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The record-union., 1897-08-08
Close of the Greatest Race Meet on
an American Track.
Has Never Been Approached in the Point OF
Attendance.
Nearly Forty-Five Thousand Peo-
pie Witness the Two Days Rae
ing-EarI Kiser Carries OFF the
Honors, Winning the Half-Mile
Professional and the Great One
Mile Open Professional.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug THE
greatest race meet in the history OF
American cycling came to an end this
evening at Willow Grove Park, when
the eighteenth annual meet of the L. A
w. closed. In attendance there has
never seen a race meet that has ever
approached it, During the two days OF
racing nearly $4,000 persons witnessed
the striving of the cracks from al
parts of the United States, two from
Mexico and the Canadian crack, Loug-
head, for fame and prizes. Yesterday
attendance of $4,000 was very nearly
doubled to-day. with an attendance Of
between 25,000 and 27,000
In the professional racing all the cir
cult chasers showed themselves to be
in fine form, which resulted in the clos
est and most strategic competition that
has been witnessed in long time.
Fred Loughead, the Sarnia, Ont, lad
who carried off the honors yesterday,
kept up his fine work to-day, but little
Earl Kiser landed on top, winning the
half mile professional and the great
mile open professional. A purse OF
$500 was divided among the winners OF
to his reputation, as while no first ap-
pear to mis- credit, yet his seconds in
the mile open and the five mile pro-
fessional finals We're within a hairs
breadth Of being ffrsts. In each and
every race in which he competed he
displayed remarkable judgment.
Major Taylor, the colored crack, was
hot favorite in the mile open heat,
which was won by him and finished in
good style. For a while it looked as
though he would be the winner of the
final, but the others proved too speedy
for him, and the best he could do was
to land a very close fourth.
Among the amateurs there was much
good racing, and Peabody, Llewellyn
and Mertz put up the finest exhibition.
In most of the amateur events the rid
ing was close. and in but few instances
did the boys show any evidence Of loaf
ing.
After the scnSuuled events had been
run off, Fred Schade, the Virginia
amateur, succeeded in breaking the
worlds record for third of a mile.
Schade was paced by two quads, and
got away beautifully. He Rugged the
quads closely, and finished in terrific
pace in 80 4-5 seconds, lowering Por-
ters record of 81 1-5 seconds, made
an 1894.
In addition to this there were num-
Der of trials at the worlds record for
one mile, amateur and professional.
Church covered the three laps in
i :43 So, and but for the second pacing
teams slowness would have chopped at
least two seconds off the time he made.
Major Taylor had the next try with a
quad and triplet as pacemakers. The
Major crossed the tape in 40 80.
Johnny Zimmerman rode an exhi-
bition half mile in 81 %, and Arthur
Gardiner, paced by quads, did a mile
in LA This brought the racing to a
close.
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BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT.
Better Conditions Prevail in the
Whole Country.

NEW YORK, Aug. THE "Finan-
cier" says: The statement of New
York banks for the week ending Au-
gust 7th is favorable in every feature.
and indicative of better business condi-
tions which prevail, not only at this
center, but over the country generally.
The idle cash was reduced about ST.
100000, and the surplus reserve. which
still is in excess of 81 600. 900 is
lower than at any time since the third
week in January. The loss in cash
for the current week was due partly
to the Withdrawals of legal tenders for
gold export purposes not reflected in
the previous statement
The S10,000.00 loan negotiated few
days since by New York City also oc-
casioned some shifting of funds. 1t is
important TO note, however, that the
banks are not gaining heavily from the
interior movement, and the decline in
domestic exchange rates still continues.
With New York funds at a discount,
The record-union., 1897-08-08
COMEBACK AT CANADA.
A Section Of the Tariff Bill Which
Works to Her DISADVANTAGE.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.--Some mem
bers of the tariff conference committee
injucted into the conference report a
line that will destroy with a single
blow the vast advantage the Canadian
Pacific Railroad has heretofore enjoyed
over roads in the United States, and
will stop the vast Asiatic importations
from Victoria, B. c., which have al
ways gone to American ports of the
Canadian Pacific line.
Section - of the tariff bill provides
that "A discriminating duty of 10 per
centum ad valorem in addition to the
duties imposed by law shall be collect
ed and paid ON all goods, wares or mer-
chandise which shall be imported in
vessels not of the United States, or
which being the production or manu-
facture of any foreign country not con-
tiguous to the United States shall come
into the United States from such con-
tiGuous country
As it may be interpreted by the
Treasury Department, this clause will
mean that hereafter all importations
from Asiatic countries brought into this
country in bond over the Canadian Pa
cific from Victoria will have to pay a
differential duty of 10 per cent, in ad-
ditfon to the duty regularly imposed by
the tariff bill.
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Won, Lain second, French Ford third.

won, Lain second, French Ford third.
Time-1:03
Five and a half furlongs, Ed. Glenn
won, Damper second, Pearson third.
Time-1:17.
One mile, Lulu Fry won, Marquise
second, Trixie third. Time-1 :451h
Five and half furlongs, Sir Planet
won, Miss Falprice second, Tagliona
third. Time-1:16A.
Five furlongs, Melody won, Gismonda
II. second, Little Tule third Time
los.
AT ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. Results: Mile
and three furlongs, courtesy won, Ran
some second, Foreigner third. Time
2:23%
Mile and twenty yards, Can Gallop
won, Belvadell second, Judge Stedman
third. Time-1:45.
Five and a half furlongs, Belle of
Memphis won, Libation second, Mari
eta third. Time-1:0SA
Mile and a sixteenth, Linda won,
Madeline second, The Ghost third.
Time-1 40.
Six furlongs, Harry Duke won, DR..
Walmsley second Marsella third. Time
i 1:1434
Six furlongs, Nicholas won, Nick Car
ter second, Tranby third. Time-1 Is.
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FOUNDATIONS IN GERMANY.
THE MOST DISASTROUS WHICH
HAVE OCCURRED IN YEARS.
Nearly Three Hundred Lives Lost
and Financial Loss Of Over
15O,OOO,OOO Marks.

BERLIN, Aug. THE cloudbursts
and inundations which have devastated
the eastern part of Germany are the
worst which have occurred since 1870
According to the local statistics, 105
in Saxony the casualties will not fall
short of 1S0. The financial losses foot
up over 80, 1000, 600 marks.
Through a landslide of the highest
summit of the Silesian Mountains the
Hotel Schneekoffe was carried down and
buried with all it's occupants.
Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria
has granted 10000 forins from his
private purse for the relief of the suf-
ferers, and the Queen of Saxony has
granted 10000 marks, and the Regent
of Bavaria 1000 marks for the same
purpose. Emperor William of Germany
has not yet made a donation to the
people who have suffered from the
floods in the eastern part of the coun-
try, although he has given % 900 marks
to the sufferers in Alsace.
The Germany newspapers continue to
discuss the new United States tariff, and
to call for reprisals, bot the Associated
Press learns from the Foreign Office
that the Government of Germany has no
intention of beginning a tariff war.
Before starting for Russia. Emperor
William received a number of threaten
ing letters from nihilists and Pan
Slavists. In consequence of this, one of
the shrewdest criminal commissioners,
DR.. Henninger, with section of the
Berlin political police, was sent to
Peterhof Palace a week ahead of EN-
peror William. and this corps of detec-
tives will accompany him everywhere
during his stay in Russia
The Emperor recently discovered in
sailor of the HohenZollern named Ober-
meyer native of Baden, remarkable
talent for painting and sketching, and
his majesty has sent him to the art
academy of Berlin, charging himself
with the sailors education.
The Japanese Government has or
dered from the Vulcan Works a battle
ship of $500 tons, which is to cost 49,
0G0. .0G0 marks.
ambassador White gives positive de-
NAL of the rumors that he is to succeed
Mr.. Sherman as Secretary of State. Mr..
White says no overtures have been
made to him since his arrival in Berlin.
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THE RACES.
Results of the Various Events at
Willow Grove.

WILLOW GROVE Pa.), Aug. T.
AS early as s O'Clock crowds began ar
irving at the park and a great num-
Der preferred to sit under the shade
trees of the track rather than suffer
in the fierce rays of the sun which have
full swing during the morning on the
stands.
c. NJ Blick, the well known amateur
from Northampton, Mass, met with an
accident to-day which will prevent him
from competing in to-day's races. He
was taking a spin on the track while
some linemen were cleaning the big
electric light globes overhanging the
track. The globe of one was lowered
TO a short distance from the track.
Blick was going at a fast clip and
failed TO see the lamp. His head struck
and he was cut very badly.
The cracks were out early for their
practice spins and showed up in fine
form There was a changed programme
and the first event was the half-mile
championship professional, run in four
heats, first two to qualify.
FIRST EVENT.
First heat = Tom Cooper, Detroit,
won: Fred j. Loughead, Sarnia, Ont,
second. Time-1:01 So.
Second heat-Arthur Gardiner, Chi
cago, won; Owen S. Kimball, Louis
Vile. second. Time-1:12 %.
Third heat This was a close race
between o. L. Stevens and Earl Kiser.
Stevens won in LOG 40, Kiser a foot
behind
Fourth heat-A. c. Mertens, st. Paul,
won: Eddie Bald, Buffalo, second.
Time-1: :0S
SECOND EVENT.
Second event, one mile handicap,
amateur, nine heats, first three in each
heat to qualify.
First heat-Fred Schade (scratch),
with Fred Costello and Club Nelson on
the 20-yard line. and Fred Hattersley
of st. Louis on the 10-yard line. The
finish was made in close order Hat
tersley won; o. V. Babcock, New York
go yards), second; Fred Schade, Hern-
don, Va (scratch), third. Time
2:11 %.
Second heat-Ellery NJ. Blake Keene.
n. H, was on the scratch The pace
was not very fast, but all finished close
together E. L. Wilson, Washington,
d. c. too yards), Won; Blake (scratch)
second; II. a Middendorff, Louisville
f6O yards). third. Time-2:14.
Third heat-E. w. Peabody, Chicago,
was on the tape. He made a grand
squirt after the field, but was unable to
The record-union., 1897-08-08
A SWIFT OCEAN LINER.
The Etruria Beats Her Previous
Record Across the Atlantic.

NEW YORK, Aug. THE Cunard
steamer Etruria arrived in port early
this morning from Liverpool and
Queenstown, beating her best previous
record across the Atlantic. This is a
wonderful performance, when it on
sidered that she has been in service for
nearly thirteen years
She left Daunts Rocks, at the entrance
OF Queenstown harbor, at S:57 on the
morning of August 1st, and arrived at
Sandy Hook Lightship at 1:32 this
morning, making the run in days 21
hours and 10 minutes. actual time Her
daily runs We're: Seventy-one knots
from Daunts Rock to noon 1872. 1856, 4S1,
49o, 493 and 27S to Sandy Hook Light
ship. Total distance, 2,1S6 knots. Her
average hour was about twenty knots
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the probability of continued shipments
become less. The heavy grain move
ment in the West. and the reviving
business conditions which must soon
make a demand on balances now main
taineG in New York by interior banks,
and the fact that a time loan of S.
100000 was arranged last week by a
well known house for four months,
seems to reflect an opinion that rates
are easier now than they will be dur
ing the remainder of the season. The
expansion of Sc, 566, 200 in loans. as re-
ported in the statement, is a favorable
feature.
1t would be idle to attribute all the
increase to mercantile demands, but no
less than thirty-four banks doing a
diversified business show gains. Three
of the larger institutions alone report
an increase of 81, ,30O,O0
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Sale of Decorations.

PARIS, Aug. lie Lanterne" to-
day says there is great scandal in the
surroundings of one of the Cabinet
Ministers rivaling the scandal in 1887
growing out of the sale of decorations.
The scandal will shortly be ventilated,
three arrests having already been made
on the charge of selling decorations
The record-union., 1897-08-08
Many Students Arrested.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. THE
police have arrested seventy-five stu
dents Of the military school and thirty
six students of the medical school, The
prisoners will be deported to Anatolia.
They are suspected with siding with the
young Turks party.
The record-union., 1897-08-08

ST. LOUIS (Mo.), Aug. THE breed
ers' - law. under which pool-selling and
bookmalSing are prohibited, except on
racetracks. was pronounced unconsti-
tutional to-day by Judge David Murphy
of the Court of Criminal Correction
This will probably have the effect of
reopening downtown poolrooms.
The record-union., 1897-08-08
THE BRAZILIAN
INSURRECTION.
Full Details of the Battle Fought
Near Canudas.
Rebels Deal Death and Destruction TO Gov
ernment Troops.

The Enemy's Positions Finally Cap
tured, Not, However, Until the
Government Forces Had Suffer-
ed Loss of Fifteen Officers and
Five Hundred Soldiers Killed
and More Than Six Hundred
Wounded
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ON COAST AND
EASTERN TRACKS.
The Meeting at Oakland Winds Up
in a Blaze Of Glory.
-Four TrOtting and Pacing Events Which
Were Hoiy Contested.

Chehalis Breaks the Northwestern
Record for Mile Heats in the
Free-for-All Pace at Butte-The
Circuit Meeting at Columbus
Closes With Two Exciting Races
Events on Other Tracks.
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Say as little as possible about that Of
which you know nothing.
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Continued on Fifth Page.)
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-04-28
a Scientist Saved
President Ban Of Huntsville College, Survives Serious Illness Through IN
Aid of Or. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
From the Republican, Columbus, Ind.

small place in Kent county, Mich. Being
of an ambitious nature, [ applied my
elf to my work and studies. In time l
noticed that my health was failing. My
trouble was indigestion, and this with
other troubles brought on nervousness.
"My physician prescribed for me for
some time, and advised me to take
change of climate. l did as he requested
and was some improved. Soon after
came here as professor IN physics and
chemistry, and later was financial agent
of this college. The change agreed with
me, and for time my health was better
but nv duties were heavy and again
found my trouble returning. This time
it was more severe and in the winter l
became completely PROSTATE ted. [ tried
various medicines and different physi-
clans. Finally | was able 10 return to
my duties. Last spring 1 was elected
president of the college. Again l had
considerable work, and the trouble which
had not been entirely cured began to af-
feet me, and last fall collapsed. l had
different doctors but none did me any
good. Professor Bowman, who is pro-
lessor of natural science, told me of his
experience with Dr.. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People and urged me to give
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1.-The first box helped me and the sec.
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day am perfectly we'll. l feel better
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To ailay all doubt Prof. Barnaby
cheerfully made an affidavit before Ly-
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Accidental Varieties in Plants.

In a recent article entitled "Ameri-
can Varieties of Plants,'' we stated
that many horticulturists believe that
the greatest promise for improvement
of varieties of plants consists in orig
mating new American varieties from
the imported varieties by selection of
accidental crosses or variations which
originate in our conditions of soil and
climate. 1t may seem singular that
preference should be expressed for ac-
cidental crosses, instead of for crosses
formed by intelligent and carefully
planned cross-fertilization of. estab-
lished varieties.
In efforts to improve races of ami
mails the reverse is held to be true.
The probable effect of cross be-
tween two races of animals is very
carefully studied. The effort is to re-
move a defect in one race by crossing
with a race which is free from that
defect. Miscellaneous crossing is re-
garded as only source of certain de-
graduation. When once a desirable
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cross has been formed the greatest
care is taken to avoid subsequent
crossing. 1t seems singular that such
opposite rules should obtain in this
respect in improving races of plants
and of animals.
The reason may be that in trying to
improve a race of plants millions of
individuals may be selected from,
and the chance of securing a single
superior plant from which a new va
riety may be developed is far greater
than when but few plants produced
by artificial hybridization may be Sc
lected from. In trying to improve
a race of animals selections are made
from comparatively small number
of individuals, and the chance for Sc
curing a superior selection is very
much less, and it is necessary to pay
great attention to the pedigree and
to the qualities of the proposed
crosses.
Whatever the cause uldy Uc, IU
seems to be true that from the time
of Van Mons, the most successful
originator of superior varieties of
fruit in his time, down to the present
time, much greater success has been
had, as a general rule, by selecting
accidental variations-that is, by ac-
cidental s-fertilization-than by
intentional artificial hybridization.
Many of our finest varieties of fruits
are of unknown parentage. In most
cases their origin can only be traced
to seedlings. Many of our best varie-
ties were found growing in waste
places, and originated no one knows
how. They were formed by accidental
crosses, were chosen because they
were seen to be superior, and were
propagated generally because they
proved to remain 'true" to the new
type. This is we'll shown at the pres
ent day in the flower farms at Essex,
England, where growing flower seeds
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A reporter recently called at this fla
nous seat of learning and was shown
into the room of the President, Prof.
Alvin P. Barnabv. When last seen by
the reporter Prof. Barnaby was in deli
cate health. To-day he was apparently
in the best of health. In response to an
inquiry the professor said:
''Oh, yes, l am much better than for
some time. l am now in perfect health,
but my recovery was brought about in
rather a peculiar way"
"Tell me about it," said the reporter.
"Well, 60 begin at the beginning, SAID
the professor, Il studied too hard when
at school endeavoring to educate myself
for the professions. After completing
the mmon course I came here and
graduated from the theological course.
| entered the ministry aud accepted the
charge of United Brethren church at a
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The Huntsville College, situated at
Hartsville, Ind, was founded years ago
in the interest of the United Brethren
Church. when the state was mostly a
wilderness and colleges were scarce. The
college is we'll known throughout the
country, former students having gone
into all parts of the world.
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The Tomato in Italy.

In every home and cottage in Italy
the preserving of tomatoes is carried
on Terraces, balconies and even th5
fiat roofs of the houses are half Gov
cred with plates containing the deep
red substance. After gathering, the
tomatoes intended for preserving are
spread out for some hours in the sun
till the skin has somewhat shrunk
They are then passed through sieve
so that they may be freed from both
seeds and skins. AS they contain a
large proportion of water, the sub
stance which has been passed
through the sieve must be hung in
and soon a pool of dirty looking wa
ter is formed beneath each bag.
Strange to say, it is in no way tinged
with red.
The mixture which remains in the
bags has the consistency of a very
thick paste. 1t is then sailed, the
proportion being little less than one
ounce of salt to pound of preserve.
The process now requires that it shall
be spread on fiat plates, exposed to
the sun and stirred from time to time
with wooden spoon, SO that the up
per part may not form a crust, while
underneath it remains soft. 1t is a
picturesque sight when the women
are to be seen fitting about on the
roofs and terraces, attending to the
deep red preserve, their colored hand
kerchiefs flung on their heads to
screen them from the rays of the
burning sun when it is at it's fiercest.
In the evening the contents of the
various plates are taken in and stirred
up together, for if moistened by the
night dew the whole would be spoil
ed After being exposed to the sun
for seven or eight days, the same
process being repeated each day, the
preserve is finished and placed in jars
for winter use.
Though it is used by all classes OF
persons, it is more necessary to the
poor than to the rich, for the latter
can make use of the fresh tomatoes
preserved in tins. Tomatoes may be
timed whole, as we know from those
usually imported into England from
America. But in Italy the fruit is
usually passed through a sieve, the
pulp being then placed in tins, which
are Immediately soldered down and
then put in boiling water for five
minutes. The cost of a small tin is
half franc, so it is, as a rule, beyond
the means of the poor.-Chamber's
Journal.