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The times., 1898-06-19
WHEEL WHIRRS.

Taylore, the Frenchman, has been matched
against Angus Mcleod the Canadian champion,
for ten-mile paced match at Toronto, On Jun2 %.
Chairman Mott announces the following the
score in the national championships: Gardiner,
"a Cooper, 10; Bald, l3; o, Stevens. 8; Eaton,
0; Tom Butler @; Nertens 8: Bowler. :; McFar-
land, 1; Major Taylor, T. DR.. Brown, 4; Fl. b.
Freeman, 4; Nat Butler, 3; Karl Kaser 3; Bou-
rette, . c. NJ Bly,, 2; H. b. Hills, Jr, /; Mstson
/ Coleman, l.
Pugilist Corbett has, according to a dispatch
from Philadelphia. registered a member OF the
l. 4. W, and VIII shortly contest against Bald
and other cracks. He SAYS he IS as fast as most
of them, and hopes Fitzsmmons viii try his
mettle on the bicycle, if in no other way.
G. A. Biais, who looks after the Butler broth
eTs says Nat and Tom Butler are willing 10 ac-
cept the challenge of Kent and Hensllaw for tan
dem match. They viii ride a mile race at any
track Offering the most liberal purse with
generous side bet They are also willing 10 make
IL best two out OF three mile heats. with the
same conditions in regard to purse and side btt-
Walter C.. Sanger, who Is at Milwaukee. has re-
ceiyed a letter from Dixie Hines relative TO q
pursuit race with Coulter, the unpaced bicycle
Tlder, cf Denver, also paced race with Linton,
OF McDufee. Though SangeTs intended retire
ment was announced some time ago, he announces
a Willingness to meet Coulter. providing a SUIT
able purse Is hung up Sanger Is also willing to
meet Linton OF McDuffee in q ten nfteen-uIlle
paced race, if an arrangement can be arrived at
as to the number OF pacemakers-
W W Hamilton, the Denver rider, promises 10
figure prominently in record events this year.
He has reduced the two-nile unpaced record TO
4:21 2-5.
The Canadian Wheelmen's Association has sls-
pended Fred Loughead the well-knoWn profes-
sicnsl rider, for fifteen days for riding at an IN
sanctioned race meet.
Frank Starbuek is likely to join Dave Shafer's
bicycle racing team. This would give Starbuca
the benefit of a thoroughly organized pacing out
fit, the lack Of which has always been Starbuck' ;
great handicap
The five and twenty iye-raile amateur. the five
and tvo-mile single and two-miie professic nal
tandem championship races Of the National Cy-
clists Union, OF England, viii be held at Nor
wich June 25.
The work OF Champion Eddie Bald 20 far this
season has demonstrated that he IS either going
backward, or the other riders, 10 whom he has
been in the habit OF showing his rear wheel, are
getting better. Those who have lost money this
| faulty riding far wondering if he VIII give
! them chance 10 get even later in the season
When a cyclist finds that his wheel is out Of
! true it is time it was put right. A wheel never
| trues ITSELF but the contrary becomes rapidly
| more and more sprung, until at last the owe
strained spokes begin to break. Long before this
I happens, however, q sensible cycllst viii have
! taken his machine a TeDalTer
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Capital City Athletes.

The matter Of professionalism in college
athletics has long been a theme which
al stated periods (about annually has re-
ceived a good threshing over. and for
time after the separation Of the grain
from the chaff, all is serene. But there is
always an annual crop to be gathered.
and this time IL ripened right after the
intercollegiate track and field champion
ships held last month. This time Har
ward calls the matter up. and is so sure
of its position that il is more than likely
that the big Varsity Athletic Association
will withdraw from the Intercollegiate
Athletic Association.
This action will be taken. if il has not
already occurred. because Of the informa-
ti0n CLEANED that a number of the win
ners at the recent intercollegiate games
were semi mi-pr0fessional athletes. who. it
is alleged. are fine athletes before enter
ing college. and merely attend 20 take
some special course This state of affairs
has for number of years been accepted
as a more or less true one. but no one
college has the nerve TO say so right out
much less TO establish the truth of the
statement. which latter Harvard has not
exactly done but there are many things
in athls.ics which are so because they
are. but no one can say how or why
they are. Harvard never acts hastily in
these matters and she must have good
grounds for the action her athletes are
about TO take The management Of the
intercollegiate Association should take
steps at once to investigate the matter.
BY many it viii be put down as sore
ness on the part OF Harvard AT her fire.
quent defeats in nearly all lines of
athletics, but this viii not be taken seri-
ously, as Il is TOO well known that the
Crimson" has favored college sports on
ly for their development Of real college
athletes and has never stopped to any
questionable methods to gain superiority
in this or that line. II is well-known
fact that a student. in order to gain
seat in this or that crew, or TO gain a
place in this or that football or base
ball team or in whatever line. must win
IL on merit and by good hard rubs and
knocks. No man gains q place there on
influence or on account Of his father 5
money. She depends entirely on the de-
velopment Of her own men. and what
ever showing the Blue makes Is hon
est homemade" and it not bought from
outsiders.
The action taken last week by Harvard
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The Gallant Marine.

(From the Philadelphia Times)
1t has fallen to the Marine Corps TO do
the first land fighting in the war with
Spain, and the gallantry with which they
have taken and held their position on
Guantanamo Bay shows what good
fighters these generally ornamental sol
diers are. This is scarcely a new expert
ence II has been not infrequentiy the
fate of small band of marines to be sent
ashore to hold in check hostile popula-
ton, with only the support of their ship
in the harbor. and many times they have
been in sharp actions in which they
always acquitted themselves well. But We
recall no instance of so important and
conspicuous an operation as this at
Guantanamo entrusted TO the marines
alone, and we are glad that they have
had the opportunity 10 show their worth
The marines are a sort of amphibiOuS
corps that are not always rightly esteem
ed in time of peace. The army regards
them as only a part of the decorative
equipment of the navy while the navy
looks on them as landsmen who are of no
use on shipboard. Yet they get around
the world TO posts of danger that the
army cannot reach, and when the occa-
sion comes the blue jackets are always
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glad OF their help. That their most usual
function is 10 make fine appearance on
parade only makes them the truer sol
diers when there is hard work 20 be done.
Another incident TO be noted In this af-
fair at Guantanamo is that the first Of
ficer killed in a land engagement is a So
called non-combatant, the assistant sur
geon of the battalion OF marines. There
probably fgvas no necessity for him 10 ex-
pose himself TO a Spanish shot. He
might have stayed behind and waited for
the wounded to be brought to him. But
It Is characteristic Of the military sur
geon thai he is very likely to be found in
the thick of the fight. and the son of an
officer who fell with Custer would not
be found in the rear. Let the memory OF
Gibbs have a grateful recognition.
The times., 1898-06-19

With the track and field games held on
cursion, the athletic season at Carroll
Institute came to a close. The season has
been a more or less successful one and
the results correspondingIy pleasing to
the management. AS with nearly all
other organizations having athletic de-
partments, there has been an Increase of
membership which kept up an interest
for the usual period.
The basketball team bade fair TO win
the League championship hands down at
the beginning of the season but frequent
changes and all that sort of thing made
the task toward the middle of the sea-
thence on the team never had more than
a lighting chance for the leading honors.
In justice to the team, e players of
have made some effort > give this and
other leading teams nance to play to
a finish the League ynedule, war or no
war. There was ample time before the
soldiers went away TO finish the series.
The bowling team was much disappoint-
ed over its failure to secure the cham
pionship, which at certain periods it had
more than chance to win. But it could
do no better than finish second, and that
a very good second.
On account of the registration rule of
the Amateur Athletic Union, the track
and field games on Monday were not 50
great success as they would have been
if the registered athletes from the c. A.
c. and the Georgetown Varsity could
have competed In each event there
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would have been that much more COM
petition and consequently that much
more interest.
AS the institute desires next season to
make greater efforts in its athletic de-
partment in all lines, it would seem to be
10 it's own interests to join the A. A. u.
and secure it's protection as we'll as
make it possible to secure the co-opera-
ton of other athletes of recognized abi-
ity to make rs meets and competitions
all the more successful 1t is probable that
the athletic committee will take the mat
ter up for action early in the Fall season.
The bicycle races Announced a feat
ure of the excursion games were postpon-
ed on account of failure to secure a sane
ton They will be run off on the track
of Columbia Field early in July.
Georgetown Varsity Athletes
Ere another week has passed away
the Georgetown Varsity students will
have scattered to all the points of the
compass to enjoy the pleasures of a rest
at their respective homes
The athletic features of the varsity
have had competent supervision AZ
more or less success rewarded the ef-
forts of Manager of Track and Field Clai-
bone who worked hard to put his de-
partment on a winning basis but an un-
fortunate off year brought disappoint-
ment With some of the old material to
start with next season and the develop
ment of some new but promising attn
letes and the infusion of more college
spirit, ii is hoped next season to have a
winner all around.
The baseball department under Manager
Norris Head and Capt. Dan Mccarthy
unexpectedly developed great success and
in the latter half of its schedule secur-
ed a leading place among college teams.
1t win start off with great team next
year.
The addition of White to the pitching
staff proved to be a wise move on tbs
part of Capt Mccarthy. He is an all
round ball player.
Following are the scores made oy
Georgetown and opposing teams during
the past season:
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THERE is A CLASS OF PEOPLE

VINO are injured by the use of coffee. Re-
Gently there has been placed In all the
GRAIN-O, made of pure grains, that takes
the place Of coffee. The most delicate
stomach rec elves it without distress, and but
yer one-quarter as much. Children may
drink it With great benefit. l &c and 800
per package. Try 1t. ASK. for GRAIG-O.
The times., 1898-06-19

will probably be followed by similar ac-
tion az other big tyarsities, including
Yale. Before definite action IS taken on
the question of withdrawal and subse-
quent formation of new and smaller as
sociation. the college. in interest, Will
await the result of the investigation
which has been promised.
July Regatta at PhiiadcIphin-
From present indications the July re
gatta. otherwise known as the peoples
regatta, al Philadelphia, will be the largest
in point of number of entries held there
IN recent years. The number of clubs
who signified intention TO send crews is
already large. and the entries 10 not
close until Monday morning. June y, at
II o'clock. Entries should be addressed
to Joseph T. Sill, secretary. No. 400 Wal
nut Street, Philadelphia. The usual fees
must accompany each entry. and fl is
more than probable that entry fees will
be returned TO all crews starting.
The regatta, as already stated in this
column. will be held under the auspices
OF the Schuyikill Navy, and Gordon 5.
Carrigan, commodore, is chairman of the
committee having the affair in charge,
and this is guarante enough that 1t viii
be. as in former years, one of the best
managed OF the season. 10y the way,
Commodore Carrigan, who is well and IA
! vorably known here. where he has Off
! ciated at Potomac River regattas in
very efficient manner, has been selected
/ to referee the big Cornel!-Columbia-
/ Pennsy regatta on Saratoga Lake next
month. This is considered one of the
greatest honors in aquatics and Is quite
! a handsome tribute to the qualifications
/ of Carrigan as a competent official. He
! officlated last month at Annapolis in the
| Pennsy-Annapolis races, and on May 81
acted in similar capacity at the Passaif
River regatta. The prizes this year al
Philadelphia viii be valuable ones. prob.
ably gold stop-watches TO each winner. as
in former years. with handsome silver
trophy cups TO the winning club. The
SharpIess cup is the annual plate for SEN
ior eight-oared shells, and the Downing
cup for senior four-oared Shells and thi:
year Mr.. John Wanamaker has donated
a valuable cup for Junior eights. With
all these inducements is ii any wondeI
that crews from all over the country are
anxious TO row at Philadelphia?
Amateur Athletic Union Games.
The next big event IN which the anna
teur athletic world is interested is tn,
annual track and field meet af the Anna
teur Athletic Union for national cham;
pionships This year the meet will b.
held in the West The first time it wa.
held during the Worlds Fair. and Chi
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F. Kinney, Angola; E. ". Landrey, La
fayette; P. G.. Kerr, Indianapolis. This
committee was assisted by a number of
members of the division in the work
The times., 1898-06-19

Ii is hardly probable that Bernie Wefers,
the King of Sprinters, will return to
the Varsity next season, and the Blue
and Gray will lose one Of the best point
winners it has ever had. II will give
several new sprinters a chance 10 work
themselves into prominence. as their work
will not from the start, be oveTshadowed
by an unbeatable man with worlds rec
ords to give away..r q. P. SCHMIDT.
The times., 1898-06-19
WORK Of PREPARATION
indianapolis Getting Ready for
the Wheelmen.
A LARGE CROWD EXPEt TED

This Government VIII Allow the
Admission of Canadian Wheels,
Free OF Duty. When Accompanied
by OVners-With One Exception,
RaiirOad Fares Have Been Re-
duced.
The National tribune., 1898-03-31

present above portraits of men whose names will
doubt familiar household wo-ds They
officers the Navy who VIII exercise
commands in the impending with Spain
Commodore Howell is marked No. the Illustration
AT the list of Commodores and
squadron which has been watch
with headquarters at sbon Portugal
He taking the battle OF Mobile
his chief work has been IN connection
with Bureau experimenting the manufacture OF
Washington Navy yard He is considered very
with wide experience and cool mead lie mas
about % addition To his shore duty
and the old Advisory Board under whose
ISL He appointed Navy from New York Acting
81 1884, in June 1885, he become Mdship
man; in June 1851 Aidshpman; February 1861.
with which grade he served through the
He reached a Captaincy in March, 1884
No portrait of Rear-Admira Francis NJ. Bunce, at
OF Brooklyn Navyyard where he has had
work in connection with the equipment
icay he Navy, ideal sailor. How
that the OF hostileS he viii he
command of important ship He plenty
the civil and although still apparently
prime will be old enough TO be tired in December
understood that he hopes active futv before that
He Yankee having been appointed to the Navy
from Connecticut in May, 1852 He became Lieutenant in April
Lieutenant commander in January 1863 which rank he
served through the of the Rebellion.
of Commodore Albert Kant,
Newport where the torpedo epencnt staff
operation for He pointed the
Ohio 1856 and the War Of the Rebellion
1861 which rank he held until
Ohio he be expected TO the front when tie
opportunity arises During the War OF the ebeon Commodore
The National tribune., 1898-03-31
GUERRILLA HUNTING.
Troublesome Times in Tennessee Dur
ing the War Period.
BY HENRY RoMEYN, BREvET-MAJoR, o. g. A.
RETIRED.

It is not probable that as much mischief
to the square mile existed in any other por-
ton of this country in 1928 as was TO be
found in the billy country lying north OF
that portion of the course of the Cumber-
land River within the boundaries of Ten
nessee. Perhaps the limits of the region
thus infested might be to some extent ex-
tended for Champ Ferguson operated far
Their east. and his career during the period
mentioned was that of Il fend lncarnate.
He paid the penalty TO be expected for his
crimes. so far as one life would pay tor
scores; but others-i had almost SAID alike
puilty-escaped the hands of justice ard
of the private avenger of blood, and at
least one on whose head, "aiIve or dead
a price was set, and who was Justly charg-
ed with more than one murder, IS not only
alive. hut honored with an office in the
gift of the Chief Magistrate of his State
day.
AT first these men operated, ostensIhly,
i'm favor of the South, and their victims
were Union men born in the vicinity, or
Northern soldiers, who, sick Or exhausted,
fell behind their commands and INTO the
hands of the Cucrrillas.
But later no mans lie was safe 1rcHl
them. if he had any money, good horses,
or one of the gang had any private grudgc
TO satisfy Thus those who at the first
had sheltered the bandits were glod to
have them run down and destroyed.
That the pursuit of them was not
sinecure is proved ty the fact that OF three
Union men employed as citizen scouts
by the District Commander, two lost thelr
lives and the other was so badly wounded
that he was forced TO abandon the duty.
Secret service men" who lived IN the
country. were paid to furnish information;
and it was not at all uncommon Tor the
Sergeant 10 be reused from slJmber at
The National tribune., 1898-03-31
THE GRAND ARMY.
What Veterans Are Doing for the
Good of the Order.

Conlrade Charles II. Morse, OF Carson City
Mich, is a candidate for Department Com
nlander. He saw nearly six years contInu-
Gus service in the field and was finally
discharged in August. 1867. His first serv-
ice was in the I'd Mich. Cav. as Sergeant
and Regimental Commissary from Sep
TENDER, 1861, to August, 1864. He was
then commissioned Captain III the 11dh
u. S. c. T. He was promoted IN January
1866, to Lieutenant-Co Colonel, and before his
discharge was brevetted Colonel. Com
rade Morse has served in both Houses OF
the Michigan Legislature and was State
Labor Commissioner during Gov. RIch's
administration. He is Commander OF
julius T. Barrett Post, 173, which has in
dorsed his candidacy.
NJ S. Pratt a member OF Wood County
Post %, Grand Rapids, Wis, writes THE
Central Wisconsin survivors OF the war OF
1876 desire to say 'Hurrah Tor The
National Tribune and the rcdhOt shot that
it is pouring into the soldier haters and
copperheads' We wonder, if Uncle Sam
calls for volunteers to cuff SPANS ears. no"
many of these copperheads will have bust
ness in Canada The Wood County
soldiers indorse The National Tribune S
open letters to Commissioner ii. c. Evans
as Gospel truth Give him another broad
side, and. as Ethan Allan said, Put your
trust in God, but keep your powder dry.
The National tribune., 1898-03-31

ON his muster-out roll. Attorneys fire.
Guenuy charge a small advance fee for
preparing papers in cases where bounty or
pay or other allowance is claimed, but
which it is likely the official records will
show to have already been paid.
@. j. H.. White Mills. ky.-When medi
cal examination was had some years ago
under a claim for increase on pensiOned
disability, since which time the claim has
lain dormant until lately, when another
medical examination was ordered, the indi-
cations arc that the first medical examna-
ton was favorable and that if the in
crease is granted il will he made to COM
mence from the first examination. If, how
ever. the recent examination should be re-
garded as unfavorable, it is not unlikely
that the first examination will be disre-
garded and the claim rejected.
j. W. N. Salem MaSS.-There has been
no bounty legislation, referring to the late
war. since the act of July 20, 1885, which
had reference TO three-ycarS volunteers
enlisted before July %, 1861.
Y. W.-When an invalid penSioner draw
ing Sc under the general law applied for
pension under the act of June p. 1890,
and at the same time for increase under
the general law on account of pensicned
disability, and was subsequently granted
S12 per month under the act of 1890 from
date of application hereunder his claim
for increase under the general law is of
no avail unless IT should appear mat ne is
entitled to more than S12 on account OF
his general law disability.
A. L. r.. Hood River, Ore.-"May q,
1892 is the date Of the infamous Bennett
decision which il was expected would he
reversed ard overrulcd long ere this, but
under which claims for invalid pension
under the act of June y. 1880 continue to
be rejected in large numbers.
j. NJ r., Springboro, 0hio.-The widow
can complete any pension claim the sol
der left pending at his death. whether he
had been medically examined hereunder
or not. unless il WAS claim for increase
of pension on pensioncd disability.
". J. w, Carcyviile, Tenn, and many
list of questions being sent
by the Commissioner of Pensions to in
valid pensioners and applicants for inva-
lid pension, seeking information about
their wives and families, is intended as a
The National tribune., 1898-03-31
veteraHs Pr4.e.t.

Comrades of the Department of Georgia
write that they find IT more difficult to OBJ
tain recognition FROM the present Commis-
sioner of Pensions fhansany others. The
comrades of Neal DEW Pest, 10, Fitzgerald,
set forth that in a I5imifal court the pre-
sumption is that a fhnanhs innocent until
proved guilty, but in the Pension Bureau
it is assumed that ALI applicants are
frauds until secret service detectives pro-
nounce the cases genuine. In resolutions
recently adopted the Post asks Congress
to investigate the workings OF the Pension
Office and ascertain the cost OF running the
detective department, and the actual num-
Der of attempted frauds found; also, to
what extent the employment of these ex-
aminers binders the granting oil merton
Gus claims. V. +. Dillingham; IS Com
mander and NJ S. Haired Adjutant.
Morgan Post, 15 Department OF Indiana,
Petersburg Ind, cites that whereas Com
missioner Evans has by his rulings and
attacks on pension attorneys shown his
dislike for the "hoys in blue" they be
lieve it the duty of President Mckinley to
remove him from office. Comrades John
NJ White and Marion Jones form the COM
mittee.
Baxter Post, 66, Cleo, o. T., has adopted
demanding of Pension Commits
sioner Evans answers to the questions
asked in an open letter in The National
Tribune of January q. This Post has
of 20. William Walt is Adiu-
tant