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THE TRUST COMPANIES.

Eighty-ive trust companies reported upon the
call of the Superintendent OF Banks of August
6, 1896, as against 50 on September g. 1905. In each
year additional trust company was authorized
between the dates OF the reports and September so
that the net Increase in the number Of this class
OF institutions for the year was g. The Holland
Trust Company IN New York, which had long been
lquidatiaE its affairs, and had done no bust
ness IN years. has been placed in the hands Of
ceivers, with the assent Of its mana cement. and is
continuing the process The Real Estate Trust
Company changed its name 10 the Fulton Trust
COMPANY. The only other changes in the list dur
ing the year were the addition Of five inEtitu-
lions.
The whole number Of trust companies in existence
IN the state at this date IS eighty-eight-
Comparison with certain OF the items appearing
3n the reports of August 6, 1905, with the same
items IN the reports as Of September s. 1875. Is here
given.
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BLANKETS and BEDSPREADS

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I,e scr It.oa o. t:e STATE banks as reported
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THE DISCOUNT BANKS.

After relating the facts in this case. the su
tendent continues:
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The superintendent then takes up the subject Of
recommendations, saying IN part:
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We. T {: RAN
Of Many Wars and a Scion of the
House of Won Greenfield, is One
Hundred Years Old.

Pipue, Ohio, Dec. 4--To have
bridged in his own life all the interval
from Napoleon the Great to Thee
dore Roosevelt is the rare privilege Of
Alexander Green, of this city. who TO-
day celebrated his one hundredth
birthday
Mr.. Green was born in Stockholm.
Sweden, whore his father he Baron
Van Greenfield, was an attache of the
legation of Hanover and Brunswick at
The Swedish court Later his father
was Master of House at The Hanover.
an court After the death Of his
father he boy was taken and raised
by an uncle, the Baron Won Gaden-
gtedt of near Hildesheim. Hanover
He was sent by his uncle who was an
officer in the Austrian army. to Aus
tria, where he entered a military
school as a cadet to be prepared for
the career of an off Ger. In 1S41 he
was commissioned in the cavalry
branch of the service and later saw
much fighting in Southern Spain.
Italy. the Grecian revolution in Tur-
key and in Germany in the revolution
of 1851 In 1852 he resigned his
commission and goon after same to
the United States.
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APPETITE
Kept Down the Bids, But He Was
Finally Sold to the Elizlbethtown
Blacksmith for One Dollar.

Elizahetht1wn, Ky. Dec. l.-"Dock'
Asbury wa sold today al the court
house door by Sheriff Ya.es. Two
bids were made for him. one of 80
cents and one of one dollar J. J.
Johnson. a blacksmith Of near Pine
willie, was the high bidder. and for
nine months he will own Asbury If
his appetite wer, not out Of all pro-
portion TO his capacity for work he
would probably have brought more
money Asburk Is an habitual vaga.
bend He knows no trade, and his
knowledge Of manual labc? is very
limited In the mountain di,tricts.
where he has mad his home until
recently. his Incidence was tolerated
however, and he got along" a short
time ago he novel to Stephensburg
There his fortune failed him.
He married a young woman. but did
not seem to have changed his habits
Thcer was family trouble. Relatives
mixed in the case. He was hailed be
fore a justice and accused of shift
le sness," being "trifing and lazy"
Judge W S. Chef found him guilty of
yagiancy and sentenced him to be
sold for nine months 10 the highest
bidder This was the order carried ont
f0fav.
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REPORTS VARY
AS to Number 6f victims But Mary
Are Known to Have peris9ed.

Bisbee, Ariz., Dec. i-One OF TIL
worst floods in the history Of Clifton.
Ariz,, come down the San Francisco
river and Chase creek la night.
1t is impossible to learn the numter
of lives lest and the reports place
the number Of victims from 20 TO
100
The name Of only one victim. how.
ever has been obtained Mrs. Jos1
Throne, who with her husband and
children was caught in a falling buiIts
ing and killed Other members OF tn.
family had narrow escapes.
A saloon which was washed away.
carried several men into the torrent
and they are believed TO have been
drowned A woman and children
We're lost in a small restaurant which
was dashed to pieces in The ilood
Small frame buildings In which PEE.
pie were known 10 be living also were
destroyed. and it is feared that n
large number Of families have per.
ished
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TO PROBE WORK
Of NIGHT RIDERS
FIRE MARSHAL, MOTT AYERS,
MAKING INVESTIGATION OF
PRINCETON, KY, OUTRAGES
IN SPITE OF THREATS.

Princeton, Ky, Dec A. Elf0r.s oi
lie prosecution 10 fix the responsible
ity for the buraing Of he big tobacco
&tcmmeries in this locality last Sat
urday were begun this afternoon. un
der the direc ion Of State Fire Mar
hal Ayers. Scores Of Witnesses nave
been sllbpoenaed. Among them are
policemen. three in number. who were
disnrmed by the masked incendiaries
telephone girls, who We're forced to
leave their posts; fremen telegraph
operators and employees of the City
Waterworks department.
The investigation was begun In the
face Of threats against the lives of the
investigators. Citizens fear that the
rial OF William Winters, an Illinois
Central section foreman accused Of
completely in the iucendiarism, wiss
result in bloodshed. Circuit Court
Clerk Gardner, on whose affidavit
Winters was arrested, has been urged
to take all possible precautions to pro
tect himself against violence. The
Nigh Riders" have warned him that
une he drops the prosecution of
Winters he win be visited"
Tobacco growers Ct eKnucky de
clare they never viii cease fighting
until they have bropen the power of
the Tobacco Trust in this state. The
element is fighting the
rust with its own weapon combina.
on The more violent arc using the
torch and dynamite.
Only six of the many witnesses
We're examined today. |
Their testimony was net made public. |
The first deward offered for the arrest
If the ineendiaries is that of s209, ty I
he Christian County branch of the |
Planters Protective Association. The
'esolutions offering the reward con
lemn in strong terms the outrages at
Princeton, and call upon the associa-
ions members in ether counties 70 /
,ffer rewards also The planters re-
lffirm their allegiance to and belief in
he Farmers Association, and rededi-
ate themselves to a relentless war
igainst the trtsts Fearing furtberI
property destruction and other vio-
enee citizens hesitate to talk openly
bout the raid.
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A NEW DELAY IN
THE THAW TRIAL
WITNESS IN THE WILDS OF
SOUTH AFRICA MAY BE FIRST
ExAMlNED-PRlso soNER MEETS
HIS BROTHER.

New York, Dec. 1.-THE trial of
Harry Kendall Th3v may have 70 be
pHt off for a year or more while q
commission tramp over the Congo
country of South africa, scar hing for
| Miss Vera Simonson who Is IN the
wilds Of The forest studying the Ian
gnagc of monkeys.
Miss Slmonsan, wh3 Is from Pitts.
burg, il said 70 a friend of the Thaws
and to have been with them in Paris,
where she witnessed the alleged bru.
tally Of Harry Tha@ 70 Evelyn Mes.
bit
This probable postpcnement OF the
trial became known today when Cliff
ford w Hartridge. Thaws personal
Iattorney appeared before Justice
Newburger, in the Criminal branch of
the supreme court, and asked for the
appointment of a commission to take
testimony outside the state.
Justice Newburger requested both
sides 70 submit papers and said he
would grant the motion for an inter
logatory commission,
Counsel for Thaw said he wished
the comm ssion to examine TruxtGn
peale. now in Baker field, Cal. and
Thomas McCale. formerly Of Chicago,
but now in California Both were eve
Witnesses OF the shooting Of White
Would you object" asked District
Attorney Jerome, "if the prosecution
also asked for the appointment Of a
commission"
"T certainly would" replied Mr. |
unless y2ur furnish me
with the names of the witne esses."
Well" went on Mr. jerome. we !
may wish to examine the mother
brother and sister of he defendant. |
th2 defendants wife. now in Pitts
burg, and perhaps, witness in South
Africa
When each side submitted the
proper papers Justice Newburger will
grant the motion.
An affe ting meeting took place to-
lay in ihe Tombs prison between
rhaw and his brother Edward, who
IA. not seen Harry since the shooting
)f Stanford White, being in Europe |
WITH his wTfe wlremvit occurred. When |
le saw Harry he burst into tears,
Other visitors on the tier heard
Harry say TO Edward:
Cheer up, Ed. III get out of this
III rghi"
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OUTPUT
OF Cotton For 1867 Estimated a
Total Of t2,45o.ooo Bales
Fiaures BY States.

New Orleans. Dec. 4.-The cotton
crop estimate of the Times-Democrat
based on repors Of correspondents
over he entire cotton belt places the
crcp output Of 1s0G-7 az 12.45O0oO
bales. The estimated crop By states
follows. Alabama. 1.250.0O00. Ar
kansas 95O.000: Florida. 10000
Georgia, 100000. LOU lana 100000
Mississippi. 100000. North Carolina
100000, South Carolina. 200. 600: Ten
nessee and Oklahoma 100000: Texas
and Indian Territory 4.001 600. These
figures are an estimate Of the actual
growth ~ the year and DO not include
lin ers. repacks O. other additions u
the sort.
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ENGLISH PAPERS
PRAISE MESSAGE
SAY ROOSEVELT KNOWS TRUE
DEMOCRACY and SPEAKS
RE9OLUTELY.
PLEASED AT JAP STAND
Are London Diplomats and Govern
ment Officials--WeIl Received
in Rome-The Day
in Congress.

Londcl, Dec. president Roose
9elt's message occupies the most
prominent alaCe in the leading 1aEg.
.Lapers this morning "wednesday
and has attracted widespread atten-
ion from the government officials
diplomats and public The prevailing
lone of comment is favorable palt,c-
larly with reference to the presi-
dents statements of the japanese
questat n, the newspapers emphasiZ,
ing presidents warning OF the pos T.
bic use of federal forces for the pro-
lection OF the Japanese. This feature
has given especial satisfaction in Off.
clal Japanese quarters. where it is
pointed out that Japan is satisfied to
await the outcome of the issue be-
tween state and federal authorities.
The Telegram says the president
speaks out resolutely and fearlessly
knowing Democracy like a man who
is rot afraid to be its master,
The Standard says the significant
feature of the message is that the
president Is constantly finding himself
up agaicst the American cOnsttu-
tion. Forsighted observers have
long since seen that the United States
has ouigrown rs cradle, yet the con.
sentiment OF the most con-4
ergatiye people on earth clusters
strongly around the constitution. ri
there are TO be reforms they can only
result from drastic reconstruction of
he political system and the prospect
If their realization appears somewha
'emote"
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STRUGGLE WITH HoLDUP MEN

New York Dac flames IT. Mi'e5
a diamOnd broker. was held up and
robbed by three men on south
bound Third avenue car this after.
noon. Miles. who had a. lag Of unset
diamonds valued at over s. 600. gran
pied with the men. On the car was
Patrolman John c. Clark. He was
in citizens clothes. He rushed 10 the
rear platform and arrested one Of the
men. The pr 'soner said he wa VIII
liam Lewis. aged q years He was
taken 10 police headquarters.
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MOTHER LOST % YEARS.

Aurora. H. Dec. 4-Mr and Mrs
Samuel Kaylor Of this city have gone
30 Mansfield o.. to visit Mrs Kay.
lor's mother. whom she has not see1
fortythree years. For twenty-thrce
years # that time Mr.. Kaylor lost
all track OF her mother Through a.
cident three months ago Mrs Ksylor
learned her mother Is living in Mans
field.
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WELL RECEIVED IN ROME.

Rome Dec. 4-President ROc So
yelts message to the American con
gre.s produced an cxceiient impres.
sion here. His denunciation of lynch
ing the paragraphs upon peace ana
righteousness and when war is not
merely justliable but imperative,
have been received with especial sat.
sfactCn Foreigl Minister Thtoni
perused the text of The message care
fully and characterized it rs excel
lent.
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G|LLETT is HELD
FOR GIRL s DEATH
MAN CONVICTED OF SLAYiNG
SWEETHEART WAS NOT AF-
FECTED BY VERDICT.
CROWD WELL PLEASED
With Result of Loag Trial But No
Demonstration Was Made
Says He Did Not Expect to
Be Found Guilty.

IIerk.mer, N. Y, Dee l.-Thc iur,
} in the triad Of Chester r. Gillette fo
the murder OF his sweetheart, Grace
4 Brown, at Biz Moose lake on July Il
last, tonight at 1866 returned yer
diet Of guilty in the first degree
\ The case was given to the jury Al
$50 tonight, af.er Judge Deyendort
had occupied an hour and fifteen min
utes In his charge,
When the jury went to its room and
Gillette was led back TO his cell he
asked The deputy: Are the doors all
locked, sheriff." Apparently he fear
ed violence, but there was no evi.
dence of any intention of violence on
the part Of the big crowd that swarm,
ed the court room.
After supper the court r ON flied
quickly and many remained 10 wit.
ness The return Of the jury.
The verdict met with the approval
.of all the per- ons in tho court room
although there was no marked demon
stratiOn of any kind
The sentence VIII be pronounced
Thursday morning TO which time
the court adjourned after the jury had
reported. Former Senator Mills, Gl
lettes counsel, before adj urnment
announced when cogrt re-convened
Thursday he would move to have the
verdict set aide.
The jury which had deliherated forI
five hours, sent word at l0.55 that a
verdict had been reached A momentI
later they fled into court and at III
an officer who had ben sent for Gill
lette, arrived with the prisoner
Pale and hife nervous apparent.
ly, Gillette faced the jury and when
Marshal Hatch, the foreman declared
that the yenlei 4 murder in the first
degree had bewesfounsa tba prssoeesrl
gave no sign ofaemothn.
A few moments later when his
counsel had anrs2pnced his purpose OIL
making a formR motion that the YER
dict he set aside, and the Judge was
di missing the jurors, Gillette bert
over a nearby table and picking up 4 |
pencil wrote something upon a sheet
of paper He folded the paper care.
fully and placed il in his pocket I'm
medateiy he was taken from the
court room back to his cell.
II was learned that the jury had
some difficulty in reaching an agree
nent and six ballots were taken be
lore the 10 men agreed Up to that
ime the jury had stood II for con
'iciioa and one for acquittal.
The note which Gillette was seen
o write Immediately after the YER
lict was announced as a telegram 10
his father at Denver tt read: II
I'm convicted" This was one Of the
'arliest di. patches carrying the news
II GllIetle's doom beyond the walls Jr
he corrt house
In response to n message that the
eporters wanted 10 sec him. Gillette
add TO Sheriff Richards. "tell them
Iare nothing to say only | didn't ex.
ect that verdict"
Is 5.fScenea Btiwa
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AARTJE'S ANSWER.

pittsburg. Pa. Dec i.-In his az.
swer 10 his W fe's petition for alimony
and counsel fees, pending the decis-
ioa Of he Hartje divorce case. A.
gust Hartje declares that he has not
in annual income Of $4,000 He de-
nies that he conspired with clifford
Hooe the negro 10 ruin Mrs Harije's
reputation. and denies Mrs. Hartjes
charges that he was Intimate with
women in dis rderly houses in Ptts-
burg.
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TWICE TURNED TURTLE.

Goshen. Ind. Dec f.-An alto driv-
en by Samuel Kreuger Of South Bend.
twice turned completely over when
the steering gear failed today Four
occupants were piled in a heap IN tho
roadway and James Mccullough is 50
badly hurt he NAV die.
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SLATER AND HIS CUSTER.

Columbus. Ohio Dec. Marx si1
ter came from Dayton today. and an
nounced that he would consult vi b
his attorneys in the morn ng relative
to carrying his 0usier case against J.
". Johnso- the public printer. to the
supreme court.
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SHOT BY REJECTED sUlToR.

Springfield No. Dec. 4--Garlanl
Moore. aged q. a mailoa~r.er. sh
and fatally wounded Miss Clara West.
aged q tonight Moore fed az er the
hooting Miss West was at the h0Te
Of a cousin in Bos D'Aro and ihe
shooting occurred in the parlor. after
Moore had pleaded with her to mafrs
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WEe MURDERER CONVICTED.

Cantoo. Ohio. Dec. 4-James Cor
nelius was today found guilty Of muir
der in the first degree Cornelius Kill.
ed his wife last September by hitting
her on 'he head with a window
weight fracturing her Skull He was
formerly a sewer contractor and has
been In jail since the crime was com.
mitted
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PRICE RUSSELL 1T.

Wooster, Ohio Dec Attorney
Price Russell is in the Wooster Hos
pital III Of rheumatic c fever and may
Gle. He was the appointee of Gov
ernOr PATHS n for Warden Of the Ohio
PenitEUtiary. Governor Harris re-
scinded the appointment. however.
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ACCUSED OF MURDER.

Hartford City. Dec An IN dea-
fed man. said 10 be Grover Ford C.
Denmark. Va. is held here - info>
nation from Il X Leaford. n or
Ger OF ROckbr.dge County. Eirsini'.
charging him with the murder e
Charles Ca n and Miss Lydia Ents-
mineer June %. 1905.
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NEW ILLINOIS PosrMAsrERs

Washington Dec. i.-Postmasters
nominated today follow: Ilinoi p.
T. Low, Eureka, l. Howerth. George
w. p D D'ckle, Bunker Hill: w. II.
White House, Mount olive z. !.
Boise, Sycamore.
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RAISE coNeREssMEN's SALARY

Washington. Dec 8.-Gavnes. of
Tennessee, introduced a bill today
raising the salaries Of the members
.of congress to $500 annually to be-
come effective in the S:xtv firt con
gress and reimbursing them for
money actually spent in going to and
from each session of congress.
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KILLED sY HORROR.

Sterling. H.. Dec, 4.-Henry Tueks-
died today fro m'he effects Of a para
lyt.c stroke brought on By the assas-
sinatiOn Of Dan Berry by Pot Pulford
at savanna Berry was a sonin-law
4 Ticker Both viii be buried In the
sane lot
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IMPORTANT CONSUL CHANGES.

Washington Dec 4.-Hengy White,
American ambassador to Rome, will
be transferred in the near future
from that post to Paris. where he will
succeed Robert S. Mccormick as
ambassador. White will be succeeded
at Rome by Lloyd C. Griscom now
American ambassador to Brazil
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80 Mournt - c..

Our present methods OF training
girls are unsuccessful declares a
writer Grace is q lost quantity
among modern women
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smoor ON RACK TUESDAY.

Wa hngton, Dec. 4.-senator Bur
rows. of Michigan. gave notice today
that next Tuesday he would call up
for consideration of the senate the
question of the right of Senator
Smoot 10 a scat II that mody.
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difference in Point Of View.

de man, said Uncle Eben. dat
makes a practice Of lookin' foh trouble
vii a telescope allus turns it arou1'
an locks al de blessin's he enjoys.
through de wrong end.
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The Side ef eentlsness.

II you would fail into any extreme.
let it be On the side Of gentleness-
the human E,ind IS so constructed
that it resists sigoT and yields to seft-
uess.-St FraH-is p sales.
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Small Incomes Tszss in l,,ly.

In Italy ID is only incomes Of $50 q
year o. less that are exempt from tax.
sriOn- IN Prussia ths Limit Is l22s.
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Ell Paso, Tex, Dec. Prom info
nation received here late tonight ii
Is believed that the 'own Of Clifior.
Arr. has been practically wasael
away The Copper Queen Hotel is
said to have been swept away by e
fool and al least 59 perssrs lost
their lives.
The haod was caused by tho Cor
ceatratdr dam giving away preei Y
tating a great flood upon the iowr.
The dam was constructed entirely cf
earth. Ii was carried away two yeais
ago as a result Of swollen streln
and number OF person wera
drowned.
The dam broke without warniag
and the raging torrents of water
swept down into the town, wgeckins
and carrying all before r.
before the resident scarcely realized
what had happened.
The swollen condition of the s y
Francisco river and Chase ere K
weakened the dam but 1t was n
thought there was any danger of its
collapse.
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WITHOUT WARNING RAGING
FLOODS RUSH DOWN INTO
CLIFTON, ARIZONA.
REPORTS CONFLICTING
AS to the Numter Of Victims, E.t
Many Are Known to Have Been
Carried Away-~seeond Disas.
ter to EefaIi Town.

Globe Ariz., Dee "a massaga
from the operator al SolomongiFle,
Ari2,. this "Wednesday morning raa-
ports l0S persons drowned in the
Clifton food, but gives no details ~
property damage which, however. Is
believed TO be great.
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IF YOU WE'RE one OF the SO
shrewdest advertisers In this city
you would probably have an am
btion to be among the first ten. Il
will take you but few weeks to get
there.
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Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. "A mes are
received here tonight from Tucson
says that Clifton is half destroye'.
The report that between so and 60
persons were drowned is partially
confirmed.
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"HE VINO MAKES a mouse of him.
self will be eaten by the cats" And
the merchant whose inadequate ad'
vertising makes a mouse Of him will
not prove an exception to the rule.
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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-02
"Low The Poor Indian ,

After beating everything within
a radius of two or three hundred
miles, the famous Cherokee Indian
base ball club came to Extra last
Thursday to play game with the
Extra Wonders. Business was
partially suspended, most of our
people going to the Athletic Park
hoping to see our boys win but
most of them being "skittish" as to
the result.
The game started out with the
Indians at the bat and when they
had scored once in the first inning
one OF them was heard to say,
Waugh! pale face easy mark" but
right there is where they reckoned
without their host of the Extra
boys who succeeded in making a
score in their half of the inning so
the game was even.
Right now the good right arm of
Pitcher Basil Sergeant began to
swing like one of those old fashion
ed Dutch windmills and with the
splendid support of the "papoose,"
Catcher Earl Brownlee, las the In
dams called him), together with
the brilliant play ing of every man
on the team, the Wonders contin-
ued to make the gentlemen of the
forest bite the dust during the rest
OF the game, not one seeing the
happy hunting ground at the home
plate, Pitcher Sergeant retiring the
last man on an infield hit; but our
team scored again in the sixth in
ming when Kirk Knox crossed the
plate. Merchant Ed Cotton said
before the game that he would give
every member of our team that
crossed the home plate, his choice
of the best neckties he had in his
store, 80 Frank and Kirk got the
neckties. Following is the names
and positions of the opposing
ten mo.