Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1887 — Page 2

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FRESH FROM THE WIRES.

Events of Interest and Importance in Every Quarter of the Habitable Globe. Hews Relating to Politics, Religion, Commerce, Industry, Labor, and Other Topics. THE VERY LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. BEYOND THE LAW. The Scope of the Facific Inquiry Defined by Justice Field—Leland Stanford Not Obliged to Answer the Questions Propounded. Justice Field, of the United States Supreme Court, rendered a decision, at San Francisco, declining to make an order compelling Senator Stanford and others to answer questions propounded by the Pacific llailroacl Commissioners, anl also refused to give the commission access to the books of certain construction companies. Following is a summary of Judge Field’s decision: The Pacific) Railway Commission, created under act of Congress of March 3, IBS7, is not a judicial body. It possesses no judicial pow. r. It cau determine no right of tlio Government, or of the companies whose affairs it investigates. Those rights will remain the subject of judicial inquiry and determination as fully ns though the commission had never been created, and in such inquiry its report to the Pres dent of its action will not be even admissible as evidence of any of the matters investigated. It is a mero board of inquiry, directed to obtain information upon cortain matters, and report the result of its investigations to the President; also, to lay the same before Congress in the progress of its investigations, and in furtherance of them it is authorized to invoke tho aid of tho courts of the United States in requiring tho attendance and testimony of witnesses arid the production of books, fiauers, and documents ; ami tho act provides hat the Circuit or District Court of tho United States witiiin the jurisdiction of which contumacy or refusal of any person to obey subnet na to him may Issue an or.ler requiring euefi persons to appear before toe Commissioners, and produce books and papers, and give evidence touching the matters in questio'4 Of all rights of the citizen few are of greater importance or more essential to his peace and happiness than the right of personal security, and that involves not merely’lhe protection of his person from assault, but exemption of liis privato affairs, books, and papers from inspection and scrutiny of others. Without the enjoyment of this right, all other rights would lose half their value. The law provides for compulsory production in tho progress of judicial proceedings or by direct suit for that purpose of such documents as a (Toot the interost of others, aud also in certain oases for the seizure of criminating papers necessary for the prosecution of offenders against public justice, and only in one of these ways can they bo obtained and their contents made known against the will of the owners. In the recent case of Boyd vs TJnitod States (tillU. 8. 010) tho Supreme Court held that the provision of a law of Congress which authorized tho Court of tho United States in rovenuo cases on motion of tho Government authority to require defendant or claimant to produce in court his i rivato books, invoicoß, and papers, or that the allegations of the attorney respecting them should bo taken itfi oonfeanod, was unconstitutional and void as applied to suits for penalties or to establish forfeiture of party's goods. In Kilbouru vs. Thompson (113 U. S. ls-8) wo have the decision of tho Supremo Court of the United States that neither house of Congress had tho power to make inquiries into the private affairs of a citizen.

The Green Diamond.

The raco for the championship of the League is becoming docidedly interesting, as will be seen by the appended record of tho eight contesting clubs: PercentClubs. Won. Lost. age. Detroit 57 35 .619 Chicngo 53 37 .588 New York 53 41 .563 Philadelphia 53 42 .553 Boston 49 41 .646 Washington 38 ’ 62 .422 Pittsburg 36 54 .400 Indianapolis 29 65 .308 St Louis st’ll maintains a long lead in tlio American Association pennant race. Tlio following shows the record of won and lost games: l’ercentClubs. * Won. Lost. age. St. Louis 77 26 /i 47 Louisville 60 44 .576 Cincinnati 61 48 .559 Baltimore 54 49 .524 Athletic 51 52 .49.5 Brooklyn 48 54 .470 Metropolitan 33 68 .326 Cleveland 2J 75 .878

The Ute Troubles.

A Denver telegram says the fatalitios in the recent battle betweou Colorow’s men and the whites were five whites and nine Indians. Four of the former and five of the latter were wounded. Six hundred Indians are camped within six miles of Glenwood Springs, and arc in an ugly mood. The official report of Lieutenant Burnett, U. S. A, is to the effect that Colorow’s band- was attacked by tho whites after being assured that they would be allowed to return to the reservation unmolested.

More Land for Settlers.

Mr. Stockslager, acting Laud Commissioner, says a Washington telegram, has taken the necessary steps to carry into effect Secretary Lamar’s recent order directing the restoration to settlement and entry of tho unapproved indemnity selections of the California and Oregon Railroad Company in California. Tlie road runs from Roseville, near Sacramento, to the California and Oregon line, a distance of 269 miles, and the order of restoration, it is said, will affect about 753,000 acres.

Professor Baird’s Successor.

Washington telegram: “The President caused universal surprise to-day in the selection of Solicitor Me Cup, of the Treasury Department, to succeed Professor Baird as Fish Commissioner. Judge MoCue is absent in M i no, and the announcement of his appointment was doubtless a greater surprise to him than to others. ”

Cold Comfort for Ferdinand.

Pbince Ferdinand lias received telegrams from the Sultan and Czar, neither of which is at all reassuring. The Sultan tells the young mau that his assumption of the throne was illegal, and that he has violated the Berlin treaty. The Czar declares that he can not approve his action, and tho letter is very arbitrary in its term*

WEEKLY BUDGET.

THE EASTERN BTATEB, The assets of Mitchell, Vance Ac Co., the suspended gas-fixture manufacturers, of New York, are estimated at 1753,000. The capital of the firm, which was $1,300,000, has been totally wiped out A FRIGHTFUL collision, with loss of life, occurred on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Glen Easton Siding, a point twenty-four miles east of Wheeling. A west-bound emigrant train was descending a heavy grade, when it crashed into an east-bound freight train with fearful velocity, wrecking both engines and badly smashing up a large number of cars. The passengers of the train consisted of Norwegians, Finns, Danes, Germans, Dutch, and a few English. Most of them kept their heads, and as soon as the first paroxysm of terror had subsided lent their efforts to disengaging their fellow passengers from the debrirf and attending to their injuries. Al Smith and Isaac Arbuthnot, engineer and fireman of the emigrant train, were found to be the only two persons killed outright About twenty emigrants were wounded, several of them beyond the hope of recovery. A dispatch from Gardner, 111, says; “Miss Sarah H. Dodge, the alleged slayer of Walter S. Babcock, the Chicago lumber merchant, waived a hearing, and was admitted to bail in the sum of SIO,OOO. The willingness of State’s Attorney Carter to accept SIO,OOO bail is construed as & tacit admission that he does not believe Miss Dodge will be convicted of the murder by the court, and that the case will never get further than the Grand Jury. Mr. Carter admitted as much. He said: It will be difficult to convict Miss Dodge, I soar. Babcock’s friends will not prosecute her, but want to let tho matter drop. Ho refused to make any statement against her. She can claim the Bhooting was in self-defense or accidental, and there is no way of successfully contradicting her.’ Tho true cause of the death of Babcock will never be known to the public unless Miss Dodge chooses to reveal it There is no reason why she should, and every reason why she should not” Grovesteen & Pell, a Wall street firm, have made an assignment One estimate of the liabilities places them at $1,800,000, while friends of the firm state that SBO,OOO in cash would settle everything. The nominal assets are $2,000,000.

THE WESTERN STATES.

An attempt was made at South Bend, Ind., to remove from tho streets the poles and wires of tho Central Union Telephone Company. After the connection with tho Exchange had been severed an injunction restraining tho prosecution of the work was served on the authorities. Tho company attempted to replaco the dismantled poles, but the citizens took the matter in hand and chopped them down as fast as they were erected. Fauragut Post, G. A. R, says an Evansville (Ind.) dispatch, is making great preparations for the reunion of the blue and the gray in that city from Sept 20 to 23, inclusive. A number of prominent Generals of both sides have accopted invitations Among those whose engagements prevent them from coming Is ox-Seuator lioscoe Conkling, of Now York, from whom tho po3t has received the following letter: New York, Aug. 22.—Gentlemen: It is an honor highly valued to be invited as one of the guests of Farragut Post of the G. A. K., at the approaching reunion of surviving soldiers who fought on’ one side and on the other in the late war. I beg you to receive my thanks and to believe my regret sincere at being unable to tako part in observances of so much interest and significance. My earnest sympathy and hope go to and go with every movement and idea having for its real purposo to weld together all sections and all classes, and to make our country throughout all its borders united, prosperous, aud great. Could wish or act of mine decide every community and neighborhood in all the land should he crowned with the fullness of peace and 4>rogresß as much at the South as at the East, the West, or the North. Tho bravo men who faced each other in battlo can bo the best teachers and the most genuine actors of this creed. Glad that the reunion is to occur, and never forgetful of hospitality and kindness receivod in the past from the soldiers and the people of Indiana, I trust the occasion will bo an event of enjoyment, pride, and success. Cordially your obedient servant, Koscoe Conkling.

An unusual scene occurred at the burial of Samuel Sparks at Crown Hill Cemotory, says an Indianapolis telegram. Sparks committed suicide by iakiug morphine, but a desire to keep the fact out of the papers led his family to keep his death a secret The undertaker called at the health office for a permit to bury the remains. When the death certifica'e was handed to the officer in charge he refused to issue the permit, saying that the case should bo called to the attention of the Coroner. The latter was summoned by telephone, hut before he could learn all the facts the corpse was ea route to Crown Hill as rapidly as decency would permit it to be carried. The Coroner secured a buggy and started to overtake the funeral procession, and reached the cemetery just as the corpse was about to be lowered into the grave. He stopped the ceremonies, had the body taken from the coffin, pushed back the eye-lids, and took measurements of the corpse, all being done in the presence of the family aud friends. The funeral ceremonies were theu allowed to proceed. The Coroner’s jury in the Babcock case, at Gardner, Ili., returned a verdict reciting that, from the testimony, they believed the fatal shot to have been tired by Sarah Dodge, and recommending a full investigation by the Grundy County grand jury. No new facts were brought out at the inquest. A Denver dispatch denies the report that Colorow and his band had been surrounded by whites. “It now appears that they are a most impregnably intrenched in the hills, and spoiling for a big fight with the pale-faces. Captain Lawson narrowly escaped falling into their hands on Wednesday, being pursued twenty miles aud fired at a number of times.” Denver dispatches give the following particulars of an engagement between Colorow’s band of Utes and the militia, near liaugely, Col. : The fight -was opened at 6:50 a. m. near Rangely, about sixty miles west of Meeker, the Utes beginning the battle. The Utes who came into Major Leslie’s camp on Wolf Creek the day before for a talk skipped out during a thunderstorm that night. Major Leslie at once ordered a mount, and the boys followed the Utes over the hills through the dark and the drenching rain. Joined by Kendall, with forty picked men and Pritchard’s scouts, the troops and party

came up with the Indians about davbreak. The militia and cowboys fought the Indiana all day, and for three honrs the battle was a hard one. Both sidee fought Indian style, sheltered by rocks and trees. The militia made a gallant record, keeping cool and self-possessed. The fighting was done on foot, as the horses of the troops were worn out by bard and rapid riding over the rough mountain trails. The Indians are said to have lost eight warriors in killed and wounded, and the troops suffered the following losses as far as reported: Jack Ward, of Meeker, killed; Lieut Folsom, of Aspen, wounded; Ed Foltz, of Apen, shot through the cheek ; L. Stewart, of Leadville, wounded; Doc Caflery, of Leadville, wounded—not seriously; Dr. Dumont, of Meeker, wounded.

THE SOUTHEBN STATES.

An Austin (Tex.) dispatch says: “The Washington County election cases, which have been on trial in the United States District Court here for several days, were brought to a close by the jury bringing in a verdict of ‘Not guilty’ on the second count, charging destruction of ballot-boxes by the defendants, and disagreeing as to the count charging conspiracy and interference with officers. Judge Turner in accordance with the verdict declared the defendants not gnilty as to the second count and that there had been a mistrial as to the other counts, and they were continued until the next term of court” It is stated the amount of money taken by Norman Robert*, of Baltimore, Md., will reach $400,000, which belonged to the Lomain heirs. He lost $83,000 belonging to his mother in speculation. Decatur, six miles from Atlanta, was the scene on Saturday of a terrible riot between negroes and whites, the particulars of which are recited in a telegram from Atlanta: There was an assemblage of negroes to attend a Sunday-school convention and picnic, fully 5,000 negroes being present. Decatur is a dry town, in a dry country, but the negroes seem to have succeeded in getting hold of plenty of whisky. Toward evening a gang of the negroes began to grow restless. A few days ago a negro was lynched near Redan,not far from Decatur, and since then the negroes have been reported as being uneasy. This lynching seems to have been freely discussod yesterday, and a black tough, whose name is given as Hubbard, was quite drunk, and nulled a pistol and saia he couid whip any white man in the county. The preachers who were in charge of the celebrat'on and other* of the sensible and sober negroes endeavored to quiet Hubbard, and failing in this, sent word to Marshal Hurst asking him to arrest Hubbard. Hurst and Tom Shrivors and one or two others started to arrest Hubbard, who fought back. Constable ltogors succeeded in getting Hubbard’s pistol from him, and they started toward the police station with him, but after going a short distunce were set upon by a crowd of negroes, who released the prisoner. Hubbard and his pals then fled. The officers got additional help and started after their man. They surrounded him and the crowd he was with. No sooner hod they done so than the negroes began firing a perfect fusillade. The officers returned the fire. One negro gave himself up to Marshal Hurst, and pushing a revolver against his side fired and killed him instantly. Tom Shrivers was mortally wounded by another negro, and when the smoke cleared away Hubhard was found dead and other negroes were wounded. The negroes fled. Ex-Congressman Gibson, of West Virginia, was fined $53 and sent to jail at Huntington, in that State, by Judgo McGinnis, for contempt of court. Gibson and McGinnis have been at enmity for years, and the former, while trying a case before the Judge, intimated that he was open to bribery.

THE POLITICAL FIELD.

The lowa Republican Convention, which was held at Des Moines Aug. 24, heartily cheered every allusion to Blaine and Allison. Governor Larrabee and Lieutenant Governor Hull were renominated by acclamation. George S. Robinson was nominated for Supreme Judge on the fifth ballot, and Henry Sabin for Superintendent of Public Instruction on the third ballot The platform embraces twelvo resolutions. The suppression of the black vote in the South is viewed with alarm; the protective tariff and civil-service reform are approved; the Cleveland administration is condemned; the interstate commerce act is indorsed and anti-monopoly legislation in the State demanded; a liberal pension policy is favored, prohibition stoutly upheld; tho usual message of sympathy extended to Gladstone and Parnell, and Governor Larrabee’s administration commended. Lewis E. M’Comas presided over the Maryland Republican Convention, which met at Baltimore August 24. Tlie following ticket was nominated: For Governor, Walter Brooks, of Baltimore; for Comptroller, R. B. Dixon, of Talbott County; For Attorney General, Francis Miller, of Montgomery County. The platform arraigns the President for not calling to account Federal officers who liavo disregarded his instructions regarding active participation iu politics, which alleged shortcoming on his part is held to be a confession that liis civil service reform utterances are insincere. Five hundred delegates attended the Pennsylvania Prohibition Convention at Harrisburg. Simoon B. Chase was nominated for Jndge of the Supreme Court, and D. C. Irish for State Treasurer. The platform indorses woman suffrage, the restriction of immigration, and the reservation of public lands for actual settlers.

THE INDUSTRIAL REALM.

The International Stove Molders’ Union has suddenly determined upon demanding an advance in wages varying from 10 to 15 per cent over all the United States and Canada, says a Pittsburgh dispatch. The men are to continue at work for two weeks in order to finish what patterns they are at present engaged upon. Then a strike is to be ordered, aud if at the end of a week the advance is not conceded 5 per cent additional is to be asked. There are in the union 13,000 registered members, and 3,000 more who can be accounted for. In this city there are about two hundred and seventy-five, and the largest numbers are in Toronto, St Louis, Cincinnati and Chicago. Pittsburg salesmen have formed a National Trade District under the auspices of the Knights of Labor, it being iuteuded to include ihe salesmen’s assemblies in Now York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Chicago, Baltimore, aud St Louis as well

THE FOREIGN BUDGET.

A meeting to denounce tbe Government’s course was held in Dublin Tuesday evening. An immense crowd was present and great enthusiasm was manifested. The Lord Mavor presided. There were also two overflow meetings, at which Edmund Leamy and T. P. Gill, M. P., presided. There were present several English and Scotch members of Parliament, including Messrs. Jacob Bright, Cobb, Sutherland, Fenwick, and Haldane.

Prof. Galbraith, a Protestant, moved a resolution denouncing the edict against the league, which was unanimously adopted. Mb. Gladstone offered a resolution in the British House of Commons, says a London dispatch, to the effect “that a humble address be presented to the Queen representing that the Viceroy of Ireland had proclaimed the National League a dangerous association; that no information had been furnished to Parliament to justify the proclamation, by virtue of which her Majesty’s subjects are to be rendered liable to be punished as criminals without a judicial inquiry into the nature of their acts; and that this House, in the absence of such information, prays that said proclamation shall not continue in force as to the association named and described therein.” Mr. Gladstone spoke at length on the resolution, arraigning the action of the Government Mr. Balfour defended the course taken. The political situation at Sofia continues chaotic. All the leading men refuse to enter the ministry, which will be composed of nonentities. The prospects for a brilliant or protracted reign by the now prince are certainly the reverse of flattering. A London dispatch says the excursion yacht Monarch was capsized in a squall in Bristol Channel and fifteen persons were drowned. V is count Donebaile, who was bitten by a fox last January, has just died from hydrophobia. The prosecution of Mr. William O’Brien is treated by the Liberal press of England as a means to inflame Irish passions and give the Government further pretext for action against the National League.

THE CONTINENT AT LARGE.

A boat containing two men, three women, and four children capsized in the St Lawrence River, near Montreal. The men saved themselves, and left the women and children to perish. A recognized authority on sugar estimates that the world’s production of the article in 1886-’B7 is about 440,000 tons larger than that of the last preceding year. He thinks, however, that this fact will bo compensated by an increased consumption, most of which he credits to Europe and North America. A Winnipeg (Manitoba) special says: “Letters from Frazier and Stewart, dated Fort Chippewyan, July 5, state that they reached that point after many hardships. Forest fires have bpen numerous and destructiva Destitution at Fort Chippewyan last winter was terrible, and several cases of cannibalism are reported. One old woman at Little Red River admits having killed and eaten her whole family. Starvation and cannibalism are also reported from McKenzie River.” The thirteen passengers and sailors of the burned steamer City of Montreal were picked up in mid-ocean by the German vessel Mathilde. The castaways suffered very much from thirst They were landed at Falmouth, England. R G. Dun Ac Co., in their weekly trade review, note some improvement in general business throughout the country. The volume of legitimate trade is large, although in Borne important branches there is shrinkage. The tendency of prices for most commodities is upward. The Ball-players’ Brotherhood held its initial meeting at New York on Sunday, all the League clubs being represented. It was decided to require of tho League a modification of the existing form of contract, tho principal change desired being in the release clause, the object of the brotherhood being to do away with tlio buying and selling of players. In the ball-game in New York Captain Anson imposed a fine of $125 on Pfeffcr, of the Cbieagos, for two misplays, and a row was the result. Pfeffer said he would never pay it, and the other players stood by him, and he furthermore gave it out that udloss it was remitted he would never play another game with the Chicago*. Large quantities of pig iron are being exported from Sweden to Pennsylvania for railroad purposes. It is stated in a Detroit dispatch that Geo. V. N. Lothrop, United States Miuister to Russia, is on his way home, having resigned, and that ho will succeed Phelps as Minister to England.

THE MARKETS.

NEW YOKE. Cattle 81.00 @ 5.75 Hogs 5.50 (<t 6.00 Wheat—No. 1 White 84 @ .84% No. 2 ltcd 81 <$ .81 Ig Corn—No. 2 50 & .52 Oats—White 35 <o} .40 Pobk —Family Mess 17.25 (317.75 CHICAGO. Cattle—Choice to Prime Steers 5.00 & 5.50 Uood 4.00 $ 4.75 Common 3.00 <ft 3.50 Hogs—Shipping (trades 4.75 @ 5.50 Flour—Winter .Wheat 3.75 4.25 Wheat—No. 2 Red Winter 77 (31 .711$ Corn-No. 2 40% ft .4116 Oats —No. 2 White 27 <$ .27% Butter —Choice Creamery 23 .24” line Dairy ’ 17 (<S .20 Cheese—Full Cream, Cheddars. .10%$ .10% Full Cream, new 10% 3 .11% Eggs—Fresh 13 id. .14 Potatoes —Choice, per bu 75 & .85 Pork—Mesa 16 00 ,"17.00 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—Cash 68%® .69% Corn—No. 3 40 # .41 Oats—No. 2 White .27«(<5 .28% Rye—No. 1.. 50 (ft .52 Pork—Mess 14 25 (014.75 ST. LOUIS. Wheat—No. 2 Red .69 <7? .69% Corn—Mixed 39 <$ .40 Oats—Mixed 24 @ .25 Pork—New Mess 14.75 i" 15.25 TOLEDO. Wheat—Cash 74 @ .74% Corn—No. 2 46 ■« .47 Oats 20 & .26% DETROIT. Beef Cattle 3.75 ft 4.50 Hogs 3.50 <3 4.25 Sheep 3.75 4.50 Wheat—No. 2 White 77 & .78 Corn—No. 2 41% 0 .45;^ Oats—No. 2 White 29 ft .30 CINCINNATL Wheat—No. 2 Red 71%'» .72% Corn—No. 2 44 <$ ,15 Oats—No. 2 27 (ft .28 Pork—Mess 14.75 ”15’25 Live Hogs 4.75 5^75 BUFFALO. Wheat—No. 1 White 82 ft .83 Corn—No. 2 .46%,$ .47 Cattle 3.75 5.00 INDIANAPOLIS. Beef Cattle 3.50 ,«7 475 Hogs 5,00 ft 5.50 Sheep 3.00 @ 4.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 7u% <, .71 Corn 42 ft .43 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 25%$ .26 EAST LIBERTY. Cattle—Prime 4.50 ft SCO Fair... J 400 ft 4.50 Common 3.50 (<t 4.00 Hogs 5.25 ft 5.75 Sheep 3.75 <3 4 25

UPON THE BALL FIELD.

How the Clubs Stand for the Eighteenth Week of the Leagne Pennant Race Chicagos Great Games with Records of League Pitchers and Catchers. • [CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE.] The close of the eighteenth week of the* League pennant race for 1887 finds th* Western clubs doing battle upon Eastern grounds with their Eastern rivals. The Detroit team still leads the League clubs in the race, and the Philadelphia team by splendid work has passed Mike Kelly’s men in the struggle for front place and is now close upon the heels of the New York giants for third place. It would surprise no one to see the Phillies in third place and leading both. New York and Boston before another week passes. The Chicago team closed its third home season last week upoa the Chicago grounds in the final games of the series begun on' Saturday, the 13th inst., with Detroit, and it is needless to say that these games will exist for many a day to ccme in the recollection of all who witnessed them. In team work, in brilliancy of fielding, in wonderful spurts of batting, in base-run-ning, in splendid pitching, in individual and collective playing, the work of these two teams was something which the most gifted pen could but faintly outline, however greatly inspired. Each game was a battle of the giants from first to last, and in attempting to give just credit to those of the players who most deserve it one i* puzzled where to begin. With but little hesitation, however, it can safely be said that of the twenty or more players who participated in the three games, none did nobler work than did John Clarkson. Starting in upon Saturday, he gave such an exhibition of pitching skill as is seldom seen. Not only did he show himself master of the ball from the pitcher’s standpoint, but without exaggeration it may be said that if it is possible for one man to win a ball game, Clarkson accomplished the feat in the first game of the series with Detroit. In his delivery upon that day he seemed bent upon showing the 13,000 people present every strategy and peculiarity known in the science of modern pitching, and being familiar, through careful and systematic Study, with the batting peculiarities of every Detroit batsman who faced him, he was wonderfully effective. It may safely be said, brilliant as his record has been, that Clarkson never covered his position in such splendid form. He pulled down and stopped balli from the bat that many a man upon the lines of the diamond would have hesitated before, aud with the 1 in his hands he was a tower of streuglh to his team. He went in again Monday and pitched another winning game, making almost as brilliant a record us upon tho Saturday before. He went in again on Tuesday, and although he pitched a great game for Chicago, Detroit won by a lucky stioke of batting and some really wonderful work in the field. To show how determined Detroit was to win the third and last game of the series, a little piece of strategy upon the part of Getzein and Bennett—tne Detroit battery—may be cited.- It was full of risk, and might have lost them the game; but, fortun .tely for Detroit, it was successfully accomplished, and saved the game to them. It was in the eighth inning, with Pfeffer upon second base and Sullivan upon third, when Williamson came to bat. Three strikes had been called upon Ed, who throughout the game seemed wholly unable to gau r e “Pretzel’s” delivery. When just as he was almost in the act of sending the ball over the plate again, Getz slopped and called Penuett down the path toward him. The two conversed for ten seconds in low’ tones, Getzein the while glancing toward Sullivan on third. Then they separated, and Getzein, stepping back into the box, sent a ball over the plate on a line with Williamson’s head. The next ball was to one side of the p late and low down, with but little speed. Nevertheless, it struck Bennett’s hand squarely, bounded off' about leu feet to one side (the result of an intentional muff ), and Sullivan started in from third. Getz jumped toward the plate almost at the same moment the ball left his hand, and received the ball from Bennelt, who captured it with a single bound, easily putting Sullivan out at the home base. Teen the Detroiters started in for their bench and the White Stockings went to the field. The nature of Bennett and Getzein’s little consultation dawned upon tho spectators, and a roar of mingled laughs and cheers went up from the big crowd. Since Chicago’s departure for the East it has not played the ball expected of it. Of the four games commenced with Pittsburgh, one was postponed by rain with the Pittsburghs in thd lead when game was called, two wore won by Pittsburgh and one by Chicago. Detroit is playing much too strong a game just now for Chicago to let down in its speed, even a little bit. The following table, showing the work of the prominent League pitchers and catchers up to Aug. 16, inclusive, is of interest: PITCHER 3. Name. Won. Lost. Percent. Clarkson 29 11 -.-.55 Keefe 27 12 3 09 Galvin 17 16 2.78 Rail bourn 17 16 3.92. Casey '6 10 2.57 Getzein 16 9 4.14 Whitney 15 12 2.-5 Madden 1) 7 2.00 Buihnton 15 13 3.74 Welch ..15 10 2.72 M Baldwin 14 14 339 lerguson 15 9 2.93 Tw i chell 12 1 3 15 80y1e....*. 10 19 2.72 Healy 10 20 4.53 McCormick 8 18 3.60 Morris 8 11 4.53 l omvay (Bostonj 7 10 3.47 Gilmore 6 9 3.03 Shaw 6 12 5.91 ODay 5 12 4.05 Steiumyer, , 5 4 3.52 George..... 3 8 3.50 CAT CHER 9. Games. Put out. Astd. Errors. Av. Clements 31 2J2 ;2 35 .875 Bennett 15 61 16 11 .673 Ganzel 45 209 50 37 865 Tate 33 134 70 41 ,835 Flint 38 ’/06 52 54 .827 Myers 33 I>s 37 35 .822 Daly 3J 215 90 64 .821 Miller '...16 15z 37 45 .80$