Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1894-10-27
ALIX DEFEATED DIRECTUN.
An Accident to the Slack Stallion the
Cause for Defeat.

An Accident to the SLACK Stallion tn
cause for Defeat.
M4sTIc PARK, Oct. 20. .-Alix, 2:03f
and Diiectum. 2:05., met here toda,
for the purse Of Sll, 900, and AHx won
The spectators numbered nearly Is, 600
and never were weather condition:
more favorable for the great contest
Early in the day people went DIrectun
mad. Every move OF the black stallion
was cheered. Every betting mar
J seemed to he Fastening TO back his ia
; vorte. The pools sold 500 to SS5 in
! his favor, aud AllX money did no,
seem plentifu'. 4AliN | al The pole il!
Tic first heat. ard after wards it was
Only a question OF how any lengths
she was 10 lead.
\ slight soreness brought on the
catastrophe to tile black stallion. A
miss-sten i'll an attempt to save his soie
/ foot tore eli quarter boo; and inflicted d
& cut nearly as large as hulf dollar.
After that D:rectum's S fate in this race
was sealed and there was nothing 10 be
done but 10 withdraw him from the
contest.
Ii was q pretty send off, but the
queen GOT up the stretch, stayed ahead
to The quarter and at the turn pushed
to the front, with tie stallion two
lengths behind. When they turned
INTO t4e stretch, Aiix seemed to be
taking her pace easily, but Directum
could set 10 nearer, and McDoWelt
pulled i.er under the wire in 2:09. AliX
made The quarter in :33, the half in
l:03ii tie three-Qaartersl III 1:37 and the
mile III 11:09.
The s. cond scoring stated the horses
even. bat they went together but II
very short distance for again as they
rounded the lower turn Alix had u
clear Two lengths and was pulling
steadily away. Aiix came under the
wire in a iag, with Directum pounding
down still four lengths behind, and
when tie time board showeda q mark OF
2:l4i the feeling was tuat something
vas VT. ng with the black horse. 1t
was found that at tie lower turn he
oyerreacned and caught his foot after
losing the boot, and this sore foot put
him ONT Of the race. After an eX-
animation Ct Djreclum by the judges
H!ckoN was permitted to withdraw
him, and the race was given to AliX.
Time, 2:1I$.
College Baseball.
NEW NoRK, Oct. 20.-The Princeton
football eleven won from Cornell by
score Of l. to 4.
ORANGE. n. j., Oct. 2o.--Y Yale won.
Score: Yale "a, Orange 0.
Professional Football Dropped.
New York, Oct. 20. .-Professional
football drops after today. This deci-
sion has been reached at meeting of
all the clubs. The experiment has not
been successful in arousing public in
terest.
LAND GRABBERs ON TRIAL
Tie Government Prosecutes Men who
uniaWfully Appropriate Timber.
MADISON. Wis, Oct. 20.-Tbe frat
of those indicted by the federal grand
jury for alleged fraudu ulent entries Of
lumber lands in Ashland district,
Arthur H. Osborne, was arraigned be-
lore Judge Eenn today. Osborne
pleaded guilty and was put under
900 bail. The others named in the
indictment with Osborne are Robert
G. lIeylauff, receiver o: the Ashland
land office under Harrison; Warren Il.
NcCord, a brother Of eX-Congressm
Myron i. McCord; Harry j. Box,
Gnssia l.. AuGr, Ws and Andrew Brod
eliaS.
The indictments contain two,counts,
the first charging conspiracy to defraud
tie United States to title TO public
lands; the second. conspiracy to COM
NIT ,efiurv i'll making necessary at1i-
davis at the land office. 1t is charged
that Broderick acted as agent for the
o, hers, making pretended settlement
and proof ot homestead entry Tor his
own benefit hut in reality for specuia-
ton to benefit Hevlautf, McCord, Os-
borne and Box. Broderlck entered on
lands in Bayfield, county at The Ash
land land office, Novem Der >, 1891.
The cases will come up for trial at The
December term. {. A. LamoreauX Of
Ashland, nephew of the eX-commi--
soner of public lands, defends Osborne.
RAILROAD MEN INDICTED.
Charged Wish Violation OF tho Inter
state tnmmerc. Ac'.
CHICAGO, H., Oct. 49, indictment
against SIX ilicials and eX-otlicials Of
the Santa l'c railroad system Were re-
turned today for violations Of the inter
state commerce law. The indlctm ents
are tile result of an Investigation OF
charges that the Santa te paid millions
of dollars in rebates to shippers. Inc
men indicted by the grand jury for vio-
lat!on of the interstate commefce law
are: Nelson Morris, the largest cattle
shipper in the orid; General Manager
Jenkins Of the Hammond Beef Conn
pany, Isaac Thompson OF Kansas City.
j. H. Reinhart, formerly president oi
the Santa Fe read, and J. Hauley, gen
eral freight agent Of the Santa
! Fe road. There are seven indictments
against these five men.
The indictments are the ieslt OF in
vsstigations by The interstate commits
sion. TIE attorneI has assigned one
/ of his assistants, Mr.. Shields. to con
duct the case to secure indictments
I Mr.. Shields has been furnishing wit
nesecs for t!tee weeks, and his success
/ in securing The indictments gives salts.
! faction to the authorities. The latter :
statement is that the fact OF violations
j
ana positive and they assert that there
cau be &c miscarriage OF justice by relu'
sal to testify. The otlynse charged IL the
payment and allowance OF rebates, anC
special privileges D.; the Santa lie loat
to shippers. Officials here say That tht
examination OF the Santa Fe's book
by Expert Little showed 1000, 600 un
accounted for, q considerable part o
which is believed to lie covered by re
bates.
WAVERLY REPUBLICANS RALLY.
Large and Enthusiastic Meeting Ad'
dressed by SereTa, Candidates..
WavERL,, Oet. 2O.-Renrblicanisn
in Waveriy precinct is far above par.
Last evening a rousing rally was hela
mere and able speeches were made hJ