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Ed another easy victory over the Cleve-j
lands today. The Cleveland team was
outclassed, and will win few games In
its present condition. Attendance, 300.
Score: : ' . -7- --• - ■ '-■■'*' L
Cleve? IRIHjPiA'E. N. Y. IR H|P|A|E
Dowd, cfl 1 2 31 ii 0 V'Hn. cf 3 1| 2 0 0
Vi"l, v. -11. 0 2 0 0 0 Grady, c 2 2j 6 2 0
Qui'h, 2b I|2|'3| 9 0 Wsn, 3b 3 2 II .1 0
MAr, Sb 7.-1 Davis, ss' 1 3 3 li 0
S's, ss.p. 1 2 l| 2 "I'Tvy.*-. ■» 1 .18 "l-O,
St. ■.".--. 0 3! li 0 0 G's'n, 2& 2 3 21 4 0
T'k'r. lb 0 l!ll| 2 0 O'B'n, If. IV 1 "4 01 1
Z'm'r, c. 0 1 21 1 OjF.'ter.jff. 0| 1: 0} 1| 0-
Hill, p... 0! 0! Of li 1 S'ni'r, p.i II 21 II 21 1 i
S'd'n, rf. 0 0 lj 0 Oj ——I —1— '
I ____;. _ Totals .|14]16|27L12! - J
Tot.. . 5?13'^1115t 31. .
Cleveland .. .....0 13 10 0 0 0 o—s
New York 3 2 0 14 0 0 4 *—14
Stolen bases. Grady. Davis 2, Wilson,
Qainn, ■ Doyle; Gleason; two-base hits,
Dowd -2. Wilson. Grady: double plays,
Stivetts, Quinn and Tucker; Doyle- and -
Grady; Stivetts, Tucker and:.- Zlmmer;
Davis. Gleason and Doyle;, sacrifice hit.
Foster; first base on balls, off Seymour
2. off Hill 5. oft' Stivetts 2: hit by pitch
ed ball. Stivetts and Seymour; struck
out. by Seymour 4, by Hill 1. by. Stivetts
1; first base on ! errors. . -New. York 2,,
Cleveland 1: time.2 hours; umpires.O'Day
and McGarr:, earned runs. New York 7,.
Clev-e"r*vd --.
ALAS! POOR ORPHANS.
WASHINGTON, June The Sca'ors
won a very evenly balance! same i.i the
tenth inning today when, Slagle knock.d
out a three-bagger, which was followed
by Harry's single. Ryan's fielding was
sensational. ' Attendance, 20 0. Scire:
Wash.. -IR"H"P|A|E Chi. IRIHIPIAIE
Slagle, .-: 2] 2 5 0 1 Ryan, If II 2 31 0 1
Barry, it il 3 I 1 0 Gr'en. rf .0 2 4| 0 0
Hour. 2b 0! t-| 2; 6| 0 W'v'n. 3b! 0 13 l! 0
A ton, oh ii 0 0 2 0 M'rt's, cf 0; o's| 0 0
M'G r.e, c 0 0 1 31 ll 0 Ev'itt, l'> '•; li 71 1 1 ,
Fm'n, rf| II 11 l! 0 0 D'm't, ss 0 1 j 2IS 1 ;
Csidy, lb ii 0 13 11 l M'C'k, 2b 0 0 .3 5 1 ;
Merer, 'pri!ll 01 2 0 Nich'ls, cl 2 2 2| 1 0 :
Pad'n, ss li"2| 5 6 1 Taylor, pi li 0110 0 j
Totals .j_s|j.jto;lo; 3 Totals -MlJJ_3»|ll} 4-
Was, hut.. ....1 0~0- 0 2 01 01—5;
Chicago .'...' 0 ii 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 o—4
Earned runs. lWashington I, Chic -g • 3;
stolen] bases, Ryan, Demont, Nichols,
Barry; two-base hit, Hetr.ou; three-bate,
hit. Slagle: Hist base On bills, off Meier
4. off Taylor 1; hit by pitched ball, De
mont: struck out. by Mercer 4. Taylor 2;
left on bases. Washington 6. Coic-ago 7;
time, 2:10: umpires. Lynch and Connolly.
HUGHES WAS INVINCIBLE.
NEW YORK, June B.—Hughes was In
vincible today, and with the aid of fault
less support shut out the Cincinnatis in
Brooklyn with ease. Hawley was wild
in the first inning, when two bases on
balls, a balk, two hits and two errors
let five Brooklyn players cross the plate.
He settled down after that and pitched
great ball. Attendance. 2,800" Score: ■
Cm. R;H;P!AjEI Brook.. |R|HIPjA|E
S'b'h, If. 0 ii 11 M 0 C'sey, 3b 0 1 0 5! 0
S'th, cf.. 1 0 0' 5 0 llA'd'n, cf j l 0 4 Oj 0
M'ler, rf.l 0: 2: 1 0; 2 Kiev, lfj 1 1 0 01 0
B'ley, lb 0 2 9 0' 0 D'h'n, ss 1 1 1| 71 0
C'c'n, ss 0 0: 4 21 0 Jones, rfl 1 0 2 0| 0
STt, 3b. j 0 0; 2 5 0 M'Gn, lb 01 1 14 0 0
.M l'e. 2b 0: 1 I' 4 0 Dalv. 2b 1 0 41 2 0
Wood. c.j 01 1! l 0 'i Grim, c. 0! 1 2 0 0
ley. p. 0 0 0 0 11. H'hes. p 0 0 0 0 0
Totals .' 0 61241111 3* Totals .1 5] 527 14: 0
Cincinnati 0 0 o*o 0 0 0 0 o—o
Brooklyn 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *—
Two-base hits, Casey, .Dahlen; first
base on error, Brooklyn; left on bases,
Cincinnati 8. Brooklyn 5; struck out, by
Hawley 2. by Hughes 1; stolen bases,
Miller, Dahlen, Jones; first base on ball.?,
by Hawley 3. by Hughes 3; double play,
Daly and McGann; balk. Hawley; time,
1:34; umpires; Emslie and McDonald.
, HUSTLED THE CHAMPIONS.-
BOSTON.June S.— took twelve innings
for the Champions to beat Louisville to
day. Lewis was hit hard all through the
game, and the home teams fielding was
considerably below par. Young Wills,
Louisville's new first baseman, played a
very swift game and is considered a valu
able find. Attendance, 1,500. Score:
Bos. IR'H|P|AiEi Louis. R|H|PiA|E
Stahl, rf| l| l; o, II l Hoy. cfl 1 2 SI o 0
Ten'y. lb: 2] 317 2| 0 Clark, If 1 2 51 0| 0
Long, ss 2 3 1.1 5 0 Dex'r, rf 0 II II 1 0
C'lins, 3b 0 1 5 lj 1 W'g'r, 3b 0| 2- 0 21 0
Duffy, If 0 Oj 3] 0 2 Wills, lb; 2, o|l4 0 1
Lowe, 2b 1| 2: 2j 6j 0 R'hev, 2b; 0; 2; 3 2 1
St'f'd. cfi Oj 1| 3, 0 0 Leach, ssi 1 10 31*0
Clarke, cj 0 0 4; II 0 Pow'rs, c; 0: 1 > 5 0 0
Lewis, p II 3 2, 3j OjD'llng. pj 0 1 0 7 0
Totals'.; 714 :3jjl9' 4' Totals .j 5| 1236; 15! 2
Boston .1 0 000 sToTo 2—7
Louisville 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 o—s
Earned runs, Boston 4, Louisvile 2; two
base hits, Clarke, Hoy; three-base hits,
Tenney, Long; stolen bases, Stafford, Col
lins; first base on balls, by Lewis 3. by
Dowling 3; struck out, by Lewis 1, by"
Dowiing 1; time, 2:20; umpires, Gaffney
Jd Andrews.
WITH THE AMATEURS.
The Laurel Stars beat the Mannhelmers
9 to 2. They challenge the Gerbers or any
team under fourteen ln the city. Address
Thomas Prendergast Jr., 429 Ashland:
* * *
The Nelson Kids defeated the Mad son
schools by a score of IS to 6. The fe.ttu.e
of the game was the all-around playing
of the Nelson Kids. Batteries—
Kids, Nelson and Ascher; Madison, Boh
lig and Scroth.
The Royals have reorganized.
WALTER WILMOT'S RECORD.
Some Facts Regarding His Debut In
, Ihe Western League.
The Minneapolis Journal' wonders if the
G 1.0 b e is in earnest in condemning row
dyism on the diamond, It is not defend
ing it, like the Journal, which, not con
tent with "faking" letters from its read
ers, allied last night to the defense of
the individual'who led a mob of I,ooo' peo
ple on the iiamond at Lexington park
not less than a month ago to break up the
game • and damage the business of the
local management. It charges that the
St. Paul team is composed of rowdies,
and cites as the most glorious example
Ceier. To any one who has ever seen
Geier play this is too funny. The Jour
nal holds up its hands in holy horror at
Little Phil, the Sphinx, but takes to Its
bosom the curly topknot of the Minne
apolis captain, Wllmot. Such a lovely
record his: Always a gentleman, when
he's in a bank. The Journal kicks be
cause oniv two instances of rowdyism
were charged against his first week in
the Western league. Oh! there are other
weeks. He joined the league April 22
1896.
April .22, 1896. Wilmot threatens to take
his men off the field at Kansas City un
less he can (day Jimmy Connors, a then
Disqualified player.
April 30, 1896, Wllmot refuses to fur
nish a Reach ball in a game with Mil
waukee, at Minneapolis, claiming that
Twitchell, of Milwaukee, had substituted
the Spalding ball which the umpire finds
ii: play.
Way 8, la%, Wllmot makes a scene at
Aurora park, St.- Paul, because a small
boy employed by Manager Comiskey -to
throw in the balls found batted outside
the fence suggests to Wilmot that a good
many balls do not get by the Minneapo
lis piayers' bench. -.-Cr' ';
May 9, 1896, In the ninth inning of a
game at Aurora park, St. Paul, Wllmot
calls his men from the field. Umpire
derrick forfeits game to St. Paul, 9 to 0
Manager Comiskey, however, finally pre-'
vails upon Wilmot, after he and his right
bower Werden, have delayed the game
for fifteen minutes In the hope of rain
compelling it to be called back to the
eighth Inning, when Minneapolis was
ahead,.to return his men to the field and
play the game out.
Three thousand St. Paul fans were
present on this occasion, which accounts
■ for the marvelous popularity of Wilmot
hero now, and ever since 1896. although
before .he went to Chicago he was a
local favorite. It was on Slav 10 1896
.. that the Pioneer Press observed- " ' '
"If Wilmot played ball in Chicago last
year like he does now-with his mouth—
-It Is no wonder Anson couldn't use htm."
GOSSIP .OF THE DIAMOND..
iwls^",/^™^' a cast-off of the
1836 Detroit team. Is swatting the ball
faithfully with Washington
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Waldron, of Milwaukee, has accepted
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"'Mikw.^^
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Morgan & WrightDouble-Tube Tire»rs*.74. Write now.
T. V[. ROBERTS' SUPPLY HOUSE, "'^eapol^
forty-nine chances without an •' error.
Weaver leads the'team in batting with
.368 un to date. - -
The Milwaukee'club: recently .purchased
a-canvas large enough 'to cover the dia
mond and. all the base paths, to -be used
when it ranis. -■-•--—--.,..-■
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Milwaukee donates ' two days of the
week to- the -ladles, Tuesdays and , Fri
days. This is generous, and goes the
Ot-ner towns ■ in the : Western league one
better. .7
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The crop, of-base ball players for this
season is very plentiful, judging from the
number of changes'and applications for
positions in all leagues, large and small.
* * * •
? Manager Allen, Is well satisfied with the
showing made by his .three young pitch
ers. He has reason to be." So far they
have been the mainstays of Indianapolis
in the box. • „_ -'7:',.-■ -..'.,- .-' i 
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Midget Casey- is- playing ■ a brilliant
game at third base for Brooklyn, and
covering the position; fully as well as
Dahlen could do. He Is the smallest
player in the. National league. .* -'
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Amos Rusie, 'still located \ ( in Indiana
polis,'rubbers up his arm every. day and'
warms up with Bob - Allen's Hoosiers
when that team is at home. •----■<
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It is very probable; that the.patrons
of National league, games have seen the
last of Latham. He did "not accom
pany the Senators West, and", will prob
ably be released in a day or two. ."
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It Is reported that Jim Hughey, of
Cleveland, will. shortly land In . Kansas
City via the purchase route. Hughey
pitched excellent ball in the Western
league in 1894, and would prove a strong
man for Manning's club. - • : "7^.
• * •
The.Buffalo papers are.doing an artistic
job of "roasting 7" President Franklin and
the Bisons. Unless-the club-is strength
ened that city will prove of little value
to the league; as►:the cranks .will, not
support a tall-end club. .
• » *
- Former Manager Billy Nash has re
turned to Buffalo and may try to patch
it up with Franklin. He got through with
the Hartford Eastern league club at
Rochester: Nash says'he and Billy Barnie
parted on the very best of terms,, and
that Barnie wanted him to stay with
the Hartford team. ■ . .: ■ • < -
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"What do you think of a bad break
that I had this year?" says Manager
Selee, of Boston. "McGraw offered to
trade me Jerry Nops for Klobedanz and
give- me $1,000 to boot. I wouldn't take
it. A few weeks later I released Klofc^
danz for nothing, and now Nops is pitcn
ing great ball." . • ~-^ „ , .
Sporting Editor the Globe: -'"ISS^
To some people it might be interesting
to know where some' of the old Western
league stars have passed. Those that
ascend into the National league.- are
closely watched by the "fan," while those
that descend or transfer are often lost
in the shuffle. In the Eastern league
there are quite a number playing at the
present date. Among them are Whistler
and McKiniey, playing at -Syracuse,
Frisby and Leon Viau, playing at Wor
cester.
Charles Nvce Is hitting the ball hard
for Providence. Shlebeck and Tom Ban
non at Montreal; Jimmie Bannon and
Bemis at Toronto; Shannon, shortstop;
and Bert Myers, third base, Springfield;
Campau. right field: O'Hagen first base;
Burk, third base, and Smieck, catcher,
at Rochester; McHale at Hartford.
In the Interstate league we also have
a few very familiar names. In Jack
Glasscock's team at Fort Wayne we find
Letcher, center field; Doggie Miller, right
field; Glasscock, first base; Kuehne. third
base; Hollingsworth. shortstop; Berger,
at one time in St. Paul, behind the bat;
and Cy Swaim and Harry Cook.a St.Paul
boy, in the pitching department. 7 -
Billy Carnev, Harry Truby and Joe
Ganzel are at Youngstown; Bobble Gllks
and Ollle Smith are in the Toledo out
field; Joe Werrick, second base, and Ir
win, pitcher, at Mansfield.
Wadsworth and Figgemeier are pitching
for Newcastle and the old campaigner,
Arthur Twineham. catcher for Wheeling.
We-will now take a short view over the
Atlantic league, where we find Scott
Stratton playing right field for Reading.
Gettinger in the same position for Pat
erson and Lou Camp, at one time the
hero of Aurora park, playing third base
on the same team. Hub Knoll is play
ing center field for Scranton. Gue Klopf.
who helped Kansas City win the pen-
nant when Connaugton deserted, is play
ing shorstop for Newark. Tom Dele
hantv, third base, and Josh Keener,
pitcher, for Allentown. Pepper, Alex
Jones. Van Dyke, Lefty Marr and others
that were in the Western league in '95
are not to be found, and have probably
taken up some other trade. Either that
or they have followed the example set
by old Peck Sharp, "moved right in
where it is.". Sharp is tending bar in
Milwaukee. - - —A Fan.
TRIGGER EXPERTS.
Some Great Sport at t - Milwaukee,
Buffalo and Sioux City.
MILWAUKEE, Wis;, June The an
nual tournament of the National Gun
Club of Milwaukee opened today at Na
tional park with eight events on the pro
gramme. The shoot will continue for three
days. Only, one outsider, Deering, of Co
lumbus, Wis., was present, the ' others
being local sportsmen. Clay pigeons were
the targets of ■ today. Deering, Charles
Smith and Farber carried off the honors.
BUFFALO,. N.Y., June B.—Today was
the third day" of the New York state
shoot. The leading race was for a purse
of $500, with surplus added, and it was.
divided into eight moneys. Nearly all of
the famous target shots of the country
faced the traps, and straight scores were
made by William Dade. Cleveland, O.;
Charles A. Young, Springfield, O.: C. M.
Powers, Decatur, 111.; William Fleming,
Pittsburg, Pa.; R. D. McCord, Rochester,
N. V., and Frank D. Kelsey, East Aurora,
N Y. ■' • '777 ' ; ' -
It Is believed by many that Charles A.
Young, of Springfield, 0., will win the big
prize offered for the amateur making the
best percentage for the four days.
SIOUX CITY, 10., June The feature
of the third day of the Soo Gun club's
tournament was the professional shoot at
100 targets between . Fred Gilbert, of
Spirit Lake, and Charles Budd, of Dcs
Moines. Gilbert won the contest-by break
ing 97 out of 100. - „- .
Intercyclist Association Meets.
LONDON. June : B.—The first annual
congress of the Intercyclist association
Is now- being held. In this city,. with the.
leading European countries represented.
The delegates have decided to.recognize
no American bicycle racers except those
bearing certificates of the League of
American Wheelmen. >•>:—. _
'ANNUAL MEETING.
Imperial Council Mystic Shrine.
On June 14th and 15th the Imperial
Council, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of
the Mystic Shrine, hold their annual
meeting at Buff : N. Y. - For this oc
casion the Chicago Great Western Rail
way will sell round-trip tickets to Buf
falo at very low rates. Tickets on sale
June 11th, 12th and 13th, limited,for re
turn by extension until July 2d. . Any
Agent ''Maple Leaf Route" will give you
full information as to rates, routes, time,
etc., or address F. H. = Lord, General
senger and Ticket Agent, 113 Adams St.,
Chicago. - .' -v;.-
Hailstones. _
The organisms of hailstones have been
investigated on two occasions, by F. C.
Harrison, a Canadian bacteriologist, who
has found numerous bacteria and molds,
Including a bacillus and a coccus hith
erto undescrlbed. The character of the
germs confirms Bujwid's theory that sur
face -water Is carried up by - storms and'
frozen, producing hail. '""'".
Austin, Faribault, Owatonna and
Northfleld People ;-•■
Will be able to' leave their ,h mes »arly
in the morning for St. Paul and Minneap
olis and return in the "even*ng,: spending
a full day in the Twin Cities, by taking
the new train via the Chicago, Milwau
kee & St.' Paul, which will be put- on
June Eth.-. _
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Leo's Fortune Invested.
The pope has invested ail his private
fortune in British securities.
THE ' ST: 7;PAUL; ; ' -->> FRIDAY, JUNE 9'"'' 1899.
GOT THE r: SAM OIL
STARTLING .DISCLOSURES. MADE .TO
v THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
WASHINGTON
-..-.. ... - •>,o,:> li .t\££.-'.»*» ....
STANDARD OIL " METHODS
Former Employe Tills the Comnils
.- nliiii How lie Served f Different
. CiiHioinri'N From the Same Tanks
at VaryliiK Prices, by Direction
'-.of His Employer**—-Small 'OH
:• Denier Driven, to the Poor House.
WASHINGTON, June The industrial
commission resumed its investigation of
: trusts, the Standard Oil company receiv-
Ing especial attention. W. H. Clark, of
Ohio,.who, until last February was em-,
ployed by. the Standard Oil company in
various towns in that state, but was then
suspended, testified that while employed
at Marietta,. the Standard had ousted
other companies from the business by
competition, and then put up the price
of oil. He said that eight nominal grades
of oil were sold out of only . two tanks,.
the faucet being turned in different direc
tions for different grades. This was done,
he said, under instructions from the man
agers of the Standard .company, Messrs.
Matthews & Hollingsworth. Mr. Clark
also said that the company • bought and
sold turpentine, but - before • .selling- it
would put six or seven gallons of gaso
line In each barrel of turpentine.
At Columbus Mr. Clark'was the cashier
of the Standard company. At that point
he said much oil was adulterated. For.
Instance, miners' oil was made by. mixing
in a little cottonseed oil. Here the Stan
dard company started what was called
the Shoemaker Oil company. It was a
purely Standard establishment, ■he testi
fied, Its men being paid by the Standard
company, but It was made to appear to
be an Independent concern, and was used
as a blind.
At Springfield, Mr. Clark said, he was
a wagon salesman, and the instructions
there were to get trade regardless of the
price. Some refined oil was sold as low
as four cents, and here also as many as
four nominal grades of oil were taken'
from one tank. Rebates were made when
necessary. When he had spoken to the
management of the dishonesty of these
practices, he had been told that it was
not for him to say about such matters,
but to do what he was told.
DRIVEN TO THE POOR HOUSE.
At Urbana, he said, he was manager
for the Standard company. Here "a com
petitor was . driven out by a threat to
force the price down to one cent a gal
lon. The competitor afterwards went to
the poor house. Witness for a time was
manager at Newark. Here the work was
very hard, because of the great range of
prices. There were twenty-five different
figures used there. One man would get
oil for 7 cents, while his next door neigh
bor would pay 9% cents. \ Rebates also j
were given to especially favored patrons.
These -were made under the instructions
of Mr. B. A. Matthews, as were all
changes In prices or terms.
The witness testified that at Newark
• the company bought a building from over
a leaser's head, who was doing a com
petitive business, and Mr. Clark, with
other men, went into the building in the
absence of the .competitor, loaded the
building on carts and carried It away.
For this he (Mr. Clark) was : compli
mented and was. to have been rewarded
with a two weeks' .vacation,..while:. the
competitor was so frightened . that ho..
went out of the. business. This was not
accomplished, however, until all. his cus
tomers had been located by a boy hired,
to follow his wagon on a bicycle. At
Newark a customer wanted oil from
Cleveland. He was satisfied jby supply
ing him out of a barrel painted red and
marked as If. from Cleveland. He re
ceived the same oil, however, that other
people got. .77':..:''^777■-_ '~;;
The witness said that laborers for.the
Standard company were paid 75 cents" a
day, and that.they worked on. an aver
age twelve, hours, a.day. -.
There was/ he said, often a difference
of two.cents a gallon In the price of, oil
in places where there was competition
and places.where there was none. ; '■.7'p7
IN HANDSOME QUARTERS.
-Spanish Legation la Again in "Work
ing Order. .-*!» ."
WASHINGTON, June B.—The Spanish
legation has been re-established in the
handsome quarters formerly occupied by
Ministers Dupuy de Lome and Polo, at
the corner of Massachusetts avenue and
Eighteenth street. 7 The archives of the
legation have been taken from the Aus
tro-llungarlan legation and set up in
the places tKey formerly occupied.
The Spanish government Is rapidly.com-;
pleting its consular representation in this
country, and the newly acquired posses
sions, and Duke d'Arcos has been; in
formed •of .'• the following additional 7 ap
pointments, viz.: Consul at Clenfuegos,.
Cuba, Senor Alvarez: consul at San Juan,
Porto Rico, Martinez Tudela; vice consul
at San Juan, Jose Cabrero; consul at
Manila, Don Nicolas Rlvero; consul at
Hollo, Don Gullllam-Leyra.
RANDOLPH'S GOOD FORTUNE.
Colombia - Government Ha* Granted
Him a New Trial.
WASHINGTON, June B.—Probably in a
spirit of comity towards th© United
States the government of Colombia' has
granted a new trial to the American, \
Randolph, otherwise Radford, now in Jail
at Medellln, convicted of murder. ' •"" : -
Randolph has had a checkered career,"
being a scion of one of j the first families
"of Alabama, then a refuge from his coun
try, and again convicted, of murder and
under sentence of death in Colombia. The ;
state department has taken an active in
terest in his.-'behalf. at. the. instance of
friends of the man,' and owing -to \ Its ef- .
forts the Colombian government, first
commuted his sentence to a long term
of imprisonment-and now has ordered
retrial. 777- •-' • - -7 ■'.- - ■ •*-.-". '77
MERELY' A HI MOIL
Alleged ' Protest Against Treatment
of Religious Orders In Philippines.
7.WASHINGTON, June B.'—Nothing has
been heard in | Washington of an alleged
protest to this government against the
■ treatment accorded the" religious -orders!
in the Philippines by the American forces.
The; story was circulated <in- London ..by
th Filipino -Junta there, but at the apos-
delegation it was said tonight ho
communication r had been received ". from
Rome on" the subject. --
. CIVIL SERVICE CONCESSION.' 7. ~
One Assistant Postmaster at Each
Office Is Allowed.
7 WASHINGTON, June B.—The president
has approved an amendment to Rule 6, of
the civil service rules, excepting from ex
amination one assistant postmaster" or
chief assistant to the postmaster at each
jpostofflce. This . position .: had " been ; ex
cepted DHor to the Issue of the president's
recent order and was overlooked, In the
drafting of the .'order.
AMERICA APPRECIATED.
What, the President of the Argen
tine Republic Has to Say.
WASHINGTON, June 8.-The Argentine
minister.; received ; copies .' of. the message
of President' Fulno Rocca, of the Argen
tine : Republic," presented to congress '■ on
May;last: In which he thanks the Amer
" ' * •' •-. -' " • -._■ -■ '«
.lean government and Mr. Buchanan, our
minister the re** for aiding in the settle
ment of the boundary troubles between
Chile and Argentine. The president's
message, says:-u-i *._j :7': *\-'«j-j^-;.. -. .^-;.
:'IIL,", b^?t" a source of special gratlfi
-9 ,W" that v the American - minister, Mr.
,™ h2' haH,«»vei\ eminent services'
I*l ago utlon 9 f the questions existing be
tween these republics. Is not the first
time that a minister of our great sister
republic of .-the North-Haas given decisive
intervention in" -these 1* same ' boundary
questions, in favor of the maintenance of
International peace. Both the people of
Argentine apdChJli,- m one side and ,©n
the other of the high Cordillas, whose
destinies have- beenl>at»»take ought n-ver
to forget this friendly and important ser
vice, ,: '■■'--.'■ ilr'in, . f-- - --. '.£»-•
The.7 arbitration settltment -referred »to r
perhaps, averted war betvjsan Argentina
and Chili. '7- ,'r * * „:""" ■--..
TAUGHT MEN it A LESSON.
Petaluina'n Ma'iricii»ai Improvement*
' All Dhe jo the .Women. .'•'"'» .';
San Francisco Exa'mine.r. ■' T.L : "
Two years'ago &e''leading women of
retaluma,: Cal., in-mass meeting assem
bled, resolved-to roll up their fashion
able sleeves and .teach-the-men a lesson.
The parks of the city were."barren weed
patches;'.' the streets .In many places
were "deplorable;" so were shade trees,
fountains and benches. ; : " .': '7."": '-'■>'•;
From one end of the town' to the other
and back again the same material spirit
of prosaic indifference to-municipal mag
nificence was .sadly manifest. The men
of Petaluma" V had not a trace of ambi
tion above buying and selling and voting.
They declared f that : money could be spent
for more sensible - things than -the.lay
ing out of garden squares and ornamen
tation, of public thoroughfares. „-, . -.-
• Petaluma had made Us reputation 1 al
ready, argued these' solid citizens, as a
useful and Industrious community of peo
ple, who had the best Incubators ever
invented, the • finest' breeds 'of jj domestic
fowls,- and unrivaled advantages for the
various '^manufacturing trades. : What
more .could be desired?
To go in for,.unnecessary.; blossoms and
.frivolous fountains and 'grassy" ren
dezvous 1 for' sentimentally inclined 'per
sons was, perhaps,,' a natural Idea for
women'" to 7 advance, but it should be
frowned down and discouraged.' Bummed
up,_ the lords and masters of Petaluma
households set the.'seal of their concerted
disapproval upon _ the whole scheme ad
vanced by the fair inhabitants of that
unfair burg. There should, be no gilt
upon their gingerbread if they could help
It. "What! Plant flowers and' trees, and
transform a plain every day. ordinary
town into a big, beautiful public garden
that everybody would' admire and talk
about? -" Nonsense!' iji 'li
But fifty wives,,, a sisters and sweet
hearts took another 'view of the matter,
and for this very ' reason . Petaluma's
parks, streets,; drives, flowers and. foun
tains are now among the .most beautiful
In the state of California.'.'-People wanted
to sell . their homes' Chen— everybody
is anxious to buy. , r l^. I.'"-:'"'."..".- ..
The women did jt', and they are still
doing it. They, organized the Ladles' Im
provement Club of jgietaluma, ." after a
vain appeal to get (the^frien to work.
This club was organized In ''June, "1896,
because of the deplorable 7: condition of
the city's public squares and streets and
the inexcusable neglect., of -..the men to
put and keep them in good condition.
After two years!, hard work the women
finally succeeded , in "getting g the city
trustees I to grant t a pitiful 7 allowance' of
$30 per month and furnish" water to keep
the good work going.
The club has been Instrumental in get
ting the city to sprinkle the streets in
summer, and had two parks - laid out,
with walks and drives, shaded by* many
trees, and is now .-. contemplating efforts
to have the business streets covered with
asphalt. Band stands•:and fountains will
be erected soon in both parks. The club's
constitution and by-laws are ironclad.
"We never ask a man to do anything
we- can possibly do ourselves, mo mat
ter what -kind of work Is :at hand," is
one of them. -„-,"-,. ■' :•;; -.--j; -• - : *"..„,
E DOLLAR SI(jH'S DEBUT.
The Author of : = the Famous Char-
7' acter at Last - Discovered.
Boston Transcript. .- ~',''~7\-7. 7- 7-.
Some weeks ago Dr. Marcus Baker, of
this ' city, published :in - one of .the maga
zines an.account of ■ a theory; which v he
has to account for, the origin of7the fa-,
miliar dollar sign. ' This has long been
in dispute. All .sorts f of ; explanations
have been given,, the most common of
.which is that the initials of; the; United
States are crossed. But there have been
seven or eight ether theories to -account
for the dollar sign which are about as
good. ..'.- '• ■■„ - ■-- ■ ■•".*..,
Dr. Baker, in his' researches in the li
brary of the buerau of education, came
across an old -be ok ' entitled, "A Com
pendium of Federal Arithmetic, design
ed for the r use of schools, and' especially
calculated for the meridian of.the United-
States,'' which w^s published 7at j Lan T
Blngbur'g, N. V., in" 1797. Its author was
the Rev. Ghauncey \ Lee, of Rutland, Vt. :
In this book the author sets forth a sys
tem of what he. calls.' "characteristics,"
by which one vertical was to des
ignate the mill, tw,P vertical strokes the
cent, these" two crossed by one S-shaped
stroke the.dime, and*for the dollar 'the.
sign consisting of pie two verticals with
the two curved strokes, now so familiar,
was proposed. • - •**** "- - - ■---"T:"- -
At that time the people of the country
were just 'emerging* ttom the ' use ;, of
pounds, shillings ahs^pence, where each
was separated by >a; space from the next
denomination. It- accordingly seemed
necessary :to. Mr. ; Lee : to have an arbi
trary . mark for e|ch'7of the denomina
tions of onr monetary, system.. j But he
soon found "that, one character, with the
decimal point, waa ,ajl that was neces
sary, and in the lftftlr part of his own
book all of his elaborate system of sym
bols, except the one- Intended to mark
the dollar, was found* to ' have - been
dropped. .
. Dr. Baker certainly, finds . the dollar
sign : ln ; this I old arithmetic, .and he does
not find' it in use i at. any • earlier date.
By the time Adams'":arithmetic^ was pub
. lished, .in 1805, , the symbol - had become
established. .He therefore regards Mr.
Lee gas .-; the I inventor and •- believes the
sign to have '•' been* absolutely, arbitrary
in Its origin. - Since l). the publication of
his- paper in one of the magazines, Dr.
Baker has received: many letters on the
subject," but none In £ which his , conclu
sions are challenged. He intends,, for
further verification,' to . make Isu study of v
the department records to see when the
dollar sign first appeared in the treasury
-accounts. 7 He also hopes to make a
more thorough search 'of the old •; text
books.to see if by chance any use of this
sign prior to that of the Rev. Chauncey
Lee can be discovered: 1 . It is . certainly•
: Interesting to know the origin of a thing
-in such constant-use as the 'dollar sign.
Dr. Baker's" "discoveries seem likely to
take all the sentiment out of : the matter,
but .this is the .common result of modern'
• historical researclfc,*- •-•>'■'f • : .-.--.
■ ; 7^-'"M :-;;:;:v^m
Austin, • Farlbattrl'^ Owatonna anil
. ; "•;. Northn»l*^People - ~t" -£;
Will be able to IM-V^fthelr homes early
in the morning foSWtsPaul and Minneap
olis 1 and. return irKt^e*' evening, .spending
a full day iin" the.jwhi- Cities, by taking
the new train | vi* &», Chicago,' Milwau
kee & St. : Paul, ftVM^i. will be put on
June sth. :7j: ,7' ::^lSi - 77, 7-7-: r'-;-:y'.;
Relics*©! Days Long Gone. .■''
The shells found on the shores of Lake
Tanganyika, in Central Africa, - are un
like the usual forms found In other lakes,
though they canntft {directly associated
with any living oceanic species, and it' Is
argued- that t they. *werjs survivors of the
marine fauna' of some more ancient times,
when the ,lake -.was, Connected with- the
ocean.'.: The water of the lake is known to
be brackish. ; y ; V-< -
Curious Paper Weight.
The most curious :paper weight in: the
world, Is > said to s belong to the prince of
:Wales. - It is the ; mummied hand of one
of. the daughters of Pharaoh. J*"'' " ";"";',
;.: Pens -Before. Christ. : .fSf^f
Pens Before Christ.
*r. Pens - resembling v our quill pens, but
made |of reed, have i been .found. in 'Egyp
tian'tombs supposed. to date from a period
2,500 years before Christ. - • '
■ .'■-..."'''' --*"':;. 7 ~'-..7.. '.7 :■ ■. .., . . ' T-iifc
619, 621, 623 and 623 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis.
THERE IS NO GUESS WORK iiHiii
Our merchandise is the very Newest and Best, and
PRICES ALWAYS THE LOWEST
We are giving you daily opportunities to prove the truth of
this statement.
EVANS, MUNZER, PICKERING &, CO.
Dress Goods. Ro C A I Comfortable Shoes
Novelty Suitings, all: this season's llflsjC™ * ■ Vr. v- At Easy Prices.
choice styles and colorings: Tartar Suit- iT^.-~^.7^.^: >:7^ r^i«'. n iM!;.i. ,v. , , ."
&?:***&** ■ tool mAnt "^* .p*'. r:'°. r.. t: o.. $1.65
__ .'.■■■'_" " ICI I . Ladies' kid or vesting top lace shoes,
HISB^k ila^fllfffsa HI VII Ir tan «r black, turn and flexible soles on
Via******! , VUUUOI new and.stylish lasts, the Paris, Opera
••Priestley fine suitings, and there A ... and other shapes, $3 and 7,7:%
are none better, all latest styles; a little C> 4. - ": ~7~ -•A. so values, for two days, fIJQ >AC
surplus accounts for the cut prices; widths •'-^.'Tll pi* air- V ................... #•■•^11
to 48 in., values to $2.00 yard, "TE** ill La Unusual merit has gained for "Queen
at....................053 and 100 ►VI "V • Quality" Shoes a popularity which has re
»~^—-~>~>~%~vv~n~>~vv~n~>~n~vv« suited in the largest sale of women* fine
I S M S MM » ■''•"'•»»• D „. Sh °w !° the world, all styles, vici kid,
J--- EsssEilßaßOS. Men* Balbriff- calf and patent leather, (NA SZiW
-:-^'"''m -a *„_*, a .",- „. gran Shirts and. boots $3.00, 0xf0rd5...... 9feiOU
Mercerized Skirtings,, with metallic 7r»-„».« - ,"- r, n ™i ;,„.,«♦„ v^'« * * ' *_. : _
stripes, polka dots and fancy figures, new Drawers, .regular 8l ?°°l I" %y K«l Oxfords and f|K n
choice shadings, 36-in. wide; have -fl ■=« 35c kind, .. Slippers, rrith turn soles, pair.. ******
been 25c to 50c yard." Choice.... IOQ ' ladies' selected Kid Oxfords in black
~*~~>~>~^s, ~~^~ •£ fT\M ~. I or colors ' kld or vesting tops, turn soles,
Carpets. ■ SAC worth $1.75, for two AP
Carpets. ■ **** day* st*i.oo
20 rolls best wool Ingrain Carpets, 100 boxes Pearl M S-l-.. MA
not astern selling under 65c. 45C White ,;. Floating „ rUPniIUPe.
/l! » » :.7-~7.7?Y- Roan lars-e 10-O2 Friday we offer you 60 odd pieces ot
Art Squares - Best all wool, extra o°ap, larffe IV oz. choice parlor goods, Divans. Easy Chairs
supers, .-.zes: M ' bar regular price Roman Seat*? etc.', at greatly 7 reduced
2>^yds.x3yds $3.75 7c bar, limit 10 prices: '
3yds.x3yds $4.50 bar., Roman seat, mahogany fe 4 4 A
3 yds. x 4 yd 5.................. $6,00 | finish .. ' %I■ ISI
; .Carpet Lining-200 roll. Corrugated Car- * O^" Etwli, polished '' 0 tfl
P^ Felt, 50 yards in a roll, g©G UU --.■•:^ 5^,........... ao©
Jlu,>^^^s^a«^vvv^^ Easels, white JR tft-i.
Ia ™ 7 .:-;- Men's Silk Ties, ™^":;:'"-''' ••••••••*»**<*
- LaGvSi worth 25c, ■t- - : mm T^^^phh :
New Wash Laces in Plat Valencie«nes, IfltlSlOa wiL
Point de Paris, Guipure, English Tor- A M «w '"™ " " „ »P«aal«.
chon, a very fine collection of late Ist* S3C My Honolulu Fairy," «|
novelties; values to 25c; yard.... 20 w l6oc' «*U
■^^~—■ ~n~^~~~>~n~~~s/n~>, _ _ -: "Hog Town Pig-anianies," «■■?,-*
M srlir :'':'^\\\*S'::'/&'1 Fine Percales— (50c) Cakewalk IflC
ll«9IICll(erGllieT5. new styles, mcdi- f Look out for Braham's new waltz,
Ladies' fine White Hemstitched Lawn "m and dark col- "° Girls," being published.
Handkerchiefs, Xor %-in.. hems, «"llft -rw ors, yard wide, *^^~^>^~^~>^~>~>^—^n^s^s^v^wwn^
our great 5c leader, each UU usually 12^C-jd., HaQIPPV
| Juby Ruching. '62c h^^S^s^.?..*? 5c
Fine Crepe Lisse Juby Ruffling, in the 7777>-7. Children's fine ribbed full seamless fast
-™«d"7.^' d":.I a!". 20?:.... -1061 ..,Odd.piec«hi ? ""or"^S?.^'r:.^^7lOc .
Huck Towels—Size 17x34, hemstitched value to 39c yard, Ladies' Swiss ribbed Vests, silk "T^
and drawn work, worth 10c, B" -». " I trimmed and taped, worth 19c . %M
7«ch-...:...... .......v............. SO fill. "—■~~*-~~~~ ——~ US.
F^h^^ i".7 M.*:",:.*:: de: 4Jc ■ Leather Belts.
.•"•'--' Dimities, India Linens, Lawns, Lace Ftio-ltals t»«^ Extra heavy genuine Morocco Belts,
Stripes and Piques, worth up to A1 A 7,^ * J, . _ XOr" lined and stitched, leather covered buck
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■»■■■■ r- rpt viliia« in leather, black velvet and all 4A A .
,-. Millinery. v l^yZrl" MS^^^S^S^^M^
- Friday we will give you the best and ,__ " <te^*a ■*» ■.
. l^XltiX^M: $2.00 4c Silverware Dept.
' Rough braid Sailor Hat, in A R Odd pieces in Silverware, priced to go
black or white. £L\BHj I ar!iV<»' «**Ti« *'
- Jumbo Straw ft |Q '«.-,,-■" oatm ' „ Claret Pitchers, Tea and Coffee Pots.
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. Headquarters for pretty children's Hats. wear with turn . Crumb Trays; every piece worth $%£*
-~~>~~*~*~^ —w^^wvv^^vn^^ not less than 5i.75. Choice. ... «£y'«Bt/
™ ' '--^ down collars, val- Z^>^^^J^iJ^Lj>lZZ^^
Flannel. ue 25c, ■!«««■■«
Fine Outings—Large line choice styles, rf WIOTBOIISb
medium and light colors, a 10c C^ I f% Swan Bill Hooks and Eyes, two 4 _
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FIREWORKS EXPLODE
THIRTY-SIX BUILDINGS AT GRAN
VILLE, N. . V., BLOWN INTO
.'_ ' ' ' SPLINTERS
MONEY LOSS WILL BE LIGHT
Three Persons Injured, Two of the
Number Seriously—Buildings Are
Carried Into the Air by the Force
of the Explosion— Fire
works Establishment .at Green
field, L. 1., Also Destroyed.
■ NEW YORK, June Thirty-six build
ings,: comprising almost the entire plant
•of the Nordlinger-Charlton Fireworks
company, at Cranvllle, Richmond bor
ough, were blown up this afternoon, and
the entire fireworks plant practically
wiped exit of existence. Although the lire
which followed the explosion lasted for
• several hours, . the wreck" was complete
within a few minutes. No lives were lost,
and but three persons were Injured, two
of them seriously. 7 The loss on the build-'
ings will probably." not . amount *, to over
$3,600, as -most of-the structures were
;small and cheaply constructed. .The loss
lon materia'.,' raw and that made up Into'
] fireworks will amount to .over.'s3o,ooo. .'.The
amount of insurance on the works is not
known tonight. . -..'•-
; The first explosion occurred in . "the
rocket charging room. This was a small
building about twelve feet square. j|/"No,
ono was In the building at the time, and
the first intimation . the"; 115 . employes -: in
the works had of what was to follow was
the. bursting of : the sides of the building,
accompanied 7by- an explosion.' The; roof
"of 'the: building shot".; into the air and
rockets exploded/and flew in all direc
tions. ;. They carried the fire Into all parts
of the works, crashing through ; windows
and flying through open .doorways.
" The operators the" varous buildings
rushed out" into the yards. The flying
rockets,., many, of .the greatest power, '.
made ." it" almost as dangerous < for the
employes to be out of the buildings as to
be In them. As they rushed out-explosion
followed ;" explosion :as 7 the buildings 'flow
in : the air.: 7After' a score'of 7 explosions
three I heavy.," one's\ that"' shook the ground
for ; miles occurred. These were tho three
storehouses j in T which j supplies" for .the"
Fourth of July were ' being held.'*.'.'■'.■ 77 *7.
Through flying rockets, burning splin
ters, balls ■of fire, the employes rushed to
safety. Only two. were in any way se
verely burned. These were E. K. Thuya
ter. a machinist, and Thomas Fox, a
packer,.who.was badly burned about the
head ar.d body. Thomas Brown, another
employe, was badly though not seriously
burned.
NEW YORK, June B —An explosion oc
curred at the manufacturing plant of the
Pains Freworks company, at Greenfield,
L. 1., today, and resulted ln the destruc
tion of two manufacturing sheds and;a
small magazine. The damage, is placed
at about $25,000. The magazine contained
all the goods ready foi' shipment. One
man was slightly Injured, although thert"
were several hundreds of people working
about the place at the time. The loss is
covered by insurance. 7
CURIO DEALERS
Develop Relic-Hunting Into a Mania
- - and Then Become Converts.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
"In the great majority of cases," said
a New Orleans -lawyer who makes a
recreation of old china hunting, "a deal
er In curios becomes infected sooner or
later with the - collecting mania himself,
and it becomes harder and harder for
him to part with any of his wares. He
will put up prices on- the pretext that
the-things 7 have "increased in value, but
really to prevent people from buying:
them, and in time. customers become so
obnoxious to him that -he will fairly
drlve them out of /the place. I have
known a small shopkeeper for a good
many.years who is an excellent illustra
tion |of " this peculiar passion. Although
he claims" to be desperately, poor I happen
to know that he has accumulated a mod
est - little competency, and I have been
greatly Interested In watching the grad
ual transformation of his character from
tradesman 7to virtuoso. During the past
year or two it. has been morally impos
sible for him to sell, anything in his
stock. Most of the stuff. Is mere 7 rub
bish, but the Idea, of losing the smallest
article fills him with anguish. Of course,
he, will / not / admit this to be true: and
pretends that the/things are enormously,
valuable .so as /to have, an . excuse: for
fixing - prohibitive prices. I was in his
shop recently when a well-dressed
stranger strolled In; and picked up a sil
ver . candlestick worth': maybe ■. $5.
'.V 'How much?' he asked briefly.
..'- ".'Thirty-five dollars,' -Snarled the old
man. " "'.-'. '.. . . /:» ■
~7" 'All right,' : said the visitor". laying (
. down the money .'and, proceeding ' to/. walk
off -with t his 7 purchase.*- The /'shopkeeper
turned pulo as ■ death. I never saw - «*uch
a change in a face in my life. He gave
two bounds, overtook the customer, anil
snatched the candlestick out of his hands.
"'You can't have it! You" can't have
It!' was all he was able to say. The other
man must have supposed him crazy, for
he made no reply but picked up his
money and went out at once. I couldn't
help laughing. Of course It was a some
what extreme case, but most of them
drift that way eventually. It Is one of
the penalties of the business.".
RIDICULE EFFECTIVE.
Takes All the Assurance Out of the
. Most Frigid Man.
New Orleans Times-Democrat. "
"Strange how easily we are bowled over
by ridicule," said the man at the cigar
counter. -"I was standing on the corner
yesterday and saw a well j set-up, portly
gentleman saunter out of the postoft'ico -
and start up - Canal street. He wore a
beautiful light gray suit, -every detail'of ;
his attire was elegance itself, his mus
tache was curled carefully at the ends- :
and he walked with th air of a conquering
hero. He looked so cool, so confident and
so exceedingly aristocratic that people
instinctively made way for him as he ap
proached. -He had gone "perhaps thirty
yards when all of a sudden he stopped,
hesitated a ' moment and then ' put his
right foot on a box near the curb. His
shoe had become untied and th« strings
were trailing. So far, -however, he had
lost none of his dignity, but when he at
tempted to stoop over he Immediately be-'
came ridiculous. :" To save..his soul he "
couldn't, reach the eyelets. It was that '
unlucky embenpoint, y'- know,, -and, al- J
though he puffed and strained and got as
red.as a lobster." his finger lips were still
four., inches i from" his." shoe strings. At
that Instant ho happened to glance round
and saw.two ladles coming out of a shop.
They were looking at him and giggling/
That settled it. ; In the wink of an eye '..'
ho. lost every "vestigel;of his assurance.
His elegar.t aplomb, vanished Ike magic.
He seemed to collapse - upon himself and .".^
actually get old while he was taking his ' *
foot off the box. He was an abject pa- •"."
thetic -.'spectacle*. He hurried away, ,ho
longer a conquering hero, but a cringing.
Waddling, apologetic fat .man, totally. Un- .
nerved by 'the: mere" fact" that he couldn't
lie r- In; own - "shoes'i" and - that women were , .
laughing about St.*.. Yes, -my boy, - a game*:''.
man \ can 7 stand anything except ridicule.
That; knocks him. out." -;., ' : '-'
-.7 Youthful Elopers. :. ._.:' .. :;
i'•;-•-'' A boy/ of twelve and ra girl of ten years, '."*" *>
living: 'in Newark. N. J., ran away >'to^
i Brooklyn-to get;married.- Of 'courseno" *•
!' preacher or magistrate would unite them, C.".-., t'
1 ami the police took them home crying."•"—' "