FIRST IN WAR

-FIRST IN PEACE

-FIRST IN THE HEARTS OF HIS COUNTRYMEN

WASHINGTON'Sbirthday]

was made a great patrioticholiday. Never since theRevolution has it fallen onmore patriotic times. Theexcitement following the loss

of the Maine has aroused the loyalty

and enthusiasm of the American peo-

ple all over the country, and yesterday

Jt was brought to the front. There wasno general military parade as in formeryears. The enthusiasm of the soldierswas turned to a more practical vein.They were engaged all day In prepar-

ing the defenses of the harbor to repelshould one appear in consequence

of the recent disaster in the harbor ofHavana. The civilians, however, ob-Berved the day as a festival. There\u25a0were meetings and receptions during

the day, and in the evening there were:?ts and entertainments at which

the memory of the Father of the Coun-try was duly honored. The athletic

g men celebrated the day by in-dulging in their favorite sr-orts. The-

al flag was displayed to a widert than ever before on this anni-

\ ersary.A.l all the meetings the addresses,

while filled to overflowing-with patriot-ism, contained warm expressions ofsympathy for the heroes of the Maine

iter and for the families and rela-- <>f those who went to their deathswithin the walls of the battle-ship.

HONOR THE NAMEOF WASHINGTON.

Members of the Y. M. I. Commem-

orate the Birth of the Fatherof His Country.

The annual reunion of the San Fran-

cisco Councils of the Young Men's In-

Btitute filled Metropolitan Hall yester-

day afternoon with a patriotic and en-

thusiastic audience. The exercises\u25a0were in commemoration of the birth

-orge Washington, and the large

hall was tastefully and suitably dec-orated. On the platform when the

proceedings opened were the following

vice-presidents of the different coun-cils: W. H. McClellan, M. E. King,

A. B. Maguire, E. J. O'Rourke, MartinW. Fleming. It.A. Miller, J. J. Shea-han, George W. Patterson, S. Pack-man, M. J. Waldheimer, Richard Dow-dall, Robert Tobin, F. J. Kierce, P. H.Hammond, Samuel Haskins. John T.Geary, E. B. Thomas, J. J. McDade,George A. Stanley, Frank Murasky,Martin E. King, Charles L. Healey, E.J. Coffey, W. J. Hoey, Charles J. Har-rington, T. P. O'Brien, R. E. Fazacker-ley, j. T. Kavanaugh, Philip Prince-valle, J. F. Callaghan, D. E. Hayden,H.A. Burke, John Looney, P. C. Keitz,

Ed D. Sullivan, John J. Duddy, P. J.Hagan, Harry Kugelberg, A. Pilcovieh,John A.Dunbravy, J. E. Gallagher andF. E. Mahoney.

K. B. Thomas, the chairman of thecommittee of arrangements, opened the] roeeedings. In his address he spokeof the appropriateness of the day forsuch a reunion. "'The meeting of themembers of the councils of the YoungMen's Institute on this occasion," hesaid, "Is to do honor to the memoryof the man who stands as our exem-plar of human freedom, GeorgeWashington,"

John T. Greany, the president of theday, in his address said: "Ithas beenthe custom for years at these reunionst'» honor the memory of the father ofour country. It has also been cus-tomary to congratulate ourselves onthe peace of our country. Ihad onoof those peaceful speeches prepared,but the telegraph and the cable com-menced to work and Ihad to changeit. Ido not believe war is Imminent.It has not yet been discovered that theMaine was destroyed by an enemy, butif it is, and the President issues aproclamation defying the treacherousfoe, Ihave no doubt there will be arally from the ranks of the TountfMen's Institute, and they will standready to do battle for their countrywherever duty calls them."

Mrs. Edith Stanley Griffin gave acontralto solo, "Mount Vernon's Bells,"and she was obliged to respond to anencore. S. J. Daly gave a bass solo.J. P. Grodjens also sang and ThomasW. Hickey was called on for, severalrecitations.

The orator of the day was Rabbi M.S. Levy. He expressed appreciation ofth« honor of being appointed orator ofthe occasion. "We want to be patrio-tic." he said, "not for years is patriot-ism more needed than it is at present.

We want to teach our young men pa-triotism and loyalty to country. Atthis time the nation is .on the tip toe<if excitement. Innocent men servingtheir country loyally have been sent tomeet their creator by an act thatseems impossible of explanation. Mil-lions of eyes are turned to the nationalpeat of government waiting to hear thecause of disaster. Ibelieve Itwas dueto an accident, but should it prove tobe from an act of treachery Columbia'spons wijlbe found equal to cope withthe emergency and to- be equal to that< t"1 any nation on the earth. When Iwas asked to address this Fathering Idid not hesitate in giving my consent.Ifelt bound to speak to this gathering,opposite though we afe in religioussentiment, but as one as Americansand friends. We cherish the immortalname of George Washingtc-n. We can-not perform acts that will link ournames with his, but give us the oppor-tunity and we will by our deeds ofTalor give our names a place of honor.America convinced of her debt to herImmortal sire has conferred the holiestand noblest title upon him

—father of

our country, noble siro and father ofreligious toleration. Millions are doinghonor to that name to-day, but none doit greater honor than the members ofthe Young Men's Institute of Califor-nia."

THEY SMASHEDCLAY PIGEONS.

An Enthusiastic Tournament Under

the Auspices of the LincolnGun Club.

The first blue rock, shoot of the sea-

son was held yesterday at AlamedaPoint under the auspices of the LincolnGun Club. The s:ason doeß not prop-erly begin until March, but yesterday's

shoot was a prelude merely, and as6uch was successful in every particu-lar. Members of the Reliance, Olympic,Alameda and Lincoln Gun Clubs were

there to take advantage of the first op-

portunity for match shooting since theclose of last season. A f°irer day forgunners could not have been had.Hardly a breath of air disturbed thesi~ht of the blue rock smashers. Bar-rels of clay pigeons were on hand, andthe iconoclasts did not cease in theirstrife for scores until all were demol-ished.h The first event was for fifteen birds.Webb 15, took first money; Ross, 14.second money; Nauman, BekeartFisher and Forster divided thirdmoney, all breaking thirteen birds. Thescore in full is as follows:

F. Vernon 11. Kerrison 10, Shaw 12. Trom-bone 11, Nauman 13, Webb 15. Slnkwitz 9 Kle-vesahl 11, Murdock 12, Taylor 12. blade 10.Bekeart 13. Old Rusty 8, Fisher 13, Ross 14,Hoyt 10, Forster IS.

The second event was for 20 birds.Webb again captured first money,breaking 19 birds; Bekeart. 18, tooksecond money; Ross and Slade, 17.17, third money, and H. Vernon. 16,

fourth money. The other scores were:F Vernon 12, H. Vernon 16. Shaw 12. Trom-

bone 18. Nauman IS. Webb 1S», Ward 10. Hoyt

11 Bekeart IS, Fisher 12, Klevesahl IS. Wal-ker ». Rosa 17, Slade 17, Taylor 12, Rusty 20,

Third event. 20 birds—Rinkwltz 12, P. Ver-nnn 16. Klevesahl IG. Nauman IS, Webb 17.

Kerison 16, Bekeart 17. Shaw 14. Gibson 6,Tajrtor 9 Grant 16. Golcher is. Foster 12.

Nauman and W. J. Golrher divided firstmoney Webb and Bekeart second money.Klevesahl and Grant third money.

Fourth event. 15 birds—H. Vernon 8. OldRusty 12. FUde 14, Trombone 13, Nauman 12,

Webb 16, QolCher 12. Klevesahl 13, Shaw S.MnrdOCk 9, Ross 13, Grant 13. Taylor 11. Ward7, F. Vernon 8. Olsen 15. Bekeart 12, GibsonS, Pebenham 10. Wetmore 11, Forster 10, Ker-rlson 12, Forster 10, Price 11.

Webb Ddk first money with 16 birds, Sladesecond money with 14 birds. Klevesahl. Rossand Grant divided third money.

Fifth event. 15 birds— Ward 7. Shaw 8, F.Vernon 6. Trombone 10. Nauman 11, Webb 14,

Walker 8, Kerrison 12, price 9. Golcher 12.Grant 12. Kleveeabl 10, Olsen 12. Old Rusty

12. Slade 9, Taylor 12, Ross 14, Debenham U.Webb anil Ross divided first money, Taylor,Grant. Old Rusty and Golcher second money.

DINED IN THECAPTAIN'S CABIN.

Pleasant Evening Spent on Board

the Naval Militia's ShipMarion.

The old warship Marion was alivewith light and merriment last evening,

for the officers of the naval militia andtheir ladies were diningin the captain's

cabin. It was the first affair of thekind ever held by the reserves, and the

success of the event has drawn forthdemands for an early repetition.

It was at first intended to hold a re-ception to the officers of the NationalGuard during the afternoon, but in

view of the disaster to the Maine it

was deemed more suitable to hold nopublic ceremony.

At 7 o'clock the three long cables in

the cabin were filled, Captain Turnerpresiding- in the center and Lieutenant-Commander Nerney and Lieutenant-Commander Klngsland at the sidetables. Every officer was in-uniform,

and the whole affair was distinctly

naval in character. The menu was an

excellent one, and when it had beenthoroughly discussed toasts werecalled for.

Lieutenant-Commander Nerney pro-posed the health of Lieutenant Hughes,

the navy officer detailed as inspector of

the reserve, and the toast was drunkto him as the representative of theservice of which the reserve is a sup-plement. Then the service itself wastoasted, Lieutenant Hughes responding;then General James, who had be-,

friended the reserve on every occasion;

then the Governor, the captain, andAdjutant-General Barrett responding.

The President of the United States wastoasted, and then the ladies called for

the oratorical powers of Lieutenant-

Commander Nerney, Lieutenant-Com-mander Kingsland, Lieutenant Dennis,

Lieutenant Emanuel and LieutenantElliott, and then Captain Turner sug-

gested that another toast be taken up.

Then a toast to the out of town re-serves was responded to by LieutenantLlndsey, commander of the Santa Cruzdivision, and then every one drank to

the boys in blue who serve in the re-serve and constitute its greateststrength. The toasts ended with a li-lent tribute to the men of the Maine.

The dinner over every one went out

on deck and a systematic inspection ofthe ship was held by the ladies. Thatbeing over the decks were sanded andthe guests and the officers danced untillong after the time when the regula-tions presume a warship to be asleep.

Among those present were:Captain L. H. Turner and Mrs. Turner,

Lieutenant Hughes. U. S. N., LieutenantYoung U. S. N., Lieutenant CommanderT A Nerney and Mrs. Nerney, Chief En-gineer G. R". Kingsland and Mrs. Kings-land, Mrs. S. W. Dennis. Lieutenant C. C.Dennis, Surgeon J. O. Morrisey, MissMead, Surgeon F. \V. Harris. Mrs. Harris,Lieutenant Carl E. Lindsay, Mrs. Lind-say. Lieutenant A. H. Elliott. Mrs. El-liott. Miss H. I.Mugarietta. Ensign G. E.Kammerer. Ensign W. G. Morrison. MissMorrison, Miss Tanforan, Ensign ThomasHasloe. Lieutenant W. G. Elliott, Miss(;race Welsh. Lieutenant H. B. Undorhtll,Mrs. Underhlll, Lieutenant W. F. Burke,Miss Burke, Mrs. K. J. C. Seymour, MissHazelhurst. Ensign Smith, Miss M. Stein-man and Lieutenant J. L.Emanuel.

BOYS' BRIGADEANNIVERSARY.

Companies F and G Commemoratethe Birth of Washing-

ton.

Howard-street Methodist EpiscopalChurch last night was the scene of alarge gathering of the friends of Com-panies F and G of the First Regiment

of the Boys' Brigade of San Francisco.The occasion was the sixth anniversary

entertainment given by the companies,commemorating: the birth of Washing-

ton. The many recalls of those par-ticipating in the following programme

evinced the approval of the audience.The exercises were opened by a prayerby Rev. M. V. Donaldson. The follow-ing is the programme:

Soprano solo by Miss Kstelle Baker;recitation, selected, Clarence C. Peter-son; barytone solo, "Drifting" (O'Flyng),Key. J. George Gibson, D.D.; electricsword contest. Lieutenant George Wood-bury and Private George Hanks; vocalsolo, "Thine" (Bohn), Miss Ethel Til3on;address, Rev. J. George Gibson, D.D.,pastor Emmanuel Baptist Church;musical coins, Messrs. Johnson andHunt. Temperance dialogue, Forget-Me-Nots: Character*—Henry Seymour,a young man of dissipated habits, Clar-ence C. Peterson; Morgan, his servant,

William Sass. Piano duet, selected, theMissess E. and M. Irving; soprano solo,selected, Miss Lillian Pratican; fancyclub swinging by six young ladies, pupilsof Miss Emily Webb Giesy; cornet solo,selected, H. Hunt; gymnastics by mem-bers of the T. M. C. A.; electric wandcalisthenics by the Primrose DrillCorps-Miss Katie Weill, Miss Cora Bailey, MissJosephine Wilson, Miss Daisy Morton,

Miss Edith McCrosson, Miss Llllie Onvon,Miss Tillie Chandler, Miss Lizzie Frofnm,Miss Elsie Kenealy, Miss Ida Onyon, MissDaisy Swaybel, Miss Laura Cooper; Misslicrmione M. Lask, accompanist.

Close attention was given to the ad-dress delivered by the Rev. J. GeorgeGibson of the Emmanuel Church, inwhich he illustrated how easily men aretempted.

LEAGUE OFIROQUOIS CLUBS.

William Jennings Bryan Indorsedas Standard Bearer for

1900.The annual meeting of the State

League of Iroquols Clubs was heldyesterday at the Pythian Castle. "Whenthe convention was called to order byGrand Sachem Max Popper there wereabout 100 delegates present.

The grand sachem in his annual ad-dress, after giving a history of thework of the past twelve months, saidamid great applause:

"We held meetings under our aus-pices in every campaign; we attendedin a body all State conventions and in-augurations to contribute by our pres-ence to the enthusiasm that accom-panies the gathering of Democratswhen charged with a duty so satisfac-torily performed to insure the supportand approbation of all adherents ofthe political faith we so steadfastly up-hold to victory or defeat. We also as-sisted at all times in extending thehospitality of the Democracy of Cali-fornia to visiting Democrats from afar.Particularly we contributed to perfectthe necessary arrangements and gaveproper attention to the memorable andnever-to-be-forgotten visit of our greatchieftain, the Hon. William JenningsBryan, the next Democratic nomineefor President of these United States,and if all signs do not fail he will beelected to that high and honorable of-fice in 1900."

The election of officers was next inorder, and as soon as itwas announcedGrand Sachem Popper was nominated.Popper declined the honor, saying hewas about to give up business in thiscity and visit in the East for an in-definite time, and therefore he wouldbe unable to properly discharge the

duties. The declaration provoked loudprotests. Popper suggested Vice GrandSachem John C. Ruddock as his suc-cessor. That gentleman's name wasformally put to the convention, and hewas elected by acclamation. GeorgeCabaniss was elected vice grand sa-chem by acclamation, and LouiflMetzger was unanimously chosengrand treasurer. Larry J. Welch wasre-elected as grand secretary.

A resolution was adopted deploringthe Maine disaster, and other resolu-tions were placed on the minutes ad-vocating Democratic principles.

In the evening a banquet was heldat the Spreckels Cafe.

The guests to the number of) twohundred sat down at two long tableswhich had been tastefully decoratedwith evergreens, and the cafe through-out was likewise ornamented withfloral pieces and a huge American flag.Gathered at the tables were menprominent In the business, professional

and political walks of life. The doctorrubbed elbows with the Assemblymen,School Director, Supervisor, lawyer andthe. Senator. Each one of the guestshad a little American flag in his button-hole, and the menu cards were prettilydesigned in the shape of a tomahawk,as the emblem of the Iroquols braves,the first page containing a picture iofGeorge Washington. Beside the or-chestral music the guests were enter-tained with vocal selections by J. C.Flood, J. B..Donahue and Charles Ban-tel.

The toastmaster of the evening wasGovernor James H. Budd, and thetoasts, which were fittingly respondedto, and those who responded were asfollows:

Washington—

Hon. Frank T. Shea.Democracy

—Hon. Robert Ferral.

Iroquois—

Professor J. H. Simmons.San Francisco

—Mayor James D.

Phelan.California— Hon. Walter P. Stradley.United States— Hon. J. H. Seawell.Several other impromptu speeches

were also delivered and the remarksrapturously appkiuded.

The guests were: Governor JamesBudd, Mayor James Phe'.an, J. V.Merle, Judge Lemon, Hubert E. Ferral,T. V. Moore. Dr. L. Thiele, J. E. Dona-hue, Thomas McElroy, Louis Metzger,Thomas Whearty. Charles Holcomb, A.D. Messagies, A. Burke, P. 11. Me^d, T.J. Walsh, P. J. Thomas, William J.Bryan, William McMann, J. J. Fiynn,James Denman, Harry ZemaneKy,Harry Mulcreavy, J. A. Murphy, MaxPopper, Carl Spelling, Peter Kelly, J.Burns, John McCann, J. Allen, Dan J.Gordon, Julius Toplitz, Gus Till-

Mann, A. J. Ahem, A. Fibush, ThomasBurns, T. A. Patton, Gus Pratt,

L. F. Puter, Ed Lewis, R. H. Latimer,Julius Relman, W. P. Stradley, FredRaabe, James Denman Jr., PatrickWellin, James L. Gallagher, J. C. Gor-man, Ed M. Gettigan, J. C. Flood, Jo-seph Leggett, H. L. Rea, J. J. Flinn,John Kavanagh, A. C. Freese, ThomasAshworth, L. F. Byington, L.Leopold,

F. T. Shea, Dr. G. E. Sussdorf, C. A.Cinch. A. C. Gibson, Ed Bynes, T. Nel-son, J. McMahon, Senator J. H. Sea-well, John C. Ruddock, A. C. Grant,Dr. C. A. Clinton, Dr. J. T. Morse,Judge T. B. Gibson, EL H. Venue, T. T.Bayley, E. J. Randall, T. Anderson, J.B. Sanford, Raleigh Barcar, T. Henry,F. Dean, G. C. Stoddard, John Huda-ehech, F. A. Cutler, Frank Gould, Wil-liam Hinton Sr., Charles Gildea, M.Brook, L. Woodman, John Markley,H. M. La Rue, E. P. E. Troy, Ed Hol-land, J. J. CVBrien. William J. Broder-ick, Charles Bantel, Lawrence J. Welch,

William Hinton Jr., H. L. Bienfeld.George Cabaniss, A. J. McGee, A. Cha-pins, M. Barman, Timothy Treacy,

James H.Barry, Senator Bart Burke.The banquet committee, to whom is

due the successful carrying out of thebanquet in every detail, were LouisMetzger Chairman, W. J. Bryan, M. H.Mead. Thomas A. Burns, L. V. Merle,

Charles H. Holcomb, Fred Raabe andJohn Kavanagh.

SMITH WON THEBIG ROAD RACE

The San Jose Wheelman Makes aNew Record In the Twenty-

Five Mile Handicap.C. M. Smith of the Clarden City

Wheelmen, San Jose, took both time| nnd place honors in the big twenty-

five-mile road race at San Leandro!yesterday morning, adding another toj his long list of victories on tho trackand road. With a handicao of twominutes, he passed sixty-eight men,finishing in first place and also making

the fastest time for the distance—

1:08:26—

which establishes a new coast!record for the course, the best previous! time being 1:09:34 1-5.

The California Associated Cycling!clubs, organized some six years sincej for the promotion of road rac«3 and thegeneral good of the prominent clubsl'eicabouts to be had by banding to-pe 1her, while having recently assumed

Ithe more general functions whi?h thejLeague of American Wheelmen fomior-ly performed on this coast, still con-tinues to promote four big annual roadevents for its members. The first is atwenty-fhv.'-mile handicap around the

Pan Leandrn triangle on Washington's

btrthday, of which yesterday's race wasthe sixth, and the others are the 7.00-irilo relay InMay, a twanty-mile teamrace In July and a ten -mile handicapIn October.

The San Leandro triangle, so-called,is an ideal course for a twenty-five-mile road race.

'The start is made inthe town of San Leandro on the roadleading toward Haywards. The ridershere have the base of the triangle,which they follow in the direction ofHaywards, turning at a right angle be-fore reaching that town, which givesthe perpendicular and takes themthrough San Lorenzo, when they turn

west on the county road from San Josegiving the hypothenuse, which brings

them back to the place of starting. Thetotal distance thus covered is eight andone-third miles, and by making the cir-cuit three times the required twenty-five miles are completed, and the spec-tators have seen the start of the race,watched the riders pass them twice,

and been at the finish.This course and the 100-mile relay

course to San Jose and back are twoof the most naturally adapted circuitsfor cycle road races in the world, andin this respect California wheelmenare particularly favored, and the moreso because the roads are usually ingood condition, and "good roads" is theslogan of the C. A. C. C.

The race yesterday called for 10 a. m..and this necessitated such an earlystart from this side that not manygathered to see the men sent off, ascompared with the immense throngthat congregated at about the timethe finish was expected. The «-oadwas lined with people for a quarterof a mile on either side of the tape,pushing and struggling good naturedlywitheach other for a coign of vantage,and every tree and near-by house hadits quota of human freight intent onseeing the spirited scene usual at thefinish of a road race. Ropes stretchedon either side of the road kept thecrowd in check so that the riders hada fair field in which to finish.

Recent rain made the road roughand muddy in places, while in othersit had improved the course by layingthe dust and hardening the roadbed.Accidents were numerous, however,and out of seventy-six original startersonly thirty-seven crossed the tape. Noone was severely hurt, fortunately, abad fall and the loss of some cuticlebeing the worst reported. Among thoseto suffer in this way were Louis Kra-ker, G. T. Morgan, C. S. Vogel, Clif-ford Cummings, W. Hammer, M. S.Meyer, W. D. Wells, D. E. Francis, A.B. Johnson, J. J. Borree, P. H. Rosen-heim. C. N. Bolte, George Kroetz, FredJurgewitz, John Davidson and G. A.Wyman.

Wyman was in the scratch bunch,and much was expected of him, but apunctured tire put a stop to his racingfor the day. Johnson and Franciswere both considerably bruised by falls,Johnson nearly having an ear torn off,and Rosenheim's wheel broke in twoand let him down on the hard earthwith a thud.

The Eastern idea of throwing waterin the faces of some of the riders tofreshen them was tried in this race.Whether Smith, who was liberallydoused each time he came around, wasaided to his victory in this way is aquestion.

Smith's ride c.t the first sixteen milesof the journey was remarkable. In thisdistance he gained over three 'minuteson George Felix,who led as they passedthe judges the second time around, andwas in fourth position. He held thisplace for the rest of the journey, sprint-ing ahead to the lead when near thetape.

The scratch men did not help eachother as much as was expected, andwhile making good time finished to-ward the last and four seconds behindlast year's record.

Smith's victory will net him in prizesa suit of clothes and a gold watch

—not

a bad day's work for an amateur.Smith is the young man who aspired toride a mile paced by a locomotive inless than one minute, and still has thatbee in his bonnet, but the necessaryarrangements could never be madewith the railroad company.

The Olympic trophy now held by theBay City Wheelmen, and which wascontested for in this race, was won bythe Garden City Wheelmen, the pointsmade being as follows: Garden City 12,San Francisco Road Club 5, Imperials3, Olympics 4.

The following table willshow the po-sitions at the finish, handicap and netriding time of each man:

Yesterday's race was splendidly con-ducted. Itwas managed by Chester A.Myrick, Theodore C. Dodge and J. S.Shedd, the road racing committee ofthe association, the direct handling ofthe event being in charge of the fol-lowing officials:

Referee, President Charles AlbertAdams; judges, George Peyton, J. J.B. Argenti, Frank H. Kerrigan, JamesW. Mullen, E. B. Jerome, O. R. Sterl-ing, A. P. Swain, T. J. Wlnslow, J. F.McDonald, T. B. McGinnis, JosephJury, G. G. Taylor, Vincent A. Doddand T. W. Flanagan; timers, GeorgeP. Wetmore. H. D. Hadenfeldt, J. S.Lewis. F. W. Sharpe, S. Bailey, J. W.Leavitt and W. Pettis; starter, DeWitt Van Court; assistants, ThomasC. Meherin, O. B. Marston; clerk ofcourse, J. F. Hancock; assistants, A.Bedbury and T. G. Spillane; scorers,H. W. Spalding, E. D. Mendell, H. D.Clark, E. Butterworth, S. G. Scovern,A. Cellier, T. D. "Whitman, A. L. Beh-nemann, W. Reid, Hubert Reis, J. M.Salazar; chief marshal, J. P. Thorn;

assistants. C. Hannan, H. A. Tubbs,W. O. Johnson, Bert Edwards, C. H.Trolliet. J. D. Cardinell, J. A. Desi-mone, S. J. Severance; chief umpire,John Burke; assistants, James M.Hamilton, H. V. Scott, John S. Egan,R. T. McKissick, M. E. Games, JohnJ. O'Malley, George Broulllet, H. C.Hahn, E. Lehnhardt, J. G. Stubbs,James E. Little, L. A. Hagy; handi-capper, R. Assheton Smyth.

The fastest times made in the fiveprevious similar events of the asso-ciation over this course were:

February 22, 1893—George A. Faulk-ner, Acme Club Wheelmen, 1hour 19minutes 4 seconds.

February 22, 1894—Emil Ulbrecht,Bay City Wheelmen, 1hour 20 minutes7 2-5 seconds.

March 3, 1895— Walter F. Foster,

Olympic Club Wheelmen, 1 hour 12minutes 55 4-5 seconds.

February 22, 1896— Charles S. Wells,Bay City Wheelmen, 1 hour 10 minutes30 2-5 seconds.

February 28, 1897— Tony Delmas, Gar-den City Cyclers, 1 hour 9 minutes34 1-5 seconds.

The American road record fortwenty-five miles stands at 51 minutes55 seconds, made by A. B. McDonnellat Buffalo, K. V., October 19, 1895, overthe celebrated Corfu course, which isalways smooth and even.

After the race some loungers aroundthe hotel in San L,eandro insulted alady who was passing on her wheel.The wheelmen standing about resent-ed the remark, and were making shortwork of the rowdies when the con-stable of the town appeared on thascene and suspended further hostili-ties.

In the afternoon the wheelmen at-tended the opening of the six-lap

track at Elmhurst to witness the matchrace between J. E. Edwards and G. H.Crafts at twenty miles, paced. Ed-wards won in 49 minutes 7 secondsafter a hotly contested ride.

PAST SACHEMSIN COUNCIL.

Improved Order of Red Men Cele-brate Washington's Birthday

by a Banquet.Nearly two hundred members of th«

Past Sachems' Association of the im-proved Order of Red Men met lastnight in the Red Men's Wigwam onPost street in celebration of the anni-versary of the birth of Washington.

An excellent banquet had been pre-pared under the direction of J. A. El-lert, Jacob Fo -zer and M. Leisen, thecommittee of arrangements, and afterit had been disposed of the companywas favored with instrumental selec-tions by Past i'achem Swan and F. D.Brandon. The master of ceremoniesintroduced J. A. Filcher of the StateBoard of Trade, who delivered an elo-quent address in response to the toast"California." He told of its resources,its grandeur, and declared that it wasone State of the Union of which, notonly its citizens but all Americanscan feel justly proud, and that every

Red Man on the reservation of Califor-nia is loyal to it. Jacob Fowzer saidthat there is one thing that the order ofRed Men must never forget1, and thatis to honor the father of his country,

and upon his suggestion every onepresent gave three rousing cheers and atiger for the man who was first in war.first in peace and first in the hearts ofhis countrymen.

The outburst was followed by shortaddresses by C. F. Burgman, greatchief of records, A. K. Stevens, GroveL. Johnson, B. F. Josselyn, JudgeCampbell and Judge Conlan. Therewere songs by Messrs. Nelson and Col-lins and a recitation by Mr. Jennings.

A REUNION~ATCENTURY HALL.

Daughters of the American Revolu-tion Honor Washington's

Memory.Chapters Puerto del Oro, Sequoia and

California, of the Order of Daughtersof the American Revolution, held ajoint reception yesterday afternoon Inhonor of the day. The hall was pret-tily decorated and the attendance waslarge.' A brief address was made byMrs. A. S. Hubbard, expressing senti-ments appropriate to the occasion. Aprogramme of music was presentedand added much to the entertainment.

INCIDENTS OF THE BIG ROAD RACE.

GOOD NEWS FOB. PRINTEBS.

A report widely circulated that theState printing was about to be done bythe convicts incarcerated in San Quentinprison created much uneasiness in theranks of printers throughout the State.Work is very scarce at present, and totake this work out of the hands of le-gitimate tradesmen would cause a greatdeal of suffering.

Ameeting of the Allied Printing TradesCouncil was called and resolutions con-demnatory of such a course were adopt-ed and widely circulated. A copy of these,together with a letter requesting him touse his influence to prevent any suchaction being taken, was forwarded to

John H. Dickinson, chairman of theSenate Committee on State Institutions.In reply General Dickinson forwarded thefollowing letter, which explains itself:

"President Allied Printing TradesCouncil— Dear Sir: Yours of the 18th inst.regarding resolutions relating to Stateprinting by convict labor was duly re-ceived. Regarding the same Iam in-structed by the committee to inform youthat there'has never been any suggestionmade to or by the committee that convictlabor should be employed, and the com-mittee has no such proposition under con-sideration and would not entertain itunder any circumstances. Ican assureyou that these are the sentiments notonly of the committee as a whole, but ofeach individual member.

"Trusting that this information will besatisfactory, Iam yours truly,

"JOHN H. DICKINSON, Chairman."

DEL NORTE JUDGESHIP.

Governor Budd has appointed FletcherA. Cutler Superior Judge of Del NorteCounty to fill the vacancy caused by the

death of Judge Murphy.The Governor was in the city yesterday,

and when asked concerning tho appoint-ment of a Railroad Commissioner to fillthe vacancy caused by the death of Dr.Stanton, he replied that he was not ready

to give any information on the subject.He said: "Imay announce the appoint-

ment somo time this week, but not to-day

nor to-morrow."

Mayor Phelan and the Nurses.The .commencement exercises of the

class of '97 of the San Francisco Training

School for Nurses will be held this even-ing in the parlors of the Occidental HoteLThe proceedings will begin at S:3O and willbe presided over by Dr. John M. William-son, and Mayor Phelan willdeliver an ad-dress to the graduates, who willenter ontheir career of tending the sick.

The following graduates will receive

their medals and diplomas: Carrie L.Howard, Selina Elsie Hayden, Julia. MarioKane Ottille J. Karstens, Bertha C.Lampkin, Jessie R. Nelson Jane P. Nick-son Mary Blanche O'Reilly, Mary Fran-ces Strand. Eugenia Thompson.

The programme of exercises, arrangedby Miss Patton, superintendent of nursesof the City and County Hospital, is as fol-1O

Overture, Foster's Orchestra; march,"Handicap" (Rosey); prayer, Rev. H. B.Cooke rector of Trinity Church; aduress,

Hon James D. Phelan; serenade; ad-dress George Franklin Shields, M. D.,(Edinburgh), F. R. C. B.: vocal solo se-lected, Frank Coffin; presentation of di-plomas, G. E. Suss.lorff. Mp., superin-tendent physician City and County Hos-pital; awarding of medals, Mrs J G.Lernmon; waltz, "The Serenade (Her-bert); selection, "Gaaperone (Millocker);benediction.

THE SAX FRAXCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1898. 9

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