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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-14
AMONG THE CYCLERS;
What DevOtees of the Wheel Are Do
+ ing and Saying.

Jimmy Michael has signed to race this sea-
son with the Union team, Of Boston. Michael
Is phenom. and has remarkable record.
Michael, however, Is not ''the only pebble on
the Boston beach" Pop McCune says he has
a dark horse who is world beater. Many
remember the sensation that Pop created
during the season of 1893. when he brought
out an unknown who defeated some of the
best men that have appeared American
cycle tracks. 1t is said that there is a wager
of 81 900 that Pops" dark horse will defeat
Jimmy Michael 1t is stated that the hackers
Of Michael are willing to meet the stake.
California is up in arms against the ruling
of the l.. A. w. declining to recognize sun
day racing Chief Consul r. III. Kerrigon,
of that state. minces no words when speak
ing on the subject. He endeavored to get
President Potter to commit himself without
bitter against the Broadway dandies,'' as
he expressed It, who ran the recent con-
vention to suit themselves. He predicts a big
split in the ranks of the league.
If the statement made by a writer in one
Of the New Orleans papers is true, the rae
ing contingent and cylists generally
throughout the South and West are about to
organize a professional league and cut loose
from the L. A. w. A convention with this OBJ
ject in view is being talked of to meet in
Chicago in two weeks whereabouts. The
purpose of this association is not to overthrow
the league, but to take from it the control
of racing.
1t is said that the action of the L. A. W.
IN refusing TO admit professionals has barred
from the league ranks in Nebraska at least
100 professional riders. The feeling among
the latter class Is said to be very bitter, and
there is no question but that the influence Of
the "pros.' not only in Nebraska. but
throughout the country viii be directed against
the league in every way possible.
Champion Bicycle Rider Eddie C. Bald. for
whom nearly all the leading bicycle manu-
facturers have been angling since the close
of last season, has announced his intention
to ride the same wheel this season last.
His title Of White Flyer will. therefore,
not be changed. Bald will start in a few
days for California or the South.
In discussing the income Of professionals.
Charles Murphy says that leading racing
men can readily earn fSeI 5000 to 5000 a
year, including salaries and prizes. The
average salary paid ranges from 800 to
So COO and expenses for the season OF six
months, while in some cases a crackajack
will receive as high as 5000 to s., 900.
Massachusetts, division, League of Ameri-
can Wheelmen, has reached the coveted
haven, and now carries her membership
roles the names Of 10,250 riders Of the wheel.
1t is a position that she has long endeavored
to secure, and from which crater work
is to be attempted.
Johnny Nilsson is in Milwaukee.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-14
WOOD WON OUT.
PIucky OberIin Boy the Victor I'm the
Cleveland Race.

CLEVELAND. O., March 13-Harry
day bicycle race tonight with ease
Throughout the nine hours riding be-
tween O'Clock this afternoon and II
o'clock tonight he held his lead, the
pace being set by Dench and Schoch
Gimm was so badly hurt in the fall he
received last evening that he was I'M
able to ride any today. Clifford lost a
lap today and Dench gained one Wood
was apparently as fresh when he fin
ished as when he started and he
amused the audience during the last
half-hour of the race by whistling pop
ular airs. The distance covered today
and this evening was 166 miles.
The final score is as follows Wood.
72S miles laps; Schoch, 728 miles; Gift
ford, 727 miles s laps; Ashinger, 726
miles laps; Dench, It's miles 10 laps.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-14
JOHNSON BETTER.
He Expects Soon To Return to HIS
Minneapolis Home.

TORONTO, Ont, March 13-John S.
Johnson, in company with DR.. Camp
bell, of Bradford, Ont, arrived here
yesterday and drove to the residence
of DR.. Strange, where Johnny" under
went a critical examination. The doc
tor says not one man in ten would be
able to stand the siege which Johnson
has gone through and be alive today.
The speedy cyclist has lost twenty
eight pounds weighing now only 40
pounds. Yesterday is the first day
Johnson has been out of bed. He in
tends remaining in Toronto until next
Friday, when he will start for his home
in Minneapolis. After short visit at
home he will proceed to Hot Springs
for a while to build himself up. His
contract to make the racing circuit for
a leading Chicago cycling firm, though
virtually settled. has not been definitely
closed yet. Not until May at least will
the gentleman be able to train, and
then he will essay but light work.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-14
VALE AURORA PARK
BALL GAMES THIS YEAR WILL BE
PLAYED IN THE NEW
1T WILL HAVE OPERA CHAIRS
AND OTHER LUXURIOUS ACCOMMO-
DATIONS NEVER SEEN IN
THESE PARTS.
DETROIT FANS ARE VERY SORE.
They Say the Schedule Is a Discrimj-
nation Against the City of the
Straits.
1T WILL HAVE OPERA CHAIRS
DETROIT FANS ARE VERY SORE.

Aurora park has seen its days of
glory. No more will the shouts of
enthused thousands urge the festive
ball player on to deeds of daring and
of skill.
When the populace Of st. Paul greets
Comiskey's team, April 80. in its game
with the Cowboys, as the Kansas City
ans are Familiarity termed, it will not
be from the old time benches Of the
narrow plat at St Adams street and
Aurora avenue. but from the opera
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-14

Yorkshire), and, in fact, nearly every
0ther breed that has a Minneapolis or
st. Paul representative. Ali owners or
dogs desiring to enter them for the
big bench show should send their adj
dresses to E. D. Brown, secretary of
the Northwestern Kennel club. Minne-
apolis, Mimi.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-14

W. G. Pelot the popular young student OF
cycle racing, who witnessed every national
circuit tournament last season, speaks of the
outlook for the sport this year as follows:
The indications are that the racing season
of 81 will be one of small teams fast racing.
clean work on the part of the riders, and
general revival in racing In all parts Of
the country. From the present appearance
the sport will never get SO strong that it
can. stand9on it's own feet without aid from
the. manufacturers. This was proven by the
cancellation Of dates all along the National
circuit last year, until team was sent out
from Chicago. -.
The morning times., 1897-01-24
HOW SHALL THE NEW TREATY
BE AMENDED?

We are a fearful and wonderful people;
never easy, unless entertaining fad. Our
latest is the arbitration treaty, now in
the hands OF the Senate, a matter evoked
from tie joint sublimated minds of the
Hon I F Bayard, the Rt Hon the Marquis
OF Salisbury. and fulminatedby the English
ambassador and the American Secretary
of State. What this instrument purports
to provide is fairly well known, and there
is no occasion for any elaboration in that
direction. The question OF importance is,
How viii this new scheme for peace and
good viii between the two great families
OF the Angio-SaXon race, if enacted into
force and given vitality, affect Americans?
one hundred years ago Mr.. jefferson
wrote, in relation TO our dealings with
other countries: Peace, commerce and
honest friendship with all nations, en-
tangling alliances with none" We are
told by 50 high and great an authority as
the London Times that substantially this
treaty is one of alliance between the two
great Enelish-spea king nations. There is
a story current among the best informed
members Of the Diplomat tic Corps here that
the Russian Minister, NJ Kotzebuc, was
directed TO ascertain how this treaty was
regarded by Mr Olney, and that his answer
was that it was substantially an alliance
of tie United States with England This
answer has not been denied by the Secre-
tary OF State.
There are many reasons why this country
does net want just such treaty There
is Mr. Jefferson warning, in the first place;
a voice from the mighty past, Of especial
power and force.
Tie eleventh amendment TO the Consti-
tuition of the United States declares that
''the. judicial power of the United States
shall not be construed to extend to any
suit OF law or equity, commenced or prose
cuted against one Of the United States by
citizens OF another State, or by citizens or
subjects Of any foreign state" Article
6 OF Mr.. 0iney's treaty reads: I'm cases
where the question involved is one which
concerns a particular State or Territory
of the United States, it shall be open to
tie President OF the United States TO ap-
point judicial officer OF that State or
Territory to be one Of the arbitrators -
Here, one of the hidden intentions of Eng
land is brought to light Her citizens
hold a large, a very large, sum in
the form OF claims against various States,
Arkansas, and similar claims against
Mississippi This treaty. if ratified, would
allow the court created under it 70 take
OF any state in this onion, a thing our own
The morning times., 1897-01-24
BLESS YOU, MIR. DANA.

Mr.. Dana fof the New York SUM has
been lecturing again, and naturally enough
he has spoken OF Brook Farm; for when
the brilliant, roIlicl.ing editor of the Sun
Is not lecturing on journalism, Brook Farm
is pleasant as well as profitable topic.
Mr. Dana was an uarehist when he was
Brook Farmer, and he used to write apos-
tropics 10 Liberty which have been ac-
counted among the strongest and most
polished Of al his utterances. But that
was nearly fifty years ago; and if it is
correctly 20 be said that Mr. Dana has
lost in freedom in that haIrcentury, it
must, Of course, be admitted that he has
gained in wealth and in conservatism.
However, the case Of Mr.. Dana is a
case where the hats Of all good citizens.
as we'll as Of all journalists who happen
also to be good citizens, may well be
raised respectfully. He hits hard, and
often he is right; and he can coo you
as any sucking doYe. We do not mind
quoting Eugene Field. who loved him, as
we all love Field-and Dana:
But bless you. Mr.. Dana. may you live d
thousan' years,
TO sort keep things lively IN this vale
of human tears,
An may | live q tiiousan', too-a thousan'
less day,
For ! shouldn't I like TO be on earth to hear
you passed away.
The morning times., 1897-01-24

dau vii! be the same as the cabriolet, with
a little difference in the quality of material.
All the trimmings are to he silver. The
vehicles are to he fitted with rubber tires,
all the springs being especially constructed
to make the riding without the suggestion
of jolt.
The harnesses are to bear silver orna-
ments, the bitsand buckles to be OF the same
metal. The windows VIII have pneumatic
rims, to make them air-tight and still easy
to move. The pole sockets are TO be done
in silver, padded and trimmed with rims
like the windows.
It is not known at this time where the
horses VIII he bought, but there VIII be
need for a large addition to the Canton
stable. The stable now Contains one old
white horse, familiar by It's slow Pilgrim
ages from the station to the house in the
Ohio town. Neither the horse nor the old
chaise, with its dusty top, is fit for the use
OF the President, and they viii probably
be left at home. 1t has been customary
for the White House mau to have long
string of horses, and there VIII Certainly
be need for five or six TO so with the new
carriages.
The morning times., 1897-01-24
THE CANDIDACY OF MIR. GATES.


The Times has received the following
communication, and is very glad to give
it a place in its editorial columns:
The Times OF Monday contained an
nouncement Of my candidacy for the re-
cordership. The announcement was given
little sooner than 1 anticipated, but
since it has been made, I hope for its
favorable consideration. 1 think the prop
erty owners and business men of the Dis
trict are interested in the subject and 1
VIII be very glad of their support, be-
lieving that their wish will be respected.
VIII appreciate whatever support re-
ceive from Tie Times and its editor.
Respectfully, O. V. GATES.
The Times is entcrprising, as Mr.. Gates
intimates; and the editor of The Times is
glad that its correspondents should imply
so sincerely that an independent newspa-
per having no axes to grind should be
willing or even eager to come to the sup
port OF his candidacy for the Recordership
of Deeds of the District. The Times goes
further. 1t prints in two adjacent columns
on it's editorial page, or on some other
page, an excellent two-column likeness of
in his buttonhoIe is faithfully reproduced
by the artist.
To treat the candidacy Of Mr.. Gates
with earncstness and with discriminating
and helpful favor, then. The Recorlership
OF Deeds of the District has been con-
sidered hitherto, unless we are mistaken,
an especial perquisite of our colored fellow
citizens. They have been right in SO
The morning times., 1897-01-24
MckINLEY'S NEW CARRIAGES.
The President-EIect Has Ordered
Three From Chicago

President Mckinley Will ride around
Washington IN Carriages built in Chicago.
He has sent SIS 900 10 c. P KinbaH < Co
to pay for this part OF the equipment of the
White House stables.
1t was decided by the Mckinley house
hold that three vehicles would be nee
essary. A cabriolet Will be needed for dry
days and turns along the Avenue, landau
for rain and society trips, and Il hrougham
would carry ali the members OF the family
All are To be made for two horses, and the
instructions to the builders was TO spare
nothing to make them rich-not snowy.
They are 20 outshine the old One-horse
chaise with its two seats. which has car
ried many an aspirant from the station in
Canton to the Mecca since election.
The hrougham will be done in green mo-
rocco and satin. The cabriolet Will be fur
nisheiin grecnmoroceo and cloth. The Ian
The morning times., 1897-01-24

No, don't believe in football at college
L used TO, but L have looked into the
question thoroughly OF late, and when it
comes to 4 member of our senior class
being l1id up for weeks at a time with a
broken ankle, and other students receiving
injuries which more or less interfere with
their work, it seems to me that it is
time 20 draw the line II seems to me
that football is q relic of barbarism, and
so is war. for that matter and / believe
the time VIII come when they VIII both
disappear from the earth.-Frederick W
Fairfield, Dean OF the College Department,
Howard University.
The morning times., 1897-01-24
The Little Cat-scra.ched Hands.


The Little Cat-Sera.ched Hands.
Those little cat-scratched hands 1 chided
are
Today hey ond my reach SO far, SO far;
Those little pudgy fingers, innocent
OF any harm, seemed beckoning as they
went,
And loosed the flowers placed there, as
tho
They d cling to me, and not those buds of
snow.
If here now, and all candy gummed, they'd
be so free
To mark the books I once thought so dear
to me,
Yea! ia give all in this world I possess
To feel once more the soft caress
OF those dear little cat-scratched hands,
That squeeze my heart like iron bands.
Yonder her wee sun-bonnet hangs for
- lorn,
The string ends chewed, the ruffle soiled
and torn;
Pinned on the top droops one red clover
And on the tail, four finger prints In
mud
Made by those little baby hands
That never more can make demands
An. could 1 nest them in my own tonight,
With that wee golden head for my soufs
light,
I'd drift far in the misty realms of sleep
And pray that 1 might never wake to
weep,
For little cat-scratched hands that are
Beyond my reach so far-so far!
Ida Hammond Clark
The morning times., 1897-01-24
WASHINGTON. D. C, JANUARY "a 1897
A WARNING TO BOOK BUYERS.

The Conkey Company, Of Chica go. desires
that it should be known, and it is perfectly
proper that it should be known, that Mr..
Bryan's book, The First Battle is pub
lished only by them Indeed, Mr.. Bryan's
only book is published only 10y them. He
himself writes TO the Conkcy Company that
since other Publishers are endcavortng to
sell books pgrporting to have been written
by him, or prepared under his supervision,
be thinks it only right to say that The
FIRST Battle is his only authorized pubii-
cation He is not connected in any way
.Eith any other book, and is not in any
way interested in the publication or sale
Of any other book.
The morning times., 1897-01-24
Amelie Rives, New Husband.

Amelie Rives' new husband the young
painter prince, is Russian by birth, but
his mother was an American, Miss Wi
mans. of New York. Prince Troubetzkoy
is thirtytwo years old and stands over SIX
feet two. He divides his time between
London. Paris. and New York, and is quite
successful as painter. Gladstone,
Lord Dufferin and George Meredith have
been among his sitters
The morning times., 1897-01-24
Weak on Nomenelature.

Newsboy standing in rront of the Ar
eade a few evenings ago kept up steady
howl OF. Paper, Allabeut Johnnie MaCeo's
death.''
He must have been first cousin to
that other boy who yelled:
.'All about the fight between Corbett
an Fred Simmons. "-CIevefapd Plain
Dealer.
The morning times., 1897-01-24
HURRAH FOR THE GREAT WEST.


The city of Omaha is contemplating the
Trans Mississippi exposition OF 1898, with
the characteristic pluck and energy of
Western city In fact, there is very little
contemplation done in Omaha just now. Its
citizens are raising money ana conducting
correspondence with all the other States
west Of the Mississippi. 1t is estimated
that one and half million dollars will be
contributed from Omaha and Douglas
county before the gates of the big fair are
opened.
The Western States have, until lately,
been absorbed in developing their vast re-
sources fast enough to keep from starving,
or in some cases to make a few car loads Of
money. They have not thought about
having expositons until the great Worlds
Fair and the New orleans and Atlanta Ex-
positions. Then it occurred TO them that
this rich, magnificent, picturesque West
ern country had a great deal to show for
itself, and might as well show it. There
are agricultural States and mining States,
prairies, forests, and deserts in its terri
tory There is an amount of historic in
terest in the story OF its ma akfHg@that has
remained unchronicled simply because those
who knew were too busy acting to spare
the time to write. The fact has followed
the theory so fast in these Western States
that we OF the East cannot realize that
| they We're not always as they are now
busy, populous, powerful.
Nothing will dispel this Illusion faster
than a glance at some old newspaper away
back in the fifties-IesS than half century
ago-in which the Rocky Mountains are
spoken of as an insurmountabIe barrier and
the States of Nebraska. Montana, Wyoming,
and all the others OF the prairie and the des-
ert. as an unknown land. a great deal has
! been done in the West, and in a marvelously
short time. and some OF US here in the East
need an exposition TO make us understand
just how Iargethis countryis. ofcourse, the
Worlds Fair did that in q measure, but
there the foreign and Eastern exhibits had
their part also. II seems probable that tbs e
Trans Mississippi Exposition Will be some,
thing entirely unique-a grand and enlight-
ening success.
The manager of the department of pub
! licity is Mr.. Edward Rosewater Of the Omaha
Bee. Tbereisa statementiu Mr.. Rosewater's
paper which is refreshing. He says: The
! exposition is not a benevolent enterprise
| It is purely 4 business matter, which clear
! headed, progressive business men can
indorSe as safe and sound" He doesn't
pretend that this exposition will not help
the West to recuperate from the long
| period OF business depression. He says it
will advertise the West, and that is what
the West needs. If people are To buy any
thing that is worth the money, it is neces
sary to let them know where it is and what
it is.
AS a bright young Western fellow said
once, in a story written by a brighr
! Western woman, 81 can hrag when it is
necessary. Where would the West be bu
! for bragging?'' In other words, belief IL
ones self is the Indispensable forerunnel
| OF success.
The morning times., 1897-01-24

considering it, They have been loyal to
the Republican party, and here, where
they have always been so numerous and
where they have so long eXenplified the
highest development OF Afro American
citizenship, it has been particularly proper
should be awarded to them. 1t appears
that our celored fellow-citizens are now
remitting in no degree their desire to
secure favors from the incoming Mckinley
administration. They are going after
these favors, in fact, with all the enthu-
sasm and determination of persons in
present emergency there exists; all of the
former reasons why our Afro American
fellow citizens should be fully coHipen-
sated for their unpestioned devotion to
the Republican party. Mr.. MeKinley's
nomination, and equally his election, would
have been impossible without them.
But a fortuitous circumstance here arises
to plague them. Mr.. MeKinley's nomina-
tion was not assisted Onward by the gold
Democrats, IL is true. but the gold Demo-
Gratis did undoubtedly make his election
sure These gold Democrats, one OF whom
Mr. Gates is, which, so TO speak, did not
vote very numerously in the District of
Columbia, but because they reside al the
Capital they represent better than any
other group OF citiZens the body of gold
Democrats who reside elsewhere (the
further away the better for the purposes
of this articlel who did vote for Nc
KinIey and who did bring about his cleo
ton. IL the services Of such men are to
be recognized at all, the recognition OF
Mr. Gates is the properest thing. TO be
sure, our colered fellow-citiZens would then
be brought pointediy to realize that the
deserting representative of so-calicd
party which had not been favorable to
them would secure one OF the highest
posts of honor from an administration
which they, our Afro-American friends,
helped put in power But that would be
another case OF the unfortunate conditions
of war 1t may be an unpleasant spectacle
for the colorcd citizens Of the District to
see q gold Democrat occupying the post
which Hon. Blanche X. Bruce and the late
Frederick Douglass adorned so sgnalIy;
but If it is to be, it is to be.
We call attention again TO our beautiful
picture OF MI Gates, which is printed else
where in this paper, on either the editorial
page or some other page. Observe that
the artist has omitted no detail. There is
the bunch of crimson carnations, which
are not crimson in the reproduction, be
cause The Times doesn't operate any sixty
thousand dollar wallpaper machine with
which to produce any Of its issues. But
tie carnations show up handsome and red
i'll the photograph itself
The morning times., 1897-01-24
Snap Shot Interviews

We are doing fair business, but could
do twice as much without trouble l am
a Mex inley man, but cannot hfp seeing
that if Bryan had been elected these two
months Of stagnatioA would have been
blamed on him. Asit is, whom is a MCKin-
lev man 20 hlame--A. Kaufman Manager
Kann & Sons
The morning times., 1897-01-24

Washington business men are expecting
good times here pretty soon now They
have not come yet | believe that there
has been no Improvement whatever since
Mr. McKinley's election, but after March
4 the reality of the Republican admlnistra-
tiOn viii be here and there will be On
extra session OF Congress TO keep people
in Washington, toO.-W. P. Van wickIe.
Bradbury Piano.
The morning times., 1897-01-24

1t is my opinion that there viii be an
extra session soon after NcKinley's in
auguration, and that a tariff bHl will
be passed without much trouble do not
believe that there VIII be any great Op-
position 10y the silver people. Public senti-
ment viii betoo strong gainst them After
the new tariff bill good times Will come
William Murta gh
The morning times., 1897-01-24
Good wins Opininn of Jones

Senator Jones OF Nevada, says the Salt
Lake Tribune, succeeded hiIuself, which
is of course the appropriate and expected
thing; for while the silver fight is on, it
would be madness TO displaee the original
and most powerful silver champion in the
Senate.