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Racing at New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 23.-The handicap at
one mile. the feature Of the card, was won from
start to finish by FL Garland. third choice In
the betting. DR.. Vaughan was the favorite
and had no excuses. Sidney Lucas at fours
was much the best. but was on badly. At the
end he was running over the others and was
only beaten a head for second money by DR..
Vaughan. Summaries:
ionss.Troub.lin. 10! lMitehsiD, ? 70 and 80 E,
s s9a; II r. 2, n NJ p,3' .s,rd. to TINE i SI' i ssa .'''nd'
second Race-Maidsn threeyearolls and up.
s ss,d:. &; to i i, sos' ss..sss. no ~ .ss,aaS'l ) to !
place second; Newton Anger, 100 MITCHELL third
Third Race-sening 'oury-arolds and upward
MITCHELL. 4 to l and = to s. won Dsyo. lo4 Wed
'HFt "ar,h K.e.-Hsna,o.p. hsse-yesrSld. and UP,
and 4 to S,won: br.vaushsn, - shaw 8 to = place,
second sidney Lucas los Wedders'rAnd' third
Fifts Racs-selling. foucysr-ol ds and upward
one mile-se. knight, ioa Van pusenl TO ! and
20 8 Won Mou'elt9h; i0n Lan tb,ya 20 r, to l Peg
Chopin nni.hei hr't but ". disqualified for foul
Sixth Race-Threeyear.olds and inward six and
one.half furlongs Diana Tonso, as LDoninickl, q "a
] and , to ! won; Free Lady, l07 McJoynt. 2 to l
lace, second; Corvallis, io7 James third Time
l:2o%.
The programme for to- follows:
First Race Seven furlonS.; selling -Agitator aud
The sluggard, ia; Major Bel, 1911 L. 7 eaton, 1873,
Bsnrtca as, Northumberland, l2J; Polly BiSbv,
iii; Jodee and Dinornis. 1903 Flylotta and Grace
Philips, loS.
Stcond Rscs-H.lf a mile Frank Johnson and
Fen Magen, 40; Miss Krinels. 100: Rcd signal and
Gale Todd. io5: Anxious, Ersms aud Francis Refs
lO2.
Third Race-HAndicap steeplechase; short course
Jack Hayes, les. Noy ageur, l30: Dick Tension.
1875. Glover vendig aud Al Reeves. 1874, Phil
Becker, lSs.
Fourth lAce-speed Handicap; SIX furlongs-
Andess. III, Judge wsrdell'. lo2; Himtine.. ll5i
A~lgaretta. li2. Prince Of Verona, lo3; Trlsditza
w: Maggie Davi. and Coli Or. 80, 'Cnupled.
Fifth kacs-One mile AMI q half; selling Banquo
H., III, Postum los; EtidcrPhs False Lead and
Pat Garrett, IoI Mailer and Babe Fields. ~
Afra. 81 80.
Zolo,C Clarence D. and Wild Tartar, 100. Domozetta
and Jennie r Io7; Quannah Psrksr. Jos; Mat,
simpson, 100; Elderim. 81 Flora Daniels, ststira and
Orlandine, rs.
seventh Rsce-sn furlongs; selling Shuttlecock
loS; George II. Ketcham and Warren Point, io7
Doninis, los; Mamie Davis, Banker dreen ant
Chiffon, 100: Vic Lament, Airline C., sallie D., We'd
ding Guest and Inlook, %, Jamaica, s3.
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The third days play in the national indoor
championship lawn tennis tournament at the
Seventh Regiment armory yesterday afternoon
reduced both singles and doubles. as expected.
90 the Anal stage. and both finals will he played
his afternoon. Young John Allen. tho cham.
pion OF Yale, showed up In Unexpectedly strong
form ard no worked his way through two
strong antagonists to the final round. Bost-
wick gave him a fairly good argument. but
Tallsnt was unable t. 10 much with the Yale
mans clever play. Allen was right at the top
81 ,Loh his T spsTai IL tmE sneTno; ;nr ana "a ran c awSy
was his tennis that the most careful observers
wore inclined 10 the 0siisi that he would win
the indoor cham pionship to-day against
Davidson. the Washington champion Of the
South. was opposed TO Calhoun CragIn. the
an experienced man of considerable skill, aud
an exciting match oliowsd in the other semi.
final. Davidson's strokes we're too last for
Cragin to handle in the first set, and h.
frequency that the Seventh Regiment man soan
found his position untenable. In tho second
materially. while Davidson seemed 60 loose
much of his speed. A close struggle ensusd
In which Gragin, though badly w!ndsl. man.
aged 70 pun u oH 1Io ahead, H. the ,h'rd set David,
plucky uphill fight after 81 had been called
against MIN. all TO no purpose. and the set aud
match went to Cragtu.
In the finals this afternoon, Crngin will meet
Allen in the singles. and Hackett and Allen will
play .Parst and Cragin In the nnal OF che
doubles. The scores:
Championship singles Second round-J \. Allen
beat Il. NJ. Boswick, b-t, ga
semi maj Round Calhoun Cragin, Jr., beat ]. {,
Davidson. 80 ~, H-3, j. A. Allen bca, Hugh 4,
Tallsnt. Us, al.
Championship DO~ublcS-Semi. final round -Ha Z.
EFT and Allen beat Bo'twirk and Tallsnt It, TO
Cons 'litlon oinsle.-flFst round-L. ]. Grant beat
J. l.. Taller. by do'ault; =. T. Skidnore beat A l.,
Winston, 81. ~, J. p, Paret beat ). II. Gillespie,
I'll, 60.
semi.nnal Round-H n H,ohe,t boat l.. J. Grant.
g., ID,
Montreal Hockey Players Defeat 1T.
Nicholas.
team Of New York was defeated tonight " the
Montreal hockey team b. : goals TO 1.
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GOLF.
Plans for "A New Club In N"Wark -Harbor
I'M to Rebuild.

Plans for u New Club In Newark Harbor
I'M to Rebuild.
Golf in Newark. which has so far only been
fostered bv the Newark Athletic Club, will be
taken NJ there thi. spring by a new organiza-
ton. Alex Fihdley. the Newark A. c. profess
sional. has been commissioned 10 find suitable
ground for AZ eighteen.hole course by a COM
mittee ofths local players and he has two or
three available plots in view. The committee
has made an Offer for one Of the plots and there
Ia not much doubt hut that It will he accepted.
A. soon A. the ground Is sscurod the commit
tee will organize Q new golf club and set about
no, Gu, isto the f:id Occupied By the Sswar.;
family club.
Al the special general meeting Of the Harbor
Hill Golf Club, held on Wednesday night on
Staten ISLAM. i was decided 70 build a new
DESTROYED BY FIRE, The new clubhouse viii be
double the size OF the former building and tho
instruction. to hurry up the work, Tho new
schedule OF local rules was adopted and some
changes made In the constitution.
PALM BEIoH, Feb. % Between the amateur
and professional golf games here to-day the
enthusiasm ran nearly a. high as yesterday.
irving 10 decide who to follow. This morning
there was an eighteen hole match between Var
don and Fem, IN which the latter was beaten
counted Tor from the fact that Fem, giving IN.
lttls opportunity 70 play, They ha.yed the
one until the seventh. Tor Var Ion either cap
tursd or hal we'd all others in the, first round In
the s:eond round re1n got the eighth; HIS
topped drives. bu, he could not get the lead. for
larton wa, approaching and putting III his
best style. The scores were:
Nardon-
nut in' mum. .,... sSs:st as -
Penn
H fs r' .....:.::.... /: 1855: SS "a so
In a thrce-hall match between Findlay, Smith
and Low the media scores were: Flndlay. 81,
-. IS: Low. 81. -. 70; Smith, AZ. -. ~.
which vardoa and Smith played against Low
and Findlsy. eighteen holes for a purse OF SlOO
subscribed BY the visitors. Each PLAYED 80
well that at the end Of the first and second
had 10 be PLAYED 10 decide the tie. The after.
noon was far advanced and the match was
smith won. BY 2 up and Ito play. The probes
SIGNALS will leave for Miami tonight where
o will play Vardon tomorrow.
PALM BEACH. Feb. 23-Tnere was an anna
teur handicap tournament for a cup scheduled
to-day In which there were sixty entries. but
Among those, entered were II, II, forrest. NJ.
Wright AID sidr.y osrpen,er Of The fhiladsi,.
Black. Lakewood c. N. Hamilton Of Bultus-
rol, who recently won the south Florida cham
GE, yssssnP3 \ I & !" Tt a{loff a nns T; Of : S SsF,sT q tf E'
&. Green. Onvent.ia; G. T. Kinney. Detroit
Country Club. A. some had large handicaps
for thirty-slx holes. tho scratch PLAYERS did
| not appear In the finals. The four best scores
qualifying for the finals are as follows; lor-
inG. l52 Carpenter. 1872; I. Travelli, 1855
Black. 1873.
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Lr1rssros. Feb. .s.-No high prices were paid fo
~trotters at the Woodland 4 shSnklin sale to-day
SIXTY. one head brought only Oil $40. Kate Allan
dort brought The top price. The best prices:
Kate Allandorf, ch, m, !, by Abandon. dam 49,.
nv lel,ps; W. {. Estes ...,..a....... o7Oc
The Baron's Daughter. b. NJ, X, by Baron
Wilkes, dam by Hamlet: Bowerman Bros. -.
Black ally. ., by Allerton, dam by Banker:
Tom Fasslor. Mount Sterling .~.,.....,. 32t
popoyap a. 2:27, b. z. s, by Altus, dam by
A ". ichmond ] r, Stewart. Lexington S5c
Fred :. wilkes, 2llS, IN. h.. -. bytHector
Wilkes. dam by Tattler Chief; W. Il Jones.
Birmingham, Ala .....,.r.. r'.',',r ooS
wilkes M.Gregor. cn. M, 10. by Robert Nc
aGresor, dam by Red wilkes J, q, Creighton, 49,
Omaha, Neb, t,,s'''', ' .''fs 'as''. 90 .f'r'',f' w
Katie on ard. br. m, II, BY on ward, dam by
Mambino Patchen; 4 J. Look, Louisville 3ot
Telos. b. m, 5, by Almont dam by Mambrino
Hatcher. F. ". Copsnt, Cincinnati. Ohio AZ
LCxie Ma, , 2Ot4, ca. m, 5, BY Fred 5.
Wilkes, dam BY Almont; John J Rue, Monte 49,,
Yieo, Mimi. ......." .,.,... ~
Maxim. 2Ilia, b. n., =. BY Brown Hal, dam
by Prince fulski. J. d. Creighton ...,.... 32f
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America Recaptures Curling Honors.

The Gordon medal for curling won last year
by the All Canada experts has been retaken by
an American team made up OF Utica players
and other Eastern cracks The medal is com
petsd for annually and this match took place
In Utica last Tuesday. In Rink No, ] the score
was America, 10: Canada. 10; while n Rink
No. . the Americans held their own by d TO l.
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National sporting Club Does Not Want
McGovern.

Terry McGoyern will not meet Ben Jordan
on Derby night at the National Sporting Club.
London. This decision was reached when
DR.. Ordway. the American representative
Of the club, received a cable despatch yes
terday from Matchmaker Bettinson, call
ing all negotiations Oh. About a month
ago the club offered McGovern ~entIcing induce
mems to 60 abroad and meet Jordan, Know
ing that Terry would be q great drawing card.
owing Is the fact that he defeatsd "Pedlar"
Palmer 40, quickly. he was to receive excep-
tiOnally large oXpense-fnoncy something
which his noted foreign fighting club never
has done before MrGovern. however. refused
,n 20 across and the club came to the conclu-
sion that further dickering would be useless.
IL IL doubtful whether Terry will ever get q
chance TO box At the club again.
Ii is now proposed To get a good American
pugiIist to appear at thc club on Derby night,
In place Of Tory. An attempt WI b. made to
johnny Hughes, the Engiish lightweight
champion, IN 4 tifteen-rGnnd o1ttle sh9gid
FOUNDER. will be asked to take the trip.
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BOWLING Games Tonight.

Wholesale Drug Trade AssociAtion-Alieys / and J
Colgate \ Co., ssabury N johnson and Parke.
paws & Co. Alleys 8 sud +-Merck h Co., Roessler
4 Hss.lachsr Chemiral Company and Il. w.. ROBIN.
sop A Son. o, Reids's alleys.
FIRE Insurance saeus-Csedonian Fire Insurance
Com panS. Nsrwteh Union Fire Insurance society
an Queen Fire Insurance Company, at Reds
alleys
Bank Clerks League-Bapk OF Manhattan Com.
pany. Importers and Traders National Bank and
Chemical Satonal Dsnk. At Reidss alleys.
Iitho- Artst-Dsves and Brown, MaelOth and Nor.
Wick and Wilson and R-stle. st the Arcade alleys.
Carruthsr's Metropolitan. Lcho and
South Paw. az the Elephant Club ALLEYS,
Twenty sixth Eccentric W. Star. at Stein.
heusersalleys,
Hudson County Catholic Lessue-st. Aioy.ius
Lyceum W. Catholic Club. at 81, Aloysius Lyceum
alleys.
Hsss'Indindual-K Kennel ". shaGer, Buttenbsum
~. Klabrs. hanley ". Hauenstsin. ~ kuth's ~
alleys
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Armstrong to Referee Poughkeepsie Races,

Richard Armstrong. captain Of the Yale
Varsity crew in 1898, has been selected to
referee the Cornell-Co lumbia University OF
PENNSYLVANIA boat races 10 be rowsd on the
Hudson at Poughk eepsie next June. Arm
Yale crew this season.
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walcott and "Mysterious" Billy Smith IA
Fight.

Immediately after his victory over Choynski
Walcott was matched to box "Mystsrious'
Billy smith twenty-five rounds at the Broad.
way A. C. on March 80. Billy Roachs signed
articles Tor smith. while Tom QI!ourke did the
same for WaIcott. "a, hroko the middle
nni oRou,kc put a proyiso In the papers ~
tGr eject that II the, injured member Is not
hcale bv that time. the battle Is to be deferred
II frS weeks. The contest viii be for 50 per
cent. OF the gate receipts.
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Waterloo Cup for Fearles. Footsteps.

SPECIAL Gable D.sp1,ch 70 THH sun.
LIVERPOOL. Feb. %. In the Nnal round ofthe
courslng for the Waterloo Cup to-day J. II.
Bibby's Fearless Footsteps won. defeating the
Duke OF Leeds's Lavishly Clothed.
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Many Championships Arranged.

Several committees OF the Metropolitan As
ISOLATION of the 4. A. U. met last night at the
Aston House and arranged details for the
various championships 10 be held this
spring. 1t was decided 10 hold the
boxing and wrestling championships Of the
association at the Broadway A.. c. on April 4. ;
and ! A banner will be given to the club
scoring the most points. The following are the
events:
The Indoor Championship Committee se-
lected April II rs tho date for the N cetine.
which will be held under the ~anspices OF the
for,y seventh r hsS,msn a; A. q a me armSTy
10O-yard. straiGhtaway and l2O-yard hurdle
The Ba sketbai Committee arranged TO hold
. Metropolitan championship open to teams
from clubs. members OF the association, and a
JUNIOR champion omen to. sanctioned teams
| will he given tor both eyents The competl.
tions will take place At the different arnorics
In the district, and will begin on April y at the
Fortv-seyenth egimon
The Registration Commit heard evidence
from the mem bers Of the relay teams who
comreted AZ the games in Clifton, where a
VI. Grc.an taking the PRIZES. The Witnesses
included 4 }. Powers, The referee who sustained
Creran, and the other competitors. who have
sion Of The committee. 80 verdict wa. rem.
derad. Evidence was also heard In the protests
against ? j McNabb and H. Arnold Of the
u III " ~
In answer to nm inquiry the committee de-
cidcd that /. Z, Schaefier, the CHAMPION swim
mer, is eligible TO com pete "a a mem Der OF the
New York A. C., 81 he Joined tha club prior 70
the passing OF the prohibitive rules.
Yale to Play Football with the Indians In
This CITY.
New HAVEN, Conn. Feb. 23.-The schedule
of the Yale Varsity football team for the COM
ing season. which Is all but ready to be an
n]ounceI. shows decidedly new departures In
the policy OF the management Twelve games
will be- played this season. rrangenen ts
for eleven Of which are already complete.
Quite in contrast with the arrangements Of
Manager Rockefeller last season which caused
! much adverse criticism among the student
body, eight Of the dozen games will 10 played
on Vale Hold.
Included in the list OF teams who viii play
Yale this fail are Trinity. Dartmouth. Amherst.
Nes' Point. Columbia. Carlisle Indians,
Bates. Pennsylvania State College and
Tults The Carlisle Indian team, which
lid not got a place on the schedule Of
last season. has been reinstated. and will be one
OF the PRINCIPAL conte ats, being played In New
ha, rs neither Wisconsin. Michigan nor tho
University Of Wisconsin care 10 undertake.
an Eastern trip. Yale will have no
game with a Western team. TUFTS College IL
the only newcomer in the list Of contests. Be-
cause OF the approval OF tho faculty being
necessary, the date for the Harvard game ID
tins city has not been settled
Ol-tlme lovers % football In this cltv con
slider the schedule Manager Hryon has out.
lined as the strongest a Yale ele ven has had
for many seasons.
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NEWS or THE WHEELMRN.
New Committee Chairman of the L. A. W.
Mexico Wants Our Riders

President Conway W. Sans Of the L. A. ".
has announced the following appointments:
Herbert " Knight 81 Trenton, n, j., chairman
Of the Committee on Rights and Privileges, vii.
liam A. Howell Of Rockville, Md, chairman
Of the Commute" On Membership; George /.
Mccarthy Of New York, chairman Of the Press
Committee.
One Of the promincn, factors in the world II
ewing now In the city il r. X. Crump, President
Of the Union Ciclista Mexicana, which body cor.
responds in Mexico with the y. {. A. here.
President Crump saws that cycling Is increasing
in popular favor IN Mexico, and tina, next winter
he will endcayOr Ia make 1t worth while for a
number II professional riders from the States
10 visit the inter continental country and ride.
The L. e NJ is a member Of the J. e. A., and has
hitherto been in touch with the l. A. W, bu,
the abandonment OF racing by that body i'm
PEELED President Crump to seek the n, {. A Off
cials here and present the invitation for profess
sional racers
A man who is the head salesman now In a
downtnwn cycle store. although he formerly was
a racing man. said yesterday a. a reporter for
THE SUI; i was glad 10 see THE Sun on
Wednesday quote some old time rider IN criticism
Of the trade methods Of the present lie was
entirely correct, but did not 20 far enough. |
can take yun into two or three stores within az
many blocks AMI introduce YOU u statesmen who
cannot eX plain the goods they are selling. The
trouble Is that the trade formerly was recruited
from the sport Racing men who knew every
thing about q bicycle worth knowing we're engaged
and well paid Now they get statesmen that are
cheap A man docs not want u buy a wheel
the way he does shoes. lie wants n buy II
the way a man buys n horse lie wants 10 under
stand all the points Of the critter so that he can
talk and argue about il lie wants " have the
points explained and argued into him. ! find
there are q lot Il new buyers, persons who never
rode before, near. | do not know where they
come from, but they are coming. With them !
explain every port tell them how IL is made and
why IL is made tha, way instead o. some other
way. In other words, ! talk the machine
the sam as | did in 1895 and believe
that the old way is the best, The riders want
10 know about the mechanical points and the
statesmen Of the trade are the natural instruc-
tors II Is not enough 70 say that your wheel
Is better than any other the rider has n right 10
have you explain in every detail Why IL is so"
To-day AZ Paris the postponed special meet
ing 81 the International Cyclists Association is
10 be held, al which the application Of the y c. A.
Of this country for membership will come up
II is expected that the \ G 4. viii be admitted
with urosaic ~formnli,v and that hereafter II will
be the only body internationally recognized ~
the controller OF cycle racing In America
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Chess.

~
The third round OF the intercollegiate chess
tournament between four students each from
the College OF the City OF New York and the
Stevens Institute, Hoboken. was played at the
Manhattan Chess Club yesterday afternoon.
when the pairing was arranged az follows;
F b Barshell, G. z y. Y. VS. C. b. Buerger.
Stevens Institute ". Hoffman, c. c n Y, vs. F. r.
Stevens. stevens Institute, J. r. wilkinson. Jr, @.
G ". Y. VS.. H.. Norwood, stevens Institute, and j..
C. Percy, Stevens Institute, vs., G Lag rvall, q. q.
y. Y.
When time was called for play it appeared
that the Stevens men on the two latter boards
would he absent and .o Wilkinson: Jr. and
LaRelwal scored their games by default. on
the FIRST board Buorger adopted a Dutch De-
fence and after twenty move the game vas in
an even position and left as n draw. On. the
second board q Ruy Lopez was played by Hoff-
man, Who after won a pawn N the middle
game, later on an exchange and the game after
sixty-one moves.
The scores up 10 date:
S.v.. I,t W T. ccMg. y: ..
sF srSo 'Gr r'Spd : : ss'ap ,G rdfnd al. b.. !
Third round. 4 ~ Third round 90. AZ y
Total .........7s ~ TOTAL .......44 ~
Tn" individual scores are:
g5 s;ss:' l''. X :, xx,;:sz,n y l.
Norwood ........l 2 Barshell ......... y ~
The hnal round will be played next Friday in
the following order:
Herman " Norwood Wilkinson W.. Buerger,
Laearrall Va Stevens, Barshell Va Percy.
ELIZABETH. n. j.. Feb. 23-The fifteenth
annual tournament Of tho New Jersey Chess
Association was held IN tho rooms ~ the Fiz-
beth Chess aud Whist Climb on Washington
Birthday. J. II White OF Paterson won the
state cham p'onshin prize. The other pr "a
Winners 10 the chan pion class were J. II.
Craig. Paterson; Is. HerGtien. Elizabeth G. ].
Benhcr. Newark T. X. Wheeler, Elizabeth: J.
). Shapter. Bnyonne: II. Schlichter. Newark.
were tied. They draw for choice ~ prizes and
the lots fell az follows: J. Becklrman, Newark /:
/ j. Macdonald. Paterson. II. Geppert. Newark /;
4. s. Chesnorth. Montclair. The election Of
officers resulted as follows: President. j II.
White. Paterson First Nice-Ptesidcnt, T. F
Hatfield. HobOkpn; Second Nice.President. J.
II. Craig, Paterson Executive Committee, 4.
J. Bcnher. Newark: c. 4. Lille. Newark J R.
Deem. Paterson; F. Il. Cook. Hohoken: J.. Fl.
Stanfer, Jersey City; j. II. Craig, Paterson.
PRISCEroS, Feb 23.-The announcement
was made tonight that the Princeton Univer-
match on March 10 in New York. The tourna-
ment which il being played here to select
| Princeton representative in the international
cable match between An Oxford Cam bridge
team an representatives from universities IN
this country. is well under way. The present
standing OF the frat three men follow:
Non. lest. Won. Lost.
Weston .,..,""bte ~ Henley ....."."l 2
| HINT A I've
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Montreal Hockey Players Defeat ,

MONTREAL, Feb. 23.-The 1t. Nicholas hockey
team Of New YORK was defeated tonight ~ the
Montreal hockey team b, : goals TO /.
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The third round Of the intercollegiate chess
tournament between four students each from
the College OF the City Of New York and the
Stevens Institute, Hoboken, was played at the
Manhattan Chess Club Yesterday afternoon,
when the pairing was arranged az follows:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-09
The Collecting Mania

Berlin furnished an extraordinary exhibition of the collecting mania re- gently. The German postoffices uses numbers for the months in stamping letters, and on Sept 3 collectors de- termined to obtain the usual sequence of hines from district office No. 99, whose stamp on that day would read 99.9.9.99. A mob of over a thousand persons stood outside the office when it opened, so that the police had to be called on to keep it in order and all available help was sent from the gen. eral postoffiee to handle the mail mat ter. The rush continued during the day and at night the police had to use force to disperse the crowd that was awaiting after the closing hours and to enable the officials to leave the of- office. Sixty thousand pieces of mall were stamped during t,ie day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-09
- - - -, Oldest Book In the World.

Tardy justice is at length to be dore to another of the many martyrs of science in the person of Prisse d'Aven- nes, the discoyerer of the famous max inns of Ptah Hotep, which has been claimed as the oldest book in the world. Prisse d'Ayennes was a muni- ficent donor In his time to the muse ums of Paris, and most periodically refused all offers from other nations to work for them as an archaeologist when the trade of exploring was more highly paid and less crowded than 1t is today. He died in poverty at the age of 72, and his grateful country has now named street in Paris after him and proposes to place his bust in the Egyptian museum of the Louvre. Pail Mall Gazette.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-09
sUlTFoa MONEY.

The civil suit of Charles Well ys. c. ". Martin occupied the entire tine of the circuit court Tuesday anl q greater part of it's time this morning. Mir. Veil is suing MT. Martin for ever $400, which le alleges is due him for merchandise, purchased by that gen tleman. He is represented by Attor- 4eys Smith .. Martin and Reinbere- CT t Ewing, and Mr. Martin bv At toznes $. NJ. Taylor. Up to 5 o'clock this afternoon the jury had not reached a verdict.