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The morning times., 1897-02-28
SHAW SECURES THE CUP.
Interesting Meeting and Shoot of
the Amateur Riflemeu.

The members Of the Amateur Rifle Club
We're out In force yesterday to participate
IN tue tiatcn Tor the silver cup A practice
match was first on the program-teu shots
at 200 yards, standing position
The entrance money was diyided-one-
third to the club, ne-third to he four high
est scores and one-third among the bulls
eyes made. The, following scores were
made
The morning times., 1897-02-28
Robert Lindbom Co., S. Mum, Son & Co., Knapp Bros

nent of the market. The condition OF The
company, its big dividends, its prospects
make this only logical
The morning times., 1897-02-28

Chicago Grain and Provision Ma rket
Corrected daily by W. B. Hibbs X Co.,
BANKERS and Brokers. Members of the
\. Y. Stock Exchange, 1921 F street.
The morning times., 1897-02-28
New York Stock Market.

Corrected daily by W. B. Hibbs & Co,
BANKERS and Brokers. Members OF the
y Y. Stock Exchange, 142t F street.
The morning times., 1897-02-28
46 to 6O begin . feel sis the new NeiE6t fFfi


comes more energetic and affllctIOnS OF
little moment in former years now become
Irritable and troublesome. and where treat
Ilent is neglected often prove fatal. The
effects of former vices and eXceSses cause
an unnatural weakening OF the system
and sexual functions and life grows tire
some and gloomy. The bones ache-the
nerves appear unstrung and there is
general depressed feeling. Old men suf-
fering from chronic afflction should con-
suit Dr. Walker without delay.
All manner OF special and private dis
eases treated with unfailing success. Blad-
der troubles, piles, blood poison, hydro Cele,
varicocele, lost vitality. structure, pimples,
nervous debility, kidney complaints All
diseases treated by the most modern and
successful methods.
The highest fee charged by Dr. Walker
whether you have one or more disea ses
is SO month including all medicines.
Daily office hours, 10 to 8; Sunday, 10
to I'm, Monday, Wedn esday, Thursday
and Saturday nights, 6 to =.
H-CONSULTATION FREE.w
The morning times., 1897-02-28
UNDERTAKERS.

UNDERTAKERS.
j. wILLIAM NJ LEE.
UNDERTAKEN.
332 Pa. Ave NV
First-class service Phone, 1855.
The morning times., 1897-02-28
When a man passes from


die age his ideas and ambitions are shaped
for the future. tits here that his life reaches
It's highest point, and ever afterward its
course is downward. Middle aged men real
lZe more fully the Importance OF perfect,
healthy condition OF the system. There are
many troubled with too frequent eyaCua-
tions OF the bladder, and often accompanied
oy slight smarting or burning sensations,
ana weakening OF the system in a manner
the patient cannot account for. on exam
lining the urinary deposits a ropy sediment
will often be found and sometimes particles
or albuiuen VIII appear, or the color be of a
tim. milky hue, and again change TO dark.
torpid appearance. Many men OF middle age
die or this difficulty, Ignorant OF the cause.
Make no mistake. 1t is the second stage OF
organic weakness. Persons afflicted with
this trouble should not delay treatment. DR..
Walker guarantees torestore former natural
vigor and to effect speedy and permanent
cure OF all these Affections
reflection OF the physical system is pos
SIble during this stage. A proper course
or treatment and attention Will eradl-
cate any Impurities and fmperfectionS from
lNn Ef-CT
The morning times., 1897-02-28
l4ll Penna. Ave. Adj. Wizards Hotel
YOUNG MEN between
IS TO so

against the many pitfalls or chronic arIhc-
ttOH. IL rs at tHIs sudEC u lie IndU Gile !jOlS-
onous seeds are sown, which spring up and
bear an abundant harvest of Disaster and
Ruin in after years. 1t is the indiscretions
or youth-eXceSses and abuses-that I'LL
asyIuuIS With thousands OF young men W no
at one time gave promise OF greatness: The
brightest minds weaken before its wtther
ing influence, and the kIndliest heart grows
Stolld and cold at its touch. Let not your
own eyes and senses deceive you. If you
suffer from the banefuI effects OF any all
ment so common to young men, consult DIR.
Ig1 n v VIC
The morning times., 1897-02-28
New York Cotton Market.
WASHINGTON Stock Market.

sales-Amer. GTaphophone, 100 at 9;
Pneumatic Gun Carriage, leo at III, Zoe
at 116, 800 at l 8, 200 at IL 4, 100 at 1S,
200 at 112, 100 at i'll, 100 at f10 and
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-29

errvoir will safely sustain an interior pressure
of one ton to the square inch. This bottled
energy will furnish enough power to small
motorcycle capable of carrying two men, or
parcel-deliyary wagon, 10 permit it to travel
twenty miles at good road speed. This moto-
cycle will carry two bottles, so that distance
OF forty miles can be covered before the pres
sure is reduced below the working limit. =
The engine which will be 1ed on the parcel
delivery bicycle the mail motocycie is
compact contrivance which weighs twelve
pounds and which develops two horsepower.
By the arrangement of double pistons the
effect OF q compound engine is secured, and ALI
vibration due to reclprocation OF the parts is
done away with
If the plans are carried out Chicago in g.
short time will have hanson cabs operated by
compressed air running noiselessly over the
streets. In every motorcycle is an auxiliary
reservoir. into which the compressed air from
the bottle is fed so that the initial storage
pressure is reduced to working pressure of
from thirty to fifty pounds. Under this reser-
voir is oil fire, which heats the air, ex-
panding il SO that more pressure is obtained.
In case the air gives out at points where the
bottled power cannot be obtained this auxil-
iary reservoir can be transformed into q steam
boiler. for the engine is fitted for either dir
steam.
1t is said that mail collector on his air
tocycie will be able to make fifty miles day
with more comfort than he can make thir ty-
five miles with horse and wagon.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-29
THE FREE MARKET,

The second conference of the Harbor
Commissioners with representatives. of
various organizations of farmers on the
subject of the proposed free market re-
suited like the first in demonstration of
the need of fuller information concerning
the probable requirements Of such mar
ket than has been obtained up to this
time. The project is one OF the largest
which now engages public attention, ana
so powerfully affects so many interests
that it would be foolish 10 enter upon it
until the full extent Of the enterprise has
been studied out and some definite con-
cluslon reached as to what is needed and
how it can be best attained.
The delay made necessary in order to
obtain the required information concern
ing the amount of business to be handled
al the market and the ways and means of
handling it need not De long. At the
present time the Farmers Club of this
City is engaged in collecting that very
data. At the next meeting, which is to
be held in short time, 1t is the intention
of the club to submit statements from
competent authorities on every phase OF
the subject. These are TO be published
CItACI III iull VI III lIltiT main points anu
conclusions, and will therefore furnish to
the public as we'll as to the club the facts
and statistics necessary 10 anything like
business consideration of the project.
There can be no question that the peo-
pie of San Francisco desire such a market
with IS much eagerness as the farmers.
The act of the Legislature providing for
its establishment is as cordially supported
in the City as in the country. All would
like to see the market put into operation
at once. This has been made manifest by
the ardor with which the public has
pressed the Commissioners to start the
work. All who have re ad the proceedings
OF the various conferences on the subject
nave learned by this time, however, that
the enterprise is one of such magnitude
that haste might mean waste, and that
the wisest plan is to follow the old pro-
verb and look before We leap.
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CABS WITHOUT HORSE )

Operated by power bottled inNew York and
brought to Chicago alf a dozen OF more com.
pressed-air motorcycles will carry passengers
up and down Michigan avenue next month
says the Chicago Record. The horseless cay.
riages are under cons truction in the shops h
the Hartley Power Supply Company, whers
one of Fred Stoll's pneumatic letter-collectors
runs over the floors.
The motocyc.es which will be turned loose
next month will be the first to be operated by
a company which intends placing the rubber
tire, salf-running wagonettes in all the civ
parks. The system OF supplying them with
bower is novel, as applied to motorcycles, for
the compressed air will be pottied at a Central
power station and sent 10 the various moto-
cycle stands by mpressed-air delivery.
wagon.
pounds pressure to the square inch in New
York, for the company will not have its air
com pressing plant in operation for several
weeks The .'bottes" are of steel. made Seam
less out OF steel ingot and are about the
size and shape of fve-gallon mineral-water
bottle The skin of the steel bottle is enor.
mously strong, so that the portab'e power res
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-29
FRATERNAL DEPARTMENT.
The Members of S. Grant Council,
Junior Order, Entertain Its FRIENDS
With n Mock Trial.

Last evening there was large attendance
OF the friends of the members OF U. S. Grant
Council of the Junior Order OF American Me-
chanics in their hall in Shfeis building,
where, under the head of good OF the order,
they were entertain ed with a mock trial and
musical numbers.
The trial, which was the most striking event
OF the evening. Was productive OF great deal
of enjoyment, being a representation OF Wild
West justice in the early days, when cowboys
and rustleIs were the principal Inhabitants OF
the country in which the trial was supposed
to have taken place. Inc following were the
characters in the trial:
Judge, G. I. Quirey Attorneys Tor defendant,
c. ID. Brandon and A. F. Plate; Prosecuting
Becker; Detective, H. A. Moenning; subjects tor
trial-Smail boy to be tried for Keeping late
hours, Charles Cottreil; for receiving stolen
cattle, g. w. Smith; for shooting snlpeS IN the
city limits. D. A. Hemphili; for bribing the
jury, G. II. Riddock and Benjamin Williams
At the conclusion of the trial the Sheriff
was taken aside and assassinated, just to show
that his services were not appreciated There
was rendition of number OF popular songs
by the Owl Quartet, composed OF g. Fierson,
+: A. Biakesiee, H. A. Moenning and w. A.
Whiting
U. s. Grant Council was the fourth council
organized in this City, and numerically 1t
ranks second at this time. 1t has always taken
an active interest in matters pertaining TO the
order, and has always been among the first to
advance ideas tending to benefit the member
ship aud cement the bonds of fraternity. 1t
has many active workers in its ranks, and the
council is held in high esteem by the other
COUNCILS.
G. D. Brandon of this council, who is the
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-29
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The San Francisco call., 1897-05-29
MORE WAR CLOUDS.

The report that the British Governme ent
has arranged to send 10 South Africa at
once an army corps of 80, 900 men provided ID
with horses, wagons and all equipments
for an active cam paign is significant OF
something more than trouble with the
Beers. The unprogressive cattle herders
OF the Transvaal, however vaIiantly they
may defend their own borders, would
never seriously disturb British domina-
ton in South Africa, nor give cause for a
war which would involve the transporta-
ton of so many troops to the scene of
action. There is evidently another enemy
in sight of the British hon in that quarter
of the world, and 1t is because of that
enemy he is putting himself on guard.
Recent events show that Great Britain
has reasons to believe that alliances have
been made in Europe which threaten not
only to isolate her so far as Europe itself
is concerned, but to check her advancing
empire in other parts of the world. The
letter of Kaiser William to President
Kruger may have been only smother of the
many indiscretions of speech on the part
of that eccentric war lord, but it showed,
nevertheless in what direction his SYM
pathies tend and how gladly he would
battle England in South Africa if he could.
More significant still was the recen,
utterance OF the Austrian EN- bassador at
Berlin concerning the objects and the ex-
tent of the policy of the newly formed
alliance OF the three emperors. That
policy, he declared, is to maintain the ex-
listing condition of affairs wherever the
influence OF the three powers extends. He
expressly included South Africa as within
the scope of tie new alliance, and in terms
almost direct gave notice that Russia,
Germany and Austria would not permit
any further extension of British territory
in that part of the world.
These statements were not idle words.
Germany is eagerly desirous of building
up a colonial empire. She has enacted
laws to prevent the emigration of her sur
plus population to this country and to
direct it to her own colonies. One OF the
largest and most promising of these new
foundations is in South Africa. In that
region she has set herself up as rival to
Great Britain, and therefore regards every
extension of the flourishing colony of the
Cape as inImical to aerinterests.
1t is evidently with the intention OF
meeting the three emperors that the
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-29
PERSON AL,

J. +. Reddy OF Spokane is at the Russ.
s. p. Bartley of Arizona is at the Grand.
Nj. Berliner of Seattle is on visit here.
George R. Ogg of London has arrived here.
B. A. Brown of Palo Alto is at the Cosmop poll
tan.
Hon. John F. Davis of Jackson, CAL, is in the
City.
David Starr Jordan came up to the City last
night.
B. c. Holly, the hors eman, of Vallejo, is in
the City.
R. c. Minor, an attorney of Stockton, is at
the Lick.
K okazaki, business man of Toxic, is at
the Palace.
DR.. G. F. Hall OF Lakeview, Or, is a recent
arrival here.
Philip E. Clunn of London is here on
pleasure trip.
Alex Melrose of Adelaide, South Australia,
is a the Grand.
H.H Pitcher, president of the Bank of Liver
more, Is in town.
W. F. Peterson, a merchant of Sacramento,
is a recent arrival
C. P. Podgett of Santa Barbara was among
yesterdays arrivals.
Judge ]. c. B. Hebbard is absent from the
City on his vacation.
Charles L. Fox, a business man of Riverside.
arrived here yesterday.
R. A. Thompson, editor OF the Santa Rosa
Dem ocrat, is IN the City.
B. Wilson of Stockton is among the recent
arrivals at the Cosmopolitan.
r. NJ. Shackelford, proprietor of the Paso
Robles Springs, Is at the Occidental.
Thomas Y. England and Mrs. England of
Philadelphia arrived here yesterday.
Dr. O.. II. Simms, who is interested rather
extensively in mining near Redding, is in the
City.
C. w. Fielding, managing director and lead
ing stakeholder in the Iron Mountain Mining
Company, limited, is in the City.
The Baron E. de La Grange OF Paris, who is
interested in gravel mining in Trinity County,
was among the arrivals at the Palace yes
terday.
Ex-Governor H. H. Markham of Pasadena,
who has not visited San Francisco for long
time and who has been at lis Southern Cali
fornia home ever since ne went out of office
nearly two years ago, arrived here last night.
He is at the Palace.
John W. Kelly of Washington, D. c., who is
at the head of a Government expedition of
eight to go to Siberia and bring over reindeer
to the people of Alaska, is in the City. He ex-
poets to transport many thousands of the
animals. The party will probably sail in q
day or two.
Frank Dearborn, who has made a specially
of Japanese art tor several years past. will
leave to-day on the Belgic for Japan and Korea
10 study art In those countries. He formerly
lived for some time in Japan, and on his re-
turn here in about six months he will publish
a book on that country.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-29
POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS.

That some of the leading statesmen and
thinkers of the Nation are becoming IN
terested in the idea of postal savings
banks in the United States is a fact which
encourages the belief thas favorable legis-
lation On the subject will not be very long
deferred. Hon. Robert P. Porter, the we'll :.
known statistician. has written a letter
strongly advocating the system, which,
he declares, would be Of incalculable ben
eft to the Government, while its influence
in counteracting any anarchistic tenden-
cies would be great.
Quoting the last available report, as an
illustration OF the working of the system in
Great Britain, he shows there are in the
United Kingdom S, 74S, 239 open postoffice
savings accounts; and this means that
five or six millions of people have direct
financial dealings with the Government
He rightly argues that the effect of such
an army of thrifty men, women and chill
dren dealing with their own Government
must be beneficial.
AS far back as 1878. bill for the estab.
lishment OF such institutions was intro
duced in Congress.
The measure was lost, but Mr.. Porter
remarks that If the bill had become law
we should have had several million de-
positors, and there are strong probabli-
ties that it would have ended all the wild
financial notions that have brought so
much disaster to the people of the coun-
try"
While making inquiry into the working
OF postal savings banks in England, Mr..
Porter discovered tae interesting fact that
the honor OF originating the postoffice
savings banks system IN that country was
in large measure due to Hon. William
E. Gladstone. The growth OF the system
in England has been steady and remark
able. Instead OF injuring the private saw.
ings banks the latter have gone on in
creaSing in their deposits. Beginning in
1861 with deposits OF $S, 600, 900, in round
mum bers, there was steady increase, until
in 1876 there were over .0JO, 900 deposits
and balance on hand of $40 00O ,O0O
Since then these repositories have trebe ed
their business. and the balance on hand,
exclusive of investments in Government
stocks, now exceeds $400, 900, ,OOo
THE country" says Mr.. Porter, twill
recognize at once the universal boon of
bank thus maintained at the public ex.
pense, secured by public responsibility.
with the assets of the Republic for its
capital, with branch In every town and
village, and numerous branches in every
city, open at almost all hours, and paying
fair amount of interest. The establish
nent of these banks would do much in
ultimately winning over the vast masses
of the industrial classes of the United
States to those habits of forethoupht and
self-denial which bring endur ng reward
to the individual and materially add to
the safety of the state"
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-29
FRIGHTENING PROSPECTS.

Crop prospects in California have bright
ened materially since the beginning OF
May, and the reports now being received
from interior points are OF an encouraging
nature. The grain yield, as rule, Will be
m uch better than growers had reason to ex-
pect from the indications on the first OF the
month. Under the favorable conditions
Of the past few weeks, wheat and barley
have been filing out to considerable ex-
tent, although the cropwlll be short in
comparison with that OF last year.
In the Sacramento Valley, the promise
is quite good as general thing, a meager
showing in one section being fairly made
up by an abundance in another. This is
particularly true in the matter of fruits
throug hout that region. Hops are grow
ing satisfactorily, while the grape crop
bids fair 10 be very profitable one. The
fruit-growers OF the lower part of the So
noma Valley are naturally joyous over the
fact that their frui: crop will exceed that
of last year; but their brethren in the
middle and upper end of the valley do
not share their measure OF satisfaction,
reports from those sections exhibiting
variable condition as to iruit, apples and
g b
1896. but other fruits falling behind, and
making it evident that the fruit crop
there, on the whole, will be rather light.
There will be, it is feared, short crops of
wheat, barley and hav In The Napa Valley,
where the fruit crop, however. is more
promising. The yield OF plums and aprieots
will be equal to that OF last year, and while
peaches do not show up so well as in the
previous season, there is q marked in
crease in almonds and walnuts, and the
vines OF Napa Valley are as heavily laden
as ever.
Variable conditions as to the fruit crop.
in comparison with the season OF / 896, are
reported from Santa Clara Valley. In the
vicinity of San Jose, the crop, as whole,
will be much better than that of last year; !;
especially is the product larger in april
cots, peaches, plums, walnuts and cher
ries. The hay crop will be light in the
valley.
The grain crop of the San Joaquin Val
ley has been improved on account of bet
ter weather, and from the Tulare region
comes the assurance of full peach and
pear crops. In Southern California, the
fruit crop will fall short of last years
product, as a whole, but farmers in the
lower counties have reason to bless the
recent moist weather for the improved
appearance of their grain crops.
We have reason to be thankful for the
outlook as whole. Some good April rains
would have made US happier by far; but,
considering the reported shortage in East
ern fruit crops, we may possibly hope to
fare better than usual in the matter of
prices.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-29

Fedor Vossieff of Moscow was pensioned by
the Car in 1872 because he had eighty-three
living children.
Lester Philbrook of Laconia, N. H., owns a
bulseye watch made by Jonathan Wadleigh
of London, Eng, in 1910.
The Duke of Connaught will command the
troops in London on the day her Majesty cell
ebrates her diamond jubilee.
The Prince of Wales has been unanimously
reelected for the twelfth year in ccession
grand master OF English Mark Masons.
When the Queen, now in her 18th year, as
cended the throne the poke bonnet was the
most characteristic feature of feminine attire.
That was in the year 1887.
Lady Harris, wife of Sir James Harris, Brit
ish Consul at Nice, has inaugurated a success
full commemoration of the Queen jubilee. 1t
takes the form of an English ward in the
rotestant hospital at Nice.
John Tannis and his nine sons voted at the
spring election in Sheridan Township, New
age County, Mich, and had to pay the penalty
afterward by sitting for photograph as the
biggest family OF voters in the Wolverine e
State.
Nowadays, when women are just venturing
TO ride horseback astride, IL is interesting 10
know that Queen Anne, consort of Richard II
OF England, was the first woman to ride side
saddle previous to that women riding as did
the men.
Sir Isaac Pitman, the shorthand man and
vegetarian, who died short time ago, was
peculiar in his habits. He arose every morn
ing at o'clo and went to his desk, where
he worked. with short pauses only for MS SIM
nj of rrOhf n SIM
days ne preached in the swedenborgian
Church
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-29
AMERICANS IN LONDON,
New YORK; Sun.

Americans are arriving in London in large
numbers and locating themselves in the best
positions to see aud be seen without the
slightest regard to prices Ogden Goelet has
taken Wimborne House for two months at a
rental of f250O. This can hardly be called
extravagant, as its windows overlook the line
of the parade and it is one of the finest resi-
denccs in London. Fabulous stories have
been told about the price paid by Mrs. Bradley
Martin for q window in st. Paul's churchyard.
1t is there ore somewhat amusing to know
that she has not taken window anywhere,
but will view the parade from the Bachelors
Club
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-29
CALIFORNIAN IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, N. Y, May 2s-At the. Plaza
s. w. Seaman; Murray Hill--D. B. Bowsly, F.
s. Bows,y; Holland, F. w. Connor; Broadway
Central-Mr. and Mrs. C. NJ. Postman, Miss
r. N. Postman; Cosmopolitan, P. Bot; Astor,
F. J. Heney; Morton, +. G. Madden; Bartholdi,
ID. NJ Moses; Windsor-A. B. Bowers, J. H.
Miller; Marlborough, Mr. and Mrs. H. Gold
stone; Park avenue, E. S. Gorham.