The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 28, 1901, Page 5

’ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1901. "SENSATIONAL FINISH ON EMERYVIL PASSING THE WIRE NOSE AND NOSE NATIONALS WIN LISTLESS GAME FROM AMERICANS Fraser Is Found Hard and Often. and the Support He Rzceives Is Uncertain SERECCRTY Mertes’ Long Home Run Hit and Van Haltren’s Good Work Are the Features “Ti»” O'Neill's National Leaguers made - 1e great All-American troupe of baseball ars look like a bunch of schoolboys who missed their Christmas dinner yes- terday at the Recreation grounds. The game was & listless, half-hearted affair in which none of the performers seemed to e an active part. When the agony did end the regular ns” heaved a sigh of elief and aimlessly wandered homeward without having received the worth of their two-bit plece which they handed in at the box office. The great Lajole was suffering from an overdose of Christmas delicacies and Winnie Mercer essayed to do a few stunts around the middle sack. The Nationals scored six runs in_the initial inning on five hits, a couple of er- rors and a batsman hit. In the next spasm the bell rang on the arrival of Mertes and Beckley, who had made the rounds on a few errors and a wild pitch, neither making a hit. In the fourth “San- Cow” Mertes did the most lively act of the game by tting the sphere into the back yards of Ninth street for a round trip. The hit was one of the longest ever seen on the grounds, easily clearing the left field fence. In the same inning Beck- ley hit and arrived at the pan on an er- ror and McHale's hit. The Nationals put the finishing touches on their heavy stick-work in the eighth when Carr and Steinfeldt got to Fraser for a pair of dou- bies and both scored. The All-Americans made their first run in the second when Dradley drew a pass and finished his trip on Irwin's two-cush- ion swipes. Barrett, Bernard, Mercer and Davis made the last runs of the Ameri- w cans in the fifth, aided by a few w bunched hits and a couple of misplays. yfter that they could not” damage Schmidt's twi ers to any great extent. “Saint Jacob” Beckley again made his bow to the bl rs and tried to s ne in the role of “vice umpire.” However, lie Was not as successful as before and did not seem xious to take any chances with “Jim"” McDonald. Van Haltren made & great catch of Sulilvan's drive to- the !’:ghl centerfield fence in the fourth. It looked good for two stations, but “Van” was there in his old-time form. He was also h ¥ with the willow, driving out four safe ones out-of five times at ba! McHale also had his batting .suit on, do ing as well as Van Haltren, The score: NATIONALS. AB. R. BH. §B. PO. A. E. Haltren, c - ® 4 1 3 0o o en, 3 . o 0 0 3 0 11 8 0 2 0 1 o 1 0 1 1 1 1 8 1 2 e 3 1 $.2 5 0 0 1 0 0 T6 2 3 SB. PO. A. E 9.5 %D o 4 0 1 o 3 3 1 o 0 0 o 0o 4 0 0 0 1 o o 0 1 1 1 2.5 B0 o 0 ¢ 0 02 11 3 e 00 | 010 9 o0 2 3 104 *—15 for—Fraser 6, Schmiat 3. | r Two-base hits—Chance, Irwin, Bradley, Carr. Sacrifice hit Fjrst base on errors—All Americas o called balls— Left on bases— 9. Struck out— by pitcher—Carr, 2 3. Time of Official Hickey to-day issued & call for the next meeting of the American Baseball Asso- clation. It is to be held at Kansas City next Monday, instead of at Chicago, as first given out. The change is expected to aid George Tebeau in his struggle against the Western League at Kansas City. DELANEY LOOKING FOR MATCH FOR JEFFRIES Will Accept First Comer and Fight ‘Will Take Place in San Francisco. ¥ CHICAGO, Dec. 21.—Billy Delaney, man- ager of James J. Jeffries, arrived in the city to-day. He is bound for New York with the object of inducing some of the leading heavyweights to try their luck with Jeffries. Delaney sald: “Every possible inducement will be of- fered Fitzsimmone to draw him into an- other match with Jeffries. Bob is the man the public is most anxious to have tackle the champion. I don't know whether he has retired for good or not. One hears so many contradictory stories that it is impossible to tell which is false and which is true. If he does not want to fight again he has a ?erfecx right to stay out of the game. All he has to do is to tell me 0 and we shall not trouble him further. “I have made arrangements to hold a sort of reception in New York next Mon- day afternoon. All of the leading heavy- weights or their representatives will be requested to attend and bids for a fight with Jeffries. I don’t mean to play any favorites and the man that ngeu his forfeit money for & match down first will be Jeffries’ next opponent. “Madden will have to look elsewhere for & match on behalf of Denver Ed Martin. While Jeffries does not draw the color line strictly, vet he refuses to box 2 negro for the championship. “Whoever Jeffries may be matched with the contest will undoubtedly take place at San Francisco. It is the only locality where 2 big fight can be brought off in ebsolute safety. VELT MAY PRESIDE AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES Says He Will Lay the Whole Matter Before the Cabinet for Con- sideration. PARIS, Dec. 2I.—Baron Coubertin, pres- jdent of the Olympic games, has just re- ceived a personal letter from President Roosevelt in reply to the invitation sent to the latter asking him to become presi- dent of the Olympic games to be held in Chicago during the year 1904 President Roosevelt says he will lay the whole mat- ter before the Cabinet and that, so far 25 he himself is concerned, he takes the keenest interest in the undertaking and will do his utmost to make the meeting at Chicago as successful as the last one, held at Athens. Jetter is couched in the warmest term: He referred to Baron Coubertin’s works on sports, with which the President showed acquaintance. Baron Coubertin, who was mugh touch- ed by Roosevelt’s kindly reference to him- self, said the President’s acceptance would, in view of his enthusiastic support of all manly sports, cause the greatest pleasure to all concerned in the games. P - R IN NEXT SUNDAY’S CALL ¥ the very latest color process. Eight pages in beautiful col- ors that are pleasing to the eye. £ osevelt 1 JOCKEY BENNETT VICTOR DESPITE A BROKEN WRIST Reliance Club Tournament Yields Very Good Entertain- ment to Large Attendance Griffin-Johnson Fight Results in 2 Draw and Long Gets the Decision Over Curren sy Ut There were three good boxing contests at the Reliance Club, Oakland, last even- ing, but little of the lively fighting which has characterized recent tournaments neld in the gymnasium of that organiza- tion. The main event, a fifteen-round con- test between Hank Griffin of Los Angeles and Jack Johnson of Denver resulted in a draw. The big colored fighters were both in splendid condition. Johnson proved him- elt a clever infighter. Both men did some flard nitting, but there was lttle of par- ticular interest in the bout. As far as giving and taking punishment were con- cerned honors were about evenly divided, but Griffin did most of the leading and seemed to be the cleverer of the two. The judges’ decision seemed to give general satisfaction Jockey Bennett was awarded the deci- sion in the fir; minary, a six-round go with Jack M Beénnett slipped in the fourth round,fell and fractyred nis right wrist. In spite of his injury, how- ever, he stayed in the battle, and in the last two rounds, one i se punishment which had him on the verge of_slumberland several time: Py Dr..Crowley examined the jockey’s wrist after the fight and pronounced the injury a serfous fracture. Although the specta- tors did not know the extent of the dam- age its seriousness was manifest when tie boxer's right hand was seen to be flap- ping around like a broken wing. Louie Long was given the decision over George Curren in a ten-round mill. The decision was approved by all but Curren, who wanted to whip the referee, and managed to escape from his seconds long enough to make the announcement that he could knock the block off Louie Long any day in the week and that all judges were liars. In the absence of “Bill Jordan, who v as reported indisposed, Sec- ary Walter B, Fawcett made a star hit Ed J. Smith refereed the fight. announcer. Griffin-Johnson was large. THE ROYAL FAMILY OF + EUROPE IN DANGER The attendance Too Much Intermarrying Produces Results That Threaten the Ex- istence of Some Houses. Justin McCarthy in the Independent says: We hear the most alarming antici- pations about the health of the King. The report is going about everywhere, and it finds some sanction in the fact that the King has lost within a comparatively short space of time a brother and a sis- ter from the fell disease which, according to popular rumor, he believes to be threat- ening his own life. Three of the late Queen Victoria's children died during Vic- toria’s lifetime, and one other, the late Queen's eldest daughter, widow of the late German Emperor Frederick, died only & few months after the death of her mother. A An interesting article which I have just been reading in the Dublin Freeman's Journal, the leading newspaper of Ireland, insists that one main cause of the ill- nesses which at present affect so many royal houses of Europe is to be found in the fact that “the sovereigns of Europe have disregarded that great law of nature which discountenances the marriages of near blood relatios The article goes on to tell us that while “there are in Europe over a score of Emperors, Kings, and minor reigning sovereigns ¢ * * all but two are the descendants of James I of England, the only child of the marriage of Darnley and Mary, Queen of Scots.” The K. . ‘who, as everybody nt of Marshal Ber- of the soldiers whom the the ranks knows, i nadotte, one great Napoleon raised ffom and set upon a throne, and the Prince of Montenegro, who became a sovereign ruler within the recollection of us all, are almost the only exceptions. The result of this condition of things naturally is that European Princes and Princesses are com- pelled to marry “in and in,”” if I may use that colloquial expression when dealing with such a subject—in other words, have to find their marriage consorts in families more or less nearly related to their own. At present there is hardly a European imperial or royal family which is not op- pressed by serious and boding illness of some kind, and it is only reasonable to say that some explanation of this fact may be found in this system of intermarriage. It is certainly a curlous historical fact that the dynasty of the Stuarts, in many ways the worst dynasty that ever ruled over England, should have left so many de- scendants among the reigning house ot Europe. ——e— DEATH STATISTICS OF 2 THE GREAT CIVIL WAR Grand Total Reaches 304,000, or About One in Every Nine Men Enlisted. The campalgns and battles of the Civil War were on a scale of surpassing mag- nitude. Theré were more than a score of single battles, sometimes extending over several days, in each of which the losses in killed and wounded on the Federal side were greater than the aggregate of all our losses in all our other wars combined. How paltry seem the killed and wounded in the war of 1812, or the war in Mexico, or the war with Spain, compared with the 14,000 at Shiloh, 15,000 at the Chickahominy, 13,000 at Antietam, the same at Fredericksburg, 16,000 at Chan- cellorsville, 23,000 at Gettysburg, 16,000 at Chickamauga, 87,000 in the Wllderness and 26,000 at Spottsylvania! The grand aggre- gate of destruction fairly staggers the imagination, accustomed as we have been for more than a generation to the figures —88,000 killed by bullets, 186,000 killed by disease, 25000 dead from other causes— a grand total of 304,000, about one in nine of every man who wore the uniform. In no other war in all time has such re- spect been paid to the dead. Immediately after its close the Secretary of War was directed by Congress “to secure suitable burial places and to have these grounds enclosed, so that resting places of the honored dead may be Kept sacred for- ever.” In seventy-nine separate and dis- tinct national cemeteries the bodles of nearly 300,000 soldiers who died during the Civil War are interred, and the decora- tion of their graves with flowers on a fixed day has become a national custom. Some of the cemeteries contain each a silent army of over 10,000 soldiers, in serried ranks marked by the white headstones,™ on nearly half of which is inscribed “‘un- known.” The world may be searched in vain for anything similar or kindred; there is no other such Impressive sight. e e e LITTLE GIRL’S EFFORT TO REFORM FPOLICEMEN Offers Prize of One Dollar to One With Minimum Scores for Profanity. The Chicago papers tell of a little eight- year-old girl who isgtrying to reform the Oak Park policemerl. She has sent $1 in small change to the station with the statement that it is to be awarded as a prize to the policeman who uses the few- est profane words between date of receipt and Christmas. Each officer is to report his profanity score every evening at roll call on his honor as an officer and a gen- tleman. In her note the little miss said she hoped to make the Oak Park policemen better than their Chicago brethren. The Zuardians of the peace have accepted the Challenge in good faith. A book has been purchased and the record will be kept therein in black and white, Verily “a little child shall lead them.” That little girl’s dollar will do more good than a thousand lectures in the Oak Park pre- cinct. BEDECK AND QUADRA RUN A DEAD HEAT Duckoy, Well Piloted by Lee Jackson, Defeats‘ Princess Titania---Cuban Girl Given Fonse---Bassenzo First at 10 to 1---Urchin -Talgesi IMINUTIVE Willie Knapp on the two-year-old filly Quadra, carry- ing 89 pounds, made a dead heat of it' with Winnie O'Connor, astride the favorite Bedeck, in the mile selling run yesterday at Oakland. The older horse had been showing signs of lameness in his work, for which reason some of the books went to 11 to 10 to get the coin in. Besides Quadra three other two-vear-olds started in the race, and Bedeck was badly outfooted the first quarter. Going around the bunch, 0’Con- nor had worked his way up on nearly equal terms with Quadra and everybody had the result figured out. But the pre- cocious youngster on the leader did not intend to give up without a battle, and drawing his whip went to work on Qua- dra. Seventy yards from the finish Be- deck was nearly a neck to the good, then Knapp gave Quadra another cut or two until as the pair passed the wire the judges were unable to separate them. The purse was divided. Johnny Daly, on Sir Lewis, was a close third. None of the fields possessed much class, but they served to attract quite as large a crowd as usual. Cuban Girl and Mis- sion were the only favorites to land. Probably Green Morris’ Duckoy was re-. spensible for furnishing the biggest sur- pRise of the afternoon. Down near the bottom of the card, a six-furlong spin looked a good thing for Princess Titania with % pounds and Redfern in the saddle, uled an 8 to 5 favorite. It for the first choice after she d Hilee in the stretch, when Lee Jackson slid along on the rail with the 9 pounder Duckoy, beating the Prin- cess out a neck in 1:1216. At ope time the winner was 10 to 1in the ring. Master Redfern, on the 9 to 1 chance, Urchin, had his number displayed first after the finish of the opening scramble at five and a half furlongs. - Always in a good position the gelding downed Mari- neuse, another outsider, a length. Gold- finder led the favorite Rasp out for show honers, the latter being a slow beginner. Bassenzo, a 10 to 1 shot from the staole of Walter Jennings, ran away with the maiden two-year-old event. The Basset- law gelding made all the running and won hands down. Montana Peeress on her last race was installed favorite and under Tommy Burns' hard riding beat Rosarie half a length for the place. The lead of the “Oregon short-liner,” Patsy Dolan, out in front in the five and a half furlong dash, third to be decided, was short lived. The aged bush mare led to the stretch after starting favorite and then became lost in the shuffle. Tommy Burns hustled Cuban’Girl, a 6 to 1 chance, along and in a busy finish got the decision from El Fonse by a neck. Chappie, at 15 to 1, ran third. Not much class could be attached to any one of the seven starters in the clos- ing mile and fifty yard run. Mission went to the post favorite and owing to Bull- man’s riding led out Einstein a length. Kastaine ran third. Track Notes. ‘The Peralta handicap will be the feature of to-day's excellent programme at the track across the bay. In it the crack Watercure and Rio Shannon, winner of the Christmas handicap, meet again. Billy Porter, who owned and raced the famous old sprinter Jim Gray, arrived on last night's overland from the East. “Gene” Whalen, who trains Midnight Chimes, purchased Bedeck from Green Morris yesterday. Ned Lanigan has issued a handsome printed pamphlet extolling the good qual- ities of his e looking horse Rubicon. Winnie O'Connor will take a week's vacation up at the Haggin ranch after to- day. Urchin, winner of the first race, was bid up from $200 to $300 and was obtained by D. F. Cox. “Paddy” Lynch also threw in a blanket with the bargain. Dr. Hollenbeck, the well-known veter- fnary surgeon, is out agaln after an at- tack of pneumonia. Entries for this afternoon’s events are as follows: First race—Six furlongs, selling, three-year- olds and upward. 3042 Afghan . 3026 Maresa . 3036 Gibraltar . 3031 Edinborough..137 3034 8 of Tarsus 13| @0iDRose of Hilo 134 34| 2600 Quibo ..... 9| 3034 Alzura 8026 Herculean ...134 2062 Alado ....... Second race—One mile and a half, hurdle handicap, three-year-olds and upward. 8037 P. Archibald. 3 Distance 128 1 3006 Favorito 142 Romany 125 (303T)Sam Green S t. Anthony..125 Third race—One mile and a quarter, selling, three-year-olds and upward. 2042 Billy Lyons... 92! 3 3044 El Mido. 101| 8044 3018 Sunello . 2007 Expedlent . 104 95 101 Stiff Argument by El rse T Horse, Age. Welght.|St. 35, .- 2033 (Urchin, 4 1216 5 41 8 | 3008 (Marineuse, wl's 81 2% 2 8031 |Gold Finder, 4...112 1 2% 1 1 3 .. 10710 8 353 9 v 112(9 101 7% 8 3 072 43 60 T 3004 |Young Morello, 41158 61 5% © 2662 |Heraldo, 4 ....:.112j11 11 81 2918 [Benator Matts, 5.112/ 6 71 10 10 2906 Bpry Lark, o' M2l 4 1% @1 4 2985 [Mrs. Brunell, 3..107) 7 91 11~ 11 3034 [Dr, Bo; 112| Str. Fin, 1} 3 83‘ 8-2 41 8 ’1;‘ 12 85 20 1n 12 Time—1i, :24%; %, :40%; 5lf, 1:08%. G. Lynch's b. g. by Kingston-Mary urging from the start. not been pocketed for & long plec Good start. Won first M. Urchin played in luck. - Rasp a slow beginner. 3 3048, SECOND RACE—Six furlongs; selling; maiden two-year-olds} value B. F. Mason Horse and Welght.|St. *Bassenzo 1512 1h 18 1 Mont. Peer 15/8 3h 8h 2 Rosarle .. 115/ 9. 9h.73% 6 Annie Ma: 15/ 8 64 63 4 Knockings 115/ 6 52 23 3 Mintaka, 18/ 7 8% 9n T Budd Wade L1504 435 515 6 Sir Claus . 5 73 8h 8 Claudator . 2712 " 12¢ 10 Angeleno . 114 114 1L Wandering Boy. 23 41 8 108 102 %. %. Str. m' m.;a:%« HERRERTER TS 3% (SIS Foevine bum nn ‘ors; 3 n |P. Howley 8 44 [P Sherida 150 52 |C. Earl 7 62 |H F. 7-2 18 B. Schreiber ..0" 8 86 |A B. Spreckels..Troxler) 80 91 |Eimwood Farm. 20 10 2 . [Baldwin & Co..Ransom 15 11 4+ |La Stesta i 10 1z P. B. Smith 30 Time—Y%, :24%; % : 1:15. Good ‘Winner, W. B. .'B. Jennings improvement over his previous raee. closed well. 3019, Knockings quit. THIRD RACE—Five and a half 7 i, rt. &'Co.’s br. g. by Bassetlaw-Firenzetta. Winner showed marked Peeress did her best. Mintaka had a rough trip. Won easily. Second and third driving, ‘Annie Max will do. She *Formerly. Bassezo. furlongs; selling; S-year-olds and up; to first, $325. Index Horse, Age. Weight.|St. 1. %. Str. Fin. Owner and Jockey. P Cuban Girl, 8. 283 2% 11 1n P, Corrigan....T. 4 El Fonse, 3. 613% 64 41 2% |Burns & Waterhs. . 10 Chapple, a . 43% 81 83 813 [J. Morehouse. 20 15 Novia, 6 . 31 .62 51 42 6 8 Parsifal, 3 52 4h 61 651 5 5 Lost Girl, a. 81 81% 72 614 8 10 Patsy Dolan, 12 13 TN, TX 3 4 Captivate, 3 910 7% 81 82 15 12 Malaise, 6 . 71 95 98 910 10 12 Meadow Lark, 0 10 10 10 20 Namara 112. 3050. FOURTH RACE—One mile; selling; all age Bad start. Won first three driving. Winner, P, Cor- It was fortunate for Cuban Girl the Wire was not Chappie ran a nice race. Trifle too much welght on Novia. value to first, $325. FIFTH RACE—Six 3051. stretch. *Dead heat. Scratched—Dandy 92, Triaditza 115, Nellie Forest 110. furlongs: selling; three-vear-olds and uj ; Betting. Index Horse, Age. Welght.)St. %. %. Str. Fin ’ Owner and Jockey. | Op. 3050 |Quadra, 8. &4 11%12 21 Snider & Co..W. Knapp| B 9-2 Go1D | Bedcer, 3. aasielf 6506~ 5 %1 .O'Connor| 1 -5 3007 |Sir Lewis, 2. 925 42 21 8h - Daly| 92 1 3040 [Larry Wilt, 2....92(2 2h 4h B2 Jackson| 6 10 3040 |Dawson, 2 | 1. 5452 4h B, ‘Redfern| 8 10 5040 [Free Lance, a....118/3 38h 3h 6 W. H. Ketchemn..Troxir| 80 20 Time—1, :25%; %3, %, 1:15%; mile, 1:41. Good start. Won first three driving. Win- ner, G. W. Enider’s ch. f. by Prestonpans-Miss Belinda. Bedeck has been going lame and Was not seen at his best. Sir Lewls cut off once in stretch. Larry WIIt cut off on back- value to first, $325. i e Wetbtipt i % e , Owner and Jockey. 'Duckoy, 4.. E 0 1 4 34 1n 8 in. fitan 3 fn 38 3% 33 5 Hilee, 5. b -3 12 1n 386 2 The Milier, 2 23 8h 44 48 : i3 Kitty Kelly Z 413 63 B34 53 |W. L -Stanfleld...O'Neil =] Pitzkanet, ¢.88% 5387 &1 |[W. M. Rogers. Hoar| -2 Ben Ledi, C Bl o 4y 3 7 i 3 G. W. Scott...Winslette 30 %, 1:1215. Good start. . B Princess did her best. bunch, losing much ground. Scandal 105, Gusto 104. %, by Brutus-Decoy Duck. Jackson on winner hugged the Won first three driving. Winner, G. B. rail.and got throug! Hilee tired. Kitty Kelly weakly ridden. Fitzkanet on outside of the Scratched—Redwald 104, Impromptu 99, Sly 113, School for ling. Einstein ran kindly for a change. 2052. SIXTH RACE—Mile and 50 yards; selling; four-year-olds and up; value to first, $325. | Betting. Index(Horse, Age, Welght/St. %. %. Str. Fin. | Owner and Jockey. | Op: & 5030 [Mission, 4. 114/2 51 7 21 11 |James Wilson...Bullman| 2 2 3033 [Einstein, 6 14/1 61 6h 81 2h [L Le ¢ & 2834 |Kastaine, 5. U458 7 61 1% 88 3 g9 |Burdock, 4 114/8 8h 4% 41 48 ¥ e John Welch, 4...114/ 6 21 213 51 63 3 165 1010 [Dk. of York IL, a.114| 7 43 31 62 610 10 1 2854 [Howard, a.. m4fs 1% 12 77 71 R. E. Dolan.....Spencer} 10 1 Time—t, :26%; %, U4 %, 1:16%; mile, 1:42%: Im 60yds, 1:45%. Good start. Won first three driving. Winner, James Wilson's ch. g. by Albert-Annie Layne. Had O’'Connor not taken Kastaine out of it the first part he could have won. Mission received strong hand- Fourth race—One mile and a sixteenth, the Peralta handicap, three-year-olds and upward. 3027 Varro ....... 90, 3038 Watercure ..122 2965 The Fretter.. 90/(3038)Rlo Shannon.. 99 3038 Rosormonde . 98|(3028)Jim Hale 3038 Icicle . £ mlxaoxs)Pusmnn (2953)Andrisa’ ... 108 Fifth race—One mile, free handlcap, two- year-olds. (3043)The Giver. 3045 Botany 3045 Homest 3040 Bragg . Sixth race—Futurity course, year-olds and upward. 3038 Autolight nol 2962 Nellie Holton.112 07| 8045 Doublet 112 2386 Berendos purse, three- 2802 8. for Scandal.107( 1583 February ....I (2004)Ordnung .....112| 3045 Byron Rose..l To-Day’s Selections. First race—Herculean, Maresa, Gibraltar. Second race—Favorito, Distance, Phil Archi- bald. - 3 Third race—Artfla, Sunello, Bl Mido. Fourth race—Andrisa, Watercure, Rio Shan- non. s Fifth race—Homestead, Botany, The Giver. Sixth race—Ordnung, February, Autolight. ——te—— 12 07 "Mannie’s Turf Advisory Ce. guarantees you the winners to-day-at-the races or money refunded. 80 Post:st; . FAVOR UNIFORM BANKRUPTCY LAW Commercial Men Reply to Inquiries on the Subject. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Dec. 21.—The executive committee of the National As- sociation of Bankruptcy Trustees has pre- sented to Congress its report on the in- | vestigation made to secure the sentiment of all sections of the country on the na- tional bankruptey law. The committee sent out 13,968 inquiries. The committee summarizes its report as follows: The actual result of our Investigation ap- pears to clearly demonstrate the following sa- lient facts: That there is an almost unanimous sentiment throughout the country and among the leading commercial interests thereof, favoring & uni- form and national bankrupt law. That sentiment appears to exist to a like extent, preferring a national system of bank- ruptey to State insolvency systems. That there also appzars to be a consensus of opinfon among those best qualified to pass upon the questions that the present law needs amendment in several important directions, That the amendments contained in the Ray bill appear to have recelved the favorable ap- proval of the most important commercial ele- ments of the country. That concerning the questions Involved in section 57 G of the present act, arising by reason of the construction given to such section by the courts, attention should be given to the matter by Congress in the direction of en- deavoring to adjust If possible the various Interests involved and affected. New Orleans Race Results. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 27.—Crescent City results: First race, seven furlongs—Brewer Schorr won, Zocapa second, Esther Riggs third. Time, 1:29, «cond race, one and a sixteenth miles, sell- ing—Annie Thompson won, Jim Breeze second, Van Horebek third. Time, 1:48. Third _race, steeplechese, handicap, _short course—Dagmar won, Bristol second, Diver- tiserient third. Time, 3:08. Fourth race, six furlongs—Little Jack Hor- ner won, Royal Sterling second, Grantor third. Time, 1:13%. Firth race, mile and a sixteenth, selling—Mr. Phinizy won, W. B. Gates second, Swordsman third. ~ Time, 1:47%. Sixth race, one_mile—Ernest Parham won, Leenja second, Ben Hullum third. Time, 1:41%. Fight a Draw in Sacramento. SACRAMENTO, Dec. 21.—Perry Queenan and Mike Donovan fought to-night twenty rounds to a draw. Donovan was obliged to forfgit $100 to Queenan for weighing in seventeen pounds heavier. ERASTT Santry Wins on a Foul. OMAHA. Dec. 27.—Eddie Santry of New York was to-night given the decislon over Ole Olson of Chicago on a foul in the sec- ond round of what was to have been a twenty-round contes , Yale’s Athletic Gi;y ‘Waning. PITTSBURG, Dec. 27.—The Yale basket ball team was defeated by Duquesne to- day by the score of 24 to 17. Srette i i B The Large Growth of Suburbanism. It was not many years ago that people lived in_the suburbs as a matter of eco- nomy. Now they live in these parts be- cause higher ideals may often be at- tained here. From reports personally ob- tained from twenty-eight of the largest cities In America, north, south, east and west, it was shown that during two re- cent years over $420,000,000 had been in- corporated and spent in private pur- chases and the development of lands ad- jacent to large citles, for suburban oper- ations. Over $60.000,000 has been voted and spent by troliey and railroad compa- nies to extend their services beyond the limit of these cities. Nearly half a bil- lion of dollars has, therefore, been in- vested within two vears in the proposed development of suburban properties, in addition to the millions of dollars al- ready invested. —_——— Torpedo Tubes Losing Favor. Torpedo tubes are eliminated from the plans of the two battleships and the two armored cruisers adopted by the Naval Board of Construction. The board con- cludes that the proper craft from which to launch a torpedo is the submarine or surface torpedo-boat, not the large fight- ing ships. It has been contended by many nraval authorities that for a torpedo to prove effective it {s essential that it be fired at short range, and that the vessel sending it must be able to get quickly away gmm the enemy’s big battery. The board seems to accord with these views by abandoning the torpedo tube as a part ul" the equipment of the larger war ves- sels. 2 —_————— The Forth bridge is constantly being repainted. So vast i3 the structure that it takes gtt&‘ tons of allnt to give it one Rini fike 120 acres, oo iR Is some- HEAVY DAMAGES -Society of Railway Employes. 5 LONDON, Dec. 21.—In the suit of the Taff Vale Railway against the Amalgam- ated Soclety of Rallway Servants, an in:- portant trades union case, the plaintiffs filed a statement to-day claiming £24,626 damages suffcred through an alleged con- spiracy and unlawful combination. The plaintiffs’ claim (which is based on the House of Lords’ decision of July last, holding that it was not the intentlon of the Legislature to prevent a trades union from being sued If through its officers it is gullty of illegalities) is against Richard Bell, member of Parliament for Derby and general secretary of the , Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, and against the trustees of the society, as well as against the soclety itself. LN The House of Lords on July 22 last re- versed the decision of the appeal court dissolving the injunction rendered August 30, 1900, by Justice Farwell in the High Court of Justice, which enjoined officials of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants from “watching and besetting” the Great Western Railway stations and approaches with a view to inducing non- unionists to refrain from taking the laces of strikers. That action of the ouse of Lords restored Justice Farwell's judgment, the House holding, as set forth in the cable dispatch, that it was not the intention of the Legislature to prevent a trades union from being sued if through its officers it is gullty of illegalities. e ————— Depths at Which Divers Can Work. Submarine divers have not yet succeed- ed in reaching two hundred feet below The effort has been made to reach a wreck in 240 feet of water. The ac- counts state that at 130 feet the diver be- E.n to_experlence serious trouble. At 200 eet, after suffering terribly, he lost con- sclousness and was hauled ivers Canmot work much below 100 Test. e MICHIGAN TEAM IN HARD TRAINING " FOR STANFORD Preparing to Meet Cardinal Eleven at the Tournament of Roses in Pasadena Coach Yost Is Confident That the Ann Arbor Men Wil Uphold Their Reputation e PASADENA, Dec. 27.—The University of Michigan football eleven, which ar- rived here yesterday, has gone into train- ing for the Stanford-Michigan game on New Yeéar's day. The team is being en- tertained at the new Hotel Raymond, Where every opportunity Is afforded them to get in shape for the coming contest. The men are given light work every morning on the golf links near the hotel and In the afternoons at Sportsman's Park, where the big le will be played. Coach Yost is confident that his team ‘will uphold its reputation for a big score. He states that the eleven is in good con- dition after the long journey across the continent, and expects the work of the next few days to put the men in cham- pion’ shape. MUSTACHE A L’EMPEREUR NOT KAISER'S INVENTION Design of Behren Strasse Barber and Introduced by One Adjutant Hullen. The Kaiser’s mustache has been a popu- lar subject of discussion ever since he adopted the extraordinary . fashion in which he now wears it—turning sharp right angles upward at the ends of his upper lp and running parallel with his nose until it reaches his eyelashes. It was the invention of a barber named Haby, who for a time was an object of almost as much curiosity as the Emperor him- self. In 1887 Adjutant von Hullen, one of the dudes of the army, appeared at the palace with the ends of his mustache turned upward in fan-shape style. “Who did it?” inquired the Emperor. “Haby, a barber on Behren strasse,” was the reply. “I wonder if he could fix mine that way?” have no doubt, your Majesty.” *‘Send him to me,” said the Kaiser, and on the following day all Berlin was ex- cited over a startling change in the facial aspect of. the sovereign. Haby became famous, llke the gourd that grew in a night, and everybody followed the new fashion, from the field marshals of the army to the laborers on the highways. Ninety per cent of the male population of Germany endeavored to turn their mus- taches So that they would point to the stars like the horns of a Texas steer. Haby made the most of his opportunities. He enlarged his shop, which is in the cen- ter of the cafe district, and hired a dozen additional barbers, whose chief business was to train the mustaches of military men. Haby himself spent most of his time with his imperial patron, accompa- nying him upon all his journeys, because to properly train a mustache in the way it should go requires assiduous attention. He accompanied the imperial party to the Holy Land and visited England, Russia, Austria and Constantinople in the impe- rial retinue. He received several decora- tlons which made him dizzy, and when he got the “big head” the Emperor dismissed him. Haby is still living upon his former glory and his mustache ‘“a l'empereur’” still survives. He has adopted it as a trademark, and the motto upon his es- cutcheon, as it were, is the remark made by his imperial master when he arose tx;om the barber’s chair and looked in the glass: “‘Es st erreicht” (“It is accomplished™). All the barbers in Germany have since learned the trick, even thosé patronized by the laboring classes, where one can get a shave for only 2% cents, but tourists always go to Haby’'s just as they visit the palace at Potsdam or the art gallery. e —— INTEMPERANCE IN OUR OWN COUNTRY AND IN EUROPE The United States Ranks Lowest Per Capita in Use of Wine and Spirits. The good 1”0 le who are rather inclined to indulge in horrifying statistics con- cerning the bibulousness of their fellow Americans would do well to study some figures recently given out by the British Board of Trade. Like all similar exhibits, this one is but approximate, of course, although the distingulshed source whence it emanates is a guaranty of its substan- tlal accuracy. It gives the annual per capita consumption, of intoxicating bever- ages by the four leading nations, reckoned in gallons, as follows: Wine. Beer. Spirits. 1. 1.12 United Kingdom 81.7 France .. 6.2 2.02 Germany 215 194 TUnited States. 183 1.0 It thus appears that as a people the Americans compare very favorably in temperance matters with the people of Europe. We drink less wine than any one of the other nations appearing in the table and in none of them save France is the consumption of beer as small as with us. But France drinks 24.04 gallons of wine per capita to our paltry .33 gallon. Placing wine and beer in the same cate- gory our showing from a temperance standpoint becomes very favorable, being only 13.63 lons, as compared with 30.24 ance. It has been persistently asserted by peo- Pla of all uhanfes of temperance views ?l:n t is In the matter of strong drinks that the American is the chief sinner, and yet the statistics show that more spirits are consumed per capita by Engl , France and Germany than in the Gnlted States, and it must be remembered that it is a conservative English authority that places England at the head of the list and this country at the bottom. But per- haps the whole truth appeals more \'IVY;ly to the eye when the per capita consump- tion of all classes of liquors is summar- ized as follows: United Kingdom France umudngum It 18 not exac#ly reassuring to know that we drink an amount of liquor in this country equal to over fourteen gallons every year for each of the population, but certainly there is reason for congratula- tion In the fact that this is less than half of what is used in either England, France or Germany. —_———— OUR VOTING POPULATION AND MILITIA STRENGTH Census Shows That One Man Out of Every Three Refrained From Voting in 1900. The population report issued Census Burcau shows. that there are 1 the United States and Territories 21,32 819 males of voting age. Of militla age tue number is some 5,000,000 less. This does not mean that over 16.000,000 citizens of the United States are capabie of bearing arms. Probably not over two- thirds of the men in this country be- tween 18 and 45 years old would pass a surgeon’s examination in a recruiting or draft office. But even 10,000,000 men would form a safe army of defense if the coun- try should be attacked from any quarter or (nl:lm ‘a}}l qualrterstat once. e the males of votin, country number over 21,000,000, thers w g but 14,000,000 votes cast at the Presidentinl election of 1900. The voting popuiation of the Territories, which do not participate g,no a g;e’atldenum ele:tlon. lls not over 209,- . appears that onl 3 e - e nly 14,000, out o ,000,000 vof leaving st went to the polls, 4000, voters among the population’ of voting age. The suppressed colored vote at ths South may amount to 1,500,000 or 2,000,000— robably not as much as the larger num- r. Allowance is also to be made for un- naturalized allens and the Chinese over 21 years old. But with all these deductions it evident that 4,000,000 or 5,000,000 citi- zens of the United States of voting age ;nvfil. qualified by law do not go to the I LE RACETRACK “FITZ” MAY MEET JEFFRIES HERE NEXT FEBRUARY Australian - Boxer Is Said to Have Given His Promise to Again Enter the Ring President Kennedy of Twen- tieth Century Club the Man Who Controls the Big Match Manager “Jack” Gleason of the Twen- tieth Century Athletic Club has received word from President J. C. Kennedy which insures that organization’s contin- uance in the boxing game next seasgn. More than that, it seems assured Cham pion Jeffries will again be seen in the ring here in February and that the man who will oppose him will be Robert Fitz- simmons, it being asserted that the latter has ised to enter the ring again. “Fitz" and Kennedy are friends of long standing and the boxer has before this laced his flggmng engagements in the ands of the rotund manager, in whom *“Fitz” has implicit confidence. The ex-champion was to have received $40,000 once for a fight with “Jim"” Hall. All he got out of it was $4000, and he has been overcautious since then in his deal~ ings with fight-promoting clubs. “Fitz” has repeatedly said he was out of the game, and the developments of the next few weeks will be watched with in= terest. Jeffries is due in New York, and once he arrives the air will probably be full of fight talk. The San Francisco_Athletic Club will match’Gardner and Root next month if its license is remewed. Both men have expressed themselves as anxious for the meeting and it will be a pleasure to Alex Greggains to accommodate them. T mms, the twel t, is expects back next month and may Aght “Jlmm;fl Britt before the Acme Club, Oakland. REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Christine E. Rapetti (single) Emille Carraine (Rapett!), undivided one-half interest in lot on S line of O'Farrell street, 110 W of Gough, W 37:6 by S 137:6; gift. Christine E. Rapetti and Emille Carraine (Rapettl) to Leonie Rapetti, undivided ones third life interest (rents, etc.) in same; gift. James J. and Johanna Manseau to W. W. Chase and Walter Frear (trustees John Vernon Kimball), lot on SW corner of Eddy and Scott strects, § 62:6 by W 100; $10. Emilie Pfaff to Catherine Brannan, _com- mencing 187:6 E of Baker street and 127:5% N of Sacramento, E 5 by N 9:9%, quitclaim deed; $1. Willlam M. and Emily C. Wilson to same, commencing 192:6 E of Baker street an 127:8% N of Sacramento, E 25 by N 9:9%, quitclaim deed; $1. Catherine Brannan (widow) to Jennie Cla- brough, lot on S line of Clay street, 187:6 B of Baker, E 30 by S 127:8%4; $10. Emma’ V. and A. J. Raisch to Ida H. Morse (wife of George E.), lot on N line of Fell street, 106: of Central avenue (Lott street), E 25 by N 137:6; §10. Mary I. Parkinson to Matthew Shaw, lot on N line of Waller street, 134:7% E of Shrader, E 25 by N 100; §10. T. B. and Annie E. Draper to Erastus Woed- R. Garrett to Eliza C. Garrett, lot on S line of Elizabeth street, 50 E of Vicksburg, E 25 by § 114; also lot on N line of Twenty- fourth street, 75 W of Church, W 25 by N 114; also all interest in lot on N line of Union 8 W street, of Leavenworth, N €3:9 by W_17:6; gift. Margaret A, McEvoy (single) to Jullanna Wahl, lot on W line of Guerrero street, 155 8 of Fifteenth, S 25 by W 100; $10. George S. and Ollie E. Crim to Nathan Abra- ham, lot on N line of Twenty-second, 75 W of Bryant, W 25 by N 100; William E. Moore to W line of Capp street, 111:3 fourth, N 18:9 by W 80: §10. Honora Hiester to Marguerite H. Higgins, lot on W line of Eureka street, 112 § of Nine- teenth, S 37 by W 125; gift. J. J. Rauer (and as administrator estate of John (or Patrick) McAndrews), Charles G. Heber, Annie J. MecS. Heber ~(McAndrews), Ellen McAndrews (insane), Philip and Eliza McAadrews (by John Lackmann, Sherifft) to F. C. Clark, lot on E line of Midway, $9:6 8 of Bay, S 23:7 by E 91:8; also lot on_E line of Midway, M3:1'S of Bay. S by E 01:3; $1450. Margaret Wheeland to Peter Martina, lot on W line of Le Roy place, 137:6 N of Sacra= mento street, N 23:6 by W 07 10. Adeline M. Hayes to Maude A. Hayes, lot on E line of Randall place, 110:8 N of Green- wich street, N 27 by E 06; gift. Alicla G. and_Elisa C. Oviedo to George Lu Sickels, lot on NW line of Folsom street, 500 SW of Fifth, SW 25 by NW _85; $10. Marianne ‘M. Ashton to John E. Sharp, lot on S corner of Berry and Fifth streets, SW 137:6 by SE 275; also lot on E corner of Town= send and Sixth streets, S 137:6 by NE 137:6 (quitclaim deed); $200. John E. Sharp to Union Feed Company. Lim- ited (corporation), lot on S corner of Fifth and Berry streets, SW 91:8 by SE 275; $3. James F. Duane to Margaret E. French, lot on SE line of Natoma street, 200 SW of Sixth, SW 25 by SE 75; gift. James and Matiida Feltelberg to Frank Murphy, lot on NE line of Eighth street. 137:6 SE of Howard, SE 27:6 by NE 137:6; $10. Frank W. and Emma A. Fuller to Frank V. lot on W line of Twentieth avenue, of Caliofrnia street, N 25 by W 120; also ot on E line of Twenty-sixth avenue, 23§ N of Lake street, N 26 by E 120; $980. J. A. and Elizabeth Miller to J. J. Rauer, lot on E line of Forty-fourth avenue, 100 S of N street, S 100 by E 120; $10. Zacharias and Catharine Schmidt to Edwina. A. Schmidt, lot on E line of Ninth avenue, 200 S'of N street, S 50 by E 120; §5, giit. Jean Marie Escloses to Carolina Lagger (wife of Ernest), lot on SE line of Edinburg street, 125 SW of Brazil, SW 50 by SE 100, block ‘48, Excelsior Homestead (to correct 1927 D. 247); $10. gict map eter Coleman, lot om S of Twenty~ < Noel May to Ann Smart, lot 1501, 3; also lots 313 and 814, gift map 4: §25. John H. Campbell to Thomas Ross Cooley, all_interest in estate of Charles Lux; $10. Charles R. Bishop to Willlam Eisenberg, lot on S corner of Sixteenth avenue and L street, SE 75 by SW 100, lot 8, block 328, South San Francisco Homestead; also lot on N corner of nue, 75 NW_of K street, NW 15 by NE 100, lot 15, block 300, South San Fran- cisco Homestead and Rallroad Association; $10. Guy T. Wayman vs. L. H. Sly (by John H. referee) to L. H. Sly, lot on S I W of Larkin, W 13 . yman to same, same; $10, Perry B. Brown to Annie J. Brown, lot on W line of Larkin street, 208:8% S of Green- wich, 8 26:3% by W 1 00; gift, Estate of Andrew Nelson (by Elizabeth Nel- son, executrix) to I Schwartz, undivided % of Jot'on E line of Van Ness avenue 50 3 of Bush street, N 70, E 126:9, S 120, W 31:0, N 50, W 95; 000. Elizabeth Nelson to same, all same, quit- claim deed; $10. - Caroline J., Harry W. and Charles M. Good- all, Flora A. Bland and Serena T. Keil to urcne;' n;:dlvlgedp\‘? lnzle: $10. ‘hristina L. rlenky (wife of George) to Eugene C. Creller, lot on N line of Ouk':lre!t. 110 E of Octavia,'E 27:6 by N 120; $10. Estate of Albert S. Rosenbaum’ (by Joseph and Max J. Brandenstein, trustees), Sarah S. or Sarah Rodgers, Joseph Brandemstein, Vir- ginia and Julla Strassburger, Samuel M., Charles W. and Albert M. Rosenbaum to Irv- ing M. Scott Jr., lot on N line of Vallejo street, 205 E of Plerce, E 30 by N 137:6; §2250. James H, and Catherine T. Cain to Alexan- drina E. Davis, lot on W line of Scott street, 137:6 S of McAllister, S 35:6 by W $10. Guy E. and Harrlet R. Manning to Sarah R. Cowglll (wife of Lewis). lot on W line of Spruce street, 100 N of Clay, N 27:8% by W 137:6; $10, John and Luna Stierlen to Danlel D. and Annle M. Lowney, lot on E line of Masonie avenue, 78 N of Frederick street, N 25 by ® 94; §10, Hibernia Savings and Loan Society to Ed- mond D. Keefte, lot on S line of Clinton Pa; ;5128 W of Guerrero street, W 25 by § ‘urk_street, 137:6 137:6; $80,000. Builders’ Contracts. Mrs, M. McArthur (owner) with J. C. John- ston and A. L. Davis (contractors), architects Copeland ‘& Pierce—All alterations and addi- llrnn’;_ to : ?;lo—“‘llol;y f‘!tl!\t h:tbulldl“éh:“ S line of Twenty- street, between ttanooga, and Dolores, No. 3743; $2100. s W. B. Bourn (owner) with City Street Im- provement Company (contractors), architect Albert Sutton—Excavatine and piling for building on SW line of East street, 91:8 NW of Mission, NW 45:10 by SW 137:6; $7.459 Charles Carpy (owner) with R. Rice (co tractor), architects Willlam Mooser & Sonm — Sewering. plumbing and gas fitting for altera- tions and additions to three frame bu'ldings on 8 line of Geary street, 137:6 W of Stockton, W Tt B, Law (owner) with Edward F. and Foster Milliken (Milliken Bros.) of New York (contractors), architect Fred H. Mever— Structural steel frame work for an eight-story and basement fireproof bullding on S cornar of Mission and New tromerv streets south, SW 95! N‘m’" SW 11:2, NW 80, NE 106:10,