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VITAL STATISTICS-MAY g..


p. ]. and Maggie Joce 9s Germania avenue.
girl.
girl.
William and Lena Schneider, PIC Concordia ave-
nue. boy.
Robert and Louise Wright $50 Chapel street,
girl.
Carl and Sophie Ostermire 2l16 East Michigan
street. girl.
Michael and Nora Lachey, 745 East Georgia
street, boy
James and Laura McCaffey, 1910 Charles street.
girl.
Louis and Maggie Fredericks, 12S West McCarty
street. boy.
nue., boy.
Harry and Adema Miller, 1877 River avenue,
girl
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Saints Win in n Walk.

ST. PAUL Mimi, May 9.-The Millers
could not hit Fricken, and the Saints won in
a walk, Score:
St Paul ..1 Ii *-12 IA 2
Minneapolis o 0 o. 3
Batteries-Fricken and Spies; Norton,
Sonier, Dixon and Ritter.
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Ten Runs i'm the First.

OMAHA, Neb. May 9.-Pardee, who
opened the game for the Blues, was very
wild and easy" Meredith did better after
the first inning, but the game was lost.
Score:
Ri z.
Omaha 10 O 0 0 2 0 LA Is 4
X. City, 0 Q l / O. II z
Batteries-Hagerman and McCauley; Par
dee Meredith and Wilson.
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Interstate League.

A Mansfield r. H. F.
Mansfield .3 0 o 0 0 0-5 ii 5
New Castle...0 o O+1 a 1 / *-1S is )
Batteries-Beam, Emig and Laws; Hewitt
and Barclay.
At Toledo r.. H. E,
Toledo ..........0oo122o6 0ooo-5 10 2
Springfield ......22 0000001O 10 IL 2
Batteries-Sagle. Ferguson and Arthur;
Cogswell and Graffius. f.
At Fort Wayne eelss .sse r. H. f.
Fort Wayne...t 0aS = 1soalso J. 10 II /
Youngstown % | 90 900 1902 Q A
Batteries-Aloway and Campbell; Brodie
and Zinram. 'aea ~
At Grand Rapids r. H. f.
Grand Rapids. "A O L o o. 0 80 10 S
Dayton ........,..1 / o 0 o 3 2-S 10 10
Batteries Kostal and Cote; Rosebraugh
Daugherty and Brown.
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Remember the Mnine.

The Rev. Earle Whitley will give his
superbly illustrated lecture Cuba and the
Spanish Troubles" showing one hundred
beautiful dissolving views of the Cuban war,
Maine disaster, conditions in the island
United States and Spanish navles, famous
battle ships and their commanders. at the
Third Christian Church next Friday night,
May IS.
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Philadelphia North American.

Philadelphia North American.
Somers-Have You heard of America s
latest victory over Spain?
Winter-What was that?
Somers--A Don bet Yankee he could out
whistle him, and blew away ut patriotic
Spanish tune for four hours.
Winter-Well, did the American beat him.
Somers--I should say so. He started in
and whistled The Union Forever.
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MiIwaukee ............0 0 0 0 %
Indianapolis ..........3 O 0 0 0 O-5
Number hits made off Reidy, 8; off Ter
ry. 5; off Phillips, s.
Two-base Hits-Flynn, Hoffmeister
Home Run-SteWart
Stolen BaseS-Shoch Hogriever Stewart
Flynn.
Bases on Balls-Off Reidy, g.
Struck Out-Allen, DAILY, Terry, Stewart
Flynn WaIdron
Innings Pitched-Reidy, /; Terry, s.
Umpire-Sheridan
rfF11n 4 AZ
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Columbus Was Never Headed.

DETROIT, May 9.-Columbus made five
in the first inning to-day and was never
headed Score:
r. HI. E.
Detroit .....1 0 0 o 0 3 0 O-6 1
Columbus 80 l 2 / 80 u
Batteries-Irwin and Raffert; Wright and
Buckley.
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Warnings LICENSES.

Thomas j. Sprlngsteen and Matte L. Hardy.
Joseph G.. Enright and Eva Kimberlin.
Charles II. Wishmeier and Della h. Carr.
Jeshu Neal and Louie Anna Biggs
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Seekers after gold know they may be dis
appointed, but seekers after health take
Hoods Sarsaparlla with the utmost conf
dence that it will do them wonderful good
Hoods Pills are the only pills to take with
Hoods Sarsaparila. Easy, yet efficient.
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TwELyE-INNING VICTORY.
st. Louis Wins "A Close Game from the
Reds on Errors.

CINCINNATI, O., May 9.-Hill was given
miserable support and Twins errors were
costly. The winning run was scored in the
twelfth inning on doubles by Clements and
naol.ar I Q0O Score.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
~~~~N~~~>1~@~~~~~~~~~O~~~~
INDIANAPOLIS a. VINCENNES RAIL
ROAD COMPANY.

indianapolis, Ind, April 20. 1898.
The annual meeting of stockholders of the In
dianapolis Vincennes Railroad Company will be
held at the principal office of the company. in the
city Of indianapolis, Ind, Thursday May L.
1888, at o'clock p. M. for the election of seven
directors to serve for the ensuing year and the
transaction of such other business as may proper
" come before the meeting.
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The Champions Shut ont.

BOSTON, May 9.-The Bostons played a
llfeless game to-day, allowing themselves to
be shut out by the Baltimores almost with
out a hit Nichols was .batted at will by the
visitors Attendance, 1850. Score:
Baltimore III 2 0 Oo21 Z O-1s II 2
Boston .......o o Q 0u9r9 % % 2 2
Observation-Disclosures and Clark; Nichols and
Bergen. Two-base hit-Stahl. Stolen bases
-McGraw, Demont, McGann CD Double
plays-Jennings and McGann; Keister.
Lowe and Tenney; Collins, Lowe and Ten
ney; First base on balls-Of Hughes, 2; off
Nichols, 3. Struck out-By Hughes, 2; by
Nichols, 2. Passed balls-Bergen, 2 Wild
pitch-Nichols Time-l:50. Umpires-Lynch
and Connolly. ~- 81
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There Is nothing SO refreshing Cooks Inn
perial Champagne. Its pure, healthy and nour-
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watty's First victory at Home.

PITTSBURG, Pa, May 9.-Pittsburg to-
day won its first game on the home grounds
this season. While Cunningham was batted
hard, big element of luck helped the home
team to offset the effect of their six errors
Attendance, 1900. Score:
Ri. E.
Pittsburg =. "A 0 3 0 0 o 80 10 6
LOUISVILLE y 0 o 0-5 s 3
Batteries-Rhines and Schriever. Cunning
nam ana Dexter. Earned runs-Pittsburg
Il Loulsvllie, /. Three-base hit-Davis.
lone run--McCarthy. Sacrifice hits-Gray,
Rltchey, Nance. Stolen bases-Gray Me-
Carhy, Clarke. First base on balls-Cling-
man. Hit by pitched ball-Donovan. Pad
zen, Brodie Rhines. Nance Struck out-By
hFIhlnes, = I1me-1:50. Umpires-O'D Day and
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS.

FLANNER & BUCHANAN-320 North
Illinois street Lady embalmer, for
ladies and children. Office always
open. Telephone 64i. Hacks at lowest
prevailing price,
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NO DENYING THAT THE CHAMPIONS
ARE PLAYING GREAT BALL.
The Saints VIII Have to BE HumiI-
lated When They Come East-The
Reds Lose to the Browns.
Schedule for To-Day.

Schedule for To-Day.
Western League
Indianapolis at Milwaukee.
Columbus at Detroit.
st. Paul at Minneapolis.
Kansas City at Omaha.
National League
Baltimore at Boston.
Cleveland at Chicago.
Brooklyn at New York.
Louisville at Pittsburg.
st. Louis at Cincinnati.
Philadelphia at Washington.
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Pittsburg E. "A 0 o o 80 IL
LOviSXllle . q O q q q q


WASHINGTON, May 9.-The Senators
made but two hits to-day after Piatt went
III at the end of the fourth and bad errors
then gave the game to Philadelphia At
tendance, 1000. Score:
ra41 r. H. E.
Philadelphia % O i 81 Oil - I
Observation-Disclosures and Farrell: Dunl<aId
Piatt and Mcfarland. Stolen bases-DoyIe
20, Farrell. Delehanty I'd Two-base hits
Leahy, Thompson, Reitz. Mcfarland. La
3ole, Cooley, Douglas. Double plays-Cross
TO LaJoie to Douglass Lajoie to Douglass.
Bases on balls-Off Mercer. 3; off Dunkald,
Q; on Piatt, 3. Hit by pitched ball-Cross.
washington. .; Philadelphia. Z. Time-2:1O.
Umpires-Emslie and Andrews
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Totals ................G


+Batted for Hughey in the ninth.
Cincinnati % 1 0 1 0 0 0 %
st. Louis - 0 0 , 0 0 0 1-6
Earned runs Cincinnati. 81 St. Louis, 3.
Two-base hits-Steinfeldt. Clements, Deck
err Three-base hits-Mc Bride. Corcoran.
Beckley and Harley. Stolen bases-Peitz,
Mcbride and Crooks. Bases on balls-Off
Hill, 8: off Hughey 2: off Daniels. g. Hit by
pitched ball--By Hughey, !. Struck out-By
HILL 8; by Hughey. ,; by Daniels. 2. Passed
Establishments 2. Wild pitches-Hughey. 2.
Time-2:o5. Umpires-Cushman and Heidler.
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CLEVELAND. o.. May 9-The Chicagos
did plenty of hard hitting to-day, while the
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New York Mail and Express.
And yet we are the most peaceful people
in the world!
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c. E. KREGELO, FUNERAL DIRECTOR, has
resumed business at his old establishment 223
North Delaware street. Everything new and COM
plete. Office telephone. No. ESQ; residence tele-
phone. No. 1928.
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Local CONGRATULATIONS Mondax

Bar. Their. r. II. Wind. Weather. Pre-.
a. M. 1905 81 80 South. Clear 900
p. m. .29.9S So A South. P'tCrdy. 600
Maximum temperature, IS; minimum tenn
perature, 81.
Following is a comparative statement of
the temperature and precipitation May o.
Temp. Pre-.
Normal .......... .................. GA 013
Departure from normal .......... . --013
Departure since May 1..........-25 20 AZ
Departure since Jan. 1............@2S6 1857
$Plus. c. f. r. WAPPENHANS
Local Forecast Official
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r. II. e.
Brooklyn 40 0 o 0 O o 0 Ii 4 3
New York 20 Q 0 Q 2 0 l #-3 6 4

Batteries-Dunn and Ryan: Meekin and
Grady. Stolen base-McCreery. Two-base
ht-McCreery. Double plays-Gleason,
Davis, Joyce; Mailman and Lachance. First
base on errors-New York, /; Brooklyn, 4.
First base on balls-Off Dunn. 4; off Meekn,
Z ef S'r rue Guy Rnnn S G Me TaIn
Time-1:45. Umpires-Curry and Snyder. At
tendance-5.O0O ..5
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Errors countea, More tbnp u,t..

NEW YORK, May 9.-Errors were re-
sponsibe for a majority of the runs to-day.
Both Meekin and Dunn pitched good ball.
Score:
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DIED.

~~~N~-N~>c~~~~~~NN~~~~~~
MCLLEN-Ida Elmira, daughter of William Null
len, died Monday morning, May 9. at $780,
Friends invited to family home, 9O5 North Senate
avenue Tuesday afternoon evening Service
and burial private.
MITCHELL-Mrs r. j. Mitchell wife of the late
Rev G. s. Mitchell, at IL o'clock Monday even
ing at the Victoria, aged ffty-two years. Flu
neral notice later.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
NOTICE.
The Winningham Mileage Tickle

The Winningham Mileage Ticket
Company.
The annual meeting Of the stockholders of the
Wnnngham Mileage Ticket Company will be
held at the secretary's office, Indianapolis Ind,
Wednesday. May 25. $685. for the election OF
directors and the transaction of such other bust
ness as may come before the meeting. The trans
fer books will be closed May Is and remain closed
until after the meeting w. E. HACKEDORN.
Indianapolis Ind, April %, 1885, Secretary
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INTERCHANGEABLE

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WANTED-SALESNEN.

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PHYSICIANS.
RAILROAD TINE TABLE.

~~>>>~N~N~S~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~>~~~~~<~~~~~<>
IN and after Sunday. February 10, 1898,
~ trains will follows: Central
Standard Time) All trains enter
UNION RAILWAY STATION.
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So We Arc.

S. c. F. r. WAPPENHANS
Local Forecast Official
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Can tho voice Of an educated parrot be mis-
taken for that OF a human voice2 That wRs q
question that Judge Terrell had to decide in tho
Butte Police Court recently. The Judge decided
that under cert-in circumstances a parrot talk
ing might be mistaken for a person talking, and
Arthur Powers. who was accused of disturb
ance and calling Mrs. Nellie Thompson names
that were not at all polite. was allowed TO go
free because tho parrot was to blame,
According to the testimony given during the
hearing, Powers. who is n next-door neighbor of
Mrs. Thompson, was making u good deal of
noise the other night. Mrs. Thompson stood
It as long as she could and then asked tho
Powers family to be still. The noise continued.
stead of getting 1t a vollcy of oaths several
yards long was fired at her out of one of the
windows. She started back in amHZement, and,
thinking Powers was to blame. promptly had
him arrested.
Ills defence was that he had not said a word
to Mrs; Thompson. but his parrot had. and of
course he had no control over the voice OF tho
bird. The green fellow, he said, had been edu.
things i would BIO better for 1t not to know.
When Mrs: Thompson called to him. the parrot
began talking and he could not prevent it say
Ing the things that insulted Mrs, Thompson.
The bird was not In court, and 1t is probably q
good thing that 1t was not.
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happen that officers In q militia regiment
are untitled for command In the field In
time Of war. Nor IL 1t any reflection on their
courage and fidelity TO say this IL is to look
facts in the face, and to acknowledge, as
they might acknowledge themselves, that
they are without tho expert ability acquir-
able or demonstrable only In actual prac-
tice, With such practice 1t may be as
sumed that they would develop the ability,
but without it they are at an obvious dis
advantage as compared with trained pro-
fesslonal soldiers; the troops under them
are less effective, and, perhaps, subjected
to far greater dangers to life and health.
The desire Of the colored volunteers and
Of all volunteers, therefore, should be for
competent officers rather than for n par.
tlcular officers with whom they may have
been associated In the militia, Whether
their officers come from the militia, or
what may DO the color Of their skins,
is not the question for prudent and
patriotic volunteers to consider. but
whether they are qualified to eom.
mand them most skllfully under the
trials and the perils of campaigning and
actual battle. This war is not to settle the
race question or to vindicate the militia
system, but to conquer Spain, and the call
for volunteers to serve in 1t is solely for
that purpose.
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From the 81. Louis Globe. Democrat.

KEwASEE, ILL.,. June 1.-The Henry County
Circuit Court il to have brought before IL a
case INVOLVING more money tnan any case pre-.
ylou'ly brought In connection with violation OF
Warden Loveday of Illinois, through State Al.
tornoy Graves. to-day fled a declaration chGrg.
the game laws 1904 times, that being the mum.
Der OF birds he has shipped East in violation OF
the law. Merritt, who Is one OF the mos. ex.
%tensIve cold-gtoragp game dealers In the coun.
try; sends birds 10 Eastern patrons at all times.
nno INC game warden claims he violates tho law
~ 90 NJ SO during the close SCuson. On the
ll3.O54 birds tho minimum fines are about
Soa.uOO ana tho maximum over $325. O0O. The
birds were seized in Chicago by the warden and
nave been replevined by the Chicago, Burling.
ton and Quincy railroad, in whose charge they
were while in transit.
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A Sound Declaration.

The Pennsylvania Republican platform
contains this resolution, the like of which
10 sure to be found In succeeding Republic
can declarations Of policy, and will be in
those Of the Democrats, too, il the Demo
Gratis are wise:
ave reanirm tho declaration made in the last Re.
publican national platform In favor Of the c%onstruo-
tion Of tho Nicaragua Canal. We believe that the
present war has demonstrated beyond question tho
imperative necessity OF this canal for purposes OF
national defence and for the development Of our for
eiGn and domestic m and we call on Congress
90 push this work as speedily as possible"
The voyage of the Oregon and our con-
quests and interests in the Pacific have
reused the country to a sense Of the absolute
necessity of the Nicaragua Canal. A few
months & public feeling was languid on
the subject. The events of the war brought
an instant and final change. The America
of 1897, lulled by the sound of the village
clock, is as remote as Nineveh. The new
United States look forward to a vast com
merce with Asia, in which region they
will themselves have great possessions-a
vast commerce protected by a strong navy.
The carrying trade of the world lies ready
to our hands, into which 1t will come in
evitably upon the next European war. The
Nicaragua Canal is the indispensable ave.
nue., military and commercial, from the
Atlantic to the Pacific, Hawaii and the
Philippines. 1t must be built and 1t will
be built. No political party that cares for
its reputation for patriotism can afford to
neglect this vital part of American policy.
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key Frenchman OF the Hotel Jacob ~ the
typical Frenchman Of France. There are
as great differences there as here or any
where else in the world. This applies to
all social grades and to the people Of all
parts Of France, from the voluble Gaseon to
the stolid A%uvergnat, and the shifty Pro-
vencal to the thrifty Norman. Tit differ.
ences are not greater between the Maine
coast fisherman and the Louisiana creole
than between the Breton and the mariner
Of Marseilles. There is no unit to present
as the representative Frenchman; still less
did Mr.. GoRHAM discover him during his
%sojourn at the Hotel Jacob.
Next to the class composing the great
majority, the class who II polite or kind
to an American would be equally polite
and kind to him II he were an Australian.
are the m~ercenaries who cultivate the
American pocket. They need not be con-
sidered, for the mercenary is the same the
globe over. Behind these Is the smaller
but more powerful class OF those French
men who thoroughly understand tho
spirit OF American institutions and ap.
preciate and sincerely like the American
character. They are our friends. just as we
are the friends Of such Frenchmen and Of
France. Such there have been at all times
since the days Of LAFAYETTE, not only in
places of power and influence, but scattered
throughout the entire population; and on
them depend the future relations between
the two great republics.
1t is proper to say that up to the present
time the attitude of the French Govern
ment has been unexceptionable in all
respects. 30 far as known to the public.
This circumstance renders Of no account
whatever the %mouthings and grimaces of
the Bandar Log, occasionally reported by
truthful observers like Mr.. GEORGE G.
GoRHAM, Jr., who dwelt among them for
the space of seven weeks.
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Volunteers and Their officers.

Leading newspapers of the South are dis
cusslng the question Of the employment of
negro troops In the war in a spirit Of entire
impartiality and with a good sense which
is unclouded by prejudice. We find among
them NO disposition to discourage the en-
listment of negroes or to underrate theiE
peculiar fitness for military service in q
tropical climate.
The only question which arises concerns
more particularly the proper selection
of officers to command negro troops,
whether they shall be white or colored men ,
but 1t Is treated by the Southern Jour
nails on Its merits solely aud without any
suggestion Of prejudice against the negro.
The Daily Register of Mobile even ex-
presses sympathy with " our colored fellow
citlZens" in resenting 1.-THE discrimination
shown against them in refusing them any
voice In the selection of their officers" say
ing that "they are quite right in standing
by their old and faithful officers, and their
action does them honor" It reminds them,
however, that as the call of the President
for colored troops, "for the special reason
that negroes stand the tropical climate bet
ter than white men do" is addressed to the
"a WV SoAoi0u PSopAeB " SuOulu
stimulate in them the willingness to volun-
teer wholly without conditions whenever 1t
is not deemed advisable to take them In
their existing militia organizations.
This is good advice for both whites and
negroes. If they enlist In the military SER
vice for the war in the true spirit they will
offer themselves as soldiers to be employed
by the Government ip any way in which
they can be made most useful to Il, accord
ing to the views of the general officers who
are directing the organization of troops.
The loyalty of militia to the officers of
their own selection is altogether COM
mendable, but loyalty to the nation is a far
higher obligation, and the exigencies of
war may dictate the substitution of other
officers for those who may have been fully
competent for their duties in time of peace.
Moreover, when such a change is required
1t is made on the theory hat the welfare
and effectiveness of the soldier himself
are conserved by it. Men who go INTO the
field of active service In war should have,
first of all, competent officers to care for
them in camp and to lead them In battle.
The color of the skins OF those leaders or
their past friendly relations with a partic-
ular militia organization are of little &C,
count. Tho important matter Is their fit,
ness to command troops in war.
If better officers than the old can be
found the gain. to the men led 10 NO less
than to the Government SARVOd., II may