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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-05
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

In no place has the work of the Browns
been so weak of late as with the willow.
and this in a large measure accounts for
their slump in the race.
At present only two Brownies. Burkntt
and Heidrick. remain In the 300 class An
derson and kah0e are each above the go
mark, while Padden. Mccormick. Hemp
hill and Wallace and the other regulars
are batting away below their normal speed
Barry Mccormick still continues 10 lead
inc second hasemen in fielding. while An
derson ranks second as a fielding first
baseman. In club fielding the locals rank
third.
Chick Stahl OF Boston. who has been i'll
Tor some time. and hence out OF the game.
Is now the American League batting leader.
Masoon OF Chicago Is second, while the
real honors on all-season work so to Par
ent of Boston and Seybold of the Athletics.
Eighteen men are batting 200 or better.
or these. Boston has three. Chicago three,
the Athletics three, Detroit three, Cleve-
IaHd Two. st. Louis two, New York one
and Washington one
Parent has made the largest number Of
base hits and Pickering scored the most
runs.
The Athletics now lead in team batting,
Detroit second and Boston third Boston
IS the best extra baschitting team.
Plank and Tannehil lead the pitchers.
Bemis tops the catchers; three men are
even up at first base and Mccormick leads
me second basemen. Lave Cross excels ut
tni;d, Moran heads the shortstops and
" Brleh The gardeners. The Athletics now
lead in team iieldirg. The figures:
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-05

The surprising brace taken by the Car
dinals on their Eastern trip just ended has
resulted in the players of the local team
increasing their batting averages.
While it is true that only one member
Of the team is sticking in the 300 brigade
1t is fact. nevertheless. that thcra has
been a hcalthful increase in swattiny all
along the line.
The Cardinals have also taken brace
in fielding.
Roger Bresnahan is now the National
Leagues batting leader. according to the
latest figures. He is hitting them out tor
.S52. respectable percentage in these DAYS
OF the foul strikes. Two Pittsburgers. was-
ner and Clarke. a-e next in order, and
Harry Steinfeldt of the Reds is fourth
keister of Philadelphia fifth and Claude
Ritchey sixth.
Only seventeen men are batting over COO
or this favored lot, New York has three,
Brooklyn two. Boston only one. Philadel-
phia two. Chicago two. Cincinnati two, S..
Louis one and Pittsburg four
keister has made more hits than any
other player. and Beaumont has scored
most runs. Sheckard leads in stolan bases.
Pittsburg has quito lead in team bat
ting. Chicago second and New York third
The Pirates also excel in extra-base slug
ging.
Mathewson and Fraser lead the pitchers
In fielding. Warner heads the catchcrs.
Doyle the first oasemen and Ritchey the
second sackers. Wolverton leads at third,
Dahlcn heads the shortstops and Dobbs the
outfielders. Brooklyn now leads in team
fielding.
The figures:
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-05
BAT TING AVERAGES ~ BRESNARN LEADS NATIONALS b> SAH THE AMERICAN

YERKES. St Louis ..8
HACkEfT. st. Louis.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-05

From all accounts Mr.. Hasse;t is n scrapper.
H hrd 20 no. 20 live IN tine New England
League. one. time during = gam at Lowell.
Ma. While Hass.tt was working behind tho
pitcher III" Iocal s.o-tstop kept sera!nE MIN In
III. head with gravel. that sIows - plentiful III
New England. - 81,
You iii NE again and I'll punch youT face. ="
sait the Ala. rrrlsH.
III. MAY M Uas.ett ir.st e;,I ~ first base The
hall glanced of HsssettS nos. taking TIRE SKIN
with il linn started fDr the player. who pped
IN his knee. but the uIuulre picked him I'D and
mashed his nose. according 10 Irpfnise-
: r,.ur, on the bIeaChers said he y-a-red 70 60
tin. sarle by Hassett. and the uinpiTe called time
III. cent after the rootHr pulled his shirt and
u.cItie nrr and was hustlinG him 20 the gate.
when the penitent cuss demanded his quarter
iacL UasIetf .a=s. him that from his own
pocket hustled him outside tn" gate and handed
him q swift punch among the eyeballs .
This may he called strenuous urnpiT!ng. but X
was. the only kind that could live IN New
land Hassett says he doesn't care FOR people -
let out any slack while he is about
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-05

Carru;hers during tho ZSrae La: Thursday. This
umpire called third str.k". Tolsv TUNED and
saId. in low. iEterse accent:
from M ut RI i'esy Tex. t'yu E'ais ago.
Are you bail PLAYER or Il b:!I ca!isctor?''
asked Bobby
Il arm ipth'' said Tory
Vel you Garnet wOfi two J"..e ~ tTa same
lot with me replied Carruth"'s. II" tie out
side with YOU
TI1ttscI deia:ted and he ditr't 60 tie money.
eitn.- Tops will :ry agaiu. Re sa'--
iEc 10 like M!. CsrTu'hsrs. some time ago the
local officials wrote Ban Johnson. saving hey
thought wei az Nr Haszo:t Inst did not liA>
Is,l,iy. and asking that ie he Ecgt AVA from
Detroit
I'm make YOU ike Carr1!thcTS'
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-05
Hartsci a Poor Collector.

After thinking 1t over Topsy Hartsei Is con-
yiEced that bnd-deL; collector he IS a hzzle.
To ask umpire for mCney Immediately upon
striking on; in tight game !s to question the
integrity Of the man behind the plate.
This ruthless disregard for ethics seems 20
have caused the trouble between Toysy and ir.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-05
baby smothered TO Death.

New York. July 4.-Nettie silver. ~
months old. was smothered 10 death By ac-
cident. The sister Of the child threw. Pill,
low on the baby not knowing it was In bed
and when the clothes were removed inc
child was found dead.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-05
NATIONALS LEADER is BRESNAHAE;
STARL is FIRST In The AMERICAN

Only One Member of the Cardinals Batting but There Has
Been Healthfu Brace in the Local eaguers Swat
ting Work-Burket and ieidrick Only Members of the
Browns in Stylish Batting Circles - McC ormck
Leads the Second Basc3nen- Louis Third
in Team Fielding
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-05

PITCHING RECORDS.

p. Cincinnati SO: New York a: Pbi;adslnhI, y
Pitsburr p: ST. Louis a. "
Triple plavs-CTncinroti .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-21
WEDNESDAY EVENING.

IInkster. Edinburgh and Milton paw
Ing the Great Northern from $4,000
to 100000 year, with long list
OF towns Of from 1000 to 1900 people
paying more than 100000, and some
OF them doubling their business with
in four years Is .
Another interesting bit Of informa-
ton Is the statement that the most
profitable passenger business on
some 5000 miles Of railway line is
that between Grand Forks and Minot
IN North Dakota. The local pas
senger train on that division, Mr.. Hill
says. carries more people and earns
more money than any other passen-
ger train on the Great Northern lines.
Mr., Hills statistics indicate that
North Dakota has enjoyed an i'm
mense growth In the last few years,
probably a much larger growth than
the people have realized. The railway
revenues could not have grown as
they have unless the people Of North
Dakota were both richer and more
numerous than formerly.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-21
LITERARY NOTES

Natalie Clark's fine story. "Blake Redding,
Boy OF To-day is deserving Of all the popu-
larry which VIII doubtless be accorded it. If
all the boys Of to-day were as well-poised, hon
I est honorable as the hero mothers would he less
! anxious about their sons. The girls in the book
must De considered Also They are, most Of
| them, winsome lot of maids
Books OF fairy tales multiply. Whether II ia
! good or a bad sign is not clear. The .sfairy
tales OF science'-modern science-ought to sat
| isfy the race, but children Of to-day still hunger
for dwarfs. giants, fairies. elves and magical
transformations OF the old style, and Mrs. Blod-
gett, In her new volume, evidently understa nds
completes the attractiyeness of 'lThe Giants
Ruby and Other Fairy Tales by her charming
illustrations -.
Miss Anna Chaplin Rays Ursula = Freshman"
ls rafting good story of an aggressive Town
girl who went to live in New York, where she
mad many adventures and special finn rs11vinc
i her COUSIN, JACK Myers. Yale freshman on
comb but the sequel brings out a large manli
ness in Jack. - . ~:.A
Joseph Letter, the great wheat SPECTATOR. has
rehearsals of ''The Pit" by Frank Norris. and to
superintend the whole affair. 1t turns out that
Norris himself first went to Mr.. Letter. when he
was writing the novel. and that Mr. Letter has
always taken particular and personal interest
In 1.-THE PITT IA = '-.> = :
!, Somebody has estimated that over half mill
lion words were printed by the American news
po pcrs about Rudyard Kipling,s new voInme of
verse, THE Five Nations.' in the morning issues
Of the day the book was published. It is safe to
say no other living author, the occasion of the
publication OF new book, would receive an ova-
tion from the press Of any country equal to that
OF the American press to Mr. Kipling.
doubleday. Page & Co. have just published
limited edition Of 100 sets OF the re Frank Nor
r1s. complete works in seven Volumes
" hat enables tho newly discovered radium to
give out heat end light with undiminished mower
dinms known to scienc e-liquid air and LIQUID
hTdiogen? The nnrave1ing OF this mystery"
writes Professor Simon Newcomb. the astronomer.
n farmers Magazine for November "n,ust be
the great work Of science Of the twentfeth can
tury For an explane tton OF radinm would also
explain the power OF the sun itself and ,of the
vast vast ncbnlons masses IN the midst OF which our
whole solar system would he hut a spect,
Winitred Is Dossibly. rather too good a little
sirl to he wholly human. but the story in swim
lIrsds Ne!ehborss.of how she found her mother
cenoe. winning the love and admiration. mean
while. OF her uncle and q rather careless aunt
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-21
Careless Words.

Some careless statements of a. morn
Ing contemporary with regard to trust
companies seem to call for a. word or
two of correction.
1t is not true that under the Min
nesota laws trust companies "esoape
state and federal laws for the protec-
ton OF depositors and creditors" The
state laws of Minnesota closely super
wise the trust companies in this state.
and the public examiner REQUIRES them
TO make monthly reports to his office.
Ihey are also subject to unexpected
examination at any time by the public
examiner. In fact, the law and the
practice of the examiner seem to pro-
vide for closer inspection and con-
troll Of the trust companies than Of
the banks. It is not true that "they
take deposits and make discounts like
banks'-at least, not all Of them do
this. They take deposits and paw in
terest, but they do not discount paper
without collateral. In othei. words
a customer can't open a line of credit
with them, as he can with a bank, and
receive accommodations from time to
time on his own paper. ... a., ..
The remarks Of our contemnorarv
seem to have been inspired by the
Baltimore failures and to have been
uttered without much knowledge of
the requirements of the law with re-
spect to trust companies. But care
less words Of this character are not
always harmless. .-.s - =.
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BOOKS RECEIVED

LOVE, THE FIDDLER. BY Lloyd osbourne
New York: Mcclure. Phillips & Co. Mime
apolis: Nathaniel Mccarthy. Price s1.5o.
THE GOLDEN WINDOWS. A Book OF Fable:
author Of Captain January etc. Boston
Little. Brown & Co.
AT THE FALL OF MONTREAL; or. A Soldier
Boys Final Victory. By Edward Stratmeyer,
author Of with Washington in the West,
etc; Illustrated by shute. Boston: ,,l Lee
81 net.
RovER's STORY; or, Tho Autobiography Of q
Calico Dog. BY Helen Higginbotham. Illus
trated from photographs by the author. Bos.
thy. Price. 50 cents net.
THE GOLDEN DWARF. SENSATIONAL Ro.
NANCE OF. TO-DAY. BY r. Norman Silver,
author Of "A Daughter of MysteFy," etc.
TWELVE LETTERS TO MY SON. By G. J. F.,
d. D., Phi. D. Philadelphia and London: The
Nunc Ncet Press. Price Is cents.
THE BAR SINISTER. By Richard Harding
Davis. Illustrated. New York: Charles Serb.
Z ners Sons Minneapolis: N. Mccarthy. Price
$3.50.
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THOMAS JEFFER-
1.-THE story Of France" Napoleon" etc.
New York: D. Appleton Co. Price $3.50.
Natalie Rice Clark, author of 1.-The Green
Garnet etc. illustrated; Boston: Little
Brown s. Co. Price 81 net.
THE GIANTS RUBY AND OTHER FAIRY
TALES. BY Mabel Fuller Blodgett, author
Of Eat the Queens Mercy" etc. Illustrated
by Katharine Pyle. Boston: Little, Brown
& Co. Price 81. 25 net. .'-
ADVENTURES OF AN ARMY NURSE IN TWO
WARS. Edited from the Diary and Core
spondence Of Mary Phinney, Baroness Won
Olnhausen. BY James Phinney Munroe. With
portraits. Boston: Little, Brown & Co..
Price 80 net. ... - :.
URSULA's FRESHMAN. BY Anna Chaplin Ray
author Of '"Teddy," etc. Illustrated. Bos-
ton: Little, Brown & Co. Price $1.20.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-21
A Sad Story.

No man can have been so hardened
by rude experience in rough world
as not to be moved by the sad story
OF the Peacock family.
The widowed father struggled with
a mortal disease and managed in some
way to maintain his family and keen
the children together. After months
of a losing fight, the poor man died
wretchedly in the streets. He was on
his way to see a doctor because he
knew that the fee would be less than
If the doctor were summoned to the
house. Surely here was a man who
died in battle If ever a man did. Think
of this, you fortunate men who burn
up in idle cigar smoke the price OF a
doctors fee, while this man gave his
life to save it.
The fathers death left a 16-year-old
boy to provide and care for a. family
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-21
The Growth of North Dakota.

PRESIDENT J. j. Hill, of the Great
Northern, delivered an interesting adj
dress on irrigation before the North
Dakota Irrigation convention ataBis-
marck yesterday, and it was none the
less interesting because 1t was three
fourths about the Great Northern
and one-fourth about irrigation.
Mr.. Hills statement Of the revenue
the road derives from various sta
tons in North Dakota is amazing
Think of Grand Forks contributinp
s5s5,ooo of revenue to the Great
Northern in one year. and Neche
$3S4.000, and such obscure places as
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-21
A Poor Defence.

The Augusta, Ca, Chronicle dis
cusses the Tillman verdict in such a
spirit that 1t is plain that the print
tive and semicivilized notions Of JUS
tice that maintain In South Carolina
are not lacking in Georgia. The best
the Chronicle can do is to say that
the verdict was not 'even and exact
JUSTICE" but it adds that such Justice
Is hardly to be expected from any
earthly tribunal. The Chronicle evil
IDENTIFY thinks the jury did about as
much as could be expected of it-and
keeping in mind that it was a South
Carolina jury, the Chronicle is about
right. Had the editor of the Chron-
1cle been the jury, he would not have
permitted T1llman to escape without
any punishment. He admits that the
preponderance of evidence went to
show that the killing was deliberate
and premeditated-but not unpro-
voked. y 1....a
The editor of the Chronicle would
have given great weight to the provo
cation. In discussing the provocation,
ne plainly shows that, in his opinion,
1t is quite proper to take the life of
the man who calls you a, few names.
The only fault he has to find with
Tillman is that he did not wait until
his blood had been fired by some new
insult from Gonzales, instead of wait
ing six months. The editor comedies
that 1t was not a heroic act for Till
man to shoot down an unarmed man
without warning, but there was still
the provocation. of epithets (appar-
emily we'll deserved). Consequently,
the verdict is not, In the Chronicles
OPINION an outrage Of justice-and
then 1t concludes: ~ .,.f@
And In South Carolina, it must be adj
mltted, this was not a forced construction
OF the unWr1tten laws Of that state; where
10 apply to a man any one Of the manu
epithets that Editor Gonzales applied to
Inin1an is to invite death, and to be pre-
pared to accept the consequences. -
This defender of South Carolina
could hardly have said worse things
about the state If he had assailed It.
N H't~ng worse can be said of South
Carolina than that it is the state where
man VINO calls names must expect
to be tried, condemned and executed
oy his enemy. The state is still fr,sthe
small-boy period of civilization. It has
not got above the you darsent'' and
L dare" code of honor Of: the, PLAY,
ground, the code under which the boy tui,4
OF larger growth blooms into, the
bully Of the Tillman type, a coward
at heart but always ready. to back. his,
words with bullets-especiall when
the other man is defenseIess. T. s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-21
Important Features of the New
.-.. Treaty, -. $40

among the noticeable features q,
the new commercial treaty WITH Chins
recently signed, aside from the Omen.
Ing of two new ports to our trade, II
Manchurta, Is the abolition of thf
nkln or interior tax on foreign goods
winch is an unjust squeeze by the ia,
gatherer at brief intervals as the goods
pass thru the provinces, for which is
substituted surtax of one and a. half
! times the customs duty Of sometime
less than 5 per cent ad va1orems &C
provided in the protocol of 1901. I'm
munity from all other taxation within
the empire on foreign goods is tins
secured. -.. ...s..-- ....- -
another interesting feature is the
provision for the revision Of the. Chin
csc mining laws which will facilitate
the operations of foreign capital in the
coal and other undeyeloped mineral
resources of China. There is coal
enough in northwestern China to sup
ply the whole world 1000 years, ac-
cordlng to expert estimates. s,a
The thirteenth article provides that
1000 o~-AA ~"1AS IiiS IlSCSSSdTy steps to
provide a uniform national coinage to
be legal tender thruout the empire.
This is long step in real progress. as
China labors under the DISADVANTAGES
OF a vast amount of copper coins called
cash, and four kinds of silver taels.
each with a different value, from ~ to
70 cents. This money is reinforced bv
large inportations of deprecated
Mexican dollars.
In connection with the treaty pro-
vision that China will take steps to
establish a uniform national coinage
1t IS interesting to note that Professor
jerks of the commission on interna-
tlonal exchange, which has been in
Europe discussing plans with leading
governments to steady silver coinage
values in silver-using lands, and have
recently returned to make their re-
port, will soon leave for China to con-
fer with the Picking government on
the subject Of establishing a uniform
national coinage on a gold basis. It
would be a substantial, good thing
for China, If she could be delivered
from base and fuctuating silver
currency.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-21
NEWS OF BOOK WORLD
ON" Watson's "Polemlc" Under the
Title Life and Times Of Thomas JET.
..1erson" - An "lmpartiaI'' Biography
That Is Partlal-The Experiences OF a
War Nurse.

Thomas E. Watson Of Georgia, ex-pop-
lllst leader and author Of 1.-THE Story OF
France" and other books, in his new VOL
ume, Ihe Life and Times OF Thomas JEFF
ferson, complains in his preface that
American history is chiefly written bv
northern men. with New England SYM
pathies who do injustice to southern men
ana southern history. He proposes there
fore, to write an unprecedented history OF
the period of Jefferson and make the
DOCK national not sectional In looking
over the volume, however, one may dis
cover that the history is written from the
extreme Jeffersonian antifederalist, anti
Hamiltonian standpoint and that the book
cannot by any means be called non
partisan. Indeed. it has been called q
'polemic." He raves at Hamilton as a.
monarchist in the old Jehersonian way,
simply because Hamilton wanted to estab-
l1sh a government which could enforce its
own laws. and should not be the football
OF group Of particularistic states.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-21
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

Of seven, this family which. for all Its
sufrerings, desires to be kept together
I'VE won't have to so away from
each other. will we?' asked one OF
the children.
There have been abundant and SUBJ
|stantial proofs Of the community
earnest and helpful sympathy with
these poor children. Possibly their
prayer that they may be kept together
cannot be granted, but we believe that
In this great city there are number
Of persons who can spend their time
and money to no better purpose than
in answering it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-21
NOT UNDERSTOOD

Not understood. We move along asunder
Our paths grow wider as the seasons
creep - ...
Along the years; we marvel and we
wonder
Why life is life, and then we fall
asleep
~. Not understood. b.. e..
Not understood. We gather false I'M
pressions -,
And hug them closer, as the years go by.
Till virtues often seems to us transgres
And thus men rise and fall and live
and die r.- ~... -
..-. Not understood -.
Not understood. Poor souls with stunted
- vision -
Oft measure giants by their narrow
gauge; ">'. -
The poisoned shafts of falsehood and de-
Are oft impelled 'gainst those who mold
the age
Not understood.
Not understood. The secret springs Of ac-
Which lie beneath the surface and the
show
- y 0toA SSe1AACu. I" all Stll-SdLlS1dCt1On
We judge our neighbors, and they often
Not understood.
Not understood. How trifes often change
us!
The thoughtless sentence or the fanc;ad
slight
Destroy st1 y long years Of friendship and
estrange US,
And on our soul there falls a freezing
blight ,sA- .
Not understood
Not understood. How many breasts are
aching =,
For lack Of sympathy! All! the day
How many cheerless, lonely hearts are
breaking!
How many noble spirits pass away
Not understood.
OGod! that mernwould see little clearer
Or judge less harshly when they cannot
see! ssssf5
o God! that men would draw little
nearer
Tosone another!-they'd be nearer Thee.
And understood ],
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-21

The country papers are beginning to
wonder whether it is worth while to sup
port the university when the students de-.
vote so much of their time to class fights.
OF course, the Importance of these class
rows is exaggerated. but it is worth while
for the university students to take the
hint and not be the means of bringing
the institution into disfavor with the
people. .'E u.s.. ..-ra b.. .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-21
GEORGE AIDES PARLoR TRICK
New York Tribune

New York Tribune.
George AIDE attended recently din.
ner of theatrical people In Boston,. The
stage folk sang songs and told stories, but
Mr.. AIDE, who is very quiet and retiring
would neither sing nor speak. He was
he said, no good at anything Of that kind
Finally, tho, the calls for Mr.. AIDE be-
came too vehement. The young man had
to yield. He rose and said: ~
II will tell you Of an excellent trick in
parlor magic. You take tumbler anG
fill it two thirds full of filtered water
Then you insert in the water a lump OF
In few minutes the sugar will become
sugar and a spoon, and You begin to STIR