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TIIE CttLUIA SUNDAY BEE: . DECEMBER. 30. .190(1.
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CPS AND DOWNS OF BATSMEN
How Bic Leaeis Hitten Adunoedor
" fell Back.
COMPARISON OF RECORDS INTERESTING
la American at Ma)nrtlf of the
, Flayers Imprttrefl, While la kr
National a Majority Did
the Rftrrw.
Comparison of the officii ' batting aver
agea of the American league of thli year
with those of the year previous shows that
cf JOS players whose najnes are found In
both sets the average of fifty-four In
creased over 1P0C and forty-eight decreased.
Tha official averages of the National
league for the two season reveal that forty
players had a better average for 1906 than
for the year previous and that fifty-nine
fell off la their stick work. A majority' of
tha American league batters did better In
1806 than In 1M6, while a majority of Na
tional league batters slumped more or less.
In short, the American league stickers made
wore Improvement than their National
league brethren.
There Is no need for any erudite explana
tion of the existing condition. It might be
argued that the National league pitching
Was better this year; on the other hand It
might be argued just as reasonably that the
American league batting was better. One
oan suit himself as to which explanation he
prefers. Probably the best explanation
la that It Just happened so. Ups and downs
In hitting are hard things to account for.
Tha reverse of this year's happenings might
coma to pass next year.
Individually there were many notable
performances In batting progress and ret
rogression.. There was a general Improve
ment among the be?t hitters of the Amer
ican leaprue. The first eleven men, men
Who played enough games both years to
tiave their, averages officially recorded, all
Dhow an Increase over their 1M figures.
Three of these men, Iajole, Flick and
Keeler, are not ns high In the batting order
this .jyear as last, yet Improved In points.
Lajole, next to the two leaders this yenr,
was first last year, but Is twenty-six points
ahead of his 1906 percentage. Flick, sixth
this year and fourth last year. Improved
five points; and Keeler. fifth last year and
ninth this year, bettered his batting figures
fey two points. These things, In connec
tion with the fact that more batters Im
proved than foil off, show that the Amer
ican league as a whole batted better this
fear than Inst.
George Btone, the American league leader,
advanced from eighth to first placi and
advanced sixty-two points. Catcher Clarke,
Who Is tied with Stone, Jumped from sixty
fourth to first pluce and advanced l.0
points, llai Chase of New Torks advanced
from thirty-sixth place, and improved his
percentage by srventy-four points. Jim Me
Gulre went from fifty-seventh to eleventh
place at a liound and jumped eighty points.
One pluyer, Jack Anderson, has the nme
average for 19U1 as for 190ii, yet n..ied
twenty-seventh this year and thlrtenth
lasf year further proof of the general Im
provement of the 96 batting. Al Orth of
the New Yorks ninde a big Increase.
Pitcher Bernhard of the Olevelanils fat
tened his batting average to the extent of
125 points, while among the pitchers retro
grade movements, equally extensive, are to
be found. Griffith fell off 103 points and
Patterson ll. Eddie Harm, the outfielder
Whom Griffith released to Chicago, hit the
toboggan for ninety-eight points in his
batting and slid down from second to fifty
eighth place.
Hans Wagner, the National league bat
ting leader for 1906, Improved his standing
by one position, ranking second In 1905,
yet fell off thirty-eight points. Evidently,
then, the National league batting cham
pionship was not as hard to.earn this year
as last. 81 Seymour, who stood first last
year, dropped less this year than last.
Mike Donlln also lost points, but It Is fair
to ussume might have done better had he
played the season out. Harry Btelrfeldt
made a big Increase both In standing and
In number of points, and marked advance
was made by Johnny Kiln, who rushed
from sixtieth place to eighth and swelled
Ms percentage by ninety-four points. Frank
Chance, Rlxth Inst year, was sixth again this
year, and Improved his average by three
points. A big stride forward wis niide
by Sammy Strang, who from the lowly
tilcho of thirty-third In 1906 rose to sixth
place In 1908.
A majority of the better hitters of the
National- league Improved In their stick
Work, even If a mnjorlty of the whole re
lapsed. As to the-else oftfie leading aver
age, however, the standard wai not as high
as In 1905. Three National league players,
IDwtng, McGinnlty and Hleg'e. each lost
over a hundred points this year. As In the
American league, one batter tied his aver
age of the year before. Gibson was the
man. Wllt-e of the New Yorks. one of the
best hitting pitchers In 19"6, fell off elghty-
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Each tablet Is a working dose of Cas
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contract, expand, and squeeze tha Diges
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They don't help tha Bowels and Uver In
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This Is why, with Cascarets, tha dosa
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Instead of Increased, as it must ba with all
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a a a
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seven points, and tumbled from twenty
first' to sixty-sixth place. Luther Taylor
Improved his average considerably, while
Deacon Phllllppe made great progress.
He was 1C1 points better off this year than
last
In the appended tables, where two or
more men share a position, the next man
Is ranked the same as If there was no tie
ahead of him. Lnjole, for Instance, Is
ranked second, when In reality there are
two men ahead of him. But for the sake
of convenience ties are considered as If
one man were In the position, the rela
tive standing of the batters not being af
fected this arrangement. The following
tables show the batting rank this year and
last, and the Increase or decrease In points
from 1906 to 1906:
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Rank -Tlnttlng-
Name. 194. Inc. Dec.
Ptone 1 8 -
Clarke 1 64 Vfl
I,nJole i 1 26
Chase 3 36 74 ..
Cobb 4 4.1 80 ..
peyhold 6 2"1 "
Flick 4 6
Elberfeld 8 27 44 ..
Keeler 9 5 1 ..
Murphy 10 14 23 ..
Yeager 10 23 34
Mcdulre 11 67 80
Crawford 12 7 1
Smith (Chicago) 13 63 67
H. Davis 14 11 8
Turner 16 26 28
Orlmshaw 16 44 61 ..
C. Stahl 1 30 IS
Hickman 19 15 7
Schreck 19 17 10
Isbell 21 8 .. 17
J. Tannehlll 22 62 63
Williams 2-t 61 39
O. Imvlj 23 61 39
Hradley 24 22 T
Hav 24 6 .. 23
Collins 21 1 .. 1
B-mls 25 I
Orth 2.1 78 91
Stovail 26 19 1
Anderson 27 13
T,. Cross 30 24 .. 8
Mclntyre 31 25 S
Wallace 32 20 .. 13
Roh 32 61 46
J. Donohue 33 10 .. 30
ll.irtsel 35 16 .. 21
Hoffman 36 27 8
Render 37 6 3l
Jones (St. Louis) 38 42 10
Freemnn 39 43 10
Winter 41 21 .. 22
Conrriv 4! IS .. 2S
Ferris 43 66 .. 22
Kltson 43 7S rt
.Tenon (WnshlnRton) .... 44 64 33
Sol. .-infer 46 40 ,. t
Hockenfield 47 5S 18
Parent 4S 47 1
Cmighlln 4S 33 .. 17
Kill 4S 80 53
To well 49 76 47
Iord 50 44 .. 6
I'lnnk 5 50 2
Jones (Chicago) 61 39 .. 12
Warner 53 6" 25
Dougherty 54 .. 37
Mullen i 55 29 .. 34
Llndwtv 56 23 .. 43
J. Stahl 67 35 .. 28
Hahn 58 2 .. 98
Kleinow 69 53 1
Koehler 69 4") .. 17
(VI enrv 61 tn 2
Sullivan 63 68 13
.lirtison 63 36 .. 43
Ri rnhiird 65 107 1 25
Hughes 65 62 1
Jnss 67 9S 72
Chesbro 6S 74 20
T-owe 69 72 14
Hess 72 34 .. 60
M. Cross 73 21 .. 70
Knight 75 47 .. 40
White 79 87 24
Kittrp'lge 3 87 16
Spencer R3 46 .. 68
I. Tannehlll 14 69 .. 25
F.ilkenberg 85 99 45
Kllllan 85 20 .. 101
lVltv 86 91 15
Wnddell 87 84 .. 9
Ruelow 87 82 .. 11
Rhoades 89 65 .. 60
Altrock 91 100 37
Powers 92 92 S ..
Young 93 94 4
Arnbruster (Hoston) ... 95 7(1 ., 64
Conkley 96 97 1
Wnlh 97 90 .. 14
Glade 98 10.5 45
Owen 99 96 .. 9
Dundon ino 73 .. 67
Howell 100 72 .. 48
Townsend mi 81 .. 48
Hoe 102 109 65
P. Donahue 103 108 48
Donovan 104 73 .. 70
Patten .' 105 93 .. 84
Dlneen 106 94 .. 39
Griffith 1(i6 57 .. 11S
.Tacobson Ift7 89 .. 73
Patterson 108 65 .. 146
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Rank -Batting-Name.
19"6. 16. Inc. Dec.
Wagner 1 t .. 38
Stelnfeldt 3 27 66
I.umley 4 16 28
Chance 6 6 3 ..
Strang , 6 33 CO
Donlln 7 3' 42
Kline 7 60 94
F. Clarke 10 13 10
McCarthy 11 23 f8
Devlin 12 42 63
Hucelns 14 25 19
Seymour 16 1 .. ji
l each 15 35 .9
Tenney -. 1 is .. g
Ma gee 17 18 .. 17
Schulte 18 25 7 '
Rresnahan 18 12 .. 2i
Delelninty 19 34 23
Rransfleld 20 33 16
Arndt 22 43 33 .'.
Rltchey 23 36 14
Barry a m 55
Weimer 23 65 62
Titus 24 8 .. 41
Beaumont 26 4 63
Browne 27 15 !! 29
Mathewson 27 49 28
Sheckard 28 16 .. 30
Howard 29 16 Si
JJanley 30 7 57
Shannon 32 29 ., 12
Hofman 32 48 19
Batch 32 38 4
Evers S3 22 .. i
Thomas 34 6 .. 58
C,P8,,1,,- 34 16 .. 36
Sm"t 35 8 .. 69
Moran 85 46 12
Brain 36 41 J
JVy 1 .. 80
nnl"n 37 28 fl
Beckley 3 19 jj
I'.'PS 38 52 16
Schlel 89 55 19
P001" 39 39 .. 8
fhlllippe 4t 101 151
Jf wis 41 37 lt
M'rtes 42 20 .. ft
Dahlen 43 44
43 58 :: 1
P'n5,n 44 28 .. 8a
McOann 45 13 .. ff
Courtney 46 24 . 29
Zfry 47 61 1
J. nh'r 47 41 .. 14
Doolln 49 87 114
Kelley 51 22 I! 3
Bowerman 51 "1 41
Oleason 52 41 " 20
Brldwell 52 33
Hoelnkoetter 63 45 " 17
A"-n 64 45 18
Moloney 55 32 39
LTf ver 67 ln 109
Rltter M 59
3 Taylor 58 73 18 '
Corcoran 69 40
Strlcklett 60 88 M
J'Vnch 61 94 C9 .1
M. Brown 62 91 64
JI;"""'' .. 67
Hlnehman 65 86 .. 61
Pfeffer RH HI a
V'lltse 66 ?1 " s?
Needham
7 64 .. 2
6S S2 19
68 w 54 !'.
Scanlon ...
1a. Tnvlor
J. ONelll
.. w fi .. IS
Overall
TO
89
78
79
42
87
57
61
JOS
73
W
92
97
99
31
50
11
100
81
86
lol
90
34
l.undgren 70
Gibson 71
M-'tntyre 73
Willis 71
Fraser 76 '
McBrlda 77
C. Brown 7
Bercen , 79
teulhach 81
Wicker 81
Snnrka 82
Duifgleby 85
Ewlnsr 88
McOlnnlty 89
Slegle ft
Young 93
Esson S4
Ptttenger 94
Fgnn
Ames 96
71
21
73
jo
16
Vi
32
128
18
1
7
tn
c
Sn
78
CANS ASD HERMAS READY
Colored Pnalllst Acrees to Bet A,000
Additional on Hlsneell.
TONOPAK. Nev.. Dec. 29 - Barring a nve
mile early morning sprint over th country
rouds. through snow and Blush, Gaiis an 1
Hermann did little In the way kA exercising
today.
"1 am ready to go Into tha ring at a mo
ment's notlca," said Hermann, after return
ing from his taunt.
Betting was practically nil today In the
local pool rooms. Hermann's manager has
rewlvod a telegram from Harry Worden of
Chicaao statins be bad 10,M) to was or ou
Hermann, and requesting that the money
be placed at odds of I to 1. The money has
been telesrsphed here and Oans has vir
tually agreed to take S5,0u0 at the prevail
ing NOlliS.
Manager RJley of the Canlno club savs
he Is in receipt of a telegram from James
J. Jeffries. In which the boiler maker states
that he will leave Los Angi'les tonight to
attend the right.
HEW rOIXEUK ATHLETIC VSIOS
Advisability of National Association
Discussed at Xeir York.
NEW YORK. Dee. 29.-The advisability
of forming a national athletic organization
of the colleges and universities was dis
cussed at the annual meeting of the Inter
collegiate Athletic association of the 1'nlted
States which began here today. Another
Important proposition Is that the foot hall
rules committee elected for 1907 be amalga
mated with the representatives of Yale,
Princeton, Harvard. Pennsylvania, Cornell.
Annapolis and Chicago universities during
1907. In case the proposed fusion falls the
foot ball rules committee In the Intercol
legiate Athletic association will formulate
rules from which foot ball shall be played.
Ir. Williams, chairman of the foot ball
rules committee, submitted a report which
said the representatives of Yale, Harvard
and other large Institutions hesitated fron
taking part In the amalgamation, hecnuxe
by doing so would become simply un'.tf
and would have no standing on the foot
ball rules committee. To meet this objec
tion he suggested changing the bylaws and
constitution a year hence so as to allow
the foot ball rules committee to be made
up of the members of the old rules commit
tee, plus seven members of the association
committee.
lr. McCormick of the University of
Pennsylvania said he hoped the convention
will suspend or alter the rules so (hat
the suggestion as to the amalgamation c:in
be carried out and a permanent foot ball
rules committee established.
Prof. Dudley hoped all the southern col
leges would Join In making the Intercol
legiate Athletic association national and
representative.
The condition of college athletics in Colo
rario, Ohio, Texas and other parts of the
country was explained by delegates. They
a'; stated that the association work Is
raising the standard of amateur sports
and that a great advancement In that lino
was accomplished In the last year.
The convention put Itself on record as
favoring the amalgamation of the present
foot ball committees, but In case that
ennnot be aecompliKhed, the seven members
of the foot ball committee of the Inter
collegiate Athletic Association of the United
States appointed for the coming year were
1lrented to formulate rules under which
foot ball shall be ployed by the Institutions
Joining the association. With a view to
extending the membership lt was decided
to amend the bylaws so that a conference
of several colleges may be presented In the
Intercollegiate Athletic association by a
single delegate. Captain Ilerce was au
thorized to nppolnt a committee of three
to endeavor to bring about amalgamation.
There was but a single change suggested
by the executive committee In the per
sonnel of the foot ball rules committee,
and that was that Mr. Curtlss be replaced
by lrof. W. L. Dudley of Vanderbilt. who
will represent all the southern colleges.
This was approved by the convention.
The following oftlcers were elected:
President, Captain Palmer F. Pierce,
West Point: vice president. Harry L. Wil
liams, Minnesota; secretary-treasurer. Prof.
Louis Bevier, Jr., Rutgers.
On the executive committee the western
states will be represe .ted by Dr. C. W.
Hethcrlngton, University of Missouri.
No selection was made for the Pacific
coast district, there being no members from
those states. The convention adjourned
sine die.
STAHL, UTTERS A GOI.DEX THtTH
Jake Says Poor Coaching; Loses as
Often as Poor Pitching;.
' Jake Stahl said recently that poor coach
ing loses almost as many games of ball
as poor pitching, and If ever a man spoke
the truth It was the same Jake on that
occasion. Omaha fans can testify to this.
Time and time again last season proof of
this statement was witnessed at Vinton
street park. It became proverbial before
the end of the season this stupid baso
running and miserably poor coaching. If
there Is one thing to be hoped for in Omaha
for next season lt Is that careful attention
will be given to this great department of
the game. Nothing Is quite as dishearten
ing to fans and players as to see a run
thrown away simply because some doe
had base runner or coacher goes to sleep.
Says Joe Tinker, the same being worth
your while to read: "A few seasons ago
some clothing firm of Chicago offered a
suit of clothes to the player on our team
who made the most home runs In the sea
son. We were playing the last series In
New York and Johnny Kling had one more
home tun to his credit than I had. and it
looked as though I would have to do some
long distance slugging In the final series
to tie Kllng for the outfit Late in a game,
which Mathewson was pitching, I came up
to bat and lifted a ball Into deep center.
Kllng was coaching near third base. My
hit was easily good for a homer, but Just
before I reached third I noticed Kling
waving his arniB frantically for me to stop
at third. I did not think of the close race
for the clothes Kling and I were having
and naturally obeyed my Instructions to
slow up. I pulled up at third and looked
out In the Meld, and there was the ball
Just being thrown In to the shortstop, who
had gone out to help the center fielder in
with the ball. Of course, there wasn't a
chance for me to make home then, as
Dahlen had the ball and could have thrown
me out a block. Kling backed away from
the base line laughing like a manliic, and
then I tumbled to his plot. Had I been
coached to go home I could have com
pleted the circuit with ease, but by storK
ping at third I lost all chances for that
suit. Kllng thought he had a fine Joke on
me, but, as I remember It now, I don't
think he ever got the clothes anyway.
Johnny wouldn't have dared to spoil our
chances of winning had the game been
close. As It was, we had the game won by
a mile, and 1 scored anyway on a hit a
moment later, so the only one to suffer was
me. I lost credit for a home run, and at the
time thought I was losing a suit of clothes,
but I guess It didn't matter as long as the
clothier didn't make good with Kllng."
The next event In order In the meeting
In New York City will be the annual meet
ing of the National Association of Profes
sional Base Bull leagues, embracing al!
the minor leagues. This will be held on the
second Tuesday In January. The scope ot
this organisation may be seen from the
statement that It gives employment to fully
5,000 playerH, and the number Is constantly
on the increase.
Hugh Jennings wants players who will
hustle and obey orders. So do all the man
agers, only some don't seem to have the
ability to make the men obey.
Fred Clarke will manage the Pittsburg
club from the bench this season, claiming
that a bench manager has an advantage of
one playing on the team.
McAleer has secured Jim Delehanty from
Cincinnati, and the chances are he will
turn out to be a swell third baseman for
Mac, Just as Stone turned out a fine bats
man. WITH TIIE BOWLERS.
Last night at the association alleys the
Stors Blue Ribbons rolled another S.OOO
series, taking three games from the Ont
modB. One league mark was raised when
Cochran finished with 6V7. He bho had the
best single game of the evening with ?3.
Anderson, C. J. Francisco and Harper also
passed the 600 mark In totals. The score:
ONIMOD8.
1st. 2d. 3d. Total
Harper 2TM 2ii 2:i6 6W
Tracy 171 1S2 138 4!1
Encell 215 172 170 5',7
Forscutt 182 169 161 512
O. O. Francisco 1M 1S2 19) 656
Totals 978 911 895 2V784
BLUE RIBBONS.
1st. 2d. 3d. Total.
C. J. Francisco Iho Jo2 2J0 617
Cochran 222 213 2 .7
Hartley 191 1H6 Mr2 541
Weber 1 17S 172 649
Anderson 219 222 l'j2 6X1
Totals 1,028 1,061 928 1,027
In the city tournament the live-men
teams entered and scheduled will bowl their
games at the Metropolitan alleys as fol
low: Monday, Onlmods. Mets Bros., Life
Malts: Tuesday, Krug Parks, O D. K.,
KalKtafra; Wednesda , Cudahys, Stors Blue
I'Jblions, Carman's Colts; Thursday,. Hamil
ton's, Dnshers. Gold Tops.
The doubles and singles, to be bowled st
the association alleys, will be scheduled 1
soon m possible, and tha. games arranged
to suit the convenience of the bowlers. Al!
who can do so are requested to notify the
secretary that they will roll afternoons.
Gaaa-Seleoa Fight.
N. P. Dodge A Co. have rented the Bijou
theater to '1'n Reckard. the UoldriVld fight
promoter, for an exhibition of the pictures
of the (Jans-Nelson tight at Goldtteld. 8 d-
tember 3. Mr. Dodge would n-H rent the
building until It was shown the pictures
mere the original, so the agents of Reckard
took the rilma to tha Jewel theater Satur
day afternoon, where they were thrown on
the screen. 1 ne pictures will be shown at
tha HIJuU all this week, beginning this
evening, and after today two exhibitions
1U t slvcu each day, A special wire will
(ianj.-Hermann fight will be received by
rounds.
PI.
FOR
FISTIC
CARJIVAL
Tnnnnnh Sports Will Offer 100,000 for
Meetlnar ot PaallUtlc Stars.
TONOPAH. Nev.. Dec. 29. Interest In the
coming bottle between Oans and Kid Her
mann has been subordinated for the time
being by a stntement Issued to the press
hv Vlnnnrnr Rll.v r . ('..In.. A ,1.1...!..
ciub, In which he states his Intention to
notd a great pugilistic tournsment eariy In
the spring with James J. Jeffries ss the
stellar attraction. The sum of $ln,nio will
be iievoted toward bringing together the
cream of the fighting talent of the world.
Hiiey saw:
"I will offer Jeffries a purse of t.Vi.noo
ti meet five men. namely. Poulres. Rurns.
O'Brien. Schreck and Kauffman, on Ave
succeeding days, the champion to receive
lis oiiO for each appearance.
"In addition to the above events I pro
pose to have ss attractions a contest be
tween Jimmy Brltt and the winner of the
Oans-Hermann battle, a match between Aho
Attell and Jimmy Bowker and a battle be
tween Joe Thomas and some other well
known welterweight. In all I shall otTer
lino.flun to bring about the proposed
Omaha Y. M. C. A. Wins.
YORK. Neb.. Dec 29. (Rneelnl Telegram. 1
The Omaha Young Men's Christian associa
tion junior basket ball team tonight de
feated the York team by a score of 36
to ZL
Yale Wins Dnsket Rail.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 29.-In the basket
ball game between Yale and the Kansas
City AthleUc club Yale won, 31 to 22.
HOT AIR WARRIORS ACTIVE
Again They Arc Planning;, for Exer
cise, One of Those Wars that
PSever Happen.
They are at It again. Those profoundly
wise experts who have the war map of the
future plotted out In their Imaginations
conclude that nothing can save the Unltod
States from war with Japan some say
within twenty-flve years and others within
five years. Among European military men.
It Is said, this war Is being freely discussed.
They foresee even the course of the strug
gle. Japan would at once occupy tho
Philippines, and thus compel the United
States to conduct campaigns across tho
wide oc.an under Immense disadvantages.
The sorry plight of America may be al
ready a source of enjoyment In European
capitals.
The experts who predict future wars,
however, are old acqruUntances. Their
military records as forecasters throw all
the village weather prophets Into the deep,
deep shade. It Is true that they predicted
every war that ever happened. But Im
agine, If you can, the number of wars
they predicted that never did happen. The
year does not pass in which they do not
have some nation preparing to let loose
tho war dogs. No little unpleasantness can
aflsa anywhere under the blue skies that
they do not Immediately set the drums to
beating. Did you hear the bugle soiind?
Well, a Russian was seen sketching south
of Khyber pass, another German family
has landed In Brazil, a Frenchman waa
seen in Alsace to make faces at a picture
of the kaiser, an Italian subject was
lynched in Louisiana, a German trader sold
the first brass earrings to the sultan of
Tlmbuctoo. A great international crisis
lurks In each of those putative incidents,
each so menacing to the peace of the
world. The war forecasters are kept very
busy.
They have been hot on our trail for a
number of years, and, since we began to
build a navy second to one or none, we can
not much complain. Not long ago, our war
with Germany was apparently to break out
sometime between 12 and 8 p. m. You heard
that Germany was going to annex Brazil,
or set up a coal heap somewhere on a West
Indian reef. That meant warl The Repub
lican really was obliged to show that the
United States navy was more than equal
to the terrible emergency, In order to quiet
the fears of some of its readers. But where
Is that war with Germany now? Even the
Hottentots In South Africa are more tharr
Germany can masticate in 'oversea war
fare. The kaiser haa just dissolved the
Reichstag to save the "national honor"
from the grim catastrophe of surrender to
naked savages In a desert alongshore.
Americans must expect that the war
prophets will always be with them, both
abroad and at homo. A tight, a scrap, a
collision In which someone gets hurt, must
necessarily be a show In which the melo
dramatic taste of mankind finds a "certain
creepy satisfaction. Every little spirk on
the horizon, consequently, has the possi
bilities of a conflagration to people of this
temperament or to the professional gentle
men whose business it Is to study war as a
fine art. According to the logic of their
culling, a mere school controversy, or a
display of race antagonism in the corner
of a country, signifies that eventually two
great nations must resort to the explosive
argument of shrapnel. There Is no class of
people who count common sense and self
control so low in the valuation of the na
tion's mental outfit as the sleepless and In
satiate forecasters of war.
The war with Japan will Join the last
war with Germany, the war with England
before that, the war with Italy before that,
the war with Chile before that, and a long
string of wars, stretching back a century,
that never occurred. Here's a toast to the
wars that never took place! Every one
was predicted, but national common sense
flattened them out before the fuse Jvas
lighted. They represent a forgotten na
tional achievement, an achievement that
will grow into ever widening amplitudes of
solid splendor as the future wars that
will never occur are added unto them.
Springfield Republican.
A Tall Flah Story.
A remarkable case has Just come to light
at the headwaters of Gander creek, re
ports a Kentucky paper. Ten years ago
Columbus Allsop went to that point to
fish and cut a willow pole and set his
hook and line, sticking the pol4 In the
bank. He then got engaged in something
else and forgot his fishing pole. After
a lapse of ten years he thought of lt a
few days ago and went to the scene at
once, and there he found that his pole
had grown to be a willow tree three feet
In diameter. The line was Its usual size
and when he raised the hook he found
several generations of fish on lt, the one
that was originally caught on it having
raised a school of fine ones each season.
When Columbus drew up the old flih all
the others followed and he loaded them
all in his wagon and drove home, wonder
ing at the strange occurrence.
l'aya for Hole la Carpet.
The supreme court of Missouri affirmed
the decision of the trial court in awarding
Mrs. Bailie Nephler of Kansas City to.OuO
for Injuries received In a full caused bv
catching- hex foot in a hole in a Kansas !
City theater carpet. The decision Says:
"This is a somewhat unusual case. A
hole in a carpet Is not ordinarily such a
menace to either life or limb as would
justify the court In assuming lt to be dan
gerous to persons passing over It. The
question of whether lt was In this instanca
of such character that the proprietors of
the theater ought to have recognized it as
a danger to their patrona and have guarded
against lt was a question of fact for the
Jury."
Heavy Saow la Kraare.
PARIS. Deo. M The continent la cov
ered with tha heaviest snowfall In years.
Railroad traffic in France, Switzerland and
Belgium la seriously tampered,
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COSNELL SEERS MANDAMUS
Asks Supreme Court to Compel Juice
Sutton to Permit Him to Try Case.
APPEARS AS COUNSEL FOR SUNDERLAND
Judge Sutton States Formal Order
Barring; Attorney from Case Has
Not Been Made, but Would
Be at Early Date.
Another chapter of the coal cases was
reeled oft Suturdny afternoon In Judge Sut
ton's court when Mr. Connell united tho
court If he had made an order ot the
statement ho had made thut Mr. Connell
was not to be permitted to appear further
In the defense of the men who stand ac
cused of combining in restraint of trade.
Mr. Connell said he had bn advlxed an
order had been made December 18 to the
effect he would not be permitted to appear
further.
In response to the statement Judge Sut
ton said he had, made such an order. Mr.
Connell then made a formal demand that
he be permitted to appear In the case
against Mr. Sunderland, set for trial Janu
ary 7. Judge Sutton refused to comply,
but said the order had not yet been en
tered In the record, but would be put In
as soon as he had examined the testimony
which was then being written up by tho
official stenographer.
Mr. Connell stated lt was necessary that
his demands Bhould be complied with or
refused to enable him to protect his rights
and the rights of his clients, lie stated
he contemplated commencing proceedings
In the supreme court to obtain a writ of
mandamus to require the judge to let him
appear In the defense of the coal dealers
In future trials. In view of the fact that
the eupreme court would not meet after
next week until January 15 and the caue
of Mr. Sunderland was set for trial January
7, Mr. Connell said he was compelled to
take the neccorary action without delay.
Action Held to Be Contempt.
Judge Sutton reviewed the course of the
trial of S. K. Howell, referring to same
as a vaudeville performance and asserted
Mr. Connell was chiefly responsible, and
that it was his opinion Mr. Connell was
guilty of contempt of court.
Mr. Connell stated he had not been
charged with contempt, that no Informa
tion had been filed and he had In no man
ner been notified of any contempt pro
ceedings and In that connection stated he
had not been guilty or chargeable with
contempt, but, on the contrary, during the
trial of Mr. Howell had endeavored to
maintain the respect due to courts of jus
tice. No final action waa taken by Judge Sut
ton, but he adjourned court until Monday
and left the bench. When Mr. Connell
did not secure a compliance with his de
mand he returned to his office and com
pleted a petition for a peremptory writ
of mandamus, which had been partially
prepared. A copy of the petition wafc
served upon Judge Sutton about 7 o'clock
last evening' and at the same time a no
tice stating Mr. Sunderland and Mr. Con
nell as relators would make application
for a writ.
Mr. Connell has had complete extracts
made by the official reporter of all por
tions In the nature of a controversy be
tween Judge Sutton and himself. The rec
ord, when printed, will cover sixty pages
and the typesetting has already been done
and ready for the printer's hands Monday.
Mr. Connell also has In the printer's hands
a brief of the legal points Involved, with
extended references to numerous decisions
of the courts o the effect that an attorney
cannot be disbarred or prevented from prac
ticing his profesKhm prior to the filing of
charges against him and until ha has had
notice of such charges and has had a hear
ing. The briefs will be sent to Lincoln Thurs
dsy. .
Entire stock of children's furs at IV per
cent oft, Benson Tborue, lo!6 Douglas St
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if pWIIIff p.
(I L-V J'"fc.f &Tt dftii.-S:. tfctitt I7(rn,mr..,n tnrron 8t Louis, and nronortionatelv low rates IS I . v
vi xt . r ,1. .u. . .1 rw m rij ,. -.. ir. a, su m
J l rTT'rcK'r'yk' V-'SfHfl&W rSftV'l ln ue as indicated in the lower left-hand corner, we lawli - - -
W:'M'ti - VKV 'fP--ryix will send this book FRKB, togstber TVvL
Pjtf ;AV:Jf;:mSili&M& with fIHnform.Uoa
JOHN SEBASTIAN &4$mM & V Y ' '
CHICAGO or ST. LOUIS U 'ttmFrWMv 'f 'A Stel ?i 4
Ple.se send me Te... Oulf WrrliPtWa f7 t
Slat
Ought to "But; NoW
at $25 an Acre
sAnd Sell in Ten
at$10Q0anJlcre
meantime, Texas Gulf Coast
arh VMf.
Perhaps this doesn't seem possible,
these statements are made oni
systems in this country, and we are
show you the PROOF behind EVERY
Suppose you buy a farm of 20 acres.
The land Will cost you S500. We
$100 an acre each year because the same sort of land that you
can buy is now netting $400 an acre and over, yearly.
Your yearly profits on 20 acres would amount to $2000.
In ten years that's $20,000.
Then, suppose you sell for $1000 an acre that s fZO.OOO
more $40,000 In ten years on an Investment In land of $500,
Seems too good to be true, but IT IS TRUE,
You can buy Texas Gulf Coast land so cheap NOW because
the land has Just been opened up through the discovery of
artesian water for inexpensive irrigation,
railroad with direct connections to tne country s
greatest markets.
, A 1 uant st asnrl t fta PAL
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M.VS.-:- v JOHN SEBASTIAN.
reesanger
Rocli Island-
isco
Chicago and
ico System has no lands to sail, but is Interested
untry. Taktm trip to Texas and sec for yourself.
No need to take chances.
Special Railroad Fares
mf,mrKi,n a XI frnm St Louis, and nronortionatelv low rates
from other point? to Brownsville, or sny other points in the Ouif
Coast Country. These rates prevail on certain dates, and ara erst
clsss round-trip tickets, food for 90 days, with step-over privi
leges for any point.
"The Oulf Coast of Texas" Is the title of a new book of M
pages we have Just issued, which tells all about this country.
It isillustrsted and has a map of the district, also facts about
the country of tnterrst ta every individual, lo anyone writ-
TIIE WESTERN UNION
23,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA.
ThwrrwnrrTRANRMITfta.a1 pet.lTVM
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tOtrmnamiaaaanorrlMirar tsf 1 )ri
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or UiS ro ess h i fUel ett:h ttie ('.njant f isaoatniw "O
TbJs is a INRtf UTIU MtNiuL tu.4 ilelierod b rHusit nf tb
ROBERT C. CLOWRV,
RECEIVED st
To the Motoring Public,
Omaha and Vlcinlly.
"Arrived today. Am at
purpooes. See us at Deright's.
1907 Stoddard-Dayton.
"We've only been allotted twenty-five Stoddard-Daytons for
1907, twelve of which have been sold. Better get you order ir
soon if you want one.
1907, twelve of which have been sold. Better get your order in
Ford Automobiles.
Deiight Automobile Co.
1818 FARNAM STREET.
COMPLETE RETURNS
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Champion Finish Fight
Itwclvod IMrex't From Ringside.
Tuesday Afternoon, January 1.
Ed Rothery's Restaurant
111 houtli Fourteenth Street.
- LEPLTlf STATE VETERINARIAN.
H. L RAMMACCIOTTI, D. V. S.
CITY lErKHWARUil.
Office and Infirmary, JHD and Mason St.,
OMAHA, Js'Eis. TtlepUuua fcfik.
Years
Land will net you $100
but please note that
ot me iSwi
ready and willing to
statement.
say It will net you
ana me consiruc-
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Traffic Maaaser
Lines
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Prsidnt and Ctnral Mnitr,
Dayton, 0., Dee. SO, 06.
your disposal for demonstrating
Weak Men, Frail Men
YOUNG MEN, OLD MEN .
All know the wonderful building-up power of
DR. M URE WH treatment. HIS 32 YEAHH of .
experleneu of treating dUeases of inun has
tuught him Just what will cure, and cure
quirk snd permanently at small cost.
DlseaHes of men cuii and should ba cured
for a pilee that would correspond with tha
nature of the dlsrusu.
DR. McGREW
Treatment by mall.
Office hours all day and to S:30 p m.
Sunday, I to 1.
Call or write. Box 76. Office 215 South
Fourw-nlh street. Omaha, Neb.
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