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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-06
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NILE St. Louis ......2Oo001O14 1 Cincinnati OOOOOO00I8 5 l Batteries-Egan, Druhot and McCar- thy and Grady; Wicker and Livingston.
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NEW LONDON 4, HARTFORD ?.

New London, July 5.-New London defeated Hartford, to 2, in an inter- esting game here to-day. Mclaughlin and Wilson were in good form, but toward the end of the game both were hit more frequently, New London pull ed out of several holes by fine fielding. O'Rourke won the game in the eighth with a two-base hit, which sent Finn home. The score by innings:
 RH.E. New London. n....110OO O2*-4 2 Hartford .......2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 s 3 Batteries-MeLaughli and Connolly; Wilson and Kritchel.
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EVEN BREAK AT WATERBURY

EVEN BREAK AT WATERBURY. Waterbury, July 5.-Waterbury and Bridgeport broke eveh here to-day in a double-header. Waterbury won the first game by hitting Cornen freely, while Rogers held the visitors safe after the first inning and received good sup port. Nichols and Swander both made spectacular catches, Treat was wild and ineffective in the second game, while Waterbury could not hit Murphy especially when the bases were occu- pied. The game was called at the end of the seventh inning because of dark ness. No regular umpire appeared Curley, a local man, umpired in the first game and two players officiated in the second. The scores by innings: (First game)-
 RH.E. Waterbury .....O310O201*-7 il 1 Bridgeport .....2 0 Q 0 0 70 O-2 8 1 Batteries-Rogers and Thackera; i; Cornen and Beaumont.
 (Second game)-
 RH.E. Bridgeport ........4000241-11 10 0
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Corwin and John. F. Potter of Wisconsin,
who had backed down Roger a. Pryor Of
Virginia by choosing bowie knives for
weapons when challenged to a duel Per-
haps the most interesting figure to us in
the House was Daniel e. Siches, because
of his affair with Key and of his trial for
the killing.
There We're not many republican editors
in our party. but what few there were OF
Us gave our greatest attention 10 Summer,
Seward and Wade, and we managed to be
presented to each OF them. l remember
Stewards greeting. His face was impassive.
but his voice was winning and there was
warmth about him that made each of US
more his friend than before. Sumner was
cold iceberg, and seemed to look
over and beyond US, and the touch of MS
hand was like that of an ic!cle. Wade was
bluff and hearty as Sumner was cold.
and we gave him our hearts at Cnce.
But why linser over these "reminiscences
The Washington of the forest the dust tie
mud, the novels. has changed into the mag
nihcent city we had imagined it to be-
The old nation. with its sectional feuds and
strife has passed away, and new nitloa,
united. strong in the love of the people
great in its influence on the governments
and peoples of the worI has taken It's
place. The memory that | was one CT the
first great excursion OF editors to visit
Washington is still fresh Notwithstanding
almost half century OF time has passed
since we journeyed Either.
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NEI9ERQRYy NU1E GlnR UeE9 N nopol WAR

the poles rest. 1t was never put into gen.
eral use, for 1t was considered too heavy
and announcement. The principle is said to
be all right, but in its present state 1t is
too clumsy and needs Improvement, which
the hospital CORPS at Fort Myer IS seeking
to make.
The "aparejo" litter. so-called because Of
Its Spanish origin, was used to good ad-
vantage by Col. Scott in Jolo, P. l., during
the late trouble in the Philippines. 1t was
also used earlier in Indian fights in this
country. This, tco. is an emergency ap-
pliance to be used in cases where wheeled
vehicles could not be employed. The
name "aparejo" serves also to describe the
pack borne on the ever-useful mule, the
rude litter being bound to it by straps. It
is old method, but is tried and true
The travels litter is perhaps the oldest
and simplest contrivance now in general
use for emergency purposes. 1t is bor-
rowed from the Indians and is familiar to
all who have seen Indians on the march
or who have looked at pictures of such a
scene. From this to the white steamer
a:nbulapce"-the highest type of trans
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were to become, in fact, part of great
nation.
x
Every mile of our trip had its delightful
story telling of the struggles of the pio-
neers and their conquest of the wilderness.
There were many places Of interest, but
the one of most absorbing interest to all,
was Harper's Ferry, where only a few
months before John Brown had made his
attempt to start a war. The editors were
of all shades of politics, democrat, free soil,
republican. old line wing and know-nothing.
I remember yet the strange feelings l
experienced as we grouped ourselves
around the little engine house that Brown
had made his fort, and listened to the
story as told by those who had witnessed
the fight or took part in it. Somehow or
other 1t impressed each one of us that this
was but the beginning of a struggle that
we felt was sure to come, but all hoped
would not. Some of us who stood that day
around that little fort few months later
met on the same ground or nearby, con-
tending against each other in the life and
death struggle of the Union. We were
taken out on Bolivar Heights, and wan
dered through the arsenal, and later
climbed Maryland Heights afterward made
famous by Stonewall Jackson.
I'VE came to Baltimore, and it seemed
as If all the city had turned out to well
come US. We were the guests of honor
To many of us it was our first visit to
the east, and when we went out to look
at Fort McHenry we all joined in singing
The Star Spangled Banner
After delightful stay in Baltimore we
journeyed on to Washington. oh, what
disappointment was our first sight of the
capital city. 1t Is true that We had heard
1t spoken of as city of magnificent dis
tances,' and knew that 1t was meant in
spirit of derision; We had also read in
Dickens, Tom Moore, or some other stilted
English writer, of its unkempt, untidy and
uncityfied appearance, but we had placed
all that to the rancor and jealousy of the
Unborn hostility of Englishmen to every
thing American. In our own imaginations
We had pictured it as q city Of palaces, an
embryo Paris, so to speak, with grand
public buildings. imposing hotels and costly
residences, but alas, we found that what
the envious Englishmen had said was
nearly true.
There was no city here; a few scattering
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portation for the wounded-is a long step.
Yet the former Is considered more reliable
than the latter. During the course of the
experiments made at the Nj. Gcetna summer
camp this was proved when the chief sur
geon of the camp took some visiting officers
out with the auto-smbulance to display its
advantages and possibilities. All went well
for a while, but when they We're some
distance from headquarters a trivial ex-
ploson placed the machine out of commits
sion and the services Of mule team had
to be engaged in hauling the humbled
surgeon and his guests back to camp in
the crippled steamer Mules are always
to be relied upon" it was said. They
never blow up
According to Maj. Glennan OF Fort Myer
general use is to be made of what is known
as the "galloping ambulance This We
hicle was first brought to the attention of
army authorities in this country about
year ago by an Englishman, the brother of
a surgeon in the British army who had
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tried successfully. Arrangements are now
being made to have the galloping ambu-
lance manufactured. and Its general use
in our army is predicted.
An interesting relic of Fort Myer is a
combination "aparejo" litter and chair,
which was used IN the Modoc war. 1t was
devised by Surgeon McElderry and was
employed by him in moving his wounded
men across the lava beds. 1t never came
into general use. and the specimen now at
Fort Myer is the only one in existence.
Upon the return Of the Hospital Corps
from its maneuve-s at the Mount Gretna
summer camp the experiments with emer-
gency filters and other ways and means
of caring for the wounded on the march or
field OF battle which II has been con-
Quoting throughout the summer Will be
resumed at Fort Myer and pursued with
renewed interest. The movement in this
direction is general in all army circles. for
the Importance of the proper care of the
sick and wounded is recognized to be para
mount consideration III the establishment OF
perfect organization of the nations de-
fensive forces.
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France a prefervid admirer sitting behind
MIN noticed gray hair on the collar of his
coat This he deftly secured. much TO the
envy of another collector, who, at the con-
:lusion of the service. offered him 20 francs
for his treasure. The offer was rejected
with disdain.
An amusing story is related of Wagner.
r;ho, being subject to severe headaches,
vas recommended by his medical man to
nave his hair cut. He accordingly made
an appointment for u fixed day with a
barber who thinking To turn an honest
penny, communicated the news TO his Gus
toners. from many of whom he received
orders for locks of TIE great composers
hair.
garo's dismay-Gid Wagner's wife, who,
standing by her husbands side. superln-
tended the shearing of his hair, which, as it
fell, size gathered up for removal. The bar
Der was aghast, for lie had sold the locks,
and, what was worse. had spent the money.
He irnplored Frau Wagner TO deslst, but
the lady was obdurate. TelentinS, however,
so far as to remark that her butcher had
hair very like her husbands. The BARRIERS
customers were not disappointed.
Neither were tie many fair admirers Of
the great pianist List. who, 10 obtain some
memento of their IDEAL, w3lc ever willing
to disburse lavish price. This infatua-
ton was shrewdly taken advantage of by
the abbeS servant, whose father chanc2d
to possess hair OF the same color and tex
ture as the maestro's. Whenever, there
fore, opportunity served the man would
raise the hopes of some signing lady by
limiting at the possibility of his obtaining
for her lock OF her idols hair during
sleep.
Tie danger of detection. coupled with
the value of the promised souvenir. de-
manded a handsome fee, which was readily
paid by the devoted adn:irer who in due
course received few hairs from the head
of the Wallets father. and thus enabled his
sen to make a fairly tidy income. as much
as G1C0 being on one occasion given for an
especially luxurlant lock.
Even monarchs have been known to yield
some personal souvenir to the relic hunter.
A few years back, at the military maleu-
yers, the German emperor. seeing carriage
containing the Empress CT Austria and the
Queen OF Italy approach, threw away his
cigarette. y scramble at once took place
for the treasure. which ultimately fell to q
peasant, who sold it 10 6 tourist for g.. 4
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room for tents poles and other impedi-
menta on the march-all a part of the
equipment of the field hospital corps.
Since the Spanish war there has been a
boom, SO the post surgeon at Fort Myer
says, in litter experimentation and various
emergency devices for moving wounded
men away from the line of battle and for
carrying supplies forward. Old and once
abandoned contrivances have been brought
from their places of retirement in army
medical museums for the purpose of secur-
ing suggestions for Improvements and their
ultimate adoption.
One arrangement now at Fort Myer is
one-wheel litter, which was devised twenty
years ago by the noted artist Frederick
Remington, when he was at a western
army post. The principle is simple, the
ends of the litter being carried in the
hands of two men. while the weight is
partially supported in the center by a
single wheel mounted with springs on which
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room, linen room, nurse room and serving
ION. ne Va 9eiient Ioiteliii9 .ne sean elel
n1ant end an arartment for nIacing bodies
in cases of death. The building IS to be
lighted throughout by electricity and gas.
ooohlnS WI Ne Possip-e, allnousl' eAcep.
for both hosoitaIs viii he nransrad in
the kitchen in the old annex adjoining.
Since the LIST Of July the soldiers have
Deen awdy from foft ,iSer III ~ summer
Sn4nb., "a If 10 a,-,ai'taa ~ 5o,,e 10
hosDital nearly ready by that time. 20
enable repairs to be made in the Old build
ing Within the next few months $1,000 is
to be expended in thoroughly undermining
the operating room. X-ray room. labora-
tory. DRESSING, room and all plumbing in
connection with them and the toilet and
bath rooms in the old hosri,al New tiIine
and vainscoting are to take the place of
The ,,r.vo,-+ ,,oodan ,o,+or:ar on soors ,rd
walls. and the martial electrical wiring now
in u.s.. will be extended to all parts of the
old structure
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FIRST GREAT EDITORIAL
EXCURSION TO WASHINGTON

OF the mountains would ever be more than
a sort of great hunting range for woods
men. The possibilities of the central west
were not appreciated, but the daring mind
or Alexander Latrobe leaped the barrier of
the mountains. and. gazing into the future.
saw popuious states, great cities and PROS
porous towns where then was a Wilderness
so, under the inspiration of his spirit the
road was charted and the work of construc-
ton began.
More than third of a century elapsed
before 1t was completed to the Ohio river
1t was the first great thoroughfare to the
west. The Erie canal and he chain of
great lakes had made New York the outlet
of the central west, and Baltimore thought
1t saw chance to rival the Empire CITY.
in some respects al Jeast, so the idea of n
boom originated At that time the d.
IecuhS mead q the railroad was Mr.. Will
liam prescott Smith. He 1t was who con-
c,ived the project of bringing together all
the editors west of the Alleghanies and
transporting them by special train to Bait;-
more, and ultimately to Washington
Mr.. William Henry Smith who is now, a
resident or Washington. in describing the
first great editorial excursion TO the capt.
tai, forty-six years ago. said:
Il was then editing country weekly in
one of the central counties of Indiana and
was one of the 200 or 500 editors invited to
join in the excursion. The invitation was
a handsomely engraved affair, but the
ticket OF transportation was blanket
sheet. The Baltimore and Ohio authorities
had determined to do the thing up in style
so had made arrangements with all other
roads in the country. ell steamboat and
stage lines. to transport the bearer of the
ticket over their lines, so it mattered not
how far the editor might live from the
Baltimore and Ohio, II was to cost him
nothing for transportation to reach the
meeting point-Wheeling. At that time
there were not many railroad lines west
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seen It's practical use by the English army
in South Africa during the Boer war. 1t
is said to have been suggested to them by
certain native carriages in Asiatic India.
In many ways it resembles the japanese
jinriksha, and in appearance 1t Immediately
suggests it. Its chief advantages are In
its lightness, easy motion. the readiness
with which it can be moved by either man
or beast and the fact that 1t can be used
over rough places, in woods and tangled
vegetation where the ordinary wheeled
carriage could not be OF any service what
ever.
During recent experiments at Fort Myer
with the gallopng ambulance Maj. Glennan
stated that the men in charge of it had
taken it over the nearby railway empank-
nent, where the horse hitched to it could
go only with great difficulty. 1t is said to
be especially good for quick and active
service behind the firing line. There are
but two of these ambulances now in this
Countrywide one at Fort Myer and one at
Fort Leavenworth. Kansas. The Fort Myer
vehicle has just been returned from the
summer camp "a Chickamauga, where it was
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DIRTY and six years ago the first
great editorial excursion that ever
visited the capital of the country
Is, came TO Washington In fact, it
was the first great editorial eXcur-
sion planned and executed in the country.
Since then many trainloads of editors have
come to see the beauties of Washington,
but in many respects the first was greater
than any of its SUCCESSORS. 1t was greater
because it brought more members OF the
profession than any other, and they were
brought from a far wider extent OF terri
tory, for they came from every state be-
tween the Alleghanies and the Rockies 1t
was originated and engineered by the con-
troLers Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
and was intended to Kill two birds-bring
the railroad into national prominence and
boom Baltimore.
While Washington was the paper objec-
tive point OF the excursion, Baltimore was
the real, FOR the railroad company, 1t Is
declared, cared little for Was ington at
that time, and none but the most extreme
optimist would have been bold enough TO
predict that Washington would ever be
more than an overgrown village in the
woods. Just now. when all Washington is
stirred up over the effort to boom the beau-
tiful capital into manufacturing city. it
is well to recall this first great excursion
that came to see it when it was still in
its swaddling clothes.
In many respects this excursion was
unique. The Baltimore and Ohio was the
first railroad charted in America, and the
first to begin the work of construction.
Way back in 1928 when the ROAD was
granted its charter, 1t was considered
daring scheme TO attempt to bUiiG n rail
road across the Alleghanies. But little of
the territory through which it woGid pass
was developed and but few Americans at
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of the mountains, SO many OIL those who
were to join in the expedition had to travel
by steamboat or stage, or both. The ticket
contained the corporate name of all roads
over which 1t was good, the name of all
steamboat and stage lines, together with
the authority for all conductors. pursers
and stage line collectors to pass the holder.
The editors were to come from the east
and the west, the north and the south, and
meet at Wheeling on a certain day. On
reaching that point the excursionists were
to become in reality the guests OF the rail-
road.
There were no Pullmans in those days,
and the finest OF the coaches hardly equaled
the poorest of these times, but we thought
the appointments were magnificent. The
good people of Wheeling took an interest
In us, and the town was placed at our
disposal. There We're editors from Indiana,
Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa,
Missouri, kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, and one from
Arkansas. Many were accompanied by
ladies. and it was really a merry party of
strangers that met at Wheeling, but 1t
became a merry party of friends before it
separated at Washington. two weeks later.
In Wheeling We were RECALLED with all the
traditions and folklore, of that once from
tier town. The story of the Wetzells was
told and retold and we were pointed to
the spot where it was said Aaron Burr en-
tered his boat for his first adventurous trip
down the river.
AT last the expected guests had all ar
| rived, and the time came for US to begin
our journey to Washington d. c. Mr..
William Prescott Smith himself was with
the party to see that everything was done
for our comfort. Doubtless a large ma
jority of those who took that trip have
passed to the other world, but none could
ever forget the first sight We had of the
Cheat river country. The bold, rugged out
lines of the mountains, the stream dashinS
against the great rocks, the glfmpses here
| and there of beautiful valleys enforced on
| our minds that the great barrier that had
separated US from the older states on the
| Atlantic seaboard had been conquered by
| the skill, enterprise and determination of
man; that the days of canal boats and
| Conestoga wagons had passed away for
! ever. We Of the west and the southwest
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WAYS CT RELIC COLLECTORS.
Saving the Hair of Celebrated Men
Story Told Of Wagner.
From London Tid-Bits.

From London Tid-Bits.
The tree at Handcross Hill which figrred
so tragically in the recent motor omnibus
accident has been condemned by the po-
lice Although tarred and surrounded by
a fence it continued to be cut up by relic
hunters who fiocked thither in crowds III
order to carry away memento OF the
terrible accident in the form of a piece of
wood. One party of cyclists went so far
as to arrive armed with hatchets with
which to chop souvenirs from the trunk
Celebrities are favorite prey for relic
hunters, and their hair is especially sought
after When the late Mr.. Gladstone was at
tending place Of worship in the south OF
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gNCLE SAM Is careful of the health
OF his defenders, whether they
are on the field in their bar
~ rack bones Visitors to Fort
NyeT may find evidence of this III
a rather unpretentious looking two-stCry
brick-faced structure now in process of
erection in the rear Of the old fort hospital.
1t is & rev Isolation Hospital and is to
cost about $1,000 Soldiers at tie post
who have the misfortune to contract any
contagious disease vii! he placed in this
building FOR treatment
Heretofore sucn cases have Lad to be
cared for III the oIen wards o. the old
hospital Danger Of contagion and spread
of the ailment is always imminent under
such conditions, however, and 10 remove
this difficulty The new quarters are being
erected.
Several novel features enter into the
construction OF the new home for the SICK.
There will be no inside connection what
ever between the first and second floors.
An outside stairway will afford entrance
to the upper wards. This measure insures
entire separation of the upper and lower
wards at all times, and removes the posi-
bility of the communication of disease upon
the entrance removal of patients.
Another innovation is a two-story front
porch so constructed that it may be en-
closed by windows at any time. BY this
means extra rooms can be arranged for in
case of emergency. The enclosures also
furnish excellent sun par,ors for patients
In the convalcSce1t stage whose condition
prevents open-air exposure. There is a
second open porch from basement to caves
at the rear of the building.
All tiSufpctinsr will h done nv means of
a steam disinfecting plant, which obviates
almost entirely the necessity of noisome
fumigation.