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WATERBXJRY EVENING DEMOCRAT. THURSDAY, APIUL 28, 1904
THE SPORTING
THE PUGILISTS.
WILLING TO
BACfi COHBETT.
George Considine Will Put
Five Thousand Dollars
Against Britt Walcott
After Big Johnson.
George Considine wants to back
Young Corbett against James Ed
ward Britt. He is willing to put u
$5,000 on the issue, and lias sent word
to Britt'8 manager to that effect.
When Considine read in yesterday's
papers that Britt Intended to give
ICorbett a return fight he said: "I am
glad to hear that Britt has consented
to meet Corbett again. If they do
fight, and Britt is willing to make a
Bide bet of $2,500 or $3,000 on the out
come of the fight I will cheerfully fur
nish the backing for Corbett. Corbett
told me before he sailed for England
that if . Britt was willing to fight him
again that I could arrange a match
for him. I am ready to do that 3 ust
ts soon as Britt is prepared to sign
"the' articles of agreement." Broad
way is not a unit, by any means, as to
who won that San Francisco fight
Referee Graney notwithstanding
and Considine is one of those who
still believe that Corbett is the best
wan.
WALCOTT VS JOHNSON.
Joe Walcott. the welterweight
champion of the world, wants a rew
punches at Jack Johnson, the colored
heavyweight champion of the world,
who recently knocked out Sam McVey
on the coast. Walcott would be con
ceding fully fifty pounds to Johnson in
this match, but adds that he will post
a forfeit to meet him If Johnson will
agree to fight. If Mr Johnsing will
rail nn Thomas Sharkev. Esnuire. on
the wireless and ask him what Mr
Walcott did to him (Mr Sharkey) in a
practice bout in a Sheepshead Bay
stable a few years ago, he might learn
of ' something to his advantage and
to the eternal good of that heavy
Veight colored championship title.
RYAN AND O'BRIEN. .
' .Another attempt is being made ; to
oring about a match between Jack
O'Brien of Philadelphia and Tommy
Ryan.' The Badger A. C. of Milwau
kee is ready to give a purse of $3,000
for a six-round bout between the two,
the match tor take place Within six
weeks from to-day..
O'BRIEN AFTER JEFFRIES.
Jack O'Brien of Philadelphia thinks
he is in line for heavyweight honors
and offers to box Jim Jeffries. O'Brien
show that he is not looking for an
advertisement. "If Jeffries, after his
mill with Jack Munroe is satisfied to
meet me." said O'Brien, "I will sign
articles for a ten round bout and bet
a tidy sum that he cannot beat me in
that time." - ..
REGAN AND ATTELL.
John Regan, the Brooklyn bantam
weight, will go out of his, class and
will take on Abe Attell of San Fran
cisco. Clarence Forbes of. Chicago,
or any other boy who can scale at 122
pounds. He has fought Frank ie Neil,
the bantamweight champion to a draw.
, v .EAST SIDE BOUTS.
Cherry street, in tne vicinity of
James Slip, was in its glory last night
and despite the inclement weather
most of the men of that neighborhood
eemea to De centered at 82, where
the Hamilton athletic club gave its an
nual spring stag. This organization is
very popular on the East side and has
a large membership. Last night all of
the prominent celebrities of the differ
ent boroughs went to the small club
house to enjoy themselves and have a
gala time. The program, which was a
, long one, kept the crowd in excellent
humor until a late hour. Charley Har
vey acted as master of ceremonies and
introduced a number of clever bdxers
who entertained those present with
fast and exciting bouts. Among the
pugilists who appeared were Eddie
Cain of Brooklyn, Jewey CooKe of
England, Billy Hamilton. Johnnv Rea
gan of Brooklyn and Kid Murphy, the
105-pound champion; The appearance
of Reagan was the signal for great ap
plause. It is the first time in many
i years that he has had on the gloved
f Reagan showed up in fine shape and
rouwuceu nis irieuas that despite his
long absence from the ring he is still
pood. . '
.TOM SHARKEY'S MISTAKE.
Laboring under the general misap
prehension that John L. Sullivan's ben
efit, performance was to occur last
week, instead of this week, Tom Shar
key went over to Boston to rf nis
t v. i u j j i n ii tut; --v v. iki hi niun.
I Sharker will nnr -th Ttu VJtTcsivn-
mons for Jonn L. When he fourth that
hp was a week. ahead of time. Iia talkou
about the Jeffries-Munroe bout and ex
pressed tne opinion tnat Aiunroe has
not the slightest chance to whip Jef
fries, or even to -stay for more than
ten rounds. Sharkey says he was
'stale" in his contest with Munroe in
Philadelphia; but that lie had the best
nf the bout, anyway. "The. peopla
thought I ought to kill Mnnroe.'' said
Sharkey, '('and because I didn't they
decided against me."
Vktmit Police Officers Killed.
WARSAW, April 28. While several
jrolice officers were attempting to en
ter a house in the Dvorcky thorough
fare they were attacked by a band of
wen armed with revolvers and knives.
Two of the officers, a deputy chief of
the secret police and a deputy com
missary, ' were killed, and two others
were wounded.
Marion Iron Works Destroyed.
MARION, I nd., April 28 The Ma
rion Malleable Iron works, erected
three years ago at a cost Of $300,000,
has been almost destroyed by fire. It
Employed 300 men and was owned by
Buffalo, "Syracuse and Troy (N. Y.)
rtpitallsts. The loss is almost covered
hlf insurance, - . -
WRESTLING.
HOW PROFESSOR
MERRICK WAS THROWN
Shad Link, the heavyweight wrest
ler champion of the south defeated
Professor .Herrick, the athletic in
structor of the New York ' Athletic
club, after fifteen minutes of fast and
clever wrestling Tuesday night at the
Lyric. The two falls which decided
the contest were gained in 0 and
4minutes. The match was made at
catchweights, two falls out of three.
Link was much the heavier He dis-plas-ed
such wonderful powers and en
durance that his opponent soon suc
cumbed to the strain Link showed
wonderful imrovement , and displayed
skill, which somewhat bewildered his
opponent It was a case of strength
and endurance proving superior to
science anil cleverness Professor Her
rick "deserves the title he wears, for
he is a marvel of mat artists Ills
work , ' was scientific and clever
throughout Always on the alert and
critically watching . his opponent, ' he
succeeded in standing Link off. Sev
eral , times during the contest he got
Link in ugly predicaments , and once
he had his shoulders within an ace of
the mat. As a scientific contest the
bout was ' interesting. When they
went to the mat both started to' .rough
matters, .and until the first fall was
gained not an idle moment marked the
event. Flying falls and head spins
were frequent and the half, full and
quarter Nelsons were used almost con
tinually.. The first fall was due to a
body hold and half Nelson, which Link
succeeded ; in getting, almost 'in an in
stant. They were both indulging in
body holds, and almost in the twink
ling of an ej-e (Shad made one of his
lightning turjis, and catching Herrick
around the body obtained the holds
and sloArly lowered Hcrrlek's shoul
ders to the mat. An intermission of
ten minutes was allowed the contest
ants to rest up and refresh. The sec
ond fall was Link's In minutesi
v NOLL WAS OUTCLASSED. "
At a- smoker last night in Insurant
building, New Haven, ja wrestling
match took place. . Frank Speh of
Derby and Kid Noll of New Haven
were matched on the mat. In 55
minutes Speh scored a down. There
were schedule three, bouts, but at
the end of. the first Noll quit. Noll
weighed 20 pounds heavier than his
opponent, but was outclassed;
FOOTBALL
NEW RULES TO GOVERN
THE GAME THIS SEASON.
No changes were finally agreed oh
at the recent meeting of the football
rules committee, but "several" iVr'acti
really were adopted, to be conSfmed at
a meeting in May. Tbe most import
ant change is that four men in addi
tion to the quarterback may play be
hind the line, When tins is done
one of the five backs must play out
side, either end of the line. It was
found last year that with seven men
in Ahe line a premium was put on
heavy backs in Offensive work. The
new order of things, with the forma
tion it permits, is expetced to make
light backs more useful.
A sensible change is that of reduc
ing the value of a field goal from five
to four points, so that ' a field goal
now is not worth as much as a touch
down. , As to the quarterback run it
is now permissible in any part of
tbe field, provided the quarterback
runs five yards to the side from the
snapper back. Penalties for violations
requiring a distance penalty will be
limited to five and fifteen yards.
In order that the umpire, may be
distinguished from tbo referee the um
pire Is to use a bell or horn instead
of la whistle. It in a long run a foul
is .committed the run is to be allowed,
if the foul in no way interferes witb.
the progress of the runner. Any de
liberate attempt to draw an opponent
offside is to be considered as delaying
the game and penalized five yards.
On Interference with a. fair catch
the offended side may have fifteen
yards and put the ball in play from a
scrimmage, or have five yards and a
free kick. Another change provides
that when a team is forced to bring
the ball out' from a touchback or safe
ty and the ball is twice kicked out of
bounds, opponents must put it in play
from the 33-yard- linft instead of the
25-yard line, as formerly. On a punt
out after a touchdown the opposing
team must stand not closer than fif
teen yards to the punter.
Fair Will Open With 400,000.
ST. LOUIS, April 28. The arrivals
for the world's fair Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday aggregated about 95,
000, and it is expected that there will
be at least 200,000 strangers in town
by Saturday morning. Bvery bank,
trust company, public building, depart
ment store and wholesale house-and
nearly all the retail stores and down
town offices will close Saturday, the
opening day. Probably 400,000 persons-will
attend the opening exercises
if the day is fine. .
Author of "The Vlrfflnlan" Very 111.
PHILADELPHIA, April 28. Suffer-
jng with appendicitis, Owen Wister,
author of "The Virginian," novelist,
dramatist, and scion of one of the old
est families of Philadelphia, made a
hurried trip from the Hot Springs to
this city to undergo an operation. The
operation was performed in the. Uni
versity hospital and was ( successful
from a surgical point of view, but Mr.
Wister's condition causes the gravest
apprehension among his friends.
Young; Millionaires to Wed.
PHILADELPHIA, April 28. Before
she has had even one season in society
Miss Stella Elkins, heiress to $20,000,
000, has become the promised bride of
Mr. George S. Tyler, who is also heir
to "millions.
Spanith Action 1m 'Late.
MADRID, April 28. The council of
ministers has decided to recognize th
renublic of Panama.
MEWS
STATE LEAGUE
OPENS TO-DAY,
All the Teams in Readiness
If Weather Permits Re
sults of Games Playe d
Yesterday- Other Notes.
The eighth championship season of
the Connecticut league opens to-day, if
the -weather is favorable, and of the
clubs that originally belonged to it
when it started in 1897, Meriden and
Bridgeport are the only two left.
Since that time the towns that have
been in and dropped out are Derby,'
Bristol, Danbury, Nev Britain, Nor
wich and aterbury.
The league now has three Massachu
setts and five Connecticut Cities, and is
more pretentious than ever.
: It starts off with bright prospects
this year, though expenses are mora
than double what they were in 1897.
The only club about which little is
Known this year is New Haven, though
that team may hare some surprises up
its sleeve. Worcester, Springfield and
Hartford are" unquestionably stronger
than last year, when the Norwich,
whose place Worcester takes, was in.
ilolyoke does not look quite as
strong, nor does New London nor Mer
iden. .:'-:'-''."''".," : " .
New Haven may be put for the pres
ent in the same class, while Bridgeport
is about the same, being strengthened
by Beaumont and weakened by the
loss of Phil Corcoran.
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
At Louisville Kansas City 7, Louis
ville 5. v -
At Indianapolis First g'ame, In
dianapolis 9, Milwaukee U; second
game, Indianapolis 8, Milwaukee 9.
Rain at .Toledo and Columbus, .
WESTERN LEAGUE.
At Denver Denver 11. Dps Moines
At Sioux City Sioux City 4, St Jo
seph l. . . -
PITCHERS MUST WORK.
Pittsburg, April 2S.--Before leaving
forx St Louis la st' night Stanley Robi-
son, vlce-)resident and secretary - of
the St Louis club, declared himself em
phatically against the practices ju the
National league, the principal one
being the declination of managers to
name pitchers for the following- days.
Manager Nichols last night said tha
he could not name the pitcher for to
day's game with Cincinnati at St
Louis. Robison said: "This thing
must stop, or I will quit the St Louis
club. It is pure nonsense for a team
to wii old the name of the pitcher, of
the day's game. It's nonsense' to say
that a man must warm up to see
whether he can pitch ball or not that
day. Ho is paid for pitching, and he is
paid for being in shape let him look
to that or reckon with us. In this iu
stance we 'have three stars, Nichols
Taylor and Corbett. It is only right
that we submit in the morning to pur
patrons the name of the man who will
pitch that day,, also the name of the
man w-ho will pitch to-morrow or the
day following. It is then up to us to
deliver the goods we advertise and up
to the pitchers to produce them for
their employers or go.
LUKE DORSEY RELEASED.
Ilolyoke, April 28. The champions
rested yesterday and framed up good
resolutions. Rube Tickers declared
that the Ponies would bare to go
mighty fast in the opening game to
day iii Springfield to escape him.
Tickers is in splendid condition for
hard work 'and is as willing as ever.
He -has filed a request to be 'allowed
to take turns against the Ponies in
both opening games, that in Spring
field and the big event here Saturday.
Releases were doled out yesterday
to Harry Reinhold and Luke Dorsey.
Dorsey had an opportunity to show
his .worth, but it has been apparent
for many days that his speed was
slow in "making a return. Dorsey's
long lay-off from the game and the
fact that he isn't as youthful las some
of the regulars, caused him to make a
decided failure of the outfielding ef
fort. ; '.
P, II. Prindiville, who has been di
recting affairs, - says that Bertwhistle
has earned a. place as regular and
this will cause Dorsey's departure to
be considered anything but a misfor
tune. Reinhold hasn't been able to
throw, the affliction bein especially
severe in recent trials at the third cor-,
ner. Reinhold lives in Philadelphia
and he will have a chance to play in
dependent baseball in and around his
home when the weather thaws out
the weak arm,
WITH THE AMATEURS.
Editor of Democrat:
Sir A game with any ether base
ball team would like to be bad by the
City Normal baseball team, which is
made P of the following: Bill Rose,
lb; Dan Keleher, 2b; Louis Isele, 3b;
Joe Cosgrove, e; Brown, ss; Byrne, p;
II.-: Edwards. If; Fred Stiller, Tf; M.
Donavan; cf. The officers of the
team are: Henry Kershaw, treasurer;
Joe Cosgrove. captain ; Will Rose,
manager; Wilfred Kennedy, secre
tary; Louis Iselc, chairman. Hope that
we hear from teams as soon a possi
ble so that ..we can '; make out our
schedule.
HERMAN PENSEL. ,
The Young Clovers will challenge
any baseball nine in the city under 14
years of age. The line-up is as fol
lows: J. Phelan, c; F. Sheehan, p; J.
Carmody. lb; It. Bacon, 2b; W. Phe
lan, 3b; P. Horn, ss; J. McDonald, If;
M. Austin, cf ; Captain McDonald, rf .
If any nine should desire a game
please call at Manager Sheehan's
house, 28 Sylvan avenue, or Captain
McDonald, 86 upper Stono street. This
nine would like to get a whack at
some Brooklyn nine.
Dan Shannon, supervisor of um
pires, will work to-day at Bridgeport.
Dan intends to show the doubting ones
how easy it is to preserve peace.
Saturday's display at Ilolyoke will
be more showy than the usual opening
day carnival. It will be a half holi
day in the home of the champions.
Daly, the Hartford second baseman,
is in the ranks and ready, Daly is
one of the smoothest of infielders and
this season is looked to as a winner
for him. '
Ritter, the first baseman, looked ror
in New London, hasn't reported, so
Manager Humphrey has ordered a
young man named Schlaetter to leave
his Toledo home.
Rube Viekers's request to be allowed
to pitch both games against Spring
field will probably be granted. The
Ponies declare that they are ready to
trample upon the rube.
Attorney C. J. Danaher, chairman of
the league directors, has sent a mes
sage to Ji H. Farrell, secretary of the
National Association of Minor leagues,
on the Owens' case, omeone will have
to step lively soon. . v ;
Bill Bannon, a' big but younger
brother of Thomas and a former Derby
player has joined Schenectady of the
TVnTtf "Vrkrlr Kttn loarnia -k t-1 o tt
base. Bill has been tending goal for
the Indianapolis roller polo team. ;
The Toungg . Bluebirds of Fuller
street would like to play any team tin;
the city under 12 years of age. The
lineup is as follows: J. Murphy, c;
N. Oriftin, p; P. Shea, lb; W. Griffin,
2b; B.. Thompson, 3b; P. Foley, ss; D.
Quill, cf; L. Brodier, If; A. Brodier,
rf They won. from the Stone streets
by the score of 8 to 7. Any team
wishing a game please call on Mana
ger P. Foley, Fuller street, or Captain
B. :. Thompson,.; ;i Bridge . street. The
Taylor, streets are preferred. ,t v,
; GAMES TO-DAY. ;
Connecticut Hartford , at Worces
ter, Meriden at New London, Holyoke
at SpringfieldNew Haven at Bridge
port. National Boston at New York,
Philadelphia at Brooklyn, Chicago at
Plttsibufr,'' Ciheinhaii at St Louis. ;, f
American Boston at Washington,
New York at Philadelphia, Chicago at
Detroit. St Louis at Cleveland.
NINE BULLETS GOT HIM. ,
Nerro Held Oakland Police at Bar
Tfit Hoar.
OAKLAND, Cal., April 28. After a
fierce battle between the police and
Wilson Anderson,; a negro; lasting teri
hours, Anderson was shot and killed
here. The negro had driven a white
woman and a colored porter from a
house at Fourth street and Broadway,
where he lived, at the point of a pistol,
and when Policemen Sherry and Ford
attempted to arrest tbe negro he bar
ricaded the doors and windows and
fired at every one who appeared.
About twenty police officers sur
rounded the hbusey and a running bat
tle wa kept iip, over' a hundred shots
being fired by the police. Finally Offi
cer Sherry stole up to a window and
fired, wounding the negro. From an
other direction Sergeant Clark fired
into the room. The negro fell to the
floor, and the officers rush,ed into the
house and captured him. There, were
vine bullets in his bodyv,,- : '
Odell Has Boiy Day.
ALBANY, N. Y. April 28 Governor
Odell signalized bis return from his
vacation by signing nearly 100 bills,
including those of .Mr. Curry, remov
ing the limitation upon the number of
patrolmen who can, b added to the
New York police force so as to permit
the installation of - the three platoon
system; Mr. Miller, authorizing in
crease of the pension of John J. Mc
Kenna, the New York policeman in
jured in the pitched battle with the
negro Jerry Hunter. Mayor Low last
year vetoed the bill, but gave McKen
na his personal check for a considera
ble amount. . Mr. Bostwick, making it
a misdemeanor for any person to mis
represent in any advertisement any
thing with reference to the quality or
price of any merchandise, offered for
sale. -
Mad Banner In Demand.
NEW YORK, April 28. The heavy
rain has converted the track at Ja
maica into a quagmire, and only the
mud runners of the pronounced type
were in demand. The surprise came in
the third race, when the 1 to 5 favorite.
Major Pelhani, was defeated by Pa
lette, the only other starter. Collector
Jessup won the Columbus stakes and
was bid in by J. L. McGinnis for
3,200. . -
Home Company Officers Held.
PITTSBURG, April 28. Two offi
cials of the three home companies
raided by the city detectives last week
have been held here in $4,000 bail each
for trial at court on three charges of
conspiracy. The , companies were the
Interstate Finance company, Home As
surance company and Fidelity Home
and Realty company. The two men
held were W. I. Crawford and Albert
Dodge. - '- - : - . . .' ''
Hester Boy AnHtd.
DEDHAM. Mass., April 28. Harris
E. Dexter, the fourte?.-r- Ran
dolph boy who has been on trial in th
superior court her on a charge of
causing the death of his brother Par
kr, has been found not guilty, Judge
Walt ordered that the defendant be
discharged from custody. Young Dex
tr expr&wed no surprise when he
hard the verdict, which was not alto
gether unexpected.
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SPORTS AND
ATHLETICS
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i The University of Michigan has turned
Jout a great number of athletic finds, but
never a greatei
than Ra-lph Rosi
the young Califor.
nian who appeared
In tbe gymnasium
last February. At
that time but littH
was known of his
performances in
high school ahletlcs
on the coast, but if.
did not take Train
er Keene Fitzpat
rick long to realize
that in the tall
Ralph Rose.
freshman there was the making of ont
of the greatest all around athlete in th
country. Without any special prepara
tion and in his street clothes Rose put
,the shot well over 40 feet. Since then:
although only in light training, he has
gradually improved in his work and ha
already beaten his high school record ot
45 feet six inches. On February 20, before
the 'varsity trial meet, he made 44 feet;
and at that was handicapped by the low
ceiling, which he several times hit. On
March 5 at the 'varsity' track meet, he
broke the intercollegiate record of 4i
feet with a put of 46 feet 1 inches. A
week later, in the dual meetvagainst the
First regiment of Chicago, he established
a new indoor American record with 47
feet 6 inches. On March 19, in the meet
between the Michigan freshmen and De
troit University high school, he put the
12 pound shot 56 feet 3 inches, break
ing the world's record of 55 feet two inch
es, made by G. R. Gray, of the New York
Athletic club, at Travers island on June
11, 1892. On April 9 he tried his hand at
throwing the 16-pounf hammer, and suc
ceeded in hurling it 166 feet five Inches,
which is nearly 30 feet better than the
western intercollegiate conference rec
ord, and within five feet our inches ol
the world's Irecord, held by John Flana
gan, of New York. All of these per
formances have been made with but little
training. With the exception of hints
given him by Fitzpatrick, Rose is prac
tically self-taught. At the age of 14
years he began practice with the shot
and bis style is quite original. Up to the
time "of coming to Michigan he had not
had a day's coaching. Rose performed
creditably in track events while at high
school, and It is said he has beaten in
practice most of the figures . made by
Ellery H. Clark when he won the all
around athletic championships last year.
He is reported to be fast in the sprints
and hurdles and a clever pole vaulter.
?Colles:e baseball in the east fsaerafn In
full sway. The candidates for the teams
at the big universi
ties have practical
ly been weeded out
by the coaches, and
already it is possi
ble to form an idea
of the strength of
some of the larger
college nines. The
number of dates
arranged early in
the season indi
cates that a large
.part of the practice
An nreoaration for
Fred Clark.
important games will be in the nature o!
games with weaker teams. The naval
cadets, who have great expectations this
year, opened by playing Gallaudet at
'AnnapolssQthjrale; and Princeton
vhave supposedly strong nines. Fred
Clarke, of the champion Pittsburg team,
;Htllebrand, and Capt. Stevens drilled
the Princeton men In the tactics of the
game. All of last year's players are
back again, with two exceptions, and
from the excellent new material the
vacancies( wlll be readily filled. Capt.
Winslow, ' with Assistant Coach Mur
phy, has drilled ' the Yale candidates,
and they feel that the outlook is fairly
.encouraging. V Winslow will do mosH
or tne DaCKStop wors on ;ine . iea,m.
Bowman, the pitcher on the Yale nina
for two years, has a strong rival in
Mackay, the ex-Georgetown pitcher.
Among the New -York colleges Colum
bia, Manhattan and, Fordham have an
active season before them. Columbia
opened its season with a game on
March 30th with Pratt ' institute. On
April 6 the New York university
played on South field, and two days
later Trinity played at the same place,
Columbia played Yale on April 12, be
ing beaten by. the score of 1 to 0.
Coach Jennings, at . Cornell, gave t-hi
baseball candidates hard work in th$
cage during the winter, and a-strong
team is looked for. West Point and
Annapolis will meet, at West Point on
May 14 in their annual match.
; With the death of Benjamin Fuller,
better known to the baseball world as
"Shorty" Fuller, one of the oldest and
best shortstops in the country has been
lost to the profession. Fuller, who was
years ago with the New York team and
later a star in the minor leagues; died
at his home in Cincinnati recently of
tuberculosis. He had been in , bad
health for several years, but was al
ways a prominent figure in the grand
stand. . -.
Iver Lawson, the Chicago cyclist,- has
returned from a successful invasion of
Australia, where he claims to have
won ?3,000, and more races than' any
other cyclist. Lawson, who Is now re
garded as among the best of American
speed merchants, invaded Australia
with Floyd McFarland and Major Tay
lor, the trio outclassing the Australian
talent and winning nearly everything
in sight. -. V-V : '.'-,".-;-:''.- V-
Vice President Edward P. Martin, ot
the United States Golf association,, an
nounces that the executive committea
has changed the by-laws to permit in
vitation to the amateurs of the world
to compete in the national champion
ship at Baltusrol, N J., September 5
to 10.
Veteran "Won y a. Head.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 28. J.
Jones again carried off the riding hon
ors at Oakland by landing four win
ners. All of them were heavily
played. One of his best efforts was in
the mile and seventy yards handicap,
where he got Vetera no up in time to
win by a head from Forest King, the
pace maker.-
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rograde if it does not advance.
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ALL SEASONS LOOK ALIKE TO THE FRANKLIN
BASE BALL GOODS.
Edison Phonographs, $10, $20, $30, $50. 3,000 Edison Records to-select
from; '2,000 Columbia Records at 25c each. ; v
AtHIetic Goods and Bicyclee.
THE E. H. T0WLE CO,, 33 CEHTER STREET
Open evenings to July 1st
Youmans, 251
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FRESH AIR FUND FRAUDS.
Bingbamton Woman Arrested Charii:.
Svt-Jt ;o!MWl5!8f Fdke Concert.
ALBANY, N. Y., April 28. Mrs. M.
O. Updyke of Binghamton was arrest
ed here and held in bail for further
examination next Wednesday by" Po
lice Justice Brady charged with ob
taining money under false pretenses.
She has been selling tickets for a concert-
ostensibly- for the benefit of a
.'fresljftir fund' managed by a . New
York newspaper. The authorities of
the newspaper disclaim any knowledge
or approval of the enterprise.
It appeared in the preliminary ex
amination that Mrs. Updyke and a Mrs.
Kate Speck, also of Binghamton, have
conducted these concerts in various
parts of this and other states during
the past year or more and have a
schedule of dates arranged ahead in
Cohoes, Troy and elsewhere. It is al
leged that but $25 has been turned in
to the' newspaper in question. Mrs.
Speck and Mrs. Updyke were both in
court, but only . the latter is under ar-
rest..;,;-:';;;;;''
The Bnried Treunre Found.
NEW YORK, April 28. Gerard Cov
entry of this city bought the oldv,Hud
son farm at Wading River, and was
making the necessary repairs. When
an old fashioned hearthstone in the
parlor .was raised, beneath it, gray
With age and covered with cobwebs,
reposed an old wallet. "Uncle Ben"
Hudson, a relative of the former own
er of the farm, was in ecstasy. He
had been hovering around the place
ever since the repairs began, saying
frequently that he believed his brother
had hidden away a ' right smart bit of
money" about the place. He bothered
the workmen and Mr. Coventry so
much that it was determined not to
disappoint him. "So," said Mr. Cov
entry, "I got an old wallet, covered it
with cobwebs, filled it with imitation
money and papers and planted it under
the hearth. Then I let the workmen
find it when "Uncle Ben' was around.
It would have done you good to have
seen the old man, and Wading River
well, I don't want to go down there for
a few days at least."
Cheered Defeat of Lilr White Ticket,
NEW ORLEANS, April 28. Wildly
cheering every reference to the recent
overwhelming 1 defeat of the Lily
White ticket in the state election, the
regular Republicans met here, strongly
indorsed President Roosevelt and his
administration and sent a mixed dele
gation to the. national convention.
Thirty-nine parishes and sixteen wards
of New Orleans were represented.
Three-fourths of the convention com
prised negro deleeates.
Kaiser at Vwle.
VENICE, April 28. Emperor Wil
liam arrived ber on the imperial yacht
Hohenzollern and was warmly greeted.
His majesty left the yacht and went
to the railway station, where he tooK
train for Karlsruhe.
Our New Spring
Garments
Are a step in advance we,
are not trammeled by cast iron!
traditions we are not afraidj
to be . the first to show pro-:
nounced novel styles in- cuti
and pattern.
This is one reason we keep)
ahead.
And the low prices is anoth-
er reason. Have you seen our
window at $9.50, $11.50and
$14.50.
89-93 Bsnkf
80-82 S.Mafrii
Easily the leading light car; the first'
successful air-cooler; the only four-1
cylinder air-cooled; the first four cylin-J
der motor-in-front light car In thl
country; the only car in all America
that has met the popular requirement
for power and ' speed in combination
with light weight, ease of operation
and noiselessness; the first gasoline car
to give anything near the flexibility o!
control and the range of power, of
steam. .
SoutbMain St.
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Q ueen Runabout .......... $650 j
.Queen Touring Car ........ 730 ' J
Mitchell Runabout, air !
coller .......TOO J
Mitchell Touring Car, air
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Two Speeds, '
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BIG HEADED MORMON.
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WASHINGTON. April 28. Light
was shed at the Smoot investigation
before . the senate committee on th
vexed question of how. Mormon hus
bands of moderate wealth support their
plural families.
The ingenious home ; economics of,
Apostle John W. Taylor, which incl-
dentally appear to have settled the srv-j
ant .question, were disclosed by L'Kj
Abbott, a neighbor of two, of Apostla
Taylor's households in Farmington,!
Utah. ' ' i
Apostle Taylor, he said, is reputed t?
nave five wives. Tne two tnat nv
near Mr. Abbott are known as Nettie
Woollcy, who has five children, rang
ing from eleven to two years, and Nel
lie Todd, who has six children, ranging
from sixteen to two years, all of whom
are recognized as Apostle Taylor's chil
dren., . " - - - . ,
Two other wives of Apostle Taykf
said Mr. Abbott, are Rhode and Roxej
Welling, who, are bout twenty-thre?
or twenty-four years of age. It was
reported two years ago that' they had
been married to Taylor. One was
working for Nettie Woolley and the
other for Nellie Todd, both as domes
tics. V. :;'.-
Resigned and Sued Exposition. .
ST. LOUIS, April 28 Cass Gilbert
of New York, architect of the Art pal
ace and Festival hall at the world's
fair, tendered his resignation to Presi-.
dent Francis as a member of the com
mission of architects. Immediately aft
er tendering his resignation Mr. Gil
bert brought suit" against the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition company in th
United States circuit court to secur
$47,000, which, he aliases, is due him
bb the balance on his contract of $78,
000. - -. .
Missionary Society Refused Money.
KENOSHA, Wis., April - 28. Trus
tees of the missionary society of th
Methodist Episcopal church have re
fused to accept the bequest of the late
Willis W, Cooper, in the neighborhood
of $50,000. There was a provision in
rre will that they should make an al
lowance for the wife and daughter of
Cooper, and it is thought that this is
th reason the trustees of the Mission
ary society declined the gift. Cooper
lost his life in the Iroquois theater dis
ci ster in Chicago:
Three Generals Are TVon Est.
ST. THOMAS, D. W. I., April 28. ,
A German steamship from .Monte Cris- (
tl Sanfn T 1rr-i 11 err ynr-r 4 Vi - 0 Hf h
government troops attacked the Jim- j
enez force at Guaracan, near Santiago ;
de los Caballeros, several days ago.
After a fierce battle the government
troops were defeated. Thetr losses
were forty -one killed and sixteen
wounded. Generals Cabrera, Arroyo;
and Luna were killed. Twelve of thej
TiSiSicz force were killed.
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