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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-05

Plans of Major fa!ior' =.
Major Taylor. the negro whiriwiho. mas
.efxed his signature to a contract Tor r
second trip to Europe. Taylor VIII sun
shortly to prepare for twelve races IN May
and June. He will again refuse 10 rae ut
Sundays. His compensation LOT ms Up
Ia unknown. Last season he was SuaEai-
teed 5000 for the trip and made ihuGh
more. Taylor asserts his intention OF asa,n
-eturning TO America to fight Tor the spt.no-
ing championship in July. August ahu Sep-
;anber. He lost the championship iast So
Son to Frank Kramer. Taylor was unue.
contract before sailing last spring &c Tet rev.
under no such contract this year. ana VIII
be able to do as he pleases. The NJ: Z; "A,
forced srssloa him ,a to 5iys up BUT 70 viii ih now A have no
hold ,ipon him. To a friend Taylor made
the assertion during the siX-day race IN
New York that foFeign ensa asaIn for the
American championship. which he Is De
sirous of holding. His present contract Is
daily cycling paper. which cars on a
booking business for the Europea-- cycling
tracks. A representative of a rival paper,
Auto Velo. tried in every way To secure
Tay!or's signature to a contract and failed;
Mr.. Brewer went to Worcester and closed
the deal. Frank Kramer, the champion.
refused to go to France, although given the
most liberal offers. Kramer will stick TO
sprint racing in America next season, and
make his European debut a year from nov.
great Jacquelin won a race each In Two
meetings, but did not come together for the
third time. The French people expected
that Taylor would make it two straight and
thought the division on the first two heats
was a put-up job. The third race was.
therefore, never run. and the deciding con-
test will be the first meeting OF the pair
rext spring. In France Taylor was given
an ovation. He was wOrshiped and followed
in his every movement. Flattered by this
attention there. he was somewhat taken
aback by the ordinary attention received
after his return to America Owing to his
defeat for the American championship.
TAYLOR may not receive the same amount
of homage upon his return to France. and,
lacking 1t, may DE seen again in America
sooner than expected.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-05
GUS VESSELS.

GUS VESSELS.
A member of The Republics Of the Mound
City League.
old-timer among bowlers. Held is always
running with the top-notcheTs. The dia-
tinguishing feature OF Held's work Is tie
way he delivers the ball.
Otto SCHNEIDER says that he is going to
make some new records this year. He has
been doing that right along. and no one
will be surprised If he learns how TO knock
DOWN the two corner pins every time with
one bail. One fellow did the trick without
trying and SCHNEIDER ought to be able TO
do as well with 4 little practice. Bets are
being made against his ever acquiring the
knack, but you can't tell what's going -
happe:i.
a. W. Biltz Of the Druggists League is
one of the new men travelling in fast COM
pany. He is showing improved form right
along, and counting his share OF the pins.
see if Bilt1 makes a strike. Watch his
face. The Republic camera caught him in
the act the other night at the Royal. The
picture shows how he looked.
Big Chief Pondrum OF The Republics is
good when it comes to piiins up averages
He is also one OF the best rioters known
to the game. In fact. he is the Hi Hi
Dixweli" of the bowling world. Pondrum
and Charley Schlemm can always be de-
pended on TO set their teammates a fast
pace, III liz NtItHh btllillb LlitEH tdl al
wavs travel it. That's why Pondrum
smiles.
Gus Vessels of The Republics IS one of
the modest bowlers. Vessels didn't want to
have his picture taken. He said that every
boGy knew that he was a good bowler, ana
that 1t was not necessary for him to get
his picture in the paper to convince any one
C. his ability. He resolved to look pleas
ant, however, and almost succeeded.
c. H. Kicker Of the Jobbers' League Is n
new man this year. He Is a member of
the Premiums" and is considered a very
promising bowler.
The Bindery Team of the Woodward &
Tternaa Cocked-Hat League had a picture
taken a few days ago, and all the boys
look well pleased with their records. The
team is composed of William Felken. Jo-
seph SchnitZIneyer, Con Miller, Charles
Godaire and Charles G. Lanftieben.
NJ. F. .Fitzsimmons. another member of
the Woodward & Tiernan League. leads
that crowd. and, If he keeps up his present
gait, viii! finish first when time Is called.
s. c. Sparks of the Crescent team of the
Central Cocked-Hat League bowls like an
old-tirner. although he has been in the
game but two years.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-05

trottIng horse track. On Octo6er 3, Mr..
Bostwick drove his machine twenty-five
miles in 80 20 4-5 and although his best
time for the mile G:1S and for the full
distance was not equal to Fournier's rec.
ords' of I:13Ia and 31:i1 Is. yet he succeeded
in making new figures for fourteen of the
miles.
In actual speed making. the performance
of Fourier on the Empire track. the second
week in October. stands unparalleled by
anything on wheels. save the swiftest loco
motives. He drove his racer around the
oval course for six miles at the aver
age speed of 4 mile in 100 SO, or at
the rate of 53.69 miles an hour. and at
no time was his speed less than % miles.
AS the Empire State Express. one of the
fastest trains in the world. travels at the
average rate of a mile in ! minute and ID
seconds-the pace of Fournier may be ap
preciated.
Regarded purely as a sporting event, Mr..
Bostwick's seems to nave been the more
notable achievement. for several good rea-
sons; his machine was an American-made
gasoline road vehicle of forty horse power.
which he uses daily and frequently carries
as many as ten passengers. Fourniers
automobile Is "A sixty horse power ma
chine built especially for racing. 1t is the
one which carried him a wiDner last sum-
mer over the 800 miles from Paris to Ber-
lin at an average speed Of A miles an hour.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-05
TOMMY WALKER, JOCKEY OF
THE JOHN s. BhATTON STABLE
This Youth Was a Crack Rider
Three Years Ago and Al
ways Does His Best.
FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Tommy Walker is the jockey of the Brat
ton stable. II things work as they appear
to be working. the Bratton stable will be
minus Tommy's valuable services next sea-
son, all because this boy Is riding at
Charleston. S. c.. which threatens TO be-
come-if II has not already done so-an
outlawed meeting. This will fix young
Walkers clock. as far as riding for the re-
enforced and lately become powerful Brat
ton stable is concerned.
AS a jockey, Walker is rather an interro-
cation mark. Prior to his suspension
caught with the goods on him. he was-in
Canada some three years ago. this boy was
a horseback rider of some pronounced abil-
ity. Very aggressive, a keen head. a good
judge of pace and a bully post rider, he
was there all the way from start to finish.
They say he was also a rare good handler
of the CAD: that is, he could whip his way
through at the end of anything and hold
the horses head up
Mr.. Bratton picked Walker up after the
boy had been on the ground fer some sea
sons. and managed to get him reinstateJ.
Walker was very much of a chef at this
time, being fat and heavy By strenuous
endeavor and rigorous modification of the
flesh. he managed to reduce from 40 to 106
pounds. At this weight he did some more
or less creditable riding. Yet he did not
seem to regain his old form, being a bit
loggy in his seat and heavy as TO his
hands. But he did his best, and he that
dares do more is indeed much greater than
a man.
With the usual good horses that boys al
ways claim they must have to ride we'll
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-05

charged with gambling. The City Attorney
entered a nolle prosequt in each case.
Special counsel was employed on bath
sides. Attorneys c.. H. Krum and John q
Overall conducted the prosecution, and N
torneys Charles T. holland and Levere&
Bell defended.
r. H. BohIe, general manager Of the
Western Union Telegraph Company, pro-
duced the contract under which the South
ern company leases a wire between St.
Louis and Louisville. Ky. The contract
contains a clause that the wire shall not
be used for the public or any person other
than the Southern company. The rental
for the wire, according to the contract.
is $3.50. IS per month.
In answer to the order for the production
of books OF the Southern Company, show
ing its business. Attorney holland said no
such books as desired are kept. Evidence
as to the manner of conducting business at
the place was introduced. and the city rest
ed its case. Attorney holland demurred to
the evidence, and the case was argued at
some length and submitted.
Attorney holland said the trouble with tbs
prosecution was that It was claimed that
the spirit of the law was violated. while
in criminal law It must be shown that the
letter of the law has not been lived up TO-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-05
POLICE L CASES.

Only one of the police court cases was
heard. that of Alfred kircher. cashier OF
the Southern Company. who was charged
with keeping a Clearinghouse. He was
discharged, Judge Zimmerman following
the ruling of Judge Clark of the Court OF
Criminal Correction that the prosecution
should have been brought under the Breed
eis' law and not under the city ordinance.
Judge Zimmerman held that the ordinance
under which the prosecution was brought
conflicts with the Breeders law, and that
whenever a statute enacted for a special
purpose conflicts with an ordinance. or part
of it, the portion in confiiction is repealed
by implication. He discharged Kircher. The
same order was made in the cases of Ed
ward Henry. Frank Gates and James f.
Kiely. other employees of the Southern COM
pany. who were similarity charged. City
Attorney Taylor submitting the cases on
the same evidence as in the kircher case.
The other forty-four defendants were
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-05

To manipulate Mr.. Bostwick's. lighter
road vehicle around the curves of that oval
track required a steady hand and a courag-
eous heart. In the eyes of the Unlocking
layman, the impressive feature of his per-
formance was the way he Rugged the pole
on the corners: at no time was the forward
wheel more than two feet from the tsackS
innermost edge: nor were the turns banked
as on the bicycle tracks. 1t was daring and
thrilling work. Here is sport royal in
deed: the exhiliration of toboganing, or surf
cuasting. coupled with the unwavering,
delicate skill of the feuCer.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-05

premacy and 1t is almsot impossible to
pick the teams that will lead the different
leagues when the season closes. When
they are rot engaged in matches the cracks
practice steadily to keep their eye in the
habit of locating the center pin. and every
now and then they vary the monotony. by
there are about 600 active cocked-hat bowl
ers In the city. and as the number is being
added to constantly 1t will not be long
before there are double that number.
There are many well cocked-hat
men on the league teams; in fact, they
are all well known, for when a bowler joins
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-05

Don't overlook Freddie GoetZ when count
ing real bowlers. Goetz is one of the star
men or the Ac!nes, even II he did fan
down once upon a time when he hadn't
orter.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-05

Company. was furnished. Judge Ryan
stated if an early hearing of the case on
its merits was desired he would set it as
soon as the cases already set for this
month are disposed OF. Otherwise the case,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-05

Anna" Held Is becoming one OF the
ancients. He Is young in years, but has
been bowling for at least five, so he is an
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-05
COOKED HAT AND TENPIN
'BOWLERS UNUSUALLY ACTIVE

The Tenpin Men Are Interested in the Team That Viii Compete at
Bunalo-Cocked Hat Bowlers Have Enough TO Occupy Their At
tention ut nome-Season Is Now in Full Blast and the
Bowling Uniformly Good.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-05

Arthur Mitchell is one of the old guard;
many years now and is as good as ever.
Arthur IS the boy who will bet 10 TO l any
old day that he can pick any pin he goes
after.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-05

a league he becomes celebrated at once
as a good, bad or Indifferent one. Nearly
However. as in all sports. there are only a
limited number of the best"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-05

The Bindery Team of the Woodward &
Tiernaa Cocked-Hat League had a picture
taken a few days ago, and all the boys
look well pleased with their records. The
team is composed of William felken. Jo-
seph SchnitZrneyer, Con Miller, Charles
Goda;re and Charles G.. Lanftieben.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-15
WITNESS FEES | OF SOLDIERS. They Will Be Paid $l.5O. | Per Day. NOT IN MILITARY SERVICE
 Pay of Members of the Court martial. They Were in Actual Service and will Be Paid Accordingly.-Five Cents Per Mile will b. AL lowed for Travel.

onicers and soldiers of the National Guard who served as witnesses befors the general courtmartial which tried the case against Lieutenant Colonel Osceola Kyle of the Srd Infantry at the State Gap,sol in Sanuary VII, not be pssd per as they expected. They will merely re- ceive the pay allowed witnesses by the State in civil cases.
 a1nd,co Thi. constrIction of the statutes % was eral Charles c. Brown when in pursu- ance of a request from the Adjutant General, Colonel William w. Brandon, written opinion was given on the sub. ject.
 There was no question concerning the pay of officers who served as members of the court, as they were clearly en- gagged in active service. Warrants were for these officers, but there appeared to be doubt as to the liability of the State for military pay to hte officers and sel- diers who served as witnesses. The mat ter has been delayed for some time and pursuant to a request from the Adjutant General the Attorney General yesterday transmitted to him an opinion that un- der the statutes the officers and soldiers who were witnesses were only entitled to the same pay as civilian witnesses.
 The text of the opinion by the Attor- ney General Is as follows:
 Montgomery. Ala. Feb. A. { Hon. W. ". Brandon, AdJutant Gen.
 eral. at once.
 Dear sir:-I have the honor to &C., knowledge the receipt of your request for my opinion as to what per diem should be paid officers who are witnesses in courtmartial proceedings. I presume you mean by the question what fees shall be paid to witnesses who were officers in the National Guard of Alabama at the time they were in attendance at witt nesses before the courtmartial.
 Tn reply I beg leave to state that the fees are provided for witnesses before the courtmartial and not as officers or dered into the service of the State to aid in the enforcement of the laws thereof and are necessarily controlled by sixth subdivision of Section 15 of an act to regulate the volunteer military forces of the State of Alabama approved Feb ruary g. 1899. Section 1s of said act has not the slightest connection with the ad- ministration of military justice by court martiale but Section 15 covers in full and in detail such administration of military justice and specifically fixes compensation of the members of the court and the fees of witnesses, making no distinction between officers and privates as such wit nesses and regulates the mote of pay ment. The fees of all witnesses before courtmartials are fixed by subdivision ( of said Section 15 at the same fees al- $1.50 per day and 5 cents per mile for each mile to and from their residence by the usual travelled route, and all neces- Sary ferriage. tolls of turnpikes and toll bridges. See Section 1886 of Civil Code of 1896 of Alabama. Very respectfully, Charles c. Brown,
 Attorney General"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-15
UNITY AMONG PASTORS
A SHIFTING OF PREACHERS IN
 MONTGOMERY CHURCHES.
Tomorrow Evening Each Congrega- tion in City Will be Addressed by Speaker of Another Denomina-
 tion-Religiou Awakening.

A unique scheme has been fixed upor by the Ministers Union of this city for services at the various churches to. morrow evening. All the pastors repre- sented in the Union will preach. but nc one in his own pulpit. except those be. longing to the Protestant Episcopa Church. who. as is we'll known. are now engaged in their Lenten services.
 The effort is to show that the minister, of. the city, without regard to denomina tion or name, arc as one man in desire for special religious awakening throughout Montgomery at this time anC to test the matter with the people. The effort, it will be seen. follows close upor census of the city.
 The changes are as follows:
 Rev. N. L. Anderson of the Central Presbyterian Church will preach at the First Baptist Church. and Dr. C. A. Stakely of the latter church will preach at the Central Presbyterian Church.
 Rev. A. J. Lamar will go to the First Presbyterian Church and Dr. G. w. Pat terson of that church to the Court Street Methodist Church.
 Rev. A.. L. Andrews to Clayton Street Baptist Church and Rev. H. W. Province to the Dexter Avenue Methodist Church.
 Rev. W. D. Gay will conduct the ser vices at the Perry Street Methodist Church and MT. James at the Adams Street Baptist Church.
 The Methodist Protestant pulpit will be occupied by Rev. MT. Crawford of the new Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Rev. Mcdaniel will take charge at the West End Baptist Church; Rev. MT. Lee will preach at the West End Methodist Church; Rev. MT. Jenkins at the Clay ton Street Methodist Church and Rev. MT. Nave at the South Montgomery Baptist Church.
 In this way the whole of the city will be covered. Each minister in his ap- pointed place will preach to the people state the reasons for the enterchange of ministery throughout the city and in his own way, elicit an expression from the congregation concerning the desirabili- ty of the proposed religious campaign.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-15
SQUIRE EMORY HELD
NEGRO IS ACCUSED OF MURDER
 ING HIS WIFE.
Hearing Was Postponed Yesterday by Recorder Arri1gton Until Next Wednesday Pending Further
 Investigation by Police.

Squire Emory, a negro, was arraigned in the Recorders Court yesterday after noon on a charge of murdering his wife Nancy Emory.
 Police Chief Gerald asked that the prisoner be held until the police depart ment could make further investigations The hearing-ewas postponed until Wed. uesday, February 18th.
 The attorney for Squire Emory insisted that the prisoner had been in custody fol nearly. week and that it would be 6 hardship on him to delay the case. He argued that if the police had sufficient evidence to hold him they had enough to convict.
 Chief Gerald said the police depart ment had secured sufficient evidence to hold the accused, but If they were forced to divulge what had been learned of the affair it would impede progress.
 It will be remembered that about two weeks ago Nancy Emory, an old negro woman. mysteriously disappeared from the church of Rev. A. J. Stokes, and has not since been seen or heard from. The supposition is that her husband. Squire Emory, killed her and buried or threw the body into a we'll This he denies. and says he knows nothing what ever of her whereabouts.
 The case has attracted a great deal of attention, in that the old woman was for three generations a nurse in the Bell family of this city. They have offered . -swurd of $100 for information concern ing her whereabouts.
 She was subject to epileptic fits. and Sunday, February ?. she became violently All at the church. The last seen of her was when she was standing on the church steps. as she had recovered some- what from the attack. After this no trace can be found of the missing wo- man. She disappeared as completely as if the ground had opened and swallowed her. Detectives and patrolmen are still working on the case, and 1t is expected that before the next trial of the negro sufficient evidence will be secured to prove his guilt or innocence. He is the only person who could have an object in murdering the old woman, as they had been separated for a number of years, and he has been living with another woman since that time
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-15

sueathed, by Cardinal York to King Georee III, must be somewhat eniargee and 1t is ssexpected that this work wnion presents ho difcuity whatever to an ex- pert jeweler, will be completed before tho crown, with the rest of the regaha, is wanted to bear iS aii,signfhcant part m the State opening of Parliament by the King in January. In carrying out the enlargement . few more precious stones will tprobabiy be required. for the rim, which has alternately sapphires and em- eralds, richly set in diamonds. around It.
 with regard to the crown for Queen Aexanrda, the case Is different. and here an. altogether new diadem is probable. The Consort's crown. made for Queen Mary or Modena, wife of James II, is not specially artistic in conception. or valuable in execution. Her present ma jesty has had various designs and sug- gestione submitted to her. but has not yet fanally selected any of thep. What ever form may ultimately be chosen. 1t will be largely decided by the Queen her. self, whose exceptional taste with regard to the arrangement of precious stones ts being exercised to render this uniquely beautiful and digniied crown At present there are no indications that the Koh-i- Moor will be incorporated in 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-15

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 he had complained of hoarseness. He was delighted with their effect, removing
 all huskiness in few minutes and mak-
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 "As the tablets are very pleasant to
 the taste, had no difficulty in persuad- Ing him to use them regularly.
 Our family physician told us they were an antiscptic preparation of uudoubted
 merit and that he himself had no hesita- ton in using and recommending Stuart's Catarrh Tablets for any form of catarrfi. "I have since met many public speak CTS and professional singers who used them constantly. A prominent Detroit lawyer told me that 6tuart"s Cstarrh Tablets kept his throat in fine shape dur Ing the most trying weather. and that he had long since discarded the use of cheap lozenges and troches on the advice of his physician that they contained so much l tolu, potash and opium AS to render their use a danger to health
 Stuarts Catarrh Tablets are large pleas ant tasting lozenges composed of catar- rhal antise ptics, like Red Gum. Blood | Root. etc, and sold by druggists every where at 50 cents for full treatment They act upon the blood and mucous membrane and their composition and re- markabie success has won the approval of physicians. as we'll as thousands of sufferers from nasal catarrh. throat l troubles and catarrh of stomach.
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