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The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
The Glorious Fourth Under
the Auspices Of the
Thistle Club.
Here Is a Unique Chance for
the Lover of the Land
o. Cakes.
Games With Cash Prizes, Fireworks
and a Concert and Ball in
the Evening.

The one hundred and twenty-first an
niversary of American independence will
be Celebrated in an elaborate manner by
the mem bers of the San Francisco Scot
tish Thistle Club at She'll Mound Park,
Berkeley, Monday. July 5. 1t will be the
fifteenth annual festival given by the club
and promises to be the greatest gathering
ever given by the society. Nothing like
ii has ever before been witnessed on this
coast. The programme prepared for the
occasion embraces some thirty eight
events, all of them interesting.
Interspersed throughout are many
amusing ones, which will tend to dissi-
pate any weary feelings that may be pro-
duced during the holding of the heavy
contests. The committee in charge have
endeavored to put up programme that
will eclipse all former efforts. Some
$4,000 in cash will be distributed TO the
successful competitors in The various
events. Besides, elegant and costly med
ais will be awarded to the winners in the
amateur contests.
All the ueaEy- weight champions will be
present and engage In the heavy events
and some phenomenal exhi billions of
strength may be expected. The greatest
dancers in The country will also be pres
ent and give awe-imspirIng and pictur.
eSQue exhibitions in the ;erpsichorean
art. The champion runners, both profes-
slOnsl and amateur, Will hotly contest in
the various races. a feature of the day
viii be the great mile and two-mile BIZ
cycle races, in which the crackerjacks of
the United States, Canada and Australia
will engage. The sturdy tars will be
given an opportunity of showing their
expertness in agility and grace in the
"a q ad nd for.fo ad cailnrui
pipe. The Irish people will also have an
opportunity of showing their gre at
prowess in the Irish Jig ana reel. 1t has
been decided tnat no Scotchman nor
mem Der OF he cIuO shall be allowed to
compete therein nor act as judge.
The celebrated exponent of the Irish
National Union bagplpes, Professor 7.
Mccarthy, as been specially engaged and
will provide music for those who desire to
while away the hours IN jig and reel dane
ing.
Another feature of the games will be
grand challenge tug-of-war, III which the
champion athletes win participate The
club this year has departed somewhat
from its usual custom of holding only a
day celebration, ana has provided an
elaborate programme for the evening as
well.
The park will be handsomely iIlumin-
,sted with electric lights, etc, and will
present most gorgeous spectacle. Be-
sides grand bali there will oe a grand
open lair concert and elaborate display of
fireworks in the amphitheater, en- bracing
many sci pieces and beautiful pyrotech mic
effects.
The music will be rendered by Benefits
celebrated band ana a full CORDS attired in
the ''garb of auld Gaul." The games will
start promptly at 10 o'clock in the morn
ing and continue uninterruptedIy until s
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
THE BRYAN RECEPTION.
Plans Adopted for Greeting the
Orator in San Fran
cisco.
He Will Shake Hands at the Palace
and Speak at WOodward's
Pavilion.

Frank Gould, Max Pepper, Marion
Biggs Jr. and John Msrkley, com posing a
quorum of the committee of arrangements
appointed by the Democratic State Central
mmittee to arrange for the reception of
W. J. Bryan in San francisco, met at the
Callfornia Hotel yesterday and discussed
some features of the proposed demonstra-
ton.
The general plans hitherto adopted were
not changed. Some of the enthusiastic
admirers of the Nebraska orator wanted a
series of meetings on the same night
They thought he could speak at North
Beach, the Mission and South San Fran
cisco and then enjoy a serenade a: the
Palace Hotel.
Frank Gould did not fancy the plan of
rushing the orator from one quarter of the
City to another. In his judgment such a
display of Mr.. Bryan's agility was not
demanded by the exigencies of the coca
sion. Moreover, Mr.. Gould thought that
il would be undignitied to trot Mr.. Bryan
around in that manner.
According to the plan now accepted
there will be reception at the Palace on
the afternoon of July Z, a meeting at
Woodward s Pavilion in the evening and a
Grenade at the Palace after the meeting.
Roncovierl's band of forty pieces will sup
ply the serenade music.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
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ter from Bennington, VT One paragraph
reads:
If you have any influence with the writer
of whis articles in THE SUNDAY CALL do have
him give us his article on the three-card echo,
the best way to teach it. Miss Wheeloek
teaches echo n OF attempting to take the trick.
Boston teaches $50 1 am told) echo to show
three whether trying not trying to take the
trick. Which way do you adviser"
We have, in the language OF politician.
quite pull" with the whist editor of The
SUNDAY CALL, and on the subject he says it is
a very dangerous instrument 10 fool with.
The little lady who wrote the lines above is a
the kindergarten up it would be we'll to teach
the 'three echo to advanced pupils only. In
nutshell, the way that Miss Wheelock
teaches this play to her advanced pupils is
this, in her own words:
eff after your partner has called for or led
trumps YOU refuse to echo the first opportu-
nifty you deny ictly three. Making sub
echo the next opportunity shows more than
three, refusing TO subecho shows. less than
thee.
'If trying to win the trick you echo it
shows more than three; or, ii in response to
partners call, returning his lead, if you re-
turn or lead a high card, giving positive in
formation you have not four, then sub-echo
means three"
No whist teacher viii be very Tar from the
mark II they follow the advice of Miss Whee-
lock. We always prefer to give the opinion of
others higher in authority than our own, but
on this subject we expressed our own ideas in
The CALL of March 9TH and April 18Th.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
CYCLERS' ROAD RACES,
Programme OF Events to Be Contested
This Morning Across
the Bay.

The Acme Club Wbeelmen of Oakland
will inaugurate the first ffteen-miIe road
race conducted in this State to-day over a
new course which has been officially sur
veyed for the California Associated Cv-
cling Clubs.
The starting point is on the main road
from San Leandro to Haywards, 42S feet
east OF Lincoln avenue, which is about
one-eighth OF mile west of San Lorenzo
junction; thence following the course
commonly known as the Triangle to Ash
land junction, to San Lorenzo, to Sanders
street In San Leandro; thence through
Sanders street to Haywards road, repeat
ing over the same course, finishing at the
regular finish of the c. A. c. C. twenty
nve mile course, eighty-eight feet east of
Parrott street in San Leandro.
The ra ce is a handicap affair, and the
rider who makes fastest time will estab-
Hsh a coast hfteen-mile road record. The
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
DEBTORS ARE INSOLVENT
]. G.. Johnson & Son Go to
the Wall With Heavy
Debts.
Other Business Men, Unable to Meet
Their Obligations, Begin Bank
ruptcy Proceedings,

Several noteworthy business failures
were recorded yesterday, the most Impor-
tant being the voluntary insolvency OF the
wholesale hu, chers, J. g. Johnson and
Charles II. Johnson, whose office has been
at 331 Kearny street, in this City, the firm
name being J. G. Johnson e. Son. No
reason is assigned for the failure. but the
character of the items of inde ebtedness
would seem to indicate that the firm las
been running behind in a business wav for
some time. Many of the company s
creditors live in Bntchertown.
Following is a ful! list of the creditors,
with the amount of their several claims:
W. NJ Clifford, $152 90: Legallet-H Helburg
Tanning Company, S377S 50; south San
Francisco Packing Company, Sl252 go; G.
Nonnermann, $1,000; Ii. Krager. $4,000; J. B.
Cate. 5000: Mrs. II. r. Muzzy $500; J. Gala
CHAN, 1886 75 II. VI. De,ano, $500; John
Dippel, Sl20 J. Stumpi & Son, S307 OF; San
Francisco Lumber Company, $27 90; G. T..
Whitney d Co, SD 40; Cali1ornia Transporta-
lion Company, 50 S3 J. :. Hare & Co., 50 OF
O'Brien & Son, Sl35; Cuffey Bros. $40 30;
Pa cific Telegraph Company. SLY 75; Union
Transportation Company, SAC O9; California
Bag Company, $6 AZ; f. Nichols, $23 20
John W. Hewey. $1400; Charles Nonnermann,
$4,000; c. NOnneTmRnn and II. Mohr, $4,000 ;
o. Crummev $40 %; W. Beri, 500 45; Geor9e
Johnson, 500 s5; Benjamin Johnson, $45; f.
Mccarthy. 800 IS; z. Newman, $50; Van d..
Knight, $62 20; 2. Troy S4S 10; NJ McCor-
mick, $50 65; J. o. Behr, Sl7 Is; W. Young,
S13; I. B. Davis. S96 10; Charles d. Knight
500; total, $24 ,046 02.
In addition 10 the firms debts Charles
II. Johnson has individual Liabilities
amounting 10 $1465.
The assets of the company are consider
able, though somewhat incumbered
Their real estate and personal property
amount to $23, 997 u. against which there
are outstanding claims for $l2, 800 Bills
due the petitioners on book accounts
amount TO $I2, 754 81.
Following on this comes the failure OF
the Bay State Mining and Development
Compan of Amador County. Sylvester
Gardner, secretary OF the company. pre-
sents a list of the corporations creditors,
many OF whom were employed as miners
and mechanics. The liabilities foot up
$13, 837 SO and the assets are nominal, con-
slsting principally OF the mining claims
and mining machinery of the company at
the town Of Enterprise, Indian Creek
a ma1or County.
Other bankrupts who seek release from
their debts are as follows:
Eugene Plaeffle, grocer; debts, $2406 Sc;
assets, $50.
Joseph Simon, business not stated !;
debts, $l504 81; assets, nominal.
John Muiholland & Co. and John Null
holland individually the liza abinties being
$SC6 10 Tor the firm and $z99 go in his in
dIvIduaI capacity.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
answers to Queries.

sACRAMENTO Cal, June 22 1897.
Whist Editor CaL: VIII you kindly inform me
what compass whist is? Also what 'Gambit
lead'' is? And greatly obige.
bEGINHER IN WHIST.
The appellation- compass whist came from
Philadelphia. When the whist players of this
country commenced 10 use :me points. of the
compass TO designate their positions at the
whist table, in the movement of the players,
the Phlladelphians christened 1T compass
whist" and it applies to any game wheIe you
move from table to table. A "gambit lead"
does not apply 10 whist proper Some whist
writer's who want to let us know that they play
chess, use the term ''gambit." The definition
of the word is "a mode of opening a game of
chess" which would be considered regular
opening when applied to whist. We suppose
the writer means regular opening, according
to the system used by the players
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

o'clock in the evening. Every society in
the City, as we'll as the ugh boring towns,
has been cordially invited to attend, anu
judging from the numerous acce eptances
received by Recorder Paterson large dele
cations will be present Iherefrom.
The games committee has grown very
enthusiastic over its work in connection
with the approaching festival, and feels
assured that it will not only be the great
est ever before given by the club but will
far eclipse anything of the kind ever
attempted on this coast, thus render
ing it an event that will long be remem-
bert d. The prices cf admission have been
fixed at nominal rates, the holders of day
tickets being entitled TO evening exercises
without extra charge. All persons at
ired in the Highland costume will be ad-
mitted to the grounds free of charge.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
WEEDS A HEADMASTER.
Miss Bessie c. McAIlister and Francis
Dunn of Berkeley United in
MatIimony.

The wedding of Miss Bessie C. McAllis-
ter, daughter of Archibald McAllister of
San Rafael, 10 Francis Dunn, formerly in
sIructor in the English department of the
University of California, and now head
master of the Peralta Hall School at Berke-
ley, took place yesterday afternoon at 80
O'Clock at Calvary Pres byterian Church.
The ceremony, which TOOK place in the
pre- ence OF only the immediate friends
aud relatives of the contracting parties,
was performed by Rev. John Hem phil.
The bride, a charming blonde, is very
popular in San Rafael, and the groom is
well and iavoraOIy known in university
and educational circles. Mr.. and Mrs.
Dunn leave this morning for The north.
After returning from a three weeks trip
they will reside at Berkeley.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
New York AWakens From Its
Dream.

The great State OF New York in whist mat
ters is just three years behind California In
the summer OF 1894, al a meeting of the ex-
eeuuve committee of the American Whist
League held III the Manufacturers Club
rooms after the adjournment of the Fourth
Whist Congress- the writer of these lines sug-
gested to the committee that the time had
come for the formation of intersection al
leagues, ali TO be under the protection and
guidance of the the A. w. L. The presi dent of
the league at that time, John NJ. Walton, ap-
poin ted the writer a committee of one with
power TO add to same If desired) to formulate
a plan OF scheme 10 carry out the writer's
ideas and suggestions and to report at the
midwinter meeting OF the committee.
Since that time twelve or thirteen whist
associations have been formed, and on June
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
BY Trick and Device.

A warrant was iss ued yesterday for the ar
rest of Patrick o'Connell on the ch arge of
petty larceny by trick ana device. The COM
planning witness is John Dohrmann, propri-
etor of the New Ferry Exchange Saloon. Yes
terday morning DOhrmann alleges that Pat
rlck visited his saloon and paid Tor a glass of
whisky with a $40 Confederate bill, receivin &
So 80 change
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
The Lost Found.

1t was reported to the police yesterday that
George II. Bowman, the elevator and bell boy
at the St. Nicholas Hotel, whose mysterious
disappear ance puzzled his friends, has been
time Bowman has caused his friends consider
able anxiety by disappearing mysteriously.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
Five Million + ea,ty syndicate.

Amended articles OF incorporation of the
Realty Syndicate have been filed. The.capi-
tai stock has been fixed al So 100000, and the
lncorporaiors are. John NJ. Chase, D. D. Hsr-
Is, VIII Z. Wallace, Z. C.. EavenS. Anton II. c..
Clough, }. c. Winans and George Stirling, who
nave subscribed for 800 worth of the stock.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
Kate Wheelock on the Three
Trump Echo.

Twice in the last few months we have written
articles on the subject of the three echo. and
we are persuaded to say q few words on the
subject owing to the receipt of a personal let
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
PetaIuma Loses to the Trist
Duplicate.

The match for the Rideout trophy was
played in the rooms OF the Petaluma Whist
Club Saturday last. June 10, and resulted in a
victory for Trist Duplicate Whist Club OF this
City. Petaluma put up her same team, John
Camm tcaptain), Lee FRlkner, A. Morstadt
and genial George McNear. The Trist Club
was strengthened considerably by putting in
Jonathan Curtis, otherwise the team the
same as played before-Professor C. H. Howard
tcaptain) John G. Sutton and J. II. Lewis.
little practice was all the Trist Club wanted
TO assure them of victory. The San Francisco
club is next on the list.
The full score OF the forty-eight deals is
given below:
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
RasehaII Tn-Dax.

The games scheduled for to-day are: The
Columbiss VS.. Manhattans and United States
Regulars VS.. s. \. oods at the Preside Ath-
ietic grounds; at Central Park, California
Markets VS.. Vallejos and Bakersfield VS.. Oak
land Reliance; at the Sixteenth and Folsom
street grounds the Will d Fincks will play the
Union Irou Works.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
Changes in the Code of Laws.

On the overland train tomorrow evening
P. J. Tormey, director of the American Whist
League and president of the Pacific Coast
Whist Association, starts on his eighth pill
grimage across the continent to attend the
whist congress TO be held at Putin Bay, COM
mencing July and ending July 10. The
most important feature of this congress will
be the revision of the code of laws governing
the game This code has stood for four years.
and the few changes that viii be made at this
meeting will, no doubt, be the last for many
years TO come. Mr.. Tormey is chairman of the
committee on laws, aud our whist editor will
know a once from him the changes that take
place, and the same Will appear in our whist
news
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

Frances ii. WOoster's Estate.
The estate OF the late Frances H. Wooster
has been appraised at S62, $50 7S.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

last the State of New York awoke from its
dream and fell into line.
The Brooklyn Eagle says:
The New York State Whist Association was
formed at Albany last Saturday,. Officers elected
were as follows: President, f. Leroy Smith OF
the Albany club; first vIce-pre esident, c. a. Hen
rlques OF the Whist Club OF New York; eco nd
vic president, Robert H. Weems OF the BROOKLYN
Whist Club; recording secretary fdwin Rath-
bone OF the Albany chess and Whist Cub; treas
urer, G 4. Pratt of the Fort Schuyler Club of
Utica; corresponding secretarr, Howard Earle of
the Brooklyn Whist ub. President Walter H.
Barney of the a merican Whist League, who was
present, elected an honorary m EN- Der of tn is
association. trophy for pairs offered by
Utica The N. Y. 5. w. a. expects to send
team to the next congress of the a. w. l. to COM
pete for the BROOKLYN trophy now held by the New
England Whist Association, and it IS proba Bile
that several of the other auxiliary a socations
win be renresented.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
The Calls Whist Donts Appreciated

The OaII s Whist Donts appreciated
Our whist editor has just received very
hatterIng memorial from the Kate Wheelock
Club OF Philadelphia, which reads as follows:
PHILADELPHIA, May 27, 1897.
Whist Editor Cdlt-DEAR SIR: We, the Kate
Wheelock Club, offer you our most sincere
thanks for your autographed Donts, which we
have individually inscribed on our hearts
If we are ever found. guilty of violating a
single injunction, may we always and hereafter
have Bumbledogs for partners and Yarbor-
ough in every deal. Very respectfully yours:
A. Elizabeth Wager Smith. Alice II. Wager
Smith, Jennie Grifhths, Mary Griffths, Anna
NJ Clyde, Lillian Wallace, Mary Fite, n. r.
Beath, 5. E. KIRK, Mrs. Habicht A. W. McKin-
ley, Charlotte Heister, Elizabeth Erwin Herr
Sarah Mae Beath, Inez l. Walsh, Laura Simp-
son, Ella Simpson, Louise R. Bull
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
Original Lead of a Singleton.

We have been asked great many times if it
is ever permissible TO lead a "sneak" or sin
gleton as an original leader. Answering such
a ques ton to an uneducated whist player is
like answering some questions that your chill
dren put 10 you-you hedge until they grow
older. I. f. Otis. whist editor OF the Newark
Evening News of Newark, n. J., in a late arti-
Gle says:
The Question whether a singleton plain-suit
lead is iustifiabe in the original opening of
hand has frequently been asked. The answer de-
pends upon the ability of the inquirer. 1t may
seem strange to many that the question should
not be answered in the same way, regardless of
the whist knowledge of the inquirer. but the play
is one seldom wise 20 use, and the power TO dis
Germ when to make il requires high order of
whist abilities.
Give a child knife md generally he will iniure
himself Permit poor whist player TO think that
the lead of a singleton is Unsuitable, and the result
will be as sgnalIy Injurious, in a whist sense to
player of this grade, the knife to the child in
physical sense The analogy between the two is
strong aud the reader readily that unuer
condition should affirmative answer be given
to this question unless the person seeking nforma-
ton is one whose whist knowledge is OF a degree
qualifying him 10 be able 10 recognize he condi-
tion of a hand which warrant opening with The
singleton OF plain suit. Here is hand recent y
held ia a game for the state trophy. which gained
three tricks b. the singleton opening:
spades, TO-
Hearts, 8, 4. q
Clubs 3 T. A. 3, 2.
Diamonds, Jack. s, 3, 3
To add word or two to this, after the origi-
n al leader has opened his suit any subsequent
lead can be made from singleton oftentimes
TO very great advantage. and 1t is play that
is very often made.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
NOTION
SPECIALS.


A PRICE CLIP IN CAMBBIC EMBROID-
ERlES-km broIdered edge, extra quail
iiy:
White and Co'ored, inches wide sc Yard
White, pa 10 inches wide. 71ac Yard
Whi.e, 10 inches wide. IL 12c Yard
White, 8 10 inches wide ...... I63sc Yard
{ cur pick from the tables until sold).
l. 4 d | r s. TWO-CLASP EN-
BROIDERED b AK KID
GLOVES-AH sizes, browns,
oXblOods and the lighter shades T0C
o; reds special price for ~
this week. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Pair
LADIES CHAMOIS CLOVES
For outing dresses, Two clasps
embroidered ba X, gray or
sni: pi:s. 8f css@a. '$ sssains Saa SlOo
soap with every pair Pr.ce... Pair
FANCY STRIPE GAUZE RIB
BONS-AH pure silk. nearly
inches wide, good cOIOrS, very
swell for neck ribbons, bows 09C
tied free during this sale. TIE -
price will be......... ............ Yard
string = pasd siLS bows sIGsSeS aF .SIgl9 l50
bows Your choice. -..... ka-h
LADIES SATIN BAND BOWS O5C
half stock, fasten IN front, red, ~
navy or black ack.................... Each
CORSET sTEELS - 1hompson's
unbreakable, sa cen covered &C
corset steelS a standard IUc y
article on sale........--......... Pair
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

900 YARDS OF COLLEGE CHECKS
This Inc sold at SOC, the most popu-
lar dress and skirt material in the
marNe', every color good one The
entire line On sac at...................
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

The above items are bona-hde reductions. They
will be sold the figures quote merely as an
advertisement and ~ make things hum in this de-
partment
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
MAIL ORDER DEPARTMENT.

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The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
HOUSE-FURNISHI HINGS.

Heavy Tin stew Pans, 11a-quart size.....4'
Heavy Tin Stew Pans, 2quart size ...-... 81
Enamel Lip SauCepans, l12-quart size. 2 OC
I in Drinking Cups, 1-quarC siZe.--....-..-5C -
Clear GlyCerine Toilet soap p-..:....5c Cak e
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
DRESS GOODS
SPECIALS.

500 YARDS OF REGULAR 75c POP
In CHEChS-A modest little SILK
striped check, one of the nestest fab
RIGS on our counters, sold for 75c up
TO last night, full as inches wide.
browns, greens, heliotrope, blues,
myr lie and olive. Your choice for
SIX Gays. Ys...............- ................
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

SCOTCH MIXTURES-A soft. heavy
fabric, serviceablr and modest. every
thread pure WOO! and every color
good one, 46 inches wide, fine for out
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

Lower prices on everything Gut one brand collars and cuffs
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

Agents Rogers Co. Clothing New York
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

> G H LA n d CHEVIOT-A very
ScOIchy fabric in larle white, snow
flake, oversh designs, brown, tan,
blue or green mixtures, would make {
q very swell street gown, so inches {
Z wide. AT Hales ..-.---..... .......-..