Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1909 — HEYDLER IN PULLIAM'S PLACE [ARTICLE]

HEYDLER IN PULLIAM'S PLACE

Secretary Doing Work of Baseball Head Who Committed Suicide. New York, July 30.—John A. Heydler, secretary of the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, arrived In New York and assumed charge of the business affairs of the league today. A telegram notifying Heydler of the tragic death of President Harry Clay Pulliam was handed to him while he was en route from Alexandria bay to by boat. It was learned that Pulliam’s last official act was to direct a circular letter to club presidents notifying them that the time for keeping park flags at half mast as a token of respect to the memory of President George B. Dovey of the Boston club and President Israel W. Durham of Philadelphia had expired.