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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-28

erA surprising victories were recordad
G ro.a1y tnat OF Parks over Johnson and
Two contests throw Parks and Geo0heean
INTO the hnal games to decide which shall
pay 1onn davidson for the championship
tomorrow afternoon
Only two games for the consolation nr,,a
were played. Glazebrook beat E. e. Whit
Ing. 81. 3D. Ffoulke beat Wilson. d. 60
IN tne doubles. marked also by both clever
h taaivi n, and team work. Doyle and Gee
peat ieoGhegan and Deis, 6-3, 6-3 David
son and Gaazebrook beat Wilson and Whit
Ing. 81. go. White and Balleneer hear
Johnson n and Warfield, 6-s. 90.
, une OF the hardest fought matches in the
naIuIGap was between Hendrick (plus 15)
anu II. .; whiting (scratchl. which the for
,heI hnaiiy won, 60, S-6. Warfield lowe 3tO
peat smith Cplus 49,, 81. 8-1 Coburn
tsora' en- peat Kenyon tplus 15). 6-3. g.
.. oarr tscratch) beat Strowbridge (plus
I1' ". Of Giazebrook COVE 30) beat c.
d.; Carr Sscratch). Cd. Cd. Ffoulke lowe
l') beat Wood plus I'D SO, 6-4.
M. A. c. Foot Ball.
Manager II. c. Whireford of the foot hall
team OF Maryland Agricultural College has
announced his schedule as follows: Octo-
Der 10. Western High School OF Washing
ton, at College Park: October ID, George
town Props, at Georgetown; October II,
Eastern High School Of Washington, at
Coiiege Park; October 20. Western Mary
land College. at Westminster: November 3.
central High School OF Washington at Col
lege Park: November Z. Georgetown Preps.
at College Park; November is, Mount St.
Mary's College. at Emmittsburg: November
=. Druid Athletic Club. at Baltimore. The
game with Gallaudet for October 10 was
Cancelled on account OF not being allowed
to go away from the college on that day.
The team viii probably be as follows:
Peters. right end or quarterback: johnson,
rlgnt tackle; Dunbar. right guard; c. W.
Bouic, center: w, G. Dent left c1,ard. nv
derwood, left tackle; Mackall, left end:
Dickey. right end or quarterback; MAYO.
left halfback: Edward Brown, right half
back, and Walker, fullback
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Cincinnati, 4; Pittsburg. 4.

Cincinnati won another game from the Pi-
rates yesterday in Pittsburg, the score be-
ing 4 to 1. Newton pitched splendid ball
throughout for the Reds, while Waddell was
touched up pretty lively in the fourth, three
runs being made. Following is the score
by innings:
Pittsburg ......-..... U U y
Earned runs-Cincinnati 2 Two-base hit-Zim-
mer. Three-base hts-Clarke and Beckley. Sac
rifce hit-Irwin. Stolen bases-Wagner. Barrett
and Hartzel, 3. Double pay-Steinfeldt to kahoe
First base bas-Of Waddell, 1; off Newton, T.
Struck out-By Waddell, 4 by Newton, 1. Wild
pitches-Newton, 2. Umpire-Mr Emsle. Time
of game-One hour and forty-fve minutes.
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start and Benton M. the worst Of 1t. for
the latter never made up the distance lost
finish.
The fourth heat opened with Cresceus the
fayorite once more. At the word Cresceus,
Charley Herr and Arion went by on even
terms. Out went the first named, pulling
Herr after him, and the latter had a trifie
the better Of 1t at the quarter, while Graf
tan Boy had displaced Arion as third
Charley Herr continued to lead at the half
by length. Cresceus could not shake
Grattan Boy, while Arion was four lengths
behind, and. as usual. Lord Vincent was
practically forgotten. It was at the three
quarters that Herr's chance of winning
to the good. 1t did not appear that he
could lose. But with an ease that carried
the crowd off Its feet, Cresceus stepped
OUT and In going through the stretch went
Herr tired out. was whipped under the
wire second, just out of Grattan Boys
way The others were well behind.
Inc hfth and last heat was a simple at
fair Cresceus led the way round after a
beautiful send-off. The feature was in the
last hundred yards, when Grattan Boy beat
Herr for place. The race was ended and
Cresceus was crowned again.
Champion Taylor After vardon.
In view OF the strong desire on the part
of eastern golf players to see a match be-
tween j. H. Taylor and Harry vardon, Mr..
Taylor, through his manager, Mr.. Coke,
In New York yesterday made the follow
ing proposition:
He CrayioD viii play Vardon thirty-six-
hole match on October on the links of
that club in the metropolitan district
which will offer the largest purse for the
exhibition, the entire amount Of the purse
to go to the Galveston relief fund through
the chamber Of commerce of New York.
Dfstrict Championship Tennis.
The tennis matches played yesterday on
the courts OF the Bachelors Club for the
championship Of the District were unusually
interesting. fast and accurate play marking
the work or all those engaged. All the
matches were stubbornly contested and the
fnal results were usually very close. Ssv-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-28

Johnnie Reiff In the saddle and Ro-
lamphion, guided by Lester Reiff ran third.
weiter handicap of sovereigns each
Tor starters. with 100 sovereigns added, for
longs. was won by Black Sand Rigby hay-
ing the mount.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-28
BIt.s Electrical SCHOOL.

Fitness for such positions as managers or
superintendent of electrical plants is OBJ
tanned by students at the Bliss Electrical
School. 1t Is one of the announced pur-
poses Of the school to furnish such equip
ment. Particulars concerning the day or
the night courses can be obtained by apply
ing to L. D. Bliss. the principal, GA 18th
street northwest.
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New York, 6; Philadelphia. 4.

Hawley twirled great ball for the Giants
at New York yesterday allowing the Phil
lies but five hits and winning his game by
the score of 6 to f. Dunno was hit hard and
the Quakers made all their runs through
errors. Following is the score by innings:
phadelphia o 2 L
New York. ............ 1 D K u
Earned runs-New York. 2. First base by errors
Philadelphia 5; New York. /. Left on bases
Philadelphia. 6; New York, 5. First base ON
balls-Oh Dunno 4; OF Hawley, 1. Struck out
BY Dunno. L. by Hawey. 4. Sacrifice hits
Thomas and Doyle. Stolen bases-slagle, Davis
and Grady (2). Double plays-Cross Lajoie and
Delehanty (2,. Umpire-Mr. Snyder. Time OF
game-Two hours.
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Brooklyn, 4, Boston, 2.

Brooklyn, 4, Boston, 2.
The champions defeated Boston at Brook
lyn yesterday by the score Of to 2, there
by clinching their hold on first place In the
pennant race. McGinntty held the Beam
eaters safe throughout the game, while Will
lis was hit reasonably hard. Following Is
the score by innings:
Boston. i. ........-.... o q O O o. 2
Brooklyn. .....-....... o 5 K
- Earned rpns-BrookIyn 9. Two-bsse hits
Boston, L; Brookiyn. 1. Left ON bases
ton, 8; Brooklyn, 4. Struck out-By Mc0innity &:
By Willis, 3. Sacrifice hits-Hamilton Long
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-28
Census Teams to Play Again.

Owing to the very close game last Satur-
day between the two base ball teams from
the census office-one from the Union and
the other from the main building-and the
many requests for another game the two
teams will meet at National Park tomorrow
afternoon at 400 o'clock The clerks under
the census are very enthusiastic and will
turn out in large numbers to cheer their
favorite on to victory. Both teams have
been strengthened and a good game Is
DromiSed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-28

Stahl Jones and Keller Stolen bases-Tenny and
Collins. First base balls-Of McGinnty. 3.
Double play-Freeman to Tenny to Long. Hit by
pitched ball-By McGinnity, l. by Willis. 1:
Umpire-Mr. Hurst. Time of game-One hour and
thfrty-six minutes.
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worth having admitted that since July l
the team has played the fastest base ball
behind the best pitching in the league
PittSburg Press
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-28

For All the Summer Sfcknesses.
Diarrhoea, etc., use Perry Davis Psin-Ktlier
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-28
BASE BALL.

Today's National League games:
Cincinnati at Pittsburg.
Boston at Brooklyn.
Philadelphia at New York.
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Foot BALL Player Badly Injured.

Lawrence Pierson Of Lexington. Mo-, Lake
Forest Universitys crack half back, was
probably fatally hurt in yesterdays game
with the South Division High School at
Chicago. Paralyzed, half conscious, he lies
at the Presbyterian Hospital, near the
North Shore College. During the game
Pierson attempted hurdle play fell and
landed full on his head. When picked I'D
he was unconscious. An examination
showed that his spine had been so seri-
ously injured in the scrimmage that almost
total paralysis had followed the shock
The attending physician thinks Plerson has
a fighting chance of recovery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-28

The backbone of our business
IS suits-there's where we ac-
knowledge no superior.and the
suits we are showing at $I2.85
are the equal OF any SIS suit
manufactured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-28

These Shirts are made for us aud
made little better than the average
II shirt-open back and front-all
precautionary price-$4.74 4 half
dozen,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-28

Just half price for Hose that are
the equal Of any 15c Hose ever sold.
In the latest novelty blue =u<
Anniversary Price ....... 1Z2Ss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-28

And what an array OF styles and
eolorfngs. Every pattern briuat and
new. The equal OF many 9th
ers' $3.50 grade. Anniversary a
TTice ................ W
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-26
TO REDUCE THE FORCE.

Arrangements Making for Bringing
American Soldiers Home from
Cuba. :
WASHINGTON, June 25.-As soon as
Secretary Root returns early next week
fiLal arrangements will be made for
the withdrawal of as many troops as
can be spared from Cuba. The cleo
ton passed off without any serious dis
order, and affairs have become tran
quill, with no indications of future
trouble. In consequence the officials
are considering the question of a large
reduction of the military force. The
return of these troops will enable the
war department to carry out its plan
of sending regular troops to the Phil
ippines t o take the places of the vol
unteer army, which must be brought
home and discharged by June 20, 1901.
Unless developments in China necessi-
tate a change the homeward movement
of the volunteers from the Philippines
will begin in the early fall, and about
5000 or 10000 regular troops will be
sem out to take their places.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-26
NAVAL OFFICERS NEEDED.

The Manadnock could not go to
China from Manila because tire We're
no officers, the ship having been strip
ped to equip other vessels. The trouble
is that the Annapolis Academy was
sufficient for the old navy in times of
peace, but it cannot turn out officers
fast enough for the increased needs of
the service. New ships are being COM
missioned right along, demanding from
a few up to forty officers each, while
the Naval Academy is working in the
old-time rut. The result is that the
service is short. One year has been
cut off the course to meet present emer-
gencies-that is, the class of 1901 has
been graduated in 1900, but that is poor
business. If we are to maintain a great
navy adequate provision must be made
for officers. The only apparent recourse
now IS to make appointments from civil
life, at best an unsatisfactory proceed
ing, or call upon the retired list to fill
the existing vacancies.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-26
OIL NEWS.
Still Striking Oil.

Few people, unless they delve into
statistics, have a correct idea of the
immensely of the oil product of Penn
sylvania some forty years after the
first development on Oil Creek. SEN
ator Lee at the late Butler county cen
tennial gave the data showing that
90, 900 900 barrels of oil have been
pumped from the territory of that one
county alone. A quantity that would
fill enough barrels TO twice encirele the
world. In the same connection an in
teresting history of the great Brad
ford basin is reported in the "Oil City
Derrick's Handbook of Petroleum.
Just published. As developed at the
present time this basin consists of over
100, 600 acres of territory. The total
yield of the field is over 100. 000. 900
barrels, and it is thought it will yield
as much more. The number of wells
from which its Gil has been obtained
is 21.126. Only 5 per cent. of the
wells drilled in. the Bradford field PROV
ed unproductive, which is a record IN
paralleled in the history OF the indus
try. In one year QSS1) Bradford pro-
duced over 1000. 900 barrels OF oil.
In the entire Pennsylvania district
S,752 wells were drilled in 1899, an in
crease of nearly 1000 wells over the
previous year. The production of Penn
sylvania II during the year was over
5000 barrels a day in excess OF con-
sumption, and yet the market price OF
Pennsylvania oil increased from S1.19
a barrel at the beginning OF the year to
s1.66 at the close. Stocks on hand at
the close of the year were over 13,000,-
600 barrels. The pipe line runs OF
pennsylvania oil for 1899 aggregated
,207 .45S barrels, an increase OF more
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-26
Quay and Platform Cheered.

New York journal.
It's a queer spectacle-that of a
great Republican convention declaring
in high and empty phrases for every
thing calculated to catch votes, war
~whooping over the immaculate virtue
OF its w party, rendering thanks to
Providence that the country is blessed
with its presence, and then in the next
breath cheering itself hoarse for Quay.
For Quay, mind you, Quay, the 20.
l:tical Nero, who would fiddle over
burning Philadelphia if that city should
stand in his way. Quay, the. stanch
advocate of scoundrelism in politics,
the man of official scandals and cor
ruptions without number.
But here was the true ring of the Re
publican gong-the ring of brass and
verdigris. There were doubtless others
in that hall just as bad as Quay, but
they were more polished and discreet.
They were not cheered. They We're not
rascally bosses of great States, but were
willing to be.
Red Leary' was the king of bur-
glars. He received the adultation and
worship of his fellow workmen. Just
so the boss of political craftsmen re-
ceived the admiring plaudits of the
party of trusts, troops and tithes. They
were cheers from the hearts of the dele
gates.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-26
TIE SIGNS Az POINT TO WAR.

The cannons have their bowels full of
wrath,
And ready mounted are they, to spit forth
Their iron indignation 'gainst our walls.
king John. Act H., Sc. l..
The diplomats still INSIST there is no
war, yet throughout Christendop and
in heather Japan-from the Thames
Embarkment to Manila, and from the
Neyskiy Prospekt to Inter den Linden,
and afar to Cape Town and San Fran
cisco-from Washington to Yokohama,
and from Trieste to Calcutta and from
Malta to the Brooklyn nevy yard, the
nations + emoving, and from all quart.
ers of the civilized globe can be heard
the call to arms against the mightiest
nation in point Of numbers and the
oldest on earth.
Only about a year ago the represent
tatives of republics and kingdoms and
empires sat down together at The
Hague and discussed the means of
bringing about universal peace. To-
day they are rushing all available
iOANNS W q NOAbSot &ppdiSuliN UeSliD6u
to be as fraught with concern to all the
world as were the campaigns of Alex
ander and Darius n Hannibal and
Napoleon in times gone by. And all
though the idea will now be spurned,
it looks as though il was to be really a
war of conquest, as definite as that
waged by Alexander when he pushed
his armies to the banks of the Indus.
The present purpose of the invasion of
China, by Pagan and Christian alike
is protection to foreigners. The end
promises to be the partition of the
Empire, or a protectorate by the pow
ers. Either will be the beginning of
the end of China, as an independent ma
ton, but neither will be accomplished
without vast expedition of blood and
treasure, much time and vast trouble.
That events were ~impending in
China has been apparent forNalmost a
year. Yet the powers, with all their
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-26
THE BuG NUISANCE.

This sort of weather means bugs
beetles-scarabaeidae of every nature,
fern and description, including un-
heard of species and new patent bugs
just out of the factory, the result OF
inventive genius and diabolieal intent.
They swarm these hot nights, putting
the electric lights into partial eclipse.
They invade work rooms and sleeping
rooms, bob into peoples eyes, fall down
their backs, annoy women. worry chill
dren and frighten animals. They are
all pervadi1g. obnoxious and in num-
bers as the sand of the sea shore. They
come in assorted sizes, in varied forms.
but of uniform mean disposition. They
are omnipresent, multitudinous. and an
unmitigate3 nuisance. Saturday nigat
they were bad. Sunday night they were
worse. and last night nothing but a
violation Of the third commandment
was at all adequate TO the situation.
The bug is with US, and has apparently
come to STAY.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-26

Long, or Dolliver, or Woodruff, or
| Bliss, or the veriest unknown whom
political lightning ever struck, and
would have asserted with emphasis and
insistence that it was the best ticket
that ever was. That's what they are
saying about Roosevelt. He is the
happy choice, the quintescence OF pop
ular strength, the ideal of the ma
ton, and the one man for the place.
That is the estimate of the hide-bound,
th~lck-and-thin administration organ.
Other Republican papers are not so
sanguine. This, for instance, is what
the Republican New York Press has to
say about Teddy Roosevelt, and it is
worth reading:
yet two years later, with National
issues almost precisely the same; with
representatives to Congress.to be elect
ed to uphold the gold standard for
which New York had voted so over
whelmingly in 1896; with the Spanish
war SO enthusiastically urged by the
people to be officially approved by
them; with one Of the foremost heroes
of that war the Republican candidate
for Governor; with his personal follow
ing among reformers and Independent
Republicans, independent Democrats
and straightout independents unques-
tionably the largest of any mar in the
State; with his popularity among all
classes of voters at that time at its
Zenith-with all these naturally pow
erful influences to assist him, Theodore
Roosevelt very nearly lost the State.
He lost New York county by 81, 900,
Kings county by $4,000, Queens by
1900 and Richmond by 1000, and h
carried Winchester by only 1,000-an
adverse plurality in and around New
York City of about $4,000, as against
McKinley's plurality of about 70, 900,
or a difference in and around New
York City of more than $50, 900 votes.
Erie county he lost by more than 1000,
Onondaga he carried by only 5000,
Monroe by only 2,7O0, and Albany by
less than 1000. The party lost Con-
gressional districts which it had won
before Organism was dreamed Of"
Mckinley carried New York State in
1896 by 26S, 000. Roosevelt came home
from the war with all the glory of
San Juan Hill attaching to him, a cap
able soldier in a popular cause, and
one who was much more ordinarialy
conspicuous. He was in the public eye
and the public mind. Things were writ
ten about him in the newspapers and
m-dgazines-he even wrote some very
readable stuff himself. And yet he fell
so low when he went before the people
of New York as the nominee of the
Republican party for Governor that his
plurality was but $4,000 in a poll of
1,343, 900, but sc, 900 less than was cast
at the Presidential election. And he
does not stand so high with the people
Of his State now as two years ago, for
the glamor of war has departed in his
case. The talk about Roosevelt's pop
ularity and his ability to pull McKin-
ley through is rubbish.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-26

NEW YORK, June 25.-The examin-
alton of Charles F. w. Neeley, which
has been postponed a number of times
and was set for to-day before United
States Commissioner Shields has been
again postponed to next Friday at
1920 a. m The postponement was
by the arrangement and mutual con-
sent of counsel.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-26
THE WAY NOT TO DO 1T.

The Board of County Commissioners,
sitting as a Board of Equalization and
Appeals, is apparently still welded to
the policy of holding secret sessions,
Withholding information from the pub
lie, and demanding the personal attend
ance of petitioners.
The idea appears to be to. make it as
hard for the taxpayer asking for JUS
tice as possible, and to discourage the
prosecution of a demand for rightful
relief.
There is no occasion for sessions be-
hind closed doors. The transactions of
the Board ought to be open to all who
care to know what is going on. 1t is
public business, and the public ave a
right to know what takes place at every
session.
: The cross-examination of petitioners
in private, and their dismissal without
knowing what the verdict is going to
be, and the compulsory attendance of
petitioners, after their written state
ments have been fled, savors too much
Of a disposition to discourage the in
dividual and keep thespublic in ignor-
ance. 1t looks very much as though
the Board would rather agrieved citi-
Zens would not come around.
The whole method is wrong. The way
Tor taxpayers to get even is to vote for
4 new set of Commissioners. There is
&c politics in this advice. 1t is simply
a recommendation for citizens to look
after their own interests.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-26

facilities for knowing the situation,
we're caught mapping. while China has
steadily been preparing for eventual
tiles. One evidence OF this is the fact
that rifles have been imported at the
rate of 10000 per month for some
months past, and there appears to have
been a large accumulation of troops IN
the Pei-Ho valley and in the vicinity
of Pekin. The quality of these troops,
too, appears to be unusually good, for
the fighting has been obstinate, with
shown in the wal with Japan. They
appear to be fighting, standing UP to
their work manfully, and to be thor
oughly equipped.
One of the most remarkable phases
of the situation is its International
character. Japan and Russia have
been at dagegr's point fer months over
this same question of China, and yet
the Russian wounded have been sent
to japanese hospitals to be cared for,
and the pagan from the Island Empire
and the Christian from America, Ger
many, Italy, Austria and England-the
Cossack from the banks of the Don,
the Sikh from India, the soldiers from
the wilds OF Siberia, and the farmer
boy from West Virginia or Ohio or
Pennsylvania are marching and fight
ing side by side against a common enc
my. 1t is a strange-.almost and I'M
Observation-Disclosures of the nations
in a common cause.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-26
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Notice is hereby given to railroad con.
tractors that the Pittsburg. Connellsville
and Wheeling Railroad Company is now
ready 10 receive estimates for the West
Virginia portion Of its line.
contracts win be made for portions of
I'VE miles or less in length and calling for
completion OF the same in eight months.
time These contracts viii include the
srdqtng and masonry, and the Rail-
and the laying of tracks n the right
To reject m or all bids.
fians may be examined at the office of
West Virginia. where the Chief Engineer
may be found for consultation In regard
10. the same EDGAR a. HOLMES.
1eete General Manager.