The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 21, 1901, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1901 (o) 9 AEVDLUTIONISTS IRE INVISIBLE Passengers From Isth- mus Ports Surprised at Stories. — Venezuela and Colombia Re- ports Curiously Con- | flicting. —_— ! <, Aug. 20.—The officers and f the steamship Orizaba, rrived from Colon to-day, said he reports of trouble between Vene- 4. Colombia were greatly exag- neither saw nor heard anything of | uble while in the harbor,” said s ut I know that everything was | and quiet. The Government had | w on the trains running | mus, but that is often | er, general superin- | t of the Panama Railroad, who was | nger on the Orizaba, ridiculed the | of battles and incursions at the | P id there was no revolution Neither had there been any | rce with his road. He continued: 1 have left for a trip to | idence that there is mo | trouble whatever at the isth- | ad of a battle which I know | There were many bat- | each was | ched. People who do not understand | itions down there take these stories ,those who are on the| re United States had sent | , he sald: | I suppose that the Consular of- | startling information as to | > happen, and not knowing | e and t be on the safe side, | to Washington and | matter of course. counsel for one of rrived to-day on | from Venezuela. nt rd Beam, bo g is proceeding as | th stitution ccount of according bulletins f General Castro, in an inter- t at he had a force t Venezuela ese three States Mar- Merida, the purpose ernment. Gen- War, who was the ‘early part cause he could | bia s to the reported statement made by The impression 1 re- few with President Cas- | es indicated by his re- affairs Venezuela | officlal organ, pub- | were brought y, contain a President, in which lan patriots to in triumph ier—the enemy | . On the field of | f the rebels, their aken prison- | s issued after the and is dated Au- te and at the same | . another proclama- ral Celistino Castro stobal Valencia- has re- the way of San h he has con- h & enas in order that might meet the en- | here 1 judge the their advance.” ug. 20.—The Chi- | the raiders of Saturday a : =. demanded Exchange at Barran- | s and bounds. An lent to $41| B 3R Es ister to Vene- | in Curacao ent Castro vaded Venezuela. r he declared em- al Rangel Garbiras, was the chief in- surprise no one a few insurgent direction of Gen- Luis Deroud, one for defining the | a, has arrived at | TELEPHONE COMPANY FORFEITED ITS FRANCHISE vised the Board ay that, assumirg d in resolutions rd, : “none of the ‘ rements imposed upon I Telephone Company He nas forf: sent time been com- fon_ that the eited its franchise. 4 should make demand upon t n the bond given by the Telephone Company for the it to which they obligated them- end, faiing to receive the money [ demand, suit should be insti- 4 against sureties on behalf of the A judgment of forfeiture is not neces- re the grant has made the for- | depend upon the happening of | 5 ADVERTISEMENTS. ! ENT FREE TO MEN! A Most Remarkable Remedy :l'lu: Quickly Restores Lost Vigor to Men. | A Free Trial Package SeLt by Mail 6 All Who Write. 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The Institute is de- ous of reaching that great class of men who are nnable to Jeave home go be treat- and the free samples will €nable them see how easy it is to be cured of sex- 21 weakness when the proper remedies sre employed. The Institute makes no restrictions. Any man who writes will be cent @ free sample, carefully sealed in a plain package, €0 that its recipient need have no_fear of embarrassment or pub- licity. Readers are reguested to write thout delay. “I did not go ashore my- | B | the old plates. |T | original sheets, uncut and u: | notes and who has a very | 8an to dispose of them to coin dealers. {sold many of them to reputable dealers | Ringling Bros. BLAKENEY'S AN 15 AT LIBERTY Stenographer Deposits Cash and Secures His Release. Clerk of the Life-Saving Ser- vice Claims the Notes Are Not Forgeries. EEE Edward W. Smith, stenographer for | Major Blakeney of the United States Life | Saving Service, was released on $2000 bail vesterday. The bail of William Hagan, his alleged accomplice, was fixed at $2000. Smith’s defense will be that the notes are not counterfeits, but printed from genuine piates of the State Bank of New runswick, which went out of existence about thirty years ago, and that the ank’s notes are regularly quoted in the catalogues of numismatists and curio col- lectors. Acting Chief Secret Service Agent Mof- fitt says that the city has been flooded with these notes of the denominations of $1 and $2, which Smith has sold at prices ranging frem fifteen to twenty-five cents on the par value of one dollar, to the dis- tributors who have been passing them off | at par. Hagan was unable to pgocure bail yes- terday &nd remains in jail. He signed his own name to the notes, it is charged, as president of the defunct bank, and this fact has saved him from a prosecution for forgery. NEW YORK, Aug. 20.—Government Se- Service officers to-night visited Brunswick, N. J., and obtained pos- session of the plates and nearly $200,- 000 (face value) of the notes the Old State wick. The notes were not reprinted from They were genuinely print- ed thirty years or more ago by the bank itself, but were never signed by the presi- dent and cashier. Lax metho®s in wind- ing up the affairs of the bank twenty-six years ago seem to have been responsible for the alleged big swindle in other States with the bank notes as a basis. The bank went into liquidation vears ago. Colonel John A. Newell was at that time appointed receiver and wound up the affairs of the institution. He has since died. In the course of his operations he sold the old note plate to Adam Lud- wig, a junk dealer of New Brunswick. he sale was as old metal. The junk dealer also bought the waste paper and all the junk out of the bank. In the waste paper he found about half a million dol- lars’ worth of notes. These were in the igned. These notes he sold or gave to Jacob Weigel. who is a collector of coins and old large collection, one of the most extensive in the countr: He kept them some yvears and then be- some in all parts of the country. nominal sums for his sales. Among others he sold some to Green- berg & Smith of San Francisco. This firm, Weigel says, afterward sent him large orders for the notes, and in all pur- chased some $175,000 worth, counting their face value. The plates remained in the possession of the junk dealer. To-night Secret Service agents saw Wei- gel and he gave them what he had re- maining of the notes except those he kept for his collection. He was not arrestcd. Ludwig. the junk man. turned over the plates. “These were stili in the package in which they were wrapped after being last used. The seals were unbroken. They bore the seal of the bank and also that of the receiver and there could be no question that they had never been used urfi(‘e the bank last ran off a lot of the ills He received TIVOLI OUTDOES ITSELF IN BOITO’S “MEFISTOFELE” Teader Steindorff and the Principals | Score a Success in the Big Production. The Tivoli has outdone itself this week | in the production of Boito's ‘‘Mefistofele, | given last night to another of the large houses that are the order of the season. Perhaps more than to any one else credit is due to Mr. Steindorff for the good work done. The chori s went with admirable sureness and spirit, the ensemble belng notably good in the difficult concerted work in the first act, and the orchestra might have been as lavishly familiar with the opera as with “Il Trovatore,” for ex- ample, from the ease and certainty of its efferts. Again, much credit is due th. stage manager, costumes and settings be- ing of un 1 splendor and fitness, and the principals were all very satisfactory. Altogether “Mefistofele” is the big thing of the season so far, and will be certainly so far apvreciated. It is te in the day to compare th Gounod “Faust” and the “Mefistofele that came some ten years later, by the v, but it is a most interesting compari- m 'to make. One hardly goes away whistling the Boito any more than one whistles the “Symphonie Fantastique” or | it | Wagner even, the former of which somewhat strongly resembles in places. It has an imaginative quality of highest order, not always adequately expressed, but throughout the music is of noblé reach and sometirhes of most melodious expression. Dado appeared in the title role, his first adequate opportunity of the season, and more than confirmed the favorable im pression he made with his preceding ef- forts. He sings admirably, looks only less the Mephisto than De Reszke and acts with power but without a hint of the cynic humor of the part. But he is g0 satisfactory vecally, and the humor happens luckily to be less essential to Boito’s Mephisto than to the Gounod Sa- tan, so that on the whole it is a most picasing performance. Montanari largely redeemed herself last night, singing Marguerite quite sweetly. The role is well within her range and she did really good work therein. Agostini sang Faust, and exceedingly well. He was very enthusiastically -welcomed by the audience, and indeed all the artists, including Mr. Steindorff, received a hearty reception. e ETREET PARADE WILL BE REPLETE WITH FEATURES .” Circus to Have a Big Turnout on Monday Next. The Ringling Bros.’ circus is due here Sunday morning, Avgust 25, and will camp at the show grounds, Sixteenth gnd Fol- som streets, for a week, giving two per- formances a day, beginning Monday after- noon, August 2. Circus people have a habit of hustling, which gives assurances that everything will be spic and ready for | the Monday" parade and performances, The street display of the Ringling Bros, i= surpassingly attractive. This season are presented more novel features than ever. Most of the animal dens are open and the tableau flats and cages are strik- ingly effective in color and design. A miniature menagerie is provided for the little people and educated donkeys, goats and other domestic animals, led or driven by clowns, keep up the fun for many who have passed the age for marbles and tops. Then there are the finely bred and high-stepping horses, pretty ponies, gayly gowned riders, soldier types of all nations. s mounted military band, Oriental musi- cians, an ear-racking clown band, a troop of thirty elephants—the largest collection in the world; meekly following camels. a chime of church bells, the sky-scraping calliope and many more familiar features and a lot that are strictly new, all of which serve to give varlety and distinc- tion and fascinating interest to this gor- geous pageant. ——————————— Fined for Contempt. Samuel Heyman, who failed to answer a summons to appear and qualify as a juror, was fined $10 for conteinpt of court by Judge Hunt {eflerdny. Heyman, who ie secretary of the Harry Unna Company, stated that he did not appear for the reason that he is = resident of Alameda County. Judge Hunt found him guilty of contempt, however, and informed him that the Judges of Alameda County would be informed as to his availability as a juror, that they might act accordingly. of | Bank of New Bruns-! He | 'ROMANCE BORN AT WAFFLE WAGON ENDS INSIDE THE PRISON WALLS Like Young Lochinvar Up-to-Date Lemuel Wymy‘an of Oakland Wheels Away With Bertha Sweet of Santa Cruz, and While Cruel Law Sunders Elopers Her Real Lover Again Wins Her Heart | §, AKLAND, Aug. 20.—Cupid has broken the record and a double | notch was cut in the wily love god's bow when Bertha Sweet, 17 years old, of Santa Cruz was wedded to-night at the office of the cap- tain of police at the City Hall to Louls G. Collins, a returned soldier from the Philippines, now employed at the United States Navy Yard, Mare Island. This was the unexpected sequel to the elopement Sunday of pretty Miss Sweet with Lemuel | A. Wyman, 19 years old, residing in Oak- | land, the couple having run away Sunday from 3anta Cruz on bicycles after an acquaintance of only four days. And the only explanation that little Miss Sweet can offer for her astonishing escapade is that she “must have been hypnotized.” But the forlorn Wyman, who at the last momen: was euchered out of a bride, looks at the situation from a more practical point of view. He says the angry papa was the responsible party. Policemen, bicycles, callow lovers, angry father and a pursuing sweetheart are badly tangled in the skein of matri- monial adventure that culminated in the wedding ceremony at the City Jail. The story opens at the sea beach at Santa Cruz last Tuesday afternoon with a waffle man well in the foreground. Young . Wyman was introduced on the | beach to Miss Sweet by the vender of | waffles, a mutual friend. The acquaint- anceship was very rapidly followed by numerous meetings along the _ ro- mantic shores of the bay. Papa | Sweet was at work at Watsonville, Young Mr. Collins, who had some | time previously wooed and won the girl’s hand, was also away at his post at | Mare Island. So young Wyman, all ig- | norant of the true situation, had an op- portunity to make love. His advances were_apparently encouraged. By Satur- day Miss Sweet had completely forgotten soldier sweetheart. His memory was so_absolutely obliterated that when her new admirer proposed marriage he was accepted on the spot. Then to clinch matters Wyman sug- gested an fmmediate nuptial ~ceremony. His adored one was quite willing. They ; posted off to the County Clerk’s office for | tHe necessary license. | ) “Your age?”’ queries the clerk, address- | ing Miss S 5 “I'm 18, was the reply, without a quiver. “And you?’ to the groom-prospective. “Nineteen 5 . “Too young. Have to get parents’ con- | sent,” was the clerk’s comment, as he | stopped preparation of the license. | | Away on Their Fleet Bicycles. The young folks consulted. Wyman in- | formed his companion that there was only | one recourse. They must go to Oakland, | get his mother's consent and be married | there. Miss Sweet was aereeable. Early | Sunday morning, mounted cn_ bicycles, | they fled, Wyman like young Lochinvar | up to date, wheeling through the mount- ‘afils with one arm supporting his fair POURS BOILING WATER ON WIFE Husband’s Brutal Action May Cause Woman's | Death. John F. Kennedy, foreman of a black- smithing establishment at 628 Howard street, has inflicted injuries on his wife that may cause her death. On Friday evening last he returned to his home at 515 Jones street in an intoxicated condi- tion and struck Mrs. Kennedy and kicked her and then poured a kettle of boiling | water over the unfortunate woman. A | warrant will be sworn out for his arrest |en a charge of battery, but the charge | will be made more serious if his wife suc- cumbs, to his brutal treatment. Kennedy is a powerfully built man and | when in liquor he is very ugly. He re- turned home from work last Friday night long after the dinner hour, and when his wife remonstrated with him he turned on her and beat her. He felled her to the floor with a heavy blow -and while the helpless woman was lying there he kicked { her. Her cries for help seemed to arouse | him to greater frenzy and he grabbed up a kettle of boillng water and poured it over her. The poor woman managed to get on her feet, rushed out of the house and found a welcome in her brother’s home. She was suffering from the scalding she recelved and it was necessary to call in Dr. Sprague to attend her. Her arm and breast were blistered from the hot water and her side was black and blue where her brutal husband had kicked her. The poor woman also suffered a severe shock o her nervous system. Had her brother known how badly his sister had been treated he would have gealt without mer- cy with the husband,. He only learned after the husband had come to the house for his wife that she hau received the cruel treatment. Mrs. Kennedy has been confined to her bed for the last four days and will be taken to-day to the French Hospital. Her condition is precarious and no one is per- mitted to see her. Kennedy evidently appreciated what he had done and is now hiding from the po- lice. Inquiry at his place of business yes- terday developed the fact that he had gone over to Oakland “on business.” The Kennedys have been married more than seven years and have no children. This is not the first time the husband has mis- treated his wife and it is understood that she will file suit for a divorce as soon as she can leave her bed. —_— In the Divorce Court. Decrees of divorce have been granted to Clara R. Chase from Storey N. Chase for faflure to provide and Maria Fridberg from August Fridberg for extreme cruelty. Suits for divorce havc been_filed by Charlotte McCarthy against John Mc- Carthy for desertion, Aileen Stephens against Frank J. Stephens for desertion and Elizabeth Anderson against Andrew Anderson for Infidelity. rize on her wheel. To Felton, Los Gatos, lan Jose, then around the bay they ped- aled, arriving here Sunday night. Wy- man took his companion to his home, 365 Orchard street. “This is Miss Bertha Sweet, my Ber- tha,” was_his introduction to his moth- er, “and I'm going to marry her with your consent.” “Which you will not get, young man,” ‘was mother's emphatic reply. That_night the young.eloper wrote to Papa Sweet. And Papa Sweet replied =l +* a fib about my age and I don’t see why he could not have done the same thing. ‘“Would he have been arrested? Per- jury? Oh, my! that would have been dreadful. “But I'm not going to leave here with- out him.” | “Him’” was just then moodily tramping in feont of the prison entrance, wonder- lm‘){what was going to occur. hope papa will let us be married,” | waid Miss Sweet. “How did we meet? It was on the beach E3 L YOUTH AND MAIDEN WHO, BROUGHT TOGETHER BY CUPID WAFFLEMAN, FLEE AWHEEL TO THE BOY'S HOME IN OAKLAND, WHERE FIRST LOVER STEPS IN AGAIN WITH WINNING HAND. kd THE f— with a dispatch to the Chief of Police to arrest his runaway daughter and detain her until he could get to Oakland. The discarded soldier at Vallejo was 0 notified . to hasten to Oakland. Father and the soldier arrived at the City Prison at 7:30 o'clock this evening. The vouthful Wyman was there and so was Mrs. Wy- man. But the center of attraction was the runaway girl. Would she abandon the companion of her cycling - elopement? ‘Wauld she' reniew her irotlc with the sol- dier? The former lover was willing to u}k‘e back the recreant, fickle-hearted girl. Lemuel Outside Is Forgotten. Bertha proved that she was as fickle as any of her sex. At first she said Papa could not take her back to Santa Cruz without Lemuel, but she changed her mind when her first lover appeared on the scene, Lemuel not being in sight. Bertha was a bit dissatisfied with Lem- uel from the start, however, because he had not swerved enough from the truth to,_secure the marriage license. “This would not have happened,” ob- served the runaway miss, “if he had only said he was twenty-one years old. I told DEATH ALLS FOR DILOMIT The Minister From Chile Passes Away Sud- denly at Buffalo. WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—The State De- partment is advised Ly telegraph of the death of Senor Don Carlos Mora Vicuna, Minister from Chile to the United States, which occurred at Buffalg this morning. The notification came from the Senmor Infanta, First Secretary of the Chilean Legation, who has been with the Minister at Buffalo, and gave no details beyond the simple announcement that Senor Vi- cuna had passed away. He had been iil for some time with pneumonia and after throwing off the first attack suffered a re- lapse from which he was unable to rally. Owing to his being the diplomatic rep- resentative of Chile to the United States the Government will show every consid- eration of respect and honor to the de- ceased. Besides being Minister from Chile he was commissioner to the Pan-Ameri- can Exposition and lately a delegate on the Chilean Claims Commission. Senor Vicuna came to Washington about three years ago, succeeding Minister Gana, who was transferred to London. The Vicunas have been prominent in South American affairs and the Minister soon endeared himself to the officials and diplomatists in Washington by his charm- ing personality and his ability. He was accompanied by his wife and family, who have been an interesting acquisition to the diplomatic circle. Of late the legation in Washington has been closed, the Min- ister and family and the entire official es- tablishment being removed to Buffalo, where Chile had'taken the lead in Squth American republics in the magnitude of its_exhibit. Soon after the receipt of the dispatch announcing the Minister’s death Secre- tary Hay sent a message of condolence to the bereaved relatives and friends. BUFFALO. Aug. 20.—Minister Vicuna came to Buffalo from Washington July 18 to attend the ceremonies incident upon the formal opening of the Chilean build- ing at the Pan-American Exposition. He took to bed the day after his arrivai, the result of a cold contracted on the jour- ney. This developed into pneumonia, which became further complicated. Senor Vicuna was believed; however, to be im- proving, but during last night suffered a relapse from which he did not rally. e Ambushed and Murdered.’ LEWISTON, Idaho, Aug. 20.—A speclal from Grangeville to the Tribune gives an account of the finding of the dead body of Swan Knudson on the Salmon River trail rear the State bridge In Idaho County. The man had been ambushed and mur- dered, and his pack horse was also killed. A bullet had penetrated Knudson's head and another had struck him in the breast. The crime is clouded in mystery, Schwab Will Not Resign. NEW YORK, Aug. 20.—From an author- itative source the Associated Press {s en- abled to deny the report that Charles M. Schwab is to resign the presidency of the United States Steel Corporation. —_— at Santa Cruz. He knew the wafflg man and so did I, and that's the way we be- came acquainted.” There was a private seance in the cap- tain’s office after papa and the original lover reached it. Two minutes later the 8irl and her big fighting sweetheart were wrapped in each other's arms. Wyman stood unwept and in disgrace outside the prison gates, make sure of his ground. He said a_mar- riage Must be celebrated and Miss Sweet was agreed. Baker, with his accustomed gallantry, is sued the marriage license. Smith was summoned and as quickly as the words could be said the pretty little Santa Cruzan became Mrs. Louis J. Col- lins. Their home will be at 311 Virginia street, Vallejo. _ Thomas A. Sweet, the father, is an old. time resident of Santa Cruz. He is a cal inet-maker. Young Wyman, whose vaca- tion at the sea beach was so interestingly concluded, is the son of a former member of ‘the Oakland Police Department. The young man has been employed by Fossing & Gallagher, wholesale produce mer- chants on Eleventh street. JING O1L IMPERILS MEN Atlantic Refining Com- pany Fire Continues Burning. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 20.—The fire which began yesterday at the works of the Atlantic Refining Company, at Point Breeze, is still burning fiercely to-night, anrlt Chief }?axter of the City Fire De- partment has given u he one hope of the company’s officials and the firemen was in tfielr ability to pump the oil from the tanks not yet reached by the flames into reserve tanks in an isolated section of the vard. An explosion late this afternoon carried away the pumping machinery, and noth- ing remains now, apparently, but to per- mit the conflagration to burn until all the ofl is consumed. It is believed to- night that five lives were lost in the ex- plosion last night completes the list. The TN Mec cCULLOM, 3 3 - e dadli i LLES, En; S JOHN DAUGHERTYg.inETgflngangogl RS, of the Atlantic Refining Com%r;neyxfnploye In the explosion which occurred this afternoon fifteen persons were injured se- riously enough to be taken to ospitals and about forty others were treated on the scene by the ambulance surgeons. All of those reported as missing after the explosion last night have been accounted for. The roll of injured amounts to more than 100. Many of these are trivial cases, not taken to hospitals. A few are se- rious and may prove fatal. e fire is “still raging a up ofl at the rate of $100,000 a day: aceoaf ing to the estimate of President Lloyd of the Atlantic Refining Company. The cooperage-shop has been swept away and in its destruction forty men narrowly es- ca eath. The tanks of benzine are going. Karthworks have been thrown up to keep the Schuylkill River from be- coming flooded with blazing oil. The firemen say they are working in the dark. There is danger all around them and they do not know where the danger spots are. Company 9. ke uantit; benzine and napptha. contaied in fus various tanks alreddy destroyed and those that cannot escape destruction. Insur- ance men and firemen early to-day said the loss would not be less. than $500,000, but since then great quantities of refined petroleum and benzine have been con- sumed and several tanks have been ren- dered useless by the flames. Stolen Copper Recovered. Police Detective Ryan and Railroad De. tective Lewin last night discovered about 50 pounds of copper wire on the whorf at the foot of Second street. They sur- rised the thieves, who had just landea t from a boat. The thieves got away The wire is very thick and the insulation has been burned off. The police are lcok- ing for an owner. 0 Father Sweet wanted to| Deputy County Clerk R. ’1‘,] Police Judge | | STIND 1N BHN FOR MESEAGE Great Interest Is Taken in- the Wireless Telegraph. R Communication Sent From an Incoming Ship Un- der Bad Conditions. EANP R Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Aug. 20.—Messages be- tween the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse of the North German Lloyd line, which ar- rived here this evening from Bremen, and the Herald's wireless telegraph station at Nantucket were exchanged with much success. Although it was raining at fwenty min- utes past 10 o'clock on Monday night when the vessel first got into communi- cation with the Nantucket lightship, pas- sengers stood out on deck until fifteen minutes after 1 o’clock this morning. Captain Hogemann reported that the vessel was out twenty miles from Nan- tucket lightship when the operator an- nounced that he was in communication with the lightship. The pulsations were at first very faint. The operator made out, however, the words, *Have you any news for the Herald?” The vibration of the vessel at times interfered with send- ing and receiving of messages, but the system worked well. As the steamer a proached nearer the lightship the mes- sages were remarkably distinct. At one time the vessel was within a mile of the lightship. Marconi instruments were placéed in one of the small houses aft on the boat deck. The wire was led to the top of towering masts a few yards away. It was care- fully examined as the vessel neared Nan- tucket, for Captain Hogemann had a vivid recollection of a test which was un- successful because it was discovered too late that wireless messages were being flashed through a steam winch instead of into the air. The instruments worked perfectly and there was no short circuiting. Passengers | took turns at looking into the windows of | the deckhouse, where sparks were leap- ing across between the brazen knobs. The display of electricity was interesting aside from what it signified. The opera- 't.ornworked with great quickness and dex- erity. had reported herself was to Lenox, Mass. Another was sent to Philadelphia. These messages were sent over land wires to the office of the Herald and soon found their way to those for whom they were intended. Passengers expressed astonisk- ment at the manner in which the signal- | ing was conducted. The Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse was fh communication with the lightship for more than forty miles. BASEBALL GAMES ON i EASTERN DIAMONDS Eleven-Inning Match Won by the New York Team From Boston. : AMERICAN LEAGUE. WASHINGTON, Aug. 20,—Chicago bunched her long hits in three innings and walked away with to-day's game. Washington's hits were ‘more numerous. but the home team was never | The visitors' nine hits were good | in the race. Attendance, 2100. Score: for twenty-three bases. R. H. E.| ‘Washington . 3 13.2| Chicago .... L g 1 Batterles—Patten and Clark, Griffith and Sul- Ivan. BOSTON, Aug. 20.—Boston whitewashed Mii- waukee in the quickest played game on the local grounds this season. Attendance, 3500. Score: R. H. E. Boston . Milwaukee . Batteries—Young and Criger; Hawley, Sparks and Donabue. BALTIMORE, Aug. 20.—Detroit defeated Bal- timore to-day. Siever proved an enigma to the | local batters and Connolly’s umpiring was again so erratic that he and his cordon of po- ilce 7ad 1o tuke refuge in the grand stand. At- 250.. Score: tendance. Baltimore Detroit Batterles—Howell, McGinnity and Robinson; Siever and McAllister. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 20.—Cleveland de- feated Philadelphia to-day by bunching hits. The hits of the local men were widely scat- tered. Attendance, 720. Score: i Philadelphia .. 1 3 Cleveland BT N R. H. E. | Batterles—Bernhard and Powers, McNeil and NATIONAL LEAGUE. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 20.—Pittsburg indulged in a batting matinee here to-day, and aided by St. Louls’ errors piled up fourteén runs. For four innings Murphy shut out the visitors, but in the fifth he was found for six hits and five runs, and five hits and five runs in the sixth. Attendance 3500. Score: b TP R Pittsburg . Hoo2a 3 St. Lout: 2 5 i Batterles—Chesbro and__ Zimmer: Murphy, Wicker and Schrive Brown. BOSTON, Aug. 20.—Willis weakened in the eleventh, and three hits, together with a wild throw and a fumble, brought In the only runs Umpires—O'Day and of the game. was very effective. At- tendance 750. H B Boston . 5 3 New York . 3 1 Batteries—Willis and Kittridge; Taylor and ‘Warner. Umpire—Dwyer. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 20.—Brooklyn won two games to-day from Philadelphia by timely hitting. In the first game Donovan had the locals completelwat his mercy. The locals had a chance to win in the ninth nning of the sec- ©ond game. With three men on bases and twc out Delehanty forced Flick at second. Emslie ‘was taken {ll and retired after the first game, players umplring the second game. Attendance 8400, Score: First game— R H g ® Brooklyn ..... 4 s 1 Philadelphia . 3 4 0 Batteries—Donovan, McGuire and Farrell; Townsend and McFarland. Umpire—Emslie. Second game— SR SRy Brooklyn 3 n [} Philadelphi . 2 n 0 Batterles—Hughes and Farrell: Donahue and Douglass. Umpires—McGuire, Orth and Jack- litseh. CINCINNATI, Aug. 20.—Cincinnati-Chicago game was postponed on account of rain. —_— YILL BUY NO RIFLES AND PEACE IS ASSURED BUENOS AYRES, Aug. 20.—In the Ar- gentine Senate to-day Dr. Amanclo Al- corta, Minister of Forelgn Affairs, after the adoption of a resolution of confidence of the Government toward the forthcom- ing Pan-American Congress in the City of Mexico, announced - that the Argentine- Chilean Governments had formulated a moral compromise not to increase their armaments by a single rifle. He said it was this resolution which had led to the resignation of the Chilean Cabinet, and he maintained that peace between Argen- tine and Chile was assured. In reply to an interpellation he reiterated that the relations of Argentine with all foreign powers were excellent. Western Golf Championship. CHICAGO, Aug. 20.—Lawrence Auchter- lone of Glenview won the open champlon- ship to-day from a fleld of thirty-eight representative amateurs and professionals in the second annual tournament under the auspices of the Western Golf Asso- ciation to determine the title of the West- ern championship. Auchterlone’s score for the thirty-six holes was 18, which is a remarkable figure for such a course. —— Takes Charge at Mare Island. VALLEJO, Aug. 20.—Captain Charles H. Rockwell, U. 8. N., recently appointed captain of the Mare Island navy yard, ar- rived to-day. accompanied by his wife and daughter. He hre hut one year to serve before retireme i The first message sent after the vesfleli ETTER STIRS KNOX'S WRATH Attorney General Dis- pleased by a Com- munication. e i He Declares He Knows Noth= ing About the Big Steel Trust. PR WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—Attorney General Hnox to-day sent the following letter to the joint committee of the Ameri- can Anti-Trust League and District As- sembly 66, Knights of Labor, in reply to one from the committee requesting infor- mation from Knox regarding the United States Steel Corporation: WASHINGTON, D. C., August 2. H. B. Martin, chairman joint committee, American Anti-Trust League—sSir: I have the honor_ to acknowledge the receipt of your let- ter of August 13, 191, in which you request to obtain Information with reference to cer- tain alleged ‘‘agreement or agreements between the constituent companies and individuals who organized the United States Steel Corporation.” You ask me to afford you all the information that I may possess or can obtain,” and you specifically refer to an alleged ‘“‘trust or syn- dicate agreement” which you state the presi- dent of the United States Steel Corporation, C. M. Schwab, ‘“refused to furnish the United States Industrial Commission when on the wit- ness stand before that body, and you further state that your request for information_ is to be understood as covering any ‘‘other contracts or a similar kind with which you are ac- quainted or which you can obtain for us.” You also state that your request for infor- mation is ‘‘founded upon information and be- lief that at the time this contract, tracts was or were made,” I was some way officially connected with the Car- negie Company,” and you, therefore, assume that the information which you request must be in “‘my possession or conveniently at hand.” I am, therefore, requested to give you sub- stantfal facts, or, if possible, a copy thereof. Primarily, permit me to say that your re- quest is founded upon an erroneous assumption. I do not know who the individuals are who organized the United States Steel Corporation. It they are the Pérsons referred to usually in the newspapers as the promoters of that or- ganization, with the single exception of C. M. Schwab, I do not know, never saw, and never was in any way connected with any of them. I never heard of any agreement between them, and the constituent members of the steel cor- poration. Neither at the time of_the formation of the United States Steel Corporation, nor at any time, was I officially connected with the Car- negie Steel Company. I was formerly one of its legal advisers in the conduct of its manu- facturing business, but was never consulted with reference to the formation of the United States Steel Company, nor in relation of the sale to that company of the shares of stock | held by the stockholders of the Carnegie Com- pany. I have never seen the papers of agree- ment to which you refer, nor have I been informed of their contents. I have no knowl- | edge whatever of their existence, their terms or scope. 1 am thus specific, as I desire to | cover both the epirit and the letter of your inquiry. 1 may say, however, that I have no access to the agreements or papers to which you refer. I know nothing of the one to which you es- pecially refer, and do not even know that such an agreement is in existence. The information Yyou request is not in my possession or ‘“‘con- veniently at hand,” as you assume, and it is therefore impossible for me to comply with any one of the requests set forth in your let- ter. All this information you could at any time have acquired through the usual metid of direct personal inquiry, thereby avoiding the doubtful propriety of addressing me through the medium of an open letter which you concurrently deiivered to this office. Whether, if such papers were accessible to me, it would be my duty to obtain them and fur- nish them for use In legal proceedings to | which you are a party, and the nature of which you do not explain, is & question which I do not care at this time to discuss. It I may regard the letter as addressed to me officially, I will say: If this department is under obligations to furnish information to prospective litigants In undisclosed proceed- Ings, its responsibilities and labors are neces- sarily greater than they have ever been im- | agined from the time of its formation. In- deed, as there are generally two partles to every controversy, it would be difficult to dis- { charge such alleged duty to both parties in | view of conflicting Interests. This department | was not called into being to furnish informa- | tion to private litigants. Its duty and its ob- | ject is to enforce the Federal statutes as in- terpreted by the courts wherever there is probable cause for believing that they have | been violated. Very respecttully, € Attorney General. | P.€ 03 Supported Grant and Got Shot. Because John Canning ¥hot Herman Abel in the neck with a revolver as an expression of disagreement of Abel's statement that General Grant could free the Cubans in a month If he commanded the forces they l‘}Jut in the fleld against the Spanish, Judge Kerrigan has given judgment against Canning and in favor of | Abel for $3000. The discussion that re- | sulted in ‘the shooting occurred in April of 1897. Abel expressed his confidence in General Grant’s atility and Canning, dis- agreeing, shot him. Canning was flned 50 for simple assault and then Abel filed suit for damages with the result stated. In the Schlitz brew- ery cleanliness is car- ried to extremes. We do more than is neces- sary to be certain of doing enough. The caldrons in which the beer is brewed are kept scru- pulously clean and covered. The air in which the beer is cooled is filtered. The barrels in which it is stored are cleaned with steam and soda, then glazed with rosin on the inside, then cleaned again. The bottles are cleaned with utmost precaution. Stillwe filterthe beer, then sterilize every bottle, for the slightest uncleanliness taints the whole product. It is in these ways that Schlitz beer hasgained its reputation for pur- ity, and made Milwau- kee famous. Phone Main 447, Sherwood & Sher- ‘wood, 212 Market St., San Francisco