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The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-27
DANIEL LAMONT DEAD
cLEvELAND's wAR SECRETARY
Dice Suddenly at His Home at Mill
brook, New York, Of Heart
Failure.

Poughkeepsie. N. Y, July 24--Dan
iel Scott Lamont. secretary Of war
during the second administration Of
President Cleveland. died suddenly al
his home at MilIbrook, Duchess county,
last night, at 9:15 o'clock Heart 1aii'
ure was the cause of death.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lamont were GU. orlV-
ing yesterday afternoon and MT. La
mont appeared to be enjoying the pest
of health. After dinner he complained
of feeling Ill, and DR.. Stewart OF New
York, who is guest at the house, lm-
mediately went to his aid.
The physician diagnosed the case as
an attack of heart failure and In spite
of heroic treatment Mr.. Lamont passed
away within half an hour. At his
deathbed were Mrs. Lamont and two
daughters, Frances and Bessie. Sew
eral guests at the Lamont home were
also present when the end came.
Daniel Scott Lamont came promi-
nently into public view during the first
term of President Cleveland.
When Grover Cleveland was COVER
nor of New York Dan Lamont visited
his office daily In the capacity OF
newspaper reporter. The governor
recognized the alertness of the news
paper man. He found by experience
that he could entrust him with impor-
tant state secrets, and strong friend
ship developed which continued
throughout Mr.. Cleveland's public ca
reer and in subsequent private life.
When Grover Cleveland was elected
President, Lamont was appointed his
private secretary, and when Mr.. Cleve-
land was chosen President for the sec
'ond time Mr.. Lamont was taken into
his Cabinet as secretary of war, posi-
ton which he filled with credit.
In the same Cabinet was William G.
Whitney, and Lamont and Whitney
became close friends. Later Mr. Whit
ney became interested in New York
and Brooklyn street railroad building,
and Mr.. Lannon'S services were en-
gagged in the management of those
lines. He was eminently successful as
a business man, and as the years went
by accumulated fortune said 10 be
in the millions. Later NJ. Lamont be-
came interested in steam railroad man
agement with James J. Hill, and for the
last five years had been vice presi-
dent of the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company, with offices in New York
City.
Daniel S. Lamont was born in Cort-
landtville. New York. February 8,
1851, the son of John B. and Elizabeth
l.. Lamont. He graduated at Union
College and entered journalism at AL
'bany, New York.
Sagacious politicians other than
Grover Cleveland early learned to trust
Mr.. Lamont. He stood close in Mr..
Tilden's confidence and other leaders
of his party conferred with him. He
could keep secrets. But it was his I'M
usual executive abilities which most
had to do with his career. He was nat
urally a manager Of men and large af-
fairs. He would have been successful
in any line of business.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-27
GUNB0AT EXPLOSION
United States ounboat Bennington
Blown Up in San Diego Harbor-
Thirty-Nine Killed outrIght-Due
to Defective Boiler.

Blown Up in San Diego Harbor-
Thirty-Nine Killed outrIaht-Due
to Defective Boiler.
San Diego, CAL, July 22.-As q re-
suit of a frightful explosion Of one OF
the main boilers on the United States
| gunboat Bennington in San Diego lar
Dor shortly before noon yesterday.
thirty-nine men are known to be dead.
twenty-one are missing, and between
sixty and seventy are at the hospitals.
many OF whom will die. The total
deaths probably will be nearly sixty.
The warship was badly shattered, a
great hole being torn in her stern, and
she has been beached to prevent her
sinking. The explosion is believed to
have been in boiler. which for many
months has been regarded as weak.
though an inspection made a year ago
resulted in a favorable report The
ship was getting up steam preparatory
to towing the disabled Wyoming to
Mare Island. Every seaman on board
was either killed or seriously or
slightly wounded.
Thfrty-nine of her crew lie dead at
city morgues, the fate of dozen more
is as yet undetermined, and three
score are stretched upon beds OF pain
In various hospitals.
This is the result of the explosion
which wrecked the trim little naval
craft and wrought such terrible havoc
among her crew at half past 10 o'clock
yesterday morning.
The placid waters of San Diego bay
have never before been the scene OF
such a disaster, and Sam Diego city
has never been stirred by such scenes
of death and suffering as those wit
messed last night.
The Bennington at the time Of the
accident was lying in the stream just
off the commercial wharf at the foot
OF H street. The warship had received
orders to sail this morning for Port
Hartford, where she was to meet the
monitor Wyoming and convoy the YES
sci to Mare Island navy yard.
Steam was up and everything was
in readiness for sailing, when sud-
denly and without any warning what
ever the starboard forward boiler e.
ploded with a deafening roar.
The explosion was terrific. People
standing on the shore saw huge
cloud of white steam rise above the
Bennington. Columns of water were
hurled into the air and for distance
of nearly twice the height OF the spars.
1t was Immediately apparent that an
awful disaster of some kind had hap
pened on board the warship. The ferry
boat Ramona was coming across the
bay at the time of the accident.
Captain Bertelain of the Ramona
Immediately gave orders to change
the course of the boat and instead OF
continuing his trip to the San Diego
side of the bay, hurried to the aid Of
the stricken warship.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-27
Japanese Navy at Work.

London, July 24.-The correspondent
of the Daily Telegraph at Toxic for
wards a dispatch from the Japanese
correspondent of that paper at Moi,
Japan, telling of daring reconnais-
sance of a japanese squadron in Pos
siet Bay on july 14th.
Three days later the Japanese YES
sells occupied Russinpan, where there
Is a vast and splendid harbor. Some
OF the vessels, the correspondent says,
ran right inside Possiet bay. which is
of great strategical value.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-27
Lost in Death Valley.

Goldfield, New. July 22.-John Null
lin. E. NJ. Titus and Earl Weller of Tel
luride, Colorado, left Rhyolite June
goth. on prospecting trip into Death
Valley.
Thursday Mullin was brought to
Rhyolite half crazed from the terrible
suffering he had undergone. He told
how Titus and Weller wandered over
the desert and in fifteen days failed
to return. 1t is believed that they
persisted. Two horses and nineteen
burros belonging to the party also met
their death from thirst
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-27
Won Liberty with Finger-Nails.

A miner named Hans Diehi. after
being imprisoned for three dnys in
Il disused shaft of coal mine at Kol-
lerthal. Germany. made his ESCAPE by
scratching his way cut with HIS fin
gers. His finger-nails were torn away
by the effort
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-27

One Of the magazine poets has fur
nished lay entitled. Il Would Not
See Her Face Again." Probably she
tried to find out why the cannon
cracker wouldn't go off.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-27

Tom Lawson probably was dealing
IN futures when he wickedly suggest
ed that certain man had not yet Sc
cured control of the sulphur combina-
ton.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-27

The English language must be ap-
preaching bankruptcy when the news
papers find it necessary to use the
word "mischievous" to describe the
boy who puts lighted cannon cracker
IN a comrades pocket.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-27

The sultan of Turkey has ordered a
pack of British-bred man-tracking
dogs to safeguard his person in his
palace at Constantinople and to hunt
Turkish criminals. This seems a
SANDER on Constantinople's finest"
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-27

The daughter of a Pittsburg million
aire has just been married to an Eng
lishman whose title at present is
merely that of captain. But he Is
the son of a lord who in the natural
course OF events, and provided he is
decent about it, will die
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-27

One OF the wittiest of the epigrams
of the commencement season was
that quoting men whose actions are
much open to criticism as saying: II
like to do right. do as like. There
fore, always do right"
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-27

Wizard Burbank may be able to pro-
duce a tomato that tastes like fruit.
but what the world more particularly
desires just now is that he evolve a
cantaloupe that will taste like can.
taloupe.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-27

Virginia courts still take the lead.
Judge Harrison, of Winchester, has
just decided that rich wives who en-
ploy their poverty stricken husbands
on a farm must allow them enough
salary to enable them to pay their
honest debts.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-27

A large boulder. 10 feet high and Is
feet in diameter, is the monument
over Joe Jefferson's grave. 1t is sug-
gestive of the great actors love OF
nature.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-27

"It is" says the Florence (Ga.)
Times, much more comfortable. both
to yourself and the rest Of the world.
to be a pleasant ass than an unpleas-
ant bear" But why be either an ass
or a bear?
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-27

Down in New Hampshire recently a
man swan mile for the purpose of
being on time at his wedding. Even
at that he probab'v had to wait for
the bride to put the finishing touches
,on her primping.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-27

1t is only slight consolation to
be assured that the man who invented
the torpedo cane will get his just dues
in the next world.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-27

Harvard almost WON in the great
rowing race with Yale. but the almost
counts for no more in this worlds af-
fairs than the never-did.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-27

Mosquitoes routed gang of Italian
laborers at Corona, L. 1. Most of us.
indeed, are forced to Strike" when
the MOSQUITO gets to work.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-27

The New York World gravely asks:
Are pretty teachers best?" Homely
old ladies' will consider such a ques-
ton ridiculous.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-27

Woman is a lucky creature. She is
never without one great comfort. No
matter what happens she can revel In
a good cry.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-27

The price of cotton went up a dol
lar a minute in Wall street the other
day. Some of the lambs must have
had nothing but wool.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-27

All the members of the University Of
Pennsylvania rowing crew have been
marked deficient in their studies. The
University OF Pennsylvania must sadly
lack local pride.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-27

Philadelphia is really waking up.
The people of that city have discov-
cred that the grade crossing ought to
be abolished.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-27

It was just as hot last summer and
will be again next summer. Don't be
1ieve the fellow who talks otherwise
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-27

An Englishman has succeeded in
growing jet black roses. But why
have roses II they're not red?
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-27

1t must be easy to invent war cries
in Russia; for instance, there's the
governor of LODI: abolish Obolosh-
eff!"
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-27

This year 1t is the grape crop that
Is to be failure. 1t is well to know
the worst at once.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-27

Gaynor and Greene probably take a
malicious satisfaction in spending all
their stealings IN Canada.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-27

The great American pie is now made
by machinery, and the next step will
be to have 1t eaten by machinery.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-27

A Denver man who smashed his
automobile rather than run over boy
is In a class all by himeelf.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-27

II there are any other kinds Of trou-
BILE floating around, Russia Il likely
to md them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-13
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The New York supreme court Mon
day, in test case sustained the con-
stitGtiOnality of the law which prohi-
bits the shooting Of live pigeons as a
test of craftsmanship.
Horace II. AthertOn of Lynn, secre-
tary of the Massachusetts Republican
state committee. sent his resignation
to Chairman Talbot, Monday. Mr..
Atherton is to be assistant postmaster
of Lynn and cannot hold political Of
fee.
The death is announced at Fort War
rem. Boston harbor. of Major James c.
Bush, U. S. A.. of the Artillery Corps.
Death was caused by apoplexy. Major
Bush was born in Connecticut iE 1850
He was in the Philippine service and
while there his health Lec;,me impaired
He is survived by a widow and a
daughter.
Sir Mortimer Durand. the British
ambassador, Monday, at Washington,
exchanged notifications with Mr.. Loom
is. acting secretary of state, Of the
treaty recently signed between Great
Britain and the United States by which
other powers, valves extra territorial
rights in Zanzibar.
DIR. Arthur Fl. Gardiner, 81 years old.
specialist, was found dead in his
apartments on Madison avenue, New
York, Monday, from The effects of an
overdose of hydrOcyanic acid. He suf-
fered from bronchitis and used the acid
in minute quantities to relieve night at
lacks of coughing. DIR. Gardeners pa
rents reside in Springfield, Mass.
With large tablespoon rs a weapon.
Michael Czirilla, aged "a Years. whose
trial for homicide was to begin Mon
day, at Philadelphia, hacked himself to
death in his Cell at the county prison.
The prisoner sharpened the spoon on
the wall of his cell and then cut his
throat, severed the arteries in both
wrists and then attempted to disem-
bowel himself. He was found dead by
a Jail attendant.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-13

faster and more scientific game than
any other nine that 1ver represented
the college. Certainly in its sharp
fielding, good base running, consistent
team work and thorough knowledge of
the fine points of the game it has been
superior to the other Maine college
nines this year. Much credit Is due TO
John Irwin, the cOacn who also trained
the championship nine of 1903. The old
professional taught the boys the art OF
inside baseball without any sacrifice
Of clean, fair playing, and developed
signal system which won many runs
and robbed the opposing teams of
many during the season.
Throughout the season there has
been absolute harmony among Coach
Irwin, Manager Putnam, Captain
Clarke and the players, and the only RI
valry has been as to who could do the
most for the college and for the sue
cess of the team. The team has beer
practically the sane throughout the
season SO that only nine men win the
coveted "B" These men are Files,
pitcher and right field: Abbott, catch
er; Greene first base; HOdgdon, second
base; White. snort stop; Stanwood,
third base; Captain Clarke, left field:
Ellis, centre field; and Lewis, right
field and pitcher. Several others have
played on the Varsity during the sea-
son but not enough games to win the
b" They are Piper. right field and
fist base; Pike, second base; Crowley,
third base; Lawrence, right field;
Briggs, centre field; and c. G. Clarke
first base. The college has also had an
exc eptionaliy strong second nine this
spring. which has hot only given the
Varsity good practice. but which has
also had Il schedule OF its own with
school teams, winning seven games and
losing two.
OF the six games in the Main:
Championship series, BowdOin won
four and los; two. 1t won both of the
games with Bates and split even with
Colby ana l.. of Maine. Colby and L.
Of Maine each won t;iee ana lost three,
while Bates won two and lost four.
This makes the standing in the cham
pionsnip series as follows:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-13

Outside Of the championship series
BOwdoin and Bates had an exhibition
game, Memorial day, which EOWdOif
won IL to ). 1t is possible that these
two teams may meet again ut Bruns-
wick during Commencement week for
another exhibition game. During the
term BowdOiE has also beaten Boston
College. Lewiston Athletics, and Port
land, and has lost games to four teams
outside the State; Exeter. Holy Cross
Vermont and Harvard. OF it's IA
games it has won eight ana lost six
AS to the individual members of the
nine there is little TO say, as it mas
been team work and al around de-
velOpment. rather than tie work of in
diviGual stars, which landed the cham
piOnship. Files, who has already been
spoken of, has Won every champions
ship game which he has pitched. The
Boston papers We're lavish in their
praise of his work in the Harvard
game when he allowed the best college
team in the country bat four scattered
hits. He has perfect control, broad
curves and great speed, :iIG. his change
of pace is particularly effective. Moth
ing can rattle him lnI he always does
his best work when in tight places. He
fields his position perfectly and is one
of the best hitterS on the nine, Ills
home run drive to center field in the
Ivy day game being one that will be
talked of here for years to come.
Lewis the second pitcher and right
fielder is Il star in the box for about
half game. but lack; the endurance
to do his best work for n:ne innings.
He is Gardiner boy ARD graduates,
this spring.
Abbott, the little catcher. is n Water
vile boy, and there is TO better man in
the State behind the bat. He plays the
game every minute and makes the
most of every opportunity His throw
ing is feature and has frequently
caught men off first and third. He is
the best base runner on the team and
one of the surest men at the bat.
Greene on first is splendid all round
player. His old position is behind the
Dat but he was needed on first and
played there in II of the II games. He
Is a heavy hitter. Hodgdon on secon
is a Lewiston boy and will be next
years captain. He has covered an
amazing amount of ground and taken
many, chances in every game. He is
only a fair hitter. but has improved,
this year. White at shortstop has been
IN every game but one that the Bow
dom nine has played IN four years and
no Maine college has had better
player for the position in that time.
Moreover he has earned and kept his
place at the head of the batting list.
White is a Lewiston boy and gradu-
ates, this spring. On third Stanwood
mas played in every game except one
He is freshman and was captain Of
the crack Hebron nine, n year ago. He
mas not only more than made good
IN fielding but shares with White the
honor of leading the team in batting.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-13
BASEBALL Notes.

p1rant. shortstop on the Boston Amer
leans. has made Il errors in 80 games,
this season.
Washington and ST. Louis teams have
shot their bolts in the American League
race and are now trailers.
Tannehill has not proven to be much
with the stick, having Secilf. Il - +"
hits this season and all were singles at
that.
Billy Hart who until recently was an
umpire in the American Association, is
now pitching for Columbus in the Tri-
State League.
Jesse Burkett. once the leading batsman
in the baseball world. has played in 40
games, this season. and has battcd at an
average of 1856.
Most Of the league games. Monday
were postponed on account of rain. but
Washington Was favored and managed to
win another game.
hbbaticchio and Necdham Of the Bos
ton Nationals, have each scored two
home runs. this season, the only ones
to be secured by the team.
Moran of the Boston Nationals team.
leads his team mates in batting h:ivlnS
hit the horSehide for an average OF .32i.
while the next nearest in the column IS
Abbaticchio, with an average of .26S.
Boston Journal: Files. the Bowdoin Col
lege pitcher, is clever for a new man. 1t
is his first year in college baseball. ana,
will be a find for somebody He has great
control and speed and fields his position
finely. He pitched last season on the
Peaks Island team.
Setback. left feldcr of the Boston
American team. is the only member of
ITO teau that is batting in tine go class.
Unglaub Is fairly good second falling
,,,.,> uiI,!eI the .aUU marx. while Unison.
the pitcher. who has played IN hut four
games. trails along in the rear WIN a bit-
ting average OF .OS3.
George Tebeau of the Louisville club,
has rctaliated upon the TTi-State League
for stealing some of his players by Undue
ing three men to jump from that league.
They are Stccher, a pitcher. Clay, an out
fielder and Shaw. catcher. Shaw was
with Detroit in 1901. and with Buffalo tn"
next season. In order to secure Shaw.
Tebeau had to purchase his release from
| the Buffalo club.
New York Sun: So far as the figures
themselves are concerned, there iS little
to show that the feeders nowadays have
anything on the fielders of 70 years ago.
First base playing nowadays shows a
marked imprOvem. in the number of
assists ard the bag is played differently
| but comparisons of the outiielderS' work
do not put the od-timerS in Il poor light.
| In 1SS7 Jimmy Fogarty had u assists in
129 games. in 1879 he had T. assists in rs
games while Jimmy Ryan one of the
greatest throwcrs that ever graced the
outer garden, had 50 assists in 10 games
! in 1889. George Browne. a fine throwc-,
| had 20 assists in li9 games in 1901. and
Sebrjng had 81 i'm 136 games In 1885 Mike
Kelly had 90 assists in s., games. There
was more throwing men out at the plate
from the outfeld on a line in those days
| than now. The base running may he fast
er now than then. but as against Wag-
ners 50 stolen bases last year Fogarty
stole 1O2 one season and Johnny Ward Ill,
and in fewer games than Wagner played.
| The Improvement in baseball is more in
team play than individually.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-13
emauami.

NimrOd was a mighty hunter. but
had he hunted in the "Temagami' re-
giOn he would have been a mightier
one. Nimrod hunted for glory bu,
'Temagamians hunt for game. Thos.
Indians who made the first canoe Of
birch bark long ago, were our greatest
tenefactors. The children of these In.
dams know the canoe, and thew know
how to use 1t, and If you go to Tema .
gami this summer they will paddle
your canoe in their own superb wav
They VIII be the best guides Won eyer
had ana they will take you through the
iivers, lakes, forests and hunting
grouh1s their forefathers once callod
home. they will tell you of the tricks
and habits of the bears. beavers. moose
CARIBOU and deer. All. the Indians
Know iof once they were mightier
hunters than ancient Nimrod. Stu
derts VINO camp in summer along the
Temagami lakes are able to do two
years work in one. Business men who
camp under the 1emasami skies never
stop at the hospital or 90 into bank
rul.Is' Easy of access by the Grand
trunk railway System. For informa-
ton address J. Quinlan, d, P. a.. G. r
Ry., Montreal -