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The evening times., 1896-03-24
CLORANE THE WINNER.
With Top Weight Bassett's Entry
Won the Lincolnshire Handjcan.

London, March 24.-The Lincolnshire,
handicap run today, was won by Mr.. A.
r. bassets Cioranc. five years old, the
winner or the Royal Hun, Cup last year.
Lord Rosebery's Quarrel u;ite TarrareI,
five years old, was second. and Col
North's Ell Diablo, aged, was third.
The Lincolnshire handicap OF 1000 SOW
ereigns for thrce-year- -olds and upwards,
the second TO receive 100 sovereigns and
the third fifty sovercigns out of the sta kes:
distance. a straight mile.
snce 1860 this handicap has been an
annual event.
The winner carried top weight, 100
pounds. and sold at 10 10 /.
The evening times., 1896-03-24
TO TAKE PART RELAY RACES
Columbian University Athletes VIII
Go 10 philud,.lphIa.

The students of the Columbian University
Of this city have at last decided that they
must be represented in athletics.
4heir first appearance This year will be
1t' the University OF Pennsylvania relay
-ates About the middle Of May Columbian
University will have dual games with
Georgetown.
Charles T. Cabrera is not only acting as
raptaiE. but as trainer. and whatever vie
,ories are gained much credit Will be due
aim. He is one of the best all-round ath-
etes in the District of Columbia He will
-,In the 440 and 10 hurdles. and in the
games with Georgetown viii jump, put the
shot, pole vault, and ride in the bicycle
races.
The evening times., 1896-03-24
ni,. live Rird T,urnuma,,

Long Branch, n. j.. March 24.-The
great live bird tournament OF the Inter
state Association opens here to-day and
will last nearly all The w"ck. The hig even,
is the Grand American Handicap, the prize
money of which amounts 10 So 300. Nearly
all tho crack shoiS are alrPav on the grounds
and the shoot promises TO he n NEST int r.
eSting one.
The evening times., 1896-03-24
Drcxel Sells the Mnryarita q

P.'ltimore. Nd. March 2I.-Mr. Henry
Walters of thi scity will he new hut
welcome acluis ition t" the American
yachting fraternity. He has purchased the
handsome steam yacht Marearita from
Col. A. 7. Drexcl of Philadelphia and has
applied for membership in the New York
Yacht Club.
The evening times., 1896-03-24

Mr.. Earl Wagner was seen this morning
ami he says that he has no knowledge OF
The elongated twirler having been relea sed.
lie saw Boswell only few DAYS ago,
and the pitcher did not then express any
desire to play anywhere else this season,
The evening times., 1896-03-24
SamphIre wus the winner.

Monaco. March 24.-Thc match yacht
racefrOm Monaco to Nice, which was sailed
today. was won by Mr.. Ogden Goelets
Samphire on time allowance. The Ailsa ar
rived at the finish line first. the Samphre
second and the Satanita third. The Britau-
mia did not start.
The evening times., 1896-03-24

In ractice the Louisviics are batting like
fienus. and the kentuckians give promise
OF worrying some OF The other lea que teams,
OH the team.
The evening times., 1896-03-24
BOSWELL TO BE A MANGAER.

Selected to Guide the Cape May Team
10 Victory.
Cape May, March 24.-Thc directors OF
the Cape May Athletic Association have
signed an agreement with Boswell, who
pitched Ia year Tor the Senators, to man
age the Cape Nay bah team this season.
He is already hustling for good eX-
college pla yers. The ball park Will be
improved.
The evening times., 1896-03-24
GENERAL SPORTING NOTES.

p. F. Dickey, who won the 3O0-yard in
door swimming championship of the Anna
teur Athletic Union last week, will repre-
sent Columbia College in the intercolleg giate
bicycle championship races.
The auxiliary yacht Intrepid, OF the New
York Yacht Club, Lloyd Phoenix owner.
arrived at Norfolk, Va, yesterday to coal
and provision, and will sail early Wedncs-
day morning for the Azores and the Mcdit-
erranian.
The evening times., 1896-03-24
Parker. Bridget 4 Co.
e o.hiers, 3l5 7th st.

You men know how sud-
denly spring comes: You
might just as we'll select
your Spring Suit or lay in
your Baseball and Athletic
Goods today, for you cannot
tell what moment balmy
spring will drop in. AS IN
the past-"your money back
if you want it..
The evening times., 1896-03-24
BALL TOsStRS' DEMANDS
President Robson Says He Will
Dictate the Salaries.
-OME POSITIVE LANGUAGE

Burkett and Zinmer Will Either
Have to Accept What Is Offered
or They VIII Not Play In the Ma
tional League-Other Men VIII be
Selected to Take Their Places.
The evening times., 1896-03-24

Third seman Collins has joined the
Bostuns at Charlottesville, Va.
The evening times., 1896-03-24
BASEBALL NOTES.

The Cincinnati Reds are getting more
ad~nri sing than any other ball team in
the country.
The evening times., 1896-03-24

Knlen gives good promise Of being in
good pitching form this spring.
The evening times., 1896-03-24

Cleveland made il three iraight from
Pit,sburg in the ante-scason series at
Hot Springs.
The evening times., 1896-03-24
Ono Men,brr Cannot Get Away.

Toronto. Ont. March 24.-The senior
four -o3red crew OF the Argonaut Rowing
Club OF this city have decided not to take
part in The Henley. England. regatta this
year. one OF the members of the club find
ing that it viii be impossible for him TO
get away,
The evening times., 1896-03-24

There is no den ying the fact that George
Dixon is the boy who is entitled to the pos
session of a championship emblem If any
pugilist was entitled. His motto has been
first come first served all the time and II did
not matter to him whether his opponent
came from England. Australia or Swami
poodle, he was alwa Us ready Ia hammer him
II there was any money at the back OF Ii.
His latest victory over Jerry Marsha II
demonstrated that he has nc equal. Feather
weights come and go. but Dixon still re-
mains on the top and always carries the
chip on his shoulder.
No fighter living today has as many vic
tories to his credit as George Dixon. and
though he has been grinding al the business
for about seven years. he is still the tip
topper and deserves ten times the money
he ever made at the game for his Willingness
To- uphold the title without newspaper no.
toriety and splitting at his opponents. In n
few words Dixon is a champion OF cham
pions and n credit to the profession.
The evening times., 1896-03-24

Maurice Daily has secured the consent of
the best-known amateurs to act as referees
in the games in the tourney of the Inter
national Trio in New York next week. In
all probability Orville Od,iie, jr., the last
man TO win n national championship trophy
as anamateur, will referee the opening game.
II was decided today to axe the tourney
games 600 points up, instead of 500.
The evening times., 1896-03-24

Gleason displaced Pfcffer at second ses-
terda and put up wonderful game.
The evening times., 1896-03-24
WHEN SLAYIN CONES OYER
May Make a Bluff at Fitz and Then
Try Maher or Choynski.
should He an Easy Mark for Any
One of the Quick Heavywcights
in This Country.

Frank Slavin and Charlie Mitchell are
reported to be contemplating visit to this
country in the near future. Slavin will
doubtless try to get on a match with Fitz-
simmons, or, If '.Lanky Bob' won't fight,
he Will try Peter Maber or Joe ChoyIisKl.
Mitchell will not attempt any fighting, Tor
II Is pretty Well understood that the
piucky EDgIisninau Is beyond Gaming, being
vicum oI muscular rheumatism.
SIavin, though he evidently does not
realize 1t, is u bas-been. In his palmy
days lie was notbiDg more nor less than a
cart-borse fighter. lie mas won but Il rev
fights III his day, barring what lie did in
Australia. His victory over clumsy Jem
Smith III Belgium gave Biin me championship
OF England, and he came across here.
Defeating Jake Kilrain was his only
acnieN ciii-nt III inns country. Peter Jack
son whipped him in ten rounds in England,
and Jim Hall put him out in seven. ii s
only cain 10 glory recently was his
victory over the Harlem Coffee Cooler,
Craig, last year.
SIavin would be an easy mark fer. 81
OF the quick heavyweights OF this country
and there is no danger of the championship
going back with the burly Frank slavin.
Mitchcll's visit will be pleasant one,
for he made hosts or friends by his plu OK y
fight against Corbett in Florida Few
years ago. At the time he weighed only
150 pounds, and was in bad shape, stili
he put up the gamest sort or a battle and
might have claimed the purse on the ground
OF foul, as Corbett lost his head completely
and violated the rules. Mitcbells tour will
be probably a theatrical one, if he comes
at all.
The evening times., 1896-03-24

Tommy Corcoran. who is at his home in
New Haven. is reported 10 have said that
he will not have to sign Brooklyn con-
tract until several clauses in his contract
are arranged to his satisfaction.
The evening times., 1896-03-24

Young Delahanly made two hits, one a
ihree-bl ggCr, off Hawlcy i'll The last Pitts
uurg- Cleveland game. besides accepting
six chances at third base.
The evening times., 1896-03-24

BY defeating Jerome Keogh. W. II. Clear
water retains the title of champion pool
player of the world. The match, which
ended Saturday night, was 600 points
Clearwater won by 500 to $50. The match
was played in Pittsburg for 81 900 and
the championship, and lasted three nights
The evening times., 1896-03-24

II is reported that Ed Bald will receive
$4,000 for riding a certain wheel this sum-
mer. and that he wants $1,000 for riding
a certain tire. The makers have Offered
him only ST 800 up TO date.
The evening times., 1896-03-24

For last week 2a3 new members Joined
the L. A. W from New York. making ii total
of I .341. Massa chusetts comes second for
the week. with 146- Tine total membership
Of the league toda is 43 ,065.
The evening times., 1896-03-24

Arthur Gardiner, the Chicago racing man
who made such a cr' ditable showing in
class b events last year, has joined the pro-
fessional ranks. and will race for cash
prizes this season.
The evening times., 1896-03-24

President Freedman says that neither he
nor Irwin willgo To Indianapolisto see Rusie.
He declares that Rusc will have to sur
render OF quit ball playing.
The evening times., 1896-03-24

Billy Vernon will probably be matched
in a few days TO meet Charley Mckeever
six rounds at the Athletic Club OF the
Schuylki!l Navy, Philadelphia, on ApriiS 9.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-05-20
What Would Farmers Gain by Free
Silver?

The craze among many Western
farmers and Southern planters for free
and independent coinage of silver
would, if gratified, soon act as boom
erang to their intense discontinue. Be-
sides quickly driving out OF. circulation
$500, 900. 900 of gold, free silver would at
once depreciate all the money held by
or due to farmers-lowering it's value
about 40 per cent-while the wages of
American farm laborers would be re-
duced in its purchasing power to some
thing like the low level that obtains in
China, Mexico, India and other silver
countries.
But in selling their surplus products
our farmers would lose very heavily by
being compelled to take deprecated
money for them, and in other ways.
Just how much they would lose it may
not be possible to calculate. Merchants
and exporters with capital who buy
farm products would naturally protect
themselves against the great risks of a
downward huctuation of the silver cur
rency by forcing down prices to the
lowest possible figures, aud the farmer
would be often at the mercy of the
merchant. Having no monopoly of his
productions, no power to resist COM
binatiOns Of capital, and no "protec-
ton" to enable him to 'corner" the
markets for grain and cotton. the farm
er cannot let his fields lie idle and can
not dictate prices for his crops. Doubt
less. under free silver prices of farm
products would at first rise, but they
would not rise as much as the cost Of
production or the cost of living, which
would be greatly enhanced to the farm
err. The loss he would thus incur and
the immense loss in the export trade in
farm products which would certainly
follow free coinage are not calcuiabla.
But they would probably go up into
the hundreds of millions of dollars
". Y. Herald.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-05-20
Curious at Least.

1t seems like the irony of fate that
William Mckinley, who owes his promi
hence to the circumstance that by vir-
tue of his appointment by Thomas b.
Reed to the craftsmanship of the ways
and means committee and so got his
name tackled to the highest tariff act
known in the history of American leg
islation, should ride at the head of the
republican presidential procession
while the man who made him is placed
in the position of choosing between
playing second fiddle in the band wag-
on and looking at the pageant from the
curb stone.
1t is no doubt humiliating to Mr..
Reed to contemplate the spectacle of
the creature being exalted above the
creator. but he can console himself
with the thought that stranger things
have happened in politics. Indeed, a
stranger thing than the exaltation of
Mckinley over Reed is the popular en-
thusiasm for the author of the highest
of high tariffs. in view of the emphatic
which the measure receiv~
ed at the next election after it went in
to effect The ladder upon which Nc
Kinley has climbed so high in 1896 is
the same that precipitated him to the
dust of defeat and humiliation in 1892.
Perhaps it will land him in the white
house this year; it may break down
under its own weight in November.
We shall ee-PetersbaErg I11deC APP
neal
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-05-20
Storm at Charlottesville.

On Tuesday afternoon of last week,
a disastrous wind, rain and hail storm
visited the Charlottesville section, &C
companied by lightning and thunder.
Houses were unroofed and flooded, and
in several instances struck by light
ming. Hundreds of fruit and shade
trees were uprooted and broken off and
several partly framed houses blown
down. The streets were turned into
rivers, and men, women and children
badly frightened, some narrowly es-
Gaping with their lives. The wind was
almost cyclone. Lightning struck the
large store of T. J. Wiles & Co., and the
wind lifted and carried it many feet.
A large stock of merchandise was badly
damaged The roof of the annex of
Wright's Hotel was blown off and de-
posted in the street and much furni-
ture damaged. Several other buildings
were unroofed and goods in stores dam
aged by water. Trolley cars and the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway trains
are delayed by fallen trees.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-05-20
A Left Handed Blow.

The city's credit is very strong, her
bonds going like hot cakes whenever
offered in the market. They are right
ly called business council and that is
what we want.-Argus.
What an awkward left hand blow
the ArguS has dealt it's beloved. If
it had hit them in the face with a
brick it could not have smashed their
noses worse, nor given them blacker
eyes. When Pat was telling about
Mrs. Mulligan and said that lat
Films, wake she drinked more Nv the
crater thin all Nv 'em. and kicked
Riley under the chin in the nointeenth
set, when she were dancin' wild me"
he was endeavoring to pay Mrs. Multi
gan the highest compliment in reach.
So when the argus told how our bonds
were going; ''like hot cakes they
were going; whenever offered" they
were going; and ''in the market" con-
tinually they are going; his compliment
like Pats to Mrs. Mulligan had the
kindest intentions. But could the
Arqass have heard or more appropriate
ly seen, the other side, it would know
that it is the ''hot cakes business that
is causing trouble. Too many bonds
are going, entirely too many. We want
a council that can do something besides
issue and sell bonds.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-05-20
Serious Accusations.

Now that the Election Committee
has decided the Yost-Tucker contest in
favor of Tucker there have appeared
in our local republican journals, the
Times and Yost's Weekly, serious re-
Elections on the integrity of the Com
mittee. We give below few which
illustrate the wrath that is now prev
alent in the editorial rooms of those
journals:
'We do not charge collision between
the three Republicans who voted with
the three Democrats to seat Mr.. Tuck
er, the contestee, and who had but a
few days before, upon almost the iden-
tical facts and evidence, voted to seat
Mr.. Thorn, the contestant"
mo impartial mind, seeking to do
justice, and render decision upon the
law and the evidence, could fairly fail
to come to any other conclusion, after
careful investigation. than that Mr..
Tucker was not honestly elected to the
54th Congress from the 10th district of
Virginia, but that Mr.. Yost was. No
sophistry, no refining of argument, no
twisting of facts, no distortion of law,
consistent with an honest intention,
could elect Mr.. Tucker, and this will
be the Judgment of every intelligent,
fair, just man who will investigate the
matter"
If Mr.. Yost has more influence in
Congress than The members of that
body whose integrity he thus assails,
he may be seated. if not, he will stay
at home.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-05-20
Electric Railroads.

Now that we are to have electric
cars it is interesting to note what is
doing with electric roads.
There is double track electric road
just being completed between Wash :
ington and Baltimore, and Of the mo-
tors to propel their cars the Baltimore
Sun of last Saturday says:
Contracts were closed yesterday with
the Westinghouse Electric Company
to furnish motors for the car equip.
ment of the Columbia and Maryland
Railway Company. the boulevard road
which is to connect Baltimore and
Washington.
Ten equipments of two 3O-horse pow
er motors each, twenty motors in all,
are for the cars which will run between
Baltimore and Gainesville.
For the through cars the Westlng-
house Company contracts to furnish
eight sets of four 100 horse power mo
tors, or thirty two in all. These are to
be put four on car. and are to be
guaranteed tc maintain a continuous.
speed of sixty miles an hour on a level
track. The through cars will be forty
three feet long, and will be run in
trains, with a total weight OF forty
tons to be drawn by the four motors
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-05-20

COMMISSIONERS SALE.--Pursuant to a
~ decree of the Circuit Court of Augusta
county, entered on the 5th day of December,
1873, IN the chancery cause of Matte j. Davis
etc, Us. Lula G.. Davis, ETC., we viii. offer for
sale at public auction at the front door of the
courthouse in the city of taunton, Va, on
Monday, April a7th. 1896,
court-day, to the highest bidder. that certain
house and lot situated in the town of Waynes-
boro. Augusta Co., known as lot No.56. fronting
IS IT. on Mulberry street, running back 200 TT.
together with feet off the Northeast corner or
ot.No. 80, fronting on said street, and run
ming back "A feet, the said lot Of land being a
same lot of land owned by Nancy JEFFERSON in
her life time, conveyed to her by JnO S. and
Maggie J: Myers, by deed duly recorded in the
Clerks office OF the Augusta County Court.
Deed Book So, page 203 and by her devised to
Matte j. Davis, upon the following TERMS
For enough cash in hand to pay costs of suit
on $I25, thereof from May 1, 1895, due Loeb
Bros, and the sum of $l36.S5, with interest on
Sl25, thereof from May l. 1885, due W. E. Craig
and any unpaid taxes; and the residue in three
equal instalmentS, payable in six, twelve ana
eighteen months from the day of sale, respeo-
lively, bearing interest from date, and to be
evidenced by three equal bonds OF the pur-
chaser, of even date with the date of sale,
with approved personal security.
HARRY H. BLEASE,
WM E. CRAIG,
Commissioners.
| Joseph b. Woodward, Clerk of the said
Court, do hereby certify that Harry Fl. Blease
has executed the bond required by decree of
sale in the chancery cause of Matte j. Davis,
ct ais, pending in said Court.
Given under my hand this 25th day of FeDy.
1896.
JOSEPH B. WOODWARD, Clerk.
april 1-4ts
PoSTPONEMENT.
The above sale has been postponed until
Monday, May 25th, 1896,
County court-day.
HARRY III. BLEASE
W. E. CRAIG,
april 2c-4vs Commissioners
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-05-20
Free Silver and the Farmers.

The Louisville (Ky.) Courier Journal
says
Free coinage of silver. in addition
to plunging the country into panic and
disaster from which farmers and all
classes would suffer as they never have
suffered in this country. would drive
out of circulation third Of our
money and put the remainder upon a
fluctuating basis from which no man
to day would know what to expect to-
morrow. Moreover. the farmer would
be a particularly helpless victim of such
a system, for he would sell most of his
products at prices fixed in gold stand
ard countries, while he would buy his
supplies at prices under the silver
standard which would prevail in this
country. This would mean not only
that he would have to sell more cheaply
than he could buy, but that he would
afford the foreign purchaser of his pro
ducts a margin for a handsome profit
at his expense by payment in silver"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-05-20
FIERCE WESTERN STORMS.
Havoc by Wind in Widely Scattered States,
Accompanied by Some Loss of Life.

Havoc by Wind in Widely Scattered States,
Accompanied by Some Loss of Life.
by telegraph to the New York Herald]
CHICAGO, ILL.,, May 12.-Storms of a
cyclonic nature are reported from sew
eral States tonight, and although the
damage to property is very heavy, the
loss of life seems to be small, SO far as
is known. In many cases funnel
shaped clouds swept down upon the
towns and after doing much damage
suddenly lifted and disappeared. In
other instances the work of destruc-
ton was accomplished by high winds
and heavy rains.
These disturbances were widely scat
tered, and apparently had no connec-
ton with each other, occurring in
Ohio, Indiana. Illinois, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Iowa. Nebraska and Kansas
about the same time. In Lima, Ohio,
several buildings were wrecked and a
derrick was blown over, causing the
death of Philip Rouscolp and fatal
injuries to George W. Engle, both
wOrkmen.
The largest list of injured is report
ed from Lincoln, Neb., where a small
cyclone caused possibly fatal injuries
l W mIo. Ii. MOOIc duu Jdu0S j Jacobson
both of whom were hurt in the head
A. L. Woodward, who may die from
internal injuries. having been thrown
quite distance, and Mrs. Harry Alb
bott, who was blown from a buggy in
which she was sitting.
| At Elkhorn, Neb., there was also a
cyclone, which fatally injured Carl
johnson, prominent farmer. This
cloud swept through space of 800 feet
IN width and destroyed everything il
its path.
At Council Bluffs the damage t.
property was very great, but it wal
the result of a high wind, and not q
cyclone. Sibley, Iowa, reports a cy
clone which demolished many build
ings and badly damaged others. There
was heavy fall of rain at Greensburg
Ind. with high wind but apart from
several houses swept away there were
no great losses recorded.
A telegram from Kankakee, Ill.
says there was a small cyclone there
to night, which demolished several
buildings and, crossing over the In
diana line, ravaged many farms and
destroyed buildings generally.
Sterling, Kan, had a cyclone which
demolished everything in its path. A
| score of people are reported hurt, some
fatally. At Worthington, Wis, twenty
buildings were destroyed by cyclone
and boy was fatally hurt. Much
loss was occasioned at Be1oit, Wis.