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Slduohtering Sheen.

they would prefer either. But electricity
spolls the meat, burns up the marrow and is
out of the question. I've been killing beasts
here for years, and I've never yet inflicted
pain on bullock OF sheep that | could
help believe all the other boys feel the
same about it.
Just about this time message was sent
in to the reporter that if he wished to see
some sheep killed his opportunity was right
now. it did not take two minutes to reach
the spot where the sheep pen communicated
with the siaughter-hnuse by barrier open
at the bottom just sufficiently to admit the
passage OF the head and body of sheep.
One, two, three, four. almost as quickly as
the seconds could be- counted the throats OF
the animals were cut. the cervical vertebrse
dislocated by sharp jerk and the carcasses
lay like logs on the brink OF the gulley
which conveyed their blood to some I'M
known "Gehenna" or "HinnOm" below.
Death certainly came on the hapless ''mut-
tons" as swiftly and painlessly rs the most
scientlhc electrocutist ever dreamed of.
Examination showed that the one stroke OF
the knife in each case had divided not only
the trachea, tho carotid artery and the
1ugular vein, but had penetrated the aorta
and even the stomach itself. 1t was pain
ful verifcatiUn to spectator suddenly
called to act as a professional witness, but
Of the truth Of the matter there could be no
doubt.
A veteran butcher who has been In the
neighhorhood for thirty years was asked
his opinion by the reporter. He said there
could be no doubt that the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals had been
and is still actuated by worthy motives, but
he feared great injustice had been done Ia
the conviction of the straightforward. In fact
mistake had been made. When steer is
not brought down fully and fairly to the
ring the man with the ak has no easy task
to perform, and if lie gets fiustered or mad
1t Is easy to strike blow that to the
stranger or outsider might seem cruel No
one can imagine the situation of q powerful
animal Intellectually lassoel brought sud
denly In the presence OF men obviously bent
on his destructinn The steer gets mad and
caDers around; it is hard to bring him down
to the ring, and. if there is any hasty OF
Ineffective stroke OF the ak, that is how il
happens.
The spoilers have been down here ever
SINCE" said the veteran. but they haven't
gotten much for their pains. Right here FL
give The CALL n pointer. Let the society
give turn - the people who leave
their iorses hitched up outside the
stores 50 tight that the poor things can
hardly move their heads or breathe. Let them
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a brillance of imagination in proportion to
their own stature. so that their achieve
niehtS In many respects might be as far
niore wonderful than anything we are able
70 90 rs the sun Is more wonderful body
than eur own dependant globe.
iIis may even apply to their literature,
10 their newspapers. Imagine a news
paper published in the rays of Arcturus
covering whole acre with a single sheet,
and scintillating with outbursts of wit and
brilliant touches of description that would
outshine anything that we are capable of
doing as much as Arcturus would outshine
the sun If the latter could be placed beside
It,. But there is no end to speculations of
this kind.
GU know that in recent years astrono-
mers nave been able to place the different
stars into the ranks or orders, according to
their srectroscopic composition. Our sun
belongs to certain order, the dog star to
another, and Arcturus to still third. But
there Is also progression from one order
10 another. We cannot assume that the sun
mas always been and will always remain as
we now see 1t. 1t will get either hotter or
colder. we cannot as yet tell which. The
PROBABILITY Is that it will get hotter.
Sirius, the dog star, is hotter than the
sun, because it is not surrounded as the sun
Is with dense envelope OF absorbing
vapors, which consist probably of iron and
other metals reduced by the tremendous
heat there to the condition of gas or vapor.
"Arcturus, Oh the other hand, has
denSer and deeper cloud of these vapors
surrounding it than is the case with the SUM-
AT the same time there are indications Of
an intense heat glowing beneath these
Vapors, SO that If it is true that the progress
OF suns is from a colder to hotter c0udi-
tlon 1t is likely that Arcturus will gradually
GET rld OF these vapOrs, which now partially
obscure its light. and glow with the in
tenSfty of Sirius.
There is some historical evidence to
snow That Sirius used to be red star, lust
as Arcturus Is now, but that gradually it
changed color, becoming a pure white star,
aud In changing color the intensity of it's
light has increased.
Ii has seemed to me for some years that
Arcturus was getting winter. Possibly this
Is not SO, but there is nothing in the history
Oh The stars to lead us to suppose that it is
impossible. Perhaps in the course of few
centuries ArctUrus may change color, may
get rid of some portion of its envelope
through processes unknown tn us, and then
blaze out with redoubled briliance"
Ihe effect upon the inhabitants OF the
gigantic planets which we have supposed
revolving around that star would undoubt-
edly be ulsastros just as the effect of a
sudden withdrawal of the vaporOus envel-
ope surrounding our sun would result in
destroying life upon this earth.
1t IS these changes which are continually
going on among the stars and which show
that there is progress of the suns in which
no attention is paid to the exigencies of life
upon the planets revolving around them
that give the greatest interest to the study
OF astronomy in our day."
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A RACE FOR A LIFE.
The Horse Was Faster Than the Loco.
mntiYa.

The Horse Was Faster Than the Loco
motive.
A remarkable race with locomotive was
made by Mrs. DR.. Rause. She was crossing
the Northern Central Railroad tracks seated
in phaeton and driving a spirited
horse. AS the horse reached the track
the Hanover express, dashing at a mile-a-
minute rate. was sighted bearing down upon
them. The horse became frightened, and
turned down the track ahead of the engine.
1t was race for life, and the plucky woman
won.
The phaeton bobbed up and down on
the ties like bandbox. Every minute
the engine drew nearer. Mrs. Rause
Kept her seat with difficulty, and the
engineer shut his eyes, expecting every
minute that the locomotive would crash
into the carriage. He reversed the engine
and trusted to luck. When the engine was
within three feet of the phaeton it was
stopped.
The horse slowed up and it was easily
checked after a race of a quarter of a
mile. The passengers left the train and
went to the lady's assistance. 1t was
found that she had escaped serious in
jury, having only been bruised about the
lace and body by humping against the sides
OF the phaeton. The horse and carriage
were removed from the track, and Mrs.
kauSe drove home without assistance
I ork (Pa.) special to Philadelphia Record.
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THE lone FAIR.
An Attractive Programme Prepared In.
GLIDING Two Balloon Ascensions

An Attractive Programme Prepared In
Guiding Two Balloon Ascensions.
lone, Aug. 20.-The fifth annual fair of
the Twenty-sixth Agricultural District will
open here on September 1st and continue
four days, being considerably later than In
former years. The association has prepared
an attractive programme, including speed
contests, exhibition of bicycle riding, a series
Of baseball games, equestrian tournaments
and an exhibition of blood livestock at the
park. and display of country products,
needlework, etc, in the pavilion. On the
second and the closing day balloon Assem-
sions will be made by Professor J. B. Dal-
rymple. it being the first event of the kind
In the county.
Fair week is usually lively one in lone,
when many old residents Of this section,
now living in other parts of the State, make
1t point TO be in attendance and renew old
friendships. On these occasions the village
puts on gaia attire, and the citizens vie with
each other in extending hospitality to Wis
itors. Already active preparations are on
loot for the event, which it is calculated will
Guido all former shows
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OBIT u AIRY.



Miss Adele de Lorme died at the family home
In Alameda on the 10Th inst, at the early age of
u years. She was The only child of g. Victor de
Lofme, well known Tor many years i'll San Fran
cisco business circles In connection with the firm
OF Swabacher Bros. The Young lady was born
In Oakland. but was reared IN this city until
Three or four years ago, when she went TO Mills
Seminary to finish her education. She left school
at the close OF the last term just budding into
cary woInanhood with nothing but brightness
In The future. Her good mother died some wears
ago, ana Tue girl became the pride and pet Of
her father and aged grandmother, who com
last Two years Mr.. de Lorme remarked but the
introduction OF Il stepmother only increased the
domestic happiness OF the household When
everything looked like sunshine, and Miss de
Lorme was about 10 make her debut In society," a
spell OF sickness attacked her that was fatal
and shattered the hop S OF her loved and loving
relatives. She was pure OF heart, atfectionate in
disposition and Christian. being a member OF
The Episcopal Church. Her many friends and
scnoolmales learn With sorrow of her untlmely
deCeAse
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get on to the people who Set poor little
monkey on horses back and leave him out
on the streets at the mercy OF a gang of hood
huns who worry the creatures life nut. so
that he is actually relieved when the team
starts off and he has to cling on for dear
ife. Let the society leave Butcher;own
alone for q spell. If l saw a man in NV
employ putting an OK or sheep to unneces-
s9ry pain Ia discharge him and prosecute
him, too; that would"
The reporter learned that about 1000 sheep
and lambs, 800 cattle. aud 400 hogs are daily
slaughtered in Butchertown. There are
about twenty Slaughter-b houses, and the men
employed in all of them are feeling very
sore over the prosecutions.
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HER CLOTHES ABLAZE.
The Terrible Experience of a Philadel-
piia Woman.

The Terrible Experience of a Philadel-
phia Woman.
The frantic shrieks Of Mrs Christiana
Brudel startled the people in the vicinity of
1909 ST. John street, says the Philadelphia
Record of a recent date. The neighbors
dashed through the house to her rooms in
the rear, and found the woman's clothes
ablaze.
Mrs. Sophia Brudel and Joseph Weis-
ser were the first to reach her. and with
out moments delay they sought to
smother the flames, famed by the ex-
ertions of the poor woman and the draft
from the open doors and windows. Mrs.
Brudel quickly tore OFF her skirt and
wrapped 1t tight around the face and neck
OF the imperiled woman, while Mr.. Weisser
ripped the carpet from the floor. in which
he rolled the suffering woman.
When the flames had been extinguished 1t
was discovered that her injuries were of the
most serious character. Her limbs are hOr-
rlbly burned and her body is burned to such
an extent that her death is momentarily
expected at St Mary's Hospital, where
she was taken. She is burned badly about
the face and arms, aud Mr.. WeisSer
has sustained serious injuries. The dy-
Ing woman was preparing supper and
by some means overturned a pan of lard
into the stove. The hot, burning grease
splashed all over her, setting fire TO her
clothes, with terrible results
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LATEST surprise INrELLIGENcE.

Arrived.
THURSDAY, August 30.
Schr Ocean Spray. Carlson, So hours frm VERSIONS
Landing; 100 cords wood, to Iverson,
Domestic Ports.
CLEONE-Arriyei Aug 20-Stmr Alcatraz hence
Augl9.
ELK-Arrlved Aug 2O-stmr Greenwood, from
Mhitesboro.
Memoranda.
Per Matte L Dyer-Auy II, IL miles Sc OF Unga
Island, spoke schr Gar, hence July Is for Pirate
Cove; also spoke schr Helen Bluhln, with SIS otter
skins.
Importations.
HONG-K0NG-Per Herman wede-J arlsbe rg-3s
chests tea 1918 bags mdse 1858 bales 40, II ,972
pkgs do, 32,625 bags race. 454 bales cassia 10 bxs
tea. l647 hi chests do, $50 pkgs do 1913 bSs do 40
bds mats, 100 cs china oil, 1921 rolls mating 900
bxs OIL $50 bNs nut oil, $50 bags beans. 20 bXs TO-
bacco, % cs sundries, rs cs medicine u bxs flour
20 bags black beans. 200 bags green beans so pkgs
liquor, 100 pkgs rice flour. 10 bags peas.
Nokohama-7O cs curios 3 pkgs do, cs china
ware, 20 es tea. Sl4 pkgs do 80 Jars do cs cotton
2lS pcs shlp-tIniber, pkg boards, 100 pkCs mdse
cs effects. 81 csks mdse, SAMPLES 50 cs furnI-
ture and effects.
Hiogo-44S rolls mating. cs curios 1873 cs tea
l parcel samples, 80 pkgs curios, l pkg samples.
$500 bags rice.
Slngapore-97 SKIS coffee.
Consignees.
Per III Wedel-J arlsberg-Tillmann l. BendeI: G. J
Marsh d Co: London. Paris ami American Bank: 0
Kai Co; Macondray L Co; Japan Curio Trading
Co; Siegfried Il Brandenstein; Haas Bros; Bank Of
British and North America WIN Lichteuberg: NJ
Ehrman d Co.
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Daeamed a Riddle and Its Answer.

little ten-year-old girl came down to
breakfast few mornings ago in a great
hurry of excitement. She said she had had
dream" She dreamed a riddle" Ofcourse
all were anxious TO know what it was. She
said: What is the difference between a
sailor and landsman?" After good laugh
the child's mother asked her if she dreamed
the answer also. She replied that she did,
her funny dream: The one sails the seas,
the other sees the sailsw What do the paw
biologists say?-Butfalo Courier.
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REDUCED FREIGHT RATES.
Protest OF the Union Pacific Agains. the Rail
road Commissioners Tariff

Protest OF the Union Pacific Against the Rail
road Commissioners Tariff.
SALEM Oregon, Aug. 20.-At a meeting
this afternoon the Oregon State Board of
Railroad Commissioners took action in the
matter of the Union Pacific freight rates.
The company protested against the adoption
of the new rates and also made complaint
against their immediate Enforcement. The
company asked the board fifty days to col
lect data, but this request was refused. The
tariff sheets adopted by the board go into
effect not later than September 1st. The
beard thought the present rates unreasona-
Die, and more than just compensation The
new rates are a reduction on an average of
not less than 80 per cent on grain and mill
stuifS and about Is per cent on horses,
mul es, etc, in carload lots. The Union
Pacific will contest the matter in the courts.
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Surveys for an Electric Road.

lone, Aug. 2O,-The surveyors Of the pro-
posed electric railway from lone TO Suffer
Creek are pushing their work. Two routes
will be'surveyed and then the more favora-
bic one adopted. Lines were run from the
upper country and are now almost at lone.
One route along the creek. the first proposed,
has been declared impractiCable. No diff
Guilty is anticipated in securing the fran
chise and right of way, for every one agrees
that the road viii be a great advantage to
the county
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such as to indicate that the work must have
been done by strong man, who used
heavy hammer to accomplish his eowardly
crime. Vases we're shattered and their con-
tents strewn over the ground, and simple
frem the ground and split in two. The
stones that received the worst treatment
we've monuments of Mrs. Ellen Gable,
Samuel Cohh, George Ferguson, w. ID:
johnson and one erected to the memory OF
Jacoh EiSnpr
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AT SANTA BARBARA.

Three Good Races in Which the Favorites
Won.
SANTA BARBARA, Aug. 20-The first
race to-day was q running race of half a
mile and repeat. The entries were: Sid
Law, Gambo. Artemesia and Ben H. Gambo
won. Sid Law second. Best time, O.49.
For the special pacing race the entries
were: Keno, Donna and Hattie f. Keno
won in three straight heats. Hattie second.
Donna third. Time, 2:33-2 :35A-2 :3iA.
For the trottng race, 2 40 class, the en-
tries were: Stella. Tono aud Flora. Tono
won in three straight heats, Stella second,
Flora third. Time, 81 2:31-2 :33A.
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Crushed to Death.

SACRAMENTO, Aug. 2O.-Thls morning
the year-old son of Robert Wightman, a
rancher, who lives near The Union House,
was killed in a peculiar manner. He wss
playing with another little fellow in a
blacksmth-shop on the Wightman place.
and was jumping on and off an anvil. The
anvil tipped over and the little fellow was
anvil crushed through his abdomen ard
killed him.
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Lost Overheard.

MARsHFIELD Oregon. Aug. 2O.-Captain
E. S. Marshall, wealthy real estate man of
Seattle, Wash, was lost overheard from The
steamer Arago, which loft San Francisco
for Marshieid last Monday. Captain Mar
shall was last seen Tuesday night standing
by the rail at the stern of the steamer. 1t is
thought he jumped overheard with suicidal
intent.
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Residence and Barns Burned

CHICO, Aug. GA fire occurred this
afternoon on the old West ranch, five miles
from Chico. near Dayton. A house and two
barn :, belonging to Mrs. J. Il. Housew orth,
were entirely consumed with all their con-
tents. Mr.. HOuseworth was in Chico and
Mrs. HousewOrth out in the field with a
Chin aman repairing a fence when the fire
broke out The loss is about $500 with
some insurance
The morning call., 1891-08-21
The Davis Will Case

BUTTE (Mont). Aug. 2O.--In the Davis
will case to-day Expert Tolman was cross
examined on technical points. w. c. Lin
ton of Eldon, Iowa, had a son of James
X. Eddy write, and asserted that the will
was written by him. DR.. Keith OF Lead
vile testified that he had witnessed the will
made by A. j. Davis in April or May, 1880,
which was tla will Cashier Knight Of He
lena had drawn and testified to.
The morning call., 1891-08-21
Injured by a Cartridge Explosion.

SAN RAFAEL. Aug. 20.-Doroti Paget, a
Frenchman. employed by the water com
paDy at Mill Valley, was seriously injured
this morning by the explosion of a shotgun
cartridge. Three fingers on each hand we're
lacersted and number OF shot were lodged
in his breast and arms. When the explo-
sion occurred Paget had just thrown an
armiul of fagotS ON fire and it is supposed
the cartridge was among them.
The morning call., 1891-08-21
MAILS ROBBED.
Stage Held Up by Masked Men Armed With
Winchester Rifles.

A Stage Held Up by Masked Men Armed With
Winchester Rifles.
THE DALLEs, Aug. 20.-The Prneville
and Canyon City stage was held up yester-
day afternoon near Shears Bridge by
masked men, armed with Winchester rifles.
who ordered the driver, Charles Adams. to
throw out the mail sacks. The driver threw
out five and was then ordered by the high
waymen to drive on. The stage carried no
passengers. Parties who visited the scene
soon afterward found two mail sacks. The
contained money orders. registered letters,
etc. Two masks were found made out Of a
portion Of an oatmeal sack. One of the rob-
bers is described as a medium-sized man
wearing blue overalls. The driver was so
excited he could not tell whether the man
wore a coat or not. Two Indians are now
on the trail of the robbers, following it with
the prOSpectS of soon capturing them.
The morning call., 1891-08-21
For the Orient

VANCOUVER Oh. Co. Aug. 2o.-The
steamer Parthia left here this afternoon for
Yokohama and Hong-Kong, carrying 1900
tons Of general cargo and thirty sacks of
mail, Of which twenty are from Great Brit
ain. with one pOst-basket. She takes TWEEN
ty-two European and fifty-six Chinese pas
sengers. This is the Parthia's last trip 10
Vancouver
The morning call., 1891-08-21
Bones Prokan.

MAYF1ELD, Aug. 2O-Whie baling hay
about three miles fIom here the chain on the
hay press broke, letting it fall on Henry
klipr, crushing both bones of his right leg
just below the knee. DR.. Buck Of this ace
was called to attend the unfortunate man
and made him as comfortable as possible.
He was taken to the German Hospital in
San Francisco ON The afternoon train.
The morning call., 1891-08-21
NARROW ESCAPE.
A Fall of twenty-five Feet Down Mining



GRASS VALLEY, Aug. 20.-This morning
Simon Luke, employed in sinking shaft
on the Idaho Mining Comrany's ground,
had very fortunate escape with his life
Luke had charged a hole and was being
hoisted up the shaft to be out of danger, and
when % feet up the Shaft the tub in which
he was riding caught somehow and over
turned, the occupant falling to the bottom
of the shaft He struck on the sides in his
descent, falling on his face His back was
badly hurt and 4 deep cash was cut in his
forehead, extending from above the eyes to
the center Of the crown Of the head and lay
bruised on the wrist aud thigh No serious
results are anticipated. The blast went off
while he was ascending, but without causing
any further injury
The morning call., 1891-08-21
AT KENT.

Result of Yesterdays Races In the North
western Country.
KENT (Wash.), Aug. 2O.-The result Of
to-day's races were: Half-mile and repeat
Smooth Wire won, NJ Z second. Best
time, o: 4SA.
Trotting race, 2:22 class, Delcho won,
Best time, 2:25k.
RunnIng-race, a quarter OF a mile dash.
Cyclone won, ( NJ Il second. Quoin third.
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Opening a Grant to Settlers.

lone, Aug. 2O.-The surveys of the Ar
royo Seco grant have been completed and
the fine bottom lands divided into ten and
been laid off in tracts Of SO and 16O acres.
The opening of this grant to settlers, it is
expected, will result in swelling the agricul-
tural population in the vicinity of lone, ma
.terlally increasing the prosperity Of the
town.
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An Editor Drowned.

PORTLAND, Aug. 2o.-1homas A. Suth.
erland, editor Of the Sunday Welcome, was
drowned this evening at the Stark-street
ferry-landing. In attempting to board a
ferry-boat alter it had pulled out from the
snip he fell into the river. The body was
recovered.
The morning call., 1891-08-21
southern California Editors

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 20.-The sixth semi
annual convention Of the Southern Califor-
mia Editorial Association adjourned last
night and the members in attendance left
on the morning train for home.
The morning call., 1891-08-21
THE WORK OF vANDALs.

Some Of the Most Costly Monuments in Fol-
som Cemeteries Destroyed
SACRAMENTO, Aug 2O.-The Evening
Bees Folsom special says: At noontme
word was brought to town that the Odd
Fellows and Jewish cemeteries had been
visited by someone and number
of the handsomest monuments in
the burying grounds had been de-
stroyed. Costly stones that had been
erected by the living to mark the resting
place Of the dead, had been torn from their
places and broken and defaced in manner
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PETALUMA, Aug. 20.-Edward Sem,
while shinglng a barn on the Hinkston
Ranch, Sonoma Mountains, this morning,
accidentally Slipped and fell to the ground.
breaking his arm above the wrist and sus-
tanning internal injuries.
The morning call., 1891-08-21
The Coronadn Railraad-

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 2O.-The Coronado Rail
road Company to-day filed amended articles
Of incorporation which will enable it to be-
come the northern terminus of the PENN
sula railroad. This gives the new road
entry into the city without trouble, as re-
CARDS the right of way or condemnation pro-
CO edngs.
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MARRIED..

MERRIMAN-HATCH- In this city, August 10
1891, by the Rev. DR.. StebbIns, George M Mer
rlman and EIoise Hatch.
MINS-EICHBAUM-In this city August 20
1891, by the Rev DR.. Spauidng, John I. Cum
minis and Mary z. IL Eichbaum.
The morning call., 1891-08-21

SANTA Rosa. Aug. 2O.-Bruggy, the con
demned murderer, and Minnie Pool, the
daughter of respectable parents in Wind
sor, were married in the County Jail to-day
She IS pretty. about 10 years Of age and says
she fondly loves her husband.
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RORN,

QUINN-In this city, August 10, 1891, to the wife
OF Harry j. Quinn, daughter.
HEINEMAN-In this city, August 49, 1891, to the
wife OF c. a. Heineman. son.
sTANToN-In Oakland. August ls. 1891, to the
vile OF J. j. Stanton, 4 daughter
The morning call., 1891-08-21

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 2O.-Ths was the last
day OF the g. A. r. encampment, which has
Deen held at Coronado the past ten days.
Governor Markham was in attendance to-
day.
The morning call., 1891-08-21
Northwestern league
Portlapd's Business.

SEATTLE. Aug. 20-6eattles Q, Portlands 3.
TACOMA, Aug. 20 - Tacomas 4, Spo-
kanes Z.