-tifflsmirtTwmnm't trsS' iV ,zxm wmriczi w-z i rr-T1 s" r - -M-SKUMt jr- "fr 'B"?9l'W'llflppliPRj i ?, I if THE NATIONAL GAME. PAST-SEASON NOTES OF THE NATIONAL GAME. Some Interritlng Figure HhowlnB Curl ou IlcdiilU In League l'ennaut Fight l.ouWvllle' New l'ltchcr Detroit' Second llaiemati. CLOSE study of tho work of the various t c u tn n shows soiuo re mnrknblo fnctfl. They (tho tcnms) for years havo been divided Into two distinct nnd nlniost opposite classes, namely, tho strong finishers and tho 'Among tho latter weak, finishers. aro tho Phlladclphlas, tho Cluciu iiatls, the I'lttsburgs, and tho Brooklyns. Of the former arc tho Clovelnnds, tho Hiiltlmores and the New Yorks tho latter team bavins n reputation In that respect equaled by no other, except the Clovelnnds. Tho Uostons' peculiarity is their Invincibil ity at home compared to n rather weak showing on tho road. Tho Ilostons, Cincinnati anil Haiti mores aro tho threo great conquerors. It Is almost an AiiRcan task to beat cither of them on their own ground. Tho Now Yorks nro moderately strong upon tho homo diamond, but miserably weak upon the Knstern circuit. Their "long suit" Is thu case with which they havo always triumphed over tho west ern six, both In Now York nnd In the lattcr's own territory. Another pe culiarity af Vio Clants has been tho ease nnd grnco with which they hnve 5iibmltted to the Philadelphia team's antagonism. The Quakers havo been over slnca Philadelphia had n team, the hardest foe for tho Giants to face. It Is readily seen tho New Yorks percentage of victories over the west ern clubs, ns compared to their work against their eastern rivals, was .025 In 1S94, .082 In 1895 and .009 In 1S9G. In tho mcantlmo tho West has been growing stronger collectively each year and getting nearer nnd nearer to nn equal footing with their els-Allegheny competitors. In 1894 tho ICnst won IIC games and tho west .330. In 1895 tho East dropped to 110 games and tho west went up to 307. Last year tho latter advanced still further until tho cast had only 400 games to its credit and tho west had 372. This makes n gain of 3S games on the average by tho west over tho cast In threo years In a Berle3 of 792 contests. Theso figures show that tho western half of tho leaguo Is grow ing in strength much more rapidly than Is tho cast. Homo Fumou I'Iiisii. Oct threo or four old-timers together nnd It Is Imposslblo to keep them out of tho reminiscent mill. Many n good yarn Is thus turned out of memory's hopper. Somo one spoko of tho dis heartening experleneo of waiting for hits that never en mo tho other day, and Arthur Irwin declared: "I remem ber ono gamo at Ilufralo, when tho bases wcro full and nobody out. King Kel. caught tho whole outfit napping. Ho Just caught tho man off second and In turn nailed the runners at third nnd first. That Is a feat 1 never saw cqunlcd." "When I wns behind tho bnt for Now York," said Capt. Ewlng, "I llgured in as queer n double piny ns rover saw. By a quick throw to Arthur Whitney I caught u man off third. Whltnev turned nnd slnmmed tho ball to D.inny Richardson, nnd tho runnor on second, who hnd becomo confused, wns also re tired." l'llrhrr William MaRee. William Magco of South Boston, who nas been signed by tho Louisville club, Is a South Boston boy, nnd a very prom ising ball player. He Is n lino looking fellow, with complexion and color llko a girl, nnd pretty bluo eyes. He Is only 21 years old, and Is 5 feot 10 Inches tall, and weighs In condition 154 pounds. Ho has lived In South Bos ton over since ho was a little boy. Ho used to play with tho Jubilees, of WILLIAM MAGEE. South Boston, and started out as a catcher, but afterward In tho summer of '94 went with tho Mcdford as a pitcher. Ho had great success. When tho Now England Association was formed In tho early part of '95, he was signed by tho Committee on Players, and aftorwnrd assigned to Kltchburg, where ho did good work. When that club disbanded In tho mlddlo of tho summer, he went to tho Brockton club, under John Irwin, nnd was re served at tho end of tho yenr. This year ho did good work, pitching In 33 games nnd winning in 19, although with a losing club. Ills battery part ner was Shea, who has Just gone to New York, but there is no string on hiB release, as thero Is on Shea's. He ranked as the fourth best pitcher In the league. He Is a right-handed II V" jj XJ I THE pitcher. Magco Is a modest fellow nnd Is sure to bo a success, ns ho lakct tho best of enre of himself, A Nnw Iteelpe for I'ltcher. Four years ago, after his season with the Hrooklyns, Billy Hnrt, tho popular twlrlcr of the St. Louis Browns, and who Is spending tho winter at his homo at Bond Hill, thought his arm was gone. Ho had pitched somo good ball for tho Brooklyns that year 1892 but In ono of them had tho misfortune to dislocate one of tho muscles of his pitching nrm. This threw him out of his engagement. Hnrt returned to this city nnd went to work in tho "Tlmes Stnr" composing room ns a type-setter, ho being an expert at that work. At first his arm felt sore after ho had put In n day at tho monotonous task of carrying typo from the case to tho "stick." Gradually this soreness woro off, and before tho summer of 1893 was over his pitching arm felt ns good ns ever. That fall Manngcr Watklns came to Cincinnati and Induced Hart to sign n contract with the Sioux City team. Hurt had some misgivings nbout his nrm, but before tho season of 1891 wns far ndvnnced Hnrt demonstrated that his arm was as good as over. And he nttrlbutos the recovery of his pitching power to the monotonous nnd Incessnnt motion of his arm when setting and distributing type. llclrnlt'M New Heeond Haaenmii. Harry Stelnfcldt, tho new second Lnscinun, has signed a Detroit contract nnd sent It to Mr. Vnmlerbeck. Tho deals for the purchase of the player fell through when It was discovered thnt he hnd not been properly reserved nnd It Is thought thnt Detroit can secure him without buying him outright or going to the cost of the draft. It will bo re membered that Galveston has reserved "Stelnhoft" nnd no Stelnfcldt appears on tho official list. HARRY STEINFELDT. Harry Stelnfcldt, as ho Is called In the Lone Star State, where ho outranks all tho Brcond basemen, Is but 21 years of age. Ho Is 5 feet 11 Inches In height and weighs 171 pounds. He played his lira professional engagement with Houston In 1893. He was with thnt team n month and when It disbanded ho Joined tho Fort Worth nnd finish ed the season. This year ho played with Ft. Worth and Galvctosn, Steln fcldt led tho Texas Leaguo In second basemen, having 573 chances, nnd his fielding avorago being .9S9. Ho batted .320 this year, and has tho making of a very good hitter. Ho Is fast nnd from all reports covers a great deal of ground around tho second bag. Minor I.ritcut' lalore. Next season promises the usual crop of new minor leagues, together with tho old ones that wcro nblo to exist through the season of 1890. Tho West ern league, Western association, East ern league, Southern league, Atlantic league, Interstate league, Texas league, Atlantic association, Now England league, and Virginia leaguo will bo In tho business again. A Kansas State league, with Wlchltn, Leavenworth, Coffeyvlllc, In dependence, Atchison, Topeka, Em poria and Junction City to choose six cities from Is one of tho proposed new bodies. The Southeastern league, with clubs In South Carolina and Georgln, already has been mentioned. A Wis consin State league Is another proba bility, with n circuit of eight clubs. The following cities arc being consid ered: Janesvllle, Sheboygan, Racine, WauBeon, Apploton, Oshkosh, Fond du Lac, Stevens Point aud Portago. The Monongahcla lenguo In Pennsylvania, with five clubs, Is still nnother. A Cen tral leaguo, with Arkansao, Indian ter ritory and northern Texas cities, is still another. Tho prospects nro thnt be fore the Bprlng sets In thero will be halt a dozen moro ndded to this list How many will live? Tribute to Lyons. Three hundred per cent batters nrt fow nnd fnr between. Denny Lyons hat batted around that mark ever since he played In fast compnny. There art somo third basemen who can play a faster fielding game than Denny, bul thero is not n third basoman in the league who can bat as hard and con sistently aB he can. Thero aro several third basemen In the leaguo who do not know how to play tho baso as well at the Cincinnati boy, If ho Is turned looso by tho Pittsburg club ho will not drift back Into n minor league. There Is n lot of high-class playing left tv Denny s make-up. Mullano a Miller. i Tony Mullano will play with St Paul next season. Ho soya that the vnrlous paragraphs that havo been go ing the rounds of lato are wrong, thai he has no Intention of umpiring, and that his pitching days nro not yet over as Btuted, Nevertheless Mullano wai at the league's Chicago meeting one" sounded Nick Young on tho prospect, for a leaguo umpire berth. In France there is ono student el medicine to every 7,776 of its people. WgfFh RED CLOUD CHIEF, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5 1897. THE KING OF MAGIC. prof. HERRMANN NEVER HAD ANY EQUALS. ill I'laeo mi tlm rftngo Will Theref.il Itemaln Unfilled A Sketch or thin It. markablo Mull's Ufa Ho Dlol l'oor. HE late Prof. Al exander Herrmann, tho famous prcstl dlgltatcur.was bora In Paris, France, la 1814. Ho came of a family of grcatprcj tldlgltateurs, his father, S. Hcrr- !, ". M , A ( Wl in e 111 ill III. UUM1K IUU iDTl'lfli.'f.V most fnmous mi gleinn of his day and a great favorite of tho Sultan of Turkoy, who was wont to send for him nnd pay him a princely sum for a slnglo entertainment. Carl Herr mann, Aloxnndcr'B eldor brother, also achieved grcnt fnmo In tho world of magic, nnd when ho died, Juno 8, 1887, In Carlsbad, Ger many, left behind a fortune. Alexander Herrmann made his first bow befoio a public nudlcncc when only eight years old, at n performance given by his brother In St. Petersburg. Kusolu. Even at that early ago his dexterity, Inge nuity nnd presence of mind wcro phc uomcnnl, nnd his brother wns most nnxlous to benefit from his genius. The boy's father, however, Insisted upon his education being well attended to, nnd, by wny of a compromise, the brother engaged two competent tutors to ac company tho young prodigy on the Journeys from city to city and country rs0 1 lr) jy If I & -r THE LATE PROFESSOR HERRMAN. to country: For six years Alexnndor remained with his brother, and then IiIb parents insisted upon his being sent to tto University at Vlcnnn, At tho ngo of sixteen ho again Joined his brother, and togothcr they made a tour of tho world. They appeared In Now York September 10, 1801, nt the Acnd cmy of Music, on which occasion tho subject of this sketch made his Now York debut. After working with his brother for somo time Alexander start ed out on his own nccount, and was a success from tho first. Ho went to Europo, where ho nppcared In tho principal cities, and also toured Brazil and other American countries. In 1874 ho returned to tho United States, aft er having appeared for ono thousand consecutive nights at tho Egyptian Hall, London, Eng. Slnco thnt time ho hnd mndo this country his homo, hav ing been naturalized In 1870, at Boston, Mass. His career ns n magician had ilnco been ono of unbounded success. Ho finally caught tho managerial fever, and organized a vaudevlllo company, which Included some of tho best per formers of Europo, ns well ns this coun try. Under the tltlo of Herrmann's Transatlantiques this organization toured tho country, but, whllo good business was dono nearly everywhere, Prof. Herrmann found It Imposslblo, with tho high salary list of tho com pany, to keep It going with a profit, and tho enterprise was abandoned. He also became lesseo and manager of the Broad Street Theater, Philadelphia, Pa., and afterwards he Becurcd Herr mann's Theater, Now York City, now called the Savoy. At another time ho started to erect a theater In Brooklyn, N. Y but when tho work was partially completed ho abandoned It. His wife, Adelaide Herrmann, who, had been His stage assistant slnco their marriage, survives him. Ho was n poor man when ho died. In his careor ho earned at least threo millions of dollars. The Queen's Itetiirn l'rcucnt. Queen Victoria, In return for tho gifts brought to her by Lt Hung Chang from tho emperor of China, is going to send to that ruler a Jeweled nilnlaturo portrait of horself, by Mrs. Corboulf Sllls. Lord Salisbury turns the scale at 252 pounds. , . . . , PILGRIMS TO FRIEDRICHSRUH. They Chiiio from All Fart of tho World to Fay Homage, to IIlMimrek. "All about Frledrlchsruh you seo evi dences of tho lovo borne," wrltCB Georgo W. Smallcy, tho famous cor respondent, on "Tho Personal Sldo of Bismarck," In tho Ladles' Homo Jour nal. "Thorn come, of course, multi tudes who caro first of all to tct tho great man. They como from all over Germany, nnd not u few from other parts of tho world, tho United States included. It Is un event to wltnrjss his reception of them, tho homage they offer him, which Is so ovldently In great part personal, for It Is no longer ns If ho were the all-powerful minister nnd ruler of Germany. These pilgrimages are honorable to human nature nnd especially to German human nature. But what struck me especially In such of theso demonstrations as I havo seen wns tho mood In which Prince Bis marck received them. To him thoy were tokens of friendship: ho clearly liked to think of theso strangers as friend. Somo of them had been his comrades In the battlefield, or tho senate house. You saw how fraternal was the feeling with which he grasped their hands. Tho light came Into his oyes, and I have seen tears como Into theirs. There wns between them n tic which both recognized, nnd It wns bo cnuso tho Prince's recognition of It was so heartfelt, so human and tender, that the hearts of those veterans of war nnd peace overflowed." The New Armenian l'ntrl.irch. Mgr. Malachlas Ormanlan, the new Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople, Is described as n very popular man, a flue scholar, being nblo to preach In four languages, nnd a modcrato man In politics, equnlly acceptable to tho Armenian community and to tho porte. Ho Is son of a Constantinople apoth ecary, and Is 55 years of age. Ho studied at tho University of Romo, taking the degree of doctor In theo logy, philosophy nnd canon law. Ho broko away from the Roman Catholic church when tho crisis camo among the Armenians, 20 years ago, over tho election of Bishop Hassoun, who was Inter mndo n cnrdlnal by Leo XIII,, as patriarch of tho Armenian Catholics, and ontcrcd tho Gregorian community. MQR. MALACHIAS OUMANIAN. Ho was afterward mndo bishop of Ez eroum, holding thnt seo from 1880 to 1S87; subsequently becoming professor of philosophy at tho academy of Etch mladzln, nnd then becoming rector of the Patrlnrchal Semluary nt Armash and Abbot of tho monastery of Our Lady thoro. iTohu Morley on IIok. John Morlcy Is fond of dogs, espe cially of a diminutive fox-terrier which Is frequently seen at hla heels on tho Thames embankment or In Battersea Park. This recalls tho fact that when in tho heat of u political canvass an opponent denounced Mr. Morley as n dog, tho orator and statesman replied: "I havo known dogs who for fidelity, friendship, affection and devotion would contrast most favorably with somo human beings." . . - w 'w 'PIP MURDER MYSTERIES. SOME CRIMES THAT ARE PUZ ZLING THE OFFICERS. tho Tragedy of the I'nnip Homo May Never He Fully Explained The Death of it laleton Fainter un Unfathoma hto Crltno Other Mynterle. HEN Night Pump er Smith of the Chicago, Burling ton ami Qulncy UW pump stntlon at Psdfc Osceola. Iowa, went to tho pumphouBo tho other night ho found tho lock bad ly battered and broken iind upon opening the door ac found tho llfelcs3 body of n woman lying upon n grain door In tho build ing. Tho body was badly bruised and battered and covered with blood, and tho woman's hat was found lying near by. There was a ghastly wound on her temple nnd ono hnnil badly bruised, ns If crushed In trying to wnrd off u blow. The woman was Mary Gllllllnn, aged about 30 year.,. She camo from Bradford, III., about two weeks before. She was married, but had separated from her husband. She obtnlncd work ns a wnltress In the Howe hotel nnd was seen to leave tho house about 8 o'clock that evening. A waitress In the hotel says bIic heard Mrs. Gllllllnn make an appointment with an unknown man. Tho authorities are In search of a mnn named Wolverton, who Is thought to know something about the crime. The night clrk and a waiter of tho hotel are held under guard ns wit nesses. The womnn leaves one child, a boy of 4 years old. Tho victim was a very attractive looking woman. Mystery of u Deail Mini. Tho body of an unknown man was found under the bushes two miles cast of East Chicago, Intl., tho other day. Thero was nothing on tho body to Identify the man, nor can It be ascer tained who ho Is. There wcro no signs of a struggle and but slight bruises on tho body. Indications aio that the death took place two or three wcuks ngo. Tho man was about 30 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches in height and weighed about 100 pounds. Ho had a light mustache and was clothed well, except that his hat, coat and vest wero missing. Deputy Coroner Crawford re ceived a postal card Inquiry two weeks ago asking If a "dead man had been found under tho bushes," and an effort will be mndo to ascertain the connec tion of tho writer with the decedent. Saginaw Wiiiiriu In Minting, Considerable excitement prevails nt Saginaw, Mich., over the mysterious disappearance of Miss Annie Dawer recently. MIsa Dawer, who Is about 35 years of ago, was guardian nnd com panion to Mrs. Inez Hill Hanley, half sister of Arthur Hill, tho wealthy lum berman of thnt place, which position she had held for nlno years. They had Just returned to Saginaw from Milan, Italy, and Mlsu Dawer hnd been set tling her nffnlrs, hnvlng resigned ns guardian to Mrs. Henley. Tho woman with whom Miss Dawer boarded claims sho left her lodgings in tho best of spirits about 11 o'clock tho day of her disappearance nnd has not since been seen. Foul piny 1b suspected. Sho had considerable money on her person. Murdered Mini l'onnil In the Hay. Tho body of Samuel Martin, a painter, was found floating feet upward in tho bay nt Galveston, Texas, last week. When tho body was landed lt was found that the front of the skull was crushed In by Bomo heavy blunt Instrument, and around tho neck was a rope, to tho end of which was attached a heavy iron grate, indicating that Martin had been murdered, then weighted down nnd thrown overboard. Martin was 40 years old and married. Ho left home Tuesday evening, Dec. 14, saying to his wlfo that ho was going to mako a "stake" for Christmas. He borrowed a boat and had gone out In it. A few SAMUEL MARTIN. days aftorward the boat waB found bot tom up with a holo in it. His wlfo and the public wero of tho opinion that ho had been accidentally drowned. Mar tin was well known tn labor circles, nnd was n mombor of Galveston Painter's union, No. 716. The union Is deter mined to run down his murderer. Tho pollco havo In custody William Hansen, a companion of Martin, who avows his Innocence, Foul Flay Feared, Tho body of MIko Martin, who with his partner, Charley the Swede, disap peared two weeks ngo was found on tho beach near where their boat camo nshoro nt Chnrlovoix, Mich., last wcok. Mnrtln's nose was broken as If by a blow with nn onr and lt Is thought that the Swedo, whoso name is not known, quarreled with Martin and knocked him overboard and then skinned m,f IN lAVVl i.01 III 1 Martin had told friends that ho was afraid his partner would some time WU him. A Woman Murdered nt Memphis Friday morning was ushered In with a horrible murder nt Memphis, Tcnn., Mrs. Frnnk Watson, 25 yenrs of nge, was found dead In her rcsldcnco on Pearco street. Her husband Is under arrest, but has not confessed to tho crime. Watson nnd hla wlfo havo had frequent qunrrels of late. A babo a few months of nge wns found In Its moth er's blood, where it hnd lain all night, A New York Mytery. An Itnllnn stabbing affray Is puzzling the New York police. Antonio Zanone, an Italian barber, was stnbbed and fatally wounded by Lulgl Catnlone, a laborer, In a dark hall of tho tenement house, nt No. 237 Elizabeth street, a lew minutes after midnight tho other morning. Zanono ran a barber shop at No. 10 Spring street. He has been In this country a little over two years. Ho In married, In a member of a number of Italian societies, nnd being haudsomo and prosperous has been regarded ono of the lights of the Italian colony. Zanone spent the evening previous with three friends, who occupied a rear apartment on the third lloor of tho tenement where the stabbing occurred. Shortly before midnight tho four men visited tho saloon In tho basement of the tenement. A few minutes later thoy tcturncd to their rooms and played cards. About ten minutes after 13 o'clock n knock wns heard at tho door. The door being opened, a stranger ap peared and requested a few words with Zanone. Unsuspicious, ho went Into tho ball, which was dark and narrow, clos ing the door after him. In a fow1 ino ANTONIO ZANONE. ments the fricntts were startled by a cry of pain. "By tho Virgin, I am stabbed," came the cry in Italian. The threo fntends lushed Into the hall, to find their com rade unconscious nnd bleeding on the lloor. The strange visitor had disap peared. A policeman was called and tho wounded man was taken to the hospital. It was found thnt his wounds, two in number, deep and jagged, wcro In tho region of tho heart and fatal. After Waterloo. "Never has the Impression which tho sight of Nnpolcon made upon mo at the moment when destiny was nbout to pro nounce between tho world nnd him ceased to be present to mo; his look, once so formidable and piercing, had lost Its strength and even Its steadi ness; his face, which I had often scon, now beaming In kindness, now molded in bronze, had lost all expression and all Its forcible character; his mouth, compressed, contained nono of Its ancient witchery; his very head no longer had ho pose which used to characterize the conquerer of tho world, nnd his gait was as pcrploxlng as his demeanor nnd gestures wero un decided. Everything about him seemed to havo lost its nature nnd to bo brok en up; tho ordinary pallor of his skin wns roplnced by a stronger pronounced greenish tinge which struck me." Mc moires of Ba'-on Thlebault. The l'hlllpiliio IiiHiirroctlou. Tho latest reports from tho Philip plno Islands represent tho Insurrection thero bb rapidly spreading. Tho Insur gents aro estimated at fifty thousand, and thoy havo been reinforced by de sertorB from tho natlvo troops. Tho Spanish captain-general has bocn obliged to withdraw tho garrisons from the smaller Islands, nnd to concentrate them on tho Island of Luzon for tho do fenso of the city of Manila, tho sub urbs of which have been repeatedly raided by Insurgent bands. Spain has decided to send out twenty-flvo thou sand more troops, and until theso rein forcements have reached tho Islands no extensive operations against tho robolg aro probable. Ex. Kxlinuitlnn of Natural lai. Recent statistics show that tho sup ply of natural gas in tho United States foil off one-half from 1888 to 1895. Tho decline has been less In Ohio and In diana than In Pennsylvania, tho prod uct In tho last-named stato being worth moro than nineteen million dollars In 1888, and less than six million dollars In 1895. Owing to the adoption of less wasteful methods, tho falling off has not been bo rapid slnco 1891, but It still amounts to nn avorago declino of fivo per cent overy year. "flrndi," In Iloek. A Now York clergyman who re cently conducted u Sunday morning service on Blackwell's Island learned that thero aro at present fifteen collego graduates wealing tho "stripes" In that penitentiary. Tho present ameer of Afghanistan Is Abdur Rahman Khan, who nscended the throne In 18S0 It Is a little- known fact that Afghanistan once had a Greek emperor, lt being comprised within the limits Of the turrltnrv rnnnnnrwl Y,w j Alexander the Great 1 ii ft I Y i WJws.'ii!!5V ;,wvvew' ZllV, JW-. " "W MMr,i3un.M Jl " tfMftftMXMI " iGrwv iyu-'W''wti..