The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 12, 1904, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, RIDAY., FEBRUARY 12, 1904 e SPORTS OF THE RACECOURSE AND HAPPENINGS IN THE PRIZE RING s FLEET HOUNDS REDFERN RIDES |BOSE ELY, A BACKED 100 TO 1 SHOT, BOYING (LUBS |SATS INCREASE ON THE FIELD THREE WINNERS| GAPTURES THE TWO-YEAR-OLD EVENT| yjkENEW LANS) IS VERT LARCE i SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S RACING F CHART. | : Twenty-Four Entries Are Made Starts Off Well by Taking the Hlldebrand Has an st ko o Reeently Formed Association Jennings Figures Out Glrowth for This Week's (‘hampionf First Race at Ascot on Tar- Off Day in the of the State on Basis of INGLESIDE RACETRACK THURSDA Y. Feb. 11. Weather rainy. Track sloppy. 6014. FIRST RACEFuturity course; selling; 4-year-olds and up; value to first, $325. Assnmes Jurisdietion Over Stake at Ingleside Park| tle, Which Beat Mistletide - Todex] Home and Owner. (WSt W %. %. St ¥ the Amateur Glove Artists| Returns From County Clerks —— e Saddle. = eI R s SPEED TO BE A FACTOR JOHN McGURK RUNS BADLY snsyieey | ALLOWS MEN EXPENSES|COLONISTS ARE NUMEROUS AT 5 Bose Ely, a two-year-old, was made f-_zu,ffi g.a :z 2 —_— Tares Are Slowing Down and | Is Made Favorite for Mile afnd i ;r:ehx‘z;:;::dn; Di\.am:mslcr;;ehz;;u;gga; ?J? ‘Efil’hé‘;;}'?' ‘%s 3{33‘12?: ‘ 5;4 é-‘l 5 It Managers Agree Not to Bid Promoflm.! Committee Claims to the Dogs With Stamina| a Quarter Event, but Is Not|somewhere, report said Oakland, | = 8 (Washos ') ied up - e More Than $35 for Any One| Be Active Faetor in Bring- ) . & . Ibacked the v from 100 to 1 e Ry Anna, place, 1; show, 1.2 i ; ¥ 2 Alone Will Not Do Much| Prominent in the Ruuning | Jacked the voungster from 100 te 1| Eampreps. piics o8 . Wi vt v Fadlc | Matell Under Penalty of Fine| ing People in From Abroad ———— ¥ —_— | exceptional,speed in the slushy going, easlly. Next two driving hard. Second speed recital of Fair Lady Anna drew a crowd- N PR ed house and was a marked success. Handpress did his best. Whiskers trimmed by Bell at union rates, A 24-dog chempion stake, with Mount e, Charter Member, Lord Brazen, Moon gnd other £5—== among the unds entszed, is the feature of er LOS ANGELES, Feb. 11.—Three fa- vorites and three second choices won at Ascot to-day, and the public was more successful than usual. three winners. Redfern rode | outfooting Edith Vice at the finish and ; winning by more than a length. Speak- {er Fontana, the favorite, got cut off |less than a furlong away from the ‘judges and ran unplaced. After the run in mud any more. 6015. SECOND RACE—Three and a half turlongs; purse; maiden 2-yr.-old: (WtiSt. %. 3%. %. Str. Fin.| Jockey. Horse and Owner. Sir Preston ran his race. Carilee no speed. Nullah probably can't The managers of the various amateur boxing clubs of this city and of Oak- qland met at the Hayes Valley Athletic Club last night gnd perfbeted their in- dependent boxing organization, which Rufus P. Jennings, executive officer of the California Promotion Commit- ‘tee, has made a report to the commit- tee relative to the growth of Callfor- nia’s population, the substance of Rain 1= Ingleside Coursing Park card for He opened’ the pro- P s 4 c week. The doge with stamina are | gramme with Turtle, at 2% jo 1, beat- hr:e;::e;hes;:aonod tra?'lo.’::)l&l).nd collect‘e; 5001 (Bateh \‘x};e(m.,‘%m:n)h 1 - ag wlldl al;:r;:!:;l; S:;erev;:: Lg:’:‘;:wh:;f which is as follows: expeeted 3n oot xgmr:;:‘en;e‘: tng Mistierice angCapitol 36 Rrjer PITH de’;ar‘éd i g g 5 1) RSt Rypn) 5 19/ 8 5 ,1f |sociation was completed the representa- | _Inquiries have been sent to all county clerke re as they v e named. H t . a (Scl - c - timac increass nthe as the hares are slowing down. [ " J. \. Kirby was the hot favorite in| The admirers of Hildebrand spent a | 5243 s (o B nawal. I T AT it L, ":'l e o Oaense e e . T g to the abundance of green feed. | ine second, and won easily from Iras, | Wretched afternoon, as the crack light- | " |Robert Mitehell (Summers). .. (13| 8% 40 100 ote‘h:ey‘c.mcoA’:fifiicu:,:,,cu&::" TOL| turns received to date show such increase to 1 give the sprinters an opPOTr- | with Loujvelsea third. weight did not land a winner. Glis- Time 90, 4% At peet Dok ¢ OF at 238%. Dose Ely, place, 8 show. 8. Vice, The new combine will be known edoalbad - £+ . . oy t | L > i ce, | S2ndo and Letola were the only short- i26%, :441. At post 2 minutes. Off at 2:28%. Bose Ely. place, 8: show. 3. Vice, erites. These returne ity i e iadie; i o/ wtl: Losareir e oo b, 100k EhA Ehid race. 4 piace, 1% show. 1°3. "Order, show, 4-5. Winner. b g. by Wernberg.Caliina. Trained by | the California Amateur Athletic Asso-| fror * ©O7esbentin® feerimes oot Canejo was second and Mr. Robinson | Priced horses to capture purses. W. L. Appleby. LW i o v nced field, completes the Dro-f{ura fell almost continually and the track from the sweer mg}fi:t:n_ v Vi, Swhard drive of three Bofs Ely war someris - | clation, and to-day it will be duly IN-| coitornia during the Mst tires years. | b ar the closs. My Order is & 0. aw at vthian Castle B = race | ~ ' % y. 483, . =showing an Increase o a 2 H""l'hgegr el A < ;n‘]nd“ L5 11 u"x 6 f:f» 5, lgna BW(Im mepflounl: 1:(9 BELL. AND WHISKERS FAIL. |6016. THIRD RACE—Ons mile; selling; 4-year-olds and up; value to first, $328, the Bay City, Hayes Valley, Lincoin | of 216925 Assuming on & conservative estl. ampton stake (24 antries)Presidio Boy ve. | con iy crom Tt Culger. Palm Reader| Bell rode Whiskers in the fntroduc- | fadex| ™ Horss and Owner. WSt %. %. X. Str. Fin.| Jockey. | Op. CI. |and San Francisco clubs of this city | Mate bised on retirns Sieeacy rectnel et Rose: Homer Boy va. Doc Burns: Lord [ 'o7 /RO i fl 4 de tavorite for | LCTY sprint. From § to 5 the price about | —rloimers ——— - i - and the Sequoia Club of Oakland. per cent since 1900, an increase would be +. Clover Blossom eva, | John McGurk was made favorite for | he Petaluma horse went to 2% awd| gif]{iiemide & (0. F. Roigh) 1n.13 IBell .. (S The following officers were chbsen to ! shown of 237,000 for the three years, or 20,000 7 i viesome: | the fifth Tace, at a mile and a quarter. | Bell and Whiskers finished third. Falr | 5om0 Fmiy s, o 5. o %] 3335 & Soien 12 ;1.3 [serve for one year: President, E. J.|more than the total increase for the ten years ; " YunSiie | but was mever prominent. Greenock | Lady Anna. which ran for the Native| 5044 [The Ledaean 5 (Hoots & Co) /110 43 44 [Bonner .. 8 ™2 |Kaplan; vice president, Matthew Riley; | Previous. At this rate the population of Call y inic; Honers | WOR by two lengths from Platonius. |Scus on Wednesday, was a starter ia | 3048 [The Counsellor. ¢ (Cotion)...i102! 54 50 |Hidebrand | 6 7 |secretary, E. J. HAITINGtoN; LTeasurer, | pe approximately 5000000, 1t 18 _estimated b et e vent to Btraggier. This | LuS number. With Solomon Bonner | ‘sogr from Kingals 33 8 Bl '8 % |Eusene Pfaeffle; board of directors—!| that San Francisco alone has increased over 2The Iant TRosW P;‘_'“ e S| again at the wheel and heavily played | 793 |Norford, 6 (. H 33 85 |Gruwen . 8 ¢ |Moris Levy, E. J. Harrington, William | 100.000 peopie since 1000, &' cosacrvatis e yras his first start here. He was st1one-|at 3 and 4 to 1, the mare led from start | 0020 [Tagm. 4 (W, P. Magral 8 t582 9 9 |1 Daly 10 9 |J. Winterbottom, Sol Levinson and | [Eate places the popuiaton to ey R adiately y played and clo: 2 . to finish, beating out Handpress tWO | Time—:251 :51%. 1:18%. 1:46. At post 3 minutes, at 2356 Glissando, Place, 2; show, | Matthew Riley. A committee composed | adjacent to San Francisco, the population of AUTOMOBILISTS PLAN A REMARKABLE TOUR Twenty-Five Hundred Machines Will ¥Form a Procession to the St. Louis Fair. "HICAGO, Feb. 11.—Details of a grend b tour to be held in August | vere ed to-day the annual | American Automobile | as outlined, is | to St. | m every | so arranged that the the New York start upon the ove m m other cities, thus forming a procession that will be a| o us march to the World’s Fair ci Te ¥ o be made the P where 1 erge and cor The tour is not to | e endurance run. It is purely for the pleasure of the Twenty-five hundred i= estimated, will make erland journey. semimeiie o SRS R - WANT TO PLAY SUNDAY { BALL-GAMES IN THE EAST anned | | | National Bascball Commission Dis- | cusses the Subject in Stormy Ses- | sion. but Without Results. CHICAGD, Feb. 1L.—After a stormy < hich lasted for five rs the National Baseball Commis- n adjourned to-night until noon to- »w without having reached any on on the American club playing baseball in Ridgeway Park, on | g Island. next season. s the diseussion, it most interested in the | settied to-morrow | ts the sat of both leagues. | fore the commission went into ex- »n much routine business ted st of Player Lucia that his stricken fror: the reserve list Milwaukee Western League | team was refused —_—ee————— Baschall at Santa Clara. SANTA CLARA, Feb. 1L.—The Re- liance Club ball team was defested to- Cay by the Santa Clara Coliege team on the college campus by a score of § Neither sffie scored _ntil the mid- dle of the game, when the Reliance the first run. Santa Clara fol- ed with three in the next inning and the game was ~ one-sided contest ntil the end. The Datteries were: iance—Sullivan, Tyson and Strub: Clara—Emerson and Chase. | Colleg® plays Stanford on nford campus to-morrow afternoon. On Sunday the third game in a series | of five between Santz Clara College | apd Mayer Brothers will be played on the coliege campus. —_——————— Two Track Meets at Stanford. | STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Feb. 11. Athletic Manager D. V. Cowden is| completing arrangements with the TUnive: y of Nevada and .he [anta| Rosa High School for two track meets 10 be held at Stanford durire March. It has been decided that the High Schoc! athletes will meet the Stanford freshmen track team on Saturday, March 12. The date for the meet with the University of Nevada has been d for March 19, but there is a at the sagebrush track get into form by that time on account of the cold weather of Nevada preventing training. In ca e Nevada is not ready by March 19 a later date will be set or the meet will Ye called off. —_————— Clarence Forbes Knocked Out. KANSAS CITY, Feb. 11.—Kid Her- man to-night knocked out Clarence Forbes in the sixth round of what was echeduled for a twenty-round bout be- fore the Missouri Athletic Club. Her- man, who had much the advantage in weight, knocked Forbes down three times in the sixth round. —_————— Princeton Athletes to Compete. PRINCETON, N. J., Fed. 11.—The Princeton track and field athletes will be entered this year in the Olympic games at €. Louis in June and in a dual meet with the University of Chi- cago at Chicago. —_————— Sport=men Will Meet at Seattle. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 11.—The League of American Sportsmen to-day chose- Seattle, Wash., as the place of next meeting. —_—————— Strikers Shoot Deputy Sherill. DENVER, Feb. 11.—A News spe- cial from Fombstone, Ariz., says that Deputy Sheriff Arthur Wright has been shot by striking Mexicans at the Black Diamond smelter, who resisted arrest. A posse of miners captured the Mexicins and there are threats of Iynching. il vorite at 7 to 3. and Milas the show. van), > will be joined by | ° | Time, 1:3 | the purchase of destroyed A. Spaulding, for many years one the leading jewelers of Chicago and Paris. He died on Monday | from pneumonia. fire was from a near-by school hurried to the scene and helped the family carry out the furniture. body, although the flames almost sur- rounded the room where it lay. Spaul- ding retired from active business ten years ago. opened at 2 and went to the post fa- Ultruda got the place It being ladies’ day, the attendance was 4500. Weather perfect, track good. SUMMARY. purse—Turtle, 108 (Red- Mistletide, 95 (Feicht), 8 100 (Anderson), 10 to 1, an Nell, Rosseric, Capa- a end ring also First race, mile, Ma helrose and El Orlente aiso rap Third race, mile, selling—Lunar, 107 (Dono- 4 to 1, won: Canejo, 167 (Redfern), 5 to 2, second:; Mr. Robinson, 112 (Prior), 15 to 1, rd. Time, 1:423. Biueridge, Merwan, In- and All Abcut also ran urth ri 1. 103 6 to 5, won: Pat 109 (Donovan to 1, s ; Palm J. Lewis), 3 to 1, third. Time, also ran ne and a fourth miles, selling— 1 E Platonius. Diamante, 104 Frank | ee and John k also ran B seven furlongs, seliing- ewis). won: Ultrud . second 119 (Donovan) o 5. r Time, 1:28 Phyz, Homage, Cazador, Emshee 2 nder also ran. st din g ew Orleans Race Results. " ORLEANS, Feb. 11.—Resuits race, selling, seven furlongs—Ora Mc- nney wén, Arnold K second, Moderator third. race, second, econd isus one mile—Miss Katle Powers Melton _won, third. Time, rd race, six furlongs—Fosy Kane wonm, | Alpaca second, Mrs. Frank Foster third, ‘Time, 18, Fourth race, one Stand Pat second, C Fifth race, sell won, Gus Lanka Time, le—Ben Howard won, Safeguard ice third. . one mile—Emma A M nd, Josie F third. Time, ———— won, 1:49. TAFT REVIEWS CONDITIONS IN PHILIPPINE ISLANDS | Says Beneficial Effects From a Politi- | cal Standpoint Justifv Purchase of the Friar Land WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—Secretary of War Taft reviev Secretary turred his attention to the Patterson bill to abolish slavery in the islands. He stated that there was not the slightest objection to the pass- age of the bill, although in his judg- | ment there was no cauge for the meas- ure, as slavery had already been abol- ished legislatively by the terms of the Philippine act. The Bates treaty, he said, had been abrogated by the Sultan | of Sulu and his dattos, and he had for- warded a recommendation to the Secre- tary of War for its abrogation officially by the United States. Secretary Taft reviewed the friar land negotiations, which had successfully been concluded. While the Philippine government might lose perhaps $1.500,000 or $2,000,000 by the friar lands and their subsequent sale to Filipinos, he thought political standpoint amply justified the transaction. Secretary Taft will continue his ac- count of Philinpine matters before the | committee at another time, and will also be heard later by the House Com- mittee on Merchant Marine and Fish- eries on the Philippine shipping bill. —— e ——— ALMOST ENTERS CHAMBER OF DEATII FIRE Residence in Which Lay the Body of Henry A. Spaulding Is De- stroyed. NEW YORK, Feb. 11.—Fire almost the ‘home of Pelham Manor, where lay the body of Henry New York, While the body lay in an upper room of the residence discovered. Girl students Firemen rescued the —_—e—————— VALUE OF ANIMALS RUNS INTO MILLIONS Statisticlan of Departmeat of Agricul- ture Completes Iistimates on Number of Farm Beasts. WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. — The acting statistician of the Department of Agriculture has completed his es- timates of the number and value of farm animais in the United States on January 1, 1804. The totals for the -:o:lnm- are shown in the following table: ‘Take a Rest at Del Monte. | The scenery at Del ionte is very beautiful, and for bathing, boating, riding, golfing and other pleasures the place is famous. A first- class you particulars. . Second race. mile, selling—J. V. Kirby, 103 { (Redfern), 2 to 1, won; Iras, 98 (J. Lewis), 10 G second: Louwelsea. 102 (Lawrence), 10 t 7 1:42. MacGyle, Ulm, Paddy | Ling. gal Maxim, Dotterel, Dr. handicap—Golden | ved conditions in the Philippines before the House Commit- tee on Insular Affairs Wednesday. The | the beneficial effects from a | lengths. A grand aggregation of platers start- ed in the mile selling affair. Nothing was known about the condition of Glis- sando, so he closed a slight favorite over Emily Oliver. Pastmaster was blessed with some speed, but Glissando held him safe, scoring without effort by three lengths. - Emily Oliver finished in the show. Norford had Gruwell on | his back again and the young man is certainly a crude plece of workmanship. In the hurry and confusion to back Walter Jennings’ Stilicho to win the mile and seventy yard run the shrewd ones overlooked everything else. Dalsy Green had Hildebrand up, but that ap- peared to cut no figure yesterday. STILICHO AWAY BADLY. Unfortunately Jack Martin got away from the post badly with Stilicho, fin- ishing third. The Don, a 15 to 1 shot | piloted by Travers, made all the run- ning and at the wire downed Esherin a length with nothing to spare. With Hildebrand up. Letola, another from the Jennings stable, would have | been a 1 to 2 chance to annex the six- | furiong selling affair. With Willie Daly | in the saddle some 7 to 5 was obtain- able and the fast filly won in a gallop. Bombardier taking the place. Mike Daly's three-year-old Sailor Knot was backed from 4 to 2 in the speculating on tne concluding mile and fifty yard.event, and a poor send-off spoiled a good thing. The colt was pounds the best, but did not get away, running a close third. Ridden out, G. W. Trahern, an 11 to 1 shot, led Axmin- ster, the second choice, past the judges less than a length. | NOTES OF THE TRACK. | Bell was highly complimented for his | ride on Whiskers—by the admirers of | Fair Lady Anna. | On his previous race Bose Ely |looked a certainty to win the two- yvear-old race. That is, if one had the nerve. My Order is a good-looking two-year- old and won’'t be a maiden long. O’Hagen ran a poor race for a mud | lark. He may start again this week. | From a dispatch received at the track yesterday it was learned that a | Victorian sport named Ross made a bet at Seattle that George Berry uld beat Bombardier. Ross wired Harmon, trainer of George Ber- | Ty, | Barry won. Bombardier finished second without much effort. Steve Judge sold Mr. Dingle yester- { day to E. Tierney. Barney Schreiber took a trip to Los ’Angn[rs and has no book on this cut- {in. ! ENTRIES FOR TO-DAY. st race—Five and a half furlongs; four- is and up: selling Tom Tiddler (Daly) Muller (Miller). { e 5992 Amasa (Rowle: Second race—Three-quarters of & mile; maid- en three-year-olds; selling, 12 Hulford (Stover).. | f S Dundreary (Burns & 00 Inspector Munro (Fox). 5695 *Orso (Fitzgerald). . : Third race—Seven-eighths of a mile; four- year-olds and up; selling. 59S1 *Decoy (Milier). 100 4240 Possart (Case).. 4 0016 The Counsellor (Cotton) . Lichtenstein (Romigh) M )Da 4 *Carllee (Appleby Fourth race—Futurity course; four-year-olds and up: selling, 5083 Titus (Meek) 5078 *Amoruna (McGuire) 5a00 Teufel (Magrane). 6003 Suburban Queen (Winter). i 1 4666 Young Morello (Scharetg) Fifth race—Halt selling. (5067)*Meada (Bianchi & Co.).. +... Mizpah (Summers)...... Kismet-Jennle K. (8991 Eduardo (Burns & Waterhouse). 5070 *Saccharate (Napa Stock Farm) 5078 *Willa (Dobson Sixth race—One mile; three-year-olds up; selling. 5083 *Albemarle (Quinlan)....... 5845 Dungannon (Knebelkamp) €007 Mr. Dingle (Tierney). 5081 *Anvil. (Murray). ... 5685 *Mattie Clark (Dayion) . .. .. €004 Instrument (McAllister & Co.) a mile: two-year-olds; 101 and *Apprentice allowance. Bl s | mm.—lkhm.,fin, Siam sent abroad $37,582,000 worth last year, almost entirely rice, and T e | United States. g L outstayed George Berry, | at he was in on half the bet if 1. Master, place. 4: show, 2. Trained by J. Stewart. Norford. Waon_easily. Oliver, show. 1. 3 Scratehed—Mr. Farnum Lansdowne. Next three driving. on Winner. Glissando _had notbing to beat. Kingsley was played. - Gruwell mo help to Norford. - 6017. FOURTH RACE—One mile and 70 yards; purse; 4-year-olds and up; to first, $325. Index Horse and Owner. Wyst. . %. %. Sir. ¥in. | Jockey. [ Op. O 6006 |The Don, 4 (H, E. RowelD)....1101| 4 1 % 11351 h 1n 11 |Travers ...| 10 18 5931 {Esherin, "4 (J. F. Schorr). | 963 8n 2 h%z 2 2 1%2 % |Reed . 4 18-5 5898 'Stilicho, 4 (W. B. Jennings) 54 55 3n 3338h |J. Martin..| 5-2 IL8 5031 |Daisy Green. 4 (Follansbee) 22 31 41%41 4 21 Hildebrand 2 125 5957 |0'Hagen, 5 (Mrs. Bender) 42441 58 515515 |Oliphant [ 5968 |Argregor, 6 (Boots & Co. '1 6 6 8 6 6 |Bonner 18 Time—:24%. :50%, 1:17%. . 1:49%. At post 14 minute. Off at 3:21%. Don, place, 8; show, 2. Esherin place, 6:5; show, 1-2." Stilicho, show, 1-2. Winner, b. h by Lissak-Cereta. Trained by H.'E. Rowell. Start giod, Won In a drive of four. The Don 1s quite or he would udiark, it would eeem. E. e won, herin ra Daisy Green won't do. her race. Stilicho was away badly en ran a very poor race. O'H 6018. FIFTH RACE—Six furlongs; selling; 3-year-olds; value to first, $325. Index| Horse and Owner. [WUSt. %. %. % Str Fin. | Jockey. | Op. CL. 5802 |Letola (Jennings & Co).....| 94| 1 3 14 145/W Daly...| 11110 (5095)| Bombardier (F. Skinner) | o0 & h 23 221 Hildebrand | 6.2 62 (5504)|George Berry (Botiger & Co.).|104 4 K38 31" [Bell +.oniod ‘8 .... |Serenity (A F. Dayton) | 90 2 1432 44 |Kunz . 5 5022 |Instructor (Boots & Co.) 8 1%4 % 6 6 |Bonner 5005 |Bbony (Hamilton Stabl 3 6" 6 | Daly Time—:25%, :31, 1:17. At post % minute. bardier, place 7-10; show, out. Berry. cosia, Trained by W. B, Jennings. sixteenth. the la SIXTH RACE—One mile Start good. Won very easily. Winner pounds the best and price a very long one. Be: Instructer nd 50 yards; selling; 3-year-olds and up; to fi Letola, place, 1. Winner, ch. f. by Star Ruby-Leu- Next two driving. Bombardier ran his race. George Ebony is_alling. Horse and Owner. kwvisx. 5. %. Str. Fin. | Jockey. 993)/G. W. Trahern. 5 (Quinlan)..[111| 6 3 5971 |Axminster, 5 (W. D. Randall)|108! 2 5 5307 |Sailor Knot, 3 (M, J. Daiy)..| 85/ 6 6 Keynote, 5 (J. 4 IChickadee, 5 (McCaffert 2 Atkin) 1 7-10; Diderot retired very early. 81, 1:44, 1:47_ At post 1 n‘m[;u. Off at 4:161. Trahern, place, 7-2; Sailor, show_ 2-5. Start bad. TWon in a hard drive of Axminster did his best. Sallor Knot won easily. Chickadee ran a mild race. Winner, b. g. by SEEKS LIGHT ON DIIDENDS Stockholder in the United States Steel Corporation Begins Some Interesting Litigation SIRE At TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 11.—Alfred F. | Stevens of Newark to-day instituted suit in the Court of Chancery against the United States Steel Corporation to have that corporation show cause why it first increased and subsequently dis- continued payment of dividends on its common stock. Stevens in his petition claims that the steel company since its incorpora- tion has had net earnings over and | above its fixed charges of about $65,000,~ 000. Of this amount $18,000,000 was earned in 1901, $34,000,000 in 1902 and $11,000,000 in 1903. He claims that under WATER RATE 1S DISCISSED Supervisors Meet as Investigat- ing Committee to Examine ] Affairs of Spring Valley —_— The Board of Supervisors met last night as a committee of the, whole and devoted two hours and a -half to the investigation into the affairs of the Spring Valley Water Company, with a view to fixing the water rate for the coming year. In the absence of the Mayor, Supervisor d'Ancona acted as chairman. . The Spring Valley Company was rep- resented by its chief attorney, M. B. Kellogg; Pelham Ames, secretary of the company; George E. Booker, head bookkeeper; M. Garoutte. assistant bookkeeper, and Assistant Engineer Willilams. These men successfully its charter the corporation is obliged t0 | evaded all questions put to them that pay quarterly dividends to the extent of 4 per cent per annum; that in Octo- ber, 1903, a dividend of only one-half of 1 per cent, or at the rate of 2 per cent per annum, was declared, and that in January, 1904, no dividend at all was declared on the common stock. He at- tacks the validity of the recent by-laws of the corporation, which authorize the had a tendency toward eliciting an- | swers that would give to the board the value of the water works. Much of the time was taken up in an attempt on the part of the investigat- ing committee to secure information concerning the property owned, the property not now in use and the prop- erty mentioned in the reports of the directors to set aside from the elrnlnssi water company not now being used in of the company from time to time such | the production of water for the city. amounts as they may determine. stevens contends that the by-law is in violation of his rights as a stock- holder; that he owned his stock before this by-law was adopted, and that he never consented to its adoption. He al- leges that even under this by-law no mongy was set aside for working capital until February, 1904, whereas it was prior to this that the dividend of Octo- ber, 1803, was reduced and the one of January, 1904, was passed. ————————— Buchanan Will Not Return to Panama WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—Minister Buchanan had a talk with Secretary Hay Wednesday respecting conditions on the isthmus. He reported that mat- ters were in very good shape when he left, and that excellent progress was being made in the framing of the constituytion. Although he has not yet virtually submitted his resigna- tion, the department admits that Bu- chanan will not return to Panama. ———————— To Accompany Japanese Army. WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—Mr. Gris- com, the American Minister in Tokio, has been directed to request permis- sion of the Japanese Government for the following army officers to accom- pany the Japanese army: Colonel E. H. Crowder, general staff; Captain J. F. Morrison, Twelfth Infantry; Captain Frederick Marsh, Artillery Corps, and Captain J. E. Kuhn, Engineer Corps. —_—— e ————— Anti-Hearst Man Is Selected. DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 11.—An anti-Hearst man, C. W. Cullison of Harlan, was selected as temporary chairman of the Democratic State convention, which will be held in Des Moines May 4. The decision was reached to-day by the Democratic State Committee. Louis Murphy of Dubuque was the Hearst candidate. . ————————— Save the dollars and you won't have any pennies to about. . < WILLIAMS IS GUARDED. Assistant Engineer Williams did most of ‘the explaining, but whenever a question was put the answer to which would give the committee any light on the holdings and the value of the same By the company, he was not ready, or did not remember the data. Attorney Kellogg was dsked to tes- tify as to the value of the company’s property, but said he could not do so until he had consulted his superiors. The Spring Valley Company still main- tains that the vaiue of its plant is $40,- 000,000, while City Engineer Grunsky says that it is worth but $24,000,000. It is evident that the investigating committee will be confronted with as much trouble in ascertaining what is necessary for it to know in order to fix the water rate for the coming year as It has experienced in previous in- vestigations. The Spring Valley Com- pany filed a report estimating the ope- rating expenses for the fiscal year of 1904-05 at $560,000. LIST OF QUESTIONS. Engineer Grunsky was not satisfied with the enumeration of the estimated operating expenses for the coming year and dictated a number of questions, to be answered by the company next week, the abject of the questions be- ing to obtain from the Spring Valley Company a more detailed account of nses. ‘The Spring Valley reports did not give the amount of land owned by the company. All efforts to get the truth in this matter were fruitless. Attorney Kellogg was asked by Su- pervisor - Brandenstein if all of the property of the Spring Valley had been enumerated in the reports filed with the committee. He refused to answer the question one way or another until the next meeting, so that he might have a chance to consult his employers. ‘When the committee found that the ‘water company was not until next Wi of Al Murphy, Sol Levinson and Morris Levy was appointed to see that the rules of the new assoclation were car- ried out while the by-laws are being prepared. The association will apparently haye absolute control of the amateur boxing game In this city, the Supervisors hav- ing recognized it as the governing au- thority. Under the new regime no boxer will under any circumstances be al- lowed a prize to exceed $35 for appear- ing in a ring contest. This amount will include the trophy and his training ex- penses. Each club will be compelled to post a forfeit to guarantee that it will live up to the by-laws of the association, and any club failing to keep its faith will be summarily dismissed from member- ship and not allowed into the fold again under any circumstances. A committee composed of E. J. Har- rington, Al Murphy and Sol Levinson was appointed to frame the by-laws. The members will meet next Monday night, and this part of the programme will then be arranged. The West Oakland Club of Oakland was not represented et the meeting, admitted to membership. The San Francisco Club sent E. J. Harrington as a delegate, and this re. was rumored that Athletic Association, but this proved untrue. —_———————— Tradition In Architecture. Professor Hamlin, writing in the Forum, has the following remarks on tradition in architecture: “The Euro- pean designers have been so carried | away with the freedom of the ‘new art’ must reign at least in a measure, they have allowed the freedom of the new spirit in design to degenerate into li- cense and even anarchy. The reason of this is clear. Tradition, which has always, in architectural styles, min tered for a while to progress in re- filnement, by concentrating all effort upon the perfecting of the details of the style, has just as uniformly in the end led to sterility in design and then to a final reaction. This is what is taking place in France, Belgium, Ger- many and Austria, where the too academic formality of the long ac- cepted classic revival has bred weari- ness and revolt.” —— e—————— Professors of Engineering. One of the problems to which engi- neering schools ought to give imme- diate and serious consideration has, says Cassier’'s Magazine, grown out of the practice of obtaining professors by “in-breeding,” as it has been charac- terized, meaning by this the recruiting of the young teachers, soon to be de- veloped into full-fledged professors from among recent graduates, with little more than their school experi- ence to their credit. This damages the school. There have been occasional Jectures by prominent engineers, act- ively engaged in professional work, but will probably send a delegate to the next session, when it will be formally | moves all doubt as to the attitude as- . sumed by the southside organization. It | three year Alex Greggains would cast in his lot with the Pacific | caitornta (2 1908 than in 1902, all of which | day. that in architecture, where law | | and now and then men fresh from en- gineering fields have been secured as the heads of engineering school de- partments. But these are only iso- lated examples of what should be general practice. —_———————— ' Pathos and Bathos. Not all the saerifice as between hu- man beings and animals lies with the which can be safely estimatad at 150.000, mak- mg in all 000,000 people about the Bay of Sam Franelsco. CITY'S GREAT GROWTH. The population of San Francisco proper m 1990 was 208,000, in 1900 342782, or an in- crease in the ten years of 43.785, or 4378 each year. The population in 1003, 'estimated &t 430,000, would show an increase over that of 1900 of 707.000, about J6.000 each year, or nearly nine times greater than the yearly aver- age for the ten ycars previous. Los Angeles, the second largest city in the State, had in | 1590 a population of 50,395; in 1800, 102,470, | ehowing an_increase of 52084, or 5208 each “The population of Los Angeles in 1505, Los Angeles County. ). an increase in the . being 15,540 each year, er than the yearly average ¥y as given by the Clerk of is estimated at 150,000, | or three times | for_the ten years previous, From latest official returns it is shown that 121,963 persons took advantage of the colonist rates to California during the periods that e in force, namely, March ptember and October, 1902; to June 15, 1903, and September 1908, a total of 319 days. urns show : During spring 2, 12,043; during fall months of 9 total in 1902 923; during spring months of 1008, 44,1 during _fall months of 1903, 40.841; total in 1903, 54,980, PLAN BIG DINNER. These figures are from the Southern Pacifio | Company and do not i e the travel Dby other routés, nor the travel on other tickets. which was also unusually heavy, especially during the last year. Rallroads anmounce a the same basis 1 next and com- w of these figures a much larger per- in_popuiation during the just passed than that of the tem Particular attention is called centage years previous. to the larger number of colonists coming to points to the fact that the systematic and wi directed work of the committee is producing results. The California Promotion Committee has made plans to have a dinner at the | St. Francis Hotel in the latter part of | March, this to be the first function held |in the new hotel. This was announced | at a meeting of the committee yester- | Circulars have been sent out to associate members, so it was reported, in which each member Is asked to bring in two more members. The com- mittee is arranging with European newspapers to publish articles on Cali- fornia, the object being to attract at- tention to t State. NEW YORK, Feb. 11.—Five thousand labor- ers and coal miners have gone on strike, says a Valparaiso (Chile) dispatch to the Herald. So far no disorder has been reported. Ketchikan, Haines, ; ) etc., Alaska—11 & m., Feb. 15, 30, 25, Mar. 1. C company's steamers at - @ tle. S For_ Victoria, Vancouver, Port Townsend, Seattle. Ta- coma, Everett, Whatcom—11 a. m., Feb. 15, 25, Mar. 1. Change at Seattle to this com- pany's steamers for Alaska and G. N. Ry.; at Seattle or Tacoma to N. P. Ry.; at Vancouver to C. P. Ry. For Eureka (Humboldt Bay)—Pomona, 1:30 p. m., Feb. 16, 22, 28, Mar. 5. Corona, 1:30 p. m.. Feb. 13, 19, 25, Mar. Wrangel, For Los Angelas (via Port Los Angeles and Redondo), San Diego and Santa Barbara—San- ta Rosa, Sundays, 9 a. m. State of California, Thursdays, 9 a. m. Fo- Los Angeles (via San Pedro and East San Pedro). Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz. Mon- v, San Simeon, Cayucos, Port Harford (Sam bispo), Ventura and Hueneme. Coos Bay. 9 a. m., Feb. 13, 21, 29, Mar. & Bonita, # a. m., Feb. 17, 25 Mar. 4. For Ensenada, Magdalena Bay. San Jose del Cabo, Mazatlan, Altata, La Paz, Santa Ro- salla. Guaymas (Mex.), 10 a. m., Tth each month. For further information obtain folder. Right is reserved to change steamers or sailing dates. OFFICES—4 New Montgom- ery st. (Palace Hotel), 10 Market st. and Broad- way wharves. Freight office. 10 Market st. €. D. DUNANN, General Passenger Agent, 10 Market St.. San Franciseo. The Pacific Transfer Co.. 20 Sutter st.. will call for and cheek bay from hotels and residences. Telephone, Exchange 312. O. R. & N. CO. brutes. Charles I's Queen, driven by on salis Feb. 17, 27. Cromwell's cannonade fror the house | ADFil 7 and 17. S. & 1 n in which she had sought asylum | fiier saiis Feb. 12 55, Mar 5 53, 5. Apell 3 at Burlington Bay, remembered that | :)»;{1 12 don':l:[’ lt-u“nn“m lr:-:nl;om Y { OR., and short rai to all ¢he had left a lapdog in the [ 8GR SROTL TN SO, PO patrite. o house and returned under a heavy fire | rail or steamshin and rafl, at LOW to recover it. Lord Methuen's grand- father took a crew of British tars with him to rescue a dog from a burning ship; and more recently, General von Schwarzoff lost his life in attempting to save that of his hound in a burning building at Peking. Byron thought more of his pet goose than of all ¢ fair women who offered themselves un- conditionally to him. He had bought the bird to fatten up for his Michael- mas day dinner. In the interregnum the poet and the bird became so mu- tually attached that he could not kill it. Instead, he bought another, and 'had the pet goose swung in a cage un- der his carriage when he traveled. In time the matronly bird reared three more.—St. James (London) Gazette. ’ —————— ‘The trouble with the chronic kicker is that he is too busv kicking to take the trouble to find out what he's kick- ing about. —_—————— ‘When one is jilted nowadays—there’'s many a g fish in‘the market. S. F. BOOTH. Gen. Axt. Pass. Dept. Moptgomery st.: C. CLIFFORD, Gen. Freight Dept., 3 Montgol st 3 T0Y0 KISEN KAISHA, (ORIENTAL STEA! oy - Steamers will leave whar?, corner Pirst and Brannan streets, at 1 p. m. or YOKONAMA and Hongkong. calling at Kobe (Hiogo), Naga- saki and Shanghai, connecting. rates. For fre! pary’s office. | S. VENTURA, for Honolulu, Samoa, land and Svdney. Friday. Feb. 12, $ p. m. 8. ALAMEDA, for Honolulu, Fab. 20, 11 a.m, §. MARIPOSA, for Tahiti, Mch. 18, 11 a. m, we Sompaguiz emmEnALS TRATM AR L INE VRE- Salling every mfm"‘\‘,klt FARIE