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The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-05-16
Fast Play in Field.

The playing OF both teams in the field
was unusually fast, and Sensational plays
were frequent. In the fourth inning IKeis-
Ter made beautiful throw from right
,eld and caught runner at third base,
and Drill on at leaEt three occasions
showed an alertness that was fatal to the
Baltimore base runners.
He caught Setback off second base in
the first inning; followed this up by
catching Seymour at third in the second.
and IL the fourth he cleverly fooled Nc
Gam when he made feint TO throw to
second while the first baseman was on
third, and instead, threw TO Wolverton.
and Umpire o'Laughlin registered an out
for the Baltimore player.
Roger Bresnahan, who yesterday played
center field for Baltimore, distinguished
himself by pulling down one Of Dele
hanty's long. high flies which looked
good for three bases. Bresnahan had a
jong. hard run for the ball and just got
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-05-16
TENNEY AND CLARKE
HAVE A FIST FIGHT
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Results of Yesterdays Games.
Chicago, 8; Brooklyn, Z.
Cincinnati, s: Philadelphia, 4.
Pittsburg. 5; boston, 1.

Where They Play Today.
Philadelphia at Pittsburg.
New York at Cincinnati.
Brooklyn at st. Louis.
Boston at Chicago.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-05-16
How 1t Happened.

Gilbert tried to bring the first baseman
home, but the best he could do was 10
send weak little grounder 10 Ely. who
threw the Baltimore shcrtstop out at
first Then Robbie" came to the bat,
Robbie" OF generous proportions and the
strong arm, and then-then the rooters
in the bleachers sat down and wondered
whether there was anything after all in
a hupch--whether the seventh inning was
really lucky for Washington.
careful census OF the fans resulted In
a universal opinion that the seventh is
a hoodoo, at any rate that II was yester-
day. When the men from Baltimore had
finished with WYATT Lee in that inning
they had secured encrgn runs and more
TO win the game.
And that wild, exultant cry OF victory
the blcacherites had On their lips was
smothered in its infancy; il IVES tucked
reluctantly but none the less carefully
away Tor some future occasion when the
Senators change their clothes and den
the toga of the gladiator-the gladiator
not OF the ancient Italian city, but Ct
the emerald diamond wherein the leather
reiqns as emperor
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-05-16
Orioles Catch On to Lees
Curves and Pound Out
Five Runs.
WASHINGTON WEAK AT THB BAT
The Local Players Could Do
Nothing With Opposing
Pitcher.
BOTH TEAMS FIELD WELL
BOTH TEAMS FIELD WELL
General Inability to Hit Responsible for
Loss Of Yesterdays Game-Many Good
Plays in the Field on Both Sides
The Score.

Heretofore 1t has been a popular super
stition among Washington patrons of the
national game that the seventh inning is
a lucky one for the home team. From
now on, perish the thought. Had it not
been for the seventh inning yesterday,
the official scorer might have had diff
ferent story to send into President Ban
johnson.
When the local players had gone into
the field after the sixth lining, with the
score standing i to ], it was noticeable
that great number OF rooters in the
bleachers and grandstand moved uneasily
about in their seats, while their faces
twitched nervously, and their feet beat
tattoos against the wooden planks un-
derneath.
They were getting ready TO spring the
fatal talisman upon the opposing band
OF ball-tossers, the crowd of feathered
bipeds from the Oriole town in the
neighboring State OF Maryland. They
were all ready to rise in their seats and
cast the fatal spell upon McGraw and
his colleagues, and no doubt il Mr.. Wyatt
Lee, who officiated in the twirler's box
for Washington, had known that 1t was
the seventh inning, he would have in
5ected a soupcon or two more of steam
into that south paw of his, and, who
knows? we might have won. Surely he
wouldn't have had the heart TO disappoint
the eager fans
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-05-16
Where He Failed.

But just there is where he failed. There
had been a very percep;ible indication
up to the seventh inning that the Birds
were next to Mr.. Lee. Every now and
then they sounded him with hit or
two. They were only waiting, however.
There is no doubt. now that the game
is a part of history, that the men from
BAltimoretown waited rnaliciously for
that seventh inning. They waited just
to show the Washington fans that there
10 nothing in the superstition they hold
about the seventh inning.
When the Senators had retired grace
fully from the bat at the end of the sixth
inning and Lee had sauntered carelessiy
into the pitchers square. First Baseman
Mc0snn stepped gayly up TO the plate.
There was a sly CLEAN of mirth in his
ere as he swatted at two OF Lees curves.
and then, when everybody thought he was
going to strike out, he sent the ball sail
ing out into the territory between Dele
hanty and Ryan, and before the sphere
had been returned to The diamond Mr.
McGann was securely perched on second
haao
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-05-16

Bass season opens
LIST of June. Better
get your tackle in
shape. The largest
stock in town; prices
lowest.
X. M. BROWN,
It'll and N SITS.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-05-16
GAMES OF MINOR LEAGUES.

New York State League-Binghamton
8: Troy. 1. Syracuse. 3; Albany, 4.
Ilicn, 10; Schenectady, 4. Utica. 6; Johns
town, 5.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-05-16

Pennsylvania State League-Lebanon.
"a: Reading, "a. Scranton. 8; Lancaster,
Il.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-05-16

Connecticut League-Springfeld. 7: New
Haven. 3. Hartford. 3: New London. 5.
Waterbury. 5; Norwich, 10. Bridgeport,
A. Meriden, 5.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-05-16

Totals. 81 1 = "a IL
The age-herald., 1902-05-09
Conditions of Growing Crops.

Fine rains have fallen in all the chief producing States, and all crops are coming along finely. The harvesting of winter wheat has already been be- gun in the southern districts of the Gulf and South Atlantic States, and each day will see more and more of the crop put out of harms way.
 Cotton planting is nearly completed, and in all the States good stands of early plantings are reported. Chop ping is progressing, and cultivators will soon be used. Considered as a whole, stands throughout the cotton belt are satisfactory and the crop has a good start. The acreage is believed to be very much like that of last year.
 Corn is silking and tasseling in the lower districts of Texas, and as a rule this crop is well started elsewhere in the South and throughout the coun- try. In Alabama peaches are very promising, and melons are doing well. Oats are heading, and early corn is growing rapidly.
 No State in the South reports crops in damaged condition, although there are some districts that need rain. There always are some at this season of the year. This country is broad and deep, and few districts need from time to time more moisture. The lack this year is not above normal not even in the vast area of Texas. All that can be said is, all crops are well started, and all are promising, and this is all the assurance we can now have of another year of plenty and prosperity.
The age-herald., 1902-05-09
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
Dlsheartened Because He Could Not
 Find Ills Parents.

New York, May S.-Disheartened at his failure after years of endeavor to learn who his parents were Henry King, 30 years old, attempted suicide in the ves- tibule of the New York Founding Asylum. The doctors say he will prob ably recover.
 King was a mere child when taken to the asylum, where he was kept until 1S7S when at the age of SIX he was sent to a Maryland farm. There he remained until he was of age. As he grew to man. hood he felt that his parentage should not be yelled ir uncertainty
 Two years ago he brought an action to compel the asylum authorities to disclose the identity of his parents. The action brought forth the response that 1t would be impossible to tell. For days and weeks after this defeat King then fre- quented the asylum.
 A growing belief that he was heir to a fortune stimulated his desire and on one occasion made him so persistent that he was arrested Every day he called and repeated his questions, until finally dis couraged at the lack of his success, he swallowed morphine In the hallway of the home.
The age-herald., 1902-05-09
Co-OperatIve Telephones.

Tn a number of the towns of the Wisconsin valley the telephone prob lem has recently found a new solu- tion. Cooperative telephone com- panies have been formed, in which each renter of a telephone Is permit ted to take one share and no more, and that share is not transferable ex- cept to the company. Experience, says the Municipal Journal and Engineer, proves in a number of these Wiscon- sin towns that at s2.25 for stores and S1 for residences a month the com. pany could give good service and in- crease it's dividends to $1.50 month, so that patrons had to pay monthly only $1.50 for business service, and only 25 cents for residences.
 The essential feature of the Wis consin plan consists in the cancella- tion of a share whenever a stockholder ceases to rent a phone. This rule Is rigidly enforced, thus preventing the concentration of stock in a few hands, and keeping the company in the control of the patrons in general.
 The old telephone company went so far in these Wisconsin towns as to offer phones free from rent for three years but local patriotism resisted the tnducement, and today the Wisconsin valley holds considerable number of cooperative companies. These companies have been joined by long distance lines, thus affording a new illustration of the cooperative sys-
The age-herald., 1902-05-09
STABS HIS WIFE.
Husband Said to Have Been Drunk al
 the Time.

Cincinnati, May S.-Mrs. George w. Herget was killed last night during a carousal at her home in Dayton, Ky. Her husband, William Thornton, Frank Kent Thomas Shields and William Mur- ray, alias Ford Mattox, have been ar rested on the charge of murder.
 Herget is the son of wealthy distiller who died at Pekin, H., two years ago. Owing to the habits of George his inher- itance was left in trust. When his monthly remittance came Thornton, Kent Shields and Murray were accus- tom ed to visit the Herget home.
 One of these occasions, yesterday, con- tinued during the night At a. m. the officers were attracted by screaming and found Mrs. Herget lying prostrate in her yard, badly stabbed. She died soon after reaching the hospital without being able to make any statement. The five men were taken out of the house afterward in such condition that none of them un- til almost noon today was able to talk.
 The dead woman's maiden name was Mary Sellinger of Clyde, O. They had no children. The officers think Herget stabbed his wife for protesting against the carousal.
The age-herald., 1902-05-09
President PaIma's Policy

The island will not be turned over to the Cubans until May 20, when President Palma will be inaugurated, but he has already outlined his policy. He says be will not recommend the making of a treaty with the United States until the amount in the reduc. ton of American duties is made known. This reduction should, he says, be not less than 25 per cent. He will make no estimates for the navy or war departments, but he wants twenty revenue cutters for the purpose of keeping down smugglers. He proposes to make one man serve as Secretary of State and Secretary of Justice. The country is so poor he hopes Congress will authorize him to acquire cattle to be distributed to the. peasants, who would pay for them in installments He proposes that men be sent to thls country to study American agricul- tural methods in order that Cuban farmers may be led to diversity their productions, instead of depending upon sugar and tobacco alone. Coffee and tropical fruits at least should be large ly produced.
 The Cuban Congress is now in ses- sion, awaiting the turning over of the island to the new Cuban government President Palma has difficult task before him. The island is indeed poor, and the new Congress Is filled with demagogues, who will try to load the government down with debt Presj- dent Palma will resist the creation of debt to the utmost, and he will en- deavor to improve the agricultural
The age-herald., 1902-05-09
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
 Doggerel verse is the grooming of pup pyhood.
 Love doesn't laugh at the smith who repairs automobiles.
 Wine is an enemy to the buyer and a friend to the seller
 Words of wisdom seldom fall from the lips of the person who smokes cigar cites.
 An ambassador is a truthful man sent abroad to acquire the art of diplomatic lying.
 Women grow old only for want of somebody to tell them they are as young as ever.
 Many mans love for his club is due to the fact that his wife never gives her tongue holiday.
 Self-made men, like homemade furni- ture, may be strong and reliable, but the polish is usually lacking.
 Always think twice before you speak and nine times out of a possible ten you will have no occasion to say a word.
 The truth about some men Is never known until after they acquire monu- ments- and even then it isn't found upon the monuments
 Many man has made the discovery too late that he misiudged his enemy-es- pecially after attempting to lick him and getting beautifully licked himself.
The age-herald., 1902-05-09
Runninu Water and Purity.

The Municipal Journal and Engineer discusses the old idea that running water purifies itself, and the conclu- sion reached by it is that mechanical agitation and aeration are not to be depended upon in the purification of water. If deleterious matter is shaken out of water in this way it must be deposited at the bottom of the stream, and in the course of time the stream will flow over a bed of impurities gathering up much that had previ- ously been left behind. But the chances are that no disease germs are sifted out in that way. Such germs are at home in water, and they ride along buoyantly to the end-to fau- cet perhaps in some home.
 There is some disagreement among engineers over this subject, but it is plain that self-purification of water is largely a delusion and a snare. If impurities are in water at the outset, then We may be sure they will remain until they are taken out by some ap- proved method. They may have to be boiled out. The running water theory is very pretty, plausible and even poetic, but it is not trustworthy, and modern engineers are inclined to dis card it altogether.
The age-herald., 1902-05-09
A STATE PRIMARY, ANYWAY.

From the Marion County News.
 We are not personally acquainted with the feelings of the people in any county but Marion. In this county there is but one opinion, and that Is that the state committee should order a primary for all state officials. The Democrats will oppose to the utmost any other method of nom mating candidates. As to what the rank and file of the party will do in case the state committee ignores their wishes it is hard for us to say. We believe, how ever, that the majority of the voters will favor going right on and hclding a pri- mary regardless of the action of the com mittee and abide the consequences. The people are in dead earnest about this matter The tail has been wagging the dog long enough.
The age-herald., 1902-05-09
Corporation Chiefs.

It is not often that the executive heads cf the three largest iron-producing com panes of the district happen to be stop ping at the Hjllman at the same time. MT. J. c. Maben, president Of the Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron Company, now making his home In Birmingham, has been at the Hillman since April 27 MT. A. w. Thompson of Chicago president of the Republic Iron ard Steel Company, registered last Sunday and will remain here until the new furnace at Thomas goes ir blast, and MT. Don H. Bacon of New York and Birmingham, chairman of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company, registered Wednesday night.
The age-herald., 1902-05-09
GOVERNOR JELkS.

From the Bullock County Breeze.
 Fearlessly aggressive and splendidly successful in the position he holds, he yet stands in the remarkable position of a man without enemies, as well as with out fear and without reproach. Even the supporters of the men who have been named as his opponents have made no war on his fitness for the high position destined to fall upon him. His intellectu- al ability, moral strength and political integrity are recorded in the states his- tory and his dependability and lovability are written in the hearts of his friends. But the fairest virtue that shines In the life of William Dorsey Jelks Is great kindness which beams In his eye, H. lumines his face and lends sympathy to his voice. It is really the magic spell that holds his friends in bonds of steel.
The age-herald., 1902-05-09
C.. are at the Hlllman.

ington, D. C., are at the Hillman. Thomas Bryce of New York is at the Hillman.
 Guy Mitchell of Atlanta is at the Hill- man.
 Walter F. Scott of Philadelphia is at the Hillman
 J. J. Smith of Boston is at the Morris. E. G. Ensign of Binghamton, N. T., is at the Morris.
 R. II. Lawrence of Montevallo is at the Morris.
 T. L. Long of Jesper is at the Morris. J. N. Thornton of Clanton is at the Morris.
 George F. Hoart of Chattanooga is al the Metropolitan.
 r. B. McCrang of Knoxville is at the Metropolitan.
 N. B. Tichenor of Indianapolis is at the Metropolitan.
 Harry Gilmore of Mississippi is at the Metropolitan.
 II. M. Monto of Mobile Is at the Metro .poltan.
The age-herald., 1902-05-09
Rebuilding Charcoal Furnace.

"The old Coosa charcoal furnace at Gadsden which our people bought last week, will be rebuilt at once" said Capt. J. M. Elliott, president of the Southern Car and Foundry Company.
 Tt will have a capacity of 60 tons day, which would have been unthinkable few years ago. Forty tons used to be considered big output for a charcoal stock. When I was youth my father and I operated a furnace that ran four or five tons day We thought we were doing well when we got 1t up to seven and eight, and when we finally made 1t put out 22 tons we were highly elated.
 ''The Southern Car and Foundry Com pany needs charcoal il on to mix into Its car wheels. It gives longer life to wheels"
The age-herald., 1902-05-09
Railroad Officials.

Col. A. B. Andrews of Raleigh, N. C., first vice president of the Southern Rail- way. and a director in the Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company, has been in ill health for some time, but he is now im- proving It will be weeks and probably months. however, before he is strong enough to resume his work. Colonel An drews Is not only one of the ablest of ficials connected with the Southern but he is personally one of the most genial and popular men in the South His friends will certainly be delighted to know that he Is oh the mend.
 Major J. F. Hanson, chairman of the hoard of directors, and MT. J. M. Egan, nresident of the Central of Georgia, were in Birmingham yesterday.
 MT. Frank s. Cannon, third vice presi- dent of the Southern, and MT. w. J. Murphy, general manager of the Queen and Crescent Route. who arrived here wednesday. left yesterday, the latter for Meridian and the former for Washing ton.
The age-herald., 1902-05-09
condition of the island. He has much

condition of the island He has much in either direction to contend with.
 The new government may not last long time, but it Is certain that President Palma will do his duty as he sees it. He is thought to be par tial to American methods, because he lived almost a generation in this country, but this fact will not harm him if he succeeds in bettering the condition of the peasants. He needs very much substantial reductions in American duties upon sugar and to- bacco, and perhaps the entire experi- ment of the Palma government will turn upon the size of the proposed re- duction in American duties.
 Minister Squiers and Consul General Bragg will be on the spot when the new government takes over the island, and it is more than likely they will have their hands full. The friction between the Cubans and Americans Is said to be very deep and bitter, and when General Woods army is with drawn there may be some outbreaks in the cities that the new government cannot readily control. The entire effort at home rule is interesting and it will be closely watched many be- lieving that it will prove a failure and that Cuba will be an American State inside of five years.
The age-herald., 1902-05-09
ARE THEY MARRIED?
Mock Wedding Now Said to Be Real
 Affair.

New York. May S.-Great consternation among the members Of the Jewish so- ciety at Yonkers has been the outcome of the recent purim ball. During the evening one hundred couples went thr ough a mock marriage ceremony. Now the rabbi who officiated Is said to have declared that the couples so married are bound in the eye of the church and there fore IT, the eye of the law
 The young people are at their wits ends to decide whether they are really married. Some of them interested In the matter declare that the man who started the idea did so for a selfish motive--that he has a family of eight daughters, all of whom were 'marred' at the ball. Several of .he raobis are expected to have T consultation and their collective decision is to settle the matter.
The age-herald., 1902-05-09
From the Union Springs Herald.

From the Union Springs Herald.
 In the last issue of the Herald there appeared an invitation to Ned Brace of the Age Herald to visit Union Springs, but after looking at last Wednesdays issue of that paper we have decided to withdraw our bid" We know our citi- zens would not for one moment stand to see their '1ikenesses' presented to the people of the state in the manner some of Sylacaugas prominent men were pie tured.
 Gancing down at the writing pad. just as the office foreman arose, we noticed he had expressed his views with the foregoing paragraph. His views and the editors are evidently widely differing, for our invitation to the inimitable Ned was for the purpose of letting some of our dignified ones see themselves in comic caricature. Med Brace doesn't care how much dignity marks man, or how many collins he might have swallowed or anything else. A comic picture will be presented.
The age-herald., 1902-05-09
THE RHoDoRA:
On Being Asked "Whence Is Tn,
 FloWer?"

TIOWCT By Ralph Waldo Emerson. In May, when winds pierced our soli-
 tudes, I found the fresh Rhodora in the woods Spreading its leafless blooms in a damp
 nook, To please the desert and the sluggish
 brook. The purple petals, fallen in the pool, Made the black water with their beauty
 gay; Here might the red-hird come his plumes
 to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his
 array. Rhodora! if the sages ask thee why This charm Is wasted on the earth and
 sky, Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made
 for seeing. Then Beauty is its own excuse for being. Why thou vert there rival of the
 rosei I never thought to ask, I never knew: But, in my simple ignorance, suppose The self-same Power that brought ms there brought you.
The age-herald., 1902-05-09
DISCUSSING THE SABBATH.
Jewish Rabbs Wish to Further It's
 Better Observance.

New Orleans, May S.-The conference of American rabbis devoted another after noon to the Sabbath question. The latter is not whether Sunday should be substi- tuted for Saturday, but how to secure a better and more general observance of the Jewish Sabbath. The advisability of Sunday lectures was a part of the discussion. The result will be the ap- pointm ent of a commission of three to de- wise a uniform movement to be debated at the next conference.
 During the day Rabbi Samuel Sale of St. Louis spoke on the Bible and modern thought. President Alderman of Tulane was a guest of the conference and made a short address. Tonight the Harmony Club entertained the visitors.