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The Washington times., 1901-11-03
Lakeside Entries.

LAKESIDE, Nov. 2-Entries for Mon
days races:
First race-For maiden two-year-olds;
five and one-half furlonss.-Zincite, lis;
Dulcimer, 113, and Zibia, 100 (Ryan's en-
try) The Rabbit, Il; Inspector Shea 10;
Puryear, 109; Crescent City, los; Dandola,
1O5: Lawrence w, I13; Ashbrook. SO; The
Stewardess, SO.
Second race-For three-year-olds and
upward: five and one-half furlongs.-The
Pride, III; Tom Kingsley. Sea Queen. 1O9;
Kentucky. Bummer, 1O7: Emma w. Edna
Bergen, Alzura, Mango, Little Jack Hor-
ner, Lennep, II You Dare, l0i; Hattie
June, Lady ldris, 80.
Third race-For three-year-olds and up
ward: selling; one miIe.-B. G. Fox, 1l2;
Donater, 1G7; Miss Conrad, 104; Lydia s.,
Crosby, Free Pass. 1893; Lord Roberts, 100;
Frank Ireland, Evelyn Byrd, IS: Red APP
pie, Jim VIM. 80: Frank NJ, 50; Nyx, SO.
Fourth race-For all ages; one and one
sixteenth miIes.-Omdurman, l05; Pay the
Fiddler lOi; Searcher 102; Valdez 100; The
Boer, 81; Miracle II. a; Santa Teresa, II.
Fifth Tace-For four-year-olds and up
ward; selling; one mile and one hundred
yards-Charley Moore, 1O6; Baird. l0; FL
Ghor Pacemaker, 103; Chauncey Fisher.
Linden Ella. Kentucky Babe 100; Sam
Lazarus. Esq, Fantasy, Eva Rice, IS;
Banneret, 81; Myth 90; Miss Liza, Helen
Paxton, 81.
Sixth race-For three-year-olds and up
ward: selling: one mile.-Golden Link 110;
Chsel 1O6; Joe Gammage, Automaton,
Zacatosa, 103; Rnsadiah, lG2: Watita. 100;
9S Mary Moore. 81; Woodstock, 80; Minnie
Cobb Zack Phelps, 81.
The Washington times., 1901-11-03
STOLE A CHURCH ORGAN.
Philadelphia Thieves Carry Away
PIunder in n Wagon

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 2-St. James
American Union Methodist Church, al
Ninth and Snyder Avenue, was broken
into early yesterday morning by thieves,
who stole a new organ, a number of
chairs, clock and several other articles.
The church is a one-story frame building,
and was only recently opened. The rob
bers first forced a window in she rear
and then opened the door of the church
and carried the things away in wagon.
The robbery was first discovered by
of the church ajar, and investigation re-
Vealed that nearly everything movable
had been taken. The watchman reported
the case TO the police of the Moyamensing
Avenue and Dickinson Street Station
The watchman also gave the police a
description of a man who has been seen
acting suspiciously in the neighborhood
of the church. From this description Po-
lcemen Pfrommer and Richardson early
in the morning arrested John Magee. aged
tweTry-three of gl6 Cantrell Street. at
Ninth Street and Snyder Avenue. He was
taken TO the statiorhOuse. and when ques-
toned by Lieutenant Smith stated that he
and others entered the church.
Upon this information two of his com
panions were arrested Theg were VII
liam Edgar alias Brown. aged twenty
three of 2313 South Darien Street and
Edward r. Long. aged thirty-siX, of 13l
the wagon. " hich, 1t is charged, they used
in carrying away the stolen articles.
The three were taken TO the stationhousc
and told the police the goods could be
found in house on De I.ancy Street near
Third When the house was visited the
goods We're recovered. AT hearing be-
fore Magistrate Scott all four were held
without bail for court, charged with forci-
bic entry and burglary. Edgar has been
arrested by the police Of the same district
a mum Der OF times.
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MRS. NATION ARRESTED.
She Snnfched n stogie From n Pitts
burg Mans Mouth.

PITTSBURG. Nov. Mrs. Carrie Ma
tion was arrested in Dimling's saloon,
on Masters Way. shortly before noon to-
day. She is now a prisoner in the ma
irons department at the Central police
station She said to the officers at central
station that she did no wrong and merely
went into the saloon to look it over.
Mrs Nation dropped Unexpectedly into
Fittsburg this morning on her way to
Wheeling, where she has few legal COM
plications to unravel. She missed the
Wheeling train over the Baltimore and
Ohio road, and concluded to spend few
minutes taking a look around Pittsburg.
Her first act on leaving the Pittsburg and
Lake Erie train, upon which she arrived
in Pittsburg, got her into trouble On
the station platform she walked up to
man and snatched sJogie from his
mouth and with the roll of tobacco came
a set of false teeth which the smoker
was Just learning to manipulate.
mo wonder you toby smokers have to
huv your teeth" Carrie said. Il believe
they are worse than cigarettes.
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THE CAMPAIGN IN VIRGINIA.
Republican Gains Looked for In the
southwest Counties.

RICHMOND. Va, Nov. 2.-The reports
from the southwest are that, despite the
efforts made there by the Democrats, the
Republicans are likely to elect an unusu
ally large number of members of the
Legislature from the counties Of that
section. There is still fear among the IL
literates that the predictions made by the
Republicans that they will be disfran-
chised may be realized. This class of vot-
ers, reports from the southwest repre-
sent. are uncertain what course to pur-
sue in the coming election.
Mr.. Montague, the Democratic nominee
for Governor, was in the city for short
while yesterday. He is in splendid health
and spirits. The Democratic candidate
has no sort of fear as to the result of
Tuesdays election. either in the general
ticket or the legislative. 1t is simply
question OF his party's majority, Mr..
Montague is certain.
Senator Daniels health, II is believed,
will not admit of his return to the con-
vention, at least upon the reassembling
OF that body. His work on the suffrage
Senator's nervous system.
There are several prominent colored
men here who will vote for. Montague
and the other Democratic nominees on the
general ticket. Conspicuous among these
is Giles Jackson, a well-known lawyer.
Jackson says he votes Republican
ticket in national elections, but he deems
il to be his duty to support the Demo-
cratic candidate this year.
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LAUNCHING OF THE VIRGINIA.
Miss stevens to Christen the Passen-
ger Steamer mt Richmond.

RICHMOND. Va, Nov. AT the office
of the w. r. Trigg shipyards yesterday
1t was announced that the passenger
steamer Virginia. being constructed for
the Chesapeake and Ohio. will be launched
Tuesday, November u. at 1880 p. m. This
will be the largest vessel launched here,
although several large boats are in course
of construction.
Miss Helen Stevens, the only daughter
OF George w. Stevens, President of the
Chesapeake and Ohio, has been invited to
break the bottle. Miss Stevens is at pres
ent at the country home of her father,
Greenlee in Rockbridge county, and is
expected to arrive in the city early next
week.
The Virginia, which is named jointly
for the State and Mrs. Stevens is twin
screw steamer 200 feet long, 81 feet beam.
and OF 675 net tons. She will make ~
knots, and will be the fastest vessel of
her kind on the Roads. as she is intended
to ply between Norfolk and Newport
News Her engines are of the most mod
ern vertical, inverted triple-expansion
type the cylinders being II, z. and AZ
inches, respectively, with 2,IOO indicated
horsepower. ~
The boilers are of the -Thorneycroft
type with $50 pounds pressure, with 5000
square feet Of heating surface.
Her cabin and saloon Will be finished in
hardwood and richly upholstered, and her
equipment and furnishings and fiBtshinSs
will be up-tO-date. iJy
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greatly stimulated the use of franks by
removing any existing scruples as to their
legality and giving them recognized
place on the statute book. A careISl eH-
animation of letters passing through the
London office showed that in the eight
years after the passing of the act the an
nual number of franks had been nearly
doublCd-in lI6I the number Of franks he
ing "a, i5i, and in iII2 the number reaching
b5ua3. The regulations as to the addresses
at which members We're entitled to receive
free correspondence led to constant and
bitter disputes, for the officials Of the
postoftice made a practice of charging
letter If they did not believe the member
TO whom il was addressed to be at the
place to which it was directed. and much
wrangline was the inevitable conse-
qucnce. In Ireland a special difficulty lay
in the widespread use of forged franks
a practice which in England, for letters.
II not for newspapers. was penal Of
fence. An inspector of franks was sent to
Ireland to investigate the state of matters
on the cross and by-road posts, and he
reported the number of forgeries to con-
stitute very high percentage In some
towns the number of counterfeit sigma
lures being actually greater than the gen
uine ones. The Secretary of the Postoftice
in Ireland gives a striking picture of the
prevalence of the abuse. He declared it
as his belief that there We're very few
merchants or attorneys clerks through
out the Kingdom who do not counterfeit
the name of one member or another. If
classed with them almost every little
pretty miss capable Of joining her letters
| should not eXaggerate the abuse
A later act provided that each franked
letter must bear on the outside in the
members writing the date in full, and
that it must be posed on that date. The
intention of this act was evaded by mem
bers sending to their friends franks that
were post dated. A further restriction on
frauds was made by an act that reduced
the maximum weight of free letter to
one ounce, and provided that the member
franking it must be within twenty miles
of the town from which it was posted
either the same or the previous day. Fur
ther, no member was to be entitled on
one day to send more than ten. or to
receive more than fifteen free letters. In
spite of the attempted limitations, how
ever. the abuses Of franKing continued
almost unchecked until in 1910, when on the
Introduction of penny postage, the whole
system was ended instead OF mended, and
franking disappeared. The attention of
the supporters of the recent proposal TO
restore is some measure the old and oft
abused privilege may be drawn to the
words of Sir Heneage Finch, who in 1860,
when Parliament was asked to sanction
the practice of franking, declared the pro-
posal to be "a poor mendicant proviso,
and below the honor Of the House. ''-Lon-
don Globe.
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THE RACING CALENDAR.
Aqucduct Entries.

AQUEDUCT, Nov. 2-Entries for Mon
days races:
First race-The Woodmere Handicap:
for all ages; seven furlongs.-Belle of
Troy, 126; st. Finnan. 124; Louisville, 122;
Cnmasked, Demurrer. 119: Potente, III;
Sadducee, us; Paul Clifford. 1l6; Ben Mac
Dhui, 1O8; Mary Worth, 81; Barouche, 95:
Statsin, us; Lily Of the Valley, 10I; Bat
yah. s.; Wunna, s2 Lady Sterling, 81:
The Amazon, lis. Otis, 106; May w, 1l2;
Roxane, III; Dom Paul, Ill
Second race-For mares and geldings;
three-year- -olds and upward; selling; one
mile and seventy yards.-Annie fhomp-
son, 50; Big Gun, 10s; Peiderich, 80: Mer-
Ger, 1a2; Disturber. los; Astor go; Lady
Chorister. 80; Fatalist, 105; Trebor, 100;
Black Dick. 9S.
Third race-For maiden two-year-olds; I;
five and one-half furIongs-F1ying But
tress, 1l2; Destitute, 119; Major Daniels,
112; Riddance. Past, 1o9; Swampland, 112;
Genesee, l09; Dewey, Connecticut, Anak,
ll2; Gay Girl, 100; Goldage. King Edward,
Kindred, liz; Siah, Sparklet, Pedestal.
Emma A. NJ, Lady Mag, Early Eve, lOs
Fourth race-For. three-year-olds and
upward; selling: one and one-sixteenth
miles.-Tyrshena. l06; Alard, Nitrate, So;
Royal Sterling, lC6; Bowen. 1OJi AStor, 9S;
Eloim 1O5; Sweet Tooth, l0l
Fifth race-FOr twO-year olds; selling;
one mile and seventy yards.-Sunderland
Blue Ridge, Tenagra. %; Atheola. 81;
Playlike, Courtenay. 1l2; G. Whittier. los;
Ratyah, 102; Francesca, 106; FOnsoluca,
lU5: Hayward Hunt, SO; Bessie Mccarthy
lG9: Arrah Gowan, Meister Singer, joy
maker, 10l.
Sixth race-For three-year-old and up
ward; selling; one mile and seventy yards
-Ringieader. 102: Kimberly, 81; Fe eler
alist 102; Glade Run. 81; Bounteous, i.'-
Cresson, Cherished, 81; Templeton,
| Know, Kingstelle, 81; Fons0lee, li5: 'r-
mise. 92; Mayor GilrOy, l05. Marothen,
RivauIak
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A BUFFALO FAIR ROMANCE.
The Eiopement of Chiquita, Known
as the Doll Lady.

BUFFALO, Nov. 2-Anthony C. woek-
ner, twenty-one years old, musician of
this city, was maTied 81 l O'Clock this
morning to Alice c. Espicidion, twenty
three years old, Mexican. The latter
escaped from some vigilant watchers who
were trying to prevent her marriage and
the entire exposition is celebrating the
event today.
Miss Espicidion became known to the
world this summer as "Chiquita, the Doll
Lady" and was connected with one of
the Midway shows. Chiquita's manager
suspected something was wrong last
night and slept In an adjoining room to
that occupied by the midget. he was
aroused shortly after midnight by noise
and rushing into Chiquita's room discov-
cred that she had gone.
The local police were notified and the
exposition guard was turned out to pre-
vent the elopement. but the lovers ef-
fected their escape and the marriage was
consummated. Woekner is about five feet
tall4and is normally developed His bride
is little over two feet tall. .l
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VICTIMS OF ANTI-ToXIN.
The Death List in ST. Louis Contin-
ues to Increase.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 2-Three children died
yesterday and one today after treatment
with diphtheria anti-toxin supplied by the
city. One suffered from tetanus. The
others. their physicians say. showed no
symptoms of that malady. Eight other
children are now suffering from tetanus,
following treatment with city anti-toxin.
In two cases death is expected momentar-
lily. the rest may recover
Physicians all over the city are deeply
interested in the progress Of the inves-
tigation into the direct causes Of the
death of those childIea on whose bodies
autopsies were held Thursday. Whether
II can be shown that the tetanus was due
to any bacillus in the anti-toxin or to the
presence of tctanus tthe specific poison
produced by the tetanus baciilD in the
diphtheria serum is a question that is
causing careful research on the part Of
every physician who has time to devote
to that work and deep concern to the
entire profession.
The Washington times., 1901-11-03
FRANKS OF HoLLowE'EN.
Thousands of Dollars Loss Caused
in Pennsylvania.

LEBANON. Pa, Nov. 2,-Several thou
sand dollars damage was done Thursday
night by boys in their celebration Of Hal
loween. at Myerstown. At midnight they
shook the town by the explosion of tif-
teen pounds of dynamite, which they stole
from stone quarry. The force Of the cX-
plosion was felt nine miles away and hun
dreds of window panes were shattered
at Myerstown.
An hour later the same boys are be
lieved TO have set fire to William Klahr's
stables. The flames communicated with
the stables of Harry ArtZ, and Miss Liv-
ingood and Rev. A. NJ. Blccker's
ice house, all of which. with their con-
tents. were destroyed. The loss is $500.
Citizens have offered a 800 reward for
the arrest of the gang.
At Antville boys celebrating Hallow-
cen are charged with placing a wagon
on the Lebanon Valley Street Railway
tracks. A car carrying public chocl
teachers home from. the county institu-
tion struck the obstruction and was de-
rallied, but no one was injured.
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SUED BY HIS soN-1N-LAw.
A Claim of $4,000 for Alienation of
Auections

NYACK, n. Y, Nov. 2-Bernard ]. Fox.
Of Haverstraw. has brought a suit for
500 Oo9 damages against Frederick Mard-
OFF. his father-in-law, for alleged alien
alton of his wife's affections The case
will be tried in the Rockland Supreme
Court this month.
Frederick Mardorf is a merchant in
Haverstraw. His daughter, Miss Louise
+. Mardorf was married to Fox In Spring
Valley. ON November q. 1893 but they did
not live together long. Fox alleges that
his father-iH-law has prevented his wife
from living with him. and has tried In
every way TO ALLEVIATE her affections from
him. Representative A. S. Tompkins and
his law partner, John W. McFarlane, have
been retained by Mr.. Fox as his attor-
news. Mr.. Mardorf says he will defend
the suit with all the vigor and ability he
can summon
The Washington times., 1901-11-03
BUFFALO Bills ACCIDENT.
His show Almost Broken Up Seven
teen Years AGO


RICHMOND, Va. .rNov. 2.-The catas-
trophe that overlook the Buffalo Bill
Wild West show in North Carolina at
the beginning of this week calls to mind
another disaster that happened to Colo
mel Cody and his organization in 1884,
while they steamed from Cincinnati to
New Orleans down the Mississippi River.
At that time Charles Sturme, of Rich
mond, was a member of the band of the
show, and he has avery vivid recollec-
tion of the accident. that while it did not
actually ruin the hackers of the enter
prise, resulted in the breaking up of the
old triumvirate partnership.
The aggregation was travelling on the
steamer William Thompson and making
towns on both sides of the Mississippi
The show embarked on December /. and
travelled without any accident for eleven
days. They were on their way rejoicing
on December IL, when the William
Thompson sighted steam tug coming
toward her, and the usual blatant steam
signals were exchanged
Suddenly, when the boats We're close to-
egther, the tug altered its course and
ran directly into the steamer, crashing n
fearful hole in her side. The boat was
beached and patched, while the animals,
except the buffalo and some wild asses,
We're transferred to barge which was
made fast alongside, and the journey was
resumed. Everything appeared to be go
ing along smoothly, until the men We're
astounded at the warning given out just
before breakfast the next day that the
boat was sinking and every man would
have to look out for himself
AS much of the baggage as possible was
transferred to the barge, but the boat
settled so quickly that little could be done
in this direction. and the men had barely
time to make their escape from the big
vessel before the barge was cut loose and
the William Thompson drifted a little far
ther on and settled to the bottom of the
river, leaving nothing but her smoke
stacks In sight.
The organization would have gone to
pieces at that time If Nat Salisbury had
not decided to put all his money and in
fluence behind the reha habilitation, which
was speedily effected in New Orleans,
though the familiar feature of the herd
of wild buffalo was never again replaced
on the same scale; 1t did. in fact, degen-
crate into an old scrawny hulk of man
gy looking quadruped. that pursued Its
unhappy way before the rattle of pistol
shots of Colonel Cody and a dozen or
more of his rough riders in harmless IL
lustration of nothing in particular.
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GIRLS SENTENCED FOR ARSON.
Set Fire to MugdnIen Home in Effort
to Escape.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. Judge Raj
ston yesterday sentenced Anna May Derr
TO two years and eight months in the
Eastern Penitentiary and Emma Aim to
two years and six months in the same
institution.
The girls set fire to the Magdalen Home,
at Twenty-first and Race Streets, in an
effort to effect their escape. but fortu-
nately the flames were discovered in time
not only to frustrate the plot, but also to
save the lives of the other inmates.
II is said both girls We're incorrigible
Anna May Derr being particularly vicious
# was for this reason that the Derr girl
was given the heavier sentence as it was
plain that she exercised an evil influence
over her companion, and the court did
not want both girls released from prison
at the same time.
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JAMES C. M'CooK DEAD.
First United states Consul to Daw.
son City Passes Away.

PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 2. = James
Church McCook. first United States Con-
sui at Dawson City. Northwest Territory.
died in his West Philadelphia home. Il
North Fiftieth Street. on Thursday night.
at the age of fifty-five years. The cause
OF his death was pneumonia, which he
contracted while in the Klondike region
last spring.
While lying seriously Ill in the Dawson
Hospital a false report reached the State
that he had died. He never fully recov-
cred from the attack. however, and last
Sunday returned TO spend the winter In
Philadelphia He suffered a relapse.
which proved fatal.
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FELL INTO A HOPPER.
A Sew Jersey Building Stone Con-
tractor Badly Injured

PLAINFIELD. n. J., Nov 2-Augistus
Baldwin, contractor for building stone,
while unloading some stone at the Wilson
crIsher in Washington Valley Thursday.
missed his footing and slid down the
embankment to the machine along with
the stream of cracked stone that was
,5euring into the crusher. He was badly
crushed. He landed in the hoped and
y Juld have been drawn through but for
resence of mind on the part OF William
wilson, who threw off the belt.
Baldwins ribs were almost crushed
from his body. His father a few weeks
ago met his death by 4 fast train in this
city while crossing the tracks to where
his son was at work.
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PendIeton,s Grave Preserved.

FREDERICKSBURG Va. Nov. THE
old graveyard containing the grave of Ed
mund Pendleton, the patriot. who was a
member of the House of Burgesses and
Of the Continental Congress. near Sparta.
Caroline county, where he lived, passed
into the hands Of a cOlored man some
wears ago and but for distant relative
the grave would have been lost to the
world This relative, a Philadelphia wom-
an went to Caroline county recently in
search of the grave. and when she found
II she purchased the place on which it
was located and had the grave suitably
marked.
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DISCOVERY OF A SKELETON.
Evidence OF n Suicide Found by Tel
cphone Linemcn.

QUINCY, Mass. Nov. "A party of
telephone linemen made a gruesome dis
covery in the woods of Randolph Avenue,
In the Blue Hills district, yesterday after
noon. While engaged in stringing wires
in that thickly wooded section, they found
the skeleton Of man who had probably
been dead since last winter The body
was dressed in heavy winter clothing
which held the bones together. The head
and hands had fallen off. The hands wero
enclosed in dogskin gloves. and I'm the
right hand was a rusty 22-calibre re-
volver. A bullet hole was found in the
skull.
The body when found was lying on its
side. and gave indications of having fal-
len from a stump near by. A red hand
kerchief was tied around the neck. In the
the pocket of the clothing was found
pair of spectacles In a case, but moth
ing else was discovered which might lead
to the mans Identification.
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A CLERGYMAN SUSPENDED.
Alleged to Have Broken His Promis,
to Marry.

HAZLETON, Pa, Nov. 2.-Beca;se, it is
alleged. he broke his promise to marry
Miss Jane Perry, of this city, Rev. james
II. Bittins. pastor of the NJ E. Church at
Silv erbrook, has been suspended from all
ministerial privileges until the next con-
April 1902
Presiding ElGer Evans, of Sunbury
Rev. J. w. Buckley, Of Shamokin; Rev.
J. F. Mann, of Gordon, and Rev. L. II.
Whitman. of Ashland comprised an in
vestigating committee that heard evidence
in the case The letters that passed be
tween Rev Mr.. Bettins and Miss Perry
during their engagement were offered as
TESTIMONY These were of a very ardent
type. The investigating committee found
Rev. Mr.. Bettins guilty, but advised
clemency.
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INTENDED TO END HIS LIFE.
A sharpened Spoon Found in a Wife
Murderer,s Cell.

wILKESBARRE. Pa, Nov. 2.-This
mornings search of the cell of the wife
murderer, John Lutz. resulted in sharp
ened spoon being found with which 1t is
supposed Lutz intended to kill himself
n the Board of Pardons, which is now
considered the case. refuses TO commute
his sentence of death.
The spoon had been carefully hidden
and was sharps.-d to knife edge.
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jackson Defeats Peppers.

BALTIMORE, Nov. 2.-Harry Peppers,
of California, last night. lasted just three
rounds and a half with young Peter Jack
son. of what was to be twenty-round
bout before the Eureka Athletic Club.
1t was Jackson's fight from start TO finish.
Peppers gave very poor exhibition.
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In Golf ParIance.
Erom the Pittsbnrr Times.l }

(From the Pittsburg TImes.)
The recent testimony in the Sehley Enquiry
has shown how the real players handled the gams
instead Of how the eaddies would have played 1t
If they had had chance.