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The morning times., 1896-05-17
AMONG LOCAL ATHLETES
Doings Of the Amateurs on the
Water and AfieId.
NEW PARK FOR PRACTICE
Potomac River Regatta-C.A A. c. Crew
for Annapolis-New Bicycle Club.
Boat Club Notes-Georgetown
Strong Mott Haven Teum-Law wn
Tennis Tournament.

With the completion and Inauguration
of the new International Athletic Park on
May 80, outdoor athletics will undoubtedly
have n much needed revival in this city.
IL VIII give several organizations here who
have no grounds for practice or exhibition
purposes an opportunity of putting out their
athletes and asprants for athletic honors
II will cause the giving of more athletic
contests, and this will draw out an interest
from among the spectators and the lay
members OF athletic organiZa tions.
There will be one place where athletic at
fractions OF every kInG, with great features
from out of town will be gwen; where COM
petitions Cponneutral ground can be held;
where bicyclists can have one general meet
ing place; where the stars OF the wheeling
world can be induced to come and give our
local admirers OF the sport an opportunity
OF seeing some of the work which has made
them famous both in amateur and pTofes-
Sional lines.
The morning times., 1896-05-17
Secured.

Secured
straneer-well, boys, how did the game
go today
Boys-Wc lost.
Stranger-What have you in that bundle2
Boys-The umpire Buffalo Times
The morning times., 1896-05-17
ANALosTAN BOAT CLUB.

AT a meeting OF the board of governors
OF the Aualostan Boat Club held last week
MesSrS. Fisher Moore and Ross were ap-
pointed the regatta committee to repre-
sent the club on the joint committee on
Potomac River Regatta. This committee
is prepared to attend a committee at such
time and place as may be designated.
Capt. Moore has had out number of
crews IN fours and gigs, and the prospects
are bright for an active season. During
the past fortnight a number Of new MEM
bers We're elected and several applica tions
were reported.
The club is likely to lose the services of
O. {. Hine, one of its best oarSmen, who
contemplates cycling tour abroad this
summer.
The work of Capt. Moore as umpire at
the Baltimore Athletic CluD-Annapolis race
last Saturday was satisfactory to all con-
cerned and his Clubmates are much pleased
over his SUCCESS on that occasion. With the
advice of Secretary Howard, who accom-
panied him, and his own good judgment, it
is hard to see how his work could have been.
anything else but satisfactory.
a number of ne W members are taking up
shell rowing and are being coached by
Capt. Moore and Treasurer Fisher and Sec
retary Howard. The prospects are bright
for a number OF good crews for the early
regattas.
III OFQer TO set the season actively In
motion it is proposed to hold club re-
gatta about the first week in June and
then select the egular crews.
POTOMAC BOAT CLUB.
1t is difficult to state what the prospects
are for the rowing season at the Potomac
Boat Club. The club has some excellent
material from which to get out crews if
it is properly handled.
The club some monGhs ago accepted the
invitation OF the naval cadets at Annapolis
to row an eight-oared shell race on May
80, but what the makeup of the crew will
be had not at a late hour been determined
by the new captain, Nolan.
The resignation of President Fague after
one months incumbency, has been handed
to the secretary OF the club.
1t has not yet been fully decided whether
the semi-nonthly hop will be given this
season or not.
A number OF the stout members of the
Carroll Institute took advantage Of the
gym during the warm weather of the past
week to get off some OF their surplus
weight, and several succeeded.
Mems classes are held on Monday and
Wednesday eve nings.
Lord Dowuey is again at work In the
The morning times., 1896-05-17

HFNHEST prices paid for old gold and
HBNn silver. ~. BLOOM, $50 Pa. ave
The morning times., 1896-05-17

IS 90 Shepherd Plaid Skirts.
in black and white. blue and
white and brown ara white,
gore, full ripple rustling
lining. interlined and velvet
bound "a decidedly hand-61 n5
some skirt-our price...-...pO' ~
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73797assEEa3YI
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CIark's
For
Skirts.

A fully made-properly made skirl
in every sense of the ord is what We
sell you. MISUNDERSTANDING
and perfect fit we guarantee, and our
prices cannot be duplicated,
The morning times., 1896-05-17
Beautiful Blk. Brilliantine.

Skirts lined throughout
made fnli - and graceful
hang-yelvet bound. WORMS OS
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DUCK SKIRTS

What so pretty-cool-and
dressy for this lovely wealth
er? We are selling a hand
some Duck Skirt. worth eV-
cry cent OF s., for......
The morning times., 1896-05-17
$500
Boys Suits, 62Cup

This is only glimpse into this paradise
OF ours. A sketch-a mere outline-of the
beauties lying in wait for you. Shall
we force the selling or will you drop in
Quietly and take them away.
The morning times., 1896-05-17

$500 Black and Blue Serge
SkiIts. beautiful iii appear
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in workmanship ahd mate q
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The San Francisco call., 1896-11-12
STANF0RD'S PRACTICE WORK.
VARSITY Football Hen Utilize a Dummy
for Drill in the Art of
TuckIIno

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CAL. Nov.
1.-THE work of the Stanford players was
very lively last evening, and the effect of
the presence OF several ex- Stanford "stars"
was plainly apparent. Clemans, the STAN
ford halfback of thefirst Varsity eleven, is
here, and will remain to coach the team
until Thanksgiving as an assistant to
Coach Cross. He Will devote his chief at
tention. to the backs, and from the game
last evening he is of the opinion that STAN
ford should put up very creditabie play.
Besides Clemans there were also on the
field FrankenheImer and Downing, who
will be down occasionally to put new ideas
and life into the men. Fisher and Dole
both played strong at halfback under the
supervision of the assistants. Searight
was unfortunate enough to iniure his
ankle, so that it will be several days be-
fore he can be out again. His work has
been decidedly strong during the past few
davs
The men are Being given practice each
evening in tackling a dummy in the
gymnasium. Cross has been dissatisfied
with the tackling of the men of late and
determined TO bresk the routine of prac-
tice and improve their part of the play by
introducing the dummy tackling. AS a
| result the men are going around with a
| soreness of muscles that do not receive
exercise in the game itself.
The second eleven elected w. P. McIn-
| tosh '99 as its captain. and he has the
men playing almost as fast and hard Il
game as the Var>ity itself. This is the
second year that Mcintosh has captained
the second eleven. Stanford sweaters have
been offered 10 the second eleven men
this year by the football management.
and interest is therefore more apparent
than on previous occasions at this time.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-12
BOTH NA41oNs IN ACCORD.
Commissioner Gilman Says Peace an
Good BIZ Are Assurcd

Commissioner Gilman Says Peace and
Good Hiu Are assured
BALTIMORE, ND, Nov. 11.-President
Gilman of Johns Hopkins University and
one of the members of the Venezuelan
Commission was asked to-day for his opin-
ion as to whether the effect of the pub
hshed decision was to make the Monroe
doctrine International law, or to esta ablish
virtual protectorate on the part of this
country over Venezuela. He said:
1T Is obvious that all the data requisite
Tor the formation of an opinion have not
yet been made public by the United States
or Great Britain, but enough has been
said to show that the principle of arbitra-
ton is heartily accepted By both nations
and that they are very nearly in complete
accord upon the best method of procedure.
IL indeed they are not absolutely so.
1T will be time enough to consider the
relations OF the correspondence between
Lord Salisbury and Mr.. Olney TO the rec
ognition of the Monroe doctrine when
that correspondence is published. All
that need be SAID at the moment is that
the administration is very difficult and
embarrassing controversy has succeeded
In securing concert of action between
the parties interested and that this is in
the interest of peace and international
good will. The war cloud with which the
year opened has been dissipated by argu-
ments, Investigations and concessions" +"
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-12
His Skin transparent.

me worst. affiiction / ever knew any
one to have" said c. X. Annore,rf D,i-
luth, "is that of young man in my,eitv.
his skin has become dead in some way.
and all the coioring matter is gone, leav.
ing the cuticle perfectly transparent.
The result is that all of the veins and
arteries are plainly visible and he looks
like an animated anatomical chart. The
case battles all physicians and the only
skin over the boys, entire body, which. OF
course, would be impracticable, if not i'm
possible. His skin was unusually clear
and transparent when he was a baby and.
instead of growing thicker and having
more color as he grew older, what color il
possessed left it, and by the time he was
II years old he appeared at distance as
I. ough all OF the skin had been removed.
Washington Star.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-12
SEATTLE GREETS REED.
He Speaks of the East's Kindly
Sentiment Toward the
West.
Humorous r ference to Washington
States Heavy Vote for
Bryan.

SEATTLE, WASH, Nov. I1.-Soon after
his arrival at Seattle at noon to-day Hon.
Thomas B. Reed OF Maine was rendered q
public reception by the Cham Der of Com
merce. He made a brief address, speaking
in one of his happiest veins.
Mr.. Reed said ne would not attempt to
instruct the Chamber of Commerce, for
he supposed that of Seattle was like simi-
lar bodies In Maine-"knew everything
and knew it in short order" He sought
TO disabuse the minds of those who be-
lieved that the East had other than a feel
ing of kindness for the West, saying:
I'VE send you our children and our
money, and both stay"
This modest reminder of the Vests
mortgaged indebtedness to the East pro-
voked hearty laughter. The distinguished
speaker further observed that if the West
was slow she would "cateh up, even
though certain localities were far behind -
q twit which Mr.. Reeds auditors took to
be reference TO Washington State having
gone overwhelmingly for Bryan and free
silver. Another allusion was made TO this
during the reception held later in the day
bv Mr.. Reed in the parlors of the Rainier
UIdHo hotei "HeH hePuplcan 1eauer
said:
IF We had only had you here sooner,
Mr.. Reed. things would have gone differ
ent.'
This brought forth the reply: mo; i
am ready to claim everything, even the
earth, but l do not think I could have
materially changed the result here"
During the afternoon Mr.. Reed was
shown ABOUT the city and in the evening
he was entertained at a private dinner in
the Rainier Club by State Senator R. c.
Washburn, Governor McGraw and other
local cele ehrities
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-12

leges OF the wheel on the thoroughfares
This fear is probably ill-founded. Local
authorities have always exercised the
right to regulate and classify vehicles for
the good of all classes without impugnlng
their rights where the classification ceases.
Special speedways are in many cities con-
structed Tor trotting horses, but the man
in the sulky uses the common roads In
going and returning from his speedway !;
and so does the equestrian, Tor whom
special paths have been laid out IN most
large cities.
However this may be, motives OF the
attitude of the more conservative consuls
in this matter are most emphatlcally those
of good citizens.
Until recently New Jersey and Massa-
chusetts were the two States which had
done most for their highways. The most
radical recent legislation, however, is the
new Connecticut law (statutes of 1881,
which pledges the State to pay one-third
the cost OF one mile of road in each town
each year If the county and the towns Will
each pay one-third. The cost OF one mile
of road is estimated at $4,000.
A poor town is by tins means enabled to
get good mile of road at direct cost to
itself of but $1,000. and the most of the
general State and county cost falls on the
richer towns and cities. A better device
could hardly be imagined for encouraging g
road Improvement in the poorer regions.
Eighty-lve towns availed themselves OF
the law last year and 10 more have already
swung into line for 1896. These are
about two-thirds of all towns in the little
Nutmeg State. Before this year is over a
a New York cyclist may ride on good roads
nearly all the way to Boston by way oi
New Haven, Hartford and Springfield.
In New Jersey road building has been
carried on upon scientific principles. not
SO much throughout the State as in Con-
necticut, but rather concentrated in the
more populous counties.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-12


cal fruits and other products and seeing
how far they were infested by parasites, F"
said Mr.. Marlat yesterday. After l got
through down there 1 was asked to visit
the orchards and vineyards in the vicinity
of Los Angeles and report on the cottony
cushion and black scales and TO examine
into the various forms of fruit and vine
parasites.
This was done and then / went to the
Napa Valley and made similar investiga-
tions. have only just returned from
there, The vines andg trees about Los
Angeles and Napa are in better state
than formerly, nevertheless there are
ONE parasites there to watch. I shall
make full report in regard to all of them
| will only spend short time longer in
California"
Mr.. Marlat was formerly from Manhat-
tan, Kans. He was close friend of the
late Professor c. V. Riley, Chief of the
Department of Agriculture.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-12
PURE FOOD STATIONS.
Four of Them Were Opened in
the City Last Even
ing.
Milkmsn Must Report and Have
Their Wares Tested Every
Night.

The four food inspecting stations nro-
vided for by the Board of Health wero
opened last evening.
The stations are as evenly distrinr+aa =.
possible, in order to exercise sunerv;sio,,
over all the sources of the Citv,s mill,
supply. No. is at the wharf No. > is 80
Fourth and Berry streets, No. is ON
Alabama and Army streets and No. is
on the corner of Geary street and Central
avenue.
J. B. Dockery, the Milk Inspector, who
has charge of ali these stations was at
station 3. With him was Ben Davis. the
Meat Inspector, and number of distin
guished guests, including Governor Budd.
who came early and stayed late to inspect
the workings of the new system of food in
spection.
The stations are all fitted up with the
most modern appliances for testing milk.
in which the examinations will be princi-
palIy concerned, and also with all the
comforts of home for the inspectors, There
will be four of these to each station, two
in watch, and they will have to keep the
station open all the time.
Each driver of a milk wagon must re-
port at the nearest inspecting station be-
lore distributing the contents of his milk
cans, and if his wares do not come up to
standard they will be dumped in the
gutter.
Last night there were lines of men and
lines of wagons waiting to be inspected at
each station. but things went smoothly
and the work was quickly done.
At station 8 only the "bulb test" was
fourd necessary. as all the milk offered
passed in good condition. It is only when
this test shows impurities that further
tests are given.
There was also lunch served to the at
tending guests, and general enthusiasm at
this first great step toward pure food pre-
vailed.
It is always a sure sign OF rain when
horses and cattle stretch their necks and
sniff the air for a long time.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-12
FOOLED THE JUDGE.
A Successful Ruse to Save a Condemned
Murderer's Neck.

A Successful Ruse to Save a Condemned
Murderer's Neck.
"Some years ago 1 was on the bench in
a Nebraska circuit" said Judge a. r. Sim
mons of Omaha to Washington Star
reporter.
"a murder was committed under rather
peculiar circumstances. A man named
Bill Chadwick and a man named To-
Plummer were enemies, and had been TO.
some time, each having threatened the life
OF the other. A reconciliation was eff
fected, and one day the two men went
hunting together. Plummer returned
alone and said he had bought Chadwick 5
horse and the latter had gone to Kansas.
Considerable suspicion existed, but
Chadwick had no relatives and there was
no way of disproving the story. Several
months later the bones of man were
found where it was known Chadwick and
Plummer had been together on the day
the former disappeared. By means of the
boots and popularity of the teeth the
remains were identified as those of Chad
wick. Plummer was arrested, tried, con-
victed and sentenced TO be hanged.
Three or four days before the time
fixed for the execution a man entered nv
Office and saluted me:
'Howd'y, Judge2"
How are your / answered, What
can do for your
q / reckoned you'd know me- said he,
Pm Bill Chadwick, the feller Tom Plum
mer was convicted OF kililn'.'
II was naturally greatly surprised, and
somewhat doubtful as 10 the truth OF his
story. But he stuck 10 it under the most
rigid cross-exarhination.
81 don't like Tom none too WELL he
said, but / sold him the hoss all right and
l went to Kansas. / didn't hear about the
trial til after it was over, so when l did
hear Thought it would be shame to let
Tom hang, and l came back
Il took the man 10 the Prosecuting At
torney, who had known Chadwick
slightly, and he identified the man as the
one supposed to be murdered We took
the first train to Lincoln, reaching there
just in time to secure pardon for Plum.
mer.
Both Plummer and Chadwick disap-
peared as soon as the former was released.
and l had ceased to think about the
strange affair, when 1 changed circuits
with another Judge, and while sitting in
the hotel l saw Chadwick pass. / called
the landlords attention TO him, and asked
| If Chadwick lived there.
Bill Chadwick? No. he don't live
anywhere. He's dead. That mans name
is Plummer. He does look enough like
Chadwick to pass for him. His brother
was the man who killed Chad wick. and
then got pardoned some way or other,rI
don't know how.s And did not tell
4
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-12
WOOD PAVEMENTs.
London Has Accepted Them in Prefer
ence to Other Materials.

London Has Accepted Them in Prefer
ence to Other Materials.
The interest of the public in the ques-
ton OF street paving is shown in many
ways. The bicycle has done wonders, but
beyond that there is growing recognition
that the discomfort of bad paving is an in
fiction that the ordinary citizen has no
right to tolerate. 1t has been said by a
modern traveller that street in WI hich the
pedestrians cannot converse in comfort by
reason of the rattle of carriage wheels over
the stones is nowadays disgrace to any
municipality.
This is the keynote of the latest improve
ments in street pavement. The tendency
is toward a paving which will save the
nerve racking din that Americans have too
long looked upon as unavoidable. The
pavement of the future will be practically
noiseless. For this purpose all tests show
indlsputably the superiority of wood,
whether considered in reference to safety,
the facility with which a horse can recover
his footing, the speed at which it is safe to
travel or the gradient at which it may be
laid.
Recently inquiries were made among a
large number of drivers of different kinds
OF vehicles in London to ascertain their
opinion in regard to the various pave
ments laid there, with the result that 81
declared in favor of asphalt, 1877 in favor OF
granite, 219 in favor of macadam and 75O
in favor OF wood. The general opposition
to asphalt both there and here is signif-
cant.
1t is condemned by every person who
ever drove horse. Its surface becomes
uneven, causing side-to-side motion. Ii
is slippery in winter. 1t is inefficient, ex.
cept for streets where there is but little
traffic and it has been generally dlscarded
in Europe.
The prejudice in this country against
wood only exists because of q lack oil
knowledge. As it is now laid it is an
artificial! stone pavement with wood
covering, which can be easily renewed al
little expense. Its average life in London
with repairing, is about ten years. and il
would last as long here. The statement
that 1T is unhealthy is unsubstantiated
The London Engineer of Sewers says thai
although some OF the streets have been
paved with wood for upward of thirty
years no complaint on that head had
reached him.
A French bacteriologist has lately given
data which entirely disprove the idea OF
the unheaithiness of wood paving. 1t is
now In general use in London and Paris
and it is indorsed by many officials who
have given careful study to the question
OF modern city pavements.-G. II. G. in
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-12
ON EAsTERN TRACKS.
First, Second and Third Horses Sys the
TarjotfS Epeufs

LAToNIA, KY, Nov. l1.-one mile, Rampant
won, Little Tom second, Little Walter third.
Time, 1:491l.
Seven iurlongs, Satsuma won, Roy Car
ruthers second. Grey Eclipse third. Time,
1888
Six furlongs, Suydam won, Mertie Reed Sec
ond, Forsyth third Time, l :1914.
One and sixteenth miles, Addie Buchanan
won, Nimrod second, Aimee third. Time,
1:55L.
Five-eigh tbs of a mile, Al won, Sansimon
second. Ell Toro third. Time, LOS.
NASHVILLE. Tenn, Nov. 1l.-Five and a
half turlongs, Annie Sweet won, Damask sec
ond. Keeps third. Time, 1:12s<
Five furlongs, Goldie LOCKS won, Overflow
second, Ella third. Time, L :o51<
Six furlones, Ssuter won, Fly Jr second
Sister lone third. Time, lie.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-12

Six furlongs. Lauretta won, Terrapin Sec
ond, Elano third. Time, 1:1SL.
One mile, Patrol won, Lightfoot second,
Hardenburg third. Time, :4SSl.
PIMLICO, Nov. 11.-Five-eightns OF q mile,
Sonnet won, Hint second, Diana's Daughter
third. Time, 1:043l
One and a sixteenth miles. Doggett and
Ameer ran dead heat, Declare third. Time,
1:51A.
five-eighths of a mile, Medica won, Religion
second, Lam bent third. Time. 1:0311.
One mile, South Africa won, Ida Woodland
second, LauTelton third. Time, 1 :43.
Three-quarters of mile DR.. Jim won, Hi
Daddy second, Euphemia L third. Time,
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-12
REFORM BY THE BICYCLE.
What Is Being Done in the Cause of
Good Roads.


Every body knows what the bicycle is
doing for the good-roads problem. OF
course the farmers have all along been the
persons most interested in improving the
country roads, and it seems a little strange
that they left the work to the wheelmen
so long. But similar thing happened in
photography The professional photo
graphers. working for their livelihoods.
haven't developed their own business half
so rapidly in some directions as the ama-
teurs, working for fun. Here's where the
good citizenship comes In The bicyclists
and the good-roads prophets are hand in
glove, according to the Washington Star.
In many OF the States the League of
American Wneelmen consuls even frown
upon the construction of separate bicvcIe
paths, partly hesitating to divert so much
money from the common roads, partly
fearing lest the construction of special
paths may result in abridging the priyi-
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-12
EXAMINING BUGS.

Special Agent MarIat Has Been Through
the Vineyards of Los Angeles
and Napa.
United States Special Agent G. L. Mar
lat OF the Department of Agriculture,
Washington, d. c., is at the Grand, after
visit to Los Angeles and Napa-
Mr.. Marlat has been delegated to look
up facts in regard to the scales and other
parasites that attack the fruit trees and
vines.
II was originally sent to Mexico, and I
was there some time, studying the tropi-
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-12
Several Shots over 1t.

us this an ammunition pie, ma'am p
asked young Mr.. Fledgely, as he raised
the upper crust.
AN ammunition pie, Mr.. Fledgely 2"
what you mean by that. This is huckie
berry pie"
"Ohl" said young Mr.. Fledgely, as be
replaced the cover; ''these are buckle
berries. are they? l thought it was loaded
with bird shot,
Men have got shot for less than that, .
said Mr.. Billings.
"Or half shot" said the landlady. "witt
a very small load"
Then every body looked at young Mr..
Fledgely and that facetlous young mar
actually biushed. Cleveland Plain Dealer