Evening Star Newspaper, August 7, 1895, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1895—TWELVE PAGES. (Copyright, 1895, by Irving Bacheller.) CHAPTER Iv. The Box of Clues. (The pages which follow are from Miss Fairbanks’ journal, begun after the con- clusion of the notes already given: to the reaéer.) Wednesday night.—I kave resolved to record carefully each day the progress I make in my examination of the house. I began today at the bottom—that Is, . With the room least Ikely fo contain any elue—the parlor. I took a chalk line and a yard stick ang divided the floor into equare yards, and every one of these squares I examined on my hands and knees. I found in this way Hterally noth- ing on the carpet but dust, lint, two com- mon white pins and three imches of blue sewing silk. At last I got the Just pan and brush, and yard by yard swept the floor. I took the sweepings in a white pasteboard box out into the yard in a strong sunlight and examined them. There was nothing but dust and lint and five inches of brown woolen thread—evidently # raveling from some dress material. The blue silk and the brown thread are the only possible clues which I have found today, and they are hardly possible. Rufus’, wife can prob- ably account for them. I liave written to her about them. Nobody has come to the house all day. I went down to: the store this afternoon “I'm beyoud being nervous,” Said I. } to get some necessary provisions, and people stopped talking when I came in. The clerk took my money as if it were poison. Thursday night.—Today I have searched the sitting room, out of which my father’s bed room opens. I found two bloody foot- prints on the carpet which no one has noticed before—perhaps because the car- pet itself is red and white. I used a mi- eroscope which I had in my school work. ‘The footprints, which are close to the bed room door, pointing out into the sit- ting room, are both from the right foot; one is brighter than the other, but both are faint. The foot was evidently either bare or clad only in a stockIng—the prints are so widely spread. They are wider than my father’s shoes. I tried one in the brightest print. I found nothing elso new in the sitting room. The blood stains on the doors, which have been already noted, are still there. They had not been washed away, first by order of the sheriff and next by mine. These stains.are of two kinds; one looks as if made by a blocdy garment brushing against it; the other, I should say, was made in the first place by the grasp of a bloody hand, and then brushed over with acloth. There are none of these marks upon the door leading into the front entry and the china closet. The china closet is really a pantry, although I use it only for my best dishes and preserves. Friday night.—Today I searched the clos- et. One of the shelves, which is about as high as my shoulders, was blood stain- ed. It looked to me as if the murderer might have caught hold of it to steady himself. Did he turn faint after his dread- ful deed? Some tumblers of jelly were ranged on that shelf, and they had not been disturbed. There was only that bloody clutch on the edge. I found on this closet door, under the shelves, as if it had been rolled there by @ careless foot, a button, evidently from # man’s clothing. It is an ordinary black- enameied metal trousers button; it had evidently been worn off and clumsily sewn on again, for a quantity of stout white thread is still clinging to ft. This button must have belonged either to a single man or to one with an idle wife, If one black button has been sewn on with white thread another Js likely to be. I may be wrong, but I regard this button as a clue. The pantry was thoroughly swept—clean- ed, indeed, by Rufus’ wife, the day before r) left. Neither my father nor Rufus could have dropped it there, and they never had occasion to go to ihe closet. The mur- derer dropped the but I have a white pasteboard box which I have marked ‘Clues.’ In it I have put the button. This afternoon Phoebe Dole came in. She is very kind. She has recut the dyed “My name is Dix—Francis Dix.” silk, and she fitted tt to me. Her great shears, clicking in my ears, made me nervous. I did not feel Ike stopping to think about clothes. I hope I did not ap- pear ungrateful, for she is the only soul besides Henry who has treated mo as be- fore this happened. Phoebe asked me what I found myself about, and I replied ing for my father’s murderer.” She asked if I thought I should find a cine, and 1 replied: ‘I think so.” I had found the button then, but I did not speak of it. She said Maria was not very well. I saw her eying the stains on the doors, and I said I had not washed them off, for I thought they migut yet serve a pur- pose in detecting the murderer. She look- ed at those on the entry door—the brightest enes—and said she did not see how they could help, for there were no plain finger marks there, and she should think they would make me nervous. “I'ma beyond being nervous,” said I. Saturdey.—Today I have’ found ‘some- thing which I cannot understand. I have been at work in the rcom where my father came to his dreadful end. Of course some gf the meat startling evidences have been removed. The bed 13 clean, and the carpet washed, but the worst horror of it all ¢lings to that room. The spirit of murder feems tc haunt it. It seemed to me at first that I could not enter that room, but in it I made a strange discovery. My father, while he carried little money about his person, was in the habit of keep- ing considerable sums in the house; there is no bank within ten miles. However, he was wary; he had a hiding place, which he had revealed to no one but myself. He had a small stand in his room near the head of his bed. Under this stand, or rather under the top of it, he had tacked a large leather wallet. In this he kept all his spare money. I remember how his eyes twinkled when he showed it to me. “The average mind thinks things have either got to be in or on,” sald my father. “They don't consider there’s ways of ge>- ting around gravitation and calculation.” In searching my father’s room I called to mind that saying of his, and his pecu- liar system of concealing, and then I made my discovery. I have argued that In a search of this kini I ought not only to search for hidden traces of the criminal, but for everything which had been for any reason concealed. Something which my father himself has hidden, something from is past history may furnish a motive for some one else. The money in the wallet under the table, some $500, had been removed and deposited in the bank. Nothing tore was to be found there. I examined the bottom of the bureau and the undersides of the chair seats. There are two chairs in the room besides the cushioned rocker—green-paint- ed wooder chairs, with flag seats. I found nothing under the seats. Then I turned each of the green chairs completely over; and examined the tettom of the legs. My heart leaped when I found a bit of leather nicely tacked over one. I got the tack hammer and drew the tacks. The chair leg had heen hollowed out, and for an inch the hole was packed tight with cotton. I began pickings out the cotton, and soon I felt something hard. It proved to be an old-fashioned gold band, quite wide and heavy, like a wedding ring. I took it over to the window and found this inscription on the Inside: “Let love abide forever.” There were two dates— one in August, forty years ago, and the other in August of this present year. I think the ring has never been worn; while the first part of the inscription is perfectly clear, it looks old, and the last is evidently freshly cut. This could not have been my mother’s ring. She had only her wedding ring, and that was buried with her. I think my father must have treasured up this ring for years; but why? What does it mean? Thisgan hardly be a clue; this can hardly lead to the discovery of a motive, but 1 will put it in the box with the rest. Sunday night.—Today, of course, I did not pursue my search. I did not ga to church. I could not face old friends that could not face me. Sometimes I think that everybody in my native village be- eves in my guilt. What must I have leen in my general appearance and demcancr all my life? I have studied myself in the glass, and tried to discover the possibili- ties of evil that they must see in my face. This afternoon about 3 o'clock, the hour when people here have just finished their Sunday dinner, there was a knock on the rorth door. I answered it, and a strange young man stood there with a large book under his arm. He was thin and cleanly aved, with a clerical alr. I have a work here to which I would like to call your attention,” he began; and I stared at him in astonishment, for why should a book agent be peddling his wares upon the Sabbath? His mouth twitched a little. “It's a bib- Ncal cyclopaedia,” sald he. “T don’t think I care to take ft,” sald I. “You are Miss Sarah Fairbanks, I be- Heve?” “That is my name,” I replied stiffly. ‘Mr. Henry Ellis of Digby sent me here,” be said next. “My name is Dix—Francis ix.” ‘Then I knew that he was Henry's cousin from Boston—the detective who had come to help me. I felt tears coming to my eyes. “You are very kind to come,” I managed to say. “I am very selfish, not kind,” he return- ed, “but you had better let me eome in, or my chance of success in my book agency 1s lost, If the neighbors see me trying to sell it on a Sunday. And, Miss Fairbanks, this is a bona fide agency. I shall canvass the town.” He came in. I showed him all this that I have written, and he read it carefully. When he had finished he sat still for a long time, with his face screwed up in a peculiar meditative fashion. “We'll ferret this out in three days at the most,” said he finally, with a sudden clearing of his face and a flash of his eyes at me. ks - had planned for three years, perhaps,” said I. “I tell you, we'll do it in three days,” he repeated. ‘Where can I get board while I canvass for this remarkable and interes:- ing. book under my arm? I can’t stay here, of course, and there is no hotel. Do vou think the two dressmakers next door, Phoebe Dole and the other one, would take me in?" I said they nad never taken boarders. “Well, I'll go over and inquire,” said Mr. Dix; and he had gone, with his book under his arm, almost before I knew it. Never have I seen any one act with the strange, noiseless, soft speed that this man does. Can he prove me Innocent in three days? He must have succeeded in getting board at Phoebe Dole’s, for I saw him go past to meeting with her this even- ing. I feel sure he will be over very early tomorrqw morning. (To be continued.) ——-e+___ Cleverly Done by a Boa. From the Philadelphia Record. A sight very seldom seen by any but Professional naturalists was observed the other day in a German zoological collection. The boa-constrictor {s a non-poisonous snake, and kills its prey by squeezing it to death. A young boa had been kept in @ cage for a week with three sparrows without taking any notice of the presence of the birds, nor did the latter manifest any fright of the reptile. One day the snak3 appeared to watch the movements of the birds, then picking seeds off tke floor of the cage, and slowly began to unwind from the branch of the tree on which it spent most of the time. Almost imperceptibly the loops on the tree disap- peared, the body of the snake becoming more and more disengaged, but its head still remaining at consideiable distance from the floor. All of a sudden the for- ward part of the snake’s body shot down- ward with ligntning rapidity, grasping one of the unsuspecting birds, not with the mouth, but with a rapid twist of the bedy, crushing it at the same time until quite lifeless. This was done so quickly and noiseiessly that the other birds never no- ticed the absenée of the victim. The boa then returned to the tree above, and after & little preparation of further pressing the bird and covering it with mucus it pro- ceeded to swallow its prey without biting or chewing. ——_+e+___ Naval Orders, Capt. H. B. Robeson has been detached from the Naval War College to command the Portsmouth navy yard, relieving Capt. J. H. Sands, who is ordered tu cumand the Atlanta, relieving Capt. B. J. Cromwell, who is detached and granted one month's leave. The following oflicers have been or- dered to the Lancaster, ard will report for duty September 3: Capt. W. B. Hoff, de- tached from the bureau of navigation, Navy Department; Lieut. M. E. Miles, from the Norfolk navy yard, and to become ex- ecutive officer; Lieut. J. Beale, from steel inspection duty at Mulhall, Pa.; Licut. A. M. Knight, from the Naval Academy; Lieut. J. C. Burnett, waiting orders; Lieut! H. L. Dunn, from the branch hydrographic office, Baltimore; Passed Assistaat Surgeon F. G. Braithwaite, from the Nayal Hos- pital, Norfolk; Surgeon C. G. Herndon, from the bureau of medicine and surgery; Passed Assistant Engineer T. F. Carter, frcm the Cramps; Ensign P. N. Almstead, from the Vermont; 4 frcm steel inspection duty at Mulhail, P: Paymaster \. M. Pay, from waiting crders; Lieut. J. Hood has been ordered to the branch hydrographic office, Baltimore; Lieut. C. J. Cresap has been ordered to the Norfolk navy yard, 11 WANT THE BIG MEET Louisville Wheelmen Will Present the Gity'’s Olaims. AISA AND BRITANNIA AGAIN RACE Withdrawal of Vigilant from New- port Contests. THE SENATORS’ DEFEAT LOUISVILLE, Ky., August 7.—Wheelmen want the L. A. W. national meet for "96. A club composed of the best working mem- bers has been organized, and steps will be immediately taken in bringing the claims of the city before the officers of the dif- ferent state divisions. The Louisville '96 Meet Club has been or- ganized with J. W. Brigman president. An executive committee of fifteen have been appointed, who ‘will form an Incorporation with a capital stock of $23,000, to be used as an entertainment fund. VIGILANT IS WITHDRAWN. Will Not Be in Thursday’ day’s Races. While everyone was discussing the mer- its of the Defender last evening at New- port, and speculating on how much greuter improvement the new boat would show wken she should again meet the Vigilant later in the week, Mr. Willard, who is George Gould’s representative and mana- ger of the Vigilant, gave out a letter, which at once shatiered the well-laid plans cf the yachtsmen and others interested in the racers. In the letter Mr. Willard simply withdrew the Vigilant from all future races in which the Defender might take part. He said very plainly that he felt the Defender had treated the Vigilant In rowdy fashion yes- terday, and-also on July 22 off Sandy Hook, and he wanted no more to do with her. Mr. Willard’s Protest. Here is Mr. Willard’s letter: On Board Vigilant, Newport Harbor. To the Regatta Committee, New York Y.C.: Dear Sirs—I hereby withdraw Vigilant’s entries for the races on Thursday and Sat- urday. In doing so I desire to add a few words of explanation. As you are aware, Mr. Gould, and I, as his representative, fitted out and osree Vigilant for racing for no purpose in the world except to assist in developing the fastest American yacht, ard thus aid in the defense of America’s cup. To this end Mr. Gould has cheerfuily gone to a great expense, and I have taken much pains and spent much time. I cannot, however, con- sent to continue racing Vigilant unless the contests are to be conducted according to the rules of yachting. I have now twice given way to Defender at the start of a race when Vigilant clearly had the right of way, because I was unwilling to risk a collision which might leave America with- cut a cup defender. However willing I may have been to waive my rights in the past, I am not willing to go on waiving them indefinitely, and, even if I were, it is quite possible that a situation mignt be created in which a collision would be in- evitable. Mr. Gould’s sole desire, as well as my own, is that the cup may be defended by the fastest American sloop, which m'‘ght not be the case if Vigilant and Defender collided. ‘As you know, I have already protested Defender’s action at the start on July 22. In today’s race the Defender again vio- lated the rules and forced Vigilant out of @ position to which she was entitled. In both cases th would have been a col- lision if Vigilant had not given way. In each case the responsibility of avoiding an accident was cast upon me. It would not be fair etther to the yacht or to her owner to continue racing under these conditions. Very respectfully yours, , E. A. WILLARD. No One Will Comment. When Mr. Willard handed this letter to the members of the press last night he re- marked that the Vigilant was still at the disposal of the America cup committee, to be used for any purpose they see fit. Mr. Iselin was taken aback by the news that the Vigilant had decided to draw out, but he would make no answer to the letter. Mr. Kane, chairman of the regatta com- mittee, also refused to speak on the subject, as did Mr. Grinnell, another member. It is known, however, that as soon as the com- mittee received Mr. Willard’s letter all hands of them went out to see the writer of the missive and had a long talk with him. The result of the interview is not officially known, and probably will not be known until the clouds of war settle, but the appearance of Mr. Willard after it took place was one that Indicated a firmness of intention that could not be mistaken. That there is strong feeling between the owners of the Defender and Vigilant is evident. This stand taken by the Vigilant's people, it was thought, might annul the action of the America’s cup committee, held on the flagship Sylvia yesterday afternoon, when it was decided to hold formal trial races off Sandy Hook on August 20 and 22, and fur- ther races if they should be seen to be necessary. Doubtless the action of the committee, which is headed by one of the mest experienced and level-headed yachts- men in the world—Commodore James D. Smith of the New York Yacht Club—was teken in order that a test of the Vigilant's rough-weather qualities might be made. MEEKIN’S ARM ALL RIGHT. and Satur- The Senators Helpless Before Their Old Associate. ©. P. Caylor in New York Herald Today. Meekin’s arm was feeling pretty well yes- terday, thank you. There doesn’t really seem to be any necessity to send elther him or Rusie on a sea voyage or to the Adiroh- dacks for a long an@ luscious rest, nor yet @ call for the New York club to beat the woods for new pitchers. With the occasion- al aid of Clarke and German, Rusie and Meekin will manage to lob the ball over now and then in a sort of Indiana way. The center of interest was in “Tom” Burns’ debut as a Giant, and “old Awayup- goodeye” did not disappoint his new cli- entele. Another pleasing diversion of the afternoon was the appearance among us of Umpire Robert Emslie. After the wild and weird exhibitions New York has had from the Burnhams, Tuthills, Murrays, Longs et al, Emslie comes as an angel, bright and ever fair. His work yesterday furnished a large part of the real enjoyment of the game, and the contest moved along with as little friction as has the piston rod of an engine. The visitors were Chief Justice Joyce and his eight associates of the Supreme bench ftom Washington. Before them Counsellor Doyle and his firm made motions, field capiases, asked for new trials, got out writs of mandamus, offered new evidence, sued for habeas corpus and laid down the law generally, until the honorable Co’t had to take the case under advisement. Before the game began Manager Schmelz raked a few peanut shells out of his whiskers with his fingers and boldly proclaimed that his team had lost something less than thirty- nine games this season by one run. Yes- terday did not make the fortieth. Mercer was in the center of the ring for the Supreme Court. He is that weasen- faced youngster who has always hypno- tized the Giants worse when he faced them than Svengali ever hypnotized her feetlets. Yesterday the boys solved his cunning and made a demonstration of the fact. Ex-Capt. John Montgomery Alabama Ward sat in a front box in the upper tier and beamed down upon his former mates with a sort of God-bless-you-me-children smile, and every one of the Giants took ad- vantage of the opportunity to look up, wave his hand to the old chief and greet him with a word of endearment. All of which goes to show that Ward recognized the handicap of injuries under which the team has labored, and that the Giants hold him warmly in their memories. It also shows that a ball player when he leaves the diamond need not be a useless man henceforth to the world. Today “Pa’’ Clarke, I presume, will argue the case before the court, and he promises to spring a few new points on the Washing- ton jedges which will make them go to the books for information.. As I said yester- day, I say again: Keep.your eye on “Pa.” thal The scere: 0. -H.0.A.B. 1.2 0100 10 9139 02 osi 12 0620 113 2200 rs 1100 30 081.2 15 1i¢4a 20 0110 uw @), it Burns. Double play— and Hassamer. by pitched ball—Farrel Passed ball—McGutre. Umpire-Eimsite. ‘Time of game—i.48. Attendance —500. Other League Games. At Philadelphia— Pitchers, REE. Philadelphia Taylor. 10 16 2 Baltimore : +6 12 2 At Boston— Pitchers. R.H.E. Brooklyn . 8 11 0 Boston Sexton—Stivetts......7 12 3 At Cincinnati— Pitchers. RHE. Cincinnati 8 12 2 Chicego 6 13 1 At Pittsburg— Pitchers. RHE. Pittsburg Hawley... 117 2 St. Louis... Breltenstein.....2 7 4 The League Record. Pies Si 85 503 Phitadciphia, 44 38 587 46 84 (575) Now York... 43 39 ‘524 51 40 (560, Washington. 28 49 {364 45 86 556 St. Louis... 29 60 326 46 38 ‘G48 Louisville... 21 60 “259 Standing August 7, 1894: Chiba “Wits B.C. Clubs, W. L. P.C. Roston...... 58°80 .651 Philadeiphia, 43 88 .£31 Baltimore... 52 30 2634 Cincinaatl... 40 46 | New York... 53 83 1616 Chleazo..... $9 47 Cleveland... 48 36 [h71) St. Louis... 37 Bt | Pittsvnrg. {£40 Louisville... 30 59 | Brooklyn. 1586 Washingioa. 25 61 | League Games Today. Baltimore at Philadelphia. Brooklyn at Boston. Washingtch at New York. St. Louis at Pittsburg. Loutsville at Cleveland. Cincinnati at Chicago. Base Ball Notes. It’s about time that Esper & Co. were relegated to the rear and Pond given a chance. The Vermont lad could hardly do worse, and in all probability do better— Baltimore Herald. A. W. Lawson, acting on behalf of the Boston Base Ball Club, has made arrange- ments for a series of matches in England. The Bostons will play their first game on Octcber 20 at Liverpool. The Louisville club has signed Pitcher Frenk Holmes of Des Moines to play short, Shugart being ill of fever. The Washington putlic is full of base ball patriotism. It never seems to tire rcoting for the wrong end, and it is an unhealthy place for umpires. The rooters pounce on them at every turn and criticise every play according to their own wishes.— Baltimore American. Anson is reported as saying the present race for the peanant was the hottest he has ever known, and he felt confident that the pennant would find a home in the west at the close of the season. Washington is said to be the hardest team to beat that Clevelifd runs up against. Well, Washington dges seem hard, that’s a fact.—Baltimore Sim; ‘The Cleveland Platit’ Dealer, commenting upon a statement of ‘President Young that the double-umpire s ed next season, asks’ once. There may mm close race as now, aid the finances justify the double system. +’* Bug Holliday ledds‘all the Cincinnati batters with an avetage of .373. Cleveland has signed a new catcher nam- ed O'Mara. He cores from the Oil City club. The Commercial-Gazette says that La- tham has not a frferit on the Cincinnati team, that not a piaxer speaks to him, and that no one need bé-Surprised to see him traded for another jilayer before the sea- son is over. a Manager Mack of Pittsburg declares that “Foreman is going “to help our team out more than I dared’ ‘hope when he was signed.” 4 Warner has a batting average of over -500, and Collins is bgtting at the .200 rate since he joined the Louisvilles. Both are cast-offs from the Boston team. Pitcher Suiltvin has been released by the New Bedford club. AMONG THE AMATEURS, The Y. M. C. A. Turn the Tables on the Crippled Pensioners. The Y. M. C. A. team turned the tabies upon the Pension Office nine yesterday in the Independent Amateur League at Cap- itol Park, by defeating them by a score of 17 to 8 The pensioners were sonfewhat handi- capped by the non-appearance of Wright, Raab, Bolway, Hough, Cutcheon and Gra- ham, and by the loss of these valuable Players they gave up all hope of winning the game. Lewis statted in to pitch, but after giving four men bases on balls and nine safe hits being made off of his de- livery, he then retired in the fourth in- ning. Harris was then substituted, and he fared a little better. At the bat they managed to get cnly eight hits off Karns’ delivery, and Hend- ley made two of these. Harris made a pretty hit over second for two bases. Good- ing and Townsend put up an excellent fielding game, both of whom caught very difficult flies. For the ¥Y. M. C. A.’s every man on the team made a hit, with the exception of Carr, who reached his base on balls and being hit by the pitcher. Every man brought in a run, excepting E. Brown, who died on the bases four times. Karits’ pitch- ing was very good, but he allowed Morri- gon to go in in the sixth to finish out the ‘un, The third inning was a regular picnic for Marshall's men, making seven base hits and as many runs. In the fifth and sev- enth they scored four more runs, and in the eighth the last one that ended the sport. ‘There was a larger Increase in attend- ance than before, and @ number of pretty girls helped to make it. It would be a great help to the many players if the grass was cut. A ball nocked over in left field, which is good for only a base hit, is generally turned in- to a home run by the loss of the ball. The score: AL ] -H.0.A.B.| 0 Lewis,p, 1b. 0} Hendley, PENSION OFFICE. -H.0.A.B. Aittelle,rt \Gooding, If. menonononom moore: He HMOOMME CoMoHoonmhy Bl ccompomronced' a! cwmoceono> Nip and Tuck ot, National Park. Quite a large number went to National Park yesterday to See the bureau of en- graving and printing'riine defeat the treas- ury boys of the Depaytmental League by a score of 6 to 5. 5 The game was onevef the best seen on these grounds since’ the league started, and the Bureaus had several close calls that would have changeg victory into defeat. The Bureaus had°¢verything their own way until the seventh inning, when ‘the money-makers made‘two hits and the plate printers a couple of’errors that pulled in three runs for Bolway’s men. Kellar did not play; but his voice could be heard rooting for his colts. For the Treasurers Bolway did the best fielding work and accepted all chances but one. Barrows also did well at second. ‘The Bureaus’ fielding was very “rocky,” but they made up for it at the bat, as the score will show. B. BE. AND P. TREASURY DEPT. Hn.aB| B.H.O.AB. 09 4-2 12°21 0 1138 9321 2020 1441 2224 10710 1221 11000 0240 001001 oF4s eet itt ep earn) 6 7271510 Totals.... 5 52711 4 ZO0Q 010-86 [1000008105 ‘wo-base hits—Madigan, Barrows, Stock. ‘Three- Cai Gronley Helmericha: Bolway, wuley, ley (2), Beach, Helmerict way, Buchanan, ‘Nichols,’ “Double. play—McCauley” "3 Madigan to Dove. Left on bases—Bureau, 4; Treas- ury Department, 4. Struck out—By Bernard, 6; by Nichols, 5. Passed balls—Beach, Farrell (2). Buses 1. Sacrifice balls—Of? Be: 2; off Nich ah Time “of iS” Umpire ue bit—Barrows. Time of game—l. Betts. RAEDY SOON KNOCKED OUT. McMillan Landed an “Upper Cutt” on the Chi ‘There was general disappointment in sporting circles over the brevity of the mill last night between Billy McMillan and Pat Raedy to determine the championship of the District so far as the white fighters are concerned. Neither of the contestants will fight against colored pugilists, so com- parisons in that respect are out of the quts- tion. Last night's contest was undoubtedly the pugilistic event of the season in local circles and excited more general interest than any similar affair of the kind that has taken place in this vicinity for years. This was clearly demonstrated by the size and the character of the crowd that witnessed it at $3 a head. It was fought under the auspices of the Eureka Athletic Club in its club house on the classic soil of Virginia, just beyond the Long bridge. Fully a thousand spectators were there, including all the better element of “dead game sports.” In the matter of attend- ance it was the most successful affair ever conducted by the club, and it was well managed with the single exception of, the selection of a referee. Over an hour was lost in the settlement of that question, and it was nearly 10 o'clock before the contest cpened. This was vexatious to the assem- bled crowd because is was expected that Proceadings would begin promptly at 8:30 o'clock, The dispute over a referee was finally settled in favor of the selection of Mr. Al Hertford, president of the Eureka Athletic Club cf Baltimore. Of the two contestants McMillan was the first to make his appearance in the squared circle. He looked well and fit and-had an air of confidence that gave his stock a boom and made him the favorite in the ketting at odds of 4 to 3. His seconds were George Northridge and Hite Peckham. Although slow in coming to the front Raedy made an exceedingly favorable ap- pearance when he did appear. He looked in tip-top condition and had a decidedly business air about him. He had numerous attendants, but his selected seconds were ‘Tony Stannard of Wilmington and Arthur Walker of Australia, with his brother, Mike Raedy, close at hand. Appeared Well Matched. When the two contestants for local su- Premacy shook hands at the outset it was observed that they were exceedingly well matched from a physical point of view, with the advantage of height and reach slightly in favor of Raedy. Their weights were not stated, beyond the announcement that each weighed under 154 pounds in the afternoon. All the preliminaries had been arranged and the fight was about to begin when it Was announced that James Brown of the navy desired to challenge the winner, or if that was not satisfactory, he was willing to meet any man in the District at about 160 pounds., The challenge was accepted at once by Mr. Walker of Mr. Raedy’s party. The referee announced that the bout be- tween McMillan and Ratdy was for twenty rounds or more to a decision. Nothing was said about the stakes, but it was under- stood that the club put up a purse of $550, of which $500 was to go the winner, and that there was a side bet of $500. If this is so, the winner stood to receive $1,500 for his night's work. Many of the spectators were extremely skeptical, however, in regard to the amount of money involved. . Less Than One Round. As already stated, the fight on which so much depended was a decided disappoint- ment. It lasted less than half a round, and was settled in about one minute. After shaking hands the two contestants fiddled at each other without siriking a blow. Each seemed to be fetling the other. Then McMillan suddenly shot out his left for the stomach without doing much damage. Soon after Raedy led with his left and then landed a good right on McMillan’s cheek, evoking much applause from his adherents in the audience. They both squared off again and McMillan rushed and landed a hard left on Raedy’s nose, forcing his head back and apparenily ex- citing him, for he rushed at McMillan and forced him into a corner. A rapid exchange of blows followed. In the mix up Raedy landed left and right lightly on McMillan’s head and received one or two blows in re- turn. He then started back toward the center of the ring, when, McMillan rushed at him like a whirlwind and having dazed him with a left on the neck swung his right hard on the point of the jaw, aud the fight was over. Raedy fell like a log, and further pro- ceedings interested him no more. The referee stood over him and slowly called out ten seconds, and he did not stir, seeing which his seconas rushed to him and car- ried him to his chair. He was knocked out completely, and de- spite the efforts of his attendants he did not regain consciousness for fully five min- utes after the referee's decision, and the bulk of the crowd had left the building. He was not much hurt, however, and was able to shake hands with his victor and walk unassisted to his dressing room. Neither man showed a mark of the blows received. The blow that knocked Raedy out was a short, right-arm swinging upper Boe and is known as ‘Fitzsimmons’ hook low."* Raedy’s supporters say it was a chance blow, and that it would not have counted but that it accidentally struck a most vul- nerable spot. McMillan had an ovation over his easy victory, while for poor Raedy there was scarcely one to do him reverence. LAKE YACHTS RACE. Inauguration of the Pui tests. PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio, August 7.—The first day’s races of the Interlake Yachting As- sociation yesterday were sailed in the most treacherous kind of weather. The yachts got away with a light beam wind, but be- fore the half of the first leg was completed it had become a drifting match. When the first stake boat was passed a squall had sprung up from the northwest and all the boats rounded to, close reefed, on the run for the second stake. The second leg was run under a stiff breeze. The second steke boat had capsized in the squall and many of the boats lost some time in getting their correct bearings. The run home was made with a stiff breeze on the quarter, but few of the boats shaking out their canvas and all having their rails awash. Marie M. won the race for twenty;five-footers and Undine for thirty-footers. In a special class for all, Clytie seiled over the course alone in 3.20.25. The races today are for forty, forty-six and fifty- footers. A GREAT MATCH RACE, im-Bay Con- Almontine and Pittsburg Wilkes Are Right on Edge for the Big Event. On Thursday next, with a good day and track, the much-vaunted match race be- tween Almontine and Pittsburg Wilkes will be decided at the Belmont Driving Club track, Philadelphia. The race has gained great notoriety throughout the country among the lovers of the light harness fra- ternity, owing to the large sum at stake, $3,000, the winner to take all, and the prominence of the owners of both horses. Almontine has had a severe preparation at the Belmont course by Thomas Grady, who will pilot her in the race. Pittsburg Wilkes has been exercised to road cart with a few trials over the Point Breeze and Belmont courses. Mr. Vasey is considered an amateur, although an accomplished driver, while Grady foilows the business as a professional and Is up to all the tricks of the fraternity. Both parties are confident of victory, and & game and stubborn contest is anticipated, as both are nearly equal in speed. RACING AB COWES. Britonpia and Aflsa Agnin Measuring Paces. COWES, August 7.—Britannla, Allsa and Hester start today In the race for the big Jofant cay SENT FREE It Is a matter of vast importance to mothers. turers of the GAIL, BORDEN EAGLE. BR Ff MILK issuea entitled “INFANT HEALTH,” S YORK CONDENSED MILK Conn Hees, Street, New York. am single stickers, under the auspices of the Royal Yacht squadron regatta. The Prince of Wales’ yacht had a long way the best of the start, and Hester was recalled, ow- ing to the fact that she crossed the line on the wrong side of the mark boat. In the 20-raters race Audrey, Luna, Stephanie, Inyoni, Niagara, Veneta and Isolde started. In the cruiser race for a £200 cup, Zam- pa, Cetonia, Amphitrite and Waterwitch Started. Zampa led at the start, but was overtaken by Cetonia. To Sell Red Wilkes. CINCINNATI, Ohio, August 7.—The Com- mercial Gazette's Lexington, Ky., special says: W. C. France of New York sold to John D. Creighton of Donerail, Kentucky, @ long string of high blooded weanling trotters for a high price, the figures of which are private. Mr. France is negotiat- ing with some one in England or France, who war-ts to buy Red Wilkes, the stallion for which Mr. France paid $60,000. Turf Notes. At Brighton Reach yesterday there was excitement in the fifth race. Capt. T., the favorite, and Gutta Percha took the lead and held it for half a mile, until the horse quit and the mare was knocked back by foul riding on the part of Welsh, who was suspended for the rest of the meeting. The Saratoga Racing Association has de- cided to race daily until August 23. This will shorten the meeting, which was orig- inally announced to run forty days and end September 7, as the principal horses and jockeys have engagements for the Sheeps- peed Bay meeting, which will begin August Jockey Sabine was thrown and killed yes- terday at St. Louis while exercising Living- stone, a horse belonging to J. D. Patton. Trapshooters’ League. The Maryland and District of Columbia Trap-Shooters’ League will give the third shoot of the series today.’ The first was held at the Capital City Club’s grounds at Washington, the second at the Baltimore Shooting Association's grounds and today's shoot will be given at the Standard Club's grounds, Point Breeze. Teams of six men each from each of the clubs named and from the Green Spring Valley Club will compete. HASTINGS’ CHESS BATTLES. Steinits and Schlecter Play a Drawn Game and Tschigorin Wins. In the chess tournament at Hastings, Eng., yesterday, Pollock resigned to Marco after the twenty-seventh move. Pollock lost his queen to his opponent on the eighteenth move, and his game coilapsed almost entirely. The game between Mieses and Blackburne resulted in a victory for the former, who won on the thirty-second move. Pillsbury defeated Tarrasch after a splen- did game by the winner, who attacked throughout on the king’s side. Tarrasch, attacking on the queen's side, lost his queen on the forty-ninth move and resigned on the fifty-second move. Steinitz and Schlechter played a drawn game. The opening adopted was the Ginoco piano, and this was steadily and straight- forwardly pursued. Steinitz adopted his old variation at the seventh move for the better development of the game, giving up a king's pawn. He rewon it on the four- teenth move and got a second pawn on the eighteenth move. The result was an attack on the queen’s side. At the nineteenth move he gave an exchange, for the attack Proved unsuccessful. Afterward he found himself an exchange behind in the ending, but succeeded in making the game a draw on the forty-ninth move. Once Steinitz had a losing game, but his young opponent missed his chance. Tschigorin beat his opponent in fifty-nine moves. Bird end Waldbrodt played a drawn game, Gunsberg beat Burn, Tinsley beat Mason, Blackburne won an adjourned game" from Janowski in sixty-three moves and Schiifers and Teichmann played a draw. Albin and Bardeleben adjourned their game at the fifty-eighth move. They were then on equal terms. Cartwright’s Mishap. From the New York World. The Senators are badly handicapped by the lay-up of Ed Cartwright, their ponder- ous captain and first baseman. The Wash- ingtons had the Baltimores beaten hards down Monday and the Orioles were in bad humor. Cartwright ran home from third on a long fly to the outfield, and while there was no chance of putting him out at the plate, Catcher Clarke gave him the shoulder as he came in and big Cartwright went tumbling 2’er and o'er. His wrist was sprained as a result of the unfair and unnecessary play and it will be a week or more before he gets back to the team. To Break a Record. Wm. Woodworth contemplates breaking the bicycle record from Baltimore to Wash- ington on the long road. The record is now held by John Fister, who made {ft in 3h. lim. 15s. Mr. Woodworth will start froi Baltimore at 4 p.m. tomorrow. = Funeral of Capt. Whyte. The funeral of Capt. Fred Whyte, U. 8. A., retired, who died in this city Monday in the eightieth year ef his age, took nlace this afterncon from his late residence, 621 Maryland avenue. There was a large at- tendance, including many old army friends. g When your cake is heavy, = soggy, indigestible, it’s a S pretty sure sign that you didn’t shorten it with Cotto- lene. When this great short- ss ening is rightly used, the re- & gsult will surely satisfy the 3 most fastidious. Always re-§ member that the quality of 3 Cottolene makes a little of it goalong way. It’s willful 2 waste to use more than two- 3% thirds as much as you would & of lard or butter. Always® use Cottolene this way and & your cake and pastry will sy always be light, wholesome, & & delicious. =: e sold uine COTTOLENE is here in ting, with trade-marks—“Cottolene™ ‘ aleer's head én cotton-plant . ‘wreath—on every tin, 5 THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, Chicagn, © bs and 114 Commerce Street, Baltimore. UN mer: REEMA MM : “turn. on the switch” —that’s our part of it. You'll find electricity the most satisfactory pow- er and the cleanest. You'll find electric lights cooler and better light than gas—and safer. A word from you and the current will be ou. U.S. Electric Lighting Co.., 213 14TH STREET N.W. “PHONE 77. jy27-20d SENATOR QUAY DENIES. He Will Keep Up His Fight on His Opponents. Senator Quay of Pennsylvania has ise ved a formal statement in reply to the charge that he had proposed to David Martin, the republican leader of Philadel- phia, a bargain looking to the cessation of hostilities between them. The charge, in de- tall, is that Senator Quay had arranged a meeting with Martin at the house of Thomas Dolan in Torresdale, and that he had premised to send the members of the Penrose senatorial investigating committee to Europe if the faction headed by Mr. Martin would withdraw their opposition to "5 the election of Senator Quay as chairman of the state republican committee. Senator Quay’s statement follows: “I have not met Mr. Martin nor any member of the combine since the present contest was begun, nor have I made or received from anybody propositions looking to an adjustment. So far as the municipal rings of Philadelphia and Pittsburg, which have recently selzed the state government, are concerned, there will not and cannot be any adjustment. The warfare they wanton- ly and maliciously inaugurated will for- ward until I am eliminated from’ Penn- Sylvania politics or they have become a nightmare of the past. It is of necessity ® battle for good government and better politics, and whatever the outcome of Aue —S it will go on, and the end ts cer Electric Roads in Japan. From the New York Times, American electrical engineers are receive ing large numbers of inquiries from Japan about the most modern electrical appli- ances. An electric railway is about to be laid between Tokio end Yokohama, with double rails throughout the whole length of eighteen miles. The plans are Prepared with great intelligence, and it is noticeable that every part of the installation is to be absolutely up to date. The trains, which will run every five minutes, will be made up of one car of the first, second and third grade. The velocity being thirty miles an hour, the distance will probably be covered. in thirty-five to forty minutes. A pas- senger will be allowed to alight at any place along the line, so it will not be necas- sary to construct stations, except, perhaps, at such important places as Kawasaki. It is estimated that if nine passengers of the lowest grade and three passengers of each of the two higher grades be assumed to ride in each train, and the number of trains per day be forty, between 6 a.m. and 11 p.m.,-a satisfactory profit will be se- cured even at a ten-cent fare for the low- est grode. The capital will be 2,000,000 yen, to be divided into 40,000 shares of 50 yen each. The yen is.the equivalent of the sil- ver dollar. An electric line from Obaka to Kioto, via Kobe, is also talked of. It would accommodate a population of fully 2,000,- 000 people. The Japanese are great travel- ers. They make long excursions over the country to visit the most sacred Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines, and the roads are often thronged with whole families meking the round.of their pilgrimage. The electric lies would pick up many parties out on these trips of combined religion and pleosure. King Christian (OP DENMARK, WROTE: HAVE noticed the beneficial action of Johann Hoff's Malt Extract on myself, as well as on others, and am pleased to acknowledge this Beware of imitations. The geauine Johann Hoff’s Malt Ex- tract has this signature E- on neck label. EISNER & MENDELSON Co., Agents, New York, ASK FOR THE GENUINE JOHANN HOFF’S MALT EXTRACT. The Baby. ENJOYS ITS BATH WHEN Pine Blossom Soap Is used; tts superior cleansing and soothing qualitics make it a delightful luxury for the nursery. 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