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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-25


 amend the landlaws by the repeal of those employed now solely to increase the hold .ings of the dishonest men and to give rise to such scandals as have lately thrown shame upon the American name. but if the future is to be judged by the past this access of wisdom and honesty will come only when there Is no longer any land left that is desired by the lurn- Der king or cattle baron.
 .'In the thirteen states and the three territories to which the reclamation act is applicable there are 535. 486,O0O acres vacant out of total of e72,777 800 acres.
 What portion of this can be ultimately made if for the habitation of man we are unable at the present moment to declare. Undoubtedly 1t will be largely in excess of current estimates. And It Is confidently stnted by good authority that about CO., 000, GOO acres are capable of supporting settled population on the basis of irri- gatng enterprises now regarded as feas- ibIe. The cause of irrigation is. indeed, In A special sense the cause of the coun- try included in the Louisiana purchase justifying after the lapse of century the statesmanship which far-sghtcd for Its age was more brilliant than those who conceived and executed 1t could have pCg- sibly imagined
 Amendment Bitterly Opposed.
 A motion to adopt the report of the committee on resolutions was followed by the introduction of an amendment to resolution lndorsing the present reclama- ton law. especially those provisions which afford an opportunity for home making This amendment advocated a repeal of that portion of the national ir- rigation law which compels the disposal of acreage 10 excess of 160 acres in the possession of one land holder. The mo- tion was bitterly attacked by the sup norters of the small land holders, and after a spirited debate the amendment was defeated and the report was adopted as presented
 The congress expressed high appre- cIa ton of the present national irrfga- ton law commenting especially It's be- ref,cent provisions for home making and urged the speedy completion of the pres ent government projects under considera- tion, Tn order 10 remedy the unsatisfac- tory provision of the constitution of the congress which compels it to conduct its
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Rapidly Passing Away.

Tn contrast with this the following table giving the increase in area in public lands passing into private ownership each years shows how rapidly our patrimony Is passing away:
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-03

gentleman in the pew. Come of the
general public were present, then?"
"Oh, yes It is impossible to exclude
them when the church is open"
This gentleman was one of your
wife's friends?"
mo. no: | call him gentleman by
courtesy, but he was quite a common
looking person. l hardly noticed his
appearance. But really I think that We
are wandering rather far from the
point"
Lady st. Simon, then, returned from
the wedding in a less cheerful frame of
mind than she had gone to it, What
did she do on re-entering her father S
house,"
Il saw her in conversation with her
maid
''And who is her mafd?"
alice is her name She is an Amer
lean. and came from California with
her"
"a confidential servant"
A little too much. so. It seemed to
me that her mistress allowed her TO
take great liberties. Still, of course, in
America they look upon these things in
a different way
How long did she speak to this
Alice?"
"Oh. few minutes 1 had something
else to think of"
You did not overhear what they
said?"
Lady st. simon said something
about jumping a claim She was ac-
custOmed to use slang of the kind.
have no idea what she meant"
American slang is very expressive
sometimes. And what did your wife do
when she finished speaking TO her
maid?"
she walked into the breakfast
room
ION your ARM"
mo. alone. She was very indepen-
dent in little matters like that Then,
after we had sat down for ten min
utes or so, she rose hurriedly. NUT
tered some words of apology, and left
the room. She never came back"
But this maid, Alice as I under
stand, deooses that she went to her
room, covered her brides dress with
long ulster, put on a bonnet. and
went out"
quite so. And she was afterward
seen walking into HYDE park in COM
pany with Flora Millar a woman who
is now IN custody, and who had al
ready made a disturbance at Mr..
Doran's house that morning"
All, yes. l should like a few par
ticulars as TO this young lady and
your relations to her"
Lord st. Simon shrugged his shout
ders and raised his eyebrows we
have been on a friendly footing for
/ some years. may say on a very
friendly footing. She used to be at the
Allegro. 1 have not treated her un-
generously. and she has no just cause
of complaint against me. but you know
what women are, Mr.. Holmes Flora
was a dear little thing. but exceedingly
hot-headed, and devotedly attached 10
me. She wrote me dreadful letters
when she heard that 7 was about 10
be married; and, TO tell the truth, the
reason why I had the marriage eele-
grated so quietly was that / feared
lest there might be a scandal in the
church. She came TO Mr. Dorans door
just after we returned. and she en-
deayored 10 push her way IN. uttering
very abusive expressions toward nv
wife. and even threatening her: bur I
had foreseen the possibility of some
thing of the sort. and 7 had two police
fellows there in private clothes. who
soon pushed her out again. She was
quiet when she saw that there vas no
good in making a row" 49,
Did your wife hear all this?"
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BIZ SIR A. CONAN DOYLE.

incident, However. was too trivial to re-
late and can have no possible bearing
upon the case"
Pray let Us have ii. for all that.
''Oh, it is childish. She dropped her
bouquet as we went toward the yes
try. She was passing the front pew
at the time and it tell over into the
pew. There was a moments delay,
but the gentleman in the pew handed it
up TO her again. and it did not appear
to be the worse for the fall. Yet, when
l spoke TO her of the matter she an
swered me abruptly and in the car
riage, on our way home, she seemed
absurdly agitated over this trifing
cause"
Indeed, You say that there was
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But it needs r great deal OF sup
plementing before any one could offer
an opinion. | think that / may arrive
| at my facts most directly by question:
ing you"
pray do so
when did you first meet Miss Hatty
Doran?"
IN San Francisco, a year ago
You were travelling in the states?"
Yes
No"
But you We're on d friendly foot
ing?"
L was amused by her society, and
she could see that / was amused"
Her father is very rich?"
He is said to be the richest man on
| the Pacific slope"
And how did he make his money!"
IN mining He had nothing a few
years ago. Then he struck gold, in
vested it, and came up by leaps and
bounds"
Now. what is your own impression
as to the young lady's-your wife's
character"
The nobleman swung his glasses d
little faster and stared down into the
fire. You see, Mr.. Holmes" said he.
my wife was 20 before her father be
/ came a rich man. During that time she
ran free in a mining camp. and wan
/ dered through woods or mountains. so
that her education has come from ma
ture rather than from the schOolmas-
ter. She is what we call in England
a tombOy, with a strong nature, wild
and free unfettered by any sort of ira
ditions. She is observation-disclosures,
was about to say. She is swift in max
ing up her mind, and fearless in car
rying out her resolutions. On the other
hand, l would not have given her the
name which / have the honor to bear
he gave a little stately cough-"had not
I thought her to be at bottom a noble
woman. /, believe she is capable of
heroic self-sacrifice and that anything
dishonorable would be repuspdnt to
her"
Have you her photograph
Il brought this with Ine." He opened
a pocket and showed US the full face
of a very lovely woman. 1t was not
a Photograph. but an ivory miniature.
and the artist had brought out the full
effect of the lustrous black hair, the
large dark eyes. and the exquisite
mouth. Holmes gazed long and ear
nestly at it, Then he closed the lOcket
and handed il back TO Lord st. Simon.
THE young lady came to London,
then, and you renewed yuur acquaint-
ance?"
Yes. her father brought her over
for this last London season. I met her
several times. became engaged to her,
and have now married her"
she brought, ] understand, a con-
siderable dowry?"
"A fair dowry, Not more than is
usual in my family"
And this, of course, remains to you,
since the marriage IS a fait accompli?''
Il really have made no inquiries on
the subject"
Very naturally not. Did you see
Miss Doran on the day before the we'd
ding?"
yes"
Was she IN good spirits"
Never better. She kept talking of
what we should do in our future lives. -
Indeed That is very interesting.
And on the morning OF the wedding?''
she was as bright as pOssible-at
least until after the ceremony.
And did you observe any change in
her then?"
We'll. TO tell the truth. / saw then
the first signs that ! had ever seen that
hsE temper gas Just little sharp. The
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'.rhe king of Scandinavia.

" HdL- Ildu ne LOST Is WIIaF
You can understand" said Holmes,
suavely, that l extend To the affairs of
my other clients the same secrecy
which / promise to you in yours
'Of course, Very right! very right!
I'm sure l beg pardon. As TO my own
case, 1 am ready TO give you any in
formation which may assist you in for
ming an opinion
Thank you. ! have already learned
all that is in the public prints, nothing
more l presume that | may take it as
correct-this article, for example, as
TO the disappearance of the BRIDE
Lord st. Simon glanced over it. yes,
it is correct, as FAR as it goes
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The case has been an interesting
one" remarked Holmes, when our Wis
itors had left US, because il serves TO
show very clearly how simple the ex-
PLANTATION may be of an affair which at
first sight seems to be almost mex
plicable. Nothing could be more
natural than the sequence of events as
narrated by this lady, and nothing
stranger than the result when viewed
for instance by Mr.. Lestrade. of Scot
land Yard.
You were not yourself at fault at
all, them
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The San Francisco call., 1905-08-24
ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES
ARE BEING CANVASSED
FIELD SEEMS LIMITED
Man Must Be Sc
leCted SATURDAY.
Afternoon.

The next important detail of the Britt
Nelson fight viii be the naming of the
referee. The representatives of the fight
ers viii meet in the office of Manager
Jim Coffroth on Saturday afternoon,
when they must. under the articles, select
the man who will preside in the ring
The list of eligibles is a short one un-
less some one is selected who has not Of
hci2ted i'm this city heretofore. Omitting
The names of men who have failed to give
satisfaction, the list reads: Graney
Wand, Welch, Smith and Kitchen OF
these it is thought the Britt forces lean
toward Graney, while the Nelson people
favor Jack Welch. Britt accepted the
latter when he fought Sullivan. Phil
Wand's services have often been sought
when each fighter thought he would win
and was willing to put his fortunes to
the test before competent judge of the
game.
A curious objection was raised to JEFF
fries yesterday. Ii was claimed that he,
being much larger than the two fight
ers. would spoil the effect of the moving
pictures. Whether this win be held
against him by the boxers is not known.
OF the Eastern referees George Siler
and Malachy Hogan. who are the best
known, are both newspaper men who
have at times written severely of Britt.
The same is true of Bat Masterson, who
will be among the spectators at Colma.
Britt commenced his boxing practice
yesterday with Frank Rafael and Danny
Danziger. The work was all done in the
gymnasium, and the crowd was so large
an admission fee was eXacted.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-24
BUDDY RYAN. THE GREAT VEL
TER-WEIGHT. WHO MEETS

argument when they meet to select a
referee next Monday night The two
rival middle-weights are so confident
of beating one another that they figure
the referee only a figurehead why,
we won't need referee was the way
Barry put it when asked as to whom he
would prefer for the position. Burns
talked in much the same strain. There
is bad blood between the pair and it
is apt to be sticking out all over them
when they face each other in the ring
at Woodwards one week from o-night
The trouble started from the twenty
round contest between the two at Ia
coma some months back. Barry claimed
ne was kept from beating Burns by
some one turning the lights out during
the progress of the fifth round, when
he had Burns at his mercy. Burns is
angry at such statements from the
Irish lad and he says the result of
Thursday nights contest will show
Dave has not spoken truthfully
Joe Angeli is in fine shape for his
ten-round contest with Fred Landers.
Joe is training at Larkspur He and
Landers meet at catch weights.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-24
POLOISTS OF THE SOUTH
IN TOURNAMENT PLAY
Picked Teams Meet In an Interesting
Match ON the Field at San:a
Barbara.

SANTA BARBARA, Aug. 23-The
Santa Barbara County Polo Club
opened its sixth annual polo tourna-
ment this afternoon with game be-
tween picked teams playing under red
and white colors. and after four excit-
ing periods of play the game went to
the reds by a score of to g.
There are twenty-four polo players
in Santa Barbara to take part in the
tournament and to arrange a game for
every player the first few days OF the
tournament will be given over to
matches between picked teams Sat
urday Riverside will play against Los
Angeles, the winner to meet Santa Bar
bara next Wednesday for the cham
pionship of Southern California.
To-day's match was between picked
teams chosen from among the repre-
sentatives of the Los Angeles, River
side and Santa Barbara clubs, but in
certain way it was representative, as
Ed. Young, Harry Weiss and Tom
Weiss. who played two, three and back
for the whites are members of the Los
Angeles first team. playing these DO
sitions. Bert Boeseke and E. ]. Boe-
seke. three and back for the reds are
on the local team To-day's game af-
forded valuable comparison of the
play.
The teams faced each other as fol-
lows: Reds-W. E. PedIey, No. /: r.
Bundrum, No. 2; B. c. Boeseke. No. 2.
E. ]. Boeseke back.
Whites-J. M. Warren No. i: Ed.
Young. No. 2; H. Weiss, No. 8: T.
Weiss. back
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-24
NELSON'S MASCOT is FOUND.
VIII Be Returned to the Camp of the
Fighter To-day.

! LARKSPUR, Aug. 23.-Another day
| gone in the Nelson camp, and no boxing,
! but plenty of hard work in the gymna-
sium and on the county road, into which
/ Bat entered with enthusiasm and avid
! itY. The weather this morning was some
what warmer than yesterday and more
! conducive TO perspiration. Bats mind
! was not so worried about his celebrated
bag-punching bull terrier Mike, which
disappeared Monday. He received word
to-day that Mike" was chained up at
San Anselmo and expects him returned
on Thursday.
Bat and Jimmie Gardner had a body
guard Of ten who helped them TO warm
the county road. Smiling Metzner was
among the group, but by the time he
reached Kentfield the smile for once left
his beaming countenance, as he had no
more steam. He waited and rested at
Kentfield and joined them on their home
ward jog.
Bob Lundy, one of the Olympic Clubs
/ clever boxers, came over to-day expect
ing TO have a three-round sparring go
with Bat. Manager Nolan would not take
chances of the split in his lower lip be-
ing opened. he will have Bat and Lundy
spar three rounds in the twenty-foot
open-air arena on Friday afternoon. The
canvas for the arena was received to-day
and stretched on the floor OF the arena.
Bat has been in the arena for short pc
riods getting accustomed to the glare OF
the sun which beats down generously.
After luncheon he relaxed his muscles
and read for short time. He was the
target for several artists. In the gymna-
SUM he punched the sandbag, kept the
punching-bag moving, used the wrist ma
chine, skipped rope and did shadow-box-
ing He and Lundy tossed the medicine
ball for few minutes. He then had
lively and interesting three-round wres-
Ting bout with Lundy At Bat mounted
his pony and went for an hours ride
through Ross Valley. returning at for
dinner.
Tomorrow will be San quentin day in
the prison, where he will be the guest of
the officers and guards. Bat has many
warm admirers and friends at the prison.
and has been a frequent guest of the
officials He will do no gymnasium work,
as Nolan considers the round trip to San
Quentin, which is fully ten miles, suffl-
Client exercise for that day
Eddie Smith, the well-6nown referee,
and DR. Hudson, the medical examiner
of the Lenox Club of New York, and
many others were interested spectators
during Nelson's work in the gymnasium.
DR. Hudson, who precedes a number of
prominent New York sporting men who
are coming to the fight, will remain on
the coast until after the affair. George
Siler Bat Masterson, Lou Houseman,
Jack Stillson and other prominent sport
ine men of the United States will be
present at .Colma.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-24
LATONIA ENTRIES.

CINCINNATI, Aug. 23.-The entries
for to-morrow's races at Latonta fol-
low:
First race, six furlongs, selling-Herlida S5.
Euba So. Lady Lou S5. Kate Zitt IS, Margory
Gaffney 50. Merino SO. The Roustabout so,
Gracious 81 Miladi Love 81, Hopeful Miss 90.
Flori 100. Horton 101. Esterre 101, La Sagitte
1Ol.
Second race, one mile and 100 yards. selling
1o2. Scotch Thistle los. Six Shooter 107.
Third race. five furlongs. purse-Amy Riley
9S La Sorciere 98. Gabrielle %, Do Ra Me
9s. Floral 9S. Lizzie Mclean 9s. Red Top eS
Pauline Boyle 9s, Lila NJ 0s. Betsey 9S, Polly
Forest 104, Ferronfere 1O4. Progression no.
All Brown 110.
Fourth race, six furlongs. selling-Chick-
orka Maid So. Eleanor Howard 81. Martha
German 81. Ethel Davis 96, Cardinal Wolsey
9S. Felix Mozzes 100 Bonnie Prince Charlie
10f. Klenwood 1O1 Frivol 101. Crescerton 1O1,
Tom Kiley 1O2 Sid Silver 102, Robin Hood 100,
Jack Ratlin 49,
Fifth race, five and half furlongs purse
Earl Rogers 96. Quinn Brady 103, Jimmy Ma
her 90. st. Volma 96. DR.. Keith 100. Hoi Pol
loi 103 Beacon Light 1O3. Orbicular los. Blue
grass Lad los, Excitement los. Mandator los.
Malleable los, Speedmaker los. tRogers and
Brady, Schneider entry.)
Sixth race. mile. selling-Wakeful s5.
Bravery S. Louise McFarlan 50. Stroud 80.
Happy Jack III a. Lazell 90, CLANCY 95. Chief
Bush e5. Eduardo 96s DIR. Riley 9s. Hot 90.
DIR. Wang 80, Omealca 100. Matte II 1O7.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-24
RONCOVIERI APPEALS TO CITY
ATTORNEY FOR USE OF MONEY
Board of Education Needs Large Sum
Tied Up in Recent Suit for
Current ExDenses.

President Roncovieri of the Board OF
Education yesterday wrote 10 the City
Attorney for an opinion as to the stand
ing OF the board in the matter Of the
procuring Of funds from the annual
surplus of 1904-05 that are tied up by
a recent Injunction issued against the
Auditor and Treasurer. The board is
in urgent need of money for the trans
action of its business particularly for
the procuring OF portable schoolhouses
10 relieve the congested condition OF
several schools
The injunction restraining the board
from using the money was secured by
stephen V. Costello for his client, Miss
Mary Mckenzie, who was formerly a
teacher and is now suing for $S640 back
pay. Roncovieri maintains in his let
ter that the teacher is asking for money
that she has not earned. The case
is before the Court of Appeals for con-
sideration He also says that IT is un-
just for the present board TO pay out
money TO rectify a possible wrong Of an
old board.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-24
SEATTLE PLAYS
MISERABLE BALL
Loses the Opening Contest
to the Commuters Through
Loose Playing in Field
VANS MEN BAT HARD
RESULTS OF GAMES.
San Francisco, IL; Tacoma, 2.
Oakland, 81. Seattle, ).
Los Angeles, 2; Portland, L.
TO-DAY'S GAMES.
Seattle Oakland at Recreation Park.
San Francisco at Tacoma.
Los Angeles at Portland.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
VANS MEN BAT HARD
RESULTS OF GAMES.
TO-DAY'S GAMES
Seattle-Oakland mt Recreation Park
San Francisco at Tacoma.
Los Angeles at Portland.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.


Whether the Seattle baseball players
were stiff-jointed from their long ride
from the northern city, or whether they
were simply out of form. was question
yesterday at Recreation Park.s Whatever
the cause, they should not hand out the
variety of ball they treated the fans to
again Oakland won a contest which
they could have hardly lost If they tried
When the session came to an end Oak
land had six runs while Seattle had but
three.
All the rules of how to play the ma
tional game were infringed by Seattle.
Booting and wild throwing seemed
speciality with the Siwashes The fans
who occupied the lower bleachers on the
first base side were compelled to move
up half dozen rows for fear of their
lives as the northerners were hurting
the sphere a dozen feet over the first
baseman's head into the bleachers.
The run-getting started in the opening
round, when Oakland, after two were
down, scored two runs on three hits. The
Seattle men did their best batting in
the third period. They found Iberg for
four safe swats, which netted them three
tallies. Oakland registered one in the
fourth without getting a hit.
They tapped Charles Hall, who had
the sulks. in the sixth period for four
bingles and scored two. They put an
other over in the next round, which
closed the session. The score:
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-24
SARATOGA ROCKIES WATCH
A BRUTAL DOG FIGHT
Ihe stakes Amount to $1,000. md
Nearly $4,000 Changes Hands on
the Result,

SARATOGA, Aug. pa savage dog
fight was held here to-day for the special
entertainment of millionaires. society
folk, bookmakers and regulars who are
still here. The pit in which the bulldogs
battled was in a barn near the racetrack
The bull terrier Doc" owned by Billy
Ducas of Detroit. weighing twenty two
pounds. and the brindle bull "Sam
weighing twenty-four pounds, said to be
the property Of a Saratoga gambling
house proprietor. were the contestants
The fight was tipped off as due early
enough to give spectators time to get to
the track for the opening race.
After one of the most brutal exhibitions
ever seen In this country the dog "Doc"
was killed in the ring The stake
amounted to $1,000, and nearly every one
at the pit side wagered upon the fight.
All told. some $4,000 changed hands on
the result