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The National tribune., 1898-07-14
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE: WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY
THE CAROLINE AND LADRONE ISLANDS.

practically Chrstianze and had schools and churches
land marelousy fertile, and under and thoughtful
administration could be made rich and happy
Spain man-owar there in 1897 carrying marines soldiers
convc and took actual possession of the territory Her M
great the natives killed
conyicts The Spanars unboa and soldiers
Manila which put end to all missionary work and to
large number of Christian natives
The Polynesia to the Malay than to the
type They brown and dark brown in color well
built muscular and vigorous.
The the Lones by the Charestons force took place
Guaban, the largest of the Ladrones
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The Iarone and Caroline Islands form large archipelago 900
the widest part and 800 miles long They
discovered Magellan 1921 Spanish missionaries and
there toward the end of heSext century.
At the Caroines applied to the group
and Ladrones smaller
roughly Some of the islands of volcanic
origin.
Spanish domination the native population decreased and
that both the church and state withdrew their
and left the inhabitants to themselves.
American missionaries tried to cvize and
Clnsanize islanders In 1885, 30 SO of the islands
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Depend Upon Patients.
fOnkers Statesman.
Bills your neighborhood a quiet one
Jiil-No; cant say that it is. There are
three painless dentists on our block.
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A Wrathful Veteran.

CHARLES BANKS, Co. H, LIST Ohio,
Seabrook, Kan.
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do not speak Of what ia there

ing and exhausted. Wells quickly gave
him stimuant; then he and Whitaker
affixed their names as witnesses. a mo-
mcnt later, while The surgeon remained
with his paticrit, the two young officers
clasped hands outside.
you're weak as child yet, Randy.
What is it, old boy?"
my God! / can't afford to be weak
now" was the fierce answer. Eve get
to act--to do as never did before. How
long should it take our bes,. rider, our
lightest rider. to reach the railway?
Telegrams must go east at once"
'If he take the back trail-the one
you came in by from Sedgwick-fiye
days and nights, least count. If he go
around by the cantonment for fresh
horses, perhaps Sc, en-"
MY God! my God!" cried Merriam.
"Eyen Two days may be too long.
You're in, command, Billy. l can give
no orders, but that courier must start
before moonrise tonight. Don't ask
me TO tell you why
And within the hour. within sealed
packet addressed TO Capt. Lawrence
Hayne, --th infantry. Fort Scdgvick, =
slim little Irish trooper was loping. all
alone, jauntily back toward The valley
of the Bravo, smaclsing his lire in Gntiei-
patton of the good liquor awaiting hiIr
Mt Santa Fe Junction the moment his
duty was done. Five days and nightT
had he before him of lonely rice
through a desolate, almost desert lnnd.
stopping only when necessary TO feed
and water and rub down his horse.
build his little fire and cock his slab
of bacon and brew the battered pct of
coffee. and snatch such sleep under he
stars as was possible. Drawing Indians
rnttlesnalses or mountain lions without
tremor, for the sake of an IrishmaI's
pride in his troop. his love of dangerous
duty and his full assurance Of good
time at the journeys end.
Another day and rude grave was
dug in the canyon. and the doctor read
the simple service of the church over
the shrouded form of the young pros
pector; and then, against that dcctcr's
wishes, but not without his reluctan.
consent, Lieut.. Merriam. with an escort
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fires Of fhe it;lc camp. Wchs made
prompt examination of the wounded
inan, and came oct from the rude shell
ter under which he lay, glanced ut
Whitaker aud shook his head. Pres
entity, with ta.cd look on his face,
Merriam renppcarcd. ''Bilie.r said he,
stand here and see that there are no
cavcsdroppers. know some of this
poor fellows people, and he has mes
sagcs to send The TWO O., three hang
ers-on took the hint and sluuched away.
Il may need YOU to witness HIS state
,ucnt later he whispered. Come in
if | call, but let no ono else hear us
For half an hour the lcw ,nurmur of
voices came from within the shack" as
darkness settled down upon the scene.
Then both Wells and Whitaker were
summoned, and by the dim light of n
camp lantern they iSnelt beside the pal
let of the dying man. "You know both
these gentlemen, by reputation. ut
least said Merriam, gently. though his
eyes were cleaning. his lips quivcring,
and his hands trembling with some
strong and strange emotion. In their
presence | desire yon TO read over this
statement that ! have written from
your dictation. If it's entirely right,
say so, sign it, and they viii
your signature, but will have nok
edge Of its contents.'
For few minutes hardly a sound
save the deep breathing OF three power
ful, soldierly men and the feeble gasp
ing of the sufferer broke the stiffness
of the rude shelter. The wounded man
lay propped on Merriam shoulder, but.
through weakness from his Ions iliness
and the mental excitement Of the mo
ment, the latter's trembling grew 50
marked that Whitaker quicllly clipped
his left rrm under the dropping head
aud drew his friend away. McI.ane
seemed to gain strength from The vigol
of this new support though he could Dc
no more than whisper thanks. Present
ly he heclioned 10 Merriam and PORTED
10 n line ON The page.
u said she was over a." he begaa,
then Merriam's hand was slipped over
his mouth.
"fll make any corrections you wish.
but do not speak Of what is there" SAT-
he, ard with his fountain pen he erased
word aud wrote another. Their, tt
sufferer nodded "If5s all right now"
he whirrered, and, titlsing the pen, wa;
lifted 70 hnlf-sitting posture ans
fecbly, scratchily wrote MS follows
John Harold McLare, Jr, aged IS
born juno l. 1867, Sacramento, Ca
Died June -. 1892. Mesca,ero mour
tans, N. NJ Then, dropping the pen
he fell back to his rude pillow, pant
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CHAPTER ".

Strange TO say, the journey back to
the Mescalero seemed to benefit rather
than injure Merriam. The doctor vain
ly endcavorcd TO restrain him-to in
duce him to shorten the long days
marches, but Merriam declared he was
never SO well as when in the saddle, and
that nothing wearied him so much as
waiting. If anything, he seemed less
jadcd than his physician when, on the
third day, they reached the bivouac of
the little command, and Billy Whit
taker welcomed them to q supper of
bacon and friiolcs, and calmed Aier-
riams fcyerish imPatience by the news
that the civilian who had so desired to
see him was still alive, conscious, but
sinking rather than gaining. The min
ers' camp was n mile away The dead
had been buried, and the feud dropped
with the brief prayers with which the
bullet-riddlod body was consigned to
earth. Wells first duty lay with the
two troopers, who were in bitter Plight.
and no morsel of food passed his lips
until he had ministercd TO them. Then
Merriam Ind to wait until he had swal-
lowed some coffee, and Then, taking
Whitaker with them, they rode for
ward to q branch of the canyon, where
at nightfall they came in view of the
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TO BE cos11QNn
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-10
BgNW0on.
Breezy News Items Gathered In tho Bnsy
Marshall County Town,

Breezy News Items Gathered In tho Bn.y
Marshall County IOWA.
Assessor Samuel Blake has beer ap-
pointed a special sanitary detective, TO
inspect the city and report all places In
an %unsanitary condition. This Is In line
with the recent recommendation OF the
health committee. The inspection Is
supposed to take four weeks annually.
I. ". Thompson and c. F. Giesey. of
Dillonvale, were in town yesterday, call
Ing on Druggist W. C. Burris, They
have accepted positions with the Metro
politan Insurance Company.
Mrs. Greenwood and Mrs. Harry
Stewart are fixing up their houses on
the camp grounds. Several others are.
doing likewise and the exodus will short
ly begin.
An extractor broke at the lower steel
works yesterday. throwing the men Idle
for several hours. There are no pros
poets yet for the resumption OF the pud-
dlers.
Outside of Johnny Sllptner, not much
has been heard from the Benwood re-
cruits Mt Camp Lee. other than that they
are holding their own with the rest OF
them.
In yesterday mornings police court s25
and costs were taxed on an individual
who used abusive and profane language
to Mrs. Lake.
Tickets are out for the Central school
annual entertainment, May 20 AT the
NJ. q. church.
Bcnwood will have n circus at its own
front door next Saturday.
The city hall will be repapered and I'M
proved generally.
Council meets in regular session this
evening. 4a4
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MouNDsVLLE
Aafiscelianeous MeIango of Minor Mat
tiers from Mnrsiinila Metropolis.

hnIisceiInneous Mcinngo of Minor Mat
tiers from Mnrshnil'a Metropolis.
The Epworth League will give an ex-
cellent concert at the school hall Thurs
day night. Mrs. ]. B. Alexander, the
only harp player in Marshall county.
will play several selections on the harp,
and the entertainment promises to be
one Of the best Of the season.
Lot Conant, Charles Scroggins and
Charles Dunlap. the only boys from
Moundsvi!le belonging to Company NJ
WHO failed to pass the examination, re-
turned to the city yesterday afternoon.
They were very much disappointed
Prof. L. c. Woollery, OF the state
university, stopped OF in the city Sun
day evening on his way to New Mar
~tinsville to deliver an address to the
graduating class Of the high school.
Prof. C. E. Carrigan, principal of the
Benwood schools. will recite several Sc
lectionS at the league entertainment at
the school hall Thursday night.
The gymnasium class Of the Y. NJ. C..
A. of Wheeling will give an entertain.
ment at the school hall tonight.
Mr.. John Parsons is visiting his
brother, Prosecuting Attorney T. j,
Parsons, Of Tomlinson avenue.
Prosecuting Attorney Robinson, OF
New M~artlnsville. was q visitor In this
city Sunday.
Mr.. John N. Bonar, OF Bowman's
Ridge, was calling on friends in the city
yesterday.
Harry Carpenter has returned from
Darlington, where he visited his sister.
c. r. knight. n guard at the prison.
is visiting his family at Keyser.
Mr.. Fred Dorsey. OF Powhatan, was
q caller in the city yesterday.
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BrLlAlRBr
All sor. OF Local New. ana Gossip prom

AL soris OF Local News ani Gossip From
the Gia,s city.
The schools Of this city contributed
$50 towards tho b~attleship American
Boy to take the place OF the Maine.
The battle cry, cRemember the Maine"
Is caught up by the children as well as
the warriors md some OF the wee tots,
scarcely able TO nrticulatej plainly as a
rule. a make vigorous use OF the
words. The enthusiasm OF the older
ones possesses the children and they
swell the grand chorus. May the
American Boy" Hive forever.
There VIII be a. reunion OF the vet
eran employees OF the Pennsylvania
Rallroad Company at Pittsburgh to-
day. Messrs. Mord Nelson, Frank Rob-
irson, j. A.. Greenfield and G.. c. Kelly,
Of this city, will 60 up to Join the old
time boys In their festivities.
Davis & Archer secured two street
paving contracts in Indiana last week.
This firm seems TO have lots Of work
on hands this season, and has q water
works at Caldwell and the pike at Sis
tersville now under way.
The twenty-thIrd annual meeting of
the Woman's Foreign Missionary Soct-
ETY. will begin in the Presbyterian
church at Bridgeport to-day and con-
tinue 10. morrow. Its membership en-
braces all OF the st. Clairsville presby-
terry.
Moses T. Walker, postal clerk on the
Cleveland & Pittsburgh railroad, Is off
duty as a mail agent this week to Join
the ranks Of the Benedicts. He will be
married on Wednesday. +. II. Free Ii
running in his place.
The finance committee OF the city
council met last night to consider the
levy for the ensuing year. They will
not Increase taxes any this year. nor IL
1t likely any Of the local boards will.
Miss Emma Cartwright will conduct
services at the South Bellaire NJ. E.
church each evening this week. These
evangelistlc meetings for q week past
have been we'll attended.
Capt. John r. Lane and wife went to
Pittsburgh yesterday, where Mrs. Lane
will visit relatives while the captain
looks after Baltimore G. Ohio passenger
business.
John A. Warner, Of Cleveland, who Is
inspecting some Of the Communicates,
knights Templar, IN Ohio, is spending
q day or two In this city.
The uniformed rank OF the knights OF
Pythias will give q short parade this
evening in full dress.
The city council and the city board
OF education will hold regular sessions
this evening.
Mrs. C. T. Yahrling died at her home,
on Gravel hill and Will be buried this
afternoon.
There are twelve divorce cases set for
hearing in the common pleas court next
Saturday.
There was q dance at Turner hall
last night and they all had a good time.
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Mozart park People who have claim.
Cd that bowling was dead In Wheeling
were given the lie direct. as there has
never been 80 much Interest eylnced as
at prepent. All the teams conteesing
the first night arranged demonstrations
that were decidedly new 10 this city.
The Old Cronies wagon procession at
trueted much attention. In tho lead
were Messrs. Atber md Wagner bear
ms torches OF red fire. behind them
came the mascot OF the club, Louis Won
Kline, bearing d transparency on,
which was inscribed trite Bayiilgs and
mottos. The public at large was In
formed by the transparency that the
Old cronies used t~wenty.eight inch
balls. In a large wagon drawn by four
horses the balance Of the team rode.
Nearly every one had q fox horn and
plenty OF red fire. Successful In their
celebration, the Old Cronies did not
bowl 30 well. as the Argonauts "trun
'em down" twice In three games. but
this cut no figure with them, for they
are In the hunt for fun and nothing else.
But there were others. The All
Alike and &C. C.. had a trolly party,
before their games, and 1t was 'some
pumpkins too. The two teams. after
leaving the car. marched TO the park,
led by their respective captains and u
little German band, They made q very
pretty appearance marching UP to tho
bowling alley buildings, and after get
ting there demonstrated that they knew
something about playing ten pins.
Wednesday night what hre probably
the best teams In the league anne to.
gether. The Bowlers and sigsbee. The
Bowiers proved to be the better gun
ners that night at least, and twice did
Sigsbee's flag 30 down. The P%ur!tans,
ever strong In all things, did. not fear
the Tidal Waves. and stood Hike a rock
against them. The famous Cabs, had
the honor Of winning q perfect string
from the All-Americans. The Ftzhugh
Lees gave the N. E. L. L A. A.. their
"bumps," despite the efforts OF Capt.
shafer, Lieut.. He'll and their braves.
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MARTINS FERRY.
Flaps and Mlshnps In tho Thriving City
sfHM L,E-eHu Arros. d.. D .r

Flaps and Mishnps In the Thriving City
Across the River.
The man who visited Martins Ferry
about " years ago and passed forged
checks on a number OF merchants. Is
about again and roped In another mer-
chant q few days ago. A bank cashier
in his city says the writing Is similar
TO that OF the n here before, and
thinks he is the same man. /:
A dispatch received here yesterday
morning from the Odd Fellows lodge Of
Denver, Col. to Thee. Snodgrass, eecre-
tary of the lodge here, announces thai
John Crooks is there very Ill. He has
been taken to the hospital.
A letter received here yesterday from
Howard Smith. who Is Mt Camp Lee,
says ne likes his new occupation very
much, and has not regretted that he en-
listed.
The township school board met yes
terday afternoon and decided to build a
new school house IN District No. u. at
Deep Run.
Fred Updegraff. Mrs. Eva Bracken,
Mrs. Laura Hope and Mrs. William
White, OF PIT. Pleasant, were in town
yesterday.
The engine at tho new LaughlIn tin
mill was started yesterday. II was a
trial u and everything worked salts
factorlly.
The brasses were broken on mill No, IL
at the Aetna Standard yesterday morn
Ing, laying off tho second turn.
Mrs. Myrtle DUNCAN and A. Humphre-
Vile, are the guests Of their brother,
Harry. on Fifth street.
Mrs. Ottle, OF st. Louis, Is visiting the
family of William Joy. on Broadway.
William Williams and John Francis
returned from New Castle yesterday.
The students of the high school will
picnic at 'steele's Grove, Saturday.
Elmer Reed leaves this morning to re-
sume his studies at sclo College.
The Harvesters Club will meet at the
home Of John Green Friday night.
Miss Edna Adolph entertained a num-
Der of her friends last evening.
A. c.. Hood went to Washington, D. c.,
yesterday. on business.
The Laughlln nail mill will start to-
marrow gsF #- 7g. n
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THE UNIVERSITY N
De'ea'ed Western University OF Penn
sylvanla at MorgantoRn.

N'sNAa ohINelbllyt OL eUu-
sylvania at Morgantown.
Special Dispatch to the Intelllgencer.
NoRGANToWN, W. Va, May o.
west Virginia University defeated the
western University of Pennsylvania, at
Usse Dali this afternoon, by the decisive
.'ofe Of 10 to s. With the exception OF
we frss and seventh innings, tho contest
was a eood me-. In the first inning each
9sG scored four times. West Virginia
DIVERSITY by clean hitting and the
,,a1mnsytvania boys by gcttin four passes
n, nt5t and n hit. In the seventh
s as5 virginia scored ten runs. Tho side
ea0ula nave been retired without q hit
run but three errors, followed by
sns long hitting, ratified Pennsylvania
Nv 'ley went 10 pieces. After that the
s 90 vac lifeless. Dent and Pratt were
% STa west Virginia bnttery. and Hughes
Tmn Ifenchard wcr. In the points for
.ransyiVan!a. Dent pitched a fine
sH.ae' holding Pennsylvania down to
,5, hit9 and striking out seventeen OF
1n "nI, West Virginia had eleven hits.
ppHsnsa pitched a good game md the
.ae~InSyIyanla's inlcld did some nice
"mn. West Virginia put up u splendid
sane everywhere.
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BOXING.

Inc bridgeport Athletic Club offers a
",sas OIL! Thursday evening. at the I'm
~" opera House, Bridgeport, and the
a" pF~ogresslveness will likely be re-
.'ta ny n OF the largest crowds at
p. NY event given under these auspices.
y "aln event will be a twcnty-round
ph iiLa%t between Charley Johnson. OF
cisIphia. and Charley Burns, OF
abnr, n,atI. Both mon viii weigh in al
,oy.n, i19 POUNDS, and a lively bout Is
n %"n The conditions are such thn,
son oe warm from the start, for John
twnr %S'eeS to put Burns out within the
OF ,hc' rounds or forfeit all his share
ifceipta. Consequently. Johnson
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INTER STATE LEAGUE

At Mansfield. PHE
Mansfield rs 0 o 2 0 0 90 oA5n! s
New Castle..0 600 ia II .-l3 Is S
,1 SSSib5eriSs-Beam: Emig and Law; Hewitt
At Toledo. RuE
Toledo ,.nno1oononnnnsi ia .
Springfield - 2000OOOI001 -S IL ?
cosswell and Grafius.
Al Fort Wayne. RHE
Fort Wayne...I 0231 I%1-si II i
Jamestown 20 l 90 Q 20 0 51t0-2 "a
do Seaa.nsesTisS-Alloway and Campbell; Bro
AT Grand Rapids. RuE
Grand Raplds....4 80 0 1Eons -s 10 6
onyioh ,"..:....1 10 0 t03,1 2-S 10 2
nS.te,les-kosta and Cote; R%osebroush,
Daugherty and Brown.
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FrTz DoNs WAR PAINT.
Accepts the Challenges OF Both Kid
Mccoy and Jim Corbett.

L"H
BOSTON, Mass. May Sob Fitz-
simmons has announced his acceptance
OF the offer OF Kid Mccoy to pay the
champion 10000 for a fight at middle
weight. and also his acceptance OF the
offer OF James J. Corbett OF s25,o00 for
ar, opportunity to regain the heavy
weight championship. Fitzsimmons
will meet either man before the regu-
larly organized club Offering the lar
gest purse, but he will insist on a side
bet OF $4,000 in each cast and both
matches must take place before the last
OF September, this year.
This announcement is accompanied
with the offer OF Julian and the prize
fighter himself to bet $4,000 that neither
Mccoy nor Corbett will make good his
offer.
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go F T THAT MAN"

DENVER. Colo, Nay 9.-After read
ing the Associated Press dispatch from
Boston this afternoon, announcing that
Bob Fitzslmmons had accepted his offer
of $4,000 for an opportunity to regain
the heavy weight championship, James
J. Corbett SEM the following dispatch to.
W. A. Brady. his manager. who is In
New York City:
Go after that nan (FltzsImmons)
and make my offer to him again-s25.0 900
that I will stop him In ten rounds-and
put up some. money. Show him up"
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WON IN THE.rwELErH.

CINCINNATI, May s.-Hill was given
miserable support, Twins errors being
costly. The winning run was scored in
the twelfth inning on doubles by Glenn
en,s and Decker. Attendance, 1900. Score:
R HI
Cincinnati ......2O10101O0000-5 8 4
St Louis ........2 0 0000201001 10 12 I
Earned runs, Cincinnati 3: St. Louis 3.
Batteries. Hill and Peitz: Daniels. Hughey
and Clements. Empires, Cushman and
Heydler. Time, $50.
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will lose no time, o Is Burns going to
miss any chance to stay the limit.

The p%reliminaries contain two names.
seldom, II ever. their equal appearing
for a preliminary attraction. Jerry
Marshall and Oscar Gardner are the
named for a slx-round contest, for
q decision. In addition, two Bellaire
Philippians will search for each others
gore In q f%our-round bout, and Jack
Fogarty. the "Texas Cyclone" and a
Wheeling colored pug are down for
six rounds. also for n decision. These
primaries" will be very warm. indeed.
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GLOW to Cure All sl,,n diseases,

Simply apply "sWAYNE'S ONT
MENT." No internal medicine rcqu,r.
ed. Cures t%etter. eczema, itch, ali erup.
tlons on the face. hands, nose. ETC., leav-
Ing the skin elenr, white and healthy.
us great healing and curative powers
are possessed by no other remedy. Ask
your druggist for SWAYNE'S ONT.
,MENT. Avoid substitutes. tths&w
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-10

The races OF the Wyandotte Club at
the state fair grounds track on the af-
ternoon of May %, will attract a large
crowd. The bicycle programme Is being
directed by Jason C. Stamp, a guaran-
tee that exciting contests will be wit
Messed. There will be a triplet paced at
tempt to break the West Virginia track
record for the mile, by Barbee, the
Wheeling racing man.
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EARNED runs. Pittsburgh a: Louisville l.
.Three-base hit, Davis. Home run. McCar-
Thy. Stolen bases, Gray. Mccarthy,
Clarke. First base on bails. Clingman.
Hit by pitched ball, Donovan, Padden,
BrOdIe, Rhines, Nance. Sacrifice hits.
Rhlnes :. Time, 1:s0. EMPIRES. O'Day and
NrDonnId -lIst fL 2
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Charlie Burns is getting down in
shape out at the Beabout club, where
John Finnigan is training for his go
with Scanlon. at Pittsburgh, May 10.
Burns works hard every afternoon, at-
ter which he regales himself with an
evening paper, which continues to tell
him he Is at Cincinnati.
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CARROLL CLUB A
Totals
Some Cycliur Notes.

Martins Ferry young men will. give a
bicycle race meet at the state fair
grounds on May q the first local meet
OF. the season. Both professional and
amateur events will be scheduled.
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1t Is probable a bicycle a meet will
be scheduled here for June Is, on the
state fair grounds track, and It VIII be
the first all bicycle racing attraction Of
the year here.