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TWO SYNDICATES WANT CUBS
Are Rivals in Bidding for Control of
Chicago Nationals.
TAFT RECEIVES MANY OFFERS
Clhlnnatl Capitalist Not Disin
clined to I'ropos.lilon,. Jtoojilng;
Toward Sale of 1IU
Interests.
CHICAGO, Feb. 23.-Two syndicates ot
Chlcaeq business men nro rivals In bid
dlhg for the control ot tho Chicago Na
tional league club, tho base ball organlza
tlon now owned principally by Charles P.
Taft of Olnctnnatl, slnco he took over
the interest of Charles W. Murphy Sat
urday night.
A bid of 70O,00O for Mr. Taffs stock
by a coterlo of Cub fans was mado today
and word .reached their representative,
Louis J. Behan, .that Mr. Taft would
Rive them, consideration with the oilier
bidders, so a committee ot three ot them
will go to Cincinnati tomorrow night to
t him.
Tho Behan bid was distinct from the
proposition mado by the syndicate repre
sented by William Hale Thompson, who
asked that Mr. Taft submit to him and
John A. Fugh and Charles A. McCullough
a prlco for his holding.
It was BAld that a number ot Chlengoans
In addition to the Uehan committee will
travel to Cincinnati to see Mr- Taft -personally
about their proposition.
Receive Numerous Offer.
CINCINNATI, Feb. il-The probability
that the majority of-the stock Of the Chi
cago National league club will not re
main lorig In possession ot Charles P.
Taft, Cincinnati capitalist, 'who . pur
chased. It on last, Saturday froin Charles
W. Murphy, was Indicated here today
wh6n It -was announced that. Mr, Taft
had received numerous offers for the
stock and was not disinclined to listen to
propositions looking toward- the fnlo of
his Interests; ,
It Is more than probable that one body
of men' and possibly moro will) arrive In
th(s cty tomorrow to head conferences
with Mr. Taft.
Mind Sot Made Up.
The ono proposition that Is known to
have beep made; that from Louis J.
Bthan ot Chicago representing a syndi
cate of men from that city, appears to
have Impressed Mr. .Taft, although In an
nouncing that ho had received a tele
gram' from 'Mr. Behan todiiy Mr. Taft
wished It distinctly, understood that he Is
cpn'slderjng; a number ofpfoposltfona and
was far from making up his mind on any
of them. '
"With the exception of the Behan offer,
the names, of the men making, tho other
propositions were not given out.
The apparent negotiations for tho pur
chase of tho stock owned by Mr, Taft
Indicates that it wilt bo some time before
tha announcement ot the name of the
next president ot the Cuba will be made.
This Is made certain by tho knowledge
that Mr. Tatt nowa owns tho controlling
Interest in the club and It Is understood
he will not consider calling a meeting ot
the club Until he has finally decided the
Purified Blood SOLVES
Mnt l Siekuss ProUims
People who hare been poulticing
and anolnttns; for years and years
marvel at the way 8. 8. B. dqes the
work.
When you come to realise that tho
skin and flesh beneath ara composed
of a network of tiny blood vessels you
aolve the mystery.
There are wonderful medicinal
propertUs In & & B, that follow the
course of the blood stream Just as
naturally s the most nourishing food
elements.
Thousands know It to be really a
remarkable remedy. It contains, one
Ingredient, the active purpose ot
which la to stimulate the tissues to
the .healthy selection of Its own s
ssntlal nutriment. And the "medi
cinal elements of this matchless
blood purifier are just ak essential to
well-balanced health as the nutritoua
elements of the meats, grains, fats
and augurs of our daily .food," said a
well-known physician.
Not valr tkU. put IT from the pretence ot
some dlitrlbatlng- roi6a' there it a lord or era
ml laterfcrrare pf nutrition to cum bolts,
carbunelrs., Stwctwet, toil kindred trouble.
H. 8. 8. so dlrrcu the locul nils tint tali
poUoa is Jctc4 iM 'Miauuted frum ttelr
prcKnct.
Ttura, too, B. 8. B. bts such sprclSe itlmsU
tlon, oa Ibet lout 1U u to prrrfrre tbtlr
nutosl Vrltare sj4 a proper rtUtlTe- ttilttaoc
lO'taca otbrr.
Kot oa drop of nUarrsU or ttvtt U card 14
IU Irpratioq. Atk for 8. H. K. anil Jut
laOtt atoa bsflnx It Jtnd It tou iV.lr. iklllfnl
m6ilet ipd coonpl arm ny matter eonorrnlnf
tli. Wood and tklo. write- to tar radical dri-rt.
WCBtj Jbt Swift Bjwctce. Co., SIS Kwlft Bldj.,
jktUota, Ga.
Po not aliow ame wsUoa tlrrk to larrup tbo
itmMfhtr la rUvjufnc orrr tomnblnit "Jtut as
Wi" B. a. a. .Ucware of all ru:ltvtt.
r.gfril?7nh'
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Wltte eouBona and .u..w rv... u,.
fk cf mniam makes It easy to select
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question of whether ho desires to sell his
stock.
Iowa High School
Rifle Team is Tied
for First Position
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-A school boy
record was established lh the six weeks'
matches of the High School Illflo Shoot
ing league when Wendel Smith, a mem
ber of the Dccrlng High team mado th:
Possible score of 200. Thn ncnrra nlun
show that first place honors -aro being
hotly contested, a tie existing In every
division. The Deerlng of Portland, Mo.,
and the Iowa City teams are tied for
first place In Class A, having won nil
six matches, while In Class B Jamaica,
L. Erasmus Hall of Brooklyn, N. V.,
nnd Stoneham, Mass., are on even termi,
and In Class C, Cedar Itaplds, la., and
Placer County ot Auburn, Cal., share
honors. Summary: '
Cla. A--wa City, 941, vs. Portland,
Me., WS; peering, Portland. Me., 964. v
Morris. New York City. W9; Salt Lako
rV'&i.V'illV ."75 v' nMmoro j,oIy 91S
5X'U..Cllni?nfS9V.v'- Htuyvesant, New
lumbla. 36, vs. Springfield, Mass., Tech-
Class H f?tnnhnm r.-. o ...
malca. I I., fXH; Erasmus' Jtali. Brook
lZn.' Nv, v,,..sw'..v Western. District of
Columbia. 819: Mnnunl. Ilrnnllvn m v
? 2' .K.astcn' Dl"rtct or Columbia,
fi II rook 1 1 no. Mass., KM. vs. Commercial.
Now York, defaulted; Business. Dlstrlc:
ot Columbia, 908, vs. Commetce. de
faulted.
Class C-Cedar Baplds. la., SSI, vs.
Broken How. Kh sti. np. ri,inAH.
V2, ,vakA.WarrPn' 1,ft- S0! Manual, St.
uuum, ovi. v. iioumon, tcx.. tm; Tucson.
Ariz;. MO. vs. mica. N. Y.. Free, 783
Placer County. Auburn. Cal., m, vs. Ccn-
wmiiu xvHpiun, iucn,
Folsom Prison Loses
Its Star Pitcher
ItKPItESA. Cal.. Feb. S3. Kolsom nrtion
lost Its most popular convict today.
Uugene Lavender, burglar and star
Pitcher of the "major league" base bull
team of the penitentiary, got an uncon
ditional releasn from (h hut nt.....
ho' stepped from th nrl
Fleming of MoIcnnon County, Texas, was
waning wun extradition papers to draft
him back to tho Texas courts to stand
trial on n burglary charge.
Lavender served four veara at Put
and was the Idol ot the "fans."
Smoky Joe Wood
Improves Rapidly
POUT JAnVIS, N. Y., Feb. 3.-Tho
condition totloy of "Smoky" Joe Wood.
Pitcher ot tho Boston lied Sox, operated
on yesterday for appendicitis. Is good,
according; to his physician. Wood Is at
his homo at Twin Lakes,' and Dr. F. K.
ClOaanor, who performed tho operation,
said after a visit at Wood's homo that
an early recovery was expected.
YANKEES foASSEMBLE
AT TEXAS TRAINING CAMP
NEW VOrtK, Feb. H-Flans for assent
bllna; the New York American leaeuo
clubs players at the Texas training camp
were announced by the club tonight.
The vanguard will leavo hero Thursday
for Houston. Arthur Irwin. Mike Ilergen
and Trainer Charles Barrett will be In
charge of tho party.
The contingent of pitchers now at Hot
Bprlngs, led by Coach Tom Daly, will ar
rive In Houston about the itmo time.
Franch Chance will bo there on Sunday
morning, March 1, to receive the players.
WHITE SOX PLAYERS
MAROONED BY FLOODS
US ANaBLES, Cal.. Feb. 21-Among
the railroad passengers marooned by the
floods were tho Chicago White Box of the
American base ball league, who left on
a special train from Chicago Thursday
night. Their train was halted by wash
outs enst of Colton. Railroad officials
said tonight that the base ball train would
bo brought In tomorrow, twenty-four
hours late. Accord'ng to present lndefl
nlto plans, the White Box will remain here
for eeveril days before proceeding to
their training quartcra at Pass Hoblcs.
FRANKE SECURisGOOD
PRELIMS-FOR WRESTLING
Charlie Franke has secured n nrii.tn.
i ary match for Wednesday evening! ko
, between Jess Westercaard and Leo Par-
oeno which promises to be a corker. Uab
.-uanogotr, who wrestled- Frank Qotch
here some time back, will wrestle with
Frank Coleman, one of the Omaha school
of wrestlers. Another big preliminary will
bo secured as soon aa possible.
Ctirtla Jniiini .
luniU'V-f .th,t Cliff Curtto. the form.r
S1" tw'l'r- wno d'u x work for
ewark last season, has followed Cy
Oarcer s lead and h inmi . ' .Y
FoJirals. w Xlw
4 Conaelmnn Stuns.
Pitcher Joseph H. Conxelman has re
cently signed his contract with the Pitts
burgh club, the twlrler attaching his slg-
nature rfurinr th -tv..i "
hates ta T New York" 8 v lu'
MURPHY HAS OVER MILLION
late Oymer of Cubs Says He Has
Made This Oat of Game.
WILL TAKE IT EASY FOR TIME
Dor Not Kxprct In Iletlrc from
Ilnslnrss Drcsnao lift Snya
He Is Too Youiibt for
That.
CIIICAOO, Feb. 23. "I started In base
ball with a shoo etrtng and tonight I am
worth more jjhan a million dollar,"
Charles Murphy, who sold under pressure
yesterday tho controlling Interest In the
Chicago National league club, enld to
night.
Mr, Murphy sat comfortably In a neit
of pillows, for he Is still suffering with
lumbago, In the great room of hla JGO.onO
home and seemed 'at peace with tho
world.
"I'm a happy man," he said, "because
I haven't a thing to worry about: no
body is calling me names and criticising
mo and It seems ns If a large weight had
lifted from my shoulders. I feel Just like
the man who was asked what ho would
do If someono gave him a million dollars.
He replied that he would room In the
best hotel in town, leave a call for 6
o'clock the next morning nnd when ho
was awakening at that hour, tell tho
world to go to biases." Mr. Murphy
chuckled and then grew serious when he
was asked to tell how much Charles r.
Taft gave him for the S3 per cent of tho
stock ot tho club.
"I would bo violating a confidence to
give the exact amount," ho replied, "but,
estimated on tho basis of the price I re
ceived for my interest, the club In worth
moro than $1,000,009. A half million or so
Is a lot of money but the Cubs aro worth
It'. During the time I ran the club I be
lieve It was the most prosperous orgonlxal
tlon In the league."
Will Itecnmn a "Fan."
Murphy reiterated that he was through
with thi flnnnrlnl nd nf linun ball, but
said hrTwns still a lover ot the game.
"I'm going to bo Just a plain fan nnd
It In ttm hleachera and veil at tho play
ers, roast the umpire and crltlclso tho
management," ha said. I am laminar
with the other side of the game, ao I'm
going to havo a lot more fun than most
fans.
r ,m trnintr tn runt for a year nnd then
I expect to enter some olhcr lino of busi
ness. I'm too young to' retire from active
life. I still retain a half Interest in tno
nrn.,n.t rn which the Cun nark Is built
and a similar Interest In tho grounds ot
the rhllllea. The rental from these prop
erties is all tho Income I'll ever need."
Murphy did not caro tn discuss his con
troversies with President Johnson ot the
American league, whom he charged with
trying to oust him from" organlied base
ball, or with owners of other clubs who
havo opposed him. ' ...
Murphy'a career In base ball extended
over a period of more than eight years.
Pegoud Will Make
Flights m America
Mtrw YORK. Feb. 23,-Adolphe Pegoud,
tho French aviator, who first demon
h utablUty of tho aeroplane un
der various unusual conditions by mak
ing flights upside down and "looping tno
n-m vllt this country next Juno
ivvii'. .....
to engage In a series ot flights, It was an
nounced by the Aero Club ot America
tonight
The proposed world-circling aeroplane
race ot tho Panama-Pacific exposition
has aroused all Europe, it was said at
tiui Aro club tonight Many Inquiries
and offers of co-operation from organ
isations and Individuals eager to assist
In making the event a success havo been
received, as have also numerous appli
cations from aviators who would enter
In tho race. v
Forty Thousand Loss
m Fire at Norfolk
NORFOLK. Neb., Feb. S3.-Special.)--Telcgram.)
Fir at 5 o'clock thla morn
ing did ttO.OOO damage to three alorea in
the main business part ot Norfolk, l'he
Klesaw drug store was completely de
stroyed with a loss ot J15.000 on building
and stock. The shoe store ot F. 5.
Davenport and the dry goods storo ot A.
L. Kllllon were seriously damaged by
smoke. Tho fire started In the Klcsav
drug store and was tanned by a high
wind.
Arrive nt St. AuKUstlur,
BT. AUQU8TINK. Fla.. Feb. 21
Twcnty members of the St I.ouls Na
tional league base ball team, headed by
Miller Muggins, manager, late today ar
rived hero for their spring training.
H. Hamilton Fyfe. Kngllsh Journalist,
was talking, In New York, about Mex
ico, whence he had Just rctu.t.ird.
"Among the Mexican Indians," he said,
"two things astonished me first, tlm
early age at which the children begin
to smoke, and second, the late age at
which they continue to bo nursed by
their mothers,
"Frequently the Indian babttw aro
suckled till they aro years old. Hy
that time they have learned to smoke,
and It is not uncommon in the Indian
villages to see a child leave Its mother's
breast and immediately light up a com
fortable 'after-dinner cigar." Now
York Rust.
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NOW FoP.TKSVJR.IVrH
P0VAD6R. rOuVTo f GeS ) O (
hin p.e(u fvfD J rAUYT. Mow To OH.Pmeff
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SINGLE TAX EXPONENT DIES
Joseph M. Fels, Leading Supporter
of Theory, Passes Away.
GAVE MUCH MONEY TO CAUSE
I'.xiirnilnl More Than Hundred Then-
Blind Dollar Annnnlly to Spread
of Doctrine Here and In
Korelun Countries.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 23,-Josepli Fcls,
millionaire soap manufacturer, slnglo tax
advocate nnd philanthropist, died at his
homo today from pneumonia after a brief
Illness. Ho was 61 yenrs of nge.
Mr. Fcls spent most of his time rulvo
cntlng tho doctrine of tho single tax in
this country and Great Britain. Ho re
cently rottirned from Cngland. vhqro he
had given a largo part of hla fortune to
the crentlon and maintenance of a single
tax co-operative colony near London.
Kmplnyea of his firm in this city profit
by a profit sharing system inaugurated
by Mr. Fels.
Although he early bocamo nn advocate
of Henry George's Ideas, it was not until
he went to live in England about eight
years ago as the English representative
ot hla firm that Mr. Fcls began to dc
voto his energy to the cause of single
tax. Since then hla friends estimate he
expended more than $100,000 annually and
visited every pnrt of the world to ad
vance the propaganda. Not only was he
a leader In tho cause In this country and
England, but he was a largo contributor
to funds for thO single tax campaigns In
Denmark, Germany, France, Spain, Aus
tralia. New Zealand and Canada.
His guarantee to tho Fcls fund In Amcr
Ica, with headquarters In Cincinnati, was
$25,000 a year.
Mr. Fels was, prominent as, a speaker
and writer as well arj a contributor for
tho cause which ho advocated, and even
during his last Illness was engaged In
preparing an article on the subject
, Mr. Fels was born In Halifax Court
House, Va. He received hla early educa
tion in Baltimore and came to this city
whon a young man. and with his father
and brothers started In the soap business
In a small way. Ho is survived by a
widow, three brothers and three sisters.
DOCTORS JOLLY THE LAWYERS
Exuberancy, of I.PKnl Verbosity Stirs
1hn huibllltlea nf the
. Medics.
Tho medical profession Is perennially
accused of lack of clarity of expression
In dealing with medical subjects. In the
accusation thero Is a certain amount
ot Justice, but tho critics forget that
many scientific subjects, especially those
ot a technical nature, cannot easily be
dealt with in the language ot tho street.
Nevertheless, tho charge that wo are not
clear and direct In our method of ex
pression, says fhe Journal of the Ameri
can Medical association, makes us sad.
That Is, until we happen to get hold of
a piece of composition written in legal
phraseology. Then by comparison the
most turbid of medical expressions be
come clear. These facts are suggested
by reading a charge made by a grand
Jury against a physician who had ren
dered a bill against the county for moro
than was duo him. Briefly, the doctor
had claimed to vaccinate twenty-seven
moro persons than ho actually had vac-
' ciliated, and thus obtained from the
county $37 which did not belong to him.
Tho misdemeanor was not an Involved
one, but the grand Jury stated It thus:.
"John Doc, on tho fourth day ot
March, lit the year of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and twelve. In
the county aforesaid, with torco and
arms did unlawfully, by using deceitful
means, artful practices, defraud and
cheat the county ot in the state of
out ot the sum ot !!7."
And as though this chargo were not
sufficiently overwhelming, tha grand Jury
goes Into details regarding this misde
meanor thus:
"The said John Doe then and there rep
resented to said board ot commissioners
that ho vaccinated the above-named per
sons and the sold board then and there
paid tho said John Doe one dollar Vach
for the 'above-named persons, and said
payment was made upon said representa
tion, nnd said representation so made by
the said Doe that he vaccinated tho
above-named persons was false, and
made by the said Doe for the purpose of
j cheating and defrauding the said county
OK unil BIMU uuniu t;uiiuiiioaiuilcta
of roads and revenues ot said county out
of the sum ot twenty-seven dollars, and
because of said false representation said
county of was cheated and de
frauded by the said John Doe out ot
said sum ot money, contrary to the laws
ot said stale, good order, peace and dig
nity thereof."
A noted English statesman, long since
dead, once accused his political opponent
on the floor ot the House ot Commons
ot being "Intoxicated with the exuber
ance ot his own verbosity." A study ot
legal phraseology leads the layman to
wonder It this Is not a species ot intoxi
cation Indulged In by those who are sub
merged In an otherwise dry subject If
so, a new field of investigation may be
opened up. A study ot the pathology ot
the verbal "Jag" might throw some light
on thla obscure subject
Drawn
SHAMBER6 KILLS BURGLAR
Pawnbroker Shoots Man He Finds
Lurking in His Shop.
-WAS ItOCCO FRANCISCO, BARBER
(Crnwletl Through from Adjacent
Cellnr nnd Cnme Up liy Trap
Door, When Surprised hy
Proprietor.
When Harry Shamberg, 1T02 Davenport
street and proprietor of a pawn shop at
308 North Sixteenth street, returned to his
storo shortly after 7 o'clock Sunday to
removo what money he had from his safe,
ho found a burglar lurking In tho store,
half hidden by a pile ot clothing. Sham
bcrg emptied his plstollnto tho pllo of
clothing and called the police. When
Officer Wheeler nnd Chauffeur Warner
arrived they found tho Intruder -on tho
floor, bleeding from a number of bullet
wounds. Ho was taken to tho Police sta
tion, where he died on tho operating table
while police surgeons wcro giving him
treatment preparatory to sending him to
a hospital.
The dead man Is Rocco Notar Francisco,
an Italian barber, living at 922 Capital
avenue nnd employed at hla brothcr-ln-law's
shop next door to tho pawn shop.
In his pockets were found a tallow can
dle, a glass cutter and a knife. His overcoat,-
which was afterwards found next
door, had a loaded revolver in ono of tho
pockets. The dead man Is survived by
a widow and a month-old babe.
Shnmbcrjfs Story.
"I left tho pawn Show at 1 o'clock In the
afternoon." Shemberir told thn nffipr
"nnd I returned at 1 to turn on tho night
light and removo the money from tho
safo to my home. Whon I entered the
storo I heard a nolso In tho rear and saw
a movement under a pile of clothes. I
seized my pistol and wont back and saw
a man lying on tho floor, partly hidden
from view by tho clothes. I asked him
what ho was doing there and hs started
to get up. I was afraid ho was about to
attack mo and I emptied the gun at him
and ran to the front of tho storo and
yelled at passersby for help. When I
came back the man was on tho floor,
groaning."
Worked from Itnrlicr Shop.
Shamberg was taken to headquarters
and booked as a "suspect." but was after
wnrd released on bond of 33,000, signed by
friends.
Investigation showed that Francisco
had como to the burber shop late In the
afternoon and locked himself in. After
divesting himself of his heavy overcoat,
he let himself into the cellar through a
trnp door, and by crawling through a tun
nel liko cellar, found himself beneath tho
Shamberg pawn shop, which ho entered
through a similar trnn Hnnr n ,1,1. .
door. however, was a small stove, but tho
Intruder was ablo to shovo It out of the
way and entered. After doing so he put
tho stovo back on tho door. As nothing
in tho store was disturbed, the police
think that Shambere-
only a short while After tho prowler. It
, 1TJIIUIIIJK, I
meant to mako his tixlt by breaking out
for The Bee by
a window, so aa to give the Job tho ap
pearance of being done by some one other
than persons In the barber shop, as the
trap door and tho stove, which showed
signs ot having been moved, would have
subsequently led tho police tit $he barber
shop.
ROOM FOR MORE LIVE STOCK
Only Nineteen Ilend of Cnttlc to
the Square Mile In This
Country.
Statistics show that the world contains
about 4SO.00O.000 head of cattle. Eliminat
ing those countries that count buffloes ns
cattle, and use their animals only for
their milk and for draft purposes, tho
count would approximate 325,000,000 hoad.
Of these, tho United States has 57,000,000
animals from which to obtain our beef,
dairy products and leather. It has been
sometimes thought thero waa llttlo room
for any great expansion of live stock rals
Ing In the United States.
But If tho number of cattle to the
square mile In this country Is compared
with somo of the older countries, It will
be seen that our land Is far from being
crowded. As tho census of different
countries relates to different years, tho
comparison given below cannot bo exactly
correct, but it fairly illustrates tho point:
No. of Cattle
Country. Tear, per Sq. Mile,
Belgium 1911 100
Denmark 1909 160
Netherlands 1910 159
United Kingdom 1911 97
united st-t,B .f Jan 19
If tho cxpcrlcnco of these countries j
worth anything, then thero is no ground
for tho feeling that as population In
creases and tho demand for more food
products from the soli becomes moro ur
gent, tho live stock must bo crowded
out. It Is a simple question of- increased
production, of tho limits of which we
havo not yet reached even the outr
fringe. These countries all produce mori
to the aero than we do, and no small
sharo or the credit is duo to tho largj
proportion of cattle to fertilize tho land.
In these countries, also, particularly in
the United Kingdom, greater attention is
being paid to the typo of cattle. Develop
ment of an early maturing breed means
economy In fecdstuffs. An animal that Is
ready for market at two years takes less
feed than ono that requires four years io
mature. Consequently, an acre of land
can bo mado to support more beef.
There Is no sense in saying that tho
United States cannot ralso the beef and
dairy products to feed Its population. It
can do It, nnd more, too, and can supply
a much larger proportion of Its leather
stock. Whatever elso It needs for this. It
certainly has the area. But It needs moro
expert live stock farmers. Wall Street
Journal.
Key to tho situation Bee Advertising.
Trnlncr for Feds.
"King" Brady, last season's trainer with
tho Columbus club, and at various times
connected in a liko capacity with Odin
State university athletics, has signed to
fill the position of trainer with Tinker's
Chicago Federal league team.
O'Connor Fed Scout.
Manager Mordecat Brown of St. Louis,
the other day mado the announcement
that Jack O'Connor, who was In charge
of the team last season, would be ap
pointed to scout for tho St. Louis Fed
erals. .
"Bud" Fisher
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Charles Lindville Held Up by Young
Pootpads and Robbed.
POLICE ARE KEPT VERY BUSY
AppIIcntlonn for Lodclnc Increase;
ana Nnmher of Persons Requir
ing Surveillance Said
to Be IiUrRer.
Charles Lindville. 1515 North Twenty
eighth street, was held up and robbed
of 00 cents Saturday night at Tweiuy
soventh and B streets. Tho robber wns
llttlo more than a youth In age, though
ho wielded a wicked looking gun, accord
ing to Lindville. Lindville was returning
to his homo shortly after 10 o'clock when
tho footpad stepped out of tho shadswa
and ordered him to throw up his hands.
Tho nppearanco of tho gun confirmed tho
order and Llndvlllo obeyed. Later he re
ported tho case to tho police, but tho
robber hod escaped.
3rnny Seek Shelter.
For weeks past tho number of unem
ployed in tho city has steadily increased.
At tho police station night after jilght
the number of those who apply for lodg
ing runs as high as thirty or forty men.
Saturday night tho number was near the
latter figure, It Is said. Tho police say
that as a rulo tho sleepers aro working
men or men who would work if they
could get It. The real bad characters ot
tho city aro tho gangs of pool, hall
habitues, who will not work and whoso
eppcaranco nt all hours of tho night keeps
the pollco uneasy. Latterly certain of
the rooming houses In tho downtown dis
trict are Bald to have given shelter to
wdmen driven out of Omaha by recent,
police operations. , '
' MiikIc City Gossip. ;
Owing to tle fact that today Is a legal
holiday there will bo nn mpntlnir nf thn
city council.
City Clerk Perry Wheeler expects to
spend a day in Lincoln on business dur
ing the coming week.
Tho children of the schools nm Anpri. .
Ing to be dismissed today on account nf
Washington's birthday.
Offlco space for rent In Bee offlco, 2311
N street. Terma reasonable. Well known
location. Tel. South 27.
Justlco of the Peace Hugh McCtillocn
will make a hurried business trip to
Galesburg, III., during tho week.
Robert Rundel of Chicago Is anenrtlnsr
somo timo on a visit with relatives and
friends In this city and In Omaha.
Tho condition of tha Jones brothers ami
William Harklns, all' of whom wcro in.
Jured in a street car accident Saturday
night, was reported ns encouraging yes
terday. The Ladles' Aid society of tho Flr.l
Methodist Episcopal church will servo a
6 o'clock dinner at tho, Methodist church.
Twenty-fifth and E streets, on next
Tnursaay evening.
Rftiboiia Outpoint McVcy.
NEW YORK. Feb. 23. Mike Olhhon. nl
St. Paul easily outpolntod Al McCoy of
'Brooklyn in a ten-round bout in Brook
lyn today. Each man weighed 153 pounds.
Brother to Keiln.
Al Hummell of tho Knoxvlllo Anna-
lachlan league team has signed with tho
l'lttsDurgn reaeraia. mo is a brother ot
'Silent Jolin iiummell ot the Knperbas.