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i : TIlE OMAtIA DAILY IIEE SUNDAY JUNE 7 1896. 19
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- I SPORT FOR TIIEROSY
\ urory Ooip c Events at Haze and
Abroad.
, JIM AtID TIlE TIGER OF THE WATERS
I Opf'nInZ of the TrcftIng 3crtTlit
' I'cnnnnt Cbnp-t'u tJ1)i the
: J hlnxerN nnd 'hooting
- . iizzd ) * hlbin.
; . . E trotting
inoeting thit
. I' opens up on the
Jdmt .T1l
-k-- m3x In the his.
tory of Otn&Las turf It hhI be a uurnahis of
; _ light hatnea racing. ncb as hai ae1om ben
enJoye1 beta. The atst4ea are filled with
nottd antmas awl thel baits b.en put
through a cour o Igmuz training for a
I big bread.wlnning wrck The grounds
. forn1h & sUrfing scene. The big ztabei
wJth the neighing sna atxning mutates are
the tenter of attraction , while everywhere
( are to be aee'n the bike enikies , swasbing
d' tuckete. bright btanketa , bits of harness
) &nd occaahonally a o14.tlrne high whe.eler
I looms ui In baa rt4ief adaing lctureaque
c rets to the teene. and extending to the
c ' rtrlthr srne idea of the hard work that s
, going on In repartian. There are awarms
of callers daiI3 and rail birds are as thick
t JT as nDsqnithes in a Jersey swamp. They
- ? i : bask in the aun as if that were their only
mlesion on earth. But It is noL They
watch every horse that is aeeed on the
, track. Tley note hxh condition-they tre
t ge'tthg a line on the various corners for
: oture purpoce. They will be b1e to tell
, you next Tutadsy the capability of every
boree that comes to the poet. The track Is
t 'very fast an It being kept In perfect
condition. The opening day thould * e a
great cruch on ban3. . It. will be Oznaha
day" and all the bualneas bouces will cloae
durthg the afternoon. This ehould assure
1 . . the rnoettng suocess alone. an probably
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Well , id McCoy a not a cb inplrn yet
by a long eliot. ha bet' It will bk lntereetthg
to bear from the fistic tout now , eluce
heudanne. clever , ot Dick Moore all but
put the Kid out last Saturday night. It
happened Iii Thookyn. ar4 Dick gave the
I atroulog HoosIer a most terrIc beating.
t He iande time and again on hie clasaic jew
just like eating abortberry atraw
cake , and in the early rounds
iad him bathed from bead to foot
In his own cochineal. But Dick tsn't a
Deby winner , only a trial boss. He couldn't
; go the dietsace at the rollicking pace be
cub out at first , and dcCoy outpointe bim
, n the latter rounds , and a prejudiced referee
decldra In his favor. Dick was right there
at the nd of the Len rounds , though , and
'wanted McCoy to malza a finish cf it. But
be declined. He eiid there wasn't anytbiug
r fl Otbera thought differently. They
r thought there was at least a Ikicing In it
for o or the other , snd they dldnt have
t their minds on good old Dick , eyther.
, : To t'ay that McCoy's stock has gone down
- wcuid be but uild1y exprathg it. He
i . . ; abonld now ocone off. Ilie. gaaeonde sod
blu'ter wont go any longer , and his talk
. about F1thImmons s Idiotic. FItZ would
knock his tiea o the first dash out of
the box. But. just for inetance. what fris
. IicCy done to make him a niddlewelgtt
, diamplon ? I've got a. renord of every aght
be has made. and be must show ins. I can't
fin.d a mau higher then a fifth-rater be has
ever -shipped , excettng Dick Idoore , who
is a short skate in first class company He
- -WhIpp.-Mi Tommy Ryan , to be sure , but he
can't do it again. Knocking c.ut welterweights -
- - weights , kowevet' . IA flO open sesame to the
31S-pound championship. I hare been con-
, aervative on this fellow nil along. and take
. a uatifleble pride inmY judgmen.t.
It looks as if Iowa was bound to produce
- the champioti sprinter. For sears the state
- has been a rendezvous for professionals and
- at Duo time , several ycars ego , It contained
no less an illustrious gang than harry
* Behune. IL d. Johnson , Fred Stone. Reddy
L Ross , Kttleman , the Hougha. Pulley , Copple
1 and Flyn. They were collectively on the
hunt for angel's and oscialiated between
Davenport. Des ! oines and Coucl1 Blufs
for a whole ieasoa. But the day of the akin
- \ ' - /profes9lOnai orems to have gone forever ;
they are unable to make any aurt of a cUr
in the world. and the names of many of the
old timers have bororno burled In oblivion.
- College athletes are the tad and for exploits
- - of brawn nd mw.cle , Eped and endurance ,
, the athletic curriculums of the big univor-
, IUe must be turned to. Just now the Iowa
- college at Grinnel ] Is renewing her claIms
. on the coming champIon et the cinder path.
. She sae .1. V. Cruxa's alma mater , but
Cr.im's fall down on Manbattain geld lost
I him cast , and be eee-ms to huve abandoned
? the track. The present hero of the colege
is W. A. flush. and he comes from Waterloo ,
I ha. He Is I years of age , itanda dye feet
I * en. and weighs 1fO pounds. He has never
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bten cnched in running , but acquired all
of his knowledge of the sport by watching
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cther' . lIe lisa a clean. natural action of
bis o'n , and at the Marshalltown Inter-
coliegate names the other day. like Jack
F Spratt r.nd his ceUmable better halt. he about
swept the platterclean. lie won the entire
- runatog card. at4'O. ItO. hO , G. and 4O
- , yar& . in OO 2 : itt seconds flat ; 0:12 1-5 ;
- o:2 : d-5 , and 0:50 flat. And the natural
, question crle'c.s. 'How eye you going to
- beat him ? "
. The "Darby"-the blue ribbon event of the
, Engl.eh turf. was run at Epeom Downs last
- , Wednesday. The usual Ierby throng at-
: aemb ed eti the famous course and the came
t old a'ghts and eenes described annually took
: p.s-ce. The prince of Wales' colt Perelminon ,
t i ; to I. waa the first under the wire ,
a half tel ; in the lead of St. Fruquln. the
layer ' This is the drat Derby Inco 17S
- , .won ty a prince of'a1es. . and the grand
- eve't ws royally celebrated at. Marlborough
; ouso th.t evening. The English Derby ibis
year , bad no cepecial Interest for Americtus ,
- there b ng no American horses among the
. , emaIl ibid of etarier. . There was quite a
coterlO Of distinguiehed Yankees on the
a ground , however. and they got much satis.
: z focten oat of Helen Nlcholla win in the
Eepoca Town p'ate , in hlch the betting
was 10) to S against her. helen NiehoU
beloeg , to Mr. 'ishxsrd'a stable. .
The beating sustainedhy Handaprieg at
t l.Iorria park in the Belmont taicea last
Tursisy ket him out of the handicap at
Graveacod Thur4sy. and the fioty
,
* ( In Clifford as a lead pipe , slthoub SL
g ? daxim and Sir Watcr had a coed follow Inc.
I The race waa a bruising one and Tarala
nazter1y boreemanabip was all tast pie- .
vented the favorite from carrying of the
Princely swag. Sir Walter , the coast-bred
- : * 'aecond plzeer , ' beat him oct by a bead ,
' . . .w Lb t. Maxim third.
The Yttle crew is at last on the boscn o
be big briny enrouto to Eoglan& The
- cla&c cgatta at Ilsuley is but a little more
than a forthight away and the great event
Is the ece theme which collede men have
aow Urne to talk upon. Yale's visit to tue
looks like' a sort of a resentment of the. taco-
- ner In Lieh CoTnhl w ; treated by the
ngfl.bhnsn last year , and Bob Cook's sturdy
. lads are crossing over with the grim de-
termlnat4on of giving the Bribes a good old
C.onnectirut beating. And I think they will
do It. Yale never bad g more caretully pre. .
pare'i crew. notwithstanding the vublguoas
slzlOg up their old coat-b baa 1ren to the
4 preas. If they fall to return with the
: flags It whi ! only be because they went apiast
t the beet gang of boys that ever pulled ae
; oar on the Iegendaq Thames. It ha cue-
ceded stat the race will be a epriet item tue
start. for the distaee t nhy one taflo an
a bait. Yale bee be-en trained for this ,
and there Will be a cbaue in btt t&CtICS.
zotwltbatatullug they maintained the. tz1.
tiooa-i Yale troke In their ta-st practice at
ew hiaveo. In any event all America. is
St the4r baek cod if they caD only lose ibs
: \ - ug1IahmeD CM tasir own waters they can
. ' have the ieyi tattae. UnitSd StaUs mint when
- ttc' et baclc.
hi the eaerii Interest crer the coming
tug eeot at hleahey caroparatively lieu. is
heard regardtng the qiadnag1e pull on the
r 1Iudn between Ccrneil. Harvard. Colum-
bla a.a.4 Pcosyir&ais The eaeva tip im
en Harvard. bet tips are detee1ly uneertata
In all fermi , of spot-i. Cornell learat'd a
healthful leasen over the driok hat year ,
and C.c4embis'a work has be-en of a natsie
calculated to enthuse . her foihow&L
"Peesy. " too. Is glib axid chipper eeogh
to satiafy her cohorts. ati altogether liar-
yard will not base the. romp some of her
arrogant ad'eietts claim. With all of hat-
varda arftrterraey , there ii mce'a on her
back a yard bag aol enough bayteed In
her hair to ar a ten-acre fe4d. It will be
It hard chase don to the ; o4 and Cohembta
wifi either show the ay ' ' fMIO the
leader. We tie net have mh bOStISS OUt
here us the prairie , but therf are a
at s who have seen lets of ii Is the baleyoe
days of the peat , and I don't know but what
a . 'toUt ' at this eed of the line Is about
much to be depende.dofla csie 00 the spot.
With the match between Maber and Slawla
o. the next beat thing to chat about In this
line ta the victory -Ororge Lavigne over
Bngland'a preenler hlghteIght , Dick Burge.
Unexpected so It was , dean , iherough
and effectual. The JohMt Beii css only In
It In name. The Saginaw youth ent alter
him from the start , lambasted him luriow'iy
all the way , and was only spared the trouble
of putting him to sleep by the humane
intervention of a very dhs.creet referee. The
lumberman knocked him dean to the seven-
teeoth z-ouo and as ha ahowed a decided
fondness fur a recumtiettt pieltlon , the
referee give the tnWe to LaT1Ve. ThIC
unquestionably raises the Michigan flghter
to the pinnacle of pugilletic fame. Still. It
does not decide the championebip. McAu-
life ettil clings to that boar with indlsrreet
tenacity , and. while he holds the title ,
L.avtgue Is really the champion. McAuliffe
will or at least should not , ever at-
temit to fight again. Jack has never been
in anything like good form Mace the night
he put Billy Myer out at ? 'ew Orleans four
years ago. lie pretends to think that he Is
as good as ever , and may give Livlgne a go.
If he doea his old time followers will go
over to the Kid like a flock of sheep through
a hole in the fence. Unlike Kid
) icCcy , Lrrlgoe's rise in the dghtlug
world has been of the genuine sort.
Two years ago he was a doat
in the riff-raff of the game , but en the night
of the Johnny Gritno-Soily Smith hattie at
Ruby Tommy Ryan told me he was the bet
in the world. H , was little more than a
featherweight then , but Ryan said he wan
good enough for any of the lightweights.
Shortly after that the Kid demonstrated hIs
ability to turn down the phenoenenal Criffo ,
then he tsily defeated the flralntree boy and
Andy Bowen in roeeessiou. and there were
none who held him safe. But hI remarkable
victory over Wolcott. the Barbadoes ourang
outang , was the event that seated him on
the topmost rung , and. uow that he has
added the English champion's close-cropped
scalp to his colleotlon ci memcntoes , there
s.re none who dare defy him.
Halma. the great eon of Hanover , wh
mouths ago was thought to be a likely can-
didale for the Brooklyn Handicap and Suburban -
ban and who was thtw out of training
some iI ' .ks since by a slight straining
of a tendon of one of his fore legs , is back
on th track at Gravesen and will probably
yet be seen in 0)100 ! this season's eastern
handloapu. The mighty colt has recovered
from his trouble nndis again being given
a "prep" for some of the bIg 'racing events
to come.
Lamed , AznerIcas lawn tennis acmpinn-
for that Is abott his measure-Is cutting a
pretty wide swath on the. other side. He
hasn't been on the loser'o tde yet , although
his first foreign appearance was in the nature
of a severe test. It idaow generally ex-
peced that the young tuericun will give a
good account of himself in the Eniish chaio-
pionshlp games , sthlch .begin at Wimbledon
on July 13. _ _ _ _ _ _
Jut A1cD HIS I1flI PICICERItL.
Another Week wIthTfl Votaries of
Field aenn' .
' JIM PRESTON of the
' ' Chicago , Idliwaukee &
f
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% y' - - St. Paul.is n ardent
_ _ 111t lover of the rod and
and , what is
_ - more , a very uceeaa-
- S Zul one. Lake Wash-
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is his favorite
i1t 'f _ ington
_ u _ , , ( ; stamping ground. and
L , be mak9 monthly
vsit5 there throughout -
out the seenon. He was there en Dcora-
tlon day , with Ron. Billy Glass , CharlIe
Carter and other local expCrts with the rod.
Of course. they stopped at Sheehan's. But
the weather wasn't good. neither the ash-
log. A north wind , and reoh. blew per-
sistenUy the. livelongdz.y But Preston
was as persistent as thooresl god , and be
kept his man Friday bartUig .blm up and
down the beautiful bfllftry lake without
rest or Intermission. He hugged the selvhdge
of the. reeds , trolling for bass , pickerel or
mermaid , It mattered little which , although
Salmoides Mlcroptertxs was preferred. He
got an occasional 'strIk. " and. as a con-
sequence. landed an oocaainnal ash , bat none
C , ! a sulficlent magnitude to give cause for
especial enthusiasm or jubilation.
The lovely Nay day was wearing away.
Jims heart hung in his breai't like a chunk
of eawer pipe. But be would nt eurrender.
On be weal. The mellow light 01 the sun
u-as slanting shafts of gold over the rim of
the weetern woeds. JIm'E "clinker" was
coasting lazily down the southern shore. now
in the lights , now In the darks. It turns
languidly into a little bay wiL11 a baldrlc
of silver atid llireads noise-
Ieasly along through. the thin tulles
which extended eatter1ngly out into
the lake , Jim had forgotten about his
line tend was abstractetEy spdyiag the
dark green poish of the water alleys and the
growing aba1ows fIlled with epriukis.1 light
flut en be trailed , like amudturUe. 'round
the graceful cure. but there was no strike.
Back they pur.bei Into the outlet , under
the frown of the beetling bin. The water
was deep and weedle.to , but littered with
vagrant fragments of froth and foam. Jim
glanced longingly toward the tavern on the
crag. A idngflsher. perched on an old overhanging -
hanging limb en the margin , gave a hoarse
shout as if etruggling with eengesUo caught
from the damps of his trade as be swooped
down over the water. .t redheaded woodpecker -
pecker followed lfm with a taunting cackle ,
while bullfrogs began their evening serenade
In the lily pads. Jim was sad , sore and die-
appointed. and be gazed list3ensy about him
as if be didn't care whether echnol kept any
longer or not. The sky overhead was of that
tender , transparent azure through which one
seems to penetrate Into unbounded depths ,
sad over it the summer evening breeze
wreathed its graceful cloud paintings. Now
a fleet of snowy-winged nondesrript ships
psasad : now a plhiazd palace , and now a
turritod cas'Je. Then came a troop of wild
brrveman. a cavalcade of camels with their
Arab riders , Spanish muleteera , enormous
gulls. gigantic rolls of cotton , and next a
magnificent lhitnaleyan peak would rear Its
superb head from out the ever-growing.
changing mass. But Jim didn't see any of
these be&utiea of nature , neither did be note
the swaying branches of the tlg oaks , nor
the blInking argus eyes of the white maple ,
not. the meadow-sweet lztsdng the wild rose
which opened its pink beauty in every inlet
on the shore. Nor did h bear the murmur
of the waning breeze. b1ch , after its run
through the wood ! , betock itself like a
ag to the n-ale : ; skimming away like a
fabulous waterliy , throwing a dark mantle
over the surface , then leaping into the alders
and pulsating again o through the dark-
eniag forest across the narrows.
No. Jim didn't see any of these things.
He was absorbed In bipwzt melancholy
over the perrerweueas dt be Irhthyologlcal
denizens of the deep , an the probable out.
lock for the Milwaukee iifth the big eacur-
sion of presidt-at-xnakerc to Chicago next
Jui. and be was actually closing a contract
( or 'steen cars wttb the Samoets sad Jad.
senlana , when there came a tremezdou , tug
on his line , with a sud.cnnres th.a not oniy
fairly took b's breath. but a2mat pulled
him backwards Into Waahtcgran's peUneld
dvpth. '
It was a "strike , " and'w1j that wonder-
ml perspicuity of the experienced angler
Jim knew that t nap a big 11th. o
tn'ii try eeztld give auth a prodigious Jerk
as that ; :30 one , or two..er even three or
four puon4er cOUk Ieewith the velocity
that Ji = . catch left after that frst tremen-
claus a.dmoe.itOTT tue.
i'v. gut 'star' cried , flni , exaltantly as
he brace bitaie.if and increased his grt on
his bending rod.
Away acat the atricten flab ilk. a hot
from a gun , er.aktng Jtm's a-eel click a , t
Lever c3cked before Today be swears be
Law th sarka ej e she ailk with the
Ughtalag's gleam. Jeff lb. nicieled wind.
teas. Bet allowances sheal8 it. made. Jlz
of eserse , was nervous. bt exultant. and
now that It Is all over , true to the tepeis
of his craft. i prone to the hyperbolic.
Per r'venty yars the catch ran befere
stoppng. then there was a halt and down
be went into the netherxnoet depths of the
lake , . He ulks there a anemeet. and Jim $
Is unable to move him. bet presently be
e'tart asain end Jim reels in as fast at
nimble ngera are capable. The eb lunges
torwat- , ten feet at I cU-eke , then breaks
the water end leaps Into the air. and Jim
exc1ims :
'A p4ekerel ! And he's a wbale'
With ferocious energy the b g spotted
monster eakes himself. Dot it is no use ,
and down be goes again. 110w systemat-
It1ty , how expertly and bow nicely Jim
plays him ; now reeling him In a ways , now
allowing him to Click of ! a few yards at his
own sweet will , bet never chewing the
twisted silk to sIck or s-ag. Jim Is too old
a dt'g'for that. Look at his facel It is set
enh rigid , but there Is a gleam In hi eye
that b&peska of hs perfect reliance in his
own prowess.
In comes the big plctrel by degree ! . new
breaking off spasmodically to this s.de or
that , but always approaching. Within
twenty feet of the motionless boat be
reaches the surface. and. apparently half
lmwnsd , is pulled alcog on his side in full
view. What a znagnldceflt fellow be' is. and
how his golden aide and white belly hhn-
me : In the dying sun's rays.
Jim straightens binteelt for the grand
finale , and steers him In alongside the boat ,
where be gets a good look at his mammoth
bead , as the pusher makes ready the landing
net.
net.'L.ook , Andy , look ! He barn t got a
book in hIm ! Look ! he's simply got the
epoon in his mouthi It's no use ; we can
never land him. "
And , true as Jim said , the dab had simply
cloord his big jaws over the spoon anti wire
leader ; there wasn't a hook' embedded ; all
three could be seen protruding from the
side of his mouth , which was closed like a
vice. while. his eyes were gleaming with a
baitful , deflant light
But Andy meant to try , anyway , and
be lifted the ntt and bent over the gun-
wales. . That single motion was enough.
With a crack of his tail on the watrrs ant-
face , which sounded like the report of a
pistol , the tiger of the waters whirled and
went down and off like a streak of blue
electricity. Fr a hundred yards or more
he rant then to the battom again , for nqother
a'nlk. Jim. old fox. let him lay quietly far
a while ; then. ordering the boat anovol
gently round Into the shallows , he essayed
to move bite. The drat effort was futile ,
but the second started him , and to Jim's delight -
light he made straight for the boat. so
fast that Jim was hardly able to reel in
the slacking line ; but he did it. and had it
ail up by the time the pickerel was within
reaching distance , Delicately Jim handled
rod and reel , and almost imperceptibly
worked him again alongside the boat. There
were the honks protruding from his ugly
month. just the same. and the nasty look
was still in his fiery eye. nut this time be
calculated without his host. Already Andy
had the. not In the water , and , cautiouSly
worked It up under his peaked annul. He
was about to dip , when abruptly there was
a great commotion and a great splashing ,
cud to show him bow easy It was to bane
their best laid plans. Mr. Pickerel made a
dive. But lackaday for him and joy for
Jim , he dove straight into the net. and then
JIm and Andy , heaving like giants , hoisted
him over the gunwales , and the neat instant
a big eight-pounder was slapping the bottom
or the boat viciously. but velny , with his
broad tail !
It was the catch of the season , and with
chest shoved out until It look-ed like the
bump on a dromedary's back Jim was rowed
back home in the sft light of eventide.
As he and Andy skimmed along the strange
bravura of a loon sounded across the
water from the upper bay and a winnowing
hawk gave. her god night scream. Down
the wild lahe they merrily guded ; past the
bald oak , sowing with moss. Uks ext old
bearded prophet ; past the lightning-riven
elm , Its top tilting to their ripple and rats-
ing dimples In the calming waters ; part
the gray finger of the. okeeton cedar ; past
the water mapler' peristyie of pIllars , upholding -
holding the blended dome ; past the ledge
gre-en with the trailing morning-
glories , past tho-tongues of the hanks.tbrust
far out into the channel. and the coves of
pollced Zoiiige 'sbere the i1ulngteaI , .
welt hidden , bad cast enchor for the night ;
past the dog 'wood thickets. hardened into
iron like the trees of .Tarnvid. and wreathed
Into green zofthess by the spIral-teadrilled
mosses ; past decsyed trunks , wrestling
on the border of mazy thickets of fot-
eye grapevines , a Ioacoon of the woods ; past
black sunken legs , where the ripples un-
duisted ; over the geamlng pebbles of the
shallows ; past the rockp escarpment ; past
the cragg cliff ; past nil these. wild and entrancing -
trancing pictures they gayly gilded abog ,
until at last the boat's prow grated on the
sands at the foot of the slope leading to
Pat's glorious hostelry , and the long day was
over , with its crown. a great yellow , spotted
plekerel-Esox reUculatus , the fnny hue-
caneer of the American waters.
At a Jolot meeting of the Creorent and
. 't.nder&on Gun clubs held at the cce ef J.
.A. Dories , 1114 Farnom , one evening last
week a consolidation of the two teams was
erected and the following oThcers elected far
the current year : J. A. Davies , president ;
M , C , Watts , vice president ; B. A liner ,
secretary ; Charles Curtis , treasurer , ad
Charles I..oog , assistant 'treasurer. The regu-
tar weekly shoots will be hold teniporetihy on
the -club's present grounds In North Omaha ,
but a committee.was appointed lo select and
secure new grounda S. G. V. Griswoldwas
made an honorary member of the club , whose
membership now fonts up to something over
a halt hundred.
Slteri Johnny McDonald put in a oup1e o
day , during the past week on Long Pine
creek trout dshing , The sheriff proved himself -
self no novice , for .he brought back as nice
a basket of rainbow trout as toe could with
to see. Idessrs. Scott and Coolty of the
Northwestern vere the sheriffs paituers ,
and they , too , made a good record.
Andy Hunt and Mrs. Hunt have r turned
from a delightful few days' outing at Lake
Washington. While the debing was not as
good as it might have been , they made a
good catch , Mis , Hunt carrying off the palm
with a three pound pickerel.
G. S. Delter of Wisconsin defeated Fred
S. Gilbert , the trap-shooting champion , of
Spirit Lake , on the TBurnxlde grounds' at
Chiesgo last Tuesday in a lOO-biid maich
for the Dupont trophy , representing the
American championship. by a score of Site
to 53 , There was a large crowd of spects-
tars present and the birds were an extra
good lot , but. the score little bet'er than
what would have been expected from second
raters.
On March 18 Senator Wileon thtredued
in the seniLe a bill "to authorize the see-
rotary of the treasury to issue leases of
certain land , in Alaska for the breeding
of faxes , " and on the 27th the bill was
favorably reprrted by the committee on
public lands , with certain minor amend-
meats. Although this bill has been the
source of considerable amusement , the
stnements : made by the men interested in
its passage were a revelaUon to the zuexa-
bees of the committee on public lands , and
deeide.dly interesting. it bows that , as fat
back as 1.5S4 , certain men , at. that time real-
dents of Alaska , took up or aerins consideration -
sideration the problem of the future em-
ployaneut and support of the natives of the
Alaskan Islands , when the fur seal , the
otter and the wairos , should have beotae
exterminated.
The suggestion was made by Captain Mor-
gin of Conceccut that the blee tax might
be domesticated. and , under proper coodi-
Clefs , bred with prodt , thus utilizing many
barren Islands and furnishing employment
t ) tbe snderiug natives , Four men nally
decided to iubaerlbe l.C'CIO each , to try tke
experiment A small number of young foxes
were bought from the naUves and takep
to North SernMI island , about ? ? S miles
eovthn-ect of Kodiak. sad a small colony
of natives , with a white keeper , were left
with one year's supplies , to try the cx-
perlment ,
Alter rainy ups and doe-na , and the cx-
panditure of over Ii&O ® in money , the cx-
peitment proved a seeccea , and It was dem-
onetrated that both the Was sad sliver fax
could be deanetcated and bred. Froen this
small betuzLthg there are now no less this
twenty-two cokeies on a. many h4aud , devoted -
voted to this business , end uere than IPO
natives are plndtawy enopioyed In its prose-
cetica. These islands are mn-thy barren
rocks. rising abruptly from the eons , and
the faxes are allowed to roses at ni:1 : over
them. Each island ha a fluie seuIernes ,
where the keeper and his native g.astntem
live. and whet-a the' faxes are fed regularly
cad hese they suoa learn to come for their
food.
food.Pbe.top'apbs taken at feeding time showed
the foxes eaUng fr'xn uegbs and quarreling
over choice nore'sls like dogs in a kennel.
The food consists of cooked indian meal and
blubber scrap , and on it the fhxes grow sleek
and fat and produce a tar of the dnest goal-
ity. Senator \\llsen , ntwltbstanding the
good n-stared joke , of his fellow s'snatOts.
bat worked for the biU with energy and en-
thustaim , for , as h says , It will not only be
the means of saving from exUnetion a race
of valuable fur-besting anhasis , but will pen-
pie the barren islands of the. Alaskan chain
and rescue from misery ad starvation the
natives who , now that the fur seal is becocu-
lag extinct , see oarvation stzriag tbt'cn In the
face.
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Judge Clinton Powell ttrd 'John F. Dale
have returned from a dshfl trip to Lake
Madison , Minnesota. Just what luck they
had hit' not been reportt4Itsit no both are
old bends at the sprrt it"It presuzuci that
they Mind their croels. '
ON Till. iI.tLLlflLD.
The Big have nzi4ta Along the
Line.
HE only ° 'iangea In the
C:7 '
iik-- W the paSt'"week was the
-A _ passlag1 flitImore by
the Ciatelands , who
iaIn toec.the list and
this iinieswhth ihe roost
eomfortae lead
- -n any
- . : : : _ _ . te.atu hazasanme,1. Cleveland -
- land is bertainly playing
- - championship ball , and
it is doubtful whether they are again ever
beaded. As Patsey Both-ar says , the
Spiders are just as fast and just as strong
00 foreIgn grounds as they are at. home.
This they have proven bT their easy victor-
lea over the Beltimores , and the tact that
they bare. dropped but three games out of
nine since they struck the Orient To be
sure. , two at these were tie's , and they have
enjoyed some ia-re. luck , bat rare luck is
synonymous with great pi.aying. But as 0.
P. Caylot' is wont to chirp , th season Is
young yet. Baltimore La stacking up the
reel article , and Cincinnati Is maintaining
her encouraging gut fairly welL The Phil-
lies have caught their second wind , Brooklyn
is playing steadily , and Boston is doing
well. The Bean Eaters , however , are dleap-
pointing their home followers , They were
expectel , aftei reaching the Hub , to sweep
everything from the face of the earth that
dared venture In the.r ! lot , but they have
failed sadly , and inotead have hardly held
their own , Waehing1ore is playing doggedly
and are not to be despised , even by the
leaders , while the. much boosted New Yorks
are steadily climbing. Pittsburg it playing
the most luckless game of all ; Chicago Is
wobbling. and St. Louis and Louisville don't
count
Freedman is credited utth caying that he
would not trade the New York team as at
present constructed for the Cleveland team ,
in a.u even trade , much lees give up a bonus
of O.OOG for the. Forest City organization.
No ; Freedman wouldn't give confederate
money for the real coin of. the realm. He
wouldn't swap his 800 buggy bree for a
half Interest In Handspring. tie wouldn't
trade his lease on the polo grounds for a
quit claim deed on the Waldorf. No , he
wouldn't , just try him once.
Ar-lie Latham will not remain with Set-an-
tore very long. The stage will know him
ft-urn now on.-ClnclnnatI Enquirer. WTh.ats
he going to do , drive It.
Will the Cincinnatis ever reach first place
again ? We. doubt it-New York Morning
Advertiser , Well , you wouhln't if you knew
how Toni Davis and Captain Goeta are
pulling for them.
Billy Barnie , the old-time bald eagle of
the Chesapeake , claims to have unearthed
another phenom pitcher. His name Is
Seeds and he'll be plaatd about the time
he gets into one of the blg leayues.
Sam Crane calls Cunningham "a fresh
young blood. " Whit Is the matter with
Lew Dickerson. Dick Higbdon , Levi MyezIe
and Willie Bill Traffiey ? Ciilriy was a vet.
out be.ro In the WstenIe eight years
ago. -
Speaking of WIllie Billr7affley reminds
'no that. the senile pIe eatez bce capped the
record with Ma Des bloite fa.m. Twenty-
four straight victories ta3ca the bakery
since the inauguration of. pt-of ess1onaI
leagues.
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About the whole caboodt o minor league
clubs have been importunitryWashIngton to
let go of Jack Crooks. b they might as
well desIst , as dancer , Scbmelz says the
whole combination couldnt raise enough
money to buy him. .
After ala long , wcar laggng years
Grandpa Anson and F-.z PZeffer have
fallen on each otbTs , necks and
wept. . The old secotid baseman is
back with the Chicagon antTp1sing very ltke
Arlie Lathrin ball. W1iat'Freddy wants to
do is get a od shady job in a foundry and
forget that he was once a baIl player.
It looks very much as If big Iliisie had run
up against the same old stone. wall that the
insurrectionist Mullane , and Tom Lo-sette
once butted against. That he is in th
wrong is evIdent from the fact that not a
eignal club owner In the. league Is with hint
In his trouble. Mullane , to be Euro , Is otill
playing ball. but. he is out of the big league
for good and Lovette Ia selling "booze" at
Providence.
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Ducky Holmes broke hiscollar bone early
in the season and now he. has jammed his
withboue back between his shoulder blades
and will not be able to Let Louisville on fire
again before firecracker day ,
Wonder what Mulford , Weldon , Zuber and
the reet of the Cincinnati base ball his-
torlans think of Hay , Miller and Burke
ihiso days , and whether they are stIll pining
for "Snapper" Kennedy. Every time I
think of that "Snapper" deal I take on three
or four pounds of fat just front laughing.
At the present writing that flubison-Brnrh-
Indianapalta-Cleveiand-Westera-Leagne- -
tional-League deal Is surrounded by all the
mysterious attachments which history gives
to the assailant of the. Immortal W'illiatn
Patterson. Mr. Brush and Mr. Robleon are
now engaged from 8Z0 a. m. to G5 p in.
on week days In denying everything , but
have not yet caught up with the rumor out-
gut. So says Charlie ? ewer , All the same ,
Indianapolis will get. the Cleveland club naIl
season and Omaha will get Indianapolis.
Drive a s-pike bore.
ctxsbit GilT ThEM t
The AuatrnIianCric1.ters for a
Gauss ,
OMAHA. June. 4.-To the Sporting Edi-
tar of The Bee : I notice that in your sport-
log gossip in last Sunday's flee you suggest
that the various cricket clubs of Omaha offer
the Australians todocementa. to atop off here
on their say to the coast pelt jail. I am
sure that nothing would give. the lovers of
the game of crIcket. so touch pleasure as to
ace such a first-class team as the Australians
play in Omaha , and out'4de of that , I believe
a good many people , who know nothing of
the game. and s ho pretend to acorn it , would
be. wining to par admission to see such a
team as that play a gaznt. However , of
course. , there al-a numerousobstacles to overcome -
come before we can even ask them to come
here. In the first place. th re Is no crieltet
ground in Omaha suitable , , on which to plsy
s'aeh a game as they wonid put up. The
grounds of the Omaha CTftktf club are the
best of their kln In the are good
enough as far as the pitch s igceread , but
a' there is tie fence zuthAtaLtng them. it
would. of course , be ixn paae to charge
a.dxnleaion to a game piay3 ca them , The
only ground that I ege te-&tpresent , that
is at all uttalsie , IL the VrtatUy park , arid
r sn afraid that a hard-1Iji team , such
LI the Australians bat-e. * bu.ld be contirtu-
ally putting the bali ovmttbe ferice , and
In addition to that , it woulat4e very bard
to prepare a pilch there twthi would be
good enough to ask thorn toaiay on. Thea ,
too , it must be reuse1ser61a.t this team
ls nut trave11n fOr its bIb , and would
not step e In Omaha Ju.fLeneommedats
ievez of the same here. r ak that In si
probsbiltty e should hw.itc guarante
It $ .D9. at the least , grv.tljbe question
thee arisen. Can we raisc thst smOuct ?
01 course we could rely ikin In some
money gi. the gate , but thbuId sot ilk.
to count on every inch frees that nausea.
r ahoud very ranch Like to hoar what
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think could be done toward getting this
team here , and I feel sure that it ouch a
thing could be accomplished It would be a
great advertisement for the game in the.
wat , and not only for the game , but for the
city of Omaha. HARRY H. C. NEW ,
Secretary Omaha Cricket Club.
The Bee will endeavor to outline a plan in
next Sunday's issue. The Australians are
anxious to make a two days' halt midway
between the oceans , and , this be-lag the case.
it seems as If Omaha ought to stand a better
show than any other western city.-Sport Ed.
Did you everthinow readily the blood
Is pMsarn'J by constipation ? Bad blood meant
bad health and premature old age. DeWitt'e
Little Early Risers , the famous little pills ,
overcome obstinate -unstipation.
LITTLE ROMANCES.
Strnaige ) ieeiingantl Iqarringe of
Two Dtvorec.l l'-ople.
A couple who gave their names as 0. Syl.
vestcr Hughes and Huida Slankard procured
a marriate lIcense from Deputy Recorder
ttetze ! at Clayton yesterday and were. roar-
ned by Jostice cif the Peace William .
Wenglor , says the St. bouts Republic.
Hughes aad : he lived in Norris City , White
county. Illinois. and the bride iad her borne
was i-a Gcayille , in the Lame Cotmt ) . When
children they were neighbors ad were pupils
in the same scboL As the lady described
their relatioro' . "they were friends , bound
by a love which l.a only possensed by the
young and innocent. " When they left chol
they were saparatesi and did not. meet again
until Friday. Alter their separatlcn esh
married , but they were not happy , and after
a time. each separated from the partners
and about fourteen years ago each was di-
vorced.
Friday morning Mrs. Siankard came over
from her home in IllInois to St. Luis to
view the ruin wrought by the tornado.
Hughes , -who is a cornicemalter , and who
has been working in Kansas City , also came
to view the ruins. While viewing the Coe
Manufacturing company's building at Elgh-
ts-enth street and Cbouteau avenue they
espied each other.
Metnorico of the past flitted through the
mind of the wcanari and her heart swelled as
her love for Hoghts was revived. She said
she was the first to make a move after the
recognition. She approached Mr. Hughes
slowly and before either had spoken a ward
they clasped each other's hand and for several -
er-al seconds etoood in silence. looking into
each other's eyes.
They walked about over the debrs on the
streets and excanged accounts of their lives
since they separated. At a downtown cafe
they rcoIved to never aran part until cap-
crated by death. and they decided to be mar-
rind. Yesterday morning they vent to Clay-
ton. procnrrd a license and were married.
Hr. Hughes cold they expected to leave for
Kansas City In the evening. He said they
would remain in Kansas City until next
fall. and then return to ? orrii City , Ill. ,
where thaT will reside.
Reunited After 'l'vventy-Five Years.
About twenty-fire years ago George James
arid Ezekiel Kerr emigrated to Chester. Ill. ,
from a small town In Pennsylvania , nd engaged -
gaged in farming. Later they acquired a
leasehold of 261 acres in the Kaskaskia
commons , the finest farming land In the great
American bottom , end are considered among
the mEt eubstanVal citizens of Randolph
county. It was generally understood by the
community that the three brothers were
single. men , nd they neither by word or
act indicated snythiog to the contrary. Recent -
cent events , however , have brought about a
decided change of opinion. It now transpires -
pires that when George Xcii left Pennayl-
vans he also lift behind tim a young wife ,
wham be could not induce to make the long
journey westward , and she remained at
home with her mother. intending to join her
husband later. AU the time a correspondence
was continued beween husband and wife ,
and seeral months ago Mr. Kerr. now
grown rich in this world's goads , made a
trip to his old Pennsylvania borne to see
his wife and persuade her to return with him
to his western home , but Ire. failed to fully
accomplish his mission , only receiving her
prcmiae that she -would c tme to him In the
month of May. Mr. Kerr returned to his
haute to await his wife's coming , and , true
to her word , she arrived here a few days
agu. was met at the. dept by her husband
and taken to his new residence in Kacknakia
cc'/nmons. They will celebrate their silver
wedding after twenty-five years' separation ,
but always true to each other ,
A Tuekstloe Bridal Party ,
Down from Tuckahoe came. yesterday a
mature but ardent couple bent on matrimony ,
relates the New York Sun , The bride-to-be
is a fanner's daughter , the groom a pies-
tern. His trade has left him poor , and be
score his working clothes. The bride bad a
bonnet with' an exterisiv& flower garden an
it. Her dressaI short enough to display
see enlist aunts than her substantial shoes.
She is the widow Ellen Kenney , 40 years old.
The happy plasterer is James htyan , a ,
widower , with a son -who objects to the mar-
stage , He is not a. bard-hearted yotb , but
he thinks his father should have. forgotten
love's young dream in the sixty winters
which be has weathered.
The couple are 'etk in puree , though
strong of mrpeae. and when they counted
up ens- tare they found they had only enoogh
to take them to Williamatiridge ,
"We'll walk ; " said the bride.
'By gosh , we will ; you're a brlie after
my own heart " said the groom with en-
lb usia am.
They walked front Wihhiaznabrldge to 1.1cr-
riasala arid drifted into the police cow-i.
"Are you tired , dear ? " Ryan inquired as
be dropped Into a seat with. a. sigh of satie-
faction.
"Tiradi What Is a five-mile stroll en one's
wedding day ? Just a gisacure trip , an'
not.hrn' ibortev" asid the bride.
This gave big Policemen Qobi a hint , end
he hUTTISd up to Clerk McCabe with the Is.
formation that a bridal party had arrived. ,
The cleele took a look it lb. pair and car-
Tied the news to ! tagiatrate Daul in the beck
: -aoa. 'rite m.glaunte upset the plans of all
concerned.
"lAtin them ? ? 4t a bit of It , " be said. I
14et thaxa bunt up a usiniater willing to
makecneotGOand Id. I gan' ; do that kind
of additlop. "
Cier McCabe had to go cot md explain
thaI ha bitt on hand cniy a very bashful
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magistrate. , who did not. dare face the bride
in so trying an ordeal.
'My sakes ! I don't see why be should
have any feeling about-it. I wouldn't let
hint 2lsa rae if be tried to , " said the bride.
'And I guess I wouldn't if you would ; not
much , " said the. groom ,
Seventeen men and all the court squad
volunteered directions to the many churches
in the annexed district. The couple seleeed
one In Washington avenue. The crowd fol-
Ic-wed them , and frightened them by their
numbers and anxiety to be in at the finish.
The couple lengthened their steps. They
distanced the crowd without sprinting ,
and , turning a corner , were lost to view.
It. . pretty certain that they got married , be.
cause the last beard from the groom was :
'Well. I don't care ; we'll look up a minis-
tsr , and' he'll have to wait for his pay 'till
I get in a caupl a' week. . work azf w e get
I.a rights. "
Jternarrieai IEl Former Bride.
Joseph Stulta was released from The south-
era Indiana prison the other dey , alter corn-
pietlag a ten years' sentence. The story of
hi. life and the circumstances cnpected wills
the crime which placed him behind prison
bars Is a etsange ens , Stuhtz was met upon
his retease by his former ie and her
father , wbo spent a fortune in convicting
him , and allot-word had the marriage of
Sinks arid his daughter adnulled. - Both now
greeted him with open arutL , '
Nearly tea years ago Joe Steftz 'wac a
leading member of LouisvUle alr1ty , and a
member of the Louisville legion' 'lie ' became
anqualuted with pretty Carrie Ashley , daugh-
leT of William Ashley , a member of a
waaltby tailoring fins of LouIs'rille , and the
busbnd of a aiter of Stuits. Through IsIs
re1allouaip Stultz bad an excellent eppor-
totaity for lovsmakthg. and be wooed and
won Miss Ashley , sad they-eloped its ? ow Al-
tlty and were married by Rev , Charles
hiu'etsinaon of the Third PresbyterIan church.
Docla Hunt , a well known young man , made
the iJfldaylr as to Mite Ashley's age ,
As soon as the nets reached Mreshtey
b. went to New Albany and caused was-rants
to be lasted for both fleet and Stults , charg.
tag there with perjury and subornation of
f.erjisry , raefdtiiely , and so great was bic
anger that Mr. Ashley gays up his business
5514 dercted bimatif to the pnulslmueat cf
the men who bad taken his daughter tsar
Mrs. Staltz. see Ashley , who had before
ueoningly been Infatuated with her bros.
Land , also Joined with or lathes' In the
prosecetten , Befetre tle trial Stuita arid
hurt attempted to eadape from jail , bitt were
recaptured ,
The trial was long arid hItterl contested ,
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Cures for Us-c Lad the palsn * t.oroaxtli
, tatird from tb yitstn. I'ILE.S. IriSTUI.A
an B-ICTAL. t7ZPEfls , IITBJtUCII-itS AhIJ
VABICOC'ltLE erinansnhIy 110.4 eucssetutl7
cored. MrthC4 new soS , usfalltr.g.
STAICTUHE AHU BLEE1flts-I
By new method without pa-b or cutting.
Call on or adOrns with stamp ,
Tie oirl" I. llpirla' 110 h. ltthSt ,
M&i tY4.U , ) s ) .at4ib , Omaha
but Hunt was convicted and sentenced to
seven years' imprisonment and Stuits to ten
years. Scion alter Mr. Ashley had the roar-
stage of isis daughter with Stults annulled.
Ao time passed Mr. Ashley lost Iris posses-
sits nd be besnte a comparatively poor
man tind the feelings which b. and lila
daughter entertained for Stuitz became soft-
etsl. Sores time ago they began circuLaith
petitions for Etuita' pardon , Mr. Ashley rock.
Ing stverai unsuccessful trips to Indian-
spells in hi. behalf. Stulta proved to be an
exemplary convict , zid his good time ibort.
coed his term almost two years. mu.
mediately following liii release ? .lr. Stulti
and Isle fosrots wife were reunited In marriage -
riage , Br , Hutchinson again ofliciating ,
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Before leaving borne on your rjnomp va-
catian ps-cow-c a bottle of Chsmt.es-laIzs'a
Colic , Cholera end Diarrhoea Remedy , It
is alniot certain to Is. needed arid mnsy says
ytie the necessity of returning bonus betor.
the end of your vacation. The S and tG
cent elsea for asic by drtaggMs ,
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As Engilib advcrti.enrerst readt "Mr.
Brown. Stars-ret , beta to aneounce that be
wlU mike up gowns , capes , etc. , for mdl
out of their own skis.s. "
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