Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1897 — LONDON’S NEW MAYOR. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LONDON’S NEW MAYOR.

Something About the Successor of Sir George Faudei Phillips. Horatio David Davies, the new lord Mayor of London, was born in that city in 1842. He is a son of H. D. Davies of the ward of Bishopsgate, city of London, and was educated at Dulwich College. He has served as lieutenant colonel of the Third Middlesex artillery volunteers, was

sheriff of London and Middlesex in 1887 and was an aiderman, representing Bishopsgate ia 1889. Mr. Davies is a justice of the peace for the county of Kent. He unsuccessfully contested Rochester in 1889, was returned for the same borough in 1892, but was unseated on petition. At the last general election Mr. Davies defeated R. H. Cox, liberal, by 583 votes. He began life as an engraver’s apprentice.

There will be at least seventy-five batomen in the .300 class. Delehanty fell off amazingly in his batting the latter part of the season. St. Louis succeeded in finishing just about 25 games lower than any other club. Indoor baseball will flourish again in Chicago this winter. Dahlen, Pfeffer, Long, Griffith, Parker and Ryan are a few of the stars at this work. Milwaukee has had a very profitable season. It te said the profits were $25,000—a good tribute to the excellent management of “Connie” Mack. McGraw and.CoUins are undoubtedly the finest third basemen in the business when it comes down to a question of fielding bunts, says the Baltimore Herald. Young Callahan of Chicago has ripened into one of the finest all-round players in the country. In fact, it may well be doubted if be has an equal on the diamond in playing all nine positions. Frank Donohue’s victory in the last St Louis game was worth S3OO to him. Chris Von der Ahe held out that sort of reward to him. Every Brown played ball to save the sorrel-topped twirler, and save him they did.

HORATIO DAVID DAVIS.