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Mar. John Lawson, at San jose. Cal,
wins loom. bicycle race; 4:34:3o.
May l3-Peter Hegelman, inNew York, wins
72.hr. go-asyou-please walking match, 407
Jun. 9-Jas. J, Jeffries whips Robt NtzSim-
mons in 18th round in prize fight at New
York for worlds championship.
2l-Chas. M. Murphy, paced by locomotive.
makes mile on bicycle in 65 sec.
Aug. Nv. X. Vanderbilt, Jr, at Newport.
X. l., makes 81 IN. in automobile in 6 INN.
ga. A. Hansen, in Minneapolis. rides BIZ
cycle 1000 IN; 80 hrs. "A min.
EBurns Pierce, in Philadelphia, lowers BIZ
cycle records for 2, 3, 4 and 5 m; time:
500, 4:46, 1923 and 800.
27-Tom Butler, at Ravenswood. ILL.,, rides
10 m. in 1851 3-5.
Sep. l5-Open golf championship Of Y. 8.
won in Baltimore by VIM. Smith, OF Chi
27-Gelding Bumps breaks worlds wagon
pacing record; 2:03l.
Oct. AVN. Ii. Stubs, Baltimore compost
tor, sets 66.6l7 ems on machine in 8 hrs. 30
ll,.Eddie McDuf6e. at Brocton. Mass, rides
bicycle z m. in 1854.
l5-Nst. League baseball season ends. per
cent lges being as follows: Brooklyn, $50;
Boston, .624; Philadelphia, .6l3; Balti-
more, .5Sl; st. Louis, .557; Cincinnati,
y;55si Pittsburgh, $40; ChiesssgSo. ;5o1;
LOulSVhle, 400, new OTks .9UVS ASn-
ington, $50; Cleveland. .l3l.
l8-Mrs. Jane Lindsay rides in New York
800 m. in 81 hrs. 48 min.
20EThird and final race in series for Amer
ica's cup won by Columbia, defeating the
Shamrock, British challenger.
25-Howard's golf team wins intercollegiate
championship, in New York.
Nov. 3-Jas. j. J~effries, at Coney Island. N.
y, gets decision on points after rs rounds
with Tom Sharkey for worlds heavy
weight championship.
lO-Maj. Taylor, in Chicago, half m. bicycle
record lowered to al.
l6-Maj. Taylor lowers l m. paced bicycle
record to l:l9.
2l-Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse from South
ampton to N. Y, s das. II hrs. 81 min.
27-Bert Repine wins 49, hour bicycle ace
in Kansas City; 96l l-3 m.
Dec. lO-University of Chicago football
team wins western collegiate champion
ship by defeating Wisconsin. :. Miller and
Waller in N. Y. win 6-da.-bicycle race
making 2,744 m.
l4-H.>W Widemann swims 25 yrds in 1926
seconds.
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25-Near Alley, Tex, Jas. HUMPHREYS and 2
sons l~wnitej; charged with harboring .
murderer.
Jun. lO-Near Sardis, Miss, Simon Brooks
(colored), lynched by a negro mob; muir
dered negro woman.
l3-Dunelon, Fla, 2 negroes lynched BY
negro mob for shooting coiored man.
2S-Near Wakon, Tex, Ollie Williams .
Jul. S~Almo, Kan, Dick Williams (negro);
charged with murder.
2O-Freelandsville, Ind. Lon French, a des-
perado. .
2l-Tallulah, La, s Sicilians for long list of
alleged crimes. a.,
22-Bainbridge, Ga, 3 negroes; assaulted
white oma Near Bruton, Mo-, Frank
ENFORCE (negro); assault.
24-Saffold, Ga, 2 negroes; ASSAULT.
Wilmot, Ark, Chick Davi ~(negrol; muir
der. .Hattiesburg. Miss, Henry Novels;
25|Saffold,. Ca, Chas. Mack; rape and rob
berry. .fugua Prairie, Tex, John Ham
aton (colored); burned a church.
Aug. Near Forest, Ca, Solomon Jones
(~negro); assault.
3~B1akeley, Ga, Louis Henderson Degro);
e-Amite City, La, Adolphus Brown fool
ored) killed, and Edgar and Edw. Barr
flogged by a mob. .Jaspar, Fla, un.
known negro; assault.
Oct. l5-Wilson, La, j.. L: Smith twhate);
charged with cattle stealing,
2O-St. Anne, Miss, Joe ;Lefiore (negro);
had confessed to firing home in which 8
persons persisted.
2l-St. Anne, Miss, John Gray (colored)
implicated in murder of Gambrel family.
Nov. 2-Near CORTLAND, Ala, Albert Sloss
(negro); assault:
lG~Bloomfeld, Mo, Vim. Huff; charged
with murder.
Dec. 6-Maysville, KY, Dick Coleman
(~negro); burned at stake; murder.
l3CJones, La, negro; assault.
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II WAR.
SET DOWN IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORD

Mar. 20-Jos. Chamberlain addresses pariia-
ment on the Transvaal.
May l6-Arrest Of s alleged British officers
in Transvaal for conspiracy.
N-ContereDce at Bloemiontein oetween
Pres. Kruger and Sir Alfred Miner.
Jul. l0l9-New franchise bill passed by
raad.
24-kruger threatens to resign.
Aug. 2-Kruger ID diplomatic note offers to
make concessions on condition that Eng
gland abandon claim OF suzeralnty.
&-Chamberlain replles such terms cannot
be considered.
Sep. SChamberiain insists on Joint inquiry
TO make sure no multiplying conditions exist
behind kruger's proposals.
lS-kruger answers with less favorable pro-
posals than before. -,
12-Britain formulates note that she will
prepare final terms.
1-Orange Free State votes to aid South
African Republic. ,
Oct. 2-Gen. Sir Redvers Butler appointed
to command in South Africa,
10-Boer ultimatum that Britain must with
draw troops from South Africa.
ll-Announcement at johannesburg that
war would be in effect 10 a. m, Oct. l..
l2-Boers invade Natal.
f3-Arnored train captured by Beers at
Kaa;pan.... Gold seized by Transyaal re-
public.
I4-Kimberley besiegcd by Beers. Arson
IL tAd4lI hlONH up near NldiShiHe
4-Gen. Symons mortally wounded in bat
tie az Glencoe.
22-Gen. Kock killed in battle of Glands
laaetc.
sl--Koyal British f~usilccrs, No. 10 mountain
battery and Worcestershire regiment sur
rounded at Ladysmith and obliged to
capitulate after losing heavily.
Nov. 2-Bocrs capture Colenso completing
investment of Ladysmith.
16-BoeTs wreck English armored train
north of Estcourt. and kill, wound or cap
ture 100 of Dublin f~usileers.
23-Gen. Methuen wins battle at Belmont
IS killed. l47 wounded and IS missing.
2S-Methuen defeats Beers at Moddel
river. but with heavy loss.
Dec. l0-British under Gatacre drawn into
trap at Stormbers and 672 taken pris
oners.
I3-Nethuen repulsed at Magersfontein
Gen. Wauchope and marquis OF VIII
chester killed. Total British losses, 1858.
l5-Gen. Butler reports reverse near Colen
so; British troops again led into trap, Il
guns being captured, ! destroyed; l,09'
casualties.
Is-Gen. Methuen's communications cut.
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FIRES.
More Particularly Those Which Cause
Large Loss or Suffering.

Jan. l2-Atlanta, Ga, in heart Of business
district; $780, 900.
ls-New York, building of A. j. Cammeyer,
retail shoes; S500,0OO.
Feb. l-Columbus, o., half a business block;
S750,000.
7-Winnibeg, Manitoba house; 100000.
9-New York, l3 buildings; $4,000
l2-Chicsgo, A. {. McClurg & Co.'S book
l4IChicago, Z. b. Buffers storage bldg;
500, 600. -. Cincinnati, Kahn, Fellheimer
g. Coz hat establishment; $500,00O.
l5-Brooklyn navy yard machine shops;
2s~Holyoke, Mass, Windsor hotel, opera
house and other buildings; $500, 900.
Apr. l3-In Rock and Keith counties, Neb.,
prairie fires; several lives lost.
l6-Cleveland, O., half a block of business
buildinge; 81, 1000 900.
May Nearly one-third of Brule county, S,
d., burned over by prairie fires.
l7-Chicago, 5 lumber plants; 100000.
2O.Dawson City. Alaska, business portion;
2e-Coney island, N. Y, 200 buildings; $500.
Jun. 4-Republic, Wash, % bldgs., $3.50, 900
Jul: EMemphis, Tenn, Gayoso hotel
Aug. 2l-victor, Col, in business section
x2,UOO,UO0.
Sep. l6-Promised Lane, L. l., Amer. Fish
cries Co.'S plant; $500, 900.
l9-In Adirondack forest, N. Y, forest fires
20-Norfolk, Va, st. Vincent de Paul's hos
pital; 4 lives and $500. 900.
Oct. 3-Endeavor, Pa, Wheeler & Dusen
berry Co. I lumber yards; $500, 900.
l3-Brooklyn, N. Y, Bush Co.'s cotton ware
house; $4,000
Nov. .3-New York, Manhattan BeddinI
Co.'S factory; 100000.
5-Waukegan, H., Amer. Steel 4 Wiz
Co.'S plant; $500, 900. 80. Kansas City, Mo.
fire starting in Jones Bros department
store; S500,000.
12-Montrcal, Wan Bros biscuit factory
$500 5000.
29-Philadelphia, j. b. Lippincott d Co.
PUB. house and other buildings, $1,000, OO(
Dec. l0-Augusta, Ga, business block; 81,
100000.
l9-Florence, S. C., business section.
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BUSINESS
In INVOLVING Liabilities of Half n MIL
lion Dollars or More Banks
Generally.

Involving Liabilities of Half n MIL
lion Dollars or More - Banks
Generally.
Jan. G-New York, A. b. Hilton, voluntary
bankruptcy; 50, $50, 907; no assets.
l0--Boston, Hamilton national bank; volun-
tary.
25-kansas City, Mo-, Planters bank,
3l-Russeil, kan;,, First national bank.
San Jose, Cal, Union savings bank.
Feb. 2l-Galveston, Tex, Friebelg, Klein &
Co., whisky dealers; $630,000.
Mar. blank of Golden, LII.
S-New York, William Noble, builder, vol
untary bankruptcy; $l,027 AGO.
0-Lima, o., American national bank; vol,
untary. 80. Memphis, Tenn, Continental
national bank; voluntary.
l3-Lagrange, ILL.,, c. L. Gillett's private
bank.
22-Silver Greek, n. V, Excelsior bank.
2S-Kansas City, Mo, w. V. l.. Lippincott,
president b%ippincott Rental Co.; $1,000
900 with 1925 assets. :,
| Apr. 6-Warrensburg, Mo-, Farmers and
Merchants bank turns business over to
Citizens hank. -. Brooklyn, N. w. Full
ton bank sold to Mechanics bank OF New
York.
! llama, Wis, banking house of L. P.
Hummer & Mckenzie.
2l-Lakeport, n. H., Lake Village savings
bank.
Jun. J-lOcnCcO w. d. saNllgs duu Iocne-
co national banks. First bank OF Shag-
uay, Alaska.
l0-Houghton, Wis, Danecounty state bank;
lin Colorado, Miners bank at Crede and
banks at Hooper and Monte Vista.
20-New York, Henry Post, banker, volun-
tary bankruptcy; IS ,464, 575.
30-Bay City, Mich, Spencer o. Fisher;
S750,000.
Jul. Savings bank of St. Paul.
S-Niles. Mich, Citizens national bank.
l4-Pcrth, n. j., Middlesex county savings
bank.
l7~St. Paul. Germania bank.
24-N. Y. National Building & Loan Assn;
SS52,G46.
Aug. iO-Alex. Mcdonald, king of the Klon.
dixie; $4,000, 900.
23-Ia. Mutual Fire Assn.
Sep. 5-Atchison (Kan.) national bank.
lS-Penn Yam, LIST national bank.
20-Wichita, Kan, Davidson Investment Co,
25-New York, II. j. Sloss, clothing manu-
facturer; S735, 1872.
Oct 27--Lexington, KY, D. =. Sayre 4 Co.'e
bank.
Nov. Levy r. Doty, Chicago coal mer.
chant; $1,000, 900. . . Rutland, Me, Wood
bury 4 Moulton's bank; 100000.
l3-BaDk of Athens, Ga.
22-Yankton. 5. d., savings bank.
23-Butte, Mont, Farmers & Merchants
bank. Lebanon, Ind, Central state
bank.
Dec. l5-Boston, J. P. Squire & Sons, porl
packers, 5000, 900.
l6-Boston, Broadway nat. bank.
l9-Produce tx. Trust Co., n. V; Sll ,649,
600. Port Jarvis, N. Y, nat. bank.
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Apr. 9-Mining disaster in Coahuila, Mex
ice, caused loss Of II lives.
MAY l2-Jews forbidden to reside in st re
tersbLrg.
l6-In anti-Christian uprising in Yencheng
district OF Ichowfu, China. 4 Cathohc
priests murdered and Is chapels wrecked.
lS-Peace conference, called by car OF Rus
STA, opened at The Hague; l6countriesrep-
resented. Nj. de Stael, Russian ambassa,
dor to Great Britain, made president OF
the council.
o5-Fire destroys IS houses and stores in st.
John, n. b.; $500, 900 loss.
Jun. spanish queen regent announces
cession OF Marianne, Caroline and Palaois
islands to Germany.
3-Court Of cessation in Paris annuls YER
dict of court-martials in 1894, and orders
retrial of Dreyfus. :. j Johann Strauss, Ia
nous musical composer, dies in Vienna;
aged IA.
l7-Rev. H. S. Phillips, his wife and Miss
SER, missionaries, with 7 native converts,
massacred at KEN Yang.
l0LCbristian Chr~istaffersen, Norwegian pa
per manufacturer, fails for $2,6SO,0Oo.
22-New French cabinet formed with Sen
ator Waldeck-Rousseau as premier.
23AGovernment of India adopts gold stand
ard.
26-lnternational council of women opened
in London.
Jul. l0-Grand Duke George, brother Of Rus
sian car dies at imperial palace In the
Caucasus; aged 81.
| 26-Gan. Ulises Heureaux, pres. of San Do
mingo, assassinated at Moca.
30-International peace conference holds Its
final sitting.
| Aug. at is reported Mexican government
has Yaqui Indian revolt well in hand; have
killed SO Indians in Sonora.
5-Dreyfus trial begun at Rennes, France
l2-Two men attempt to assassinate M. La
bori, counsel for Dreyfus.
Sep. 9-Capt. Alfred Dreyfus convicted OF
high treason by court-martlal and sen
fenced to 10 yrs. in prison.
l0-French cabinet decides to pardon l)rey'
fus-Jules Guerin surrenders after being
besieged 6 wks. in a house in Paris.
| 20-Dreyfus released from prison.
Oct. 3-Anglo-Venezuelan boundary com
mission decision lat Paris) gives ct. Brit
ain a great part of disputed territory.
l6-Cloudburst in Rome does immense dam
age.
2O-JuaD Isidro Jimenes elected pres. Sar
Nov. At. s., CT. Britain and German dis
solve tripartite agreement regarding Sa
moan islands; U. S. guaranteed possession
of Tutuila.
6-Naval battle between Colombian an,
rebel vessels; $50 insurgents killed.
20-Emperor and empress of Germany we
coined at Windsor by Victoria.
Dec. 2-Mexican troops kill 48 Yaqui Indian
in battle near Cocori.
5--Kurds pillage Armenian village Of Kos
tur, massacreing 300 persons.
l2-Earthquake on Ceram, one of Mala
islands; 5000 people perish.
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FOREIGN.

Jan. l9-U. S. cruiser Philadelphia ordered
to Samoa as result of clash between Ger
man consul and the British and American
representatives.
22-Germany dsavows action of consul in
Samoa.
Feb. 6-Gen. Count Won Caprivi dies at Sky.
rem, Ger.
IGN. Felix Faure, president of France,
dies suddenly in Paris of apsplexy;
aged SO.
I9-Emile Loubet elected 7th president of
France by national assembly at Versailles.
23-Funeral of M. FaUre in Paris.
Mar. Premier Sagasta and Spanish min
stry resigns.
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Jan. 6-Eagle City, Alaska, Jack jolly, sa.
loonkeeper and gambler. Near Banks,
Ala, Marshall McGregor (colored) ;
charged with barn burning.
Feb. linear Leesburg, Ca, Bill Holt, Geo.
Fort and Geo. Bivens; assault.
Mar. l5--Palmetto, Ca, o negroes shot;
charged with arson.
23-In Little River county, Ark, 7 negroes
lynched to date, result Of what is practic-
ally n race war.
25-Charleston, s. c., John Webb and Will
Toney NEGRO boys Is years old) killed by
mob of white boys.
Apr. ll-Deerfield, o., VIM. Kinneman
tarred and feathered; assault.
23-Near Newman, Ca. Sam Hose lnegro)
burned at stake; murdered Alfred Gran
ford and assaulted Mrs. Crawford.
29-Osceola, Ark, Will Sees; barn burning
May l3-Blue Lick Springs, Ky, Jchn Hol
land (coloredl.
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NEUROLOGY


Jan, l31Cong;; Nelson Dingley- (ex7gov.
III. Il. Young, cong. librarian at Wash
ington; aged So.
2G-Ex-A Attorney Gen, cx-Sen. and ex-Gov.
ARK A. Ii. Garland, at Washington;
aged 81.
Feb. Sol. Jas. A. Sexton, of Chicago, G.
A. r. commanderin-chief, at Washing
l5-Aged 1876, Rosa Washington dies at
Louisville, Ky.
| Mar. baron Farrer HerscheIl, former
lord high chancellor of CT. Britain, dies
suddenly at Washington while represent
ing England on Anglo-American Joint high
commission; aged 81.
2-Cong. John w. Crawford (Tex.), at
Washington; aged 80.
l2-Cong. w. L. Greene (Neb.), at Omaha.
l7-Princess Kauilani, In Honolulu; aged "a.
24-Francis II. Picrpont, lst Gov. w, Va,
and last of civil war governors at Pitts
apr. f%Rear Admiral c. c. Carpenter IRE
tircd) commits suicide in a Boston sanitar-
e~justice Stephen J.. Field, of U. S. su.
preme court (retired). in Washington;
24YEx.Gov. and ex-U. S. Sen. Richard J.
May i21Ex-Gov. Roswell p. Flower IN.
Jun. l-ExIGov. Elisha Baxter, at Bates
vile, Ark; aged z; 81,
2--Goy. VIM. II. EElerbe. at Sellers. S. C.;
l5Ycons. Richard p. Bland, at Lebanon.
l9-Cong' Lorenzo Denford. neal st. Glars
Jul. SEx.Gov. j. p. Richardson, at Colum
bia, s.. C.; aged 60. . Bishop John =
Newman, at Saratoga Springs, N. y; aget
2lSCOl. RObt. G. Ingersoll. near Dobb'
Aug. s@ExGos. Nm. 7. Atkinson (Ga.), a
l2-Ex.Gov. Henry M. Rector. at Littl'
Sep io -Ex,u. s. Sen. Jas. b. Eustsce IN
", at Newport, X. L.; aged 65.
l6-Cong. DsDl Ermentrout, at Reading
Oct. b--Ex.U. s. Sen. Jas. Harlan, at Mt
Pleasant, Ia; aged 70:
l0-Ex-Gov. VIM. w. Thayer. at Portland
|. Ore; aged 70. ...Ex-U. S. Sen. J. L. Hal
ris, at Harrisburg. Va.
23-ExGov. Hugh II. Osgood toonn.). a
Manlius, N. y; aged 70.
aS eeea 81. Grant Allen novelist in London
/, 26SBris. Gen. Guy v. Henry. U. s.. A.. a
: New York; aged GO.
28-Ottmar Mergenthaler, inventor Of typ
setting machine. at Baltimore. Nd; age
as.
Nov. l-Ex.Gov. and Ex-U. S. Sen. Alvi
Saunders, at Omaha, Neb.; aged 50.
: tEx-Gov. A. Barto, at st. Cloud, Mimi.
l6-Cong. Evan e. Settle. in Owenton. Ky.
4; aged 81.
2l-vice Pres. Garrett A. Hobart, at Pate
l. son, N. j.; aged So.
Dec. 5-U. 8. Sen ELECT Monroe l.. Ha,
!; ward, in Nebraska City, Neb.; aged SO.
l7-Iieut Thos. nj Br1Imby. of MARKETS.
5 Ca. Dewey's flag lieutenant, at Washing
ton; aged "A.
u l9-Dr. L. J.. Finney, inventor of trolley sy
u TEN, at Fox Lake. Wis.
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METEOROLOGICAL.

Jan. lO--Saranac, N. Y, temperature 80 deg.
below 0.
24-Near Plaguemine, Ala, cyclone.
Feb. l3-Severe blizzard sweeps Atlantic
coast.
l4-Damage to fruit from cold in Florida es-
timated at 81, 00O,0 900.
Mar. 5-Kanawha valley in w. Va, by worst
flood in local history; Charleston almost
entirely under water. Cyclone in East
Tenn. destroys property valued at $3,0OO.-
600.
%l0-Sharp flashes of lightning and roaring
thunder during snowstorm at Chippewa
Falls, Wis.
Apr. l4-F1ood at Sheridan, Wyo., causes
great property losses.
24~Snow blockade, which prevented trains
entering Breckenridge, Col, for rs days,
broken.
clone cuts path quarter of a mile wide.
l0-Homer, Neb., inundated by cloudburst
go. Spencerport, N. Y, flooded from
break in Erie canal.
l6-MoDt pelier, o., cyclone strikes school
house; % children and teacher injured.
30-Highview, Ia, practically destroyed by
wind and rain.
Jun. Peru, Ind, c~loudburst.
2O-Marsfeld, o., cloudburst.
2l-Coal Gate, o., almost entirely destroyed
by floods; great damage also at Murray
City, possessions Of more than 800 miners
swept away
22-Carrizo, Tex, washed away by food; SC
lives and $4,0OO,00O in property lost.
Jul. 3+Dewey, Tex, washed away by flood
SIN Texas, food in Brazos river valley has
destroyed in 10 das. SIS. 900, OO0 in property
and So lives.
l~2-Frewsburg, N. Y, half business portion
destroyed BY lightning.
2S-In Denel county, s. D., wheat on STRIP
of 4 by 10 miles destroyed by hail.
Aug. 3-Near Morrison, Col, cloudburst.
l0-Hurricane in Porto Rico and other West
Indies; city of Ponce entirely destroyed
5000 persons killed. In Philadelphia
electrical storm damaged 81, 200, 900 il
property.
Sep. Near Bowling Green, so oil derrick
wrecked by tornado.
Nov. 29-Great Falls, Mont, train blown
from track by windstorm.
Dec. stuck river valley, Wash, flooded.
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SPORTING.

Records Established During the
Year.
Jan. 5-Mail train makes run N. Y. to San
Francisco (3,347 MI in 08 hrs. 30 min.
7-Oliver Archer, at Dayton, o., running
high kick; 7 #. 3 in.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 15.-Five favorites
Snd one well backed second choice were
Iirst past the judges at Morris Park to;
day 1t was field day for first choice
players and the layers for a change had
the worst of the argument. The track
was heavy, but all the other conditions
were favorable to good sport and good
sized crowd was in attendance. Summa-
ries:
First race, hurdle handicap, one and
ons-half miles-KloHdike won, AlvaTede
II; %, second, Draughtsman third. Time
Second race, second Monday handicap
seven and one-half furlongs -Carbunekle
Won, Vulcan second, DR.. Barlow third
Time, 1:3714.
Third race, the Commando, six furlongs
Col, Paddsn won, Lurana second
Manga third. Time, 1:11A.
Fourth race, Throg's Neck, mile-Do-
lando won, Ord second, Sparrow Wing
third. Time, t:44A.
Fifth race. six and one-half furlcngs-
Rolling Boer won, Gold Heels second, AL
Saints third. Time, 1:23B
Sixth race, Ethelbert, two miles-Star
Fright won by one length, Duro second
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FOREIGN NEWS NOTES.

London-Prof Friedrich Max Muller
correspondent professors Of compare tive
philology at Oxford, who has been i'll
for some time, has suffered a serious re-
lapse. and his condition is now critical
Paris-Mrs. Daniel Manning, while leav-
ing her hotel after dinner Saturday, lost
a diamond sunburst vauled at $500. As
a strange coincidence both lady commits
sioners of the United States ait the Paris
exposition, sustained loss Of jewels.
Caracas, Venezuela-The Venezuelan
government announces that Venezuela
will not make an exhibit at the Pan
American exposition at Buffalo.
Stockholnl-King Oscar is confined to
his bed with bronchial ,eatarrh, complI-
Gated by an accretion Of phlegm in the
right lung.
Paris-Kfng Leopold. of Belgium, visited
President Loubet at the Elysee palace
this afternoon: His majesty was re-
ceived with military honors. M. Loubet
afterwards returned the call.
London-The Hon. Arthur Russell, eld-
land, Baron Russell, of Killowen, has
been appointed judge of the circuit
court. He was born in 1861.
London-About 100 Thames lighter
men struck this morning. considerably
dislocating trade The strike is the out
come of differences as to the interpreta-
ton of Lord Bnassey's award, which ter
minated the great strike of 1885,
Aden-The sultan of Turkey has leased
to Germany. for thirty years, the island
of Uroan, in the Red Sea, forty miles
north of Kamaran, for a coaling station.
Cape Town-A tremendous storm on
Sunday blew a steam crane into the
harbor in such a way to block the en-
trance to the decks against large steam
ers. The accident caused several fatal
tiles.
Berlin-The North German LLOYD
Steamship company and twelve other
steamship companies. decided today to
enforce a 10 per cent increase in passen-
ger fares to the Orient, in consequence
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-16
IRE PLAYING FOR The CUP
PITTSBURG AND BROOKLYN TEAMS
WILL DECIDE WHICH is
THE BETTER
CHAMPIONS TOOK THE FIRST
NIcGinnity Had the Pirates Hooked
on From the Jump, White
WaddeH Was Touched
Up Freely.

PITTSBURG, Oct. 15.-The post-season
series of ball games between Brooklyn
and Pittsburg for the worlds champion
ship and possession of a $500 trophy cup
was begun today at Exposition park in
the presence of 1000, enthusiastic fans
The series was made possible by the
Chronicle Telegraph OF this city shortly
after Pittsburg's- phenomenal strike to-
ward the pennant in the latter part OF
the season, offering a beautiful trophy
in the'shape of a solid silver punch bowl
TO be contested for by the teams finish
ing first Sand second, provided Pittsburg
was one of them. The team winning
three games out of the five is to have
absolute possession of the trophy, and
the gate receipts of the series will be
divided among the members of both
teams who were signed by Sept. Is. Great
interest attached to the contest because
Ptttsburg has won the series from every
team in the league, except Cincinnati,
and many friends think she would have
won the pennant had not so many of her
players been disabled toward the end Of
the season.
The first game was won by Brooklyn
hands down. McGinnity, the Iron
Man." had his opponents completely at
his mercy up to the ninth inning allow
ing only three dinkey hits up to that
time. In the eighth inning McGinnity
was being run down by Wadden between
third and home and in an attempt to
dodge his pursuer McGinnity fell, strik-
ing his temple hard on WaddelTs knee
He was Laid out for three or four min
utes, but pluckily went to the box and
finished the game. In the ninth he hit
batter, gave base on balls and two
hits, saving PittsbuTg from shut-out
Waddell was not hit hard, but often. six
hits being made off him in the third
inning. His support was not of the
best, O'Brien and Williams errors be-
ing costly Score: