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The San Francisco call., 1896-04-25
HANDBALL.
Riordan and Harlow Will Play for
the Championship.

Riordan and Harlow Will Play for
the Championship.
Phil Ryan of the San Francisco Hand
ball court is deeply interested in the match
which was consummated a few days ago be-
tween John Riordan, who held the single
handed championship or the coast for
many years, and James Harlow, who is
the present champion, having defeated
Bonnet recently for the title.
Riordan is training faithfully for this
contest and his many friends expect to see
him once again crowned Champion Jack.
The following programme of games will
be carried out tomorrow:
NJ. Mcneil and ]. Rodgers to play R. Shea
and 6. Mcdonald. ]. Nelson and P. Hutchin-
son 10 play ]. Slattery and P. Kelly. NJ. Ed.
wards and J. White to play ]. Collins and w
Stansbury. p. Donnelly, the amateur cham.
pion. and G. Hutchinson to play AL PennoyeI
and ]. Lswless.
The Union handball court has fairly
good programme of games arranged foI
tomorrow. The event of the day will be
a game between A. Pennoyer and r. Line
han against J. J. Feeny and Teddy Nc.
Manus.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-25
PAGE GETS JUSTICE.
Judge Wallace Sends the Ex-District
Attorney to the State Prison for
Eight Years.

EISnG L cars
Unless the Supreme Court should step
in to prevent, the next few years of James
D. Pages life will be spent behind prison
bars. He is the ex-District Attorney, who
was convicted OF embezzlement for having
got away with $4,000 of his insane ward 8
estate. He was sentenced to eight years
Imprisonment by Judge Wallace yesterday.
Page, while District Attorney of this
City, was appointed guardian of the estate
of Louis Lichneker, an insane man, who
was then in the asylum. The estate
amounted to over $4,000, but Page fur
nished bonds for only 5000. Some time
after his appointment it was found that
Lichneker's estate had dwindled down to
very few hundred dollars, and Page was
repeatedly ordered into court to account
for the money thus missing. He never
made answer, but during a lull in the pro-
ceedings he had himself removed from
the guardianship and started East. A
charge OF embezzlement was Immediately
placed against him, and he was brought
back and tried. He was found guilty in
very short time.
Pages attorney moved for new trial
before sentence was passed. He argued
that the court had erred in instructing the
jury; that the information was not accord
ing to legal form. and upon several other
technicalities. The motion was promptly
denied and sentence was passed after the
court had reviewed the crime Page had
committed
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City of st. Charles, ILL.,, March A, 1885,
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take much pleasure in
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mass of testimony in praise of Paines
celery compound.
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At the suggestion of friend 1 commenced
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the result that my strength has steadily
improved, and find myself in far better
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I believe also that it has enabled me to
escape my periodical attack of rheuma-
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have suffered severely from that disease in
chronic form. So far this winter have
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be delegated to select senior crew for the
club.
Bob Ellis. who met with an accident
some time ago, is around again, and al
though he is unable as yet to do any row.
ing he is down every night training the
junior crews of the Ariels
The proceeds of the clubs recent enter
tainment will be used to purchase new
four-oared shell similar to that being built
for the Olympics, and two more outrigger
skiffs will be added to the clubs present
equipment of boats.
a yachting annex is now attached to the
club. J. r. Bockman was elected COM
mander and Eugene Flanders captain.
They have chartered the newly con-
structed yacht, Angeline Flanders, for the
season.
The club members are anxiously wait
ing for Eugene Flanders gasoline launch
to be com pleted. He received the engine
from the East the other day and it is a
masterpiece of work. 1t is % inches high
and capable of developing u horsepower.
The fywheel is only 20 inches in diameter,
but weighs 800 pounds. With this kind of
engine very little space is taken up in
the boat.
The officers elected by the ArieIs for the
ensuing year are: George T. McGiDnis,
president; n. J. Enright, vice-president;
J. Caughlin. treasurer; E. J. Flanders.
secretary; Bob Ellis, captain; II. Piss,
NlCS-Cdptdll. be1cSdlc lO L. H. a., j.
Nolan; directors, J. Bockman, G.. Sheean,
A. Carol, Gus Harters and 6. Racouillat.
The Pioneers are beginning to show
some signs of life. 1t Is said they will
enter a junior crew in the approaching
regatta, and in all likelihood their crack
senior crew will be induced to give the
South Ends another hard race, as they
were the only crew that ever succeeded in
dong so.
The Dolphin boys, almost to a man, at
tended the printers and lithographers'
picnic last Sunday.
The Alameda Boating and Swimming
Club adopted new constitution and by
laws last meeting.
AT meeting of the Olympic Club boat
ing annex, held the other evening at the
olympic Club, four new members were
admitted, and the present membership is
now thirty-five
The clubs present stock of boats is as
follows: Two four-oared shells one four
cared barge. TWO whitehalls and single
scull.
There is some talk of having Morse. the
football player, substituted for Graham in
the senior crew. Their new shell will NOT
be completed until the middle of NAV
when it is their intention to begin regular
training.
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Japan it has been fought to standstill.
The Peking brings news only few days
later than that brought by the Gaelic. ;,
The San Juan has arrived from Central
American ports. She brought no passen-
gers, but she had heavy cargo OF coffee
that the old Starbuck has been floated off
the rocks at Amapala and is on her way
to San Francisco for repairs.
The schooner Mary Bidweu got in from
Mexico last night. She made very long
trip and was compelled to put into Gayiota
for provisions. On April % in latitude
35.47 north, longitude 121.44 west, Louis
Forbes. aged % years, a native of the Cape
Verde Islands, died of consumption and
was buried at sea.
The wrecking steamer Whitelaw and
wrecked steam schooner Point Arena had
a narrow escape last night. In order to
get the latter vessel pumped out she was
towed around to the North Beach flats.
When the tide began to run in both
steamers drifted and finally brought up on
the seawall. Little damage was done, and
finally the Whitelaw and the derelect were
towed to Second-street wharf, where the
work of raising the Point Arena went on.
While on her way from San francisco
for Yaquina Bay, the steam schooner
and lost considerable portion of her shoe.
The National City went to the assistance
OF the FaraIlon, but Captain Robert re-
fused help and finally reached Eureka
She will be put on the drydock and will
probably be ready to continue her voyage
next Monday.
Clifford Curry, Stockton boy, ran away
from his home last Thursday and came tc
San francisco. Captain Dunleayy of the
Harbor Police was notified and Clifford
was sent home on the steamer last night
he wanted to be sailor.
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of advancing an interest in the game; but
sufficient to say that tickets are going like
shot cakes" and the only subject dis
cussed among athletes is the Olympic box
ing tournament.
The Pavilion will hold thousands of peo-
pie on the night in question and the pro-
ceeds will go to the club, which is well de-
serving of financial support.
The friends of George Green are sanguine
that he can handsomely dispose of his
opponent, Owen Zeigler, inside of ten
rounds. Zeigler is training at the six-mile
house, and except few intimate friends,
visitors to the training quarters of the
Eastern boxer are refused the privilege of
seeing him spar with his attendant. Hugh
Kennedy, who, by the way, is no relation
to Sir William Kennedy of the Oily ympic.
The men will box at catch weights.
Green, it is said, will enter the ring at 142
pounds, and Ziegler expects to box at l36
pounds.
A very interesting contest will result
Both OF the men are expert boxers and
clever bout is expected. They will weigh
In at 135 pounds.
Joe Sullivan and J. Riley will box at 119
pounds, and E. Van Buskirk and Soldier
Walker will weigh as they please, they be-
ing heavy-weights. With the exception OF
the Green and Ziegler contest of ten
rounds all other bouts will be six rounds
The wind-up will be between Van Bus
kirk and the Soldier and it promises to be
hurricane from start to finish, that is
provided "the Soldier" will not lose heart
and play the peek-a-boo game of droppins
to the floor so as to save his heart from
slipping down into his boots.
Macarthur and Foster will second Greer
and Ziegler will be esquired by his trainer
and Joe Choynski. The favorites in the
| different events are Green, Hawkins, Sui
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-25
Sacramento Sporting News.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, April 24.-The
severe rain of the last two days has made
the roads so heavy that it has been con-
cluded TO postpone the relay race between
the Stockton and Sacramento bicycle
clubs until the weather is settled. This is
annoying, as all the riders were in excel
lent condition. The outing of the Guz-
zlers, Sacramento club of heavy-weig hts,
is also postponed for the same reason.
The Capitol City Blue Rock Club will
send the following-named shots to repre-
sent it at the Stockton tournament, which
takes place on the 30th and 31st of Nav:
Ruhstaller, Yoerk, Nicholaus, Newbert,
Stevens and Upson. The team has been
practicing hard ana is getting into fine
shape.
The Eckhardt tournament of blue rocks
will take place on May 3. The first event
will be twenty-five singles; second, fifteen
birds, 81 entrance, $5 added; third, mer-
chandise shoot, six valuable prizes, So en-.
trance; fourth, fifteen birds, 81 80 en-
trance; fifth, 25-bird match, 81 so en-
trance, $40 added.
Trout are reported as taking the fly at
Floriston, few miles beyond Truckee
The best success has been obtained with
brown hackle. Several fine baskets have
been made, but the water is still high.
w. III. Eckhardt captured the diamond
, medal at the monthly meet of the Sacra-
mento Rife Club last Sunday; he made II
| bullseyes out of twenty shots at 200 yards
| range. The third prize shoot of the Spoon.
| bill Club will be held on the Sd of May al
| the Eckhardt shooting grounds at Agri
| cultural Park.
Game Warden Helms has received noti.
| fication that the bass for stocking the
ponds in the vicinity OF the city will arrive
| on Saturday, and has made all arrange
ments for their reception. He states thai
| the ducks and doves are pairing, and are
more numerous than ever before known.
The following named teams will play ir
! the doubles for the Tennis Club champion
| ship on April 25: Carroll and Jones, Tay
| lor and Stokes, Bailey and Upson ano
! Adams and Smith. The club has taken il
several new members, and tennis is be
| coming more popular in this city thar
| ever before. RUTHERFORD.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-25

July and one on the bay on September 9.
There is also talk of having regatta ar
Der.
A dominant feature of the regatta will
be the crack coxswains of the different
crews. The Ariels will have celebrated
Eastern coxswain, who has won MANY
victories IN the big regattas of New York
pay. Ihe Doiphins pride themselves on
their navigator, little George Roach. VINO
mas been knocking about boats all his life.
Nelson Echart will handle the ropes for
perEeley; Thomas Gilfeather will steer
Tor the Olympics, and George McGriIl, the
coast champion, will handle the rudder
for the South Ends.
A celebrated little coxswaln from one of
the Victoria boat clubs is in town, and is
oelng anxiously sought for by one of the
local clubs.
Al Fritz of the South End Club received
q letter from A. G. Brown, secretary of the
Stockton Athletic Association, in which
the writer states that rowing is booming
In Stockton. They will send down a very
sculler.
They will also try to reorganize their
old senior crew, which defeated the
Pioneers and gave the South Ends such a
hard race at the Stockton regatta on July
last.
The candidates for the junior crew of
the South Ends are: J. E. Scully, Jim
Palias, Tim Fitzpatrick, Ed Tobin, Ed
Slattery and George Fox.
T. Barry will soon have his crew in shape
again for another tussle with the South
End seniors. He expects next time to
turn the tables.
The Ariels have two junior crews in
training and try-out race will be held
soon to see which will represent the club
in the coming regatta. Henry Tank will
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Baseball.

The society game scheduled for 2:3O
o'clock this afternoon at Central Park be-
tween the University Clubs many-college
nine and the Varsity team of the Univer-
sity OF California will be played as adver-
tised unless it should rain hard this after
noon, in which case it Will be postponed
to date to be published later.
AS Chetwood of the University Club
broke his thumb in recent diligent prac-
tice for the event, several changes will be
made in the makeup. Joe Tobin will play
in left field, f. B. Howard taking his place
in right, and Lieutenant Smedberg will
cover the bag at third. Otherwise the per-
sonnel of both teams witn respect to their
positions as published yesterday will be
maintained.
Next Saturday afternoon the second of
the series of three intercollegiate games
between Stanford and Berkeley for this
years championship will be played on the
campus at Palo Alto.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-25
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
1900 California Street
THE RIFLE.
Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club
Testing Nitro Powder.

Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club
Testing Nitro Powder.
F. o. Young of the Columbia Pistol and
Rifle Club has recently been making ex-
periments in the use of nitro powder in
rifles. The results have been more gratlfy-
ing than was expected, not only in clean
illness and convenience. but in the scores
A number of the rifemen have been a
little timid about using the new ex-
plosive, and without even giving it a trial
have conde mned its use claiming that it
is unreliable and too liable to give wild
shots. After studying the prin ciples of the
question Mr.. Young concluded that in
ord er to make the nitro do it's best work a
radical departure would have to be made
from the time-honored practice in the
use of the old common black powder.
His experiments led him to these con-
clusions: First, nitro powder is converted
into gas almost instantly, hence the
bullet must be of such material as to re-
spond instantly to the pressure exerted.
Otherwise the force of the explosion
would be as much backward as forward.
To obtain the full effect upon the bullet
he has made it of pure lead, the soft metal
aft ording less resistance in passing along
the grooves or rifiing than bullet contain
ing tin. Again, he allows a small air
space between the bullet and the powder
charge, thus affording an air cushion.
which assists in starting the missile.
His bullets are all introduced at the
muZZle, for two reasons-they clean and
lubricate the barrel at the same time and
also tit TO the rifling. With the item of
friction so largely overcome Mr.. Young is
able to use full charges of nitro that ie
charges that equal the black powder meas
ure for measure.
a. ID. Pape, one of Columbia's s best rifle.
shots, in company with Mr.. Young, made
several experiments with nitro on Wednes-
day at Harbor View. He used patched
bullets, cleaning with dry rag after each
shot, to remove the nitro dust. He used
for charge an amount equal in bulk to
45 grains. mistake must not be made
by supposing that it was as grains in
weight, the nitros being lighter than the
black. Following are two of his scores,
shot oH-hand, at 200 yards on the Column
bia target:
s-.Hfo a1foinca ii.. - i1ff1f g ! assSS
This shows that the first ten shots were
punched in the 4-inch circle. The second
string was punched in 2-10-inch circle.
With nitro used as directed there is no
perceptible recoil, even in the large
charges.
William Gllndermann, another mem
Der of the Columbias. is rapidly CO ming to
the front as rife shot, He has been
above the average for several years,
but lately he has made great i'm
provement over his former perform
ances. On Wednesday he had a
50-shot for $50. rest, 200 yards. He made
the following remarkable record, this last
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livan and Van Buskirk, and in all proba-
bility this will be the combination team.
The referee will not be selected until the
evening of the contests.
The National Athletic Club is endeavor-
ing to secure second meeting between
Choynski and Sharkey. Choynski is very
anxious for another chance to prove
to the public that he can stop
Sharkey III eight rounds or less. He says
that had it not been for the accident which
happened to him in the first round of his
last fight he would have won the long end
of the purse, but Sharkey is of very diff
ferent opinion. The following letter has
been received by Mayor Sutro from the
president of the Children's Home:
CHILDREN's HOSPITAL.
300 California Street. (
To His Honor, Mdyor Sutro: 1t affords me
great pleasure to advise you that the Hospital
for Children has received the sum of $1,000
from the National Athletic Club, donation
from the receipts of the recent exhibitions
given bv that club, and they have kept faith
by giving exactly what was promised.
1 may add that this gift is extremely well
come, as our treasury at this time is quite de-
pleted. Yours very respectfully,
EMMA A. HARRINGTON, Pr esident.
San Francisco, April %, 1896.
The Manhattan Athletic Club will give
one of its much-looked for entertainments
at 1749 Mission street Monday evening.
Billy Woods and Jim Williams of Salt
Lake are matched to fight for $500 at Grip
pie Greek on May 10.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-25
VIGILANT MERCHANTS.
Will Use the Street in Front of the
Parrott Building to Test Paving
Material.

A special meeting of the board of direc-
tors was held yesterday for the purpose OF
arranging the date of the annual meeting
of the Merchants Association and such
other business of Importance.
The following directors were present at
the meeting: f. w. Dohrmann, w. G..
Doane, William Doxey, A. Fusenot, Hugo
Keil, M. s. Kohlberg, K. Melrose, R. +.
Osborn and Frank A. Swain.
The following applications for member
ship were presented to the board, and each
of the parties was elected unanimously as
a regular member OF the Merchants AS.
sociation:
Joseph Hyman. 206 Sansome street; George
D. Dornin, manager National and Springfield
Insurance Companies, 400 California street;
Hansen & Elrick, southeast corner Market an
Third streets; R. c. Atkins q Sons, 123 -I25
Montgomery street; Neustadter Bros, 133-
135 sansome street; c.. w. Ford & Co., 522
Company, by V. C. Driffield, manager, 2I3
Sansome street, Philadelphia Shoe Company
by B. Katschinski, proprietor, 10 Third street;
Hartwell, Mitchell & Willis, 225 Post street.
1O7 Montgomery street; G. G. Wickson & Co.
Front street; O'Dwyer & Co., 36-3S Third
street; Clabrough, Golcher g. Co., COS Market
street.
The date OF the annual meeting of the
association was fixed for Thursday, Nav
%, at o'clock p M. The place of meeting
will be announced shortly.
An offer was received from the repre-
sentatives of the new Parrott building al
lowing the Merchants Association to make
an experiment in the materials best
adapted for paving the portion of the
street in front of the new Parrott building.
1t was decided by the board to accept the
offer and to make the experiment with
three kinds of pavement materials. All
parties interested are invited to suggest
materials.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-25
BOXING.

Favorites In the Olympic Tourna-
ment-$1OOO for Charity.
The all-absorbing topic at the Olympic
Club is the boxing festival which is
scheduled to take place at the Mechanics
Pavilion on the evening of May L.
1t goes without saying that it will be
one of the great athletic events of the sea-
son. The superintendent of the club
polishes off his field glasses daily in the
hope of seeing something new in the way
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twenty shots beating the coast record on
the German ring target:
Grand total.

Next Sunday Glindermann will shoot
100-shot off-hand match with ]. Utschig
Sr. for $40 side. The match is attracting
much attention among the riflemen.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-25

Black, pink and yellow pearls are more
valuable than white.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-25

Beethoven was the only deaf musica
composer.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-25

The following long and explicit letter
from Hon. A. A. Bennett tells its own
story.
Read it:
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-28
ROBBERS ABROAD IN KANSAS CITY.
Footpnds Make II Record for Sntur-
day Nights Run.

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 27.-Robbcrs and
footpads made a record in Kansas City
last night and all day reports have been
coming in of outlawry throughout the city.
Il. C. Richter was stood up by two white
men in his grocery store. S1S West Twelfth
street, and robbed of the contents of his
cash drawer.
Two robbers entered n. 1Iansen's grocery
at 500 Holly street. stood up the clerk and
robbed the till of SIS.
Henry Thompson, youth from Mankato,
Mimi, was stood up by two men on Fifth
street and robbed Of all his money. When
he resisted he was shot in the left leg. He
is in the city hospital.
A. Chadwick an insurance agent, had
desperate battle with three highwaymen on
Fourteenth street, but was robbed and
terribly beaten.
Blackburn Washington was knocked sense
less in his own door yard on Central street
and robbed.
George b. Stoner, a printer, was held up
on Campbell street. but had nothing worth
taking.
Several burglaries and attempted bur-
glaries were also reported. The police ar
rested four suspects during the night and
today arrested three local thugs, whom they
claim to have identified as the perpetrators
of three of last nights holdups.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-28
PRESERVE SACRED MEMORIES.
Confederate Veterans VIII Erect an
Edificc as Relic Depository.

Edihcc as - Relic Depository.
COVINGTON, Ky, Dec. 27.-The move
ment of the United Confederate Veterans
association to erect a memorial institute
edihle is to be pressed during the coming
year TO a speedy conclusion General John
c. Underwood, superintendent and secretary
of the Confederate Memorial association, has
located offices here ana all communications
and remittanCes are to be sent to him. The
executive committee consists of Chairman
w. II. Jackson, Tennessee: Robert WIFE,
West Virginia; ]. " Briggs, Kentucky;
L. s. Ross. Texas, and President w. d.
Chipley. Florida.
The Fourth National bank OF Nashville
Is treasurer and the executive offices Will
be az Nashville. Comrade Charles b. Rouss
Of New York has pledged 100000 as soon
as the association raises an equal amount.
The trustees and officers want to duplicate
the Rouss 100000 gift in 1897, and then
erect the memorial institute edincc in which
10 preserve all confederate relics and ar
chivcs
1t is now urged by an official circular,
upon all division, brigade and camp COM
manders, TO provide for a money collection
by every confederate camp on January 10,
tho birthday q. General Robert Il. Lee, and
every effort Will be made to have the Lee
anniversary nest month celebrated by a
successful start insuring the duplicate OF
the Rouss fund.