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Hutchinson gazette., 1901-01-10

No police officer In Kokomo, Ind,
can be induced to wear badge No. g.,
and It has been abolished by tho board
Since the organization of the depart
ment nine years ago every No, 8 on
Ger has died within year after begin.
ming 70 wear the hoodoo badge.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-01-10

Edison Ia very fond of children. fia
delights to show them tho wonders OF
his workshops and to mystify thAn
with his magic To them ho 10 tAo
real wizard he Ia 30 often called.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-01-10
RAPs FROM OTHER ANVILs.

Hartford Times; II a few ship own
ers shall be enabled to send out empty
ships and still make money where Will
be the inducement to capitalists gener-
ally to go into the shipping business
and to build up our merchant marine?
1t seems to us that this latest scheme
OF coddllng is a plan to make healthy
development Of American shipping i'm
possible.
Boston Herald The supreme court
Of Ohio has wiped its slate clean Of all
OF the late Attorney General Monnett's
indictments against the trusts. 1t will
now be necessary for his successor to
begin all over again or to permit the
octopuses to have their own way there.
1t will be interesting to watch and see
which.
Baltimore Herald: There is sus-
picion that the cadets who are testi-
flying upon their experiences before the
West Point hazing investigation are
endeavoring to forestall any investiga-
tion Of what happened the year after
they were freshmen.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-01-10
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP.
PoPULlST IDEA Is TAKING A
STRONG HOLD.
The GREAT City of Chicago Getting
Ready to Adopt System First Broachsd
In tho Little Oranges People HavlnE
Their Eyes opened.

The great city Of Chicago Is prepar-
Ing to adopt Popullstic Ideas In its
business affairs, Active preparations
have lately been In progress In that
city with q view Of taking the street
railways out OF the hands of private
owners and giving the people full con-
troll through the municipal ownership
system, A dispatch from that city
tells the story Of progress thus far
made. II Is as follows;
After months OF struggling with
street railway problems the special
commission Of Chicago city council has
completed It's report for submission to
the legislature,
Limitation OF franchises for 20 years,
the granting Of them only by referen-
dun vote Of the people and the reser-
walton of the rights of public owner
ship are among the important provl-
sions which the commission will seek
to have embodied in laws for the bet
terment OF street railway service and
control in this city, Twenty years is
considered long enough term for any
corporation to monopolze public
service, and II Is recommended that
any company securing renewal of
franchise be required to renounce any
possible rights under the so-called
ninety-nine year act Of the legislature.
The referendum recommendation Is ex-
peCted to be the greatest protective
measure and the one that will arouse
the most opposition in some quarters.
Under It the influencing Of majority
OF small aldermanlc board would not
be sufficient to accomplish street rail-
way designs.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-01-10

Some men are unable to see through
a milestone after they have been shoTn
the hole. a
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-01-10

Immediate (that Is, within year,
public ownership is discouraged by the
commission, but the safeguarding of
the ultimate right is urged, Ownership
OF the trackage without the rolling
stock Is suggested.
Many other points are touched on
by the commission, which groups Its
findings under thirteen heads, Com
plete control by a committee, with
thorough publicity of street railway ac-
counts, is insisted on. Arbitration with
employees is insisted on as a public
necessary. Overhead trolleys In the
central business district are condemned
and subways called for. The ques-
tlons of fare and compensation for
franchises are left somewhat indeh-
mite.
Aid. Milton ]. Foreman, chairman Of
the commission, said that In the prep
aration OF the bill the commission had
borne in mind the popular demand
for local control and short-term
grants"
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-01-10
Right OF Ownership

"3. Municipal Ownership - Cities
should possess the power under proper
restrictions and safeguards, to own and
operate street railways. The city may
not deem 1t expedient to exercise this
power, but with such power In re-
serve to be used in case Of need the
city would be In position to make
much better terms with private cor
porations. The commission, while be-
lieving 1t wise and important TO give
the power to operate, would not look
with favor upon the proposition to
have the city Of Chicago operate street
railways In the immediate future. 1t
has no notion that such proposition
would meet with the favor Of the peo-
pie Of Chicago at this time, Problems
Of the future may safely be left to the
decision OF the future. The commits
sion is OF the opinion, however, that 1t
would be wise for the city, at the earli-
est practicable time, to acquire owner
J ship OF the trackaEe and Of whatever
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-01-10

While the report of the commission
bears the pen marks Of the politician
who is most likely trying to serve two
masters (the people and the bondhold-
ers) 1t is nevertheless long step in
the right direction,
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-01-10

The average man suspects at least
twice as much as he knows.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-01-10
A Constitutional Measure.

Corporation Counsel Walker has
made review Of the measure and pro-
nounced 1t satisfactory In legal way,
1t Is expected that the bill with the
recommendation OF the commission
will be presented to tho council at Its
next meeting.
Immediately after the commission
gets this bill disposed Of the members
will begin work on the subway ques-
tions. The subway bill is to be drawn
in accoNEance with resolution offered
by Aid. Goldzler and adopted by the
council last February. Both these
bills are expected to be presented to
the legislature next month.
Contained in the report Is a detailed
discussion OF thirteen Of the principal
questions OF street railway policy with
which the commission has had to deal.
They are
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-01-10

~, Unincation Of Management-The
street railway business should be rec
ognized as monopoly business and
treated accordingly,
"2. Public Control and Duration Of
Grant-These two subjects should be
treated together because OF the intl-
mate relations they bear to each
other. II street railways are to re-
main under private management some
means must be devised for rendering
public control more effective The com"
mission favors the reservation to the
council OF broad powers of control and
for the exercise Of the powers thus re-
served 1t recommends the creation OF
new standing committee on local
transportation, modelled In the main
after the committee on track elevation.
This committee should have regular
quarters in the city hall, which should
be open during business hours for re-
ceiving complaints from citizens. The
committee should have at Its service
sucleexpert and clerical assistance as
might be found necessary.
Evening star., 1901-08-10
WORLDS RECORD LOWERED.
Great Riding by Kramer and Fem
in Cycle Races Mt New York.

Great Riding by Kramer and Fem
In Cycle Races mt New York.
Cycle racing of the thrilling order marked
the grand circuit meet at Madison Square
Garden, New York, last night
In the semi-final of the half-mile cham
pionship Frank Kramer established a new
unpaced competition mark, negotiating the
distance in So seconds w. S. Fenn's win
Of his heat in the mile handicap when on
ten-lap track, he equaled the previous
figures Of the world, aroused the 5000
spectators to enthusiasm In the final he
went even faster, making 1.57 2-5-a new
worlds record.
Repairs to the saucer board track had
made it lightning fast, and the pedalers
whirled around at speed that amazed the
big crowd.
Schneider in the mile amateur handicap
covered the distance in 2.02 So. new in
door record.
Lawson slipped a pedal at the start Of
the championship heat and failed to quail
ify. Taylors fall at Boston prevented him
from attending. Summarizes:
One-mile professional, 2.1O class-Won by
E. E. Stevens, Buffalo: Hardy Downing,
San Jose, Cal, second; G. L. Leander, Chi
cago, third; time, "a As.
One-mile amateur handicap-Won by J.
Courier, Newark d2o YARDS; J.: NJ Lind
ley, Bridgeport $50 yards), second; Gus Egg
loft, NJ F. c., New York $50 yards), third;
Joseph Reggi New York 600 yards),
fourth; time, 1.59 As.
One-mile professional handicap-Won by
Lester Wilson, Pittsburg (35 yards); E. c.
Hausman, New Haven go yards), second;
John T. Fisher, Chicago GO yards), third;
Walter Bardgett, Buffalo go yards). fourth;
time, 1.55 1-5
Five-mile amateur lap race-Won by G.
C. Schieber, H. W., New York; Gus We'll
sing, New York, second; r. A. Brooks. I.
W., New York. third; j. Hagerty, Bridge
port fourth; time 1868 Lap prizes won
by Schieber. j. Courier, Gus Welsing, ].
Hagerty and Schroeder.
Haf-mile circuit championship-Won by
Frank Kramer; Tom Cooper, second; time,
1929
Evening star., 1901-08-10

The Amateur Events.

The first amateur event on the program
was the one-mile novice, which, after
pretty brush in the stretch, was won by F.
F. Rupert with ]. l.. Mitchell close Sec
ond. Rupert led his opponents good
chase around the wooden bowl and ran
away in the final in good style. The two
mile handicap was run off In two heats and
proved quite an interesting race. The men
all rode well and in the last lap came down
the back stretch in a bunch. w. N. Ward
at the sixty-five-y yard mark captured the
heat. with Johnny Hill second, EN-. Wilson
third and Otis Miller fourth. The second
heat found Clarence Miller on scratch, with
the limit man at $50 yards, ]. L. Mitchell
The two limit men had the race to them
selves from the start, and 1t was impossible
for the scratch men to overhaul them.
Mitchell landed first place. with A. Messino
second, j. o. Bardroff third and Miller
fourth. In the final sprint of this race
Messino maintained his lead, and increased
1t at the finish. crossing under the wire
first. Mitchell second and E. L. Wilson
(scratch) third. In the first heat Wilson
rode with fiat tire for ten laps, and the
fact that he qualified In his heat was re-
markable.
The police pursuit race was the last event
on the program, being run off after the
Stinson-McEachern race. Four bluecoats
were stretched out around the track at
equal distances, and at the crack OF the
pistol adj of the riders made a sprint in the
endeavor to catch the man ahead of him.
AS result the first mile was the fastest of
the race. and after that the riders loafed
to great extent J. r. Johnson was the
first to go out; w. c. Van Horn followed
shortly afterward. and then the race mar
rowed down to Harry Quail and A. C.
Lynn. The race was awarded to Lynn, al
though Quairs friends were under the i'm
preston that he had won the race. The
referees decision was final. however, and
the race was awarded to Lynn.
The summaries:
One-miie novice-Won by r. F. Rupert:
second ]. L. Mitchell. Time. 220 40.
ome Mard hanoieaiPnt}Hrss n neat won ny
John Hill ttwenty yards): third E. L. VIII
SON (scratch); fourth, o. H. Miller QO0
yards). Time, 431. Second heat: Won by
]. L. Mitchell QSO yards): second. A. Mes
sino QS5 yards; third, ]. O. Bardoff
Evening star., 1901-08-10
Kicxeritxkf Gambit.

Notes by Capt O'Farren.)
(a) In the ninth game OF this match White played
here kt-QB3 The in the test Is much
stronger and gives White the better game.
(b) White gives up his bishop, but wins the
game.
Pillsbury will be present at the Buffalo
meeting Of the New York State Chess As
sociation, but will not take part in the
scheduled events on the ground that there
are no players of his class to meet, but
has offered to play blindfold against the
best sixteen players who can be put up to
meet him out of those who assemble. This,
If it occurs, will be an interesting event, as
it is expected to have Napier of Pittsburg,
Shfpley, Voigt and hampton of Philadel-
phia; Marshall, Howell, Hodges, Lipschutz
Finn, Hanham and Delmar of New York,
and Brooklyn as some of the leading lights.
Pillsbury announces that he will not play
chess above two years longer, and after
that will devote himself entirely to his pro-
fessiOn-law. He intends to tour Europe,
commencing about January 1, and to spend
about eighteen months giving blindfold
and simultaneous performances, and to
bring about, If possible, the long-looked-for
meeting with Lasker for the worlds cham
pionship.
The following two lively games were con-
tested at the local club. recently. The first
Jeffries-Lowerim was published last week.
but with a marred score. This time, 1t is
hoped, the followers of tine game can
carry it through. When the draw was
agreed on, White could have won by play
ing R-qS, and threatening Blacks loose
ma WnS
Evening star., 1901-08-10
CAMBON TALKS OF AMERICA.
Every WOrxingman, He Says, Hop
to He q Carnegie.

Every WOrkingman, He Says, Hopes
to He q Carnegie.
The Echo de Paris of yesterday prints
long interview with the French ambassa-
dor to the United States, M. Jules Cambon.
He says on the subject of the steel strike
that the workingman in American Is not
hostile to the moneyed aristocracy as he
believes that with intelligence and good
luck he may also become a Carnegie. So.
instead of being jealous, he says that Car
negie played his game fairly.
Europeans have no idea how hard Amer
icans both rich and poor, work." continued
M. Cambon 1.-THE French people are not
aware how many French there are in
America, especially the descendants Of
Frenchmen. A large part of the United
States was settled by the French, and If
their descendants have not preserved their
language they still love France.
1.-The Americans speak English, but they
are not English. Their whole effort has
been to weld into a single metal the
French English and Germans who COM
pose the nation.
"The French language Is popular. If the
educated young women Of France who are
vainly seeking employment in schools would
go to America they could easily gain a
good living there as teachers.
1.-The Americans, perhaps, are inclined to
reproach the French with remembering too
well what they did for America. Still, the
cultured classes know what America owes
to France
Describing the country. M. Cambon said:
with the Americans everything here looks
small America Is so colossal and so
young that she has many other surprises
in store for Europe"
Evening star., 1901-08-10

Observation Car Wrecked In Accident
on the Lehigh.

Observation Car Wrecked In Accident
ON the LehiEh.
The two rear cars, Pullman observation
coach and parlor car, on the Lehigh VAL
ley Railroad Company's Black Diamond
Express, which left Buffalo at noon for
New York and Philadelphia, jumped the
track and broke loose from the remainder
of the train at North Leroy, ten miles east
of Batavia, shortly after noon yesterday.
The train was running over fifty miles an
hour at the time The parlor car remained
ON the ties, and no person in it was in
jured, but the observation car plunged
down the embankment and dropped over on
Its side In the ditch. 1t was badly deznol-
ished, but only few Of its occupants, in
cluding the Pullman conductor and porter,
were injured, and they not seriously the
injured, who sustained only bruises and
small cuts about the head and body, were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Keeney Of Lakewood.
N. j.; Mr.. and Mrs. Luke Johnson Of Lake.
wood, N. j.; F. II. Crane, 295 Garfield
place, Brooklyn: L. w. Pope, 5O7 4th ave-
nue., Brooklyn; George M. Bentley, Buffalo,
Pullman conductor; L. w. Amos, New
York, the porter.
The cause Of the accident is mystery.
Where the observation car went down the
embankment the rails seemed to have
spread toward the edge.
Evening star., 1901-08-10
IN CHESS CIRCLES.

The twelfth and last game, as 1t turned
out, in the match for the championship of
the District between Captain O'Farren and
Mr.. w. A. Gwyer. was played this week
and won by the former, and with 1t the
match. The final score being o'Farrell, d;
Gwyer. 8: drawn, 2.
The captain is not youth by any means.
being now sixty-eight years old, and has
been playing chess from his youth up.
When he became interested in the civil war
In this country he was clerking in the city
OF Belfast, and was then in possession Of
the championship medal Of that city. Sur
rendering 1t, he came to this country to
engage on the federal side of that contest
as a private, serving throughout the war
and coming out a captain. He then settled
In Hartford, Conn; again took up the prac-
t1ce OF his favori.e game and came out
champion of Connecticut. For the third
time he emerges a champion
Evening star., 1901-08-10
RAkING BRITAIN's NAVY.
Outcry In London for More Cruisers
That Sail Fast.

The London Outlook, commenting on the
recent British naval maneuvers, says:
Undoubtedly the admiralty's reason for
winding up the campaign in week instead
of ten days was because Of the sufficiency
of unpalatable truths forced home. The
admiralty did not care for further demon
strations in the same line"
The paper also says the chief lesson
learned was the imperative need of swift
cruisers, and that there was a glaring de-
ficiency In the home squadron in this
spect. 1t points out that the defense
squadron's maneuvers were practically the
same it would have been called upon to
use in guarding the channel during actual
hostilities. The attacking fleet was infe-
rior numerically, but superior in mobility.
It held the channel commerce at it's mercy
from the declaration of hostilities and
whipped the defenders by sections through
the possession Of swift cruisers and de-
stroyers which sailed around the home
squadron.
The Critic urgently appeals to the ad-
miralty to double the strength Of the
cruiser squadron and to increase the speed
of the new battle ships to the utmost limit
of gun and armor efficiency.
An interesting detail is that the attack
ing fleets cruiser spies secured a mass OF
information regarding the defense move
ments by picking up the home squadrons
wireless messages.
Evening star., 1901-08-10
COLUMBIA IN BAD SHAPE.
Cruisers Pumps COrrOded So as to H.
Of No VJse

board of inspection. consisting of Rear
Admiral Evans, Naval Constructor Wood
ward, Captain Folger and Lieutenant Rod
gers, went to the navy yard in Brooklyn
yesterday for the purpose of examining
the collier Brutus and the cruiser CO.
lumbia.
The navy yard board of survey went
aboard the Columbia on Wednesday, and
Admiral Barkers report was forwarded
to the department at Washington yester-
day. 1t was said that this report fully
confirmed the statements that had been
made regarding the filthy condition of the
Columbia, and 1t was owing to this report
that the board Of inspection was ordered
to look into the matter. An officer of the
navy yard said today that if the Colum-
bia had lain at League Island much long
er he believed she would have sunk at her
mOoringS. He continued:
Il am surprised that the Columbia
reached here without more difficulty than
she encountered. There is not pump on
the vessel that will work for the corrosion
and rust that covers everything. 1t is
only by the use Of hand pumps that VIC
can keep her from settling in the water.
Until the pumps have been taken apart
and cleaned they are useless, and we shall
have to keep her free from water by the
use Of hand pumps. If she was wthou.
care at the League Island navy yard, and
she evidently was, i am surprised that sho
did not sink at the wharf
Evening star., 1901-08-10
sTINsON DEFEATS McEACHERN.
Some Records Broken In the Race at
the Coliseum.

Archie McEachern, the champion middle
distance rider of Canada, was defeated by
Will Stinson holder of the worlds record
for the hour, last night in twenty-mile
motor-paced race at the Coliseum track.
The contest was as pretty as any seen on
the bowl this season. and was won by two
laps at the finish 1t was necessary to
make two starts in the big race before the
men were finally started on their long
tourney. The twenty miles were covered
in 3O59 1-5, Stinson breaking the worlds
record for a mile in competition on six
lap track in the last mile of the race, rid
Ing 1t in / 26 2-5, clipping off two-hfths OF
a second from the record established by
Bobby Walthour the southern crack, at
the local track June q.
The riders had ridden but five laps In
the first mile when Bobby French who
was steersman for the McEachern ma
chine, cut too close to the pole and as
result the handle bar which, it is claimed,
was loose on the machine, struck Stinson's
single wheel and caused the machine to
spill. AS result French dislocated his
collar bone, and 1t was necessary for him
to go to the hospital for treatment. He
met with similar accident to the same
shoulder in May last and was just recov-
ering from the effects of his fall in Boston,
when he was thrown on the same shoulder.
The riders on the big machine were spilled
and the rear man, Reimer was badly shak
en- up.
A new machine with Fred Sims steers
man was brought out and a second start
made. This time Stinson's pacing machine
went wrong after they had ridden nearly
a lap. After a slight delay a third attempt
was made and the riders were soon under
way. From the very start Stinson held
the lead, being the first to catch his pace.
All through the race McEachern made ter
rifle spurts and endeavored to make up the
distance between himself and Stinson, and
every time Stinson saw him coming he
likewise spurted and ran away from him.
He increased the lead until the twentieth
mile was reached. when he made a tre-
mendous burst of speed, and with a frac-
ton over a lap and a half to the good,
made up the even two laps when the pistol
was fired at the twentieth mile.
Stinson stole his first march ON McEach-
ern in the fourteenth mile. 1t was a clean
race from start to finish, and the result of
last nights race clearly demonstrates the
wonderful speed of the hour record holder
The five miles were ridden in 7.59 As, ten
miles in 1926, fifteen miles in 1921 3-5 and
the twenty miles in 3O.59 1-5. The pace
makers were French and Reimers: Sims
and Thompson for McEachern and Blanch-
ard and Meyers, MacAlpine and Tanser for
StinSon.
Evening star., 1901-08-10
LONG ISLAND TENNIS TOURNEY.
C10thieF and the Elder Larned Are
I'm for the Finals.

Play was continued at Southampton, L.
l., yesterday in all the contests of the
lawn tennis tournament on the courts Of
the Meadow Club for the Long Island
championship. Perfect weather brought
out large gallery and allowed the con-
testants to finish their matches with rapid
ity. The two semi-final matches in the
championship singles resulted in victories
for William j. Clothier, the Philadelphia,
who holds the Pennsylvania state title, and
William A. Larned, the veteran. Clothier
worked the downfall of young Edwin P.
Larned, the Princeton champion, in
straight sets. The Princeton player was
unable to disengage Clothier from the net,
where he smashed and cross-courted the
ball for the points. Richard Stevens was
the opponent of w. A Larned. The noted
base line expert was no match for the bril-
liancy of Larned's all-around play, and
was successful only in getting one game
in the two sets.
OF the mixed doubles, those which en-
gagged Miss Gertrude Sard and Malcolm D.
Whitman and.Miss D. V. Hollins and Will
liam j. Clothier were the most interesting.
The former pair defeated Miss Crocker and
j. w. Lee in straight SETS Miss Sard
played with great dash, and her long
drives were remarkably good Miss Hol-
Inns and Cloth1er won over Miss Post and
U. +. Dodge The losing pair was three
times within a stroke of taking the first
set.