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not been interfered with. He ran under a
nice pull throughout the journey. and l
never had doubt about the result until /
was forced into pocket at the head of the
stretch. When called upon Africander he
responded quickly and with rare courage"
John A. Drake, who came from Chicago
to see Savable race, was not disappointed.
He said he had bet only small sum.
The fractional time of the race was O24
O.47 3-5, LOO, lib, 1.26 10, I39. 1.51 80,
EOS 2. IS 3-5, 231 LIS, 2.45 Is.
The double event. the other stake fea-
ture of the closing day of the Sheepshead
Bay meeting, was won by Capt. s. g.
Browns Conjurer, who beat August Bel
mont's Gallant in driving finish by a head
and defeated Pulsus two lengths. Pulsus
ran well, but found the fifteen pounds
difference in weight too much. The winner
demonstrated that he had a world of speed
by smashing the six-furlong Futurity
course record. He ran the distance in LII,
which is 3-5 seconds better time than that
made by Girdle last year.
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Yesterdays National League Gam
Standing of Church League Clubs.
DEATH OF DELEHANTY
BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN
DROWNED IN NIAGARA RIVER.

The mystery surrounding the disappear
ance of Edward ]. Delehanty, the well
known outfelder of the Washington club,
it is believed was solved last night when
letters were received by Manager Lotus
and a tailor in this city. dated Buffalo,
detailing the accidental death or suicide Of
a man answering ''Del's" description on
the bridge between that city and Fort Erie,
Canada. The letter was written to the
tailor on account of suit being found in a
grip at the Buffalo station upon which was
his mark.
Superintendent Blunett's Letter.
The letter to Manager Lotus, which was
written by District Pullman Car Superin-
tendent Blunett of Buffalo. is as follows:
President American League Base Ball Club
Washington. d. &.
Dear Sir: A passenger in one of our cars
July had some alteration with the Michi-
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program for the opening of the race meet
at Brighton Beach today. With Irish Lad
withdrawn and Africander unlikely
starter, Water Boy, winner of the suburban
I'm track-record time. ruled a strong ia
vorite There were other contenders how
ever notably Francesca. Herbert. Col. Bill
and several other horses that have raced
well in earlier meetings.
1t had been hoped that the race would
afford another meeting for Water Boy and
Irish Lad, and when II was announced
that the latter would not run, interest
waned. As for Africander, who was an
nounced among the entries, IL was not
thought that he would be started afteg
his hard race yesterday.
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Earned runs-Chcago, 2; New York. 1. Twobase
hits-Holmes, Magoon, L. Tannehill, CAMEL Sac
rifice hits Tannehill l3). Williams. First base
on balls-Of Tannehill /. First base errors
Chicago, 1; New York, 3. Struck out-By White,
4; by Tannehl. A. Stolen bases-Green. Callahan.
Elberfeld. Left on bases--Chicago, 3; New York,S.
Hit by pitched bal-Ey White. L. Umpires-
dessrs. Sheridan, Beville and Flaherty. Time Of
game hours and IS minutes.
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the game. Green continued the argument
from the bench and angered Sheridan so
that the latter went over and struck the
player several times before the police sep
arated them. Sheridan was marched of to
the police station but Green would not
appear against him, and he was released
on bail Two of the players then acted as
umpireS. Score:
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Prominent Figure in Base Ball.

Ed. Delehanty was prominent figure in
base ball for the past fifteen years. Back
in the sos he started playing professional
ball with the Mansfield, Ohio club. From
the very beginning Delehanty drew atten-
ton to himself through his wonderful hit
ting, and up to this season he was still
considered the premier batsman of the
country. During the ten years that
record has been kept on Delehantys stick
work he finished the season but once lower
than ninth place-in 19O0-when he had a
percentage of .319. In 1889 he led the Ma
tional League with figures showing .4O3,
while last year he was the best in the
American League with a percentage of
1916
Delehanty's best work was done with the
Philadelphia. He jumped back and forth
in the troublesome times of the Brother
hood war of 1890, but during the 90S was
with the Quaker city aggregation The
story of "Del's" mix-up with the National
League last fall whereby he was to go
to New York for three years at a salary
of $4,000 is too recent to need repetition.
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OTHER AMERICAN
GAMES.
LEAGUE
Chicago, 8; New York. 2

Chicago defeated New York yesterday
in ten-inning game on the latter's
grounds. by the score OF to 2. The Chi
Cages did the better batting. but stupid
base running by Williams is said to have
lost for the Invaders" In tho seventh
inning Danny Green objected to decision
of Umpire Sheridan, and was put out Of
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Bielaski and Kennedy, who have partici-
pated in the same number Of games. have
been trying all sorts of horsehide drivers in
their efforts to wrest premier smuggling hon.
ors from Sam Seay of the Grays, but have
only succeeded in maintaining the tie be-
tween themselves for second place. Since
the last publication of heavy hitting fig
ures each of these three sphere soakers has
got next for a three Dagger. OF the play
ers who have hit for three or more extras
Sixth has seven Gunton and Fourth each
six, Temple four, Wesley two and Cal
vary one
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st. Louis, 8; Boston, 2.

Boston. playing at home yesterday, was
defeated by st. Louis, to 2. The Browns
managed to bunch their hits on Gibson in
the last inning and made enough runs to
win. This was ST. Louis first victory in
the last ten games played Score:
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Earned rnns-Detroit, 4; Philadelphia 8. Two
base hits-Yeager, Mcclure, l.. Cross, Seybod ~.
Three base hits-Yeager, Murphy. Sacrifice hits
McAllister. Crawford. Left on bases-Detroit, s;
Philadelphia. 8. First base halls-On Donovan,
4; off Coakley, 1; off Henley, l. Struck out-By
Donovan, TO- by Coakley, 1; by Henley, g. Wild
pitch-Donovan. Umpire-Mr. OLaughlin Time
of game hours.
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SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
Senators Take Brilliant Game
From Cleveland.
LUCK FAVORED LOCALS
DELEHANTY PROBABLY DROWN
ED IN THE NIAGARA RIVER.
Africander Won Rich Realization
Stakes-Exciting Tennis at West
chester-Church League Game.
American League Games Today.
Detroit at Washington.
Cleveland at Philadelphia.
vAr
National League Clubs Standing.

The Senators played a brilliant game
against Cleveland yesterday; luck favored
them In consequence, and they won out by
the score of to 2. Just where the luck
came in can be cleaned from the fact that
the Blues made eleven safe hits for total
of eighteen bases, yet were able to score
but two runs. The Cleveland players are
not slow on the bases but the sensational
work of the Senators in a fielding line Is
what turned the trick, as their stick work
was light.
Captain Lajoie received a notification Of
indefinite suspension from President john
son early yesterday morning, the result of
his being put out Of Saturdays game, and
Billy Clingman took his place at second.
The latter played brilliantly, but the big
fellows absence appeared to demoralize the
team.
Time after time the C1evelands would get
man as far as third. and scoring seemed
certain, but brilliant throws by Moran and
Robinson to kittridge would nail the run
ner at the plate, and in this way many of
the triples and doubles were wasted. Moth
ing seemed too hard for the Senators. the
infielders grabbing up hot grounders with
wonderful accuracy, while the outfield, par
ticularly Lee, took care of everything that
went into the air. Since the signing of
kittridge and the playing of Clarke at first
base the Senators look like another team,
the coaching of these two players working
wonders, and should the boys regain their
batting eyes it would prove a winning
combination
Orth and Dorner were the opposing pitch
ers, the latter getting the better of the ar
gument, with the exception that in two in
stances the Senators hit the ball with a
runner on the lines, and in this way made
them count.
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Detroit, 8; Athletics, z.

Detroit beat the Athletics in Philadel-,
phia yesterday by the score of to Z.
Donovan easily outpitched Henley and
Plank, and the fielding of the Quakers was
very bad seven errors being made Score:
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HIGH-CLAsS TENNIS.
Ward and Ware Defeated Whitman
and Larned.

That Holcombe Ward and Leonard n.
Ware are superior to William Larned and
Malcolm D. Whitman as q double tennis
team was again proved on the courts OF the
Westchester. N. z. Country Club yesterday
afternoon. Ward and Ware won IN straight
sets after an exciting contest by score Of
CONTINUED on Twelfth Pagel
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fIst base on errors-WashfngtOn, I; Cleveland
l. Left ON bases-Washington, 2; Cleveland, g.
Three-base hits-Fliek Co. Orth. Two-base hits
Ryan, Robinson. Mccarthy, Gochnauer, Bay. Sac
rifce hits-ktttridge. 2. Stolen bases-Bay Cling
man Umpires-Messrs. Drill and Bernhard. Time
of game-1 hour and 80 minutes.
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TOtals..... Y II TOtalS.... 2 ID z L I
'Batted for Evans in the ninth inning.
St Louis. ............ o o o o 2-3
Earned run-Boston, 1. Two base hits-Freeman
La Chance. Double plays-Ferris to La Chance;
Collins to Ferris to La Chance; Mccormick to Wal
lace to Anderson First base on halls-On Gibson,
4; off SudhoH, 1. Struck out-By Evans. g; by Glib
son, g. Wild pitches-Evans. Gibson. Umpire-Mr
Hassett. Time of game-1 hour and so minutes.
Yesterdays National League Games.
Philadelphia, 6; Chicago 3.
BROOKLYN 5; Pittsburg, g
Boston, 5; Cincinnati. B.
st. Louis, 4; New York, 3.
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Suicide Theory Not Believed.

The theory of suicide finds little Gre
dence among Delehantys friends. The
fact that he had mailed an accident insur-
ance policy to his wife has little bearing
on the case, as he always did this when
ever on trip with the club. At any rate
Delehanty has been traced as far as Buff
falo, and the fatal accident on the bridge
last week strongly points to him as the
one meeting his death, whether by suicide,
accident or criminal assault may never be
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THE BRIGHTON HANDICAP.
Everything Favorable for the Big
Opening at Brighton Beach.

NEW YORK, July 8.-The Brighton
handicap, with $4,000 added, at a mile and
q quarter. was the principal event on the
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LoNa-HIrs STATISTICS.
Sixth Leads Gunton In the Church
Base Ball League.

Including Mondays game between Fourth
and Temple, the long hits statistics OF the
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1.-TWO out when winning run was scored
Wesley. .u.............. 3 / 1-S
Gunton. Observation-Disclosures. o 2 u o o 5 IT
First base on errors-Wesley, 1. Left on bases-
Maple. Z; Oh Sherwood, Z. Struck out-By Waple.
10; by Sherwood, II. Home run-Waple. Sacrifice
tor. chappell ~. B. Wood (2). Mckee (2), Winans
Hit by pitcher-By Waple, 8: by Sherwood, /.
Wild pitches-Waple, q Sherwood, B. Passed balls
-Speakman, 8; Venable, /. Umpire-Mr. Bets
Time Of camel hour and 40 minutes.
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Orth. Ryan and Jim Mcclure. who Is here
with the Detrotts.5 were particularly cast
and Delehantyi were very close friends.
while in recent years Orth and Ryan have
been the closest to him.
Belief Of the Players.
The general belief among the Washington
players and Manager Lotus is that Dele
hanty got of the train at Buffalo to get
something to eat or drink, and rushed back
into the depot as a.. train was pulling out.
In the hurry and confusion Delehanty
didn't know which way the train was going
and jumped on. II he was on western
reached him after the Fort Erie bridge
had been crossed, and seeing that his
ticket read for New York stopped the train
and put him off.
This bridge is for railroad travel exclu-
sively, there not being footway of any
KIND, and Delehanty must have had some
sort OF struggle to get on it. Smugglers
are particularly guarded against, and when
The Waterman flashed the lantern in Dele
hanty's face and received a threatening re-
ply to his query as to who he was, what
IS more natural than that scuff1e
ensued. 1t was at a late hour of the
night, and watchmen and smugglers take
little chance with each other. This at least
is the theory of Manager LOTUS and the
players, and seems most plausible, espe-
ciany as the ARRAY occurred nearly week
AAe'N' JuoS WIG " light. Hc SudIu
may nave thought that the man that went
down was of no account and kept the facts
TO himself. but when he discovered that the
stranger may have been Delehanty the
news of the affair was made public
Although minute description of Dele
hanty has not been received from the
Waterman. the fact that his luggage was
discovered in Buffalo and that the big fell
low has not turned up in any other city
seems to confirm the reports that he met
his death In the Niagara river. Delehanty
was too prominent character to not be
recognized by some person in any Of the
big cities
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Totals. s 10 q 7 z

Totals. 8 10 q 2 Totals. 0 q 20 Z
'Batted for Oakley in the third inning. fBatted
for Henley in the eighth inning,
Detroit. o 0-S
Philadelphia ......... 0 0 o 2-7
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-03
---"-----'------ Annther stIen for the Trees.

To the Editor of the Journal and Courier:
 We seem to he passing through our
 annual agitation as to what is the mat ter with so many of our noble old elms around and about the. green, and in the meantime they are dying, not an occasional one, but in numbers which should alarm even the ordinarily indif- Serent citizen. ..~..
 Just low many of the fine old trees have been cut down within the last two years do not know, but this is certain. there are to-day in and about the green at least twenty-four elm trees that are either dead or so nearly so that another season will end their feeble existence. What can be done about it to save the rest of them? Probably nothing which will save many of them for any length of time, for it is now too late. They are so enfeebled that they will certainly be a thing of memory only very soon.
 Some of them, however, bear every ap- pearance of comparative vigor and will,
 under Favorable conditions, stand a chance of further development, lending
 their graceful beauty to a scene which, without their. modifying dignity would lose much which has in the past made our city famous. s.-.5 It is no credit to the citizens of our city that so important a feature of New Ravens beauty and attraetiveness as a residence place as it's splendid trees are or were should be so grossly neglected. It has no doubt come about from the popular idea that a tree once planted is quite capable of caring for itself. While this is true in q measure where the conditions are more natural, for in- stance along a usual country roadside, yet in a city, with it's many unfavorable elements for normal tree growth. its smoke and gas in the air and, worst of all, it's soil in so many places permeated with escaping illuminating and other poisonous gases. without the constant care ofa competent forester, the trees un- der increasingly unfavorable conditions are sure to become decrepit premature ly and. as witnessed in our Green to- day, die long before their natural al- loted time.
 
 they well deserve so many of them would never have received their death blow from the repeated defoliation from the attacks of the elm leaf beetle. Had \ it not been for this severe shock to their vitality they would no doubt have for longer time withstood the increas- ingly unfavorable soil conditions. not due to lack of fertility of the soil but to the pickling of the soil with foul and poisonous gases.
 Are we as city willing to passively look on and see much of our city's beau l ty vanish before our eyes when even at this late date. If our trees were put under the care of 8 competent person with power to act, iauchof the damage cold be remedied and future care pre- vent a repetition of the sad lesson we are now having thrust upon us?
 ERNEST F. COE.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-03
4 NoveIetIe.

To the gentle youth who wOoed her she Ob- ieeted.
 Her objection she declared was final, too. Though he showed her the attention she e2- 9eeted And he was not backward when he came to woo. Yet he owned that he experience was lack ing
 And had never firted in his life before, So she drowned upon his suit and sent him packing
 To acquire elsewhere his amatory lore. ''I am not kindergarten" she reflected, And although he has concluded I'm the He can never tell till others he's inspected How superior l an to all the rest. I imagine that he thought l would be fiat tered
 UnsOphisticated people I despise. He has one romance at least now that is And he may do better next time If he tries" Then this youth whose heart and hand she had rejected To console himself a butterfly became And from maid to maid he fiuttered and corrected The objection offered by his former flame, Who, observing the improvement he was making, Admitted that before she spoke in haste; But it seemed this time she had to take the shaking. For experience had quite reformed his taste.
 Chicago News.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-03
AN ELECTRIC POSTAL WAGON.

Milan. Italy. is rejoicing in an eIec- tric postal wagon which seems to meet a long-felt want. It is used to take the mail from the boxes, stamp it en route, and arrange it for distribution, and in this way considerable saving of time is effected. The wagon has box body of considerable capacity, with a seat in front for the driver. The inside is fitted up for sorting the mail and has an em- ploye devoted to this work, while the remaining space is reserved for the postman. The wagon is brought to one of the city letter boxes, when the post man descends and takes the mail from the box, passing it to the employe, who stamps and sorts the mail according to it's destination while the wagon is pro- ceeding to the next box. Each district of the city has an employe who receives the mail from the wagon at specified places and distributes it at once along his mail route, and thus the letters are at once distributed without being oblig- led to pass through the postoffice, hence a saving of time. The wagon has its wheels spaced to standard gauge. so
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-03
THE MisSISSIPPI NEGROES.

The negroes of Mississippi are said to be much alarmed because Major James K. Vardaman has won the Democratic nomination for governor, which insures his election. The chief issue of the campaign for the nomination was the question whether the money voted by the State for public schools should be divided between the races in propor- tion to the amounts contributed by the taxation returns of each race. This, of course, would mean the crippling of the public schools for negroes, as their children are much more numerous and
 the amount they contribute through taxation Is much smaller. This is the way Major Vardaman talks about the negro: The educational needs of the white children are not at all the same as those of the negro children. God Almighty made negroes different in the beginning, and so they must remain
 until the end of time. In the solution of this great problem, as in the solution of all great problems, believe in work ing in accordance with the eternal pur-
 pose, and when we do this we may reach a satisfactory settlement. It can- not be reached in any other way.
 It is not surprising that the Missis-
 sippi negroes are disturbed, and that
 many of them fear that the election of
 Vardaman will mean not only lirnita-
 tion of the schooling of negroes, but also an attempt to establish a system of peonage similar to that recently ex- posed in Alabama. But perhaps it will be found that the Mississippi legisla- ture isn't quite as far behind the times
 as Major Vardaman.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-03
EYTER E4M

Embryo artist---What do you think of that for a painting? You wouldn't be-
 lieve that is the first thing ever conn.,
 pleted. would you? Careful critic-I might think so, but
 wouldn't say so for anything.-Boston
 Transcript.
 How About Henry?-Maud-You can't
 make me believe an opal is an unlucky stone. I was wearing one when first met Henry. Irene-It certainly brought good luck Ito you. What was Henry wearing?-- Chicago Tribune.
 "At that rate" said his friend, 'there is no telling when the monument will
 be unveiled" 1T should say not" replied the collec- tor for the fund, somewhat despondent- ly. At present we have hardly enough to pay for the veil."-Puck. Mother (to new nursemaid)-If you can't keep the children quiet send them up to me for awhile and I will sing to them. Nurse-Oh, that wont do any good. I've threatened them with that twice
 already.-San Francisco Wasp. Bigby-I'm saving up money to go to Europe. Higby-Indeed! How are you getting on? Bigby-Fine! I've already got togeth- CT enough for the tips, and as soon as I can scare up travelling expenses I'm off. Chicago News. Mamma-Now, sir, for your disobedi-
 ence I'm going to spank you. Willie-Say, ma, let's compromise this thing. Mamma--What Willie-Call it quits and I'll use my influence with pa to get you that bon-
 net you want.--Philadelphia Press.
 T reckon you wont believe it." re-
 marked Farmer Hayrix, "but that old
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-03
4 NEW BROOM AN GEORGIA.

New brooms sweep clean if they are properly handled. There is much re- joicing in Georgia over the working of the new yagrancy law. Under this law all adult persons who cannot prove themselves employed at some occupa- tion are liable to arrest and imprison- ment in the chain gangs employed in improving the public highways. With in two weeks it is said that two thou sand arrests have been made through out Georgia under the new law. Fifty negroes and whites were locked up in Atlanta within two hours the other day on charges of vagraney, and so it goes all over the State-the public authority being given particular zest in the work by the advantage to be gained for the county and town in putting plenty of labor at work on public account without greater cost than it's feeding and guard ing. Loafing and lawlessness are mo- 'tieeably decreasing, it is said, and farm CTS now have no difficulty in hiring heln-people without regular employ ment preferring remunerative occupa- tion. even on the farm, to wageless time in the chain gang.
 1. This seems like sensible law, and if it continues to work we'll it will doubt less be initiated in other States. There are northern States where such law might not do harm.
 5=
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that it can travel along the tramway tracks. The two motors Of six horse power. one for each axle, drive it at the ra:e of four to twelve miles an hour. Suitable controllers and brakes are pro- vided. The new postal wagon was put through a series of trial tests not long ago in presence of officials, and it's op- eration proved quite satisfactory. It is now proposed to extend the system and carry out all the postal distribution in the city of Milan upon this plan.