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Boston on July IL, 1901. leaving a widow. who
survived him but q few months, and three chill
dren; During his short career no desisnca tR,rs S
twenty.nino cats. thirty-flve steam yachts, three
pilot boats, three %coasting schooncrs, and eleven
fishing boats, making a total OF DOG vessels.
Capt, Phil Elswortho OF Bayonne has designed
several flyers, among them being tho Mont9nk,
Si ss1 nSISo sa Sraf; o wes bnilt a for a As syndisate ia of
yachtsmcn In the Atlantic Yacht Club. and. was
launched May 1, 1885. II was the hope OF hor
tional race against tho Galatea. She proved.
however, IN the trial races that she was not Iast
enough to DO chosen as the representative craft
to meet Lieut.. Henn's yacht. 80,
The most successful yacht designers and build
ers OF the present day, especially for, large sail
The performances of Gloriana, Wasp, and other
yachts designed by them were. phenomenal, and
when !bIns t rISb earl Of q tb ps snas In i HRss'f thsTS W v0r ' mo
surprise manifested when Commodore Archi:
bald Rogers, heading a syndicate composed Of
mcrhorn, j.. Pierponi Morgan. and John
z. Brooks, commissioned Nat Horres-
G e0ff I to oHi TbSy cup Slso defender fen ont re 9ig f9sni' T Tor s un.
other New York syndicate in the same year, and
since that time have built Royal Phelps Car
well as a fleet OF sailing craft and numerous
steam vessels. in all OF which the possession or
Among the other designers OF tho present day
who have already achieved success TO q greater
or less degree may he mentioned II. {, Whit
Charles l.. Seabury, and Gardner y Cox. The
tirst-named designer Is responsible for j. Rogers
Maxwcll's Emerald. among many Others. Mosher
has made a speciality of high-speed steam yachts
and Gardner IL Cox have designed several top
notchcrs, among them being Quissetta, Norota,
and Sycc.
Small.boat designers are numerous. Among
the most successful during tho pnst two years
in which small boat racing has been a feature in
waters adjacent to New Sork-arc Larry Hunt
ington, Charles Olmstead, w. 7. Stephens, Man
ley Crosby. Thomas Wcbber, G.. II. Crane, Charles
G.. Davis, and Vaughan u. Bacon.
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Hamilton led the short club suit, because IL
contained q good sequence, and tho four-card
suit was q minor tenace. Art led the diamonds.
Milton Work says:
"Ali that can DO said In favor of the diamond
Ia that it Is a four-card suit. and that 1t Is less
likely to be the long suit Of tho adversary than
is the club. II tho adversary holds club ace.
ono of the other suits Is almost sure to be opened,
and there Il. about as good q chance that the
1t will be the spade. Tho more the hand is con-
sidered, the more. apparent 1t becomes that the
club Is the sensible, trick-winninR play, while
the diamond Is the play of the dyed:in.the-wool
long suffer. who has such n horror OF short suit
ism that he cannot reason on the subject. We
recognize that In cases of the character of the
one under consideration. in which the hand con-
tains such a. short. suit as X o.. OF 10, or J
10 8 It 10 n trick.losing play to open a fourcard
tenace suit, or q four-card suit headed by a sim
gle face card"
After reading this over carefully tho smoke
rings were transferred to this paragraph from
DR. Poles "Theory of Whist" page so:
The question may arise between four small
cards in one suit and three good ones In another.
Three cards constitute a short suit [anathemal,
to cad which would be q violation of the theory"
with two honors, MS In tho hand stated I 1t
must be worse than n violation of tho theory of
scientific whist, Of course. 1t must be humble
puppyl Having come to this conclusion, tho
smoke rings were quietly blown into vacancy.
A PROVIDENCE M
Here is n very neat example Of common-senso
whist, played Mt the Providence Whist Club last
week. A and b were J. Il. Snow and c. s. Jos
lin. Y dealt and turned the heart Z. The under
lined card wins the trick, and the card under 1t
Is the next one led:
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M.lLAr!s ROOT FOE FITZ.
They Hear That re Bcnt Corbett Nearly Q
Month After the Rattle.

Col. Charles Il. Hicks. an old circus man. who
has been travelling through Asia for the past
two years, tells a rather interesting story of how
the news OF the result OF the fight between Bob
Fitzsimmons and Jim Corbett was received at Q
place called Nenang. a British settlement on the
coast OF the Malay peninsula. In n letter TO Ed
Nail, dated April 10, Col. Hicks says:
I'VE just learned to-day that Bob Fitzsims
mons beat Jim Corbctt for the championship OF
the world. The information comes IA trife late,
but nevertheless it is welcome to us. l always
had an idea that FitZ was a great fighter. but i
really thought Corbett was too much for him.
and consequently l didn't have n bet down on
the winner. OF course we were posted about the
iight, but we knew that il wOuld be some time
before we would be informed of the result. Most
OF the natives here and at Singapore, got wind
murmur "Fitzo" aud "Corhotti.', Whom we
got a telegram yesterday stating that Fitz had
won We tried our best to conceal me fact from
they were asking all sorts of questions as to who
won and lots Of other things.
Well, to tell you the truth, IT was very graf
flying to learn of tho Australians victory
There nrc several Australians and Engiishnen
here, and also some Americans. Fitz seemed 10
sum for his supporters. tell you, I'D. we would
have paid n big sum for n copy OF the. paper
exactly how Fitz won and ARE anxiousiy wait
Ing to learn full particulars, l suppose Fit1
knocked Corhctt clean out. and that no mMso
have been asleep for IL long time. ! Lhink II hlta
came 10 Asia he would be crowned King az
once. for the natives seem to be stuck on him.
The racing season Is our winter here, The
season opens at Singapore on May 70; While
the horses are running n million mosquitoes are
buzzing around you, and still they call II win:
the followers bet, thnlr, money Ike true;,blue
sports. made II book last year and lost about
$1,000. II | hld the talent ! would pull on q
couple Of fights here, for just NOW the pugnisto
fever is AWAY up.'
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The seven men who represented the KnickoJs
booker A. G.. nj the Chicago Military and Attn
letic carnival played II prominent part in the
championship events. A banner was offered to
the club scoring the greatest number OF points.
The result WAS II tic between tho X. A. G. and
the Chicago A. A., each club making ~ points.
The X. A. O., however. has entered a well-found.
ed protest against KracnHlcln. OF the c. A. A,
who won the low hurdle race, and II the protest
is allowed the banner will come TO New York.
Especially noteworthy were the performances
OF Glbu lIuliander. the crack middle distance
man. who succeeded In establishing u worlds
indoor record in the 600 yard run, Gcsidcs win.
ming The ,OOO.yard event.
The winners we're disappointed IN the charac..
ter of the prizes. owing Ia the Importance or
the occasion. they had naturally looked for some
thing more valuable than the bronze medals
which were offered, some OF the winners ala
NOT oven claim the prizes due them. The com.
mjltcc explained thHt the Gliair was given Tor
charity and that valuable trophies would be- In
appropriate.
Following are the events in which the X. a. q
team figured as prize wlnh"rs:
q. q. Hollantrr- first IN 6Hp'yarh run. Time.
i;lj 20, a worlds Indoor record, aud hTsl In l'ooo-
yard run.
5. X. lhomas- First In pole vault for distance. and
third In standing ur3ad jump.
Harry Lad First IN uEH.ull.C walk.
49, T., Il IN an 'r'pnd IN strliinS. h'Eh jump,
second n standing broad jung, tiiri In 90 yard dasns
i. HWr -.scc nd In 3DO.yarI huril"s,
\. 4. llerrs- SECOND in 7aS ard hurdles. and third In
pole vault nr distance.
Z. NJ. Cohen-raird IN T5'yuTd hurdles.
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CORRESPONDENCE.

Baggs. New York, Forwarded addi'ohal ot'o 'oiS
lions TO No. o3I.
CORRESPONDENCE
James Rhymes, New York Tho position forw arded
20 TnE .SrS 10 not properly diagranmed' The white
MS NJ, New York;-why not try, the ga Pc
X. Sc. You viii VII then in iHe he able 10 st,ssf suo.
c~csstully by PIX Il 4 and PIX IA
slt hgiss when he n nr nSt i%miassrranmnmmse The Brta% enpesc
Mngasine Is the publication IN question The chese
German Reader. HnbokFn.IThcrc is a club ip
Hoboken, 1t used to meet on Fridays at the Camera
Club. T.. II, Cook. $. IissnCr. and 4. Norrath are some
of the most ntomln.eq, mSmners; on,,on,, =, Al.
game should lie a draw, as your queens psrygn ID
H was born In Leipsic, Tassilo Won Heydebrand und
der Lasa was born IN Berlin in ISIS. -
when threatening the king. hut you need NOT ny
check to the queen. The technical term suardoz 10
inquirer. New York.-You are right. Charles A,
cImS fr m MANY 's Years. rre' h. %as q sl.s sss F Frss,dSns q an The
M Man Chess club last J os ,nn ird al; ps Sb :
cinb i ror C Srl? Year or but he IS not 81 a Dir diTce StSHaiy one nc 3
that club now. neither does he occupy an omcinA
oliver 4. N. EverSon, Brookiyn.-The key.movo
will do in two'movers.
II. Pcmberton, woodhaven.-Noia piece cannoa
William S. %pnlsbqry, Hobokep; \. JmAddrou1
Greater y: Y. Sew York.-Perhaps Brentano's:
ninth round Of the Nureniburg tourney:
Pillsbury W. Lasker. ...... French Def..5l PillsburyS
Albin VS.. Schlechtrr. 49,. Two Kits schlechte9
Porges VS.. Marco. 90. ..... G!uncO Psi Drawn
walbrodt vs.. Maroczy 80. French Def. 40 Drawn.
Janowski va. S.hallopp.. Queens Gbt. 81 JanowskA
Tarrasch va. winawer. -. .Sicilian Def. 90 Tarrasch.
Steinitz Va. Shownlter.. -. KicscrltZky.. 81 SteinitE.
TschiRorin VS.. TeIchman. Two KITS Def. 80 Tschigorfn
Charousek VS.. Blackburne. Evans Gmbt. II Charousek
q. A. Barth. Stapleton, s.. l.. forwarded the three
problems composed by this expert for the solution
contest at the seventh anniversary OF the Staten
Island Chess Club. OF which the following Is one:
BLAcK-sIH PIECES.
u ~ II A.. n ~ n n. pa on q n 2 and O Et 4. Rn~
L 4 md L kt \
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-23

Although only Ave or six weeks remain for
practice. none OF the local clubs have decided on
their teams for Put-in.Bay. The old team OF the
New York Whist Club will never play together
the four members who have the best scores, In
the weekly compass games. three are identified
with Brooklyn interests, and at least two VIII
originally announced that those making high
scores In these matches should represent he
club at Put-in.Bay, but those who entered UPON
that inducoment do not expect to realize their
hopes, although they are in first place.
Brooklyn is still In n chaotic state. 1t being the
opinion OF the governors of the club that any
team representing brooklyn should be com
PEELED to play the old-fashioned long-suit game.
II Is impossible to got four good players TO do
this. as all the experts are playing common-
sense whist, although one or two will not nc
knowledge 1t.
The high scores in New York on Wednesday
were made by Baker and Bnfinton, u plus;
Baker 59. Bachman SO. Elwell 81, Taylor 80.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-23
A Mig Oregon salmon.

ASTORIA, May l5.-What is believed to be
the largest salmon ever captured in the Column
bia River was delivered at S. Elmore's packing
house in this city this morning. The monster
was one OF the truest and most perfect speci-
mems OF royal chinook salmon ever seen In AS
toria. His actual measurement from tip 20 tip
was 4 feet 5l3 inches, and his largest circum-
ference 3 feet, the girth close to the tail being
fully i foot. The spread OF the tail was ] foot 1
inches, and the exact weight eli9 pounds. Tho
pounds. On being cooked and packed the Dish
hlled 81 dozen one-Dound cans.
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D-A n q a. trumnq.

A correspondent had asked the editor to give
his opinion as to the best lead from the hand,
and this 10 the reply around which smoke rings
fingered so long:
I'VE should consider tho best course to be to
do as little harm as possible, and we think the
spade suit the best lifted to that end"
The official organ recommending the load OF q
two-card suitl Picking ont a suit of queen and
one other while holding two four-card suitsi
Has tho defender OF long suitism come to thisf
took I'M Milton WORKS column for the dny be-
fore, and found this hand, in which tho famous
Hamilton Club gained four tricks against the
Art Club of Philadelphia. Y dealt and turned
the heart queen, and tho leader held:
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THE CRAFTY BIG BL4CKFISH.
CeasinE TO worry the Little Ones when Com
PEELED 20. but MuaIIInE Them Later.

-hc zig k!:c.ash In one OF the wall tanks Mt
the Aquarium, familiar to thousands OF visitors
there. 10 likely at times to lord 1t over tho
smaller blackflshes in the tank, and to chase
them about and make them uncomfortable
generally. The other day when the big fellow
was hustling the little ones about in this way
Mr., De Eyse OF the Aquarium, who was walking
along back OF the tanks, interposed. The big
Ash retreated TO the rock work In tho tank. and
from that cover looked out with one eye al the
man who had driven him back. The man with
drew as far as no could and yet SEQ into the
tank. but tha fish could still see tho mans
appeared the big black rushed out again and
hustled the little fellows about in great shape.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-23

In the adjustment of this race the report Of
T. Fred Goldman was rejected by the Race Com
mittee, owing to the fact that the timing ma
chimes were not delivered within the time al
lowed. lie purposely held the machines in order
to make u test case OF race rule 20. paragraph q.
The next race is scheduled for Sunday, May
90, from Washington. u. c., 200 miles.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-23
some Kentucky Rights IRsmain.

There seems TO DO a general impression that
streets, but this is not correct. II provides that
any one who is seen by public officials, splitting
on tho floors OF public buildings or public con-
shall be warned that he Is violating an
ordinance, and II he repeats the ofrense BIO shall
be arrested, and on conviction BY tho Ordinances
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-23
uom,ur Pigeon unce from Wilmington.

The first old bird homing pigeon race Of the
Manhattan district of the National Federation
for the '97 season was held last Sunday from
Wilmington; distance, 100 miles. The liberia
ton OF the $50 birds from twenty.six lofts was
effected by J. w. Cooke, who wired: birds
liberated 7:45 A.. NJ. Clear; fairly strong north
east wind" At home the same conditions pre-
Ynilod. Summary:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-23

TorEKA. Kan. May GLIB. II. w. koby OF
Topeka hus applied for - patent of an invention
which will enable a wheclmnn to stop his wheel
instantly and still retain Ia, scat. Two small
bars by the touch Of "A lever drop down on either
side OF the rear wheel, holding IL , its natural
position without effort On The part " teS Etd1A
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terested in knowing that the system of scoring
Is absolutely above suspicion.
MODERN LONG sUITisM.
A well.known Brooklynite, equally noted for
his rabid opposition to short suitism In all Its
forms and for his experiences in blowing smoke
rings, was observed u. take up the last number
OF tho official organ, Whit, and TO blow u long
series OF smoke rings around one particular spot
on page 1876. which contains this diagram:
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Alb win nve tricks. a loss of three.
Trick 0. The fnesse should have saved a trick,
but the discard In tho next trick loses it.
OUR PRoBLEMs.
The problem OF May 0 Is solved by North load
ing the diamond king. and then a small spade
for g to trump. g dra VS. the other trump In
VS. hand. and y discards club ace. This gives
s two winning leads, and forces w to discard.
Here is another: Hearts trumps, n to lead,
and n and s to get all five tricks.
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X on X s; Rs on Q o and X Kt s: Kt on X X 1, hD0A
Q kt 1 and X Il .; Ps on X d ! and X KIT o.
wHITE-IIGKT PIECES.
u... La ...a .,nrar


Arthur W Paul, Ridsefc!d Park. and John O.
Stokes. New York.-You are the only correspondents
who wish to Join n SuS tournament on Decoration
Day. II would. therefore, be advisable to postpone
such a contest until fall.
YindeN. Philadelphia. Pa. writes TO TIE SCN as foL
lows; II have long been an adm!rer Of TnE suS's o.
nirable chess column"
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Alb win eight tricks.
Trick l. A has no reason to lead the trumps.
His reason for picking the three-card. suit is not
apparent, and he would have equally secured
eight tricks by leading the diamond 8.
Trick 2. Y makes the usual defence to tho
short-suit game. and with the usual result. II
he leads the diamond he will fare no better.
Here is the everyday:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-23
OUR CHESS CORNER.
PROBLEM no. ABBY j. BERGER GRAZ

X on X a n on X D; Ps on q X 5, Q KIT o,
and X KIT D,
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1897-05-26
(TortfeBuns folgt.)

umf&rteben. - 9err (au einem 81
tannten): rMte fiebt benr ssbr. s}rau
aus? Sd femme lie nod gar ni&t!!"
.geum, fie ma@t ba(t a biFe( ben
@inbrud, als ob tie bes @elbes tpeqen
gebetratbet bGtte!!"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-06
Big Money at Fairs.

The writer was convinced by talking
with one of the fakirs whom he met
on the Electrics that the fairs were a
source of great profit this season to
the public? No, but to the irrepressible
fakirs. This one had just purchased
large quantities of cheap jewelry and
notions that cost him from to 50 per
gross. This same specimen of human
ity was seen just before the Sidney fair
stocking up with lot of notions none
of which cost over two cents each. On
being asked regarding his success he
admitted having disposed of the whole
lot at not less than 10 cents each. Do
you ask are the dear people so gullible
as to in cold blood purchase these ar
ticles at such prices? No indeed. the
fakir is too wise for this but in the heat
and excitement of the little games he
sets up for their amusement, they be-
come hot to capture the prizes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-06
Cony High and Gardner, TODAY.

Cony High will play the first regular
game of foot ball Of the season, TODAY.
at the park, with the Gardiner high
school, Although the boys are light.
they have been putting in some good
practice lately under the eye of AS
sistant Principal Quimby, formerly of
the Bowdoin team, and they will try
their best to defeat Gardiner. Tuesday
afternoon they put in some excellent
practice, and it was such an improve
ment, over what they have been do
ing. that all have strong hopes of to-
days game. They are all right on the
signals and play together very we'll
Their weakest point will be their light
weight.
The lineup will be Bean or Lyon, lie. !;
Small, |. t.; Clark, |. g.. McGraw, c..
Mailen or Farren, +. g.; Owen (Capt.)
TT; Wall or Gross, r. e.; Nash, q. b.;
Russell, !. h.; Bascombe. r. h.: Bar
rows, f. b.
The game will commence at $50 P. NJ
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-06
Changes In Routes Of Postal Clerks.

The following changes have just been
made among the railway clerks in the
railway postal service:
Railway Postal Clerk S. f. Emmons of
the Caribou and Bangor route. has been
transferred to the Bangor and Boston
day line as city letter clerk. to take the
place of Harry Stetson of Houlton. who
is transferred to the Caribou and Bangor
line. The place of the late Isaac G. Cur
It's. formerly of Lewiston. who was clerk
in charge on the Portland and Boston
route. is filled by the promotion of Clerk
Mildram. Joseph Tobin of Portland, is
transferred from the Portland and Swan
ton Vermont, line. Relief Clerk Edgar
E. Wyman of Portland, is transferred to
Mr.. Tobin's late place. Clerk Moses H.
Sampson of the Rockland and Portland
line. is to relieve Clerk A. II. Kane of
the Albion and Wiscasset line, one week
in four.
The extra summer service having ter
minated the acting clerks. A. II. Farms
worth of the Portland and Swanton, VT.
fne, ]. H. Cragin of the Pennington and
Portland line. M. J. Mccarthy of the Ban
gOr and Boston line, and Mr.. Ingram of
the Rockland and Portland line. are now
in line for such vacancies as may afford
permanent appointments. The position of
relief clerk for the Pennington and Port
land line and the Greenville and Bangor
line. formerly filled by Edgar E. Wyman
of Portland. who succeeded Mr.. Joseph
TObin of the Portland and Swanton, VT,
line, probably will be filled by Michael
]. Mccarthy. late acting clerk on the
Bangor and Boston line.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-06
SUPERIOR couaI.
September 1ssm, Men. Oliver q. Hau.
Prssldlne.

w. 8. CHoATE. Clerk.
A. L. MCFADDEN, Sheriff.
GEO. w. HEsnLroN. County Attorrav
F. A. SMALL. Stenographer.
Tuesday, Oct. s.
A. A. Soule, aplt. VS.. M. E. Full
ler Geo. c. Sheldon for plaintiff. White
house & Fisher for defendant. This
case comes by appeal from the NUM-
cipal court Of Augusta and Is to re-
cover $3.50 for services in making over
and laying a second hand carpet. The
plaintiff says defendant engaged him
to make over and lay her parlor and
sittingroom carpets for her upper and
lower halls and front stairs and that
when 1t was completed it was found
that one Of the older breadths had been
put in too conspicuous a place in the
hall, and this he offered to change: but
the defendant refused to allow him to
do it and procured other assistance
The defence is that the carpet was cut
and sewed together in an unskilful and
negligent manner and was practically
ruined and she claims to recover as
damages $40 by way OF recruitment
Verdict for the plaintiff for $3.50.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-06
AMUSEM eNTs.
The Projectoscops.

Between 700 and 500 people saw the
projectoscope exhibition at City hall,
last evening, and were well pleased.
The instrument is an improvement
upon others of it's class that have here
tofore been seen in Augusta. and the
pictures were very clear and lifelike.
During changes of views vocal and in
strumental selections were given upon
the magniphone, another of Edison's
inventions. The entertainment was all
it was advertised to be, and furnishes
an evenings pleasure to all present.