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league Champions ' Get SeTcnteen
Hit and Seventeen Bans.
WOOD SETTLES AFTEE THIRD
Athletics Defeated by Biff Score
Ran la Third I n I n a
After Getting Lead of Three
.Two Home Rani.
f PiHIJXELPHlA. Oot. i-Boston hit
the ball hard hers today and won from
j Philadelphia, 17 to 5. Wood, who pitched
i eight innings, settled after the third
Inning, when Baker bounced the hall
1 through the score board for' a home' run,
with two bases occupied. .Only three hits
and no passes were aecured off Wood
after the third session. Hall finished the
Came In food style, and during the ninth
Inning no attempt was made by Cady to
prevent the home players from stealing
' two bases. "
Mathewson and Marquard of the New
, York Nationals witnessed the game.' They
, saw the fiM!ti-;- put tip a pOwr fleMiii
t' same, but the visiting team hammered
. the horsehide riolously. In the fifth In
ning Browri gave five bases on balls,
: Lewis drove Jn three runners besides him
. self with a home run, 'Cadj and Btahl
ach doubled and Wagner' singled, the
inning netting eight runs. Pennoclc was
eas' in the last four Innings. Wagner
led with the stick with four single's and
"tferkes and Lewis each secured three hits
' Speaker drew tijree bases an balls, but
ne ianea 10 gei mi, ecorei
'.' . . i AB.H OrA B. , AB.H.O.A.C
v rtiwpw, rf..-4l 0 tO eMiirpbjr, rt.. 1 1 I 0
Terkn, lb... fi 114 OMmcoH, ef . S t I
Booker, cf.. t J lOtlltnt, lb.. I 111
Uwli. It.... I I t lBaker, h... 1 I 1
Rnsle. ..). till OMclnnM, lb, I III I
Suhl, lb ... I 111 lWHb, If..w4
Wtfinr, I 4 I I Bjrr. M....4 14 1
CSir. I I I lKgB, ...,.. I 111
Woo4. ...... I 14 OBrowa. p.... I 001
." Hll. Ortnnoek, .., HI
' Y!li.l'..U 17 If 11" i ToUta....,r IDU
Ponton 0 0(11111 t-17
I'hllBdelDhia ......0 0 I M I M -l
Two-bae hits: ahl, CWy. Wood.
Thre-baHi hlt! " Walsh,' Bngle. ' Home
runs:- Lewis, Baker. Sacrifice hit: Wood.
k to(eaaeJ Collins U). Murphy, Single.
Struck out: By Wood. 6; by, Hall, 1; bj.
Pennock, L Left on paees: Boston, 6: 1
Philadelphia, H. Double plays: Kngio to
to Collins, Barry to Kclnnea (2).
Bases on errors: Philadelphia, 3. Bes
on balls: JOff Wood, 2; off Hall, 1; off
Urown, 7; off Fenock, t. Wild pitches:
Wood, Pennoek. Hits. Off Wood. S In
elKht lnlnntxs; oft Hall, 1 in one inning;
off Brown, in five minings; off Pen
nock, llln four Innings. Time: 2:15. Lm
plrea: Kgan and Kvans.
i .- Outplar St., Lonls.,
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 3. Cleveland hit St
Louts twlrlers bard and often, while the
lulling pitchers were effective In all but
two Innings, and Cleveland won the sec
ond game of the aeries, 11 to The field
ing of Austin and Jackson and Johnston's
batting fiaturd. Score:
. .. s CUKVBLAND. , , T, tons.
AJ1.H.6.A.E.' AB.H.fl.AlC.
Jhhmtoii. lb 4 10 o oshntten. ef . 1 I
'hapmtn,-Mt ) I t WUIUm, rt 1 4 1 I
t01, lb..l 11 18tovll. lb.. I I I 0
,Jckioa. rt,. t 1 1 GPrult, lb.... 4 111
lJol, lb... I 8 14 Co9ton, It. 1 1
Umim rt. i all onrlof. It..... I MM
Onnej, It... 4 0 10 lWllme, n. 4 1 0
O'Kvlll, t.i'l 4 1 Aulin, 3b... 0 II
VialwtM. . 1 1 I rrmmi. ... 4 I 10
gives. ...... t M I owtllnwo, p. 0 1 0
-Pbw.II, p .. 1 1 I I ,0
TdUli..:..l U 17 M lHoo .....1 I 0
Totals tt I If II 9
nattoA fnf Pnwll In ninth.
Cleveland I 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 1-41
Bt. Louis.. 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0-6
Two-biute bltn: Pratt. Lalole (2 John
ston, Powell, Williams. Home run: Comp
,m RiuTiflr hits: Chamnan (2). Olmm
(21. Hendryx, Powell, Johnston (2). Double
plavs: WlllUims to Stovall to Austin.
flmntnnn lil'I1nlii to Johnston. Wild
ilth; Powell. Has) on balls? Off
Baskette, 1; off &teen, 6 ;oft Powell, i.
Htruck out: By fcsteen, t; by Powell, 1.
Hits: Off Well man, t in one and a third
irinlnirs; off oPwell, In seven and two
thirds innings; off Baskotte, 4 in one and
a third InninRi; off fitoen fohr In eevan
and two-thirds tnttin. Left on baet
nt. Iouis. S; Cleveland, I. Time: 8:00.
Vmpirw: O'Brien and Connolly. ,
UrnalAre, In Second Place.
NEW YORK, Oct 1-Washington wemt
into second pla'e today by defeating New
York, 4 to 1. Johnson outpitohed Warhop
nd errom by Williams let In two of
New Yk runs. Willi&mat however, re
trieved himeelf In the ninth trmlng, wheni
h trined and scored the winning run
on Mldklff s error on Johnson.- Score;
WASH1MOTOH, ; . NSW, YORK. '
UI.H.tf.ll AB.H.O.A..
MoellCT. rt'!'!" 10 0ll4kltf, lb..-! 0 0 4 1
Ktr. Ih.,.4' 1 0. 1-oPhM.. lb... 4 I I 1
Milan.-, el. 4 I I ODanKd ., I' 0 I jO
Uairill. lb.i. l!llS i:0lllalt. it.. 4 1111
Imbbiim. 1 l.l Oltmmana, Sb4 1111
Hhankt, It... l 1 1 OMcMlU'n, m4 I I 0
McBrtda, H i I I I OSialth. f....4 1 0 0
WHItamt, e. 1 1 10 Knr, (.,41111
Johnaoa. I. I I I I iWsrboo, .. I 111
GIANTS WIN fflfllNTH INNING
Rucker Pitchei' Great Ball,, but
Stengel' Error is Coitly. '
rOUB TO THEEE FINAL SC0EE
Doyle at ecad Base la Spiked by
O. Miller, bet Coatlnnes Playlas
Threo . OmUh. Plays and
For Stotem Baaes.
BROOKLYN, Oct 3.Rucker pitched
great ball against New York today, but
lost 4 to S, . in the ninth, when Btenget
let. Wilson's single go through him and
three runs scored. O. Miller spiked Poyle
while running to second In the ninth, but
Doyle continued playing. Score:
MCW TOltK. BROOKLYN,
AB.H.U.A.R. , AB.HO.A.B,
Burns, If.,.. 4
Uoylt. lb.... 4
Bnodsr'a, ef 4
Mumjr, rt.,4
MarkU, lb.. I
rlaraog, lb., I
Mayan, e... 4
Wllaon, ... 1
Flatekar, aa. 4
Dtssarss, s., 1
Badar, p I
Taaraaa, p., 0
CTtn4) ..
Bbaar .....I
0 4
0 I
I
1 1
Moras, rf...l 1 1 M
lOuUhaw, lb. I 0 4 I 1
iHaaial, ef.. 4 110 1
Opaubart, lb. 4 1 11 0 0
IWhaat, If.... I 1 l f 0
IKI'kp't'k. Sbl I I I
Flab or, at,.. I 1 111
10. Millar, e. I 1 I 1 1
Oltocker. p .. I I 0 I 0
HjMonnta ... l 0 0 o
1
M II 17 II 4
0 0 0 ..ToUli
0 0 0
o o o
TUla..,..ll T 17 10 I .
Batted for Bader in eighth.
Ran for Meyera in ninth.
Batted for Kucker In ninth.
New York .....0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Brooklyn .....1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Left on bases: New York. T-. Brooklyn.
i. Awo-oaae mis: raoran. wneai. eacn
lice nit: ixnibert. First on errors
New York, 2; Brooklyn, . Stolen baaes:
Murray, Ktmpa trick. Bums, Moran.
Double plays: Fletcher to Doyle to
Merkle, Burns to Meyera, Rucker to
Miller to Daubert. Uaaea on balls: Off:
Rucker, S; off Badur 1; off Demarae, 1.
Struck out: By Rucker. 0; by Deimree,
v mis: vri uemaree. iu in seven in
nlngs; off Bader, 1 in on inning; off
lenreau, i in one inninf. , Time;
tmpires: litem ana urtn.
Phllllea Win Blnararlnar Halek.
BOSTON. Oct S.-PhiladaiDhla won to
day's gamo, 13 to 4. oBth of Boston'
pitchers were hit hard and. there was
mucQ tooee neiuing. aoore;
BOSTOK. FHSLAPISIJtnA
4 - , - , AB.K.O.A.S. - AB.H.O A .
Campbell, (14 I I I IFiehert, at.. 0 I I 0 0
Davltn. lb... I- Oil iLmlartta lb. 0-4 II 0 1
gebwlnd, lb. I 0 0 0 OMAsae, jf.... 4 I 0 0 0
Sweeney, lb. I 11 I 0 Millar, rt... I I I M
0bulU, lb..l 0 1 IWaaiB, ....! 111!
ElrVa, If ... I I 1,0 IDolan, lb.... I I 1 I 0 i
Titua. rf....4 1 I lDwlsa, lb... 4 10 10
Houeer, lb.. I 1 4 llloyla. aa..,. I 10 1
Ma'vllia, sal 1 OMalaes, p .. I 10 11
oow4r, e.,.. t i l a -
Vlokaon, p.,0 0 0 0 1 Tetla....U tl It I
Pooaell. p. I 1 0 K .
ToUls till 14 t
Boston 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 4
Philadelphia 0 10 40111 0-13
Two-base, nits: louder us w, Mogee.
WalBh. DoUtn. Kirks. Home run: Camp
bell. Hits: Off Dickson T In one and
twc-thJrda inn Intra: .off Donnelly. 10 -in
seven and a third innlnrs. fsm-rtwe hits:
Campbelij ixtdge. Bocrtnoe ny: wamn.
stolen dhsi Houset. juoii on Daos;
Boston, li; Philadelphia, T. Bases on
bails: uri uicKson, r, on iNeison,
Center for the Tigers
RACE IS NOT TO THE SWIFT
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Speed Value in Shorthand, but
Other Qualitiel Count.
SOME RECENT SPEED CONTESTS
Wide Variation b.owa In Familiar
and Unfamiliar "Work 4nall-
t IcntlOns of a Good
stenosrrapher.
HOTTEST TOWN ON BORDER
Modern Monotony Succeeds the Era
j of the Cowboy and the Gun.'
SOOTHEffO TOUCH OF ;, TIME
Bney Swltek Enarlnea Sow Snort
. Where Lnwlesaneae Wia no
Role Typical In
cident.
Standing of Teams
First on errors: Boe ton, 1; Phtladelphla,
a oau: ny neison, uon-
8 truck out: By Dtckaon.
1 lilt by pitched ball:
It.. T"l In. .1..1p
2; by Donnelly. 2: -by Nelson, 1. PaMed
ball: Walsh. Wild rttch: Donnelly.
Time: 1:50. Utnplrea: Kason and Jtshn-
stone. ' ' ' ,!; .
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Waphinitton 1 01 000011-4
New York.. ... 1 M H 1 I M
First base on errors: "Washington. (.
Two-base hit: Shanks. Three-baa nit:
Williams. Sacrifire hits: Gandll, Wlll
tms, Daniels. Stolen banns: . Midklff,
Milan. Left on bases: New York. 6:
Washington, 7. Doubl plays: Shanks to
Laporte, Lelivelt to Sweeney, McMillan
to Chase. Bases on balls: Off Warhop,
2; off Johnson, L . Struck out: By War-
hop, 2; by Johnson, Z. Time: 1:36. Um
pires: Hart and Dineen. . v
Frank Chance Sells;
His Stock in Cubs
PITTSBURGH, Oct t-Harry Acker-
land of this city today confirmed the
report that be had purchased the hold.
lng of Frank Chance In the Chicago Na
tional league base baU ;'ub. He said he
had made the deal as an lnrrrent
but refused to give the price paid.
B08TON, Oct. 3. Delivery of world'i
series reserved seat ticket for the
game that are to be. played In Boston
began today. Notices were mailed for
tunate applicant last night to call at
the club headquarters , for the tickets
that have been allotted them. The of
ficials plan to have the distribution con
tinue from tv ,m. to fi p. m. every week
day until the opening of home games of
the aeries. ,
The temporary seating arrangements
have been completed and ' the field has
been put in he beat, possibly shape. .The
diamond has been regraded, every peb
ble haa been hand picked and heavy roll
ers '.have been hauled back and forth
over, the Infield and baa lines until the
surface is at smooth a a table.
The ' big canvas covers have been
thrown over the infield, not to be re
moved until Monday forenoon, When the
Red Sox go to the grounds for a work
out before starting for New York in the
aftertvoon. -
The ground keeper, wilt get his men
to work again. a soon as the team
leaves and have the field In perfect con
dition for the second gam of the series,
which, barring tnterefereno . by the
weather, will be played here next
Wednesday.
regulate the time the line and back field
shall tka in getting away. Previous to
this week the line has been .slow in start
ing, but with the introduction of 'the new
signal ft vast Improvement has been no
ticeable. In addition to the team work
the coaches are" developing speed in tho
back field to overcome the serious lack
of weight The average weight of the
back field Is only ISO pounds, but as all
Missouri teams have been light this will
not bother the coaches if a little speed can
be developed. v
, ffklnne. from Hen at tav Heel
ft as Ben Pool, Threet Ala., when dragged
over a rough road; but Bucklen's Arnica
Salve healed all hlr injuries.' 25c. For
sale by Beaton Drug Co. Advertisement
Key to 'the Situation Bee Advertising.
W.LPot
Boston1 ..:..10t 4S.8S3
Washing" n 60.600
Phll'phla .. 89 61 .6W8
Chicago ,. 75 76 .437
Cleveland.. 72 72.480
Detroit ... 69 K.4ti0
St Loula... S2100.M2
New Tork..W W.S30
NAT. LEAGUE. AMBR. LEAUGH.
w.ifct.f
New York 102 47 .6ra
Pittsburgh 92 67 .17
Chicago .. W f8 .m
Cincinnati 72 77 Am'
Phil'phia.. 72 77.4841
tU. J.OU1S.. (2 89 .411
Brooklyn.. 17 94.177
Boston .... 61 100 .2381
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NATIONAL LEAQUT2.
Philadelphia. 18; Boston, 4.
New York, 4; Brooklyn, 8. "
Pittsburgh-Chicago, wet grounds.
AMERICAN LBAQUB,
Cleveland. 11; 8t Louis. .
Chicago-Detroit rain.
Boston, 17," Philadelphia,' 5.
Waahington, 4; New York, 2. V
tMnaee Today.
National League Philadelphia, at Bos
ton, New York at Brooklyn.
American League Boston at Philadel
phia, Washington at New York. .
PABST TROPHY TO ROBERTS
Mason Special Car Finishes First by
;.. , ; Consistent Eaclng. . '
The attention of stenographers the
country over was directed last week to
New York, where the National Shorthand
Reporters' association was holding its
fourteenth annual convention. There was
of course a rioh variety of technical dis
cussions, a unintelligible to the uniniti
ated public as though delivered In Greek,
but the popular feature was the speed
contest, which Jf not so exciting to the
world as the Olympic games, was no less
thrilling to shorthand experts. To win
such a contest Indeed, requires almost
as severe training, and as highly special
ized gifts as to win a sprint in a great
race. There are many very good Short
handers Whom no amount of practice
could fit for such a competition, while on
the other hand there are youngsters with.
the precis nervous and muscular re
action required, who become stenographic
printers In a surprisingly short time
after they begin to take lessons.
Value of Contests.
As to shorthand and Its possibilities
conventions ilk this diffuse much needed
information. There is much controversy
as to whether it is an exact science or
merely a system of mnemonic hint. The
truth Is that It is both. Any really good
system offers facilities for writing the
longhand, which In turn may vary from
long hand, which in turn may vary from
a scrawl to print-like plainness. But
the greater the speed, the more must be
left out and there are few reporters
whose notes do not at times leave some
thing to the imagination, pop that mat
ter all language, written or spoken, has
No western town has 'been' more truly
western, nor haa any ' American town
been more truly American ' than Dodge
City. And so famous in history has
this place become that it Is now the
practice of the magaslne writers to
make Dodge the setting for nearly. all
their gun stories. "
While most of these yarns have been
"highly colored, and there has- been a
Inter-League Series
. ; Begins Saturday
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 3. Fourteen mem
bers of the Minneapolis Association team
with Mli Cantillon and'E. N. Dickin
son, president and secretary, respectively,
of the club, -left -today for Denver, where,
on Saturday, the local team will meet the
Denver team of the Western league in an
inter-league championship series. Altlscr
will join the team in Omaha. Otis Clymer,
one of the best hitters of the local team.
did not make the trip.
Missouri Has Only
Three New Players
on Foot Ball Team
COLUMBIA. Mo., Oct. 3.-The return of
Jack Mills to the Missouri foot ball squad
has raised the hopes of Tiger supporters
as this makes seven "M"' men on the
squad and with Craig, last year's substi
tute, mesa that the eoaches will have to
depend on only three inexperienced men.
The kicking department is still weak.
but Lake has developed Into an excellent
drop kicker snd Brewer expect to im
prove Sbephard's punting until be win b
able to cop suoeens fully with Gibson and
Howard. Nebraska' men. when to day
of the big gam arrives.
With the Ames game scarce three
weeks away, Coach Brewer has deemed
it expedient that the men pay a little
more attention t team . work. H has
been xlving the men new ai goals which
Silk Thief Arrested nt Fntrbnry.
FAIR8URT, Neb., Oct S.-Speclal.)-
Sheriff Ed Hughes arrested John Mur
phy on the charge of shoplifting In Mc
Donnell's department store. Murphy
was taken Into county court and pleaded
guilty to the charge. County Judge C
C. Boyle gave him thirty at in tho
county jail. He had taken a, large bolt
of silk from McDonnell's department
store and was attempting to sll it in a
saloon. Sheriff Hughes believes be has
several accomplices In Fairbury, and
several arrests may follow. ,
1 She Kept Her Word.
Senator Root was talking about a cer
tain resourceful corporation. "They can
get around anything," he said, a touch of
admiration in his voice. "They remind
me of a Narrag-ansett gtri.
"A Narragansett girl, driving a sixty
horsepower gray roadster, admitted:
" Yes, 1 ve accepted David.'
" 'Why, said the girl beside her, "you
told me positively that If Dave proposed
to you your answer would be a word of
two letters.'
"The other girl, blushing a little, aald,
softljr:
" 'But I answered Dav in German.' "
Washington Star.
I your husband erossT An Irritable,
fault finding disposition is often do to
a d ordered stomach. A, man with good
dlgcBsUon 1 nearly always good naturad.
A great many have been permanently
cured of stomach troubla by taking
Cnainber Iain's Tahltta. For sal by an
dealers. -AdverUsemen t
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ENDICOTT GETS "vVlSCONStf CU?
irentfa Speed of Less Than Sixty
Mile nn Hoar Sufficient to
-WW Both Minor Events
t'Mll-rnnkee.
MILWAUKEE;, Oct l-Mortlmer Rob
erts of Jersey City, N. J.. today won the
220-mll PabSt troohy ailtjmoblla ranr.
with a Mason Special car ovtt the new
Wauwatose, road course after a field of
eight starters had been trimmed down to
tnree by minor accidents. Roberts' time
was t hours 45 minutes SJ.71 etconds. or
an average of 68 miles per hour.
Harry Hastings of Chicago, with a
F. A. L. Special car, finished second and
Bill Chandler of New York, driving a
second F. A. I car, was third, The two
last were a number of laos behind Rob
ert and finished after darkness had
fallen over the course., .
Harry Kndicott of Muncie, Ind.. drivina-
a Mason Special car, rompwd away with
the li3-mlle Wisconsin trophy race with
but one contestant against him after the
fourth lap. - Three Mason. Special cars
were the only starters in this race.
Endlcott's time was S hours 6 minutes
41.7S seconds, or at a speed of K miles
per hour. j
: Iowa: Man Second.
George Mason of Mason City, la., fin
ished second in the Wisconsin trophy
event Mason was several laps back of
Endicott -. , , ' -
Hughie . Hughes, with a Mercer, and
Dick Pullen, with a second Mercer,
furnished tt.e pace for th first half of
the Pabst trophy race,but each met with
mechantcal trouble that put them out of
the radkv ' v " - " -'
Mortimer Roberta drove a consistent
race. He started in tho lead and kept It
for seventy miles, when Pullen and
Hughe began their terrific drives which
resulted in their; mechanical troubles. .
Hughes and Pullen put up a great driv
ers' duel for more than 100 miles, but tho
pace was too hot for the small cars.
There were no serious accidents, al
though the course was muddy.
Key to the Situation Bee Advertising
Her Saaplclon Was JaaUfled,
A Missouri lawyer, who at an early age
acquired a . taste tor milk and not so
many years later learned that the addition
of a "jigger" of boose made a drink really
more to his "king, has not outgrown his
fond:-; ior milk punch, even though his
wife is a loyal churchwoman and member
of the Women's Christian Temperance
union and permits no intoxicants on the
sideboard.
That she may not know of his occasional
libations, the attorney always kept a
package of "breath improvers" In his
desk and after indulging In his favorite
drink he never neglected to supplant the
telltale odor with the spiced cachous.
One evening as be sat on the veranda
of his home, having just arrived from
down town after a very laborious day at
the office, , hi wife approached him and.
noting the familiar perfume said tremu
lously:
"Robert dear, I want you to quit using
those -losenges. ' I'm afraid they have
whisky in them."
Robert solemly promised and now pins
bis faith in aromatic cnewmg gum. Kan
sas City Journal.
. She Amended th Motion.
Two little girls were hurrying to school
in Parsons, Kan- fearful lest they would
not arrive ther until after th last bell
bad rung for the morning session. One
said:
"Let's kneel right down and pray that
we won't be tardy.
"Oh, -no," said th other:- ntS hike
on to school and pray while we're hik
ing.'" Kansas City Star.
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Key to the Situation Bee Advertising
Its doublets, It ambiguities. When two
written words look alike, one oan Sel
dom be wholly certain that some chance
association may not make It uncertain
which wss meant Shorthand written at
full speed,: granting that the characters
are plainly formed, merely Increases the
number of such possible ambiguities. The
abbreviations have been carefully revised
in the light of experience, to prevent Just
such conflicts, yet they do now and then
occur, and sometimes "one, sometimes
another system happens to expose its
follower to a chance of blunder, though
probably In the long run they fare about
equally well. V
Krra Penalised. .
It is a matter of vital consequence at
these speed contests, because errors are
lieavlly penalised. Every word which in
the transcript does not correspond exactly
with the original is thrown out and
only the net - speed is taken. Even
"don't" for "do not" In accounted an
error, though many shorthand authorities
give the two exactly the same form.
leaving it to the discretion of the writer
which form to use in transcription. In
such a case obviously much must depend
upon memory and a writer gifted in this
respect; has a great advantage in secur
ing letter perfect work, specially if the
notes are translated Immediately; if the
were' to be sealed up for a few months
another set of faculties would be in
volved, and the outcome of the contest
might conceivably be different
Variations a Steed. ;
A speed champion must of court be a
first-rate stenographer, but it would be
a great error to suppose that all first
rate stenographers are , racers. The
championship was . won by Nathan
Behrin of New fork' with a -record of 278
words a minute. The contest was divided
into-three parts. On legal testimony, in
which an experienced court reporter can
use many short cuts, he wrote 280 words
a minute, while on a Judge's charge to a
jury and on an ordinary lecture his speed
fell to 2) and 200 words, respectively.
For a scientlflo address it might br still
lower. This wid variation shows how
meaningless it is to measure shorthand
speed by the mere number of words, and
it shows, too, that speed is but one of
many factor that go to make up a good
reporter. Or familiar -newspaper words
a comparatively quick muscular response
may attain a remarkable speed, while
of other kinds of dictation he might make
nonsense. To be a really competent
workman, ready for any emergency, the
reporter needs a good all-round educa
tion, including a very large English vo
cabulary Snd enough acquaintance with
other languages to recognise forelgu
names and common phrases in foreign
languages. The more technical knowl
edge he has, of course, the better, an!
odd and ends of politics, history, myth
ology and literature do not come amiss.
H should know many familiar quotations
and be able to verify these if necessary
In preparing his copy, and he ought not
to be confused by allusions. Which
are the terror of the uneducated ste
nographer. Many stenographic lapses
may be pardoned in the reporter wbo
is able Infallibly to distinguish sense from
nonsense and to avoid making his man
say th precis opposite of what was in
tended. Speed contest do little to pro
mot s-ich valuable "all-round" acquire
meat, but they are useful in keeping
up. high standard of technical skill in
th art-Springfleld Republican.
tendency to overemphasize the bad' and
overlook ths good features of this Com
munity, it must be admitted that the old
town has a remarkable past. It has
typified all that the west has stood for
n utter disregard for things conven-
tJohal, lawlessness, six-shooter justice
and a farcical social and political or
ganisation yet all these influences were
permeated by a desire for things better.
whic"h. desire has finally resulted m a
triumph of law and order and a vlcto.ry
for th "square deal"
In year back this little straggling town
on the Arkansas was a sort of crucible
in which all the diverse elements of the
plains soldiers, merdiants, hunters, cat
tlemen, gamblers, divekeepers and roust
abouts generally were fused into a com
posite something, and that something was
the Dodge City of popular fancy,
But times have changed. Busy switch
engine now snort back and forth where
whooping cowboys once cavorted. Mild
eyed young men In white coats draw
soda water where fierce bartenders in
buckskin shirts once appeased the thirst
of bad men. , - .-i; .
. Th Lid on Tight. H
A peaceful, law-abiding town, of about
1009. Is th Dodge City of today. The
114 la on tight and vie Is conspicuous
by Its absence. ' Old men sit in front of
the restaurant and pool halls and swap
yarns. Milk wagons and delivery carti
rattle harmlessly about and motor cars
chug in every direction. A Harvey House
gong thumped by a slant-eyed Jap an
nounces the arrival of the trains. One
sees along the streets the- usual aggrega
tion of banks, barber poles,' bakeries and
billboards. A large "brick scnooihouse
stands decorously on the summit of Boot
Hill, which site once was famed as a cof-
f inless cemetery. . A change has ' even
com over the leading saloon keeper; he
Is a prominent banker. Sounds common-
place enough, to be sure,--but thirty-five
years ago things were different
Dodge City was established in 1872, just
before the arrival of the Santa Fe rail
road, which was then building westward
across Kansas. .,-
Bat Masterson was sheriff of Ford
county and his. brother Ed was marshal
of Dodge City in the cattle days oil 1877.
One afternoon a gang of Texas cowboys,
headed by a fellow named Corporal
Walker, came to town. . They were in
ugly humor, ands taking possession: of a
dance ball, they started trouble. For a
time they were not molested and had
things their own way, until their conduct
became unbearable, even in Dodge. A
messenger was. sent by the proprietor to
the authorities asking for help, to Which
Bat and Ed responded. . . , ,i ,
the room where he fell. Bat again rush
ing from the dance' hail, found this vic
tim missing and at once trailed Mm' Into ,
the self -same barroom,-only to find him
deid. Coming out he met ' his friend,
Mike Sutton, an attorney.' "Come on,
MJke," said Bat, "let's hurry and see how j
poor Ed ,is getting alorig." ' . : ' ;
So they ran across the street in search j
of the wounded man. It was unnecessary ,
to go far. ' Ed had staggered a few rods ;
north as far as the railroad tracks, wher :
he fell and was gasping his last breath j
when they reached him. Overcome with ;
grief. Bat turned away, followed by Sut- :
r,n. The hero of a dosen gun rignts sai
down on the sidewalk with tears stream-'
ing down his face. . , -..
, "It will grieve poor mother to aeatn,
was ail he said. , .
Thus were three souls sent to eternltyv
Jn a. tragedy of the frontier, SantaS
Employes' Mag. sine. -
Thompson May Come
to Union Pacific
Word corns from Lincoln that W. T.
Thompson of ' Central City, formerly at-
torney general for Nebraska, but now of
the United States legal department in
Washington, may resign Ms gwemment
position and cast his lot with th Union t
Pacific, vice John A. Sheen,. who expecU
to resign. , .- . .. , ..
, At Union Pacific headquarters here it
fs said that no arrangements have been
completed to secure tbe services of Mr.
Thompson, nor has he said whether or not .
he would accept the appointment in tho
event it should be offered him.
.Kitten 'Suffocates Baby.
CHICAGO. Oct 2.-A kitten " barely I
weeks old, went to sleep on the breast
of 2-months-old son, Frank, of Mrs. Frank
Kaiser and suffocated tbe cnna toaay,
sucking the breath from his mouth.' Mrs.
Kaiser round tne cnna ae&a ioa y. on
had feared that this accident would,
happen to her child.
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Masterson in 'Action.
Hurrying to the building Bat, who was
some distance in advance, entered first
to see what was golngom It was now
early evening. -V Ed had scarcely reached
the door when he met a puncher' named
Wagner coming out Always quiet and
gentlemanly, Ed " pleasantly '.remarked:
"Guess I had better disarm' you." ' Draw
ing his revolver . as if to surrender, the
cowboy suddenly pressed th muzzle
against . Ma8terson's body and' fired, set
ting fir tq. his victim's clothes. Hearing
th report Bat-rushed out,-only to see
Ed stsgger away groaning and with the
words: "Bat I'm 'done for." ;
Bat did not stop for sentiment. Leap
ing from the sidewalk into the shadowy
street be exclaimed: '"Put out the fire,
Ed, and try to get where there's some
help, while I attend, to these devha "
Scarcely had he spoken befonMie snot
Walker, the leader, once, twIc-Oirough
the lungs and through the side. Wagner
was shot down with a: single bullet Just
as he was coming through the door. He
died that right - :, - :"
The crowd Inside stampeded and broke
for cover. ; Running - Into tne - ouuaing,
Masterson w that his work hsd been
thnrnuarhlv accomplished. In less time
than it takes "to tell it he had avenged
his brother' and" broken up the gang.
Meanwhile Walker had dragged blmseir
into an adjoining saloon to the rear of
Persistent Advertising Is th Road to
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but they can't survive the
teil of a year s wear. ,
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.glitter; ie- they, posses
sltyle and distinctive' finish
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they are, absolutely stan
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and hand tailored; they will
fit you and satisfy you per
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. $20 to $40,
; K N M OR iui'and
overcoats at $1 4.50, $17 &
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young fellowr at $1 4.50 to
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