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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-05
DEATHS BUSY YEAR.
A Good Many Base Ball Men Passed
Away During 1895.

A Good Many Base Ball Men fasseo
Away During 1895.
A Philadelphia paper has compiled enron
illogical table for the year 1898, which snow
| that death was unusually busy among base
hail men. The greatest among the Nlustrious
| dead was the lamented Charles H. Byrne
| IN ufe one of the most able, most talented
and most beloved leaders the national saiie
has ever known, one on whom the utie VI ne
"Nanoleon of base BALI was well bestowed
Below will be found list or the oeao u
A' Ian. 4Char.es H. Byrne, president OF the
Brooklyn club. in New York city. n,.v
Jan. StJohn DAILY, southern ieasue pi"S
Ian 22~Mark Burns, well known pitcher
of the '7Os. at Middletown Conn 1er,, nros,As-
sionaI catcher, in New York city.
March ed F. Stevens, veteran base ball
editor at Everett, Mass.
March Be. H. Warner, veteran Catcher
of fame. at Baltimore, Md.
Burlington club, at Martinsville, Ind; :,
March 23-E. W. Payne, veteran Dase pan a,
nromoter and Olympic club member, at Phil
March 2s-"Tony'' Hellman, a professional
catcher Of note, at CincE natl, O. avn ;,
April Nv. E. PARROT. nicknamed "Jiggs. .
ex-third baseman Of the Chicago club, at
Anril i7-Robert Matthews, the famous pro-
fesSiOnal pdtcher, at baItiuioIe, Aau
May 3-John A. Brown, for twenty-tnree
years treasurer of the Chicago club, at Chi
Nav 12-Augustus solari, veteran ground
! keeper of Sportsmen's park, at st. Louis, MO.
May 22-James P. Sullivan, pitcher, dropped
dead during game at Oswego, N. Y.
June 28-Joseph E. Sprague, one time pitcher
of the famous Eckford club, at Brooklyn,
N. Y.
June 2s-Henry L. Meyers. veteran short
stop and manager, at Harrisburg, Pa.
July 15-George Beard. from injuries re-
ceived In a collision with another player the
previous day, at Little Falls. N. Y.
Aug. 8-Michasl Gill, veteran organizer and
manager, at Oswego, N. Y.
Sept. Nv. H. Cammyer, veteran founder
Of Union grounds and manager Of the famous
Mutuals, at Brooklyn.
from effects Of collision in game two days
previous, at Chicago.
Sept. 30.-J. ]. Coffee. minor league UNI
pire at Rome. N. Y.
Sept. go. J. Merrill, we'll known New
York base ball reporter, at Brooklyn
Oct. 2eCharles J. C'Curry') Foley, .
veteran league pitcher, at Boston, Mass.
Oct 22-William Mcmahon, q player Of the
old Mutual club for nine years. ct New York
Dec ao-Marcus P. Hayue. organizer and
president Of the Minneapolis club, At Mime
apolis, MINI.
Dec. 81-Martin Duke noted ex-profesAonal
pitcher. at Minneapolis.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-05
MINNESOTA WHEELMEN
THEY WILL FORCE RECOGNITION
FOR THE WEST THIS
YEAR
PRESIDENT MACE'S PLANS
Century Road Club of America Will
Admit Professional Riders, and a
Committee VIII Be Appointed to
Look After Them-State ScOrch-
ers Invited to JOin-Minnesota's
Crack Riders.

President Mace of the Century Road
Club of America has under way sew
eral projects which will be of special in
terest to the local Cracks" A spe-
cial effort will be made this year to Sc
cure some national road records for
Minnesota, both in the professional and
amateur class. Some of the best state
records in the Union are held by Min
nesota riders, but it is with a view to
securing some recognition for the West
that the local wheelmen will devote
their best energies this season. Mime
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-05

friend and business associate here comes the
news that Dan Stuart will offer purse Of
$4,000 to Fitzsimmons and sharkev for .
nhlsn nght for the worlds championship.
on.n the heavy weights sign hard and fast
a an , STUART will not take a hand in the
game. Inc moment he receives news Of a
t nOna VI, noe Fitzsimmons-Sharkey agreement
sne western man will strive to secure the
i EaStle; II is his intention to decide the mill
New piooaoiy carson,
aI stuart Will hold the hght-if he gets IT.
eatH w 5ns daylight hours and in some To-
out danger Of interruption by the authorities
M n is stuart's favorite stamping ground
IL I is believed here the kaleidoscope will piay
followed Stuart's kaleidoscope on The carh otts
flt ..Si fight. and even bigger financial
Bob meet. "A0 A1anAy
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-05
TOD sLoAN's WINNINGS.

Famous Jockey Cleared Up a For
tune on Stocks.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. Mot satisfied
with the winning of thousands of dollars
on the race track the diminutive Tod Sloan
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-05
sHARKEY WON'T FIGHT.

Announces That Fit.simmons Must
Wait TIL Next Year.
NEW YORK. Feb 4-Shaykey says, II am
very glad that my manager has covered Fitz-
simmonn' money. am willing to have Il
60 for q finish Or . limited number Of rounds
But ora ding VIII - have known. and thaI
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-05
Thoso who Heve srem II

Pronounce The .0lobs Year Book and
Almanac the be6a reference work Of the
year yea complete record et FsqeE stasstics
room, q osntA.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-05
RYAN AND CREEDON.

Tommy Ryan and Dan Creedon have
finally been matched. They are to meet
in Syracuse some time in March. That
should be a good go. Creedon will be
much heavier than Ryan. while the
Syracuse boxer is by far the better
man from a scientific standpoint.
Which will win? Ryan, barring that
always possible knockout blow when
a good little man Is matched against
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-05
DRAW IS PROBABLE.

Admirers of the sailor were filled with
CONSERVATION when it was announced
that Sharkey had agreed to box Cor
bett six rounds at Chicago. They need
not loose any sleep. 1t is not likely
that either Sharkey or Corbett are 60
ing to overeXert in that match The
decision will probably be draw. The
purse is to be $1,000, and Corbett and
Sharkey are not doing overwork for
that modest sum. They may put up a
pretty exhibition, but the coroner and
undertaken will not be needed in Off
cial capacity after the battle. This is
not exactly official, but it is good
guess. Cut it out and look 1t over after
the meeting
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-05

into two won't, and two from one you
can't. That is about as lucid as the
Corbett proposition that he can easily
defeat, in six rounds, man who once
nearly killed him in four rounds, and
afterwards had him all but out in nine
rounds
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-05
SHARKEY NOT ANXIOUS
sAEI.OR SEEMS IN NO GREAT HASTE
TO CINCH A MATCH WITH
BOB FITZSIMMONS
FORFEIT WAS NOT COVERED

Cornishman's Money Was Up, and
the Sailor Did Not Nail 1t In Time
THAT VIII Probably BE the Ex-
pIanatiun offered for the Falling
Through of the Proposed Battle
for the Championship.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-05

Jim Corbett and sailor sharkey are
matched to box SIX rounds at i.Par-
son" Davies show, to be given In Chi
cago on March Z. Corbett Is quoted as
having announced that the affair Will
be a regular picnic He thinks the
sailor will be easy, and that he can win
back all his lost laurels by defeating
Sharkey in the stipulated six rounds.
SO he can, If he can. That is, he can
win laurels If he can beat the sailor.
But where would that place the ma
rine? IF Corbett can defeat Sharkey
in six rounds, and it took Fitzsinlmons
fourteen POUNDS to trim Corbett. then
how many rounds would Sharkey re-
quire to beat the champion? Three
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-10-25

HARD BLOW ON TRUSTS.
Supreme Court Decision in American
Glucose Ldtigatiou

Supreme Court Decision in American
Glucose Litiga tion.
Trusts and combinations formed for
the purpose OF cJntrolling prices, regulat-
ing outputs of commodities and sitting
competition received body blow at the
hands of the Illinois Supreme Court in
Springfield Thursday. In an opinion
written by Justice Magruder and concur
red in unanimously it is held that the
$40,00O,0OO Glucose Sugar Refining Com
pany, commonly known as the glucose
trust, is in fact trust within the mean
ing of the statute passed in June, 1893,
defining trusts and prohibiting them. In
arriving at this conclusion the court fol-
lows the reasoning it laid down in the
celebrated case which proved the ruin of
the whisky trust, and plain terms are
used in denouncing the purposes had in
view by the organizers of the company
The case was one begun by George Il.
Harding of Chicago and makes the
American Glucose Company the princi-
pal defendant. The american Glucose
Company is one of tke six concerns
which the trust absorbed, and the pur-
pose of the litigation is to prevent the
sale of the American Glucose Company
to the trust. The Supreme Court heard
the case upon a writ of error taken by
Harding after his amended bill had been
dismissed upon a demurrer. The court
reverses the decision of the court below
and remands the case, with directions
which will apparently partly, at least,
disrupt the trust. The decree sets aside
all the cGnveyances by which the trust
became the owner of the property of the
American Glucose Company and all as
signments and instruments which accom-
panied the delivery. The lower court is
also directed to furnish every relief con-
sistent with the prayer of the bill.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-10-25
NEWS rs HARD 10 GET
BOERS CUT TELEGRAPH LINES
IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Severe Censorship Also h,terreres-
Important Rafties expected at Lady
smith on the Last and Kimberley on
the West of the Transvaai.

Cable companies have otiGed the State
Department at Washington of the inter
ruption Of communication with the
Transvaal. Severe censorship interferes
with the sending of war news from South
Africa, but advices received indicate
early battles at several points. On Tues
day Kimberley was sti.l besieged by Boz
ers, and there were rumors of an attack
on Vryburg. Dutch forces moving south
in Natal have been delayed by the diff
cnltisS met with in Transporting supplies
and equipments.
The disposition of the Boer forces at
the outset of the war~in South Africa
makes it manifest that the Eoer gem
erals, instead Of eontenting themselves
with defensive or guerrilla warfare mean
for time to act Systematically on the
aggressive. The four military expeditions
thus far put under way from the Trans
vaal aud the Orange Free State have
moved directly to the important strong
holds on the enemy's frontier. These
movements, while apparently indepen-
dent, give evidence of concerted action
AT the time this is written the northern
commandos of the Tfansvaal under Com
mandant Cronje are investing Mafeking,
which Is defended by Col. Baden-Bowell
and a relatively small force. The same
expedition is known to have seized the
railroad to the south of Mafeking. The
southern commandos of the Transvaal,
under Gen. Koch, at the same time have
moved into Natal, with Ladysmith, ap-
parently, for an objective. The troops
of the Orange Free State have been
similarly divided the comma ndos of tha
southern part of the republic striking for
Kimberley, which they are now besieging
in force, meantime destroying the rail-
way to the south. A fourth column, also
made up of Beers from the Orange Free
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-10-25
OFFERS TO TURN TRAITOR.
Filipino General 10 willing to
Betray His Country.

Betray HE Country.
Messages purporting to come from
Gen. Pillar offering to surrender his army
and to deliver Aguinaldo into the hands
of the Americans have been received by
Gen. Otis. For $250,000 he offers to sur
render his men after a sham battle; de-
mands $4,000 to refrain from attacking
Manila, and offers to procure the over
throw of the insurrection and the cap
ture of Agninaldo and other leaders for
$500,000. Pillar is believed to be in the
vicinity of San Mateo valley with about
1900 men. Reports from the enemy s
lines are to the effect that Pillar COM
templates dash through the American
lines into Manila for the purpose Of kid
naping Gen. Otis.
The pursuit of Aguinaldo is on in earn
est. Gen. Lawton began his northern
movement from Arayat Tuesday night at
midnight, when battalion of the Twen-
ty-second Infantry under Maj. Balance,
assisted by Maccabebe scouts, advanced
and crossed the Pampanga river, march
ing in the direction of San Isidro Agui-
naldo Is reported to be at Tariac with
strong force, of which he is said to be
In personal command.
The Americans are handicapped by in
adequate transportation facilities. Sup
plies were to have been brought up the
Rio Grande to San Isidro as base, but
the river is fast dwindling to a shallow
stream. Horses and mules will have to
be employed, and these are scarce. Law
ton commands an effective force of 1000
men. consisting of the Twenty-fourth in
fantry, two battalions of the Twenty-sec-
ond, 600 of the Fourth cavalry, mount
ed and dismounted. one company of the
Thirty infantry, and 200 Macca-
bebe scouts.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-10-25

Opium eating is increasing in England.
Rome may have worlds fair in 1919.
China's first sawmill has just been
built.
Melodramas are returning to fashion in
London.
Chrysanthemum salad is popular del
ieacy in Japan.
Melbourne, Australia, has just had its
first fall of snow.
Great Britain may have perma .ent
census department.
Congo natives arr making seat covers
of the skins of Belgians.
German authorities are trying to check
an epidemic of typhus at Metz.
Revolutionary organizations for almost
every object now exist in Paris.
The maintenance of the siege of Fort
Chambrol cost Paris $4,000 francs.
Uganda is to be made base of sup
plies for the British in central Africa.
What was once the palace of Queen
Hortense in Paris is being demolished.
Germany expects to have share in
Delagoa Bay il England obtains control.
Delagoa Bay officials, being underpaid,
resort to bribery on every possible occa-
sion.
Near Hastings, England, lives an &C.
centric old man who daily prays to the
sun at noon.
A writer in an English magazine de-
clares that the real average Englishman
is a workingman earning So week
Irish newspapers are criticising the
English press for their attacks on French
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-10-25

the railway line from Hopetown bridge
over the Orange river, fifty miles south
of Kimberley, to Ramoutza, forty-ive
miles north of Mafeking. The Beers cut
of Mafeking's water supply. A report
from Boer sources says that the Trans
vaal lost sixty burghers killed and
wounded in the fighting about Mafeking.
A sharp engagement took place at Rath-
labama station north of the town.
Tho natives in Zululand are aruing,
and the Zulu chief, Dimzulu, says he is
unable to restrain his people. 1t is ex-
pected the Zulus will unite with the
Swazis 70 the north and both tribes WI
help the british. Zululand is northeast
of Natal and, like Swaziland to the
north, borders on the 1Tansvaal. Gen.
Sir George White, commanding the Brit
ish forces in Natal. has refused to arm
natives who wish to fight against the
Beers. The further advance of the Beers
into Natal Is being delayed by the fail
ure Of their transport service.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-10-25
REPULSE THE BOERS.
BRITISH GAIN A DECISIVE VIC,
TORY AT GLENCOE.
English Troops Make a Desperate and
Successful charge-The Enc my in At
tempting TO Retreat aught Between
Two Fires-B sides Lose Heavily.

British arms triumphed in desperate
battle fought at Glencoe Friday, but not
without heavy loss of life. Sir William
Symons, the British commander, was
wounded and it was said his hurt would
prove mortal. Maj Ynle took command.
The battle, which continued for eight
hours, resulted in the complete repulse Of
the Beers. The British loss is estimated
at 800 killed and wounded and that of
the Beers three times as many.
The action began at $50 o'clock in the
morning, when the Beers on Talana hill
began to shell Glencoe camp. The Eng
iish artillery, the Thirteenth and Sixty
ninth batteries, returned the fire, finding
the burgher gunners no match for them.
Gun after gun was silenced, and then the
plucky charge began. Half an hour had
sufiiced to prepare for the charge, but it
took hours of crawling. fighting and
climbing before the British troops won
their way TO the summit.
The charge was covered by heavy ar
tillery fire from Glencoe over the heads
of the advancing infantrymen. The
British Were fighting their way inch by
inch toward the summit when word
reached Glencoe that a large force of
Beers was advancing on Hattingspruit,
a little to the north. The Leicester regi-
ment and battery OF, artillery were told
off to check the re-enforcements, and the
battle ragged on. At 1:30 the Glencoe
artillerymen saw their comrades on the
crest of the hill. Then the British cav
airy circled around the hill and pursued
the Beers in their orderly retreat to the
eastward. Seventeen guns fell into the
hands of the British.
1t is thought that this victory, coming
at so early stage of operations, can
not fail to have good effect ON the
Beers, not only because of their being
onsted from position they had occu-
pied in force, but because of the loss of
their guns. This last, it is judged, will
prove even more demoralizing.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-10-25


Transvaal With Mafeking and Kimber-
ley under siege and two columns operat-
ing on the offensive in Natc' they, for
a time at least, will be able devastate
a considerable territory, cutting telegraph
wires, destroying railways and bridges
and seizing stores of ammunition and
supplies.
A dispatch received at Cape Town be-
fore the telegraph line to Kimberley was
cut stated that the townspeople were ig-
norant of the measure to be adopted for
the defense of the place. 1t Is conjec-
tured that the military authorities dis
trust part of the inhabitants, and there
fore keep their plans secret to prevent
them from reaching the enemy. The
Beers of the Orange Free State are in
complete possession of the railway from
the Orange river to near Kimberley. The
Free State Beers are also reported to
have cut the telegraph wires and destroy
ed the railway track at Norval, where the
line from Port Elizabeth to Bloemfontein
crosses the Orange river
IL matters not how far they are
able to proceed into British territory be-
fore they are checked in their advance,
the Beers seem to have hit upon the
strategic policy which is best calculated
to retard the subsequent movements Of
the British forces when the real advance
into the Boer republics is attempted some
weeks hence.
The Beers showed every courtesy TO
Mr.. Conyngham Grene, the British
agent, on his journey from Pretoria. Six
OF President Kruger's bodyguard escort
ed him to the Transvaai border The
burghers of the Orange Free State were
equally courteous
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-10-25


apprehension and punishment of the rob-
bers, not with reference to the loss in
this particular case. but to stop any fu-
ture recurrence OF the robbery"
The clews thus far secured by the Sc
cret service men of the express AID rail-
way companies. the city, and the Pinker-
ton agency, and all the county sheriffs
and the individuals attracted by the re-
wards offered, are very vague. William
A. Pinkerton said yesterday:
There is no clew that is promising
enough to take up as key to the case.
The robbers viii be caught. Some of
the most notorious robbers we have
caught have been taken two or three
months after the crime.
The Des Moines, Iowa, savings bank
and Cedar Rapids bank were consign-
ors of most Y the money in the express
safe blown on the Northwestern train
The Des Moines bank officials refused to
give the amount of money consigned to
their institution, but intimate that tne
stories about the loss being but $4,000 is
absurd. The bank depends on reimburse
ment by the express company
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-10-25
Echoe. from south Africa.

War poems are popular in English
newspapers.
Italy has sent cruiser to South At
rican waters.
President Kruger's wealth is estimat-
ed Mt S5,000,OO0.
English papers say that many Of the
Orange Free State Beers oppose the Civ
ing of aid to Kruger.
The London Mails circulation is now
over $4,000, having increased because
of its attitude towards the war.
Bakers are being enlisted to go to
copeh Africa to bake bread
Equal rights to negroes are denied by
TIE constitution of the South African re-
pubiis.
johannesburg street cars are not rum
ming. as the horses have been seized by
the Beers.
Paris newspapers complain because,
while there is an Irish and German
volunteer corps in the Boer forces, not a
single Frenchman has up to the present
demanded the favor of being allowed to
perforate an Englishman ON the coming
battleields.
Nearly every Canadian newspaper Is
enthusiastic in favor of the war.
Lord Rothschild is raising fund for
the chartering of Red Cross vessel dur
ing the war.
London newspapers say that President
Kruger is not as virtuous and upright as
he is painted.
A major in the Berkshire regiment,
who has been attached to the Forty first
depot at Cardiff, received orders 10 pro-
ceed Immediately to South Africa, but
before leaving the country determined TO
become united TO young lady Of 10, the
daughter Of London physician. The
nuptial knot was tied at the Cardiff reg
istry Office.
English Radical newspapers continue
to denounce the war.
Returned travellers from South Africa
tell London reporters that the Beers can't
shoot as well as they did.
In area the South African republic is
anything but little. for it covers about
10000 square miles and is larger than
New York and New England combined,
larger than the entire British isles and
considerably more than half as large as
either France or Germany. Its neighbor,
the Orange Free State, is considerably
smaller than the Transvaal. but the two
republics combined comprise a territory
about equal TO that of Illinois, Wiscon-
sin and Michigan.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-10-25
AfnnicinaI Matters.

Memphis recent growth is ascribed to
improved sewerage.
At Baltimore a coachman was fined
SO for delaying car
Berlin viii assume control Of all stseet
ear lines within the city.
Policy is foarishing In Philadelphia,
and the Press has begun crusade to
close the shops.
The police department of Hartford,
Conn, will soon be equipped with auto
mobile patrol wagons, ambulances and
prisoners van.
Gambling is wide open" in Savannah.
and the preachers are making a crusade
against it.
Philadelphia still complains Of the wat
er supply. A filtration plant has been
demanded for ten years.
DIR. Henry j. Schenck has just COM
pleted his twelfth year as dog consta' le
of Boston, during which time he has kill
ed over 10000 unlicensed dogs. He gets
81 for each dog he kills, but his expenses
are not small.
The Socialist Mayor Of Haverhill,
Mass, claims as his years record reduc-
ton In the price of gas, abolition or grade
crossings, and the payment ct higher
wages to city employees.
New Yora City mas fifteen members Of
Congress, Chicago has seven, Philadel-
phia Eve and Boston four.
In Germany the capital for carrying l
the pawnshops by the municipal author
ties Is derived either from the city treas
ury or the city savings bank, which Is
usually operated in connection with the
shops.
The decision Of Manchester to muni-
cipaiize the tramways of that city and
TO refuse to renew the lease of their lines
to the Manchester Carriage Company
has drawn from the company an offer Of
10000 a year for the lines on a ten
years lease instead Of f23, 1888, which
they now pay.