Evening Star Newspaper, July 28, 1894, Page 7

THE EVENING STAT;“SATURDAY, SULY 28) 19942-tWeNTY PAGE wets 1 The Abolition of Loud and Bois- terous Coaching. THEY ARE ALL SLUGGERS =e Earl Wagner has ggade more base ball history. during the past week than all of he other league magnates combined: - In he “first place he Fécovered his long-lost lack dog; secondlyhg discarded three pitch- rsjEsper, Pettyan@sMike Suilivan—and hirdiy, the senatovial"¢ombination defeated ne famous PhiateBpts eam in two out of hree games. If apy; of. the other pitchers “seeqt Sullivan -hafiideen im the box the game might™have been credited to shingtén. ~~“. She => ize — ar Thete is further “beéasion for rejoicing in Wadgnerian gociety over the syccessful debu of Schebeck at shortfield. His work in the several degrees above gilt-eige. only does pe cover a vast amount of terri ied whe n-confronte? with tangled con- itions. Hient tieFe Titesire to state upon he authority of gay.Gegman. professor that ‘efinition ofsthe mame Scheibeck ts to back.” te-*htéreept, or words" that effect. lad sureyy “shoved, back” to the eral Philadeiiiens after they had * bal apparently s.fe. aaa local management fét r&teasing Joe Sullivan > the Phillies for accnsideration of $1,000 re now partaking .@f crow diet since mak- og a comparison- between Scheibeck and allivan. Earl Wagner says it was not a case of luck that fe gold Sullivan for $1,000 nd received Scheiegk as a sift from Pitts- varg, but siaply am exhibition of business tact on his part.ole-eays further that the only ‘mistakes he Md4S‘maife in disposing of playérs are the cages of Patsy Donovan and mmy Dowd. It is.due to him to say that both of these players are 30 per cent stronger now than ttiey were when they left Washington. In tig Firrell-Meekin deal Mr. ‘Wagner ceriainly’ showed keen finan- celal ability. There will be but few tears shed at tonal Park over the announcement that Mike Sullivan and Charlie Peuy have re- egived notice of their coming release. “Big like" does not go about his work in the box like a winner, and the team behind him lacks confidence in his ability to do his share »f the labor. He won his release in Wed- nesday’s game, when he pitched four bad balls In succession to such a weak hitter as “Kid” Carsey. Petty is a hard-working, industrious chap, but he is hardiy up to the league standard. There is a conflict of opinion over the disposal of Charlie Esper. Many persons regard him as the best left- .and twirler in the league today. However, ais Work here wag not satisfactory, so he was at once seized by Baltimore. His per- éormances with that fast team will be closety watched by his friends in this city. He was put in against New York Thars- day after the game was lost, but he held the Giants down pretty well urider the cir- cumstances. Washingtonians aré curiots to‘know what has .become of handsome George _ who was transferred from Brooklyn to Philadelphia. He promised to become one of the star pitchers of the league, but sud- denly* disappeared from -view; and..bis-nu- merous friends here are anxious to know “where he is at.” Georgesis in this city, and he Ii te live here. It is sug- gested that Mr. Wagner look into the Had- dock q case with a view to Ai services, if he isin condition. “"——*"* Senator Hill is probably the most en- thusiastic base ball “crank” in Congress.The national game.is the one sport that seems to arouse his boyish instincts and recall he days when he used to play third base ‘or aQ amateur team in Elmira. During am exciting ball game he becomes thorough- y saturated with eathdsiasm and frequent- ¥ gives vent to his feelings against the umpire or unsatisfactory players, with as nuch vim, but in better language, as the verage “bleacher.” He is pronotinced in 1is @pposition to the practice of allowing very member of a team to dispute the de- isions of the umpire, and he is frequentiy reard joining in the chorus from the grand tand: “Make them play ball. Those who sat near the New York Senator during Vednesday’s game with Philadelphia were ully convinced of the fact that he ts a * when he started the ap- plause for Buckley when the latier resumed play after having one of his fingers knock- “4 out of joint. Every time a Washington “fan” reads of the remarkable performance of George Sehoch, with Brooklyn, he heaves a big igh of regret that such a valuable utility man should have been allowed to escape ‘rom the capital city. He stands before the base ball world today as the star general atiity man of the league. It is understood hat he does not command a princely sal- ary. nor does he need watching by his man- ager. Schoch’s home run hit Thursday aeiped to knock out Boston. Charlie Farrell is being played every day by New York,. When ke is not behind the bat, he is stationed either at first or third ase. Those New York critics who were sisposed to “jump on” Farrell early in the season are now shouting his praises the oudest. As has been said in The Star -requently, Farrell, 1s a _natural-born all player, who, like “Old Move Up Joe” Gerhardt, wants to be in the game at every stage in the proceedings. Selbach, Abbey and Hasamaear make a very strong outfield, when their hitting, tielding and general ability is considered. dasamaear does not rank with Paul Rad- das a fielder, but he outclasses Paul with the stick. The latter is a very ood man to have around in. case of an emer- He jumped in and touk Frank s place at second base on Wednes- y, and covered the bag with the skill of a MePhee. The Philadelphias miss the services of their joily left-handed catcher, Clements. He has been so long identisied with Phillies that it seemed .ike another sanization, owing to his absence from tind the rubber. His generalship nfluence with the umpire, without bemg ensive, was a great heip to the irwir Never was there a better demonstration « he utter uselessness of loud and boister- coaching than an incident of last ays Philadelphia game. The Wash- gtons were in the lead and the Phillies © overcome tue three runs It was a point ia ine c y player was suppose or- be- to Crass, one of the cieverest on the alert. layers in the Jeague, reached first eon hard drive at Pitcher Maul, which near- y disabled the latter. Manager Arthur Ir win, who is supposed to be losing flesh rom carrying ground in his frame more ball signals than all of the other league ‘s combined, was in the coaching ox behind third base. Captain Boyle, who claims to be able to stand at first base and see whether or not a pitched ball cuts the yrner of the home base, was standing within the lines back of first base. Stran «s it may appear, neither In nor Boyle was wide awake enough to observe that ‘artwright hived the ball in the recess of nis big mitt and easily touched out Cross when the latter stepped off the bag. Does the league need any ‘further argument in tavor of the abolition of “leather-lunged, wooden-headed, rowdy coaching?” a” Carsey comes very near being a “star” pitcher if an¥°én@ should ask you Nothing appears to discyncert him, and he oes ahead and plays;tee ayme without con- stantly disputing the judgment of the um ure. But few badl glaprasinealize that un- jer the rules an umpire cannot reverse @ tory, but he isuguick ém action and élear | } decision that is based on an error.bf judg- ment. It is only when he breaks the laws which govern the game that he may re- verse his decree. If piayers and specta- fors would get this fact into thelr heads and treasure it there, would, be less diserde on the ball Rela NP . Every member of the Washington team imagines that he is a slugger, judging from the way they go after the ball when a man is on base. It never seems to occur to them that fielding errors are possible when the ball is hit to the ground, instead of lifting it skyward. « WASHINGTON WINS. ‘The Senators Score a Victory for the First Time in Prookiyn. Washington succeeded in defeating Brook- tyn yesterday. This was the first game Washington has won in either Brooklyn or New York this season, ‘There wes quite a kick-up in the fifth in- ning on one of Emslie's decisiops. which cost the Frooklyns two runs, but Fob put down the small-sized riot in short order when he the.ght the B-ooklyns had gone far, enough. After Griffin had flied out in. this inning Con Dailey got his pase. on an error of Ward, and was advanced to second on Ken- nedy’s Saf- hit. Tom Daly filled the bases with a hit which Schiebeck did well to knock down, and with only one oyt and Tommy Corcoran up things looked bright for the home team. Corcuran hit ‘viciousiy down to short, Pitcher Mercer intercepting the ball with a great one-handed stop and throwing Dailey oit at thé piate. Corcoran was hallway down to mrst and “McGuire made a quick throw for tue dodble. ‘Cor- toran sew Cartwright leaning over with outstretened hands for th bait dnd deiib- erately ran imside the.ine, tae balt striktay his shouluer and bounds anedy and ‘vem Daiy 1 excitement, afia tue way home, sunply becuase diCGuire had rown Off his mesk aud we toward t Tne spectators did -mov-tunuerstar y, and when it was. si ua hing cur of line, and tet ie runs-were Hull ana void, the air was guif of exaspe ation ead other «things. Ht was a just wecision, or. ‘ avager Schmelz yesterday signed ‘ U Mourne, recenily reiedsed by St. Louis. U tOuene will report for uucy here on W éed- hesday. : ‘The score yesterday was as follows: ‘ WASHINGTON. BROOKLY? B.LL.O. R.H.O.A.E. a , -O 1240 1 Sa | 2 ouva00 a tPiovws Ss ~O92631 3 oid or 3 6 140 0 1 Lieve 1 ~-O9 Live -2 82 83 3.0 Oy v @ Oz Earued runs— Washington, 6; Brooklyn, 1. ‘Three- base bite -Aubey 42), Dues. dune run—Cart- wright. Stolen bases piays—Daly, Foutz and Curtwricht.” First base o: od Mercer, 1. Struck out—By Kenneuy, base om errors—-Wastington, 2; irookhy bases — Washington, 6; Brook ou 1.99. Umpire—Kausii Other Games. Yesterday's league scores are: Baltimore, 4. Philadelphia, 1: Bostoa, ; New York, Washington, 8; Brooklyn, 2. Cincinnati, 14; Chicago, 12. Cleveland, 9; Pittsburg, 6: St. Louis, 6; Louisville, 4. Today's league schedule ig: Boston Baltimore; New York at ila: Washington at Brooklyn; Cleveland; Louisville at St. Louis; Chicago at Cincinaatl. How the € . L P.c. 27.65 Pittsburg. .. 27 £60 Cimeimnatt. . Re Doz St. Louis... 84 32.579 cnienxe. .... BL [Bot Louiscitie: 2. 24 “Si4) Washington. 23 bs Stand, Entigeed to Sympathy. New York Carrespondence of Sporting Life. We had. two mppihg» red-not games with the Washingtons, and Gus Schmelz was playing in the hardest kind of luck to fall down in them. The, bewhiskered manager is due fora tot of sympathy. Right, here ix New York he has left four balis this season. which shouki have been taken away, if Dame, Fortune had-deatt the cards impar- y tlally. He iost an eieven-inning game in Brooklyn through an Upper Sandusky de- cision of Hurst in the ninth inning, M Guire being called out at the plate after he had scored the winning run. It isn’t often ‘Tim errs, but it was a palpable injustice on this occasion. I want to go on record right her as saying that it is meat and drink to ther it luck, superior playing or any way the ning runs may come in. Novo discourtesy, eadedness or picayunish action on the ¢ the management can cause a change ing. But I am not so blinded by ship that I cannot see the two sides of a base ball game at any stage, and visit- ing teams always get their dues. me to have the New Yorks win, wi is b: So I do not think it y way disloyal to sympathize with Gus Schmelz. precisely as 1 do with Billy Barnie when he gets the worst of it. You know it comes an umpire to giv dink on close > easy for a tall-eader the dinky- One game more or can it make to a t ender? is a perfectly natural, albeit, uncon- scious, sentiment of the umpire. I had quite a chat with Schmelz while ne was here. He is just @ bit discouraged. Badly handicap- ped at the start, things have been going un- fcrtunately. He has kept a tally of the games which he de s he has been rob- bed of, and they number ju: i je ed the term “robbed” adv: that when Nick Young appoints a new man he naturally wants to see him work, and brings him down to Washingion. There the beginner, be he amateur, freak or horse thief, is anxious to impress the old man with the fact that home umpizing is not his weakness. Hence, down goes Mec or rather, Schmelz. Gus also charges Lynch, Emslie and McQuaid with highway robber: Hurst and Gaffney are the only umpires who seem to think that the Washingtons have any business on earth. Another thing that Schmelz has to’ cun- tend with at home is the ‘marble heart.” Washington is a cosmopolitan city in every acceptanee of the term. The crowds have not that feeling toward the Senators which is the Gomponent part of the rabid roote: and this is a great drawbacl especially when it is a illness MeMahon and Stockdale, crippling of Petty, the uncertain work of the Joyce and other players relied upon has been a distressing factor. All other man- agers want to take a back seat when it comes down toe genuine hard-inck obstacles. But Schmelz speaks hopefully of ne season. He has been doirg a good deai of pruning and grafting, and thinks that he will have a first-class aggregation in a Mercer, Cartwright, Abbey and Selbach are fcur good men of the new lot, and he hopes to secure others as good. Schmelz says that the Wagners are willing to spend money to secuge a winning team for Wash- ington, which is news, indeed. Let us hope that it is true, for Gus is too good a man to be saddled with a tail-end team. Other Sporting Events. nger added another great victory to his rapidly increasing string at yesterday's meet of the Zigzag Cycling Club, on the | mile track at the fair grounds, Indianapolis. Sanger and Titus both defeated Johnson, who was third, a wheel length back. John- son rode a strange wheel. W. A. Larned won the Longwood tennis tourrament at Boston yester y feating R. Stevens three straights. . Ohio, yesterday the track record for pacers was broken by Rob who was driven out to a mile in Saladin. de- The Tart. It was abort an even thing between the talent and the bookies at the Alexander Island Two outsiders, Ponce de Leon and won at long odds. Jockey Murphy was set down for ten days for insolence to the judges, and Owner Daly his hor must be more ae winne were Tioga, Gonzale thes, Pon Leon and ¢ » WI Brighton Beach—Be m, 13 to 5 Apprentice, Sir Knight, even money Arab, 11 to 10; George Dixon, 4 to 1. At Hamline—Two . Jonn Dunn, Cy- clone, Rosa Simpson and Tip. At Hawthorne—Lawyer, 8 to 5; Senator to 5; Diggs, 1 to 3; Eathusiast, ; Vietoria, 12 to 1, At Cleveland (trotting and pacing)— class, Cobw-ba Best time, 2:13 1-2. Froe- il for-all pace, Robert J. Best time, 2:05 bos trot, Alar. Best time, or al » BPA ade CHESS, CHECKERS AND WH Walker St Leads forthe, South, -werth Trophy—Other Matters. | The contest for the Southworth? ttoptty among the chess players is growlgg ,moré exciting as the final games approach.. Thi schedule of games that was posted: séverat; Weeks ago contemplated a fmish-by the 4th of August, 2 week hence, but, there have been several games postponed onthe default of both piayers, and .sa it. may..be that the coaclusion may noi be reached by bext Saturday. The Iéad of* Mr. “Watker seems to be invincibie, and be, is, hargly ;to, be neaded off before the tourney closes. Mr. Patterson, who was until recently seemingly good, ier second piace, bas lost ground during the week. Up to yesterday evening tne score stood thus: Wal li, iost 4; Usina, won 9, lost 3, mine boy %, lost 3, drawn 1; Dexier, woii 6, lost 2, drawn 2; Patierson, won 7, dust 4;° Mar- tin, won 6, lost 4, drawn 1; jdlwssces, + aVQnbi 6, lost 4; Neagle, won 6, lost 5, drawn 1; Gjg-, iser, won %, “lost 10, drawn 2; Von Stanip, wou % lost 7; Rteman, won 1, lost 4, drawn +, Chase, won 1, .ost 7, drawn 2) Bytery: wort }, lost Ui, drawn 1; Watkins, won 0, lost.S, drawn 2. ee Midsummer chess is not as attractiye as it magnet be were there fewer othe? means of amusement at this time. tteace the col- lapse of the inter-club tourney,-which Wis? started So auspiciously. Ordinarily this.ewa- test might have becyme a greac feature of | interest to the followers of the dng bss cwns, byt for some resson or ocber,, ths, iourney has languished and no mare igehgs - heard of it, But.chore ate rumors bebe tae d alated amoug then, Ng ver deterred by the, leu couler arranged @ nne com yartous, local org, i to a finish. ul Bicyele, Columpt < A. not to mention ties Chess, ( Whust Ciaa, which js @ sort of many other +ei i ne oF toe crack players of other pig) Eations will be found on the rails SE sireet tustivution. ner yers 3, be hoped i Sa 4d next season in drawing the experts to- sether in a rattling tourney for’ tte‘®Pis- trict henors. For 2 small affair the summer whist t6ur+ ney is making slow progress iudeed,,,.bat each week shows some slight change in the score and the end is in sight. “The tead, which has hitherto been stubborniy held: linger and Cooley, is undisputed. by and Finn, who have drawn up to a The latest score stands thus: Gallin- lost Lee and de. ser and Cooley, won 4, Finn, won 4, lost 1; Knight and Rorctes, won 2 lost 1, drawa 1 lost 2) Lamasure 0, lost 1; Fitch Lake an F Bishop and Chase, 1 Champtin, won and Keilogg, won 0, lost 1; fiaight, won 0, lost 2; Harvey and Williams, won 0, lost 3, drawn 1. The checker men are pegging away ‘at their own tournament, whieh ‘has been blockaded. somewhat by the vacation ten- fencies of the occupants of the west end of the long room on 12th street. Mundetle holds his strong lead, undisturbed by -the encroachments of Robbins, who hancs close to his skirts. The score last evening showed the competitors to stad (hus: Mun delle, won 12% 1-2, lost 31 1-2, percentage 763; Robbins,won 79, lost 51, percentage 6H Wendel, won 74, lost 56, percentage 56 Lake, won 45 lost 1-2, percentage Whitford, won 60 1-2, lost 67 1-2, per- centage Trumbie, won 68 1-2, lost St 1-2, percentage 456: Reed, won 60, lost 74, per- centage 448; Kiers, won 27, lost M, percent- nge $33; Tarlton, won 36, lost 110, per- centage 247. Young Men's Catholic Club. The Young Men's Catholic Club held a meeting the other evening. when the follow ing permanent committees were appointed by President Van Reuth Entertainment—M. A. Keane, chairma Wm. H. McGraun, E. P. Schwartz, T. P. Kennelly, B. Lehman. : ? Atuletic commitiee WR. Lehman, chairman; J. T. Trapp, J. W. O'Connor, J. R. Lans- dale, GC. Callan, bibs Jaterary #nd.dramatic—M, F. Halloran,’ chairman; J. Meiten, J. J. McCarthy, ‘D4 Sullivan, A. Fitugerald. * Library—O. A. siarty “chadtrman;*| P.M." ‘Ring, P. O'Brien; A. J. Sehwarts, J. Stace. > House committee—G. J. Bauers, chairmhn: Jno, Kcob, D, M. Thunaas, J. R. Lansdale, T. Sullivan, Constitution committee—R. chairman; P. J A. Malquinn, T. Guiney. Auliting committee—M. P. Canty, chair ican; D. J. Foley, G. W. Donn, C. D. J. Donovan, ember ship committee—G, W.Donn, enair- n; C. J. Bogan, J. 1 Hill, T. J. Lane, ¥ F. Downin: Waisne, J. F. Brennan, Dorsey. Pr -D._ J.° Downing, assisted by “the en of the various Committees. he club are taking a great de: ja the coming garcen party am en vor to make their table the mest attrac ive place on the grounds. They will have as additional reatures the bowling alley, pool and other attractions for the men. while a bevy of the prettiest girls in the city have volunteered their services to a: sist at the c tiohery tebie, en becter attendance at the rooms during the last meth than for some years. All the games are well patronized and # general revival of i have taken place. Mr. V. ably a Keane, the vice pre Mr. M. F. Halloran is 4 ; bieyele club and to @ regular schedule of runs. Members desirous of join- ing such an organization should communi- cate with Mr. Halicran. xious to organi: FiGsimmons Wants to Fight. enky Bob Fitzsimmons said this morn- ing in Buffalo that he wanted to meet € s soon he reaches country, but he doubts if he ever can get a match on with the heavy weight. “Corbett says I am out of his class, but that is only a dodge to get rid of meeting m for @id he not take on Mitchell, who in middie weight? 1 hiing business to make mone: ady to take a ¢ y of ‘em. ter I py tonight. I have a date to go f. with Paddy Kyan at Hovsie I have nothing more on hand when | am x rical troupe.” At tader (rom Michigan our rounds ‘alls, Mass. until fall, ae Army Orders. By direction of the acting secretary<sd much of special orders of July 2 as rebates to Capt. George McCreery, assistant™: i geon, is revoked. Capt. Wm. W, Gihgon, ordnance department, is relieved front duty as inspector of ordnance at the works of the builder's iron foundry, Prowidendd, it. i, to take effect upen the compietion of the inspection work ai Providenee,,aixbay ie report in person tw the commandjyg ollicer Watertown arsenal,” Massachusetts, for as signment to duty. On his own application, Second Lieut. Wm. H. Hart. fourth eavatry, is transferred from troop F to ‘troop ,k> o£ that regiment, vice Second Lieut. Richmond McA. Schotield, transferred from troop E to. troop F. First Lieut. George Mor tgomery," ordnance t qrecent appointed), ‘om duty at the Untted hool, Fort Monroe, Va. by the commandant of the school on the receipt by him of this order. A board of ciicers has been appointed to meet at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., September 1, 1504, for the competitive exaiaination for promotion of enlisted men in the army. The deiaii for the beard is Lieut. Col. John N drews, twenty-fifth infa Maj: De Witt, surgeon; Maj. Camillo C. ¢ eighth cavairy; Capt. John M. Baniseet at surgeon; Capt. James For eenth ‘nfantry; First Liect. Mi J. O'Brien, fifth ‘infantry, recorder. ‘The following named enlisted men will report i m to the board for examination . signal cor; Schenck, troop i, . Lyon, troop A, first c. te Grover Flint, troop A, first cavalry, Sergt. Wm. 'T. Corey, troop G, fourth ‘cavalry; Sergt. Harry Clentent, trcop K, fifth cavalry; Sergt. J Age | Phillips,” troop A, seventh Corp. Nils P. Hanson, troop A, ry: r yneh, troop H, eighth Macklin, b cy urn, Corp. John infantry; Corp. , eighth infantry; third company Koebler, artillery fourth Seton, ith orapany Frank J Corp. teenth infantry Morrow Corp. cempany G, sixteenth infantry: Corp. Daviit first im- G. Spurgin, fantry. company C, twenty. ng on the road with w theat- HOTEL CORRIDORS Se | “The, thing that, makes-me tired quicker toni Shytnide Gaal thet worid thine cone \tinual talk of | ughtigss . about the ‘carelessness” OF ‘rallway e1 eers, the +cdrelessness’ of motormen, the ‘careless- put of every Tom, Dick and Harry who appens-to' be plated fi @-resporsible Hort ditirge ar eiher dove of stations .ary machinery,” said Savauel D. Breeden of Wheeling at the Riggs House this morn- ing. “I was coming up jtown on a cable gar just now, when the gripman rang his bell violently at’ a. fellow. whose wits had sevidently gone woel-gathering, “and who was driving a dilapidated-looking old horse directly toward the traek, while he was looking the other way. Even the bell didn’t wakevthe fellow’ up, and if. the gripman hadn't thrown all his strength into the brake and brought his tsain_up to a short Stop there would have been a serious snlastiap. I saw it--adiavand admired the i iM ext to Tot is ut the ibe teal ee tree tike engineer myself fordhuihber of years, .am-one night, fust outsMe OP Martinsburg, I was coming atongy thraugl a right lively. rm ra from the cowcatotter. 3urse “tl was \l.aycouple ag.gibs bybljgn.g It was abso- nfély beyond the power of & human being fa) baye prevented that, accident, and yet eterdl newspapers cam® ou®and said that hr iweas probable: that®d? @ould: «not ~be ade. to. suffer for the catastgephe,.as I had depunished, sufficiengly, for my-.‘care- feup ss. Of course, the. Officials of thi 47 Rilew perfeltly’ weh“that T wad fot to" plant," and “sal soy and tim they, poor {ngneswere charged wither eydeayaring . to shiejd the fault, of. an. jmeampetent employe. "MT people. would .oply think for a minute before charging. crginéers, gripmen and ifti “with carelesshiess they’ would iginly see thé foolishness-of such anvddea. ®n¥case of anyaacident to a railroad, hy Bgctrte te cthe employes mentj ré always sure to get the worst of it: these men, wo realize their datiger; =m who love thetr.awn lives.just as much as ‘the passengers. love theirs, are charged with eatelessness for. every unavoidablé acci- tent that occurs, when “the fact is that their instin¢r*df self-preéservation Is always on? ¢he-alert<to® prevent such. things, «and when, in ninety-nine casgs out of.a hun- dréd,.they are dgjng their best to avert the impending. catastrophe. The public ought to thik over this side of ‘the question, and give the poor devils who are villified:.so ae at least their dues.’ wnw “political power is frequently used in this country, T know, to mate life unpleasant for those who oppose it,” sdid Pouglass Mann of Windsor, "Canada, at thé Ebbitt House, yesterday, “but-we Canddians ate pretty well up in the same sort of things ourselves. ‘A case has just oceurred- yp near Windsor that is very amusing, and worthy, I-believe, of recital. A man name? Edward: Jones lived at a town near Wihdsor for a, num- ber of years, and one day he met with ‘an accident which caused him to suffer ampu- tation of the leg. The operation was not altogether successful, so Jones had himself taken to St. Mary’s Hospital in Detroit, and upon his recovery there, wefit to Ann Arbor and secured temporary employment. While in Detroit, he had ordered an artificial leg to be manufactured, and when it was finish- nt to him at Ann Arbor. That was five years ago. Jones came back into Canada shortly. after getting his les, wear- jing the limb into the country, and was neyer called upon by the custom house offi- cers to-pay duty on it. He grew to be ac- tive, politically, Fowever, and eventually made himself very obnoxious to those who had been managing, o> rather mismanaging, municipal affairs in his town, ang the other day these partlés teok’ singular Vengeance. An ofticer of Windse> went to Jones and de- minded ‘the payment of $25.73 as customs duties anpaid on artificial leg. Jones told him that he would much prefer giving up the leg, but the officer held out the threat -of prosecution and a $100 fine, so: Jones patd the money. and retated . the pen alge if gear Poa, suthing in American history which, pr ech tthay epitet for pecullar “will buy you a bottle of soda pop. ho. Vers’ Ban talk "ebout/your Jersey mosqui- .togs: Att “Ife other seacoast brends of he Fede eHHe Pa sek? pi Wh Teenie é hard, Stchaybidis, 1 vack'a Rocks, moun- tain mosquito against any other bird that wears the same Wumace-in phe whole wide world." Pret B. Liddi of Denver’ was in front 6f Witard's last night and was ev1- deauy Yispired to make: Sis Gbse-vations by night bugs that wefa yng around the eleettic tight. dui d “Tg. Rocky mountain: mosquito doesn’t make mach noise when fie comes to visit you. There is nene of the brass band an- nouncenient, about his Approach. He just softty lifts up your tent: Map, leaves his overshoes and urbreila’$r Phe outside, tips o® are peacefully Is weapon into hé®most sensitive dy ered to hold a convention. I ‘cfme feast again, 1 think To will to brtagt@ome of those ers with me, just & let the people in this section of the co@fitr® know how it s to be bitten by at bie that devotes 8 whole time to steadw acfion, and never sings an octave from dazk to daylight.” “I do not place much credence in the assertions of the American bicyclist, ‘Thos. Stevens, that he has familarized himself with the secrets of the sleight-of-hand men in India," said Col. James Ruthven Biggar, a retired English officer at Wormley’s last night. ‘fo me the young man’s claims are very much like the occasional publications woman has become possessed of the secrets of Free Masonry by secreting herself in ihe we. conferred on a candidate, with the Hime Koo wit beams result of compeiling her own initiation in the or- der to prevent her disclosing those secrets. The fakirs of India are as jealous in pr ns by which. they aecom- their remarkable fpats as the most honorable Knight Templar is. of keeping inviolable the sanctity of his oath. There much that is occult, and to the super- stitious a great deal that smacks of the lous in the performances of the better class,of East Indian jugglers, and that many of them are familiar with and are able to apply some wonderful unknown pewer of nature is believed by all intelli- sent men who have lived in the country. “T believe that in many of their exhibi- ‘tions of the apparently. impossible they suceséd in mesmerizing their auditore, be- cause In almost every crowd which assem- bles at their exhibitions there are persons who declare that they have seen nothing at all, Showing, I think, that. the influence was pot strong enough to exert itself in their particular. cases. You have. doubtless ead.of the remarkably. rapid manner in which news travels among the-natives of the;sast. It is well knowg. that every Arab in Egypt knew of the fall of Khartoum days before the official neggeof the disaster as even hinted at, and in India it is the same. Men under my command among the native troops were aware of impdéttant etents that had transpired at remote dis- ‘tances long before the telegreph and swift couriers had brought the information to me. Maybe they are adepts in thought transference, but no matter what they may be,they have a remarkably intimate knowl- edge with the occult powers of nature that I have long since despaired of being able to understand.” —— C. and 0. Personally Conducted Tours, August 6, 2 September 3, 17. 900 mules by land and water, through his- toric and picturesque Virginia. Stop-overs for rest and sightseeing at the Alleghany, dys Inn, Natural bridge, Hot Springs, mond and Old Point Comfort.. Appl eake and Ohio offices, 51% and 1421 Ivania avenue, or address W. H. Greegor, General Agent, Passenger Depart- ment, Washington, D. C.—Advt. a Wonder: Special excui ‘and O. R. R., Batpress leaves B. and ) a.m.; 4 hors #t cave. Round- including artrission to cavern, ved-seate sd¥=_ in advance, ‘Thursday, August station 8: i) offices 619 and 1151) Penns: nue, and at depot, witnoyt extra chary ” = Se TRAVELS Ay LOX®* DISTANCE. Who He} would sprit e thor the Carkshad can tal prea When ont-er dhe imped nport upon the genuine fers! Insist mn ctesity of the eapabla;grimman,; when a; Stone at about hall myegie: spged, when. a tree, blew. dowp. sit tame oF the engine? strikirig “the hot ‘six feet a‘smashup, and I had a lez and.an-arm, he iy THE NATIONAL GUARD MP onstraction Apranqements for, Individual Camps— aio) opRe Drill ag St. Louls—tn. * ‘teresting Notes. t naremorra ne That much-needed building in which every member of the District of Columbia Nation- al’ Guard feels a deep interest—the rew armory at Sth and L streets northwest—is now in course of erection. Under the coh- stant personal supervision of Architect C. W. Somerville the- concrete foundations have been laid, the brick work is rapidly be- ink ‘Ber, ‘Wa’ the work ‘of laying the first is tq -begin.on Monday morning next. After thet. date most rapid progress will ‘undoubtedly be made. . Unexpécted delay and. serious difficulty have been-experienced, owing to the nature of the ground. ‘The site of the new home forthe volunteer soldiers was once a marsh and it ‘was fotind nécessary to’ dig very anuéh- deeper then *had~at first been in- tended.* -‘Now that_all engineering draw- bidckS* Wave Weer me, however, and with “thé assistance of a large force of mbcramics*tnd Me coeltgh etree He = s be completed and ready ris Heigees oman ‘Ainety or’ one-hundred ys upfess*uitforesepn delays occur In‘ the SRR gate : atertals. “ecdmd battalion (Morton Bbiattended matting held vening fast, finally decide is At Piney f Poi ia., for tter_portioi of Au- PE idea tt the resor{, referred u Le peg yrpass, his most suc- cobs “4 rae ae Past two summers in caring thg,beys who compose the or- Piet ec honor.of ex-Vice Pres- ng goubt exists that the s, from every standpoint, will prove mpst, begegeial.. Capt... Shilling has called a special, meeting to be beld in the com- pang, -room-at the Center Market Armory Dif _MondaXe gyenins next, July 20, at 7:30 p.in,, when detqils. of the trip will be dis- cusged.,, Every, mem is'specially request Nothing Turtle? tias been heard by Capt. Charles S.-Domer m-relation to the pro- rosed competitive drill to be held at St. Louis, Ma, dui the first week of Octo- ber next. Should the drill occur and a prize of: sufficient mignitude be offered, the Fen- cibles will snrely get together-a drill team and--strive..for further konor and glory on the field, Capt. R.. HH: Young and the members of company D, sezond battalion, have accepted an invitation,from the New National Come- dy Company. to participate in the rendition of, “Ours” next week. The militiamen are to impersonate a portion of the British army, and will be clothed in the uniform of the queen's defenders. of the organization to.attend. Company C, engineer, on August 1 de- parts for Ocean City, Md., to indulge in camp life for a week or ten days. The com- mend will occupy grounds adjoining the Congress Hall Hotel. Major Richard O’Brien of the second bat- talion left last evening for a ten-day visit to St. Louis, Mo. During his absence Capt. Domer will be in command of the battalicn. Hard work in the way of drilling is be- ing accomplished by company D, fourth battalion (Ordway Rifles). The boys from Capitol Hill will be in much better condi- tion for their trip tq Sea Isle City than they were last summer. pean ag VIRGINIA ACTS. ‘Industrials to Be Confined to Govern- ment Territory. . It was announced in The Star yesterday that the authdrities of the state of Vir- kinia had finally determinéd ‘to adopt Tigorous measures looking to the evietion of dhe so-calted industrial army, now emeamped rr Rosstyn, from the Old Dominion. Yes- ‘terday évening ‘Sheriff Veitch and Mr. Frank Hume -visited the encampment -and requested ‘the leadérs 'té remove to some place outside of the state. The industrials held a meeting last night at which this re- {Quest ‘was considered, and it was deter- mined to remain where they are unless the Virginia authorities will provide them dnothér* camping plate: Nothing of this sart will be done, however. While the in- dustrials are for the most part camped on a gevernment reservation, a large number of them are outside of this sacred terri- tory, and it is understood that such indi- viduals will be arrested forthwith. It is also stated that the governor of Virginia will direct Sheriff Veitch to swear in a large number of deputies, who will patrol the limits of the reservation, with instruc- tions to arrest at once every industrial who comes outside of them. Something over a hundred new recruits reached camp yester- day, half of whom were from Indianapolis, while the remainder were made up from the advance guard of Kelley’s army and deserters from the Coxey camp at High- lands. The food supply is at a very low ebb, and discontent of the men with their surroundings is visibly greater. A large number of the men who tramped in from the far west, and especially those from Colorado, are using every exertion t6 get their transportation paid back to that state, but thus far their efforts have not been successful. oo ‘The Race for Congress. First Kansas district, U. C. Solomon, democrat. Eighth Indiana district, E. V. Brooks. Sixth Arkansas district, Robert Nell, democrat, renominated. First Maine district, John W. Deering, democrat, nominated; Thomas B. Reed, republican, renominated. Sixth Missouri district, Rev. A. B, Fan- ciser, people's; David A. De Armond, demo- crat, Tenominated. The delegates to the twenty-fourth dis- trict, Pennsylvania, republican congression- al convention caucused all the morning and then adjourned until Monday next without taking a ballyt., Acheson's prospects are re- garded as favorable. Eighth North Carolina district—Hon. W. H. Bower, democrat, renominated. Nineteenth Pennsylvania district—Col. J. A. Stahl of York, republican, named by the conferdés,’*, First Indidha district—Prof. J. A. Boyce of Princeton, populist. see . Rapid Ratiroad. The House fudictary committee has order- ed an adverse’ report on the bill to incor- porate the Nafiohal Rapid Transit Railway Company, Which, desired to ccnstruct an electric railway between New York and Washington. The committee were divided ‘as to the propriety of having a charter of this character granted by the federal gov- ernment, when the incorporators might just as well-seek charters from the states af- fected. The road is to have a speed of 120 miles an hour, and is chiefly backed by Philadelphia parties. v= SWAIM’ ove PANACEA “=~ 19, CURES a DISEASES OF THE BLOOD Scrofula, Rheumatism, Eczema, Tetter, Ulcerous Sorés, Boils, Carbuncles, and ail forms of BLOOD POISON. Fach bottle fs labeled with a portrait of Wm. Swain, 113 Somth, 7h St neat Sansom, Phila, Pa, Sealed Books Mailed Free. DURAND JAQL Tv, For Sate by iffely, jr. 475 Penna. a Manager. DEUNKENNESS OR THE LIQUOR HABIT Pos tively cuned-dy administering Dr. Haines’ Gol- den Specitic. It can be given in a cup of coffee or ‘or in fuad. without the knowledge o: the patient. Tt is absolutely harmless, and "will effect’ & permanent and speedy cure, whether the patient ix a moderate drinker or an alco- hoiie wreck. It has been given in thousands of cases, and hr evers: fetance a perfect cure has followed. It m1 once {m- ‘The svat it omnes an utter liquor appetite to exist Props. Cincinnati, Ohio. ‘To be had of F. 8. WILLIAMS, th and F sts. n.w.; S. F. WARE, under my12-tu,th,s3m* & CO, Puitt House, Washington. THINGS |HEARD AND SEEN “Driving. out. along the hills away beyond ‘the Eastern branch the other evening,” said an old-time theatrical man who now lives on the interest of indebtedness ac- jcumulated during the many days and nights ‘he gave to the profession, “I found Robert Downing. °. Years -ago. his father—whom 1 knew quite well when Bob was just begin- ning to take an interest in marbles and base ball and places where they sola ‘the mostest candy for the leastest money’— owned a very nice farm out in that region, but Robert has improved very much upon the old gentleman's idea and now has one o1 the prettiest and most delightfully situatea suburban homes I have ever had the privi- lege of spending an hour in. There with his wife, his mother-in-law, and children enough to make the piace interesting, as enly children. cap, .the Downings spend most of the time'from the close of one sea- ‘son to the Uegirimhg of another. “Did you evervhear of Robert's adventure with a sou’western bronco’” he went on. “I happened w be an eyewitness to that encounter, but was. not aware until the other evenitig that Robert was really dis: turbed over the occurrence. He was doi! “Tally-ho’ then, and he was doing it in the own of Paris,,Texas, Some time in the ‘afternoon his manayer met a rumor, which insisted that Robert was only a stage horse- man, and that he was entirely incapable of wrestling witha wild Texas pony. The manager promptly stigmatized the insinua- tion as false, and_in the conversation which ‘ensued a bet was’ made. Then the manager sought out thé star and notified him that he had to get out and ride a brones, wh -h | would be selected for him by the cowboy | element, from wnose Miust the arperowu we to Robert's equestrian inability, had sprang. Downing was asionished and at heart un- willing, but he knew that failure meant an empty house in that community, so he sal- lied forth fortified by scheme and armed with one of those stinging little Mexican quirts. The most vicious animal in all the region round about was saddled and was | and forth, up a awaiting“his coming. Confident of his abili- ty to stick to a Texas saddie no matter how much the animal beneath it might ‘cut up.’ Robert swung himself astride of the big bundle of. neryes, aud ill-temper, and’ be- fore the horse had a fair chance to start in bucking delivered two or three heavy blows pith the quirt and moved down street like Kansas cyclon». It was a hard ride and 2 fing ong, and ‘when the yelling, whooping crowd—most of whom had enlivened the af- fair by firing their pistols a trifle too near Downing and his horse fot the comfort of either—caught up with the front end of the precession, their boasted steed was lying on his side gasping for breath and fairly beat- en. “Give me another horse,’ said Downing as he disentangled “his feet from the stir- rups, ‘and IN ride back to town with you. Give me something that's fit to ride; that miserable pleg is no good.” “That was the crowning stroke. To suc- cessfully ride an animal that had thrown ninety-nine per cent of those who had ever tried to mount him was a great victory; to completely wind him added a littie more to the glory of the occasion; to refer to him as a ‘plug’ was indicative of a degree of superiority unlooked for in him, whom they had believed to be a tenderf: “Half a dozen of the cowboys straightway took the elaborate bands off their som- breros and presented them to the Washing- tonian—the highest homage they could ren- der. The theater was never more tightly packed than it was that night; never was there more of unrestrained enthusiasm; ever will Robert Downing forget the sup- per given in his honor after the close of the performance.” es » 2 © Two little misses, about six years old, re- spectively, were playing with their dolls the other afternoon under the shade of a tree in Franklin Park. As they were en- gaged in their innocent prattle another little girl passed along in charge of a nurse. She took no notice of the other children and didn’t appear to care for dolls or any other form of amusement that the others were enjoying alf over the park. One of the little girls first mentioned espied .he demur and sedate little creature, and turn- ed to her tiny companion. - “Oh, Bess,” she remarked, fn a tone cf “don’t oo feel sowwy for Susie?” 3 Bess looked up ih &h undecided sort of « : SWhat far, Bell?” answered Beil, “Susie has dust lost her papa,. Now, ain't 00 sowwy for her.” seca Bess looked very solemn for a moment or two and then a portentous sigh broke from her rosy lips: “ "Deed, Bell,” she said, pa- thetically, “I ood love to be sowwy for Susie, but I dot so much sorrow ob my own. You know my dodmovver died last winter, dust befor’ Kismus!” The enormity of the aMiction that had overwhelmed Bessie impressed Belle so much that she didn’t continue her sympa- thetic remarks any further, other than to say when Bess had finished her sentence, “Well, that was-awful!” . * * “The best way to keep your rooms cool,” said an old hot-weather campaigner to a sweltering crowd of young people trying to get a breath of fresh air on the fron: porch, “is to close in your shutters as soon as you jump out of bed in the morning, pull down your windows, and leave directions if you are called away from home that they are not to be meddled with I know a great many people think that such a proceeding, while it keeps the hot air out of the room, retains the same old utmosphcre all day, with the result of making the apartment stuffy, as they eall it. the room are clean, you may rest assured that there is no chance for it to become close and stifling when tightly Closed up. In the winter, everybody in this latitude lives in rooms whose windows are not only tightly closed, but which are further rein- forced by weather strips that prevent al- most every particle of air from entering by their means. In addition to this, a hot fire A SURGEON'S KNIFE — Fou a feeling of ‘There is no longer necessity for its use in many diseases formerly garded as incurable without cutting. is well illustrated by the fact that or. is now radi- without knife and without pain. tiem oe ing trusses can be thrown away ! They never cure but often induce intlam- mation, str ‘ulation and death. and many others, removed without the perils PILE TUMO PILE’ TUMORS, trnewr, “oxy other diseases of the lower bowel, aro permanently — without are now of cut pain or washed moved without cutting. 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You Bet ing ecered ang the hot weatee it scared ma oe ible Th pone ition, youn you’! ‘cool eigh- bors are suffocating half 5 z 2. Sica She was telling about it herself. Her voice was tense with emotion and she tin- gered over every senten thrilling details with dramatic effort “I had been in bed iibty ‘an hour,” she said, “and I was awakened by that aw- ful sound. At first I thought it was the wind, but then I quickly realized that it was some actual presence the room, Suddenly there came the onal of wings and @ thrashing of the air. I was horror stricken. Cold chills ran-up and down my Spine, as if they were dancing a mad Vir- sma reel, and the perspiration burst from every pore of my skin. Of « head under the cover. 1 praylit, too; as 1 have never prayed vefore for deliverance from my awful Visiter. I we sigh 38 ‘ed @ contract witn the hin.self just then for just the Uniest bit of @ light. Ga! it was awrtul, When I was nearly fainting hope reiwrned to my breast. The sound had ceased. Siywly amd calhously T poxed my head from-amder the cover. 1 was overjoyed with the idea that it had gone, and my nerves Welg becoming calm and I was just dropping wil,goto slum- ber again whe» tue horriue thing renewed its threatening tight more vigdl y th ever. Then I knew what it twas eagle. 1 could see the arrows re in its talons and the shivid it carri und with it. It darted ere and ‘th through the co’ its wings blowing against my ead, nd down, around and around it seemed to go with ever-increasing rapid- ity. At last J felt it brush any shoulder, and thea I screamed at the tip. of my voice. Mazima and the maid quickly came, and they fcund it and I bad the hysterics.” “What was inquired ene.of the rapt steners, as Soon as she hyggsecovered .her ath, The narrator het .excited friends to secrecy. + Girls,” she whispered, with tragic infiec- tion, “it was one of these big bugs, and it had gotten between ihe shafle the win- dow sash and was trying to get But again! __o- 2A ni SEATS FOR EMPLOY 28. Senate Passes a Bill for Relief of Clerks. 2 2 a0 In the Senate yesterday afternson” Mr. Gallinger called up and had passed Senate bill 1841, providing that all persons employ- ing ferale help in stores, shopsoftices or- manufactories shall providt seats for them when not actively employed. This bill has been on the calendar of the Senate for sume months, having been réported favorably from .the District committee. It Was intro- duced originally by Mr. Gallinger, when his attention was called to the necessity of | legislation in the matter. It Telates only to ° the District of Columbia, and provides for the infliction of a peraity upon all employers who shall be convicted of neglect or re- fusal to comply with this proviston 6f seats for their women employes. The bill recog- nizes the right of the employe to rest while not actively employed in the discharge of duty, and is carefully drawn to make em- ployers meet this requirement. PR annsendbnee Deiat —waste Doherty Found Guilty. The New York police board “Thursday afternoon found Capt. Doherty and ex Wardnen Meehan and Hock guilty of hav- ing received money for police protection, and dismissed them from the force. Their counsel announced that he would apply for a writ of certiorari from the supreme court to have the captain reiastated, iy E may not wont on hand cure it prony for any shes to ” De mes oumgt ang CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP? CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, louse «© ° YORK, #.¥. 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