Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-13
Sporting Matters
THE TORONTO REGATr

RoSs time IN winning the single scull race
three niles At Toronto yesterday was -. SOL.
Ross won rather easily. Conley pulled fine race
and Courtney pulled well. but was not i'm first
rate condition. Trickett won the consolation
race by short length. Gaudaur who was sec
ond. was three lengths ahead OF Iosmer.
The race between the Morris Lee and Halifax
four-oared crews, for second and third money.
was the most desperately contested OF the re-
gatta. and resulted in favor of the Morris Lee
crew by three feet. The staying power Of the
latter won the race Time-2o minutes o. Sec
onds. The distance was three miles
THE BRIGHTON BEACH RACES
Inc weather was fine and the track heavy at
Coney Island yesterday There We're four races
t1rst race. q mile. The Reform filly won by q
length. X. Monee second. I.aGIoria third Time
lao. Second race. l1s miles Governor Hams,
ton Won, EnnisAillen second. vagrant third.
Tine 200. Third race, a miles Bernardine
won, lngomar second, Blanton third. Time,
2:l4. Fourth race (hurdc race). III miles Eu-
nice won, Kitty Clark second. Major wheeler
third. Time. 2:23.
THE LEXINGTON RACES.
The winners at Lexington, Ky. yesterday
were Patti, Getaway and Fiona.
WOMEN AS JOCKEYS
At the Minneapolis fair grounds Yesterday the
great attraction the 20 mile horseback race
for the championship OF the world. between Miss
Cook, of California. and Mrs. Robinson. OF Boa-
don Mrs. Robinson tainted at the end of the
fourth mile. Miss Cook rode two miles more
THE ODDS AGAINST RoouoIs.
The betting against lroQuois for the st. Leger
stakes lis two to one.
BASE BALL YESTERDAY
At Philadelphia T. Detroit 2; at New
1ork-Chicagos 8, Metropolitans ).
scULLTNG IN ENGLAND
In the Chimney scung races yesterday the
senior match was won by Boyd with Iurgan
second and Hawden third
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Gozette of Berlin says the government. during
the next session of the Landtag, intends to pre-
sent proposals for the re-establistment of the
RUSSIAN legation at the Vatican. which has been
informed of this intention through Herr Won
Schloeger Ii may be presumed that the Pope
is willing TO continue in permanent relations
with Prussia through such legation, which
would enable present future differences to he
more easily arranged.
STRICKEN WHILE PRAYING FOR THE PRysT-
DENT.-A telegram from bingham NY Sep
tember 8. says-Rey. Calvin Lincoln. the vener-
able pastor of the First Unitarian church. and
one of the oldest Unitarian ministers being now
In his eighty-third wear. was stricken with paral-
ysis while engaged i'm union service of pray..
Tor the restoration of the Presidents health I'm
the First Unitarian church this morning Mr.
Lincoln had made an address. and had begun a
fervent prayer, when suddenly his voice began
TO trembie and became inaudbe. Rev. Mr..
Hood. the pastor of the church. hastily pro-
nounced the benediction and dismissed the con-
gTegation. The venerable preacher was taken 10
the anteroom. where DIR. Robbins. who was pres
ent at the service. discovered that his right side
was completely paralyzed. Mr.. Lincoln was re-
moved to his house on North street. There il
very little hope OF his recovery.
Two HUNDRED PEOPLE BURNED To DEATH IN
MICHIGAN FOREST FIREs.-A dispatch from De-
troit Michigan. says: Two hundred and fifty fam
lilies have been burned out i'm the towns of Mar
lette. Flynn. Argyle. Evergreen Moor. Tamoot
and Elmer. and thirty-two additional deaths are
reported. The fires in the burned districts are
mostly out now and the homeless people are
disconsolate-many with their eyes burned out
and dishgured. and a few demented sit around
piles of ashes where few days ago they dwet
I'm comfort Many persons are missing and the
exact loss OF life cannot be known for some DAYS
yet. Ii is said no less than twenty-seven dead
bodies have alraady been found bet ween Badaye
and Port Huron. The total will possibly reach
two hundred.
THE RETURNS OF THE ELECTIONS i'm San
Francisco show that the democrats have
elected their candidates for surveyor and
supervisor in the third and sixth wards. With
these exceptions the republicans have made q
clean sweep. Sedgwick for sheriff has the high
est majority il being 3, 405. Clark for mayor
has a majority of 2,092. and thence the majori-
ties ranged down to few hundred.
REMOVAL OF THE UTES.-The Ute Indians
have all gone to their new reservation. They
exhibited no little evidence OF disposition to
delay starting out Gen. Mackenzie had an
effective force concentrated at the Indian camp,
and insisted upon a prompt compliance by the
Indians with the pledges made to the govern
ment. The Indians had not all left when the
settlers began crowding i'm. and had to 10
corraled by the military until the time set by
Gen. Mackenzie for them to stake the claims.
Nearly all the good land i'm the valley for dis
lance OF twenty miles is taken.
FALLING FROM HIS BALLoON.-A telegram from
Boston, Sept. z, Says Prof. Rogers. the aero
naut. made balloon ascension at Point of Pines.
suburban summer resort, to-day. When the
balloon had reached an altitude of 900 feet
an upper seam ripped, allowing gas to escape
and causing the balloon to descend rapidly
When within 100 feet Of the ground the balloon
collapsed, the car tipped, and Prof Rogers fell
to the ground at Nahant Beach. about a mile
from the starting-point. He was picked up I'M
conscious, but soon rallied and was carried to
his home i'm Maiden. He is thought to have sus-
tanned severe internal injuries.
RESOLUTIONS OF CoNDOLENCE.-The trades
union i'm session in London, yesterday adopted
resolutions expressing its horror and detesta-
ton at the attempt to assassinate President
Garfield and of coincidence with the President
and his family, and with the people Of America.
80. AT the Hamilton county democratic conyen-
ton yesterday resolution was passed sympa-
thizing with President Garfield. and deprecating
any attempt on the part of any faction TO make
political capital out of the national calamity.
Ex-CONGRESSMAN HENKLE's RESIDENCE. -
The register Of voters of the fifth election dis
trict of Anne Arundel county. Nd, last week,
struck from his book the names OF DIR. Eli j.
Henkle and his three sons. The register said
that the names We're taken off on the ground
that they are residents Of Baltimore city. DIR.
Henkle claims his right to be registered voter
i'm the county, where he has all his property and
interest. Dr. Henkle will, understood, apply
to Judge Miller of the circuit court to have his
name and those of two of his sons replaced on
the list. DIR. Henkle is candidate for the legis-
lature in Anne Arundel county in the .. l.. ID.
movement.
PROFESSOR KINGS mammoth balloon. ''Great
Northwest" was at last cut loose at $50 yester-
day afternoon at Minneapolis, Mimi, on asouth-
west wind. 1t disappeared going at the rate Of
twenty-five miles per hour. Its occupants were
Professor King, Winsl0w Upton, of the u. s.
signal service, and four newspaper correspond
ents.->
OWING to the extremely dry weather Of the
past month the stock of water on hand in Cris-