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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-12
CLEARWATER BEATS DE ORC.
The Cuban Out of the Race for First
H0Bors.

BOSTON. March 1.-THE defeat of AL
fred DE ORC the present champion of the
country, by William Clearwater. of Pitts
burg. an eX-champion. was the biggest
surprise Of tonight's game in the cham
pionship pool tourney now in progress
here.
Clearwaters victory puts the Cuban out
of the running for first honors, as this is
his second defeat, while Frank Sherman,
of Washington. has a clean score, and
II. p. Stofft, of Cleveland. has won every
game except one that he has played.
Sherman and Stont have only one more
game each TO play The former meets
Grant Eby. whilc Stoft has To meet De
ORC. The experts expected that De orc,
while admitting that he had a hard game
on with Clearwater. would win without
much trouble this evening. and when he
failed to count more than 81 points when
his opponent had rolled up total Of 150
the knowing ones sadly hid their heads.
The Cuban is the authority for saying
that Clearwater exhibition was one of
the greatest he ever saw
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-12
FoRTUR RETURNS HOME.
The Police Account for One of the
Missing Persons.

Thomas 6. Fortur. who was reported
missing SATURDAY. has reached his home
at Wilmerding. Pa. Fortur arrived here
lust in time to see the Inauguration IA
rade, and the day following went to see
his cousin. Miss l.. S. Mason. residing at
g32 New York Avenue northwest. lie
spent several hours in her company, and
after leaving uo word WAS heard from
him until Saturday afternoon, when he
reached his PcnusylvanEi home. Mean
while his wife became alarmed at his
apparent delay in returning home, and,
through Miss Mason. asked the local po-
lice to find him.
William III. FentrcsS. thrtN-seven years
Of age, tail ana slender. is reported miss
ing from his home, tn" Magnolia House,
Third Street and Indiana Avenue north
west. He went away on the 81 and
nothing has since been heard from him.
The disappearance has been reported to
the police. lie * described as five feet
eight inches tail, with dark hair and
brown eyes.
The detective force is still looking for
W. W Mabury, sixty years old. who rlys-
tcriOusy disappeared from his boarding
house. G9 New York Avenue northW ost
He is i've feet eight inches tall, and OF
medium build.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-12
KELLY TRIED TO FOUL.
Excitement at the RinGsidc I'm His
Match VIII CnrIcN.

LONDON. March 1l.-At Newcastle to-
night Curlcy. in the seventh round, de-
feated Sam Kelly, of New York, in a
tweuty-round match for Goo a side and
q purse OF le2ep helly's tactics incensed
the spectators. who seemed TO think
throughout that he was playing for a
foul
His seconds more than once made such
Il claim, but the referee Mould not allow
it, In the hfth round Kelly for the sec
ond time took hotd OF Curley's glove. In
the sixth round Kelly was driven all over
the ring He repeatedly EHelt and hug
grd Ia avoid punishment.
III the seventh round Kelly. vino was
outmatched from the beginning. Willsully
slipped down three times. Referee Hum
phres thereupOu disqualified him and
awarded the victory to Curiey.
The excitement was great in the fourth
round kctly's renewed tactics Of dropping
to his knees eliciting shouts Of Coward.
stop the hght. \ police inspector en-
tered the ring and threatened to stop the
proceedings unless the Marquis Of
Quecnsberry rules were observed. Sew
erai wcll-kH1Sn sportsmeu declared their
bots on.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-12
BROKERS CLOSE THEIR DOORS.
No Definite Statement ns to the A.
fairs of bowers a 60.

/. 4. Bowers & Co, bankers and
brokers. with offices in the Washington
Loan and Trust Building and branch
at IL Sixth Street northwest, under the
National Hotel. closed their doors yester-
day anu q statement was mailed to each
of the firms customers last night show
ing the condition Of affairs II is under
stood that the failur. is for about so OlJ
hut ii was impossible last night 10 secure
n reliable statement as TO the liabilities
or assets.
Eugene \ Bowers is the head of the
firm which has been doing business in
This city FOR about two years. and al one
time was said 10 have built UP Il large
business Recently rtlmors have been
circulated regarding the firms credit ana
the final crash WAS not unlocked for
The printed matter of the concern an
Douuces that its Chicago correspondents
Wcre Ware x Leland. while In New York
il WIS represented 10y PurneA, Hagaman
4, Co.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-12
A NAVAL OFFICER DEAD.
Iieuienant Commander Chcncry. Re
tired. Expires in New York.

NEW YORK. March lL-Lieutenant
Commander Leonard Chenery. L. S N
retired died today in Roosevelt Hospital
from cancer oi the liver. He was born
in California and entered the Naval Acdd-
Cmy on December T.. 1861
lie WAS graduated on September %,
iSi5. with high honors. being number four
in a large class. He aad bachelor apart
m,uts at i0I West Twenty-Gifth Street
but spent most Of his time at the Uniyer-
sity Cub. of which he WAS one of the
oldest members
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-12
HELD ON A SERIOUS CHARGE.
Gordon Ashton. 81 Soldier. Accused of
Reinn n DesertcP.

Gordon Ashton, aged twenty-five wears
was arrested yesterday morning by De-
tective Trumbu, charged with being q de-
serter from the Regular Army. He was
turned over last night to the military
authorities. 1t is said Ashton left the
army post at Fort Sheridan, III, some
weeks ago, and failed to return when his
leave of absence expired. Detective
Trumbo heard that he had come to this
city for the Inauguration. While in Wash
ington Ashton is said to have married.
He was located several days ago. living
near Tenth and T. Street northwest, and
yesterday when he returned home rom
downtown he was arrested.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-12
HER SANITY QUESTIONED.
Miss Baldwin Held Pending Men,
tai Examination.

Miss SaIlie Baldwin, aged thirty mine
years. was arrested last night by the
Third precinct police on the complaint of
her brother benjamin Baldwin. and
placed in charge of the matron at the
First precinct station. She is to he held
until surgeons can make an examination
into her mental condition.
Miss Baldwin resides at Sll Twenty first
Street northwest with her brother. and
has, it is said, been three times confined
in an asylum. For several days past she
is said to have acted in peculiar man
ncr. 50 that her friends have become
alarmed at her condition. Yesterday
complaint was made and the woman was
taken into custody.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-12
THE SUICIDE OF D.P. LBECH
A Government Employe Ends His
Life With Il Razor.
His Nifc's Threatened Action for Di-
yorce said so Have Been Respon-
sfbie for the Deed - body Found
in "a Closet by His LnndIRdy.

yorce said 90 Have Been Rcspon-
sibic for the Deed - BODY Found
in "a Closet by His LnndiRdy.
Overcome with domestic troubles and
threatened with legal separation from
his wife, and his little boy. whom he
idolized. Daniel Paul Leech, who for
more than a quarter of a century had
been an empioyc of the Government
Printing Office bindcry, went to his room,
closed himself in a closet. and killed
himself by cutting his throat with
razor The body was found shortly be
fore noon yesterday by Miss Josephine
Martin, the daughter of the woman in
whose house he Toomed at 455 G Street
northwest. IT was removed tc the
morgue and afterward taken charge OF
by President Feeney of the Bookhinders'
Association and tarned over to Under
taker Harvey. by whom it will be pre-
pared fof burial The interlnent will he
at Arlington.
MIR. Leech was about sixty years of
age, was Mason of nigh standing, and
a member of the Union Veteran Legion.
He formerly lived with his wife and little
boy at 81 T. Street northeast. on New
Years Eve he and his family left Wash
ington for Philadelphia his native city.
to visit his wife's relatives. lie was
alone when he returned to this city and
shortly afterward he gave up the house
where he had been living and rented a
third-story back room at 455 @ Street
northwest of Mrs. J. f. Martin. He was
very quiet and regular in his habits and
but few of the other roomers in the house
knew him. He frequently received letters
from his wife in Philadelphia, but it was
'' ''' '4
were made KNOWN saturday evening De
tween and 6 o'clock Mrs. Martin saw
him leave the horse Shortly before 10
,,,Iool, a.. -. l. ,l liz. 81 ,,,,,I,.
eii''' "iSi'' sue iie'iu nm ''
ascehu lhe stairs ana enter HIS roolh'
Sunday morning Miss Martin tried to
get into the room several times to
-, ,,-,;i,,o, -, ~. go, 49,. .,,,. ,;,o, ,,.,,
- p ~ 80. 'I' .'I1..I,g,, " 49,,
locNed' ana she III iast Sohciuieu th't
Leech had made UP his own bed and
locked the door as he went out to spend
the day. Yesterday morning Mrs. Martin
went to the room about IL O'Clock and
finding it still locked. became somewhat
alarmed and calling her daughter COM
inruced an investigation She found that
his Key was ON the inside OF the door and
failing to get any response to repeated
rapping she pushed the KEY out of the
lock and could see through the opening
I.each's clothing lving on a lounge on
the onnosite side of the room thorough
ly convinced that something was wrong
ana opening The door with another key
-. rantl,- b,It vas arnntv
Mis- Martin yIanced in the direction of
IL lei s,nJ r,nticine, nInod an the "a r
,,lt ,rrria,iI,. ieft tho room and sent for
p't' mell iiS Iiou'S - 'ie r,titii a. Coroner
~ S,,,,.,,;,,, ,.,,5,,,t nr tbc NIoroIIa
sbnenbcrTsr arriy,ed with fbe dead wagon
-, f,,,,,d 9i,.. hod,, i,.ire, in a nool of blood
i,,'i1I S,,.,, i,1 :, ,.,r,ar ~ tbe closet
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-12
THE DEATH OF C. H. HOWARD.
Rrmnins 10 BE shipped to His Old
Home. ChnrlcstoWn. W. Va.

g II. Howard. aged forty years. died
yestcniay afternoon at the Casualty Hos
pitai from exhaustion. suDerinduced, It
is said, 1v alcoholism. Friends from
Charlestown. ". Va. the former home
of Howard, have taken charge of the re
mains. which VIII De sent to Chauestown
for burial today.
Howard was found Friday afternoon at
SiXth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue
northwest. suffering from the effects Of
liquor, aud removed by the Sixth precinct
police to the hospital. His condition was
critical, and, despite treatment. he grew
worse and he died yesterday Meanwhile
the police. had notified friends at Charles
town. and relative came here Yesterday.
Howard leaves wife and several child
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-12
A REAL ESTATE TRANSFER.
The Habonc Lots on VI street Sold
for $4,000.

The property at the corner Of First aud
NJ Streets northwest. known as the Ma
hone lots have changed hands. deed
has been placed on record in the office
of the Recorder Of Deeds by Edgar Allan
and his wirc, Mary f. Allan, Ednauad
Waddill. ir. and his wife. Alma G. Wad-
dill. conveying the property mentioned as
lots Nos. u, -, II, 10, iG. ana Il to Wilbur
Il. Coe. The consideration named in the
deed is so, but the deed bears S9l worth
OF revenue stamps. indicating the value
of the property to be SgiOt1
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-12
1--WE Bankruptcy Petitions

Two petitions in voluntary bankruptcy
were filed yesterday in the District court.
One WAS by Robert NJ. Narrower who
states his liabilities TO be 81. .445.67. and
makes no return of assets The. other was
by James ID. ThtirSton, who states his pc-
cupation to be that of 1t telegraph opera
tor He lists his liabilities at 81 ,4sosO and
makes 10 return of assets.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-12

While ascending the front steps of 1863
Vermont Avenue northwest Mary Evans,
twenty-eight years old. fell and was Sc
verely cut about the face and head.
Persons in the vicinity Immediately car
ried the injured woman to Il drug store.
where call was sent in for Freedman
Hospital ambulance. After having her in
iuries dressed at that institution she was
taken home in cab.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-12

.,.,,5o- -, one the secret Of your suffering l.
ttot ..,,lite nam. burden: catar1l iiere's .
wa. VA -, 1n. man, evidence for Dr A.ncw's =
,s,l.i p,vdsr: '-tins ap.'ration gave mc
Instant relief. cleared the ncsal passages. and
.to,ped 4,s PAIN in my head. Us quick
sifr. and sure Treatment. and it never fails 70
,,i,c sold hv r. :. Williams Ninth and +
street. EdInsid- * Williams, Third Street and
PENNSYLVANIA Ayenue'-G.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-12

MANILA. March 11.-Mr. Hoffman has
been awarded contract to raise the
Spanish warships that were sunk in Ca
yite Bay The work is to be completed
in thirteen months. Mr.. Hoffman's com
pensation will be what he can obtain for
The vessels after they are raised.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-12
THE Hunt for MussoIino.

ROME. March lin the Chamber of
IDENTITIES today the Minister Of the Inte-
rior. replying 10 question, agreed that
tho continued employment of troops in
thc-\.iin attempt 10 capture the notorious
f,rdif MassGlinn was "A scandal He an
,,,,inrsJ that the prefect OF Reggie di
C,1IelrlH wouil bc recalled and replaced
- - rnor,. energetic official.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-12
LAW. NOT SENTIMENT.
Mr.. Bryan Tells What Is Needed 10
Check the Trusts.

NEW YORK, March n.-Mr. Bryan
was asked what he thought of the state
meut of President lladley, Of Yale mi
versity, that unless the trusts were
knocked out inside al twenty years there
.r,nutd h. an epreror i'm Washington.
As a newspaper man. l. am very proud
or the fact that my little weekly paper
had a great scoop on this. said Mr
PrH.an I'VE announced that Mckinley
80 az, cpnnrrnr a week ago, SO we have
'scooped President Hadley by twenty
five years. -.., .,
sentiment will not check the trusts
/ AVS are required. The sentiment OF
nm. naonJe ont of ten Is against horse
stealing. but the tenth man will continue
TO steal horses unless there is law to
prevent him. and he will snap his fingers
i'm the faces of tile nine
TO PREVENT PNEI MONA AND GRIP
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-12
DIED.

WALDRON- Fell asleep in Christ Monday,
March H. 1901. at ll:ll O'Clock a. M at her
residence s:;1 sixth Street northeast. ENiS. ne
loved wife of Robert WaltFou.
Notice OF funeral hereafter. INA
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-12
SPECIAL NOTICES.

NOTICE to my friends and customers that Georgs
". Taylor is no longer in my employ. and
have no connection whatever with any other
carriage house in the city. WALTER J. COG>-
WELL. Carriages and Harness, 2o9 11th st. NV.
mil
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-12
KIDNEY
TROUBLE

ner's Swamp Root. the great kidney remedy
At druggists in fifty-oent and dollar sizes. Sam.
pie bottle by mail free; also pamphlet telling ycu
how TO find out il you have kidney trouble.
Address Dr. Kilmer Il Co.. inshamton, N. Z.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-12

f. & deceptive disease
thoasands have II and don't
know ii. II you want quick
results you can make nc
mistake by using DR.. Xii.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-25

trials to determine the rIghtful claim ~,
10 the ute Of strongest American col
lege man. These tests have been CON
Quoted under what Ia known as thp sar.
gent system Professor w. A. sarpan,
the well known athletic director a,
Harvard university, IL the man WIN IN
vented the method by which the derree
Of mans efficiency in this partlcular
line Of athletics is determined pro.
fessor Sargent's system has been adopt.
ed by every educational institution In
the country laying claim to a standing
In athletics.
The Importance attaching to the in
tercolleglate strength test viii be ac.
centuated when It is remembered maj
the results practically determine fine
amateur strong man Of the world Tho
best athletes are produced In American
colleges, and the best all around strong
man in them would doubtless be able
to dlscomht any other amateur Samson
IN the world
The Sargent tests are now finished
and the reports have been compared
The results show two men ranking their
compeers by decided majority. They
are Guy Carl Herbert Of Harvard ana
Roy Writ Alis of the University of
Minnesota The work OF these men is
so nearly equal that It Is difficult task
to decide which is better Each man
has been stated to be the premier. but
the pendulum has finally swung toward
the east, designating Herbert as the
strongest colegian Herbert has sue.
ceeded In running up a record OF 1856
points, The significance of this score
will be appreciated when It Is stated
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-25

doing marvellous work for an amateur
team around indianapolis lie was
then but Il years old, but was as big as
he IS now almost
He signed o contract for '5o PEI
month We took him to Cleveland ths
next day after he had signed and put
/ him in against Tebeaus team wei
he was as fast as a cyclone, but d
could not locate the plate with a search
light lie must have hit ten men, gF'
en- as many bases on balls and, all 10
! all. gave a very amateurlsh exhibition.
"Where did you get that big Ruoe
| inquired Tebeau Of me- and told MN
that he would show them before he wa
through.
well. we took Amos east and pltctsl
him some more, but he could nov g''
control Of the ball, and We sent him %
Fort Wayne to get seasoned. he aa'
too. and when he Joined US later ID Wv
season he was a star
when you stop to think that he u.'
never been bothered with a lane uu
and has never injured his whip, WnI
there is no reason for believing that %
wlll not be as good as ever for US. ls'
SIR he started out for $50 a MONTH az,
I'm bet he gets more than three uin'
that amount for weeks WORK now
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-25
THE CHAMPION BROOKLYN BASEBALL CLUB.

Instead Of at the base runner. It was
also decided to change the name OF the
pastime to baseball
Sept %. 1915, the men who made these
reylsions formed themselves into an as
ISOLATION which they termed the Knick-
orbocker Baseball club. Thus our ma
tional game was formed, and, although
1t has undergone innumerable modiiica-
tons since then. II is doubtful II Il has
been made any more enjoyable as sport
pure and simple.
Like weddings, one baseball club
brought many. Soon there were a mum.
Der OF these organizations in and about
New York The first match games con.
sisted Of but four innings, the rule then
being that the club first making q
runs In even innings was the winner.
The spreading Of baseball from New
York to other points was very slow at
first, although two Of the metropolitan
newspapers did all in their power TO
foster the game.
Town ball continued 90 be played In
other parts Of the country, and It's fol.
lowers seemed reluctant TO favor the
substitute 1t Is remarkable that base
ball was not introduced into Philadel-
phia until 1850 In that year the
Olympic club Of the Quaker City, which
had been formed In 1899 for the purpose
OF playing town ball. resolved thereaft-
err TO play baseball The first game in
Philadelphia took place June II. 1850.
between the Equity and Winona clubs.
When the game began TO be extern
sively patronized, the National Asso-
oiatlon Of Baseball Players was organ
lied. Any club was entitled to mem-
bership, with the privilege OF sending
delegates to the annual meeting. The
playing rules adopted by this body
were the standard ones for the game.
They were respected and adopted by all
clubs, whether members OF the ass9cla-
ton or not
Almost the first rule positively do
barred from membership and rendered
liable TO expulsion any club I'm which
there was a man who played baseball
for emolument Of any kind. The object
was to make and keep the sport a gen.
tlemans game.
Baseball took a wonderful squirt In
1855 and until 1871 nourished to an ex
tent practically unequaled in subse
quent years. The number OF clubs wal
legion, and the record Of the games a
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-25
THE REPORTERS DILEMMA.

She was wee wisp OF a French girl,
and when She hove In sight at the top
OF the grand stand at the Polo grounds,
New York, with her burly escort the
reporters down In the press box grew
glad as they recognized the man who
brought her and saw a dim chance that
they might be introduced one of the
boldest Of the group, forgetfu that
Davis had just cracked out a three base
hit, sauntered casually around the
grand stand and marked his route in
such way that II brought him directly
past the seats occupied by the girl and
her escort
The lucky man with the girl was not
at all stingy He hailed the reporter
from distance saying;
Hello. Fred Just the fellow I'm
looking for Miss - has been In this
country only a few weeks and wants
some one who understands baseball TO
explain It to her.
with that he dropped into French
and introduced his escort II was not
warm day. but Precipitation broke out
all over the reporter His French was
collegiate French and had long ago
been dropped for baseball language,
but he plunged into his subject heroical.
ly, while the girls escort slipped away
TO see a man he knew"
Five minutes later the reporter red in
the face with wilted collar. was ges.
ticulatng wildly, squirting French
verbs twisted out Of Joint, mingling
baseball phrases with Gallo nouns and
striving his hardest 10 make the girl
understand why three runs only count
ed when she had seen ten men running
Just then big policeman walked
over, tapped the reporter on the Shout
der and said, IF yer can't bring yer
young lady 10 the game without abusn
her youse'll have ter git outslde See'
The reporter gasped for breath and
fell back helpless. At that crisis the es-
cort reappeared
Hello" he said, addressing the girl.
Has Fred explained II all to you?"
DO you understand English" de-
manded Fred
oh yes she replied sweetly; but I
thought you could make the game so
much palmer to me in French"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-25

the large cities was almost incredible,
The whole nation appeared to have gone
baseball crazy
The grounds IN those days were usu-
ally on some vacant lot or common and
admission was free to all AS a conse-
qupnce, the crowds M these contests
were very large, from 10000 10 10000
people being by no means an unusual
attendance In the city Of New York,
for example, there were FIVE different
baseball grounds within a stones throw
OF each other Scarcely a day passed
during the season that there was not a
match u progress on each OF these dia-
mDnda 10 rs no exaggeratiOn TO say
Dt9t 30 years ago there were 100 games
played 90 one played now
the eucroachment Of the professional
player was gradual The rivalry be-
tween clubs became so great that, In or
der TO strengthen themselves against
rivals teams would leave nothing UNI
done, as is true today, TO secure the
best players. Thus inducements were
held out to men who eyinced uncommon
aptitude Tor the game to influence them
toward af'ilIating with certain mines.
a wealthy business man. FOR instance.
desiring TO see his club in the front
rank would proffer some good bali toss
err a position In his counting house, with
the private understanding that his COM
mowial duties were purely nominal
while his real obligations were TO put up
a rafting good game Of ball in this
manner numerous clubs In the country
were virtually professional long before
such class Of playing was openly per-
mued and while stringent laws against
Il were on the code Of the national as.
ISOLATION This was notably the case
between those famous Old time oppo-
nants the Atlantic club Of Brooklyn
and the Athletic OF Philadelphia
The number and influence Of profess
sional clubs became such IN 1871 that
their representatives. met In New York
March n Of that year and cut loose
from the national association They also