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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-08

\ jack Barry thinks Hans Wagner
the greatest Of modern baseball
players. 'Laioie may have ,ome-
thing on the Dutchman in straight
hitting" says Jack, '.but in base
running Wagner has the Frenchman
blocked off mile, whole no one can
compare with the Pittsburg man in
infeld work. Others may be more
graceful but none so effective
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-08

Before touching first base it is adj
visable to touch the ball with the BAT
sufficiently hard to cause it to strike
terra firma, somewhere in ar all
Joining lot.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-08

Connie Mack advises base runners
to touch first base with the left foot
because they can make a shorter
turn in that way" and he is credit
ed with unearthing chunk Of great
wisdom. Suppose it's the right
foot's turn to come down when the
base is reached, what then, oil, Con-
nief
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-08
TELEGRAPHIC TIPS.
(By Associated Pres.

Terre Haute. Ind, Mar s The
convention 81 Indiana miners elect
lea the following officers President
yelling O'connor. and National
Board Member George W Purcell.
Secretary Treasurer Kennedy was
reelected.
Springfield. OPP. Mar. The State
has rested til case IN the riot cases
Roscoe Ridgeway created a sensation
by going on the stand and declaring
under oath that lie was one Of the
rioters. He picked ont several de-
PENDANTS as members of the mob. and
declared they were with him.
Ridgeway was fined 5000 last week
for carrying concealed weapons.
Washington, Mar. SThe PRESS
dent has sent to the Senate the fol-
lowing nominations Postmasters
0hioW 5. Cappeller, Mansfield
West Virginia T. MeCaskes,
New Martinsyille.
o.
Washington, Mar. Mr.. Scott
spoke yesterday afternoon for about
~ hour on rate regulation and when
he closed the Presidents message
On the joint congressional resolu-
ton directing an investigation into.
coal and oil traffic was read. Mr..
Clap then took the floor to deliver a
speech on the railroad rate bill.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-08

The last reports from Keencr was
that he was working on a new ball,
but he hadn't named it yet. Speak
ing OF square balls, what is the
matter with having square UNI
pire?
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-08

We have seen some players in this
neck o the woods who couldn't tell
which was their right and which was
their left foot if you asked real
suddenly.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-08

Fairmont and Clarksburg ought
to have an umpire in the league. A
man from Shinnston or some neufra!
town would fill the bill nicely
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-08

If Hans win only send ,.Bull"
some more players we viii swear that
he is a marvel of grace and BEATTY.
and the next man that says lie looks
like an ice wagon viii have to settle
with us.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-08

We heard fan say the other day
that he was going to circulate a pc
tition 10 have Shinnston moved into
Marion county
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-08

On second thought, it wouldn't do
10 have the umpire come from
Shinnston as they have declared
themselves as being for Fairmont.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-03-08

A new playing schedule for the
p, 0 and W. Va. league has just
been made by John Gruber. sporting
editor Of the Pittsburg Gazette. 4
copy Of the schedule has been sent
to all the club managers for their in
spection, and il viii be voted upon
at the next meeting Of The league
managers which occurs IN Pittsburg
on Saturday, March 10.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-14
FLOWERS FOR EASTER.
Florists Have Unusual Supply-The Lily,
of Course. Is the Fayorite.

Hardly within the memory of the oldest florist
was there such an Easter season as the present
one Thanks to the open winter. flowers are
abundant cheap, comparatively speaking and
beautiful. Thousands of dollars will be spent
on flowers before tomorrow night but people
can be sure of getting the worth of their money
American Beauty roses. for instance are selling
at SlZ TO Slo dozen. whereas a year ago they
were $50 TO S25
Yesterday New York was abloom with flowers
y p[oaoWay was an avenue of lilies. and men,
women and children went along the streets or
boarded cars with pots of blooming flowers
in their arms - -'e'''e
The lily. as always, is the queen of the Easter
mowers. and has been sold in great quantities.
both for churches and for private use This HOS
som is usually associated with Bermuda in the
pubic mind but the home grown lily is taking
the place of the foreign product for only thus
can the spotless purity which has made this
blossom the emblem of Easter be preserved The
Bermuda lilies which are shipped as buds and
open on the voyage stained with pollen when
they arrive. In the case OF the home grown ones
the pollen can be picked out as soon as they
open, and the beautiful blossom, the emblem of
purity remains unsulled till 1t dies.
ott AFTER the my IN popularity come in strong
most florists in response doubtless to popular
demand have the bad taste to decorate the
blooming plants with bows of ribbon or tulle,
sometimes in the same color the flowers.
sometimes in Dresden effects The rambler
roses usually have bows of tulle tied at inter-
walls among the flowers.
The blue hydrangea is one OF the novelties of
the season. and the Killarney rose is dividing
the field with the American Beauty. Among
cut flowers violets and roses are the most popu-
lar. and are sold I'm all sorts OF queer recep-
tacles. The so-caled 'ostrches,'' which are
shown in all the florists windows. are designed
TO hold bunch of violets within their SATIN
covered egg-shaped bodies. The head, which,
like the tail and wings, is covered with feathers,
unscrews TO admit the flowers. Carriages and
coaches, sedan chairs. musical instruments eggs
and baskets of all kinds also used to hold
cut flowers. Hanging baskets. with flowers
sprouting all them. make charming gifts
and little Japanese gardens. with bridges and
pagodas and all the other approved appoint
ments in great demand.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-14
DIES FROM HYDROPHOBIA
Child Had Been Bitten By q Pet
Dog Three Months AgO.

Bitten on the arm last January by her pet dog.
Helen Mcdonald, years old, died in st. John S
Hospital Long Island City yesterday from hydro
phobia. The dogs bite only slight wound.
and the child. whose home is in 7th street, Elm
hurst, received immediate attention from a phys-
clan. The wound healed rapidly and, even though
the dog had disappeared and never returned. was
forgotten.
On Thursday morning the child developed syrnp-
toms OF hydrophobia Mrs. Mcdonald entered a
room where the little girl was at play. carrying
glass Of water. The child became i'll Immediately.
She was seized with violent spasms and began
to froth the mouth. A physician was sum-
moned but he could do nothing, and the little one
was taken to the hospital
With difficulty the child kept In bed at the
hospital The services of several nurses were neces-
sary, and Il physician was in constant attendance.
Her condition grew worse until death ended her
sufferings.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-14

"Why try to make man OF her?' was the main
question put by Principal William McAndrew of
the Girls Technical High School TO the audience
(mostly teachers) at the West Side Auditorium, in
West 57th street. last night Mr.. McAndrew was
lecturing. under the auspices of the public lecture
bureau Of the Board of Education, on THE Edu-
cation OF the Girls and he outlined the theory
underlying the instruction in the city schools He
said. in part:
The schools not chiefly for the repetition
of facts, but educate for efficiency An efficient
woman should be the product of the girls schools
The president of the Board of Education declares
that one rosy checked young woman with good di-
gestion is worth more than ten anRmic maidens
who have mastered the Latin grammar.
The and women who conducting the
schools want 10 graduate the kind of girls
intelligent fathers and mothers desire: girls
dowed with good health. good looks, good brains,
good ideals and good prospects
We school people are prone 10 worship system
forgetting what its original purpose Systems.
curricula and methods designed twenty five years
ago 10 prepare boys for life may fairly be viewed
with suspicion means TO fit the girl of to-day to
become the efficient women of tomorrow. We are
certainly not aiming 10 get our girls ready TO be
men.
There some traits that the vast majority of
people agree upon as being especially and desirably
feminine: Sweetness, agreeableness whatever YOU
pleased call il; grace, beauty gentleneSs. love
Of home, skill in the care of children. Why should
to formulate a clear idea of what the efficient
woman is, and then devise the best daily exercises
they can 70 help each girl achieve that efficiency.
Stereopticon views were shown portraying the
work in the Girls Technical High School.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-14
PRAISES FOR w. c. T. U.
Young LochinUar Tells Union of
Unions About Pioneer Work.

Edward Box comes 10 us for the latest facts
about patent medicines and drugs. and then in
a few months he comes out with an editorial and
says a few words in II about the Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union. But bless his heart. # is
we that have educated him"
Like young Lochinvar. the speaker had come out
OF the West and unlike young Lochinvar he
blew into the monthly meeting Of the New York
County woman's Christian Temperance Union
union OF unions. at Amity Hall yesterday. He was
the Rev. James L. Himrod. OF Los Angeles, and he
gave the women a rattling breezy talk that sent
them home with fresh heart fer the fight they
wsgng.
'once at a convention in Colorado dear sister
whispered across 10 me. II you Woman's Christian
Temperance Union people would only do something
practical" He initiated the dear sisters little
girniet OF voice. Something practical, Why there
hasn't been a cause before the American people
that the Homan's Christian Temperance Union Pc
pie haven't pioneered in il. We small be remembered
more for what we have got others 10 do than for
ence Kelley acknowledged to me that even the
work Of the Consumers League for children was
suggested by a remark OF our sainted Frances
Having paused TO congratulate Mrs. Jennie Fow-
Ter Willing on having used the word 'idevii several
times in her address and not being afraid to call
name Mr. finnrod who is tan and sunburned sur
veyed fondiy the little bow in his left lapel
f'Our little bow of white ribbon has saved many
more than We shall ever know" he said. only
the other day was in the Central station in Chi
csgo when a young woman rushed up TO me, the
tears streaming down her face. and grabbed both
M ARE yo U % @ SO s qq to en have she 9s cried led
vantage ot me. for don't think saw you
told how she had been sent with only her ticket and
no money 10 be met by her brothers. who lived in
stranded. When / saw your bow of white ribbon
she wound UP. knew would be all right 1
70 SF M o ond % as sg they van all rode
on hand said one OF them TO me. So was l."
New-York tribune., 1906-04-14
TRANSFERS At my TINE.
Railzcay Company's Nezc Ruling
Illegal, Says Magistrate.

Magistrate Whitman ruled yesterday in the
case of John Fallon. of No. 100 West Hath
street who was arrested in a fight over trans
fer that 'if the man paid his fare he was en-
titled to a transfer at any time he asked for It,
at any time during the trip no matter what the
rules of the company are"
Samuel Croll. conductor Of Madison avenue
car. refused to give Falon a transfer because
the latter did not ask for 1t when he paid his
fare. Falon then tore transfer from the con-
ductor's pad Of transfers. In court yesterday
Magistrate Whitman asked Croll:
Did he pay his fare?"
Yes" said Croll.
Are you sure he paid his fare?"
Yes, he was among the first to do So
Then he is entitled to transfer at any time
or place on the line that he asks for it,"
Fallon was discharged Immediately.
The justices of the Court of Special Sessions
issued yesterday the following quotation from
section of the Railroad act:
Every such corporation (streetcar) shall, upon
demand and without extra charge give to each
passenger paying one single fare a transfer,
titling such passenger to one continuous trip to
any point portion of any railroad embraced
in such contract For every refusal 10 comply
with the requirements of this section the COM
pany so refusing shall forfeit 500 to the ag
grieved party.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-14
LOOKS LIKE A SWINDLE.
Hotel O,Cner Paid $3.50 to Keep His
Name Ont of Newspapers.

While In the West Side police court yesterday
on a charge of violating the smoke ordinance,
Jacob Rothschild owner of the Hotel Majestic,
turned to a reporter and said: You are not
going to write anything on this case are you?
The reporter said he was and asked Mr..
Rothschild why he wanted his name kept out Of
the papers.
There was considerable surprise when MI.
Rothschild replied:
why. paid $3.50 to become a member OF an
association which agreed to keep my name out
of the newspapers. and the OF the hotel
also. The man also asked for my photograph. to
be placed in the rooms of the association
Mr.. Rothschild even more surprised when
the reporter told him he had never heard OF
such an association. He said later that he had
raid the amount to man whose name he could
not remember last December. Mr.. Rothschid
intends to make investigation of the "asso-
ciaton.'
He was held in $500 bail for trial in Special
Sessions.
George w. Sweeney. proprietor of the Hotel
Victoria and the Hotel Marlborough and presi-
dent of the Hotel Mems Association of America,
was arrested and released in $500 bail. He will
be arraigned in the police court this morning.
Mr.. Andrews, superintendent of the Edison
works, was held in 800 bail for trial.
The following were arrested for violating the
smoke law and many of them were held for
trial:
Edgar c. Mccall. assistant superintendent of
n fax factory at 57th street and Eleventh ave-
nue.; Charles Shauern, superintendent of a
cooperage factory al No 629 to Gal West 51st
street; Eugene G. Ludin, treasurer of the New
York Bottling Company; Gustav Tall, engineer
of the w. & j. Sloane Building, at No. SS4
Broadway; Peter Tafton. engineer of the Knick-
erbocker Building at No. 30 Fifth avenue; Ben
jamin Weekes, superintendent Of kindling fac
tory at No. 40S to 412 East 3lst street; Peter
u ~ No N RI Sfr
Friedlander superintendent of the Jacob Doll
piano factory at No. 4O6 East Both street; Fred
Whitman. engineer at the Mills Hotel No. ], and
Fred Duse proprietor of kindng factory at
No 1lOS to 1112 First avenue.
Many of the alleged offenders have pleaded In
court that they were unable to get hard coal.
DR. Bensel, of the Health Department said last
night that the department did not care what
was used for fuel as long as the law was not
violated.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-14

and then he added: "One woman will slpport one
tent at Ss.OO; one woman viii give toward the
support of one tent $1,000, and another woman will
are the men|'
The special services held at the Young Women,
Christian Association, No East 18th street, dur
ing Lent have been largely attended Not only
Were the SIX sermons given Tuesday evenings
Vela Wla, popular, but the midday services of Holy
gave up half Of their luncheon hour to attend.
Women do you realize that sin leads to death1
mat SIN Is an abomnation TO the Lord? That
Christ came 10 give you eternal Iifee" demanded
slender young woman in an up-to-date spring
gown addressing audience Of handsomely
gowned women seated in gilded chairs in a glitter
ing ballroom on Fifth avenue. Then she launched
into birthstone" exhortation that one Of the
audience said reminded her of the good old DAYS
when evangelists did refer timidly TO the hor-
rors Of hell.
AT the close Of the address an old fashioned
testimony meeting" followed, with familiar HYMNS
II was win no thought Of notoriety publicity
that invitations 10 the Thursday Afternoon Draw
ing Room Talks About Christ at the Hotel St
Regis We're sent out by a company of earnest
young women Instead Of turning their attention
10 me heather in foreign lands or to the Goddess
conceived the idea that Christian Influences may
be extended TO fashionable circles '
Ohe year ago, In response invitations sent by
Miss Edith Thompson of No. a East 9th street and
one eiT @ me me Misses Duncan a class OF thirty
LED In Bible study by Miss Duncan. In December
now resumed with four meetings this month The
class had formerly met in the homes of the girls
at HS@ Ss Eeaqfes Ree;s b large room and the ballroom
wlches and coffee frappe are served the close
of the meeting. ~ 'oSe
Miss Duncan is a member of the committee for
tEorthnSia ana mas charge of the sewing class al
dhe oi,,. Firth Avenue Presbyterian Church Of this
New-York tribune., 1906-04-14
INTERF4MILY STRIFE.
Nineteen Children, Backed by Moth
ers, Join an Combat.

Nineteen children ranging from three to six
teen years old. had battle royal in the halls
of the tenement house at No 423 East 114th
street yesterday afternoon Cousins to the num-
ber of a dozen more lined up as reserves The
din Of conflict completely drowned the noise of
the adjacent elevated railroad and collected a
crowd of several thousand excited Italians
Mrs. Rafael Segrau keeps little grocery store
in the basement where she lives with her flock
of nine On the floor above, with offspring num-
bering ten Mrs. Teresa Verrosa dwells. Ven
delta conditions have prevailed in the house for
some time. but active hOstilities have been
avoided until yesterday. when Mrs. Verrosa's
daughter Anita, aged three quarrelled with Mrs.
Segratis Ermengolda. The two had reached the
face scratching stage, when it became an inter-
family affair, each child selecting an antagonist
OF about equal size. Finally the two mothers got
at it, and even a few neighbors, inspired with
the spirit Of battle, joined in.
The battle cries and the shriells of the
wounded attracted Patrolman Marx, but even
the awe-inspring blue uniform failed to sup
press the conflict. At last by main strength, the
officer arranged armistice, and took the Op-
posing forces 10 the police court The two
mothers made counter charges Of disorderly
conduct. While they were waiting to be called
which small Segrati grabbed. Instantly hos
tilities We're resumed. Two thirds of the COM
batants were girls, but it took all the court off,
GERS to quell the tumult
When the was called Magistrate Cornell.
through Interpreter Wilhelmina severely lect-
ured the crowd. Wilhelmna was ordered to
roast them numerically in their own tongue.
He evidently obeyed instructions, for his jere-
miad punctuated by walls from the youth
full combatants. The hostile elements left court
glaring at each other.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-14
LADY COOK AIDS OLIVE LOGAN.
Tennessee" Clahin Goes to Old Friends
Help with $10O Check.

Olive Logan. the author OF Surf" who had her
husband arrested for non-support. received check
for slO0 yesterday from her old friend. Lady Fran
els Cook, who was Tennie c. Tennessee Claf-
lin.
The two women, although close friends have not
met in ten years. Lady Cook read the report of
her old friends troubles and Immediately forward
ed 500. Mrs. Logan will leave her present apart
ment at No. 256S Seventh avenue, and says she will
start literary career though she is sixty
seven years old.
Tennie c. Clahin is of the famous Clafin
sisters. who started bank in Wall Street under
the name of Woodruff & Claflin. They became
great friends OF the big fnancers and made money
Commodore Vanderbilt gave the sisters q costly
painting. They figured in the Beecher-Tiltoa case
In 1885 Tennie c. Clain married to Sir Francis
Cook, wealthy Englshman, who died in 1sOl leav-
ing 10 her q fortune.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-14
tgon7e7 in the Churches.

There will be an Easter celebration for mothers
snd children NJ the Bloomingdale Day Nursery.
NO IA West 9sth street, this afternoon Mrs. Jud-
son Lawson, chairman of the house committee. has
the AFFAIR in charge.
Ter or twelve women vii! go delegates from
the various Baptist churches of this city attend
the annual meeting OF the Women's Baptist For
egn Mission Societies, 10 be held in Philadelphia
on April Is and - Among them are Mrs Florence
Smith Mason Mrs. Robert Harris, Mrs. Frank
Gooochd and Mrs. Richard Hartley
meeting in the interests of the Chinatown
Rescue Settlement, whose headquarters are at No.
II Mott street, held at the home OF William J.
schiefiin. No. East Goth street. last Wednesday
afternoon, for women only Mrs. Barrett, one of
the founders Of the Florence Crttenden Mission
came came fT9m N2Ia Richmond purPosely 70 make an ad
IN the settlement. also spoke.
The womens Missionary and Benevolent Society
and the Young Peoples Society OF Northminster
presbyterian Church viii give a reception in the
new church building, No. III West I5th street next
thursday evening. April 1s. at o'clock. Addresses
WI WI Be 6e Ha6e by the Rev. DR. J, Lyon Caughey.
Ile heE. walter L3idlaw, the Rev. Thomas w
Smith. James Yereance and Everett J. Essestyn
The second annual meeting OF the Girls Friendly
Society Of ST Mary's Church held last Tues
gay evening al the church No. lGl Lawrence street
The rector. the Rev. H. r. Hulse. made an address
Mrs Alfred r. Page VIII speak before the class
"a Indian mission studies next Friday morning al
y o'clock at the assembly room Of the Reformed
Nv Wa No . East I'd street. on The Prisoners
~ the mass meeting held in Carnegie Hall under
me auspices Of the evangelical committee of New
York the presiding officer the Rev DR. Wilton
Merle smith. IN describing the needs of the work
tor The coming summer. said that several cburche,
Peu l" support tents during the season.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-14
CLUB CAN'T PROTECT PONDS.
Public May Fish in Those of Ten Acres or
More in New Hampshire.

Concord, n. H. April lathe right of the
public to fish in ponds of New Hampshire hay-
ing an area of ten acres more, constituting
public waters Is upheld In decision just handed
down by Judge Pitman. of the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals, in the famous Percy
Sumner Club case. which has been before tba
courts for number of years.
The club, which owns large tract Of land n,
the northern part or the state. surrounding a
pond or more than ten acres in area sought m
prevent any but members of the club from fish
ing in this pond This attempt was taken into
court hnally being carried TO the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals which has now dsnfeS
the right of the club to prevent the public from,
fishing ir the pond, and assessed upon the club
the costs OF the case.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-14
Mems HA rs.

A half-dozen of the leading hat-maS-
ers in the United States send their best
products to WANAMAKER's- the
variety. Men of every age and taste are
bound to be suited-bound to secure a
hat that is becoming to their age, face
and figure.
Hundreds of pleased men are enthusi-
astic about the style of Wanamaker hats.
Wouldn't you like to be among thems
And, you understand, if your hat
doesn't match up tomorrow with the re
mainder of your apparel, that very fact
will make it all the more conspicuous.
Derbies. at So. $3.50, So. $3.50, So and SO.
Silk and Opera Hats. at So, So and $3.50.
Soft Hats. at So TO Sis.
The Habis-that Derby from Vienna, is
SIS. 1t is the lightest Derby made.
Second floor. Ninth street.