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The Washington times., 1904-12-18

Alphonzo loves TO play games with
his mother and sisters in the evening
and when his elder sister. the Princess
OF the Asturias. died a few weeks ago,
he was at her bedside until the very
last moment. He has taken her three
little children TO be cared for as his
own.
MatuTed Early.
Spain is a warm country and men
mature early. Alphouzo, nearly ia his
twentieth year. is as old as man Of
thirty would be IN Germany or any OF
the countries r0rth Of Spain. He is ma
uure I'M thought and in body. His Opin-
ions are as wisely formed as though he
were many years older lie is ii won
derfm young man for twenty years
The Princess Patricia. with whom ru-
NOR has linked his name. is young
woman of decidedly good looks. Sne is
not "a great beauty like her sister Mar
garet of Connaught, bat she is very
nice looking. She Is far from being Of
the ungainly type Of most OF the English
pT1uCesses
Her father. the Duke of Connaught,
is handsome man, better looking thun
his brother. King Edward, and her
mother, the Princess Louise of Prus-
sia, is "a young and pretty woman.
'If l Were Queen OF Spain"
Victoria Patricia. or Patricia. as she
Is called, Is ID girl OF many accomplish
mcnls. and is we'll known for her wit
She plays the piano as we'll as her aunt
the Princess Beatrice, and she sings
ve.y we'll AS a horseWoman she is un-
equaled in England.
She and AlDhonzo have many things
iu common. for both are very fond Of
outdoor life and particularly of life at
the ssashore. Both are fond of society
and. 10 the Young English princess is IN
stalled in the Spanish capital as queen
e great deal Of Domp can be expected.
Patricia's Views.
The princess recently gave her sentI-
ments regarding the Queens drawing
The Washington times., 1904-12-18

when IL comes 10 blOOded horses. he is
/ IN mis- element lie loves 10 so 20 Paris
for the races and would ike nothing
better than TO make the trip every year
to the English Derby.
Ills mother. who Is an Austrian. and
opposed 10 horse racing. has differed
with him very seriously on this topic
ana would have prevented him from
visiting Paris = she could have done so.
Claims Privilege Of Manhood.
"she does not realize that 1 am grown
up" said the King laughingly. TO one Of
his ministers, who demonstrated with
! him.
In matters Of government the King Is
very staid and steadfast. Unlike King
Alexander Of Servia he has never. as
they say, taken the reins of government
in his own hands" He left them where
ne found them, when his mother gave
over the control OF the kingdom TO MIN
and he has in no way altered her con-
| seryative policy.
But ne Is little more diplomatic and
q little less high spirited than his moth
| er ever was And in that way he has
made a far better ruler. lie has ruled
more In accord with modern ideas than
/ his mother.
Born a King.
The King. who was born six months
after the death Of h.s father, came into
/ the world 10 ind himself IN "a kingdom
/ where he was already "A king.
/ His mother, Maria Christina of AUS
4 tria, Immediately consulted Franz
Josef, her cousin. who advised her
I not 10 ask Tor a regent. but 10 rule
/ completely and entirely I'm her sons
! stead and So hold the reins that, at his
I coming of age, he would and splendid
/ kingdom awaiting him.
/ She followed hIs advice. But she fol-
4 lowed il too closely. Instead of being
( diplomatic and strong. Maria Christina
made enemies and her ministers We're
chosen because OF their austere qualities
Ifather than because they were popular
/ She gave the people ministry which
/ they hated.
i Spaiu's Misfortunes.
/ And the result was soon shown. All
| OF the governments of The world grew
10 dislike Spain. Then there came the
Scandinavian war. and the queen
mother emerged without an army. with
ont "a navy, and without her colonies
And even without the sympathy OF the
natives.
i When AlphOnZo came Of age. two
! years later, she was compelled 10 hand
over TO him government which was
shorn of more than three-quarters OF its
/ wealth And AlphOnzo came into his
| kingdom poor.
! The boy King. as he was called. had n
very long head and "a very wise head
! He took counsel with his ministers and
1 he did something wiser yet than any
thing they OF his mother had ever done
] lie took a trip secretly To- Hamburg
! and there he met King Edward ana the
two had q long talk. When Alphonzo
/ came home he had the policy OF the
| country mapped out and he had the
| great advantage Of the advice of an
older and wiser King.
The Washington times., 1904-12-18
His Foxhounds Noted.

His pack of fox hounds was 50 noted
that Tie names of some of the pack
baye come down 90 this day. Among
tb4m wer, Vulcan. Bingwood, Singer,
and Music. lie usually rode Bluesllin,
so named from his dark iron gray coat
when following the hounds. His cos
tunes for foS hunting always were
made by leading London tailors. lie
wore a coat of tiac blue cloth. &c scar
iet wJlstCoat. buckskin brccches. and q
The Washington times., 1904-12-18
Grants Butcher Boy"

How Grants favorite driving horse
came to be named Butcher Boy is a cap
itaI Illustration of the great soldiers
simplicity When he rode he generally
sat astride his famous Cinciunatus. But
having been so much in the saddle dur
ing his campaigns. his fondness for
horsefiesh took rather a turn toward
driving. and he often could be seen with
a fast horse, but a most unpretentious
rig.
one day he saw slightly ahead Of him
a butcher boy driving a fine looking
horse 10 a butchers cart Wanting a
closer look AT the horse. the President
started to overtake the cart. But the
boy, little knowing who was in the
commonplace rig behind him. whipped
sup his horse. and. speed his own animal
as he might Grant was unable TO over
take the cart. However, he made note
of the butchers name, and a few days
later. through a friend. bought the
horse. which from his first experience
with il hr named Butcher Boy.
The Washington times., 1904-12-18
Patricia's Views

The princess recently gave her senti-
ments regarding the Queens drawing
runns-
The Washington times., 1904-12-18

ping IL of the floral decorations, Stock
ton and his friends were counting their
winnings.
Jackson Sportiest Of All.
Andrew Jackson was. however the
sportiest of All the Presidents. He car
ried his passion so far as to breed game
cocks and fight them with as much zest
as the Cubans and the Fllipinos. He
once had the ownership OF go acres de
pendent upon one OF his game cocks
and won. He was a horse racer and
breeder, and II was ne who brought the
famous Truxtor. whose strain still runs
through many Tennessee horses. into
that State During his term as Presi-
dent he pardoned mail rObber named
Wilson because some years before on
one of the Tennessee race tracks Wilson
had tipped him of 10 the fact that
Jockey had been bribed 10 pull horse
which Jackson had intended TO back.
When Lincoln was President his wife
looked after the engagement (of coach
men and the running and expenses Of
the stable. The weight on Lincoln's
mind was too great for him 10 be able
TO attend To anything but public mat
ters. Once coaehman named Burke
absented himself without leave and
though il was but fO- a few hours Mrs
Lincoln Glanced 10 need him, and his
absence having been discovered he was
dismissed Tad Lincoln. however. had
been accustomed 10 playing about the
stables and he had ta1en great liking
10 Burke When the latter was dis
missed the boy promptly obtained a
note from the President 10 the SecTe-
tary of the Treasury asking to have
Burke appointed 20 some minor position
and. thus armed. Tad" marched over
u the Treasury Department and secured
the appointment for the former coach
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-01
RABBITS ELECT OFFICERS.
Declare Russian Defeats Shov
Tyranny to Be It's Own Destroyer.

A dispatch from Lou svile, KY, last night
says: The central conference of American
rabbis adjourned today, after choosing
Cleveland for next years meeting The fol-
lowing officers were elected:
Honorary president. Rabbi Kaufman Koh-
Ter, Cincinnati; president, Joseph kraus-
kopf. Philadelphia; first vice president, Jo-
seph S. Tolse, Chicago; second vice presi-
dent, Jacob Voorsanger San Francisco;
treasurer. Charles s. Levi, Peoria, ILL., re-
cording secretary Adolph Guttmacher. Bal
timore; corresponding secretary, William
Rosenhauff Baltimore.
After a strenuous debate on the question
Of establishing a synod. the conference left
the question open, to be taken up at flu
ture conference.
Concerning the attitude of the American
Reformed Jews toward the Russo-Japanese
war. the report reads as follows:
Far be 1t from to forget the teaching
of Scripture, which warns us not to re-
joice when our enemy falls. But we shall
that tyranny Is its own destroyer. We shall
further not fail to make them understand
that through the proposed improvement in
J the condition Of the Russian Jews by al
lowing unrestricted residence within the
border districts the misery of our Russian
1t may be that a sudden transition from the
present disabilities into full present free
dom, while finally the only solution, is for
the present fraught with dangers. But. on
the other hand full freedom OF residence
within the whole empire and unrestricted
access to the educational institutions are
the minimum of what our cO-religonistS are
entitled to demand. Let this message be
spoken out clearly, both here and from
every congregational pulpit.
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HAVE NO HOPE FOR LOOMS.
Paris Searchers Discredit Story That
He Landed at Plym outh,

A cablegram from Paris last night says:
Officials interested in the search for +.
Kent Loomis say they have practically
abandoned hope that he will be found alive.
Heretofore they have relied on the stale
ment of Gustav Flamm of San Francisco
that he saw Loomis leave the steamer at
Plymouth, but they now inclined to the
belief that Flamm may have been mistaken.
They point out the difficulty of a person
recognizing another at 2 o'clock in the
morning in the darkness and in the excite
ment Of many passengers landing. How
ever, Mr. Flamm positively reiterated today
that he was not mistaken.
mo matter what theories are advanced.
said he, Il am absolutely certain that L
saw him get OFF the steamer Consequently,
ton that he was lost before reaching port"
Notwithstanding Flamm's reaffirmation.
officials are examining suggestions that
Loomis was lost while on board. Ellis, In
his statement at the American embassy.
pointed out the possibility that LOOMS
might have fallen from the upper deck.
This deck 1t Is explained. had no guard
rail- as it was rarely used by passengers
The investigators who at first inclined
against this view, because they believed
a body falling from the upper deck would
certainly have been seen from the two
brilliantly lighted decks below. are now be-
ginning to attach greater weight u 'iiis
theory. ,
The idea of foul play continues to be
rejected. While inquiries disclose some cir
cumstances slightly inconsistent, they do
not warrant the officials In suspecting Vio-
lence,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-01
Base Ball Notes.

Walter Clarkson gets $4,000 from New
York
Flick has stolen fifteen bases for the
Cleveland team
Bradley has made sixty-nine hits in fifty
three games for Cleveland
Wiltse has won five games for New York
and not lost any
Thoney has been sent to Rochester by
the New York Americans.
Elberfield expects to resume play for the
New YORK Americans next Monday.
The National League race Is getting scat
tering ana Is not as interesting as it was a
month ago.
Courtney of Buffalo is deal better than
some OF the chaps who are in faster COM
pany
still hitting the ball on the nose. He has
made seventy-five hits in sixty games play
ed and he has stolen eighteen sacks
Cassidy has made ten hits in his last
five games for Washington. Another good
utility man.-Boston Herald.
Mertes has stolen twenty bases this
season and he has scored at least one run
in his last ten games
Clarke of Pittsburg has not made an error
in his last thirty-eight games.
Brush wired Secretary Knowles yesterday
that he had completed negotiations where
by the New York Nationals get Pitcher Ell
lott from Cincinnati.
Lajoie leads the American League in the
number of hits made. He has made eighty
four safe ones and his batting average is
500.
Kruger of the champion Pittsburgs, who
was hit on the head here by a pitched ball.
has rejoined the team and Is ready for an
other dose.
Bay has not made a misplay in the out
field for Cleveland this season SO far He
has accepted 1O2 chances in the fifty-three
games played by him.
A few days ago the New Orleans Club
had lead of nearly 100 points in the
Southern League. Now they stand third,
Little Rock and Atlanta moving ahead OF
the Pelicans. That's the hottest pennant
race in America.
six times this season by one run. The New
York Americans have done well in games
of one run margin Of victory, winning
eleven and losing five. The st. Louis Car
dinaIs have engaged in more of such con-
tests than any other team. twenty-six in
all of which twelve have been victories.
The fan is continually perplexed about the
way to tell which pitcher has the credit for
games in case there are two off1ciatfng In
one game, for q particular team. Here Is
the explanation given by Uncle NICK
Young a few years ago, and the one fol-
to pitch and is taken out with the game a
tie and the game is then lost. the second
pitcher gets credit for the loss. When a
man begins to pitch and is taken out with
the score against his side. and the Sec
ond man goes in and the loss Is not over
come, the first man gets the defeat. When
a man begins to pitch and Is taken out
while his side is behind. and the second
pitcher goes in the game is won, the sec
ond one Is given the credit. When
man begins to pitch and Is taken out with
his side ahead and the second man taking
his place the game is lost, the second man
gets the credit for the defeat. Pin this in
your hat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-01
Held for Crime Thirty Years Old.

A dispatch from Newport News. Va,
las night says: Washington Watts, a
negro eighty years old, was arrested in
Hampton today for crime committed
thirty years ago during reconstruction
days. Watson in quarrel with his en-
ployer,. John Thomas. a farmer near
Hampton, shot and killed him. The quar-
rel grew out of a charge that Watts had
been stealing. He was given a year in
the penitentiary for larceny and eight
years for murder He served only eleven
months. however, before he escaped and
had not been since seen until a few days
ago. when he showed UP on the water
front in Hampton. He was accused of
stealing crabs, and the charge led the
officers to investigate. with the result
that he was arrested as fugitive from
justice. He has confessed that he is the
man wanted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-01
Wesley's Weak Field Allowed Wilson
to Win.

The Wilson Memorial Church team won
it's second game from the Wesley team this
week by defeating them by a score of 6 to
l. on the white lot, yesterday afternoon.
There were but six innings played, as UNI
pire Belts called the game in the seventh
inning to allow the District Guard to have
the field for their drill the score going
back to the even innings.
Spicer was in the box for the Wesley team
and pitched a good game. allowing but five
hits in the first five innings and securing
seven strikeouts. In the sixth the Wilson
boys secured two more hits, and with four
errors by the Wesley team. scored five
runs. He had to retire then hot liner
injured his finger, Matthews going In the
box. "Rube" Clark pitched an excellent
game for the winners allowing but six
hits and causing nine batters of the Wesley
team to fan the air.
Hoffman, Keefe and Clark all did good
work with the stick, each securing two hits
out of three times up. For the wesley
team Champion did the best stick work,
getting two singles out of three times up.
The score:
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HIGH-CLASS GCLF.
"Willie" Anderson Leads FOR Western
Open Title.

With one-half of the play in the fifth
Western Golf Association open tourney
ended yesterday on the links of the Kent
Country Club. near Grand Rapids, Mich.
willie Anderson, national champion,
leads the field with score of 154. just
three strokes better than the total of Alex
ander Smith of Nassau, the title holder.
Tied with Smith 157 is Harry Turpie. the
Auburn Park expert. and Bob" Simpson
of Riverside Is close up, with 1J9. Law
renee Auchterlonie of Glenview, former
western and national champion. is tied at
100 with r. McAndrews, the Wolaston
player.
Today the final scoring of the tourney
over thirty-six holes will be done. Twice
Anderson has won the national title. and
his victory at Euclid, in the western. two
years ago, with marvellous total of 200,
makes him favorite for the western honors
this time. The struggle practically resolves
itself into rivalry between st. Andrews,
North Berwick and Carnoustie Scotland.
Anderson halls from North Berwick and
Smith and Simpson are Carnoustie expo
nents, while Turpie is a ST. Andrews pro-
duct. Only two amateurs are left in the
field, and each is sure of medal. &. P.
McKinne OF st. Louis. with commanding
lead over G. F. Clingman, tr., of Home
wood, seems the probable winner of the
gold medal. Threatening weather marked
the early hours, but later conditions were
superb.
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BIG TENNIS TOURNEY.
Middle States Championship Down to
the S'irauls

Yesterdays play for the middle states
tennis championship at Mountain Station
NJ j., brought the singles to the final round
with Richard Stevens of the ST. George
Cricket Club and Clarence Hobart of the
West Side T. c. still in the running. They
play off this afternoon, and the winner
meets Stephen c. Millett in the challenge
round tomorrow. In the semi-fnals yes
terday the veteran base line player Richard
Stevens scored an easy win over the New
York Club champion. Robert LIE Roy, the
latter failing to get game in the first set
Hobart lost set against Raymond d. Lit
tle but won the last set with points to
spare.
In the women's singles Miss Helen Ho-
mans and Miss May Sutton, the new ma
tional champion, won their semi-linal
matches and will meet this afternoon. Miss
Sutton continued her triumphant career by
defeat ting Miss Day. taking the first set at
love and the second. 6-1.
Mems Singles-Semi-final round-Riehard
Stevens, st. George Cricket Club, defeated
Robert LIE Roy, New York T. c.. Go, G-3:
Clarence Hobart. West Side 7. c.. defeated
Raymond D. Little, Crescent Athletic Club,
Cd, ST, G-1.
Mems Doubles-Second round-George T..
Adee and Batcheller, Country Club Of WEST
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Highball to the front, followed by Montre-
son and Stalwart Making the turn into
the backstretch Odonii gave his mount his
head and he easily fcpdned UP a gap, of two
lengths.
w. B. Fasig. who was last away from the
post. gradually worked his way up. and
was in third place passing the half-mile
pole Stalwart having fallen back beaten.
Rounding the far turn. Highball was still
leading by two, lengths from Thistle
Heather. 90 to 1. In the stretch Highball
1t was only a question of how much his
rider cared to win by. He flashed under
the wire easy winner by four lengths in
1.54 The fight for the place was very
close. In hot drive Ostrich got the YER
dict by a short head from Thistle Heather.
Out of the original fifteen entries carded
for the second race loniy six faced the
starter the great Beldame having scared
the rest. Beldamc was made a prohibitive
favorite at to 20, and from the easy man
ner in which she won should have been at
to 20 After being bumped at the start.
losing about ten lengths, she ran up to her
field in the first eighth of a mile. and was
leading by three lengths as they turned
into the backstretch. In the run down the
and was leading by four lengths in the
stretch. All through the stretch ONeil
was taking matters easy, and Beldame won
by three lengths Lux Casta. to l, who
was running in third position most or the
way, closed very strong under Odom's Wig
orous finish, and beat Hortensia a head for
second money. The mile was run in
1.39 20.
Lavator, the / to 3 favorite. scored an
easy victory in the steeplechase, third on
the card and run over the full steeplechase
course. Four sported silk for this race.
with Lavator favorite and Grandpa second
choice at tours; 20 to 1 was laid against
Royelle and 30 to 1 against Graceway.
Royelle led for the first mile. where he
gave way to Lavator. who continued to
show the way for the rest of the distance,
winning easily by ten lengths. Grandpa
was second by one-half mile. Royelle and
Graceway fell. but G. Wilson remounted
Graceway and finished third. Time. 500.
The first race. handicap at six and a
half furlongs on the main track. drew out
sprinters, with Ingold favorite at to 1.
He won, but had to be hard ridden. Gold
Saint 30 to 1, and Kohnoor. % to 1, made
the running TO the stretch, where Kohinoor
quit. Gold Saint then assumed command,
but Ingold challenged. and in hot drive
the latter won by head The time, 1 10,
equals the track record
Hot Shot. the good thing from ]. E. Mad
dens stable, won the fifth race. Dande-
lion. 10 to 1. led the field to the bend,
where Torchello and Hot Shot moved out,
and in a furious drive Hot Shot won by
half a length, in los.
Mrs. j. Blutes Tramotor backed down
to 10 to L. won the last race, at five and q
half furlongs on the grass. Redfern had
the mount and he at once rushed him into
the lead. winning in a drive by a length
from Virgo. the favorite. Little Buttercup,
8 to 1, was third. Five favorites won
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Riot of Races in New York.

dispatch from New York last night
SAYS: Fifteen persons, and possibly more
than that, were wounded in a race riot be-
tween Irishmen and Italians in East 18th
street last night.
For a quarter of an hour bullets flew
about in all directions. knives and clubs
were brandished over the heads of two hum
dred angry men and women, and the po-
lice were unable to stop the fighting.
Finally Captain Gallagher and the re-
serves from the East 22d street station
reached the scene and dispersed the mob.
father, five sons and one daughter in
one family were all injured by bullets or
knife thrusts. and two policemen were
quite badly bruised. Hundreds of shots
were fired and many outsiders were slightly
wounded.
The row was the outgrowth of an old
feud that has been making trouble for the
police of that locality for several years
1t is in the gas house region. and for years
that particular section of 10th street has
been known as the abode of the ely Away
Gang" On one side of the street is what
is known as the Mulvey row and On the
other side the Kelly row.
Italians have moved into the aeighbor-
hood and with the coming of the Italians
came trouble. Fights have been frequent
there for several years.
When the reserves reached the firing line
they found the Italians barricaded in
grocery store with a crowd of armed men
behind row of bottles and other Italians
In the upper windows taking shots at all
members of the "F'lay Away" crowd who
showed their heads.
When the police were through with their
work. six had been taken to hospitals,
eight were under arrest charged with riot
ing and assault and many more were being
attended In their own homes. A strong de-
tail of police was put in the street to re-
main there through the night.