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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-09
THE KNIGHTS OF CHESS,
Winners of the Minor Tourna-
ment-Fairweather Wins
First Prize.
Great Interest in the Contest Between
SamuelS and Thompson-Score
of a Game.

The senior chess tournament now being
PLAYED at the Mechanics Institute NAV be
decided within the next few DAYS, as only
& very small number of games remain to
be played in order to decide who shall be
prize-winners. In the minor tournament
the result has been already declared, the
first prize having been captured by p. w.
Fairweather, and the second and third by
Nevill and Cutting respectively.
The contest between Oscar Samuels and
G. r. Thompson for first prize in the
senior class has proved a very interesting
feature of the tournament. Samuels, ac-
cording to his score, has now the best
chance of securing the coveted trophy,
which goes to the contestant who can first
score two games against his opponent.
They have already played two games, of
which Samuels won one and drew the
second.
The second prize will be won by either
Quiroga, Palmer or one of the two COM
petitors for first prize. Two games have
been PLAYED between Quiroga and Palmer
resulting in each scoring game.
Mr.. Jenner, a prominent lawyer and a
representative chess-player OF Seattle, ar
rived in San Francisco yesterday, and dur
ing the evening visited the classroom of
the Mechanics Institute, where he con-
tested two games against one of the best
local players: Mr.. Jenner played the
Evans gambit attack, of which he has
made a special study, but, never theless,
lost both games after some highly inter-
esting play.
Joseph Ney Babson, the great problem
composer and brilliant chess-player, who
was constant visitor to the Mechanics
classroom, is now in Seattle, and will no
n /,
city for Mr.. Jenner's absence.
The following was the second game in
the contest between Samuels and Thomp-
son:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-09
THE ANGLER.
Catching Steelheads in the Peta-
luna Creek Near NoVato.

Catching Steelheads In the Peta-
luna Creek Near Novato.
Some steelheads were caught recently by
anglers who were fishing in the Peta!uma
Greek near Novato. Frank Staples lost
four large fish last Sunday. One of them
cleaned him completely out OF tackle by
taking away nearly all OF his line. 1t is
said that trout are also running up the
Novato Creek, and that the residents near
Novato have been catching some nice
fresh-run fish.
T. ]. Curley returned from trip to Caz-
adero few days ago with q basketful of
angling experience and string OF hard
mouths which Charley Green gave him for
his friends.
Green is one of the Oldest anglers of this
City, and he took great pleasure in watch
ing the tyro fishing for bass.
Curley failed to catch anything but tur-
ties and bullfrogs, and not caring for
either OF those living things he made fast
trends with Green, who gave him good
supply of hardmouths, which Curley
thought were striped bass. Curley's many
friends, who had messed on bony fish, are
anxious to see the man who played them
such darned mean trick.
Billy Jones and @. Moorhouse state that
as packer OF hardheads they will match
Curley against any man in the State.
In the Massachusetts Supreme Court on
october Il decision was rendered in the
case of the Commonwealth vs. Richard e.
Toilet that is of unusual interest The
statutes prohibit an owner of land on
stream not navigable from taking trout
with net from the stream on his own
land. The defendants exceptions were
overruled. Mr.. Toilet is the owner of a
trout hatchery in Sheffield. He claimed
to own the trout he caught in the net, and
they were taken in part OF the brook un-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-09
HANDBALL.
Champion Jones viii Play His Last
Game Tomorrow.

John Jones, the champion handball-
player of Australia, will leave on the next
outgoing steamer for his native land. Phil
Ryan of the San Francisco ball court has
prepared splendid programme of games
for tomorrow as follows:
P. Ryan and J. Rodgers to play M. Nc
Neil and G. McDonald c. Johnson and
G. Ward to play D. Connolly and W..
Darius; D. O'Brien and D. Finnigan to
play E. Mcdonald and Jean Vogelsang;
H. Moffett and F. Sullivan to play R. Shea
and J. Fitzgerald.
The days sport will conclude with a
grand testimonial benefit terdered to j.
Jones, the Australian champion, by his
many friends before his departure for
Australia. J. Jones will play the follow
ing three well-known players: J. Harlow,
the coast champion; w. Williams, the
Bostonian, and ]. Lawless, the well-known
amateur. The game is to be the best three
out of five, twenty-one aces.
The games at the Union court will be
between the following players: Terry
McManus to play o. Hendry and G. john
son; Professor Lynch and Ed Parkin son
to play Mat Coughlin and w. Dolan; j..
McGuinn and P Joyce to play P. Johnson
and I. Lee; Al Pennoyer and R. Lehman
to play J. j. Feeney and M. Dillon.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-09
THE OARSMEN.
Why Peterson Did Not Make Any
Showing in the Austin Regatta.

Why Peterson Did Not Make Any
Showing in the Austin Regatta.
Now that the international regatta at
Austin, Tex, is over, aad the British lion
has been triumphant, the English crew
will return to England with the champion
ship of the world in the double-scull and
four-oared, worlds record in the doubles,
and all the laurels of the Austin regatta.
The oarsmen were victorious in every
event they entered. excepting the single
scull, and it IS thought that had not Blu
bear wanted to save himself for the four
cared event he could have given Gaudaur
very interesting finish; as it is, he has an
nounced his willingness in the Police
Gazette to make special match with
Gaudaur.
y The Englishmeu travelled here in style.
They were given special quarters on the
London and Southampton Railroad to
Southampton, and their compartments on
the New York were of the finest.
Before leaving England they were given
a rousing reception at the Palace Varieties
Theater, which was packed to the doors.
The outcome of this regatta will be
watched with interest, as 1t is thought
that several special matches will be made,
which. if arranged, will awaken the inter
est already taken in the sport.
Considerable sympathy is expressed by
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-09
HARES AND HOUNDS.
Dogs That Win Stretch Thems eIves
In the CourSIng Parks.

IN the CoursIng Parks.
After the good wetting the coursing
flelds received few days ago the ground
should be in excellent condition for Sun
days races. This is the season of the year
when the hares should be in their prime,
ana able to give their pursuers a rafting
race from start to finish. AS will be seen
by the following list an excellent lot of
dogs VIII be represented at Kerrigan's and
Cronln's coursing demesne tomorrow
The races should be good and we'll worth
seeing. The runners that remained in
from last Sunday and will course to-mor-
row are:
Westside kennels Rockette VS.. Westside
KennePs Elwood, Alameda Kennels Daisy VS..
r. GleaSons Mischief, Mission Kennels Un-
known vs. Westsde kennels Ruby, D. D..
hoche S Dan & VS.. j. Kerrigan's Dashaway.
The regular weekly drawing resulted as
follows:
Mission Kennels Snow Bird vs. ]. H. Perigo's
santa belia, J. Kings Dublin Dan VS.. L. Bren-
mans Rosie b, j. r. Dixons Waratah vs. P J.
Rlediy.s Peasant Lass J. Kerrigan's White Cloud
vs. + Sullivan's Kilkenny Girl, R. Shea's I'm
known VS.. j. Kings Sweet Alice, L. Brennan's
Astronomy VS.. D. Dillon's Mischief, Westside
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-09
Visalia Athletic Club.

VISALIA, CAL, Nov. 7.-Visalia has
one athletic club organized and second
one is well under way. The first one was
worked up chiefly by Charles Ardell.
Every member was present last night at
the first election of officers. Charles Ar
dell was chosen president of the club and
John Maben was elected secretary. The
board OF directors consists of A. Riese,
Harry Hust and Albert NJ. Cummings,
prominent business men. Next Wednes-
day night the directors will meet to adopt
bylaws and arrange dates for boxing con-
tests, etc. Only members of the club will
be admitted to the contests.
Visalia's High School football team has
sent challenges to the Tulare and Hartford
High Schools for contest.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-09

unJustifiable slaughter as the much abused
market-shooter who shoots as business and
JUSTIFY such work in poor, half-starved mar
ket-snooter, but not in the clubman who has
oher tor such shameful butchery.
Unul clubmen learn TO be moderate in their
demands upon the game that belongs to all
ailKe, we cannot hope to convince the average
sportsman that to kill in excess is morally
criminal.
The case of the Cordelia Shooting Club
against the Mallard Club was postponed
again last Thursday, and will positively
take place next Thursday, unless some of
the attorneys shall suffer from bad cold
or cold feet
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-09

The wheelmen are having quite an en-
joyable time a. San Jose, where the famous
bikers OF the country are now located.
The scorchers are making the best Of the
present fine weather. The duck and quail
hunters are now in the height of their
glory. Birds are plentiful III the marshes
and will continue TO remain until after the
next big storm. Peterson, the oarsman,
became sick at Austin, Texas, when he
discovered the hard game he had TO meet
in the English scullers, and will arrive at
his home in a few days a wiser man than
when he left this City. Coursing, rifle
shooting, etc., are being well patronized.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-09

der his control for the purpose of stripping
them of their spawn. They were then
turned back into the brook alive He con-
tended that Hoxie trout, which he was
propagating had become so tame as to be-
come his absolute property wherever they
might be found in an open stream. This
the court held was not tenabe, as ''such
fish were not of the class of animals which,
without combining them in private waters,
can become the absolute property of any
body" The trout in open streams are pro-
tected by law
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-09
WITH THE IROQUOIS.
The Club Endorses the Application of
G. A. Hughes for a Clerkship
in the Customs,

in the Customs.
At the meeting of the Iroquois Club last
evening Chairman James J. Flynn stated
that no representative of the club attended
a meeting recently held in the Chamber of
Commerce for the purpose of raising funds
for the National Republican Convention,
but 5000 haze been donated.
Frederick Rabe was not satisfied with
the manner in which that contribution
was made on the score that the club was
not recognized and no notice made of it
in the papers.
The subject of the clubs Endorsement of
&. A. Hughes for clerkship in the Gus
tom-house came up. Hughes is an inteli-
gent colored man, a messenger in the
Appraisers building and the president of
the Ticonderoga Club. In making his
application for the influence of the Iro-
quois Club he stated that a vacancy had
occurred among the clerks, and in the
order of advancement all would go up one
grade until there was an empty place in
the lowest clerkship, and he wanted that
position. Mr.. Pepper objected to the club
taking any stand in the matter, on the
ground that all such appointments were
governed by strict civil-service rules, and
the applicant must find promotion only
through those channels.
G. A. Hughes stated that while he was
subject to these rules and had been APP
pointed to his present position after ex-
animation, the place he aspired to was not
to be filled after competitive e1amina-
ton but simply. by the Collector. who
would promote one of the messengers to it,
After long discussion the club decided
to recommend Hughes to Collector Wise
for promotion to the vacant clerkship by
vote Of 10 to 2.
1t was stated that Judge Mcguire would
address the club on single-tax next Friday
evening.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-09
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-09

the people of Austin and this City for the
poor luck which attended Henry Peterson,
the San Francisco sculler.
Up to within week of the races he was
IN fairly good condition, and the remark
able bursts of speed and feats of endurance
shown during his practice spins stamped
him sure winner in the single scull.
He will be considerably out of pocket on
his racing venture, and it is doubtful if he
will ever again row in any of the future
Austin repattas
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-09
THE WHEELMEN.

Social Entertainments Are Taking
the Place of Club Runs.
Naturally the one question among wheel
men this week has been, Are you going
to San JOSEF" for there were races held
there yesterday, and Will be to-day, in
which some of the fastest riders in the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-09

NOTES.
(a) This move loses pawn and gives White
the advantage.
(b) An excellent reply as it forces White to
exchange Queens and leaves him with badly
developed game.
tc) The best reply as the Black Knight was
well posted to make an onslaught on the King
at K so.
(d) Much better was RxR CHI, followed by
B-K3. Black should have replied to the text
move by playing RxR.
(e) This is a bad move and gives White much
the best game. Perhaps the best move is K-B so.
% Not necessary; White should not have
given up the pawn.
(g) blunder by which Black forces draw.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-09

The Due d Aumale has just been elected
director of the French Academy for the
next three months, and Paul Bourge
chancellor.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-09
Baseball To-Day.

game of baseball will be played at Central
Park to-day at 80 p NJ, after the football
game. The positions will be as follows
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-09

M. Munson, president; Miss Nita Broder-
lex, secretary and treasurer and Mrs. n. A.
Robinson, captain.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16

ABSOLUTELY PURE
May Use lightning.

1t Is just possible that one of these
days instead Of making electricity for
ourselves, we shall learn to tap the i'm
mense store of the electric fluid that
pervades the higher atmosphere; that,
In fact, we shall be able to harness
the lightning" Prof. Trowbridge shows
that discharge keeps In the same
path for the three hundred thousandth
part Of a second, and he believes that
"step-down" transformers device
by which the voltage of the discharge
would be reduced-might render 1t fit
for the use of man. An average thun-
der cloud is estimated to contain about
three hundred horse power Of electri-
cal energy.
A flash of lightning a quarter OF a
mile long practically means an electro
motive force Of millions of volts. Reck-
oning on the basis that n fash occurs
when the electrical strain on the air
Is one and thirty-seven hundredths
pounds per square foot, the total cleo
strained air just on the point of fash
ing is about seventy million foot-tons,
or, in other words, the energy required
to raise a ton seventy million feet high.
Electricians are now trying to think
out how this enormous power can be
brought to earth and utilized, and they
talk of employing some modification of
Franklin's kite, at all events, for expe-
rimental work. If they should succeed.
the corralling of lightning flashes may
come to be profitable occupation.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16
Hoods SarsapariHa
Is the Only
True Blood Purifier
Prominently in the Public Eye To-day.
Prominently in the Public Eye To-day.
American Indigo.

| Indigo for expectation was brought
into Charlestown in wagons, and the
owners received the proceeds in the
composed almost the entire currency
before the Bank of the State vas es-
tablished in 1912. 1t was a clumsy and
inconvenient medium Of exchange for
large amounts. We read that ''the mer-
chants of North Carolina and other
distant points used to carry the money
in boxes fitting under the seats of the
sulkies in which they travelled, so as
to be taken out at night and put back
in the morning."
The indigo itself was often used dir
rectly as a medium Of purchase for
other commodities. Gen. Harrington
at one time sent three four-horse .wag-
loads of indigo to Virginia, buying in
exchange from fifteen to twenty ne
groes. An interesting illustration of
this use Of indigo is connected with
Gen. Francis Marion. This incident oc-
CURED in 1888, just after the battle Of
Hobkirk Hill. A nephew of Gen. Mari
on was to be sent to school in Philadel-
phia, and was accordingly fitted out
with a wagon-load of indigo, which
was to pay for his tuition and other
school expenses. AS the British then
held possession, Gen. Marion wrote to
Lord Balfour. in command in Charles
town, asking permit for the boy to
pass through the British lines. Gen.
Marion's letter was sent by Balfour to
Rawdon, and was afterward counter
signed by CORVALLIS. The youth with
his wagon-load of indigo was allowed
to proceed by the Charlotte route to-
ward Philadelphia, but, unfortunately,
he died before reaching his destination.
The Science Monthly. "a
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16

ate them today, but in each of their
childish hearts tender thoughts have
gone up to the man whose memory is
so lovingly cherished by them.
Col. Fred Grant has two children, and
they now live in New York The elder
of the two is Miss Julia Grant. young
lady of IS, who has already entered So
ciety. Unusual attention has been Civ
en- 10 her education. with the result
that she is a linguiSt of no small abil-
ity. The younger of the two children
is boy, who is the particular admira-
ton of all the branches Of the Grant
family and of all the people who know
him. He Is IA years of age. This boy
is named Ulysses S. Grant, and he was
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16

either side Of the main entrance, with a
frontage Of thirty feet each on the
street. The tea room is expected to be
n source of never failing comfort to
femininity.
Then the other floors are divided in
to small apartments, suites, single
rooms, studios and bedrooms, all ac-
cessible by two elevators. On the top
story will be the restaurant and kitch-
ems. No odors of cooking can reach
below, nor can the distressing sounds
OF dishwashing be heard by the inhabi
tants of this model house.
The restaurant will be conducted on
such plan that the devotee of either
the la carte system or of the table
d'hote may be furnished to their own
particular taste. But into the sacred
precincts Of the dining rooms may no
man walk who is not accompanied by
a woman who dwells within the walls
Of the Woman's Building.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16
Three Poisons in Tobacco.

Nicotine is not, as used to be suppos-
ed, the most dangerous principle (of
tobacco, but pyridin and collodin. Mic
otine is the product of the cigar and
cigarette; pyridin, which is three or
four times more poisonous, comes out
Of the pipe. 1t would be well, both
for the devotees of tobacco and their
neighbors, If they took care always
to have the smoke filtered through cot
ton wool or other absorbent material
before it is allowed to pass the 'barrier
of the teeth" Smokers might also take
a lesson from the unspeakable Turk,
who never smokes a cigarette to the
end, but usually throws it away when
little more than half is finished. If
these precautions were more generally
observed we should hear much less of
the,evileffects of smoking on the nerv IS
and heart, and on the tongue ITSELF
British Medical JoMnal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16
Millions of Packages.

The Rising Sun Stove Polish factory
sold 23,OO0,00O packages of stove polish
in 1894. These packages, placed so rs
to touch end 10 end, would reach 1000
miles. The factory at Canton, Mass,
covers four acres, and turns out the enor-
of the material used is mined by natives
in Ceylon, India, and brought by sailing
vessels 70 New York.
The Rising Sun Stove Polish has the
enormous sale of 1900 tons per year, but
Morse Bros. have recently added to their
business the Sun Paste Stove Polish in
answer TO the demand for a perfect stove
paste. This Sun Paste is already meet
ing a large sale. The Rising Sun Stove
Polish in cakes is recommended for gen.
eral backing of stove and for economy,
and the Sun Paste Stove Polish in tin
boxes for a quick after-dinner shine
Lynn Item.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16

the pet Of the closing years of his grand
father. 1t was Gen. Grants hope to
make great soldier of his young
namesake, and just prior to his death
he left a letter addressed to the Presi-
dent of the United States in 1896 ask
ing that the boy be admitted at West
Point 1t will fall to Presidents Cleve-
lands lot to receive this letter and an
swer it.
The boy is very tall for his age,
standing about feet s, and promising
to grow into an unusually tall man.
He is self-possessed and courteous, and
has displayed studious traits which are
regarded as extraordinary. He speaks
French and German, converses in Ital-
ian and is proficient in Latin. At the
school the boy Is reckoned as it's best
mathematician. He has a record Of
securing a mark of 800 and n fraction,
out of possible 900, for nine weeks
work.
Ulysses s. Grant, the second son of
the General has his home at Purdy's
Station. near New York. He has five
children, the eldest being Miriam, Il
13-year-old girl, named after her mater
nal grandmother. Her mother was
Miss Chaffee, daughter of Senator
Chaffee. The second child is boy OF
10. named Chaffee. after his grand
father, and the third is n little girl Of
8, who enjoys the pet name of 'Dudy
Dent" Her real name is Julia Dent
as she was christened in honor of Mrs
Grant, her grandmother, whose maid
en- name was Dent. The younger girl
Is generally called "Tottie." She Is 5
years old, and on formal occasions is
called Fannie Dorothy. The baby of