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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-07-17
-FOUR CONV|CTS FREE
Escape From the all at Du-
mas on Wednesday
Morning.
THREE OF THEM FROM JEFFER-
SON COUNTY EN- ROUTE TO
CONVICT FARM.
Made Hole in the Wall With ChiseI
ard GreWbars Passed te
WE'RE SHORT TERN CCNVlCT& :.

jim Hudson. .fff EdlHaAds aHf
Harry Thomas. Tic three county ntiz-
oncIs Who left here Tuesday fer G.s
Cross convict farm at Pendlctor
Charge of Deputy Sheriff Pleas Gga
Be9Hef were short lived as 5aa3s.
conNjeta III fact they never reached
1heir destination. They We're lelt ii
the Dg4as jail. which is &everat n.iies
from the convict farm None Of tie
officials Of the convict farm We're there
to meet Nh. Culpepper, aud the he
e1oes We're left in the Jail. They ~
mained secure behind bors over nigh
and until 1880 =. Ii. Wednesday.
About that hour they walked out Of
iail with the assistance Of several
ehisels and hammers which had e9i-
dentlz ueen passed them from the out
side. \ negro from Dasha comfy also
escaped with them.
The delivery was in a way due to
the failuge CT Capt Cross to receive
a letter promptly which had beer
sent from the sheri1fs Office here. Had
he received the lottof promptly. 81
had it been mailed as was intended
one of Capt Cross men would haFe
met the prisoners at the train.
The negroes who effected their 6
cape We're all short term men, of from
thirty 70 sixty days
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-07-17
Rice to PaY Death Penalty.

Toronto, Ont. July l1.-The eabi-
Hat having declined ia Interfere. Fred
Lee Rice. one OF the most desperate
criminals With which the Canadian
authorities have had To deal in many
years, will pc due penalty of his mis-
deeds oil the eaHoWs tomorrow The
condemned ettHaal is an Illinois mar.
: famer. resident af= Champaign and
student = t=e= laFefss + af Illinois
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-07-17

Congressman Gardner Renomnated.
Cape May. n. j., July 17.-Congress-
man John J. Garner was renominated
today by the Republicans Ct the Sec
ond district in convention here.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17
WITH THE OMAHA BoWLERs
Ball JuggIers Laying Plans for the
City League Tournament
Next Winter.

That the Omaha Bowling league will in
crease the number Of teams on It's member
ship list next year seems now a certainty.
That the playing schedule OF the league
will be broken up into two separate seasons
instead Of one as heretofore is another inno-
walton which is almost equally sure to
occur.
Though the commencement Of the active
winter bowling season is still more than a
month distant the large number Of ath-
l~etically inclined omahans who devote them
selves to this game are already turning
their attention to plans for It's conduct dur
ing 1902-03. These two questions are the
ones that are agitsting them chiefly and are
now almost the only topics for discussion
among the rollers.
1t would seem that both plans were well
advised and that each will correct a dis
comfort or rather a drawback in the game
which has always been felt here. During
the last two winters the great growth in
popularity in bowling has made these little
troubles especially noticeable, and to thai
may be assigned the movement now on foot
toward Graduating them.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17
MoNsrER DREDoER's work.
Plan to Dig the Riches Out of Oregon
Land.


One OF the greatest pieces of mechanical
engineering ever undertaken in eastern Ore
gon. says the San Francisco Chronicle. IL
the CONSTRUCTION of a monster dredger,
weighing $50 tons, for operation on the pla-
Ger bearing bed of the John Day river In
that section.
The dredger has been in course OF con-
struetion for a long time and will be ready
for work this week. One hundred and sew
enty-hve thousand feet OF lumber were used
In the construction OF the hull alone. The
cost Of this mammoth dredger has been
about $3.50, 900. but SO rich is the sand al
the bottom of the river that the company
owning the dredger feels confident that its
investment will bring ample returns.
The sand is to be ,raised by twenty-seven
buckets attached to an endless chain Of 72s
links. The buckets weigh 1000 pounds each,
and the links Of the chain weigh 500 pounds
each. Twelve buckets will pass a given point
each minute, making a total of ninsty-s six
cubic yards OF sand lifted in a minute.
The company has figured that the cost OF
operation will be nearly 500 a day. but
the members are confident that the sand
at the bottom Is rich and they ngure that
they can make a profit Of 800 or more
daily.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

The Field club has several announce
mepts TO make regarding the tournament
In the FIRST place, it will. by the very ma
ture OF the club, be purely an invitation
ahair. There will be no admission fee
charged. but that does not mean that every
one can witness the tournament. In fact,
1t will prove to be a rather exclusive af-
fair. Admission Will be by invitation only
All comers who are not members must
bear either visiting cards or else be prop
erly introduced and registered by some
member. These courtesies are already at a
premium, as the hundreds Of Field club
members are besieged with opportunities
to take me to the tennis tournament"
OF give me a card to the club"
The club wishes. to quiet all fears az TO
its being able to care for the Spectators.
The gallery will be we'll cared for. as there
will be seats for ali. These will Do SO
disposed as to give a good view OF the
entire tennis nats. The verAndas OF the
club houses will be the principal places FOR
the ~OnlookeTs, but from there on out there
win be seating arranged. and those who are
keenest after tbs sport viii be found Town
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

Such an arrangement would certainly rem
der competition keener and interest moro
unfailing. In a season Of seven months one
or two teams are almost certain to get away
ahead Of all the rest and one or two others
away behind. If this occurs at either the
top or bottom the discrepancy in the scores
Of standing creates a dissatisfaction among
the losers. Any team can stand 1t to rub
along at the bottom for awhile, but when
1t comes to being stuck there and held for
soven months that is too much TO expect.
Everybody thought last year that the Ma
tionals showed a mighty lot OF pluck in
hanging on and playing the season through
as they did against such a hopeless sure
thing. Perhaps some OF the teams that were
higher up in the standing column would
not have displayed this stamina II they had
been put to the same test.
OF course, 1t may be said that base ball
leagues play five months and that often
times the teams are in that same M with
regards standing. but there Is 10 real
analogy between the cases. Base ball Is a
matter Of finance. Men are paid for their
work and the managers and owners sup
posedly make money by theirs. Even the
losing teams and the ones at the bottom Of
the column are apt to have q handsome sur
plus, and the man who is making money
does not want to quit. even II he Is losing
base ball. II he were losing both money and
games be might then be expected to get the
sore heart. With bowling 1t is entirely diff
ferent The men are In II for fun-as
! recreation and pastime. None Of them make
a living at It. II is merely for their idle
hours. They don't need Il TO live and they
don't want II for any other purpose than
the enjoyment Of the game. All there u IN
It for them is victory. 50 IL is easy TO under
stand why they should van to quit when Il
IL . einch they can't win.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17
caoIera Morbas.

This Is an extremely dangerous disease.
In almost every neighborhood some one has
died from II, and In many instances before
a physician could be summoned or medicine
obtaiDed. Mrs. e. II. Delano Of DurAnt.
Mich, is subject to severe attacks Of chol-
era morbus. During the past four years
she has kept at hand E bottle OF Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and DiarThoea Rem
edy, and says IL has always given her quick
relief. During this time she has used two
bottles Of Il. This remedy can be de-
pended upon in the most severe and dan
gerous cases. The safe way is 70 keep Il
at hand ready for instant use.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

In the hrst place, the trouble with the
number Of teams in the league has been
this: There are three principal alleys here.
EiGht teams oR the personnel means that
one alley can have only no teams, while
the other two have three each. This is
not relished by the alley having the smaller
representation, for the teams, although hav-
ing no immediate connection with the
alleys they hail from, choose these different
playing grounds as their homes and head
quarters-in a word, they simply hail from
those places and everybody knows 1t.
Two propositions are now being agitated
in regard to this swelling Of the member
ship list. One is to make It nine teams,
adding but one more. The other is to
make 1t twelve. Each number has sup
ports. Either will allow an equal division
Of the teams between three alleys. Those
who want nine teams say that one extra
team would be enough to accommodate the
outside bowlers whom it is known would
like to play on a league team. The other
party maintains that four additional teams
will not be a bit too many. They say that
last year there were twenty or thirty good
bowlers who were looking for chances to
get on league teams and that this year
there will be more than ever extra ones
Under these circumstances it is considered
very easy to get a score Of players for the
our new teams who would be men sufi-
GENTLY skilled in the game 10 make a
good showing in the league race.
Just now 1t seems more likely that only
one team will be added, since only one is
definitely talked of as regards organiza-
tion. At the close OF last season Tracy
of the National team, and a good bowler,
too, said that he had q notion to organize
a new team this year. II he does this he
will undoubtedly be given the ninth place,
II others should come forward with ma
terial for good teams which they wish to
organize and put in the field three more
may be admitted, but at the present writing
his seems unlikely.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17
READY FOR TENNIS TOURNEY
Managers of Interstate Affair Waiting for
Monday to Start.
SIX MORE GOOD PLAYERS ARE COMING
Chicago Adds a Notable PAIR to the
Entry List ana st. Louis
and Kansas City Each
Send Cracks.

Two features of the weeks developments
in the interstate tennis tournament to be
held at the Field club this week are thai
six more outside entries have been secured
and that two Of them are from Chicago.
Both facts are productive OF keen pleasure
to the many who have the interest OF the
tournament and its success keenly at heart.
This means almost thirty outside entries,
assuring one of the biggest tennis meets ever
held In the west. That the affair will
eclipse anything OF the kind ever known in
Omaha is a certainty already. Meanwhile
the assurance of fifteen local men In the
entry list will bring the total up to a mum
Der hat not even the most enthusiastic pro-
moter Of the affair would have dared predict
a month ago.
From Chicago p. NJ. Ashcraft and r. S.
Peters are coming. These two are we'll
known in tennis circles. Both played in
the recent championship AFFAIR at the Ken
wood Country club. Ashcraft was the man
who put Earl Farnsworth Of Grand Island,
Nebraska's prize player, out In the second
round. Both are good players and have
had much experience. 7. S. Blair Of St.
Louis, ByH. Graves of Lees Summit. Mo-, G,
20. Cockerill Of Pittsburg, Kan. and DR.. r.
A., Sheldon OF Kansas City are the other
new entries. The latter was in 1890 cham
pion Of Kansas City and was given credit
for great proves at that time. He is said
to be in great form now. Concerning the
other three not much IL known here.
Everything is now ready for the getaway,
with the club simply resting on its oars, as
its preparations are complete. Today the
outsiders arrive and they will struggle in
till the last late trains tonight By $3.50
Monday morning all will be primed and the
first round can be started on on sehedule
time.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17
FOOT BALL FOR NEBRASKA
University win Put Lnsthsr Strong Team
on the Gridiron.
COACH BOOTH TO HAVE EXPERT HELP
Lou Palmer of Princeton VIII he
Assistant During Training Sea-
sOn-ThOrpe Back "a
Play AZ Quarter.

The announcement IN Saturdays bee Of
the good fortune Of the Nebraska foot ball
team In securing for the coming season
Lou Palmer, the former Princeton end, for
assistant coach. and orlie Thorpe, Me-
braska's greatest quarterback and most ia
nous captain, TO play his old position, came
as the first news concerning the varsity
eleven for this year that has been heard
since the close oflast seasons play.
The information has started the many
foot ball enthusiasts in Omaha and Ne
braska a buzzing plenty, and It is time, too.
With the beginning Of training only three
weeks distant and the nrst- game scarcely
more than a month away, foot ball gossip
lie in good order, and II is not long before
the closing Of the base ball and ennis sea-
sons will leave the sporting field, as far as
games are concerned, practically clear for
the gridiron remp.
As 1t is, things are certainly starting of
very strong, for the acquisition Of Palmer
and Thorpe is doubtless the most important
thing that can happen to Nebraska this
year, next to winning games. Thorpe's
advent Is really the more momentous Of this
two, for he win ill a place that was the
despair of Captain Westover and Coach
Booth. the quarterback position vacated by
Ralph Drain. This lad was, next to Thorpe,
the best quarter Nebraska. had ever
known. and last year Phil King ranked him
as mo better In the west" He was the
life Of the team, being possessed OF good
cheer and buoyancy OF spirit and indomi-
table nerve that alone made him Invaluable.
Only one other man on the team possessed
all these characteristics. That was Cap
tain Westover. OF the others. som be-
came downeast, hopeless; others grew sui.
len; others lost their nerve with injuries.
To replace such a man as Drain seemed i'm
possible: "Of course, l knew 1 could not
do IT with any new man." said Captain
Westover, 'for no matter how strong and
clever you are, it's the experience that
counts. Drains own case showed this.
His superiority was the result Of Ions
training. He played four years at Ne
braska. and apt till the last two did he
shine out. while In 1901 he was the star Of
the west at his job. So you can imagine
how / felt when a week ago I secured
Thorpe's promise to return to school. There
is Just the man, for he has all that expert.
enee which Is 80 essential, and is, be-
sides, the best kicker and leader you could
ind"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17
Reaactions OF a Bachelor.

New York Press: Philosophy IL the
salve OF disappointment
+, Girls swim overland almost a. naturally
as they ride horseback straddls.
A man bets on reason and loses; q wOman
doesn't bet on instinct. but she wins with II.
Mental science never cured a girl Of a
stitch IL her s.es tight after she had been
out on a dark piazIa with her best beau.
A woman will try nine different cooks
In q month End take Il as a matter OF
course. but when a man has to be shaved
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

Regarding the matter of the split season,
the feeling was very strong at the end of
last winters play. All the bowlers were
keen for a shorter league schedule, and
that naturally suggests two schedules.
Twenty eight weeks was the journey the
bowlers, even those Of the winning team.
say they don't want to do that again.
Three or four months they consider ample
for a bowling sason. That would end II
along In January. and. as It lie e cinch the
bowlers won't want to stop then, this leads
to the thought OF having another season
from then to April, with a couple Of weeks
intermissioR.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

That the Western league pitchers have
been laying FOR Stone is shown By the fact
that he only got three hits during the last
six games. This slump brings his batting
average down nineteen points, but II is
still high enough to look good. others OF
the team are hitting along steadily around
the seasons mark. Carter is the bright
and shining exception. He got through the
week without securing a safety. In the
FIELDING department Of the game a very
noticeable advance is made. everybody i'm
proving slightly and all giving a splendid
exhibition Of that ability which has marked
Omaha all season as the fastest fielding
team in the league. Dolan and Hickey
went through the week without an error,
the first time this season. Dolan now has
fielding average above the 80 per cent
mark, and Hickey is not far away. which
records are excellent when one considers
that neither Of these players ever shirks
a ball. no matter where It is going. but
are willing to take a chance on anything.
Here are the statistics up to the end Of
the Milwaukee series:
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

But the following showing for '03 does
way once and entirely with all this sure
thing business. Look down this line OF old
mem: Westover for right tackle at 1856
pounds. Cortelyou for right end at 100
pounds. "chick" shedd for left end at $50
pounds. Ringer for left guard at 1870 pounds,
Malcney and Tobin for guards at 30 and 1856
pounds respectively. And those are all old
men and they will all be back.
Then take In this connection these new,
candidates for line positions: Patton. the
Doane college tackle. at 100 pounds; Wilson,
q tackle from the State Normal school OF
Illinois. at 1876; Cotton. from Syracuse. Neb..
at 520 pounds; Voss. a Nebraska boy, who
weighs 22O pounds and whom the Uni
yersity Of Pennsylvania is trying to get as a
guard. having seen his play at q minor col
lege In Pennsylvania last year. And last
but not least, Ed Hubbard. the Lincoln High
school boy. who weighs 30 pounds and who
wishes TO be center. a Job be played sew
eral years at the preparatory school.
With such a bupch at hand. what matters
II that ex-captain Brew is gone forever
from his position at guard, that Koehler will
no longer be on hand to play center, the
place he has held for three years. For
every place Of the FIVE center ones in the
line there are two candidates. three for some.
And heavy men. too. A central quintet
Weighing 1000 pounds, or just half a ton.
can be picked up with eyes closed, and Il
will be the hrst time Nebraska ever had the
weight, or had il Sc nicely distributed.
That line will be a compact. balanced mass
in its heavy hulwark portion.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17
Will Make
Affidavit
New Lease Of Lie for an IOwa
Postmaster.

Postmaster r. II. Randall. Dunlap. Ia,
says: l suffered from indigestion and re-
sulting evils for years. Finally l tried
Kodol. soon knew / had found what
/ had long looked for. / am better today
than in years. Kodol gave me . new
lease Of life. Anyone can have my AZ.
fdavit TO the truth Of this statement"
Kodol digests your food. This enables the
system to ASsimilate supplies, strengthen.
ing every organ and restoring health.
KOdoI Makes YOu Strong.
PETsss:SsdS sS,y 3 No. z; 2 D y El5s : S sss e Ss is {
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

always a great punter. and should make a
good drop and place kicker.
The other new rule Of Importance says
that the teams shall change ends Of the
field after each score is made. instead Of at
the end OF the nrst half. Westover thinks
this a great improvement. He says that
with the winds changing as they do. what
is an advantage for one team at one end OF
the Geld has often ceased to be such by the
time the other team gets that side. "In
our game with the Haskell Indians last
year. said westover, they had a hete
wind behind them during the FIRST half and
scored against us twice by place, kicks at
impossible distances. The fierce wind
simply carried the ball over. No man
could have kicked It that far with any
safety. They r. yer got within fair strik-
ing dista&ce OF our goal. But when the
first half ended and we got that end. the
wind had died away entirely, 80 we gained
none of that advantage"
Nebraska's schedule Is complete, save for
a practice game which will probably be
played between the game with Knox on
November Is and the Northwestern match
on Thanksgiving day. The first game lie
with the Lincoln High school on Septem-
Der Fl. Others follows thus:
September rs, Doane college, at Lincoln.
October 4, University of Colorado, at
Denver
October II, Grinnell college, at Lincoln.
October IS, University OF Minnesota, at
Minneapolis.
October Is. University Of Missouri. at st.
Joseph.
November /, Haskell Indians, at Omaha.
November s, Kansas university, at Lin
coin.
November Is, Knox college. at Lincoln.
November 2S, Northwestern university, at
Lincoln.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17
as CLOSE to the courts as they will be
allowed to get.

Il
The entertainment committee Is now
ready ito announce its program for thSl
week, ell the more important details, such
as the bigger social affairs, being ar
ranged. On Monday night the players Will
be taken in a body to the Ak-Sar-Ben
den and there initiated, with all due ceres'
money, pomp and general jolllication. On
Tuesday night a smoker will be given at
the club. Wednesday night comes Nthe
regular club dance, which will be swelled
to an important affair ny the presence OF
the visitors. Either Thursday o. Friday
night comes the big banquet. and on satur-
day night is another dance. together with a
formal presentation Of the prizes to the
victors.
Extreme interest is being taken In the
tournament by the men and also the women
Of the club. The latter are enthusiastic
as regards the entertainment, and 1t is as
sured that the society life OF the week Will
hinge round the Field club. All the pa
irons and misses OF the haut ton promise
to be there from morning till night, and
victors and vanquished will be certain Of a
warm welcome after every match. the one
receiving warm congratulations, the other
sympathetic solace. A club full Of women
will certainly be an inducement TO play
tennis.
All the prizes are now in Omaha, and
are undergoing the last touches Of engrav-
ing. They we're delayed a little, 20 VIII
not be finished till early this week. The
grand challenge cup fer singles. c%onceraing
which so much has been said, is beyond
expectations. The cup Is an immense af-
fair, more than a foot high, with elaborate
handles Of solid silver grapevine stock,
clasDed at ether end by leaves. Of the
vine. The cup looks more than It's price,
$3.50.
All the other prizes are on the same pro-
pOrtionat4 scale Of ,magniheence as this.
Everything is honest, and each trophy is
a beauty. One change has been made, a
cut glass cigar jar with silver top being
substituted for the travelling set announced
as hpst prize In the consolation singles.
Tho price is the same. SIS.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

Interest in the team this year will ex-
coed all pounds. Last season Lincoln
walked up, as did the varsity itself. A
field with a seating capacity of only 1000
was given 5000 seats, and that was not
enough. The business men there walked
up and loosened up. They are doing. so
again this year. The team will have
great financial backing. II will be run
as nearly as possible on eastern college
lines. Money will not be spared. The
team expects a crowd Of 10000 people to
greet 1t in Omaha on November /, when
1t plays the Haskell Indians here. The
boys hope that Northwestern, Minnesota
and Knox will give them another chance
to line up with the boys of the Big Nine.
"Of course we are looking for the
Gophers," said Westover. 1T will be a
different game against them this year, all
close formation. Well have that heavy
line. and we'll PEAT them at their own
game"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

Coachers will be as thick as players this
year. Besides Booth and Palmer, George
Shedd, captain in 81. will be around to
show the backs something, and little Ralph
Drain will be there to give pointers to ends
and backs. Then Westover himself will
coach. He will not line up with the team.
It's no use. There's nothing he can learn,
and it's always In p~raotice games that he
gets hurt. Last year the scrimmages with
the scrubs used to result in injuries to
him every night. Anyway, there's no
tackle who is going to get by John, and he
will be in the games hard as ever.