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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01

OF opinion that nothing will be done in the
end toward furnishing TilIman, and if a
wager were made at this time it would gen.
orally, be good long odds that he will go un-
punished. A great many people seem to
think that the first trial. which will take
place at any time after April next, will re-
of ma~nslaughter. and that the case will
drag along on appeals until everybody gets
sick of it. and that in the end Tillman will
This has been the course of so many trials
Tor murder in this State that a great many
people have almost given up the idea that
connections can ever be convicted in South
Carolina. and punished for a killing where
he has the slightest kind of a defense. and
That Iillman may have had his feelings hurt
by what Mr.. Gonzales wrote of him edi-
torially.
JAIL LIFE HARD ON HIM.
There are, on the other hand. people who
think that Tillman will never survive the
final issue. as he has more or less wrecked
himself by his habits. and some people go so
far as to say that the confinement will be
too severe a strain upon him
The trial will. if it takes the ordinary
course, take place in this county. The first
session of the court at which the case could
be tried will convene here In April, but. as a
general rule, important murder trials never
take place at the first session after the
CRIME Is committed, as the counsel for the
defense generally finds some reasonable ex-
CuSe 10 ueIeT a nearing so as TO give pubic
sentiment time in which to cool off, and
then, after the first postponement, there is
likely to be another. and then, when the
public demands a trial. a change of venue
will possibly be asked for. although a great
many seem to think that Lieutenant Gov
ernor Tillman will find just as good a jury
here as anywhere else, as the Richland
County juries are not prone to convict white
men of murder.
Tillman will. of course. be tried for muir
der, but no one seems to think he will be
convicted. although the evidence seems to
be that he deliberately. upon meeting Mr..
Gonzales, shot him down.
1t is almost out of the question to recall,
within recent years. a case in which a prom
inent man in this State. with anything like
q large family connection and means, has
been convicted of murder.
There was a case In Spartanburg in which
a man named Turner. who had considerable
means. was convicted and actually hanged
for murder. but in this case the impression
seemed to be that he was convicted on gem
eral principles, as he was a worthless man
and was punished more for his first killing
than for the second ofense, for which he
was tried. Other than this case there are
no records within the last ten years where
a white man of any standing or means has
been convicted Of murder in this State.
although there have been frequent occasions
on which 1t might have occurred.
Some folks who do not think well of Col
onel !Tnlman think he may be convicted on
general principles. that is. on account of his
having been in several ~escapades prior to
this. and because OF the realization Of the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01

The Wabash Railroad Company has in
stalled a system in the office of the general
car accountant by which can be told each
day the exact location of every freight car
owned by the company.
The system by which this is done IS
known as the Mcnamara graphic car rec
ord. There are six cases in the Wabash Of
flee. in which'a a number of tiers separat-
ed by steel wires. In each tier are a num-
Der of cards bearing the number Of cars in
numerical order.
There are six operators. each in charge
OF a case. under the supervision of T. H.
Hervey. who has charge of the system.
The operators are constantly at work
changing the dates on the cards in the
tiers, in order to keep the work up to date.
Reports come in daily from conductors of
the company, from accountants at division
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01

F, points and from functions where Wabash
cars are transferred from one road to ar
other.
The cards upon which these records are
kept. it is estimated, will hold the record
of the number of the car card represents
for two years.
IL 1t is desired to locate a certain car, the
number of the car can be found on the
card in the case in almost a minute. and
the car is generally found at the place indi-
Gated on the card. Under the old system.
that of keeping the record of cars in books.
IT required much work to locate a car that
had apparently become lost TO the company.
but under the system now in use the car
accountant can tell exactly the location of
the car.
hi addition to the system indicating the
location of every car on the Wabash sys-
TEN, every railroad in the country is rep
resented in the cases. and it is just as easy
to locate a Wabash car on some other road
as it is to find one on the company's own
system
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01

The system was installed at the recon-
mendation of G S. Adams. superintendent
of transportation, who observed its opera
ton on an Eastern road. The simplicity,
though accuracy. of the system impressed
Mr.. Adams and he prevailed upon his COM
The Wabash is the only railroad in this
part of the country that has so far adopted
the system.
Each case has n capacity for containing
the numbers of 2S,GO cars, or a total OF
l6s.0N This does not. however. include
passenger coaches. records of the latter be-
ing kept by book, as 1t Is very seldom
that a railroad uses other than its own
coaches. But every character of car used
In freight service is recorded on the cards
in these cases.
The system is regarded as the most COM
plete and most accurate method of car rec
ord. 1t is already in use and has been for
a number of years. il the car accountant
offices of some Eastern railroads.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01

Captain Anderson. who resides on a farm
near Fruitvale. was arrested on a charge OF
disturbing the peace. He had been acting
like a mailman beating the members of his
family and some of the neighbors who tr1eo
to interfere.
1t was decided to dismiss the charge OF
disturbing the peace and substitute one OF
insanity. The complaint is to be sworn TO
by WiIhelmina Fyth of Fruitvale. who was
knocked down by Anderson in the sense
less fury. The Lunacy commissioners Will
examine the case.
Several years ago. while sailing off the
coast of Japan. Captain Anderson was
wrecked. Many of his crew perished. He
and a few others escaped from the wreck
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01

in a small boat. but had no time to provide
themselves with food or water. For several
days they were tossed about in the boat.
maddened by hunger and thirst Some OF
men were rescued by a passing vessel. II
was several weeks. however. before Cap
tain Anderson recovered his reason.
gone to sea, For some time he has been
residing with his family on q farm near
Fruitvale. His wife say that her HUSBAND
tines he seems to become maddened without
cause. and make violent attacks on those
about him. His talk at these times u
rambling and incoherent
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01
GENERAL GOMEZ" RAN AMUcK.
Black Cat Furnished Only Excite
ment of M~exico's Trip.

REPUBLIC Eel
New York., Jan. I.-General Gomez, the
the steamer Mexico en- every trip between
here and Havana for a year past, furnished
..the only incident OF the trip" according to
Purser Tracy.
AS the passengers were waiting to land
at the pier, suddenly General Gomez" ran
tered the passengers right and left he at
tempted to climb the side walls Of the sa-
loon and walk on the ceiling. He was cap
ly SCARED arm as a result of her heroism
in subduing the General"
Among the passengers on the Mexico were
Messrs. g. Book, s. Bait, w. Brown, T.
Brooks, g. Fishback and L. Hayer.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01
RODE A WHEEL OUT OF FIRE.
Bicycle Was the Only Article That
Could Be Moved.

EfUbL SHEClAh.
New York. Jan. 31.-Hose Company No. l
of Syracuse, n. j.. was recently called to its
first fire. The fire was on a country road
four miles away. in a two-story frame
house, which was totally destroyed.
Fireman Joseph Bender. anxious to save
something from the flames, rushed into the
house and came out riding a bicycle. Moth
ing else was saved 49,
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enormity of the crime by the people of the

State.
OF course, Tillman has his friends ana a
good many stanch advocates. II the eie-
ment of fractional politics does not. enter
into the case there is a Likelihood Of some
punishment. but if it can be made to appear
that there is any factionalism in 1t. 1t will
be almost out of the question to get a YER
dict.
On Wednesday at 1 o'clock the term or
office of Lieutenant Governor James H. Till
man expired. and he is now a private citi-
zen. There was some talk of his resigning,
but as he had only a few days to serve, his
lawyers saw no gcod in this stage play and
forbade his doing so.
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MAN CRAZED BY EXPOSURE.
Lunacy Commissioners to Examine
Shipwrecked Captain.
SPECIAL.

FEPUBL1C SPEC1AL.
Oakland. Cal. Jan. a.-HaYing had his
health and constitution undermined by be-
ing shipwrecked and sustaining terrible SUI
fering from thirst and privation in a small
boat in the Pacific Ocean. Captain F. P.
Anderson has apparently lost control of his
mental faculties and is in a fair way to be
committed to an insane asylum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-14

Notes from New Orleans Times Democracy
(a) Black may play also 80, Kt-kb3 at tnls
point. 800, Q-kR5 leads to the winning or a
pawn, but, also, to very complicated and difficult
positions.
Oh Known as Dr. Meitner's continuation Of the
attack.
lei Better to have exchanged Bishops at once.
but this move is ill-calculated to maintain
(e) 10 49,, P-Q5 seems to obtain valuable
passed pawn and strong center for Black.
(f) He might have a pawn here, but ne
probably feared the consequences OF P-ko, FOL
lowed duly by Kt-B4 and then to KRIS.
tg) This is fatal. Mr.. Farrar suggests 25
Kt-B as q better move. Better, also. would have
been Is 49,, P-Kt4, followed by Pa.
-(h) The winning Of the pawn at Blacks Obs
could not be prevented.
% With the exception Of his nineteenth move
on him. Whites strategy is excellent throughout
the game
John L. McCutcheon of Pittsburg, Pa.
author Of the McCutcheon variation Of the
French defense, is at present engaged in a
correspondence match with Champion Las
ker, in order to test the merits Of his varia-
ton. Two games are being played. both
of which are in the twenties. In the first
game, in which McCutcheon plays the at
tack, he has the champion on very thin
ice, but in the second game, in which
Lasker plays the white, McCutcheon has
failed to repulse the champion, who on his
twenty-first move has much the better
game. The first game shows a very pretty
situation on move Is, and Is here given,
with notes from the North American:
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GOLF TOURNEY.
Annual Meet of the District and Mary
land Players.

The tournament under the auspices of
the Golf Association of Maryland and Dis
trict of Columbia for the championship of
the territory included in the title of the
organization, will be held October IL, 16
and II. These dates were determined upon
at recent meeting of the executive board,
which also selected the Chevy Chase Hunt
Club as the place for holding the tourney.
The association held it's first champion
ship tourney last year at the Baltimore
Country Club and it was the largest and
most successful event ever held there for
the golfers of Baltimore and Washington
alone. Under the constitution Of the as
ISOLATION, which was organized winter be-
fore last, 1t is compelled to hold a cham
pionship event each year.
The prizes fixed by the same instrument
are a gold medal to the winner Of the
tourney and a silver cup for the low score
prize in the qualifying round Last year
prizes were added for the runner-up. con-
ISOLATION prize, offered by the Baltimore
Country Club. and prize for a handicap
contest. held on the closing day of the
tourney.
The Chevy Chase Club will offer the con-
ISOLATION prize this year and handsome
cup may be added to the championship
prize. The medal becomes the personal
property of the winner but the cup is in
tended to be held by the club of which he
Is member for year. 1t will have the
names and clubs of the successive winners
engraved on it. The Offering Of the cup
has not been definitely decided upon, but
will be at the next meeting of the executive
committee The condition Of the cup is
practically assured.
Last year the majority of the prizes went
to Baltimore golfers. Mr.. John D. Rey-
nolds of the Baltimore Country Club cap
tured the championship medal and Mr.. b.
Warren Corkran of the same club the run
ner-up prize.
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New Tennis Clubs on Capitol Hill.

The International Reform Bureau has
cleared it's vacant land adjoining the Libra
ry of Congress, at the corner of I'd street
and Pennsylvania avenue southeast, for
tennis. basket ball and other outdoor gym
nastics. These clubs will be formed each
electing its own officers. A Morning Ten
mis- Club which will control the ground
from am. to noon; an Afternoon Tennis
Club which will play between II and l.,
and Library Tennis Club" in which
eight of the library force are already en-
rolled as charter members. 1t will not be
confined to the library, but each club will
consist of twenty-four persons, with fees
severally of 10, Is and % cents a week.
payable semi-monthly in advance, to pay
expense of making and running the court
and interest on debt for the land. On holt
days the champions of each club will play
together for the general championship and
a miniature grand stand will accommodate
other members. each of whom can always
bring one friend
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-14
Base Ball Notes.

Senators and Athletics again today at
o'clock.
Case Patten and Plank. the two south
paws, may pitch.
Bill Coughlin had a busy day Saturday.
but also contributed an error.
Jimmy Ryan hasn't the Charley horse"
but bad of fractured ligaments at the
knee.
Mrs. Mccormick has slightly improved in
health and Barry may be back in the game
today.
Robinson's errors were all on bad bound
ers. The little fellow has been pushed into
the out and infield until he has lost conf
dence.
Manager Mack is still confident of land
ing the Athletics in second place. and the
Quakers will probably set fast pace from
now till the end.
Seybold. in right field for the Athletics, Is
a wonderfully active man for one of his
size. His work Saturday was of the high
class order. and undoubtedly saved the
game for the Quakefs.
Monte Cross is not a good mixer" con-
sequently he has few friends in the newspa-
per business, but nevertheless his work the
past two seasons has been fully the equal
of Parent, Elberfeld or Wallace
Catcher Thomas Doran of the Colorado
Springs Western League base ball club has
been sold by President Thos. F. Burns to
Manager H. ]. Killilea of the Boston Amer
lean League team Doran, however. will
finish the season with Colorado Springs
The purchase price has not been made pub
lie. 1t is supposed to be in the neighbor-
hood of 81, 500.
A special from Charlottesville Va, says
that bomb was thrown In athletic circles
at the University OF Virginia Saturday,
when Karl Pritchard, star twirler on the
varsity nine. reached that institution from
his home in Huntington. sold out his furni-
ture and departed Immediately for Philadel-
phia to enter Jefferson Medical College. Dis
appointment at his failure to pass his first
year examinations at Virginia Is supposed
to be the reason for his withdrawal. Pritch-
ard IL easily one of the foremost college
twiriers In the country. Last year he easily
defeated Pennsylvania. Lehigh and Lafay-
cite with weak batting nine behind him
A special from Springfield, Mass, says
that Roger Common, the old first baseman Of
the New York. Giants. who holds gold
watch in token of the longest hit ever made
on the Polo grounds. announced last night
his retirement from the game and the sale
of the Springfield Connecticut League base
ball team. of which he Is owner and mana
ger. to Dan ONeill Of Holyoke. The team
has >paid Conner 5000 year. The old
captain has played twenty-five consecutive
seasons. end this year wore spectacles
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-14

Equinox cup on the Ekwanok links at
Manchester, VT, Saturday by defeating F.
Oden Horstmann in the final match by up
and to play. Carnegie two in the
lead going out and ended the match on
the sixteenth green. The best match of
the day was that between Carnegie and
Paul Harrison in the semi-final round.
Carnegie squared the match on the eigh-
teenth green by a thirty-foot putt and
finally won the twenty-first hole. The sum-
mary:
Equinox cups (semi-final round)-F. Oden
Horstmann Chevy Chase, beat Paul Water
man. Englewood, up and to pity; w.
c. Carnegie. st. Andrews, beat Paul Har-
rison, Montclair, l up (twenty-one holes).
Final rCund-W. c. Carnegie beat F. Oden
Horstmann up and to play.
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this fall to take a try-out with the Sena-
tors. Cassidy, the shortstop of the Har-
risburgs, has been signed by Manager Loft
tus. but the little fellow has been treated
SO we'll by Manager Frysinger that he re-
fused to desert him before the season ends,
which will be after the close of the majors.
Centeriielder Ryan is still nursing his in
jured leg, and will not play before the end
of the week
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Players win Not Take Trials.

Manager LOTUS Of the Washingtons has
arrived In the city from his flying trip up
into Pennsylvania to see several Of the
players perform who belong to clubs In
that state. In conversation with a Star
reporter this morning Mr.. LOTUS said that
there were several good men belonging to
the Williamsport. Harrisburg and York
clubs. but that it was impossible to get
any Of them to leave their respective clubs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-14
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
Continued from Ninth Page.)

severed his relations with August Belmonts
stable.
Ed Tipton asked Woodford Clay to put
a price on Lady Amelia after her victory
and the young Kentuckian said S2o,coo.
There was nothing doing
Jockey. Harry Cochran says that he is
planning trip to England
w. NJ Sheftel denied yesterday that ne
had sold Highball to Z. r. Thomas.
I.amplighter's get cut a figure Saturday.
Igniter and Stamping Ground winning ior
him.
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Winners at sheepshead.

Sydney Paget headed the list of winning
owners during the Sheepshead Bay meet
ing. which closed on Saturday, with SAL $40.
Igniter's victory In the Annual Champion
placed A. Featherstone second. with $4,000.
Then followed ]. B. Haggin, $1S.770; Au-
gust Belmont, $1,000: Woodford Clay, 3d.
$50; w. C. Whitney, $12,6S0; w. NJ Schef-
TEL $1O,S $50; E. E. Smathers, $7,440: E. R.
Thomas. $3.50: Mr.. Chamblet. $3.50: w.
B. Jennings. s. 525; ]. e. Madden, So $50;
James r. Keene, 81 $50, and so on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-14
French Defense,

(a) Constitutes the McCutcheon variation In the
French opening At first sight it seems bad, but
improv>s VASTLY acquaintance.
(b) II SPxKt, PxB; 7PxP, RxKt; Q-R5,
Q-B3, a..
(c) Laskel Is playing for rapid development and
disntegration Of White pawns. but 1t must be
confessed that In this department Of the game
he's not a Morphy.
(d) Expecting White to play Kt-Kt6 in which
case he would reply with R-KKt.
(e) great surprise for Lasker, who compliments
McCutcheon on his "very strong move
20 LAsker u now on Danger street. K to B3 Is
best.
The following game was played at the
recent international tournament at Hilver-
sum, Holland, between ]. w. Te Kolste OF
the tourney, P. 8. Leonharit of Leipzig:
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ENGLISH GOLFERS WON.
Defeated Philadelphians in Foursome
and Twosome Matches.

PHILADELPHIA golfers went down to defeat
Mt the hands of the visiting team of the OK
ford and Cambridge Golf1ng Society at the
links of the Huntingdon Valley Country
Club at Noble Saturday. 1t was simply a
case of the better man winning No apollo
gies need be offered. A general all-round
steadiness on the part of the visitors Sc
cured them a victory which was wholesale
in it's character. Four foursomes were
played in the morning. and the Englishmen
won all four, although every inch of the
ground was disputed. In the afternoon
nine twosome matches occupied the contest
ants. Two of these went to extra holes and
were then abandoned without definite re-
suit being arrived at. The Englisnmen
won the remaining seven individual strug-
giles. and the days play OF finished
matches they won by II points to none.
Nothing finer in the detail of weather
conditions could have been offered. Over
head it was an indicted bowl Of blue. while
the green's. although fast. lumpy and nee
essarily treacherous, were a decided I'M
provement upon their condition prevailing
for practice Philadelphia's golf enthusi-
asts turned out In their full strength to
witness the days play. They were well re-
paid for their strenuous efforts. They fol-
lowed the fortunes of the Philadelphians In
their matches, not so much with the idea of
witnessing local victories. but more with
the idea of gaining a personal understand
ing of the methods employed by the prac-
tcally invincible English graduate college
golfers The Hunters and Johnny Low
were the favorites II the size of the gal
leries'' following their matches could be
taken as a standard. and what these play
ers revealed to them In the details of dead
" approaching and putting, to say nothing
of the other departments of the game, was
a general "eye-opener.
The summary of the foursomes follows:
OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE
Points.
y. +. Hunter and ]. l. Low .......-.......-... l
G. y. Day aid f.. F. Ransom .-..-..-........ l
H. W Beveridge AMI C. W. Allison
T NJ Hunter AMI ii. G. B. Ellis. .............
PHILADELPHIA.
Points.
r. L. Griscom and 4. II. Smith. .............. O
A. W. Tillinghast and A G. Williams. .........
4. Carr and H. W Perrin. Observation-Disclosures.
w. +. Smith and q. W. Cooke ............... O
TttaI.- Y
The summaries of the twosomes follow:
OXFORD CAMBRIDGE. PHILADELPHIA,
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PHILADELPHIA,
CAMBRIDGE.

Chevy Chase Golfer a Runner-Up.
William c. Carnegie Of Pittsburg won the
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Dutch Defense.

The following interesting game was play
ed at the New Orleans Chess Checkers and
Whist Club August 70 last by Mr.. C. o.