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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-25
WESTERN LEAGUE LEADERS.
First Five Clubs Still punched In
the Cham insh;p Race.

Minneapolis still holds the lead in the
Western league race with the first five
clubs closely punched. ST. Paul, in fifth
place, is a little over fifty points behind
the leaders. The following table shows
the play in detail with the clubs from
which games have been won and to which
they have been lost:
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Two-base hits, Spies, Waldron, Hail
man; double plays, Glenalvin to Shugart
to Comiskey 2, Geier to Shugart to Comis-
key; bases on balls, off Denzer 1; struck
out, Shoch 2, Nicol, Comiskey, Denzer Q;
sacrifice hits, Glenalvin, Stafford; left on
bases st. Paul g. Milwaukee 4: time, :35;
attendance, 1900; umpire, Haskell.
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PERRY's FIFTEEN STRAIGHT.
An UnbrOken Record in the Gun
Club Match.

The weekly shoot of the St. Paul Rod
and Gun club was held yesterday after
noon at Kittsondale. Morrison won the
senior badge and Wilkinson the junior.
In the merchandise shoots, Perry. Fonda
and Danz won the prizes in the first, sec
ond and third, respectively. Perry made
a fine score in the last event, Is straight
at 10 singles. The badge shoot scores were
Is singles Unknown angles:
Morrison, %; Hirschy, q; Danz, 10; P.
Hauser, Is; Wilkinson, 16; Thompson, 20;
Spear, Is; Trix, IA; Cat, 20; Perry, Is;
Novotny, II; Pool, Is; Case, IA; Defiel, IA;
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Two-base hits, Buckley. Eustace; three
base hit, Gillen; sacrifice hit, Tebeau;
stolen base, White; first base on balls, off
Waddell 4; first base on errors Column
bus 2, Buffalo 2; left on bases, Column
bus 2, Buffalo s; struck out, Householder.
Hines, Hall, Gillen 2 Bierbauer; double
plays, Hines to Gillen to Massey; wild
pitches, Waddell 2; time lit; umpire,
Cantillon; attendance, 800.
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McDume Breaks a accord.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, June 24-Ed-
die McDuffie broke the quarter and half
mile records in a mile exhibition ride at
Buttonwood park this afternoon, cutting
the quarter rs of second and the half As
of q second. His time for the mile was
"a 3-5.
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zone out when winning run was scored
Earned runs, Chicago l, Brooklyn 2; left
on bases, Chicago 9, Brooklyn a tWo-base
hit. Keller; sacrifice hits, LANCE, Griffith;
stolen bases, Ryan, Demont, Everitt, Nc
Cormick. Jones; double play, DAILY to Dab
by McJames 8; bases on balls, off Everitt
l, off McJames s; time, 2:20; umpires, Gafr-
ney and Mannassau.
WHY CLEVELAND LOST.
CLEVELAND, O., June 2-The VS.
itors hit opportunely and ran the bases
when they did hit. Therefore, they had
an easy victory Attendance. 200 Score:
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ALL RIGHT TO BET.
So Says a Duke, Provided You Can

LONDON, June A.-The Duke of West
minister is quoted as saying at the laying
of the corner stone of the grand stand
at the Chester course today that he de-
rived plenty of excitement from racing
his horses and occasionally winning, with
out betting, but he could not see the
harm In moderate betting The objec-
tionable feature, In his opinion, was that
youth and women, made wagers when
they had not the means of paying them,
which undoubtedly caused mischief.
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TOO FAST FoR TIGERS.
Detroit 0utfieIded and outbattea H.,
the HOOsiers.

iNDIANAPoLIs, June 2-(specjal,-
today. Indianapolis both onthattaa eno ,.
outielded the Tigers. Two sharn douh1 iaa
played havoc with Detroits chances
Score: Nn"hceS.
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NPCoY,s CHALLENGE.
VIII Meet Any Three Men One Week
Apart

DENVER, Col, June 24-"Kid', Mccoy
has signed contract with the Colorado
Athletic association, in this city, to fight
any three men who might volunteer to
meet him, one each on July 10, II and "a.
This places the meetings a week apart,
and according to the agreement the asso-
citation has the right to bring on any
three fighters they.may arrange with.
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GEIER ALONE SCORED
BUT ONE RUN IN YESTERDAYS
GAME AT LEXINGTON
PARK
DENZER AND FRIEND PITTED

1t Was Il Brilliant Exhibition of
TwirIinG-COmisI<ey Was in the
Game at First and Played In His
Old st. Louis FOrm-MinneapOlis
Took Kindly to Rip Egan's
Curves.
st. Paul 1, Milwaukee o.
minneapolis IL, Kansas City 8.
Columbus 3, Buffalo 2.
indianapolis 3, Detroit 3.
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ste'rt. 2b, OIL Ok5l 81 oFrisk, If II II Il Of o
8 g S.; :; ; ;E G::::
Totals 5I1OI27I15l oil Totals -3I s24 Il
Indianapolis .......1 O Q / / II o -
Detroit ..........1 0 o o o Ia
RUDE WADDELL WILD.
At Critical Stages, However,, He
Was Effective and Won.

COLUMBUS. O.. June A.-(Special.) =
The home team defeated the Bisons to-
day. Rain stopped the game at the end
of the sixth inning. Waddell was err
ratio, but was effective at critical
stages. Score:
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2; double play, McAllister to Tucker; pass
ed ball., Schreckengost; umpires, Smith
and Andrews; time, 1:50.
PERFECTOS AGAIN BEATEN.
ST. LOUIS. June 24-Flicks scratch hit
gave the Phillies a victory over the Per-
fectos today. st. Louis had several
chances to win, but failed to make the
best of their opportunities. Attendance.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Orphans Again Defeat the Great
Men From BROOKLYN.

GAMES SCHEDULED FOR TO-DAY.
Baltimore at Cincinnati 1.-TWO games).
Washington at Louisville.
Brooklyn at Chicago.
CHICAGO, June N.-For eight innings
today Griffith held the leaders down to
two singles, and with perfect support, al
lowed but one man to reach second They
fell on him for two singles and a double
in the ninth, tying the score that the
locals had made on the visitors poor field
Ing. Donahue scored the winning run on
his hit, a sacrifice and Ryans third safe
one. Attendance. 10000. Score:
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Left on bases, Cleveland II, New York
2; mIsI pase on balls, off Knepper 8, off
G fIaTI z; tWo-base hits, Kneprer. Van
iHaltren; sacrifice hit, Harley; struck out
oy hnepper l. Carrick /; stolen bases.
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GAMES SCHEDULED FOR TODAY.
Milwaukee at st. Paul
Kansas City at Minneapolis.
Buffalo at Columbus.
Detroit at Indianapolis.
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BATTING FIGURES CLIMB.
Saints Are Going Slowly but Surely
HIGHER.

Some slight Improvement has been no
ticeable in the batting work of the St.
Paul team during the last week, which
is hopeful sign The following figures
show the |.-4dividual and team work of
the olub for all the games so far played
this season. including that of yesterday:
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COMING EVENTS.

The Lavigne-Erne match for the light
weight championship and the proposed
welterweight contest between Tommy
Ryan and mysterious" Billy Smith are
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Team :. .......52 1910 29O 1872
Opponents ... 1881 3OS 81

On the basis Of games won and lost
Fisher leads the pitchers by small mar
GIN The figures are:
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Plot Is So Bold as to Even Shake
the Assurance of the Old Gang
Jeffries Is Willing, So 1t Is Said,
to Give Corbett Battle Should He
Defeat Observation-Disclosures Not
Vet Heard From ON the Subject.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-30
DEFENDED THE TREES.
Southern Girls Surrounded Thea
and Kept the Yankee Sol
diers OF.

A pretty wartime story developed in
Chicago recently through the presence
in the city at the same time of Admiral
Watson, who was passing through on
his way to relieve Admiral Dewey, and
Mrs. Edwin \. Clarke, of Quincy, ILL.,,
who was here visiting her son, Edwin
B. Clarke, the Chicago architect. 1t was
a story of the war of secession and not
of the Spanish wsr, but the occurrence
of foreign conflict in the meantime
does not dim the story's interest.
Admiral Watson's friendship for Mrs.
Clarke dates from the time when he
was a midshipman with Admiral Far
raguts fleet before New Orleans, and
when she was a Miss Besancon, south
ern belle, and the strongest kind of
sympathizer with the secession cause.
Miss Besancon was on her fathers
plantation in a suburb of the city. A
part of the federal army of occupation
camped near the place. The soldiers
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needd firewood, and set out to get it.
On the Besancon plantation were some
magnificent oaks, centuries old, the
pride of the place and of the family.
The wood-cutting party saw the oaks,
and with axes in hand started for them.
On the plantation with Miss Besan-
con were her sister, two cousins, and
two visiting friends, all young women.
From a window they saw the AK
party approach the group of great
oaks. Then there was race. When
the soldiers arrived at the first tree
they found six pretty girls in white
with hands joined encircling and clasp
ing the old gray trunk.
1t was a case of Soldier, spare this
tree but the men wanted wood. They
made for another oak, but again were
outstripped in the race, and that tree,
in its turn, was clasped in the arms
of six plucky southern girls. A third
tree was circled in the same manner,
and then the northern invaders shame
facedly withdrew and secured their
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This tree-saving episode reached the
ears of the officers of the army of oc-
cupation and of those of the fleet. They
called in scores to offer their congratu-
lations to the plucky plantation girls.
Among the callers was Midshipman
Watson, now a rear admiral with fleet
of his own.
1t goes without saying. perhaps, that
the admiration of the federal officers
was no whit diminished when they
learned subsequently that just before
abe oak episode the same six southern
girls had wheeled, "by hand a bat
terry Of light artillery, which the re-
,treating confederates had left behind,
idown to the levee and had dumped the
guns into the rushing waters of the
mississippi, in order that they might
be Of no service to the invading host
Chicago Tribune.
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Hartford and Switzerland succeeded
in running the blockade and cutting off
the confederate supplies from above,
which aided Banks in finally forcing
the capitulation of that stronghold,
after a siege of 81 days.
To appreciate the predicament in
which the Mississippi was placed at the
time of her destruction by US, it will
be necessary for me to explain the
strength, position and elevation of our
batteries. The river bank was very
high. The river was about a mile and
half wide, with the deepest part on
our side. Our batteries were so well
arranged that it would be almost i'm
possible for any vessel to pass, and had
not the night been dark and had not
the two federal vessels that passed
been painted black and had their port
holes closed, so as to conceal their
nights, they would most certainly have
shared the fate of the Mississippi.
j. ]. MDONALD
EDITORS Note.-Mr. Mcdonald was one
of the bravest soldiers of the confederacv
lie was born March 10, 1915 in Macon coun-
IN the civil war a t Claton. He was caetured
at Island No. TO- in the Mississippi river
and carried to Camp Douglas, Chicago. He
says he was well treated while prisoner
of war. After he had been exchanged he
arrived at Vicksburg July 4, 1862, from
which place he was sent 10 Fort Hudson.
and remained there until July 9, 1862, when
that place surrendered. He was pa-ola5
returned Acme. remained a few months.
ana was exchanged and returned to serv-
ice. being stationed at Mobile For; Powell
ana Fort Gaines, at the mouth of Mobile
pay In the service of heavy artillery. In
the spring of 1864, when Sherman began his
famous raid through Georgia. Mr.. McDon-
ald was transferred TO Johnson's army. in
ume to be in the battle of New Hone
church. He was in all the fights around
atlanta including the siege Of that city.
When Gen. Hood became commanding gen
eral Mr.. Mcdonald went with the army to
Nashville, Tenn, was in the fights at Co
Iumba, Franklin and Nashville. and re-
manned In the army until 1t was finally sur
rendered at Greensborough. ~ c., in the
spring OF 1861
--Leslio's Weekly
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PEACE OFFERINGS.
They Preceded Him and as His "ite
Predicted He Was Home with
His Purchases.

She received a large box full of American
beauty roses by messenger from her nus
band along toward four O'Clock the other
afternoon.
James is absorbing Martigny cocktails
again, she unused shrewdly.
Half an hour later another messenger
brought her five pounds OF expensive candy
from her husband.
James has ordered that $50 overcoat he
was talking about, but SAID ne couldn't at
ford" she unused again.
Half an hour later wagon drew up, with
/ florists name painted on the sides thereof,
and two handsome, fullgrown palms were
delivered at her door marked as coming
from her husband.
Olive branches preceding him she
unused some more. Hell be home by dark y
He was home by dark. He had been alb,
sorbing Martignys. He had ordered the, $50
overcoat. The prescience of the modern
married woman is sufficiently awe-inspirlng
to persuade any man to raise his bonnet
thereto.-Washingto Post.
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H9I N&
HELPED TO CAPTURE DEWEY.
story of Notable Incident of the
Civil War by n Brave En-
Confederate Soldier.

On the night of the DIST of March,
1868, the federal fleet undertook TO run
the blockade at Fort Hudson, the Hart
ford and Switzerland, with portfolios
closed leading. The old Mississippi,
being next in line, opened fire on our
batteries, viz: our nine batteries with
four siege pieces each, of the First Ala
bama. Our batteries Immediately re-
turned the fire. The entire fleet and
immense mortar guns on the federal
side and all the land batteries on the
confederate side, aggregating SO heavy
guns, were intensely engaged in this
artillery duel.
Melancthon Smith, the gallant cap
s-s---~e tHe mississippi and his officers
and men fought with heroism and
bravery known only to Americans.
Lieut.. George Dewey was on this vessel,
and was the last man to leave it. Hrs
men, the marines that were captured,
were loud in their praises of his gallant
conduct. The Mississippi had 81 heavy
guns on a side, and threw several broad
sides at our batteries, and during the
engagement it struck on a sandbar, but
the officers and men remained on the
vessel fighting until the boat, which
was set on fire by our batteries, was
fiercely burning. When it became
necessary to abandon the ship her boats
were lowered as rapidly as possible and
the men and some five or six officers
were landed on the opposite shore
MelanctEaa smith, with several officers,
sailed down the river back to the fleet
under Il heavy fire. Dewey remained on
the burning vessel until the last man
was taken off, and then, in his efforts
to save these men, he was himself cap
tured at the sugar mill. The night was
very dark and it was impossible for the
federal men to make their escape. The
confederate force, numbering some 300,
crossed the river and captured these
$50 marines and some five or six officers.
On their arrival at Fort Hudson was
on the guard detail near the officers.
The men We're loud in their praises
of Lieut.. Dewey, and he was pointed out
to me. He was peculiarly Impressive
a handsome blonde, with blue eyes.
very fair and rather stylish in appear
ance. He seemed to be man of great
determination. The young lieutenant
whom the men praised so highly on that
occasion for his heroism is now the
world-famous American admiral. loved
as much by the south as by the north,
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tn Africa makes this clear:

The millions of blacks inhabiting the
states and colonies here mentioned are,
with few exceptions, brave warriors,
and belong to the Zulu and Kaffir tribes.
The natives of Basutoland and Bechu-
analand are kindred, although their lam
guage and customs differ widely from
the Kaffir dialect and Kaffir ceremonials.
The Swazis, whose territory has long
been claimed by the Beers, are perhaps
the most belligerent of the native
tribes; and as they hate their oppres-
sors with the vindictiveness of savages
they may be expected to raid the Trans
n IL as soon as an opportunity offers.
tChe Basutos, so the latest reports state,
lare preparing to make war upon the
E0rapma Free State, against which they
have particular grievance.
y The preponderance of the natives
3 over the whites is so great that their
subsection has frequently been made
the subject of sociological inquiry.
United, they could by sheer force of
numbers annihilate the Caucasian in
vaders in less than a fortnight; out
| fortunately their tribal hatreds are so
i pronounced Illdl ClOl SNClho
out of the question. A Zulu could not
5e persuaded to fight by the side OF
Kaffir and a Swat would cheerfui;y
exterminate both. In previous abor-
iginal wars the Zulus have proved
themselves sturdy antagonists, but
they are now thoroughly subdued and
loyal to Great Britain.
Conditions over which neither the
Beers nor the British have control make
I il imperative that neither shall rely
upon the blacks as allies; for should
they once learn to know the power
/ there is in numbers and in modern mil
itary equipment their subjugatior
would require years of military effor
hpnd the loss of thousands of lives. IL
yep Zulu and Kafir in the dark as Il
keir true strength is evidently looked
bon as white mans duty by boil
4des. G. w. WEIPPlEIsT
A Macon (Mo.) cat reared six youni
Squirrels
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-30

Several American writer's wi Ne
had much to say about the crude ste W
of the Boer defenses and who have been
somewhat enthusiastic lin predicting
the rapid humiliation of Boer indie
pendence should read Mr.. Hillegas'
chapteron the Transvaafs war preparal
lions, from which the following pas
sage is quoted: Probably no inland
country in the world is half so well
prepared for war at any time as that lit
tie government, which can boast of
having less than 10000 voters. The mil
itary preparation has been so enormous
that Great Britain has been compelled,
according to the colonial secretaries
statement to the British parliament.
to eXpend $2,5OO,O0O annually to keen.
pace with the Beers. Four wears acc.
when the Transvaal government
learned that the Uitlanders of Johan-
nesburg were planning revolution. it
commenced the military preparations
which have ever since continued with
unabating vigor. German experts were
employed to formulate plans for the
defense of the country, and European
artillerists were secured to teach the
arts of modern warfare to the men at
the head of the Boer army"
Further on Mr.. Hillegas says that
several Americans of military train
ing became the instructors in the ma
tional military school at Pretoria; and
even the women and children became
imbued with the necessity of warlike
and learned the use of
arms. Several million pounds were an
nually spent in Europe in the purchase
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THE ARMY SANDWICH.
ohe hind Tint the Old Veteran
Doesn't Find Among the Many
Now Served,

u read the other day" said a civil war
veteran, that there are made nova
Gays, including some that are peculiar
TO seasons and some that are made 10
| order, IS different varieties of sand
Wlches, and that you can always find
ready, in the big establishments where
such things are sold, 90 or 80 varieties.
| don't doubt that for minute. but
Id like to bet that there's one kind of
sandwich that you could not find at any
OF them, at any season, and that is one
that, if not exactly popular was at leas
widely known, and, in some parts of the
country, extensively some 3O-odd years
ago, namely, the pork sandwich.
This sandwich was peculiar to the
army. When the dinner call sounded
you got your tin cup and walked up the
company street to where the cooks fire
was, and where the camp kettles hung
from a pole supported at the ends by
erotched sticks driven in the ground.
Pork, hard bread and coffee for dinner;
and if there was plenty of hard bread
you helped yourself from an open box;
II there wasn't plenty, then the cook,
or somebody helping him, dealt it out
as the men came up, so many crackers
to man. Then the cook gave you your
slice Of pork, you held out your crackers
and he laid it on the top one. Then you
got your coffee and started for your
tent, walking down the company street,
juggling the pork on top of the crack
ers in one hand, and the old pint cup
filled with coffee in the other. You did
1t without dropping the one or spilling
drop of the other; there was skin born
of long practice.
"Scrumptuous dinner? WEI, like a
good many other things, that depended
a heap on circumstances. If we hadn't
had anything to eat for week, then a
pork sandwich with cup of coffee was
a great delicacy. If we hadn't had any
thing to eat for a week but pork sand
wlches, then they got to be just shade
monotonous. N. Y. Sun.
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Give the Children a Drink

called Grain-O. It is DELICIOUS, appointing
nourishing food drink to take the place Of
coffee Sold by all grocers and liked by all
who have used it, because when properly
prepared it tastes like the finest coffee but
is free from all it's injurious properties.
Grain-O aids digestion and strengthens the
nerves. 1t is not stimulant but health
builder, and children, as well as adults, can
drink it with great benefit. Costs about / as
much as coffee. Is and 25c.
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greatest naval hero of tie times. The
federal marines and officers were held
only day, until we could parole them
for exchange, as we had no place to
keep them, being practically surround
ed by Banks army. They were taken
TO Baton Rouge and exchanged. The
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-30

DOLLAR STRETCHER writes that the greatest Stretch
invention
With Endless Chain Starch
starch
Shakespeare
unable ASK
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-11-30

3 III 's1ec1fned, vas DOtn S1deS are eNl-
Y Antly afraid of such treacherous allies.
she Boers-even their best friends adj
hit this-have treated the Zulus and
gkafiirs with a cruelty unprecedented in
The history of the dark continent, and
de British have slaughtered the blacks
the thousands. Consequently the
,ss ter hate all whites, and would not
in iitate to begin war of eNtermina-
- II should the opportunity present it.
SCI. The laws of the burghers and of
Cape Colony prevent the natives from
carrying rifles, hence their armament
consists of nothing more formidable
than spear and shield. While thus re-
stricted in equipment, they are COM
harmless, but should they be
supplied with rifles by either of the
combatants in the present war they
might prove menace to all white men,
Irrespective of nationality. a table
showing the numbers of the two races