Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 242, 9 July 1910 — Page 2

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THE niCIEIOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, SATURDAY, JVttY 0, 1010.

DESIRE STRICTER SAflF FnilRTH I! IB

Willi I W talllf Bureau of Municipal Research Thinks Further Restriction . Should Be Made. PRESENT LAW BENEFICIAL COMMUNICATION FROM LAW AND ORDER COMMITTEE SHOWS AP ', PRKCIATION OF, COUNCIL'S EF FORTS ON THIS LINE. , Appreciation of the effort! of the city council of Richmond to provide a "safer and saner Fourth," Is contained in & report issued by the Committee on Law and Order of the Bureau of Municipal Research The document is afgaad by Elbert Russell and Pettla A. Reld. and is as follows: "The movement for a safe and sane Fourth this year bad most gratifying results. The number of serious acci dents reported for the country as whole shows a decrease of about thirty percent aa compared with the ac cidents reported last year. The loss from fire waa about the same as In former years. The decrease in the number of accidents- waa almost al together In those clUes that restrict or prohibit the sale of fireworks. It asanas that very little waa accomplish d by appealing to the prudence of the children or to the anxiety of parata. t aeema also that the varieties Of fireworks that are regarded aa less dangerous to life and limb are about aa destructive to property aa the oth ' ' "In Richmond the ordinance restrict ing the use of fireworks produced good results. There wero no fatalities and not many aerioua accidents. Coun oilman Bartel and the Medical society deserve especial credit for securing this result. The ordinance might be Improved, however, so as to make the day still safer. , woman received a ever acalp wound by a sky-rocket and a fire waa started by one. This eems to Justify Mr. Bartel'a contention that their use should be prohibit ed. Most of the Injuries received lo cally were cases of handa mutilated and faeea burned by fire crackers. A considerable reduction in the else of the crackers allowed would eliminate xaost of these." 17AR VETERA! DEAD SVSBBHsasyjjB) Frenols M. Howe, Aged 74, Dies at His Home Here After Long Illness. MARCHED WITH SHERMAN Francis M Howe," a soldier who served la three regiments during the civil war, died this morning at his none, 021 Mela street. Howe, who 'waa 74 years of age, had been in falling health for many months. He is survived by his wife. Ella: three daughters, Florence, Bella and Blanch, and a son, Sherman. At the outbreak of the war, Howe enlisted In the 84th Indiana regiment When hia term expired he Joined the Ohio National Guards for one hundred days. Later he enlisted in the 47th Ohio and marched with Sherman to the sea. day morning at 10 o'clock, at the hone and burial will he in Barlham. The Rev. IX O: Howard will officiate, friends may call at any time. OEST EIID CHERT ' A good program has been provided for the band concert given by the West End Business men this evening. These concerta are proving popular and are drawing large crowds each Saturday evening. The following la the pro gram: Part I. March "Scott's Special.'. .. . .Phillips Medley Overture "Remlcka Hlta No. 6" Lampe Selection from "Gay Musician".... Edwards Waltaes "Wedding of the Winds" : ...Hall Novelette "Snow Queen" Salter Part II. March "Chicago Belles" Warren Medley Overture "Remlcka Hita No. I" Lampe Comet Solo "Daisies Wont Tell" Owen Selection from "Three Twins" ' - Hoschna finale March "Greater Pittsburg" St. Clair MUKC1E TEAM VS. GIANTS. The llne-upa for the game between the Athletic Association Baseball club of Muncle and the Richmond Giants, at Athletie park. 8unday afternoon, are as follows; . Mnacle Mohler c, Wul p. Scarce as. MUler lb, Walters 2b, Elliott 3b. Love If." Knotta cf, Morrey rf. Giants Mitchell c, Salnea and Benson p, Knox as, Carr lb, 8mlth 3b, Harris 3b. Stokes If, Patterson cf, Crane rf. ! TIM CeeaXay Cf UH. ' f anwl bt skeekt Imi what te ae let f WWsYttto iia, e-4(evUw0tseitae

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CHARGE AT WESTCOTT

Lease of Property Passed to W. E. Bayfield, a Former Proprietor. IMPROVEMENTS CONTINUE Announcement was made yesterday at Indianapolis that W. E. Bayfield had obtained control of tbe lease on the Westcott hotel of thia city. It Is understood that the consideration was $35,000 for tbe ten years' grant Will Cunningham, who has been In charge of the hotel for five months, was out of the city today and the deal could not be confirmed. According to the Indianapolis account Mr. Bayfield will carry out the plans for improving the building as arranged by Mr. Cunningham. It Is' understood that Mr. Cunningham has secured the Claypool hotel at Indiana, polls and will give It hia attention. STORIES OF ; THE DIAMOND. Ira Tfccmis Tells of Dutlss of D::kstcp Position STUDY BATTER'S WEAKKESS, First Class Receivers Invaluable to Pitohera and Infialdera Cool Head and Good Memory Needed if Yau Want U ftueceee. No. XIII. By IRA THOMAS. Copyright, 1810, by American Press Assoelation.. Would X ad rise any youngster to take up catching In preference to any other position on a ball team? Well, nonot unless the cbap himself is wrapped up In the position and finds that he can pluy there better than any other place. Catching cornea natural to some men, and unless a player feels tbst he Is Intended by nature to become a . backstop be should not tackle the position or ha will not rise above tbe ordinary. Besides being tbe hardest worker on the team, bis position Is tbe most dangerous on the ball field. In order to be a successful pad and mask artist one must require a cool, clear head and an Intimate knowledge of the game. He roust know tbe strength and weakness of every batter; ho must possess a good arm and a brain capable of outguessing tbe other chaps. The knowledge of tbe batter's weak, neas gives tbe catcher a great advantage, for be can tip off to tbe pitcher Just where and what ' to throw. He knowa how many balls It ia aafe to waate In lying In watt for a runner to ateal before trying for tbe man at the bat Be can oftssi force the batMete by American Press Association sua vsoicaa, era a catcbb o swilanatrau AMEMiCAwa. ter to go after bad balls by keeptng tbe pitcher working tbe ball across tbe comers or Just outside. Of course this la not always possible, and It la tbe knowledge tbat lets him go Just far enough that helps distinguish the stars from tbe mediocre backstops. Having the entire field before him, tbe catcher ia In a position to tip off every play to the Infield and generally algoala for every defensive play made by bis team. If be la really a great backstop be la of material assistance to bis pitcher, for when tbe latter gets wabbly, as Is frequently tbe case, a wise backstop can ateady him mod frequently pull out of a bad bole. Youngsters Just breaking Into tbe game will do well to make a atudy of every man tbat goee to bat Find odt bla weak points, study his attitude at the bat. and aa every little Incident cornea up Jot It down la your little book for tbe future Many times a catcher has been severely censured because some speedy fellow baa stolen a base. To the onlooker the backstop Is at fault. There are many times that tbe catcber Is at fault, but now uad again lt'a on the pitcher. It's up to a twirler to keep a base runner 'close to the baae. If the pitcher allowe too much of a start tbe best throw In the world cannot top blm. Catchers make bad throws occasionally, but they would make very' few if the base runners were held dose to tbe bases and the throws did not have to be made in a hurry. PALLADIUM WANT ADS PAY.

BASEBALL

NATIONAL LEAGUE. Won. Lost. Chicago.. .. .. .. .. ..43 St New York. .. .. .. ..40 26 Pittsburg 34 31 Cincinnati 36 33 Philadelphia .. ,.32 33 Brooklyn SO 37 St Louis . .30 39 Boston 26 46 Pet .84: .606 .522 22 .47$ .448 .435 .361 AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Won. Lost, Pet. Philadelphia ..46 32 .667 New York 40 38 .588 Boston , .. ..29 30 .565 Detroit.. 41 S3 .5G3 Cleveland ..29 24 .460 Chicago ; 30 37 ,448 Washington 27 43 .386 St Loula 21 46 .313 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Won. Lost. Pet Minneapolis 54 31 ,635 St Paul , 52 30 .635 Toledo 46 34 .575 Kansas City 36 41 .468 Columbus.. ...... ..35 42 .455 Milwaukee.. 35 43 .449 Indianapolia 34 48 .414 Louisville ..28 51 .354

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. National League. Chicago 3; Cincinnati 2. i Brooklyn 6; Pittsburg 5. Amerlesn League. Boston 3-6; Cleveland 1-2. Philadelphia 4: Detroit 3. Washington 12; St Louis 3. New York 13; Chicago 4. American Association. Milwaukee 3; St. Paul 1. Kaqsas City 10; Minneapolis 2. Louisville 6; Indianapolis 5 (10 inn.) Columbus 6; Toledo 4 (14 inn.) GAMES TOO AY. Natienel League. Brooklyn at Cincinnati. Boston at St. Louis. New York at Chicago. Philadelphia at Pittsburg. American League, St. Louis at Washington. Cleveland at Boston. Detroft at Philadelphia. Chicago at New York. American Association. Columbus at Indianapolia. St Paul at Kansas City. Toledo at Louisville. Minneapolis at Milwaukee. SMALL DAMAGE BY FIRE. The home of Frank Wlters, 818 North Eighth street, was slightly damaged by fire yesterday afternoon. A blaxe on the roof was started from a defective flue, but the fire waa extinguished before much damage waa done. JUDGMENT 0N0LD NOTE. Judgment for $1,361.96 on an old note waa given by Judge Fox of the circuit court today In favor of James L. Pearce against Benjamin B. Duke. The note was originally of much smaller proportions but tbe plaintiff was never paid any of the principal and rather than allow It to be outlawed, he had the Judgment renewed. WILL HOT INTERFERE New York, July 9. Mayor Gaynor today positively refused to Interfere with the exhibition of moving pictures of the Jeffries-Johnson fight in thia city.- His refusal waa contained in a reply to the protest of the clergymen. REV. NAFTZGER HONORED. The Rev. L. J. Naftxger of Greenfield, formerly paator of the Grace M. E. church of this city, haa been offered the pastorate of the First Methodist church of St Paul, Minn. He haa not decided whether or not to accept tbe call. OLD SETTLERS' PICNIC. The Wayne County Horticultural society held its regular monthly meeting at the residence of Joseph Commons of Centerville today. In addition to the regular program, arrangements for the Old Settlers' picnic at King's Grove on August 20 were made. BARBER SHOP CHANGE. The Skinner barber shop, 408 Main street haa passed into the possession of Irvin Hull and Roy Wagoner, two well known young barbers. Several repairs will be made to the shop. Frank Skinner the former owner has not announced what he will do In the future. Persian SKawla. The "sbal" of Kerroau whence our word sbawP la made of goats' hslr. Like tbe carpets, tbe abawl patterns are learned by heart and tbe work la even Oner. .Children also do this work. It la estimated tbat Kermao tnrna out $300,000 worth of shawls, handmade, a year. Tbe finest product ia a fir cone pattern, a rich color effect made especially for tbe governor ot the province, who wears it aa a robe ot boner on tbe Persia a New Year's day. He Get Her. " "It's to long siuce you called upon me." aaid the girl as she came down to tbe young man In tbe parlor, "that 1 waa beginnins to think you were forgetting we." 1 an for getting you,- replied tbe smart youth. "and that's why I've called .tonight Can I have your A Real Crlele, "Johnnie, do you understand what la meant by a crisis?" "Yea. mum." : Tell aa. Johnnie." ' f Twe owe an' the baasefnU. sauta."

LEMONS DRAWN IN BASEBALL DEALS Seldom Doss a Trade Turn Gut Satisfactorily to Both Clubs. - CUBS HAVE ENVIABLE RECORD

In Nearly Cvery Instance the Chisago National League Club Has Profited by Exchanges Hugh Jennings Has Pulled Oft a Few Coed Ones. Bnneliail htv.or.i- u full of trade In wbkh one club ns stung badly, und there are rcnlly only u few iustanc-es where both clubs apparently bud reason to le satisfied. Itatbcr queer when It Is known that seldom are trades made on the ur of the moment. Sometimes tbe interested managers and magnate will spar for week and mouths before completing the dot u 11. and then ouo party discover tbat It has been beautifully pold bricked. The Chicnfro Nationals bare always had the better of their trades. For instance. ilurpUy several years ago traded "ButfonVs BrUrc. Jimmy Casey. Jack McCarthy and Billy Maloney for Jimmy Sbeckard. Sheckard is still with the Cubs, while the other four hare passed out of tbe big leagues, some of tbem being even oat of tbe game now. Chicago also gave Bob Wicker for Overall The latter is one of the Cubs mainstays in the box, while Wicker has been in tbe minors for several years. Another deal thnt worked to the advantage of tbe Cubs was tbat whereby Mordecal Drown became a member of tbe Cubs along with Catcber O'Kell In exchange for IMtcher Jack Taylor. O'Xeil and ritcher Tfeiffer were soon exchanged for Catcher Moran. Did Murphy and Chance get tbe better of those deals? Well, very .much so. Brown has been one of the greatest pitchers the game has known since Joining. tbe Cubs, while Moran. who was recently sold to Philadelphia, has been an able assistant to KHng and Archer. As for tbe others, tbey are now minor leaguers or bare quit tbe game. Then tbe Chicago men put another over on Cincinnati when tbey acquired Steinfeldt for Pitcher Weitner, who was recently released outright by New Tork. A couple of years ago New Tork released .a big bunch of players to Boston in exchange for Tenney and Brldwell. Tenney Is now playing in the minor leaguea. but Brldwell is atill in his prime, while the players let out to Boston are down and outers. A year ago the big clubs that won the big league pennants fonnd It necessary to make aome trades in order to strengthen several weak points. Pittsburg traded Barbeau and Storke for Byrne. Tbe latter waa Just the man needed at tbe third corner, but 8t. Louis has nothing to show for tbe deal, Storke dying, while Barbeau haa been sent to Kansas City. Detroit pulled off two transactions tbat showed that David Harum did not have a whole lot on Hughey Jennings. First he sent Scbaefer and Kiilifer to Washington for Delehanty. The latter has put up n splendid game at second ever since and was tbe champion batter of the world's series. Scbaefer and KUlifer, however, have failed to distinguish themselves at Washington. Then Jennings gave rtoesman for Tom Jones. Jones la one of Detrolt'a mainstays today, while Koaaman Is a minor leaguer. A year ago Cleveland gave Ryan and Chech to Boaton for Cy Toung. there being also a caab consideration. Young haa not been of service thia sesson, but be outpitched Chech and Ryan last season, both the younger men finding their way to tbe American association. N Yea, even op swaps are few and far between. CRUSHED TQ DEATH (American News Service) Freeport, Ills., July 9. Conductor David , E. Bankson, of Waterloo, Ia., and Thomas McCarey, brakeman of New Haven, Iowa, were crushed to death in the Illinois Central railroad yards today when a switch engine Jammed into a caboose in which they were riding. JEFF HOT SATISFIED? Los Angeles, July 9. The prospect of a return light between Jeffries and Johnson was the leading topic of discussion In sporting circles here today. COURT HEARSARGUMENTS. Arguments as to the legality of the partnership of Matthew Shew and Iewis Martin who Jointly engaged in tbe saloon business in Cambridge City were made by Atorneys Johnson and T. J. Study this afternoon in the circuit court. Shew died in May and some difficulty has been experienced in adjusting the estate. DIVORCED AND REMARRIED. For a birthday present. Bertha Fay Young, twenty years old. waa awarded a divorce on Jane 30 and today she waa given a license to marry Roacoe O. Thomas ot this city. The place where the first divorce waa obtained is not specified on the marriage He ense hut it is understood to have been in Madison county, which is her former home. Thomas has never - been married. He la 34 years old and gave his occupation as that of a laborer. Ten say otaer frqebtoe arUD. CtUM'l Fepeia win

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SUSPENSION ORDERED

Washington, July 9. It was learned today that tbe interstate commerce commission will decide at next week's meeting to order a suspension pending examinations, of the general increase of freight rates which have been filed with the commission recently to take effect on August 1st. KERMIT TO EUROPE New York. July 9. Kermit Roosevelt sailed for Europe tf.Jay on a Hamburg American liner, taxing six trunks. Speculation is rife as to whether he goes to Paris to study or to see Miss Margaret Rutherford, eldest daughter of Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, Sr., to whom he paid much attention while abroad with his father recently. AGAIN DELAY ACTION. Still in a quandry, the county commissioners failed to take any action in regard to proceeding with the improve ments at the county infirmary and the county Jail, at their meeting today. They were waiting for the advice of tbe county attorney. Judge Henry C. Fox. who Is much interested in the arrangements for the future care of the county's unfortunates, appeared be fore the board and expressed hia approval of the. architect's plans. AN ANGRY MUSICIAN. Amusing and Pethstle 8try ef Constant's Picture, MTee Catsl" An amusing and pathetic story l told of Benjamin Constant's flrat pic ture to attract attention.' It waa called Too Late" and represented Fortune and Glory visiting an artist just as be had breathed his lat.' The artist wn lying on tbe bed. Tbe figure of Death stood near tbe door through which Fortune, carrying a box of money, and Glory, bearing laurels, bad Just en tered. Tbe . artist received many letters from those who had seen the painting One waa written by a professor of mu sic, an old man. wbo ex pressed in touching words the emotion be bad felt at tbe sight of the artist's work. He asked Constant to visit and talk to blm about "Too Late." Tbe invitation was accepted, but as soon aa tbe old professor saw the art 1st be uttered an ejaculation of aur prise and anger. "Why, you are quite youth!" be exclaimed, "1 thought you were old and, like myself, had spent your life in vain endeavor to ob tain recognition of your abilities, 1 conceived that picture to be tbe last despairing cry of a man as no fortunate as 1 am. 1 Cod you are quite young and your eyes are full of bone. You are a humbug, sir, and I request tbat you leave tbls house Immediately:" . " TRUE STANDARDS OF LIFE The Measure of a Man Is What He Is, Net Wnt He Has. It takes so long to learn bow to live, so long to get even a glimmering ot what life Is for and what we ought to do with ours. We are so prone to live In tbe future, to fret ourselves about It. We are so busy yearning for tbe Joys we Imagine other people have and worrying about tbe trouble we Imagine we are baring that we make ot the present, the one thing we are aura ot. an endless regret And of all tbe follies the limit Is to permit some one else to make our standards for us. Ha vent we lntelll gencef Can't we think for ourselves? To want thtngs we dont need, many we do not really care for, Juat because some one els haa tbem and wouldn't understand if we didn't have tberai To struggle and atraln to make a show when all tbe neighbors know it la only a show and would respect us a heap more if we bad tbe courage to be our selves! Death's standards ought to be life's standards. Death does sot ask bow big a boose we ball from, nor bow many nniveraity degrees we have woo. nor what la our bank account. Sot what we have nor what we know, but what we are. And that's our measure ef everybody but ourselves, fSrman J. Rldgway in Delineator. A Riddle Making Lpeeh. There have been epochs at which rid die making has been. more especially in vogue, and such- epochs would ap pear to occur at seasons of fresh In tellectnal awakening. Such an epoch there was at the' first glimmering of new Intellectual tight In tbe second half of tbe seventh century. This waa the age of Aldbelm. blabop of Sher borne, the first in the roll of AngloLatin poets. He left a considerable number of enigmas la Latin hexame ters. Aid Helm died in 1700. Before his time there waa a collection of Lat in riddles that bore the name of Sympboaioa. Of this work the date ia un known, . We only know that Aldbelm used It. and we may infer tbat It was then a recent product. Tbe riddles of Symphosius were uniform In shape. consisting . each of three , hexameter lines. Cornbill alagaxiae. Chaldean Tablets. The clay tablet of Cbaldea. proh ably tbe very earliest writing mate riaiw used by man. were of different sizes, tbe largest' being flat -and measuring a by OVi iocbeit, while tbe smallest were aligatly convex and in aome cases not more than an inch long- In the aame ruins with the-tablets have been found the glass lenaes which were nsed by their readers. Tbe writing waa done, while tbe tablets were atill soft, by a little Iron tracer, not pointed, not triangular at the end. By slightly pressing this end on tbe soft moist clsy the Inscriptions were made. The tablets, bavins' been inscribed on both sides and accurately numbered, wen baked in ovens and stored awav la the atat libraries New Tork American. . ; .

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DIRIGIBLES WILL

RACE ACROSS OCEAH Greatest Interest in Aeronau tical Circles Being Tak- t en in New Scheme. AMERICA AGAINST GERMANY LATEST REPORTS PROM RHEIMS SHOW MANY RECORDS SMASH- , EO IN THE BIG ANNUAL AVI ATION MEET. New York, July 0, An International race for the honor ot being the first to cross the Atlantic in a dirigible today is absorbing the attention of aviators, and for the moment the bal loon has put tbe aeroplane In the back ground. America and Germany in all likeli hood, within a few months will be contesting for the privilege of bring ing to realization the dream with which Edgar Allan Poe hoaxed the nation three Quarters of a century ago. MANY RECORDS SMASHED. Rheims, July o. Many records have been smashed, at the aviation meet. Labouchere covered a hundred and eighty-six miles in four hours, five and a half minutes, and was still flying, M. Manet, a novice, carried two pass engers in an hour and thirty-eight minutes. M. Auburnata. another novice carried one passenger fifty-four miles in an hour and twenty-two minutes. Several other records also were broken. A BROKEN DRIVING ROD. The Disaster Most Dreaded by th Locomotive Engineer. The close calls that whiten the eogl peer's hair are mostly due to some one else's error or oversight which be can. not foresee or prevent. Tbat many of these clone calls do not result fatally Is due to tbe engineer's swift and skillful meeting of the emergency. Tbe greut driving wheels en which most of tbe enormous weight oo the ta co motive rests are connected by mas slve Jointed bars of forged steel. Tbe ends of these are attacbed to the wheels about bnlfwny between the axis and circumference. It is through these bars, called driving rods, tbat tbe wheels receive their Impulse from tbe Imprisoned steam. These rods weigh thousands of pounds each. Occasionally one of their fastenings will break, and then every revolution of the wheel to which the otber end Is attacbed will send tbe rod swinging like a titan's flail, beating down 300 strokes a minute. Nothing can withstand these awful blows. They tear up tbe track be lew and shatter tbe engine above. especially tbe cab where rides tbe engineer. No disaster comes so unexpectedly and is so much dreaded aa this. Almost Invariably It happena when tbe engine Is running at high speed. When a driver breaks it is a miracle if tbe men In tbe cab escape with their lives. If they do survive and by their heroism succeed la stop, ping tbe train and avoiding a wreck despite tbe rain of blows from this huge flail of steel tbelr net brings forth a greater measure of praise than ah most sny other form of bravery that the railroad knowa Only tbe other day one of the drlving rods of a fast passenger locomotive broke while the train waa running more than sixty miles an hour down the steep grades of Pickerel mountain. In an Instant tbe whirling bar of steel bad smashed tbe cab and broken tbe controlling' mechanism, so tbat It was Impossible to bring tbe train to a atop by ordinary means. Tbe great locomotive lunged forward like a runaway horse tbat bad thrown Ita rider. In some way, however, Luta, tbe engineer, bad escaped injury. He crept to tbe opposite side of tbe cab and climbed out through the little window upon the boiler to try to reach some of the controlling apparatus from tbe outside. He was working himself astride along the scorching boiler when suddenly the engine struck a curve, wblcb it took at terrific speed. Tbe shock half threw the engineer from his perilous position, but be saved himself by grasping tbe bell rope. Then be worked himself down along the uninjured side of the swaying locomotive to where be could open one of the principal steam valves, A cloud of vapor rushed forth with a tremendous roar. Although robbed of Its power, tbe locomotive did not slacken apeed until It reached tbe bottom ot tbe grade. Then little by little tbe thrashing of the great diving rod, which was pounding tbe upper part ot the engine to pieces, grew alower, and finally It stopped. No one was killed or Injured, and .not a passenger In the long train knew until It waa over of the danger tbat bad been avoided so narrowly. Tbnddeus 8. Dayton in Harper's Weekly. A Rare Old Seek, Tbe second book printed in the English language was "Tbe Game and Playe of the Chess." which tbe title page aaya was "Kyuys hid tbe last day of Mart-he. tho yer of oqr lord god a thousand foure nondred and LXXIIJ." Only twelve copir of tbe worlc are now known . to exist. In 1813 an Englishman of the n.ime of Alebome sold bis copy for a sum equal to 1270 la United States currency. Fifty-six years later, in lSa). tbe aame volume (an Imperfect copy) was sold for $2,130. The British museum bus refused an offer of 110.000 for its copy, which is imperfect to tbe extent of having seven leaves missing ROGERS SERIOUSLY ILL Charles Rogers, former superintendent of the city light plant, is seriously IU with typhoid fever at the home of ius father-ijui&w," Vv tUuu. ji ,...,,.u. 18 West Main. Mr. Rogers returned recently from Oklahoma.

THE NATIONAL ROIVINGREGATTA ':'. t. V"-- V, ;- - Great Preparations Being !.'.ad3 For Race en Potomac River.

RECORD EiiTRY LIST EXPECTED According ta . Sseretary Fort fn ye, Event Will Es OrU EvsrNew York Vili Be Weil Represented. Contests to Be He'J Aug. 12 and 13. Never before In the history of the National association has ao much interest been shown In tbe national row. Ing regatta. wblcH is to be held on the Potomac river Au. 12 and 13. Many attribute this ta tho fact tbat Washington, the capital of the country, is to be the battleground for the best oarsmen and scullers in America. , Secretary Fred Fortmyer, of the National association, says the entry list Is away ahead of last year's, not only in number, but also in point of Handing. Secretary Fortmyer ia sending out answers to many inquiries re cejved from foreign clubs, especially in England, France and Germany, tbe majority of the questions being in relation to tbe free entry of boats and the cost aud length of time it would, take to transport boats from New York to Washington. The ex-eolleglans of the Pacific coast, thoso wbo belong to tbe boat rsss Rsxvusan. cluhi in tbe vicinity of flan frataco. are seriously contemplating sending -a crew during tbe regatta, aa tbey are of the opinion tbey have Just aa goodmen in their vicinity aa oarsmen an the eluba of - tbe eaaL Among tha backers of the movement Is John Tobin, once a student at Georgetown col lege of Washington and a member of the winning Potomac senior four oared crew of 1890, lie la now a banker la San Francisco. - The r Canadian contingent will be double tbe size iu number this year, as many will make the trip, win or lose, at tbe Canadian Henley at L Catharines. This Canadian regatta Is ' held one week earlier than the regatta In Washington, and the entries are held open in order tbat tbe Canadian association may enter tbe winners aa the champions of United Canada agalnat those of tbe United States., But this year the Nova Scotlans are going after the scalps of tbe Canadians, and. win or lose, they will come here, and Just tbe same thing .exists among the members of tbe Argonauts, Ottawas, Torontoa and Winnipeg. Tbe senior single championship this year will be tbe banner one. With MUler of the New Tork A. C Bennett of Springfield, Scholea and Cosgrove ef Toronto. O'Nell of New Brunswick. Wamecke of Springfield. Feussell and Shepherd of New York, one can at a glance see tbe excellence of this rsce. GET LESS THAW 50 PER CT. Creditors of the Border Bolt and Nut Lock company which was recently sold by the receiver, received less than fifty percent on the dollar. In the report of Henry . T, Burna, the receiver, which waa filed in tbe circuit court today and approved by Judge Fox. he says that the concern owed William H. Kelley $22,238.62 and WI1liaim Hobin 1215.73. The receiver, In assigning his receipts to the two creditors distributed to Mr, Kelley $10,010. 12 and to Mr. Hobin $98.25. Attorney Kelley purchased the plant for $11,000. What disposition ultimately will be made of tho plant is not determined. On a visit of tbe present owner through the northwest he may make arrangements to sell it where Iron ore is cheaper than it is here. If this la done, it is said that the plant will be ahle to pay divldenda. Krone G Kennedy

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