Evening Star Newspaper, July 18, 1898, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, JULY 18, 1898-12 PAGES. ee WASH B. WILLIAMS, Furniture, &c., 7th and D Sts. > Z Furniture Remnants at less than cost. out all “furniture hand at less than Parlor suites, chamber beds, mattresses, mat- that are broken im cleaned up at ter- ribly shrupken pr $2 Porch Rockers, $1.25. $7 Lawn Swings, $5. Summer Morris Chairs, $2.95. 12'4c. and 15c¢. Mattings, 10c. yd. 45c. and 50e. Mattings, 30c. yd. Baby Carriages, $4 up. you will find chances to make handsome savings. Wash.B. Williams, 7thé& D. Here’s a “world- beater’’=-lvanhoe Bicycles at $40. mt wheel for the price. Bullt to of wheels selling at $56, beauty—bas. all the high and in material outclasses many a higher priced mount. Sold on time, $1.50 a week. Walford’s sisee ‘Two Stores en Pa. Ave.—"909" and “477."" ‘TON GROVE. AT WASHI Third Annual Convention of Maryland White Ribboners. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. WASHINGTON GROVE, Md., July 18, 1898. The third annual convention of the Mary- c. T. U. has begun a series of to continue ten days. The pre- inary meeting was principally for or- ation. Mrs. Mary R. Haslup, presi- Gent of the Maryland organization, presid- ed at the second meeting, and Miss Jennie Smith made the opening prayer. This was a “three-minute speech” meeting of the Workers, and was participated in by Mrs. S. A Miller, president of the Montgomery county unfen; Mrs. Charles R. Hartshorn, Mrs. S. C. Thomas, president of the Fred- erick county union; Miss Jennie Smith, Mrs. E. L. Tatum and others. Miss Jennie Smith said she was one of »riginal crusaders of Belifontaine, Ohio, ized into a band in 1873, and related interesting incidents of that move- which cuiminated ‘in the organiza- tion of the W. C. T. U., an organization with a present pe nt official member- in forty-five > question under consideration was “Why do I belong to the W. C. T. U.?" and of the audience gave personal an- Haslup. “A cup bject for thought, ing that the do- S$ as opportunicy of the text. nd Peter was Jennie Smith at the 11 as the subject of her talk, in which she referred to the many inci- i arising in her work among railrvad inion b local choirs and in the musical Walker acted s. Watkins, Mrs. Dr. Mrs. John Cleg- s Myrtie Hobbs, Wether- Sullivan and musicians largely parts of the worship. Prot. mW yard Miss , Snyder and Grimes. Mrs. Jackson entertain- o'clock, and at 3 o'clock um presided, at which time Mrs. p gave an address upon the subject The Liquor Traffic.” ell-attended Young People’s meeting ld at 7 o'clock, and an evangelistic Mrs. Smith, which y a heavy show have rented cot- nd are established as for the week « ows: At the cc ee of Mr. L. P. Alt- schu—Mrs. 8. T. Muller, Mrs. M. E. Moore, Mrs. J. C. Wilson, Miss Emma Barnesley, Miss Bes: Rol on, Miss Jane Brooke; at the © cottage—Mrs. E. L. Tatum, Miss Jennie Smith, Miss Laurence. 2 cottage is occupied by Mr. rles Hartshorn and family, and is the ladies. is to be oc ts of the county _ AND BOATING. upied by xo FISHING Party Enjoys the Sport at the Mouth of Monceacy, ence of ‘The Evening Star. Md., July 16, 1898. er party was given by the young le, Mont- sterday evening, the des. mouth of Monocacy The party arrived after enjoying a bountiful ni © d by the young ladies pro- ceeded to the river, where boat riding and fishing was indulg until a late hour in the aiterncon. The party was made up as fol Beck and Dora Hall, Mi: Jessie Elgin, Misses ‘lorence Pyies le Hall, Laura Gassa- iss Hershberger and Messrs. R. Joseph and Walter Willie Mort ville, -» Miss and Miss Alice Bowie . The party was chaper- Wooton. nd Harry Wooton, Pyles, Julius Hal and Professor. Poole of Poc Miss Chapman of Washington, D. Byrd of Dawsonviil Mrs. Mrs. Mary Greer died at her residence at Clarksburg. Tuesday morning, aged elghty-two years. Her remains were in- t t Gaithersburg on Thursday last. Mr. iz Burdette, a farmer livin, pear Hyattstown, Montgomery county, last week hired a tramp to help him thrash One day this week he feigned ill- and while Mr. Bur- supper he ransack house, securing 31 other article: en found as yet. —> Death of Prominent Marylander. Special ¢ and , July 18, 1898. h of William I. HIN occurred ay morning at his late home, near The ed was born in nd was well known in this was sixty years of age and ¥, Who was a Miss Henriettd and six children. Mr. Hill was a in the confederate army dur- vil war, and took part in many engagements. For eight years he was state's attorney for Prince George's county. He was chairman of the democratic state committee for Prince George's In 1892 he was in the legislature, terward served as reading clerk in te senate. The deceased was a { St. Mary's Catholic Church. —_.>—— The Catholic Summer School. The ‘@ycond week of the Catholic Sum- mer School at Plattsburg, N. ¥., began yes- day with pontifical high mass, celebrated at St. John’s Church by the Right Rev. Bishop Burke of Albany. The deacons. of honor were Rev. Thomas McMillan of New York and Rev. William J. Kerby of the Catholic University, Washington; deacon of the mass, Rev. Dr. Lavello, president of the school. The sermon was delivered by Rev. W. 0. B. Harden of New York. dec A. C. MORAN CHOSEN He Will Ride Against Jimmy Michael on the 27th. LINTON DEFEATS HIS OLD SCHOOLMATE Race Meet of the Park Bicycle Club. AN EXIBITION MILE A. C. Moran has been selected to ride against Jimmy Michael, the Welsh wonder, on the occasion of the latter's visit to this city, on the evening of July 27. The selec- tion was the result of a good deal of work, and fh taking Moran, Mr. J. D. Lasley, 0 is engineering the matter, is of the,ppinion that he has obtained the best rider availa- ble. The selection was made Saturday af- ternoon. The names of a number of other riders were considered. Counselman was spoken of and was regarded as being® the equal of the man selected, but his condi- tion was not thought to be such as to war- rant placing him in the race. Fred Sims and Fred Schade were also spoken of, but it was thought that the latter was almost too heavy to follow a hot pace for the dis- tance. Neither Schade nor Wilson were selected, because they had not ridden in any middle- distance events, and it would take longer time than is at hand to prepare either for a ten-mile race with the crack rider. Walthour and Steenson were also considered, but they were regarded as much better sprint riders than middle distance men. AS published in The Star Saturday the race will be for ten miles. It may be a scratch event for both men, and it may be a handicap affair. The details have not been arranged, but this matter will be at- tended to and fully settled before the night the race come off. It is understood that arrangements are now in progress for a match race at the Willow Grove track at Philadelphia, between Michael and Charlie Church. The distance will be fifteen or twenty miles, and Michael is said to have offered to concede Church a handicap of a third of a mile. If this happens to be the case then it is quite certain that President Lasley will demand and receive a handi- cap for Moran. This is a matter that will be settled without any trouble. In the mat- ter of arranging for the event it was over- looked. The race Saturday afternoon at the Man- hattan Beach track, New York city, be- tween Jimmy Michael and Tom Linton was won by the latter. The distance was for twenty miles, and but for an accident to Michael, the result might have been dif- ferent. The time for the race was 35:18 1-5, and during the ride several records were broken. At the start Michael took the lead and held it for four miles and a lap, when his tire was punctured, and before he could reduce his speed and change wheels Lin- ton gained considerably on him, making nearly a mile, while the new machine was being adjusted to suit the midget. When he returned to the track Michael managed to hold his own and gained on Linton, but he was unable to beat him out. The time for each mile of the race and the winner was as follows: Mile. ‘Time. Whiner Mile. ‘Time. Winner. 1... 1:62 25... Michael [41...19:18 3-5...Linton Michael }) 12. 2] Michael This match has long bean looked for, as there is the greatest rival: between Michael and Linton. The latte® who for- merly held the hour championship of the world, has openiy boasted. that he has driven Michael from England and pursued him to this country several times in order to force him into a race. He defeated his rival Saturday and glories in {t, but the race is not regarded as conclusive. Im- mediately after the event Michael, through his managers, challenged Linton to another twenty mile race to take place next Satur- day at the same track. If Linton meets with uo accident and is defeated in a fair race, he will have to be content with his cine. The two riders are natives of same village and were playmates and school children together. The talk about Michael following horse racing seems to have some foundation. A special dispatch printed in a New York aptrs yesterday dated from Buffalo, says: “It is highly possible that Eddie Cannon Bald, the popular sprinting champion, and Jimmie Michael, the middle distance champion, will take up the horses as a profession next season under the firm name of Bald & Michael, the Bisonite to be the business partner and the Welshman to be the jockey. Bald attended the run- ning races at Buffalo during his’ recent stay in the city, and an owner succeeded in selling him a nameless two-year-old. Pat McLaughlin at once gave tlie horse a name and called him Laudanum. Bald al- ready owns several fast horses. Michael's love for horses was shown last spring.” There may be a good deal of truth in the above dispatch, and it may be that Michael wilt hardly fintsh the present season out on the cycle track. In fact, the cycle papers publish stories to the’ effect that should Linton defeat him in a match race Michael would retire from the cycling world for good. As it is now he is under contract to ride for the season at a salary of 320,000. The race méet of the Park Bicycle Club has been postponed until this evening at 0 o'clock, with the same program and same list of entrants. There was quite a gathering Saturday night, ladies pre- dc ating, despite the heavy rain. The ance was larger than at one of the n veek day meets. As President Lasley stated the park has been under a hoodoo for some weeks past. Every day upon which a race meet was scheduled a rain came up, which, while it did not in- terfere with the racing, it had a material effect upon the attendance. The tickets for the meet Saturday will be good for the races tonight, and ladies will be ad- mitted free. In order to please the crowd that went out Saturday A. C. Moran rode an exhibi- tion mile, paced, with a flying start. De- spite the wet boards he made the three circuits of the track in the fast time of 1481-5. He was paced by two triplets, the first manned by John J. Fister, Wil- liam F. Throop and Carl J. Mueller, and the second by Harry Z. Greer, Harry I. Dodge and Robert G. French. A’ number of other riders on the track helped to en- liven the crowd for a short time. The fact that the Century Cycle Club will not put in a team in the club team race has caused a good deal of regret. The friends of the club expected to see a good team competing for the honor and hoped that the club team would defeat the team representing the Arlington Wheelmen. The 100-mile road race between the clubs last fall has caused a good deal of rivalry be- tween the two organizations, Another race has been looked for ever since, and the race this evening afforded the first oppor- tunity of bringing the two together. ‘The interest in the invitation pursuit race, for professionals, otherwise known as the Australian race, continue to be unabated. Schade and Fred Sims will go after the quarter-mile record, paced by multicycies, while exhibition rides will be given by tandems, triplets and“quads. A mile novice race and a one-mile profes- sional handicap will complete the pro- gram. Mr. J. D. Lasley has received a tele- gram from Tom Eck, the trainer, inquir- ing if a ten mile match race can .be ar- ranged for Saturday evening between John S. Johnson, the fast Minneapolis boy, and some local man. It is hardly lMkely that the request will be accommodated: John- son is scheduled for a ten mile race to- morrow evening at the Colisseum at Bal- timore with Jay Eaton, the former indoor king, who last Tuesday defeated Henri Cissac, the French rider, THE NATIONAL REGATTA, Mayor Warwick of Philadelphia Will Start the First Race. Mayor Warwick of Philadelphia will open the national regatta Friday next, over the national course on the Schuylkill | beat New Jersey, Woburn defeated {K: river, at Philadelphia, The mayor will fire the pistol.that will start the first race. The following entry list gives some idea of the sport that may be expected: In the intermediate singles the starters will be Harlem, Malta, Hillstream, Penn- sylvania Barge. Senior singles—Ten Eyck and Lewis of the Wauchusetts, Coldman of Toronto, Titus of New Orleans, La. Senior doubles—Catlin Boat Club of Chi- cago; Ten Eyck and Lewis, Pennsylvania Barge. Pair oar shell—Pennsylvania Barge, Ar- gonaut of Toronto. Intermediate doubles—Argonaut, Harlem, Metropolitan, Nenpareil. Intermediate four-oar shell—Argonaut, Western Boat Club of St. Louis and Sea- wanhaka of Brcoklyn. » Senior four—Argonaut, Ariel of Balti- more, Western B. C. and Seawanhaka. Intermediate four—Argonaut and Ariel. Intermediate eight—Fairmount Unton. Senior eight—Argonaut, Pennsylvania » Worcester High School. Four Events Witnessed by Lovers of = Aquatics. The Analostan Boat Club held its an- nual club regatta Saturday afternoon. ‘There were four events—a single scull race, a four-oared shell race, a four-oared gig race and a canoe race over a mile course. The first event was between Bradley and Clagett, in singles, the former winning by nearly two lengths. In the gig race crew No. 1 was composed of McCoy, stroke; Roberts, third; Bradley, second; Murphy, bow; Talbott, .coxswain. Crew No. 2 was composed of J. Howard, stroke; Clagett, third; Whelpley, second; Burke, one; Lew- is, coxswain. The race was a pretty af- fair for the entire mile, and, though the first named crew won, it had only a mar- gin of a few feet. The first crew in the four-oared shell race was composed of Taylor, stroke; R. Howard, three; Roberts, two; Fischer, one. The second crew coy- sisted of J. Howard, stroke; Ross thre$; McCoy, two, and Moore, one. The first named crew won the race. The canoe race was extremely amusing and was won by Clarke. L, E. Ware of Harvard Retains Cana- dian Championship. The Canadian champtonship tennis tour- nament was concluded at Niagara, Ont., Saturday, on the courts of the Queen's Royal Hotel, with the €xception of the handicap singles, which will be finished to- gay. L. E. Ware of Harvard met M. D. Whitman of Harvard in the championship round of the singles, and, after losing the first set, Ware easily took the next three sets, and thus retained his championship. He also wins two legs of the championship trophy. In the doubles Whitman had some revenge, for, with H. P. Fischer of New York as a partner, he administered a bad drubbing to Ware and J. D. Forbes of Har- vard in the finals. The women's championship proved an easy win for Miss Juliette Atkinson of Brooklyn, the American champion. Satur- day evening a large tennts dance was ten- dered to the visiting American players, at which there were a large number of But- falo and Toronto society people. The scores: Men's singles (championship round)—L. E, Ware, Harvard (holder), beat M. D. Whitman, Harvard (challenger), 5—7, 6-3, Men's doubles (final round)—R. P. Fisch- er, New York, and M. D. Whitman, Har- vard, beat L. E. Ware and J. D. Forbes, Harvard, 6-2, 6-1, 6-0. Women's singles (final round)—Mrs. Eus- tace Smith, Toronto, heat Miss Marie Wi- mer, Washington, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, Championship round—Miss Juliette At- kinson, Brocklyn (holder), beat Mrs, Hus- tace Smith, Toronto (challenger), 6—4, 6—1. - WHIST, 13] Last Business Session of the Con- ress in Boston. The last business session of the eighth American whist congress was held in the banquet hall of the Hotel Vendome, Bos- ton, Saturday morning. After disposing of minor matters, the reports of the various committees were accepted. .The commit- tee on laws offered resolutions to adopt the code of duplicate whist approved by that committee. The executive committee received full ewer to alter rules govern- contests and pylces. The committce on ary had been unable to hold any meetings, hut was prepared to report back to the congress the written rulings made by the president in th: The report and rulings were approved. The struggle for the Hamilton trophy continued, and at the end of play the American Club of Boston led by half a point. The result of the fifth round was as follows: Cleveland beat Knickerbocker by two tricks, Chicago and New Jersey tied, Hyde Park Jefeaied Woburn by elev- en tricks and Ame beat Newton by six tricks. In the sixth round Cleveland erbocker, American beat Chicago and New- ton beat Hyde Park. The standing for the trophy then was: American, 5; Cleveland, 41%; Newton, 4} Hyde Park, 3; Chicago, 24%; Knickerbocker, 2; Woburn, 2, and New Jersey, 1. The first round of the finals for the Min- neapolis trophy resulted as follows: New- ton, New York, 16; Amerizan, 1: St. Paul, 5%; Pyramid, 13; Boston Dupli- cate, t2; Passaic, 12; Albany, 12. The final round of the contest for the nneapolis trophy resulted in favor of ewton, with Pyramid of Boston second, New York third and Americans of Boston fourth. The American Whist Club of Bos- ton also won the American Whist League challenge tropay, and will hold the cup for one yéar. Baltimore was seyenth. The Leicester Summer Meeting. LONDON, July 18.—At the first day’s rac- ing of the Leicester summer meeting today the Loriliard-Beresford stable's chestnut filly Lakota won the Wikston two-year-old selling plate of 150 sovereigns, the winner to be sold at auction for 100 sovereigns. Eleven horses ran; distance, five furlongs straight. Ses MILLARD WARD STABBED. Found in Vacant Lot Suffering From Serious Wounds. Special Correspondence of- The Evening Star. ROCKVILLE, July 18, 1898. Millard F. Ward, for some months a resi- dent of this place, was Saturday evening about 6 o'clock found lying in a vacant lot In the rear of the fost office in an al- most unconscious condition and suffering from a bad knife wound in the back, near the shoulder blade. He was at once re- moved to the office of Dr. E. E. Stone- street and received surgical attention. The wound was found to be about four inches in length,andWard was very weak from loss of blood. Owing to his condition he could not gjve a lucid statement of how the af- fair happened, but it was learned from other parties that Ward came here on the 4 o'clock train from Washington, some- what under the influence of liquor, and, after getting a check for $25 cashed, re- paired to+a locality known as “Monkey Run.” Here he came across a rather no- torious colored man named Charles Carter, a resident of Washington, and, after some difieulty between them, Carter inflicted the wound. As soon as the facts became known the officers went in pursuit of Car- ter, and some time after dark he was found lurking in the vicinity of the rail- road station, evidently awaiting a train. He at {first demurred to arrest, but upon sight of a revolver changed his mind and Went quietly with the officers to the county jail, where he will remain until he can have a hearing before a justice of the peace, After his wounds had been dressed Ward Was sent to a Washington hospital for treatment? Until a few months ago Ward was a resident of Laytonsville district, where, with three brothers, he conducted a large farm. Ma e Licenses, Marriage licenses have been issued as follows: ~ : White—Wm. J. Creamer and Maggie M. Dunington; Wm. H. Goldsmith and Hila Downe, ‘Fredericksburg, Va.; John L. Riv- ers and Blanch BH. Reed. Colored—Oliver F. Gray, Cincinnati, and Sallie Staurt, District of Columbia; Rob- J ert Rich and Mary Colvin; Lewis Reed and | Alice Preston, ees Want’ eds, in The Star pay because they | ere, | man, pulled off. his blockigg feat in Fri- ‘|own players; keeping- them from piaying placed Selbach on third, but he failed to Steal second, Maguire’s single to right soored Selbach, and he came home on ayers’ triple to center, the bali rolling to the fence. tman apparently beat an in- field hit to it, but Wood called him out. Neither side scored again until the fifth pe when each team sent a man in. McAleeer’s hit to him, Myers threw the ball over Anderson's head, and the runner reached third, scoring on Wallace's fiy to Donovan.. With two men out, Anderson hit £0, right for a triple, scoring on McGuire's fe bunt. The visitors also scored in the next inning. Powell singled to center, and, after Burkett and Childs had fanned, singles by McKean and Tebeau sent him home. In the-seventh inning the Spiders got another man across the plate. Anderson muffed Wrigley’s throw of McAleer’s bounder, a sacrifice by Wallace put the runner on second, and he scored on Myers’ wild throw to first on Blake's grounder. That ended the run-get- ting of the visitors, but the Senators got one in the eighth inning. Myers singled to center, but was forced at second when McKean stopped Gettman’s grounder. Wrigley’s double to right center sent Jake home. Score, 7 to 4. Other Saturday scores: Baltimore, Chicago, 2. Philadelphia, 6; Cincinnati, 2 Boston, 8; Pittsburg, 5. New York, 14; Louisville, 5. St. Louis, 7; Brooklyn, Base Bali Notes. — Cleveland again today. Seven straight defeats. Another hard week confronts the Sena- tors. And Charley Farrell is still on the in- jured list. Childs and McKean took care of eighteen chances Saturday without a slip up, sev- €ral of them being corkers. There is not a better lot of “pinch’’ hit- ters in the league than that Cleveland crowd. In fact they seem to enjoy the op- portunity of coming to the bat with men on bases. Outside of Powell there was nothing new about the Cleveland club Saturday. It is the same aggregation that has been play- ing winning ball for the past three years, and from the present outlook, if not broken up, should continue winning indefinitely. What a pity it is that Jake Gettman has lost his batting eye. He is fielding superb- ly, hig catch in the first inning of Satur- day’s game being a double ringer, and on the bases he is using judgment and great speed. A little encouragement from the other players might boost Jake back into the slugger class. The Washington management closed a deal with First Baseman Fields Saturday night, whereby that player comes to this city and will be in today’s game. Fields 4s one of the best first basemen in the minors. He refused to accept the cut in salaries and quit the Syracuse club some weeks back. He has been with the Atlantic City club recently picking up a Httle extra money. Fields played first base for the Newark club and appeared on the old 17th street grounds when Washington had a club in the Atlantic League. He is a good steady player and a hitter of more than ordinary ability. If Mr. Frank De Haas Robison is tired of Cleveland and doesn’t want to quit base ball why not talk business with J. Earl Wagner? The Washington magnate is dis- gusted and disheartened with base ball, and a good stiff price would land him out- side the breastworks. The Cleveland club transferred bodily to Washington would prove a great financial success. When Earl looks the “Wanderers” over it makes his mouth water to think of what he could do with that aggregation located at Na- tonal Park. Tim Hurst's poor old Browns broke their losing streak Saturday by winning from Breoklyn. It was the first victory for St. Louis since July 4. Since then the “Rough Riders” have lost ten games. They came near winning Friday, being beaten 3 to 2 in a twelve-inning contest with Brooklyn. Hughey and Dunn pitching. Taylor pitched Saturday. _ For the first time in thirteen years base ‘ball was played in Indianapolis on Sun- day. The Hoosiers defeated Kansas City ina brilliant fielding game. McFarland’s triple and Motz’s single scored the only run of the game. Attendance, 5,000. Score: Indianapolis, 1; Kansas City, 0. Everitt has made more hits than any man in the league. He hit safely 110 times in 72 games for Chicago, coming to bat “311 times. Lajoie was the only other player who passed the 10 mark up to Monday. His gccd hitting last week brought him to the century, and in two games since he has gone up several points. Patsey Dono- van passed the 100 mark last Monday. The season of 1898 is about half over and already there seems to be a waning of in- terest in base ball. Of course, the length of the season, too, has a great deal to do with the gradual cessation of interest in ‘the game. There is such a thing as giving the public a surfeit of a good thing, and that is what the magnates seem to have done when they adopted a schedule cover- ing a period of six full months and adding twenty-two games to the usual schedule. The experience heretofore in base ball has been that after the middle of August in- terest in the game lagged. This year this lethargy seems to have come on the public earlier than usual, and with the season only half over the prospect is not a bright or inspiring one.—Cincinnati Commercial. WILL BE AGGRESSIVE Fal Wagner Atop’ ca ow Base MEN ARE 0 G0 Ij THE GAME 10 WIN A NEW FIRST BASEMAN Following in -the -fcotsteps of President Brush of the Cincinnat{ club,.,and.Pres- ident Hart of the Chicago? club, Magnate J. Earl Wagner has decided to throw to the winds h{s. desire to purity.base ball at the expense of his 6wn club. When Chilis, the Cleveland second base- lay’s game at National Park, and the ami- pires refused to see the interference, Mr. Wagner. declared: niost’ ‘emphatically. that; he was done with gentlemanly base ball. At the meeting of the league last spring ail the magaates sigved an agreement to the effect that they would look after their ruwdy bati-or-objecting-to the ‘untpfres’ de~ cisions. The first month’s play under this agreement’ ‘clearly ‘demonstrated that it was the sort of legislation the game had needed for years. “But there-were about’ three clubs in the league that have had to depend upoa rowdyism to win, and when this trio dropped game after game, and the gate receipts suffered, a great howl went up, and the agreement was shattered. ..... President Freedman of the New Yorks was the last magnate to ign the spring agreement, but he was Undoubtedly the first to break faith with hig fellow mag- nates. When the New York club fell back on rowdyism victories came their way with astonishing frequency, and the other clubs withthe same-inclinations were quick to see the advantage of bulldozing the umpire, and at “once*felf into live.’ Strange to’say, the Philadelphia ciub was one of the first to join the New Yorks in its deflance of the spring agreement, and the Baitimore and Eoston clubs were not left at the post when_ “aggressive” base bail. playing was decidéd upon. 7 When the western clubs made their first trip over the eastern circuit Presidents Brush and Hart were with their clubs, and their employes corducted themselves on the ball tield like gentiemen, and the con- ais were rendered more enjoyable there- But the playing of the home clubs proved an eyeopener for the ~western magnates. Xessrs. Brush and Hart cannot be classed as” unsophisticated “backwoodsméen * who have never been through the fire of base ball legislation, and they came to the con- clusion at once that they were being, im- posed upon in the most barefaced matiner. It didn’t take the western contingent of the league long to decide upon its future course. The trip east for the present-series of games will be different. President Brush has remained at_ home, Jikewise President Hart and Robison. ‘The absence of the magnates is quickly»moted in the different style of ball put up by their respective clubs, and like their predecessors, they are winning at the gamp.,s The Cincinnatis fought the Baltimores toéth and “hall fist week, and the ClevHlan@s and Pittsburgs followed sult In Phjfadégpnia” and Brook- -lyn. The Washington patrons of the game have had six exhibitions by the Chicagos and Clevélands, andtthe/way these two ag- gregations have worked the umpires was “an eye-opener to tie: lgcal management. From start to finisW of:tthe. games every player on the Chicago or Cleveland bench teok a hand in the protests to the umpires, and as a result, eVerf‘ciésé decision went ‘It has taken some timélto open the eyes of Mr. Wagner to the effect that he was about the only magnate, standing by the pledge he made last’ spring, bit he is now thoroughly satisfigd thagise7 ball will be Played for the rertaitff@r of thé season. Before the season opened, Mr. Wagner took particular pains. to protect the umpires: from abuse ‘by thblocdK dxtromists, putting barbed wire around, the right-field bleach- ers, and stationing policemen in ail the stands. En Last Saturday a new order of things went into effect. The, barbed wire, came down with a rush and the extra police forcé was given a vacation. From this time on everything will be wide open at the park. I? the umpire doesn't suit you, protests can be registered without the slightest chance of being warned by a policeman, and should the yelling benefit the Senators, so much the better, This is exactly the course adopted in other cities along the league circuit. When the Washington club leaves for a trip over the circuit, they are confronted with umpiring that leans so much toward the home club that the ad- vantage is fully 20 per cent in the game; when our players return to National Park the umpiring is so partial that it bends -to- ward the visitors and again the Senators receive the losing end of the argument. The entire staff of umpires is fully aware of this state of things and cannot be blam- ed for governing themselves accordingly. But when Mr. Wagner_decided to jnstruct his men to play “aggressive” ball he reck- oned without his host. Imagine our digni- fied, good-natured senatorial aggregation playing aggressive or rowdy ball. It, is simply not in them, Can Jake Gettman spike or block a player? Would:big, good-~ natured Anderson threw his weight against any other player if he thought for a minute that his opponent woud be injured? Im- agine Jim McGuire, Chariey Farrell, Al. Selbach, Reitz, Wagner, Wrigley. and the entire olthit, pulling off;anything‘that was- not strictly above board and on the square. These men have been playing clean ball all their lives, and it is too late for them to do otherwise. They may yell from the bench when their individuality will not be made too promineit, or protest faintly to the umpire from the coachers’ boxes, but this is about as far as the Washington players can.go.in “aggressive” playing. ‘And this is about as far as the Washing- ton patrong care-to seethem go. The. sort, of ball played by the Baltimores, Cleve- lands and Chicagos. may. suit. those cities, but it is the clean, gentlemanly ball that has mude- Washington a good bail town, and such contests will. continue at National Park, notwithstanding the wish that crops out noe and then that it were otherwise. SEVENTH STRAIGHT DEFEAT. Today's League Schedule. Cleveland at Washington. Chicago at Baltimore. Cincinnati at Philade!phia, Pittsburg at Boston. Louisville at New York. St. Louis at Brooktya. Creedon to Meet Bonner. NEW YORK, July 18.—Dan Creedon of Australia and Jack Bonner of Summit Hill, Pa., have signed articles to meet in a twenty-five-round bout before the Greater New York Athletic Club, Coney Island, on August 15, The men have agreed to box at the middle-weight limit, 158 pounds, weigh in at 3 o'clock on the afternoon of the day that the fight is to take place. The club has guaranteed @ purse of $3,000 for the bout, i —— AMUSEMENT VILLAGE CLOSED. No More Gambling Games Operated at Glen Echo. Messrs. Allen and Towers, the lessees of Glen Echo, told a Star reporter today that since the expose of the irregularities in the amusement village which was made in ‘Thursday's Star, they have made a thor- ough investigation of the matter and have decided to at once close the village. Mr. Allen, in explaining the matter, stat- ed the firm had had nothing to do directiy to Be —— vvonvool with the village; the parties who were in Again the. Local Team Lost to the | charge of it had made a contract with the Visitors. lessees to pay them a certain percentage of the profits for running harmless games, such as are operated at this and other re- sorts. At no time since the opening of the village, he said, had their weekly share amounted to fifty dollars, so that if the games were as profitable to the manzgers as represented the lessees have been as badly cheated as the public. While Mr. Alien thought that the story of the village operations had been exagger- ated, the investigation which” had been made satisfied him and Mr. Towers that there was enough truth in it to justify them in discontinuing the games at once. ‘They were endeavoring to run a high-ciass place of amusement, he said, and did not propose to tolerate anything with the sem- blance of crookedness. The Glen Echo Club, which has. been criticiszed, Mr. Allen said, is a bona fide organization, the desire For the seventh, successive. time, the Sen- ators 1st Saturday afternoon, being beaten by the Cleveland Spiders. . Mercer and Powell ». were: the. oppesing:, pitchers, .and. while each was hit jhard and often the Washington team lost, because of errors-and inability to connect with,the-ball at.oppor- tune times. Reitz,qas,;pbsent. from the game, owing to-an iggury to his back, and Wagner played secon@, Hert Myers.return- ing to third, Donovap,pjaying center, with Anderson again on first. Myers led: tha: home club in batting*getting a triple and two singles out 6t fat “fities at the But,” but he made. two. errgrs."as-did Anderson, the latter once more.ggmonstrating that he will notedo~at firsts »>‘tkndy"--was» quite’ prominent with his bat,:-however,-placing a triple and & single towis-enedit out of three attempts. Mercer .in-ste second gave an exhibition of_a man loon, , giving .two of .WheHthree passes. h presented during the game in this inning, and. those gifts, togetherc with. four. hits, sent four of the Spigers across the plate. Wagner played: welb atsecond,. accepting all his chances, while-Myers at third had> but. three: <chanees,-ncvepting: but -one of them. Donovan played-perfectly, his field- ing being far above the-a' id: Gett~ man left undone, Mr. Allen said, to maintain @ suburban resort where the best people in Washington can go without any mis- ig six flies. ‘he Senat tart as if thi uid iced. M.r Towers concurred every= do just mboGe ae eee so sea with Powel thing ‘Mr, Allen said, and both gentlemen scoring two runs in first Inning. ~Sel-+ a. desire their tion, fy to ‘center, “Audetson's single. to Mete'| which hed even thet appentanee of iraq. ‘to center, "3 le “| wi a zal Sd | larity. ee they _ wot take steps ve rs WHILE-TRE WAR-LASTS, thelr shoes Allen's Foot-Rase, a powder. It cures | aching, tired, ecg mere genome ent ps an an 9 ~The Busy Corner, Sh and Make See | Se KANN, Sons &Co Before Stock-Taking Prices. Throwing Away [iillinery PROFITS N BASING UP BIT BY BIT ON PRICES POR THE Past MONTH. NOW WEE Lae oe ae aR AND EVERYTHING ON THE FLOOR -SWE AND ee oe S MILEINERY. INBBON: MILLINERY FIXINGS, FPLOWE : VENI iN A’ NI AME NI A NS, MILLID . EY) a BRIEF. EVERYTHING THAT Gobs TO BEAUTE A WOMAN'S HEADGEAR, SHAKES THIS UNCHECKED HOLOCAUST OF PRICES. > Choice of 200 fine Sailors, including rough ones and white. Were 45¢. Stock-taking price. 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KANN, SONS & G0., 8th and Market Space. SS city which can be trained to grow, like the Botanical Gardens’ banyan tree, in any de sired direction. THE PLAGUE IN CALCUTTA. It is Expected the Present Visitation Will Not Be Serious. From the Calcutta Englishman. Now that the plague has visited our city the question is whether it has come to stay and come to spread? The sparks have From the Sketch. One of the strangest and most affecting sights in an Arat town is that of the fallen. Is the material on which they have | ftnerais, which may be met at any street lighted inflammable, and will there be a | Corner. The corpse 1s merely wrapped in conflagration? There aré some grounds for | @ mat of *sparto grass and carried elther hoping, and even for expecting, that such | Cm & bie» or on men’s shoulders. The mourners Jounge along, some in front and fome behind, crooning verses of the Koran in melancholy tones, which haunt one for days afterward. This wailing is, however, nothing to that which goes on in the house of the de ceased. When I was staying in the coun- try near Tunis I heard it kept up ng @ whole night in a neighboring village, and I can conceive nothing more desperately depressing than these strains of lamenta- Son wafted through the darkness by the breeze. My dog stood it even less well than I did, and felt constrained to join in the doleful chorus until I was haif-tempted to put a builet Perhaps the strangest of all the fune I saw was at Bizerta. It was that of a baby, which was being carried to its grave in un espare to basket, is not the case. Three times in the century has the epidemic broken out in India, and on each occasion it was allowed to run its course, without any attempt ‘to localize its effects by quarantine or otherwise. It must, therefore, have attained on these occasions its natural limits. Beyond these the seed will have been spread by travelers, by rats and even by birds, but lighting on unfayvor- able soil they will have proved but slightly preductive. Now, in 1812, 1828 and 1836 the visitation, so far as conspicuous results are concerned, was confined to western India, to Ahmedabad in Bombay, to Cutch, Guze- rat, Scinde, the Punjab and Rajputqna. These places have ali a common character- istic, the population being crowded into a smali space, much of which remaing in darkness; and it is said that the plague mi- crobe loves these conditions; in particular that he cannot endure light. Bombay is built, like Hong Kong, on an island, where space is necessarily wanting, For this rea- son it has developed the “chawl,” the com- mon lodging house, with 500 to 1,000 Inhab- itants, living tier above tier in windowiess ceils round a central hall, which alone is to some extent lighted. The walled villages and smali towns of Upper India were con- structed for the purpose of defense, some- thing on the plan of the ant hill, the dwell- ers as closely packed together in rows of houses separated only by the narrowest of footpaths, and excluding the sun. In Ben- gal we have our insanitary conditions, our stagnant pools, our sodden soil, our piles of decaying vegetable matter, the natural haunt of the malarial and cholera germs, But apparently the plague bacillus loyes none of these. He cannot put up with the flood of light which streams into the Ben- gali court yard, the abundant space of a +o+ An Anecdote of Lincoln, From the Kansas City Journal, At one period during the rebellion there were no less than seventy-four major gens erals and 276 brigadiers on the roils, which was far more than there was any use for. President Lincoln recognized this mistake before anybody else, but he consoled him- self by joking about it. It is recalled that on one occasion, when one of these svuper- fluous generals was captured by the cnemyy with a number of men and horses, some- body undertook to condole with the Presi- Gent on the subject, remarking that the ices of the captured eral’s service was 4 great misfortune to the government. “Pooh!” replied Lincoln, “it’s the horses I'm thinking about. I can make another brigadier general in two minutes, bvt horses are scarce and cost $200 apiece.” Ladies’ High Class Oxfords Reduced from 4.00, 3.50 and 3.00 to 1.90 Fine Black Kid Oxfords, common-sense toe, hand * turned. Almost every size from 8 to 7, op ali widths. Fine Blick Oxfords, medium and English toes, patent leather tips. Fie Tan Kidskin Oxfords, English and medium Gui. ; “Tan and Black Oxfords, lace tops, medium ‘ toe, Z s ‘Patent Leather Oxfords, medium toes. 1 +m, 3” To ° . All reduced to sell quickly from 4.50, Burt’s, _ 1411 F Street, Arthur Burt, jee RAS aha he Ses