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The evening times., 1896-05-06
WARD REFUSES THE OFFER.
Ex-Player Does Not Care TO Manage
the Louisville Team.

ISpeCial 10 The Times.I
New York May 6.-John NJ. Ward has
decided not to accept The offer made to
him by DR.. Stuckcy, president of the Louis
vile Baseball Club, and he has so written
the club Officials. He has growing law
practice here and Is aversc TO leaving II.
Nothing new has developed in Rusie $
case aud the chances Ire that Tie big Hoosler
VIII remain on The outs With the New ork
mana cement until he Is foTcedlnto capitufa-
ton.
Neither side is willing TO yield a point,
and Freedman declared today that the CLUB
could get along better without Rusle than
the latter could without tie club. All
rumors TO the effect that Rusle Is the sub
Icct of a triiue are denied.
The evening times., 1896-05-06
OREGON'S TRIAL TRIP.
Everything in Readiness for the Test
nj San Francisco

San Francisco, May 6.-The bunkers Of
the battleship Oregon were filled with
picked coal yesterday afternoon, and
everything Is in readiness for the first
informal trial, which will take place on the
ba y today.
1t is not Intended to make any speed
tests, the object of the trial being more for
the purpose of trying out the machinery,
and giving the builders an opportunity to
ascertain if everything is in order for Tie
official trial. which is scheduled 10 take
place in about week In Santa Barbara
channel
The evening times., 1896-05-06

The olynIpians defeated the Red Stars by
the onc-sided score of ls 10 |. The team is
nade up of the following players; f Par
son, W. Bctner, L. Wagner. 7. Rot We. II.
Burns ID. Parson. : wood, W. Richards,
and NJ. Don0hoe. The Olympians would like
70 hear from allteams OF fourteen years. and
special attention will be paid to all chal-
lenges addressed to L. Wagner, No. ~ D
street southeast .... .-.-
The evening times., 1896-05-06

Riders who have placed orders for tandem
machines complain that it is impossible to
get their orders filled. In spite of the fact
that an increased demand for this type of
machine was anticipated at the opening OF
the season, dealers and manufacturers were
not prepared for the great increase in the
number of orders received. and the supply
has been unequal to meet the demand
The evening times., 1896-05-06

Interest in road racing in PENNSYLVANIA
appears to be on the decline. az not n single
State record was lowered during 1895
This fact will hardly be regretted by the
best class of wheelmen, as every race held
IN public highway is regarded as vio-
ation of the law and an injury to the sport
The evening times., 1896-05-06

The Chicago Tribune is authority for
ihe statement that a washerwoman at Bat
lie Creek. Mich, has Just bought a wheel
and delivers her undry work by its means:
hat a clergyman at Decatur H.. has been
arrested for riding without the necessary
ant eru; that an Alma. Mich. terTa -ant
has taken up the sidewalk in front OF her
house to make it unpleasant for riders:
hat BallinCton Booths American Volnn-
-ecrs are to be mounted on bicycles: that
women have a new field for none y-n1a king
opened to them in soliciting insurance sor
machines and that the boulevards of the
Garden City were tiIronsed on Sunday with
men. women ami children OF all degrees
II proficiency. bur all on wheels. Finally.
he only accident reported from the thou
sands indulEing in Out-of-dOOr recreation
anne upon rran riding in Lincoln Park
who fell and broke two ribs-aud he was
on horseback.
The evening times., 1896-05-06

1t will be a rare treat for the wheelmen
to see once again the familiar forms of the
old professionals and Class Is riders meet
ing in the same events and with the same
earnest competition that characterized the
spirit of their endeavors when all were anna
tours Now, if Windle. Zimmerman, Taxis,
Lumsden, Tuttle. W. F. Murphy, and fe W
other old-tiners will sho W themselvesi IT will
furnish some interest o see them ride az ainst
tie celebrities who wore the crown last year,
such as kiser, Bald, Gardiner, Cooper,
C. NJ. Murphy and the rest of the push
Then let Michael, the French crack. and
johnson, join the procession and there will
be a grand rush for the ducats.
The evening times., 1896-05-06

Give Washington couple Of staf pit cheers
and they Will prove lively bidders for that
pieceof bunting wbicheverybodyc y covetsand
only one can capture. As II is the Washin g
.ons are likely to bat out runs enough I G
win at any sta ge of the game. There are
few stlckers in that top row that are able
10 create an epidemic OF heart disease on
the slightest proyocation. With Joyce,
Abbey, Selbach, Cartwright and McGuire
70 successfully face is enough to make the
majority OF pitchers forget their signs.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The evening times., 1896-05-06
CROCKER'S,
"Best Shoes" 930 Pa. Ave.

and is obliged to report a the Polo grounds
daily. 1t is hard lines for him, buta pla yer
under the National Agreement has very
little show for his rights under any and all
circumstances. Pfeffer threatens to leave
New York .-
The evening times., 1896-05-06
standing of the Clubs,
Yesterdays Results.

Washington, 3; Cleveland. 3.
Philadelphia, 8. st. Louis. 8.
baltimore, 8: fi';sburg. U.
Boston, 8; Cincinnati. 3.
Brooklyn, z; Chicago. 6.
Louisville, Ii; New York, IL.
The evening times., 1896-05-06
TOPICS OF THE TURF.

There is no lack of entries at the Cali
,ornia tracks. As many as eighty horses a
day start there.
The inaugural meeting at Newport just
about paid expenses.
Tod Sloan was set down for thirty days
at san Francisco for queer riding on st.
Lee.
Comfy jenkins has again entered the
arena as professional starter.
Lexington betting privileges sold for
81, 100 per day.
The Metropolitan Handicap will be run
next Tuesday.
Work is progressing rapidly on the new
| Brighton Beach grand stand.
Byron McCleIland's Prince Lief is u
grand looking colt, and ne is proving a
| tough custome in all his races.
Eugene Leigh is part owner OF the
McDaniels starting machine, now being
used at Lexington.
| Berclair has proved a bread winner for
| DR.. E. F Mclean. He won the bulk OF
the S5,S00 which the Memphis meeting
netted the DOCTOR
| Neel brought Quartermaster under the
| wire a head before Red Star yesterday at
Elkton, having been practically last 10 get
ting away.
Nellie Agnes and Obstinate were the only
winning favorites at Elkton yesterday.
At the Sheffield track, near Chicago,
Easter Eve yesterday won the second race
at 80 to l, with a stable boy up.
A. Barrett had three winning mounts
yesterday at Nashville, landing Storm K ing,
before Boanerges, the favorite in the Max
well House stakes.
The outlawed tracks are warning among
themselves al ST. Louis. They have electric
light racing at two tracks, and free
badges are to be had for the asking,
while report has 1t that at one track each
visitor is entitled to a schooner of beer
and one hard boiled egg.
A very simple starting machine was
tried at the Forsyth track The whole
contrivance consists of nothing more than a
piece OF stiff rubber, about n half-inch
thick, which is stretched across the track
at height of about four feet, and held
taut by patent fastener. When the
horses line up to 1t man who is sta
toned at the outside rail touches a spring,
when the starter yells Come on! come
on" and the rubber shoots across the
track like flash. Simple as the thing is,
it fills the bill, and the field crosses the
mark in companyfront order.
AbettOrs of Prize Fights Indicted,
Long Island City, May Establishments
we're returned this morning by the Queens
county grand jury against the manager and
tncorporators of the Empire Athletic Club
10 Maspeth and the Eureka CIub in ony
The evening times., 1896-05-06
THE INDEPENDENT ICE

CO.'S Syellow wagons deliver daily
to all parts of the city and Mount
Pleasant their superior quality of
KENNEBEC ICE at lowest rates,
Office 910 Pa. ave. and 310S Wa
ter st.
The evening times., 1896-05-06
Indicted for Triple Murder.

IHU1CIeU 1Or TrIpIp Murder.
Akron, O.. May 6.-The grand jury last
night returned three indictments against
Romulus Cotteil, alias John Smith. for mur-
der in the first degree. The sndictments
charge that he murdered Alvin N. Stone
Serena N. Stone and Ira F. Stisou. CotteIl
will be arraigned Thursday morning He
will plead not guilty.
The evening times., 1896-05-06

purpose of showing and explaining the mcr-
1t of the drums to any one desiring to have
shei- own or their friends hearing restored.
They are absolutely invisible. safe and COM
Portable, and have no wire or string attach
ments. Ask for our l40-page book on deafness.
Consultation free. WILSON EAR DRUM
CO., ll22 BroadWay,N. Y.
The evening times., 1896-05-06
Games Today,

SafiltS i QUA y.
Washington at Clcveland.
Boston at Cincinnati.
Brooklyn at Chicago.
New York at Louisville.
Philadelphia at st. Louis.
Baltimore at PittSburg.
The evening times., 1896-05-06

Eddie Locher, the featherwcight pugi-
list tried to commit suicide at New York
yesterday by taking Paris green. He will
recover. Dependency over the difficulty
he was experiencing in raising sufficient
money for a rene wal of his saloon license
was the cause of his attempt at self
de estruction.
The evening times., 1896-05-06

Tanzer-4O3-405 Seventh, is selling a
81 so straw hat-most fashionable-at
rs cents.
The evening times., 1896-05-06

The Commissione have ordered all
street car companies, which, by law, are
required TO equip their ears with Tenders
and wheel guards, to have the Tenders
regularly inspected, and also to require
the motormen to examine the working of
the wheel rds at each end OF the line on
every trip.
The evening times., 1896-05-06

Free Tickets to Barnum's Circus.
Tcnnille, the wide-awake and popular
clothier of Seventh street, is giving Ill his
customers a free ticket TO the circus Read
his advertisement in today's Times.
The evening times., 1896-05-06

George Dixon and Jack Lynch boxed
four rounds at the Globe Theater Phila-
delphia. last night. 1t was very scientific
go, and greatly pleased the spectators.
The evening times., 1896-05-06

Joe Butler inte challenging the win
ner of the contest between Peter Maher
and Frank p. Slavin. which takes place on
Friday night, May 90, at the Eureka A tn.
letic Club.
The evening times., 1896-05-06
GOSSIP OF THE WHEELM[A
Quill Cyclers Of n. Y. to Visit
Philadelphia Next Sunday.
THE SCORCHER Is DOOMED

Accidents Have Become So Frequent
That Steps Are Being aken to Pre-
vent the Nuisnnce-GenerOsit of IL
Jersey Farmer-Supply of Tandems
Not Equal to the Demand.
The evening times., 1896-05-06

A dispatch from Atlantic City says:
KID" Mccoy and John ]. Mahoney were
matched yeste rday to punch the ba & for
$500 side some time this month. Friends
of Mccoy in this city do not think the
champion will take part in such match.
as he has three important boxing contests
arranged.
The evening times., 1896-05-06
DEAF-N ESS

and head noises relieved
instantly by using the
WILSON CO NJ NJ o n
SENSE EAR DRUMS.
(Thc inventory Mr.. Geo,
II. Wilson, will be in
Washington at Willard's
Hotel May l., lS, u. from
The evening times., 1896-05-06

Jim Corbett has closed his theatrical
season aud will sail for England about
June 1.
The evening times., 1896-05-06
AMONG THE AMATEURS.

The Young Belmonts defeated the Bride
grooms by score OF Is 10 IL Moreland
and NOLAN were the battery of the Bel
monts
The evening times., 1896-05-06
AMONG THE BONERS.

Jack Downcy of New York knocked out
Jimmy Watson OF Paterson, n. j.. in eight
rounds at Monday nights show Of the
South Brooklyn Athletic Club.
Jim Williams, the heavyweight cham
piCn of Utah, defeated Jack Etelsner of
Philadelphia. Monday evening. at Salt
Lake City, in seveu-round contest. 1t
was the best Fl ght ever seen in Utah.
The evening times., 1896-05-06

The tennis players are busily employed
IN In ying of grounds in every part OF the
city, and the game Will soon be in its prime.
The evening times., 1896-05-06

The Young Easterns defeated the Vets
by the score Of 90 to II. The players are:
BurCler, pitcher; Clements. catcher: Keys,
first base; CoClan, second base; Garlj'ld.
shortstop: McColian, third base: ". Kelly.
right field; ] Kelly, left field. The Young
Easterns would like 10 hear from all teams
whose players are under thirteen years Of
age. Address all challenges to J. Buscher,
No. go Second street northeast.
The evening times., 1896-05-06
Abettors of Prize Fights Indicted.

AbettOrs of Prize Fights Indicted.
Long Island City, May 6.-Indictments
we're returned this morning by the Queens
county grand jury against the manager and
fncorporators of the Empire Athletic Club
10 Maspeth and the Eureka Club in Long
Island City. where prize fights have recently
been held. Mayor Gleason, a prominent
New York politician and high official in
Brooklyn are said to be among those indicted.
The evening times., 1896-05-06

Tanzer-4O3-405 Seventh, is selling a
$3.50 straw hat-most fashionable-at
rs cents.
The evening times., 1896-05-06

Brooklyn's outrelders yesterday cap
tured ten flies.
The evening times., 1896-05-06

Congressman Dayton is absent at Bev-
er!y, W. Va, attending court.
The evening times., 1896-05-06

Scranton has purchased the release of
Catcher Mahoney of the Portland, Me-,
Hub. The price is not stated.
The evening times., 1896-05-06

The Senators certainly bit Cuppy hard
IN that the Cleveland outfielders caught
nine fly balls.
The evening times., 1896-05-06

Catcher Con Daley. recently released by
Brooklyn. has asked New York aud Cbica 20
70 give him a trial.
The evening times., 1896-05-06

Chicago is going to be in it this year, If
all 81 gns are not misleading.
The evening times., 1896-05-06
BUT ONE

of the four styles of toe in S;1-i
these III, S. 4 HIS" $500
Light Tan Shoes we are run GO AZ
ming NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. at. pGsoO
The evening times., 1896-05-06

The New Yorks have had another rule
added to the list to which they must bow
down. 1t is that they must not ride to the
baseball grounds in bus at club expense.
There is no objection to their going down
into theirpockets nor is there any hindrance
TO their walking.
The evening times., 1896-05-06

"If you re in doubt, put the ball over and
make the batsman hit it. Put it over with
plenty of speed. 1t takes nerve, and you are
taking your chances. but you'll find that
The speedy straight ball is the thing in a
PINCH" is the advice of Mercer to pitchers
p hiladelphia Ledger.
The evening times., 1896-05-06

Hassamer made home run yesterday at
Louisville.
The evening times., 1896-05-06

Pittsburg will realize the last of this
week that the Orioles are not the only fast
club in the league. The Senators Will
give them a hard job before Saturday
night.
The evening times., 1896-05-06

The New York players hoped to find
Rusie awaiting them in Louisville, but
were doomed to disappointment. The MEN,
oers of the team are demoraliZed and feel
asif they have no chance of winnin ( against
the average club.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-02-26

Losing Sense OF Color.
The human eye, though trained n
distinguish colors, may by want of us,
forget how to distinguish them. Tn,
unique experience Of DR.. r. Harley
F. r. s.. related in the london Specta,
tor. establishes the fact that color car
be forgotten, as well as learned. by
human sight
DIR. Harley, In order to save the sight
OF one. perhaps OF both eyes, wher
one was injured, voluntarily immured
himself In a room made totally dark fol
nine months.
The fortitude which enabled him "a
adopt this course. and the ingenuity
by which he preserved his health and
faculties in this, the most mentally and
physically depressing of all forms OF
imprisonment, are sufficiently remark.
able: but DR.. Harley also kept an &C.
curate record Of his Impressions when
he at last looked again upon the light
after the supreme moment at which
he satisfied himself that he was NOT
blind, but could see.
He found that In the nine months
darkness his eyes had lost all sense Of
color. The worlo was black, white and
gray. They had also lost the sense Of
distance. His brain interpreted the
picture wrongly. His hand did not
touch the object meant to be grasped.
Practice soon remedied the last in
duced defect of sight Experiment
with skeins Of various-colored wool, In
the presence Of one who had normal
:olor-vision, restored the first.
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.ove6 yet only BY direct lies could sh,
have saved him.

,ove6. yet only by direct lies could she
have saved him.
lis that all you wish to know? May
I go? she asked. wearily.
| 1t dawned upon him slowly, for the
commissioner. though shrewd. was not
naturally quick of apprehension. that he
had caused her more suffering than he
had known of at the time. Whatever
reason she had had for jilting Stephen
Prinsep. upon what should have been
their wedding day, on her side at least
1t had not been lack of love.
Foreseeing many difficulties ahead, his
brow was puckered into a decided frown
as he continued his way to the Cutchery.
He was only too well aware-as what
magistrate Is nOt-of the number of
crimes that remain unprOven, and con-
| sequently 60 unpunished, and knew it
were certainly better that this should
add one more to the list than risk making
q false or untenable accusation against
one who held 80 high position, socially
as well as In a military sense. as Stephen
Prfnsep.
When he went into mis- private Office
he found the Quartermaster had been
there, and gone nearly an hour ago. An
accumulation of letters and business
morning q case came on at the Cutchery,
but he went through "a mechanically
and without his usual keenness. 1t was
a relief to him when the thanedar came
In with his report on the subject Of
which his brain was full
The report itself dealt principally in
negatives. Trooper Lynn had no enemies
among his cOmrades-was not of quar-
relsOme disposition even when in drink;
no one in the barracks seemed to have
q suspicion as to who was answerable
for his death, yet a vague opinion pre-
vailed that had it not been for his fatal
passion for the Quartermaster's daughter
he would be alive still.
When Mr.. knollys returned to his
bungalow in the afternoon, he met his
daughter on the veranda.
81 am Just going to send off those invi-
tations for the dinner party-Monday's
dinner party" she said, standing on tip
toe to kiss him.
'Did you ask Col. Prinsep?'
Then, as she held up the addressed en-
velope in reply, he took it rather roughly
from her hand and tore it in half.
81 won't have him enter my house
again. You understand, Diana. If you
meet him in society, you must be merely
civil to him, nothing more; Il he calls, he
1t not to be admitted"
But, papa"
mot another word. You may be quite
sure should not give such an order
without good reason"
''Then whom shall ask in his stead"
ASK Valentine Graeme."
"He was here the night before last"
"Never mind. He is one of the incest
think he has a penchant for you, Di."
Nonsense, papa!-with a brilliant
blush.
Ito be continued)
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a M.~elous Ouilt.

Mrs. Joshua Biles, Of Southington,
Conn, has been working on a bedquilt
at odd times since 1892, which il q
wonder in its way and deserves special
notice. The material is twilled cotton,
and IL made in forty-one squares, seven
squares each way, but the inner square
takes up space Of nine Of the ordinary
ones. On this In inscribed, in blue
stitching, which II readily deciphered.
the names Of all the soldiers that went
to tbs civil war from Southington, to
gether with q picture of the soldiers
monument On the other squares ara
the pictures Of places and persons Of
local note. such a. the pastors Of the
churches, the postmasters Of the three
villages, the assessors, the contractors
and builders, merchants, etc, the
names Of the various manufacturing
firms, with tho list Of officers, pictures
81 various historic buildings and names
Of secret societies represented in the
town In 1892 Mrs. Biles has been IN
tirdng In her efforts to finish this re.
marlcable work, and 1t Is now stretched
npon fame:
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-02-26

A Bosworth (Mo.) man has achieved
lame by having his Photograph taken
IN connection with a tom bstone he had
ordered for himself.
Victoria Morosini. SchiIlinp, who
started the fashion of eIoping with
coachmen. is now in st. Joseph's Con-
vent. in Rutland, Vt.
The feminine element is in excess
In Germany, the women exceeding the
men by more than a million, according
to the latest statistics.
The distance to the nearest of the
fixed stars, as computed by Astron-
omer Ball is 10000, ,0Oc, 600, 600
miles.
One OF the celebrated wine vaults
OF the London Docks is nearly seven.
cen acres IN extent.
"A splendid black eagle, measuring
six feet from tip to tip of its wings, was
shot near Mainstee, Mich, the other
week.
Secretary Morton slys that there
Is a single bug in the natural history
collection of the agricultural Depars.
ment which cost the government
$20,O
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IRON IN FOOD.
Spinach Contains More of It than Exgs
or Beef.

Spinach Contains More of 1t than Eggs
or Beef.
Prof Bunge. In the course of paper
on iron as Q medicine, read bcrore the
German Congress Of Internal Medicine.
has been ventilating some ideas which
are as much matter OF general science
land therefore extremely importanO as
they are details connected with the ply
sician's domain. He is strong on the
point that iron should reach our blood
through the medium of our food, rather
than through the druggists specialties.
Iron, as everybody knows, is food ele-
ment absolutely essential for the proper
constitution Of the body. 1t Is as rigid
ly demanded by the plant as by the AMI
NAL; and 1t Is from plants that Prof.
Bunge shows we should chiefly receive
our iron supply. Spinach, he tells MS,
is richer In iron than yOlk Of eggs. while
the yolk contains more than beef. Then
succeed apples, lentils, strawberries,
white beans, peas, potatoes and wheat,
these substances being given In the
order In which they stand as regards
the plentifulness oftheiriron constit-
uents.
Cows milk is poor In iron, but, as
balancing this delicacy in the food of
the young mammal, it Is found that
the blood of the youthful Quadruped
contains much more iron than the
adult. Thus, In a young rabbit or
guinea pig one hour old, four times as
much iron was found as occurs In these
animals two and q half months Old
London Public Opinion.
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AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAwa

rhey are not Independent in the sens
Dat Morocco and Liberia are indepep
Tent.
The South American portion of ou
ointment presents q marked contrast I,
lfrica. From Panama to Cape Horn
q about 100000 square miles, only
bout 100000 square miles are subjec
foreign occupation, and even thh
comparatively small area would bs
reatly diminished should England far
p support her claim to disputed terri
tory in Venezuela It Is not because
European powers would not like to
seize upon and parcel out South Ameri-
can If they could that this state Of
Affairs exists. 1t is because the United
States has declared that there shall be
no parcelling, that Europe must keep
her hands or the American continent,
and because Europe knows that the
United States is strong enough to back
up the declaration. Africa has no ma
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ness. The dogwood stocks ere ex
fremely tough and elastic. being com
parable In elasticity with whalebone
The wood II used also for butchers
skewers. and some philologists conjec
ture that the first syllable Of the name
Is a corruption Of dag" meaning Z
spine or dagger. Dogwood. as being %
culiarly free from silex, Il used b,
watchmakers and opticians IN clean
Ing watches and lenses. The bitte
bark OF the dogwood is used also as &
substitute for the Peruvian Quinins
tree. DogwoOd Is notably of SLOW
growth. and in all thickly populatet
regions the tree Is recklessly despoileI
for the sake of it's blossoms, SO ths
the supply Of the wood for commercis
purposes IL not large.-New York Sun.