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New-York tribune., 1901-03-23
REPLIES TO MARK TWAIN.
THE ARMY AND NAVY JOURNAL SAYS HE 8
WRONG ABOUT ENILsTMENTs FOR
THE PHILIPPINES

To-day's issue OF THE Army and Navy Journaf
contains criticism upon a letter sent by Mark
Twain to William J. hampton taking Mr.. hampton
to task for writing poem, and adding:
Write companion to it and show us how the
young fellows respond when invited by the govern
nent to go out the Philippines on land stealing
and liberty crucifying crusade. l notice that they
swarm to the recruiting office at the rate or eight
hundred a month. out OF an enthusiastic population
of 10 600 coo free men; and that no American born
person can pronounce their names without damage
TO his jaw spell them without foreign educa-
tion.
THE Army and Navy Journal says that the
statement regarding enlistments "has per cent OF
truth in It," and continues:
The application at the recruiting offices during the
months when recruiting was for the Philippines
and China nearly fifteen times what Mark
Twain say they were. or II. .135 for July 1899 and
months ending with last January was 5000, or
104. SIC altogether. Commencing with last month
february the recruiting has been wholly for the
regular army. and 1t has been steadily on the in
crease so that the prospect is that the total for
March will be in excess OF the high totals for July
and August last The enlistments for March indi-
monthly total of lS4 applications and those
for March 10 total Of 1714, or twenty-one times
what Mark says they are.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23
CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY OF COMMUNE

About four hundred members Of the Social Demo-
cratic party OF the IXth Congress District last
night met at Lenox Assembly Rooms. No. 252 Sec
ond-st., celebrate the thirtieth anniversary OF
the Paris Commune. Alexander Jonas presided.
Job Hartman said that the greatest weakness OF
the Commune lay in the fact of its prema turity.
Others who spoke We're the Rev. G. e. Bigelow. of
Chicago and b. Fegenbaum.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23
GOLF.
YALE TEAM TO OPEN ITS SEASON AT
BRIDGEPORT-NOTES OF THE LINKS

BRIDGEPoRT-NoTEs OF THE LINKS.
with a team match with the Brookawn Country
Club OF Bridgeport. Fortunately, Yale has most
of last years still IN college. and captain
Robertson will not be put to much EFFORT 10 PICK
Gbeney. z. n. Byers' L. p Meyers and Charles
For the ns4s Pes o ewS nd
Percy Jennings, of this city.
In all proba 5ility the first meeting between VAR
don and Taylor since the American open champion
ship in October will take place at the Mid-Surrey
links May 9, 10 and IL. Taylor is stationed at
Richmond, and, according to the English reports.
he will enter the tournament, which will also be
attended by vardon and fourteen other we'll known
professionals. Before that date the first half of the
match between Taylor and White VIII nave neen
decided at Richmond. so that Fardon VIII have a
good chance of seeing just what opposition may be
expected from the champion.
1t will probably surprise a good many golfers In
this country learn that Horace Hutchinson. one
of the best known English authorities on the game
has come out strongly In favor of the despitefully
used inland green 1t is. doubt. the case that
the player who knows the seaside course seldom
enjoys the other kind, but Hutchinson in recent
article recalls the fact that both Taylor and Var
don have put the finishing touches to their form
Braid and Hurd With four Of the leading English
professionals trained inland green's 1t is not
easy to see what disadvantage can follow their use
Public golf in Brooklyn promises TO cut i'm
portant figure in the seasons doings. The Sunset
Park links, in the southern part of the city, are
to be improved and heightened. and a series of
matches introduced on each Saturday during the
spring and summer. The Sunset Park Golf Club,
which occupies the relation to the course that
the Van Cortlandt Club does to the public links
in this city. has just opened its campaign by elect
ing the following officers for the President.
Edward S. Avis: vice-president: William K: Bur-
nett: secretary and treasurer. William I. Avis. and
captain. Robert Balmain. The club has it's quar-
Brooklyn
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23
SPpyo9GgIS SPpyo9GgIS
9poR1Sr1fh'
PROGRAMME OF SPORTS TO-DAY

HoCKEY.-ottawa against All New-York. ST. Nicholas
Rink, Sis p.
professional match. Maurice
Dalys. s:15 p. m.
GOLF.-Handcap tournament, Lakewood
Observation-Disclosures meet. Philadelphia.
THLETICS.-Indoor games. West Point.
BASK against Fall River Young
Mems Christian Association, Fall River
SEBALI.-Rutgers against Princeton, Princeton;
Maryland University against Naval Cadets Annapolis
SHOOTING.-Trep shooting tournament, Lakewood.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23
LAYS HIS CONVICTION TO INTERPRETER
CASE OF GILLIAN CONVICTED OF BURGLARY TO
BE INVESTIGATED.

Judge Foster received letter yesterday from
Carlos Garez, the ChilIan in the Tombs, who
was convicted of second degree burglary in Cen
eraI Sessions Thursday Garez wrote that his
conviction due TO the stupidity and incapable
ity of the court interpreter and to the fact that
he. the prisoner. knows no English. He said the
interpreter certainly did not know Spanish.
Garez is the man who was robbed several months
ago In Soubrette Row in panel game. He was
found in a closet connected with ex-Commodore
Westons room, at the Waldorf-Astorla seVeraI
days ago. He had cold chse.
Judge Foster has asked the Prison Association to
nvesfigate the case If the Chiians story is found
to be true the judge will probably parole and de-
pOrt him.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23
MIR. WHITNEY LEASES VOLODYOVSKI

London. March 22-According to 1.-THE Daily
Mail" arrangement has been made whereby
William c. Whitney becomes the lessee of the
Derby favorite. Volodyovski. and also of Petro-
MUS for two seasons.
The Daily Chronicle" asserts that the lease
was only just concluded when Sir Thomas Lip
ton made offer for Volodyovski.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23

The schooner Henry w. Cramp. with which the
steamer Lain came into collision of Sandy
Hook Lightship early Thursday morning. was
docked at Hoboken for repairs yesterday. Captain
Rabbit her commander said that besides the loss
of the iibboom the hull of the vessel might be
injured alsc He said that he considered the Lain
10 be wholly blame.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23
DENTISTS WIFE ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
DRINKS CARBoLIc ACID AFTER A QUARREL
WITH HER HUSBAND.

Mrs Alice Clements. twenty-one years old the
wife OF Dr. Alexander Clements. dentist living in
a furnished room at No. Il st. Marks Place. at
tempted suicide last night by taking carboic acid
The couple came this city from Philadelphia
about four months ago Recently they have had
several quarrels the police say. The woman's con-
dtion is said TO be critical At late hour DIR.
Clements had not returned home. He had quar-
relied with his wife in the morning.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23

Club. and Archie Graham Of the North Jersey
Golf Club, and champion of New-Jersey, will meet
on the Coli Club of Lakewood links next Wednes-
day. to play OFF the tie for the best gross score,
handicap prize. made the closing day of the
November tournament, when each made a card
Of
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23
RELIEF FOR NEW-YORK POSTOFFICE.
PLANS DISCUSSED AT coNFERE>cu- or, or,r,,
GALS IN WASHINGTON.

washington March 22.-There was a confer.pce
to-day between Second Assistant postr,a.tau 80,
eral shallenberger. General Superintendent W..
and Division Superintendents Bradley of tha New-
nork division and Pepper Of the Cleveland dfv,sio
railway Mail Service, at which the ouest;or -.
renewing the congestion at the New-York ~tv
ae,s.n oce was discussed. The Cleveland division
controls the malls going east over the M, W,
Centrai lines No definite plans were formuIated
me aim is to reduce the extra clerical force and
other additional facilities needed TO the minimum,
ooine OF the additional work. doubtless will be
tnIo"h on the railway mail clerks Details sx m
ezra wagon service in New-York the direct hand
ing OF registered mails from the various STATIONS
.hsteao OF having all of this business pass Through
the main once and the extent which the postal
Guilty were discussed. ~ '
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23
r. A. G. POOL TOURNAMENT

In the pool tournament for the championship OF
the Knickerbocker Athletic Club last night Howard
A. Colby defeated Percy Gardiner by the of
100 to 75
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23
INTERCOLLEGIATE FEyCyNG

The intercollegiate fencing championships will
take place at the New-York Athletic Club on Aprl
6. Invitations have been sent to Harvard. Yale
Pennsylvania, Columbia. Cornell, Annapolis and
West Point TO send teams.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23

Boston, March 2-Former Congressman Fitz-
gerald advised to-day that Charles D. DAILY.
Harvard's star football player and captain of last
years eleven. who received appointment TO
excellent record and would enter the academy
In
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23
NEW-YORK YACHT CLUB MEETING.

The second eneral meeting of the New-York
Yacht Club will he held Thursday. March 2S at
0 p. m. An amendment to the constitution relative
life membership will be acted upon, will GER
tain proposed amendments TO the racing rules.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23

E. A McDuffee. the middle distance rider Will
have Dave Shafer look after his interests th,
year. McDufee says that he has a new A. horse.
power racing machine. which he thinks Is the fast
est OF the sort ever seen in this country.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23
OTTAWA BEATS NEW-YORK
EXCITING. GAME OF HOCKEY IN WHICH
THE CANADIANS BEAT THE NEW
YORK ATHLETIC CLUB TEAM.

One of the fastest and most exciting hockey
games of the was played at the ST. Nicholas
Rink, last night. between the New-York Athletic
Club and the Ottawa teams. The latter is the
champion hockey organization of Canada. and their
work last night showed that the lightninglike Ca
nucks probably the pennant their merits.
NewYork played hard and fast hockey, but the
local men did not show the team work. The
flying Canadians were so fast at several points in
the game that the local men compelled to
play largely the defensive. The visitors will
play again tonight. meeting a team made up of all
New-York players.
The contest was fast that for the first few
minutes both teams resorted to lifting almost
continuously. Ottawa continued to assault the
New-York cage. but O'Donnen Hunt and Fenwick
were the alert, and several shots were neatly
blocked. Captain Howard made two clever sprints
up the rink but just he seemed assured of
shooting a goal the puck would be blocked and the
Canadians would bring 1t gack down the rink at
great speed. While the game not rough. the
Canadians succeeded several times in breaking up
the NewYork interference.
No score made until nearly fifteen minutes
of the first ha!f had been played On a face-off
unusual way. Sixsmith and NJ. Hornfeck faced-of.
Sxsmth passed the puck to Henry, and he did
he darted for the New-York cage. Henrys shot
neatly blocked by O'Donnell. but Stxsmth
sent 1t into the cage for the first score of the
l 10 o in favor of Ottawa.
The local men played a rather pretty trick on
Hornfeck faced off, and. making quick pass TO
Near the Ottawa cage Belden made a good pass
10 Howard. who shot goal. teing the score to the
later Henry carried the puck down the rink sue
cessfulIy dodging the New-York men. Sixsmith
there again, and after Henry's shot had been
blocked sixsmith shot another goal. Just before
the end of the second half there was scrimmage
suit, Sixsmith shooting another goal and making
the score to l against New-York The teams
played as follows:
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23

The New-York State Division Of the League Of
American Wheelnen is getting out a new man
which will show all OF the cycle paths in the
State. Considerable work on the new map has
been done already. ~
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23
NO LICENSE FOR "sKEETS' MARTIN.

London, March 1.-The Daily Mali says it un-
derstands that the application of "Skeets' Martin.
the American jockey for license for the coming
season has been refused.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23

Lakewood n. J., March % (SpeciaD.-Walter
Travis. open champion of the Garden City Golf
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23
RACING.
sWORDSMAN AND KID THE WINNING
FAvORITES AT NEW ORLEANS.


FAvoRITEs AT NEw-oRLEANs.
New Orleans March 22-weather fine; track fast.
swordsman and Kid were the only winning favor
ties. Summary:
FIRST RACE-scing; six furlongs.
Charlie Daniels l9 Vitatoel. 70 and even.......
zaza WilkersonI and 2
Tenole. ll' dandry) 70 ;
Poorlands Jack Adie Azua. Tiidy Ann. Indie. Enjoy
a. l.. Mmms and siroister also ran
SECOND RACE-seling; mile quarter.
W@oatrSe c - gPgs, 20 70 an and s. 10
Rcd Pirate. lld Cochran 70 :
Hcana. Admetus. Blocker and False Lead also ran
THIRD RACE-six furongs.
1.s. Tam EnFisE l Gi %2ish3 t., to and pGd q, to
Goebe 1927 Niles g 70 ...-.......-.--......-' 3
Andes. Eleanor Howard Ranco and Sen
also
FOURTH RAcE-The Pickwick Club Stakes: mile
DIss9lute III walsh 20 and TO . ;.......... /
a,ii s GSaP fo 1CS - bIlSni GWar.Sn1 to ana "a to
Treber. sartila and Egyptian Prince also ram
FIFTH RACE-GentIemen riders: mile a six
tecnth.
sw9rdsman 15o CsIr Blacke) to and to 5.-..... |
J; II Barnes. Ia Air MehIo), 1s to and even... 2
Zolo. Hardly and Bright Night also
SIXTH RACE-sellins: seven furlongs.
I.oone lod'- walsh to and TO 1...........,.. 2
viFse dor, iol CGormsyl. Is 70 3
claude Walton lamont Acashla and MonometaIsi
also
SEVENTH RACF,-Selling; six furlongs.
Janowood. 103 CNewcom>, to / and 5...........
Momentum. 10 Landry. ! l........... .
lIckman 1l9 CDupeeD u l........................
T1me-1:l5A.
Curtsey Belle OF Elgn. Slasher, Kohnwreath Herccs
Pirates Queen and Juanett also
ENTRIES FOR TOMORROW.
First selling thrce-Quarters of a milel-Madelne
G.. 90; Patchwork 90; John Bull, Ss Curtsey. 9s:
David lO: Belle OF Elsin, i0l; Pirates Queen,
Golightly 1oa; DIR. tarrick. loo
Second race seIlingl-Weidemann. 100; Eeven Bells
100: 1O1 Pantain 10l; Brown Veil. Hardly
l04: Barton. 1od: Radiant Heat 100: Eitholin 1l2.
Third )handcap steepleclase short coursel-Tor-
49,: Terry Ranger Iae Princess Murphy. 1884, Mr.
Rrookwood. 3i The Planet l3i: Zufalg. 1884, Improvi-
dent. 1856: Seidenbach 1876.
and Il sxteenth)-Eva Rice. 93 and Strangest
9s coupled entry; Linden Ella 96: H.
and Andes 9s coupled Arthurs entry; Chance
1o; Heveridge. 1903; Sir Florian 105 Varp.
Fifth race (handicap two miles-Red Pirate ss Major
Mansr Bert Davis 100; Greyforge lol; Silver Coin
105: Frangible, i0S Leon Ferguson. los
sixth )sellug; miel-Miss Loretta 103 King
bermuda l0i; Miss Redwood. 0i Duchess os York. 07
l0I Percy r. 1o9; 100: The Jerfer
09 Colonel Gay 1i2: Pacemaker liz; Bishop Reed
112: Tn" Burlington Route. ia.
seventh race selling; one mile)aIAttle salle. o.
Phidias. 1ol; L. w, 1ol Jack Ade 1o1: Hramo. lo6.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23
CYCLING.
WORK FOR THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAS
WHEELMEN OFFICIALS-NoTEs
AND COMMENTS

There is plenty of work ahead for III. o4,.,.,.
OF the League OF American WheeIrnen Thsra ,~r1
be a meeting of the board of officers OF the Na,r
York State Division at the Grand Union HoraI -
night. when several points will be brought N,
which are sure TO cause discussion. II will be r,a
hrst quarterly meeting of the officials One of tba
topics which will provoke debate is the suggestion
that the league arrange for life membership class
for which $40 will be charged Milo NJ BeldioS a.
the chief consul will attend the special rneefS =.
the league. 10 be held Detroit on March % -, "a
suggested In the opinion of most of ths Iocai
members life membership should not be ar
of each SIS could be used the present exs,ss 1
the other s5 being put aside for the estabIismens
of a sinking fund
often confronted with toIsate at which thay
are compelled TO pay tribute owners OF higbwsy
constructed and maintained by a corporation rbs
evil has been largely done away with in the Fast
In the West. however. the tollman who mons ont a.
his little shanty and reaches out for the ona ~
two cents toll demanded of the rider, il still an
institution of the so-called highway syster, ana
is only within the last years that coTIntv ,,,
thorities In States beyond the AlIeghanfes recae,
MIXING the evils of corporation. control roads in
properties and franchises for future county con-
troll ' ~0'1-
Will H. Brown, who made record Of ZOO rniIsx
in continuous centuries last year, says that his
fellow members OF the Century Road Club q,
and that there will be more record seeking thar
ever He says he knows of dozen riders y1r
are ambitious for record riding honors. Brown he
fore he took TO the wheel. was a consumptve and
sistent riding. He rode all winter on a chainlsss
geared to 50.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-28
AN UNAPPREClATED INSECT.

Tia Mission of the Spider as Seen by
Scientists.
1t is pity that such interesting and
useful creatures as spiders should be
so universally disliked, writes n. Hud-
son Moore in the ChautSuquan. The
chief prejudice against them arises
from the poisonous nature of theii
sting or bite, but if one can put al
this mass OF testimony out of mind
and believe that a spiders bite is nc
more harmful than a needles prick
one can endure their proximity, anG
study their habits at leisure. Who
that kills spider is prepared to do its
work to mankind! Under the head Of
beneficent insects should be written
large the name Arachnida. Their mis-
sion is to keep down the hordes of in
the life of mankind. Some scientist
has advanced the theory that if dragon
flies were raised in sufficient numbers
they would keep down the hordcs Of
mosquitoes that ravhge our coasts, as
we'll as our inland retreats. But Mr.
Henry McCook, cur most famou:
arechnologist, thinks that if spiders
were protected and suffered to increase
the mosquito plague would be lessened
Many people are prejudiced enough to
consider the remedy worse than the
diepasst
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-28
OFF THE DESERT
AFTER is YEARS I'm DEATH VALLEY
He GOES AWAY

Mont Lee, most marvellous of men,
hss crept back from his horror-strick-
en- haunts in Death Valley to God's
country. Over the Mojave Desert to
the California coast he has come for
the first breath of pure cool air that
has reached his lungs in fifteen years,
says the San Francisco Examiner.
Mont Lee is the only man whom the
terrors and privations of Death VAL
ley cannot make afraid. He is the
only man who can dwell in the shadow
mad under the frightful strain to
which mind and body are there sub
jected. He is the only man, among
all the hundreds who have dared the
deadly dangers of that desert furnace,
that fate has spared; the only one
who can dwell from year to year in
the hottest spot on earth, where the
Thermometer climbs to 140 degrees in
the shade and the cruel heat waves
beat necessarily upon their human vic
IAA1 dhIiiJ Pl dy ms WIN PctANhCh iiRo
for water, he sinks dying to the sun
baked earth, a spectacle to haunt for
ever the memory--a crazed and glib
bering thing that is more mummy than
man, the life choked out Of him by
that demon of the desert sands Thirst.
From Death Valley, hotbed of human
suffering, grave of human despair,
comes the man whom the demon OF
thirst has thus far tortured in vain.
For the first time in fifteen years OF
physical torment he gazes upon green
trees and fertile fields AMI sees Nature
smiling benignly upon her children,
while yonder, by the frowning Funeral
Mountains, she shows mood so merci-
less that men, languishing upon her
burning bosom, wither into shapes that
none can recognize, and perish, ours
ing her to the last. But Mont Lee
has not come to Gods country to stay.
He is going back In a few days the
desert will claim him. Mont Lee has
declared that Death Valley will never
down him, and he has daily fought
death for fifteen dreary, desperate,
lonely years. The reason why Mont
Lee dwells on desert sands under a
sky from which not so much as one
plying raindrop ever falls is simple
enough. He earns living there. The
sum would not seem one to tempt
$50 monthly and expenses-but it is
sufficient to lure Mont Lee and hold
him there, year after year. For fif-
teen years Mont Lee has had charge
Of the Pacific Coast Borax Company's
claim in Death Valley. For the past
i've years he has lived at the mouth
Of Furnace Creek, near the Greeland
ranch, 200 feet below the sea level on
aIkali ground. He has outlived every
man who ha> worked with him in the
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-11-28

/ valley. One after another he has
watched them sicken and die, or go
mad with the misery that death only
can relieve. His task it has been 10
keep the sand and alkali and the
scorching winds that sweep the desert
from destroying their wooden mead
stones. Grim, stolid, undaunted, ne
has stuck to his post, with the demon
lurking ever near ready to Stay. HIS
health is not what it was when he ven
tured first into the valley, though ne
is still strong, and burly OF race anu
figure. If the awfulness of his en-
vironment weighs upon his splrltS ne
does not betray his emotion. Lee mas
a suuaw wife and several half-preea
children. His Indian companion re-
mains with him only part OF the
year. Lees fate is prophesied by more
than one who wonders at his reckless
ness. 1t was predicted last year by an
old and experienced desert ranger
named Bennett of Ash Meadows, New,
who lost his life within a quarter OF
a mile of Benefits wells in Death VAL
ley. Bennett was crossing to the Hot
Springs. and the terrific heat ropDeu
him of his reason. Jumping from tne
wagon he tore off his clothing ana
grovelled in the alkali for water, al
though there were water barrels ana
shovels in his outfit. Mont Lee saw
Bennett die. He SCOTS at the sugges-
ton that he, too, will some day sue
cumb in the same way. Death Val
ley" he repeats, will never down me.
There is little danger of sunstroke IN
the valley. The air is too dry for tnat.
No mist wells the suns glare, anu
moisture is unknown. The heat CRACKS
the lips, pinches the face until the
blood starts, swells the tongue, SUCKS
the moisture from the body-and tneh
comes madness, and upon the heeis
of madness treads the spectre, Death.
Mont Lee has brother, Sam, VINO as
sists him in his work. They have
helDed to hunt and bury scores OF
bodies since they went into the val
ley. 1t is the custom of miners IN the
desert to establish the grave OF an
unfortunate wayfarer by a piece OF
scantling at the head and foot OF each
nameless grave. Sandstorms tear away
the humble monuments and the next
passerby replaces them. On Lees way
back to civilization recently he re-
paired the graves Of the five soldiers
who lost their lives in the Fremont
expedition. 1t is now planned to pro-
vide Death Valley with sheet iron
milestones, with engraved directions,
that will be heat and wind proof guild
ing to alkali water pools. Frequently
at these vermin-infested pools Mont
Lee has been compelled to strain his
drinking water through towel. Yet
he is going back.