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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-20
5AfGoOD GAME
a POPULAR CHAMPION.
Jc'n.rics, M American boy, Is tho ID,

Jcn'rics, m American boy, Is the Idol
ofIIorcrs Of the Ring.
The announcement ihnt lin Jefrries
would visit Wheeling next Friday even
Ing, was received with n large amount
of delight by; Wheeling lovers of the
hstlc or. yesterday. and the enterprise
Of the Metropolitan club was COM
mendcd on all sides in securing the
champion so fresh from the scene of
his ,triumphs, for It Is but Il few days
ago, since he wrcsted the laurels from
the heretofore invinclble Fi'Zslmmons.
Jeffries Is now on a triumphnl. tour to
his California home and at all his
stops he has been greeted by enthusi-
astic crowds. He Is an American
champion and consequently a popular
idol. The big fellow Is as bnshful as n
school girl. and his lack OF boastlngs
and readiness to fight bid fair to. make
him attain the pedestal once held by
John j.. Sullivan, and not held since
Corbett rung his curtain down. Jeffries
Will box SIX rounds with Jim DAILY, his
! sparring partner. Oscar Gardner, the
1l6-pourd champion, will go on for ten
rounds with herculean Joe Hopkins. the
hardy colored lad Of Buffalo. N. Y. In
quiries for seats have begun already.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-20
THE STATE SHOOT
or the West Virginia Sportsmcn's
Association Rcpins TODAY

Association Begins To-day.
The West Virginia Sportsmen's Asso-
citation will hold Its annual state meet
in this city beginning this morning.
The association Is composed of rifle
men and the state shoot, which will
continue for three days, will take place
at the Island Gun Clubs grounds. on
the Island. Prizes have been offered
aggregatinE $780, Of which 5000 are cash
prizes.
Many entries have been received and
include the best shots In the country,
among them the three Mallory broth
ers, OF Sistersville. who acquired ma
tIona! fame recently ut Buffalo. They
arrived in town last night. Several
others from Il distance We're arrivals
last night and more are due to-day.
Representatives. OF gunpowde:, Shell
and rifle, firms were early on the scene,
prepared to boom their wares among
the "shootIsts." They came from east
and west and as they were nearly all
at the Windsor, the hotel became an
unofficial headquarters.
To-day's shooting will begin at . n.
m. There nrc ten events on the card
| and vary between ten and fifteen bird
contests at blue rocks. Ten events are
| on the card also for Wednesday and
! Thursday. The members OF the Island
| Gun Club are doing Nil In their power
| to make the shoot n success and Secre-
tary John B. Garden was IL very busy
man last night. Among the prominent
members of the club are: John B.
| = IAI, -I,tINt
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-20
"BILL" TAYLOR LEADS

The Wheeling Players ut tho Bat, and
"Old Hoss" Twincham Is ut the
Front in Ficlding--Avcragcs Of the
sinsics Compiled by lntclligenccr.
The Intelligencer has compiled the
pat,ing and fielding averages of the
Wheeling players to and including last
weeks games. The compilation springs
some surprises. Players that We're
supposed to be hitting around the 400.
mark do not approach that figure. .and
other pia yers have mediocre fielding av~;
crages. men who were thought.to be.
fielding the game out Of sight. Also
there are surprises Of the other BORT.
aereeables ones, as, for Instance. the
ou,.or-slght batting 'Bul" Taylor is
doing for the Stogie nsgregatlon. In
thIrty-nve games he was bntted .s43
and leads the club, with the exception.
Of BILLY" George, who has figured In
only one game. Taylor and George are
the only players who have batted. 900.
Dobbs Is nearly in that class ind Niles
IS close up. Twineham. Pastorius and
Ly,!e are batting around the $50 mark,
Twincham's fielding average Of ..993 in
twenty-seven games behind the bat
demonstrates that he Is easily the pre-
mler catcher Of the Interstate league.
OF the outtielders, Dobbs and Lyle
have ilclded very fast game, or the
inNclders, Niles and Taylor both show
TIP with excellent averages. Babbs av-
erage for fielding will come Us a disap-
pointment to HIS friends; 1t was not
generally supposed that he was fielding
below 900. In his batting too. his per-
Torrance was disappointing one, the
percentage being .21a. OF course the
new men. Bammers and Myers, have not
yet shown what they are capable Of al
the bat. s,
In team work, Wheeling hasn't bat.
ted as strong as the opposing teams
Wheeling batted .25S, while opponents
went at .2CS gait. In fielding, on tho
other hand, the Stogies carried off the
tonors. $50 10 .a37.
Until the averages were compiled. Il
was not realized tina. the local club haI
had twenty-nine players since the open
Ing of the season. OF these, seventeen
have dropped by the wayside. and thu
twelve now under contract are easll.
their superiors in both departments Of
the game.
When I.atimer was released hi:
friends objected vigorously and said |
was mistake to release q man wht
was batting over 800. 1t will be noticed
'!-Gt" really hit only at n 40 clip, and
his fielding was decidedly on thu
BUM" being SID No mistake wa
made In letting this player go II
Youngstown. Hunts record is far ant
away better than La,imer's. and h
would not have been released had i
not been that President Power sent on
tho edlct that the salary limit must b.
observed. Hunt Is good man ant
ought TO secure good berth else
where without difficulty. The same OBJ
scTatlon applies to Denny" Lyons
his work at the !nItia! bag and Will
the sticl1> was satisfactory, but tn
management replaced him WITT Myer
because the latter Is a first class catche
who can be used to help out Twinehau
The averages follow:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-20

NEW YORK, June 19.-Jlm Jeffrles
has received challenge from Charley
Mitchell. The English pugilist sent u
cable to Tom Childers Of the Hoffman
House, authorizing him to arrange u
match with Jeffries, to take place In
London this summer. Jeffries said last
night that he would accept the chaf-
lenge and would fight Mitchell two
Weeks after his arrival In England. He
Is willing to fight Mitchell ten rounds
or to n finish before the club offering
the largest purse. The only condition
that .Jeffrics said he would make In the
article Is that an American shall ref
cree the contest. Chiders says that
the National Sporting Club, Of London,
will make bid for the fight. The
champion expects to sail for England
TIL, y
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-20
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-20
CYCLING.

Tho Carroll Club Cyclcrs, accom-
panied by their lady friends. will take
II run this evening to Elm Grove. Their
destination Will be St. Johns Home,
where lunch will await them. The
start will be made from the club house
at p. m. All members are requested
to be ready at that time.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-20

Two base hits, Taylor 2: Niles. Miller.
Three base hits. Grai1us. FiESemier.
rell, Twinehnm. Double plays, Niles TO My
ers: Figgcmier, Miller to Wright. Sacrifice
hits, Mattress, Weidensaul. Bases on
balls, off PnstorIus .. Struck out. by
Figgemie.. 8, Left on bases. New Castle
1, Wheeling g. Time of game, $50. UNI
pre, Xinram.
At Mansfield. a-z r II Z
Mansfield ........3 0a1003 0o03-12 1i i
Youngstown 81 022 10000 1--lO IS 4
Batteries. Ilackett and Belt: Lathrop,
Carney and frost.
at Fort Wayne. Il II r
Fort Wayne {, 0 0 o 0 . 81 4 8
Toledo ........0 D 0 ! ! - 10
Batteries. Swain and Bergen; Ewing
and Arthur
Dayton III 10 os122 e-7l3 2
Grind R'plds.O o IA u
Batteries, Carter, siesle and Donahuc;
! Wolfe and Cote. r $50
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BOWLING,

Last nights Musec league scores:
Colts, 923, S4S. S9S; Crescents, $50,
1870. 93o
Mozart lcaguc--C. c. C., COG, 1910, 9ol
Harvest. 1877, $685. 906.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-20

NO ONE WOULD EVER DE BOTH
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-20
rms rYRANr CUPID.

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He waves his
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-20

PITTSBURGH. Pa. June @.-Brsllant,
crrorlcss work by Pittsburgh shut New
York out. Both pitchers were Gil,-edsed.
bu, Tannchnl carried off the honors. In
seven innings the visitors went out In one
two, three order. In the NTH New York
made three hits. md Allied the bases. but
could not score Attendance. 1900 Score:
r II L.
pittsburgh ..o12 % O'-5 6 0
New York 40 0 0 0 0 0 % /
Batteries, Tnnnehil and Bowcrman:
Seymour and Warner. Empires, Lynch
and Connolly. Time. 1890.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-20

THE REDS SHUT OFT.
CINClNNATI, June l).-Thc Reds played
an Indifferent and weak game again to-
day, and were easily shut out by the Phil
lies. Donahuc pitched splendid ball, while
I3retcnstGin was q mark. Attendance,
7GG Score:
Cincinnati, .......O 0 0 % o o 0 90 j
Philadelphia % 1 10 10
Earned runs. Philadelphia 5. Batteries.
BrcitenS,cin and Wood; ponuhue and Nc
Fnrland. EMPIRES. Burns and Smith.
Time l..J.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.
STANDING OF CLUBS.

YESTERDAYS GAMES.
Philadelphia Q. Cincinnati 0.
Louisville 3. BALTIMORE.
Chicago 10. Boston s
ST. Louis 7, Washington 1.
Pittsburgh 8. New York 0.
Brooklyn 6, Cleveland l
TO-DAY'S GAMES.
philadelphia at Cincinnati.
New York at Pittsburgh.
Brooklyn ut Cleveland
Baltimore at Louisville.
Boston at Chicago.
Washington at ST. Louis.
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INTERSTATE LEAGUE.
STANDING or CLUBS.

YESTERDAYS GAMES. ~
NcT Castle 10. Wheeling l.
Mansfield u. Youngstown 10
Toledo 2, Fort Wayne !. a,i
Grand Rapids u. Dayton I.
TO.DhY'S GAMES. r.,
wheeling NJ New Castle.
Mhns'irld at Youngstown.
Grand Rapids at Dayton. =
Toledo Mt Fort Wayne. ~
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-20

Louis a victory over WASHINGTON to-day.
The pcrfec,os' played In superb form
both in the field and at the ha. Attend
ance. l.sQo. Score: !, z, =, Z
81. Louis $50 H. 20 81 III 70 /
Washington 20 OIL 20 0 10 Of 9 9
Earned runs. St. Louis 3, Washington !.
Batteries. Young and O'Connor: Wey-.
hing and Mcclure. Umplres, Emsl.e and
Mcdonald. Time. 2:o9. =,
AGoOD GAIiE.
CLEVELAND. O.. June l9.-Both teams
played q good game to-day. but the vlsi-
tors ;excellcd ct the bat. Bates was u
trlc wild. Attendance, ECO. Score:
,Ef'G r II E
Cleveland 80 % 20 0sl4 o 0 OIL & i
Brooklyn .....d 2 0 0804og3 d-6#a 1
Earned runs. Cleveland !, Brooklyn e.
Batteries, Bates and Schrecongost: Dunn
md Grim. umpircs, o'Day and McGnrr'
Time 2.CO A Itfat,sa .rar.' 'F5st vi D
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lost NY BOSTON

CHICAGO, June l9,-Aftcr having to-
days game MI but won, Wills went tip
into tho air In the seventh and filed the
bases. His wildncss waH followed by II
triple and long rs placed the locals one
run to the good. Attendance, 300. Score:
'u a II II l..
Chicago ......l . 0 Of % 4 . 10 s 6
Boston .........1 0 3 o 0 ! OS Is
Earned runs, Chicago 3. Boston /. Bat
tories, Callahan and Donahuc; Nichols.
Wills and Bergen. Umpircs Gnfrney and
NIppnugpu Time g.o5
The times., 1899-05-28
Call Out the Volunteers.

One of the Administration organs is
frank enough to admit that the Philippine
situation is such as possibly to neces-
state call for thIrty-fiye thousand volun-
teers, but hastens to add that the President
is not yet giving serious attention" to
the matter. If Alger were out of the War
Department. a call for volunteers would
not require serious attention" now or at
any time. Volunteers would spring to
arms as they did in lS47 and 1861, and the
Government would not know what to do
with the numbers offered. But Alger is
still in the saddle and as close to the firing
line as he may consider it safe to get, and
the young men of the country do not for
get Eagan and the Hon. Tincarrion DENLY,
who is right on the spot.
These things might make difficulty. but
could be remedied by the application of
little White House backbone. Indeed. it
is high time that those vertebrae were
brought into action. The American people
are not in the least pleased with the Phil
ippine situation, and are greatly exas-
perated to think that the war for the sup
preston of Tagal mutiny has been
spoiled for this year by any civilian med
ding whatsoever
The times., 1899-05-28
The Tenement-House pron,em

In the current number of the Atlantic
Monthly" Jacob Riis, who probably knows
as much about the tenement house and its
problems as any man in the country, gives
some startling facts about the condition
OF certain districts in New York II is
comparatively easy to dismiss from the
mind general and vague statements about
the "overcrowding,' the lack of sanitary
improvements, and SO on, which exist in
these places. But when definite descrip-
tion is given of the conditions under which
thousands of human beings live, 1t is less
easy to forget.
Mr.. Riis describes. among other things.
row of tenements built some fifteen years
ago, in the Italian quarter of New York.
This is the way in which humanity swsrms
IN these places: On each floor are four
flats, each containing three rooms. The
rooms measure respectively II by II. Z by
! IL, and by s1-2 feet-that is, the two
smaller rooms were about the size of the
smallest hall bedroom in an ordinary
Washington house. In just one of the
mats IN this house the investigator found
S'4N OHS iohiiiS- III llTee Others, eaCl nat
was occupied by two families. In the other
twelve, each room had its own family.
The rent of these flats was ten and twelve
dollars each. They were owned by one of
the richest families in New York. In the
house described by Mr.. Riis there were
forty-three families. where there should
have been sixteen. How are the ordinary
decencies of life to be preserved when chill
dren are brought up in such places? Is it
any wonder that the poor are not always
models of morality. refinement, and indus
try. when they are forced to live after this
manner?
The time viii come when such holes will
be considered proofs of the barbarism of
the nineteenth century. II there are any
poor folk living under these conditions in
Washington it is the business of the owners
to see that they have no longer that PAR
ticular sin ON their consciences.
The times., 1899-05-28
Memorial Day.
MAY 30. 1889.


every soldiers grave made during our un.
fortunate Civil War is a tribute to American
valor.
differed widely about the future OF tins Govern
mcnt these differences were long ago settIed by
the arbitrament OF arms, and the time has now
come in the evolution OF sentiment aud feeling,
under the providence OF God, when, in the spirit
of fraternity we should share with you in the
care OF the graves of the Confederate soldiers. -
President Mckinley at Atlanta.
Once more we gather under skies of May.
When lilac blossoms, and when violet
blows,
And on their grassy graves We weave a
spray
OF Northern lily and of Southern rose.
Once more We hear the blue-bird's song
afoat,
The thrush's piping in the dewy dell;
We thrill to hear the Northern robins
note,
And stand ensnared' by Southern mock
birds spell.
Once more the winds through odorous or
chards blow,
The creamy hawthorns through the
fences twine;
Lo, all the sunrise splendors are aglow,
Like cataracts of red and golden wine.
We bring a wreath, o martyrs numberless,
Who perished that your country still
might live;
Who fought and bled, the unborn babe to
bless,
That we should still be brothers, ani
forgive.
But now we come. not as in bygone years.
When anger poisoned sorrow through
and through;
When no one cried, through blended love
and tears.
Forgive them. for they know not what
they do.'
Thank God, those days have now forever
with all their strife of party, clique, anl
clan;
The Northerner. the southerner- at last
Is simply. solely. an American.
On Santiago submits we unite
The grizzled foes of Chickamnuga's day.
The hatreds of Shiloh sink from sight.
Beneath the waters Of Manila Bay.
Above your graves, exultant anthems Swell
When Peace and Love have healed the
battles blows;
We flush with pride to think those fought
with 80 tESse. Eyii so brave to overcome such
foes.
Peace be TO Lee, whose honor shall not
cease;
To stouewali Of the vaIor-yihrant nme.
Peace be a. Gsuat. who l9ngsd So fnuch fo-
Peace
To Lincoln. Of the everlasting fame,
--Harper's Weekly.
The times., 1899-05-28
The Curzons in Calcutta.

(FrOm HarperS Neekly)
mo Viceroy-at least since the time of
Lord Northbrook-has been received with
as much enthusiasm as Lord Curzon was
last evening" So says the Statesman.
the leading newspaper OF Calcutta. Six
regiments lined the route. which was gay
with flags. the Stars and Stripes being free
quently entwined with the union jack, out
of respect to the American Vicereine Rich
carpets and huge tigerskins reminded the
Europeans how far from home they were
Waiting for the viceregal couple at the
railway station were the Calcutta Light
Horse. the Fourth Bengal Infantry, and
the Viceroy's splendid bodyguard, while
the naval volunteers formed as a special
guard on the station platform. swarm
OF local and imperial dignitaries came to
figure in the great event.
When Lord and Lady Curzon appeared,
all were surprised by their commanding
figures. He is more than six feet tall,
broad and muscular in proportion, and as
ruddy as a cricketer She is corresponding
ly tall for one of her sex, and yet graceful
in every line of her body. Brilliant" is
a word often applied to her Her dress
was described as exquisite in the papers
on the next day, and from that moment,
until her health gave way, every gown she
brought out excited flattering comment in
the press, and was the topic of each sue
ceeding day among the English women of
the capital.
The scene of the actual arrival at the
palace is reported as If it were like a little
Field of the Cloth of Gold. | have read
that one hundred thousand persons wit
messed it. A red carpet was flung along
the grand staircase and out to the green--
ward, where it ended at the feet of
hundred scarlet-clad men of the First
Gloucester Regiment beside their band,
whose trumpets shot back the sunlight.
Another hundred men, OF the Calcutta
Rifles. stood near, while at the bottom of
the stairs were stationed the splendidly
costumed Indians of Lord Curzon's body
guard From an upper veranda there
looked down upon the scene the wife of
the last Viceroy Lady Elgin, her daugh
ters, and a rajah's queen, who was aecked
like an orchid.
Inspired by the scene, Ram Sharma, tie
poet, wandered home as one in a trance,
and there the muse of poesy guided his
hand through an ambitious ode, in which
he called our queenly American vcereine
the rose of roses" of her husband One
stanZa runs thus:
Intrepid, wise, accomplished peer
Regent sOf Her we lOve-reverel
Thee India greets from shore to shore!
She bids thee, Natures king OF men
Ennobled both by birth and brain
And her, thy rose OF roses bright
vision of embodied light
All hail! thrice hail! and hail once more!
The times., 1899-05-28
NEW JERSEYS BURIED cEDARs.
Giant Trunks Centuries Old in the
Southern SMamps.
(From the New York Sun.


To the north and east OF Dennlsville, N.
j., are great swamps of pine. cedar. gum.
and oak trees. Beneath these, buried deep
in the black, mucky soil OF the swamps. are
other great trees centuries old. At one
time this part of New Jersey was covered
with a vast forest of cedar trees, and the
red cedar has been the only variety found
in the buried forests. From the sound
ness of these trees, it is declared by men
of science that they were alive when they
fell to the ground and that probably a
terrific storm swept across southern New
Jersey and leveled thousands OF acres of
forest
Evidences of the immense size of these
fallen cedars are found. Only a few days
ago a red cedar was unearthed in Cedar
Swamp Greek that measured six feet in
diameter. 1t was only the heart Or centre
growth. With the bark and middle growth
attached the tree may have measured from
ten to twelve feet in diameter. Trees even
larger have been brought TO the surface
in the Dennisville swamps.
Among these monsters of the forest were
some that would equal the giant redwood
trees of California. Recently an Indian
canoe in a perfect state OF preservation
was unearthed from the mire of Cedar
Swamp Greek. II measured six feet across
and was nearly sixteen feet long. It had
evidently been followed out of one of these
buried cedars.
The buried trees lie under from twelve
to thirty feet of soft black soil. Men of
science have not been the only ones in
terested in them. The natives have for
years turned the trees into money, and the
business of selling split shingles made
from the heart of the red cedar has been
lucrative one Thousands Of shingles are
made annually. Shingles made from the
trees found in Cape May county's buried
forests never rot. They have been used
extensively hereabouts, and there are
houses known to be more than century
old whose shingle roofs, still sound and
intact. came from beneath the swamps.
An old Quaker meeting house at Seaville
was built entirely of red cedar dug up
in the Cedar Swamp Creek. some years be-
fore the Revolutionary war. The building
is as sound as it ever was.