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The morning call., 1893-10-20
POOR CONTESTS.
The Racing at Oakland of Very
Ordinary Character.

Every favorite won again at Oakland
yesterday, although several of the outsid-
ers were played very strongly. The quail
ity of the entries was of q very low order
and the contests could scarcely be classed
as races. The finish in the half-mile dash
between PeScador and Nellie Van was
rather close and the race over the Jumps
quite interesting. The summaries explain
the races quite fully enough:
SUMMARIES.
OAKLAND. Oct. 19.-First race. half-m dash.
Dickey & Ashworth's b. b. Pescador 4, by Gano-
Ameds Howard (Revane), 1i2. .......:......::. !
j. II. Ross b. m. Nellie Van, (McAulinel, 1O9 =
U. Marks b. E. TootS, (Murphy), 1o9. .-.......
Time, :49.
Post betting: Pescador to 5. Nellie Van B.
our Dick 80 and Vamoose SO also ran.
Second race seven furlongs
e j. Appeby's ch. G. Morton, a., by Lenster-
Lilly II (wiiamsl l25......................
c. w. Cnappeils b. g. Little Tough (ouliivan),
E. j. Appieby's ch. g. Ciacquer. 5 (McAuliffeJ.
1oo. rn,., :,
Post betting: Morton even, Little cough 8.
Clacuuer 80, wyanashot to 8.
Patricia also ran.
Third race. five furlongs, for twOyear-olds.
i r. RamsdelI's b. f. Normandle by Kyrle
Daly Extract (Sullivan), Observation-Disclosures.
II. Schwartzs b. g. Sands Forman (Tuberville).
I05. 05...................... ........ 49,.
Post betting: Normandie 3 10 8. Sands Forman
2, Esperance 80.
Ricardo 80 ran second, but was disqualified for
foullng Sands Forman.
Fourth race, one mile hurd e. four jumps, Guada-
loupe won, Ontiors second, Yokohi third
There will be no racing to-day, but Ben
Wright announces five good events for to-
mn
The morning call., 1893-10-20
SAM HOUSTON.

A leading tragedian once said that the
only character in American history who
was fit to be the hero of great national
drama was Sam Houston Of Texas. His
biography does indeed embrace all the ele-
ments of dramatic ipteresl-heroism, pas
sion. pathos, lofty virtue and human weak
ness; but it has never been written till
now. All American boys know something
Of the hero OF San Jacnio. 1t was left for
Messrs. Houghton, Mlffiin 81 Co. of Boston
to show US the man at full length, as he is
painted in the Life of Sam Houghton" by
Alfred NJ. Williams.
His life began when, about the age of 16.
ard clerk in traders store in East Ten
Dessee, he ran away and joined the Chero-
kee Indians. He Identified himself with
his new people, spoke the Cherokee tongue,
wore the Cherokee dress, and before he
was 18 was chosen Cherokee chief.
Wearying of Indian life, he returned 10
civilization and became in turn school
master, soldier and lawyer. 1t was at the
battle of Tohopeka, in August, 1914. that
he showed the stuff that was in him. He
was the first man to mount the Greek bat
Elements. An Indian arrow pierced his
thigh. After vainly trying to extract 1t he
ordered two soldiers to wrench it out by
main force. 1t yielded. but was followed
by a torrent of blood. Ordered to the rear,
be refused to obey. He led the stormers
of the Creek fort, and was shot down at
the entrance with two bullets in his
shoulder and shattered right arm.
The fame thus acquired brought him an
election to Congress, and subsequently, to
the post of Governor OF Tennessee. Then
the first dark cloud passed over his sky.
Without warning or known reason his
young and beautiful wife, TO whom he had
only been married three months, left him
and returned to her parents, while her
husband resigned the governorship. left
Nashville, and buried himself among his
old friends the Cherokees, in Indian Ter
ritory. No one ever knew the cause of the
separation, but in 1882, under a commits
sion from General Jackson. Houston re-
appeared in Texas. There his political
life began and there it was destined to end.
Chosen commander-iD-chief of the Texan
army. Houston accomplished the inde-
pendence of Texas at San Jacinto and be-
came its first President. Then followed
nine years of active controversy between
the advocates of Texan nationality and the
partisans OF annexation to the United
States, in which Houston displayed the
highest ability as diplomatist and a
statesman. He never wavered in his pur-
pose to push Texas into the Union; but
when Congress was shy he did not hesitate
to say that ''if Texas goes begging again
for admission to the Union she will only
degrade herself"
His purpose accomplished. and himself
admitted to the Senate rs Senator from
Texas. he began the long struggle against
slavery which only ended with his life.
He voted against the Kansas-Nebraska
bill. He voted for the admission of Cali
fornia as free State when her status was
still debalable. He had previously joined
The morning call., 1893-10-20
MONEY FOR MORPHINE.
Wholesale Theft of Painters Ma
terialS by Two FiendS.

Wholesale Theft of Painters Ma
terials by Two "Fiends."
Numerous complaints have been made
to the police within the past six weeks of
painters materials. such as white leao,
oil, turpentine, brushes and ladders, De-
ing stolen from houses in different parts
of the city where painters were employed.
Detective Coffey and Police Officer +. L..
Gibson were detailed on the case yester-
day morning, and in a few hours had
Louis Roster, sign and wagon painter,
111S Mission street. locked up in the City
Prison on charge of receiving stolen
goods.
1t is roughly estimated that 400 pounds
of white lead, 200 gallons OF oil and 100
gallons OF turpentlne had been stolen.
Coffey and Gibson found In Rosters
store 400 pounds of white lead and case
of varnish which Roster bad exchanged
with wholesale paint and oil house for
700 pounds of white lead. They seized the
whole lot, including the white lead ip the
wholesale house, and removed it to the
property clerks rooms in the old City
Hall.
They then went on the hunt for the
thieves aad soon had one of them, Edward
Hihckley, under arrest. Meantime Special
Officer C0nlOn had caught Charles Hamil-
ton, an other of the thieves, and both were
locked Up in the tanks at the City Prison.
Hinckley and Hamilton are morphine
fiends and each had walls of the drug and
hypodermic syringe when searched.
Their mode of operating was, after
stealing the articles, TO hide them under
the steps OF some empty house in the
neighborhood and give au expressman
card with the number of the house and
instructions to take the stuff to Rosters
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The CURTIS CASE.

Nothing has happened in California in
years SO detrimental TO the fair fame of the
State as the repeated trials of NJ. Z. Curtis
for the alleged murder of Policeman Grant.
The three bottom facts of the case are that
a man whom the community held to be
guilty on the strength of evidence re-
peatedly produced at the several trials was
finally acquitted; that the person acquitted
has stated that his acquittal cost him a
very large sum of money, and that efforts
are now being made or have recently been
made to obtain money from this person.
These three facts would seem 20 indicate a
corrupt use of money to procure acquittal.
1t should be borne in mind, however, that
there were twelve jurors, any one of whom
could have caused disagreement. The
verdict of acquittal was unanimous, and it
Is unreasonable to suppose that twelve
men were bribed to liberate a man they
believed guilty of murder. It is more
probable that, in the face of conflictir e
testimony. several of the Jurors, perceivIng
that conviction was impossible, made con-
cessions which they deemed justifable
under the circumstances. 1t was a third
trial, and they may have argued among
themselves that if minority of the jury
were bribed at this trial, a fourth trial
would produce no better results. This is
q theory which relieves the honest jurors
In the case from other blame than that of
permitting a corrupt bargain to be carried
out.
The question then arises as to the possi-
bility OF preventing the bribery of jurors.
Assuming that one OF more jurors were
bribed in this case, was the bribery done
before the jurors were sworn in or after
ward? Was any part of the large sum
which Mr.. Curtis admits to have expended
used to get certain persons on the jury /?
In short, was there connivance on the part
of officials whose duty it was to prevent
such bargain as Is supposed to have been
consummated? This lamentable affair
touches with suspicion almost every off,
cial connected prominently with the case.
Was the prosecution both vigilant and hon.
est? DID the Sheriff make all reasonable
effort to secure an honest jury? Did
the attorneys for the defense resort to
corrupt means. to free their client?
Upon the answers that may be given to
these questions depends the good name of
this city. If a liberal expenditure of
money has procured immunity for the
highest crime man can commit il is time
that tho people should take measures to
purge the courts of corruptionists, who are
worse enemies of the people than the GRIM
inals they convict or acquit, as their inter-
ests may dictate.
The morning call., 1893-10-20

An invention with view to coaling war
ships at sea has been tested with appa-
rently encouraging results off Sandy Hook.
Bags Of sand were passed by Gravitation
along transmission wire rope from the
Kearsarae to the San Francisco, the ves-
sells being in motion at slow speed and $50
feet apart. The rate of delivery was at
the rate of three tons an hour, but it is as
serted that this quantity could easily be
increased. 1t may be doubtful whether
this method of coaling would succeed in a
heavy sea, but it is better than the mere
shipping of sacks Of coal on board per-
formed by Admiral Baird off the Azores
three years ago, with ordinary colliers
lying alongside feet of war vessels. The
sacks at Sandy Hook were frat h0isted to
a height of fifty feet, and then allowed to
slide down TO the San Francisco astern. If
a good method OF coaling at sea can be
The morning call., 1893-10-20
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Earl Spencer has fourteen rooms In MS
house devoted to books.
Mrs. William W. Gordon of Savannah. Ga.
who is now in Chicago, was the hrst white
child born in that city.
NJ. Sarcy declines to be candidate for
the French Academy, because his eiectlon
would interfere with his freedom OF opln-
ion.
Rubinstein's new "sacred opera" 1"
Moses" will be produced for the first time
the coming season in Vienna by the Gesell-
schaft der Musikfreunde.
Buffalo Bill has bought a fine house in
North Platte. Neb., near the spot where ne
killed his first Indian and there, lt Is sald,
he intends to make his home in future.
Dr. c. Alphonso Smith, who only last
June was graduated from the Johns Hop
kins University in Baltimore, has been
chosen to fill the full professorship OF Eng
lisb literature in the Louisiana State Uni
versity at Baton Rouge.
Colonel Robert G. lngersoIl expresses
the opinion, in a preface to the lecture
which Philip q. Peabody of Boston deliv-
cred before an anti-vivisecton society OF
London in June, that "the vivisector is OF
less value to the world than the animal he
destroys"
Various people took it upon themselves
to say hard things about the late Million
alre Ames If Massachusetts, because no
charitable requests were found in his Will
The truth is that Mr. Ames had during his
lifetime given away hundreds Of thousands
of dollars in benevolences of which no one
had ever heard.
There are very few old men in the pres
ent House. Only four, as a matter of fact,
have reached the limit set by the psalmist
They are Thomas Dunn English of New
Jersey, who is "a: William Lilly of Penn
u m api lpq &C
O'Neill. who are 72. and "Objector" Hol-
man. who is not quite II.
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THE BASIS OF CONFIDENCE.

The Democrats appear TO be quite conf
dent of carrying New York in November.
They do not see any signs of a tidal wave,
and are not afraid of any little ripple like
that which showed itself in indianapolis
a few days ago. This confidence is not
entirely without basis. The registration
and election in New York City will be un-
der the direction of three inspectors in
each district. two OF whom are Democrats
Now the limit of the ability of the Tam
many organizations TO pile up maiorities
has never been definitely reached. When
$4,000 is enough to overcome the Republi-
can msjorities in the interior counties. So,-
600 stands. But there are more votes
where these come from.
The morning call., 1893-10-20

Benton in the measure prohibiting
slavery in Oregon. He tried to abolish
slavery in the District of Colum-
bia. He was opposed to the election
OF Lincoln. but in the same year he was
again elected Governor on Union plat
form. He denied the right of Texas to
secede. He derided the necessity or ex-
pediency of secession. He refused to take
the oath to the Southern Confederacy
He wrote that if Twiggs would cooperate
with him he would hold Texas in the
Union by force of arms. But the tide was
too strong even for him to breast. Twiggs
proved disloyal, and the masses OF the
Texan people, carried away by the mad
ness of the hour, precipitated their State
into the abyss.
Houston told them what they might ex-
pect. "The time will come." he said.
when your fathers and your husbands.
your sons and your brothers will be herded
together at the point of the bayonet and
women will ask. Where are they? Echo
will answer where? l tell you that the
North is determined to preserve this
Union. They are not fiery, impulsive
people as you are, but when they begin to
move in given direction they move. with
the steady momentum of a mighty ava
lanche. and they will overwhelm the
South in ignoble defeat"
Distasteful as such words were to the
fighters who were mastering for service In
the Confederate army. Houston never lost
his b old on the love and affection of the
Texan people. They deposed him from
office, but they wrung his hand none the
less warmly; and when death overlook
him in the humble cottage where he shell
tered his honorable poverty they mourned
him as no other Texan was ever mourned
before or since
The morning call., 1893-10-20
THE ODD FELLOWS.
Adjournment of the Grand Encamp'
ment-COmmittee

IHCul-NOiIlHlbLtceS.
| At the session of the Grand Encamp-
ment, I. o. o. F., held yesterday, the
! Patriarchs Militant agreed to lend their
| efforts to series of public demonstrations
during the Midwinter Fair.
| j. F. Crosett. George T. Shaw and S. B..
| Smith were appointed a committee to act
| in conjunction with the grand standing
committee of the Midwinter Fair cele bra
| ton.
1t was decided to petition the Sovereign
Grand Lodge to reject the petition for a
badge in lieu of regalia.
The per capita tax was fixed at 40 cents.
Grand Patriarch Downs made the fol-
lowing appointments: W. S. Potter Of
Foster of San Diego, grand sentinel +.
bunker was reappoin,sd deputy grand
sentinel.
The standing committees are: Creden-
tials-N. Wilcox, NJ. A. Meyer. ?. Ben
nett: finance-E B. Cooper, J. F. Pink
ham. J.: w. Harris; appeals-E. 81. Black.
}. +. Thompson. A. S. Ward; legislation
j. I. Doran. G. A. Gray, W. B. Tedford;
S. A. Smith. S. Oberdeener, j. F. Crosett;
petitions. F. Hotel, r. Gummo, w. f.
Dubois; by-laws-C. c. Terrill. G. r.
Shaw. F. a. Druffel, D. sewell. w. B.
Lyons; mileage. Ellsworth. C. B.
Proctor. r. J. Pye, J. c. Drissell, /. T.
Coffin.
The deputy grand patriarchs for the dis
tricts are: No. l. L. 81. Wersen; 2, P. 5.
Watson; 3, a. A. Clough; a. W. Hartvig;
8. NJ. Mayer; 6, W. Mehl;7 J. F. G. Lude-
mann s, w. j. Holmes; 9, W. Brockman;
10. j. III. Zumwalt; II, w. Glaister; II. n.
B. Shurtleff; 13, 0. p. Huntress; IA, Sam
uel Isaacks; Is. NJ. Renner; 16, b. Swalen-
berg; II. w. Ii. Turner; IS. 6. K. Hendel;
10. J. T. Shubert; 90, I. T. Coffin; 81. f. b.
Day; o. T. Schrader; 90, C. Miller; "a, ?.
Holm %. w. F. Farrell; o. w. Malcolm;
27, j. Mueller; 2S. o. l.. Robertson; 29 }.
S. Souther: 90 A. Abraham; 81. j. Il.
Doran; 80. J. NJ. Single; SO, W. X. McMnl-
len; "a. c. Z. BroadwatAr; So. L. J. Rich
ards; So, G. W. Hart: 81. W. M. Elliott;
3S, E. r. Hadley; 80. j. Foster; 40. H. A.
Spencer; Al, j. W. Warpnys; %, c. II.
Erwin 49, Fl. MeCauey; a. j. Cohen; %.
c. Bachtold; 46, T. j. Durfee; AZ. S. P.
Stephens.
A magnificent jewel was presented to
c. w. Savage, P. G. P. on behalf of the
Grand Encampment by S. B. Smith, P. G.
P. in fitting words, which were appropri-
ately responed to by the recipient
The morning call., 1893-10-20
Marine Notes.

Divers will be sent to Honolulu to wreck
the steamer Miowera. They leave on the
Mariposa to-day.
All the treasure from the Newbern has
been secured. Charges of carelessness have
been brought against the Newbern's cap
tain, bnt as yet are not substan tiated.
The Rio Janeiro sailed for China yes
terday afternoon.
The bark S. c. Allen took down an as
sorted cargo of merchandise to Honolulu
Yesterday.
Among the departures yesterday was
the British ship Janet Cowan with wheat
for Hull from Balfour, Guthrie & Co.
The British bark Stracathro from Cardiff
came into mort
The morning call., 1893-10-20
A Sailor Robbed.

John Crane. sailor from Portland. Or.
while standing on the corner of Eddy and
Mason streets Wednesday night. was
knocked down and robbed of S270. He re-
ported the robbery to the police yesterday
morning and Officers Campbell and Holmes
were detailed on the case. They arrSsted
James Bell, a sure-thing gambler and con-
fidence operator, on suspicion of being the
robber, and locked him up in the tanks.
The morning call., 1893-10-20
A Saloon Attached. .

Sheriff McDade levied an attachment
of S4266 yesterday on the saloon Of P. j..
Riordan. situated on Golden Gate avenue.
near Hyde street. The attachment was
levied to secure a claim Of L. r. Wood,
who sned and obtained judgment from
Ri0rdan for the amount pamed.
The morning call., 1893-10-20
PUBLICATION oFFICE;

695 Montgomery street, near Clay, open until II
o'clock P. NJ BRANCH OFFICES: 10 Market
street. near Kearny. open until IL o'clock midnight;
339 Hayes street, open until $50 o'clock; 6o3 Larn
street. open until 300 clock SW. corner Sixteenth
aud Mission streets, open until o'clock; 25lS
Mission street. open until o'clock; and 116 Ninth
street, open until 8 30 o'clock.
The morning call., 1893-10-20

Now is the Time to Visit the Worlds
Fair.
Commencing Friday, September 1. the fare to
Chicago and return via the Union Pacific will be
$50.
The Union Pacific is the only line running
through Pullman seeping-cars and dining-cars.
San Francisco to Chicago. without change In
three and half days.
All tickets good via Salt Lake City and Denver.
For seeping-car accomm odations and tickets
call on d. w. Hitchcock. general agent, No. l
Montgomery street. San Francisco: F. r. Els
worth, agent, 91S Broadway. Oakland; or G. +.
Herr. agent, 229 South Spring street, Los Angeles,
Cal
The morning call., 1893-10-20

prvISTToRS TO THE WORLDS FAIR will
End TIE CALL sale at the newsstands in the fol
lowing hotels: Palmer House, Auditorium Hotel,
Briggs House, Clifton House, Commercial House,
Gault House, Grand Pacific Hotel. Sherman House,
Leland House, Northern Hotel, Richelieu Hotel,
fremont House, Virginia Hotel and Wellington
Hotel.
AT WASHINGTON. D. C.-The Willard, Airing
ton, Ebbitt and Shorehan Hotels.
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SOUTHERN FRUIT.
A Very Heavy Yield of Oranges and
RaiSinS.

Nj. Z. MaSoD, prominent commission
merchant of San Diego, arrived in this
city yesterday on his way home after an
extended business trip through the north.
MIR. Mason is well versed on the agricul-
tural and vticultural resources of the
southern districts and believes there is no
place like San Diego for the raising of
citrus fruit.
1.-The orange crop this year in San Diego
County will by far exceed any former pro-
duction of that fruii, and is much in ex-
cess of the expectations of the growers" !"
said Mr. Mason to CALL reporter yesier-
day.
st is simply marvellous, and as the
farmers are hardly prepared to handle the
extraordinary yield | lear there will be
considerable confusion when the season
begins. The majority of the orchards are
into bearing this year for the first time
The rains seem to have come just
at the right time, and the usual frosts.
which have heretofore worked considera-
BILE damage TO the new buds. have been
very slight, doing no damage worth men,
tioning So you see there has been no
hindrance to the process of ripening. and
the fruit promises TO be of delicious
quality
"As regards the raisin industry, there Is
no doubt but that there will also be an
unusual crop. The warm summer we
have had has somewhat hastened the sea-
son, ami already there have been large ship
ments East. Or course, the work is not
nearly over, but when 1t is | believe the
results will be very satisfactory. Ell
Cajon district is the principal raisin-
growing section of the south, and alone
produces more than the entire county.
Last year 165 carloads of dried grapes
were shipped East from San Diego
County, and from present prospects this
years shipment will exceed 250 cars"
The morning call., 1893-10-20

bill, without complying with the demand
in the platform for the continued use of
gold and silver. entirely changed the char
acter of the financial plank in the Demo-
cratic platform.
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Wills and Estates.

The will of Charles l.. Watson was filed
for probate yesterday. He left an estate
consisting of real property and an interest
in the firm of w. & ]. Sloane. value un-
known. The testator bequeathed $40. 000
to his widow, in trust for his two mino
The morning call., 1893-10-20
Phillips, Rock Island Excursions

Phillips Rock Island Excursions
Leave San Francisco every Wednesday aud Satur-
day via Rio GRANDE AND Rock ISLAND Rvs.
Through tourist sleeping cars to Chicago and Bos-
ton. Manager and porter accompany these excur-
sions through to Boston. For tickets sleeping-car
&C commo datioDs and further Information address
CLINTON JONES. General Agent Rock Island Ry.,
SO Montgomery street. San Francisco.
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sons, and the residue to his widow alb
solutely.
Rebecca Mathews has petitioned the
Probate Court for letters of administration
over the estate of William Mathews. who
died intestate in Santa Clara County on
the 11th inst, leaving property valued at
$4,000
The morning call., 1893-10-20

Michael Gallagher in a collision between
Tenth-streer horsecar and freight
train belonging to the Southern Pacific
Company a year and half ago on the
Tenth-street crossing of the Southern Pa
cific Company,
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES:

DAITy CALL dncluding Sundays), Sc per year by
mail POSTPAID; Is cents per week, or 65 cents per
raIs-der month through carriers. DAILY CALL,
Sc comics three months s6 25. SUNDAY CALL,
sI 20 per year. postpaid SUNDAY CALL and
WEEKLY CALL, 1850 per year, postpaid. WEEKLY
CALL. 81 per year, postpaid
THE CALL cannot return rejected manuscripts,
nor will the editor enter into cores spondence re-
Epecting them.
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Damages for a death.

A jury in Judge Slack's court last night
awarded $500 damages in the case Of
Gallagher vs.. Omnibus Cable Company.
The suit resulted from the death of
The morning call., 1893-10-20
Another Great Reduction i'm Rates via the
Shasta Route and Northern Pacific r. Z.

Only $50 to Chicago and return. Good sixty
days. Two through trains leaving Portland
morning and evening. Finest equipDed trains
in the world. Composed OF Pullman palace,
Pullman upholstered tourist and dining cars
unsurpassed. Lowest rates: Communicate
with rs before purchasing elsewhere. L. X.
STATELER, General Agent, 638 Market St.
San Francisco
The morning call., 1893-10-20

WHY suffer from scrofula when Hoods Sarsa-
parilla is such potent remedy for all blood dis
eases? Send for book containing statements of
cures to c. !. Hood d Co., Lowell, Mass.
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"Mrs. WinsIow,s Soothing syrup.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup"
Has been used over fifty years by millions OF
mothers for their children while Teething with
perfect success 1t soothes the child. softens the
Gums. ailays Pain. cures Wind Collie. regulates the
Bowels, and is the best remedy for DiarrhGas
whether arising from teething or other causes.
For sale by Druggists in every part OF the world.
Be sure and ask for Mrs Winslow's Soothing
Syrup 25c bottle.