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PITCHER SMASHES STRIKE OUT RECORD OToe e. Ser.ia tianaJ S*. Paul Twnrler. Si.’* tie sportiae editor of tie St !•*-. 1*1*; atrt “We are it re-eipt Of « letter !n» John h Foster, editor of tie dine baaelK. 1 pnblirmtiotis is wt-tch. he show* at* where we were wrote when we agaoQBrf-ed tia' Marts tJ~Ioayr bad tied ai> Rube Waddell's *".«x»r r-<wr< at aes esteem Mr Footer pasts om that Waddell * mark **» *i*’ee» and that it modem base' h»i mm |iit - her :a •"la*» A or bte lea*-** fca*eball ha* erer cone highe ttian *e»«huem Mr Foster 1* a reco* tired aathorty cm the asthma! pas ’iaw and when he says that O’Toole adds the re'-ord with his seventeen v hills we are ready to believe him Mr Foster first ifcformed F H Ma •* manager of the St. Paul Spald f ore that in quoting the record a g:ven in the Moreland book we -> • re wrong, and then he followed up w:th a iet-er to us. informing us that ■fie off.i ial scores of that game in mh: t Waddell established his mark gave Itube credit for sixteen strike outs That settles it—O’Toole is Kin* " YOUfaS FLETCHER IS A COMER C*#*** r‘r se* IBnere ITi'jjr Mc Sr*o •• De*e ep eg Pre~ act to he a Brilliant P iyt' hex it coma* to developing young 9*ager» ao oae is tka country ha* any thing oc Manager .*ofcc M 'Gr>» of iii* .Wo Torh <M—fa Manager Me era* ha* aot'eral yout-goter* under an* a.ng its ho etpicti to turn mo star* cm of those days If the Itnlo -pan.. ta* as Idea there are the p—«.mg* of a good player In a ❖ Armor Fletcher. mt be wtl? bold cm to bin tor Sev ern. *mn !? necessary no matter bra mat* criticism ts heaped on nis bead In the one run tus judgment usual-) proses better than that of h’s ertucs Arthur Fletcher is one of the young pis)e-s whom MrOrsa has ten bring.tg a-cmg and »bom be is eeMrst make a name for tin aaitr am tbe diamond »©n.e day in me anar future Fletcher is a shortstop mat baa supplanted A1 Bridwel! at that (U'-lsL Fletcher has been played lh a sasher of gases this season and pee moat tow first-class week He Is a fine s-t1 s*«ss and has an average mail above tbe JW mark for the Ia ■ him be has participated. Jarrr ngm bulla Graas Whan Hagfcie Jennings yells and pis tbe graas be is tipping off tbe e^na-s 'o his sen It's no easy thing an detect scything unusual about his wet MS* either Some days Jennings fniis to whistle as4 eliminates many antics This is rather disconcerting K would take a Sbenawk Hclmes to ■wive the mystery of tbe firh'ing lead ar*s Signal code ^lES^ Accidents to the hall players this season ate common. H ..-tensions do not seem popular in the American league this season. Pitcher Cole's success lies in the • it dir So does an eight day clock's. lafifcider Arthur Griggs of Cleveland i-*-* ei. r - eased to the Toronto club of the Eastern league baseball is a great game, but lots of gtn>d citixens confine their inter est to the percentage columns. Take it from the Cubs that if the Philadelphia team is crippled any more seriously it may win the pen nant. “Runt" Walsh, who is taking Sher wood Magee s place in left, is a better player -han the fans give him credit for being. Portell has played in only twenty two games !or the Red Sox of Boston. Ht started well this year, but his job was taken by Gardner. Horue Uibert. tne gentlemanly •hird baseman of the Phillies, is still • earing his $100 Panama that a friend in India sent him. but it needs a cleaning When a ball player is suspended for a year for taking a poke at an um pire we are forced to draw the con .u.-.on that baseball is becoming a moilycaddiish game. Barney l>reyfuss, owner of the Pitts burg Ptra.es. has gained several ounces in weight since he purchased Martin OToole for the record price of j-j; -Mj The good luck of the Pi rates seems to date from the minute tfce big check was written The Cardinals and the Denver and Omaha teams of the Western league have been in railroad wrecks this summer, but not a player has been seriously hurt. Fred Knowles, former secretary and business manager of tbe Giants, is In bad shape physically and finan cially and a move has been started by some of the New York newspaper men to give him a benefit. The annual field day of the Reds, to be held In October, will have one feature of a most novel and exciting kind Percy Smallwood, the great English foot racer. Is willing to run against ten ball players, taking them all on in relays—five of toe Reds and five of the Cubs. That ought to be some race for sure. Clarence Beaumont, who was with "he Cubs last season, is playing with 1 S Paul. UMPIRE CHASES HALF TEAM “Old Hickory” Steve Kane. Formerly With American Association, Gets Into Deep Trouble. “Old Hickory” Steve Kane, formerlj American association umpire, poked his official head into a fine young trouble noose out at Tacoma the oth'i day. Stevedore, it will be remem bered, took to the quiet woods of the Northwest league after President Tom Lynch, of the National league, bad tied a can on tbe unfortunate arbi trator because he was a trifle under sized. Since taking up his duties in tlie vest Kane has been swinging his official ax with precision whenever a player turns a trick, and the other day the stubby arbitrator broke up s game, largely to show his authority. The Tacoma and Victoria clubs opened a game, and everything was going nicely until the second inning, w hen some one on the Victoria bench pushed forth an uncomplimentary re mark to the stylish Mr. Kane. Whirl ing suddenly on his heel. Steve point ed to the bench and howled: "Clear out of the field, every one of you.” Manager Householder, of the Vic toria club, protested, and then came Steve's really authoritative act. He pulled out his watch (solid gold) and informed Householder that he would -’ve i.in; exactly three minutes' time in which to can every man off the bench and out of the enclosure. Householder continued to argue and The fans cominued to howl, but just at the end of the third minute Kane shouted, "Game forfeited To Tacoma, score 9 to 0.” and with these words he ducked for a street car. The Vic toria players are still howling, hut Steve is going right along umpiring every day.” PITCHERS IN NOVEL COMBINE Twirlers of Minneapolis American As sociation Team Practice To gether to Improve Batting. The secret of improved hitting among the pilchers of the Minneapolis American Association team is out. Every morning and afternoon, after the game, the slabmen of the team can be seen swatting the ball at prac tice batting This is why the pitchers are making themselves felt with the stick these days, students of the game say. Some of the intielders. it is said, took the pitchers to task in a friendly clubhouse chat not long ago. and it was not long before the argument waxed interesting As a result the wielders of the sphere took to prac tice with the bat And they formed a close corporation at that. When the intielders saw what was going on. they sought, too. to get into the prac tice batting column Not so. The pitchers refused to throw- to anybody but a pitcher and nobody was per mitted to bat but a pitcher. So the pitchers are beginning to hit. Patterson has three hits to his credit Rube Waddell. in a recent game. Peters is finding the ball now and then. Rube Wad dell drove out a triple Sunday, but could get no farther than second on it Rivalry is keen among the pitchers at the plate. Just now Patterson’s colleagues are trying to break his rec ord of two singles and a double in three times up. TRIPLE PLAY BY CARLISLE Certer Fielder of Vernon Club of Pa cific Coast League Makes Sixth Stunt of Kind on Record. Walter Carlisle, center fielder of the Vernon club of the Coast league, made the sixth unassisted triple play re corded in organized baseball yesterday against the Los Angeles team in a game wen by Vernon, 5 to 0. In the sixth inning, with the score tied. Moore and Metzger of Los Ange les walked. Pitcher Carson of Verno* was replaced by Stewart Akin, thins baseman for Los Angeles, hit the first ball. Stewart pitched low over second base for what looked like a clean sin gle. Moore and Metzger both got oft to a hit and run signal, but Carlisle | playing close in. came forward like a flash and picked the ball off his shoe 1 tops. Tis lunge carried him off his 1 feet and when he recovered both base ! runners, counting Akin's drive a sure safety, had passed the second station | Carlisle raced to second and touched , the bag, while Moore was well on the way to the plate, then trotted »c first, retiring Metzger. The unasslst ed triple plays on record are: Paul Hines of Providence, at Provi dence, 1878; Harry O'Hagan of Roch I ester, at Jersey City, 1902; Larry Schafley of Portland, at Portland, Ore. I 1304: Murch of Manchester, at New Hedofrd. 1906; Neal Ball of Cleveland at Cleveland. 19C9: Walter Carlisle of ■ Vernon, at Los Angeles, iSll. NEW NEWS of YESTERDAY I By E. J. EDWARDS When Seward Wept In Public Famous Statesman’ Broke Down and Sobbed While Delivering the Eu logy on His Friend. Thomas Rusk of Texas. ’ General Thomas L. Clingman. who from 1843 to 1858, with the exception of one term, represented North Caro lina in the lower house of congress and was a member of the senate when the Civil war began, resigning that office to return to North Carolina and become a Confederate bngadier-gen eral. used frequently to re-visit Wash ington in the late seventies and early j eighties. He did not come upon any j political errand, for he eschewed pol itics at the close of the Civil war. He j was an enthusiastic prophet with re- j spect to the mineral wealth of his ; state: the first man, in fact, to make this wealth known. If any one were willing to oha* with him he would sit by the hour describing the treasures of platinum and of precious stones. , even diamonds, which he was sure were within the bowels of the North ! Caroline mountains. Notwithstanding his snow-white beard and the wrinkles j which time had left on his face, he i seemed to be mentally as active as j ever, and there was no faltering in his step. "Of all the great statesmen of the North that I have known.” once said General Clingman to me, “the one I always recall with the greatest satis faction. is William H. Seward. I made his acquaintance before I en tered the senate, and that acquaint ance. in due time, ripened into some thing like friendship. Did you know ! that, in Seward's time, there was no northern member of the senate who was on more friendly terms with the southern members of congress gener- j ally? And that reminds me of the first and only time 1 saw Senator Seward weep in public. "Seward became a member of the senate jn 1849. Three years before Texas had sent to the senate as its first representative in that body Sam Houston and Thomas J. Rusk, who had stood second to Houston in the war which had established the inde1 pcndence of Texas. Between Rusk and Seward there soon sprang up a friend ly relation that grrdually ripened into a real intimacy, and this relation was a nine days' wonder to many, for Sew ard had then become recognized as the leading anti-slavery Whig in the senate, while Rusk represented a I slave state. But strange as this inti macy seemed, it continued unbroken 1 to the day of Rusk’s death in 1S56. when he committed suicide in a mo ment of temporary mental aberration “Of course the customary memorial services were held in the senate, and Seward delivered one of the eulogies Ib fact his was the chief eulogy, and I have always regarded it as a classic. But the most remarkable thing in con nection with its deliverance was that, suddenly. Senator Seward broke down. He was convulsed with his grief. He buried his face in his hand kerchief and sobbed. It was so affect ing that many of bis colleagues also were moved to tears. “A few days later, when I congratu lated Seward on his eulogy of his friend, I suggested that there must have been something of an unusual character to bring two such men as himself and Rusk together on terms of intimacy. “ 'Shortly after President Pierce’s administration began,’ he told me. ‘I was informed that a personal and very loyal friend for whom I had secured ! appointment in one of the government departments was in danger of re-, moval. I was very anxious that he j should be retained. One hay I men- ; tioned my apprehension to Senator Ruse ana told him why I was so j anxious tnat this friend should be retained ir. the department- He had j been of great service to me in New Yorfi politics, and at considerable per sonal sacrifice. 1 knew. also, that if he were removed from this place he would be in actual want. " 'Senator Rusk begged me to re lieve my mind of all apprehension. “I shall make the retention of this friend of yours the test of my loyalty to President Pierce's administration." he ! said. He was as good as his word, and now you understand why I felt so keenly the passing of Thomas Rusk.' " (Copyright, it'll, by E J Edwards. AT. Rights Reserved.) An Extreme Measure. “Bings' wife is a great fauit-fin(*r. I understand." “Yes; she even made poor Bings put a knocker on the front door " I Lost Invitation Beat Blaine J&. _ Dr. Burchard Was Substituted for Dr. Thomas Armitage at C'ergy mer.'s Reception and Uttered the Famous Fatal Words. Rev. Dr. Thomas Armitage was, in his lifetime, recognized as the ablest and most influential Baptist clergy man in the I'nited States. Although he was an Englishman by birth, not coming to the I'nited States until he was near his majority, nevertheless there was no native-born American who ever exceeded him in patriotic ardor, nor was there .any clergyman who gave service of greater value to the I'nion at the time of the Civil war. He was for years the pastor of the Fifth Avenue Baptist church in New York, commonly known as John D Rockefeller's church, although dur ing his pastorate Mr. Rockefeller was not a member of the congregation. Dr. Armitage was an intimate per sonal friend of the first American car dinal. Archbishop McCloskey, and he was at the time of the Civil war in very intimate relations with Arch bishop John Hughes, whom President Lincoln sent to Europe as a special Chapter In Warrior’s Career - i i How William T. Sherman, When a Young Lieutenant, Confirmed the News of the Discovery of Cold in California. "1 was one of those who sailed from New York as soon as the news came of the discovery of gold in California and I spent several years in Cali fornia.” said Mr. Dudley E. Jones, president of one of the largest of the industrial companies of Arkansas, to me recently. Mr. Jones was a native of New York state, and while still hardly pas; his majority he was tempt ed to California and lived in the very heart of the gold mining excitement “Much has been said and written about the discovery of gold at Sut ter's mill,” continued Mr. Jones. “I was there in October. 1S49, and 1 was there again in 1903, and Suttler’s ranch and mill near the Sacramento river looked in 1903 to me exactly as they looked in 1849. The only change that I noticed was that indicating the approach of the suburbs of Sacramen to City to that historic apoL It has al ways seemed to me that one of the real heroes associated with the dis covery of gold in California and the making of that discovery known to the world has not been recognized by the people of this generation as he should be. Perhaps this is because he gained other fame 15 years later. How ever, I will tell you the story exact ly as I had it, authoritatively, not only from one. but from many persons back in the old gold days. “At the time of the outbreak of our war with Mexico a portion of the Amer ican army was sent to California. A little garrison was stationed at Monte rey, and it was under the command of Colonel Mason. “One day there floated Into the lit tle garrison rumors that gold had been discovered near the Sacramento river, and that it promised to be a rich find. Coloney Mason regarded this as very important news, and felt that the government at Washington should receive this news at the earli est possible moment. He therefore got together a few pack mules. He pro cured them with some difficulty, be cause pack mules at that time were a very valuable asset for the miners. Tfcn he called one of his young lieu tenants to him and said: “I want you to go as speedily as possible up the Sacramento valley to a place called Colorna and learn whether these stories about the discovery of gold up there are correct. If you End them true, return to Monterey as soon as possible.' “That young lieutenant was or on an hour's notice. He made a forced march to Colorna and back, within a few days reporting to Colonel Mason that gold had certainly been found at Colorna. and in abundance. Colonel Mason thereupon summoned a courier in whom he had every confidence, and handing him certain dispatches for the government at Washington, command ed him to make every effort to reach Fort Brown (now Brownsvillel at the mouth of the Rio Grande river, as soon as possible. There the nearest mall communications with Washing ton could be reached. These dispatch es reported to the government authori ties at Washington that a lieutenant in whom Colonel Mason had every con fidence had investigated the reports of the finding of gold at Colorna and that what the lieutenant said about this discovery could be relied upon. "In due time the report reached Washington and was published. It set the w hole country in a fever, but the name of the young lieutenant who had vouched for the discovery of a very great gold field was speedily forgotten. You would like to know his name. It was William T. Sherman. And. rela tively speaking, I think that his quick journey from Monterey to Colorna was beset by almost as many difficulties as was his march from Atlanta to the sea which made him world famous 16 years later." (Copyright. 1911. by E. J. Edwards. All Rights Reserved.) plenipotentiary, representing the pres ident, in the winter of 1S61-2. Dr. ] Armitage was. therefore, very widely recognized by American Roman Cath olics as one of the clergymen of the Protestant denominations who, like; Henry Ward Beecher, maintained in timate personal and social relations with the leading prelates of the • Church of Rome in America. I had heard that but for what seem ed to be a slight accident or misun derstanding Dr. Armitage. instead of Rev. Dr. Burchard. would have spoken for 800 clergymen at the reception given to James G. Blaine in New York city near the close of the presidential 1 campaign in 1S64. the reception at which Dr. Burchard spoke the words "Runi. Romanism and Rebellion,” which caused Mr. Blaine to lose the presidential election. I met Dr. Armi tage a year of two before his death, which occurred in 1S96, and asked him if the reports which I had heard were accurate. “Yes,” he replied. "That strange and adverse fate which prevented Blaine—as a like destiny had pre vented Henry Clay—from becoming president was responsible for the ac cident which brought about my non appearance as spokesman for tee clergymen at the reception fer Mr. Blaine. “This reception, as you may remem ber, was a suddenly arranged affair. It was the understanding of those who planned it that I was to be in vited to speak before the candidate, l; so happened that I was in Philadel- [ phia at the time, attending a great j meeting of Baptists called especially to commemorate the services of Rev Dr. Peddie. Therefore when Stephen B. Elkins, who had arranged for the reception, sent the invitation to me to • act as spokesman it did not reach me. Kaste wes necessary, so it was deter mined to ca'l upon Rev. Dr. Burchard, who was a good man and an earnest man. but curiously lacking in tact. “When 1 read the dispatch from New York to the effect that the clergymen were to attend .the Blaine reception and that Dr. Burchard was to speak to them, I was instantly! dominated by the conviction that I j ought to be in New York to meet Dr. Burchard and find out what he was going to say. I boarded the earliest! possible train for New York and upon my arrival was taken by cab to the Fifth Avenue hotel. I was too late.! The reception was almost over. "But even then, had I been told what Dr. Burchard had said, I should have challenged him on the spot. I should have made an effort to clear the atmosphere immediately, and it: would have been possible for me to do so because the great leaders of the Roman Catholic church in the United States knew of the warm personal re lations which existed between Car dinal McCloskey, Archbishop Hughes and myself. “Unfortunately. I did not learn what-Dr. Burchard had said until it was too late to repair the damage. As you know full well, his expression was instantly caught up and pub lished widely, and I knew from that moment that Mr. Blaine was doomed." ^Copyright. 19U. by E. J. Edwards. All Rights Reserved.) An Exception. “There is one trade, at least, where a freeze-out means work for the men." “What might that be?" "Cutting ice.” Cooling Off the Help. The apartment was not cool. In fact. It was a surprisingly warm one. considering that it was on the elev enth floor of a handsome up-to-date building. The hostess spoke of it apologetically. •T have only one electric fan,” she said, “and as I am going away next week for the remainder of the summer I shall not buy another now. I have put the one I have in the kitchen, where it can be turned on the maids and the butler. They work harder than I do. and I wish them to have every comfort possible. You see the temperature of the kitchen is not bad.” She opened the door into that room. The fan was buzzing merrily, the maids were stepping lightly and cheer fully about and the butler was put ting a few finishing touches on the silver, looking meanwhile neat and cool. “My only regret,” said the smiling mistress, “is that it*is a bit hard on my guests.” "It is a good hint to us,” said one bluntly, “I'll go home and do like wise.” Worked Well Three Ways - > 1 Of Course Father Couldn't Approve of Boys’ Action, but, as He Explained It. “Somebody left the gate open and * a couple of cows from a neighboring farm ate the tops oil of my young ! | corn," said Mr. Smith to a friend at j | luncheon. “But my boys, provoked J : at the intrusion and damage, took j j their own way of getting even. They j discovered the roving cows late one afternoon, pursuing their way leisure ly toward the corn. Heading them off, the drove the cows into the barn and got a couple of milk pails. While •Will’ held one cow’s head ‘Win’ sat himself on a stool and began milking “The operation was repeated on the other cow, and altogether the boys got three quarts of milk before they turned the cows loose. Of course, I can’t say that I approve of it, but sev eral good results were obtained. ’’First, the boys got some experi ence milking, something I had tried in vain to persuade them to learn, offering to buy a cow or two if they'd do the milking. Second. I think iny corn will be in less danger If the owner of the cows finds his expected milk supply running short, for hell take care to keep ’em penned up. and thirdly, we obtained three quarts of very nice fresh milk." Truth of the Case. Betty Richwood thinks it provoking ! for a woman who has been working 1 all day mending her husband’s coat, to find a :ove letter from another In . the pocket. That is perfect nonsense. There is not a woman on earth but would find the letter before she be gat. to mend the coat—and then the coat would not be mended at all. Dryden's Wise Words. Ill habits gather by unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to sees.—Drydea. INFLAM MATION AMPAIN Cured by Lydia E Pinkbam'g Vegetable Compound. Creston, Iowa.—“ I was troubled for a long time with inflammation, pains in my side, sick headaches and ner vousness. 1 had ta ken so many medi cines that I w a 3 discouraged and thought I would never get welL A friend 'told me of Lydia E. Finkham’s vegetable Com pound and it re stored me to health. I have no more Sam, my nerves are stronger and I can o my o wn work. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cured me after everything else'had. failed, and I rec ommend it to other suffering women.” —Mbs. >131. Seals 605 W. Howard St., Creston, Iowa. Thousands of unsolicited and genu ine testimonials like the above prove the efficiency of Lydia E. 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Ore., a timely piece of advice. “Don’t." he said, "when you go off on your vacation, leave all your re ligion behind and take all your col lection away with you." Of Short Duration. “Plimply is afraid to ask old Mr Plunker for his daughter's hand." “Why, Plimply told me yesterday he stood in with fhe old gentleman." "Oh, that was only for a few min utes in the vestibule of an office build ing during a shower.” Why, Willie! Sunday School Teacher—Yes. Wil lie, the Lord loves every living crea ture. Willie—I'll bet he was never stung by a wasp!—Puck. What some lawyers don’t know isn’t worth lying about. (->1 A Large Package Of Enjoyment— Post Toasties Served with cream, milk or fruit — fresh or cooked. Crisp, golden-brown bits of white corn—delicious and wholesome— A flavour that appeals to young and old. | “The Memory Lingers" Sold by Grocers Postum Ceres 1 Company, 1-trl. Battle Creek, Mick. k_— J