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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-05
CLYDE FITCH.

When. last December. the barouche con
tanning Pre- ident Roosevelt, Ex-Governor
Crane. o. lIassal busetts Secretary Cor
te~ou ana DETECTIVE Craig was nearing
The troilev car that was to cause such
a depIoraIle accident. Governor Crane
was teliing he PRESIDENT about the tai
eats and aspirations of the driver of the
ba1oucie, David J. Pratt, proprietor OF
the local livery stable. Then the trolley
Ger crashed into the party and all hands.
INCLUDING David himself. forgot about the
talents Of the driver
The wh5ie country remembers the ac-
1iaent which suited in the death Of
.Claig ara fbe injury Of the President
But ths whole country does not know
vet that the accident had another re-
laarlz.fIa result It revived Danial j.
traits PROPENSITY Tor writing plays. BY
istrict attention to the livery business
Pratt had canned the reputation of being
tile BEST whip and rider In the county,
and. according to tie New York World,
he is called the clyde Fitch OF the
Berl-shires.
David J. Pratt lives in Dalton, Mass,
little town in the valley Of The Berk-
sllres. lie IS sixty years old. He says he
wrote a play about tliIty years ago but
never told any one about It.
I.aet June. after the accident. he wrote
another that was produced in Dalton.
lhe society people came from Pittsfield'
l.,nex and Etcc,bridse TO witness it.
ro-e-tiv re has written another one, and
she world has Turned and called him the
.Clvso Fsjeh OF the Ber1shires.
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-05
TROUBLE FROM PARROT.


Whea they hrst began laying stone on
our new court house "a whistle was used
IS IL si-naI 10 the engineer for the
movement ct TIE steam derrick. In few
savs aItsr they started there was trou-
BILE in she camp The engineer Woaid
hear Tie signals and start accordingly-
The contractor ana foreman Of the stone
work woula say they never made any
signals. Alter considerable confusion and
annoyance -ae trouble was located Mrs
wfn.arn Hu'iU who lives across the
strees. on broadway. has a very intelli-
gent parrot which had constituted itself
IS foreman ard Eave the signals to per
fiction The Eorzren were compelled
Il 60 away with tbewhlstle. ana now use
eonv attacie do the derick.-Par-s
F1sntuciCy. News.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-05
NO USE FOR HYPHENs.

According 10 q foreign Journal. there Is
st uresent a tendency II certain TaTts
Of France TO write compound words az
though they we're single Way any one
objects 10 the harmless little hyVhen 10
one has explained. out presumably. Z j
is ever discarded. the reason all hs Be-
cause because people have said % them
selves: We don; need the hypkeu. sor
by emitting ii and joining The various
PARTS OF compound words we car make
thesa All single
II France ceases TO use the hyphsn. 9Th
81 countries may follow her example. and
in that case we may expect 70 see =
print such words as railroaafrzin- Bag
sagernas fer- topsyturvy. ticketoSlssFs-
nan. S5rea6eagie, sVezkinEtrIr-sPet bel
,a-s,xs,te-. roridEi5e. Spsn,shAruerics-.
Engllshspezksns. teaernenthouse. loTe7t-
fairs. sabzrezsury ard seitec-cstion-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-05

following places VIII have sale every day until sep
which VIII be limited
3st, 1903.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-05
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Low GUNNER Tourist Rates 70 Popu-
lar Resorts.
East, west and north. The Missouri
Pacific railway runs elegant reclining
chair cars and high back coaches. ~
by Pintseh gas, or all trains.
Three trains daily 20 ST. Louis and
Kansas City from Wlehlts.
Through sieepsrs from Wichita 70
81. Louis ard Kansas City.
The short line 20 Colorado points.
Through sleeper leaves Wichlts daily
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TAX is SIN cheap. bat IL costs SIS
word u transport Il to The Philippines By
the new c2hla
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-11
AGILE YOUTHS
WIN TROPHIES
Members of Columbia Park
Boys Club Perform for the
Ladies at the Olympic Club
SMALL BOYS SCORE BIG HIT
Well Drilled Gymnasts Show
Their Wonderful Cleverness
ON the Bars, Mat and Rings

The gymnasium of the Olympic Ath-
letic Club presented an animated ap-
pearance last evening. 1t was ladies
night" and the fair friends OF the
members crowded the clubhouse and
enioyed an excellent entertainment.
The Columbia Park Boys Club, an ad-
iunct Of the Olympic Club. sent forth
its young soldiers and athletes to show
the members and their friends how
cleverIy they could drill and perform.
Small boys were they, and their work
created surprise to the onlookers. The
little athletes showed careful training
in all departments and were heartily
applauded for their work.
The class in parallel bars brought
forth a bunch of sturdy youngsters,
who went through remarkable eVolu-
tions. The choral singers Of the club
raised their sweet voices in melody,
and were repeatedly encored. The tum-
bling was fine and created great deal
of favorable comment.
The feature of the entertainment was
the singing of Master Talbot. He rem
dered the Congo Love Song" so beau
tifully that the fair ones in the audi
ence wanted to hug him. The Moresca
Club, a band of Slavonians, gave
realistic imitation of a battle. They
called it "Moresca," and used long
knives to heighten the effect. The
blades -gIistened and the clash of steel
scared many. The actors in the drama
showed great skill in welding the
knives and in dancing. They were
picturesque in their native costume.
The lads from the Columbia Park
BOYS Club then did fancy buck-jump-
ing and performed on the Roman rings.
Master ODay sang The Bloom is on
the Rye" and was applauded for his
efforts.
In the temporary absence Of Presl-
dent William Greer Harrison the prizes
were awarded by Judge ]. c. B. Heb
bard Henry B. Russ, AdolDh Kosh-
land and Otto Rittler kept a close
watch on the youngsters who went
through the exercises, and decided
Frank Nagle did the best all-rOund
work Herman Stein was best on the
parallel bars, Louis Stein best on the
Spanish rings and Emile Muheim the
best buck jumper.
In presenting the prizes Judge Heo-
bard paid a high tribute to Major Sid
ney Peixotto, who has charge of the
boys. He said Mr.. Peixotto was devot-
ing his life helping to develop young
manhood He also took occasion to
speak highly of the men and women
who were contributing their money TO
aid this worthy institution. As each
youth was called forward he was ap-
plauded and returned to the ranks with
a gold or silver medal pinned on his
blouse. The youngsters owe their ath-
letic ability to George Schlitter, who is
their instructor.
After the entertainment the visitors
roamed through the big clubhouse.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-11
COUNTY CLERK
INVESTIGATED
Grand Jury Calls Witnesses and
Hears Testimony as to Stuff
ing of the Pay Rolls

The Grand Jury commenced it's in
vestigation last evening of the admins
tration of the County Clerks office un-
der the regime of A. B. Mahony and the
alleged manipulations of the monthly
pay roll.
Harry Barbee was the first witness
called into the jury room. He testi-
fed that he secured his position in the
County Clerks office through Bier &
Regensberger, salary brokers, and that
he took the oath of office while in their
presence. Barbee testified to giving the
salary brokers assignments of his sal
airy for eight months and said that
through them he drew $75 per month";
while his salary warrant called for $125.
He said ne did not know who received
the $50 balance of his salary. He fur
ther testified that he had worked con-
tinuously for the last three months
and that no salary warrant was drawn
for him for September and that his
name only appeared for twenty days in
November.
Barbee was asked If he knew of Mar
tin Brady, A. Davidson, J. A. McKenna
and J. Pierce working as deputies in the
County Clerks office and he replied
that he did not The names of the
four men mentioned appear on the pay
rolls certified to by Mahony.
Colonel Martin Brady was next
called before the jurors and he claimed
that he worked as a deputy under Ma
hony. When asked how many days
he had worked in the last three months.
he replied, 'eThe records are the best
evidence"
Questioned as to Davidson, McKenna
or Pierce working in the office, Brady
replied that "he did not keep watch
on the others and it was not his duty
/ to do so.''
J. A. McKenna testified that he @did
not know how Mahony conducted his
Office and said it was his duty to draw
the salary warrants and make out the
pay roll as directed By Mahony.
Although McKenna's work would or
dinarily taxa one day, the witness said
/ that he worked every day Of the week
during the month. He made the same
answer as Brady to the question as to
certain men working in the ofiice-that
ii was not his business to keep watch
on the other clerks.
Henry Ingeerson, Deputy Auditor,
testified to the identity of the pay rolls
of the County Clerks Office and the
salary warrants certified TO by Mahony.
Regensberger. the salary broker, was
then called before the jurors. He de-
MED the assertions of Barbee, who
claimed that the broker had held out
! $50 OF each monthly salary. Regens-
berger claimed that Barbee had been
advanced money each month, depositinG
an assignment of his salary as secur-
ity. When the broker collected the
salary Barbee received the balance due
him, less interest. claimed Regensber-
! ger.
The investigation will be taken W
again this afternoon at 3. when Ma
hony will be called before the jury.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-11
Sues for Fifty Thousand Dollars.

SAN JOSE, Dec. 1O.-A suit for
$50. 900 damages was commenced here
to-day by w. L. Wells against the
San Jose Railroad Company, the Ger
man Savings and Loan Society and
George ToUrny. Plaintiff alleges
that the defendants on the 23d of Sep
tember negligently permitted a broken
wire of their Delmas avenue line OK
street cars to lie upon the sidewalk
without notice or signal, and that IN
the darkness of night he came IN con-
tact with il and received an electric
shock which paralyzed one-hah OF MS
body permanently.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-11
ANOTHER COSTLY FIRE AT
SEVENTH AND BRANN!AN
Smith Company Loses Second Ware
house in a Year, Latest Loss Being
Estimated at S35O0O


For the second time inside of a year
the H. P. Smith Company, SO and S12
Brannan street, has suffered the loss
of hay and grain warehouse with
contents. Last night the structure
erected by that company to replace the
one destroyed few months ago
was burned. This is the third big fire
in this locality during the year.
About 10:30 O'Clock Watchman David
Henry, who is employed by the San
Francisco Hay Compress Company. on
Seventh street near Brannan. disoov-
cred the blaze near the roof of the
Smith barn and turned in an alarm.
AS soon as the Fire Department ar
rived on the scene a second alarm was
turned in. Chief Sullivan headed the
fire fighters ard the main efforts of
the department We're directed to the
saving OF the McNab and Smith stor-
age barns next to the burning ware
house. The east and south walls gave
way and the firemen were compelled 10
run for their lives. Ecseman William
Hart OF engine No. was caught by
the falling hay and stunned. He was
quickly dragged from the debris and
conveyed to a nearby saloon, where he
soon recovered
The loss TO the H. P. Smith Company
will amount to about $35, 0o0, almost
fully covered by insurance. McNab &
Smiths loss is $780,
1t is thought by the fremen that
spark from the fire. of Sunday night
next to Smiths warehouse may have
lodged in the hay and smoldered until
it broke into flames last night Super
intendent Cornstock of the Fire Patrol
and Fire Marshal Towe hint at incen-
diarism.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-11
OLD GLADIATOR
OPPOSES Dunn
ManasSO Balks at Last'Moment
and His Substitute Is No
Match for Irish Whirlwind
SPECTATORS DISAPPOINTED
Jack Burke Beats Joe Larkin
in a FOur-ROund Go, Replete
With Sensational Fighting

The big main event of the Lincoln
Athletic Clubs show did not take place
last night and there was disappoint-
ment in the faces of the followers Of
the game who had turned out by the
hundreds to see it. Frank Manasso,
who looks like Jeffries and who was to
have put uD his mitts against Mick"
Dunn. failed to come through at the
last moment, so a poor old man who
called himself Jack Sullivan took up
the burden and was handed the wallop.
Sullivan was old and feeble and could
not go. He kept officing up to the Irish
terror in an effort to keep from get
ting hit, and the latter was kind
enough to leave him alone. The pair
swung al each other for a while. and
then they clinched for another while.
Just before the gong sounded Sullivan
went to the carpet and forgot to arise,
so it was curtains then with the main go.
The bout between Joe Larl1in and
Jack Burke made UP for the farcical
main event. Such slugging has not
been seen in an amateur arena for
many a day. They began to pass the
wallop around in the first period, and
never for a moment did they show
signs of slackening their speed.
Each scored a clean knockdown in
the initial round. They continued to
fight just as fast in the next spasm.
The third was the best round, and
when it was over both men were COW
cred with gore, but still ready to go on.
They kept I'D the pace in the last
round, and Burke was awarded the de-
cision for his better all around tactics
Tom Sullivan outpointed Joe Podesta
in a four-round affair that contained
lots Of fighting. Sullivan had his man
nearly out in the last two rounds and
displayed a world of cleverness. Dick
Richards outDointed Jack Gomersal in
four rounds. Joe Kelly got the decision
over Jack Bradshaw in four rounds
Willie Friel defeated Willie Grady in
the same space of time.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-11
ATHLETIC CLUB MAY GIVE
FURTHER AID TO PUGILIST
VIII Meet Police Committee to Make
Arrangement Satisfactory TO
Mrs. Mcconnell.

misrepresentation Of the Yosemite
Athletic Club appeared before the Su-
pervisors' Police Committee yesterday
in regard to the complaint of Mrs. Nc
Connell that il had not acted fairly
in the benefit given TO her son Frank,
who was injured at the exhibition
given by the Tanners Union. Harry
Corbett produced vouchers to show
that the club had paid hospital and
doctors bills aggregating nearly $1,000,
which was all it had agreed to do
when il applied for the permit to aid
young Mcconnell There was a de-
fcit OF 1886. which the club made
good after the purse and other ex-
penses had been paid. The committee
postponed consideration of the COM
plant until next Thursday, when the
representatives Of the San Francisco,
Yosemite and Hayes Valley Athletic
clubs viii be present and viii prob
ably agree TO some arrangement that
VIII be satisfactory to Mrs. Mcconnell.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-11
WEIGH CHOSEN
FOR REFEREE
VIII Be the Third Mansin the
Ring Tonight When-John-
son and Ferguson Clash
OOLoRED NAN is FAVORITE
His Ambition Is TO Defeat
BostOnian Han6ily and Then
Meet Champion Jim Jeffries

Jack welch, the Official referee of
the Colma Athletic Club, will be the
third man in the ring tonight when
Ferguson and Johnson. clash for twen-
" rounds in the san Mateo County
fighting pavilion.
Spider Kelly, who viii be Ferguson's
chief second, has not been friendly
with WEIGH for some years and he ad-
vised the Boston man to hold out for
Eddie Graney. The representatives OF
the fighters and of the club met last
night 10 name the referee. There was
q deadlock for time and then Zick
Abrams, acting for Johnson, suggested
that slips Of paper bearing the names
Of Graney and Welch be placed in a
hat and that FergusOn's manager, A
A. Mclean. draw one out. This was
done and the slip bearing Welch's
name was drawn.
The betting went to 10 20 last
night. but there was little money wag-
cred. Ferguson has few admirers who
concede him a chance against a man
Of Johnson's known cleverness.
Johnson took two short trips on the
road yesterday. but did no boxing.
After he came off the road in the aft
ernOon he did a few moments of
shadow boxing" which ended his
training for the fight.
This morning he Will take short
walk just 10 keep in trim. In the aft
ernoOn he viii cross the bay and will
rest until II is time TO start for Colma.
The big colored mans condition is all
he could wish His muscles are firm
and plant and every movement shows
the thoroughly trained athlete. john
son says: I feel like a winner. Dur
ing the time / have been training
everything has gone well. and 1 have
not a single complaint TO make. As
far as ] know I am in perfect shape
and il 1 lose il wiz be because Fergu-
son is a better man. If l win, as 1
think 1 viii. ] hope I viii get a chance
20 box Jeffrles for the championship
Ferguson's friends claim Johnson
does not take kindly to punishment
and that their man will surely land or
him. Manager Mclean says: I have
seen them fight twice and have a good
line on Johns0n's ability. The col0red
champion VIII have 10 be 80 per cent
better than he was on the previous
meetings, or he will not have a chance
with Sandy
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-11
CIOAKNIAKERS STRIKE HAS
NOT BEEN SETTLED YET
Laborers' Protective Union VIII Dis
cuss the Standing OF Police Com
missioner Thomas Reagan

missioner lDOz1ltiS LecStS.tH-
The troubles Of the cIoakmakers
and their employers have not yet been
settled. The matter was referred to
Mayor Schmitz. but no agreement has
been reached.
The union standing OF Thomas Rea-
gan. the recently appointed Police
Commissioner, Will be discussed be-
fore the LabOrers' Protective Union
No. 1914 next Tuesday night. There
has been much discussion as to
whether Reagan still has the right to
be member of the union.
Golden Gate Branch No. PA, Ma
tionaI Association of Letter Carriers.
elected the following officers for the
ensuing term: President. A NJ.
Locke; vice president, James l. Don
oboe; treasurer. George c. Goe; re-
cording secretary, Ike HOlz; financial
secretary, Conrad TTieber; collector.
NJ. B. A, Thomas Nixon; director
(three years., John A. O'Connell;
physician, DR.. John F. Dillon; SER
geant at arms. r. d. Cunningham;
board of directors, sick and death BEN
eft fund, Louis E. Boivin, Charles A.
Britain, d. F. Dougherty, William
Barry, ]. s Sullivan
The following officers have been
elected by the Carpenters and Join
ers of America belonging to Millmen's
Union No. 423: President, H. ]. Scho-
Der; vice president, Thomas O'Brien;
recording secretary, c. J. Daley; I'm
anciaI secretary, J. G. Fallon; treas
urer, Thomas Mcclure; trustee Or
ganized Labor Publishing Company,
W. II. Beamiss; trustee, j. d. Sigler;
auditors, W. II. Kocher. Fred Man
chester. William Seagrave; delegates
to District Council of Carpenters, Joe
Sullivan, Frank Prendergast. George
Gilmore, John RamOry, Joe Ackern-
son, H. ]. SchOber; delegates to. the
Building Trades Council. Thomas Nc
CURE. w. H. Beamiss, Thomas Far
mer, ]. G. FallOn, Thomas O'Brien.
James Bell, H. Marchon; trustee Pro-
gressive mill, Joe Sullivan. The union
honored President Schober by re-
electing his as president.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-11
CYCLERS MAKE
WEARY ROUNDS
Eight Teams Are Tied for
First Place While Another
Is but One Lap Behind
ROOT AND DORIAN RETIRE
Latter Is Unable to COntinue
Owing to Injuries Received
in a Fall Last Monday

NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-The fourth
day of the six-day bicycle race found
eight teams still tied for first place with
Moran and Keegan Just lap behind.
having been unable to regain the lap
they were penalized when they joined
forces after losing their first team
mates. The other three teams appar-
emily have little chance Of catching the
leaders, though the pace IS very slow.
At 10 a. m. the Contenet-Breton. Lean
der-Butler, Floyd Krebs-Peterson.
Newkirk- jacobson, Beden brothers.
Root -Dorland. BOwler-F1sher and Wal
thour- Monroe teams had completed
14O9 miles laps, Mo-an-Keeg 14O9
miles 8 laps. Samson-Vanderstuy 14Os
miles 9 laps, Franz Krebs- -GougOltz
14OO miles laps and Dove Hedspeth
1896 miles s laps.
Root and Dorian were declared out
of the race at 11:3O tonight after hav-
ing made 1906 miles 7 laps. Dorian was
unable to ride as the result OF a fall
on Monday.
At midnight Contenet and Breton.
Leanders and Butler, Krebs and Peter
son, Newkirk and Jacobson, John and
NJ. Bedel, Bowler and Fisher and Wal
thour and Monroe were tied at 1888
miles 2 laps. Moran and Keegan had
1853 miles 1 lap to their credit.
Frank Kramer. the worlds champion
unpaced rider. broke the indoor un-
paced record for a half mile tonight.
making the distance in SO % seconds.
a a
they have tried to have a conference,
but 1 could not agree to let them ap-
pear before the association We are
absolutely satisfied with our position
and we will not attemDs harsh meas
ures until we are actually compelled to
and then we will consider the advis-
ability Of such action. We do aOt wish
to inconvenience the public"
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-11
NINETY-SIX GREYHOUNDS
IN NGLESIDE STAKE
A Number OF Representatives From
We'll known Eastern Kennels
Are Among the Entries.


Ninety-six greyhOunds, including
a number from the Eastern kennels,
are carded TO start tomorrow at In
gleside Coursing Park. The first
brace Of dogs will be sent to the slips
al 1870 O'Clock. The draw last night
resulted as follows:
Homer Boy vs. Lily York; Moonbeam vs.
Little Lucy: Sofala VS.. Pure Pearl: Wedge
vr0of vs. Mollie Nc. Frisky Barbara vs.
Comioue: Haddington VS.. Master Washington
Iadv Menlo vs. Northern Lad Young Fearless
Is Nanrll: Little Plunger Dartaway.
Adorss vs. Firm Fellow; Our Myra Golden
Ifa1cv- Reckless Acrobat vs. Semproniusi Pro
metheus Us. Jimmy Anthony; Doris vs. Rtch
Argosy; Half Moon Us. Nora Hill; Northern
Alarm We. Fenii; Sergeant Major vs. Orsina'
Recruit VS. Mark Twain; Belfast Us. Don
Pedro; Gilmore Girl vs. TODsy Iurvey; Idaho
Boy n SiievenamCn; Irish Lad vs. Doc Burns /:
Lord Granard Us. Jerry, Wright; Mountain
Poet Vs. Maid OF Gowrie; TObasco Bob Us.
IDoreen: COmstOck Jingle Bells; Royal
Sport vs. Remisso Aninos our Minnie vs..
May Flush: Flora Temple vs.. Encore; Texas
Jirn VS. Silver Cloud: Yukon VS.. Bob r; Gold
Chain VS.. Golden Links. Blackboon VS. Black
Boy; Miss Green vs.. Progresso; Tralee Maid
VS.. Tralee Lass; Lord Coz Hesper TOron-
10 vs.. IrviuZton Tralees Intruder Nlna .
Glaucus VS. Mellinwoods Haphazard vs.. Bon
ME Hughie: Fair Glen vs. Mirage; Ha-lesn
Gladys VS. White Stockings. ldleness vs..
Linda Vista. Flaunt Roy Hughie; Texas
Betty vs.. Equator: Good Decision vs.. Med
6lesorne.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-11
Prenaring for sd. Louis Came.

PRINCETON, n. J.. Dec. 10.-The ex-
ecutive committee of the Intercollegiate
Gymnastic Association has decided that
all men winning places in the inter
collegiate meet here on March rs next
will be sent to st. Louis next summer
TO compete in the events in connection
with the exposition