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THRILLING CYCLE ACCIDENT:
Lawson Badly Hurt in His Race With
King Last Night.

While riding to victory with all the reck-
less abandon peculiar to the motor racer
Gussie Lawson was thrown at the Hartford
Avenue Coliseum. Baltimore, last night and
picked up for dead. The scalp over the
frontal bone was terribly lacerated and his
face a mass of cuts and blood while his
arms were scraped and his body and legs
bruised. Lawson was carried to the train
ing quarters and received immediate sur
gical aid. His wounds were dressed and he
was prepared for siege Of idleness.
The accident happened during the second
F. King. Lawson had won the first heat
in mastery style. For the second heat
King had the pole, and there was much
jockeying before the men were started.
King was paced by motor ridden by
Thompson and Boake, and Lawson by a
motor ridden by Turville and Fisher.
From the crack of the pistol it was a ter
rife rush for mastery, with the Lawson
outfit on the outside and the King men hug
ging the pole. 1t was plain that Lawson
nad the better OF the speed, but 1t was a
stubborn fight. On the second turn of the
track the Lawson crowd thought they had
gotten well enough in the. lead to swoon
down and take the pole with rush.
just as they cut down. from the upper
edge of the sharp embankment Lawson was
hurled into the air. and King, to save 8
more appalling accident, rode up the bowl
and. 1t seemed. would rush Off into the
crowd, but he controlled his machine and
both motors and King escaped accident
leaving Lawson bleeding and unconscious
on the track
Either the front tire of Lawsen's bicycle
was punctured, thus collapsing or when he
rode down for the pole the crank hanger
Of his bicycle touched one of the wheels of
kings racers. The bicycle tire and rim
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ICEBERGS AND CLIMATE.
A Popular Idea That is Not Based on
Fact

From the London Morning Post
1t has been a favorite theory to attribute
outbursts of cold weather during the sum-
mer months to the presence of icebergs on
the Banks of Newfoundland. But what
ever may have been the cause of. the abb
normally prolonged spell of wintry weather
we have suddenly emerged, it certainly
cannot be attributed to ice on the Banks.
The meteorological Office announces on the
June pilot chart that down to May IA not
one of the numerous observers had report
ed sighting berg in the usual localities.
What has become Of the exceptional guam
titles of ice which were seen drifting south
ward from Davis Strait along the Labrador
coast last autumn? Has the winter up
north been SO mild that even the bergs
have melted away before they could reach
Newfoundland? Instead of an early ice
season on the transatlantic steamer routes
1t has proved an unusually late one. I'm
usual too, in another way, the st. Law
ing Of April, fortnight earlier than any
Of the proceeding seventy-two years
On the general question of the effect pro-
duced on our climate by score or even
hundred icebergs two thousand miles dis
tant it is certain that the popular, idea
placed together, supposing they covered
twenty square miles. would be mere drop
in the ocean. the influence on the, water
and the afr temperature being limited TO
the immediate neighborhcod. A ton of ice
dropped into the Thames at London Bridge
would produce quite as great q change in
the climate Of Gravesend and Richmond as
hundred square miles OF Dergs on the
Banks would produce In our islands-it
would be nil In both cases.
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RACES AT sHEEPsHEAD.
Mackay's Kamara, at IS to 1, Captur-
ed the Handicap.

The Sheepshead Bay handicap, the second
of the June series, Yesterday proved to be
one of MIR. Vosburgs happiest efferts-or
rather it should be said, Iunhappiest efforts
for the hackers. since they failed utterly to
locate the winner, Kamara. Clarence
Mackay's mare is. to say the least of it. a
very uncertain quantity, and the book
makers were fully justified in their esti-
mate of her when they quoted her as high
as % to 1. She has proved snare and a
delusion ever since the weights for the
Spring handicap were published.
Yesterday she was on her good behavior
and made some amends for former delin-
Guencfes by winning handily from Ten
Candles and Morningside. the latter of
which especially was much fancied.
The frequent successes of J. G. Follans-
bees horses have gained such a hold on
the Minds of the public that whenever they
come to the post nowadays they are in
yariably installed favorites. So it was with
Cameron yesterday He had run a grand
pounds and opposed by such field of good
class horses, to 1 was an absurdly short
price at which to quote him. He ran his
usual true and game race, but, owing to
MS rear position, had to come around his
horses into the straight, and that complet-
ed his downfall
Mr.. Follansbee had also provided the IA
vorite for the first race in Daisy Green at
W one ran an unaCcOOntaOiy bad race
Tor her and despite warming up particular
~ well had no speed at all in her race
The handicap hurdle race proved. a nov
ely in one respect. The winner Topmast
wal both owned and ridden by Mr.. F. Am
prose Clark, who is an enthusiastic follow
er or the hounds on Long Island and
aspfres to become what now appears to be
a rara avis-a gentleman rider He has al
ready sported silk on the fiat, and took
part in the Amateur cup at Morris Park
He purchased Topmast. which has been
a very frequent winner on the fiat both in
California and Canada, from Carruthers &
Shields, paying some $1,000 for him with a
further contingency Of $1,000. Lying Sec
ond most of the distance to Big Gun, he
passed him on making the lower turn, and
by dint of hard riding landed him first past
the post by half length Already Mr.
Clark owns Rowdy and others, and It Is to
be hoped the turf will see still more of him.
In the fifth race Smoke, with Turner in
the saddle. was we'll fancied by the public
at IL to 10. Her owner. w. c. Whitney,
was present to see her run, and the wretch
ed showing she made must have annoyed
MIN not little. She was never factor at
any part of the race and finished absolute
ly last even behind such as the maiden
Sun Shower. This despite her having to
give Sun Shower fifteen pounds is not such
form as We have been led to suspect of
Smoke.
OConnor, Odom and Shaw each rode one
winner, whereas Redfern rode two The
remaining race was the jumping race won
by Ambrose Clark.
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AMERICAN BOWLING TRIO.
Setback to Act as Captain While Tour.
ing the Country,

The makeup of the all-American bowling
trio which will tour the country to the
Pacific coast, beginning October g. was
completed in Dayton. Ohio, yesterday AL
Setback the left fielder of the Baltimore
American League club and the champion
bowler of Ohio, will captain the team The
other members are: John ]. VOORHEES,
champion of New York; Phil Wolf, cham
pion Of Brooklyn, and Ernest Peterson,
the star roller of Chicago Sam Karpf of
Dayton, secretary of the American bowling
congress, who is arranging the tour, will
manage the team.
In addition to the three diamond-studded
trophies to be awarded to the team of three
making the best showing against the all
Americans while en- route, there will be a
large number of special prizes. A solid
gold-headed cane will be: awarded to the
bowler of California. Oregon, Washington
and Utah making the highest score in any
single game.
The team of bowlers in Minnesota, Mon
tana, North and South Dakota making the
best days record against the trio will re-
ceive handsome trophy. The same con-
ditiops will apply to the bowlers Of Mis-
souri, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and
Nebraska. for the Pick prize. There will
be several other special contest prizes.
In order to arrange and announce the
schedule of the trio In due time, Manager
Karpf has decided to book no dates after
August 10.
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ECCENTRIC RAILWAYS.
How Engineers Overcome Difficult
ties.
Ernm the Innlnn Glnhe

From the London Globe
AS the iron track is bound to force its
way into most corners of the world, it is
not surprising that some lines of railway
exist which are striking evidence of a sim
gularly bold conception carried out in the
face of obstacles which seemed almost in
surmountable. Sometimes the route of the
future line lies across a desert; then the
great law of the compensation of nature
seems to make itself felt, for to balance
the saving of time and money due to the
fact that long tunnels will not have to be
cut through hills or mountains the engi-
neers are confronted by the total absence
of three essential elements of construction,
namely, wood, iron and water which have
to be transported along the newly laid line
as 1t stretches its slow length across the
desert. Russia's Trans-Caspian railway,
now known the Central Asian railway
was built under these conditions; thou
sands or logs of timber We're needed and
the region trayersed cannot boast of a
single tree for more than 200 miles. This
timber was required for building the long
bridge, two miles in length, over the river
Amu-Darya. This bridge was ALWAYS the
weak point in that highly important rail-
way, and ii has been repla ced recently by
a stone bridge. Between Merry and Char
Jul the line had to be carried over shifting
sands siXty-four feet deep. When the work
Is Delng carried out in such regions the
trains become a little town on wheels
They are composed of two-storied wagons
Which contain sleeping accommodate
butchers stalls, canteenS, grocers' stores
and FORCES. AS the Trans-Siberian railway
grew in length it was resolved by the au-
thorities that the workmen should have
their own church car" A wagon was
fitted up accordingly a church, with a
little peal of bells in the alcove above the
entrance.
The romance of mountain railways hv
no means ends with their construction,
high altitude is not thing to be desired
The Peruvian line running from Callao to
Oroya has a twofold claim to distinction;
it is built at probably the greatest altitude
of any existing railway, namely, 10 ,906 feet
above sea level. and it affords travellers GER
tainly the most unpleasant experience de
voyage that can be imagined. AS the re-
suit of travelling at such an altitude the
passengers begin by feeling great oppres-
sion, accompanied by pains in the head
and limbs; these are quickly followed by
bleeding from the nose and mouth, and
then by momentary blindness. 1t is graft
flying to know that there is a certain va
riety in the effects produced upon passen-
gers at this point. Thus, while some per-
sons are seized with giddness, others en-
terrain strange Authorizations and others
faint away; the last class become so weak
that any undue exertion on their part
often proves fatal But this is not all that
one has to undergo on the CallaO and Oroya
line In due course the skin becomes irri-
table and sores break out, while the lips
swell and then crack.
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Harvard Defeated Yale.

Harvard defeated Yale Of New Haven
yesterday afternoon in the commencement
ball game before 10000 spectators. On
Friday, June 20. Yale defeated Harvard
by to at Cambridge.
The defeat of yesterday greatly dampened
the enthusiasm, which before the game be-
gan was as picturesque in expression as
ever. Many of the classes that returned
for reunions marched around the diamond
headed by brass bands.
The class of 1896 was led by ten men on
horseback, carrying fish pole lances with
Yale pennants f1uttering at the top. Four
Scotch bagpipers made the music. The
triennial classes We're CARRIED as sailors
and carried huge pompons of paper on long
stems.
The cheering was at times deafening, but
died down as Yale's hopes sank after the
fifth inning. There was a desperate rally
of enthusiasm toward the close of the
game, when Yale graduates and students
dying hard, gave their team final support
and announcement, hoping to make a
strong finish. But Clarkson's cleverness
was too much for the Yale batsnlen
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Races at Coliseum Tonight.

The indications are that an unusually
good nights sport will be on exhibition at
the Coliseum this evening. when Leander
meets King in a heat race of ten miles
each. Leander has reached that point
where he must either score a victory or
drop back into the 'also ran class, and
be rated as rider with a reputation who
failed to make good. He certainly has
all the earmarks of a good cyclist, but
luck has been against him in almost every
contest he has entered, and the victory
always went to the other fellow. Tonight
he meets King, another young man who
has been riding in hard luck, and the
chances are that the contest will be a
close one from start to finish. King has
been training on the Baltimore Coliseum
bowl and raced against Lawson last night.
He Is in good condition and capable of
making very fast time.
In addition to this race there will be
contests between double and single motors.
and as these machines can get around the
track at the speed of the wind, the ex-
citement furnished should be of the thrill
Ing sort. The first event starts promptly
at SIS.
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cH1LDREN's ROCK MUSEUMS.
Means Of Instilling a knowledge Of
Elementary Geology.

From the New York Evening Post.
The late Mrs. Erminie Smith, the distin-
guished geologist suggested for kindergar-
ten use the formation of little rock muse
ums in which should be put specimens OF
the leading kinds Of stones and minerals
Her suggestion has been acted upon by ed
ucators in various parts of the country,
but more especially in the western and Pa
cific states. where mining is much more
prominent than In the eastern and central
sections Of the country. The collections
are made of the commoner rocks which
obtain in a neighborhood.
A typical New York collection owned by
teacher up town has in 1t pieces of trap
from the Palisades, Of dolomite or West
chester marble. of gneiss from the vicinity
of Central Park of mica schist from Har-
lem, Of soapstone from Staten Island of
Greensboro from Hoboken, of bog iron ore
from Richmond, peat from Prospect Park
and pudding stone from the riverside of
upper New York. In addition there are
samples Of the more familiar types of build
ing material, such as Croton bricks Milwau-
kee brick, Connecticut sandstone, Ohio
limestone, Quincy and Aberdeen granite.
Carrara. marble, Vermont marble Ohio and
New Jersey limest0nes New: Jersey. Divine,
Vermont slate, Pennsylvania slate and en-
caustfc tile, Belgian brick, enameleds brick
and specified brick. ChildEen enjoy. these
collections ana learn the names In a very
short time without apparent effort Nearly
all start making their own collections a
brief time after they have mastered the
new words and facts.
The finest collections are those which
come from Denver. They contain samples
OF galena. fools gold, peacock copper sill
yer and gold ore, piumbago. rose quartz.
red zinc ore, malachite, azurife and ruby
iron. The prettiest rocks In New York are
those found in the Franklin mines and
quarries of New Jersey. These are red.
white. yellow. orange. gray brown and
black. and contain ores OF zinc, iron, chro-
MUM and manganese.
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American League Teams Standing.
National League Teams Standing.

The Senators were given splendid well
come home yesterday afternoon when they
opened the second series with Boston at
American League Park and won the game
by the close score of to 6. The local en-
thusiasts started early for the park and
when the game was called there were near
iy 1000 people inside the Enclosure.
A more satisfying game could not have
been mapped out for the crowd The field
Ing was almost perfect and, in addition,
both teams hit The ball for keeps. In the
matter of batting the Senator's gave an ex-
hibition that Captain Delehanty has been
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Coronation Boxing Bouts,

In the contests held in London last night,
at the National Sporting Club in connec-
ton with the coronation tournament Frank
Erne Of Buffalo defeated Jim Maloney
of England in the seventh round.
This bout was poor exhibition, and
Erne had no difficulty in disposing of Ma
loney, who fell to avoid punishment and
was severely cautioned. Erne did practi-
cally all the scoring, and knocked out his
opponent with a left on the jaw. Erne had
neglected training.
The attendance was small few Americans
even being present.
Tommy Ryan Of Chicago defeated John
ny German of New York In the third
round They were in fine shape, and Cor
man was seven pounds the heavier. Ryan
showed steadihess and speed and allowed
German to do all the rushing. German got
in several stiff jabs, but in the third round
Ryan landed left and right on the head,
and while German was dazed he sent q
right swing upon the jugsflar
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Forced to Play Fast Tennis.

Beals C. Wright gaxes another grand ex-
hibition of tennis in the, Round Robin tour
nament of the CRESCENT "A thletic Club. at
Bay Ridge. L. l., yestsrdaN. He had as his
opponent W. J. fCiotiafer mf Harvard, who
was worthy antagonist; and who forced
game.
bs Gother NV won ars the after Wright
tators was treated to niiesBf the finest ex-
hibitions ever seen in the third set. Time
and again Wright wanted but one point to
win. but Clothier Invariably rallied and
smashed or slipped the ball through in
such way that Wright was forced to give
the point. The latter. won.the set, "a.
Raymond D. Little defeated Clarence Ho-
bart IN the other match Of the afternoon.
In three sets. II
Summary: 4sN Ia,
Round Robin MEMS singles-Beals. C.
W1ignt neatrW;J. ciothier. Ga, 80. rs.
Raymond ID: Little beat Clarence Hoharts
g. Ga. s'-- :,
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race with Heno. Arsenal and Penteeost over
the Derby distance of a mile and half.
In an interview Drake said he would not
accept the eastern offer, as he had plenty
of work for Wyeth in filing stake engage
ments in the west. However, if the offer
from the eastern owners were made worth
his while shipping east it is probable he
could be induced to change his mind.
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PHILADELPHIA,

Sacrifice Iits-Davis. BresnaIan, Mccain. Gill
bert. Twobase hts-Seybold. Setback. Hartsel.
Three base hit-Selbach. Stolen bases-Keiey.
Sehreck. Gilbert. Triple play-Selbach. Williams
and AIctiann. First base balls-By Howell, l:
by Plank, Z. Hit by pitched ball BY Plank. 1.
Struck out-By Howell. 2; by Plank, g. Left
bases Baltimore, 4; Philadelphia. 4. Umpires-
Messrs. Connolly and tombstone. Time OF game
l hour and 80 minutes.
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Wyeth Won't Come Ea.t /.

7 Secretary Nathanson OF the Harlem
Jockey, Club. Chicago, Offers sweepstakes
of $4,000 for Derby candidates, the race to
be run at Harlem Park at the next meeting,
provided the eastern. horses Pentecost Ar
senal and Heno can be induced to enter
This. offer was made after the secretary
mad been advised OF the offer made by the
Brighton Beach Association to John A.
Drake, owner Of the Derby winner, Wyeth,
to send his horse east and contend in a
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FIST base by errors-WashingtOn, /; Boston, 2.
Left on bases Washington. 6; Boston, 8. First
base on balls-Of Winters, q off Adkins. l. Struck
out-By Ortiz 3; by Winters, 1. Home runs-Keis-
ter and Ferris. Three-base hit-Freeman. Two
base hits-Ryan Delehanty, Keister f2). Dougherty.
Dineen, Freeman and Parent. Double play-Parent
to Creiger to Ferris. Hit by pitcher-By Orth. l.
Passed ball-Creiger Umpire-Mr. Caruthers. Time
of game-1 hour and 10 minutes.
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Yesterdays National League Games.

Pittsburg, Z; Chicago, 3.
Philadelphia. 6; Boston. 1.
ST. Louis, 4; Cincinnati, 3.
Brooklyn, 8; New York, 1.
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EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JUNE a5 1eoa-1e PAGES

a high bound and went clear to the fence,
giving Ferris a home run and clearing the
bases, making five runs in ALL Ortiz then
went to work in the ninth and the Bostons
went out in order, leaving the score stand
ing to 6 in favor of the Senators.
Following is the official score:
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Chicago, 5; Detroit, 3.

Chicago defeated Detroit yesterday on the
latters grounds, to .. The champions
punched hits in the fourth inning and were
aided with an error. getting enough runs
to win right there. Score:
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GoSNoLD.
Something About the Smallest Town
in Massachusetts.

From the Boston Transcript.
Here is a most interesting story about
"Gosnold," the smallest town in Massachu-
sets, Hull apparently having lost that dis
tinction. Gosnold comprises those little
specks of land which beginning at Woods
Hole at the Shoulder of old Cape Gods
right arm. extend. seward tn they termi-
nate in that fatal reef of the Sow and
Pigs. Geographically they are known as
the Elizabeth Islands. and their euphoni-
nursery jingle:
Great Naushon and Nomamessett
Uncatena and Weepeckets
Nashawena, Pasquanese.
Cuttyhunk and Penikese.'
1t is a remarkable fact that the SMALL
est Of Massachusetts town meetings should
be on the ideiticai spot where almost to
day 800 years ago. Bartholomew Gosnold
planted the first European settlement in
America When Gosnold spent the winter
on Cuttyhunk his company numbered thir-
ty-two souls. The voters of Gosnold num-
Der just thirty-two today Cuttyhunk is
the outermost Of the group and is the seat
of government. At the last election of
town officers eieht~of the nineteen Offices
tons But Lon Veeder was a sort of
Pooh Bah. being at once selectman treas
urer, collector, assessor. overseer OF the
poor, board OF health and sealer Of weiGhts
and measures. They have to have a board
Of health and sealer of weights and meas
ures because the law says so, but the
board never had anything to do and all the
sealer, ETC.. has to do with the set of
standard instrumental In his charge u to
dust 'em of" Questionable There n aloe
tree warden. although the only trees On
the islands are three stunted silver DOB.
lars on Cuttyhunk.
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were crushed and the front wheel destroyed
Lawson is from Chicago and originally
from Sweden. He is oiBe of the star flyers
of the oriole band bfsracers. of whom c.
Ross Klosterman is .the manager.
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Baltimore, 8; Athletics, 4.

Plank held the Orioles down to four hits
yesterday at Baltimore and the Athletics
would probably have won but for a triple
play which was started by Setback making
a great catch of short fly and passing the
ball to second and first. Score:
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Home run-Lajoe. Stolen bases-Lajoe, Bradley
and Flick. Double pays-Lajoie to Gochnauer to
Hickman Mccormick to Padden to Anderson. First
base balls-On Sudhon, B: off Harper. 5. Hit
by pitched ball-By Bernhard, /. Left on bases
Cleveland, 10: st. Louis, A. Struck out-By Har
per. 8; by Bernhard, 3. Passed ball-Donahue.
Wild pitch-Bernhard. Umpire-Mr. Sheridan. Time
OF game-1 hour and AZ minutes.
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Sacrifice hit-Davis. Stolen bases-Holmes. Casey.
Jones l2,, Davis, Mcfarland. Bases on balls-of
Miller /: OF Callahan. g. Hit by pitcher-Green
First base on errors-Chicago 4; Detroit. l. Left
bases-Detroit. s: Chicago. A. Struck Out-By
Miller / by Callahan, =. Wild pitch-Miller, 1.
JTmpre-Mr. O'Loughlin. Time of game-1 hour
and AZ minutes
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Cleveland, IL; St. Louis, 4.

Cleveland played perfect ball at home
yesterday and easily defeated st. Louis by
the score of II to 4. The feature of the
game was home run by Lajoie with the
bases filled. Score: