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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-30
"where the woodbine Twineth."

From the Chicago Post.
When Grant G. Gillett. late of Kansas.
named his home and town Woodbine very
likely he was thinking of the late Jim
keene. 1t will be recalled that when Mr..
Keene upon one occasion was asked VIVA:
had become of certain funds he replied
they had gone where the woodbine
twineth,'' thereby meaning to Intimate
that they had gone up the spout" As he
afterward explained. according to some
| chroniclers, the woodbine has a way of
twining round the water spout. and "up
the spout was a most expressive slang
phrase Of that day. 1t is appropriate.
therefore, that Mr.. Gillett should have
| given this name to his home. 1t ought to
have had a tendency to turn the thoughts
of a c~ontempiative man in the right direc-
tion-toward the other skyrocket finan-
cier. II it did not have that tendency, there
is nothing to be said except that there
are few thoughtful men. in the cattle bus
mess. The name WAS significant not only
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-30

At last Speaker Reed has been overruIed.
AT a recent annual meeting of the Daugh-
tiers Of the Confederacy. at Hot Springs.
Ark. a lively dispute arose as to whether
the minutes OF the previous meeting should
be read before business could proceed or
not. One daughter ventured to quote
Speaker Reed on the subject. but she was
promptly overruled and the reading dis
penSed with. on the motion of another
daughter. who asserted vehemently tina
Tom Reed didn't know what he was
talking about"
The sun., 1898-06-24

For the two weeks ending June Z, tIn1
value OF the bicycles exported from drfs
country was Sl9000l. OF this am0aza,
Great Britain took sos, 22S and Germasgg
S57 1888. The expectation to FRASER
amounted to $2l ,2S7. The British ~
cycle exports for the two weeks endaas
May 2S amounted to Sl03,G54 Anars
liza, the Cape OF Good Hope and Hollasg
were the largest purchasers of the Esss-
lish bicycles.
While training at the Waltlranl 1rass
on Wednesday, ''Jimmie' Michael xss
severely injured by being thrown fram
his wheel. He was following a trfptG!
and shifted to follow quintet whitaa
had not attained the rate OF speed as
anticipated and he ran into it. He was,
thrown violently to the ground and lraa
to be taken to nearby hotel for attend
ance. 1t is expected he will be in t,aaA.
ing IN day or two.
Tom Linton and his thirty-six },ass
makers are working hard at Manha1Gn
Beach keeping on edge for his race With
Michael, which will take place there on
July 8. Linton is now in better con-
dition, he says, than he has been sinos
his defeat by Michael, three years ago.
He expects to beat Titus when they e,afas
Oh Saturday.
Teddy Goodman, the new recruit u
middle distance riding, wants to rsse
Titus Starbuck or Taylor, fifteen mis
race
The sun., 1898-06-24
AQUATICS.

Cornell won tie thpe-cornered i,o@,
race yesterday by one and one eighth
lengths in % minutes rs seconds. Yais
was second, five lengths ahead of Has-,
ward. Time Of race was: Cornell, 23.4S
Yale, 24.02 and Harvard, 24.335.
The Freshman race was won bv Yale
with Harvard second and CorRer
third.
Yale led at the quarter by half a Length
with Cornell second.
Cornell passed Yale at the half.
Harvard at this stage of the gaua
looked to be ont OF it.
The crews lowered their stroke from
33 to 80.
The Cornell crew never rowed np,ss,
beautiful rare.
The Yale men tried to squirt twice Gss
overcome the lead of Cornell but faiIsa
Cornell's men were the stronges4
throughout the contest.
Harvard again, with her English coatss.
was badly beaten. Why don't you try
an American? You couldn't do arg
worse.
All Ithaca is happy
Will Yale and Harvard drop Cornen
when they race IeXt year?
Hurrah for the Cornell boys.
The sun., 1898-06-24
CYCLING.

Paul Bomette and Joe Venie, OF Phila-
delphia will meet in twenty-five mile
paced race next month in Philadelphia.
One of the most popular places for
cyclists in this city is out Washington
street and over the bridge.
The ladies in this city are starting to
ride wheels with the diamond frame.
Plugger Martin and Elkes will meet in
fifty mile race at Charles River Track
on Saturday afternoon. This race
promises to be a dandy.
Tom Linton and Fred Titus will meet
in New York, on Saturday. Linton will
be paced by McDuffee's pace making
team.
The pc stponed race between McDuffee
and Cissac will take place some time be-
tween July l1th and Goth at Woodside
Park.
Teddy Edwards has had tough time of
it last week. He got tangled up with
any amount of thunder storms and bad
roads. While in Syracuse he climbed a
hill that 40 man ever went up On Il
bicycle. Yesterday he finished his l74th
century run.
James j. Corbett is anything that there
is money in. His latest move is to be a
professional bicycle rider. Now, if he had
See that Hump or Sapolio on his racing
shirt no doubt he could make lots Of
money as an advertising medium.
In Philadelphia on July 4th, Tom
Linton, of England, and Edward Tay-
lore, of France, will meet in a thirty mile
race paced by sixty-four riders.
The Waltham track was the first ce-
ment track built in this country, and
was only calculated for 1.56 clip.
The mucl-looked. forward-to match
between Eddie McDuffee and Henry
Cissac, which was to have taken place at
Woodside Wednesday night has been
called off indefinitely.
The exhorbitant demands of the lead
ing cycle racing men are out of all pro-
portion to the crowds they have sue
ceeded in drawing thus far this year.
By his work this spring Edward Nc
Duffee's stock has advanced consider
ably among the followers OF the pacing
game, and he now figures as dangerous
man at all of the longer distances.
The formation of an amateur cycling
association in England Independent OF
the N. G. Z. has suggested to wheelmen
in this country that division of the
management OF amateur and professional
cycle racing here might be productive of
excellent results.
The sun., 1898-06-24
MISCELLANY,

II Tom Sharkey should ever take "a
wrestling, Yousouf will want to swim
home to Turkey.
|, NJ. kenkle, who recently ran n1R,
in 4m., 80 3-5s. should win the mile rafs
and break the record for the HaverfosH
Grammar School in the interacadensx
championships next year.
At Lake Forrest, Chicago, Wednesday,
the pole team of the st. Louis Country
Club defeated the Onwentsia Club If
Chicago, by l6 goals to Il goals.
In the English championships We'd.
nesday at Wimbledon, Clarence Hobax,
the American, beat Payne by G-l, Id
6-3, 6-3. In the doubles Nisbet au&
Hobart beat Hawes and Orme, the scoges
for the sets being 60, 6--3, 7-5. In
this game Hobart took the place at
Eaves, who is i'll. Hobart did not ptsy
up to his usual form in either OF tth
games.
Pillsbury won in the Vienna cl,esas
tournament and now leads by hail
point. Steinitz and Showalter, the otlns
Americans. also won their games. Tie
results were: Steinitz defeated LirSa..
Marco drew with Caro-; Schlechter de-.
feated Baird; Showalter defeated Trench
ard; Blackburne drew with Burn; Pills.
bury defeated WaIbrodt; Janowski d.
feated Alapin; Schiffers lost to Tarrasch-
Tschigorin defeated Halprin; Maroexy
bye. Thursday was devoted to adjourned
games; only one is scheduled, Tarrassk
VS.. JanOwski.
The sun., 1898-06-24
Volunteers Pass Through.

A detachment of the Eighteenth
Pennsylvania Regiment passed throtssa
here last night about 1915 O'clock, eY,-
route from Delaware City to Fort Bnrst-
ley, Michigan, where they go to relieve
the regulars stationed at that point.
The train bearing the soldiers was IN
two sections, the first section was COVE
posed of eight cars, five coaches and
three stock cars containing euuipnlals,
and the second was made up of six
coaches anla Pullman.
The men will 60 direct to Buffalo oevr
the Pennsylvania & New York Central
railroad and from that point will Sa
taken to their destination by the Mcil-
igan Central.
At 1.2O o'clock yesterday afternoan
extra train No. l55, composed of atn
coaches, passed through here CARRYING
the First Regiment, Rhode Island Volun--
teers on their way to Tampa, Florida.
The boys appeared in good spirits and
were very much elated at the prospsss
of seeing active service.
The sun., 1898-06-24
AMONG THE HORSEMEN.

John Z. Madden's Plaudit is expected
to arrive at Sheepshead Bay today, anG
he will be carefully prepared for Gtst
Realization Stakes which will be TEN
July 4.
Mirthful has arrived at Chicago, and ID
reported to be in excellent condition.
Eugene Leigh has bought NJ. Z,
DIVERS two-year.old colt, Tulane, fse
$780,
Robert Groseman, Winslow Body ana
Y. Book, OF Berlin Germany, are in I.ez-
ington, KY, buying trotting horses
Wednesday they bought of Maj jor Sam"
Morgan the five -year-old bay mare LiilSeo
by Constantine, record 2.l2!, dam AA
bine, by General Benton, second dam iM
Electioneer; price, $1,000.
Sydney Paget, better known as W1&-
liam c. Whitney, has purchased Arthur
Whites Geisha for s. 5000.
The sun., 1898-06-24
DIAMOND DUST.

St. Louis turned the tables.
That was a bitter pill Jack Taylor gave
them.
The ex-Phillies jumped on Wheeler in
the fourth inning like Uncle Sam has Oh
Spain.
Cleveland gave the trolley dodgers a
throw down.
Again the Orphans were beaten by one
run. This time in ten inning game.
Rube Willis was again taken out.
This throws sadness oyer Newark.
That Boston Chicago series will go
down in baseball history.
Cincinnati jumped on Baltimore s
western crack, Hughes, yesterday, and
knocked out victory.
The Baltimores also touched up the
German band battery for twelve hits.
Pop Angon's team is getting treated
very badly here Of late Another game
lost by one run.
The man nof-many-teams, Gus Wey-
hing, succeeded in winning another
game.
Gus must have been delivering some
hot ones. The Louisvilles only got eight
hits.
All the teams had errors in galore.
The Washington-Louisville game
would have been tie if errors had
counted. They both had six.
Baltimore yesterday led the clubs in
errors. They made the juicy total of
eight large ones.
The Quakers also had four. Maybe
that's what lost the game.
Newell failed to make hit on Ned.
Spratt also failed to set plugger.
McVey, who is we'll known in this
city, is Lancaster's heaviest hitter.
Mcintyre bad two hits to his credit on
Wednesday.
Pete Cassidy on Wednesday had a
bunch of hits to his credit. -Four was
his total
Goeckel of University of Pennsylvania
fame is playing first base for Wilkesbarre.
Leidv, who was set down for insub-
ordination. is playing short stop for the
Salem A. A.
Howard turned the tables of Yale yes
terday at Cambridge, beating them by
the score of 8 to 4.
Mike Murphy, the University of Penn
sylvania trainer, is said to have made
application to the Philadelphia Club for
the position of manager.
The Atlantic League is prosperous,
and much of the credit of the smooth
progress OF the league is due to the quiet,
common-sense control of President Ed
Barrows.
The Louisville Club has protested to
President Young the signing of D. L.
Fultz, the Brown University second base
man, by the Philadelphia Club. The
Louisville management asserts that Fultz
had already accepted the terms offered
by that club, and, therefore, could not
contract with the Philadelphia Club.
The sun., 1898-06-24
SELE-DEEENCE,

Returns Of the Sullivan-Hawkins fight
by rounds at Wagner's, 7 Eas. Fourth
street, tonight.
Midget Glynn OF this city and Al.John-
son of Albany fought ten rounds We'd
ncsday night before the Manhattan A.C.
of Troy, n. Y. The referee gave Midget
the decision.
Since Tom Sharkey has been in New
York he has made a great number OF
friends by his gentemanly acts. Maybe
the papers have been giving Tom all the
worst Of it about him being brute. 1t is
to be hoped SO, anyhow.
Dolly Lyons has challenged all 49,
pound men.
With Fitzsimmons at Asburv Park, n.
j.; Sharkey at New Dorp, l.. l.; Rubin
at MechanicsvilIe, N. Y; Peter Maher in
Philadelphia, and Corbett. Mccoy and
Jeffries in New York, the outlook for
some mix-ups is excellent.
Dan Mcconnell wants to fight the win
ner of the StraussRyan bout.
Spike" Sullivan and Dal Hawkins
fight in New York this evening.
Tommy Warren, the ex-champion
featherweight, is in Philadelphia for a
few days. He is going to New York to
look for fight.
Kid Lavigne wants a $1,000 purse to
fight Frank Erne, but tie Buffalo Club
will only give 81, 800 II the cIub does
not offer 81, 900 Layigne will drop Erne
and take on Jack Bennett.
Dave Sullivan says he intends calling
Sammy Kelly's bluff, and will meet him
for as much money as he can raise.
One of the clauses in the articles Of
agreement signed by Joe Choynski and
"kid'' Mccoy states that both men can
wear bandages on their wrists. 1t also
stipulates that there shall be no punch
ing on the break-away, and that the box
ers must be in the ring by noon on the
day Of the mill. Mccoy Wednesday
posted $500 with AL Smith to insure his
presence in the ring.
Larry Burns of Cohoes, and Tommy
White of Chicago, fought 2O-round
draw at the Manhattan A. c., Troy, n.
Y, last night.
jim Corbett has given up the ring.
He will play baseball with the Rochester
n. Y, Club, and race as professional
cyclist
The windup at the Arena this evening
will be between Tommy Ryan and Isl
dore Strauss. The preliminiaries will be
Tommy Nilon and Frank Fisher, Young
Marshall and ''kid'' Maher, Cole Wat
son and Fred johnson, Eugene Rowan
and Harry Smith. The semi-windup
will bring together Billy Smith of South
wark and Gal Mccarthy of kensington,
to box six hard rounds.
jim Jeffries will be among the men
who will be in the Hawkins corner at
the Lenox club tonight, when the Cali
fornian fights Spike Sullivan.
Mysterious Billy Smith and Andy
Walsh are to meet in a twenty-round
bout at Coney Island on Saturday night.
'Paperweight" managers of boxers
who guess for livelihood are becoming
very plentiful in and about New York
city. Boxing is not responsible for all
the barnacles which cling to it and re-
tard its scientific progress.
1t is said that part OF Kid McCoy's
scheme is to meet and defeat Joe Choyski
before a picture making machine and
nine months later meet Bob Fitzsimmons
before the same machine. OF course if
Choynski refused to be defeated and
should plant Knockout blow on Nc.
Coy, the indianapolis boxer would have
to alter his plans tritie. Looking-glass
and picture fights are not popular with
the public and both boxers will be wise
if they avoid them.
The sun., 1898-06-24
The War Song Concert,

A war song concert, under the auspices
of the Daughters of the Amerisaa
Revolution, was given in the Opera
House last evening and was largely at
tended. The amount realized is sfs1
known.
The program included selections by
Grace Orchestra and by chorus Of iitsr
voices aud was under the direction OF r.
Leslie Carpenter.
The sun., 1898-06-24

ReSinning with next Sunday, THE
SUN will run weekly in the Sunday
edition, natter of interest to poll
ticians, both in this city and through
out the State. The column SO devoted
will deal with practical politics, and
the department is to be made par
ticuIar feature of the already inter-
estiDg Sunday SUN. Buy the Sunday
SUN and read the gossip of the
StatecPaftmen.
The sun., 1898-06-24

Billy Sharsig's Allentown Club has
withdrawn from Sunday ball playing.
The sentiment of the town is against it.
Now that Manager Sharsig has bowed to
that sentiment the people OF the town
should show their appreciation by giving
him commensurate weekday support.
The sun., 1898-06-24
4 District Map
of Delaware

hhe STATE SENTINEL of Dover is hav-
|ing prepared and will soo1 be ready to
'de1iver New Map OF Delaware, giving
the boundaries Of the Representative and
Senatorial Districts as pSovided by the
New Constitution. $1.D will secure
this valuable Map and theSrArE SENTINEL
for one year. The mum Der is limited;
subscribe at once. New subscribers will
receive the paper the balance of this year
free. Address, with remittance,
The STATE sENTA AEl, Dover, Del.
The sun., 1898-06-24
Distributors Supplies.

Every Distributor needs kit. NO
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You can order any Of the above ar
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River and Union Streets,
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The sun., 1898-06-24
sse. THIS OFFER W sssssN~

Just to Introduce our popular
magazine, SPARKS, into 5000
new homes, this month, we will
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five friends also, we will send
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The sun., 1898-06-24

NEWSP APER ADVERTISING IN THE
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The sun., 1898-06-24

J. w. Wagner's saloon at East 4th
street is crowded with sports every alter
noon who 60 there to get the returns Of
base ball by the innings and also horse
racing. Everybody is welcome.
The sun., 1898-06-24

or Word "Ad' months in Journal l5c Stamps
Nv Aa-It reaches Western people. L. B. Rilly,
9 South Broadway, st. Louis, Mo.
The sun., 1898-06-24

Hot lunch every day from 10 a. m. till
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between King and French.
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The sun., 1898-06-24
TONGUES OF THE TRIBES.

One hundred and sixty lam
guages and dialects perfectly re-
produced in a 64-page book. You
can secure copy for a Dime. 1t
is a marvellous collection, of
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terest and importance. Address
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Pa.
The sun., 1898-06-24

WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Philadelphia at Louisville.
Boston at Pittsburg.
Baltimore at st. Louis.
New York at Cleveland.
Brooklyn at Chicago.
Washington at Cincinnati.
The sun., 1898-06-24
PEDNARD H. SANcEZ & co.
Members Of Natl Distributors Association

All kinds of outdoor advertising throughout
entire Counties of Hilsborough, Polk, Manatee
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The sun., 1898-06-24

- URING 1895, l distributed over
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The sun., 1898-06-24

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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-25
TRAvELERe' GUIDE.

Reports OF weather elsewhere Will b
Cund on page ,.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-25
LOCAL NOTICES.

FARM FOR SALE-My place east of Middle.
bury village, containing Sc acres, with new
house and barn. ! will sell for sl70O; $500
down and the balance on time. Address Asa
Hemenway, Bridport, VT. IVA
NOTICE. am prepared to take orders for
slate, steel and galvanized iron roofing. These
roofs, together with iron paint, VIII be put on
promptly and guaranteed. WIN. LATIMER,
s;tf. Middlebury.
For SALE-White Plymouth Rocks, pure
blood, Hawkins strain, great layers of brown
eggs, $3.50 per setting of ID eggs settings
$3.50. MRS. +. v VAIL,
6w2 Box 90 Middlebury, Vt.
FOR SALE Farm CT 1876 acres, property of
the late Moses L. sheldon of Salisbury, Vt,
has excellent meadow, wood and pasture
land, running water. Good dairy farm; easy
distance from cheese factory. Inquire of j.
f. Weeks, Middlebury, VT. 4Stf
FOR SALE-Barred and White Plymouth
Rocks, pure blood Orrocco Brown Egg Strain,
soc. per 10 eggs. Also Buff Plymouth Rocks.
Blown Eggs, 81 per -. Special prices on two
or more settings. Come and see my stock be-
fore buying elsewhere. b. IL. LANE, Middle.
bury, VT. 7wll
FOR SALE-My home on Seminary street
House warmly built, has nine rooms and
bath room, hot and cold water on both floors
heated with furnace. Good well, best of
drainage, good barn. Lot contains about an
acre and has eighteen fruit trees. Onehalf
price down, balance on mortgage.
3;tf. EDWARD F. BOND.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-25

william Ladue was up in the local
court Monday on the charge of selling
! liquor In Vergennes. He was sentenced
to six months in the house of correction.
Another charge, that of horse. stealing,
is hanging over him, for which he has
lodged in the county bastlle for some
! time.
Miss Katherine Wright, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. w. W. Eaton,
started for New York Monday. Her
train was stalled in the snow and did not
reach the metropolis until noon of the
next day. The passengers were obliged
to utilize the day coaches for sleepers
and fare on bread taken from the express
car.
Rev. Vernon Harrington, a graduate
of Mddlebury college in 1891 and a
son of Mrs. Harrington. has received
the appointment of assistant pastor of
the second Presbyterian church in
Cleveland, Ohio. Rev. DR.. Sutphen is
the preacher in charge. The church has
membership of over 500
All sorts of weather has been the
record of the past week. Snow, rain,
hail and sleet have taken turns at max
ing outdoor life uncomfortable. Monday
afternoon the wind rose to a gale, which
became tangled up in a heavy sleet
storm and strewed the streets with twigs
and small branches of trees. All trains
were delayed, which indicated that the
storm was worse elsewhere.
The New England supper given by the
10 Of I oh ho
Congregational church on Tuesday eve
ming was even more successful than
anticipated. About $50 people were in at
tendance and a large number of these
appeared in old time costumes. A
feature of the evening was singing of
old songs and hymns. About $50 was
cleared.
At the meeting of the Farmingdale
cheese company, held on the evening of
Feb. >, the old board of directors, con-
ssting of 5. X. Seeley, F. NJ. Rowe and
w. n. Cady were reelected. j. o. Seeley
was elected clerk. The season of 1897
was quite successful. In seven months
from 1,S42,O4 pounds of milk there was
made POO, 634 pounds of cheese. The
average net price paid the patrons for
milk was 7S1 cents per hundred.
The Misses Bowles, Wright and Rider,
members of the high school graduating
class, entertained their teachers, few
friends and the class on the evening of
Washington's Birthday at the hospitable
home of the Rev. and Mrs. 7. A. Carlson.
Suitable souvenirs, consisting of decorat-
ed hatchets, were provided. Sandwich.
es and coffee, cake and ice cream were
served and general good time was en-
iOyed by all.
On Friday evening, the 18th inst,
Prof Charles B. Wright delivered the
fourth lecture in the ID. a. r. course in
American history. His subject was the
"Connecticut Western Reserve" The
lecturer gave an interesting exposition
of the land grants and claims Throughout
the Union. dwelling especially upon the
history of this celebrated part of Ohio
The lecture was instructive, entertaining
and well delivered.