The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 15, 1901, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JULY 15, 1901, RIFLES RING IN THE BUND RESULT OF SUNDAY’S WORK WITH THE RIFLE Shooting on the Honorary Target by a Few of the Enthusias ts and Some Good Scores Are Registered to Their Credit ITTLE shooting, comparatively speaking, was done on the ranges yesterday. This was due to the presence of great crowds, whick are annoying in a degree to the best of marksmen. As the Jest progresses more and more candidates York; F. W. Belknap, Shooting Section Turn Verein Germania, Los Angeles, | @ viileeeelefoiofeiotofriontorferinlorioniclonte @ | SUCCESSFUL BEGINNING OF FESTIVAL For honors will compete. | Continued From Page One. The following made the highest scores | dor the day on the principal mrgets:[ | American standard target, H M. Pope, Zettler Rifie Club, New York, 47; target, H. M Pope, 75; ring target, =3 ——— il R TR “al is indeed gratifying to behold this magnifi- cent assemblage, these noble, sturdy men, strong in purpose and self-reliant, deter- mined to dare and do, animated with a de- Francisco, €. uring the or more, ] Jacob | Sckmid, | ade fifty and ab« eived the si 100: F. Boec 6: George Keftel, cherf, San Jose, | ento, 130; Emil Schmid, Sac- | ; H. Kosta, J. Hauerwaas, | ¥. Ruhstaller, Sacramento, | | | Vought, H. Dean, | /. H. French, Grand Junction, Bridgeport , Colo. Den- ope-Ramsey and Den- C. Brown, Pop: Junction, Col Club, Pueblo, plo Rifle Club, | Jacobson, Pueblo ; 0. W. Barnes, | , Grand Junction, r, Dr. T. Schumach- Club, San Jose; J. P. | Rifie Club, Pittston, | Independent New | N | n, Au-| , Shooting ntral Schuetzen Helnecke, an, R w York Ce: Herman | | | nerict New ¥ : : UMORS OF DISASTER ALARM NEW YORKERS Heavy Fog in Harbor Re- sponsible for Stories of Wrecks. NEW YORK, July 14.—Fog tled up the harbor to-day. The excursion steamboats on thelr way to Coney Island had to feel their way through the mist. The presence of the fog gave rise to startling reports that two excursion boats had gone down with all on board. When sifted down these rumors resolved themselves into the fact that the small excursion boat Julia, glying between Canarsie and Rockaway, 124 gone ashore in Canarsle Bay, buti was floated again in two hours. No one was hurt. — PETITE w* CALIFORNIA CHUTNEY SAUCE Delicious with_ sfeaks,chops etc. 15¢& 25°All Grocers o FLOAT THE RED MENY o,’,’/‘ Ly e, sire to maie this festival one to be remem- bered by rifiemen for ail time. ul-inspiring and lofty is the ideal of igin of the practice, which heretofore en a sort of an enigma to our fellow- ens of other than German birth or ex- on, but it shall no longer remain a 0 them. Fraternal Welcome Extended. Over the mountains and through valleys, a mighty streams and from beyond the sea, many of you have come to glorify this festival —and to you especially, and in the name of 'the National Fed- eration, T want to offer a most cordial and fraternal welcome to our feast here in_this enchanting garden, where the best men of this great nation will vie with one another to reach the center mark, | here by the Golden Gate of the Pacific. Mine is the honor, mine the rare good fortune to greet you who compose this distinguished | assemblage. This day is dedicated to the | revival of the time-honored custom of the | land of our birth or of our ancestors, made | more glorious by the fillal affection’ which | binds us with stronger ties to the land of | our choice, Columbia, the land of the free, | the home of the brave. May the surest shot secure the hero's ban- | ner or the kingly crown, but I only hope hat each and every one of you will feel ly rewarded in this festival for the sac- you have made in a long journey ort one to convey to us the real, eting of the rifiemen, the essence of_cordial vour indulgence in picturing as le the history of shooting 2nd the origin of the National Bund. Tar- | get-shooting, from its early and primitl | ges, has ever been fostered and cher- | ed more than elsewhere in Germany and | | | itzerland, and shooting festivals had their birth with the patriots of those countries, which have given us and all the world for centuries nast the jgreatest and noblest patriots 2and heroes, whose memories a: cherished by the entire human race. Those noble, high-minded, brave men have transplanted the love for the chase and the art of guarding and protecting homes and firesides across the Atlantic and to the ex- | treme end of the continent,, and it was | perpetuated by their descendants. Gener- | ations have come upon the earth and have | vanished since, but the noble practice of MAKES FIFTH VOMAGE THRDUGH THE RAPIDS Carlifle Graham Once More Tempts Death at Niagara Falls. i gl Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SNIAGARA FALLS. July 14—Carlisle Graham this afternoon made his fifth successful voyage through the whirlpool rapids in a barrel. The start was made from the Maid of the Mist landing be- low the falls. The barrel was caught in an eddy and circled about a little above the cantilever bridge for a quarter of an hour. The stronger current in the mid- dle of the stream finally jerked it out of the eddy into the foaming waters of the rapids. Passing under the second bridge the barrel had & narrow escape from being dashed to pieces against the stone abut- ments of the bridge. The passage through the rapids was swift. It took the barrel five minutes to reach the eddy from the starting point and twenty min- utes to get out of it, but it took only three and a half minues to pass through the rapids and the whirlpool, a distance of about a mile. Graham was slightly bruised about the elbows and knees, but he was otherwise unhurt. e ——————— A Honeymoon Tale. The story comes from one of our hotels that a bride and groom stopped there, says the Keswick Miner, one night re- cently and the groom left the bride in the room and went to the office. en he re- turned and knocked at the door and said “honey,” no answer came. Again he rapped and said “honey.” Then came the reply, “Go away, you idlot, this isn't a beehive; it's a bathroom.” He had knocked at the wrong door.—Chico Rec- ord. N the sharpshooter endures for all times. A just pride swells my breast—the memory of the brave, noble and heroic deeds of our their self-sacrificing love of y and home, their utter disregard their contempt for death—it is their examplé we strive to imitate. We may be pardoned for feeling proud of be- longing to the great fraternity of sharp- shooters, because it requires a stout heart, a firm hand, unerring eye:; in fact, these attributes are indispensable to a rpshoot- er, and to pot s them is an indication of P and moral life, free from any kind. Sharpshooters in History. Throughout all ages and especially to- ward the end of the last century the sharp- shooters have enacted a very important and momentous part in the fortunes and varying events of nations. A comparatively small nation of moun- taineers, noted for their prowess and the accurate aim of its citizens, has maintained its independence through centuries against the aggressions and onslaughts of the com- bined armies of the mighty nations of the v encireles its mountainous and securely may dwell homes and boundaries are guarded by men of steady and aim, a nation that fosters the practiceyof its de- fense with the trusty rifie. In thiendefense of home and fireside. of personal and na- tional honor and integrity, one handful of sharpshooters is worth more than whole armies of invaders. Thus the shooting guilds in Germany and in tzerland, and thus cherish and perpetuate the brave men of these countries the practice, I may say. the noble pursuit, wherever they ha: pitched their tents or made new homes. This thought leads me to a retrosvect of the history of ows beloved adopted coun- try, whkich owes much to the hero war- riors from the old fatherland. An {rresist- ible, passionate vearning after freedom and equal rights of citizenship drove many of the bravest and best men from the old sod across the broad expanse of the ocean to this land of liberty and of promise. Unmirdful of hardshins, dangers or perils of the tea or land, they came to build new homes for themselves and for posterity. In this respect it may be truthfully said that Germany has given America invalu- flourish CLFORNAN SPES T0 THE WATE BNER Says the Order Is Gaining in Numbers on the Paci#c Coast. e Special Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, July 14.—About fifty grown persons and about three times that num- ber of children gathered in America Hall, 77 Thirty-first street, tg-day and took part in the regular weekly meeting of the “White Boxers.”” Five men wearing domi- noes sat on the stage. Four were in black robes and one was in white. All wore conical shaped hoods. The children ‘were not a bit alarmed at this mysterious array. They applauded heartily, and some even dared to laugh. Joseph E. Truitt, deputy chief of Con- clave No. 7 of the “‘Boxers,” stalked upon the stage and held up his hands for si- lence. %-Ie had no mask, but a flowing black gown concealed his form. He be- gan by reading a short passage from the Bible, and then called uponeMr. Hopp of the California ‘“White Boxers” to speak. Mr. Hopp wore a white robe. He said he Just arrived from the Pacific Coast, where the Chinese were wielding a_tremendous influence on white labor. he ‘““White Boxers” of California, he said, were grow- ing in numbers. At the close of the meeting Mr. Truitt made an earnest appeal to those present to join the order. He sald an athletic class would soon be started, and singing and dancing classes alsc. “These boys and girls will soon be our men and women,” he said, ‘“‘and upon them will_devolve the work of the ‘White Boxers.” We want them to be strong and healthful, and beget strong and healthful children. Only by numbers can we com- bat the black and yellow races. Already their tread is heard, and we must prepare for the battle for the future.” BSeveral persons joined the order at the close of the meeting. R onN THE | | ) L 4 | | [ 1 THE JCHUETZEN ‘ “ " LIESEL i ] 3 SNAPSHOTS OF THE PARADE OF THE SCHUETZEN CLUBS PRELIM- | j INARY TO THE FORMAL OPENING OF THE THIRD NATIONAL | SHOOTING FESTIVAL AT SHELL MOUND PARK. | o * | able treasure. The stalwart, sturdy, brave lets, not the sword alone—they also knew €ons for whom Germania had become too full well how to guide the plow, to plant narrow, confining and restricting, became trees and vines, raise the best fruit and and most favored foster with had in- Columbia’s best children. They them which their scarcely lnown before their advent, spired with a love of liberty, the highest conception of true citizenship, a just pride in civic liberty and equality, faithfulness to duty, civil virtue, unlimited endurance and perseverance, integrity, stout hearts, keen sight, unerring hands and a firm d termination te reach the goal of their am- Dition. These ve-re but a few of the bridal gifts brought ucross the ocean by these immigrants as tckens to lay at the feet of their new love, Columbia. German-Americans. What would this republic have been with- out these immigrants? In the bitter strug- gle for freedom against slavery in the fierce brought treasures new fatherland , Columbla's hero war- riors of German blocd and of German stock were invariably fn the front ranks and on the firing 1 The bones of thousands of these brave warriors remained to bleach on the battleflelds along the Tennesseec and the Potomac or in the lonely ravines of the Philippines. But it was not only to plerce the country's enemy with their deadly bul- SHILS FOR THE NORTH N SEARCH OF PEARY Steamer Erik Lesves North " Sydhey Provisioned for One Year. Special Dispatch to The Call. HALIFAX, July 14—The steamer Erik left. North Sydney this evening on her voyage to the north. She is to call at Labrador and then at the varlous Esqui-{'shot dead just over the border in Arizona maux stations in Greenland west, reach- ing Etah under favorable conditions in about three weeks. At the various sta- tions she will make inquiries as to news of Lieutenant Peary and the Windward. The Erik took 350 tons of coal and is fully provisioned for at least a year. The members of the Peary Arctic Club who went on the steamer are: Dr. F. A. Cook, surgeon of the expedition; I. C. Stone and Herbert Berri, both of Brooklyn; C. F. Wickoff and I. C. Bennett of Ithaca, N. Y., and Alfred W. Church of Elgin, Ill. Dr. Cook sald that fourteen American gentlemen have agreed to contribute $1000 a year for four years to ald Peary in his work of Arctic exploration. The Brik carries a crew of sixteen all hardy New- foundlanders. After the Iowa’s Anchor. The wrecking schooner Catalina was after the anchor which the Iowa lost the last time she left port. When the battle- ship was ready to leave for Puget Sound an attempt was made to heave up- the anchor, but it was fouled ahd had to be slipped. A diver was sent down and he re‘ported the mud hook was all tangled up with the anchor and chain which the transport Thomas lost some time ago. The lighthouse tender Madrono and the tug Unadilla tried to raise the mass of irom, but failed, and now the Catalina is nlxlaklng the attempt to recover both an- chers. the choicest grapes. They were handy | with the pen, nor were they slow of speech | when occasion demanded to awaken new life, mental culture and advancement. From the banks of the Hudson to the shores of the Pacific they planted the fragrant nosegay of comfort and cheer and sociability. Throughout this new land of their chofce and adoption they dedicated new temples to the muses and fine arts, the harbingers of all that is lofty and en- | nobling. All that and much more do we owe to th earnest defenders of human rights of liberty and equality, who valued honor above gold and wealth. Surely they are entitled to a place of honor in the front rank among the argonauts of their word concerning our N In order to enhance the prac- pursnit of target shooting, that erfect themselves in the art in tice and men ma: case of their country’s need, ing guilds of Germany formed the flrst fed- eration and called it the bund. What one club or guild could not possibly offer to spur the shooters to greater zeal and ef- fort the bund, composed of a hundred or more clubs, could do with ease. Thus the good men of the old country formed the bund and brought all clubs into one con- NOTORIOUS DESPERADD FRES M LIST ST Attempts to Kill a Camper and Is Instantly Shot Down. Special Dispatch to The Call. ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., July 14— Charles Salonge, known as the “Bay Nigger,” notorious as a desperado, was yesterday. For a quarter of a century he has lived alone on Bonanza Wash, a tributary of Burreau Creek. He was known as a desperate man, easy to arouse and quick to shoot. He is reputed to have killed twenty-five men. Recently he lost a stallion that was afterward found dead, and he suspected Newman and Brown, campers near by, of killing it, but he never mentioned his suspicions 'to them. Nevertheless the men knew they were suspected of the killing, and shortly after heir team of horses were found dead with ullet holes in their heads. Newman ac- cused Salonge of killing his horses, where- upon the latter raised his rifle and fired, but the bullet went wild of its mark and before he could fire a_second shot Brown sent a ball through his brain. At the Coroner's inquest Brown and Newman were exonerated from all blame, the jurors holding that the killing was done in self-defense. — ————— “The Missouri Pacific Limited.” The only route having through sleeping car service between San Francisco and St. Louts daily. 'Stop-overs allowed at Salt Lake City. For full information ask L. M. Fletcher, 126 California street. . —_———— December 29, 1802, will complete 200 years since Peter the Great sanctioned the appearance of the first Russian news- Daber. federation for the general advancement of the practice. First Bundesfest. The beneficent results of the first Bundes- fest astonished even its most sanguine ad- vocates and promoters. The participation of nearly all the crack shots of Europe was beyond anticipation. A new ambition was awakened; men practiced assiduously to win honors and trophies of such magnitude as to tempt the best of them. Each con- secutive Bundesfest was attended with greater success than the preceding one, and the large cities of Germany and Switz- erland put forth thelr greatest efforts. to se- cure ‘the Bundesfest. Our German-Ameri- cans who had visited the varlous festivals brought the idea back to. this country, and laid’ the foundation for a_National Shoot- ing Bund of the United States. The first Bundesfest on this side of the Atlantic was held in New York in 1595, and proved a most glorious success. Three years later the sec- ond festival, also held in New York, was successful only in a measure, because many of the best marksmen were at the time en- gaged in more serious work—they were fighting with our army and navy in Cuba and in the Philippines, where the country needed thelr services. Upon yonder shore of the Atlantic the Bund consists of the clubs and guilds from Baden, Bavaria, Saxony, Hessia, Prussia, Hanover, the Rhine lands, Switzerland, the Tyrol and adjacent countries. On this side of ocean the fraternal Bund was com- posed of the societies of New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Cali- fornia’and other States of the Union. May Nation and Bund Prosper. California was well and worthily, if not largely, represented at the former fwo fes- tivals held in New York. Our gallant littie band of veteran riflemen and stalwart Cali- fornia youths who represented their native State returned crowned with glory and la- den with medals and trophies. Our dele- gates were overwhelmed with kindness and attention while in the East; every home and heart was open to Califurnia’s favored sons. It was only natural that our delesates be- came imbued with an ardent desire to re- cipracate at their own gates. They soon started a propaganda to get the third Bun- desfest to California. Eastern shooters smiled good-naturedly at what they consid- ered an absurd proposition, to induce rifle- men to make the journey from one end of the eontinent to the other, and expressed the gravest doubt over the success of such an undertaking. The California boys were undismayed, making converts for their cause on all sides, persuading their Eastern brethern that a trip to America’s paradise on the Pacific was the proper caper for every sharpshooter, and the prizes that Cal- ifornia would offer should alone make it worth the while to travel thousands of miles. Well, California _to-day welcomes her guests to the feast. From the day the cheer- Ing news was flashed across the continent that California had been chosen as the fes- tival place, we have endeavored to make it a success. Whether we have accomplished DSISTER TO SHFS ON THE JRETI e Two Vessels Are Damaged Off the Beach Near St. Michael. | Spectfl Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, July 14.—The steamer John S. Kimball, which sailed from Nome July 4, arrived to-day with twenty passengers and $75,000 in gold from that district, The gold was_consigned principally to a local anking flrm. The vessel reports that St. Michael, as regards the discharge of freight from steamers, was still icebound July 3. Pas- sengers could land and_about 2000 from the Klondike and other Yukon camps had arrived there, two-thirds of them being Nome-bound. The steamer St, Paul sustained slight in- Juries in the St. Michael ice-jam. e was driven on the beach but later was pulled oft by the river steamer Sadie. The steam- er Ruth was forced on the Golovin Bay beach, staving holes in her and causing & leak. As she was aground she was be- lieved to be in no fireat danger. The first vessel, the Kimball, reached Teller Cfty July 3. ————— s Woman’s Relief Corps. Recently there was presented by Mrs. Carrie J. Drake, president of Malvern Hill Relief Corps No. 89, auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, on behalf of the corps a beautiful Américan flag, 10x20, to the students of the High School | at Fullerton. Not desiring to disappoint the expectant students by postponing the resentation, Mrs. Drake left a sickbed o perform a duty which proved a pleas- ure to her. Her address of presentation was a very patriotie and eloquent effort. There was a suitable response on behalf of the students, who took a deep interest in the ceremony. This-corps will shortly present a like flag to the High School. at Anaheim. | ed his reply | speech than Adolph Strecker stepped for- deep in t ESFEST COMPETITION MONDAY'S PROGRAMME Reception in the Morn- ing and a Band Con- cert in the Afternoon HIS will be official reception day at the Bundesfest, and the visit- ing sharpshooters will be formally received by the president and offi- cers of the National Schuetzen Bund at their headquarters. The reception will begin at 10 o’clock this morning. The shooting at the ranges will begin at 8 2. m. and will last till 7 p. m., with an hour’s intermission at noon. At 7 o’clock there will be the distribution of prizes, (v;v&n during the day, at the “Temple of ts.” The general visitors, who may not care tp follow the ups and downs of the sharp- shooters at the ranges, will be entertained by an open air concert by Ritzau’s band. The programme will be as follow: March, ““Third Overture, “Ruy Concert waltz, Vienna'* . Trombone solo Grand Fantasie, A Jersey Rev “Lohengrin" ve to your judg- ment. Not the rifiemen alone, but all the singers, turners, German and other socleties have vied with each other to prepare tiag most cordial reception for you. What broth- erly affection, sincere friendship, is able to offer you is at your disposal. Accept it, we beg of you. We open our hearts and homes to you, and bid you enter. ¥ om the Atlantie to the Pacific, from the ai forests of Maine to the vine-clad hills that object we shall lea &l of Califorgla, one common tie binds us all— We are orde nation of brothers, ons people, with one lofty aim and purpose, though of many tongues; we are a unit for freedom. for national homer and for civig duty. en may this national brotherhood and this N: tional Bund prosper and enduge forever. With the conclusion of President Kuhls® speech there came a deafening applause and a cheering which lasted for some few minutes. Grand Marshal Wieneka and his aids then took their stations on the stage, and the mention of the mar- shal’s name by President Kuhls provoked another burst of applause. Marshal Wie- neke did not get off without a speech, however. His aids had a present for him and so did the Army and Navy Union. Géorge W. Chapin, commander of Oscar F. Long Garrison No. 101, Reg- ular and Volunteer Army and Navy Union, stepped to the front of the plat- form and after a short speech expressive of his comrades’ aporeciation of many favors extended to them by Captain Wie- neke, presented the latter on behalf of the garrison a handsome gold badge of the order. Captain Wieneke had no sooner finish- to Commander Chapin's ward and presented the grand marshal a gold Schretzen Bund badge on behalf of the divisdon alds and marshals. With this ceremony completed three cheers were given for America. They were lustily shouted and then followed a salvo for the Bundes. The band played and the first part of the programme was finished as the companies filed out of the pavilion and broke for lunch. A few minutes after 1 o’clock President Kuhls, attended by the vice presidents and a cohort of shooters, entered the ranges for the formal opening of the val. He fired three shots, the symbolic introduction to this great national fest. Simple yet fraught with dignity as the proceeding was, it struck minds of all gathered around the range® or the tables on the platform. ot many minutes after and the guns were spitting their fires from every one shooting_fe: of the dozen ranges. At 7 o'clock the shooting ceased. Lady Jane Ellice, the sole surviving bridesmaid of Queen Victoria, is 32 years old. Lady Jane was born the same year as the Queen. SINKS IN THE RAPIDS IN SIGHT OF FRIENDS Sad Fate of Chief Engineer of the Water Boundary Commission. ——— Special Dispateh te The Call, EL PASO, Tex., July 14.—A private dis- patch recelved here this morning an- nounces that P, D, Cunningham, chief en- gineer of the International Water Boun- dary Commission, . was drowned fn the rapids of the Rio Grande bélow Bagle Pass by the overturning of his skift, His body was lost, but the river fs being drag- ged to recover it. Cunningham was chief of a party of attaches of the commission which embarked on the Rio Grande sev- eral months ago to explore the river from New Mexico to the gulf, The party was composed of members of both the Mexi- can and American corps and the task be- fore them was considered onme of great hazard owing to the treagherous nature of the stream. They embarked fifty miles all:‘(ga El Paso during a freshet and the 8l Vvoyage was without a few Weeks ag0, when CunmEOEstn Ll bitten by a-water moccasin while sleeping on the river bank at night. He was in a critical condition when brought back to this city, but soon recovered and rejoined the party as soon as he was able to trav- el. While passing the rapids yesterday fifty miles below Eagle Pass the skiff oc. cupied by Cunningham ran upon hidden rocks, overturned and quickly sank. ©Ow- ing to the swiftness of the current he was unable to swim ashore and the other boats could not be sent to rescue him. He was drowned in a few moments. The body was swept down by the swiftly flowing waters and it was Impossible to locate it A dispatch this afternoon states that as- sistance had been secured from a nearb. town and that the river is being dragge