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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-01
NOW IN THE GAME
Eastern League Wants to Take in
This City and Baltimore.
M'GRkW AGAIN HOLDS UPPER HAND
St, Louis Club to Be Sold to
Eastern Capitalists.
GENERAL SPORTING NEWS

President Pat T. Powers of the Eastern
Base Bail League arrived in Baltimore late
Yesterday afternoon. He registered at
hotel and arranged to leave early this
morning for his home in New York, says
the American of that city.
President Powers could not be located
last night, and 1t was announced at the
hotel that he had attended the theater.
Manager John McGraw likewise had disap-
peared from his saloon, where 1t was stated
he had taken a trip on a hurry call to New
York Putting the two together, 1t did not
seem improbable that the pair We're closet
ed together talking of base ball affairs, and
the Eastern League in particular.
Mr.. Powers Intentions.
Mr. Powers trip to Baltimore is inter-
preted to mean that the Eastern League Is
filed with the expansion idea, and that Its
president was sent to the oyster city to
make an eleventh hour attempt to secure
that place for his circuit. AS McGraw has
announced that he has signed ten years
agreement with the American League, II Is
not likely that Powers succeeded very we'll
in any expansion enterprise.
The history of the negotiations Of over
two years leads to the belief that the strong
hand OF John T. Brush Is In the visit of
President Powers. At the present time the
great desire of the National League mag
mates is to checkmate the American League
Anything TO beat Johnson Is their battle
cry, and that they ready to take ex-
IRENE measures Is indicated by the fact
that Richter. Quin and others of the Ma
tional Association movement, and the enc
mics of the National League, have been
taken under the wing of the major organi-
eation, that from threatening to crush them
out has suddenly switched to Offering as
sistance In the way of grounds and players
The Original Plan.
The original plan Of the National
Leaguers in reducing their circuit from
twelve TO eight clubs was to place the
Eastern League clubs in this city and Bal
timore. Pat Powers was willing enough,
but two things interfered.
Without Robinson and McGraw no Balti-
more capitalists would touch the PROPOSE
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Lord Pauncefote. the British ambassa.
dor. had conference with the second an.
sistant postmaster general Saturday upon
the establishment Of a parcels post coayen-
ton with Great Britain. The convention
experimental, and the department IL CO...
lecting data upon its operation during the
past year in order to determine whether
or not 1t Is advisable to establish parcAIa
countries These reports VIII probahly 81
completed about the middle Of Januarx
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turned over to us the territory which COM
prised a part of the American League last
year-Kansas City. Minneapolis and st.
Paul-and we intend to occupy 1t. Some
obstacles have been thrown in the path of
our league. but I am firmly Of the belief
that the only Western League next season
will be the one that was organized in this
city a year ago.
TT is true that Indianapolis and Louis
Vile are negotiating for franchises in the
Western League. Their admission would
probably mean the dropping Of Denver and
Pueblo, as circuit with Pueblo on the
west and Indianapolis on the east would be
too unwieldy. However, this proposition is
one that the league must take up
A Base Ball Secret Told.
A story from New York reached Muncie,
Ind. yesterday, says a special from that
place, to the effect that George Davis had
cleared up the atmosphere about Amos
Rusie's transfer to Cincinnati in a state
ment which fills a long-felt want. He Is
accredited with saying that Hawley and
Setback were traded to Freedman in 1889
for Rusie, and that Brush entered into the
deal heartily.
The story further goes that Rusie's objec-
ton to going to the Reds for some reason
or other resulted in loss to the queen
city. Hawley and Selbach played well. and
Freedman was satisfied and declined to
call the deal of and send Hawley and Sell
bach back west.
However, If Amos ever had any in-feel-
ing toward Cincinnati he does not show 1t
now. In fact, he says that he Is willing to
go to the metropolis on the Ohio river, and
that he will sign a contract whenever he is
asked to do SO like man. He is sore on
New York and not on the queen city. When
Brush sends for or comes to decker with big
Amos he will be confronted with familiar
stalwart figure, who will signify his will
1ngness to attach his signature to an agree
ment to twirl for the Reds next season II
he is accorded fair consideration. II the
story by Davis Is true the cat that has
been long in hiding in the bag has Jumped
out 1t Is certain that Rusie will not OBJ
ject to playing in Cincinnati.
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BOsTON's sIX-DAY RACE,

Many Accidents and Retirements
Marked the First Day.
The six-day cycle race at Boston started
at 1:2O pm. yesterday, with seventeen
entries. and 1900 spectators were present
The men are to ride from 1 pm. until g.,
with an hours rest for supper, and then
to continue from pm. until II. The track
is eight laps to the mile.
At 1892 Kaiser's wheel slipped and he
fell with the other riders piled on top Of
him. His arm was broken and he was
carried from the track. The other riders
scarcely had returned to the track when
Frederick Ryser, Miller and Fischer went
down In a heap and were removed. Just
after the second accident Mclean ran into
a post and was considerably injured. At
4:4O Downey fell and was carried away in
an unconscious condition. Waller also
went down and was off some hours
The riders, by agreement, kept together
for an hour to warm up.
The 1O0-mile record was broken by Kaser
in hours "a minutes q 3-5 seconds. The
previous record was held by Charles w.
Miller. Of hours A minutes. Kaser in
the lead completed the 150th mile in 6
hours 50 minutes % 2-5 seconds.
The positions Of the riders at the close Of
the afternoons racing were az follows:
Stinson. GougoItz. Mclean, Walthour,
Kaser and Fischer. all Of 112 miles, and
Downey, Fredericks. Ryser, Muller, BaD-
cock. ACCOutrier, Waller ana Dubois, the
last-named being only 90 miles laps.
Hildreth Again Suspended.
The stable of Sam Hildreth was suspend
ed pending an investigation, owing to the
showing made by Bangor favorits In the
NTH event at Oakland. CAL, yesterday. He
fell out Of the race at The half-mile pole
and pullman pulled HIM up. At first 1t was
thought he sprained HIS back. and Bullman
claimed Koenig struck him. The veterinary
surgeon reported tojotha judges that the
horse was greatly distresSsd. Bangor opened
at to 8. receded to 9 TO 5. and was then
backed to even money. Favorites Jared
badly, only one Of them winning.
-+s-tb,
Iayers' Latest Scheme.
Chief Charles L. Zimmer, president
Of the Players Protective Association, is
authority for the statement that an at
tempt will be made to knock out the mo-
noroly on the official league ball. He says
the players are at the head of the move
ment, and that this Is all due to the pres
emit trouble between the magnates and
players.
Clark Griffith Of Chicago is urging on
the players in their anti-Spa1ding fight. It
is claimed that he will be supported by
the American League magnates and a
company will be formed to manufacture the
goods. It will be run on q cooperative
basis. The players claim 1t b practically
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HsCatarrh YOUR L ife'sCnOud

Eminent nose and throat specialists in daily prac-
tice highly recommend DIR. Agnew's Catarrhal Pow.
der, as safe, sure, permanent, painless and harm
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Cahill is not at all satisfied with either the
number or the amounts Of the bids received.
He declares that he has received an open
offer of $4,000 for the horse and, while he
will not reveal the name Of the bidder,
maintains that he was amply able to pay
that amount for a trottar.
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utes later 1t will have passed the cross of
St. Paurs and be flowing I'D Fleet street.
In seventeen hours and twenty minutes
from the time 1t crossed the dawn line 1t
Of Liberty, and in three hours more II Will
have reached the Golden Gate. Thence it
win cross stretch of ocean unbroken by
rock or islet back to the dawn line, and so
ing of the first day Of the twentieth cen.
tnry.
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a fight against a trust. but nevertheless
they expect to win. At present Spalding
has a monopoly on base balls, and this be-
ing the case, they feel that the public will
be with them.
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ROBISONS OUT.

st. Louis Club, In National League, to
he Sold to Eastern Parties.
A special from Cleveland, Ohio, says that
negotiations are now under way for a big
base ball deal which will mean the retire.
ment Of the Robson brothers Of that city
from the national game. through the pur-
chase Of the st. Louis club. The deal Is
said to have been under way for some time
and eastern capitalists will in a short time
be in control Of the National League plant
In the mound city. The names Of the east
ern capitalists could not be learned.
Neither Frank De Haas Robson, the
president of the St. Louis club, nor his
brother, Stanley Robson, could be located
yesterday, although both make their home
In Cleveland. They broke into the St. Louis
territory two years ago, when Chris Won
der Abe had his financial troubles. At that
time they also owned the Cleveland club
which the National League bought from
them last spring, when 1t decided to reduce
its circuit from twelve to eight clubs.
1t Is said that the Robisons have not
found the g. heus club RrG II; sad In;
last winter made preparations for what
they thought would be a championship
team in that city. They did so by pur-
Robinson and Keister from the Brooklyn
Baltimore combination, Of Patsy Donovan
from the Pittsburg club and of Dan Nc
Gam from the National Leagues auction
Unfortunately for the Robisons, things
went wrong. despite their carefully laid
plans and great outlay Of money. McGraw
and Robinson held out from going to st.
Louis until some weeks after the champion
ship race began. and when they did sign
contracts St. Louis was in the throes of the
street car strike, thus preventing big re-
turn on the investment.
Indeed, so bad did things go for the Robi-
sons that 1t Is said one of their good friends
had to come to their rescue last summer.
Recently a mortgage on the st. Louis club 8
hoiolngs was filed in the courts of st. Louis.
| This is reported to be only a preliminary
step to the final retirement Of the Robson
| brothers from base ball.
No War Looked For,
! President Thomas J.. Hickey Of the West
ern League does not anticipate any war
| in base ball circles during the coming sea-
| son between the National and American
| leagues Neither does he believe that any
obstacle will arise to interfere with the
| successful operation Of the Western League
| along the lines which eventually shall be
| determined upon.
Mr.. Hickey held short consultation with
| President Keith and Manager Rourhe OF
| the Omaha club in that city yesterday :
After the conclusion of the conference
President Hickey talked freely on base ball
| matters.
! 1.-THE National League" hs said. "haa
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Lot 3.

Choice Of Black Lisle
Hose in lace effects,
novelty stripes and boot
patterns, embroidered
effects. etc. s 0 m e
worth sor '0c' 35c
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Lot g.

High grade Novelty
Lisle Hose from Paris,
reliable Silk Hose in
black and colors, from
Germany. Mostly AOc
S1.25 Hose. NV
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Lot 3.

Ladies' and Chi1dren's
Oneita Suits, separate
Vests, Pants and Tights.
"a wool. Some worth
$1.5O. Choice 7R~
for only. wv
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Lot 2.

Ladies' and Children's
Tights, Union Suits,
Vests and Pants, In
merino and silk. Values
to 81. Choice AM1
for only. Wv
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Extreme Paris Novel;
ties, those you have seen
all the season at $1.50
and up. Mostly col
S S5s, some csc
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Choice Of Ladies' Black
Lsle Drop-stitch Hose,
silk embroidered boot
patterns, polka dots,
stripes, etc. s o m Q
for S'e' l0c
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Ladies' and Children's
Silk and LambTs-wool
Vests, Pants, Tights and
Combination Sui t g.
Worth up to $500.
c eass. 70. csc
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Not only Black Hose, but all the novelties of the
Lord Taylor constantly samples from Europe many
than looked These included with SAMPLES
red by the dummes shown the New York office Non
the best at less than of importation.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-25
HE'S FORTY YEARS TOO LATE.
The Nan Who Is Trying to Catch
Mountain Sheep for Uncle Sam
Is Behind Time.

4 speaking of mountain sheep said
3Loe Sheppard of Dillon, veteran Mon
staIian. at the Thornton hotel this morn
.sing Who had been reading Of the govern
abb nt's desire to have a few of the big
gholns for the Smithsonian institution at
washington. and the commissioning of
IS oe Causley, noted Montana hunter, to
capture six OF the creatures at 800 q
head. speaking of Montana sheep he
said again, laying down his paper.
t"Causley will earn his money. several
times over. Mountain sheep are to be
found in Montana; but they are worth
snnore than $500 apiece to capture. They
sare almost as elusive as sunbeams are
.tnis summerf They are double distilled
ghosts, when it comes to the catching.
i But there was time when even this
+ shy creature was easy to take. When
came up the Missouri in 1864 you could
SEQ the sheep outlined against the sky
On d hundred bluffs; and one time, when
three of us were scouting along the river,
looking for game, while the frail little
cookie shell Of boat was making game
fight against the rapids, We cornered two
little sheep. not much more than week
old, I should judge, on point oil rocks
jutting out into the water. After laugh
able chase, we caught and tied the little
fellows up, in such articles of clothing
as we could and still be presentable when
we returned to the boat. But the old
sheep made such a plaintive crying for
her young that we let them go; more es-
pecially as we had no good way to feed
them, and did not know what to do with
them if we had kept them. They We're
not worth $1GO apiece then; l doubt II
We, could have gotten that many cents.
Mr.. Causley will find sheep on the
EridCer range, or on the Belly river, and
i perhaps on the Sun river; but he will
earn his money, even more than the
+ ordinary writer who writes for fame and
enough to live on. He is forty years too
la in his sheep-catching expedition.
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Trust INVESTMENTS.

IF SOME who denouncing what they call
copper would. with their surplus earnings
few shares of safe copper stocks theS
their income to such an extent 'a'
they nothing denounce. The banks OF butte
contain nearly deposits Much of this money
is the democratic papers nom
esy believe every business enterprise is
theving game managers INSCRIPTIONS trick
sters The opposite generally of the trust
managers being honorable and capable men, largely
labor and the best repre-
Citizenship. Andrew Carnegie landed
without dollar; did Marcus Daily. Mr.
Schwab, who million got four dol
a The trust magnates' as they are called are
rule their methods and it is possible for
every of his to share in
their profits. particularly in Butte. A few
stock s2 share Anaconda 2l Butte
& Amalgamated 800 They all dividend
payers and have doubled in value Six months
with 5000 bought three shares Of os
ton would add to his wages ST.
a month, day the round That would
be equivalent o advance of 10 cent in his
wages With three shares & Montana he could
now obtain shares Of Amagamaed with guaranteed
regular dividend and thus have for fortune
What is of Butte stocks is true OF nearly all
other so-called trust Frugal workingmen can
profit sharers in OF them
it, by good steady work. they will save few
hundred dollars 1t is admitted that there
are but many are legitimate
enterprises made by existing condons
foreign competition, and man can participate IN
their profits only enough from his earnings
to nav for few shares. advise speculation or
marsin, buying only investments in reliable concerns
management of which the investors are
necessarily With in their capacity as empayes.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-25
SNAKES OUT FOR AN AIRING
Fires in the Mountains Drive the Rep
tiles to the 1owlands in
Thousands. .

Montana citizens have had to deal
with all kinds of issues during the past
few years." said Joe Graham of Logan
at the Butte hotel this morning" but
now there has a new issue intruded upon
the ranges of the state. The snake
issue is uppermost in the minds OF
great many residents of the lural COM
munities. During the past month more
snakes have been seen and killed In the
country districts of the state than have
been known for many years. They ap-
pear to have come upon the people In tie
form of a plague and there are all kinds
and classes of reptiles.
Years ago we used to have rattle
snakes by the millions and the cowboys
on the ranges used to take shots at tAe
heads of the scaley rattlers with their
six shooters. In the old days we rather
expected such things but of late years
we have not had SO many of them ana
some of us thought the snakes had all
gone away or were killed off.
You see the forest fires in the noun
tains have a great deal to do with the
snakes in the lower levels OF the state.
When a forest fire breaks out and burns
along the ridges it drives all the snakes
before it and urges them on to the va.
leys where they stay until they gradually
drift back to the mountains again. Re-
Gently in several parts of the state we
have had large strips of the mountains
burned off by fires that have lasted TO"
weeks and all the snakes came down 10
the low lands and were seen In what ar
peared to be veritable armies along the
ridges where the sun shOne hot. In a
few weeks they will appear to be in the
majority and they are numbered by the
| thousands every place that snakes are
found. mo" laughed Graham as the
| reporter slyly grinned at the story. u
haven't been drinking or talking VIII
| anyone who has been drinking. This is
all true as gospel. The snakes are ou'
/ for an airing and the forest fires are
| chasing them to the lowlands."
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OIL SPECULATION.

- - ONTANA MEN recently arrived from California
NI do not speak hopefully of oil prospects there
That petroleum is abundant in places is true.
It's value bbl under the most
At present there is little demand
it, though in future years it may come into use Tor
steamboat railroad other industrial The Cali
forna oil cannot and nearly all of it requires
pumping, flowing wells being few and far between Inc
Texas seriously affected the California Oil in
the Texas quality and the
being Montana people having money TO IN
vest in personally visit the oil regions or send
a trusted agent they will lose their money to GER
tanty The stock jobbers will the profits and the
SPECTATORS the sack 1t would be far wiser Tor
Montana neople to keep money else invest
it in local securities real estate glt-edged mining
stock or farming There profitable oil wells in
the state best opportunities for investment
rio
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-25


a ement
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scrubbng did the pkannny
hen the was
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crowd
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IS BRYAN AT HIS OLD TRICKS?

u NOTWITHSTANDING BRYAN'S cautious assertion
~ that he is at this time connected Nth the new
q third party many who will view the
Nebraskan of disineresed loyalty to democracy
until after his candidacy for the presidential
nomination finally disposed of. 1t be, Mr. Bryan
says strings the party recently
organized at Kansas City The indications however,
the of the partys existence has ex
pired the find place for the organization
In his political plans and will need in his business The
new party indication of the trend Of the po
cal the organization be found
signs prove Bryan is to his old tricks again.
1t will remembered that the nominations formerl,
made by party engineered in such
way it appeared the choice fell the from
Platte with pleasing unanimity and all opposition to
his candidacy before the enthusiasm with which
his analysis conditions which
convention which nominated Bryan for the
last campaign dscoses large number of stumbling blocks
way a conclusion, however nomination
of Bryan accomplished by political trick trans
parent reputation for crookedness for ward
politician The Nebraskan fosed the party with
aid of third party" justies
suspicion that the organization brought
Kansas City is merely cracker the whip with which
convention meets.
Before the Bryan forces
had arranged to capture the popus
Falls, democratic gathering
called order The nomination Bryan
hands of the populist party used tempting
catch political gudgeons Kansas City the aggre-
cation known the silver party swung line for
the boy influence the eastern demo-
Under these hard conditions it impossible
the convention Kansas City escape
the domination of Bryan withdraw the nomination for
the presidency from his
From the very good start already made in organizing
third parties excellent prospect history
he political trckery of 1900 repeating itself.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-25

Mrs. Henpeck - I
saw a book today l
thought of getting
you. 1t was entitled
How To Be Happy,
Though Married"
Henpeck - Why,
my dear, you know
l never read fiction.
Judge.
Miss Summergirl-
They found a man.
eating shark dead on
the beach today. 1
wonder what could
have killed it?
Miss F kell -
Starvation, I guess,
if it We're a man.
eating shark.-Life.
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Twas q jolly Good Time.

Chief Sanger of the fire department
celebrated the 40th anniversary of his
birthday, last night, at the Quartz street
fire station. He was ably assisted by
about 125 ladies and gentlemen, friends
and guests, who We're invited to partici-
pate in the publication. A bounteous
feast was spread early in the evening"
followed later by dancing, which lasted
until midnight. The festivities of the
evening We're at the suggestion of Thorn
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-25

The local democratic organs o entirely
satisfied with the Ohio republican convention The har-
that prevailed distressing esteemed
opposition Forakers defense of the administration
ubant references AmericaD prosperity and his
defense the decision touching
issues equally dscouragng Bryan organs
for they not only overwhelming republican
victory state. but hint future triumphs in the
broader field of national politics
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-25

ID d you Sc e
Broadway when you
were in New York;"
asked the farmers
wife of her husband
on his return home,
"Oh, yes" was the
reply. Il ran across
1t the first day I
was there. "-Yonk-
ers statesman.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-25

the 7-year-old SON of q neighbor, with q
stone The warrant was issued out Or
Judge Sheppards court at Meaderville.
bond was given and the case set for
trial Monday.