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INQUEST At SAN JOSE,
A Coroner's Jury Decides Tha'
George Curtin Committed
Suicide.
Returns a Verdict Declaring That
the Youth Was Temporarily
Insane.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Aug. Am inquest
was held tn is morning by Coroner Seeord
upon the body of George Curtin, the
20-year-oId son of G. G. Curtin, the San
Francisco dry-goods merchant, who COM
mitted suicide yesterday afternoon by
blowing out his brains with charge of
shot. Nothing was developed that showed
the cause of the act, and the jury re-
turned verdict that deceased came to
his death from gunshot wound inflicted
by himself while temporarily insane.
G. G. Curtin, the father of the young
man, was the first witness. He knew of
no motive for the suicide. George had
been in good health. He had no business
troubles and he seemed to be in the
best spirits when he had last seen him.
On Sunday last witness came to the
ranch and on Monday was driven by
George to San Jose 20 catch the 9:12 train
for San Francisco.
Mrs. Curtin testified that she noticed
nothing unusual about her son when he
left with his father in the morn
ing. When he returned about 1880 he ap-
pc ared dazed and his head hung over on
one side. He threw out the San Fran
cisco papers which he had brought fro m
town without saying word and went to-
ward the stables. When lunch was ready
she went out to call him, and found him
in the granary, small building that had
once been plgsty. He had gun in his
hand and was doing something with 1t,
she could not tell what. His back was
turned toward her and he never turned
round when she spoke to him. She told
him that lunch was ready and he said he
would be in presently. Mrs. Curtin asked
her son If the gun was loaded and he said
il was not. She then asked him II he knew
that his friend Mccarthy had met with
an accident.
George made no reply, and Mrs. Curtin
went back to the house and told her daugh-
ter to 60 out and speak to George. Her
daughter started for the granary, but had
not covered half the distance when the
shot was fired.
In answer to question by the Coroner
as to whether her son had been drinking,
Mrs. Curtin said he appeared as though he
might have taken a drink or two.
Michael Murray, the hired man, was the
most i'm portant witness. He said he was
in his cabin about 1890 o'clock when
George Curtin appeared and asked him if
he had had luncheon. On replying in the
affirmative, George asked him if he had
gun, saying there were some squirrels in
Murray gave him a double-barreled
breech-loading shotgun with cartridges in
each chamber. George then went off and
Murray went out into the orchard to
whitewash some trees. About ten min
utes later he heard the report of the gun,
and rushing to the granary found the
young man had killed himself.
The body was taken 10 San Francisco
this afternoon for interment.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-05
RACING Nv THE EAsE
Pearl C and Lottie Lorafn Each Pace a
Mile in 200 1-2.


COLUMBUS, ONO, Aug. A. The
weather was excellent for racing and the
track was in excellent condition to-day.
In the 200 pace, the best pacing record
for mares, made by Angie d at Chicago,
was broken twice, first by Pearl G in
2:06k and later by Lottie Lorain in the
same time. None of the watches in the
stand, except that of the official timers,
gave Lottie Lorain so low record, all
showing her time over 2:07, which was the
best record up to to-day. There is no
doubt about Pearl C's record to-day, how
ever. Summary:
2:27 class, trotting Diminished from yester-
day., purse $500. Philomides won, Hesperus
second, Excel third. Best time, 2:17L.
Offut won, Yslence second. Nancy third
Best time, 2:1213.
2:09 pace, purse $1,000, Lottie Lorain won,
Alfrite second, Pearl C third. Best time,
2:061l.
2:1S class, trotting,- purse $500. Bessie
Wilton won. Lille Young second, Geddes
BRIGHTON BEACH, N. Y, Aug. Alive
eighths of mile, Karma won, Dalgrette Sec
ond, Right Royal third. Time. 1:02Z.
Dest,ous second i third Time oa
One and sixteenth miles, Sir Francis won,
Chugnut second, Pearl Song third. Time,
l; 1;48%.
Three-fourths OF mile, Refugee won, Zanone
second, Beldemere third. Time, :14M.
Five-eighths of mile, Cleophus won, Miss
Prim second, Lady Mitchell third. Time,
1:01T.
One mile, Lehman won, The Winner second,
Gotham third. Time, :39sl
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Aug. 4.-Ihree-quarters of a
mile, Fannie Rowena won, Virgin second,
Mrs. Bradshaw third. Time, l: :15%.
Mile, Hot Stuff won, Our Maggie second,
Sycamore third. Time l :44
Seven-eighths of mile, Bob Milliken won,
imp. Thorn second, Pitfall third. Time, 1 :29.
Mile and sixteenth, Ace won, Jane second
Whisper third. Time, l 4S1z
Fiye-eigbths of a mile, Sea Ro bier won, Bill
Dawdy second, Uncle Pat third. Time, ! :04.
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INTERNATIONAL CHESS.
HosU the Crack Players Came omt In Il
fourteenth Round.

HosU the Crack Players Came omt IN the
Fourteenth Round.
NUREMBERG, BAVARIA, Aug. 4-The
fourteenth round of the international
Chessmasters' tournament was played in
this city to-day. The results were as fol-
lows:
Janowsky beat steinitz in Queens gambit
declined after As moves.
walbrodt beat Tschigorin in Philadores
defense after 46 moves.
Charousek beat Porges IN a Scotch gambit
after 45 moves.
Albin beat Blackburne in a Falkner gambit
alter 80 moves.
Pillsbury beat Teichman in a Giuoco Piano
after 46 moves.
Schiffers beat Schowalter in Queens gam
bit declined after 66 moves.
Lasker beat Winamer in a Ruy Lopez game
after IL moves.
sehallipp and schlutter drew Vienna game
after II moves.
The game between Maroczy and Marco, a
Giuoco Piano, was adjourned.
Tarrasco had bye.
The game left unfinished in the thirteenth
round, q Queens gambit declined, was won by
Steinitz against Porges after nearly 100 moves.
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ROYAL YACHT REGATTA.
Exciting Contests Over FIfty-Miie Course
Which We're Hard for the Judges
to Decide.

COWES, Enc, Aug. 4.-The regatta OF
the Royal Yacht Squadron, of which the
Prince of Wales is commodore, began to-
day under favorable auspices of wind and
weather. This regatta is the event OF the
year in the English yachting world, and
the large number of boats here yesterday
when the regatta of the Royal London
Yacht Club took place was augmented by
many late arrivals last night. The
grounds about the clubhouse of the Royal
acht Squadron were thronged with a
fashionable crowd to see the race for the
Queens cup, which last -ear was won by
Hon. Y. Montagu's cutter Czarina,
The race was open 10 all yachts belong
ing to the squadron. The course was
from the castle westward to and around
the Lymington split buoy, thence east
ward to and around the bullock patch
buoy, outside the Nab lightship, and back
to Cowes-ffty miles. This was a change
from the usual manner of sailing over the
course, the yachts to-day going first to
the westward instead of to the eastward,
as is generally the case. A good steady
breeze was blowing from The northwest
when the start was made and. this made
the point of sailing to the first mark a
close reach.
The starters were Emperor William s
Meteor, the Prince OF Wales Britannia,
Mr.. John Gretton Jr. s Hester and Captain
James Ore Wings Mohawk. The Meteor
crossed the line first, but the Britannia
was close up and had the advantage of
having the weather position. The other
yachts followed in procession. The race
throughout was a close one between the
Meteor and Britannia. The Meteor was
the first to cross the finish line at AS 80,
followed by the Britannia, 4:46:40.
The Hester and Mohawk were consider
ably behind, but as they had large time
allowance from the Meteor it apparently
required much figuring on the part of the
judges to decide which boat had really
won the race.
The result was the same as In yester-
days race, when the judges first an
nounced that the Britannia had won and
later reversed their decision in favor of
the Caress, which took the prize on time
allowance. The Meteor on to-day's course
allowed the Britannia 15 minutes, the Hes
ter 45 minutes and the Mohawk l hour and
20 minutes.
The judges got mixed up and first
announced that the Hester was the win
ner. The Mohawk was the last to finish
and the judges after little further figur-
ing discovered that she had saved her
time by three minutes and had, therefore.
won on her. allowance.
The other big raters, the Ailsa and
Satanita, did not start in the race for the
Queens cup, they having entered in the
regatta of the Royal Southampton Yacht
Club, which was sailed in SOUTHAMPTON
water. Interest in this last mentioned
regatta was centered in the two big cutters.
The race was won by Ailsa
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Crnoked Tatrffne en-.

KENOSHA, Wis, Aug. 4.-The Han
kinds Burke Condor crowd, which has
been ousted from Rodney, Ind, purchased
land for a racetrack in this county yester-
day and say the track will be in operation
in thirty days. The location is at Russell,
on the Milwaukee and st. Paul railway,
eight miles from Kenosha.
The tract of land consists of about forty
acres, and it is announced that the track
will be built and be in running order by
September /. 1t will be controlled by the
Hankinds people, who made an effort to
get tract of land near here about six
months ago. There is every reason to be-
lieve that the object of the parties is SIM
ply to use the track as makeshift until
they can have the Indiana Legislature
pass bill legalizing racing in that State.
There is no bill in Wisconsin to prevent
pool-selling and no action can be taken
until meeting of the Legislature.
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side, By Mariner (Burke), second; Floodmore
stables b. g. Two Cheers, by Three Cheers Miss
Emma Snider Evans, third. Time, 1:15H-
Faro, Juan Bernardo Nevere, Miss Cunning
ham, Joe Hill, Manford and Landlord l also ran ran.
cunning, six furlongs, purse P509-MIs rs;
(Ames), first; Lindell Stables b. h. Quarter
stat, by imp. Friar Tuck Lloyd), second; John
KobDlns' b. f. Hallelujah,. by imp. Marten-
Torpedo, Broad Billow, Sea Spray and Blue
Bell also ran.
The special feature of to- omorrow will be
the mile handicap. The entries, with the
weights assigned, are as follows: Fred
Gardner ia, Two Cheers 100, Trix l05,
Annette 10S, Faro 102, Warrago 94, Regan
80, Broad Billow 80, Yucatan 80, Nevere
81. Torpedo Is.
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BICYCLE RECORDS BRoKEN.
"Whats the Matter With Bald?',-"Re,s
Hi Right'

" HRuES We mUrtef Wath BQLd?''-0He's
AI Right'
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, Aug. 1.-Two
State and one worlds record smashed
made 5000 people go wild with enthusiasm
at the bicycle races to-day. There was a
stiff breeze blowing from the south, but
wonderful time was made in spite of it.
Bald first went for the third of mile fly-
ing start world S record OF 33 3-5, made bv
Hamilton at Coronado, Cal, March 2, 1896.
he was paced by L. c. Johnson, of Cleve-
land, G. D. Grant and ]. T. Eperson of
Detroit, on a tripIet. The crowd fairly
held their breath from the time the pistol
was fired until Eddie came over the tape
When it was announced that the time was
SO seconds fat-lowering the worlds re-
cord 3-5 of second-the crowd broke
forth with cheers that rocked the grand
SOMEONE called out: "What's the matter
with Bald?" and the audience as one
person answered "He's all right
Ralph Hamburg of Port Huron then
went for the quarter mile worlds amateur
record of :25 1-5, made at Waltham, No
vem Der, 1894. He was paced by, a triplet,
but was not fast enough for the world s
record, his time being :26 fiat, which
lowers the State record two-ffths of
second.
s'Cannonball'' Eddie then went for the
two-thirds-mile record, made by Hamil
ton. at Coronado CAL, March 2, 1896. but
his PAGERS were too slow, Bald beating
them IN 1:12 2-5, which is the State
record.
Harry Hart of Grand Rapids then went
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-05
off Day for the Fnporites at Butte.

BUTTE, MoNr., Aug. At was an ideal
day for racing, and the attendance was
again large, but the favorites Jared badly,
winning in only two races, the pacing and
half-mile running. Summaries:
Trotting. 2:20 class, best three in five. purse
$500, Ottinger won. Robbie second, 1ago
third. Best time, 2:13s4.
Pacing, 2:24 class, two in three heats, purse
$500, Lady Waldstein won, Bill Frazier second,
Ruby Messenger third. Best time, 2:15.
Running, half-mile. selling, purse. $3.50.
Shot Silk won. Cyrus King second, Pat Nor
risey third. Time, BOZ
Running, FIVE furlongs, purse $3.50, Grover
won, Chinook second. Pinear third. Time,
1:03.
Running, five furlongs, purse $3.50, Lulu
Horton Won, Mount Roy second, YreAa third.
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for the one-third- mile unpaced standing
start track record, making it i'm 40 As,
which lowers the previous record one
fifth of a second.
The crowd again went wild when Sanger
won the professional half-mile handicap.
He WAS scratch man against field of
ten, with A. T. Bingenheimer of Milwau-
kee at go yards; William Sanger. Walter s
brother, al 130 yards, and K. c. Tinkham,
local crack, at 200 yards. Tinkham kept
the lead until the stretch, with Walter
Sanger in the rear. AS they came TO the
stretch Sanger crept up and won the race
by two lengths.
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ready for instant use, and about score OF
determined men were ready to use them.
But happily no attack was made by the
Buck forces. Up to midnight a large
crowd remained in front of the Office. 1t
is not at all likely that there will be fur
ther trouble.
The Sun came out this morning with
X. q. arbison as editor and r. e. Nor
ton business manager Under the new
management the Sun supports Mckinley
and Hobart and the st. Louis Republican
platform
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Plaeervslle,s Chinese Banker Buried.

PLACERVILLE, CAL, Aug. Alum
Sing Kee, wealthy Chinese banker, was
buried here Yesterday with pomp and
pageantry. He was 81 years old. An
only son lived in San Francisco and his
widow is at present in China. Lum Sing
Kee had lived here tor forty years. His
estimated wealth was 800, 900.
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Stansb..ru and Hauda,.r.

TORONTO, ONT, Aug. A cable dis
patch has been received from the editor of
the London Sportsman announcing that
Oarsman Stansbury had covered Gaudaur's
deposit, thereby binding his acceptance of
the latter's challenge to row in the
Thames, in September, for the world s
championship.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-05
Butchered bv a L,.natio.

PROVIDENCE, KY, Aug. 4-Near
Clay, eight miles west of here. Tom
Brown, an insane husband, butchered his
family at midnight. Mother-in-law, wife
and baby were cut and beaten with an ak
and viii probably die. Brown went to a
neighbor's after the deed and expected to
be shot. He is in custody.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-05
PEACE At SIN BEBaARDISo
Second Mortgage Holders Gafn Posses
stom of the Daily Sun.

stot OF the DdiIu SWfs.
SAN BERNARDINO, CAL, Aug. A.
The contest over the possession of the
Sun newspaper plant has apparently
ended, and the holders of tho second
mortgage hold the field. During all OF
last night the interior of the Sun office
represented a well-equipped arsenal.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-05
SOUGHT DEATR IN NAPA RIVER
The Body of Mics Neftie Sayre Found IN
the Stream.

NAPA, CAL, Aug. 4.-The body of Miss
Nettie Sayre was found in the Napa River
last evening. 1t is believed the young
woman committed suicide, though rea-
sons why she should have destroyed her
self seem to be lacking. The body was
discovered by w. g. Short, who had gone
to the river to enjoy boat ride. He saw
a hat in boat near the bank, and sur,
missed that its owner had been drowned.
Short procured rake and dragged the
river bottom near the boat, and the body
was soon brought to the surface.
1t is said that Miss Sayre was subject to
temporary alterations of the mind, and il
is believed by some that while in such q
condition she plunged into the river. She
was native of this city, "a years of age,
and a member of well-to.do family.
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ON EASTERN DIAMONDS.

standing of the Clubs and Scores OF the
Games in the National League
Yesterday
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Pacing, 2:2O class, in 5; purse $500.
b he Non x-saial

Pacing, 2:2O class, 3 In S; purse $500.
San Lusito, br. h., by Monroe Chief.
...........................(s suliivan) 5443111
Slndwood, blk. b., by Silkwood.
........-.........:..... (Hodges) 24344
Palatina, ch. M, by Tom Benton....
..................... (Bennett) S31223
Adele, b. M, by Dexter Irince. ......
................-... ....-.. (Sanders) 4212432
Earthquake, b. H., by Sidney.........,
......................-. (Marchand) dist
Colonial, ch. g., by Hamlet. .........-.
.-...-..-.....-.........( ihompson) dist
Time, 2:ls-2:ls1a- az ~ 21a-2 :22-2:22- :241h
-2:23s4.
Running, six furlongs, selling, purse $500
C. Boyd's ch. h. Robin Hood. by Forester
(Martin), first; P. Siebsnthalers ch. m Sea
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Trottlng, 2:4o class. 8 in 5: purse $500.

Alias, b. m. by Woolsey by Del Sur Gaines)
Twilight. b M. by Noonday (Gannon) -. 22
Mile L, b. m.. by Yosemite (Cuicallo).. 3
Niece, b. m, by Banglot tHolbrook) ~ 4
Favor. sr, h, by DAILY (Norris) ............. dis
Time, ,2:1912-2:l914-2:2l
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-20
THE GOLD STANDARD,
What it Means in Many American

What it Means in Many American
Homes.
If YOU COULD ENTER TIE HOMES
OF THIS NATION AND SEE HOW
HOPE DEFERRED HAS MADE THE
HEART SICK. If YOU COULD SEE
THE PARENTS, WHO. IN HOPES OF
BETTER DAYS. HAVE PLANNED FOR
TIL HIGHER EDUCATION OF THEIR
CHILDREN. III ORDER THAT THE
CHILDREN NIGHT BEGIN THE BAT
TIE OF LIFE WITH GREATER
ADVANTAGES TITAN THEIR PAR
TNTS. BUT WHO HAVE BEEN COM
PEELED To KEEP THEIR CHILDREN
AT HOME IN ORDER TO KEEP THE
WOLF FRCM THE DOOR YOU WOULD
UNDERSTAND WHAT TIE GOLD
STANDARD MEANS. TT MEANS A
LOWER ORDER OF CIVILIZATION.
AND. TT CONTIUED, WE WILL SINK
DOWN WHERE TIE FEW OWN ALL
THE WEALTH. AND TIE MANY ARE
SIMPLY DEPENDENT TENANTS
MIR. BRYAN AT CHALOTTE. n. C.
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Tor Columbus. Chicago ana the West
: r. a. rl.. daily and 3.t5 p. r.. daily.
Columbus, Cincinnati and st. Louis, lO:l5
ann. and 1l:t0 70. M, daily.
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ard 9.fO p M except Sunday.
GAINESVILLE acco mmodat!on, 3:lO p. M,
dquv. except Sunday.
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ARRIVE
From Chicago, 1.io a. m. and l1:J9 a. m,
I7-oto st. Louis. Cincinnati and Coium-
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81 Clalrsrile accommodation. 1870 a. N
and r.eI Do. m.. except sunday.
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dqf.v except Sur1ay.
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FALL RIVER. October 19.-Print cloths
quiet at 9-1Gc. fair demand.
NEW YORK. October 19.-Printng
cloths quiet but firm at 9-l6c.
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From New York Philadelphia. Balu
more. washington and PIttsburg. 1910 4.
and 1880 p. ~. daily.
P.usb1rg mali. 1880 p. m. except Sun
day. and 100 =. m. daily.
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RIVER RAILROAD co

on and after Sunday, July -, 1896. Pass
.,-,-r Tr-fr- Wll. ru4 az follows. 'Ddly.
Daily except Sunday. Eastern Time.
sGr,5 Bound. Z 3 3
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WHEELING AND PTTTs3URG DIvI-
SION.
Tor P.ttsburg. Washington. Baltimore.
Philadelphia and New York. 100 a. IN. and
5:i5 p. m., daily.
For Plttsourg. ZOO 2. M. daily.
pittsburg express. 1876 j. M, except Sur
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RAILWAY TIRE CARD.

Arrivals and departures Of trains on ana
after July ~. 1850 Explanation Of Refer
ence Marks: 'Dauy; sunday excepted;
$Monday excepted; Saturday excepted;
fSuEday only. Saturday ou4y; MONDAY
only Eastern Standard Tine. when u
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The Worlds Newsnaners

A statistician has learned that the
annual aggregate circulation of the ma
pers OF the world is calculated to he
10000 100000 copies. To grasp any idea
OF this magnitude we may state that il
would cover no fewer than 10, 45O souare
miles of surface; that it is printed on
7Sl,25O tons of paper, and, further, that
if the number $4,000, 900, OoO) repre-
scented, instead of copies, seconds. il
would take over 1873 years for them to
elapse. In lieu of this ARRANGEMENT
we might press and pile them vertically
upward to gradually reach our highest
mountains. Topping all these. and
even the highest Alps, the pile would
reach the magnificent altitude of 400
or, in round numbers, 500 miles, Cal
culating that the average man spends
five minutes reading his paper in the
day (this is a very low estimate). we
find that the people of the world al
together annually occupy time equiva-
lent to 100,0O0years reading the papers.
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laconic expression is familiar to all
sea followers, and it contains a world
Of meaning if rightly understood. There
have been ships that have gone down
in battle with the flags flying defiantly
at the mast head, and others that have
battled bravely against the adverse ele-
ments until, Water-logged, they have
sunk within sight of land; but to be
lost at sea, with no official mention Of
the disaster because of lack Of all de-
tail, is to meet a fate hardly deserved.
Early in the history Of our navy such
mystery closed about one of the first