The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 24, 1903, Page 8

s THE SAN LONG SHOTS AGAIN CREATE A STIR IN RING CIRCLES AT OA KLAND TRACK Bogus Bill Finds His Way Home at Odds of 20 to 1---Rose Farr Runs Away With the Two-Year-Old Dash--Lee Jackson Finishes - Action Wins in a Gallop First on Larry Wilt at 10 to 1 HEN the smoke of battle hld_.r cleared away at Oakland track yesterday Pickaway and THE CALL'S RACING FORM CHART. Action were found to have OAKLAND RACETRACK, Monday, March 23.—Weather fine. Track fas: )een the only favorites which — RN r.-“bm;‘u: Bill, Rose | #387- FIRST RACE-5% furlongs; selling; 3-vear-olds; value to first, $325. Wilt and Gus Lanka all car- {“’"“‘_ Horse and Owner. [West . %. %. Str. Fin. ll Jpckey. [ Op. C1. | iwses ad ripe, mellow odds. The | 4474 |Pickaway (D_ & Fountain).. 102/ 8 1h 11%11 1% (Adkins BT ip entirely | 4324 [Penance (J. McCarthy) 104 3 33%2h 2%22 10 up entirely of ”““'““‘e | 4474 |Dotterel (F, O'Rourke). .. [102| 5 4 .‘f’ 5n 4 x‘." 33 |8t 8 gt which made the guessing, or | 4476 [Indina (V. Gilbert) .. 95(10 6h 62 51 432 | 0 12 ng, a trifie difficult. | 4478 [Hudson (3. '8 Morsan)_ i1 lji0s| 9 72 81 6% 5h Donovan o | among the starters in the closing event, | & Alta G (March & e 100/ 8 .12 32111 92 8 1% |Bonner 10 10 Wt . 4 sung Marlow (C. Chappell).|{103] 1 ... 104 92102 9 14 |Alarie 30 60 fifty yard run, taken In an pell). | 1% 3 Action, with Bonner | 4404 [Lady Gallantry (McAlester)..(103| 4 ... 5 % 4 1%7 %10 1 |Powell ... 10 11 Action, 4433 |Mordenta (Stoer & 10012 0. 9%12 11 .11 L Wilson..| 30 20 | year-old carried but | 4 Isabellita (Bianch 1107113 ... 13 %101 12 12 [Birkenruth | & i s and from 7 to 2 his | 4397 [Lady Row 10011 1114813 13 13 , |L. A. Jeksn| 30 60 er a steady play to 21e | 4374 |Anvil (M 1087 (1111114 14 15 |Donmeily 20 =20 3 <t mo time In EoIng to the | F07 |liarriet § (Martin & horhs 115 1515 15 ragn .| 30 1w | fr an king off Stunts without dif- |7 —i24%. :50, 1:09%. At post 3 minutes, Off at 2:18. Pickaway, place_ 5-2; show, 65. | ficu & t the finish, eight lengths Penance. place, 6; show, 3. Dotterel, show, 8-5. Winner, ch. g,_by Piccolo-Marcelle. | ot e 2o (Trained by D, S. Fountain.) Scratched—Donami. _Start good. Won in a drive of | . " < 4 | four. Winner bid up from $400 to $700 by A. Jackson and sold. Pickaway and Pen- | ier horse some ill luck at the | ance made a two-horse race of it. Indina poorly handled. Sir Preston quit. Moover | A > been Shepll: can win with a competent pilot up. Lady Gallantry won't do. Isabellita a poor it e itfooted from t breaker. | recent purchase, inary bunch of plat- | e e A A e e e e e e e e i 5 i—8ix turlongs; selling; 3-year-olds and upward; value to first, $325. | int and the Idaho | Gwner. USL %, %. %. Str. Fin. | Jockey. | Op. Cl. year-old to the | . 6 (F. Glesecke).. 104/ 4 1% |J. Sheehan| 15 0 | the betting. Ad- S. Fountain)..| 96/ 2 2n |Adkins ....| 3 5 and gettting aw: (Brown & Co.)..[111| 6 % 21 |Birkenruth | 6 N st iy 6 (V. Gilbert) o T 43 |Boland ...l & 10 | ool gy Yourig Morello, 6 (Scharetz). (107110 5 3 (L. 10 2 | 1 shot, hs aria, o (Pledmont Stable). 102] & 92 ¢ 20 20 rel ran into the show Montana_Peeress, 4 (Coffey). 387 6 15 Monk” Sheehan astride the 15 to 1 shot, Erema, 5 (B. Schreiber) 21 8 2 B the six-furlong sprint 8 4 (L. Levy)..... 02 9 8 Piloto, b (W, H. Hoag). 5010 e wi ldogo. 4 Rafour) 81%9111 11 10 20 . b o 241, :49, 1:15%. At post 1 minute, Off at 2:41. Bill place, 8 1. Modl ¢ oty i = cum. place, 2: show. 1. Hipponax, show, £-5. ~ Winner. ch. “f. by Cyclone-Wanza, | L : Ay M- (Trained by N. W. Randall.) Scratched—Somenos, Swift Wing, Pat Morrissey, Legal | she began to stop. Modi- Maxim. Start good.. Won in a hard drive of thre¢. Bogus Bill made a game finish of | looked a winner, only to be it. ~Adkins on Modicum put up a rather weak finish. Troy chased Erema, which did not add to his g0t ¢ hances. ma quit length by the P half a on Hipponax fin beaten ruth ress cut off Young Morello and Alaria both ran good e A e e N e e A A A A ins races from where they - | 3489, THIRD RAC vears-old; selling; value to first ed the 2-year-old dash. e - = e and Owner. %. %. Str. Fin. | CL. ted by Birkenruth, ruled 3 a3 i i = and was downed some- Rose Farr (W. B, Sink Jr.)..| 98| . 12%14 11%L Wilon..| 6 | by Rose Farr. Ten to one | 4469 |Ravelena (Bianchi & Co.).....|103| s 3n°3h 2% |Birkenruth | 2 5t the Inst nassl fitty Amberita (B, Schreiber) 102 : 2% 2331 |Donovan 20 el s O'Rourke) . [104| 8 42US h 4 Jackson.| & O T e Sute - i & Watrhe) 100 B 5 h 51 [Bonnmer ....| 4 | any from the start. er & C: o5 : g 2 6% Miranda 50 showed prominently Brannon)... (107 5 6 72 |Poretto ] S Ried. Whon 11106 4 8 8 10 [Powell 4 e ks .14 its Veentilh 9 [Donnelly 20 v, ruining whatever — — — — | post 1 minute. Off at 3:08. Rose, place show, 2. Ravelena, it Bleased -5. Amberita, show. 4. Winner, ch. f. by Crighton-Sevens. (Train- RS D b S B. Sink Jr.) Scratched—El Principe. Start good. Won ridden out. Next two r the mile and thre hard. Rose stayed to-day. Ravelena stood a long drive and should have won ffair, was to practic a ran a good r: Annie Marie stumbled and nearly fell on stretch turn, Powell | post es not seem to a, the s be of any FOURTH RAC 1 »n Whoa Bill broke two iengths behind his fleld e A A A e A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A AP selling; 4-year-olds and up; value to first, $325. made a poor showing s : = > o | > by Ko Snilaon ind Horse and Owner [WeSL %. %. %. sw. Pin. | Jockey. | Op_OL | aker, Glissando, | L1 'Larry Wilt, 4 (Stevens)......|107| 2 6 % 5 3%3 2 8 2161 1%|L. Jackson.| 6 8 | B ha Glissando, 6 (O. P. Romigh)..!103/ 6 1 4 41 1h Powell 4 | i Filibuster, 2 (McCatertsd .. " |101] 4 2 2 2n 4247 % [monner 1 b ossibly = 2 Tufts, 4 (C. W. Chappe 103 72 |Alarlg .. s . upset of the afier- Ravitio, b (1. Relllyy.serr....[108| 7 68 64 51 563 [Sullivan ... 0 | T wa anka, a 20 to 1 out- Blessed Damozel, 4 (Blakely) 99/ 8 8 7% 6n 66 |Plratt 3 p, came home a (T. T. Nichols)......| 99( 3 41 42%2 h 7 2%(Knapp ....| 5.2 16.5 erite for the five able)| 94/ 5 3 1 % 5n 8 8 |L Wilson..| 40 40 follo’ g. The t post 1 minute. Off at 3 Wilt, place, 5-2; show, . % a0 Filibuster, show. 3, - Winner, br. he by WWadeworih® 3 & = Stevens.) Scratched—Autolight. Start good. Won easily. o Chatiimioes Dy Next two driving hard er best. Glissando no excuses. Ravino a false alarm. t losing by more Blessed Damozel not straight when barrier went up. a no account, IFTH RACE : value to first, $325. 4491, Index ENTRIES FOR TO-DAY’S. RACES. ] Jockey. Op. e and seventy yards; sell- . riestitke (Snider & Co.) 44 111 yx 11 S. Brown).. 448 11 o (W. D. Randall). 41 teau 111 Bennett O'Brien)... - The S 106, 4480 Lou Clieveden.104 in_Boots Josephs). . 0G| 3470 Tlloa 10 Instar (Ward Harlan) .. .. |107| 109 The Singer...106 rom Mitchell (G. P. McNeil).| 97 1 108 1l (A. W. Coffey)..|107 106 (Papinta) 102/11 1%/ Birkenruth | 2 %" [Powell 85 13 | Donovan 10 4" |Carson 3 n |Songer 3 2 |Poretto 10 1 10 2 8 10 i 30 40 5 20 40 100 200 At post 6 minutes. Priestlike, Garrity.) o four. ; maiden rear- 110 110 The Hawalian.107 yard; Figaro-Kapio! Off at 4:05. Lanka, place, 6; show, 3. Rice, show, 5- cratched—RBlue Miracle, Creedmore, Ripper. jus Lanka came on when Lizzie Rice and Clivoso were both Onyx cut off in stretch. Winner, b. g by Huron-Lone Princess. Start good. Instar quit. selling; 3-year-olds and up; to first, $325. Index se and Owner. |wtjst. % Str. Fin. | Jockey. | Op. ClL ows & Co 985 1%1%1 18 |Bonner 7-2 omnea) . o111| ® 1 4h 4 2 h [Powell 5 1100 3 9 8 146 1 Donovan 3 & F). |89 2 3%32 3 42 |Knapp . 20 11117 4h 6% 5 © 213|Boland . 6 7 084 71 727 6 3 Birkenruth [ 10 16 048 22422 2 7 1 |Boyd . 8. 10 1041 61 5% 8 8 8 |Carson 10 10 110/ 6 8n 9 9 9 Mooney 100 200 5. At post 15 minute. Off at 4:2715. Action, place, 1; < show, -6-5. Illowaho, show, 1. Winner, b. c. by Faverdale- b Burrows.) Scratched—Golden Light, Dupont, Clausus. Start Won in & gallop. Next two driving hard. Winner best. Jim Hale ran his race. O b was bothered at the start. Past Master lost ground on the stretch turn. Oriana couldn't get up. —p Max e 100 { ces of the Sacramento Driving Club opens May 11, continuing to May 23, inclusive rd Carnarvon o and's peerage, ac- Eahied A B« McCreery of Burlin- had his fi € e of California rac- at Oakland erd Lord Carnarven is wn sportsman in his own country cssor of a_powerful racing stable. the D ct e chreiber will depart for Memphis toward the end of the week. Barney has d Jockeys Donovan and ‘‘Handriding ngs selling for Memphis with Jonovan will leave n e annot get away w employer, but Kelly ay 1 Murohy will his until M: T Joe John o recelve entries for the 0 World's Fair handicap at one and & quarter miles and the St. Louis derby, to be decided at the Mound City in 1904 i i A | THE SELECTIONS FOR TO-DAY. NOTES OF THE TRACK. | First race—Cougar, Alturas, For- Jockeys M nnell, suspended some | TR€TO- weeks ago at Oakland, were reinstated by the | Second race — Sacredus, Stomesd Minder is now at Ben- | Keogh. e ¥ B "on day 1 ‘ | Third race—Doublet, rp 5 “Hie acked the. thres-vessoit s | Father Wentker. Fourth race — Dainty, Money Muss. Fifth race—Tizona, Autolight, Al- Enright. Padua, i the winner up er the race Dell let his eeting will open on June | August 15. Ten stakés | bert will be offered as induce- | e—S: oneysuckle, ments horsemen. Kit Chinn will again do Bixth st b e . the starting. Hughey Jones, the well-known | Indina. oner and laver of odds. will fill the porition e of secretary, and all communications should be_addressed to him. Two million persons are attacked by The race meeting the | malaria every year in Italy. 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WASHINGTON, March 23.—The spring | racing season at Bennings was opened | here to-day under most unfavorable weather conditions, but with a good-sized | crowd in attendance. The rain, which has | fallen for the past three days, continued up to the moment of starting the first race. It then cleared up, making things more comfortable for the public. The rack was a sea of mud and the going was consequently very heavy. Redfern rode in five races and piloted two winners and a place horse. Summary: First race, six furlongs—Lord Badge won, Orloff second, Ahola third. Time, 1:18 1-5. Second race, half mile—Race King won, Peter Paul second, Adel Trobela third.~ Time, i | | | | | Third race, open steeplechase, about two miles—Gum Honey won, Kate Spotswood sec- ond, Golden Ray third. Time 4:50 Fourth race, six furlongs, Bennings Spring bandicap—Himself won, Ahumada second, Honolulu third. Time, Fifth race, seven furlongs maldens—Lucky { Day won, Cherublm second, Eist third, Time, 1:33, Sixth race. mile and forty yards—Alado won, | Carroll D second, St. Sever third. Time, 1:52] ITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 23.—Results: irst_ race, four furlongs—Check Morgan won, Brookwood Belle second, Ache third, Time, :51%. Second race, Merchants' Handicap, five and one-half _furlongs—Mistic won, King's Lady second, Dr. Kammerer third. Time, 1:10. Third race, six furlongs, selling—Chorus Boy won, Jerry Hunt second, Claud Walton third. | Time, 1:16%. Fourth race, Capltol Hotel Stakes, four fur- longs—Imboden_won, Mascot second, Sartoris third. Time, :50%. Fifth race, the Carmen purse, six furlongs— Carl Kahler won, Dewey second, Fiintlock | third. Time, :50%. Sixth race, Merchants’ Transfer Company's purse, selling, one mile—Flaneur won, Optimo | second, Fonspray third. Time, 1:45%. ——— | WILLIE FITZGERALD IS HERE TO FIGHT BRITT Willie Fitzgerald, the Brooklyn light- ; weight who is matched to meet Jimmy | Britt in this city next month, arrived on | the overland yesterday morning and im- mediately went out to Mike Sheehan's Beach Tavern, where he will do his train- ing. Fitzgerald is accompanied by his manager, George O. Weedesn, who will look out for the Brooklya boy's interests while he is here. Fitzgerald is a lkely looking little boxer, very quiet and unassuming. He | looks to be in the best of condition and says that he likes our climate very much. He has a broken nose and a caulificwer ear, sure signs that he has been over the boxing route with men who can punch ‘hard. | Fitzgerald is a great friend and admirer {o! Young Corbett and the two are al- | ways together whenever they are located in the same town. 8o when the Brook- Iyn boy heard that Corbett was located at Sheehan's he went out there right away. He will work with the Denver man and expects to be in rare form with- in a couple of weeks. | the discrepancy, Cole was trying to cover | retained by the Government to prosecute | the attorney for the defense. | teld me not FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 24 DIMMICK GIVES H5 TESTIMONY Says Mint Officials Kept Quiet Over Loss of Money. Alleges That Cashier Cole Was Frequently Away From* Vaulit. | N AR Walter N. Dimmick, ex-chief clerk of | the United States Mint, is having his in- | rings before Judge de Haven and a jury in the United States District Court and is making the most of it. Under the ex-| amination yesterday of his attorney, George D. Collins, the man who is a cused of stealing $20.000 from the Mint | Legan laying a foundation®to prove that is not guilty and that the responsibil- ity for the loss of the coin lies upon Su- perintendent Leach and Cashier Cole. | Dimmick stated on the witness stand| yesterday that he was the first one to in- | form Leach of the shortage and Collins devoted the entire day to examining statements made by Cole and Dimmick to show that this was a fact. Collins' idea in doing so is to argue to the jury that it is not likely that a man who is accused of crime would be the first to call attention to it. Dimmick was on the witness-stand all | day. Collins broughi out the fact that although the Mint officials knew there was $3,000 missing they did not report the matter to the Treasury Department at ! Waskington. Collins sought to prove b; tne defendant that the superintendent en- deavored to conceal the shortage. Collins howed by the tally-book kept by Cashicr Cole that away back in December, 1900, nearly six months before the discovery of up the shortage of $30,000. TALLY-BOOK DENIED HIM. Attorney Collins desired to have this wally-book exper: by his client, so that he could give additional testimony, but Peter F. Dunne, who has been speclally Dimmick, sharply declined. After court adjourned Collins asked that Dimmick be allawed to take the book with him and Dunne replied: “I will not consent to his taking that book into his custedy. He can apply to the court.” Dimmick denied the statements made by Secret Service Agent Moffatt that he (Dimmick) said he could find the coln :f glver his liberty and that he could beat | | the other two cases and the Government could go to a warmer spot than Tucson. | During an argument on an objection | made by Dunne to a line of «questions put by Collins the former grew very angry | over the criticlsms of Leach and Cole by | Dunne said | he supposed Dimmick’s counsel could in- | sult Mr. Leach and Mr. Cole by calling | them conspirators,” but he would object to | Dimmick trying to put conversations in | the mouths of the superintendent and cashier when those conversations were not called to their attention while they were on the stand. DIMMICK’S VISIT 10 COLE. Dimmick made the following statement while on the stand: | i Between the cashier's daily _statement of | July 6, 1801, and the superintendent’s account | of cash for the same day there is a difference | of more than $30,000. The statement of the | superintendent shows $30,000 more on hand in | gcld coin on that day than does the cashier's | statement. “Did you visit Mr. Cole when he was sick in bed?” asked Collins, “On the evening of June 29, 1901, I vis- | ited Mr. Cole’s home,” was the reply. | “It was on that day the two pigeonholes | were discovered to be vacant.' ‘‘What instructions did you receive from | Mr. Leach and who accompanied you?’ | asked Collins, and Dimmick replied: | It was between 2 and 3 o'clock when Mr. Leach called me in and asked me to go and | see Mr. Cole and tell kim he wouid like to see | him the following day at 10:30 and also to ask him about th transfer of seven sacks. He > alarm Cole by tellng him about | the missing sacks. I met Mr. Donnelly, n | Mint employe, whom I invited to go to dinner with me. We went to Zinkand's. We dis- | cussed the discrepancy for more than an hour. | I asked him to g0 with me to Mr. Cole's home. | On the way out on the streetcar we talked | over the matter. Donnelly asked me if I was going to tell Cole of the discrepancy and [ said. ““Not if I can belp it.” Donnelly said, | ““This whole business makes me sick,” and I | said, “It makes me feel sick.” Donnelly said he felt sorry for Mr. Leach. Cole was in | bed. After our greetings 1 asked him if he | could meet Mr. Leach the next morning. Cole askfd me if the count had been finished and I | sald ye Cole then asked me if his vault was all right and I said no. I then told him abont the transfer of the seven sacks and asked him | if_he could remember it. Cole said he could | and I told him to think it over and be ready ' to report it to Mr. Leach. As we were leaving the house Mr. Donnelly congratulated me on not being compelled to tell Cole of the missing sacks. Donnelly then sald he had a scheme | by which he could discover the discrepancy. We went back to the Mint and Inspected the official seal on the lower vault, We each took down the amount of gold bullion as It ap- peared qn the official seal. We then returned t> the cashier's room and we figured unti! nearly 10 o'clock. Our computation showed a discrepancy of $30,000. MANY ENTERED VAULT. “Were you at the Mint the following day?’ was asked, and Dimmick sald: Knowing there were to be some of the offi- clals"at the Mint, I went there to see if I could be of any service. I reached there about 0 a. m. Mr. Leach was in the superin- tendent's office. About half-past 10 Mr. Cole came In and went into the superintendent's office. They were closeted for nearly two hours. Along about noon Mr. Cole came out and sald Mr. Leach ordered the payday to be the next day. He asked me if the payrolls had been made up and I handed them to him. To accommodate him I helped him prepare the envelopes. 1 went to lunch and on my return 1 attempted to find out for my own informa- tion how the discrepancy occurred. I figured for an hour. but was unable to arrive at a definite conclusion, The witness then told of his conversa- tion with Mr. Leach about the missing coin and of his telling Leach to report the matter to the secret service depart- ment and to have all the men placed un- der surveillance. He said Leach exclaim- ed: “My God! has it come to this?" “Who had access to the -cashier's vault?’ asked Collins. “Mr. Leach, Mr. Washington, Mr. Fitz- patrick, Captain of the Watch Powers, two Janitors, who used to stack the coin; the cashier and Dan P. Cole used to take visitors into the vault,” was the reply. “‘Did you go into the cashier’s office af- ter his appointment in December, 1899, and did you ever find Mr. Cole absent?” was asked. Dimmick replied: Yes, sir. 1 frequently found him absent. On two occasions he was absent a day and a half. On one of these occasions Mr. Day acted as cashier and the other time I acted as cashier. He was frequently abrent. He would come in at 9:30 and open the vault, and the vault man would take out the counfer cash. Mr. Cole would then go to another portion of the build: ing and remain away fifteen or twenty min utes. 1 have found him at the telephone and 1 have seen him half a block from the Mint at lunch time. This testimony was offered to show that the missing coin might have heen taken by some one during the absence of the cashier. The defendant detailed incidents and conversations that occurred previous to the discovery of the discrepancy and sub- sequently. An adjournment was taken until 19 o'clock this morning. 2 DIMMICK CASE WITNESS DIES. Death Stops S. H. Wilson From An- | “I am now ready to concede the pennant | appeared for work | Affairs Along the Border of French | fore he will evacuate the arsenal there. swering Court Summons. OAKLAND, March 23.—Sidney H. Wil- son, Civil War veteran and well known bullder and contractor, died this morning at his home, 971 Kirkham 1903 LOCAL BALL TEAM LINES UP FOR PRACTICE WORK Uncle Henry’s Fifteen Tossers Are in Fine Form and Receive an Ovation From a Large Contingent of Faithful Cranks ——— { ] | HIS SWIFT CURVES TO ONE BAT. FAVORITE BOX ARTIST OF THE' LOCAL CLUB DELIVERING ONE OF “m"” and worries of business trouble Rim OF HIS TEAMMATES AT THE UR Uncle Henry's army, consist- ing of fifteen soldiers of base- ball fortune, lined up at the Eighth-street parade ground yes- terday morning and went through a few preliminary skirmishes. ‘When they got through and had their rubdown, Uncle took on a satisfied look. to myself,” quoth he. “When the kids get in the running they will never be | headed. Take my tip and be wise. The appearance of the local ball team bears out the assertion of the magnate to a tee. They arrived fresh from the col- lege campus of Palo Alto on Saturday night, every man of them looking fine | and dandy. They all went to bed early and arose with the sun. So when they yesterday morning they were ready for anything. Fully 500 of the inveterate cranks, who have not done any rooting all winter, started in right away to yell at the men who were doing their best to show Harris that they were going to win the pennant for him. Each enthusiast declared under oath that the team looked good to him and that the boxoffice would get his 25 cents regularly. Several old faces, with tHe same old smiles and several new faces with a new smile, were among those fifteen tossers who did their preliminary tryout stunts | yesterday. Among the former none was | more familiar or welcome than that of Ed Pabst, who used to play first here two years ago and who drove in many a run with a timely hit. OTHERS IN THE CROWD. Then there was “Hine" Krug, whose experience with the Philadelphia team last year gave him a regular college finish and a real swagger look. Ham Iburg, with his slow curves, looked quite natural after his year's sojourn In Eastern climes. Tommy Leahy, with the big mitt behind the bat, seemed glad to be back again at the park; Pat Meany and Dan Shay liked the way the crowd admired them; Hoddie Hodson, Jimmy Whalen Johnny Burns and Bert Delmas were eager for the fray and willing to work. Charley Irwin, late of Brooklyn, the new captaln and manager of the team, shone brightly at his position in the third L e o e e e e S e 2 S Y Y CHINESE BRIGANDS ARE CAUSING DISORDER Indo-China Are Steadily Growing Worse. PARIS, March 25.—It is said at the Foreign Office here that recent official reports show there is a growing state of | disorder in South China, particularly ! along the border of French Indo-China, chiefly due to tRe operations of bands of Chinese brigands. Although the French authoritles have not vet taken definite action the officials here confirm the re- ports from Shanghai to the effect that a continuance of the disorder will undoubt- edly lead to the sending of French troops across the border to suppress the brigands and insure protection of French interests. e Foreign Office has no advices re- gafding the report that the French com- mander at Tientsin has demanded $1,500,- 000 compensation and new barracks be- It is saild that such a request would necessarily be made through the French Minister at Peking, who has not asked for authority to make representations on the subject to the Chinese Government. @ ciiriviieiieiirinle e @ street, from cancer. Mr. Wilson was sum- moned a week ago as a witness in the Dimmick case and was to have testified for the prosecution in rebuttal to-mor- row in San Francisco. The nature of the testimony he would have offered is not known except to the Government agents, as he did not tell his family of the cir- cumstance and died while trying to ex- plain it to one of his sons. He was not a witness in either of Dimmick’s previous trials. Mr. Wilson was a noted soldier of the Civil War. He enlisted for three months in Company D, Twelfth New York Vol- untee when Fort Sumter was fired upon, and subsequently re-enlisted and served three years. With the army of the Potomac he engaged in twenty-one battles, escaving without a wound. He was twice taken prisoner and was among the men who made the famous escape frem Libby Prison. the close of the war Mr. Wilson, » had then risen to the rank of first licatenant, was chosen by General U. S. Grant on account of his physique and soldierly proportions to pose in twenty- five different attitudes for statues for the War Devartment, ‘These statues were cast in bronze and now adorn the publie | buildings at’ Washington. Mr. Wilson came to Oakland thirty-three years ago and has since been engaged dn the contracting and lumber business. He was a native of Nova Scotia and 64 years old. He leaves a wife and four children, three sons and one daughter. ‘The funeral will be held Wednesday after- noon at 2 o'clock from the late residence, when Apnomattox Post, G. A. R., will conduct the ceremonies. -+ | corner and watched every move that his charges made while they shot the sphere | around the lot. Irwin is an old Cali- | | fornian who has won his laurels in the | National League, and his return here | will be heralded with joy by every true | fan. Harry Lindsey, the new pitcher, is a | likely looking chap who can throw a | varfety of curves with accuracy and | speed. Al Kelly, the new backstop, who | will be Tam Leahy's assistant, handled | himself with the air of one who knows, | and wings the ball down to the second station like a regular Pete Lohman. | Henry Lynch, the new center flelder, | says he likes the place and is willing to | cast his fortunes with Harris for years to come. He runs after a fly nicely and | can also stick a few with his left-hand | swing. Young Arrellanes, the lad who | was imported from Santa Cruz to do slab work for us, has the earmarks of a real | pitcher, and as soon as he appears before | the footlights of the home plate for a while he will no doubt become a favorite. | ALL FEEL GOOD. The boys chased around for two hours, | All felt good after their little practice and showed that they are ready to start | for the pennant at any moment. They | practiced batting mostly, but the infleld- ers also lined up and stopped the hot | ones that came skimming over the lawn. | The diamond at Recreation Park is now a beautiful lawn and the capacity of the | bleechers has been increased by 4000 and | new seats have been added under the | grand stand, making it a_double-decker. In fact, the whole place has been changed for the better and presents a very pretty appearance. | On next Thursday afternoon Umpire | Rube Levy will give that old familiar | cry of “play ball,” and then the season's | race will be on. Portland will oppose the | local warrfors in the initial mixup and | there will be some tall rooting when the | two nines mix it for the first time in this city. | The Portland team will arrive from its | training quarters in San Jose to-night | and to-morrow morning they will also | line up at Recreation Park and see how | it feels So all the fans will have a | chance to witness the work of the web- | feet and compare it with that of the home | team. PROMISING ATHLETES 3 MAKE GOOD SHOWING Sophomores and Freshmen Contest on the University of Califor- nia Cinder-Path. BERKELEY, March 23.—Several hun- dred students witnessed the fleld day held | after the Charter day celebration this| afternoon on the university cinder path. The fleld day was between the sopho- mores and the freshmen. Several prom- ising young athletes made their appear- ance. Johnson, who carried off first hon- ors in the “hundred” and “two-twenty.” and Hartley, who won the mile run, are certain to prove point winners for their university In the intercollegiate field day. Chapman showed up well in the broad jump. The results were as follows: 100 yards—First heat, Neighbor, '05, first; Fricke, '08, second; Jones, '08, third. Time, 11. Second heat. Johnson ‘05 first; Anear, '05, second; Gordon, '08, thi; Time, :11. Final, Johnson, first; Gordon, second; Fricke, third." Time, :10 4-5. 120 yard hurdle race—Chapman. ‘06, first; Fl?l}s '06, second, Boynton, '06, third. Time, Shot put—Kelsey, "05. first, 3815 feet; Stern, *05, and Bush, '06, tied for second place, 37 teet 514 inches, 440 yard dash—Howard, 05, and Adley, 05, tle for first; Houghton, '06, second. Time, 56 3-5. Two-mile run—Lundy, '06, first; Newhall, ‘101‘-'1 znlzmnd; Sullivan, ‘06, third. Time, High jump—Hickey, '06, first; Clark, '05, second; Anthony, '06, third. Height, 5 feet 7% inches, 220 yard hurdle race—Hartley, 05, first; Howe, '06, second; Frye ‘06, third, 220 yi dash—Johnson, ‘05, first;: Fricke, 06, second; Jones, ‘06, third. 880 yard run—Edwa: 05, first; Spalding, "05, second; Micheler, third, Yale’s Oarsmen Begin Training. NEW_ HAVEN, Conn., March 23.—The tweive Yale oarsmen picked for the train- ing table in preparation for the annual race at New London with the Harvard crew, took their first meal to-day at the quarters arranged for them. The present make-up of the crew follow: Stroke, Bogue; No. 7. Cross; No. 6, Johnson; No. 5, Stubbs; No. 4, Halpen; No. 3, Coffin; No. 2, Daly; bow, Captain ‘aterman; substitutes—Miiler, Adams, witt and McClintock. SR s Britt-Daly Match Off. The proposed boxing bout between Jim- my Britt and Jack Daly, the Montana welterweight, has been declared off by Britt, as he wishes to come to this city and get ready to fight Willle Fitzgerald next month. The men were to have fought at Butte, Mopt., in a few days and the match was the talk of the Nerth: t, as Britt had gone out of his class to meet Daly. R T RN riveter. Teil from, a_scafiold at he Crjon fron Works yesterday afterncon and received serious internal Injuries. He was removed to the City and County Hosvital. 14 | ern; Jim Kenne | battle,” COME TO VIEW THE BIG FIGHT Harris- Kennedy Party Registers at the Palace Hotel. Sporting Men Are Ready to Wager Heavily on Terry McGovern. Sam Harris, manager of Terry McGov- iy¢ the big fight promoter Harry Pollock, Paddy Sullivan and Eddie Hirshey, well known sporting men of New York, arrived in this city on the overland last evening and are registered at the Palace Hotel. The party is here to wit- ness the Corbett-McGovern bout and inci- dentally to wager large sums of momey on the Brooklyn whirlwind. The party arrived at Sixteenth street, Qakland, yesterday afternoon and wi met there by McGovern. They all repair- ed to Terry's training quarters and had dinner. They then took a look at th training quarters of the former feather weight champlon and arrived here about 8 o'clock and registered at the Palace. Harrls appears very confident that his protege will regain the title he formerly held and ¥s he is pleased with the ap- pearance of his charge. He has a lot of money to wager on the result and if the odds suit him he will bet heavily on the former champion. He sald: I feel confident that M vern will win and 1 have a lot of money to back him with, providing the odds are right 1 am willing to bet even momey on my boy's chances, but I will not get on the long end of the odds by any mea I am representing a lot of prominent New York sporting men and they are willing to put up their money on the same condition: govern me. I admit that Corbett is a lad and that he whipped Terry fairly last time but I am sure that he cannot do it again. a 1 will also say that the result of this bat will prove a surprise to many of the wise Kennedy says he is out here on plea- sure merely and that he will not let the Jmes. in the least. “I came just to look at this sald he, “for I would not miss it it I had to.travel to the Sandwich Islands. Both of these boys are great fighters, and there will be at least 3% prominent sporting men from New York here to see the battle.” 1t is rumored that Kennedy is out here to boom the Jeffries-Corbett fight to be keld next July, but he denies this. In all probability he will do a little quiet work in the interest of the big mill. CITY LADIES’ GOLF TEAM WINS SIX UP Visitors From Oakland Are Beaten in First Half of Home-and- Home Match. Yesterday morning on the Presid links two teams of stx ladles represent the San Francisco and Oakland Goif clubs played the first half of a match over thirty-six holes for a silver The ladies of the San Francisco Club won 6 up, mainly owing to t usk ing victory of Miss Edith Chesebrough over Mrs. P. E. Bowles of Oakland. Tt course was in excellent condition. Many members of the Oakland Golf Club companied the team to the city and watched the play on the Presidio links. The details of the match are shown in the table: LADIES' INTER-CLUB HOME-AND-HOME MATCH. San Francisco— Up. Mrs, J. R. Clark Miss Chesebrough. . 1 Miss Alice Hager. kland— M H. H Mrs. P. E. Bowles Miss V. Whitney. Miss J. Moore. Mrs. W. P.Johnson... Miss M. Deane.. To. Sherwood 7 Miss Alice Hoffman Miss F. Ive: Mrs. Leroy Nickel.. 20] Miss Hofiman was captain of the San Francisco ladies’ team and Mrs. P. Bowles was captain of the visitors. Aft the match the ladies enjoyed a Jjolly luncheon in the clubhouse and in the afternoon foursomes were played. Tt second half of the match will be playe on the Oakland course next Monday On Sunday H. C. Golcher beat J. W Byrne, 5 up 4 to play, In the opening round of the competition for the Coun- cil's cup. H. C. Golcher is matched against Dr. J. R. Clark In the sem final round and the winner will play against John Lawson in the flnal rounc —————— Gans Knocks Out Jack Bennett. PITTSBURG. March 23.—Joe Gans, the champion lightweight pugilist, knocked out Jack Bennett of McKeesport in the fifth round to-night. ADVERTISEMENTS. DRV RS IR Get It If an alcholic stimulant be not pure, it will not be recom- mended as a tonic. Physicians, knowing the maturity, purity, quality of 1 recommend and prescribe it. 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