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Evening star., 1896-08-22

So Count Mftkiewicx. Anxious for
Trial. Waived Examination.

SO count M1tk1cw1CZs ANXIOUS 1OE
Trial. Waived Examination.
Count Eugene Mitkiewicz, who was ar
rested yesterday and released on bond to
answer a charge Of false pretenses pre-
ferred by Lawyer John T. Hunter as pub
lished in yesterdays Star, appeared in
Judge Mills court today. anxious TO have a
hearing in the case, as he was confident of
a vindication. but for some reason the pros
ecution was not ready, and Mr.. Mullowny
aeked for postponement until Tuesday
Lawyers Clarke and Keys, for the de-
ferdant, objected to a continuance
Our client Is innocent, and does not want
this charge hanging over him." said coun-
sell THE government caused his arrest,
and although the witnesses are in the city,
and can be had in few minutes, a contin-
uance Is asked"
Mr.. Mrllowny said that Mr.. Birney had
ordered the warrant, and he wanted time
to make the proper investigation.
There's been plenty time for investiga-
t.cn," Mr.. Clarke said. "And certainly
when a citizen invokes the aid of the law
in case Of this kind the accused should
certainly be given a speedy hearing
IF the government Is not ready" said the
court, Il will have to grant a continuance"
"Then," said Lawyer Keys won't your
honor fix the case f9r Mondaayg.
out of the city which would require his
personal attention, but the court would not
make the change.
Then" said counsel, I'VE will have to
waive an examination, for our client can
not possibly be here on Tuesday"
The court thsreupon sent the case to the
grand jury. and fixed the bond at the
smallest amount fixed In such cases. 1900
Count Mitkiewlcz gave the bond and was
not detained.
Evening star., 1896-08-22
PATCHEN Is KING NOW.
Lowers the Stallion Record at Rfgby
Park to 2.O3.

The famous pacing stallion Joe Patchen
lowered the worlds stallion pacing record
by ons-quarter Of second, going the mile
in 203 fiat, on the Rigby, Me-. track yes
terday afternoon. Two Of the judges
watches showed the time to be one-fifth of
q second less than 2.O3.
After q mile Of warming up the black
stallion was sent with runner known as
Little Friend. driven by Charles O'Brien.
A strong head wind was blowing. The
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judges caught the quarter at BOZ seconds.
and with the wind al his back the famous
stallion reeled off the second quarter in
4ih seconds. The half was made in cne
minute, the third quarter in 80 Ia seconds.
He met the wind again on the last quarter,
but did it in 30 3-4 seconds. John r. Cen
try held the previous record. The crowd
lifted Curry out of his sulky, swarmed
from the grand stand and cheered like
madmen. sPatchen is seven years old and
is owned by Col. John S. Taylor of Chi
on half-mile track of 2.0J IA, made at
Mystic last week.
Evening star., 1896-08-22
CHANGED THE SENTENCE.
The Court Had nm Odd Way of Show
ing Mercy.

Bessie Robinson and Henry Wayman, q
cclored couple, had an unpleasant meeting
yesterday and a bottle used by the woman
inflicted painful injuries to the mans head.
Bandages about his head were so numerous
ttis morning when he appeared in court
that he had scarcely room enough to see
between them. The parties to the affair
told their stories and Judge Mills fined the
woman $40 or thirty days, and when a mo-
ton for reduction of sentence was made
the court changed the penalty to a sentence
Of thirty days and a fine of SO or thirty
days additional. This was even worse than
the original sentence, and the Judge, taking
another hand at the case, let the first sem
tence stand
Evening star., 1896-08-22
ELECTRICITY FROM COAL.
A Process Which May RevoIutfontze
Methods of Generating Power.

Methods of Generating Power.
when We remember" said a we!l-known
citizen to a Star reporter, that the fine st
triple-eNpansion engine on one Of the
great ocean liners only obtains about IA
per cent of theoretical efficiency in burning
her coal, and that our ordinary steam en-
gine does not get over or per cent there
from, we cannot overestimate the recent
discovery of a process for generating the
electric current direct from coal, or coke,
and from the process II is claimed by it's
inventor, 81 per cent of the theoretical
efficiency of the coal used has been OBJ
tanned. Further, it is claimed that the cost
will be from 1-5 to lilo of the present ex-
pense. The process seems simple enough.
for We take quantity of coke, reduce It
to powder, and make il into big, round
sticks of carbon. that then look a good deal
like giant firecrackers or the sticks of car
bon for an electric arc light, though very
much enlarged. This stick carbon is sus-
pended in a cylindrical iron pot, containing
an electrolyte of melted caustic soda. And
when a current of air. introduced 10y
small tube is driven through this solution.
electrical action is set up, producing a cur
rent of extraordinary volume.
To gain the necessary voltage. or cleo
trio pressure. 100 or more of these iron pots
may be put together and their rims con-
nected by wire. The whole plant or. il
may De called battery, must be lnciOSed
in an oven, to keep the solution up to a
uniform temperature of about 400 degrees
Centigrade.
"A pump to drive the air through the
solution is all the machinery that is re-
Quired. No boilers, no engines. no dynamo,
no ashes, no water, no endless quantity of
supplies are needed.
The annual expenditure for steam pow er
in the United States Is estimated at about
S4J0, 1900 ,000-an equivalent, IL is said Of all
the annual cost of our general government,
including all improvements and expendi-
lures on public works. The new process
will reduce this expenditure for power to
less than 500. 600 Then. again. there are
over $1.1O,OW,W0 invested in steam en-
gines alone in the United States: the first
cost of the new process would be one
fourth Of their present value and there
after they can be run for one-fifth of their
present expense. So, 1t is claimed by the
inventor that upward Of three-fourths OF
a billion Of dollars will be saved I'm the first
cost alone.
''The expense of maintenance or rather
of attending the process. il is asserted will
be very small. The carbon cylinder will
last $50 hours, or even more: the inclosing
oven has a self-feeding attachment, and tho
attention required win be no more than an
ordinary small steam-heating house ar
rangement." :.
Evening star., 1896-08-22

FIRST Division. Won. Lost.
r. M. Baldwin, Danbury 2
N. Bishop. Norwich. ch........ 2 6
r. c. Butler. Middletown 3
A. w. Dickey, Norwich 2 Z
Frank Sisson, New London. 3
q. c. Strong, New London.
E.F.Spalding, Townsend Harbor @
w. A. Wahly. Washington. 3
VIM. Alexander. Philadelphia. 8
Sackett Duryea, Washington 8
w. P. Apgar, Trenton, N. j.. 8
Second Division. Won. Lost.
]. Adamson, Philadelphia. 4
J: Bilbrough, Philadelphia. 7
N. NJ. Davenport. Northampton 2
=. Dwight, Philadelphia. 4 4
N. Edmons, Philadelphia. 5 4
G.S. VanWickle, N. Brunswick 8
o. Wahly, Washington. .. 2 6
F. s. James. New London...... 6
P. w. Coleman. Washington. 2
l. c. Wood, Ontario, Cal..... 4
Evening star., 1896-08-22

Earl T. Butler Of Middletown and Will
liam Alexander of Philadelphia stand equal
as to games, each having won seven and
lost three, but, according to the rules, by
which. In case of tie, the winner shall be
the one having won the greater number of
points, that is. arches and stakes, the honor
goes to Butler. The second place Is now
tied between Sisson of New London and
Duryea of Washington, each having an
other game to play. In the second division
Coleman Of Washington will be the second
prize winner.
Evening star., 1896-08-22
ROOnn1=Ha g
Reductions ON
UphOls lsteries.

And it's the time of year when
the goods can be used to good adj
vantage in Frightening up furni-
ture for the coming season.
The new fall stock is beginning
to arrive, and still a lot of odds
and ends in desirable goods re-
main. These must go-and go
quickly, too. Hence the following
reductions.
Evening star., 1896-08-22

Earned ruDs- Philadelphia, o; Louisville. l.
hw"-tase Two ne httsclatoie, Grady, keener Three
base hits.McCrcary, Clarke. Sacrifice hits
Cross. Haman. Clingman. Stolen bases-Cooley.
Grady Left On bases-Philadelphin, I; Louisville,
= Struck Out-Dexter, Pickering. Double plays
Crooks Rogers. Miller. First crrOrs-L Louis
siiie J. First on balls-On Keener, /; on Fraser,
T. Hit by pitched ball-(iallagheE. Wild pitch
Fraser Uinpire-Conahan. Tlme-One hour and
forty minutes.
Evening star., 1896-08-22
CROQ UET AND TENNIS
Record of the Clubs

TOday's Schedule.
Cincinnati at Washington
Cleveland at Baltimore.
Louisville at New York.
Ptttsburg at Boston.
st. Louis at Philadelphia.
Chicago at Brooklyn.
Evening star., 1896-08-22

THE "APENTA" HUNGARIAN BITTER WATER
from the UJ HUNYADI Springs; under the abso-
stitute OIinistry Of ASrlculture). Buda Pest
jylS-s13t
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THE CROQUET TOURNAMENT.
Prizes Won by F.. C. Butler and +. 9,
James.

+. c. Butler of Middletown won the
championship in the national croquet tour
nament which closed at Norwich Conn.,,
last evening after a fve-day play. F. 8.
James of New London took first prize in
the second division
AS result of the days play the record
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WASHINGTON ARCHERs WON.
Good Mnrksmnnslip Shown Mt Viii,
Sulphur.

Sulphur.
At the annual meeting of the National
Archery Association. the championship was
won yesterday at White Sulphur Springs
by D. F. MCGOWAN. the American
round championship by L. w. Maxson the
team championship. both ladies and gen.
tlemen. by the Potomacs, all of Washing
ton. Mrs. Howell of Cincinnati won all
ladies' championships Leading scores:
Evening star., 1896-08-22

Eained rnns-B,ltimOre. 3. Sacrifice hits
Jennings; it, & Pond Stolen hases-Jenninss t2 Kel-
out-By Pond 3. Bases on balls-By Kisineer &
stTn,s H,s by pt"her.By kisnger. 2. Left on bases
Baltimore. =; ST. Louis. Z. Passed ball-Douc-
lass. Time Of game-One hour and fifty minutes
Umpire-Ially '
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Heavy Batting MT Boston.

Heavy batting and poor fielding by both
teams characterized the game in Boston
with Cincinnati. Both Sullivan and Dwyer
were batted out Of the box, and Nichols
and Rhines. who took their places, did not
fare much better.
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,,.a EaFhsd re-, funs-ChicaGo, 9; New York. 9. First
base, base BY e%rrorsyChcago. % g., Left on bases-chi.
Friend 2: off Clarke, 2 Home runs-Dahlen,
Davis Three-base hits-Ticrnan, Davis. Con-
naughton. TwO-base hts-Tiefnan, Evcritt, Nc
Cormick: Sacrifice hit-Ahson Stolen bases
lange. Van Haltren. Double pay-Dahlen, Pfefrer
and Decker. Passed bal-Anson. Hit by pitcher
BY Friend 2. Umpire-Emslie. Time-One
hour and forty three minutes
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Totals 10 II Pill 4 Totals 91424 0 &
sBatted for Rhines in the ninth inning.

eissinnai, eeSstSa :::::: ::::::::::: 2sS9895Elss
base hits-Hamilton. fenney Tucker, hoy, Vaughn.
Ihree-base hIts.Irwin. Muller Home f6n-
BILE play-McPhse and Vaughn First base on
Ssilsa0n f,! Nichols. 2; & on &Dwyer, Struck out
een. IHme-Ons hour and hfty-nve minutes Um.
pire-Lynch.
Evening star., 1896-08-22
St. LOuis Shnt Ont.

81. Louis was shut out by Baltimore. The
champions played fast ball and won as
they pleased. The Browns work was slow.
Evening star., 1896-08-22
New York Won Again.

New York took a spurt in the eighth, and
by scoring five runs got the lead and won
from Chicago. Anson did the catching for
his side
Evening star., 1896-08-22

The latter score broke the American rec
ord. The inter-six match was won by the
ladies' team by-hits, 80; score, 34S.
The ladies shot at 10 and the gentlemen
at 90 yards.
Evening star., 1896-08-22
COlOnels Held Down.

Pitcher Keener of Philadelphia held the
Louisville club down to three hits. Fraser
exploded in the ninth. being hit for seven
singles. with three bases on balls.
Evening star., 1896-08-22
WASHINGTON

Earned Washington i; Cleveland, /. Two
base hit-Zmmer. Thres-base hit-Farrell. Double
Rlsys-s%ith to 0rBrens First base on bals-on tI!.;
/; by Mercer, 2. Passed ball-Zmmer. Tfme-
One hour and forty-fve minutes. Umpire-Hurst.
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were made off Payne by the Pirates.
PTTTSBURG BROOKLYN

First base by errors-Pittsburg, 8; Brooklyn ].
ial Lert on oPttshnrg. a Brooklyn, o. First
base on balls.On Hawley. 1; off Payne, 1. Struck
out,By Hawley. 4; by Payne. 3. Two-base hits
anderson ~, Davis Sacrifice hit-Shinlle. Double
Pays-C0rcoran, DAILY and And. rson; Donovan and
Mack Hit by ptcher-Shoch. Umpire-Sheridan.
Tme-TwO hours and four minutes.
Evening star., 1896-08-22
vIRGINIA's STAR PLAYER.
What Mr.. King of the Roanoke CIut
Says OF Wrixley,


Says OF WrixIey.
Mr.. ]. Earl Wagner is in receipt of the
following communication from Mr. A. E.
King. owner of the franchise of the
Roanoke club Of the Virginia League:
Mr.. George Wrigley has Just informed
me that you have accepted his terms to
play with you for the rest of the season.
Il desire to say to yod in reference to Mr..
Wrigley that you have secured the star
player Of the Virginia League of this sea-
son. not excepting any other and l am
sure. If you will give him fair trial, he
will hold up his end in the big league. He
has been playing on our team eyer since
the opening of the season He Is always
willing and ready to play, and does his
best in every game, and you will have 10
trouble al all in managing him.
Mr.. Wrigley has had sore finger for
some time. and while he has played in
every game and has not missed single
one on account of this, l would advise you
not to put him in until the finger gets
thoroughly WELL
Evening star., 1896-08-22
'ie at Brooklyn.

Tic at Brooklyn.
Darkness ended the Brooklyn-P -Pittsburs
game, with the SCORE q tie. Only three hits
Evening star., 1896-08-22
The Kaiser's Yacht to blame.

LONDON. August 22.-The Field throws
the whole blame for the Isolde accident
and the resultant death of Baron Won Zedt-
witz upon the Meteor. 1t comments uron
the ridiculous and inadequate coroner's
inquest" and asks what the Yacht Racing
Association and the Royal Albert Yacht
Club are going to do i'm the matter In
conclusion 1t says: THE attempt to
blame Saint is mean. 1t is a modern in
stance of the fable Of the wolf and the
lamb"
Evening star., 1896-08-22
A New Cycle Record.

The worlds records were broken yester-
day at Salina, Kan, at the state meet Of
the l. A. W. Vesper. Bren and Hunt. the
Kansas City triplet team. lowered the one
third mile track record from 30 seconds to
81 2-5 seconds. 'Reddy' Maxwell did a
one-third mile in IS 3-5. lowering the record
from 80 40. John Lawson, the Terrible
Swede," Of Chicago rode a mile flying
start in minutes Hat.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-20

Government reservations IN the Sierra and
armed to keep sheep and hunters at a dis
lance, while the lives and property of
citizens and the mails of the United States
are cheerfully left at the mercy of desper-
ate cutthroats. The State OF California
has taken commemorate step in making
train-robbery a capital offense, but that
was done merely under the pressure OF the
railroad company's influence. The COM
paratively poor men who run stages have
not learned the art or acquired the power
of using the Legislature as means for in
surfing public security while serving a pri-
vate interest.
The United States Secret Service is a
powerful organization which concerns
itself greatly over counterfeiters and the
abuse of the mails as agencies for the dis
semination of immoral literature, but not
finger is raised to guard the mails which
are so essential to the jewellers in noun
tain regions. The whole situation is alb
surd and homogeneous. Not only should
stage-robbery be made capital offense,
but the State should have a mounted
patrol and detective service, and the
United States should give some of its SOL
diers little exercise at least in hunting
down highwaymen If not in preventing
their operations by more direct means.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-20
SUPPRESS THE BANDITS.

The frequency with which stages are
robbed in certain mountainous regions of
California calls for prompt and efficient
means to suppress the evil. Two such rob-
berries have occurred in the vicinity of
Ukiah, and the result of one of them is
that citizen who went in pursuit of the
highwaymen has been shot 10 pieces.
There are three ways in which this species
of outlawry can be stopped. One is for
the counties themselves to organize
mounted and armed patrol of the roads,
another is for the State to employ suffi-
cient force of men for the service, and
another is for the National Government to
come to the front.
The only pretense of a guard that has
ever been established over the safety of
mountain travel has been the Shotgun
messengers" of Wells, Fargo 81 Co. s ex-
press. 1t is not the business of any pri-
vate corporation to insure the safety of
life and property on the highways of the
country. If the express company had a
private interest sufficient to warrant the
employment OF an armed guard to protect
the property which it has taken for trans
port, the counties, the State and the Ne
tional Government have an immeasurably
larger interest and duty in protecting the
lives and property of their citizens from
the terrible danger which the highway
man represents.
1t is curious absurdity in the manage
ment of National affairs to see q strong
troop OF cavalry sent annually into the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-20

skirt, back of waist and Bolero being Of the
wool fabric; the sleeves of black satin, the full
front of black chiffon over blue. The revers
of blue oyerlaid with white lace. The back
view shows another gown in plaid, put of
bright colors, many hues being harmoniously
blended in delightful manner, suggestive of
the plumage of the peacock. The waist back
ard the Bolero are of brown velvet, with re-
vers of white satin covered with creamy lace,
and finished with narrow band OF sable. The
vest is of white satin and lace, matching the
revers the sleeve of the plaid wool matching
the reYers. The folded collar is or white satin
ribbon. with a large bow at the back.
Made in light colors, this model forms some
OF the newest and handsomest evening waists.
Two materials are generally employed, as chlt-
fon in pale violet, of which the full short puffer
sleeve is made (the ruff or fitted lawn sleeve
being omitted in these design WaIsts), the waist
back and Bolero being OF white saln, with vio-
lets (of Yelvet) in natural dnts strewn over lts
glossy surface. The revers or lace are pain
white satin.
Another waist was of creamy lace over white
satin for the sleeves. and full front, the Waist
and back Bolero being OF rose-colored mlI0lr
velvet, OF which the collar was also MADE. Inc
reyers OF velvet were edged with sable.
A waist made entirely OF black chlnon over
8 black silk with flowers in gay colors, had the
Bolero and revers of "miroir" velvet IN
''couleur de rose" This waist suggested posi-
bilites for making over figured japan SILK
into stylish bodice.
A dream in pink had pink chiffon sleeves
and waist front, the waist Dack reVers anu
Bolero being or creamy lace over pink satlnj
the revers trimmed with finger OF sable.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-20
PERSONAL.

G. D. Plato, a merchant of Modesto, is at the
Grand.
A. Rubenstein, merchant of Fresno, is at
the Russ.
R. ]. Harrell, banker of visalia, is staying
at the Palace.
Assemblyman R. L Thomas of Nevada City is
at the Palace.
R. T. Devlin, an attorney of Sacramento, is
guest at the Grand.
G. c. MeIvor, a big winemaker of Mission San
Jose, is at the Palace.
o. NJ. Simpson, leading lumber man of
Stockton, is at the Occidental
John Spaulding, a mining man of Auburn,
registered at the Grand yesterday.
Senator E. C. VOORHEES, came in from Suffer
City yesterday and registered at the Palace.
A. Trojan of Budapest, Hungary, one of the
principal owners of Hunyadi Water, is at the
Palace.
Sam McMurtrie, contractor on the coast line
of the Southern Pacific, came up from Guada-
lupe yesterday and registered at the Palace.
ii. R. Mccullough, general freight agent of
the Chicago and Northwestern, arrived from
Chicago yesterday and registered at the Palace.
Alfred Stillman, well-known insurance
man, formerly of this City, came down from
Portland yesterday and is staying at the Cali
fornia.
Gerald L. Lansing, secretary and controller
OF the Southern Pacific who has been i'll for
several months and unable to attend to his
duties, is about to go to Santa Barbara for
some DAYS,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-20
WORK FOR THE JURY.

The new Grand Jury has an opportunity
for making record at the beginning OF its
career. The Finance Committee of the
Board OF Supervisors apparently has dis
covered that number of supernumeraries
are drawing salaries from the City treasury
without giving an equivalent in the form
Of adequate service. While the committee
is doubtless able to handle the matter with
perfect satisfaction the Grand Jury need
not deny itself the privilege of bringing in
indictments.
1t requires small army of men to man
age the affairs of this City, and it is this
fact that gives the corrupt bosses their op-
portunity. Of course the pilfering done
by these hangers-on could not exist with
out the connlvance of the heads of depart
ments, unless we assume thai they are in
competent or negligent. The task of as
certaining their personal or political rela-
tons with shady bosses would not be diff
cult, and the fact if discovered would
naturally raise presumption of crooked
ness.
The Finance Committee OF the Board of
Supervisors is a mixture from the minority
and the Solid Eight. If the committee
show unanimity of purpose in discover
ing and correcting the abuses which are
supposed to exist we shall be furnished
thereby with evidence that the Solid Eight
are determined to do their duty. 1t would
be an extraordinary, but none the less
gratifying, thing if the Solid Eight after
all-or at least sufficient number of them
to constitute a working force with the
minority of four-should arrive at the
conclusion tina: it is better to serve the City
than bosses.
The history of such breaking away from
the domination of corrupt influences has
been generally that the officer who made
break for freedom and decency was after
ward crushed in politics. That is likely to
be the result either if the officer lack con-
spicuous individual force or the power of
his boss is supreme. If he have suffi Gent
manhood, brains and courage, he can in
variably benefit himself by declaring his
emancipation and serving the public hon
estly, without regard to the extent of
power which the boss may be able to exer-
else.
At present the bosses who have man.
aged the politics of San Francisco in the
past and loaded the offices with incompe-
tents and rogues are practically dead, and
this fact should serve as special induce
ment to their friends in Office to abandon
them. There is abroad a popular revolt
that will overturn the last one of these
constituencies manipulators and place
men OF character on guard. There is
bound, sooner or later, to come scramble
for safety, and it might as well begin now