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The evening times., 1896-05-05
EVANSVILLE ELECTIONS.
Citizens of the Bladensburg Distric
Choose Town Officials.

Hyattsville, May 5.-Electlons for towil
commissioners for Hyattsville and Bla
densburg were held in those towns yester-
day The regular ticket. composed of
Messrs. Tierney and Walker for commits
sioners and W. H. Richardson for treas
urer. elected. Tierney receiving 103
out of 1877 votes cast, and Walker 96. P.
j. Duffy, who was opposed to Walker,
received 80 votes.
w. II. Richardson was unanimously re-
elected town treasurer. Messrs. Tierneyand
Walker succeed Messrs. White and Latt-
mer. Whose terms expired. The board Is
now composed of five members-Messrs.
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Killed hY His Horse.

susquehanna, Pa. May 5.-Robert Bar
nard, prominent farmer Of Hartford. this
county, was killed by one of his horses yes
terday in horrible manner. Barnard had
gone to the stable to look after the animal,
and while he was patting it on the nose the
horse suddenly leaped upon him and buried
its teeth in his throat. causing almost in
slant death. The animal will probably be
r-jIled
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Gold Freichts Raised

New York; May 5.-Kidder, Peabody &
Co. will ship 100000 gold through Barring,
Magoun & Co., to Germany on Thursday
The principal steamship compa nies have
raised the rates on gold freights lie per
cent. Whereas formerly 1t costs 3.32 to
ship $1,0O0,000 as far as freights were
1t now costs 5.32. The effect
Of this is to raise the gold point by sic
rer cent per pound, or 81 cents In the rate
of exchange.
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HELD UP THE JUDGES SON.
Young Walter Kimban Was Robbed
by Two Colored Bows.

Walter Kimball, aged thirteen. son of
Judge Kimball, was waylaid by .wo col
ored boys last Sunday afternoon and rob-
bed of 2 cents and two street car tickets.
Young Kimball was on his way to Sun
dayschool and was going through a alley
way back of P street northeast between
First and North Capitol streets, when he
was set upon by Albert Moore and Ben
ia min West.
West claimed in court today that he was
not there, but young kimball positively
identified him as one of the thieves. Moore
was placed under bonds to leave the city
and West was fined S.
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rierney. Walker. Smith, Aman, and EN-

lierney, Walker, Smith, Aman, and En-
mons.
Tue Following were elected town COM
missioners or Bladensburg: Francis Gosch
So; Capt. Charles Gordon. U. S A, 4s; Ma
thaniei Summers, 81; John Rhorback. s7.
and John Lepper. ga. Joseph Wiseman ran
as an independent and received ~ votes.
This board elects its own treasurer.
There was no excitement in Hyattsvlle
and everything passed off quietly. The re-
suit IN biadensburg is considered a tri-
uinph Tor the temperance people. the can
didates elected being opposed to the Garges
cowd- Garages is a saloon keeper, and the
contest was bitterly fought.
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Bruin Came I'm for supper

Stroudsburg, Pa, May 5.-While Theo-
dore Lee and family of East stroudsburg,
we're at supper last night, a bear entered the
room and made himself one OF the party at
the table. An attempt to get bruin out of
The house resulted in badly lacerated arm
for James Myers, who came to the family's
rescue. The bear belonged to Homer Lee, a
son.
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Doctors in Consultation.

Atlanta, Ga, May 5.-One thousand ply
hcians are here to attend the American
Medical Association which meets today
The total attendance will run up to 1000.
Yesterday the American Academy was in
sessi on.
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CHASED THE BERMUDA.
At Least the Spanish Cruiser Thought
She Did.

Madrid. May 5.-A dispatch from Havana
to the lmparcial says that the Spanish
cruiser Mercedes has chased a suspicious
vessel supposed to he the Bermuda, which
was lowering about the Cuban coast.
The suspicious vessel succeeded in elutl.
ing the Mercedes in the darkness and dis
aDpeared
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Burned to death In His saloon

Burned to Death in His Saloon.
Ludingtou. Mich, May 5.-Tbe State road
saloon. located two miles from this city,
was destroyed by, fire at o'clock this
morning. Martin Kohl. the proprietor, was
burned to death The saloon, which had
been closed for year. was opentoday, and
the fire is believed to have been of incen-
diary origin.
The evening times., 1896-05-05

The weather will be moderately warm
IN the Atlantic Gulf States. with oc-
casionai showers in New England and near
the south Atlantic and east Gulf States.
Condition OF the Water
High and low tides are officially recorded
at the navy yard today as follows:
hlgn. Low.
LOO j. M S:32 a. NJ.
a'io p. III. 9:02 p. IN.
Temperature and condition of the water
at a. M: Great Fails-Temperature 81:
condition, SO. Receiving reservoir-Tem
perature, 6S; condition at north connection
36; condition at south connection, SO. Dis
tributing reservoir-Temperature 81; con-
diilon at influent gatehouse, SO; effluent
gatehouse, SO.
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Condition OF the Water.
scheduIe for Street Llcht,nu

Gas lamps lighted at s:17 p. m; extin-
guished at 3:37 a. IN.
Naphtha lamps lighted at SLIP. m; ex-
tinguished at 3:52 O. m.
Incsndescent and electric lamps lighted
at S:02 p. NJ; cxtnguished at 3:62 a. m. :,
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Forecast Till p. NJ. W ednesday.
For the District of Columbia. Della ware
Aud Maryland, generally fair or partly
cloudy weather tonight and Wednesday,;
southerly winds, becoming northerly.
iFor Virginia. generally lair tonight ard
Wednesday; southerly winds, becomingeast-
erly.>
W Gather Conditlonsar:. q eneral ore
cast.
The pressure is relatively high over the
Gulf of ST.. Lawrence and also over the
lake regions and on the south A tlant ic coast.
IT is low in the Rocky mountain districts,
with trough OF low pressure, extending
from the Saska katchewan valley TO Nebraska.
The barofneter has risen over the Gulf of
st. Lawrence, the upper lake region, and
on the north Pacific coast. 1t has fallen
in the middle States and generally in the
Rocky mountain districts.
II is cooler on the New England coast and
In the lower lake region, and warmer in
the upper Missouri valley, with slight
Changes tonight in other districts.
Showers are reported In New England, the
lpTeg lake region and the east Gulf States.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
New York stock Market.

Furnished by Seymour Bros, bank
ers and brokers, members OF New
York stock Exchange. washington
office, GOO Fourteenth street. j. A.
Breen, manager.
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Marriage Licenses.

Licenses to maffy have been issued as
follows: y jC
Henry Blair and Mary E. Brooks.
George Campbell and Mary Jeffries.
Timothy Cohenl and Mary E. Bayliss.
william Petit and Nettie Ca wInous. both
Of Fairfax county, Va
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washington Stock Exchange

Sales-Belt II. X. 5's slC0O at 80; Wash Gas,
. at i6ll, ~ at 4t1s; American Graphophons
l0at9.
After call-Mergenthaler Linotype, 90 at
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GOVERNMENT BONDS.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BONDS

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BONDS.
IS 1893 ..20-year Funding" ...... 103 ......
6's ly02 60 year Funding" gold.... los ...
rs 1901 water Stock" currency. ITO ......
rs 1903 Water Stock currency. liz .....
3.6j's 1924 "Fundingn currency. l0sH ...
3Ja,s Reg. 2-IO's lS9{l9Ol ... 100 -.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-29
GENERAL Sporting NOTES.

Frank Walker, OF Ind annapolis, has
been chosen TO start the IA les next
week at the Fleetwood Park meeting,
New York.
Edward Durham, of Toronto, Canada.
q nephew OF Edward Hanlon. has
thrown down the gauntlet to American
sculleis and offered to row a match
race over three-mile course for $3.50
Or $500 side.
One OF the latest additions to the fleet
nf The Corinthian Yacht Club is the ma
hngany yawl-rigged sic } Clara, for
merry owned by young" Herreshoff.
She carrie. bat-wlnged sails, aud is said
To be very speedy in light winds.
GOD
champion Jim Corbett Will see Joe
Cans spar with Danny Mcbride, the
New York feather-we!ght. Monday
night. and also watch n fellow Pacific
slope man. Mike Brennan, box Abe Ill
man. Brennan once boxed four rounds
with Corbett.
Cop
Ihe knicke; booker Athletic Club has
decided TO add to the programme for
September 18th the running two hops
and jump. This Is the event that was
contested for at Athens las. spring,
ana which was won by j. b. Connolly,
Oh the SUFFOLK Athletic Club. of Bostc.i.
COB
a match game OF quo!ts for purse of
500 will be pitched at Pom, Breeze
to-day between j. Goff. of Chester. and
Thomas Thompson, Philadelphia. The
game VIII be 81 points up, choice or
quoits soft or hard ends. and Ia yards
distance. The match was arranged
after ;terday's game In Kensinrton.
and promises 10 be CT interest 10 local
quoiters.
COB
The contest between Lasker and Tar
rasch in the recent Nuremberg tourna
ment was of more than ordinary in
terest. Tarrasch. the winner of four
consecutive International Journeys, has
many admirers, and many of them
thought him fully the equal of the
pre- a mt champion of the world. Tar
rasch. as will be remem bored, succeed
ed In defeating Lasker at Hastings
though this was due 10 an error on The
part OF LaEker. A single game is hard
~ fair test for relative plavIn,-
strength, yet the way Lasker managed
20 crush his formidable opponent Will
convince a good many ihl. he 10 tho
superior player. Laskcls selected tho
huy Lopez opening. and displayed sn.
per!or tactics from the start to The ond
Iarrasch always was on the defence
ahu' n ugh he excited himself 10 The
utmost he was unable to avoid defeat.
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~ printed over his initials. The rest If
the work. including tho selection of such
articles us will give n careful resume OF tho
third part fight throughout tho cou. ry,
Is loft to her. Besides this she is the bust
ness MANAGER of tho pGpVr and srcrds
much of her time Mt her desk in tho count
Ing room as well rs in the sanctuIn.
Miss Sturgis has Lcen self reliant since
childhood. Sho was bern in Oxford, Ga,
and upon the death Of her parents went 10
live with her grandmother, who kept Il
boarding house. When the latter became
an invalid Miss SturRis, although only n
slip of girl. assumed tho management of
tho house and ran it until she went to
Atlanta, whore sho accepted position in
tho publishing house of Tho Peoples Party.
She proved herself SO competent that grad
ually ono duty after another was put upon
her shoulders until shs finally found her
self in practical control OF the weekly.
Sho sAys she Is not exactly n new wom-
mn, for she does not believe in woman suf-
fraRe, but che would like to vote for Bryan
and Watson. Her idea is that women can
exert moro power by remaining behind the
throne than they can by going to the polls
and voting. OF course Miss SturEis Is an
nrdont Popnlist and hopes all sorts of evil
things viii! happen to Wall street within
the next fow years.
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OF INTEREST TO CYCLISTS.

] T.. Starbuck has accepted the cha,-
lenge of Robert p. McCurdy to ride n
five-mile race at the Warwick meet for
II wager of 500 side.
1t is estimated that 10000, 900 bicycles
are in use In various parts of the world
and that OF every fine day 100000, 0G0
miles are traversed daily by the cyclists.
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Tandem records made at Louisville,
Ky" July 4. 1886. by Davisworth and
Mitchell. have been accepted by the
L. a. W. Racing Board. as follows:
Flving start. unpaced. against time,
one-third mile. 80 seconds; one-ha1f
mile. so seconds; two-thirds mile. LII.
They are riding very high gears at
present on the other side. The lowest
Ia 81: Pontecci. the Italian, rides at
s6. and Lenton at los. The gears used
on tandems and quads will open the
eyes of the American cycling public az
Tor instance. tandems are geared to 120
and ouads to 40 inches.
John S. Johnson, the record-breaker
and j. w. Parsons. the Australian, who
Is said to have been a conQuerer of the
mighty zimmerman, are not winning
lnireis on American tracks Just now
Both contested at the Tioga crack, Phil
adelphin. the other day. and both were
beam In every race they entered.
a special effort will be made to get
unattached wheelmen to take an active
part in the Maryland Division L.. A. w.
meet. which Will take place in Baltimore
within few weeks. Members of the
clubs have heretofore done all the work
connected with such events, while un-
attached wheelmen were content to look
on.
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Tee story sent out from Philadelphia
in the effect that a combination of man
ufacturers had been organized for the
purpose of fighting the League OF Amer
icnn Wheelmen! owing to what Is claim
ed to be the arbitrary action of the
Racing Toard. was declared to be ab-
surd on It's face by A. q. Spalding. His
name was given as one of the combi-
nation.
II -
The one-mile race for the professional
chnmpolnship of Pennsylvania, which
Will be run at the Warwick race meet
on Saturday. September Q.abor Day).
VIII doubtless be an exciting event
Starbuck arrived in town the other day.
and expressed a willingness to enter the
race. so that the contestants will be
Aker. Church. Starbuck and Bartho-
lomew. They are to ride for q 500
purse. winner to take all.
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manager OF the Boics presidential boom
Ho is comparatively young man. being
81 years old, but he has had lots OF expert
encc In practical politics and possesses a
natural talent il that direction He is
said 70 DO shrcwd and nile and to have
wonderful executive ability. All these
qualities are needed in the man who fills
tho position which ho has taken.
MIR. Walsh has hoon silver enthusiast
for many years, and Inns his whole heart in
the work. He was born in BeItonsport.
Van Burcn county, Ia. hut his Parents
removed to Ottnmwn, the old stamping
ground of the great Black Hawk, when he
was echoolboy. There no grew M and
was educated He was absent for time
while studying law, but eventually re-.
turned, and Is years ago began the prac-
tico of his profession there.
Alshopgh he has heon student of Dolit.
ical problems and an active worker I'm the
c-.mpaigns he has hold but two insipnifl
cant offices, one WHOM he was alderman IN
his town at salary oi $50 n year and the
second when he was county attorney for
Wnpcllo. He was offered n state Office Inv
Governor Boics during the lntter's first
''rn, put declined lie was n member of
tie Democratic district committee and
secretary OF the state committee. but has
resigned in order n become connected with
the national conli. lice.
Mr.. Walsh is said to be of preposscssing
appearance, tell and we'll built, with n
strongly magnetic personality. He is an
easy conversGtionalist. and has the kpack
OF gaining tho confidence OF the stranger
TO whom he is first introduced He Will
be an important member of the Bryan
campaign commit CO.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-29
Football Team Organized

The Portsmouth Junior Eleven mo;
Tor reorganization last night at the
City Hall. r. b. Peed was elected chair
man and c. F. Bennett, secretary. The
election of officers resulted as follows,
Il. -. reed, manager; l.. Plummer, cap
tain; Fred Clerk, secretary; Wul i.ant-
horne, treasurer
The me ting was q very enthusia site
one, which proves that Portsmouth will
nave one OF the best football teams in
the State. All of the old members are
SIN with the team. and sew raj promis-
ing players were taken.
The p esent ave:age weight OF tho
team is nearly $50 pounds, and all cbaI.
lei IS mt to the manager VIII be given
due consideration.
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New York. August Breitenstein
pitched magnificently to-day and but
Tor four-bagger by Joyce in the frs;
inning the New Yorlis would have been
smut out: The locals played m:se:ably
IN tne field. and so discouraged Do
heny in the -four n inning that he retlr-
cd in favor of SEYMOUR who aid much
het,er work. 81. Louis was steady In
the Held. Score:
st. Louis .....2 0 0 2oO1o0-5
New York 80 0 0 900 % s
batteries: Doheny. Seymour. and
wilson; Breitenstein and Murphy.
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NOTES OF THE TURF.

The Brook lale stable, mas a N,a,ling
colt a full brother to Henry OF Ma
rarrc. which Is said to be worth $4,000.
NJ. II. Gooaln's bay mare Happiness
won the fref-for-au pacing race at I ,in,
EreeZc on Tuesday in ,ra.ght heats Her
l., S; time was 2.ls1a.
PAGER C6rbett earned an easy victory
over Little Tobe at the Gcntlemcn's
Driving Park. Baltimore, Thursday.
Tho heats were half mile each. the
PAGER going the last in 1:0i. Little Tobe
was not at his best. King Brine won
the 2:2o class trctting. Ben was sec
AT the York tEng) August meeting
the Great Ebor Handicap Plate of LOCO
soverclgns, for three ear-olds and up
wards one mile and threes,auar',ers. re-
suited in dead h At for first place be-
tween Mr.. G. MacLac1Ian's Poste:ity
and Lord De,hys Dinglc gay Lord
Durham's Son n Mine secured the third
place. The judges later decided that
Dlngle Bay had won the rae and the
stakes were accordingly awarded to the
owner of that horse.
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over $4,000 in stakes alone will be
offered by the California Jockey Club
at the coming winter meeting. which
VIII begin October 10 next The Burns
OF the season. 1t is for $4,000. all ages,
one and quarter miles. The Thornton
stake is the same as last years.. 900
for n four-mlle race. The first sixteen
3-vear-olds and all-aged horses and the
best horses In America will be broug ut
to this coast
First on the card of the R-nsington
Driving club was the three-minute trot-
ta.s to, carts, It taking four heats TO de-
eide the winner, Harry s., driven by
Joseph Devlln. won the first heat; fin
ished second to Grand Central I'm the
second heat; then Maud L. captured the
next two and the race much to the sur
prise Of the audience Lady l.. was
drawn In the second heat and Maggie
w. in the third The feature of the day
was the Performance of Silver Mark in
the free-for-all class. winning in stra light
heats. Time, 2.223, 2.2l1a. Roseiale.
b. s., by Sidney, showed UP very fast IN
der the guidance of Trainer McCargo
With n little training Ii will show n
2l0 clip. Martin X. and Belfry divided
third money. In the 2:35 class Driver
r. S. EbenspeIger was fined So for delay
I'm coming out on the track, he rcfu sing
10 pay was declared suspended along
with his PAGER, Suapp,r. until paid.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-29
BASEBALL PlckIps.
s. Cla-kson has not and Will not stem
With Billie Batney,s Hattford team.

~ Sld-ksOn mas MOI ana VIII not Sir~n
E with Billie Barney's Hartford team.
Umpire I.ally made his first appear
sanes N Washington and did good work
Dan Irouthers Is blending HI ana
Il errors with delightful frequency at
SsSp, .Rgfleld.
pplan, formerly of Lynchburg, now
stof louisville, made his first home run
I'm the bis league at Brooklyn Thurs
ePhiladelphia has signed Leahy. former
sahortstcp -or the defunct Hill Climbers,
and he renorted Thursday, but it is not
likely he will play this season.
Is Is ri aring. formerly of the Lynch
bur now with the Louisvilles, was
5hnrt in New York this week. but is
estiis in the game in self defense.
Should Connie Mack, the living excla-
G ma ton point lose his cunning as a ball
player he could secure a permanen,
4 position as an auctloneer. McGinlcuddy
yswas.very much in evidence on the coach
& lines yesterday.
Baltimore is almost sure of the cham
piansh.p for the third time. as about all
y home grounds. The fight fer second
ssplace is quite Interesting, owing to the
sstayinT qualities of the Tebeau crowd
from Cleveland.
IT think Billie Hamilton, of tn Bos-
tors, the, greatest base-runner tina, ever
lived, said He'nie Peitz. the Cincinna-
It'll ca cher. -. least he has always
a been the hardest man in the League
for me to throw ou; lie gets better
SSleads than any of the others, is as fast
as a fla >, and can make clever slide.
sSIf he wouldn't 'sulll or quit / don't
which it is. he would be one of the
sIInost valuable players the profession
has ever known"
Alvin PeitZ, of Cincinnati in q letter
&to Buck Ewing, requests the captain
of the Cincinnati team to use his in
Z fluence to have him appointed a member
3 of the League STAFF of umpires. Alvin
says in his letter: ~ am very familiar
with the rules, and 1 am noted for
1.-THE way enforce discipline. 1 should
& like to tackle the Cleveland team the
first day, and II don't control the game
{ some hing Will drop. I am a hypnotist,
y like Billy Earle, so you see can con-
s6trol most Of the DULLES"
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-29

There was shooting match at Brick
houses farm Thursday between w. A.
10y. OF Baltimore, which was won NV
the former. The shoot was at ten tar.
gets. American Association rules to gov.
ern. Ir. Seddlnger SEQ. ed eight point .
while his opponent made seven. Mir.
NJ. Garnet haniGed Seddinger and
Malioy was looked liter by Mr. Horace
Peed. The referee was Mr.. William n
White. Of Portsmouth.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-29
The Reds Go,DOwn.

baltimore. Aug. 2S.-The champions
IN the championship season to-dav md
ohe former won an interesting game bv
score OF TO 6. Pond was in fine fettIe
ana Kept the hits of the visitors sca,-
tered. hut the visitors punched their mis-
p iats o., hind him in the second and
their runs, Attendance 4,275. Score:
po,,; r. II. T.
cincinnati. % 2 0 0 0 0 O 3-6 II ]
and Vaughn. ei'A
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-29
The Colts Win.

Boston, August 2S.-Chicago won the
nln,h game of the series with Boston
to-day and the fourth ont OF siy in
this city by superior work at all points
Attendance, 3.6l9. Score:
r. II. F.
Chicago ......0 041oO-6 6 /
Boston .........1 l 001 001+ 8
Batteries: Griffith and Arson; Mich
OILS, Stivetts, and CAMEL
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-29
Louisville Didn,t WIN.

Brooklyn, Aug. 2S-Hnl outpitchefl
fayne during the first six innings in
to-day's game. but he came to grief in
me seventh and eighth innings when
the home players sized up the Louisville
pltcher for six singles, a double and a
home run. Score:
Louisville % 0 20 OOo-3 5
Biooklyn % 0O2 O23X-S II O
Batteries-Hlll and Miller; Payne and
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-29
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
The Third Straight.

P,niiadeiphia, Aug, 2S.-Ph:ladclph;a
, ,Sok me third straight from CleveIan nd
ms afternoon in the closest PLAYED pams
Vi the series. Attendalce $500. score:
philadelphia % oOo13o-1o a r. >
Steeeiana. % 0 81 100 6 ~ 4
balieT:es-Gumbert, Keener. Orth and
eoyie; Cuppy, Gear and thinner.
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Totals 40 9 10 p II
HAMPTON.
Totals 80 s 12 81
SCORE BY INNINGS.

Kichmond ...........1 0 o . 90
hampton ............0 3 0 0 0 0-S
summary: Earned runs-Rlchmond.
!; Hampton, 3. Three-base hlts-Pen-
der. Two-base hits-Foster. Kimble
Fleming, Dundon, loft, Base on balls
on Bailey. A. off K,mble. T. Left on
bases-Richmond. 7: Hampton, Q.
Struck out-Bailey, .; Kimble, 3. Stolen
haseS-Sholta. Foster. Mari 2, Fender.
N!oX Kahn 4, Boland 2, fleming. Leach.
Passed balls-Boland, /. Time IN
Umpire-Tate.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-29
At a recent wedding In an ~,

At a recent wedding In an English
town the officiating minister asked ~,
the name of one of the witnesses No =.
spe.t. to which he received the rent,
"McHugh. The minister then Inonirn, i
how 1t was that the witness spelt HE
name In that way when his sister snnit
hers McCue." to which the witness re-
sponde' please. sir. my sister and me
didn't go TO the same school"
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-29
NOBODY blames the Changers for want
Hot Hall at Richmond.

Richmond. Va August 2S-The sole
Idea of the baseball game here to-day
seemed to be to keep the ball in motion
and the bases full This was done to
perfection, and it amused the people.
1t was fun to see the lads course
around the bases. Score: