The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 2, 1899, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY ¢ , 1899, KILLING OF COOK _ PLANNED LONG AGO APA; Feb. 1.—One fact was in- controvertibly proved to-day in the preliminary examination of George S. McKenzie, charged with complicity in the killing of 2 d @ook cused and Jes 1 shot, s was that the a s, who fired the hunt for . M . y who kept a lodging-house at 405 Van and who is a niece of vas the star witness of the an elde lady. Her te! given with great relu admitted that McKenzie and went to see her in order to id in locating Cook in San So far as she knew, she rs wanted to find Cook so the last shots and those that preceded. The first two and the last shot were noticeably louder than the intermediate shots. He believed that ten or twelve seconds elapsed between the first and last shot. Miss F. A. Coates, the telegraph op- erator at Napa, testified that on De- cember 1 George S. McKenzie caused to be telegraphed the following mes- sage, addressed to Jesse Walters, at Oakville: Come down on the morning train to San Francisco to identify man in Grigs- as to have him arrested for alienating Walters. : e to repeating in the Walters ice J. C. Wright of court for him and ation of Me- g ran along consequence. George A. ble to appear for M Hilton of San Fran- » the list of attorneys The court room held iience than been pres- vious stage of the pro- stand to-day. The prosecution expects to close to- morrow, and the defense does not in- tend to put on’ any witnesses in behalf by robbery. ing th of havir look of telegram was T throw some one, perhaps an officer of the v a I think you know him. Objection was made by Attorney Beerstecher to the introduction of this message, on the ground that it did not connect McKenzie with the killing of Cook, and that it related to another matter entirely. the following statement: This elicited from Bell We exepect to follow this up by show- on the following morning George McKenzie and J Walters went to ity of San Francisco for the purpose King for Alfred Cook and that this sssage was sent to Jesse Walters to get him to go e to look for Alfred Cook. the h th nguage {s ambiguous it se, and we will show by of ‘the defendant before ury that he sent this tele- Jesse Wadters for the purpose him go to San Francisco to for Alfred Cook. We will thereby 1 this telegram with this murder. will show by another witness that v were at this witness’ house on the 2d December, 188. We claim that this thus worded merely to i, and that it was in ré- e Walters went with n Francisco to look for of the accused. Mckenate o, Alfred Cook. F. J. Peabody, a photographer of St We are going to show that there was a Helena, hat Walters called on conspiracy to hunt up Alfred Cook: we C e 898 asked for Will show that McKenzie and alters PR Begeaty 1898, and asked for o "l king for Cook and that they togrank:c ff Mc- jooked for him to Kkill him. Attor- ) witne! ‘alters may To this a conspi and George conspiracy to Decembe On further objection by the defense this witness was temporarily Wwith- who keeps a bicycle re- shop adjoining the McKenzie sta- , heard shots from McKenzie's sta- ble at the time of the homicide. Two ghots came rapidly together and others llowed at a greater interval. He ought .three shots followed the first but the: may have been more. were veral seconds between two, There The court admitted the telegram as evidence. Mrs. M. Ray, of San Francisco, tes- tifled that she kept a lodging house at 405 Van Ness avenue on December 2, 1898, when McKenzie and Walters vis ited her house. McKenzie and Walters talked about Cook. Walters asked Mrs. Ray if any one visited Mrs. Walters while Mrs. Walters stopped at the wit- ness’ house. Walters said that'if Mrs. Walters went to San Francisco and Cook visited her, he would have an officer there. Alfred Cook had called at her house. She could not state whether or not she knew Cook and Dor- man were one. Postal cards were sent to Mrs. Ray by M Walters with in- structions to communicate their con- tents to Cook. “Did you ever deliver to Alfred Cook any letters addressed to Alfred Dor- man?” asked District Attorney Bell. This question nearly threw the wit- ness into a faint, and she begged for i oF CALISTOGA - Yue Aew Jupcs- time to recover herself. This was granted. She then answered: “No_ letters.” “Did you ever deliver any written messages of any kind to Cook which were addressed to A. Dorman?” con- tinued Bell. “I don’t remember.” The witness testified further that | Cook called three times at her house when she saw him, and twice when she did not see him. He introduced him- self as Mrs. Walters' friend. Mrs. Walt- ers generally referred to him as “that man.” She had learned Cook’s name from other persons in Napa when she was on a visit here. She had heard the name from ladies. “Did Mr. Walters or Mr. McKenzie ask you to suggest a good man to shadow Mrs. Walters in order that they | might locate Cook?” was another ques- tion that caused the witness great agi- tation. “I don’t remember,” she answered, after conslderable hesitation. “Do you know James Cameron?” came next. “Yes, i “Did you ever speak to him of the visit of Walters and McKenzie?” | “Yes, sir.” “Did you ever tell him they might have a job for him?” ‘Yes, sir.” “Was it not to follow and watch Mrs. ‘Walters in order to locate Cook?"” “I think it was something of that kind.” | Walters and McKenzie told the wit- | ness they wanted to get some man for | the purpose of having Cook arrested | for alienating the Walters. Walters wrote to her after this visit. She could not recollect what | was in the letter, as she tried to forget | all about the matter after the story of | the killing had been published in the newspapers. | Peabody was recalled. He said that | he made a picture of Cook at Walters’ | request and mailed it to McKenzie. R. A. Brownlee, formerly under sher- iff with McKenzie, testified to the friendly relations between McKenzie and Walters. He also testified that un- der the instructions of McKenzie he gave Walters a letter to Mr. Blakesley. | a photographer of St. Helena, asking the latter to give Walters a picture of | Cook for McKenzie. McKenzie showed | the witness the photograph after its| arrival. Charles Carter, a clerk in the Napa postoffice, testified that McKenzie | called at the postoffice, to ascertain whence came letters addressed to Mrs. Fields. Witness declined to answer the question as to whether he had ever re- ceived letters addressed to Mrs. M. Flelds on the ground that the instruc- tions to postmasters and postoffice em- ployes prohibited the giving out of such | information. The court instructed the witness to answer, and he stated that such letters had been received during, the latter part of 1898. 7 ““Were any of these letters addressed to Mrs. M. Fields delivered to Mrs, Jesse Walters?"” asked the attorney for the prosecution. Witness believed he | had delivered a letter addressed to Mrs. M. Fields, on an order from Mrs. Wal- | ters, to Willlam H. Coombs, some time | in November. Some of the letters bore the postmark of railroad postoffices in Sacramento County. One om more let- ters were postmarked Ryde. During the early part of December McKenzie called at the postoffice and asked if.there were any Mrs. M. Fields. Witness said there were none. McKenzie letters addressed to Mrs. Fields, witness said he thought the and letters came from the southern part of the| State. McKenzie called twice on the same matter. The examination was continued until to-morrow. MONTEREY BEET | LAND IN LITIGATION | Long-Drawn-Out Suit Caused by a Change in the Salinas River Channel. SALINAS, Feb. 1.—One of the most im- portant land cases ever tried in the courts | of Monterey County is that of E. J. Mo- lera of San Francisco vs. James Martin -, now occupying the atten- in the Superior Court. The | caused by the change of | Every wet | litigation wa the channel of Salinas River. winter the river overflows banks and | as a rule the river bed is changed. 1594 this was the case, The river changed its course so materially that many prop- erty-owners whose land was on the south | of the stream found themselves on side the north side. i | J. B. H. Cooper of San Francisco and James Martin owned property at Moro | about seven miles from this city. The river was the boundary line to the | property. After the river changed 116 acres of the Martin land was shifted over | %o the other side and adjoining the Mo- | lera property. Molera claimed the land as according to the survey the river was line of his property. Martin sion of the land and Molera | Martin won In the lower court, but lost on appeal. The case h; remained in the courts ever sin and 1s now being tried in the Superior Court of this county. The property involved fs gome of the best beet land in the county. bt 5 HORRIBLE CASE OF FRATRICIDE | CHICAGO, Feb. 1.—When Mrs. Michael Malone of 146 Gladys avenue entered the | room of her husband last night and at- tempted to arouse him she was horrified to find that his head was almost severed from his body. Thomas Malone, brother | of the murderéd man, surrendered to the | olice to-day and acknowledged that he | gad killed his brother. According to his| story Michael threw a stove lid at him | because he,refused to go for beer, where- | upon he_ felied Michael with a hammer. T?’A@ confessed murderer added: “After he fell I carried him to the bed | end finished him with a razor. He was| no account anyhow—always drunk and fighting with every one. It was no use trying to live with him any longer.” iy ACROMEGALIA CLAIMS A CHICAGO VICTIM CHICAGO, Feb. 1.—George Rogers, who was_known n the vicinity in which he lived as the ‘“bogie man,” died to-day in the County Hospital of a rare disease, which the physicians have called acro- megalia, or swelling of the bones. His hands and feet were greatly swollen, and his jaw was over four times the normal length. The distance from the frontal bone to the chin in the ordinary man is eight to ten inches, and in Rogers this had grown to twenty inches, though Cojo, the. boudar took pos: sued to eject. | a ) | soclal life of the town. and educated man, he was so | sensitive over his appearance that he withdrew from his friends and family and lived in_a barn in an obscure part of the | city. He was taken from the barn to | the hospital in a dying condition, and | after his death his brother-inlaw, at Rogers' request, caused his body to be | cremated in order that the doctors might | not hold a post mortem ‘examination. | MARTHA A. SHELDON | SUMMONED BY DEATH| a refined Claimed to Enrver Been the First | White Woman Married in San Francisco. GILROY, Feb. 1.—Mrs. Martha A. Shel- don dled at the home of her son, Willlam H. Sheldon, near Sargents Station, early | this morning. Mrs. Sheldon came to Cali- fornia among the early pioneers, and | clajmed to be the first white woman | married in San Francisco. She was an | aunt of Mrs. Henry Miller and was re- lated to the late Mrs. Miranda Lux, who | left her a_legacy of $5000. She leaves two children—Mrs. Arzella Lewis of Alameda and W. H. Sheldon of Sargents Station. | The funeral services will take place at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Gilroy, | on Thursd: interment at Lone Moun- | tain Cemetery, 8an Francisco, on Friday. Deceased was 71 years of age, and up to year ago took a lively interest in the e ELECTED BASEBALL CAPTAIN. Chester G. Murphy the Choice of Stanford Juniors. STANFORD TUNIVERSITY, Feb. 1-- The members of the junior class baseball team yesterday elected Chester G. Murphy captain. The nine {s determined to regain its supremacy In interclass baseball, which was taken from it last vear by the '01 class team. The comcszj % this sgason promises to be unusually ex- citing.” The management {s depending on these match games between the classes to enable it to get a line on good material. Chester G. Murphy, the new captain, is a 'varsity ‘rlayer‘ having played last year in the field. He is as much at home on the diamond as he is on the gridiron, and | can handle equally well fhe sphere and | the pigskin. WILL BE UNOSTENTATIOUS. Plans for a Quiet Vanderbilt-Fair Wedding. NEW YORK, Feb. 1.—Miss Fair's wed- ding to W. K. Vanderbilt Jr. on April 4 at the house of her sister, Mrs. Herman Oelrichs, will be very quiet. There will be neither bridesmaids nor maids of honor. Young Mr. Vanderbilt will glve his farewell bachelor dinner the last week in March. e Convict’s Scheme Fails. WOODLAND, Feb. 1.—Walter de Carlo, confined in the County Jail under a sen- tence to the State Prison for forgery, | has made several ineffectual efforts to { Ing away & escape. His latest attempt was frustrated by the interception of a note which he attempted to pass to a visitor, and in which he requested that the visitor man- age to pass some files into the jail. MISS McKENNA NOT TO WED WASHINGTON, Feb. 1—An afternoon paper In San Francisco a week ago print- |ed in a prominent place the announce- ment that Miss Marie McKenna.was en- gsged to be married to Richard Kerens r. and that the marriage would be cele- brated after Easter. This statement was made as an authoritative one, coming from Richard Kerens. The Call corre- | spondent is authorized to make a denial of ;};:s story. “‘There is no truth in it,” said Justi McKennha to-day. 92 BOY BURGLARS CAUGHT. Policemen Ward and Cochrane yester- day afternoon arrested two boys named Charles Forrest, alias “Kid"” Forrest, and Edward O'Brien on suspicion of having attempted to break into three houses in the Western Addition last Tuesday night. Shortly after 9 o’clock they tried to force an entrance to the residence of Jacob Strauss at the corner of Golden Gate av- enue and Franklin street. One of the occupants heard them at work and put them to flight. Subsequently they at- tempted to break into anothér residence at Golden Gate avenue and Steiner, but :;‘ere trightened off by the barking of a 0. About an hour afterward they open the hasement of a house near Turk and Buchanan streets, but were discov- ered and driven away. The Forrest boy was seen by one of the occupants of the house, who after the arrest positively identified him. A short time ago youn | Forrest was arrested for burglary an sent to the Reform School. He was short- ly afterward released on the promise to behave himself in the future. gt e Red Pepper and a Hatpin. Martin Bowers, foreman for William McMahon, contractor, swore to a com- plaint in Judge Treadwell’s court yester- day for the arrest of Mrs. Emma Ward, 2 Tehama street, on a charge of threats to kill. Bowers said that while he was at work on Union street wharf Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Ward threw red pepper in his face and attempted to stab him with a hatpin. She finished up by threat- ening to_ kill_him within twenty-four hours. Mrs. Ward accuses Bowers of being the means of her daughter, Hazel, 13 years of age, belng sent a week ago to the Girls' Training Institute. —————— LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. RETURNED, Wednesday, February 1. * Schr Chas R Wilson, Johnson, hence Jan 2, forGrays Harbor, returned on account of carry: foremast head Jan 31, lat 8 3 N, DOMESTIC PORTS. s CASPAR—Arrived Feb 1—Schr Abble, henoe an 2, TACOMA—Sailed Feb 1—Br stmr Tartar, for Hongkong. Arrived Feb 1—Stmr Edith, from Alaska. long 126 32 | of a story just published to the effect affections of Mrs, t Jewish officer in Esterhazy’s regiment, letters for | then asked if| witness remembered the postmarks on | ried | ESTERHAZY WARNED HAS RUN AWAY Leaves Paris to Avoid Prosecution. LITTLE HOPE FOR DREYFUS EVEN HIS FRIENDS NOW FEAR THE WORST. The Exile So Angry He No Testimony Unless Taken Back to Paris. Will Give He Is Special Dispatch to The Call. PARIS, Feb. 1.—Count Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy was officlally in- formed yesterday that his testimony before the Court of Cassation in the Dreyfus inquiry being concluded pro- ceedings against him on criminal charges would be resumed in twenty- four hours. He left at once for an un- | known destination by the Northern | Railway. Count Esterhazy’s flight to evade ar- rest on the charges brought. against him by his cousin, Christian Esterhazy. of obtaining money under fraudulent pretenses, has been the sensation of the | day. On reading the warning letter which was brourht to him by a detec- | tive, Esterhazy swore and called the letter a “canaillerie,” a “trick worthy of the beasts I have had to deal with.” It is understood that the hasty with- drawal of the safe conduct granted him was the outcome of his cavalier treatment of M. Bertulu, the magis- | trate, and of his refusal to give further testimony. The latest victim of the anti-Dreyfus party is the Grand Rabbi Zado Khan, who is being denounced as the ‘“ring- leader of the infamous Jewish con- spiracy against France” on the strength that after Dreyfus was sentenced the rabbi, at the request of Matthieu Drey- fus, tried to get, through a friendly some particulars the Count's | movements. Le Soir demands_the resignation of | the rabbi, and as the latter is virtually a state official it is not unlikely that the agitation. will become a serious matter for him. Curiously enough the | editor of Le Soir, which is one of the mest violent of the anti-Dreyfus or- gans, is himself a Jew, named Gaston Hollonais. According to a dispatch to La Presse from Cayenne, the capital of French Guiana, Dreyfus was so angry on learn- ing that Captain Le Brun Renault had asserted that he confessed at the time of his trial and degradation that he de- clined to answer any more of the ques- tions put to him by the Court of Cassa- tion unless taken back to France. The most ardent supporters of the theory that Dreyfus was unjustly con- demned now admit that there is no longer the- least hope that justice will be done. A prominent member of the University of Paris, who i.om the first has been a militant champion of a re- vision of the trial, says: “For ninety-nine out of a hundred Frenchmen the guilt or innocence of Dreyfus is a matter of sentiment. All the reasoning in the world would not induce them to change thelr attitude. There are millions of Frenchmen who will insist upon Dreyfus’ guilt in spite of any proof to the contrary. A feature of the situation is that the attitude of this majority is dictated by motives which they believe to be deserving of | the highest respect. I admit that some as to William Pritchard Morgan, Member vide .25 per cent of the capitai. the | | South Africa. CHO+0+ 040+ 040404040+ 040404040 to be exempt from taxation and all cent of the net profits. of the Dreyfusards are much to blame for this. The best cause may be| ruined by disreputable adherents, and there are men on the Dreyfus side ot‘ whom every patriotic Frenchman is ;the natural enemy. While the ma- | jority of us have been merely demand- | | ing that justice should be done, a pesti- lent minority has made this demand an | excuse for virulent onslaughts on in- | stitutions we hold in great esteem.” In conclusion, the member of the uni- versity predicted that the result of the agitation would be ‘“an onslaught of unparalleled violence on the Jews, as the masses are convinced that they are at the bottom of the whole trouble.” It is persistently reiterated in the lob- bies of the Palais Bourbon that the committee of the Chamber of Deputies now considering the Government’s re- vision bill has already decided that the allegations made by Quesnay de Beau- repaire against M. Loew and other members of the oriminal bench of the Court of Cassation are without founda- tion, According to another rumor the com- mittee’s examination of the dossier submitted by M. Mazeau, first presi- dent of the Court of Cassation, on the subject of M. Beaurepaire's charges shows it to contain letters eulogizing the criminal section written by M. Ma- zeau's own colleagues. The Mazeau dossier s also sald to contain a letter from M. Loew declaring that the mem- bers of the criminal section have re- celved letters almost without number containing insults and threats of death. M. Loew's letter is also. said to explain that he appointed M. Bard, who is an unmarried man, to make the original report on the Dreyfus case in order that if these threats of violence were carried out a whole family should not be plunged into mourning. ROTTERDAM, Feb. 1.—Comte Fer- dinand Esterhazy arrived here to-day from Paris and left immediately for Amsterdam. Student Dangerously Tll. CLOVERDALE, Feb. 1—Arthur E. Cooley, a student of Stanford University Tydvil division of Wales, in the province of Szechuen, has been signed. It is understood that the contract secures for Mr. Morgan, in partnership with an American syndicate and the Chinese authorities, control of all the mines and oil fields in the proy nce. and Mr. Morgan is to provide the balance. serted, intends to start with a capital of £1,000,000, and proposes to ad- ministrate Szechuen on the same lines as followed by Cecil Rhodes in It was reported from Hongkong some time ago that Mr. Morgan, in addition to obtaining most valuable concessions in Szechuen, had ok- tained other very valuable concessions from the Korean government in an area of about 260 square miles, where he and his associates .were to work all the minerals for seventy-five years, their buildings and works for working the mines to be introduced into the country free of duty. The Korean government, it was added, was to receive royalty of 23 per WAOHO40404 0404040404 04040 +04040404 040404+ 0404040404 and secretary of the sophomore class, is home from college dangerously {ll. A CANAL BILL 10 BE PASSED House Republicans Are in Earnest. HEPBURN'S NEW MEASURE WILL PUT MORGAN’S SCHEME TO ONE SIDE. Plan Is for This Government to Build the Great 'Cana. as Its Own Prop- erty. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Feb. 1.—A Washington special to the Herald says: The pros- pects for the enactment of Nicaragua canal legislation are much brighter than they have been at any time since the beginning of the present ses- sion of Congress. The House Commit- tee on Interstate and Foreign Com- merce will meet to-morrow to resume consideration of the subject, and it is expected an agreement will be reached to report a bill to the House. The measure that will probably be reported is the bill introduced in the House by Representative Hepburn of Towa, chairman of the committee. It will not be reported, however, as a House bill, but will be substituted for the Senate bill, which is now before the committee. In this way, while the two houses pass measures differing entirely in text, the House bill will be techni-| cally an amendment to the Senate bill, and the measure can thus be sent to conference. The general belief is that if the bill can be advanced at this stage some agreement can be reached that will re- sult in the enactment of a law during the short time remaining before the ad- journment of Congress. This will be one of the matters con- sidered at the caucus of the House Re- publicans, which has been called for to- morrow night to take action regarding the order of business in the House dur- ing the remainder of the session. The principal point of difference between the Hepburn bill and the Morgan bill, which has passed the Senate, lies in the fact that the Hepburn bill ignores the Maritime Canal Company entirely and proposes to have the United States deal directly with the Governments of Nica- ragua and Costa Rica and construct a canal just as a harbor improvement would be made in this country by ap- propriations direct from the treasury. An amendment will probably be made to the Hepburn bill to-morrow giving the President authority to so negotiate with corporations holding concessions from Nicaragua and Costa Rica as would enable him to pay the Maritime Canal Company such sum as he might find it entitled to. LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE SNOWSLIDE VANCOUVER, ‘B. C., Feb. 1.—Later de- tails from the snowslide at Rogers Pass on the Canadian Pacific Railroad are that the track will not be cleared before to- morrow afternoon. The dead are known 0 be: WILLIAM CATOR, agent. MRS. CATOR and two children, Ethel and Charles. JAMES RIDLEY, engine wiper. FRANK CARSON, operator. A Chinese cook. The injured are: Annie Verger, leg bro- ken; Frank Vager, bruised on the head . H4040404+040+0+040+0+0+0+0 +04040404040404040404040H WILL BE THE CECIL RHODES OF THE CHINESE EMPIRE PEKING, Feb. 1.—The final contract of the mining concession of Mr. of Parliament for the Merthyr- The Americans, it is added, pro- Chinese officials provide 30 per cent, Mr. Morgan, it is further as- waterials and machinery necessary 404040404 0+0+0+0+04040+40+ THE THREE CONSULS IN SAMOA HAVE A DISAGREEMENT Natives Do Little More Fighting, but Foreign Representatives Almost Cease Diplomatic Relations. AUCKLAND, N. Z., Feb. 1.—The fol- intercourse with the German Consul or lowing advices have just been received the German municipal president, except here from Apid, Gamios, under date of 0 writing, or to attend meetings, ex- cept to consider the acts of the muni- January 24, from the correspondent of cipal council of Apla, unless an apology the Associated Press: with full retraction were offered for the There has been a collision of authori- behavior toward Chief Justice Cham- ty between Chief Justice Willlam L. bers. At the same time the Supreme Chambers of the Supreme Court and Court summoned Dr. Raffel for con- -] tempt of court in releasing Herr Gros- Dr. Joannes Raffel, the German presi- muhl. dent of the municipality. of Apia. There has been no further general Herr Grosmuhl, a German resident of fighting between the partisans of th Apia, who was arrested for smashing rival chieftains since the last advices the windows of the Supreme Court Were forwarded, except that a part s of Mataafa’s followers was routed chamber, was sentenced by the Chlef 4 % on ™ wajietoans. Justice to imprisonment and to pay & eq however, fine. authorities to release Herr Grosmuhl, sons who have whose fine was subsequently fixed at and released. $1000. 'hTh; work ?f piléage continues, among 8] 2 e houses looted being Vailima, th, The German Consul, Herr RO0Se, p,ma of the I . e thereupon wrote to the American Con- e late Robert Louis Steven- = son, the novelist. . sul, Lloyd W. Osborne, and the British The exiled Malietoan chiefs were Consul, E, B. S. Maxse, protesting that landed at Pago-Pago, on the island of the actlon of the Chief Justice in fining Tutuila, the schooner on which thes Herr Grosmuhl was an infringement were on being unable to proceed to the of German consular rights. Messrs. island of Manau owing to. adveen Osborne and Maxse jointly replied in winds. The Tutuilans gave them g their official capacity that, the proper hearty welcome and attempted ta tribunal having dealt with the matter, seize Mataafa’'s son, who was on bo: ‘d‘ the consuls could not interfere. More the schooner, but the captain :a: than this, they declined to have further sea. L e SOCIETY ATTENDS THE HORSE SHOW It is expe t that fighting will be re- Dr. Raffel instructed the police sumed, as Mataafa is rearresting per- been already fined ‘Ange]es fire department will | headed by Chief Walter Moore. I A contest not on the bills was con- ‘cluded at 3:30 this morning. ‘Prince | Fortunatus”. Hobart and S. W. Still- | well, who hails from Montecito and | drives random races, wagered $100 on | the result of a match at random. The [!erms of the contest were: Drivers of random team to maneuver wild cay- | uses through the intricacies of a double i eight figure and t void w - Brilliant Turnout at Los | atacles:” Mr. Hobart won the tees. s Angeles. | appear, Mr. Stillwell of Montecito had to make the fizst showing, The upshot of the affair was that the man from Mon- tecito could not trace a double eight. | Then Mr. Hobart took the ribbons, and | all the difficulties melted away. He made his double eight the first time, 1.—The first | but knocked down a few obstacles. The second time he mowed down only three obstacles. Ringmaster Graham solemn- ly announced the palm awarded to the San Mateo millionaire Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Feb. horse show ever held in Southern Cali- fornia opened this afternoon. Upward of 2000 persons sought admittance. The | scene at Fiesta Park was calculated to make one think that a great circus had " OF come to town. Before daybreak THE LAST-OF THE HORSECARS hostlers were astir; by thé time theé The Market Street Company to Re- horses had been fed and watered ar- construct Its Downtown Roads. :‘5“;15 bega':h""-““f“'i to put the final| e gays of the horsecars in San Fran- ouches on their work. cisco are about at an end. It Is the inten- For the most part the crowd was| tion of the Market-street Railroad Com- from the ranks of the four hundred, | pany to start Constructor H. H. Lynch and the fair sex predominated. It| With his gang of road builders recon- was a gay-appearing throng. Gowns of | Structing its downtown lines just as soon brilllant hue and millinery that has | 25 the Parnassus avenue road, leading been designed especially for the deca- | o ih AfMiated Colleges, Jelaished, Wark i 2 : : ed on Sixth street a sion yox in 9':d§“”°r and when the| prannan and will be followed along the peoé)e \\e;;z ;:ea ed in the gaily decor- lmP{uf that street to Market, up Taylor ate‘ lamtx:\h t ea‘:er a ‘pr%tflcr scene | to (x(‘:r{l_ a;:d do}wn that street to Kear- could not have been painted. ny and Market. Here a turn will be made To-night the tents were brilliant with | 90Wn Market to Sansome, thence north as far as Jackson and up that street to arc lights around center poles, and hun- | Montgomery, thence along Montgomery dreds of incandescent lamps glinting | to Market and back to Geary, where the among the fluttering pennants made | Jouble tracks will be used to the end of A e line at Brannan. the gaily decorated boxes appear like | Over this entire line electric power will transplanted gardeng with their ferns, | b; Ful;‘sfltulgd for_th"!wroselnt bobtall cars ¥ = that have been jogging along since the smilax andrflnv.ers. Flags festuoned‘ city was in its infant days. the center of the arena. The proposed work on the reconstruct- Among the entries are the followin, ot? lines gvlut rl;e rof [Fe newest and best Weiter 5. Hobart, Ban Franclsco-Mon. | 2L iuw0 donted far electrin service. The %{n‘g, I’prftorme'r. I?amr;\s("h agd Sci(dl. Mr. | making one continuous rail from start to obart’s favorite four-in-hand park team; | finish and doing away with the bolting of Dip, Sparkle, Spot and Lightfoot; Cannon, | the rails, the manner of fastening in days Mortar, Stars and Stripes, a black four- | gone by. By the modern method a light- in-hand; King and Emperor, Czar and | er rail is used, but by the welding pro- Sultan, carriage teams; Pride and Preju-| cess equally as solid work in obtained, rrl’ice. Mrs. }fin }?rl's rlv(m‘k vrfilae(onTteum: as there is nflis ringing under the moving aragon -and Peacock, tandem; Tommy | car at railend joints, gompklns dLi;mla’r, sinsgle»fnoter: Union | In about six months the electric cars quare and Madison Square, Night and June Day, matched pairs De(‘embel;‘ will be seen spinning through the com- of mercial center of the. city. The Fifth browns. AIl of Mr. Hobart's | street horsecar line will then be the only coaches, vehicles and _turnouts | one left to remind the pioneer of his early vesterday—enough of all classes to fill one | days. of the big tents. ‘ | e L. V. Harkness—Lady Gray and Mars, | i ish, Y aark ‘browns: Major and: Colonsl, dark| . esidence for Bishop Nichols bays; Captain, Helpmate, Defender and| The committee appointed at the Epls- Policy, bays, four in hand. | copal convention last week to formulate A. Howard, San Francisco—Eva and | plans and devise ways and means for the Dgheru}slraxbergry rclarns. ;v‘ar)( team. | erection of an episcopal residence for the ohn Parrott, San Francisco—Green's| Right Rev. Willlam Ford Nichols, Bisho; Rufus, Alabama and Soverelen; Paquita | o¢“Cairtornia, met vesterday afternoon SR . and—Am- | . “effected an organization. , The fol- lowing officers were chosen: = Willlam ber, Sonata, Prig, Theory. From Santa Barbara: M. R. Hamsch— | | Babcock, chairman; Rev. Willlam Carson William H. Crocker, Maggie, Smut Clay. R. B. Fithian—Straggler, Matchbox, Ro- | Shdw, secretary; mero. | treasurer. The Crocker-Woolworth Bank From Los Angeles: -Mrs. A. C. Sever- | was made the depository for all funds ance—Directus, Direct (2:05%), Bettie | collected for the purpose. A special com- Madison, Glendoveer, Rhoda, Peso, Pesa- | mittee, composed of William Babcock, A. to, Zip. | N. Drown and Willlam H. Crocker, was . L. Wills—Larry, Figaro, Skewbald, | appointed to take the initiatory 'steps W. W. Hitchcock—Dewey. | the matter. The well-known energy of lemen makes certaln the accom- J. 'W. A. Oft—Ponies Black Beauty, Cap- | the R s S e Stamp. | plishmen SR P | Peautitul mansion for Bishop Nichols will Great ‘preparations, are being made | soon add to the architectural beauty of for floral day (Friday), when the Los | this city. you all about it if you will call. My Dr. Sanden’s Electric Belt will not fail you. warmth, strength, elasticity. 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