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The San Francisco call., 1896-03-04
Lane was Acquitted.

Peter Lane, accused of a felonious assault
upon little girl, was acquitted Of the charge by
jury in Judge Belcher's court yesterday. The
jury was out but few minutes. There are
still pending against him more charges, the
aggregate bail for which is $4,000. 1t is
probable that this amount will be reduced
after this acquittal.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-04

FANCY Pa,cHvS STRIPED IEe,r,I TlsPlIs extra value soo Yard
STRIPED TAFFEA for Skirting Qair ne) ..$LOO Yard
EXTRA HEAVY STRIPED TAFFETA ribbon eaeck .$l25 Yard
PRINTED WARP EFFECTS In TAFFETA SILKS (street
SidutN' @l.9U ldFu
PERSIAN TAFFEIA (Blck Satin Srpes Evening shades
....................... $3.50 Yard
DRESDEN BROCHE GRON DE LONDRN (Street and Evening
Slad&) .XL75 Yard
We invite patrons to inspect the
above goods at their earliest opportunity
10 Country orders
n SAM
dale, Mill Valley, Oakland, am ida md
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-04
Cut Rate From Portlan d

To meet the cut made in easrbound rates on
Monday by the Southern Pacific Company the
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company yes
terday announced 65-cent cut from Portland
to the East via San Francisco on canned
salmon TO go into effect on the 9TH. AS one
third of the pack of the Oregon canneries is
sdlI on hand it is expected that the reduced
rate will move considerable of it.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-04
Barton Was Drowned.

The result of the autopsy by DR.. Barrett as
to the cause of the death of A. NJ. Barton. who
was found dead in q bathtub at the Lick baths
on Tenth street. was to the effect that the de-
ceased came to his death by drowning. An in
nueSt will be held
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-04
Grand Concert ro-Ni.h,

The third grand concert of the Knickerbocker
Male Quartet, assisted by the Chicago Lady
Quartet, will take place tonight at Odd Fei.
lows Hall,
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-04
Upson Pleaded GUILTY..

Joseph Upson, the lottery swindler, pleaded
guilty to using the United States mails in pur.
suit of his nefarious business, and was yester-
day fined $500 by United States District Judge
MOrrOW.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-04

Tennent, 1888; Forbes Bros, $1572
Thomas Skinner & Co., $2105.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-04

CoSNGoPoLITAT
Opposite U. s: Mint, 100 and l02 Fifth ar 90.
francisco, Cal.-The most select family hntoi an a
the city Board and room, 81, 81 25 and Al s na. IA
day, according 10 ROOM Meals 25c. Rooms. bHc IN,
Look for the coach beari ng the name of tho noel.
mopoiitan Hotel VIM FAHEY. Proprietor. T
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-04
Senator Chandler and Other Rep.
resentatives Asked for
Protection.
INSCRIPTIONS OBJECTED TO.
The Envelopes Stated That Hunting.
ington Would Not Steal
Red Hot Stove.

On orders from Postoffice Department
headquarters at Washington large num-
Der of letters sent out by Mayor Sutro's
Bureau of Information. which he has been
using to warn the Nations representatives
at Washington of the schemes of c. P.
Huntington, have been seized by Postmas-
ter McCoppin and refused passage through
the mails.
Shortly after the story had been printed
that the concurrent resolution passed by
the last Legislature against the Reilly re-
funding bill had failed to reach the eyes
for which it was intended the Bureau be-
gan sending out fac-similes of a cartoon
representing President Huntington hold
ing the resolution behind his back to pre-
vent the mem bers of Congress from see-
ing it.
Across the top of the envelopes was
printed in bold red letters:
&C. P. HUNTINGTON WOULD NOT STEAL A RED:
HOT STOVE
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-04

We invite our patrons to inspeC
above goods at their earliest opportur
The morning times., 1896-11-20
DOWN THE LIN Il.

Ike Thompson was visitor at the track.
Cad" Irish went down the line heavy
on Arabian.
Gotleib walbaum played Find Out all
over the ring.
Bob Aikens was one of Miss Prim's
stanchest supporters.
Charley Heincman was one OF the I'M
fortunates on Marshall.
Matte Corbett and Walter Keys were
down thick" on Premier.
Fourteen layers were ready for business
at the track. This is an increase of one.
Find Out was heavily played to show in
the first race, being backed down to odds
on.
Lake Shore ran a good race and will
bear watching, as the race will improve
him.
Phil Dwyer had a good bet each way on
his horse Declare. His commission went
on late.
Littlefield tried to walt with Graziosa
but when de- made his call there was nc
response.
Rumors OF prospective killing with
Distant Shot are going the rounds. lie
is worth watching in poor lot.
The Liulefield delegation were very
confident that Miss Prim would win and
their commission was an extensive one.
Bob Rose was in the ring early on the
last race and caught "Sol'' out OF line Oh
Tinge. He got hundred on ut 10 to l.
William Engeman, president of the nrigh
The morning times., 1896-11-20
new TRACK In MARYLAND
Winter Racing at Magruder Station
Is the Latest.
Work Is Being Rushed on the
Course, Which IL TO Open
About December 1.

Race tracks Will follow themselves in
this neighborhood as fast as the blueblOods
themselves, i'll one, two, three order.
AT Magruder's station. just beyond the
eastern line of the District there is pre-
paration in haste for the construction of
track Oh which il is proposed to give a
thirty day season after the close Uf the
present meet at Benning.
The management OF the proposed track
have selected a level piece of meadow
land near Magruder's station. The pro-
mOtcrs have gone to work With all eX-
peditiOn, having ON hand Yesterday large
force of hands hammering. saving shov-
cling. and leveling as il it was an emer-
Gency case. There is, however no haste
according 10 the Maryland law Oh the
subject of racing.
Tne State laws permit racing for thirty
days in the year. and this can be taken
advantage of for January as well as De-
cember. The people behind the scheme,
however, announce that they are anxious
TO have the track in order by December l.
1t is understood that professional opera
tions Will begin at the Magrudcr track
Immediately on the close of the Benning
races.
The land for the Magruder enterprise has
not been well chosen, In the opinion Of
people in that neighborhood, If 1t is in
tended to provide the sport for any but
very dry weather. The location of the
track under construction is occasionally
under water, so that there possibly will be
times when the blooded sea horse would
come in handy to offset the usual post
ponements OH account OF a muddy or soggy
turf.
The track is. however, bound to ma
terialize in short order. The lumber is
being hauled all the way from Benning
without waiting for the building Of
side track to the new race ground.
The morning times., 1896-11-20
MURDERED HER BABY.
Young Woman, a Minister and Her
Father and Brother Arrested,

Uniontown. Pa, Nov. 19.-The discIos-
ures attending the arrest of Rev. MIR.
Fitzgerald. Miss Emeline Freeman, her
father, william Freeman, and her brother,
Dawson Freeman, all well known residents
of Masonic wn, has caused great sensation
in Fayette county.
Miss Freeman was arrested yestertiay and
is in jail charged with numbering child to
which she recently gave birth Rev. Mr..
Fitzgerald IL held under heavy bail for
adultery and the girls father and brother
are charged. with conspiracy to conceal
murder
The matter was brought to public notice
by DR.. Edmund o. Cloud, who was called
to attend the girl. Emeline Freeman con
fessed to the physician that she had mur-
dered the child and that Rev. Fitzgerald
was the cause of all her trouble.
The father and brother attempted to
coerce DR.. Cloud TO silence, but he re-
fused 10 incriminate himself and made the
Information against the family.
Rev Mr.. Fitzgerald came here year age,
since which time he has been reaching in
the Reformed Brethren Church.
The morning times., 1896-11-20
GENTRY SOLD FOR $4,000
Spirited Bid for the Champion
Harness Horse.
Purchased by Lewis G. Tewksbury,
Who Also Owns Robert j.
and Mascot.

New York Nov. l9.-Bcfore the largest
crowd ever seen at q horse saiein this couh-
try, and after Il most SENSATIONAL auctioh'
Juun Il. gentry, the chaulio n iiarhess hofse
of the world, passedinto the hands OF Lewis
g. Tewksbury, OF this city Tor Sl9,9oO at
Madison Square Garden tcnight-
II was $50 O'Clock when the band,
which was stationed over the main en-
trance of the garden, struck up Hail tn
the Chief,'' and Gentry was, with diff
Guilty, brought through the crowd to the
front of the auctioneer's stand
IiarIy-iye hunurcu people We're present
When the horse was iairly in trent OF
Auctioneer Bain,'o OF Lexington, KY, who
sold him here last February. " hen Will
lam Simpson W as the purchaser, at 81 500,
TIE band ceased playing. 1t was not,
however, until the assistance al the police
WIS called that space was made "arcly
sufficient TO allow the horse 70 move
around.
A cheer went up from the crowd, and In
a few well-chosen words the auctiOneer
called for bids for the champion harness
horse OF the world, who had paced the fast-
est three heats ever raccumpiisned-.:O33 "a,
2.U? Ia, 2:03 IL; had lowered the har-
ness record to 2:01 l-2; and, TO crown his
glory and indellibly stamp himself lord
and king Of the turf. had covered mile
against time in eco 1-2, second faster
than any other horse ever accomplished the
distance in harness.
bus came in with such rapidity that
the anctioneer could scarcely keep track
or them. Four, six, eigat. Uen ana eleven
thousand dollars were offered from diff
ferent PARTS OF the house with hardly
breathing time between. BIT the real
battle of bids was to come when the
struggle narrowed down to two-Louis w.
worinser and Lewis G Tewksbury, both
New Workers.
Mr.. Wurluser came into the battle a,
$4,000, his bid being delivered in a loud
clear Voice, and the crowd applauded
Promptly Mr.. Tewksbury went $500 bet
ter. Thus the battle waged between the
two with scarcely moments hesitation
up TO S16 800, which was Tewksbury's
bid.
Then there was a pause followed by a
round of hand-clapping from the audience
who were by this time worked up into a
state of excited admiration. The ap-
piausc greeted Wormser'S Jump to 81 5000.
Scarcely had it die daway when the other
came back with his favoritc rise of $500
There wa S another short pause and Wornser
shouted Sls.500, being raise OF 81 600
What is bid?'" asked Mr.. Tewksbury
Nineteen thousand five hundred,' was
the reply.
.Tnen raise it $500" The auctionecr
turned to Mr.. Wormscr eXpectantly. There
was no reply, and ON the three the auc-
tioneer's gavel fell. The gallant son OF
Ashland Wilkes and Dame Wood, who
stood like the thoroughbred he is the
pressure of the crowd and the strains of
the hand, became the property of the owner
OF Robert j., the only horse that had
shown himself a Dangerous rival 10 the
king, who will in future be his cOnrade.
With Gentry, Robert J.. 2:ol IL. and
Mascot, 2:04, Mr.. Tewkshury has a
stable of phenomenal greatness.
The morning times., 1896-11-20
,he teams lined-up as follows
EASTERN FIELD TRIALS.
Warm Weather Mars the Dog Work
in North Carolina.

Newton, N. c., Nov. 19.-Interest in the
Eastern Field trials continues. Birds are
plentiful, but the warm weather is not
favorable for good work in the field.
This morning the second series of the all-
age race was run, the first series having
been finished yesterday. Eight of the six
teen dogs In the first were lucky enough
to get placed for the second series and We're
braced thus: Tony's Gale against Sam T.,
Harwick against Odd Sides, Won Gull
against Cincinnatus' Pride, and Marie 's
Sport against Ranie II.
The all-age contest was concluded late
this afternoon and purses were awarded ds
follows:
First, $500, to Odd Sides. owned by
W. A. Winsatt and handled by L. W. White;
second, 5000, to Marie's Sport, owned by
H. B. Ledbetter and handed by George E.
Gray; third, Tony's Gale, owned by Fox &
Blythe and handled by L. II. johnson.
The race for the subscription stake to-
morrow will conclude the Eastern trials
for this season.
The morning times., 1896-11-20
IN Beach Racing Association, was ill.,
tied To act as honorary steward for the

ton Beach Racing Association, was ill.,
vited to act as honorary steward for the
day.
Hirsch, who rode Buddha in the fourth
race, made a claim Of foul against Maher.
who rode Naughty url, Dat Jne claim was
not allowed.
The plunge on KInvane was due to his
roya! lineage and some fast work in his
morning gallops. His race was disap.
pointing one.
TIE bulk of the play on Successful was
due to a trial in which she had run away
from Tallahassee. Mike Dwycr was one
of her admirers. but his money went ON
for place only.
O'Connors contract with Father Bill Dsl Y
provides that the boy shall be paid regular
rates for all mounts, not alone for DAILY, but
for outsiders who may put him up. This
is rather q new thing 10 find with Father
BIZ : pupils.
The morning times., 1896-11-20
WILL FIGHT TO A FINISH.
Fitzsimmons Says He Wants No. Linn
tied "Go" with COrbett.

San Francisco, Cal, Nov. 19.-Regarding
Jimmy Colville's offer in tehalf of New
York club which he declines Ia name, OF q
purse OF S26 GOO for q twenty-round match
between Corbett and FitZsimmons, the
Cornishman made this definite statement
to W W. Naughton, sporting editor OF
the Examiner, this afternoon:
There is no use of these people making
offers for a limited GO between Corbett
and myself, for have stated, and Corbett
has agreed, that when We meet it must be
a finish fight for the championship, and
such contest cannot he brought off in New
York I have received, and i presume
Corbett has also assurances from Dan
Stuart chat within a week he will be ready
to make definite proposition for a match
for a better purse than anybody else can
offer, and until / hear from him ! shall
not consider any offer. n he fails to
carry out his contemplated plans l win
accept the best offer made for a match
with Corbett, but I an Confident stuary
will be able to fulfill his promises
The morning times., 1896-11-20
QUEER wHEELAIEN w6N.
Visitors Not Only Lead by Goals. but
Game Vas Forfeited to Them

Visitors Not Only Lead by Goals. but
Game Was Forfeited to Them.
The Queer Wheelmen basketball team
made u pilgrimage TO the Washin gton Ath-
letic Club last night and handily won
game of basketball from the home team
by a score OF to /.
In addition to winning by goals the
game was given TO the Queers by the uni-
pre- for slagrant violation of the rules by
the home team in persistently breaking
the rules and for continuous abuse OF the
umpire by some of the players and the
audience, which latter was unnecessarily
noisy and demonstrative. The score will
go down in the officia! record as / to
in favor of the Queers.
The visitors put up surprisingly good
game OF ball and Manager Newmeyer de-
serves credit for the excellent showing
made by hts team against such strong
odds. Tierney made beth goals for his
side. Umpire House rendered excellent
service. and did all in his power to keep
the game within bounds. and being un-
able to do so. gave the only decision he
could under the rules and waited until
the end of the second inning before doing
SO.
Whatever playing was done after that
does not count in the summary OF the
game.
The morning times., 1896-11-20
Wheels still Humming.

New York, Nov 19.-Gena James 8. Clark
son OF Iowa was at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
today. He Is president OF the North River
Bridge Company and is here on business.
He said TO reporter OF the United AS
sociated Presses that he was out of roli-
tics and did not care to give an interview.
Mckinley S election, ,''he said, "has given
great impetus to business already"
He knew OF one enterprise that had raised
ST 100000 since the election. AS to the
Cabinet, he cared to say nothing.
Mckinley" he concluded, "has a great
opportunity, and believe he will be equal
toif i'll every way. His speeches at Canton
showed that he is statesman
The morning times., 1896-11-20
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WITH HIS THROAT CUT.
Cleveland ex-Police Sergeant Way
laid ana Robbed of ii is Money.

Cleveland, Ohio. Nov. .19.-Thcodore kee-
gan, ex-scrgcant OF police, was found living
in pool of blood in a vacant lot on Reno
street by Paul Gibbons early this morn
ing Gibbons was on his way to work,
and near the corner of Woodland Hills ave
nue. he saw the apparently dead body of
the man.
The throat was cut and blood ooZed from
a cash six inches long. He WIS carried by
workingmen to his home, 1857 Wooria
Hills avenue, which is but few hundred
feet from the spot where lie was found
Members of his family stated that he had
been robbed of between $40 and Sl1.
The robbers had cut his throat. He could
give no description of them. The robbery
occurred early in the morning. kecgan
Is about fifty-slx years of age. He severed
his connection with the police force about
twelye years ago.
The morning times., 1896-11-20
construction company Fails.

Chicago, Nov. 19.-The Probst Construc-
ton Company assigned this afternoon 10
Gustav Wilke. The companyis one of the
largest contracting Concerns In the country
and its headquarters are in New York. No
statement of assets andliabili,ies was filed.
The company built the Coliseum, Schiller
building. the Peerist yle at the Worlds Fair,
the Fisheries building, Hagenbeck's build
Ing In the Midway, court house at Fort
Worth and other notable buildings.
The morning times., 1896-11-20
Killed in a Freight wreck,

BeIlefonte, Pa, Nov. 19.-A broken axle
caused a disastrous freight wreck on the
Bald Eagle Railroad this morning at Union
vile, eight miles west Of here. Sixteen
cars loaded with merchandise were dcmol-
isied, and Dorry Baney, aged twenty-five
years, of this place, was killed. Glenn Ste
vens on, aged twenty years, Of osceola
had his legs cut off ana Will die. The vic
Tins were stealing ride on the train.
The morning times., 1896-11-20
WINNER Acquitted of Murder.

Richmond, Va, Nov. I9.-The jury in
the case Of James d. Ward WINNER, in
dcted for the murder OF Samuel Thai
heimer, this evening broug hit in a verdict Of
not guilty. WINNER was told by his
daughter that Thalheiner had ruined her,
and hunting Thalheimer up, literally cut
him TO pieces He then surrendered to an
officer, to whom he stated, as he did in
court, that he did the killing.
The morning times., 1896-11-20
Murderer Declared Ipsape,

Atlanta, Ga, Nov I9.-Ben Osborne, who
killed Theodore Schrader here. October 8.
was today pronounced to be insane by a
jury, and he will be sent to an asylum.
os.'oEne claIned TO nave Deen nypnotized
and declared that his brains had been ex-
changed in some way for those OF a dog.
He said that a hypnotist had told him to
act Ike a dog and he could not resist tbs
inclination to bark.
The morning times., 1896-11-20
FELL FROM A POLE.
Iineman Joseph Green Was Not
Fatally Injured.

Joseph Green, No. 626 Pennsylvania ave
nue northwest, a lineman' in the employ of
the Western Union Telegraph Company
fell from pole on Bunker Hill road near
the Soldiers Home shortly after noon
yesterday and was severely injured about
the neck and bod Y as a result.
He was assisting in the erection of line
OF poles along the road and hat climbed
almost To the top of one of them when he
lost his hold and fell backward to the
ground.
When picked up he was in semi Con-
scious condition. The patrol wagon was
called from the U street station-house
and he was hurried away to Freedman's
Hospital. An examination of his injuries
showed that they were not of a serious
nature and he was last night reported to be
resting comfortably.
The morning times., 1896-11-20

Ahhs sSpth~AS
that the scales were
not right and pre-
ferred to pay the
agreed forfeit. The
cIaIn OF the Daly
contingent as 20 the
scales seemed TO be
ill-founded, and there
was great protest by
w lsO MS friends.
"Weigh him, weigh
hint" wasecllo.d and
re-echoed throughout
he building.
The wranglc be-
The morning times., 1896-11-20

. ~ AZ w %-A ~ &S - 80 -
slipped under Daly's
guard and planted Il
couple of hot ones on
the left ribs. Daily
onl y smiledand pasted
Howard donthe jugufar
vein, which made him
vince and drop his
under lip. 1t was
Days round
Round Sit was a
case of hot stuff in
this round from the
very jump. Howard
reached Jacks nose
and drew claret. First
blood for Wilson.
Then Jack retaliatetl
The morning times., 1896-11-20
FOR STEALING A WHEEL.
Farmer Brooks of Hyattsville Is
Under Arrest.

william T. Brooks, twenty y -four years old.
u farmer, was taken into custody yesterday
afternoon by Detectives Gallagher, Board
man and Barnes. charged with stealing a
bicycle from Robert L. Greenwich, OF No.
3l5 PENNSYLVANIA avenue.
BROOKS hlred tine Wheel several da Us ago
and rode it to Il yattsville, where he lives
The man sold the bicycle for So to. a
. friend, who informed the Officers aud the
arrest followed.
The morning times., 1896-11-20
Merely a Suggestion .

OF course there may be nothing to it, and
again 1t may explain q great deal.
birds falling from a great distance some
times knock people senselcss'' he read.
"Do you suppose Bryan was ever hit?''
neutrality-suspicious. Chicago Evening Post.
The morning times., 1896-11-20
WILSON'S SECOND WIND.

Round 4-Wilson got his second wind
during the interim, and rushed at DAILY as
Ii to show the Wilmington boy that he had
no easy job. Howard beat Jack on the
ribs. DAILY was bleeding at the nose. He
shot Howard u couple OF hot ones in the
neck, and had the colored lad clinching
to save punishment when the bell sounded.
Round 5-Daly staggered Wilson by two
quick blows on the neck, and kept the
jabbins up, except when clinchcd. Wilson,
The morning times., 1896-11-20

10 rise tuu tel q gam
and again TO save a
Knockout. Finally
Wilson arose and
made n stagger at
Daily when the latter
rushed and knocked
him tn the floor. He
was almost counted
out As he got up
DAILY let his right 90
and Wilson failed to
respond at the end OF
Duffy's final count OF
10.
Neither of the prin-
cipals was severely
.rt,-l n-r -
The morning times., 1896-11-20

biluensDufRrO rOdu was
asuccess ineverypar-
ticular.
In the main event
Jack DAILY beat How
ard Wilson In the four
teenth round. Alex.
Brown and Arthur
Jones was declared a
draw, although the
nghtshould ha vcgone
toJones. The packed
ampniLiieater got n
full return for the adj
mission money.
One OF the prelim-
mary bouts was de-
sta rod nff fnaf E.,
The morning times., 1896-11-20
HER CHICKENS MISSING.
Some One VIII Dine Thanksgiving at
NIiss Baker's ExpenSe.

M1SS bHKeTB EXEeIlSe.
Miss Emily Baker, who resides on Twenty
second street northwest, near the P street
bridge, was until last night the owner
OF at least dozen chickens, but now the
fowls have passed of her possession, Ind
somebody evidently intends to have a
Thanksgiving feast at her expense.
Someone at an early hour yesterday
morning entered the Baker back yard and
carried away the entire avian aggrega-
ton.
The morning times., 1896-11-20
GETTING READY FOR MARCH 4
Mckinley and Hobart Club VIII
Meet to MIKE Plans,

A large and enthusiastic meeting of the
Mckinley and Hobart Uniform Club, linn
tied, was held last evening at their head
quarters, No. 9O2 Pennsylvania avenue.
= In the absence Of President Bowles, Col.
L. s. Emory was in the chair. After music
by the Henderson Drum Corps addresses
were made by Col. SIR Stratton, clerk
OF the House of Representatives.; Thomas
]. LASER Of New Hampshire, and Mr.. E.
B. Wike of North Carolina.
At the next meeting arrangements will
be m ade to participate in the Inauguration
Of President Mckinley In March next