THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT..
Feb. 18 1897.
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BASE BALL GOSSIP.
I CHANCING THE PLAYING 8EA-
SON AN ABSORBING TOPIC.
I tm Temple-Cop Gni My Be Af
fected The Late Ed Crane Luck
la the National Game An Anson Dtt-
rmry- DUmond GllnU.
HE change In the
date of the league
players' contracts
from April 1-Octo-ber
1 to Anrll 15-
i.Skf October 15 meana
x-x several things:
NrfTa J First, It means
that the champion
ship will begin
May 1. or about
that date, and end
serhaps as late as October 10. The
ihange in these datce also means that
next year the western clubs will come
st first and that the ending of the
season will probably be in the west,
M It was in 1894. Such an arrange
ment will Burely be to the advantage
f sail eastern clubs. ... ;
It baa long been settled ' that the
money making period of the base ball
eason is the first half. May and June
re particularly preferable to any oth
r two months of the year for home
tames, but July Is preferable to August.
Under the 1S94 arrangement of the
chedule the eastern teams will play
unong themselves and with the west
rn teams until July 5 or for all of
May and June. They will be in the
west most cf July and the last three
weeks of the scrwon, Such will no
loubt be the schedule program of 1897.
This change will also affect the Tem
" pie Cup series. You know the Temple
Sup Is troubling more than one mag
nate, and a proposal will be made to
put it on the shelf in November. I
now doubt whether a motion of that
kind will prevail, and it looks as if
the first blow at the interesting trophy
and what it reprints will be given
when the cliampinnaiiip season Is ex
tended about two weeks into the au
tumn. That would throw the cup se
ries well Into the middle of October
and would undoubtedly make it less
valuable. 1
Another nut which the league must
frack this fall is the Von der Ahe com
bination if base ball field and electric
light race track. There isn't the re
motest doubt thnt the magnates will
demand a divorce of those two ob
jects. It would not surprise me if he
were compelled to eell his base ball
franchise. It Is a 1 to 10 shot that
the St Louis National league team
next season will not play ball on a race
course.
The Late Ed Crane.
Edward N. Crane was born In South
Boston 32 yeara ago. His father wa3 a
man of wealth. Crane learned to play
ball in Sot'h Boston, and soon
cbleved a local reputation as a gen
eral tplayer. He joined the Boston
Union association in 1884, and played
behind the bat, but he soon developed
Into a speedy pitcher, and when he
went to Providence in 1884 he had ac
quired considerable distinction as ' a
twlrler.
He played with Boston in 1888, and
ent to Toronto in 1887. It was mainly
through his exertions that that club
won the International championship.
He was secured by the New Yorks in
1888, 'and helped the Giants "", win the
league championship in 1888-89. In
1890 he went with the Players' league
movement. In 1891 he was a member
of Mike Kelly's Cincinnati American
Association club. Through dissipation
his effectiveness began to decline, and
tie dropped into the minor league class,
where he drifted from one club to an
other. In the fall of 1SS9, while a member
f the New York team, he went on the
famous Spalding tour around the
world as a member of the All-American
team, and from that dates his mis
fortune. Until then he never drank,
but when the aggregation reaohed
Part Crane fell. The members of the
team were wined and dined, and It
was there that the clever young player
tasted his first glass of champagne.
That was the turning point in his life.
When he reached America again not
only could he drink champagne, but
EDWARD N. CRANE.
jfeo had acquired a taste for less expen
ire drinks. He went from bad to
worse, &nd although he played good
tan since then the love for liquor ru
laed Mm. Through It he lost good
positions, and finally it left him with
sxt employment and Incapacitated for
rs.
Ix bis prime as a ball player he was
1 Ctaat In physical strength and pro
srtionfl, and men men as he and
Cartel gave the New York club the
"sme by s which It has since , been
xswn the Giants. He was a re
ntable thrower. On October 12,
ZU, on the Cincinnati Base Ball elub
sunds. Crane is said to have thrown
txl US yards 1 foot and V inch. A
week later at St. Louis be is said to
have made another throw of 134 yards
5 inches, both of which would be rec
ord throws If they had been properly
authenticated. A wife and child aar
vlve him. So ends one more wasted
career, and eo is also afforded one
more practical temperance lesson for
players of high and low degree to pon
der over and profit by. Editor "Sport
ing Life."
One of Anaon 'a Discoveries.
It is seldom a ball player advances to
the fast company of the National
League without a thorough trial in
some minor league. Such a case is
that of Walter Thornton. Previous to
becoming a member of the Chicago
tesm he had never played with any
club of note. Considering the fact that
he has really done little work in Chi
cago, it is a source of some wonderment
to local cranks that Thornton is still
kept under reservation. The fact is,
Captain Anson has faith In his ability,
which has never been giver. long
trial, and believes a basebaU future
awaits him, even if not In the role of
pitcher. Thornton began as an ama
teur in the state of Washington, then
a territory. Anson's attention was first
called to him, however, by a letter from
some friend in Iowa, where the young
man was acting as coach and athletic
director at Mount Vernon. He was
given a trial the first of last season,
and the "old man" took a fancy to him.
His work in a few league games was
marred by lack of control, and he was
subsequently farmed out to Rockford.
Soon after he was recalled from Grand
Rapids as a utility man, but was
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WALTER THORNTON,
taken sick, and has Iron out of ths
game all the latter part of the season.
Thornton will be given another oppor
tunity to prove his worth next spring.
Caylor' DiMcovorr-
Mr. 0. P. Caylor is always "discov
ering" things', ranging f-om league
"conspiracies" "to new pouts in the
art of playing base ball. His latest
"find" is a theory that there is no such
thing as "luck" in bae ball a theory
that no man with experience of the
vagaries of the game will accept. In
support of this theory Mr. Caylor says;
"The Louisville team has a remark
able record this year of an unusually
large number of games lost by a single
run. Its friends point to this fact and
say: How is that for hard luckT If
they . would stop to think seriously
they would not call it hard luck. Those
numerous one-run defeats are very of
ten the result of a lack of nerve on the
part of the players. A small stock of
'ginger and the confidence at the right
time would have turned many of those
defeats into victories, whereas Just
enough of courage was lacking to beat
them out by the narrow margin. If
the Colonels can secure that lacking
ingredient next year they will make
a much better showing. Several years
ago the Boston team won many games
by single runs, and the cry went up:
What luck! Whar luck!' Had the cry
been changed to 'what pluck! what
pluck!' it would have fitted the case
exactly. There is a good deal In luok
as applied to base ball, but in an ex
perience covering twenty years I've
always found that 'hard luck' was the
companion of faint-hearted teams,
while the nervy, rip-bang, slam, never-say-die
combinations had all manner
of good luck crown their playing.
There is no such thing as 'luck' In its
bare, unqualified sense in base ball.
But confidence and a lack of it art
often classed as 'luck.' "
Diamond GllnU.
Joe Kelley will doubtless lead to the
altar before another season Miss Ma
hon, an estimable young lady of Bos
ton. 1
Jimmy Donnelly's marriage to an es
timable young lady of New Haven la
announced to take place in the near
future.
Fred Pfeffer has brought suit against
the New York club for $800 in salary.
John M. Ward i&handling his case.
Managers throughout the League are
beginning to look forward to another
season and are arranging their plant
for it
The "authentic sources" from which
base ball "scoops" often emanate gen
erally resolve themselves into "dope
shops."
Dannie Friend, the Chillicothe boy.
has made a great record in fast com
pany this season. He'll be one of the
stars next year.
"Deacon" Ellis emphatically denies a
pipe story to the effect that he may
sell his Grand Rapids franchise to local
bidders.
Inflelder Sammy Gillen has been in
the, game for Detroit every day this
season. He Is a splendid baseman and
a good hitter.
Early in the year some of the Wash
ington critics viewed Billy Lush 'as
slob out of his orbit. Now they bail
him as a rising star.
WHEELBARROWS.
Made In Many Different Stylet for a Wide
Variety of Oeea.
It might seem that a wheelbarrow
was a very slmnle thins, but wheel
barrows are made in many different
styles and for a wide variety of uses.
Wheelbarrows are made of wood, of
Iron, and of steel Much the greater
number are made of wood, but the
number of metal wheelbarrows' used
Is all the time growing, and among
these the proportion of steel wheel
barrows is constantly Increasing. The
wheelbarrows of which the greatest
number are sold are of the kinds used
by contractors on canal and railroad
work. Next to these in numbers
sold are the wheelbarrows made
for mining uses and after them
come the wheelbarrows made for farm
purposes. And there are wheelbarrows
especially made for sawdust, for oys
ters, for sand, and for stone; wheel
barrows for chemical works, and wheel
barrows made to carry leaves in, and
wheelbarrows for green brick and for
dry brick, and wheelbarrows for malt,
and for corn, and for staves or bark,
and wheelbarrows for pig metal, and
for coke, and for mortar. Most wheel
barrows have but one wheel, but some
are made with two wheels, and some
with three, and some with four; and
there are wheelbarrows that are made
with springs; and there are some kinds
of stone barrows that are made with
out legs. Many of the regular styles of
wheelbarrows are made in various
sizes, and wheelbarrows are also made
for special uses. A great many thou
sands of wheelbarrows are used in this
country and other thousands are ex
ported. The United States send wheel
barrows to all the Spanish-American
countries and to South Africa and Aus
tralia. . .....
LORD KELVIN.
Regards Hta Own Splendid Career as a
Failure.
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The celebration of the Jubilee of Lord
Kelvin (even now better known to the
older generation as Sir William Thom
son) as professor of natural philosophy
in Glasgow university has taken plac.
recently in Glasgow and has produced
a perfect flood of the heartiest congrat
ulations from the scientific men of all
parts of the world, says the London
Spectator. Never was there a greater
unanimity of sincere and eager admira
tion, from England, from all parts of
Europe, from the United States and
from Japan, where his pupils and ad
mirers abound. But perhape the most
striking feature of the jubilee was the
the perfect modesty and even humility
of Lord Kelvin's own speech In
reply to the lord provost's congratula
tions. '
"One word," he said, "characterizes
the most strenuous of the efforts
for the advancement of science
that I have made persevering
ly through fifty-five years; that word
is failure; I know no more of electric
or magnetic force, or of the relations
between ether, electricity and ponder
able matter or of chemical affinity than
I knew or tried to teach my students of
natural philosophy fifty years ago in
my first session as professor. Some
thing of sadness must come of failure."
True, but there is something of sub
limity in the confession, as well as in
the elevation of Lord Kelvin's concep
tion of what success would have meant,
when he regards such a scientific ca
reer of constant and fertile discovery as
has attracted the admiration and al
most the vereration of all the world, a3
nothing better than failure in disguise.
The Cuban "Trocha."
' The "trocha" to which frequent ref
erence is made in Cuban despatches
describing the movements of General
Weyler is a fcrtified line extending
across the island from Mariel on the
northern coast to Majana on the south
ern. The purpose of the Spanish com
manders, In constructing and fortify
ing this line, was to cut off the west
ern province of Pinar del Rio from the
rest of the island, and thus to prevent
the retreat of the forces of the Cubau
leader Maceo, who is operating in that
province. .Mariel, the northern termi
nus of the line, is about twenty-five
miles west of Havana and at two
points, Guanajay, which is six miles
south of Mariel,. and Artemisa, which
is four miles north of Majana, there
is direct railway connection ' with
Havana. West of the "trocha" there
is a fairly open country for a few miles,
but beyond Is the mountainous region
in which Maceo's forces have their
camps.
The Vagabonds of Siberia.
In many parts of Siberia, says Pear
son's Weekly, there wander about from
village to village large numbers of men
and women who are known as "vaga
bonds." These are Russians and Poles
people who have either themselves
been sent to Siberia or are the de
scendants of criminals or outlaws.
These "vagabonds" are passportless
people, over whom the police cannot
exercise any very effective control.
They are now to be collected and com
pulsorily settled in small colonies in
those parts of Siberia where the cli
matic conditions most favor agricul
tural labor. The scheme, it is believed,
has the hearty support of the Czar, whe
is prepared to devote large sums from
his private means to further Its suc
cess. Not English.
The facetious highwayman held his
knife under his victim's nose, "This
Is a pretty knife," said he, ; "you're
liable to get stuck 4 on it." "You
needn't explain the joke," said the
other, who was not an Englishman; "I
can sea the point." Philadelphia Rec
ord. .
No man who truly follows Christ
ever baa to stand alone.
THE SPECIAL
We Goods,
The above saie on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week, will be continued for two days next
week in order to give our out-of-town friends an opportunity to take advantage of it. .
As you are all aware, when the BIG STORE advertises a SPECIAL SALE it means some very un.
usual value giving. So it is with this sale. . "
The goods are all bran new, strictly up to date in every respect, and now displayed on our counters
for the first time.
WTHEITIES (GOOD
20 pieces white check Nainsook, this
peryard
sale
18 pieces white Dimities and fancy Ncin
sooxs, per yard
"?..''. 400 yards lace curtain scrim, real value 10c n
per yard, this sale per yard...... ,..,.. C
3E2ixLlbz,oidLei,ies
This sale affords you an excellent opportunity of securing the very latest design in embroideries
at prices lower than you usually pay for older patterns and inferior grades.
1 lot well assorted patterns and widths,
yara
1 lot well assorted patterns and widths,
per yard
60 honey comb bed spreads, thin
each .x-
45 full size Marseilles pattern bedspreads,
each
1 case of Marcilles pattern bed spreads,
eticb .......
1 case of genuine Marseilles bed spreads,
eacb
case of genuine Marseilles ted spreads.
regular price $ 4, this sale, each
Our new spring Dress Goods
Bed
colorings, as well as the latest weaves will be found here. Our stock of silks this season is the largest
and finest we have ever carried
t line 01 iviiu uengins in novelty iJress uooas, Liiecks, jjancy Mixtures, JLitc, urowns, qj
Greens -and Blues, from 1 to 12 yards in a piece 20c a yard, to close out the lot, per yd. ...... , tzjjC
Large line ot new lace weave
WILL DO TIME.
Bob Kneebs Will Serve His Sentence in
a German Prison.
Nebraska horsemen will be interested
in a dispatch from Berlin which States
that Robert T. KneebSj the American
trotting horse owner, whose appeal
against his sentence of nine months'
Imprisonment under conviction of ring
ing a horse on the Uerman tracks, was
recently rejected by the court, had con
templated availing himself of his right
to make another appeal, but under the
advice of friends, he has accepted his
sentence and will serve it. As the seven
months which Kueebs has already spent
in jail were deducted by the court from
his sentence, Kneebs will have but two
months to serve. In addition to this,
owever, be will have to pay a fine of
,000 marks.
CURED.
Bheumatism, Eczema, Kidney and Stomach
Troubles.
It is but the truth to say that hund
reds of people suffering from above and
other diseases have been cured or greatly
benefitted by the use of the medicinal
waters at Hot Springs, S. D. If you are
interested, address for particulars, A. S.
FieldmgjCity licketAgent Northwestern
Line, 117 South Teuth St., Lincoln, Neb.
CIVIL SERVICE. '
Senator Allen Wants to Test the Sincer
ity of Secretary Morton in His
Pretensions.
Nearly everyone who reads the news
papers will recall the discharge of a num-
er of employes from the bureau of ani
mal industry at the South Omaha pack
ing bouses along about election time.
The people discharged were javowed
friends of the cause of free coinage and
the candidacy of Hon. W. J. Bryan.
Two of them were young ladies whose
appointment had bpen secured by demo
crats who were for Bryan in the late
struggle; At he time of their discharge
it was proclaimed from Washington,
through Secretary Morton's news bureau,
the State Journal's special correspond
ent, that they were released because they
were friendly to Mr. Bryan's candidacy.
There was some talk at the time of their
contesting their removal under the civil
service law. Now comes news from
Washington that Senator Allen on Sat
urdav introduced a resolution of inquiry
calling for a categorical statement from
the civil service commission as to the
cause of their removal. It is known that
they were made by order of Secretary
Morton, and Senator Allen is apparently
anxious to discover to what extent the
civil service commission allows itself to
be made an engine for reflecting the
vengeful spitefuInesB of a cabinet officer.
The resolution directs the civil service
commission to inform the senate why
Marv A. Dalton, Williams Holmes, Mary
Fly on, John Zeller and Dr. W. S. White
were discharged from the bureau of ani
mal industry in Omaha.
SALE OF
Embroideries & Be
3 3-4c
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13c
per K
1 lot of well
Kfj
-f Cr
1 lot 9 and 12
flounces, per
.KJj
TPireaLCljs
sale (rrt
75 full size
each
QQn
UUU
$1.09
$1.89
$3.19
1 case of genuine
eacb
case ofgenuine Marseilles bd spreads,
each ,
' case of genuine Marseilles bed spreads,
regular price $2. this sale, ejich
SS GOO DS and Silks.
are all in and ready for your inspection. All the newest designs and
Coral patterns aDd all the latest Novelties. SEND FOR SAMPLES.
Flaids, all colors, per yard, 4c,
THE ALLIANCE STORE
1008 P St. and 245 S. 11th.
Are making a Special Sale On West
Point Flour; Conceded the
Best in the Market.
Best Superlative, 75c. per sack.
Straight Patent 95c per sack.
Lexington High Patent,
Four X Lyon and Spoon coffee 15c
Broken Rio Coffee, 10c. a lb,
10 lbs Rice for,. .... .. ....25c
1 can Sugar corn.... 5c.
1 lb No Tax Tobacco.. .. ..20c.
1 bushel of Potatoes. .... .20c
12 Bars Best Laundry Soap 20c
ROOK SALT 65c PER 100 LBS.
ALL GROCERIES CHEAP
345 So. 11th and 1008 P.
TH E
ELKHORN
LINE
Is the best to reach the
New Gold Fields
inlhe Black Hills
Call at Office for Valuable Information. ,
A. S. FIELDING, City Ticket A&t., '
: 117 South 10th St., Lincoln.
Treasurer St. John Dead.
New York, Feb. 15. William P. St.
John, ex-president of the Mercantile Na
tional bank and treasurer of the demo
cratic national committee, died sudden
ly laBt night.
Mr. St. John was one of the most
prominent factors in the late campaign
for free silver and so zealous was he in
behalf of the cause that he gave up his
lucrative position in the bank rather
than relinquish his convictions. It was
at his home that Mr. and Mrs Bryan
were guests during , their stay of four
days in New York at the time of the
Madison Square Garden meeting.
d Spreads.
15 pieces of striped and checked Nainsooks, per
13piecesof Dimities and white goods I Q 0 QQ,
novelties of all kinds, per yard JL O OO VvL
assorted patterns and widths, per J
ineh skirt
yard
20, 25 & 30c
honey comb bed spreads,
69c
83 full size honey comb and Marcilles pattern Q Qr
bed spreads, each lOO
Marseilles bed spreads,
A.......
$1.59
$2.49
4 19
White Lily, 9ocper sack.
Cream Patent, $: a sack.
$1.10 per sack,
a lb. Have all vou want.
Fine Java Coffee for 25c.
o lbs hand pkd beans 25c.
1 can Peas. ....... ..5c.
1 lb Battle Ax 20c
1 bu. N. Y. Peerless.. 4oc.
4 Loaves Best Bread ioc.
Dr Reynolds
Will visit any part of the
state to perform opera
tions or in consultation
with your family physl
; ' cian. .
PHONES 655 AND 656.
OFFICE ROOMS
17,18,19, Burr Blk., Lincoln, Neb.
Prosperity.
Do you know that in these hard times a
section of country fifty miles square
called the Black Hills, has more material
prosperity than any other place of the
same size you can mention? 18,000,000
was the 1HU6 gold product one-six ch of
the entire amount produced in the United
States. Late last fall new discoveries
were made that will largely increase the
product. As soon as the snow goes off
prospecting will be renewed vigorously
at the new fields. There will be found a
chance for men with limited means, as
good ore is found at grass roots, and
money can be obtained lor development
from Bale of ore as soon as they begin
work. You can get valuable informa
tion regarding the new gold discoveries
by calling on A. S. Fielding, 117 South
Tenth St., Lincoln, Neb.