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The times., 1901-03-24
THE RACING CALENDAR.
Results Mt New Orleans.


NEW ORLEANS. March 23-Results Of today
races; track sloppy:
First raee-For three-ycar-olds; six furIongs
Miss Golightly (OBrien), ! to ?. won; Curtscy
tWilkerson), to !. second Dr. Caricl Vititoe).
TO l, third Time, 11sH
Second race-For iour-year-old and upward;
selling; one mile Hardly (Brennan). y 10 J..
won; Eitholin G.andry), ? to l. second; Weide-
man (MeCann), to !. third Time. l:47
Third race-Handicap steeplecha5e. for four
year-olds and upward; short course Seidenbach
tGaddy), to !, won; The Planet OlmD to
J, second; Terry Ranger (HGtihg), to 5, third
Time, 3:2s53.
Fourth race-The Congress Eandiclp; for three
year-oldS and upward; one and C,e-sixteenth
miles. Ben Chance (OBrien). : TO = won:
Linden Ella (Wilkerson), to l. second /:
strangest (Callahan), : TO 5, third. Time, 1888.
Fifth racc-Handicap for four-yea' olds and up
wardi two miles. Frslgible (WalsD 10 8.
won; Silver Coin Cochran. 7 to s. second !;
Creyforge (McCann), 3 h l. third. Tine 3:4I
Sixth race-For four-year-olds and upward 4:
selling; mile The Jefferson CO'Bren) S
to /, won; The Burlington Route CYititoe) g
to !, second; King Bermuda Cwilkerson), to !,
third. Time l:J0.
seventh race-For four-year-olds and upward
selling; one mile lgnis Miles, 6 to J. won;
Phidias tOBrlen). to I, second; Vic Lamont
tGornles), Is to l, third. Time ] 10
The times., 1901-03-24

greatest reputation. No pitcher ever at
tached to the Washington club of the
National League pitched better ball on
an average than did Mercer. He was one
of the few players who could not be
bought from the Wagner brothers. A
number of offers were made them for
Mercer by outside clubs, but they stead
fastly refused to let him go.
MERGERS pitching ability was appre-
ciated. He possessed speed and curves.
but by far his greatest value lay in his
excellent headwork. During the last year
or so he PLAYED in Washington ii was
thought that he was losing some of his
speed. and II was decided to shift him to
an outfield position. In previous seasons
il had been found he was an excellent man
In almost any position. As utility man ne
did high grade work. His batting was far
above that of the average pitcher, and
more than one hard-fought game was
saved to the Senators by MERGERS lusty
work with the stick.
After Washington dropped out or the
National League Mercer went 10 New
York and since that time has been at
tached to the Giants until signed by Man
ming. While with the Gotham team ne
pIaved in various infield positions. and was
frequently in the box last season. On the
rubber he demonstrated that he had lost
little OF his ability a pitcher, and ms
end Of the battery was held up IN the Dest
kind of shape. ~.
with audiences wherever he appeared. Al
The times., 1901-03-24
THE INFANTRY WINS AGAIN.
The Gibraltar Athletes Badly Beaten
ut BnxkethaiI,

The Washington Light Infantry. the
leaders, and the Gibraltar Athletic Club,
the taiI-euders in the race for the basket
ball championship Of the District League,
came together at the Washington Light
Infantry Armory last night. The soldiers
added another victory to their already
long string by defeating the Athletics to
the tune of . to Z. The game was fast
and the play became rough at times. The
Gibraltar players. who were lighter than
their opponents received several hard
falls. These brought forth considerable
violent criticism of the officials from that
part OF the audience which favored the
Athletics. The rulings of the officers We're
fair enough, but the trouble was that
they We're not always made when they
should have been,
Burnett one of the members of last
years Infantry team, was back in the
game for the first time this season. His
welcome was doubly warm when he
started out at his old time gait Before
the contest ended ne scored total of
seven goals Lynch of the Infantry re-
ceived all kinds of plaudits when he
scored basket at the close of the first
half from a point well out in the middle
of the floor II was the first one he had
lieihT ttAlS SfeiHtAAf MS 7A'hNA'AA ''f' 'N'-'N
keeping him the greater part Of the time
beyond scoring distance of the net.
Gibraltar was the first to score and
their basket came rather in the nature of
a iiuke. James. in endeavoring to get the
bah from an opponent, gave it a rap with
his hand and the next minute il settled in
the basket. After that it did not take
long for the soldiers to settle into their
winning gait Kendall dropped a goal
and Burnett followed suit. Shreve made
a goal from free throw. Devlin Tipped
the leather into the net and then Burnett
made his second goal, and Lynch brought
down the house with a successful shot
from the middle of the floor just before
the call Of time. Score: w. l.. l., II; O.
A. c, 2.
The second half was for the first few
minutes a repetition Of the runaway on
which the Infantry appeared to have
started at the opening of the game. Bur
nett dropped three goals from the field IN
rapid succession. Then DeVlin took a
hand and contributed one, and minute
or two later he repeated the trick. Bur
nett was not to be denied his share OF
the glory and he made two more goals
Gibraltar woke up a bit and Brady sue
Ceeded in lodging the ball in the basket
and was followed by O Hagan a minute
later with another goal which made Gil
hraltar's score a total of s. Kendall
made two more points for the Infantry,
and O'Hagan dropped a goal from free
throw just before time was called. Score:
". L. I. q, g. A. c. I.
The lineup:
The times., 1901-03-24

The Belgian hare industry though
treated as such when first introduced, is
not like any other fad in existence. 1t
is true that the only commercial value
the hare has is in it's meat and fur sup
ply, but no other fads have any CONNER
cial value whatever. The hare appeals
very strongly to the live stock fancisr
which fact is partially responsible for the
fancy prices fine specimens bring
Granted that it is a fad, it is not like
the fad OF collecting stamps or birds
eggs Breeders of fine pedigreed dogs
have to depend on other breeders and fan
ciers for a market for their animals. The
Belgian. as well as other classes OF pet
animals is sought by the fanciers. who
pay fancy prices, besides being very much
in demand as a table delicacy
This is one of the many reasons why it
Is more profitable to raise Belgian hares
than any other class of live or pet stock.
ha 4vap glt 1ln ipS
The times., 1901-03-24
THE HoNoRs GO TO YALE.
The University Captures the Inter
collegiate Gymnastic Events.

PHILADELPHIA, March 2S.-Yale won
the intercollegiate gymnastic champion
ships tonight al the Academy OF Music
by scoring twenty points against Column
bia' s IA, Princeton's 10. New York Univer-
sity's 3, and Haverford's l.
The spectators were not many in num-
Der, but they were appreciative and en-
thusiastic. The following colleges had
men in the various events: Yale, Prince
ton. Columbia, Amherst. Cornell. Havar-
ford, Rutgers, and the University of New
York
Pennsylvania was not represented.
Eliason, Of Yale. won the aIl-around
championship. scoring two frsts and a
third, and with his mate, Albin, a good
second.
The times., 1901-03-24

favorite in days gone by. Manning has
been conducting negotiations for several
days, with a view TO inducing Mercer TO
come over from the National League. Ihe
move was finally accomplished yesterday
Probably no move that Manning mas
made since coming to Washington VIII
make his team so popular with the fans
as the signing of Mercer. In addition to
being great pitcher and a iirst-class
general utility man. Win Mercer was
probably the most popular player that
ever played ball with the Senators. II
.-.Az in Washington thai h- ~''o-1 -I''
The times., 1901-03-24
6RY5LLRY 2UEfW
Winner of Twenty-Hve First Prizes.

of the prolificacy of the Belgian are not
worthy of credence, this little animal
stands at the head of rapid breeders. The
litter is from four TO twelve. averaging
eight The hare is large enough and old
enough to be bred at six months Of age
although il continues to grow u2til 1t is
ten or twelve months old. AS a general
thing, more than half Of the young are
females y doe may be bred from four TO
easy matter. apprised of the above facts,
to safely estimate the amount produced
bv q doe and her progeny in year
time Her output is taVeragel thirty
two. -Four of her first litter being does.
and bred at six months of age Will bring.
seven months after their birth, thirty
two. These four being bred again
in two months will produce thirty
two more. In the meantime inter No
has come in with .hirty-two more, and
YOU have total of 12S, over half of which
are does.
Al meat prices this stock is worth over
st00 and bSs not cost YOU over $40
n your aim had been higher, and you
The times., 1901-03-24
MERCER TO PLAY HERE.
Manager Manning signs the Popular
Ladies' Day TwirIer.

l ,t.,,,to Manning announced last night
49, no had signed win" Mercer. for
r,arIy of the Washington club Of the Ma
tional 7 .eacue. and later of the New York
oInh NJ tho same organization, to pitch
for the Senators during the coming sea-
con The announcement is sure to bring
io,, into the hearts of the Washington
,ans with whom Mercer was a arA-t
The times., 1901-03-24

the old National Park he was generally
put in the box on ladies day, and was a
decided favOrite with the fair sex In adj
dition il must be said that Mercer was al
ways able TO get the best of support from
the team. He will probably report in the
city the first week in April. with the other
members of the Washington team, for pre-
liminary practice.
The times., 1901-03-24

Score-W. l. l.. q; g. A. c.. :. Referee-Mr
Robinson. Umpire-Mr. smith Timers-Mr
McQuade and Mr. Tiudall. Scorer-Nr. Baker
Goals Burnett. Z; Deyiin 3; Lynch. !; Kendall
2; Brady, O'Hagan, Brady. Goals from field
Sheve and OHagan.
The .tanding Of tho teams follows:
The times., 1901-03-24

week, and command a ready sale. Many
people ignorant of the habits and nature
Of the Belgian hare frightened at shad-
ows, and finding bugbear in every odd
shaped stump along the way. cite the eX-
perience of the Australians with their
rabbits. and predict wreck and ruin to
he wrought by the Belgian hare in this
country similar to that suffered by the
Australian Such a fear is nonsensicaL
The Belgian is nowhere turned out TO run
absolutely wild. and could not care for it
self ii il were.
The times., 1901-03-24

Those who are interested in the Belgian
hare subject are invited to meet at az
Twelfth Street northwest Thursday even
ing. April 4. at p. m. for the purpose
of forming an organization TO be known
as the Washington Belgian Hare Cluo
narts of the country and have proven
most successful. 1t is believed there
are a sufficient number interested III
the new industry in and about WASH
iugton TO form the nucleus OF a thriving
and helpful organization.
The times., 1901-03-24

Several years ago a large number of
ra abbits were introduced in Australia for
the purpose of destroying a pest there
In time the ra bbts became a greater pest
than the one they exterminated. To rid
themselves of the rabbit, various means
were employed. among which was the
fencing in of all springs and watering
places so that thousands of rabbits died
of thirst A much more profitable and eff
fectiVe means was discovered short
time ago, however. The rabbits were
killed, skinned. drawn. refrigerated, and
shipped to London for use as meat. Thou
sands are consumed in England every
The times., 1901-03-24

Cal for Heurich's Book Beer. the bcst Book
breyged Phone West 81, Arlington B0tuins
Co., for case.
The times., 1901-03-24

had started with. and had been raising
fancy stock. the cost of feeding and care
would not have been bit more. and the
young would bring from So apiece, mp,
according TO their quality The profits
are obvious.
The times., 1901-03-24

Adyices from Los Angeles and other
PelSian hare centres in the West say that
there is d steady increase in the demand
for good breeding stock The supply is
becoming limited, and prices are still ad-
Vancing.
The times., 1901-03-24
GAhzMaqa
Big Sale of Sheets
and Sheeting.

a wholesaler who was overstOcked
sold us a big lot of Sheets. Pillow
Cases. and Sheeting way under regu-
lar price. Tomorrow you have the op-
portunity of sharing with US in this
lucky money saving purchase NOTE
THAT THESE ARE ALL STAND
ARD MAKES AND QUALITIES.
Sale
Value. price
CtxoO Colfrrr, hia shoots 40 400
The times., 1901-03-24

While many OF the extravagant stories
The times., 1901-03-24
FAsTEBN ATHLETIC GLIB.

The members OF the Eastern Athletic
club basketball team are, of course, very
much pleased AT their victory over the
fast-nyinP Corcorans last Wednesday
Winning a game which was as good as
lost. or At best tied. gives the boys good
cause for showing their pleasure.
The members claim that an injustice
was done Thompson when be was accused
Of striking an umpire IN the last game
with the Infantry. he has always borne
the reputation Of being q gentiemaniy
player always putting up clean, fast
game
The club will put a baseball team in the
field this season and b is promised thar
il viii be strong one.
VII McCauicy. one Of the most BOpu-
lar local athletic enthusiasts, Will manage
trying Of candidates. The club will miss
the services of such clever players as Col
lifower, Hennager Stanley, AtZ, and
Gates. all Of whom have secured good p0-
sltious out Of town. There Is lots Of good
material TO select from and a good show
ing Is promised.
Ii has not been decided II the team will
be a member Of a local League or If IL
will simply play games independently, To-
caliy and ont OF town. Dates are being
booked and the management would like
10 hear from other teams making ul
their seasons schedules. Manager Nc
Cauley may be addressed Ia care Of DT
T. Housed 2ls Second Street southeast
o. =. SCHMIDT.
The times., 1901-03-24

Tmpires Have Hard Tasks TO Per
form-Numerous Candidates for Y.
VI. c. A. Baseball Team-LiEht In
fantry and Eastern Athletic Club.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-05
WILL SETTLE THE CALUMNIES.
Lady Cook Wants Husbands Body Exhumed 10
Prove Death BY Natural Causes.

London, April 4.-The Echo says it UNI
derstands that owing to certain unpleas-
ant rumors, Lady Tennessee Cook. widow
Of TIE late Sir Francis Cook has applied
10 the home secretary To have the body
of Sir Francis cxhumed Sir Francis
Cook died. Feb. L.
Friends of Lady Cook say that false
stories; have been circulate by Up pers Sc.
disappointed at not being remembered in
the WILL Lady Cook desires that the ex-
act cause of her husband s death. which
was scnilc decay (he was ~ years old Il :
the time of his DEATH, shall be officially
certified to so that, hereafter. in the
event OF her DEATH nolninG can pe az
Lady Cook and her late husbands family
are quite cordial.
BY the terms of the will Of Sir Francis
Cook all the estates in Portugal and two
thirds Of. the other property go TO tho
oldest son. Francis, by the test2tor's first
wife. and the remaining third goes to MS
son Wyndham: Lady co2k, iormG i,.,
Tennessee Clafiin of New York, receives
1000 and the income for lie from an
investment of f50.oGo. The testator ;
daughter and her issue receive E2o,ooo am
the Income from elr'GN invested: -;,,.
Lady Cook, who is living III hcnsins-
ton | onGon made the following state
rn4rt TO a representative of The Assocla =
ed Press, this evening: ,, .,,.,.,
f*Ssinee the death CT my huS1a.u H. IL
ms come to my knowledge very thor
oughly laid plan, concoctcd before ms
Gesth. to attack his reputation Tor pur
noses Of hlackmail. 1t was about 10 DC
mt into execution when ne Nltu. 1900.
"Some parties to the conspiracy eNpHc.-
"a to secure large amounts of money dur
ing his life. His somewhat suuue,. ~
,t,,.77.vfnted a fullilment of these hopes.
The conspiracy reached b Gl9 gr Frand Rs
dicd nm unnatural death and o",',; III q" ~
mis-, to me, the conspirators hoping III
ibis fashion to biac kmail me. ~, ,,.id
I nf Ia, al a V man Ga W. - y,
,.,-i,ifo,;nn could have afforded to lei
these caIumnics die Ny own ~, he avn hes, hes
~ ~ ,nirbt go on forever. | have therc-
fore fore resolved to refu:e them m now }ly;t Of an
ii purpose 10 90 to the lui lln tho Pi The he
,utonsy if necessary, in ordcf that ~, l
,,.,idt ,,av know how baScless these SO,
r"s are H9rr%winT as it n If G"f By me me
mn mn Inv him and these iniqn!tohS Hia.
DER sha be stamped om5 # have h. TSs in the The
all the courage and Wea thd mi IN co-opcra-
world. In this | have thc ~,
~, ~ all my stcp-childrcn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-05
GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP.
miserable Weather Eut Some Good Shooting
by Experts a! the Match.

New York. April 4.-The shoot for
the Erand American Handicap, which
was postponed from yesterday, begun.
tbls morning. and was continued up
TO dusk. this evening. With the eXcep-
ton of a brief interval in the middle
OF the day. shooting at live birds was
Kept up without any interruption, and
nearly 5000 birds were trapped. The
weather conditions were anything but
conducive to the comfort of the gun
ners, POI of whom tried conclusions for
championship honors. During the en-
tire shoot rain fell continuously. and
this made what would otherwise have
been fast flyers, very slow birds in
deed.
All told there were 222 entries for the
event. 10 of which We're post entries.
Twenty-one men failed to tow their
marks when their turns came, and
these abscntees forfeited $40 Zach,
W hich went to swell the purse. The
entire amount of money which will be
distributed among the "a high guns
when the event is concluded. tomor-
row, is S53555. When the shooting was
discontinued, this evening. there were
30 men with straight scores of 20 kills
each, and 90 with 10 each.
Ans,ey ii. Fox of Baltimore, is looked
upon as likely winner of this years
blue ribbon of trap shooting Up to the
erd Of the 18th round, today. w. r.
Crosby Of Ofallon, Ills. and II. y.
Eates OF Ridseton, Ontario. Canada.
the winner Of last years Grand Amer
lean. had killed the came number OF
birds in competition during the tourna-
mcnt as Fox. but both of these missed
their 10th bird and consequently left
Fox to enjoy the individual honors.
by a peculiar coincidence Phil DAILY
Jr.. whose number was Il on the order
of shooting. killed all his birds in the
handicap until h. came to the I3th
which he missed with both barrels He
killed straight after this. winding up
with total of 10 Kills.
Among the other prominent shoot
ers who missed one bird out of the 20
trapped for them were J. Il. Elliott.
+. w. Claridge. S. ". Van Allen. IIar-
old Money. Capt. Money, G. T.. Mink,
Sim Glover. W. w. HassinGer. +. w.
Cooper. l.. Z. Parker. john Parker. G.
Il. Stevens. ]. X. Malone. T.. u. Full
ford. Tom Marshall and Col. Tom
Markham.
i; Among the 10 who have top scores
so far are NJ. u. Stevens. GUilford.
Conn. %; Fred Gilbert. Spirit Lake.
10. 81; G. G. Nauman. San Francisco,
2S: \. II. Fox. Baltimore, 20; +. s.
Johnson. Atlantic City. IS; and L. S.
Parmeloe, Omaha, Ncb.. 80: as well as
Ed Hickman of Kansas City. 2S. are
looked upon as the most likely bunch
in which the winner may be found.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-05

Rev. F.. q. Thayer will be his own s;ic-
Cessor as presiding elder AZ Che CHEST
nuo Street church Portland Roy. Iufher
Freeman and Rev. f. r. Grifliths. assist
ant pastor. nave tach been asked 20 con
timu" another year. DR. McAiliStcr at the
Pine Street church is also cXncctcd to r. @
main. lie has refused some calls SO as IT,
stay and get this church out OF debt
Rev. W. s. HoVard continues at Congress
Street. Rev. &. G. W hidden Of the West
field. The people OF the Clark Memorial
church have invited Rev. &. 4. Tarhuno
To preach for them another year.
Rev. G. W. BraGlcc has been invited q
stay the fifth year AT Bidicford. Rev. T.
G. Strout has been asked To stay at Saco.
but Will probably make change. At tn
School Street church. Gorham. Rev " m.
Cashmere will probably Ice called To Il
larger church. II is rumorcd that Gardi
ner is seeking him Rev. James Nixon is
church and Rev. =. &. Wentworth At
Etrwick. Another minister is 20 take tn.
place of Rev. |. Luce of North Berwick.
it is stated that MIR. Luce viii ask for a
change Of conference relation.
At South Portland. Rev. +. y. Lcitch
will continue. but Rev. }. II. Roberts
may change from the Film Street church.
Rev. j. y. Corey is To continue preaching
at the Peoples church.
At Wcstbrook, Rev &. F. Parsons; Ola
orchard. Rev. y. 4 clifford; kenHebunk-
port. Rev. l. \. Bean: kennebunk, Rev.
&. 7. Millward: Goodwins Mills. Rev. W.
H. Narncy: cornish. Rev. y. c. Chapman
Ogunuuit Rev &. II. Stanley; sanford.
Rev. y. X. Bryan; South HiddeforG.. Rev.
L. H. Puffer: York. Rev. .. S pillsbury:
Falls, Rev. j. II. Bounds: kittery, Rev.
q. {. Andrews. are all going back. from
the present outlook. Rev. ID. L. Ford of
Alfred is expected 10 change.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-05
WALDECK-ROUSSEAU'S ILLNESS.
In Serious Condition. Submits 10 Delicate
Surgical Operation. Thursday.

Paris. April IN. Waldeck-Rous
Seau, the premier passed Il very bad
night. His physicians, on their ar'i
val. at o'clock this morning. found
phlegmon inflammation with suppur1-
tive tendency beneath the tongue and
decided that an immediate operation
was necessary. This was accomplished
under chloroform. At noon the pa
tient had improved and was free from
fever. The phlegmOn was accompanied
by odema general swelling or pufii-
ness) WHICH made breathing extremely
difficult.
The cabinet had been summoned to
meet. today. but the order has been
Countcrmanded.
There is no doubt that the affection
from which the premier is suffering is
more serious than is shown by the
medical bulletins and that the trouble
is only temporarily held in check by
the operations.
This evenings bulletin says: The
state of the patient is not alarming and
there is every reason to believe that
he is bearing without too much SUI
fering the effects of today's painful
and delicate operation. There is no
change in his condition and his
strength is well maintained
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-05
RESUMES HIS PRACTICE.
ex-Attorney General Griggs Once More al His
Law Business in Paterson.

Paterson. April 4.-John w. Gri.ygs.
former attorney general. assumed his
law practice in this city. Monday
morning. He was early at his office and
cheerfully received those who called
upon him. Il am back home" he said.
Il am among my neighbors and the
friends of lifetime" He dictated the
following statement regarding his life
at Washington:
"Arduous though it was. it has been
the most delightful of my life. have
no. only served under one of the most
delightful men that ever held the Pres
idential chair. but the members of the
cabinet have all been such agreeable
and friendly colleagues that the period
has been absolutely free from begin
ming to end from jar or chickering's.
During all the time there has been 4
perfect cooperation and Il perfect har-
mony existing between the various
members.
MY service has covered n period
that comprises more great events than
any other in the history of the coun-
try. except during the Civil war. l
went into the cabinet just a few days
before the Maine was blown up, and l
am retiring just few days after
Aguinaldo has been captured.
PERSONALLY. the LIST of April is a
great relief to me. 1t is the first day in
nearly six years that have not had an
official mail to attend to. From a pure
ly personal point of view. 1 am very
sorry to part with my political asso-
ciates, and especially from the council
table of President William Mckinley"