is an event which «calls | for prompt action on the part of this country in the Hawaiian matter, and there is no denying that this view has made some impression upon Senators who have heretofore been classed as doubtful. The promised explanation by Senator ‘Wolcott of the result of his bimetallic mission to Europe is expected when made to open up the discussion of the attitude of the administration on the silver question and the debate may even be sprung in advance of his speech. The pronounced free silver ad- Vocates are determined to secure a test vote during the session on the silver question, and Senator Teller has decid- ed to introduce the Stanley Matthews resolution of the Forty-fifth Congress declaring for the payment of bonds in silver, with this end in view. Senator ‘Wolcott will, in all probability, make a simple, straightforward statement, avoiding all controverted points as far as possible, but there are other Sena- tors who will not be contented to allow the matter to drop there and they will seck to open the entire question of the position of the administration toward international bimetallism. Mr. Wolcott does not expect to be able to present his statement before the 15th of the month. The time of the House this week, after it meets on Wednesday, will probably be entirely devoted to the de- bate on the civil service question. By general consent the appropriation in the executive, legislative and judicial bill for the maintenance of the com- mission, upon which the debate will be based, went over until after the holi- days. Tt is intended by the opponents of the civil service law that the de- bate shall cover the whole question and they expect to develop and exploit some Very interesting facts. The de- fenders of the law have made elaborate preparations to meet these assaults, and some highly interesting, if not sen- sational, incidents are anticipated. The records of individuals are likely to be very much in evidence. It is not ex- pected that the debate will be conclud- ed this week as Saturday has been set aside for paying tribute to the memory of the late Representative Wright of Massachusetts. 'Bryan for Congress. LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 2—The politi- cal friends of Mr. Bryan have arranged a little surprise for him when he re- turns to-morrow, in the shape of an offer of the fusion nomination for Con- gress in the First district, now represented by Judge E. Strode, Re- publican. Many believe he will flatly refuse. Others say he cannot hope, by his lecturing, to keep himself promi- nently before the public. They argue that Congress will give him the power he needs, and his presence there will effectually dim the star of his only vis- ible competitor, Representative Bailey. Now It Is: THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1898. FOR REFORM OF CURRENCY Report of the Monetary Commission Has Been Submitted. Present Evils Pointed Out and Important Recommenda- tions Are Made. Legislation Required to Prevent the Threatened Degradation of the Gold Standard. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, Jan. 2. In the report of the Monetary Com- mission to the executive committee of the Indianapolis Monetary Convention a plan of currency reform is submitted in the hope that it will, if enacted into law, accomplish, so far as possible, these results: L To remove, at once and forever, all doubt as to what the standard of value in the United States i ud is to be. 2. To establish the dit of the United States at the highest point among the nations of the world. _ 3. To eliminate from ‘our currency sy: tem those features which reason and e; perience show to be elements of wegk- ness and danger. 4. To provide a paper currency convert- ible into gold and equal to it in value at all times and places, in whicb, with a volume adequate to the general and usual needs of business, there shall be com- bined a quality of growth and elasticity, through which it will adjust itself auto- matically and promptly to all variztions of demand, whether sudden or gradual, and which shall distribute itself throug] out the country as the wants of the dii- ferent sections may require. 5. To so utilize the existing silver dol- lars as to maintain their parity with gold without imposing undue burdens on the treasury. 6. To avold any injurious contraction of the currency. 7. To avoid the issue of interest-bearing bonds, except in case of unlooked-for emergency; but to confer the power to issue bonds when necessary for the pres- ervation of the credit of the Government. 8. To accomplish these ends Ly a plan which would fused and uncertain situation by g and progressive steps, without shoc violent change, to a monetary system which will be thoroughly safe and good and capable of growth to any extent that the country may require. z We cannot, within the limits of this preliminary report, go at length into the reasons which have led us to all the con- clusions here expressed. A statement of those which relate to the more important points must suffice. Later a fuller and final report will be presented. After alluding to the ten different forms of currency in the United States defects of the existing system: First—The vast amount of government adequate provision for its redemption, and the consequent diminution of public confidence in t! of the gold standard. Second—The continuance in circulation of government promises to pay, which, when made a legal tender, constitute a forced loan, which are secured oniy by such resources as the exercise of the taxing power can render available, and which are payable only at the will of the debtor. Third—The failure to provide the means for a gradual and suflicient increase of the volume of the currency to meet the needs of an increa enlarging commerce. Fourth—The want of a natural outflow and inflow of the (‘urrencg when and as, and only when and as, the agricultural, manufacturing and commercial interests of the country require, at a given time, either a greater or a less quantity of cur- rency in circulation. Fifth—The failure to secure such a dis- tribution of the loanable capital of the country as will tend to equalize the rates of interest in all its parts. Sixth—The confusion of the fiscal func- tions of the treasury as the receiver of the public revenue and the disburser thereof under congressional appropria- tions with its issue and redemption runc- tions in exchanging and redeeming the currency. Sevenith—The circulation of different forms of government currency having different qualities as to legal tender and receivable for government dues Eighth—The circulation of ars of full legal tender quality whose ninal value as coins so largely ex- ds their value as bullion, that = they offer tempting inducements to successful counterfeiting. 5 Ninth—The circulation of a national bank currency based upon government bonds, presupposing a continuing issue >f those bonds, diminishing the loanable funds of the banks, and, by reason of their bond basis, incapable of increasing n volume with a temporary demand for more currency and of decreasing with the cessation of, that demand. The committee states that the most serious evil affecting our present sys- tem is the threatened degradation of its standard. The means necessary to tablish and preserve popular confi- dence in the continued maintenance of the gold standard is given as folows: 1. An explicit legislative definition of the gold standard and a pledge that it will be maintained. 2. A r@;‘uirem?nt that all obligations, public an rivate, unless otherwise stip- ulated in the contract, shall be payable in conformity with that standard. 3. The adoption of a plan for the grad- ual retirement of the outstanding note issues of the government. As the gold deposited for certificates nnot be used by the Government, and as the issue of gold certificates is of no advantage to the Government or to the people, there does not seem to be any reason for their continued issue. The banking system is thoroughly reviewed, and recommendations made for necessary reforms. The report is signed by: George F. Edmunds, chair- George E. Leighton, vice-chair- ; T. G. Bush, W. B. Dean, Charles 8. Fairchild, Stuyvesant Fish, J. W. Fries, C. Stuart Patterson, Robert S. Taylor. Louis A. Garnett approves the re- port, except as to the provisions relat- ing to metallic currency; and J. Lau- rence Laughlin dissents from that por- Treasury to reissue United States tion empowering the Secretary of the notes in purchase of bonds. ORDERED IN READINESS TO ASCEND THE NILE. Battalion of Cameron Highlanders to Move Up the River in a Fort- night. CAIRO, Jan. 2—A battalion of the Cameron Highlanders has been ordered to be in readiness to ascend the Nile a fortnight hence. LONDON, Jan. 2—A dispatch from Malta says a battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders has been ordered to Egypt. s Mrs. Hearst in New York. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—Mrs. Hearst left Washington Wednesday and is now in New York, where she will remain for several days previous to making her departure for California. Her son, who came here on a flying visit during his mother’s stay, returned to New York early in the week. Mrs. Hearst has almost recovered from her iliness of last fall. Much regret ‘is felt in ‘Washington owing to her recent de- cision not to return here for several years, ead from our present con- | the report gives the following as the | credit currency without a certain and | e continued maintenance | ing population and an | SHARKEY CAN GET A MATCH Liberal Articles Mailed to the Sailor by Peter Maher. All Important Details Omitted, to Be Filled in by the Navy’s Pride. May Name the Conditions For the Match, if He Wants to Fight the Irish Lad. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. PITTSBURG, Jan. 2—John J. Quinn, acting for Peter Maher, to-day mailed articles of agreement to | Thomas S. Sharkey for either a boxing contest before a club or a finish fight at Carson City. Maher stipulates that Marquis of Queensberry rules shall govern and the referee must be mu- tually agreed upon one week in ad- vance of the fight. The other condi- | tions are left blank for Sharkey to fill | in as suits him. He can name the number of rounds, the size of the side bet and the percentage the winner and the loser shall take if the fight is for a purse or receipts. If the fight is to a finish Sharkey can name the amount | each shall put up, provided it is not | less than $5000 a side. Maher has $1000 | deposited with John Pringle, sporting | editor of the Dispatch, which will be transferred to any stakeholder Sharkey may name. rgaTree T COURSING AT THE CAPITAL. Little Delight Wins the Final Dash From Tipperary Lass. | SACRAMENTO, Jan. 2.—Littl2 De- | light bore her name well to-day, Ior, when Judge Cummings’ flag went up | for the last time, it showed the color she wore, and Tom Kennedy, her owner, pocketed first money. Tipper- ary Lass was the hound that stayed | with Little Delight to the last and came in for a share of ihe purse. In order to do this Tipperary Lass had to dispose of Glenbrook, Little Wonder, Skylight and Lady Glendyne in the or- der named. Little Delight started in on her achievements of the day by retiring Kitty Lonsdale. In the first tie she had Forest Queen to contend with, | but, in spite of the latter's speed, she won handily. Next she met Governor Markham after a bye, which was hers also. Taking it all in all, from Kitty black hound put up a great run. Governor Markham, in order to re- ceive a piece of the purse, defeated the Mission Boy antl Reception, beside his bye. Lady Glendyne, to receive her share, had to do the same to Little T, Elko and The Flying Dutchman. Lanky Bob stayed until the first tie, and then was forced out by Skylight. Elko did well, but was defeated before she | reached the second tie by Lady Glen- dyne. Little Pansy stayed for a while, Those who could not stand the pace of the run-down were: cury, Aleta, Normal, E. V. T., Orphan Girl, Little T, Peter Maher, Bonita, | Walley Bay, Kitty Lonsdale, Recep- tion, Gilt Edge and Benedict. The weather was perfect, the hares fast, the attendance good and the bet- ting lively. e Return of Dick 0'Brien. NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—Dick O'Brien of Boston, the middleweight prize- fighter, returned from a six months’ trip abroad to-day. He and Professor James Kelly arrived on the steamshi | St. Louls and were met by a number | O'Brien a send-off upon his victory over the “Harlem Coffee Cooler,” whom he knocked out in the second round before the Olympic Club at Bir- mingham, England, not long ago. gt Ay McCoy Can Get a Fight. NEW YORK, Jan. 2—Tom O'Rourke, after his return from Chicago, posted with the Police Gazette a certified check for $5000 as a guarantee for a match he wishes to arrange between Joe Walcott and Kid McCoy. O’Rourke said to-day: “Any time McCoy feels inclined to do business, he can cover the $5000 which I have posted and he will find me an easy man to make an agreement with. SERLhguaNe s Futurity Scon to Close. NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—The Coney Island Jockey Club’s great stake, the Futurity, for the autumn meeting of 1900, wi close on January 4. The Futurity has $8750 added money, of which $3750 will go to the breeders. The entry list is expected to be large. Good Times Are Now at Hand. NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—Under the heading ‘“Secretary Gage Confidently Hopeful,” the Times will to-morrow publish an extended interview with Secretary Gage, in the course of which he is quoted as saying: “The coming of good times to our country is not now something intangible—far off; our good times are right at hand, depend- ent merely, altogether, on our willing- ness to worthily greet them and keep them.” e ————————————————— NEW TO-DAY. DOCTOR SWEANY. If you are suffering from the results of indiscretions of youth, or from excesses of any kind in maturer years; or if you have Shrunken Organs, Lame Back, Va- ricocele, Rupture, exhaustive drains, ete., you should waste no time, but con- suit this Great Specialist; he speedily and permanently cures all diseases of Menand Women. Call on or write him to- day. He can cure you. Valuable Book sent Free. Address F. L. SWEANY, M.D., 1| 787 Market St., San Francisco, Cal. Lonsdale to Tipperary Lass, the little | and so did Skylight and Little Wonder. | Glenbrook, Mer- | | of sporting men who wanted to give | [SIX MEMBERS OF A FAMILY ARE BURNED Continued from First Page. City Fire Department, was very badly burned. He fell through a burning floor and was rescued with difficulty. Henry A. Reich, 17 years old, man- aged to make his way from the house with bad burns on the neck, face and hands, but he is not seriously injured. Adolph Reich’s home was at 317 Ger- mania avenue, near the Hudson County boulevard in the Hudson City district. He was a real estate agent and well- to-do, living in a pleasant hecuse of three stories. It is believed the fire broke out from a heater in the base- ment and it worked its way up to the third floor, where the sleeping apart- ments of the family were located. Henry Reich said it was late when the family retired, the evening having been spent in entertaining New Year’s callers. Early in the morning he was awakened by shouts. Running into the hall he saw the smoke and flames in the lower hall. His father was there and they managed to get out of the house in their night clothes. Young Reich ran down the street and gave the alarm. When he returned his father was nowhere to be seen, but one of his brothers, Sigmund, was there, badly burned. He was taken to a neighbor- ing house, where he said that some one had awakened him and that he had jumped through theblinding smoke and flames down the staircase and out into the open air. Several engine companies responded promptly to the alarm, and in a few minutes the fire was out. Then began the search of the house. The rays of the lanterns disclosed three charred bodies against the wall at the foot of the stairs. They were those of Adolpb Reich, his daughter Tillie, and little Gustav. The father had fallen upon the daughter and his son was in his arms. They were burned almost be- yond recognition. In the basement of the house the searching party stumbled over the re- mains of Ida and Albert, two blackened corpses with arms intertwined. Por- | tions of the limbs had been entirely | burned away and the faces were horri- bly distorted. The mother was found in the dining- room. She was but slightly burned. Her face showed no look of pain. She | undoubtedly . died from suffocation. 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