The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 8, 1899, Page 2

n FOR NAVAL ALLIANCE BETWEEN UNITED STATES AND GERMANY Rear Admiral Valois Urges That It Is to the Interest of Both Nations to Join Hands in Curtailing Great Britain’s Sea and Colonial Power. Adimiral Valols recently published a book entitled il i 7 { | BV Yl is] n 72} PERLIN 09 rechaft,” which s attracting greal attention in rolom. 1t contalns w powerful argument that f Jal and exporting power, will neces- & my itor of 13 nd, and that 1t is the Interest of l‘: 1 Germany to Join hands in curtalling Great Brit- P Tho writer strongly advised a naval alllance £ aud Germany on other grounds and considers g wnd Irance Joining the Unlted Htates and Ger- {3 » Willlam 11 Teshler, United Statos naval attache who Lt sent 4 partlal transiation of the book & rongest exposition of naval policy and the wred for years, ORI L 23 IR RI RGN D for the lu howl od time: Columbia, 5:09:58; Sham- wur on 5209246, - 3 4 lng to this the Shamrock would B Kk from ! won by #even seconds actual time . o | 1 by twelve seconds ocorrected time, s dicle upposing, of vou that the Columbin P . lowed k fiv for twenty-five 0 milen fnstend of s ds allowed for G Ll thirty miles MARCONI'S SYSTEM MEETS ALL DEMANDS couple of leng T minutes late mall stayeall wie ) n ny f 1 Quotinaed from Wirst Page. wa { at Columbia suilicier ) of hor, even iniz out the F ves for South aiotnt Hnion T Africa, the u tock quotations were rook ket mquare received for the beenfit of those of the out her spinnaker, th xeursionists who have Wall atreet inter- Wt i Alat For t The nows of the riots on the George- s o W LI Wi algo telegraphed to the Ponce t trafling [ and bulletined about the ship, making an f 0 Aih topeadl hnd | intense sonsation. Among other messages 3 A PR | sent ashore by Bignor Marconi or recelved splendidly. Bometd {on the ¥ » were the following: howsprit showe | Valpy, lLondon, Iingland: Send motimes the Shiy Oberand’s my love by Mr. Marconi. 2 from o g w‘vl ]‘ 1 H‘ il JIESS1E BROOKS. l,;:"",... (e DO tha good| - Molntosh, @tewmabip: Ponos: Quken A et \ had gained | Vietoria has called out Xnglish Re- syl ho was fully | HOrves for South Afrion. HERALD. half a dome lead, This { Not only were the Important move- VPR SR OOUTSBIOR ‘ [ ments of ‘the yachts r ted ller by tors while 1t 1 the Marconi system than by any other tong. « T . means, but the fact that the race had otk th oy witl con declared off because of the impossi- miles of I W ) far bility of its being fnished within the time X o Mmit was also recelved and made pubii must § outer ¥ everal minu advance of other news A i pupers and of news agencles, the addi- o 3 | Honal information being glven that Jibed her and (r \ on [ Columbia was In better position at the | et t t the race was declared off. , s ¢ After tho seriof work of the day iR Yo i board the Ponce had been performed the e s lur. | chart room was ojen and without Snigaisd B¢ i boat. In | exception tho passengers took advantage P i passed har Signor Marconi's courtesy and insg et CAGA Bare’ AR KO R o tho app s which made it possible up. took { J r and jir 1o communicate with their b PG i 50 {riends. Several m were sent by ming dow 0 shoot. T way of fllustration and the recelving tape i - % SABAYR wis cut up portions, all of It i Bebairat Aotia b beir ned by souvenir hunters. for . minutes whilt gave| O home the usual welcome was the \mrock an additionsl al orded the Ponce. tering the Nuar- - sy . TOWS, & schooner was met, and s soon e 1 a3 tho seaboard safling vessel recognized 1t i ter big exc three hearty cheers by t o ro given Marconl, a second ik caft e a v wero given the Herald and a final 20 th tho | threo cheers camo across the water for e, . il Ahe O wirol sraph; bia's (w 1 Ao vachts V.\:nw:n-m At was a great day for Signor Sibed at The ¢ had 1| Marconl. Wircless telegraphy is now L rinly established this stde of the Atlantic With {ts aid the Herald and The Call I continue the reports of the yacht &n0r Marcon! In sevaral Instances sent & to the Herald office within ¥ nds from the time thoy were ut from the steamship Ponce. Larger ian of the preceding race days wus the crowd in Herald Square to w the b Men and women begs or there at 10 o'clock th 1 hour before the nts w » start. As the hour for t ached there srowd, and hundreds ¢ of the Herald n which boat had per were many 18 t stood I1ding, eager med the y Aaway first. Signor Marcont a teen miles, them. Ho flashed the news ¢ K tw s Mf t the Columbla had 1 W i [ 1 and from that time to artfere r K of | the end of the contest ho kept the publte twenty-six soc e the | accurately informed of the exact position pvbey he two yaohts The « m to port of o a S 1 held on A nderful sy ough the & on the spot Signor send the only correct re- of n of the two yachts for sre than an hour after had round 1 ke boat and st . While ports dec o sta her ed that the Colum- Shamrock soon o the m ad 1o {'s reports mainta K was in the lead. Only egraphy the entire o been led to be Ve at ead of the challenger was ¢ way home. So persistent orts £ o signal stations N ek | i ds of m ch reports tacked w N A 4w rrect whi nbia tacke ort, she it was po! out that as Signor i had bee ection wi i not correct on every point be 1o begin making ar day. At rewsgathering agencies the Co- {screpancy in re 4 o'clock greed that v the Shamrock as ng yacht the challenger actually \| d advantage over her ri- e close of the trial, a began to get the advantage, f euvers were reported in 4 1 0S8 system mi at the same time told amrock was doing, and of the Herald building ather all the facts rstand the situation clearly of the excursionists on the were promptly relieved sont by wireless telegraph that vessel had been somewhat ged, none of her passengers were in rger. 1t was aiso made clear that the ce had le, as there S the messages ge W Mining Investor Duped REDDING, Oct. T.—A queer ory cached Redding this evening from Trin- ¥ ¥ David Pesent! has been &r staking™ a prospector named H ter for some time. Hunter continued to me in from the hills for more money w of the clo he rAce W ¢ the yachts t is falr the rich claim ubts were ess of his into the adout twe d provistons, and told ¢ had located, 1 d concer woC is of Trinity County that case the race for miles west of Carrville to see the prop- twenty-five as follows: | erty himself. It became apparent to him Start 11:21:02; Shamrock, { this afternoon that he had been duped 1102108, and he marched Hunter m‘ ueh he % n RN % | woods, ordering him to show aim. Columbia, 4:31:0; Shamrook, | Nunter Anadly esca & umping over | & olff and started for Yreka, Siskiyou * BOUNDARY DISPUTE h the first two contests | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8 GOVERNMENT WILL TEST SIGNOR MARCONI'S SYSTEM Preparations Now Being Made by the War De- partment, After Which the Navy Will Con- duct a Series of Experiments. EW YORK, Oct. T. 1899. nele Sam 18 less communic tion is now possible will » used in his foreign War Department will test. The N arned. [ understand that an message was sent from a sta- tlon only seventy feet high, although the curvature of the earth here was a thou- Improvements on th experiments. The lve him the first | Troasury D I the service than to the army. You doubt- less wonder how any electric em can be relied upon on board a warship, where It et of new des any of Mareont’ | port the necessary wires and fixtures, send any men or not heretofore used in the ironclad San Martino, twelve miles at will not be necessary experiments. Recelvers sea. The recelver was placed under the tustruments aloft. This by itself will be a and transmitters will each be provided guns and in the engine rooms, surrounded kreat ndvantage over the present meth- with reflectors made of metal and curved by tons of steel, yet the messages were ods. The most dangerous post in the siy to the shape of a hollow cylinder turned recorded with perfect accuracy. | nal service, if not In the entire military on edge. Th will be mounted in con- “I see that in one of Marconi's recent | organization, will thus be eliminated. nection with mariner's compasses, show- patents he claims that his apparatus will These balloons will be sent up to va- ing exactly the directions in which the re- transmit signals through earth, alr or rious altitudes. They will bo employed flected rays are gol from which they water, and I suspect that this is no exag- wtead of high poles, which Marcont has are coming. ‘The en value of such geration. We will test his claims, at lenst. | very great, the distanco over which wire- will, of course, ajfpear when hoth a trans- cane.” WAR PRACTICALLY O I THE TRMRSAA AN UNSOPHISTICATED MAID AND A STRANGER FURTHER ADVENTURE OF C. H. JONES OF PORTLAND. County, to secure a warrant for Pesenti's arrest. Pesent] is on his way to Redding on a like errand concerning Hunter. BROOKLYN IS SURE OF THE PENNANT OR STANDING OF THE CLUBS. ] Pirst Page. CORRECT STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Continued from First Pag Attempting to Relieve Beauty in | Clubs W. L. Pet w. = = S Distress, He Succeeds Too Well L Baerkim it foadiay Ll The Kreuz Zeitung, which represents for His Own Finan- Philadelphin 92 5 626 Loulsvilla . the opinfons of the court, the army and Hal Good | Baltimore .84 893 New York... the Conservatives, says: ‘The sympa- o St Louls......52 66 .604 Washington 51 thles of the Germ public are altogether e T | Glaolnnatls VA5 Sk (R VEIRnd 520 on the side of the Boers. Nobody here | Clarence H. Jones, the young—very BROOKLYN, Oct. 7.—By winning to-day's | doubts that they, after ylelding much to | young—theatrical manager from Port- the lordly demands of Great Britain, will have nothing left them but to draw the land, who is staying at the Palace Hotel, seems fated to play knight errant to clinohed the pennant for 1599 xhibition, the New Yorks be- wame Rrooklyn It was o 19 Ing outclassed at every potnt. Doheny was|sword. As is the opinlon of Germany, damsels in distress and get little thanks knocked out of the he h\‘ H{rfl.!' |“l“|l\){!v“ bY | {5 the opinion of the world, at 1 t in for his gallantr L ] Kained such | far as the world is still an(i-British. The | The story of his Angel Island episode, at Britain will induce Rus- Yorks could ;" on Hughes. | victory of which was published in yesterday's Call, Attendance 2200, sta and France to make headway in A is but one of several adventures that Cluba. R. H. B against her. This is a necessary outcome | haye befallen this romantic individual | New York. 2 7 3/ of the situation. The Boers have only |since his advent in this city some eight Trooklyn o33 M 3 pamgalves to rely upon in a hard fight. G | latterten = D oheny, | Gt an] vatd wad | Time has frretrievably gone by when | Shorcly after his arrival Mr. Jones rvl:::;“‘x_u nrrell. ¥ other countries would have interfered out | thought he would take a little walk. He of sympathy. Mors understood, means t risk {ts resourc ity in politics, as now | at no country should the lives of its peo- ple except for its own vital interests, and that all, save under such conditions, should leave to God the adjustment of the left the hostelry at its Market street en- trance and had gone but half a block { or so toward the ferry when he was ac- costed by a young and beautiful female who begged him to stop and harken to her tale of woe. 1fleld wns given hiy final tryout by ¥ and held the Ori- oles down to seven hits. McQinety pltched as Wail, but the Daltimores won by timely hitting. Atténdance 1100, Score: BALTIMORE, B e 2 SR 0L the yooa Many men would have passed on un- Washington. . 3 RO heeding. Not so the chivalrous Jones | Batterles—McG eid, Moo PURCHASES MULES Distressed loveliness was to him some- Manus and Roac! Umiplres au and thing sacred, and every fiber of his being tingled with sympathy as he listened to the story of misfortune that the poor, un- sophisticated young thing poured Into his ears. | “She was a country lass who had come (yder. FOR GREAT BRITAIN AUSTIN, Tex., Oct. T.—All of the prin- cipal mule dealers in Texas have been in PITTSRURG, Oot. 7.—Plttsburg won from voland fn a game too one sided to have any Interest. The score tells the whole story. At- tendunca 1000. Scoret Clubs RN B teleg iic correspondence with Major H. | to this great city in the hopo of beins IS mm.x‘ 1 bbal, the representative of the British | able to get something to do which might Clevelund 8 Government, sent to the United States to Aty | purchase several thousand head of mules | for service in the military campalgn in South Africa. As a result of this corre- pondence contracts have been made for he sale of over 8000 head of mules and the deals will be formally closed as soon or Scobal arrives in the State and the stock. Major Scobal has sig- his intention of purchasing 15.000 of the animals in Texas if prices { sonable. This number is several thousand more than {t was originally an- Philadelphia and | younced he would buy in the United ruggle for s States. help her to support a widowed mother and three paralyzed brothers whom she ad left at home. he had applied at place after place for a position, but all her efforts to find em- ployment had proved futile. Little by lit- tle her slender stock of ready means had drifted away until now she found herself alone on the streets at night with no- where to go to lay her head. She was also sick_and faint from want of food. Did Mr. Jones know where she could go and get some good advice? Jones did. She could get all the advice she wanted from him, but first she had better step into & near-by cafe and get something which would s Hofter and i Datteries can and MoAllister. pire NATI, Oct. 7.—Errors were respons- CING fble for all the runs Yioth pitchers were very effective. 600. Score: made in to-day's Attendan: R teln @ Umplres Latteries—Breite m and Zimr 1d. PHILADELPHIA, o Oct Yi Hiat ce vial e her shattered _system. L Vith charming 1 simplicity of manner and complete truth- mnc.-T?;‘m‘«g;'x“““< SYMPATHY FOR BOERS. fulness of disposition the mui&en stepped while the vis- in. She seemed to feel that she wa ting with Willis® pitch un- itors could do nothink with Fraeer. The Hos- | Resolutions to Be Offered at Laying dlertlhfi g\l(df\‘n\l*e nr‘s], man of honor and ns P p OO ne, but that of the - that all would be well. fme e ftibea, Attendance 8811, Scor of Parnell Monument. What would she take? She did not : LONDON, Oct. 7.—The laying of the |know, so Jones ordered two whiskies— foundation-stone one the other to make the quarter even and relieve the walter of the necessity of bringing any change. The liquor was brought and the maiden oble and memorable effo >ariin. | took hers without water, which only N e, e sorved to farther accentuate her charm- pendence of the South African Republic, | Ing, simplieity. i & we deem this a fitting occaslon to declarg | ;o NOW, little grl! Sr‘l‘gfd‘“:n-",;";?“;“:;l‘l'}e that, If war fa Toresd upoh it by Enes |08 WAO Wi do &I that Re caa te rec T Bo atile fuccess ¢ to de. | lleve you.” land, it may be able successfully to de- | "Ghe matden 41 as she was bid, but, 2 becoming overcome with the magnituda of her misfortune, could do nothing but weep. . Finally her sobs ceased and she excused herself of the monument to | | Charles Stewart Parnell will take place to-morrow in Dublin, after the proposal of the following resolution: “As the first public work of Parnell was phia Willls and_Sullivan; Fr Umpires—Emslia and Dw Batter MoFarland i NEARING SETTLEMENT | | Alaskan Controversy May be Ended During the Next Four Days. ONDON, Oct It now seems that the a controversy will probably be set- Commissioner to Paris. NEW YORK, Oct. 7.—W. B. Woodward, A 4 ek SUEEStEN oA R 7 arrange her golden tresses and dry h {led even ehrifer than was sukEesteld vex. | Commissioner of the United | deep biue eves. ke terday. There is reliable authord e to the Paris exposition of 180, ar-! " Jones waited, but the maiden never re- | e et et Washington within the next to-day. He brought encouraging | turned. Possibly the $2%5 she took with | Do given at Washing g the condition of the | her, and which had previousiy rested in [tourdays. ground and the United States buildings | the Jones vest pocket, relfeved her rom at Paris. the nece: of trespassing further on ; OBJECTED TO THE MEDICINE. B—-o . the kindness of :]\|s|rang‘er.t i . oy Drowned. ones now realizes only too well that Frank Ramos Will Sue the Smoke-| oo S0V SFOVIEE o | the matden actualle was looking for something to do. It was the unhappy fate of the man from Portland to less Powder Company. By ttc elght-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fa- SAN RAFAEL, Oct. 7.—Frank Ramos.|gan of Riverbank, was drowned while | Samething proprietor_of the Tamalpais Hotel, has | bathing i the Stdnisiane River at noon e R % To advice of e to-day. Coroner McMullin and Deputy S Sl fie ha U tes Smoke- | Bowker went to the scene this abter. _Union Methodist Revival. feas "'Povder W for damages, | noon and recovered the body. OAKLAND, Oct. 7.—The programme of Which e e the result of bring: - Rev. J. H. Weber, the cyclone evangelist, g John T° : “‘“,1;{"‘l“fi.;‘n'\(‘,"'(““““{g Killed by & Train. for the union revival at the First Metho- D s e *“| 1.0S ANGELES, Oct. 7.—Willle Spencer, | dist Church is as follows: Octaober Sunday at 11 . m. Ramo leges that on account of the | aged 11 years, was run gver by a South- S | overtol SA0E of the medicines used 1 | ern Pactfic train this morning at the | Saw in the Bible Lands to Prove the Bible | dressing the men's ounds a number of | Workman street crossing. He died an | True.” Let all infidels come. guests left his Iml‘eL |!‘1lr;rv“'"f::;ls him | hour later from his injuries. October S—Sunday afternoon at $—*Con- s bill o , to suffer financially. secration.” requests that the ladies of this city con- tribute liberally toward making the din- ner & notable one and desires that sand- wiches be omitted from the contributions this time; that instead bread and cold. fried and boiled meat, pies, cakes, jellies. n“* &nd coffees be sent In liberal quan- es. turned and will resume SAN JOSE, Oct. 7—Samuel B. Terrill, T ey against whom six indict- ny are pending, had a pre- n at Almaden practice at ll'ln snlbuind ol v recently submitted to a board of arbiur: - 3 S assortment far ahead of anything hithsrto shown in this city. T ymposed of & M. Augustine and Marquis Almerda Dead. gOctover §—Sunday at T0_‘WIl Youl . est effects in CLOAKS, WRAPS, WALKING JACKETS, Fis ET;?CX!;; | Henry F: Wood, which allowed Ramos| MADRID, Oct. 7.—Marquis Almerda, | SReRd Your Etermty in Heaven or Heli?'| § STREET AND EVENING COSTUME: : d |only d8i0. "~ Captain General of Aragon, is dead. C m-mle.q as AhR-mn‘rli 1([a.hanc." (Weber TAILOR-MADE SUITS, SHIRT WAISTS, SKIRTS (silk and cloth) | never abuses the Cathollc FEATHER BOAS, FANCY NECKWEAR » Will Be Deported. October 16—Tuesday at 7:3—“How God 20AS tar NEC % l o8 ANGREDE Bet. 1ot the ounea| BIO- BANQUET ‘FOR Aoy Keeps Sie as a P,m,‘;m‘__ |% , BLACK AND GOLORED DRESY FABRICS, Sta Sistrict Court here to-day two October _1li—Wednesday at s | re constantly afwing from our expert buyers in ‘:\“\.3‘::;"‘0“‘(":“:“ el Wors .‘:-\:_{.xr:,‘.g : RETURNING SOLDIERS g‘()‘x::g_‘ a Hell?” (Are you sure there is mnabhzing to form'an array of attréctions of unusual;:a!sri:::es?igkei;& sorted. They are Chong Quoc Kin and ? el L5 tenliing pichaners at wiber shict 2 us & [ §uan Ning " Commissioner Brince 0f PR | OAKLAND. Oct. T-3frs. L L Requa | (Ociober, 18- Thursday at T:3—Sneaks, g P I ¢ommend themselves to all | ordered them deported, but the appeal | to-day announced h s o e s R | - | Was tanen tothe Ubited - States COUTL, | appolutimenc as manecer ot e Ahnne oS pOctover 13—Friday at 7:3—"Fools, | which has now afiirmed the sentence. be served the bo of the Montana and ools. | " K regiments, who are to be the | Attorney Terrill Held. guests of Oakland next Saturday. She| Dr. George I Drucker, dentist, has re-| the attorney, ments for fel Iiminary examinatio on two charges of embezzlement < | held to answer before the Superior Court. | Bail In each case was fixed at SN0, in de- | fauit of which he went to jail. bt isvhes Victory for Freshmen. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Oct. T The Stanford freshmen this afternoon de- feated the Mount Tamalpals Academ “The Best is T a— Qxing's Daughters’ Home Property. | L OAKLAND, Oct. 7.—The directors of the Kine's T ers’ Home for Incurables held another meeting this afternoon_to We learn this from experience in every department of life. Good clothes are most X discuss the offer made by A. Leo de La- i boys by fil’!:mf:a;\{s‘\l\':: 0 on lflm o !]m- nns‘ to ‘sfl_}_lme Kel;;eg' House property | Serviceable and wear the longest. Good campus. The e evenly matche r $12 he g B 8 : SOTA ms Welght was concerned But | {he hotel containe Ferty reome. Me Lac | food gives the best mutriment. Good tains forty rooms. Mr. La- A offers to spend $1000 to SIS0 i medicine, Hood's Sarsaparila, & pa f nme\‘"f" n Vi (\? Sam x\r?a:::;E 3 & the best which is being circulated and signed by | and cheapest, becacse # cures, absolutely CURES, when all others fad. strong Individual playing on the part o the freshmen won them the game. Wages at Mare Island. | some peovle living in the vicinity of the i 3 elsey House who are opposed to the es- VALLEJO, Oct. T.—Word was received | tabitshment of & home Pt b | from Washington to-day that nothing will | their residences, and in view of other | be done tn relation to the report on wages | propositions, including one for the leas- | &t Mare Isiand until the return of Seo-|ing of the East Bay Sanitarium at $1 | retary Long to Washington about three | per month, action was deferred for an- | weeks hence. | other week. { ! l mitter and a receiver are installed at each | making elaborate preparations to be enormously multiplied, providing suf- end of the line. Each operator will then | thoroughly test the Marconl sys- ""{"'!‘ potentials can be generated. be able to trace the movements of the stn.'" HEIA inent Govern- With the pole experiments the Imit other, and troops can be immediately dis- tem,” wuid a prominent G " thus far appears to be beyond eighty patched toward either when called for. ment officlal to-day. “WIreless yjjeq (wice the distance of the first tele- Furthermore, a central statlon at head- | telegraphy will mean more to the GOVern- graph line using wires. While Marconl quarters can constantly keep track of the | ment than any other great invention of was working in Europe it was supposed movements of detachments in the out- | modern times, Marcon! wiil show us some that provision had to be made to overcome posts of skirmish lines. {brand new fnventions, such as 1 have the curvature of the earth, but this no ‘“Doubtless the naval tests will prove never yet seen described, and which are long ms necessary from facts I have this apparatus of Marconi’s to be of as great, if not greater, value to that arm of | do 8o afterward. A ground {8 sand feet. T! tics the balloons will metallic armor and equipments exert such being selected for the and bal- make the space possibilities aimost limit- a distracting influence upon the steering loons are fitted out for some new less. According to the old formula pro- compass. Large conductors near the in- and fascinating experiments at extraor- viding for the carth’s curvature, two bal- struments, strange to say, make not the | dinary high altitudes. These afr vehicles loc h a thousand feet high, should slightest difference. In TItaly Marconi | | wil be small, capable of liftin for send . 1 miles. placed a transmitter in the fortress of or fifty pounds, but will be to sup- ““We also hope to prove the utility of a San Bartolomeo and a receiver on board hitherto used. Some of them will be cov- a combination can be seen at a glance. By We want to learn to what extent his wavi ered with tin foll; others will use plates, noting his angles the transmitter can ac- vibrations will travel through or over in- | such as are now attached to the tops of curately aim at the recelver, while the tervening hills, mountains and forest poles. A few of the famous Weather Bu- , by turning his reflector until the which make direct heliograph and sema {ronu kites wiil also be used, very prob- begins to write, ean also note the phore signaling impossible except over a | | ubly. 1f 5o, they will be made conductive angle at his end and tell exactly where minute distance. The Isle of Wight ex- by coverings of foll. Since the helght to the pergon sending the message s situ- periments show that messages can be re- which these aerial craf an be sent is ated. A combination of these advantages lied upon through fog, snow, rain or hurri- e to brace up | s a stimulant for the maiden and | while she went out to re- | “What T| Cheapest.” | EXCURSIONISTS AND GAMBLERS BATTLE ON THE GEORGEANNA Boat Started for the Yacht Races, but When a Few Miles Out the Engines Were Stopped, Games Opened and a Free Fight Ensued. NEW YORK, Oct. 7.—With band play- ing and flags fiying and a merry party of Once more the indignation meeting as- sembied and Captain Norton declared it time for action. “I move we haul down men and women aboard, the steamer | time | 1 N ig, hoist a signal of distress an Georgeanna started this morning 0Sten-y po;g t1e poat for home,” shouted Benja- sibly for the yacht race. With flag at| min Loukwood of Norwood, Conn. The | half-mast, union down, she returned | motion was carried with a tush. Befors | any one could interfere the flag was at | haif-mast. union down. Then there was a rush for the gamblers, and according to all witnesses the fight was beautiful. Camp stools were used as weapons. Cap- tain Norton seems to have directed things about 3 o’clock to be welcomed by a big crowd of police. | It was a most thrilling story that the | | Georgeanna’s passengers had to tell—a | story of a battle with gamblers on the boat in which the gamblers were badly |in military style, and the men who were or: al of distress was holst- | at the gaming tables were routed. Some worsted. The signal of dis at the gaming tabl ed with the result that there was a return | of them hid_ G e | to the city without even a glimpse of 1€ | {aples 'and dice and hurled them ove The Georgeanna had been aivers | hoard. Then the fight centered about the bassengers at $1.a head, Oen | flag on the upper deck. Peter Purdue had ind that even | peen lert to guard the drooping colors by me be- | Captain Norton. Some one hit him on ¢3! the head with a camp stool and he fell senseless. Some one else cut the ha.yal When the excursion boat touched th wharf a_dozen men made a dash for lib- but in vain. One of the last men to - | be taken out was the captain of the boat. | yachts. tised to car some well dressed men doliar was not needed to get The Georgeanna waited a long fore she e i o Bl Fie was hooted as he left the pier and he tion of the races, but was > | He wa ted as e left the shore. Excursionists began to think they l_rwh'z)d -}rhv)v\:;-h r\r:‘\ ‘\:nim;\ared to the saw a reason for this when faro tables, | Verge of nervous prostration. Captain Norton and the members of the | indignation committee followed the pris- oners to the police station. After the ex- roulette wheels, sweat boards, wheels of fortune and similar games of chance were D Samay Hank the enaines stopyed | cltement on the pler was over the police and the boat began to drift. Indignant | went back and rounded up about fifteen men, mostly members of the crew, whom | they found hiding in various parts of i.e boat. They also discovered some gam- | bling imple s The Geor ticket holders began to gather on the up- er deck. The ripple of grumbles grew nto tidal waves and some one proposecd an indignation meeting and named one ptain Norton as chairman. Captain Norton is a one-armed veteran and events proved a good organizer. He took hold promptly and a set of resolutions express- is one of the boats of | the Lincoln P teamboat Company of Philadelphia. She was sent here during the yacht races to do an excursion busi- i | ing indignation were drawn up. A com- | nes : | mittee was appointed to wait upon the| One old Scotchman who was among the | captain. According to Captain Norton he | passengers was nearly heartbroken. He | was hiding in the hold. He was fright- | sobbed, “T saved up for a year to take my | family to see the Shamrock race and now ' am cheated out of it all’ Ichurnh has lately been benefited by the wills of certain wealthy cardinals. In- | quiry is said to have elicited the fact, { which the Pope at first refused to believe, that for twenty years past, during which a number of cardinals had left large for- | tunes, not one member of the sacred col- lege had bequeathed any money to t.s ‘rhurvh. while bequests to hospitals wers ened, but said he could do nothing as the boat was out of coal. | | e | made on a most insignificant scale. The Pope has further shown his inter- est in the financial affairs of the church al T by having the Vatican's art treasures 1 valued by professional experts, who have ) | Just completed their labors. The contents P | of the graat picture gallery were valued {at 70,000,000 lires. Raphael's “Transfig- Much Excitement Caused in Sacred College and juration” was reckoned to be worth 6,000,- | 000 1i; rtian Museum, 56,000,000 lires; n, 22,000,000 lires; Bor- lires; various otner i lires; and the Vatican Y, 200,000,000 lires. What is described | as the' church's secret archives wers Amoug Churechmen. placed at $,000000 lires. In short. the | whole art treasures within the Vatican e are declared to be worth 600,000,000 | about $120,000.000). Ancient furn ‘Y‘ valued 24,000,000 lires and tape I\ 4 | other stuffs at 6,000,000 lires. Sacred ob- iE 4 4 s were placed at 00 lires and | welry and_precious S at 70,000,000, | ———— of which 12,000,000 1i worth is _the per- sonal property of the present Pope. St. An Inventory of the Vatican's Art | Peter's, with its statuary and other mar- 2 bles, its snosaic, sacred objects, etc., was Treasures Place Their Valua- |y2lued oy the same experts at 100,000,000 | lires. tion at $120,000,000. ‘ . IOONCERNING FLOOD WATERS. | People of Los Angeles Take an Ac- : | tive Interest in the Matter. ROME, Oct. 7.—The Pope has recently | LOS ANGELES, Oct. 7.—The San Fran- inaugurated certain reforms appertaining | clsco representatives of the California | to church customs that have caused a State Association for the Storage of Flood flutter of excitement in the sacred col- | Waters arrived in Los Angeles this after- Special Dispatch to The Call. lege and among all of the higher prel- | noon. The visitors are Willlam Thomas, jates. The innovation of his Holiness af- | W. H. Mills, General J. M. Gleaves, F. J. | fects the incomes of cardinals and the | Symmes, Hugh Craig, J. A. Filcher, T. exalted churchmen. For years it has been | C. Friedlander and F. W. Dohrmann the custom to permit these to hold three | ‘h‘: et s presented the case for it R e n Franciscans. In part he said: and som times as high as five posts, from | “Gur idea is to have this gmm A | each of which mare or less remuneration the work for itself, supplemen | was derived. Of course, this has permit- | work done by the Government. The en: & ted cardinals to obtain incomes far in miflrfdi-“, G i""ss proposition, and is excess of their actual salaries. Now the | F€50!Ved into nothing more than owner- | Pope has abolished all this. He has is. | SBIP of water by the State. Not one cent of money shall be spent until we know what the whole thing will cost, and to this end a survey is proposed to secure the necessary data.” J. A. Filcher, secretary of the associa- tion, read a printed address to the citi- zens of California, declaring the neced for the conservation of the flood waters of the State and calling a_convention to meet in San Francisco on November 14 to devise ways and means to this end. It \\'fis1 moved and fr‘arrle\i that the rep- e s resentatives present from the Los A o isl m;}%‘gdnf‘d_s of thousands per year. organizations be authorized to sex:cnzgfileexf o rp\furme?s[ éxs’:gnl:fl\]‘e‘sl:?g"l‘(?rl\f\:m ? l(‘%utes lhoi %he San Francisco convention, L ations made | after w v - | by the Pope’s order as to the extent the | jo\‘l‘}ned. SY Sl U NbtE vas ad sued an cdict to the effect that the high- | est salary of a prelate shall not exceed 112,000 lires and a cardinal must content himself ‘vith not more than X0 lires. The surplus revenues of those holding ex- | tra offices shall be paid into the Vatican treasury for the general use of the (‘hl‘xr(‘h. ‘When 1t s remembered that so the cardinals enjoy an income of T\S‘FS}«‘ lires and some prelates as much as 70,000 it is evident that the treasury will bene- eep- | R 1148 Market Street. J. O'BRIEN & CO. 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