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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-21
TRAVIS on BRITISH GOLFERS.



SPECIAL
New York. Aug. 3-walter ]. Travis led
a party Of ~weli-known golfers down the
gangwa Of Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
this evening. all of whom have been abroad
since June.
Travis said he would defend his title In
the coming amateur championship at At
lantic City. In Scotland. he played over
the links OF Troon. Prestwick. North Ber-
wick. Muirfield. Barnton. Carnoustee and
st. Andrews. and. crossing into England.
visited Sandwich. .Hoylake. Deal. Fornby,
Woking. Hunter Combe and Richmond.
Afterward no journeyed through Switzer-
land and France. enjoying some fine golf
ing over the eighteen-hole links at Trou-
vile.
Give me a team Of our best PLAYERS"
said Travis. land We would beat the ten
best players of Great Britain. II the match
was played In this country. but play the
match there and our team would be showed
under. This means that there Is more Diff
ference between the links OF the two coun-
tries than there IL In the players. Al far
as turf goes our links hold their own bet
ter than l had thought possible, for our
best greens. through cultivation. are lark
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JEFFRIES AND RUHLIN MATCHED.
Heavyweights VIII Rattle for Worlds
Champf0nshtp This Winter.

San Francisco. Cal, Aug. @.-Jim Jenries
agreement to-day to fight for the heavy
weight championship of the world: Ii was
agreed that the match Is to take place
some day either In November or December
before the club offering the largest purse.
pugiiists expressed preference for
either the San Francisco Athletic Club or
the Twentieth Century Club
Bids for the fight will be received and
opened in public. The articles Of agree
ment call for a division OF the gate re-
ceipts on a basis of % per cent to the win
ner and % per cent to the loser. Il
Kid Eagan's signature accompanied that
Of Jeffriec. while Billy Madden. h repre-
eents Rubin. signed with the would-be
champion. ?
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AUCHTERLONIE WINS At GOLF.
Glenvic,v Professional Lands W estcrn
Open Ckemptonship at ChIcaEo.

Chicago, Aug. 20.-Lawrence Auchter!onie.
the professional golfer of Glenview. Chica-
go. won the open Western championship to-
day from a field of thirty-e;gh; representa-
tive amateurs and professionals in the sec
ond annual tournament. under the auspices
OF the Western Golf Association. to deter
mine the Western open champion. Auchter-
lonie's score for the thirty-siX holes was To-.
which was p remarkable figure for such a
course. David Rell of the Midlothian
Club was a close second. with ie2.
The play of the entire field showed good
golf, considering that the course was a bit
heavy from recent rains. The scores were
as follows
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SNUG IN FOURTH PLACE.

brooklyn Takes q Big Lead Over Car
dinals@G0ssip of the Game.
The outlook for the Cardinals is anything
but encouraging. Even though materially
handicapped by the loss of Tommy Leach
at third. the Pirates are in little danger. II
they can keep up their ferocious stick
work The Hanlonites put themselves away
to the good by annexing the double-header
from Philadelphia yesterday, and are now
In third place and eleven points ahead Of
st. Louis. The Brooklyn bunch Is coming
strong. and with a few more scalps lifted
from the Eastern teams will be at Philadel-
phfa's heels next. Boston is playing a list
Q battle for a place In the first division.
New York. by taking that hard-fought
game from Boston. Is nearly up to Cincin-
MATHS average, as wet grounds prevented
the Reds and the Remnants from mixing it
yesterday.
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here. and az Young Carrie is exceedingly
clever with his "mitts" the pair will tut
up a fast bout.
a battle royal between FIVE Of the best
negro drivers in the employ Of Ed Butler
will furnish additional sport.
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MANITOBA DEFEATS MINNESOTA.
mad ms Garry on Second Same IN
Northwestern Cricke Tournament.

FECIAL
Chicago. ILL.,. Aug. M.-The Canadian
cricketers from Manitoba defeated the
MINES ia eleven. composed Of all the best
players from the ST. Paul and Minneapolis
teams. by g runs to-day in the second game
Of the Northwestern Cricket Associations
tournament. The score by innings:
FIRST inning-Manitoba. 81: Minnesota. u
Second inning-Manitoba- 1T; Minnesota,
81.
Two games will be played tomorrow:
The St Louis eleven. which was defeated
by the Wanderers Of Chicago Monday. will
tackle the Manitoba aggregation. and as
both teams are composed of some Of the
best cricket players in the West. a ci'nkfng
good match should result. The Wanderers
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Mailman l. ponahue L Three-base hit.-stahi /.
Hemphiii l. stolen bases-Cnliins / Double
glay-Parsnt Ferris and Freeman !: Collins.
!: Bruyette and Anderson L First base on
bells-On Hawiey 2 on SPARKS 2. Struck OUT
BY Young ,. by Hawley /. by Sparks 4 Time
one hour and twenty minutes C~mpirsAcSnfil-
lon "t -.
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Boston o., Milwaukee a

Boston. Aug. 20.-Boston eva MIL
waukee in the quickest-played game on the local
grounds this season. Hawley. who occupied the
box for the visitors. was very easy. and re-
tired in favor Of Sparks in the fourth. The lat
ter shut the home team out without q hit for
the remainder OF the game. Young was very ef-
feciiye ABUNDANCE a6lA Score:
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NO PAY.
NO CURE.

NEN.-If goo have snail. vcak
orRsns, lost power o. weAkeo1n9
drains. our vaeuum Organ Devesopsf
VIII ressors you without drug -
electricity; Structure sna vasseees1s
permanently cured IN ! % ves1ss
5000 in uee; not one failure. -
one returned; effect immediate; -
Co.D. fraud; vriss for free pars3ear
lars, sent scaled In plain savoeoDA
CO.. " Ihsfp 0lt.. ls6lsssps'ss. ~
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BROOKLYN A. PHILADELPHIA 1-2.


Philadelphia. Pa. Aug. 2O.-Brookiyn won two
ting In the hrs, game Donovan had the locals
completely at his mercy. The locals had n
chance TO win in the ninth inning Of the second
game With three men on bases and two out
Delehanty forced Flick at second. Emslie was
taken I'll and retired after the first game. players
umpiring the second. Attendance. S.4s& Scores:
FIRST GAME-
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PITTSBURG.

Earned Iuns,,Pittsburs 9. Two-bass hits-Kru-
ger J. Three-base hits-C.arke !. Bransheld l..
Sacrifice hits-Clarke l. Hit by pitcher-By
Gheshro 2 Double plays-Dayis and Wagner /
on bases-Pittsburg 10. st. Louis 4. Strike outs
BY Wicker 2. by CHESHIRE !. Wild pitches-By
CHESHIRE 4. Time Of game-One hour and fifty
minutes. Umpires-O'Day and Brown.
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Colorado Springs. Colo. Aug. anil
Colorado SPRINGS broke even On a doub,e-header
to-day. The FIRST game wer; ID omaha through
costly errors. The feature of me game was
seven doubl. plays In the sec nj game the
and scored the winning run in The eleventh on
q two-hase hit and a single. with no one out
Attendance 1880. Scores:
First game:
r. VI. z
Omaha -. III 5000 l2 =
Colorado Springs ; GO 6
Batteries: Omahs-Coons and Gonding. Colorado
Sprinss-McNeely and Donahue.
Second game:
Oman. IoooeLooooe. 2
Col. Springs-0 ! o o o Ia Il 5
Batteries: O~maha-Alioway and Buckley. Col
orado S~pfinge-Parvin and Donahue.
Western ASSOCIATIONS.
Toledo I. Dayton J.
Wheeling 3, Grand Rapids o.
Fort Wayne /. Mathews Q.
Three ! League.
Rock Island 10. Decatur 3.
Cedar Rapids I. Evansville l..
Davenport l. Terre Haute 3.
Rockford T. Bloomington 9.
REFCBIIC SPECIAL
merce team Of Kansas city defeated the We
yada Msroons to-day by a score Of Q to 2 Bat
ter.es: Cheeks and Weeks.
Kansas Cfty~Jones ard Thompson
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'Bstted for Donahue in the ninth.
Pbiisdsiphia ::"...o . SSSgoS -
Earned runs Brooklyn 3. Philadelphia I. Two
base hits-Sheckard J. Dahlen l. Home runs
sheskard l. Stolen bases.Irwin /. Douglass l.
Dahlen and Kelley !. Left on
s. Philadelphia 10. First base on balls-oH
Hughes T. Hit by p~itcher-Irwin I. Struck out
BY Hughes s. by Donahue 4 Time-Two hours
and ten minutes. Cmpires-McGuire Orth ard
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AN PM. TOTAL.
/. Auchterionie. Glenview........ ~ 81 lSp
David Bell. Midlothian ......... 81 II ls
Harry Turpie. Edswater --...-...-. Sc So isS
James Fouls. Chicago Golf Cub. So s. I3
Mr.. W. Holabtrd. Jr.. Gienview ..... s. = I5
A. G. Tolifson. Lake Geneva....... Fl 81 III
Mr.. Phelps Il. Hovt. Glenview go. e2 S2 la
Walter FovarEue. Belmont ......... s. O. lY
Geo. Braid. 81. Paul Country club IS Sc Ia
Mr.. Bruce Smith. OnventsIa --..-.G g 100
Mr.. W. n. Yale. Eerosha .-..-... ~ ? 49,
Joe Mitchell. Cleveland Golf Cub 20 &c Is
David Mcintosh. Westward Ho.-..- SO 90 nS
Mr.. W. q. T. Bristol. Midlothian. - % Is
H.. J. Tweedie. Belmont ..-....-..-- % % lf
Alexander Taylor. ESms or ..---.--- 81 Is I9
Fred Herd. Washington Park ...... s. . l9
viii Smith. Midlothian ..-.--.- IS S. IL
a. J. Christy. Riverside ....---.-- So 90 las
David Fouls. Chicago .......-..-.. 81 - "a
Alexander Baxter. Midlothian ...... 81 81 $50
Jamie Watson. Skokie .-...----..- 20 81 ISL
Willie Still. Kenosha ......-...... % s. n2
Robert Taylor. FxmOor .-.----.--.Y 80 Isl
Y. u. Pearson. Homework ..----.-.. 81 % lo
Mr.. w. r. Pillsbury. Onwen's.a... 81 e2 n3
Mr.. William Waller. Onv entsta...- % 81 1t
Mr.. Frank n. Frazier. Glenvicw.-.G 90 IL
Mr.. Harold @. Smith. Onwentsia--. "a s 1877
Mr.. Alden n. Swift. Onwentsia..-.-l03 80 2O
Mr.. Neil Cincinnati --..-.lM IS 20
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Howell and Hart 1. First base on balloon
Sewer /. OF Howell l.. of McGinnity 3 Struck
oUt-Ry McGinniiy =. by Sewer 4. Left on bases
pire-Connolly.
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bruokIEn..-..- 80 .-- - " v 1 v ~
PHILADELPHIA. -. .......yO o / 0 0 0 o 81
Earned runs-Brooklyn 2 Two-base hits
Sheckard 1. Flick l. Stolen bases-wolverton I.
Jennings J. Double Dshlen and
Kelley l. Left on !. Philadelphia
s First base on ballsLo1 Donovan 5. Townsend
. Struck cut-By Donovan 4, Townsend g.
Passed h~alis-Farell 1. Wild /.
Time-Two hours. Umpire-Emslie.
SECOND GAME.
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NEW YORK 8. BOSTON O.
Giants Landed q Hard-FOught Game
In Eleventh Inning.

Boston, Aug. n.-Wiliis weakened in the
eleventh. and three hits. with a wild throw
by Willis and a tumble by Love-, brought
home the only runs of the game. Taylor
was very effective. Attendance. $50. Score:
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'Batted for Patten in the ninth
Washington ..-.".-.-.-l eeolos
Chicago ..-..-......-..-4 0 0 o o 3 o . 0s
Earned runs-washington ,. Chicago :. Two
base hits-McFarland !. Three-base hits
Coughlin 1. How l. Hartman 1. Isbell 1. Shugart
l. Sullivan l. Home ~runs-Patten /. Griffith I.
Stolen bases-Clingman 1. shugart p Double
plays-Shugart to Isbel L: CiinRman to Farrell
to Grady l. First on balls-On Patten 4. of
Griffith /. Hit bv pitched ball-By Patten l.
Struck out-By Patten !. nv Griffith 4. Time
Two hours. U~mpire-Hasksl.
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Jack Powell will do the slab work for the
ming streak which the Pirates are display
ing. Is expected to give the visitors a close
argument. Ryan will likely be returned to
are slated to do the battery work for Pitts
burg. One Of the Pirates new men prob
ABLY VIII oe Even a cnance on tne nring line
handicapped by a weakness in his pitching
stan. Harper IL supposed to have a sore
with q lame shoulder. Murphy has the
same complaint. Wicker may do the twiri-
ing In to-morrow's game.
An example Of the loose playing In which
the Donovanites INDUCED at different times
0vvtHa ~ - 0pcpEre1 - fNA atGhtA ~
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rwo-esss hifs@ 'rahHa i pf y i. p Saxs'i !. H.::
Stolen ases-Har l Double playr-Eiy. La
ioie and Davis l.: Harvey and LAchance I.
Pickering and Iachsnce J.. Left on basss-Phil-
adeiphia 8. Cleveland z First base on haii.-on
hard / by McNeI l. wild pitches-Rernhard l.
Tfme-one hour and thirty-eight minutes. UNI
pirNShericaa.
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Charles W. Nusent. the dry goods mer-
in puppy stakes for his King Of Hearts
lord G~ienkirk-Queen Of Hearts,. bred by
the late BENJAMIN O'Keefe and presented
to Mr.. Nugent by Charles c. Sphinx Mr..
Nugent has kept the dog at his country
residence. Piasa Bluffs. all summer. They
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sBatted for Willis In eleventh.
New York ..-...."o Q IS
Earned runs-New York 1: Two-base hits
Tenny l. s;olep Sases-willis l. Demont /
out-By Willis 2. Time-Two hours. Umpire
Dwyer.
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Washington. Aug. 1.-Chicaso punched their
long hits in three innings. and walked away
with to-day's game. washineton's hits were more
the race. The visitors nine hits, only two be-
ing singles. were good for twenty-five basss.
Attendance. ala. Score:
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Cleveland z, Philadelphia.
Philadelphia. Aug. eo-Cleveland defeated
Philadelphia to-day by punching hits. The hits
OF the local men were widely scattered. Attend
snce IN Score:
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AMERICAN
Detroit 3, baltimore 2,

Baltimore. Nd, Aug. ao-Detroit defeated BaI-
timore to-day. Sewer proved an enigma to the
local batters. and Connolly's umpiring was again
so cratic that he and his Gordon on police had
TO take refuge In the grand stand. Attendance.
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P. ]. Flynn, owner Of Black Joe. a sue
cessful sire. finds business 50 pressing tina
he will be unable to handle his fine kenne
his season. He has a nice pair Of Purple.
by Black Joe-Alice that will get the money
Mr.. Flynn Is looking for a good man to TAX
the dogs outright or on shares. He expect.
great things Of them. Judging from whai
Black Joe has done with his limited oppcr
t~unities, the youngsters should more thar
fulfill Mr.. F1ynn's expectations
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Southern League.
Shreveport. Aus. D.-Score:
Memphis - $500. = y Z
Batteries: Memphis-Robb and Armstrong.
Ehreveport-Cates and Montgomery.
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Little Rock. Aug. co-Score:
New Orleans ....3 Q es II
Little Rock ......5 o 1 I o. 10 i
Batteries: New Orlo~ans-Freeland and Al,bost
Little Ro~ck-McCloskey. Popp and Lyncn.
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With the exception of his wild throw over
first. Yeager did fairly well at third. Leach.
according to last reports. is nursing a very
sore foot.
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khinS EOrtkoHf<us run.
Western League.
Kansas City. NO., Aug. @--Gibson won the
first game for Kansas City by superior nitchinc
Shabby playing by the home team and heavy bal.
game. Attendance. 1850. Score:
First game:
Kansas City ...-..o 3eeoeol..S s
Batteries-Gibson and Messitt: Chsch and WI
son.
k :. CIT, -.-sssdtssSSs !
Observation-Disclosures and Nessitt; Cook ana Wu-
son.
the games today with Minneapolis. rbe .rror.
Of the visitors were costly. although they mad
far the best Of 1t in the hitting. Score:
First game:
SinnespoIPi, ""..o oeoioeiS 10 I
Batte1es-McDonalG and Doom: whiteridge and
Mcconnell.
Second Eams:
s 81 ss:ssh sssIs:::GS
Battenes-McFadden and Doom: wadsvosth,
Ferguson and Mcconnell
Denver. Colo, Aus. M.-Denver took two games
from the Des MONIES team to-day. The 6rst NE
ting. aided by clever work IN the nsac. In tie
second Eame Bubser was hit at v1n md TIE rest
Of The bes Noines team playsd Y z spfitsss
AAehdon- Tha name Wos eaueo exso ~ ~
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Mr.. Curran brought Ben Bolt from Min.
neapolis to mate with May Herschei to ges
directed and lay at Union Station fora
week during the terrific hot weather OF July,
MIR. CuTran finally found him when ne va
about dead. He had a time bringing him
around, but he Is now doing nicely.
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birmingham. Aug. G.-Seore:
Birmingham ......0 80 3
Selma :. .......0 o 2 / d /
Batteries. Birmingham-Gillen and KalkhoY
~Selma-BaiIey. cribbens and Moore.
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Mr.. LAWNS brindle has been bred q
Warourton and Is about due. The forme!
litter did well. They are a racy and ufce
looking lot Of youngsters. Like the Whte
Wings lot they are all a bit leggy and ap.
pear slow in developing. The sire leave
his impress on his stock. They are q
WarburtOns. -
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-04-02
A DAMAGE SUIT IHE WAS BURNED.
Pickles Injured by Exploding
NaphIha While Cleaning Coat

Manchester. ~. H., April 2--An explo-
sion and fire i'm James ID. Perkins clean
sing and dying establishment No. "a Man
chester street shortly before o'clock
this morning occasioned momentary ex-
citemeut
One OF the employees. jed Pickles was
at work cleaning vest and I'm rubbing
there Is supposed 60 have been a match
I'm one OF the pockets which ignited. This
set fire TO the naphtha which was being
used and the fire communicated To a can
OF the explosive. The explosion which fol-
lowed forced the entire north wall OF tho
building out several feet, burned Mr.
Pickles about the arms and neck, and
singed his hair
Mr.. Perkins. the proprietor, had his
moustache, hair and eyebrows singed The
former was conveyed TO the Sacred
Heart hospital but the injuries OF either
men are not serious. The fire occasioned
by the explosion was quickly extinguish-
ed by the fire department with but tri-
fling loss.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-04-02
HE HAD
NARROW
ESCAPE.
Boy Tries to Run In Front Of
Trolley Gar and Is
Knocked Down.

The small boys OF Atwells avenue have
habit OF running beside the fast speed
ing electrics. and with such utter disre-
gard of their danger that at times en-
plcyes as well as passengers. shudder at
the narrow escapes of the urchins from
terrible deaths under the wheels.
This morning there was another in
stance of this Juvenile bravadA and Il al
most resulted in Fancisco Del Sesto be-
Ing cut 10 pieces.
The lad ran out from the sidewalk just
a. ear No. 25S was approaching ST Johns
church on the 1880 inward boduas trip.
For n few feet the boy ran beside the
car aud then. as IL believing that he could
Sprint across the track In safety. he
turned di&Sonally and ran in 'front.' OF the
car.
The motorman jammed the brake on
hard an brought the car almost TO an
ifnmedia stop.
Everybody who saw the affair expected
TO ind he boy badly mangled.
Fortunately this fear did not fill. The
boy had fallen In such way that his
body did not trip the catch of the fender.
and while h. went under that twice and
was rolled for quito distance the brake
beam did not touch him and that saved
him from being crushed TO death.
Fancisco WAS pulled from his position
of peril and Dr. Carroll was called. who
found that one OF the lads shoulders had
been dislocated. and that both legs were
severely confused.
Del Sesto was taken to his home where
DIR. carroll attended him.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-04-02
Question Involved Is size Of
Certain Bridge Piles.

Before q fury in Judge Dubios' court
was tried today. the suit of j. A. Darley
a. Sons of this city. against Joseph Gill
man & Company. of Woonsocket. The
plaintiffs last fall took a contract from
defendants TO drive the piles for the
abutments OF the bridge at Kendrick
avenue. woonsocket.
Plaintiffs were To furnish the piles and
other materials necessary for the work
and the price agreed M was $500. one Of
the plsfntiffs testified when he arrived at
Woonsocket and was about to begin work
he was told by the city engineer that the
piles sent for the work were not large
enough. Some of them were used. how
ever, but very large number had to be
replaced with larger ones
The work. had the piles sent been OF
sufficient diameter. could have been fin
ished in aNweek but as IL was two weeks
were required TO complete the contract
and men had TO be paid for idle time
This loss OF time, the cost of larger
piles and incidental expenses make. with
the amount due $500 on the contract, a
claim Of some 1886.
Defendants claimed the plaintiffs had
a chance to examine -tAe- plans a44a -speei--
fications which were very clear. That
had they examined them carefully they
would have procured proper piles i'm the
first place and there would have been no
delay. Defendants admit owing 500. but
decline To pay more.
T.. II. Bassett Is counsel for the plain
tins and Page Il Cushing counsel for the
defendant
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-04-02
SAYS HIS
FATHER is
PRISONER.
Wa|cott Alleges His Parent
IS WrongfuIIy Detained
In His Home.

William II. L. walcott, formerly o.
LIMERICK. has filed a petition in the SUI.
preme court Washington, ID. c.. alleging
that his mother and other relatives have
confined his father in room at their
home i'm Washington.
The petition further sets forth that the
fathers clothes have been taken from
him in order TO keep him a prisoner.
The court issssked to issue writ oi
habeus corpus for the person of the pc
titioner's father and hearing was -se,
down for today.
The father Is an old army officer. Will
liam III. waIcott. who will be remembered
by local veterans OF the Civil War. and
who served with distinction throughout
the five years. retiring with the title of
colonel Jan. Z. 1896, having at one time
enlisted as a private in the First Rhode
Island Light Artillery.
Col. Walcott's retirement was brought
about on account OF disability, having lost
his left leg through wounds while In the
performance OF his duty.
The elder Walcotts promotion was
rapid and was due solely to gallant and
meritorious service" From private he
rose TO sergeant OF Co. A. and was dis
charged Aug. ~. He became first neuten-
ant of the Seventeenth Infantry, L. s.
A., and shortly afterward was promoted
To captain.
In 1863. on July 2, Captain Walcott was
breveted major for gallant and meritori-
Gus service at Gettysburg.
March IL. 1856 he was promoted TO
lieutenant colonel and on the same date
was advanced TO colonel for gallant SER
vice throughout the war
After his retirement from active ser
vice Col. Walcott resided for some time
in LIMERICK and later went to Washing
ton. where. until a short time ago, he
was located at 704 Twentieth street n.
w. and where his son aided him as clerk
in making compilations for the govern
ment
The son represents, i'm his petition to
the court, that while on his way to Wash
ington from this city recently TO visit
his parents he telegraphed ahead and
asked them TO meet him at the station.
To his surprise no one reported when
his train drew I'm.
To his further surprise. when he reach
ed tho Wslcott home i'm Fourteenth street
his mother barred the door and refused
TO let him in, talking with her son
through small opening In the front
door. Efforts to induce his two sisters
TO bring the father 10 the door failed
signally. He has since learned, he SAYS,
that the old mans clothing has been
taken from him.