The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 25, 1898, Page 12

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SU GOLD BRICK WORTH THREE BIG MILLIONS Peter J. Cox Tried to Emulate Swiftwater Bill, Failed. He Won a Pretty Girl and a Solicitous Mother- in-Law, Who Would Like to Collect Five Hundred. Verily the way of the most ardent houses and a small sum of money, was sometimes | given to Peter under the terms of his female puller is -hard and her expe nce is oft to be com- pared to that of the purchaser of a gold brick. The Examiner’ bought a gold brick last August and presented it to its readers in the shape of a story in which Peter J. Cox was the hero. It told r J. Cox coming from 3,000,000 to bur- holes in | nd a consuming desire to San Francisco for a while. | it was, gave ies and gen- he ¥, misleading the tip to the hor ie of ladi % tlemen who were w to assist Mr. Cox to pass the time pleasantly at hi nse and to guarantee that he d not become bored. They were e same ¢ s of people that chased iftwater Bill all over town and into the wilds of A a in order to get a whack at his dough. Peter Cox had a good time for the month or so in which he remained here and went home to Lawrence, Mass., spending about fifteen hundred after llars and is now reported to be al- his .uppers, there being but left the balance of his $2850—the latter amount being on litt nal possessed in the world. \ong the first strangers to seek the e of young Mr. Cox— t much more than 30 year Mrs. Woodhull and her pretty daughter of 19. They read the ory and called on the sup-= P )naire at his hotel to in- quire her in the course of his ramblings through the glaciers of Alaska he had met or heard of Mr: Woodhull's nephew, named Gardner, who was supposed to be roaming about the Arctic wilds somewhere or any old . Cox liked the young lady and re. turned the visit to the Woodhull dom- suite 45, in the top story of 606 ry street, between Clay and hant—a building occupied princ ¢ as offices for lawyers and other people. In fact, he made eral visits and took the young I 1y amma one evening to a theater entertainment. Then he pro- posed marriage to Miss Woodkull and was accepted, the fact that he had a and family in Lawrence being for- gotten or ignored by him. As an evi- dence of his wealth and the sincerity f his love he presented his fiancee with a draft for $500. The draft was never paid a collection agency in this city for col- lection, but word has come back from Lawrence that Cox is impecunious and that the draft i{s worthless. Instead of being a millionaire three times over. as represented by the fake sheet, Cox was a lively young man with a great capacity for liquor and the smiles of pretty women. His fath was an old-fashioned butcher who slaughtered cattle on h farm on the Lowell road three from TLawrence. Later he removed into the city of Lawrence and opened a small meat market with a liauor and beer attachment. Peter J. was the only child of the couple., and when he left school after the death of his father he studied medicine In the office of a physician, but not finding that noble science to his liking he went to work in a mill. where he could earn some- thing without killing anybodyv. He mar- | has made up with his French wife and ried a good looking French girl of that city and has a family of little Coxes. H mother married again and after her death the estate, consistin= of two it was put into the hands of | country | miles | | met her nephew in Alaska, how he had | | | I | When Cox heard that his prospectiv but mother's will, except that the step- father had a life interest in one of the houses. Peter had a serious quarrel with his wife and sold all his property and left for California. The sale of his share of the estate netted him $4100, one- third of which sum he gave his wife as her share. This left his about.$2800, with which he came to California and had a glorious time as an Alaskan mul- ti-millionaire. Mrs. Woodhull when interviewed y terday expressed the greatest respect for Mr. Cox. She told how after read- ing of his arrival she had gone to his hotel to inquire of him whether he had returned the call at her humble apart- ments at 606 Montgomery street and how he had asked her for the hand of her beautiful daughter in honorable wedlock. He was perfectly frank and honorable in all his dealings and sh would not believe him otherwise than | what he was represented to be. She was silent as to the present of the worthless draft for $500, a transaction which would seem to indicate that he was not so green as he looked. Mrs. ‘Woodhull said further that she feared | that he might be made away with for his money by designing persons, and so when he had not turned up for two or | three d. she and her daughter called | at the residence of Mrs. Dr. Gericke, at 353 Geary street, and inquired for him, but she and her daughter were snubbed and insulted by Mrs. Gericke, who, by the way, is a lady of about 60 vears. She took a motherly interest in the young man, while M ‘Woodhull took a motherly-in-law interest in him. “My cheek burns with shame,” tinued Mrs. Woodhull, “when I think of the outrageous insults heaped upon | me and my daughter by that old wo- | . Dr. Gericke told how her daugh- | er, Mrs. Bates, came to be acquainted | with Cox. She was a passenger from | Portland on the same steamer with the | fake millionaire from Alaska and was attracted by his eccentricities. She made his acquaintance and finding him to be a nice gentleman informed him that her mother had furnishe@ rooms to let. After staying at the hotel for a day or two he took a room at the Ger- icke residence and it was while living | there that Mrs. Woodhull and her| daughter came to Inquire for him, bride and her ma were at the door he | directed Mrs. Gericke to say that he was not at home for he did not wish to see them. She ‘had a little money transaction with Cox. It was a draft of $800 which she cashed and kept for safe keeping, Cox drawing upfn her for money as he needed it until' he drew it all. He re- mained in her house only one month. He told her one day that he had given | Miss Woodhull a draft for $500 while he was In a generous spirit inspired by | alcoholic spirits and he repented having | presented her with o large an amount. | He asked Mrs. Gericke's advice about | paying it, and she advised him that | $50 would be a sufficient return for whatever entertainment the mother and -daughter might have afforded him. A few days afterward a private de. tective requested - her to use her in- fluence with Cox and induce him to pay | the draft, but she refused to do so. The latest news from Cox is that he | is living with her and the babies again, | and that although practically on his uppers and limited in his capacity for | obtaining booze he is a happy father, GREEN NOW WANTS SAYS THAT McCONNELL NEEDS ONLY EXPERIENCE. Local Athletic Clubs Are Very Anx- ious to Match Tom Sharkey and Jim Corbett. George Green was about town yester- day feeling good over his late victory. He had very little to say about McCon- nell, excepting that the defeated middle- weight would prove a very dangerous man if he was better drilled in foot work and had more experience. Green says that his only ambition now is to meet Billy Smith & n in t city. ou see that we are even up now,” said Green, “and a third meeting should decide who is the better man. I whipped him in Carson and he bested me in the East. I do not offer an excuse for my defeat, but it Is a fact, nevertheless, that the excessive heat weakened me to such an extent that after going ten rounds the effects of the heat commenced to tell upon me. However, if Smith wants another trial I will give it to him, but the con- test must be decided here.” McConnell felt very sore at heart yes- terday, e was t0o confident of Whip- ing Green, and as a consequence his riends bet large sums on him. He is of the opinion now that if he had agreed not to hit in the clinches a different re- sult would have been announced. Mac thought that at close range fighiing he vould certainly have the better of the game, as e relied upon his right to do eavy damage at short range, but he found his opponent up to snuff and a better general at that style of fisticuffs, Green invariably got his head, or rather his jaw, out of the way when danger was near, and McConnell’s right hand punches landéed on the back of his head or neck. At long range fighting the San Francises Athletic Club champion would certainly have had a better chance of defeating his opponent, and the rules under which he fought Tracey would have given him a much better opening to get in his auc- tioneer. " 1d h Connell would have no objection another. Thesting. Witk Green. sue on 1 has suffered two defeats 'within two months it is not probable that his serv- ices will be in demand unul he has gained more experience. Harry Corbett Is very desirous that the National or Olympic club give something like a $20,000 purse for a twenty-round contest between Jim Corbett and Jim Jeffries. The ex-champion has evidently taken a good line on Jeffries’ style of fighting, and cunning Jim is doubtless of the opinion that the face of the Orange Grove champion would be just the size of target which could be hit repeatedly by a clever boxer. Corbett Is also aware of the fact that ducking from Jeffries’ telegraphic left-hand swings or hooks would not be a hard task for him to per- form. Tt is extremely doubtful if any of the athletio clubs of this city would give more than for a twenty-round contest be- tween Jeffries and Corbett, as the mana- gers realize what a decidedly one-sided contest it wouldrrrnve to be, although al- lowing for Jeffries’ age and preponder- ance of weight. If Corbett is really anxious for a fight that wo\fid create no end of excitement here he should, by all means, take on Tom Sharkey, and it goes without saying | that a battle between Snarkey and Cor- | bett would erowd the Mecnanics’ Pavil- ion. But will Jim take Suarkey on? That is_the question. . Manager Groom received a letter from Kid” McCoy yesterday in which the lat- | ter thanked the National Club for its of- fer and also stated that if the Hawthorne Athletic Ciub, under whose auspices he | was to meet Corbett, could not purl off the 'g0” he would be willing to enter into negotiations with the local organization. | Through an inadvertence Maynard was accused ‘of acting disgracefully during | the preliminary bout on Friday evening, | when in fact “Kid"" McFadden was the guilty one. The latter's work was rather | coarse. Experts in the manly art ex- pressed, thelr = approval of ' Referee furphy’s decision. They all concede that | McFadden is a strong boy and might do better in a twenty-round fight, but last | Friday night he was outpointed. Much discussion was aroused yvesterday over Lon Agnew’s pecuilar actions in the ring. Many were of the opinion-that Lon was intoxicated, but friends of Agnew claim that he has not indulged in over a year. The true reason for his groggy movements is that Agnew has been “batted” so often in the head that it has set him “daffy.” This is not apparent until he 15 In the fing. One good Plow has 1is effect and his actions become decelving. hese same friends say that had he been allowed to go on he would have improved and made a monkey of Evans. —_— ILLNESS DROVE TO SUICIDE. Augustine Grover Drowns Himself While in Pain. Despondency caused by illness is the reason given for the suicide of Augustine A. Grover, whose body was found in a pool of water two miles below Ingleside vesterday afternoon. . _A. Blanchard, a private in the ‘Washington regiment, was goingalong the road when he saw a coat and hat near the water, and, on investigation, discovered the bodi;, which had a sack of stones tied about the neck. The police were notified and_the body was removed to the Morgue by Deputy Coroner Hallett. Grover was a carrenter and had roomed at the residence of A. W. Dunn, 1222 Valencia street. For the past twelve ears he has been engaged to Annie mithurst, a sister of Mrs. Dunn, and the two were to have been married within a week. He recently purchased a lot on Bartlett street, and the erection of a home was to have begun to-morrow. Grover was well to do, having made con- siderable money in the cider business in which he was engaged until recently. Miss Smithurst says Grover frequently complained of neuralgia pains in his head and it Is supposed that while suffer- ing he killed himself. It is sald that he made a previous attempt on his life by turning_on the gas in his room Friday night. In a note book found in his pocket was penciled the following message to Miss Smithurst: ‘“‘Good-by, Annie, with best wishes and love. —_————— A Native Daughters’ German. ‘The members of Las Lomas Parlor No. 72, N. D. G. W., are busily engaged pre- paring for their military german which s to be held at Mission Parlor Hall on the evening of October 21. As this is gx: ;lrxe‘:‘t nr;!nh;ersurybo¥ the pgpular par- > efforts are bejn mak the occasion a memnrnbls -‘;‘:«e s o 2 | of recognition to a mother-who seems | of section 1951 of the Political Code, which —_——— Advances made on furniture and planos, with or without removal. J. Noonan, 1017-1028 Mission. AY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1898 POLICEMAN KENVILLE A PRISONER. HIS VICTIN'S DEATH HOURLY EXPECTED ( OFFICER FRANK KENVILLE - ITTLE Willie Lynch, the victim of Policeman Kenville's club, still lies on the cot at the Receiving Hos- pital, hovering between life and death, while a saddened mother bends over him and watches as only a mother can watch for some encouraging sign, although she has been told time and again that the case is hone- less, and her boy will probably pass from ne look 12 ready to have had more than her share of trouble. The little fellow’s head is swathed in bandages and he seems haply to be ob- livious to pain, although occasionaily a low moan will ‘escape from his lips; oc- this world without ever giving casionally the eves will open for a few moments, but their glassy stare is like those of a corpse—they see nath! cannot even carry the impre: anxious mothe; loving face back to the poor injured brain. The story of the little fellow's life is as touching as his present pitiful condition. He attended the Sacred Heart College at Eddy and Larkin _streets, and every afternoon could be found at Market and Powell streets with a bundle of papers. At 6§ o'clock his sister, two years his Junior, would bring him'some supper and the two would eat together in a comfort- able doorway with one eye on the lookout for a possible customer.” About a month ago one of the family—a little girl § years of age—died, and only a few short hours before the fatal blow had been struck Willie and the surviving sister were plan- ning to take a few nickels from the next day’s sales to buy flowers for the baby’s grave—but that next day found Willie on his own deathbed. The striking down of this innocent child is an object lesson in police matters, but when the head of the force is a man who is known to fly into a violent passion on the slightest provocation it does not seem surprising that _the hoodlums enrolled on the force should follow his fllustrious ex- ample. If the members of the force were trained In the duties of a policeman in- stead of taught to beat drums and strut on dress parade innocent and law abiding citizens would be properly protected in- stead of being clubbed fito insensibility or roughly jostied from side to side by it becomes burly patroimen whenever necessary to hold a crowd in check. Although Kenville makes a flat denial, Sentiment cries loud against him, ording to_the testimony of ey sses he Is directly responsible for the sad occurrence of vening, but is there nothing back of it at are of a police regulations regarding t club, and is every officer as fully drilled drummire, doing poli- in these as S 1o the senile wlue-coated minions wegke not such as ump them as gentiemen. Their y ruffianly acts would not be tolerated ¢ other city on the globe. and the stars they hid behind probably saved many of them from getting the treatment they so richly deserved. In the pavilion Sergeant Conboy seemed omnipresent, and like his subordinates he could not stoop to ask a citizen to step aside. Clubs were freely used by officers to force a passage for their own import- ant personages or personal friends, and hundreds of people will have sore ribs for weeks in consequence. Frank Foster had his_face badly gouged by one of these ruffians and narrowly escaped losing an eye; Frank Purcell received a jab in i.e ribs he will remember, Bob McArthur was badly hustled around, and a brother of “Kid” McFadden, who essayed to get 0 a dressing room, was kicked clear down an alsle. These are a few samples. As for Kenville, he is now under arrest, and the law may deal justly with him. He has not been on thé force long and his reputation is not of the best. He came from a ranch near Ec- cles station, about half way be- tween San Jose and Santa Cruz, along the line of the narrow gauge railroad. He was of a quarrelsome, overbearing dispo- sition while at home, and he frequently figured in brawls. He joined the force on December 2, 1895, and a little over three months later he got himself into trouble. He arrested a son of Thomas O'Day, Fifteenth and Belcher streets, for disturbing the peace, and while doing so struck him in the face and told him to ‘‘get out of here. The boy’s father brought him before the Police Commissioners and he was fined $50 for unofficerlike conduct. Less than six months afterward he was In the early morning H. Kobick- a carrier for a morning paper, who lives at 334 Guerrero street, was shoving his small ush-cart along, when he was accosted y Kenville at Fifteenth street, who struck him in the face with his club, re- marking: “I've been looking for your kind of people for some time.” K Keked him for an explanation, and Ken- ville told him that ne believed he was stealing and carting away_tools. Ken- ville put the handcuffs on Kobicke, not- again in trouble. of Novenmber 2 C. withstanding his protestations. » 4 ac- companied him in the patrol wagon to | the Seventeenth street station,. —ihere | Kobicke was recognized by the late Lieutenant Burke and_promptly released, Burke apologizing to Kobicke, saying that Kenville was a new man and not very bright, and such mistakes were liable to happen with a man of his stamp. Ko- ed charges against Kenville bicke preferr 3 Police Commissioners, but before the Jater wrote a letter to them, withdraw- | ing the charges, as Kenville was a man of family and he did not want to injure him. NATIONAL GUARD j OF CALIFORNIA| CAPTAIN DUMBRELL TELLS OF COMPANY C AT MALATE. | Complications Likely to Arise Out of the Movement to Form a New First Regiment Infantry. The recent order of the commander ml chief to reorganize the First Regiment of Infantry of the Natlonal Guard is be- ing carried out. It Is under the provisions provides that “whenever a sufficient num- | ber of persons resident of any county u!‘ this State, subject to military duty, sub- scribe a call for the organization of a company, the adjutant general, upon the | application of such persons, and with the | approval of the general of brigade, must present the same to the board for the or- | ganization of the National Guard.” Quite | a number of individuals who wish to be- | come guardsmen have signed petitions, | and among the number are men who are | of the four hundred of the regiment who were not accepted in the volunteer serv- ice. This presents a state of affairs that never before has existed in this or any other State of the Union. Military men who have given the subject much thought | say that the four hundred men who re- | mained in this city by reason of not be-| ing accepted are still the First regiment, and that in each company there is a non- commissioned officer who, in the ab- sence of ranking officers, is in command, and that in two companies there are still commissioned officers. namely, one lieu- | tenant in each. These men, they say, have never by any order been discharged | from the service of the State, conse- quently they are still members of the First Regiment. They hold that the men of the four hundred who have signed pe- titions must, if accr~ted, go in as entirely new members, and that they will lose the credit of service in the past and will not be able to apply for a seven-year ex- emption certificate until they shall have served full seven years unaer the new organization Quite a number of these | have already served several years, and if ‘they are accepted their service will go for naught. Then they say that an- other matter will arise, and that is, What | will be done with those of the four nun- dred who will not affix their names to the petitions? If under the. petitions the twelve companies of the regiment are sworn in, what will be done with those who already are in the resiment? It is claimed that they cannot be forced to sign the petitions and cannot bé mustered out unless they come under one of the several reasons for wmuch a guardsman | can be mustered out or discharged from the service of the State. At present it looks as if there will arise many compli- cations_which it will be difficult to ad- ust. The mode of procedure that has een adopted for the First is being fol- lowed for the Fifth Regiment of Infan- try. It is grohahle that some legislative action will have to be taken to straighten out the prospective tangle Major Jansen has been ordered to pre- side at an election to be held October 5 for a second lleutenant of Troop A, vice Penniman, res]‘fned. Colonel T. M. Cluff, adjutant on the division staff, hds applied for leave of ab- sence for thirty days to enable him to visit the East. The blennial report of the adjutant general of the State s in course fo prep- aration. Captain L. H. Turner, having received his discharge from the auxiliary navy, has been ordered to resume his former osition as the head of the naval militia. ?t is probable ‘that in the near future there will be a number of changes in the militla with a view to a betterment. The Signal Corps of the Second Brig- ade, Captain Hewes commanding, was, it appears from the records, during the un- premmneu ‘with Spain, treated very much as was the Seventh California Voi- unteers. In addition to the five from that corps who were accepted there were a nukber who would have gone to the front, but through some influence, which is suspected but not positively known, they were turned down and told that there was no further need for signal men, while at the same time men who were without any experience were being taken into the ranks. Then they ex-. gressed a desire to enlist in ‘other ranches of the service, and when that fact became known the information was imparted to them that they had better walt a while, as another corps was to be | ficient in. | right. sent on, and that all who wanted to go would then be taken. For a long time it was a_promise held out one day to be broken the next, and then renewed to be broken again until the cessation of hos- tilitles. Since then the men of the corps have become resigned to the inevitable, and have made a fresh start as national guardsmen. They have discovered from the cxperlence of the recent war that the chief requirements in the sigs 1 corps are wigwag work or flag signaling and telegraphy. That the men of the corps, which had been recruited to forty-three, | within two of the full strength, may be- come familiar with telegraphy, instru- ments have been placed in the armory on Ellis street, and a course of instruc- tion in telegraphing, line building and | repairing will in the future be part of the dutfes the men will have to become pro- Signal wotk with flags will be xtended. A new map of the city for signal work has been prepared, and this shows twenty-five points that have been selected as stations, and it is the purpose of the captain to have frequent drills with a sufficlent number of men to form a cordon around the city. From the several heights selected ‘men will be able to wigwag from Fort Point to the Presidio Heights, from there to Sutro Heights, to Twin Peaks, to South San Francisco, to the Potrero, to the top of the ferry tower to the top of the Claus Spreckels bullding, to the top of Clay- street hill, and in that way to teach the men the art of short and long distance work. The corps returned a few days since from a sojourn in Mill Valley. While there the men had exercise in’ signaling by flag and heliograph, and had target quads and as individuals. ptain James W. Dumbrell, command- ing Company C, First Regiment of Cali- fornia Volunteers, one of the companies of the Nationals of the Ellis-street ar- mory, in a letter to Captain J. N. Pike {retired) of this city, gives a very inter- esting account of the fight before Malate, and of the part the First California took in it. From a military standpoint, it is most interesting, as it glves with ex- actitude the precise position occupled by each company during the several en- agements the men had with the soldiers rom Spain. In his letter he writes: At 12:45 p. m., August 1, Company C_(Dum- brell) was ordered to relieve Company F (Mil- gracuco with carbines at 200 yards, firing | & C: ler). 1 stationed nine men on the right of Company Cunningham) and then took po- sition with balance of my command about in the rear cf our line and be- hind an irrigating ditch, which had trees grow- ing upon its bank. This offered a natural en- trenchment. The men had to lie in the water. Then the enemy was quiet, save the sharp- shooters, who were working toward our line, taking advantage of a grove of trees on our This gave us the impression that the enemy were moving forward in numbers so as to get a crossfire on our right flank. I posted eight men In the grove with orders to check the advance and then fall back to our line. Just before daybreak August 2 the enemy drove in our pickets and opened fire. Company «C returned the fire with platoon volleys and now and then It was fire at will. The ene- my replied with shell and it was a hot fight for thirty minutes. It was C's fight from start to finish. No other command had a hand in it. Every one did his full duty—it was a ‘‘na- tional” affair. Whenever the First Regiment has been called on it has responded with a will and performed its duties satisfactorily to the powers_that be. Emmett Jones, who enlisted from the signal corps of this city in the volunteer signal corps and went to Manila, has been promoted from corporal to sergeant, and &'mlam J. Stock, enlisted from the same corps with Sergeant Jones, was promoted corporal. —ee————— BANQUET OF JOURNEYMEN. A Lot of Joiliyi'!lflon Gather at Pabst’s for Their Annual Jinks. One hundred and fifty jolly fellows of the Journeymen Tailors’ Protective and Benevolent Association came together for a banquet last evening in the banquet hall of the Pabst Cafe. + For a month past a committee com- posed of Otto Johnson, F. A. Smith, Ed- ward Hoelquist, W. McDonald, W. B. Banfield, 1. Jansen and F. B. Nesbitt, has done nothing much but arrange for this great event. The decoration of the tables, the mottoes round the hall, the light effects, the din- ner itself; all were in accord with the sP!rfl of goodfellowship that dominated the evening. . 5 ‘When the light wines of the late even- ing came on it transpired that Toasmas- ter Nesbit had a little surprise up his sleeve in the way of a well-selected pro- gramme, It hn.p&ena that every other member of the Union is an_exceptional singer, and, thanks to Mr. Nesbit, there was no limit to the melody, or to the twenty-fiye ¥ai wit of the toasts, that rounded out the | evening's pleasure. It was later than one | o’clock In the morning before the tables | were left alone in their depletion and the annual banquet was at an end. b e e o | HER HUSBAND MISSING. Mrs. H. D. Hundt Thinks He Was Led Astray by Women. Mrs. H. J. Hundt, living at 242 Sixth street, is greatly worried over the disap- | pearance of her husband, a saloon-keeper at 238 Sixth street. In one breath she says she fears foul play and in the next | attributes Mr. Hundt’'s absence to his in- | timacy with two women who used to fre- | quent the saloon. ‘I “My husband left home on the 26th of | last month,” said Mrs. Hundt. “‘He had | with him a large sum of money with which he was going to pay a liquor bill. When he did not come home that night {I telephoned to the wholesale liquor house and found that he had not been there. I thought at first that he had merely gone out on a spree, but his con- tinued absence leads me to believe that something has happened to him. “I have thought that perhaps he might have been drugged and robbed, but have about come to the conclusion that he fell in with bad company and spent his money and now fears to return home. Two married women have been frequent sitors to his place of business and rom what 1 have heard since his disap- | pearance I have come to the conclusion | that they know something of his where- abouts. T am not of a jealous disposition and did not think anything of their visits to the saloon, until within the last few days friends have told me that their ac- tigns were not above reproach.” The missing saloon-keeper is 52 years old and weighs about 200 pounds. Besides his wife he left a bright 2-year-old little girl, who misses him greatly. Mrs Hundt says if her husband will return all will be’ forgiven. 2 —_———— THEY WANT TO GO. The Tennessee Boys No Longer Desire to Be Mustered Out. The enlisted men of the First Tennessee Regiment are glad that they are going to Manila. Before the order arrived for them to be sent, about 10 per cent of the men wanted to be mustered out, but the last few days have scen a decided change in the wishes of even this minority. The | dispatches sent to the Tennessee papers by the correspondents in the regiment previous to the order to go to Manila were of a very different tone from what they are sending now. et 'Altered the Sale Checks. Robert Kirkman, a clerk in Hale Bros.” store was arrested last night by Deteo- tives Ryan and O'Dea on three charges of misdemeanor and embezzlement. He was caught In the act of altering the faces of three checks. The first for §22 he reduced to $2, turning the $2 into the cashier and pocketing (he $20; the second was changed from 75 cents to 10 cents, and the third from 8 cents to 15 cents. e Sy James Kelly His Name. The old man who was run over by an electric car at Folsom and Beale streets last Friday morning has been identified as James Kelly, an inmate of John Cur- tain’s boarding-house, 334 Main street. He was 50 years of age and a native of Ireland. The deceased was out of work, and was drowning his ill fortune in drink when the accident occurred. = e Loveu by the Army. Miss Lillian Young, of the Harry Cor- son Clarke Company, was the grateful re- ciplent last night at the Comedy Theater of three beautiful bodquets of American Beauty roses with the following inserip- tions on the cards: ‘From the army,” “The army is your friend always,’ and “The army always loves you.” —_—— Lurline Salt Water Baths. sh and Larkin sts. Swimming, Russian, hot and cold tub baths. Salt waterdirect from ocean. e e The Board Will Appeal. The Board of Education filed notice of appeal to the Supreme Court yesterday instating E. C. Kilpatrick as rinci the Business Evening School. D cve of —_———— BOTTLEMEIR'S CONCERT HALL, reopened with the Unlon Ladies’ Orchestra, 313 Pacific st, from the order made by Judge Hunt re- | GILT EDGES WERE EASILY - THE WINNERS They Defeat the Sand Crabs. ARRELLANES HAS TROUBLES BORCHERS WAS HIT OPPOR- TUNELY YESTERDAY. The Game Was Quite Interesting at Times, the Gilt Edges Play- ing Too Steacy for Their Opponents. y doe Corbett. In anticipation of a much-heralded game of ball quite a large sized crowd wended its way into Recreation Park yes- ing at times provoking and interesting. For five long drawn out innings not a murmur escaped the lips o. those pres- ent, and I attribute this rather unusua occurrence to the fact that the attend- ance was strictly for Santa Cruz, and as this crack organization was meetipg with reverses at the hands of a better team, naturally admirers were reticent. SHORT-ENDERS. VOTED T A DAY OF Jov Surprises at. Union Coursing Park. i § HARES WERE FLEE™ OF FOOT ALL THE CONTESTS WERE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE EXCITING. Master Denmark Died on the Field After a Long and Close Chase—The Results. Yesterday was a fairly good day for the shortenders at Union Coursing Park, al though the honors were divided with the favorites. In spite of the lowering skie: there was a fair attendance and bett terday aftgrnoon and saw the cléver Sand | was lively throughout the afternoon. Crabs fa¥ down before the shoots of | The hares were all active—in fact ona Harvey and the playing of the entire | proved a little too active.” In the sixth Gilt Edges, the score at the expiration of | race Master Denmark was pitted against the contest being § to 5. | e i e x11:—(1 q‘[’"v"‘, acr Not since the opening of the season has | Lot ‘ogs dropped—Master Denmark dea: such a peculiar game been played. it be-| 54 Persimmon completely exhaustec | The following is a summary of the day's event. htfoot beat Decorato Cork; Black Pal This, mind you, was only for the first five innings. had been passed Mr. Harvey's shoots weré driven in all directions. and in rec- ogrition of what was being done to this talkative individual, the assemblage cut loose, as it were, and simply tore things and each other almost to pieces. Never did a crowd root more faithfully for a team, and it is ‘‘really a shame,” as one female remarked, that the “Sand Crabs” could not win out. In the third and eighth innings they made noble efforts, scoring t /0 and three runs respectively, but it was no use, for a glorious start those following would prove ineffective, and in consequence rallies which started well ended inglori- ously. 1 had suppesed that the game would be very close, and undoubtedly a pitcher’s battle, and in this | was serlously mis- taken, for both pitchers were hit often, Harvey keeping most of his scattered, and Borchers being hit rather oppor- | tunely. | He, however, did very well, considering that his o in two runs. Arrellanes had a very bad day of it for sure. Outside of his four mishaps he went to bat on three different occasions | with men on bases, vet failed. I am in- clined to conjecture that he had better practice up, as he appeared to be very unsafe at all times, and such work as his easily demoralizes a team that is striving_nobly for fresh honors. The | “Sand Crabs” all through did not play | the game they have on former occasions, | and there was also lacking that dash so | conspicuous and so much admired. When their rallies began they were all over the place, yet up to the sixth inning m'fi were as lifeless as the Friscos. e y were, however, outplayed. The leaders made but one error; were very fortunate in bunching their hits, when hits meant runs, and were as steady as could be, with the exception of Harvey, who is a real mark when the fates go | back on him. Had it not been for Reilly’s | thoughtfulness in stopping the game du ing those innings when the “‘Sand Crab: were hitting everything pitched up, good ness knows when the cannonading would have subsided. Harvey cannot stand be- ing batted safely any number of times in | successien, and from Reilly’s interference | during such times one might easily con- ceive that the Gilt Edges know this. It is a good play to make, for many a pitcher gets going, under heavy fire, and him to collect himself, so to say, and be- gin anew. ter that uneventrul stage | where three or four players would make | relaxation, in any form, always enables | Handy ps Lillian Russell; Magnet beat Golden Eagl e beat Lanky Bob; Rusty b m beat Master Denmark; Van Clole beat Lady Burnside; Rosette beat Moonlight; Van Knapp beat Beau Peep; Com- e beat Hercules; L. L. Conley beat Little Delight; Forgive beat Winona; Peaceful ( Jessie Maid; Johnnie R beat Te | beat Revenge be | Vigilant; La rinket; Lord Scatfe: bod beat Gladys P: Bendigo beat Braw Ala- a; Morning Glor: | t Little Doubt: Hig! | Valley Maid b t Arapahoe. | Puppy stake—St | Ana beat Road | Honeymoon; Winning i Belle beat | | sa: e = AT INGLESIDE. Some Good Sport and a Fine Array of Blood. Some good blood made its avpearanca at the Ing] de Coursing Park yesterday and the finish or the , which vill commence to- ock, prom- to afford rare sport. It was apparent irom the first that the favorites would carry off tne hong The s | short-enders had to trust to luck and pull | even, it they could four course which Monitor, be | and Golden Russet re | betting ring, but took the pu | In the last course | and The Gossoon, off by the management, jobbery on the part of The rs. When the dog cime on the tr it was notic that she had been fed. at first denied that such was the t length admitted that the dog had got at a box of food which was intended for its evenir 3 The results were as folLOW: All-age stake, the Liberty Bell beat C. slor's Cy; W Campania_beat _J. McCormick's White James Byrnes Mohawk beat Pembroke nel's Mona; Russel & Wilson's Lady Hes beat Lowe & Thompson's Prince Hal; K. Trant’s ® Killarney Lass beat R. H. Violet; A. Johnson’s Mountain J. Shea’s Rathbone Morar beat James I son & M Capitol; res J. O Brien’ Murnane's_Miss Dividend; A. beat P. O'Donnell’s Counterfeit ers’ Rest Assured beat P. G Hill; T. A. McEld Rodgers' Jack of nerton beat Dillon & & Trant's Innisfal aiong; Sox”. b Kenna's Flyaw rona beat Higgins & Kenny's Evening This Harvey did yesterday. If he were | allowed to continue when things were go- | ing against him, 1 have no doubt but| what the Sand Crabs would have piled R EUnaER CuaN S Ofliowas pY oo arvey, with it all, pitched good enough to win, and what more is to be expected? Up to the sixth inning not a run was | made off him, and all told he struck out | ten men, which is a great record these days. The game was a great affair after the sixth inning. Bating rallies were frequent on both sides, but better play-| ing and opportune hitting won the day | for the leaders. Mrs. Tuttle, wife of Manager Tuttle, was struck In the face with a foul bali | but it is hoped by all that no serious re- | sults will ensue. It was a very unfortu- nate accident. The score follows: SACRAMENTO. AB. R. BH. SB. FO. A. E. Peoples, 3 b c T ISR Tt a0 S3tian g e s g i) F o e e Bl R N T LB Slant1 1 Sy digedip e 0 Sy B ety Ve a i et e o Shanahan, (R e Harvey, P. i e e AL O Totals 8 9 Sa AT 0 NTA CRUZ. AB. R. BH. SB. PO. A. E. MeIntyre, ¢ o3 0 1 0 1 0 0 Williams, s. s. B¥nl0F S0 o 83 0 3 B2 S0 0 oo 472 a0 o Sl w0 4V iy ssailiin o ctg 450010 20 & 5 47¥e - Tondin 1070 | SRR Tl S S Borchers, A 0Tt Se a0 Totals .. @5, 1 0. Tk RUNS BY INNINGS. Sacramento 2000201308 Bese hit 020110230-9 Santa Cru 0000020305 Base hits. Y10 1237067 114 SUMMARY. responsible for—Borchers 4, Harvey 5. | Three-base. hit—Shanahan. Two-base hits Strieb, Reflly, Lockhead. Sacrifice hit—Hutch- inson.’ Base on errors—Sacramento 4, Santa Cruz 0. Base on balls—Sacramento 2. Sant: Cruz 1. Left on bases_Sacramento 7. Sants Cruz 8., Struck out—By Harvey 10. by Borchers % }éll'&y ;I:gr}}er-fltutchlnsoznh Passed balls— ‘aubenbis 3. ime of game—2 ho LW lF— O’ Connell. 5 gl Wiy e GILT EDGES VS. OAKLANDS. They Meet in Battle To-Day at Rec- reation Park. The victorious Gilt Edges will cross bats with the Oaklands to-day. at Recre- ation Park, and a good game is prom- | ised. ‘the line-up is as follows: { Position. Oaklands. Pitcher Moskiman Catcher . .Sullivan .First base. Bliss | . Second base O'Neil | 'é‘hlrtz base .Lang ort stop. .Schmeer Ltfl fleld ...Dean Center field Donovan Right field .. .Hardle Claims He Was I;;:aos;d Upon. | W. H. Grant has sued J. F. Hink to re- | cover $500 paid to the defendant as the purchase price of 100 shares of stock in the Cadmus Gold Mining Company. The laintiff alleges that the stock is worth- ess and that he was imposed upon by | the defendant, who represented that the i stock would soon draw a dividend. R | A Japanese Paper’s Innovation. | The first edition of the Japanese Herald | with English interpretaton wili make its appearance this morning. It is a})uhllshed at Golden Gate avenue. M. Maita is the _editor and 1. 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