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The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03

289; number of games played. 1872.
These figures show how consistent and
satisfactory his work has been since
he became a Brewer. He is a student
of the game and his coaching is Of
great service to his pitchers. His only
handicap is his size, major league man
ayers regarding him as too small to
handle the big league twirlers to ad-
vantage, but Speers record shows that
he has yet to find delivery that has
too much speed for him. In the opin-
ion of his fellow-players the little
catcher can hold his own in any COM
pany.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03
The Higher Standard.

The policy of the United States be-
ing to maintain a higher standard Of
comfort and. happiness in the United
States, through higher wages than ob-
tain abroad, that standard must be
maintained under the American nag
aloat as well, aud it is for this reason
that protection is needed in order 70
eGualize the conditions under which
American ships may compete with Hor-
eign ships in the foreign trade with
out lowering the American standard
of wages and Of living.-New York
Commercial.
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tt.t -

one Kelley that tns
three clubs out of a dozen made monS5n
during the past season may be used
as a lever to bring about scale" and
Mr. Kelley continues: "In Baltimore
a year ago we felt that our services
we're worth more than the sum fxeo
and fixed arbitrarily, as the compen-
sation for ball players. There Is no
more reason why the salaries OF ball
players should be limited than should
those of actors" The Cleveland club
has had it's troubles along money
lines. but the salary question has not
been one of them. 1t may be that the
Cleveland players are 1ntelllgene
enough to see that they are doing
pretty we'll under a $2,40O limit for
couple of hours exercise five or SIX
days q week for six months. 1t mas
been suggested that eff the clubs were
to stimulate that in case the earnings
reached a certain figure the players
sbOuld be entitled to extra compensa-
ton. such an arrangement would Drlns
about far different condition than
that which prevails today. There Is no
limit to the profit of the owners OF a
club, but, successful or unsuccessful,
the salaries of the players remain the
same" It might be suggested also that
the losses of the magnates are prac-
tically unlimited, but no matter Wnat
money is lost the salaries Of the play
ers remain the same There are few
ball players who are not willing to ao-
nit that they are well paid and these
few would probably have hard WORK
finding equally remunerative employ
ment outside of baseball. The players
have some legitimate kicks coming
against the National League, some
grievances that should arrest the pub
lie ear and incite public indignation
perhaps, but the salary question is no.
one of them.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03
WHAT AMERICAN SHIPS WOULD
DO.
Benefits to Be Derived from a Restored
Merchant Marine.

Merchant Marine.
If we were Shipping out our wheat,
cotton, corn, petroleum, provisions, 10
eomotives, steel rails, iron pipe, ETC.,
on American bottoms instead of n
foreign ships, we would benefit in
many ways:
1. BY building and supplying the
materials for the construction of the
ships.
2. BY manning the ships.
8. BY getting the freights which
would go to our own ship owners and
investors in shipping enterprises as
profits to be distributed again, putting
vigor into various branches of our ma
tional life.
4. By securing a more direct and a
sreedier service to foreign markets.
5. BY obtaining a large postal fleet.
6. BY developing a large merchant
navy from which to draw auxiliary
cruisers and transports in time of war.
There are other considerations which
enter into this shipping problem, but
these are enough, it would appear, to
move mountain. 1t is in such a be-
half that the real patriotism of the
American people is afforded an oppor-
tunity to manifest itself. There are
patriots who go to war and others who
remain at home. If it be true that to
attain ends in democracies and to
arouse public opinion it is necessary
to wage wars and annex islands in
order to get object lessons in the mat
ter of the American ship and an 18TH
mian canal, then what we have just
passed through and are passing
through now will not be in vain. The
true destiny and glory of this cOun-
try, however, will be attained not Dy
maintaining garrisons in Cuba or N
the Philippines, or in the increase Of
cur armament, though it may be need
ful to involve ourselves in much that
does not directly concern our growth
as we go along. The ever present duty
is to build up these United States
TO commercial greatness and economic
supremacy SO that the whole world
will look hither for what it needs to
buy. This, of course, is a practical
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03

Men now living can remember when
Royland Hill effected the adoption Of
the penny post" in England, and the
vast nrogress it marked in human in
tercourse and information. Today we
stand upon the. threshold Of a penny
most era, not only throughout the Brit
ish empire, but in all the English
speaking world. 1t will be time q
mighty forward movements toward
that intimate intercourse and sym
nathetic mutual knowledge that are
the essential prelude to the brodher'
hood OF man.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03
Dowse's Doings.

Ex-catcher Tommy Dowse, the ire
pressible kick artist, was lost 10 slgnC
during the past season. The BuHaio
Express recently resurrected Tommy
and relates the following: Tommy
Dowse has quit the laundry business
and is now one of the rising young
insurance writer's Of the city. In this
lies the explanation of the fact that
Mr.. Dowse refuses to smoke anything
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03
A Close Call.

Frank H. Brunell, formerly Cleve-
land and Chicago correspondent of
Sporting Life, secretary Of the Inflated
Players league, and more recently
publisher of the Chicago Daily Racing
Form, has been very i'll with nervous
prostration at Woodlands, Barney
Schreiber's st. Louis country stock
farm. In fact, Brunell was very near
deaths door, but is now on the way to
recovery. Franks legion of friends
will join us in wishing him speedy re-
covery to entire health. No sporting
writer Of recent years has covered so
many fields, and so well, as F. H. Bru-
nell. For years he was regarded as
an authority, on harness horse racing.
His reputatidnsas writer on base ball
s!q saImt sfif Sd 1ection as the secretary of
Sur suo1oI. >, Brotherhood, when the
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03

A strikiv- example of corrupt Cnln-
ese methuGa has just been brought 70
light Tie ;G0fai @; Shanghai and M
perial director Of railroads was sum-
moncd TO Peking by the emperor FOR
conference On important aHalrs OF
state. AT The outer gate of the city ne
was told his baggage would be conns-
Gated if he did not pay thirty thousand
taels duty. Much of his baggage being
contrahand articles which it waS not
lawful to take into the city, he paid the
money. At the inner gate lie was slnli-
larly stopped, and mulcted in the sum
of twenty thousand taels. So it cost
him nearly thirty-two thousand dollars
to get into the city in compliance Wi'h
the emneror's order. No wonder, we
saw. that under such system China Is
in the nrocess Of hopeless decay: yes
and If corruption is conGoned even II
the least degree in our own land. ma!
we not bc in danger of like tate un
less we mend our ways?
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03

Western league umpire until July
when he was made member OF the
National league staff. At the close
Of that season he returned to neWspa-
ner work. and in 1898 was made the
enorting editor of the Pittsburg Lea@
er. which position he has filed ever
since. Three years ago he was elected
to the presidency of the Interstate
league, which, through his executive
ability and able management, haE
taken a front rank among the minor
leagues
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03

The assimilation Of Hawaii will be
complete when the islanders are seen
eating New England pie, and the in
habitants Of the pie belt" partake
choerfully and adequately of the Ha
waiian national dish, poi
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03
Tba Canadian View.

There can be no disputing the fact
that if Mr.. Fielding should adopt the
tariff views of Mr.. Dingley it would
result in as much prosperity to Can
ada as is now enjoyed by the United
gtates.-The Canadian Manufactures.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03
Need Attention.

Only four American ships passed
through the SJlez canal last year out
of q total of 1892, of which 1876 were
British. Our commercial interests On
the other side of the world need at
eaIlon.-Colorad Springs Press.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03

How easy is penand-paper piety! 1t
is far cheaper work ones head than
ones heart to goodness. I can make a
hundred meditatiOns sooner than sub
due one sin in my soul
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03

Interest in the project to replace the
Maine by a battleship to be called the
American Boy, to be built by means Of
contributions from the youth,of Amer
icanGpntinues unabated Scores of
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03

The present emperor Of China~-lt
Kwang Su be indeed still living-at-
tempted IL check revolt in his do
minions hy Granting the reforms de-
manded by tho insurgents. The result
was disastrous to him. but the essaF
did him credit. In it he followed the
example Of enc Of his predecessors
nearly q century ago, who on memoir
able occasion said in public procla-
nation: IAN attempt at reV0iItlon
has been made. for which BLANC ny
self. 1t must arise from the lo" state
of NV virtues and accumulated imper-
fections. My ministers and ! nave
governed carelcssly, and caused the
present occurrence
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03

Hot air has recently been employed
with some success in the treatment OF
Joints which have been stiffened CT
distorted by chronic rheumatism or
gout The limb is encased in a large
cylinder into which very hot dry ar
IS introduced. The temperature Of the
air within the apparatus is often above
that of boiling water, yet patients arr
said to be able to bear it for seEefal
hours without discomfort, and indeed
in many cases With positive relief OIL
the pain ana uneasy sensation III tAe
affected joints. The treatment must
he repcatcd at moderately frequent in
tervals, although benefit often fotio" !
even one baking.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03

What an absurd thing it is to pass
over al the valuable parts Of a man,
and fix our attention on his infirmites.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03

cause some particular man isn't worry
ing about her.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03

Glass eyes are now made with such
perfection that the Wearers themselves
can't see through the deception.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03

tual doing; ascetic sobriety is effectual
dullness.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03

1t is human nature for man to look
out for number one, but the charming
young widow always looks out for
number two.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03

"A danger that is known is q gutde-
post to safety.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03

Lots OF people wait in vain for their
ships to come in simply because they
neglected to launch them.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03

If there be any truer measure of
man than by what he does, it must be
by what he gives.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03

Lawyers are SO plentiful that but few
criminals get chance to plead guilty.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03

anV other CTaE7----777 -
The great gain in the ratio o. ex-
ports to imports that has taken place
in the first three quarters of the cur
renS fiscal year under the operation OF
the Dingley tariff is apparent III the
following table showing the total I'M
ports and total exports for nine months
ending September 80 in each year IRON
1888 to 1898:
Nine months
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03

LIVt oUOcK aswork 1nc1dent to the1r
the propositions
feature of.thf pc has devoted his time
occasi;asiranl~t to the thoroughbreds, and
many of the inA Aovations and improve
ments in reporting these turf events
were introduced by him. Mr.. Brunell
was for years connected with the
Cleveland Plain Dealer, and afterward
with the Chicago Tribune. While
with the Tribune he began the publi-
cation of the Daily Racing Form
Sporting Life.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03

The closer you get to some people
the more distant they are.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03

"He says he intends the world shall
hear from him some day" Indeed!
,"Oh. yes. He's learning to play the
trombone. Chicago Post
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03
BASE BALL GOSSIP.
CURRENT NEWS AND NOTES
OF THE GAME.
Western Circuit Still Keeps Everybody
Interested Vaguely Guessing = The
Committee Is No Nearer Solution
Than 1t Ever Was.

HE Western league
circuit question re-
mains in statu quo
and is not likely to
be settled until aft
er the National
league meeting in
December, in New
York. The circuit
committee, Messrs.
Comiskey, Lotus
and Johnson, met
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03
Salaries of PLAYERS.

Several ball players in the east have
submitted to interviews upon the sub
ject of a salary scale and all seem to-
think that the ,1nagnates will have tha
sublime audaQity of faattempting to-
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03

About the easiest thing in the world
is not to become a millionaire.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03

It's often unwise for a man to be as
funny as he can.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03

I .l,srUE,ss ia -
| who did not receia he protest. I s, tons =
of the genuine sin serity with which
The Americans entered upon the war
With more or less mock incredulitv."
90 per cent of our iinf9tFtsc.Aslu ~
ports in our own bottoms, we will be
a nation thriving, if we thrive at ALL
beyond our just deserts. ts.--Manufactur-
er.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03

Ehe past is the most cruel c& ala
masters.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03


Hepxop reyoled. and
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03
VINO QlQ not recelX h
ST the genuine Sin, or;

o tse- nsr<f- ..ss.-.2 3nsu NO
-sHRAA IlAo -Tuads. 81 1,-
The Wichita tribune., 1898-12-03

af1csls, ..a6so. --fsian gen,c1,ts 4S,r
the coming - puof fs Sfa
Live Stock aswork incident to their
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-22
SMOKING OFT Az OWL.
From The Portland Oregonian.

From The Portland Oregonian.
City Treasurer Hacheney is one Of those Old
fashioned men who get up first In the mnrniis'
build fires and make some coffee for the IT,
freshmen OF himself and the Others as they
turn out. Monday evening he laid the fire III
the kitchen stove usual before going 10 pea.
Yesterday morning when he opened the stove
door to apply n match to the kindling he was
startled by a vicious swapping and the sIgh' W
some hideous. sooty-ooking goblin. with mug
eyes and ears, which caused him To jump hai,
way across the kitchen and imagine the de.h
or one OF his imps had taken possession o' tne
stove. on recovering his epuanimity he m'ue
an investigation and found that n gray owl hau
made its way down the chimney. through Wv
stovepipe and draught into the stove MI;
llacheney could hardly believe his senses aha
at first imagined that some one had been play.
Ing Il belated April fool trick on him. hut ,he
disclaimers OF all the family and the fact thas
the owl was literally covered with SCOT ana
ashes convinced him that the bird had coW0
down the chimney.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-22

,n,h" or 1.-THE Island" or the weary. wear
plays They dead. end past ,hint, a.
,hot ~ "Frankenstein" or THE Mysteries OF
t-dolpho their garish theatrcality Is la ,hnSs
Bile. and we can scarce believe that these .h ,
OF naught were once preferred 10 tne ,t'o'' DANA
nlicites and rough, true music OF Scout
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-22

'Tke Drcamers Of the Ghetto" Is n book which
does not please the critic Of THE Saturday Re-
View; in fact. ne says of II that there is so
much that Is dull and futile that we fear that
Tin the epigram Of the great poet whom he i'll
treats so stupidity Mr.. Zangwurs career lies
behind him"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-22

Iordon is 10 have two new literary papers ,
..,rbc London Review" edited 10y Mt ,s"aIi
Crawford and The Iit"rary Gazette a )VuIhn'
., lao devoted exclusively L. notices ~ current
publications II Is difficult to -" whht h''h ~
n,an IN those periodicals. for England has al
r,adv NOR. than enough u their Kind
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-22

.,rb. Diack Douglas" is the Title 81 Mr.. = X
crockctt's new novel Its author Is takinE
walking tour in Spain Just now an eNefc'ae
which few people will be disposed 10 envy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-22

,,t..i',, rrn,,.'' ia 10 be- brought out by l'"dd.
Mead A. Co An Introduction and many notes
~, Vr Clement shorter will accompany 'he
biography Hitherto unpublished iiIusfa''"""
will also be used.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-22

Mr. W H. Mailock Is writing new mover:
and Mr Seton Mcrrman is IN Russia accunu.
lating material for another book In the vein OF
The Sewers"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-22

The real history Of the principal actors m
George Eliot's Mr. Gilhrs Love story ~ n''
N,vdigatcs which is about to be pupIlSh'"
In London.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-22

T., .ho tree library at Todmorden England.
there * an almost II not quite, unique co'lrc',n
80 y,,ks ON tobacco. consisting II IA books
and pamphlets. The dates Of thes, bp"Kh rthE.
srn,, i-sn a. IN. present day German WORK
Loars IN, date Of l.92. Sixteen books were
nrintcd in the seventeenth century. one 81 these
hrinr King Jamcs's "a Counter BIaste I" TO-
baccO."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-22

Law, Among the Lions" is the title 81 me
nov humorous story which Mr.. Anstcy mas
ia,.lv conulctcd II IL a story Of London ne
ana is about the length OF The tinted N'"uS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-22

r, ARTICLE IN John Jacob Aston which his
dosrnndant william Waldorf Astor. is prepar,
inc for he July number OF The Pail Mail
MAGAZINE" is to contain much matter h,ncI,u
mmnmhlishcd II is compiled from documents
AND letters In the possession Of the author ana
is To- have many iliustrations-amons mem a
copv Of Gilbert Stuarts portrait OF the "'s'
American Aston.
The evening times., 1898-10-25
HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY.
Meeting of Citizens to Consider the
PrOnnsed Celeb ion.

Representative citizens of Washington
gathered last night in the Lehman Build
ing and perfected an organization to cele-
brate in fitting manner the centennial
anniversary of the location of the Ma
tional Government at Washington, and
incidentally the closing year of the nine
teenth century.
The meeting was called to order by Mr..
w S. Mexican. Commissioner John B.
Wight was selected as chairman. Com
missioner Wight made short address
setting forth the objects of the organiza-
tion. He presented the regrets of Com
missioner Ross who was unable to be
present Mr. W. S. Mexican, who is
practically the originator of the move
ment was appointed secretary. A COM
mittee of nine, of whom Commissioner
Wight is to be eX-oficio chairman, was
appointed, to formulate plans and report
at the next meeting, which will be held
at Wizards Hall some time IN the near
future
Among those present at the meeting
were L. S. Brown, Myron NJ. Parker,
Conrad H Syme w. Danenhower NJ. l.
Weller, Lawrence Gardner, Chaplin
Brown, ]. c. Parker, E. l.. Johnson, ].
c. Ergood, H L. Biscoe. w. n. Selden,
Norman T. Elliott, w. Z. Clephane. DR..
William Tindall, j. s. Swormstedt, R. W.
Henderson, August Lansburgh, David
Moore. James P. Willett, Julius Lans-
burg, John S. Miller. John Boyle E. w.
Ayers. DR.. Dudley Morgan, r. Ross Per-
ry. J. Fred Kelly, c. T Bride, F. X Ray
mond and c. B. Bayley.
The evening times., 1898-10-25
CITY BREVITIFS.

Milton Fowler, the youngest child of Mr..
and Mrs. ]. T. Fowler, of Minnesota Ave
nue., Anacostia, fell into a bucket of water
Sunday morning and was drowned.
A contract for carrying United States
mails from this city to Sligo, Md, has
been awarded the Washington, Woodside
and Forest Glen Electric Railroad Com
pany.
Sadie Davis, of 1921 c Street, was severe
ly burned yesterday by her dress taking
fire from a small coal stove. Her gar
ments were burned from her body before
the blaze was extinguished.
The battalion of Naval Militia has been
ordered to assemble tomorrow evening for
a fire drill. The fire signals will be given
just as though different portions of the
vessel were burning, and the crew will
man the guns and go to general quarters.
Rev. Lucian Clark, D. D., will conduct
the evangelical meeting at the Central
Union Mission tonight. Rev J. J. Muir
will speak Wednesday night, and Rev. j.
Fred Heisse on Saturday night. This Sc
ries of union services have been largely
attended.
The Central Labor UnIon met last night
and adopted resolutions indorsing Con-
gressman Babcock. An effort was made
recently to have the union approve a
memorial protesting that Mr. Rabcock
was opposed to the cause of labor The
resolutions adopted are intended to close
the matter.
Henson Clark, who was until a few
days ago a member of Company X, First
Maryland Volunteers, died suddenly yes
terday from an attack of apoplexy at his
home, near Sligo, Md On Sunday he
attended church and was apparently in
the best of health. He was twenty-five
years old and was considered one of the
best soldiers in his command.
The evening times., 1898-10-25

filled up the rest of the production was
as dull as 1t could well be-consisting al
together of ancient jokes, meaningless
horseplay, and unscientific fisticuffs.
There was a good deal of noise, made
principally by characters falling down
stairs behing the scenes, and on several
occasions a funny young man in the cast
saw fit to throw flour in the faces of his
fellow-actors, box their ears punch them
with pokers and do other pleasing things,
for no apparent reason. The person as
saulted usually rolled over and over on
the ground or turned somersaults. A lit
tie of this sort of thing is funny. but
great deal of ii is very wearisome.
Such specialties as could be called spe-
cialties were good. The John Byrne
Troupe of Acrobats did some good work
of the same sort as that of last year. and
there was shown a piece of impromptu
sketching by John Byrne, which was
very clever indeed The horses used in
the racing scene behaved nicely and the
scenery played its part as well as could
be expected. There was a travesty on
the Salvation Army in the second act, in
which girl in the well-known uniform
picked a young mans pocket and gave
him an ardent embrace by way of
change" for a dollar bill; and this bit
of by-play must be condemned. as piece
of execrable taste with no wit for its ex-
cuse. The cast is a large one, the pro-
duction is what may be called elaborate,
and If the managers had only seen fit to
engage some talent in their 'aggrega-
ton" the performance might be a very
good one. sea-
The evening times., 1898-10-25
Is kernRn's-Rice & Barton'S Gaiety
COmpanN.

Judging from the size of the houses
gathered at Kernan's yesterday and es-
pecially from that of last night there can
be no doubt of the great popularity of
Rice and Barton's Gaiety Company, which
is here for this week. The organization
affords one of the best shows on the road,
and fully sustains the high reputation it
has earned in former years. A score of
pretty girls in handsome costumes sing,
dance and make merry in Maud of the
Tenderloin,'' a farce, and Naughty Coney
Island a brisk burlesque, which re-
spectively begin and end the perform
ance. Rice and Barton score their usual
hit as jolly fat funny men; frankie
Haines. as popular as ever, appears to ad
vantage with Idylla Vyner and Elsieta, In
a novel turn; Touhey and Mack are heard
in Irish songs, Swan and Bambard offer
some acrObatics. Barton and Eckhoff give
a musical act and Miles and Raymond are
seen in character sketch.