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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-25
A Tuscan Watering Place.
From Scribner's Magazine

FROM Scrluner MdSazine
A day of nearly thousand years lad
this Tuscan watering place now in the twi-
light of its fame-a twilight pleasanter to
the contemplative visitor than its gambling
and scandaous noon could have been. For
its beauty lies not in the modern places of
pleasure in the dusty valley but in the sur
rounding hills, with their uncounted gray
little towns and fowery gorges and it is
this beauty, rather than the gayety the
place once had, or even the virtue of its
waters, that has been the attraction, to
poets and philosophers, of the baths of
Lucca.
The three little villages, Ponte Seralio,
Villa and Bagni Caldi, struggling up the
hillsides along the valley of the emerald
green Lima, their outlying villas embedded
in vines, myrtle bushes, laurels clean
ders.'' Heine describes them, and "senti-
neled by solemn green Expresses" have
many illustrious visitors. The charm of
those chestnut-Wooded slopes of the lower
Apennnes is celebrated in some pages of
Montaigne's journal de Voyage" in some
of the best letters of Shelley and Mrs.
Browning, and it inspires amorous cpl
sode of Heine's ''Reisebilder." Fewer phil
osophers and poets visit the place today;
few equity English, even The sunset of its
prosperity came when, after the cession of
the duchy of Lucca to Tuscany, the arch
ducal court made summer residence at the
baths; built barracks. villas and roads, and
drew crowds. But now the grand dukes
villa on the hillside is q hotel with few
guests; the barracks round the little piazza
whence a fine long flight of stone steps
leads up to the terrace, have been turned
into pensioni, filled with frugal Italians
come for the baths; the casinos in the Val-
ley below, once gay with gaming and dane
ing are deserted, and the landlords noses
grow redder with despair every year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-25
PUBLIC ORDERS ISSUED.
Water Mains and Improvement to
Bridges Provided For

Orders have been issued by the Commits
sioners as follows.
That 80 feet more or less, of eight-inch
water main be laid in the east side of 18th
street north of Madison street northwest.
One hundred and forty-three feet. more
or less of eight-inch water main in the in
tersection of 9th and Butternut streets
northwest, and along the south side of But
ternut street east of 9Th street northwest.
Two hundred and forty-five feet, more or
less, Of eight-inch water main IN the south
side of n street between North Capitol and
LIST streets northeast.
That the unexpended balance Of the spe-
cial appropriation for grading Pennsylva-
MIA avenue southeast be used by day labor
in the construction of guard fences along
the fills on this work and the general reg
ulation of the thoroughfare along the line
of the street.
That sewer be constructed in the alleys
of block TO- Moore and Barbours addition
lots to CO. inclusive
That 305 feet more or less, of eight-inch
water main be laid IN 10th street between
G street and Massachusetts avenue south
east.
Two-hundred and sixty-five feet more or
less. Of eight-inch water main in the south
side of street between North Capitol
street and Lincoln avenue northeast.
One hundred and nineteen feet more or
less. of three-inch water main in the north
and south alleys of square 80.
Three hundred and eighty-feet. more or
less, Of eight-inch water main In @ street
between LIST and I'd streets southwest.
That the order of the Commissioners of
March IA 1906, directing certain alterations
to bridges No. 4, g. 81, s, GA and 50 be
amended to read as follows:
Repair abutment and replace bridge No
Ga (on Livingston road with reinforced
concrete bridge, at estimated cost of
ST16.jO
Repair abutment and replace bridge No
81 Con Wheeler road with a reinforced
concrete bridge, at an estimated cost of
1929
Replace bridge No. Con Daniels road
with reinforced concrete bridge, at an esti-
mated cost of S71O
Replace present flooring of bridge No 81
ION Anacostia road with a steel concrete
slab at an estimated cost of 81 ,424. This
work to be done under contract
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-25
THE SAGE BRUSH PARSON
BY A. B. WARD.
by Bw & Compn
BY A. B. WARD.
Copyright. 1905. by Little, Brown Company,

those you've sworn to take care of go,
while you chase around saving souls?
saving souls! How many have you
saved so far, after all the noise and rumpus
you've raised. l suppose Mary Henley
mas been putting you up to this. Before
she dies she may see her mistake. TIL tell
you one thing, Clement Vaughan. I've
waited as long as I'm going to for you
to play mans part towards me- Go
ahead, hunt around for some black hearted
william to pull out of the muck. and when
you've done 1t, come back and see what
I've become In the meantime
More she wrote and crossed out with
heavy scorings OF the pen. Then she signed
her maiden name. Della Forington.''
How vivid 1t was, how real, how near 1t
brought the woman who wrote It, and how
pale and vague and far-removed it made
the scenes about him. the man and woman
and child who had just left!
What had he accomplished after all ?
What vas he likely to accomplish? What
was his mission but a dream, a hope? And
there, on the table before him. alive tor
tui ed, protesting. lay a woman's heart! If
Della had not cared for him she would not
have gone to such lengths. Pride, jealousy,
passion. spoke in every line.
Who of all he krew in this new world.
In this new work cared like that? Those
fo- whom he had planned and striven re-
garded him from a distance coldly. Mary
Henley set him upon pedestal by himself.
This woman. thousands of miles away.
through the throbbing medium of her writ
ter words, caught him to her, carried him
on, then thrust him from her; and he sat
alone among his books in the narrow room,
faint, weak, unresistng.
He did not see the Henleys again that
night. In the morning he found them at
the hotel just they were leaving. There
was very little said on either side; too little.
Mary Henley thought She longed to sup
ply a prop. a stimulus She took Clement
offered hand in both of hers. He that
loveth-husband wife more than me,
she began.
He pulled his hand away. Don't, he
exclaimed, If she had touched a bruise;
then with ore of the quick changes which
in him constituted such charm, he added
appealingly, Il can't talk, or be talked to.
just now.
(To be continued tomorrow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-25
GIVES HOUSEWA RMING
JOSEPH n. cHoArE CHAPTER,
SIGMA NU PHI, M NEW HOME.

The Joseph H. Choate Chapter of the
Sigma NJ Phi. In the National University
Law School Of this city. celebrated last
evening the formal opening Of the new
chapter house, 1O13 18th street
The housewar1ning was the eonsumm;l-
ton of great deal OF earnest work on the
part OF the members to Install In this city
strictly legal fraternity. The chapter
nome which w3s inaugurated last evening
Is thought to be one of the handsomest in
the city. 1t is admirably adapted for fra
terility quarters, being large and with ex-
eeilent rooms. 1t was formerly occupied
by Judge Carter and former Senator Har-
ries of Kansas
The celebration of the opening was un-
der the direction of Mr.. James Archibald
Bailey, chairman of the house committee
The officers OF the chapter who have pro-
NOTED the house idea, were James D.
F1nck, jr., chancellor; Thol-.as Howe, first
vice chancellor; Joseph NJ. Crook, second
vice chancellor; James B. Hoge, master Of
the rolls. and ]. Frank Curns, registrar.
Good Cheer the Motto.
Good cheer was the motto of the even
Ing and was in evidence in the music, the
songs, the speeches and the toasts. Col
lege and fraternity songs were sung by the
entire assembly, stories of local and mi
tiation stunts al other colleges were told
by the gray-haired fraters, and pledges
were drunk to visiting brothers and
friends. Landlord, Fill the Flowing Bowl
was sung alternately with every speech,
song and story.
Earlier In the evening the following Off
GERS were elected for the coming year
Chancellor, ]. f. Curns; first vice chancel-
Tor, 6. B. Prindle; seconu vice chancellor,
]. F. Gardiner; master of rolls, w. S. Gra-
ham; registrar E. G. Staples; cryer. c. c.
Redwood; delegates to grand council. VIII
liam B. kerkan and l.. A. Glider; alter
mates, WV. NJ. Henry. jr., and T. NJ. Neale.
house committee was appointed to look
after the new home of the fraternity, con-
sisting of J. A. Bailey, l.. A. Glider and w.
w. Lemmond
After buffet lunch Wan Henry Den
mis-, first vice chancellor of the grand coun-
ell, gave a short talk on Fra ternity
Ideals Following him, the second vice
chancellor of the grand council Harry c.
Lewis, spoke on The Law as a Profess
sion"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-25
Crime in Great Britain.
the London Daily Graphic

From the London Daily Graphic
The principal conclusions as to the in
crease and decrease of crimes and ofrenses
TO be drawn from the statistics for 1904 are
shortly stated thus:
l. Crimes against the person have dimin-
ished.
2 Crimes of the classes chiefly committed
by habitual criminals have ceased to In
crease at the same rapid rate as In previous
years.
8. Minor offenses of dishonesty have In
creased.
4. Serious frauds and breaches of trust
have increased
0. Drunkenness is stationary.
.. Onenses of the vagrancy class are
growing rapidly.
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The Metropolis.
Alas! Poor Sherlock!

From Puck.
The Book Reviewer-'-The plot OF this
novel was stolen, sure"
The Police Reporter-"Ahl A second
story job. evidently"
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sporting Brevities.

From a distance II looks as II the Mime
apolis squabble had been settled.
This worlds base ball championship is
likely TO become a paradox-a local affair,
after all
The greatest tribute to the managerial
ability OF Frank Chance is the fact that he
let Dodge go after a brief try-out
Not even Chesbro, nor the mighty name
of Clarkson, was enough to overawe the
White Sox in the first game Wednesday.
Just think OF that old Pop Eyler holding
Pueblo down to two hits! Pop is develop
ing into big league timber In these latter
days
Big Larry has got his Cleveland sluggers
in third place, but he can thank Chicago
for IL more than himself and his team
mates.
The White Sox took a double header
from the Highlanders as easily as II they
might have been a ball team from Boston
or lincoln.
Won't II be nice and novel for the two
TO be won BY the same cities, respectively,
Chicago and Boston?
In spite of those who refuse to enthuse
over the gait at which Connie is sending
his men he was forty-one points ahead of
the Phillies Thursday morning.
Hostetter was put In to play third for
timely hitting He made two Of the five
hits registered against young Cy Young.
That man owen 10 getting TO be some
thing awful. He not only wins his games,
but Insists on making hits. He got a pair
Wednesday and the last time he worked
got a two-bagger.
Who IA this Gus Koch Of Milwaukee who
is said TO have secured ownership OF the
Minneapolis franchise? Is he merely a man
Friday TO Tebeau? Let " hope not, but
Il looks Suspicious.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-24

'T have often been asked why / tax my
voice so much" says Silk O'Loughlin. II
want everybody on the field to hear me.
think the patrons of the game like to hear
an umpire. / think, too, that II enlivens
the game to have the decisions given in p
sharp, brisk way. My voice went back on
me in Philadelphia one day, and as a re-
suit the game Jagged and was dull and
people left the ground before the game was
over. The faster the man in the game the
more alert must be the umpire to make his
decisions correctly"
SILK has the proper idea. 1t is fact that
the great majority of fans who witness
the modern game of base ball are deprived
of one-haf the enjoyment of the contest
by inability to hear the umpire's voice or
distinguish his decisions. Besides possess
sing a strong voice and not being afraid
to use It. Ban Johnson and Harry Pulliam
ought to get together on a set Of gestures
to Indicate decision on ball and a strike
at the plate.
In the confusion OF the game today prob
ably nine-tenths of the umpires fail to make
~ cir decisions known to the faithful by
either a defective voice or the lack of a
gesture. A slight movement of the hand
up to indicate a ball and down to indicate
a strike, or any such simple signals, would
accomplish much to add interest to the
game. which is deprived of a great deal of
the old games excitement by the wonderful
effectiveness of the up-to-date pitcher.
Silk is deservedly popular. He Is one OF
the very few big league arbiters who have
the feelings of the public at heart In his
work.-Dspatch to Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune ih t''- D..
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Championship. says Harry Lanisan OF st.
Louis. 20
Elberfeld acted the rpliian when here last
week. He called Umpire SILK O'Loughliu
a lot of filthy names. winding up his TRADE
by making a rush at the arbitrator.
Sidetracked Elberfeld renewed his attack
and in his second whirl carried bat.
A native son and n splendid little fellow
when he doesn't lose his temper and so
up in the air, Is The Yankees brilliant
shortstop. He's Griff's field leader and as
much Griff's superior as a base ball general
as Johnny McGraw is superior to Herman
The night the Yankees left for Chicago
Elberfeld issued statement that ran along
these lines:
i've been summoned TO appear before
Mr.. Johnson in the morning. There's moth.
Ing TO 1t. but that II he Furnishes me and
don't get his promise for protection from
his umpires, | VIII kick over the traces
and HE myself to the outlaw league.
These umpires have II In for me. got
hit three times here, and not once would
stand for any monkey busiuess from Mr..
johnson. He's got to promise me protec-
ton, else III take the league on the rup.'
Eiberfeld saw Johnson the next morning.
On promise of good behavior, II was wire
out OF Chicago he was reinstated after
suspension lasting two days.
With Elberfeld out for ten days or two
weeks. as he should have been, the Yam
KEGS, most likely, would have taken a drop
In the race. At that. they haven't tri-
Jumped with him. The White Sox whipped
Cribs children three straight times, and
the one frolic they didn't annex they tied.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-24
CAR SMASHES FRUIT WAGON
Runs Into PeddIer's Vehicle and
There is Tall Scramble for
the Freight. ."

The wreck Of Reuben Roweick's peddler
wagon at Twenty eighth and Farnam
streets at noon Thursday was the signal
for the sudden assembling of a dozen or
more of colored people living in that
vicinity of all shades, sizes and ages to
gather up the debris of wrecked water
melons, peaches and potatoes. The wagon
was struck by one of the Farnam street
cars, No. 479, and completely wrecked
Roweick was thrown out and badly bruised
up, but not seriously hurt The horse also
escaped injury. The wagon was loaded
with melons. peaches, potatoes and these
articles were dumped into the street, a mass
Of wreckage. Within five minutes after
the wreck scarcely vestige of the garden
truck was left on the street, being carried
away by darkey children and others IL
arms, baskets and sacks.
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Chance the Leader.

Frank Chance, who has brought the Chi
caRo Cubs into the lead as championship
probability. Is one of the greatest players
In the business. AS first baseman he has
long been considered a wonder AS a bat
ter he is among the twelve best In the
league. Chance is one of the best base
runners in the profession and has accurate
Judgment on distance-that Is. he can
stretch more long singles into double than
any player in the league. .'s
Chances ability as manager was dis
covered by accident When Frank Selee
became Ill last season the Chicago club
was placed under the direction of Chance
as acting manager. An Improvement was
quickly noticed. Then a contract was
made with Chance to manage the club this
year and his shrewdness in trades has
brought his club into first place.
He secured Sheckard. Steinfeldt, Jack
Taylor and Overall. They were the men he
wanted and he paid heavily to get them
Hts Judgment was correct.
TODAY Chance has the Chicago club in
first place by a comfortable lead and In
ager that ever ed.7-Washington Post
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-24

Standing OF the Teams

At Cincinnati-The Cincinnati Brooklyn
game was postponed today on account of
-slih
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EVENTS ON THE RUNNING TRACKS
James ID. Brady's Accountant Wins
the Saratoga Derby.

SARATOGA, N. Y, Aug. 23.-James b.
Bradys Accountant, favorite in the betting
at IL TO 2 won the Saratoga derby, one
mile and five-sixteenths, at Saratoga. Only
three 3-year-olds went TO the post. At
the upper turn Accountant was leading by
two lengths, but in the strech began to
close, although he was never able to catch
the leader, who won by one length. when
Galivan was eighth ahead of Mcklttredge.
summary: .s-.
First race, seven furlongs: Belle strome
won, Wrenne second, Jacund third. Time:
Second race, steeplechase. about two and
one-half miles: Pirate won, Onteora sec
ond, &. b. Campbell third. Time% 1888.
Third race, five and one-half fHElongs:
Bemay won. Fishhawk second, Quagga
third Time loss.
Fourth race, the Saratoga derby, mile
and -sixteenths: Accountant won, Gala
want second, Mckittredse third. Time:
Fifth race, mile: zienap won, Kiamesha
second Bivouac third Time: l:4st.
Sixth race, six furlongs Lord Lovat
won, Prince Hampton second Pursiane
CINCINNATI. Ohio, Aug. 2S.-Results at
Latonia: .-,.
First race, seven furlongs: Royal Legend
won, Sorreltop second, optional tnird.
Second race, five and a half sfurlongs
Agra won, All Ablsze second, Tetanus
third. Time: 1:103s.
DR.. Burch second, Six Shooter, third.
Time: 1:l54s.
Fourth race, six furlongs Lady Lavish
won, Adare second, Stella Iceberg third.
Fifth race, five furlongs: Warner Girls
void won, Judith Louis second, Marmorean
third. Time: 1:O21s.
Sixth race: Declared off.
Seventh race, one mile: Carthage won,
Stroud second, Katie Powers third.
Time 1:4S.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-24
TENNIS MATCHES IN NEWPORT
L. n. Bell Forced 10 Withdraw ON
Account of the Heat.

NEWPORT, r. l., Aug. 33-F'fteen
matches were played today in the third
round of the all-comers tournament for
the national lawn tennis championship IN
singles. The only match that seemed at all
doubtful was the j. o. Ames-T. r. Pell
affair, which ended In the second set by
Pell's withdrawal, owing to the heat
The hardest fought match of the day, in
fact of the tournament so far, was the
contest between r. i. Gross Of Providence
and j. X. Carpenter Jr,'-of New York,
which went through FIVE sets and neces-
Stated sixty games. Gross won the match
Behr and Clothier won their matches in
straight sets. as did Irving, the brother of
the champion, while in the lower part OF
the draw Hackett and Sullivan won their
places through defaults. ,..t
Robert Leroy of New York won an In
teresting contest from c. NJ. Bull. jr., Of
the Crescent Athletic club of Brooklyn.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-24
Eentnre nf Fnrennnn.

games were close. Collins and Peters won,
al 90 "a
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-24
Giiman-BIntherwick,

For persistency and bull dog fighting the
game between Gilman and Blatherwick In
the semi-finals took the plum. The game
went 80 far that the nth set was virtually
a test Of endurance with Gilman holding
out the besh5 week ago Saturday he
beat tho ambidextrous doctor in just the
same way. at Des Moines. Gilman's reverse
cuts seemed TO bother the doctor and We're
hard TO put back over the net. The fight
was close and hard all the way through
but Gilman showed he was the best fighter
and he'd the most endurance. He played
cut the string 70 the last ditch. Blather-
wick's ambide&terity did not win for him
against Gilman for the Sioux City lad was
used to that game and did not let 1t
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-24

ARAPAHoE, Neb.. Aug. 2s-(special
Telegram.)-The Beaver City White Caps
met a crushing defeat at the hands of the
local braves and after the fourth inning,
when Arapahoe made nine runs, none of
them earned. both teams became careless
and the game listless. Beaver City had
the Bertrand battery, Masters brothers,
who were batted out mercilessly, being re-
placed by their regulars, who Jared but
little better. After the game was won
Bellamy took Tanners place In the box
and did equally as well. None of the
pitchers were we'll supported. The batting
of Schoonover and Better were the fea-
lures. The locals, mixed with some bril-
liant work several dumb plays, but not in
the same class as that handed by Beaver
City, who played like a veritable bunch OF
INSISTS" The score: R.H. T..
Beaver City 20 o. 0 0 0 2 IA 4 8
Arapahoe 80 o 0 Q o 4 o '-1S y 6
Batteries; Beaver City, Masters and
Sharkey; Arapahoe, Tanner, Bellsmy and
Schoonover. Struck out: BY Beaver City.
s; by Arapahoe, 8. First base on balls
and hit by pitched ball. and l. Home
runs: by Better. Umpire: Birney.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-24
New York Breaks Losing Streak.
CLEVELAND.

NEW YORK, Aug. 23.--The local Amer
leans broke their losing streak by defeat
ing the Cleveland team today to l. The
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mil Tournament at Broken Row.

BROKEN BOW, Neb.. Aug. ZS.-(Special
Telegram 1.-The first day of the ball
tournament opened with big crowds at
tending both morning and afternoon games.
The first game was between Ansley and
Merna and resulted in score of 10 to in
favor of Ansley Batteries: Ansley,
II. Egan and Freer; Merna, Mills and
Thorpe. Umpire: Maulck. The afternoon
game between Broken Bow and Ravenna
was particularly swift and resulted in COM
plete shut out for the visitors. While II
was a battle of pitchers, a number OF
brilliant plays were made by both teams
Score: Broken Bow, 6; Ravenna, O.
Batteries Broken Bow, flanders and
Gadd Ravenna. Pendergraff and Pratt
Umpire: Maulick. During the tournament
a dancing carnival is in progress every
night.
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Racing mt 81. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 22-Despite the efforts
of Governor Folk 10 close the race tracks
and the cobwebs that adorn the stands al
all the race tracks in the state, there will
in October, Barney Schroeder will give a
strictly closed meet OF Ave days duration
on his farm near Bridgeton. The meeting
will be a strictly invitation AFFAIR. II Is
expected that the neighboring county
breeding farms will enter horses. as several
loving cups will be donated as prizes for
the races by Messrs. Stifel Burah, Schneider
and others. There will be running events
timbe--topping events and riders TO hounds
With the Lockwood, Tranquilla a Calm
Bratton and Burch breeding establish
ments TO draw from. good racing can be
eksd out. Only informal betting will be
INDUCED In.
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p1AMoNDs-Frenzer 18Th and Dodge sta
NO CONCEALED WEAPON on HIM
Nick Carter Carries HIS Gun I'm Plain
..l View TO Avoid Infraction
of Law ''' p" ...''

Nick Carter has got himself in the tolls
at last Officer Boyle met the indefaiiSa'
BILE Nick prowling about the streets with
a big revolver in his hand Wednesday
night. When asked what he was doing
with the gun in his fist, Nick told the
officer he was Juggling IT around in plain
sight in order to avoid going to jail for
carrying concealed weapons.
officer Boyle has seen many strange
things in his time and heard stranger
ones, but the philosophy of Mr.. Carter
almost made him go into the foolish fac
tory. Nick smiled cheerfuiIy when the
officer took him to the station and didn't
mind being booked suspicious char
acter, because they could not prove he
had carried concealed weapons.