The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, May 26, 1911, Page 6, Image 6
s THE NORFOLK AVKBKLY NEWS-JOURNAL , FRIDAY , MAY 26 , 1911 , * 1 k. Real Start Come Every Year. tty TOMMY CLARK. "Did you ever notice that baseball marvels appear only onci every live years ? " said n prominent National league bum-bull man recently to the writer. "It may HOIMII facetious , but nevertheless Is tnuJust go back over the list and you will see thnt there IIIIVL-bi'i-n but two extraordinary players developed during this space of time , and one of them Is n pitcher. "My point 1 ( easily taken and to my way of thinking Is cosily proved. These last flvo years both men have gone to nnd been developed In the American league. Ono of them Is Walter John son of Washington , that marvelous pitcher nnd perhaps the greatest of this year nnd former years. The oth er player Is Ty Uobb of Detroit. The half dccndo from 1000 to 1005 brought out Pitcher Ed Walsh of the White Sox nnd Second Bnsemnn John ny Evora of the Cubs. I would like to Include Pitchers Mnthowson of the Giants , but really bellevo thnt Ed Walsh tops him. You see , he hasn't the club behind him that the other I I > two follows havo. It takes a lot of I' ' pitching to win a game for the Sox , especially last year nnd the ono bo- fore. "To return to Johnson ho never was heard of until Joe Cautlllon signed htm up. Straight from the deserts of Idaho ho lugged Walter , and Johnson lias been a star ever since. Ho hns not got what you call a marvelous team behind him , but his winning average is close to .500 , and ho has worked in a big lot of games too. "Cobb , Speaker , Lnjolo and the other magnificent bnttcrs of the Amcrlcnn league Hud him n hard proposition to face. Pat Dougherty and Billy Sulli van of the Chicago Americans , who nro pretty fine sluggers , cannot do any thing but whiff when they get up against Johnson. "Lots of the time he doesn't need many curves. Ills straight fast ball is enough to bafllo most of the batters. In a series with the White Sox in Washington last summer I don't think ho threw fifteen curve balls the whole game. But when ho has to he can put on every kind of dress that a ball can stand. "Thcro Is no need telling of the mer its of Ty Cobb. Ho has figured in countless column baseball stories. It's n cold day when some kind of layout yan't be woven around Tyrus. " ( L [ During the discussion several took ' "exception to the baseball man's rp- rmarks. They claimed that ho was unfair ; that If ho counted in only two players every five years that would make about fourteen players of that caliber since the National league open I'B ed."That's "That's not the point , " continued the "baseball man. "I wanted to figure In nhe real , top notch , amazing stars. They don't come any faster than that. Before Walsh nnd Evers In that gen eration from 1805 to 1000 I would in clude Lnjole of Cleveland and Wagner of Plttsburg. Others whom I would place in the list are Comlskey , Clark- son. Kelly , Jennings , Anson and Rod bourne. "I don't mean this as any knock against the other players. It's the same as classifying the great actors or the great presidents. I don't think Sir Henry Irving would have Justice done him If you compared another tragic actor of good ability with him. Sir Ucnry was a star of the tirst mag nitude , just as Walter Johnson and Cobb are In their profession. " The baseball man has failed to men tion Johnny McGraw and Willie Kee- ler. The former was one of the great est third basemen that ever lived , while Kcelrr was a great outfielder , a wonderful batter and ono of the speedi est base runners baseball ever pro duced. As for Christy Mathewson. his equal as a pitcher will probably never be found. For twelve seasons he has been doing mound duty , and today hc > is still without a superior. Johnson l n marvel , nnd so Is Walsh , but Mntty outclnsscs them. Johnson mny or mny not surpass Mnthewson In ycnrs to tome , but he will hnve to go some to do It It Is mainly through Matty's great work In tlu > box that the Giants ! have been so well up In the race for years. B Then how about Eddie Collins , the 1 Athletics * second baseman ? He is a wonderful batter , base runner and one of the brainiest young men that ever Appeared on the diamond. And there is still another Ilussell Ford of the New York Americans. Today he Is the peer of all spitball twlrlers. and In another season he will stand the heavy bitters of tils h-ague on their heads. When going over the list of great bnlPplnyortt one cannot leave out Fret Clarke. Sbow us one left fielder thnt hns anything on the Pirates' manager In nny way. How about Hal Chase ? A more spectacular first baseman nev er appeared In baseball. There Is nn way of figuring out how often wonder ful ball players mny pop up. There mny be one this season. Who knows ? So He Kills Them Both. Louisville , Ky. , May 20. Spllttlnf the skulls of two negro women with an axe , while they slept today , Mat thew Kelly , a negro , addressed a note to the police confessing the crime When arrested Matthews said the wo men had been trilling with him ant thnt he killed them for revenge. MORE FISH COMING. State Commissioner O'Brien Hen With His Fish Car. State Fish Commissioner W. J O'Brien , in his fish car , was in th ( city Friday afternoon with many fisl for trout streams in northeast Nobrns ka. Deputy Game Warden A. F Stearns met Mr. O'Brien at the dope and the warden declared that ho wouli return to Norfolk next Tuesday with t good many line bullheads for this vl clnlly. Among the fish In the car wen four cans of fish for Howolls ; six can : of trout for Anoka ; six cans of trou for St Charles , and some trout anc channel catfish for O'Neill and trou streams In other parts of Holt county / i Varden Stearns received from the fish ar a fine collection o ( gold fish which 10 has on display In his olfico. The hoop nut placed below the mill am to catch game fish , to bo trans- erred to upper Northfork river , has ) con practically destroyed by musk- nts and Mr. Stearns has replaced It vlth a wire net. State Warden O'Urlon reports that the fish department has ? 1,000 more pproprlntlon this year as the result of the new fishing laws. OH , YOU BACHELORS ! Black Haired Missouri Girl Wants Somebody to Write to Her. With the arrival In Norfolk of straw- icrrlos from Missouri nro also arrlv- ng the names of the berry pickers , written on boxes of the fruit. Paul Zuolow , cashier of the Nebraska Na- tonal bank , is in receipt of a case of berries from Neosho , Mo , On ono of ho berry boxes was written the fol- owing note : "Myrtle Horton , route 5 , box 9 , Noo- slio , Mo. Black , hair , black eyes. An swer by some nice young follow , an swer quick. " Mr. Zuolow put the berry box on exhibition In the bank's offices for , the nspcctlon of other Norfolk bachelors. The Program for Memorial Day Here. Mathewson post , G. A. R. , has Issued the following Memorial day program : Contributions of flowers are solicit ed to be loft at the G. A. R. hall early u the morning of Memorial day. Old soldiers , members of Mnthowson post nnd Woman's Relief Corps will neot at G. A. R. hall at 9 a. in. to ar range flowers , and be In readiness to ake conveyances to the cemetery which will be provided by the post ommlttee on conveyances. Procession will form at 10 a. m. on Norfolk avenue In the following order : Mayor and council. Norfolk band. Company D , Nebraska national guards. Mathewson G. A. R. post , old sol diers and Spanish-American war vet erans. Mathewson Woman's Relief Corps. Norfolk Landwehr Vereln. Norfolk fire department Civic societies. The procession will move at 10:30 : , marching west to Thirteenth street , hence north to Prospect Hill ceme- ory , and on arriving there will form n open order around the soldiers' lot , where the following exercises will be icld : Music by the band. Reading the names of the dead by he adjutant. Services from the G. A. R. ritual. Dirge by the band. Firing of salute by Company D. "Taps , " by the bugler of Company D. Post Commander Parks will make a detail to decorate the graves of old soldiers In other cemeteries , and dele gations of the post and Woman's Re lief Corps will proceed to decorate the graves of deceased members and old soldiers , which will each be desig nated by a small flag , and this will close the exercises In the cemetery. Afternoon Exercises. Mnthewson G. A. R. post and Wo man's Relief Corps will meet at G. A. R. hall at 2 p. m. and march to the First Methodist Episcopal church , where the exercises will begin at 2-30. Order of Exercises. Singing by choir , led by Prof. Solo mon. Invocation. Reading Lincoln's Gettysburg ad dress. Singing by the choir. Memorial day address by Hon. Wil lis E. Reed of Madison. Singing , "America , " led by choir In which all will join. Benediction. Committees for Memorial Day. Flowers Mathewson Woman's Re lief Corps. Marking Graves Wldaman and Me- Ginnis. Decorating Church and Hall Com mander Parks. Music Matrau. Conveyances Byerly and Beswick. Public Schools Exercises. On Friday , May 26 , all old soldiers are requested to visit the schools at 1:30 : p. m. Teachers and children alike always delight to honor the survivors of the war of 18G1 to 1865 , the men who risk ed their lives for the preservation of the union , and these men should by their presence In the school rooms on the Friday before Memorial day mani fest their interest In the work of the schools. This is also a compliance with orders from the national and de partment commanders. Memorial Sunday Services. On Sunday , May 28 , members of Mnthewson G. A. R. post and Woman's Relief Corps and all old soldiers will meet at G. A. R. hall at 10 a. m. and march In a body to the First Meth odlst Episcopal church and attend dl vine exercises conducted by the pas tor , the Rev. Mr. Klrkpatrlck. It IE expected that Company D , N. N. G. will act as escort on that occasion. Invitation. All city ofllcers and organizations mentioned In this program are respect fully requested to arrange to take c part in carrying out this order of ex services for Memorial day without fur ther notice or invitation from the Grand Army post. By order o the post Samuel N. Parks , Commander. H. C. Matrau , Adjutant SATURDAY SIFTINGS. Mrs. H. H. Mohr of Pierce was t visitor in the city. J. C. Larkln returned from a bust ness trip to Niobrara. Edward Mnrotz of Hosklns Is In the city visiting with friends. J. M. Covert returned from a busl ness trip to Elgin and Oakdale. R. F. Schiller returned from a few days' business trip at Sioux City ant Omaha. Kx-Scnator W. V. Allen of Madison s In the city transacting business. Mrs. L. E. Eminerson of Lincoln Is visiting nt the A , L. Kllllnii homo. F. M. Hunter returned from Omaha , . vhuro ho attended the funeral of his lopliow. Mrs. Ktnll Moollor hns gene to Head quarters , Nob. , to spend a week with relatives. W. A. Wltzlgmnn has returned from Mt Vcrnon , In. , where ho visited with ils daughter. Mrs. Dan Blue returned from two weeks' visit with her sisters at Lincoln and with her parents at Wahoo. R. Y , Hyde , who has direct charge of the underground wire work here , ms gene to Fremont to spend Sunday with relatives. Mrs. Henry Breltingor of West Point is in the city visiting with her slstors , Mrs. Louise Asmus and Mrs. Augusta Rudat Prof. August Stoffen has returned from St. Louis , where ho attended a convention of the ministers and teach ers' association. Miss Inez Vlele , who has boon tendi ng school at Niobrara , has returned homo. Miss Vielo wl'l ' spend the sum mer with her parents , Mr. and Mrs. A. 11. viPle. Next fall she will attend the state university. Merrill A. Scott has accepted a po sition in the Northwestern freight de pot. pot.Miss Miss Eva Wllloy hns nccepted a po sition as bookkeeper In the Bee Hive store. Herbert Wlchman is back at work at the postofilce after a fifteen days' va cation leave. M , W. Case , who has been confined : o his homo for the past week , Is again able to be at work. R' . B. McKlnnoy Is suffering from a small wound on his foot which has be come infected. Damascus chapter , No. 25 , R. A. M. , will meet this evening at 8 o'clock for work In the M. M. M. , P. M. and M. E. M. degrees. After a good practice Friday after noon , the Norfolk baseball team held a business meeting in the C. H. Kruhn tailor shop. Ferdinand Culmsee has sold his property at Decorah , la. , and has come : o Norfolk to make his home with his son , Dr. C. L. Culmsee. Miss Luree Evans was 8 years old Saturday and a company of little friends spent the afternoon with her : o help her celebrate. John Koenlgsteln , Dr. Mlttolstadt and W. F. Hall returned from a suc cessful fishing expedition on , the Elk- liorn , south of the city. The young ladles of the Dorcas so ciety of the Congregational church had a picnic supper on the chautauqua rounds Monday evening. Funeral services over the remains of the Infant sou of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Heckman took place Friday afternoon. The baby died at 3 o'clock Thursday morning. Accompanied by a quartet and man dolin club , a large number of young men made a trip up the Norfolk , where they enjoyed refreshments and music Friday evening. A. H. Vlele is In receipt of an invi tation to attend the sixth annual com mencement exercises of the Kearney , Neb. , normal school , which begin May 21 and end on Mny 25. Jack Sullivan received a telegram from New York City Friday notifying him that he Is matched for a fight at New Haven , Conn. , in July. Jack will probably go east to train. Chief Game Warden Miller of Lin coln was In the city Friday Investigat ing some matters pertaining to the stealing of fish from the net put in the Northfork below the mill dam. Thomas McConnelly , the Hastings sewing machine repairer who has been working on the streets to pay off his ? 7-10 fine for being drunk , became ill and was released by Judge Elseley. McConnelly left the city. The tailors ball team has accepted the challenge of the barbers team for a return game. The tailors deny the report that In the first game between these two teams they used some of the regular members of the Norfolk team. Norfolk and Elgin will meet on the driving park diamond Sunday after noon. The Norfolk players have been looking to this game with great pleas ure. Manager Stafford and Secretary Hulac both declare that Elgin has a good lineup and that the locals will not have as easy a time as they did with Stanton last Tuesday. The new uniforms will be displayed by the local team. team.Workmen Workmen laying the conduits for the underground wiring of the Ne braska Telephone company hnvo reached the underground work of the Norfolk Long Distance Telephone com- pany. On Norfolk avenue the former company's conduits are being laid above those of the Independent com pany. It Is not believed that the ex cavators will again cross the Indepen dent conduits In the extensive work. O'Neill Frontier : W. L. Shoemaker came up from Norfolk last Tuesday evening and spent Wednesday visiting his family in this city. Bill took his string of horses to Norfolk last week and Is working them out upon the track there , getting them In shape for the fall racing campaign. Bill says he has a good string of horses and will be able to throw dirt in the face of more than one driver In this circuit this season. The members of the board of edu cation are having a bard time In fixing a permanent date for a special meet ing at which to elect a now superin tendent to fill the vacancy made by the resignation of Superintendent F. M. Hunter. A special meeting was to have been held last Thursday , but some members of the board found It .impossible to be present It Is be lieved a special meeting will be called next week. Another application for the position was received by the board today. Donald and Charles Bridge , students of the Culver ( Ind. ) military academy , sons of C. S. Bridge of this city , have I- been offered a place In the Annapolis naval academy by Uncle Sam. It Is not believed the Norfolk boys will ac cept the opportunity. Mr. Bridge says that ho has wired nn objection to his turns going to Annapolis. Donald Drldgo will graduate this year , but It Is not known just what business he will take up. Recently ho was offered a position In a South Dakota banking house. Charles Bridge will not return to Culver next year. Ho will probably attend the Nebraska state university. Two runaways caused a bit of ex citement on Norfolk avenue at 8 o'clock Saturday morning. Two mules attached to a wagon , owned by I. T. Cook , made a spectacular dash down Norfolk avenue , but after having run about three blocks the driver secured perfect control over the animals. The wagon was loaded with coal. Flvo minutes later the Cook wagon was fol lowed by a farmer's wagon drawn by two heavy horses , The animals made record time going east on Norfolk av enue. When the culvert covering the underground ditch on Third street was reached , the neokyokes broke and the horses were turned loose from the wagon. The farmer retained his grasp on the rolns for only an Instant , when the horses made their escape , going one way , and the wagon , by Us own force rolled on its wheels for about a block. The farmer was not Injured. To Tell of Armistice. Nogales , Sonora , Mox. , May 20. Provisional Gov. Bonllla of SInaloa ar rived here today ns special envoy from Francisco I. Made'ro and proceed ed southward to Heruiosillo to notify the revolutionists that an armistice had been proclaimed. The train sent out over the Southern Pacific road got only as far as Querbabl , 175 kilometers south of here , and Boullla may not be able to reach Hcrmoslllo. M'ALEER BOOSTS MILAN. Manager of Washingtons Says His Out fielder Has No Equal In Big Leagues. "The greatest outfielder In the coun try today Is Olyde Milan. " says Jim McAleer. manager of the Washington ! ) "Milan Is a real wonder , and 1 would not trade him for any outfielder In the big leagues , lie covers more ground than any mini 1 know of. is a sure catch and does something sensational In almost every game , lie hasn't got , a weakness tie has made half a dozen seemingly Impossible catches this sea- HOU , catches that no other man In the s % Photo Iry American Press Association , CLYDE MILAN , WASHINGTON'S CIUOK OUT- FIKLDEU. world would have made. I am proud of Milan and predict that It won't be long before he is classed with the great luininnrles of the game. Moreover , he Is batting well , nnd that adds to his value. 1 wish I had two more out- Holders of his caliber. If I had the Nationals would make nil the teams step lively to win a game from us. " HOLBEIN WILL TRY-AGAIN. Famous Swimmer to Make Last Effort to Cross English Channel. Montague Holbein , who has several times almost accomplished the swim ming of the English channel , will make one last effort next summer. He has learned a now leg stroke by which ho not only hopes to increase his pace , but also to lessen the strain on his stam the "northern kick" ina. It Is called and offers an absolute minimum of re sistance to the water when the legs are being drawn Into a position for a kicking. Its motion increases the speed , nnd there is not nearly the satuo fatlguo resulting. Rebel Violates Armistice. Mexico City , May 22. In the name of peace , Gen. Ambroslo Figueroa , took possession of Cuernavaca , which was deserted Just before dawn by Col. Mungula nnd his little force of less than 200 men. Technically violating the terms of the armistice by moving his forces , the rebel leader Justifies his action by the statement that he entered the state's cnpltnl solely for the purpose of maintaining order. BANDIT LOSES EAR IT FITS. Bold Holdup Gets Worst of Encounter With Italian Laborer. Omaha , May 22. The victim of the holdup man was In the police sur geon's room to have his few scratches treated. Ho proudly exhibited the ear of his nsstUlnnt , which he had bit ten off. OIllccr McCnbo brought In a man for treatment whoso right orgnu of hearing had just been removed. The police put two nnd two together and ns the result Nick Lovntn , believed the author of numerous stlckups In Omahn , Is charged with highway rob bery. I The cnr fitted exactly. ABANDONS PAROLE FOR PRISON LIFE. Convict Rival of Durbank Voluntarily Return ! to Penitentiary. Tired of his lone tight against temp tation nnd anxious to sec the old fa miliar faces of his former friends nnd associates caused "Sinbnd the Sailor , " whose true name is Charles Price , to return voluntarily to the state prison nt Stlllwatcr , Minn. While in prison ho acquired fame as n rival of Burbnnk. lie succeeded in producing mammoth lemons by grafting grapefruit upon lemon trees. Ono of his lemons weighed forty-eight ounces and had a maximum circumfer ence of nineteen and a half inches. Since his parole was granted him on Aug. 1 , lf)10 ) , Price has been working ns n gardener. He told the prison authorities that temptation was too much for him. and lit fear of break ing his parole he returned to the prison. It was bis custom to Journey once n month to the Stlllwatcr prison , where for nineteen years he bad been n pris oner. The pleasure ho derived from ( those visits , the authorities soy , made him reluctant to leave. Price was convicted of the murder of n fellow tramp whom he killed with n pickax In North St. Paul. He was sent to the state prison for lifo on Dec 1U , 1S90. The pardon board on July K ! . 1010. commuted his sentence to thirty years. Having served nineteen years Price was eligible to parole , and this was granted him Aug. 10. Under his commutation he still has two years of his sentence to serve nt the penitentiary before he can be dis charged a free man without the re straint of n parole. TO TEST CANCER CURE. Students Willing to Be Inoculated With tha Disease. Seventeen students of Dr. Charles lf. Simon of Baltimore , whose experi ments on cancer cover a number of years , have offered themselves as sub jects to test a cure which has yielded results when applied to animals. These students have been associated with Dr. Simon and are willing to take the risk. They have assisted him dur ing the months he has carried on his Investigation , and now that it has reached a stage where further develop ments with animals seem to be un promising the students have ottered themselves. The offer came as n great surprise to Dr. Simon , and ho was deeply affected by It. In speaking about the Incident he said : "I understand how much nn offer like thnt means from my stu dents. They have made a study of medicine and know exactly the terri ble chances they would be taking. Once they are thoroughly Inoculated with the cancer germ If the euro fail ed , for It Is only nn experiment , the disease would have to take its course. It was a noble offer , and I appreciate the confidence expressed by It , but 1 cannot now take the risk. " DIVORCE A LA MODE. White See Wife Off For Europe at They Agree to Disagree , Because she does not like Cincinnati and her husband doesn't like Paris Mrs. Archibald S. White , formerly Olive Celeste Moore of the Bostonlans , sailed for Europe after accepting serv ice In a suit for divorce begun by her husband in Ohio on the ground of de sertion and neglect. Mr. nnd Mrs. White appeared to be on the most friendly terms when they parted after being married sixteen years. While in Now York awaiting the day of sailing they stopped at the Hotel Plaza , she occupying a parlor , bedroom nnd bath on the twelfth floor , while her hus band had n bedroom , with bath , 6n the same floor , but not adjoining. Mr. White went down to see the ship off. Mrs. White said that , while she and Mr. White were good friends , she would not live In Cincinnati and he , on the other hand , would not live in Paris , where it was essential , on ac count of her artistic temperament , she said , for her to reside. The couple were married at St. Cloud. Minn. , in 1895 , when Mrs. White was n light opera singer. She has lived for several years in Paris. It Is reported among their friends that the divorce suit has been brought by Mr. White because he wishes to marry , another woman who will bo content to live In Cincinnati nnd thnt that was the reason he recently bought the Alexander McDonald mansion , one of the show places of that city , where ho Is rated ns n millionaire. Mr. White holds the contract for n $30,000,000 railroad terminal in Clncln D _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Lynch Commencement. Lynch , Neb. , May 22. Special to The News : The commencement exor cises hold hero for the graduating class of the Lynch high school were a decided success. Dr. S. W. Stookoy , president of Bellevue college , deliv ered the address to the class. Ills theme was "Education nnd Citizenship - ship , " on which ho made a very strong and Inspiring talk. Miss Ada Mill- hair's oration on "Tho Mental and Moral Wealth of the United Stales" was received with great applause nnd appreciation. Other creditable num bers were a solo by Miss Sabln of Spencer , Nob. , nnd the excellent mu sic by the orchestra. The graduating class and the Instructors nro to ho congratulated on this crowning event of n successful school year. Fred Wurtz Is adding to the slzo of his blacksmith shops , In which ho will install a garage. FOUR GLASSES OF BE R , NO MORE , FOR WOMEN. Fifth Usually Make * Them Foollth , Say * . Doiton Barmaid. "Four glasses of beer nrc enough for the ttverngo wonmn , for they nrc nil she can Btnml without becoming fool- Ulj , A woiunn needs to drink , Jimt ns a mnn doet ) , but sue must remember thnt she en n't ntnnd nn much , because Uio loiiKcr tlio hulr the Hhortcr the sense. " So declares Mrs. Christiana Berres- helm , who nt seventy-six still tends bar in her own saloon nnd la the old- eat barmaid in Massachusetts and the only ono In Uoston. "I thlnlc I ought to know n lot about " said Kerroshelm "for drinking , Mrs. , I've had a saloon hero many years. 1 hear people talk of how to tell when a man Is intoxicated. A man in Intoxi cated when ho talks loud and swears nnd neb ) foolish and when be wants to fight. I've got a motto on the wall which says , 'If you want to tight Join the army. ' "I have n rule about women , and I have found it works all right. If any woman comes in hero for lunch and asks for a fifth glass of beer I refusu to sell it to her If I do not know her. There are a few women I know who can talus a glass of whisky and then maybe sK or seven glasses of beer without being foolish , but they are few. "If a woman works hard , say , scrub bing doors or washing clothes , n drink docs her good , but she ought to re member that she cannot drink as much as n man , because a mnn has got n better head. " Tha International Insurrection. In Mexico from morning until nlsht Ho led tlio Irisurrectos in the fight. Shouting , "Viva llbeitniU" All thi ; ucnpons thnt lie hud Were baseball bats and Htlcki of dyna mite1 At wlocking brlilRos ho wim surely great. Me tore up every railroad In the state. Oh. a patriot was ho. Although he turned out to be An Amotlc.in and Harvard grnduate ! Here's another Insurrccto boldly swoops Down upon a body of federal troops. He Illli-d them with affright. And he smote them left and right. And while he lights , ho wildly yells and \ \ hnop < i H < " surely understands the lighting game , And nilo.uly he ban wet ) a lasting fame. At uiatn'tivor or at rally He Is ono grand hot tannle , And Giuseppe Carlbaldl Is his name. One morning when the lighting all was done And the troops wer < > cheering for the vic tory won Stretched out upon the sand With a bi-.ber In his hand They found their leader lying In the sun. Ho was only slightly wounded In the knee , Bo they carried him until they found a tree. Ijild him In a shady place. Washed the dual from off his face , And he proved to be Matsuro Hoklchl. When wo read of the exploits of comrade * thtee We did not even guess who they could be ; But , like the musketeers Whose memory endears , They are noted for their skill and brav ery. But the news we got from Mexico one day Told us how they came oft victors In tha fray. How they battled side by side By the Rio Grande's tide. And we found their names were Kelly , Burke and Shea. Richard Unthlcum In New York World. KEELER HAD NOVEL HIT AND RUN SIGN. "Talk about hit and run signs. " says George Morinrty , the Detroit third baseman , "Willie Kceler hnd one thnt was sure a peach. When Willie was with the Now York team ho took advantage of the two Initials 'NY and 'Y. ' You know , often after you give the sign'you call J It off. Well , when Willie want- J J cd to hand out .tlio sign be would rub one hand across the 'Y. , ' meaning 'Yes. ' and when be wanted to call it off he would rub his hand across the 'N , , ' meaning 'No. ' " < f > < jxj $ TY COBB IS WEARY. Detroit's Great Star Says He Is Tired of Hero Worship. Ty Cobb is tired of hero worship. This may seem unbelievable , but we have Tyrus' own statement to back it up. At a banquet in Monroe , La. , this spring , where the Tigers trained , the Detroit star was called upon to make a speech and said , among other things : "It Is very embarrassing to me to be singled out ns the ono bright star on the Detroit team. These gentlemen ( pointing to his teammates ) are just as much entitled to praise as I am. It takes a number of players to make a team. The Detroit team has several great stars , and I would like to see them have their share of praise. This hero worship makes me tired. " Wrestler Olsen to Retire. Charley Olsen. the Indianapolis wrestler , will retire from the mat game at the end of the present sea son nnd will devote himself entirely to his business interest * . Great Shipbuilding Dock * . The Mitsubishi dockyards nro the greatest and most prominent In the Japanese shipbuilding world. Vessels of over 13,000 tons can bo built there The two floating docks are ahlo to ac commodate vessels of 12,000 and 7,000 tons respectively. Besides shipbuild ing the yards manufacture steam mo tor engines and other machinery. ELLIOTT STILL IN RACE. Senator Gamble Believes Taft Will Fill Vacancy this Week , Washington , Mny ill ! . Bonator ( lam- bio expressed tlio belief thnt the presi dent would fill the vacancy on the district federal bench In South Da kota the latter part of this wook. Mr. , ( lamblo bolloves that Jiunos 1) . Hlllott of Aberdeen , will ho named. Attorney General Wlckorsham will re turn to Washington next Wednesday. Senator Gamhlo Is of the opinion thnt the president will then confer with Mr. Wlckorsham relative to tno mat ter nnd make his selection without further delay. TURN TO TEAAND COCOA. _ Americans Drinking Leu Coffo * Be cause of High Prices. That ninny Americans have been turned to the greater use of ten nnd cocoa by the prevailing high priced of ; coffee is Indicated by the imports of those three commodities. Imports of tea and cocon for the fiscal year ending - ing June .10 next bid fair to bo the largest in the history of America's im port trade. Coffee , which Is showing the highest Import prices since 1807 , hns fallen In the Imports. Since last July thcro have beou Imported tM4,000,000 pounds , n full hundred million less than was used In this country during the cor responding time last year. N At the present rate of Importation it Is probable that the tea Imports will aggregate 115,000,000 pounds , and cocoa will exceed MO.000,000 pounds. The bureau of statistics of the depart ment of commerce and labor estimates that the average Import prlco of cof fee this year Is 10 cents n pound against 7 cents last year. SOME FACTS ABOUT THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY. The Standard Oil company , . which the supreme court of the I United States has Just declared to bo an Illegal trust , has n I capital stock of $110,000.000 , of which $100,000,000 Is common nnd $10.000,000 Is preferred. It Is supposed to have a surplus of about $500,000,000. The cash assets of the com pany , according to the last an nual report , were about $388 a sharp. TIu-.se assets do not In clude the value of the company's oil above ground , which Is fig ured nt $ . ' ! 00OCO,000. or about $300 a share , so that In actual liquidation the value of the Standard Oil stock would be about $ < kSS a share. The company has 8,000 miles of trunk pipe line , 75,000 miles of feeders and controls 70 per cent of the refining business of the country , having twenty-two refineries , each with a dally ca pacity of from 15,000 to 30,000 barrels. It has erected and maintains II oil supplies In nearly -1,000 staJ tlons throughout the United , ' ' . States , holds 80,000,000 barrels of oil continually In reserve and requires ! ( .00 ( ) tank cars and 5,000 tank wagons to handle ini tial domestic distribution. More than one-half of the com pany's ri ttm > d products Is con- ! suined abroad , 200 vessels , In- [ ' II eluding sixty ocean tank steamI I ers. being engaged In transport- * II Ing Its products , and this for- > \ elgn business hns brought to ' , II this country more than $1,000- I 000.000 of foreign gold. The company employs 70.000 i ; men. has n payroll of $150.000 n I day and in forty years of cor- II pornte existence hns had no la- II bor troubles. SOUTH DAKOTA AT A GLANCE. L. L. Stephens was elected mayor of Pierre at a special election. A meeting of the state bond com mission wll be held at Pierre on May 29. The hearing of the railroad commis sion on telephone matters at Tyndall will he held June 1. Arthur Taylor , of Mitchell , was bound over to the grand Jury on the charge of carrying concedled weapons. All the Jury cases to come up before the May term In Beadle county have been disposed of and the Jury hns been excused. Gov. Vessey hns signed an ordei transferring John Moyott from the state penitentiary at Sioux Falls to the Insane nsylum at Yankton. The old wooden building at Pierre formerly used by the Presbyterian uni versity , but recently utilized as a de tention hospital , was burned. The Geddes Commercial club and citizens arc making arrangements to properly celebrate the Fourth of July About $1,000 In cash has already been raised. , The county seat contest In the now county of Mcllottc , to bo organized next week , promises to bo a warm ono between Wood , White Rlvor and Ognllaln. Fire of unknown origin started In the Pndley hotel nt Geddes nnd for a short time It looked llko the line building was lost. It Is thought the damage will bo about $400. The now lands in the Lommon dis trict for taxation this ycnr will run close to 400,000 acres in the counties of Perkins nnd Harding , where many claims hnvo been proved up. George P. Soxnuor , of Brooklngs , and nil buildings , except a granary and 'shoep ' shed , which were farther removed , were a total loss. Articles of Incorporation have been filed with the state department for the Farmers' State bank of Lily , Day county , with a capital stock of $10,000. James Anderson , L. S. Westby and C. YJ A. FosBum are among the Incorporat- ors.