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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-19
THEY MADE IT THREE STRAIGHT.
Giants Win Their Third Victory
from Cincfnnati-senator Win.

NEW YORK. August ls-The Giants
took all three gamesSof the present series
with the cincinnatis. the visitors getting
but enc run In the three games. sey-
mour pitched great ball at all stages OF
tile game to-day. Attendance. $500. Score:
r. II. r.
New York 80. ..5o0o0it0x-7 3 2
Cincinnati -. ....001 100000 co 2
Batteries: Seymour and Warner: Dam
mann. Hawley. and Peitz.
Empires: Messrs. Lynch and Andrews.
Time. hour and so minutes.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-19

Summary: Two-base hit-StaIey. Three
base ht-Calhoun. Sacrifice hits-Cogan
and Saunders. Stolen bases-Wentz and
Saunders Left on bases-Norfolk. 8; New
ark. IL Struck out-By Miller, 2. Double
plays-Newton, Wentz, and Saunders,
Wheelock. Wentz, and Klusman. First
base on errors-Norfolk, 2; Newark. 5.
First base on balls--Of Miller. 2: off CO.
gan, g. Hit by pitched ball-Cogan. UNI
pire-Mr. Belts. Time Of camel hour and
A minutes.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-19
HOW THE CLUBS STAND.

General Scott Ship. superintendent OF
the Virginia Military Institute, has re-
turned from visit North. and left yes
terday morning for Lexington.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-19
SHUT OUT BY BISHOP.
ORR NEW PITCHER PROVES AN
ENIGMA TO PATERSON.
WORK HARD, BUT DON'T SCORE.
The visitors Play a Good Game, But
Fail 10 Bunch Their Hits-Allen-
town and Reading Also Fail to
Score.

Richmond, 9; Paterson, o.
Norfolk, 10; Newark, 3.
Allentown, o; Lancaster, 4.
Reading, o; Hartford, 4
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-19
SCORE BY INNINGS.
l2345 7S9

Summary: Sacrifice hit-Latham. Stolen
bases-Slater. James, and Smith. Left on
bases-Reading, s; Hartford 6. Struck
out-By Woods, 3. First base on balls
Off Woods. 2 Passed ball-Williams.
Umpire-Mr. Ebright. Time Of game-i
hour and 80 minutes.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-19
NORFOLK WON WITH EASE.
Newark Proved = Soft Mark to the
Seaside CIams.

NORFOLK. VA. August 1s.-tSpecial)
Staiey's mastery pitching with men on
bases kept Newark's score verv low.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-19

Summary. Two-base hits-Lutenoere,
Nance, and Johnson. Three-tase hit-Har-
grove Stolen bases-Shannon CD, Luton
berg, and Dundon. Bases on balls-On
Bishop. L. off Jones. g. Struck out-By
Bishop. 4; by Jones. 3. Time OF game-l
hour and 20 minutes. Umpire-Mr. Tate.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-19

LAYOUT FOR TODAY.
Paterson at Richmond.
Newark at Norfolk.
Lancaster at Allentown.
Reading at Hartford
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-19
PATERSON.

SCORE BY INNINGS.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-19

SCORE BY INNINGS.
The times., 1898-04-24

most Of the work was done in half of
that time-the first twenty-five years
# the present century. Now she is
holding, gingerly. as between thumb
and finger, and pinching very hard, the
islands Of cuba, Porto Rico and the
smaller ones dependent on them. Be
fore this century is at an end she will
have let go Of them with even more
haste than she abandoned the others;
and thus the unprecedented spectacle
viii be presented Of a nation on one
side Of the globe possessing, at the be-
ginning OF a century, fully two-thirds
of all the lard on the other side Of the
globe. and losing it all before the cen
tury's end, through cupidity, tyranny
and injustice. 1t was a rich territory
which, with the tact which Great
Britain has shown with some of her
colonies. might have been held loyal to
the Spanish monarchy. But Spaniards
are Spaniards, and that tells the whole
story.
The times., 1898-04-24
Retiring Spain.

Spain declares that she viii not sur
render an inch OF territory This
sounds well, but ii is not very probable
In her previous struggles with rebel
lious colonies she has doubtless made
the same declaration. True, they did
not slip from her an inch at a time:
they went IN great landslides, a third
of a continent in one crevasse. Get out
the map Of North and South America
and take a look at the territory which.
as the soft Latin names bear witness,
once was Spains. All Of South Amer
ica- except Brazil; all Of the lower half
OF North America, except the thirteen
colonies. Spain held the English-speak-
ing settlements as in a cup, or an ex-
tended hand, the whole West forming
the palm and fingers, Florida the
thumb. and Central America the wrist.
She let 20 Of them, not gradually, but
in haste, as if they We're too hot 10
handle, and lifted that hand from the
continent al about the same time that
she let 90 Of the part Of South America
around which, TO continue the meta
phor, she had crooked her elbow.
All Of the Spanish-American colonies
except the islands in the West Indies,
which she still controls. achieved their
Independence within the brief period
VI half century at the outside, and
The times., 1898-04-24
Exit. Nr. Sherman.

A great man has gone 10 his rest,
with the cordial maledictions of his
coparceneTs. 1t was an unhappy thing
for the Administration that. among the
things which age and infirmity brought
upon poor Uncle John Sherman, a
disposition to tell the truth should be
among them. Nothing could be more
unfortunate than such tendency, and
we must speak Of it with great re-
serve. If the venerable and nominal
Secretary of State had not been badly
stricken in years. and also cerebrally,
it might not have happened. Let us
draw the veil of silence over the well
Of dead, Tock-bottom fact.
1t is said -well-informed circles that
Secretary Sherman yesterday told
the representatives of France and Aus
tria that there would not be any gem
uine war, since Mr.. Mckinley had ar
ranged TO secure the armed interven-
ton Of Europe at the proper moment.
We must say that. however correct the
statement of the premier may have
been it was distinctly indiscreet and
calculated to make trouble for the Pres
ident Such announcements might even
operate to make him unpopular, be-
cause the people at large neither under
stand nor appreciate the position he is
in. between his duty and Hanna and
McCook So. it is plain that Uncle
John" made a palpable and paretic
mistake in telling tales out Of school,
so to speak. The result is that he has
been called upon 10 resign.
Never since John L. Sullivan refused
TO be mayor Of Boston in order that
he might ill the more glorious office
Of heavyweight champion of the world,
has a mere important political change
taken place. 1t is one the very. contem-
plation of which brings the moisture
of virtuous perspiration to the neck
Of modesty. Think of it, John Sher-
man. whose glorious predecessors in the
State Department wee such intellectual
and patriotic giants as jefferson Madi-
son, Webster, Marcy and Silas Wright
is to be succeeded by Judge Day.
Let Us swathe ourselves in Cantor
flannel and reflect
The times., 1898-04-24
The Situation.

We must compliment Mr.. Mckinley in
that he has not been foolish enough
10 declare war against Spain, when thar
function has been spared him by the
action Of the enemy. Neither he nor
the country is unaware that The
Spanish government has announced the
existence Of war between America and
ps>eIf. and it would therefore appear
sUperfuous to make any additional Of
fetal remarks on the subject II this
were not sufficiently logical, we have
captured and taken in a Spanish steam
er or two, and it is possible that our
esteemed antagonist has done some
thing very much in the same line. 1t
would, consequently, be the height OF
foolIshness to declare a war which Wa
have been assured already IS in prog
ress. and one which our fleets have
participated in with prompt avidity.
The real truth Of the matter is that
war has been in progress ever since
that dark night Of February IS. when,
through the treachery Of the Spanish
officials in Havana, our splendid bat
tleship Maine was blown up. and its
crew massacred. There never was a
minute after that crime when The
Times did not consider this country at
war with Spain. There never win be
one when we shall ever hope for peace
or rest until that outrage has been
wiped out in blood
Mr. Sherman may say, If he likes to,
that all Of this war preparation is
fraudulent. He may tell the French
and Austrian ambassadors that there
viii not be any fighting because the
Canton, Ohio, Government has ar
ranged for a violent Intervention by
the military powers Of Europe. We
can survive all that sort Of nonsense,
because We have some little conception
Of what the American people are like.
il is barely possible that Mr.. John
Sherman may know what he Is talking
about when he tells European diplo-
matte representatives that this nation
viii submit TO dictatlon by the dynasties
Of the continent We think that he is
mistaken. and that, while he may voice
the sentiments he does not prognosti-
cate the action Of his Ohio friend Mr.
Mckinley.
The times., 1898-04-24

AEIuil li4G bt-Lt4 tHAlu&l-t
It is stated that Mr.. Roosevelt
wishes TO serve on the staff OF Gen
Lee when the gallant Virginian re
ceives his appointment as a briga-
der general Of volunteers. The
chivalrous motives which prompt
Mr.. Roosevelt to seek this post can
readily be comprehended. They are
creditable 10 his vaIor and his patri-
o.ism. But neither of these charac-
teristics of Mr. Roosevelt requires ths
slightest demonstration. They arc
perfectly well understood by all his
feIlow-countrynen. His personal
courage is as Undoubted as his virile
AmeriCanisn-and there could be no
stronger comparison tnan this. His
eagerness for service in the field in
what he and all other young Americans
of his splendid type fervently believe
to be the most just and righteous war
since the first stroke for freedom of our
young republic, is the same ardent i'm
pulse which moved Lafayette, but Nr.
Roosevelt must lay restaint upon IL. for
the welfare OF the nation which has
first claim on him. Moreover-and Tiers
is weight To be given TO this cOnsidera-
tion-wOuld not Mr.. Roosevelt run a
risk of giving a certain color TO the
ClarEe OF JhOSe WdSplSA pSsiCS-stt-diiN =
price critics, who have seen in his pa
triotism only a blind belligerency. if he
We're 10 descend from his present place
TO strike real blows at the Spanish en-
emy?
There will be no lack Of intrepid vol
unteers for Cuba. Gen. Lee can make
up a hundred staffs of the choicest
youth of America. But the post of du-
ty for Theodore Roosevelt is one which
10 ok n
the best interests of what is now the
right arm of the Government, continue
10 hold-the Ogce of Assistant Secretary
of the Navy in Washington
The times., 1898-04-24
HlMe Hnd Grny.

At last the boys Of all sections Of
our common country are standing
shoulder to shoulder for the grand old
flag, Thank God, that they have the
chance to do So They have been pray
ing for it for nearly a general on.
The President has called for one hun
dred and twenty-five thousand men.
That would make a siZeable army. The
beauty about 1t is, though, that this
is composite matter. The generals
who fought under Lee and Grant-at
least those who survive-will be at
the front again. There will be Miles,
perhaps Schofield, certainly Wheeler,
Fitzhugh Lee and Merritt.
1t would be an idiot who should say
that we have not q united country!
Long live Uncle Sam!
The times., 1898-04-24
Our MACK yvarrIerr.

(From the BrcoSlyu StandarCi-j nion.)
The colOTed troops fought RObly' was
a phrase often heard during the war. and
now seems likely 20 be heard again ere
long. In the civil war there was, in so-ae
quarters, no little prejudice against the
black warriors. partly because most OF
them had been slaves though many free
negroes served in these commands. Mas
sachuetts notably having a volunteer
regiment or two from her citizens OF
colcr." The ex-slaves We're enrolled as
regular United States troops and made
excellent military material, ideal soldiers
some called them, because they obeyed
orders implicitly.
II looks as If even the slight shade Of
unpOpulaTity, which the negro troops en-
dured thirty years or more ago. would
HOw be superseded by an entirely differ
ent condition, for already the advance
guard OF the Twenty-ffth Infantry. L. ;.
c T. who landed at Key West yesterday,
We're received cordially. and even with
enthusiasm by the inhabitants of this
extreme Southern city The color line
was wiped out, practically, as one core
sponGent states.
The Spaniards. in their ignorance,
which Is never enlightened by the Span
ish press. have a strange conception of
these negro troops. being led to believe
that they are from the Southern es-
tates'' of this country, that Is. field labor
erS or slaves. When such of the D0nS
as are in Cuba meet the darkies with
arms in their hands and note their fine
physique and splendid discipline, and
learn 10 their sorrow that the black boys
are dead shots. every one they viii en-
! iov-or al least experience-senuine sIr-
prise.
The proba abiIitfes are that these troops
viii be the advance guard Of the army OF
| invasion as they are fitted TO endure the
trying climate OF Cuba. and would doubt
| less enjoy a dash at the Dons- They can
] hold the island until the cooler weather OF
Fail. when ali objections on the part OF
unacclimated troops To visit Cuba Will 6t
removed
The times., 1898-04-24

sanitary rule, the sick Will be placed in
hospitals, every precaution will be
taken to prevent the disease spreading
and 10 relieve the Overcrowded state of
the town, and We have the word of Con-
sui General Lee and several other gen
tlemen of experience that under such
conditions as these il is not at all neces-
sary To have yellow fever.
The times., 1898-04-24

Yesterday the Metropolitan Traction
Company decorated its street cars with
American flags. 1t did not cost much to
do so, and It made thousands Of patrons
happy. 1t may be a foolish little thing
that love of "Old Glory" which is char
acteIistic Of most Americans; but it is
there just the same in many people. Here
and there you will find a newspaper or
something which will hang out the Stars
and Stripes contemptuously under some
thing else. But We were speaking OF
American things and institutions?
The times., 1898-04-24
Nail Trust Methods.
fFron the PhiIadelphia Record y

jFrom the PhiIadeIphia Kecord-I
The carly announcement by the organizers Of
the new wire nail trust that economy in distri5u-
tion and stability Of prices, not the lowering OF
wages. would be the end sought by the manage
ment has been followed hot-iooted by reduction
in prices. and this by a reduction in wages
amounting in some eases TO 80 per cent. the least
reduction having been Q per cent. Thus the wire
nail trust juggles with the market, destroys COM
petition, skins consumers and grinds the faces
OF workmen-and this is called the modern meth
cd OF doing btsiness
The times., 1898-04-24
CordfaIity VS.. Warmth.

The United States troops are coming here
under very different conditions from those which
prevailed in 1865 We then offered them warm
reccption now we extend cordial one.
The times., 1898-04-24

(From the New York Evening Journal.)
ChappicI called on Miss Riverside last night
under most agreeable circumstances. Room for
just two on the sofa, gas turned down and papa
out Of town.
Chumley-Wcll, did you improve the opportuni
~
Chappie-No, ! didn't see how it could be i'm
proved.
The times., 1898-04-24

(From the Detroit Free Press)
"Hcnry, what are you laughing at?'
Hobbs came over to borrow the lawn
mower
"Is that your idea of a joker
'No; but he said he told his wife he was dy-
ing TO hew down acre Of Spaniards-"
'Wdl-go on"
'tShe told him 10 borrow our lawn mower and
see how he got along with twenty feet square
Of lrass."
The times., 1898-04-24
Iack of Business acumcn.

(From the Cincinnati Enquirer)
'Aren't YOU sorry that you mixed corn aour
with your wheat Hour, now that you have been
found out - asked the Jobs comforter.
Il should say | am" the miller admitted. In
the first place ought to have called II health
blend and put il on the market at ! higher
price than the pure stuff.
The times., 1898-04-24

Said Mr.. Hanna. on leaving the White
House. Friday: Fall in, boys; am go
ing to the 'front.'" Noble words from a
veteran Of the civil war-by proxy! In
1861 the gallant young Lieutenant Hanna
was the pride and joy Of the Cleveland,
Ohio. militia lie did not wish to tarnish
that glory, so, when it became actually
necessary for people to go to the front.
somebody else went in his place. Thus,
perhaps, the nation was spared a terrible
loss. Now it appears, on his own state
ment, that he is going to the front We
cannot imagine in what capacity. Per
haps in that Of peace commissioner, in
which case it is to be hoped that once
more he will send a substitute
The times., 1898-04-24
Visions Of the Future

(Fr0m the Duluth HcTaId.)
The brewers Of Philadelphia formed a trust for
the purpose of reducing the license tax. But
when the courts declared each brewery should
pay the reular rate the trust collapsed and the
collars on the schooneIs went up. -
The times., 1898-04-24
Recognizing Greatness.

Stranger-What's going here today? There
seems to be celebration of some kind in prog
ress.
Native-Yes; we're givin' Cy Simpson little
blowout gittin' back from the city without
buyin' gold brick. He's the first citizen Of this
place that ever done it,
The times., 1898-04-24
Mentioned Under the Breath.

(From the Chicago Chronicle.)
Two little girls returning from school and
they stood for while at the corner where they
parted They were deeply engaged in converse
tiom. One Of them said:
''Wh0 is this Mark Hanna, anyway
'Sh-h-h That's you should never
mention in polite society"
The times., 1898-04-24
Asbury Perpers Quotes n prn,er,,.

Grom the Cincinnati Enquirer)
''lf had broken nose" said the rude boarder
who had been reading OF a prize fight. 81 could
not be happy, no matter how much had won -
"Oh, don't know said Asbury Peppers, 'You
know the proverb says broken face oft hides
a smiling heart"
The times., 1898-04-24
Playing mt Whist.

(From the Cleveland Plain Dtaler)
That Mrs. Loveless is so nervous She always
winks at her partner when she has good hand
IL suppose that's the reason / haven't seen her
with a married man for a partner"
The times., 1898-04-24

The Spaniards may think it was chival-
rous Of them to allow Consul General Lee
10 get out of Cuba alive, but have they
reflected on what would have happened
10 them if they had not?
The times., 1898-04-24

One hundred and twenty-five thousand
American volunteers is it, More power
to your pen, William Mckinley Cali for
will be ready; the gallant boys whose
fathers wore the blue and the gray a
generation ago!
The times., 1898-04-24

There is one little linguistic point which
the American Army will make before
many days. and that is that the Spanish
motto, "Manana,' when translated into
good plain United States, is simply ITO
MORO" On that basis we will fight.
DOns, please take notice.
The times., 1898-04-24

1t looks very much as If the throne of
the little king of Spain We're one of the
kind that rock
The times., 1898-04-24

An Alabama paper observes that there
has been an unusual amount of getting
together of late. Congress got together.
Congress and the President got together,
the North and the South got together,
and so on. 1t looks very much as if in
the process Mr.. Hanna of Ohio had
got scattered.
The times., 1898-04-24
!. TanrIe Probable.
(From the Toledo Bee

tfTOnl tnts ioituO DSt.J
Ohio Republicans will have tough time
making up their platform this year if attempt
is made TO ndorse the conduct OF both Senators
on the Cuban question.
The times., 1898-04-24
tgntIpuSiEn.

From the Charleston W. Va, Gazctte)
We are going to have Free Coinage and Free
Cuba both or bust. And not going 10
bust
The times., 1898-04-24
n Rad Example.

tFrom hte Troy Times)
Now it is said that there will be furniture
makers trust The folding bed seems 10 have set
the example OF getting together.
The times., 1898-04-24

An Alabama paper observes that Ken
tucky grand jury has discouraged hang
ing bees. Any man who ever tried to
hang one bee will bear witness that this
is a good thing to discourage
The times., 1898-04-24

A Madrid editor declares that he must
hide the tear which runs down the cheek,
while the lips curl in supreme sarcasm" :"
He has the sympathy of all right minded
people When il is discovered that during
this process he also has to laugh with his
teeth clenched the wonder and compass
sion of the world increase. Possibly he
might be able to scare away some of his
countrys foes just by standing in front
Of them and making that face.
The times., 1898-04-24

Has anything been seen of those Span
ish emissaries who were coming over
here to stir up the Southern States to re-
bel and help Spain?
The times., 1898-04-24

1t is observed that the equipment of the
United States Army for service in Cuba
does not consist of typeNFiters.
The times., 1898-04-24

The next course will be spaniards la
Maine.
The times., 1898-04-24

Nobody has heard Mr.. Hanna say any
thing since the beginning Of hostilities.
Is he under the table in a faint, or where
is he?
The times., 1898-04-24

And what pleasure it was to hear the
Tannhauser overture once morei This
iginal form is an ideal concert piece. The
ordinary overture suffers when deprived
of the atmosphere of the theater, the
curtain, the footlights. the performance
for which it prepares the way with all
necessary completeness, but that from
Tannhauser may stand alone and be
understood and appreciated without the
opera. which is now linked solely to the
revised Paris version. 1t seems to loom
greater with every performance, w@hile
other of its contemporaries are fading so
rapidly into Times twilight
The times., 1898-04-24

Considering the foreboding gloom of the
sky and war. 1t was an excellent audience.
1t was not so large an audience as so
admirable an organization as the Boston
Festival Orchestra merits upon it's none
too-frequent visits to Washington. nor
so large as to do justice to the discrmi-
nation and culture of the community in
respect to the exhibition of the most re-
fined. and in some respects the highest
branch of art. Those who were present
heard one of the most delightful con-
certs of the season. The program was
classical one, with romantic tendencies,
and the performance was full of the clas-
sical spirit in the truest sense. In the
breadth and symmetry of their concep-
tions, and in the dignity warmth and
beautiful finish of their execution, the
playing of the orchestra reached as mean
the perfection of attainment as the
musical people of Washington are Otter.
privileged to hear. 1t is the crowning
merit of these fifty artists that with them
absolute sincerity ana conviction inspire
everything they do, and rest like a
benson upon their playing from begin
ming to end.
The times., 1898-04-24
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Readers of The Times who may at any time
he unable 10 procure copies Of it at any news
stand railroad station railroad trains, will
eonfor favor upon the management 10y sending
10 tins Office information Of the fact.
The times., 1898-04-24

Communications intended for publication in
The Times should he tersely and plainly written,
and must in all cases he accompanied 10y the
name and address Of the writer Rejected com
mmiosrions viii not he preserved. and only man
usoripts Of obvious importance viii he returned
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