Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 8, 1876, Page 3

IHE CHICAGO ‘TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. OCTOBEK ¥, 1876— XTEEN PAGES. mething Official About % Next Year’s White Stockings. peminiscences of Chicago’s Clubs Since 1869. The Championship Record-— Only Four Games . More. fow St. Louis Turned the Tables on the Chicago Team. piscassion by an Expert of the Effect of the Eastern De- falcations. Announcement of the Matinee which Will End Chicago’s + Turf Season. Miller and Bauer to Wrestle in Chieago. j The Mendota Tournament and Other Shooting Notes. e General Record of Sporting News for the Week. BASE-BALL. THE CIICAGOS WARMED AT ET. LOUIS. Special Dispatch to The Tribune. £1. Lou1s, Mo., Oct. .—The sccond of the hibition games between the Chicago and St. Louis Clubs, played to-day, resulted in favor of tbelstter. In the fifth inning, safe hits by Bradley, Mack, Dehlman, and McGeary led to three carned ruus. The Whites only committed one error, and that fn the ninth inning, when Hines allowed Mack's hit to pass him, giving Bradley & chance to run home. The outflelding of Addy and Hines, and the third-base play of Battin, was superb. THE SCORE. ol L Humoonuom ! & emopase b rroocooo !l 3 | Fore omw owe sroumEants 3| commHeuoan L ° r| coorcooce ol Hoomwoomn | b Erak 7 00 1—4 0000-0 Tot:1 bases on hits—St. Loauls, 11; Chieago, 7. Rune earn-d—St. Louie, 3. Time of game—One hour and thirty-five minutes. Vmpire—L. W. Burtis. HARTFORDS V8. CINCINSATL CixcrsNari, Oct. 7.—The game between the {Lfin{urfls and Cincinuatis to-day resnited as olluws: 'THE CHICAGOS. Some wecks aco Txe TRIBONE announced the engagewent of the body of the Chicago nine for 1877, and it now bas the pleasure of supples menting its former announcement by the official statement made by the Secretary of the League to the dubs. The document is as follows: 4 WasmingTox, Oct.2.—The following-named pentlemen have signed contracts with the Chi- cago Ball Club, of Chicago, 1L, for the season of 1577, namely: Albert G. Spalding, R. C. Barnes, John P. Peters, C. A. McVey, Paul A. Hines, Joun W. Glenn.” The contract of C. C. Waite had alteady been announced, and these seven names will, of course, form the nucleus of the champion pine of 1877. There arcin the list the best pitcher, short-stop, second base- man, and two ficlders in the country, to say nothing of the universal genius McVey, and ‘Waite, who must prove what he is before he can be approved in Chicago. The Chicago and St. Louis Clubs will arrive here .this morning probably—or at least the champions will. The third end fourth games of the extra serics for the championship of the ‘West will b played ou the Twenty-third street grounds to-norrow and Tuesday, and inasmuch as these twc contests will dose the: playing in this city this year, they will probably drawa large attendance. The clubs will go from here to Milwaukee Wedvesday, and will play on that city’s reutral ground the fifth game of the extraseries From Milwaukee the champions will make 8 short tour through Minnesota, playing in scveral cities where the dates are not et positivelr arranged further than that Satur- day next the: play at St. Paul, Monday at Min- neapolis, and Tuesday at Winona. Certaln ptpers in Cincinnati and St. Louls ‘have been for some time asserting and reassert- ing that theChicago Club had hired Albert H. Nichols, of :he defunct Mutuals, and E. E. Cathbert, of the St. Louis. There is not now, andthere neer has been, the slightest inten- tion on the part of the Chicago Club mauage- ment to bireeither of these men. Cuthbert’s batting recod is about .230, or far below Addy’s, while Nichol? is about 175, or pretty mear the bottom of tie list. There would, of course, be 1o use for thit kind of batters in the Chicago nive. The pirpose of these publications is, of course, 4 lauable one: it is to create a demand for the playes named in other nines on the principle thatwhatever man the Chicagos scek out mnst be 4 good one. Inthat view of the case it is an jnnocent bit of free advertising which Tne TusoNE cannot afford to frank. * The Clipperiurns up at the end of the season exactly whereit was to have been looked for,— on the side ofthe strongest. Following is the xyit annoues the end of the champlonship ce: Ever since th ball-playing fraternity of Chicago e ambitous oy champlonship "honors, snd " lo:jhunmnu team to represcnt them in the pro- feesional arens has the Clipper polnted out to their club managersthat, not until thedy dplnced a thor- oughly rehable well-trained, and disciplined nine . to the ield, coud they poseibly attain the success limed at. Thimdvice was practicaily pooh-poohed antil this seasa, and the result wes discreditable Dcfeat seaso; after semson, even though bizh-priced teams were engoged, and ®hat were, considered the strongest Meyere. The gervices of noted pitchers and fatehers, fint. base-players and fleiders. and #icome, herd hiters proved 10 be uscless {n achicv- success, sirply because unreliable men were ed fn, 1o cicipline was observed, .trafning was telected, andinere was neither field mor ¢lub- Danagewment tgrun the ream properly. After four ampoigne, mrked by coutinuous defeat, the Directors of th' new Chicago Club thought that it would be as wcl, periaps. to take the Clipper's idvice, and tory the Lioston plan of running s $ase-ball clubzynd so they weat to work, and, mwm\ant regad to cost, " recured the services of “"Pmn: wlugo White Stockings, and placed Spalaing at ne head of it. with an tndisturbed Sontrol of the tam, and they foand their reward h-nnu;:fi wimly the championship pennant, Jut tie pal ofcupremacy as the best trained nine - ik or s due attention to_trainin iuch or pying due attention Hiscline, inithe morale of & niné; and espccufi'- ¥ o1 throving out, the services of every justly k> cted or narked man, Hadall thé League takes thielast-named jmportant action. sach g 06 resiits as the fajlure of the Athletic Mutwl teans, and loss of so many importsnt Peney ?1' the st x,oulfi C’lnb,“ wn:lm ul]m: bave furked e compafon. Unquestiona e expe- Beuts o1 e o 1 ason st Bave tauzbt e Le: ma; or policy of their conree in admitting-snspected. px:envx their ninee, under the mistaken {dea that the -:R..ge'nc rules of the Leagne would prevent their indul {n their old practices of crbokes play. The T 28 been that more players have been intercsted in 00l-gambling practices tban was ever before 0w in the history of the game. % ' REMINISCENCES. " A correspondent who says he takes &n fnter- estin base-ball asks TaE TRIBUNE to gives brief sketch of the nines “ivhich have gone un- der the name Chicago, or which have represent- ed the city.” The answer nced not be a long one. The first strong club gathered in Chicago was based on Lex as pitcher in 1369, Aftcmlmer- ous changes it was constituted as follows, and in that slg_pe went to Clocinnati and were Deaten by Harry Wright's Red-Stocking team: Lex, p.; Lennon, c.; John Stearns, 1b.; Ken nedy, 2 b.; Tom Foley, 8 b.; Woody Stearns, 6. 8.3 Oberlander, 1. f.; Treacy. c. f.; Goodrich, 1. . " Of all this number ofily Treacy is now in the business. z The first professional nine ever gathered in this city was {n 1870. It consisted of Craver, c., afterwards. expelled; and pow with the de- funct Mutuals; Pinkham, p., last heard of in New Jersey; Ll’cAtcc, 1 b, at present a bar- tender fn Lxmslnghm;{, N. &.; 0od, 2 b., lit ing on Twenty-second street, in this city; Mey- erle, 3 b, Wwith the decomposed Athletics; Hodes, s. &., deceased ; DufFy, 6. &.. pressman in the Chicago Times office; Treacy, 1. 1., with the Mutuals; Cutbbert, ¢. £, with the St. Louis; Flynn, . £, uow a brushmaker in Lansingburg, N. Y. This was a curious nine, and should be remembered mainly because d\cy warmed the Cincinnatis two chainpionship games. In 1571 the Chicagos reorganized by keeping H ”f McAtee, Wood, Pinkham, Duffy, Treacy, and Mart King, and_adding Zettleln, p., last with the Athletics; Simmons, e. I., now with the Buckeyes, of Columbus, 0., aud Tom Foley, now a resident of this city. 1872 and 18@ no_professional nine hailed from *Chicago, but in 1674 the following tcam were sént out: Malone, c.,.now retired from play; Zettlein, p.; Devlin, 1 b., now with Louis- ville; Wood, 2 b., Meyerle, 3b., Force, &. 5., now with the Atlletics; Cuthbert, L f.; Treacy. c. £.5 Glenn, r.1.; Pinkbam and Hines, subs. = These , positions were frequently changed and several other players were added from time to time® notably Peters, now with the White Stockines. The year 1875 i8 g0 fresh in mind as to ouly need to say of it that the nine comprised at times the following players: Zettlein, Golden, and Devlin, pitehers; Higham, Hastings, an Quinn, catchers; Glenn, Hines, Miller, Peters, Warren, White, Foley, Brannock, Bielaski, ‘Waterman, aud one or two others. ‘The nine which won the flag for 1876 is fresh 1in mind of every one, and can be scen to-morrow afternoon. . THE CHANPIONSIIP. The season is now nearly closed, and only four med remain to be played for the Lesguo championships, They, however, affect no place but segond and third.” The record is as follows: NI SEE F cLuss. SiSisis|8iE| @ :|{sal 8 &=l s L= 910; 38 9’8 B1 6 71 31 510! 22 Louisvilie .. 819 Cincinuati [,...0000 3.l 5 Games lost . ......... ol182631]48 The recapitulation, showiug the standing of each elub, isas folloyws: : b"mt‘z Games Glam/" ‘Gm;m ayed. won. lost. topluy. f. !’InU 48 a2 & JO 31 16 3 31 18 1 b 28 .2 19 a1 0 Cincinnatl....., 5 43 2 Total.......... 4 8 .. 292 46 140 This remands St. Louis to third place becanse, thougn thie Browns have Won as many gumes us Hartford, they have lost two inore, ~ ft may be suid, thex, that unless Hartford lusus two games o BUston, thére is 110 hope {0 St. Louis’ getting second place. There remains only four games 1o play and they are as follows: Hartford and Cintinnati, one, which willbe played to-morrow; St. Louis and Cincinnati, one; tnd Hartford and Boston, two togcther. IAREY WRIGHT TO REMAIN IN BOSTOXN. Harry Wright and his Boston nine were in this ity Friday, ana left for Detroit that even- ing.on their way howe. Their Western trip has been a fairly satisfactors ome finanially, and they will close up the scason with great hopes for next year. The temn has secured fourth place, which was quite as much as Harry could hope for with the team he had. They have only two games more to play—both with the Hart- furds—us the championghip table shows, Should the Bostons win both of theee, it would help the St. Louis to get second place in the race for the penant, but it is, unfortunately, hardly to be hoped that they will. A reporter cailed on Mr. Wright while he was here, with intent to ask him about Lis reported intention to zo to St. Louls next year to man- age the Brown Stockiug nine.' Itas a matter of general report that the St. Louls people very much desired him, and it was hoped by the best friends of the game in the West that be would go there, but that_seems not likely to be se- Complistied. Mr. Wright stated to the reporter that notliing bad been done -ghout his engage- ment, and leit it to be inferred, if not directly stated, thot the matter was at an end us far ag St. Louis was concerned, and that he would al- most certashly remain in Boston. The peculiar | faculty which Harry bas of shedcing off inquiries - prevented the reporter from finding out what his reusuns were, and the only satisfaction that he could find was in putting tois and that together and infgrring {rom a conversation what the matter was."Witn alldue respect for the St. Louis people and the club which will represent tiem, it is fair to say that the impreseion conveyed to the reporter was tfat Capt. Harry did not_like to undertake 0 manage suy club ‘with such_curious charac- ters in it as some which the Browns have en- azed for 1577. At least threg of them are the kind of men that Mr. Wright has sedulously avoided in all nis ball management, and he Jeit it to be inferred that be would try and get “along witnout them in future. “The'only com- ment proper to be made i3 that Tne TRIBUNE very greatly regrets that Harry could not bave arranged to come West. GENERAL NOTES. The Cincinnati Lnguirer says of the winning of the pennant by Chicago 'that * Every onc nere rejoices with them that they have won it.”” Accepted with thanks, and the hope that Chi- cago will live to see Cincinnati second in 1877, ‘The Secretary of the League announces that Fulmer, of this year's Louisville nine, who had been re-epgaged for next year, has been e lcased. This may be supposed £o Lave some re- 1ation to the boast of the Philadelphia people that he was to play there in 1877. An ‘“‘old head? respectfully advises Mr. Fulmer that he has done an uawise thing. The annual meeting of the Board of Directors ot the League will be held at Cleveland, ou the tirst Monduy in December, and the annual meet- ing of the League will be held on the first Thursday of the same month, The Louisville team will leave for Memphis on the 12th of the present month, where they are engaged to play three games with the Mem- hie boys. _Tney will most MHkely play at Little Rovk und Nashville. +The Western clubs are not the only ones that have suffered through the management of toe Athletic club. Thap orgeuization is yeb in- debted to the Mutuals three games, aud now refuses to go to New York unlcss a guarantee is made. The Courier~Journal man disappointsus great- 1y by falling into a fit of blackeuardism over AP Wright's attack on the Louisville Club, No humun being belicved the Phitadelphia story in the first place, and, when young Haldeman “de- seends to abuse and calling nawmes, he puts him- self for the moment on the level of the ' Athletic * Club.. The C.~/. has made a very gzood ball column this year, and if its'conductor Wil Jet the other fellows throw all the muG while be laugzhs at them, he will do well. ‘The Clipper thus rebukes the ' Quaker City folks: * We do not know who is at fuult in the matéer, but the parties who allowed Clapp and McBride to leave the. Athletic nine this :w.asual:i not to mention other players, and who engag otbers in their places, made a mistake which has resulted in the failure of the club to com- cte its season’s games for the first time since its orgapization, sixteen years ago. It is a disgrace to Philadelphia that a club with such antecedeuts as the Athbletic should be allowed 10 go to the wall”? ‘The Post speaks words of much sense when it thus discussus the admission of minor clubs into the League: Many of the clubs which have been ranked as seml-professionals are deirous of crowd.ng into the Leagne next year, hoping thereby to gain much for their fame and finances. Mosi of these re- uests, guns.w Many communitics now maintain their in* terest in home nines, because in the exhibition games between League clubs and themsclves they do not expect much, and are consequently not dis- appointed at the defeat of the home club, In fact, they grow quite enthusiastic if the home club ruc- ceeds, by e a1d of the umpire, in koeping the score of the visiting League club down low. the etted home club .was admitted to the League, the requent and overwhelming defeats which it would Sarely receive from the other and more expericnced League clubs wouid &peedily cause a falling off of jnterest. and a conseguent lcsa:ning of gate re- cei, i Tf jeized to the League wore would be ex- -news would not at il if not all, will be denied for politic reas| Dected, and lesa charity would be shown. More than that, these sume clubs which have made fine recorde in the exhibition cames with League clubs wounld find tho latter protecting themselves more clogely against partial umpiring and careless plays, Many of these exhibition games have been umpir- ed strongly against League clubs for the sake of Sattering ihe bome nine's backers and affording mare smusement for the bystaunders who were 2nxious 1o have thelr pet players show up well, If joined to the League no favoritism would bo ehown, and they would find themscives soon hoot- ed at for their defects by the samo huckera and ad- mirers who have heretofore petted them. 1In fact, it would not be for the best intercsts -of many of these clubs to have their own request for admission to tly League granted. The Lesgue clubs them- selves have not been greatly blessed financially this season, and the lowerin the record, the less the gate-money, € that new clubs, entering and suf- fering a few defents, would find it difficult to at- tract by their games paying crowds. REVIEW OF HARTFORD-LOCISVILLE SERIES. The weel Inst past has closed the series be- tween the two most prominent Eastern clubs and the St. Louis and ‘Louisville nines. The Hartfords and Louisvilles found it necessary to play cleven games, their fourth contest proving adraw. The list of games played is as follows: Date and place, Har{ford, Louisville, Junc 13—At Hartford. e June 15—At Hurtford. June 17—At Hurtford. June 21—At Louisvill June 22—At Louisville June 24—A¢ Loulsville June 26—At Loulsviil Sept. 5—At. Martford, Sept. T—At lartford. Oct. 4—At Louisvill Oct. 5—At Louisville. Eecoauteaman | voumsacmons HT;}alrh..._.,..D.. coe sseanessae B3 19 artford wins Wy ins 9 games, Louisville 1 game, and 1 The items'in which the teams can properly be compared with each other are as follows Average to a game, ‘Total runs-earned. Average to o game, - 1.5 .9 Percentage of carned to scored runs, 0.32 0.52 Total base hits made, 1 70 6.9 60 6.2 The batting and run-g players are as follows: BATTING RECORD NARTFORD-LOVISVILLE SERIES. ing records of the Oy £ £3 g i PLAYERS. 2 & 5 = g s B s e, &2 Hariford. Higham 1 Tond. - @00 BHNSaD i maBmD! ! 9] Ryan. 1114} Gerhar 1112 Chapma; 3! 3 Devlin 10{ 9 Allison 8| 7| Holber 4] 3 Fulme) 8 5| Hagn 11f 6 Tas 11! 4 Somerville 11' 3| Snyder.. 7! 1l The fielding records are as follows, the smafl- est porcentage of errors being placed at top: FIELVING RECORD HARTFORD-LOUISVILLE SERIES. FYRSE ; S1831%/38)38% o| 33 IX|33]8)88 SRS R[FIEAI PLATERS. PR B L o I I O R I : Paf el a Hartford, Cummings ! 0.00.102.50, York 2:00 1/0:10) 11§ 100, 7/0. 63 10410407 110. 10| 3] 0.423715.28; 18| 1.63 16 3.87) | 2081 23'2.09) 1:72 21190 27 210.18 5.7212'1.09; 1.00! 0 0.00| 2.03, 1l Looy 0. 27] 45 0. 87) 7.90 0. 9| 0.90 0. 57| .12 0. 3) 0.75, 0. 5 1.60' 0. 2| 3.57 0.71 8 T2 0.81 34/ 3.09 1.00 16} 145 1.00 261 2,95 REVIEW ST. LOUIS-IIARTFORD SERIES. Below is given the summary of the play made #n the ten games between the Hartford.ond 8. Louis Clubs, beginning with the record of games played, as follows: Dateand place. St. Lauinl{nr(fard. June 6—AtHartford H g [ 7 2 0 3 0 2 0 [ 2 [ 4 H 2 1 4 S0 33 Total..... essovece oo St. Lonis wins 6 nnd Hartford 4. The compared records of the clubs are as fol- Tows: g % St, Louis: Hariford. Total runs made.... ... 82 33 Average to o gam 3.2 3.3 Total guns earned 6 12 Average to 8 game .. 0. ieg Percentage of earncd to scored rung ) .36 3. 7, Averige to a game 7. 7 Total errors made..... 23 ‘Averagotoa game.... T 6.4 The batting and run-getting averages of the men were as follows: : BATTING RECORD OF THE ST. LOUIS-HARTFORD sERIZE. ounG 1 07 2py obnasay| ) onnt wumy ) H H = s e ounf o) suns #loaazy | PLATERS. ) St. Louis. 114 Sommeh So! oo o © ooooceoeed i i gio 8 8543 Deblman. 0. o MeGeary . Pearce. .« Lar!ford. i _oug. = 58583 poooscs o is a8 cormpRLese o o s85 0.00 THE MUIUAL AND ATHLETIC PORFEITURES. At the tme the Mutunl and Athletic Clubs announced their attention to default their West- ern games, it looked to a casual abserver of the Leagucrules as if “gll their games must be thrown out, and thus the’ winning of tle pen- nant by Chicago be endangered. At that time agentieman of this citsy prominent as a base- ball authority, consulted the constitution of the League with carc, and embodied his_views in a lettér, which the popular appetite for political t_time allow THE TRin- UNE to find room for. It is now given below with the remark that the manazers of League «lubs will do well to consider it, and be pre- pared at the meeting of the League in December 10 settle upon some course’ of action to cover the points referred to, The letter is of special interest to St. Louls, nasmuch s, if the author ig correet, the Bml\]vus would hold second place. tter is a8 follows: held To the Bditor of The Tribune. Cnicaco, Oct. 5.—Sympathizing heartlly with the course pursued by Tuk TRIBUNE in commend- ing the escmplary conduct of the Chicago Club, and in denouncwmy all attempts to wrest from Chicago's model nine its well-earned lnurels, T have been led, by the newspaper comments upon the default of the Atbletic and Mutual Clubs, to examine the **Constitution of tac National League of Professional Base-Ball Clubs ™ with reference 1o the effect of such defanlt upon the standing of the Chicago Club {is the contest for the chsmpion- ship, Such examination has brought me to the conciusion thar, assuming the refusal of the Athletic and Mutnal Clubs to acain play in Chicazo this scason to be final, the Chicago Club had al- ready defnitely achieved the championship even before the last four games with the Boston and Hartford Clubs. N “he grounds of this concluslon are as follows: Art. XIL of the League Constitution prescribes the rales for the champlonship, L Secs..2 and 3 of tuat article (omitting provisos irrelevant to this subjeot) are as follows: °| follows: ¢ Sxc. 2, Each club shall be entitled to have five of jts games with cvery other_club played on_ita own grounds: and when nclub shall have first played one or more games, pursnant to agreement, upon its adversary's grounds, it may reqaire its adversary {o play an_equal number upon its own gmunga in mtnmh w)rizm; [ rku‘r;nnble tinle (not to exceed two months) under penally of forfeiture the number of games due.’" v/ Sonlt 4 “‘Seo, 3. Clubs shall be entitled to forfeit games—{o count in their series as games won by a. scord of nine runa to nonée—from other cluba in the following instances. namely: " **Any club which hasagreed to_play with another club upon a day certaln, and fails to moet its cngagement, unless the failure is caused by an avoidable accident in traveling, or the gume is prevented by rain, and games shall farther be forfeited as previded in Sec. 1 of this article.” The provision of Sec. 1, thus referred to, i8 as **Each ciub entoring the lists shall play ten games with every other club so entering, and if any club shull, of its own’ fault, fall to finish its Beries with every other club, 'itx games ehall not be counted at the close of the season, and such club shall not be cligible to enter the championship lists the ensuing season, ™ 1t follows, therefore, that whether the Athletic and Mutual Clubs have failed to mect-engugemonts to play in Chicago on certain days agreed upon, or shall fal to play the two gumes duc hero from cach before the expiration of the championshi season, the Chitago Club must be credited wit such games **1o count in their series as games won by a score of nine runs o none." These four forfeited games, added to the fifty then.won by the Chicago Club, would have made 1ts total Afty-four games in the championship serfes, and mo other club could have ex- ceeded tho score of fifty-two games, even If snccogeful in winning every game femaining to be played, so that the ioss of both games then remain- ing to be played with Hartford conid not have af- fected the Chicago Club 8o far as the champfonship ‘was concerned, ut it is claimed that the games of tha Athletic and Mutnal Clubs shall not count in the champlon- ship serics, which would materially alter the fig- Eof it s based upgn the t the prd Thit claim is bused upon the language of the pro- vision of Sec. 1, wich & bave quoted " ‘There are two answers to this claim: First, in caces whera the framers of the League Constitn- tion intended that a game or games ‘‘shall not .count in the champlonship series™ they expressed ‘such intention in those precise words. The only case of that kind that can be found In the championscip regulations is in Sec. 3, where it is provided ghat should a club present an 'incligible player fo take part in a game for the championship, such club **shall forfcit the game to the other ciub; +¢ Provided, The ‘other club shall notbein tha same fault, and should both clubs be in such fault, and rlny the game motwithatanding, suck game shall not count in the chamnplonship series, ™. This rule is founded upon the common principle that anderliesall the Leayme rales, viz': that where one of two clubs is in fault it shall forfeit to the other, and where bothare in fault therr acts shall be null and void. My sccond answer is, I think, still more con~ clusive. It s aneclementary principle in determin- ing questions of this kind that ‘*one part must De 80 consirued by another that the whole may, it possible, stand.™ 1f it be conceded thatthe languaze quoted from Sec. 1 wust bo 8o construed as to throw out the Athletic aud Mutual games entirely, then that part of Art. XIL cortainly cannot stand with the _part” which expressly provides that *iclubs shall be entitled to forfeited ames to count in their serics a8 games won, etc.” But 1 can see no necessity forsuch a construction, nor indeed any difiiculty in so constraing both perts that the whole may atand, and the parts be entirely consistent with each other. "The language (referred to) of Sec. 1 i, **If any club shall, of 1ts own fault, fail to finish its series with cvery other club, is games alall not be count- ed at the close of the season, ™ The obvious construction of this language, taken in conncction with the remainder of the article, appears to mo to be: ‘‘Its games " (L. e., the games won by it) ¢*shall not be counted at the close of the scason”—i. e., shull not be counted a3 games to ba credited to Such clubin making up - the official statement of championship games. Such a construction renders ull parts of the article consistent, and . besides afixes the penalty only to the club in _defanlt, while = sccording the resulting sdsantages 1o the clubs not in default, thus satsfying another elemental principle of construction,—"*construe 80 n!dlo suppress the miechief and. advance the romedy. " Tf, therefore, the Athletic Club is in default to the Chicago, the games won by-the former wilt not be oredited to it (although etilj etanding against the other club) in the chsm{lonump series, while all amos 108t by it to_the Chicago Club—whether by play or defauli—will be credited to the latter in the championship series. It has also been suggested that, by the defanlt of the Athletic and Mutual Clube, those clubs have ceased to exist as members of the League, and that, for such reason, the games played by them cannot be counted in the chnm})ionsmp feries, This idca rosults, 1 think, from confusing two ‘ennml( diferent sabjects. viz. : membership aud 01 champlonship, which the League Constitution treats of with entirc distncencss. According to the provisions of that instrument a club may be'a member of the League and ut the same time not a_competitor—or even eligible for competition for the championship. Tuvoluntary loss of membership can only be en- tailed by & two-thirds vote of the League at its an- nual moeting. : Co_scquantly, the Athletlc and Mutual Clubs still arc members of the League, and will so continte until its next annual meeting, when, unless unex- ected imbecility or fraud shonld supervene, the .cague will, under Articles VII, dnd VIIL of its Constitution, oust those clubs for fagrant viola- tions of a fundamental and most vital provision of that instrument. The Chicago Club has suffered much from breaches of faith on the part of othet clubs, as well as from accidents of play and errors of judgment by nmpires, and it s ot least entitled to the benefit of the rules of the League, of which it is at once the corner-stone and the best exponent. A. G. M. BILLIARDS. . CARTER VS. GALLAGHER. The opportunity to play Eugene Carter, of $otedo, which Thomas J. Gallagher has beca in quest of for so long time, is at last to be vouch- safed him. Carter has accepted the chatlenge of Gallagher, and they are to play the three- ‘ball game for the championship of Ohio and $8250 a side, at the Globe Theatre Oct. 17. The Clipper, in making the aunouncement, adds the following paragraph, which s anew chute for that paper to take: * The public have lost all confldence in professional billiard-players (Gal- lagher, however, fs but nominally a profession- al), and not even the newspaper, except at the risk of incurring * a quiet laiigh,” can speak in a commendatory manner, or with gravity of tone, of any inatch announced to be played. The Centennial year has bared to nakedness nearly all the - professional * cracks,” and such of them as have not ventured upon something worse have become * hippo- dromers 7 without a blush—hankerers atter qute-money drawn in under false pretenscs. 'he pisyers, apart from having forfeited, the respect of the public, are not respected among themselves, for, every one has got what he calls “dcadwood’ on some other.” Profes- sjonal billlards in America needs but one thing to purify it completely, and that is, not so much aset of pew cxponénts, as a new seb of ex- ponents. Although these remarks come under the head of “Carter vs. Galiagher,” yet they have no speciat reference to their mateh. The latter is as trustworthy as any other billiard event of the Centennial year, and we will add, as o partial summing-up of 8 brief experience in matters’ bilkiardistic, that we would sooner trust experts of their calibre than others whose names are oftener seen in print, and whom a kindly fortune has placed beyond theimmediate necessity of desling otherwise than squarely with the public.” Toround and complete what it says about crooked playiug, the Clipper announces amatch between Burleigh and l?cssungur ‘with some de- gree of commendation, forgetting that the for- mer {8 a self-confessed swindler, THE TURF. JEROME PARK. * NEW YORE, Oct. 7.—The attendance at Jerom Park to-day is large, the weather fine, and the track In good condition. The first race was for a purse of $400 (the winner to be soldat suction), one mile and an eighth. The following horses started: Pera, Bill Bruee, Gray Nun, First Chance, Springlet, Ambush, Cyril, Waco, and Coupon: The race was won by Waco. Ambush second, and Bill Bruce third. Time, 2:00. The five-dollar mutual pools on Waco- pay $104.60 cach. The sccond race was the annual sweep-stakes for three-year-olds, two miles ard an eighth. Sultana, Athlene, and Virginius started, and in :;hin order passed the winning post. Time, 1359 Inthe Champagne Stakes for two-year-olds, three-quarters of a mile, the starfers were Princeton, Lady Salyer's Loiterer, Bombast, Hibernia, Corazalla, aud Rifie. Bombast, the favorite, won, Loiterer second, Hibernia third. Time, 1:19%. The fourth race.was for a'purse of $600, all ages, one mile and three-quarters. Piceolo, Galway, Madge, and Shylock_started. Piccolo Shylock second, Galway third. won _easily. Time, 8:16%. The fitth race was for a purse of $500 for maidens, three-year-olds, one mile. The start- ers were Qutcast, Cyclone, Emma @, Oddlocks, Lillie Bell, Courler, Viceroy, and_Love Chase. Outeast won, Cyclone second, Courler third. Time, 1:43. MATINEE AT DEXTER PARK. Mr. Mansur has determined to put a fitting end to the season by offering 8 purse likely to malie 85 much sport as any given this year.” He announces, therefore, a purse of $100 to be trotted for next Saturday, the winner to make “nearer three minutes ' than any other entry. In this view of the case '2:57 may win, and 8:03 is just as likely to. ‘The only condition is, that the winner shall come nearer three minutes to the mile than ony ather_entry. There will be !ata of fun, and when Col. gmur aunounces “a mouthful of clam-chowder and a sandwich ** he will be ukcl{ to get a good attendance, This g:nl:e :ltlna dat!h ng ]\T;:;do sfih:l %euon at Dexter rk, unless the ould agree to give Bodine a trial, which at, present seems unlikely. IN GENERAL. # The defeat of Bodine by Rarus o _Cincinnati lol:;h%ggx?pannv‘eli illm\‘ time oil.:!:% isa ;\xfl- velopment of 5 Sorled mm'P orsc_fleah ‘erhaps Pete » _ George Hamill, of Rome, N. Y., has accepted Col. Russell’s chailenge, and will trot his Eastern ngainst Smuggler in three races within thirty days from Oct. 4, for elther gate money or purse. The fall meeting of the Freepart Driving Park Association will be held at Tgflnr’s Pukg Oct. 10, 11,and 12. The purses, seven in number, aggrogate $2,700. The number of entriesis twen. ty-seven. - The hope of an October.meeting 4n this cit; grows fainter and fainter. Gov.gfip 8, '.h: great stallion, appears to have met with some mishap, and has been smgped home. He wasat Dexter Park Friday and left for Racine, where his owner, Mr, Case, lives. Nothing is known as to the supposed trouble with him, but his be- ing retited when he might hauve done well here gives rise to susplicion that he is off. WRESTLING. MILLER V8 BAUER. The challenge of Baucr to Miller bas resulted in the following aggreement, which explains itself: We, the undersigned, hercby agree to wrestle a match, Graco-Roman atyle, besttwo in three falls, for 8500 & side and the championship of the world. We also bind Ourselyes to observe etrictly the rnles gove: the New York tournament of 1875. Tho contest will lake place at McCormick 11ail on Satur- i dn; evening, Oct. 14. We agree to meet at Mack- in’s readjag-room, No. 129 Dearborn street, Mon. day, Oct'0, at 11 0'clock a. m., to deposit in_the hands of Mr. Josoph Mackin $500 each, and we 8lso agree to select him as final stukeholuer. WirLiav MiLLER, . Twiksaup BAvzE. Witnesa: Joux M, PAysTen. RAILROADS. ROCKFORD, ROCK ISLAND & ST. - LOUIS. Special Dispatch 10 The Tridune. DavENPORT, In., Oct. 7.—The Chicago, Bur- lington & Quincy Railroad Company to-day took full possession of the Rockford, Rock 1sland & 8t. Louis Rallroad, Gen N, J. T. Dana being ap- pointed Generdl Superiatendent. Robert Harris, of tbe C., B. & Q., is managing Director. The price paid was exactly §1,820,000. It is under- stood that the road will be run as an independ- cat organization upon its own carnings, andina manner as will best Serve the public weltare not inconsistent with the real interests of the own- ers. It s further thought that mo further changes will be made at present in the board of officers upon the line. & IR, ROCK RIVER VALLEY. Special Digpatch to The Tritune. Dixow, Ik, Oct. 7.—The President and Di- rectors of the Rock River Valley Railroad Com- pany, although disappointed at the sale of the old Rockford Road, do not intend to cease their efforts to build a road up the Rock River Valley, and are contemplating calling a Directors’ meet- Ing to take steps to indace some other railroad corporation to unite with them in this project. MARINE NEWS. PORT HURON. Special Dispatch to The Tridune. Porr Hurow, Mich,, Oct. 710 p. m.—Dowx ~—Props Tndia, T. W. Snook, Idaho; sthre Unlon, Cobb, Fame, Annfe Vought, G.F. At- water, Frank D. Barker, Mary Copley, Boliv: Tocy ¥, Clack, Hereuloa, > 00?0l Up—] :? D. W. Powars. Wixp—Southwest, brisk; weather clotidy. Schr Annie Vought passed down this after- noon with her mizzenmast and fore and main topmost carried away, She presented a dilapi- dated appearance: MARQUETTE. Spéctal Dispatch to The Tribuns. MARQUETTE, Mich., Oct. 7.—ARRIVED—Schr 1y |6 Case. 5 } buzsnzo—Props Nuhant, Spartaschrs Frank Pe|&w; City of Tawss, Uenos, 8. H. Kimball, Reed Case. Bouxp DowN—Prop Cuyahoga, » go—wninz#:‘;.m_ul indications of abig snow-storm ‘Wisp—Northwest, fresh, with snow. e t——— WASHINGTON. Tilden’s Little Tax-Delinquencles: Special Dispatch to The Tridune. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 7.—The decision of the income-tax guestion in the case of Roland Hazard has removed all doubts as to the legali- ty of the refusal of Mr. Tilden to make his in- come return. The act of Congress of July 1, 1808, Bee. 6, provides, among other things, “that it sball be the duty of any person or persons made linble to any duty, on or before the first day of August, 1862, and on or before the st Monday of May in cach year thereaf- ter, to make a list or return to the Assistant Assessor of the district where located, of the amount of anuual income charged with a spedal duty or tax for which such persous are lin:}e to be assessed under and by virtue of this act.” The records of the Internal Revenue Bureau, exanined in accordance with the Hazard decis- ion, show that Tilden is thus adjudged guilty of eight distinct violations of law.” These viola- tions are as follows: ‘ Noreturn was obtained from Mr. Tilden until Dec.24, 1863. This was his first violation. For the year 1865 he failed to make returns, for which he was fined $437.50. For the geu‘ 1868 he failed to make returns, for which he was fined $350. For the f‘um‘ 1867 he failed to make for which he was fined $400. For the year 1889 he failed to make returns, for which he was fined $435. For the Ecu 1870 he failed to make returns, for which he was fined $250. Forthe vear 1871 he failed to make returns, for which he was fined $312.50. . The President to-day appointed Lafayette McLays_Postmaster at Augusta, Gas., vice Charles H. Prince, suspended, under the Ten- nre-ofOflice act. ‘The previous appointment of McLaxs to be Postmaster at Savaunah is there- by cawceled, and Postmaster Clark continues in that office. returns, e ITEMS OF INTEREST. Armstrong & Co. are the new aspirants. Schwelzer’s 15-cént raw or stewed oysters. ‘Toqnvrrow is thc anniversary of Chicago re. For fine new styles in boots and shoes call at Hurking', 8 Clark street. ‘What plece of carpentry becomes a gem as soon as it is finished {—A-gute. Finestcard photographs in the city, four for #1, at Hals, 170 Modison strect. Twentj dollars buysa splendid overcoat at Edwards& Browne's, 150 State street. We advise all to see that new Dauntless and Bonton parlor at Watkins’, 222 State street. J. M. Ioomis can be found at Erby & Perio- lat’s hat and . fur cstablishment, 87 Madison street. Heard fom—DMr. Springer says the “ Shining Light” beits them all. Sold by Merwin Church, 250 and 22 Wabash avenue. Millinerr in all the latest s:glcs at lowest prices is a specialty with Hotchkin, Palmer & Co,, 187 ard 139 State strect. x The finest cooking ranéres mn the city msy be found at C H. Bang’s, successor to Bangs Bros., 215 State sireet, near Adanis. A fire fer heating and cooking parposes, better and cheaper ‘than_coal or wood. Bee {t at Hatch &Breeze’s, 50 State strect. Philadelphia Bulletin : Several of the street railways berame grand truni lines last Sunday by having Lg trees blown across them. Match factories are the beat placgs to look for amateur pugilists. The tmplofi: are con- stantly engized in boxing matches. Taking Clurch’s Centennial Stove Rests,’— all the rage Does away with the use of zinc boards. Soid by Merwin Charch, 250 Wabash avenue. i Baldwin, the old original cheap-book man, is at 201 Clark street, where he is paying the high- est prices for books, and selling at the lowest prices. An TNinote girl couldn’t secure a certificate as a school-teacher becguse she couldn’t teil the Committee vhqu hind wheels of a wagon were the largest.” “Wherever you find many men, you find many minds,” eciaimed & mguhhc speaker. w ’T:ifll 80, by jlogo!” responded one of the suditors. * If you'd only ask this whale crowd. ouil. ‘Lln’gnke adrink, you'd find ’em all of one mind. Chapin’s Original Old Book Store, 91 Madison strt‘ct, opposite TRIBUNE Building, pays cash. Get his offer befare you sell your library. Armstrong & Cb. were the parties who made the, clean cash purchase of Stevens' eligible studios, corner Madison and State streets. Kingsford’s Oswego Pine Starch has become a houseliold word for a household necessity. It is s0 perfect as to admit of no improvement. Its purity unquestioned. “Qats wanted, inquire within,”” was inscribed on a placard hung to the ribs of a scrawny nag, that eome had thrown adrift in the streets of Rochester the other day. A little boy having broken his rocking-horse the day it was bought, his mother rebuked him. Hereplied to her by fnquiring, What's the good of a horse till it's broke Supplying stoves, etc., at cash prices on monthly payments is evidently appreciated, as evidenced by the la business of John Smyth, 184 West on street. An Indiana widow said she didn’t care to marry again, but if she did get another husband she'd make buy a corrugated elbow for the parlor stove before she said * Yes.” ‘The demand for Empire Gas-Burner Furnaces bas increased so mp(d{ly that A. E. Leaven- worth, 65 Lake strect, finds it a hard matter to keep one set up in his store for sample. Free Press: These are glorious’ mornings, The man who rises with the sun and sees fiftcen or twenty cats walkiog atop of the dew-spangled yard fences, gets a true glimse of nature. ‘T don't think,” says old Mrs. Prawn, ‘that bookkeeping is a very sedative employment. They must get,” she added zhonznt!lxluly, “so 1much exercise running up the columns,’ Among the successful competitors gt the Centennial are the Calkins Chgmpiun “‘msher Company, 291 Madison street, who bring away the nighest awards for washing-machines. A noticeable characteristic of Stephens’ Indian Vegetable Bitters is the certalnty with which the most obstinate cases of indigestion, consti- pation, and similar disorders vield to its use. The Richards Iron-Works Company have just shipped one of their first-class engines to the Detroit E. R. & I R. R. Co. of Logansport, Ind., for their new repair-3hops at that place. The extrrwrdimr%grush at Hotchkin, Palmer & Co.’s, 187 and 139 State street, to obtain cloaks at the extreme low prices of $4 and un- wun}{s, is keeping a Jarge force of employes at work. They said to the father of one of the prize- winners at the Conservatory, ¢ So your son has earned his spurs,” ¢ Yes,"” replied the prac- tical old map, **and now he has got to earn his boots.” Mr. George W. Elliott, late of Philadelphia, takes charge of the ndvanced bookkeeping class- egat H. B. B’?’ma’s Chicago Business College and English Training School onand after to- marrow. - Unusual bargains have been and etfll are being made, in~ watches, jewelry, solid silver, and fllaml ware, at the store of A. H. Miller, 61 Washiogton street, the oldest jeweler fn Chicago. Anitem of interest to all parties desiring to have 2 fine photograph taken is .the offer made: by AMr. Ormsby, 309 West Madison’ strect, to give everi( customer this week one of his elegant Sun Pear] pfetures. D. Richards, formerly Richards & Gooch, re- ‘ports there is to be an International Exhibition of dairy products of the whole world at the Centennial Oct. 17, and that exporters want more butter and cheese from Chicago. The unprecedented sale of the new heating stoves, at W.A.Lowell & Co’s.,736West Ma street, 1s positive proof of their superiority. A choice selection of ranges, heating, and cook stoves is always found at this house. New Orleaus Bulletin: A barber on Common street yesterday shaved a customer without ask- ing him if he didu’t want his head shampooed, his hair dyed, and his whiskers curled, and he burst a blood vessel on account of it. Yonkers Gazdte : “ How very, very cruel!” said the sympathetic Mra. Quincess, With tears in lier eyes, yesterday morning, as she gazed on acard in front of "Ackert’s bookstorc, which reads, * Helen’s babies. For sale here.” There has been & fall recently in hippopota- muses, and a very fair, trustworthy hippopota- mus can now be bought for $5,000. There are indicatfons of a rise, however, and people of small means shonld lay In their supply at once. A noturalist asks, “Do bees hear?” We don’t think they do. At any rate, when & man is chased by a bec across a ten-acre field, and at the top of his voice urges his pursuer to *Shoo there!™ the insect pays no attention whatever to his remarks. A successful contestant for photographic honors sprung into existence when Am“m;i & Co. bought out J, K. Stevens, corner Ma £on and Statc streets. W. A, Armstrong, *the ‘manager,” is himself an operator of extraor- dinary talent and Qbmty, The first stcp toward making a man of your son is to train him to earn what he spends; then the best way to teach him to be frugal is to take away his money as fast as he earns it and spend it wisely for yourself. There is nothing like teaching the young by example. Murder will out. This wonderful slaughter on pricos for first-class dental services was in- troduced by Dr. McChesney, and continuesdoing its fatal work, proving to all that they may no louger pay fancy é)rlees' $8 the best set; cellu- loid plates, $6. ~Gold fillings ot half price, war- ranted ten vears. New Orleans Bullétin: Now that the airis tinged with a shade of coolness and the depart- ing swallows give gortenc of approaching Wwin- ter, the weary dweller sits down to broad over the sad lessons of life and to cogitate upon where that new winter suit of clothes is coming from, and whether the old ones can be dyed. The great safe and dcgosit vaults of the Fidel- ity Savings Bank and Safe chgsilory, which five years ago passed so triumphantly "through the great fire, will be placed on exhibition to- morrow, Oct. 9, in commemoration of that event. An invitation is extended to strangers in the city aud the public generally to call and inspect them. E One would think by visiting the handsome store of W. A. Lowell & Co., 38 West Madison street, that they were furnishing nearly all the houses on the West Side, for the rush stili con- tinues, and they are daily sending goods to the South and North Sides. ~‘Their itles are un- su by anyhouse in the city, and the mouthly payment system, adopted originally by this house, meets the wants of & large portion of the community. The highest award for artistic excellence fins been bestowed by the Centennial Commission- ers upon Her‘n? Rocher, the recherche photogra- pher, of 726 Wabash avenue. Mr. Rocher is the ouly artist in Chicago who _received medals ot award from the Vicona and Centennial Ex; sitions, These testimonials are evident ine tions of the excellency of his work. All whohave had pictures taken by him are anxious to have their friends avail themselves of his savoir faire. 1t is not gencrally known that neadaches and other bodily disorders are caused Ly the aceu- mulation of gases and animal matterin pillows, -feather beds, and mattresscs, How these can be removed has been findlly solved by the Feather and Mattress Renovating Company, where, by the uze of steam and the pnten?m& ess of drying, articles are rendered perfectly pure, and at prices that defy competition. The Company is manufacturing mattresses, eu'.‘{ln all degrees of excellency. Pleasant Amick, No. 345 West Van Buren street, is sole agent. Jones says that the white-flannel suit he ‘bought a year ago proved & very evonomical in- \'eslmuntj and has peen of much use in his family. Jones weighs 230 pounds, and when he bought it, it fitted bim remarkably well. After the first washing, his eldest son, who weighs 100 pounds less than Jones, Senfor, found it an ex- cellent fit. Two washings more made the gar- ment delightful for a youth of 9, and at the end of the season the baby was adorned with the habiliments, which had” shrunk just-enough'to make a fit for a child out of- &reeping-clotbes. A youny man, applicant for sdmissfon to Cornell University, spilled ink all over his ex- amination vapers, rubbed at the blots with his tongue, sucked his pen clean at the end of every sentence, spelled the name of the father of his country “‘gorg washingten.” sald that “ gralius decius Brutus discovered america,” and that it was at least 679 miles from the earth to the moon, and nearly twice as far to the sun, but when 1t was ascertained that the applicant was Robinson, the Union Springs (New York) oargman, his papers were marked 125 per cent, and he went into the Sophomore class.—Bur- lington Havkeye. A country gentleman #as in the habit of en- tertaining his friends almost weekly, and dis- discovered that regularly some gmalf articie of plate was missing, a caster-top, a salt-spoon, 2 napkin-ring, or something of the kind. He sus- pe.ted his servants, and to make sare, onc nigbz when the guests had assembled, he seid: 1 I tell you what! Let's do without scrvauts to- night, and wait on ourselves!” The suggestion was greeted with applause and peals of faugh- ter. The servants were turned out: the meal was seasoned with sparkling sallies at the ex- pense of the clumsiness of this or tbat guest, and when they had all gone, the host took stock, and discovered that two-thirds of the spoons bad gone tuo.— £ raper, THE RESURRECTION, Judge Booth. Reaffirms His Dishelief - in’ Christ’s Return from the Tomb. First Meeting of the Season of the Philosophieal Society. The Philosophical Soclety held its first meet- ingof the season last nizht at their rooms in Hale's Block, cormerof Washington and State streets. ' There were about 200 persons present, quite a number of them being ladies, and the opening was considered auspicions. The fea- ture of the evening was a lectaro by Judge Booth on “Evidences of the Resurrection— Recousidered,”—s reply tothe criticisms upor his . lecture on the same subject de livered a year ago, with additiona points and sevidence in support of the views then started. Ho expressed his grati- fication at the high degree of candor and court- esy with which most of his clerical friends hag conducted the argument on their side. Progrese hed been oade, however, since the burning of Servetus, and for the frecdom of thought and influence in the thvestigation of truth we should be thankful. Some haa thonght to crush him under an array of distinguished names. Truth needed not such authority. Error had always been ready to Invoke great names, and often perpetrated its hold ou the minds of men by such means. He then restated the original ques- tion, saying that it should be bornc in mind that what he attempted wos an examination of the events of the resurrection of the body of Christ as generally accepted by the varlous or thodox churches; and it was necessary to show thdt the dogma of infallibility, asserfed in be. balf of the New Testament writers, wus based only upon the testimony of fallible men. He gathered from his learned critics’ views that they were not quite clear what was meant by in- fallibility from an orthodox standpoint. Ao cording to the early teachings the doctrine wass plain, and the Scripturea were held to be ver- ballyinspired and literally the work of God. But it would secin that the tendency bad been latterl; to abate somewhat from this standpoint, an it was gifficult to determine now what the aith was. The leading orthodox hesttated in- their vlews, apparently uncertain .of thelr d Their teachi lufia were to the effect that inspira tion was Infallible only in things of real {mport- ance, leaving a sufficient margin for literary in- accuracies and incidental mistakes in minor and TNDMPORTANT MATTERS, He then proceeded to show that the dogma in this modified form was only & dogma, ar!ld ttl!l:ub it lwu as nn;fi%fle 4’ M,m that of e, plenary or aspiration, denying that ihe writers assumed lmq them: selves the attitude of inffl!ihfl.imn any dagree or to any cxtent whatever, and challenging his critics to specily a single passage where any one of the four evangelists specificd, distinctly and une&ulvmxlly made such » claim for himself, much less for either of the others. In support of his views he pointed out the inconsistencies in the Gospels, claiming that nothing could be clearcy than the fact tua in numerous instances, the writers hafi attempted to repeat the same words of Jesus uttered on the same occasfons, yet disa- greed materially in their statements, giving aa an instance the Sermon on the Mount. q He nexu proceeded to the main question. Re- jecting thz last twelve verses of Mark's Gospel 28 spurious, the miraele of the Ascension rested solely on the testimony of Luke; but he, by his own zonfession, had no personal knowledge of the. facts he related, only professing to give them as he received them - from eye- witnesées and ministers of the Waord. Were they inspired? Who vouched for them? There were four biographers of Christ, yet three of them are strangely silent | about this marvelous event. Matthew and John must have been present, if Luke was to be credited. Eleven les were there, but nore who saw the miraclo saw fit to give an account of it. He then dissected the accounts of the resurrection, defying any one to find anything in them which indicated ‘more than one visit by Mary .to the sepulclre, and claiming that the second visit Was an Invention to sup- ort” fn - assumption of ibstructions. Mark and Luke said nothing about them. There was no intimation by auy of the writers that there was any appearance of Jesus or the angels to the other women. She was made the chief witness of all the super- natural appearances that morning, and he chal- | 1enged his clerical friends to point out a_single fact of sll the wonderful scenes that did not come under her observation. The atteunpt to reconcile the conflicting accounts hy asserting that something transpired in her absence had no warrant in the narratives, and WOULD UTTERLY PAIL if it had. Conceding for the purpose of the an gument all that the most zealons had ever claimed for the autnenticity of the writers, ifv the evidence when thus'examined was found insuflicient to establish the fact of the resur- rection, he submitted there was no point of view for which it could be found sutlicient. Foreed to this conclusion, he found it unneces- sary to discuss the authenticity of the writings, though aware that the results of the latest criticlsm rendered it quite doubtful whether John's Gospel was written b{ im, and that _the suthenticity of the others had been serionsly questioned. The tendéncy of the latest free criticism was toward the conclu- ston, based upon internal and external evidence, that the Gospels were a collection of legeuds and traditions made for a future generation, when the time the facts werc supposed to have transpired had passed away. If his clerical friends were satistied with their efforts to har- . monize the accounts hehad nocomplaint ta make; but if they were not he urged them aa men who should haye nodesire paramount to that of truth to reconsider their views and see if there was another mode of reconctling the apparently-conflicting truths. We should have something better than the stale assertions that the objections had becn met and triumphantly apswered & thousand times. The Bible was written by no oe knows who. Men belleved that God actually talked to Moses, simply be- cause they read it in 8 book. Religion™ and morality had a deeper and broader foundation than any tueological system— a foundation in the natare of man;_ and so far as hopes of the future was concerned, 2 theology shat consigned nincty-nine mea in o 100 to dam- pation was untenabie. Orthodoxy was not sa much & system of life and mmortality as it was one of death. The all-important question was, what is the truth? If the popular theology was not based on that, it would not stand, and the time would come When it would gradually lose its bold upon the minds of men. . colder, THE WEATHER, : ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 8—1 2. m.—For the Upper Lake Region and Upper Mississippi Val- ley rising barometer, north to west winds, calder, clear; or partly cloudy weather, except light rains and snow along Lake Haron. For the Lower Lake Regionand Middle8tates, falling and stationary, succeeded by rising barometer, warmer, southwest winds, veering to northwesterly and generally clear ‘weather, except light rains in the former. 10CAL OBSERVATIONS. GHi04d0, Oct.7. Rn., Weuther Wind. Time, _| Bar. | Tarn) 62 6:53 & m. '30.08 35 11:18a m. 31.03 49 :00p. m. 29 53 "Maximam thermometer, $6: minimum, 34. QENERAL OBSERVATIONS. Cutcaco, Oct, 7~Mldaight, Tar.| Statfons. = Cheyenne. Davenpo Denver. AT SCOTT & CO.’S, 162 AND 194 MADIZON-ST,, cor. Fifiras Wind. lmun Weaiher.