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The San Francisco call., 1899-04-09
DUNO|S CAPTURES
THE MONTGOMERY
Ably PiIoted by Henry
Martin.

MEMPHIS. Tenn, April S.-There was
a large attendance at the opening days
races OF the Memphis Jockey Club, de-
spite the cold. threatening weather. The
stake feature was the Montgomery handi-
cap at mile and sixteenth. Dunois.
which sold a slight favorite over Manuel
had the race safe from the start and,
ably piloted by "Skeets" Martin, the Cali
fornia lad, won handily by half length
from Manuel, which finished length be-
fore HaAdsel.
Timemaker third. Time. l;17l.
Two-year-olds. four furlongs-F W. Brode
won. McAleekin second, Caviar third. Time,
Mile. selling-Forget Not won, Uhlers second,
Salyarse third. Time. 1:45i4.
Montgomery handicap. mile and a sixteenth
Dunois. 100 H Martini, TO l, won; Manuel.
1l0 (EveretU, 8 TO and TO ., second; Hand
Half It'' mile n seiing@Eiizabeth KaIne won ST.
Yer Flzz second. Elbe third. Time, :5o]2.
Nile, selling-Wison won. Sea Robber sec
ond. Moroni third. Time. l:45+-
CINCINNATI. April s.-The fourth an
nual spring meeting OF the Queen city
Jockey Club opened at Newport, KY, to-
day under many disadvantages. The
weather was cold and raw and the track
a sea OF mud. Just before the last race
was run hailstorm came up, making the
day a most disagreeable one for the
spring racing. In spite Of this, crowd
OF 1000 or more people turned out to wit
ness the sport, which was exciting
throughout
Six furlongs-Merry Day won. Shieldbearer
second. Ethel Collins third. Time, l:2o.
Four furlongSSue Johnson won, Ny Chicken
second. Miss Dede third. Time. :53-a.
One mile-Volandies Won. Deering second,
Nancy Seitz third. Time, 1:5l3&.
Seven furlongs. se!ling-s sworddsman won
Four and z half furlongs-Rodd won, Wiede-
mann second. Curtis third. Time, l:0lie.
Seven furlongs. seliing-Carlotta won, Agt-
tator second, Nellie Prince third. Time, l:Ss.
WASHINGTON, April s.-Reeults at Ben
nings:
Gidd won. Bishop Reed second, Leando third.
Time. 1:25.
Congressional stakes for two-year-olds. sell
ing. half a mile-Misericordia won. The Bobby
second, Merritt third Time, :51
Steeplechase about two and a half miles
Baby Bill won, Decapod second, Trillion third.
Time. 5.24
Five furlongs. selllng-Diva won, James Todd
second Whim third. Time. 1:4 10.
Handicap, mile and a hundred yards-Beau
Ideal won. Imperator second, Alice Farley
third. Time, 1:50 %.
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Walcott Knocks Out Judge.

TORONTO, Ont, April Sat the En-
pire Athletic Club tonight Joe Walcott
and Jim Judge were to have gone twenty
rounds, but the bout came to an end in
the eleventh, Walcott finishing his man
with a terrible right on the point of the
Jaw. The men fought hard all through,
and in the opening rounds Judge seemed
TO be meeting Walcotts rushes well. From
the fifth it was Walcotts fight, and sew
eral times Judge took the limit when
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-09
CLEVER SURGICAL OPERATION.
DR.. Maduro's Laparotomy Is Success
fully Performed,

Special Cable to The Call and the New York
Herald. Copyrighted. 1898. by James Cor
don Bennett.
PANAMA, Colombia, April s.r-A clever
surgical operation was performed here
yesterday by DR.. Maduro, a graduate OF
the College of Physicians and Surgeons
OF New York.
In the presence of several leaders in
the local medical fraternity the operation
Of laparotomy for a fibroid tumor was
successful. 1t was the first of many
cases here in which the result was ia
Nnra hla
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SPANISH TREASURE
DUG UP In TEXAS
Discovery Of uD Oak Box and
Three Kegs Filled With Gold
DoubIooDs.

April Sc. a
Devne
buried gold
with
doubloons
conjecture but
old, being
back 100 The box contained packet of papers writ
a ebony
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stanford,s Tennis Team.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, April g.
In the tournament here to-day Spencer
'02 won a place on the intercollegiate ten
mis- team, which will meet Berkeley on
April % at the courts of the California
Tennis Club in San Francisco. S. P
Hardy 02 was given a place on the team
without contesting because of his cham
pionship standing. The other place lies
between F. l. Sanderson and Pratt '02,
and will be decided on Monday afternoon.
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license Ordinance Defeated.

SANTA CRUZ. April Sat a meeting of
the City Council the ordinance imposing
license on merchants was rejected. An
other ordinance placing restrictions on
saloons failed of passage. 1t was tie vote
and Mayor Lamb cast the deciding vote
in the negative. The ordinance proposed
to make saloon men give a bond of $1,000
as a guarantee that they would comply
with the requirements OF the ordinance,
and that petition for a permit would
have to be signed by five residents of the
block in which 1t was proposed to locate
the saloon. 1t abolished side entrances.
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For a Flexible Currency.

NEW YORK, April S.-A declaration
for flexible currency. based on the gold
standard, was adopted to-day by the ex-
ecutive committee of the Indianapolis
of indianapolis, for the purpose of getting
the advice of the committee upon the
recommendations to be presented to the
Republican caucus committee of the
House of Representatives, which will
meet at Atlantic City on April II.
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Perished on valdez Glacier.

SEATTLE. April 81. ]. Malone of
Boston, Mass. who arrived here from
Copper River. Alaska, last night, reports
that a lawyer named French formerly of
Chicago. perished on Valdes Glacier about
three weeks ago. His body was recovered
and buried at Yaldes. There We're about
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THEIR Boat CAPSIZES.
Two Men Drowned in the North Fork
of Feather River.

OROVILLE. April s.-John D. Simms and
Leonard Hale were drowned al Shores
Bar, on the north fork of Feather River,
this morning They attempted to cross
the stream which is swift and very
rough. in a new canvas boat. The boat
upset and they were thrown into the
water They were unable to reach the
shore, and later their bodies were seen
floating down the current. Hale was a
son of Editor Hale of the National Bull
letin al Quincy. Cal. The men were
working at the De Long mine in deep
gorge of the Sierra, where the stream is
confined in a rocky canyon.
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Back % the Old Home.

WOODLAND, April s.-W. H Ludden.
Register of the Land Office at Spokane
and for many years a resident of this
city. arrived to-day and will visit for
short time with relatives and friends Mr.
Ludden left Yolo County nine years ago
and has since been prominent in business
and politics in Washington.
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WASHINGTON. April s.-Reeults at Ber
HEGELMAN IN FRONT.
Wins the Twenty-four Hour Go-as-
You-Please at New York.

NEW YORK. April S.-The close Of the
twenty-four hour go-as-you-p please al the
Grand Central Palace tonight was mild
and uninteresting. Out of the thirty
three starters only ten men finished. The
score at the end of the twenty-fourth
hour was: Hegelman 120 miles. Click I13,
Dean 107 Cox 103, Day 50, Noonan 90, Han
sen 81. Kingston 81, Wolenschlager 81,
Eison 70 Carlson 20.
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MARIE BARNA's DIVORCE.
The California Woman Granted Ali
monv hv the Court

NEW YORK, April S.-A Paris cable to
the Journal says; Marie Barna, whose d.
NOrce becomes absolute IN a few weeks,
has left Paris for the United States.
Desertion is the cause alleged for the d.
vorce from her husband, Publisher Smith
of Boston. Mrs. Smith is a daughter of
Judge Barnard of California. Baraa is
her stage name. The court has ordered
Mr. Smith to pay her $50 900 alinony.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-09
Big Fight Not DECLARED OFF.

PHILADELPHIA, April Sin an in
terview tonight with a reporter of the
Associated Press Martin Julian, man
ager of Bob F'itzsimmons denied the
Fitzsimmons-Jeffries fight had been de-
clared off. He stated emphatically that
the fight would take place before the
Coney Island Athletic Club on the date
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-09
Collier Nero Ready for Service.

VALLEJO, April S.-The collier Nero
will be placed in commission the first Of
next week. The Nero has been thoroughly
overhauled at Mare Island and is fitted
olulu and Manila. Paymaster Clerk J. ].
Cunningham has been assigned to duty
on the Independence upon the recon-
mendation of Paymaster L. c. Kerr.
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Tournament Of Wheelmen.

tournament which will take place at Ag-
ricultural Park Sunday afternoon is at
tracing a great deal of interest All the
riders who took part in the Sacramento
meeting are here.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-09
Oakland Laborer Killed.

SACRAMENTO, April s-Alexander
Martin, laborer. who lately arrived from
Oakland. was killed to-day while assist
ing in dismantling some machinery in the
McCreary flour mill. large piece of the
machinery fell upon him. He died almost
instantly. His widow came from Oakland
tonight.
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Chief Engineer of the Great Northern

ST. PAUL, Mimi, April S.-John F. Ste
vens was to-day appointed chief engineer
OF the Great Northern Railway, vice N.
D. Miller, resigned. Mr.. Stevens salary
will be 900 a year.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-09
Field Dav or High schools

VALLEJO, April S-The high schools of
Solano County will hold their annual field
day in Vallejo on May 13. The teams
representing the several schools are train
ing hard.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-09
Sena+nr Taller Ill

DENVER, April 8.-Senator H NJ. Tel
Ter is confined to apartments at the Hotel
Imperial by sickness. He returned
from the East Wednesday and was taken
at once TO the hotel. His condition IS not
considered dangerous, but a kidney af-
fection is causing some apprehension
among friends. The fact that the Senator
was sick did not become known until to-
night.
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1900 destitute prospectors at valdes. wht
are being cared for by Government Agen
Charles Brown.
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PRINCE BISMARCK
MEDlTATED SUICIDE
According to Herr Harden the
Chancellor Had NotbiDg to
Live For After His Wife Died.

BERLIN April Sr publishes
on bismarck where the great philosophers the
eness of further living
he
such
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Yet we Profes Harder
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-07
A WINTER IN FLORIDA,
George H. Rice Tells About the Effects
of the Cold Snap Last February,

George H. Rice and family Of six
have just returned, after soiourn Of
nearly six weeks in Florida
He reports that the winter season of
Ithe tourist has passed, the hotels are
nearly all closed, and very few visit
ors remain. except those whose health
demands that they should proceed very
cautiously.
The weather for the winter has been
unusually cool, with a large rainfall.
but the rain has been largely in the
night, and the extreme cool weather of
short duration, so that the weather for
six months has been delightful.
New potatoes planted just before the
freeze are now in fine condition for
eating; strawberries are abundant and
cheap, selling in Tangerine at from to
10 cents per basket and at SaWtey the
train was surrounded with men and
boys selling nice, ripe berries at 8
cents per basket, while the train was
being loaded with crates and baskets
of strawberries and garden vegetables.
The output of vegetables up to the
present time has been unusually small,
as the freeze of Feb u and - either
entirely destroyed the vegetables or cut
them to the surface of the ground.
Inc injury 10 IHe orange groves III
the northern portion Of the state has
been disastrous,
In many places the trees are killed
to the ground, and viii be abandoned.
The large areas that were allowed to-
remain a barren waste after the. freeze
OF 30 Will be largely added to by the
owners who struggled through the des- |
olation wrought by that freeze, only to |
be entirely disheartened by the recent
scourge when their hopes had been
raised by four years Of mild winters,
in which the trees had grown to a stage
of frultfulness, and the growers were
about to be rewarded with abundant
crops, which would sell at fabulous
prices.
The small crop which was raised this
year sold for prices that were entirely
unknown before the freeze. and thus
the incentive to those who have saved
their trees through means Of natural
or artificial protection, is greatly en-
HANGED.
Some persons enclosed a few trees in /
tents, paper houses and broad shutters.
with Oil lamps to raise the tempera-
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-07
INCRKASE "a coAL EXpORTS.

According to the treasury experts,
March gave marked impetus to the
expectation of American coal, the total
exceeding by about 50 per cent the coal
exports of March, 1898, and the money
receipts being increased nearly as
much. The increase of exports for the
past nine months amounted to about 20
per cent over the similar period of 1898
To be exact, the exports of coal for
March We're 402, 056 tons, valued at $685.
S24, and for nine months 1852, 655 tons
valued at $1O,OS4,6S7
By far the largest portion of these
exports went to British North Amer
lea, the quantity being 2,641, 1879 tons
for nine months. Mexico was the next
largest consumer, with 31S,6S9 tons. Gu
ba took 249,9O3 tons; other West Indies
16S,6S7 tons; Asia and Oceanica, pre-
sumably including the Philippines, 49,
$50 tons; Brazil, 1890 tons; Colombia,
$500 tons; other South American
states, 79,S6S tons.
The most interesting figures, how
Vel cid G " NGItdb pIlJdlu w iiliC We
sent only SO tons of coal to the United
Kingdom, during the nine months end
ing with March, 1898, we increased the
quantity to 1891 tons for the same pc
riod ending March 81, 1899. Our ex-
ports of coal to France have fallen off
greatly in a year, but for the remain
der of Europe our coal exports have
increased in the period named from
1904 tons to 2O,24O tons. Taking all Eu
rope together, our coal exports for
the nine months ending March 81 last
amounted to 2S.16S tons as compared
with only S057 tons for the same period
of the preceding year. That is to say,
our exports of coal to Europe have
been increased two and a half times in
a year That is what worries the
British operators.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-07
GREAT PROBLEM.
Supt. Knight Will
Tell of His Ex-
periments.
CITY HALL DIALS,
Believed That There Is Only
One Method to Be Used
In Lighting Them.

What promises to be an interesting
meeting of the committee on pupIlc
buildings of the city council, is sched-
uled for Tuesday night at 40 o'clock,
when matters pertaining to illumlna-
ting the dials of the city hall clock
which have been referred to them, VIII
be considered.
superintendent of Street Lighting
Henry A. knight has been asked to
submit what data he has been able to
gather in the course Of experiments
conducted by him in the endeavor to
arrive at some satisfactory solution Of
the problem.
Supt. Knight is satisfied in his own
mind that there is but one method by
which the dial may be made luminous
and that is by placing some sort of Il
glass dial with the necessary appara-
tus for lighting.
Various schemes for lighting the dial
have been tried. Placing lamps between
the different numerals by system o.
reflectors so placed as to throw the
rays of light down over the face. has
been tried. and finally citizen comes
forward with plans for a glass dial. A
section of such a dial had been made,
and was to have been hung out to see
what the effect would be viewed from
the street, but when the structure was
brought to the city hall it was found
almost too bulky to be handled with
any degree of eXpediency. The structure
was accordingly placed in the basement
of the hal, where various schemes for
illumination have been tried. d .-E
The trouble encountered in illumina-
ting such a dial. however, with num-
Der of lamps is that the points Of light
are found too bright, the eye catches
these points, but the immediate sur
rounding space is thrown into compar-
ative gloom. Ground glass globes have
been tried and the ends of the globes
painted. but the results have been far
from satisfactory. Now superintendent
Knight will have a chance to tell the
committee on public buildings what de-
termination he has arrived at from a
trial of his own ideas and those of Ger
tain citizens of Worcester who have
imagined themselves in possession Of
the correct method.
Men who have given the matter con-
siderable thought say there is but one
way to solve the question satisfactC-
rily to the people and that is by chan
Melting the wall and placing a di@ THAI
could be Illuminated during the hours
of darkness. A Boston firm has Of
fered to do the work for $4,000. but what
the committee will see
fit to make remains to be determined
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-07
TIE sly FRANcLSco cHARrER.

The new city charter of San Francis
co, having been approved by the state
legislature, attracts wide attention as
a marked and in some respects sensa-
tional departure in municipal govern
ment. No other city in the country has
had the courage to experiment with re-
form upon so extended a scale. The
principle of municipal ownership is ac-
corded liberal recognition. as are also
the popular initiative and referundum.
The legislative bodies and the executive
bodies are restricted to small member
has salary. On the other hand, the
bipartisan police board which has
worked so unsatisfactory in New York
is initiated again and again in San
Francisco. Nearly all the department
heads are elective officers, as well as
the mayor and the board of supervisors,
who constitute the single chamber of
the city council
There are eighteen supervisors, each
receiving a salary of $1,000 "a year.
Their powers are broad, but they can
grant street railway franchises for
terms of only twenty-five years, and
cannot renew or extend them. At any
time within thirty days after the
granting of a franchise, fifteen per cent
of the voters recorded at the last pre-
vious election may compel a reference
of the franchise to popular vote, and if
it is then granted. it must be sold to
the highest bidder, the lowest terms be-
ing 5 per cent upon the gross earn
ings Of the company foFrhe first year
and progressively thereafter at the rate
Of L per cent a year, till the percentage
reaches five. The granting of water
and light franchises is reserved exclus-
lively for the popular referendum.
Fifteen per cent of the voters may
compel the submission of an ordinance
to popular vote, and when once adopt
ed, the ordinance can be neither amend
ed or repealed by the board of supervis-
ors though they may refer an amend
ment or repeal to the people at the an
nual election. Furthermore. the char
ter declares it to be the intention of
the city ultimately TO own all public
utilities, including street railways, and
provision is made for acquiring them.
Streets, sewers, street sprinkling, the
care of buildings. conduits, etc, are en-
trusted to salaried board of public
works, appointed by the mayor. If the
streets are to be torn up for the con-
Venience Of corporation or an individ-
ual, the board does the work and col
lects of the parties interested.
The board of education of four mem
bers. which takes the place of the school
committee, is likewise appointed by the
mayor, and each member draws sa-
larry Of $4,000. They employ superin-
tendent at $4,000, who appointed four
deputies. The board makes its own es-
Inmates and turns them over to the
board Of supervisors, who must add the
amount to the total to be levied for
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THE SAMOAN MASSACRE.

The details of the Samoan massacre
in which Lieut. Lansdale and Ensign
Monaghan of the United States navy
and Lieut. Freeman of the British ma
w lost their lives, show that the blame
for that treacherous murder should be
laid closer to Germany's door than was
at first supposed If the Associated
Press's correspondence is to be believed,
Hufnagel, the German plantation own
er, not only deliberately and treacher-
ously planned the ambush and led the
unsuspecting Americans and British
into it, but was seen fighting in the
front ranks of Mataafas following.
If the incident had taken place as
close to our shores as did the Maine dis
aster it is probable that the nation
would have been reused to the fiercest
point of indignation. But happening
in such a remote neighborhood and
coming at time when the country has
just completed one war and has an
of bloodshed, all classes are agreed that
the present is a case for diplomats to
handle.
Apparently England and America
have a strong case against Germany.
In addition to the Hufnagel incident,
another Prussian officer has been ban
ished from the islands, after it had
been proved that he had led the natives
in battle. 1t was with knowledge of
these facts that Germany took notice
Of the Coghlan matter, eagerly tax
ing advantage of any incident how
ever small that offers in the slightest
degree to offset the troublesome actions
of a few of its own officers and citi-
zens.
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THE PASSING or THE DRUMMER.

One of the saddest effects of the
present system of business consolida-
ton will be the passing of the travel
ing statesmen. The man of jests and
grip sacks will soon be no more. Like
horses in this age of electricity, COM
pressed air and bicycles, he will soon
lag superfluous on the stage. The gem
ial individual who boosted a different
girl in every city on the road and a
fresh joke for each customer will cease
to startle quiet, rural villages with his
loud clothing and louder conversation.
He is effete, passe, an anachronism.
Now the rival business houses have
pooled interests they will no longer
need to employ a man to tell store
keepers how much cheaper and better
their line of goods is than any other
They will simply divide up the field in
to territories, each concern reigning su-
preme and without competition in its
individual sphere Of influence"
But all classes will bemoan the
drummer's demise. Railroad corpora
lions will declare smaller dividends,
hotel keepers will be disconsolate and
bar keepers will go into mourning. The
drummer has always been lavish with
his employers money and has made
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so delighted the audience that she was
engaged for the Brooklyn institute next
season.
Class Is carries on a deal of philan-
thropic work Among its enterprises
has been the defraying of a young ne
gress' expenses through Atlanta Uni
versity.
Nat" Goodwin, SOL Smith Russell
10" Jefferson-do the actors of other
countries abbreviate their names in
that familiar fashion?
Theodore" said Mrs. Hardscrabble,
looking up from the paper, L see thar
a New York banker has given three
thousand dollars to the Princeton De
batting Society. How ridiculous! You
don't have to give women money to
learn how to talk"
No" responded Mr.. Hardscrabble,
feelingly. I've noticed it's VIII ae-you
don't give them money that they do
their best talking. Life.
Parenthood ought to take a fresh
start in Worcester. Didn't we have a
little mothers congress all to ourselves
yesterday afternoon?
These days call for selfcontrol
Southern strawberries are only % cents
a box But don't be tempted. Wait d
few weeks and give the Worcester
county farmers a lift.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis H. Dewey, Mr..
and Mrs. Halleck Bartlett, Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest H. Wood, Mr..
and Mrs. T. 3. Eaton, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry F. Harris, were in the
audience at the Worcester Theatre yes
terday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Gvon Ladau of
Brookline, Mass, and their daughter,
Helena, are. the guests of Mrs. Har-
rington Howard of Main street.