Evening Star Newspaper, August 7, 1896, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1896-TWELVE PAGES. b J ST velers® C7 Herdquarters for aml Ho ‘Grip’ of some a trunk before taking, rE 2 You will want a | kind or ef aan gon TW ag 7 Fine Re pairing at lowest prices. BECKER'S, 1328 F St, XEaR THe EBBITT HOUSE. “Phone 1626, Our Straw Hat Sale Continues. — Seme wenderfnl bat = is MH our 50. - to 35e.—3 5 R. C. Lewis & Son, 1421 NKW YORK AVENUE. had tock now. Every STRAW HAT ts. ins are to be au7-14d No Ian’s Outfit —for the summer is complete with- out a TOW LINEN SUIT. $10 is all they cost, and we are bound to make them fit well. They “hang” nicely and are Stylish. Jno. N. Pistel, "r5r4,"s" = 2 1417 Pa It The “Kensington” is the strongest wheel that is made, and it’s the eas- iest running, too. There is no other whee! that is so carefully construct- ed. Kensingtons have never been known to “break down.” $100—cash or easy terms. A.A. Smith & Co., 1108 F St. JAMMIE extracharge. All are at the price that does away with the dealer’s dollar. . . . roo styles and widths. 1105 Pennsylvania Ave. au3-mét My Price is 75c. Tor cleaning a watch or putting a new mainepring im it. And I guarantee all work for 12 months. HUTTEBLY- he address 632 G st. au3-8d Crawford Cycles Sell tor $60& $75 Are unsurpassed in any polnt requisite to bl- cycle perfection! Sold oa terms to sult everyone. Haudsome discounts for casb. Buyers taught rid- ing fh AWFORD AGENCY AND RIDING ACADEMY, OVEK 9TH ST. WING OF CENTER MARKET. Sy B18 OUR “WHEELING” SUPPERS Arm GREAT FAVORITES WITH LADIES. Credenda Bicycles $5 Month. $10 down. $60 cash. $65 on installments. Guaranteed thoroughly. M. A. Tappan, 1013 Pa. Ave. mb10-3m-20 THE APPLE EXPORT TRADE. Transatlantic Crops Scant and the American Product Plentifal. From the New York Tribune. The apple crops abroad will be unusually small this year, according to detatled ad- ¥ices received from London yesterday by Otto G. Myer & Co. of Bridge and White- hall streets. Choice, sound American ap- | ples, especially of bright color, will, there- fore, be in more than ordinarily active de- “mand in the London, Liverpool and Glas- gow markets, where they have long been in great and crowing favor on account of over the European pro- is Indicative of a largely in- xport trade from this country, Rich, Myer & Co.'s veteran ex- managetg who has carefully in- the subject, says that the Amer- so abundant that apples will p this year, despite vy exportations. The aggregate apple crop of the United States and Canada las T was esti- mated to be from 57,000,000) to 60,000,000 barreis, or from "to 10,000,000 bar- han were ever produced in any ar. This year’s crop, tt is ex- ted, will fully equal and probably ex- ceed that of last year, when the consump- {tion of apples was materially augmented by the absence of Florida oranges from the market. Waste Power on Railroads. Journal of Ele ty. straw wh'ch points to the future de- velopment of a remarkable soufce of economy in freight traffic fs the utilization of the weight of the freight which is pro- posed on a new road tn northern Michigan. This road runs from Lake Superior fifteen miles inland to the mines, and in this dis- tance the total grade amounts to a rise of Sw feet. The freight will be almost en- y iron ore, which ts brought down in rs, which are returned empty to . The cars will be run in trains train being supplied with generator connected with the e grade is such the loaded by their own weight, and the geared to the axles generate a which Is taken off on a trolley d utilized to haul another train cf ars back. It is thought that the ¢ in weight of the loaded and ‘s will give power enough to over- : tkage, friction, Hne losses, ete. The engineers are figuring on using the dynamos as inoters on the reiurn’ trip, saving a duplication of machinery. It of the experiment will be await- thus - od pa A Champion, From Life. “i may say what you will, but John is a wonderful fighter.” t ow that?" “Look at the way he ‘ ees y he ‘puts up his ANOTHER CLOSE GAME Boston Scored One Run in the Ninth and Won. MAGNIFICENT PITCHING ON BOTH SIDES Robert J. Lowers the Record at Columbus. OTHER SPORTING NEWS a od Record of the Clubs. - Le PCy Clubs. WwW. L Pc. 27 .686|Brooklyn.... 41 47 .466 29.685! Philadelphia. 39 43. 409 -400 Washington at Boston. New York at Baltimore. Philadelphia at Brooklyn. Pittsburg at Cleveland. ONE TO NOTHING. Senators Unf mately Had the Nothing End of It. A pitchers’ bettle in Bostcn yesterday between Nichols and McJames resulted in the closest of scores—i to 0—and that sol!- tary run was not tallied until the ninth inning, with two men out. It was made by Boston, and hence Washington dropped another game, the sixth straight, and the third in succession by a margin of only one run. That's the hard luck of it. It 1s #0 dreadfully aggravating to lose a game by such a narrow limit. But the total of ¢efeats in the league race keeps on grow- ing just the same. McJames’ work was superb. Nichols struck out six men, and this fact militated against the Senators at several points in the game. The fielding, too, was magnifi- cent, only one error being scored by each side. It was Washington’s hard luck to have its only misplay come in the ninth, and to have it followed by a sacrifice and a sirgle. The closeness and smaliness of the score make the story of the game a brief one. Indeed, not a Senator reached third base in the game, only two got as far as second and never did they have more than one on the circuit at one time. Boston looked like a scorer two or three times during the game, but double plays of a first-class order by the Statesmen pre- vented runs. The ninth was the only in- ning in which a Beaneater tagged the rub- ber. De Montreville failed to handle Duf- fy’s smash to short, and the little left fielder was safe. Long sacrificed and sent him to second. Tucker made two out by flying to Selbach, and then, just when a hit was needed most for Boston, it was produced. Had it been Washington who needed that hit, most kely some aspiring Senator would have tried to produce rain by disturbing the clouds. But Bergen was not in the rain-making business. He de- tected a ball issuing out of McJames’ twist- ing anatomy that just pleased him, and he swatted tt hard. It sailed out into left field, far enough away from a fielder to allow Duffy to straighten out in the base path for that coveted rubber. Selbach threw in the sphere as quickly as possible. ‘There was a brief but exciting race be- tween the little ball and the little Bean- eater. The Beaneater beat the ball by enough to give Umpire Lynch a perfect right to call him safe, and the game was won—or lost, according to the point of view. The score: BOSTON. . R.H.O.A.E. DAE Stivetts, cf. 0 20 0 00000 Tenney. If. 0 0 1 0 00031 Duty, >... 11 2 0 1200 Long. s8. 0 01 5 0000 Tuck Ib.0 280 1oso 0190 1530 L010 01400 10 0 2 0 O.Cartwr't,1b. 0 018 0 0 0 112 oMedumes, po 02 2 0 182771 ona 2611 1 a made with two out. ‘ 0000000014 0000000000 jon. Two-hase hit—Bai james and Cartwright; ‘artwright. First on ball: MteJames, 1. “Struck out—By Bergen. Time—One hour Umpire—Lynch. POOR PHILLIES. minutes. Lost After Having a Lead of Ten to Nothing. Pitcher Taylor was a sphynx for four In- nings at Brooklyn, while his colleagues had secured a bunch of four runs. In the fifth Philadelphia seemed to clinch the game, but in the last half the Grooms began to score, and kept it up in every inning, until in the ninth, with two men out, the winning run was taHied. The score: PHILADELPHIA. BROOKLYN. R.H.O.A ES K.H.O.A.E. Cooley, If. 2-8 2-0 O'GriMn, cf... 2-150 0 +2 1 8 9 3/shindle, 3b. 2 21 81 210 1100 21 0 0060 210 2100 BO4 31011 1200 2300 o21 1510 1010 0000 1100 oo10 Totals....1035 2615 132712 2 Pi-tladelphti 0 0 0-10 Brooklyn. . 8221 ‘Two out when winning run was scored. Earned runs—Philadelphia, 7; Brooklyn, 6, First base on errors—Philadelph Brooklyn, 5. Left on bases—Vhiladelphia, $; Brooklyn, 9. Three-base Fite —Shindle (2). And uderson. ‘Two-base hit—Dele- banty. Sas # Cooley, Mertes. Bases on balls—Of Abbey, 1; off Daub, 1; off Harper, ft Tuylor, 1. Struck out. By Abbey, by Daub, 1; by Harper, 2; by Taylor, 1. Stolen bave—Mertes. Hit by pi bal—Grim. Umpire Hurst. Time— ‘Two hours. REDS’ HARD FIGHTING. Cincinnati's Form Too Much for - Pittsburg. Dwyer was effective when men were on bases, and Cincinnati's form was such throughout the game that a hard-fought victory was theirs. Pittsburg’s hits were scattered, except in the fifth. The score: CINCI -H.O.AE. a19O 283% o3a00 os00 2810 0400 OT10 1040 0001 82 8 1 Cinetnnatt. o1g Pittsburg. 9000200003 1, 3: Pittsburg, 2. Two- bas hit—-Burke. | Three-base hit—Dwyer. Sacrifice Lyons, Burke, McPhee, Miller @), KE. Smith. Double Burke, McPhee; Peltz, McPhee. Hit by pit pall—By | Dwyer y Hawley, 1. me Passed ball-Merritt. Struck out—By Dwyer, 2: by Hawley, 1. Wild pitch—Hawley. Time—One hour and fifty-five minutes. Umplre—Lally. MORE EFFECTIVE BATTING. Baltimore’s Hite Were More Pro- ductive Than New York's. New York hit the ball oftener than Bal- timore and fielded quite as well, but the Giants’ taps were not so productive as those of the champions. Reitz batted in six runs, three in the fourth and as many more in the fifth. The score: BALTIMORE. NEW YORK, R.H.O.LE,) B.H.O.AE. Kelley, If.. 1 © 2 0 O| Reckle Grete pV ee cy Keeler, rf.. 3 3 8 0 O|V.H'n, cf.. 0 oo Jewinen, ss. 3 2 5 3 O/Tiemam, it 2 4 4 0 0 107 1 AJoyce, dy... 3 2 1 2g © 2.5 5 OGteason, 351 3 3 0 © 0 2 © 1iDavis, 3..0 015 0 0 0 0 1 O/Uirich, If..0 0 2 0 0 1 1.8 0 1) Wilson, ¢..0 1820 Pe Pe pe Tetals,... 9 92710 61024 Baltinore. O21 x9 New York. 1080-6 Earned runs—Baltimore, 3; New York, 1. base bit—Clarke. Two-base hit—Keeler. tolen bases—Van Haltren, Keeler. Struck out—By Hoffer, 3; by Sullivan, 8. Bases on balis_By Hoffer, 1; Ly Sullivan, 2. Struck by piteherBy Sullivan, 1. Left on bases—Raltimore, 4; New York, 1. ‘Wild pitches—Hoffer, 1; Sullivan, i. Time of game —Two hours. Umpire—Sheridan. SHORT GAME AT CHICAGO. The Colts Wim From the Browns by a Neck. It was barely a game in Chicago, for when darkness intervened in the fifth the first half had berely been finished, and the second half begun. Rain fell before and after the play. Chicego scored four in the second on hits and two ghastly errors. The score: CHICAGO. ST. LOU! R.W.O.AB R.H.0.AB Everitt, cf. 2°20 0 0| Dowd, %..0 221 0 Dahlen, ss. 0 21 2 io 1290 1 0 © Ol Turner, rt..0 0 0 0 0 © 3 2 OfConnor, 1b. 0 0 8 0 O © 1 0 0)Parrott, cf. 1 1 0 2 0 1 11 © 1/Meyers, 3b. 1 1 2 1 2 © 2 1 0) Cross, ss. 13380 1 0 2 © Oj M'Fari’a, o1trd 1 & © 0} Donohue, ooo -5 715 5 1 Totals. One out when game was called. cht St. Louis. Earned runs—Chicago, 3: hit—Decker.. Three-base oo 6 co & COMMENTS FROM OYSTERTOWN. Remarks About the Make-Up and Prospects of the Senators. From the Baltimcre American. It is said that Tom Brown is not per- manent captain of the Senators. Farrell is belfeved to possess the qual!- ties of a first baseman, and will doubtless be tried on the initial bag soon. ‘Brien, the Senators’ second baseman, is again lining ’em out and fielding sharp- ly. He has had a home run in each of the last two games. Manager Schmelz {is still on the “dead hunt” for. an organizer, and promises an- other deal before the week ends, but it won't be a McGraw. ea “Play the game as it should be played, was Earl Wagner's instructions to the Senators when he joined them in Chicago three weeks ago. Mr. Wagner meant that it required something besides muscle to play ball. J. Earl Wagner wouldn't mind signing Billy Clingman of the Colonels, though McGunnigle would hardly sell him. Cling- man is undoubtedly a reliable third base- man, but is not aggressive, and scarcely strong enough at the bat. JOYCE’S OFFICIAL RECORD. Am Exact Statement of His Work in Washington. In view of the exchange of Joyce for New York players, and the comment that has been made on the deal, it may be interes! ing to glance at the official averages of that player the first forty-five games this season. They are as follows: Games played. 45 Sacrifice hits 0 Times at bat. 174Stolen bases. ~ 2 Runs n$/Put out: 97 Base hits. 52/ Errors . 30 Total base: 88] Assists co Batting average...203|Fielding average..867 It is thought that perhaps one of the ex- planations of the lack of team work in bat- ting on the part of the Senators was the tire absence of sacrifice hitting by the captain, who, a$ the record shows, failed in all the forty-five games to mal a. single sacrifice to advance a runner. @aturally, it is med, the men followed the lead of their captain. Notes. in Boston today. German will probably pitch. What has become of Norton? Where's Carney Flynn, the ex-Glant? Baltimore will play here tomorrow after- neon. It will not be ladies’ day at Natfonal Park. Mercer is due to pitch tomorrow unless Norton or Flynn sho:ld be ready. There's no special disgrace in josing those Beston games, but they count just the same on the wrong side. Washington is playing a peculiar game, elther losing by a bad shut-out or by a very narrow margin, but it is losing just the same. There is some misunderstanding about the schedule for tomerrow’s game. The official score card does not account for the date at all, but it was announced over the ‘phone this morning that the game would be played here with Balilmore. ROBERT J.'S GREAT PERFORMANCE. ant Heat In the Won- Time of 2.02 3-4. Robert J. has once more shown himself to be the monarch of harness racers. Fresh from his defeat at Cleveland by his younger rival, Frank Agan, the little pacer covered himself with glory yesterday at Columbus. He stepped a fourth heat in 2.02 3-4, and the average time for the four- heat race, 2.03 7-8, 1s the best known in a contest of that duration. Frank Agan reduced his own record to 2.0% 3-4. Ed. Geers, the regular trainer of Robert J., was found to be so much upset by the accident of yesterday that he was not fit for duty. Though he had never been behind the noted bay gelding before George Starr handled him like an artist. In the fourth heat Rubenstein woke up for the first time since he chased Agan out in the first heat. This time the stal- lion set out Ike a wild horse. He led the gelding to the quarter in 304% seconds and was a length ahead at the half in 1.00%. The spectators shouted with Joy to see the Ohio champion in front, and when he reached the three-quarters in 1.31 there was a sudden hush at the prospect of the race going to the stallion. That wus Rubenstein’s Hmit, however, and as he fell back Frank Agan took the lead, and squared away for home at a clip that promised to wipe out all records. At his wheel was Robert J., better rated and fresher than his big antagonist. Relent- lessly the rejuvenuted ghamp:on ate up the distance, and at the en furlongs he was at the leader’s saddle. Agan began to falter, and McCarthy, in sheer despera- tion, plied the whip vigorously, but to no purpose. Steady as a perfectly balanced machine, and etraight as an arrow, the small bundle of whipcord, sinew and mus- cle came home a short length ahead of his struggling and exhausted opponent. Outsiders caught the mile in 2.0%, but the three official timers agreed on 2.02 3-4, and the greatest pacing race ever seen was won. CYCLING A MILE A MINUTE. A St. Louis Scorcher to Speed With a Locomotive. ST. LOUIS, Mo., August 7.—-There seems to be no doubt now that Cyclist E. E. Ander- son will make his attempt next Sunday to pedal a mile a minute, paced by a loco- motive. Accompanied by his trainer, E. A. Buckner, and Assistant General Passenger Agent A. C. Williams of the Bluff line, over which the trial will be made, Anderson went to Odenburg, IIl., and made two trials be- hind a locomotive. He covered two quar- ters, one at @ rate of twenty-seven miles an hour, and the other at thirty-five miles. In neither heat had he any trouble keeping up with the engine. The track is only partly completed, and Anderson, therefore, was not able to go the whole distance. It was Anderson's object to see if he could over- come the suction from the coach, traveling at a high rate of speed. After the trials Anderson seemed satisfied, and expressed himself as confident that he could attain the speed of a mile a minute. ‘They Downed the Troopers. The District Commissioners’ office team hed no trouble in downing the Fort Myer troopers yesterday at National Park in a six-inning game. The score stood 19 to @ at the end of the sixth, when the gamc was called on account of darkness. The troop- ers are creqitéd with an overwhelming num- ber of errors, so that the District team need not have made a single base hit to win. R.H.B. District Com. 81048 81911 8 Fort Myer.. 104022-9814 Engravers and Coin Comnters, The Bureay of Engraving and Printing and the Treasury Department teams meet today at National Park, and a cluse game 1s looked for by the supporters of both ag- gregations. The Treasury has taken a well- defined spurt lately, while the Bureau seems to have taken a slight slump in Its playing. ‘This should ingure a close contest, and both teams will be on edge, one to keep up its good work and the other to regain its lost prestige. WAGNER'S POSITION He Gives The Star His Views on the Base Ball Situation. REASONS FOR THE JOYCE DEAL Hopes for the Future of the Team This Season. AS TO MR. SCHMELZ —_—__+___ Mr. J. Earl Wagner, secretary of the Washington Base Ball Club, came over to this city this morning from Philadelphia to attend to business matters connected with the team, and while here a Star re- porter asked h'm as to his views on the Prospects of the Senators during the re- mainder of the season. In view of recent events Mr. Wagner's reply will doubtless be read by the patrons of base ball in this clty with great interest. He said: “I appreciate the fair and manly course of The Star with reference to this matter, and I will gladly give the public my opin- ions on the situation through the columns of your paper. I realize the rights and privileges of the public to criticise the man- agement of any public enterprise that de- fends upon their generous patronage—so necessary to its success—the public is the arbiter of the fortunes of all persons who are depenient upon it for support. This is right and proper, and I am the last man on earth who believes or will say ‘the pub- lic be d—d.’ At the same time I believe that criticsm or denunciation should be founded upon mature consideration of all the facts and circumstances connected with the matter. “In the first place, I want the public to understard that I alone am responsible for all the changes that have heen made in the personnel of the club, which changes were made by me in the belief that it was for the best interests of the club and that its playing strength would be greatly in- creased. I still 30 believe, and under the same circumstances I would do as I have, trusting that the future would verify the wisdom of my judgment. Two motives prompt me as well as others in the conduct of this peculiar business. One is to give to the patrons of the game the very best possible exhibition for their money, and the second is to so conduct the business that a reasonable remuneration mty be realized upon the lurge amount of capital invested, and | know that if I fail in supplying the former that I cannot expect satisfactory firancial returns. “I regret exceedingly that the indignation of our patrons should be directed against Manager Schmelz—this is an injustice to an honest, faithful and conscientious man, that is wholly unjust and undeserved. Whatever he may have said or done in the premises was under my direct orders. In some cases he disagreed with me as to the course I thought best to pursue. I have the utmost faith and confidence in his competency and ability, and I will take this occasion to say ‘that I firmly believe had he been in charge of the ball team from the beginning of the season that we would today be in the first division. “I would not say one word in detraction of Mr. Joyce's ability as a ball player. He never had a better friend in the business than I have been. When I have been im- portuned by patrons, orally and through written communications, to release him on account of his bad work at third base, I have always stuck to him. No man ever had a bett+r opportunity to make a record for himself than he. He had absolute and entire control of the team from the begin- nirg o2 this seasun. The team started out under favorable auspices and occupled a position in the race that, with proper man- agement, ought to have been maintained. The bad playiag of the team was first mani- fested Lpon our own grounds, and many rumors reached me through responsible perties of bacchanalian revelries of Joyce and some of the players. These are facts well known to all the newspaper boys. Yet they were denied by Joyce, and matters were permitted to run along. Upon the sec- ord western trip there came an awful slump, There was no team work; twelve and fifteen men were left on bases in many games—no attempt being made in the di- rection of scientific ball playing. The usual signs that inspire er promote team work were entirely disregarded or abandoned. I was with the club for over a week and satisfied myself that Joyce, as a manager, was a sad, dismal failure. I had given him a loyal support, employed ull the players he desired, including O’Brien, and yet his work was gving from bad to worse. Dis- sension had come irto the club. The har- mony that had existed for many seasons was gone, and the alternative was forced upon me to make a change or stand by and see the hard work of several years go for Taught Therefore, I sought and obtained a deal with the New York club, who needed just such a scrappy ball player as Joyce, recelving ir exchange Charley Farrell and Flynn and a cash consideration of $2,500. Every magnate and ball player in the league will tell you that this deal was in the interest of the Washington club. Charley Farrell is well known to the Wash- irgton fans. He is a young man in the flush and prime of his vsefulness; can play any position and play it well. “In speaking of this deal a well-known and successful manager sald to mé ‘You geld-bricked Freedman outrageously. “I spezk of this merely to show the pre- vailing opinion of those who are competent to judge cf such matters. I have no ex- cuses to offer for that deal, and would make {t again tomorrow, even with all the criticism that has been directed against me “As I have said, the public has a perfect right to approve or condemn my action in this matter, and I am glad their interest in the game prompts them to speak out in meeting. Yet I know the people of Wash- ington well enough to believe that they would not denounce my action in unjust terms were they th>-oughly acquainted with all the facts and circumstances con- nected therewith, and I would be pleased at any time to give any of our patrons my side of the argument who feel enough in- terest in the matter to call upon me. Handicapped, as he has been, in taking charge of a club wholly demoralized, I am ccnfident that Mr. Schmelz will soon have them again on their feet. During the last three games the team has played better and more scientific ball than at any time during the season. Thus believing, I will pursue the even tenor of my way, with an eye single to the success of the team and the approbation of the public.” Some of the Brilliant Plays Reported ‘Today. NUREMBERG, August 7.—The seven- teenth round of the international chess masters’ tournament was played in this city today, the pairing being as follows: Lasker vs. Marco, Schiffers vs. Maroczy, Pillsbury vs. Schalopp, Albin vs. Winawer, Porges vs. Showalter, Walbrodt vs. Teich- mann, Janowski vs. Blackburne, Tarrasch vs. Charousek, Steinitz vs. Tschigorin, Schlechter, a bye. At 1 o'clock the following results had been recorded: Schiffers end Maroczy drew a French defense, after twenty-six moves. Pillsbury beat Schallopp in a queen's gambit declined, after forty-four moves. Winawer beat Albin in a Giuoco plano, af- ter twenty-one moves. Teichmann beat Walbrodt ine Ruy Lopez, after twenty-nine moves. Tarrasch beat Charousek in a king’s fianchetto, after nineteen moves. Steinitz beat Tschigorin in a P.Q. 4 open- ing, after thirty-six moves. The game left unfinished in the sixteenth round between Marco and Schlechter was drawn late night, after nearly, one hundred moves. —— Correct Diagnosis, Brom the Texas Sifter. Doctor (feeling of patient's pulse)—“What is your husband's business?” Patient's Wife—“He is a merchant.” Doctor—“Has he been overworking him- self of lute?” Patient’s Wife—Not that I am aware of.” r (musingly)—‘Singular.” Patient's Wife—“‘He bought an amateur photographer's outfit last week, and he has pos busy ever since, trying to make a pic- ure.” Doctor—“H'm! Brain fever.” CHINA AND JAPAN. Gen. Foster om the Treaty of Peace Negotiated at Shimonoseki. General Foster, who accompanied Li Hung Chang on his mission to negotiate Peace with Japan, in the capacity of con- fidential adviser to the Emperor of China, contributes a characteristic sketch of the Chinese viceroy to the August Century. Concerning the treaty of Shimonoseki, Mr. Foster says: While he thus bore the most important trust ever committed to him by the em- Peror, it was by no means a task to his I'king. He was by nature high spirited, and his military and political success-had made him haughty and imperious. He was proud of his country, of its past history, and of its institutions, He partook of the national feeling of contempt for the Japa- nese, and he felt keenly the humiliation which the war had inflicted upon his peo- ple. He knew the mission to which he had been assigned would make him unpopular, and expose him to fresh indignities from his partisan enemies. He felt he was tak- ing his life in his hand when he should place himself on Japanese soil, and he so expressed himself te the incredulous for- eign diplomats at Peking; but he dared not shrink from the duty which his sovereign had imposed upon him. Seldom has a public man, under such try- ing circumstances, borne himself with such true heroism and patriotic devotion. A high-spirited and proud man, he went to the land of the despi: but triumphant enemy to sue for peace; and yet he never failed to maintain his accustomed de- meanor or his country’s dignity. And it is due to the Japanese plenipotentiaries who were designated to receive and treat with him at Shimonoseki to state that they ex- hibited toward him the highest marks of respect, and during the entire negotiations allowed no word to escape from their lips, and nothing to occur, which might be con- sidered personally offensive to their dis- tinguished guest. He had the good fortune to conduct negotiations with two compeers, men of marked ability, and worthy repre- sentatives of their government and race. Marquis Ito, the prime minister,is a typical member of the progressive party, educated in Europe, and trained in modern political science and methods of government, but an ardent and patriotic Japanese. He had a valuable colleague in Count Mutsu, minister of foreign affairs, who had been long in his country’s service at home and abroad. Mar- quis Ito, ten years before, had been sent by his government to Tientsin to arrange with the Viceroy Li a settlement of Corean af- fairs; and the same subject brought the viceroy to Japan, but under changed condi- tions for the negotiators. The defeated party always negotiates at a disadvantage, and the viceroy did not fail to appreciate the situation; but the judg- ment of the impartial observer is that he came out of it with as much credit as was possible, and it is quite certain that he ob- tained better terms for his country than any other Chinese official could have se- cured. This was due in part to the per- sonal consideration shown him by the Jap- anese negotiators, but mainly to his own diplomatic experience and his thorough knowledge of his own government. Japan was robbed of a large measure of her triumph by the interposition of the European powers, and it has keen stated that the viceroy consented in the treaty to the cession of the Liaoturg peninsula only because of his knowledge that these pow- ers would compel its return to China. But this is not a fair statement of the facts. Neither the viceroy nor his government had received any information from Russia or other power before the treaty was sign- ed as to its action on the subject, but he chad been a close student of European poll- tics for many years, and his action was based upon convictions born of that study. He neither reads nor speaks any foreign language, but he has secretaries charged with the duty of keeping him informed of current events, and has had much in- tercourse with diplomats and other in- telligent foreigners, ind he well knew that Russia, if no other nation, would not allow the domination of Corea by Japan or its permanent lodgment on the continent so near to Peking and Russia's own posses- sions, and he was willing to make the Liao- tung cession in order to escape other harsh terms. But the viceroy’s statesmanship and strength of character were most conspicu- ous in his conduct after the treaty was signed and he had returned to China. He seni urgent telegraphic representations to the emperor and to the foreign office, call- ing for prompt ratification and exchange of the treaty, in spite of the foreign in- fluence and the national clamor. His per- sonal enemies were actively exerting them- selves against the treaty, led by the Vice- roy Chang Chi-tung, who had written the highly laudatory address on the occasion cf his birthday celebration, and who to that end was fomenting the rebellion in Formosa and supplying the rebels with arms from the imperial arsenal at Shanghai. It great- ly redounds to the credit of the young emperor that in such a grave crisis he fol- lowed the advice of his venerable coun- selor and ratified the treaty. ELECTRICAL FORCE. Some of the Things It Has Be: Made te De. From Popular Science Monthly. Electricity, light, heat and chemical ac- tion are all in essence motion; electricity ts the most desirable of all of them, because it can most readily and fully become the source or issue of any other. The pre- eminent sensitiveness of electrical appara- tus makes it a surpassing means of meas- uring minute portions of space or time, of light, heat, chemical activity or mechani- cal mot! Hence a brood of tell-tales of widely contrasted purpose. Selenium, a metalloid of the same lineage as sulphur and betraying its descent by a striking family resemblance, has the curi- ous property of transmitting electricity more freely in light than in darkness; a stick of selenium, therefore, is the pivot of a device to give warning when extinction befalls _a lamp charged with important duty. In thermometers a circuit broken or completed acts as a fire signal or on ship- board heralds the apprcach of an iceberg. Electric fingers sound a gong when the water recedes below the safety level in a steam boiler or report an attempted breach of bolt or bar by the burglar’s jimmy. Each of these warnings can bé registered at a distance, so that in case of neglect by an attendant there can be no disputing the fact. Now, if an electric alarm can sum- mon a servant to duty, why may not the inventor go further and so add to his de- vice that it shall, of its own motion, do what needs to be done? Accordingly, we find furnaces fitted up with electrical control, so that the draft is opened or fuel added when the tempera- ture falls too low or the reverse when the flame is too fierce. When the fuel is gas this stoking leaves nothing to be desired. New mechanism of this kind is constantly being contrived. The inventor who began by conferring electrical nerves on muscles of brass and tron has, thanks to electricity, gone the length of combining his wires and magnets into something-very like a con- scious and responsive brain. His intelli- gence culminates in duplicating itself. Depression in the Cane Business. From the New York Tribune, The latest industry to show signs of dis- tress is that of the manufacture and sale of walking sticks. It is, indeed, rapidly ceasing to exist. It is not only that men do not carry canes a-wheel, but even on the rare occasions when they do walk the; have discarded canes for wheels. This fact is perfectly obvious to every one who has noticed the throngs on Broadway or in the cars. No more men are seen carrying wands of dignified malacca or sportive hazel, or trim bamboo, or stately ebony gold-mounted. Instead, each carries in his hand a wheel, pneumatic ured, with pokes. Where formerly czch in- Individual fancy in crutch-han- shepherd’s crook, or buck’s horn, taste is now displayed in varying styles of tire, or of hub, of hickory, or oak. or maple rim, or other features of the wheel. ———+o+____ Criminals by Wholesaie. From the Weekly Telegraph. A detective officer tells a story in ref- erence to the photographs circulated for the identification of a certain criminal. A murder had been committed in a busy northern town, and a mumber of collotype portraits of the murderer were rapidly printed and circulated among the chief police centers, in the hope of securing an arrest. Now some collotype photographs show a marked variation in different de- velopments from one negative. The sur- prise of the chief of the detective depart- ment may ed upon receipt of the following message from an office in Lon- don, where six duplicates of the portrait had ee sen’ Pict) arrested five of the wanted men, and have every prospect of se- curing the sixth before night.” Did you get any of the We were never quite so crowded as we have been today. So SHIRT WAISTS? The announcement of more $1 to $2.98 shirt waists for 33c. caused a regular stampede. With the extra salespeople and unusual prep- arations which we made we were unable to wait on all properly. The extremely hot weather had no effect in keeping folks home, They remembered our last sale, and they fairly “jumped” at this one. Every single waist in the house now goes in with the 33¢. lot— doesn’t make any difference what it sold for—what we paid for it. ‘That gives you your cholce of the finest collection of Waists which were ever brought to this city, for in the lot there are Plain and Striped Grass Linens, Dimities, Plain and Striped Linen Lawns, Fancy Striped Percales, Pretty Dimity Lowns, Handsome B: Sclid Black and Striped Black and Figured India Linons, Whit Linen Crash istes, Zephyretion, Indta Linens, French Ginghams, Lace Stripe Lawns—the finest and most stylish creations of the season the “masterpleces™ of the most celebrated maker—who makes no cheap waists—who has gained his reputation by thoroughness of workmanship. ‘The window full shows a few of th tyles you can find on the second floor, Notice the extreme size of the sleeves the stylish collars and cuffs—the perfect yoke backs. Notice how the stripes match—bow cirefully every stitch bas been taken. Nearly all with the stylish detachable collars. Many with plain white collars and cufts— And you some cuffs turned up—some plain. You can well afford to take three, four or five. can pay for them on easy weekly or monthly installments If you wish. We'll continue to sell tomorrow the Wo- men’s $1 to $1.50 Wrappers at 49e.—and it doesn't look as though they would hold out much longer. Percalea, lawns and batixtes, with Watteau back, large sleeves, ruffies over shoulder and lined down to waist. We'll continue to sell any Boys’ Wash Duck Suit tn the house for 89c.—some of them were $2. And anything on easy weekly or can buy this way here. ‘We'll continue to sell Boys’ All-wool and 7-8-wool Knee P ~all We'll continue to sell “Mothers” Friend” rt for boys at the same cut ide of flaest percale - for Te. Unlaundered ones. 1 ones, Boe. Pan’ nel Suit, which tas double seat and knees Suite which have been sell- ing for $4 $5. for $1.98. All styles, but not all sizes in each. monthly payments — anybody Hecht TO EXPEL JUDGE TERRY’S SLAYER. Francisco. Friends of James H. Barry, politician and editor of the San Francisco Weekly Star whose life was threatened by David Naegle, hav held a secret meeting and or- ganized a committee of safety. Its ob- ject will be the driving of Naegle from the city. Naegle, with his hand at his hip pocket, spat four t'mes in Barry’s face Tuesday, daring him to draw. Barry de- clined. He declared he was unarmed, and bystanders prevented further vlolence. The organization was only preliminary, but it was given out by those who assisted in banding vigilantes that by Saturday Naegle would be given formal notice to depart or accept the consequences of refusal. In the interim if Naegle offered to do any violence to Barry,¢he would be summarily dealt with. The assault on Barry has revived the intense feeling that followed the killing of Judge David S. Terry in defense of Justice Stephen J. Field In August, 1889. Terry had slapped Justice Field's face because of an adverse ruling. Naegle then deliberately and in cold blood shot Terry. Judicial pro- ceedings later excused the murder. Since then Neegle has been in numerous shooting escapades. Following a recent at- tack upon a former Southern Pacific striker (Naegle is in the employ of the Southern Pacific) he was attacked in Barry's paper as “the cold-blooded murderer of Judge Terry, at the instance of Justice Fieid.” Se He Was a Good Liar. From the Detroit Free Press. “I'm done with South America,” he de- clared with an air of disgust as he looked at the other loungers in the hotel regaling parlor and sipped a glass of beer.” “Nature overdoes everything down there. Melon vines grow so fast that the melons are ruined by being dragged over the ground. Where the soil is most fertile the natives have to go up in a balloon to pick grapes. Corn grows so tall that crows eat it out of gun range, and the stalks have to be cut down with an ax. The grass comes on so fast that the farmers make hay every week, and there is enough fruit to supply the markets of the world. A man can live there without turning a hand.” “I guess not,” grunted an old toper who was looking for just that kind of a snap. “I say you can, and have the best there is going. But I wouldn't live there if they deeded me the whole shooting match. There are more snakes there than there are leaves in Formosa, or whatever it is. They st. shuddered the toper. “And you people don’t have any storms up here. One of your cyclones wouldn't be a fresh breeze down there. I've seen a blow in Brazil turn an iron kettle inside out. I'd just bought a ticket for a place sixty miles away one evening, when I'll be durned if the wird didn’t pick the little station up and land me right where I want- ed to go. It was done so quick that the old clock didn’t get through striking seven while we were making the trip. I located a gold mine on top of a hill, and it was full of gold. One night the whole top of that infernal hill blew away, and when I found at a lot of Spaniards had jumped the elaim.” “How's the grocery business?” brusquely asked a man who had come in a minute before, but the South American traveler had vanished as though on the wings of a South American storm. “Runs a little one-herse grocery out here at Jumptown,” continued the newcome: “Never been out of Michigan in his lit Heavy-weight champion Har of the world.’ soo fe Talks of Old Maid A Do “Mirlam, the Old Maid,” was the subject yesterday of a sermon by the Rev. 8. A. Sammis of the Tabernacle Baptist Church, New Brunswick, N. J. Mr. Sammis is a bachelor. His remarks caused the spinsters in the front pews to beam with pleasure. The preacher said: “I have no sympathy for those wealthy girls who will go out into the woods and pick up an isolated prince or a God-forsaken duke and bestow large sums of money upon them for thelr titles. I don’t care for dukedom, princedom or any other kind of ‘dom.’ They find when it is too late the mistake they have made and then expect the sympathy which no one Saas namical told of the part Miriam play- ed in the finding of Moses. He spoke of the Egyptian princess, who was, he said, an old maid, in taking the child. “If she had been one of our new women, she would have had a poodle dog with a fine coat spangled with buttons in her arms, and Moses would stood no chance at all. “Next,” said the dominte, “we find Miriam with the children of Israel in the desert. After her triumphant song she was made a prophetess. Bad results came of it. She became ambitious. Then she became jealous of her brothers, then slanderous, and was finally punished by being affitcted with lep- rosy. Here is a striking lesson. Give a wo- man too much power and you will repent it. Universal suffrage would be an excellent thing were it not for this. If the lady of the house gets full control of domestic af- fairs, you will soon see her coming it over her husband in an alarming manner. Just limit her power a little and all will go on pleasantly; but give her complete control, and that settles it.” ——___+e+—_____ A Mistake. From the Detroit Free Press, Lawyer Lisner was attending court a country town and stopped at the best hotel. At dinner he ordered among other things a cut of roast beef. When the waiter brought his dinner he forgot the beef. “Where's the bovine?” asked Mr. Lisner. “The which, sah?” asked the puzzled waiter. “The bovine that I particularly ordered.” The man picked up the menu and read it over carefully. Then he left the dining room with a troubled face, but soon re- ‘ned. 1 “It’s a mistake, sah,” he said, blandly, “the cook says he ain’t done veen foday, sah.” serve no boo- From the New York Sun. | and Company, 515 Seventh St. TAKING CARE OF THE LONE rem Get a Hes. band and Father. From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Charles Custer, the popular storekeeper at Renton, came to the Post-Intelligencer office, where I was employed, and related a very sad story. He said that a German woman with six children had arrived in Renton from the old country a few days before on her way to Newcastle to Join her husband; that on her arrival in Renton she had learned that her husband had been kiled in the mines six weeks before. She could not speak a word of English and was without money or friends. Custer said the Deople of Renton had supplied her imthedi- ate wants, and that he had come to Seattle to arrange for the county to take care of her until she was In a position to care for herself and family. When he had finished his story he turned to me and asked what I would advise. Jarvis and his big ranch, with plenty of rcom for the children to romp in and plenty of milk for them to drink and the four din- ing-room chairs popped into my mind like a flash, and I replied: “Custer, do you think ycur widow would consider matrimony as & way out of her troubles?” “Why, the idea almost staggers me,” ree plied Custer. “Who on earth wants to marry a woman with six children, who has only learned of the death of her husband within the last four days? Besides that, she cannot speak a word of English. She speaks German altogether.’ “She has not much the better of my man.” I replied. “He is a Frenchman, and can neither speak English nor German; but I guess if they get married they soon will be able to understand gach other.” Custer went further into the particulars of my scheme. I told him who the man was and my reasons for thinking that he would be willing to marry the German wo- man, children and all. That afternoon Cus- ter went on horseback over to Jarvis’ ranch, laid the matter before him, and to his surprise and gratification Peter jumped at the chance. “You go back to town and make the arrangements,” said Jarvis, “and I'l hitch up and drive over this evening and have the job done at once.” “All right,” said Custer, “but don’t for- set to put a couple of extra seats in the wagon for the young ones. “How many did you say there were?” asked Jarvis. “Only six. Now, don’t spend too much time sprucing up, because I'll have every- thing ready before you can reach town if you go for the horses at once.” As Custer left the farm the old man shouted: “Good-bye. You will have to ride lively if you beat me to town. My horses are not driven for a bride very often, and they can stand it to get over the ground at @ rapid pace for once in their lives.” Sure enough, Custer had hardly time to break the news to the widow, through an interpreter, before the dashing Frenchman came tearing through the streets like mad, and reined his panting horses up in front be store. Before leaving Seattle ster had taken the precaution to secure the necessary license, with the understanding that it could be returned if not used. A preacher was called in, the bride and groom were introduced and made man and wife in almost the same breath, and half an hour later Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis and the six little ones re comfortably seated in the big lumber jon, bound for the Jarvis homestead, on Cedar river, as happy as clams at high tide. Men with fine light hair are smart, con- cetted, and if they do not marry until late in life are apt to grow cross and selfish. If a girl wishes to select a husband she should examine his hair very closely before accepting him, because it is a fine indica- tion of what his disposition is. Men with fine brown hair, light or dark, make the best husbands. They are quick, thought- ful and less apt to be selfish than their very light or very dark-haired brothers. Those whcse hair turns gray prematurely are nearly always good fellows. They are a little nervous, but are brainy, sympathet- le and very honorable. The hair turns white fron. being overscrupulous in money matters and friendships oftener than it does for grieving over one’s shortcomings. Nearly all red-headead are smart, whether the hair is coarse or fine, but when you do run across one that ien’t he is the stupidest person under the sun. The wo- men with pale blonde hair, or the colorless, ashy kind, ere impulsive, loving, fickle. They are not to be depended upon, but are usually good company while they like you. On the contrary, those with dark brown hair are very loyul. They are full of sen- thment ana easily affected. They enjoy keenly and suffer in proportion. Women with fine black hair are high strung, and those with coarse black hair, if they are smart, are nearly always mean. All women with dark hair are more tempestuous than those with light hair. The dark eyes and complexions that go with the different shades of dark brown and black hair de- note strong feeling. They are also more faithful than light-haired wom: Men who ere bald are not desirable as hus- bands unless they have money. ble Bronzes. Frem the Philadelpiia Record. The last of the four gigantic bronze eagles that will perch on the top of the city hall tower for ages to come will be hoisted up to its dizzy position before the week closes. Including the big figure of William Penn, which weighs 54,000 pounds, the entire weight of all the bronze statues and groups on ihe tower is 182,000 pounds. This weight is three times in excess of the figures was underestimated by $150,000. height of the tower had to be twenty feet to accomm te them, which entafied an additional cost of $45,000. How- ever, now that the immense and costly shaft is near completion, it is believed to aah ed for a life of one thousand years at