davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1902-02-21
GUESTS AT ATLANTIC CITY.
Many WashingtoniansA Are at the Fam
GUS Seaside Resort.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., February 20, 1902
The weather last Sunday was pleasant
and the boardwalk was alive with prone
naders. That night big blizzard swooped
down upon the Jersey coast and buried At
lantic City in two feet Of snow. The sleigh
ing has been good all the week and is the
reigning fad at present. Moonlight sleigh
ing parties have been popular, and all
manner of turnouts. filled with merry oc-
cupants, have enjoyed the sport. The
weather has had but little effect upon the
arrivals. and large crowd came in today
to spend Washington's birthday at the sea-
shore. There Is little to suggest sackcloth
and ashes about the smartly dressed REIN
forcements who have Joined the hotel colo
n1es at the shore since the advent of the
penitential season. and the atmosphere of
the hotel exchanges and various places of
amusement Is essentially more lively thap
a week ago. The registers at the leading
hotels bear the autographs Of men and wo-
men prominent In the social circles Of the
larger cities, and in the boardwalk throng
ages will be seen who are spending the
greater portion of the Lenten season by the
sea. The hotels are thronged with guests.
and more are arriving daily. They are en-
and the transient sojourner is in the mi
nority. Indications are that the Easter
season will surpass all previous records at
that time of the year.
During the week a number of leading
hotels reopened for the season. among them
being the Berkeley. the Albemarle and the
Savoy. The new Marlborough House will
have its initial opening to the public on
March 8, while the st. Charles will reopen
on February Fl. The Iroquois resumes busi-
ness March i, and the Boscobel will well
come its patrons on March 10. ]. p. Cope.
manager and proprietor OF the Albemarle.
at Virginia and Pacific avenues, announces
especial rates for the spring season. The
bookings are large and the house is as
sured Of the most successful year in its
history. It Is up to date In its equipment
and its service leaves nothing that could
be desired.
During the winter the Garden Hotel, at
Illinois and Pacific avenues, has been re-
furnished and redecorated and q number OF
changes made conducive to the comfort
and convenience Of the guests. The dining
room has been greatly beautided.
The leading social function of the week
was the charity ball given for the benefit
The affair was given by the young women
Of the Entire Mouse Club, and was a pro-
nounced success In every respect.
The new brick armory of the Morris
Guards. on South New York avenue which
cost SIS. 600. is completed and will be dedi-
Gated on March 1s with appropriate exer-
cises.
The Seaside House viii begin its or.
chestra concerts In few days. which II q
month earlier than usual Frequent dances
win be given for the entertainment OF
guests aned their friends. The Auditorium
pier II now being improved and enlarged in
preparation for an early openlng. In fu-
turs i VIII bs known a. the SteepaechAse
Cottaraa fnr ira .ea son have ieen rerf1ns
Evening star., 1902-02-21
Laurel (Md.) Happenings.
cial Correspondence OF The Evening Star.

LAUREL. Md, February 81, 1902
Traffic on the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road was checked for a considerable time
this morning by the derailment of box
car near Jessup, six miles north of here.
The Mems Club of Laurel will hold its
regular weekly meeting tonight at the club
rooms in Main street. The club was or
ganized early in December of last year
and is in a thriving condition. The follow
ing program has been prepared for the
meeting tonight: my Old Kentucky
Home" quartet. by members of the club:
reading and discussion OF current events;
phonograph and mixed quartet, up a-dee-
ada" reading. by Mr.. Israel; my South
ern Sunny Home" quartet: end OF the
reading Of THE Maelstrom.'
At Masonic Hall tonight a colonial tea
party win be given under the auspices OF
the Ladies' Aid Society Of the Centenary
NJ e. Church. The characters win be rep
resented By Young ladies ana gentlemen Of
this Diace.
Evening star., 1902-02-21
Prospects Of Chinese Exclusion.

After conference yesterday members
Of the California delegation In Congress de-
cided to disregard the resolutions recently
adopted by the chamber OF commerce OF
San Francisco. favoring the admission. OF
Chinese merchants. statesmen. bookkeepers
and others OF the merchant class. Tho
delegation took the view that this modif-
cation Of the pending Mltchell-Kahn exclu-
sion bill would give l0ophole Of which
the Chinese immigrants would quickly avail
themselves. Later In the day tho Califor.
MIA delegation was assured by Senator
Penrose that an exclusion bill would soon
be reported from his committee.
Evening star., 1902-02-21
CHESS MASTERS TOURNEY.
Pillsbury Lost to Eisenberg In the
Eleventh Round

The eleventh round Of the international
chess masters tournament at Monte Carlo,
yesterday. resulted as follows: Eisenberx
beat Pillsbury, Gunsberg beat Reggie.
Teichmann beat Mortimer. Marshall beat
Scheve. Maroczy beat Wolf, Tschigorin beat
Mieses. n-SchlechterIMason, Napier
Tarrasch. Marco-Albin. ByesJanowski
and Popiel.
rocord I'M 70 Aotns
Evening star., 1902-02-21
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
President Spalding Willing
to Resign.
CONFERENCETOMORROW
INTEREST IN TIE GEORGETOWN
ATHLETIC MEET
Pillsbury Defeated in the Monte Carlo
Chess Tourney-Grant and
Americus Wrestle.

There will be an important meeting in
Pittsburg tomorrow. in which the Brooklyn
Philadelphia Chicago and Pittsburg base
ball clubs will take part They meet In
compliance with the demand Of A. G..
Spalding. who wants to ascertain how these
clubs stand on the question of continuing
their support Of Spalding as president Of
the National League.
In letter demanding this conference
Spalding has placed his resignation as pres
ident In the hands of President Barney
Dreyfuss OF the Pittsburg club. to be pre-
sented to the league In case the four clubs
are not loyal in his support.
The Brooklyn Club.
There have been many rumors in circula-
ton Of late regarding the stand of the
Brooklyn club in the Spalding- Freedman
fight. Charles H. Ebbetts according to re-
port has been worrying about the money
due the Brooklyn club from the National
League for the purchase of the Baltimore
club when the league circuit was reduced
two years ago. He claims the amount is
s25 900. The New York club has consistent
ly refused to pay it's share Of this amount.
which was to be deducted pro rata from
the gate receipts.
When both Ned Hanlon and Ebbetts re-
fused to attend the recent rules conference
at Buffalo, Spalding became suspicious of
the Brooklyn club. Since then the money
question has been brought to his attention.
circular letter to the Pittsburg, Phiiadel-
phia. Brooklyn and Chicago clubs followed,
demanding that they state their positions
definitely.
In this letter Spalding notifies the four
that his future policy will be based entirely
on their decision. II they decide not to fur
ther give him their support he will retire.
Evening star., 1902-02-21

/ During . service In Canterbury Cathedral
IN London Dean Farrar feii from stal1
a. austain1d q bad scalp wound. He ID.
however, progressing feyorably.
Evening star., 1902-02-21
Spalding's Announcement.

Spaidings letter says in part:
up to this point in the campaign no
financial interests of any Of the clubs in the
National League have been affected. But
as the playing season is approaching and as
1t will soon be necessary for the arranging
OF playing schedule for the coming sea-
son. which will have a bearing on the prop
erty rights of the different clubs. and as
am unwilling to assume the responsibility
Of deciding upon financial matters 1 now
deem It my duty to refer the whole matter
to the four loyal members of the league
Pittsburg. Philadelphia. Brooklyn and Chi
cago-for a decision and outline of the
business policy to be pursued in the future.
l will calmly await your decision.
In order that each club may feel at per-
feet liberty to exercise it's best Judgment,
and that my personality may in no way be
considered as an embara ssing factor in that
decision, I hereby tender my resignation to
the present directors Of the National
League, coupled with only one condition,
and that Is. before this resignation is off,
that you confer and decide that they deem
clubs.
1T is now up to YOU gentlemen, for de-
cision, and upon your action will depend
my future efforts In carrying out the prin-
ciples underlying the platform upon which
was elected"
Col Rogers Of the Philadelphia club was
In New York city yesterday consulting with
A. w. Kiddle Spalding's attorney. on the
line Of action in the Freedman -Spalding in
junction suit which Is to come up for ar
gument next Monday.
Evening star., 1902-02-21
industrial Commission Records.

tion. which has passed the House OF Rep
resentatives. providing that the library ana
other records Of tho industrial commission
bs turned over to the Library of Congress.
Evening star., 1902-02-21
Golf at Palm Beach.

The Qualifying round Of thirty-six holes
was played yesterday at Palm Beach for
the championship Of that resort, and two
handsome cups presented by the secretary.
c. B. Cory. Gold. silver and bronze medals
were given for the three lowest scores in
the qualifying round, Clayton Dixon won
the gold medal. j. Moller. Jr.. the silver
and r. L. Macleay the bronze The lowest
sixteen scores will play off for the cham
pionshfp. and the second sixteen for the
consolation prize. There is also beautiful
cup for the runner up In the championship
Evening star., 1902-02-21
The record up to datel
FINELY MATCHED.
Grant and "Americus" Wrestled With.
out Result.

Anaericus. tbs boy wrestler Of Balti-
more, last niGht demonstrated himself 10 be
ono ef the greatest wrestlefs In tho eoun.
trx bx standing Oh Joe Grant os this city
Evening star., 1902-02-21

The women Of vinton. Roanoke county,
Va. have organised . gun club 70 learn
how to shoot.
Evening star., 1902-02-21
American Racquet Tourney.

The semi-dnals in the American racquet
championship tournament were played at
the Boston A. A. yesterday afternoon be-
fore a large gallery.
The first was between Quincy A. Shaw.
5r., OF the Boston A A.. and Edgar Scott
Of Philadelphia. which was won by Shaw.
1b-. 16-11, 1912
The second contest, between Clarence
0dackay OF New York and Austin Potter
Of the Boston A. A.. resulted In Mackay's
favor by q score OF 16-0. 16-8. 16-&.
The finals between Shaw and Mackay
viii be played tomorrow.
Evening star., 1902-02-21
INDOOR TENNIS TOURNEY.
Wylie Grant Played in Splendid Form
Yesterday Afternoon.

Wyle c. Grant covered himself with glory
yesterday afternoon in the national cham
ponship indoor lawn tennis tournament in
New York He repeated his clever victory
over Bostwick by beating Calhoun Cragin,
the general favorite for the championship,
in a brilliant match for two fast sets.
Even after Grant won from Bostwick few
people thought that Cragin was In much
danger of losing. for he is rated as one Of
the strongest indoor players in the country.
Grant, however, was In rare form and
showed such speed and at the same time
such unexpected steadiness that Cragin
could make TO headway at all in the first
set, and was playing an "up-hill'' game all
through the second. There was little else
OF excitement in yesterdays play. The
scores:
Championship singles: First round-Cal-
houn Cragin beat DR.. w. H. Bates, 60,
6-1: j. p. Paret beat w. H. Chopp, G-1,
Ga.
Second round-W. c. Grant beat Calhoun
Cragin. 6-1, 6-4: II. w. Warner beat j. D.
Forbes by default.
Championship doubles: Preliminary round
Bates and Remlap beat Forbes and part
ner by default; w. Grant and Leroy beat
Warner and Warner, G-3, 6-3; Mahan and
Mclaughlin beat Davidson and Mollen-
hauer, 6I, 4-6, GO
First round-Mahan and Mclaughlin beat
Homans and Schuyler, Ga, TO.
Ordinary Racing at New Orleans.
The sport at New Orleans yesterday was
decidedly ordinary. and no regrets were
heard when the closing event had been run.
The weather was as unsatisfactory as the
racing. But the bettors managed to come
away with their bank rolls well intact,
which was not a bad showing considering
the condition Of the track.
The good thing for the two-year-old race
was May Allen, and the plungers, led by
the Texans went the limit on her, taking
any price offered. She received much the
best of running start, and 1t looked as il
she would not be headed; but Dark Planet,
from the stable Of H. T. Griffin, wore her
down In the final drive and beat her home.
The winner was one Of the outsiders in the
betting. Honda, who Is improving with
each start. was third
The handicap was SO reduced by scratches
that 1t was declared off and selling race
at six and half furlongs substituted. OF
the lot that bid for this eleventh-hour offer
ing Small Jack was voted best. but he could
not make good. failing to even get the
place. The winner was Tom Collins Like
most OF the days winners. he was In the
lead the entire distance
Little G. Thompson, who was making
plans to go to France to ride, will remain
IN this country. The parties with whom he
has been treating decline to give the re-
tanning Zee that his Parents ask for.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-06-07
IMPORTANCE OF ALASKA.
In the Last six Years Have
Wrought . Change.

Since 1896 five events have occurred
that wholly change conditions in
Alaska for the better, says the Engi-
neer's Magazine. ~ In that year
the Klondike gold discoveries were
made and in 1897 and 1898 a great
rush to and through Alaska began,
resulting in doubling of the popu.
lation and in an output of gold from
the Yukon region to date of SIS, 000,-
600. (2) In 1898 the Philippine Is
lands were acquired by the United
States, giving Importance to the d.
rect route along the Alaskan coast
between North America and the new
possessions. (a) In 1899 gold was
discovered on the beach of the Nome
and this carried 10000 people to this
part of Alaska and resulted in an
output of $5,0oo,0o0 in gold annually,
or more than twice as much as all
Alaska had previously yielded. a.
The Alaskan salmon fisheries, in
their infancy in 1896, have grown in
1902 to great companies, capitalized
for s2o,ooo.ooo. and employing 10000
men. (O Two railroads have been
constructed In Alaska, one of which
In the extreme southeast. costing
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-06-07
NO RETAILERS NEED APPLY.
One of the Court Regulations of Eng
land That IL Very Often
CircuRvented.

According to regulations in the lord
chamberlain's Office, no person who is
in retail trade can be admitted to court
or be presented to the sovereign. In
these days the question who is in retail
and who in wholesale trade is a very
difficult one, especially when it is the
fashion for high-born ladies to set up
shop in the neighborhood of Bond
street, says the New York Herald.
A lady who deals in what are called
"creations," when interviewed on this
subject, said:
ut is, after all, very simple. You
have only to call yourself by some
name such as 'Coralie' or Henrietta
to prevent your own name appearing
in connection with your business, and
you are admitted to court IL invited"
The countess of Warwick was with
out doubt in the retail business when
she sold a needlework shop in Bond
street to Hon. Mrs. Forester. Lord
Inchiquin's daughter, now Lady Her.
vey Bathurst, worked up a splendid
hat business gefore her marriage.
"Forget-Me-Not" over the door of a
millinery shop in Bond street was until
recently the trade name of one of the
members of Lord Abingdon's family.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-06-07
THE vILENEss OF PORT SAID.
A Town Of $4,000 People without Ten
Righteous Men, says THIS
Authority.

There may be viler towns than Port
Said. We have never seen them.
Leadville, in its most fourishing and
fercest days, could not equal this city
at the mouth Of the Suez canal, says
a correspondent Of the Kansas City
Journal. If ten righteous men were
needed to save this town of $4,000 peo-
pie It would 60 unsaved. The inquiry,
"Do you want anything?" which, in
Egypt, covers a multitude Of sins, IL
met with from small boys upon the
main streets. Vice which in Ameri-
can cities hides itself in the back al
leys here faunts itself in gay gauze
garb and brazen face upon the boule-
wards. It n made town, on made
earth and its manufacture Is not NOR
ally success. The few decent people
condemned by business necessity to
dwell in Port Said console themselves
by the assertion that ell new towns
go through this period of viciousness
---and Port Said is not quarter Of .
century old. After seeing Port Said,
we do not wonder that Moses fed into
the wilderness.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-06-07
Not Far on.

Someone of an antiquarian turn has
dug up picture drawn in 1884 and in
tended as prophecy as to how the
human race would travel century
later. All sorts of airships are flying
about, but none of them seems to be
as practicable as that navigated by
Santos-Dumont. Horseless carriages
are also shown in profusion, some Of
the models being surprisingly similar
to the up7to-date automobile. Even
the houses, stores and public buildings
are on wheels, and in one corner is a
showwman's van with his invitations:
"Walk up, walk up, and see live horse,
supposed to be the last Of his race"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-06-07
CAUSE OF MILITARY CRIMES.
There Are Many Sources Of Way
wardness Open to Weak Men
who Enter the Army.

Hardship and privations do not I'M
prove the temper, and insubordina-
ton easily supervenes, while the
temptation of drink, II II Is to be
had, Is too often irresistible to weak
but well-meaning men long deprived
of such dissipation. Another fruit
full source of transgression which, II
we are to trust vague reports, be-
come at times epidemic, was the al
most natural surrender to physical
exhaustion, says Maj. Arthur Grit
fths in the Fortnightly Review. To
sleep on sentry is one Of the most
serious of military crimes; it is in
excusable from the military point of
view, for the safety of thousands
may hang upon the vigilance Of one
man, yet the strain of some weari-
some, long-protracted march or IA
tiguing operations will sometimes ex-
plain what cannot be defended. Nor
can we shut our eyes to possible
guilt of more contemplate, il not
more fragrant, crime. Misbehavior
before the enemy, cowardice, in plain
English, is not absolutely unknown
in our or any other army; it is
wiser, perhaps, to draw q veil over
its exhibition and the punishment
that must follow, yet we cannot shut
our eyes to the certainty of it's oc-
casional occurrence.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-06-07
DESTROYED EVIDENCE.
Hsw . TAeusAtlsss Act Got . wasA-
lngten MAJ Into the Peniten-
k tiary for Four Years.

''Carelessness on my part in destroy
ing two telegrams made me serve lit
tie more than four years in the Albany
penitentiary," said a man who occu-
pies good position in q government
department, relates the Washington
Post, "About eight years ago was
married to q woman, but year or
70 later she fell in love with another
man and left me. Some months after
this I received a telegram from my
wife's sister, asking me to come to
New York at once. as my wife was
very sick. The next evening I re-
ceived . telegram stating that my
wife was dead. Being angry with
my wife and not caring whether she
Mas alive OF dead, i tore up the tele-
grams and threw them into the waste
basket.
/ "Sopea months afterward formed
the acquaintance of a young woman,
and after q brief courtship married
her. In less than week my first wife,
who was not dead, heard Of the second
marriage and had me arrested for big
amy. Had ! preserved the kilograms
/ could, I believe, have shown to tho
court that honestly believed the dis
patches to be true, but being unable
to produce them, was, upon trial, con-
Nicted and sentenced to the Albany
penitentiary for five years. Good be-
havior, however, secured my release
after serving little more than four
years"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-06-07

The bog Of Allen, the biggest in
ireland. IL in places II feet deep. =.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-06-07
GRAIN ELEVATORS.
Development of . system In America
ON . Scale Unknown Else.
where In the World.

The farmers of the United States
to-day are sowing corn fields aggre-
eating over 100000 acres, 000, 900
more than in 1S90-and even the oat
area is nearly 30,00O,0O acres, an in
crease Of 20 per cent. 1t may be inn
possible to sell such q crop immedi-
ately except at loss. Therefore the
imperative necessity for storage ia
cilities has resulted in the develop
ment of the elevator system in Amer
lea on scale unknown elsewhere in
the world, says the Engineering
News.
On Dakota, Kansas or Nebraska
farm where the harvest field may
cover 500 or 1000 acres only q small
portion of the yield is threshed and
placed in the barn bins. The bulk Is
carried to what is termed railroad
elevators located in convenient towns.
These vary in capacity from 10000
to 100000 bushels, according to
their location in the producing dis
trict, and from them the Transports
ton company loads its cars for the
domestic or foreign market. But the
district elevators, as they might be
called, represent only fraction of
the space for storage which now ex-
lists in the United States. Before ii
is loaded on shipboard at tidewater,
cargo may pass through four OF
hve different buildings, he trans
ferred from car to vessel and back
again to car, as the modern processes
employed facilitate it's handling with
ease and economy.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-06-07
Not THAT KIND of Chickens.

A few days ago a rather lbashful
young woman went into Lyon coun-
ty (Kan.) store carrying three chick
ems. She inquired the price of chick
ems, and at the same time put them
on the counter. The clerk did not
know the chickens feet were tied,
and asked II they would lay there.
She bit her handkerchief and tucked
her head and said: mo, sir. They
are roosters."
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-06-07

--,--~,o.o,' oarhcd iasC' year over
100000 net, and the other in the ex-
IRENE northwest near Nome, little
road five miles long, which earned
$4,000 net. (e) Coal fields formerly
specifically known have been ex-
plored and Investigated. while new
ones OF great value have been dis.
covered.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-06-07
Ms6s violent signs.

A deaf mute of Blackburn, England,
has been bound over to keep the peace,
because he used threatening deaf
and-dumb" language toward his father
and brother.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-06-07

Sixty-two jurymen were called to-
gether at Leicester, England. Dor
ough quarter sessions the other day.
although there was only one prison
or for trial.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-06-07

King Edward's Cook.
King Edwards cook Is said to
draw salary about equal to that of
lieutenant general in the British
army, or an admiral Of the feet.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-06-07
TIE Dos. Of France.

France owns 2,se4,O00 dogs, rs to
every 1000 inhabitants. The dogs are
registered and so can be counted. Ger
many has e,200. 900 dogs.