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The evening world., 1905-07-17
BY ALLEN SANGREE.
Especial to The Evening worldly

Especial to The Evening WORLDLY
CLEVELAND. O.. July Fittings
looked considerably brighter for the
New York Americans to-day. Harold
Chase saw the fair sunlight through his
left peeper and a surgeon announced
that his left cheek bone was not frac-
tured. BY the effulgence OF full moon
last night Pat" Dougherty's finger
nail was laid at rest in the village
churchyard, with proper ceremonies.
Jim Mcclure made a brief oration. He
said in part: "A baseball player has a
short life and q lot of trouble. He
riseth in the morning gay as a bush
Lacquer. he lieth down at night minus
a finger nail and his caricature is in
the papers. Twenty years in fast COM
pany Is but a hit and run. When the
umpire says Out" another man steps
in your shoes and the world forgets
In spite If this sad affair. the men
seemed to feel pretty good. and were
eager for third battle with the Cleye-
ana sbni Tants n,n That e. ssIsed on eSb aaS
convinced then that lots Of things
may happen ere straw hats fade away.
The American League race is not
half rum" as one man said Last
Tuesday was the halfway station, but
there are so many postponed games
thai we are two weeks behind. This
is going to be a severe strain not only
ON pitchers but all the other players,
and the club with most stamina Will win
out. There Is every chance OF team
going stale under this strain, and there
Is also every chance OF club wnich
has the nerve and staying power 20
make fast finish while its rivals are
standing STILL
Six Clubs Have Chance.
Hence the American Leagues race Is
not n triangular one, for there are AT
least six clubs which have a chance 10
win out in the hustle that must pe
made from now on to the end OF the
sea son.
The American League clubs got into
this plight because the weather ms
constantly interfered with the games
between Eastern and Western clubs.
When the Eastern clubs came West
the first time they ran into rainy
season. and many postponements plled
nm When the Western clubs went East
the first time they struck wet spell
there. and mere postponemerts were
accumulated. As soon as the Eastern
clubs came West again last week II
began raining In this section, and IN
stead of working off previous postpone
ments the clubs have been unable to
play off all the games scheduled Tor
this tgip.
THE result will be an almost constant
Succession of double headers" when
the Eastern teams come West for their
The National League clubs OF neces-
sjty have been playing In the East
when the American clubs were In the
West, and vice versa, and have avoided
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NO SYNDICATE
FOR CHICAGO

CHICAGO. July I7.-Charles w. MUIR
phy. Vice-President of the Chicago Ma
tional League Baseball Club. who was
chosen Saturday, said to-day:
THE story OF syndicate ownership US
applied to our organization is without
foundation. No ether club owner In
the National League has any stock or
will be allowed to take any In the Chi
cago club. Any talk Of a merger or
baseball combipat involving our club
Is likewise without the slightest founda-
ton. The Chicago club will be strength
enea without regard TO expence. and II
We can give the city a championship
club We intend to do 50. Manager
Frank Sclee. VINO Is now Ill at a local
hospital, Will be retained. and no
changes of any kind whatsoever are
contemplated. save that wo will add
any star baseball players that We can
get TO The team.
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TAINTED after
WINNING RACE

with squirt that sapped his strength.
Frsu.rck J. tonnors non the three
qrir.er zniIe run yesterday at the
pelh, l.. l., and fell unconsclous several
iset beyond the finishing line, For ten
minutes he did not respond 10 the treat
ment. bur DR.. C. u. Plug brought him
Starting from the forty-yard mark. he
set the pace throughput, A furlonp
from the tape ne realized that Owen
field, was coming 10 the front WIFI
critted teeth he made his tired limbs
work on, and fell over the line, winner
Charles HuIgen won the handicap 100
yard dash from scratch in 10 l-s seconds.
From the ibirls-yaFa mark John Leon
ard took first prize in the quarter mile
ruii. A two-nch handicap enabled J0ilr
Meyer 10 take the high Jump event from
Charles Huisen oy : leap Aof fiye feet
>~> inch-
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COBER CRANDE
PAGES FAST.

While the crowd that visited the
Speedway yesterday was not 50 large as
usual. 1t enjoyed a series Of interesting
brushes. The star Of the day was Col.
w. H. Green's PAGER. Cober Grande.
Driven by L. Klotzback, he defeated J.A.
racer Free Advi;e In two hard
fought heats. A week aso Free Advice
eutfootci Cober Grande in two straight
heats. but Yesterday the Green PAGER
showed great improvement in form.
The race was one of the best seen this
summer On the drive.
s. T. De Lee drove his new PAGER.
Peter Sheldon. in several winning
brushes. The newcomer defented the
pacer Kentucky Rosebud. driven by NJ
Zattu. and later won close brush
from George A.. driven by George
Young.
Col GREEN'S fast trotter. Eoralma' 5
Brother. made a grand showing among
.lse trotters. He defeated w. J. Ken
ney's tortter Bonnie Beis.c In twn
strnigh. heats. and found two unknown
poccrs easy victims.
c. Hackett's King TORI and the chest
nut pactr Better Luck came together
I'm two heats each winning cne. The
first time down Better Luck got away
in front and retained the lead to the
finish. After leading half way down rhe
stretch in tho. second heat Better Ltick
went to break. and King Tom came
from behind and won hy full length.
Harry Phihio's trotter james Shcv,In
and Better Luck had II out In close
race. the fornler winning by head.
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BEATS 2
AT RANDbALL

Handball enthusiasts had a busy day
yesterday and many exciting matches
were decided on the different courts In
the city. At Tarrant's Jersey City court
Olive. Drew took three, games out of
tiye from NJ, Murphy and John Cruger.
Each OF the first four games was close
but Drew had worn out the opposing
pair. and won the last by 81 to IL.
James Flaherty had little trouble In
defeating John Egan and Tom Flanerty
on the Jersey City court. The first
game he won with little effort by seven
points. The pair braced and beat their
opponent In, the next by three tauies.
In the tinal and decisive game they
went completely to pieces. and lost the
game and set by nine aces.
On the Brooklyn court the inability
A. Proudfoot's serves gave the match
to the latter and his partner J. Burke.
who won two Of the three games played.
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HOSEY KNOCKS
OUT DORMAN

champion hght,weisht fisI,,er s Of 'otfy tsIs
city succeeded In knocking OUT jack
iDorTan Of New York, IN the, nine
teentl round Yesterday. The batne took
this city, ''
Tine contest was closely fought
throughout. both men being In eond-
ton Inc Legislature, being IN, seesion
Dariunity 10 witness a real hght. A
large eumber Of New York sports at
tended and backed Dorman heavily he
having .aaiiy whipped Hosey In their
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MURPHY TO MEET BENDER.

Tommy Mufrshy. the clever little
fcsther-welght ;ightcr OF this city. who
has not fanshi since he defested Hishey
McGoyera, Is down TO meet Tony BEN
DER. OK Elisa5eih. Tonight, for six
rouhds before the National A. c., OF
Philadelphsa. Murph, and Bender have
.mst before and fought eight vicious
rounds 70 q draw. In nre preliminarles
y rs,ss s,,.,,g Gssasa gss,.s:. ~niys llmm, Clarke.
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BALL PLAYERS DISCHARGED.
Magistrate Cornell Refuses to Hold
College Points and EnieraIds.

Magistrate Cornell. In MorrIsania
Court. to-day discharged three young
men charged with playing baseball yes
terday on the grounds OF the Catholic
Protectory. They were players on the
College Point and Emeraids. the latter
team being maintained by the Prolee-
cory.
spetsqaiyss Dilion and powsrs ADMITTED
Protecfory authQritles aud that ii was
causing no public disturbance Sfura
cards were sold. they said. Aagistrate
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STANDING OF THE CLUBS.


MacFarand, of the Chicago White sox.
&c?
Donlin leads the Giants in batting
with Roger BresnahaG second. In
clud!ng Bill Clark. who has been in
only three games, only three OF the
Giants are now In the 800 class.
kecler leads the Highlanders. Next
to him Is Jack Kleinow. with .e67 per
cent.
The following are the batting aver
ages Of the players of the two locsl
teams:
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WINS
ENGLISH TITLE

LONDON. July lin the tennis fipsl
singles for the Davis trophy Beals G.
Wright UNITED States) beat Norman e.
Brooks (Australasial l2--l0, 81, lilo,
81 The match took two hours end a
Wiiiiam A.. Larned, United stetes.
brat a. +. wildins, Ausirslas.s. 6-s. So.
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BRIGHTON BEACH ENTRIES.

Especial TO The Evening Worldly
BRIGHTON BEACH. July 1.-THE entries
for to-morrow's races arc AZ follows:
FIRST RACE-Maidens three yearr old
and up: elk furionEs.
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SUNDAY BALL GAMES.
EMernIds, ~ College Paint, 2.
AT VAN NEST.

g%srs'd'p E.s;ss, Point. S.s....,,...SJSS2bJbcET-;
nattsrst-Nilur and Harbosa; sasTIds,i
and y. Earber. Fi
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Hobskes, ., Phila. Giants, 4.
At HoBoKEN.

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Booker. 'islMM
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vyr7 HArS the difference in value
M between $50 American gold
~ pIeec and one coined in Mexico p,
"sailor n..,r' Jackman. of the Nets"
can plswar the question. and II he
woshd he probably would tell you II
was $40 IA his own favor,
New-York tribune., 1905-06-11
The Russians Are Chock Full
Of Superstition.

who. on their conversion. pledge themselves to
utter silence the rest Of their ives At enc time
these dumb religionists were extremely
merOus. and were to be found in almost every
part OF Russia. They especially inccnsed Cath
arine II. who caused them to be prosecuted
rerciless!y. On journey time she CHANGED
to ask the way of one of them, and. getting no
answer, she had the man thrown into prison
and tortured but. despite all the toT7nents to
died mute. Catherine. hearing how he had met
his end, vowed she would revenge herself on all
of his sect.
BY curious turn of fate. the dissenting sect
which has 1ourished most has lived i'll the very
heart of the sacred city of Moscow. In the
ancient capital of Muscovy they have amassed
great wealth and own much of the bust
ness part of the city. They are known as the
Starovertzi, Old Believers. fer they still cling
to the ancient faith OF the Russians and still
refuse to acquiesce in the reforms introduced
into the Church three centuries ago. To all
cial innovations which have come from the
West they also are averse. Smoking is prohib-
tied among. them for Biblical reasons. for they
say: Not that which goeth into the mouth
deiileth man. but that which cometh out"
Potatoes they regard the fruit of the devil.
and they assert that it was the eating of
potato which caused Adam and Eve to be ban
ished from Eden. Though some of the differ
ences between their ritual and that of the Or
thodov Church may seem trfing TO an outsider.
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prosecuted as reentessly chose of more
grotesque beliefs. who. though not dangerous to
the community because of practising suicidal or
cannibalistic rites. had become followers of
fanatical leaders. and had Incorporated in their
creeds weird legends ard superstitions. The
Sabatnki or Russian SabbatariaEs, for ex
ample while harmless people. have neverthe
less been accused of being sorcerers and con-
jurors, whose very touch was pollution. The
sect came into existence in 1910, when some of
the clergy CT the Novgorod were persuaded by
Zacharias, Jew of Kfev, that the Mosaic
the only divine representation. Accordingly,
the Sabatnki believe only in the Old Testament,
and like the Jews they expect an earthly Mes
sah. At time they became especially pow
erfu and alarmed the government that they
were scattered to all parts of the country
Among the more harmless d:ssenters the
Malakanes may also be found. They came by
their name because Of rebelling against the
severe fasting imposed it's members by the
Orthodox Church. for the faithful believers in
meat, butter, eggs, and even milk, except for
young children, one-third of the days in the
year. They did not dispute the sacredness of these
days but they contended that they should be
permitted to drink milk, which in Russia is
"malako" Hence they were called Malakanes.
They lived quietly until there among them
in 1898 Terenti Belioreff who asserted that he
Elias. and that in thirty months the
millennium would arrive. With its coming. lie
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great solemnity. the worship of the Mother of
God. A girl, whom they have induced to submit
by tempting promises, is bound and placed in
tub of warm water Some old women first cut
off a part of her flesh and stanch the blood in
wonderfully short time During the operation
a mystical picture of the Holy Spirit is put into
the victims hands, in order that she may be
absorbed in regarding it. The flesh which has
been cut off Is laid on a plate and sliced into
small pieces which are eaten by all the mem
bers of the sect present The girl in the tub is
then raised upon altar which stands near
and the whole congregation dances wildly
around 1t. singing at the same time. The jump
ing grows madder and madder, till the lights
suddenly extinguished.
MY secretary has become acquainted with
several of these girls, who were always after
ward regarded sacred, and he said that at
the age OF nineteen twenty they look like
women of fifty. They generally die before their
thirtieth year"
Yet in the eyes of the Orthodox peasant the
cannibaltstic Khlisti not held with much
greater adherence than the Duchobortzi, or Rus
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Many Object @ Telling Him Their Age-Some Greet
Him With Violence.

boarda," they say lifting their shoulders and
wrinkling their faces
Whether it was because the Italian feared
the question about boarders or thought that
the enumerator endeavorfng to secure
his name and pedigree with the intention of
reporting his name to the old country as one
who had run away to escape military service,
one enumerator was met in way that vas
rather unpleasant. You getta out" muttered
the Italian Me stillet." The enumerator
did not insist upon receiving the information
he desired at that particular moment but
went "out" to get policeman TO support
him.
The woman in another household directed
the emissary of the Secretary of State TO see
her husband. who dispensing onions on
the ground floor. The enumerator was well
coined with bunch of onions. They were
thrown. The enumerator did not make the
mistake in the nature of the intentions of the
thrower that Mrs. Nickelby did when punches
of vegetables came flying over her garden
wall
In one respect at least the young women
of the East Side are like their sisters of the
West Side. They dislike to tell their ages.
One finds few unmarried women at home on
the East Side in the middle of the day. and
few who have reached the age Of twenty, ap-
parently. are unmarried. In a visit 10 be-
tween fifty and sixty homes on the East Side
the other day with one enumerator. only three
unmarried women sixteen years of age
were seen One of these had learned Ameri-
can ways. Her father was a real estate
broker. she said with emphasis She looked
to be about twenty years of age. Her hair.
which she was trying to repress when the
enumerator boldly entered. resembled that OF
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a new portrait of Father Knickerbocker is be-
ing made in mosaic The workmen, the men
who are taking the decennial census of the State
of New-York are now cutting the bits which
are to make up the picture. In the course of
couple of weeks the census of New-York City
will be completed. Father Knickerbocker will
be informed that no more sittings needed
and the bits will be put together. Then the
genial old figure who has personified New-York
so long will have opportunity to discover
how much he has grown lately and if he has
changed in any other respect.
Undoubtedly some striking contrasts Will be
revealed Already it has been discovered that
he has changed in some ways The probable eff
feet of apartment houses and hotels upon the
home life of the city and the American people
has often been discussed in an academic way.
The census will have something to contribute to
the symposium The number of homeless ones
I'm this city who above the poverty line laid
down by MI Hunter in his book. is found to be
greater than was supposed. Tens of thousands
of persons are living in single rooms and unac-
ouainted with their next-door neighbors. They
come and go without any ones knowledge. They
eat at inhospitable restaurants Many of them
are Young men and women who have come here
from different parts of the United States 10 find
tbe not of gold at the end of the rainbow. The
number of these solitary ones may reach 100.0OO.
On the East Side the enumerator sees the other
side Here are few solitary ones, and one
apparently worries about race suicide. In the
West Side apartment hotels the enumerator has
difficulty in finding any one al home. In the
Ghetto when he turns the greasy knob of the
four-roonl home there is always a woman, old
looking for her age, and one or more children
RI greet him. There is always some one TO re-
,,o,.a the nan of uncooked or fish or uIl-
baRed bread with it's braided top from chair
for the enunerator to seat himself. The chair
:. not very inviting 10 be sure, and If the enum-
.rs,or "a wearing his new summer suit OF light
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sian iconoclasts, known in their language
as Ikonobortzi. To the simple minded members
of the Cars church the icon is almost
cred as the saint it represents. In the PEASANTS
hut or the soldiers tent the railroad station or
the palace, it stands for all that is holy pure.
kuropatkin could not go to the front without
his icons and he regarded a doomed
man when he left Moukden hurriedly that he
left half hundred of these sacred images be-
hind Every time Russian army goes into
camp tents put up to shelter the spe-
cial icons of the various regiments; and In bat
tie if body of troops begins to waver priest
is rushed to the front bearing a an
icon to invoke the aid of heaven
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a Circassian beauty. 1t was clearly to be seen
tnot snc considered herself important per-
"ohaSe Sure and You bet favOrite
eXclanlations. When asked her age and
cupation she proudly declared herself to be
seventeen. and stenOsra pher Another, Il
f|uSSIdH girl VINO came from Minsk eight
years ago. was more reserved. Finally. With
a eiI-conScious laugh. she admitted that she
was twenty
Occasionally The census taker meets with
person who is q coaundrum. On the East
Side the other day of the enumera tors
MN MIN Tor q rev moments With heT was 4 gil
who appeared to be about fourteen years OLD
former
What is the name of the head cf the
house? the enumerator asked She replied
After securing the life history of her husband
he asked her name and age.
Il am tWenty-eight.' she replied
What is the name of your daughter"
she had already given.
How do you make that out?' he asked.
She finally reconciled the matter.
How old is your daughter"
"Twenty-one years
The enumerator scratched his head for
moment. How can this be-" he exclaimed.
The fourteen year old girl smiled in a pacuI-
lar way.
20, I'm thirty-nine,. the wcman replied.
He scratched mis- head again. 1hen she
added to his confusion by saying MY hus-
band. he forty-four" She had previously de-
a muddle When he left her ne learned from
the curious neighbors who had been watching
outside for him to emerge that the woman
was insane.
Many Of the enumerators live in the dis
tricts in whica they work. Sometimes this
fact has its disadvantages. as one found out
when the following found its way 10 the Office
OF THOMAS E Brown, who has charge of the
enumeration of this county on a postal card:
Mister Brown My wife is Lady and don't
reckon TO allow her to be insultcd some by
that Loafer who is coming round to
take her age his boys is Loafers and says they
Will win bets on the L.adys ages in this Block
they stands by the saloon all day they are
loafers and the girls is no good my wife won't
know them they owes folks money they are
gossips he lives -- on top Hat He aint no
bsness to take our censes put Oh nother."
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VIRTUE IN PILGRIMAGEs.

Every building whose owner is an ortho-
dox Russian must be blessed in much the sarne
way and for the same reasons. Il it is the city
home Of rich merchant the ceremony is made
splendid by rich veetments clouds of incense.
dancing and feasting. the latter two features os
the occasion corresponding somewhat 10 the
housa-waIr.fng customs of the Anglo Saxon; II
n factory the rooms are decorated with flags or
flowers and II each room the priest uolifts his
cross and uttsrs his blessing. Even pros5ic
q building a railway station SAYS Mr..
Palmer. would not be regarded duly in
aucurated until blessed by tie priest"
The Russian believes in the virtue &C pilgrim
ages with almost great real % tae Alghon-
motan. More Ru~sians travel each vFar To the
Holy Land TO worship 9 its sacred shrine; t:-a1
any other class OF Christians They travel both
afeot and by railroad ana ro1ry leave their
homes to make tourney which they know %
be their last. Mr.. Palmer tells Of meeting z, l.
grim band in Northwestern JusSt7 bound for
Odessa, whence Il was TO sail ior Paleetine The
whole journey TO be made on foot aad aS
one couple especially Old and frlh, he
asked:
How 90 you mean to cone baclG'
There is no corning back" replied TIE old
man. I'VE are gcing to Jerusalem 10 die
Pilcrimages are also mGde to various hoy
pieces in Russia. and II is eStimated that half q
million votariss alone visit the sacred relics n
Kiev. In order that even the poorest may become
pilgrims TO Palestine. the Orthodox Society OF
Palestine" has been founded under tie d~-ct
patronage of the imperial family 10 assist pill
grims by giving cheap transportation and low
priced food With the aid Cf this organization
a pilgrim may travel from any railroad
station IN European Russia TO Jerusalem and
return. living included. for SO.
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yet they would regard change TO orthodoxy
utterly sacrilegious. They insist. for in
stance. in crossing themselves with the third
and fourth fingers joined to the thumb instead
Of holding the thumb and the first and second
fingers together.
The Old Believers obtained the foundation OF
their great riches in a grant of certain lands
from the government two centuries ago in re-
ward for their services to the public during
plague These lands were then of little value.