Nebraska Newspapers

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* t_ TIT" I Qy E. J. EDWARDS I .1j I j J
Forced op Lowell
Horn Emory gtoer*. grituant Chicago
iu «ytr LU tt4 Minuter to
£iiwi grmair l« crUiA Him
«n« Hi-. FrenS.
Vice* Jane* ttontn-il Lowell waa
< Mir flow to* lot .4 Stale* U
U < 1. i Si. ituu be tSieruu..ed
at base* a « .a other : «ra-J way*
i- m} o*« cl 41 iorlbx too *cia.
Cats t«. m he »aa -•*«» .»*g a
is .harxiag Sunt. B-t tine to-t
* L beard * nsgtSat* foam |»lm:
t.- cr. as ciiiaeaa ibat Mr iowcl.
* aa sot -* iM*g. ■ wSt> <Balit*4 to
nal:* lb-at a* M waa tuwaru* tie
great 4tgm ar: a So tie r» art
»jit eat a. read Ih - 41 IS* tailed
irate* Out Mr .<•**• had at on t:u.e
aiiind at Ui rwt 1 -tuea whe bad
aw X 4» dinUfcrlku to ox* with
• Lstui truth there war have
sa u in* eras us. I mated a
1 err ari.-iattt bot a*ao .«* > eccestxic
.L. .gc law > el. tt-. las* lis.ur>'
* -fra * tfc It* -athmos to aeruxt
aa iBtitsfiaa taov'i Mr tgwg:. lor a
a*a v if tt ns-**it bit aits
tor •* rial Aim rites iiuHa* at Mr.
»*■-* r« whs he Lara. ««» « Ea.-os*
h that flat*
it dwm waa regarded hr tin
-> it Mr si !: ih US' of tu
- ait. is IWM m mm <4 the gaosl 1 rtl
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- «.«* a ttf awee* anftil Hump *i a
■*r 4 -is* 4 ae l <41 a i*gu«ati«s
** -Xf f the tjieanef* »L appeared
. a the > aW* ms tog the elec
■■■« * ftwthertmg i> Hare* la 1*14.
lt4 at asd vide be a at tub 1 a* ha
*e l'-fl af fix isd wit at a am tt
4 meat, at ; ml ti id t joke aa the
■'-gtttaf 'an iUbM
H wan is 'hs sear: of Ui! two
M* suer Mr Lo'wsil had become
"d a tu'.- r to »r«at Britain, that
4r. twit acwlerUKik to hat* --mi;*
ftia .us U gteoag'uuhed New Lng
ns« ext *f letters tit hia war
1 is ■ la with ct a ioc- > M
toge*
"1 am tas thi* et earner.- said Mr
««». f at - ly. .ft au 1*41 caps
djr 1 am a coatswaafcmer aim- tied
tt-- i»4 « xu-reatn af Chicago 10
shtiwrt the neat taUie-carryitig
w-sau I u k g. *1 eowhor**
it-tt, *. w.iat hat* •.om* ott*
f i urpose fn going abroad than an in
•tMiga* on of live cattle upon an
ocean steamer" said Mr Depew. In
redciously. "You don't need to do
hat lor a 'irtrg What do you ex
pert to get out of itr
'Well, I will tell you what I expect
get. and what 1 will get oat of It,*'
•l: Hours replie d even more gravely
tM.u before. “I am g dug to get a
dinner out of James Husk, iI IjOWett. 1
our es juDite literary critic who (3
occupy ing the poet of minister to
-he Court of St. Jamts And I am
n *t only . oti.g to get an invitation
Iron. Mr Lowe . h r a ilin.'.er; 1 alsc '
tun 4. dug to i.ajsie tny fellow guests "
* You are yoking. Srorrs." protest
Mr Depew "This is one of your
jests."
•It is no Joke at all." was the re
* Use “1 tell yr 1 I am going to
- ke Jac.e fit, sell L. well do what
l .-er dii before and probably
• 1 t he w di t. \er d«. again 1 am go
ng t » ti.ake him invite me plain,
t i..tl. Am* ..can citizen to dinner at
... American embassy and to invite
.... the giiMi s whose names I will
furn.aa Mm *
Seme wet i s later Mr Depew met
ir Htorrs upon the lonuuenh
* Veil, did James Russell Lowell
e a cui&er in y- .r honor!** he
ask*-: the Chi. ago lawyer.
“He certainly did. and he tried to
*« happy.' >as Mr. fctorrs’ reply 1
- V • --r "■ -
"Did he Invite the guests whom
you named to him?”
“Every one excepting two, who hap
pened to be away from London at the
time."
How did you do It?" Mr. Depew
asked, at the same time expressing
his surprise at this unwonted achieve
ment.
"Well, 1 Just made him do it; I told
him I wanted him to do It." replied
Mr. Storrs "1 intimated that, unless
it were done, I would be compelled
tu say in my report as commissioner,
appointed to see whether the cow
stables upon ocean going vessels were
kept as clean as the stables Hercules
swept out, that in my task I had re
ceived no encouragement or recogni
tion from the American minister at
the Court of St. James.
“it came hard." continued Mr
Storr "the American minister at the
Court of St. Jam s inviting a plain
American citizen, who had crossed
over os a genteei cowboy, to dinner;
but be did it. and 1 shall go back ot j
the t'nlted States proud of the faet
that 1 was the first and will probably
be the only plain American citizen
whom this distinguished and dilet
tante man of letters, the American
minister to the Court of St. James,
ever lavited to dimer”
And not until then did Mr. Depew
realise that Mr Storto had doubtless
got himself temporarily appointed an
inspector of rattle in order to make
the ioke ail the better on James Rus
sell Lowell.
(Copyright. mi. t>> E J Edwards. AM
Hiatus Reserved.)
Odd Coincidence of War Days
Mow Gerrit Smith, One of the Origi
nal Aboiit .-rusts, Won Ftrut Craft
a# Emancipation Proclamation
in a Raffle.
__
i suppose that almost everyone j
• co . as ever emit;, t of the matter is
l tie opinion tuat the original draft
>f ;n- Luiancij attou l‘i ociamsil n is
n He art hives of the state depart
ed t s: Wasiiiti iou But it is not
c r« &i i u never wu- there" So
iiui Freder: k W Seward, son of Will
-c.i H S* warn < nd assistant secre
ary of tare uuier Lincoln. Johnson
-nd !laves
.....
Inspired Henry Ward Beecher
King"* Effort* for Union on
Pa Ac A*. t Lot to Tfi.f* of
•tar* E*n»i j* Orator m
It)* 4ai* Juu a. Monk III Ki#w Ho
n. (-no * Ao *Oj wo* of loo o. •**.
mSo! at it* lyceas platform
nn niigata to u»« 4*r» »s»ea tAa lot
**« no* otm >4 ia moot popular and
MSUnwtaai tot at* ot noble- csalofiala
a**L **id u aw doe day;
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- ' no. •- .'a- Moat Art** It. aU
- ■■ 6* -j*»4rft4. <«.« wn p»P*Uf
"*woi tAat has baasdeU-ared
« tin# U*ut*4 Stair* Mr Huiitp*
Me *f< M U*t IBM I* -ate 0 Nr*
****** Uvat Ar lit *)Tr*s> delivered
A* - or* «i tat 'Ore* Aoaaabd
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«»• > -«a ! i*»l roa :Av tb* i*«
'"*ao Mr, V% "'iifa* detif- red 'At* lap
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■ * ■ t!... * t is atdei »o Ae»!
Amddi *x Ife*
n r**b**Aaa«Ak I onAed Mr Pkfl
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rnd "Ac am*, murntma Seetaw oitaub
' -u*e «t tda *»a fnpertair* Uii A*<
■fdd tA* AoenS* At Al* day.
“»e at> narpnee Ae vaid *1 tAlal
" Tfc-.oo*» Starr k to* • J** ;. are eo
AeAotai-a* aad Shaft, a ~ Am
'•**» t-.*rd Ay a* aaa.> foe eat* *
■ «** e«ani of fay 'Lias An*' ft ft i
•ftAdarfti lactom aai. auftady Aat i
**• aAe And lived, a* Aio* dM ana
* at. 4 *j*um-i aw. id tAe Whip
ten Hi—, rmald A*v# ms: mam ft*
'4 etAed Mr. MftuAp* it ai UAjiret
*> *•* tmwmt taat TAoia** Scar
*•• Lee* a l~altar*aw pres- fto
-e at :-war SoaMt. sad *a* star i
arart-a ler«r»aa .» Sac Kieccioc*.
Mr Pi-idnyn tUMMeted my ttnefcLuN
teWP'-Sy vdM OeOftWHAM* I A) * tapi!
•eyias tf*'
"I «*. Aaau.ier (Pat au« oocatibi
*< * -n-ed «p a aea iiwi* of snouaf.
* Mi fftiOdi* m.ad *ad Acaod Ae
.e *aaM *;»'* aM) (Ae AdWfdft of ll
vitAoasA I dud Ae* dare a*A fins «A*
AO ««* thuds** -boat At last A
Henry Ward Beecher and Starr
v —the*, two ere the men who
»v« tpohtu to the hearts of men and i
ate persuaded them. It is a little
lugnlnr that two clergy men, one an
» uhodox, »a we tall it in Massacinr .
e"*, the ther a Unitarian, should in
he ti; a of the Ci*tl war have so spo- |
• as to hungt public sentiment and
* t«{, - the destiny of the nation.
■ Starr King was living at San*
nfcco at the i ue of the se-ession i
• 'he soui.iern state* from the Union j
ile heard that the Pacific states would |
k- advaxiage of this breaking up of
‘t l ujou to establish a Pacific coast
repuhBn.
Not while I have tongue to speak
e there are ears to hear what 1
•i will :hat he done." King said to
-W »ho bro-gn- this news to him.
, Arid h« so : poke, so pleaded and per
v.- ' ss to hold in check that pur
1 never shall forget." said Mr
s "h now :npres.-irely Mr. Phillips •
>d Bit this He said he had re- i
-iveo miortna-ion at first ha:, j of the
■tanner in which Starr King chal i
• o, i and defied those who hinted to ;
to tf-at the time had come when the !
i i. states should establish their
.u rep hiic And Mr Phillips went
10 ay that it was fltarr King’s bat
e i,m the platform against those!
t o were trying to take ('aliform.* out)
the Union which umpired htsfnend. j
, 11* ry Ward Beecher, to undertake j
at sup-rb campaign in Urea? Britain I
r. is* in which, from the public plat- I
’of®. Beecher be*; down the influence j
of t he aristocracy of Urea Britain in I
, • <mlf of the Confederacy and concern !
rated and consolidated the public
, iuon of th“ great midd.e class and j
te yeomen of Orest Britain in such •
a ®X oer as o make it apparent that
. class would give unflinching sup
1 , rt to the cause of the Union.
’.•suddenly Mr. Phillips paused. He
1 locket me square In the eye. ‘Mr.
North, he said, ’let us never forget
-at ut *he days of the extremity of
Union two clergymen spoke words
, w nick aided in saving it/ And in ut- 1
•' ' 'Og i 'at sentence he was never
* ■ tore eloquent or compelling or im
pressive cm the lecture platform. ’
i Nn right. !Sii. U» K. J Kdwards. All
ItlgUU Bcserved.i
Some w eeks after Mr. Lincoln read
the final draft of tbe Emancipation
Prot tarnation to bis cabinet a short
time after tbe battle of Antlctam."
continued Mr. Seward, “tie Christian
commission, or It may have been the
sanitary commission, which you re
member did such magnificent work
for the amelioration of the sufferings
irf the soldiers at the time of the Civil
war. held a fair at Albany for tbe
impose of raising funds.
"My father and 1 were appealed to
to tend some articles associated with
tbe war which could be offered for
-ale at this fair. It occurred to me
'.hat, if 1 could get from President
Lincoln the original draft of his proc
unation of emancipation and could
thereby send it to the management of
he fair at 'Albany, they would be
hie. if they put 1t up at auction, to
get quite a bit of money for 1t. 1 sup
pose that If It were tor sale at this
time, it would fetch hundreds of dol
lars. 1 therefore asked President Lin
coin if he would let me have the first
draft, end told him the purpose to
which 1 purposed to put it. Lincoln
l ever had any sentimental ussocla
t ions w ith any of his writings, and
as very careless about keeping man
i script His first draft of the Emanci
pation Proclamation held no senti
mental value for him, and he gladly
promised to give it to me.
“In the course of a day or two Lin
coin sent me the first draft. It was
all in bis own handwriting and con !
tainvd, as I remember, the Interlinea
tion which was suggested by one of
the members of the cabinet, after he I
read the proclamation to the cabinet.
"The managers of the fair were de
lighted to receive this document, and
It was advertised as one of the fea
tures of the fair The managers de
cided to dispose of it through a raf
fle, ami a large number of chances
were issued: ray recollection is that I
a dollar a chance was charged. There
was great Interest when the drawing I
took place. But when the lucky num
ber waa read, no one at first appeared
with fhe voucher or ticket, so that It
was not known who the holder was.
"At last the holder of the winning
ticket appeared; and who do yon sup
pose it was? It was none other than
Gerrlt Smith, one of the original abo
lltionlsts, one of the moat earnest of
the ami-slavery men, who might him
self have been nominated for presi
dent upon the prohibition ticket, who
was the candidate of the prohibition
ista for governor of New York, a mem
her of congress in the early fifties of
the last century, and at that time one
of the largest land holders in the
United States. It was regarded as a
most extraordinary coincidence that
this famous abolitionist, this man who
had been the warm friend of John
Brown, loyally supporting him in his
Kansas raids and subsequent adven
tures. should have been the hicky hold
er of the winning ticket in the raffle
for the first draft of Lincoln's Emanci
pation Proclamation.
“Mr. Smith subsequently gave the
document to the state of New York.
(Copyright, MU. by K 3. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
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He Wanted It Over
M*. gut rate Appleton was holding
4-0 t the >aher day when the door
opened and be premium pickle came
*%. bay* the New York correspondent
; u . C1l tnnati Timee-Siar. He ear
ned a suit case and he was stewed to
the eem
'Morn, judge." mid be, bowing
gravely. “Lovely morn’?”
The court attendants arranged to
give hiu. the bum's rush
"Nl* uw ut," said Mr. Maher, grave
ly freeing himself from their clutches.
| “ T all’s same to judgbe. 1*11 pay fine
j now ”
Magistrate Appleton wanted to
j know what he was talking about.
I “Thought t~d come In get fined,
judghe.~ said he. Make ft tea dol
) tars. Might not be convenient later.
Or fiJLoen. Uh got nice UU package
new. bat Uhm goto’ to get drunker.
So might swell get it over with
AWpletOQ ordered turn held for one
day ’a eetwr up.
’No sport In Mood in you, old top.'
said Mr. IWker. reproachfully, as he
was being led away. “Come to you—
one getuman to nozzer—wanted to pav
fine—and ziss what I get for tt. N«'s
i time 1 wamer pay fine, judghe. Chm
goln’ Jersey City. Zass-doilar town—
I Jersey City is. New York’s ten dollar
1 town—an’ it ain't worth ut."
More Than Political Economy.
' And why did you shout. ’Cod save
the king:’ so lustily?" we ask of the
peasant
Why. Ia>r' bless you, sir.'" he an
swers. “Think o’ wot all them crow
nation robes an’ decorations cost us!
1 'opes God will save 1m many a long
• year, so I’ll not be taxed to pay for
more of ’em soon.”—Judge,
i - - -
Weary of Fame.
! "He's not an oAce-seeker, you 8ay*~
“No"
"Maybe be believes la the office
seeking the man?”
I “1 think not. He was constable of
this village once and says ha's had
{ enough at public Ufa."
CAMTILLOM 1$ TRICKED
- rrvr y f ..nr w J
—
Washington Manager Footed at
His Own Game.
Elevates Pitcher's Box So That White
Sox Twirlers Couldn’t Get Ball
Over Plate—Comiskey
Lowers His.
"Long ago. when the world was
young," says Joe CantlUon, once man
ager of Washington. "Charlie Comls-,
key and I were running rival teams in !
the old Western league, and what we
didn’t plan in the way ot jobs and
tricks upon each other wasn’t worth |
putting in the Book of Frauds. I al- j
ways figured the great-hearted Couils
key as my legitimate meat, and he
soon learned a few things on his own ,
account, so that the score was kept;
fairly even as the days went by.
"One time, when Commy's team
was slated for a series on my grounds, j
a really great idea struck me. In
those days there were no rules re- j
striding the height of the pitching :
mound, and some awful elevations
were constructed round the circuit. I
resolved on making a hill such as no
pitcher ever used before, and I made
It. too Tlie ground-keeper at my park
built up a mountain, and 1 trained my
hurlers on that mouutaln every morn
ing for four days When Cotniskey’s
gang arrived they were dmnfounded to
see that Mount W hitney of a pitching
bit), towering up above tbe diamond, i
and with my pitchers grinning down at
them. But they kicked in vatu; there
was no rule to stop me. and the game
began For three days we had rich
fun wuh Tommy's men. My pitchers
sent the ball swooping downward with
a speed and an angle of direction that
they ecmkln’t touch, while Tommy’s
pitchers, unused to such an altitude, j
were helpless, bittiug the batters on
the feet and rebounding the ball from |
the turf for wild pitches
"We arrived in Oomtskey's burg two
weeks later, and 1 felt pretty sure
that we had a clucb. No matter how
the old Romau might elevate his
pitching mound, ne couldn't fool us.
for my pitchers were all trained to
the hilt work, aud could not be rattled
or put to the bad. even tr they were
asked to throw from the summit of a j
steeple. But when we got to Tommy's I
Held we let go one long, lingering yell
of augutsh and despair We were
tricked, beaten. Him flammed and
skinned alive
"Immediately after his return trom
my town, so It seems, Oumiskey got
busy with his plans for a dark re
venge. He had his grouudkeeper dig
a grave at the pitcher's slab--an ex
cavation about up to the hips of the ■
average man—and then he trained his
curving force, day by day. to that
most difficult of ffeats--throwing up
hill. It is awful labor, hut, of course.!
a man can learn to do tt. and by the
time we appeared in the vicinity they
all had it down to perfection Tan
you imagine the finish?
"Mv pitchers, trained to throwing
downward from a mountain, were ab
solutely done. They couldn't get the
ball anywhere near the batters and
man after man walked, while the few
teehle tosses that came over the1
plate were batted half a mile- For!
three days the carnage went on and 1
we were trimmed 12 to 2, 11 to 2 and [
17 to 5. Then Comiskey and I got to
gether, agreed to restore our pitching '
slabs to their normal altitude and *
never again to try anything on each 1
,other.**
1
I
Roy Thomas Is still on the pay roil
of the Quakers. His services nowa
days are confined to acting as pinch 1
hitter.
Of the five players Cleveland gels I
from the Central league, two are hit
ling over 300, while another is close !
up to that mark.
First Baseman M. M. Kiliher of
Petersburg, Va.. who starred in the 1
Virginia State league, has reported to '
Fred Clarke for & try-out
The St. Louis Browns have ac
quired & pitcher named Spencer from '
Quincy. III. The purchase has been ^
delayed somewhat In announcement. 1
Owners of the Decatur (Ala.t club j
of the Southeastern league deny the
reports that their city will not be
represented In the circuit nest sea !
son.
The announcement that James Me- I
Aleer might get a controlling Interest !
in the Washington club was greeted I
with general approval over the \mer-1
lean league circuit.
Clncinnati asked waivers on 1-arry j
McLean and all clubs said “Sure." But !
I-arry will remain a Red; it was Just
to show him That he’s not the back
bone of the national game
One of the records claimed by the
Henderson ream of the Kitty lehgue
for the season, was three consecutive
shut-outs over Fulton. The scores :
were l to 0. 5 to 0 and 4 to 0.
The Cleveland Club has obtained
permission to withdraw- the name of
Shortstop Henry Knattpp from the list
of players recalled by the Naps under'
i opt tonal agreement and he stays w ith
New Orleans.
Jimmy Whaleu. who has been play
ing shortstop at Cheyenne. Wyo., but
belongs to Hannibal. Mo., was wanted
by the Salt 1-ake club, which planned
l to use him next year, but announce
! ment Is that Minneapolis has landed
him.
> Walter Johnson, the National' star
i pitcher, says bta new teammate. Jay
j Cashion, is one of the most promising
i young twlrlers In the big leagues to
i day. In Johnson’s opinion, Cashion
will develop into a star as soon as he
has more seasoning.
T^e wonderful work of Rube Mar
i quard the Giants’ southpaw, continues,
j and be is probably pitching better ball
I at present than any twtrler has done
In the National league since Matty’s
first days, and the phenomenal streak
of Alexander the Great,
YOUNGSTER S FAST BALL JUMPS A FOOT
Grover Cleveland Alexander of Phliliee.
Manager Charles Dooiu of the Phil
lies declares that he has the greatest
young pitcher in the National league
in the person of young Alexander, the
recruit.'
This young Alexander is supposed
to possess a finer assortment of de
ceivers than any other youngster iu
the game.
His fast one Is the most deceptive,
according to Manager Dooiu, and the
red haired boss w ill take oath that
this jumps anywhere from fourteen to
fifteen inches. An exaggeration? The
manager of the Phillies says na Ue
says it is aa actual fact that the fast ;
oue of his youngster jumps more than
a foot.
Alexander isn't exactly built on the
j eudurauce order, and yet he has al
ways had the reputation of being a
pitcher w ho could do a lot of work in
a season Last year he was with the
Sy racuse team of the New York State
league. He pitched i<i games ta that
league.
Alexander is a youngster, being but
twenty three years old. He is a west
erner, his home being in Sc Haul,
Neb. He stands six feet two inches.
PITCHERS LOSE THEIR NERVE
Manager John McGtaw of New Yccw
Giants Says Managers Ruin Young
Hurlers by Changing,
The custom has grown upon mana
gers to suddenly shift pitchers if they
happen to be batted hard. For that
reason ball teams are carrying more
pitchers In comparison viith the actual
work that they do on a ball field than
they ever did.
IT pitchers who happen to be bit
hard were to be kt'pt In the game in
Manager John McGraw.
stead of being sent to the beach it ■
might be that the team would rally as ,
quickly behind him as it would behind ,
a fresh pitcher, and it frequently has j
been demonstrated in baseball that a
pitcher may be hit hard in one inning j
and after that hold a team to almost j
nothing.
John McGrgw is slow to change a
pitcher who happens to be hit for the
reason that he wants the pitcher to
have every opportunity to help him
self out of the trouble into which he
has fallen. When he notes that a
pitcher is not himself he is likely to
change In a hurry, whether he is an
old or a young player, There are days
when the best pitchers are less ef
fective than is usually the case when
they are in the box.
Before it was baseball etiquette to
have almost as many pitchers .on a
team as there are other players com
bined the time was when a pitcher
would be rapped for threq^or four runs
In the rather early part of the game
and yet stick through and win.
Worth th« Money.
Barpey Dreyfus made no mistake ia
paying a large price for Pitcher Marty
O’Toole. His victories so far prove
»hla
HARLEY PARKER JOKE VICTIM
Vice-President i.vrman Causes "Ar
rest” of Newly Appointed Amer
ican League Umpire.
Umpire Harley Parker was the vic
tim of a practical joke played on him
by \ ice-President Sherman when the
White Sox were meeting the Senators
recently in Washington.
Parker was sitting in the lobby of
the Driscoll hotel chatting with
iriends. An officer from the United
States senate came into the hotel and
began looking them over." "Is there
a man named Parker?" inn aired the
officer.
Thai s my name.' replied the star
tled baseball official is it the um
pire you want?''
^ ou are t he fellow I am looking
for, replied the officer, "I have a
warrant here for you."
Well, I guess there is nothing fot
ure but to go with you.'' replied
Parker.
The officer of Uncle Sam inarched
the unsuspicious arbitrator up to the
desk of . Wee-President Sherman in
the senate, the most august assetu
blage in the United States.
I guess I've got your man at last,
said the officer as he introduced I'm
pire Parker to the vice-president ol
the United States.
"I sent for you to inquire about that
play when Germany Scuaeier went
back to first after stealing second, the
other day.' explained "Sunny Jim,
and Parker drew a big sigh of relief
It was just like eating pie for Park
er to explain the play and be did sc
to the satisfaction of ail concerned
Sherman admitted t he Play bother so
him more than any problem that bad
come up in the extra session of con
gress and that was going some.
BAN PLACED ON BEAN BALL
Expected There Will 3e Fewer Play
ers Hit in Southern League as
Result of Ruling.
There ;1 be fewer players “beaneb'
in the Southern league ex a result ol
a recent ruling made by Presideus
Kavauaugh. Tha Memphis Nswsoci
mitar tells of this order; "No more
quick returns to the plate by pitcher;
In the Southern league—that is. noi
unless,the umpire has his foot on the
rubber. Judge Kavauaugh. president
of the league, characterises these ,
quick returns' as near emits,' he
has instructed his umpires to put a
stop of them.
"Kavanaugh was probably influ
enced to issue this order by one or
two accidents that have occurred this .
season, notably that of Scotty Walk
er, who is now permanently out of
baseball as a result of being hit on
the head hv a 'quick return' by Bert j
Maxwell There are severs*, pitchers ,
who specialize on the quick throw to :
the phiie to catch the batsman off fats ■
guard, and among these are Maxwell
and Hess, the two leading pitchers ol :
the league.
“ ‘I am not prepared to say that ah ,
of these “quick returns" are balks. ,
says Judge Kavauaugh in his order tc ,
the umpires, but there has been con- ,
siderabla complaint against this prac
tice. See that the pitcher is in his .
correct position in the box w hen be I
delivers the bail to the plate.'"
Can't Stop Sheckard.
Referee. Time ia having a dreedfu* |
flurry counting out Jimmy Shecsard , .
of the Cubs. For three seasons ex- ,
pectant fans have been looking foi , ,
the fatal toll to start, but each yeat ,
James bobs up brighter, : reader and ,
more capable than ever. Sheckard ia ,
still one of the beet lead-oil men In j
baseball
Some time hack In baseball history , !
Chicago handed Brooklyn four or flv« , ,
players for this star. Sheckard la suu j
shining more brightly than ever, while j !
the men who went to Brooklyn have *
faded from sight for the most part.
Fab*. Story. i 1
President Hedges of the Si Lour, > 1
Browns says the story he hag of- 11
fered the management of the Browns t1
to Hatty Bawls is a fake, evidently , 1
for the purpose of discrediting Mae- '
ag« Wallace.
CHIP POLO BLOCH
Young Gates Very Much Like
His Father.
Has Already Shown the “Plunging
Spirit** on a Small Scale—Some
of Hie Escapades in the
Field of Chance.
New York.—Like bis late father, but
necessarily on a smaller scale. Charles
(f. Gates Las been known for several
>ears as a spender. Now, with up
ward of ISOjWMJ.OOO In bis control, will
be prove to be a spender to an extent
proportionate to tbe reputation be has
gained as an embryo, or as "tbe sod
it John W. Gates?"
Several transactions In wnich young
Gates Das figured and which may b«
regarded as significant are recalled
here. While they perhaps no more
(ban verge on the sensational, they
disclose. It is pointed out. a character
that to time may develop true "bet
> oua million" proclivities
it is recalled that In 1901 Charles
Gates decided be wanted a seat on tbe
New York stock exchange, and to get
a wrote a check for 9&2.000. tbe rec
ord price paid for a seat up to that
time.
On one occasion John W. Gates
wcut to Texas on a shooting trip and
left his son In charge of his Wall
street brokerage office. One day the
latter went out before the books
closed on Colorado Fuel & Iron, bor
rowed about 10.000 shares and bad It
transterred Into his own name. After
the books dosed he returned the cer
tificates, but gave proxies on them to
Mr. Harrunan.
By a strange coincidence. George J.
Gould owned all of this stock. He had
planted it about Wall street to see
what would happen to It. When Mr.
Gould saw the clever move made by
voung Uatew—for the Colorado Fuel
war had fust begun, and such moves
ounted—be let Harrboaa go ahead
i ”-1
Chart** CL Oates.
:ounung the stock until the next day.
when young Gates was overwhelmed
ay having served on him legal papers
by the numerous brokers from whom
he had borrowed the stock, ordering
him to send the proxies on it to them
md telling him ’hat If he attempted
-o vote it at the Denver meeting they
would bring suit far damages. Gates
had run head on into the law and bad
to back out.
t When John W. Gates was: in as
.nine he was a ramiilar figure and a
heavy plunger at the race tracks. So
was his sou. The iauer's best record
>f winnings was made at Goa Angeles,
when he took $2£,000 from the Santa
Ymta bookmakers. Returning to the
-'ity on the last day of the meeting,
young Gates much elated, paid $500
or a dog worth $50. He then gave it
to the cashier of the Alexandria hotel.
Next he procured a $50 puppy, but.
neeung a young woman who liked the
lulmai, pap No. 2 vanished in oblivion.
Then the young plunger found a hand
some bulldog and parted with $8,500.
hut kept the animat.
“Charlie ' Gates has also taken oc
casional tiiugs at roulette and faro and
t fortune usually changed bands one
way or the other. One night, after a
camjuet on Uroauway, be fell in with
Yrnoid. Rothstein and William Shea,
noth notorious gamblers, and spent
he night at their place of business,
n th* morning Rothstein uccom
<anied the young pi linger to his hank,
where Rothstein cashed a check lor
f40,000 which Gates bad written at
!a> light.
if the father w«* possessed of a
whole-souled sense of humor, so is the
;ou. and it baa been amply evidenced
several times. Again big sums were
it way* involved, at least m the stories
hat found their way to th* public
irini.
i ue >ouo**iiig is a sample:
"Turn aie a trick In the market. wlU
our1 i need the money badly,"
This request, came over the teie
ihone to young Gates one morning.
Ur. Gates immediately bought 20b
hares of Louisville & Nashville, in
ess than an hour the stock hnq ^eea
old at two points profit
■Tv* got $400 for you.” shouted
•ates over the telephone. "How do
ou want it. cashier's cheek?"
The clerk, who thought Mr. Gates
vas joking, replied; “Oh. send it over
n pennies. ’
Two strong porters were dispatched
0 the sub-treasury. 40.000 new pern
lies were procured and delivered to
he amused customer in a buahei bas
ket
Million* of Flak Poisoned.
Winchester. Va.—The United states
.eather company, which operates sev
eral tanneries in Hampshire and
4ardy counties. West Virginia, is to
>e prosecuted, by the state authorities
or polluting Capon river and destrov
ng millions- of speckled trout ant
•lack bass and other game fish.
A large quantity of refuse m—
roe* the tanneries poisoned the iarga
is* minnows and turtle* and long,
negular lines of buxsarda can. be
;eea from every hill crowding to the \
Ivor banka to eat the dead. flah. white
1 nauseating stench is carried by the
vied for miles.