Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 28 January 1896 — Page 6

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A WOMAN'S AMBITION.

writs- E, D. STOKES HOPES TO OWN THE FASTEST TBOTTEB.

Bhe 18 Now the Owner of the Groat Four-Year-Old Filly Beuzetta and Asplres to Own Others.

It 46 'the ambition of a New York wotmacn, Mrs. W. E. D. Stakes, to own bhe fastest trotter in the world. -Agrealt mamy experienced horsemen-have tried for years, wiifthout success, ito gTQltiify (the eoane ambition. Where there are from 20,000 to 30,000 harness hO'Pseg to tradnfing every year and onfly one champion, «fc 1a a lucky owner who dra/ws the capi'tail prize. Robert Bonner 4s I the only patron of trotting who ever owned more than one turf champion, and he has spen/t upward of half e. million dollars to gratify his liking lor fhe distinctly American type of (horse. Mrs. Stokes came Into posses-eio-n of her first noted trotter last October, on itiho 20fth anniversary of heir bitfbhday, when her husband presented itlhe sptemdM 4-yesur-oad filly Buezet/ta

Hjo 'her, and unles a majority of the critics of harness racing are wromg tn their optoian, (Che flailr young horsewman now owns the coming queen of the turf.

Everybody Who follows lh« doings of the 'trdtters knows all about Buezetta, 2:06%. She was raised in the Blue Grass region of Kentucky, and, like mbst of the mo-ted ones, she "was .thought to be of little account when a young itiMng, although bred in The height of ®he fashion. The filly had a will of her owtn aind a Strong one, for nobody could ta'duca heT to try to rtrmt until Tracer Gus Macey got on tihe good side of her to. tlhie (summer of 1893. Edward Ayers, th'e 'breeder of Buezestfca, prized her so Qilghtily t'fta/t he sent her to -^ew York ftn 1892 to be eoJd at one of tihe big tiuctkm sales of ftroflMng stock. If Mr. Stwike's lhad liked Buezstta then as well a!3 he did 1th© wexlt time the fil'ly came ito New York he might have saved about $16,000 for the skDiltfsh little daughter of Onward amid Buelah was knocked down ifor $500, am agent of the owner bidding her in and sending her back to Kentucky. Macey started Buezetua in a couple of race9 as a 2-year-old, but she ®altled to win, a-nd she was

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knoiw.n to horsemen that when 'her I driver cut her loose at Maysville tltn August, 1894, wtaalg a- •race and a record ^of 2:16%, her Mine was heralded ithroughouft tfhe country as Buezetta.

A month laltier the great S-yeax-oM ibro'tted 4n 2:12% at Indianapolis and in October at Lexllng-tom she won the rilch-

est prize itn Ithe history of harness naictog hy defeaittn'g same of the best ooilfts of ifhe year for fhie Kentucky futurity, worth $23,430 tK thie wlmner. Her grealteslt petrfioivni5un:ce3 last season took pliace alt Buffato Bind New York.A-t thie farmer -meeting ©he defeated Klajmaitih by 'tro'bti'ng the .fastest fourth ihe'at on record, 2:06%, awd ait Fleetwood Park, When laime from ithe effects of a brulLsed ieel and W3bh one shoe off, she forced &zo!te out in 2:05%.

Peter Duryea, had 'been negotiating for Bueze'tba belfore tihe race amd had ju«t offered Mr. Ayera $16,500 for her whetn ithe sstai^ter shouted "Go!" in the second hda:t. Th'e Kenituckian hesiltiated. Mr. Duryea rateed his arm, ported to tihe fly tog filly as she rushed away ait her utmost speed tin pursuiift of 'Azote down the Fleeitwcod hill atnd, Iturnliing to Ayera, who stood near him otn the cfluib house s'taps, oailled out: "Sixteen fhousiaind five hundred. Who does s*he belong to?" "She is yours," answered 'Ayera as solemnly as though he .were pronouncing- the death sentence on his favorite trotter. A few weeks afterward Stokes bought Beuzetta privately Prom his friend, Duryea, and in October presented her to Mrs. Stokes.

As soon as Bpuzetta changed hands phe was sent to the 'noted driver, Orin Hickok, at Oakland, Cal. The latter, it Is said, has got the high-toned daughter of Onward golnig so that ©he will trot either a 3:00 gait or a 2:00 gait at her driver's Will. Hicftok -doesn't care a Ifig aJboul beating the world's record with Beauze'tta, although he believes !her capa'ble of doing the trick. He would rather campaign her and make a "big '^killing" with her somewhere In 'the Grand Circuit, but Mrs* Stakes wishes to see her trotter lower the colore of Alix, and It Js settled that this Will «be the .first consideration in BeuEetta's campaign next season. •Besides Beuzetta, 'Mrs. Stakes owns another young mare that bids fair to be ju&t as fast as her stable mate: This Is iMiss Rita, a beautiful 4-year-old pacer, that Mr. S"tokes presented to his wife when they were married about a year ago. At that tinve Miss Rita, had no record, but In the hands of Hicko ^he came out last year, winning every race lin which she started, and talcing a record of 2:09% at Galesburg, 111.,' iiv August. This is the fastest time ever made toy a filly of her age. It was fhe common belief that (Miss Rita could have paced a mile in 2:07 .or better if Bhe had been called upon to do so. Her tonservative trainer gave her an easy campaign, however, hoping to have iwbrld beater when she matured. The itf-year-old Is well known to New YoTk horsemen, although she ha« never started in ,pu'bitc or on any of the Eastern tracks. iShe was bred by the late fWllliam iDinehart..nnd is (by the trotting stallion J. J. Audubon, 2:19, formerly owned by John 'Monog.han of Fleetwood Park, out of Lady Garfield, the dam of Charles H. Kerner's Bush, S:13^, and the fast stallion Alcyone, Jr., 2:15. iPeter CDuryea Ibought the filly at auction early in 1894, after seeing her step a fasft quarter on a slow track at Poughttteepsie. She was then called Silver (Bond, but CDuryea Changed her name to IMiss Rita., In honor of the lady who 18 nowiMrs. Stokes. (Before the end of the season he sold the promising pacer to Mr. Stokes. One thing which makes Bliss Jtfta'a future look so 'bright Is the ifk®ot that she requires no artificial appliances to balance her and bring out her speed. .When Hickok toctfk charge of Jier she wore front shoes weighing thirteen ounces each, (but she goes now in a set that, taken altogether, weighs less (than twelve ounces.

Iti is not expected Hh&f !Mfes Rita wWl toe *at her .best next season, but Mr. £Dulyea, Wh6 will manage both Beauxetta and Miss Rita, is confident that Bhe .will 'beat the best time ever imade by a filly of her age, and that eventually she will give the record of Rcfbert a close call. The filly is now In California in charge of Trainer ITlckok, who has nearly all of ^Messrs, Stokes* trotters and pacers at the Oakland (track. Hickok Will probably campaign the stable next season, but that Is not yet decided.

Among the other noted harness racers 3n Mr. Stokes' collection are Angie D, whose record of 2:07 is the fastest ever •made by a pacing mare Josle Bv2:13%, imaChf* Xaat jaacec. axud the two trotting

stallions Alcyone, Jr., 2:15, and J. J. Audubon, 2:a9, by 'AQcyone. Josie Band Angie iD were driven to pole last season with a view to beating the best time on record with the pair. Mr. Duryea expected to Bee them pace in 2:10 or better in double harness, as they showed a mile in 2:11% the ftrst time •they were driven together, .but the faster mare beoame slok, and so Mtos Rita had to be au'bstltuted at the elaverfth hour as a mate for Josie B. Hickok started them at tbe Kentucky Breeder®' •meeting at Lexington in October and they made a wonderful performancef pacing to 2:12^4, t6e fastest mile ever made to pole (by pacers or trotters. Wind and weather were against them, so that fhe first half mile was no faster than 1:08%, but fchey came home In 1:03%, showing pretty 3ear4y that 2:10 is wfth-in their reach. A handsome sliver trophy waa presented to Mrs. Stokes by the Kentudhy Breeders, Association by way of commemorating this notable performance.

Alcyone, Jr., win probaibly be drtven for a fast rcjord next season. It Is expected that he will trot Jn 2:10 or (better. J. J. Audubon Is also alble to (beat Ms record, but his greatest promise is as a s3re of ifast performers like Miss Rita. When Audutbon was owned at FleetWood Park he had the reputation Of •being a vicious horse, a regular "maneater." As Mrs. Stokes frequently drove the handsome son of Alcyone on the road at Long Branch last summer, letting him step at full speed, the story was of course without foundation. The owner otf Beuzetta and M'lss Kita is an expert driver, however, and her favJf'ite turnout Is a fast trattfc? or pacer, air a pair of them, hitched to a pneumaw} road wagon. She has driven Topaz a pi Golddrop, a pair of promising young trotters by Alcyone, Jr., one of which recently moved a half mile in 1:11 for Trainer Hickok, and sfae has also driven Golddrop taipole With a Russian Orloff filly. Mrs. %tokes has a great deal of confidence In this international (teaim, according to report, for the etory gws that one afternoon last summer, after a brush on the driveway with a friend of the family who owns a noted pair of trotters, she offered to match the Russian filly and the American colt against the other pair for $5,000 a side, or $25,000, if the smaller sum was not enough. Those who should know say it was not Mrs. Stokes' fault that the race was never trotted. Mrs. Stokes takes a lively interest to every movement of her horses. She made the journey to Cleveland last season to see Joale and Angle trot their fast mile together, and tf all goes well Mr. and Mrs. Stokes will take a trip across the continent 4n a "private car in March for the purpose of having a look at Beuzetta, Miss Rita and the rest of the string before Hidkok starts East from Oakland.

Mrs Stokes (inherits her love for horses. Her maiden name was Miss Rita Hernandez de Alba de Acosta, and she *s the daughter of Ricardo de Alba de A'oosta, a wealthy Cu(ban planter, who .has lived 1t» New York for many years, and has owned and driven same of the fastest trotters on tihe road. At their summer home, "The Nunnery," near. Long •Branch, Mrs. Stokes keeps a stable of twenty or thirty horses for riding and driving in addition to her trotters, bait the American type is her favorite. She rides a pure Arab saddle horse front the imperial staibles of the czar of Russiai and she and Mr. Stokes have a nu.m(be£ of other Russians. One of them is /_hi splendid white stallion Oussan that wais exhibited by the Grand Duke Dim'itry at the.World's Fair. He is sixteen and one-half hands high, and Is ,a horse of stately form and bearing. Mrs. Stokes recently presented Oussan to (Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, and the horse was shipped .by last Friday's steamer to Dyngeness, the Florida home^otf Mrs. Carnegie.

Mr. Stokes has two Russian (jolts, one a trotter and the ot'fier a runner, that were presented to him last year 'by the Grand Duke Dimitry. Bothjyounsg sters, now 2 years old, are in Caltforn.!a| where they are (being trained with as view to starting them next season in American company, if they prove g"oo$ enougTi. Boolatsky, the trotter, is la Hickok's hands and Is promising, but the American bred filly, Nataska, the same age as Boolatsky, by ConstanOine, 2:12%', that Mr. Duryeju recently presented to Mrs. Stokes, can trot rings around the Russian, It Is said. Hickok thinks highly of this one. Will Stokes, a boy colt (by Wilton, 2:19%, out off Ja"ne L. 2:19% Dick Acosta, another colt by Wirton, and the (bay gelding Captain Iam'a-loff, by Wilton, all 2-year-olds, complete the most notable collection of trotters and pacers owned by any woman In the world.

Over at Indianapolis the very people that owe the state board $1,000 on back rent are pulling the strings to induce the board to g4ve them the use of the state grounds in which to hold a running "m,erry-go-rourtd." The unbuslness Kke methods used by the board in conducting the state fair—each year running behind—has not met the approval of the taxpayers of the state and tt (behooves them to collect the money t'he Indlana.pclls ipeople owe them and to consider well the state's interests before defiling the grounds With a lot o(f cheap gallopers and still cheaper gaimlblesrs. One of these days an act of legislature will wipe the "board and state fair out of exlstenoe.

The very ISberal terms under iwhloh the Bdgewxxd Farm lot of horses are cotfefgried fo the Fleming March combination sale, being sold on year's time without interest, 4 per cent, off for cash, will result in a large number of the horses being purchased by people here at home and adjacent territory and (benefit greatly the live stock interest of Western Indiana and Eastern Illinois. Mr. MteKeen recognizing the existence of a general desire on the part of the farmers to Improve the grade of the'ir horses and the scarcity of money wOth them at present has adopted this plan. The distribution of this high Ibred lot of horses in this territory will add a great many dollars on to horse values.

a. telegram from Crawfordsvllle states lhat Que Allen, 2:10%, the fastest trotting stallion in the state of Indiana, was sold Tuesday by Dr. W. Gott to Hlnfcon Gott of New Ross, Ind., at a price of $15,000. As Hinton Gott was a part owner erf Que Allen previous to the sale we apprehend Dr. Gott must have thrown in a coon skin or two in addition to his share of the good stallion in. order to make up for the $15,000 said to have been paid.

Offered •lO.OpO For Hit Patent. Wm. HorsQey, ehfe well known Tefltte Haute bricklayer ai»d base ball player, ijs about ito turn toto Easy streets. Some tfme ago Horsley invented a patent wheeQ, applicable to a wagon, buggy or Wheelbarrow. He took out a patent and as a result S3 In a fa&r way to become tadependewtly rlbh. The wh*eel Is so ocoisiirTKJted that In the event a spoke Is broken St" may be Daken out and a mew one put in to a few mJo.utee.The young twvenJtor has aflready been offered $10,000 for his patent from one firm. Awothfer manufactory has offered hiim a rtiyaJty. Horsely Is undecided Whait to do and baa sought the a a

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MONEY IN CONDOR.

PECULIAR INDUSTR* Of AN AWtEill-

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He Made a Haadtotn* lau t»jr IU1I«| th* Plagnea of the BerdinM-BIl *5 PMollkr BxpcrlMiowi,

Heniv M. Knowfle*, who went to Chili from San Francisco In 1870 with Henry ot South America railroad fame and enormous wealth, came up the ooast to Loe Angeles ntfie other day, after an absence of (fifteen years frotn CaSi•fCrrnila. He went away a poor boy from Son Francisco, and is now paying taxes on some million- dollars' worth of property in OaiJtuo, Peru and Valparaiso and other cftles In Ohllf, says Pomona Letter to New York Sun. ss "I get my start toward fortune," said he yesterday to a group of old time fnlends in the lobby of the Nadeau Hotel when pressed to tetll how he had prospered to South America, "by lassoifrg condors. That may seem a very Strange occupation for money making, !bvt It Was not so uncommon down In Chill and Peru. You see I had .livdd as a (boy so long among 'the plainsmen 5n Kansas and Nevada that I became expert with the lariat and on a horse. Before I was 16 I could lasso horsesi and Cattle with the (best man in Nevada. When I went down to Chili there had heen a boom of several, years -because •Of the newly discovered gold and silver mijies and the nitrate deposits, so everybody feflt rich. The Chilian government, at the suggestion of Meigs, offered a bounty of $5 for every condor killed -in the republic. You see the birds had become such a nuisance and were Increasing so fast that they .devoured tens of thousands of dollars' worth of food every year, and attacked herds of sheep and even, calves and colts in their 'feirXeiity for a carcass to prey' upon.

A1. Profitable Enterprise.

"Well, the Chilians felt so prosperous thftt with stheir natural indolence they dD3 not care .to avaitl themselves of the opportunities to make, money by slaying the condors, flor the vocation requires hard work and ma.ny physical risks. I had not been down in Chili a •Week when-1 saiw the chance to make more money than I had ever before dreamed of possessing .by lassoing and killing the mammoth birds.-• There were •three of us Yankees in Valparaiso arid we decided to go Into th'e condor killing business. The n^xt day, mounted on horses that IMelgs Ibought for us, and armed with giuns and lariats, we started out to hunt condors among the foothills and canyons and crags of- the Andes. We went over 300 miles out among the catfflemen and sheep herders. For a few days we had Instructions from a few Chilians In the most experienced methods of captrurlng the. enonmus and savage birds. "In a few weeks we Yankees had 'learned every Idetail of huntfng condors, and our Ingenuity had added to the experience of the Chilians. Formontihs II got from ten to twenty condor heads every day, and each one in our •party did half as well as that. My early training on ithe plains in Kansas and Nebraska was my to ok in trade. Every month during the years of 1871 and 1872 and 1873 I got warrants on the Chilian treasury .for from $700 to $800. One month when I had forwarded 216 dried condor heads to the comptroller of Chili, and had sworn that. no fraud had l^een committed, I got a warrant ifor $1,080: That Was the red letter month in my condor flassolng days. I was remote from civilization, and so couM not spend my money if I desired. I have never saved money as I did then, before or since. "The birds used to be found in flocks of seventy and eighty -in the grazing countries of the lower Andes in central Chill. Like other members of the vulture family they search everywhere for carcasses upon which to feed. They have wonderfully keen eyes, and I have proved to myself that a condor can see a dfead animal ten and even fifteen miles away. I have made experiments where condors have been- lured over eight roilles from a mountain craig above the snow line by the bait of a 'bdecJding goat In .the valley.

A Greedy Bird.

"The condor differs from other memibers of the. vulture family In- that it doesn't wait for something.or somebody to die in order that it may have its dinner. If it doesn't find a ready-made carcass convenient on the pTain when, it Is hungry it proceeds to provide a carcass itself. The herds of cattle that pasture on the undulating plains between the impenetrable wails of the Andes and the Pacific's wMte-crested line of surf offered the condor unrivaled •facilitJes in its line in those days, and as It seemed to be In a state of chronic hunger the king of the feathered race 'levied constant tribute on the grazing herds. "Twenty-five years ago ft was no uncommon thing to see hundreds of these winged freebooters hovering over the plains, each one a ravenous and determined dinner rdttbera from ithe herds below, to which the Shadow of a condor's wing carried as much terror as the appearance of a hawk does to a (brttod of chickens. The condor was the greatest enemy the mock raiser in (that part of South Atmertoa had to contend with, and it was his persistent and destructive raids on grazing cattle that m&de him an outlaw with a price on Wis head. "H*w did we capture these (ferocious birds? Our first job every m'orning before there wias even a peep of eur.dight over the mountains was t3 carry the carcass of a dead animal* a horse or a oow, out on the plain Where it could be ea^fly seen from all points otf the compass. We sometimes made a carcass do service for a fbrtnEg'ht. We moved about every few days from one locality to another, an# never part the rotting body twice in Che same place, because of the extreme suspiciousness or an average condor. QeneraWy we would move three or four miles every -Cwenfty^four houirs. Sometimes when we were not doing Bp well as we thought we Shouj4 do, we would gaqve ten miles away- in abotiher valley. I "Ajfter we had p&aced our bait, carca,ss, we set up our tents and canvass files that concealed us and our horses from view by the condors. Breakfast was often no sooner over than we could fee from our peepholes tn -the canvass sthat hid us several condors coming down through the clouds from the mountain credts straight toward our bait. We waited patiently until a dozen, or more of the birds had eaten heartily at the meal we had provided ffor them and then we sprang to our horses, which stood near, bridled and saddled rdady for the chase. In a second we were off, lariats.in hand, sifter the oondors.

Condors Fear Man.

"Tt stoouW. be Said here tttat When a condor ih&s gorged Itself with food it cannot rise fox flight except after a long running to give itself the necessary

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However, as tastes a dog. Our method to toBvw the birds for half^ a miJ6 or more, and then as they rose fur flight to Whrow »our lariats over theftheft^s. An expeo^Jassoer could send his nope over a ttopdpr's head and so manAge It that ft 'flipped down until It touched ithe ^BuJ^ders otf the wljigs before It ttghtencfa' on the bird. "The oondor'9Ws then a prisoner, but able to use Its powerful pinions, breathe freeSy and leald «the horeemart a wild dh'ase acrbes tfte^piefln, turning In all directions In Its juristic flight, but unable to rise higher t&an the !«n£th of the lasao. When th^Trlder tired of the -#port he would turnj!iil| horse and leal the dhaae himself,,'' fSarc4ng the :unwll!ingibhd aiong^untll it^tlimbled to the grouhd and wa/9 drkgg|d3fo d4ath'at th6 horsd's heels.

CalsHmdr-Perlier recenltly sold 'fhe hlatbrlc chaJteau and park of L/esdigulereis, at Vizelle. belongrng to 'Ms family, for 500,000 francs, to two Lyons merchants, who intend to turn the castle into a brewery.

Owen Wiister expected to be a musfoi'an before -01 health sent Mm roamihg over the Western plains to find both health and material ror profitable •Hades of cowboys and Indiaina. The comic opera "Dido, and Aeneas," which he. composed for Hasty Pudding Club of Harvard, when a youth of 20, Ib st811 regarded as a classic of i'&s kind, a/hd he may wrfte a. great play when he has exhausted hfis jpresent field, for- the art of Charles KeniMe and Fanny Kemble, hio grandmdfther, is in hds veins. Mr. Wis'ter te 35 years old, a gentleman olf very elegant leisure, in Phll6udelphia, and h£s writing Is dome tor amusement.

Princess ChriStiLafn of Sch'lesWig-Hol-stein, who is Queen Victoria's daughter Helena, and her daughter Princess Victoria, are 'to solo parts in the "Messiah" at* & church concert at Slough this month. •'iaf

E. F. TSibbitts,' General- Harrison's prh-ate ®ecre!tary,dhas a double. He la a theatrical mart and while staying at the same hotel to New York with :the president was so -of feem mistaken for Mr. Tlbbiiltrts ae to find Jthe matter rather annoying, as all diiscladme rs that he dild. not know anything .about General Harrison's rhiovemefnita were received with lmcrodulity.

Mr. GlaidBtoe, it is-noted, Ss not much bothered at B':ia.rni|«^t.his year. Fame 'is fieesing. He IS out of offloe and so, writes a vfeiitor, "he is. hardly noticed not a soul appears to be In any way anxious to see him and the only thSng that has aroused a little interest In his person ib tlhe news from South' Africa and the recollection that he was the chief retrocesBibntet of the Transvaal and the mrxMer of the suzerainty olausee afterward."

RACINE BEER WAR STILL RAQ^G

Local Brewer Satisfied With the Result)— The Fight In Davenport.

"I never cou!3 finders fan! Why condor captive like, that did not turn, en both man and horse and attack them as he would a steer, but I never knew one to do so. Once In a while a l&fl&t would break while a horseman was bracing his horse against somS desperate sweep of a mighty condor, and then 'both horse and rider would be tumbled violently to the ground, and the suddenly released bird would shoot upward like a annton balH and soon disappear among the clouds. Condors with several feet of somebody's lariat hanging to the*i were frequently seen: among those that swooped down on the herds.

I-"In 1881 the work of exterminating ttie condors had been so thoroughly done that the law granting a bounty of $5 for every condlor's head was repealed."

ABOUT PEOPLE.

Years ago "Albert Wolff and Hemri Rodhefort were itihe two foremost art ertitlDcis or Paris. The latter has recently reisumed his work, and his crilblquds .appear in Figaro, (the journal on wjiich hie won Ms spurs. ,'

•IAmerica seems to have gone, daft over Mrs. CraJlgie. She 1(3 fin Washington, anid &is much feted and entertained as #hen she first catme. The last book She has laitely sold for $5,000 outright to a pub'ISshiing firm, though doubtless slhe could Qiave made far more had she retatoed the right(to a rojratt^. It ta sa!ld that not stocef'the works of "Charles Kiingsley has an^* English writer been padd su'tfh priicea as Mrs. Craigle receives, ami 'it^'S._ima't tier of some astoniisihment tihalt Should accept $5 000. The rumor of her marrying George Moore, the EniglSsih tnbvelii«t, Is' .still ihooted, but her famdly and friends deny such a po^SbUlity. Every Sunday^ at •home slhe Was a plaice set for hifim ait dimmer, a«'d he Is at liberty to .atone or liat, as he chosbs.

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Among the promttoent people who are believers ii'n the cremaitScin of. the d€ia.d Ihsteiad of eartlh burial are Professor ChMd, Bi'slhop liSiiwreraoe of Massachusetts, Dean Hodges of Cambridge, Ma«s., Charles Fitt-nci'S Ad aims, Profess sor Norton-, Jos'larh' Quincy, Mrs. Margairdt Delarnd, Mrs. Olive Thorne -Md3ler, Miss Kate Field,- Andrew Carneg'le and the Rev. Dr. H'elber Newton.

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fftoteine, Wis:, Jan. 25.—The beerviWar in this city contlnuesto rage. There is practically one ooncern ft the Chicago Brewers' Association In the fight, and that is the Bohemian Brewing Co. This company has shipped in ifrom six to seven tear loads of beer since the trouble commenced, and it has beep sold at $3.a. barrel, ©adooirmeiv who disposed of the beverage at two and three glasses fof 5 cents have stopped, With a ftJw exceptions. Not another large brewing cohcern hfes sent tn (beer for less than $6 a- barrel, and It Ss not -believed that they will come Smto the struggle. Brewer ICllnkert, against Whom the fight Is {being .made, claims to have shipped five car loads otf beer to Chicago this after*noon, and -tJhat, Instead of shipping One car load a la.y, aa heretofore, he' will be obliged to Ship two a day to eupply the defhand In thut oUy. So far as he can detect, there has been no falling off $n the sale, of his product here. (He said that he. would never give In ,to the Brdwers' Association. His beer wiHl ba' sold at $6 a barrel in Chicago and $6 in Racine. Interviews with saloon men reveal that at* more/beer lite' beett sold at the t^^ii the war be|an. ttia.venjfort, la., Jarw 23.—The warring breweries learned today th&t the Mendot a Brewing Co. was soliciting yearly contracts with saloon keepers to supply them with beer exclusively of their brew at $3 a barrefll' It developed, however, that wh^e ib^r*«an be bought at preeemt at $3 & ba-^et the saloon keepers hero preferred mike advantage Of the extreme out an&lxave been ohary of «ig«iwg oontracts. They cherish the befllet that the (price Will never go back to $8 a barrel, where it was before the War began. The Chicago Brewing Co. ateo gave the conti^act (business its quietus by promising to sell beer at $3 as long as any other company (had & cut effectr

ADOLPH BUSCH'S GIFT

STTDBMTS PBOTK9T AOAIH8T ACOKPTAXCE OF THK DOHATIOK.

Beer Sign Swinging From the Chapel Cell-' inf—Great Exoltetaaent Caused hy the AOMOD.

Special to the Globe Democrat. Springfield, Mo., Jan. 26.—Drury College students and faculty have a little rutarpus on hand that has taken all the attention trork preliminary oratorical contest that Is to be held in Stone Chapel Monday nigtit, anil promises to eclipse anything else that m*ay come up within the next tew days. It is all over the propriety of the college accepting a $1,000 donation from Adolphus Busch, the 'millionaire brewer of St. Louis. Last Thursday, when President Fuller announced (before the chapel that the terms of the offer of (Dr. D. K. Pearsons of Chicago had beeti complied with, and that he had sent fcjie college a check for $25,000, the announcement was greeted with unanimous applause from the students. .Now part.of the students are applauding, and part of them are holding protesting meetings, the result of.a sentiment against accepting the beer king's money, ^hich^aa worked to the surface.

Friday morning, when chapel services were commenced, the members of the faculty were Indignant to behold suspended from a high arch in the center of the chapel ani enormous AnheuserBusch. beer sign. It was out of reach of'the longest ladder on the ground, and had to be left (there all day. (Last night the feeling against accepting the ©usch .money assumed a pronounced attitude and a meeting of some of the Fairbanks Hall boys was held, -and they openly expressed their disapproval of accepting Mr. Busch's $1,000. At the close o'f the meeting a committee of three was appointed td Inform Presldenfe*Fuller of the meeting, and to tell him of their feeling towards the 'Busch donatlpn. The committee went to President Fuller's home last night and ina^e their report. How they were received by. the president Is not known, but several stories are out among the. students today and one has It that 'President (Fuller Was given a paper twlth a request that It be read before chapel this morning. The paper contained a call for "a meeting of students. The paper was fiot read. A Students' meeting, however, was c£ll6d fOf this afternoon, ibut an intimation that i&ttendance at the meeting would mean expulsion from the college prevented the students from attending.

In chapel the .other morning President Fuller paid a high -tribute to Mr. Busch's generdtsity, and regretted th'at the matter should have been the basis of comment.

Sir. Busch Talks.

Mr. Busch was seen last nlgfht and asked to make a statement concerning the matter. He said: "I received a tetter from President Fuller a day or itlwo ago, asking me if I had heard or read anything about my subscription, and assuring me th!at the report was not .worthy of consideration. He wrote that all the reports were exaggerated, and that some of thecm were even absurd. "I subscribed $1,000 to the Pearson endowment fund at the. solicitation of the president and board of trustees,"in order to assist tihem fin raising the necessary $75,000. I did. it because the college is a Missouri institution, educating Missouri boys and girls. I am financially interested in Springfield, Mo., and desire to see the city progress. For all these reasons I subscribed the $1,000 through my representative "&t Springfield. There is n'o question In my mind that the alleged action by several students of the college was an attempt on their part to obtain cheap notoriety. They have been denounced by the president otf tihe college, and there the matter ends. W:hen my subscription of $1,000 is called for it will be forthcoming."

HOG KILLING TIME.

A Season of Gnat Moment In Parts of Virginia. "Hog killing tfrne" in the country is one erf the. most important seasons of the Whole year. Killing hogs is the single item of farm work that is generally postponed^ not only till Cold weather, but "until the crops are all gathered and housed, the cow stables and other ragged outbuildings "patched up" and put in order, the potatoes, turnips, cabbage, etc., kilned, the apples gathered and stored away and huge piles o'f wood provided for the proverbial "log fires." And* then butchering begins not unlike a long, carefully planned insurrection. Nt one knows ju-st why,but this wholesale "cutthroat," •bloodshed" business begins about one hour before day dawn, and he who happens to be out so early in the morning sees little else than outdoof fires dtotteti over the neighborhood and hears •little else than the deafening "squeals" of dying swine, until the last pampered "Jockey" has "paid the penalty." Perhaps 2,000 fat hogs have been butchered in King George this week. It has not been possible to pass along the roads without seeing a "row" of "dead hogs" strung up about some country home. Bven the little ashy face darky takes on a broad grin when "daddy" kills hogs, and very soon after that Important event at" his -home he sheds the cutaneous scales from his face and those cheeks shine as If the "grease" had (been applied externally. .The hogs Raised here this year for pork were unusually fine, andi t'he meat is said to be of the very best quality, notwithstanding the fact the pastures were poor and that there was ah' absence of Other advantages during the Summer and early fall.—'Richmond Dispatch.

8urround*d-by His Works.

Ivondbn-, Jan. 26.—'Lord Lei-glftton, the lamented president of the Royafl Academy, Whose death occurred, yesterday, lies in the center oif his studio, which dB fuffl otf his pictures and sculptures, among, the former being six unfinished paintings intended for the ateademy, arranged dn a semi-cirole at the (head of the coffin. During his last ihours his great desire was, that, he might live three weeks to finish th^m. He believed that thesje pictures wouid, .be exhibited at the &ead$pafy exhibition., Lbrd Lelghton's death was due

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porte consents to permit any one whom Mr. TerreiH edotDtmends to distribute in Anatolia, without distinction of race or reltgion, the fund* subscribed is America for rertetf, but declines to aMow the Red Cross Society or any similar society to make the distribution. The porte has appointed a commission to study the questibn otf refoitn in- Macedonia.

MRS. PINDER "PINCHED."

Goes Away From Her Enjoyment and Gets In Jail. Madge Pinder, the daflbtog young Wife of a Vam&alta watcftmaji, who has won no Ctftle amount of court notoriety by playing "hookey" from her ancient fru&xunld and eeekEtng fhe society of younger men, was Jaiiled om a charge of drunkenness and ammoraJBty last night. Some time (ago Madge Joined dhurcih aind gave it out that slhe Intended t» leave lhe beer and cigarettes for other consumers amd devote her spare moments to repen:tamce and entertaftnbng her hus&and. She got along pretty we® umbi'l a f^w days ago, wh-ein aihe 'began to thlTHt for the foaim crested beverage and longed to blow some more of the bites prodiucdmg cigarette smoke •through the flues otf her nasal appendage. She "back-slttd," as iit were and, gietting poseessJom of her husbamd's pocket book Saitiurday, She laiid aside her hymn book amd started out to once mare peek 5n oin gtaflety as it was When flhe wata a member to good stamdlng otf "the "set." .Yesterday Mr. Finder started out to search otf his t'.ru&nt wife amd purse amd, falling to find iher, (asked the aSstetamce of the police ito roojndtng her up. It was about 9 o'clock last nligiht when Patitstenen Merrtmg amd GajTdner learned itlhiait Madge was quartered to -Che room over Bab Hiall's East Mlain street saloon. The officers ordered Hatl to make her leave the premtee3 amd when she caane out an ithe street tthey placed her under arrest. She Was fuller than a rural brook during a freshet and had a command of language What -w?o»uld make a Bowery trtxotblack turn green wtth envy. After being arrested Madge 'told the officer thfet she would- juBt as sworn be Un jafil as out otf doors, but when she did get out she would make 'things uobcmfo rl'iaibly warm for her huSband. InddentaMy ehe told the officers that Jf Mr. Pinder wasn't on hamd to get her out of Jail early this morning there would be an exoJMUng roof-rallstag up at rtlhe Pffinder wigwajn when she does get free amd returns tb camp. Madge, with her badly ruffled feathers amd (her •heiaidaiche, will be a part of 'the exhllblt In polibe court thus morning amd unless She •explains masters isiaftJsifaotortly to Macor Ross or her ^husbamd domes to her rescue it wJM be about eleven days before She will re-enter tihe mad wttrt.

ANNEKE-JANS HEIR IN LUOK.

Old Bible Discovered Which Substantiates Their Claims. Decatur, Mich., Jam. 26.—The Michigan JieftTB to the A^ieke-Jams eStaite, .4n New York CBty, aire Just now in great glee over "tihe dfecovery, by F. E. Shoudy, one nut the (heffirs living tn this conxblfy, at a Hollainid Bible, 150 years old, wlhlibh contadms the lacking dlaita necessa^y to substamitfialte tl^elr clatoiB. The.fifty MifcMg&m heirs are instructed by ^jie Eajstern attorneys 'to tamediialtely file their claiims, as the present 'holders of (the property are making advanced toward a compromise, amd express a wifiliawgness to settle upon- liberal terms.

Jefferson, Ia»,, Jan. 26.—*It develops thait there are half a dozen desoendamf.0 of 'the noted Dutch woman, Annie Bogardus, who diied early in 1700, leaving a large amount of property in the heart otf New York CSty, reading to this- cii'ty. Little hope Is entertained however, of ever getting amythSng out of Rflie es'ta.te. Some years ago Mrs. Obedience Brings of Boone, whb 9s a .direct descendamit Of Amm© Bogardus, had the matter thbroughly lnvestigalted by a noted attorniey, but the courts held that if the descendants ever dlid have amy claim that it was barred by the statute of I'lmfitatton* and the matter was dropped.

EXCURSION TRAIN WRECKED.

Pullman Porter Killed, Engineer and Fireman Badly Injured, Riverttwn, Va., Jam. 25.—Raymond St Whlitcomb's California, excursion, train, oomAmg sooitih over the Shsaand^ah Valley branch of tihe Norfolk & Weisrtern Railroad, was wrecked near tihfis place last milghft. A Pullman car porter zuameld PMMlps was killad and Engineer Lomg and Fireman Propper were Injured. None of the passengers were hurt. Th'e engine struck a rock, which detfailled it and wrecked three cars, wihdclh daofghit fixe and were consumed.

She Was CautlouS.

'KSa-n you sew buUtons on?" asked the Idap year new womaa*. "No," he answered "Has your father educated you so that you know how 'to take proper care otf a WJcycle?" "No, I casn't say he ever has." "Them," she said bluntly, "I must crush 'tihe fond fancy which was blossoming In my thelart. The words I meant ('Jo speak must be unsaid. You are melt the kind otf man who would mates (home1 fckppy."—Washington Stair.

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B'nat B'rlth in Session.

New York, Jan. 26.—The ninth annual •Convention of the order iB'nai B'riith opened at Webster's Hall today With over 100 delegates present from large cities to the East. The annuaJ message of Supreme President Wytnan and the report of the supresme lodge executive committee were read and adopted. Julias H. Wyman otf Baltimore was reelected supreme president.

Distribution of American Relief Funds. (Constantinople, Jan. 26.—In response to the representations of -the Hon. A. iW» -Terrellj United States miadBtert ftbe

Terrible Snow Storm In Newfoundland. St. Johns, N. F., Jan. 25.—During the past two diays it has been Impossible to communicate with the outside wortd owing to the destruction otf tihe 'telegraph wires. There was a terrible snow storm, the worst that has occurred during the past quarter of a" eohtury. The storm caused fmmense damage along itihe coaSt. Streets and country noads Were completely blocked by the snow and even along the lines of the raftlroads embankments of snow ten and twelve feet high are reported from all over «he country.

Notorious Forger Captured at Cory. Special to The Express. Brazil, Ind., Jam. 25.—da«mes Daigam, thte mottJorious forger, who passed a forged note for $50 on James F. Davis, a merchant of Ooafl City, Thursday, was captured by "tihe sheriff and his posse miear Oory, this cotiricy, t6d«y. He was •taken to Spencer, Owen §qunty„ and jaEiea.**®a uW "^united in one ann and could not. get away. $ ... K",i

Trouble In the Dairy.

Th© watw regarded the milk with ah }cy ^lare, While the ltoilk^t was new mllik—wtas poBitlvely foaming-. "Sete»here!" sfiouted the mifclk. "Any more of your Jtoiyudencs amd you and I will mix!" •nieta the datryman came in and the predi&ted happened.—GtaoLnnAti Enqfudrer.

The BtiBdfog Trades council, of Boston, Mass., has made a demand tor eight hours.. Th® trades affiliated with tbe council are tlie carpcbters. painters, decorators,jwofers, cormioe workers,- gnrantte ^cutters, houseamitfus, hoisting ana portable engineers, wo»dHO?lCT8 aad etructural max We workera*

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RAILROAD AFFAIRS.

He Has Had Great Success as Is Evidenced Hy an increase In the Membership ,ef the A.B.C. ..

In drafting their new passenger agreement the central traffic committee roads 'have broken the record. Never be-fore was any railroad agreement oif any kind affecting so many Interests and so important in its affects drafted in such a brief space otf time. It onily requtirSd three days to perfect and adopt It, wh£» previous efforts otf the same kind (hkv« frequently required as many weeks, an4 sometfknes months, to bring them to perfection. The new agreement is ad so •remarkable for Its conciseness, simplicity and at the same time for Ms comprehensiveness. It contains many features not embodied in the old agreement which It supplants. The penalty clause not only provides for the redemption, by the roads over which they read, of tickets found disturbing the market, (but should more than $50 worth otf £he®« tickets be (found on the market then the issuing road 4s livable to a fine oif 68 per cent, otf the entire revenue derivable from itihe sale otf such tickets. If any road If detected secured business by cutting rates, when the revenue derived from such business exceeds $50, then the road is liable to a similar penalty. Great powers are pdaced in the hands of the commissioner. When any road is accused otf practices in conflict with the agreement he is authorized to call on thait road for a pnoductton of all papers reflating to the business and an Inspection of its books relating thereto, under the agreement interested roads may take independent adMon in any mattei in which they are alone Interested, anl a two-thirds vote Is sufficient to oarrj any proposition submitted to a vota All matters on which the association cannot agree are to be settled by arbitration.

A NEW AIR LINE.

.•'•.-.I- _____ Project Forming at Kansas City to Bur" One to the Gulf. •Kansas City, Mb., Jan. 26.—The Journal says: Another standard gauge railroad to make almost an air line to the gulf from Kansas City has been formed here, on paper, backed toy Karge capltal. The charters of the 'Missouri Midland Hallway Co. and the Missouri Consolldated Coal & Mining Co. will be filed with the secretary of state at Jefferaon City early tl)!s week. The final papers in the (formation of the two Cfmpanics have already been signed and now only aiWail the formal approval! ot the companies' counsel, who will arrive from St. (Paul tomorrow. The Missouri Midland Hkllroffld Co. is a corporation formed'to build a standard gauge line from MJarsfcan, Mo.,' through Sedalia, Springfield and down to the gulf at GaJhreston. The proposed route Is al•most an air line and lies through' ex-

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cedent agricultural mineral and coal country. The company has ample capltal and Is ready now to begin work. The Missouri Consolidated COal & Mining Co. has acquired more than 11,000 acres of mineral land through which the railway Is to pass and proposes to operate the system of mines In connectlon iwlth the railway enterprise. While1 some of the largest holders of stock and cash In the enterprise are not made public at present for prudential reasons, they are (known to "be men of rec-1 ognized standing and reputation, the I Hon. Franik Powell, mayor of La, Crosse, Wis. D. A. J. Bowles of St., Paul, Minn. iL. S. CJase of Sumner, la, are among those interested.

Debs Returns From a Successful Trip* Eugene V. Debs returned yesterday from a lecturing and organizing trip.. He was. away about four weeks ahd addressed large crowds nigfrtly. At, Cleveland, the (frdime of Grand Chieif Ar-thu-r of the englnieers, Mr. Debs ad-1 dressed an enormous gathering. The, A. R. U. leaded" had hoped t6 meet (Mr.. Arthur at Cleveland but the old mogul. declined to discuss the labor Question even though the trades unions oif Oeve-, land tad insisted' thlat he do so. Down

at Evansviile Mr. Debs was greeted by more than 2,000 enitihustast'ic laboring^ men and cltizems. As a result of the» trip there has 'been a noticeable Increase In the membership of the A. R. U., From every cflty Mr. Debs visited lodges, are reported to be springing up. A, large number of. charters were sent out last week.

Fear the Color-Bllnd Test.

There is a great deal of apprehension on the part of m'any ctf the older employes of the Vandalla lest they wild nod, (be able to pass the test for color blindness which is soon to be made. There are a great many men occupying responsible positions on the road who do not believe they will be able to pass the inspection. They have been on the roeAJ for years and While they have always rendered the best of service realize^ their eyes are not so strong as they ones were. One old man said the other day" that he wad positive he wotfld have tor? give up his position. He was, he salid/ able to distinguish a red from a blus light but When it came to blending bilua' and green he was out of It. He says ho' does not fear but he will be given an«s other position In case be fails to pass.'

The O. A St. !. to be Sold.

Council ©luffSfc la., Jan. 26.—The (branch hitherto used by the Wabash,better known AS 'the Omahia & St. Louis (Railroad, extending to Glenwood June-' tkm, 3a., from Council Bluffs, wiK be sold here tomorrow at noon to the high-, est bidder per order otf the federal court. A number of representatives of proth.!nent lines are here and the bidding promises to -be lively. The Wabash dt*) sires the road, as it will otherwise bdj cut off from a Western Connection for^ Omaha. The "Q" ^uld like it as a cut-off for its fast irialn line trains. The Illinois Centrafl is after it for an Omaha connection, and the Baltimore Ohio wl» take It if tt can fix fhfe deal, as It is* anxlous to get into Omaha.

Question of Antiquity,

«SS Wtnthrop-Bludblue (haughtByVL Your people are raither—raither de-1 cent, are tfcey otoit? Now, I amadaugliter of the Revolution. I

Miss Nobody otf Nowhere—Mercy! How well you carry your'years!—New York World.

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V1 The "Grippe" Has Come Again. The "grippe"! with his cough is here in full force, but this p£rt of the Country is wen fortified against hto highness^ ajid If the dogs of war are properly, turned loose the inhabttants may rest easy. A teaspoonful loaded with Dr. Casto's Syru® does tiia work. Your grooer eell# 1U