Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 15, 1902, Page 9

( ”}656666 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: o (Copyright, 1901 Martha Wililarms, ) The holiday crowd at Hillhurst was twice s big commion—(leggett, the store- keepei d put in & telephone the week before, wnd at least bhalf wne foik found about were in doubt as to whether or no telephone talk were not all a make-belleve. When two or ‘three of the chief skeptics McCalloch , had actually ealled up mgquiuantances in the county town and spoken privily with them over the Wire doubt was swallowed up in emulation—<every white man in the crowd and at least half the blacks began to cudgel their brains for w reasonable ex; likewise. Beyona question superfor alrs of those who had teiepnonic friends or concerns were rather hard to bear. The fact, | | | | Ned slipped away. se to do | with the other blacks, i though, was scarcely an excuse for | affably. | had halted in frout of the atation EEEEEEEECEEECEEEEELEEEEE, A Battle of Finance. 3 MARTHA MWCULLOCH WILLIAMS, 3 CEECEEELEEECEECEEEELE fightin' Bunch? him, er is 1 got ter llek him?" Lick of course,” Ned sald, promptly ou don't think I want Hill- hurst echool to be shamed by any over- the-creek nigger, do you? In fact, I be- lieve Bunch has come here a-purpose to crap with you. If you let him have the best of jt—well, you'll let him get all my Christmas firecrackers, t00." “Hunh! I hear dat Bunch holl'in’ now,” the Prophet right sniffed disdaintully. | The Bleckley wagon Novody in common they regarded it as a part of freedom tc ask: ‘“Any mail?” whenever they came near the postoffice. “Malll Il look and see” Ned said, “Come in here, Bunch, while I'm In it had ever got a letter, but, crowding Cleggett away from his own re- | lookin'—1 don’t want Aunt Mandy to miss celver. RRett shrewd. draw a crowd, hence, he argued, trade. It | cut him to the quick to hear old Squire Massey call up Blinks & Bilkins in the county town and order, haltingly and with e«ome hesitation, fifty odd dollars’ worth of Christmas stuff, not a bit better than Cleg- gett himwelt had In stock. Since there wers always plenty of peopie ready to fol- low the Squire's lead more orders went into town—in fact before dinner time, that is to say 12 o'clock, loss of trade at $500. “Well! All 1 got to say is—my loss'll be your gain," he sald to Ned Lester, who had run in for crackers afd cove oysters. At least Ned sald that was his errand, though his eyes and set mouth betokened some- thing more Important. “Ef this yere sta- tion glts to doin' blg business the rail- road’ll pay ye ernough ter live like er white man—maybe.” Cleggett ran on: ' “Way things etand now, hit jest erbout halt starves yo—and you got tickets, express and freight all ter 'tend to-—-not ter name beln' postm “well, 1 complaln,” Ned said, laughing. but not quite easily. “Any port In a storm, you know—I had to take what- ever | could get when the governor went to smash—" “I know," Cleggett intbrrupted; #ald always thar's whar ye showed the breed ye como of. Yer ole granpap, he wus jest the up-and-down-est white man ever rid erbout this neck o' the woods. You don't favor him none at all in the face, nelther air you good lookin' llke yer pap— but somhow this day ye've got yer grand- pap's look. Whut's up? Anything out o' the common?"* “1 can't say—yet,"” Ned very low, then quickly: “Say, Cleggett, s there any chance of my getting at that ‘phone, with nobody around listening?" “‘None 't all tell I shet up shop—that'll be eround midnight,” Cleggett answered, smiling grimly. ‘“Maybe I won't keep open that long, though,” he went on. “Ef this keeps up, ‘pears like I'd better shet down sellin’ and take orders fer town-—maybe them fellers in thar'd gimme er commis- slon.” ‘““Not a doubt of {t—but I must get that wire,” Ned sald, his mouth setting more ob- stinately than cver. Cleggett grinned: ;. shore ye're welcome to it,” he sald, “‘but that's all 1 kin do ter help ye; taln't to be expented that I'd clear out the sto'—some tew uir a-buyin’ in spite o' the ‘phone.” Aw & matter of fact, almost everybody was buying--Cleggett's sarcasm was but the effervescence of his disappointment over the Massey orders. His three clerks were all on the jump and the credit depk snowed under with fluttering slips, Groceries, toys, wes more than reasonably “I've 4. speaking dry goods, anything, people stood three deep before the counters, jostling and crowding gleefully, chaffering as they crowded, and buying, buying, In such volume the clink of silver dollars accented the hubbub of gossip. The crowd showed all sorts and conditions of men, boys and children. The women In it wers elther black or of the white renter class. Such sparse gentlewomen as_came to the store bought whatever they had come for without leaving thelr buggies. Everything made way for tbe buggies—the loungers gossiping on. the porch, the foot crowd on beyond, éven the heavily loaded tobacco wagons, in walt for thelr turn at the scales. Tobacco was the reglon’s main money crop. Cleggett bought it loose, mainly in the way of trade. Renters and croppers of any complexion nearly always sold him the “extra crop” planted {n the name of the women folki, 80 as not to be bound for the rent, and thus to supply the Indispensable Christmas money. Christmas came upon the Tuosday of next: week—hence the deliv- erles of this Saturday, which was moreover, mild and molst, the best sort of handling weather.. Low clouds, fleecy gray, raced across the sky, letting fall now and then a tew big drops, THere would be steady rain a6 oon as the wind Julled. That was what had brought the whol> section across tho creeK pollmell to the store. The creek, dry through slx months of the year, had not a siugle bridge in its twenty-mile course. A big rain would send it all out of banks and keep it past fording for nt least three days. Thus man and wind and weather' had con- spired to keep Nea from any chance of privacy. When he stepped out on the porch with his purchases upder his arm he saw of the big road all along the store front, and marked beyond, three wagonloads of fresh customers clattering down the hill. The hill. The hill hardly deserved that name— 1t was no more than a dow swell. But since the creck ran at its foot and the railroad was carved out of-its fower edge, there was some excuse for copgldering it in the sta- tion's name. Ned pullad shis hat lowe: pushed away ‘a couple of too friendly dog aodded greetings to twenty among the black people, then went down into the press, shouldering his way through it as best he might. In the ofige of it he stopped short. Right before him Prophet Ellas Hinton, called Prophet for short, set his hands trumpet- wise about his mouth and shouted: “Yon- a ley's! Now you--all hear my racket!—sho' | s dat dar ug—ly Bunch Bleckley crook hia | finger_at me, I'se gwibe make soapgrease an 'sassigemeat outen him! I'd do hit any- way, fer dest erebout er nickle' Il give yow a dollar to fight him £0od and hard,” Ned sald, in his lowest volce,” tapping the Prophet on the cheek as he spoke. The Prophet had been for two months past the gamecock of the black tree school. He was 15, looked 12, had an ashy black face, a sauoy tongue and a head literally and m barduess. Bunch Bleckley, champion of the school @cross the creek, was yellow-skinned, taller than the Prophet and softer looking, yet, accounted by his partisans as a good fighter. “Fight bim, dest dry so, Er must I bump 0p erginst him?" Marse Ned? the Prophet asked, grioning, then somewhat shamefacedly: ‘‘Pears ek 1 oughter not do dat. Me an’ dat dar Bunch, us wus bap- tized tergedder, ter be brudders in de church, no furder back ‘an' last Sunday. Us two bad de same walters—an' ef us fit right yere an' now, dem inter us wid bofe hands." *'Ob, 1 see! You're atrald! I thought you Ned sald, making as if to Elias clutched his sleeve. be said eagerly Marse Ned, yo' dollar dest de same as In my pocket i Does | get hit fer d st iters might lght Cleggett estimated his | come all dam dar niggers f'um ule«'k-; phorically of phenomenal | He had known the ‘phone would Johnson wants | | and swaggered across the fitty yards be- getting a hat that's over at the store. The one with the red feather, you know—Puss it mighty bad, so hurry| | ana got ahead of her.” What else he sald—to Bunch in the pri- vacy of station, need not be set down. Five minutes later the two of them came out | tween station and the store. Ned locked | | the door behind him and made his way to| | the porch | leaving Bunch a little way from | | quite prepared fo ev'y one er dem free-school niggers, clean and clur.” Ned, thus adjured, had read ft— in spite of a qualm of 8o after the first line, “This 1s vour Marse George's letter—the man who sent it got the postoffice wrong,'™ he sald to the black man, as he refolded the sheet. “If you don't mind, I'll give it to Mr. Monroe—I'm going down there first thing Monday morning.” | “And you tell him, please suh, he owe me er Christmas gif, fer sendin’ him dat | papah,”” Uncle Wash eald, grinning as he | went through the door. Reprehensibly Ned kept the letter in his pocket until he found himself with the di- vision superintendent at the other end of the 'phone. “Say, Mr. Daw,” he shouted, “do we want the Wakefield freight?" “Oh, mo, of course, not! We're running | a road just to kill old cows and burn up slaty coul,’ came back, sarcastically fol- | lowed by: “Young man, the fool-killer 1s | mighty badly needed out your way. Mr. Daw had put Ned in and naturally presumed upon it. But Ned was too ex- | cited to mind anything. Instantly he | shouted back: “If we t it, how badly do we want it? The Q. & V. people are | reaching off the earth after it." | “let '‘em reach.” Daw's volce was thin and high. “Keep your tongue between your teeth over it—but | sent a man yesterday | to offer old G. W. a 15 per cent rebate— ' “The Q. & V. will give him 45" Ned | broke in. He heard Daw whistle, but wa the answer: ‘“‘Stop giv- | ing me pipe-drea: telophone communi- cation seems to have gone to your head."” “Something worse has gone to your| | er 11l thing as er fight { truly. WEDN asked with one volos: its de fi'crackers?” ‘Both!” Ned sald, hastlly “Come with me' As they followed him the Prophet whispered loudly: “You's gwine gimme ‘nother dollar, ain't ye? Fer fightin,’' ye know 1 sho' did hab dat Bunch beat.” “Yes!-—it my money holds out. I've got to treat everybody,” Ned answered In the same key. Bunch, sidling to his elbow, sald, plaintivoly: “Marse Ned, I'se too well raised ter chafge white folks fer sech but sho' as dat Prophet gits mo'en me I'm gwine tuhn In an’ wallop him tell he cain't see stralght.” Notwithstanding imminent bankruptey, Ned treated all around with the alr and face of a conqueror. L“DA\' “Marse Ned, which'n The M. & V. got the Monroe shipments exactly balf rates, but in getting the busi- ness somehow loat the services of its | eMclent agent at Hillhurst. Ned Lester sent hi gnation along with his last expense account. Though he sald nothing of the fact, there was & strong Impression at division headquarters that he was to become, very shortly, full partner in all the Monroe affalre. Possibly that was why the expemse account went through Wwith | bells on—Mr Daw himself writing back in regard to one item ““Th secure private use of telephone is altcgeth too low. 1 have marked it up to $50 was richly worth it. 1f you scruple to take the money, put it into something In the shape of a wedding present from your: And this brings me to saying, call on this office for passes for two whenever $4 fight to “A RATTLING FIGHT IT WAS, MAKING UP IN FURY FOR ALL IT LACKED IN SCIENCE." his enemy, the Prophet. Yet he whistled as though In surprise when he heard angry bellows, followed by the noise of quick, | hard blows from the edge of the crowd. Peace s an acquired taste. Primitive humanity rejoices In a fight, a good fght— especially to look on, with a comforting certainty that neither the combatant will be badly hurt, Instantly the outside crowd made a 1lug about the fighters—almost as quickly those inside the store rushed out to push and jostle, peer over shoulders, under elbows or between legs. Baraly inside the ring Gran Bleckley, Bunch's big brother, and Hi Elam, the Prophet's step-father, stood waving their arms wildly and shout- ing: ‘ar fight, gentlemen! Keep back! Fa'ar fight! Gib dam boys er chance! Dee got Christmas in dee bones.” A rattling fight it was, making up with fury for all it lacked of sclence. Upper hold or under, catch as catch can, pushing, wrestling, side-stepping, the pugilists hung and swayed. Almost In the beginning Bunch had tried to get in his famous knee- trip—the Prophet had saved himself a nasty tall by clinging monkey-like to his antago- nist and swarming up about his wals They. wont down together sldewise, to the ad- vantage of neither. In a breath they were up and at it, harder than ever, kicking, gouging, pummelling themselves t nd- still. After a last vicious clutch they parted as by an unspoken agreement and sat down, panting and swenting, but still tull ot fight. “1 Ilay Bun to him de nex' clinch.” Gran sald exultantly, nodding at Hi Elam. Hi growled contemptuously: ‘“Bet ye dam new boots 1 dest now done bought he don’ It was like a spark in dry grass—bets brok out all round about. Cleggett risked a gross of fire-crackers on Bunch, saving strictly to ‘himself it was a good bet if he lost it——them Bleckl were by long odds the thriftiest anyw! around and thar trade the best wuth havin'. Lew. Page; the bookkeeper, backed the Prophet still more recklessly, So did Mr. Whitfleld, the Prophet's achoolmaster, whom even the elevating influences of a course at Fiske university had not been able to rid of sporting tendencies. Before the second round began, Ned, in- side the deserted counting room, had the telephone wire humming its best. The Hill- hurst line, though but a ramshackle single track affair, was yet a branch of a great system—the M. & L. Indeed, it had been bullt, and very ill-built, by subscription, as an independent enterprise, to give the rural folks & competing outlet. Hence it ran pretty much any way but straight. The M. & L. had let the building go on—then bought, first the road's projectors, then the road Itself, Later some few things had been stralghtened—fiuances, frelght rates and the worst of the curves. But Hillhurst trains still connected with those of the Q. & V., a competing system fifty miles away. On the face of things the two systems had an iron- clad agreement as to rates, In practice each cut under the other ds often and as much this of course osly to very big shippers. Small ones would have proved that both lines adhered to published | schedules to the satisfaction of any court in Christondom. Abcut the Leaviest shipper of the country- side was George Washington Mouroe, Esq., who put up tobacco to the extent of 2,000 hogsheads every year. He had also 1,600 acres, rich and well-tilled, and, as a result, many head of fat stock, much wheat and corn, not Lo name smatters of frult, eggs. poultry and butter. Jus his place Wakefleld, had fostered a wtraggling village of its own name. The village lay all along tho turnpike just outside' the Monroe g It was ten miles off any ratlway and thirty miles from Hillhuret, Since the two sys- tems had a trafc arrangément, 'which ever of them secured the Wakefeld freightag shipments began over the Hillhurst line. George Washington Mowros, Esq., had a black namesake, his sometime body-servant. Ilving in the Hillhurst neigbborhood. Uncle Wash had come Christmasing along with the rest of the world, had asked for mall, got & letter, and after opening it had tetched it back to Ned, saying plaintively “Please sub, read dat—hit done stumped head,” Ned retorted: “listen: Here's what they say—never mind how I know it—the letter's right here in my hand, and signed by Masters himsel.” “Read It!" Daw shouted—with a fumbile of profanity‘after the order. Ned did read it—low, clearly and in full volume, though more than once he read he caught dis- turbed sounds from the other end of the line. He was not half way through when Daw howled to him: “Stop! You say Masters stands for that? Well! Do you go to Wakefleld, first thing Monday—get there a little after daylight if poesible—and get that freight—get it If you have to take it for nothing, and throw in an annual tamily phss over ‘all our lines. Masters '« so mighty smart, I want to show him that for once he's been quite too smart." “I'll do it cr freeze; good bye!" Ned shouted. As he hung up the earplece his heart leaped. Bessie Monroe had been his sweetheart back In the happy days before the governor went to smash. He had not been to Wakefield since, but somehow he’ had no doubt he would find himself welcome there as of old. Irresolutely he rang on again, and got a Wakefteld connection. No —thus the voice at the other end—Mr. Mon- roe was away—If it was anything important better talk with Mr. Norton—what was that?—Miss Bessle? Why, of course! She often talked over the 'phone. Fetch her quick? What was the hurry? She'd come when she was ready. Through the longest minute of his whole lite Ned held the receiver against his ear, noting the while how the hubbub outside swelled and sank. He had chuckled over the succeas of his ruse—now he was full of a breathless apprebension lest | v fght ot his devising might end before he was ready. But apprehension took flight whep Bessle sald In her soft mischievous volce: ought not to speak to you, Ned Lester—as badly as you have treated me!—but now that I am here, what have you got to say? “I love you! 1 am coming Monday morn- ing to ask you to marry ms Ned sald au- “Be sure you are ready to say Why not say it now?" Bessie asked saucily. Ned's head swam, but somehow he managed to answer: “You can mav it nd then. “I thought you were talking busineas—elss 1 should not have come,” Bessie called back to him, and in tancy he could seo her pout and the dear toss of her head. Laughing at himselt he said, In his driest tone: “I was —important business. Tell G. W. It he | wants to hear something to his advi e | not to sign a freight contract until he b “I'Il tell him, but doubt if he will accept any of your proposals,” Bessle sald loftily, and rung off betore Ned could reply. It was just as well—Ned was too Idiotically happy for sensible conversaticg. Sounds of strife still accented the mur- murous babble outside. He slipped out of the back door and skirted around the gaz- ing crowd. The Prophet had a bloody nose, and one eye nearly shut, but was still limber and lusty—In Do way scant of breath. Bunch, unscarred, unmarred, limped the least bit, and also favored his left when it came to hooks and punch Notwithstanding he put up a game fight— everybody agreed that from start to fnish this was the finest Christmas scrap In the last twenty yea ency showed no backer of efther warrior had lost his tem- per over the chance of losing something clse. Still, as he watched his two bantams, Ned's heart misgave him—he bioke into the ring and caught a shoulder of each. “You're the finest fighters In the county— you two." He sald: *“I'd back you against tellows tiwice your size. But I can't stand y and see you kill each other—and that's what would happen if I didn't stop you. Now I'll give each of you a big silver dollar to shake hande and call it a draw—"' Cheers from the crowd drowned his turther speech. The fighters stared at him In blank amazement, their jaws dropping. Simultaneously they held out thelr hands. | Meyer, As thelr fingers closed over the colns they and wherever you want them--rallroads and republics are not always ungratetul.” Over Cleggett's telephone Ned answered: “Thanky, sir! But iw rallway gratitude ‘a lively senge of favors to-sume?" *'. PROTEST FROM TRADE' UNIONS Petition to Con Na; e Ship Duilding Constraction 't6 Gov- ernment Yards, 14.~Trades unionis of Chicago have decided to take uniform ac- tion .against the bullding of warships and CHICAGO, Jan, naval machinery in any but government shops. Resolutions have been adopted by the leading unions of the city repuesting Congressman Foss, who Is the head ot the committee on naval affairs, to use his influence toward the adoption of a bill to that effect by congress. The following unions have gone on rec- ord together representing over 80,00 men: Local lodges of the United Brotherhood of, Carpenters and Joiners. Fiva lodges of the: International ' Asso- clation ot': Machinists; - Bullding Material Trades' Council: < Packing trades council, Junlor Steam Fitters’ assoclation. United Association of Journeymen Plumb- It is claimed by the men that the gov- ernment ship yards should ,be placed on reat lakes as well as on t| ocean The stand taken by the men has been brought about by the employment of pons union men in shops’ now. dolng govern. ment work. RECEPTION - FOR ' JUDICIARY Second Evening Given by President and Mrs. Roowe- velt, Lev WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.~The second of ‘| the evening levees of the season at the ‘White House, the reception in honor of the Judiciary, was glven by President and Mrs. Roosevelt tonight. The attendance, though of good proportions, w ller than usual at an evening reception. The president and Mrs. Roosevelt were assisted In recelving by Mrs. Root, Mrs. Knox, Mrs. Charles Emory Smith, Mrs. Hitcheock, and Miss Wilson, the callers passing them In the Blue parlor. Mrs. Roosevelt was dressed very beecmingly in a gown of white tucked silk, with diamond ornaments, and carried a large bunch of purple orchids. The guests had been recelved by o'clock, 8o the recelving party had an o portunity to enjoy a soclal hour among themselves. Among those Invited “behind the line,” in the Blue room, in addition to the epecial guests of the evening were the cabinet, officers of the army and pavy, Hon. Henry C. Payne, Mrs. Payne and Miss Jones, their niece and Cardinal Gibbons. 10 Crol The peculiar cough which Indicates eroun is usually well known to the mothers of croupy children. No time should be lost in the treatment of it and for this pur- pose no medicine has recelved more uni- versal approval than Chamberlain's Couxh Remedy. Do not waste valuable time In experimenting with untried remed "0 matter how highly they may be recom- mended, but give this medicine as directed and all symptoms of croup will quickly disappear. All druggists sell it Superinte! Bl OMcers. CHICAGO, Jan. 14.—The convention of the American Assoclation of Dining Car Superintendents c! d & two days' session here today with the electlon of the follow- ing officers: President, Fred W. Getty of the Chicago, Milwaukee & Bt. Paul; vice president, D. 8. Frazler, Denver & Rio Grande; secretary and treasurer, W. E. Chicago & Alton; executive com- mittee, A. B. White, Burlington route, and E. J. Westlake, Penusylvania rallroad, JANUARY 18, 1902, WESTERN DROPS MR. BEALL mpel 8 Magnate v Expelled by Vot HiS CONNIVANCE WITH TEBEAU THE CAUSE | Thomas J. Hickey Strongly Denounced A% A& Traltor=D. € Pack- ard Gets Franchi at Denver. KANSAS CITY, Jan. 14.—The Western League of Professional Base Ball Clubs and | thé Natlonal Assoclation of Minor Leagues met in this city today to transact business in the mutual Interest of the two organiza- tions. The sensation of the day was the expulsion of A. B. Beall, who held the Min- neapolls franchise from the Western league. Beall, 1t {8 charged by the magnates, vio- Iated the confidence of the Western league by trading his ball park in Minneapolls to George Tebeau for the park the latter owned in Denver. P, T. Powers, president of the National Association of Minor Leagues; Secretary J. H. Ferrell and M. H. Sexton, chairman of the national board of arbitration, all ad- dressed the meeting and promised the Western league the hearty support of the National assoclation. Other |mportant business transacted was the awarding of | the Denver franchise to D. C. Packard anil the appointment of committees to visit the citles applying for admission tn the league. The result of the investigations of theso committees will be reported to President Whitfield, who will then make the neces- sary selection to complete the circuits. First of the Meetingn. With President James Whitfleld in the chair the Western league held tts first open session of the meeting this afternoon with the following magnates and applicants presont: J. H. Manning, Kansas City; Thomas H Burns, Colorado Springs; W. A. Rourke, Omaha; W. T. Van Brunt and B. C. Me- Kibben, St. Joseph; W. P. Chase, repre- senting Frank Flynn of Des Molnes; A. B Beall, Minneapolis; J. F. Reflly and H. L. Littell, Pubelo; D. Packard, Otto C. Floto and F. J. Bonfils, Denver. Thomas Dowd, applicant for Milwaukee franchise, and J. Andrus, who 18 applicant for the Pooria franchise, were represented by proxy. The reading of the minutes of the last meeting were dispensed with and P. T. Powers, president of the National Aesocia- tlon of Minor Leagues, was presented and addressed the meeting. Previous to the meeting of the Weatern league A con- terence attended by President Powers and other members of the National association and President Whitfleld had been held, at which it was decided that the Natlonal soclation should remain loyal to the Weatern league in its fight with the Amer- fcan association, giving the Western league financial ald If necessary and moral sup- port at all times. owera Pledges Suppo In his address President Powers reiter- ated this sentiment and formally pledged the support of his association to the West- ern league. President Powers gave a history of the progress made by his organization since the New York meeting last October. He took occasion to denounce Thomas J. Hickey, former president of the Western league, who, he sald, had attended that National association. He said that’ since then Hickey had provéd himself a traitor,’ and ridiculed Hickey's statement that the Amorican assoclation could become & mem- ber of the Natlonal assoclation of major leagues. President Powers ured his hearers that players in his assoclation would be penalized and that every man who fails to show up with his club at the beginning of the reason would be fined and that no in- dividusl club would be permitted to rein- state him. J. H, Farrell, president of the New York State league, and secretary of the National Association of Minor leagues, followed and | after scoring Hickey, endorsed President Powers' plodge of support to the Western league. He announces that there were now fifteen leagues In the Natlonal assoclation. Hickey Leader of Outlaws, M. H. Sexton, president of the Three-1 league and chalrman of the board of the national boerd of arbitration, spoke along the same lines as Powers and Ferrell. He sald that Hickey could not get into the major or minor national assoclation and that he had the distinction of being at the | head of the only outlawed base ball or- ganization in the United States. ‘Then came a surprise, when Thomas J. Burns of Colorado Springs made a motion that A. B. Beall of Minneapolls be expelled from membership in the Western league. No charges were preferred, the motion w econded and immediately carried by a unanimous vote. Mr. Beall arose to speak, promptly declared out of ords & hearing by President left the meeting. Later President Whittield stated lhnl the charge agalnst Beall was that of alding the opposition league by transferring bis Min- neapolls park and improvements to George Tebeau of the American association. A committee on ecircuit consisting of Messrs. Van Brunt, Manning, Rourke and 'Burns was appointed and the meeting took a re- cess until evening. Packard Gets De . At the night session the committee on eir- cuit submitted its report, which was adopted. The report awarded the Denver tranchise to D. C. Parckard and appointed W. A. Rourke of Omaha to visit Des the sit- uation in those cities. also recom- mended that committees be appolnted to visit Pueblo and Peorla. These committees, after making thelr investigations, will report to President Whitfleld, who will then take action on the applications of these cities for member- ship in the league. The magnates all favor the Invasion of Inadlanpolle and Louis- ville and In completing the circult these cities will doubtless be given the preference it they desire tc join the Western league. The committee on elrcuit approved the applieation of Thomas Dowd, who I8 now in Holyoke, Maas., for the Milwaukee fran- chise. W. P. Chase, representing Frank Flynn of Des Molnes, appeared before the meet- but was nd refused Whitfleld. Brlll ing and gave the Western league an option on all of Fiynn's Des Molnes base ball in- terests, after which the meeting adjourned untll tomorrow. FIFE TO BUILD CHALLENGER ~Willlam Fife of ¥a he-Clyde 18 to bulld 8ir Thom: Lipton's next challenger for the Americi cup. At a conference just held betwe 8ir Thomas and his advisers definite ar- for the construc- athering and pledged his support to the Om [ tion of &ham ck 111 And an order for the new yacht was given to and accepted by Mr' Fite. I view of the probabiiity of a Dbig revival of British yachting and the fact that designing and superintending a cup challengel necessitates constant work for at least a year Mr. Fifs inel to sccept the contract, but Sir | Thomas found means of overcoming his objections. Thomas L Watson has prom ished to assist Mr. Fife In every way, by | handing over to hitn the details of the con- struction of Shamrock Il and all the cai culations and details of the tank experi- | ments made at the Dennys' vard. With | these and the experlence gained with Shamrock | Mr. Fife starts with a distinet advantage over his first efforts. . Fife s already collecting material and will _commeuce ~designing 8hamrock II1 s0 soon A8 the boats now on hand for the next British yachting season are fairly started, which probably will be at the end of this 'mcnth. Shamrock 111 is to be ready early in the spring of 198, J. BOGGS SPRINGS SURPRISE » Frank Bell & Head In ~Twe Favorites Are Winne: was somewhat dis andicnp FRANCISCO, Jan. SAN horses were successful at Oakland ftoday, 14.—Long-priced only two favorites passing the judges in front. The surprise of the afternoon was the victory of J. Boggs, a 8 to 1 shot, In the Rellance handicap. He came from be- hind and beat Frank Bell a head. Con- steliator was _ third. ~ Headwater, ~ the favorite, got away well enough, but did not_display much speed. The 2-year-oid race was taken by Lizale Rice, a filly that made her first appearance today. She was well played and led all the way, wi n from Venecla and Adirondack. Hoar pulled Hudson, the favorite up at the start also did the same thing with Rubus in the to prm‘rdlnfi race, and Starter Dwyer sus- vended him for a week. Senator Matts won the opening race at odds of 11 to 1 and Pat Morrissey, 10 to 1, led all the way In the mile and 10 vards race. The ards, after {nvestikating the lost tw of ~Position, today reprimand Gwner Fountain amd_tntormed him that a repetition of inconsistent racing would re- sult in his stable being ordered from the trick. Results First race, one mile: Senator Matts won Mont” Eagle ‘second, Plead (hird. Time ) Becond race. throe-quarters of a mile selling: Colonial won, Jarriettere 4'Or sec- ond, Kubus third, " Time: 1:81% Third race, seven-sixteenths of a mile welling: Liazie Rice won, jecla wecond, Adrfondack third. T Fourth race, Futurity c handle J. Boggs won, Frank Hell second, Const: lator third. Time: 1:10. Fifth race, one mife and 100 yards, sell w Bragg second, ng: Pieador third. T 4. Sixth race, seven-elghths of a mile, ing: Coming Event won, King Dellis se ond, Sir Lewis third. Time: 1:27%. M. KRUG REPRESENTS OMAHA Entera N tlonal Bowling Tournament, or Which Dates Are set. BUFFALO. Jan. 14--The following clubs vidual players, entered in the na- ing tournament wi.l play on fhe ntioned i St l.ouht. M. A Ph i naal P ree; January 2: "Grand, M " il s Louls. Two men teame: January 2 A Farley and Andrew !mllh H h Kansas City; peace, H. 8chlene! Reuovuh. 1L M. Lnul-. L. W, 8t. Louls; E, H Fe('- T ansas” City: ¥, Paitason Belleville, T Robert K. Carr. 8t Louis: Willam Elwert, erlevllln 1L G Bt Louls; on, Emll Fum‘ke I\DIIP\'HIE. 1L Krl Leob, Belleviile, III i A Vol Foth, Bellmllle 1 MATCHING CRACK TROTTERS Lawi 's Boralma to Meet The Abbot and Lord Derby Next NEW YORK, Jan, I tween three of Americ with the posaible ex: Gresceus, 300, wil trotters, ption of Champlon | be arranged today. 2:07, Thoma s _trotter, Boralmu is to meet Furmer Fire Commissio) John J. Bcannell's ex-champlon trotter, " 'The ‘Ahbm 2:8%, and E. E. Smather's young tter, Lord Derby, 2:06%, In separate mulehfn for a side wager of $20,000. | In_his challenge Mr. Lawson stated that !he would bet from $5,000 to $20,000 on the |result of any match he might make and both gentlemen have announced that the: will accommodate him to the limit in -nvl‘m match. As the race promoters will prob- ably offer $20,000 for the attractlon, the total stake to be contested for In each match will undoubtedly amount to lfl»ofl Mr. Scannell, when Informed of Mr. Law- son's desire to arrany Jr matches with both The Abbot and Lord Derby, sald he was |||FlIPI| to_hear the news. Mr. Scannell !'would prefer to have the meeting take | place around New York and he thinks that the Brighton Beach track, where The Abtot was defeated by Tesceus last year, | would prove nn 1deal pl Gate Citya Defeat Germans. ht on Clark's In a ]"‘f e game last niy I)ullln: leys the Gate tys took two from the Germans. Score: GATE ClTYfl 1at, 3d. Total, Sterricker . 156 150 4“8 Hartley 35 " Conrad ' 17 Sheldon 12 Seaman 165 Totals ™ Stapenhorst . \\'eymuller Conra X ey Totals Homage and Lady Alberta, NEW ORLEANS, Jan. "l4.—Homage and Lady Alberta were the winning favorites today. ~ Results: First race, selling, one mile and seventy yards: Homage won, Life Line second, Azum third. Time: 1:46%. Second race, six furiongs: won, Cholrmaster second, third. Time: 1:L Third race, sellli Lady Alberta Beauty Book one mile and seventy . Cholce second, Saint . one mile: Johnny arboe second, Andes 1:40, , selling, one mile_and a_ six- Pirate's Queen won, I“r»' Admis- slon second, Monos third. Time: 1:4¢) et racer aix futlong: "Carl Kinier won, Kaloma second, Eva Rice third. Time, 1305, Invite $ir Tho: CHICAGO, Jan. 4.—The Olymplan games' Hnlernnlh'l executive committee fonight formally cocided to Invite 8ir Thomas Lip- ton to come here for the Olymplan games with ‘the new yacht, Bhamrock for the construction of which he today placed or- «rrn With Wiliam Fite of Faflie, Scote 1, milar invitation will be extended to ' the owner of the yacht contestin Shamrock 1[I, whoever he may by project of bringing Shamrock tc Mlchlrnn 1s not without Aiffcultie is believed a practicable method d by the exigency The Lake but it be de- Ordera the Report Published NEW YORK. Jan. M.—A. G. Spalding gent - telegram ioday 1o N E. Young of Washington calling on him to have pub lished an exact copy of the stenographer's report of the meeting of the Natlonal Bass Ball league held recently, The telegram sald this had become necessary owing to the clreulation of confiieting “reports of what had occurred at the meeting New York P oek Show, NEW YORK, Jan. 14—Over 4,000 birds will be placed an exhibition Madison uare Garden, This as of poultry and birds will fq the re ‘This signatu I'.'lntlv'; romo-Quinine Taviets on every box of the gennine medy that cares & cold in one day N. A, Feeting, Kans: City; R, E. Cnrr and Kuppinger, NI W. Pabst and Benjamin St. Louls; Simpson and Sin ‘ igeles anuary 23: \llllum Ellwert ana E. Funcke, Belleville, 11l.; D. Thede and P. Sherber, Peorfa, TL; H. hlenek and A | Voliroth, Belleville, ' IIl.; George Keppler and George Kaiser, 8t G. Dibback and F. Makepe: ', Kansas ('H)’ A. Smith and A._D. Klrkpn(r!rk an‘kn. Kan.; Austin Roeder and R Bars, Kansas City; A, Thiem and E. Kneer, Peorll 11 Individual: January' 23: P, Schieul, Topeka, Kan.; Topeka, with | teenth annual show of the New York Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock tlon. Meverui hundreds of repre of (he fenthered tribia have alre rived B Wilson Stays with St Pasl ST, PAUL, Jan. 1t t | Lennon of the 8t Pau . { tion_ club any o th hae slgned Bill Wiison, the well known catcher, to play this season Sy Days’ Bleyele Race PHILADELPHIA 1. The wecond le race d fegls 10:30 o= me eIl 10 the cone and_Me- E TR and ‘Wilson Wi Hattiel Wing | Mueier and d_Harclay, 6.8 LEADING WITNESS IS GONE Wesley Whittaker, for the State, Sude denty 47.6; Chevaller Disappenrs f ehel Trinl, FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. 14.-The chiet Interest today in the trial of James Hows ard, charged with complicity in the Goabel sasaseination, was the disappearance of Wesley Whittaker, a Clay county barber, who came here last night to testify for the commonwealth, All efforts to locate him bave been unsuccessful. It is sald that | Whittaker would have festified that he saw Howard the night hefore he came o Frank- fort and that his testimony would show | whether Howard wore a moustache at that time. This Is an important fssue in the case. The prosecution claims that White taker's disappearance is due to intmilda- [tlon and 1t 1s sald that he weat to In- | diana } John M. Collins of Clay eounty, was the {only new witness t Collins testified {that he had certain conversations with Howard in which the latter showed his & | pleture of Goebel and intimated to him that | he (Howard) had killed Goebel. iis testi- mony was practically the me as that of | James Stubble who swore to « remarks on the part of Howard nesses today were persons who testified at the first trial and (heir testimony told | nothing new FRAGMENTS OF THE WRECK Towed in with Vie- ABERDEEN, Wash, Jan. 14.—A raft of tho fll-fated steamer Walla Walla was brought into port today by the steamer Melville Dol'ar. The raft was picked up on January 0, sixteen miles southwest of Crescent City, seventy-five mlles north ol | the scene of the disaster. On the raft were ound a coat and jacket, two life belts aud | telt hat, The pocket of the jacket con- | tatned papers, showing that the owner was | . Shiel, a waiter, on Walla Walla. The | coat was of the latest style and of fing ma- terlal. 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