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Sixtieth Congress
WASHINGTON. With tho passing
of nn emergency currency meas
uro nud n few remaining npproprla
tlon hills, the first session of tho Six
t loth congress hus paused Into history.
What Speaker Cannon calls "tho
mill" was well nigh choked with
would-be legislation that was
crammed Into tho hopper during tho
session. There have been bills of all
varlotlcs, shades and sizes. Bills for
tho regulation of nearly everything
under the sun have been Introduced.
Notwithstanding tho diminishing rev
enues and the warnings that tho treas
ury was facing an almost certain def
icit there was no abatement of the
clamor for appropriations. If all tho
appropriations asked for had been
granted tho government debt would
bo multiplied tenfold. "If we had put
through one-third of the bills that
woro offored us," said a prominent
Bryce Interfered with Tennis Cabinet
THE entire diplomatic corps is
chuckling ovor tho way Ambassa
dor Bryco, of Great Britain, unwitting
ly intorfered tho other afternoon with
n specially called session of tho ten
nis cabinet, to tho discomfiture of
President Roosevelt and his fellow
ambassador, M. Jusseraud, of France.
Tho president hnd summoned tho
racquet wlelders for 4:30 p. m. on tho
White House courts. Jusseraud and
Assistant Atty.-Gen. Cooley responded
promptly.
Assistant Secretary of Stato Bacon
was tho only member who fallod to
answer the call. He had just Btarted
from his offlco at 4:26 for tho scene
when Ambassador Bryco appeared at
tho state dopartmont. Ho had come
to discuBs ouo of tho pending treaties.
Socrotary Itoot at once sont for Ills
assistant and caught him just as ho
Early Available Coal
CLOSE investigation of tho coal re
sources of the United States, made
at tho direction of President Roose
velt by the geological survey, has re
sulted in u probably accurato sum
marization of tho fuol resources of the
country. This has been portrayed in
a special map prepared by tho sur
vey, which Is the greatest map-making
bureau in tho world.
As shown by tho now coal map,
thoro aro about 327,000 square miles
of what may bo termed tho moro eas
ily mined coal fields, with an ostl-
Heir to Mexican Throne Becomes a Monk
PRINCE AUGUSTINE DE ITUR
BIDE, grandson of tho great lib
erator of Mexico, heir to a throno,
man of the world, highly educated,
widely traveled, and a member of tho
jeunesso doree of many European
capitals, lias forsaken tho ways of tho
fashionable world and joined the Third
Order of St. Francis.
Interwoven with his life Is tho ro
mantic history of tho Land of tho Cac
tus for the last hundred years, and tho
melancholy fate of the Austrian arch
duke, Maximilian. By right of descent
from the Emporor Iturblde, as well as
from the fact that he was declared
heir by Maximilian, Prince Iturblde
would be entitled to tho throne of
Mexico were that country again to be
come an empire.
Ends First Session
member of tho house, "more than a
century would be reunited to straight
en out tho conglomerate mass."
All records were broken by the num
ber of bills Introduced during tho ses
sion. Senators and representatives
came to Washington last fall with
their grips full of bills, and botwoon
0,000 and 6,000 were Introduced tho
first day. Among thorn were soveral
dozen currency bills, for In tho early
days of the sessions nearly every legis
lator had a panacea for tho country's
financial Ills. Tho more tho members
studied tho question tho less they
seemed to understand It and In tho
closing weeks few of them would ud
mlt to expert knowledge of tho sub
ject. Tho rush of bills kept up all winter,
tho. total number presontod In tho two
branches of congress being 29,215.
Tho houso members introduced 22,035
and the senators 7,180. A great many
of these measures were prlvato pen
sion bills, only a small percentage of
which finally became laws. During tho
first session of tho Fifty-ninth con
gress, which coutinued five weeks
longer than the recent session, 9,518
bills wore Introduced In the house and
G.55C In the senate.
was leaving tho building. Excuses
woro telephoned the president, who, It
Is said, is far less apt to look with
leniency on absence from the tennis
cabinet than ho Is on fulluro to ap
pear at the regulaj councils In the
cabinet room. Ho wished to know
why. It was explained that Mr. Bryce
had come to toko up nn important
matter, and that Mr. Bacon's presence
at tho department was necessary.
, Under tho circumstances he had to
let Bacon off. A hurry call was sent
for Secretary Garflold to make up tho
sot. Ho could not be found for somo
tlmo, so until he reported a three
handed gamo was played, Jusscrand
and Cooloy easily making the presi
dent their victim.
When Bryce was Informed of the
matter ho expressed deep regret, say
ing that his Interference with the
gamo was entirely unintentional and
had ho suspected such an unhappy
outcome of his visit ho would have
delayed tho diplomatic lutorests of
his country for a few hours. Ho laugh
ingly voiced tho hopo that there
would bo no serious entanglement be
tween Great Brkaln and. France on
account of tho episode.
to Last 150 Years
mated content available for future use
of nearly two thousand billion tons.
With the maintenance of tho rate of
Increase of coal consumption that has
held for tho lust 50 years tho supply
of early nvallablo coal will, according
to tho director of tho geologlcul sur
vey, George Otis Smith, be exhausted
bofore the middle of tho noxt century.
An Interesting feature of the coal
map Is tho largo oxtont of western
area portrayed as lignite probably
one-fifth of tho total coal-bearing area
of tho country. This is a low-crado
coal until rocoutly disregarded as a
factor In tho consideration of tho na
tlon'8 fuel resources. Gasproducor
tests of this coal made nt St. Louis
however, havo demonstrated Its high
fuol value, bringing It Into favorablo
comparison for industrial purposes
with tho best eastern coals under
steam bollors.
Tho Emperor Iturbldo was born In
1783, led tho revolt of tho colonies,
then known as New Spain, against tho
mother country. This war bounn in
1821, and lasted seven months, ending
In tho success of the colonies, the
leader of tho army, Iturbldo, becoming
emperor. This stato of affairs was
concluded In about a year by tho ab
dication of tho emperor, who sailed for
Europe, In which country ho made
nis Home for some tlmo.
Hoarlng that his native land was to
ho made tho object of attack by tho
European powers, ho returned to Mex
Ico only to Hud that tho republic which
had oxlstod during his absonco had
made a law that his life Bhould bo for
foitod should ho agaiu set foot on
Mexican soil,
This was in 1824. The family of tho
omporor came to this country, settling
In Washington and Philadelphia,
In Washington fashionable society
Prlnco Iturbldo was prominent for
many years. Suffering recently from
severe Illness, he has of lato spent
mauy months in tho hospital.
Requests Court of Inquiry for Officer
Exiled to Abandoned Fort.
Washington. Senator Rnyncr re
cently Introduced a resolution "author
izing tho president to convene a court
of Inquiry" to consist of flvo officers
of tho army to Investigate charges
and accusations against Col. William
F. Stewart of the army.
Col. Stewnrt has been detailed to
servo until retirement at tho aban
doned military post at Fort Grant,
Ariz.
Personal peculiarities, chiefly a bad
temper, causing constant friction with
his enlisted men and nBsocIato of
ficers, arc cited as the cause of the
displeasure of the war department offi
cials and of tho president toward Col.
Stewart.
Thoofllcials do notdisgulse their wish
to get him out of tho army, yet they
admit that the end could not be at
tained through court-martial. So
they have ndopted the plan assigning
him to duty where there Is no duty
and In the most unpleasant surround
ings to be found.
Col. Stewart Is determined to serve
his full tlmo In the active service, of
which he has three years remaining.
He, therefore, has avoided commit
ting any breach of regulations. When
ordered to the abandoned post at Fort
Grant, Ariz., he obeyed and Immolat
ed himself in the desert.
When ordered to tho other aban
doned post at St. Augustine, Fla.,
thither ha went. He was then ordered
back to Fort Grant.
Senator Rayner has looked up tho
precedents and finds that tho case
presents violations of American law
unparalleled in time of peace.
TO HONOR FOUNDER OF Y. M. C. A.
Monument to Sir George Williams to
Be Erected In United States.
Now York. To assist in perpetu
ating tho memory of Sir Georgo Wil
liams, founder of the Young Men's
Christian Association, and commomo
rate the great work ho initiated, a
memorial will bo erected in somo
American city, yet to bo selected, by
tho Canadian and American associa
tions. The matter has been discussed
Proposed Monument to Sir George
Williams.
informally for some time, but no con
clusion has yet been reached. How
ever, nt. the conference of internation
al committees, to be held in Atlantic
City soon, tho Bubject will bo taken
up, a location chosen and the pre
liminaries arranged. It is probable
that either Now York or Washington
will bo tho fortunate city. Tho above
design is by Mr. George Frampton, R.
A., ono of England's foromost Bculp.
tors.
A Man of Means.
Mrs. Stuckup Is this Mr. Slimpurse
you have engaged yourself to a man of
moans?
Sonslblo Daughtor Yes, mother.
Ho means all ho says, and that's the
sort of a husband I want. Now York
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"Three Fingered" Brown, star twirler of the World's Champion Cubs, a
few days ago missed by the narrowest possible margin performing the rare
feat of shutting a team out without a hit and the much more rare feat of
not permitting an opponent to reach first base. Only three times in major
league annals has a pitcher kept a team from getting a man to first in nine
innings, and only once since the present pitching distance was established.
"Cy" Young did It in 1904 against the Athletics.
WADDELL MAY BE BARRED
FROM ORGANIZED BASEBALL
Eccentric Pitcher to Be Banished for
Life If He Jumps St. Louis
Contract.
That Rube Waddell, the star pitcher
and baseball eccentric, is tempting
fate, is made evident by the state
ments of President Herrmann, chair
man of the national baseball commis
sion. "If it is true that Waddell has
jumped his contract with the St. Louis
Americans to go with the outlaws
and this fact is proven to the com
mission," Herrmann said, "Waddell
will becomo permanently Ineligible,
his case being exactly like those of
contract jumpers who were banished
to Tiistate league for life."
Waddell's desertion of the St. Louis
Browns Is ono of a hundred or more
foolish and eccentric things that the
celebrated southpaw pitcher has
done since ho has been In the major
league spotlight. So weird and un
natural have been his escapades that
peoplo have long coascd to be aston
ished at his notions of attracting
publicity.
In all theso years he has fooled him
self far moro than ho has fooled his
employers, for his salary has always
been small in comparison with the
amounts paid for less capable pitchers
of good habits.
Great twlrlor that he Is, Rube has
always been, first of all, a prlzo don
key. Connie Macksays that had the
Rube been faithful and true, he might
have had from $6,000 to $10,000 a
year, Instead of his comparatively
small salary of $2,500 or $3,000.
One of Connie's reminiscences Is of
a game tho Rube played In Wilming
ton, Del., on ono of his runaway
days. Ho was assigned to left field,
In which was stationed a big lawn
roller. Rubo went ovor and sat In
the driver's seat, 20 feet outsldo of the
foul line. Whenever a ball was hit to
the loft ho would abandon his seat
and catch it. And then ho won the
game with a three-base hit.
"Tho trouble with McAloor is that
he takes 'Rubo' too seriously," says
Connie.
He recalls no story about the Rubo
with as much enjoyment as that In
cident about his Iosb of his Ameri
can loaguo pennant charm in 1895.
Tho Rubo pawned tho golden gem for
a pittance and tho next day Connie
missed it from his watch charm.
"Have you lost it?" asked Mack.
"Yes," said tho Rubo.
"Then we'll offer $50 for Its return,"
said Connio. "It's solid gold and worth
$160."
The $50 was offored and the bar
tender who bought tho charm for $10
brought It back. Mack paid tho $50
and gave Rubo his charm.
Mack's friends say that most of the
$2 and $5 hand-outs to tho Rubo In tho
last six years havo Come out of bis
salary.
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CRISS BECAME PITCHER
IN PECULIAR MANNER
Texas with St. Louis Browns Threw
Curves on Infield In an Exhi
bition Game.
"Dode" diss, the husky Texan now
with Jimmy McAleer's St. Louis
Browns, became known as a fllngor
in a peculiar manner and if the tall
fellow had not turned loose a curve
while playing the infield in the spring
of 1907 ho might not be in tho major
leagues as a Ditcher to day.
Eddie Ashenback secured Crlss for
his St. Paul team of the American
Association from the Texas state
league along with Ferris, also with
tho Browns this spring, and several
other players. Crlss was supposed
to be an outfielder, but in an exhibi
tion gamo ono day he was used at
Bhortstop. Old Joey Sugdeh, a catcher
in tho big leagues a long time ago,
was playing first base that day. About
tho third inning a ground ball was
knocked to Crlss. He gobbled In the
sphere and shot a curve to first. The
break on the curve was so snappy
that Sugden misjudged the ball and
the runner went to second while tho
ball bounded away.
"You'll havo to give me tho signal
when you're going to throw 'em like
that," Sudgen told Crlss and the big
fellow only laughed.
When tho Saints went to the bench
Sugden said: "Say. Dode, can you
throw that shoot whenever you want
to?"
"Wnl, I reckon I kin," replied Crlss.
In the sixth inning the St. Paul
pitcher was pounded pretty hard.
ABhonback asked Crlss if he thought
ho could go into tho box and hold
the other fellows down.
"I reckon I kin do it," said Crlss,
and tho next inning ho wont to the
hill. For three innings he was a com
plete puzzle. He allowed no hits and
fanned six of tho nine batters who
faced him. As soon as Jack Dunleavy,
formerly of tho St Louis Cardinals,
joined the St. Paul club, the
outfield, Crlss was given a regular po
sition on tho hurling staff. He won
11 and lost 10 games for the tall-end
club of tho association last year. He
played 18 games In the outfield. He
finished tho season with a batting
average of .281.
Crlss is a quiet follow and hardly,
evor brenks into a conversation.
Whenever his manager asks him If he
can do a certain thing, ho simply says,
"Wal, I reckon I kin," and tries it.
Crlss was carried on tho Browns' first
trip, but was not used In a full game.
Ho worked ono Inning against tho
Whito Sox, replacing Waddoll, and
sont tho Jones men down In order.
"Young Eddie" Hanlon, son of the
former manager of the Reds, is man
aging ono of the best amateur teams
In Baltimore. The youngor Hanlon
does not appear in the line-up of bis
aggregation.
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