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2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JULY 24, 1898. HEXEXXERAXRXXXEXRR RN says: dinner ever given in this country, was the scene of this dinner. Mr. city. Mr. about a week ago he arranged for Kok kR R KK Kk kR Rk RKR KX XX KKX FXERERXREAR XXX RXR FAMILY DINNER THAT COST FIVE MILLION. NEW YORK, July 23.—A dispatch to the Herald from Pittsburg Pittsburg has the distinction of having had the most expensive ures that feast cost its host $5,000,000. and his wealth runs into more than.any five other millionaires in this Lockhart has been slightly indisposed, hart has five children, two sons and three daughters. dren and other members of the family were present at the dinner in question, and " when they lifted the plates set before them the two sons and three daughters each discovered thereunder a certified check for $1,000,000, and as there were five checks the total was $5,000,000. FEREXFXXXRRXXF XXX E R perhaps in the world. In round fig- The home of Charles Lockhart Lockhart is a Standard Oil magnate and ome evening little family reunion. Mr. Lock- The five chil- a sk ok sk %k ok ok ok sk ok ok ok ok ok k¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ X X ¥ HRK X RXERRXELXEEREEX * FOR FRANCE Paris Newspapers onthe Cuban Dissension. IT VERY AMUSING THINK PREDICT TROUBLE FOR UNCLE SAM FROM NATIVES. An Insinuation Made That Discord Came 'After Insurgents De- manded Some of the Chestnuts. Special cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 189, by James Gor- don Bennett. KAYS CHOSEN Named as Los Angeles’ Representative. THREE MEN TO DECIDE THE PURCHASE PRICE. The Appointee an ex-Treasurer of the City and a Man of Wealth and TUnquestioned Integrity. Special Dispatch to The Call. PARIS, July 23.—America’s diffi- culties with the insurgents in Cuba | and the Philippines are causing some | am ent here. The Debats last night and the Matin this morning had | articles on the situation. The Gaulois | also says that the Cubans and Ameri- | cans are not far from being at logger- | heads. The Debats says that in th Philippines Admiral Dewey refrains | from bombarding Manila until the | American troops arrive so as not to leave the p to the tender mercies | of the insurgents. As Aguinaldo re- | plies to this by coquetting with the | Germans, Spain appreciates the situa- | tion by authorizing Augusti to treat | with the rebe 1 ‘“'so bring the in- | surrection a as possible to an | end.” ime Aguinaldo tries | to form the semblance of a Govern- ment, and is certain that if the United States do no satisfy the aspirations of the Philippines they will have to fight the insurgents just as the Spaniards have to. The Debats says it is in Cuba that the deceptio: have been the greatest, and that it is there the awakening has been most rude. Far from the Cubans | ing a sort colonists rebelling against the op: ion of the Spanish “King orge,’ is found they are of it people who find rebellion easier than working. The Matin finds that the | nsions with the Cubans supplies a | quality lacking hitherto. The s, it says, have discovered the Cubans are not worth a drop of their blood. | The extraordinary thing, it adds, { yly, is that they make this dis- at the moment when the | 1g helped pull the chest- fire, are timidly urging r right to eat some of them. | [ £ to be pitied,” says the | a Matin. 1 thought they were fighting a humanitarian cause, that avenging oppression and Cuba her independence, | > of themselves they find nple conquerors.” s to the Gaulois, it attributes the dissension to the Americans’ dislike of | the people of the coloni and con- | cludes that Spain and the United States | will sign peace and will unite in dis- | paraging Aguinaldo and the Tagals | and Maximo Gomez and the Cubans. | WKINLEY’S LETTER TO GENERAL GORDON The President Tells How the War Has Served to Obliterate Any Sectional Lines. WASHINGTON, July 23.—President McKinley has sent the following let- ter to General John B. Gordon, in re- sponse to the resolutions adopted by the Confederate Veterans' Association, in ses- sion at Atlanta, Ga.: Executive Mansion, WASHINGTG 23, 1868. ON, July Hon. John B. Gordon, Commander-in-Chief United Confederate Veterans, Atlanta, Go.— Dear General Gordon: Your recent telegram in behalf of the United Confederate Veterans was very welcome and I would hgve written before in acknowledgement except for the un- usual demands upon my time. The war has certainly served one very useful purpose In completely obliterating the sectional lines drawn in the last one. The response to the nation's call to arms has been equally, spon- taneous and patriotic in all parts of the coun- try. Veterans of the gray as well as of the blue are now fighting side by side, winning equal honor and remown. Their brave deeds and the unequgled triumphs of our army and navy have received the gratitude of the people of the United States. To have such a hearty commendation from yourself and your col- leagues of the k of this administration in the conduct of the war and the pledge of what- ever support may be needed to help in bring- ing it to a successful completion is indeed mos\ gratifying and 1 thank you especially for the frank and cordial expression of the resolu- tlons passed and forwarded to me, With very kind regards, I am, sincerely yours, WILLIAM McKINLEY, HOSPITAL SHIP RELIEF ARRIVES Brings One Hundred and Twenty- Five Sick and Wounded Offi- cers and Soldlers From Siboney. NEW YORK, July 23.—The United States hospital ship Relief arrived at quarantine this afternoon from Sibo- ney, with 125 sick and wounded offi- cers and soldiers on board. During the iwenty-one days that the Relief has been in commission she has received on board 265 sick and wounded sol- diers; of this number thirteen have died and a large number have been transferred to the Seneca, Solace and Hudson. Out of the 125 men on board the Relief, there are only about five dangerously wounded. g THROWN FROM A TANDEM.. Napa Business Man Succumbs to His Injuries. SUISUN, July 23.—Dorman B. Per- kins, who, in company with Louis Hil- born, was thrown from a tandem bi- cycle on the morning of July 11, while returning from Napa, died to-day from his injuries. Mr. Perkins was cne of Suisun’s most prominent business men. He was a son of Ed Perkins, a well- ‘known politician of this section of the State and a candidate for Sheriff of Solano County on the Republican ticket. —————e——— Advapces made on furniture and planos, with or without removal. J. Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission. | cilmen before it was presented. LOS ANGELES, July 23.—At last after much juggling and a great deal of useless and unnecessary by-play, the | city has named its arbitrator under the | water company’s contract, who is to act with the arbitrator of the corpora tion to fix the value of the company’ improvements to the water distributing lant which it leased from the cily hirty years ago yesterday. The arbitrator named by Council to-day is city treasurer, ex-sheri and at present a member of the Board of Trustees of Highlands Asylum, ap- pointed by Governor Budd. Kays is a Democrat, and,.in order to secure his appointment, four Democratic members the City James C. Kays, ex- of the council combined with one Re- | publican and Kays got five of the nine | | votes in the council. A strong endeavor was made by a certain element in the community to have J. S, Slauson, the retired capitalist, named, but the scheme failed because Councilman Blanchard refused to stay with the Re- publican majority. The appointment of Kays was a great surprise, but he is a citizen of unquestioned integrity and a man of wealth. When the Council met with water company's directors this morn- ing the city made a formal tender of $1,000,000 for the water company’s plant, which was refused. The City Attorney then presented an ordinance which pro- ided for arbitration. The ordinance had been shown to a number of Coun- These Councilmen claim that when they saw the measure it provided that the Coun- cil at once proceed to the appointment of an arbitrator, but whe: it was read in the Council chamber it had been changed so as to provide for the a pointment of an arbitrator on Monday. Councilman E. ‘L. Hutchinson ob. | Jected to this and claimed that an at- |tempt was being made to work in a Job. The scheme was really put up by friends of Slauson to gain time, so tha one more vote could be gecured for him, which was essential to obtain his appointment. It was thought that Councilman Blanchard could be won over to Slauson by Monday, but by a vote of 5 to 4 the ordinance was changed to provide for the appointment of an arbitrator at once, and by the same vote Kays was elected. Compen- satlon was fixed at $25 a day. The Council also provided that the city pay its half of all expenses of the arbitra- tion. The clique that heretofore has been dictating all moves made in the Counucil in the direction of municipal ownership is now in the minority. What the resuit will be no one seems to know, but thers is a general feeling that whatever 1s done cannot be worse than the inactiv- ity of the past five months. NO ADVANCES YET TOWARD PEACE And Premier Sagasta Anxious to Have It Understood He Has Not Been Interviewed. Special cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 155, by James Gor- don Bennett. MADRID, July 23.—To-night a para- graph is published in all the papers stating that Premier Sagasta hffs given no interviews to any correspondents. This is to deny any possible interview which may have been manufactured out of a few words the President of the Council spoke with a representa- tive of American journalism, which he fears may be construed into an inter- view which he has not given. The Government understands the country and has stemmed the tide of Carlism by its active measures. There are absolutely no advances toward peace. French and English newspapers are wildly at sea and shipwrecked ut- terly in their prognostications. Spanish Sloop Captured. KEY WEST, July 23.—The torpedo- boat Cushing, which left here yester- day with dispatches for the blockading squadron, returned this evening, bring- ing Lieutenant Colonel Rebalcava of Brigadier General Roja’s division of the insurgent army, now operating in Matanzas province. Colonel Rebalcava left here about a week ago on the tug Uncas with a small expedition carry- ing a quantity of rifles, food and cloth- ing. A landing was effected near Car- denas without difficulty. On Thursday last the Mangrove captured the Span- ish sloop Alguldita, off Boca de Sagua, fifteen miles from Cruz del Padro. The sloop carried a crew of four men, who, at sight of the approaching gunboat, leaped overboard and swam to the shore. The cargo consisted of dyewood, a small lot of food supplies and $25 in Spanish silver. She will be brought here by the Uncas to-morrow. $asp i o Crushed by an Elevator. SAN DIEGO, July 23.—George Foster, a prominent business man, met sudden death this afternocon. He was a mem- ber of the firm of Bradley & Foster, proprietors of the Santa Fe House. He went into the basemcnt of the ele- vator shaft to draw some wine from a cask. While there the elevator came down and struck him on the head, breaking his neck. The elevator boy heard no sound and knew nothing of the accident until Foster’'s body was found a half-hour after the accident. 10 ARBITRATE WATER FIGHT’S NEW PHASE the | of the Island. MAP OF THE ISLAND OF PORTO RICO, Showing the Several Ports and Principal Cities and Towns, and the Roads and Rail- roads Connecting Them; With the Landing Places Chosen for the Three Expedi- tions Under Generals Miles, Wilson and Brooke, Now En Route for the Conquest IS BODY TORN BY DYNAMITE |Horrible Suicide of a | | Rancher. fMOUNTAIN VIEW TRAGEDY ff of the county | [ VICTIM’S BODY BLOWN TO PIECES. Series of Explosions Wrecks His | Cabin and Fire Completes the Work of Destruction. Spectal Dispatch to The Call SAN JOSE, July 23.—Crazed .by drink Charles Rydell, a rancher near | Mountain View, blew himself to pietes | with dynamite this morning. His suf- ciddl act was one of the most horribie: recorded in this county. Rydell had been drinking heavily for | several days. Between 7 and 8 o’clock | this morning neighbors were attracted | to his cabin by a heavy explosion. | When they drew near the cabin Rydell stuck his head out of the door and told them not to come near. He said: “I am just touching off a few of these things; I've got plenty of them. If you | don’t keep away you'll get hurt.” | The onlookers stepped back, and just then there was a terrific explosion that hook the cabin from its foundations. | A dozen or so more explosions fol- |lowed and the cabin caught fire. The | neighbors were afraid to go near to | check the flames because of the explo- | sions, and the structure and its con- | tents were destroyed. | After the whole had been reduced to | ashes the remains of Rydell were | found. The arms and legs had been | burnéd from the trunk. The head, which evidently had been blown to | pieces by the dynamite, was nowhere | to be found. Alt is thought that Rydell placed a cdp in a stick of dynamite and explod- ed it with a fuse. When he spoke to | people who were attracted to the cabin he had the appearance of a wild man. Scattered about on the floor was $124 in silver. Rydell had resided near Mountain View about two years. He owned six acres and was engaged in clearing off the land. He had dynamite in the house for splitting wood, and it was this he used in his own destruction. | He was a native of Sweden, unmarried and about 60 years of age. INTERESTS THE PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Several Important Forestry Appoint- ments Made for California WASHINGTON, July 23.—The fol- lowing Pacific Coast men have been given forestry appointments: Forest supervisors, $6 a day—N. Lan- gell, of Jacksonville, Or.; Warren D. Robbins, of Grangeville, Idaho; W. H. Durfur, of Oregon. Forest rangers, $50 a month—Sidney Scott, of Eugene, Or., M. D. Markham, of Forest Grove, Max Schulpius, of Oregon City, Z. A. Davis, of Eugene, Or.; George Petrequin, of Roseburg, Or.; Frank Allen, of California; Benjamin Huntington, of Oregon; William Isaac Lacey, of Independence, Or.; Charles M. Paine, of California; Glen C. Shep- ard, of Los Angeles, Cal. Assistant special forest agents for California na- tional parks at $4 per day—Archie C. Leonard, of Wawona, Cal Joel J. ‘Westfall, of Yosemite, Cal.; Charles T, Leidig, of Yosemite, Cal.; “Arthur L. Thurman, of Yosemite, Cal.; George R. Byde, of Wawona, Cal.; Henry A. Skelton, of Wawona, Cal. At $3 20 per day—George G. Mackenzie, of Ray- mond, Cal.; Joseph R. Borden, of Bor- den, Cal.; Thomas S. Carter, of Ray- mond, Cal.; Darwin 8. Lewis, of Ray- mond, Cal.; David Lockton, of Ray- mond, Cal. Pensions have been granted as fol- lows: 3 California: Original—Daniel Mangan, Veterans’ Home, Napa, §12; Charles A. Paulsen, Sausalito, $12; Isaac Peel, Los Angeles, $8; Francis H. Woodward, Veterans' Home, Napa, $8; Edward Fitzgerald, Veterans’ Home, Napa, $12; Hugh Curran, Freeport, $6; Robert H. Willlams, Pasadena, $8. Increase— Thomas Mead, Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles, $12 to $17; James McMurray, Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles, $6 to $12. Reissue and increase—Adolph Daske, ldiers’ Home, Los Angeles, $6 to $12. Original widow, etc.—Minors of Rich- ard H. Weber, Fulton, $18. Oregon: —Jeremiah Hunt- ley, Gold Beach, Increase—Willlam ‘Washington: Increase—Emiles Pom- l'Ettersilinrk:Plice. 36 to $12. eroy, Centralia, $12 to $17. BABES CRUELLY PUT T0° DETAH Murdered by Heartless Fiends. BODIES OF SEVEN FOUND CRIMES UNEARTHED IN THE HEART OF BOSTON. Gag Tied Over the Mouth of One of the Little Victims, While' Others Were Black From Strangulation. Special Dispatch to The Call. BOSTON, July 23.—Boston is horri- fied. at the grewsome discovery of wholesale infanticide in the heart of the city. - The bodies, of six infants were discovered in a vacant lot at the corner, of Rogers avenfie and Leon street, Roxbury, at 5 o’clock on Friday morning, and another was found to- day. The bodies were lying in an open fleld, without any protection from the elements. The police have been unable to ascertain when they ‘Were placed in the field or by whom. A searching in- vestigation is being made. The bodies were found by Mrs. Kin- nahan. She took some ashes to sift in a vacant lot, On entering the field she noticed a bundle wrapped in cotton cloth. She investigated, and found the bundle contained a dead child. The police at once began to investi- gate, and the bodles of flve more babies were found in close proximity to the first. All were wrapped up in the same way, and apparently had come from the same place. Medical Examiner Draper was notified, and made an ex- amination. None appear to have been dead a great while. A thorough search of suspicious houses in the neighborhood is being made by the police. The details of the awful discovery are sickening. A gag was tied over the mouth of one of the murdered infants, and the other’s faces were black from strangulation. ‘There were also evidences of poisoning, and the corpses had been covered with quicklime to hasten decomposition. An officer found the body of another infant, apparently only # few hours old, on a sidewalk in Iront 381 Northampton street this morning. Tt was wrapped in a piece of black cloth. o Would Annul the Contract. NEW YORK, July 23.—George Os- good Lord to-day brought suit in the Supreme Court against the Compania Trans-Atlantica HEspanola, J. M. Ca- ballos, agent, who, in behalf of the Spanish line, made the bid for trans- porting 25,000 defeated Dons from San- tiago to Spain at $556 for officers and $20 for enlisted men. The suit is to annul the contract the quartermas- ter's department made with the en- emy’'s steamship, company. The ground for the suit is that the contract {s against public policy and gives aid and comfort to the enemy of the United States. Technically, Mr. Lord sues for $100,000 damages, but the real object is to effect the annulment of the contract. PR TWO LEADERS SHOT DEAD. Members of a Kentucky Faction Fail to Heed Warning of the Enemy. MIDDLESBORO, Ky., July 23.—The ‘White-Howard-Baker feud in Clay County, Kentucky; which was thought to be at an end, has been renewed. Word has been received here that John Baker and Charles Clarke, leaders of the Haker faction, have been shot from ambush i&n;d their dead bodies riddled with bul- ets. Baker and Clarke went to Manchester, the county seat, where the members of the White-Howard faction live. They had been repeatedly warned by their ene- mies not to come, but regardless of the warning they entered the town. They started to return to their country home, but were warned by friends not to go_back by the count; road but to make a detour through the woods, as danger was scented. They Insisted that the{ were able to protect themselves, as both were heavily armed, but they had traveled less than a mile when they were unhorsed by a volley of bullets, both be- ing instantly killed. S T THREE MEN KILLED BY CAVING EARTH PRESCOTT, Ariz., July 24—A cave.-in occurred at the United Verde copper mine this morning, causing the destruc- tion of the assay office and part of the foundry on the surface. E. W. Johnson, civil engineer, a nephew of W. A. Clark, the owner of the mine; C. BE. Beveredge, the assayer, and a laborer named Larson were killed. A mining expert from New York whose name is not known, was “‘gflou‘:.:lyd p{obnblv fa.\‘:.gm Anj; % \il- pe: nden ux, whose office is in the ass: bug‘dll:; had just left when the collapsed. MINES IN SAN DIEGO HARBOR Sailing Craft Must Be Cautious. CUTTER CORWIN ON GUARD ITS STEAM LAUNCH ACTS AS PILOT-BOAT. Lights at Point Loma and the En- trance to the Harbor in Use for the First Time Since ‘War Began. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN DIEGO, July 23.—By order of the Lighthouse Board, the lights at Point Loma and Ballast Point, together with the beacon lights marking the channel into San Diego harbor, < have been lighted, and in future will be used as heretofore until further orders, so that vessels bound to this port may en- ter and depart during the night as well as by day. The mines will, however, remain down and the electric current | | the harbor, about 4000 yards from the turned on after 8 p. m. Due caution must be used by the masters of vessels drawing over five feet of water when approaching the mine fields so as to pass between all the mine buc During the day buoys are ea: distinguished, but not supplied with lanterns. To over- come this difficulty, the steam patroling launch of the auxiliary cruiser Corwin will be sent to the mine fields as here- tofore promptly at 8 p. m., and will take up a position in the channel in close proximity to the sunken mines. A red light, visible all areund the horizon, will be displayed by her during the en- tire night, so that friendly vessels en- tering or leaving the harbor may have some indication of the position of the dangerous ground. Vessels upon arriving abreast of the red light will be piloted through the channel by the officer in charge, who will point out the safe course. by going ahead of the vessel until the water re- served for the enemy has been passed. This plan has been adopted in order that our own commerce as well as that of neutrals may no longer be menaced by these dangerous obstructions. On the night of the 19th ins at anchor off Ballast Point, the States steamer Corwin captured the junk Acme of San Diego for running over the mine flelds. She was heavily laden with guano, and was drawing six feet of water. Her master was taken on board the Corwin and the junk sent to the city and tied up at the Custom- house dock. The work of the Corwin in guarding the entrance to the harbor, together with the mines planted by the engineers of the army, is appreciated | by the people of San Diego, who are in constant dread of the arrival of some Spanish gunboat or privateer which may be lurking in some South American port. Already eleven vessels have been seized and laid up for viola- tion of the harbor regulations. At the Tennis Tourney. CHICAGO, July 23.—The finals in the doubles and the remaining semi-finals in singles were played to-day at the West- ern champlonship tennis tournament. Ward and Davis of Harvard defeated Bond and Collins in the doubles finals. Summaries: Finals in doubles—Ward and Davis defeated Bond and Collins, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4. Semi-finals _in singles—Belder defeated Wrenn, (-2, 8-3. The 'champlonship in the consolation dou- bles went to Condee and McKerz feated Roche and Chaplin, 6-4, 4- . Pre- vious to the final match, Condee and McKen- zle defeated Bailey and 'Davenport, 6-3, 6-3. = ADVERTISEMENTS. Always Tired Because your blood lacks vitality and nourishing power. Take Hood's Sar- saparilla and overcome this condition. Thousands of people have found this medicine just what they needed for that tired feeling. It purifies, enriches and vitalizes the blood, creates a good appetite, gives sweet, refreshing sleep and makes you feel strong and vigor- ous and full of life and energy. Hood’s Sarsaparilla $1; six for $5. Is America’s Greatest Medicine. Y + Hood’s Pills cure all Liver Ills. 25 cents. ‘Woodbury's Facial Soap, Faclal Cream, Fa- clal Powder and Dental Cream have the in- dorsement of the Medical and Dental Profes- n, and are sold everywhere at 25c each. night they cannot be seen, as they are | NIPE HARBOR - TAKEN BY FOUR AMERICAN SHIPS Gain Possession of the Place After a Prolonged, Furious Bombardment. The Topeka, Annapolis, Wasp and Leyden Silence Forts, Sink a Gunboat and Scatter Spaniards. KEY WEST, July 23.—Acting under | mer naval attache at Berlin, Vienna orders from Rear Admiral Sampson, | and Rome. They found that the Jarge four American warships on Tuesday af- \ Juan's forecastle had been entirely ternoon last entered the harbor of Nipe, | 1iPPed away by the Topeka’s four-inch of Santiago de Cuba, and after a fu- | It is thought the Spaniards scuttled her rious bombardment took pos ion of | before abandoning the vessel. the harbor. The vessels engaged were The harbor was found to be well the Topeka, Annapolis, Wasp and Ley- | mined and two of the mines exploded, den. In the course of an hour they | ne about 100 yards off the Topeka's silenced the forts, sunk the Spanish | bow and the other 200 yards from her gunboat Jorge Juan and scattered the | port quarter. . As the ships came out Spanish riflemen who had taken part they saw a contact mine floating on the | surface of the water. in the engagement. | The engagement was hardly over On Thursday the Annapolis, Wasp | when the torpedo boat = Dupont and Leydon came from Santis |came along with dispatches from Captain Hunker of the Annapolis, who | Rear Admiral Sampson for Com- mander Remey, and+ the Topeka was ranking officer, was surprised to | __° "~ . e T, %2 learn that Nipe had not been taken. | Syag, St With them to Key West, or- Admiral Sampson had understood that | the brunt of fhe fisht and bore her- this had been done, and had orders for | self nobly. Her captain is William S. the monitors detailed for the PortoRican | Cowles, a_brother-in-law of ~Colonel campalgn to rendezvous there. When | Theodore Roosevelt. a the sitmation had been cleared up, Cap- | The Jorge Juan was a three-masted, e 'P” | one-funnel ship of 960 tons, and 1100 tain Hunker ordered the ships to g0 In. | s rsenower. She was 320 feet long, The Wasp and Leyden, being the small- | thirty_five feet wide.and twelve feet est of the quartet, led the way, followed by the Annapolis, while the Topeka, which carried a heavier battery, brought up the rear. The channel leading into the harbor ‘was very narrow, and on a bluff to the right, called Galory Polnt, were a fort | - "H%, BTROF 18 BENY 0 o0 and signal station. As the American | 3 s ships entered the Spaniards were sig- | Mountains and is admirably suited as a base of an army campaign. draft. She carried a crew of 146 men and had 130 tons of coal. Her battery was heavier than the Topeka’s, being the best of the four ships, consisting of three 4.7 Honturias, two 1.8 Krupp guns and two machine guns. Nipe harbor is twenty miles long and | 1 | northwestern portion of the harbor and naling in a lively fashion, apparently | notifying the ships in the harbor, which 1 yden rounded the y FROM THE LOSERS Wasp and Leyden rounded the point | DETROIT, July the fort fired a dozen shots, none of which, however, fell near them, and‘ the Topeka returned the fire with her | .—Dissatisfaction over three-pounders. the judg giving the last heat Almost immediately the Spaniards |of the 2 s trotting to D L. C ed deserted the fort and retired, while the | to-day’s sport at Grosse Pointe track. Topeka continued to send shells into | Much money had been placed on True them. A body of riflemen on the beach returned the fire with a few wild shots, but, they, too, were quickly dispersed by the Topeka's smaller guns. The Topeka also discharged several torpe- does. At the same time another small fort to the left of the channelsfired on the American ships, but it was silenced as easily as the other. In the meantime the Wasp and Ley- | den had taken up a position in the | Chimes on the auctions for this race. | Both he and D L C got two heats. In the final heat D L C was leading in the h and Anita S came with a rush and | owd thought she nipped the horse. The judges, however, thought dif- | ferently and awarded the heat to D L C. Then a cry went up from the specta- who thought that if Anita S had ziven the heat Geers could have the xth heat from D L C. There were cries of “robbery,” but the s were firm, saying that D L C had the tors opened fire across the water at the Jorge Juan, which lay. to the southeast, d the best of it. In neither the in front of the town of Mavari. Her | nor the timers’ stand was thera position was about a mile and 2 quar ,’(L!‘.V'Mher opinion. so it would seem D L ter from the beach, and behind her _won the heat all right. “Prie Chimes, third fort stood on an eminence. This | Jitiy L o Heats to his credit, broke badly fort opened on the Wasp and Leyden, sers had him on his feet better in the and as the Annapolis and Topeka came | fifth, and the bettors thought he could ave captured the up the Spanish gunboat joined in the xth had not the fight and a general battie followed. | JA d_r:vsq made their decision against o R red i nide Anita S, A The Topeka anchored in the middle of T Sl G e e e '¢ | Chamber of Commerce consolation. Jorge Juan, and the other three Ameri- | ~pqward D u*.«-m-:l favorite for the 2:17 b can boats drew up on either side and | pace, but his breaks put him out of the formed a semi-circle. The Americans | monéy. Strathmeath was never crowded then closed in on the Spanish ships. | by the others, winning each heat handily. The Topeka sent four-inch shells | ISSUIBU 119Y) 0} pPI ppe® crashing into the Jorge Juan at such a ass, trotting; purse $2000—D. L. C. won, ate that she sank ~itLin twenty min- | es second, Anita S, third. Best utes. ‘When the firing became heavy the | officers and crew of the Spaniard put off in a small boat, made for th: shore | under a heavy fire and escaped into the woods. Two shots from the gun, fired at an elevation of 4500 yards, | dropped square into Mavari fort, the | Spanish pennants disappeared and a white flag was run up. This ended purse $2000—Strathmeath Don Sphinx third. pacing; na second, n, Best time, Chamber of pacing; ton second, %. won, Ar- t Happy Tom third. Best time, e — Swimming Records Broken. CHICAGO, July 23.—The Chicago Swim- | ming Club held its first tournament to- Topeka's bow | t ricious, bat- | 48y The feature was the performance short, h\;_lt one of the most viclous, bat- | o*ry byl Neuman of ‘the University of tles of the war. S t small | Fennsy i o lowered the 100-yard All of the American ships sent small | ; 06rq of 1 by George Whittaker, boats over to the Spanish gunboat, |t 1:111-5, and that of the Topeka being under com- | record of 14:31 mand of Lieutenant Niblack, the for- | race. ADVERTISEMENTS. B R R SOLDIER TALK. The men who lay aside the comforts of home and"the pleasures of home lite and answer the call to duty on the fleld of battle in a far-away land are entitled to the best the market affords. We have no criticisms to make. The Government has done wonders in equipping so large an army in so short a time. Mistakes have been made, but they could not be helped. We see men from the East shivering under one or two pairs of light-weight blankets at the approach of our July zephyrs, for which the Government doubtless paid $6, while we are offering and are glad to sell an all-wool Marysville (Cal) double blanket at $4; real good ones at less money. We have 600 pairs too many for July trade. We have no canvassers or solicit- ors, and take this plan to apprise the shrewd buyers of this coast that we have in store everything that a soldier needs or appreciates, and at the right price. Come and see. THINGS TO EAT. | Heavy Sugar-cured Bacon, extra. Fine mouthful soldiers’ biscuits Fine sliced dessert peaches, cans. Ground Coffee, hotel or family mixed Butter, per rol, fit for a Governor. Eggs, warranted fresh, per dozen 10 packages none such mincemeat. Honey of the best quality, sealed jars Siver Prunes large, taj Whit~ Figs, 10c kind (C: Finest Raisins, bought a bargall THINGS TO WEAR. Infants' hand-made wool knit sacques Child’s gray stockings, best weare Ladies’ $] 25 to $230 shirt —aist so made a new world's 5 in the 8S0)-yard scratch B THINGS TO USE. Blankets, gray wool, Marysville, pair. Tapestry Carpet, short lengths, 1% to 15 3 Ingrain Carpet, 35 Inches, pretty patterns..22 ts, hemp and better grade short lots, few rolls each tchels, $7 50 > fine large 5 wire toasters, no cups, double porcelain, lsc kind. Soldlers' pocket dispensary, dollar a | Sleeping bags, variety, $20 kind, now. | Center table or stand,’ 18x18, ash. ‘sms‘ cotton tapestry, oak finish, now, { OTHER BARGAINS. | Starch, 6-1b packages, not 4oc, only.... Ladjes Children's and Men's Handker. § Ladies' other walsts, closing summ | " “chiefs & Klondike shoes, light color, $3 5 50 |7 large box stoves for wood, % 00 Mackinew coats, ail sizes, not §3 50, b |4, Klonaike folding stoves, gt from 38 €531 50 Gents' fine Cassimero vests, not 3250, but.. 75 | Price of fur suits for Ala 5 0p 6, but. Gents' Cassimere coats, small, not Trimmed hats, ladies, not $2 5, Hats for men, bargain counter, $2 Suits for men, $12 50 lot, now... Single coats, pants or vests, cut 150 | Croquet sets, § balls. middling 1700 | Boys' iron wagons, iron wheels, no- 00 | Remnants of calico or union bunting. $8 00 | Remnants of dress goods, variety, ... | Wool yarn for strong wear, g Try our fine fruit and berry pies; home made; 10 cents; first floor. White Swan Flour, fully warranted, in any quantity this week 95c, Coffee reductions continue all this week. Save while yoi can. Our one-cent articles surprise everybody who looks at them. Wire screening, green, this week at half price—1 cent square foot. Jelly glasses with tin cover, less than barrel lots, 2 cents each. New Shoes. Newest style ladies’ kid shoes, just arrived.§1 50 Newest stvle ladies’ kangaroo shoes........81 50 Newest syle ladies’ §3 50 green shoes, now.§l &0 Boys' heavy shces, 2 to 4 -9 s’ heavy $1 25 shoe, 11 to 13 “Toe Girls' §1 50 school button, 13, 13% -Tae Girls’ or ladies’ cloth and kid, 2%, 3 at....3%5c Men's low:shoes, out of style, 5, 7. -50c Men's §3 50 button shoes, 5 to 10.. 25_27 Mal‘ket St. s. F. ’ /