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The sun., 1897-02-28

Mrs. X. Robbins walker Leads for the Freeman
Cup-Carti.s Downs kerr.

Cup-Curt;ss Downs kerr.
LAKEWOOD, Feb. 27.-Robert Bage Kerr. Pros
ident Of the Golf Club Of Lakewood, and Edward
u. Curtiss OF the Fairfield County Club played
of their tic this morning for the cup presented
by Francis p. Freeman. 1t will be recalled that
this cup is competed for weekly on the Golf Club
links every Saturday during February and
March. with an extra contest on washington's
Birthday. 1t was on tho latter that Kerr and
Curtiss were on even terms for Its ownership.
The course was in fair shape to-day when tho
men started, but It softened up considerably by
noon. Neither played an especially good game.
doubtless due to the condition OF the turf. The
FIRST nine holes were mado In hfty-nine by Cur
tiss TO ffty-fo by Kerr. Curtiss reduced this
total by siK strokes on his second circuit, while
The cards follow:
Edwin D. Curtis
Efss.:.:.::::....:..:::..:ssSsssss7Ss fs IL, 1, 100
Robert Bage Kerr
SSS'',...,,..:....sssssssss-sss 70, ina
The third contest for the cup was also PLAYED
starters Of the season. The trophy was won by
Mrs. II. Robbins Walker, the first woman to
gain the honor In this contest. Mrs. Walker.
however, has won the Clanin cup on the Country
Club links four times. She received handicap
Of afty for ths Freeman CUP % and q finished with
fn.,..:::::s Out, ,.:::ss S'GSssss s-sa s-sa 1870 90 80
Miss Agnes II. Davis was tho only other
woman player, her score being 152, 80, l02. w.
d. Wood won second place with net score Of
ninety.two The scores OF all the players follow:
The sun., 1897-02-28
Con DoyIe whips Yrank Hartley In the Third
MoMnd.

ELMInA, Feb. s7.-Fiftecn hundred persons saw
Con Doyle or Chicago knock out FRANK BARLEY OF
Bnghs mou last night at tho Queen city A. O. BARS.
ley was counted out at tho end OF third round.
Iommr Ryan Of Syracuse. who behind hartley,
received ap ovation when he .Iepped into the ring.
helped Ryan. =. II. Fitzgerald OF chicago, John
O'Dopneii OF New YorE. and Fred 10 Valley OF Fl.
mira looked after Doyle. Tae men were matched TO
nghI nfteen rounds at i4o pounds.
The sun., 1897-02-28
Soc nouoshue F.,,. to sln,s nilsson.

Tho large crowd that assembled at tho clermont
Avenue skating Rink Brooklyn, last night, in antci.
patton OF seeing great four'mile between John
Nilsson and Joe ponoghue, were disappointed. Tho
latter annt telegram saying that owing To his IN.
Jury In racc last Saturday, he would he un.
allie 20 contest The MANAGEMENT got Billy Let's OF
Hoboken to accept handicap and skate against the
champion The handioal was three quarters Of lap
in the four miles Nilsson won without any apparent
effort in the creditablc time OF 1893 i5.
The sun., 1897-02-28
Thres OF the Indicted Wrstchestor Asscssors
Give Hail

WHITE PLAINS, y. Y, Feb. 27.-.The outcome
OF tho investigation and indictment by the
Grand Jury OF the assessors Of the towns OF
Westchcstor county was the issuing of warrants
against sight assessors charged with wilful
neglect OF duty IN moi Rssrssiny personal prop
ety in their respective towns. To-day three
asscssurs appeared before Judge Lent In Tho
County Court and gave bail In 5000 each for
trial The a $50 Ssors htlcl were John III, Cordo3
and Charles II. Weiss ~ Mount Vernon and
Michael Mcnamara OF East Chester,
The sun., 1897-02-28
Pool.

NEWARK. Feb a7-rhe two games In the state
pool tournament at Murray's Arcade last night wore
OF unusually high order. In the nrst game q a.
Lamportz OF New Brunswick made great anort TO
beat u. y. Doian OF Hackettstown hut tho laticr's
play WAS too strong and he won ny lxo TO go Th0
second game was between ]. McLAren and George
Fivnn. both OF this CITY, The latter won by lsb 10
tU4.
The sun., 1897-02-28
Basketball.

Tho nrst and second basketball teams OF the Twenty
third street branch OF the Y NJ O. A. scored two vio
tories at Association Hail. 81 East Twenty thrd street.
last night In the game the second team defeated
I'M, second team Of tho Washington Heights branch
hy the score OF ~ To IL The nrst team defeated .
team from the Young Mems League BY the score OF
IA 40
The sun., 1897-02-28

The Rev Mark II. Taylor OF Canton, Mass,
has accepted tho call to the pulpit OF the Park
Congregational Church In Brooklyn, He is Chap
lain. Chief of tho Grand Army OF the Republic.
The sun., 1897-02-28
ISN'T 1T A BLESSING

10 know where you eau purchase such lovely goods
FOR 90 little money Ladies' swiss ribbed Vests ., o,
and l2c, worth 2b to $50; button real kid Gloves.
90 and i0c, worth l.25 and l.4s Ladies' Belts 10.
ai and 23c, worth As 10, and gsci PeaTs soap, 0c
Cutcura Soap. &c; Llberts yiolets. svo; Liberts
%, 4: r. JAMMEES';;, E:!' ;,,, :.
The sun., 1897-02-28
Crescent A. G. DEFEATS Priscetos at Clay Bird
shosting.

The Crescent Athletic Club and u team from
tho Princeton University Gun Club shot a match
yesterday afternoon at bay Ridge for the inter
state clay bird championship. Each man shot
at twenty-five birds, known trap and angles.
The wind blew gallo across the traps and made
good scoring impossihility, but. nevertheless,
Donald Geddes made the record OF the grounds
81 twenty -hve straight breaks. The scores fol-
Crescent A. C.--cbaries A. sykes. ls; Donald O.
oeddes, II; Grant hoffman. II; Albert r. Fish. 22I
Or. Hall. IL. Total. s2,
Prfnceton University Gun Club-0. z. Brewer. 10;
T. /. Kendell. IA; W. ". Young, IL; II. W. Canning
Is; II. y. Paine, Z. Total, 8y.
The sun., 1897-02-28
The Yhie Crew ON the Rocks and tho View
barge Wrecked.

NEW HAVEN. Conn, Feb. 27-Shipwrccked
and exhausted, the Yale crew tonight made
their way back up the harbor to the boat-house,
after the most trying experience of their years
training. When the crow started out this after
noon things began going wrong. George Adre
was expected up from New York " coach. but
did not come. and Capt. Bailey saw that he must
again supervise the training Of both crews. He
sent both the first and second Fights up the Quin.
nipiac River for thrce.mile spin. In threading
their way along past the several bridges tho
barges escaped collision till they drew up along.
side tho new bridge on Grand avenue. There
the second crew got past, but the regulars stuck
on . bfg rock. and all came near taking bath.
Five or ten feet OF the varsity barge was torn up
and the boat began to I'LL
Several sailboats close by put out TO the Yale
oarsmen and a couple OF the crew lcaped out
upon the rocks. The remainder were taken of
by the sailboats and wero taken back 10 the boat
house.
The new barge IL practically ruined. II was
finished only last week and has been used only
three times. It cost $780, weighed only 800
pounds and was constructed OF cedar. IL was
taken OF the rocks to night badly stove In. This
II tho most serious accident which has happened
To tho Yale crew In years.
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ILLINOIS VETERANS.
State Encamp1nent of the G. A. r. NJ
Galesburg.

State Encampment OF the G. A. II. NJ
Galesburg.
Galesburg, ILL.,, May 4.-To-day be-
gins the state .encampment Of the G,
A. R., and Galesburg is in gala attire
in honor of the event. Details of ar.
rangement have been completed for the
reception of many thousands Of guests.
A delegation of 5000 persons is
expected from Chicago alone. No
public exercises will occur to-day,
the day being given over to receptions
and organization of delegations. This
evening the first campfire will be held
in the Auditorium. The address of well
come will be delivered by Mayor Cooke,
of Galesburg, and responded to by De-
pertinent Commander Cochran. Ad.
dresses will follow by James A. Sexton,
Of Chicago, and Thomas Lawler, OF
Rockford. Wednesday opens with a
reception to the national commander,
T. S. Clarkson, Of Omaha. The parade
follows, The business sessions Of the
convention will occupy the afternoon
and camp-fres in the evening. Thurs.
day the convention will elect off1cera
land choose the next place of meeting.
"A. L. schimpf, Of Peoria; P. C. Hayes,
'of Joliet, and James O'Donald, Of Chi
,cago, are candidates for department
commander. Streator, Springfield and
!Danville want the next encampment.
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LIBEL BILL PASSED.

Upper Branch of Illinois Legislature
! DispOses of the Measure.
Springfield, ILL.,, May 6.-Thc South Park
drive bill introduced by Saylor in tbs house
several days ago was introduced in the
senate Wednesday morning by Bogardus.
Fitzpatrick's bill providing for the appoint.
ment of fire escape commissioner and for
the construction Of fire escapes on all
buildings of four or more stories was
passed. The senate passed by a vote Of
q to 16 libel BILL Netterstrom's bill in
creasing the number of Lincoln park COM
missioners to five instead Of seven was
passed. The house bill (Saby's) to enable
trust companies in cities Of less than 100,-
900 Inhabitants to do business on de-
posit of $4,000 was passed; Pemberton's
bin to establish state banking department
came up on second reading: The motion
to strike. out the enacting clause was lost;
yeas. 10; nays, q. Further consideration
Of the bill was postponed ono week. Ad-
tourned until ten o'clock Thursday norn-
ing.
Springfield, ILL.,, May Gin the house
Kincheloe's bill setting apart Adams and
Sangamon counties as separate judicial
circuits failed to pass. It was op-,
posed by the democrats on the
ground that It was unconstitutional. Weld
meyers bill to prohibit sensational or false
advertisements in newspapers or other
wise, and Buckner's bill revising the mill.
tary code were advanced to third reading.
The latter was made special for next
Tuesday. The house took q recess until
two n
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GREATER NEW YORK.
Gov. Black Signs tho Charter-Synop-
! sis of Its Provisions.

Gov. Black Signs tho Charter-synop-
! sis of It's Provisions.
; Albany, N. Y, May 6. - Gov. Black
has affixed his signature to the Greater
New York charter.
The following is a brief synopsis of
the main provisions of the new charter:
! The municipality is divided into five bor-
oughs, Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn.
Queens and Richmond, which are In turn
each subdivided into ten council districts.
The mayor will be elected for four years,
at a salary Of $15. 600 per annum, instead Of
two years at 10000, as at present. With the
exception of the comptroller, who will he
elected by popular vote, all municipal off1-
GERS will be appointed by the mayor, who
may remove at will during the first six
months Of his tenure. There will be only.
one police force, under bipartisan board
Of four, as at present. The department Of
public works is abolished, and water sup
ply, sewer, bridge and street bureaus will
replace it, their heads to be appointed by
the mayor. There will be municipal Leg
islature Of two houses, the council Of %
members elected from designated districts,
and the assembly, Of five members, from
each Of the q senatorial districts In the
Greater New York. OF course, Brooklyn
and Long Island City are names no longer
known on the map. Greater New Yorl,
covers territory Of 359% square miles, 50
miles long and 16 miles wide, with an esti-
mated population Of about 100000, second
in both respects only to London. The first
mayor will be-elected November next.
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NAshviLLE's PRIDE.

Everything Ready for the Opening OF
the Tennessee Exposition.
Nashville, Tenn, May LIN spite Of
constant rain for week, delaying and
;retarding work in every department.
order has been made to take the place Of
confusion and the Centennial city, prac-
:tically complete with exhibitions in
every building, is ready to throw open
it, gates this morning. Though some Of
the buildings, including the government
building and some Of the special state
buildings, will not be fully completed
for some days, every building to contain
exhibits IL ready for occupation and
contain exhibits. Twelve large and
commanding structures have been busy
scenes night and day this week, while
exhibits were put in place and finishing
touches given. These are the Audi
torium, Parthenon, which is the art gal,
aery, Commerce, Women's, Agriculj,
tural, Machinery, Minerals and For4
'estry, transportation, Children's, His
torical, Government, Negro and Railway
The roads and walks, shrubbery and
grass are in excellent condition, but the
Indictment weather has prevented tho
removal Of the flowers and plants from
the greenhouses. The Cincinnati, Knox
Vile and other city buildings are ready
and some Of the state buildings, while
others are just under way. The ex;;
hibits made by railroads, both north
and south, are extensive and complete;
and consist in large measure Of out-ofI
doors displays Of minerals, plants and
frAea. -
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the missionary work among them and
had become so Injured to their customs
and habits that he would have no doubt
preferred to have lived among them
than In more civilized circles. As has
been stated, Father Hoecken was mas
ter Of several Indian dialects and as
sisted in compiling an Indian grammar.
Even until this day he was revered
among the Indians of the west as the.
founder Of the great St. Ignatius MI
sion and. a short. time ago received a
letter from some OF the Indians there
to which he replied. ionally Faith
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BASEBALL.
Result of Games Played I'm Various
Cities ON Thursday.

Result of Games Played in Various
Cities ON Thursday.
National league games on Thursday:
AT Philadelphia - Philadelphia, IL;
Brooklyn, II. At Baltimore-Balti-
more, 6; New York, 3. At St. Louis
St. Louis, 6; Cleveland, 6 (game called
because of darkness). AT Louisville
Louisville, S; Chicago, 4. At Cincinnati
Pittsburgh, 8; Cincinnati, z. At
Observation-Disclosures. s.; Boston, 8.
Western league: At Columbus-Co-
lu1nbus, 2; Grand Rapids, 1. Arkansas
:City-Minneapolis, 6; Kansas City, 4.
At Observation-Disclosures, o; De-
'troit 0 forfeited by decision of umpire
that Detroit was delaying the game).
The season of the Western Baseball
association opened on Thursday.
Games were as follows: At Burlington
Dubuque, s; Burlington, 4. At Des
Moines-Des Moines, 2; Rockford, 2. At
st. Joseph-Cedar Rapids, g.; st. Jo-
Eeph, 2.
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,er Hoecken would drop into re1ninis-
cent mood and tell Of some of his ex-
periences, OF his hunting trips, of the
great buffalo hunts Of early days, but
usually he was very reticent on such
subjects. He was one of the last Of the
early day missionaries and of the heroic
band who left st. Louis with Father
Desmet in 1856. but one is now living,
an aged Jesuit Father at st. Ignatius
Mission. .s...,.s.. = q. .s
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later by Father Lalumiere, formerly OF
Milwaukee. After being transferred
from Cincinnati to St.. Charles, Mo-, and
again to Parsons, Kan; Father Hoecken
finally went to Milwaukee in the year
1886 and was located at st. Calls. Here
he remained until the. old church was
given up for. the Gesu, when he was
transferred to Marquette College. -
Since he was stationed at Marquette:
College Father Hoecken has not been
engaged in active work His.long years
of work among the Indians hadsa strong
influence on his character re loved
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his brother. Father .Hoecken was sta
toned most Of the time among the Flat
heads in Montana and was the founder
of the Missoula Mission. This, today,
is one of the greatest missions in the
west and is still in charge of the Jesuits.
For seventeen years Father Hoecken
was stationed at Missoula, svisiting all
the surrounding tribes. These trips
were made on Indian ponies, ofttimes
lasting six or seven months and were
attended with fearful hardships. The
missionaries living among the Indians,
away from scivilizatto were compelled
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BASEBALL,

Result Of Games Played in Various
Cities Monday.
National league games on Monday
resulted as follows, the first figure in
each instance being the number of runs
scored, the second the base hits, and the
third, the errors:
At Observation-Disclosures, z, 10, i;
Louisville, 4, 4. At Cleveland-Cleve.
land, 8, 10, i; Cincinnati, 2, 8, i. AT
,,Brooklyn-Brooklyn, 8, 10, s; Balti-
more, 3, 7,s (called because of darkness
i'm the 18th inning). At Washington
New York, o; Warrington, 0 Corrected
by Washington delaying game).
Western league: At Minneapolis
Kansas City, 10, 10, 8; Minneapolis, 9.
ii, 4. At ST. Paul-St. Paul, 10, 10, 8;
Milwaukee, 8, s, 8. At Detroit-Indian-
apolis, s, 8, 8; Detroit, 4, 2, 3 (ten in
nings).
Interstate league: At Toledo-To.
'ledo, II, 10, 4; Wheeling, s,9,2. AtDay-
ton-Dayton, z, 9, 2; Mansfield, 2, 4, 8.
At springfeld-Newcastle, 8, 8, 2;
Springfield, 6, 10, 2.
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CLAIMED By DEAT H.
Close Of the Lite Of Albert g.
Porter; Of Indiana.
v. WAS 4 ONCE GOVERNOR OF The STATE,
HaA Been Consressman, Also, ana
Was Minister to Italy-A Br1o1
~. aketch Of His Public and III
80 L. Private CaTeefa ~

Indianapolis, Ind, May ALBERT @.
Porter, ex-governor OF Indiana, and
minister to Italy under Gen. Harrison's
administration, died at his home in thi.
city Monday morning, aged "a years.
Gov. Porter has been confined to his
room almost; constantly for two years.
The immediate cause of his death was
.paresis.
rAlbert q. Porter was q native Indianian,
having been born at Lawrenceburg April
20, 1924. Twelve years later his father
moved to Kentucky and purchased ferry
opposite Lawreneeburg. Young Porter
was placed In charge Of the ferry and given
q percentage Of the receipts. In two years
he had saved enough money to carry out
tered Hanover. Later, through the gen.
erosity Of an uncle. he was enabled to CONF
plete his education at Asbury (now De
Pauw) university. After graduation he
entered upon the study Of law,
but was forced to abandon It for
awhile owing to failing health. In the
interim he acted as private secretary Tor
Gov Whitcomb, but soon returned to his
profession at Lawrenceburg. In 1853 he
was appointed reporter of the supreme
court by Gov. Wright to I'LL q vacancy, and
two years later was elected to the same
position by the democrats. AT the birth OF
the republican party in 1855 he cast his for
tunes with that Organization, and waa
nominated for congress in 1858. Two years
before the district had given q democratic
majority Of 800, but he carried 1t by 1.ooe
plurality. Two years later he was elected
for another term, but after this service de-
elined denomination. Retiring from con:
gress, he resumed the practice Of law Ia
Indianapolis, and for several years was
member Of the firm Of Harrison, Porter &
Fishback, Gen. Harrison being the senior
member. Soon after the election Of Mr..
Hayes as president. Secretary Sherman
called Mr.. Porter to the position Of first
comptroller Of the treasury, which he held
until nominated by the republicans for
governor in 1885, He carried the state by
d larger plurality than President Garfield
received. Retiring from the ONCE in 1884,
he devoted himself to writing history Of
indiana, but in 1889 laid aside this work
to accept the italian mission, remaintns
abroad four years. Upon his return to In
dianapolis he resumed his labor on his
history, but his health was 50 shattered
that he made but little progress with it. and
1T 10 now unfinished
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Cashier I'm Trouble.

st. Louis, May david H. Hays,
for 10 years cashier of the st. Louis
post Office, was arrested Friday, charged
with the embezzlement of $15,009. The
accused waived examination and was
held to the federal grand jury in the
sum Of 5000. The shortage was made
good by c. M. Hays, general manager
Of the Grand Trunk railroad, who came
here several days ago on receiving word
Of his brothers trouble. Despite this,
the Washington officials have sent word
here to begin the prosecution.
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to live like the Indians, using the same
food and wearing the same garb. They
learned the language of the tribes and
Father Hoecken was master of no less
than six Indian dialects. s:: .s,,, :st,,1,
Afterward Father Hoecken worked
for several years among the Indians of
the Usage nation. Immediately after
his return east from the Rockies Father
Hoecken's field Of work was Cincinnati.
There he labored among the negroes of
st. Anne's parish and also served as
chaplain Of the prisons and hospitals, q
position n which. he was succeeded
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IN THE SENATE.
The Free Homestead Bill Meets with
Success.

The Free Homestead Bill Meets with
Success.
Washington, May 5.-The senate on
Tuesday passed the bill to provide free
homes on the public lands for actual
and bona flde settlers known as the free
homestead bill; yeas, AZ; nays, II. The
Morgan Cuban resolution again went
over. The sundry civil bill was consid-
cred, but was not completed. The item
Of s2,3ss,8s3 for continuing the I'M
provement Of the Mississippi river from
the head of the passes to the mouth Of
the Ohio river was amended SO as to
be Immediately available. A further
amendment by Senator Berry (dem..
Ark.), authorizing contracts on all the
contract items for the Mississippi in
the river and harbor bill of last year,
was not agreed to. AT 1910 the SEN
ate went into executive session, and
then adjourned.
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WAR HERO GONE.
Admiral Meade, Retired, Passes Away
at Warrington.

Admiral Meade, Retired, Passes Away.
at Warrington.
Washington, May 5.-Admiral Meade
(retired), United States navy, who has
been ill at Washington for three weeks
past, died at Dr.; Johnston's' private
sanitarium. There were present Drs.
Johnston and Wales, Mrs. Meade and
Miss Patterson, at whose house Admiral
Meade was taken sick with the grip
which was afterward aggravated by
appendicitis. Al! operation had to be
performed, but ffoh it's effects the ad-
;niral failed to ral1y.,'o
The funeral wifi be held at Miss Pat
tcrson's home, 100 Vermont avenue,
and the interment with military honors
will be at Arlingtonf:5 Admiral Meade