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RUNNING AGAINST THE WIND.
The OIympiCs Make Good Time
Under Difficulties.

The midsummer fed day Of the Olym-
pic Club was most pronounced success
from an athletic point of view. although
the contestants in the fifteen events pro-
grammed had to be content with the
weather, without the stimulus of large
audience and con sequent hearty applause
to help them.
The excellent trim which all the men
were in who entered the various contests
spoke volumes for not only the olympic
Club, but also the other associations rep
resented. There is, however, tendency
to overwork the best all-round men that.
sooner or later, is bound to result in a
breakdown upon the part Of some Of
them. To allow one man to run three or
four fast races. then contest for the run
ming broad jump. in the pole vault, etc, is
putting a premium upon the brea king
down of a good athlete by overwork, and
the events of yesterday prove it, none of
the men equaling their previous records,
simply because they tried 10 do too much.
The utmost satisfaction was expressed
both by participants and spectators at the
decision of the judges, referees, inspectors
and timers. The work of starting the
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yards. both of the Olympic; r. A. Chick,
scratch, of the University. and j. DoIo-
van, yards, of the Acme. Hancock won
In II seconds, with Chick second.
The men were given breathing time and
the 2SO-yard handicap run, with eight
starters, was sandwiched in. The entries
were as follows: Olympic Club-H. c.
Cassidy 10 yards, II. +. Coffin % yards,
Bert H. Coffin scratch: Acme Ciub-H.
Tank 45 yards, J. {. Williamson 90 yn rds /;
Alpine Club-Leo Rogers so yards; Uni
versity Club-W. Z. Lloyd As yards; un-
attached-E. Sanger 80 yards.
II. F. Coffin had walkover, winning in
a jog trot in . min. 534 Sec. with Tank
second. The wind not only prevented the
making of fast time but tired the men
greatly and the 220-yard handicap for
Olympic juniors was looked forward to
with apprehension by the contestants
The winners of races would get past the
string and then tumble over on the grass
and lie there for minute or two COM
pletely exhausted.
Larkey. Koch and Chick next ran off the
trial heat for second men on the 100-yard
handicap, and Chick won it in I0b sec
Onds, which, by the way, was better time
than had been made in any Of the former
heats. This left the final heat in the 100
yard handicap between Gill, Hancock and
Chick. The men were very evenly
matched, and in the run Gill and Hancock
ran dead heat. Time, 10 As sec. They
were given ten minutes rest aud then ran
again, only to make another dead heat
Time. 10 So sec.
BY this time the athletes began to get
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in the bucket. The entries we're: Charles
w. Kreling Che comedian Of the Olympic
Club, II. c. Casify. N. S. Fairweather. c.
NJ. Yates Jr.. C r. Morse and II. f. Cot
I'm. Amid yells of laughter and encorag-
Ing shouts from the spectators, WIZ lhit
their seats aud crowded around the fence
surrounding the rinder path. the i've
"snud" hunters went to work.
Yates won in min 50 Sec, Coffin sec
ond aud Kreling third, but "The Clown
as the boys call Kreling, was ''jobbed."
fellow with lot of potatoes in his
pocket got down at the end OF kreling's
line and as fast as he could pick up a
potato this schemer would put another one
down in its rlace. As it was for fun prn-
cpaly, and as Kreling didn't kick about
it, the wicked man." as one lady called
him, added to the fun.
The final trial of speed between Gill and
Hancock followed. Three times the men
had tied in their race and although it was
late large crowd waited to see the final
struggle for victory. Gill won it by less
than. six inches in 10la sec. and SO closed
the days sport
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SHE SEES SNAKES.
Queer Case of Hypnotism
Developed.
A Cruel Practical Joke on a Kansas
Mother-in-Law and Its Con-
sequences.

The latest victim to hypn otism is Kan
sas woman now residing in this city, who
claims that three years ago she was hyp-
Noticed in Hiawatha, in the Cyclone State,
where she then lived. and that ever since
she has been troubled by reptiles and
creeping things, which crawl over her
body night and day.
Her name is Mrs. Fanny Remlass. She
is about IS years old and is blind in Que
eye. Her friends think she is insane on
the subject On everything else she seems
perfectly rational. She Is woman of
some means, and makes her home with a
daughter on Eddy street. near Octavia.
The daughter saws that her mother went
to a hypnotic seance at Hiawatha aud was
one of a number of the company who sub
United to the manipulations of the itin-
Grant professor of the art that gave the
exhibition.
When she returned home after the per-
tormance she was asked what she mad
seen while under his Influence She an
swered, Snakes" Her son-in-law, who
was ske p.ic and practical joker as well,
laughed at her and said that he was just
as good hypnOtist as any other man and
that if his mother-in-law would allow him
to experiment with heI he would make her
see more snakes than she had ever before
seen in the suburbs of Hiawatha.
When woman hesitates she is lost. Mrs
Remiap hesitsted. The young man was
persistent and asked his wife's mother to
give him only one dav to make arrange
ments for practical demonstration of his
hypnotic powers. The old lady consented.
That night the son-in-!aw was on the
streets looking for boys who know how
to corral harmless species of snakes
which infest the locality. Next morning
he had two basketfuls of the reptiles in the
barn. which he subsequently smuggled
| into Mrs. Remlap's room
When the tiOle came for the private per-
formance the young man, after passing
| his hands across her face few times.
gently tipped the baskets over with his
toes. When his victim saw the snakes
wrigSling on the CARPET she filed the house
with her terrible shrieks and physicians
had to be summoned to quiet her. The
cruel joker fed and did not return to his
| home until several weeks had passed But
ever since that time Mrs. Remlap has in
her minds eye looked with horror upon
the delegation of snakes and other creep
ing things which, without regard to hours,
| swarm about her.
Her daughter. who lives in San Fran
cisco. advised her to come to California 10
submit to course of treatment. On
the principle that the hair of dog cures
| his bite, the doctor proposes to Danish
Mrs Remlap's snakes by the hypnotic
route whence they came. The Kansas
woman is now his patient.
Yesterday afternoon she informed 9
| CALL reporter. who asked her whether
the Kansas snakes were disappearing, that
she was enjoying for the first time in years
some thing like solid sleep. but that she
was of the opinion that all of the reptiles
had not vet gone; for at that moment she
could see the head of one splitting at her
from under the lounge on which she as
then seated
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games was very slow indeed, but once they
were under way one event followed another
IN rapid succession. Tue advertised time
for the opening of the field day was 2:30
O'Clock, but it was almost an hour later
before the pistol was fired to start the
runners in the frs; race.
The games officials were: Referee. John
Elliott, o. c.; judges at iinish-P NJ.
Wand. j. N. Hamilton, Fl. Coffin; inspec-
t0rs-D. E. Brown, L. S. Jr. o.. II. NJ.
Collins, 0. c., J. f. McGlynn. o. c.; field
judges-F. F. Foster. o. C.. W. a. Knowles
Jr., J.. S. Jr. u, John Purcell, o. G.. :;
timers-J. R. McElroy, G. W. Jordan, p.
Mcintyre; F. A. Chapuis, clerk of the
course; Dewitt Van Court, scorer; George
F. Green, assistant scorer; r. Macarthur.
o. c., starter; John F. Larken, official
announcer; marshals-Professor George S.
Miehling, Professor Belar.
The first event was a 100-yard maiden
race for gold medal, donated by j. Liv-
ingstou Elliott. The entries were R. E.
Dolan, Fred Britteu, Ell. l.. Cummins. F.
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excited, and as the men were tired half
hours rest was allowed them.
The 220-yard handicap for Olympic Ju-
niors came next, with n. s. Fairweather,
scratch; r. Z. Dolan. yards; C. C. West
over. yards; G. Knight, yards, and f.
A. Marriott, yards. Fairweather wen in
% Is sec, and DOlan and Westover ran a
dead heat for second place. In tho run
off Westover won in 26$4 sec, making bet
ter time than was made by the winners of
the first heat
Then Hancock and Gill made a third
attempt TO decide the 100-yar1 handicap
and for the third time ran dead heat in
1012 sec. Each heat showed decrease in
the time, and it looked very much as
though the men would run all night with
out a winner being declared. Both con-
teStants had scores of friends in the audi
ence, and they were so evenly matched
that it was decided to give the men an
other rest and another trial after the close
of the other games.
The one-mile handicap run had but one
entry, V a. de Prose-, who covered the
distance in min. 9A Sec
The prettiest race of the day was the
440-yard handicap, in which there were
nine entries and five star ers. Only three
men finished, but they finished SO close to-
gether that "A handkerchief would have
covered all of them at the string.
81. c. Cassidy with ID yards handicap.
Bert III. C0thn with 13 yards and T.. A.
Jellinek with 3 yards, all of the Olympic
Club, were the men who finished. Cassidy
winning in 81 As seconds, with Coffin right
at his elbow and Jelinek almost at the
other elbow. 1t was n very pretty and a
decidedly game race throughout.
This ended the racing programme. ex-
cept the "spud" or potato race. the last
event Of the day. which was to be tie farce
that was to follow instead of preceding the
heavier events. The field contests were
accordingly taken up, the first being the
running broad jump. In this contest there
were eleven entries, but the struggle for
supremacy was confined to three men,
namely, c. McClelland of the Acme Club,
who was allowed feet handicap; Fred W
Koch of the University Club, who was al
lowed feet inches, and G.. Il. Morse of
the University, who was allowed inches
handicap.
l; took some time to decide the question
of supremacy, Koch finally winning by aid
of his handicap distance, with McClelland
second by the same aid. Koch's actual
jump was 90 feet nches, handicap added
90 feet 10 inches McClelland's actual Jump.
20 feet 81 Inches, handicap added % feet
81 inches; Morse, actual jump, 81 feet 7
inches (over foot farther than ell her OF
the preceding actual jumps aud with
handicap added 90 feet inch. Morse was
SO heavily handicapped that it was next TO
impossible for him to win.
The pole-vauting was the contest that
| pleased the audience most. To see man
run and swing himself on slender pole
| eight or nine feet in the air seems a much
more difficult feat tha nj really is butitis by
no means an easy thing 10 do for all that
IN fact it is one of the most difficult of all
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athletic feats to 10 gracefully and well. c..
McCleIland, scratch. c. r. Morse. handi-
cap 8 inches, and Paul Otto with a hard-
cap of l foot contested. Otto vaulted an
actual height of feet inches, which with
his handicap gave him 8 feet inches.
after a second trial, cleared the rail at 9
feet 6R inches, actual height of vault.
1t was great leap considering the wind
and won for the skillful athlete great ap-
plause.
Then came the potato race. Five rows
OF twenty-five potatoes each. the rows two
yards apart and the potatoes placed a yard
apart. were laid out on the grass lnclosed
by the cinder track. At the end of each
row was bucket. The men in the race
had to run from the bucket, pick up one
potato at time and run back and drop it
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off them long enough at time-iump
down into the grounds and mingle with the
crowd OF well-dressed men and women.
The big event of the day is the 100 yard
handicap run. Now the pistol flashes,
now it is over. Leonard Gill is the winner.
He has surprised his opponents and
doubled the enthusiasm of his friends by
the fine dash he made.
He is already hero in the eyes of the
summer girl over in the grand sand who
has her field glasses eveled at his manly
and half-naked form.
Thare is gold medal to be competed
for this afternoon. Look spry. Keep your
eyes off that summer girl and her brilliant
plumage, or you will miss it sure.
Hear the crack of the pistolp See, the
first heat is over already. and you have
not time to turn arould fairly or take
cursory view of the neat and trim premises
before the winner stretches out his warm
and moist hand for that medal. His name
is Fred Britten.
Most of the events are runs varying from
100 yards to one mile. and most of these
are handicap runs. They are exciting but
hardly as enterta ming to the summer girl
as the vaulting, the hammer-throwing, the
running jumps and the potato race. These
come in at the latter end of the programme
How the summer girl does giggle and
laugh wheE the muscular yoHng men be-
gin to pick up the potatoes and drop them
in their buckets. Truly, it's fun for any,
body to watch that.
The matter of throwing a 16-pound ham,
mer is hardly humorous, but it's wonder
fully surprising 20 see how far those young
fellows can throw them.
When it comes to pole-yanlting-well
that's urn verein game. You can't ex-
pect anybody but Teuton to win when it
comes to that kind of sport. And vet
stayl Why, sure enough, you're a Dutch
man if Celt hasn't won it, ard the Acme
Club of Oakland is as proud as band Of
peacocks.
Well, that's the way of the world, but if
you had been on the inside you would
have known that McClelland was bound
to jump higher than all the others, for the
simple reason that he's better jumper
Coming back again to that potato-pick-
ing race for another laugh. you will never
forget TO your dying day what a ludicrous
figure young Yates cut when he grabbed
up tn ose murphies and ran off to the
Judges stand with his bucket nearly full
of them.
You've probably had an ''awful' good
time of it. aud are sorry that it's time to
go home, out there are no more events, the
sun is getting low. so whats the use of
staying here any longer? You've seen it
all. and that must do till next year.
You say the Olympic's midsummer field
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youths of both sexes are here also and
fair sprinkling of sedate and even elderly
men and women interested in youthful
sports and games are noticeable in the
throng
The wind is blowing rather aggressively
from over the blue sea, but the shelter ing
grand stand on the shady side of the fence
affords a comfortable spot from which to
view the contests of skill and muscle and
endurance which ale even now going on.
Out in the field ana track and on the far
side of the fence where the judges and re-
pOrters and contesting athletes ale gath
cred the warm sun compen safes for the
wind.
High up on the big white fence, at the
corner of the grounds nearest the wind-up
stile, are perched four prchins who would
if they dared-and they probably would
dare if Captain Macarthur kept his eyes
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each OF the three heats to compete in
trial. the winner of which was to enter in
the final heat.
The first heat was between C. A. Jellnek
Of the Olympic. scratch; p. Wyttenbach of
the Acme. 31@ yards; A. Stride of the Al
University of California, yards. The
wind had increased in violence and was
blowing directly in the faces of the sprint
ers. yet Jallinek, the scratch man, won the
heat in 1lA seconds, with Koch second
In the secoud heat Leonard Gill of the
Olympic. yard; c. X. Morse of the Uni
verslty, yards; H. Tank of the Acme, 4
yards, and j. j. Larkey, una ttached, 5
yards, contest ted, Gill winning in IL 1-5 sec
onds. Larkey second.
The entries for the third heat were: Ed
Catlow, yards, and r. j. Hancock, 4
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A. Marriott and Charles W. Kreling, all
of the Olympic Club. The first heat was
won by Britten easily in 12A seconds,
with Doian second. The second beat was
won by Marriott in close finish, Cum
Minis being second Time. 12 seconds
The two second men ran off TO see which
of them should have chance in the third
heat with the winners, and Cummins won
in 12 seconds.
While the men in the maiden race were
resting, the 100-yard handicap run was
started. In this race there were twelve
entries and the contest was divided into
three heats and final, the second men in
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RUNS AND JUMPS.
Olympics' Midsummer
Field Day.
SUMMER GIRLS WERE THERE.
Lots of Potatoes Picked and Good
Records Made by the Local
Amateur Talent.

A high white fence and broad green
field. The latter is cut up considerably by
tracks and pathways and fiowerbeds The
baroness of the former is relieved by a
judges stand and pressbox on one side of
the obIong grounds and big shaded grand
stand filed now with bright summer cos
tunes and glowing, interested faces.
1t is the interior of the Olympic Clubs
athletic and exhibition grounds. and this
being Saturday afternoon at 2:30 O'Clock,
is the Olympics' midsummer field day.
The summer girl and the tepid young
man occupy the grand stand. The athletic
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Personal Property Assessment.

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE BOARD iF
" Supervisors of the CITY and Comfy Of san
Francisco, June l3, 1895.
fuOllc notice is hereby given that, in accord
ance WIN the provisions of Act of the Legts-
liture entitled AN Act in relation to the assess
ment and collection of taxes on personal prom
erty in the City and County of an Francisco -
approved March 1S. 1874 the Board OF Super
ylsors OF this city and county met on the i2th
dag OF June, A. D. 1893 and examined the Assess
Inent Book of Personal Property for the wear
1888 and that said board VIII continue in ses-
SION from time to time until MONDAY, the
to examine applicants for the correction of errors
erty. P
SWORN APPLICATIONS ARE REQUIRED
BY LAW.
The Assessment Rook Of Personal Property has
oeen and VIII be open to public Inspection from
8 O'Clock a. NJ. until O'Clock P. NJ
1eI4td JNO. A. RUSSELL, Clerk
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AN ORDINARY GAME.
Los Angeles Takes One From Oak
land

geleS club Datted out a victory in the last
half OF to-day'S game. Oakland was hav-
ing an easy time with Borchers until the
sixth inning when the home team began
to bat Griffith out of the box. The latter
became more unsteady as the game pro-
gressed, while Borchers, toward the end.
settled down and had no trouble to find
the plate. Oakland's frequent errors at
critical times contributed chiefly to the An
gels victory. Fourteen of Los Angeles
sixteen runs were obtained in different in
n ngs of the game after two men had been
put out. This was decidedly the feature
OF tO-iaV's cnnteSt
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Three base hit-Levy. Two-base hts-whitehead.
Lawrence, sharp. first base errorS-San Fran
Ciscos 2, Stoektons A. First base called balls
san Francscos =, Stocktons s. Left on bases
san FranciScoS 9, ST cktons 10. Struck out-By
Tanning =, by Balsz 4. Double plays-Balsz To
Spies to Power, Mcguire to Power. Peoples unas-
sisted, Work TO Power, sharp to Mcguire to
Power. Passed bails-Speer 2. Umpire-Donahue.
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Earned runs-Los Angelo 3. Three-0ase hits
Wright, Hutchinson. Grifith. Two-base hits
Cantillion. Hughes, Earle. Sacrifice hits-Hutchin-
son. Hughes, Wright. First base errors-Los
Angeles 2, Oaklands g. First base called
Dalls-Los Angeles Z, Oaklands 8. Lett on bases
Los Angeles 7, Oaklands IL. Struck out-By Bor-
chers 3. Passed bails-Cody. wild pitch-Irifith.
Time of game-2 hours As min. Umpire-Mc DON
aid. Scorer-J. S. Bancroft
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I,st fol, ohee,nnts we're nnu.na

Last fall chestuuts were unusually abun-
dant, and Rhode Islander says that in
his State there was a corresponding in
crease in gray squirrels. So numerous
were those animals. ''all OF a sudder,' -
that he is convinced that squirrels migra te
like birds.
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FOURTEEN INNINGS.
The Boys of Philadelphia Know How
to Play Ball.

PHILADELPHIA, June 1.-THE Phillies
won fourteeu-inning game by good all
around playing. Score: Phladelphias g.
Baltimores f.
PITTsBURG, June II. Beckley's bat
ting was the feature of the game to-day.
Score: Pittsburgs s, Clevelands T.
NEW YORK, June 1.-THE Senator's hit
Ba ldwin hard to-day. Score: New Yorks
5, Washingtons 5.
Boston, June 1.-THE Boston Brooklyn
game was postponed because of rain.
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Coin is Scarce.

The Chinese theater on jackson street
has closed its doors, and the players have
dlsbanded. Lack OF patronage is the
reason given for the suspension of the per
formances, which the proprietors say will
be resumed when the Gamers and fisher
men return from Alaska.
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The Fire Record.

A false alarm was rung in from box SO at
O'clock last night
small stable at the corner of Sixth and
Channel streets was burn-d at 1915 o'clock
this morning. The alarm was rung in from
box 1872. The origin of the fire ana the name
OF the owner of the building are unknown.
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Gernan Societies Parade.

Nineteen German labor unions and sing
ing societies will picnic at Wildwood
Glen, Sausalito. to-day. They will parade
down Market street to the ferry at
n'clnpk
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day has been n success? Certainly it has.
in every way. and you're not the only one
who thinks so.
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kidney Ann URINARY. .y.fs ws,k !, ,Oaes' sYss

ORNATE diseases. gleet. gonorrhna, synhi-
NisE lis, hydI Ocele, varicocele. tender
ness, swelings, weakness OF organs. and piles,
GptRntinn frnr hIlS Inc
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-04-12

Ex-Goyernor A. G.. lcGrath died at
his home in Charleston on Sabbath last,
being a few months more than four score
years Of age. For many years he prac-
ticed law in Charleston. His abilities
were ofthe highest order, and in 1855 he
was appointed District Judge for South
Carolina by President Pierce. This posi-
ton he held until the election Of Abra-
ham Lincoln as President 80 clearly por-
tended the storm Of war that soon follow
ed that Judge McGrath resigned that he
might cast his fortunes with his State at
that momentous period. In 1854 he was
elected Governor by the Legislature, and
held this position until arrested and i'm
;prisoned by the Federal authorities.
After release from prison Gov. McGrath
again began the practice Of law and
quickly built up lucrative practice.
Gov. McGrath's death will be especially
laruentad by the older citizens Of the
State, who knew him best. He was
gentleman of the old school, and in every
sphere Of Life he reflected credit on his
State and country. AS indicative Of the
nobility of his character, we quote the
following from the address he issued 10
the people Of the State just before his ar
rest and imprisonment for treason against
the United states: "Whateyer I have
said I believed to be true; whatever ]
have. done believed to be right"