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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-15

surely Feu will not send me to prison
for such a triflel / did wrong, / sup
pose, but was reared in Sligo, where
every man, woman and child, magis-
trates and ministers included, drink
potheen. To circumvent the gauger, by
carrying it to a friend, is considered an
act of piety and charity, which no Chris
tian man would refuse TO perform
The British empire will not come TO
an end because half a crown duty has
not been paid on a quart OF good liq-
uor. l will pay the sum three times
over and a fine as we'll. But you have
10 right to send me to jail-at least
in this hole and corner manner. L
demand a public examination and
legal assistance"
The magistrates looked grestly re-
lieved. ''Tell us plainly what you sup
posed was in that bag, said the inquls-
itor mildly.
"a quart of potheen or illicit whisky,
I replied. "And l say again that |
wish his royal highness had some. II
he once tasted it, l am sure he would
never send a subject to jail for making
or carrying or drinking it.
your friends jar Of potheen was a nitro
glycerine bomb, intended 10 have been
flung into the princes carriage by the
Fenian B., alias Sanderson?" asked the
magistrate.
I nearly tainted with horror. And
who is Ellen Magure?" I gasped.
"B.'s wife" said Detective Phallon.
"As dangerous an anarchist as there is in
Europe. She carries the weapons Of the
conspirators and sometimes persuades
young fools. who admire her black eyes,
to help her"
THE serpent" I exclaimed. II viii
give evidence against her with pleasure.
and will go to see her hanged. 1 slept
with that awful thing under my pillow.
It might have blown me TO pieces.
and half Kingstown as Well said
the officer "A fall or even a shake might
have done it. But we have got to catch
Mr. and Mrs. B. yet. l fear they are in
France by this time"
1t appeared that the police. having OBJ
tanned news of the plot in the usual way
through an infoImer-searched the room
in York street shortly after 1 delivered
the internal machine They found the
bomb. but B., alias Sanderson, having
stepped out to a neighboring bar, saw the
officers. OWNED their errand and man
aged to escape.
Neither he nor his wife was captured.
The latter. some years later achieved
an infamous notoriety as 1.-The brave lit
tie woman" who conveyed TO Duoiin the
knives which which the Phoenix park
murders were committed. Her friend t.
whose acquaintance I dropped after these
events. became specially notorious, and l
am not likely to hurriedly forget the
evening l spent with NO 1'-London
Tid-Rits.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-15
'AERIAL EXPRESS
TO KLONDKE.
AsrOnaut Leo teens Has Been En-
gagged By a New York Capitalist
To Deliver Goods-Wm Transport
Food and Clothes-In Balloon
Containing 1875, 900 Cubic Feet
of Gas He Will Travel from Chill
cat to Klondike-A Cargo Weigh
ing 700 Pounds.

The last OF this month. or the hrst OF
next. I expect to so to Klondike in bal
loon.
While the steamships are overcrowdeo
and the cars packed 20 sufoca'ion'
shall be where there Is plenty Of air TO
breathe and where I shall not De
cramped for elbow room, shall be
soaring TO the gold fields. thousands OF
feet above the rest OF the goIdWard-
bound travellers!
The terms Of my trip are these: A
syndicate Of Fulton street business mon.
headed by n. Miller. a business man OF
New York City. proposes 20 ship pro-
visions 10 Klondike, and / agree TO
transport them there for him. / agree
10 get them there BY balloon IN three
DAYS. while ne. journeylns BY sail. takes
three weeks or three months 20 make
the same trip. I am 90 go TO Alaska
with my packet and 10 return for an
other. ] am 20 take as many caTgoes as
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-15
time This is nssgzsary for fear Of a re-

time. This is NECESSARY for fear OF a re-
verse current.
CATCHING THE WIND.
We do not expect to make the trip all
IN one htraigkt line. like a rocket shoot
ing from its folder. 1t may take US four
or five days. We may have to cast
anchor and wait another wind. or we
may have to return for more gas, but
this latter case do not think probable.
Our trip would have to be made on a
favorable wind. After settling upon the
IrAnt from which we viii start-the ex-
act spot-we must wait until the wind is
blowing towards the northwest. Then as
soon as we observe the right current we
must make inquiries Of the United States
Weather Bureau upon the probable
strength and durability Of the wind;
then quickly filing the balloon We must
arise and away.
The cost Of the expedition, exclusive Of
the goods, will be something like this;
The wind guys ropes, basket, ballast
bass and hydrogen gas generator Will
cost about $500. The balloon will be
the ordinary one, but would require a
triple coat of gutta-percha. This will
ulsthe II oS lSAl d. d N4 "'4'' 49,
days I Will not lose more than 1000 feet
Of gas. This win leave me plenty for a
descent and plenty in case of accident. IN
striking an adverse wind current.
Tho merchandise IS. I understand. 10
be purchased in New York City and
shipped across to san Francisco. Mr.
Miner. however. being a business man.
may conclude 20 purchase further West.
and not SO very far from the point Of
starting. He VIII buy the goods and
ship them TO our balloon shanty.' which
VIII DO "a SINAI. house erected for
the starting OF he balloon and the max
ing OF the preparations. and will come
himself % the spot TO see US off.
The goods will be done up in square
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-13
TALK OF THE OARSMEN,
Contestants at Henley Discuss Their
Respective Chances.

contestants mt Henley DISCUSS Their
Respective Chances.
HENLEY ON-THAMES. July 13.-Any-
thing like forecast Of the winners during
the three days racing which begins to-
morrow would be exceedingly difficult, for
the races are the most open in the matter
of entries that have Leen planned here for
years.
Professional oarsInen, however, are firm
believers that DR.. w. S. Mcdowell of the
Delaware Boat Club of Chicago Is a very
dangerous competitor. He Is very much
altered in form for the better, Is somewhat
lighter, and will row at one hundred and
sixty-six pounds.
DIR. Mcdowell said this morning: II am
very well; in fact, never felt better in my
life. I am confident that 1 gave away last
years race with Beaumont. l do not be-
iieve he will ever reach the finals; but IL
meet him l certainly expect to defeat him.
Some of the sporting critics pretend not
to like my form, but. they must admit that
the boat travels. Personally, 1 think the
Winnipegs will win in the Stewards Chal-
lense cup race, and l expect to see New
College defeat I.eander. Whatever hap
pens. 1 do not thing the Dutchmen will
win
L. A. Guinness of the Thames Rowing
Club. who meets Mcdowell in the first
round. said this morning: Il think Nc
Dowell is in much better form than in 1896
but l mean to give him a hard row."
Z. III. Ten Eyck of the Wachusett Boat
Club OF Worcester, Mass. who rows at one
hundred and sixty-two pounds. has many
admirers. Mr.. Lehman is among the most
ardent, predicting that he will be great
oarSman.
Mr.. Ten Eyck said today: IT am in ex-
cehent condition, and like my boat i'm
mensely."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-13

mond hit filed the bags. oBrien drove
two men home. Davis let Killens assist
OF MERGERS grounder fall from his fingers.
An out. Selbach's single helped along the
fourth and fifth runs, these tallies really
deciding the game.
The Senators had made four errors at
the finish of the sixth and but ten base
nits were on the scorers book. AS a re-
suit. Hastings, the easy-money pitcher,
was facing the Wagnerian combine when
the sides went out for the seventh inning
He began by speeding in the ball with
might and main. He held scoring down
for one inning.
Jacky Brodie saw Smith steal second in
the sixth and imagined that he could do
tie same. The ball was waiting oil him
when he arrived. Then he jawed himself.
For luck the Senators put up two more
in the eighth. They had no sympathy for
the Pirates, but then that's base ball
OBrien doubled. but was cut at third On
MERGERS tap. Sugden ended Winnies steal
and Brown walked. Sci. got onto the ball
for 'feirsocker' and sprinted round the
rners.
Pittsburg made one on Hastings prone
made and Leany's triple.
Lyons muffed throw on Dement'S tap, a
steal, Farrells walk, fuckers sacrifice and
Reilly's crash yielded two in the ninth.
The Pirates were easy, and when the Pitts
J. Earle Wagner and his gate tenders hold
ing q jollifca ton as they did on the same
spot over six weeks ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-13
Paid $4,000 for a Husband.

From the Louisville Post.
Mrs. Julia Irwin, aged fifty-two years.
and whose fortune is estimated at S'o00cV.
last week gave Will Botto. aged twenty-one
years, So 900 to marry her, and he is now
on his way to New York on bridal trip
by himself He left his bride in this city,
and she Sc a1ned well content, giving MIN
$1,000 in cash for incidental expenses. Mrs
Irwin met Botto four years ago. At thai
time her only son, Guy, became of age and
inherited $4,000 from the estate of hi:
father The boy bought string of horses
and took young Botto on a trip to New
Orleans with him. They had a gay time
and il resulted in the death of young IRWIN
from paresis. His remains were sent home
in n silver casket that cost si.oo. Inc
mother OF young Irwin was with them OF
the trip, and she and Botto became las
friends. The mother fell very much IN love
with him, but he loved a Cincinnati girl
and secretly married her. Mrs. Irwin gol
angry with him about this and secretly ne
secured divorce and last weeks marriage
followed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-13
TRACk-LaYING THIS YEAR.
Ii Has Been the Smallest I'm Recent
Times.


From the Railway Age
Railroad building has proceeded slowly in
the United States this year. has been
the case every year since the panic Of lSEs.
and the end of the first six months of 1851
finds only CD miles of new track laid upon
fifty-iive lines in twenty-three of the fcrty-
nine states and territories. This is iia less
than in the corresponding half of 1895 nine
teen less than in that of 1880, and about
100 mere than in the first half of 1884.
The number of states in which track has
gone down is less than in any previous
year for two decades, and the number of
lines is also less than in any of those years.
except 1884 Construction is i'm progress on
very many lines upon which track-laying
has not yet begun. and IL the financial sit
Jation continues to improve il is quite pos
sible that 1887 may show more track laid
than ia either Of the three preceding years
Our present estimate. however, is that the
Few construction of the year will aggre-
gate frci:l .sltb to 2.ut1 miles.
large number of projected and partly
completed enterprises are waiting for the
return of good times. and steady increase
in railroad building is to he expected Cor
some years TO come. until many OF the
newer parts of the country are better sup
piled with facilities fer transportation.
Among the larger lines now under con-
struction are the Kansas City. Pittsburs
and Gulf, on which 100 miles of track have
been laid this year. leaving about 81 mites
sun to be completed 1t is to be rotel that
railroad building was practically suspended
In the New England and middle states
ard that the work was confined chiefly to
the southern states, where the ratio of
area and population to railroad mileage
stlll continues large.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-13
WHO HANGED JEFF DAVIS.
Senator Frye Was Given Interesting
Details and Particulars.


From the Illustra ted American
With his clever gift of putting things, he
Is naturally successful on the stump He
never met his match but once and that
was in the person of Col Frank wolfori,
quaint Kentucky mountaineer, who after
ward came to Congress from an old-fash-
Toned secession district. Other republicans
had heard about Wolford and fought shy
of tackling him. but Frye volunteered to
go down into his district in the next cam
paign. The experiment lasted just one day,
hut Frye described it as appalling as far
it went. The adversaries arranged for a
joint debate before a gathering of lumber
men and moons hiners. and Frye, who was
invited to speak first, drew upon his fund
Of pathetic eloquence to describe the mag
nanimity with which the republicans had
treated the coEfederates after the var.
Wolford followed him with the declaration
that the republicans had no right to talk
about magnanimity when they hung jeff
Davis the day after the surrender
Who hanged jeff Davis?" demanded
Frye.
Grant did," Wolford roared back
IT'S an internal lie" shouted Frye. You
know better than that"
"Oh. do. do II" retorted Wolford.
Here john reckoning to a gaunt, broad
shouldered. heavy-browed bushwhacker
who stood near. You get up on this plat
form and tell the folks what Grant did to
jeff Davis
Up jumped John.
He stringed him up. He didn't give him
no chance to say his pra'rs. l wuz thar
m'Self an I seen it,
The audience looked a little puzzled.
Frye respectable in appearance
and yet here eyewitness ready to
refute him absolutely. Frye simply
struck dumb Not SO the bushwhacker.
'Hif any O. you'uns wants ter 'spute my
statement| he paused, laying mis- hand
significantly on the stock of a huge horse
pistol that stuck from his belr. Nobody
seemed anxious to discuss the matter.
You seen Jeff Davis hang" asked Wei
see?"
II seen him buried answered. John: and
then, without twitching a musclc: Il WIZ
one of the pailbearers.
Frye was offe ed another chance to
speak, but politely excused himself As
soon as he could get back 10 the railroad
station he took train for home.
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j. ii. Newman
There are but seven notes in the scale;
make them fourteen, yet what slender
outfit for so vast an erterprisei waat
science brings SO much out of so little? out
of what poor elements does some great
master in it create his new world, Shall
say that all this eXuberant inventive
Tess is mere ingenuity or trick OF art like
some game of fashion of the day. with
out reality, without meaning? . Is 1T
possible II at that inexbaustible evolution
simple. so intricate yet so regulated, so
various vet so majestic. should be a mere
sound, which is gone and rerishes? Can
il be that those mysterious STRINGS OF the
heart. and keen emotions, and strange
yearnings after We know not what. and
awful Impressions from know not
whence. should be wrought in us by what
is unsubstantial, and comes and goes. and
begins and ends in itself? 1t is not so: ii
cannot he. No; they have escaped from
some higher sphere; they are the outpour-
ings of eternal harmony in the medium or
created sound; they are echoes from our
home; they are the voices Of angels. or
the magnficat Of saints. or the living laws
of divine governaGcc. or the divine attri-
buteS; some II ing they besides Them
selves, which we cannot compass. which We
cannot utter, though mortal man. and he
perhaps not otherwise distinguished apove
his fellows has the gift of eliciting them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-13
THE GREAT LAKES.
Natural and Artificial Causes Affect
ing Those Bodies Of Water.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Reports from the great fresh water lakes
are to the effect that their level is much
above what it wss last year at this sea-
son. Fishermen on Lake Ontario. for in
stance, claim that the water of that lake
is eighteen inches higher than it was in
May. 1896. and three feet above the level
of last summer. This increased volume of
water is doubtless due to the melting of
the great body of snow which fell last
winter on the drainage area of these bas-
ms and to the abundant rains of the
spring. The same heavy precipitation
elsewhere has caused the greatest flood in
the Mississippi river that this generation
has known.
Two years ago. i'm 1895. the level of the
lakes was extraordinarily low. and much
apprehension was felt lest a permanent
change had taken place and that hereafter
a lower level of water would be the rule.
This condition, however. was easily at
tributable to the dryncss of the season. a
much smaller quantity Of water having
fallen over the drainage area than the
average. The level of the lakes is known
to cscillate from year to year. but there is
no trustworthy data on which to base cal
culation in the matter. The conditions are
constantly changing also. A larger area
of land is being brought under cultivation.
which absorbs more rainfall and conse-
quently less runs off into the creeks and
streams Wnicn nelD 10 iced the lakes More
forests are also being cut down. and
larger surface exposed to evaporation from
the sun.
The meteorological cause for changing
lake levels and the causes which come
from an Increasing population will doubt
less continue and cannot probably be con-
trolled. But there artificial causes
which are likely to influence lake levels Sc
riously unless care is taken to regulate
and check them. Among these causes are
the Chicago drainage canal. the project for
cutting a ship canal between Lakes Erie
and ST. Clair. and the plan of cutting
fourteen-foot channel throughout the whole
length of the St. Lawrence river. There
are other schemes. but these are the most
important. The Chicago drainage canal
will. as soon as finished. take 2nJ.oo0 Gu
bic feet OF water per minute from Lake
Michigan, and ultimately double that
amount. The ship canal between Lakes St.
Clair and Erie. as projected. will be TWEEN
ty-one feet deep and seventy-two feet wide
at the bottom, and to supply it will require
an additional drainage of water from
Lakes Huron and Michigan, and consc-
quently from Lake Superior The enlarge
ment of the Welland canal has already had
some effect in lowering the levels of Lake
Erie, and if the channel of the St. Law
renee river is deepened SO as to admit
larger steamers and more of them to the
lake trade, an increased demand will be
made for water from the lakes and a
further decline in both Lakes Erie and On
tario Is probable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-13

From the Auburn Advertiser.
A good story is told of one Of the numer-
Gus bridegrooms of yesterday, whose ner-
vousness in the face of the approaching
event was so great that just before the
ceremony he Inadvertently donned two
boiled shirts. When he came to pack his
travelling bag, he discovered the loss of a
shirt, and an anxious search was instituted
for the missing garment. The most thor
ough inspection of the apartment was
made, but 1t was futile, and the BRIDE
groom-eiect cast reproachful glances at his
best man. who had assisted in the arrange
ments. Finally it occurred to the perspir-
ing bridegroom that ne was uncomfortaby
hot. and, in a moment of mental reaction
he argued that, perhaps, it was due to too
much clothing. Investigation proved the
soundnesS of his theory, and a quick shift
of attire was made. The waiting company
wondered at the flush in the bridegroom s
cheeks as he entered the parlors, but it was
all explained later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-13
NOW FOR ROYAL HENLEY.
EnElnnd's Big Aquatic Event of tn
Year Opens Tomorrow.

From the New York Sum-
International rowing will be the order for
the next three days, and all eyes will be
focusssed on historic Henley. The British
aquatic Derby is becoming an event of
increasing interest to Americans. owing to
the development Of the rowing situation
within the past three years. The success
sfve attempts Of Cornell and Yale to win
honors at Englands great rowing reunion
have attracted universal attention, and.
although neither college Is represented this
time, the continent survives. inasmuch as
this continent plays a triple hand. repre-
scented by the Winnipeg crew, DIR. Mcdowell
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-13
Notes.

That story about McAleer becoming a
Senator is turned down by the Washington
club owner. I'VE don't want him. said he.
THE Washington club needs a couple of
strong hitters, but they are hard to find.
McAleer is a clever fielder. We have lots
of them, however"
as AL. Wagner of the Toronto. Ont.
club, with your? was asked of the Sena-
tors vice president. The query caused the
Washington boomer to jump up and say.
What have 1 got to do with the Toronto
club? The Washington farm? Not bit of
it. The only thing in that story is that
Arthur Irwin and myself have an agree
nient that | get all the good players that
Toronto turns out" The Toronto club just
row. is the cause of lots of rowing in the
Eastern League. The league prohibits
farm clubs, and the Syracuse team, in the
belief that the Toronto team is a summer
home of the Washngtons, has protested a
series of three games recently played.
j. Earle Wagner says they are scoring
everything base hits over the circuit. Chi
cage gave the Washir gtcns four errors one
day, and Wagner counted twelve. At Cleve-
land yesterday Abbey muffed a line fly
right at him. 1t was called a base hit
Acceptance would have retired the side and
saved a bunch of runs.
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Earned runs-Louisvie. s; Philadelphia, G. First
Louisville. I; Philadelphia. s. First base on
hniis.oT Hill, >; Off Taylor. 2. Struck out-By
HiH, 2; by Taylor, 8. Home runs-Aictreery 81, Me
Fariand. /, Three base hits Wilson, Delehanty
Iwobise hits Dowd- Sacrifice hits McCreery
iiock Stolen bases-Dextcr, Hook. Tme-2.2l
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Phillies Were Easy.

The Louisvilles outbatted and outfielded
the Phillies yesterday at Louisville, and
won easily by the scorce of 10 to Z. The
feature of the game was McCreery's bat
ting, the little right fielder getting three
home runs out of four times at the bat.
Dexter was hurt and had to be relieved
IDITISVJIIE PHI anEJ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-13
Pace Too Hot for St. Louis,

For seven innings the game at st. Louis
yesterday was close, but then the BaIti-
mores batted out the game, making six
runs in the last two innings and winning
from the st. Louis by the score of 8 to s.
Stencil made two doubles and a home
run.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-13
HIT KILLEN OFTEN
Senators Defeated the Pirates With
Ease.
JEERS FROM TEE PIF7SBURG ''FANS'
Outlook for the Boat Races at
Henley.
CURRENT NOTES OF SPORT


Washington at Pittsburg-Clear.
Baltimore at st. LGuiS-Clear.
Boston at Cleveland-Clear
New York at Cincinnati-Clear.
Brooklyn at ChicaCo-Ciear.
Philadelphia at Louisville-Clear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-13
BosfOns Won at Cleveland.

The Bostons won the first game of the
series at Cleveland yesterday, defeating
the Spiders by a score of s to =. Socka-
lexis was put back in the game too soon,
his damaged foot still troubling him. and
a result his errors lost the game Mich
OILS pitched a good game. holding the Spi-
ders down to seven hits.
GLE, BOSTON
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-13
WASHINGTON,

Earntd runs- P1ttshnrg, I: Washington. 4. TWO
base hits-Smith. Wrig.ey. Denont. O'Bricn. Three
base hits-Lrahy D,.Aiont. Home run-Selbach.
Sacrifice hit-Tucker. Stolen beses-Seibach De-
Mont. Double plav-Farren and DeMont. First
balls or kll,n. l: on Hastings, l. Off Mercer. 6.
Struck out-By Klen. l: by Mercer l. Wild pitch
Hastings. Left Oh bases-Pittsburg. II: Washing
ten, s. First base errorS-Fit tsburg, 1: Washing
ton, .. Time-2.05. Umprc-Emslie.
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; Giants also had slightly the better of the
| in 6el6
NEW YORK.
Totals. SIZE 2 Totals

sBatted for Rhines in ninth inning
fBeckley out, running out of base line.
Cincinnati. ............. 2 0 0 0 2-5
New York. ............ 3 / 0 1 5 0-S
Earned rnns-CinciBnati. 2; New York, 5. Two
base hits-Corcoran, Beckley, Irwin Rusie Three
base hit-HOmes. Left on bases-Ci Cincinnati. a.;
New York s. Stolen base-Davis. Double plays
First base ON balls-cf Hhines 2: off Rusie. Hit
by pitched ball-Davis, Ternan Struck out-By
Rhines. q by Rusie, g. Time-2 hours. Umpire