The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 20, 1898, Page 8

s e R R e P e e T B R R M HAPPY HOURS ¥ : WITH : + GUNAND ROD. ¢ 4444444444444+ Fish Commissioner Cross will 75.000 trout fry to- near the ence of the Paper Mill and Lu- . As exclusively stated in ast Tuesday's Call, Mr. Cross planted 000 fry of the cutthroat (Mykiss) and nbow (Iridius) in the Lagunitas Creek, near Libertys, and when the little fel- lows were placed in the shallows they fmmediately started on a hunt for food. s states that he had seen plant Deputy ¢ uite a number of small fry in the pools, 1wl that with the additionof the little fel- ws that came from the hatchery there should be trout for all and first-class ing in the Lagunitas next year. > hoped that the anglers will igment in their selections of nd that all trout less than | five inches in length will be returned to the stream. It has been stated, that the Super- inty will Soon pass an emeanor for to have in possession trout of » inches in length. This will les of the county a good d to the treasury. letter from that 1Y perso: s than fi the co. wing well- »wn _angler lover of true sport, | mes Watt, speaks for itself: SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. I8. be well to suggest to it the advisabil- trcl the two to be the con- ptions on the part of any feasible plan for ac- result. Yours very truly, JAMES WATT. Lorsbach, who is possibly bet- friends as among his Eggs,” is C itvale with imported ch does not hesitate to s rise t orting ekl ns in fly casting from very of Imon r of marked salmon captured is much larger than is gen- 'hey were hatched in the d after being marked by in the spring of 15 r capture proves that ast return to hatched in . the time in which have made that it ta rked spring of 18 hav two ye The d only ten pound ur g men W f this matter sa . As the t in the seas L little ove aught wel Imon ght e igh nd one weighed seems almost in- should grow to tw ears and e no t that th n ind G ist of tor marked fish re- eir weights, which end of the ume Pri 1 th the weigh a mon h : rest fire Wednesda; that the bette to time ago. g a en arm for ng an inspection of t cked down by an infu: All_resulting in_a mber. The field and 1 of San Mateo is the re- »d fisherman cf is having a ter and he s to ship fry for Commissior usand roc Cunningham for a month’'s the McKenzie d Waldo Lake itler and 1 making very e ve prep- ks’ outing on E Fishing is now Eel. dorff and his dog, Dickey sterday for a week’'s recrea- River, where bass fish- tion on F i y good—} according to is no o—who have just s, bring excellent g Tule and Kern golden _trout were > catches of vacation this summer. Big and Little Kern rivers ek the trout were espe- dating, rising to st any ob- y 1 taking poorest ¢ amp with a fair- any time. An hour's fishing in k resulted in a c 10 of f which were caught the fish measured under eight inches, and few over twelve. At the lakes the trout would not rise, all successful catches belng made with fes close to the bottom, the fish welghing from one pound to six and & half pounds. Game of all kinds was very scarce, owing to large bands of sheep destroying what little feed had sprung up. The ranchers throughout the district & a the valley farm- . e mountains, for ¥ ruin the meadows, but kill out brush and all other vegetation, there- by driving all animal life out of the country, and also seriously endangering the water sup- hile at the forks of the Kerns, how- h 1s off the beaten trail, four bucks brought into camp, g0 three bears. - Yours respectfully, BELCHER. While deer hunting near Point Reyes last Sunday a rifie in the hands of C. Dietz exploded and a plece of the fron struck G. arm, inflict- arioulle in the ing a painful but not ds Dietz had his hand st AN FRANCISCO, August 17, 1598. Sporting Editor of The Call—Dear Sir! Victor Caglieri, the well-known sportsman, and Carl | E. Bundschu visited Buck Camp, a few miles above n, last Sunday, and_Caglierl Xilled -pointer welghing 135 pounds | dre: IMPALED ON A MEAT HOOK. Painful Experience of George Selig in Front of a Butcher Shop. The novel sensation of being impaled on 8 meathook was experienced yesterday morning by George Selig, a young man living at 673 McAllister street. Sellg was distributing cards announc- ing the butchers’ picnic and when he reached a butcher's shop on Fourth street, between Minna and Missfon, he secured a ladder to nail a card to the . front wall. While nailing the card the ladder slipped from under him, and he fell, striking upon a meathook, which pene- trated his left chest. He hung suspended in the air for a minute or two until re- leased from his impalement. He was taken to the Recelving Hospi- tal, where Dr. Hartley dressed the wound. The hook had, fortunately, not the chest cavity, and Selig will soon be all right again. + Pardon for Rogers. United States Attorney Foote has asked President McKinley to pardon James F. Rogers, who is reported to be dying of consumption in the penitentiary at Yuma, Ariz. Rogers was sentenced to four years' imprisonment in the peni- tentiary at San Quentin for counterfeft- ing. While in prison he was taken with consumption and was removed to Yuma to give him the benefit of the dry climate. —————————— Lurline Salt Water Baths. Bush, Larkin sts.; swimming. Russian, hot and cold tub bathp; galt wWater direct from ocean. JWhen Its pse becomes general.” attention | interesting ftem | adipose fin, were turned | a study | e enough to have chosen | salmon | enetrated | B R CHAMPION PECK GIVES UP CYCLE RACING. S R R R R R 2 Frank G. Peck, the champlon racing cyclist of the Pacific Coast, has perma- | nently retired from the path. He ar- | rived at this decision day before yester- day, and the news will come as a big surprise to those who know him and who | 1ooked upon him as an aspirant for rac- ing honors on Eastern tracks. Peck has secured a position here with a tire firm, and, strange to say, they prefer his ser- vices tn a clerical way rather than in | racing. You would think that any one | in the bicycle business, employing the | champlan of the coast, would want him | to retain the champlonship against all | comers and thereby advertise the make | of wheel and tire he rode. But it is not | s0 in this case, and Peck had the choice | of giving up racing or losing his posi- tion, and as the latter was his bread and butter he chose the course he has taken, although much to his regret. His retire- ment will be a big disappointment to the Bay City Wheelmen, who looked to him to carry their colors to victory in the tall road races and the annual Admission day meet at San Jose. Wing and “Bunt” Smith should now have things pretty much their own way. Captain J. 5. Shedd of the Acme Club | Wheelmen will leave for the East in a fortnight and remain there. This will + pe + + + + ++ i X 3 + [+ + + + + leave another v: | committee having been by of the associated clubs, t Wednesday one 1a filled only ntment of the apg dw ctive worker, and the as- sociation and his club will sadly miss him. The proposed run of the Olymplc Wheelmen to scheduled Marin County, h stponed until o correspondent, C. M. 8., mile paced world's record Taylore of France, c is 34 miles 1 Clkes of America. con of the Reliance as returned from a two ks’ Lake County. ntry blanks are out for the Garden Wheelmen’s race meet at San Jose pts Club Whe tour of tember 9. tries close with e 5. Owen on September 2. The are to Dbe a two-third-mile ratch and one-mile handicap, amateur, and an exhibition mile by Hardy Down- ing, paced by Otto Ziegler Jr. and Wilbur dwards on a tandem. There will pos- ly be a match between Wing and " Smith, at one, three and five d. " Smith is willing to_race Bozio ifter the 9th of September, provid- the date does not conflict with the road nts. He would 2 one-mi. ingle, paced; and ten-mile opposite ociated Clubs three race mile Downing returned north Mon- day, and will ride in the mile open to- ay’ at Wellington, B. C, He will also a match between Frank J. Cotter AStern negro. Wheelmen and Bay joint club run iday, Septem- . Montea- City Wheelm; to Mission San Jos s the guests of M azar and Galle; en of Sacra- ies of mem- vs in August, mento bers’ road r September and Octobe rst to occur row. The distance will be ten or less, each event a handicap. , and the the three ded by points st points 1 e a as a prize nd 2 gold medal from the from a des , So that al- club. There a most every star The idea might be copied with good T sults by some of the local clubs tnat are just now complaining of ennu. The pienic run of the Oiympic Cyclers will be held to Uncie Tom's Cabin ts who attend on wheels will le b at 9 o'clo Others can take | Townsend street 11:30 a. m. A big cro are anticlp:\l(‘d. leav wd J. E. Wing contemplates an attack on the ten-mile record from _Fruitvale to H s a week from Sunday if the conditions are favorable. o The total destruction of the grand and_bicycle track at Sacramento b on Sunday last is to be regretted ames E. Little, one of the leaders in cycling at | the Capital City, says Am very sorry to say that the avilion, grand | stand and about one-half of the fence, also about 200 feet of the bicycle track, were com- pletely destroyed by fire. They wiil be rebuilt at once, the insurance money to be used to this end, and everything will be improved upon. | " Hirsch, Hamlin and a few more of the riders wili be seen at San Jose on the 9th of Sep- tember. We have been going for records here of The three, four and five mile records are of our club. Sunday last for an open event for all records, but the loss of the track on Saturday | afternoon put a stop to it. We have got a | lightning fast tandem team in Hamlin and Eldred. | In spite of the recent fire by which the | Terminal City Wheelmen of Stockton lost all their club effects, they will hold their annual pienic run, which is one of the features of the year's cycling, next Sun- Visitors from the city will take the ‘clock_river boat Saturday night, re- | turning Sunday night. There will be no race meet at Stockton | next Sunday after all. The Stockton | Athletic Club took it off the hands of the | Terminal City’s after the fire the latter club suffered, but they finally decided | they could not make it go, and the prop- | osltion was dropped. The fourteenth annual election of the Bay City Wheelmen will be held at the club on Monday evening, September 12. There does not seem to be any disposi- tion among the members to change the present management of the club, who have placed it at the head of all bicycle | clubs west of Chicago. H. W. SPALDING. SALT WATER SPRINKLING. Great Benefits to Streets Have Al- ready Been Observed. L. M. King, superintendent of the street department work of the Merchants’ Association, is rejoicing because the municipal street department nas begun sprinkling the streets with salt water, which has been advocated by the associa- tion for a long time. Upon the subject Mr. King say: ““The city has at last made a beginning in the use of salt water for street sprink- ling. The Street Department has ordered the macadamized blocks on Van Ness avenue, which is sprinkled at the city’s expense, to be sprinkled with salt water instead of fresh. A standpl%e has been erected at the corner of Van Ness avenue and Geary street, where the main of the Olympic Salt Water Company crosses the former street. 2 “Although salt water has been used only since last Friday the good effect of its use s already very evident. The macadam is binding together and the pavement on the blocks below McAllister street is already packed hard and smooth. In a week's time dust will be unknown there, for even the loose dirt accumulated along the side of the street is kept in a moist con- dition and becomes too hea to_ be blown about by any ordinary wind. It is reported by the party doing tne sprink- ling that two sprinklings of salt water are more effective than three of fresh. The binding together of the macadam will also reatly preserve the pavement. The upervisors have expressed themselves as favoring salt water for street agrinkllng and the citizens will welcome the umel P L T T Ry E HOUNDS & HARES f e ARE IN 3 + FINE CONDITION. * R R R R R R R RS The managers of Union Coursing Park are determined to stamp out the dog job- bers, and in future a close watch will be kept on the destroyers of coursing, who resort to any means to win money. There are people who attend coursing meetings not for the love of the sport but for the money that they can pocket by fraud and base trickery. The doping of dogs has become quite an industry of late with some vandals, and it is about time that the park managers teach the destroyers of cou! g a lesson that they will have good reason to remember. It Is not an easy matter to detect a hound fiend in the act of “shooting” a dog, but whenever one of the kind is caught the severest punishment imagin- able should be meted out to him. The two coursing parks this week will donate to the fortunate dog owners some- thing like $1500 in prizes. At Union Park only one stake will be run, an open event, embracing sixty candidates, and for an aggregate of § At Ingleside there will be two stakes, an event for non-winners of third or bettét during the past six months and a speclal champlon feature. The running at both parks promises to be warm in the extreme. The quality of | the canines is high, those, particularly in the champlon event being the cracl tue Fast and the West. g0 to Slipper Grace in top-notch condition | is best attested by the liberality of the prizes. Piirtts & Sons should certatnly land a goodly slice of coin at Umon Pabk this 1 PS avorable for a successful tournament. As yet the courts on which the double championship of 1888 will be played have not been selected. A committee of three has been appointed to make investiga- tions and report their judgment to the Pacific Coast Tennis Association. Three courts are in the run for the tournament —Del Monte, San Rafael and the Califor- nia Club. The last seems to be the most favored and there is every reason to be- lieve that it will be selected for the tournament. On Sunday, August 28, the Bellevue Tennis Club will hold a doubles tourna- ment, open to members of Alameda City. The teams which are practicing for the tournament are Stark and Hunt, Murdock and Bartlett, Hall and Burr, Otis and Hamilton. Bowen and Holmes are doubtful whether they will enter or not. There will be a try-out to-day be- tween the doubles teams of the Alameda High School to determine which team will represent the school In the doubles championship on September 9. The tour- nament of the Bellevue Club, held dur- ing the week, brought Murdock and Has- litt in the finals. Murdock disposed of the latter in three straight sets, winning the tournament. The high winds at the California Club’s court during the afternoons has forced the players to do their work in th morning. George Whitney and Robert N. Whitney have been playing quite as- siduously during the week, and some very close games between the two have been the result. The young lady play- ers of the club have been out in the mornings for steady practice. During the early part of the week an impromptu tournament was held by the junior fa- dies. Miss Clark defeated Miss King to the tune of 6—1. 6 Miss Bessie Bow- Laura Farnsworth in t, the score telling the tale, 60, Miss Mason defeated Miss Clark, 63, , in what pro to be the closest match of the day. Then came man defeated M an uneven conte 6—0. RESULT OF A DEER SHOOT. 444 A 4 animals retreated in good order at skirmishing at close range in he row escape from starvation only. 44444 PARTY of sportsmen composed of ILloyd Eaton, Charles Dietz, Herbert Spencer and Ben Harris returned a few days ago from a very successful attack upon the deer family of the San- hedrim Mountains, Mendocino County. ght vy cover eleven deer were killea, and doubtless many of those shot at were wounded. injured, although Captain Spencer reports that Having stray they wandered aimlessly all night through the canyons, and it was late next day when a reconnoitering party discovered their whereabouts. 3¢ D R o T o T o e o e e o N e e R E e PR i i it 'i\’w'; s ik Frank Hofling, Several the of the large game of enemy, but during the The hunters escaped un- ton and Deitz had a na away from the trail ed TEEE bbb e week. They have no less than seven can- didates in the running, and all of them good ones, Curtis has seemed to be out of luck of late, but good dogs cam't al- ways be held down. Lowe & Thompson will shortly ha Patrfa cremating more grass at Ingle- side. She has been in retiremient now for some time, but is looking right up in the high octav have never yet shown since she arrived from the East, is also about ready for next week. Sir John Arnott and Highland Ball should put up a hot run at Union Park this afternoon. The latter is young, but he hes shown quality, and Sir John has been constantly improving for several weeks past. Arthur Massey will shortly have sev- eral more Bastern dogs in his kennels near Ingleside. Among them, It Is ex- ected, will be Twin City girl. Mussey as been next door to an Ingleside stake several times, and he avers he will have one soon if hé has to run it himself. Ar- thur is a pretty good hunmer, too; but Hot Stuff and Hadiwist may save him the exertion by landing the champlon stake this week. The regular annual Produce stake for 1898, to be run at Ingleside October 1 and 2. will be one of the notable meetings of the coast. To the total entrance money at $10 for long tall, the Interstate Club will add $500. Last year the entire purse was $130. Besides the Produce stake there will a specal champlon stake to which the club will add another $500, making something like a $2000 meeting for the two days. FBntries for the Produce stake close September 8, and the nomina- tions will be declared and drawn on the Thursday night preceding the running— or Scptember 27th. The stake is con- fined to pupples whelped during 1597, and owned by members of the Interstate or other recognized coursing clubs. The special stakes will be wide open. The Champion stake at Ingleside this week should be one of the hardest con- tested events ever run off on that sward. There are only sixteen, and not a “geezer” in the lot. With but two ex- ceptions the coast candidates all have notable brackets to their credit, while the Eastern contingent embraces the best {wlw sojourning this side of the moun- ains. Inadvertently the pedigree of John Egan’s fast puppy Billy Gladstone was misstated in these columne last week. Billy Gladstone is by Kerrigan's famous old St. Lawrence out of Sly Girl. ACTION AND LIFE IN TENNIS CIRCLES. The champlonship doubles tournament to be played in the beginning of next ~month is exciting the interest of tennis Quickstitch, a flier they | the flnals between Miss Bowman and Miss Mason, who is a stranger to the courts. A 'close contest was expected, but to the surprise of all Miss Mason allowed her opponent but a single game in the two sets played. The winner of the tournament played in good style, showing splendid judgment and rapid strokes. he has but one real opponent among the lady players of the California Club, Miss Hoffman, who will undoubted- ly contest her claims to the champion- ship of the club in the ladies’ single (‘hflmglunship tournament which wili be played at the same time with the cham- plonship doubles. - — ayers at the present time. Everything | 4 44444+ ++++4 ALAMEDA CRICKETERS ARE THE CHAMPIONS. The victory of the Alameda Cricket Club last Sunday in the fourth match of the season against the Pacific eleven pave it the championship for 1898. As the Ala- medas were the champions in 185 and 1897, the Hunter-Harrison cup, which had 10 be won three times be- fore it became the property of the winner, now belongs absolutely to them. A fifth match between the Pacific and_Alameda teams is set down for Sep- tember 4 and 11, and though the match can have no effect upon the position of the clubs for this season, it will doubt- less be played, Bowling and batting av- erages at the September game will count toward the Burnell prizes, as the game is “played under the auspiées of the Cali- fornia Cricket Association.” To-morrow the return match, Banks and Insurance Men vs. All-Comers, will be played at Golden Gate. The Banks and Insurance Men will consist of J. J. Moriarity, J. Myers, Henry Ward, E. F. Musson,” C. P. Coles, .~ J. Theobald, George Theobald, H. P. G. Gordon, F. C. Driffield, J. McGaw and Louis James. The All-Comers’ Eleven will be made up_ by . B. Hogue, and will include J. H. Har- bour, T. W. G. \'\’a.llace.IJ. McLean, J. J. R. Peel, J. H. Saunders, F. Croll, H. Bird, gfiusgehebeck' F. Stahl and probably G. I At the match played between Yorkshire and Lancashire for the benefit of the pro- fessional ecricketer Wainwright, or about $6800 ~was taken at the gate during the three days, and to this sum are to be added subscriptions and the monefi' derived from the sale of tick- ets. So that a popular professional crick- eter reaps some substantial reward. Tate dld some wonderful bowlinfi lately for Hampshire against Somersetshire. In his first over he bowled three of the best Somerset batsmen and took seven wickets in an hour for 25 runs, five of these wick- ets costing only 7 runs. As a result of his skill Hampshire won by 9 runs and spectators made up a purse of $25 for young professiol + IRRRARS + CRUISING IS THE + YACHTSMAN’S FAVORITE SPORT. t AR AR AR TR PR R The next important event in the yacht- ing world i{s the annual regatta of the Pacific Interclub Yacht Assoclation on the 4th or 9th of September. The five clubs which were members of the asso- clation at the beginning of the season, when the programmes for 1898 were drawn up, have the 9th left open for the regatta, but the assoclation pro- gramme gives its date as the 4th. The 3d falling on a Saturday, the 4th on a Sunday, and the 5th being a public holi- day, a good opportunity is afforded for a long cruise, which many owners will prefer to a single day's racing. The 9th being a public holiday, the 10th a Sat- urday, and the 1ith a Sunday, an even better chance for a cruise is offered; and the San Franciscos propose to start for Napa City on the 8th and return on the 1ith, A meeting of the assoclation will be held on Monday evening, at which the date of the regatta will be fixed. But whichever date 1is chosen the chances are that many owners will be tempted to take extended cruises during the Labor day and the Admission day holidays, and that the entries for the regatta will thus be fewer than usual. But, on the other hand, there will be three prizes to be competed for this year instead of one, as in former years, and this fact ought to stimulate competition and swell the entry list. Nearly all the boats of the San Fran- cisco fleet were out last Sunday. Com- modore Dr. T. L. Hill took his first sail sin his return from the Yellowstone Park in the sloop Cygnus, and the fol- lowing yachts were also out: Vice-Com- modore G. T. S. White's sloop Will o’ the Wisp, Arthur D. Naylor's sloop Twi- Commodore G. S. Billing’s 5100}1 “hittenden’s yawl Phyllis, sloop Juanita, A. Suther- Catherine, and the Davidson cutter Folly, chartered by George Campbell. L. Q. Haven's sloop Sappho has return- ed from a river trip, and Plerce’s schoon- er White Wings has come down from Suisun. Plerce has bought a launch, which will be added to the fleet of the San Franciscos. Financial secretary W. G. Morrow has gone to Iowa for a two weeks' trip. H. T. Gibbs, of G. W. Gibbs Company, h n Fred R. Cook’s sloop Harpoon In a raffle, for which about 350 tickets at $5 each were sold. He is a member of the San Franciscos, and may sell his sloop and buy a yawl The Paclfics have a half-raters’ race set down for to-morrow, but as those races have been abandoned and the Law Cup presented to the Pacific Interyacht Association, .the date is ‘‘open.” The Encinals have a free-for-all race on their programme to-day, but it will be called off. The San Franciscos have no PO +4+ 4+ TY's 00D event scheduled, and to-morrow is “Own- ers' day”’ among the South Bays: so that it is “proceed at will” for evervbody, Last Sunday the Corinthian fleet cruised to Brooks (or Sheep) Island, and anchored at the back of it, close to Steges, on the Contra Costa shore. Secretary E. B. Lathrop’s sloop Pride, E. F. Sager’s Edna, ex-Commodore J. W. Pe sloop Truant, ex-Commodore A. J. Young's sloop Clara, and_ the sloop Mig- non lay there on Saturday night and found good holding ground. On Sunday two more boats having joined them they cruised to McNears Landing, where they found J. M. Patrick’s sloop Thetis and the vacht Emilie. Commodore Carl Westerfeld's sloop Acolus returned last Sunday evening from a trip to Napa City. Frank Stone is buillding a knockabout from designs by V. D. Bacon, who de- signed the sloop Truant. She is about 37 feet over all, 25 feet on the water line, and 10 feet beam, with plenty of free- board. She is for a Hawallan yachtsman named Hobron, and her construction is being superintended by ex-Commodore J. W. Pew. It is expected that she will be ready in about a_month. H. S. Pratt of the yawl Idler started on an up-river trip with his wife and a party of friends on Tuesday, having re- turned from a cruise the day ~efore. He will be fone for some time, for he in- tends to smg as often and as long as he feels inclined. Harry W. Brydges’ sloop Hope returned a week ago from an up-river trip, and cruised to Goat Island cove last Sunday. J. Lancaster’s launch Homer and the En- cinal sloop Iris came to anchor there also. George Miller, accompanied by J. Hor- ner and others, were out cruising in the sloop Occident, which, it is said, salls much better now that her ballast has been adjusted. To-day J. Hanlon and Louis Gale, on the sloop Mist, A. Duncombe and G. F. Galther, on the sloop Hope, will sail down into the lower bay and pay a visit to the South Bay Club house at Alviso. Elmer Smith’s yacht Dolphin is lying off the’California Club house. She was formerly a schooner, but is now rigged as_a yawl Yachtsmen will soon be freed from anxiety about submarine mines, for Gen- eral Wilson, chief of the Corps of En- gineers, has directed all officers of his ue- partment. who are in charge of fortifica- tions and works of defense in the har- bors of the United States to proceed with the removal of all mines and of the cables and electrical appliances connected with them. KEEP ALL THE ISLANDS. Commercial Bodies Want All the Newly Acquired Territory Retained. Several of the local commercial bodies are taking an interest In the work of the conference on the future policy of the United States, now holding a con- vention at Saratoga. While not being able to be represented, they are forward- ing statements of their stand on certain matters of national importance, as shown by._the_following dispatches sent yester- da; Kindly present our letter of 12th in- stant and inclosures with this tel:fimm to the conference. Hold all territory acquired from Spain. Where the flag has been once raised it must not be lowered. With the Hawalian, Philippines, La- drones and Sulu Islands facing us here and the door to them opened wide from the Gulf and Atlantic seaboard by the Nicaragua canal under our control, we will dominate the trade of the Pacific, the future commercial arena of the world. “The Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco. HUGH CRAIG, President.” “The Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Association of California is in favor of holding all territory acquired from Spain by the valor of our army and navy. “It also considers the building of the Nicaragua canal, under the control of the Government, a commercial and mill- tary necessity. “A<y SBARBORO, President.” ——e————— In the Interests of Commerce. The National Business League of Chi- cago has written to President s{ugh Craig of the Chamber of Commerce, notifying him that the body L:d appointed him as one of advisory committee of this city. The gurpose of the organization is to establish a department of commerce and Industries as an ition to the United States Cabinet, revise the inter- state commerce act for the better protec- tion of shlpgers. open the commerce of South and Central America and Mexico, etc. Mr. Craig has acc:gted the position and named P. Lilienthal and Irving M. Scott as his associates, es of two. vell-known clitzens to act the the league re- | death was uuu‘x by a shot wound e | questing him to suggest the I in th tlfi gge: "W e head, inflicted by G{:?amc Indela- A BAARSEARASAANS + LOCAL OARSMEN . STRIVE IN + OREGON WATERS. IR R RS SRt Little is talked of at present among the rowing men of San Francisco except the regatta which began yesterday at As- torfa and continues to-day and Monday. The Ploneer intermediate crew, consist- ing of W. St. John (bow), F. O'Neil (No. 2), G. Larsen (No. 3) and F. Orr (stroke), has begun practice for the champlonship regatta to be held here in September or early in October, but there is not much likeifhood of the club being able to get together a strong junior crew. The Dolphins expect to get their new barge in about a week. Oars and oarlocks have been ordered in the East. W. Patch, who has returned from his_vacation, has taken the junior crew under his care and will go out with it three times a week regularly. After A. W. Pape’s return from Astoria the inter- mediate crew will begin practice. J. Foley, winner of the junfor shell championship last year, has begun prac- | tice for the senior shell event, in which F. Duplissea will also probably take part. . Lyons and M. Breen are going out in skiffs, and will try for the junior skiff championship. The South End junior barge crew consists of C. Jenkins {bow) C. Skelly (No. 2), E. Blumlein (No. 3) and W. Barry (stroke). Among the new members of the club who promise to do good work are W. C. Crook of the Ha- wailan Islands, V. Koster, Lake and Mar- tinez. T. Barry will organize an interme- diate crew, for which there are some good candidates. Dr. C. C. Dennis, what- ever may be the result of his contest with . W. Pape at Astoria, will probably en- ter the senfor skiff championship. The Alameda Boating Club has made application before the Board of Trustees | ot Alameda to have clectrie lights put | into its clubhouse, which has hitherto de- | pended upon oil lamps for illumination. COCKER SPANIELS ARE IN DEMAND. + + + + + + +4 The Pacific Coast is In a fair way to be regarded by the Eastern dog-breeders as a paradise, though Western buyers are not by any means allowing their feathers to be picked without recelving value in full. E. C. Plunce has just bought a cocker spaniel bitch by Homo, out of Baby Ruth, which bids fair to rival even H. H. Carlton's far-famed Trilby. Be- tween these two gentlemen an amicable rivalry exists which seems destined to last forever, for as fast as any good cocker makes its appearance In the East one or the other snaps it up and brings it out here. J. P. Norman, the secretary of the last convention of kennel clubs, has sent to the American Kennel Club the report of the convention, which ended in a farce, the votes of three men well furnished with proxies outweighting the votes of five others unprovided with these desir- able adjuncts. Mr. Norman has also for- warded a representation signed by all the members of the minority, mr‘g‘l.fl%l the A. . to amend the rules so that five wins in the winners’ class be necessary for a championship, and that wins in that class be not counted as regular class wins. H. H. Carlton, secretary of the San Francisco Kennel Club, has received an unofficial letter from A. P. Vrede“bsflf, who fills a similar position for the Amer can Kennel Club, to the effect that the American Kennel Club will be willing to concede any reasonable demand of the Pacific Coast. It is probable that tge rules will be amended as requested by the minority at the late meeting and that San Francisco will be designated as a cham- plon show. In this event it will be neces- sary for a dog to win at least once at this show in order to be eligible for champion- ship honors. L. W. Neustadter's famous mastiff Tiger recently distinguished himself at Lagke Tahoe by saving a little girl from the bite of a viclous Great Dane. Tiger left the Dane disabled; (gi girl was un- hurt. This was a remarkable instance of the well-known love of the mastiff for children, for the Dane and Tiger had been on the most amicable terms, and Tiger was reclining peacefully on the porch when the girl's screams aroused him. J. P. Norman's Lola is expected to whelp in a few days, and the genial Sheriff’s bookkeeper, S. 1. Simon, has already paid a fancy price for the privilege of first pick of the litter. A movement is on foot to exempt dogs whose _pedigrees are registered at least partially from the operation of the li- cense law: WOODMEN ASSEMBLING. Officers and Delegates to the Head Camp Arrive From Denver. About seventy of the leading Woodmen of the World, Pacific Coast jurisdiction, including the principal officers, arrived yesterday, for the purpose of attending the Head Camp session, which will be held in this city next week, commencing on Monday. Among the number are F. A. Falken- burg of Denver, Col., head consul; A. B. Keith of Helena, Mont., head adviser; J. ‘W. Browning of Denver, Col., head clerk; John K. Shireman of Pueblo, Col., head banker; A. D. Stillman of Pendleton, Or., head esco: D. Whitcomb of San Ber: nardino, Cal., head watchman; C. A. Koepfli of Seatttle, Wash., head sent: J. (,F Balrd of Cheyenne, ¥O.. . X Haniey of Salem, H. N. Haynes of Greeley, Col., J. C. Flatshaw of Pueblo, Col., ana I I. Boak of Oakland, Cal., head managers; T. A. Hughes, M. D., of Den- ver, Col., head Yhy!lchn: A. H. Davis of Canyon City, Col., visitor to the Sovereign Camp; Joseph Cullen Root, head consul of the Sovereign Grand Camp; and J. T. ga(es. head clerk of the Sovereign Grand ‘amp. These officers and the delegates who ac- companied them are at the California Ho- tel, where the headquarters of the Wood- men will be during the _session. Mrs. Falkenburg, Mrs. Yates, Mrs. Bertschy and daughter and many ladies, wives of delegates, are also of the varty. The re- mainder of the delegates will reach this city to-day and to-morrow. e visitors were met at the Sixteenth street depot on the other side of the bay by the committee from the San Francisco camps and escorted to the hotel. During the afternoon there was a meet- ing of the board of managers for the pur- ose of arranging detalls connected with he opening of the session. Those who were not engaged in that duty were taken in charge by the reception committee and shown over the city. e members of the party, which start- from Denver, Col., had a very pleasant trip and all are looking forward to a most enjoyable week. Arrangements have been made by the reception committee for the entertainment of the ‘“neighbors,” as the members of the order are called, in a manner that has never been excelled by nn_ly fraternal bn(?. he officers and delegates to the Wo- men of Woodcraft, the ladies’ auxillary of the order, also arrived yesterday, and they will also hold theis ~session next week. The officers are Mrs. Mary Faulk- ner, P. G. G.; Miss May Salzman of Leadville, Col., G. C.; Dr. Grifith, G. G.; W XN, Dougherty G. B. The delegates who arrive Mrs. Dovey of Denver, Mrs. Hawks and Mrs. Lennon meantime notifying the police. s Mrs. Eaton of Eaton, Col.; Mrs. Ida fries and_Mrs. McDonald of Leadville, and Mrs. W. P. Wilson of Ashton, Col. —————ee. The Scrafino Murder. The Coroner's jury yesterday, in the case of the murdér of Antonio Scafani, to the effect that + { SPARKS FROM € THE t + BALL FIELDS. 1 PP FOPUPTIES During the week the Oaklanders were out for daily practice in order to make a good showing when they meet the Ath- 1-tics. Both teams are tied in the race for honors and a stubborn contest is ex- pected when they will measure bats. Dan Crowley has given out the pleasing bit of information to the members of the Athletics, of whom he is the manage., t. at for every run scored a $ piece will 50 with it. 1 of the Stockton club has signrédcg‘;filk’xflrs and Knell as pitchers, Pace as catcher. Knell will act as captain m. M'x‘thhé2 ftoellllnwlng is the line-up for Satur- day’s game: Athletics. Fitzpatrick, Oakland. tion. Boal Russell Pitcher . .Third ba: ° 2 .- Shortstop . 2 3 )?/ltsll}:ughun. Left field.......Moskiman ord enter fleld.......Donovan Hilde: Right fleld. .Hardie The line-up for Sunday’s game Wwill b Santa Cruz. Positlon. Athlet .Center field. F .Shorts Third base Left field .Second S First base atcher .Right field Balsz or Daubenbis. e Alto and Golden C clubs will meet next Sunday morning at 10 o'clock on the California League Grounds, Sixteenth and F streets, to decide the amateur championship of the city and also for a purse of §: The Golden Gates is the only team having the distinction of having defeated the Wat- sonville Club, now in the professiona Jeague. A good game is surely to result from the meeting.- Following will be the line-up: Alto. Position. Golden Gates. Brockhoft. _Bulger Morrison. Walters Keogan. Sullivan Boradori. ‘Doherty Downing. g Welsh Raymond.. Shortstop “arroll Tracy nahan Left field Murphy Center fle Ri A game of baseball will be pla Elmhurst Park, Oakland, to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock between the Sev- enth and Eighth California regiments As considerable rivalry exists in the base: ball circles of each regiment a good game is expected. SPIRITED HANDBALL IN RYAN'S COURT. The handball games arranged by Phil Ryan to be played on Sunday are: W. Man- and P. Hutch- M. M. McNeil and G. fon and L. Corraine; J. McDonald vs. inson vs. P. Ryan and and M. Maguire vs. R. ley; J. Hogan and M Regan; R. Housman and E J. Condon’ and T. Leach: J. Riorda; y vs. M. J. Kilgallon and J. ealon and R. Linehan vs. T. F. Bonnet and A. Hampton PRIVATE TALLON IN SERIOUS TROUBLE ARRESTED ON A CHARGE OF 'ROBBING THE MAILS. Secured Possession of a Letter Posted by a Comrade and Extracted’ a Postoffice Order. Private John Tallon, Company H, Twenty- Third Regiment, Uuited States Infantry, was locked up in the City Prison yesterday afternoon on a serious charge of robbing the mails. Yesterday morning Tallon was in the 0dd Fellows' booth at Camp Merritt writing a letter. Seated beside him was Private Willard M. Gurton, Company D of the Nebraska Regiment, who was also writing a letter to his wife in Iowa. After finishing his letter Gurton inclosed a postal order for 318, and after stamping it put it in the mail basket in the booth Tallon also placed his letter in the ket, but returned in a few minutes and asked Mrs. Gibbs, the lady in charge of the basket, for the return of his letter. She handed it to him, but he remarked it Zas, one addressed to “his mother, Mrs. urton,” Al e wanted. he L handed him Gurton’s letter. 5 Tallon tore open the envelope and ex- tracted the postal order, and finished up by tearing the letter in pieces. He went in the saloon of August Funke on Fifth avenue and asked him to cash the prder. Funke gave him the money, and he went into a barber's shop next door to ' get shaved. Funke got suspicious that thers was something wrong with the order, and ste‘pped into the barber’s suop. He made Tallon return the $I8 and kept the order, Motris and Kidstse sreeated Talie bed ed Tallon took him to the prison. ang Tallon did not deny trying to cash the order, but said he found the letter on the street and thought there would be nothing wrong in opening it. He has been twelve Keara in the army, and was soon to get is discharge and over $1200 back pay dus him. He does not seem to realize that he has’ committed any crime. e Knights and Ladies. The members of the local lodges of the Knights and Ladies of Honor will celebrate the twenty-first anniversary of the foundation of the order by a lit- erary and musical entertainment in Turn Verein Hall on the evening of the 6th of September. 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