The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 7, 1898, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1898. fossion before you were arrested?” “Yes; netimes thought of ng, for the secret bore down on a great welght, as if i would be smothered if T did not tell the world and meet my fate.” “Did y r thir Captain Curtin and t Hotel when yc before the inqu “Noj; I had no idea of confessing then, er that I thought of send- nd telling you all I had I had at the Arcade ing questioned ing for you done.” Hi ; then ran somewhat as fol- lows: “I poisoned them with ‘rough on rats’ d had for six years or so. I in a paper, a piece of efore I left home. I came n to the house where Susie and r Tom and Miss d shocking story of then told with such eldom heard falling s of the perpetrators of sweetheart, Miss supper table,” prisoner, as he of his wicked yme delay at the v were all saying went through the pped the poison r lifting the lid. t the polson was into the room ing to meet. who was soon to s fixing her hajr at nmy and his , had left t the trembli solemn sto [here wa > while th I then appened.” ressed as to his motive, Frank said i hink he could tell unless his brot d siste: had ting on the e could not whether the motive was wphasized the fact that been good to him, tor and did all he t he got a ¢ could to save her In the afternoon the prisoner was again led from his cell to the District Attorney’s office, w all he had said +was read to him from the stenograph- He suggesteda half a dozen minor endments, made ditions of great importance ned the confession in the pres same witnesses who fi notes. no natic mmeeting of the n Arthur Belew and the e was not eeting arranged Tommy Belew go, when the was still pr ng his in- though greatly worried and king. Tommy broke down a child, for he is ven to and he felt as if sus- him when he appealed nk in 1bling ton you kill my dear sl arger and stronger but in spite of this ve been mo ] > one brother who still and who often of his rela- en he entered the ped Frank by the Frank, was that con- Arthu S,’ reply, “I poisoned them -~ both.” Then Arthur- broke down and “Why did you do it? Oh, why did you do it? You must have been out of your head.” Frank was sitting on his cot, which 4s on the floor, and Arthur was sitting by his side in a chair. “I do not see how I could have been with you all these weeks and had no 7 was Arthur's final Teply. a night you have gone to bed first, and I'have heard you snoring and soundly with this on your sleep soul. «“But I was not always sleeping as well as you thought,” said Frank, “for thing has been weighing on me ousand tons of pressure,” said . man who slew his brother and sis- cing of the interview late in the Arthur said: “It seems to me that he committed that while he was in his right mind. strange emotion controlled 1d not resi the idea what he did. I always said that I would not believe this on him until and now he has con- ., 1 thought he was drunk i when he confessed, but he e told the truth, though he had drinks when he first told.it to the reporte Constable Newby, and John W. Bird called to see Belew at b o'clock this He arose and shook them ands, as if nothing had he ted some of the things both stated,” said Frank, “for you 1 do not remem- of made some blunders. ber that I threatened the crime the day you before,” said to Bird. “Yes, you did,” replied Bird; that is the way I knew it was you who did the mu That answer corroborated the theory that in the wild night of revenge and erime the human demon’'s memory slipped a cog, which happening of the unexpected led to the proof that he was the murderer, the proof coming like a thunderbolt at a time when al the world, save the officers in charge and The Call, believed that the story of the most celebrated crime in the history of the State would remain a mystery un- til the end of time. At 6 o'clock this evening, though Be- lew had told the Under Sheriff that he did not want to see any reporters, he sent for Leigh Irvine of The Call, whom he had known since November 9. “I felt that I wanted to see some- body socially,” he said, “and as The Call has always treated me fairly I wanted to talk with you about one or two private matters, but I want you ;o promise that you will not print what say.” The promise was given, whereupon e e e e ADVERTISEMENTS. Lhddsue T Sr s s e s Pears’ Pears’ soap clears -and smoothes and softens the skin; makes it transparent if possible; empties it; stimulates action ; and so affects the complexion and health. of confessing to “and | . °| the Oregon Railway and Nax pany line 3 1 | Belew dlscussed varfous matters in de- tail. His conversation revealed many remarkable traits of character and some tenderness that has not yet come to light, but the pledge of secrecy shall not be broken. There were some things he consented to say for publication. Among these may be mentioned his de- nial of the fact that he ever had any intention of trying to kill Bird. “That is a cold-blooded assumption,” he said, “for Bird and I had always been friends, and I had nothing agalnst him."” The prisoner’s eves fllled with tears as he recalled some deeds which | showed that he had befriended Bird in the past. | “But somehow I cannot think so much of him as I did,” he said, “even if he did tell the truth in about all he said.” | “You say you would not have killed | him because you liked him, but did you | not say that you loved your sister, and yet you killed her?” | *“Oh, don’t speak of that again,” he replied with a start, as if his mind had | for a moment had surcease from the | horrible realization of what he had | done. Then. studying a moment he | sald: “I cannot understand this killing | at all.” | He never speaks of it as a murder, and seems to shudder at the word. Pressed raore closely as to his motive, he finally admitted that he swept those he once loved from the face of the earth because they had slandered the woman { whom he swore he would love and pro- tect to the end of time. “When I heard Susie and Louis speak evil words of my wife,” he sald in firm tones, “I conceived the idea that there ought to be some way to make them suffer. I do not think I had the idea of poisoning them in my mind for over three hours, but out on the ranch T suf- fered at the thought that my wife was® not with me and that she was separated partly because of financial worries. T said to myself that it was not right for them to talk as they had done.” Then the speaker, somewhat cooler than he had been before, paused as a smile stole over his face, lighting his countenance, ending in a determined frown. He looked bold as a lion as he sai “When any human being steps between a man and the woman he loves as I loved my wife and as I love her now, let him beware of the con- sequences.” That declaration was ut- tered with more firmness than has characterized any statement yet made by the prisoner. “I did not kill them for the paltry money in the question,” he repeated again and again, seeming to scorn the | idea that anybody would kill a human being for money. “But it kills me to | hear words spoken that reflect on the | character of the woman I loved.” “Do you love your wife now,” was asked. Tears came to his eyes for the first time during the interview and he said: “Yes, I do. I love her this min- ute and will love her as long as I live. | I am sorry that all this will cause her | suffering and disgrace.” Speaking of the case further he sald: | “T think Clark has given me up, though 1‘ he may come yet. Though I am inclined to think the best thing is to plead | guilty and depend upon the mercy of; the court.” | Throughout the entire interview two | subjects only moved the prisoner to tears or deep emotion, and these sub- jects affected women—his dead sister | and his wife. Whenever Susie Belew | was referred to as a delicate woman, leaning upon him, he was deeply af- | fected, and when the name of the wom- | an he loves was spoken his face was| wholly different, as if he still had hopes | of a reunion with her if not sooner than | in the land beyond, In which Belew says he firmly believes. Studied in all| his moods, Frank Belew is one of the | most remarkable criminals of the cen- | tury. | He has little egotism, and be-| neath a thin surface of deceit appar- ently very little hypocrisy. Contrasted with the demeanor of Durrant, that of | Belew seems frankness itself. He is so| | accustomed to freedom and fresh air| that he greatly suffers under the re- | straints of the jail, one of the most mis- erable, by the way, in the State. His cell is narrow, damp and cold. There | are no facilities for exercise, and the bunks are all about as miserable as one will see outside of Mexico’s prisons. There have been rumors that Belew at- tempted to commit suicide, though he | denies that he wants to end his life, and says he wants to face the case as | bravely as he can and face the conse- | quences. He dreads the strain and no- toriety of a long trial, and inclines to | the idea the quicker everything is over | the better it will be for him. To-night | he is the complete picture of hopeless | resignation. He says he must face the results like a man. “You know what they do with men who do what I have done,” he said, “and I suppose there is no way of es- cape. | is nothing in life for a man who ‘has done what I have done.” The impression is inevitable that this | strange man’s life has been ruined be- cause he fell madly In love with a | woman from whom he was separated, | largely through financial troubles, | which he encountered while he was | struggling for bread against great odds, and while the ‘dice of fate were | loaded against him. Whatever comes | to him in this world, or any distant star there is little dcubt that, as he sits in | his cheerless cell to-night, there is one | picture uppermost in his mind, one emotion strong in the night of despair— love for his wife. He says he can still see her face and in memory hear her voice. She is with him in his troubles, and perhaps, in spite of the blackness of the situation, he hears in happy dreams the footsteps of her return. FATAL TRAIN WRECK. TACOMA, Feb. 6.—The washing out of a small bridge at Lake Station, fifteen miles east of Pasco Junction, in Eastern Washington, last night, has resulted in wrecking a Northern Pacific train. The eastbound overland, which left Tacoma last evening, reached Lake Station at about‘daylight this morning, and before it was known that the bridge had gone out, the engine and mall, the baggage and express cars plunged through into the swollen creek. All of the passenger cars kept to the track. Two tramps who were stealing a ride on the blind baggage are reported killed and two others injured. None of the pas- sengers were hurt. The engineer and fire- man saved themselves by jumping and the train employes are sald to have es- caped unhurt. Melting snows under a chinook wind caused the creek at Lake Station to rise very rapldly yeaterdair. resulting in the sudden washout shortly before the over- land was due. A large trainload of bridge timbers was hastily forwarded from here this morning, and the break will be re- paired to-night. To-day all traffic on the main line has beén blocked at the scene of the wreck, and the overland train due at noon is not yet in. This evening th wrecked train was taken back to 55!(: Junction and started for Spokane, ove tion Com- I do not want to escape, as there | DEFYING THE PEOPLE'S WILL San Jose’s Council Fails to Pass a Needed .Ordinance. Prevents a Readjustment of the Government of the City. New Charter Club Again Resorts to the Law, but Its Efforts May Be Futile. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Feb. 6.—The new Charter Club is takihg a decided stand in muni- cipal affairs. Its course has been brought about by the extravagance of the Council, and the flagrant violations of the charter provisions in regard to the letting of contracts. During the past week President Smith of the new Charter Club has procured two re- straining orders against the Mayor and Common Council. The first was to en- join them from entering into a three- year contract with Nash & Reynolds for sweeping the streets, and th¢ 'sec- ond was to balk a job for the pur- chase of a fire-alarm system from the United States Fire Alarm Company. In both of these cases the contract had been let to the highest bidder. The latest move of the New Charter Club was made to-day, when President Smith went to Judge Kittredge's resi- dence and procured a writ of mandate to compel the Mayor and Common Council to pass the ordinance providing for the readjustment of the city gov- ernment as regards the assessment of city property and the collection of city taxes. It is proposed by the ordinance, which is now before the Council, to dis- pense with the assessment of city prop- erty and the collection of taxes by the city officials and make that work a por- tion of the duties of the County Asses- sor and Tax Collector. The ordinance was introduced at the meeting of the Council two weeks ago and given its first reading. A meeting of the Council was called for last night to give the ordinance its second reading and passage, in order to come within the time allowed by law. A quorum failed to put in an appearance, as Councilman Fay was in San Francisco, and Dittus and Krieg could not be found. Only Mayor Koch and Nolting were present. It is reported that the absence of Fay and others was prear- ranged, as the passing of the ordinance would take away work from several of the Rea gang's pets. This afternoon Mayor Koch called a meeting of the Council for to-morrow morning. The New Charter Club, how- ever, feared it would not be held and decided to procure an order compelling the Councilmen to hold a meeting. The Councilmen were cited to appear before Judge Kittredge this morning and show reason why they should not pass the ordinance. It is thought a quorum will not be found to-morrow and no meeting will be held. In such a case the time will have elapsed, and things will run along in the same cld rut for another year. SUFFERS FOR HOURS BEFORE HE IS FOUND Suisun Hunter Loses an Arm Through the Accidental Dis- charge of a Gun. of Rev. A. F. Hitchcock, met with an aw- ful accident while hunting at Joyce Isl- and to-day by the accidental discharge of his gun. His right arm was almost torn away, and it was amputated to- 'night. Hitchcock shot himself at 11 o'clock, and lay suffering for five hours before he was found. It seems strange that he was discovered at all, for the ac- cident could not have occurred in a more out of the way place. Four men employed by G. Braghetta made the discovery and brought the unfortunate man to his home, arriving there at 8:30 o'clock. He was in a very weak condition, and the chances for his recovery are doubtful. SUISUN, Feb. 6.—John Hitchcock, son | LESE MAJESTE [N SISANVILLE Judge Kelley Objects to Criticisms of His Court. Tries to Compel an Operator to Tell Who Filed Certain Dispatches. Queer Outgrowths of the Recent Scrimmage Before the Bar of Justice. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SUSANSVILLE, Feb. 6.—The recent “scrimmage” in the Superior Court- room of Lassen County, and the pub- lished accounts of the affair, have led to some interesting legal processes, among which are the arrest of Superior Judge Kelley for battery; an effort by him to force the telegraph operator who sent the dispatches to the Associ- ated Press to reveal the name of the correspondent, and a denial by the Supreme Court of a writ of. prohibition Shortly after the San Francisco pa- pers containing accounts of the “serim- mage” were received in Susanville Judge Kelley called at the office of the California and Oregon Telegraph Com- pany and demanded the name of the ‘Associated Press correspondent. This was refused him, as a matter of course, and he then issued and had served up- on the operator a citation, which is supplemented by an_ affidavit setting forth that a certain dispatch appeared in the Sacramento Bee and other pa- pers; that said dispatch “was willfully, intentionally and maliciously false in many important and material Te- spects,” that it was sent to “prejudice public opinion,” and among other al- legations, that it was sent “to gratify the personal spite, malice, ill-will and animosities of the writer or sender of said dispatch for personal or political reasons, or both.” Before the hour set for the examina- tion of the operator the Associated Press correspondent called upon Judge Kelley, and acknowledged that he sent the details in brief, which had been furnished him by reputable witnesses, although his matter had been changed and “padded” in some particulars. As a result of this action by the corre- spondent, the examination of the oper- ator was continued indefinitely. A verbatim copy of the citation fol- lows: In the Superior Court of Lassen County, State of California. In the matter of the examination of N. S. McKinsey. _The people of the State of California to N. S. McKinsey—Greeting: You are hereby cited to be and appear in the Superior Court of the county of Lassen, State of California, at the courtroom thereof, at the town of Susanville, in said county, on the 2d day ofsFebruary, 1898, at 10 o'clock a. m. of that day, then and_there to show cause, If any you have why you should not, and make known the name of the person or persons who wrote and sent or had written and sent a certain dispatch: or telegram or telephone mes- sage, sent by you or by and through you, ATTORNEY E. Rl V. SPENCER. RAIN GIVES NEW LIFE T0 CROPS Showers Continue to Fall Throughout the State. Indieations in Many Sections Point to a Heavy Downpour. Large Acreage Sown to Grain Now Bids Fair to Yield Big Returns. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. VENTURA, Feb. 6.—Rain began fall- ued at intervals. Reports farmers and fruit growers. rain storm is now expected. a heavy fruit crop. throughout Napa Valley. The present season thus far has been exceedingly cold and dry, being very favorable to the fruit growers, but not beneficial to grain growers, who have an unusually large amount of grain sown. PORTERVILLE, Feb. 6—Forty-five hundredths of an inch of rain fell here during last night and this morning, with prospects for more before the storm is over. the past few days had been drying the grain rapidly, and this precipitation came just in time to save it. A much larger ,acreage than usual has been sown this season. SANTA BARBARA, Feb. 6—It is thought that the backbone of the dry season in this section has been broken, as it rained all Saturday night, and cattlemen and farmers are more hope- | ful for the future. TULARE, Feb. 6.—Fifty-hundredths of an inch of rain fell here last night. The weather is threatening, and more rain is expected to-night. Grain is growing nicely. YUBA CITY, Feb. 6.—It began rain- ing here yesterday noon. The precipi- tation for the storm is 1.53 inches, and for the season 8.09. SAN LUIS OBISPO, Feb. 6.—TIt is be- lieved that the rain of to-day, if fol- lowed by even moderate showers, will make fair crops, and ground sown is over the average in ex- pectancy of high prices. suffered badly, and dairymen will lose in disbarment proceedings against Attorney E. V. Spencer. It is also in- teresting to note that the latter gen- tleman while in the last Legislature succeeded in having passed a bill pro- viding for an appeal in just such a pro- ceeding as that which is, doubtless, to result in his disbarment—an alleged | contempt commiitted in'the presence of the court. Governor Budd pocketed or | vetoed the bill, much to Spencer’s dis- gust at the time. The battery charge against Judge Kelley has not yet been disposed of. A | change of venue has been taken from | one Justice Court to another, and it 1s presumed that Judge Kelley will plead | “not gullty,” and demand a jury trial. | It is publicly whispered that this bat- | tery case will not be brought to an | 1ssue until the settlement of the con- | tempt proceedings which are, presum- | ably, to result in Spencer’s disbarment, | This matter will come up to-morrow, | having been continued to that date to glve the attorney time in which to de- | termine whether he will let a certain affidavit made by him, and for which | he is held to be liable to disbarment, stand as it is, or whether he will pro- | duce the evidence upon which his “in- formation and belief” were based. In | either case it seems reasonably certain | that the result will be the same. home near this city this morning. EX-SENATOR ROUTIER DEAD. Descendant of a Noted French Family Who Helped to Make California History. SACRAMENTO, Feb. 6.—Ex-State Senator Joseph Routier died at his He canie to this county from France in 1853, and was the pioneer orchardist here. In 1877-78 he was a member of the Assembly, and the following session served in the Senate. served four years at the head of the State Fish and Game Commission. Mr. Routier was.a member of a noble family in France, his full name be- ing Charles Marie Joseph Timoleon Routier de Bullemont, but on coming to this country he dropped all but Joseph Routler. When a youth in 1851 he Joined the revolutionists in France, and was wounded in an engagement with the royalist troops. . For many years he was a prosperous fruit-grower, jubsequently he but he lost heavily by the failure of M. T. Brewer & Co. He never ¢ his loss, but got deeper into debt, until about a year ago his or:hn:'gdwyl:g;‘i erty was taken by his creditors. His widow 1s a helpless invalid. | by your employe or agent, on 6r about | | the Sth, 6th or 10th day of January, 1SS, | | from Susanville, Cal., and bring with you | on saia day for examination each, every | | and all telegraph or telephone dispatch | | or message duly sent on each and all of | | said dates which were Associated Press | | dispatch or telephone messages sent to | the Associated Press to San Francisco or | Sacramento, Cal., or otherwise and which | in import, substance, wording, language | or meaning relate to the subject matter of or resemble a copy of a certain tele- graphic dispatch or telephone message hereunto attached, and thereby duly made a part of this citation, and to which reference is_hereby made for fur- ther particulars. Witness the honorable F. A. KELLEY, Judge of the Superior Court of the Coun- ty of Lassen, State of California, this 25th day of January, 1808 BROWN - REPEATS S CONFESSION Offers No Word of Extenuation to His Congregation in Chicago. His Resignation as Pastor to Be Passed Upon by the Church on Wednesday. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, Feb. 6.—Rev. C. O. Brown of the Green street Congregational® Church reiterated to-night before an audience that filled the church to the doors the confessions that he had made a week be- fore in San Francisco, which were a par- tial admission of guilt under the charges upon which the Bay - Conference dis- missed him from its ranks two years ago. He offered no word of extenuation and did not express the hope of finding"de- fenders. He said that for two years he posed In a false attitude before the pub- lic of Chicago, which had been kind and encouraging to him, not even one person here asking him the question, ‘“Were you guilty 2 The strongest strictures of the Chi- cago press, he declared, if the press de- sired to make use of strictures concern- ing him, would be only what he deserved, not only for his gullt, but for his hav- ing abused the kindness shown him by all the daily papers. He sald that in San Francisco the editor of one of the gapers told him that if he made the con- ‘ession he proposed to make he would be mobbed. He ventured the confession, but instead of a mob he was greeted by men who had been his friends before the expulsion from his: pulpit and from the Bay Conference. He did not ask as much from Chicago, but made the confession notwithstanding. Green street church is to pass upon the resignation of its pastor next Wednes- ay. It is said among some of his friends that if he is allowed to resume the pulpit he will do so with the inten- tion of remaining there so long as his services aré desired, no matter what in- ducements in other fields may open them- selves to him. e LOST HER GEMS AT SEA. Passenger of the City of Peking Robbed of Jewelry. TACOMA, Feb. 6.—The monotony of the last trip of the Pacific Mail steamship City of Peking from San Francisco to Yokohama, via Honolulu, was disagree- ably disturbed by the theft of $5000 worth of jewelry from a woman traveling in the cabin. 'The property had been cleverly abstracted from a trunk, at the bottom of which she had placed it for safety. On as- certaining her loss, she informed Captain Smith, who instituted inquiries without result. Finally the woman offered $500 re- ward for the discovery of the missing jewelry, and the very next day a China- man gave information that he had found it in one of the closets. It was handed over to the purser gandlns further official investigation, which was to take place at Shanghal or .'Honxkong, ‘where the Peking arrived two weeks ago. Japanese papers just received tell the story of the loss, but do not give the wo- man’s name. The theft occurred after the steamer left Honolulu, and she is sup- posed to have been a passenger from that fruit, beets, etc., will be fairly good. . BAKERSFIELD, Feb. 6.—~There was just enough rain this morning to lay the dust. Crops are not suffering yet. There is some fear about the snow on the mountains for summer water. Win- ter feed is scarce, owing to the cold weather. Hay is advancing and ship- ments to unirrigated counties increas- ing. Stock in the foothills is poor and weak. LOS ANGELES, Fieb.' 6.—The weath- er to-day has been threatening and showers have occurred during the day, but there has been no copious dowa- pour such as is badly needed both for the fruit trees and the grain crops. Clouds are still heavy overhead to- night, however, and if the wind changes again more rain will likely re- sult. The small grain sown within the last month has made 4 very small growth, and some is hardly out of the ground. A light crop will result unless the rain comes soon. Hay has ad- vanced in price here already in antici- pation of a scarcity. There is a short- age of water for irrigation purposes al- ready, and trees that cannot be irri- gated are already needing rain. SACRAMENTO, Feb. 6.—No rain has fallen here since last night, but the weather is warm and the sky clouded. The precipation of yesterday’s storm was about one inch, and it must have greatly benefited the crops, though, as frequently stated, grain in this vi- cinity and north of here was not suffer- ing for rain. If the rainfall the rest of this month and in March and April should be anything near the average there will be good crops. The buds on the apricot, almond and cherry trees are swelling, and a few weeks more will find many in blossom. It is believed that the cold weather has passed and that from now on everything will grow luxuriantly. Grass and grain that had been kept back by the frost are now starting up. PROBLBLY THE STEAVSIIP NoYo Vessel Puts in at Union, B. C., for a Supply of Coal. Spectal Dispatch to The Cgil. SEATTLE, Feb. 6.—At about8o’clock to- night a sieamer stopped at Union (B. L.) coaling station. The fact was telephoned to Nanaimo, but the name of the steamer was not given. It s a?poud to be the Noyo. ~The vessel could not reach here before 7 or 8 o'clock in the morning. Con- siderable anxiety ' has been m ested here over thenon-arrival of the Noyo. The vess%l was booked to sall again on Febru- he Noyo left Seattle on January Wwith about 150 passengers and 300 tons Afi freight. She also had in tow barge Noyo No. 2, with a number of horses, After reaching Bkniuzy and discharging her cargo, a number of the passengers, In- :l';:) n(;x ssvex;;l Klonflllkersf v;are taken . On the morning of the 31 salled for Seattle, 5 Sl The steamer City of Seattle, south- bound, left Skaguay on February 1. The following day she passed the steamer Noyo, with the barge in tow, just south of Wrangel. The Seattle reached this city yesterday morning at 6_o'clock, and it ‘was expected that the Noyo would soon follow, but up to a late hour to-night she had not been reported. A. Chilberg, the agent for the company operating the Noyo, expressed the opinion that the steamer has been delayed by the ele- ments. He will not think that any accl- dent_has befallen her unless she is de- layed a day or two longer. A hundred or more passengers who have purchased tickets and have their lrelzh? at the wharf are becoming un- easy and some of them are demanding the return of their money so as to ar- range for transportation on other steam- ers. It is a remarkable coincidence that, with one exception (the City of Seattle), all steamers that have arrived here or were due from Alaska during the past ten days, have met with some misfor- tune. ‘hey were the AI-Ki, Coquitlan. City of Topeka and the Corona, the lat- ter still rockbound off Lewis Island city or San Francisco. . To Cure a Cold In One Day Take Laxaf drugglists refund the money if it falls to cure. 2%c. The genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet. Most Complexion Powders bave a vulgar glare, but Pozzon:’s is a tru The warm weather of | ;start, both contestants keeping nearly | even for the first four miles, with the | boys slightly in the lead, but as this | has always been the case heretofore, no | one was surprised to see the horse come | in ahead in the last mile. COURSING DOGS [NMANYTIES Close Contests Mark the Sunday Sport at Los Angeles. First and Second Money Di- vided Between Van Nida and Van Brulle. The Running Horse Prince Hooker Again Defeats Wheelmen Over a Distance. Special Dispatch to The Call. from interior sections are that sheep | to-day raisers are jubilant, as well as the threatening skies during the afternoon, A heavy | and those who had ventured out were ‘With | rewarded by seeing good sport. Several plenty of rain an abundance of grain |races resulted in ties, which had to be will be assured. There would also be | run in some instances as many as three . NAPA, Feb. 6.—For the past thirty- | be declared. six hours there has been a general rain | 45y was a foot race at 100 yards, bé- | has been raining steadily to-day. The | | Everybody is happy, as the drought is | Lanmie & beat Hardy: at an end, and good crops are assured. | the area of| Cattle have heavily now, even if rains come. Grain, | LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6.—A good at- ing here this morning, and has contin- | tendance, fast jacks and fleet hounds received | made the coursing at Agricultural Park interesting in spite of the or four times before the winner could An extra feature of tha tween Berry of Los Angeles and Paca of Azusa, Berry winning in 10% sec~ onds. The race between Bob Hackney’s run- The pres- | ning horse Prince Hooker and the trip- ent rain has been of incalculable bene- i let bicycle, ridden by Lacy, Cromwell fit to the general farming community. | and Palmer, was run again to-day, for the boys are determined to win. This was an exciting event, for the time had been set at eleven minutes, and nothing outside of that was to be counted. It was hard to pick the winner from the The time made was 12:01, consequently the purse was not awarded. In the first run-offs Reliance beat ady Angeline; Brindle beat Laguna Belle; Van Nida beat Cyclone; White Chief beat Col. Nigger; San Pedro beat Harry; Here We Are beat Queen B; Jack II beat Major Black a bye; Flying Jib beat Brin; Flora beat Lady Grace; Sailor Girl beat Girofle; Red Dick beat The Times, a bye; Van Brulle beat A B C; Snooze beat Night; Lady in Black beat Galtee More, a bye; Innocent Daisy beat Tip Steadman. In the first ties Reliance beat Brin- dle after a tie; Van Nida beat White Chief; San Pedro beat Here We Are; Fannie S beat Jack II; Sailor Girl beat Red Dick; Van Brulle beat Snooze; Flying Jib beat Flora after two_ties; Innocent Daisy beat Lady in Black after a tie. In the second ties Van Nida beat Re- liance; San Pedro beat Fannie S; Sailor Girl beat Flying Jib; Van Brulle beat Innocent Daisy. In the third ties Van Nida beat San Pedro; Van Brulle beat Sailor Girl. The next was a match race between Ormonde and Sixten Fifty, Ormonde winning after a tie. X The monev went as follows: Van Nida and Van Brulle, first and second money divided; Sailor Girl, third; San | Pedro fourth; the rest divided. ‘Watching Bald and Lehr. BUFFALO, Feb. 6.—Secretary Reeves of the National Cycledrome to-day met Eddie Bald in this city and proposed a match race between Bald and the Ger- man champion, Lehr, mile heats, bes: two in three. Bald was favorable and asked for a side bet of $500. Reeves left for St. Louis to-night to secure Lehr's signature to the agreement. 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