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The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26

now and then sucked an injured fin
ger; at regular intervals the boomers
were adjusted to the proper sphere, but
an "ouch"-never
Although not financial success the
football impresario was more than sat
isf1ed with his teams. Their scientific
achievements were exactly what he had
all along expected and predicted. 1t
was the inevitable result of his master
ly forethought. Each player, accord
ing to the impreSario, had TO be physi-
cally sound. Their lungs and hearts
had to be examined and pronounced fit
for the arduous duties of the football
field, and each had to be armed with
signed certificate Of good morals.
A pretty little Oakland Brown" as
extra girl. whom the management had
provided in case of accident, submitted
gracefully to the interview and shed
some light on the ways of woman foot
ball teams and football management.
L Joined the team through the me-
dunn Of an advertisement. / thought
1t was for some sort of theatrical work.
you know" she said. I'm a profess
sional. I've been in the circus business
since-since ever I can remember" and
this with great brown eyes gazing in
nocently and steadfastly out on the
field, as though all the world was one
great double trapeze or Roman ring.
She explained how some of the oak
land Browns lived in Oakland, and
that they all pretended to hail from
the slumberous towns across the bay.
Nearly all the girls are profess
sionals,' she went on to explain.
They are nearly all ballet girls. Most
of them are married and some have
families. Although we never met be-
fore we all like one another, and
really''-with q most engaging, in
genuous smile-''we don't care which
side wins. We are going to try to
make it draw. Each girl gets s. for
each game and that's all we care for.
THE only secret we had was about
the basket we gave our captain. The
grays did not know a thing about it.
Each girl put IN 25 cents. We had in
tended to get him a gold-headed cane,
but''-and she went on to explain that
according to football ethics, flowers
were permissible, though canes were
debarred.
According to the little circus girl the
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26
First tRegim ent Marksmen
Hold Their State
Competition.
No One Pleased Because the
Big Event Was Forced Upon
Holiday.
Misunde derstandings on Account o.
the Ambiguity of the
Orders.

There was more growing to the
square yard at the Shell Mound rife
range yesterday than there ever was
before in the history Of the range. The
trouble was on account of the orders of
the high officials of the National Guard
of California making rules, regulations
and orders which prohibit holding
State competitions for State decora-
tions on Sundays, as in former years.
This meant that if the men of the
militia desire to win honors with the
rifle they must either lose several
days work or shoot on holidays. This
is what the First Infantry Regiment
did yesterday because the former
shoots were postponed since Septem-
Der. There were several features of the
occasion that made the boys IN blue
feel annoyed. In the first place many
fine turkey dinners grew cold waiting
to be consumed. Again the best holi-
day of the year was knocked out by the
shoot. Then it was cold as a north
wind could make it. And last, but not
least, no one in the matches knew
where he was at" for there was a
sad lacking of directions, or too many
orders. from the Adjutant-G Generals
office as to the conditions Of the vari-
GUS matches. Some thought that 1t
was the intention to have the men
shoot five shots each on the 200 300
and 500 yard ranges, others that ten
shots should be fired and still others
who didn't propose to take any chances
of losing their decorations decided
to fire three five-shot scores on each
of the ranges. Their contention was
that in order to secure the standard of
craftsmanship of So points on the 200
yard range and As on the other two it
would be necessary to do lots of shoot
ing, and they did so-but the COM
plants were loud and long.
The attendance was much larger
than any of the officers expected it
would be. and the score cards were
not intended for the work that was
done. AS a result many Of the men
did not finish their records, but left
after putting in several scores and
said they would finish before the year
is over, as will be necessary in order
to secure the coveted decorations.
Rife Inspector Lieutenant w. H.
Tobin, Colonel Jim" Smith and Major
Hugh Slime had their hands full keep
ing track Of the records made during
the day, but with the large number of
scores on hand they are provided
against all emergencies. The best
scores of the day were made by c. F.
Waltham Of Company G, Captain
Warren Of Company H and Sergeant
Colby of Company NJ. AS the con-
tests will not be finished before the
end of the year, and as all who began
did not complete their scores, the full
records cannot be given, but the an
neXed are not far from correct for
yesterdays shooting on the three
ranges. Three five shot scores, best
possible 70 points:
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26
Ready for the Pooaant.

All appears in readiness for the pro-
duction of Columbia" the big histori-
cal pageant to be produced at the Cali
fornia Theater tomorrow, Tuesday and
Wednesday for the benefit of the Chill
fifty artists will combine to present the
grand spectacle of patriotic tableaux
which will be varied by music of a high
character. The Call has published par
ticulars of the programme, which viii be
varied each night. The affair is under
the highest patronage, and an artistic
and financial success is looked for.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26
HoDdboll Sports.

The charming San Francisco weather
Of a Christmas day was too much to be
resisted when a well equipped ball court
offered its inducements to the boys who
love to contend for honors with the
merry little ball.
The games at Philip Ryan's San Fran
cisco Court, S5S Howard street. were as
follows:
T. Foley and NJ Joyce defeated E.
21 21-19
P. Ryan and D. Connolly defeated f.
Curley and NJ. Basch. Score: 21-1S, IS
q, BIS
Z. Parkerson and A Hendry defeated
J. Kearney and ]. McEvely. Score: 81
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26
THE GIRL KICKERS.
An Intercollegiate Football
Players Opinion Of the
Game.

well, I don't know; the girls did
pretty well, considering" remarked a
Stanford College player who witnessed
the modified" Rugby football game
as played yesterday at the Velodrome
grounds between the Frisco GraYs and
the Oakland Browns.
"Of course, 1 did not come here ex-
pectfng to witness a scientific contest,
but Just for curiosity's sake 1 happened
into this place to-day" he continued.
We'll, what do you think of the girls
as athletes and prospective champion
football players?" was asked of the
Stanford athlete.
What do / think Of them9 Guess
they are all right. But girls never can
play boys game, and vice versa.
Still this is awfully amusing and in
teresting in it's way. Now, some of
those girls can really be made to play
is a corker. She can run like a deer,
and how she clings to the pigskin!
She must be truly muscular.
And there iS-what's her name? Yes,
I see by the lineup it is Dolly Wallace
Of the Frisco Grays. She is another
corker in bucking the center. She's
all right. She will make a player some
day, with practice. And on the oppo-
sition L have selected Miss Leonard
and Miss Belle Elgin as the most ex-
pert of the team.
Miss Leonard is unquestionabIy a
real good player, considering OF
course, she win improve with age and
practice. Without practice what can
girls do on an athletic field"
Advances made on furniture and pianos, with
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26

days ago, will not take effect until
Oakland again reopens. His employers
are greatly in need of the boys services
just at present, and permission was
granted him to ride at Ingleside.
@. Pacheco, the owner of Masoero
has been suspended from racing any Of
his horses for a period Of sixty days.
The misera BILE showing made by Maso-
ero in the opening event was the cause
for this action of the judges.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26

15. T7-21, 21-2O.
L. Waterman and N. Berger defeated
]. Murrane and L. HIM. Score: BIB,
14-21, 21-T.
J. Hogan and D. Regan defeated S.
Hurley and J. McBrearty. Score: 21-11,
l-21, 21-20.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26
FOOTBALL?
SOME SAID
TIDDLEWINKS
Girl Contestants Meet
on the Grid
iron.
Ladies Of the Chorus and
the Ballet in New
Roles.
No Blood Spilled, No Hair
Pulled and No One Said
Couch"
TRIED TO MAKE IT A DRAW.
Players Physically Sound and Have
a Certificate for Good
Morals.

II 1t is public approval that estab-
fishes the relative fitness of things,
women on the football field are "a
frost-a killing frost"
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26

ODe Dose VIII Stop q Cough.
DR.. Parkers Cough Cure never fails:
try it; price 25c. For sale by all drug
gists.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26

Advances made on furniture and pianos with
or without removal. J. Noonan, 10l7-l023 Mission
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26

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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-09
HIS BRIDE rs GONE.
Liston Ketchum Welded Niss Richardson ss
cretIs-The wife Taken to Europe,

BRATTLEBoRo, VT, Sept. s.-Liston G. Ketch-
nm. son OF DR.. r.. +. Kctchun OF this place. was
married clandestinely on Christmas Day, 1894.
to Laura Richardson, the only child OF Charles
A. Richardson, a New York lawyer. The couple
were scarcely of age, and they had no marriage
license. About two weeks later the Richardson
family returned to New York and soon after
sailed for southern Europe. Several months
after this young kctrhum told his parents of
the secret marriage and they at once wrote 10
the Richardson FAMILY, acquainting them with
allowed to return to America.
Acablr MESSAGE came from the Richardson's
saNinE ma! thrS Mould soon return to this
yorrcspond'd regularly. but since then young
krtrhum says he has not heard from any OF tho
Richardson's. III the summer OF 1895 Liston
Kctchum was admitted to tho bar and Went 10
i more. ~hcrr hu has since beca associated
with the law firm Of Schumacher K Whitclork,
He has exhausted every means OF search at his
cominnnl,n 20 learn The Whereabouts OF his lost
bride. The parents of the young couple were on
the most friendly terms.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-09
DENIED THE CHILDREN.
Thomas Belle widow Creates . Sensation In
Ban Fraucisco Court.

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. s.-Mrs. Theresa Bell
swore In court to-day that Thomas Frederick
Bell and Maria Theresa Bell. who always have
been SO accepted, are not her children. The
testimony was brought out In the proceedings
instituted by Thomas Frederick Bell, known
as Fred, who is the Oldest son Of Thomas Bell,
Mrs. Bells husband, to GUST Mrs. Bell from tho
guardianship of the six children and to com.
pei her 10 convey to him his portion inherited
from his fathers estate.
There has been bad blood for some time be-
tween Mrs. Bell and the boy. He accused her
of harsnness and cruelty, and Of bringing up
her children like servants, making them cat at
a separate table from herself. and, in general,
depriving them OF their rights. He accuses
Mrs. Bell of incorporate and dissolute habits,
and asks to be freed from her rule. Mrs. Bell,
on the other hand, declares that she has treated
they have not, responded. and. further. that
"' Today When Mrs. Bell took the stand she
testified that she had four living children
BeIi' Judge dSs co SsgO looked %fr suripri sed hu''aoe
What about the other children he asked.
Thomas Frederick Bell is your child. is he
mott -u A., p,
nor Maria Theresa Belly
Mrs. Bell added, to the astonishemnt of tho
hystanders, that she first saw the two persons
whom the world. SO far. believed to be her son
and daughter. when they were little babies.
II saw them at Mr., BELLS Suffer street resi-.
dencc," she said. 81 have brought them up as
my children, but they are not so. They were
never born OF me-"
That WAS all, as any cross-questioning of Mrs.
Bell was stopped. The Bells have always been
known here as ''the family of mystery"
Thomas Bell. who was a millionaire. was killed
by falling from "A staircase landing in his own
house. There was considerable mystery about
that which was never explained. Then Fred
Bell fell from the same landing, having been
pushed of by some mysterious, assailant. He
was In bed for months. but finally recovered.
NANNY" Pleasant. the old negro woman who
wns mixed up in the Sharon case, Is an inmate
of the Bell house. Fred Bell declares that the
woman he calls his mother Is entirely under
NANNY" Plcssant's. influence. Certainly
NANNY" has absolute control OF the household
and the purse. She admitted this on the wit
ness stand.
After the incident In court, Fred Bells at
torney declared that the mothers statement
was n lie.. NANNY" Pleasant would NOT let
Mrs. Bell talk at all.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-09
g. h. n. MEN AFTER ATKINSON.
The west Virginia Governors Candidacy for
tho Senate Attacked.

WHEELING. W. Va, Sept. s.-Republicans In
West Virginia are split over developments re-
Rarding Gov. G. W. Atkinson's candidacy for
the United States Senate. A few days ago the
G.. A. r post at Moundsville passed resolutions
c%ondemning the Governor. Congressman B. b.
Doyenor. and State Auditor La Toilette for dis
regarding campaign promises to support a G.
A. II. man for Postmaster there. Immediately
resolutions were introduced In all Of the G. A.
X. posts OF the State declaring hostility TO any
legislative candidate who would not announce
at once his opposition to Gov. Atkinson for
United States Senator.
Many ofthe posts have already adopted the res
~olutions, and prospective legislative candidates
in many counties OF the State have decided that
they must be against the Governor this time.
The resolutions have been submitted 10 them.
and as the G. A. r. vote in West Virginia is
heavy It Is pretty certain that Gov. Atkinson's
Senatorial boom will suffer beyond the next
election. The old soldiers promise similar
action against other officials who they allege
have thrown them down" in matters of APP
pointments to State and Federal places.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-09
MESSENGER ROBS A BANK,
DISTRICT n EGRAPH ROY SKIP,
WITH $4,000 IN DRAFTS,

sent 60 Collect Them On Tuesdny h, ~.
National Bank or Commerce-Hnd Al.
$500 in Chsh-Americnn District Telegram.
Company In Responsible FOR the Lo...
Joseph W. Maucher, an American Dis,ric,
Telegraph messenger boy, was sent Tuesday
afternoon from tho National Bank OF Com.
merce ut Cedar and Nassau streets TO collect
several thousand dollars In Outside drafts"
that is, drafts not collectible through the Clear.
ing House. These drafts are usually paid nv
check, but Maucher's collections also included
about 5000 in cash.
He was sent to tho bank from the District
Telegraph office at 100 Broadway about l
O'Clock, and the drafts given to him to collccs
were such as would take him uptown. Io
failed to return to tho bank within a reasonable
time, and the bank people sent word late in m.
afternoon to tho District Telegraph COMPANY
that he hadn't come back, and that Il wa,
feared something was wrong. Tho lad Las
been missing ever since.
The cashier Of the National Bank Of Com.
merce,. William C.. Duvall, said yesterday that
the missing messenger boy had taken away
with him n note for $1,000, payment on which
amount OF The collections the boy was 10 m NJ"
could not be learned definitely, but il is re.
ported to have been In excess OF 10000. Tho
sponsible for the loss.
The missing boys home was with his parents
at soo req avehue brookiyn. ne IL about 10
IN height, with dark hair. He entered the en-.
ploy OF the company on Dec. 90, 1886, and
brought with him letters of recommendation
from the. principal OF the Brooklyn grammar
school which, he had attended. and from his
Sunday school teacher.
Because Of his brightness and intelligence hs
was often sent from the branch office OF tie
company at 120 Broadway, to which he was
attached, to banks in the downtown financial
district that wished to employ extra help. lie
had been for some time working al the National
Bank OF Commerce, and was familiar with tho
methods employed In collecting drafts.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-09
FORAKER SAYS oHIO's ALL ZIG ut.
Tho wave OF Prosperity Has DispeIlea All
Doubts or Republican Success.

Tho wave OF Prosperity Has DiapeIlea All
Doubts or Republican Success.
WASHINGTON. Sept. Ex-senator Foraker Of
state as Of the best.
IF We had any doubts several months ago as
to the outcome Of the campaign" said he. .."they
have been entirely dispelled by the wave Of
prosperity that has arrived and fairly covered
the people. There appears to be no doubt now
that the Republicans will carry the State this
fall with ease, ~electing a Republican Governor
and a Republican Legislature. which will send
Mr.. Hanna to the Senate. All classes in Ohio
are being favorably affected by the wave OF
prosperity. the farmers getting better prices for
their products. Factories are starting up, and
every one seems to think hard times are AT an
end. ] would not say that the free silver scnti-
in their platform a declaration tn the effect that
hey must have sixteen to one and their county
conventions are instructing candidates for the
Legislature to vote for no one for the United
States Senate who does not favor the free coin
age Of silver by. this country at sixteen TO one,
whether any other country adopts II or not"
The troubles In the Republican party in
Ohio, he said. had all blown over, and all diff
ferenccs had:been satisfactorily adjusted; w
have them every year said he, and they are
a good thing for the party. We keep all our
members in line by having a family quarrel
whenever the atmosphere gets heavy. Ry this
means we clear the mir, and when II comes time
TO meet the Democrats we present an unbroken
front, The Democratic papers would have us
believe that our ranks are torn with disscn-
sions, but II such Is the case ! have not been
informed Of It. ] think that in the fall we shall
show tho country that President Mckinley's
State has had every reason to be proud OF him,
and wishes to show Its confidence In Inn by
presenting him a largo Republican majority"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-09

The Question OF His Term ana Those OF the
Brooklyn Coroncrs TO ne rcnted.

The Question or His Term ana Those OF the
Brooklyn Coroners TO No rcnted.
Tho action of the Democratic Committee Of
Kings county in giving Instructions for tho NOM
ination Of candidates for District Attorney and
Coronerb this year proved a surprise TO the Re-
publican statesmen. The terms Of District At
torney Backus and Coroncrs Coombs and Mason
would have expired at tho close OF the year had
not the Legislature. by q special act, extended
them to Dec. 81. 1898. The Democratic conten-
ton, based on high legal authority, 1t 10 said, Is
that the Legislature had no right to override
the Constitution. fixing tho terms Of the offices,
and that they will come to q close at tho end of
this year.
Chairman Bernard J. York Of tho Democratic
Executive Committee. just as soon as the Dem:
ocrats have nominated their candidates. will
apply to the courts for a mandamus to compel
the Board Of Elections to place the names on the
We 6ciieye,'Mr. York said yesterday. that
we are right in the matter. and we are anxious
to submit 1t to the court at. the earliest mo-
ment.. II the Republicans fail to make nomina-
tons for the three places before Oct. 8 they may
ment."
This ia what Mr.. Backus had to say: al will
put no obstacle in the way Of n speedy judicial
settlement OF the question. By Article X, Sec
tI%. ! Is 9, NJ the sI. new cG pis,I,o, d in force . at tho
In New, York and Kings county. are elected
every three years, but 1t in Kings county gu Dis.
once In every two or four years, as the Legisla-
ture shall direct
The term Of office, therefore,. of the District
Attorney Of Kings county, ut the time of my
election. could not be three years, as under the
former Constitution, and 1t has not been fixed
by the Legislature under the new Constitution.
The Constitution said 1t must be either two or
four. The Legislature had a duty to perform
%lengthen my term, nor could 1t shorten it. 1t
could but fix It. 1t cannot be said that the
Legislature heightened 1t by making 1t four
years with any moro force than ii could be said
that 1t shortened 1t, had it made 1t two years"
The Worth men, who claim Mr.. Backus and
Coroners Coombs and Mason among. their fac
tional props. are considerably worried over the
situation, as they were confident, no matter
what the outcome of the election might be, that
they would hold on to the patronage OF the Dis
trict Attorney and Coroners' office for another
year at least.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-09
WHERE IS THE ENROLMENT
Tho Brookneld.swayne Anti-Piatt Faction I
Afraid TO Count Noses.

Hn0 MISUNDERSTANDING Autt-hlntt FACTION IL
Afraid TO Count Noses.
According to Q resolution adopted by the
Brookneld-Swayne Republican faction organi-
cation q month or six weeks ago. Q general en-
rollment Of Republicans opposed to the Plat
machine was to have been held in this county
last night and tonight.
The first action taken by tho Brookielders
after the Citizens Union was born was q reso-
luton advising all those in sympathy with them
to enroll with the Cts. and it was decided not
to have an enrolment Of their own. The reso-
luton for a separate enrolment followed a few
weeks later. But where Is the enrollmenti
The Twenty-seventh Assembly district is sup
posed to be the banner anti-Platt district. 1t
Is Mr.. Brookfeld's homo district and Is also the
home OF such active antl-Platt men as Charles
Stewart Smith. w. s. Bragg, !. Albert Engle.
anti-Platt Republican club at 100 Sixth avenue.
Inquiry was made there last night regarding
the enrolment which was to have taken
place between 9 and 10 o'clock in tho
evening. Secretary Wilson and the other mem
bers present had not heard that there was
to be an enrolment. They remembered after
their memory had boon logged that the Brook
heard anything about the matter for weeks, they
said. They referred THE Z reporter to tho
regular headquarters OF the Brookhelders at
Lyric Hall.
The manager OF tho hall know nothing about
an enrolment. Two men had called for Gen.
Swayne. That was all. There were fifteen men
there the night before who had resolved to ask
unite with them in support OF Seth Low for
Mayor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-09

ht Declares AEaiust Woman Suffrage ana Con.
demns the Raines Law.

SYRACUSE. Sept. s.-Tho Prohibition State
Convention closed Its session in this city to-day.
after nominating Francis Il. Baldwin Of Elmira
for Chief Judge of the Court Of Appeals, adopt
Ing n platform, and declaring against woman
suffrage. This declaration was tho occasion OF
q hot dispute in the convention and a consider
able display Of bad feeling, as a large number of
the delegates were unalterably opposed to IT.
After tho adoption Of the report of the Com.
ptttee on Resolutions II was discovered by Mr..
Williamson OF Orleans county that no mention
PAD peen made OF woman suffrage. Hc spoke in
behAii OF the suffragists ana said that the pariy
bhould sustain their cause In the interest or
purity and morality. Tho Rev. +. W. Hcrmans
q Syracuse opposed a resolution offered by MIR.
Wheeler In favor OF a declaration for woman
sInrage' and the resolution was lost by an over.
Ehelming vote. II was announced that the W.
CT. Y. would probably Withdrew their support
from tho party. 'N''
The platform declares. as usual. against tho
ncehslnR q tho liquor traffic, includes a strong
plea Tor Sunday observance, dcnounces bnss
rule In tho administration OF public affairs md
invelghs against the Raines law as a measure
that has gratihod It's enemies and disanuoinfcd
~ trends, having. spread Sunday drinkinp'
prostltution, and vice. outraged the sentiment
teVorlng Saooath Observance. and established IA
huSo political machine to conserve Republican
PaI'E power and perpstuate corruption In poll.
A campaign fund Of $4,000 has been .,h-
scrIhed, OF which w. W. Smith OF cough drnn
fame contributed 5000 and w. T. WsrdwwnIiP
each. |i''''