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    THE HER: OMATTA, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 14, 1910.
Annual Meeting of Nebraska Base Ball League Will Be Held at Hastings Today
STATE LEAGUE MEETS TODAY;
All Cities Are Expected to Aik Be
newal of Their Franchises.
HASTINGS r'OB SHORT SCHEDULE
.
York and Beatrice Are Iteadg
Take Flares In Circuit
ftaoald Tkw II Any
JtASTINOft, Dpc. 13. Sp-al The N'
brasUa Plata Ran Hall league will meet
In this city tomorrow to lay plana for next
year. The present towns In the lgue "-re
Hastings. Orsnd Island. Fremont. Coltim
bns, Kearney, Puporlor. Pewerd and Fled
Cloud. I'moably all will send delegates In
structed to retain their present franchises,
hut If one or two lon should drop out
there are othera to fill the vacancies. York
and Beatrice are mentioned an being de
sirous of membership In the state league.
.Although the last season was not a suc
cess financially the Hasting Rase Ball as
aoclatlnn lairt night nnanltnouHly and en
thusiastically decided to continue In the
league. Herman Pteln and I A. Kinney
were elected delegates to the State league
meeting. Both are unlnstructed aa to the
election of a state president. It la under
atond here that Henry Sievera of Orand
Inland la willing to take the rraaldeney
a KB In and Cliarlea Pherman of Lincoln, who
promoted the organization of a atate league
acveral years ao, has also been mentioned
for the place.
The Hastings association favors a shorter
schedule one of not more than 100 names,
with the closing not later than September
1. The local patronage waa good last sea
son until late In August.
Hereral men have been mentioned for
manager of the Hastings team, among
them Jacob Oettman of Newark and one
of the aura In the Eastern league, William
Johnson of the Monmouth team In the 1111-nols-Mlssourl
league; Cook, who played
first base here last season, and one or two
othera. George Harms, who was manager
last season. Intends to play elsewhere next
year and Is now negotiating for his re
leaan. Powers Ousted from
Eastern Presidency;
Barrow is Elected
One
Hundred and Fifty-Four-Game
Schedule it Arranged for
Next Tear.
NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-Th Eastern
Leagua of Professional Base Ball cluba met
In annual session Tuesday at Hotel Clc
torla and ousted "Pat" Powers of Jersey
City from the presidency, which he had
held for eighteen years, and elected Ed
ward Q. Barrow of Toronto, recently mana
ger of the Montreal club. The session waa
attendod and closely watched by the club
owners of the two major leagues. Tha Na
tional agreement expires next season and
there la expectation that the Eastern, now
In a prosperous condition, will demand
recognition as a major learfue-
President Powers had set the time for the
meeting for noon. For months It had been
apparent there waa opposition to him, but
tie had hoped to manage matter to the last
and then retire, .but Powers, who has been
credited with building up the Eastern
league, was summarily denied any office
and Ignored.
Noon came and Powers, who waa In tha
hotel corridor, refused to call tha meeting,
saying he expected a document from his
office. The recalcitrants waited until 1:80
p. m. and then Jacob Stein, president of
the Buffalo club and vice president of tha
U ague, ordered the meeting called.
lie, with other representatives, went to
the meeting room and sent for Powera.
Powera refused to go upstairs. The five
clubs then elected Barrow president and
adjourned for a half hour. When Bowers
appeared ha called the meeting to order
and Issued a statement of retirement.
.With the new president selected the
league decided on a lf4-game schedule for
next season, which la to start on April 20.
Several protests and other business will be
considered tomorrow. The National league
meeting also Is schedulod for tomorrow.
Morningside Would
Play Cornhuskers
Coach Holliater Hat the Backing of
tne Town People in Effort to
Get a Game.
GlOl'X CITY. la.. Dec. U.-(Speclal.)-atornlngslde
college Is trying to aeeura a
date on the Nebraska foot, ball schedule
for next fall. Coach Jack Holliater of the
athletic teama of tha local school has
opened neKotiatlons with Manager Earl
O. Eager of the Cornhuskers relate to
booking an early game for either Lincoln
or Sioux City.
Business men of this place have agreed
to back the Mornlngfldera In bringing one
of the large university elevens here next
fall, so Coach Holliater is trying to Induce
the Nebraaka mentor to bill his youngsters
for an October engagement In this city.
Vntil Holliater produced a team that de
feated Ania in November the local people
were ratlirr reluctant to back the Maroons
In any of their games. That contest stimu
lated the interest of the outsiders In the
Moi Ringside games.
INDOOR LEAGUE LAUNCHED
Trt-'lt- Base Ball Organisation wm
lime ttlght Teams Instead of Sis
First Planned.
At a meeting of tha board of directors
an tho officers of the Trl-Clty Indoor baa
ball league held Monday night, tha final
business of organizing the league and
starting the work of the year was con
cluded. President E. C. Taylor and Secretary.
Treasurer Frank Qulgiey were officially
elected by the board of directors, and the
constitution of the league ratified. Four
men. lUchard Orotte, Fred Kothery, Kay
Farrell and Bill Hchlpka, were appointed
to confer with J. M. Olllan, manager of the
Aiulitoi linn, and draw up the schedule of
game of the year.
lDsteail of having a aix-team league, aa
was the orlgtnul Intention. It la planned la
have an eiuot-team affair, the Council
Bluffs Young Men s Christian association
aud the CreUhton university teams being
ti other two invited to Join.
Practice games will start at the Young
Mn CUtUtlun assocluUoa this week.
Thursday at i.JO p. ui. tti Young Men s
Christian aiui-latln suad plays the Sioia
Yiluiiiphj-. and Tuesday. Hecelnher JO. the
Hiamro' t.t. '.'lay the Young Men s Chilxtiajt !
uaocla:ir:i lu.ys. The flri regular games
el ttie Mason are planned f r itio last
Mi if 1 iceiuljl'.
im Uirrivaa Kluu
l inn gieai king of cure. 1 r. King's N' i
Dlwuvci). the quick. t(e. SLrr cougli audi
Watou Di J i Co.
National Leacuo
Magnates Gather
for the Meeting
Lynch to Be Opposed for Presidency,
but it ii Though He Will.
Pull Through.
NEW YOItlC. Pec. IX While the Eastern
league was finishing up Its routine husin'ss
today the magnates of the National Has
Hall lens;!i were imcm'jlln:! for their an
nua! meeting.
The question of tho league presidency
this ytar, us last, is the prim-try one for
the magnates to settle. No such long,
drawn out comhnt as that of lant year
waa looked for, however. While It was
admitted that opposition to President
Thomas J. Lynch of Nv Britain n.lght
develop, there seemed little doubt of the
meeting opened today that he would be
chonen to succeed himself. He waa ap
parently assured of tho votes of the New
York, nttnburg, Cincinnati and Boston
clubs, with that of Philadelphia a probabil
ity. The support of four clubs Mould suf
fice for his retent'on, as the amended con
stitutlon of the .league, provides that In the
case of a deadlock the Incumbent holds
over.
Talk In connection with all kinds if pro
posed deals for players waa flying about.
The National commission met today and
decided two Important cases. Pitcher Fer
guson of the Boston National league club,
who had a contract which stipulated that
If he won half the Karnes he pitched last
season he was to receive a bonus, of $."00,
was sustained and the Boston management
was directed to pay him the stipulated $."0O.
Pitcher Maddox contracted to play with
Pittsburg for the season ending October
15, but was sold to the Kansas City club of
the American association.
The Kansas City club's season closed
October 1 and Maddox demands that Pitts
burg pay him for the .fifteen days his
original contract with that club still had
to run.
The National commission today sustained
Maddoxs position, establishing the prin
ciple that no matter what disposition Isi
made of a player the maker of the original
contract Is responsible to him for the full
term for which It contracted for hl serv
ices. Cornell is Out for
Water Championship
Swimming Team from ' Ithaca Will
Make Its Debut in Match with
Columbia Today.
ITHICA, N. Y Dec. IS (Bpeoial.)
Much activity has been wltneased this fall
In the natatorium of Cornell university In
anticipation of the meets for tha Inter
collegiate Swimming association team
championships. Tho watermen from Ithaca
will make their debut In New York on De
cember 16 with the Columbia swimmers as
opponents, and the? are anxious to make
a good showing.
Captain H. W. W.Iker l.as had a big
squad at practice for several weeks, and
the less promising materials Is being gradu
ally weeded out. Both the swimming and
water polo teams are well under way of
formation, and prospects are excellent;
though, of courae. this la Cornell's first
year In open competition, and the boys can
hardly be expected to prove a match for
tha veteran aggregations of Yale, Penn
sylvania and Princeton.
The swimming team Is well balanced,
with several likely candidates for every
event, and It should give Columbia a close
and Interesting battle for honors. Walker,
Bhamberg, Ostrander, Maldlner, Dodge,
Maxa, Oervaln. - Stanwood. Davis and
Austin are sprinters of no man ability,
and besides giving a good account of them
selves in the individual races they should
yield a fast relay quartet.
Maldlner has been traveling fifty yards
consistently in twenty-eight seconds and
with Davis, Austin, Thome and Male or
Phamberg a team able to average better
than twenty-nine seconds should be turned
out. Then there are two very good fancy
divers In Ostrandor and Kaufman, tha lat
ter the same Kaufman who finished fifth
In tha outdoor championships last June;
and a first class plunger In Sanderson,
who covers sixty feet consistently and often
does sixty-four and sixty-five.
The outlook for water polo is less brignt
Cornell had no team last year, and tha
game la essentially one In which experience
and concert ad action Is necessary. Walker,
Maldlner, Sanderson, Mass, Shamberg and
Austin played at school and tha rudiments
were thoroughly taught. They 'also haye
tha speed, endurance, grit and weight
needed to develop into stars, and a few
weeks of hard practice and good coaching
may accomplish ths unexpected.
Cornell is at present somewhat handi
capped by a amall natatorium, tha pool only
measuring 00x13 feet, which precludes the
possibility of holding any of tha inter
collegiate meets there. The question of
building new quarters is already under
consideration, however, and It Is mora than
likely that before another year has passed
plana will be made for a bath similar to
those of Princeton, Yale, Pennsylvania and
Columbia, suited for competition and able
to accommodate a large number of spec
tators VANDERBILT MAKES RECORD
FOR WINNINGS IN FRANCE
American Tarfman Took Down Over
1,098, too la Last Six Years of
Itarlna.
NEW YORK. Dec. 1S.-W. K. Vanderbllt
has established a record for owners In
France by winning the sum of l.j.i;0
during the course of six consecutive sea
sons on the turf In that country. By win
ning, however, IJ03.75O during the recent
racing year that cloyed last month Mr.
Vanderbllt fairly surprised hlmsflf. It Is
old history now how nothing would go rig in
for him in his earlier yean aa an owner
in France. His winnings for the last alx
yeara have been:
Vear Won ! Year.
I'-- t V. ;i0 limn ....
1 2f.-.5l' mo ...
17 ti ,VOI
lw l'l,Tfr Total
Won. t
2:;c.i.iio
jS.7 0 I
tl.'l-.iS.l.)
During the Inst .ncn ensoiix Ediund
Blanc has won i.i!.t0, ,9 having fin
ished second to Mr. Vanderbllt this year
with 112.460.
Mr. Vauderbllfs lir.l.tw fight American
Jockey, Frank .O'uiU, has uealen all
French records for il.s number of wiu
lu France alone his a;regiilo In IM out
of TIC mounts, to Steins VI out of bUi.
Out of France Stem has riiMtu thlrty-fiv
and O'Nelll'two wlnr.ii ,,,, i;lllis ajakiiig
their full totals up t l.vi Bnj :,J, respec.
lively. Thus, for the necond year George
Stein la dK)ed from a p.-itiuii which
seemed so llktly to become a luoii'ipui.v,
with bint.
Persistent Aivvrtijiog: is tile ltoad la
Big Returns.
MANY PUGS ONHOSPITAL LIST
More Prize Fighters Laid Up Than
Any Time in Years.
W0LGAST HAS SNAPPED ARM
Tommy Marphy, Yawns; O'I.earr aad
Other Leaser Mania Have Leaser
Traablea Another Hope" la
Rlaated F.arly.
Within the last few months there have
been more fighters on the hospital list
than at any time for yeara. The m1orlty
of them have been laid up as a result of
Injuries to their hands, which they have
either had sprained or broken In battles,
or in sparring contests with their partners.
Ad Wolgast, the lightweight champion, Is
still sufferii-a. from a compound fractuie
of one of bis nrmg which he received In
a bout with jMk Redmond and again In
jured In a contest with Tommy McFarland
In fights In the west. Bob Moha is suf
fering from an Injured hand as a result of
his fight with Tommy Loughrey.
Matty' Baldwin broke hla hand in a fight
with Battling Hurley at the Armory Ath
letic asflociatlon of Boston. Leo Houck,
the middleweight of Lancaster, Pa., broke
a bone in his hand In a battle with Frank
Mantell at Providence, R. I.
Knockout Brown is laid up with two
fractured bones in his left hand which he
received while boxing with his brother.
Adam. Tommy Murphy has a badly puffed
up ear, Young Reilly a cauliflower ear.
Tommy Loughrey of Philadelpnla a broken
hand. Young O'Leary a broken hand, while
many other boxers are nursing discolored
eyes.
Another white man's hope has gone by
the wayside, i This time it Is Jim Stewart,
the big heavyweight from Brooklyn. And
to think that his aspirations were upset by
the veteran Jack (Twin) Sullivan, who has
been fighting since Adam's day. Stewart
was all that went to make up an athlete.
Standing over six feet In height and built
In proportion, he sure is a magnificent
loading specimen of manhood, but In his
constitution there was something lacking.
What a pity It seems that a big fellow
blessed with such a fine physique should
lack that most important qualification in
a fighter's makeup. If Stewart had one
half the grit that Battling Nelson possesses
he would be a champion and the white
man's hope would be realised.
TABOR LANDS ON PERU TEAM
Wlna from tbe School Teachers by
Derisive Score In the Tabor
Gymnaalnm.
TABOR, la.. Dec. 12. (Ppeclal.)-The
Tabor College Basket Ball team clashed
with the Peru Normals last evening
In the college gymnasium, which resulted
In a declHlve victory for the Tabor Col
lege Cardinals. Score, 89 to 28. Ths Tabor
lads took the lead at the start and kept
It, though they slacked up a little at the
close. The features of the game was the
field throwing of Hume and the accurate
foul throwing of Glinnell. Schott starred
for Peru. . ..
The lineup:
PERTT Position. : TABOR
Renfra.: Forward.!...; Brush
Stevens Forward., Qrlnnell
Bchott Center, . Hum
Gelwick .Guard.'.. Moyers
Slmma Guard.. Johnson
.Referee, Hall; umpire, Prof. Ostrura.
EVENTS OX RlIVMNti TRACKS
Grover llaahes Wlna Feat a re of Card
a Jacksonville. I
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Doc. lS.-Grover
Hughes, neglected In the betting at 11 to 1,
won the feature of Monday's card at Mon
crlef, a handicap at six furlongs for 2-year-olds.
Hs took the lead at ths start and
was never In trouble, winning easily by
several lengths in the fast time of 1:12.
Summaries:
First race, alx furlongs: Bertls, 7 to 2,
won; Perthshire, second; Spin, third. Time,
l:134fc.
Second race, five and a half furlongs:
Monte Fox, ( to 1, won; Trustee, second;
Red Bob. third. Time, 1:07.
Third race, six furlongs: Urover Hughes,
12 to 1, won; Via Octavla, second. Jack
Denman, third, lima, 1:U.
Fourth race, mile and a sixteenth: Mary
Davis, 8 to 6, won; Sandrlan, second; Sand
Hill third. Time, l:4tJ4.
Fifth race, lx and a half furlongs: Mall
tine, 6 to 1. won; Colonel Aahmeade, sec
ond; Star Board, third. Time, 1:21.
Sixth race, mile and a sixteenth: St.
Joseph, S to 2, won; Merlman, second;
Stoneman, third. Time, 1:48.
1 PENSACOLA, Fla., Dec. 12. Heavy back
ing for Carew in the closing race caused
his price to drop from to 1 to S to 2 today.
His failure to get a portion of the purse
enabled the layers to have a big profit on
the day's business. Summaries:
First race, four and a half furlongs: Dr.
Cook, 10 to 1, won; Temper, second: Dry
Dollar, third. Time, 0:6..
Second race, four and a half furlongs:
Hatue Garrett, 6 to 2, won; Donalito, sec
ond; Sabo Blend, third. Time, 0:5i.
Third race, five furlongs: Kandiver, 7 to
t. won; Don Hamilton, second; Bodkin,
third. Time, 1:06.
Fourth race, six furlongs: Clvsmlc, 4 to
I, won; Protlle, 8 to 1, Second; B. M. Rebu.
third. Time. 1MH-
Fifth race, mile and a quarter: Herman
Doyle, 3 to 5, won; Ainyl, socond; Zymole
third. Time, 2:1H-
Mxth race, mile and a quarter: Sam
Bernard, 2 to 1. won; NeoHkaloeta, tecuml:
Dander.Vhlrd. Time, 2:l.r.'s.
OAKLAND. Cai., Dec .12.-Emery villa
rtsults:
First race, one mile: Wap, 13 to 6, won
Deiiren, 18 to 4. second; Incentive, t to 1
third. Time, 1:46.
Second race, mil:; Keep Moving, 4 to L
a on; Hello lie, 11 to 5, necond; Miss Picnic
7 to 2. third. Time, 1:4J.
Third race, five furlongs: Jm Basey
(GuL;nn. even, won; Winning Widow'
lUlui-!.), 12 to 1. second; Pav Streak, (Shil
ling), S to 1, third. Time, 1.00.
Acadernlst, Velnlnl. Maxoice, Flunk
Ferris, Port Alrlngton. Santalene and l..n
liun finished aa namtd.
Fourth nice, mile and twenty yard:
Roswale (Martini. 2 to 1, Hon; Jim Gal'f
ney. (Shilling), even, stcorid; lllg Si.ck
((iarner). X to 2. third. Time, 1:4J.
Meitoiulule alo ran.
k'tfili r.,c niie Aiiii i.n-!L hi l
I Burnett. (Thomas), 7 to 2, won; Elgin,
! (ijlMKS), iO to 1, second; Jim (.'afferais
i (.Garner). to 1, third. Time. l:."4i.
llrleview, l eii.-e iourseir. and Nebouas
finittlied as named.
Sixth race, six furlongi: Ruby Oiar.da.
(Mai tin), 11 to v. won: Konuie liard. uiar
giin), Ju to 1. Second; Kinniu G., (Thomas),
Zi to 5, thlid; Tunc. l.il.
Mr. Fisher. 1 1. dliith. r. Sorrowful. Sir
John and BeUa finished as nii.ieil.
Habr Left on Doorstep.
BKATRICE. Neb.. Dec. 13.-.Special Tel-
Mram.) Snugy tucked away In a basket a
girl baby was left on (he doorsup of Mr.
and Mrs. Geurgu Yuur.g, living a mile east
of Harneston, Neb., the other evening. Mr.
and Mrs Young had retired and were
Uakrricd by a rap on the door, ill opening
li l!.e fo:ind the babe on thu dourbte. In
ttm l.iifktt was i in greenbacks. Mr. unj
Mrs. Young wiil Keep the lit Lie tot, wliici!
la tell and hearty.
. Hoy lliirurtl l I'mulrr P.suloalun.
BKATRICE. .Veb.. Dec. 13 i Special Tel
ecra'ii .( Frunk Calkins. 1 years old. llvlna
near I'llley, was seriously Injured in an
rsi'h'id' n of wdfr. Lcin btdly burned on
the cheat, lace and l.andK. He may lose
hi:i eye.
lersisicnl AiiverlUing :s ihe Koad ta
: i:it Returns.
Omaha Railway Club
Elects Wednesday
New Officers and a Board of Directors
Are to Be Chosen by the
Club.
Tie annual election of the officers and
board of directors of the Omaha Railway
club will be held Wednesday evening. The
election meeting will also be a business
one and the affairs of the club since the
reorganisation considered.
Tho officers nominated who are up for
election are aa follows: President. B. E.
Griffin of the Northwestern; vice presi
dent, E. O. Hlckey of the wholesale coal
firm; secretary, H. C. Shears of the Union
Pacific; treasurer, D. B. Allen of the Union
Pacific.
In the list of nominations for board of
directors three railroad men and two busi
ness men will be elected. Fred Montmor
ency of the Burlington, George Tlkert of
the Union Pacific, 11. C. Shields of the
Wabash, J. J. Monks of the New York
Central, W. E. Bock of the Milwaukee, W.
H. Rowland of the Pennsylvania lines;
Arthur Pew, publisher; Rex Morehouse,
building supplies; C. H. Clancy, insurance;
A. P. Braum, lumber, are the men run
ning for tha board of directors.
STRIPPED IN FIVE MINUTES
What Broke the Heart of a High
Roller with Money to
Blorr.
Of all the gay sports that made gambling
a joyous profession In the salad days of
Cripple Creek there was none so blithe as
Johnnie O'Brien.
His cravats were the loudest that
screamed, his diamonds the largest that
flashed and his laugh the heartiest that
ecl oed through the canyon of the stream
that gave its name to the booming mining
csmp. His gambling place was the pride
of the camp, as well as of Johnnie himself;
so courteous and affable waa the dapper
little Irishman that many a man waa wont
to remark that he had rather lose against
Johnnie's game than win from another.
Many yeara in following boom camps
with his faro game had vefted Johnnie
with much riches, and he never failed to
announce, no matter what occasion for a
bet might arise, that he played no limit.
No matter how big a roll the other fellow
"flashed," he was always ready to cover It.
But much prosperity begetteth pride, and.
Johnny waxed proud. His fame as the big
gest "high-roller" between The River all
westerners thereby meaning the .Jlssls
Rlppl and the Pacific coast was well es
tablished; but even this honor began to
pall upon the king of mining camp sports.
He longed to carry his name east, like
Alexander of old, and, like this same Alex
ander, show ths degenerate dwellers there
that they were not deuce high when they
stacked up alongside Johnnie O'Brien.
After much thought his plan of campaign
was determined, and all the house had
many a farewell bottle on him that night
when he took the eastbound Overland In
search of new worlds to conquer. It was
not money that Johnnie sought, bear In
mind. It was glory and fame as the king
of sports from coast to coast.
One- morning Johnnie got off the train
at Cripple Creek, went quietly to a modest
restaurant he had never stooped to pat
ronise before, and after a mild meal that
a fortnight ago he would have sneered at
for Infant's food, betook himself to his
palace of chance. Unlike his usual breesy
entry, he slid quietly through the door and
was In the middle of a circle of astonished
Mends almost before they recognized him.
And It was indeed hard to recognize In the
subdued little man the blustering sport
that had so lately departed bent on con
quest and glory.
He was not changed and yet he was.
There was the same noisy cravat, but it
made a sound now like a piano with the
dumb pedal on. There were the same dia
monds. But Instead of their dazzling flash
they emitted now but a subdued twilight
glimmer; there was the same voice, but
all the trombone had' dropped out of It.
He meekly shook hands all around without
a word. His friends, dumb with astonish
ment, gazed on him aghast. What had
Chicago done to the pride of the Rockies?
They did not have long to wait.
"Boys." said Johnnie, after sipping a
glass of vichy and milk, "J might as well
foss up. I thought I was some big when
I sailed away the other night, but I've
found out different now. I'm a four
flusher, a piker, a seven-spot, neither h eh
nor low, and not worth a d n for game. I
picked out Chicago, you know, to show
those plg-stlckers a touch of high life, and
the day I got there I went to the bank
to get some drafts cashed Into five $10,000
bills.
"Thls'll wake m up. I thought. Then 1
inquired for the biggest faro game ;n tho
city, and after dinner I blew in there with
niy little bunch of bills sticking carelessly
in my vest pocket
"There were two or three tables running,
fairly well filled up with players, but off
In one corner was a table with nobody do
ing business. The dealer was sitting there,
slouched down in his chair with hla hat
pulled over his ayes, talking to the lookout.
" 'I'll make that mutt sit up and take
notice.' I think to myself. "When I get
through with him he'll count th ne from
tonight 1,'ke the folks down south count
from "befo" de wah." So I saunters up
peels off a $10,000 bill and carelessly flings
It over, on the high card."
" 'Chips?' caya the dealer, reaching for
it, without looking up.
" 'No,' I snaps, "let her go as she lays
for Just one bet on the high card. Do you
think I'm a lltt'e high school cadet pluv.ng
tlddle-de-winks?"
"The dealer doexn t say a word, but Ju t
turn tho cards. They come iien-s!x.
which sends that bill Into the dialer's till.
In a second I sets another of the bills oer
on the high card and it don't have time to
te'tk down before that dealer tuina me
out of It.
"Then I slaps down another rlht quick
so's h know I a'n't cai-ln? anything about
such chicken feed -and 1 haven't wot mi'
fingers off it hardly before the cards come
h gh-iow and the dealer chucks that bill
over in the till as carelessly a If It was a
quarter s worth of postage sta:ni.
"I pulls out another one, the fourth of
them big bills, and pu's It where I'd M
tho others. The dealer turni th? rar.in f oit
o' langu'd. 'Ike lie's bored a! men k,;
J penny-time, airt o' irnme: but Ii- turn n
I nlne-ftmr end takes in the nion. all rili:
j "And vh le he's tucki is !lio ta-.i of IOO)
i down In tbe till h- turns to the lookout u::1
say-. "That's a mighty ur. g rl 1 reen
( y:'i with this morning. Jimfui." .lust tli:n (
of a man ta'nirk alout i iirte z'-. '' wh-r.
I'd li st t'lat pile to liiiTi .n less than fi ,-t
m'r.utes!
"Well, l'xe got one more b'll left, voti
:s.-e, ar.-l I 'a,i that dj.vn some vfc: ut rr
liiie hlKh card. 'Tu:n for that" I ay. il. ',
wets the end of hu finder with tliv tip of.
I h'.s lon:i.r, turna cut a lil;:h-loW-ari l ilio; ? !
' my 'abt bill o.er ni m:'ti the r. si. j
i ""That's ali. l-o.'s," c . n -hid I Johm'e w th I
I a Malt. "Tha iue a iui oik.-. aui j
I diuii't miud luring tha iu.tAA. But anal J
broke my heart was what broke n.v
heart. " he wailed, "that. that, that
of a dealer never looked up once to see who
was the high roller that was losing all that
money !" Boston Herald.
LIFE OF LUCK AND THRILLS
Remarkable' Career of tha Lata
Major Charles C. Te Radio,
V. . A.
Major Charles C. De Rudlo. U. 8. A., re
tired, died at his home in Los Angeles,
rvovmber l, at the age of 7 years.
The story of Major De Rudio'a life reads
like a romance. An emperor and an em
press quarreled on his account Once he
was led to the guillotine and his clothing
stripiied from his neck and shoulders ready
for his execution, but a minute before the
knife was to fall he was reprieved. For a
long time he was a prisoner In a dungeon,
but one fortunate day he escaped and,
after a stiles of remarkable adventures,
reached America.
As if he had not crowded enough of the
plctureaque and thrilling Into his life he
entered upon a new period, which had for
its climax a hair-breadth escana from
death almont as dramatic as that upon
me scarrold, for he was one of the men
who went to the Little Big Horn with Cus
ter. The luck that seemed to attend him
in France did not desert him In Montana.
Born In Italy In 1S32, and married in
England when 23 years old, Major De
Rudlo began a turbulent career by allying
himself with Garibaldi while still hardly
more than a boy. From Italy he went
with three companions to Paris, where tho
four attempted to kill Napoleon ILI and
Empress Eugenie with bombs. For this
three of them were sentenced to be guil
lotined. Pleri, one of the conspirators, was exe
cuted first, and De Rudlo was next. He
had Bald farewell to his wife and child
and was ready to die. As In the case of
Pleri, priests mait:hed on either side of
him. His arms were bound behind him
and his clothing was stripped from him
practically from Ms waist up, so there
should be nothing to block the glittering
blade In Its fall.
As a last favor De Rudlo asked that he
be allowed to smoke a pipeful of tobacco.
The executioner filled the pie- for the
doomed man, placed It In hie mouth and
furnished a light.
The fire in the plpa was low and had
begun to sputter when through the prison
gate an officer hurried. He made his way
through the ward and mounted the scaf
fold. The newcomer looked at De Rudlo's scant
attire and smiled.
"This is rather a cold, unpleasant da
to be out in such a costume," he remarked.
De Rudlo, whose thoughts were of an
other world, did not hear him and the
officer repeated his observation.
"Yes," replied the prisoner with an ap
proach to a smile, "but I scarcely have
time to catch cold."
Then De Rudlo apologized for keeping
the pipe In his mouth. "As this In my last
one I want to get tha full benefit of it,"
he said.
"Finish it if you desire, but you probably
will smoke many more. I have a reprieve
for you," said the officer.
The pipe foil from the mouth of Da
Rudlo. In the face of death he had been
a stoic. Now that ha was to live he sud
denly began to shiver.
The secret of the reprieve was that Di
Rudlo's young wife had so impressed tha
Empress Eugenie with her tearful pleas for
her husband's life that the empress, fall
ing to win mercy for the condemned man
from Napoleon III. had Issued orders her
self that the execution be stopped.
When Napoleon learned of De Rudlo's
escape from death he was furious. He and
the empress had a violent quarrel. Had It
been possible for him to do bo legally the
emperor would have ordered De Rudlo sent
back to the scaffold, but hi could not. But
De Rudlo had only a short gleam of hope.
He was tried once more and again waa
condemned to die. By this time tha em
peror's wrath had cooled and the tears of
the empreas were too much for him, so he
commuted the sentence to life Imprison
There De Rudlo spent more than five
merit In one of France's penal settlements,
years and then by taking advantage of a
series of queer hapienings he managed to
escape and make his way to America.
Tha north and south were at war when
he reached the United States. He Joined
Company A of the Seventy-ninth New
York volunteers aa a private, fought under
Grant and other great commanders and
when he was mustered out in ISM he was
second lieutenant of the Second Uniuad
States Infantry. In August, 187. he Joined
the regular army and was iminimi .
ond lieutenant of infantry. Two years later
ne was assigned to the Seventh cavalry
and under Custer saw lots of Indian fleht-
Ing. For more than ten years ha waa ,.n
the frontier. Few men in the army saw
rtiore hard service In those stirring days
than did "Rudy." as, the dashing officer
was affectionately callu by his brothers
In arms.
In 1S7S De Rudlo waa with tha Custer
command that was massacred at tha LU
tla Big Horn.
Sent off oii a scouting expedition Juat be
fore Cuater drove blindly into th .mhii.s
set for him by the Indians, De Rudlo and
fifteen of his men were surrounded in
thicket by more than 300 Indians.
ror two days and two nights they were
without food or water before thev iL.r.
reacued by three troops of cavalry,
For twenty years after the battle of the
Little Big Horn De Kudlo server! in th.
army of the United States. He was retired
in and In i:M was made a major on I
the retired lint.
Cf ull tho historical characters with whom i
I la life was Interwoven only one remains.
Napoleon lit is dead. Aiazaini is dcuri (-,...
ter and the others are gone. But Eugenie,
tho empress who saved him. lives. Chicago
Tribune.
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Witness in Brick Trust
Case Sentenced to Jail
Mrs. Christopher Befuses to Produce
Information and is Guilty
of Contempt.
CHICAGO. Dec. IS Mrs. Alleen Chris
topher, the government's star witness In
the prosecution of the allcved brick trust,
today was sentenced to serve thirty dnys
In the county Jail for contempt of court In
refusing to produce certain Information be
fore the federal grand Jury. Her attorney,
John A. ftrown, waa sentenced to seventy
days Imprisonment for his part In the same
refusal.
OSCAR JACOBS AGAIN ON TRIAL
Seven Witnesses testify la Case of
Murals Man Charaert with Kill
ln( loan; Woman.
STURGI8. S. D., Iec. 13 (Special Tele
gram.) The case against Oscar Jacobs,
charged with killing Elba Roberts, was
commenced this afternoon, seven wltnessee
for the state Alva Thurston, Charle
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Senator ( allnm Introdnrra a Mill to
Appropriate Two Million lol
lnra for Monument.
WASHINGTON, Dec. IS A national
memorial to Abraham Lincoln to be erected
In Washington at a cost of 12,000,000. Is
proposed In a bill Introduced today by
Senator Ctillom of Illinois.
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