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SOP SHARP RRGIfIG
IS SKEW AT THE QPBNING HAT
l\i:io AT LEXINGTON CYCLE
TRACK.
* CLOSE FINISHES THE RULE,
HANDICAP AS WKLI, AS SCRATCH
i:\ i:\TS AFPOfU) KO>IK (I.dSK
LY MATCHED RACES.
BRVKKAL CRACKS ARK I P>KT,
\Hiil, I'orl utmtely, \is> Serious Acci
(lciils Occurred to Mnr the Hn
joyinent of the Day.
One Mile Novice Louis S. Johnson, first;
R. A Callendar. Minneapolis, second; Har
old N. J -. ■, third. Time, 2:2G 2-6.
v 4[)ne Mile Professional, Open. Paced — B. B.
Bird, first; John Nilsson, Minneapolis, sec
ond; Robert li. McCleary, third. Time,
2:J: 2-5.
One Mile Amateur. Open— W. J. Martin
— fii-t; Q( rge Sudheimer, second; F. A. S:ni h,
third. Time, linals, 2:44 4-3.
One Mi'.e Professional, Handicap— John
NilssoD, Minneapolis, firs'; Olaf Rudd, Min
neapolis, second: Charles Hofer, third. Time,
Two Mile Handicap— George Sudheimer,
first; W. J. Martin, second; Paul Mayer,
third. Time, 5:03.
One-third Mile, Professional— B. B. !<ird.
first; Robert H. McCleary, second; Oauies
H if.T. third. Time. :50%.
- Two-thirds Mile, Ainauur-George Sudheim
er. firs;; \V. J. Martin. Becond; August Witt
man. third. Time. 1:37.
Two Miles, Professional, Handicap— John
Nilsson. Minneapolis, first; Robert if. Me
* Cleary, racond; Olaf A. liudd, Minneapolis,
third. Time, 1:56.
Five Mile Amateur, Handicap— R. A. Cal
lender. Minneapolis, first; Louis S. Jjhr.son,
ad; Harry Perkins, third. lime,
12:55 3-:..
•" m Rarely, if ever, has there been ar
ranged a better programme of races
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Maud— Yes, he let me drive after we got out imto the country.
under L. A. W. management, if the
finishes be the criterion, than the nine
inning programme which served yes
terday to d Mlicate the new cycle track
at Lexington park to the two-wheeled
sport for years to come. There were
finish, s so close there yesterday that
they were not decided by the length
of a wheel, nor even by the length of
a Bpoke, but almost by the thickness
of a pneumatic tir^. It was not "won
• nose," but "won by a single tube."
Th ■ track was not phenomenally fast.
fains which have occurred daily
all week left the top a little heavy,
and, the newness of the track not hav
ing worn off, there was a depreciation
in the tini.- made from that made by
BOtne of the racers in their training.
The attendance was disappointingly
small. There were perhaps 1,000 there,
very largely women and girls. This,
too, in :; : >k.> of the fact that weather
conditions were almost ideal, so far as
til.- comfort of the spectators was con
cerned.
. The otic-mile race for novices was the
fust race on the lis-t, with an even
dor.f-n starters. They were a little wide
for the track, and A. A. Moe and An
nabel took rear positions. R. A. Cal
* lender set the pace for the first two
laps, <vhen Louis S. Johnson, who had
been holding well in the rear of tho
tmnch up to the final round, came in
a winner with, a pretty finish. Callen
der took second, and Harold N. Jones
was third. The time, 2:23 2-5, was prom
ising, but the promise was not kept
v.ln-Ti the next race Avas called— the
7>,ile professional open. The entries were
B. B. Bird, Robert H. McCleary,
Charles Hofer, of St. Paul; O. F. Boh
men, of Chicago, and John Nilsson,
John A. Lindberg and Olaf Rudd, of
Minneapolis. Rudd did not start, how
ever. Hofer, McCleary and Bohmen
appeared in Dayton costumes, and be
fore the contest was settled it was
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the others. The management had plac
ed a time limit of 2:25 on the event, but
the first mile took 2:32%, six seconds
slower than the novices. McCleary,
Nilsson, Hofer was the order at the
first finish. After some other events
were disposed of a second trial was
made. Thi3 was little better. L,indberg
and Bird collided in the stretch, and
Lindberg was spilled, but Bird came
up to the tape second, Hofer leading
and Bohmen following. The thing was
finally settled by having the men paced
by Rydell and Rudd, a mile each. This
brought the time down to 2:23 2-5,
which was satisfactory, and McCleary
set the pace for the first two laps, with
Bird trailing him close. Nilsson laid
back until the finish, when he and the
other two came up abreast, the order
being Bird, Nilsson and McCleary on
the ribbon. Hofer dropped out in the
second lap, and Bohmen was badly
beaten.
The entry list in the mile amateur
open was so long that two heats were
demanded. Those who waited were:
Charles Peterson, George Sudheimer,
Paul Mayer, Harry Downey and John
Todd. Of the others, W. J. Martin got
off in front with the pole, and he, Au
gust Wittman and Fred Smith took
turns cutting out the running until the
end of the second lap, when A. A.
Moe claimed a share in the sport for
a little while. Wittman fell back in
the third lap and Callender came up
into the front bunch, the finish being
Martin, Callender and Smith. The sec
ond lot got away with Sudheimer and
Peterson hugging the pole, and a lit
tle to the front. The first accident of
the day occurred when the other three
had just passed the place usually oc
cupied by Heine Spieis. Paul Mayer's
saddle slipped around, his wheel
swerved, and he, Downey and Todd
wore mixed up in a heap. Downey and
Tcdd pulled themselves together first,
disentangled their wheels and started
off. Mayer was a little dazed, but with
the assistance of his brother, managed
to remount and finished fourth, just
qualifying for the final heat. In the
finals, Martin, Sudheimer, Smith and
Mayer cut out the order for the first
lap, and they finished the mile in
2:44 4-5, Martin's Napoleon showing
JACK'S DRIVING ARM.
ahead, with Sudheimer second, and
Smith third.
The two-mile amateur handicap was
the next event. There were fifteen
starters, the best handicap being sev
enty-five yards. There were three on
scratch, Suilheimer, Martin, Ward, and
Charles Petersson at five yards. Legas
; and Johnson, with seventy and sixty
j five yards, passed Nalty and the
! other high men and led at the end of
i the first lap. Mayer, handicapped at
twenty, was third, and Smith, with
thirty-five yards, was fourth. Martin
and "Sudheimer were neck and neck
with Louis Johnson at the end of the
second lap, and from that on the posi
tions of the men seemed assured. The
two males were made in 5:03, Sudheimer
winning-, with Martin close up, Mayer
third.
The single lap professional race was
short but lively. The starters were:
I Infer, MeCleary. Bohmen, Nilsson and
Birney Bird. McCleary took the first
place from the start, and was a promis
ing candidate all the way around, but
in the final spurt Bird closed in on
him at a fearful speed, and won by a
very few inches. It looked like a dead
heat to many, and there was something
of a clamor for a retrial, but the judges
said there was no occasion therefore.
In the two-thirds mile amateur race,
Sudheimer and Martin had things pret
ty much their own way. Moe started
I in like a four-time winner to cut out
the work, but after he had kept this
up for about a lap and a half, he went
back. Wittman took third, Sudheimer
and Martin finishing as named.
Todd and Bunker went against time
on a tandem, making the mile, flying
start, in 2:l<Hi; then Pyle, Novotny and
j Odell gave a triplet exhibition, but
dropped a little on the final lap and
only made 2:12.
In the two-mile professional handi
, cap, Bird. McCleary. Bohmen and Hofer
j were on scratch; Nilsson and Rydell
! at sixty yards, and Rudd at eighty.
; Nilsson went off like a shot and caught
j the first man early. Rydell went for
ward too, and at the end of the first
lap they were close together with the
scratch men about fifty yards behind.
i In the first stretch of the second lap,
| Bird darted away from the others and
shortly was up with the first bunch,
where he held a position for a little
better than a lap. It was the pace
that kills, however, and before the mile
was completed he dropped back with
the consolation that he had already
captured $75 in cash prizes. Rudd and
Rydell were alternating in the lead.
Nilsson preserving a good second until
the finish, when he went in and won
out. The scratch men had begun to
mix up with the leaders in the last
lap and a half and there was some
pretty racing. McCleary gave Nilsson
a hard push for the tape, but in vain.
Rudd was third.
The five-mile handicap saw but two
on scratch, Sudheimer and Martin.
The handicaps went to 400 yards]
Harold Jones' allotment. Johnson made
100 yards on Jones and led at the end
of the first mile, while the scratch men
had only put two behind them. There
was a lively contest in the waist, so to
speak, where the middle handicap peo
ple were doing some lively sprinting.
Callender pulled up in front in the
second mile, and the scratch men were
getting pretty well up. A number of
the young men were dropping out. Two
smashed wheels in a collision near
Lexington avenue, but were not hurt.
The third mile found the scratch men
up with the flfty yard people, but they
had all been riding pretty hard and
honors were about easy. The fourth
THE SAINT PAUI, GLOBE: SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 1897.
mile found Callender still in front of a
bunch of five, and the scratch and
fifty-yard party still well back. They
kept at it until the finish of the thir
teenth lap, but did not finish, as it was
then apparent that about all that could
save them would be a collision, which
would mangle all the foremost squad.
Callender, Johnson and Harry Perkins
finished In the order named. Their
handicaps were 325, 300 and 250 yards
respectively.
The professionals were then pulled
out again for the final race, the one
niile handicap. Bird, McCleary. Boh
men and Hofer were on scratch, Ry
dell, Rudd and Nilsson on handicaps.
Bohmen, the Chicago crack, who had
not been making a very good showing
so far, came up fresh and smiling in
the second lap and was promising to
overtake Nilsson, Rudd, Hofer and
Lindberg in a walk. Just opposite the
grand stand, however, he and Rydell
and McCleary went up in the air to
gether. When they came down their
wheels were not ideal racers, and
Bohmen had a vuy bad kne<?. He
tried to waJk to the dressing room, but
was carried as soon as aid reached
him. McCleary suffered a few scratch
es, and Rydell escaped serious hurt.
The first four finished with Nelson in
the front, although Rudd did give him
a brush in the finish. Second was
Olaf's best, however. Hofer took
third.
MICRTEXS IN IT.
St. Pnul Rider Pick* Prises nt Kan
mum City.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 19.— Fast
time marked the L. A. W. National
circuit races at Fairmount Park this
afternoon. In all the professional
events the finishes were close and ex
citing:. Earl Kiser did not ride in the
two-mile handicap, owing to sickness.
Gardner, the other scratch man, quit
on the second lap of the final. The
mile 2:10 class professional was run
over twice, but as the winners failed
to finish within the time limit, the race
was declared off. Summary:
Half Mile, Open. Professional— Arthur
Gardner, Chicago, won; L.. D. Cabanne, St.
Louis, second; A. C. Mertens, St. Paul, third.
Time, 1 :»W.
One Mile, Open, Professional (paced)— Gar
dner won Mertens second. F. H. McCall.
Omaha, third. Time, 2:07 2-5. (Track record.)
Two Mile Handicap. Professional— J. H.
Inman, Golden City. Mo. (170), won; George
M:erstein, Omaha (120). second; Jack Coburn,
St. Louis (100), third. Time. 4:32.
TO>I COOPER HISSED.
He Made \o Effort to Ride Oat His
Field.
SYRACUSE, N. V., June 19.— Three
thousand people, who expected to see
Eddie Bald and Tom Cooper fight it
out in the mile open at the state cir
cuit races here today, were disap
pointed. Bald won his heat in hollow
fashion. Cooper was caught behind
the bunch in the stretch, and, after a
weak effort to get around his field,
rode to his quarters, and was roundly
hissed. Bald took the final, winning
from Steenson. The finals:
One Mile, Open, Professional— E. C. Bald
won, 11. R. Steenson second, F. A. McFarland
third. Time, 2:17.
Two Mile Handicap. Professional — F. A.
McFarland. San Jose (twenty yards), won;
F. F. Goodman, New York (eighty yards),
second: O. C. Tuttle, Utica (140 yards), third.
Time, 4:32.
E. C. Bald rode half a mile exhibition, paced
by tandem, in :58 1-5.
F. J. Titus, paced by tandem, rode a mile
exhibition in 2:08 3-5.
Earl Rovee rode an exhibition half-mile in
:f.6 4-5.
WAIKESHA ROAD RACE.
EiKht ThonNtind People Out to See
the Finish.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., June 19.— The
Waukesha road race this afternoon
was won by A. J. Schmidtbauer, of
this city, who had a handicap of eighr
minutes and won in 43:08. Second place
was won by George Borth, who had
a handicap of seven and a half minutes,
while J. E. Cordes, with six minutes'
handicap, finished third in 41:41. First
time was won by J. M. Quilty, of Sun
Prairie, who rode in the one minute
class and covered the sixteen miles in
40:05. Second and third time were won
by C. L. Granger, of this city, and
H. E. Lucia, of Oconto. Their time
was 40:38 and 40:53. The roads were
in perfect condition, and fifty-three o£
ninety-three starters broke the course
record of 45:32. Eight thousand peo
ple saw the finish.
Sanjcer Won.
DENVER. Col., June 19 —Walter C. Sanger
of Milwaukee, today defeated O. R. Hacken
berger, the "Buttermilk Boy." of Denver in
a five-mile race at the Denver Wheel club's
track. Time, 11:56 2-5. The riding was un
paccd, the riders starting from opposite sides
of the track. Sanger took the load from the
start and finished 200 yards ahead of Hacken
bf-rger.
EnKliMh < luimpimish i p.
EXETER. Eng., June 19.— At the bicycle
races heM here today under the auspices of
the National Cycling union, the five-mile
professional, for the championship of Eng
land, was won by C. F. Barden. He cov
ered the distance in 14 minutes 1-5 sec
onds. The quarter-mile amateur race went
to Metcalf. of Cardiff, who finished alonr,
the other contestants having been put out of
the contest throug-h accident.
Hour Race.
LONDON. June 19.— A bicycle race be
tween J. W. Stocks and T. C. Linton, in
connection with the London Bicycle club
meeting, was run today at the Crystal Pal
aoe cycle track, and was won by the latter.
The race was one hour for a stake of £300
of which sum the Crystal Palace comoany
contribu-tetd £100. Linton covered 31 miles
and 170 yards. The record for one hour in
189 C was made by James Michaels at Man
hattan Beach, Sept. 18, and was 27 miles
1 1.C90 yards.
o|l THE liOflG RIDES
•
BICYCLISTS SHOULD BE WELL SEA
SONED BEFORE TRYING DIS
TANCE RUNS.'
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DIET AN IMPORTANT AGENT
IN MAKING THE >ll *>< I.IJ NEEDED
TO RIDE A CENTURY IN
A DAY.
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PATRON SAINT OF >CYCLISTS.
French Riders Tliiiik the Wheel
Should Have One — Proposed Cen
sus of Bicycles.
Now that the riding seftson is fairly
under way, it is time for the
ambitious road rider to give
thought to his ways. Not neces
sarily the racing man, but the distance
rider. There is always a class of riders
who pedal along for the very pleasure
of wheeling. They are first and fore
most "collectors of miles." After that
they consider the way they may go;
route and picturesque scenery are sec
ondary considerations to mileage. There
is also the class of wheelmen who real
ly tour through the country; they like
to ride long distances and to see the
landscape in all its phases, a good road
or a bad one is alike to them so long
as they are able to ride and oee new
country. Both of th^se classes may
well consider a few simpie suggestions
that experience has shown to be of
value to the distance rider, says the
Providence Journal.
Early in the season the muscles are
not hardened to long trips. A -ider
may be in the habit of doing si me
ten or even more miles a day and find
no especial ill effects from riding a
hundred, but if he were to make two
long rides on succeeding days, he would
probably be "stale" by the end of the
week; that is, he would be afflicted with
that tired feeling. Careful prepara
tion and training will overcome this
lassitude. The man who rides steadily
every day for a considerable distance
is too apt to give no attention to con
ditioning. He thinks that only the rac
ing man needs training. But a little
consideration will show him that i* he
gives careful attention to the food he
eats, avoiding sweets and rich f( od,
keeps reason-able hours and takes his
exercise regularly, riding his distance
a little further each we^k, at the end
of a month he will be in far setter
shape to enjoy his rides than other
wise.
Starting in on distance work the
wheelman should not try for speed. It
is better to ride slowly, well within his
powers each day until he is thorough
ly seasoned, then he may gradually in
crease his pace, with the knowledge
that he will not go backwards in his
work,.
The two great difficulties of all dis
tance riders are weariness and saddle
soreness. The best known way to over
come the former is: by giving a ue at _
tension to what is eaten and to eat
often. A man who is riding; over twenty
miles a day requires more food thai}
one who is content with ,tal.f. that. dis-.
tance. Cyclists are apt, ,io eat only
when they are hungry, nearly to the
point where appetite has vanished and
faintness warned them that the stom
ach requires food. Frequently a man
will be better off, when riding long dis
tances, by eating four or more meal 3
a day than otherwise. Then the per
nicious habit of dismounting at every
town to stop the thirst at a soda water
place, filling the stomach with ice cold
drinks, is responsible for much of the
weakness suffered on the end of a
long run. One of the sure signs that
the stomach is not being righty treat
ed, is that drying up of the throat, the
unnatural thirst which is not quenched
by drink. When a cyclist is contin
ually bothered with this he should stop
riding, cool off and get a reasonable
meal. Saddle soreness may be caused
by one of half a dozen things. The
best way to avoid it is to get a seat
that fits and then stick to it. It will
work off during the season as the rider
becomes hardened to his work.
Honors in the long distance field are
seldom won by men who rush the pace
early in the year. The best way to
get a respectable mileage is to plan
a schedule week by week, riding
gradually, increasing distances until
by the end of the season long rides
may be regularly made with ease. A
steady mileage per day, with occasion
al centuries on holidays, will pile up
a greater total than off and on work.
Little Thing;* About the Wheel.
One of the new kinks in wheeling which is
becoming more popular each season is having
the owner's name placed on hi 3 bicycle It
gives the wheel a kind of individuality. Then
it is useful for identification where the wheel
is placed with others of the same make and
may prevent mistakes. Of course a man who
would s-teal a wheel may find some way to re
move the name, but if it is painted on and
varnished afterwards, the erasure would prob
ably show. There are several p'.aces where
the name is usually put. Sometimes it is
placed on by means of a plate of silver
screwed to the machine, or it may bs painted
on in a different color from the enamel. Then
it may be put en with d^calcomanes. These
come in gold letters, and all the rider has to
do is to buy just the letters on the transfers
he needs. Th?y cost three cents per letter.
According to a repair man, who ought to
know, the following is the way to clean a bi-
I cycle lamp: Clean the surface with a pad of
I cotton waste, and then cover the pad with
| cotton velvet, charged with fine rouge. This
I will not only remove the scratches, but will
impart brilliancy to the glass. Lenses in
lanterns should not only be clean and clear
but should be brilliant as well, and brilliancy
comes partly from polishing.
In a recent address on athletics before the
students of Harvard. President Elliott said
his preference was for sports that required
no remarkable muscular power or we.'ght and
that it was his belief that competitions re
quiring them would ultimately b^ succeeded
by recreations in which agility and alertness
of mind and body are essential. President
Elliott paid his respects to cycling as an al
most idral form of recreation.
Cleaning: Wheels In Not !>o Disagree
ft I>l c.
Considering the amount of vigorous lan
guage indulged in by the men. when clean
ing their bicyc.es. it is not to b,e wondered
at that women seldom dream of undertaking
the job. As a matter of fact, the work is not
| nearly so difficult or dirty 'as it fs made out
I to be. Women who are chary of other fingers
| than their own toying with tliMr bicycles,
I and prefer to rub them down apd oil them
themselves, need not necessarily find the task
uncleanly if they take the simple precaution
to wear gloves while applying the oil. A bi
cycle, to be kept in good con.ditio», should be
cleaned every time after use, otherwise dust
and grit are apt to sift into the gearings and
I wear them down. The plated parts must
i never be so neg'ected thar ttiey will begin
to rust, nor must mud be allowed to cake on
the enamel, for in removing Jt yotf will surely
| leave a few scratches. Beware of a super
fluity of oil. A well-kopt bicycle needs to
be oiled only at the end of every 100 miles.
A faint squeak will generally tell you when
an oiling is necessary.
Hands and Feet Can Moth He I *eil.
A Milwaukee man has designed a foot and
hand power bicycle that is attracting the
usual amount of attention from lovers of the
curious and eccentric in bicycle building. The
bicycle, as might be supposed, is essentially
different from the regular models, having a
whoel base a foot longer than the average;
it is several inches lower at the top of the
frame, and weighs as much again as the
everyday bicycle. The machine works by a
sort of rowing motion. In riding, the pedals
are moved back and forth with a swinging
motion, the handlebars at the same time act-
ing as a lever and swinging back and forth
also. The crank of the model built by the
Inventor is only three inches in length, but
with it he drives a gear of about 100, which
can be raised to 150 or 200 by lengthening the
cranks and the lever. The handlebar lever
can, it is said, be instantly disconnected if the
rider thinks he has fun enough with the
feet alone. It is doubtful if a "long felt
want" exists for the machine described.
DrnkeH Will Be Found Most Certain.
The inefficiency of back-pedaling as a
s-übstitute for a brake was again illustrated
In an accident which befell John Greib, a
Baltimore rider, on Sunday afternoon. He
was riding down Rush hill, which is one of
the steepest hills in the vicinity of Balti
more, and in his efforts to keep h!s wheel
under control by back pedaling the left
pedal of his bicycle broke. He was conse
quently thr wn violently to the road and
was seriously injured. The accident which
happened to the BaltlmoreaTi is only one
of many that are possible without a go-od
brake ad. easily aboidable by the use of
one. The straiin of back-pedalling is so se
vere that any imperfection which survives
the "factory inspection" of the catalogues
is liable to result in a severe accident. With
the driving mechanism unavailable and
with no means of checking the speed, there
is but one result possible unless the rider
is particularly favored by good . luck. A
powerful brake of quick action is the surest
insurance againsit accidents on a down
grade or even a level.
French I ycllsts Want a l'atron Saint.
For some time past the cyclists in France
have been casting about for a patron saint
and the subject is one that has caused them
no little perplexity on account of the diffi
culty of associating any known saint with
a method of locomotion whose history is
entirely modern. St. Julien and St. Chris
topher were both thought of because of
their solicitude for travelers, but cyclists
being clannish, wished to remain quite dis
tinct from tramps and such like persons,
says the Boston Pilot. St. Katherlne or
Alexandria is the- saint upon whom the
choice of the great majority appears to
have fallen, a preference suggested by the
time-honored custom of representing her in
art in association with the wheel which was
intended for her torture, but which was
miraculously used against her persecutors.
The Croix, which warmly advocates the choice
of St. Katherine, makes the following reflec
tions on the subject: "As the saint stands
leaning upon her wheel she makes us think
of a bicyclist in repose. The cyclist travels
upon a wheel and the saint who escaped so
miraculously from suffering and danger will
protect those who invoke her aid with faith."
A Census of Bicycles Is Proposed.
"Not a day goes, by," says the Wheel, "that
some paragraphcr does not launch a declara
tion regarding the number of bicycles ridden
in his locality, or in the country at large.
Without any exceptions the figures thus em
ployed are the result of no study or knowl
edge of the subject; they are given as though
some one had asked the number of grains,
of sand on the seashore, and an answer em
bracing certain figures had been forthcoming.
It is time that some more definite basis for
calculating the number of bicycles and their
riders be arrived at. The chance to secure
this is at hand in the census to be taken in
1900, arrangements for which are now being
made. When the government officers visit
each citizen of the United States and ask him
the number of horses, asses, oxen, children,
pianos, carriages and mortgages he has, let
bicycles be added to the interrogations, and
the resuli will be of considerable value to
the statistician, the politician, the road
builder and the manufacturer."
WITH THE HARNESS BRIGADE.
Queen Allx, 2:03%, weighs 930 pounds at
present.
Charley Thompson has added Monte Cris
to, 2:l&V>, to his string at Fleetwood park.
Dan T, 2:00%, the speedy hoppled pacer,
is showing up well in his first fast work
outs.
Klamath, 2:07 1 4, has a half-brother named
Kink Altarnont, which will be raced this sea
son.
Dubuque has decided to hold an important
meeting in August, with $800 and $1,000
purses. Horsemen will by then be in shape
to liberally enter their fast ones.
B. 8., 2:l2V>, the famous branded pacer, sold
at auction at Boston last week for $".80. He
was a close second to Hal Pointer the first
heat Hal paced below 2:10.
Dandy Jim, 2 :09 3 i, stepped a mile at the St.
L-ouis half-mile track in 2:16V2 the other day.
He is now owned by J. M. Battles, a pho
tographer of the cyclone city, who intends to
race him.
Cpr.stantine, 2:12Y 2 , may race a little this
fall. He made his record in ISD2 and was a
competitor of Kremlin in one or two great
•races. Later the Lord Russell horse out
classed him completely.
The owner of James L., 2:09%, wishes to
match him against David 8., 2:094. Dan
Cupid, 2:o9in, and Page, 2:0934. for $250 a
corner. It would be an interesting sweep
takes to New Yorkers beyond a doubt.
STILLWATER NEWS,
St. Joseph Congregation Will Re
build — Elks Preparing for Con
vention.
The loss on St. Joseph's French Catholic
church, which was partially destroyed by fire
a few days ago, v/ill be adjusted tomorrow and
the congregation will immediately begin re
building. The walls are left standing, but
it is feared everything will have to be re
built.
The committee in charge of arrangements
for the Fourth of July celebration has entered
into a contract with Prof. Spencer for a bal
loon ascension and parachute leap. Other at
tractive features are being provided and the
celebration will be one of the largest ever
held in the St. Cioix valley.
Mr. Kaiser, a representative of the South
Muscatine Lumber company, recently pur
chased two rafts of logs from Stillwater deal
ers. He left yesterday for Winona to look
over the market.
Still svater lodge of Elks is drilling for the
parade to be held in Minneapolis during the
July convention, and will go there with from
seventy-five to one hundred members. Uni
forms have been ordered by seventy-five mem
bers.
Dr. \V. H. Pratt received a telegram yes
terday from h!s son. Ray H. Pratt, stating
that he had taken the examination for admis
sion to the military academy at West Point,
and had passed with a good mark. Mr. Pratt
is the young man appointed to West Point
from this district. He is a graduate of the
Stillwater high school, has attended the state
university and is a bright young fellow.
The Hibernians and Daughters of Erin en
joyed a social in their hall Friday evening.
A mu-sical programme was rendered, after
vvhich dancing was enjoyed.
The Knights of Pythias contemplate giving
an excursion to Taylor's Falls and the Dalles
of the St. Croix some day next week.
Mrs. E. A. Phinney was a guest of friends
at Northfield, Minn., the past week.
Misses Shirley Castle and Cynthia Pen
nington are visiting at Pine Cty, Minn.
Miss Gertrude Pennington is "visiting rela
tives at Afton, this county.
Mrs. C. L. Dixon and daughter, of Clo
quet, Minn., are guests of Mrs. R. H. Dixon
and family.
Warden Wolfer and wife were guests of
J. F. Norrish and family at Hastings on
Tuesday.
Col. W. G. Bronson is expected home from
a short trip to St. Louis.
Mrs. T. H. Yarnall has gone to Fargo, N.
D., on a visit.
E. F. Smith and bride, of Morris. Minn
are visiting at the home of H. D. Lotz.
Miss Laura Wilklow, of South Stillwater is
at home from a visit with friends in Plain
view. Minn.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Kelly, of St. Paul were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Burlingham on
Wednesday.
REV. MR. WEST FOUXD.
Ho Im "Wanted on nn Old Charge of
Murder.
VALPARAISO, Ind.. June 19.— Word
was received here today of the arrest
of Rev. T. West, at Sequin, Tex. Ten
years ago West was pastor of the
Methodist church at Chester, this coun
ty. He deserted his family, running
away with Miss Susie Beck, a young
lady member of his church. They fled
to St. LiOuis, where West murdered the
girl by administering poison. After her
burial, he returned to Chester,
feigning insanity, when an investiga
tion was started he fled the country.
He was traced to Canada, then to Eng
land and back to Salt Lake and to
Texas. His arrest was caused by his
having trouble with his wife's sister,
who was living with them and who
revenged herself by informing the of
ficers of his crime.
<>iiay Suit Quashed.
PITTSBURG, June 19.— Counsel for State
Senators Chris L. Magee and William Flinn
announced today that the civil libel suit
against Hon. Richard R. Quay, son of United
St-ates Senator M. S. Quay for $100,000 dam
ages each, would be withdrawn. As to the
criminal suits the attorney said he had no
further instructions from his clients. These
suits grew out of the alleged deal for the
support of Allegheny county for McKinley in
the presidential campaign*
S ASK YOUR NEIGHBOR ABOUT THEM. §
X BICYCLES WITH A REPUTATION. X
| CRAWFORD «"* 0N TIME I
© 1897 BICYCLES. $4@«©© S4-S«ffi© S
p CRAWFORD TAMDEIHS $80.00, $BS.©O §
© ALL COLORS -ALL SIZES. £*
W These prices are made to reduce stock. It is a chance ©
lO of a lifetime to buy a high-grade wheel at a moderate price. ©
g? Wo also have the CASH. ON TIME. ©
| STRONG 1897. $30.00 $35.00 S
40 These vr heels are made of Seamless Tubing, have Key- ®
40 less Cranks and were made to sell for $60.00. Have but a ®
few, so come early. sfc
I NAPOLEON and GILT EDGE. I
5t We have a tew of these on hand
wj That we will quote Special Prices on. Lfl
g SWGAbb AND SEE US. jb
IA. D. SMITH CYCLE HOUSE,!
g 372-374 ST. PETER ST. \
WE HAVE A FEW GOOD ~1
wheels]
Left, which we will sell cheap. We do not care to give prices !'
here, but any one that wants to buy had best inquire what we
have to offer. .....
The Wm. R. Burkhai*d Go. &5S st,
FIREWORKS FOR THE FOURTH.
BPL IT IS THE EQUAL OF ANY $100 WHEEL MADE
Px\Sl ride one if you
*/ VSJali Wf WANT TO GET THERE QUICK.
r \ 436 JACKSON STREET.
WlMtlfljß IS WHOTB
SHAKE-UP IN THE CABINET DECID
ED IPO\ BY GFJRMASY'S
RULER.
PRINCE HOHENLOHE HOLDS.
VOX BOETTICHKR THE SPECIAL
OBJECT OF HIS MAJESTY'S
ILL NATURE.
SIIQIEL THE ACTUAL GHASICEbLOK.
While Not So in Name, He Will As
ttume the Duties of the Chief
Advisor.
BERLIN, June 19.— 1n spite of semi
official denials, there is no doubt that
a new shuffling of the cabinet has been
decided upon by the emperor. Dr. yon
Boetticher, the vice president of the
council of ministers and secretary of
state for the interior, the vice chancel
lor and Prince Hohenlohe's mouthpiece
in the reichstag and diet, has intensely
dissatisfied his majesty by repeated re
cent failures to vigorously represent
the government during important de
bates. Emperor William is especially
incensed at the failure of Dr. yon Boet
ticher to reply to Herr Richter's terri
ble arraignment of his majesty's policy
and acts in the reichstag on May 18.
Dr. Miquel, the minister of finance, will
replace Dr. yon Boetticher with in
creased prerogatives and functions, not
only in the Prussian, but in the im
perial cabinet, which will cause him to
be intrusted with the task of advocat
ing the important measures of the gov
ernment, especially the navy schemes,
associations bill, etc., he being a forci
ble and eloquent speaker, which the
chancellor is not.
Prince Hoh^nlohe will retain the
chancellorship although he is anxious
to retire to private life, but he has per
mitted himself to be persuaded to stick
to his post unt'l the autumn, or until
the pressing government measures are
disposed of. Dr. Miquel takes most of
the burden of the office upon himself.
Dr. Miquel's sphere of duty will also
be enlarged by the creation of the of
fice of chancellor of the exchequer,
with similar sphere and influence to
the British chancellor of the exchequer.
Baron Marschall yon Bieberstein, min
ister of foreign affairs, retains office
for a whPe longer, or at least until a
suitable successor can be found. It is
an open secret that he has lost favor
and to some extent the confidence of
the emperor. It is understood that the
post of minister for foreign affairs has
been offered to Count yon Eulenberg,
the German ambassador to Vienna, and
to Count yon Hatzfeld-Wildenberg. the
German ambassador to London, and
that they have both declined.
The forcible dissolution of the tem
porary iroduce exchanges of Berlin,
Stettin, Halle and other Prussian cities,
by the police, under the pretext of
their being contrary to the bourse law,
has caused much dissatisfaction among
the speculators and has also created
a curious situation. No produce quo
tations are now published, and no
market prices of cereals are given out
anywhere. The Berlin produce exchange
has appealed to the higher court, and
until a definite decision is rendered,
things will continue as at present.
The farmers are much exciied, as
harvesting will soon commence and
they are perfectly in the dark as to
what price to ask. The government
did not expect this obstinacy on the
part of the corn dealers, and is quite
taken aback at the present situation,
which is injuring the growers, for
whose protection the coercive measures
against the bourses were supposed to
have been taken.
The emperor has caused further ad
verse comments by employing a body
of Koenigsburg sappers in erecting
buildings on his estate at Thebutfe
Prussia. The socialists and freiesinl
nige will bring the matter up in the
■reichstag. The senate of Hamburg has
agreed to spend- another 11,500 000
marks on harbor improvements
Navel experts at Kiel are now test
[ ing the practicable uses of dragon
shaprd air ships, which may be put
on board vessels for use during naval
engagements or reconnoitering. Some
of the balloons rose 5,500 feet, remain
ing fastened to the deck of torpedo
boats, which were steaming 18 knots
an hour.enabling cheballoonists tomake
valuable observations of the stations
of vessels at a great distance. The
observations made were communicated
by telegraph or telephone from the
balloons to persons on the decks of
vessels below, enabling them to change
the course of the latter accordingly
The whole series of experiments oc
cupied a fortnight and was eminently
successful.
At the initial reception of the new
United States ambassador, Andrew D.
White, Emperor William wore a hand
some uniform of the First dragoon
guards. During the conversation, which
lasted ten minutes, his majesty re
ferred to Mr. White's former stay in
Berlin, and spoke in complimentary
terms of the great progress made by
the United States since then, and of
the growing intimate relations between
the two countries.
Mr. White and his family, at the end
of the month, will go to Hamburg to
drink the waters and will pay a fly
ing visit to Oswald Ottendorfer, pro
prietor of the New York Staats zei
tung, at Mannheim. They will then go
to Herringsdorf by the Baltic, for the
water cure.
Until he finds suitable apartments
Mr. White will stay at the Kaiscrhof.
His reception by the princess and other
members of the royal family has been
deferred until autumn. Charles Crump
of the Philadelphia ship building firm]
is now in Germany, engaged in observ
ing the recent progress made here in
ship building.
REBELS vfcTORIOUS.
Iriimiayan Regulars Defeated V lilt
a Heavy I, on*.
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Juno 10.—
The rebels have gained a decided
victory over the government troops
commanded by Gen. Vlllar. The gov
ernment troops are completely routed
and left the field in undisputed pos
session of the revolutionists. No esti
mate of the killed and woundod ha 3
yet been received in Montevideo, but
it is believed that the loss will be
heavy on both sides. Reports are to 4
the effect that the government troops
are now being reinforced, and ar» pre
paring to march against the revolu
tionists again. This victory of the
rebels adds another to their long list
of recent triumphs, which have all bscn
marked by severe fighting.
FKOBRAX CIRREVCY.
ItM I'se Derided I pon by the Greater
Republic.
PANAMA, June 19.— One of the plan*
of the Greater Republic of Centra I
America, now made complete by the
entrance of Costa Rica and Guate
mala, is for a general currency for use
in all of the five countries of the re
public. The republic, as has been
stated, was formed for offensive and
defensive purposes, and will treat with
foreign countries on that basia. The
diet will be the highest legislative
body and will be composed of two dele
gates from each of the republics. The
presidents of the republic will preside
over the diet, alternating each year.
PEWAIHC COPTBK.
Part of the (arnii of tUe Lost
Steamer Reeovereil.
ALPENA, Mich., June 19.— Th.»
steamer Root arrived here today with a
barrel of copper from the wreck of the
lost Pewabic. This is conclusive proof
that the long lost ship has been found.
The copper is in nuggets and weighs
1,500 pounds. The diver says that the
hull of the Pewabic is broken up for a,
radius of fifteen feet around the boat.
The copper and iron at her cargo can
be seen in large quantities.
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