The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 19, 1898, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1898. 5 84 Tdomenus . 8§56 Emma Rey Fifth Race—One and ing. 203 Metaire . 816 Daylight 838 Widow Jones . (908)Paul Pry 765 O'Fleta 908 Twinkle 5 904 Coda -108] £ixth Race—One mile 803 Joe Mussle. | $37 Queen Blazes ..117 Fourth Race—Five-eighths of a mile; selling. 834 Deflant .. 12 674 Brown Prince...113 90 Sadie Schwartz.117 826 Gotleld . 11 (884)Oahu 807 Tempse g 788 Rosa 17| §25 Aprona . 7 [ 4 (S3DSt. Philip 19/ 710 Judge Napton. } & 900 Ockturuck ...... J 21 Amasa 717 Master Mariner.119 a sixteenth miles; sell- 904 Treachery A Speckled Card Drew a Light Attendance at Ingleside. 919 Lodestar allowances. S10 Yule 1 Salvation . 905 alda . £62 Rosormonde . Four of the Purses Picked Up| s Rapido 736 Terra Archer . £89 Olivia . 403 La Goleta by Favorites in the ... Fortuna £26 Pasha .. Millbrae 04 Claudius . 703 Charlemagne 17 Major Hooker... Lo SELECTIONS FOR TO-DAY. Ring. First Race—Rey Hooker, Owyhee, Zacatosa. Second Race—Oddson, Daisy F, Charles Le Bel. Third Race—Satsuma, Buckwa, Joe Ullman. Fourth Race—Oahu, Ping, Master Mariner. Fifth Race—Paul Pry, Red Glenn, Treachery. Sixth Race—Rosormonde, Major Hooker, Yule, | | | MEXICAN PETE IS £ASY. The Man From Montana Is Evi- dently Soft Game for Big Jeffries. Members of the Olympic Club who have Canace Possessed of a Sharp Turn of Speed—Caspar Unable to Get a Mark. A meek, humble-looking card confront- ed visitors to the Ingleside track yester- day. It had a shopworn look, and attract- most modc -sized crowd. ‘I'he | weather was cool, and there was but one redeeming feature to the sport—the music. It was best furnished during the en- | tire racing season. Outside of the victory | R OnE0 O seen Mexican Pete spar with heavy vorites, the racing was dull and | weignt Kennedy predict a very easy vic- 5L gl .| tory for Jeffries. 0’s fllly Winifred was chalked | * yesterday quite a number of sports te for the opening four-furlong | gathered at Pete’s training quarters, as for two-year-old fillies, but| it was privately announced that Pete & Waterhouse dropped Bonibel In, | would mix matters with his trainer, and und the plebald filly beat the first choice | some lively boxing would result. But the ple of length unforescen happened. The sports wero it - oomed to disappointment. Kennedy, al- finally landed a purse | /5y,0h much slower than Pete, found not With the more danger- | the least difficulty in hitting Pete on the he brown colt was | neck or jaw whenever he pleased, and ©ey chanes for the six- | Pete’s return blows were so light that and after leading | Kennedy smiled each time he was hit. In nE z 18 | fact, the exhibition was made up princi- imp. Mistral over | pally of hugging, clinching and tomfool- Zamar ran an in- | ery. in the show. Pete is unquestionably quick on his ‘glish-bred horse Bitter | feet and will give Jeffries some truble to T S locate him when time is called for fistic very near furnishing a sur- | punck He will look a pigmy when he > mile dash for three-year-olds, | stands in front of the Los Angeles cham- r facing the barrier. Torsida, saddle, mostly en- ulators, ruling downed plon. Pete in fighting costume looks to weigh about 165 pounds. Jeffries will have lots of fun chasing the champion of Mon- | tana, who is very quick on his pins. The betting at Crowiey & Ragett's yesterday | was $10 to $3, with Pete on the short end and very little money in sight. The Jefferson Athletic Club will hold its regular monthly exhibition on Thursday aten but ito disappo More nted his friends | i behind San Venado. evening, April 21, at the club house, always vorite in the | Mowry's Hall, southwest corner of Grov. and a quarter run, de- | and Laguna streets. The board of dirgc- ing conditions, and with | tors has prepared a v interesting pro- ame on from third position | Eramme of boxing, wrestling away for the wire win. | IDg, etc. There will also be m the 50 to 1 shot, Little { {he celebrated te Weaver was o close | Hanson and others. p”i}’,?fijuf:rehn\-a sions, and the principal event will be be- Crighton-Nellle Bell money favorite in furlong spin for she was in front the entire | downed Ach in a canter in 1:02 m, Kelly, Marlowe, The boxing will eon- another of Oakland and M tan Club of San CO. —_—————————— DRAINAGE SYSTEM NEEDED. erved up a piping hot fa- Al mile selling affair, and Excessive Irrigaticn in the San at the turn was v\m'.:ri A s Ross led to the stretch, | Joaquin Valley. 3 ‘:‘v';!:{lfli\’{vi\,ém\’zl won | BERKELEY, April 18—Professor E. W. Bl i) X | Hilgard, dean of the College of Agricul- | TRACK NOTES. | this aftermoon before the agricultural inary on “Irrigation and Drainage, ared that exc parts of the San injury in shallowing the available soil and sing the ‘“rise of alkali.”” He declared that the o evil is the estabi tem of deep drainage that s for remedy this e a route. k at the finish. prevent the rise of the bottom water. Jjudges a trifle out of ————— :f{l,m Girl | Pigeons’ Remarkable Flight. d for incon- | a. m., and were in their loft - akland 2:18 p. m., makin the trip in the quick time of 8 hours and 3 minutes, an average speed of about yvards per minute. ited by Miss Myrtle C. Gill of Ash- land, who felegraphed to H. F. Whitman, he race secretary of the Call a Hom- igeon Club, as follow. | Wind nort Mr. Moie is flying his birds | for the long distance record of 1838, and stands an excellent chance of winning the $25 in gold offered by the club to the win- | ner of that record. He will now send them to Roseburg, which {s about 100 | miles farther north. —_——— Thrown Into the Street. Lee Yong Ming, a Chinese dentist at | 774 Washington street, swore to a com- plaint in Judge Joachimsen's court yes- 1105 | terday for the arrest of Lem Yuey on a four-year-olds ang | charge of battery. Ming stated that he | went to Yuey’s shop on Ross alley Sun- 115 | day_and bought 15 cents worth of opium, ‘113 | tendering a $5 gold piece in payment, ‘198 | When he asked for the change Yuey and 07 | two others beat him and threw him into .103 | the street. ; malden two-year- 906 Ow: 895 R ths of a mile; three- 818 Dalsy F. 56 Prompto . (502)Gra SRHESICALL’S> ACIFIC COAST JOCKEY CLUB—in P gleside Track—144th day of th Winter Meeting, Monday, April 18, 1898. Weather fing. * RACING CHART. 8 Track 918. ™ RACE—Tour furlongs; two-year-old fillles; purse, $350. Tndex. Horses. Weight.[St. %m. Str. Fin. |_Jockeys. 10p. CI, Bonibel i onibel 12 1% 12 [Thorpe ez o2 Winired 31% 2% 21 |C. Sloan. [ 45 7-10 Crosemoln 21 ks ns st piggnterioattig Lty Amolto; 42 41 4h |W. Miler...| 20 8 6 Practice 5% 540 540 |McDonald L 4 S s . 6 6 6 |Hennessy [ g Time, :49% Wi B g 3 — 2t Yok Fon Brit the At Burns & Waterhouse's rn. f. by Take Notice-Talluda. Good start. élg. SECOND ¥ E—Six furlongs; selling; four-year-olds and upward; purse, $300, _Index. Hors Weight.[St. %m. Str. Fin. | Jockeys. [Op. CIL $17 Ban’ Mateo, 4. 2 1 2% 2 2% | ' s10 Imp. Mistral T4, 4..111 3 e ;;x:nzr:::xy Al Zamar 11, 4.. 52 % 32 |McIntyre . reak ‘o Day, 32 2 41 [Clawson ‘;‘r .:flru, 4 64 5 53 Thorpe tentate, . 4% h 610 |Shields 3 7 7___|Golden THIRD RACE—One mile; three-year-olds; purse, $500. 920. - Weight.|St. %m. %m. %m. Str. Fin. | Jockeys. |Op. CL =] & = { 108( 3 3% 2% 1% 1ns |Th Iz | 1 s 710 4 a4 11% 1% 21% 224 ‘r'n::ff: ] las e 3% 82 31y (Ames 1 mis 3y 4 4 4 " |Shiela 52 115 E. F. Smith's ch. f. by Torso-Judith. Good s Won first 'RTI RACE—One and a quarter miles; selling; thre-year-olds and upward; 406, Index. H¢ - Welght %m. %m. Str. Fin. | Jockeys. Op. Gl Twinkler, 3.... 7 |Claws f Tulare, 4. 32 44 45 % er . 10 12 Rey del Tierra, 4. 24 21 31% 420 |McDonald T s A b g 5 5 [3 & * Broke down. 5 = Time, 2:09%. Winner, Wi ° V. start. Won frst three ariviyaam Boots & Son's b. c. by {mp. Brutus-Nabette. Good 999, FIFTH RACE-Five turlongs; selling; two-year-olds; purse, $350, Index Welght. St %m. %m. Str. _Fin. | Jockeys. |Op. CL 908 2 T% 1% 1d edgeon % awson 7 1 333 Lign sl st od nnah Rel 5 7 7 6% 62 |Hennessy & e Fretter g 6% 52 5f 64 |Pimort .l % N ¢ Juanita € 0. ehANIeN e 7 [miller 1:02. Winner, N. 8. Hall & Co.'s ch. f. by imp. Crelghton-Nell T4 start. Won eastly. 923. SIXTH RACE—One mile; selling; four-year-olds and upward; purse, $350, Index. Horses. Weight.[St. %m. %m. %m. Str. Fin. | Jockeys. [Op. CL §72 Lena, 4. 21 3% 43 11% 13 |Plggott p T Veior & R R e % o 87 Miss Ross, 5. 1% 1h 1h 2h 8% |Thorpe X e i by 851 Stentor, 4. T g e 2% 3% 4% |Woods .......l 15 15 768 Justine, 4. 45 41% 3y G4 66 |Clawson o & 4 904 Caspar, 4. i) 71 62 64 63 62 |McIntyre ....|45 1 763 Kaiser Ludwig, 4..1108 8 8 72 12 73 |Glover 1280 83 C; iR 06/5 81% 78 8 8 8 McDonald 20 30 Time, 1:42%. Winner, Roland & Nichols' ch. f. by Apache-Rill. Good start. Won fi three dfl\'ln‘.K i i club swing- | pecialties by | four four-round bouts for deci- | tween Yank Savage of the Reliance Club n of the Manhat- | | Professor Hil’gaird”oni the Evils of | ture of the State University, in a lecture | | _ Elght homing pigeons belonging to Jonn | Mole were liberated at Ashland, Or., Sat- | | Time, The birds were | 1 Liberat- | Weather siightly cloudy. | ORTOLES BEAT THE SENATORS Pitcher Hughes Puzzles the Washington Batsmen. Boston’s Ball-Tossers Fall Be- fore the New York Giants. Pittsburg Takes Loulsville’s Measure and Philadelphia Defeats Brooklyn. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, April 18.—The base- ball season was opened here to-day by a parade of the Washington and Bal- timore teams before the beginning of the game. At National Park 6000 peo- ple, with the assistance of a brass band, welcomed the Senators and their old-time foes, the Orioles. Hughes was in fine form, while many batting and fielding errors by the Senators helped to fill out the Baltimore’s score. Score: BE Batteries—Amole and McGuire; Hughes and Clarke. Umpires—Lynch and Connelly. NEW TYORK, April 19.—Klobedanz was not effective against New York to-day while Seymour had the Bos- tons in trouble except in two innings. Score: R. H. E. G5 | 8.9 1 Seymour At- Boston New Yorl Batteries—Klobedanz and Berge: and Warner. Umpires—Snyder and Curry. tendance, 7600. LOUISVILLE, April 18—Weak bat- ting lost the Colonels another game to- day. Klillen was very effective, while Clarke was touched up rather lively and his support was poor. Threaten- ing weather kept the attendance down to 700. Score: Pittsburg Loulsville Batteries—Killen Clarke and Dexter. Heydler. PHILADELPHIA, April 18.—Phila- delphia defeated Brooklyn this after- noon by hard hitting. Attendance, 5580. Score: R H. B. o ES o and Schrefve Umpires—Cushman H. and R. H. B. 318 1 Philadelphia i McFarlan; Horton Brooklyn .. Batterles—Wheeler and Umpires—Emslle and Horton. and Ryan. ST. LOUIS, April 18.—Game post- poned. Very wet grounds. CINCINNATI, April 18.—No game; rain. e ON EASTERN TRACKS. Tennessee Derby Will Be Decided at Memphis To-Day. MEMPHIS, * April 18.—The Tennessee | Derby will be decided to-morrow and five | have elected to face the starter. The Schorr entry, Wilson and Lieber Karl, seems to hold the race safe at prohibitive odd The track was muddy to-day. Four and one-half furlongs—Leo Plant- er won, Clarence B second, Free Hand third. Time, :58%. Six furlongs, selling—Harry Floyd won, Ma Angeline second, Winslow third. Time, 1:19%. One mile, selling—Jane won, Eleanor Holmes second, Judge Steadman third. One mile and seventy yards, third. _Time, Six furlongs, Simmons second, 1:17%. Sedan third. Time, | ‘About two miles, selling, steeplechase— | My Luck won, Bob Neeley second, Hats | Off_third. WABHINGTON, one-half furlongs Time, 4: Tabouret won, Sanders second, Takannassee third. Time, 1:10. Half a mile—Lepida won, Miss Mark second, Lady Exile third. Time, :51 Six and one-half furlongs, selling— Lucid won, Plantain second, Glenoine third. Time, 1:24. Seven furlongs, selling—Her Own won, ‘Wordsworth Passover Time, Owners’ second, third. “handlcap for three-year-olds upward, one mile and fifty yards—Thom- Our as Cat won, Cherry Le: Johnny third. Time, 1:49% CINCINNATI, April 18. half furlongs — McCarren Wickes second, Minch third. Time, :56. One mile and fifty yards, selliing—Van- essa W Oscuro second, Fasig third. Time, 1:45%. Six’ furlones, selling—Cecil won, Judge Baker second, Rockwall third. Time, 1 af ‘second, Four furlongs, selling—Dolly Regent won, Nancy Zeitz second, Pat Garrett third. Time :49%. One mile—Kriss Kringle won, Evaline second, Kinney third. Time, 1.41%. Six furlongs, selling—Cyclone won, Car- rie Lyle second, Meddler third. Time, 1:15. - CARNIVAL FOR WHEELMEN. San Jose Cyclists Will Entertain on Mayday. SAN JOBE, April 18.—Wheelmen in this city are enthusiastic over the proposition to make May day & “Wheelmen's day.” It is planned to invite cyclists from San Francisco, Oakland, Alameda and other cities, and to have a grand parade in the forenoon. There will then be a run to Alum Rock, the city reservation, about seven miles out from the city, and here there will be a barbecue. An interest- ing programme will be prepared, and all present will be assured of a pleasant time. As a committee of arrangements Fred M. Stern, Jesse Levy and J. W. Macauley, all r}nrominent business men, have consented to act, and there is no doubt that the affair will be a grand success. CORPSE FOUND IN A RESERVOIR. Probable Suicide of a Middle-Aged Man on the Ralston Estate. BELMONT, April 18.—A queer find was made to-day in the reservoir belonging to the former Ralston estate, situated in the hills behind Belmont. Mrs. Bull of Rad- cliffe Hall is the present owner of the es- tate. A man driving some calves from Spanishtown to Belmont this morning noticed what he correctly supposed to be a corpse floating on the surface of the reservoir. On his val in town he notj- fied Eugepe O'Neill of his discovery, and the latter tele&honed to Dr. Crow at Red- wood City, Coroner of San Mateo County. doctor drove to Belmont, and with the assistance of O'Neill and others proceeded to withdraw the corpse from the lake. The body was that of a middle-aged man, wearing good clothlng, ly lacking any means of identification, No money or valuables were found on his person. =) A jury was impaneled, and the verdict | was that the deceased had fallen into the water. Whether by accident or design was not clearly apparent, but the opinion of the jury inclined to suicide. The corpse had been in_the water about ten days, and was badly decomposed. sl e Invents a Beet Plow. MONTEREY, April 18.—Louls White, a Monterey man, has invented a beet plow which promises to revolutionize beet cul- ture if it stands a practical test, and ‘White, who has been working on the idea | e no for over a year, says there can b doubt of its practicability. The plow is so arranged that by the movement of a | lever the knife can be instantly regulat- | 1 evg htfl cut the b%ets ltwag:_ g:slggdhlelghh e made a el an will test it at Watsonville this week. i selling— | Traveler won, Milistream second, Basquil | 50. selling—Pearl won, Tole | April 18—Five and| but absolute- | NEW ARMY T0 BE CREATED Congress to Enact Legis- lation Relating to Volunteers. Indefinite Increase of the Mili- tary Force of the United States. Move Made Necessary by the Pres- ent Constitutional Status of the Militla. Special Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, April 18.—The Herald’s Washington correspondent sends the following: Congress will be called upon within the next few days to enact com- prehensive legislation which will pro- vide for the indefinite increase of the United States military forces for for- eign service. The proposed legislation will settle the vexed question of the power of the President to use the State National Guard for such service, should they volunteer, by entirely obviating the necessity of depending upon the State organizations as such to aid in fighting an enemy outside the United States. Senator Hawley, chairman of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs, and Representative Hull, chairman of the House Military Committee, will in- troduce the proposed bill probably to- morrow. The measure has been pre- pared at the War Department, and meets the approval of Secretary Alger and the military authorities of the de- partment. The bill is intended to meet not only the present emergency, but to provide for all future emergencies. The bill, while it seeks to provide fortheincrease | of the United States army in time of | war, does notconflict inany way with the | army organization bill recently amend- ed by the House Military Committee. The new bill provides that the mili- tary forces of the United States shall consist of the regular army and the militia of the States when called into Federal service. The term “militia” in this connection is not lntendedB to mean National Guards, but every able. hodied male citizen of the United States between the ages of 18 and 45. The army is thus defined as the regu- lar standing army, which shall exist during peace and war, and a volunteer army, which shall be called into ser- vice byethe President whenever Cone gress shall declare that a state of war exists, and shall be mustered out of service at the close of hostilities. The volunteer army is to have the same organization of officers, regi- | ments, brigades, divisions and corps as It is to be speci- | United States | the regular army. flcally a part of the army, and all of its officers are to be commanded by the President and its recruits to be enlisted by the United States recruiting officers. Every vol- unteer or recruit is to be enlisted in~ dividually in the United States ser- vice and is to be amenable to no State jurisdiction. Organizations called from the different States may, at the discre- tion of the President, bear the name of their State for distinctive purposes and the Governor of the State may recommend to the President the names of officers up to the rank of colonel, who may command troops raised in his State, but the President is not bounq | to make such selections. CLINTON TIRED (F REFORMING His Resolution to Restrict the Racing Season Defeated. Another Postponement on the Proposition of a Mission Monkey Ranch. fforts to Put Through the Third- Street Paving Job Have Not Yet Been Abandoned. Three matters of more than portance came up before the Board of Supervisors yesterday. One of these, the Third street paving job, involving $2100, attracted little attention, but the other two, relating to the racing season in this city, and the proposed Mission monkey ranch, caused considerable discussion. At last week's session Mayor FPhelan vetoed the contract for ‘‘repairing” Third street, between Misslon and Howard, which had been let to Flinn & Treacy for $2100. His reason was that the explana- tion made by J. J. Dowling for with- drawing his bid of $950 for the same work was not satisfactory. The matter came up yesterday on a motion to refer the sub- ject again to the Street Committee, which would indicate that hope has not been abandoned of putting the ‘job” through. The motion was carried. Clinton’s racing resolution, which was amended by a special committee last week so as to provide for sixty consecu- tive days’ racing, exclusive of Sundays, met with a fate that caused its author to exclaim in tones of discouragement: “From this moment I cease to attempt to be a reformer.” . When it was reached on the file, Smith moved that action on it be indefinitely postponed. Clinton moved, as an amendment, that it be passed to print. He argued that by reducing the racing period in this city from six months to six weeks, an im- portant step would be taken toward the abatement of the poolroom evil. Smith claimed that a State law would be necessary to do this, as there was nothing to prevent racing in neighbor- ing cities, for which pools would be sold in this city. The only tendency of the resolutfon, if passed, he argued, would be to discriminate against San Francisco. Lackmann opposed Clinton's amend- ment for the same reasons set forth by Smith. On roll call, Clinton and Rivers were the only members to vote for the amend- ment. Devany, Haskins, Delany, Shee- han, Lackmann, Rottanzi, Morton, Britt and Smith voted In the negative. Dodge was absent. Smith’s original motion was carrled without objection, and it was at this point that Clinton renounced the role of reformer. In order to provide for the continued lighting of public buildings, the provisions of 'the® oneotwelfth act were suspended, so far as they related to the public build- ing lighting fund. Mayor Phelan an- nounced that the $30,000 which was in this fund at the beginning of the year was already exhausted. Clinton opened the fight on the propo- sition to give the City Attorney power to begin condemnation suits to secure the land for the proposed Mission Park. He moved that the proposition be laid over for nine months. This received no sec- ond and Clinton, nowise discouraged, moved that it bé laid over for one month. Lackmann came to the rescue with a sec- ond. Clinton promised that if this car- ried he would make a thorough Investi- gation of the matter and would be able usual im- | to show that the proposition involved a shameful waste of public money, as nine- tenths of the people in the Mission did not want the park. The city, he added, owned 100 acres of land which could be used for a park, if one were really wanted. Rottanzi wanted to know what the es- No limit Is set as to the size of the |timated expense would be for acquiring volunteer army. gress to determine, in order to meet the contingencies that may arise. The necessity for the proposed bill is found in the provisions of the consti- tution affecting the militia, which as such may be used only within the limits of the United States to repress insurrections and repel invasions. It can in no sense, under the constitution, be considered part of the army of the United States for forelgn service. It is held by the War Department author- ities that should the State militia vol- unteer as organizations to serve the Federal Government in a war carried | into a foreign territory, they are still State troops and cannot be bound un- der the constitution to remain in the United States service, nor can the Fed- eral Government compel them to fight outside the limits of their State. Tt is to remove the necessity of the Federal Government being left to depend upon organizations over which it cannot con- stitutionally have exclusive jurisdiction that the proposed legislation is to be introduced, METEORIC SHOWER STARTLES OREGONIANS. Two Lurid Clouds With a Myriad of Shooting Stars Traveling Back and Forth, PORTLAND, April 18.—The citizens of Huntington, on the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company line, near the Idaho boundary, were startled last night by the appearance of a meteoric shower, the like of which none of them had ever wit- nessed. Two parallel clouds strangely il- luminated with a lurid glow stretched across the zenith, and between them played a fire of shooting stars that con- tinued for over four hours. The long, narrow clouds lool ed to the excited in- habitants of Huntington like great bat- tle-ships, and the effect produced was sensational in the extreme. No one who witnessed the phenomenon went to bed at all, and zo-dn¥‘ it i3 the chief topic of conversation in the village and surround- ings. %he shower was first noticed at about 9 o'clock and continued with unabated brilliancy until long after midnight. Com- ing at this time many who saw it attach special significance to it and declare that it is prophetic of an impending naval conflict between a United Xtates vessel and one of Spain. Thrown From His Carriage. NAPA, April 18.—County Physiclan B. Z. Hennessey met a serious accident to- day, which resulted in severe Injury. ‘While he was getting into his vehicle his horse started suddenly and threw him out on his back. The horse ran away and the | rig was demolished. The doctor’s injuries are not considered dangerous. Sl Death of a Napa Titizen. NAPA, April 18.—Michael Tobin, a native of Ireland, aged 65 years, and an old resident of Napa, dled at his home in this city last night. The deceased is mourned by a widow. Bascball at Mayfield. MAYFIELD. April 18.—The home team | defeated the Redwood City Wilmots yes- | terday by a score of 26 to 9. ittt o S et If President DMNcKinley to-day | signs the resolutions adopted by Con- gress, the fact will not only be an- nounced on all The Call bulletin boards, but will be signaled by hoist- ing the national flag in the place of The Call flag on the Claus Spreckels building. If the signature is not given until to-night, it will be sig- naled by a display of red fire from the lantern for an hour. Watch for the signals. That is left for Con. | the land in | Noes—Devany, | en Gate avenue, uestion. Devany said_this would be a matter for | & jury to decide, and added that the prop- | erty owners were asking $230,000 for their lands. Rottanzi moved to amend that action be postponed for one week so as to give him time to look into the matter of ex- pense. Through the intercession of Devany, T. V. O'Brien, who was credited by Clinton with representing the owners of the lands involved, addressed the board in favor | of the park. Rottanzi withdrew his amendment, and |a vote was taken on Clinton's motion to | postpone action for one montn. It was lost by _the following vote: Ayes—Lack- ann, Rottanzi, Smith, Clinton. Total, 4. Haskins, Delany, Shee- han, Morton, Britt, Rivers. Total, 7. Rottanzi moved to postpone for a week, | and this was carried without objection. Delany introduced a resolution grant- ing permission to the Western Addition Athletic Club to give boxing exhibitions. This was changed so as to exclude pro- fessionals from participating and was passed. A similar petition from the Alpine Ath- letic Club, with headquarters at 28 Gold- was presented and re- ferred to the proper committee. The following veto message of the Mayor was read: SAN FRANCISCO, April 13, 1508, The Honorable, the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco—Gentle- men: Herewith I return to you without my approval a demand on the treasury by the Edison Light and Power Company for $1357 44 alleged to be due for electric light supplied to the Free Public Library and the City Hall during the month™ of December, 1897, according to meter statements. [ have had a test made of the eloctric meters in use In the City Hall and find that out of those examined eleven are running fast and two are running slow, and this is the rea- gon for my objectlon. I recommend that your Finance Committee demand a rebate on’ the itemized showing, which I herewith submit. Under similar conditions the Palace Hotel in this city has demanded and received a large rebate. - The lighting fund for public build- ings set aside at the beginning of the year, as you are aware, has been depleted, and hence the necessity for some action on your part, Respectfully, JAMES D PHELAN, Mayor. ;) It was referred to the Finance Commit- ee. Sl T STREET IMPROVEMENTS. Summary of the Weelk’s Work of the Board. The following is a complete record of the street improvements which passed the Board of Supervisors at yesterday's session: AWARD OF CONTRACTS. Clay, 137:6 feet west of Baker, thence along southerly line of same 137 feet—Paving, to City Improvement Company. York, Twenty-second to Twenty-third—Pav- ing, to Pacific Paving Company. Alabama, Twenty-second to Twenty-third— Paving, to City Street Improvement Company. RESOLUTION OF INTENTION. Clayton, Halght to Page—Curbs, pipe sewer, paving, ete. P street south, First to Second avenue, ex- tending to a depth- of G0 feet on both sides— Grading. ECOMMENDED BY SUPERINTEN = OF STREETS. DEivE Chestnut, Fillmore to Broderick—Paving, curbing, ef Chestnut, Broderick to Baker—Same, Broderick, Lombard to Chestnut—Same, Chestnut, Van Ness avenue and westerly line of_Laguna—Same. Steiner, Lombard to Chestnut—Same. Steiner, Chestnut to Francisco—Same. Plerce, Lombard to Chestnut—Same. Pierce, Chestnut to Francisco—Same. Devisadero, Greenwich to Lombard—Same. Devisadero, Lombard to Chestnut—Same. Devisadero, Chestnut to Francisco—Same. Geary, Octavia to Laguna—Sidewalks. RESOLUTION OF FULL ACCEPTANCH. Twenty-third, Chattanooga to Church—Cob- es. Eighth street, Brannan to Townsend—Ba- It. salt. Twenty-second, Folsom to Harrlson—BIi- tumen. Twenty-second, Harrison to Alabama—Bi- tumen. RESOLUTION OF CONDITIONAL ACCEPT- ANCE. ‘Willow avenue, Van Ness avenue to Frank- lin street—Bitumen. Laurel avenue, Van Ness avenue to Franklin street—Same. PETITIONS REFERRED TO STREET COM- MITTEE. Fifteenth avenue, California to Lake street— To lay pipe sewer. Termination of D street—To construct tem- porary building by private contract. w;:]lfieenlh, Dolores to Church—To lay side- b ;l:wen(y-flrs(. Harrison to Potrero avenue—To ve. Second gtreet, Fifteenth and Sixteenth ave- nues, south—To grade. York and Twentieth—For paving. Halght, Shrader to Stanyan—For paving. Market—National Surety Company for cancel- lation of contract to pave. Eighteenth, Ashbury to Uranus—Property owners, for grading. Bush and Baker—Property owners, for re- moval of railroad tracks. Page, Webster to Fillmore—Property owners, to_pave. Fifteenth avenue south, P to J south—Mary and John McDonough, curbing, paving, side- walks, etc. Devisadero, 1707—August Koehncke, to erect sign on_sidewalk. Van Ness avenue and Clay street—St. Luke's Church, for permission to erect fence on side- walk. ORDER CHANGING AND ESTABLISHING GRADE Eighteenth avenue south, Rallroad avenue to M _street south. Dearborn place, Seventeenth to southerly ter- mination, R Bay View, Thorntor™and Williams avenues and on Latona, Pomona, Flora and Jupiter streets. De Haro, Rhode Island to Twenty-third. PERMISSION GRANTED TO RETAIN CURBS. York street, Twenty-second to Twenty-third; In front of property of W. H. Bowe. PROTESTS REFERRED TO STREET COM- MITTEE. Laguna, North Polnt, north—/gainst con- struction of sewer. (oLeavenworth, Green to Unlon—Aganist pav- n; g. Potrero avenue, Division to Alameda — Against paving. Potrero avenne, Mariposa street to Eigh- teenth, and Eighfeenth to Nineteenth, includ- ing crossing—Against paving. Potrero_avenue and Eighteenth street—Wil- liam C. Hildebrandt—Against paving. g lotrero avenue, Mariposa to Seventeenth— Same. REPORT OF STREET COMMITTEE ON MATTERS sL‘B.\nT‘rgn AT PREVIOUS BESSION. - Fifteenth avenue south, P to O—In favor of aving. 2115 Powell street—M. Goedecke may construct sidewalk. Potrero avenue, Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets—Against paving. Potrero avenue and Nineteenth—Same. Potrero_avenue and Twentieth—Same. Army, Noe and Castro—Against grading. York, Twenty-second to Twenty-third—Prop- erty-owners may pave. Market, crossing of Sixth and Golden Gate avenue—Property owners in favor of paving. [l. CORSON CLARKE [S INDIGNANT The Manager of “What Hap- pened to Jones” Makes a Few Denials. Stands Ready to Answer the Many Charges Made Against Him in His Absence. Harry Corson Clarke, the much-abused actor-manager, arrived in town last even- ing, intact but strong in his determina- tion to refute the many charges that have | been made against him by Thespians who | have appeared before the footlights in his company. “That woman” (meaning Miss Heffron) “was paid every cent that was due her,” said Clarke, “‘and that man Loose also received every dollar coming to him. That woman wanted to come to the front, and 1 suppose she went to the newspapers and told them all kinds of stuff. Why, that man Loose was a super in Frawley's company. I took him out with me to give him a chance; but he likewise wanted notoriety. I want to refute right here that story which appeared in yesterday's Examiner. There is no truth in it what-~ soever. It stated that I quarreled with every member of my company, which isn’'t so. Six of my leading people have signed to go with me next season, and we intend to tour as far as Salt Lake, at which place we intend to open on. Sep- tember “I have paid every bill that was ever contracted by me. You know, a manager is not called on to pay railroad fares un- less it is In the contract, but I never bothered about that. I have paid railroad fares in many instances. “It was said in the article that we were doing a poor business and barely making expenses. That also is untrue. our tour we played to big houses, and wherever we appeared we were treated | nicely by the press and the people. “I intend taking my company out again this season, and have already given out | large orders for advertising, and have booked the company in the leading towns in this State. Managers of theaters have During | houses than before, knowing full well that we never played to empty seats. “Although I am a New Yorker, I have adopted California as my home. I came here two years ago, and appeared in the Frawley company, and was well treat- ed that I began to love the State. I married one of your girls. I intend to make my home in this city. I am ready to answer any charge made against me. They took advantage of my absence and told all kinds of stories, but now that I am here let them go ahead.” Mr. Clarke produced a small ledger to Erove that he had paid every member of is company in full. Loose's signaturs was attached to a receipt showing that he had received $20 on April 16. : Mr. Clarke did not care to discuss Misg Heffron's proposed $10,000 suit against him. All he would say was that he was ready to defend himself and had come here with that purpose. g e O e KILLING BREEDING FISHES. . V. La Motte Is Strongly Opposed to the Capture of Steelheads by Angiers. Alfred V. La Motte, who has charge of the fish hatchery near Ukiah is un- questionably well versed in all piscatorial affairs ani his views on fish propagation are well worthy of consideration, but Mr. La Motte, in a communication to The Call, is evidently not in line with the doings of the Fish Commission, otherwisa he would possibly reprimand them for amalgamating with local midwinter fish- ermen in the destruction of breeding fishes. 14 During the winter season of 1867-1593 the Fish Commissioners, the chief of the fish patrol, and some of the deputies en- oyed great sport in Russian River in ooking, playing and landing large steel- heads which were on a journey from tha ocean to spawning beds. Sev large steelleads were taken and shipped to this city. But Mr. La Motte, in the following com+ munfcation to The Call, is evidently of the opinion_that the Fish Commissionerg and their deputies would not dream of such a thing as making a bad precedent for the local angling fraternity. A little inquiry may, however, alter Mr. La Motte's ideas of the question of fish slaughter by means of rod and line as interpreted by the Board of Fish Com- missioners of this State. It has been fre- quently proven that where steelheads are plentiful a single haul of a net will land more fishes than are taken during a sea- son by local angle Mr. Lo Mot letter to The Call is, however, self-explanatory: Editor The Call—Dear Sir: The importance of artificlal proj ation of trout i{s becoming more and more apparent each year. The num- ber of fishermen is increasing so rapidly that nature falls to keep pace with the demand made on her bounty. A few years since it was estimated that there were in San Fran- cisco 5000 people Who were votaries of the sport; now it is claimed that they exceed 10,000, Now our waters do not increase, hence one of these things must be done—more fish must be raised for the waters we have or fewer fishermen can indulge in their favorite pastime. The California Fish Commission is taxed to the utmost of its appropriation to supply the needs of the most prominent waters, while other localities just as favorable are obliged to depend altogether on the natural product, which is entirely inadequate. It is true that a more law-abiding sentiment is pres vailing in many localities. At the same time many acts of lawlessness are indulged in. Our indigenous _trout (steelheads) ascend our streams with the winter and spring rains on their way to thelr spawning beds, and large quantities are still butchered by the spear men, Who follow them up relentlessly. Others take advantage of the law which permits their cap- ture in tide waters, no matter how heavily laden they may be with eggs, knowing fuil well that every ten-pound female they Kkill represents some 8000 fry destroyed, vet grum- ble at the Fish Commission the foliowing sum- mer because the fish in the streams are becom- ing decimated. They willfully destroy —the goose that lays the golden egg and howl for ‘more geese to destroy. The votaries of the rod and reel condemn the spear men, the epear men cry out against the law which al- lows city men, as they call them, from killing the fish in tide water, and so it goes, ‘“‘pot calling Kkittle black,” while both are wrong. If our trout Is a game fish and worthy of conservation 1t should be protected wherever found during the spawning season. Other pseudonym sportsmen will locate themselves on the shallow rapids and with No. 4 hooks A1l baskets with fry not more than fingerlings, and call it eport. Such people have not the in- stinets of sportsmen in them and should he frowned down and their practice made odious. Ask such people to subscribe a few dollars toward the establishment of hatcheries, or the protection of our game or fish, and they re- ply, “Why, where s the Fish Commission?"" The editor of Recreatlon has properly named “fish and game hogs."” e ALFRED V. 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