The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 24, 1904, Page 11

DECEMBER (%] 1902 11 Footing Is Quite Sloppy and MUDLARKS SKIM Home First at Racetrack HONITON HANDLES WEIGHT AND TAKES THE HANDICAP “agrane Runs Sec- AA\ FRANCISCO CALL'S S RACING FORM CH &RT . d N OAKLAND—Friday, December 23, Weather showery. Track sloppy. on o . | ose ln T611. FIRST RACE—Futurity course; 2-year -olds; selling; value (o first, 3325, Front Of Jud e Index! Horse and Owner. [WUSt. %. 3. % Str. Fin. | Jockey. | Op. Ol g 560 |Edgeciit (Judge & Co.) 2 " | 2 . 4n €1%3 % 18 [McBride 4 5 1 [Saiabie (Blasingame Bros in 1 12. ;“x,: ’: {Crosswaite - ! 6. 9 — ly Bl (D. Zelinsky) S 61%7T 33 |Helgesen ..| 7-2 235 | Nolna (G. 3. Van Gord 32% 2 n ‘4 1% Greenfleld .| = 4 7-2 {Bearskin (Skinner & Co. 8 iy 514 3 H. Michaels| 6 : 1046 [Poarl Waters (0. F. Wai s [} Kunz {3l on | T |Herthus (V. Giibert). . 21 4 0 |Travers 8 16 | 7535 |Mogregor (California Stable). 5 8 |Bullman ‘ 4 i | | Time—:25, :501, 1:13. o1 ", ble, pllm Nigrette Loses Her Company in the Last Race. “Jaor, Tar Baby, At post 1% minutes. Off at 2:1414. Fdgeclif, place, 0.5; : show, S-5. Bill, show, 9-10. "1 by S. Juage. Scratched Fisher Boy, Julla South. seized with first-past-the-wire fright and Edgecliff beat him umping in coming through. paci This race ought to have w r(:)l!::d Sracefully. Pearl Waters .flo::"!:;rnr;l“o:’”fl —— show, Winner, br. g by Eddie Jones— —Indieate, Bill Short, Glendene, Mabel Start_good. ' Won all_driving. Handy Bill slipped the bunch another %0 keep him on tap. Veln: oft very badly. 7612. SECOND RACE~-Six furlongs; 4-year- olds.and up selling;_value to first, $325. commas—— i s V Inau Horse and Ownor. t. %. 3%. %. Str. Fin. | Jockey. | Op. Cl. DORA 1 ] FRON | Albemarie, & G ) —2 2% 22%1h 12 |Greenfield .| 2 m-u A 1 | ;:flyRKenl & (J. Ryan). 1 H :'x,.'.o 45 2% |McBride ..| 10 Bell Reed, 4 (Pitzg'nh!&Cree) w 3 $a71a 530 o oherwesa .| 7'8 1110 Hipponax, a (A. | 4 44 31%3 244 |Ruliman 6 1L BY FRED E. MULHOLLAND. |Afbonita, "€ d(u\he.q, | 6 31%42 538 5 30 Loague 50 100 ::n“; l_rt“.lkr-rl:(‘or | 8 8§ T1%64 85 30 60 e | ng Towers, 5 (Stocktn §.) m 7 5h6n 74 78 5 13-2 e can carry weight . H. Bennett, & (Romigh). ... |109] 5 THE 88 40 100 er nary ones received T S —— = 5 o—:2 1315, At post 11 minutes. Off at 2:45. Albemarle, place, 1. show, 920, exe at Oskland yesterday Kent, place, 3; show. Becs, shows e Weibnet bp in Dassive- s, heatuad s Rosn's el asavs: N by J. Quinlan.” Scratched—Bronze Wing, Karabel, Flaneur, Troy, Royal White. Kubelik, Alta Start _good. Won ridden out. 8 pounds and strolled in handicap, decided at seven 18 done for the season, maybe. the chances of some of the Second driving. R ihe grindstone and a change of stage drivers sharpencd the speed of Albemarle until it would cut a limburger cheese without destroying the bouquet. Lady Kent.a late arrival, was noticed. Beli Reed stopped, when ready. Ster) 7€13. THIRD RACE—Six furiongs; purse; two-year-olds; ‘Third stopping.. A day or two Hipponax shy of speed. ling Towers value to first, $325. & of the party stood out like Index! Horse and Owner. WeiSt. 4. s suit = e at a Tehama-street faded away when it o Lesso (G W Wilson) ... E. McLaughlin A Muskn&ls (G. 'W. Dodee). |Royal Red (J. Touhey).... L. Goodrich (W Applenlel 107 Smithy Kane (Hall & Marshi) 107, but came down to actual racing. Magrane, inder, 10 110 he 5-p received some smart while the three-year-old Lillitus (3. Hackett) L1110/ 8 he had no more chance Co.|110| 9 daughter of Ormonde 1“813 an in a glass- hgve of safely Niagara whirlpool s price would be 88 to L rs of Magrane, Judge, tt Hogan enabled the | At post 2% minutes show his o excuses. Muskoday, (-'J—Llrflra.\' Gordon. olore though sore, d sat down. Royal Red will win shortly. %. %. S _Fm. | Jockes‘ 34 82%21%11 |Bonner 21 283 11 25 4h 48 82 31 821461 5144 61351 64 5 15 14 44 6 5n 72 T2 74 |Minder 7h 84 8108 12 |Larsen 9210 94 915 W. Daly. 0 9210 10 |Loague or at Legeo, place, 1-8; sho b_ . by Puryear D-Sevens. Start good. Won all driving. McBride was given a week and his mount to the three-furlong ran well. Smithy Kane spoke a Lady Goodrich will do among Winner, way through A boy f s of Honiton to get as good ls{ 2 to 1 about him, zlthough 7 to 5| 7g14a ven furlongs: handicap; all age: was the rket price. \’xa i R T = ¥ 2 ndex St . %. Str. Fin. i DAVIS PILOTS HONITON. s e = the leg up on the favorite, P e P B e orders to wait for nothing McAiester). . 1'33%3h 41%21, 34 5 4 b ee after the At Scharetg) 4 5% 5% 68 41 4h (Helgesen 8 8 . Ene $BE ace. an, & (Romigh) 7 62468 51 Bn 5% [T. Clark. 10 15 . the stretch the plebeian hesia, 3 (Henshall).|101/8 7 7 7 7 63 Kunz 20 50 the company had all re- Sea Voyage. 2 (Mrs. Miller).| €2/5 1h 2% 2% Taylor 30 60 ‘ »d Honiton finished the 273 At post i msinute. OFf at Te e route at her leisure. »l h'vr 35 " dudge, show, ' o le g Trainea by P. Ryan. Start god % & wo lengths in 1:273, d of canvas that would carry a clipper ship from Point 5 ly good perform- -nin> days. Magrane, like his owner and namesake, e. Sam Green- e hard at work, with nosed Judge out for ne bobbed about like a el e to get out. Romaine m wed the rac- ng condition rge crowd v " Horse and Owner. gne cork in a country have gone back sure. Judge tardy in calling court. Helgesen hotel bath tub with Hogan was never men- ing was all | Favorites won | G. Ryan).... [ 'Hrmhvw»f-r Co.)| 93 2 est price laid about Dora I was there with Swiss bells on. 59 Dora, place, 5; Winner; br. m. by one, Platt, Flaunt The Lieutenant can do better on a dry The Fretter made a tame showing. old and up; v: | The Fretter, a (O nsidered, was s | : P nst Nigrette, | = w‘ v ce of the day, over yards. A little ¥ 3 . 3 Balance driving hard. - the track ap- Cure, late in getting up speed, closed strong. pears the mare's speed, track, For a horse that was played, < o g wehe | RACE—1 1l d 70 yards; selling kil B1X T RACE—1 mile and 7 yards ng; 3 th t the far turn she picked | 7616 SIXTH “h nir Horse and Owr Wt St Index Travers - A " Sy - NE) | 'l 10 1 11-10 NIGRETTE AN EASY WINNER. [ 15 Greenfleld .| 85 8.5 Travers pparently made up his | 320 (R. Butler..| 6 11-2 2 g hances of losing, but o vl AL i o S S the vorite to sift along, | L 1:14, i- B Off at 4:231%. Nigrette, place, bre g hom engths before Leila, | . 1.3 . 3 L A % - Wter, bik. m.. by ] 3 ¥ y:3 £ ARty Bt pay B (' . Heba Third Nigrette won with more of a margin = | 3 Leila cannot beat he kind of going. Red Cross Nurse found me too fast and tucked herself . -l-—-————'—‘—_’_“—'—‘—-l- ton last summer, and “will provide a| stand for the trainers and owners.” | “Sprung at Brighton, eh?” Poor old New York. If some of those descend- ants of Rip Van Winkle would take a trip to California occasionally they might observe triiners’ and owners’ stends on our tracks and an annuncia- he Futurity The Rubicon filly until well into the he dropped back and aced McBride on Edgecliff the pacemaker, the last | less than S A tor which flashes the first three horses » :pau the wire in time to get people ng career did |} 1. for an early dinner. . and he Following are the weights as as- <o furlong sell- | o0 o0 v Handicapper Egbert for the ” g & pronounced | oy igrmas handicap at one and a quar- ‘ second chOICE, | 1o miles with $3000 added, to be de- Greenfield, took the cided next Monday: rite when ready and i Lady Kent out a gths. Hipponax lost the t choice by a nose. l EGGO BEATS SEA AIR. held the bala: of the | e six-furlong purse event _proved 100 much for 7 to 10 and ridden ter a some- feated Sea Air thy Kane tincanned half a mile, then he rear Muskoday | 3r® DR Tt Achitien. - 110'Caliban 1091 Easy Street . 109/ Kenilworth _ 2107 Greenock 107 Felipe Lugc 107 3ilitary Man 1071The Lady Rohesi J10R!Blue Eves 10 Little Wally Dr Leggo hat stor length fr my pas Sm win the mile | 1 3 to1iY in unexpect The ide in the saddle and The Cure in a 1 time to down The | xpw = 22 mw aptsin Forsee. 165! Telephone —_———————— New Orleans Racing. ORLEANS, Dec. 23.—Results of the 1 place honors. | races . s & T cne time in the | First race. seven furlongs—Sis Lee won, Gas- - - TS E favorite in the | ne second, Freit third. Time, 1:28. | P A POOF yee- | “secona race, six furlongs—Littie Jack Hor- | IRACK NOTE:! ner won, Love second, Sadduccee third. | Time, 1:14 Third race, mile and an eighth—Lady Fonso | won., Always Faithful second, Gigantic third. | Time, 1 two winners, Edge- sides finishing, sec- six furlongs—Dick ot and Sea Air. His | ‘Foarth race, handicap, ed by a piece of rough | Bernard won. Frontenac second, Astarita third. = in 2-5. \ir that caused the | TEyy i mile and a quarter—Brookivn | e capable young rider | won. Bessie 1'1‘;’ thy second, Homestead down for a w It iooked as If Me- | third. Time, 2 Sixth race, one mile—Jack Greenberg won, Bride third. went Time, St. Tammany second, Ahoia three 11 Bonner on Di 1:423-5. > adees took acmeired mobolly. Chat) Facht Sates:Lis Not Dol fiai; ; dmsrogaras one winner and| BERLIN, Dec. 23.—It developed to- finished & astride Magrane, The|@ay upon investigation that the list of and Leila American entries for the trans-At-| A jantic vacht race mext year published i by the Lokal Anzeiger in a dispatch from Kiel yesterday, although pur- porting to be official, was only the im- pression which the Imperial Yacht Club officials derived from American jetters. The entries will not be of- ficially announced until they are clcsed. ———————————————— ut of his way on two or asion; eceived support on the st five-furlong work- F. A. Meyers, an Eastern turfman, owner of Gay Boy and other prominent performers, is here. Joe and Sam Blume, who booked at Oakland last season, reached here Thursday night from the Eastern coun- try. In a party of metropolitan turf-goers | Offers Bowl Thorpe. arriving here yesterday from New Lagarde . York by steamer via Panama were: Joe| Jack Lagarde, the bowler. has ac- Haymon, Willie Kerryheart, Phil Ma- l cepted the challenge of Arthur Thorpe guire. Jules Frank and Kid Rogers. ;for a match for $100 a side. He spe- An Eastern exchange says that the | cifies that the match take place at Brooklyn Jockey Club has fallen in line | Oakland within ten days, as the men with the innovation sprung at Brigh-, cannot agree on a neutral s ‘and Eddie BOXING TALENT SEEMS SCARCE San Franeisco Club Mateh Maker Finds Difficulty in Getting Strong Card e Matchmaker Alex Greggains of the| San Francisco Athletic Club is finding it difficult to find a card for next month which will have the drawing power of some of the recent fights held here. Battling Nelson would give him no decided answer yesterday, saying he could not talk business until he had straightened out his differences Manager Murphy. The latter will be | brought back from Stockton to-day by | the police and an effort wiil be made to | straighten out the tangle info which their accounts have been twisted. If Nelson cannot talk business within the next twenty-four hours with Greg- | gains the latter will look at once for another match. He has in view matches between Jack Johnson and Marvin Hart, Jack Root and Hart and JImmy | Eresident Wiliam Greer Harrison will Gardner and Buddy Ryan. The ob- of these matches is that the principals are strangers here and outsiders seldom draw well. There are few sensational matches in | view, the old material having been worked over so often as to have palled on the public taste. Jabez White, the English champion, is anxious for a match with Britt. The latter does not want to talk fighe until afier the holi- days. There are no rising voung bofers in 'sight of championship material. Manager Al Murphy of the Lincoln Athletic Club has completed the card for the boxing show to be given in Me- chanics’ Pavilion next Friday night. There will be seven bouts of four | rounds’ duration. Billy Roach has been | selected referee. The best contest will be a four-round go between Sam Ber- ger of the Olympic Club and Jim Casey, the husky longshoreman who has been fighting under the name of “Young Fitzsimmons.” Berger is train- ing at Sheehan's, Ocean Beach. Casey is preparing at the Hayes Valley Ath- letic Club. George Finnigan, amateur bantam champion of the world, Kehoe will meet a second time. Kehoe nearly beat Finnigan three weeks ago. Bob Cairns and Mike Synfy will battle at 138 pounds. This is a return match, Cairns having beat Synfy in four rounds. “South-Side” O’Brien, * with | SOME MUDLARKS PICKED TO WIN —_— BY FRED E. KIJ’LBOLI:AN'D. First ruce—l)ouzre[, Karabel, Dodlie H. Second race—Squire Johnson, Prince Brutus, Yada. Third race—Sol Lichtenstein, } Revolt, Sir Preston. Fourth race—Briers, Anvil, Idogo. Fifth race—Mountebanlk, Al- ‘ bemarle, Bard Bnrns Sixth nm—lhpty Dungannon, Serenity. _ Miller; FIELDS HAVE B AN OPEN LOOK ~ AT OAKLAND —_— The card at Oakland to-day, while devoid of any especial feature, should furnish some good sport. Interest no doubt will center in the meeting of Prince Brutus and Squire Johnson,¢wo shifty two-year-olds. The day’'s en- tries: First race—Seven furlongs, three-year-olds l!ld selling rtle 11 (Hertzell). Cinnabar (Clark). Young Marlow (McLaughlin) -102 Dotterel (Lynch).. 102 *Dollie H (Burnett). 93 Mosketo (Strobel). Homege *El Moro vi Dandie Belle (Winters & Joh: Sunny Shore (Dunn). Bedner (Cruza)..... ndard (McAlester). Karabel (Eottger & Harmon). Military (Quill). Sugden (Stu furlongs, Second race—Six pur: two-year-olds, ‘ada_(Cahill)....... 09 Fa\ Templeton (Dodge) e Brutus (Cameron)... ..mmal Sarto (Summers). Morita (Napa Stock Farm). Jerusha (Engstrom) Gossiper (Touhey) ce—Futurity course, three-year-olds ling : K. Condon (Ezell). *Cousin Carrie (Gaylord 0 *Butidor (Fine). *Revoit (Gilbert) 6780 Hulford (Stover) 9 *Maud Muller (Miller) Sol Lichtenstein (Madison). *Sir Preston (Scharetg)... Fourth race—Ome and a sixteenth miles, selling. ear-olds ang up, 2 “Lady Kent (Ryan) )Meistersinger (Healey *Isabellita (Ronaldson) 362)*Briers (Rowell) . . Wenrick (Dayton 08 *Anvil (Murray) 7609 Barrack (Barrett) . 17595 *Major Tenny (Piedmont Stable). 7608 *Northwest (Figaro” Stable) ... 7610 Colonel Anderson (McLaughlin 1)*Idogo (Wilson) Fifth race—geven furlongs, three-year-olds 4 up, selling. 2)Albemarle _(Quinlan) 5 Flaneur (Blanchi & Co. *Delsegno (Logan) ... Border Mark (0'Brien). 85 Fllls 4'Or (Appleton & ( 5 *Mr. Farnum (Wilson). 90 Mountebank (Keating) 3 (Ryan) 7567 Molto (Shannon) 7567 *Edvcate (Hoppas) Sixth race—One mile, three-year-olds, 58 Serenity (Dayton & Kahn). 05 *Inspector Munro (Fox) 7605 Box Elder (Moran).. ® Scherzo (Pueblo Stable). 16 Harka (Henshall) £ *Apprentice v —_———— BAIN DEFEATS JAMES IN HANDBALL TOURNAMENT Scveral Interesting Events Are Planned by the Officials of the Olympic¢ Club. The handball tournament was con- tinued last night at the Olympic Club. The matches resulted as follows: Foran beat Tansey, 21-17; Bain beat James, 21-13, 21-18; Barkin beat Selig, 17-21, 21-3 and 21-4. The games to be played to-morrow are as follows: First class—H. W. Bogen vs. H. S. Russ, A. A. Pockwitz vs. Louis Levy. Second class—H. Brickell vs. L. A. Smith, C. E. Cutter vs. W. F. Humphrey. Third class—F. M. Goodrich vs. F. E. Atkins. The Olympic Club will give a la- | dies’ night on Thursday evening, Jan- {uary 19, under the leadership of John J. Gleason. The cafe, which has been closed for the past few months, will be thrown open about the first of the year. It will be conducted under the management of the directors of the club. On New Year's day the club will 1hold a cross country walk through Golden Gate Park to the ocean beach. to enter the surf. Max Rosenfeld, the club captain, is supervising the event. A large number of members have ex-l pressed their intention to take part. | R S Jockey Club in Receivers’ Hands. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 23.—John M. ‘Wood, who was to-day appointed per- manent receiver for the Union Jockey Club property, was also ordered to sell the property from the courthouse on December 30 for not less than $350,- 000. The club had its first season last summer, when it operated without the sanction of the Western Jockey Club. ————— SHARON ESTATE DIRECTORS MEET.— Compan: e e i m":“: . whic e local the heirs’ of the late Senator Sharon. + Ymerdu at lh. Palace Hohl the re-election of m s lead the members and will be the flrstl l J. P. Martin was secretary and treas. lrer of the company, of which Colonel Kirk. patrick continues as manager. o -— who earned a decision over Carroll, is to box Bob Ritchie at 125 pounds. Jim Fox and George Murray of the Olympic Club are to meet again at 160 pounds. Harry Baker and Ralph Bullard will open the show. They will box at 105 pounds. Alec McDonald and Dannx Cole are next on the programme. They are to fight at 115 pounds. | cretain quarters connecting them with | ous phases of —-———— e — -———-———— JOE YEAGER'S WASWIFT WINS EASILY FROM KENILWORTH Three Choices Finish First Descuento Defeats Highly Touted Oxford and Sportsman in Juvenile Race. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23.—Waswift, Joe Yeager's big chestnut horse, showed some of his speed exhibited at Ascot last year when he hung up the track record of 1:39% for the mile, with 124 pounds up, by winning the third race over the line in the first race, riding Andvari to victory at 6 to 1, with An- ona, the favorite, second and Sinicado third. Weather cloudy, track slow. | Summary: I First race, five furlongs—Andvarl, 103 | . 6 to 1. won: Anona, 105 (Miller). 11 second: \m\c.do 163 (McDanfei), 16 to Time. 1:03. Auro, Lady Kispar, St. Miss Powell and Garvice also ran. nd_race, Slauson course. sellingHappy | to-day from Felipe Lugo and Kenil- worth. Waswift was almost overlooked in the betting, the form-players arguing a Lawrence). 4 to §,_won: Hersain, | i 2 (McDaniel), 6 to 1, second; Foxy Grandpa, ihe had not dome anything during the | 75, (T RENl 516 . eomt P e, L5, past season to warrant support. He James J. Corbett, Crosby. Our Pride, Past- | drifted from 5 to 8 to 1 in the books, m"r‘vffr:i Mireina a‘nd )rmf nov%'n-:"?n.lw while Kenilworth was played from 2 o0 | myachrandy, 'S to 1. won: Felipe Lugo, 108 1 to 87to 5. Waswift took command at | (Dugan), 6 to 1, second; Kenilworth 116 (H. Smith), ‘8 to 5, third. "Time, 1:14%. Sais, the head of the stretch and won easily. | mth). '8 o 6 ihicd - Time. | Three_favorites took first money to- Fourth race, five -'u-lnnxpo-.Dnnwmo, FJ“M AT ;. O (Rensenkamp). 6 to 1. won: Oxfoed, I11 CFul. fiay, ENkpwerc: Hagpy Cheponak ¢ t? ler), 4 to 5. second; Sportsman, 108 (Kent). 5 in the second, Heather Honey at 4 t05 | s 1, third. Time, 1 011-, Devon.- B, Th‘ Nevice, Belle Dixon and Buchanan also mb. - Fifth race, one and a sixteenth ml ing—Heather Honey. 84 (McDantel), in the fifth, and Rodolfo at 3 to 1 in the sixth. T'to 5. Descuento surprised the crowd by | won: Akela, 105 alsh), 5 to ‘;‘.a u;ond ! winning the fourth race for two-year- | Piea G. 102 (Knapm. 4 to 1. th g ] olds.from the much-praised Oxford,| Sixth race. Slauson course, selling—Rodolfo, 108 (Truebel), 3 to 1, won; Great Eastern, | with Sportsman third. Descuento was 8 to 1 in the books, but was well played at these figures on his last performance. ‘Willie Knapp put his first winner READY TO FACE THEIR ACCUSERS Senator Mitchell and Con- gressman Hermann Arrive in Portland From Capital 106 (Lynch), (Miiler), 7 to 1, sscond; Jardin de Paris, 25 to 1, third. Time, 1:13. Tro- | v, Egg Nog, Estrel- . Lady Mirthful, Bessie | Tizen and Tuckback also ran. Welfley, 10 CIRCUNVENT | EXCLUSIBN LAW, Plan on Foot to Take thei Chinese to England and| Then Get Them to Ameriea | PORTLAND, Dec. 23.—Senator John H. Mitchell and - Congressman Her- mann arrived in this city to-night from Washingten, D. C., to deny by their presence and by their testimony, if per- mitted to do so, the charges made in WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Informa- ticn has reached the Immigration au-_ thorities of a scheme, by which it is proposed to bring into this country | Chinese, who in the regular order of events might be refused admission. The | proposition is to take the Chinese from | China to Liverpocl and then ticket them through to New York vlaJ{llflax | or St. Jchn and Rouses Point. The particular desire of the promoters | of the plan is to have the Chinese en- ter this country through Rouses Point, which is on the Canadian line near the border of New York and Vermont. At Rouses Point no detention house of the immigration service is located and the Chinese entering the country there would not be subject to the investiga- | tion of a regular board of immigration inspectors. They would be detained, however, by United States marshals, but this proceeding would bring the cases, in due course, before United States Commissioners. = Each Chinese would be provided with papers indicating that he was a resi- | dent of this country and had a right | therefore to return to it. Such papers, the immigration people assert, are not | difficult to obtain. The same scheme was worked successfully several years | ago along the Canadian border until broken up by the establishment of de- | tention houses where the applicants | were held pending a rigid inquiry into the nature of the evidence-they sub- | mitted. This plan will be followed at | Rouses Point. ——————— WEATHER 1S UNSETTLED ALL ALO! THE COAST | Professor McAdie Says Showers May Be San Francisco’s Portion on Christmas Day. . | The weather was unsettled yester- | day all along the Pacific Coast from San Diego to Vancouver. The rain- | fall was light in California and heavy | in Utah and Southern Idaho. Much/ snow fell in the Sierras. In this State there were two storms, ene north of the Tehachapi and the | other south. The precipitation in San Diego was 1.5Q inghes, while in San Francisco the fFegistered rainfall the land frauds in this State which are being investigated by secret agents of the Government at the behest of Presi- dent Roosevelt. Prosecuting Attorney Henéy, for the Government, requested the attendance of Mitchell and Hermann during the trial which was concluded two weeks ago, but owing to the pressure of im- portant ~Congressional business in Washington affecting the State of Ore- gon neither could respond to the sum- mons. As soon as possible, and with the Christmas adjournment of Congress close at hand, Mitchell and Hermann boarded the train for this city. It is their desire to be permitted to appear before the Federal Grand Jury which is in session here and to explain vari- land transactions in which they are invoived. Neither Mitchell nor Hermann would make a statement to-night except to deny any wrong-doing. They do not seem to know the exact nature of the charges against them. The Federal Grand Jury apparently had a quiet day, but it is generally ex- pected that indictments will be return- ed to-marrow before the jury adjourns over the Christmas holidays. A num- ber of witnesses were called to-day. It is expected that the Mitchell and Her- mann phase of the investigation will be taken up early next week, so that the two men can return to Washington. e —— SAY OFFICIAL BONDS HAVE SOME TIME TO RUN Works Commissioners Will Furnish New Sureties if the Company May Legally Withdraw. Commissioners Schmitz and Maes- tretti of the Public Works Depart- ment are not worrying about the no- tice filed by the Fidelity Company thag it desires to withdraw from the bonds of the two city officials. Schmitz is of the opinion that the| company cannot withdraw as sure- ties in view of the fact that his prem- ium is paid up to April 8 next, while that of Maestretti does not expire un- til July 8, 1905. On the other hand, Auditor Baehr discovered that sections 972 to 975 of the Political Code provide that sure- ties may withdraw from official bonds upon giving due notice to the official insured and to the Auditor and Mayor that it desires to do so. The scctions also provide that unless new bonds are furnished by the officials within ten days their offices become vacant. was .46 of an inch] The winds were light from the southw Professor McAdie savs the weather will proba- bly remain unsettled for several days. It may be clear Sunday and Monday, but the indications last night favored showers. While the rains are causing some inconvenience to shoppers, general benefits will be derived from plenty of moisture. Every shower is wt'lcomsd| in the agricultural districts and much | more water must be stored in the|-« mountains to save San Franciscans from being compelled to drink from the bay next summer. | been discovered. sell g, | he did not intend to rob Nelson. | stage. | gratulations. TATLOR FINDS NELSON'S COIN Loeal Detective Discovers Draft in the Pocket of Battling’s Boy Manager WILL BE BROUGHT BACK Murphy and Santry Will Be Returned on Charge of Felony Embezzlement The mutual bank roll of Battling Nelson and Ted Francis Murphy has Detective Taylor, | who went to Stockton.to bring back Murphy and Eddie Santry on a charge of felony embezzlement, found =& draft for $9001 in the boy manager's hip pocket. Murphy maintains that ha has the right to hold the draft un- | 11 a settlement is made. The flitting of the boy manager and Santry was a.ruse to get the Dane away | from certain temptations in this eity, It is said that Battling is tired of be< & a good boy andstayinghome nights. He has developed an ambition to hit | the high places In benzine buggies and 'to ‘do other stunts that undo prize~ fighters, There .is another reason why Mur« PbY whnts the Dane to leave San | Francisco. Several rivais for the posie tion of manager to Battling are in the ficld and Nelson $eems not averse to a chapge Billy Pierce of Boston and Rilly Benner of-Chicago would like to be the “‘magnate” for the lttle fighter, who bids'fair to coin money at the game for some time to come. Nelson is safd to favor Benner. Murphy; whé managed Nelson in the days when coffee and sinkers thres | times a day constituted luxury, has no intention of being thrown down with< out making an outcry. Several days ago he asked Nelson to sign a con- tract granting the manager 35 per cent of the earnings. x,” retorted the Dene. “You didn‘t want a con- tract when I was a tramp.” It was whispered to Murphy that Battling, | acting under the influence of a certain | woman, intended to cancel their af- filiations. The scheme to get Nelson away from these evil influences failed. Bat- thing secured a warrant from Judge Cabaniss for the arrest of the boy | | manager and Eddie Santry on a charge |of felony embezzlement. Detectiva Taylor was detailed to bring the patr | back to this city. Immediately on his arrival at Stock~ ton Taylor searched the, prisoners. Snugly tucked in Murphy's hip pocket was the draft for $9001 on Chicago. The Stockton police had searched the prisoners before, but found only $250. Murphy says Santry had nothing to do with taking the money. The_boy manager says he has a perfect right to hold the coin. He maintains that Ha only wanted to get him away from San | Francisco. As Nelson intends to lose Murphy, and Murphy does not intend to be lost, there will probably be a civil suit over the money. Local sporting men think that Battling is not acting fairly in at- | tempting to throw Murphy down. San- try and the boy manager will be brought back to-day. —_— e ——— ORPHANS WILL BE GUESTS OF CENTRAL THEATER Management Cordially Invites Little Ones—New Tivoli Celebrates Its First Birthday. This afternoon 500 orphans will be the guests of the Central Theater management. The little tots will each receive a box of candy and a present from an immense tree placed on the All the orphans in the city received invitations and the affair promises to be a huge success. Spe- | cial noveities have been introduced in the week's bill for the entertainment of the children. The Tivoli Opera-house yesterday celebrated its first birthday anniver- sary and its managing director, W. H. was overwhelmed with con- During the last year the Tivoli has had a highly successful run. Twelve splendid musical comedies were produced, an average of one a month. The popular playhouse wiil start off on its second year with bright prospects. In honor of the occasion a Christmas tree at the end of yes- terday's performance was hauled on the stage. Teddy Webb acted a3 Santa Claus and distributed presents among all the members of the com- pany. of £1.000,00, of which $30 scribed by the following directors P. Hassell. Joseoh F. Bluxome. F. V mer, Frank Glunk. Fgank McBurney Frank S. Jjacott. John Hoffman, Edward B. Youns. In this case if the offices became va- cant Mayor Schmitz would reappoint the two Commissioners. ADVERTISEMENTS. “I do not think that our offices will become vacant,” said Commissioner Schmitz. “If the law plainly holds that a surety company may withdraw | from bonds at will, then we propose | to furnish new bonds. I do not believe | that such is the case. Our prem-| fums have some time to run yet and I am of the opinion that the com-, pany having made a contract for stated period must fulfill it for the | time designated. 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