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Rock Island Argus., 1900-07-26
WILL NAME NO TICKET
National Gold Democrats Con.
cIude Such Action Would
Not Help Their Cause.
DEAF TO THE ANTI-IMPERIAL PLEA
Michigan Democracy Nominates May
bury by AccIamation and Makes
Taxation Its State Issue.

Indianapolis, July 26.-By unani-
nous vote of the national committee
of the national Gold Democracy yes
terday afternoon the scheme of fusion
with the anti-imperialistic movement
originating with the recent mass meet
ing at the Plaza hotel in New York
city, was defeated, as was also the
plan TO place Il Gold Democratic ticket
in the field this year. OF the thirty
nine members of the national commit
tee there were present nineteen men,
berS, two OF the committeeman hold
ing several proxies. The hour of 4 p.
III. had been appointed for the confer
ence with the Plaza hotel committee,
and at that hour the latter committee
made its appearance and a sub-com-
mittee presented an address setting out
the proposition for fusion and Il third
party ticket with the reasons therefor.
New Ticket Unanimously Opposed.
Upon the hearing of argument from
John Jay Chapman and Thomas NJ.
Osborne. of the New York committee,
and others, the gold men decided upon
an immediate consideration of the
question. In accordance with u sug-
gestion by Charles Tracey. of New
York. each member of the Gold Dem
sion expressed his views upon the mat
ter at hand. Eastern and western men
severally opposed the proposition,
taking the ground generally that such
a ticket would not further the purposes
of the Gold Democrats.
Haldeman Creates a Sensation.
When it came to w. Il. Haldeman,
proprietor of the Louisville Courier
Journal and n member of the national
executive committee. to make express
sion he created a sensation by declar-
ing for Bryan. He stood not three feet
from John l.. FrenZel as he talked. and
apparently directed his attention eX-
clusively To that gentleman. While he
was talking n hush fell upon the gath
ering and when he had concluded
raised his hat from the floor and left
the room. The withdrawal from the
meeting was understood as Il with
drawaI from the committee and all fur
ther connection with the Gold Demo
cratic organization. When the ballot
was taken it stood twentysiX to one
against the proposition. and Gordon
Woodbury.. of New Hampshire, at once
moved that the vote he made unani-
nous. and this was done.
Rock Island Argus., 1900-07-26

Continued on Third page.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-18
TOURNEY At TEN-PIN GAME.

Chlcago's great bowling tournament to
determine the team and individual cham
plonS Of the United States, to be held
Jan. to IL is already an assured sue.
cess, according to the report of the
committees having the matter in hand
The management of this tournament
which is the first national contest ever
held by bowlers, is under the control of
the Illinois Bowling association. whi,eh
has so successfully managed the Illinois
state tournaments for three years past
More than thirty cities have signified
their intention of being represented bv
teams in the meet, New York CITY lead,
ing the list with an expressed intention
of putting in five teams, one of them be-
ing the Empires, of New York who
proved to be the closest competitor OF
the Chicago team which won last years
unofficial championship at Union Hill
N. ].
are Detroit. Wheeling w Va, Cincin-
natl. Cleveland, Toledo, Louisville, ST
Louis, Buffalo, BROOKLYN. Indianapolis
Columbus; Milwaukee, Peoria, Elgin and
five teams in all likelihood.
The idea of offering cash instead Of
trophies to the successful contestants IS
done with the full consent of the A b.
C., and is for the purpose of lessenins
the expenses of the teams which will
have to come long distances to play.
Ten pins alone will be played This
is sometimes known as the American
strike and-Spare game. Three cham
pionships viii be decided, the five-n,a n
team championship, the two-man and
the individual Entries are open TO all
teams and bowlers in the United States,
a uniform fee of S. per man being
charged in all the contests. General
Manager Godfrew Langherry reports
that up to the present time enough in
qujries have been received to indicate
that there will be about seventy-fiVe
five-nlan teams, $50 two-man teams and
over 500 individuals
Rates of one and one. third fares On
al: railroads have been secured. and The
railroads are preparing to take care Of
ahOut 500 delegates from the East.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-18


who has never seen the game played
The hcarse directions of the skips, the dull
reVerberations of heavy stones coming
In contact, the feverishly vigorous sweep
ing OF the "soopers-up," and the general
look of earnestness on the faces of the
players all combine to make the scene
a DeWildering one. Then again, the ex-
aggerated expressions of approval that
sometimes follow an apparently very
ordinary carom of one stone off another.
viii serve to further mystify the outsider.
inquiry will elicit, the informa ton that
the shot was magnificent draw to the
button or else a mastery exhibition of
W1cklng to shot all of which is of
course, vastly edifying Gradually, how
ever, one begins to trace some method
In the apparent madness, and then to
take real interest in the progress of
the game. Once person has been in
duced to slide one of the stones down the
ghstening sheet of ice, the fever is said
to develop at once. and ever after the
victim is a confirmed devotee to the only
real game
1t is quite important for the beginner
to master the vocabulary of the game as
quickly as possible; an old skip will for
give poor shot. but a misunderstood
direction, never With practice and care
ful application, the novice In two or
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-18

tile farming valley, and although well
along IN years at the time the story
begins he still had the family fonduess
for a good horse.
In the spring of 1884 he got a rather,
likely fiea-bit white mare In trade.
winch he used for his own driving for a
few months and then turned out on the
farm for breeding purposes. In return
for some real or fancied obligation he
promised my Uncle Eben and my father
the first two foals from the flea bit mare.
In the following May she foaled mare
coal of light gray color after it's first
coat was shed. This became the prop
erty OF my uncle, and the next foal also
mare of similar color, was given to my
father. The two gray FLIES ran in the
pasture together i'll summer and lay at
the straw stack In winter. In those
days the colts on a farm commonly ran
wild until three or past with rough coats
and burrs in their tails
AT this time Uncle Eben, who had
been slightly paralyzed on one side be-
gan to see that his mare, which was ex-
tremely high strung, would be q little
too gay for his driving, so my father,
who had already broken her to saddle
and harness, traded his two-year-old for
her, giving a trifie to boot
The little gray mare developed un-
soon found that she could show her heels
to anything she came across on the roads
about Alfred. He was particularly fond
of brush with the stranger who looked
Will contempt upon the mud-crusted
vehicles and poorly groomed horses of
the farmers, but who invariably ended
by taking from my father the dust of
road.
LADY SUFFOLF'S FIRST RACE.
1.-THE winter after the mare was brok-
en- to harness my father had occasion TO
drive to Hornellsville, which is ten miles
from Alfred. over in Steuben county.
The village of Almond is about midway
between the two places It was bright
winters morning, with a we'll trodden
track over the snow. AS my father
drove into the village Henry Harmon
the Alfred storekeeper came to the door
to admire the mare and exchange a few
words of neighborhood gossip. The cut
ter In which my father was seated was
a crockery crate, having the top cut
off and the bottom well heaped with
yellow oat straw A plank seat had been
laid across the framework of poles and a
rude dashboard rising from the front Of
the runners Tended off the flying snow
balls.
while his country rig stood before the
store two gentlemen from Elmira, seated
in a handsome cutter behind spanking
pair of bays dashed through the village
street of Alfred like the wind with
musical Jingle of bells which rapidly
softened into the distance as the team
sped on It was turnout to astonish
the yokels and pace intended to turn
them green with envy. The little gray
mare had started nervously into the bit
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-18
THERE ARE TWO PARTIES.
Bird and DOckery Elements Contest
ing for C. r.. C. Offices.

The annual election of officers Of the
Century Road Club OF America, now in
progress, is creating more than usual
interest among wheelmen in Minnesota
Tor the reason that two tickets are in
the field for state centurion, one headed
by T. L. Bird, of st. Paul and the
other by R. L. Dockery, of Minneapolis
tinct elements of the club.
The Bird partisans desire the present
policy of management to be carried out
in the future, and the election of Mr..
Bird will guarantee the active partici-
patton of the G. r. c. in public runs, rec
ord-breaking trials. mileage and century
competitions in 1901 to an extent even
the season now drawing to a close
Mr.. Dockery, represents the more con.
sentative element In the club, wheelmen
who do not desire the sporting element -
as they term it, to be allowed to domi-
nate in the management OF the division
His election would be received with ia
Vor by many club members who are of
the members, such as handicap runs and
road-record trials, should be merly an
adjunct, not the principle aim of the club
in this state.
They point out that the C. r. c. has
another and more 1audable object to adj
vocate, namely, highway Improvement
and cycle path construction. They claim
largest organized body of cyclists In the
state. should be directed toward giving
impetus to legislation in favor of good
roads and cycle paths, and thus take an
advanced position for the welfare Of all
wheelmen and the state In general
The election is conducted by mail vote
and the polls will close Dec. 10.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-18
ole Johnson,s Remains.

FERGUS Falls, MINI, Nov. II
full investigation and finds that the re-
mains found in the woods north of the
city are those of a tramp painter named
Ole Johnson, who came to this place
early last spring. Johnson worked
aroung here for several weeks, but no
one was able to learn anything as to his
antecedents. He than went to the VIII
Iage of Foxhome, where he was at work
up to circus daytime 1S-when he came
to- this city, and, 1t is said. imbibed
quite freely. He disappeared that night
corpse was discovered in the woods.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-18
crookston Failure.

CROOKSTON. MINI, Nov lis. Bisaz-
"a, general merchant of Crookston, has
filed a petition in bankruptcy giving la
bilities of $2l,500, and assets So, 600. The
principal creditors are the Ray Mercantile
company, of Crookston; Abe Bloch &,
Co, of Minneapolis; the Merchants Ma
ticnal Bank of Crookston; NJ. d. Wells,
of Chicago the Fosston Wooden Mills. of
Fosstcn; Marshall Field & Co., of Chi
cago; the Warren Manufacturing COM
pany, of Warren Mimi; the Powers Dry
Goods company. of ST Paul, and about
ninety others. This is the heaviest fail
ure here since the bankruptcy law be-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-18
SALE OF THE MARE.

A half mile out OF Hornellsvilie the
sleigh track widened into a we'll -troden
road. My father pulled the mare to tho
right and with q fine burst of speed she
forged past the bays, and having gained
the lead she kept on widening the gap
until she reached the hotel sheds My
father was tucking the blankets about
the little mares neck and breast when
the other cutter pulled up in front of the
shed
Young man, do you want to sell thai
colt" exclaimed the gentleman who was
holding the reins.
" Yes, sir, replied my father IF I can
get my price. To be a dead game sport
in those days was to have a price for
everything. II there was no wish to sell
It was only necessary to put the figure
high enough
other.
Then my father. as he used to say, did
some quick thinking, He remembered
that likely colt was high at $50 In AL
leghany county, and he resolved to give
the stranger a, setback
" Ninety dollars is my price
:. Does the halter go with the colt?'
Ye-es, hesitatingly.
:" TIL take her said the gentleman.
Springing out of his sleigh and count
ing out the money, mostly in $40 Bills
MY father was watching for some loop
hole of escape through Directing to the
bllls or the discount, but those matters
We're settled by reference to "Thonlpson's
sank Note Reporter in the barroom,
where the bill of sale was signed.
Although my father was more IN love
with the little mare than ever after her
performance that ended i'll the sale. he
rejected that he had got a big price for
ner, ana by the time Henry Harmon, the
storekeeper, paid the oyster supper, which
Was reed bird and terrapin fare among
the farmers, he was quite reconciIed to
her loss ~
ffTrba frob
those days, and Harmon went to New
YORK every spring to buy goods His
next "Trip was made shortly after the
events just narrated, and on his return
ne, hastened to find my father
I've seen the little gray mare. Cvrrs
l stopped of at Elnira on my way up
Tor The races. She Won every heat thew
let her In for, and what do you think
lars! -''''-'ii Gu w
" You don't tell mep said my father.
ought to have asked him $110.'
BY the next year the fame of Lady
Alfred was not stirred to the core until
merchant HarmOn's next return from
New York He had recognized or
thought he recognized the little errav
mare that less than two years before had
been drawing the crockery crate cutter
over the Alfred snow fields in the reign
ing queen of the turf. He had been out
to see her trot on the old Fashion course
at Flushing, and while there had heard
that she had been bought from the farm
er for $50. This was also stated in the
papers and will be found in the books of
that day. The saddest news To NV fatber ~
however, was that the mare had last
been sold for S., co.,
Everybody in Alfred believed that The
famous lam Lady Suffolk was the little gray
white mare, and when the Lady lowered.
the trotting record to PIG Alfred was the
proudest village in the Union.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-18
A New Fire-Extineui.her

A scientist suggests that milk be used
to extinguish the flames of burning kerr
osene, because milk forms an emulsion
with the Oil, which makes 1T accomplish
1cinee to quickly cure constipation, indi-
geston; dyspepsia, biIiousness or flatu-
iency, is Hostetters Stomach Bitters. It
is the only genuine stomach remedy. AMI
las record of over fifty years of cures
Try 1t also for malaria, fever and ague'
and be convinced . 00'
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-18
GOSSIP Of THE PRIZE RING
CHAMPION JEFFRIES NOW TRYING
no SIDE-STEP HIS PROSPECTIVE
MATCH WITH CORBETT
SECRET OF J1M's POPULARITY
lou HOuseman Thinks He Has Dis
covered It-INid BrOad'sFfne Show
ing Against McGOvern-New
Workers. Life in Hopes.

CHICAGO, Nov. .-(special)-The
big fellows are bestirring themselves,
and out from the East comes a maze OF
matches, matches within matches, and
counter matches calculated to keep the
Jeffries, Sharkeys, Ruhlins and others
busy for a time at least Just where all
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-18
Old QUEEN Of THE TURF
LADY SUFFOLK, THE FAMOUS
TROTTER, WAS SOLD FOR
THE SUM OF 500
HER FIRST SIGN OF SPEED
Beat Crack Team in a Brush over
the SnOw-HiS Owner Sorry
He Didn't Ask
$IIO.

William Henry Shelton tells this story
of the discovery of the mare Lady suf-
FOLK an early queen of the trotting ring:
We lived in the little village of Alfred
In Allegheny. about ten miles southwest
of Hornellsville. My grandfather was
among the earliest settlers in that fer
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-18

when the team flew past, but my father
had quieted her with a word Her mobile
ears, however, were pointing forward
for an instant and then coming back to
stiff upright set in a way that made
Merchant Harmon chuckle with glee
Say, Cyrus, your mares smart but
1 reckon them horses is a leetIe too spry
for her. I'll bet you an oyster supper.
continued Henry, that she can't over
haul en-
Done, said my father, as he gave
the gray mare her head and swung INTO
the white, beaten track
There was nothing to be seen in from
but bend in the road at no great dis
lance. The music of the bells ahead
came family from the next valley, but
there was that in their jingle that toll!
the experienced ear that the Elmira STEP
pers We're moving at a high rate Of speed
My father tucked the jaded buffalo robe
ABOUT his lap, and as he frightened the
relgns the mare dropped into her long
stride. AS each mile fell off from the
runners of the crockery crate. however
the bells sounded somewhat louder and
nearer, and it was very evident that the
little gray mare was thoroughly interest
ed in the chase. Before long my father
began to see the stylish cutter and flying
bays at Intervals in the distance. Before
the village of Almond was reached they
We're close at hand, and at the end of
another mile the nose of the little gray
mare was over the box of the stylish
sleigh. The whilstling wind and tiying
snow precluded conversations The men
in front showed their annoyance and
made every effort, at first, to get away
from their unwelcome company by urg-
ing their horses to a still more rapid
pace. But it was of no avail It seemed
to cost the country colt no effort to
hold her place and keep the crockery
crate crowdtng the stylish sleigh and
pair
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-18
blizzard ut oseenIa

QSCEOLA, Wis, Nov. IA regular
9ld-fashioned blizzard ragged here yester-
day. Snow began falling at 8 o'clock this
morning and continued necessarily ali
The proba bility that it will rema sii,
causes lumbermen to feel jubIant over
the logging prospects during the coming
winter. eo-tiiiis
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-18

three years learns to shout Gle a wee
in-turn. Tammie, an in-wick to the stana
on the tee" with as much ease and non
cnalance as If he had been saying It
all his life.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-18
They Never FAN.

Almost never. Cascarets cure so largo
percentage that they're guaranteed to
cure chronic constipation or money re-
funded. Druggists, 10c. 25c, SOC.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-16
CHICAGO AND PARIS FAIRS COM,
PARED.
(From Lsslie's Weekly.)

The area of jackson park. on Lake
Michigan, was $50 acres. The building
given mp to exhibits in Paris alone this
year cover spaos OF 470 acres, and this
10 suppleme ntsd by an annex in the Boii
10 Vinosnnes OF 800 acrss more. The
total number OF exhibitors and exhib,u
will also be greater this year than ever
before, but, with the exception of the
electrical exhibit. where the advance
ment Is more rapid than anywhere else,
1t can hardly be- said that In rsal novelty
snd vsristy tbs collection will surpess
that at Chicago. In certain well-defned
groups. such as that Of anthropology and
Of relics OF antic uariAn interest, nothing
SO Hne or so com plete can to seen as were
on view In Jeo kson park. Fer building
materi ii "staff" has been ussd as In 1878,
but Partisan artifans and builders have
improved upon tbs example set by US by
using brill liant color N uch more Freely
and thus re- Iieiyng the white wan-spaoee
which other wise would be wearisoms.
But when IL comes to artistic groupings
and beautiful and striking effects In ar
ohitecturs and landscape arrangement,
it will be conceded that the Columbian
exposition still holds the palm OF exoel-
lsnoe In its natural advantages for ex-
hibitlon purposes it Is doubtful II Jack
SON park will ever be surpassed. Lakes
like Michigan and sucb watsr frontage
It gave ara things which neither money
nor the art OF man can supply. The
Court Of Honor at Chicago may still re-
main a dream Of beauty, undimmed By
the splendors of any rival creation.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-16
FROM BADEN.POWELL.
TWO MEN SHOT.
Riot A Feature Of ST. Louis strike
Tuesday.

st. Louis. Mo-, May l5.-Ihe distip-
gushing feature In the str est car strike
toda was riot. which broke out on the
opening CT the Grand avenue line Of the
St. Louis Transis system during the
pr ogress of which two men were shot. At
night-fll the Transit company and It's
s. 600 striking employees were no nearer
an adjustments Of their differences than
they we're at the same time yesterday.
The suburban company ran on full
schedule day and night. The opening
OF the Grand avenus line Of the Transit
system was attsndsd BY riot about
bur O'Clock at Eastern avenue, In which
two persons were wounded by bullets
said to have been tired by b, b. Camp
bell, conductor OF one OF the oars. 1t
was claimed that ffy to seventy-hse
shots were tired, but only two persons
were wounded. They were John Blatlsy,
a striking motorman and Joseph Tren-
dali, a by-stArds Both were wounded
In the left hip.
The grand jury today rsturned indict-
ments against i've men for obstructing
street. railway tracks. The men were
ARE sted yesterday.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-16
INTERCOLLEGIATE TENNIS
Maine Men Didn't Fare Very Wei on
Longwood Court.

Boston, May IA nu mber OF rounds
In three tennis tournaments were played
on the courts OF the Longwood Cricket
and Tennis club today. Dsing champion
ship events. The singles and doubles OF
the New England intercollegiate Tennis
association and singles OF tbs club cham
pionship tourney comprised the GARD.
The college men snowed the lack OF
practice In their play. The match be-
tween Humes, Iufts, and Willis. Bstss,
went to Humes easily. Willis losing
heart in the sscond round.
Brigham Of Trinity defeated Dana of
Bowdoin In good exhibition. Dana
showed good Judgment while Brigham
xoeilsd In rsturns. kirkpatrick OF the
University OF Vermont had a runaway in
the first round with Libby, of Bow doin.
Minght the representative Of Tufts.
defeated Summarized of Bates in the Sec
ond round without much trouble.
In doubles, the best match Of the day
was between Summerbell and Willis OF
Batter and Lawrenos and Kirkpatrick of
University OF Vermont. Zach team
showed good team work as well as fne
individual play. The second set brought
out especially good work.
With good weather the play In the
tinsis will be decided tomorrow.
The summaries;
PRELIMINARY ROUND.
Humes. Tufts, beat Willis, Bates. rs;
60.
Brigham, Trinity. beat Dana, Bow
doin, GA; ga.
Thatehsr. NJ. !. T., beat Herrick,
Wesley an, go; 6-S; 6-s.
FIRST ROUND.
kirkpatrick. u. of VT, beat Willis.
Bates. TO; 60.
Goss, Brown, beat Mouiton. Dartmouth,
e.; go.
Paine. Colby. beat -. Wesleyan, de-
fault
bradley. n. l. T.. beat Lawrsnos, U.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-16

OF VT, 60; 60.
Knight. Tufts, beat Summerbsil, Bates,
SO; 6-3.
DO UBLES-PRELIMINA ROUND.
Brigham and GAlzsbrook. Trinity. beat
---, Wesleyan, by default
Summsrben and Willis. Bates, beat
Lawrsnos and Kirkpatrick, U. Of Vt,
60; 6-s; CD
FIRST HOUND.
Thatcher and Co.'s, Brown. beat Humes
and Knight, Tufts, O.; 40; rs.
Hildreth and Moulton, Dartmouth, beat
Brigham and Glazsbrook, Trinity, TO;
Ga.
Bradley and Thacker. NJ. I. T., b eat
Libby and Dana. Bowdoin. Ga.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-16
LOCAL WEATHER REPoRT.

Portland. May 10, 1900. - The local
weather bureau records the following:
Sa. m.-Barometer, 20. 1856; thermome-
ter, 5l.0; dew point, Al; rel, humidity, 81;
direction of wind. SW; velocity, 2; state
of weather. cloudy
Sp. m.-Barometer, 20. T75. thermome-
ter. 66; dew point. 81; rel. humidity, 90;
direction of wind, NV. velocity. A; state
of weather, 1t. rain.
Max. temp. IS; min. temp. AZ; mean
temp. 65; max. wind veIoc., 20 NV; pre-
cipitation-24 hours, 10.