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Ten Thousand Abyssinian. Killed.

LONDON, January ia special dispatch
received from 6Rme says that 10000 Abys-
sinians were killed or wounded in the attack
made upon Makale on January 8.
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UNDERGROUND TROLLEY.
The General Electric Company Award
ed Exclusive Rights

The General Electric Company Award
ed Exclusive Rights
NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, January 11.-Judge
Townsend, in the United States court TO-
day, refused to reopen the case OF the
Thomson-Houston Electric Company against
The Winchester Avenue Railroad Company,
in which decision was given for the plain
tiff recently. The General Electric Com
pany. is victor by this decision. being
awarded the exclusive right to the under
running trolley.
The motion of the plaintiff for an injunc-
ton to prevent the Westinghouse Electric
Company from manufacturing the under
running trolley was denied on the ground
that the company was not made party
to the suit, but the court has granted an
order restraining the nominal defendant
from using the device.
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TANNERS DEMURRER SUSTAINED.
Entitled to Special Charges I'm MIR.
Hopkins Suit.

Hopkins Suit.
CHICAGO, January lin the libel suit
of the ex-mayor, Hopkins tdemocrap,
against John r. Tanner, aspirant for the re-
publican nomination for governor, Judge
Adams today sustained demurrer in the
defendants plea
Hopkins charged that Tanner published
hbelous pamphlet in which he asserted that
Hopkins, through the police courts, had ex-
torted money from various people for po-
ltical purposes.
Judge Adams holds that the plaintiff is en-
titled by law to specific charges, and as the
pleas did not set these up the demurrer to
them was sustained. The court also holds
that the defendant shall give the names of
all the persons who the defendant claims
exterted money for the ex-mayor.
The practical effect is temporary victory
for ex-Mayor Hopkins.
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To Caucus AIOnday.

1t is row the intention of the republican
Senators to hold their caucus to consider
the completion Of the organization Of the
Senate on republican lines next Monday.
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FINANCIAL. And. COMMERCIAL.

The following are the opening, the high
est and the lowest and the closing prices
of the New York stock market today. as re-
ported by Corson & Mccartney, members
New York stock exchange, Correspondents
Messrs. Moore & Sshley. No. 60 Broadway.
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BoNA-FfDE CIRCULATION.

A reference to the statement be-
low will show that the circulation
sworn to ls a bona fee one.
1t Is easily possible for q news
paper with an elastic conscience to
swell its legitimate circulation enor-
mously.. in order to deceive adver-
tisers, by sending out thousands Of
papers to newsstaa ads, which are re-
turnable, and which are in fact re-
turned. but nevertheless are In
cluded In what purports to be an
honest statement Of circulation
Intelligent advertisers, however.
Judge by results. and bogus circula-
lions don't give them.
The circulation Of The Star IL >
many thousands In excess Of any
other Washington paper and Is be-
lieved to be fully five times that Of
any afternoon contemporary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-11

Postmaster General Wilson went to his
home in Charlestown, W. Va. yesterday
and delivered an address at the dedication
Of a memorial hall.
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Grain and Cotton Markets.

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Co., 1921 F
street, members New York stock exchange.
correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thai
mann g. Co., New York.
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Newa Brtefa.

A clever forger obtained $4,000 in gold
from the Nevada Bank of San Francisco on
a check which had been raised from sI2 to
$4,000.
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Attempted Suicide at Richmond.

Alfred Shields of Richmond, Va, formerly
connected with the internal revenue depart
ment there, shot himself in the mouth
Thursday morning, and now lies at the city
hospital in critical condition. He admits
that suicide was his purpose.
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GRAIN

The ministers Of Scranton. Pa. at their
meeting Monday. sent a telegram to Sem
ator Quay asking him to protest against the
barharties Upon Christians in Armenia.
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circuIatiou of The "Eveninx star"

solemnly swear that the above statement rep
resents only the number Of copies Of THE EVEN
ING STAR circulated during the six secular days end
ing Friday, January 10, lss6-that s, the num-
Der of copies actually sold. delivered. furnished
or mailed. for valuable consideration. to bona flde
purchasers or subscribers and that none OF the
copies so counted are returnable to or remain in
the office unsold
j. WHIT. HEBRON,
Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
eleventh day of January, A. D. 1896.
BENJAMIN MARTIN, JR.,
Notary Public. D. c.
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1.-THE only taxes or assessments that can
be collected from the company for the year
1895 is personal tax of s225 and a real
estate tax of about 81, 600, one-half of each
Of which was due on November !, and is
now in default. believe that every cor
poration like the gas companies and like
this new electric light company should
seek charters from Congress. and pay for
the municipal franchise, or, at the very
least, should take out articles Of incorpo-
ration under the District laws. After all,
/ did not object SO much to the foreign
character of the United States Electric
Light Company, notwithstanding 1t per-
forms a municipal service. as 1 do to the
peremptory demand maze by the company
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-15

National Association of Professional
Ball Players which was organized in
1911. 1t was in 1870 that the Cincinnati
Red Stockings met with their first de-
feat. l well remember the sensation
created in base ball cries out West
When the news came of the great At
lant1c victory over the Reds, which took
place in Brooklyn on June IA, 1870.
That was Waterloo defeat sure
enough, though a very close fight the
Atlantlcs winning by 8 to 7, only after
an eleven innings game. 1t broke their
great record of over a year of success
slve victories. and to that extent had
a demoraliZing effect on the team
And just here, by the way" Mr..
Spalding remarked, 81 want to settle a
longdisputed point in regard to the
claim to the title Of champions of 1870,
which, believe, has never been decided
satisfactorily to this day. You must
know that up to the time of the or
ganiZation of the National Profession
association, in 1871, there was no of
fetal code Of rules to govern champion
ship contests. Custom, however sane
toned the rule. of giving the honors to
the club winning the two out of the
first three games played. OF course the
Cincinnatis easily bore off the palm in
1869, but things became decidedly mixed
up on the question in 1870 BY some
records, however, which Father Chad
wick sent me recently, I think L can
fairly establish Chicago's claim to the
championship of 1870 Here are his
tables Of the games played by the four
leading clubs of 1869, by which 1t will
be plainly, seen that the Cincinnatis
beat all of their rivals. The Chicago
White Stockings did not take part in
the championship series until 1870, in
which year they were specially or
ganiZed to whip the Cincinnatis.
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FACTS AND GOSSIP FOR CYCLISTS.

Dates for the principal cycling shows Of the
season are announced as fellows:
Chicago. Jan. 1880 Paris .-... Dec. 1872
New York. Feb GLIB Manchester Jan. 2 9
London. Nov. 20-2S Dublin ~. Jan. 1923
London. ..... Dec. Alp Glasgow Jan. e 50
The scramble of cyclists all over the coun-
exclusive use is, nine times out Of ten,
energy expended in the wrong direction
What wheelmen should do according to a
prominent member of the L. A. w, is to
there would be no call for special paths. The
wheelmen are beginning to realize this and
several Of the state divisions Of the league
will work this winter to secure good roads
through legislative enactment.
Bicycle agents who have handled this year
those wheels on which the price has been cut
scores of different makes of wheels listed
at 500 were disposed of under orders late
in the season at $50, $50 and so on down to
$69-in fact at ANY old price, Now the
question presents itself to the dealer: How
am l to square myself with my patrons
who paid 800 each for wheels early in the
season. They will claim that he might
have informed them of the probability of a
decline in prices, and that thereby they could
have waited for the drop and saved a neat
sum Of money. 1t is fact to which agents in
every city in the country can testify that this
is the existing state of affairs The late cut
in prices has caused no end Of dissatisfaction
among early buyers, and in some cases the
agents have refunded the difference between
their patrons. It can be depended upon that
such agents will in the future try to confne
their representation to those houses which
maintain list prices the year round.
One Of the novelties that will be sure to
attract much attention at the coming bicycle
shows Is an ingenious arrangement for con-
Quoting oil to the ball race. Difficulty has
been experienced heretofore in having the
oil reach the bearings and at the same time
prevent the sitting in Of dust. Some manu-
facturers have had oilers directly over the
kolI oh affh led
Of considerable dirt and dust. or on ac-
count of the perforation Of the ball race
through which the oil passed, presented an
uneven surface for the balls. These imper-
fectiops, apparently very little in themselves
vet oftentimes of serious moment when the
question of expense is considered have been
ren1edied by attachment consisting Of a
small tube leading from the oiler in the
center of the hub to the ball race and below
the bearing surface This utterly precludes
the possibility Of an uneven surface In the
ball race and therefore lessons the posi-
hility of broken or iattened balls. 1t is also
dust proof.
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PUNTs FROM THE GRIDIRoN.

Michigan has refused to meet the Mime
sofa eleven again.
The Princeton system of attack is very
powerful owing to the able interference
QUICK, accurate passing of the quarter back
and the able manner in which the line open
up holes.
Princeton's revolving tandem play is easy
When you know how to do it. The men in
line crowd themselves together closely as
possible, and when TIE ball is put in play
the whole eleven moves in circle, either to
the right or left, covering the man with the
ball. It's the Quickness that does it.
The new formation used Tuesday by
Ola Penn, by which on a kick the full back
punted, on rather attempted to- punt. from
right behind the SNAP" was pitifully dis
astrous. Either it was imperfect or the Penn
sylvan.a backs" are not quick enough to
get the ball away safely, for in every case
the e en- resulted unfortunately Yet when
back dropped behind a decent length, the
kicks went off safe and sure.
Two valuable trophies have been added to
the Yale collection. Both are footballs, with
silver plates attached to them. One won
in Yale's first Rugby victory from Harvard
ON NOV. 3, 1876, by score of 1 to 0. The
silver plate on the other has the following
inscription: This ball was won by Harvard
from the Montreal Football club, represent
ing all Canada; presented by Harvard to
Princeton; was won by Yale from Princeton
on Thanksgiving day, 1S76-Yale q Prince
ton o.
Gains WHICH nave weak rush lines OF llSHC
backs can use all the fancy plays they de-
sire and against a similar team the effect is
pretty and exciting. An open game with
plenty of tricky plays, quick lodges, keen
generalship, as shown in sending men against
the other line, guarding runners, etc. is
beautiful thing to look at and comparatively
free from danger or scrapping. When
beefy line, however meets one of the light
kind, it is pitiful to see the pretty plays and
dainty maneuvers go to pieces before the
bull-like charge of the center and tackles.
!. Tacticians are now in much demand on
the gridiron as the battlefield. Men OF
shrewd brain take eleven counters repre-
senting their players, and map out positions
and plays. When the time comes these
plays are tested. Sometimes they prove
grandly successful. and in others the enemy
sees the trick before 1t is fairly launched,
and the play is an utter failure, the attack
ing line being caved in, broken up and driven
back. Chance. of course, enters into all
these matters. The finest wedge or mass play
ever executed is a frost if anybody fumbles
the ball, and it has often happened that some
tackle on the other side has plunged wildly
into the moving wedge, without the slightest
idea of what he was doing and upset the
whole arrangement.
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undoubtedly play at full back and Richards
viii take either Karel's or Nelson's place at
half reserving the half back not played for
any accident which may remove one of the
backs. This will entail kicking game and
the Minnesota. players will have oppor-
tunIty to match speed and accuracy in catch
against IDEAS powerful kicks. The thing
most hoped for from O'Dea's work is his drop
kick by which it may be possible for Wis
consin to make goals from the field The rest
OF the team are in excellent condition. with
the exception Of Rordan, who has a bad leg
but continues to play, and will probably be
In line. 1t is too early as yet to say posi-
lively how Wisconsin will line up for that
game, but it is not probable that there will
be any change from the formation presented
in the game of last Saturday with Chicago.
The criticism evoked by Pyre's playing has
largely subsidized, but his being in the team is
SAID to have aroused protest in the ranks of
the faculty and there may be some objection
from that source to his playing
The managers of the Badger team have re-
ce1ved challenge from Michigan in which the
Wolverines seek to play the winner of the
Wisconsin Northwestern game in Evanston on
thanksgiving day. The managers however
say they will not answer the challenge. as
they have several times sought to arrange a
game with Michigan, but without success,
and declare that they will not at this juncture
accept a challenge Of that nature.
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ENDS A GOOD LEAGUE.
Western Military school Football
Association to Be Dissolved.

Western Military school Football
Association to Be Dissolved.
FARIBAULT, Mimi, Nov. 14-From
present Indications, the Western
League of Military Schools, Of which
the Shattuck school here, Orchard
Lake, Mich, and the st. Johns school
at Delafield, Wis, are members, will
be dissolved this fall. Owing to the
great distance and the expense of
travelling the Faribault eleven cannot
get East for its games with the other
two. That was the case last year
10th Faribault and Orchard Lake de-
feated st. Johns, but the former was
not able to raise money to meet Or
chard Lake in Chicago to determine
the championship. That will be the
case this year probably, although there
is a chance of Faribault's playing Or
chard Lake in Chicago Thanksgiving
day The annual contests between
these schools have developed good
playing and good players, and the alum
nj will try to keep them going.
though with what chance of success it
is doubtful.
Shattuck school has a strong team
this fall. Only four of the old players
returned, but some promising young
men showed up among the new yaps."
The players are uniform in height, ex-
cept Won Hagen, right guard, coming
under five feet eleven inches. This
gives the team the appearance of be-
ing light, but most of the members
are stocky well-built fellows, with
their weight close to the ground. Lock-
wood the veteran guard, for instance.
is only five feet eight inches high, but
weighs 200 pounds The average weight
of the team is about 165 pounds.
The players pride themselves on fast
work. Most of them are quite speedy.
The quarter back, two ends, and three
half back can each run 100 yards in
eleven seconds, while Seamen, the no.
pound end, has run in 0:10 is and 220
yards in 0:22 2-5. His weight combined
with his speed makes him valuable
ground gamer. Fast team work Is the
chief characteristic of Shattucks play.
The play pursued here is to try to de-
velop accurate team work in the regu-
lation plays of straight football, and
to avoid tricks as far as possible. The
kicking game is not neglected. The
quarter back and the two halves do
their share of the punting, as well as
the full back.
The team lines up every afternoon
against a good second eleven, and is
coached by one of the members Of the
faculty. About three times a week
there is signal practice at night in the
armory.
Shattuck has been unfortunate in be
ing obliged to line up in every game
40 far this season with three or four
substitutes. In spite Of this they have
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-15
IN THE PRIZE RING.

Fitzsimmons and Sharkey are now to meet
Dec. g.
Billy Ernst and Jack Everhardt have been
matched to box a limited number of rounds
Tommy West is training in New York for
his coming battle with Billy Swift, Of Chi
cago.
Frank Craig, the "coffee cooler" has noti-
fed Billy Newman that he has accepted the
offer of 50 900 purse which Newman offered
him to box Dan Creedon, of Australia and
that he will start for this country Just as
match is arranged it will be pulled off in the
Bohemian Sporting club in December or
January.
Dan Lynch, Tom Sharkey's trainer, writes
from San Francisco, stating that his man
has settled down to hard work for his COM
ing struggle with Bob Fitzsimmons. "Fitz
hasn't got the cinch he thinks he has, says
Lynch. "and Tom will surprise them ALL If
we win, we will go after Corbett until the
latter comes to time, and if he fails to show
fight we will claim the championship. Tom
is already in fine condition.
Pedler Palmer and Ernie Stanton, the Eng
fish boxers, have signed articles In London
for a twenty-round contest, to take place be-
fore the National Sporting club, before the
end of January. The men are to fight at III
pounds for a stake of $500 side and a purse
of $500 given by the club Solly Smith, the
California boxer, who defeated Willie Smith
the English champion featherweight before
the National Sporting club Monday night, is
likely to be matched to meet Ben Jordan Of
London
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-15

BOSTON, Nov. 14-Rudolph Chambers Leh-
man, who is to come over from England to
teach Harvard the secrets of Oxford's victor
les in the eight-oar SHE'LL is an amateur of
the purest sort. Mr.. Lehman has now had
absolute cEarge of the Oxford crew for sew
eral years and Cambridge has never won
race. He has never received penny for his
work. He is independently rich and de-
the pure love of the thing He will not come
to Harvard as a professional coach at all He
will simply do what he can to improve Har-
wards style of rowing, and great hope is in
-dulged in that he will be very successful
Mr.. Lehman is the son OF an English mer-
chant. His mother was one of the family of
Chambers, the big Scotch publishers. In 1874
he entered Trinity college, Cambridge uni
versity, but owing to his small stature he
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-15
1T WILL BE A GREAT GAME.
Intense Interest in the Coming Con.
test With the Badgers.

Intense Interest in the Coming Con-
test With the Badgers.
The interest over the Minnesota
Wisconsin football game, which is to
be played next Saturday at Madison, is
reaching a fever heat. A mass meet
ing of students was held in the univer-
sity chapel yesterday for the purpose of
securing rates on the railroads, and it
is probable that with q round trip rate
OF between five and six dollars, at least
five or six hundred students will join
the party. Friday evening was the
first time since the Michigan game that
Capt. Harrison and his men have been
able to play any kind of a practice
game, and even then the leather sphere
was coated with iciles and snow Man
ager Putnam has had the field scraped
off and the frozen ground put in shape
by a layer of sawdust.
The Minnesota players lined up Friday even
ing against the South side high school team
instead of the sub" varsity aggregation,
and by the hot game which resulted gave evil
dence that they have fully recovered from the
fray with Michigan. Harding and Smith were
not in the push, but were out last evening
in their uniforms Harding has completely
lost the slight limp which was the legacy
from last Saturday and Scandrett, the only
other Gopher player much injured, has who'll
iy recovered from bad eye and scalp wound
Christopherson, Teigen and Heath are being
played at half, and the probability Is that
Cole will hold down quarter for the remand
of the season.
A telegram from Madison says the Badger
team is in excellent condition although out
door practice has been impossible for several
days because of inclement weather. The men,
however, are keeping in good trim by con-
slant work in the gymnasium. Should they
be defeated unless some accident happens
between now and the game, it will be the
victory of superior Drawn and brain on the
part of the Minnesota aggregation.
The improved condition of ODea's arm and
the growing certainty that he will be able
to play in the game is lending considerable
encouragement to the Badger rooters. His
playing will neceSsitate several changes in
the arrangement of the players. O'Dea will
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-15

''In 1870, &before the Cincinnatis lost
their game with the Atlantics, on June
IA, they had easily won their previous
twenty-four games OF that year, in
Guiding a victory over the Mutuals by
16 to 3, the day before their game with
the Atlant4cs. Afterwards, too, the
Reds defeated the Atlantics at Cincin-
natl, by IA to 8; but they lost the third
game, which was played at Philadel-
phia, by II to Z. But the Chicagos de-
feated the Reds in two successive
games, the first at Cincinnati, by 10 to
6, and the second, in Chicago, by 16 to
IL, and it, was this double victory
which gave Chicago the lead. The
Cincinnatis beat the Mutuals in four
successive games that year, while the
Mutuals whipped the Atlantics in three
games out Of four. I think 1t will be
plainly seen by the above record that
the Chicagos won the honors in 1870"