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$1.50
SLIGHTLY DAMAGED BY
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From the I'ire Stock
At 25c Each Wool Pssifs 85e
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$19 at
quality on
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Hundreds of. dozens Ladies' and
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stock , only slightly smoked , other
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! y damaged , worth $7.50 , on sale at in , < 5 $7.50 drawers sey ribbud , go vests at , pants and suits jro nt and pants In allsbes , go at
39o a suit , S9cand SOceach
5c lo 13s each.
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lisle Many in this lot worth up Many in this lot worth up Manv in this lot worth
Ever Offered in Omaha. tot at to 60e. to Sf.OO a suit. SI.00 cauh.
WEEK IN REALMS OF SPORT
Gosiip About Gar-us of All Sorts and
TLoir Followers.
COMBINATION FOR THE GENERAL GOOD
ANMciolntlon of Aiiiutt'iir TOIIIIIN Hrlnu
Alxiut llonllli.v Competition ivllli
All UN Attendant Ut'iiflltM
anil ( iciioral A
Competition Is the life ot trade , and com-
tilnatlon appears to bo the life of Intercol
legiate sport. That this shoudl bo true Is
not -surprising to those best acquainted with
the voilous forms of amateur sport which we
Und among the schools , the colleges and the
universities of this country In the latter end
of the nineteenth century. The formation
of a foot ball league or of a base ball league
among several Institutions does not mean
that professional methods are to be adopted
In a race for supremacy , but It does Indicate
a 'healthy deslru for rivalry In whlcii there
eliall be only thu survival of the fittest.
There Is every good reason why combina
tions of the athletic teams of such Institu
tions should exist. If they served no better
purpose than to bring the athletes of similar
Institutions Into fair competition with each
other there would still be a sufllclcnt reason
for their existence. Sometimes such asso
ciations . ro marred by petty quarrels , but
this fact cannot offset ttio great good de
rived ftom them. The Western Intcrcol-
leglaato Foot 'Hall ' association , though mis
managed In the 'past , has done much for tlio
promotion of the sport for which It has stood
champion In the states of Nebraska , low.i ,
Kansas und .Missouri. Reorganized upon a
sounJer basis for the coming season , U
promises to accomplish more for the advance
ment of the mcbt prominent Intercollegiate
and Interacholastlc sports than ever It hug
done before.
Tlio sp'rlt of close organization Is not only
rife among western colleger , but among
western high schools and academies as well ,
A very commendable effort Is now on foot
to establish a Western IntertchoMstlc Foot
Hall league. Frcnk H. Knight , prcdJent and
manager of the Omaha High School Athletic
ntsoclatlon , has during the last week written -
ton letters to tbe foot ball teams cf the high
echoo's of the cities within the Immediate
vicinity of Oir.'iha suggesting that steps
looking toward tlio organization of such a
league bo taken at once , Ono remembers that
It wco not nuny years ugo since a similar
association of High ScboDl foot ball elevens
cxlated , and furnished capital sport for the
foot ball teams of tals part of the country.
The organization .it ( his time of an Interscholastic -
scholastic league embracing the high school
foot ball teams of Omaha , Lincoln , Council
Jlluffa , Hod Oak. Blair , Nebraska City and
jiooslbly Hastings , and ono or two other
] > olnts , would bo most opportune , U would
insure/ fiutllclent number of games to each
Jilgh school foot ball team to icuku up a very
satisfactory schedule , and more than that It
would bring the high school players of one
city largely Into competition with those of
cnotlicr city and would prevent their playing
athletic clubs , military organizations and
other teams composed of older and stronger
men. It would bring lilgh nchool players to
line up against other high school playera , and
that In Itself Is a consummation devoutly
< o bo wished. It la to to sincerely hoped ttial
I
f fa&S' & lA * * * . ,
! the offortV of "tlie athletic association of the
local IjlgU school In thin dlrectlca ir.'fy re
ceive the cordial co-operation and hearty
siiioi-t | | ) ot the athletic associations of the
high schools that have been addressed In
the matter , for the movement Is one that
deserves to succeed. If the propcsed league
Is to be a succcrs next fall , when the sport
of foot hall will again demand the Hen's
share of pcpiilar attention , the eteps toward
Its orpanlzat'on ' must ho taken tills winter
or spring. A meeting of the representatives
of the high school teams favorable to the
formation of such a league Is desirable at
an early date. The composition of the league
ccrc as well bo determined In advance , and
the schedule of games prepared now as well
no Just prior to the opening of the next foot
ball season , when all will bo hustle and
bustle In the training of olJ plajcrs and the
development ot new ones.
The week Just ended has developed noth
ing now In regard to the aquatic contro
versy among the eastern universities save
n wonderful Increase In public sentiment
against Yao ! and Its peculiar Ideas of what
1 constitutes sportsmanship. Cornell agreed
to forego Its rights as the champion crew
and row with Yale and Harvard at Now
i London this year , If It were allowed to
| name the course for next year. But Yale
has declined this proposition and therefore
spoiled whatever chance It c\er had of re
venging Its defeat 'lost season by the
bpeedy Cornclllans.
At the present writing the prospects seem
very good for the establishment of a grand
. Intcicolleglnto regatta. Including all the
' leading col'cges ' crews eave Yale. Cornell ,
1 Columbia , I'eunsylvonla , Wisconsin and the
Naval Cadets of Wisconsin are openly In
favor of such a move and It Is the general
belief that Harvard will acquiesce , for Its
challenge to Cornell very fairly contained ni
! conditions as to the time and place far their
I meeting. With auch a regatta the little two-
i handed race between Yale and Hanard at
j Now London would bo Insignificant , In re
spect to popular Intercut and prs'ably ZB regards -
! gards time , for the crows of Yale oad Har-
1 vard have for several ycanj bec-n consider
ably jlowcr In getting over the water than
| those of Cornell. Yale pretends to feel
I grcraly livulled that Council nbould liavo
J had the temerity to turn down Us challenge
| for thU year cnly , but that feeling Isn t a
I circumstance to the sentiment agairet Yale
' about the Cornell campus since Yale de
clined to "grant to Cornell for next year
what It demanded for Itself this year.
The reflection of public opinion regarding
this matter la shown to soiio extent by the
editorial comment In the leading papers In
different parts of th.e country. Save for Hob
Ccok's own. the Philadelphia I'rcss , and the
Now York Herald. . . which list year eald the .
Intercollegiate racewaa between Yale and (
Harvard , with Cornell a sure third , none of
( la1 leading jourrals of the country can bo
found supporting Yale In the uaspsrtsxan-
llko attitude jt has assumed. The Ilee'e
oplalra U that Yale does not exactly hanker
after another brush with the Crnelllajis ,
cno ! It would not have made co.ndHlo-.u for t
thU year's race repugrant to any pet of
men possessing an lota of eatcem for true
eportiinanshlp.
Hero ! s how some of the other lead'ng
pauers of the country regard the matter :
Doston Dally Advertiser : The Cornell crew
'holds ' the Intercollegiate championship. Yet
Cornell must l > eg und Implore In order to
Hecuro a race with Iho Ynlo urew , anil Val ?
< u > sumcn not only llio right to select the
court ) ? , but refuses to make niiy terma what
ever OB to ruct'H after this year.
I'rsvldencu Journal i Cornell's agreement
to row Yule Mil New London this year If
the llhucan university cin tlx Hi ! tlinu anil
place of thtrlKia jncethur looks rawer too
far ahead. If Yalu should bo ns badly de
feated next summer uu It was on the Hud
son It might wish to five up rowing alto-
.
New Yorki Mall and I2xi > r 8s : The posi
tion assumed by tbo Cornell navy in Its
correspondence with Yale and In Its Invita
tion to all the live rowing universities to
join In un open reratta In the futuic Is both
nuinly nnd geneious. Cornell Insists , us is
but rlyit , that Yale agree to another race
next year. She opens the way for the blue
to enter that ince without unrtlflcatlon.
AH the victor , she admits the right of all
competitors to challenge her. With courte
ous conlldtnce In the fair Judgment of Har
vard , Cornell accepts t'.ie ' New London
course for a triangular race.
Worcester ( Mass. ) Telegram : The refusal
of the Yale crew to row Cornell next June
Is onu of the most curious events of inter
collegiate athletics. Here Is the Yale crew
challenging Its conquerors and miming
time , place und distance for a race most
unprecedented conditions. The challenged
crew waives all rljjits except a race In Jt99 ,
at such time and place as Cornell shall
choose. Yale refuses to row. If Yale , after
sending an unfair challenge , Is unwilling to
agree to anotMer race with Cornell , If Cor
nell loses this year , then It Is not for Cor-
iii'U to feel uncomfortable. A large num
ber of Yule students see ths awkwardness
of Yale's position and will make the Yale
. navy uncomfortable cnoiiFh fjr showing
I luck of backbone. Yale will row Harvard.
1 Harvard will row Cornell either separately
or In a great regatta. Ills Ynle-Harvnrd
race will be of minor Importance , InterestIng -
! Ing only to Harvard and Yale , while Hie
i national college race will attract the atten-
. tlon of all America.
1 New Ysrk Sun : The Yale navy dcfsnds
! UB attitude toward Cornell by stating that
t'.ie ' Ithacjins have caused nil the trouble
I by naming conditions In the acceptance of
j the blue's challeaco. In a word , Yale wishes
It to b ? understood that Cornell , having
| won a magnlllcent boat race from Ynlo und
i Harvard and having acted In the most
I mignanlmous way over since , has absolutely
no right 13 have a voice In the crrange-
, ments of another race and positively no
: privilege to name a condition. Ynl ? , on t'.n ' *
i contrary , miut do nil the dictating , nl-
1 though Harvard , with apparent ! } * equal
1 rights , has expressed a willingness to row
j Cornell without conditions. Acoordlng to the
1 New Ha von version Cornell must beg to bo
I permitted to row Just ons more race. If
Ithaca doesn't want to do tint why she
can G > et Into the race by entering as t'ne
guest of Harvard , College men , not carried
away with prejudice , fall o understand wlu
Cornell should bo subjected to sue i mani
festly unfair trea'ment. The privilege of
i imlr.R- the time niul place for a race ifcxt
year could have been granted to Cornell ,
they say , without f nr of the result , for
the I tli a can B would i.iavo undoubtedly been
square LTioufh to consider the wishes of
Yale and Harvard , both if whom do not
want to leave New I.rombn. It was only
a matter of form that would have ratlsllcd
Con lPn In * no means Infilled pride.
Philadelphia Lsdgcr : Thcie never ha *
been the ellshnrss ! dpn'iyod. the jockey
ing , the wire , pulling Indu'grd ' In , In the ad
justment ef ( lllltcultlcn In any of the pro
fessional league In existence during I'm
past decamp , that Yale has shown In the
jmt twelve months IT arranging for the
boat race at PouglikccpHle last June nril
tiR n nt the .im-si'tit time In arranging lor
a race next Juno. In biK' ball such un
sportsmanlike conduct ns wanting both the.
cake and the penny , which Ya'o nsk for ,
when , an challenger , she ( Irrt tnslbta on
naming the course and time of place for a
luce , and In case of another race she Intlgts
on again having that privilege , would not
b tolerated for a moment.
Syracuse Post. Yale , by this action which
Cornell men hold Indefensible upon any rule
of true bportsmnnshlp and only to bo ac
counted for when the position that can betoken
token with Impunity In some quarters U
unlcrstcod. h.is Indicted a disappointment
u-pon thu American sporting world i > id laid
Itself open to severe public crltlcUm.
The London Dally Mall nays : "If young
Ten Eyck tries to reappear at Henley as on
amateur there will be trouble. It has been
hoped that the Ten Kycks will not venture
hero again as amateurs. " It's too bad that
the DrltoiiB always take defeat so much to
heart. If Ned Ten Kyck had not won the
amateur championship la sln lo scull races
at Henley last summer , It's very doubtful
If wo should have heard this utrango wall
from across the sea ,
Thomas Fennell , Cornell ' 07 , coach ot tbe
Cincinnati university foot ball team , took
that team for a southern trip during the
Christmas holidays. Two games were ployed ,
ono with Tulane university at New Orleans ,
which Cincinnati won by a score of 1C to 0 ,
and another with Uatoni" Ilougc , in which
the score was 22 to 0 , also In favor of Cin
cinnati. The Cincinnati team has played n
largo number of games this season and has
lost one , that against the Carlisle Indians ,
In which the score was 20 to 10.
W. II. Howell succeeds Sam Boyle as cap
tain of the Pennsylvania 'varstjy crow.
Ho entered the medical 'department ' of the
university In IS95 , and ) s now In his junior
year. Howell stroked the 'varsity crew In
189C < and rowed No. 4 In last year's boat.
The report of the treasurer of the Cornell
athletic council shows the net receipts from
the last foot ball season 1o have been $3,000.
Of this amount $1,000 Ins been set aside to
start the work of the 1S9S foot ball eleven ,
$800 has been appropriated for Improvements
on Percy KloM , $300 will bo used at the
boat house and $900 remains In the sinking
fund.
Tl > o University of Wisconsin rowing man
agement has forwarded to Iho Unlveislty of
Pennsylvania aquatic authorities a challenge
for a dual race between the 'varsity crown
of the two Institutions , to take place In
Juno. The Wisconsin management requests
that Pennsylvania send her eight west , pre
sumably before the race with Cornell and
Columbia , and row It a two-mile race. It
Is a serious question whether a favorable
rer''y ' can bo sent to the Wisconsin college
crew management , because the close prox
imity of the race with Cornell and Columbia
will bo this great objection.
Wallace lioss , the famous old oarsman of
Boston. Is the latest rowing ; authority to dc-
clare himself against Yale'a attempted dicta
torial treatment of Cornell. When asked how
ho accounted for the present muddle In In-
tcrcollt'glitto rowing mutters ho said : "Jist :
this way : Cook ag'Jlist ' , Harvard Is a big
mra a winner in a | majority of races.
Agalr.st Cornell and Courtney ho Is not so
stronK and defeat at the' ' bjuitta of the Itha-
cann puts an open measure on him , so far
as his abilities as a cou li go , If you could
get nt the Insldo of/ttlilp affair , you would
find that Cornell Is til 'outsider , so far as
any desire on the wart of Harvard and
Yale to race her l c ncerned. Men who
mean business whether professionals or
amateurs , should try ( o.wlpo out an honest
defeat on liberal tcrma. If the racing Is
confined to Harvard and Yale next summer
I doubt If there will bo , the old Interest la
the outcome. The matdi will not be con
sidered of championship standard , Yale
mm never have stood [ for defeat , and I
lo'k far a strong n Ii Urn en t to set Ici and
place Yale where shorisb > uld be. "
"What do you think Mr. Cook will do
under the circumstance ! ' '
"I know him. and.1 had a long ( alk with
him recently , and i glvo him credit for
wanting a match , with Cornell , else why
should ho secure the services of such a man
as John Kennedy ? I look for Mr. Cook to
stialghten out matters atYale. . A man who ' ,
has taken a Yale cresv to4linglam ! ! certainly I
will not stand out against * Cornell's fair re-
quest , especially as It Is no sure thing that
Yale will win , and defeat In 1898 meano
another race In 1839. Pougulwpslo Is nearer
than tbo Henley course. I'arvard sent a
crew to Knglaiid In 1SC9. As Cornell , Har
vard and Yale have all cro sed tho' ocean
for a race none of them can well object
to Saratoga for a neutral course. I doubt
very much If Mr. Lchmami upholds Yale or
Harvard In their present position. Mr. Lch-
manti should bo given a chance to try again
and v\ln If lie can. " '
There will bo a head coach system at
Princeton next season. Tbo position of head
coach waa offered to cx-Captalu Garret t
frrr
Cochran , but ho declined to accept. The ex-
captain has accepted an offer from the Uni
versity of California to coach the eleven of
that Institution next season. Cochran's re
fusal to coach the Tigers Is said to be duo
to his grief over the defeat of his team
by the Sens of Ull. Langdon Lea , captain
of Princeton's ' 95 team , has consented to
coach the Tigers for three weeks In the
fall , but who will bo head coach Is causing
the management plenty of woiry just now.
"Thcro is only ono opinion to be had from
local collegians and sportsmen regarding the
Corncll-Yalo negstlatlons fora boat race and
that Is that Cortiell has acted like a true
rix > rtsman from start to finish , while Yale
has behaved , aa though It did not know the
meaning of sportsmanship , " says the Phila
delphia Public Ledger. "Tho only fault
found wlt'.i Cornell , and which is pretty gen
eral. Is that the Ithacans showed too much
anxiety to row Yaln and conceded entirely
toj much to the Now Havetiltes when they
agrec l to the challenger dictating ternw to
the champion. All agree , however. Hat by
dalng this Cornell showed Yale up In n still
more unfavorable light than If It had Insisted
on Its rights and compelled t'Jo Illuc to
respect taid rights. Yale's course , which. Is
not to bo defended on any grounds what-
i over. Is pretty generally attributed to tnob-
blshners , for which Cook , who lias peculiar
IJoaa of his own regarding rnortsmnnshlp ,
and the New York Fifth avenue rowd In
! control of athletics at Now Haven are nlono
to blame. The average Yale man Is a true
1 spoilsman ; hence It Is that tew of Yale's
alumni crvroro of the IJluo's athletic policy
In force In recent ycara and whlc'.i , as fctatcd
i before. Is Influenced by a crowd of New
Yoikers who think they are better than
I other pcciilo and therefore look down upimi
1 other colleges , and who will never bo accused
I by anybody of being true sportsmen. It Is ,
I however , only a question of a very short
, tlmo before these people will bo brought
j down to their proper level athletically. "
' SInce the general call for candidates at the
University of Pennsylvania a week ago a
largo number of men have reported to Coach
\VarJ for crew practice. More candidates for
, the 'vanity are now dally rowing on the
irachlnes Iran sltjco the juturn of Ward to
the university as coach. The candidates are
, composed of thrco of last year's 'varsity
cri-w. Captain Howell , Stroke lle-ngenburg ,
Hall , No. I , and the entire- freshmen eight ,
UcEldes theso. as a strong nucloun , there are
a largo number of now men who already
show nlgns of 'varsity material. La t year
Ward was handled tied by a lack ol candi
dates and uao obliged from the start to put
practically tlio name men In the1 boat at the
beginning of the season tbat rowed In the
icco at Annapslls. The large number of men
already out will olivlato this and glvo each
candidate an equal chance. The rowing situ
ation at the present tlmo seems to point to a
I race at Poughkeepsie with Cornell. HarvarJ ,
Columbia and Wisconsin. The outlook fnr
PennayUanla Is much brighter than last year ,
both In regards to material for an eight and
a race ,
At a recent 'banquet ' of the Merlon Cricket
club , Philadelphia , George Wharton Pepper ,
who has done BO much 13 advance athletic
Interests at the University o ! Pennsylvania ,
responded , to thp toast , "Tho Future of
Spect. " In 1ho course of an admirable ad-
dreeu he emphasized many principles , which
If faithfully adhered to , would In The Dee's
opinion da a vast amount of gooj to amateur
eport In general and to Intercollegiate sport
In pJitlcular. Among other thlnga Mr ,
Proper said :
The attitude of ono cluli toward the others
must bo the ottltudo of one gentleman to
ward other gentlemen. All communications
nnd all correspondence. siould bo carried on
not merely with the forma of politeness , but
In that chlvalrouti nilrlt of sclf-effuccmi'nt
which In not In the least Inconsistent with
Independence of action and true courage.
1C I were addressing ant audience of college !
ii'en I should ask them to apply thoFo rc-
rmrks to the relations subsisting between
colleges. The student body at one American
college Is no better nnd no woise. than the
btiident body In another college.
In the future * we s'uill ' not tolernto any
thing like snobbishness in sport. American
sport IP csaentlully democratic. No class
distinctions will be recognized , except the
distinction between the man who Is a gen
tleman and the man who Is not. Hy "gpntle-
m.in" I moan a mini who behaves like a
gentleman , not a- man whom frcm birth and
breeding' ought to behave like a. gentleman ,
but does not.
There can be no aristocratic claps of col
leges , It Is In this connection that wo note
the evls ! Incident to tha talk about a "Ulg
Four. " Tiiere Is no harm In giving that
name to the ( teams that llnlsh the season In
a group at the head of the list , but If this
Is all that Is meant why 'nut ' ipank of a
"Dig Thre-c" or a "His' Five ? " There Is no
magic In the number four. If , however , the
iinine "Hlg Four" Is used to clmruetorlzo i
certain Institutions whlci nK.-mme to Invo
attained a pro-eminent , nnd perminent
standing as a class , then the name ! s harm
ful and misleading , and must be discarded.
Upon the name principle there must bo no ;
olnlm of ohamploni-hlp as between tennis I
that do not play. Pe-rli'ipo It would bo better I
to way that there muft bo nc * such tiling an I
a claim of championship nt all. Hetwoen j i
gentlemen oltber tie terms cf the contest or
series of contests fett'.o ' the question of
championship beyond penulvt'iituro , or else
the title bis no meaning . \Iiatovcr. If two
gentlemen are proficient at a garni- one of '
tbo two things happens either they play ono
another or they < lo not. If they io tie de
feated man accept. " the result. If they do
not p'.ny neither will bo found boasting that
ho would have won had the contest taken
place.
My remarks are degenerating Into a list of i
"don'tH. " (1) ( ) Don't be a cad. (2) ( ) Don't be a I
fnol ) . (3) ( ) Don't talk In the newspapers' , unless - I
less you are driven to It. Here too , the
canon of good taste applUs.A coni"louoiis (
i > % nmolo of the violation of this c.incu \ \ m .
forced upon our notco ! recently In connec
tion with the report ! * of the treatment re
ceived by our orlrkotcr nt the hands of our
brethren In Kngland. The ciinon IH frequently - |
quently violated In the college sporting
wcrld.
If this Ideal Is realized , If wo bear In
mind that sport Is tbo gontlom-in at play , ,
then sport will grow and our proficiency In '
the virloiiH dopirtmentp of upon will In
crease. When a game In conducted on gtn-
tlemnnly principles gentlemen actually play
It belter. On every bide ' , ve nee ovldinces
th.it the. community begins to estimate Kort
nt ltfi true vnluo. The old saying that "Al
work and no 'play makes Jick a dull boy !
I * us true of the community as It Is of j
Indlv'duals. J
Our national compovltlon Is such that
there Is no present danger of Inking too'
ninny holidays or of becoming an I Ho race.
The observanoo of the hnlf holld iv on Satur
day Is a good thin * . The bicycle- and gulf
have cbmo InteJ vogue just In tlmo to claim
the half holiday for fport nnd to nave It
fiom dissipation. The blcyolo IIIIH appreci
ably d'mlnlMhoil ' drinking and corner loafing
and It Is dally reducing thr- numbers of
tie good-for-nothing c'ast. I believe that
Bo-rt. properly understood , will nave UH phy
sically and mentnKy and morally ,
HASH HAM. FICTION I'MIIIIIISIUJS.
Air mini Avllli II n m" r mill I'HIMTM
Full of l''nKi'H.
Thu most striking feature of the base ball
situation ct present Is the extraordinary crop J
of fakcn which seems to have almost en-1
tlrely superseded legitimate news In a good ,
many publlcatlons.These rumors usually roI I
celvo inoro space than they deserve at th a ,
season when happenings of real Interest are j
exceedingly scarce , but the cheerful men
dacity with Which they re multiplied tills I
year Is without precedent. IJvcry day or two ]
a new rumor Is sent out with the label ot I
en ofllclal announcement und within a day
or two It gives iplaco to another which re
ceives the same authoritative coloring. The
St. Ixnils situation , the eighth Western '
league franchise and Cap Anson have fur- j
tiltlied subjects for at least a score of more I
or less Improbable concoctions , each of which
has In turn been abandoned for another tivcu I
more speculative. There aic n .Tnzcn or
moro prominent players who will have to
play In about half .j do en cities each this
year In order to preserve the veracity of
borne of the leading sport.ng writers and the
prc-vailcatorsi have still three iiunths re
maining In which to exercise their Imagina
tions.
A good many sporting writers seem to have
adopted a sjstcm which was worked with
niuc ! ' . effect by a local scribe who hankered !
after a reputation as a sleuth. His specially
was murders , and when a crlmo of that char
acter was committed he fairly bubbled over
with mystery. He cultivated a stealthy
tread . .ml acquired the habit of regarding the
mc-st ordinary citizen with a sort of fixed
staio that was apparently Intended to conj -
j vlace him that 'his dastardly secret was pen
| etrated. Ho abounded In theories and
i worked out a fresh ono In every Issue of hla
paper. Ono day ho would discover a chain
of circumstances that proved conclus.vely
that It was a cas-o of suicide. The next ho
would evolve a column of mysterious sen
tences which Indicated that the dead man
had been murdered by his grandmother and
that the real facts would never bo known
except for tlio vigilance and superhuman
shrewdness of thu sleuth which would even
tually irako the mystery as plain as daylight.
The next day this theory was abandoned und
ho would luxuriate In the exclusive d s-
covcry th-.t the man had been murdered In
n midnight struggle with burglars and that
the corpse had subsequently got up and
walked out Into the back yaid to avoid shed
ding blood on the parlor carpet. With the
assistance of a fertile and overworked Im
agination ho kept this up until the roil
facts came to light , aiid as by that time 'ho '
had exhausted about ovcry possible theory ,
ho was able to go through th filed and find
nno which caino very near fitting the case ,
then ho 'umild ( HI his pockets with copies
of that particular cd'tlon and go around to
rccelvo the congratulations of Us friends.
And It Is to bo expected that by the tlmn the
season opens the fakirs will have so thor
oughly covered the exigencies of the huso
hall situation that they will be able to say
"I told you BO , " whatever happens.
Incidentally It iray bo mentioned that the
go.slps have again settled the St. Louis
muddle and now It h "officially announced"
that Tim Hurst will manage the club and
.that Von dor Aho will have nothing to do )
with Us affairs except In his position as
trustof. According to the same veracious
authority Tim will alno bo a National league
umplru and imu or two other things , and as
ona or the other -will undoubtedly cventuato
he will bo right In any cass.
During 'the ' week tlio Grand Hoplds
franchl o ha.i been succiBifully located In !
Des Molnes for tlio slxtienth tlmo slnco
mceniber 1. As the old fake has beciimo
somewhat wnrmeateii a rlJer has been added1
In tiln ! Instance which conveys the equally1
prolublo Information that Omaha will bo
given the Western association franchise now
hold by Des Molnes. The story would not
bo complete unleu a naw dispensation of
Anson wsa Included , and to make It & ; ronir
U Is milled that Anson wil undoubtedly bo
the manager of the DM Molnps team. Take
it altogether It Is about as chseiful a plo'i-J
of mendacity as lisa been contributed thin
season.
Another very commendable sample
of high class fabrication lioars a
Chicago trade mark. Jt is to Mii >
effect tha.t . Parson Itavlca , Hilly
Hrady , Martin Julian and Tom O'llourko
have formed a company to buy the St. Lou la
club and make up a team comuoaod entirely
of pugilists. As a field for the operation of
President lirush's blacklisting resolution tlio
proposed club would undoubtedly bo a glisterIng -
Ing success , but from a base ball stand
point the schema la to ridiculous that U 1 %