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The Ordway new era., 1909-05-14
|0'ng Lions with Poisoned
Arrows.

Jus are occasionally killed by
sans' but the poison on the arrows
y. oe very strong, as frequently.
oeins sick two or three times,
n0n seems to recover and get
Y captain Swayne gives an ac.
vi the way In which these Mid.
nunt the oryx with their dogs.
get on with my story. The
M'aean carried a bow nearly as
10 himself, and was followed by
aozen small native dogs with
s'erns and prick ears. These
surs We're wonderfully broken,
rh usa trotted OFF in front of us,
.s aen ne got near the place where
NJ. M seen the lions he simply put
s nand. and all the dogs Law
Ill.,. ~ punch and never attempted
h,,' " On after us. Then we stalked
.hay' y towards a big thorn tree ris-
lIo. e the bush. This was where
,oas va.s' We're said to be. The bush
~ ~, upen' and when we came in
mD,. vi !he tree the lions were Just
p,ns, sra There were four of them.
eyan old lioness and three
via iy,sh'naps not quite full grown.
foIlo n very little name. Hassan
owed ,hO,s. close behind on his pony.
Iys su'ed y. to him to try and keep
~ v,.a Ua the lioness, and ran on nv.
u T,, Abdulla after one of the
uea ms one did not seem much
\ 70 run, and after a short
,omaai managed to get a bullet into
sne~here sons I, just as he disappesreI
'0ne = thick bushes.
bsa mat +, moment we caught sight Of
bou, }, non saa trotting along parallel to
Nas t 1Vo Yards OF. The wounded
lIns a,eeping !, up a continuous low
oas on's In the bushes, 20. o.. thin thinkinr Inv
4 M M not get far away, we ran to
aa,h. s other. He turned on vhea
~, us sight of US. and " had 4
u u sh,.e Chase after him, as . r..
n s'n sn,oA ! was 70 blown / couid
- , although he Wa iobbine
~0re than 100 yards ahsal.
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give up the chase after 100 yards or
SO. This pony of Hassan's was about
the best ever saw In Somaliland.
He would not put a price on 1t. be-
cause he said he could make quite .
respectable income by making looting
expeditions on Its back. as 1t was 30
fast nobody could catch 1t.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-31
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were issued in
San Francisco Thursday, December 80, 1909:
ALTER R-THAU-Herman Alter, %, 141s Brod-
erick ST., and Cpora Thau, "a, 41115 Oak st.
ANI-PAGANI-Giuseppe Ascolani, 81,
and Esolina Pagani 16, both Of 7O3 Montgom-
cry ave.
BARBARoTTo-BAvA Barbarotto, %,
and Giulia Bava, %, both of % Lafayette
BLooMBERGA AJACoBS-Abraham Bloomberg.
"a. Sacramento, and Ruth Jacobs, 2l, s27
Hayes st.
cARTER-sULLIyA A. Carter, 81,
1906 0'Farrell St. and Margaret Sullivan,
20, 1547 Forty eighth ave.
CRAFTON-FITZ GERALD-John II. Grafton,
81, 3439A Sixteenth St, and Andrienne V.
Fitz Gerald, Is, 62 Bartlett st.
oSS-RIDDLE-Walter C. Cross. 2S, $40
o'Farren ST., and Fannie NJ. Riddle, %, 80
San Carlos ave.
-RowE-cornelius n. Graham, So
and Bertha Rowe, 80, both of 66l McAllster
street.
HILDEBRANDT-LAPL William J. Hide
brandt 90 6e6 Greenwich st, and Martha NJ.
Laplace, %, San Jose.
HoLM-RAATIKAINEN- Holm, %, and
Annie Raatikainen, %, both of San Francisco
MARTIN-N -NoTLEY-Joseph J. Martin, 21,
Reno. and Fannie NJ. Motley. IS, Santa Cruz
MASsEI-PANNA- Massei. 45, 401 Fill
bert st, and Emma Parma, 40, 612 Green
wich St
McADAM-ADAMS-M ]. McAdams. %,
1909 Ninth ave. and Anna e. Adams, %, 1903
Seventeenth ave.
NORTHUMBERLAND l. Moler, 20. Win
ters, and Caroline K Dittmer. %, Dixon.
SCHKADE-GoLDE-E A. Schkade, 29 and
Margaret Franziska Golde, 27, both Of San
Francisco.
SLAvICH-LoRENZEN- Slavich, o. 1910
Mason ST., and Sophie Lorenzen, 20, 342s
Twenty-sixth st.
TOMNITZ-SOHUTZ-E F. Tomnitz 2S, PAT
Noe ST., and Lulu Schultz, 27, 1l9 Noe ST.
WILSON owNSEND-Benjamin d. Wilson,
81, and Annie Townsend, 45, both of Wood
leaf, Cal.
WoLF-COBLENTZ-w Wolf, 81. and Leah
A. Coblentz, Is, both of 1852 Eddy st.
WRIGHT-ADAMS-Wil William E. Wright, 81,
San Francisco. and Louise. Adams, IS, Salinas.
ZWIGER-LACHER-K Zwiger, %, and Mary
Lacher IS. both of Fruitvale.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-31
JIM GAfFNEY THE
DAYS GOOD THING
RompS Away From ROseVaIe i'm
the Mile and Sixteenth at
Odds of I3 to 5
By E. w. CLARKE

sainotta and Salvage rewarded the
players yesterday at Emeryville On
The other races the layers profted. Sal
wages victory, with Denny aboard. was
clean cut run to form. sainotta
scored in hollow fashion after Gram
ercys opening favoritism found no
play to support it.
The days surprise was Jockey Co
burns return to his supposed form in
riding two winners. Both-sainotta
and Jim Gafney-happened to be pad
dock specials.
The feature event was the Lathrop
handicap at Eve furlongs, with Cloud
light scratched, on account Of morn
ing accident and Fernando. a TO 5
tavorite on the strength Of his re-
markable race Monday Kederis. who
booted Hamper over at 10 to on his
last start, repeated the stunt by win
ming all the way. with the closing
price TO J. Fernando was off flying,
surrendered to the lightweight and at
tended his pace 10 the last sixteenth.
When Binocular came on and took the
place from him.
The card opened with a ? year old
affair, for which Gramercy was fan
cied until the play on Sainotta devel-
oped, Metropolitan cut out the running
and opened big gap. but Sainotta ran
MIN into the ground in the final 100
Yards, and won by nearly two lengths
Wicket. a despised outsider, came from
behind for the show.
salvage, closing an even money IA
Norite, made his own pace in going to
ms liking and won romping IN the
second race. Little Buttercup was a
nice second and Colonel Jack, out of
his distance company, qualified in third
position by a run from the rear.
McManus scratched his speedy Ross
lare from the mile sand a sixteenth
trip, which left nothing to make the
pace except Jim Ganney. Backed
down from to i TO 13 70 IN the bet
ting, he was the real good thing, and
not only made the pace, but kept il TO
the wire, winning far off from Rose
vale. the favorite, with the well played
John Louis third.
Opened at TO i and backed down
Belmere, with DUgan aboard. flashed.
his suspected class by an eight lengths
victory in the mile race which Sink
Spring or Aftermath were thought TO
be able TO win. Dugan took no chances.
He went away in front and opened a
gap that made the others look foolish.
Hereafter Belmere must race to the
notch or explain.
Creston was favorite for the closing
sprint. 1t was the only fog race of the
season. No one saw the start nor saw
the running.
When the bunch emerged from the
mist a furlong from the wire, In
clement had the race IN hand. He
won by nearly two lengths from Cres-
ton, with Boas bang up third
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-31
COMMITTEE NAMED
TO FIX SCHEDULE
COn1iskey and Farrell to Act
With President Johnson for
the American League

CHICAGO Dec. 3o.-President B. B..
Johnson of the American league today
named as the schedule committee of
that organization Charles A. Comiskey,
Chicago; f. ]. Farrell, New York. and
President Johnson.
Johnson said the committee would
fight hard for the 154 games schedule.
The schedule committees of the two
major baseball leagues will meet at
Pittsburg late in January. Comiskey,
following his appointment on the Amer
lean league committee, asked that Hugh
Duffy. new manager of the Chicago
American league team, be permitted to
serve in his place
This request probably will result in
the gathering of all the managers and
umpires of the league here at the time
of the February schedule, meeting to
discuss preposd changes in the rules.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-31
DAGGIE SMITH HAS
LONGTRACK RECORD
Burns Handicap Winner Hopes
to Land Two Year Old Event
With RuhSfaHer

Jack Welsh, prize fight referee and
owner of the racehorse Coppit, is in the
snapshot today with Oswald Bianchi,
known on the turf as Daggie Smith
Below is an action picture of RuhstaI-
Ter. the black colt by Bearcatcher, out
OF Lavena c, with which Daggie Smith
hopes to win the first , year old race
Of the season Saturday.
Bianchi has a habit Of winning the
first colt races. and he has sent some
of the best babies in California turf
history TO the post. This colt is the
first of Bearcatcher's get to try for
honors, and he has shown enough to
class him up with the other winners of
his famous dam, among them being Lee
Rose, champion of his year. sA>
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-31
Irish Welter to Meet Old
Foe in Billy Urich

The Dreamland athletic club will
hold its usual monthly show next Fri
day night, and a good card has been
arranged for the patrons of the so
called amateur game. The program is
headed by Pat Cornyn, the Irish welter
weight, and Billy Urich, the crack To-
cal boxer.
The boys have met before and have
always furnished a slashing contest.
The coming encounter will probably
result in one of the boxers establishing
his superiority.
The card is as follows: Frank Moore
VS.. Royal Andrews, 145 pounds; Billy
Duncan VS.. Gus Temple, 125 pounds;
Barney Barnes VS.. Eddie Burns 1873
pounds; George Patrosky VS.. Charles
Sandberg, 154. pounds; Jim Kelly VS..
George Kanewski, 145 pounds; Tom
Ryan VS.. Art Nelson, ITS pounds; Fritz
Fry VS.. Walter Kirchner. 100 pounds.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-31
Jacksonville Results

JACKSONVILLE. Fla, Dec. 3o.-Grande
Dame was the only favorite TO win at Men
orief mark today. The big upset was in the
fbird race. Tim McGrath, heavily PLAYED
n v0rite was left at the post II then looked
lfze = sure thing for Lasslle. but IN the
stretch run SaIIie Preston, 20 10 shot,
made q great run, due 70 good riding by Nc
Carfhv and wol.- Summary:
First race. fr0 furlOngs. sellng-Horizon. 10
10 Il won: Glen Beachy. to I. second; Seru-
rIee Is TO 10 third. Time. ;02.
second race. six furlongs, seiling-Grande
Dame. Z 70 s, won; HOOray, to j, second:
Nsnv Colors. 10 I. third Time. 1:15 40
T'hird race. FIVE and half furlOngs selling
Ssllr Preston 20 /. won, George W Ie-
holt. = 10 l. second; Lasaiie, to 2 third
Time. .0S 3-5.
Fourfh race seven furlongs. selIng-Ballot
poz 13 to 8 won: Otillo. 10 I. second; Rose
Ioro 8 10 2 third. Time, 1.30 SO.
FIFTH race one mile. 50 ssiiing-Parsaise
r.,rnsce 3 10 j. third Time. 1:44 S-5.
sixth race. mile and sixteenth. selling
county Clerk. 4 10 J. won; st. Joseph, n 10
> second; Oberon, 10 ;, third Tine,
2.O4 Is.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-31
MANY BASKET BALL
GAMES SCHEDULED
Pacific Athletic Association and
SeninOIeS Among the Clubs
Training for Contests

The basket ball season is very nearly
in full swing. and teams from all over
the northern section of the state are
rapidly getting in tournament trim.
The Pacific athletic association cham
pionships will begin about February
10 The committee in charge consists
of Robert w. Dodd. Charles Mimic and
Alfred Katchinski. The entrance blanks
will be out within the next week The
committee win run off two sets OF
games. one in Alameda county and one
here.
Across the bay the Oakland Church
league is now running Off a tourna-
ment among the Oakland churches,
with an entry list of is teams.
The Century athletic club has
strong team this season. McBain OF
last years Reliance team and John
son, the Alameda wheelman center. are
now playing with the blue and white.
The Oakland high school Midgets.
who won the Pacific athletic associa-
tion 11O pound championship in last
years meet. have grown somewhat
ACdN4CAf anu PHYSICAL OlItClOI
Boek thinks it will be necessary TO
enter them in the 120 pound class in the
approaching tournament.
The first five of Oakland high school
will probably be the strongest high
school team playing this season. as it's
lineup will be practically the same as
last year.
The Seminole club has number of
games on hand New Years night it
will meet the Livermore team at Liver
more, and the following week the San
Francisco team of the South Park boys
club.
Sacred Heart hve will meet the
Siaplamats January at the Siaplamat
gymnasium.
The champion Ponies will journey TO
Sacramento next week to meet the
Sacramento athletic club team and the
following week viii make the trip 10
Stockton TO rub up against the Stock
ton All Stars OF the Young Mems
Christian association of that city.
The Cubs of the local Young Mems
Christian association opened their
basket ball season by defeating the
Pirates at the latter teams gymnasium
by a score of % to % All teams aver
aging 135 pounds wishing games ad-
dress w. Logan, 1920 Geary street.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-31
Notable Deaths

JOHN BYRNE, Ex CHIEF OF PoLIcE-Buf-
falo, n. Y, Dec. 30-Colonel John Byrne, a
former chief of police of this city, died to-
day.
REV. DIR. ROBERT A. HOLLAND AUTHOR
st. Louis Dec 30.4Rev. Dr. Robert A. Hol-
land, clergyman ana author died here today.
aged o. He was first Methodist minister, but
was ordained into the Episcopal priesthood In
ISL
W. H. COLLINS, cAPITALIsT-St. Joseph Mo-,
Dec. SO-W. a. Collins, retired capitalist.
who made fortune in the early days freight
ing from st. Joseph to California, is dead at
his home here, aged 76 years.
FRANK B. SMITH, STEEL MAGNATE-Pitts-
burg. Dec 30.-Frank B. Smith, president
of the Crucible. Steel company, of the
largest independent steel manufacturing cor
porations in the United States, dropped dead
tonight.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-31
Lynch Moves to Stop Leaks
OF Player Transfers

CINCINNATI. Dec. 3O.-Garry Herr
mann, chairman of the National base
ball commission and president of the
Cincinnati club, acknowledged today
that steps were being taken to stop
the leak whereby the intentions of
clubs in the National league to release
certain players have become public
He declared. however, that the mat
ter was without the jurisdiction of the
commission since it concerned only
the National league.
President Lynch of the National
league has taken charge Of the investf-
CATION.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-31
TRACK GOSSIP

Jockey Glass got his spanking yes
ferdav for his ride on Arasee in the
Melrose handicap Wednesday. The
Judges set him down indefinitely and
fhe other angles OF the race, which was
won BY silver Knight, are still under
investigation. Arasee was under walt
ing orders, but he seemed so much the
best that the use Glass made OF MS
strong arm was apparent
A telegram dated at Salinas yester
dav informed Secretary Treat that
March would be in last night with Bed
wells string from uarez
Trainer casey received word by wire
yesterday that Barney Schreiber would
reach Emeryville today The sage OF
Woodland wants TO be on hand for the
running Of the first year old race,
although he viii have no entry
Willie Dugan, brother to rough rid
ing Eddie and one Of the best in the
business himself, is a new arrival One
Of his last mounts was Nealon in the
Suburban
Cloudlight was scratched from the
feature race yesterday The mare was
working out on the inner course and
ran into one of Doctor Earnums colts,
going the wrong way Of the track.
Both boys were dumped and Cloudhght
zalloped around the turn Trainer Al
Farrel saw the mare coming and called
to her She ran Up and put her head
on his shoulder She was not injured.
Jockey Shale, warming up Peggy
O-Nesl for the mile race, gave the
SPECTATORS a hair raising show and not
only escaped with his lie, but was
only slightly hurt. The barrier had
l,eer dropped before the workouts. The
mare shied, wheeled and threw the
boy, but his foot caught in the stirrup.
She galloped back TO the paddock,
throwing her heels out al every jump,
ht1t luckily missed the boy. She
stopped at the paddock gate and Shale
ting TO his feet immediately.
The Brighton Beach racing association
irrends TO play an important part in
.nrr affairs next year. Plans for
large number of new sta bles have been
,4reI,ss red and work on them will be
heglln al once. A conference of the
Brighton Beach officials has been called
FOR next week to discuss plans for next
eeaeou. and a member of the New York
state racing commission will probably
be present
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-31
Killing affney Fighter
Kills Himself Rustale Two Year Old f1onos Basket Ball Games
PUGILIST OTTO FRITCH
ENDS LIFE WITH PISTOL

~ ANITA ROSA, Dee. 3O.-Otto
Fritch. the well known Oak
- land pugiIist, WAS found dead
in bed this afternoon in a
room at 500 Ellis street. A 80
caliber bulldog revolver, which
lay on the floor near the body.
and gaping wound i'm the right
temple. told the tale of suicide.
Fritch's body was discovered by
George l.. Burmeister, real cs-
tate agent, who called TO collect
the overdue rent for the room.
The dead pugilist left no note
of explanation.
1t is believed that Fritch
ended his life several days ago.
He had not been seen around his
usual haunts, and his friends
thought that he had left town. 1t
is surmised that he committed
suicide ON account of financial
troubles and Illness.
Fritch was formerly a well
known short distance lightweight
fighter.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-31

Daggie got into the business beyond
the memory of the most of the present
race goers. He won the Burns handi-
cap with Horton, ridden by Jockey
Tommy Kelley. in one of the biggest
and classiest punches that ever tried
for that classic. There were Is starters
at Ingleside when Kelley put Horton
to the front. He got his great mare
Lavena while she was still racing,
and she has proved herself one of the
greatest brood mares in California.
Here's hoping that her splendid black
colt scores tomorrow.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-31
MRS. {. P. TAFT
BUYS A BALL PARK
Presidents Sister in Law Be-
comes Owner of Philadelphia
National Club Grounds

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. S0.-Mrs. An
ME Sinton Taft, sister in law of Presi-
dent Taft and the wife of Charles P.
Taft of Cincinnati. is the new owner Of
the Philadelphia National league base
ball grounds.
The deed and lease for the property
were filed in the city hail late this
afternoon and show that Mrs. Taft and
not her husband has the title to the
grounds.
John |. Rogers and A. ]. Reach. for
mer owners of the grounds, transferred
the title this afternoon. Charles w.
Murphy. president of the Chicago Ma
tional league club, represented the pur-
chaser, who was announced as Charles
p. Taft.
The purchase price was not given
out, but papers filed with the recorder
of deeds show that the price was
s250,000
The Philadelphia National league
baseball club is given lease on the
grounds for 80 years. with the privi-
lege of buying the plat at the expira-
tion of 20 years.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-31

lack Stivetts. 10 years ago one of the.
Greatest pitchers in the National league,
Is now working as a carpenter in his
home town, Ashland, Pa. Stivetts made
a fortune in his palmy DAYS. but like
saabv Others. he tossed il on
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-31
,xDooR SOCCER Planned

CHICAGO, Dec. 3O--fndoor soccer
football is the latest thing in Univer-
sttv OF Chicago athletics. Coach A. A.
etaeg VIII introduce this innovation
early next year in order to try out the
new game IN advance of the season
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-31

will not be inserted. They must be handed In at
either Of the publication offices and be indorsed
stricted simply TO the announcement Of the event
are published once in this column free of charge
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-31
May CurtaiI Holdings

CINCINNATI, Dec. 30 Assuming
that Mrs. Annie Sinton Taft, her nus
band, Charles P. Taft, and Charles w.
Murphy are interested in more than one
club in the National baseball lea que, it
is announced that they will be expect
ed by at least a-faction in the league
to dispose of their holdings in either
the Chicago or the Philadelphia Ma
tional league club prior to the opening
of the baseball season.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-31
BIRTHS

FEUSTER-In this city. December "a, 19oe to
the wife of Max Feuster. son.
MARKS-In East Oakland. CAL, December %
1909. to the wife of NJ. H. Marks (nee wach-
olderl. a daughter.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-31

Harry Tuthill, trainer of the Detroit
Tigers, is willing to quit his job and
sign with Bat Nelson. if the lightweight
champion will take him. Tuthill
trained Young Corbett when Bat put
the little Denverite away here in 1904.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-31
DEATHS

Ocean View. CAL. December 90
1909. Mary Ann. dearly beloved wife of George
L. Autagne, devoted mother of George. August
Mary Loretta Thomas and Charles Autagne
and idoized sister of Matt. Thomas Ella
Harry. George and Aiaude Grady. native of
San Francisco, CAL, aged 81 years and o
months.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-31

A telegram dated at Salinas yester-
dav informed Secretary Treat that
March would be in last night with Bed
wells string from Juarez.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-31
The Calls Form Chart Of Races at Emeryyille

19o9-Tw ninth day. Weather foggy. Track muddy
Hoffman. starter.
lrez chart six numbers will be skipped daily.
The Call Handicap is Indicated in black faced type.
half furiongs selling ods value to first $780,
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-31

Willie Dugan, brother to rough rid
ing Eddie and one Of the best in the
BUSINESS himself, is a new arrival. One
of his last mounts was Nealon in the
Suburban
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-31

Trainer Casey received word by wire
yesterday that Barney Schreiber would
reach Emeryvflle today. The sage OF
Woodland wants TO be on hand for the
running Of the first year old race,
although he viii have no entry.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-31

MEYERs-In this city, December 2s 1909
Charles A.. dearly beloved husband Of the
late Hannah Meyers. and devoted father OF
Charles A. Jr- and William Meyers and Mrs
NJ Lowney, Mrs. J. 0'Neill Mrs. c. Whit
more, Mrs. III. Peterson and Mrs. G. Cooney,
native OF Germany.
Friends and acQuaintences are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral today FRI
day., December 81 1909. at $3.50 o'clock a. m.
from the residence Of his daughter, Mrs. G.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-31

this city, December 2S. 1909, Bar
bara NJ. Mayer. beloved wife OF the late Jo-
seph $. Mayer. beloved mother of Joseph f.
of San Francisco. Mrs. Henry A Stecher and
Mrs George ]. Nolan Of San Bruno. Cal. a
native Of Buffalo. N. ", aged 81 years 5
Christliche Mutter verein OF ST. Boniface's
church.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-10
THE D MARKET.

NEW YORK, Nov. 10.-Flour-Re-
ceipts, 51.s2s barrels: steady with a
| small trade.
Wheat-Receipts, 5000 bushels; there
was a very quiet trade In wheat. but
after an irregular opening prices
hardened in absence of offerings, firm
continental cables and an advance of
a cent in the northwest. December.
112@112 ZIG; May, 110A@110ss.
Rye-Steady; Nc. 2 Western. SIX
nominal f. O.. b.. New York.
Corn-Receipts, 6, lbs.
Beef-Firm. 81.
Pork-Firm.
Lard-Easy; Middle West. 1s.15@1s.25.
Sugar-Raw, steady; fair refining,
$50; centrifugal, So test, 4.s0; molasseS
sugar, 3.55; refined, steady; crushed,
SOS; powdered, b.25; graduated, 6.15.
Petroleum-Steady; refined. all ports,
S.O5.
Coffee-Steady; No. Z Rio, SA@S%,
nominal; No. A Santos, 8A.
Molasses-Firm: New Orleans, 2S042.
Butter-cteady; receipts, 7,4S4; West
ern factory. 23h@25.
cheese-Firm, unchanged; receipts,
4.497.
Eggs-Easy, receipts, 1o,ss4; Western.
| f1rsts. 5000; seconds. 2514@2S.