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The herald., 1896-08-31

starting two races simultaneously from
opposite points of the track Aldrdge
started from the tape and Harmon from
the one-slxth of u mile mark. The race
was one mile. The result was, curl
ously enough, O dead heat, each man
Going his distance in 2:30i2
In the third and deciding heat of the
third of mile Standefer had the pole.
Griffin as before made the pace but Tay-
lor did not allow him to keep il for long
He came up with a fine spurt half way
round the track and put three lengths
daylight between himself and the field
Standefer made a fine effort but could
not catch the old horse. Time, 43R
seconds. Taylor accordingly won the
event with two firsts. Standefer second
with one first and one second.
The one mile handicap brought out
Ulbricht and Holbrook, scratch; Miller,
10 yards; Standefer Hutton, % yards.
Aldridge, 35 yards; Griffin, 40 yards and
w. e. Harmon so yards. Standefer
soon dropped out and Harmon was
passed by Miller and the scratch men
before the half mile was reached. Com
Ing into the straight of the second lap
U1bricht forged to the front, but was
passed by Miller and Holbrook at the
three-quarters mark. Holbrook was
reserving his strength and at the last
turn took the lead. winning handiiy
rom Miller, Clbricht third. Time.
2:2S14.
w. W. Hatton rode an exhibition
mile, paced by Ulbricht arI Taylor to
the half and by Aldridge and Miller to
the finish, in the very fine time of min e
utes fiat. The time Of the thirds were
:39h 40 and 40ia. Miller and Aldridge
made very pretty pickup at the half
and brought Hatton through in fine
style.
SUMMARY
One third mile. three heats-W.A Tay-
lor won the first and third heats. Stand
efer won the second heat. Time, :a0A
:43. 431a.
One mile tandem, best two of three
heats-C. Miller and T. W. Holbroolt
won first and second heats. Time, 2:02,
pos.
A special mile time race resulted in
dead heat between Harmon and AID
ridge. Time s3015.
One mile handicap-Holbrook won,
Miller secosl, Ulbricht third. Time,
2:23A.
The herald., 1896-08-31
Windsor Races


The following Is the list Of entries and
weights for the races to be run at
the Windsor Park track today, which
are posted at the Los Angeles Turf
club, 212 South Spring street. Com
missions received on these races and full
descriptions of the events. Races COM
mence at II o'clock a. M, Los Angeles
time:
First race, three quarters of mile, SELL
ing-Remedy 1oS Sauteur. Bill Ellison 104,
Second race. four and one-half iurongs-
Tidiness 1903. Allegro. Maud Lyles. Rideau
105. John Carr 10s Arlington 113.
Third race, mile handicap-Beau Ideal
103, Florence Colville 100, Fred X. 40, Stanza
80, Onaretto 80. Ardath, Belle Boyd 1O2.
Cotton King 49,
Fourth race. five furlongs. selling-Los
Troncas 101, DR.. Newman. Switchboard
102, Elyria, Dogma 103, Brown Girl 10i, Tillo
105.
Fifth race. seven furlongs. selling-The
Duchess. Ladie Clyde. Laviente 95, Commits
sioner. Frank. Buttress 100. Mrs. Morgan
1902. j. W. Cook, Dockstader. Alamo, Arab,
Spaghetti 104, Bona Schoenfeld 107.
Sixth race. five furongs. selling-Ata-
kanda, Twonet. Queen Abba 95, Willick
100, Austin. Inspector, Mead. Bombard 81,
Edith. Madge Doree 102, John Wilson 107.
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an "electrocycle," in which an electric
appliance aids in the propulsion of the
wheel. The only change from an ordin-
ary bicycle is in making the seat post
from the saddle to the pedals like q
truss. Attached to the sprocket spin
die are "a gear and motor of one-horse
power, and triangular case fills the
frame between the front and rear
wheels. This Is about five inches thick
and fits closely to the frame of the
wheel. Inside the base are storage bat
teries connected with the motor with
wires, and there are electric buttons on
the handle bars for controlling the ma
chine on starting it at moderate gait
one adding to the speed, another to ring
the bell, and the fourth to regulate the
light.
Lou Coburn, the crack amateur rider,
Il, having his troubles with the racing
board. When at Louisville last week the
board convened and yanked Lou up to
hear his statement Of his pure amater-
ism. According to AL Anschutz, Lou
was given warm cross examination
by Chairman Gideon. Tell us what you
know about amateur riding around ST.
Louis for cash." said Mr.. Gideon. II
don't know anything about them" said
Coburn, land If l did ! would not tell
you" You won't, eh? How would you
like to be transferred?' Il don't care.
i am willing" "Well, I'll suspend you
for ninety days If you don't tell what
you know. Then, when that expires, I'll
put you in the professional class. You
must answer the question by Monday
or over you 60" Coburn swears he will
not answer. The limit set by Mr.. Gideon
has expired
The herald., 1896-08-31
II hydrophobia were possible on the

If hydrophobia were possible on the
Pacific coast visitor to Stockton these
days might conclude that the whole
town had been inocculated for dogs
and dog show is the talk of the town;
and so deeply rooted is the disease that
all the boys in the city are now busy
growing dogs for the show. The few
unfortunates who have no dogs have al
so caught the infection and are scour-
ing the country for dark horses" with
which to carry off the honors and get
the laugh on the old fanciers; and we
are not surprised that some really good
ones have been secured in this way.
The fever is not confined to the Stock
ton show alone. for most of those on
whom the fever has reached the 100
mark are preparing to exhibit at San
Jose and San Diego also.
In this connection we would say to
our San Jose friends, send your dogs
to Stockton and show the Stockton peo-
pie that you realize the mutual interest
existing and are willing to do your part
to make both the shows successes. You
will be more than rewarded by the en-
tries that you will get in return from
them.
From what we hear in this city there
will be a good entry from here, and
three or four handl1rs can get all the
dogs that they can handle for the Stock
ton show by devoting a little time in
looking them UPHELD Sports.
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SCORE BY INNINGS
Francis wilson's. +! 3 : s g.
Trilhys .. 3 o = 0 ! N-l


The second game was won by the VIII
sons by a score of to 4. Thomas was
hit for total of eleven bases, and every
hit when it was needed. He was con-
sderably handicapped by not having his
catcher, Wheeler, on hand. 1t was plain
to be seen that he could not pitch with
the confidence to Kutz he could to
Wheeler although Kutz is acknowl-
edged to be one of Southern California's
best catchers, when in condition. He
caught a fair game yesterday, but was
weak at the bat. The batting for the
Admirals was all done by Sandy and
Wilson. Tyler was an enigma to the
remainder of the team. Our long friend
was at his best and pitched a mastery
game, and the team gave him good sup
port, having but four errors The field
ing of Sandy of the Admirals and Allen
and E. Moore of the Wilson's and Kid
Henry's catching were the features of
the game worthy of mention. The COM
plete score follows:
The herald., 1896-08-31
SEVENTH ANNUAL POLO RACES
An Attractive Programme Prepared for Next
Weeks Santa nonica Meeting

Entries for the annual races of the
Southern California Polo club, to be held
September Q and 10 in Santa Monica,
closed last week. The list is as follows:
One mile, horses-Dr. J. A. Edmond $
ch. m. Ante, Charles Bustillo's b. g.
Mendocino, Jose Machado's ch. H. Leon.
P. Weber's ch. m. Sunrise, by Mariner;
c. Kirkpatrick's ch. N. Norine, by st.
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Total "A 10 II .
CT-HTHfA Adv

Earned runs-Trilbys 3, Wilson's 2.
Two-base hits-Shaw 1, Alexander l..
Gardner 1, Walker l. Mari /. Majors l, An
Three-base hits-Nettles /, Walker l, j.
Moore |.
Passed balls-Alexander 9.
Wild pitches-Shaw l. Moore 1.
Bases on balls-Off Moore 2.
Struck out-By Moore ), by Shaw 6.
Double plays-Held and Allen ]. j. Moore.
E. Moore and Guercio l. Carroll and Net
ties l.
Umpire-Mr. Johnson.
Time-o.15
The herald., 1896-08-31
THE KENNEL

At wellington. England, an English
terrier was among the exhibits-his age
was slated to be SO years. No evidences
of senile decay weN specially marked
in this very veteran "tyke." We may
soon expect to hear of Pharoah's pug
or Solomon's schipperke, these connect
ing links with the hazy past would be
highly instructive
The herald., 1896-08-31

SUI OMMAftI
Earned runs-Admirals 1.
Two-base hits-Allen /.
Double plays-Franck, Sanden and Cleve-
land l.
Passed balls-Kutz @ Henry1 1.
Wild pitches-Thomas 2. Tyler I.
Struck out-By Thomas s. by Tyler 8.
SCORE BY INNINGS
8 5 6 78s
Admirals ......2 0 / 0 0 - 4
Francis Wilson's. o 0 o %-7
Now that Tyler has regained his
old form the Wilson's will soon be hard
to catch, as there is only one Long Bill
when he pitches such ball as he did
yesterday The Admirals will have to
look to their laurels.
The herald., 1896-08-31

come around are often ludicrous. AS
to the American way OF riding, well,
| don't think much of 1t, but II Will
teach our artists something, namely,
that they can't hang about and finesse'
and run 1t for speed. They must come
along with the Americans from flag
fall, and this will give us truer run races.
Public hackers cannot fail to benefit.
THAT Is undoubtedly true. Our jock
eys find that 1t Is no use playing about
with Reiff, expecting him to come back
to them. The American horses are not
trained to come back in race. but
to go all the way at their best speed,
as If seeing what good time they can do.
1t is possible that English trainers VIII
ere long appreciate the expediency of
using the watch in trials. They are a
conservative class of men, and at pres
ent don't think there's much in it. The
old fashioned style IS good enough for
them. Accordingly, when a trial is run,
they perhaps do not see the start at all.
They station themselves near the win
ming post and watch the horses racing to
them. They know what has won, but
as to the start they only know what
they are told, and they do not know if
there has been good pace all through.
The statements of the lads who ride in
the trials are not necessarily accurate
in all cases. This is subject that our
English trainers may study with ad-
vantage, in order to test whether the
present system is capable of improve
ment, or whether they have attained
the utmost point of perfection"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-20
Fia. Fie. Gentlemeni

''Talk about woman's pettiness a.
5ou please" Mrs. Oldstyle said as she
took off her bonnet; 81 saw something
in the car as came home which shows
they have not a monopoly of that In
teresting trait. AS our car came to
the place where it gave and got trans
fers from another line two male pas
sengers rose up and rushed out in the
madly lurching fashion that seems to
be inseparable from transfers. They
were not the fraction of second apart
in reaching the street level-the Other
car was waiting and the conductor
chirruping haste. But as the two got
their footing one struck out wildly at
the other and began cursing him
roundly in at least three languages. II
took the driver and conductor of our
car, with a policeman thrown in, to
stop the assault, the other car mean.
time driving on, so both passengers
lost their transfers. And when we
were again in motion our conductor
took his pencil and tipped a single
penny from between the Stats of the
floor, saying. with grin, as he held ii
out for our inspection: Pretty small
to fight about Then he told us that
the man who had raised the row ac-
cueed the other Of knocking the coin
willfully out of his hand as the,
scrambled off together."-N. Y. jour
nal,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-20
Election Proclamation.

I, L. NJ. Cox, Mayor of the City of
Wichita, County of Sedgwick, State of
Kansas, by virtue of the authority vest
ed in me by law do hereby make pro-
clamation to the qualified electors of the
said City of Wichita that there will be
held on Tuesday the 18th day of April, A.
D., 1896, an election for the purpose Of
electing the following named officers,
to-Wit:
One % councilman from the First
ward, vice, F. w. Oliver, term expires.
One % councilman from the Second
ward, vice, r. Z. Guthrie, term eX-
pires.
One % councilman from the Third
ward, vice, William Innes, term eX-
pires.
One % councilman from the Fourth
ward, vice, ]. NJ. Minick, term expires.
One % councilman from the Fifth
ward, vice B. F. Mclean, term expires.
One "a councilman from the Sixth
ward, vice Joseph Maxwell, term ex-
pires.
Also six members of the Board of
Education, to-wit:
One o. members from the First ward.
One % member from the Second ward.
One % member from the Third ward.
One % member from the Fourth ward.
One % member from the Fifth ward.
One % member from the Sixth ward.
Done at Wichita, Kan, this the 10th
day of March, a. D. 1896.
(Seal) l.. NJ. cox,
Attest: c. S. SMITH, Mayor.
City Clerk.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-20

The projected plan of irrigating ths
central portion of South Dakota by
diverting the water of the Missouri river
into extensive irrigating bitches il
gaining friends.
Irrigation by means of artesian wells
must of necessity be upon a limited
scale, and in many localities the water
is so thoroughly impregnated with min
erals as to be unfit for irrigation 1t is
claimed by market gardeners that the
chemical properties in the majority OF
artesian wells tougher vegetation and
retard growth. Again it has been found
that iron sediment from the water soon
forms a coating TO the sides and bottom
of irrigation bitches and prevents alb
sorption of moisture by the adjacent
land. These things have been proven
to be true.
The contemplated irrigation scheme
is nothing less than diveTtiny portion
of the Missouri river flow through q
canal to The Jim river and through the
entire state and q portion OF North Da'
kota. With this end in view it is pro
posed TO ask congress to aid in con.
structing canal from point on the
Missouri river at or near the town OF
Washbun to point on the James river
a few miles north of jamestown.
Through this canal it is proposed to
turn a volume of water equal to
stream one-third the size of the
Missouri. If the project Is carried Out
the plan is to control the flow of water
by means of locks and dams, having
branch irrigation bitches extending on
either side of this great water course
and supplying the adjoining Land with
abundant moisture over an extensive
area These branches would find an
outlet In the various lake beds and
creeks and might be turned back into
the main canal.
The Missouri river is of no value what
ever, except as drainage canal, and
the water taken from this stream for
irrigation would scarcely be missed.
The cost of constructing the necessary
bitches and locks would not be great.
Competent engineers have estimated
that with an annual tax of one-hali
cent per acre upon the land thus bene-
flied the interest on the bonds and the
expenses of maintaining it would be
realized.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-20
HOW THE PAPUANS LIVE
Queer Raos OF People Who Inhsbit tn
Interier Of Now Guinea.

Queer Racs Of People Who Inhsbit tn
Interior Of New Guinea
The interior of New Guinea Is one
vast mass of upheaved granite, without
traces of mineral or metal ores, the
strata tilted and piled topsy-turvy.
Everywhere the work of volcanic erup.
tons Is to be seen. Such thinly pop
ulated region. considering the fact that
it was an absolutely new country and
that fruits and small game were so
plentiful, did not suppose could exist,
writes Van Gerstel. the explorer. The
natives we saw from time to time, at a
distance mostly; they never molested
us. Their heads were fat on top, with
dong, curly black hair; they went en-.
tirely naked. Their bullock extended
out eight and even ten inches, this re.
puisive deformity constituting a sup,
portamply capable of sustaining a ch1ld
in sitting position. Nor was this
their most marked popularity. Some
of the nursing mothers threw their
breasts back over their shoulders OF
under their arms, at will, 10 feed the In.
FAINT carried in a sling between their
shoulders.
The Papuans are very unattractivs
race to look upon. In arms they were
primitive TO a degree that was astound.
ing. They had neither bows nor spears
that l saw. their only weapons being
stone hatchets. OF the use of metals
they seemed TO be entirely ignorant IN
the dry season they made their homes
IN caves, which they found or exca.
waited for themselves. Some of these
cave dwellings | visited. discovering
fragments of their repastS and occa
sionally broken stone ak. In the
rainy season they live high in the trees,
where they build rude houses Of sticks
laid around and intertwined with the
branches. matched with dried slang.
slang and reached by shaky-looking
stick ladders. Most startling was the
solitude, tie restitution OF life and mo-
ton IN the great central plateaus which
we reached in our gradual ascent from
the river level. There were plenty of
the small creature of the squirrel Tribe,
some OF the peculiar pig-headed deer we
have IN Java, and an occasional little
tiger cat. rather handsome than hurt
1ul-looking. That was all Spring.
te!d Mass Republican
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-20
MUNICIPAL FIRE INSURANCE.
Success OF the System on a Small Scale In
Switzerland.

Various attempts have been made in
different European countries TO estab-
tsh system of state or municipal fire
nmples are to be found in that nursery
Of European democracy-Switzerland.
In Zurich and several other cantons
fire insurance is made part of canton
al government. One of the best laws
on the subject is In operation in Basel
Stadt, one of the smallest of Swiss can
tons, containing only $4,000 people
less than the population of small
London local government district. The
town of Basel has population of co.
000,so that the community is largely an
urban one. The fire insurance law is
administered by the general obliga-
tory mutual fire insurance institution"
operating under the department of
finance. The law is not only compul-
sory, but the system is a monopoly, as
buildings insured by it are not allowed
to carry additional insurance. Several
classes of buildings are excluded from
the operation of the law, including
churches, which belong to the state,
buildings of less value than 800 francs,
when situated some distance from
towns or villages, as they perhaps run
little or no risk, and the buildings
which are of too hazardous a nature,
such as theaters and powder mills.
A valuation commission appointed
by the government council values the
building in the presence of the owner
or his agents. The value is determined
"by the amount which at the time of
the valuation the buildings in their
then existing construction would cost
for material and labor, with deductions
for age, use, poor state of repairs, etc"
Local advantage or site value does not
influence the valuation, and movable
objects, such as machines or parts Of
machinery, are excluded. Buildings
are divided into four classes, according
TO the nature of the risk, and the pre-.
miums are graduated accordingly.
Dwelling-houses and all buildings not
used for manufacturing purposes pay
T. premium of SO oentines per 1000
francs value or pence per 6 40. Or
binary manufactures and workshops
pay 80 oentimes per 1000 francs.
Places of greater hazard, such as brew
cries, distilleries, gas works, tobacco
factories, pay 1 franc 20 confines per
], 900 francs, while class four, including
chemical factories, dyeing works and
few more places where the risk is
still greater. pay at the rate of franc
so confines. Where the hazard is ex-
ceptional and in the case of buildings
partly constructed of wood. an addi-
ton, which must never exceed 8 francs
on each 1000 francs, is made.-Contem,
rorar-1y PoUicxu
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-20
A Fauiliar Sign.

Miss Angelina Pectoris (who wants
30 come out as a woman whistler)-Oh,
dear; the fates seem to be against met
I walked up five fights of stairs to the
Daily Blowhard. in order to keep my
engagement with the editor, who had
consented to hear me. but he must have
changed his mind, because all along the
hallway were great big placards:
Don't Whistle" OF course ! came
home.-N. Y, Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-20
QUEEN SlCToRIA'S GOO HOUSES.
Ger COUNTLESS Acres of Forest and Farm
Land.

The announcement that Queen Vic
toria Is TO leave, by will, Osborne house
TO one daughter, the lease of Abergeldie
house to another, and Balmoral. the
royal residene in the Highlands, 70 the
duke of Connaught, recalls the fact that
the man who would devour this par
ticular widows houses must make an
unco1nmonly full meal. II was discov-
cred few years since that the queen
owned 600 houses in various parts OF
England, not royal residences, but rent
yielding property. and that about 5000
houses had been built by crown lessees
on building leaseholds held by the
queen. She then had also rents from
markets and tolls from ferries, besides
the proceeds of mines and other works
upon her property or the crown prop
erty. She had large estates in York
shire, 0xfordshire and Berks. valuable
lands in the Isle Of Man and in Alder
ney, Scotland. ireland and Wales. OF
the New Forest there are 5000 acres Of
absolute and 90 acres OF contingent
crown property. Her majesty enjoys
income from the Forest OF Dean, from
several other forests. and from rich
properties in and about London.
Osborne, on the Isle Of Wight and
BalmoraI. in the Highlands, are The
private property of the queen, and are
maintained out of her own income
But she has the use of few royal pal
aces besides, and these are maintained
by the nation at an annual expenditure
ranging from s.. 500 10 $4,000. The
queen IS IN the occupancy Of Bucking-
ham palace. Windsor castle the White
lodge al Richmond park, and part o..
St James palace The remainder OF
the last named palace = occupied By
other members of the royal family
Other royal palaces maintained as such.
although lot in the occupancy OF the
queen, are Kensingfon palaces Hampton
court which. according 20 recent eS-
tinate based on Tie statistics Of eight
or ten years, costs the nation on the
average, over $4,000 year, Kew pal
ses. Pembroke LODGE - .sa-.ai.--d cot
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-20
"a FAIR FACE MAY PROVE A FOUL BAR
GAIN" MARRY A PLAIN GIRL IF SHE USES
SAPOL 10

ute, 300 words can be transmitted
each minute.
Or. Rowland has been informed by
the patent Office officials that no such
invention has ever bern received there,
typewriting biography having been at
tempted before, but upon entirely diff
ferent principles. He has used syn
chronous device in his invention, and
in the mechanical arrangement Of the
typewriter has used but eight signals,
the letters being pronounced by com
binations. The current of electricity
transmitting the message can be re.
layed, and in this manner the invention
can be operated for great distance.
In finished form the instrument will
be as convenient and as easily operated
as the ordinary telegraphic apparatus
Prof. Rowland calls his invention the
"multiplex printing telegraph"