The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 16, 1901, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1901 MARKSMEN AT SHELL MOUND SETTLE DOWN TO KEEN AND EARNEST COMPETITION FOR D i MANY HANDSOME A HENDERSON DOES SOME PHENOTENAL SHOOTING Golden Gate Rifleman Establishes a Record for Himself by Some Clever Work on Who Won Prizes and Honor by Successful Shooting the Range—Other Marksmen —— CA of the Third Na- tional Bundes Festival, now in e at Shell Mound Park, was strictly a shooting affair. Sunday 2 picnic in a long glass, with & bit of shooting on the side. It was the ay and nothing else—except good-natured and moderate + follows whenever a good HE second day the 1 ality r series of good shots is registered. for shooting were far g than in the after- lunch hour the wind not variable and there was light on the ranges. But un- few the marksmen were resent to take advantage of these favor- Later on in the had their rifles t came for the i delightful ons 2 vacation of everything. with the vast crowd that con- ralks of Shell Mound on Sun- s but a corporal’s guard to esterday. The band t the same, so dld the but all that exuber- they will be seen on the is time until the close of honorary targets had a but it is increasing. Some been sold and double be purchased to-day- Delivers Prize to the Bund. Berckman of the Independ- who is at the 3 vered the prize of o the Bund yesterday. d rifiemen as Com- , Gus Eggert and sese experts profess me to California more to win prizes. the coast before they i main in San Fran- n Schuetzen Corps, and twenty-fifth anniver- ng of that organiza- he world’'s record for de 3002 bullseyes in e Plattdeutsche fair New York, in 1868 er been equaled. The record of 2578. of the Hoboken heading the contingent d the club trophy and Bund yesterday. Captaln OUESTIONS HER CHILD'S SANTTY Aged Mother of May Griswold on the Stand. —_— Dispatch to The Call Spectal LOS ANGELES, July 15.—The trial of the damage suit for $30,000 brought by May Griswold against her brother, Wil- jam R. Griswold, on account of alleged false and malicious imprisonment on a cherge of insanity, was resumed in Judge Allen’s court this morning. Miss Griswold was arrested in Novem- ber, 1900, on a charge of being insane, pre- ferred by her brother. She was thrown into the insane ward of the County Hospi- 1 and two or three days later was dis- arged by a Lunacy Commission. Miss Griswold claims that this act of her broth- er was malicious and has caused her great bodily and mental harm, and has been the ne of destroying her chances of earn- rofession, that of music teaching. feature of the trial to-day was the 1 the court of the mother of the contestants, who is 72 years old. She d scarcely talk above a whlgp?‘r, l:;xx: 1 2 Ong, an e e eminaton, she reforted bitterly to guestions by the plaintiff’s at- torney that did not meet her approval. M Griswold stood staunchly by her s against her daughter, who, she had behayed in an unaccountable had been _uncontrollable, had struck her brother, had broken furniture and hed made thingy generally uncom- fortable around the fouse. For several houre the mother sat in the witness chair, closely surrounded by Judge, reporter and attorneys, who could scarcely hear her utterances, but in all that time only once @4 sbe show any sign of relenting toward livelihood through the practic of | day. On the man target he made 79 out of a possible 0. He got three flags in suc- cession and one nineteen, a remarkable performance. Those who know say that the prize that will fall to Henderson will be worth at least $200. Seventy-nine points have been made several times before, but no one has made 80. Of course Hender- son is happy over his success at the range, but he wears his honors easily and unostentatiously. Henderson is a mem- ber of the Golden Gate Rifle Club, and he shoots with a rifle that to him seems re- sponsive to his arms. It weighs fourteen pounds and hes a single trigger, with a pressure resistance no greater than the weight of a 10-cent plece. Wins Festival Cup. Theodore R. Geisel of Springfield, Mass., won the first festival cup. On the point target he scored more than the requisite 300 points and is thus assured of a cup, the initial winning of the kind. Geisel is a genuine marksman, there is no mistak- ing it. On Sunday he won a gold and a silver medal and now he has a cup to join his prizes. That is the limit of reward attached to the shooting of any one man on any other but the honorary target. The other first cups of the festival were awarded to the following: Emil Schmid and Captain Frank Ruhstaller of Sacra- mento. The gold medals were awarded to Frank Dittling and Captain F. Ruhstaller, Sac- ramento; J. Hauerwaas, F. W. Belknap, Charles A, Leighton, A. Marquis, Los Angeles; H. Koster, A. Begerow and S, Vogel of New York; Philo Jacoby, Ed- ward H. Goetze and F. D. Smith of San Francisco, they having made 150 points, The following were awarded the- silver medals of the day: Captain F. A. Kuhls, B. Jonas, August Studer, August Jung- blut, D. Saifield, William Doell, D. B. Faktor, Kaufman Wertheimer, Captain Fritz Attinger, J. Beuttler, William F. Garms, Joseph Straub, Willlam Glinde- her youngest child, and then only to ad- mit that, although she had refuseéd to see her daughter until the latter lowered the hand raised agalnst her brother, she would like to talk to the girl with a view to bringing peace to the family once more. At this time there was moisture in her old eyes, but, steeling herself again, she remained calmly stern to the end of the trying ordeal. Woodmen of the World. A new camp with forty charter mem- bers was organized at Floriston by Deputy Head Consul R. F. Wells of the Woodmen of the World on the 10th inst. It is the first organization of a secret character that has been established in that new and flourishing papermill town. Golden Gate Camp at its meeting July 8 expected to initiate thirty can- didates, but eleven of that number were out of town enjoying their summer vaca- tion and they will be inducted into the mysteries of the order on the next initia- tion night. The installation of the new officers of this camp in Native Sons’ Hall uly was witnessed by a very large number of ladies and gentle- men, who had presented to them in addi- tion to the impressive ceremony of placing the officers in their stations an excellent programme of entertainment and then a programme of dancing. It proved to be one of the most enjoyable affairs of the kind ever given by the camp. The public installation of officers of California Camp in the Assembly Hall of the Pioneers’ buflding was attended July § by an audience of Neighbors of Woodcraft and lady relatives and friends that crowded the beautifully decorated hall to its limit. American flags, the | colors of the order and the motto of the camp in golden poppies, were features of the decorations. The officers were in- stalled with all the pomp and ceremony of the organization and there was in addi- tion a_choice programme of entertain- ment that delighted all hearers. Joseph A. Wiison, past consul commander, who, | during the evening, was presented a beau- tiful sliver-mounted gavel as a token of appreciation of his services in the cam- mander’s chair, was the master of cere. | monies and he was ably assisted by “Prince” Vincent and the other members of the committee. A dance followed and during the evening all were treated to light refreshments. ———— An Jowa mother punishes her little son by making him wear his Sunday clothes, while she rewards her young daughter in the same manngr — PREJIDENT HELVETIA RIFLE BRYAN REPLIES T0 ORI CAITIES Says Democrats Cannot Dodge the Money Question. e LINCOLN, Neb., July 15.—In extended comment on the platform adopted by the Ohio Democratic Convention, W. J. Bryan criticizes the convention for its failure to reaffirm the Kansas City platform, and for what he regards as the weakness of some of the planks it did adopt. Bryan insists that the convention made a mistake in making himself (Bryan) an issue and says: Mr. Bryan is not a candidate for any office and a mention of him might have been con- strued by some as an indorsement of him for office, The vote should have been upon the naked proposition to indorse the platform of last year and then no one could have excused his abandonment of Democratic principles by pleading his dislike for Mr. Bryan. The convention not only failed, but refused to indorse or reaffirm the Kansas City plat- form, and from the manner in which the gold element had rejoiced over this failure of the convention one would suppose that the main object of the convention was not to write a new platform, but to repudiate the one upon whick the last natlonal campaign was fought. The gold papers assumed that the convention refused to adopt the Kansas City platform be- cause it contained a silver plank. If so, it would have been more courageous to have de- clared openly for the gold standard. If the gold standard s good, it ought to have been indorsed; if bad, it cught to have been de- nounced.” To ignore the subject entirely was Inexcusable, The money question is not yet out of politics. Every session of Congress will have to deal with {t. Republicans declare that it is dead, but they continue working at it. Bryan comments upon parts of platform, especially those referring to State and municipal affairs. He indorses the nominees of the convention and urges their support. Referring to the Senatorial fight and .the reported candidacy of John R. Mc- Lean, he says: DId_the leaders ignore the money question in order to please those who bolted? Or does Mr. McLean want to be left free to atfillate Wwith the Republican financial questions in case of_his election? If any of the Ohlo Democrats feel aggrieved because the reorganizing element of the party triumphed at the convention, let them not visit their disappointment upon the State ticket, but rather see to the nominations of Senators and Reoresentatives who will select a trustworthy Senator. Let them see to it also that the State platform is made at the pri- maries next time, rather than at the conven. tion. A Cautious Kansas Girl. A XKansas School Board received the following letter the other day from one of the teachers: ‘1 would like fo have the refusal of the school as long as you are willing to hold 1t for me, though I can't say positively that I will not teach nor positively that I will. If T am_ married, as I think I will be, of course I will not want the school. But you know.the old story about many a slip, and I would hate to be out of a job as well as the other.”—Record Herald. the | SHOOTERS WHO DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES AT THE SHELL MOUND RANGES ON THE SECOND DAY OF THE THIRD NATIONAL SHOOTING BUNDES FESTIVAL THE MARKSMEN ARE NOW BEGINNING TO COMPETE IN EARNEST ON ALL THE TARGETS. | NLEDBY AL FAON A WINDOW Peculiar Circumstances Attend a Woman’s Death. LOS ANGELES, July 15.—Mrs. Joseph- ine Hardy was killed at 8 o’clock to-night by a fall from a third-story window at the California lodging house, 142 South Matn street. The back of her skull was crushed and her neck was broken. Mrs. Hardy was in the room occupied by Peter Young, an employe of the Consoli- dated Pipe Company, when she fell, and no one but he witnessed the accident, if such it was. When the mother of the de- ceased, Mrs. Jpsephine Tyler of 432 Wall street, called at the Receiving Hospital shortly after her daughter’s body had ar- rived nothing could convince her that death was accidental, and she openly ac- cused Young of having hurled Mrs. Hardy out of the window. She told him as they met at detective headquarters that her daughter had reported to her during the day that he had threatened to do away with her unless she promised to live with him. Young denied Mrs. Tyler's state- ND VALUABLE TROPHIES ErIL SCHMID MAKES THE HIGH HONORARY SCORE Late in the Afternoon the Sacramento Shooter Tries His Luck for the Big Special Prize and Gives Successful Performance on the Range Cut Off by Glass Doors KN mann, all of San Francisco; A. Bergerow, L. Vogel, both of New York; G. Busfleld, Massachusetts; F. W. Belknap and Charles A. Leighton of Los Angeles; W. H. French, Colorado; Dr. F. Schumacher and F. Schumacher of San Jose; A. Buergi of Sacramento. Pape, the Boy Wonder. On the standard American target A. H. Pape achieved something noteworthy. He shot on the standard American and ring targets. On the former he made 45, 47 and 49. On the latter out of a possible 75 he shot 71 and 72. Pape is spoken of as the boy wonder and a possible king in future local events, but the older and ex- perienced men laugh quietly when his name is mentioned. 3 A. Bergerow of Newark, N. J., a mem- ber of the New York Schuetzen Corps, scored 65 points on the same target. The other marksmen who perforated the hon- orary target were R. J. Wight of San Jose, who made 60; Frank Dittling of the Sacramento Helvetia Rifle Club scored 33; H. Koster of the Ne York Central Schuetzen Corps made 30 and E. Kunz of Sacramento scored 41. Frank Dittling of the Sacramento Hel- vetia Rifle Club tried the three shots on the honoring target and left the range with a ticket registering a score of 5. ‘While not an extraordinary performance in any way, Dittling’s three shots will bring him a prize worth at least $150. Harry M. Pope, who is known to shoot- ers from Maine to California and back again, cut up the man target a bit. His score was 76, just the same as that of Sunday. Professor L. N. Ritzau played a tattoo of rifle shots on the ring target. In three congecutive shots he made 23, 23 and 2 ile the shooters were blazing away the Viscount Deerhurst, an English rifle- man, appeared on the scene. He came with a card in his pocket from Mayor Phelan and was introduced to the best of e e e R R R ment and said that he had never had any words witR Mrs. Hardy and that their re- lations were pleasant up to the last. Immediately after the arrival, of the body at the Receiving Hospital Young made his appearance and told the partic- ulars of the fatality. He said that Mrs. Hardy called at his room in _the Califor- nia shortly after 7 o‘clock. He had just come in from work. 4 “Mrs. Hardy,” he said, “had not been well for some time, and when she called upon me it was to obtain a little money, of which she was in need. She sat In the open window. We conversed quietly to- gether for a half-hour. Finally she said to me, ‘Well, Pete, I guess I must go now,’ and with these words she made a movement as if to raise herself. Her feet must have slipped, for I saw her sliding backward out of the window. I made a spring to save her, but she disappeared so quickly that my hands grasped noth- ing but air, T immediately ran down stairs and found Mrs. Hardy lying in a basement in a narrow alley. I helped to take her out of there and place her in the ambulance.” Mrs. Josephine Hardy was 24 years of age, and it is sald that she was married to a man now living in Los Angeles, but from whom she had separated. She be- came acquainted with Young about a year ago and left with him for Gallup, New Mexico, several months ago, where they jointly conducted a restaurant and room- ing-house. Mrs. Hardy returned to Los Angeles in the middle of June, taking up her residence with her mother on Wall street, and Young came back on July 4. 0 High Chief Ranger Visits. High Chief Ranger G. McElfresh of | Los Angeles was in this city last week | and paid official visits to Courts Golden Era, San Francisco, Precita and Diana. | On Friday he visited Court Oakland morrow he will visit Court Tamalpais in San Rafael; on the 16th he will be with | Court 'Southern Heights in _this ¥: on { the 19th with Court Santa Rosa at Santa Rosa. He has arranged to hold public meetings as follows: and Court Noe Valley, in this city, July 42 and 23, respectively, and with Court Los Gatos on the 24th. On the 2%th he will visit Gilroy and return to his home. —ee—————— Among the victims of the French asse- ciations bill is the monastery of the Grande Chartreuse, where the green and vellow chartreuse liqueurs are made. NEW YORK~—Arrived July 16—Stmr Geor- gic, Liverpool. With Court Apollo | F-JCHUETZEN VEREIN:.» T ¢ the Teuton marksmen. The Viscount said he wanted to learn something of the methods, manners and customs of the Bundes Fest rifle competitions. He went away satisfled and with a look of thought- fulness engraved upon his face. Mayor Harrison May Come. Julius Salomon, the advance guard of the Chicago City Rifle Club, appeared upon the gcene during the afternoon. He brought with him a contribution from the club, a magnificent clock. He sald that the rest of the delegation remained at home on account of the Inability of Mayor Carter Harrison to leave Chicago. If p sible Mayor Harrison will make the trip to the coast. The rest of the delegation will be here within a few days. King Willlam Hayes was in attendance yesterday, but did no shooting. His indis- position on Sunday, due to a libation of ice water, has worn away. He was very much sought after and quite a figure among all his friends. Of all the New Yorkers, Captain Her- mann Weber of the Independents draws popular attention. He and his confreres have a special brand of Rhine wine which was shipped to the coast specially for their consumption—and that of their friends. The captain is a great entertain- er as well as a good shot. A. Bergerow of the same delegation tried the honorary erday and he made a score of ew Yorkers banqueted at the noon hour and a jovial time they had with their Rhine wine, President Kuhls was a guest and after {t was all over they made speeches and gave all manner of toasts. Captain Gennerich’s few words were specially bright and happy. Makes a Big Score. Late in the afternoon E. Schmid, presi- dent of the Helvetia Rifle Club of Sacra- mento, scored 68 on the honorary target, distancing all other registrations up to that time. F. Pape, who followed {mme- diately after, thought that on his last shot he tied this performance of the Sac- ramentan, but his shot was 22 Instead of 23, and Pape’s score added not €3 but 67. Lieutenant Edward H. Goetze of the San Francisco Schuetzen Verein surprised a number of the old-time marksmen by the accuracy of his aim. He scored two bullseyes on the target Germania, which was considered remarkable shooting by those well versed in the art of the rifle- man. Compared to the result of his three shots at the target Eureka the score counted for little. His shots at the hon- orary target provided one of the surprises of the day. When the target secretary announced that popular Ed Goetze had made 39 out of a possible 75 the crowd around the butts awakened the' echoes with its cheers. He also won a gold medal by scoring 163 on a point target COVERNR GOVERNOR BAGE BEMOVES JESTER | Appoints Thomas Hen- der to the Board of Horticulture. Special Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, July 15.—A surprise was sprung at a meeting of the State { Board of Horticulture this afternoon by | the entrance of Thomas Hender of Tuolumne County with a commission | signed by Governor Gage, announcing his | appointment to succeed W. B. Jester of | Placer County as a mémber of the board | Tt appeared on the face of the commis- sion that Mr. Jester had lost his claim to membership in the board by reason of having absented himself from the State for more than sixty days without having obtained the consent of the Governor or the Legislature, as the law provides. The members expressed astonishment at the proceeding, having had no previous knowledge of the appointment, and dele- gations were dispatched to the Gover- nor’s office and the Attorney General's office to ascertain the law in the prem- ises. It was agreed that the ground rted was a tenable one, Jester admit- ting that for three months past he had | been engaged in mining engineering in | Mexico. | ~ The speecial object of the session was to elect a secretary to succged B. M. Lelons, | deceased. After another sess to-night the board adjourned without making a | choice. There are nearly a dozen candi- date: he position, among them being C. W. Childs of San Jose, H. P. Stabler | of Yuba City, Professor Wicksen of the | University of California and J. J. Keegam | of San Francisco. | . The report of George Compere of Los Angeles, who was sent abroad to gather parasites to eat up objectionable bugs on California fruit trees, was ordered print- ed and distributed,