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ever succeeded in breaking one pelore;
Therefore Behan breaks his arm ana all
records at the same time.
At the receiving hospital the only the
ory concerning the accident Is that Be-
hans muscles are particularly strong
and his bones exceedingly brittle.
ANTIPODEANS COMING.
MELBOURNE, Feb ga Melbourne
baseball team has decided to make a
tour of the United States. and Will sail
on the Monowai for San FRANCISCO.
ON THE GRIDIRON.
DECOTO. Feb. 22--The Reliance foot
bali team Of San Francisco was defeated
by the Centerville Athletic club OF
Washington township on the latter's
grounds by a score of six to nohing.
Whipple, a California University foot
ball man, made the touch down and
Carter kicked the goal.
NEW YORK EENCH SHOW.
NEW YORK, Feb. 22.-The twenty
first annual dog show of the Westmin-
ster Kennel club opened today, and Will
continue until next Thursday at Madi-
son Square garden. The mastin classes
are not so large as last year
ST. Bernards are very much In evil
dence. Bloodhounds and Great Danes
are we'll represented. In the latter
class Malcolm Mckinley. prize winner
for the last few years. has dangerous
rival In Marcus Antonius, winner OF the
first prize in the open class last year.
Among the exhibitors are j. Pierpont
MORGAN, George Gould, Henry Jarrett,
j. l.. Kernochan, II. II. Hunnewell and
oliver Ames Esquimaux dogs that
drew sleds for Peary'e Arctic expedition
are interesting features of the show.
One of the attaches of the expedition
is also present. The judges are assisted
by two English experte, L. p. Castley
and George Raper.
The herald., 1897-02-23
IN TIE WORLD OF SPORT
Mighty Poor Racing at the
VelOdr0me
BECKER SAVED THE DAY
BY Breaking the Coast Record for Five
Miles
a 0coi Crowd Attenis tn. Reo?,ainy at the
ingcsiie rracs-rhe "iiI7ss Arm
Practically Illus rated
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. s2.-The bi-
cycle races at the velodrome today were
rot as we'll attended as usual. owing to
the fact that none OF the star profess
sional riders of the coast or any of the
eastern men are here. with the exception
that w. e. Recker, of Minneapolis, ap-
peared. This state OF affairs wes the
result OF strike of the racing men, who
have refused to ride at the velodrome
until differences between the manage
ment and themselves have been settled,
The only redeemiug feature OF today's
racing was the ride OF C. e. Dow OF Sc
attle In a match race with d. E. " Hlt-
man. of Los Angels. for the velodrome
shield, and the ride of Becker In his five
mile match race with Slater. the Ali
zona man. which. however. was hardly
a competition race, owing to the fact
that slater dropped out before the end
of the first third of mile.
Dow beat whitman fully six lengths
in the shield race. The men started
from opposite sides of the track and
rode unpaced. Whitman had six lengths
the best of the argument at the end of
the first third of mile, but from that
time Dow began to increase his speed
and was on even terms with his oppo-
nent before the two-thirds pole was
reached. He made great gains in the
next two laps and won easily in the fair
time of 2:16
In the five-nle race triplets and tan
dems were pressed into service for pace
making purposes. Becker secured the
position behind the pace-maker. but
rode very urevenly, causing Slater to
ride practically unpaced. The Arizona
man dropped out on the second lap. but
Becker continued to ride and finished
the five miles in 1854, the fastest time
for the distance ever made on the Pa
cific coast. 1t is very doubtful if the
racing board will allow the record as
one made in regular competition. Sum-
mary:
One-mile handicap, amateur-Russ
(scratch) first; Gooch (2o yards). Sec
ond; Cook GO yards), third. Time,
1908 3-5
one-mile open professional-Byrne
first; Freeman, second; Downing, third.
Time. 2:1o 1-5.
Five-mile match race between w. E.
Becker and Horace Slater-Becker
won. Time, 9:45.
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lRO0UOIS CLUB
Hold Banquet for Free Silver Democrats
0oiy

SAN FRANCISCO Feb. 22.-The fifth
annual state convention of Iroquois
clubs was held here today. In the even
ing a banquet was held, TO which none
but silver Democrats were admitted.
Grand officers were elected as follows:
Grand sachem, Max Pepper of San
Francisco; vice grand sachem, John c.
RuddoclS Of Ukiah; grand treasurer,
Louis Metzger; grand secretary, L. j.,
Welch; sachem al large, Joseph D. Leg
gett.
District and club sachems We're ap-
pointed as follows: San Francisco, Ray
lnond Robbins; Sacramento, Frank Ly-
man; Martinez, r. Fl. Latimer; Ukiah,
7. j. Weldon; Sausalito, James B. Gill;
Nacayile, Frank H. Buck; Orange
county. Daniel Baker; First congress
sional district, Fletcher A. Cutler, Hum
boldt: Second, f. RI. Gould. stockton;
Fourth. Charles GilGea; Fifth. L. e.
Craid; Sixth. Harry Patton Of Los An
geles.
The herald., 1897-02-23
Killed q Crook

FRESNO, Feb. 22.-Jim Denman an
all-round crook. was shot and instant
ly killed in this city tonight by Deputy
Sheriff Parker Timmins. Denman was
a member of Kings county gang of
horsethieves, and was arrested for
horse stealing on a warrant from thai
county just before he was killed While
on his way to the jail he broke away
from the deputy sheriff, and while he
was running was shot and killed. Dem
man was suspected Of having commit
ted burglary yesterday, and is also
thought to have been an ex-convict.
With the aid Of accomplices he stole
seventeen horses in Kings county about
six weeks ago and drove them to the
coast.
The herald., 1897-02-23
4 HIrNDRED-DOLLAR GO.
The eImperlnI Defense

a afternoon urges the government to ac-
cede to Canadas request to establish
permanently in the dominion a depot
for the Old Royal Canadian regiment,
and says: Apart from remedying the
Injustice rendered when all connection
between the regiment and it's birth
place was severed, the proposal to re-
lieve sensibly the resources of the
mother land will be an important step
towards realizing imperial defense"
The herald., 1897-02-23
Mrs, Beecher Diving

STAMFORD, Conn, Feb. 22-Mrs
Henry Ward Beecher had another re-
lapse late this afternoon and at no time
since she has been confined to her room
has her condition been considered so
hopeless by members of the family.
There is general weakness of the vital
organs which presages speedy dissolu-
ton, and it is thought the end Will come
within the next twenty-four hours.
The herald., 1897-02-23
The Pace That Kills

CHICAGO, Feb 22-In the six days
bicycle race at Tattersalrs only eight
cen of the starters were staying at 8
o'clock. All looked fresh and worked
hard. Hale had trouble all day with
his stomach losing the lead thereby
Towards night he recovered and made
great gains. At late hour tonight the
fight seemed to be between Schinner,
Ashinger and. Hale, with the chances
in favor of the former. Hale's stom-
ach is. very liable to throw him out of
the race and Ashinger is hardly in shape
owing to the hard work of last week. to
stay the race out.
At the end of the twenty-second hour
the score of the nine leaders was fol-
lows: Schinner, 404; Ashinger, 375; Mil
Ter. 359: Hale. 351; Holbrecht, 327; Stew
art. 326; Bradis, 319; Hansen, 316; Smith,
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BEHAN,S GLASS ARM.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 22.-The
strangest accident that ever happened
on baseball Held occurred at Central
park today. Thomas Behan, an anna
teur ball player, made an attempt to
throw ball and his arm fell to his side,
broken in three places. All old base.
ball players know what glass arm
H. for all have had them. but none has
The herald., 1897-02-23
A Montana tIoId.Up

SALT LAKE, Utah, Feb. ga spe-
cial to the Tribune from Butte, Mont,
says: Nine men, composing bridge
crew on the Great Northern railroad
who live in a car in the suburbs Of the
city, were held up by masked men to-
night and robbed of $1,000.
The herald., 1897-02-23
Bound for japan

NEW YORK, Feb. 22.-Admiral Du-
bassof and Flag Lieutenant Volkopf of
the imperial Russian navy arrived on
the steamer st. Paul today, en- route
for Japan. where the admiral will be-
squadron.
The herald., 1897-02-23
Williams Game Knee

LONDON, Feb PA dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Berlin says Emperor
William is confined to his room by rea-
son OF an abcess on his right knee. He
will probably be Ill and unable to leave
the palace for several days.
The herald., 1897-02-23
Frozen to Death

WANETA, B. c., Feb. 22-The body
Of Charles Sherwood was found yester-
day morning frozen stiff near Craig's
camp, on the north fork OF the Cotton
wood river. Sherwood is a locomotive
engineer and had been employed on the
Central Washington and the Spokane
and Northern. He has brother and
sister in Los Angeles, Cal
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on THH TURF
Racing Resumed at IngIeside - Big Crowd.
CInnd Snort

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb 22-Raciny
was resumed at Ingleside today, fully
$4,000 people taking advantage Of the
magnificent weather and fine card pre-
sented by the association. The initial
event at one mile was captured by imp
Fullerton Lass, with odds of 100 to
against her. Chief interest centered in
the stake race of $1,000 for 2-year-o+ld fill
lies. an even dozen youngsters lining
up, one of which was Rosormonde, by
imp. Ormonde- Fairy Rose. Rosormonde
is the second horse by this famous sire
to make her appearance on the turf
The filly got off well, assumed the lead
and looked very much like a winne:
a furlong from the wire, but gave it uo
at this stage, being passed by Burns 4
Waterhouses imp. Maxim Napa filly Ma
pamax, who won by six lengths, an1
Queen Nab, who nipped second place
from Rosormonde by head. Four IA
vorites, one third choice and an outsid-
er secured first places. Weather fine;
track SLOW
One mile-Imp. Fullerton Lass won.
Tar and Tartar second, Scimitar third.
Time, 1:461a.
One mile-Formal won, Ferrier second,
Naranja third. Time, 1:44h
Mile and furlong-Salvable won, Ca
melia second, Marcel third. Time, 1914.
White Seal stakes, half a mile-Napa-
max won, Queen Nab second, Rosor-
monde third. Time, 0:50
Hurdle handicap, one and an eighth
miles-Reddingto won, Mr.. Reel Sec
ond. Herman third. Time, 2oSls.
Six furlongs-Preston won, George
Miller second, David third. Time, III.
Race Entries
The following is the list of en-
tries and weights for the races at
Ingleside, which are posted at the
Los Angeles Turf club. 212 South Spring
street. Commissions received on these
races. and full descriptions Of the events
given Races begin at p. M; first quo
tations received at 1:30 p. m. Telephone
Main 1431.
Boy 1O0 Sonrio 106 Nuncomar 100, Bra
meta 100, Morven lis. Roy Carruthers
1903, Blue Bell 1l3, Chappie 1o3, imp. Ivy
113. Richard 11S.
ing-Midlo sc, Altamax 1C7. Meadow Lark
10l, Cabrillo 10S, Road Runner 10i. Harold
Lindsay SO, Moylan 1Ol Olive %:
Third race, five and one-half furlongs--
Woodchopper 11s, Yemen l21, The Sinner
106, Flashlight i24 Good Times 100. Sim
mons 115, Palmerston 120 Sweet William
116 Stentor 1903, Fly 1928.
Fourth race, one mile and one-sixteenth
seMng-Monita Ill. Formal 1c9 Joe Terry
100, Elmer F. Ill Mosier 106, Japonica 104
San Marco 109, Eckert ILL., Boreas ia. Clis-
sic B. 1o4 Coda 104, Frank K. ia, Foremost
III.
Fifth race. three-fourths of a mile. g.
year-ods, filles, purse-Suisun 10, Mar
anja 110, Nebula 110, Sly 10. Tea Rose 10,
Cappy ITO. ,s,f agt
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IN THE RING
Peppers Meets His Metch-Ed Smith Wins
Rout

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 22-The re-
organized California Athletic club gave
its first entertainment at Woodwards $
pavilion tonight. The program con-
sisted of a four-round and two ten
round goes.
The first event was a four-round go
between Patsy Corrigan and Charles
Cough. But little interest was mani
tested in 1t, nor did either of the men
do any effective work. honors being
even.
Australian Billy Smith and Henry
Peppers Of Los Angeles fought at catch
weights, and of the two Peppers was in
decidedly the better condition. Smith
was the aggressor throughout, frequent
ly rushing Peppers to the ropes, and got
the decision.
The event of the evening was the ten
round fight between Spider Kelly AMI
Lon Agnew. The men for ten rounds
fought almost necessarily. They both
weighed in at 1877 pounds and were in
good condition. Agnew from the first
round went right after Kelly apparent
ly with the purpose of firing him out.
The latter, however, punished Agnew
terribly landing almost at will. Not
withstanding this, Agnew kept right
after his man and endeavored to use mis-
faVOrlte Dl0W rlgnt cross, Dut was uH"
able to land it, The result was, after one
of the hottest fights that has been seen
in this city in long time, Kelly was
given the decision on points.
A WOEFUL FAKE
PHILADELPHIA, Feb 22-Dan
Creedon and Nick Burley Of New York
made a woeful attempt to fake"
fight at the Quaker City Athletic club
tonight Dick O'Brien was to have met
Creedon, but declined at the last mo-
ment, and Rurley was put in Burley
promptly demonstrated the affair to be
fizzle by leading out his right with an
open glove, but when Creedon followed
suit the crowd hooted. In the second
round the crowd became so fierce that
Creedon sailed in and landed his right
heavily in Burley's face, whereupon
Burley quit
A HUNDRED-DOLLA GO.
FRESNO, Feb. 22.-Ed Smith OF Los
Angeles and Jim Daily of San Francisco,
who have been training here for some
weeks, fought to a finish at the race
track. two miles from town, yesterday IN
the presence of about 100 spectators
Smith outclassed his opponent and hal
him going in the fourth round. In the
next Daily was knocked out. The Win
ner received $100.
The herald., 1897-02-23

lJnde1lvered TeIeQrafnS

There are undelivered messages at the
Western Union telegraph office for 0.
b. Stanton, A. e. London. M. G. Watson,
r.. s. Langdcn and b. Kirby Keener.
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rIltcheII viii withbr.w

SALEM, Ore, Feb Ex-senator
Mitchell has written a letter stating his
Willingness to withdraw from the sena-
torial contest in order that a Repub-
lican senator may he electeo.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-07-18

regations when one recalls the complex chem
ical Celebrations Of the secretions and di-
gestive processes of the alimentary canal the
chemistry of general tissue changes and all
that goes on in the human body in dividing
what is nourishing in food from that which
is waste, It can be plainly realized how
abundant the opportunity is for the creation
of peculiar conditions of a poison and its in
slant action upon the human system.
Even a doctor finds it hard to always
tell where the line is between the nutritious
and the Injurious, or just at what point GER
tain processes of the human system must
stop in order to avoid evil results. 1t only
takes the very slightest change in the ele-
ments that go to make up the fluids and
tissues of the body to cause a transforma-
tion from the useful to the injurious. When
you stop to think of this, it cannot be con-
sidered strange that with all the complicated
chemistry of the body, with the operations
of the wonderful mechanism that controls it,
1t is easily apparent that 1t would be no
difficult matter for the machine to get out
of order slightly, and sufficiently for the de-
velopment Of abnormal poisonous chemical
compounds.
Neither can 1t be considered strange that
poisons that come into existence under the
usual conditions of the body are often not
nullif1ed because of the arrangement of the
organs whose functions appear to be largely,
If not wholly, for the purpose of nullifica-
tion. 1t occasionally is the case, too, that,
owing to the failure of the liver or the kid
neys to act properly there is retained in the
from it, and that waste in time becomes
poison.
Now, 1t is more than probable that the
victims of sunstroke as 1t is called-really
the victims of auto-toxic poison-are persons
in whose body probably unknown to them
selves there exist certain conditions favorable
to the formation of this mysterious auto
toxic poison. Just how far this is true, of
course, we do not know. My profound con-
viction is that very many examples of men
tai, and not few instances of nervous dis
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-07-18

ease, are caused by the action Of auto-toxtns
or polsonS on the nervous system. This cen
viction is the result of profound and pro-
longed study of the changes caused IN the
nerve cells by the action of poison
1t is plain enough why the nervous system
is particularly susceptible to such poison as
ahects the sufferer in case of sunstroke The
most complex cell in the human body Is
called the ganglion The internal structure
of this is SO intricate and delicate that Il
instantly feels the effect of poison much
more readily than is the case with the nerve
cells that go to make up the majority of the
tissues of the human body. In suustroke
there is an acute degeneration OF the nervous
system. To be sure. there are various de-
grees of severity. and. according to my be-
lief, this variation is solely due to the grad
ations of virulence of the poison.
While the nature of the poison is entirely
obscure, there is absolutely no doubt In the
poison produces an acute degeneration OF the
cOrtical cells. which in some instances goes
far to utterly destroy the cell. Often
times nerve cells are only partially destroyed
Of the action varies. While the poison may
be intensely viruient, IL ii acts for brief
period only on the nerve cells nature will
often repair the damage that has been caused,
up to certain point. However much she
may try, nature seems unable to place tho
cell in exactly the same condition as X was
before it encountered the poison.
If the action of the poison continues be-
yond certain period the nerve cell cam
not be saved from destruction. The sufferer
either dies continues to live either in a
damaged mental condition suffering from
a permanent physical disability. have no
hesitation in saying that the whole question
of life death with a patient poisoned By
what Is called sunstrokc depends upon the
action of his internal organs in eliminating
the poison from the system. The chances are
from sunstroke, but of how few persons can
this be said.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-07-18
SunStroke Victims Poisoned,
DR. Ira Van Gieson Makes the Discovery.

they can succeed III the matter Of
analysis, 1t will be utterly impossible
to compound an absolute remedy for
sunstrOke.
It is a strange series of facts that
this investigation has revealed. 1t
has shown that the virulence of this
mysterious poison has often been a2
great as that which the rattlesnake
instills into it's victim, and, oddly
enough, 1t Is not unlike the venom Of
the rattlesnake in it's effects. Yet
there is difference, and it is just this
difference which forms the stumbling
block over which the analysts have
fallen.
DR.. Van Gieson said to the writer
that he did not see how even lay
man could doubt the fact that sun
stroke was practically nothing bu-
auto-toxic poisoning. All, he said, that
was necessary was to note the purple,
swollen face of the patient, the en-
| feebled heart action, the profound col
| lapse and the fact that death occurred
within one or two hours to convince
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A@AAA%AA%A ANAAAA

oneself that what was seen was the
result of the action of one of the most
deadly of poisons. Said the doctor:
'It is, beyond question, the most bril-
liant, straight forward example of an
acute, intense, virulent poison, origi-
mating within the body, which acts
most rapidly and violently upon the
nervous system
The very first point at which the
poison strikes is that group of nerve
cells which manage the heart. These
are known as "ganglion" cells. In
stantly the poison touches them the
process of degeneration begins and
continues at lightning speed. Often d
physician will give the cause of death
as heart failure, resulting from exces-
sive heat. In a measure this is tech
nically correct, but really death should
be declared to be due to poison and the
consequent degenera tion or decay Of
the cells. Sometimes the poison at
tacks the cells of the brain, and then
there happens what medical men term
degeneration of the cortical cells, mean
ing that the nerve cells of the brain
are being killed and practically forced
out of existence.
Occasionally it happens, too, that the
sufferer from this sort of poisoning
manages to cling to life, but he is al
ways in a damaged condition. The
poison cannot enter ones system with
out making a scar. 1t is certain to be
the case that at least a few of the
nerve cells are partially destroyed.
The doctors call these structural
changes. The layman knows that he
is not as well as before and his friends
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-07-18
special Correspondence Of the Globe.

Special Correspondence of the Globe.
NEW YORK, July 15.--A person who
is sunstruck does not die because of
overheating of the blood. but for the
reason that there has been formed in
his veins by the fierce rays oG the sun
a poison so deadly that it destroys the
nerve cells. This somewhat startling
information, even 10 the most skilled
medical men, is the result of a series
of experiments by DR.. Ira Van Gieson,
director Of the New York State Pathn-
logical institute, and one of the fore-
most disciples Of medical science of
the day. The announcement at this
ksason is part .ularly timely.
To the surprise this fact cngenders
Is &dded the further complication that,
t:Y their best, the doctors who have
Investigated have found themselves
totally unable to analyZe the poison
whose effects are so dire, though they
have proved again and again that it
does exist. They know that il is what
the doctors call an auto toxic" poison,
tat right there they are compelled TO
stcn, and the worst OF it is that until
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-07-18

they will come ere long to be recognized as
a factor of great Importance in the produc-
ton OF nervous and mental diseases. 1t is
only through the most profound analysis of
physiological chemistry linked with cautious
and extended animal experimentations that
we can slowly feel the way along toward the
ultimate explanation of the auto-toxic group
of diseases.
when it is remembered that the whole
animal body is composed of the most COM
plex chemical compounds, which are inces-
sanity undergoing new aggregations and seq
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-07-18

say that his mind Tis affected, which is
very apt to be the case.
garding the matter: tt|The progress of the
past ten years in bacteriolbgy and physiolog
ical chemistry has gone far toward demon
strating that the great majority, in fact, If not
most of the processesi of ydisease in general
are due to toxic substances in one form or
another. would divide toxic substances
into five groups, the most important of which
poisons merit much Consideration, because
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-10

The races which will take place
tomorrow at Kapiolani Park under
the auspices OF the Jockey Club,
will be very interesting. ~
The horses will run for "blood"
this year, and the very finest horses
have been entered.
The management Of the Jockey
Club has done everything to secure
a pleasant day for the public and
the efforts will undoubtedly be re-
warded with good attendance on
both days set aside for the races.
Refreshments will be obtainable
inside and outside the enclosure and
buses, tramcars and carriages will
run at all hours during the day be-
tween the town and the track.
The INDEPENDENT as usual will
name its favorites for the races to-
morrow. We ask our patrons not
to take our tip for gospel. Our
sporting editor says that he knows
the physical qualities OF the 'orses,
but not the moral points of the
riders aud drivers.
You take your tips, however, and
pays your moneys.
INDEPENDENTS choice: Race 3,
Lord Brock; 4, Johnny Goldsmith; !;
5, Magnet; 6, Jimmy Fadden; z,
Gladys; 8, Confederate; 8, Sympathe-
tic, the last.
1t is no use to give any "tips" for
Saturdays races, because the boys
backing The INDEPENDENTS choice
to morrow will all be "busted" on
Saturday.