IN THE WORLD OF SPORT
Fourth Annual Amateur Shooting Tonrna-
meat Takes Place Next Week.
FOOT BALL SEASON WILL SOON BE HERE
Intrrnntlminl Kent Ilnll I *
Tnlkcd tin n llcniilt of tlic ltccnt
Aincrlcnn Trnclc
Athlcllo Sltortn.
After tlie friendly relations brought about
between the athletes of Enpland and America
by the. dual meet between Yale and Harvard
nnJ Catnbrlgo and Oxford , a series of In
ternational atliletlc games l likely to bo
established between the students of the
English Institutions and the students of Old
1311 and John Harvard.
At present there Is considerable- of a
tram of foot ball players being chosen from
Oxford and Cambridge visiting America this
fait and playing n norlca of games not only
with Ynlo and Harvard , but If possible with
Pennsylvania , Princeton and Cornell , The
games would have to lie played under special
rules which would bo drawn up from the
American coflcgo rules and the English
nugby rules. Englishmen now regard foot
ba.11 In a light quite equal to cricket , and
the attendance at a game of the winter
sport often runs Into 30,000 to 40,000. Only
last year nt the Crystal palace , In London ,
n crowd of over 80,000 attended to witness
the .final struggle for the English cup. On
this side wo have had 45,000 out to a Yale-
Princeton foot ball gnmo In New York.
The Exposition directors have arranged
some running races for several days during
the coming week to help entertain the largo
crowd of visitors which Is expected on ac
count of the various excursions. These will
probably draw much better than the harness
performers have , as there has been scarcely
a corporal's guard out to these races. Dut
the Jumpers always were better favorites
with the Omaha people. The card as ar
ranged Is as follows :
Tuesday , August 29 One-half mlle dash ,
purao $50 ; five-eighths mile repeat.purse $75 ;
three-fourths mile dash , purse $50 ; sevcn-
clEhtha mlle dash , purse $75.
Thursday , August 31 One-half mlle re
peat , purse $50 ; five-eighths mlle dash , purse
$50 ; ouo-mllo novelty , $25 for each quarter ,
purs a $100 ; one-half mlle dash for 2-year-
olds , purse $50.
' Saturday , September 2 Seven-eighths mile
dasll ) purse $75 ; ono and one-half mlle
Greater America Exposition derby , $200 ;
consolation purao for non-winners , one-half
mlle and repeat , purse $50 ; three-eighths
mlle < laah , purse $50.
The conditions are : Entrance fee 6 per
cent of purse and 5 per cent additional
from money winners , all races to go If the
'day la fair regardless of condition of track.
All entries to close night before the race
at 7 o'clock.
Money divided CO , 30 and 10 per cent , five
to enter and three to start.
Jockey's , license of $1 will be charged.
No 'Jockeys allowed to ride unless dressed
tn uniform.
Electric lights have been placed around
the track and night races will be run shortly.
The foot ball eeaeon will soon bo upon us
and already the moro enthusiastic are out
In. their canvas suits getting a start on
preliminary work. Locally the Young
Men's Christian association has taken the
Initiative In this matter and Athletic Di
rector Barnes Is putting the boyo through
setting-up exercises and other well known
developers at the association park three
times a week on Monday. Wednesday and
.Friday.
Many of the High school boys are taking
advantage of this work and are practicing
. quite faithfully In anticipation of thp Inrgu
number of games which Manager AVhlpple
has arranged for the'team ' this fall. They
bave nlrcady nine games scheduled for the
homo grounds.
The High School league should bo con
tinued , as nothing can do moro to promote
foot ball than the spirit of rivalry which Is
engendered by a league. When a team la
In a league playing for some sort of a pen
nant , the members know where they stand
and there is some"satisfaction at the close
of tbo season.
On the other hand , If a team plays "any9
old team" that comes along It might wln <
nearly all the games and by chance lot > o
ono that will make the whole season look
unscatlsfactory. There Is sonfb considerable
chance In n game of foot ball , and the best
uystom la to have a league , and then It
porchnnco luck should bo against you for
ono game you could retrieve lost honors by
winning from the other clubs , and thus
show your superiority over the club which
bad beaten you by chance. The teams here
abouts are well situated for the formation of
a High School league , as the railroad fare
Is small and expenses can easily bo paid at
every game.- The expense of bringing a
team from Tckamah or Lincoln to Omaha
Is not over $35 , and twice tuls amount can
easily bo taken In at the gate.
Incoln , Teknmah , Plattsmouth , Red Oak ,
Council niuffe , Blair , Omaha and others are
figuring on having teams and they should
all get together and arrange some sort at
a schedule ,
George Sheild has been elected principal
of the AHhlnnd High school , and ho ought
to bo nblo to remove the prejudices which
exist Uiero against the game and to put a
team In the field such as Ashland formerly
turned out. Ashland should have a team In
the league , as it bad once the strongest
High eehool team In this vicinity. Ashland
should not retrograde In this manly sport ,
The Young Men's Christian association
park in Omaha la admirably suited for foot
ball , slnco the bleachers have boon torn
down , and the grounds can run lengthwise
In front ot the grandstand. The lawn and
Nebraska gaino will probably be played on
thrao grounds at Thanksgiving time.
"Any ono In search of clean-cut sport of
various descriptions , who enjoys the excite
ment of clever , professional boreo racing or
Is Interested In scientific boxing , will miss
a grand opportunity It he doesn't epend the
week of September 12 to 18 In Sioux City , "
said Icn Powers , the well known promoter
of sporting affairs , whoso acquaintance extends -
tends throughout the entire middle west.
Mr. Powers was down from Sioux City vis
iting his Omaha friends and telling the boys
about the big race meeting to be held there
the middle of next month.
"It will bo the biggest event ot the kind
ever held In this part of the country , " ho
said , "It la primarily a race meet , but
there will bo other features added which
will make the affair one of Interest to the
sporting man , whatever his special Inclina
tion may be. Such horses as Gentry ,
Patchcn mul other noted animals will be
entered on the circuit and some elegant
purses have been hung up for the various
events. In the evenings , during the time
the event Is running , there will be grand
fistic carnivals In the opera house , and we
have n number of clever boxers who will
Klvo exhibitions of the manly art. I have
been fortunate In securing Patsy Fnllon , the
celebrated local connoisseur of the fistic art ,
to rcferca the contests , and you may depend
upo'n It that everything will bo pulled often
on the square. "
Powers' glowing reports of the meeting
has aroused moro than usual Interest on tluo
part of Omaha's Sporting fraternity and It
Is quite likely that special rates and trains
will bo arranged to accommodate the
Omaha contingent who will want to at
tend the various events.
I The fourth annual amateur ehootltig
tournament will bo held on the grounds
across the river September 5 , C and 7 ,
under the auspices of the club. Much In
terest Is being taken In this , as all the
amateurs arc given a chance/ and don't have
to compete with the cracks of the Pormodee
cariber. The club will add $400 cash
money besides considerable merchandise ,
which will be given by the different firms
Interested In this class of sport. The pro
grams 'will be out next Wednesday.
After next Thursday all the owls , curlews -
lows and plover which the better class ot
restaurants have been serving , will turn
Into plain prairie chickens. Then the open
season on the birds begins and continues
until January 1. Chicken shooting In Ne
braska Is going to bo better thin fall than
ever , as reports from all sections glvo
plenty of chickens except In some few
places where the market hunter has been
too numerous.
There was a time when the measureless
prairies of Nebraska and Kansas fairly
swarmed with this gamey bird , but dry
seasons , the ruthless market 'hunter and tbo
spread of civilization have been all too
thoroughly doing their work , so that there
has been a scarcity until this season , when
plenty of feed and cover and rain aided In
bringing about a largo supply. So after
Thursday the old sports can. take down their
guns again with the. hope of bagging game ,
which they have not been able to do for
several years.
BRIEF BASE BALL GOSSIP
Siniill 'J'nIk About I'lnyem of Inter
cut to the FolIovrcrH of the
\atloniil tiniiic.
"Ed Hanlon luck Is an old cry , a sort ot
loser's lament , that conies from those who
are downed 'by ' the Hanlon club , " says
Tebeau. "I never was a believer In this
Hanlon luck 'theory till this season , when
Hanlon struck St. Louis with his combina
tion. They played three games of ball that
any second division 'team ' In the league could
have won , providing they played only fair ,
mechanical ball. But In the open game Jack
O'Connor's finger was broken , whllo Crlger
was laid off with a boll on his forehead ,
cod for that matter , both of them are still
on the hospital list. If we had had Crlger
or O'Connor , or both , In that series wltn
Brooklyn , wo would have won at least two
games. The Brooklyn team has played in
big luck all the season and a streak of
tough luck Is due them. Unless Hanlon'i
pitchers pick up his troupe ot Superbai will
finish about fifth ; mark what I tell you. "
Doheney accomplished. Tuesday what
probably Is a record In Its 'way. ' He struck
out one man Dowllng five times.
Jim Cooney , the ex-Chicago short stop ,
who has been playing with Providence slnco
1832 , has been released.
Pitcher Waddell , who belongs to Louis
ville , up to Monday , has won itwenty-elght
out of thlrty-ono games for Grand Rapids.
Williams has made forty-four errors at
third base this season. Rather too many
for a league star , but his hitting ; helps him
out.
out.It's
It's the first time In years that several
teams have corao to Boston and defeated
the home team the majority of games.
This year Brooklyn , Philadelphia , St. Louis ,
Chicago and Cincinnati have turned the
trick.
Manager Tebeau touts Boston to win the
flag , though he eays ho would rather see
Philadelphia or Baltimore get the coveted
piece of bunting. "Tho latter two teams
have a chance , " asserted Pat , "but It look *
like Boston at present. "
Manager Selee said the prime reason why
Baltimore was winning was the result of
pitchers In hand down there , " said Prank ,
"and coaches them , In the games they use
all curve balls at the expense of arms , but
they are winning Just the same. "
With Howoir , Nops , McQInnlty , McKenna
and Kltson , the Baltimore club has five
pretty good pitchers to finish the season
with.
Tebeau says the Beaneaters are long
distance horses ; the hotter and harder the
pace the 'better they run. Ho says that
Boston Is treading on Brooklyn' * heels , and
fighting the Superbas for the rail la the
race , that Hanlon's men will "chuck up"
and quit toward the finish. "With Meekln
added to their pitching staff the Bostons
are very strong , " eald Pat.
The Young Mcn'a Christian Association
base ball team has about completed ar-
rnngomcntfl for a game -with the team ot
the First Nebraska for next Saturday.
In Chicago Uemontrevllle was worthless ;
In Baltimore he Is worth his weight In gold ,
The eastern clubs are In the west on
their last visit of the reason and the
championship will bo practically settled be
fore they return home. It the Brooklyn *
can retain their advantage the race Is
virtually over. If , however , Brooklyn
suffers a scries ot reverses It will mean a
close and exciting struggle to the finish ,
Baltimore has the beet wishes of the west
ern fans , with Philadelphia next In favor.
The gameness of the Orioles has made
friends for McGraw and his men In every
city In the circuit and there would be gen
eral rejoicing It they should finish ahead
of the haughty Superbas. Lajolo's Injuries
have In the opinion ot experts lost the Phil-
llts the pennant. The Importance of the
present western trip adds Interest to it.
Brooklyn and Boston will play at Pitts-
burg , Chicago and Cleveland , while Phila
delphia and Baltimore will visit St. Louts ,
Cincinnati and Louisville.
There Is qulto a bit ot agitation favoring
the abolition ot the rule that gives a bats-
mnn his base for being hit by a pitched
ball. The movement started In Boston ,
writes 11. G. Merrill on the Wllkcsbarro
Record. This would be , It carried out , an
unjust rule , as the pitcher need take little
heed of the manner In which he delivers
the ball to the batsman ntid the latter
would have no protection against Intentional
efforts to crlpplo him. The rule Is sen.
slblo and should not be tampered with un
do r any circumstances. The pitcher who
hits a batsman deserves to be thus penal
ized.
PALAVER OF THE PUGILISTS
Diiliiuiiic Carnival ike AltimrbliiR
To pier Iti I'UKlllntlc Circled nt
the 1'rcHcnt Time.
Joe Choynskl , llght-neavywelght champion
of the world , -was on Thursday matched to
flEht Australian Jimmy Ryan on the first
night of itho Dubuauo Athletic association's
carnival , next Tuesday. This battle takes
the place of .the . one scheduled between
Byers and Uoot. It was quite a Job to
bring the men tocethcr , but difficult as It
was the financial Inducements were such
that neither man could iwell decline and
both are now traveling toward the Key City.
Australian Jimmy Ryan Is coming from
Coney Island and Joe Choynskl Is speeding
from Denver. The men are to meet at
catch welBhts and will .battle . for the light-
heavyweight championship of the world for a
purse of $4,000 , of which $3,500 will go to the
winner and $500 will go as a solace and
balm to the Joser. The completed card , as
It now stands , reads as follows :
Tuesday , 'Aucust 29 Joe Choynskl , llght-
heavywolght champion , against Australian
Jimmy Ryan , conqueror ot George Byers , for
the light-heavyweight championship. Forbes
against Suffleld tor the 103-pound champion
ship ot the west.
Wednesday , August 30 Tommy White
affalnst Eddie Santry for the 126-pound
championship. Jack Lewis against Young
Kenny lor ( he lightweight championship of
the west.
Thursday , August SI Tommy Ryan
against Jack Moffat for the welterweight
championship of the 'world. George Kerwln
against James Sellers for the lightweight
championship of Iowa.
All contests to be twenty rounds. Seventy-
five i > er cent of the uurses to the winners
and 25 per cent to the losers. George Slier
will referee all contests.
The handsome Kid was foiced to take his
medicine , and It was an awkward , lumbering
scrapper of the fourth-class who put him
out with a clean knockout blow. McCor-
mlck's victory is the sensation of the hour
and McCoy's friends are talking ot starting
an explanation bureau for the purpose of
Inventing excuses for the wily , rangy
Hoosler.
Harry Langdon of the Midway says that
he thinks he sees a plot In the whole deal
which ended In McCoy's defeat , with Tommy
Ryan as the author of the tragedy.
Ryan went to Chicago a few weeks ago
and was seen frequently with McCormlck
after the six-round match between McCoy
and McCormlck had been arranged. In con
versation with some friends at that time in
Chicago he delivered this confident remark :
"I will chase that duck out of the busi
ness If he doesn't give me another fight , and
corner and Invited him to hostilities.
McCoy's friends fear that traces of the
the next match ho makes I will tip off the
other fellow to certain loopholes In this
parlor boxer's style ot fighting. "
This threat of Ryan's , coupled with his
association with McCormlck in Chicago ,
with the knockout of the Kid as the climax ,
formed a plausible plot that may prove the
solution ot this , one of the biggest sensa
tions ot the year In the prize ring.
Langdon's theory Is strengthened by
Ryan's suspicious conduct after the fight ,
for the Syracuse lad hustled to 'McCoy's
Sharkoy battle are still felt by the Hoosler
lad , especially In the region of the kidneys.
Tbo terrible blown that rained from the
sinewy , bard arms of Sharlcey found Mc
Coy's body repeatedly , and the physician
at the Lenox club feared that McCoy might
have received bodily hurts that would bo ,
aggravated by further punching. McCormlck
drove homo one hard right-hand blow that
crashed Into McCoy's kidneys. Perhaps that
wallop was the beginning of the Kid's finish.
McCoy , In order to regain his reputation ,
must make war with his old antagonist ,
Tom Ryan. The followers of the Queens-
berry sport will demand a return battle
between the Kid and the crafty Syracuse
lad , who has Improved In weight , strength
and In ( cleverness of ring tactics since his
defeat at McCoy's hands , McCoy's sure
thing and easy money bouts since he left
Wyoming , a month ass , were brought to a
sudden halt by his defeat in Chicago.
Whether his defeat at McCormlck's hands'
will injure him as a drawing card Is a
question that he himself can decide by
agreeing to another match with Ryan.
It looks as If Jim Jeffries will have to
return homo without facing either Charley
Mitchell or Jem Smith. It appears now that
i suitable hall cannot ibe obtained for
Jeffries to box Mitchell , and rather than go
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postponed Indefinitely.
The feeling between "Kid" McCoy and
Tommy Ryan Is almost as bitter as that
between tiSrbett and Fltzslmmnns. Rumcr
has It that McCoy may bo In Mortal's corner -
, ner when he goes against Rynn on the night
ot August 31 at Dubuquo. Certain It Is
that McCoy would glory In Ryan's defeat
and will do all ho can to effect It. The
Syracuse welterweight eaw McCoy go down
and out In Chicago , and while the seconds
were being counted , ho remarked : "I loU
you so. " Ryan Is disposed not to accept
the offer of the Dubuque Athletic club of a
purse ot $10,000 for a meeting between
. "Kid" McCoy and the winner ot the Ryan-
Moffat twenty-round bout
Tommy White had It all his o p way
! In the fight with Billy O'Uom.-ll at Sioux
City. His left Jabs worried the little lei-
j low to death , and Tommy could have put
, him out at any stage ot the game. When
White and Eddie Santry noct before the
Dubuque Athletic association on the ulght
'of ' August 30 , the Chicago boy will have all
ho can attend to. White's ork has Im
proved wonderfully of late and he Is In the
best condition.
The eyes ot the sportlnc world will be
riveted on Dubuaue , la. , this week. The
I greatest harness horse meeting of the year
and the blcgest boxing carnival held In the
western country In a decade or moro will
take place. The Dubuauo Athletic - association
tion has hung up $17.000 In purses for six
championship battles and Mnnacer Lou
Houseman has brought together men whom
the public wants to see.
U Is perhaps a fortunate circumstance that
Dyers' manager Insisted on a fight without
a decision and 'thereby ' caused the Dubuque
Athletic association to call off the Byers-
Root go mid substitute a match between the
vanquisher cf Byers , Australian Jimmy
Ryan , and the great ring veteran , Joe Choyn-
skt , who will meet on the first night ot the
carnival , August 29. Ryan Is In excellent
condition , after his long Journey from New
York. Ho Is doing light training work to
keep within his weight limit and when he
steps Into the ring It will be with the avowed
Intention of whipping the Calltornlan.
Ryan was never better than he 'Is today and
never moro confident of success. "Joe Is a
hard hitter and a fighter all the time ; that's
admitted , " he said , " 'hut this tlmo he meets
some ono who has a few pretensions In that
line hlimself. " So eager was Ryan for a
match that he wired the association : "I'll
fight anybody , no matter who It Is. " Cer
tainly this Is the best evidence of self-
confidence.
The money Is on the Choynskl end , but
the Judgment Is regarded as hasty by those
claiming to know the men. Choynskl's
record In the ring Is a monument to his
fair 'tactics and hard work. There hasn't
been nn Inch of the path to success ho didn't
contest for honestly and earnestly. This will
'be ' the first time dn tola long career that
ho will meet a roan of his class and fettle.
To get a fight he has heen compelled to
take on men .from twenty to fifty pounds
heavier and the Instances are Indeed rare
wherein he has fulled of success. Whllo
"Kid" McCoy and other vaunted champions
were evading a 'meeting ' with George Byers.
Ryan was seeking for one and the outcome
Iswell enoush known. Byers was so far
gone < that he had to forfeit to Root.
Tommy Ryan of Syracuse , who Is to inert
Jack Moffat on the night of August 31 , Is
'training faithfully at Mollue. There Is
every reason why Ryan should be respectful
of 'the Chicago welterweight. Moffat has a
great rlns record and has suffered defeat
at the hands of only one man , John Root.
He has learned a whole lot about the fightIng -
Ing game slnco then. Moffat Is a Scotch
man and stands five feet eight and one-half
Inches In height. In fighting condition he
weighs 148 to 150 pounds. <
Ryan's ring record Is unexcelled. In his
eleven years he has appeared In more than
fifty battles and has -met defeat hut once ,
losing to "Kid" McCoy 1896vwhen out ot
condition. Later on he foucht" McCoy five
rounds to a draw and since the laser's de
feat by McConmlck he Is Inclined to look
upon him with disdain. Ryan Is 29 years of
ago and stands flvo feet seven and three-
quarters Snches , one and one-fourth Inches
less than Moffat.
On the first night Clarence Forbes and
Con Suffleld will ibattle for the 108-pound
championship of the west. Jack Lewis and
Young Kenny will settle the lightweight
championship of the twcst on Wednesday
night and George Kerwln , the "mystery , "
and Jim Sellers , whose fighting style Is
enigmatical , will so on before the Ryan-
Moffatt bout < on Thursday night and decide
the much-claimed title to .the lightweight
championship of Iowa.
ABOUT HORSES AND HORSEMEN
CoiiHlilernblc DlniinilHfnctlon Over ( he
Three-ln-Flvc HcnU In Ilnr-
Performance * .
There seems to be no question of the future
of two-ln-three racing , Judging toy the fre
quent remarks heard from Grand Circuit
followers at Columbus , where the quick and
decisive events which enlivened the Detroit
and Cleveland programs seemed to be much
missed. Judging from tho" expressions , of
owners , drivers , members of associations und
betting people , the sentiment In favor of
two-ln-three racing Is considerably In the
majority , which will , of course , end In all
leading associations that have not hitherto
done ro providing some two-ln-three events.
At Columbus this year all races were of the
old-fashioned three-ln-five sort , but there lane
no question that in tbo future the manage
ment wlU have one or two events for each
day on the new plan , Judging , at least , by
expressions heard from member * of that
association since they have felt the public
pulse. Of course , there are still some old-
timers who Insist on sticking for all three-
In-flve , hut they will be compelled to pull In
Tine. Every tlmo there comes one1 of those
long drawn-out contests , as so frequently
happens under the three-In-flvo system when
there Is a large field of quite equally matched
horses , the result almost invariably is the
killing off of oil the good heroes that take
part In the early heats , and then * omo Blow
horse wlna In the end in ridiculously slow
time. Thla makes convert * and new friends
for the two-ln-three plan , but all admit that
wo should continue .by having a mixed pro
gram , or about half and half of each kind.
It la admitted quite generally that Instead
of , as now In most cases , the association
should make the elow classes which almost
Invariably have the big fields thre.e-ln.flvo ,
while tbo fast classes with the .always
smaller fields should be the two-ln-three
kind , It Is , however' afraost the oppotlte
that has been done. It Is also claimed by
practical observers that if two-ln three rac
ing Is continued tor the elow or green clasaej ,
the fields should be limited to eight or ten ,
or not more than twelve starter * , even It the
entry fee 1s Increased In such evenUt A
horse In a two-in-three with over ten or
twelve starters has little chance it he draws
an outside position or In worse than th
second tier.
Searchlight's three heats In the 2:01 : pace
at Fort Erie were the three'fastest'heats
ever made by a trotter or pacer In Canada.
A very peculiar incident occurred In the
first heat of the 2:25 trot at the Des Molnea ,
la. , meeting. Kiwaehee , driven by Matt
Blbblns , In front of Woodford K. , threw a
shoe , which struck Woodford equarefy in tbo
head. Both went te a standstill break and
were distanced ,
t _
Hal B. , 2OJV4 , from Scranton , Pa. , Is the
third 'fastest ' pacer of tbo year , having been
beaten only by ibe 2:03U : of Searchlight and
2:011 : * ot Anaconda. >
QueHtlon * and An trer .
WI8NER , Neb. , Aug. 21. To the Sporting1
Editor of The Bee : Where can we obtain
Chinese phcn.oants for stocking purposes ?
F. O , Herse and others.
Ans. Writeto game warden of Oregon , I
whnse address Is at Portland. '
SOUTH OMAHA , Aug. 2fi. To thp SportIng -
Ing Editor of The Bee * Was Jnke Kllraln
ever champion of the world , ntid when did
he win U , if so ? A. R. Dewcfde.
Ans , No ; but he claimed the champion
ship of America by forfeiture from Sullivan
In 1S88 , but the claim was never alfowed.
Sullivan afterward bent him In seventy-five
lounds nt Rlchburg , Miss. , July 8 , ISSfl.
COUNCIL BLUFFS , Aug. 25. To the
Sporting Editor of The Bee : If n bntsmnn
hits n pitched ball , which falls In fair
ground and then bounding , hits him , Is the '
batsman out ? Will Adams.
Ans. He Is.
STHRL1NO , Xeb. , Aug. 24. To the SportIng -
Ing Editor ot The Bee : Plen o Inform us
whether the pitcher gets credit for a ntrlkc-
out when third strike IB dropped by the
catcher. Constant Reader.
Ans. He does.
PLATTSMOUTH , Aug. 26. To the Sport
ing Editor of The Bee : Please answer the
following questions : (1) ( ) When does the
season for chickens begin ? (2) ( ) When does
the game season begin ? (3) ( ) When docs
the duck season begin ? A Subscriber.
Ans. (1) ( ) September 1 ; (2) ( ) October 1 ;
(3) ( ) There Is no law governing wild fowl
shooting In this state , hut legitimate hunt
ers go out about September 20.
SOUTH OMAHA , Aug. 22. To the Sport
ing Editor of The Bee- Please state , to
decide n bet , whether a negro was ever
elected to the United States senate , nnd
If so , his name nnd the state he lep-
rcsentcd. E. C. Rynn ,
Ans. Blanche K. Bruce of Mississippi
A SMOICIIUSS r.xuiM : .
TrxtN of n Novel Strum Motor oil n
I.OIIK Inland Hnltronil.
A novel smokeless engine known
as the Dodge kinetic etcuin mo
tor hns been successfully tested on
the Babylon division of the Long
Island Railroad. It Is well known to most
persons , says the Philadelphia Record , that
water In an open vcesel nt or near the sea
level bolls nt a temperature of 212 degrees
Fahrenheit. On the top of a mountain It
bolls at a lower temperature. In fact , the
balling point of water or of any fluid Is
determined by the pressure. This principle
Is made use of very Ingeniously In the
kinetic stcasn motor. Instead ot pumping
cold water into a locomotive boiler and
then 'Colling It Into steam as required , hot
water under a pressure of 300 pounds to the
square Inch ( nnd , therefore , far nbovo the
ordinary boiling point ) Is forced nt the ter
minal station Into an unusually strong
holler covered with Insulating mnterlnl.
The water Is already to expand to steam the
moment the pressure Is rcllc\cd , nnd a
small auxiliary fire Is utilized to make up
any loss of heat.
The ordinary locomotive boiler Is the
most wasteful of fuel of any form of stcam-
mafclng apparatus , and It IB said that at
least one-quarter of the fuel Is blown out
of the smokestack In the form of smoke and
cinders. By heating the water to a high
degree under pressure In large stationary
boilers nt tbo terminals the most economic
fuel results are secured. Several locomo
tives and motors have been constructed on
this principle at the works of the company
In. Wlllrnlngton , Del. , and it is claimed that
sufficient superheated water c n be provided
In this manner to carry A. 110-ton locomo
tive , with a train of cars , at a high rate of
speed between Albany and Now York a dis
tance of 143 miles. A pressure ot 300 pounds
to the square Inch Is by no means the limit
for safety in these days ot nlckle steel boil
ers , and very much higher pressures have
been maintained In tests.
Some ot the records of the kinetic steam
motor trials are very encouraging , Indeed ,
and It Is reported that on the strength ot
these the company Las received a number of
Important orders. Without attempting to
offer any opinion ot our own es to the prac
ticability or economy of this new motor , we
think the perfeotlon of the principle woultl
be a step In the right direction namely ,
toward putting the steam locomotive on an
equality with the electric motor with respect
to freedom from dirt and cinders. The
saving In dead weight of tender and coal
carry on ordinary locomotives added to
the economy in heating the water In a largo
stationary .plant , would seem to present
meet favorable conditions from the stand
point of the railroad. There is , moreover ,
nothing violently revolutionary In this
proposition , and the fact that It Is attract
ing the attention of some railroad people
of prominence would seem to Indicate that
the device hoe merit In their eyes. It Is
said that this principle ot storage of hot
water ujider pressure In an Insulated boiler ,
affording a reservoir from which steam
may be drawn. Is applicable ns well for all
kinds of motors , euch as those used In
steam yachts , launches , horseless vehicles ,
etc.
AT Til I3VAIIIS fllOHGWR.
How llic "Third Degree" in Worlic-rt
oil Murderer * tn France.
A law that has recently come Into opera
tion In France , relates the London Standard ,
gives prisoners the right of communicating
with counsel within twenty-four hours after
their arrest. One of the Immediate consequences
quences of this measure may be to put a
stop to thcoo "confrontations" at the
morgue which are so dramatic a feature ot
French criminal procedure. With a view to
bringing a murderer to confess he is taken
to the morgue , and there hrought face to
face with the body of his victim. Every
artifice Is used to make the controntatlon as
Impressive as possible , as tt la hoped that
the terrible sight he Ss compelled to gaze on
will BO trouble the murderer that he will
lose command over himself and make a
clean breast of his crime In bis agitation.
When he enters the room he can eee noth
ing , as the clone bench on which the body Is
expopod Is concealed by a curtain. The
examining magistrate presses him with
questions , and then , at what he considers
the opportune moment , gives the elgnal for
the curtain to > bo pulled back.
The murderers who have stood this orJeal
without flinching are comparatively few , Th
majority of them exhibit the utmost terror
and Implore to be taken out of sight of the
corpse. There Is a chair In the room whore
the confrontations take place , In which ih
majority of the most notorious murderers ot
the last thirty years have been seated.
Th'etr namea are Inscribed on Its back , one of
them being Troppman , who , Just before the
Franco-German war , "butchered an entire
family , French criminal counsel have
found that 'these confrontations almost al
ways result In the confusion of their clients ,
have looked Into the matter , and believe
they have discovered that the examining
magistrate has no legal right to subject a
prisoner to this ordeal. For the future they
are going to advlee their clients to refuse to
allow themselves to be taken to the morgu ,
and Jt ecema that It U a moot point whether
the authorities will be able to convey them
thither by , force.
LAIIOIL AM ) JMJUHTIIV.
Wages of unskilled labor in California
have advanced 25 per cent In the last ninety
days.
Russia buys American farm machinery.
Port Townsend , Wash. . , is shipping pig
Iron to San Francisco.
Pennsylvania's manufacturers have Just
shipped the material for twenty-seven steel
railway bridges to China. This country la
supplying pretty much everything for sev
eral lines of railroad In the old world ex
cept tbo rights ot way ,
Glaegow Illustrates the further triumph
ot American machinery by placing an or
der with a Milwaukee company to furnish
engines to supply electric power for the
street railways of that city. The order la
for the good round sum ot 114,514.
Last year 5.200,000 pounds of aluminium ,
valued at $1,716,000 , were produced In the
United States. The value per pound was
therefore 33 cents. In 1888 19,000 pound * of
Artistic Parlor furniture
7his is f/ic department where we ac
knowledge no competition the entire of our
second jloor is devoted to the display of
beautiful divans , easy and reception chairs ,
colonial sofasjuxwious Davenportswindow
seats , arm chairs , tic all new and origi
nal designs , coverings , fia.mes , etc. , subject
to your own selection 7he price in this
*
line is the last consideration however it
is right ,
1115 AND 1117 1'AUNAM STREET.
1ooo
xxooO"Ooo < ?
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SPECIAL
REDUCTION
0 tfr " "fc * " &
only $23
AS LONG AS THEY LAST.
On Second Hand Bicycles , Cash or Easy Payments. V
LARGE ASSORTMENT WHEELS RENTED
OF LAMPS . . . . AND REPAIRED . . . s
H. E. FREDRICKSON ,
Q 'Phone 2161. 15th and Dodge Sts.
THIS WEEK
We have put down prices sow
w- * j every one can afford to buy a
rv bicycle.
$8,00 to $15.00
buy a good second hand
bicycle
$15.00 to S25.00
will buy a good new wheel
the kind others would ask you
from $25.00 to $35.00 for.
Omaha Bicycle Company ,
COR. 1UTII AM ) CHICAGO STS. The licnt jilnce to liny lllcyulc * .
that metal were produced , valued at nearly
$3.33 a pound.
The sawmills of Portland last year cut
130,000,000 feet of lumber at $8 per 1,000 ,
worth 1104,000,000. The cut of the state
brings the total value of Oregon's lumber
production up to $4,398,085.43.
'A bulletin hns been posted up In the Del
aware & Lackawanna shops at Syracuse , N ,
Y. , by order of the new master mechanic ,
to the effect that the men will work nine
hours a day hereafter. Wages will be In
creased to correspond with the extra time.
Heretofore the men have worked eight
hours.
It Is estimated that the tobacco crop In
South Carolina thla year wilt reach 20-
000,000 pounds , worth from 4 to 20 cents
a pound. It Is only In the last few years
that tobacco has been cultivated In South
Carolina as a money crop , but the farmers
find It more profitabletfian raising 0-ceiit
cotton , t
Farmers around Armour , S. D. , are still
complaining ; of the scarcity of help. It
Is a poor hand who cannot net $2 a day
In that section. In the vicinity of Boudlo
farmers found it difficult to get the neces
sary help to take earn of the crops. The
wages paid are the highest that have been
offered for several years. At I'lerre the
city authorities are unable to secure men
to assist In putting In new water mains
or to cut the weeds along the sidewalks.
A factory Inspector at Paterson , N. J. ,
has been Investigating the mills of that
city in the gulso ot a laborer , wheeling a
barrow ; resting at the noon hour In front
of the mills , be talked with the children
who came out , and soon found out all he
wanted to" know. The result Is the release
of children , sixty-two from one mill , and
these will all henceforth have the advantage
of schooling.
schooling.Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure
Digests what you eat.
It artificially digests the food and aids
Nature In strengthening and recon
structing the exhausted digestive or
gans. It is the latest discovered digest-
ant anu'tonlc. No other preparation
can approach It In efficiency. It In-
JJ I VU1V < * U | fc3\JU | t7bVliiUUII | LI tlUOCtl |
SIckneadacheGastragiaCrampsana ]
all other results of imperfectdlgestlon ,
or oar d by C. C. DoWItt A Co. , Cblcooo.
ColumbiaRambler - - Stearns
at popular prices
$30.00 Wheels SI5.00
now for .
Patco Whcolfi , up to date In every point
of construction and fully
ne
nn
guaranteed WfcOiUU
Second-hand wliools from $5.00 up.
Sewing Machines
Davis bull bearing , the boat machine
manufactured ,
Victoria Sowing machines
* nr MM
a lilpl ) class machine , only 5cO > UU
Good Second-hand machines for 85,00 ,
Wo soil parts for every sowing raa-
ehino manufactured ,
Rem-Sho Typewriters
A high class ball bearing machine
with all the latest improvements.
Second-hand Remington and Dens *
mote for sale or rent
Nebraska Cycle Co ,
Cor IBIli n ml Huriiey.
Goo. E. Mickel , Manager.
H'B not a cheap vchlcla you want , but a
ocxl one cheap. Ttiu genuine Columbus
Co.'a aim my own make are standard.
Cut jH'kfH on everything ! Including reiralr-
Jnf. A. J. 8IMI-8ON.
HW-11 Dodge Bt