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Evening star., 1898-05-07
ITALIAN TITLES.
Sometimes They Are Not Held Ia
Very High Esteem.

Very High Esteem.
From the Providence Journal
Throughout Europe Italian titles of no.
bility do not enjoy a very high reputation.
SO much SO. that as a general rule a mere
Austrian baron is more highly considered
than an Italian marquis. One explanation
OF this fact is that many of these Italian
MOBILES with high-sounding names are not
IN a very enviable financial situation:
many astounding instances may be cited
of Italian dukes and counts who occupv
the strangest positions abroad: some are
coachmen; others hotel porters: one an
Interpreter in a railway station: another
is butler I'm the family OF an American
millionaire. In New York there is a we'll
known italian count who has run an ele-
rator for several years past In southern
Italy, where poverty is greater than i'm
other portions of the peninsula, the great
noble Families are compelled to resort to
tie most extraordinary .stra,agems to save
appearances. In Naples poor families have
adopted system of mutual Carriages and
horses, which is somewhat curious; five or
SIX iamlles agree to pay the expenses OF a
luxurious establishment generally a four
finland, with coachman and footman: the
carriage door, with the various coats-of-
arms of the different families IL alone
changed, according to the family which
uses the carriage. On great occasions these
families draw lots to see which shall use
the carriage and horses.
But strange fact is that now, when
so many noble families have become inn
poverfshed, the Italian government is
about to Increase the price of titles. In
future the man who wishes to bear a
princes crown must pay $1,000 to the gov-
eminent: to become a duke, 5000 is sufii-
cient; for 5000 one may be a MARQUIS and
for $4,000 a count; s., 400 is sufficient to be-
come a baron, and 81 900 for the simple
prefix de" These figures apply only to
the titles conferred by the king But be.
sides these royal titles are the dignities
conferred by the pope, with which sew
eral American merchants and business
men have been honored- These papal ti-
ties are somewhat cheaper than those
conferred by the king. AT the Vatican a
brand-new count may be created for 81 400
and marquis for 5000. American anna
telrs should take note of this fact
IL Is hardly necessary to add that the
proud old Italian aristocrats look down
with the greatest contempt on these par
yenu noblemen. whether created by the
king or the pope. These proud Italian
aristocrats Of ancient lineage such as the
Coionna, the Borkhese, the Orsinf of Rome
the Stroxu OF Florence, and the Visconte
OF Milan consider themselves vastly SUI
per1or to the most ancient mobiles OF France
ana Great Britain, and the equals Of most
royal families. Some OF the old Roman no.
Dies even claim direct descent from the
days OF ancient Rome.
Evening star., 1898-05-07
FIRST REGIMENT OF CALIFORNIA.
The Selected Men Have Just Been
Sworn In.

The Selected Men Have Just Been
Sworn In.
SAN FRANCISCO, May AFTER two
weeks given to preparation and enrolment
and two days of physical examination at
the arniory, the actual work of swearing
In the first regiment of the guard as Unit
ed States volunteers has taken place.
The first regiment in camp will include
LOO men, officers and privates, all told.
OF these, 972 are enlisted men and fifty
eight officers. OF the latter, there are FIVE
field officers. six officers on the regimental
staff, twelve captains, twelve first lieuten-
ants, twelve second iieutenants and three
medical officers.
At the armory ON 10th and Market streets
the 492 men who have been enrolled for
the two batteries of heavy artillery called
for, were subjected to the physical exami-
nation and sworn in after the quota of in
fantry.
Evening star., 1898-05-07
Duty of Drivers,

Jesse Barnes. colored was fined $40 by
Judge Scott today for violating the law
concerning the rate of speed at which
horses are permitted to go when turning
street corners. Policeman Meljen reported
that the defendant drove his horse, around
the corner at Pennsylvania avenue and
9th street yesterday at reckless rate
of speed. Two pedestrians came near being
knocked down and injured. Barnes said
he called 10 the pedestrians to get out of
his way, but Judge Scott told hin, it was
his duty to keep out Of their way. The
fine was paid.
Evening star., 1898-05-07
POPE HAS NOT INTERPRETED,

Denial That He Advised Christina to
Ask Intervention.
ROME, May THE Vatican has issued
official statement absolutely denying
the report that the pope has sent an earn
est message to the Queen Regent of Spain
advising her to Immediately ask for the
mediation OF the European powers and
promising his support and tha; of the pow
ers TO obtain an honorable solution of the
difficulty.
Evening star., 1898-05-07
VIRGINIA MILITIA.

Will BE Taken Aboard the Steamer
Chesapenke at Lancaster.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
RICHMOND, Va, May 7.-Governor Ty-
ler has ordered the steamer Chesapeake to
proceed to Lancaster and there take on
board the company there raised by T.
Spicer Curlett and bring the men to Rich
mond.
The governor received a telegram from
the War Department saying they had is
sued hurry orders to send tents and other
equipment and supplies to Richmond on a
fast train which will probably arrive here
soon. battalion of troops will go into
camp at the exposition grounds today.
Evening star., 1898-05-07
STEAMER THOUGHT TO BE LOST.

Crew and Passengers, Numbering
Sixty-Eight, May Be Drowned.
SYDNEY, N. S. W., May THE British
steamer Maitland, Captain Anderson. for
Sydney from Newcastle is believed to be
ashore at Broken bay.i Her crew and pas
sengers. numbering esixty-eight souls, are
believed to have been lost.
The Maitland belongs to the Newcastle
and Hunter River dS3teamship Company
GimiteO Of sydney.IN!is w. She was
built at Dumbartonia, in ,,ils7o. is over .s1
feet long, has q fest beam. is 1915 feet
deep and 250 horse poweri
Evening star., 1898-05-07
MISSIONARIES, WE'RE SLAIN.

Confirmation of Reported Murder OF
Miss Archer and Others;
SIERRA LEONE. West Coast Of Africa,
May Additional advices confirm the re-
reports of the assassfnat1on Of Miss Arch
er. Miss Hatfield ands Mr.. Cain. and add to
the list Of murdered missionaries the name
of Miss 'Kegg," possibly nispronuncia-
ton Of the name Miss Scheneck Mrs
Cain fed into the bush and her fate Is not
known.
All these missionaries were Americans
Brethren of Christ Mission of Dayton. Ohio
Evening star., 1898-05-07
ARRESTED AS A SPY,
EnElfshman Who Was Sending Out
InfOrma ton From Cndiz.

CADIZ, May IA man. said to be an
Englishman and giving the name of OF
win Boyer, attempted to telegraph yester-
day details of the movements of the Span
ish warships. The clerks refused to trans
nit his message without the authority of
the manager of the Office.
Boyer thereupon went away, but was fol-
lowed and arrested. He was taken before
the prefect, and, his actions being unSat-
isfactory, he was imprisoned and handed
over to the military authorities, who, it
is said, suspect Boyer OF being a spy.
Evening star., 1898-05-07
TROOPS REFUSE TO ENLIST.
Two Companies of Colorado National
Guard Object to Officers.

DENVER, Col, May IA sensation has
been caused in military circles when Com
panies A and c of the 1st Regiment of the
National Guard voted pot to enlist in the
new consolidated regiment of volunteers,
because they object ito the officers appoint
ed by the governor tp command them.
Twenty of the seNsntESthree members of
Company A, which is from Denver, finally
consented to enlist, )bur4Company c, from
Longmont. refused in body. The chap
lain of the regiment was member of
Company C and wilt retire with the COM
pany. S-n
Evening star., 1898-05-07
Election by Daughter. of the King.

Election by Daughters of the King.
At the annual convention of the Daugh-
ters of the King Of the diocese of Wash
ington, held in Christ Church. Georgetown,
the following officers were elected: Presi-
dent. Mrs. w. G. Davenport; first vice pres
ident, Mrs. c. E. Buck; second vice presi-
g. Johns; treasurer, Mrs. l. N. Allen.
Evening star., 1898-05-07
RENEWED RIoTING IN SPAIN.
Frequent Conflicts Between the Mobs
and tire Police,

Frequent COnfffcts Between the MObs
and tire PoIice.
MADRID. May 7.7fhe provinces are stlll
in a state OF disorder. Renewed rioting is
reported from various points and there
have been frequent conflicts between the
mobs and the police.
At Soria, capital of the province of that
name, about fifty miles from Logrono. the
rioters have burned the market building
and the barracks of the troops. Here,
again. the women Joined in the rioting.
The feeling is especially bitter against the
spectators in grain.
Evening star., 1898-05-07
ANOTHER PRIZE CAPTURED.
Spanish BriEantine FrasquftO Takel
by the Montgomery.

by the montgomery.
KEY WEST, Fla, May THE Spanish
brigantine Frasquito of Barcelona, bound
from Montevideo to Havana, and having on
board cargo Of jerked beef, was brought
in here by the dispatch boat Hamilton to-
day. The Frasquito was captured off Ha-
vana yesterday afternoon by the United
States cruiser Montgomery. Commander G.
A. Converse.
Evening star., 1898-05-07

used up. their boat was half filled with
water, the tarpon itself was no light load.
ana lhey We're so many miles from their
yacht that it was 3:,o O'Clock the follow
ing morning before they regained her.
Evening star., 1898-05-07
Pleads Guilty.

Mary Fouss TO-DAY pleaded guilty of the
larceny OF gold watch and chain valued
at $50 from Dolly Herbert. and was held
in $500 bail for the action of the grand jury
by Judge kimball
Evening star., 1898-05-07

An eminent Italian ornfthologist says
that the owls eyes have muscles by
which they can be moved, but that extra
ordinary f1exibility in the muscles Of the
neck enables it to move the head with in
credible rapidly in any direction
Evening star., 1898-05-07
CHINA PAYS LAST OF rSDEnN1rY.


Wei-Hai-Wei.
LONDON, May THE representatives OF
China paid the representatives Of Japan
over 11.Oo0.00o (s55. .0Oo. .O0u). at the Bank
of England at noon today. this being the
balance of the Chira-Japan war indemnity
The Japanese troops will forthwith COM
nenee evacuation OF Wei-Hai-Wei. The
date of the British occupation of Wei-IIai-
Wei is not yet settled.
Evening star., 1898-05-07
KiIIed by Coal Ga..

| WATERFOWL, N. Y, May III. N.
Martin and his wife were killed In their
home here last night by breathing escaped
coal gas. Five Other people narrowly es-
capped.
Evening star., 1898-05-07

There are several varieties of fish that
cannot swim. In every instance they are
deep-sea dwellers, and crawl about the
rocks. using their tails and fins as legs
Evening star., 1898-05-07
Briefs.

Rischeill & Son have been awarded the
contract for the woodwork on the new
county court house.
Rev. j. T. Williams has gone to Baltimore
to attend the conference of the NJ. E.
Church.
Mr.. George Bauer of ST. Louis is visiting
relatives in this city.
The remains of the late Mrs. Georgia
Snow. who died in Loudoun county, were
brought to this city today and inferred
Misses Mary Gregg and Mary Payne have
been elected substitute teachers for the
public schools.
Evening star., 1898-05-07
Confederate Memorial Day.

A decree removing the cloud from tn
title 10 the property at the corner of Orc
noco and st. Asaph streets, in the case O
T. X Burson VS.. B. w. Hunter. was en-
tered i'll the corporation court yesterday
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-12
EIGHTY DOGS
WILL CHASE
THE HARES
Big Stake to Be Run
at Ingleside.
THE LARGEST YET GIVEN
PREPARING FOR THE GREAT
MERGED MEET
The Drawing VIII Take Place at
Pythian Castle This Even
ing at Eight.
O'Clock.
PREPARING FOR THE GREAT
MERGED MEET.

The Ingleside Coursing Park Directors,
anticipating an exceptionally large gath
ering Of the admirers of coursing at the
meeting of to-day, have made consider
able changes in the grand stand looking
toward the comfort and pleasure of their
patrons.
The stake is one Of the largest ever
run in an inclosed park. consisting of
eighty high-class dogs.
Last week The Call tipped twenty-six
winners Of the thirtytwo courses run on
Saturday last and unless something I'M
foreseen happens the selections for the
meeting of this afternoon, and which ap-
peared in yesterdays paper, will doubtless
come near to the mark intended.
AT o'clock this evening a drawing for
ing at MERGED will be held in Pythian Cas-
tie, after which the club Will give ban
quet to its friends at popular restau-
rant.
When the club selected November Is as
being an excellent time for coursing in
the open, it figured upon considerable
Pluvius. who handles the strings Of the
food gates on high, is seemingly taking
quite a long nap and forgetting US poor
mOrtalS below.
But rain may fall between now and
Tuesday, and should a good sprinkle
strike the plains the pleasure Of the out
ing will be enjoyed by hundreds, as the
Ingleside Club invariably carries a large
following.
President Shannon is in correspondence
with Tommy Hail. the grand old sport of
MERGED, and in case the weather remains
fine, grounds which have never been
coursed upon and which are said to be
just fitting for the occasion, will be tried
on Tuesday next. However, the large
gathering of snort lovers who will leave
this city at a. m. on Monday morning
may look forward to three days of grand
sport. Judge Grace has been in training
for the occasion for several weeks and
says that he will be up with the dogs
from start to finish.
T. McHugh, the popular field steward,
contends that at this coming meeting he
will introduce a scheme by which the
crowd will have to keep from crowding
the slipper and chasing the dogs after
they are slipped.
A band of music will meet the Ingleside
Club on it's arrival at MERGED and escort
the officers to headquarters.
That grand dog, For Freedom, 1t is said.
will be permanently withdrawn from the
coursing fields and placed in the stud
Santa Alicia will be bred to him and for
tunate will be the man who will secure
any of the stock, there is nothing of
higher class eXtant. Hurricane, New
Zealand dog, will appear for the first
time to-day in the new park. 1t is said
that he is another such dog as For Free
dom and that he will sweep everything
before him this afternoon, but those new
corners are so very unreliable, you know.
The proposed match race between Vic
tor King and Volunteer on the plains of
MERGED is off. The hackers of Victor
King failed to put up their coin.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-12
Oakland Furnished q
Few Sensations.
TENRICA FIRST AT 20 TO I
ANCHORED, AT ODDS ON, WAS
BEATEN BY LOTHIAN.
Fig Leaf, Defender and Kaiser Lud-
wig in a Sensational Finish.
Amasa Beat a Fast
Field.

There were some twists and curves
mixed up with the racing at Oakland yes
terday that the talent found hard to
solve. Probably the Unkindest cut of all
was when MarpIot finished absolutely
last in a field of five, going a mile and a
sixteenth. He opened a prohibitive
choice and receded to even money. 1t ap-
pears the hooded horse had been slug
gish in his work, and was not fancied by
his stable people. Our Climate, with Rut-
ter up, was the bottle of Tobasco sauce
the smart set all reached for, and they
made the books rub his price from tours
to to 5. He appeared to have every
thing under cover through the stretch,
when Devin, on Tenrica, came with a
rush and won by a head. The winner
was backed down from 20 to r..
The Burns & Waterhouse representative
was not the only tired first choice. In
verary II, Anchored and Ed Garland
were also side-tracked at wayside sta
tons, all carrying big commissions.
In the opening six furlong sprint for
maidens Inverary had Rutter at the
helm and everybody got aboard at even
money. If Rutter did his best the Mon
tana horse has gone back, Tor he hnlshed
a fast-coming third. Stan Powers, with
Piggott in the saddle. won all the way,
beating the 70 TO 1 shot POngo handily.
The windup of the second race, decided
over the Futurity course, was the pref
test or the meeting, Fig Lear, OeIeIlueF
and Kaiser Ludwig striking the wire in
the order named, short heads apart. The
winner was a 10 l favorite.
Lothian seems TO have finally raced into
shape and made easy work OF Anchored,
the short priced faVOrite, in the I'VE fur
long sprint for tWO-year-Olds. The latter,
ridden by Rutter, looked 10 have the race
in hand at the head of the stretch, but
was Outfooted and doWned a length in
1:02 fat. Peter Weber was third.
The concluding sprint over the Futurity
course was gathered in by Amasa, the
ring going TO 612 to l for the money. The
fast gelding was always in front, and led
Chihuahua out a length in 1:l0A. Sport
McAIliSter was third.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-12
VIOLATING Else LAWS.
Many Local Dealers Arrested fol-
Selling Understood Bass.

Deputy Fish Commissioners Davis, Lowe
and Vogelsang have been making things
interesting for the fshmongers of this city
during the past few days. Under the State
law Of 1879 it is unlawful to catch striped
bass under three pounds in weight. This
was for the purpose of protecting the
fish that had been brought from the East
for the streams Of the West. The htue
fellows have thrived until now there are
thousands in the rivers and bay. If given
chance they will grow as heavy as nifty
pounds and they are as gamy a fish as
swims. During the last week the bay
has been full of these fish and the Usher
men have been taking them In their nets,
big, little and all. The only way OF reach
ing the offenders is to punish the men
who sell the fish and thereby encourage
the fishermen to violate the law.
Within the past two days the ofnclals
mentioned have been making an inspec-
ton of the several fish markets and ar
resting all of the dealers who had under
sized bass-under three pounds-in their
possession. The offenders were Arnold r.
Seyden, Chinook market; Benanico,
G. Barsolini, 3O3 Hayes street; A. Frediani
& Co, Hayes and OCtavia Streets d.
Belmont, 301 Hayes street, and X. Maye,
Montgomery market. The latter was con-
victed and yesterday paid fine of $40
In all of these places many bass weighing
less than pound were found.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-12
Training Hard for His
Next Match.
MULLER IS IMPROVING
McFADDEN THINKS He CAN
WHIP MAYNARD.
Gossip of the Corbett-Sharkey Mill
and the Prospect of the Po-
lice interfering With
the Fight.

On Tuesday evening the Western Ath-
letic Club will give its second boxing en-
tertainment in Woodward's Pavilion
Manager Murphy has figured out first
class bill of athletic fare. and 1t goes
without saying that a large and enthusi-
astic crowd will witness the mills
Spider" Kelly has been training hard at
the ocean beach for some weeks, and II
confidence will help to land him a winner
he will certainly have easy sailing, but
the Spider" will need something more
substantial than confidence to deteat ms
opponent Muller, who, although rather
slow in movement, is pretty st1n punch
er and a good judge of distance. Muller
has improved wonderfully in the past
year, and he will have large following
of friends who will back him strongly to
whip the agile Spider" AT any rate the
spectators can rely upon getting run
for their money" as there are two first
class preliminary bouts which may prove
just as interesting as the event of the
Jockey Maynard and KID McFadden
will certainly put up a stiff argument
McFadden is confident that he can whip
Maynard in ten-round go, but May
nard laughs at the idea and says that
when he met McFadden In WoodwardS
Pavilion he was out of condition and was
consequently a bit weak at the nniShs
but even so he scored five points to Nc
Fadden's one in each of the rounds they
fought. Maynard now contends that he
will be in fine fettle when he faces the
kid on Tuesday evening, and unless
lucky blow places him out of the game he
expects to win easily on points.
Tom Sharkey is very confident OF whip
ping Corbett on the evening of the I'D
inst, but good judges of pugilism think
differently.
Corbett is probably the cleverest big
man who ever entered a ring, not except
ing Jem Mace, who was considered In MS
day the king of boxers. Jim will easily
avoid Sharkey's swings and rushes, and
continuous jabbing will certainly arouse
the sailors ire and that will mean rough
fighting on the part of Sharkey.
1t will not surprise. many Of the sport
ing authorities Of this city to hear that
the police put a stop to the fight in the
early part of the battle, and that the ref
cree awards to Corbett, decision on
points Still, if the sailor can be held
in check by his seconds the contest may
20 on to the end of the twenty-five
rounds. and if so Corbett will certainly be
given the decision, as those who are con-
Versant with the game are aware that he
can outclass Sharkey in boxing, and
points must count if a Knockout is not
registered.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-12
YAGHTSMEN WILL GIVE
A MINSTREL SHOW

The minstrel performance for the bene-
fit of the San Francisco Yacht Club will
be given in this city, and not in the club
house at Sausalito, as was at first in
tended. The committee having the enter
tainment In charge consists of Commo-
dore DR.. T. L. Hill, Vice-Commodore G..
t. S. White, Financial Secretary w. G.
Morrow, F. B. Madison and L. Q. Haven.
An excellent performance will be given
the following having promised their SER
vices: Alexander Rosborough, William
Hines, John Cathcart, j. Putnam Jackson,
Robert c. Mitchell, Julian Thorne. Regi-
Maid Mason, Benjamin Tarbox, Frank
Thompson, Albert Borlini and William
O'Brien. w. NJ. Edgell, ]. Ogilvie, George
Starr and Herbert Martin will sing solos.
The Jones brothers will also appear. The
entertainment will take place at Native
Sons Hall, Ala Mason street, on Monday,
November 81 at Sis p. m, and dancing
will commence at 1880 p m. Reserved
seats may be obtained at Sherman &c
the day of the performance.
The directors of the San Francisco
Yacht Club have forwarded communi-
cation to the directors of the Pacific
Yacht Club, expressing their regret at the
approaching extinction Of the Pacitics,
and thanking them for their courtesy in
permitting the San FranciScos to use
their clubhouse, boathouse and landing
stage during the season of 1897, after the
San Franciscos had lost their quarters by
Franchises have offered the use of their
clubhouse to the Pacifcs for the rest of
the fiscal year.
Commodore DR.. 7. /. HilPs sloop, Cyg-
nus and i. Donohoes sloop Speedwell
are 1noored for the winter in Corte Ma
dera Creek near Larkspur. L. Q. Haven's
sloop Sappho and PHommedieu and Del
amater's sloop Phoenicia will lie in Oak
land Creek The San Francisco sloops,
VIII O. the Wisp and Catherine, are at
winter moorings off Hurricane Gulch.
The sloop Phoenicia will be ratified off in
the near future.