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The San Francisco call., 1897-08-28
Star SPRIuTER
FOR STAnPOR
Washington's Fastest Run
ner Will Enter as a
Freshman.
Eddie" Askson of Tacoma,
the Unbeaten Hero Of Many
Victories.
Is a Little Fellow, but Always Does
the Hundred in Ten and
Fifth Seconds.

Stamford has drawn an athletic prize
among the incoming freshmen. He is
Edward w. Dickson, the greatest amateur
sprinter of the State of Washington.
Young Dickson, Familiarity known as
Eddie Dickson, is native of New York
City, where he was born twenty years ago,
For the last nine years he has lived in
Tacoma.
The remarkable thing about him Is a
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-28
Disappeared in Boomers.

Mrs. de Burgh of 10 Laskie street appealed
TO Colonel Parnell, secretary of the California
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chill
dren, yesterday, and said that her daugh ter
May, aged seventeen years, left home last
Saturday with the statement that she was GO
ing to take ride on the road with 3 boomer
party. She has not been heard of since. The
society will inves igste.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-28
BASEBALL.
The Oakland Reliance and the Sac
ran1anto Gilt Edges VIII Line
Up TO-Day.

To-day's game between the Sacramento
Gilt Edges and the Oakland Reliance
should prove lively and interesting. The
.. brewers" come down with the deter
mination of retrieving their lost laurels.
having lost to the Oaklandefs a short tim e
ago. They will bring along special car
load OF rooters TO encourage them on 70
victory. The Reliance team are noted for
their heavy hitting and to-day's game
should De no disappointment in that line.
The teams Will line up as follows:
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-28

On Sunday the Bushnell Alerts will
have an opportunity to try their metal
against the Oakland Giants 1t is feared
that the youngsters from Alameda are
too light for The Reliance. The Alerts'
team has been strengthened by the ac-
QUESTION of Lew" Hardy, one Of the old
Time California League players. The
q teams will line up as follows:
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-28

SANBoRN, VAIL d. Co. have just received
their new leather goods for fall trade, includ-
ing purses, poke books, card and letter cases,
billbooks, valises. handbags and picture
frames. Playing-cards, game counters, prizes,
scorecards etc, are sold from this department.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-28
Bushnell Alerts.
Reliances.

benefit game has been arranged for
the late L. r. RockweIi's widow, whic
will take place at the PreSidio athle tic
grounds tomorrow. The Will & Fincks
and the San Francisco Athletic Club have
generously volunteered their services, and
as the game is in a charitable cause a
large gathering OF the late managers
friends is expected.
At Sixteenth and Folsom streets, Cali
t9rnia League grounds-Sunday, August
%, $50 A. NJ, CALIFORNIA; VS.. Hearst Gram
mars; 10 A. M, Arnold Brothers VS.. Altos; :;
u noon. Grand ReDublics VS.. Burke's
team; 2:30 P. N. (San Francisco Dry Goods
Commercial League). Kohlberg, Strauss Il
Frohmans VS.. O'ConnCr & Moffats.
The National Stars will play the San
Rafael Jrs. at San Rafael:to- M orruw.
The Pioneers would ike 10 hear from
any team under 20 years of age. Address
all challenges TO Tom Hawkins, 439 Har-
riet street.
The Young spauIding5 would like to
hear from any team under 10 years of age.
Address challenges to Captain Michael
Raphael, 464 Clementina street.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-28
North PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD
(Yia Sausalito Fsrry).
From San Francisco, Commencing May 1897.

From San Francisco, Commencing May 1891
WEEKDAYS
ror MN VALLEY and san Rafael--7;0O, sS;15.
% AZ. IL 80 A. NJ: *1:45 3:-e. 4:00. o:lb,
s6 :0u, $3.50 VI.
days and saturdays ct IL 80 p NJ
SUNDAYS.
For MIL Valley and San Rafael-*S 100 s;Oo
1880 IL :OU 1880 \. NJ; l:01. 81 AS *2:3u,
$500, 80, 6:45. IL 100 NJ.
IL 100 n does no. run TO San Rafael; b;30 and
IL :OU p NJ. do not 10 Mill valley.
Trains marked = run to San Quentin.
THROUGH TRAINS.
100 A r. weekdays for Cazadero and way sta
tions; AS r. NJ SATURDAYS for Cazadero and
way stations; 500 y. II. sundays for Cazadero
and v ay ions; 500 A. Y. sundays fos ION
:. ksveS and way ststiopA
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-28
NEW TO-DAY.
PICKED UP ON BROADWAY.

IndentA
dion hospital found
the
xof heidi
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-28
LAWYER Riordan Gets His Fea

Judgment was given by Judge Hebbard yes.
terday in favor Of Attorney Thomas d. Rior.
dan and against NJ. J. Howell ana wife fol-
$1050, on account of professional services as
attorney when the charge OF counterfeitinp
was psnding against one of the defendant rs
verdict OF acquittal was secured and then
Mr.. Riordan was compelled 10 sue for his fee
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-28
SANTA Re
PACIFIC
RAILROAD.
Trains leave from and arrive ~ Market.
street Ferry.
SANTA FE EXPRESS

VIA DIRECT LINE-LEAvES DAILY 4:s0
VEN: arrives daily 6:15 p. M. Palace Pullman
DrawiDg-room, also modern upholstered Tourist
Seepng tars Oakland pier 10 Chicago via Kan
sas City. Annex cars for Denver and St Louis
santa Fe Express via Los Angeles-Leaves daily
"A. n; arrives daily AS A. n.
Boston Excursions via Kansas City, Chicago,
Montreal and the White Mountains leave every
Tuesday
The best raw ay from California TO the East.
New raj s, new ties no ust, interesting scenery,
and coed meals in Harvey's dinlng-rooma
San Francisco Ticket Oface-644 Mar.
ket street, Chronicle Building. Tele-
phone Main 1881.
Oakland-I118 Broadway.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-28

mission PARK" swindle expose in to-day s
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-28

SAN LEANDKU AND HAlWARDS LOCAL.
foot OF Market Street.)
The record-union., 1897-09-23
MURDER OF ARRAY0.
GENERAL VETASQUEZ MAKES
A CONFESSION.
Says That He Ordered the Killing
of the Assai1ant Of Presi-
dent Diaz of Mexico.

CITY OF MEXICO, Sept. 22.-Velas-
quez, ex-Inspector-Gener of Police,
now in prison, has confessed that he
ordered the killing of Arrayo, the as
sailant of President Diaz. His servant
admits buying the knives with which
the deed was committed. VelasqueZ
says that the man was not tortured.
The Judge has decided that Velasquez
and Cabrera are guilty, and he held
them for trial.
The killing of Arrayo in prison on the
night he had assaulted the. President
was peculiarly atrocious. At l o'clock
in the morning a number of men be-
longing to the common people, and as
now appears, in the pay of the police,
forced their way into the municipal
palace, ascended the stairway, over
came the guards and made their way to
the office of the Inspector General and
killed Arulfo Arrayo, whom they
found there.
The killing was a wild and savage
scene, and was followed by wild and
noisy retreat
The Assistant Chief of Police, who
was sleeping in an adjoining room, was
awakened by the noise. He arose and
ran to the balcony, firing his pistol as
a signal for help. At the same time he
called a policeman who was in sight to
make an attempt to detain the lynch
ers. who were making their escape.
The firing of pistols and the whistles
of policemen brought other officers.
who succeeded in capturing score of
persons. 1t was not long before the
Inspector General and Inspector Vii
lavicenio arrived on horseback
When the police entered the room
they found the body of the dead man
lying in the middle of the floor. 1t
was literally riddled with bullets and
knife stabs. BY his side were found an
iron bar and several knives and other
steel instruments. The men who were
captured last night would not say any
thing
At . o'clock was found a group of
people at one of the side streets a few
blocks from Zocali. They were talk
ing and discussing the lynching They
appeared to know all about the affair
and We're evidently in receipt of knowl-
edge as to its origin and inspiration.
But when they were approached by re-
pOTltTS l0eN SuQQSiAly Decdfne non
communicative.
When Arrayo was surprised he was
sitting in a chair in the northwest cor
ner of what was once General Caballa-
da's private office, which is now under
going repairs. There, mixed with frag-
ments of window panes, was a long
pool of blood marking the spot where
Arrayo had been stabbed.
TIL body was removed to the Fourth
Ward police station municipal building.
The gendarmes who We're guaraAng Ar
rayo We're unarmed If they had not
been they would have fired on the mob.
Over 200 people penetrated the build
ing.
When they surprised Arrayo he was
in a strait jacket and could make no
resistance. He seemed too terrified to
speak
The record-union., 1897-09-23

that market showed 11sc decline.
which was reflected in the first trades
in December, which ranged from 9013c
to 9034c, or &c to 1c below yesterdays
closing price. But the market immedi
ately commenced to recover, and in
about an hour and a half from the
opening December had risen to 921sc.
There was nothing particular in the
news to cause the sudden change. The
reaction appeared to be due in the ma
tural order of things, and when some
investment orders appeared on the
market shorts started to cover. The
very narrowness of trading probably
prevented further advance
The only really bearish feature was
the receipt of S53 cars of wheat at
Minneapolis and Duluth, against 5SS
a week ago. Even that was only bear
ish on the surface. The cash prices at
those places to-day We're from &c to
212c over December, so that the re-
ceipts there now represent probably the
bulk of the entire movement from the
farms in the northwest, to the exclu-
sion of any accumulations in interior
country houses.
Chicago's receipts were 345 cars Of
wheat, of which only SO were contract.
The total receipts of winter wheat at
Kansas City, st. Louis and Detroit was
only 1868 bushels The business
done at New York yesterday for export
was reported to have largely exceeded
what was made known for the day be-
fore, the total being reported to-day at
4S0, coo bushels. Acceptances were re-
ported of some of last nights cabled
offers to the United Kingdom.
A reaction followed the advance to
921sc, when closing Continental cables
were received, showing declines of 10
centimes at Paris and 1919 to Is cen
times at Antwerp. The longs also took
advantage to unload a good deal of
their holdings, and the result was that
December dropped back to 905sc. Then
the market turned for the last time.
The cash strength at Minneapolis
brought the selling to a sudden halt.
and prices commenced to climb at once,
until December touched the high point
| of the day. 9212c, which was shortly be-
fore the close.
Confirmatory reports from the United
States Consul at Odessa concerning the
Russian crop shortage also helped in
the late strength. December closed at
9212c.
The record-union., 1897-09-23
RUSSIAN GRAIN CROP.
The Dry Winter Caused Failure
in Half the Area Sown.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.-More de-
tailed information than has heretofore
been obtainable concerning the condi-
ton of the Russian grain crop is con-
tanned in a report on the subject to the
State Department from United States
Consul Heenan at Odessa.
He SAYS the crops over an extensive
area have failed. The beginning of
the trouble was the dry winter which
caused the failure of half of the wheat
sown. With a favorable spring and
resolving the prospects were good, how
ever. almost up to cutting time. Then
came the wettest season known in
years and hail destroyed both ripe and
unripe grain. In large areas no effort
was made to harvest.
Samples of the new wheat are infer
Tor in quality and weight. The yield
is from four to six bushels per acre for
winter and spring. Barley is discolored
and under weight Rye is much dam
aged and will be under the average
crop.
Mr.. Heenan says that but little wheat
will be shipped from Russia during the
season of 1S97-9S, for the simple rea-
son that there is little available for ex-
port The failure Of the wheat crops in
Austro- Hungary, Roumania and Bull
garia has brought buyers into Russia
from those countries and the wheat will
go to them by rail. How much of this
wheat Russia can afford to let go is
question now being discussed.
While hints are thrown out that the
exports of cereals may be altogether
prohibited. the Consul believes these
have no foundation. and that the Rus
sian Government will never again make
the mistake it did in the famine year
of prohibiting exports.
The record-union., 1897-09-23
BANKERS PROTEST.
OPPOSED TO THE POLICY CE
THE BANK OF ENGLAND.
Many Representative Financ1ers
Hold a Meeting at the City
of London

LONDON, Sept. 22.-A meeting OF the
bankers of London, called to protest
against the action of the Governor or
the Bank of England, Hugh c. Smith
who. at the semi annual meeting OF
that institution on THURSDAY last, read
a letter dated July 29th, addressed to
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir
Michael Hicks-Beach, in which the
Governor announced that the bank was
nrepared to carry out what is laid down
as permissible in it's charter. namely
to hold one-fifth of the bullion, held
against it's note issue, in silver, proVld-
ed always that the French mint is
again open to the free coinage OF silver
and the price at which silver is procur-
able and saleable is satisfactory, was
held at the clearinghouse to-day.
There was a large attendance of rep
resentatives of powerful interests Sew
er,a1 of the prominent banks were not
represented. but according to the state
ments of those who participated IN the
meeting. their absence was due to the
fact that the heads of these banks were
not in London.
A resolution protesting against the
Bank of England's purposed action was
adopted. This resolution will be em-
bodied in a letter to the Governor OF
the bank, which will be presented to
him tomorrow.
The bankers who were present at to-
davis meeting were pledged to secrecy
in regard to the proceedings. Robert
Benson. who threatened, at the recent
meeting of the Bank of England, to sell
his bank stock if silver reserves We're
held. took a prominent part IN the
meeting to-day.
The protest upon the part OF the Lon
don bankers is unprecedented, and IS
the only thing talked about at present
in financial circles.
The record-union., 1897-09-23
EXPORT DUTY ON GOLD.
Nicaragua Has Levied Very
Heavy Tax on the Metal.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 22-The own
ers Of the gold mines in Nicaragua are
worried over a decree published Aug
ust 10Th, and taking effect Immediately.
establishing an export duty of 81 gold
per ounce on gold ingots and 50 per
ounce on gold dust The information
comes to the State Department from
Consul Clancy at Bluefields He SAYS
the old duty was 35.44 cents per ounce
on gold The mining interests have
united in petitioning the Government
to revoke the decree. which, they as
sert, would be ruinous TO a new indus
try. Last year the gold exports from
Bluefelds amounted to S169 565, an in
crease of S31. .636 over the preceding
years shipments.
The record-union., 1897-09-23

sissisppi. An inspection was made at
Edwards in order to have any mail SER
vice at all in that line. ]. F. Hunter,
NJ. D, w. D. Kiger''
At the request of the Louisiana
State Board, the Mississippi board will
send DR.. Frank Nailles, a yellow fever
expert, to investigate suspicious cases
at California, Tallulah and New Del
phi. La. He goes by special train.
Last night two guards near Vicks-
burg halted three men coming in who
at once fired upon the guards. The
lattar returned the fire when a scream
from cne of the asailants was heard.
The identity of the attacking party is
not known Headquarters of the State
Board of Health were established at
Jackson to-day DR.. Kiger went over
this afternoon, but will return.
AT MOBILE.
MOBILE, Sept 22.-There was
slight increase in the number of new
cases of yellow fever during the twen-
ty-four hours ending at noon to-day,
but this was offset by the announce
ment that there were no deaths to rec
ord; that five patients were discharged,
and that all the patients were doing
we'll There have been no deaths here
since Saturday last, and the total
number of deaths are three. The to-
tai number of cases are thirty-four
REPORT OF THE MARINE HOSPI-
TAI.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.-Dr. Muir
ray, in charge of the yellow fever camp
at Ocean Springs, in telegram to the
Surgeon of the Marine Hospital, says
that he has just visited Biloxi, and that
up to and including the 20th there had
been forty-tWo cases at that place, and
two deaths. There We're also several
undecided cases. He also reported one
doubtful case at Ocean Springs, and
one certain case in a schooner sent
from Biloxi to the Gulf quarantine. He
says he has arranged for the protec-
ton Of the fleet. DIR. Murray also stat
ed that the camp at Ocean Springs has
a greater number of immunes who de-
sire to go to New Orleans, and that DR..
Wasdin, who was attacked by the
fever a week or ten days ago, has re-
covered. and soon will be ready for
duty again.
DR.. Geddings, wired from Jackson,
Miss, says: eve to-day believe the
fever in this State is confined to Ed
wards and the Gulf coast" He says
there were twelve cases at Edwards
yesterday, ten being among the whites
and two among the colored people
There have been sixty-eight cases in
Edwards and vicinity to date.
DR.. Kallock reports from Cairo that
all the cases there are doing we'll, and
that the steamer Utalpha, from which
the patients were taken, is being dis
infected.
The record-union., 1897-09-23
American Poultry Association.

ELLSWORTH (Kas.), Sept. 22.-The
next annual meeting of the American
Poultry Association viii be held in
Boston on January IS, 1898 The an
nouncement is just made by Theodore
Steenberg of this city, Treasurer and
Secretary. The vote resulted 80 to %
against Chicago.
The record-union., 1897-09-23
EASTERN GRAIN MARKET.
Substantial Advance in Wheat at
Chicago.

CHICAGO, Sept 22.-AI the grain
and provision markets turned very
pretty fiip-fiaps to-day, starting weak
and closing strong, and in the case of
wheat with very substantial advance.
Wheat took its opening tone from
Liverpool Before the opening here
The record-union., 1897-09-23
Destructive Cyclone in Italy.

BRINDISI Qtaly). Sept. pa cy-
clone swept over Savare, Ora and La
tiono, all in the Province of Leece, yes
terday evening. Forty persons We're
killed, seventy people were injured,
twenty houses We're destroyed and tele-
graphic communication was cut off,
The record-union., 1897-09-23
SENTENCE ANNULED.

MADRID Sept. 22-The Supreme
Court has annuled the sentence of forty
years Imprisonment imposed upon Bar
I'll. the supposed anarchist who on Sep
tember Sd, at Barcelona. attempted to
assassinate Chief Of Police Portus and
Assistant Chief Teixidor as they were
leaving the circus. The action of the
Supreme Court is taken on the ground
that 1t has not been proven that Bar
I'll is an anarchist.
The record-union., 1897-09-23
Condition OF the Treasury.

statement of the condition of the treas
ury shows: Available cash balance.
s215, 765, ,033; gold reserve, $146.1S1.-
917.
The record-union., 1897-09-23
NEWS FACILITIES.

Those OF the Record -UniC
best that can be pPocuPt
Pacific Slope
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10
1000 Yards, Gong Range) Enemy Mounted

each of the inners (marked 81 foot 6
inches. The outer is the remainder of
the target and is a rectangle feet
wide and 80 inches high (marked p
The 500 yards target is used for 500
yards and such practice as may be
held at 200 yards. This target is a
rectangIe feet high and II feet wide.
The figure of this target is the sill
houette of a soldier standing. The
centre, right and left inner, right and
left outer are rectansles. the height of
each being feet (the height of the
target) The width of the centre being
feet inches, of each inner 1 foot 3
inches. and of each outer 2 feet inches.
The LOCO yards target is of the same
shape and size of the 500 yards target.
The different divisions are of the same
dimensions as the corresponding divi-
sions of the 800 yards target, excepting
the figure. The figure is, the silhouette
of a mounted soldier. the legs OF the
horse being cut off at a distance of 2
feet from the ground.
The troops in each organization will
use the weapon with which they are
armed. Infantry and artillery Except
the light batteries) will, therefore, prac-
tice with the rIne and cavalry with the
carbine and under certain rules with
the revolver. officers and enlisted men
of the staff corps who may practice
will use the rife.
For the recruit class. preliminary
practice will consist in firing ten shots
at each of the following ranges: 100,
200. 800, 500 and 900 yards. For the sec
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

| the bottom of the target The waste
of ammunition which has always been
enormous, increases with the facility
for firing resulting from the adoption
OF magazine rifles. 1t is the theory of
the new regulations that men should
be taught TO aim at the bottom of an
! object instead of at the centre, and the
! bulps-eye is located at the bottom of
the new target. This Will. in a measure
tend to prevent such an eXtraVagan
waste OF ammunition
The short range target, for 200 and
300 yards, is also used for firing at 100
yards. The figure is the silhouette of
soldier in a lying position, head
towards the shooter. The centre is
a rectangle % inches high (the height
of soldier lying) and four feet wide
(the width of the target.) The figure
while included in the rectangle not
being a portion of the centre, but is
considered the bull's-eye. The inner
is a rectangle whose height is the
distance between the upper boundary
of the centre and a line drawn parallel
to it at distance of ~ inches from the
bottom of the target (the height of a
soldier kneeling) and its width is the
width of the target. The outer" is the
rectangle forming the remainder of the
target The entire target is a rectangle
6 feet high and ( feet wide. Thus a
shot in the inquire counts D, IN the
centre (marked in the diagram), in
the inner and in the outer 2.
The mid-range target is used for 500
and 500 yards. and such practice as
may be held at 400 yards. This target
is square. feet on a side. The figure
is the silhouette of a soldier firing in
the kneeling position. The centre and
the right and left inners are rectangles
whose heights are the same az inches.
the height of a soldier kneeling); the
width of the centre being feet, and of