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GEN. MICHAEL KERwIN.


THE Evening World' was the first
to inform the public that the resignation
would be rendered. Mr.. McClave. not
withstanding the reasons given in his
letter and by his counsel, does not retire
voluntarily. lie was forced out by Tam
many Hall.
There was n hitch in the negotiations
for the "freeze-out." Mr.. McClave was
reluctant to give up his fat Office and
held out TO the last minute before signing
his political death warrant: hence the
delay
BY politicians Mr.. McClaves act il
| regarded as practical confession of the
| charges against him.
Significant in this connection is the
remark Mayor Gilroy made. He said:
Il am glad to have ar opportunity OF
appointing a straight Republican who
has not had any publicity in connection
| with the police scandals"
The straight Republican was Gen.
Michael Kerwin, Internal Revenue Col
lector under President Harrison, and 4
former leader OF the Patterson machine,
who has since gone over to the Plstt-
Milholland boilers. Boss Plat is his
| hacker.
Gen. kerwin's appointment will cause
great disappointment 10 the regular Re-
pubicans and in other circles. He is
persona non grata with his own country
men because he championed the cause
of the Clan-Na-Gaei Cronin murderers
| in The newspaper of which he was edi-
| tor, and. on the other hand, his Republi-
canlsm is discredited by the majority in
| his party.
But Boss Plat decreed that Gen.
Kerwin should be a Police Commissioner
and Boss Gilroy obliged the dictator OF
the straight-ticket Republicans.
| Gen. kerwin was closeted with Mayor
| Gilroy for a long time this morning.
The Letter Delayed.
Mr.. McClaves letter is typewriter
and signed in a firm. round hand that
does not indicate that the writer's
mental and physical condition is such
that he is forced to resign on account
| of absolute necessity. The letter 10
! dated July II.
1t would appear that the document
was sent by MIR. McClave 10 his coun-
| sci, De Lancey Nicoll, who forwarded
| il 10 the Mayor together with long
statement he makes on behalf of his
| client.
Mr.. Nicolls statement is dated to-day.
| Attached to the paper are two letters
signed cid" which stands for Gideon.
Son-in-l.aw Changers first name. The
object NJ making public these letters is
! to discreIit Changers sworn testimony
and 10 create an impression that Me-
! CIave Is a muca prosecuted and malignsd
| man,
This Is the way Mr.. MeClave's resis-
nation reads:
| 'PORTCHESTER, \. Y, July H.
Hon, Thomas +. Gilroy, Mayor Of the
city OF New York:
''Sir: 1 am advised by my physicianA
Drs. Allan McLans Hamilton and 4 n.
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MAX BUSS A SUICIDE.
Out of Work and Drsponient lie
Drank Poison.

Max Buss, thirty-five years old, of 32s
East Nineteenth street, died suddenly at
his home at go this afternoon.
An empty glass, which smellcd
strongly of carbolic acid, was found on
the table.
A letter addressed to Charles Miller Of
2l9 East Eleventh street, was found
among his effects.
Miller Is cousin of the dead man.
He said IN tine letter that hc was tired
of life. because hns WIS out OF work and
mad no means of support
lie said he was insured In the EQui-
table Life Insurance Company, and de-
sired his cousin 10 see that he was
properly buried and his debts settled.
Ii mere was any money lett he wanted
il sent u his old mother In Prussia.
Bass was shipping clerk ana had
been out OF work for Two months.
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tuesday Bargain Day. nSc %6F6 M charge
BASEBALL CHAT.

Up at the Polo Grounds to-day the
Giants are again practising, and they
move around livelicr than crickets. The
uncommonly fine record the New Works
have made since their departure from
Harlem June % OF fourteen Victories In
eighteen games played, including the
game In Brooklyn June %. has made n
bcap of difference In the gait the Giants
strike nowadays. They hop, skip and
jump around like busy bees. and they are
sLre to put up a game of ball from this
out that Will give other teams yeritahle
heart failure. The entire team returned
from Pittsburg yesterday afternoon with
the exception OF Manager Ward. who
stopped OF at his old home. Bellefonte.
Pa, anu Lester German, who trottcd
away to Maryland to spend n few days
win his folks. To-day will be passed
by the Giants in rounding to for the
opening game of the second series In this
city with Washington. After the three
games with Sc1mclz's senators the
Giants. viii 60 to Boston and take three
In Boston VIII cut IA tremendous figure.
New York is playing really no better a
game than she lid when she met the
Bnsiors last on the old Congress street
grounds, hut next Friday the game will
be played on the rebuilt South End
grounds, and Wards wonders may have
A good deal better run of luck. The
New Works charge the Sootburg stu
dents VITA newer and dirtier ball-playing
than ever Their latest trick is to hold
out the old ball ON every conceivable oC-
casion when they are at bat, and after
their opponents come in to suddenly pro-
duce the old ball. Indeed, II was good
luck that the Giants managed to get two
of the three games in Pittsburg.
From seventh to third place in a trim
with games on foreign grounds Is a cap
ital record. That Is what the Giants
accomplished on their Western trip just
completed.
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h'CLAvE OUT,
KERWIN IN.
The Accused Police Commis-
Sioner'S Resignation Handed
In This Afternoon.
ACCEPTED BY THE MAYOR.
Ex-Internal Revenue Collector
Kerwin Named and Sworn
in Immediately After.
M'ClAVE REALLY FORCED OUT.
But De Larc ey NicoIl's Explanation
Would Make 1t Appear that tho
Resignation Was Voluntary.
M'CLAvE REALLY FORCED OUT.

AS foreshadowed in an earlier edition
of THE Evening World" Police Com
missioner McClaves resignation was re-
ceived by Mayor Gilroy this afternoon,
and he promptly accepted it, and at
once appointed Gen. Michael Kerwin in
his place. The new appointee was
sworn in at $50 o'clock.
Gen. Kerwin is appointed for the re-
mainder OF Mr.. McClave's term, which
expires on May /, 1896. The salary ID
5000 a year.
Gen Kerwin Is what Is known as q
machine politician. Those who are UNI
der the impression that reformer has
succeeded McClave will be disappointed
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CHICAGO RESULTS.
Digs and PrObascO Win the First
Two Races.

WASHINGTON PARK, CHICAGO,
July ls-The races held here to-day re-
suited as follows:
First Race-Five-elghths OF a mile
Won by Digs, l to 2 and out; The
Princess, second, and Tremor third.
Time-l.Ol l-2.
Second Race-Three-quart OF a mile.
Won by Probasco. 10 to | and 3 to /;
Monrovia, second. and Gold Pan third.
Time-lH
Third Race-One mile and twenty
yards.-Won by William T., 3 to and
to 3; Coquette second and Capt. Rees
third. Time-l.il l-2.
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'STONENELL
BEATS The DR..
Logan the Only Other Starter
in the Fourth Race at
Brighton.
ST. VINCENT Wins At 70 TO |
Takes the Third Race, Panway
the First and st. Felix
the Second.
LONG DELAY IN THE SECOND.
Jockey Regain Exonerated for Being
Left at The Post with
Lord Harry.
LONG DELAY IN THE SECOND.

| RACE TRACK INHIBITION REAcu
.m,v 1s- On. of IN. hos, c.rIs 70, offered
| nv tho Hr,y,,op Reach p,c,,r Assoc;.-
,i,p drew out largo crowd ,,-d,v
Cons,ierab,e disannoin,nont was OK
nressed though nj tho manner I'm which
H. eo,,s 80, 49,, 49,, ,,,,,,ona,,n
the heids were reduced ny numerous
scratches. Only the deadwood was re-
| movad b,n.vor and tho r,c,p, nro,nisea
| ~ $500 -
10 De interesting.
| The stewards have received a cOmmu-
nicsti5n from IN. Jocksv C,uh relative
| ~
to the decarlins of OF bets on the occa-
DAVIS ago. The stewards were taken to
H. W
TASK LOT Violating the rule whlch says
| that when the numbers and jockeys
have ho.r ofBc;al,v s,bihi,ed ali hs,s
$500, 49,,
must stahu'
| The stewards Will answer the COM
munication TODAY. and A. ia barely ms
| L. - -. ii, ...,. a., 49,, ~,
s'p'e mat 'ney VIII ash the Jockey .'uu
| TO explain how they reconcile that rule
with rule 1 in the betting rules, which
saws ,,,, c,nno, vv,, uhers va, cannn,
say" 70" CANNOT WIN "he'e you eanho.
lose. The stewards think they acted
properly and the public agrees with
them.
| -, ,,- .,, IT. .,
| Eugene Leigh sh'ppeu ms eh''re
string. excepting Ca.edonia, Trfacial
and Young Arion, to Saratoga to-day.
IT., ,.,,i,., 49,, =, ,,h,,,,,,, ,,.i,h
ihe SN,ep'io"' went " >hiN"e' WIN
| Wine Maftin.
The first race to-day brought out n
ha1 10, rh,ra u,.r. t,a ,s,a, ,,,n,har
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s,i,ire ,nw,rd mil sn,ns Of t,be h"ok
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~ ara wsra cnntent a. ,onE h..
~ - anu "''e ''"'''t " 'ooN NJ '"e
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M az oeei, WV iau, ~ 'iiv uoy ~
ba,,ing nor md ,h. f,ct ,ha, ' NJ nott y,
| Ia, ' ~ 80 ma, nv ~ vi,
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RESULTS AT FLUSHING.
Especial to The Evening World

Especial to The Evening WORLDLY
RACE TRACK. FLUSHING. July 1S-
The racing at this track to-day resulted
as follows:
First Race-Fve furlongs.-Won by
Fan King; Tumult was second and Roger
third. Time-l05.
Second Race-One mile.-Won by Ro-
meo: odd Seeks was second and Lou
Rhett third. Time-li7.
Third Race-Half mile.-Won by
Irene hlly; Juliet was second and Lulu
Race flly third. Time-0.52 IL.
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JEROME PARKS Meeting.
To Open Aug. 4 and Continue for
Fifteen DAYS.

The meeting OF the American Jockey
Club will commen,e at Jerome Park on
Aug. g. and continue fifteen days.
Additional days for racing will be given
in the last week Of September and first
week in October.
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After long delay. for which Lord
Harry was responsible, the field finally
got away in strigsling order, Lord
Harry was left standing, st. Felix
got the best OF the start and was never
headed, winning cleverly by two lengths
from Wheeler, who was second through
out. Rosa u. was third, half a length
away. Time-l.0J.
Mutueis paid Straight, si34e: place.
$50; third, S.lA. Wheeler paid-Place,
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Panway jumped to the front at nag
fall and was never headed, winning
easily by two lengths from RuhuSta.
who was second throughout. Tom Fin
ley, third all the way, Was hvC lengths
behind Robusta. Timc--l.02 IL.
Mutuels pHid-Straight. SllO5; place.
So 80; third, S65. Rpbusta paid-Place
50 80; third, Sis. Tom Finley paid $50
third.
SETpND RACE
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BASEBALL GAMES TO-DAY.

AT PHILADELPHIA.
Philadelphia. o q u 3 q .
Boston ...... ..... u u
Batteries--Harp.r and Buckley; Stivetts and
Ryan. umpire-Mr stage.
AT CINCINNATI.
Cleveland -..... u 3
Cincinnati. l u
Bstteries-Young and thinner PARROT and
Murphy. umpire-Mr. Hurst.
At CHICAGO.
Chicago. ..... ] y
Louisvile..... o
Bsttcries-Grifnth and Kittridee; Hemming and
Grim. umpre-Mr. Hartley.
AT ST. LOUIS.
Pitlsburg. .."... q %
~ LOUIS .....o..
Batteries-Killen and Mack: BretensteIn and
Twineham. UmpiTe--Mr CARNEY.
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l.. r. sHELDuN-JuMPE
The score at the end of the games
was: oxford, L.; Yale, IL.
The weather to-day was any
thing but promising for satisfactory
athletic contest between the university
teams Of Old England and New England.
A cold, gusty wind was blowing all the
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Iifeboat cut out the running. closely
followed by Bolero. The pacemaker
gave II up near the far turn and Mar
shall went to the 'front.' followed by Mr..
sass AS they entered the stretch Tom
Skidmore closed up rapidly and, catching
the leaders In the last sixteenth. won
easily by neck from Mr. Sass. who bea t
Marshall n head. Time-l.56 S-4.
Mutuels paid: Straight, 1895: place.
s2.95: third, s2.35. Mr.. Sass paid: Place,
$3.50; third, $3.50. Marshall paid $3.50
third.
SIXTH RACE
Purse $500. for four-year-olds and upward one
m
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THr ELEcTRoroIsE cures without medicine
cures when ali else tails; write caA ELKc-
TKoroisE, ll23 BroadSay. ~
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OxF.RD IS
CHAMPION.
Yale Defeated in the Interna.
tional Contest by a Score
Of 8 IL to 8 10.
.H|CK0k Twice A winner.
Sheldon Captures the Broad Jump
and Ties for the Running
High Jump.
DISMAL DAY AND GROUNDS WET.
Our Boys Apparently No Match for
Tho Ens iish Fellows In Run
ming or Hurdiinq.
H|CK0K Twice A winner.
DISMAL DAY AND GROUNDS WET.

OXFORD, 8 1-2y YALE, 3 1-2.
Oxford Wins. Yale Wins.
1OO-yarA dash Hammer throw
--WOn by Jor- --WOnby HickOk
dan. Broad Jumps
I2O-yard hur- Won by Sheldon.
die Won by Putting the
Oakley. shot - Won by
One-mile run HickOk.
--WOn by Green
how.
44O-yard run
--WOn by JOr-
DIM.
The running high jump resulted in IA
tie.
tBy Associated Press)
QUEENS CLUB GROI' NDS, LON
DON, July 16-Yale has cen defeated
but not disgraced. Her athletic sons
who battled with the pick of oxford
here to-day captured three of the
events, and Capt. Hlckok covered him
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Logan was permitted to cut out the
running for three furlcngs. Dr. Has
brouck was second. and when Logan
dropped out he took up the running and
forced the pace to the stretch. Stone
nell was going easily all this time and
when they Strengthened out. he drew
away and won in Il canter, by four
lengths, from DR. Hasbrouck who beat
Logan six lengths. Time-l.l4 "a.
Mutuels paid: Straight. $500: place,
S2.l0. DIR. Hashrouck paid $40 place.
FIFTH RACE.
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u, you propose to make drinking your whole
bu hess. it Is wonderful now short and useles.
yantan make your lille Write Manager, ~
Nst I34th 81 -
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$3.50; third; 500 Rosa II. paid Ti5
THIRD RACE
Purse $500. for maiden two.year- olds; selling /.

,,,n NJ nag ieI' - Evoi s'aIt' ana tle
where st. Vincent, st. Pauline, Amster-
dam and Ipruar fl1y were running we'll
together. st. Vincent Rugged the rail-
closely into the stretch, and. hard driven,
lasted long enough 20 win by head from
st. Pauline. who was two lengths in
front ~ Canadian. Timc-l. O3 10.
Mutuels paid: Straight, ISL 30: place.
10: third. 500. 81. Pauline paid:
place. N35; third, 81 10. Canadian paid
See third.
FOURTH RACE.
Purse 81 900; for three carroll and upward
six furlongs.
Starters. Tlettiug ST. IIIf Fin.
StOn"ncll, III (Smsl. ......evcn out 3 Il
pr. Hasbruuck, ia Dogs ueyen out J Oh 20
Logan ia tW Shields 1901 i0-l III
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BRIGHTON BEACH ENTRIES.
BRIGHTON BEACH, July 6.-The en-
tries for the races tomorrow are as fol-


~ W.
First Race-Sellins; mile and a quar-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-27
THE PEERLESS STEAM LAUNDRY


do the
VIII 10 4c Phone
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engaged as leading soloist at salary
of Ave hundred dollars year"
What do you do with your recruits?
Do you not have trouble teaching them
to read notes?"
"Boys learn music more rapidly than
men. They take it just as they do
their arithmetic. Some learn more
rapidly than others. When they first
come we put them into the preparatory
class, where they arc taught the rudi-
ments and learn to sing by note. The
more rapidly they learn the sooner
they are promoted to the paid choir"
"You must have your patience sore
II tried by their pranks."
''Oh, yes, the boys are mfschievous,
but when they are paid for it they un-
derstand that it is regular business,
and it is not hard to manage them
about how long is the career of a
choir boy?"
"Four or FIVE years. We seldom take
them younger than ten, and they usual
ly sing until they are fifteen L had
one boy who sang eight years and only
gave up at eighteen, but that is very
rare"
what proportion of them are able
TO sing after their career as choir boys
Is ended?"
'Well, that would be hard to say.
Some of them sing well afterward and
some do not, but there seems to be no
connection. They generally sing a lit
tie, and are always able to read notes.
Some strain their voices while they
are young, but we are very careful
about that, for that spoils them for
choir boys as well rs for singers when
they are grown up.
lon the whole, the choir boys bust
ness is very paying one for boy,
and mothers are always watching for
a vacancy. ] have some very funny ex-
periences trying boys voices. The
fond mothers imagine that their sons
have heavenly voices, but when try
them find some of them suggestive Of
anything else but angels.
THE best thing about the choir
boys business is that they can earn
their money and go to school at the
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RICH CHOIR BOYS.
They Have Worked for Months to
Excel on Easter Sunday.
TFinity's Choirmaster Talks - The Boyn
Receive from Forty to Five Hundred
Dollars o Year and Receive In.
etrucrioh Free.
fooFYRIGHr. lseA1


sDo, ne, MI "a, sol. la, 81, do, sang
the choir boys, after they had settled
themselves in their chairs for the aft
ernoon rehearsal "Do, re, MI" again,
In a constantly rising key, until the
limit of the treble voices was reached.
Gently on the high notes." said the
patient choirmaster, whereupon the
nischievous young rascals screamed
literally at the top Of their voices
Bangi went the piano, making such a
noise as to drown even their shrill
notes, and their voices became sud-
denly angelic
This little exercise is the method
used by DIR. Messiter, the organist and
rhoirmaster of Trinity church, New
York, to timber up the vocal chords Of
his young singers The choirmaster Is
a genial gentleman who has held this
responsible position for nearly twenty
eight years. This long period in the
harness would have been sufficient to
wear out the nerves of a man Of less
even temperament. But it does not
seem to have affected him, as is evil
lllc VI LAlO W
ward their kindly director. For, in
spite of their mischievous pranks, ii Is
evident that he has great deal OF in
Huence over them, and they seem very
fond of him.
When the exercise was finished to
his satisfaction the boys distributed
the books which contained the first
selection for'the following Sunday.
Remembering my early struggles
with such composers as L. o. Emerson
and G. A. White 1 was not little sur
prised when one of the choir boys, who
remembered his good manners. handed
me a copy of Schubert's mass in E fat.
These youngsters, ranging from ten to
fifteen years of age, were going to at
tack the most difficult music with the
utmost complacency. Perhaps If i had
been better acquainted with the Epis-
copal service l might not have been so
much surprised, but, never having had
an opportunity to become familiar
with 1t, sat in open-eyed wonder at
the ease with which they sang the
''Kyrie," coming in in perfect time and
striking the accidentals with a clear
ness of tone that was refreshing.
Once they struck false note, and
the choirmaster stopped them with:
""Wbat's that note?" and they sang 1t
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right 1t was an accidental d fat In
the key of Z fat, and it was not sur
prising that they missed it.
The next selection was Mozart 8
Have Mercy, o Lord" There is a
strain In this mass which is very soft
and very slow, and very difficult, the
time being somewhat broken in places,
but there was not mistake made in
the rendering of it. Their voices rose
in exultant strains, away up to A nat
ural, In 81 Have Said Thou Art Ny
God" swelling with a confidence of
tone which indicated their knowledge
of music, If not their piety.
The Easter mass is Handers mag
niflcat" and ''Nunc Dimittis," and an
anthem by the same composer, besides
Mendelssohn's arrangement of Psalms
113, ia and lis.
Then came the creed: 'I Acknowl-
edge One Baptism" and 81 Look for
the Resurrection of the Dead IN an
gelic notes 1t was IN Mendelssohn's
TweDty-second Psalm in CT minor that
the second trebles first made them
selves heard. Their voices are very
sweet, but the choirmaster informed
me that they were rare, and for this
reason he was compelled to substitute
mems voices for the alto parts. Many
people object to this" he said. be
cause the quality of the voice is differ
emit 1t is always a falsetto, and not at
all like the mellow tones of the genu-
inc second treble of boys voice"
"Do you have any trouble getting
the first trebles?"
Not much" he replied "We have
about sixteen boys, and only three of
them are altos, but there are plenty
of sopranos"
Il suppose they are all from New
York;"
.'Oh, no; they come from Brooklyn
and Jersey City and the surrounding
towns"
After the rehearsal talked 70 one of
the boys, who is soloist. You are
the boy who sang the solo in the Men
delssohn mass, are you not?"
Yes, ma am" he answered quickly,
with pleased smile.
What is your name?"
Austin Davett"
And where DO you live?-
mo. 215 Mt. Pleasant avenue, New.
ark"
do you enjoy singing?"
"Yes, very much"
Il suppose you enjoy the money it
brings You as much as anything, don't
your"
'0h, yes! buy all my clothes and
have money in the bank
Indeed" / exclaimed. in surprise.
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When Baby was sick, We gave her CASTOR
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Hiss, she chung to CastoriA.
When she had Children, she gavethem Castc-ia
'.Perhaps Won would not object to ten.

PERHAPS you would not object TO tell.
lug me how much you are paid"
81 get forty dollars a quarter" said
he, ''but the best soloist gets great
deal more than do"
asked the cho1rmasuer WndUwos uno
highest price paid for boy soloist,
and he said some churches had paid as
much as one thousand dollars year,
but that was unusual.
Eve had boy once who came into
the choir at a salary of sixty dollars
year. We didn't notice anything re-
markable about his voice. His mother
was a poor woman, who washed the
boys surplices, and we took him to help
her more than for any other reason.
One day the second soloist was absent
and we were at loss for some one to
put In his place. Ollie Hull, our washer
woman's boy, had shown considerable
readiness IN reading notes, so we let
him try it At first he sang rather
timidly, but as he gained confidence 1
noticed stir among the men of the
choir, as they leaned forward to listen.
while his mellow voice rang out fuller
and clearer at every note. His per-
Torrance the following Sunday decided
his career as choir boy, and he was