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The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-23
JOCKEY MILLER HAD
REGULAR FIELD DAY

Jockey Walter Miller's friends and
race-track admirers added many dollars
to their bank accounts yesterday. The
premier rider OF America was in great
form at the Jamaica track, and landed
three winners and two third horses out
OF five mounts.
Miller's three winners were John LYLE.
13 10 TO- Oraoulum. 4 TO s. and Oriene,
l TO 2-all favorites. His placed horses
were Coy Maid. to /. and Sally Pres
ton, 10 1.
The success of Miller's horses cost the
ring many thousands OF dollars. John
Lyle. Oraculum and Orilene were con-
sidered so much faster than their op-
ponents i'm each race that the Mlllerites
plunged 10 the limit or their bank rolls
on them.
Money poured into the bookmakers
hands on each in steady stream. and
the demands for bets were so persistent
that cutting the odds failed TO stem the
tide OF greenbacks- Eventually. i'm order
TO stop IL and to secure wagers on the
other contestants many OF the book
makers wiped the odds against Millers
off the slate.
The trio of winners beat their oppo-
nents easily Miller was not called upon
to use either strength SKILL and merely
had to guide his horses around the track.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-23
AMHERST 6, VERMONT 0

Amherst's football team won over Uni
versity of Vermont yesterday at Amherst
TO O. Vermont's fine defensive game
held Amherst for downs four times when
they were within five yards OF Vermonts
goal. Both teams used the forward pass
repeatedly and effectively. For Vermont
White and Welch excelled, while Hub
bard. Wiggin and Atwood played dash
ing game for Amherst. The summary:
Total score-Amherst s; University OF
Vermont 0. Touchdown-McCoy Goal
Hubbard. Umpires-Cloudman Yale; Ber-
ry, Springfield Training school Referee
Hammond, Yale Linesmen-Lewis, AM
herst; Higgins. University OF Vermont.
Time-1S and l5-rnnute periods.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-23

In the weights for the southampton
handicap. which will be decided 20
morrow at the Jamaica track, Walter
s. Vosburgh. the official handicapper
for the Jockey club places big Tim
suIlivan's horse, DR. Gardner, which the
latter recently paid $1,000 for, top
weight. with 1876 pounds. He considers
Running Water equal to DR.. Gardner
as he places her in the race with l23
hounds. AS she is entitled, under weight
for age conditions, to a three pound allow
ance for sex, to rating of the two horses
is similar.
The horse that trainers consider most
favored by the weights is Nealon He Is
allotted 1l3 pounds. This weight Is ex-
tremely light considering his great race
in the Belmont Weight for Age stake,
when he was beaten by head by Run
ming Water Q0s pounds). He carried III
pounds in that race In the southampton
handicap he has an advantage of 1S
pounds over his conqueror. This should
enable him 10 turn the tables on the mare.
The horses entered IN this turf event,
with the weights assigned each, are:
Or. Gardner, 12s; Running Water 123:
Hot Toddy. III; Inauisitor. iis; Good Luck,
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-23
FOOD FOR BASEBALL FANS

OF the past season Detroit secured from
Kalamazoo Killifer, the pest second base
man OF the league. The Louisvilles draft
ed John CAMEL. but the latter Is tech
nically the property OF the New YORK
Americans until all the money he was TO
pay for his release has - turned over
so that Louisville may not land him AFTER
all
Del Mason. the Baltimore pitcher pur-
chased by Cincinnati, will coach a college
team at Winter Park. Fla.
Manager Donovan OF Brooklyn intends
to give Catcher Butler OF Jersey City
good try-out next spring.
Plank OF Philadelphia led the American
league pitchers. with 10 victories and
defeats.
OF 551 games played In the Eastern
league last season 1876 were won ana lost
by one run.
Pitcher Roy and outfelder Brodie are
the only Newark players who have 10
date signed 1907 contracts.
George Bannon, formerly with Newark
and Montreal. will wear Toronto uni
form next year.
Toronto has closed contracts with the
following players for next season; L. A.
Flood Y NJ Wiedeasaul. H. A. Williams,
James O'Brien Robert Wood, j. Slattery
and James NJ. Wallace.
Pitcher Adkins or Baltimore mas an
nounced his retirement from baseball.
outhelder Canneil and Shortstop Frank,
who were loaned 10 Toronto last season,
will probably be returned to Toledo.
Manager Burnham has as yet had no
with Pitchers McCafferty
and Cicotle and Outielder Perry, who
were turned over to Newark In the deal
for First Baseman Brown.
Outhelder Flanagan, Formerly with New
ark, has signed with Rochester for next
season.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-23
[ L'OR|ENT WON
BALLOON CONTEST

landing that they considered their object
accomplished and that their trip had been
highly successful from a scientific stand
point The Centaur reached a height OF
6200 feet
After seeing the Centaur descent Pilot
Stevens OF LOrlent decided TO keep on.
Twenty seven more miles OF southern
Vermont was flown over and at 4.30
LOrient came down In Jamaica.
Mr. stevens stated after landing that
l. Orient went 5000 feet into the air
Above the clouds the heat was so In
tense that all outside clothing had 20 be
discarded. Al one time the thermometer
registered 1OG degrees,
When the two balloons started from
Pittsfield yesterday morning the weather
was found cloudy and the wind was blow
ing from the northeast The balloons shot
up above the influence or the northeaster
within a few minutes and at once felt
the prevailing current from the south
west in the upper atmosphere. The first
30 miles carried them a little east OF the
north, while LOrient was blown due
northeast from Bennington
Twenty-Five minutes after the Centaur
anded In Bennington an automobile drivs
m by Floyd knight OF this city stopped
~ the side OF the car half-hour later
an automobile owned by c. r. Bishop OF
Jenox arrived on the scene
Both OF these machines had followed
he balloons as an experiment. although
both gas bags were out OF sight much OF
he time.
An effort will be made to hold the con-
est for the Hawley cup next Saturday.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-23

Two balloons. the Centaur and L'orient,
which remained at Pittsheld after the
sero-automobile race between balloons
and automobiles for the Hawley cup had
been declared off last Saturday. particl-
pated I'm an endurance contest yesterday
which carried them many miles over
northwestern Massachusetts, and southern
Vermont. The balloon L'Orient outsailed
the Centaur By about three hours and
half. finally landing I'm the little noun
tainous town OF Jamaica I'm Windham
county, VT, 81 miles from the start. The
Centaur came down i'm Bennington. VT, 20
miles from this city.
The two balloons rose from here at 1920
o'clock yesterday morning without acci-
dent The Centaur carried Charles T.
Walsh, pilot, and Mai Samuel Reber and
Capt. Charles r. Chandler Of the Signal
corps. u. s. A. BOrient was piloted by
Leo Stevens. who had as his companion
Capt. Homer w Hedge. president OF the
Aero Club OF America. The two balloons
were in sight OF each other for three
hours and after them sped three automo-
biles which had entered in the Hawley
cup contest last Saturday The Centaur
was slightly behind LOrient on crossing
the Vermont border line and after getting
over Bennington Pilot Walsh decided to
land
The descent was successfully accom-
plished on the slope OF Woodford noun
tain, three miles outside OF the town Of
Bennington. at O'CLOCK yesterday after
noon.
The occupants OF the Centaur stated on |
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-23

John Lyle held second place 10 the
stretch' where he took the lead and romp-
ed home.
oraculum and Orilene took the lead in
tner respective races. made ali the run
ming under pull and won by open day-
light
The finish for the Pierrepont handi-
cap, az a mile and a furlong, was the
oest' or the afternoons racing. Belmere
won In driving finish by a head from
Dishabille. that beat Coy Maid half a
length for second honors. The track
was deep with heavy mud. and this sort
of going was favorable TO Belmere. and
he showed his field the way every foot
OF the Journey and lasted long enough
TO withstand DISABILITIES challenge
through the stretch The latter might
have won II McGee. her Jockey. had
been more decided in his riding. But
he fumbled his reins In the stretch and
failed to draw his whip until the last 10
yards.
The mare. when hit gained rapidly on
Belmere, but McGee's indecision 10 rouse
her % her best effort proved her undoing
and she suffered defea, by few inches.
In spite OF a duh gray sky and a
threatened storm. 10000 racing enthusi-
asts went out TO big Tim" Sullivan's
track and enriched the treasury OF the
club by their admission money.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-23
WHAT Is DOING IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS
STONE PREMIER
BATTER OF SEASON

One or the most interesting features
OF the American league baseball race was
the struggle for batting supremacy be-
tween George IAN Right" Stone. left
fielder OF the st. Louis club, and Napoleon
Latoie OF the Cleveland team
While the official returns have not been
made public. there is no doubt that the
st. Louis man has wrested from Larry
the Terrible the honor that has been his
for four out OF the five previous seasons.
Carefully compiled figures give Stone a
15-point advantage in percentage-.S54 10
$780, Stone participated In all OF his
teams l54 battles and made 207 safeties.
while Lajoie, playing in l52 out OF Cleye-
lands l57 contests, gathered 200 hits. The
advantage I'm run getting also lay with the
St, Louis man, as he made 81 excursions
past the home plate to the Clevelanders S
IS.
on other counts, too. Stone outpoints
Lajoie, as the total OF eXtra-base raps
stands 131 TO l23 and the sacrifice hits II
To Is. Stones long drives embraced %
doubles, 10 triples and home runs; La
toie's, As doubles and triples.
This table shows each mans batting
average in the various series:
stones Record. La1oie's Record.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-23
PAT POWERS STARTED
FOR HIS OLD BERTH

Preliminary TO the annual meeting OF
the Eastern league the board OF directors
OF that baseball organization met at the
Victoria hotel yesterday. The board con-
sists OF c. T. Chaplin. Rochester: Hugh
Jennings. Baltimore: Howard Griffith.
Jersey City; Walter Burnham. Newark
and President Taylor. ex-officio There
were no protests for the board 10 consider
and little else 70 do but meet. and the
session lasted only a short time.
The chief interest I'm the Eastern's meet
ing concerns the presidency, and at the
election OF officers %ither p. T. Powers.
who resigned the presidency a year ago
and became owner OF the Providence club,
or Harry Taylor OF Buffalo, the present
insumbent. will be chosen chief execu-
tive. Considerable opposition has develop
ed to Taylor, and yet those who are with
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-23
ARMY RESTS FOR
HARVARD CAME

With several of the men still feeling
the effects Of Saturdays game. Head
Coach Graves allowed no scrimmge yes
terday at West Point. n long signal prac-
'ice was held, the men walking through
some new plays that viii be perfected for
the Harvard game
After the many arrangements Of the
three men on the left side OF the line il
looks as If finally settled Weeks started
the season as left guard then shifted to
end In the Trinity and Colgate games,
and last Saturday took Erwin's place at
left tackle, Erwin going in at guard i'm
Jenkins place and Moore playing end
Fulton, right tackle. was not out today.
but r. II. Smith got in the signal prac-
tice.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-23

him are with him strongly. He gave a
good administration" said one OF his
supporters. "and every club in the league
made money except one. So far as his
business is concerned ] think Taylor
would rather give all his time TO his law
practice, but he wants 10 be reelected for
the sake of vindication."
'I have been approached to take the
presidency again" said Powers and
will know whether am out for the place,
I have not sought IT,"
one who is in close touch with Eastern
league affairs says Powers will be elect
ed, as he will get the votes OF the neces-
sary Ave cities-Jersey City. Toronto,
Montreal. Providence and Rochester.
Hughey Jennings said he had lines out
for a first class major league first base
man for the Detroit club team, which he
is TO manage next season.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-23
YALE.pRINCEToN OFFICIALS CHOSEN

Yale and Princeton have agreed upon
the officials for the game at Princeton
Nov. IT, Evarts wrenn, Harvard star
will be the referee. and Hackett, a former
West Point captain. will be umpire.
Wrenn has been umpire in former Yale
Princeton games and is well liked. Hack
ett is held in high esteem as knowing the
game, but has never before been an offi-
clad in an Eli-Tiger contest.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-23
VALLEY TOURNEY.
KIERNAN,S.
TWO-MAN EVENTS

Whittemore and Turner chalked up a
team score OF 693 in the Central two
man tourney. Whittemore secured
singles OF 49, 113 and lis. forming
a total OF $50. Turner corralled a 343
total. including singles Of i19. 116 and
los. Barstow and Whittemore are the
next best. having a GA total. white
more had speed to burn and pounded
out a 369 total The singles were 1875.
124 and 120. Barstow contributed 305
Several other large scores were made
CENTRAL TWO-MAN TOURNAMENT
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-23
DR, GARDNER GIVEN
TOP WEIGHT FOR RACE

la; Ironsides 113; Nealon, 113: Belmere,
112; Jacobite. Ill; Arklirta, 109; Peter Ster-
ling. 1O9; Yves, 105; Orilene. lO4; Ben Ban,
102; Yalagal, ZOE: Rye, 100; Athlete, 100;
Cary. 100; Belle OF Pequest. 100: McKitt-
redge, 9S Nemesis. 81: Lieber. 81; Zienan.
96 Monterey, 95 Meddling Daisy, SO: j.
F. Donahue, 80
Declarations due by .. m. today. Pen
alties accrue from 2 p. m. yesterday, Oct
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The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-23
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The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-23

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
LEAGE.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-23
STOKES STREET TOURNAMENT.
McGINNs
swARTs

WASHINGTON I. O. O. F. ToURNA-
NrENcT
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-10-23

Strings.

MANUFACTURERS TOURNAMENT.
DAVOL.
Alaska sentinel., 1906-12-20
OPPORTUNITIES

VI S1t SsI Thousands of acres of fine tillable land lie waiting for the homesteader. Mining development is only in its infancy, and there are un- mistakeable evidences of the existence of large bod ies of minerals in this im- mediate locality.
 Great forests of spruce, hemlock, red and yellow cedar abound on all the adjacent islands and main land, offering lucrative in- vestment for the lumber man, while there are many fine streams from which to take water power. A good furniture factory will pay.
 The fisheries of Alaska need no introduction, as the quantity and quality of their products already attract attention from the marts of the world.
 Upwards of d hundred trappers make this place their winter headquarters, and many thousands of dollars worth of furs are shipped annually.
 Deer, bear, duck, geese, etc., abound in such num- bers as to make this section veritable paradise for sportsmen, while caribou, moose, sheep and goats at tract hunters from various parts of the globe to the Cassiar hunting grounds up the Stikine River, on which the Hudson's Bay Co. operates an elegant fleet of steamers.
Alaska sentinel., 1906-12-20

zone has been cleaned up, yellow fever practically eradicated, and malaria solar brought under con- trol that the zone is now pronounced by engineers of high standing, who have been engaged for a year or more upon the work, to be no more threatening to health than many of our southern states.
 Another question, equally vital to the success of the enterprise, is that of administration. There is no denying that, here, many mis takes have been made, and that the earlier operations were ham, pered by a system that was alto gether too cumbersome and slow to suit the very special conditions that are to be found at the isthmus One of the most happy results ot the presidents visit has been the signing of an executive order con- centrating the authority in the canal construction in one man, and giving him supreme jurisdiction over the heads of the seven depart ments of the administration.
 The third and longest chapter in the history of the canal opens with the wise decision of the government to undertake the huge task of &C., tive construction by contract, and not by day labor supervised by the government engineers. Some time may be consumed before the gov ernment and the contractors can decide upon that final form of con- tract and those questions of price and time which are mutually most agreeable. But once this has been determined, the canal will be put through steadily to a final com pletion. Enough has been learned from the preliminary work, how ever. to make it certain that Con. gress must be prepared for the ex' ercise of great liberality and pa tience; for the work undoubtedly will cost much more, and take longer by several years to complete than was originally estimated.
Alaska sentinel., 1906-12-20

merce. Ns " hod-i7g, ma '?n1at- ing, defeating and confusing the codes, uutil their efficacy shall be found in the breach, rather than in the observance of the law for the actual attainment of exact justice.
 There are, of course, certain fun damental edicts that have stood for ages and custom has made many another the rule of human action, and these are cherished and re- spected the world over; but for the frills and fripperies of the law; the huge addenda that makes for con fusion and belittles the organic principles of the law, we, along with most of our fellows, are ac- quiring the detestation MT. Field so phonetically alluded to, and for one, ve cannot disparage the ob- servation of the southern senator, since we believe he had adequate cause for his contemptuous ejacu- lation.-Astorian.
Alaska sentinel., 1906-12-20

Will somebody kindly organize the people to the idea of having a
 weekly spelling school? This is a
 part of the modern system of teach ing which is given very little atten- ton, and one consequently comes frequently in contact with people, who, although graduated from the schools, cannot write single phrase orthographically correct. Modern
 business methods demand people who can read and write correctly,
 solve problems in ordinary arith-
 metic, and spell, there being very little necessity, in the vast major 1 ity of cases, for an extensive know
 ledge of history, geography, etc.
 Does the success of a book-keeper depend upon the klowledge of the distance between Seattle and some point in Europe? No; but if a patron of the establishment in which he is keeping books has asked for an itemized statement of account, be must not have raisins spelled r-a-z-e-n-s, or hardware spelled h-a.r.d-w-e-a-r. So we are in favor of having one night in the week devoted to an old fashioned spelling school, for old and young alike, there being many adults who are sadly deficient. This deficiency is not their own faults, but can be directly attributed to the lack of attention paid to this particular branch of their schooling. This writer expects the above to go "in one ear and out the other" just the same as do the propositions of building a sidewalk to connect the ends of Front Street and Stikine Avenue, the building of Q wharf at the cemetery and improvement of walks already built and decaying; nevertheless, we shall continue to advocate the "spellin' skule," be- cause we believe it is a good idea.
Alaska sentinel., 1906-12-20

The merchants and other busi- ness men of Wrangell have become tirod of delivering loads of mer- chandise to the west end of town by the present hard route over the hill, and wishing to express their appreciation for the trade of west end citizens, have awakened inter est in the matter of subscribing the necessary amount for building that level walk to connect Front Street and Stikine Avenue.-a west-end- CTS dream
Alaska sentinel., 1906-12-20
TO HELL WITH THE LAW

There are not many men in these United States who would have dared to use this expression on the public rostrum of a metropolitan city to a mixed audience of Ameri- cans; but United States Senator Benjamin R. Tillman of South Car olina would have gravely disap- pointed not only his auditors, but the nation itself, had he refrained from some such ebullition. It was expected, and it arrived; and for clarity, force and application, it stands out from all the rest of his lecture, monumental thought and a daring and honest expression of it. We shudder at such bald and bold carnations from men in high places, while we quietly nurse the identical ideo in the hidden places Of our hearts, nor venture to de- clare them lest we pain our neigh Dor, who is cherishing the same silent conviction.
 The essence of the matter is that our people are absolutely smother ed with the law. David Dudley Field once lectured on this subject and among other vivid statements, declared that the day would come when the law, from its very im- mensity of volume and wild com- plexity, would become detestable to the whole people, and it has nearly reached that point. The mass of statutes, federal, state, mu- nicipal, district, aside from the con- glomerate and inextricable bulk of special edicts, based upon myriads oi varying basic laws, has become a stench in the nostrils of the ordi- nary decent citizens, and there are not a dozen men in the thousand of today who do not hold the law in semi-contempt, at least, from the sheer knowledge that no given law exists upon the books that is not rendered nugatory and worth less by some other law within the same covers. The tremendous fact remains, always, that the so-called law-abiding citizen is well within the law because he is naturally good and indisposed to evil, and not from a kuowledgeable otsery- ance of any statute on earth.
 And we take it that this is what the grouchy senator from South Carolina meant when he made use of his extraordinary phrase. He knows, as does every other law maker in the country, that the doctrine of the law today, is not so
 much the preservation of the equi-
 ties in human society and com
Alaska sentinel., 1906-12-20

So frequent, so broadcast, so 50 skillful, go common has the act of holding up people, banks, trains, hotels, etc., in this country become, that the thing is fast tyking on the semblance of a regular industry, an illusion eked out by the immense percentage of the failure of the po- lice and constabulsry to arrest and convict the perpetrators. It would seem that all that is necessary is to 50 time the event and place that sheer surprise shall constitute the main feature of the episode, the revolver and raucous voice con.
 tributing, incidentally, to its in variable success. The further the thing is carried, the more polished and artistic will it become, until some day 1t will be deemed 6 de- lighttul diversion to be held up by the accomplished and graceful ma ipulator of the scheme, and the old days of gallantry on the highway will be forgotten in the newer and dandier adventure. If some one one would open a school for the proper training of the young in this lively and fascinating pursuit of the other mans dollar, it would
 be no doubt rushingly patronized
 and lend a color and naturalness to the art that would rob it of the sense of robbery now attaching to it.