The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 20, 1901, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1901 WHILE SCHUETZEN LADIES CELEBRATE ===l oo NEW CHAMPION LEAPS INTO V ¥ HE | Bundes I property ixth day of the third National festival was the joint of the Schuetzen Ladies and F. E. Mason of the San Fran- cisco Schuetzen Verein. The la- | dies ruled soclally. Sharpshooter Mason was the Big man at the targets. Shell Mound was in a bustle yesterday from the time when the eager and keen- eyed marksmen filed irto the shooting boxes untfl a late hour last night when t music in the pavilion died a. slow home-sweet-home death and the dancers med out into the night air, hurrying and scurrying for the trains that ried them ci a. s ladies’ day, and, what a day ven Sunday, the ini- and inaugu was like flat cham- pared to the celebration uetzen ladies undertook and carried The crowded with merrymakers, alive to the uation and full of the holiday spirit, was a scene of effervescent life. Musi dancing, laughter, toasting, all went ha in hand. No tameness, no lagging interest e day's festivities was apparent an: when the incandescent lights cot the park resounded with the d happy sounds of a people were at peace with the world and knew how to celebrate a national festival cccasion. NEW CANDIDATE FOR HONORS OF KINGSHIP ring the afternoon and g while the crowds puttering fire on the steady punctuation hour ph Strecker was on the ost possible ping of the was the talked about per- Was there anybody on the d beat him? More than 1estion and prejudgment A score of Impos- So Strecker was who who undisturbe without a But this u cefved slow but ste day. A dark horse ranges, and even Adolph Strecker,.phe- nomenal shooter that he is, may be forced | to swallow his boast and doff his hat and | genufiect with full obeisance to one who | is shooting in demoniac fashion. F. E. Mason i§ the man. A continuation of | luck, & consistency of performance and a | sustention of nerve on Mason's part will unking the man who was never king but whose visions of the investments of regal shcoting were so lifelike and generally | real as to preclude all possible chance of a mishap. MASON MAY SURPASS | STRECKER’S FINE RECORD | Meson is the man who may steal the unwon kingship from Strecker. When the ranges were deserted on Thursday even- ing Strecker was in common opinion a | £hooting marvel, a man who had sounded | all the depths and shoals of target work end had achleved a success and renown far beyond the glory ever attained by a local marksman. One other in the Sheli Mound ranges is there is to contest the suddenly assumed rights of Adolph Strecker. If the sun of chance shines on | F. E. Mason to-day he will be the next ! Heise, secretary; Mrs. J. Platt, Mrs. M BLENHEIN'S DOOR WILL BE OPEN Duke of Marlborough to Entertain the Poli- ticians. e LONDON, July 12.—The Duke of Marl- borough is about to appear in a uew role. There will occor at Blenhelm Palace, the Duke's seat, Woodstock, Oxford, August | ' park, | Mi | grew thicker and thicker in the ranges prospective kingship | ‘l shooting monarch. Then Strecker will be naught but a record breaker. Firm of hand, sharp and sure of eye, Mason shot six of the last eleven tickets jeft him. He also tried the honorary tar- | get, scoring in two shots 24 and This | is phenomenal shooting and as a test g | s Mason among the champlon rifle- | m of the world. When the marker wheeled the register to 24 the first time Mason shot on the Eureka target, the rews trailed around the shooting section | like ignited powder, Strecker's name fall- s specta- Mason had while he shot from the | at box” which makes een and ke like an ove they realized—those worked earth- men ngerous foe, full of re- So they took to count- tickets for the king > dictu, it was discovered that N average of 19% out of 1 tri 11 that he The eraged t that perform- festival is passed | put the blanket over Adolpn | and receive the crown without radventure of a doubt. the blunt, cold, broadly nerved nan who rarely goes to pieces | when ‘the work is heavy and the stake big. More than that, he possesses a fe- cund confidence in himself. He quit more x tick- | ay be able to rep ne before th | terday when the labor of the day and the | excitement seemed wearing. The crowds and the shooter was put to the necessity | of waiting some little time before the op- portunity of rifie work was presented. | This is the reason Mason did not shoot his string out. He will §n all probabilit; do so to-day, as his friends are all anxious | for him to complete his score. They burn with curiosity ‘over what is to be. And | now the question is, Will it be Strecker or | son? LADIES ENTERTAIN IN VARIOUS WAYS The Schuetzen Ladies Club floated an advance agent for their festival day when A first began theéir preparations for | pecial occasion. “Louls Haake was n into consultation and he gave out | in formal phrase and much tapping of chest that the ladies would outdistance every effort made by the men. Subse- | quent happenings bullded a foundation for eternal truthful prognostication on the part of Secretary Haake. Ladies’ day was 4 success—every part of it, morning noon and night hours, The festivities were formally begun during a postponed lunch hour with a banquet to the officers of the National Bund and the representatives of the press. In the shade of the trees the Schuetzen ladies, the Bundes officials and the newspaper men sat down to a ban- quet perfect in every detail. President Kuhls acted as toastmaster until called to the ranges by exacting «<duties, when he was relieved by J. D. Heise. The Rhine wiae gurgled out of the long neck bottles, | speeches were delivered in two different languages between courses and all left the banquet board happy in spirit and jo—ful in mood. ' To Mrs. Ed Aigeltinger and hen lady assistants the success of the banquet was due. The lady members present were: Mrs. Ed Algeltinger, vice president and chairman; Mrs. J. Thode, past president; Mrs. L. Bauer, president; Mrs. George Bahrs, Mrs. F. Rathjens, Mrs. J.* D. T oot oy 10, one of the largest political demonstra- tions of recent times. Its object is to celebrate the third Unionist victory to the elections. Three thousand delegates from the Conservative and Liberal-Union- ist assoclations throughout the country will be present, while_the gathering wiil number in all about 7000. Balfour and Chamberlain will make addresses and the Duke of Marlborough will preside. The Duchess of Marlborough will en- tertain this great throng at luncheon in a huge tent especlally erected upon the historic grounds. All the Unionist mem- bers of the House of Commons have been invited. The palace Wwill be opened for public inspection, and, in fact, Blenheim will be en fete as it has not been for many years. A distinguished house.party will follow, several of the most prominent persons present remaining until the end of the week. Among the features of the fete will be a recital upon the celebrated organ in the long library, boating upon the lake and band music during the entire day. The Duke of Marlborough said to a news- paper tan; iron men trem- | their eves on the prizes—that | J R IEW MASON MAY SURPASS BIG SCORE | HERETOFORE MADE BY STRECKER A took the breath of the spectators. NOTHER strong candidate for regal shooting honors has come forward in the Third National Bundes Festival. To F. E. Mason of San Francisco is left the chance to surpass Adolph Strecker's phenomenal shooting record and win for himself; the greatest national rifle honor that can be bestowed wpon any American. Mason shot yesterday with a consistency that almost 5 Should he repeat his perform- ance of yesterday he will be a king of kings. + NEW STRONG CANDIDATE FOR HONORS IN THE KING SHOOT APPEARS. SCENES OF LADIES' DAY AT SHELL MOUND DURING THE CELEBRATION OF THE THIRD NATIONAL BUNDES FESTIVAL NOW UNDER FULL SAIL AND PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE LADIES' SCHU ITZEN CLUB. F. Koch, treasurer; Mrs. F. H. Doscher, Mrs. F. Hage- . E. Goetze, past president; Mrs. Schuster, Mrs. F. H. Cranz, Mrs. Gus Schwartz, Mrs. John Bolts and Mrs. John Hartman. During the afternoon the ladles enter- tained their friends in their own arbor with a “koffee platsch,” which in Eng- 1 means coffee, cakes and gossip. This as pronouncedly successful as the As a fitting climax to the day's festivities me the ball in the evening. The pavilion and grounds, studded with electric_lights, the arbors decorated and adorned with glowing lanterns, the dance music and a general Teutonic warmth of life_as an_accompaniment made more than a fitting climax to the most success- ful day of the fest since its inception. FORMER SCHUETZEN KING MAKES A GOOD SCORE F. C. Ross, who won the title of schuétz- en King in 1806 at_the first schuetzen bund m King Hayes wrested the tried his nerve in the “‘glass sweatbox” yesterday. He shot remarka- bly well considering that he had not used a gun for some time. His score for ten shota on one ticket was 26 out of a possi- ble 30, which tied the best score made by Sirecker on any one ticket. He followed that up with two strings of 25 each. He made an average of over two on his last 1% shots, and has still thirty of his 200 hots lert. He does not expect to equal Strecker, but will finish with a very handsome record. : Ross is one of the most expert riflemen in the country, and many of the sharp- shooters present at the festival contend that despite Strecker's wonderful score the ex-king still has a chance to Win the crown. MRS A. H. PAPE TRIES FOR FESTIVAL HONORS The second woman to try her skill ‘at the butts during the course of the festival was Mrs. Pape, the wife of “Boy Won- der” A. H. Pape. Had she not suffered greatly from nervousness she would have tied her husband’'s score and caused her- self to be reckoned as one of the best shots -of the festival. Mrs. Pape fired three shots at the honorary target yes- terday and had her ticket punched for 50 points. _She made 24 poirnts on her first shot. Many marksmen who for years past have been facing'the butts and have never scored a dead center on an honorary target crowded around the ‘‘sweatbox’ and watched the plucky little woman at- tempt to wrest honors from them. As she dropped the muzzle of her gun into her left hand and took an aim for her second shot they opened their eyes and comment- “No significance is attached to this fete, so far as 1 am concerned. I did some- thing. similar five years ago, only on a much smaller scale. 1 thought this would be good for the Unionist party, effectivel prove its cohesion and the concord whic revails in the party and also give the [oaders a chance of personally thanking their agents and workers; so I asked them all to come to Blenheim.” The Duke of Marlborough is not going to the United States and has not the falntest idea of succeeding Lord Minto as Governor ‘General of Canada; he char- acterized both reports as utterly un- founded. Lake Tahoe and Return. Very low season round trip tickets to Lake Tahoe from San Francisco, Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley, San Jose, Stockton, Bacramento, Marysville, Napa, Santa Rosa, Woodland. ~Friday to Tuesday, round trip from San Francisco only $§10.80. Literature nearest agent or at 6i3 Mar- ket street. | ed freely on tHe style and evident com- posure with which she handled the rifle. For Mrs. Pape to make a 24-point shot un- der these conditions meant that she would rank with the hest of the shooters. But she was affected greatly by the knowledge that she was the cynosure of all eyes and gave way to a nervous attack. When she finally pulled the trigger her aim had been destroyed, and the best she scored was eleven. Mrs. Pave was entitled to anotier shot, and though she made a great effort she could not steacy her nerves. Her third was a little better than the second, and the secretary registered 15 against her name, giving her a futal of 50 points. She beat Mrs, Mannell, the first woman to try for hondrs, by six points, and came within two points of her hus- band’s record on the same target. MANY HIGH SCORES ARE MADE BY THE RIFLEMEN The highest scores for the day on the principal targets were: Man target—August Jungblut, 76; M. Breuss, 74; John Uhschig, 7. Bear target—E. D. Payne, Cincinnati, 10. Standard—F. P. Schuster, 47. Ring_target—J. Hauerwaas, Los Angeles, 7. ureka—W. W. Yeager, Colorado, 68; C. J. ‘Barnes, Pope-Ramsey Rifie Club, Colorado, 65; C. A. Shater, Puebio, 66; H. K. Brown, San Francisco, 65; Homer Elliott, Denver, 64; Charles F. Thierbach, San Francisco, 64. The first bullseye in the morning was made by Frank E. Mason. John Utschig scored the last one-of the.day. Willlam Ehrenptort, the veteran rifle- shot, did excellent work yesterday and scored three poirits more than he required to_win a gold medal. The prizes awarded yesterday were as follows: Stlver cups—R. Gute, New York; E. Berg, Davenport, lowa; Willlam Hayes, New Jersey; L. P. Hdnsen, Jersey City; W. Hasenzahl, Cincinnatl; . F. "N. Scofield, San -Diego; J. Meyer, Sacramento; A. Breuss, Louis Bendel, C..Meyer, A. Mocker, Jonn Utschig, F. C. Ross, New York; A. Gehret. Gold medals—Willlam Hayes, New Jersey; E. F. Richter, -Milwaukee; M. Gindele, Cin: cinnati; C. A. Shafer, Colorado; M. C. Ram- sey, Golorado; F. C. Ross, L. Nogel, New York; W.' Hasenzahl, Cincinnati; J. C. Hudelson, Colorado; E. Berckmann, New York; Sylvain Trounstine, Cincinnati; ¥. D. Payne, Cincin- nati; B. D. Neff, Los Angeles: John Gefken, John Young, Otto Lemcke, J. Fetz Jr., F. C. Ross, New York; George Mannell, R. Stettin, Willfam F. Garmes, Willlam Ehrenpfort, Fred Brandt, J. D. Feldermann, H. Enge, Charles F. ThieFbach, D. B. Faktor, Henry. Mever, A. Bertelsen, Edward Hovey. Silver medals—H. M. Pope, Massachusetts; E. D. Payne, Cincinnati; T. R. Geisel, Massa- chusetts; R. Gute, New York; H. Huppert, O. Imdorft,” Frank Fay, A.. F. Goetze, Theodor oo fetofefofoffoefe T if'f!f*;ill" | POWERS READY FOR EVAGUATION Military Forces Will De- part From China’s Capital. * : CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. ‘W., WASHINGTON, July 19.—The formal evncuxtlo&nt Peking by the allied troops with the dkception of the legation guards Medicl, G. L. Vaught, S. Heino, Jacob Grueh- ler, Sacramento; Frank Koch, D. W, King Jr., N. Ahrens, Charles F. Thierbach, L. Bar- rere, H. R. Brown, D. B. Faktor, John Horst- mann, Louls Brune, John Peters, Joseph Fur- rer, George Richmuller, George H. Bahrs, E. F. Hagemann, P. M. Ferguson, A. . "Weggenmann, Homer Eiliott, Paui > M. Daiss, C. Peach, John Utschig, Waenne, John Utschig finished his 200 shots on the king targets with a score of 355. H. M. Pope of Massachusetts, who is | regarded as one of the best shots in the | United States, made 72 on the ring target and 63 on the honorary. August Jungblut, treasurer of ' the Bundes Fest, tried his hand at the man target yesterday and made 76 points, which gives him rank with the winners. MANY NEW MARKSMEN WILL TRY FOR PRIZES The following sharpshooters who ar- rived late, but in time to take part in the contests, registered yesterday: NL.JP. Hansen, Zettler Riflp Club, Jersey City, Lewis E. Aubury, Los Angeles Sharpshooters, Los Angeles. i~ Molano, Garden City Rifie Club, Chicago, E. R. Jeffrey, Azuza Rifle Club, Azuza, Cal. (.‘:;. N. Scofield, Turner Schuetzen, San Diego, W. A. Frick, Germania Turnverein Schuet- zen, Los Angeles. William Hayes, New York Schuetzen, Newark, N. J. PL. P. Ittel, droquois Rifle Club, Allegheny, a. pezouls, Broehm, Pittsburg Rifle Club, Pitts- u; rg, Pa. Albert Hoeflich, California Schuetzen Club, San Rafael. Fred H. Bangs, San Jose Shooting Soclety, San Jose. James Busfield, Massachusetts Rifle Club, Haverhill, Mass. D. Singer, Germania Turner Schuetzen, Los Angeles. B. Kestner, Iroquois Rifle Club, Pittsburg, a. William Hasenzahl. Cincinnati Riffe Assocla- tion, Cincinnati, Ohio. M. Gindele, Cincinnat! Rifle Association, Cin- cinnati, Ohfo. E. D. Payne, Cincinnat! Rifle Assoclation, Cincinnnati,” Ohio. Sylvain Trounstine, tion, Cincinnati, Ohio. Alfred Gfeller, St. Louls Independent Schuet- zen Verein, St. Louls, Mo. Fritz Gourl, Marin County Rifle Club, Sap Rafael. R. Kinselle, Marin County Rifie Club, San afael Independent Cineinnat! Rifle Associa- o, Rafael. J. G. Dillin, Philadelphia Rifle Association, Radnoe, Pa. J'l'n:odor Medie!, San Jose Rifle Club, San ose. will take place on August 14. Official con- firmation of a report to this effect was received by the State Department to-dey from Special Commissioner Rockhill, whose dispatch as made public by Acting Secretary Hill reads as follows: “The diplomatic corps at Peking is en- gaged in considering the Russlan pro- posals for the eventual increase of the tariff (maritime customs). A solution of the problem 1s hoped for. The indemnity, fixed at 450,000,000 taels and 4 per cent .n- terest, has been formally accepted and Japan has waived preferential treatment. The formal surrender of Peking to the Chinese authorities s expected to take place on August 14.” It was reported this afternoon that the court would immediately return to Pek- ing, but the officials stated that no such information had reached them from Pek- ing. The department is anxious that the court shall return as speedily as possible, believing that the effect will be to hasten the termination of negotiations. The fact that the Ministers have resumed the dis- LIR 5 E AIGELTINGER CHAIRMAN COR OF ARRANEErENTY Y I BATER. S F_JcavETZEN. L | . Milton Beden, Dugquesne, Pa. | ¥. J. Rubstaller, Helvetia Rifle Club, Sacra- | mento. FAEKTOR COMMENTS ON STRECKER’S GREAT FEAT} D. B. Faktor, who, up to the time of Strecker's marvelous display of \marks- | manship, was looked upon as a probable | | winner of the kingly honors, in speaking | vesterday of the wonderful prowess dis- playea by the world’s greatest shot, sald: “Strecker’'s performance, ending Thurs- day, was the most marvelous target work ever known in Amer His present | score has proved that my estimate of him | was correct. The reason I formed such an | opinion of him is that he is the coolest of all the marksmen I have ever seen. His score of 394, twenty-one higher than the | highest record previously known, will | stand for many years, probably for a cen- | tury, perhaps._for all time.” Faktor is well competent to give an | Pittsburg Rifle Assoclation, opinfon. He is rated as one of the great- | est all-round target marksmen in the| world. He has atfended and participated | in all the great shooting contests for the | last twenty years. One notable thing| about his style of shooting is that he aims | with both eyes. One week before the | opening of the festival, in a practice | shoot, he made sixteen straight bullseyes on the same style of target which Strecker punctured with such unerring | aim. Judge Bahrs, who is a good rifle shot, said vesterday, in reference to Strecker’s wonderful performance: *If the rifle had | been securely screwed in a vise it could | not have hit the small black center at a | distance of 600 feet more than 197 times | out of the 200 shots fired, because some | allowance must be made even for varia- | tion in the ammunition, some difference in the loading of the shell, atmospheric changes and other conditions.” To-day is California day, and is to be devoted to the team shooting of the teams | of the National Guard of Callfornia, the University Cadet Corps and the Police Departments. Governor Gage and stafr, the State officials, Major General Diek. inson and staff and Brigadier General | cussion of the Indemnjty questio: fying, and Rockhlll':’st}sgement "n{:zm:il; have agreed upon a limit of 450,000,000 taels is accepted as establishing the decision ;r;ult 30 adld‘ltlonall claims for an increase ndemn | e ties will be presented by any Takahira, the Japanese Mini . at the State Department m-mi"’i&f"}}},’;fi Acting Secretary Eill to understand that Japan, anxious to effect an early settle- ment, will not object to_a moderate in- crease of the customs duty. After this/ feature of the indemnity question Is cig. | posed of, arrangements will have to be made for an issue by China of the neces. | sary bonds. - This, however, can be speed. iy attended to. ' The only question re- maining will be that of commercial treaties, and each power will revise its own convention with China. TIENTSIN, July 19.—Con: b easiness is feit here rouewmfifle{:l;:fsu;g tion by the Chinese of the partial control of the city. The natives are cutting the telegraph lines outside of Tientsin, and | fears of further violence are entertained. . 4 Warfield and staff are expected to attend 2nd wil be received by President Kuhla an The executive entertained at a banquet. the b ation of the support that has been given the have the officers of and the National staft Bund. officers will be The officers of md are eager to show their appreei- festival by the State officlals, who provided funds for the purchase of hesiiver wreaths which go with the first prize on each of the principal targets. ADVERTISEMENTS. “I suffered from female weakness for five months,” writes Miss Belle Hedrick, of Nye, Putnam Co., W. Va. "I was treated by a good physician but e did me no good. 1 wrote to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. V., for advice, which I received, telling me to take his *FAVORITE PRESCRIP- TION." When I had used the medicine a month my health was much improved. It has continued to improve until now I can work at almost all kinds of house-work. I had scarcely any appetite, but it is all right now. Have gained several pounds in weight. I would advise all who suffer from chronic diseases to write to Dr. Pierce.” it Makes Sick Women Well /.