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The Indianapolis journal., 1897-09-29

A COMEDY or FaERRoRs.
Pirates Bunch Their NTispIays with
the Colts Hits.

PITTSBURG, Sept. 2S.-The game to-day
was full of errors. The score does not show
half the poor plays. In the fifth Chicago
scored eleven runs, earning only one. The
visitors were in on the errors too, but
punched them in the third when they did
not count for much. Hughey and Donahue
had to retire on account of injuries. At
tendance 300. Score:
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Through sleeping-car line between Louis-
Vile Indianapolis and Detroit via Logans-
port & Wabash Railroad will be discontn-
ued Sept. 80 Last car will leave Louisville
and Detroit on that day.
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Called on account of darkness. Earned
runs-Pittsburg s; Chicago, ,. Two-base
hit Callahan. Three-base hits-Donovan,
Hoffmeister, Ely. Home run-Hofmeister
Decker, Connor. Double plays-Padden
and Davis; Sugden and ely; Callahan. Con
4: off Wright, 2. Hit by pitched ball-Pad-
den. q Struck out-By Hughey, 1 by Kill
len, /; by Wright. d. Passed balls-Sugden,
2 Wild pitch-Wright. Left on bases
Pittsburg, s; Chicago. g. First base on
errors-Pittsburg, 2; Chicago, 4. Tme-225
JTmDire-McDonald.
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Indianapolis defeated Again.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
TOLEDO, O., Sept. 2S.-Snappy fielding
and the superb pitching of Kelb won the
game for Toledo this afternoon. The batting
of Beck for the home team and Gray for
the visitors were the features. Score:
r. H. E.
indianapolis 20 0 0 B. 6 Il 5
Batteries Kelb and Arthur; Foreman,
Goar and Kahoe. Umpire-Mason.
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George Dugan, a farmer living north of
Broad Ripple, was injured in a runaway
Sept. &c He died Monday night lie was
fifty years old.
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Think of 1t.

Kansas City Journal
Appalling thought, What If the crops OF
football hair should be on scale with the
other crops OF this prosperity year?
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-09-29

only nervous" is a sure indication that
the blood Is not pure. Hoods Sarsaparilla
purihes the blood and cures nervousness.
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H.P. Wass0n&CO.
Dress Goods
and Silks

The big assortment of Novelty
Dress Goods, Fine Silks and Inn
ported Tailor Suitings, on exhibi-
tion and sale on our fourth floor.
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Henry Huder, Browning 4 Som Bates Housa
Ihai macy X. l. Eads, II. c. Pomeroy, Frank
Garter, Sig. Muehis Fishers Pharmacy l.. III
Renkert l. N Helms. j.. A. Gable baron BrOs.
I. ;. stoeknan. !; p Gaaid George Borst, chas,
keller Z. W. IichrodI &. Il. Ruch. HhdIev
Bros. Alma Babb. Charles Lambert. claude
Field A. NJ Eyster, +. T.. steward. Gus lender
A. ID. Mcuinger. North IndiauapollS-A. b t;aul1
e Bro. West indianapolis Charles Hahn.
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The results of the several events yester-
day are as follows:

Gay are as 1OllOWS:
Event No. 1-Twenty targets; eighteen
entries: Parry Is, Tripp and Rike H. Pat
terson, Wildhack and Tillson 16, Beck, Cirif-
fifth. Button and Thompson Is, Rike, Link,
Event No 2-Twenty targets; twenty
three entries: Griffith, Thompson and Ap-
Wallace and StilweIl 16, Mann. Wildhack,
Yoris and Stone 15 Cooper. Tripp, Link,
Myers and Tillson IA.
Event No. 3-Twenty targets, twenty-six
entries: Beck Parry and Corbett 19. Grif
fifth Rike. Wildhack, Myers Stone. Wallace
and Apperson 49, T1llson II, Tripp and Link
16, Thompson, Slow and Garland 10
Event No; Twenty targets; twenty-six
entries: Rike 49, Beck. Griffith, Cooper,
Myers and Corbett 1S, Thompson, Link. Till
son and Stilwell II. Stone and Wallace 16,
Tripp and DIETRICH 15
Event No. 5-Twenty targets; twenty
eight entries: Thompson, Stone and Wal
lace 49, Parry and Rike 1S Griffith Britton,
Myers Voris and Garland II, Tripp, Link,
Slow Wildhack Hearsey and Frost 16,
Beck, Cooper, Stilwell, Swift DIETRICH and
Event No 6-Twenty targets; thirty-four
entries: Rike 20, Apperson 49, Beck, Brit
ton, Thompson. Trip, Slow. Myers and
Corbett 49, Wildhack Stone and Stilwel II.
Griffith, Cooper, Patterson, Anson, Wallace
and Morris 16.
entries: Wildhack 20, Cooper 19, Beck. Par
ry Tillson, Corbett and Wallace Is. Griffith.
Pattison Thompson, Link, Myers and
Robinson II, Britton, Stone DIETRICH and
Deschler 16.
Event No. s-Twenty targets; thirty-two
entries: Wallace and Thompson 20 Cooper,
Parry, Apperson and Robinson 19, Beck.
Tillson, Voris, Garland and l.t DIETRICH Is; Is;
Arson II, Slow. Mann Myers and Stone 16.
Event No. 9-Twenty targets; thirty thirty en- en-
Robinson is. Thompson. Tripp, Tillson, Cor
bett and Stone II, Pattison, Du Bray. Voris
The programme to-day is one which is
most attractive to the experts. Yesterday
oil a. known angles During
the day a number of shooters. who found
they were outclassed. dropped out, To-
day, however the best shooters are left
and they will shoot in five different events.
The programme includes twenty targets at
known angles twenty targets at unknown
angles, twenty targets at reverse pull,
twenty targets under the expert rule. ten
pairs of targets at known angles and an
event for teams of two, fifty targets to the
man.
The purses will be divided to-day under
the old method 40 co. 20 and 10 per cent.
and the shooter making the best record in
the first five events will have his net en-
trance fee refunded.
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The Columbus league baseball team will
play at Knightstown Friday.
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-09-29
AN INTERSTATE SHOOT
GRAND HOTEL TROPHY WON BY Mem.
w. THOMPSON, or LAFAYETTE.
Trap Shooters of Note at the Limited
Gun CIub's-Rose system of
Dividing Money.

The September shoot of the Limited Gun
Club of this city began yesterday and will
continue to-day at the club park near the
fair grounds. Trap shooters of note from
all the adjoining States are in the city on
account of the occasion. The big event of
the tournament is the contest for the in
terstate amateurship, a contest between
trap shooters of Indiana, Ohio Kentucky,
Illinois and Michigan. 1t is the third an
nual event of the kind and the trophy is
known as the Grand Hotel Cup 1t was
held last year by o. V. Ebelsisor of New
Albany, but he was not here to defend 1t
yesterday Under the rules governing it the
cup is the property of the Limited Gun
Club and must be defended against all chal-
lenges and must be contested for every
year
The cup was won yesterday by Mem.
w. Thompson, of Lafayette, a member of
the Lafayette Gun Club, and a man recog-
nized for several years as one of the best
shots in the State There were twenty-nine
men in the contest and it was divided into
five events of 20 targets each, insead of
having one event of one hundred. targets,
as the programme announced. This gave
the men an opportunity to rest between
each twenty shots Thompson scored 81 and
S. Wallace So. Beck, 81, Parry S5, Stone $,
Apperson S5, Robson 81, Cooper 81, Corbett
81 Britton 49, Myers 81.
The other four events of the day were
for 20 targets EACH with an entrance fee
Of 81 80 each. The money was divided under
the Rose system, which prevents shooters
dropping down points in order to get bet
ter money. Under the old system all the
men tied on each number of targets dl-
yided the amount of the purse set aside for
first second. third or whatever class they
may have been in. 1t might happen that a
dozen men would tie for first place An
other man would step up and although
he might have hit all the targets and been
cassed in the tie for first money. he de-
liberately fails to hit one and gets in the
second class where they are fewer to di-
vide the money with him. Under the old
system it was possible for the poorer shot
to get bigger piece of the purse. The
Rose system grades the men as individuals
The men tied for first place get five times
as much as those tied for fifth place, those
in second place get four times as much and
so on down. fifth place being the unit.
THE CTTNMARTEG
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-09-29
ELEVEN IN ONE INNING
COLTS TOOK ADVANTAGE of PI-
RATES ERRORS IN THE FIFTH,
And Made "a String of Runs, of Which
Only One Was Earned-HOOsiers
Beaten by Toledo Again.


Washington at Baltimore.
Boston at Brooklyn.
Philadelphia at New York.
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An effort is being made to organize a new
dramatic club on plan pursued in st.
Louis and other cities. 1t Will be composed
OF sixty active members. any one Of whom
may be called to take part in any perform
ance and the families OF the members will
form the audiences Mr.. Henry S. Fraser
and Mr.. Arrick are at the head of the
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-23

Australia with i considerable sum of
money and valuable negotiable securi-
ties. When he had produced his war
rant, I ordered the mate to fetch the
logbOok. Under date of Jan. IS he
read this entry:
Buried at sea in latitude 80 degrees
40 minutes north, longitude SO degrees
1G minutes west, Anthony Brandon,
cabin passenger. Cause Of death un-
known"
When we arrived at the docks az
New York l smuggled Mr. Brandon
ashore in one of his daughters trunks
after they had been searched by the
customs officer No one in the ship
ever suspected the truth Their secret
remained alone with me.
1t was arranged that Alice and [
should be married quietly before set-
tlnS out on my next voyage. and our
honeymoon was to be spent on tn,
bosom Of the deep. When we parted
that night she promised to communi.
cate with me when her father had Sc.
cured some quiet retreat in the coun-
try. She kept her promise. Here is
the letter. have preserved it all these
years. 1t has neither superscription
nor signature:
Dear Old Captain-Many, many
thanks for all your kindnesses. My
husband and for Mr.. Brandon is my
husband, though it was not known in
the Arlington-will never forget them.
Pray forgive the deceit we found 1t
expedient to practice on you in order to
carry out our plans. We are in fairly
aft1uent circumstances, for my husband
did not lose the money in speculation,
as | thought it necessary to tell you.
Dear Captain, I know l can rely on
you, for your own sake, not to inform
the authorities about my husband. AS
he died at sea, we expect to live secure
ly, unmolested by the bank officials or
the police Good-by forever
And that was the end OF my ro>
nance. No, l never heard anything
more about them. Whether they lived
to enjoy their illgotten gains or wheth-
er they didn't, I cannot tell But this
do know, she was the first woman
that ever fooled me, and by heaven,
she was the last. l never gave another
the chance.
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listed no longer. but gave an unwiliizs
consent. All. what folly will not man
commit when in love,
Next day il was reported that Bran
don was seriously indisposed. I took
out the medicine chest. as in duty
bound, and ordered the cabin stewart
to attend him. Three days later Mr..
Brandon was reported dead.
When l was informed of this l en-
tered his cabin. He was lying Oh the
under berth, pale and motionless as
death. felt the body; it was cold and
rigid. If this We're aot death. he sinu-
lated it to perfection. 1 sent for the
saiimaker. who saved the body I'D in
my presence. When his task was com
pleted l dismissed him, and. securing
the cabin door inside, with sharp
knife ripped open the stitches. My
hand shook painfully. What if he
We're really dead:
L confess to experiencing a singular
feeling of relief when the man opened
his eyes, and the resuscitated Brandon
sat up. L administered some brandy,
which helped to revive him. Then he
produced from an American trunk a
dummy figure which he had previously
prepared and weighted. and inclosed it
in the shroud. This he sewed up with
his own hands. Not word was spoken
by either of US. When all was com
pleted stepped out TO reconnoiter
In the first dog watch of the same
afternoon the bell commenced to toll
itc coll l.
thony Brandon. Officers and men and
passengers stood round me with heads
uncovered as l read from the Book of
Common Prayer the beautiful and i'm
pressive burial service.
After the funeral Brandon returned
to his own cabin. which was kept con-
stantly locked, and the key of which
retained in my possession. With my
coniyance. Alice smuggled food to him
from day to day. Several weeks after
ward. while proceeding up the Atlantic
coast under all sail we We're hailed by
a tug. Anticipating danger. / slipped
down the companion way and convey
ed Brandon to my own cabin for con
cealment. When | went on deck again
l was just in time 10 see a stout. we'll
party clambering over the YES
sells side. Without any prelininaries
he brusquely demanded:
''Got a passenger of the name of
Bra ndon on board:"
Il had, stranger; had
He gazed al me inquiringly.
Come below, sir, said l.
AS we descended he explained tha-
he was a detective sent in pursuit of
Brandon, who had absconded from
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-23
THE CAPTAINS LOVE


On the horizon, when, to my infinite
amazement, she suddenly burst into
tears
Darling, what is the ma tter:'' I ex-
claimed in an agony of.apprehension.
"Oh, Alfred, have just heard such
dreadful story from my father. shall
never be happy again. We can never
be married now
Never be married." l calculated.
aghast Why"
Because my father is "a criminal.
oh, feel so miserable. I think l shall
throw myself overheard"
Alice, for heavens sake don't talk
like that. or you'll drive me mad. What
has he done:"
Something dreadful. Oh. don't
speak TO me any more and she sobbed
violently.
AT that moment l was SO mad l felt
half inclined to go down and tear the
old scarecrow out of his berth by the
scuf of his neck and demand what the
deuce he had done TO cause my darling
such poignant grief. But l didn't. In
stead, drew her to my side and kissed
her tears away.
Tell me all about it, l said. sooth-
ingly.
Well, my father, as you are aware,
was an agent in one of the banks in
Arlington. Victoria, and it seems he
embezzled large sums of money belong
ing to the bank to speculate with. OF
course. he meant to replace it before
the audit. when the deficit would have
been discovered. But he lost it all, and
that it why he fed the country"
rs that all:" said 1, with sigh of
relief. ITS bad enough. certainly. but
fail to see that in itself it forms
sufficient barrier to our union
But that is not the worst Ny faith
er is convinced that the police may
have traced him to Melbourne and to
this ship. He declares he will be ar
rested on landing
Nothing more likely" 1 thought.
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But l asked: Has he any plan to sug-
gest:'
Yes, oh, yes. if YOU will only assist
him. But it seems too horrible to con
template. He says it is his only chance
to escape
What is it. them
THAT he should die and be buried at
sea- she responded, with perceptible
sLiver.
Il don't understand"
'.He proposes to feign death Then,
after he had been sewed up for burial
we must find the means to liberate him
and substitute something else
The daring audac city of the proposal
fairly took my breath away. If discov-
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cred, the consequences TO me in aiding
and abetting a felon to escape would
be DISASTROUS / resolved to have moth
ing to do with such a criminal proceed
ing, but look Of entreaty from those
fearful eyes made me falter in my res
o1ution.
"For my sake" she murmured, plead
ingly, placing her fair white hand on
my arm. Her touch thrilled me. I hes
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Elizur Sage as n Brave Soldier.

EllZur Sage as Brave Soldier
Elizur Sage, whose house and lean
to in ChannahOn is mortgaged for a
loan Of $50 to his uncle. Russell Sage.i is
we'll remembered by Colonel James A.
Sexton Of Chicago. Colonel Sexton was
in command Of the company in which
Sage Served-D Company. Seventy-sec-
ond Illinois Infantry. The regiment
was raised under the auspices of the
Chicago Board of Trade, and was mus
tered in the service at Camp Douglas,
Aug. 21, 1862. Colonel Sexton came to
the regiment after a years service in
the SiXty-seventh Illinois. When he
took command of his company he found
among his men EliZur Sage. a lad ap-
parently 13 or IA years old, who had
been duly enlisted as a drummer boy
With the consent Of his parents. Recall
ing him to mind. Colonel Sexton said:
Il recollect him well. He was
sturdy, active and industrious BOY,
kindly in disposition and a general
fayorite among the men, being regard
ed as Il sort OF a mascot though VIZ
didn't know what mascots were III
those days. Among the officers he WAS
well regarded.
''-As q soldier he was firSt-class. lie
served with the regiment throughout
the war, and participated in some OF 'le
hardest-fought battles of the war. tit
was at the siege of Vicksburg and in tHe
battle.; that preceded it's investment D!
Grant. He was with us during l'e
campaign against Atlanta. and When
detached from the march to the sea ~
was with us at the battle OF franhi'A
and the rout of Hood at Nashville
Drummer boy as he was, he hau do
perilous duties to perform as any ll''"
carrying a musket in the ranks III
1868, as l recollect it, the drum corps
of every regiment We're organized INV
a stretcher-b bearers corps That -
they were made to go out with stfe'.n
ers and bring off the field all the "oun'
ed to the field or some other lmpfo. is.a
hospital. The drummels ana me-
were often between two fires, 1l't W
their own command and Of the eh'HI'
and think it required more nerve any
courage to do such duty than 10 s''n Nv
in the ranks to be fired at, always "''
the chance of firing back. .,n
Young Sage, as | remember "l' ~
was, as l have said, tirst-f'ass ,,oa so
der, and took part in %leven l'l.. ,dor
battles and 200 skirmishes, beng uAu
fire 147 days out of the three Se"'
service of his regiment"
No man was ever so much dec'''
by another as by himself.
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No man was ever so much oe'~
by another as by himself.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-02-20
Periodical Tomb Dance by Girls,

/. At St. Ives, in Cornwall, England,
once every fifth year. ten girls-na-
tiyes Of the borough, and daughters of
seamen, fishermen, or timers, each of
them not more than ten years old
are chosen to dance for quarter Of
an hour between 10 and IL in the fore
noon, on thu plot Of ground adjoin-
ing the mausoleum Of Mr.. John Knill,
who died IN 1911. This is in accordance
with a curious provision of his will.
which directs that the girls shall be ar
,rayed in white, wear white rosettes,
and have their hair elaboratelt curled
and frizzed for the occasion; and pro-
Eyidcs e6 to be divided equally among
them. The fiddler, who plays for them,
receives a pound for his services, and
tive. widows Of sixty-four years or up
wards, who are present to testify to
the. trustees that the ceremonies en-
-iothed by the testator have been duly
performed. Also receive a pound apiece
under the provisions Of the will. After
the dance the old version of the tenth
Psalm is sung to tune used in st.
Ives church at the time the bequest
was made. The latest occasion Of this
kind was ON the 25th July last.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-02-20

The United States consul at Deme-
rara calls attention to various inter-
esting points in connection with the
butter trade of British Guiana. Less
than 10000 pounds is produced in the
colony. For the financial year 1886
the imports of butter were 566,3S1
pounds, valued at $103, 0S1.08; from
Great Britain. 257,S76 pounds, valued
at $50,647.54; France, 276,S76 pounds.
valued at $47,378.38; United States. 90
1926 pounds, valued at 81, 93286 Nearly
all this comes in the ice vessels, and is
not especially prepared for this mar
ket. The above may be roughly di-
vided into two classes-table and cook
ing butter. The first class is put up in
one to two-pounds tins, Theoretically
sealed, and retails at 40 to 48 cents per
pounds; the second class is put up
in barrels or firkins, and retails at
about 30 cents a pound. The first
grades about the same as dairy fir-
kins, and is quoted in New York at
about II cents; the second class, about
the same as bakers tubs is quoted in
New York at II cents. Butter for ex-
portation to the tropics requires, Of
course, to be more heavily sailed than
for use in the temperate zone.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-02-20
VICIOUS COWBOYS.

They Terrorize and Insult the Meme
bers of an Opera Troupe.
Spokane Falls, Wash. Feb. ,1O.-The
members of the Columbia, Opera COM
pany were roughly treated by gang
of cowboys upon their arrival at Shell
by Junction, Mont. Ae the train car
rying the theatrical people pulled into
the depot the cowboys greeted it with
a fusillade from their revolvers. After
the tenderfeet had alighted the cow
boys proceeded to enliven them. For
three hours the members: of the opera
company were terrorized, their tor
mentors firing revolvers, fighting with
the men and insulting the women.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-02-20
The Eject of 1u,teracy Tests.

Tho EnecC OF Iu1tef6cy IostS'
The statistics of last years immigra-
ton throw light on the probable effect
Of illiteracy tests. OF all the immi-
grants over fifteen years of age who
landed in the last fiscal year, % per
cent were wholly illiterate. A strictly
applied illiteracy test would have ex-
cluded four out of every ten Of the i'm
migrants who came to us from Austria
Hungary, Italy. Poland and Russia.
The proportion of immigrants actually
debarred and deported under existing
laws was less than one in every hun
dred.
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1t is said that Queen VICTORIA,
a year or two ago, gave orders that the
dolls which she had played with when
a child should be publicly exhibited
and photographed. The kind queen
never had kinder thought than this.
which impelled her in her old age to
bring out these treasures of her child
hood, to give pleasure to her little
child-subjects. Many Of the dolls are
dressed in the costumes worn by
English sailors and soldiers, and apart
from their association with their ow-
ner, are interesting illustrations of
history. In small museum in the
close Of Salisbury Cathedral is q doll
which Marie Antoinette dressed for
her little girl while she was in prison.
The custodian takes out Of a drawer
with reverent hancs this relic of the
unfortunate queen, and removing the
wrappings. shows the gown of rose
colored brocade, and court train and
hood Of the same, daintily and care
fully made. 1t was the last proof of
her love that the mother gave to her
child. It was given to the museum by
the present Duchess Of Portland. In
the Egyptian department of the Bril-
fish Museum is a wooden doll which
was found in the sarcophagus of a
little royal princess who died three
centuries before Christ. Her baby
fingers still clasped 1t when the num-
my wrappings were unfolded. This
is probably the Oldest doll in exis-
tence.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-02-20

The total railway mileage in the
United States on June 80, 1895. was
180,657.47 miles, an increase of 1.94S.92
miles, or 100 per cent being shown.
The increase in 1894 was 2,247.4S miles,
or 1.27 pei cent, which was less than
for any preceding year during the
period for which reports have been
made to the commission. The terri
tory and states in which the increase
in mileage exceeds 100 miles are Ari-
iona, 247.41 miles; Illinois. 1870
miles; Pennsylvania, 1890 miles;
Maine, 1926 miles; Texas, 110.41
miles; and Montana. 105.79 miles. The
aggregate length of all tracks in the
United States on June 80, 1895. was
6,894.26 miles. Included in this
total track mileage were 10,639.96 miles
OF second track. 975.25 miles of third
track, 1872 miles of fourth track, and
43,8SS.46 miles of yard track and sid
ings.