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The evening times., 1896-08-11
OBJECT To RETIREMENT.
Army Officers who VIII Contest Re
ports of Surgeons.

Chicago, H., Aug. ia retiring board
of the army, called by the Secretary OF
War for the purpose of inquiring into the
reports of IN edical officers and taking 9TH
er testimony bearing on the alleged physical
disability of certain officers, was called to
order yesterday at department headquar-
ters in the Pullman building by Major
Gen Merritt.
The roll of officers called before the
hoard was read, as follows, each one be-
ing present:
Col. R. E. A. Crofton. Fifteenth Infantry;
Lieut.-col. james H. Bradford, Seventeenth
Infuntry; Major Alexander s. 3. Keyes,
Third Cavalry; Major John G. Turnbull,
First Artillery, Fort Hamilton, N. Y. Ma ior
John T. Darling, Fifth Artillery, San Fran
cisco;. Capt. Horace b. Sarson, Second In
fantry; Capt. John J. Haden. Eighth In
fantry; First Lieuts. H. ]. Goldman, Fifth
Artillery, aud Robert Watkins, Ninth Cav
airy.
In nearly every case, notably that OF
Col. Crofton, commander of the post at
Fort Sheridan, H., the officers slated for
retirement are opposed to such action, and
,lre preparing tn resist with counsel and
witnesses
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sMoTHEREp lRYsGAs.
Four workmen Dead From, Inhaling
II yVhtl.. OF vVarE


1t whii. at Work.
Camden, N. j., Aug. 1.---Four workmen
were smo,hered to deatb pnd Que mar
rowly escaped a similarfateip gas producer
at the More Phillips Chemical Works,
EleyenthaDd Linden streets, yesterday fter-
noou. Following are the victims:
Joseph Devlin. foreman; Andrew Adler,
James Mullin, George Harrison. James
Devlin recovered shortly after being
rescued from the producer.
The men were engaged in preparing q
twin gus producer for lighting. Mullin
was the first to go TO the bottom OF the
tank, depth of fourteen. feet. Devlin
looked over the side Of the tank to see
how Mullin was getting along with his
work, when he noticed him lying motionless
at the bottom.
DevliD made an attempt 10 rescue his
fellow workman, and started down the
eighteen steps leading to the bottom.
He was followed by Adler and Garrison,
but before they reached the top with the
prostrate form of Mullin they had inhaled
sufficient quantity OF the deadly gas to
cause them to fall unconscious.
The gas which caused the death OF the
four men was common coal gas and was
used In the manufacture OF sulphurc gas,
Of which 1t had become part when the
men inhaled it,
The evening times., 1896-08-11
LANGpoN NOTES.

Mr.. Brashear is erecting residence at
TweDty-first and Cincinnati streets
W. r. Maltby has erected at the Lang
don station large coal and wood yard
A lawn social for the benefit Of ct. Bar
nabas Mission will he beM Wednesday
evening at the home of F. Il. Mason, on
Mills avenue. ssf- -
The regular monthly meeting of the
Northeastern Suburban Citizens Asso-
dation will be held tomorrow evening
President Watson will read a letter from
Commissioner Ross stating that work on
the new school building will be commenced
at once.
The evening times., 1896-08-11

AT the Royal Institution, Liverpool, Miss
Cfossfieid, N. D., recently iectured TO
women on cycling. Being cyciist her
self, Miss crossrieId recommends bicy-
cling for women, not only as pastime, but
as curative agent. She Instanccd sew
erai cases, In which it has been used with
success as cure for Iassitude, nervous
complaints, ETC., some from among her
own patients. As remedy for ill-bealtli
itshouid only bc indul ged edinifrecommended in
by doctor, preferably one who cycles
himself or herself Moderation and com
mon sense must be Observed. Especially is
this necessary in learning to ride Women,
with that mental endurance FOR which they
are remarkable, oyerdo their physical
strength They make light of suffering and
Inconvenience, but the result is not the less
felt Teachersare often strong young men.
who have no idea of a woman's capacity,
especially one not used to vigorous exercise.
Tie only outdoor exercisethat many women
have previously enjoyed is a short walk or
little carriage exercise For such wo-
men. even when physically sound mod
Grafton is very necessary. The tempta-
tion to mount on one g bic ycle and SAL way
is extremely great, but one must practice
self denial, not only for ones own sake,
but for the sake OF others. For every
woman who oyerdoes 1t there are twenty
people ready to start up and say: There,
1 told you; cycling is. not suita Bile for
women"
The evening times., 1896-08-11
cHoYNskI Is coSF1DENT.
Bets s., 500 He Can Knock Out Grey
gains In Eight Rounds,

San Francisco. Aug. 11-Joe Choynski
says he is willing to meet Alexander Greg
gains. the heavyweight champion of the
Pacific coast, Oh September 2 next or any
time thereafter inside of two months. II a
permit can be obtained. Ckeynski says
he signed 10 meet kcAuliffc because that
seemed 10 be the surest proposition in
sight The most distant date for which
permit can be granted is September, and
the supervisors are now enjoying vaca-
tion of six weeks. during which time no
permits can be issued. Choynski is ex-
ceedfngly confident he can knock out
6reggains in eight rounds. and says he
will bet So 500 he can do it.
The evening times., 1896-08-11
GEN. GRANT FOR SOUND MONEY.
His Son Contradicts Statements to
tht. Contrnry.

His Son COnfradicts Statements to
the Contrary.
indianapolis, Aug. 11.-AttOrney General
Ketcham yesterday made public a letter
from Col. Frederick Grant Of New York
In reply to request for information, in
which he says:
My dear sir. Acknowledging receipt Of
your Communication of August 4, in which
You ask me as to the truth of a state
ment which is and has been for years going
the rounds to the effect that my father,
Gen. Grant, at one time said that he did
not know, when he signed the coinage act
of '73, that the silver dollar was dropped
from the coinage and that IL he had known
the fact that he would have vetoed the bill
II hasten in reply to say that frequently
talked with my father upon the question
of Standards OF currency. and that never
heard him intimate any such sentiment as
is credited to him above. j can only say
that he never intimated such a statement
to me. In all his conversations with me
he seemed to take the ground that it was
a great misfortune for any country to have
as the basis of their circulating medium
any metal that had the least element OF un-
certainty about it. From the time that he
was inaug urated President until the re-
sumption Of specie payment was passed. all
his public announcements, and, so far as
know, all his private statements, were
aimed to secure a stable currency TO the
people OF the United States.
'.The coinage act of 1878 does not
eliminate the silver dollar from our coinage.
In fact, the United States has coined since
then more silver than had been coined
during the entire period OF our national
existence before. and most OF this coinage
was made during his lifetime 1t is. there
fore. not probable that Gen. Grant ever said
that be would have vetoed the act of 1873
IL he had known that the silver dollar was
dropped from the coinage. and 1 would not
believe any one who said that he heard my
father make such remark"
The evening times., 1896-08-11
ENTERTAINED THE poroMAcs.
Mrs. George Fl. Rtston Gave Rccep-
tion to the Ball Players.

Mrs. George II. Rtston Gave Rccep-
tion to the BALL Players.
Mrs. George II Riston, OF ATS K street
southwest, gave reception last night to
the members OF the Potomac Baseball Club
Mrs Riston is the mother OF Pitcher Ris-
ton,' whose work In the box had much
TO do with the success OF the club.
There was instrumental and vocal music
torentertain the boys, besides refreshments
OF various kinds. The entire team was
present, aud the champions OF The Times
League had n merry time.
Mrs. Riston had present a number of
the bellies OF the south west, among whom
were the Misses Mavers, Gerhardt.s Harri-
son, and Nevett, who greatly helped to
make the evening pleasant one, and tile
Potomac boys had pleasing time, and
not few took home their best girl.
Atlantic City-Cape May by b. & o.
II. r.
Frida Us and Saturdays, 1 @. m. and 12
m. Round trip Sc. Good returning until
Tuesday. S,t.th. .s-jy&au
The evening times., 1896-08-11
AMONG THE AMATEURS.

The Never sweats defeated the sooners
by score of % to IL on the Georgetown
College grounds. The feature OF the game
was the Gaitiand battery for the Never
Bweats.
The Young Excelsiors We're defeated by
the Bastern Branch yiolets by the score
of "a to %. The feature of the game was
the heavy batting OF the Excelsiors They
would like to hear from teams under
eighteen. Address challenges to E. Glib
son, 1000 Virginia avenue southeast
The evening times., 1896-08-11
ARE lERAgEs Of IALUE?'
Baseball Cranks Discuss the
Question Frequently.
READING BASEBALL FIGURES
Total Chancesa Per Game Better
Guide Than Record
Players Greatly Benefited by tine
Present system Of Rating the Field.
ers-Sotes of the National Game.


Are averages OF any yalue?" is ques-
ton so often discussed pro and con by the
bail crank and The sporting papers that
IL would seem as If the mooted topic ought
TO be somewhere near y settlement.
But it isn't. On one side the critic per
sistently declares that average keeping
does the game more harm than good;
that players work solely for percentages
In the records and thereby damage the
game winning chances Of their teams. Dn
the other hand, managers still, as they
always have, take the average tables Tor
criterions in their selections OF players,
and would be without such figures utterly
at sea. We're there no averages published
the manager who desired to engage player
would have to take either the word of the
player or some emutualfriend as to the mans
ability or make Il long and expensive jour
ney to see him play.
Figures properly interpreted mean a
great deal. Read carelessly. the averages
are certainly decciving. Thus, the casual
reader, glancing at the statistics would
judge such shortstop as CoDnaughton Of
New York far superior to Dablen OF
Chicago, because CoDnaughton's fielding
average is about .922 to Dahien's sos.
Yet again, these same figures, read by The
veteran judge of ball playing, bear an en-
tirely different meaning.
1t Will be seen that Dahlen has accepted
or attempted TO stop about seven chances
per game to young Connaughton'sfsye. The
fact that he has missed enough chances 70
give him the lower fielding record of The
twotwo cannot for minute compare with
the plain evidence which shows that he
has gathered in balls on every side Which
the other man was not in the habit OF even
stonping.
The evening times., 1896-08-11
II Is Always Delightfully."- Cool on
the Indian Head Trims

Ii makes one almost forget that hot
weather has come In earnest to take the
evening sail down the Potomac to Indian
Head on the steamer Manchester. No
matter how hot and suItry the day may be
IN the city. the river breezes are fresh and
refreshing, while the many amusements
1t Marshall Hall are sufficiently attractive
70 tempt many from the boat. Steamer
Manchester leaves 7th street wharf At 6 80
p m. every Thursday, Friday and satur-
lay evening for Marshall Ban and Indian
Head. Fare for the round trip, 20 cents
The evening times., 1896-08-11
provn Ho,s, works str,ke Ended.

Cleveland, Aug. 1.-THE strike, or
lockout, at the Brown hosting Works in
this city, is practically at ain end. or the
500 men who went out on strike, 500
arenow engaged in other rcnployment. The
Brown Company has 335 men at work. and
has refused twenty-five applications for
employment
The evening times., 1896-08-11

THE INDEPENDENT ICE
co. 'Syeliow wag ons deliver daily.
10 ali parts of the city and Mount
Pleasant their superior quality of
kENNEBECICE at lowestrates.
Office e10 Pa. ave. and 310s Wa
ter st.
The evening times., 1896-08-11

Excursion to Niagara Falls.
Special express, with through coaches
and Pullman parlor cars, will leave B. and
o. station, Washington, for Niagara Fails,
Watkins Glen. Rochester and Buffalo, Thiirs-
day, August 1S, at $40 a. m. Round trip
good for ten days, SO. au7-6t
The evening times., 1896-08-11

The bicycle is blamed for a great many
things, among them the decrease in the
price OF horseflesh.
Dislike Of the bicycle is erowing among
horsenIen. 1t is said that the wheelmcn
are forcing the authorities to abaBcoa the.
old soft. dirt roads, and in many cases re-
place them with asphalt and niacadam,
both OF which are not adapted to fast
driving. Roads are being built, cycle
paths Constructed for the benefit of cy-
clers, while horsemen's., wants are ,iisre-.
garded. To such complaints it can be said
that thousands OF miles OF ioadways have
been constructed for horses alone, while
the cyclists have had few favors.
In New York State the copey Island
cycle path was the only one paid for BY
the city. All the other paths were built by
the voluntary subscriptions of riders
Horse owners have never built roads out
of their own private means. As rule cy
clers have paid well for the favors they
have received.
The evening times., 1896-08-11
Saturday. and Sunday Trips to tn
Country.

Until further notice the b. & O. n. r.
Co. will sell excursion tickets,sa rate OF
one fare for the round trip, for regular
trains OF Saturday and Sunday. to points
on the Metropolitan Branch and Main Line
hetween Washington, Ffcdrfick Harnef.s
Ferry and Chariestown. and to points or
the washington branch between WASH
ington and Laurel. su-th
The evening times., 1896-08-11
Gossip Of THE UH[EtINEN
Miss Crossfleld's Lecture to
Women on Cycling. :
SPEAKS FROM EXPERIENCES

Dislike for the Bike Growing Among
Horsemen-Don't Go Riding With
out Money In Your Pocket-LegIess
Welshnan Who Rides wheel.
Baid's Little Trick Of "wobbIlng."
The evening times., 1896-08-11

Challenge of the. Potomacs
The Potomacs would Ike to hear from
all teams In the District eighteen years
old, the Eagles preferred
The evening times., 1896-08-11

A piece OF obvious, but not always super
fluous, advice to the cyclists is, don't GO
out riding without money your pocket. or
course, the man who gees, for an ali-daS
trip. or on a longer tour, will hardly start
out unprovided with cash. But for short
spins in the city no expenditure may be
needed. and in hurriediy changing his clothes
the wheelrDan occasio9ally forgets to trans
fer his purse or any OF it's contents. Thus
1t may happen that after he has enjoyed a
particularlyrefreshing glass ofleinonade alta
ruadsidebooth, he puts his hand dintohispock
ettofine itempty ofchange. Or he ma y lose a
nut or break his chain, and have to Ia ke his
wheel TO a repair shop He can, OF course,
leave it, but If he lacks time and inciina-
ton to walk home. he is put TO the bumilia-
lion Of having to borrow nickel or dime
from the proprietor OF the shop. OF course,
his wheel affords ample security. The
moral of this is always keep a few coins in
your bicycle suit.
The evening times., 1896-08-11

Yesterdays Results.
Washington. 4. Baltimore, IL.
Boston, g; Philadelphia, 3.
New York. q: Brooklyn, 8.
Cleveland, 8; Pittsburg. 10.
Cleveland PittsburE second game rain.
Games Today.
Washington ut Baltimore
Louisville at Cleveland
st. Lonis at Pittsburg.
Brooklyn at New York. .,
Cincinnati at Chicago.
The evening times., 1896-08-11

One Of the most prominent accident in
surance companies has made d bid for L.
A. W. patronage byoffering a special rate
to League members.
The evening times., 1896-08-11

Some OF the riders who have met Bald in
races this season assert that the champion
has adopted practice of webbing" which
is very disconcerting to competitor. 1t is
claimed that when nearing the finish OF a
race man behind him shows evidences Of
going ahead he gives two or three little
twists to his machine which would Indicate
that he had lost control of 1t, which usually
results in the man in the rear braoing up
for an accident, with a corresponding loss
OF speed. Referees might do well to look
out for this trick.
The evening times., 1896-08-11

The bicycle record business Is in some'rc
spects getting to be farce. A dispatch
from Manchester, N. H. announces that on
Saturday Nat Butler '.broke the worlds
record for a scratch man in a mile handi-
cap professional race on quarter-mile
track The racing board did well this
year in deciding to recognize only stand
ard records.
The evening times., 1896-08-11

T.B Mccarthy. of Toronto. who W on the
mile handicap amateur in the iDtercity
bicycle meet at Buffalo last week. is now
professional. The dominion racing board
heard that Mccarthy was riding a wheel
manufactured by the firm by whom he is
employed, and at once read him out OF the
amateur class.
The evening times., 1896-08-11

One would think that the unfortunate in
diyiduai who had to have both legs an-
putated woald be forever debarred the
pleasures of cycling" but" medical fnge-
Duity has reached a wonderful pitch, and
there is at least one legless cyclist i'll the
world. He is a Welshuian of the ntne Of
Edward jenkins, who had the misfortune
to have 10th his legs badly crushed on Gc-
tober 13, 1894, necessitating the AMI
putation OF both below The knee.
Thanks, however, to the progress of
modern medical science. he has eeen- sup
piled with pair of artificial limbs. with
which be is enabled to ride a bicycle. He
can mount and dismount readily. can cover
practically any distance. and says he
finds it easier TO cycle than to walk: -'-'
One of the most important points in b.
cycling IS the position. The upright po-
sition must be maintained II no injury is
to accrue to the internal organs. II this
be adhered to, only good can result. The
organs are rendered healthier and more
active Any pressure which retards the
flow OF blood, necessarily tfuickened by
exercise, may give rise to serious injury.
The way girls ride In Brussels is pic
ture of how it ought not to be done. They
stoop, in some cases lie, over the handles;
they have pinched-in waists. and wear
high -heeled boots: their hats are enor-
nous, the color of their dress more bril-;
liant than beautiful; they wear short
jacket, baggy kickerbockers and broadl,
checked stockings.
The herald., 1896-03-09
THE BUSINESS MEN OBJECT
Streets BIockaded By the Build
ers of Railroads
THE WORK IS NECESSARY
But Better Judgment Might Be Used
in Doing 1t
The Labor Exchange novemont Continues
and Cooperative Store is Talked OF.
Personals and Brevities

PASADENA, March s.-1he main busi-
ness streets of Pasadena arc - such "a
blockaded condition that several runaways
were narrowly averted yesterday, and at
times everything comes to standstill
waiting fof passage to be orened up. SO
that teams can get through. Yesterday
three teams came into collision at the cor
ner of Colorado and Raymond, the pole of
one running into the wheel of another and
lifting it clear off the ground on one side,
while the horses were badly frightened at
the array of barrels and other distractions
piled up around the switches of the elec-
trio railway company at the corner desig-
mated. Not only is this corner all torn up
clear across Colorado street, but the cor
ner of Fair Oaks and Colorado street is in
a similar condition on one side, while along
the principal block of the town-namely,
that between Fair Oaks and Raymond, on
Colorado-the rails are being torn up pre-
paratory to putting in new ones, making
a dangerous place for driving. While this
work may be all necessary. it is little diff
ficult to understand why it should be all
done at once and thus the whole business
part of town rendered nearly impossible
for weeks at time. 1t has now been three
weeks since these places have been torn up
and appearances indicate that it will be as
many more before the work will be COM
pleted.
If the company intends TO run its Alta
dena cars on Colorado street, as appear
ances would indicate, the narrow street
The herald., 1896-03-09
STATE DIVISION AGITATED
A Mass Meeting Called TO Consider the
Question
San Diego Receives Short Visit From the
italian Cruiser--Orphaned Children
Cared For-Notes

SAN DIEGO, March s.-An effort is being
made among the citizens of San Diego to
organize a campaign for the purpose OF
creating a state government oe the ten
counties of southern California, as en-
braced in the territory described in the
state division law of 1859. A mass meet.
ing will be held shortly to give voice to
public opinion on the subject, and ask the
cooperation of the other nine counties.
The Italian cruiser Cristofore Colombo
dropped anchor off Hotel Del Coronado
Friday, and Prince Luigi and Consul Gen.
eral Grimaldi of San Francisco came
ashore to visit Mayor Carlson. The mayor
was not in the city until afternoon, and
Immediately upon his return took launch
and went aboard the foreign cruiser.
Captain Bertolini in declining the invita-
tion to enter the harbor said that the news
from Italy was of such nature that he
could hardly enter in;o any eXcnange of
courtesies involving ceremonies OF festivi-
ties. and would therefore proceed without
delay for South American waters. About
8 o'clock Friday evening the cruiser turned
her nose directly southward and started at
full speed for Acapulco.
Erastus Reed, who for the past seven
years has been engaged in the grocery
business at Ensenada, dropped dead
Thursday afternoon while engaged in load
ing supplies on wagon near his store.
Death was caused by paralysis of the
heart. Deceased formerly lived in Texas,
but the address of his relatives is not
known.
Four little orphan children left by the
afternoon train yes erday accompany the
remains of their mother to Charleston. Ill.
The mother, Mrs. Ada Mathes, came here
some six weeks ago, in the last stages of
consumption. and when she died the little
ones were alone here. The father had
been a member of fraternal organization,
and the local lodge did everything to COM
fort the little orphans. kilograms were
sent ahead to lodges along the road. re-
uuesting that the children be given proper
care.
Albert NJ. Almsted has pettioned the
superior court for letters of administration
to the estate OF Nj. L. Olmsted, deceased.
The property is nearly al! in this county
and is estimated to be worth at least
100000.
The board of supervisors adjourned at
noon Saturday, having completed the busi-
ness that was proper for consideration.
Mrs. Madge Morris. of Liberty Bell
fame. has been quite i'll at her home in this
city, but is reported to be convalescent.
Work on the San Die o brewery is being
pushed ahead at a rapid pace, and fifty
men are now on the payroll. Ihls num-
ber will be ncrea' ed when additional help
can be used to advantage.
The portrait of Mrs. Rowan of Los An
geles adorns the title page of new song
that has just been published in this city.
Bryant Howard. late president of the
Consolidated National bank. has sold his
thirty-six-acre lemon tract near this city
for $24 900, the purchaser being wealthy
Chicagoan.
Clinton Luce, clever young student of
the high school, died Friday, after several
weeks illness. His classmates attended
the funeral in body today
The herald., 1896-03-09
RIVERSIDE
Pubidoux Club Eiection-A Prohibition Con.
vention on Wednesday

Pubidoux CLUB Eiection-A Prohibition Con.
vention on Wednesday
RIVERSIDE, March S.-At the regular
anual meeting of the members of the
Rubidoux club the following officers were
elected for the ensuing ear: Fl. H. Hays,
president; Rober; Duncan, vice-president;
w. X. Dowlen. secretary; j. ii. Fountain,
treasurer. who together with Rupert shaw,
S. J. Castiaman, c. q. Alkire, Il. NJ. Stan
ton and c. W. Mcleod constitute the board
of irectors.
The Leon mine will soon put on a night
shift. A day shift has been operating for
some time.
A. H. Naftzger of Los Angeles was in the
city yesterday.
The total rainfall for the storm of this
week was 200 inches. making total for
the season of 5.26 inches.
LNman Evans was on Saturday after
noon appointed gu ardian OF the estate and
minor children of j. O. Slater of San
Jacinto, who was committed to Highland
on Saturday.
The Prohlbitionists have called a conven-
ton for Wednesday night at the court
house.
Among the names mentioned for the
office of city trustee is that of Ottley Pap
eneau.
j. A. Gaudner. the one.legged man who
was lodged in Jail from Banning on Mon
day evening by Constable Carpenter, was
examined for insanity by Drs. Baird and
sawyer on Saturday, aud by them adjudged
a tit subject for the asylum.