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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-23
NEW SIGNAL OFFICERS.
Result of the Election in the Second
Brigade Corps-Wil1 All Learn
TeIeRraphy.

There has been an election in the Signal
Corps of the Second Brigade, and G. c..
Boardman Jr., formerly first lieutenant, is
now captain. Captain A. A. Hanks, for
mer commander of the corps, has retired,
as business cares forbade the spending of
as much of his time as the necessities of
the corps demanded. Captain Boardman
has been lieutenant of the corps for two
years. His old position was filled at the
election by Phillip Perkins, formerly first
sergeant.
Captain Hanks was a veteran member
of the corps. He entered when it was the
Signal Corps of the First Infantry, and
was its first sergeant when the organiza-
ton was attached to the Second Brigade.
Four years ago he was elected first lieu
tenant, and two years ago was made its
captain.
Captain Boardman was also charter
member of the corps. He was made first
sergeant in 1889 and first lieutenant in
August, 1893, upon the promotion of Hanks
the first member enlisted in the present
corps to receive a commission. He came
in in June, 1889. and was made sergeant
in 1891. He has been the prize signalman
of the corps ever since he won the Denicke
signal medal in 1890, about year after he
Joined
The corps is now devoting more atten-
ton to telegraphy than formerly. For the
lack of experienced instructors this branch
of the work was allowed to fall behind the
flag and heliotrope signaling, but the in
terest of Captain Warford, a retired guards
man and an old Western Union operator,
has been enlisted in the corps, and he has
taken the telegraphers in hand and is rap
idly making them proficient.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-23
BLUEBLOOD FOR A SONG,
Trotting Stock Sells Under the
Hammer at the Price
of Scrubs.
The Blood of Electioneer, the King
of the Turf, No Longer
In Demand.

The closing-out sale Of the Souther
farm, which took place under Killip
& Co., the livestock auctioneers. at their
salesyard, at the corner of Van Ness
avenue and Market street, on Wednesday
last, shows how much Of change may take
place in a short space of time in the
temper of the public. But few years ago
the public were ever eager to witness the
trials of speed made by the queens and
kings of the sulky.
The very best talent in sending the
trotters about the stretch commanded
princely salaries, and moneyed men We'd
with each other in securing the very best
strains of blood in the trotting line.
Senator Stanford, perhaps more than any
other man in California, vas instrumental
in contributing to the trotting horse in
terests of this State. His stable became
famed the world over for the fine blood
which it contained. Electioneer, the
king of the turf, as horse-lovers termed
him on account of his splendid qualities
as a sire of fast trotters, was tie pride, not
only of the late Senator's stables, but of
the trotting-horse men of the whole
country as we'll. To be the proud
possessor of a son or daughter or any
horse having Electioneer blood in his
achievement and the beginning of pros
perity in the trotting-horse circle. But
now how great the change has been the
records of last Wednesdays sale can best
testify.
Gilbert Tompkins. the owner of the
Souther farm, we'll known to the horse
fancying world, had fitted up model
horse-breeding establishment with all the
necessary arrangements to make whatever
of success that cOuld fal to the business of
horse-ralsing in its higher lines There was
private track for speeding the youngsters
and bathing tanks where a horse would
have the luxury of a bath and subsequent
rub down after the fashion of the best
methods known to the fancy. Large and
airy barns, where each horse was stalled
in commodious box stalls, were provided
In short, nothing that skill and experience
could suggest was omitted to make the
Souther the model farm of the Pacific
Coast. But now this splendid establish
ment will be changed, and the horse IN
dustry, which for so many years the young
proprietor has followed with so much zeal,
will there be known no more.
The animals were forwarded to this City,
a large number of them, among the lot
being eight FLIES and geldings ranging
from one to three years old, by Ell Benton,
2:23, the well-bred son of Electioneer They
were all sold, and that too, at an average of
but $50 head.
The trotting horse interest could, it
would seem, scarcely fall lower.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-23

Uncle Sam, but British diplomacy pro-
poses to gain strip of territory sixty
miles wide along the entire southeastern
border of what was once Russian America.
"The British Government" said Captain
Niebaum, director of the Alaskan Com
mercial Company, yesterday, sin attempt
ing to change the Alaskan boundary line
from its accepted position on the charts of
the last Ids years is simply following out
its ordinary commercial policy, which is to
control the shipping and commerce of the
world wherever possible.
The claim that the boundary line as
shown on the charts is to be changed has
in it nothing new, but the information
that that Government has in the field a
corps of surveyors and is running line to
suit itself is indeed startling.
According to the old boundary which
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-23
OIL FROM Los ANGELES,
Local Capitalists Are Inter-
eSted in Handling the
Product.
A Pipe Line to San Pedro and Tank
Steamers to Run to This
City.

Several weeks ago three gentlemen rep
resenting the Los Angeles Oil Exchange
came to San Francisco for the purpose of
interesting capitalists in developing the oil
industry of Los Angeles and to introduce
oil for fuel in this City. They represented
that the oil output of the Los Angeles wells
is about 10000 gallons day, of which 1900
gallons are used in that city. They wanted
to lay pipe line from Los Angeles City to
San Pedro and store the surplus in large
reservoir at that port. The next feature
was to start a line of tank steamers be-
tween San Pedro and San Francisco and
build another reservoir for the reception of
oil in this City. In the matter of using Oil
for fuel the men represented that one
barrel holds about forty-three gallons,
worth So 40, and that two barrels of oil
will produce as much heat and steam
power as one ton of the very
best anthracite coal, which costs
to reduce the price of the oil to 81 IS per
barrel and the cost of heating as 3.5 is to Z.
Last week the Los Angeles men succeeded
and organized a company with half mil
lion dollars capital, and the cash was put
up. An expert was sent to examine the
oil supply. and the company is now wait
ing for his report. If it is favorable the
company will at once ask for bids on con-
tracts for the construction of nearly twenty
miles of large pipe to carry the oil to San
Pedro and for several large iron storage
tanks. The men interested are now look
ing around for suitable steamers that can
be converted into tank vessels. Ii what is
desired is not to be had on this coast the
company will make inquiries for charters
on the Atlantic side. At the present mat
tiers are at a standstill pending the arrival
of the experts report for the future sup
ply, and until favorable report is received
the capitalists do not wish to be known as
being interested in the undertaking.
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two-year-olds-May Jones 1O1, Cheripe lO4,
Don Pic Pico 107, Ollie NJ 100. Little Flush
FLY 104, Carrara 104, Phyllis 100, Vicksburg
belle 100.
Second race, seven-eighths of mile, selling
Relampago 104, Hello 100, Wild Rose 104,
Favory los, Uncle Giles 103, Rob Roy 100,
Ichi Ban 104, Sheridan 10Y.
Third race, three-fourths of a mile, selling
Rose Clark III, Silver liz, Josephine 49,
Walter 80, Crawford 119, Tiberius 81.
Fourth race, three-fourths of mile, hand1-
cap-Royal Flush 112, McLight no, Vinctor
Jos, Roadrunner 106, Silver State 81, imp.
Ivy "a.
mel 103, May Day 104, Charmer 1o1, Fred
Gardner 104, Ike L 50, Peter the Second SO.
Sixth race, seven-eighths of mile, selling
Olivia SO. Tom CLARK 81 Vernon 81, Red viii
100 Sir Walter IO7
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-23
THE CONVENTION RESULTS.
Silver Men Will Commence the Work
of County Organization
at Once.


The Silver Convention has passed into
history, and now men are talking of the
results accomplished and the probable
effects of the gathering upon local, State
and National politics. 1t was remark
able meeting il many respects. Perhaps
its most noticeable feature was the perfect
harmony that characterized from first to
last the elaboration of $40 delegates, rep
resenting three States and widely diversi-
fed interests. Those who expected to see
heavy representation OF delegates di-
rectly interested in the production of sill
yer were surprised to learn that only three
silver miners were present, and perhaps it
ought to be known that these delegates
took no part in the formation of the plat
form which resulted from the work of the
convention. Having been called together
on a nom partisan basis, the delegates took
care that nothing of partisan character
should enter into their deliberations.
The sentiment of the convention was
sounded on the first day of the meeting
relative to the formation of a new party
and it was soon ascertained that major
ity preferred to walk for at least time
with the old organizations in the hope of
their accomplishing better results than
could be attained by breaking old party
lines and sailing under the banner of a
new ORGANIZATIONS. SOOu many VINO
earnestly favor the organization of an in
dependent silver party in California were
deferred from action, claiming that such
q move would not only be premature, but
a piece of political tricsery, in view of the
non-partisan call under which the dele
gates came together. So it happened that
the new party idea was put to sleep in
committee meeting during the first ten
hours of the convention. From that
time on until the hour of adjourn
ment the delegates worked to-
gether like clockwork in formulat-
ing plan for county organization, which
was embodied in the report of the commit
tee on platform and passed without q
dissenting voice, Walch of Orange voting
for the report when the fallacy of his
objections had been pointed out by the
clear-cut logic of Secretary George P.
Kenney. If this platform means anything
it means an educational campaign con-
Quoted on strictly non-partisan lines and
the concentration of the strength of binet-
allism in California. 1t means that Cali
fornia' 8 delegates to the next Republican
National Convention will be bimetallists
and that a disposition on the part of the
convention to evade the silver issue will
result in the withdrawal of these delegates
and the formation of q silver party. This
is the programme and the silver men are
confident that they have sufficient strength
to carry it out.
County organization will commence at
once and be vigorously prosecuted.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-23
PERJURY In COURT.
Judge Low Orders W. c. Isaacs, a Wit
ness in a Case, Placed Under

Judge Low Orders W. C. Isaacs, wit
ness in Case, Placed Under
Arrest.
w. G. Isaacs was witness before Judge
Low yesterday in the case of Joseph
Sparks, charged with petty larceny.
He and his wife and Sparks were en-
ployed by Mrs. Lizzie Thomas, II Kearny
street, to work around the house. On Sun
day Mrs. Thomas missed a silver water
pitcher and she taxed Isaacs with know
ing what had become of it. Isaacs brought
it back to her and told her that he had got
it from Sparks. This was the testimony
of Mrs. Thomas in court yesterday, which
was corroborated by Frank Pierce, one OF
her roomers.
When Isaacs was called as witness he
swore that he had never seen nor heard OF
the water-pitcher. Judge Low at once
ordered him placed under arrest for per-
jury, and fixed his bonds at $4,000. The
Judge instructed Prosecuting Attorney
Madden to swear to complaint charging
Issacs with the crime, and expressed his
determination to punish him for what he
considered a deliberate piece of false
swearing.
Sparks was convicted of the charge of
petty larceny and will be sentenced to-day.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-23
THE ALASKAN BOUNDARY
England's Attempted En-.
croachments Will Affect
San Francisco.
BUSINESS WILL BE DIVERTED
Great Britain'S Claim a Scheme to
Destroy Americas CONNER
Cial Advantage.

The fact that the British Government
has party of surveyors working on the
new boundary line between Canada and
Alaska, and is running that line where it
pleases and to suit it's own purposes, as
told by Father B arnham of the Society of
Jesus in an interview published in THE
CALL yesterday, is considered of the most
serious import by those in position to know
how very valuable to the United States is
the threatened territory. Not only is the
famous Glacier Bay to be wresteu from
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-23
THE TRAFFIC ASSOCIATION.

Some Difficulty Encountered in the
Selection of a Secretary.
. A special committee of the Traffic Asso-
citation met yesterday at 214 Pine street, to
select permanent secretary and formu-
late report to be submitted to the execu-
tive committee. Those present were: l. F.
Littlefield of Whittier, Fuller & Co.,
Henry Michaels of Langley & Michaels,
w. r. Wheeler of Holbrook, Merrill &
Stetson, G. FL. Schmidt of TiIlmann & Ben
dell and Henry Williams of Williams,
Brown q Co.
They canvassed fifteen names for secre-
tary, but did not reach final conclusion,
and adjourned until Tuesday, at P. NJ,
when secretary for the organized associa-
ton will be selected
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-23

has been the accepted line for nearly a
century and half, and which was never
disputed while Alaska remained under
Russian dominion, the United States con-
trolls every avenue of approach to the
Fort Reliance territory, where the richest
mines in the Upper Northwest are now
situated. The inside passage lies in ex-
clusively American waters The head of
navigation on the four great rivers of that
section-the Chilkat, Chilkoot, Taku and
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-23
Off for Atlanta.

The first shipment of the California exhibit
at the Atlanta Exposition will be made to-
day. Five or six cars will be sent away and
two or three more carloads will follow within a
few days. The Board of Trade has secured
$3.50 from the San Francisco Chamber of Com
rnerce and $3.50 from Tehama County. 1t is
believed that before long the full amount re-
ouired, $4,000. to make a creditable exhibit of
California products will be subscribed.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-23
REFORM SCHOOL ESSENTIALS.

Grand Jury Indictment Needed to
Commit to Whittier.
The wish of A. r. Olson, tailor of 1OS
Tehama street, to have his 15-year old son,
Victor Hugo, who does not seem to like
work, according to his fathers story, sent
to some reform school where he might
learn trade of some kind, brought to
light piece of legal Interpretation which
Secretary John McComb OF the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Children con-
siders rather strange.
No more boys can be admitted to the
lone institution, says General McComb.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-23
ANNUAL HUMANE CONVENTION.

Delegates Who May Represent This City
at Minneapolis.
Secretary John McComb of the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
has received a communication from the
committee of arrangements, calling his
attention to the National meeting OF the
American Humane Association at Mime
apolis, Septem Der Is and &c, and inquirlng
the number of delegates that will probably
represent San Francisco.
General McComb thinks Joseph G. East
land, Gilbert Palache and C. E. Worden
will probably attend from here.
Addresses will be made and papers read
on humane work at the Minneapolis gath
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-23

ering by President Cyrus Northrup of the
University of Minnesota, Rev. George II.
Wells of Minneapolis, Hon. Luther Latham
Walls of Chicago, DR.. Albert Letfingwell of
Cam bridge, Mass. Gaylord H. Thompson
Matches, Miss; Daniel r. Noyes of St.
Paul; Mrs. George n. Naylor and Rev. j.
]. Keane of Minneapolis.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-23

ard the District Attorney holds that to
send boy to the Whittier Reform School
he must be first indicted for some crime
by Grand Jury.
This requirement of an Indictment, Sec
rotary McComb thinks, operates contrarily
to the purpose for which the reformatories
were established, namely, to take in
mischievous and refractory boys and teach
them useful ayocations
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-23
Estates in Probate,

Caesar A. Luckhart's will conveys to Mrs
I,uckhart the title to the Nevada Metallurgical
Works at % Stevenson street.
James Kelly's will was filed yesterday. A
10000 insurance policy is bequeathed to the
testator's widow.
John spauldlng's estate has been appraised
at S27,675.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-23
New Corporations.

The North Bald Butte Gold Mining Company,
with capital stock of 100000, has been in
corporated by Howard Vernon, A. r. Dow,
George r. Vernon, NJ Prescott and F. A. Berlin.
The University OF the Pacific, formed by the
consolidation of the Methodist colleges in Napa
and Santa Clara counties, was Incorporated
Yesterday.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-23
WOMAN AND THE LODGE
Assertions Made by Alfred Coad Cause
His Wife to Sue for

Mrs. Jane M. Coad filed q divorce COM
plant against Alfred Coad yesterday. She
charges her husband with cruel and inhu-
man treatment, and says that he has
wrongfully accused her of going to the
lodge of the Knights and Ladies of Honor
and to her mothers house for the purpose
of obtaining the society OF men.
Mr.. Coad, according to the complaint,
objects to the visits to the lodge, and he
declares that his wife should stay at home
and attend to her household duties.
Mrs. Coad accuses her husband of cruel
treatment toward her almost ever since
their marriage in 1890. She wants de-
cree of separation, and asks the court to
order the defendant to contribute literally
to her support. He is said to possess con-
siderable property
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-23
Suit for $4,000 Damages.

Mary NJ. Jameson has begun suit against the
Presidio and Ferries Railroad Company for
$25 OOO claiming that she was injured in
alighting from car at Buchanan and Union
Atreets, on November IL, 1894.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-23
How Will

You get well if you persist in neglecting your
health You say, "There's much the matter with
me-" You think not, but dull headaches, indigestion
stomach and insomnia lead to very serious things
when they neglected You would inclined to
pive
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-23
t. Is to | -

Against favorite in where it was easy to 'pick
the winner" would you You doing more foolish
thing than that when you neglect these warning syp-
toms. But DR.. HENLEY'S Celery, Beef and Iron will
Danish all these ills. It contains simply celery i'm
prove you nerves. beef noursh your system
and the exact quantity of iron improve your blood
AS beverage it is bound to
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-23

Water on the floors does not damage
goods on counters three feet above the
floors.
But yell food FLOOD take lot OF
auction-house goods, sprinkle and sponge
them, double the price on the tags and
then offer to sell at big reduction-for q
"mere song"
It's not only the fools who get fooled.
Clothes buyers of Frisco! Methods Of
business that have been hooted and
booted out of the East are holding car
nival in this city. Are you willing to
play the clowns?
Here's for Legitimate business and honest.
bargains:
$3.50
Mems Suits in black and blue, guaran-
teed o. K. Sold in the flooded district
for $40.
$3.50
Mems Suits, strictly all wool; we'll made
and trimmed. Sold in the flooded district
for $12.
$40.
Fine Black or Blue Cheviot Suits, excel
lent quality. Sold in the flooded district
for SIS.
MOTHERS,
See our bargains in Boys Clothes.
H. ROnan&Co
New Store,
Cor. Fifth and Market SITS.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-23

Perfect start. Won driving. Winner, b. M, by
Frank Rhoades-Della.
:. Betting: Gondola lS to 5, Mendocino to l, De-
tectfve s TO s. Red Rose 20 to De la Guerra to l.
Suro IS TO J. Imp. Green to l, Huguenot l s to l,
Mobile Rogers 200 to l.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-23
LETTING
Daylight
INTO
Them.

We have daylight to spare-have the
best lighted store in California.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-23

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. %, 1895.
1919 FIRST RACE-Five and a half fur
1910. longs; selling: three-yearolds and up
r,1rs S050 me 10
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1914 SECOND RACE-Six furlongs: selling
1OI Il. three-year-olds and upward; purse $500

Fair start Won driving. Winner, b. m, by
Scotland Pardes
Betting: May Mccarthy 2 to l, Ricardo g to l,
Sligo 90 to l. Quarterstaf 10 to l, Ike I to s. Don
Cesar 10 to l, Soon Enough ~ 10 L, CharIes
Is to l.
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Good start Won easily. Winner, b. f., by
Canny Scot-Eola.
Betting: Mamie Scott to 8, Ledalia Is TO 5,
Vernon 3 to l. Gold Dust to l, Kitty L 3 to l,
Cadeau 40 to l, Yangedene 10 to l.
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$3.50

Mems Suits in black and blue, guaran-
teed o. K. Sold in the flooded district
for $40.
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10IS THIRD RACE-One mile; selling
DO. three-year-olds and upward; purse $500

Poor start. Won driving Winner, b. g.. by imp.
Brutus-Young julie. -.
P7tol Warrago to /. Model so to l. Lyman
to l. Nellie G so to- l, Bobolink 10 TO !.
The record-union., 1895-09-19
WEARY OF A LIFE OF SICKNESS.
Young Norman R. Gosln Cuts Short
His Existence.
The Sad Sight Which Met His Fathers
Gaze on Entering the House
Yesterday.

John Goslin, one of the pioneer farmers
of the county, was terribly shocked yes
terday morning about o'clock, on enter
ing his house, after having been to the
barn to feed some stock, and there
finding his son, Norman r. Goslin, lying
dead on the floor with shotgun by his
side.
Mr.. Goslin had heard the report of the
gun while at the barn, but thought
nothing of it. as his sons were accus-
toned to shooting birds about the place
and occasionally chickens for the family
table. The other son was still in bed and
had not been disturbed by the report OF
the gun.
The deceased had loaded tho weapon
with bullet and pulled the trigger with
his foot by means of string, the bullet
plowing its way through his head.
The only cause that could be assigned
for the deed was the fact that the young
man had been an invalid for the past
year or SO, and it is supposed he became
respondent and sought relief in death.
lie had not however, ever manifested a
disposition to resort TO violence upon
himself, and his father and brother were
terribly shocked on finding that he had
tax en- his life.
Norman Goslin was born on the family
homestead and was within few weeks
of having reached his majority. He was
a young man of considerable promise
and highly esteemed by all that knew
him. His body was brought TO the city
by Coroner Clark.
Mr.. Goslin has been resident of the
county for upward of forty years, and
has the sympathy of wide circle of
friends in his at1liction.