The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 21, 1901, Page 23

620, FORGROR SR ORO HON § Pages 23 MWMI" 0} Tye Grrono NOROROR LIRS HOX SHILIRININSY @ iPages 2310 3. DOHOBO £ PP AIHIHO* S % SLOARDAOXININID ROKOHGUONE > SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, JULY 21, 1901 CALIFORNIA DAY AT SHELL MOUND FULL OF THE NOISE AND FURY OF WAR - San- Francisco Police Officers Display Great With Their Rifles and Defeat a Skill Picked Team From Oakland Department they saw, but they HEY came . nquer—Governor Gage and his blu »ated and tinseled staff. To the music of *Hail! o the Chief,” the Gov- more than a dozen of arers ¢f immaculate blue entered Shell Mound grounds vester- day eftersoon, and out -of step they walked ove vel of the main ave- Y t hooting ranges. Great and ce to the gallery xes. All felt it as ff sat down to a view 1 at the ranges. r filled the air. nd all the noise and attributes assailed the ® t be orial escort sniffed fre sniffei. Some of them p = of them coughed, the f some jerked spasmodically as te streamed fire and targets,. 200 yards away. r heads on a straight level ked real martial. Then they all P put down under the trecs to a listened to other popping went away e P t ba happy,.and on e-loving soldiers and unrhyth- were o ng. GOVERNOR'S STAFF SMELLS GUNPOWDER The Governor’s staff was on parade. Un- der the guidance of the chief executive it was intro the smell of gunpow- e rpshooters and record break- their best. The rifies rang ting fire incessantly for the med delec A of the dignified visitors. With ‘ t titled soldiers who graced . of the third , National me more martial. s raightened, they war and fought countless the circumambient air. The 5 the banquet table exuded 5 spirit that comes truggie. Then, like Lrue sol- fell 10 the feust before them. of speech and grandiloquence, they few rappy hours at the table, of the stability of the State and seart. and how Inextricably it bound up with marksmanship. Then band played martial nusic and the rnor’'s staff, elated and with heave ping chins, passed out of the grounds. hy! satisfied with the flerce iabors the day and the successful encounter e table of peace. SPEECHES MADE AT THE SHOOTING RANGE cecording to schedule, yesterday was apart as California day in the third National Bundes Shooting Festival of the “they United States of America.” National Guard companles, the police departments of the Bfate and the University of Cali- fornia cadets occupled the ranges and shot for prizes. This was an incident. All the color of the day came in the recep- tlon to the Governor and his staff. BEs- corted by President Kuhls and John . Heise, Governor Gage, followed by his soldlerly atsred staff, Shell Mound yesterday they reached the platform which holds the view of the ranges President Kuhls introduced the chief executive. A speech by the Governor followed. Superheated atmosphere fell from his lips in stump fashion—just enough of it to keep the air from too%sudden a coc!ing, for the shoot- ers ceased their fire when the Governor took possession of afternoon. When had his say. After the speech was fin- is hats were waved and cheers shook the rafters. The band played the “Star Spangled Banner.” the staff officers re- moved caps. and then the shooters wert back to their work. After that the ban- quet engagement was undertaken by the soldlers. Victory graced their efforts. The soldier support of Governor Gage included Adjutant General Seamans, Col- onel F. E. Beck, Colonel Thomas Wil- helm, Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Choy- inski. Colonel J. F. Young. Colonel Georg H. Pippy, S. J. Hendy anA Charles Sonn- Malor General Dickinson was ac- companied by Colonel D. E. Miles, Col- onel J. M. W, Draper. Colonel Louis Bar- rere. Colonel W. A, Hnlstead. Colonel C. J. Evans, Major L. S Sehmitt and Major Hewes. The Naval M:iliin was represent- ed by Captain T. A, Nerney, Lieutenant Commander Douglas White and Captain L. H. Turner. At ‘the banquet Tsatah Choynsk| offici- ated as toastmaster. and the following guests responded to the toasts: Governor Gage, General Dickinson, President Kuhls, Serator E. L Woglfe, Rudolph Herold, Captain _Wulzen, W.' FEnglish, Sheriff Lackmanin, Judge Conlan, Edward L. Head, D. B. Faktor, August Jungblut and Captain Robert Wieneke, STRECKER AND MASON IN THE PUBLIC'S EYED Compared with ladies’ day the celebra- tion yesterday was tame. On Friday the crowds surged in and out of the avenues, filled the dance pavilion and watched the shooters with zealous interest. A small attendance and no sensational shooting was the record of vesterdav. F. E. Ma- son, who holds in his hands the possible chance of winning the kingship from re- nowned Adolph Strecker, did not shoot his last string. He is nursing his nerve, husbanding his strength for the final or- deal. Fifty shots yet remain for him and if he repeats—why. then. Strecker will be great but not greatest on the rifle range, The “sweat box" found Strecker as a vic- tim. This man whose nerve ig as finely drawn as a taut steel wire could do noth- 4 - ERNOON AND SHOOT FOR MEDALS AND HONOR. ENGAGE IN INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM COMPETITION, 2 POLICE OFFICERS FILED INTO THE RANGES AT SHELL MOUND PARK YESTERDAY MORNING AND AFT- UNIVERSITY CADETS AND NATIONAL GUARD TEAMS SN W ¥ ing better than 62 on the honorary tar- get, but on the sfandard he made 49 out of a possible 50. Mason with his 24, 25 and another shot to be heard ought to do won- ders on the honorary when all points are added. More than one man is walting for that other shot. MILITIAMEN DEFEAT UNIVERSITY CADETS Ba‘tery C, First Artillery, N. G.'C., cap- tured the honors yesterday In the univer- sity and militia shoot. The team of six men from the new artillery corps. picked after careful trial, won ‘the ,matgh by scoring 255 pomnts. Chris Meyer of the winning team captured the geld medal for 1he hest irdividual score by making seven bullseyes in succession and -purting his other tiffee shcts in the circle cranting four points. His total was 47. There were five tecms of-six men eacl. in the contest. «Batteries B, C and D of the First Artil- lery 2nd Company D of the Fifth Iufantry of ‘Sar. Rafael represented the National Guard, and six men from the Univarsity of California cadet corps shot for the boner of thelr alma mater, The match was close and exciting. Wieh i R et e I S S S SRS ME A SR RO DEATH BY POISON SELF ADIMINISTERED ENDS A PATHETIC FAMILY TRAGEDY , ended her life by taking strych: at the home of Mrs. Annie Swarts, De Haro street, Friday night. The ng of the unfortunate woman marks ose of the third and final chapter athetic family tragedy. Allen’s only child, a son, went ated City of Chester, in cisco Bay many years ago, when hat vessel was cut In two by the Oceanic. Her ¥ . A. F. Allen, was murdered v three vears ago. Allen had a comfortable which they called the Salid Tt was true to its name, iving happily until Mr. Al ted to arink. He neglect- ness and soon the home was Allen’s business affairs, be- 4 Mrs. Comfort Home | cause of his dissipation, went from bad to worse, and after he was killed the mortgage was foreclosed, Mrs,' Allen be- ing at that time a helpless invalid. Bhe drifted about from one place to another, her aflment, a general breaking down of the system, growing more and mors seri- ous. Finally she was admitted to the City and County Hospital, from which institu- tion she was removed three weeks ago to the home of Mrs Swarts, a charitable ‘weman, to whom she was a total stranger. And there she died by her own hand. Before taking the poison the unfortu- nate weman wrote a note in pencil, from the following extracts are made: To Whom It May Concern: 1 do here on my bed of suffering thank the dear and kind Who took me into care for the rest of short life, to whom my gratitu can repay their kindnees to me. ,A father or could not do more than they bave done, end P cannot depend upon them for support | | l until—well, I belong to the Ladies' American . 1 should like to mee them once more in woaslon before I die. I do not fear death, and have always tried to live right through life. My suffering is too great, which I can- t re, o I chose death by my own hand with sfrychnine which I had over three years in my possession. Homeless, helpless and destitute, I could not even get any medicine to rellev n without the money. 1 think it better to be at rest. * * * Yours with due respect, MRS. A. M. ALLEN, age 61, widow of A. F. Allen. P. 8.—Blame no one for this act of mine. fear mot to dle. Rain Ends Arizona Drought. TUCSON, Ariz., July 20.—A general rain, the first of the season, fell this evening. The drought has been severe and the rain has caused much rejoicing. 1 one man from each team yet to shoot, Batteries C and D were tied on a score of 208. Company D had a score of 207 and the cadets had 197 polnts to their credlt. Tho last shooters irf the contests were the best marksmen In the teams. Moulton of the Infantry team was as steady as a rock and 'determined to bring the prize to San Refael. He carrled a handicap of one point. Utschig and Meyer of the bat- terfes, that were tled. and White of the University caldets were equally” as deter- mined that the cup should (fo to them. Ten shots aplece were allowed the cracks, and when these were fired the result stood: Mcyer 5i. Moulton 44, Utschig 43, Thompson 42 and White 42. Rattery C had captured the team and individual prize, Company D ani Battery C weére tled for second place, Battery B was third and the cadefs were last. The individual and team scores were as follows: Battery C., First Artillery, N. G. C.—C. E, Goodall, 42; Len Grant. 42: H. J." Musgrave, 42; Fred Carson, 42; Ward Grant, 40; Chris Meyer, 47; total, 255. Battery D, First Artillery—Percy L. Badt, 41; . T Reubold, 40; E. P. Jacobson, 45; W. Al Thompson, 40; Captain T. J. Cunningham, HONOR GUEST FROM THE ANTIPODES. The Caledonian Club held an open meet- ing in Scottish Hall Friday night. The hall was crowded with members and thelr lady friends. An excellent programme of songs, recitations and Instrumental solcs was rendered- by Piper Neil Lindsay, { Messrs. Brown, Boysen, Klein, Neumann, Fairgriéve, Ford, Carles, Brodie and Kir- by and Mrs. Edmonson, Miss Pritchard and Mrs, Squires. Chief Macpherson introduced to the meeting Alexander Burt, one of the lead- ing citizens of Dunedinh, New Zealand, who is here on his way to Scotland and the FEuropean continént for a year's leasure trip with his two Qaughters. He r- an honorary director of the Caledonian Soclety of Dunedin and delivered an in- teresting address on the soclety’s dolngs there and the great progress the colony has been making in recent years. 42; J. L. Utschig Jr., 43; total, 2L Company D, Fifth Infantry, n Rafael-W. T. Butterworth, 42; H. Iverson, 43; T. 8. Arch- er, 4; T. Kerrigan. 43; J. Dawson, 3; F. B. Moulton, '44; total, 351. Battery B, First Artillery—J. F. Norton, 40; A. S. Hatfleld, 42; Lieutenant W. S. Graftan, 45 J. W. Cobby, 40; F, J. Povey, #4; W, W. Thompson, 42; total, 249. \ J v of Californta.. cadet corps—_I. B. H 5.7 Hardin, 33: W. B. Halines, 40; Captain N. Vauoderbilf, #3; J. A. Pearce, 41; H. F. White, 42; total, LOCAL POLICE CARRY OFF SEVERAL PRIZES One of the most interesting events of the Bundesfest was the shooting match between a picked team of six officers of the San Francisco Police Department and a team comppsed of members of the Oak- land force. The match was won by the San Francisco men by 8 points, The gold medal for the patrolman mak- ing the best individual score, however, went to Officer H. B. Henderson of Oak- land. Who scored 46 out of a possible 50, Officer Cavanagh of the team from this slde of the bay was a close second, mak- ing 45 points in his ten shots. — Crack Shots of the University Cadets Enter Into a Contest at the Butts With Na- tional Guardsmen and Suffer Defeat The patrolmen commenced shooting at 10 a. m. and finished at 11:30. During the entire match the greatest excitement pre- vailed, as it was known that a spirit of keen rivalry existed between the ‘“cop- pers.” Sergeant Helms of this city coached the local shooting cracks, while the Oakland men were under the leader- s#ip of Captain W. J. Petersen. The con- test was held at the Creedmore target under Blunt rules and was under the di- rection of Shooting Master H. Huber. The shooting was 200 yvards, offhand, open sight, with a 44 caliber Winchester rifle with 'a three-pound pull. Following are the individual scores of the police teams: SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT L T. A, Atchison. W. H Burkholder. 48 J.'B. Cavanaugh 5—i5 Heng depnam: =" w. V. "ilson. 2 Carr Smith 543257 TEAM. i1 —43 1 . E. 441 H. B. Henderson —i8 Fred Schroeder 438249 T. A, Atchison of the San Francisco Police Department Shooting Team made a remarkably good score on the honorary target yesterday. He used a #4-caliber Winchester rifle. model of 1873, with a three-pound puil and made ffty-nine points. Smith Carr, also of the San Francisco police team, took ten shots at the.same target and scored sixty-three. These scores entitled both the officers to valuable trophies. HOBOKEN MERCHANT MAKES GOOD SCORE | Berckmann of Hoboken, New Jer- se]?.mr‘ma been one of the steady shooters at the festival. His scores on all the tar- ets have been high ones and have rought him many prizes. He is one of the most popular marksmenat the Bundes- fest. Mr. Berckmann pald. particular at- tention to the man target, on which he made a score of 77, which entitles him to a handsome gold medal. On the ring tar- get he has a score of 73. He has also Won a_silver medal and cup. The latter prize’ is_given to those who score more than 300 on the point target. Mr. Berck- mann has Leen a participant in _shooting contests for years past and is the proud possessor of more than 100 medals and valuable trophles won by him at the butts. He is a member of the Independent Rifles of Hoboken. Al Lehrke Is doing some good shooting the last few davs of the festival. He has tried his =kill at all_the targets and mada gome large scores. His strong forte is off. hand shooting, at which he has few peers. Mr. Lehrke has captured several gold and aflv?r medals since the opening of the fes- val. SKILLED MARKSMEN TRY THE HONORARY TARGET Aside from the king shoot the greatest interest is centered upon the Eureka hon- orary target. The best scores made on that target yesterday were: J. D. East, F"\’fl'ne-Ramsey Rifle Club, Denver. Colo., 67; G. Pistol Club, & Club. 8: L' G ht, Smith Carr, San Francisco police, ger, Los Angeles, 62 L. Ott, Barley, Columbia Rifle and Brehm, Pittsburg Rifle Denver Rifle Club, 84: 63: J. Sin- Adolph Strecker, 62; A. A. B Dorrell, 61: E. Berg, Daven- Frank Mathie, Wauwasoota, Wis. ; Captain John Thode, 5§ 58 Bedell, Pittsbury hrs, 57: George F. ;7-111, 57; T. A. Atchison, San Francisco police, o) The best scores for the day on the ring target were the following: E. Berckmann, New York, 73: E._Schmidt, Sacramento. 73; F. P. Schuster, San Francisco, 3 W, Hasenzahl, Connecticut, 72; E. Berg, R Towa, 71 Meyer, Sacramento, 71; T. Gelsel, Massachusetts, 70. SHOOTERS CONTINUE TO WIN TROPHIES The following marksmen have been awarded silver goblets and gold and silver medals. Festival goblets for 300 points or more: F. H. Bushnell, Otto Bremer, Henry Wicker, C. A. Shafer, Colorado; C. M. Henderson, E. Bridge, Vermont; Sylvain Trounstine, Cincin- natl; E. F. Richter, Milwaukee; M. Gindele, Cincinnati; J. W. Goetze, Joseph Fets, Charles F. Thierbach, M. C. Ramsey, Colorado; August Jungblut, D. W. King Jr.. Denver. Gold medals, for 150 points and over—L. P. Ittel, Pemnsylvania: Captain Fred Kuhnie, Petaluma; J. P. Delahunty, C. J. Barnes, Colo- rado; A. Steckler. G. L. Vought, Denver; Captain John Thode, D. W. King Jr., Denver. Syver medals, for 50 points and over—Alfred Gfeller, Missourt; A. Monotti, John Lankenau, G. Orsi, Gustav Schulz, F. A. Kuhls, J. Bach- mann, George R. Hauser, E. Berg, lowa; L. P. Ittel. Pennsylvania: H. Wicker, Ferdinand Beck, Virginia City, Nev.: O. M. Barnes Grand Junction. Colo.;: F. N. Scofield, San Dijego: M. Bedell, Pittsburg; H. L. Soehlmann, F. C. Ross, New York: B. Kestner, Louis Haaks, H. H. Uckotter, Cincinnati; M. Gindele, cinnati; August Haverwass, W, H. Slever, W Rusher, H. F. Muller, J. Tledemann, Joseph Maler. The highest scores for the day on the principal targets were: Bear target—C. Meyer, San Francisco, 13. Ring . P, Schuster, San Francisco, 73; E. Berckmann, New York, 73 ann ;a.rlel-Dr. Lee O. Rodgers, San Fran- ctsco, 6. o StandaTd target—A. Strecker, San Francisco, Willlam Ehrenpfort made 75 on the man tar- get, and President Kuhls made the first bulls :){e flnnd John D. Heise the last bullseye of e day. POLICE OFFICER WOUNDS A BURGLAR : WHO ATTEMPTS TO ENTER HIS HOUSE Police Officer M. J. Grifin had an en- counter about 10:30 o'clock last n'ght with a burglar who attempted to effect an en- trance into the officer's rasidence.. 2625 Howard street. Griffin, upon returning home, heard ‘a nolse in the rear of his house. He went. downstalrs and found a man attempting to force an entrance through a rear window. Grifin asked the marauder what was wanted, and the stranger took (o his heels. He was told to halt, but at. tempted to climb over the fence. The police officer drew his pistol and caught the fugitive with a bullet in the arm. The burglar fell to the ground crying out with pain. The officer picked him up, called a patrol wagon and sent him to the City nd County Hospital. His wound was 3rm¢d'by Dr. Beerman. | | The bullet entered the night prowler's forearm and lodged in the muscles; from which it was cut out. The wound, while painful. {s not serlous. The man was later removed to the Seventeenth-street sta- tion. where he gave the name of L San- chez. He was bocked on a charge of at- temft to commit burglary. The prisoner declined to give any information regard- ing himself. WILL SELL TOWN LOTS . ON THE RESERVATIONS Government :Ilnk:xnown the fiagu— lations to Govern Auction of Oklahoma Lands. WASHINGTON, July 20—The regula- tions for ‘the disposition of the townsite lots in the Wichita, Kiowa, Apache and Comanche reservations in Oklahoma, to be opened August 6, were issued by the Interfor Department to-day. They direct Assistant Commissioner Richards of the General Land Office to take charge of and superintend the sale of town lots in the county seat townsites of Lawton, Anar- darko and’ Hobart. The blocks in these townsites will be divided Into lots of twenty-five feet for business lots and fifty feet for residences. No person shall pur- chase more than one business and sne residence lot in the same townsite. Town lots in each townsite wril be auctioned off to the highest bidder for cash. The sale will begin at 9 a. m., August §. and extend ‘until all lots are sold, but not be- yond August 31. The business lots will be sold first.