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The times., 1897-03-23
Mr.. Mckinley and the German
Americans.

To the Editor of The Times:
According to statistics and what seems
reliable estimates, the German A merican
element of our people constitute q little
more than one-fourth the entire population
of the Northern States. This element, COM
prising all citizens with German names and
of German extraction and blood, is esti-
mated at about Is, 100000 souls. German
names are so marked and peculiar to that
nation that they cannot well be mistaken.
In the recent Presidential election they
formed an acknowledged powerful factor
in bringing about the favorable result for
the Republican party, owing to their strong
sentiment for sound money. Several OF the
Middle and Western States were carried
through their stampede from the Demo-
cratic ranks overinto the Republicancamp-
a stampede, OF course. that may soon be
turned again in the reverse direction Now,
the point which we wish to make Is the
conspicuous absence of the officeseekers
from that source and from our Germanic
population generally. Among the long lists
of aspirants for office that have been pub
lishcd by the newspapers we have not found
q half dozen OF unmstakable German patro-
nimics, and not one, so far, among the ap-
polntments already made. From a West
ern, or, rather, Middle. State, which nun.
bers more than 90 aspirants for appoint
ments, we are credibly informed, there are
only two German names, although that
State has an unusually large population
of German blood. While Irishmen, English
men and even colored men have laid siege
to the White House, cIanoring for office
60, ho A rfsf
of German lineage drinks his beer at home.
What can be the Mason? Is t that their
applications generally fail of success, or
are they too modest and self-respected for
such applications? Who can tell? Y.
The times., 1897-03-23

than Rufe Hinton, but no better one ever
showed up in Black Holler."
Even if his tastes led that way, or his
| means warranted it, the young man S
work would have barred fine clothes.
Nearly half his time was spent hundreds
of feet below the sunlight, with an oil
lamp blazing in the front of his stiff
hat his face and hands as black as a
negro's, and the original color of his
jumper and overalls hidden by layers
of coal dust and grease. ,
1t was noticed after she coming of
Kate that Rufus Hinton always care
fully washed his face and hands when
he came to the house for his monday
meal, and that when off duty he always
appeared in his Sunday go-to-meetin'
best" and this change set the men Won
dering and their wives talking.
The only piano that ever sounded with
in eight miles of Black Hollow was the
one Peter Grier ordered from PiIiladel-
phia for his daughter. The first night
the girl played the instrument was an
epoch in the history of Black Hollow
The whole village turned out to listen,
and slatternly women dandled their young
babes, and with cries of delight the bare
legged children danced outside to the
music.
1t was known that Rufus Hinton could
do everything necessary about a coal mine,
but his most ardent admirers never inn
agined he could sing. But he sang that
night to Kate's accompaniment in high
clear baritone that thrilled the wonder
ing women and children and drew the
crowd from the bar
''Mr. Hinton's good enough for Kate
G rier and he's dead In love with her, but
he hasn't got the courage to tell her SO.
If he wasn't such a goose he'd see that
Dick Bradford is cutting him out. F" This
is what the women said, and the men sor-
rowfully believed.
Dick Bradford was about Rufus Hin
tons age, aud the son of the president of
the BLACK Hollow" and other great
mining companies.
Dick Bradford was a college graduate,
handsome, well dressed and with the
confident manner that comes from con-
scious superiority and the possession of
ample means. Before Kate Grier took
up her permanent residence at the L.i-
zerne House, young Bradford's visits
he lived mt Wilkesba RE were infre-
auent, but now he was coming over every
day.
The people were not lcng in doubt as TO
The times., 1897-03-23
ALFRED z. CALHOUN

home to Black Hollow, with diploma, the
respect of her teachers, and the love OF
her classmates.
Peteis giyin' that gal too much schooln''
She'll come back to Black Hollow too stuck
up to know her neighbors, and with more
airs than prize filly at a county fair. .
Thatis what the rural solens, who supplied
the miners with vegetables and dairy prod
ucts prophesied; and, to do them justice,
they were among the first to ackno wledge
that they had erred as to Kate Grier
When the girl took up her permanent
residence at the LuZerne House the estab.
nshment changed its character. She in,
duced her father to paint the dull-gray
extension, not white. but a color that gave
a warm glow to the dreary setting, with
out being in discord with it. The house
became a show place for the bare-leggcd,
tow-hcaded children, who never wearied
of listening to the canaries in the sitting
room and admiring the blossoming plants
in the principal window.
Rufus Hinton, the mine boss had
boarded at the "LuZerne" ever since he
came from Scranton He was we'll
built, gray-eyed man. under thirty, 1e-
tiring in his mann ers and popular because
of his consideration for the men lin der him.
He had the reputation of being no end
of q scholar, because his spare time Was
devoted to books, and the company paid
him a large saiary-because of his skill a
civil and mechanical engineer.
Peter Grier knew that Rufus Hinton was
caring for his widowed mother and edi-
eating a promising sister, and so, when
the young mans plain attire was COM
mented on, the landlord would say, with
q knowing shake of his bald head:
"7here's richer and more dandified men
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all they are worth. You mark my words
the pennant Will be in Chicago next fan
The only thing we can't beat this year is
the weather"
II don't like that. rule that scores
earned runs ON base hits only says John
b. Foster. "a stolen base should be a
factor in an earned run as much as base
hit. 1t is made by determined effort
on the part Of the player to bring in his
run by his own skill and daring. 1t is
what might be called a clean, honest run
if he succeeds In scoring. A stolen base
is accomplished by daring work, while
the ball is passing between the pitcher
and the catcher. If the former is a
little slow in his delivery he is as much
at fault as any other player, and con-
tributes his share toward the run being
made. Suppose, too, the player makes
three-base hit with one out. The
next batter is retired on long fly and
the man scores from third. The fol-
lowing batter is also retired. Now the
run Of the man who made the three-base
hit cannot be scored as earned, and yet
it was made by clean, honest endeayor
The pitcher was Just as much to blame
for single base hit to score the man
at third. Yet he is exempted because
the man at bat did not make base hit.
/ can't see where an earned run column
is anything at the present time but
record OF the runs scored by consecutive
base hits, without regard to any other
department OF the game. 1t seems
to me that such record isn't OF
much use. If a pitcher mixes in few
bases on balls under this arrangement the
other side will not earn a run against
him in thousand years"
The times., 1897-03-23
Triunphs In Surgery.

Cleansing OF the wound intSelf was al
most surgical heresy a few Years ago.
Fouled bandages were the rule; and the
thicker and more abundant the discharges
the more ''laudable' they were considered
to be- Hence in the older works on
surgery the so-called ''Iaudable'' pus was
fnuc. signof safety as it now is of danger.
Cleanliness of instruments, now a prime
consideration, was then entirely ignored.
Oftcntimes the same instruments would be
used at different times upon the dead as
well as the living body; anG celebrated
operator of that day was accustomed to
hold his knife between his teeth when his
hands were temporarily employed in the
wound. If a cut healed rapidly it was a
rarity sufficiently great to court comment.
Now the exact opposite is the fact. Tie
former result was rather an accident Of
cleanlinessthan the deliberate acknowledge
ment or what should have been the rule.
Consequently the most careful surgeons
those who possessed instructive habits of
neatness and cleanliness were the most
successful. Forum.
The times., 1897-03-23

miners, even when off duty, looked more
grimy than in the Summer, and the chill
dren, coasting through dark snow, looked
like imps.
The monotony of previous winters had
always been broken into by ball at the
Luzerne House in the Christmas holidays.
This winter was not to be an exception;
indeed, Peter Grier, with the support and
approval of his daughter, determined to
outdo all his previous efforts. Not only
the surrounding mining villages, but the
towns in the Wyoming valley were noti-
fled of the great event, and as the sleigh
ing promised to be the best, an unusual
attendance was expected.
The times., 1897-03-23
THE DEAD PRIZE FIGHTERS.
Result of the Inquests Held by the
Coroner,


Philadelphia, Pa, March 30. Deputy Cor
oner Dugan today held inquests In the
cases of Christian Kielnecker, who died on
Saturday after engaging in boxing bout
with Frank Connolly, and of Edward Glib
bons, who died the same day from the ef
fccts of heart blow delivered by Samuel
S. Perry on Friday night during a bout
at the Tenth Ward Democratic Club
1t was testified that KieInecker Stun
bled and In falling struck his head on n
spike which jected from the floor. The
autopsy showed that the fall broke an
abscess which had formed ON the man s
brain, and that death resulted therefrom.
Connolly was discharged.
In the Gibbons case Peter Gillespie, the
referee; James O'Neill, the second for Glib
bons: William Orr, the second for Perry.
and several others stated that II was not
brutal contest. Dr. Cattefl. the coroner S
physician, declared that death was caused
"by hcHorrhageo OF the neck, nose, pharvnX
and brain, due to traamatic injuries" The
jury held Perry csp9nsible, and the coroner
committed him to the unity prison without
bail to await the action of the grand jury.
The times., 1897-03-23
Institute Won at Basketball.

An interesting game of basketball in the
league supplemental series was played
last night in Carroll Institute Gymnasium
by the home team and the Queer Wheelmen,
and was one by the former by score
OF % to 1.
The game was clean aud well played
and much enjoyed by the large audience
which filled the galleries. The Institute
scored three times in the first inning; three
in the second, and four in the third. The
visitors made their only goal on clever
field play. Joe Daily, of the c. l., scored
five goals: Alexander three, Brick and
Hughes one each Oppenhemer played his
usual good game. For the visitors Tier
ney and Won Boekman played strong
game.
Mr.. Newmeyer, of G. w, officiated as
umpire; Mr.. Gallagher, of c. L., was ref
cree, and the scorer was Mr. Stillwell
The times., 1897-03-23
Copyright, 1897, by Alfred R. Calhoun.)
l. PART l.


l. PARTI.
Black Hollow is abandoned now, not
because the coal supply beneath its sur
lace is exhausted, but because Of the dis
ester that has sooner or later come upon
every enterprise started in the valley.
But Black Hollow, though never an in
viting place, was at one time regarded as
the most promising, if not the most pros
porous. of all the anthracite coal fields in
PENNSYLVANIA. Just after the war, when
wages were high, the place was in the
first flush OF success. The Black Hollow
had 400 miners cabins and boarding
houses, all full; and it felt proud of its
square, unpainted, frame hotel, and OF the
great rambling store of the company-two
places that absorbed most of the earnings
Of the miners.
The hotel was known as the Luzerne
House, though there was no sign to in
6icate the same The house was very
popular because of the genial manner CT
The florid rotund landlord, Peter GrieT,
and--some thought-because of the winning
ways and rare beauty of his daughter,
Kate.
When Peter Grier's wife died, every one
who knew him wondered why, instead of
hiring housekeeper, he did not take Kate
from the seminary at Bethlehem and give
her charge of the establishment. In reply
10 this the landlord would say:
"I hope to leave the child a little money
I am not educated, more's the pity, but
Kate shall be. / want her TO learn how to
be happy and to make others happy"
In accordance with this admirable plan,
Kate Grier was kept at the seminary till
she was past nineteen, when she came
The times., 1897-03-23
THE FIRST DAYS PRACTICE
The Ball Players Start in Work
for the New Season.
ANOTHER PITCHER SIGNED
Catcher Charley Farrell Arrived
Yesterday-M Manager Schmelz Was
Delighted With the Form of the
Men Pitchers Swain and Ashe
promising PASSES for Ladies'.

Manager SchmelZ called his Senators tc
order yesterday morning at National Park
and after a few remarks beftting the
occasion, he turned them over to Capt
Tom Brown, who told them to proceed
TO business.
The players presented rather motley
appearance. There were little men, big
men. long men, and snort men, and the
different uniforms they wore would have
furnished material for half dozen cIaZy
quilts The leftover suits from last
season covered majority of the athletic
forms but the colors in the caps, sweaters
and stockings were as variegated as the
leaves OF autumn.
Charley Reilly, the new third basernan,
was more gorgeous than all in his makeup
OF a white suit, red sweater, black cap,
and st. Patrick s day stockings. Manager
SchmelZ also, 'twixt the bicycle, baseball,
and spring fever, looked very debonnair
IL EnicterDockers With jacket and cap TO
match
Johnny O'Brien's IS spiked shoes could
not he found among his traps at first, but
they We're finally located and he was
soon equipped for work. The team filed
out on the field at $50 o'clock and light
exercise was undertaken until near lunch
hour, when the boys returned 60 the dress
ing-room for a bath and rundown.
The afternoon practice was begun
promptly at 2 O'Clock. Charley Farrell, the
"Dnke OF Marlboro had arrived in the
meanwhile and was given hearty well
come by his fellow-players and Messrs.
Wagner and SchmelZ. Farrell, as is his
habit, is in excellent form, and though
he is entitled 10 the veterans degree"
by reason of his long service in the league,
vet he seems as cotish and full of
fire and spirit as two oyear-old. he
Immediately donned a suit and went to
throwing the bali around with as much
ease and snap as if no wintry days had
ntervened since the close of last season
1t being their first day in the open, Man
ager Schmelz was careful not to let them
get too fast in any of the work on the
field The men were stationed at their
regular places and the pitchers and catch
ers altenated in batting out ground balls
and flies. The pitchers also took turns ia
the box handing up a slow delivery to
he hit out TO the frontier. Manager
schmelz's first idea is to have the men
get their eve on the hall.
Reilly exhibition OF swapping the sphere
across from third to first base was very
pretty He got the ball over the distance
straight on line and with all the speed
necessary to catch the speediest sprinter.
If the Fashion Plate has bum wing
or ChaIieyhorSe in the member, he has
Hcr5mann-'ike way Of concealing it But
thcreis nothing the matter with his arm, as
basc-runners are sure to find out He work
ed SO easy and nice that Manager Schtnelz
begged him to desist, but Charley demurred,
saying he had not warmed up yet
Capt. Brown, Abbey, Selbaeh, Lush, De-
Montreville, Cartwright and Wrigley jog
The times., 1897-03-23

There is no day in the cavernous depths
of mine At Black Hollow gangs went
on at in the morning, and when they
came up at 6 in the evening other gangs
with long, cylindrical pals in their hands
and flaming lights In their hat fronts
The night of the ball, however, Rufus
Hinton permitted most of the men to
remain off duty.
You must come down and dance with
me- said Kate to Rufus, as, after supper,
he was about to make his way to his own
room.
But he replied, 81 never danced in my
life, and l AIN now too old to learn
Never mind that. You can go through
the figures. / will guide you. Why, even
blind man could go through an ordinary
quadrille particularly when the figures
are called,'' she urged.
You are very kind" he said, with a
weary smile that did not escape her II
shall be down after the danceis well under
way 1t will ne more pleasure to watch you
than to provoke laughter by trying the
thing myself he said.
Dick Bradford had the first dance wit h
Kate, and had it not been for her tact
and better breeding he would have barred
other young men from the hecovetedprivilege.
Kate danced with her old friends, and
she made many new ones. She showed
q preference for the elderly and bashfuI
and she Won the other girls by compli-
menting their dress and appearance
1t was near midnight, the hour set for
the supper, when Rufus Hinton came down
and took stand in an out-of-the-way
corner, but Kate, who was talking to
Dick Bradford at the time, spied him at
The times., 1897-03-23
CT. WON SECOND PLACE.
Second Game of Set With Saenger.
bund Landed by One Pin,

The set of tenpin bowling games IN the
major league series, played last night ON
the Carroll Institute alleys by the home
team and the Saengerbun4, were watched
with more than usual interest by large
crowd OF spectators, as upon the result
depended. second place in the league
championship race. The Institute won botn
games from the champions and are now in
second place for good
Stone won the first game for the Carroll
Institute on his triple header. The last
game was won by one pin on Armstrong;
finish in the last box with spare on a
strike.
The times., 1897-03-23

became quieter At night the lights in
his room told he was at his hooks again,
undisturbcd by the music in the room
below.
Dull in the summer, Black Hollow was
doubly dull and looked doubly desolate
in midwinter Even the snow, so daz-
zlingly pure and white on the hills, was
black in the valley. The faces of the
The times., 1897-03-23

once and hurried to him with extended
hands.
Before Rufus could respond to her greet
ing a deep booming sound rang down
the valley. The building rocked al
if shaken by an earthquake, and the
dancers stopped, with white faces, al
the sound
IAN explosion in the mineI Oh, g odf
Who is down tonight?'' There was nd
response. Women fainted and men stood
speechleSs and dazed.
One calm, resolute voice restored tha
The times., 1897-03-23

Peter Grier would have been less OF
man had he regarded with indifference the
growing intimacy of Dick BRADFORD ana
Kate; and that the possf ilities Were not
disagreeable WAS evident by the pleased
look on his flo1 id facc q S lie watcl ed the
buggy disappear over tfe Hazlcton hill
sits all up with IRufe Hinton He
was too slow. Ought to'ye won when
The times., 1897-03-23

listeners to their senses. 1t was Rufus
Hinton's Leaping to the door, he shouted
back:
''Boys of Black Hollow follow mel'
Like a hound on the scent. the s'boss''
ran to the mine entrance ana ordered the
trembling engineer TO bring up the car,
which was at once done.
Hot clouds of sulphurous smoke were
pouring up the shaft, about which the
dancers, Kate Grier among them, crowded.
II know where the danger is. Who
will 60 with me?" /
In response, four young men ieaped into
the cage with their leader, and al mUffled
their faces with handkerchiefs.
s'Lower awayi" cried Rufus
The times., 1897-03-23

the particular attraction of Black Hollow
for the mine presidents son. After a
time, he kept horse and buggy at the
hotel stable, and nearly every afternoon
he and Kate drove out Of the sooty depths
and up to the sun-lit, pne-covercd hills
and handsome. joyous couple they were.
The times., 1897-03-23

he had things his own way "TheTe's
no dependn' on women We'll, what's
to be, must be-" These things the quiet,
observant people said one TO the other.
Then they noticed a change in Rufus
Hinton, or rather lie changed back to the
old way as to dress. Always quiet, he
The times., 1897-03-23
Standing of the Teams
DON'T Intend to Strike.

Massillon, Ohio, March 22.-National al
President Ratchford, OF the United Mine
Workers, is at home and denies vigorously
that a coal miners strike is contemplated
at present Heis hopeful ofan adjustment
OF the Pittsburg trouble.
The times., 1897-03-23

The Imperial University of Toxic has I'M
dcrtaken the great task of preparing an ex-
haustive history of Japan, and committee
of sixteen scholars is now at work classi-
flying the voluminous materials.
The times., 1897-03-23

Fifteen thousand cattle and 10000 hogs
arefattening ona 80 ,oO0-aere farm in Atchi-
son, Mo.
The times., 1897-03-23

To be Continued.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-16

well qualified physicians all about the
state who could give evidence of their
own, and state cases of injury done by
the cigarette habit. We would like to
see the medical profession giving voice
in this matter They should be bold
for the race n for the right.
A gentleman of distinction who has
considered this question with unusual
interest, gives this unsolicited testimo-
ny to us. Writing of what was recently
said in The Messenger, he say that
in his opinion cigarette smoking is a
most dangerous and growing evil,
which, in his opinion-based on facts
ne has gathered-'is more deadly
than whiskey or opium or both" He
is of the opinion that the authorities
the trustees-in charge Of the high ed
ucational institutions in North Carroll
ma, should without delay look into
this matter an Danish it from their
Institutions"
SO cOnHinced is he Of the very bad
effects Of the evil cited, that he would
not send his boys to a denominations
Of other college that was located
right in the centre of the manufacture
Of cigarettes" Referring to a recent
statement he says: Yet, as you say
in your paper, Mr.. Duke, the president
Of the American Tobacco Company,
does not smoke cigarettes, and thereby
1--WE may conclude) discounts his own
product!.!"
We must make nothe clipping from
a recent letter from him.: The people
are moving in this matter-several
states very lately Tennessee) have
banished the cigarette, prohibiting
their sale or manufacture, and the
time is not far distant q b~elieve) when
North Carolina will also act"
This gentleman belongs to a Chris
tian church, and is a friend of human
ity as We all ought to be who pretend
to love God and serve him. He says:
Il write simply as to the moral side of
what 1 believe to be one of the greatest
and most growing evils of this age.
The press ought to take hold of it,
and point out this great evil to the
people,"
10y lHS way, is IL generally Known
n a an act was passed by the legisla-
ture some time agO-perhaps it was
1889, or it may have been 1891, that pro-
hibited the sale or the giving away of
cigarettes to minors under sixteen
years of age? We wonder if this law
is vigorously enforced or if it is mere
ly a dead letter on the statute books?
If we are not mistaken this act was
introduced and engineered through the
legislature by the Fayetteville lawyer,
Judge Sutton, who succeeds our worthy
townsman, Judge Oliver P. Meares.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-16
SHARPS n FLATS,

Senator Voorhees,, of Indiana, whose
death was announced in Sundays
Messenger made a distinguished repu-
tation as an orator prior to the var in
the John Brown affair, we think it was.
He was much read and lauded at the
time. We remember being in 1868 at
oxford, Miss. and his name was in
the mouth of all by reason Of his ap-
pearance there in a case in the court.
We did not see or hear him. He bore
a good reputation in the senate, in
which he SO long served, for oratory
and ability. He was not particularly
distinguished for unyielding tenacity
of democratic principles always, and in
1898, was conspicuous n his advocacy
of Cleveland's movement against his
party. He had passed his SEVENTEEN
year. He was of Ohio birth. Peace to
his soul.