The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 29, 1898, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1898 . LIKE A SHELL AND PEA GAME How the Talent Fares, at Sausalito. POLL-SELLING SOAPY SMITHS BRACE GAME ILLUSTRATED BY | FIGURES. | the horses in the race as Why It Is That Speculators Who | Cross the Bay to “Play the Ponies” Sometimes Have to Swim Back. “Soapy” Smith, late of Skaguay, was a robber, a gambler and a cut-throat— peace to his ashes. But “Soapy” had the decency to die in good season with i on, like a gentleman; and the reports that he already has made the Farmer Corntassels of the happy hunting nhds regret his coming may have been sent out by Examiner-Jour- ne nd should be dis- boots commissioners credited until fully verified. “Soap, was not aitogether bad at heart. He had been known to hand out to a s fortunate fellow man the entire profits derived but a short time previous by knocking some Reuben on the head and ravaging his pockets. Like Grayback Pete of Arizona, he generally gave his intended victims a run for their money. Grayback Pete, be it known, was the leader of a band of free-lances around Tombstone in the good ¢ when a man never car- ried a kerchief, because that would have branded him a dude, and for the further that to have reached into ¢ °t for one would have autious gent's fire- Pete had been having murdered just for pastime the men he took prisoners. This impeachment he invariably de- nied, declaring that he never killed a man without giving him a chance. “W e gang decides a mug's got to croak,” he explained, “I give 'lm de chance to fight me an’ see w'ether he chucks it up or is turned loose. We fights over a rope. De gang stands to shoot de rope. t kind of weapons do you use?” was asked one day. he duck ‘at tries to jump he Well,” he responded, “I ginerally rifle or a small barker and ow a 5 the village whose and mor at S permits it to lie j San Franc apy” Smiths and its but no one ever accused th returning any contributions found in the kitty. The names by which they are nown to the police. and society are on and Harvey, but the titles ap- d to them by speculators who cross bay with capital, go up against brace game and then have to swim to get back are not fit for pub- tion in a respectable family journal. s pair of worthies operate the pool rooms, which, by the grace of Chris- topher Buckley and a little metallic on exerted upon the municipal of- are permitted to exist in the while respectable town. This in merely an offense; the game they conduct de- ps from one of chance to one of hance at all: like that of the man bar of soap around which wrap the greenback, they usual of convicted who sells t he doesn’t the three-card monte artists and gold-brick salesmen. At best the racing game is a hard one for the speculator to beat. The percentage against him is enormous. In the pool rooms it is more so. The odds offered at the track are “boiled down” until the man who tries to “beat the poni by the long-distance method has to sell his clothes to keep percentage against him. sily illustrated by means and figures. In the follow- able are given the names of the s that finished “in the money” on at Brighton Beach, with the odds offered at the track and those >d in Harrison’s and Harvey's pool rooms: Sausalito Odds. 10 to 1 7to 5 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 5 to2 2t01 1to2 Ttod Rheinst El Cld At St. Louis the placed horses and the odds were as follows: 9t05 Sausalito me of Horse— Odds. 0dd: ADVERTISEMENTS. Pears’ Which would you rath- er* have, if you could have your choice, transparent skin or perfect features? All choose one way; and you the world would can have it measurably. If you use Pears’ Soap wholesomely otherwise, you will have the best complexion Na- ture has for you. | and live All sorts of stores seil it, especially - druggists; all sorts of people use it. At Harlem the winning horses and the prices were: Track Sausalito Name of Horse— 0dds. 0dds. Ostra .. S8 taT $t05 siartha 11 Gtol 6tol Friar John Gtol Kentucky- Colonel 2tol Lucille Bramble 4105 Foncliffe ....... ol From the foregoing it will be that in only two instances were the Sausalito odd® better than the average at the ‘track, and in these the increase was trifling. The favored horses were Lord Neville and Pinochle. Aside from these exceptions, in almost every in- stance the odds were “shaved.” On long-priced horses the reduction was generally 50 per cent; on those better liked by the talent it ran from 15 to 40 per cent. When Eddle Jones landed Leo Lake a winner in the first race at Brighton Beach his backers, who, instead of herding in a crowded, smoke-befouled room to hear the telegraph operator monotonously call off the positions of they were ticked off by his instrument, were com- fortably ensconced in the open air, with | beautiful surroundings and an exhilar- ating view of the actual contest of speed, drew down $20 for each $1 they turned in to the “bookies.” The un- fortunates who are growing ‘“poolroom | faces” across the bay got but half as much—that is, if they were lucky enough or shrewd enough to have had a bet on Leo Lake. Now, the regulars know—or ought to know—that at the best the percentage is always on the side of the book- maker. Occasionally, they may corner a Barney Schreiber—sometimes called a Dutch—by pla in different books, In cases where cer- taln bookmakers are laying against certain horses But the individual layer of odds is seldom caught napping. The best of the argument is aiways the one he To begin with, the @ middle Western or California track starts the day $150 loser, that sum rep- resenting the amount he pays the track management and the salaries of his crew. This he has to recover on the five or six races carded for the day, and, as he usually is a thrifty fellow, he takes home a trifle besides. If he makes book on a strict percentage basis, he is a certain winner if the play is reasonably heavy. There is no ele- ment of chance about his end of the transaction when taking in the coin of the bettor. Elie Perles, who is said to juggle with figures as a monkey does with a cocoanut, has been known to work out his percentages with such nicety that at the end of the day the amount of profit was within five or six mills of what it ought to have been were the man on the block striving to win only a certain percentage. Many of the bookmakers gamble frequently themselves, by laying against certain hors: and taking all the money they can get, or by holaing out others, losing if their choice lo: This gives the track bettors an advantage over their poolroom fellows, for they profit when a bookmaker “hunches the price,” while, the poolroom operator “hunches” anything except the credul- ity of the lambs fleece is des tined to become The poolroom “S Smith pays to the telegraph company $20 a day for each track from which the results are received, and his other expenses amount to $50 or $60 a day, making the total something over $100, not includ- ing side issues in the way of itching of- ficial palms that have to be scratched. The figures of the latter item are sel- dom made public. All told, his ex- penses are certainly less than those of the sellers at the race track; and vet he finds it necessary to reduce from 10 to 50 per cent the odds offered by the man at the course before the profits are sufficiently large to satisfy his thrift. He is not content to lay average track prices, minus the occasional upward fluctuations which in the betting ring cause speculators to lose their dignity and scramble llke women at a bargain counter. He is not averse to making a 25 per cent book, and has been known to levy 50 per cent, paying out but $10 for every $20 wagered with him. When it is known that the patronage of each of the Sausalito rooms is at least equal to that of individual bookmakers at the racetrack fits may be surmised. Verily, the pool- room game is like that of the shells and the pea: when the farmer looks for his returns they are not there. The poolroom proprietor is a humor- ist and has a little joke of his own that he springs before each race. In one column on his board he marks the odds as they come by telegraph, and in an- other column he posts those he offer: the latter beinv a slight advance over V,hfil former, which are styled the “track odds.” ving the several horses { bookmaker on a | Tace mare and one that won stakes for { last in never | the extent of their pro- | Whether it is expected that | q this really deceives his patrons is a | matter of conjecture. fact the odds track are always reduced from 15 to 50 per cent, and sometimes more from those actually offered by track book- makers. considered that the figures, the poolroom three-shell man is away under legitimate price: In its sporting column The Call each morning hereafter will give the figures posted against the placed horses at the leading tracks, and if the object lesson leads omne forlorn speculator to see the telegraphed error of his ways and cease contribut- | and the | ing his tithe to the wolves jackals of Sausaltto, its labor will not have been in vain. PICNIC AT MILL VALLEY. Sodality Girls Enjoy an Outing Un- der the Direction of the Sisters. The girls of the sodalities of the Holy Angels, Children of Mary, and the Holy Childhood, of the Itallan church, held one of the most successful private pic- nics of ‘the season yesterday at the C cades, in Ml Valley. The outing w. under the personal direction of the Si ters of Mary, who exerted every effort and succeeded in making It a pleasurable one for the 150 girls who attended. The monthly meeting of the sodality of St. Aloysius will be held at Notre Dame des Victoires next Sunday afternoon, July 31, at 2 o'clock. The general communion of the members of the sodality will 1 held at 7:30 o’clock the following Sunda morning, August 7. ————e——— A Dangerous Practice. Secretary John Calvert of the State Board of Pharmacy swore to complalints in Judge Mogan’'s court yesterday for the | | arrest of Maurfce G. Packscher, an as- sistant registered pharmacist, and Mrs. L. P. Harris for practicing without a li- cense. Mrs. Harris owns the building at Twentieth and Kentucky streets, Wfierv the store is, and Secretary Calvert al- leges that Mrs. Harris fills prescriptions when Packscher is absent, and the results might be terrible. —_———— The Original Little Beneficencia Publica of San Francisco. Drawing duly 28, 1898, No. 48,477 wins $3750, sold in San Francisco, Cal.; No. 54,99 wins $1250, sold In San Fran- cisco, Cal.; No. 83,744 wins $625, sold in Oak- , Cal.; Nos. 16,043, 22,434, 49,764, 40,926 and % each win $62 50, sold in San’ Francisco, Prizes coshed at 35 New Montgomery , San Franc! Cal. . — e ‘Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese Minister at Washington, Writes About the Prospects of American Trade in the Orient. In Next Sunday’s Call — e Burned With Boiling Milk. A. F. McClellan, a dishwasher in a res- taurant at 29 Fourth street, was taken to the Receiving Hospital esterday morning with his face and arms badly burned. He was Iifting a_pot of boiling milk, when it was capsized and the milk was spilled over him. —_—— Costly Lessons The War With Spain Has Taught Us, By Hudson Maxim In Next Sunday’s Call. As a matter of | from the | This is apparent when it is | even after elevating | | growing wheat year after year from seed raised | side of his mount's neck, riding for dear CHIT-CHAT OF THE RUNNERS California Gallopers at Saratoga, N. Y. SOMBRE WAS BADLY BEATEN SIMILARITY OF METHODS OF SLOAN AND CHEVALIER. Nick §. Hall's Canace, a Napa-Bred Filly, Second in a Fast-Run Race at Washington Park, Chicago. The racing strings the Messrs. Boots of Milpitas and Sam Hildreth of Ingleside are now quartered at Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Racing began yesterday at the glorious Spa of the Empire State, and among the starters we noted Twinkler of the former lot and Hurly Burly from the Hildreth stable. The latter is regarded as nearly the champion sprinter of the mid- dle West—at least she divides the honors with Mary Black, the Californian. In the list of mares recently purchased by General W. H. Jackson of Belle Meade we noticed California, once a very speedy ully Coulter both at Oakland and around Chicago. She recently broke down and was sold for a brood mare for about §1500. Diggs, who created a sensation as a two-year-old by running six furlongs in 1:12%, and who defeated the best gallop- ers in tr: g at Harlem that summer, passed under the hammer at the same ale for §250. He is an own brother to Sutton and Olinthus. The latter was, next to Formero, the best -two-year-old colt in Californi 1a ring, winning | four stake for G Brown an Irving D is breeder. Mr. Diggs lives | in Wood: d. his season he mated Lily Wright, the dam of Diggs, Sutton, Olinthus, et ‘al., with the renowned sire, us. the blacl thian, and t Miss Woodford, wi at Brighton Beac ? a_four-hor: from even mon _daughter of imp. forn rturf ) TS ay, finishing ] Backed down y 1o 7 to 10, she led for a little furlongs, then “blew up, atish Dr. Fitzsimmons fin- ishing in front of the fill pected to set the Ee terners afire with | cithusiasm. Last spring Sombre broke | the Ingleside track record for four and a half furiongs and carricd 118 pounds into the b Olinthus and a. the other two-year-old cracks had to take her dust. However, Sombre is not larger than the proverbial “pint of cider,” tipping the scales at 1 tuan 700 pounds. ampion horse riding midget, Tod . will up,) ar in the pigskin at the | meeting. He rode only a couple of times at Brighton, which was too ple- belan for “‘his ludship.” The Eastern p pers are devoting a great deal of spa in discussing the origin of Tod's methoa of piloting race horses, and seem to be agreed that he stole his plans and specifi- ations from “‘Snapper” Garrison. They e all wrong. The chances are Sloan | aw “the Snapper” ride half a E s in his life, but he did observe | olored Chevalier put many a the pla and that's wher: originate Chevalier w; lithe and active, and when the wind was booming off the bosom of the broad Pa-| cifie, blowing the sand around Bay Dis- | trict track in blinding sheets, the little | pickaninny would be out on _the larboard life and offering as little resistance to the wind as possible, and when the horse would get into the homestretch Hippo- Iyte’s face would be fn close proximity to the galloper’s ears. At the time of which we speak Cheva- lier was putting_winners over the plate in a way that harrowed up the proud and jealous spirit of “Captain Tod,” and | that he gave and wherefores and the whic evy's ue sideration there can be no gains That he would now scoff at any one if they were to even hint that he ran away with a coon’s ideas anent rid- ing is also pretty certain, but a comparison of the style of the pair in the saddle will at once lead one to be- feve that there is at any rate a wonder- ful similari Furthermore, Tod’s rid- ing up to two and a half years ago would not set the bay afire, and it is about that length of time since the midget man changed his style. And row Danny Ma- her, they , is patterning after Tod. Nick S. Hall's Creighton filly Canace, bred by A. B. Spreckels, ran second to Batten in a fast race at Harlem yester- a Weenatchle, twice a winner at St. Louls within a week, {s by the unbeaten El Rio Rey, from Question, by Joe Hooker. The special commissioner of the London Sportsman says: “In an interesting conversa- tion which 1 had with Mr. Lorillard, he fully agreed as to the palpable excellence of New- haven II and exactly expressed my own ideas as to climatic influences in the breeding of race horses. ‘No farmer,’ sald he, ‘would dream of on the same land, and it 1S the same with potu- toes or any other products of the sofl. You want climatic change in these things, and £o it with horses. You do right to bring Austral- fan horses here. They are sure to improve your stock.’ 1 have not the slightest doubt that it is change of climate which makes a horse that has been a stud failure in England succeed when he goes to America, or elsewhere, and, as I have often said, if the Duke of Westminster 4 give old Ben d’Or a chance he would even yet sire a second Ormonde.’” There was strong talk lately of a match race between the California’ filly Toluca and Spirituelle, a daughter of Spokane, which Hildreth's filly had defeated. Lucky Star, the clinking good son of imp. Friar Tuck and Keepsake, recently passed into the hands of a Montana turf- man, and the price was reported at $1500. He's a cheap horse at that figure. Marcus Daly, at Butte, Mont., recently sold off a number of horses in’ training, two and three years old, mostly. Very r prices were realized, animals going at $1250, $1100, 3500 and $750. Frank Van f\;c‘ S tl;f this city was quite a buyer at the sale. SRt BRIGHTON BEACH FLYERS. Sensational Wins Again—Sombre Finishes Last in a Four- Eorse Race. NEW YORK, July 28.—The black California filly Sombre, daughter of imp. Midlothlan and ex-turf queen Miss Woodford, was made a red- hot favorite in the second race to-day, and after leading for three furlongs, stopped to nothing, finishing absolutely last in a fous- horse race. Danny Maher piloted three win- ners and a second out of four mounts. Only one favorite managed to win. The track was sloppy and Sensational again reveled In the Boing. First race, selling, one mile: Name and Wt. Jockeys. 4. %. %. Str.Fin, Her Own, 101....0'Connor 8 3 11 11 11 *Banquo, 106 Oleary 2 .2 8 3 22 Charagrace, 9 ...8onger 1 1 4 3 3 Concord, 106 Hamilton 4 4 4 2 4 Time, '1:45%. Second handily. Third driving. Straight odds against first three—3 to 2, 6 to 6 and 4 to 1. *Favorite. Won handily. Second race, two-yea Name and Weight. St. Clair, 110, 1ds, five furlongs: Jockeys. %. %. Str.Fin, Manee 5 3 ST Hapsburg, 110 il 2 s 3 egett in 11 4 4 everly. Second and third driving. Straight odds against first three—3 to 1, 2 to 1 and 10 to 1. *Favorite at 1 to 2. Third race, three-year-olds, selling, six fur- longs: Name and Weight. Jockeys. ¥. %. Str.Fin *Tabouret, 111 Maher $h 11 12 13 Gen. Maceo, 103, onnor 11 23 22 21 Bonadea, O'Leary 4 4 8 3 4 4 Ruby Lips, 101..........Songer 3 3 T . Won easily. Second handily. against fivst three—3 to 5, 8 Straight to 1 and 4 to *Favorite. Fourth race, handicap, one mile: Name and Wt. Jockeys. ¥. %, %. Str. Fi Sensational, $8...0'Connor 1 1 121 lh‘ *Continental, 1I ..Maher 2 2 3 3 2 Hanwell, 100 gan 4 4 4 4 3 L. Marfan, 92..Hothersall 8 3 3 2 4 ‘Time, 1:43%. 'Won handily. Second and thira St 0dds against first three—Even that was ex- |} | L. Ellerslie, 95 money (ccnlg)l-d with Lady Marian), even money and § to 1. *Favorite. Fifth race, the Spinster stakes, .two-year-oll flilies, six furlongs: Name and Weighi fock: . Str. Fin. et o0 e ol Fast Black, 113.... Mah n F. Breckinrid, 99..0'Connor 0 0 0 2n *Whiplash, 1 111138 Sky Scraper, 3 2 0 Linaala, 5 2 0 onger 2 0 g/ Time,"1:18%. " Won driving. Second and third riving, La Cheviot 109 also ran. Straight odds against first three—S§ to 1, 10 to 1and 1 to 3. *Favorite. Sixth race, selling, mile and & furlong: Name and Wt. Jockevs, %. . %.Str.Fin. King T, 111. Taral 4 1n 1nsl *Doggett, 111 2T Tinge, 111 . ry 1 1ns3 3 Marshall .Coylle 2 8 44 Time, o driving. Second and third driving. Straight odds:against first three—4 to 1, 3 * and 3 to 1. *Favorite. —— HARLEM’S MONEY WINNERS. Candelaria of California Wins in Good Company. CHICAGO, July 28.—The surprise of the day was the win of the California-bred colt, Can- delaria, of Burns & Waterhouse's stable. He was at the julcy odds of § to 1 and made a fast run at a mile and seventy yards. George H. Ketchum finished second in the fourth event, but was disqualified for a foul. Four favorites, a strong second choice and one out- sider got the winners' end of the purses. Tommy Burns was up on three winners. First race, selling, six furlongs: Name and Welght. Jockeys. %. ¥. 8tr.Fin, *Sangamon, 1 1212 Carrie F, 90..... o 0 2 Ella Penzance, 0 0 ° Miss Casey, 102 205950 May Fern, 52 aeaaFllok 0,073 0 Time, 1:13%. Won handily. Second and third driving. Incitatus 92, C. H. Whelan 92, Imp. Summer Sea 95, La Salle 97, Amy Wade 100, Cains 103, Millie 'M 102 and Warren Point 104 also ran. Stralght odds against first three—Even money, 6toland5 to 1 *Favorite. Second race, handicap, two-year-olds, five furlong: Name and Weight. Jockeys. . ¥. Str.Fin. *Batten, 102 . T. Burns 1 ¥ Canace, $2 McNichols 3 3 8 32 . Misa Mark, . Ref 05LE0 2 Boney Boy, 102 .Bloss 1 2 0 Time, 1:00%. Won handity. Second and third driving. Excursion $0 and Esplomage 114 also ran. Straight odds against first three—i to 5, 3 to 1 and 12 to 1. *Favorite. Third race, selling, one mile: Name and Wt. Jockeys. %. %. Str.Fin. *Don Orsino, 97..T. Burns 22 22 111h | Founa, 92 . N 3128 24 St. Alphonsus D, 103.Bliss 3 3 3 3 3 Time, 1:40%. Won driving. Second driving. Third handi Bantaria $ athanson 97, George Krats 98 and Pacemaker 107 also ran. Straight odds against first three—8 to 5, 6 to 1 and 6 to 1 *Favorite. Fourth race, selling, six furlongs: 1111 312 38 gatherer, 104 ......Thorpe 0 0 0 Time, 1:12%. Won handily. Second and third driving. Libertine 110 also ran. Straight odds against first three—3 to 5, 4 to 1 and 6 to 1. “iDisqualifica for a foul:and Abe Furst placed second. *Favorite. Fifth race, purse, mile and seventy yards: vame and Wt. Jockeys. ‘urner B %. %. %. Str.Fin &7 408 1y 2h . 100..N 3 2% 2 2 111781 1 a1is 107 eliari hristy, Morte Fouse, 3¢ sy i Time, 1:44%. Won cleverly. Second and third ariving. Straight odds against first three—S to 1, 7 to 10 and 5 to 1. *Favorite. Sixth race, selling, two-year-oids, five and a half furlongs: Stamina, 110, 2 to 1 (L. Relff) 1 | Foxnette, 107, 6 to 1 (Hewitt) 2 | Gay Parisienne, 4 to 1 (N. Turner) 3 Time, 1:05%. Won handily by a length. Sec- ond and third driving. Judge Wilcox 107 fell and April's Lady 107 pulled up. Rosa Masso 107 and Elizabeth R 107 also ran. *Favorite. et OVER ST. LOUIS’ TRACK. Not a Decided Favorite Finished in Front. ST. LOUIS, July 28.—Two very long shots got home first this afternoon, viz., old David and The Parrott Mouthed, while Flying Bird was lucky ‘enough to win at odds of § to L The track got good during the afternoon. Bar- ney Schrelber's filly, Sorrow, captured the last race in fine style. the 8fth event. First race, selling, ‘There was an accident in maidens, Jockeys. Coombs Gllmore Weird, 119 . “W. Dean Johhny Bohan, 112 .Frost 0 0 ime, 1:16. Won driving. Second and third driving. ‘Muscadene 122, Collinsville 118, B H 119, Sir Wayman 119, Ferrenti 119, Loughmask 117, Glenower 114, Aloldes 114, Frank Sigman 114, Fusino 114 and The Brewer 107 also ran. Straight odds against first three—2% to 1, 2% to 1 and 4 to 1. Equel favorites. Second race, selling, mile and three six- teenths: Name and Wt. Jockeys. 8‘ 3%. %. Str.Fin. Parrot Mouthed, 102. 1] 9.0 3 1n Annie Oldfieid, 84 1 1111112 Charina, 102 9 WV Dr. Bernays, B8 - §g e *Can I See 'Em, 2 2 7..Frost g, B Time, 2:03%. Won driving. Second and third driving. Otto H 102, Gomez 102, Jack Bradley 101, Mrs, Bradshaw 99, Virginia M 9%, Susie Lillard ¢ and Tewanda 86 also ran. Straight odds against first three—15 to 1, 15 to 1 and 4 to L *Favorite. Third race, selling, six furlongs: Name and Weight. Jockeys. %. %. Str.Fin. Siddubla, 109 McDonald 2 Rl Xalissa, 98 .Frost 0 2 3 21 *Genna, 75 Dugan 11 11 1h 3 Alta May, 7i Wheeler 3~ 0 0 0 Time, 1:14%. Won cleverly. Second and third ariving, Polo 109, Barisso 103, Free Cold 103, Tom Lil- ly 100, Fourth Ward 100, E4 Gartland 100, Tre- bor 100, Visionary 74 and George Dunett 74 also ran. Straight odds against first three—4 to 1, 4 to 1and 6 to 5. *Favorite. Fourth race, owners' handicap, mile and a sixteenth: Name and Wt. Jockeys. %. %. %. Str.Fin, David, 82 .. L Kelly 1h 11 11 11 13 The Elector, 100. h2h 2h 2% 21 Nick _Carter, 4 4 43 *Crockett, % Lines 3 8 3 3 4 Time, 1:48%. Won easily. Second and third driving. Straight odds against first three—15 to 1, 2% to 1 and 6 to 1. *Favorite. Fifth race, handicap, two-year-clds, five and a half furlongs: | Flying Bird, 110, 8 to 1 (Snell) Be True, 108, 5 to 1 (Gllmore) Sir Gatian, 108, 4 to 1 (C. Coombs Time, 1:00%. Won cleverly. Seco driving. *Good Hope 105, Dandy H 105, Bolerie 105, Mona B 105 and Liberty Advance 105 also ran. *Favorite, Sixth race, selling, six and a half furlonge: Name and Weight. Jockeys. %. %. Str.Fin, *Sorrow, 93 ... Frost 1 % 2 12 Belle Bramble, 102. 3 *Verity, 95 2ns Elkin, 107 ....... 4 4 4 Time, 1:21%. Won handily. Second and third driving. Straight odds against first three—§ to 6, 3 10 1 and 6 to 5. *Equal favorite DEATH ENDED THEIR ELOPEMENT TRIP Domance Preceding the Drowning of Miss Mary Hughes of Vallejo. BTOCKTON, July 28.—The name of the girl who was drowned in Middle River last Thursday was Mary FEllen Hughes and not Mary Allen, as stated by Hansen, the man who was with her on the sloop. Hughes, arrived this morning from Val- lejo to arrange for the disposition of the body. Thomas Hughes is employed in the Gov- ernment navy yard at Mare Island. He said his sister always received the kind- est_treatment at home. From the story of Hughes it seems that Hansen coaxed the girl from home. Hansen is a hunter by occupation, but recently was working | power to the brain, strength and promoter of good health and DAWSON CITY. A brother of the drowned girl, Thomas | in a saloon in Vallejo. On the day of her that she was going to Point Reyes. mother was somewhat suspicious. Han- times to see the girl and Mrs. Hughes together, but as no one saw the two d part in the sloop she at last thought the girl had really gone to Point Reyes. e CHRISTIAN WOMEN MEET. Convention of the State Board o Missions at Santa Cruz. SANTA CRUZ, July 28.—The entire day at Garfleld Park was given to the con- vention of the Christian Woman's Boar of Missions. An early morning prayer meeting was held, led by Mrs. Ada Van Pelt of Oakland. Then the convention opened with the Vice President, Mrs. Sue . Grant of Woodland, in the chair. The following committees were appointed: Enrollment—Mrs. Olivia Hodgdin, San Fran- clsco; Mrs. Ja e Oakland; Mrs. Rosa Smith, Vaca Miss Howard, Chico. State works—Mrs. Viria Durham, Irvington; Mrs. R. N. Davis, Gilroy; Mrs. M. A. Nash, San Francisco; Mrs. W. H. Martin, Fresno; Mrs. Ell Fisher, Salinas. Nomination—Mrs. Ahembaugh, Vacavllle; Mrs. L. Curtener, Warm Springs; Mrs. Thompson, Los Gatos rs. J. P. Proctor, Shadie, Sacramento. Beamer, Woodland; “ruz; Mrs. J Santa Rosa; Mrs. Henry Obituarfes—Mrs. R. H. Mrs. R. L. McHatton, McCullough, Irvington; ville; Mrs. Judge Harris, Fresno. Auditing—Mrs. Mamie Proctor, Miss Mary Durham, Irvington; Grant, Woodland. Resolutions—Mrs. Delia Morrison, Woodland; Mrs. I. N. Hazel, Berkeley: Mrs. Elder Cutler, Irvington; Mrs. Mary Westover, Fresno; Mrs. M. Spurgeon, Palo Alto. Good tidings—Mrs. T. B. Butler, Oakland; Mrs. Brown, Santa Cruz; Mrs. Crossley, San Jose; Mrs. B. E. Hembree, Sacramento; Mrs Barker, Hopland; Mrs. Park. The convention listened to an address by Mrs. P oSy er. Rev. W. H. Martin of Fresno deliv- ered a missfonary address this evening. - SAN PEDRO’S BREAKWATER. Contractors Anxious to Go Ahead: With the Work. WASHINGTON, July 28.—General Wil- son, chief of engineers, has received a telegram from Representative Mann of Illinois, in behalf of Heldmeir & Neu of Chicago, to whom was awarded the con- tract for the construction of the break- water at San Pedro harbor, Cal, ex- pressing great indignation at the report that the irm had abandoned the contract. He says that, on the contrary, the firm is anxious to go ahead with the enter- prise as soon as possible. Los Gatos; Miss Emily Demand for Good Horses VISALIA, July 28.—A demand for good horses has lately sprung up here. D. Sellgman, who is said to be a German Count, s purchasing several carloads of fine horses for shipment to New XYork and thence to Europe. He has over thirty here now, and many of them can trot a mile in 2:30 or better. Mr. Seligman says he finds more filne horses in Califorma than in any other State he has visited, and he has been from ocean to ocean. e e i Fire at Mill City. RENO, July 28.—A special from Mill City, a small station about 140 miles east of Reno, says the hotel and depot at that lace were burned shortly after noon to- ay. —_——————— Ex-Queen Liliuokalani Writes About Hawsaii and Her Hopes 7 In Next Sunday’s Call. ADVERTISEMENTS. TH0E 08 306 X0 308 20 X0 308 30K X0 300 306 X0 308 30% X0 308 306 308 30% 30¢ 08 308 306 00 108 X0 X0 0 30X OE U X H O ¥ Stop That Waste: strong and the mind clear, study. known only to Dr. Sanden. Young Yourself. Thousands of yuuns this drain have been restores book, “Three Classes of Men."” It is Call or address 702 Market Otfice by to 8 p. m.; P L “ Branches at Los ‘?fi‘?";%m ton street; Denver, Colo., 931 Sixteenth Dallas, Tex., 285 Main. 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