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Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10
GREAT BALL GAME
For the Benefit of Mrs. Cox.
Both Teams Confident.
The Players.

All arrangements have been completed
for the ball game tomorrow at the League
Ball Park between Young Mems Divis-
ion, A. o. H., and Mackin Council, Y.
NJ. l., the proceeds of which, as has been
heretofore stated in these columns, go to
Mrs. Mary A. Cox, whose deserving case
has attracted attention throughout the
city. The joint committee of the two
bodies has met with success and encour-
agement, and everything is now in readi-
ness for great benefit.
The First Regiment Band will furnish
concert music in the grand stand before
and during the game. Mayor Weaver is
expected to pitch the first ball, and Jim
Wolfe, the old-time veteran, has been
agreed upor to umpire the game.
Through the courtesy of Messrs. Thos.
keenan, and AL. Strub the boys will ride
to the park in hacks. Bud Hillerich has
provided the bats and Griffith & Semple
and Reccius Bros. have donated the balls
for the game. Grimes & Garry, proprie-
tors of the popular West End base ball
resort, have contributed supplies of diff
ferent kinds to the opposing teams, thus
reducing the expenses to low figure
and leaving big margin of the receipts
for Mrs. Cox.
The rival teams have worked hard and
earnestly and are in condition to put up
the game of their life. The exact lineup
will be as follows:
Young Mems Division-Kilker, c.;
Yenner, p; O'Hara. S. s.; Milligan, lb;
Kelly, 2b; Donahue; Sb; HALEY or Coo
ney, |. f.; Cunningham. c. f.; Kennedy.
r. {.
Mackin Council-GIeason, c.; Cies, p. !;
Schrieber, 5. s.. Ryan, lib; Schrieber. 2b;
Curran, Sb; Shelley, l. f.; Flynn, c. f.;
Weber, r. T.
Play will be called at o'clock.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10
A BOYS KING.
ton.

My papa, he's the bestest man
Whatever lived, bet,
And amt never seen no one
AS smart as he is yet.
Why, he knows everything, almost,
But mamma says that he
Amt never been the President,
And that surprises me.
And often papa talks about
How he must work away
He's got to toll for other folks
And do what others say;
And that's the thing that bothers me
When he's so good and great,
He ought, think, at least to be
The Gov'nor of the State!
He knows the names of lots of stars,
And he knows all the trees,
And he can tell the different kinds
OF all the birds he sees,
And he can multiply and add
And figure in his head
They might have been some smarter men
But bet you they are dead.
Once when he thought l wasn't near
He talked to mamma then
And told her how he hates to be
The slave of other men,
And how he wished that he was rich
For her and me-and
Don't know what made me do it, but
had to go and cry!
And so when sat on his knee
asst hlm-"Is it true
That you're slave and have to toll
When others tell you tor
You are so big and good and wise,
You surely ought to be
The President, instead of just
A slave, it seems to me-"
And then the tears come in his eyes,
And he Rugged me tight and said:
"Why, no. my dear, I'm not a slave
What put that in your head'
1 am king-the happiest king
That ever yet held sway,
And only God can take my throne
And my little realm awayI'
S. E. Kiser, in Cleveland Leader.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10
APPOINTED POLICEMEN.
The Board of Safety Brings
the Force Up to Its
Full Quota.

The long needed increase of the police
force of this city was provided for during
the past week, when the number was in
creased to the regular quota-300 men.
This announcement of the action of the
Board of Safety was received with favor
generally, the only exception being the
carpet-bag gang who are now running
the Louisville Commercial. There were
a great many more applicants than vacan-
cies, and it is conceded that the board
exercised good judgment in both its
appointments and promotions.
AS a result of the increase there will be
one more Captain, two Lieutenants, four
Sergeants and two Corporals.
Tom Maher, who has made an enviable
record as detective, was made Captain.
The promotion was richly deserved.
Maher is an old policeman, and is not
only one of the best men in service in
point of discipline, but is one of the most
intelligent. Sergt. Sam Owens and Sergt.
Andy Miller, both good men, were made
Lieutenants. Corporals William Wales,
II. w. Stone, John Dalton and Ed Paul
were made. Sergeants, and John Holden,
Fred Fredericksburg, Pat Tully, John
Monsch, John Hess, William Pfeiffer and
Ernest Brueing were made Corporals.
Corporals Mel Lapielle, Steve Connally
and Charles McPeek have been assigned
to special duty. Dressed in citizens
clothes, they will be stationed in the resi-
dence part of the city. Sneak thieves in
the guise of peddlars, petty thieves of
all kinds, and the maliciously mischiev-
Gus small boy are among the nuisances
they are expected to attend to.
The following is list of the appoint
ments made John Lincoln, James Saw
age, Pete Mckenzie, A. +. REM, George
O'Neal, Thomas Nohalty, Thomas Brown,
John Cronan, ]. ]. O'Connell, Dan Thomp-
son, John Enright, Mike Barry, Ed Kas-
senbrook, Fred St. John, Henry Houghlin,
George Weinhof, Charles Cruickshank,
John Fossee, William Fluce, Pete Hennie,
Ed Moran, Jerry Camozzi, Robert Deutch-
man, Walter Smith, George Brown, John
Snyder, Henry Grass, Ed Egan, Tom
Moore, w. S. Hutchinson, Andy Harrit,
A. ]. Sheridan, Jack Kelly, NJ. ]. Holli-
han, John Wagner, NJ. J. Leamy, Dan
Mullen, A. S. Mcdonald, Albert Beau
cerle, Louis Meagher, James Heffernan,
William Galloway, John Sheehan, Pat
Keenehau, Jr., Peter Schupp, Joseph Lee,
William Lawler, P. Mullen, James Faust,
HeNry Bloomer, Richard Fitzgerald. John
SPAIN, Andy Schneider, James Murphy,
Ed Pulford, Ed Callahan, John Doyle,
Henry Olges, George Howard, Dave
Gibbons, Con Wickham, Thomas Con-
nady, Charles Wheeler, John Flynn, John
German, Peter Maurer aud Philip Her
bold.
All of the above are destined to make
efficient officers, many of them having
had experience on the force heretofore.
Mike Barry, one of the new men, was
favorably mentioned for the position of
Chief some years ago, and will not be
long in coming to the front, as we'll as
many of the others. There are no better
citizens than those whose names appear
above, the Commercial to the contrary.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10

On Sunday an enthusiastic public meet
ing was held at Killawalla, between Bal
linrobe and Westport. 1t was expected
that Mr.. William O'Brien would attend,
but owing to the visit of the Lord Mayor
OF Dublin and Mr.. Field he was unable
to be present. Large contingents were
present from Aghagower, Islandeady,
Parity, cushlough and Ballybeau, and
practically the entire population of Killa-
walla were present. The contingents
were headed by banners and fife and drum
bands. The sectional differences between
Irish Nationalist are not permitted to
interfere with the meeting, Parnellites
and anti-Parnellites cooperating with
equal enthusiasm. The chair was taken
amid applause by Mr.. Patrick Joyce, of
Hazel Rock House, an extensive grazier.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10

how the fire started. He never did find
out"
"Where is he now, retired1" asked one
of the listener, as the story of Reilly was
brought to a finish.
Indeed he is not retired. He is still
pounding the pavements in one of the
upper West Side precincts"
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10

threw the paper on the floor. yelling
loudly:
'Hurrah for Irelandl Well get home
rule at last.
Before Reilly had finished Niger Jim
staggered across the floor and fell in a
heap on the unopened newspaper Reilly
had been reading. The dog gave a couple
of convulsive shivers and was dead.
"'Home rule for Ireland means death
to terriers, said some one jocularly.
Reilly got mad aud insisted on whipping
the man who insulted his race. He would
have carried out his threat, too, if he
hadn't been held until he cooled down
somewhat. Niger Jim, by the way, was
buried in the station house yard and his
bones now rest there.
"When Reilly was transferred from the
Tenderloin he carried his belongings to
his new post. He was very saving and
wouldn't spend dollar unless he had to.
The night he went away he shouldered
the mattress of his cot and started to
leave the house. A couple of mischiev-
Gus coppers stood on the station house
stoop. AS Reilly walked down the stoop
one end of the mattress was slit open
with penknife and match put to it.
Reilly reached Seventh avenue before he
discovered the fire. He dropped the
burning mattress and jumped to the
fire-alarm box on the corner. Then he
turned in an alarm. You should have
heard the way the fremen roasted Reilly
when they learned why they had been
called out. But Reilly didn't care. He
was too interested in trying to discover
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10

There will be big crowd Of Hiber-
mans at the ball park tomorrow to root
for their team.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-22
THE SMOKING LAMP.
Time-HOnOred Institution of the
British ana American NavIes.

British and American NaVies
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
One Of the dme-honored institutions Of
the American and British navies is the
smoking lamp. Without the smoking lamp
the modern sai!ormen would be like fish
out of water, He would mutiny. A fall
ure by the galley cook to light tho smok-
ing lamp without the loss of a seconds
time after the word has been given
aronses Jacks temper. and whatever linz
tied stock of invectives he Is possessed Of
is made public with prompuude and ade-
quate emphasis.
To landsmen the mention Of smoking
lamp has no more significance than a
mention of the Jack-of-the- Dust But
both are necessary part of the equipment
Of any warship, be she first rate or fourth
rate. Upon the smoking lamp the crew.
including that mysterious adjunct OF the
paymaster's department Jacll-of-the- Dust.
depends for a light for his pipe Jact-of-
the-Dust dives down into the depths of
the hold and brings up the navy plug.
which, being cut into bits and crumbled
between the hands, Is put into a pipe and
fired at the smoking lamp.
The need for the smoking lamp arises
from the necessity of guarding to the
utmost the ship from danger of fire Pre-
cautions which seem ridiculous and I'M
necessary to landsman have been found
by sad experience 10 be absolutely neces-
sary on board a ship of war The naval
regulations provide severe punishment for
any seaman caught with matches on his
person. Could 1t have been proven bv the
Spanish board of inquiry that the sailors
of the Maine had been guilty OF carving
matches about with them they would ha ya
been justified by naval experts the world
over In declaring that the destruction Of
the Maine was due TO the careIessness ana
lack of discipline on board that ship.
such was not the case however. No
sailor on the Maine carried matches. He
lit his pipe at the smoking lamp, and he
only smoked during those times that the
smoking lamp was liz. He never dared 10
go below decks with lighted pipe. If he
had, Jimmy Legs would have had him aft
at the stick and The executive officer wouln
have deprived HIM Of shore leave for a
month at least.
The smoking lamp is constructed upon
the same lines as a lantern, but the globe
is made of sheet iron instead Of glass. In
The side there is small round hole
through which Jack may stick his pipe in
order 10 catch the flame It Is tho duty of
| the ships cook or one OF his assistants 10
| light the lamp when the word Is given by
tire proper officer, who is generally the
cnief boatswain's mate. He In turn. gets
ms orders from the officer Of the deck.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-22
THE REWARD OF THRIFT.
How a Photographers Errand BOY
Became an Astronomer.

From the New York Tribune.
A story is told of one of the great men
of to-day which has the added charm of
being romantic as well as true. As in the
story books, it begins with "Once upon
time"-though not so long ago-a small
boy looking for employment. found it with
a photographer in Nashville, Tenn. I'm
like most Southern boys this little fellow,
working for a stipend, saved up all he
could spare, until II had become snug lit
tie pile that turned the whole tide of his
life.
He was at his work one day when
young friend came to him. and, wishing to
borrow some money left his book for Sc
curity. The young photographer did not
with security, but told his friend PAY me
when you can" at the same time fearing
he would see no returns from his loan.
The friend left the book, and it proved
to be a work on astronomy, so the youth
examined II, and found It most interesting,
and then resolved TO know AL he could of
the heavens, reading every book he could
find on the subject
He purchased a telescope and spent his
nights on the roof, studying the stars. He
worked faithfully for his employer. but
never grew tired of studying the wonders
of the world around him. At last, as a re-
ward for his labors, he discovered two
comets before the watchful scientists knew
of them, Notwithstanding their greater adj
vantages. This made the lads name IA
miiar to all the learned world, and he was
asked to see what he could do with the
6-lnch telescope at Vanderbilt College.
Within six years he was the happy dis
coverer of six comets. Later, at Lick
Observatory, he discovered eight more,
and astounded the world by discovering
the difth satellite Of Jupiter. He 1t was
who invented new method Of photo
gaphing the nebulae Of the Milky Way
This boy, who, by a small loan to his
friend became so great an astronomer, Is
Prof. +. Il. Barnard, in charge Of Yerkes
Observatory Of Chicago University.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-22

with fuses, and then come the orders. in
quick succession, open breeuh. sponre.
land she'll" The great hydraulic rAmmer
pushes in the big l.lOo-pound stees proiec-
tie. load first cartridge and the brown
powder, one-half the quantity necessary.
goes in. Load second cartrilce." aud in
goes the second. Down lift and the am
munition carriage goes down for more.
Close breech.' comes the order quickly.
and followed in an instant by prime. "
when the captain puts in the electric
primer
Then the captain of the sun. seeing
everybody clear. says Ready" and the
officer in The hood above responds with
Point" Slowly both urret and gun are
moved until the range finder indie4tes that
the muzzle Is pointing at the enemy Then.
quick as a flash. the officer IN the turret
hood closes the electric circuit ana the big
projectte goes on its path Of dcs trlction.
So every one of the tweuty-slx rifed guns
begins 90 speak, and "Hen mas indeed
broken loose "
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-22
"Thc Spear that Killed Gordon
From the London Daily Graphic.

From the London Daily Graphic.
At the King Street Auction Rooms yes
terday Mr.. Stevens disposed by auction
OF number OF curiosllies, embracing a
variety OF articles, from -four small keys
and large ditto up to the autograph
of the Prince of Wales, the spear that
killed Gen. Gordon, and the "entIre par
aphernalia appertainng to the kingdom Of
Burma in the time of King Theebaw. &"
Bldding was distinctly slow and seemed
to be entirely confined to a Clique of deal
ers. Even ball of hair found in the
stomach of a GOVT failed to raise the en-
thusiasm OF the audience. Yet about 200
years ago the cow-bezoars held a great
reputation for their medicinal properties.
and one weighing four ounces has been
known to cost as much as 200 Yester-
days specimen was knocked down for the
absurdly low figure OF shillings. Business
became a little more brisk when the nuc.
tioneer reached Capt Rivers collection Of
Soudanese weapons The first, a cross
bited sword taken from the dervish chief
Osman All Mahmoucd, in 1855, was dispos.
ed Of for 30 shilings. But the most in
tereSting article on sale was the large
Baggara spear that was used by one Of
the rebel dervshes who Killed Gen. Cor
don" An interesting but sad relic" re.
marked AIR. Stevens. Gentlemen, what
offers?" The offer was fl! Come, come.
gentlemen" replied the nuctloneer ana
the bidding instantly went up by leaps
and bounds, and the spear that killed the
hero of khartoum changed hands for 20
guineas. There were sullsmore curios OF
interest to be bought; The mummy head
OF a Mexican Creole was parted with for
% shillings, and the Splendid golden char
lot OF the ex-King Theebaw," which has
for some time been on view al the Crystal
Palace, found new owner at fl2.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-22

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-22
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-22

Capt. Charles Weaver, of an Arkan-
sas company, wears a sword that was
first carried by his great-great-g randfatn-
or in the revolutionary war, next by his
ereat-grandfather In the war OF 1872, and
again by his uncle, who was killed in the
civil war at the battle Of Arkansas Post
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-25
SILVER a LIVE ISSUE.

| The Republican congressional cam
paign book this year will treat the free
coinage of silver as a dead issue. Nc
matter how the committee treats it in
! its campaign book, the issue is any
| thing but dead. How very much alive
| it is is shown in an interview that APP
peared in the Kansas City Star a few
days since with a Mr.. A. B. Carlton
of Providence, r. 1. He is a director
in an insurance company of the Nut
meg state, and had been travelling
through Kansas and Oklahoma. This
gave him an opportunity to ascertain
whether or no the silver question is
dead. He said:
When this western country sees the
fallacy of the free silver idea, eastern
money will pour into Missouri and
Kansas in a way that will surprise the
natives.
This is all that is needed now. The
crops of Kansas and the evident pros
perity of the people of that state and
Oklahoma and this part of Missouri
have brought the central west before
fasteners in a remarkably bright
light. and if the westerners will dis
card the erroneous idea that free silver
is the one panacea for the ills that yet
exist, they will be kept busy handling
eastern and English money.
Only a few days ago I was talking
with Perry Belmont and he agreed
with me that the one thing that stood
in the way of eastern investments in
the west was free silver.
That sounds like anything but that
silver as an issue is dead. 1t will not
n ia ha 10 -
has an inextinguishable life in it; the
issue will be dead when the country
has the free and unlimited coinage Of
silver, and not before
But how absurd for eastern money
and English capital to refuse to come
west, where the returns on it are
larger than in the east, and where the
investments are just as safe and sure.
because the people of the west favor
free coinage. If there were anything
in the gold mems argument about sill
Yer being cheap money, the course
these eastern mOneyed men are pur-
suing is the very one to bring about
the era of cheap money; if they ia
miliarized the people with dear and
good" money, naturally they would
not care to have a cheap and inferior
money. They say that the people will
never consent to do business with
cheap money when they can get good
money, dollar for dollar money. If
that is so, then why not furnish the
people of the west an opportunity to
get good money? 1t would be, ac-
cording to the gold mems theory, the
surest and quickest way of killing sill
yer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-25
A SLAVE TO SPITE.

No man in his dotage ever wandered
in his mutterings and tangled his talk
more than our hysterical contempora-
ry is doing at present.
A slave to selfish interests, the Tri-
bune is always accusing someone of
being a slave TO party
Parties represent principles. Bosses
represent cliques and tricks. If The
Herald prefers a party whose princi-
pies it is prepared to maintain, the
Tribune represents the boss idea
National party organizations, found
ed on the good will, support and intel
! ligence of millions of men in every
walk of life, may go astray once in
awhile, but not so often, not so far, as
the organ of little clique, the mouth
piece of a boss.
If it suits our morning contemporary
TO always remain the advocate of some
local organization, rather than become
a member of a national party, it is,
possibly, birthmark for which it
should not be condemned.
What does our neighbor care for
principle or party? Anything to beat
tiiC 4IC4llONIdlS IL says. ANY cOlnDlna-
ton will suit its purpose. It's war is
one of spite-a acknowledged, boosted
spite. 1t is willing to cooperate with
the worst enemies of the public. ac-
cording to its own admissions, in order
to teach the Democrats of Utah to
respect its wishes
1t never cared for fusion EXCEPT to
accomplish some selfish purpose. Some
Democrats have favored fusion from
the best of motives, but the Republican
organ never did. 1t had an object in
view. To reach that it would fuse with
anyone. 1t has owned up. 1t is now
engaged in that sort of fusion. What
do the principles of a party amount to
with an organ like that?
What it was doing its valiant Zip
service" for silver, the sentiment was
popular, and it Rugged the delusion
that the Republican party would de-
clare for silver. Time proved the folly
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-25
COLONIES FLoCKING TO US.

1t is generally admitted that Eng
land has come more nearly solving the
question of the successful administra-
ton of colonies than any other coUn-
try. Since her disastrous experiences
with the American colonies she has
dealt with colonies in a generous and
most enlightened manner granting
them an amount of freedom that was
little short of independence. AS the
logical result of such policy it has
come to be an accepted belief that
England would not insist on maintain
ing her sovereignty over any colony
should the people of it, with practical
unanimity, ask that they be given in
dependence. All this has been cited a
hundred times as showing the cordial
and friendly relations existing between
the mother country and her colonies.
This theory may soon be put to the
test if a Kingston (Jamaica) dispatch
is to be given any credence. This dis
patch says that coincident with the
West Indian sugar conference, to as
semble at Barbados, Sept. 3, for the