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Evening star., 1900-09-29
A DISASTROUS RACE.
Young Birds Hard Fly From North
Carolina.

S0FOltn8.
What has probably been the most disas-
trous fly ever flown by the Washington dis
trict of the National Federation took place
on September % from kittrell. N. c., dis
tance 800 miles. One hundred and eighty
two birds from eighteen lofts were liber-
ated by ]. l.. Reid. who wired: Three bas-
kets birds liberated 7:50: cloudy and calm
A heavy rain through which the birds were
compelled TO pass made the race very try
ing one, and resulted in the return of only
about 25 per cent of the entries on the day
of liberation and probably not over 80 per
cent have returned up to the present time
The following is the average speed of the
first return to each loft: j. W. Strif1er. 7S2
yards; Volney Eaton. 77S yards: Jas Fla
herty. l26 yards: George Lmberger, 718
yards: H. M. Dickinson, 7l8 yards L. B.
Nye. 1lb yards. w. F. Dismer, GEO yards :;
w. J. Toy. 6l2 yards: Geo U. Rose. jr.. 65i
yards; Ford E. Young, $50 yards; James
Greenwood. $40 yards; Philip Kraus 832
yards: ]. H. Dove. 62S yards; A. H. Thomas.
627 yards; ]. H. Palmer sl2 yards: w. F.
Thill. 554 yards: George Loor and II. K.
Bliss, no report
The following were the diploma winners:
j. W. Strif1er. nrst: VOlney Eaton. second
and third: James Flaherty. fourth: George
Limberger. fifth: III. M. Dickinson, sixth
and seventh, and L. B. Nye. eighth.
Yale Won't Play In New York.
Ihe most influential members OF the Yale
faculty have quietly let it be known that
Yale cannot play Princeton in New York
this fall. The members of the faculty sug-
gest that Princeton can play Yale on the
Yale field In case Princeton's grand stands
are not ready for use by November II The
sentiment Is entirely against renewing the
New York games.
1t ts not known how Princeton will view
this latter proposition, but according to
Yales information the members of the
Princeton faculty are just as much opposed
to foot ball games in New York as the Yale
faculty is.
The truth is that all the talk about play
ing In New York is due to Columbia's s great
desire to rent her field to Yale and Prince
ton. Princeton has not formally broached
the subject to Yale, and If the question
comes up it will not be for q month yet.
The Yale faculty and the Yale graduates
are unalterably opposed to any more big
spectacular games in New York followed
by the aftermath of New York's sports
which is always blamed upon the colleges.
Lester Rein Rides Two Winners.
At the last days racing of the Newman
ket. England, first October meeting yester-
day the Rous memorial stakes. of 10 SOW
ereigns each. with 500 sovereigns added. for
two-year-olds, five furlongs was won by
Mr.. Theobald's brown colt volodyoyskf
ridden by Lester Reiff.
The scurrT nursery stakes lhandicsp) 6OE
Evening star., 1900-09-29
RACING AT GRAvEsEND.

Selling Platera Matched and Poor
Contests Follow.
The racing at Gravesend yesterday was by
far the tamest Of the meeting and few days
this year have been voted less interesting.
The fact that It was an extra day. with a
program framed on consolation lines. does
not excuse the lack of spirit. for the condi-
lions were favorable and the purses liberal
Evening star., 1900-09-29
pre-O'Day
Honesty OF Base Rail.

Had the members OF the Cincinnati team
been in hearing distance of all that was
said of them when the score boards about
town showed that they had downed the Pi-
rates once more yesterday they would not
have felt in the least elated over their vic
tory. says the Cincinnati Commercial-Tri-
bune. 1t seems to be the Pittsburg club s
misfortune to have the Reds strike a streak,
when they play like true champions every
time they walk on the Pirates grounds.
Here in Cincinnati they call them "stifs, y
"lobsters," "counterfeits' and the like, but
in Pittsburg they think Bob Allen has a
mighty strong team, and they can't under
stand why it is far down in the race.
That is because the Reds have always
played giit-edged ball In Pittsburg. Had
they shown the same form on the local
grounds this season the present series would
find them very close to the Pirates, if not
ahead of them.
The Reds have thrown the harpoon into
the Pittsburg aggregation SO often that the
players of that team fear them. and, con-
sequently. it would not be at all surprising
if they took two more of the remaining
three games of the present series
Certain it is that reversals of form, such
as the Reds showed yesterday. prove the
undeniable honesty of base ball. A team
that had to call the umpire to its aid to
beat minor league aggregation .one day
jumps in and beats a team which is only a
few points behind the leaders In the cham
pionship fight in the ma jor organization of
the country the next day. And then, too 1t
must not be overlooked that every team in
the west is pulling for the Pirates to win
the flag yet the Reds go there and throw
them down. II undoubtedly proves the
honesty OF base ball, yet the victory Is to be
regretted.
Evening star., 1900-09-29
brooklyn, 5: Boston. 3.

Brooklyn, playing at home Yesterday de-
feated Boston to 3. Both teams fielded
finely, the Bostons playing without an er-
ror but bases on balls by Pittineer and a
bunching of hits gave the game to the
champions. Following is the score by in
nings:
n, RH. f
Brooklyn ..-......0 o o 3 IS g 1
Boston ....-......O o o D 0 O-3 8 0
Earned runs Brooklyn, s. Boston 9 Three base
hlts Long, Kennedy, TWo-hase hits-renney
heeier. FIRST base on errors Boston, L. Left on
bases Brooklyn, Z. Boston, 7. Struck out-By
Kennedy !; by Pitten2er, g. Sacrifice ht-De
Montreviile Stolen base-De Monrreville Bases
on balls-By Kennedy, =; by Pittenger, g. Double
pays-Hamiiton, Long, Lowe. pittenger and Ten
ney. Hit by pitched ball-By Kennedy L; by
Pittenger /. Passed ball-Connor, j. Umpire.
Hurst. Attendance, ]. 400.
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Pittsburg. 3; Cincinnati. J.

Cincinnati was defeated at Pittsburg yes
terday, owing to the effective pitching of
Lever, the score being to 1 In favor of
the Pirates. Phillips was hit hard and
timely. Following is the score by innings:
H. III. 4
Plttsburg ........2 l / / o 0 x-8 II 2
Cincinnati % D O-1 =
Earned runs-Pittsburg. 3. T,yo-base hit-Beau-
mont. Three base hfts-Ritchey e. Wagner Sac
rifce hit McCreery. Stolen bases-Leacb Ely,
Barrett. Double piay-Ely, Ritchey and o. Brien
First base on balls-Of Lever, 81 of Phillips g.
Struck out-Ry Lever, 5; by Phillips 2 Wild
pitch = Phillips Umpire = Emslie. Attendance
5000.
Evening star., 1900-09-29
Smiths New Golf Record,

Walter 3. Smith Of the Onwentsia Golf
Club, placed another amateur record to his
credit yesterday at Lake Forest, H., when
In the second round Of match play in the
western amateur golf championship, paired
with f. Walter Knott of the Edgewater
Club ne made the first nine holes in 81. or
= under bogey. He also played under bogey
on the tenths and eleventh holes, winning
his match, up, to play. Only once has
81 been excelied at Onwentsa. 1t was when
Jamie Anderson, the st. Andrews profess
sional, did 36.
In the morning play-off of the tie for the
Thorne cup NJ Doran and H. b. Bend Won
w q. i. Bristol dropped into second six
teen The tie for second sixteen was won
Dy .. r. Schurmeier and Louis Allis. w. +.
Pilisbury dropped into the third sixteen.
Evening star., 1900-09-29
First Foot Bail Fatality.

Lawrence Pierson OF the Lake Forest
University foot ball team who was injured
In game at Lake Forest on Wednesday,
d.ei yesterday ct a Chicago hospital
Evening star., 1900-09-29
BASE BALL.

Today's National League games:
Cincinnati al Pittsburg
Boston at Brooklyn.
Philadelphia at New York.
st. Louis at Chicago
NJ nE
Evening star., 1900-09-29
Philadelphia. Z, New York, 3.

The Philies had on their batting clothes
at the Polo grounds yesterday and the New
Yorks were defeated by the score of TO
8. Taylor was batted out of the box in
the third inning, and Carrick who relieved
him, was also hit hard. Orth was effective
throughout. Following is the score by In
nings:
Philadelphia .....O D 2 o. OF 16 3
New York ...,...O 1 . o q Ia 2
First base by rrors-PhilatieIphia 1; New York.
2. Left on bases-Philadelphia. TO- New York A.
Carrck. l. Struck out-By orth, 3; by Carrick,
q Sacrifice hit -Wolyerton. Stolen bases-Siagle
Flick, Van Halfren. Double plays-Dolan Dele
hanty and Mcfarland; LaJoie tunassisted}. Three
base hit-Dolan Two-base hits Slagie, LaJoie
Umpfre-Snyder. Attendance, 75o.
st. Louis, 3; Chicago, 3.
Chicago and ST. Louis played an eleven-
inning tie game yesterday in the latter
city, the score being to g. rain and dark
ness putting an end to further hostilities.
Both pitchers were hit hard, but Jones
kept the Cardinals from winning through
errors in the ninth inning. Following is
the score by innings
es,c.ssi Ct hs1'' 9 9 9 ga Il
Earned runs-St. Louis, g. Sacrifice hits-Bur-
sett kslstsr @ strsng r.; Mccarthy, Bradley: Gala
Gam. Hit BY pitcher-MeGraw. strang. Double
Plays-Mertes and Mccormick; Wallace. Criger and
McGraw Bases on balls-OG Jones, 8; Oh Gala.
! han, 8. Passed nau-Kling. struck 0at-Bx Cal
Evening star., 1900-09-29
Basket Ball Team Organized.

The ambulance corps held its regular
monthly meeting last night and the follow
Ing members are candidates for the basket
ball team: w. H. Bowman, captain; Cook
sey, Cookson, West, Craig, Bradley, Keat-
ley and Terry. They Will start practicing
Monday. Some of the boys have started in
the gymnasium and promise to make q
good showing for the CORDS
Evening star., 1900-09-29
Taylor and vardon Can't Get Together


In spite Of the efforts Of J. H. Taylor to
secure a match with Harry Vardon prior
to his departure for England Charles s.
Cox, Vardon's manager. seems to think
that the conditions proposed make a meet
ing impossible. Yesterday It became known
that Taylor's manager had addressed a let
ter to Vardon. saying that in view Of the
anxiety Of eastern golfers to see a match
between the two professionals. he was will
ing to have Taylor appear at the club
which would offer the largest purse, such
purse to go to the Galveston relief fund
through the chamber of commerce Of New
York. The date set for this meeting was
October 8. Mr. Cox Immediately wrote
back that 1t would be impossible for Vardon
to play on that date, he was engaged
by the Scranton Country Club for October
and o. Mr.. Cox pointed out that the very
publication which Taylor represents printed
Vardons Scranton engagement, and fur
thermore added that the date had become
widely known through the announcement of
the Scranton club He therefore declined
TO accept. Taylor then proposed that Var
don should meet him on October 8 and allow
the Scranton people October 9 and TO- This
was done in order to allow Taylor to sail on
October 10. Vardon, however, declines to
break his Scranton engagement, but Mr. Cox
says that he Will be glad to consider any
proposition for the fall, provided Taylor
contemplates coming back later.
Evening star., 1900-09-29

two-year -olds five furlongs, was won by P
Lorillard's chestnut colt Tantalus, by The
Sailor Prince, out of Vestal.
An all-age selling plate, five furlongs, was
won by ]. A. brakes Swirl, guided by L.
Rein. The Candlemas colt, with Tod
Sloan in the saddle, was second, and Mr..
Corrigan's Snaresbrook was third "Skeets'
Martin having the mount.
The Bretby welter handicap six furlongs,
was won by Mr.. Corrfgans Rose Tree
Martin again having the mount
Evening star., 1900-09-29
PiIIsbury Will Probably Come.

Mr.. H. w. Pillsbury. the leading Ameri-
can chess player, starts his third annual
tour Of the principal cities of the country
October 1. He has proposed to the local
club to give sittings for one or two days
October 10 and IL The matter will be act
ed on by the executive committee this even
ing. II engaged for two days he proposed
to give a blindfold sitting against sixteen
players on one and great simultaneous
against all comers on the other
Evening star., 1900-09-29
Vardon and Taylor to Play in Chicago
Golf Tourney.
YALE WON'T PLAY IN new YORK
General News and Gossip About
the National Game.
L. REIFF WINS TWO RACES

| Robert B. Kerr, secretary of the United
| States Golf Association, announced yester-
day the entries for the national open cham
| pionship to be held next Thursday and Fri
| day at the Chicago Golf Club. at Wheaton
| Both Vardon and Taylor are included in
| the list as is also Willie Smith, the present
| American champion. who won the title last
| year at Baltimore. The entry Is mostly
| from western clubs, the professionals
| there are eager to get chance at Vardon
| and Taylor. The field includes three ex-
winners-Fouiis, Hurd and Smith-as well as
| David Bell and Lawrence Auchterlonie
both prominent players from Canoustie
Scotland. The competition is to be at sew
enty-two holes, medal play. thirty-six holes
being played each day. An amateur may
win the first prize. in which case the award
will be in plate The professional who wins
receives $3.50 In cash. $50 gold medal and
possession Of the trophy. There are seven
other cash prizes, ranging from $3.50 to $25.
This year a cup has been added for the
amateur who makes the best score, and A.
G. Spaldng will give $3.50 and $50 gold
medal to the professional other than Vardon
or Taylor who makes the best score.
The championship has been won three
times by western professionals and twice
by men representing eastern links. In 1895
Horace Rawlins won at Newport: a year
later James FOULS of Chicago won at Shin
necock Hills: in 1897 the winner was Jo-
seph Lloyd Of the Essex County Country
Club Of Manchester y-the-Sea. In 1893
Fred Hurd won at the Myopia links, and
last year Willie" Smith won at Baltimore.
In view Of the meeting of Vardon and Tay-
lor the tournament Is expected to prove
one of the most successful ever held, the
only unfortunate feature being the absence
OF SO many amateurs from among the en-
tries.
Evening star., 1900-09-29

We carry the largest stock 10 the city,
and our prices are fully 25 per cent lower
than others lowest We have all sorts,
Enamel Steel Bed. OF pretty design and
tip-top quality for as low Go AZ
as. .-.........-.-....... eDAo TO
Evening star., 1900-09-29

Richly Carved and Orna-
mented Sideboard. Golden
oak. well finished. French
bevel plate mirror. Our
price only $S.S5.
The times., 1900-12-30

certain minerals. we have the following

certain minerals. we have the following
series:
Lithium Beryllium Boron Carbon
Q.2 IL IL
Sodium Magnesium Aluminium Silicon
% 243 q y
Nitrogen Oxygen Fluorine Neon
Il 16 10 20
Phosphorus Sulphur Chlorine Argon
81 - 35.5 40
and so on. 1t is unnecessary to point out
in detail the resemblances between the
elements which stand in the vertical col
umns: but it may be stated that the
resemblance extends also to the formulae
a,iIti properties of their compounds. Thus
the chlorides of nthium and sodium are
each white ,;oluble salts. of the formulae
LiCl and NaCl: oxides of magnesium and
of berylliuras are both insoluble white
earthly powders. MgO and Beo (GeO),
and so on. Newlands. in his preliminary
sketch, termed this order the law of
octaves, and predicted the existence of
certain undiscovered elements which
SHOULD occupy untitled positions in the
table. Mendeleef. professor at st. Ieters-
burg, in 1859 amplified and extended these
relations and he and Meyer pointed out
that the volume occupied by equal num-
bers of atoms of such elements under
went periodic variation when the ele-
ments are classified as above. The pre-
diction of undiscovered elements was
made by Mendeleef in a more assured
manner: and in several cases they have
been realized Thus what Mendeleef called
"ekaboron'' has since been discovered by
triotieally "Gailium;" Mendeleefs "eka-
silicon" is now known as ''germanium.
discovered by Winkler; and "eka-alumi-
num- is now Cleve's 'scandium." More
over the atomic weights of caesium.
beryllium, molybdenium, and mercury
have been altered SO that they fit the
periodic table; and further research has
justified the alteration.
The valency of these elements increases
from right to left, as will be seen by in
spection of the following series:
LiCl BeClq BCls CCl. NHsCl
Mao Mgo Bsoa sios Pcla
Monad. Dyad. Triad. Tetrad. Triad and
Pentad
OH FIJI Ne
sos Cl(oHo o. A
Dynd and Monad and No valency.
Hexad. Hepsad.
The elements Of no valency are of re-
cent discovery. In 1894 Lord Rayleigh
had determined the density of the nitro
gen of the atmosphere, having separated
from 1t the oxygen and carbon dioxide
which is mixed with nitrogen in air. He
found it to be of somewhat higher den-
sity than that obtainable from ammonia
conjunction with Ramsay he investigated
atmospheric nitrogen; it was absorbed
either by a method devised by Cavendish,
The times., 1900-12-30

Now it is found that when the four cor
ners of such a structure are occupied by
four separate atoms o. groups, or when
(as the expire ssion goes) the body contains
an ''asymmetrieal carbon atom,' If the
substance or one of its Jer,vatfors can he
obtained In crystalline form, the crys-
tails are also asymmetric, /. e., arc devel-
ops a face which is the mirror reflection
of a similar face developed on the other
variety; and If a beam of polarized light
be passed through the solution of the sub
stance, its plane is rotated to the left If
one variety be used, and, If the Other. to
the right. This hypothesis of LoBel's and
van { Hoff's has had an enorm Gus infiu-
ence on the progress of organic chemistry.
BY its means. Fischer. now professor at
Berlin. has explained the reason of the ex-
istence OF the enormous number of bodies
analogous to grape and cane sugar, and
has prepared many new varieties; and 1T
appears likely that the terpenes, a class of
bodies allied to turpentine. and compris-
ing most of the substances 10 which the
odor of flowers is due, may thereby find
their explanation 1t may be mentioned
in passing that Pasteur. having found that
ordinary mold destroyed one variety of
fartaric acid rather than the other in
mixture of the two, and made Use OF this
observation in order TO prepare the unat-
tached variety in a state OF purity. was
led to study the action of organisms more
or less resembling mold; and that this
has.led to the development of the science
of bacteriology, which has had an eror-
nous influence on our Views regarding
fermentation in general, and guides the
work of our physicians. our surgeons Cwit-
ness Listers antiseptic treatmenD, nur
sanitary engineers in their e.;tiplate of the
purity of drinking water, and of the dis
posal of sewage, of our manufacturers of
beer and spirits, of wine growers, and
more recently Of farmers. All these pro-
cesses depend upon the action of organ
isms In producing chemical charges,
The times., 1900-12-30
or by malsing II combine Nitn magnesium

or by making 1t combine with magnesium
at a red heat. They found that the unab-
sorbabie residue possessed an unknown
spectrum, and that its density was nearly
90 To this new gas they gave the name
'argon." or inactive, seeing that all at
tempts to cause II to enter into conblna-
tion had failed. In 1895 Ramsay, search.
ing for possible combinations OF argon in
minerals. experimentea with one which
had been previously examined by Hilie-
brand. of Baltimore. and obtained from 1t
helium. n gas of density 2, possessing a
spectrum which had been previously dis
covered in 1865 in the chromosphere of
the sun by Jannsen. of Paris, and named
helium by Frankland and Lockyer Sub
sequent nquefaetion of crude argon by
means of liquid air. prepared by proc
I ess invented simultaneously by Linde and
! Hampson, gave a residue which was
named by its discoverers, Ramsay and
Travers, 'neon.'' Liquid argon has yield
ed two other gases also, "krypon'' and
"xenon." These elements form a sep
arate group in the periodic table, COM
mencing with helium, with atomic weight
e. neon 20. argon 40, krypon 50, and xenon
12S They all agree in being mono-atomic;
/. e., their molecules consist of single
atoms; and they have no tendency to form
compounds l. e., they possess no valency.
In this sketch of the progress of chem
istry during the century which has just
passed attention has been paid chiefly
to the progress of thought. Allusions
must however be made to the applica-
tions of chemistry to industrial purposes.
af ha In fnd TRY IA
preparation Of carbonate of soda and
caustic from common salt-inItiated in
France by Leblanc Q7i2-ls06)-has been
developed by Tennant in Scotland and
Muspeath and Gossage. and by Har-
greaves. Weldon, and Maetea in England.
This process has at present a serious ri
val in the ammonia-soda process, deyel-
oped by Solway in Belgium and by Brun-
ner and Mond in England. The main ac-
ton of sulphuric acid, so long associated
with the alkali process, has made enor-
nous strides during the present century,
but is STILL In the main, the original
process of causing sulphur dioxide in
presence of water to absorb the oxygen of
the air through nitric oxide. But the
saving of the oxides of nitrogen through
the invention of a sulphuric acid power
by Gay-Lussac known by his name, and
the reutilization of these oxides IN the
Glover power, invented by John Glover,
of Newcastle, have greatly lessened the
cost of the acid. Concentration of the
acid in iron vessels is now common, the
cost of platinum or of fragile glass yes
sells being thereby saved. The desulphur-
ization of iron and the removal of silicon,
carbon, and phosphorus by Bessemers
process. modified by Thomas and Gilchrist
through the introduction Of basic
magnesia lining" for the convertors, has
The times., 1900-12-30

struct semi-permeable diaphragm. how
ever. which would resist the passage of
salt molecules, while allowing those of
water to pass freely. Lastly, Arrhenius
of Stockholm had shown that the conduc-
tivity of salt solutions for electricity may
be explained on the assumption that when
a salt such as X Nos is dissolved in water,
1t associates into portions similar in num-
Der and kind to those it would yield if
electrolyzed (and if no secondary reactions
were to take place.. Such portions (h
and NOs for cxamplel had been named ions
by Faraday. The conductivity of such
solutions becomes greater, per unit of dis
solved salt, the weaker the solution, until
finally limit is reached, after which
further dilutioa no longer increases con-
ductivity. Now, Van / Hoff united all
these isolated observations and showed
their bearing on each other Stated short
ly, the hypothesis is as follows: When a
substance is dissolved in large quantity
of a solvent. its molecules are separated
from each other to a distance comparable
with that which obtains in gases. They
are therefore, capable of independent ac-
ton; and when placed in a vessel the
walls of which are permeable to the SOL
vent, but not to the dissolved substance
C'semi- i-permeable membrane'D. the i'm
prisoned molecules of the latter exert
pressure on the interior surface of these
walls as if they were gaseous. Van t
Hoff showed the intimate connection be-
tween this phenomenon and the depres-
sion of freezing point and the Of
nlr tn In
pointed out further that the exceptions to
this behavior, noticed in the case of dis
solved salts, is due to their electric dis
ISOLATION or 'ionization," as 1t is now
termed: and that in a sufficiently dilute
solution of potassium nitrate, for exam
pie, the osmoic pressure, and the cor
related depression. of freezing point and
rise of boiling point are practically equal
TO what would be produced were the salt
to be split into its ions, X. and NO. The G
views were vigorously advocated by Ost-
wald professor at Leipzig in his "zeit-
schrift fur Physikalische Chemie," and he
and his pupils have done much to gather
together facts in confirmation of this
theory, and in extending its scope.
1t must be understood that the ions X
and NOs are not. strictly speaking atoms;
they are charged atoms. the X retains +,
and the NO charge. On immersing into
the solution the poles of a battery. one
charged + and the other - the + X atoms are
attracted to the pole, and are there
discharged; as soon as they lose their
charge they are free to act on the water,
when they liberate their equivalent of hy-
drogen. Similarly. the - Nos groups are dis
charged at the + pole, and abstract hydrogen
from the water, liberating an equivalent
quantity of oxygen. Thus the phenome-
non of electrolysis, so long a mysterious