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WALES YACHT
LOSES TO THAT
OF THE KAISER
Britannia Beaten by
the Meteor.
RACE FOR THE QUEENS CUP
GERMAN VESSEL LEADS FROM
THE START.
Regatta of the Royal Yacht Squadron
Opens With Fine Weather
and a Capital
Breeze.
RACE FOR THE QUEENS CUP
GERMAN VESSEL LEADS FROM
THE START.
sneotal plspatch to The Call.

COWES. Aug The regatta Of the
Roval Yacht Squadron opened to-day with
beautiful weather and big crowds afioat
and ashore. The starters in the race Tor
the Queens cup were the Prince OF W aies
britannia. Emperor Williams Meteor, the
Satanita. the Rainbow, the. Betty. the
Roseuoath and the CetOnia. The course
was the old Queens County course TO the
westward. around Lymington spit buoy
then eastward through the Bullock buoy
finishing of Cowes.
The britannia and Meteor crossed the
starting line together. The Britannia
took the lead. but the Meteor rounded
Ivuington spit buoy minute dhead,
with the others close up. The Meteor al
lowed the Britannia ten minutes. me
Meteor finished at 3:45:l5, the Britannia
AT 3:56:50 and the Satanita at 4:I3:7O Inc
Tbe Prince of Wales and the Duke Of
York were aboard the Britannia. ne
roads presented brilliant SpectacIt.
There were yachts there flying the flags
of all nations. Count Boni de Castellane
N2IhaIIa was flying the stars and stripes
- were 4. V Armour's UtOwana and A.
T. DrcxcTs White Heather. which the
Tpfl(za and Duchess of Somerset are TO hlre
later II Is said Mr.. DreXel viii soon buIld
an lNn0-toner for transatlantic purposes.
Tho Narauise de Gdllifet and her son
arc guests of the CaSto!lanes-
adv Randolph Churchill X frequently
seen ON board Howard Gould : yacht Nj
acar4. although the owner of the vessel
viii not arrive before tho end of the week.
The Rrttanuia's defeat caused cOnsid-
cradle regret. and yachtsmen are now
wondering what the Shamrock would
have accomplished if she had been there.
The Prince of Wales and the Duke OF
Cornaucht came ON the Royal Yacht
Squadron lawn for u few minutes in the
evening and couvcrsed with Mrs George
EenDci and the Princess Of PIcsS.
0rd LonSdalc. representing Emperor
William. was on board the Meteor during
tho race. The Princess Of Wales. Prin-
cess Victoria of Wales and the Duchess
of York witnessed the racing from the
royal Yacht osborne. There was a bril-, ri,
lawn of the Royal Yacht Squadron, in
cluding Mr.: end Mrs. a. j. DreEeI, .Tl. who
aIIasts the Duchess of Somerset and Mes
danes Rupert, Beckett, Kennel and VIII
son,
ter Kcye. who have chartered yacht in
partnership and are living on board of it.
near Osborne. were also ON the Royal
Yacht Squadron lawn.
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veto OF the order permitting betting at
the coursing park. Chief of Police Lees
then made arrangements to move on the
grounds if the anti-pool selling ordinance
was violated. Hence a suit was filed to
restrain the police from further action
simply a test of the dogs skill, not their
speed the ordinance in question does not
prohibit betting thereon. A motion to dis
solve the Injunction will soon be made
by Chief Lees and then the merits of the
petitioners contentious will he deter
mined 1t was on these same grounds
the promoters of betting on boxing con-
tests were granted immunity under the
law.
At a meeting of the Ingleside -Coursing
Club last night PEesident .t Dominlfh TIllI I,t,
coursing at Ingleside on Saturday and
Sunday. The draw will be held to NOR
row night President Shannon also an
nounced that the directors of the club
have leased from the CTocker estate for
term of five years the old Ocean View
Coursing Park. This consists of eighty
acres, and was formerly conducted as Il
park by Canovan. 1t is partly in San
Mateo and partly in this county. Inc
San Mateo. The officers affirm they Will
embrace all the latest improvements,
making the park a model one. The iol-
lowing members were elected last night:
T. Tierney. Joseph Perry, John Mahoney, A
Van den Burgh. NJ Tiernan, John Carkery,
j. Re1Qy. rank ftoSdH' ERNEST LilnIneTHldil-
Thomas Foley a. Vanderwhite. William Fitz-
gerald, Thomas Logan. Michael Doherty.
Henry Murray. Patrick Cavensy. Thomas Nc
Dermot. Alfred P. Murphy James. Flowers.
James Mccormick, W. G. Collier, .ohn Dillon,
Charles f. Ames, John S. Egan. Philip Tier
ney. John Tierney, Frank Lucier, Dan de
Iemey Michael Glynn. Thomas de Lemey, G..
Wiley NJ. l.. Clarison. Frank Kinney, J.
Bradshaw, NJ. NJ. Radigan.
The members of the Interstate Cours-
ing Club held their regular meeting last
night, transacting a lot of routine busi-
ness. The following members were elect
ed: NJ Spargo. John Russell NJ. Allen,
]. E. Wilson. o. A. Sterl, James Hurley,
P. McCabe. II. Germain, George Neither
colt and Asa Newell.
The Dog Owners Protective Association
is an accomplished fact. Hundreds of
names have been signed to a petition call
ing a meeting at Pythian Castle tomor-
row night. A permanent organization will
be perfected at this time.
Hugh Lynch's stake winner Lottie NJ
Union Park last Sunday. Her skillful
trainer, J. Maher. does not expect any
bad aftereffects from the severe race she
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WHEELMAN HANSENS
MARVELLOUS STAMINA
Man Who Is Racing for the Thou
sand-Mile Record Shows No
Sign of Fatigue.

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 1-"OId Man"
Hansen is still grinding out the Centu-
ries Six hundred and twenty miles in %
hours and 40 minutes was the story UP to
1:30 p. m. to-day. Within the worlds
record the six hundredth mile was fin
ished in sprint in 2;SS, and Hansen was
still feeling fresh. AS he sailed down
the incline this side of the railroad
bridge at Lake Calhoun. pushing his
pacemakers, Rookie and Palmer, spring
ing lightly from his wheel and walking
briskly into the training tent, he looked
the least weary of the three riders.
Tony Johnson. Hansens trainer, had
slept but an hour and half up to 1:30
O'Clock to-day He is up at all hours
ready for an emergency, as he is counting
on bringing in his man several hours be-
low the hundred-hour mark Hansen
still has no haggard appearance, and
complains not even of being tired.
The finish on Monday was at $40 p. m.
Then came a sleep of Z hours and 81
minutes, and at 4:22 o'clock this morning
Hansen resumed the grind. The last
twenty miles of the 800 miles was fin
ished in ] hour I minutes. as "A minutes
was consumed in lunchinG.
Hansen completed 200 miles at $40
o'clock this evening. He will undoubtedly
finish by midnight on Wednesday fifteen
hours ahead of the record.
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ON THE ADAMS
MAKE TROUBLE
One Boy Deserted at
Magdalena Bay.
NEARLY DIED IN THE DESERT
MANY OF THE LADS GOT CRAZY
DRUNK ON MESCAL.
The Training Ship Will Leave in
Day or Two to Complete Her
Cruise-Water Front
Notes.

There is an unarmed neutrality aboard
the United States training ship Adams
The bows do not like the officers and the
latter have not very high opinion of the
average apprentice. There have been
number of attempts a desertion and one
bov who tried to make his escape over the
cacti plains around Magdalena Bay would
surely have perished had not Indlan run IN
ners found him and brought him in. On
another occasion a whole squad of boys
got raving drunk on mescal and there
was a high old time getting them ironed
The Adams is now at Mare Island,
where some of the officers are being eX-
amined for promotion She will come
down from the yard next Friday and the
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-02
PHEASANTS IN THE VALLEY
These Game Birds Are Doing Well in
the Yosemite.

In the early part of May the Fish and
Game Commissioners placed in the Yo-
semitic Valley about dozen pheasants
1t was believed that with the abundance
of cover and water there the birds would
do well, and this belief is likely to be COR
ceived Yesterday by Deputy c. A. Vogel-
sang from J. B. Cook, manager of the
Central Hotel in the valley:
s'None of the pheasants had been seen
for the last two or three weeks up to the
day before yesterday. when a pair were
seen in Kenneys field with fifteen young
ones If the others have paired off as this
pair did-and we expect the same results
from them-the outlook for the valley TO
become stocked with pheasants is. most
encoIira sing / viii let you know If any
of the others are seen from now on to the
end of the season. and how this brood
gets along
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-02

CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-The Cicero Town
Board, by a vote of ) to 3 has refused
to sustain President John Lewis of Ci-
cero in his efforts to suppress gambling
on the Hawthorne racetrack. President
Lewis has raided the track twice during
the summer and secured the Indictment
of number of bookmakers on a charge
of gambling, but the work has been done
at his own expense. The board to-day
refused 10 vote an appropriation of $25G0
to carry on the work. The action makes
il almost certain that no interference with
the Hawthorne track will be made by
the Cicero Town Board.
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Strengthening the Shamrock.

GREENOCK. Aug. 1.-The Americas S
cup challenger Shamrock bent her jury
sails to-day. preparatory to starting on
Thursday for the United States Lloyd s
agents We're very eXacting in. regard to
strengthening the yacht and the work
men have had great difficulty in boring
holes Il IN me ai9minnm t her G0Impasses
lenger will proceed to Fairlie at about
noon on Wednesday and will remain there
for the night. Sir Thomas Lipton's steam
Yacht Erin will join the Shamrock on
Thursday morning and the two vessels
will start for America about 10 o'clock.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-02
.|NGLES|DE HAS
SECURED A NEW
LEASE OF LIFE
Coursing to Be Re-
sumed Saturday.
COURT GRANTS AN INJUNCTION
OWNERS OF GREYHoUNDS WILL
ORGANIZE TOMORROW.
Advocates of the New Association
Claim to Have Received Many
Signatures to the Mem
bership Roll.
OWNERS OF GREYHOUNDS WILL
ORGANIZE TOMORROW.

Judge Bahrs issued a temporary iniunc-
tion on behalf of the Ingliside Coursing
Association yesterday, restraining Chief
of Police Lees from making arrests at or
interfering with coursing at the petition
ers' grounds. Two weeks ago the Board
of Supervisors sustained Mayor PheIan' S
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Reav and Trimble Matched.

LOS ANGELES. Aug. 1.-The Los An
geles Athletic Club has concluded ar
rangements for a twenty-round boxing
contest between Joe Reay of San Fran
cisco and Jimmy Trimble of this city.
The men will weigh 155 pounds. The con-
test will take -lace on August II. The
men have signed articles.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-02

@HE Olympic officials have three promising
II boxing bouts scheduled for FRIDAY evening In the
gvrnna siurn o club in the big Post-street build
ing. Three contests the cards, and the
< PRINCIPALS in each of them are boxers who have
rea tried out repeatedly They the highest
class i'm the professionals, and all are boxing -or
eratious not to repUtatOns is often the ,aSe
- T,ore imposing looking Charles Nickers,
r,5nate Of the San Athletic Club, will meet
George Boxer of Salt Lake City. Vckers has been seen
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-02
GEORGE BAKER.
WILL MEET IN ARENA OF OLYMPIC ATHLETIC CLUB.

frequently and has always made hurri-
fight. George Simpson. an Acme Club boxer VIII
Charles Thurston. another San Francisco Club man
at catch weight. which will be about 40 pounds The
will be between hardhitting welter-WelghtS
tage of Walter Watson's coaching and is a terrlhc
puncher Asst his ability by winning the Herman
belt tournament of the Olympic
The Illustrations from photographs by Bush
nell.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-02

It's always difficult for young man
to understand why any other young
man should fall in love with his sister.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-02


MISUNDERSTANDING. Powell and schrecongost;
Nichols and Clarke UmpIres-O'Day and Nc
Carr.
CINCINNATI. Aug. THE locals pounded
both Dunn and Yeager hard to-day and won
an uninterestlng game. Attendance, 250o. Score:
Clubs r. r. +
Cincinnati ...........................10 Il
Brooklyn ...--..-.'..--.' )
BatterIes-HawIey and Peitz Dunn Yesger
and Farrell Umpires-Lyneh and Connolly.
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. In the second
inning of the last game to-day the Phiies
made two errors and Cleveland hit Magee safe
" FIVE times Bernhard was then substituted
and the visitors secured but two hits during
the remaining part OF the game. Schmidt was
q mystery to the heavy hitting Quakers The
hrst game was comparatively easy for the
PhilIies Attendance. 677S. Score Of first game:
Clubs r. H. E:
Phiiadelphia .........................7 2
Batteries-Hughey and sugden: Fraser and
Douglas Umpires-Gaffney and Latham
Score Of second game:
Clubs r. II e
fegs,sgd rf,sa 7aos ;....,.,.............:.. - :
r3atteries-schmidt and sugden; Magee. Bern.
hard and Mcfarland. Umpires-Latham and
Gaffney.
LOUISVILLE Aug Tile Colonels punched
their hits in two innings, and, with the Giants
stole home in the fourth inning while Meekin
held the ball. Rightielder Mike Tiernan was
to-day given his unconditional release by New
York. Attendance, 1900 Score:
Clubs r II T.
Louisville ..........-.....-..-..-.,-. z
New \ NOrk.. ....---...'. y
Batteries-Dowling and Powers; Meekin, VII
son and Warner. Umpire-Smith
CHICAGO Aug. 1.-The Orphans finally took
one from the Senators to-day in a close but
poorly played game. The visitors played per
feet bail for seven innings. forcing the locals
to earn all their runs. Padden's fielding was
the feature. Attendance, 500. Score:
Clubs r. H. E.
Washington .......................5 10
Batteries-Grifhth and Chance; Mercer and
Kittredge. Umpires-Emslie and Mcdonald.
PITTsBURG. Aug 1.-Tannehill hit
often but not effectively. Time and again
Baltimore filled the bases, but could not score.
Seventeen hits and but two runs shows either
poor play one side superior work on the
other. Attendance, 5000 Score:
Clubs r. H. r.
IlllsbuTe ...'-'.................-.-. 10
Baltimore OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. II
Batteries -Tannehn and schriver: McGinety
Epf I
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EASTERN TEAMS GO
DOWN TO DEFEAT
Boston Defeated by st. Louis and the
Reds Take the Measure of the
Superbas.
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING.

TOP to-day in the greatest game of ball ever
seen in this city. The game seemed hopeleSsly
lost to the Perfectos three times, but they
rallied on each occasion. Powell relieved Sud
hoff in the twelfth inning and Won the game
for his side in the fourteenth by batting the
hall 10 the clubhouse for home run. Attend
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DOCKING THE BRITISH SHIP ARISTOMENE.
direct
herd
Company and order the
Aristo
half hour before the work of dis
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-02
Batteries Bowling and Powers; Meekin, VII /
son and Warner. Umpire-Smith.

PITTSBURG. Aug. 1.-Tannehill was hit
often but not effectively Time and again
Baltimore filled the bases but could not score.
Seventeen hits and but two runs shows either
poor play on one side or superior work the
other Attendance, 5000. Score:
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May Gamble at Hawthorne.

and Schriver: McGinety
Id Robinson. Umpires-Swartwood and Hunt.
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Batteries-Sudhoh. Powell and Schrecongost;
Nichols and Clarke. Umpires-O Day and Nc
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-02

CINCINNATI Aug. 1.-The locals pounded
both Dunn and Yeager hard to-day and won
an uniuterestlnG game. Attendance 250o. Score:
Clubs r. r. e
Cincinnati ................1 10 Il
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-03-10
MINING NOTEa.

At Portland is being framed a gold
mining dredge to cost $4,000 for the
Pomeroy Dredging Company of Port
land, Ore.
Calumet, Mich, is now the second
largest mining camp in the United
States, and claims a population of 40,
900, being next to Butte.
1t Is estimated that there is now
$1,OO0,000 worth of ore in sight in the
Red Boy mine near Baker City. The
monthly cleanups of this mine range
from $4,000 to $4,000.
Another strike of clean galena ore
Is reported on the Little Spokane, near
Troy, Montana. Ore is being hauled
to the railroad for shipment to Great
Falls.
There is persistent rumor that the
Keystone is about to absorb the Gold
flint, in the Yakh district, Montana,
and that one big mill will work the
ores from both propositions.
This week a force of men were put
to work sinking an incline shaft on
the Rebate in Republic to catch the
ledge at point near the bottom of the
winze, and another force will COM
mence a raise to connect with it.
On the Silver King, near Okanogan
lake, and owned by the Canadian
American Gold Mining and Develop
ment company, of Rossland, $50 feet
of tunnels have been driven since Nov
ember /.
A strike has been made at the TO-
foot level in the Golden Eagle, on the
north fork of the Kettle river, in the
Boundary country. The find consists
OF four feet of high grade copper-gold
ore, from which assays were had from
$50 to 500.
A carload of red granite has been
shipped to Seattle from A. C. Thomp-
sons new quarry. There is said to be
but one other place in the United
States where such fine quality of red
granite is found. Most of the red gran.
In this country is brought from Scot.
land.
The Camp Hewitt properties which
have recently been secured by the Can
adian-American Gold Mining and De-
velopment company of Rossland, COM
prise 10 gold-copper claims situated on
Okanogan lake at the new town of
Peachland, which is located 20 miles
north of Pentleton on the west side
of the lake.
One mile east from the ranch of w.
L. Davis, just across the Okanogan
river, lies what is called a sodium-sul-
phate mine. This deposit covers about
sixty acres. and from samples sent 70
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-03-10
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

The railroad to the Fairfax mines ha:
been completed.
Arrangements are being made in Pa
louise to manufacture pottery.
The Keefe & Perkins shingle mill at
Sultan, Wash, has started up.
Carr & Carr, bankers of Montesano, are
arranging to open bank in Elma.
The ice crop this year at Miles CITY
Montana, is good, averaging "a inches OF
clear, good ice
During the year 1898 the mills of Bal
lard manufactured over 300,OOO,OOO ce-
dar shingles.
Elberton will put in fruit evaporator
the coming season, with capacity of
from 10000 to 10000 pounds.
There are 90 Japs at work laying side
track at Wallula. They are fast taking
the place of Cinnamon.
Warren Stetson, of the Stetson & Post
Mill company, is interested in an excel.
slor and broom handle factory being
erected at Eedro-Woolley, Wash.
There is considerable uneasiness among
stock men and farmers near Colfax be-
cause the prolonged winter is causing a
shortage of feed.
The Abbott ranch near Montesano, was
recently sold to brother of j. b.
Gouchner, manager of the Atontesano
creamery for $25O0.
Cattle buyers from Spokane have been
securing the country to the south of
Rockford during the past two weeks in
quest of beef cattle
A cockerel at the Spokane poultry
show was such fine bird that the Judge
OF the exhibition offered $75 for him.
which was promptly refused by his own,
ers
The Pomeroy and Lewiston stage line
has been shortened. The stage only runs
now from Pomeroy to Alpowai. The mail
route is discontinued between Alpowai
and Lewiston.
DIR. N. G. Blalock, of Walla Walla, the
most extensive fruit raiser in the Inland
Empire, states that the fruit crop of Wal
la Walla county has been extensively
damaged.
United States Commissioner B. X.
Knapp, of Ives, Okanogan county, last
year, made a success of tobacco raising
on his ranch, and recently was offered
l23 cents pound for large quantity
The Bellingham Bay Improvement COM
pany's mill at New Whatcom presents a
veritable bee hive appearance. A large
number of men are employed in the saw
mill, which has capacity of cutting 49,
900 feet of lumber per day.
The biggest sticks of timber ever cut in
Portland were cut at the mill of Inman,
Paulsen & Co. recently. They were of fir
and were three feet square, and little
more than forty-eight feet long. They con-
tanned 5000 feet of lumber, and weighed
about 10000 pounds each.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-03-10
New Secretary of War,

Washington, March 5.-General "Joe'
Wheeler may be the next secretary Of
war. The president, when he heard how
Speaker Reed had insulted the general by
refusing to recognize him on the floor OF
the house, was indignant. The president
regarded the speakers action as an insult
to an old and valued representative, an
insult to the confedemey, an insult to a
soldier, an insult to Santiago hero. Sew.
eral gentlemen talked over the matter
with the president this evening. When
they left the White house the news be,
came current that General Wheeler would
succeed Russell A. Alger, and that the
latter might oblige his friends by announe
ing his willingness to retire next week,
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-03-10
IDAHO.

Mr.. Lively of Wallace has returned
from Stevens peak and reports eleven fee
of snow there.
The prune and apple trees of the Pot
latch have. suffered no damage from the
effect of the extreme cold weather.
The whist tournament at the Moscow
club is ended. Lyman Reed finishing six
points ahead of the next best man.
The Nez Perez jail has become so unsafe
that oil of the federal prisoners have been
ordered removed to Moscow for safe keep
ing.
Parties coming in from the mountains
say that the snow is so deep that the
Clearwater has reached the high water
mark.
Spalding at present is taxed to its ut
most capacity on account of its influx of
gamblers from all over the country, who
are reaping harvest from the Indians.
DR., L. F. Inman of Moscow has received
a message from the war department in
forming him that the report of Tracy In
mans death at Manila Monday was I'M
true
j. j. Remington of Salmon river, near
White Bird, reports that the stock on
the river is doing well since the disap.
pearance of the snow, but that feed is
short.
Mr.. Tonlonson, miner in the Standard
mine at Wallace, had his hip crushed by
a fall of rock in the mine Friday. He
was removed to the Providence hospital
and is slowly improving
The decision of the local land office in
favor OF the contestant in the case of C..
B. Carter VS.. W. T. Adams, to quarter
section near Lapwai, has been affirmed by
the commissioner of the general land of.
fee.
Messrs. D. and C. w. Came of the WOOL
en- mill at Post Falls, state that they have
bought several new knitting machines,
and will start up the first of April with
an additional force of 10 new employees.
Judge Mayhem has sentenced James A.
Turner OF Wallace to one year in the pen.
itentiary for manslaughter. The Jury
recommended him to the mercy of the
court, and the sentence is the shortest
the law allows.
The past week has been notable one
for the fruit growers and farmers of the
Potlatch country, two meetings having
been held and degree of interest mani
tested that made the institute of more
than ordinary significance. The insti
tute was the first of series, and the
fruit growers are enthusiastic over the
results.