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The Washington times., 1904-09-04

The audience was savage an glum
but when Pinch started off our half O.
the ninth with a slzzler over second they
woke up with a yell that blew it past
center an ne got two bags. Then Pete
Brown an Sam Merritt, both good stick
ers, fouled out. an it was HagEerty TO
the bat. I had made a couple o. homers.
an recognized the fact that here was the
chance to make another an turn defeat
| into victory.
The Russetville pitcher knew me Of
old lie knew he couldn't get me, so ne
started to give me four balls an take
his chances with Hennessy. our next
man. He didn't calc'late on my enor-
nous reach with the lead-euGed bat.
| though, an one Of his curves came near
enough for me to ketch Il with the very
end o. the club. 1 ketched tit went out
over the right felder's roof, an / started
10 Rmble round.
Everybody went plum crazy. Men,
women an children, aunts, grandfathers,
| kids, everybody in fact, began 20 make
a noise. An Dan Delaney who had been
tcndin' the strings w'ich directed the
/ nozzle o. the Hobbs Power Dynamo an
Air Compressor, had a conniDtiOn ft O.
10y an fell of the bench--an' the durn
nozzle, pourin' out a cyclone of hopes
an fears an prayers an tears. steered
around an aimed right IN the path -
the greatest shortstOp that ever lived
as he tore In from third base.
II seen him as 1 tore around second
myself, an 1 kin see him yet-his feet
workin' like a Teller peddlin a bicycle
an yet maxim no headway; his red
hair blown back from his forehead an
straight out behind. like a famin' torch
fattened by the wind: his shirt bellied
out Ike the sail o. a boat acrosst his
shouldeTs-an him shoutin all the time
some words which was swept ont Of his
mouth and over his shoulder an nobody
ever heard EN-
at was all over I'm a minute-almost
before e begun. 1 swung around third
an the next instant / felt the cyclone
breath o. all them yellin'. cheerIn..
shrieIin'. insane guys in the grandstauI.
too; but I KEEP on an the next minute !
bunked Pinch an began 70 push him IN.
lie was light. ! was heavy. The DInd
out O. that nozzle could keep him Oack.
but not me. So I pushed.
The right fielder had hauled the
ball in from where ] knocked it. but
we would a beat It yet If some crazy
EhE AB IN the ~Adlls I'D MS tfllflNTn
JOY. hadn't slung an empty beer bottle
into the Hobbs Power Dynamo. 1t
caught Pinch in his midst. an as !
couldn't carry him along, the next
minute the Russetville ketcher had the
ball on us an us four feet from the
plate.
"Mebbe il was a meTciful thing Pinch
was insensible when the crowd realized
that their own applause had made EN-
lose the game. for they certainly wreck
ed that funnel an hose apparel us IN
jig time, an then started I'm 70 kill Dan
Delaney for lettin' the thing get aimed
wrong, an wound up by givin' the UNI
piTe q fOur-mile run because he hap
pened 10 be handy an used to IT, If
their landwidge then could DC funucIcd
an bottled it'd give the ministers In Al
falfa somethin' to think Of. An so the
Hobs Power Dynamo an Air Compres-
sor drifted into history
GEORGE WILLIAM DALEY.
Copyright, 1904, by George William
DaleyJ
The Washington times., 1904-09-04
Really Great Tr0tterS
Scarce This Season
No New Ones Have Been Developed Which
Can Wrest LaureIs From Lou Dillon
or Major DeImar.

only fair test Of a horses speed. and the
son Of Delmar and CresCeus row jointly
hold the cords trotting record without
the aid Of a DacemakeT in front.
Major Delmar's Feat.
Major Dclmar may succeed I'm lower
ing this record during the present sea-
son. but it is extremely doubtful as to
trot below 2:O2H without the aid Of a
wind shield is a very difficult task. and.
while no one doubts the extreme speed
and superb courage Of the handsome
Seldin=, he is not likely to trot mile
IN two minutes this year
He has been splendidly handled this
year by Alta Mcdonald, there have been
no mistakes made by his trainer, and
the horse is just beginning to show the
result OF long months OF careful ana
patient training at the hands OF a man
VINO has no superior and few equals as
a trainer
Major Delmar has the makeup OF a
real CHAMPION. Strong and courageous.
he looks more like the successor OF the
lion hearted Cresccus than any OF the
other trOttcrs now before the public
There is q great flock OF fast PAGERS
being raced this year, and, while there
are scores Of sidewheelers capable OF
2;lO or better, not in the entire racing
field does there loom up a PAGER which
seems capable Of equaiing Dan Patch.
Prince Alert. John r Gentry or any Of
the famous Old champions.
The present outlook Is that several
PAGERS may close the season with a rec
ord around 2-02 but not a single horse
Is in sight which looks capable Of a mile
in two minutes.
The Washington times., 1904-09-04

House. He withdrew from the race for
a second term. and a week after election
ing his place behind the bar as CHIEF
miNOlOEist.
Put Eggs in Highball.
His first achievement was To break
three eggs into a customers highEall
Now he contents himself with drawing
beer and serving plain drinks which re-
quire no fancy mixing.
A few evenings agoo he referred a
wrestling match between Farmer"
Burns. champion of America. and Jim
Parr, champion OF England, in which
Burns came out victorious Brenton be-
came so enthusiastic that he then and
there challenged Parr to a match. nut
ting up heavy side bet that Parr could
not throw him three times in forty five
minutes.
Certain holds were barred on account
Of the mayors fat. The wrestling
Saturday night. Brenton threw Parr in
nine minutes. but the English champion
took the two next falls I'm thirty min
utes, so the mayor lost his bet. The
match was we'll attended. and BrentOn
showed that bis early training in the
circus had not been entirely overcome
by politics, so another is scheduled for
the near future.
BTcnlOn IS a Well-knOWn DOlllCal ora
tor Of the West. and is always in de
mand for campaign speeches by the
Republican central committees. He
was mayor OF Des Moines when the
cruiser Des MOines was launched at the
Boston navy yard. Mayor Brenton
headed the official Iowa party which
was sent TO attend the launching When
the cruiser left the ways the mayor was
nowhere 10 be found and was not lOcat-
ed for two days He had been seeing
the sights of Boston on his own hook.
The Washington times., 1904-09-04
Two Races Planned.

II is planned to have two races take
place next Sunday. instead Of having all
the yachts start at once, as heretofore.
The first race will be held at 10 o'clock
Il. m. and the second at 2 o'clock p. m.
The starts take place from CumberIanI's
wharf, foot Of Thirty-second and X
Streets northwest
The Washington times., 1904-09-04
FREED FROM JAIL, BUT
MUST RETURN WHEN WELL

NORFOLK, Va, Sept 3.-AIrs. Annie
WhaIey, serving "A year in Jail here for
alleged cruelty 10 her daughter. Lille
Davis. and whom Governor Montague
recently declined TO grant an uucondi-
tiOnal pardon, was today released uu-
der pardon from the governor, the con-
ditiOns Of which are that she is TO re
turn 10 Jail and complete her sentence
II her health returns.
This case has attracted wide attcn-
ton. Mrs. Whaley served eight months
of her sentence.
The Washington times., 1904-09-04
But Few Fast Ones.

SO FAR the season has not been a sen
sational one as far as speed is con-
cerned, and. while the racing as a whole
has been first. class, outside of the per
Torrance Of Sweet Marie and DR.. Strong
among the trotters. and Morning Star
2.05). and Gallagher (2:O3L). among
the PAGERS there have been no really
sensational doings among the light har-
ness horses.
Major Delmar tTOttCd n mile during
the Empire City meeting in 2:O21z, prob
ably the most splendid performance Of
his great career. He trOtted the mile
without the aid Of a wind shield OF a
paccmaker IN front, which is really the
The Washington times., 1904-09-04
ANECDOTES AND COMMENT ABOUT DIVERS SPORTING TOPICS
.CORINTHIAN CLUB
RACES POSTPONED
Yachts Cruise Around Mar
shall Hall.

The races scheduled to be held tomor-
row between boats belonging to Nom
bers Of the Corinthian Yacht Club, have
been postponed, and will not be con
tested until next Sunday. The post
poEement was made in order 10 allow
the clubmen to take a cruise to Marshall
Han this morning to remain there IN
til tomorrow evening.
The Vesper arrived off the all yes
terday morning, and will be joined to-
day by the Janet, and StartIe, and pos
sibly the Spartan, Skip, ana Naomi
The Washington times., 1904-09-04
COURT CUTS DOWN FEES
IN APPRAISERS SUIT

MEDIA. Pa. Sept. 3.-In suit
brought by Charles w Andrew an.
Howard Widner as appraisers and
John T. Dickson as clerk. in the estate
OF Jeremiah WallwOrth. the Upland
manufacturer, the court handed down
an opinion in which IL holds That the
clerk Is not entitled to any pay and
that the appraisers are entitled 10 ONLY
81 per day.
The appraisers We're suing 10 recover
IS per day and the clerk $40 per day.
The Washington times., 1904-09-04
Election of Officers.

At the regular monthly meeting held
last week, a new election of officers
was made necessary by the resignation
Of Ross L. Fryer. who has held the po-
sitiOn Of commodore ror a long time.
Don f. Clarke. formerly secretary and
treasurer Of the club, was elected tc
fill the Office held by Mr. Fryer and II.
X. Van Alstyne was elected to the po-
sition vacated by Mr.. Clarke. L. +.
Boiand. vice commodore, retained his
loSition
The Washington times., 1904-09-04
Versatile Ex-MayOr
ThreW the Champion
Former Chief Executive of Des MOines Put
Jim PARIS Shoulders Down-Fias Been
Representative, Clown, and Barkeeper.

DIES MONIES, Ia, Sept 3.-The siren
uosity Of American politics has seldom
been better proved than in the career of
cN-MayOT James NJ Brenton. Of this
city, who has now entered the arena as
a professional wrestler From a circus
clown to superintendent of schools. and
from a candidate FOR Congress to a
saloOnkeeper is the range Of his accom-
plishments.
When he was mayor Mr.. Benton had
the distinction of being the largest
mayor in the United States. He weighs
800 pounds Now that he has wrestled
with Jim Parr, who holds the English
wrestling championship. and succeeded
in throwing that worthy in nine min
utes' wrestling. he has the new distinc-
tion of being the largest wrestler in the
world.
The Washington times., 1904-09-04

only fair test Of a horses speed. and the
son Of Delmar and CresCeus row Jointly
hold the cords trotting record without
the aid Of a DacemakeT in front
The Washington times., 1904-09-04
PINCH HOBBS
AIR COMPRESSOR
Tells Home Run Haggerty
How 1t Works.
TURNS YELLING INTO RUN
Concentrates the Hot Air From the
Grandstand Into a Breeze That
HustleS ALL

~ NE rainy afternoon when
there was no ball game an
~ I was fggcrin' up my bat
The Washington times., 1904-09-04
Began as Clown.

Mayor Brenton began his varied and
picturesque career a quarter OF a cen
fury ago by acting as a circus clown.
He sang comic songs and did funny &C
robatic stunts in a one-rlnged circus that
toured the Middle West. Making ano
saving money he settled down in Iowa
and went into the ice business. Then
the political bee began TO buzz, and IT
was not long until he got his first office.
He was elected county superintendent
Of schools Of Polk county. which IN
cludes the city Of Des lJOines. lie held
that position for six years
he was then nominated by the Re
publicans of Des Moines for mayor and
elected, serving one term of two years
In that term he announced his ambition
10 go to Congress as the successor or
John A T. Hull, the present char 1aa n
Of the Military Affairs Committee in the
The Washington times., 1904-09-04

Inc present season so far has been n
remarkable one. from the fact that there
are fewer of what may be termed great
trotters than have been seen on the
turf in years.
There are a number Of very fair trot-
tiers. like Sweet Marie (2:OSLp. DR..
Strong COS, Aristo (2:OS14). Consuella
s and others, but Of the new flight of
trotters which are prominent this sea-
son there does not at present seem to
be trotter capable Of a mile I'm POS.
or which looks like a coming champion.
The grand circuit campaign is pretty
well advanced. and the trOtters should
show their best form, but Of all the
horses being raced in the big ring
not a single champion capable of vrest-
ing the hOnOrs from Lou Dillon. Major
Delmar and CresCeus is in sight
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-31
It's Mighty Good for Corn.

When you get up in the morning
from your superheated couch
With brain all hot and added and
temper full of crouch.
When you wander to your office with
dull and shy eye
Meath a sun that's gaily blazing lik @
furnace in the sky,
Oh it's hot. but don't you mind it.
though you re wilted and forlorn ::
It's little tough for mortals, but it's
mighty good for corn.
When you stagger home to dinner in
binding glare of heat
And you smell the burning leather of
the shoes beneathyour feet.
When your mouth is full of cotton and
your collars on the run
And you bake and fry and frizzle like
an oyster in the sun,
Don't cuss about weather and don't
NOPE about and mourn
It's a little breath of hades, but it's
mighty good for corn.
When you spend the humid evening
full of anger and dispair,
Chasing round with cots and pillows
after cooling bresths of air;
When you're hot. and damp and sticky,
and you think with mortal dread,
Of that little hot air oven that sur
rounds YOUR waiting bed,
You may contemplate resigning from
this torrid earth in scorn,
But you're foolish if you do it-this
is bully for the corn.
Council Bluff Nonparell.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-31

The newspapers of the state, both
democratic and republican, are nearly
all opposed to biennial elections, and
many of the Minnesota papers are urg-
ing Iowa to stay by the. long establish
ed precedent of annual elections. AS
preventive of a complete change of
officers. state, county and township
of combinations In state and county
official circles, and as an educator of
the people, annual elections are great.
ly to be desired We hope to see the
amendment defeated this fall,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-31

People think it is easy to run" a
newspaper. One weeks experience
would change the opinion of most
people on this subject Did you ever
count the words in a column of ordi-
nary newspaper print? Well, there is
about thousand words in column.
Suppose you sit down and write a
thousand words upon some subject.
and then another thousand and anotE er
until you have written eight or ten
thousand. Try it, and see If it is right
easy. Keep that gait mp for month,
year and see IL it is easy. Then
chase single local item all over
town. and after you have gotten the
facts all right, condense them into a
few lines-an hours work can be read
in few seconds. Do this Tor dozen
items that seem insignificant after
they are printed, but which You know
are important; then have the items
criticised and inaccuracies pointed to
you when il is too late to correct
them. Oh. yes it is easy to run" a
newspaper.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-31

When Admiral Dewey fought the
battle of Manila. he put in claim for
prize money. The officials of the navy
department held that the amount was
excessive and so the matter was final.
ly referred to an auditor to report
The court of claims has finally passed
on the matter and fixed it at 81. .657, :
a55. This is considerably in excess Of
what the government was willing to
all wv. but all exceptions to the report
have been over-ruled and the men will
get their money. Prize money after
all is relic of piracy. Why should
the navy get prize money and the
army nothing? When the army cap
tures town or acquires tract of
country the value goes to the nation.
The soldiers are supposed TO work for
glory, patriotism and stand ready to
be killed at Sl3 month with small
chance for pension.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-31
REPUBLICAN RECORD UNASSAILABLE.

| Ii is becoming more apparent every
day that the democracy is absolutely
without an issue in this campaign.
| They cannot conjure up any republi
can short coming worth talking about.
Their candidates speech of acceptance
was virtual confession that there
was nothing in the record of the last
eight years that offered any vulnerable
point for attack. He started in once
or twice to mildly criticize some feature
of republican achievement and then
ended up by either admitting that it
could not be improved upon or pledg-
ing himself not to change anything
very radically Former Postmaster
General Emory Smith has recently
Summed up the great achievements of
the Mckinley and Roosevelt admins.
tration under eighteen heads as fol-
lows
ENACTED the DINGHY protective
tariff.
2-Successfully conducted the Span
ish- American war.
3-Established the gold stan lard.
4-Acquired Hawaii, Porto Rico and
the Philippines.
5-Created the independent republic
of Cuba.
6-Supressed the Philippine insnr-
rection and gave the Philippines good
government.
. Established rural free mail de-
livery on more than 1000 routes.
S-Reorganized army and militia.
9-Reduced the public debt, not
| withstanding cost of Spanish war.
$l31. .507, $40.
10-Reduced the annual interest
charge Sl4, S06, 299. 90
11-Removed all war taxes.
12-Settled the Venezuela complica-
tIon and strengthened the Monroe
doctrine.
13 Settled the Alaskan boundary
dispute in Americas favor.
! 14-Secured ana provided for the
| Panama canal.
| 15-Opened and recovered the arid
lands for settlement.
| 16-Enormously increased the ma
| tional commerce.
| 17-Joined in rescuing the Pekin
legations and prevented the partition
of China.
lS-Led the world in limiting the
war between Russia and Japan.
No one we'll informed concerning
the history of the period referred TO
will gaiusay any of the statements
made by Mr. Smith. and where is the
man who wants to stand up before an
assemblage of mis- fellow citizens and
advocate the undoing of any single
thing that makes up this magnificent
record of accomplishments Echo
answers" Where?' Cedar Rapids
Republican.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-31

"Is there a man IN the audience, :"
fiercely exclaimed q female lecturer,
"that has done anything to tighten
the burdens on his wife's shoulders
Is there a man here" she continued,
folding her arms and looking over the
audience whit superb scorn, THAT has
ever got up in the morning, leaving
his tired, worn out wife to enjoy her
slumber. gone quickly down stairs.
made fire, cooked the breakfast,
sewed the missing buttons ON the chill
dren's clothes. darned the family
stockings, secured pots, filled the
lamps. swept the kitchen and done all
the rest. if necessary day after day,
uncomplainingly? If there is such a
man in the audience let him rise.
And in the rear of the hall a mild
looking man in spectacles, in obedi-
ence to the summons, timidly arose.
He was the husband o. the eloquent
speaker. 1t was the first time he had
a chance to assert himself -Ex.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-31
Had Never Seen an Automobile.

A queer looking sort of a critter
stopped in front of the Ballard House
last Friday afternoon. 1t appeared to
be all out of breath and..wheezed and
puffed and trembled like a billy-goat
with tin can in his throat The
blame thing had the appearance of
rhinooeros and when it came tearing
through the street it made queer i'm
preston on the people-they sought
refuge behind buildings and dry goods
boxes and rubbered with open mouths
and craned necks. After it had stopped
however they became a little bolder
and got close enough to learn that i
was an automobile. The outfit be-
longed to party in Decorah and was
occupied by gentleman and three
ladies who were on their return trip
from Winoua. Spring Grove Herald
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-31

With only fourteen delegates in at
tendance, the Iowa populist conven-
tion at Des Moines selected q state
ticket on Friday. Resolutions were
adopted indorsing the action of the
national convention. The following
ticket was nominated: Secretary of
state, John @. Ferris; auditor, Rich
ard A. Felt; treasurer, N. j. Harris
attorney general, ]. A. Loweberg /;
railroad commissioner, T.. d. Patter-
son justice of the supreme court, Fl.
NJ. Brown; electors large, Leonard
Brown and l.. Fl. Waller.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-31

" A man is child till the age of
twenty" says Pythagoras, "a youth
till the age of forty. man at sixty,
an old man at the age of eighty" If
Pythagoras were living now he might
add, "and able to run for the vice
presidency at eighty -oDe. if he has the
price.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-31

The Manchester Herald says from
present indications there will be
several empty school houses In Della
ware county when the bell rings this
fall. Salaries are so low that persons
Of legal age will not take the jobs.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-31

Women cannot, it appears. become
mail carriers without wearing
"pants. The women will not be
much blamed if they look in other
directions for employment.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-31

The Marion Register expresses the
hope that the time will come when
the governor will not have to take the
oath of allegiance every time Repub-
lican state convention meets.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-31
c. NJ. & ST. P. Excursions.

Louisiana Purchase Exposition
tickets will be sold to st. Louis and
return Sept. 4, and IL, also each Tues
day and Thursday of September. $40
for the round trip. Limit days.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-31

1t may be of interest to farmers to
know that the postoffice department
does not require rural carriers to de-
liver mail where vicious dogs are kept
In such cases the animals must be re-
moved or delivery will be discon-
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-31

Our friena, Howard Ram of the
Manchester Press is naturally ieeling
a bit stuck up just now over the ar
rival of a ten pound boy at the Ram
home. If that boy ever becomes q
newspaper man, he will have to be a
hustler to keep pace with his faher.
Mr.. Ram is one of the strongest
writer's in Iowa journalism.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-31

If our Iowa exchanges are any critic
rion, the biennial elections proposition
in that state will receive a black eye
in November. When the question
came up in Minnesota. many years ago
the press thought it was good thing
and supported it. Possibly our Iowa
contemporaries have learned wisdom
by observing the workings of the law
in Minnesota. At any rate they are
opposing it vigorously. as they
should. Preston (Minn. Times.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-31

II the biennial elections amendment
carries the county officers whose
terms would otherwise expire year
from next January will be given an
additional year in office by virtue OF
no election in 1905.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-31

Attempts to evade the new rural
carrier law are being made by cata-
logue houses. The department has
taken steps to detect any such viola
tions of the law.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-31

A decade ago the laborer had to
work sometimes eighteen and twenty
hours for less than he gets for nine
and ten hours now.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-31
TOWN SHIP TICKET
Current Comment.

Four years ago Mr.. Parker was not
such staunoh supporter of the repub-
lican gold standard policy as now.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-31

The pretty daughter Of Burr Oak
farmer offered four kisses to the farm
hand who would do the most work
in haying last week, and before night
three of her fathers hired men were
Frustrated by the heat.