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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-30
GENERAL FLAGLER DEAD.
Popular Officer Who Has Rendered Mer-
itorious Service To His Country.

Popular Officer Who Has Rendered Mer-
itorious Service To His Country.
Newport News. Va. March S0.-Brig-
adler General ID. ". Flagler, chief OF
ordnance. l.. s. A, is dead After many
weeks of suffering from rheumatism.
which recently developed acute and dis
tressing phases, General Flagler passed
away yesterday afternoon at the Hyseia
hotel at Old Point, whittier he came three
weeks ago by advice of his physician.
The generals wife and daughter were at
his bedside during his last hours. The
body will be removed 10 Washington this
afternoon.
General Flsgler was born in New York.
June, "a 1887, and was appointed 10 the
military academy from that state July
/. 1856. He was graduated number five
In the class OF 1861. and was appointed
second lieutenant of ordnadce. He
served with credit throughout the war Of
the rebelliotl since the war he had
served at various stations on ordnance
duty and had rendered most important
service in the development of the ord
nance department OF the army. He
reached the grade of lieutenant colonel
OF ordnance in August. 1881. and the
grade OF colonel i'm September. 1890
While in command OF the Watertown
arsenal, in January. 1891. he was pro-
noted TO brigadier general and chief Of
ordnance. and has 8 nee served in that
capacity with conspicuous success. He
was one OF the most popular officers in
the army.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-30
FIFTY LIVES LOST.
Disaster Overtakes the Rowena Lee.
Mississippi River Steamer


Madrid. Mo. March 80. - Steamer
Rowena Lee, with about 81 passengers
aboard. besides her crew, exploded op-
posite Tyler yesterday afternoon and
Immediately sank with all on board, ex-
cept Captain Carvell and one OF the crew.
The steamer left Cairo with 16 passen-
gers bound for Memphis. At Caruthers-
vile she took aboard Is more passen-
gers. 1t is estimated that with passen-
gers and crew she then had aboard
about so persons
She made the next landing at Tyler.
and at o'clock backed into mid-stream
from Tyler to proceed on her Journey
The steamer had just reached the middle
OF the river when she suddenly stopped
and lurched as If snag had been struck.
The next moment the boat parted in the
middle, volume OF steam and debris
arose and the detonation Of an explosion
thundered over the water
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-30

The woman. man or child who at
tempted 20 describe the act OF McAvoy
and May would land i'm Buffers. and
those who see il need the combined
services Of a tailor and a massage op-
orator, the one to sew on buttons and
the other 10 restore the normal condi-
tion OF sides shaken with laughter. And
yet. after it's over, who knows what he
has laughed at? Such a combination
Of circus, dog-fight. insane asylum rev.
elry, cake walk. breakdown and farce
comedy cyclone of volcanic origin.
punctuated with theatrical pyrotech-
MICS, no one before has seen, and.
though seNp again and again. one
laughs just as heartily every time.
Laughter seems TO be one of the chief
aims of vaudeville. Hence, behold Me-
Avoy and May. laugh provokers par
excellence and ht-scorers premieres.
i see that next week we are To have
Ezra Kendall. he who can truthfully
boast Of ability 10 present an absolutely
new and eually funny monologue every
day i'm the week There's no doubt he's
the kingpin Of them all. but l doubt If
he tells any stories quite as funny as
some I've heard told at his expense.
MILDRED IRVING.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-30
Casualties on Both Sides Reported to
Have Been Heavy Strong Feeling
Against the Germans.

board the Royalist. greatly crowding the
vessel.
Many people are leaving Samoa, the
captain OF the Royalist urging them o
go so as not 10 interfere with the mill
tary operations.
The Porpoise has shelled the villages
east and west OF Apia and captured
many boats.
The Americans and British are fight
ing splendidly together; but there is
bitter feeling against the Germans.
Two men. British and German sub
iect. have been arrested as spies.
The bombardment OF the jungle was for
q lima very hot
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-30

Copyright, The Associated Press. 1899 !
Auckland. March '3O.-Advices from
Apia, Samoa, dated March 23. are to the
erect that after an ultlmatum 10 Ma
taafa's tribesmen to dlsperse had been
tack in the direction OF the American
ana British consulates. the American
cruiser Philadelphia and the British
cruiser Porpoise opened fire on the dis
tant villages. Several shore villages
were burned and there were number of
casualties among the American and
British sailors and marines. 1t is inn
possible TO estimate the number of ma
ttyes killed
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-30

Senator Gray's term expired at tfc
close Of the last congress. Ills service in
that body began March 10, 1855, when he
was appointed TO fill the vacancy caused
by the appointment OF Thomas II.
Bayard as secretary OF state. Senator
Gray was recognized as one of the lead
Ing Democrats OF the senate and was
recently n member OF the commission n
which met at Paris 10 prepare the treaty
OF peace with Spain. and was also a
member of the United States and Cana
dian joint high commission.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-30
A SENSIBLE MAN

would use Kemp's Bslsem for the Throat
and Lungs Ills curing ~ ore cases of Coughs
Colds. Asthma. Bronchitis. Group and all
Throat and Lung Troubles than any other
medicine. The proprietor has authorized
any druggist TO give YOU sample BOTTLE
FRLE To convince you of the merit oi this
great remedy. Price &c. and Joc.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-30

Posthumous lese majestic seems 10 be
the crime for which the German post
office authorities have conhscated all
pictorial postal cards with portraits Of
the late King Ludwig II. OF Bavaria.
Some represent him i'm the swan boat
M Johengrin, others I'm company with
Richard Wagner the Empress Of Aus
tria, or other persons. Though occa-
sionally I'm bad taste from an art stio
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-30
GRAY MADE A JUDGE.

Washington, March 30.-Ex Senator
George Gray OF Delaware has been ap-
pointed United States circuit judge for
the Third district
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-30

The pen is mightier than the sword
And longer fingers on the scene;
For when tho sword has finished up
The pen takes 20 the magazine.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-30

There is more than one way of get
ting there" and the good Judgment the
Nielsen sisters show in the selection OF
sonsg that are liked by vaudeville au.
diences is one OF them, and is creditable
to their shrcwdness.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-30

of the ordinary "two-turners" a run fer
their money
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-30

Charlie Case has changed his act
since he was here last--he has shaved
off his moustache There's another
good thing about the family history
which he reveals so unblushingly. You
never hear him tell a story that you
have heard some one else perpetrate.
nor do l remember that any one has
stolen his wttic sms and that's de-
cidedly queer thing. for no funnier
monologuist has been here.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-12-10

strike was scored (the strike being
computed as three; such strike must
be added to pins knocked down with
the two succeeding spare balls; thus,
should the bowler score a strike, and
should he in thetn next new, frame knock
down but one pin with his two spare
balls, the strike and the pin scored
must be computed as four-the strike
counting three and the pin one. I'm
like the regular game of ten pins,
poodles, or balls rolled down the gut
ter are fair balls, and any pin or pins
which they may get must be reckoned
and placed to the credit of the bowler;
deadwood is removed from the alley,
and any pins knocked down through
deadwood remaining on the alley can
not be placed to the credit of the bow
ler. The maximum number which can
be bowled is 80.
The rules also prescribe the manner
in which the pins must be set for the
games the size of pins and balls to be
used, provisions for scoring, regula-
tions for the guidance of the umpire,
Iafn
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Western Aorses Wanted.

The recent movement of Northwest
ern range horses. to Eastern markets
has occasioned a great deal of comment
from horsemen. 1t has been taken as
evidence that either the demand for
horses was greater now than for sew
eral years past or that the character
of the range horses, by gradual i'm
provement, had reached that point
where it met the demands of the mar
ket for good animals. An interesting
statement is one showing the number
of horses in the United States, the ave-
rage value for 20 years back and the
total value of the horsehesh in the
country. The values given in this state
| ment seem at first glance high, when
| the large number of poor animals in
| the country is considered, but these
values are really lower than the mar
| lSet price, for they are taken from CEN
sus and assessors reports, in which
values are always underestmated. Tab
| ulated this statement is as follows:
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these machines for use in the South
African war. Prominent wheelmen are
of the opinion that for war purposes
the bicycle would be preferable to the
three-wheel machine Good roads are
absolutely essential for comfortable rid
ing on a tricycle., while the wheelman
on a bicycle can pick his way over al
most anything, SO long as he can hnu
a smooth place only an inch or two
wide Under similar conditions a TIL
cycle would be practically useless. Ihe
owner of an old tricycle. called on a
local dealer the other day to see II II
were possible to have a motor htteu
to the tricycle.. He was informed tiia.
it could be done, and that tne cost
would be anything from Si5 10 Pip, ,,hd "a
cording to the sort of motor ne Wisleu
to use. The wheelman had not ituu 80
the tricycle. in years, ana ne Nas 1;i,.
prised when he tried 1t. IL was nv
learning to ride all over again.
veteran explained that 1t was i,uSn .;aa
easier for the novice to learn 10 riue
the tricycle than it was for an eApe,.
bicycle rider. On a bicycle the rue
bodv sways with the machine, anu nc
will ;nvar adopt the same tac.ics >
whan he fries to ride tricycle., ana II
r,nn,t 40 THE veteran bicycle rider on
trioycia for the first time is more
IjLeIv To wind up against tree or a
fancs than he is to keep in the mioaie
nP tho road So if tricycles have peeh
sa,t to south Africa for old-tlme Wheei-
,,,a, ~ ride there will be some hVely
mixuns until the riders learn the pc
c,,liar;tie of the three-wheeled ma
| chimes.
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cause of Sweeneys squabble with -the
cinh and old Hoss' Charley Radbourn
was called on to plug the gap left yaWn-
Ing by Charley's desertion. Rad car
ried a mighty weight on his shoulders,
as the team was fighting it out for the
remnant, and he was forced to pitch IN
more than a score of successive games.
But his cunning ana servlceapie aIL.
stood by him, and he twirled the team
into a pennant. How many twirlers IN
the league to-day would respond to the
call that old Hoss answered when
Sweeney deserted the Providence team!
The pitchers in the up-to-date game
work no harder in a game of ball, nor
is there a greater strain imposed on
them, than the pitchers of old RAIDS
team But they would consider II
physical impossibility to pitch four
games a week, and every team in the
league carries four or five or half
dozen pitchers. When Comiskey was IN
command Of the famous st. Louis
Browns he played Caruthers. FoutZ ana
Nat Hudson in the outffeld because they
were fast of foot, covered acres or ter
ritory, and were above the average as
batsmen. In a. close-score game theV
often won out their own victory with
their bats. There isn't manager m
the league to-day who would ask one OF
his best pitchers to fill in as an out
fielder. The pitchers of to-day. as
rule, are lamentably weak at the bat.
Ten and Is years ago some OF the BEST
batsmen in the league and association
were pitchers. We have rev CONSIST
eDt hitters among the present tWlrlers
of the big league. such, for example. as
Mercer Cunningham and AL Orth. but
the hitting pitchers are scare IN com
parison with the twirlers of decade
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Two balls shall be allowed for each
as designated below, or when a spare
is made in the last frame, which must
be completed before leaving the alley
and on the same alley as made.
A strike is credited when a player
bowls over the ten pins with the first
delivered ball in any frame, which is
designated by cross (x) in the upper
right-hand corner of his frame, and
the player is credited with whatever
pins he may make on his next two balls
in addition to the ten already credited
by the strike.
A spare is credited whenever a player
clears the alley with the first and sec
ond ball. 1t is designated by a small
line in the upper right-hand corner of
the frame in which it is made, and the
total score in that frame Is left open
till the player shall have rolled one ball
in his next turn, when the number of
pins knocked down by such ball are
Immediately added to the ten credited
by the spare. In the last frame the
as heretofore provided.
A break is charged to a player at all
times when neither strike nor a spare
is made. Then the player is allowed
only the number of pins down.
| If the score at the end of the tenth
frame be a tie. play shall continue upon
{ the same alley until a majority of
J 1f ,cc
/ shall be attained. which shall conclude
the game.
In all games an equal number of
players from each club shall constitute
the teams. Each team must produce
it's full complement of players on the
alleys, at least fifteen G5) minutes be-
fore the time for play to Begin. The
captain of each team shall enter the
names of his players in the score book
prior to the beginning of the game his
team is to play. Players must play in
regular rotation, in the order they are
entered on the score books
After the first frame has been COM
pleted no changes shall be made in tbs
players or their position, except as
hereinafter provided A player can
only be changed during a game in case
of injury or sickness, and then only on
proof satisfactory to the umpire. The
retiring players place, in such cases
shall be filled by a substitute selected
by his captain from the eligible list OF
| his club.
The rules governing cocked-hat, the
other game played by the league, are
Balls not to exceed six inches mus
be bowled, and they must be rolled
down the alley (not cast or thrown)
The rules of American ten pins, excep
in st. Louis and in the northwest
where there are special associations
with local rules, generally govern thl:
game also, but strikes and spares coun
three instead of ten, and each pt1
counts one as in ten pin. If the bowie
knocks down three pins with the bal
which is first boWled, at any franz
in the game of cooked hat, it is
strike and counts three, and is marked
on the blackboard the same as in tel
pin. What pins the bowler knock
| down in the second frame with hi
first two balls must be reckoned as il
ten pin, l. e., one for each pin bowle
down, which pin or pins must be addet
to the strike and placed to the credt
Of the player in the inning where tn
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Next to ten pins, cocked-hat is the
most popular game among the Butte
boWlers, and at this as at ten OinS,
some of the players have become very
expert. Ninety is the highest possible
score to be made at this game, and 81
is a very high score, yet upward Of 20
has been made. Regular monthly
tournaments at this game have just
been inaugurated in which six clubs
are entered, which are composed most
ly of league players. Mr. Heilbronner
offers purse of 500, which goes to the
team having the highest percentage at
the end of each month. The six teams
entered in this tournament are cap
tanned as follows: W. K. Semple,
Charles W. Blair, Harry Hope, J. z.
Galbraith, w. H. Cochran and D. Vail.
The teams are known by the names Of
their respective captains and are COM
posed of four players each.
| The rules of the American bowling
| congress govern the contests of the
league. Their essential features are as
| follows:
|
circumference in any direction, but
smaller balls may be used.
| In all games there shall be a line
| drawn or painted on the surface of the
alleys and cutters, the center point of
| which shall be 60 feet from the center
| of the head or front pin spot, measur-
ing to the outside of the line, which, il
| ,,,I OF
right angles at both ends. This shall
! be known as the foul line.
| A player in delivering a ball must not
! step on or over this line. nor allow any
part of his body or clothing to touch or
| Or beyond the line, until after the bal
has reached the pins. ANY ball SO de-
livered shall be deemed foul. and mus
be announced at once by the umpire
| The player forfeits all pins made by
| such foul ball, and such pins, if any
| shall be respected before the next bal
is rolled. Should any ball delivered
leave the alley before reaching the pins
or any ball rebound from the back
cushion, the pins, if any, made on such
ball, shall not count, but must be re-
spotted, All SOCn ballS 10 count az
balls rolled. Pins knocked down by
pin or pins rebounding from side OF
back cushion shall count as pins down
If any player roll on the wrong alley
or roll out of turn, or is interfered with
by spectator or other bowler, or if any
Of the pins he is playing at be knocked
! down or disturbed in any way before
/ his ball reaches them, or if his ball
: after being fairly bowled, should come
, in contact with any obstacle on thu
alleys before reaching the pins, thu
umpire shall Immediately declare suci
: bali dead. and allow the player tt
roll again, after replacing the pins a
= they were before such ball was rolled
Pins knocked down but remaining OIL
; the alleys or in the cutters are termed
deadwood, and must be removed from
the alleys before the next ball is rolled
5 Should a pin fall in removing the dead
wood it must be respected, and pin
t knocked over by pin or pins reboundin
| from any other alley must be respected
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padhnurn,s Great Work.

"These pitchers who save themselves
ID the expense of their club and shirk
1vorn on the plea of sore arm are more
numerous nowadays than they were a
dacade or so ago." said Arthur Irwin
the other day. when Charley Sween-
ey's temper throttled his GOOD 1udg1
,,an+ and twisted his mental trolley he
nit the Providence club cold and
thought that the management would
have to flop at his shoe latches and beg
him to return. But there never was
man, be he ever so talented, whose
equal doesn't exist, as Sweeney discov-
cred to his sorrow. Jealousy was the
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BOWLING DOWN TIE ALLEY
THE POPULAR SPORT NOW
In Butte Contests Of the Bowling League Are Attract
ing Great Interest-The Standing of the
Clubs in the Race

The Butte Bowling League is the
newest sporting institution organized
in Butte Bowling has been INDUCED
in in limited way locally for long
time but it was only since the He'll
fbronner bowling alley, in East Broad
way, was opened that it became a fad,
and now one who does not bowl is the
exception. Even society has taken it
up, and on ladies' day-Wednesday of
each week, when the alleys are given
over to the ladies exclusively-there
are great games.
Since the pastime became a popular
sport some crack bowlers have devel-
oped, and this has led to the organiza-
tion of a league of clubs to bowl for
championship honors. The league is
composed of four clubs, known as the
Butte, the Montana, the State and the
Silver Bow teams. The league was or
ganized October IS, with James Sloan
as president and Mortimer y. White
as secretary and treasurer. The mem
bership of the clubs is as follows:
Butte club--A. G. Black, captain; D.
Vail, NJ L. Todd, c. Perham and
James Sloan.
Montana club--M. A. White, captain;
Ralph Richards, G. L. McClelland, Tom
Ellis and Phil P. Carr.
State club--Ora Tilton, captain;
George Guger, Frank Anderson, r. B
Frush and c. w. Blair.
Silver Bow--W. K. Semple, captain;
James Hodgens, A. NJ. Kitto, ]. Shee-
han and George Cantland.
Under the agreement entered into al
the time of organization the league is
bowling tournament which COM
menced at the date of organization
and it is to continue to the end Of the
year, the team having the highest per
centage at that time to be the winner
of the trophy. The trophy is hand
some silver bowling pin. neatly mount
ed and surrounded by miniature silver
bowling balls. There are, in addition
individual prizes to be won. The league
offers a regulation ball as a prize FOL
the highest individual score made dur
ing the tournament, and another fol
the greatest number of spares made
by any player
The tournament games are played o1
Tuesday and Friday of each week
when two of the clubs of the leagu
come together for series of thre
games, which count in the general aV
erage as one game, and the side win
ming two of the three games wins tina
game, the clubs alternating till eac
has played the other.
The league has done a great DEF
TO build up the sport and on leagu
nights the alleys are crowded wit
spectators, who are treated to som
very lively sport. Some of the player
have become wonderfully expert, an
in few instances have made score
approaching very closely to the poss
Bile 400 that can be made in 10 frame
10 accomplish which it would be net
essary to make a strike or knock dow
all the pins with every ball. On tn
nights when the boWlers are IN fofl
and make the high scores, the fun
fast and furious. and the sport become
exciting to a degree.
The standing Of the clubs at preseT
Ia as follows: