The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 9, 1902, Page 8

COMPARES WET ~ IND DRY YEARS Forecaster McAdie Gives Fruits of Long Re- search. California Is Declared to Possess Abnormal Climate. Professor A. G. McAdle, Pacific Coast superintendent of the Weather Bureau, has prepared an article on the wet and dry seasons of California for the depart- ment Bulietin which should prove of great interest to the public at large, as well as of immense importance to those engaged in agricultural pursuits and to meteoro- Jogical students. The data for the paper has been selected for the most part from the Weather Bureau records of this city extending over a period of fllly»lh{ee wears. 1he article is in part as follows: too Jong a period for de- ch as it frequently hap. = that one of the season during which I rainfall ie excessive or deficient is offtset L3 apother portion of the season and the true ronditions masked. But we are able to com- pare two winter months; one, February, 15w, Which was of & very dry type, and the other, February, 1902 which was of the very wet iype. The average precipitation as determined by the records of 208 stations. the records govering for the most part a period of twenty- five years, for the month of February for the entire State of California, is inches. The amoupt varies, of course, from eight inches in the northern part of the State to less than two inches in the south. and from four inches &t sea level on the middle west coast to over seven inches ai Summil on the east at an ele- wation of over 7000 feet During the dry month the average rainfall for the State was 0.45 of an inch, or an aver- age deficiency of 2.52 inches, equtvaleat to a deficiency of 28,400.000.000 tons of water. During the wet menth there was an excess of 817 inches, or about 69,700,000,000 tons of water over and above the amount which would fall in a normal February, roximately 33.600,000,000 tons of water. Between the two extremes of very dry and very wet Februarys there was @ difference of approximate:y 100,000.000,000 tons of water. COMPARISON OF RAINFALL. A comparison of the ameunts of water at eertain localities during these months is of even more significance, for it must be remem- bered that while the spring rains are of im- portance in the maturing of the crops, the k of the water supply must fall before tne of February to_insure proper germination A season is & tailed study, in < water in mortha 1896—Dry. |1902—Wet N ETATIONS. 3-8 r ‘E Auburn 2 Bakersfield 1 Boca H Bodie 2 Boulder Creek 4 Eureka IT o 304 | 5 & 8 e .. 5 3 M Tamalpais 31 ¢ Red < 11 s! 1 s 3 11 2 3 2 we study the vears it becames evident ked relation between Group- abnormally wet, wet we have the there is a well wind direction and rainfall pressure € the erage Jansarys int ary and sbnormally dry at San - are therefore years the continenta! weakened and & considerably rather to the east of the Rocky high" similar distribution is found i et Januarys al “high” s over the northwest the North Pscific “low” does mot appear the United States. An excelient ilius- January, 1891. Grouping the similar way we ha: ki that of January. The conditions during a wel month are shown on the chart for Pebruary, 1902, and for @ dry February on the ehart for It 4s evident that when the continnental " lies well to the northwest the month w tion of the country the month is & wet one, 1f there were any way then by which we could forecast the permanent pressure areas we could forecast the air circulation, whether northerly, companied with dry weather, or southerly and t. Southerly winds of great frequency, high velocity and extended crors section mean large guantities of molsture carried over the State. The exact factors determining condensation and precipitation are not definitely known; but the r‘l—l of inchination of the mountain systems California to the rain-bearing winde are #uch that & 1 uplifting of the air strata must occur; and this would favor precipitation. Conversely, winds from the north can bring but little molsture, and even this is not likely 1o reach very far west of the crest of the Fierra SEQUOIAS SILENT. California offers exceptionally g0od opportu- mities for studies of sessonal variations and €limatic abnormalities. While there is no les | 7 Mountaine, | 1i | BRITT 15 GIVEN -~ THE DECIION He Wins in Four Lively Rounds at the Central. Gallery Approves His Acting and Yells Its En- couragement, Every time Jimmy Britt landed a knock- out punch on a villain at the Central The- ater last night the gallery howled its ap- proval and yelled for a speech. Jimmy's | tongue was as nimble as his padded mitts and he huried a few choige sentences at the aggregation in the gallery that kept them guessing even more than his punches did Frank Erne. Britt handed out his lines with as much grace as he did his | | assortment of punches. The playlet was entitled “The Bowery After Dark.” It was a four-round affair for a decision, and if the plaudits of the | audience were a criterion, Britt won it. _THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1902. CHORN RETURNS TO THE SADDLE AND LAND S PAT MORRISSEY FIRST Ring Lays 20 to I Against the Old Mudlark-—Three Favorites in Front at Ingleside---Kenilworth Scores Again---Iridius Out of|omcers and Men Walled the Maiden Classs—-Jockey Ransch Retains His Winning Form| In by Flames on Sec- THE CALL'S RACING FORM CHART. e fae SR 0 S L e S T R T s e L TR T INGLESIDE RACETRACK, Mdnday, Dec. 8.~Weather hazy. Track muddy. FTER having pald a penalty of seven years' retirement from the turf fQr his connection with the teng of the dead Celestial plunger and jobber, Little Pete, the one-time crack rider, Jerry Chorn, made his reappearance in the sad- dle at Ingleside yesterday. Jerry recelved a fgenerous reception from the crowd as he cantered to'the post in the fourth race on the back of Pat Morrissey, and later landed the old mudlark first at odds of 20 to 1. Chorn was ruled off the turf, together with Dow | Willilams, a trainer, and Jockeys Arthur Heinrichs and Hippolyte Chevalier. Both Heinrichs and Williams were reinstated some time back. Chorn was re- stored to good standing by the New California Jockey Club within the last fortnight. While Chorn cele- | brated his return to the saddle by drop- In every round he scored a knockdown and also made a speech. Round 1—When the gong sounded at the opening of the play, Britt trotted on the | stage clad in a green sweater and long | black trousers, minus suspenders. The | thespian had his hands full throughout ! | hitching his trousers and remembering his lines. When he appeared before the footlights he ducked his nicely partea | hair and took his corner. He then led | with both hands, side-stepped, ducked, ' uppercat the villains and when the cur- | tain closed the opening round he had a | | decided lead over the rest of the cast. | Round 2—Britt rescued two maidens, | fired five shots, walloped the policeman | once and turned”a handspring to prove | i that he was as fresh as a daisy. Round 3—The villain committed a few fouls, but the umpires in the gallery overlooked them. However, a few critics in the first row sald that Jeemes |was a trifle groggy as he was forgetting his big words. Near the close of the round Britt came up smil- ing and hit the gallery gods in the solar | plexus by announcing that “whiskey was | not for him, as it killed many a champ.” | They howled approval, and Jimmy proved | his wind was good by making another speech. | Round 4—"Billy” Jordan forgot to yell, | “Gentlemen, please stop smoking!" Britt | | knocked Reno through the ropes and | George Harting, the oficial timekeeper, | started to count Charley out, but hel pluckily crawled back on the platform. The youngsters who beat the door had their “lamps” glued on Britt in this round. They excitedly told him to *‘soak™ his opponent “in der slats” and showered other choice advice. When Reno took the | count, Referee Eddie Smith gave Jimmy | the decision and the audience out in front applauded it. Britt was favorite in the | betting. When he entered the theater at an early hour the,peanut men were offer- | ing odds on his chances of making a hit. Their judgment was very good. Brilt won in a walk. Georgie Cooper was a prominent figure | | at the ringside. She wore a “jolsey” and | barber-pole stockings. Her tough dialect and walk were perfect and she proved an ideal product of the Bowery. Florence Chapman looked very pretty as the Ori- ental maiden, and did well. Landers Ste- vens was not in love with the play, but made the most of his part. Ernest How- ell's caricature of a Hebrew aroused lots of laughter. The rest of the cast stayed with Jimmy to the end, and when the af- | fair was over crowded his dressing-room | and told Britt that as an actor he was a | heavy-weight and had McGovern, Sulli- van, Joe Walcott and Tom Sharkey “4ashed to the mast.” i Results of Races at New.Orleans. NEW- ORLEANS, Dec. 8.—Crescent City | | summary: * First race, six furlongs—Moranda won, Smile second, Tillo third. Time, Becond race, six furlonge, seliing—Optional won, 1f You Dare second, Doeskin third | Time, 1:18 | Third race. five furlongs—Irene Mac won, Woodmont Belle second, Varna Fonso third. | Time, 1:04 4-5. Fourth race. 3. Deboe wo ton_third. Time, 1:33. Fifth race, one mile and a sixteenth—Flan- | cur won, Lenja second, Flop third. Time, :56 4-5 handicap, seven furlongs—W. Sixth race, one mile nd a sixteenth, sell- ing—Trocadero won, Leviathan second, Scotch | | Plata third. Tim Railroad Agent Kills Himself. ALBANY, Or., Dec. 8.—John Turner. agent of the Corvallis and Eastern Rail- | | r0ad Company, committed suicide to-Cm. | with a revolver. He had been drinkiug | heavily for several days. His accounts { are sald to be all right. | @ i | in the case of Greece, a classical literature to | which one may appeal, as Professor Aeginitis | | bas done for a comparison of present climatic | ccnditions with those of twenty centuries ago. | | there ‘are In California growths of which in all probability extend over a period | of from three to elght thousand years. rings of annual growth we have to some degree a summed-up history of the seasons. Unfor- matter to compare the rings the seasonal rainfall and de. Lut this much at least seems probable, there has been no material change in the cli- | mate of California during the past two thou- sand years. | Coming down to the period of recorded his- *tory it is not difficult to identify the climate in the vieinity of San Francisco as noted near the end of the sixteenth century with that of | to-day. Francis Drake lapded on this coast in 1579 and remained for a/month and s week on the beach about thirty-five miles northwest of the city. The description of the winds, the fogs and temperature during the period has been carefully studied in connection with the | Weather Bureau records for a number of years for the same period, from June 17 to July 24, ithin a mile of the spot on which Drake e landed. The similarity is be accl It is a matter of tradition that the crops failed at all of the missions during 1829, and the inference is that the season of 1525-20 was one of drought. The records of the st fifty-thres years #peak for themselves. There does nqf appear to be any evidence of a permanent change in ciimate. ~Wet and dry seasons come and go with little regularity. seidom extends over two seasons and the same is true of excessive rainfall. A wet December does not necessarily mean a wet season, as there are instances where wet Decemberg have been followed by moderate rainfall, and con- versely, Decembers with little rainfall have been followed by wet seasons. But as a_rule heavy rainfalls in December are followed by heavy rainfalls in Janvary and February. Extra Dry Brut | stretch was reached, | the interference Rolling Boer second, Worthink- | 4-5, | Sequota. | In the | s Dot a willing witness, and | A" deficiency In rainfall | ping the outsider in first, his mount came within an ace of being disqualified. At the start of the race, a six-furlong sprint, for which Matt Hogan closed a mild choice, Chorn crossed his field, causing most of the other riders to pull up. He took the lead from Sugden before the but opposite the paddock let Pat swerve over in front of { the runner-up, and Frawley, the pilot of Sugden, lodged a claim of foul with the judges. After some deliberation the of- ficlals figured as the majority of specu- lators did, that Sugden was beaten when took place, and the numbers were not changed. In the last { event Chorn rode Imperious, finishing un- placed. While the fields were comprised mostly | of selling events the card drew an excel- { lent attendance, and no fault could be fcund with the sport furnished. The track was sloppy, with good footing. Iridius, Kenilworth and Decoy held up the favor- ites’ end of it, with Pat Morrissey, Black- thorn and The Buffoon the surprises. Iridius, a good looking Golden Garter colt, from the stable of Walter Jennings, went to the post favorite for the malden two-year-old sprint. Tommy Burns took the youngster out in front at the start, and at the wire won cleverly from Fossil, the third choice. The Owl “showed.” Stover's great sprinter Kenilworth had nothing against him in the five and a half furling purse run, and any sort of price looked like finding money. The brown fel- low won galloping from Bucolic and Hai- nault. Just the shade J. Ransch has on “Bill" Waldo placed Decoy across the line first a head before Digley Bell at the close of the mile and a sixteenth affair. Decoy was favorite at 7 to 5, and after tutting out all the pace just lasted long enough | to score. Blackthorn, the Burns & Waterhouse cast-off, was strongly touted to take the six-furlong run, fifth to be decided, which he did in striking fashion. The odds | against the black colt dropped from 6 to 116 to 5 and piloted by Ransch he won all the way. Resin, a “sleeper,” played from 5 down to 20, downed the 13 to 10 favorite Doreen for the place. There was no heading The Buffoon in the closing mile and a sixteenth event. Well backed at 4 to 1, the gelding tip- toed his cgmpany from start to finish, beating Expedient at the wire with ap- parent ease. Ting-a-ling, the 13 to § fa- vorite, found the pace too warm. TRACK NOTES. J. Ransch kept up his winning ciip by fin- ishing first on Kenilworth, Decoy and Blacl thorn. R. Egell, on Blessed Damozel, 4id not ride bad race until he hit the head of the age fright and went to pleces. Iike many of the other old-time riders Jerry Chorn appears unable to assume the crouching position In the saddle any more. “Jimmy'® Hanby, the press agent of Chi- cago, a regular Visitor to California, every winter, is here. Another steeplechase Is on the card for this afternoon. The entries for to-day are as follows: First race—Futurity course, selling, three- year-olds and upward, King Herald.111 3928 Louwelsea ...1I 11 8922 Arthur Ray..100 Sieep, Child. 111 Kath. Ennis..114| 3878 Toriblo . 109 El Karn ....114| 3081 Geraldine §..100 Jim Brownell.109; 3910 Rasp ... 100 5 Ingo ... +...106| 3940 Saintly 1w Second race—One mile, selling, all ages. 3943 Stuyve ......101 .... Platonius 3911 Byronerdale . 83| 3911 Esherin . 3936 Selze 5| 3936 Delsegno . Bill Massie.. 103 Third race—Futurity course, selling, three- vear-olds and upward 3910, Filibuster ....114 3856 Montoya 111 651 Sunello 114 12 14 3941 P. Archibald.1 3916 Mike Murphy.111 3683 Ned Dennls...114 3018 Nan. Nolan..100 Tolle. .11 3930 Snark .......1 ‘assle W 3939 Malaspina Fourth race—Steeplechase handicap, course. 3941 Corrlilo ... 3923 D, of York I «... Jem Mace 1| 228 Gfwnars 147 130| 4941 Olinthus nd & halt furlongs, purse, Fifth race—Five two-year-olds, 3875 Arabo 115) 8927 Jockey Club..108 3860 Oroslus 103( 3083 Master .. 102 3908 Deutchl 105|(3688)The Fog 12 3881 Phyz . 102| 3908 Oakington ...106 | 3944 Iras 106| 3001 Gladys Bell 3905 Gillie ... . ++103 102! 3927 Gold Bell ...108 Sixth race—Six furlongs, selling, three-year- olds and upward. (3924)Golden Light.107| 8943 & 3042 Bon. Lisenk.. 8| D087 Biey Dare (#909)Glendenning . 95| 8987 Meehanug 108/ 8919 Sad Sam (3945) Dunblane — SELECTIONS FOR TO-DAY. First Race—Toribio, Saintly, Kath- erine Ennis. Second Race—Seize, Byronerdale, Stuyve. . Fourth Race—Olinthus, Duke bof York, Rainie: Fifth Race—The Fog, Arabo, Gold Bell. - Sixth Race—Sad Sam, Glenden- ning, Erema. ALL-AMERICAN RECORD IN THE BOWLING TOUR Highest Score for Diamond Medals Is Made by Eugene Club of This City. TOPEKA, Kans. Dec. 8.—Following isa record of the All-American bowling tour, Octcber 5 to December 6, inclusive: Players— Games. A e, J. J. Voorhels . 208 101 190-: Pt (T B < eterso A. Belbach . 72 183 83-172 Games played, 265; mes won, All- Americans, ; lost, 38, Highest score for dlamond medals, Eu- gene Club, 8an Francisco, 2858. Highest score for J. F. Schmelzer tro- vhy, Oklahoma, 2849, Highest score for Noehler and Heinrich prize, Billings, Mont., 2747, Team record—All-Americans 2704, Wich. ita, Kans., 2484; All-Americans 2723, Noew- 1y, O. T., 23%6; All-Americans 2887, Guth- rie, O. T4 2142; All-Americans 2060, Okla- hema, O. T. 2840; All-Americans 2823, EBhawnee, O. T., 2354. —_—— MONTREAL, Dec. 8.—The Pacific cable, in connection with the Canadian Pacific telegraph lines, was opened for business kirk, O. T., 2255; All-Americans 2760, Per- | 3946. FiRsT RACE—Futurity course; maiden two-year-olds; value to first, $325, Index Horse and Owner. Wt[St. %. %. %. Str. Fin. | Jockey. | Op. CI 4031 |Irldius (Je C: 110/ 1 ... 13 13 12 9-8 3001 [Fossil, (3 Tonpess 107) 4 34 2h 24 28 18-5 2005 |The Owi ‘(Brearley 110 6 74 64 42 3n ] 3986 |Somenos (A. Josephs) . 113| 3 2% 34 33 45 13-5 3917 |Ripper (J. G. Brown & 104 7 8355% 03151 2 20 3850 |Young Marlow (G, A, Da 107| & 41% 45 52 65 |Ransch ... 10 20 3917 (Chemist (G. Lanka) .........|104 8 8¢ 8108107 3 |W. Waido.| 10 3 3917 |Katanga (A. B, Spreckels)..|108| 2 5% 73 71%810 |Troxler ...| * ¢ 3917 {No Friend (T. H. Ryan). 104 9 979 9 9 |McGovern. 15 60 . :46%; last %, Iobita piace. 7-10; show :21%; to 2%0|. Scratched—Calzado, Orsins driving hard. Edna Rose, Winner, b, ¢, by Golden Garter-Irl Start good. Won easily. ‘Winner recelved a very strong ride and 1:03%; Futurity course, 1:18%. At post % min- 2-5. Fossll place, 6-5; show, 3-3. The (Trained by W. B. Jennings.) Second and third Garrigan let Fossil 111 improve. swerve badly in the stretch. Donnelly on Somenos rode an unintelligent race. The Owl came from a_long way back. *Coupled with Ripper, 3047. SECOND RACE—Five and a half furlongs; all ages; value to first, $325. Index| Horse and Owner. WtlSt. %. %. %. 8tr. Fin. | Jockey, | Op. ClL (3919) [Kenliworth, & (Ketcheman).,|123] 1 . 14 12 [Ransch ....| 1-4 1.5 (3817) | Bucolic, 2 ‘(Jennings & Co.).. & . 21 21%[Reed ......| T 12 (310:)| Hatnauit, 3 (Burvows & Co.).(108| 8 . 41033 (Troxler ... 10 80 3931 |Hudson, 2 (J. L., Morgan)....] 85| 5 . 8n 412 |W Waldo.l 10 15 3033 [Lady Rowell, 2 (C. T. Boots).| 95| 2 ... 42" 5 6 06 |Butler .....| 50 200 Time— ;513 1:10%. At post 1 minute. Off at 2:30. Kenilyorth place, 1-13; show, 4%, % out. Bucolic place, 6-5: show, out. Queen Bess, easing up. Halnaul Second easlly. Third driving. J (Trained by H. Stover.) Scratched—Polonius, t show, 4-6. Winner, br. h. by Sir Modred- Orfeo. _ Start fair. Won st a hollday outing for Kenilworth. Bucollc appears to be of the improving sort. Halnault took hard urging gamely. 8948. THIRD RACE—Mile and a sixteenth; selling; 3-year-olds and up; value to first, $325. Index| Horse and Owner. WiBt. %. %. %. Str. Fin. | Jockev. . Cl. 3010 [Decoy, 5 (G. Miller) .....19l3 17 12 1 e 75 1-5 3938 (Digley Bell, 3 (W, M. Sioan).|100/ 5 3 3% 22 221325 9-5 11.5 4856 |Alado, 5 (Mrs. Swmall)........[106/ 4 55 4n 83 38 6 40 4955 |Star Cotton, 5 (H. Cotton)...[105(8 2n 3n 45 48 8 9 3922 |Lone Fisherman, 4 (Oliver)..[108/ 6 4 % 64 57 54 4 5 3029 |Ravino, 4 (P, Humphray)....1105|2 76 74 72 62 60 150 3628 |Geo, Dewey, 4 (J. J. Bottger)[109| 7 6 1%63 64 78 50 60 3932 [Oso. 5 (F. 'D_Biack). 1018 "8 8 8 30 15 oy, LileK 148U, 1 At post 2 miautes. Off at 3:00. Decoy place, . 1-4. Disby Bell pigce, 3.6: show. 1.3 Alado show. 4. Winner. b, g. by Decelver-Nantucket. (Trained by G. Miller.) Start good. Won first thres driving. Decoy ran with more gameness than ususl. Had he let his whip aione Waldo might have landed Digley Bell. Lone Fisherman ent form bad. Oso away poorly. FOURTH RACE—Six furlongs; selling; 80t a few nibbles but caught nothing. Pres- 8-year-olds and up; value to first, $325. Horse and Owner. (We|St. 3. 3566 |Pat Morrissey, a (Rowell) Sugden, 8 (McNames). 3030 [Nonle, '3 (G. C. Stable) 3924 |Matt Hogan, 5 (Magray 8920 |Bedner, 4 (F. W. Doss 3843 [Rollick, 4 (Burns & 4 |[Burns . |Ranech . 24 ), 1:1 At post !4 minute. Sugden place, 11-5; show, 11-1 nle B. (Trained by H. E. Rowel Pride. Start fair. Won handily. winner cut the major portion of the fleld oft off at Nonle show. 6.5. Winner b. g. by Lord Clitden-Ten- ) Scratched—Jim Gore II, Hungarian, Ada N, The Second hand ridden. 8:25%. Morrissey place, 5: show, 2. Third driving hard. Chorn on at the start. Opposite the paddock Pat swerved In front of Sugden, but claim of foul disallowed. Matt Hogan, galloping at the head of stretch, flattened out like a done brown waffle. Rollick hemmed in on rail, Bed- ner ran poorly. —— T ~ e e e e 3950. FIFTH RACE—Six furlong: lling; 8-year-olds and up; value to first, $325. Index Horse and Owner. \ We[St. . 3. &. Str. Fia. | Jockey. | Op. CI 3887 |Blackthorn, 8 (C. F. Fink)..[1001 3 ... 1% 136 11 1 1%|Ranech _ 8 16, 3913 [Resin, 3 (Cohen & McKennep)!101| 7 4n 6% B5n 2h |W. Wald 580 20 2920 |Doreen, 3 (E. M. O'Brien)....|101| 2 53 3n 2n 3 7.5 13-10 3023 [Harry Thatcher, 5 (Hastings). (108 8 B142h 434 4 20 40 3020 |Searchlight, a (S. Young)....|108| 6 62 °41%3 155 8450 3930 |Mag. Pellx, 5 (Burrows & Co.)107) 1 74 62605 6 3 -6 3813 |All About, 3 (Sanders & Co.)(1068| 8 s 8 8 7 15 30 3040 'Lexington Pirate. a (Cooper).|111] 4 2n 75 76 8 30 100 Time—:25, :501, 1:17. At post 3 minutes. Off at 3:56. Blackthorn place show, 1-2. Reain place, '6; show, 2. Dorecn show, 2-5. Winner, blk. c. by Artillery-Early e (Trained by Phil Becker.) Scratched—Velma Clark, Geraldine S, Estado. Start good. Won handily. lark. Searchlight can do better. Second and third in a hard driv. Resin improved his position somewhat with Maggle Felix Blackthorn ran like a tip top mud- a rider up. Doreen outfooted, ap- ught in barrier at 2 3951, SIXTH RACE—1 1-16 miles; sell year-old index| Horse and Owner. vaax. %. %. %. - = - . 3028 |The Buffoon, 5 (McDowelD)..]100/ 4 135 1n 11 113411 + 3915 Expedient, 5 (P. E. Smith)..[100( 8 7 6206 44 2 3 3002 |Blessed Damozel, 3 (Blakely)| 85/ 7 3 h 45 23 82 33 IR Ezell 5 135 3929 |Goldone, & (Mrs Coffey) .uzie 42 3n 2 :2 2 % 44 [Donnelly . 5 8 3918 |Imperious, a (H. E. Rowe 100/ 1 B4 6563 65n 6 65 |Chorn . 8 4 2035) | Ting-a-Ling, 5 (G. F. 8 100/ 8 22 21 44 5% 6 Ransch 2 135 3250 |Bathos, 5 (J. J. Moran) o NOUS T . 8 12, Time—:241, :80%, 1:17%, 1:44% 1:51%. At post 8 minutes. Off at 4:24%. The Buffoon place, 8:5: ehow, 3.5. Expedient place, 3-2; show_ 7-10. Damozel m:i, 3 Winner b. &. by Fordham-Georgia Kinney. (Trained by J. McDow Scratched—Canefo, Start o X . “Won easily. pedient ran his race, Biessed Damozel m! ground at stretch turn. Goldone quit. Bat Second and third driving. The Buffoos retched It out to-day. Ex- ht have won had Ezell not lost an acre of 08 uot ready. *Pulled up, PARDEE CLOSES [MERCHANTS MAY SOUTHERN TOUR Governor-Elect Declines to Discuss Question of Patronage, Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8.—Governor-elect George C. Pardee and wife left to-night for their home in Oakland. They have ‘been in this part of the State since they came with the Republican champlonship banner and presented it to the Los geles Republican committee, Yesterday they returned from San Diego and were the guests over night of Hon. W. B. Mel- ick of Pasadena. This morning they were given a carriage ride around that city and shown the points of interest between Pasadena and Los Angeles. Dr. Pardee will not discuss State pat- ronage, saying that he is giving it no at- tention at present, but is reserving his consideration of it until after his inaugu- ration. Since coming south he has been deluged with applications for positions in the pay of the State. If he has made any promises, they have not been made public, and while there is much specula~ tion to who will occupy certain im- portant places Dr. Pardee declares that he’ does not know himself just how they will be filled. ’ It was noticed by those who witnessed his departure that he purchased trans- portation for himself and wife as any other traveler would have don Two vacancies on the board of trustees of the State Asylum at Highland are soon to be filled by Governor Gage. Henry ‘Wilson of Redlands and Major J. W. A, Oft of Los Angeles will be named, the lat- ter to succeed Colonel Thomas Lewis, who resigned as soon as the election of Cornellus W. Pendleton to the State Sen- ate was announced. Lewis fought Pen- dleton, and the latter made no secret of his intention to take the scalp of Lewis as asylum trustee. The Southern California legislators will be called to meet agaln on Friday, and 13 expected that they will go to S8an Diego tsl;’ m;xt day to inspect the State Normal hool. Famous Unbeaten Pacer Is Sold. MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 8—W. M. Savage of this city has bought Dan Patch, the famous unbeaten pacer, of M. E. Bturgls of New York for $60,000. M. E. McHenry, who has driven the horse many a fast mile and scored 1:88% with him, has signed a contract with Savage to handle the horse for (the racing seasons of 1903- 1904. The price is the highest ever pald for a pacer. —_— ’ ‘Will Spend the Winter in New York. PARIS, Dec. 8.—Countess Boni de Cas- tellane will sall for New York December 14, accompanied by her children. Count Boni will remain n France to conduct the campaign for his re-election to the Cham- ber of Deputies, which was recently in- validated. After the election the Count Wil Join the Countess in New York, They will return here in the spring. SUFFER BIE L0SS Sl Misinterpret the Law Re- lating to Storage of Tea, SR WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. — Secretary Shaw has written a letter to Chairman Payne of the House Committee on Ways and Means, recommending a modification of existing laws 80 as to allow the free withdrawal of tea from bonded re- houses for the purpose of consumptfon. The Secretary urges that this action, to be accomplished either by amendment of section 20 of the customs administrative act or by special act allowing the free withdrawal of tea now In ‘warehouses, is necessary to avold great hardship to tea merchants. The letter calls attention to a recent decision of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New Fork, which held that warehoused goods on withdrawal for consumption are du- tiable at the rate in force when the goods were warehoused. The department's practice under the customs act has been to collect duties at the rates provided by the law when the goods are withdrawn. Congress has provided for the free ad- mission of tea after December 3 next, and in the varlous warehouses of the coun- try there is a very large amount of tea imported under the impression that it could be warehoused and withdrawn free after December 81. The department, Sec- retary Shaw sa: must collect duty ac- cording to the existing statute. He con- cludes: “Unless the law is modified the tea probably will be exported, and much de- lay and litigation will ensue, for much of the tea has been sold to be delivered January 1, 1903, at a price ruinous to wholesale merchants if compelled to pay 10 cents a pound duty.” 5 The amount of tea in bonded ware- houses on October 31, 1902, was 64,126,785 pounds. Other importatiops since that date, it is estimated, have increased that figure to approximately 70,000,000, the tax on which, if collected, would be $7,000, Plans to Control Flood Waters. MARYSVILLE, Dec. 8.—The River Im- provement Assoclation, composed of men who live in the counties along the Sac- ramento River and its tributaries, after patient research has mapped out plans for the control of the SBacramento floods, and the Legislature will be asked for 750,000 to carry them out. For $400,000 a canal 15,000 feet long and from 1300 to 1400 feet wide could be cut through Sher- man Island, and this, with the strength- ening and bullding up of levees and im- provements of the mouth of the San iilozm“n below Antioch, would afford re- e y ST AR SANTA ROBA, arence Hender- son, the little son of H. §. Henderson ino, was_accidentally killed near his fath- er's store there to-day while trying to hunt The weapon was discharged. the ‘bullet snem as 3 enter- ing his mvll. FIREMEN HAVE NARROW ESCAPE ond Street. Barker & Kinney’s Plumbing Store Sustains Heavy Damages, s A Fire broke out in the plumbing supply store.of Barker & Kinney, at 133 Second street, yesterday forenoon, and before the Fire Department could subdue the flames more than 350,000 worth of property had been destroyed. Exactly how the fire orig- inated is not known. It was first discov- ered blazing flercely in a number of bales of oakum, which were stared on the third floor_of the building. When engine com- pany No. 4 reached the gcene the flames and immense volumes of heavy smoke were pouring from all sides of the struct- ure. Battalion Chlef Wells, Captain Dough- erty of engine company No. 17, Captain Kenny, Lieutenant Boden and the men of engine company No. 4 all had a narrow escape from being burred. When tha flames were burning fiercest they made their way through the blinding smoke to the third floor of the building. They were 80 occupied with fighting the fire that they did not notice that the flames had surrounded themn and cut off their ave- nue of escape. They were compelled to fight their way down a burning stairway into Natoma street. Several of the fire- men had their eyebrows and hair singed. A second alarm was turned in and after fighting for three-quarters of an hour the firemen got the flames under eontrol. The water seemed to have very little effect in extinguishing the blazing oakum. The principal occupants of the building were Barker & Kinney. They estimated their loss at more than 330,000. Their en- tire stock was valued at $70,000 and they carried an insurance of $35,000. The trunk factory, operated by Herman Welsh on the second floor of the bullding, was dam- aged to the extent of 310,000 and $2500 will about, cover the amount of damage sustained by the Occidental Supply Com- pany. The bullding, which was recently erected by the Bothin Real Estate Com- pany, is a three-story brick and cost $35,- 0. The damage done it amounts to more than §7600. The Insurance is much more than that. —-_— Fair Sale of Thoroughbreds. The closing out sale of thoroughbreds, the property of the late Charles L. Falr, Leld at the Occldental Horse Exchange last night, was well attended by horse- men. Only the weanlings and yearlings were s0ld, the brood mares and the Eng- lish bred stallion, St. Avonicus, being re- served for to-night's sale. The horses sold and prices were as follows: lable, w., by Sam Lucas-Sally Se- ). L. A. Blasingame; ch. c. Cenotaph, by Eolo-Centella, . Dr. Newgarden, U. S. A.; ch. c. Ethology, w., by imp. Trent Ethelinda, $110, R. Hughes; b. f. Identical, w., by Sam Lucas-I Declare, J. Toohey; L. f. Phantasm, w., by Sam Lucas-Phoebe, §90, J. M. Hind; b.'c. Phalanx, w., by Sam Lucas-Physalis, $120, Charles_Boota; Prince B .. by imp. Brutus-Princess, : b c. Calculate, w., by realized B. c. sible, $1 w imp. Brutus-St. Kristine, b. ¢. 1, by Scottish Chi Reevy & Thomas; b. . by Sam Lucas-Cal- latine, $825, W. B. Sink; br. f. 1, by Sam Lucas-Corinthia, $160, R. Doephner; ch. f. 1, by Magnet-imp.’ Chitfie. $375. Burns & Water- ch. c. 1, by Magnet-Geneva, $120. P. .1, by Sam Lucas-Liillan Rus- b. eftain-Affrique, $225. Sam Lucas-Lucrezia Borgia, $500, T. br. f. 1, by Yo El Rey-Miss Truth, $1. Barker; b. f. 1, by Sam Lucas-Physal C. R. and L. A. Scott; The Lieutenan 1, by Brutus-Princess, $1600, T. H. 1, by Magnet-Sally Sensible, $300; J. A. ch. c. 1, by Magnet-Viola, $725, W. E. —_—— SANTA ROSA, Dec. 8.—James B. Howard, found guilty a few days ago of assault with a deadly wespon, was senteneed to-day to two years in Ban Quentin. He attacked Willlam l?n'u‘“nd of Windsor, stabbing him with a ife. Wiegund is propMetor of the Windsor Hotel. Sink. ADVERTISEMENTS. Pears’ To keep the skin clean is to wash the execretions from it off ; the skin takes care of itself inside, if not blocked outside. To wash it often and clean, without doing any sort of violence to it re- quires a most gentle soap, a soap with no free alkali in it. Pears, the soap that clears but not excoriates. Sold all over the world. FOR THE HOLIDAYS Make your child happy with a new Cleveland Tribune or Snell Bicycle No advance in prices. Juvenlles 20-Inch $20.00 24-inch$22.50 26-inch $25.00 Adults........830 $35 and $40 LEAVITT & BELL 307 and 3c9 Larkin Street ‘ Branch 20 San Pablo Ave. Oakland Open every evening, AT AUCTIONI™ —_— ‘REFEREES SALE BY ORDER SUPERIOR COURE 7 At Salesrcom of Shainwald, Buckbes & Co. 218-220 MONTGOMERY ST, Wednesday December 10, 1902 At 13 O'clock Noom, | W 2 MARKET AND SECOND STREETS BE. corner; lot 140x155 feet, fronting ket, Second and Stevenson sts. substantial four-story and basement building, occupied by three tenants. scnual rental THIRTY-TWO THOUSAN! ONE HUNDRED (3321000 DOLLARS. The walls of this building are unusuaily Beavy and several additional stories could be added If desired, L) SECOND AND STEVENSON STREETS DRED ($13,900) DOLLARS. This bullde fng will stand two or thres additionad stories if desired, MONTGOMERY AND PACIFIC STREETS NE. corner. 137:6 feet on Pacifio st by For further detalls apply TR Shainwald, Buckbee & Co. 218-220 Montgomery st.. Mills Bullding. or te JOS. M. QUAY and S. C. BUCKBEE. Referees. « UNITED STATES BRANCH., STATEMENT —OF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS ——OF THE— HAMBURG BREMEN FIRE INSURANCE COMPAN F HAMBURG, GERMANY, ON THE 3187 day of ber, A. D. 1901, and for the year ending on that day, as made to the Insurance C mer of the State of Call- forn! the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Palitical Code, condensed as per blank furnished by X ASSETS. Cash_Market Value of all Stocks and Bonds owned by Company..$1,332,025 00 Amount of Loans secured by pledge of Bonds, Stocks and other mar- ketable securities as collateral.. 30,000 00 Cash in Banks. 83,214 90 Premiums in due Course of Collec- tion cesriesessiecee. 120,736 48 Total ASSets «...ceuenennnnn.. . $1.504,906 38 Total Liabilities .. INCOME. Net cash actually Fire lums . Received for interest dends on Bonds, St Loans, and from all other sources.......... - 81,813 o1 EXPENDITURES. Net amount d for Fire Losses (Including 120 54, losses of previous years) ........ . $899,325 13 Paid or allowed for Commission or kerage 270,435 68 Paid for Salaries, Fees and other charges for officers, clerks, etc.. = 121,238 90 Pald. for State, National and Loecal SR = J48e Cheses3sasssovas gmg# All other payments and expendis Total Expenditures ... --$1,418,947 26 Fire. Losses Incurred during the year.. $937,760 13 Risks and Premiums.|Fire Risks.| Premiums. Net amount of Risks| written during the| year . [$139,800,505/$1,760,302 43 Net amount of Risks expired during the| year 125,222,358 1,574,241 51 Net amount_in _force December 31, 1001. .| 170,880,330/ 2,006,496 11 F. O. AFFELD, Resident Manager. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 21st ¢ Jai , 1902, ey of JA N ARLES EDGAR MILLS. Commissioner for Callfornia. RUDOLPH HEROLD Jr., General Agent. HARRY . BOYD, Assitant Gen') Agent. 415 CALIFORNIA ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 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