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Evening star., 1896-10-06

A Pack of Wolves In Wisconsin.
From Forest and Stream.


A correspondent writes from Ashland,
Wis, about pack of wolves that gathered
around his camp at night. Magua. or
Ernest, the Indian guide, was sleeping,
when all of a sudden he leaped to his feet
and began to pile wood on the fire with
haste that surprised the white man. When
the flames were crawling rapidly up
through the wood the Indian explained
that wolves were down in the swamp
bowling. The white man wouldn't be-
heve it, he had not heard anything.
The Indian said: You see, pretty quick"
and tethered the horses between the wagon
and fire.
Then the wolves came within hearing Of
the white man. sending chills up his back
with their long, undulating howl The
horses shook the tree TO which they had
been tethered with their violent trembling.
Then suddenly all was still. The wolves.
some of whom had come within fifteen
PAGES of the camp fire, sneaked away si-
lently. baffled in their search for horse
flesh by the flames.
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4 Real Estate Operation.

From the Detroit Free Fress.
Judkins-'I learn through your agent
that you have bought the properties on
either side of your residence and got them
dirt cheap. How do you manage it?"
FoXley-"Easy enough. Ny wife IL an
elccutionist, my daughter plays the piano,
George plays n corBet, / play the violin,
Bob plays a banjo. Charley rattles tho
bones and little Johnnie has a drum"
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visitors were able to get but one lonesome
single until the game had ended.
Cuppy continued his great work up to the
eighth inning, allowing up TO that time but
four scattered hits. In the eighth. however,
he weakened for a moment, and before he
knew 1t the champions had fallen upon him,
tooth and nail, and hammered out three
runs.
The official score of the third cup victory
follous
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Champion Bird shot beaten.

Bertram W. Claridge, holder of the Du-
pont trophy and champion live-bird shot
of the United States, was defeated at Bal
timore yesterday in match race at 30
birds by ]. A r.. Elliot of Kansas City by
a score of 40 to AZ The race was shot as
part of the program of the first days shoot
ing at the Baltimore Shooting Associa-
tons fall tournament. Several prominent
eastern crack shots were present. Today
the 1U0-brd race for the possession of the
Dupont trophy will be shot by James X.
Malone and Bert Claridge, the present
holder. both of Baltimore.
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They Will Probably Race to Decide
the Championship.
RESULTS OF ATHLETIC PARK EVENTS
BaItimores Defeat the CteveIands
in the Third Temple Cup Game.
CURRENT SPORTING NOTES

Eddie Bald and Tom Cooper are now tied
for championship honors on the national
circuit. Each has 65 points to his credit.
and they are each anxious for match
race to finally settle the matter Of the
championship of the year, and It Is likely
that this will be held shortly. According
to the figures of E. c. Spooner, the circuit
follower, and the statement Of Bald and
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LOCAL CLUB GOSSIP.
Capital Bf. Club.

The disciples of Kat, as the club members
are known, have at last secured an emblem.
An image of the cat of the club is kept in
the parlor at the club rooms. A photograph
was taken, and number Of buttons made
OF the club mascot. The club emblem is
the latest. 1t is of ordinary size and will be
attached to the front Of the sweater. The
body of the cat is yellow, with red cars and
mouth. making it an exceedingly coD:picu-
Gus emblem. Captain Hills ordered IT, cnty-
Ave. and they will be distributed among the
members. When attached to the sweater
there will be no difficulty in distins las hing
club members on the road.
Queer WheeImen.
The Queer Wheelmen have received an
invitation from Mr.. Newland of 1910 1th
street to attend a private oyster roast
Thursday evening at his residence Al
the last meeting of the club the invita-
ton was accepted, and large attendance
is expected.
At the weekly meeting the subject OF
giving series of dances during the WIN
ter season was brought up, and ii was
decided that the club give several simi-
lar to the successful events of last year.
A committee consisting of Messrs. Fred
Vogt and L. o. Slack was appointed.
Messrs. Helmus and Larrimore were an
pointed a committee to meet the United
Wheelmen and arrange for the proposed
monster barbecue, which Will be held al
the International Athletic Park some time
this month.
At the meeting Messrs. B. l.. Andrews
Walter S. Ward, Hopkins Burgess. ]. +.
Mitchell. T. L. Somerville. w. II. Chapman
r. II. Gillet, Edward c. Bradley, r. {.
Glass. JanRaro S. Power, George B. Wright
and Charles l.. Gulck Were admitted to
membership. The applications of eight new
members were received, and according to
the constitution laid over for one week
Last week there was a report published
concerning the adoption of the new uni
form of the club, which was brought uJ
at the meeting and discussed at length
| There was considerable objection to the
matter, as the suits had not been adopted
| by the club. The publication was regarded
as premature, uncalled for and unauthor.
lied. The club decided not to adopt such
uniform, but that if any of the mem
berS cared they We're at liberty to purchas Sc
the suits. A club suit will soon be adopt.
ed, so as to give the organization a uni.
form appearance on all public occasions.
Affair Cycle Club.
Capt. F. Baker Weaver has in view the
giving of a chestnut run soon when the
Pole Hill Cycle Club, with Capt. Frank
| Sbillue and Lieut.. Mabel Barnes in charge,
will be invited to attend. The occasion will
be made merry one, and will doubtless be
enjoyed by all. The club runs for the sea-
| turn its attention to other things. 1t is
likely that winter schedule of amuse-
| ments will be arranged, one of the most
important of which will be the annual club
banquet which will be given some time
! in February, followed by a dance.
Evening star., 1896-10-06
CLEVELAND.

Earned runs-BaltimOre, 4; ClevelaEd, /. Three
base h!t-Ho6er. Two-base hit-Rohinson. stolen
bases-Mctiraw CD. keeler, Doyle, Hoffer. struck
out-By Ifofer, 5; by Cuppy, 2 Base on balls-By
HOfer. /. Left bases-Baltimore. 2; CLEVELAND
.. Time of game-Ywo hours. Umpires-EDslie
and Sheridan
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lovers Of bicycle sport. Tom Cooper and
his trainer. Mother" Webb, Manager VIII
c. Pelot with his big team; Arthur Gardi-
ner, H. c. Clark.LC S. Wells, James c.
Bowler and A. c. Mertens, with their train
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VIII BE n Warm Contest.

The game between the Canterburys ant
the Bureaus this afternoon will be one oi
the most hotiy contested base ball meet.
ings of the year. The game was originally
scheduled for Wednesday OF last week
but the gr' unds We're SO torn UP after tn.
storm of Tuesday night that it was i'm.
possible to use them and the game waI
postponed until today. The Canterbury
claim the championship of the District
League, but this claim the Shamrocks dis.
pute, while the Bureaus are the recog-
Eized champions of the Departments
League. Bisbee and LovelesS will officiate
for the Canterburys while Winklcman and
Harding viii occupy the points for the
Bureau team. Belts. the eX-league um-
pire will handle the Indicator, and ladies
will be admitted free. The game will be
called at 4 O'Clock.
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Cooper themselves the tie was made yes
terday, though enormously reported that
Bald led by one or two points. This is due
to the different systems of keeping the
Joints; but the official figures place the men
as even, and they recognize themselves as
tied for honors.
From the statement of Cooper to a Star
reporter he will now challenge Bald to a
match race for $500 a side to settle the
matter. He claims that the weather was
somewhat too chilly for him to get good
speed yesterday, and If tho match Is ar
ranged it will come off at some place down
south, possibly New Orleans or perhaps the
indoor track at the Coliseum at Chicago.
Evening star., 1896-10-06

LONDON. October G.-In the rowing race
on the Tyne yesterday between Stevenson
and Drummond, Stevenson won by four
lengths. He got the advantage in the toss,
and Drummond vas troubled by the rough
water and the wind. The latter rowed a
game race, but he was unable TO maintain
the distance
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Bald, when seen by Star reporter. an
nounced his perfect willingness to race for
the sum, and even offered to put up a
higher figure. He feels confident that he
can beat Cooper in match race and an
nounced his willingness to Iut all his earn
irgs on the result. If the race comes off,
as 1t most likely will, 1t will be a great
event in racing circles.
The circuit races have been run, but the
memory will long remain among the local
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men were all prettily punched and made a

men were all prettfly punched and made
fine finish.
time limit Of 2.30 was put on the race and
though the time was few seconds lower
than this, the referee let the race count.
George s. Ball was put in as pacemaker,.
and he set good pace. though 0vertaken
on the second lap by Cause. The finish
was quite close. Schade beating out Sims
by little over half wheel, with Wilson
third.
professional, was to have been run in two
heats, but owing to the scratching of a
good many names it was run. in one heat
with ten riders. 1t was a pretty dash. and
for two laps the race was close. F. h
Rumford was put in as pacemaker. and
he fairly ran away from the bunch, finish
ing about a quarter of lap in advance.
Bald managed to beat out Cooper for
the second time. though only by narrow
margin, Charlie Church coming in third.
though closely pushed. AS an extra event
on the program, Claude Leatherbury of
Baltimore rode AN exhibition paced half
mile. Greer and Smith performed the pac-
Ing In such good style that Leatherbury
was unable to pass them, and made the
half in the splendid time of SO 1-5.
The two-mile handicap, amateur. was
run in two heats, with thirty-four entries
The second heat was run off first and was
won by A. c. Moran. William Lantz who
secured fifth place, fell Just after crossing
the tape, though fortunately he did not
lnJure himself. This was the only fail In
The races. The first five men in each heat
qualified for the final
IN the secoad heat the race was pretty
for the first four laps, when the rear men
rode to catch up with the bunch. Schade
captured this after a hard fight from Will
son, who was close second. Billie Sims
finished third.
Cooper Defeats Bald.
The main event Of the day was the two
mile handicap, which was won by Tom
Cooper. He. with Gardiner and Bald, were
scratch men, but they succeeded in winning
in the order named. 1t was some time be
fore the limit men were reached, and EddiS
Miller of Vineland, N. j., made the cracks
hustle on the last lap. when he made q
beautiful sprint He was too soon. how
ever, and failed even to get a place.
In the final of the two-nlile handicap
amateur, Schade. who had a fair show o.
winning. threw away his chance. Schad'
and Sims We're watching each other. ahc
in the meantime Wilson and Hardestel
slipped in, and ny a good squirt got frs
| test entered against Hardester, who. ii " a
claimed. had rode foul on the entrance t
the home stretch, Bal! making the objcc
| ton, as it threw him out of place. A!
| the umpire did not see tn. foul. the referee
would not allow 1t.
The summary:
First event, one mile. novice-H. w. Har
dester won; H. w. Hickey. second; c.
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A ROAD IMPROVEMENT
Which is Attributed to the Efforts of
the tinted MheeImen.

The United Wheelmen are responsible for
an improvement that win be appreciated by
all of the wheelmen of the District namely
the change fer the better In the stretch OF
road between the AqIeduct bridge and the
FOX Hall road, over which most OF the
riders pass on their way to the Conduit
read. The canal road, as the stretch is
known, has long been in a miserable condi-
ton, cut up by the heavy traffic and fun of
TITS and holes, despite its SoliG foundation.
Public attention was first aroused through
the cycling page of The Star, and the
United Wheelmen took hold OF the matter,
with the result that a new surface Of ma
cadam has been applied to the road. In it's
presen- condition the highway is hardly
passable to wheelmen, the broken stone
not being thoroughly rolled into place so as
TO afford good riding. Within few weeks
tie read Will be as good any part of the
Conduit Capt. Ballard, who succeedej
Col Elliott in charge of the Washington
aqueduct, was an earnest advocate of i'm
rrovement TO this stretch of road. AS the
conduit does not run beneath this road, the
War department had no control over il,
the District government having sole charge
The United Wheelmen were 10 have held
a meeting Tuesday evening at the GYM
nasium of the Columbia Athletic Club.
There were a good many wheelmen pres
ent, but the rain kept the larger portion
away and the hurricane came up in
the latter part of the night those who stay
ed away were doubtless glad that they did.
Another meeting will be held Tuesday even
ing at the same place, at which arrange
nents will be completed for the monster
joint barbecue which il is proposed to give
some time this month at the Internat tion al
Athletic Park.
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Our catalogue will give some idea
of the way We sell athletic goods.
Given free.
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Rantam-Weight Championship.

LONDON, October 6.-The fight before
the National Sporting Club between Ped.
lar Palmer of London and Johnny Muir.
ply of Boston for the bantam-weigh cham.
pionship of the world will occur on October
l., next Monday night.
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Proposed Cycle Path.

The much-talked-of plan OF making
cycle path between the Anglers Cub
House and Great Falls, Nd ostensibly un-
der the management of the local division
of the League Of American Wheelmen has
apparently fallen through. The idea of
beginning cycle path thirteen miles out
OF town, where it could be enjoyed by only
a limited number of the local wheeImen,
was regarded by many absurd. The
very people who were expected TO help the
project along would hardly have reapcd
any benefit from the path, even had it been
constructed. A much better idea could
have been suggested for path beginning
a the city limits and leading TO some
point Of interest to the cyclist.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
A HOBO'S NARROW ESCAPE.
Captured by Two Old Maid Sisters al
Taken Into Town.

Captured by Two Old Maid Sisters and
Taken Into Town.
The village of North Rose, n. Y, was
excited recently when Mary Jane Hurley
and her sister, Sarah Ann Hurley,
tramped in from the country leading an
unkempt tramp, around whose neck was
Il halter, while his arms were bound
together behind his back. The hobo
was taken to Justice of the Peace Cakes.
ing his way from Port Glasgow to North
Rose and stopped for the night in Hur-
ley's barn. The two sisters live alone
three miles from North Rose and do
weaving for living. They own farm
of two acres and keep COW and some
chickens.
In the morning the tramp got up and
began milking the COW. He. was seen
by Mary Jane, who was coming with !;
sneaked up behind the tramp, pulled him
over backward and held him fast until
her sister, in answer to screams, came
out to see what was going on. The
tramp was tied securely, his hands pin
toned behind his back, while piece of
clothesline was wrapped around his
neck, by which he was led to town by
armed with a horsewhip to keep the
prisoner in order:
The tramp said he meant no, harm in
sleeping in the barn nor in milking the
COW. He claimed to be Patrick Flynn
a potter, from Catskill, on his way to
Akron, o. The women insisted that
Flynn be made an example of.
The tramp was charged with petit
larceny, disorderly conduct and vagra1lcy
With sigh of relief he pleaded guilty
to all, saying: Lord knows, jedge, ]
have had narrow escape; give it to me
light. I've had enough now" He was
sentenced to three months in the Monroe
county penitentiary
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
Traction Methods Compared.

A very good illustration of the saving
effected by mechanical traction as COM
pared with animal traction on street rail
roads is given in the report recently made
to the Metropolitan Traction company
of New York city by it's president, Mr..
Vreeland In this it is stated that the
company now has 164 miles of single
track, of which 1884 miles are operated
by cable, 6.78 miles by the underground
electric trolley system, and 131 .S8 miles
by horses. The net earnings of the one
fifth of the mileage which is operated by
cable and electric traction were SO large
in 1895 as to carry the entire investment.
ut is not only through an increase of
business, - says Mr.. Vreeland, that this
is brought about, but also through econ
omy in operation. When the entire trac-
ton system was operated with horses
the cost Of operation was 20 per cent.
of the gross receipts. The substitution
Of mechanical traction upon 20 miles of
1872 reduced the cost of operation Of
the entire system to $3.50 per cent The
cost of operating the Broadway road was
reduced from 66 to 38 per cent. by the
substitution of mechanical traction for
horses. These figures indicate very plain
ly what may be expected of this system
when it shall be supplied with mechanical
traction throughout, and be, in other re-
Spects, fully develODed.'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
PICTURE IN THE GLASS.
Strange Spiritualist Story from San
dusky.

Strange Spiritualist Story from Sam
dusky.
An alleged manifestation from the
land of the spirits has been made i'll
Sandusky, O., which is ineXplcable be-
cause of the relia bility of those who as
Haines of Second street says she saw
the picture of her late husband i'll the
mirror in the room he used to occupy.
Her daughter, Mrs. Ohlamacher, ex-
Councilman and Mrs. Henry Harris,
William Carter, Mrs. Thomas and a
number of others all testify to also see
ing the picture. When Mrs. Haines
ure from the glass it had disappeared.
Mrs. Haines is the widow of Henry
Haines, who died in Sandusky within a
year past. During the late war he gained
considerable honor for an act of bray
cry performed at the time Of one of
the many attempts to release the 5000
Confederate prisoners who were con-
and one-half miles from Sandusky. He
was the chief engineer of the Island
Queen, which piled between Sandusky
and the islands.
The steamer Philo Parsons, which
was then running between Detroit
and Sandusky was boarded at De-
troit by a large number of Confederate
SympatHlZefS WHO nau planneu 10
capture the crew of the Parsons, then
take the Island Queen, and later, I'M
der the guise of taking freight to
the United States steamer Michigan,
capture that gunboat and eventually
release the prisoners on the island
The plan worked we'll enough up to the
capture of the Island Queen and
it was here that Haines demon.
strated his bravery. That boat was
forcibly seized and, with revolver at
his head, Haines was ordered to start
the boat. He refused and began fight
which resulted in a general melee, dur.
ing which Haines was shot in the face
None of the family has hitherto be-
lieved in sDiritualism.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
Cheaper Patent Comics.

A bill has passed the House of Repre-
sentatives, by which it is intended to
reduce the highest price the commission
er of patents may ask for printed copies
of patents from SO cents to 10 cents.
Should the bill become law, as expect,
ed, the cost of copies of patents will be
very, much less than formerly Such a
result is greatly to be desired, inasmuch
as it will enable attorneys or Inventors,
in making Investigations, to secure a
large number of copies in given lines at
help reduce the great stock Of printed
copies on hand in the, patent Office How
fast copies, accumulate there can be
imagined when it is stated that OH the
average, 102 copies of each patent are
printed. Regarding the probable effect
Of the bill; the commissioner GO of patents
thinks that it will take out of the office
considerable amount of material which
might better be in the hands of the pub
lie, since much useful information would
thereby be disseminated as regards the
industrial arts, while the receipts of the
government from this source are likely
to he ma teria11v incraaS sod
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-06-26
A METEOR WHEN IN BUSINESS.
We Owe Our Immunity to Our Atlnos
phere. Which Serves as a Shield.

We Owe Our Immunity to Our Almost
phere, Which Serves as Shield.
We owe our immunity to our atmos-
Dhere, which serves as bullet-Droof
cuirass for the world. When a meteor
enters the atmosphere, the friction pro-
duced by it's gigantic speed makes it
flash up like the arrow Of Acestes, only
Lord Kelvin have shown that the heat
thus produced, just as a brake showers
sparks from the carriage wheel, or a
lucifer match lights on the box, is sufH-
clent to consume the meteor as if it were
suddenly cast into a furnace heated to
three or four million degrees. Obviously
the smaller meteOrS are utterly consumed
before they have penetrated far into the
atmosphere, which their fate has shown
to rise to a height of about 12o miles.
Only very large one can descend, as
that of Madrid is said to have done, to
within twenty miles of the earth before
being burst by the expansion due to heat
and by the resistance of the air. The
fact that fragments do occasionally reach
the earth is the best proof of the great
size of some of the meteors that we en-
counter. If it were not for the blessed
air. the explosion of them all, with the
place in our midst. 1t is safe to say that
such state of things would render our
great towns uninha bitabl In London
we are sometimes inclined to grid at
the atmosphere, with it's smoke and it's
fog and it's east wind. But none of us
can tell how often it has saved him from
a terrible and invisible fate, in being,
as Mark Twain has it, 'shot with a
rock If we are more inclined to recog-
nize the atmosphere services in future,
the Madrid meteor will not have explod-
ed in vain.-SDectatOr