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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-01-25

Jefferson City, Jan. 2.--A motion
was fled in the supreme court Tuesday
by Attorney General Hadley asking
that the court consider the same briefs
in the case pending here to determine
the right Of witnesses to refuse to en-
swer questions as are filed in the New
York court. It Is stated as probable
that oficers Of the Republic OIL COM
pany Will 30 called as witnesses.
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London, Jan. sl.--The East Cr
Bromsgsove division d Worcester
shire has reelected Joseph Austen
Chamberlain, liberal unionist. eldest
son Of Joseph Chamberlain and for
mer chancellor II the exchequer. By
the immense majority Of over 1000.
The full returns are: Liberals, 27a;
unionists, i2l; Irish nationalistss 79;
lAborltes, AZ.
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rrainr snoMboulla 4 coIorado.

\ Durango, Col, Jan. 24--A passen-
ger train on the Denver q Rio Grande
railroad that had been snowbound on
Cumbres range since Thursday reached
Durango Tuesday. The passengers
who were cooped up in the train four
days, obtained provisions and coal
from the section house and suffered
only in Inconvenience. A large force
Ii shoyellng through the slides u
Animas Canon in an effort to open the
road to Silverton. No train has come
from there since wednesday.
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indianapolis. Ind. Jan. 2l-The
coal operators Of the Central cooper
ativo district, comprislng the states
Of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and II
lInols. win hold district and commit
~ meetings at the headquarters Of
re operators wednesday morning for
the purpose Of unilying the several
propositions which they propose to
present 70 tho United Nine Workers
N the Joint conference which begins
Thursday morning
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STEAMER ON ROCKS.
The Valencia Reported Ashore at
Cape Beale, Vancouver.
CREW AND PASSENGERS MAYBE LOST
Daring a Heavy Gale and Fog the Boat
Seems to Have Gone Out Of Her
Course Rescue Party for IA,
Their Relief.

n v,ctog,a Ian 24.--With "a pas
saneers Ana about sixty in her crew
tha ataanar valencia vent ashore
aho,,t "A mics aast " Cana Beale in 4
,b,cE fog about u O'clock Monday.
nlght she was IN the rocks against
I biph elf Ana likely 10 20 to pieces
~ anv tIma on heats crew 81 Xix
NAN ,,aachaa fyane Raale T,uesday about
ann ma snrvivors sav that a great
n,,mhar were drowned II trying to
Nave ne shin s
sN,ne man sot ashore abdnt flfteen
,niIes fran bsre, TWO men We're priss
\ rars 81 tha face N tba cliff unable
~ u. IN r. hack r. tha shin. The
al III win l,Ixaly reach diem when tie
MAJ N MIN T,ha rna,, .rerort eorr,e pa-
shet,c soensa one ladv dropped her
chIld ,nto nv saa q trSine d hand Il
n MI huaband 4 llttIe boy " Ave
sgas runnsne around the declt irving,
" AM M ynotbar VIA Il among those
drowuad
1harA ,vsre San fek nersons on the
M Tritb s1r,oS.l certsin daatb staring
shar, Il, nv sscs Tha ataaTaes Queen
~, s..s'i 49, u. ~ 49, ~. AZ rracr
- r.ra uas,a r. 3 - v IA, ys,ard
!. ma sc,.rarr M. y nv anfrance
!. 3 r IN sr,,,A
= NJ 'S 1880 y II ,ror sorrow
AZ y ~ ..ns a.a s oS9 !
s ~. 4 A'vy0 ,.s u u ~
~ s.'.'.. = q VIZ ~ ~. Nh. - !, 90
~ 49,, \. !, 4 49, " ph,Isdsinh,s
,s.,.,...' VIII ~. -. MI, sn.i, +he vsisy-
T.. ~ u ". ~ y. 800 t,, ~ ~
~ was $1,000 ..' = III !. ,, Nv. u $500
1nspsss $3.50 a = w Ss''. $50 ~ NO
c3nssylps SiVops y anu Alo ~
Fnl.lp'nes.
Lne msveLClOs,ca s.aslon lepolM NJ
tnal gaze nas peen n plvslsss II
me lslAnu COAST !or sns pss. wy NY
Vn vancouver islana 2 Veloc'.y Y W
y mics IN nour was reporter. = Nv
mendous sea sweeps ~ on tne fochs
near cape Beaie n heavy weather win
nigh breakers
Captain James Gaudin, agent OF ma
rine, who received the tirat message q
the disaster from the light keeper Ct
Carmanah bay when asked his opiu-
ion AZ to the urohable scene Of the
wreck said Il was possibIy. az far Is
M could tnase from dlspatches 1t
Pachebs nav which a Ahout half way
betw IN 1Io-oos 4 y, anS n zane neale
aansrat,ne M 80 no,5,s l.
strefeh Il coast ,Ins nrnheb,v fan
miles lone s,,vbslv nesrer f,sne
pasl. ,bsr c,,o.ooss Z. / 49, tno,s,
g psee ''' y ne NJ, s6sranc ~ - vS,ch
80 ~ rr,a-,os. ~ Ma ,,,.,,s ~
which M Steamer MIchIrsn wSs a
wrecked about ten years ago. Capt.
Gaudin believes It win be on these
Helfsame rocht that the valencia hat
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Topeka. Jan. "a The aemi-centen-
tennial promoters expect about 500
delegates from different Kansas towns
here next Monday to attend the first
big state meeting to boom the 1911
fair. In addition TO the delegates APP
pointed by oflcIals and commercial
organizations the centennial people
have invited every member Of the
Kansas legislature to attend
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THR STATEHOOD cONTEST.
The Hamilton Bill Admitting -Four TER
ritoriea as Two States to Have
a Strong Opposition, IN

Washington, Jan. Representa-
tive Hamilton (AIich.) chairman Of the
house committee on territories Tues.
day submitted d favorable report on
the Hamilton Joint statehood bill
which provides for the admission o.
Oklahoma and Indian territory as the
state Of Oklahoma and provides Joint
statehood for.New Mexico and Arizona
under the name Of Arizona.
The democratic members Of the
committee presented aminority report
IN opposition to the Hamilton bill.
Mr.. Lloyd, the democratic whip, said
Tuesday night that he expects to be
able To have at least 1876 democrats IN
the house Wednesday to vote against
the rule preventing amendments 70
the Hamilton bill. Nearly Is repub,
lIcans are out Of the city ana both the
forces are working hard to gather n
absenteea.
Although the Insurgents say they
feel sure they will have plenty q
votes, more conservative members o.
the anti-joint statehood force admit
that six Of these votes may fail themt
but that under no condition can Their
fan to have less than 80 votes against
the rule. This number is sufficient %
defeat the republican organization Z
It does not succeed in raIlying most Of
lls abaentees.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-01-25

washington, Jan. 2l,-The eight
hour law cannot be abrogated for
work on the Panama canal. and canal
commissioners can receive additional
compensation besides their salaries %
commissioners. The two changes IN
the urgency deficiency appropriation
bill now under consideration IN the
house waspthe net result Of Tuesdays
aansion.
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Kansas city, No, Jan. 2i.-The Ques-
tion Of the quashing the Indictments
against Fred Dumont Smith. Kansas
STATE senator; +. +. Ryan, formerly
government land inspector IL western
Kansas. and Roscoe Wilson. postmas-
ter At Jetmore, Kan, who are charged
With conspiracy to violate the land
laws 81 the United states. was taken
under advissment Tuesday By Judge
Philips IN the Federal court
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FREIGHT RATES PROTECT STANDARD


chanute, Kan, Jan. 2l.-Ths indie
pendent oil reAners Of Kansas have
mailed 10 James r. Garfield, commits
sioner Of corporations sof the depart
ment Of commerce and labor. an ap-
peal for justice against the alleged con-
spiracy between the Standard OIL com
pany and the railroads to shut Kansas
oil out Of the market. The retiners who
signed the appeal are Clifford Thorne,
IA. y. Robertson, r. 8. Bennett. g, w.
Wabster, ]. M. Cameron, H.A Kaessman,
b. o. MCGEE and o. b. Martin. These
men own eight reflneries now III oper-
atom besides two In course Of erection
at Atchison and Kansas city, Kan,
They have invested more than s1,QO0-
900 IN refineries, tank cars storage
tanks, wagons and barrels.
They claim that by reason Of . con-
spiracy between the Standard OIL COM
pany and the railroad system Of the
southwest, particularly those railroads
operating in Kansas. Missouri, Nebras-
ka, Arkansas, Iowa and the territories
Of Oklahoma and Indian territory, they
are limited to the state Of Kansas for
a market for their refined oil; that 70
all points outside 81 Kansas the freight
rates on all the products Of crude pet
troleum are unreasonably high and.
have been maintained at such unreast'
onably high rate for the express pur-
pose and for no other purpose than
to confine business Of the independent
reGners to the state Of Kansas.
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Carthage, Mo-. Jan 24,-The first
through train on the White River
route n the Missouri Pacific railway
left Carthage, Mo-. Sunday mornine
for Newport, Ark. But the new train
did not get out Of Missouri When
last heard from II was stuck at Bran
SON, In the southern part Of fancy
county, with 4 landslide in front and
a snowdrift behind. NSl
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Canton, Jan. "a. Serious trouble
threatens to break out % q result Of
tire vlceroys scheme for taxation in
order to raise revenue for the construc-
ton Of the Canton Hankow railway.
The merchants guilds are determined
on retaliatory strike and the vicercy
threatens the leaders with decapitation.
Three Chinese gunboats have been
summoned here from Shanghai.
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Chicaeo. Jan. zt-Geo. ". G. Cush-
Inc, tor many ysars identified Win
several railroads Intending the chica-
20 a Northwestern. the Union Pacific
ne Missouri, kansas 3 Tlxns and the
Denver q Rio 0rnnae. hs superintfn-
dent disd htfo Monday. BE Ea1 born
q Portland IA, IN Ie,s.
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Girl saved Two Passenger Trans.
Harrisburg, Pa, Jan. 24-TWo pas
sensor trains on the Northern Central
railway Tuesday were savod from b.
ing wrecked By Mary Mccall. aged 10
Year,, the daughter Of 4 track-valkef,
living ct clarks Ferry. The girl saw
huge boulder ron from the noun
laia side onto the tracks near her
home. Taking a lantern she ran
down the track and stopped he DFis
express within fsw yards q the OBJ
slruction. she then hurried n ne
other direction and stopped another
Erio fast train.
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IIranee AIslated ths RsvoIatlonist.

Caracas, Jan. 20, via Port Of Spain.
Jan, 24.--The Franco-v Venezuelan corr
respondence which the Constitutional
has been publishing fully, demon
stratas, 1t is claimed, the connivance
Of the French government IN the Ma
tos revolution. II Is added that the
fact that the French cable company
had been the French governments best
news carrier justified tie action BY
the government against the company.
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New York, Jan. 2l.-There was
practically no change in the printers
strike situation Tuesday Both the
Typothetas and the leaders Of the
strike declared that everything was
progressing to their satisfaction.
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Port Of Spain. Island Of Trinidad,
Jan. "a. THE French cruisers Dasalx
and Juren De La Graviere sailed IRON
here Tuesday. Presumably for Ia Quail
"a. Venezuela.
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saraioEA n 2, Jan. 2f-1uslice
Henry T. kellogg, a ihe New YORK
tl4in supreme court 1ubsdly handed
down a doci1ion o4lfrnilns tho De-
muIrg inllEporad lg Jsme1 r Hrdo
% ne complaint n ths arilon 1foasht
hy Nh MarY s YONG asainst ne
Equitable In Assurance 8ocelr nd
NJ hyde and olheI1 Tts palroat O.
Ma Io1ns's action 3 g compel 4
llsllihdli11 q - e1lrIns a a.
Eld|lsa,s aoll, q VIA ~ "a
.'7r,aa'.'' 80 F. lf,|'g t.l,.s
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Nnichez, Miss. Jan. 2l.-The boiler
Of the steamer Helena. a 5o-tnn tow
boat, exploded Tuesday morning, s.
miles above Natchoz Pilot jose Roth
was thrown into tie river and
drowned Capt. Dan Scott and I've
white men Of the crew were injured.
ona. Henry shea. fatally. All Of The
men i've n Matches
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Kansas City, Jan a--Close Wheat.
STEADY May 7sK July 15H; September
~. cash-No, hard 10s1ii; No. ) no
%: No. I red o2dei; No. Eqel. Corn
steady; May on July foli Cash No. .
mirsd %, No. white iils1IilF; No s1s.
oalb-atcady No. Z white nA11zski No. 2
mixed g.
chlcago, Jan. ai-Cash-ff heat-sNo. :
s, No. hhfd sif1i; No, northern So
M; No. I northern of1eI; No spring a
on. cofn-No. tlltt No. i1onx. Oats
NO : 81 No. ootoE
81 Iuuin. ian. H-close- Fheat-zoW.
sri No caah alsvatof 400; track el4N;
Nay 1fHi Iulv NH. No. hard 11,1
coln-r5uarf No. cash r.ti frack 90
q Alay N7Ef; 1uly t'E uata-1leady
fcl cs1ht futures lower No c1a1 ~;
irack ultG1t llsT IN No ! Vhile ~
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MARKETS By TELEGRAPH.


Kansas City, Jan 24--Cattle Beef
steers, SlOoa6.0o western fed steers, 1850
6s.b0; native COWS and heifera. e2oo06oo;
native slockers, sa5o9lso. HogB. s, lod6.to
Sheep, SAb01G0o; spring lambs Ss-S0l.to,
Chicago, Jan. M.--cettle -Prims steers,
ssOGs Is; steckers and feeders. = lo9i. %;
COWS and heifers u.lo6410. Hogs-mlxed
and butchers. $5.ioG6G, Sheep. Ss4sdo.9o
native lambs. s1a06745A
st. Louis, Jan 2L.-Beef steers, ss.ooQe.oo
stookors and feeders, R.500a.7b; cows and
holfers. t2bo0A8; Texas steera, a,l5et5o
Hogs Pigs and lights ellS15eQ Sheep
NATIVES, iSo9ebo Lamhl seeoGl,A
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a public park. hen the city obtain
ed possession of the tract covered by
the dam and lake, many roads and
bridges had to be done away with.
These have been replaced by the con-
struction of SO miles of macadamiZei
road along the shores of the lake.
Where the Croton was once but .
narrow river, its character has been
50 changed it becomes a great Lake,
2400 feet across at the dam breast,
filling the valley behind it for nearly
20 miles and spreading at Hunters
Brook TO an extreme width of two
miles. Three miles from the new dam
is the old Croton dam, once regarded
as a wonderful structure, when the
waters have risen to the top OF the
new dam the top of the old CrotOn
dam will be o5 feet below the sur
face
The new dam is divided into three
sections. The main dam extends l.
400 feet from the south side Of Croton
valley TO a point where spilIway and
bridge span begin. The spillway.
1900 feet in length. 4 steel arch
bridge 200 feet long follows the
straight line a the main dam and
over this and he top of the main dam
is a highway 81 feet wide After the
water passes the spillway it flows un-
der the bridge Water that has risen
to the top of the spllway will lie l6
hA of h., bt,rl,
When New York unde took the con
struction of a new dam considerable
time was spent in the vitality import
ant matter of selection 0. site. At
first a site a mile and an eighth farther
down stream was chosen, but no con-
struction was ever begun at this point
Borings were made all over the valley
before final decision was made and
work began. II was found necessary
70 penetrate to the solid rock for a
foundation, and not until depth of s.
feet was solid rock reached. On this
firm foundation has been reared the
most enormous piece of masonry in
the world. It is 300 feet long from
the south end OF the main dam to the
north end of the spillway. At Its base
It Is 2!6 feet thick, and this tapers to-
ward the top, where it is ten feet
across at the top Of The main dam.
The slope of the inner Nall is very
Slight That the reader may have
some appreciation Of the size OF the
new dam, we reproduce well sum
married. information concerning the
ktupeudoua eng!Reerin. feat The
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Fashions for Children

, loo.a iacknf of tan royprt cloth inst
rho thirg for cool spmmer days and
,.ar,. nroit,. vim , .aiior OF hurpt.
gtr,y
Iiroo,io hats vacb hat. which can
ba aasiIv nulled anart and nut TO.
,,o,bar aeair aro in evidence oynry-
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ooI,r,d ,.ash ,na.erlols and thera ar,
.nno of .iIk
,rbo o,, ,,ioco ,rocl ror,i,uoe tbs
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'ar, ro,,g ladv tho qkirt l. n,dn
a,..ran,oi,, ehnrt hoI, ,roced Iow ,bo
,,Iaits rn, don., to MA holt and tho
s,I,,oss ,,,iou, as sx,ro,ne &C tho sl.i,t',
hra,ity Thore aro many short .s,eavad
s,,al,s. nra,ty f,sl,ion for children
,i.,a.. oia.a,,- havo sncb adorahre
rh, .oflor .rit for email b,v. hoe
...,,n,a, - ,o,.or and tho streots oro
a,rad MIN din,i,u,i,n saiInr
ria xorfo,l. Ia m,,y adror.
T. ~ nonniar .. ary ,nodo1s nm
,ha ,norI.o, Changes in hovs, fas,
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I 70 be guarded against is crushing
There is the pressure of the height of
water behind the dam to be met by
sufficient resistance and the crashing
Of ice when the spring floods come. In
the new CrOtOn dam, which is the eli
max of masonry dams, the most ia
nous engineers have handled these
! problems.
The layman is perhaps better able
to appreciate in some small degree the
skill required, the care necessary, in
construction OF such a work as the
Croton dam, by glancing at great
works built elsewhere that have
proved in some vit2l point weak, in
adequate.
In looking over the subject Of dam
/ building and the great dams OF the
world, the writer comes upon the
chronicle of what is spoken of as
! dam failures" learns that the com
mon causes of failure are, sliding on
the base or on some horizontal Joint
OyertIrning; fracture due to tension,
crushing, in the case Of masonry
dams; and, rarely, the breaking mn
and washing away from the ton 1ov.o-
ward The most disastrous reservoir
failure of recent days, was that cen.
orally alluded to as the Jobnstovp
food, when 1000 people lost their
lives and between s3000.0OO and "a
Goo,o0O worth of property was destroy
ed. The South Fork dam, an earth
dam built about three miles above
Johnstown was carried away ana the
reservoir emptied itself in abouf A.
minutes. The failure here was an in
sufficient wasteway. The origina,
specifications for the dam called for
waterway 40 feet wide; at the time Of
the disaster the way was but 100 feet
in width.
In 1890 the Walnut Grove dam in
Arizona, one of the highest rock I'm
dams ever built, failed, and many
lives were lost thereby An made
quate opillway is thought to have
caused this disaster The walnut
Grove dam was 10 feet I'm height
about ten feet thick at the top, 40
feet at the base. Granite blocks com
posed both faces, the dry-face walls
% feet thick at the base and FIVE at
th> tCp a very heavy rainfall ana
the inadequate spillway worked the
ruin Defective foundation and very
heavy rainfall lasting several DAYS.
caused the failure Of the dam on the
Colorado river at Austin. T.1aA
which occurred in April. 1904
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the channel crossed in modern times
by Capt Webb
Then let us take the celebrated Mar
athon race. when phidippides ran IRON
the battlefield OF Marathon Ia Athens
to tell the great news, and arrived
there and fell dead from exhaustion.
In lS96 The winner OF the Marathon
race in the revived Olympian games.
made the distance between Marathon
and Atheny In less time than II IS estt-
mated the famous race of history was
run, and though greatly iatigucd at'the
finish. declared after an hours rest
thai he felt strong enough to run
again
An interesting feature IN oar com
parison is the part taken by Ameri-
cans, an intensely modern people, in
the games of classic renOWu. writer
in the New Yor, Tribun, says: The
Greek of to-day at all events has
proved himself inferior to the Amcri
can in tn sport which Homer speaks
of a, tn" delight Of the most ancient
Hellenic kings Greatly disappointed
by their failure 10 capture tn" foot
race prize, the Greeks at the Athcnlan
games Of 1896 were certain r. victory
in throwing the discus. The Greek
contestants who preceded the foreign
participants. made this feeling ot tri-
umph in the hearts Of the AthcnIan
spectators all the HOrc sure. they
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The dam just completed which is to
add $4,000, 100000, 1000 gallons of water
to New Yorks city's water supply, is
the largest dam in the world. We
have heard great deal Of the Assuam
dam in Egypt built to control the ir-
rigating floods of the Nile, but the
Assuam is more OF ? oikc than a
dam, and though longer than the Gro
ton dam its height is but 20 feet to
the sol feet of the other.
England has the notable Vryny dam.
France the Furens, Belgium the Gilep-
pc, the three great dams of Europe;
the new Croton dam is larger than
these three combined.
1t has taken ii years to construct
this work and cost $7,7c0,000. In the
labor OF construction there has been a
noiicably small loss OF life compared
with other undertakings of this kind.
Some men were killed by premature
explosions and there were a few other
accidents but, Mr.. Coleman, the chief
OF the firm of contractors which built
the dam, says there has been less
loss of life in the work on the Croton
dam than on any other similar work
IN the history of such operations.
Once The work was retarded a short
time by strike, and for three weeks
the Seventh regiment was kept busy
at the dam; but no other serious dis
turbance interfered.
The great stretch of land below the
nav dam beionps To tho cjtv and thiS
has been graded and will be ma e into
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proach is being taken away, that va
Yankees are not the inferior folk ply
sically John Bun used to say we were
Eas. and west gather the men for the
Olympic games, for even the east now
recognizes the western athlete There
is Archie Hahn. milwaukee, Athletic
association. who will compete in the
100 meter dash, and f. II. Moulton
Kansas CITY Athletic association. in
the i0O meter run. f. B. Glover, Chi
cago Athletic association. Is recognized
as one OF the best pole yauters in tho
west
In the Olympin games held in 1886
the Americans won all of the short
foot races, and Thomas Burke. OF Bos-
ton, had such an easy time Of it in tha
100 meter race that he slackeued hII
last few steps TO u walk Asked why
the Greeks fell behind, he said they
wcrH like high-stepping horses, who
make wonderfully fine appearance
but waste no little OF their energy ia
going mp in the air instead ot ahead.
But il the modern Greek showed
himself inferior in short distance run.
he won Out in endurance. In the long
runs the Greek changes his method.
Then he strikes heightened gait,
like that of the ionG-distancc runners
depicted on old vases instead OF tho
leaping antic of the Sprinters. Inc
Marathon race was over a course -
miles long. and it was won by Spiridon
Louis, a humble shepherd of the littls
village OF Amarousi Louis covered
the distance in the rcmarhahlc time OF
hours, jS minutes
The approaching Olympic games. -
be held in Athens from April - -
May >, are under the direct superN isiun
of the duke Of Sparta, crown prince Of
Greece Under the head of athletic
sports there viii be given a series ~
five fiat races, sprintS ul lOO 100, SO)
ana 500 meters. the series closing
with the grand Marathon race Their"
viii be- hurdle races, jumping, pol"
yaultinG, throwing the discus, lutttnG
shot, etc Also there viii be hurting
OF the jay, lin and wrestling in tho
Greco Roman style, q tug of war be-
tween teams of eight and rope climb
ing, hand over hand, against time
There are To be football and lawn
tennis matches, Association football
alone admitted. Rugby and American
excluded IN" fencing VIII attract