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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-30
HURST As AN UMPIRE.
How He Ended q Baseball Cortes'
To Catch tho Train.

How He Ended q Baseball Contes'
To Catch tho Train.
Umpircs are the backbone Of base
ball. No matter how much a crow
may yell at, roast and icer an um.
pirc. there never has been any scr
ious belief that umpircs were willing
ly dishonest.
True. the National League has
scvcral times laid itself open TO
serious charges Of instructlng um
pircs to favor certain tcamB--anf
it Is equally certain that several
pcnnant races have been decided
Minpireg-Ilt no ono has over beer
charged that these umpircs werf
dishonest, suys writer In the Phila
delphia Inquirer.
AZ n matter of fact the public
believes the umpires arc honest
and just AZ certainly they are honest
They may be hot headed or proud
iced. but have never yet know
an umpire in any organized lcagu
who would willingly throw 4 gam
Of ball one way or the other
Still, practically every game plav'
IS decided by the umpire, II II /
anywhere near close. a singl
decision. often miscallcd bull O,
strike. will the tide.
remember one game in Rosto'
~, -. f
Boston and Chicago were playiui
and it didn't make any difference
really. which team won. Tim Hur
the only-was umpiring. and In &
ninth inning Boston was leading b
one run.
Billy Clingn1an Was playing Wit
Chicago. and. With a man on thir
and two out. he caught Collin
mapping. dumped q bunA out towhr
third, sent Bill Everett scamperi'
across the plato with the tying rur
and beat the ball three steps 10 frs
base. Hurst was scooting toward
first. and. although Clingman wa
safe By eight feet Tim waved hin
out and went racing oil tho field.
The entire Chicago team Yves l.
pursuit, maddencd With tho undo
served defeat. The crowd sat stun
ned for Il minute and then began to
oui.
As came down tho grand STAN
eteps caught sight OF Hurst hurry
Ing ont. carrying his grip. and hi
waved me a greeting In answe
eimply held my nose with flnge'
and thumb. to shut out the odor
hia decision.
Tim looked up, apd. shaking h
fist, said in n stage whisper: ayr
geaspoD. yc. had but II minutes
10 catch tho boat train.
Herbert Diggs. the Clevelar
Sounester who broke into fast com
pany because he struck out Ansor
three timcs in 4 gamc at Attlc Roci
in the spring or 1895. md who.
rejuvenateh. is pilchig for Chicago
again. had MN III with HURT tn"
Gl:t gamo he over pitched in fast
company.
Briggs stood high In Ansons cstimc
ticn and Anson wanted 10 pitch him
in tho opening series against St Lou
is that season. Briggs was fast, he
had q speedy outcurve and fast
high one--but he vas Wild and
some OF tho others didn't want him
10 pitch. But Briggs pitched. lie
rrnn rhnnlrnt,i - ,ain 80
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-30
PREACHING AND siLL.NoseATg.

Rev. DR.. X. n. IHr!ce. in reviewins
the work OF an itincrant evangelis
ut Bristol says he broke up n chow.
From what Dr. Price says the quail
ity Of slang must have boon 6trtctI
uptodate and will make Rev. Sam
T. Jones feed that BIO Is ver.
exemplary IN his language.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-30
Pain I'm Your
Chest?

Of course you know it is a little
cold settled thcre. You hope it
vii! "pass Off" There is a chance
you will pass off with 1t.
BE ca.cfull Cure the cold, be-
cause il 10 dangerous 4 cure cure,
external, powerful, penetrating.
ha.niess-that is Gowans.
You rub Gowan's over your chest
or throat. ii %oes in and works on
the cold al oDcc. Doesn't have to
bc ,iigcsted. g.,
Have CoWan'sin tie house ready
TO cure Group, colds, aorc t,aroats,
pneumonia. Al druggists sell Il.
Bottle, s'.oo. Group aize, IS cents.
BY mail, il desired. Gowan MeGi.
cal Co., Durham, \. Z,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-30

Roosevelt in the role Of preachc.
Is a novel ono and he doubtlcss vii
be greatly surprised aud grutifief
AZ well when he sees that the Ricl
mond Times-Dispatch, has nominate
him for that office lie might d,
worse.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-30
Henry Clay Statue Married.

Tho Jefferson County Courthouse
in this city, an Old and picturesque
structure containing all records and
the famous Henry Clay statue, caught
fire yesterday. a portion of the dome
fell, scverIng one hand OF tho Clay
statuo.-LGl;,Sriiie Dispatch
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-30
shekard eiane. Win Chicago.

CHICAGO. Dec. So..TIt wes announc-
d today nj the headquarters CT thu
'hicsso National League team that
he contract Of james r. Sheckard. OF
BROOKLYN hus been received and that
lo will certainly rlay with the
chicago team next year.
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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-30

We arc astonisbed at Uncac Ru'
hcll. Ilo lent none. at 100 p
cont when he might have Botte
1?5 per cent. We always though
him more thrifty than that.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-30

Money talks IN Russia. II mis-,
eaid something in New York IL
other day
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-30

a Chfietnlas present that would he
iprrecistod-a lDoso leaf memorandum
md card bonk. Por saIe by.
Z WARWICK PRINTING CO.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-30
PAPA BUSCH RElENTS
Has No Objections 10 Lieut.. Schar.
rer as Son-in.laW.
IS SEQUEL TO AN ELopENENT
Miss WiIhelmina Busch and German
Officer Ra, OFF to Illinois Gretna
Green. But Could Not Secure Mar.
rage LICENSE.
lEN Associated Prrs.N

ST. LOUIS. Dec. ca.-It was an.
nounccd today TINT Lieutenant Ed
nard Scharrer. OF Germany. anl
MISS Wilhomlina Busch, daughter OF
Adolphus Busch. the brewer, will be
quietly married In tho near fu.
ture. probably on New Years day.
al the Busch mansion hero. This an
nouncement camn as sequel TO the
clopement OF Lieutenant Scharrer and
Miss Busch Wednesday night 70
Bel'evillc. Ill.,. sixteen miles across
the river, which was frustrated ~
tho fact that they were unable 70
secure q marriage licence ut the la,e
hour.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-30

We al guess at things, and Il they
come out that way. swear We rcas.
onod Il out.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-30
TelepI,oned To Papa.

When the couple found they could
not secure the license Miss Buach
then telerhoncd to her father.
IF you intend 10 be married, como
BACK to st. Louis. and be married
at homo. I have no objections to Mr..
Scharrcr rs son-in-lnw" replied MIR.
Busch. Thereupon Miss Busch nnd
the lieutenant returned to N,iss
Dusch'a home.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-30

freshness in those Days, and all
leagues looked alike to him.
He wound up into Il knot, whirl-
cd an shot the first bail across the
heart Of tho plate, waist high, and
go fast that the catcher didn't even
see 1t.
Before the ball fairly splashcd into
K!ttridge's mitt. Briggs, with his arm
still extended, yelled: Flows that"
Hurst. who was umpiring. looked
tho youngster over from head to foot
md then remarked calmly. "undc.
the circumstances that Is ball.
Had you not asked ne. 1t would
have been strike.
Briggs mover kicked to Hurst after.
ward.
On the old ST. Louis grounds IN.
Ter Won Der Ahc--thc immortal
Chris--Hurst pulled of one OF HIS
star stunts. Those grounds wcro
separated from the grundstand by n
acetrack and IN iron fence with
toll iron p!ckcts. Chris had a friend.
; wlid.eycd German. who was crazy
N baseball, aud every day as soon
S the game started this fan would
lamber out OF the grandstand and
get down TO tho racetrack, where
"a would run UP and down. climb
~ tho ctt Ia, 49,.
fho pickets. and yell ut tbs. play.
ers and the umpire.
Hurst was umpiring ono dag and
We crank was unusually obstreperous.
dement's was catching for tho
Browns. Finally Hurst remarked 10
dement's:
Il have nice new ball here In
ny pocket. II you'll tell mo whe;
70 is not looking III take peg
ut him.
just minute later, Clements Elanc.
M around, saw the crank, With his
lead between the pickcts turn AMI
ook into tho grand stand and he
tipped ii of TO Hurst
Tho umpire turned like fash
nd hurled the ball.
"Had hit him fair said Tim
forward, II would havr killed him.
II It. vas I drove one OF the iron
picle.s ITO his neck"
Che OF the gGandcst umpircs ! ever
an across vas follow named
FERRIS, who was principal Of u
chool down IN small Indiana town
where We played an exhibition game
,nc time.
In those days when tho team didn't
ant to waste a real pitcher agalunt
scrub team i'll an exhibition. they
ould put ME in TO pitch Ono day
would he Hutchinson, another Grit.
tn, md so on. while the real
ltchcrs played nenny-anto In the
tcl and made me work OF course
II | did VAS to let tho village
am hit the ball and let the ficldcrs
the rest.
On that day was selected to
tch because all the real pitchers
ere tired. and w0 felt confident OF
ctory. Ferris. tho schoolteachcr,
Is chosen to umpire and he came
to the field armed with q new
'au!dlnE guide, SO az To be ready
read tho rules il there WINS any
TX.
Tho frs, man up hit tho iiut
II and rolled an easy groundor
raight to me. | picked it UP and
alkinS toward first base tossed
'e ball over 10 Decker. 80 feet.
read Of the runner.
Safe yelled Ferris.
"iow's that" yelled Decker right
1ck 1T him.
Tho runner Is cafe" decrecd the
mpire
why. he was cut by 80 feet"
:postulated Decker.
Ferris calmly produced tho rules
I'd said: Tho rules Gay that the
all must hs thrown To frs. base
head Of tho runner Your pitcher
idnt throw the ball. He pitched
="
That acttlcd tho argument We
ieldpI
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Plqas Aavertiplnr caroa Dull Trade,
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'uah. Advertising Manager
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-07-21
WHEAT AND CORN THslvlNo.

Crops Generally in Promising Com
dition-Corn Suffers from Rain.
The weather bureaus weekly bulletin
summarizes crop conditions as follows:
In the district east of the Rocky Noun
tains temperature conditions were gen
orally favorable, though rather cool in
the Missouri valley. Over much the
greater part of the country from the
South Atlantic and gulf coasts northward
to the lake region, Minnesota and the
Dakotas excessive rain fell, greatly him.
dered the cultivation of crops, caused
rapid growth of weeds and in places in
jured hay and harvest grain. There
was practically no rain in New England,
only light showers on the immediate mid
die Atlantic coast, and none in the Rocky
Mountain and Pacific coast regions. In
central and northern California and por-
lions of Oregon and Washington intense
heat prevailed during the latter part of
the week.
The corn crop has had a week of very
favorable conditions for growth, except
in the upper Missouri valley, where its
progress has been rather slow on ac-
count of insufficient heat and lack Of
sunshine. While rains have interfered
VAIN CuiLlNullOu " SOIllc GAlSAIJ Lu@ C&OR
as a whole is in a fairly good state of
cultivation and is largely laid by except
in the more northerly districts.
Winter wheat harvest continues in the
northerly districts and is largely finished
elsewhere. Rainy weather has extern
sively interfered with thrashing and has
caused damage to grain in shock in parts
of the middle Atlantic States and central
valleys. The abnormal heat on the north
Pacific coast during the latter part of
the week probably caused damage to
the wheat crop in Washington.
In portions of South Dakota and Min
nesota spring wheat on lowlands has suf-
fered from overhows, but elsewhere in
the spring wheat region the crop is in
promising condition. Rust continues in
South Dakota and Minnesota, though not
materially increasing, and is beginning
to appear in North Dakota. Spring
wheat continues promising on the north
Pacific coast, though exposed to trying
heat conditions during the latter part of
the week.
Both standing and harvested oats have
suffered considerably from wet weather,
which has caused lodging, hindered har-
vesting and injured oats in stack OF
shock. A fine crop, however, is general
ly indicated.
In Illinois frequent showers were I'M
favorable for harvesting, thrashing and
haying. Oats are ripening. Many mea-
dows are overripe but the ground is too
wet for reapers and mowers. The con-
dition of corn is exceptionally favorable,
some tasseling. Oats generally are
standing up well, but some badly lodged.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-07-21
WHITE FOR ENVOY.
Gar Appoints Him Chief P1enipoten-
tiary of Russia.

t1ary OF Russia
Emperor Nicholas has appointed M.
White, president of the committee of
ministers, to be chief plenipotentiary rep
resenting the Russian government in the
peace negotiations to be conducted next
month in Washington.
Sergius White, the Russian plenipo-
Tertiary, may be regarded as the leading
Liberal statesman of Russia. For the
last thirteen years he has been one Of
the strongest personalities in the Rus
sian bureaucracy, although his political
fortunes suffered a setback when he was
compelled to resign the portfolio of min
lister of finance in August, 1908, and
again when, after being appointed presi-
dent of the council of ministers in the
same month, his office gradually lost it's
Importance until rumors of his intention
to resign and go abroad had been per-
sistently circulated.
White is about Sc years old and has
worked his way up from the position OF
an underpaid railroad clerk, who occa-
sionally acted as porter, to that of the
leading statesman of Russia, in spite of
the fact that his enemies are numerous
and include some of the most powerful
men in Russia. A man of large stature,
and muscular, standing over six feet
high, White has the reputation of being
harsh to his subordinates, but his ability
has never been doubted even by his worst
enemies. He was created a count in
1901.
M. Witte is thoroughly familiar with
the far eastern question in all it's bear
ings. He understands the japanese posi-
ton and fully realized before the war
that the aggressive policy pursued I'M
der the lead of Viceroy Alexieff and M.
Bezobrazoff, president of the Yalu Tim
Der Company, and the coterie of adven-
turers connected with them would drive
Japan to take up the sword. At one
time White talked over the situation with
Marquis Ito, presidepaeof the japanese
privy -councils and, one: of the leading
statesmen of Japan sPractically it was
Whites disapproval of Russia's far east
ern policy and the creation of vice
royalty in the far East which caused
his downfall as minister of finance.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-07-21
I,IFE III Title DE- AlJTF
full WEST INDIES.
MTIEE9E PROSPERITY
AWAITS Title NAN
OF ENERGY. -

An English writer who recently Wis
tied the West Indies found business
and financial conditions so greatly i'm
proved over the state of affairs that
existed on a former visit that he con-
fidently declares that the islands are
destined to again become as rich as
they were before the abolition Of the
slave trade and the introduction Of free
trade in sugar.
Fruit and timber and tobacco, as
we'll as sugar and a hundred other
things, will bring back the wealth and
power which, truth to tell, has only
been lost to the Caribbean group by
the inertia of the planters and the
want Of enterprise in the commercial
men. The islands have never lacked
natural wealth and an abundance of
raw material. Only the genius of
trade has been lacking, Until very re-
Gently West Indians displayed no signs
of being able to help themselves. But
the influence Of traders from more
prosperous countries, American as well
as British, has stirred the people out
Of their lethargy; and nowadays the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-07-21
IsrEs = CARIBBEAN

with capital Of five thousand dollars
can, when he has gained a thorough
knowledge Of practical planting, make
an income of from $500 to $4,000 a
year.
Indeed, Jamaica Is a happy little
place. The sun is always there, and
the thousand rivers which dance along
the mountain slopes and flow swiftly
through the valleys toward the sea,
always suggest pleasant music and
healthfulness. The negro workers are
merry people; they laugh at their
work and on their way to work; they
laugh when they go home to bed and
when they rise in the morning. The
men laugh and the women laugh, and
the children are as merry as birds in
summer time. 1t is almost impossible
to be unhappy in the place.
Smiling Nature.
AS you walk along the country
roads, each bunch of natives stops and
smiles at you and returns your friend
~ greeting. You see the market wom-
en- swinging along under the weight
of their heavy head-burdens. They are
the most graceful walkers in the
world
The colored men pass you, too; but
they are idlers compared With the
women folk. Alas! it must be admit
ted that in the West Indies the women
are the willing workers; the men for
IL
shade. 1t may be that most Of them
inherit all the failings and weaknesses
Of the African savage, but though they
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-07-21
WANTED-A NEW CHICKEN.
Restaurant Man Looking for One That
Shall Be All White Meat.

Luther Burbank is doing great
things in the cultivation of flowers"
said the contemplative restaurant
man. He is making purple flowers
grow red, and red flowers blue, do
ing all manner of wonderful things
with plants, and all fine and beauti-
full, but what the country really needs
is a chicken raiser who can make
chickens grow all white meat.
LAS it stands to-day, in my business
we are always in quandary. 1t is
a familiar fact that the wing part Of
a chicken yields white, the leg part
dark meat. We cut a roast chicken,
into four portions, of which two are
white meat and two are dark, and that
is the best we can do.
1--WE can do things with some meats,
but you can't make the dark meat Of
the leg and second joint of a chicken
white meat. And here comes the trou-
BILE.
Mine out of ten of a restaurants
customers, when they order roast
chicken call for white meat; and to
supply these demands with chickens
growing as they do is of course, sim
ply impossible. We would like to do
1t, but we can't.
1--WE have to give some dark meat,
and that disturbs the people who get
it. They see white meat served to
other folks and they wonder why they
can't have it. We explain to them
about how chickens are made, and
why we can't always serve everybody
with white meat, but that doesn't in
terest them much; they ordered white
meat, and that's what they want, and
really all that we can do is to trust
that they will get white meat the
next time they order.
GAS a matter Of fact we serve white
meat as far as we can; but what we
want in our business is chicken that
is all white meat; and the man that
can produce it would not only confer
boundless benefit upon us, but for
himself he would become rich beyond
the dreams of avarice, wealthy be-
yond the veriest nightmare of greed.
That's what the country needs,
chicken raiser who can make chick
ems grow all white meat. kansas
City Journal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-07-21

are not too anxious to work at all, they
make good enough laborers if they are
forced to earn their daily bread.
The West Indian white man is
Briton who might just as easily be
seen walking about The tea planta-
tons in distant Ceylon. His face is
very brown or else a deep mahogany
red; in the country he wears a SLOUGH
hat and walks only when it is impossi-
BILE for him to get his sauu.- orse
or buggy. But in the cities he is par
ticular about the cut of his coat and
the condition of his linen. AS a rule
he is a heavy cigar smoker, and he is
the most hospitable man in the world.
If you come across him at his house
you will find it difficult to tear your
self away, even though the man is
stranger to you. If you go to stop with
him for a day you will probably find
it impossible to get away under fort
night You will find that your host is
a pretty good hand at golf, pigeon
shooting. cricket, tennis or billiards,
and there will never be any reason for
you to complain Of dullness.
The islands have q little army OF
their own, and the black Tommies and
white officers who go to make up the
West Indian regiments are not the
least efficient or brilliant Of the sol
diers of the king. They have parlia-
ment houses also, and politicians both
black and white. Yes, it is a wonder
full corner of the world, this group Of
little isles so finely set in the golden
Caribbean. 1t may be that it is
pity that places so beautiful should
have to be concerned with trade at all,
yet the packages Of merchandise which
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-07-21
Told IN a Few Lines.

Marietta, Ohio. people have, completed
the fund of $4,000 necessary to secure
Andrew Carnegie's gift of like amount
to Marietta college.
The body of Charles S. Snyder. a
wealthy contractor, was found in the
woods near Carnegie, Pa. All indica-
tons point to suicide
Surgeons in New York hospital are
puzzled over the case of Harvey Mowak,
who, during an alteration on a ferry
boat, was shot by a fellow passenger
through the heart.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-07-21

looks abroad for fortune thinks only
of Africa, Australasia, Canada or
America; and usually it Is in one or
other Of these places that he elects to
settle; though it Is doubtful whether
the Islands do not offer him chances Of
prizes greater than any to be found in
the other colonies. 1t can be said Of no
country in the world that it Is more
beautiful than jamaica; it can be said
OF few, if any, that they are richer.
True, there is no gold, no great min
eral wealth; but there are the soil and
climate, the rich forests and richer
valleys. There are the sugar planta-
uons, the fruit gardens, the tobacco
nelds and the cattle pens. There are
the cities also which, even to-day, are
not too we'll stocked with merchants.
Alert men make money quickly IN
these islands; not so quickly as those
lucky Adventures who find potato
sized diamonds and rich gold 'pock-
cts, perhaps, but quickly enough; and
hunger Is thing almost unknown
even to the poorest West Indian ne
gro. The fields and the hedges pro-
Vide rich fruits-the banana, the or
ange and the mango and in the towns,
frutt enough to last a man a whole
day can be purchased for copper COIN
In Jamaica the life Of the white man
Is almost ideal. If he is a planter, he
lives In substantial house, built In
the center Of lovely garden which Is
always af1ame with the most brilliant
flowers in the world. He has a saddle
morse and buggy, and he will find a
club in the nearest town (which can
not be many miles distant) and all
the English sports at hand. Though
ne may not be a rich man, though he
may never make money enough out
OF his plantation to return to the old
country or purchase a landed estate,
Ne VIII never want for comforts or
ordinary luxuries.
have heard 1t said, and believe 1t
% be true, that In these islands a man