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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-22
BIG OFFER TO LOSE.
Canadian Would Pay Fitz 100000 to
Throw Down. His Fight.

NEW YORK, Aug. H-The World to-
morrow will say that Bob Fitzsimmons has
been offered 500. 900 by a Canadian of high
official standing to lose his fight with
Sharkey. and that Fitzsimmons treated
the suggestion with contempt. The propo-
sition is said TO nave come in a letter from
Montreal. which was signed r.. s." and
which Fitzsimmons declares he knows TO be
genuine. The writer assured the ex-cham-
pion he was worth $4,000 in cold cash and
gave bank references. He explained how
much the sum named would mean TO Fitz-
m and ~endeavore6 TO show how no
chances were to be taken by accepting IL.
The Canadian said he was eager to arrange
matters In order that he might begin max
ing bets at 10 TO 5 odds.
In speaking OF the offer Fftzsimmons
said: II am money proof. To show / speak
the truth, just before my fight with Cor
bett at Carson City 1 was offered $4,000
to lay down, and L preferred the sweets of
victory to defeat and ill-gotten gains. Two
bankers tried TO buy me there, and they
had the money ready TO pay over as soon
as / consented. l refused 10 ak TO them
at all. just as 1 refuse to meet the man
who offers me 100000 TO bunco the public
this time"
FItzsimmons declined to make the letter
from the Montreal person public in whole,
because he did not care 10 compromise a
friend on evil bent.
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STOPPED TO KICK ANOTHER HORSE.
Searcher Did Not Win the First
Race at Hawthorne.

CHICAGO, Aug. 21.-Searcher, a warm
~favorite in the first race. lost through a
remarkable occurrence. The speedy colt
was coming fast and would have overtaken
Rustic Girl in the stretch. When about
one hundred yards from the wire he stopped
to kick at Matin, which was close on his
heels. This action caused the favorite to
lose several lengths and he was unable to
overtake Rustic Girl although beaten only
half a length. Hindoonet proved to be the
good thing in the second race, although he
had not started for many months. He
opened at Z to 1, but was quickly cut to
5 and then to 312 at post time. On account
of Espionage refusing TO break the field
minutes and she was finally left. Hindoo-
net was off none too well, but ran around
his field with ease and won pulled up, with
l.. T. Cation an easy second and F oSa Diah
driving with Limelight for third place.
summarizes:
Searcher second. Matin third. Time. 1:04%.
Six furlongs: Hindoonet, Z to 2. won; l..
T. Cation second, Rosa Diah third. Time.
l:171a.
Five and one-half furlongs: Woodstock,
5 to 2, won; Battus second, Hurry third.
Time. 1:10A.
Steeplechase, short course: Passepar-
tout. 3 to l.. won; Globe II second, Reno
third. Time, 3:19a4:
Mile and one-half: Fox Bard, 9 TO 5,
won, Admetus second, Stuttgart third.
Time. PA.
second, Jim w. third. Time. 1:44A.
Six furlongs: Peace, z to 5, won; Tame
Irishman second, The Sluggard third. Time,
1:16h.
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John Yerkes Beat King BrembIe.

SARATOGA. N. ", Aug. 21.-The West
ern t-hree-year-old, John Yerkes, to-day de-
feated King Bramble by the shortest of
heads in the Fairview stud stakes, a sell
ing affair at a mile. TIL victory was a
costly one for the owners of the winner,
Robinson & Leach, for Yerkes was bid up
to $500 by Sam Hildreth, owner of King
Bramble, an advance of 81 500 over his SELL
ing price. Tomorrow the Lemp handicap,
value $1,000, will be run. On Thursday a
s., 900 race called the Citizens and Mer-
chants handicap, one mile n a sixteenth,
will ave most of the following horses as
starters. Kinley Mack, Bannockburn, Rush,
Raffaelo, Advance Guard, Martimas, Mari
bert, Rockton, Charentus, Mcleod of Dare,
Candle Back, David Garpick, Gonfalon,
and Radford. To-day's summaries:
Five furlongs: Ralston, II to 1, won;
Dollie Wiethoff second, Sir Christopher
third. Time, 1:001z.
Five and one-half furlongs: Boomerack,
5 to /, won; Bard of Avon second, Hand
vice third. Time, i :0S%.
The Fair View stud stakes, one mile: John
Yerkes, IL to 5 and 3 to 8, won; king Bram-
BILE second, Greenock third. Time, 1:41.
Mile and one-sixteenth: Intrusive, 2 to /,
and 1 to 2, won; GonfaloD second; Radford
third. Time, 1:464.
Steeplechase, about two miles: Bah Bill,
z to 10 and out. won; The Cad second, Mr..
Dunlap third. Time, 4:1S1s.
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The old story of the removal of the di-
vision headquarters of the Wabash from
Peru to Fort Wayne is revived, and this
time it has a strong semblance of truth.
The story this time developed after a con-
ference of Wabash officials and members
of the Butler & Fort Wayne Railway. The
latter company was recently organized to
build a line of road from Fort Wayne to
Butler, and some days ago the members
confessed that, once built, the road would
become the property of the Wabash, which
needs il as a connecting link since the Eel
river decision was made. Yesterday Charles
w. Orr. one of the promoters, said the Wa
bash officials contemplate removing the d.
vision headquarters back to Fort Wayne
In fact, that the matter has been prac-
tically decided upon. The other divisions
will be heightened materially, leaving the
Fort Wayne to Toledo division ninety-fve
miles in length.
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The Kelley Institute at Piainheld Places
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Road TO Happiness and Wealth.
Some Recent I~estlmonials.
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SEALED PROPOSALS.
NOTICE OF LETTING CONTRACT FOR
OR MACADAMIZED ROADS.

Notice ~ hereby given that the Board Of Com
missioners Of Martin county. Indiana, will, up
10 2 o'clock ID. m. on Monday. Sept. 3. 1900. re-
cefve sealed proposals for the construction OF
about fifteen and two-third miles of gravel CT
macadamized roads in Perry township. Martin
county. Indiana. Bidders win be required TO
give amount OF bid on each division. ana also on
aggregate OF all the bids on the entire system Of
roads No contract will be let I'm the aggregate
for an amount less than all of said roads. or in
excess of the . per cent limit of the taxable
property OF said township. Each bidder to he
bond In double the amount Of bid. with at least
one resident freebooter Of Martin county, In
diana. as surety. Each bidder may designate in
his bid a time FOR the completion OF the roads.
which time viii be taken into consideration by
the board I'm determining which is the lowest
and best bid. and a penalty clause will be m
Eerted In the contract for the failure of COM
p1etion OF the roads within the time designated
In the contract. All work to be done in strict
accordance with the plans and specifications now
on file In the county auditors Office. and all
bonds and contracts must be made on blanks
furnished by the county auditor. The Board of
Commissioners reserve the right to reject any
JOHN X. SUMMERvILLE,
l. c. FISH,
JOHN BOONSHOT,
Commissioners OF Martin County, Indiana.
Witness my hand and the seal OF the Board NJ
Commissioners OF Martin County, at West
Shoals. this 2ist day Of July, 1900.
(SEAL.l ORATI HARRYMAN,
Auditor OF Martin County, Indiana.
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Officers of the Illinois Central. under
President Fish. are doing everything in
their power TO bring the system up to the
best standard. The ompany is just now
giving particular attention to Southern bus
mess. During the past two or three
weeks a score of agents of this company
have been working up merchants excur-
sions from different points in the territory
south of the Ohio river to Chicago, st.
Louis and Louisville. The excursions were
announced as merchants affairs. and this
has had the effect of bringing several
thousand retailers from south of Mason
& Dixon's line TO the three cities named.
the majority coming to Chicago, for fall
purchases. The rates made for the pas
senger business were profitable TO the rail-
roads, and these earnings will be followed
by shipments of the purchasers later on.
In TINS way the company is working up
a big passenger and freight business with
the Southern people.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-22

The Weather Bureau has issued the fol-
lowing weekly crop bulletin: Warm
weather, with rains in localities, continued
every day. Windstorms and heavy rains
damaged corn and clover seed in many
fields. Corn is maturing rapidly and a
great yield is almost assured. Early po-
tatoes are being dug; the yield is very good.
Seed clover is being cut and threshed; the
yield is light. Vegetables are abundant
and tomatoes In great quantities are carted
to the factories. Plums. peaches and grapes
are abundant. The prospect for apples Is
poor. In most localities there will be few
or none. Some orchards in the northern
half OF the State still promise a fair apple
crop. Tobacco matured well and cutting
began In some fields. Oats threshing con-
tiuues. The yield most everywhere Is very
good. In many localities fall blowing has
been retarded by heavy rains but I'm gem
erai IL is we'll advanced. Pasturage has
improved most everywhere"
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American League.
National League
special to the Indianapolis journal.

ItNAC - AAt odlh
CLEVELAND. O.. Aug. 21.-Watkins's
men retained their slender hold on second
place to-day by winning their fourth vic
tory of the season over McAleer's team.
The result also kept the Cleveland boys
from crowding Kansas City out of fifth
place. The batting order of the visitors
was given a sensational shaking up just
before the game. and the score cards held
by the 1000 spectators were sadly out
of harmony with the revised editions in
the hands of the umpire, the captains n
the scorers. Plans for two games this
afternoon were abandoned in view of the
regular d~ouble-header on the schedule for
tomorrow.
Tie game was brilliant and amateurish
by turn. Lachance kicked himself out of
the fight in the fourth. Braggins. who
took his place in the batting order. had
a chance TO tie the score in the seventh
when Cleveland men were on second and
third with one man out and two runs in.
His fly to left gave Hartsel a chance to
make a sensational catch. Crisham gave
the ball a terrific drive to right, but Hog
riever nabbed it after a long run. Milligan
was remarkably effective in every inning
except the eighth, when, with Spies out of
the way. Hoffer doubled, Pickering beat a
bunt. Frisbie passed. filling the bases and
Genins singled, giving McAleer's men their
only run of the game. Floods error in
the sixth started the trouble for Cleve-
land. He fumbled Geier's easy grounder,
and Shea dropped Spies's throw 70 catch
Geier stealing. Singles by HOgriever and
Seybold and Braggins's wild throw gave
the visitors two runs Singles by Geier,
Kelly, Powers and Madison brought in
the other two. Baker and Gardner will
pitch the first game tomorrow and Nc
Kenna and Barnes the second. To-day's
score:
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ST. LOUIS, Aug. 21.-Three favorites and
three second choices won to-day. Wickes,
heavily played in the last race, tiptoed his
field and won in a gallop from Free Lady.
Summarizes:
Mile and a quarter: Tom Gilmore, s to l,
won; Tigris second, Pinar del Rio third.
Time, 2:0S4.
Mile: Zazal, 9 to 2, won: Sprung second.
Belle Simpson third. Time. 1:4215.
Seven %furlongs: Julietta B., 16 TO 5, won;
Miss Theresa second, Settling third. Time,
100.
Mile and seventy yards: Prince Real, 8
to 5, won; Ladas second, Gilbert third.
Time. Las.
Maiden two-year-olds, five furlongs: La
Deserious, 8 to 5, won: The Thrush second,
Harry X. third. Time, l:02%.
DIX and a half furlongs: Ned Wickes, IL
to 10, won; Free Lady second, Eleanor
Holmes third. Time. LIZ.
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Buffalo Rallied and Won.

BUFFALO. Aug. 21.-Buffalo made a
grand rally in the ninth. and took away
the game from Detroit when all believed
the visitors had it pocketed. After Ker-
win had been retired at first, in the ninth.
Andrews hit for three. Foreman batted
for Frederick. hitting safely end tieing
the score. Speer flew out, but both Gett-
man and Hart singled, scoring Foreman
with the winning run. the score being
the same as on the day previous, 5 10 2.
Buffalo will play in Cleveland on Thurs
day and Friday. Score:
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Landry Rode Three winners.

DETROIT. Aug. H.-Jockey Landry car
ried of the jockey honors at Highland to-
day by winning three races. Summaries:
One mile: Spaulding III. 4 TO ]. won; Give
and Take second, Wilkerson third. Time,
la.
Five furlongs: Scotch Bramble, 2 to l..
won; Helen Graham second. Tempt third.
Time, les.
Six furlongs: Annie Lauretta, 4 to l.,
won: Hungarian second. Cherry Head
thru. Time, 1:1ST.
Six and a half furlongs: Pearl. 8 to l..
won; Rey Salazar second, Deist third.
Time, 1:2515.
Three-quarters of a mile: Intent. 7 TO 10.
won: Eleven Bells second, Sackhen third.
Time. 1:iS4.
Six and a half furlongs: Salvado. Is to J.,
won; BY George second, Jucoma third.
Time. 1:26L.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-22
GaIesburg Driving Park Races.

GALESBURG, ILL.,. Aug. H.-The Gales
burg Driving Park race meet opened to-
day. Weather good. Summaries:
2:35 Pace; purse. $500. Tidal Wave won
first three heats and race. Best time,
2:10A. Pat Wilkes, Attora, Decoration,
Major =. and Orson also started.
2:15 Trot; purse. $500. Aleverda AIKEN
won first three heats and race. Best time,
2:1224. Hoppergrass and Liege also started.
2:25 Pace; purse. $500. Fred Wilton won
first. third and fourth heats and race. Best
time, 2:09A. Jean Ingelow won second
heat in 2:151s. Kitty Hester, Lawrence
c. and CAPTAIN s. also started.
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whltman sim national champion.

NEWPORT, r. l., Aug. Zl.-The tennis
match which excited the most interest OF
sny ever played in Newport was won to-
dav by Malcolm ID. Whitman, national
since 1SgS. who defeated w. A.
Iarned by steady all round playing and
came into permanent possession OF the
championship cup. AT end OF play the score
stood in favor OF Whitman Ga, Id, o., o..
Whitman won. as he usually does, by super
for steadiness. OF his 124 points he earned
SO; Larned winning 40 OF his 12 on placed
balls.
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Great western Circuit.

DUBUQUE. Ia, Aug. 2l.-The Great
Western Circuit meeting opened to-day.
Weather perfect, track fast. In the 2:24
trot Contralto. favorite at 3 to 5. after
making a dead heat in the third with Mabel
Onward, lowered her record ga seconds in
the fourth heat, going a mile in 2:10A, the
fastest heat trotted by a green trotter this
year. In the 2:l5 pace only one heat was
gone. Lady Pipes lowered her record from
2:1O4 to 2:011R. Summaries:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-22

The Pullman Company has called the
attention of the roads to the practice of
reserving space in its cars that is not
taken. They go on to say that the custom
of reserving space by name has grown
recently to a considerable extent. and SUBJ
nit statements showing the reservations
made on one line for a certain period
and the number of them not called for.
On one of the local roads in a period
of ten days the unused space that had
been reserved amounted to over sixty
berths. The justice of this complaint may
readily be seen. If the space is engaged
only by name and not called for, IL oper-
ates to the detriment of the company, as
well as the railroad, and they have to
turn away intending passengers for lack
of accommodations, or run extra cars that
are not necessary. IL is likely that from
this time on the reserving of sleeping car
berths will be made difficult for the roads
on account of the complaint from the Pull
man people.
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he INDIANAPOLIS Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
EDINBURG, Ind, Aug. PA four days
carnival of sports opened here to-day. In
addition to foot and bicycle races, a good
turf card is on the programme. To-day's
results.
$50 Trot: purse. 500: Won by Crescent.
owned by j. NJ. Kelly, in straight heats.
Best time, 1884.
2:2O Pace: purse. $3.50: Won by Baron B..
owned by Nj. Wade. in straight heats. Best
time. 2:20L.
James Miller. of Nineveh, won the SEQ
yard bicycle race. and Asa Avery won the
100-yard dash. Other winners were Oscar
Olmstead and Charles Stainbrook.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-22

Earned runs-Cleveland, /.
Two-base hit-Hoffer.
Sacrifice hit-Flood.
Stolen b~ases-Geier, Hogriever.
First base on errors-Indianapolis, /.
Base on balls-Of Hoffer, l.; off Mill
gan, 4.
Struck out-By Hoffer: Kelley, Madison,
Milligan CD. Powers; by Milligan: Picker
ing, Frisbie, Crisham, Spies.
Left on bases-Cleveland, 6; Indian
apolis, s.
Time of game-145.
Umpire-Sheridan.
dance 100.
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San JUAN. Porto Rico. Aug. 21.-The
United States dispatch boat MayhOwer,
having on board the Governor OF Porto
Rico. MFR. Charies H. Allen. and his family.
arrived here yesterday evening from Bos-
ton. Aug. IA. A meeting OK the executive
council has been called for Aug. "a, when
plans for the elections 10 be held Ia No
Vember will be formulated.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-22

KANSAS CITY, Aug. 21.-Lee was taken
out of the box in the second inning after
the visitors had piled up seven runs on safe
hits and errors by the home team. Gibson
pitched a good game, but the hits secured
off Reidy were well scattered, and the home
team was unable to overcome the lead
gained by the visitors. Attendance, 100.
Score:
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TROY. y. Y, Aug. H-Martin ,Flaherty.
OF Lowell. Mass, and Jack Hamilton. of
Troy. fought a twenty-round draw at the
Manhatten Athletic Club tonight. Nc de-
cision could be render according TO the
agreement. as both men were on their feet
at the end OF the bout. Hamilton had
the best of the light
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-22

Earned runs-New York. 2; Philadelphia.
4. Two-base hits-Delehanty. Flick. Sac
rifice hits-Van Haltren, Flick, Frazer
Stolen bases-Van Haltren. Davis. Hick-
man. Double ~plays-Frazer and Delehanty
Cross, Lajoie and Delehanty. Bases on
balls-Off Hawley. 8; of Frazer, 3. Left on
bases-New York. s; Philadelphia. 6. Struck
out-By Hawley, 2; by Frazer, 2 Passed
ball = Mcfarland. Time 2:l5. Umpire =
O'Day. Attendance-1,5l0
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Hiss Duke. b. m. by simmons

Miss Duke. b.. m. by Simmons
OCarpenterD 4
Baron Belt. br. e. ~CWinnings).... 2 2 S
All Right, b. 2. fSpeers) ............ 3 2
Timberiake. b.. e.. Hudson)........ 4 8
Marique. oh. h.. Kenney)........... 8 is 10 10
LISA Bee. b. m. 9 s
Parallax, b. z. Z
Coral, br. m. Bowen 10 5 s
Alberta, b. e. Observation-Disclosures Z 911
Gazeaway, b. &. u II 8
Annie Trevilian. b. m. (Ketcham. 10 ID Il II
Brandywine. &. &. Dramatically IL l3 10
Minnie l. Wilkes, ch. m. Clark .l6 IS il II
Tiger Tom, b. g. Dore)...........15 IL 10 Is
Major Greer, eh. h.. .CWallace)..... 4 IL dis.
Miss Pratt, blk. m. (Proctor) ...-...14 8 dis.
Kavala, b.. m. (Young).. Is is dis.
Eulah B.. 6. m. Dellinger). ...-....Dis.
Time-2:14%, 2:13&, 2:1411, 2:14A.
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New York Defeated w Philadelphia
in the Tenth Inning.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. IA double by
Delehanty in the tenth inning of to-day's
same sent the winning run across the plate
for the home team. The game was close
throughout, and Cross twice saved 1T for
the locals by brilliant stops and good
tbrouc Sooro.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-22

A large part of the traffic hauled by
the Chicago & Eastern Illinois is coal
hauled from the mines in southern Indi-
ana and Illinois to Chicago. The char
acter of the freight permits heavy loading.
The average trainload on the G. & Il. l..
has increased from 32 tons in 1895 to 4i
tons in 1899, each year shown a gain
in this direction. The recent extension
to the Mississippi gives the C. & E. l.:
"A much better position. The future OF
the company lies in its southern connec-
tons. Its recent extensions have given
II a much stronger strategic position than
before. Formerly its only southern out
let was through the Evansville & Terre
Haute TO the Louisville q Nashville. Now
the Mobile & Ohio m the st. Louis
Southwestern are tributary, and a connec-
ton with the Nashville, Chattanooga q
St. Louis is in prospect. The companys
ton-mile earnings are well sustained on
the whole, having fallen only one mill
(from SO to 40 mills) between 1895 and 1893,
while in the same period its freight train
mile earnings were brought up by the bet
ter train loading from S1.S4 TO SOL.
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American League
Indianapolis at Cleveland (two
gameS.)
Minneapolis at Chicago.
Milwaukee at Kansas City.
Detroit at Buffalo.
National League
Philadelphia at New York.
Cincinnati at Pittsburg.
Brooklyn at Boston.