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There have been many rumors flying around as to his re- turn, but it {s now positively settled that he will not play for Cornell again, and that there is a great rivalry between the Cres- cents of Brooklyn and the Orange A. C. to secure him. The first game of the season will be played tomorrow, when the Syracuse Uni- team will line up against Cornell Field. The three big games in the schedule are: With Harvard on October 21, at Cambridge; with Princeton on No- vember 9, at New York city, and with the University of Pennsylvania on Thanks- giving 4. at Philadelphia. There ts goirg to be a little trouble about the Cornell-Princeton game on account of the difference in the playing rules. Cor- nell will play this year under the rules a: made by Harvard-Pennsylvania. Prince- ton wants to vlay under the rules made by Yale-Princeton. Marshall Newell sug- gested that both sides play under last y 's rules. This will probavly be ac- ceptable to Princeton. Joe Beacham and Tausig. who made such excellent records last y both back, and tackling with time brilllancy. Rogers, last year’s right teckle, Is still doing good wor! For Warner's place at right guard an ex- cellent man been found in id. land, who played on the Union College eleven last fall. For full back there are a number of can- didates, but none so promising as Jackson of Chicago, who played full back on the Chicago A. C. team last year. For left tackle there are candidates un- told, and good ones, too. A number of the Brooklyn Polytechnic boys are trying for plac among them being Backus, last year’s tackle. Of course, Capt. Wyckoff will be in training for quarter back. Yale's Foot Ball Players. The first line-up of the season of the Yale ‘varsity foot ball team took place Monday afternoon on the Yale Field, and was wit- nessed by several hundred people. A good many of the students who are already in town for the opening of Yale University to- morrow were present and had an oppor- tunity of sizing up the material from which the *varsity team for 1895-6 will be selected. The candidates for the university eleven who lined up against a scrub college team were as follows: Left end, Bas: left tackle, Murray; left guard, Chadwick; cen- Bennett; right guard, Rogers; right kle, Be right end, Hinkey; quarter back, Fincke; left half back, Mills; right half back, Do Wit Jerrems. ' The two teams practiced for elght min- utes for each half, and the work was irited for the time being. It was very evident that the exceedingly hot weather was against the playing, and after ten min- utes of good, hard work the men wilted, and the ener; in the play became some- what abated. Thorne, the captain of, the team for this season, played a while, and then made way for Jerrems, who put a lot of vim in his work. When Capt. Thorne retired from the prac- tice he turned his attention to coaching the players and devoted the re nder of his afternoon's work to that of instructing the candidates for a place on the ‘varsity eleven how to play foot ball. During the few min- utes that Thorne was engaged in play he kicked a goal from the field, much to the astonishment of the crowd of spectators, and then he retired to the position of coach, Jerrems taking his place on the ‘varsity team. Bass a quick player of the ex- Capt. Hinkey type, and has a push to him that fairly Insures him a position on the team. Murray played substitute for a month last_year on the ‘varsity eleven, but failed to make the team because of unsteady work. Chadwick is a giant and is a good player. Bennett was last year’s center rush in the freshman team, and did well there. Rogers was on the freshman team last season, but played tackle in the Harvard game at Hampden Park in 1894, and did splendid work there. Beck was captain of last year’s New Haven High School team, and is a promis. ing freshman player. Hinkey, brother of ex-Capt. Hinkey, ts considered a successful candidate for right end. Mills was too light to get a place on the team last season, but has since developed into very good foot ball timber. De Witt would have been a member of Capt. Hinkey’s eleven last season, but he was taken down with typhoid fever. ; full backs, Thorne and Harvard's Eleven at Work. The Harvard eleven Monday took a few minutes of actual lining up and, playing foot ball for the first time this season, Two five-minute halves were played. The old players are all now back in Cambridge, cept Norton Shaw, the handy right guard. His return is daily expected. nterman, Gould and Newell of last year's ‘varsity squad returned. The weather was hot, but the play was sharp. The first eleven scored a single touch- down. Before the me the first and sec- ond elevens indulged in the usual how werk at the signals. The men who play on the first eleven were A. Prewer and Newell, right end: Gould, right tackle; Jaftrey, right guard; Shaw, center; Holt, left guard; Hallowell and Stevenson, left tackles; Cabot, Richardson and Moulton. left ends; Beale and Borden, quarter Da: brewer, Gonterman, Hayes and Wrighting- ton, haif backs; Dunlop and Fairehilds, full backs. There is no further development as to a Yale game, though both Harvard and Yale are anxious to play. Harvard meets Dartmouth Saturday. The schedule thus far comp tember 28, Dartmouth at Ca tober 2, Andover at Andover; Amhe at Cambridge; October 9, at Cambridge; October 12, West Point at West Point; October 16, Williams at Cam- bridge (probably); October 19, Brown at Cambridge; October 26, Cornell at Cam- bridge; November 2, University of Michi- gan at Cambridge; November 23, University of Pennsylvania at Cambridge. Princeton Lines Up. The Princeton ‘varsity team lined up against the scrub yesterday afternoon for the first time this season, and from now on until Just before the Yale game on Novem- ber 23 a regular cont will be played every week day. It is Capt. Lea's intention to graduaily lengthen the time of playing up to an hour ‘a half or more later in the season. The undergraduates who thronged the side line were well pleased with the showing made by the 'varsity in their first attempt. JIMNY JAMES WAS WILD. ar from three or four minute ani In Consequence the New Yorkers Won the Game, A young man named James James, from the Portsmouth, Va., ciub, was put in the box by the home management yesterday, and he puzzled the New York batters com- pletely. He was wild, however, and pre- sented them with nine bases on balls, be- sides hitting a man, and this led to the de- feat of the local team, 6 to 5. The States- men outhatted and outtielded the visitors, and would have won but for the handicap of James’ wildness. DeMontreville was wonderfully agile at short,and scooped up grounders and nabbed hounders wi! an avidity that reminded one of a hungry tramp going for pie. He made one misplay, the second since he Joined the team, about a week ago, but no one minded that. He had two or three chances to win by hitting the ball witn men on bases, and but for Stafford's re- markable catch of his long fly in the last would have scored a victory. Jack Crooks disappointed his hundreds of friends—there were about 1,700 present—by falling to make a hit in the game, though he had three op- portunities to drive in runs-by safe taps. McGuire did the best batting, making a homer in the second, and following it with two safe hits that did not leave the dia- mond. There was plenty of scrapping in the game, Joyce making himself particularly offensive to Umpire Hurst on two occa- sions. Hurst was not in the best of humors, and did a good deal of pushing among the players who crowded around him to argue about his decisions. In the latter part of the game he was struck in the side of the face with a foul tip, which broke one of the wires of his mask and made the blood come. Pitcher “Dad” Clarke, the ever fresh, who cannot forget that there is a grand stand filled with people, ran up to Hurst to ex- press his sympathy. He pulled at Hurst's shoulder so roughly that Hurst swung back ‘and gave the Gothamite twirler a solid thump in the ribs with the broken cage. Clarke left him severely alone thenceforth. Every one of the New Yorks’ runs but the last was made by men who had reached first on balls. In the eighth inning Van Haltren was given a present, and after the next two men had been retired German hit a hall toward James, who failed to stop it and deflected it enough to make it impos- sible for DeMontreville to get it to Cart- wright in time. Then Stafford hit to left field for three bases and the game was won, as the best the Statesmen could ‘lo in the same inning, which was the last, was a couple of runs. McGuire hit to third and beat the ball. Selbac cked a good one to center for on which Reliable Jin. tallied. Cartwright smashed a single to the same place and Selbach cross2d the plate. None were out and the ¢: hould have bee won, especially wright reached sec- ond on a passed ball. But Crooks filed to r, and DeMontreviile to left, and Var- Anderson, sent to bat in place of ruck out, The seore .. NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, RHO. 1360 1100 0300 Davis, 2 o3 31 OH Davis, 1 0900 1010 0 Stafford 1200 1) Doyle, 1310 0000 Bleu 1 G ~ Crooks, Ti Double rt wright, rke, 2. Hit s Davis. Left on ba ew York, 5. Struck out—I alls—Doyle, ‘Tims—One hour ‘and fifty-eight minutes. —Hurst. Other League Gamen. At Baltimore— _Pitchers. Baltimore MeMahon. Philadelphia.........Orth...... At Brooklyn— Brooklyn. Abbey... 31 Boston. Dolan. a4 At Louisville— Pittsburg Foreman. ou Louisville fcDermott...... 5 10 6 At St. Louis— Cinzinrati. -1 i 3 St. Louls. Kissinger. 156 The League Record. P.C.{ Clubs, Chicago Toston. Brooklet Standing of the c tu Way?’s League Philadelphia at Baltimor New York at Washin Boston at Brooklyn. Pit 3 at Louisvi Cincinnati at St. Loui “Reliable Jim” in the Lead. The contest of the ball players for the position of the most popular has become very interesting. The vote of McGuire, which had been hanging at 782, has sud- denly jumped to 2,04, ard he leads the list. Crooks, who had 1,160, has jumped to 1 His home run Monday was worth 200 vot Tom Brown's vote jumped from 3 to 29. The contest stands as follew James B. Met Chas. J. Crooks Albert Selbach. Albert J. Maul. Wm. B. Mercer. two games, John Ma Tom Brown. Base Ball Notes. Steady there, Senators! Last year at this date you were 249, now you're oniy De Brace up and do as well as last year. Con Dailey, catcher of the Brooklyn club, had a narrow escape Sunday night. In com- pany wiih Griffin, Dailey went bathing in Sheepshead bay. Not knowing that the tide was running out, he miscalculated the depth of the water. Dailey dived from the pier and landed on his head. When he rose to the surface he was grabbed by Grifin, who managed to get him to shore. Dr. MéLean telephoned to President Byrne that Dailey had sustained concussion of the spine and would not be able to leave his bed for at least two weeks. Irwin of St. Paul has been engaged by Cincinnati for next season. The Baltimore players are themselves ar- ranging for the publicatton of the score rds for the coming Temple cup games. Unlike last season, they will receive any profits that may be realized. Tebeau thinks that the crowds that will attend the Temple cup games in Cleveland will pack the grounds. He says Interest ras been ratsed to fever heat there in the last two months. More than 480,000 people have paid to enter the Philadelphia grounds this season. But Boyle dropped the ball. That saved the day. It didn’t win it for the champions, but it served the purpose of giving them an- other shy at it. Deliriums of joy came when Boyle dropped the ball, and the 6,000 people, so long seated on the anxious bench, jumped up en masse and greeted the first baseman’s misfortune with tornadoes of un- charitable cheers expressive of the wildest foy. It_was a tight hole to get out of, and when Sullivan threw the ball across to Boyle there seemed no earthly hope of get- ting out. But Boyle dropped the ball, and that one little mis: assure the pennant again coming here.—Baltimore’ American. Capt. N transfer his services elsewher son, possibly to York. e aid Nash differ the handling of the club. Selee wants Nash elsewhere, while Nash, on the other hand, thinks thé same way of Selee. Presi- dent Freedman would like to have Nash on his team, as he needs a third baseman. Manager Selee will leave the Boston club after the last game here, and go with Her- man Long for a six weeks’ stay at Hot Springs. Capt. Nash will leave for Califor- nia next week, and will not play ball this winter. The Boston club, urder the management will play some exhibition games around New England next week af- ter the close of the regular season. Ryan has wired Manager Burns of Springfield to astern League champions to- on would like to play them. Ryan, keep his gether, as B Boston will have for a team Tenny, Dolan, Sullivan, Tucker, Duffy, M€C: Nash, Bannon and Harrington. be arranged with Fall River and other clubs. The first of the series of three games be- tween the Nashville team, the champions of the Southern League, and the Rich- monds, the champions of the Virginia League, for the championship of the south was played at West End Park, Richmond, yesterday in the presence of 5,000 people. The Southern League club was outclassed ard shut out until the ninth inning, which was played almost in darkness, when it placed three runs to its credit. ‘The score stood 16 to 8 in favor of Richmond. Yesterday’s drawn gamewith Philadelphia will be played off at Union Park,Baltimore, tomorrow. The Baltimores Intended to piay off a postponed game in New York, but as the date comes immediately after the Phila- delphia series, it belongs to the Phillies. Manager trwit notified Manager Hanlon that his club claimed the date. The New York management was notified of the change.. The four games that Baltimore has in New York will have to be played anyhow, and the only way to do this will be to play a double gams- Friday, Saturday or Monday. The New Ygtk club will select the day. i ‘The Marions and the Baldwins, amateur base ball clubs of Pittsbyrg, wound up their championship season Sanday, in a game which resulted in fatal Jnjury to a young man. When the game seemed to be going against the Baldwins, thar rooters blamed the umpire and made ayfush to mob him. John Martin, in his endepvor to protect the umpire, swung @ bat ficiously, splitting John Jordan's skull. Meekin declares that as it ever was, and he* game he pitches against, the Baltimores. The Brooklyn club hd$:tecured two new pitchers—namely, Harper of this season’s Rochester team, and Payne of the Toron- tos. Both were recommended by John C. Chapman. THE BIG FIGHT IN COURT. g arm ts as strong ys he'll win the It Promises to Surpnas the Corbett- Fitzsimmons Match. Application was made to Controller Farley at Austin, Tex.. yesterday by the tax col- lectors of McLennan and Hayes counties for prize fight licenses, which were promptly refused by the controller at the instance of the attorney general, who, in a written opin- ion, still contends that Judge Hurt’s opin- ion delivered at Dallas last week nullifying the anti-prize fight law is not binding and holding Judge Hurt’s opinion in error, in that it {s impossible for two conflicting pro- visions of a statute in parti materia, enact- ed at different times, to be in force at one and the same time. ‘Therefore Judge Hurt’s reference to the statutes In force at the same time, though conflicting, is not sup- ported by any logical reason. He also holds that the “statute was always void, in that it was contrary to public policy if not to the constitution itself. If you li- cense a man to fight—that is to say, a fight between man and man—the statute does not even seem to give you the privilege of say- ing whether the fight will be with bare knuckles, with gloves, with knives or with pistols. Indeed, they have the right to fight, they are chartered libertines to that extent, and I presume they ought to be permitted to select their own weapons and fight in their own way.” : It was understood that the tax collectors were acting at the instance of the governor, who Gesires to get the matter before the supreme ccurt. Last night they applied to Associate Justice Denman of the supreme court for a writ of mandamus to secure a license. If Judge Denman refuses a writ of mandamus it will be a case of loggerheads between a supreme court associate justice and a chief justice of the criminal court of appeals, with the matter still undecided as to which opinion is most authoritative. It is probable, however, that Judge Denman will ask the full supreme bench to sit with him and hand down an opinion that will be binding for all time. AUSTIN, Texas, September The con- troller has given out for publication cor- respondence between the tax collectors of McClellan and Hayes counties and his de- partment anent the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight. The tax collectors of these counties write to the controller, respectively—the first to know if he was authorized to Issue a license, and what his duty was in the premises, and the last applying for three occupation tax receipts for fights between man and man. The controller declined to send the occupation tax receipt, after sub- mitting the question to Attorney General Crane, who responded in part as follow: eferring to yours of recent date from thé tax collector of McGlellan county, I beg to say that ‘in my opinion the statute licensing fights between man and man ts not now in force. It was;repeaied by the act of 1801. My understanding is that when statutes are brought forward in a revision they cecupy the same relative position that they did before. ou are therefore advised that In my opinion you have no authority to Issue oc- cupation tax receipt Ijcenging a fight be- tween man and man. [| think it might well be doubted whether the statute was not al- ways void, and that it was contrary to public policy, if not the cemstitution itself.” BRIDGE ATHLETES. qT They WI Meet Yale’«’ Men October 5 en the Manhattan Field. The Cambridge University team that Js to meet the representatives of Yale on Man- hattan field October-5 is’ made up as fol- low 106-yards dash—G. Gomer Williams and FE. H. Wilding, Pembroke College. Will- fams’ last performance, 10 1-5 seconds; Wilding's, 10 1-5 seconds. 440-yards run—W. Fitzherbert, Trinity Hall, and C. H. Lewin, Trin‘ty Colleg Fitzherbert is credited with 49 3-5 second: and Lewin can probably do it inside of seconds. 300-yards run—Fitzherbert and Lewin. One-half-mile run—F. S. Horan, Trinity Hall, and probably W. E. Luytens. Horan holds the Cambridge record of 9.43 4-5 for two miles anl the English intervarsity ree- ord of 14.4 for three miles, the mile in- side of 4.23 and the half in 1.58. Luyten: is credited with the half mile in 1.56 4-5 and the mile in 4.19 4-5. 1-mile run—W. Luytens, B. A., Syd- ney College, and H. J. Davenport, Trinity College, with Mr. Horan possibly starting. Davenport is not so fast as Luytens or Horan. Hurdles—L. E. Pilkington, King’s College, and W. H. Fletcher, Trinity College. Pil ington is credited with 16 1-5 seconds, and the English hurdles are harder to “take” than those in this country. Fletcher is al- So credited with 16 1-5 seconds. 16-pound hammer--Alan Brooke Johnson, Pembroke College, and F. M. Jennings, Caius College. Johnson's best performance is 108 feet 3 1-2 inches, and Jennings’ 91 feet 9 1-2 inches. : - Shot putting—E. J. Watson, Trinity Col- lege, and probably Johnson. High jump—Messrs. Johnson and Jen- nings, each credited with about 5 feet 11 inches. Long jump—W. Mendelson, Jesus College, and probably W. G. M. G. Hemmingway. Mendelson is credited with 22 feet. The Cambridge men are all hard at work and well pleased with the change in the weather, which they think will favor them in the coming cortests. The Yale men are training hard. Capt. Sheldon will make his final selections from among the following: One-bundred-yard dash—Byers, Richards and Burnett. ‘Three-hundred-yard run—Richards, Bur- nett and Gerard. Half-mile run—Woodhull and Crane. One-mile run—Morgan and Woodhouse. One-hundred-and-twenty-yard — hurdle— Cady, Hatch and Perkins (same entries for both path and grass hurdles). High jump—Sheldon and Thompson. Broad jump—Sheldon and Mitchell. Throwing the hammer—Hickok, Cross and Chadwick. Putting the shot—Hickok and Brown. MIGHT BE A RACE. Reason to Believe That Defender and Valkyric Will Mect. LONDON, September 2%-The Sportsman says: “There is rcasgn fo believe that a race will be arrange tween Valkyrie III and Defender forghe £1,000 offered by Laycock, Goodfellow 4§4 Bell, the bankers. Yesterday Mr. Laycdgk received the fol- lowing by eable. ““At present canm answer definitely. “ ISELIN.’ ” HEAD. SPRUCE W It Was No Race, a the Wind Died Out, but Ethelwynn Wap Catching Up. The second race in the series of the best three out of five between Spruce 1V and Ethelwynn for the perpetual challenge cup offered by the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club ended as didsSaturday’s, in a fluke, because there was not enough wind to finish within five hours. Yesterday's Star described the race to the second mark of the triangular course. On the beat to the starting point the Brit- isher outsalled the Yankee on every point and passed her. It was 3:29.08 when the British beat turned the mark and broke out her spinnaker to port for the run to leeward on the first ieg of the second round. Ethel- wyrn rounded at 3:36.10, and commenced her long stern chase. At the fourth turn the tiraes were: Spruce, 8; Ethelwynn, 4:26.39, On the way to the fifth turn the Ameri- can boat gained, turning the mark but five minutes thirteen seconds behind. This gave the boats almost an hour to run the last leg, but as the wind began to die out it was seen that there could be little chance cf finishing within the required limit. The sound steamer Richard Peck seemed directly between the contestants, and her swell aided Spruce, but retarded Ethelwynn. A big three-masted schooner, the Belle Halladay of Boston, sailing be- fore the wind, made It necessary for Spruce to double on her track. Ethelwynn began to pick up at this time and was constantly nearing Spruce when the time limit expired, and the race was declared off until today. THE SOUTHERN TRIP. . Phillies and Orioles to Disband at Dallas. BALTIMORE, M4d., September 25.—Ar- rangements are being made for the Balti- more and Philadelphia base ball teams to make an extended southern trip after the Temple cup series is played. The start will be made at Philadelphia, October 12, where two games will be played. The teams will then come to Baltimore for two more games and then go south. Manager Irwin of the Philadelphias said this morning that the trip would be for the benefit of the players, and it would not be made under the auspices of the manage- ments of the teams, although the scheme has the sanction of the managers. Mr. Ir- win will probably go with the Phillies, but {t 1s not likely that Manager Hanlon’ will make the trip. After playing in Baltimore the teams will go to Richmond, Savannah or Augusta, Atlanta, Mobile, New Orleans and Dallas, Texas. Games will be played in Dallas about the time of the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight, and the men will witness the fight. The trip will end at Dallas, when the teams will disband. VALIANT’S J AR ESCAPE. Thrilling Incident of the Last Defend- er-Vigilant Contest. A well-guarded secret that entirely es- caped the vigilance of the repcrters of the Metropolitan press is told in, mysterious whispers by naval officers who have re- cently returned from New York. It con- cerns a thrilling incident of the third meet- ing between the Defender and the Valkyrie and occurred about the time the British yacht crossed the line, and then abandoned ihe race because the regatta committee would not agree to call it off in the event of interference from the excursion steam- boats. The incident was nothing more nor less than a collision between Vanderbilt's magnificent steam yacht Valiant and the Nghthouse tender Armeria, The latter had 8S passengers a number of federal officials, including prominent naval officers, sta- tioned in this city, who had gone to New York spetially to see the yacht race. The Armeria formed part of the immense float- ing procession that was steaming rapidly down the bay toward thé starting point. Vanderbilt's yacht, with a select party on board, was also In the fleet, and through a serles of uneccountable blunders on the part of its navigators got directly in the path of the Armeria, in quarters so close that the latter escaped running her down enly by the prompt and skillful action of ber captain in rapidly changing the course of his vessel. As it was the two vess2ls came {n collision. They separated, how- ever, without any material damage to either. One of the naval officers on the Armeria said it was the closest shave of the kind he had ever witnessed. He does not yet fully understand how the Vallant escaped being cut in two. According to his version she was savel from total destruction only by the prompt action of the captain of the Armeria in abruptly changing his course at the right minute. MYOPIA’S PONIES BETTER. The Westchester Polo Club Was Beaten. Five thousand persons witnessed the opening game in the polo championship be- tween the Westchester County Club team and the Myopia team of Hamilton, Mass., which was played on the parade grounds of Prospect Park, Brooklyn, yesterday after- noon. It was an interesting game from start to finish, and resulted in a victory for the New Englanders, but largely be- cause the ponies used by the Myopia club were better trained and far speedier than the Westchester animals. The game. Myopia club team, No. 1, A. P. Gardner; No. 2, R. G. Shaw; No. 3, R. L. Agassiz; back, F. B. Fey. Westchester County Club team, No. 1, Lawrence Waterbury; No. 2, J. M. Water- bury, jr.; No. 8, O. W. Bird; back, E. C. Potter. First period—First goal made by Gard- ner, after threo minutes’ play; then sew- enteen minutes’ play with no goal; quar- ter goal safety penalties against Lay and Bird. Second period—First gcal by L. bury in five minute: econd goal by Agas- siz in three and a if minutes; third goal by Gardner tn three minutes; fourth goal by L. Waterbury in six minutes; four min- utes’ play with no goal. Safety penalties one-quarter against Poiter. Third period—Twenty minutes’ play; no goal. Score—Myopia, 2 3-4; Westchester, 1 1-2. To Play the Englishmen Again. The men who will represent Philadel- phia in the return match with the visiting Cambridge and Oxford cricketers, to be played on the grounds of the Merlon Crick- et Club at Haverford, Pa., Friday, Satur- day and Monday next, have been selectei. They will be the same as those who play- ed at Manheim with a single exception, E. M. Cregar taking the place of F. L. Al- temus. Water- Can’t Race in the West. Most of the owners of horses at St. Asaph and Alexander Island are desirous of sending their horses west, but a tele- gram from Secretary Hopper of the West- ern Turf congress has blasted their hopes. He says the congress hclds these horses as outlaws still, and therefore they can’t race in the west, although the Jockey Club has lifted the ban. General Sporting Notes. Arrangements were made yesterday at Cleveland whereby John L. Sullivan and Paddy Ryan, ex-champion heavy-weight pugilists of the world, will meet in a boxing contest of four rounds before the Cleveland Athletic Club on the night of October 5. It will be for scientific points for a good purse. ‘The Eagle Athletic Club held their first meeting a few days ago at their hall,corner ith and H streets. The following members were present: Messrs. Herman, Gray, Schmidt, Stern, McFarron, Lawrence, Wil- let and Greenfield. After the transaction of business refreshments were served. James F. Murphy, a jockey, en route from New York to Chicago, attempted to board a westbound freight train at New- ark, Ohio, yesterday afternoon, and fel! under the wheels. Both legs had to be cm- putated. He may recover. See THE STEAMER HAVERHILL. Result of the Investigation of Its Loss by Gen. Dumont. Inspector General Dumont of the steam- boat inspection service has just completed an investigation, covering several months, of ‘the loss, off Barnegat light, fifty miles south of New York, of the steamer City of Haverhill, with all on board, on the night of March 28 last. The investigation threw very little light on the mystery surround- dng the loss of that vessel. The widow of the captain of the City of Haverhill persist- ently adhered to the thecry that the ves- sel was under suspicion by the Spanish au- thorities of being intended for the use of Cuban filibusters end had been destroyed by Spanish agencies. The investigation ex- ploded this theory, and there was no evi- dence to show that the Spanish authorities had attempted to destroy a steamer flying the American flag almost within sight of New York. —————— Arguments on Irrigation. Secretary Smith heard arguments Mon- day in behalf of the Idaho Canal Company and of John Cusick of Pocatello, Idaho, upon propositions to construct a canal from Snake river over the Fort Hall reservation for the purpose of irrigating the lands, with a view to the Indians taking them In sey- eralty. The propositions involve the ex- penditure of from $75,000 to $100,000, and Secretary Smith is anxious to secure the safest and best service at the lowest cost. The argument for the Idaho Canal Com- pany was made by Mr. I. C. Smith of Chi- eago, and for Mr. Cusick by Messrs. Stock- slager and Heard of this city. The matter will be decided next Thursday. ——___+e+—____ Dr. William Le Roy Wilcox, one of the oldest medical practitioners in Irving Park, Chicago, was almost instantly killed in a runaway Sunday, DURRANT’S TRIAL The Mysterious Murder Case in San Francisco. THE TRIAL HAS LASTED THREE MONTHS ——— The Prosecution Closes Its Circum- stantial Evidence. THE ACCUSED HOPEFUL The Durrant murder trial at San Fran- cisco has now entered the twelfth week, ccunting time taken to get a jury, and the mystery and excitement of it continues un- abated. Durrant has throughout maintain- ed a cool, rezolute demeanor, and even the most convincing testimony against him has failed*to unnerve him. The case for the presecution practically closed Friday. It is wholly ‘circumstantial, yet it is strong, and nothing short of the miraculous would seem to be able to save the young man from the gallows. The case has occupied such a large place in the news of the day that a resume of the leading facts involved is of special interest. On the morning of April 3 Miss Blanche Lamont, a young woman twenty years old, left her aunt's home with her school books dcre up with a leather strap. She was rever seen alive after that by her relatives. Three days after her disappearance her aunt, Mrs. Noble, received by mail a pack- age containing the rings which Blanche wore when she left home. They were done up clumsily in a plece of the Examiner pewspaper, on which were scribbled the raines of Prof. Shoenstein, Blanche’s music teacher, and Gecrge R. King, the organist of Emanuel Church. There {s a similarity Letween the disguised handwriting on this piece of newspaper and the writing of Dur- rant, as shown in a catalogue which he was preparing for the Baptist Church Sunday school. The return of the rings with these rames scribbled on the newspaper was evi- dently an attempt to throw suspicion of the crime on the men whore names had been used in this insidious way by the murderer of the girl. Strange Disappearance. On the 14th of April three Sanday school girls going into a book closet off of the library room of Emanuel Church in search of material to decorate the church for. Easter found the body of a young woman there, which was later identified as that of Minnie Williams, a member of the church and Sunday schcol. The girl had evidently been strangled and assaulted in the library room, after which the body had been drag- ged into the smaller room, where the vic- tim was repeatedly stabbed and her body mutilated with a case knife, a part of the kitchen utensils in the church basement. Circumstances led to the belief on the part of Chief of Police Crowley and his de- tectives that W. H. T. Durrant, a young iman of twenty-four, a medical student and assistant librarian of the Sunday sciool, had guilty knowledge of the murder. At first the pastor, Rev. J. G. Gibson, was sus- pected, but he had no difficulty in clearing himself. George R. King, organist of the church, who, as well as Durrant, had a key to the side door of Emanuel Church, was also shadowed, as well as several other young men connected with the church. The murder of Miss Williams led the police to think Blanche Lamont had met a like fate. This impression grew out of the fact that Durrant had been seen with Miss Williams prior to her murder, which occurred some time between 7 and 9 o'clock on Friday, April 11. Connecting these facts with the known friendship existing between Durrant and Miss Lamont, the ‘police decided to take possession of the Emanuel Baptist Church and make a systematic search for evidences of an earlier crime. A Memorable Easter. The police search began Saturday, lasted through the night and ended only with the finding of the body Sunday morning. Al- though it was Easter, the police took pos- session of the church, and a placard was hung on the front door giving notice there would be no services. The streets were filled with an immense crowd while the search was in progress. Carpets were lift- ed, drawers emptied, bookcases opened, and firally the third floor of the church, the gallery, was reached. It was bare of fur- niture, the light was dim and uncertain. In one corner was a door that led up into the steeple. The detectives were told that the sexton kept this locked. They discov- ered, however, that the doorknobs had been removed and that the door was lock- ed in somo way on the inside. The door was broken open, and they ascended to the next floor along rough stairs with a rough bandrail. On up, higher and higher, the officers pushed their way, till they reached the last gallery, or rude platform in the belfry. Over in one corner, like a marble statue, lay the nude body of the missing girl. She had been brutally murdered. The body had been laid out with care by the murderer. The beautiful girl lay on her back, her hands folded over her breast and her head turned slightly to one side, and held in that position by a block of wood under the neck. She had been stran- gied, and the marks of the murderer's fin- gers were around the throat. There was a little pool of blood near by. Further search revealed the clothing of the mur- dered girl stowed away in chinks and dark roles high up in the belfry. The wretch had literally torn the clothes from his vic- tim. Not a single garment was found in- ct. Scictrant was arrested while out with a signal corps party. From the first he had rot shown a particle of fear. He had offer- ed his services to find Miss Lamont and gave the police numerous suggestions. On the day of his arrest Durrant, in an interview, stated that he knew noth- ing whatever about Blanche Lamont’s dis- appearance or the murder of Miss Wil- Mams. He stated that the morning of April 2 he had ridden in a car part way to school with Miss Lamont, but beyond this ha had not scen her on that day. One of the strong points in the commonwealth’s case was the finding Saturday morning after the mur- der of Miss Williams of her black purse in the pocket of one of Durrant’s overcoats at his home. He explained this by saying that on the night before he had found the purse at 11:20 o'clock lying on the sidewalk at the ccrner of 23d and Bartlet streets. This was a square and a half from Eman- uel Church. The Tria} Begun. The trial began July 22. The state show- ed by its witnesses that Durrant had been seen twice with Miss Lamont on a street car the day she disappeared. The organist of the church, George King, met Durrant in the church with hat and coat off and acting wildly in consequence, he said, of inhaling gas while trying to fix electric light wires in the upper part of the church. King went to a Grug store and brought some bromo-reltzer back to Durrant, who went into the kitchen and drank a dose. Then King asked Durrant if he would help him carry down stairs a small organ that was in the Sunday school room. After they had carried the organ down Durrant asked King to come into the little library room for a minute. Durrant had the key. He unlocked the door, Jn that room they found Durrant's coat folded and laid on a box, and his hat on the coat. After Durrant had put his things on they walked out nearly to King’s house, although Durrant’s lay In an ex- actly opposite direction. Goes to Prayer Meeting. The evening of the same day there was a prayer meeting in the church. It was one of the regular Wednesday prayer meetings which Blanche Lamont was in the habit of attending. Her aunt, Mrs. Noble, was alarmed when she did not come home, but knowing that she always attend- ed the prayer meetings, she went there to look for her. She sat down at the back of the church and right in front of her ed and asked her: sat Durrant. He tu “Is Blanche here tonight and she sald: “No, she did not come. Well,” he said, “I am sorry. I have got a book that I want to give her—a book called ‘The New- comes’ that she asked for, but I will send it up to the house for her.” The next event of importance took place on some day before April 10, On that un- certain day Durrant offered for saie a ring to a second-hand dealer named Adolph Op- penkeim of No. 405 Dupont street. It was a plain gold ring. In the center there was a little chip diamond with rays. It was a ring bought as a Christmas present and given to Blanche’s sister, Maud, in Dillon, Mont. A garnet ring was given to Blanche at the same time, and the two had changed rings. Then occurred a mst remarkable inci- dent. On April 13 the postman delivered to Mrs. Noble, wrapped in a newspaper, the three rings which Blanche wore when she disappeared, including the chip dia- mond ring. Another point made by the state was that Durrant was not where he ought to have been at the time he met Blanche La- mont; that he was not at the Cooper Med- ical School, where Dr. Cheney was lec- turing to the students of Durrant’s class, between 3:30 and 4:30 o'clock in the af- ternoon, but that his name nevertheless eee on the roll call of the class that lay. Durrant had induced one of his fellow students to answer roll call for him. A Dramatic Ordeal. One of the most dramatic ordeals through which the alicged murderer passed .oc- curred the second day of the trial. He and the jury were taken to the scene of Blanche Lamont’s death. Every inch of the place was gone over for the benefit of the jurors. He stood in the little room where Minnie Williams was choked and gashed. He pass- ed up the narrow stairway up which tho murderer dragged the body of Blanche Lamcnt. He stood where the body was found. When the examination was over he brushed the dust from his clothes and came away smiling. On the following day Dr. G. C. Barrett, avtopsy physician at the morgue, wes call- ed. He testified, as the district attorney had foretold, that Blanche Lamont’s death was due to asphyxiation, caused by strau- gvlation, an¢ that there were seven finger- rail incisions on the right side of the neck and five on the left. She had probably been dead two weeks. He said he had made no investigation to determine whether or not the person of the victim had been violated. He was very positive that the nails of the murderer's fingers were cut square. Tho pecullar significance of this testimony was that Durrant’s nails were found to be cut saware at the time of his arrest, but they were very short. The police theory that they had been cut short since the murder was borne out by Dr. Barrett. The seven nail marks on one side might have been caused by a person pressing the furgers of both hands on that side at once. An Important Point. A glove and a few buttons, torn from Blanche Lamott's dress, played an import- ant part in the efforts of the prosecution to establish the exact place of her death. These things were found on the same land- ing where the body was found, and the infer- ence would be that the buttons were torn off in a struggle there, and that death took piace on the landing wheresthe body was found. As the trial proceeded the evidence trac- ing Durrant and Blanche Lamont up to the door of the church accumulated. The weak- er links of the chain were strengthened and the prisoner's chances of escape seemed less and less. An uaexpected witness was Mrs. Elizabeth Crcsett, a woman seventy years of age and an old friend of the prisoner and his mother. She testified that she had ridden on the Va- lencia street car with Durrant and a young woman whom she did not recognize on April 3, but whose description answered to that of Blanche Lamont. They had traveled together to 2ist or 224 street, elther of which led to the church. This statement_supplies the one gap in the line of testimony showing Durrant’s move- ments from the time he met Blanche La- mont till he entered the church. W. J. Phillips, a cigar manufacturer, swore he saw a man, whom he identified positively as Durrant, enter Opperheim’s jewelry store a few days after the murder. Oppenheim had elready testified that Durrant tried to sell him one of Blanche Lamont's rings. But though the testimony going to show that he was the last person seen alive with Blanche Lamont grows stronger, evidence directly connecting him with the commission of the crime, or showing what he did in the church, still seems lacking. This is the weakest part of the prosecution’s case. ++ —__ LON FEAST. WATER™M Benning Citizens’ Axsocintion Com- bines Business With Pleasure. The anncuncement that there would be a watermelon feast had a tendency to draw the members out to the meeting of the Benning Citizens’ Association last evening, which was presided over by Vice President Mewshaw. After the reading of the minutes of they previous meeting the chairman of the road committee reported having had an inter- view with President Baker of the Columbia street car line, in which he said his com- pany was quite active in preparing plans for a vigorous fight in Congress the coming winter for authority to extend its line out the Benning road to the station, and also out Bladensburg road to the District line. He reported the outlook very favorable, and said he hoped soon to have the proper authority to begin operations. After accepting the report, Mr. T. E. Clark of the road committee said he be- lieved the authorities have made the neces- sary repairs to Watch branch bridge,which was reported to the association as being in a dangerous condition. Mr. Boland said if the matter had not been attended to he would look after It at once. Mr. G. W. Barnes called attention of the association to the abattoir, which, he thought, emitted too many obnoxious odors. He said many complaints had been made to him, and that he had been requested by numerous persons to call the matter to the attention of the association. After quite a lengthy discussion of the subject, during which it was brought out that the sewer leading out to the channel in the Eastern branch was broken, it was finally, on mo- tion, decided to refer the matter to the health committee, with instructions to see the officers of the Washington Slaughter- ing and Cold Storage Company, which Is operating the abattoir under a lease, and ask that the alleged nuisance be abated. In the absence of Dr. Leech of the health committee, a vacancy was declared in said committee, and the president thereupon appointed Mr. T. E. Clark to fill the va- cancy. ‘The monthly topic for discussion, “Should Capital Punishment Be Abolished?” was then taken up and handled in a vigorous manner, at the conclusion of which, if a vote had been taken, the negative side would have win in a walkover. On motion, the topie was continued for ene week, after which the meeting adjourned to partake of a feast of watermelons, generously provid- ed by Mr. N, Keyser, treasurer of the as- sociation, and one of its most faithful mem- bers. aan Marine Band Concerts. ‘The program for the concert by the Marine Band, under the direction of Prof. Fanciulll, at the Capitol, beginning at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon, is as follows: March, “The Washington Times” Overture, “Semiramide”. (By request.) Spanish Serenade, “Lolita” aney Fantasia Songs of Germany. appey (a) “Reverie Yearnings,” (b) March, “Morton Cadets -Fanciulll -Innes -Rossint Comical Contest Godfrey Deseription—Ba: . pal per- formers try their Instruments. Rules read out by the manager, Herr P. Judges Signor! Dippio, Basso et Tubini pre- pare their papers. ‘The contest begins, the competitors being Messrs. Clarinetti, ‘Cor- netti, Picolini, Euphonelll Clarinettet! Saxaphoni, Fagatelli, Oboetri, Cornini. The judges take notes and consult after each solo. Causes jealousy, unexpected result, a flight among the drummers, conferring the prize and great refoie!ng. Patrol, “Coxey’s Army” Orth “Hail ‘Columb! Fy At the marine barracks tomorrow afte: noon the following selections will be ren- dered: March, “The Commandant”... Overture, “Rienzi"...... Spanish Serenade, “Lolita”. Selection, “Lakme” (a) “Reverie Yearnings, price, “Love's Heral aurne, -Fanctullt Wagner -Langey Delibis (b) Waltz Ca- -Fanciulll Comical Contest. Godfrey Patrol, “Grand Army" -Fanciulll “Hail Columbia”... -Fanciulll ‘As heretofore stated in The Star, the final concert of the season in the White House grounds will be given Saturday next, when a program made up entirely of com: positions by local composers will be pre- sented. —_——.—__. Tonds Like the Electric Light. From the Chicago Times-Herald. Toads in the parks have discovered that the electric light is a great purveyor to their simple wants, and they frequent the territory in the vicinity of the lights to gather up the moths, bugs and other insects wkich perish there every night.