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Broke Up Squeeze Play.

Anderson singled in the fourth and stole
second only to have Stahl fan and Schleffy
pep a foul to Niles. Hughes broke up an
attempted squeeze, playing in fire style in
TIE second half of the inning Hemph.r had
walked advanced en- Wallaee's gruunter to
Cross. and O'Rrien had singled him to third.
Pee stealing second himself Kohler was
The man relied upon to hit the ball as
Aemphill dashed for the plate, but Hughes
fooled him so badly he did not even touch
leather, Hemphili proving an easy victim.
kobler fOuled out to Wakefield
Again in the seventh there was some ex-
element One down Stahl beat out bunt
and Sctlatty was safe on a tumble by
Niles Wakefield lined to Stone and Hughes
HIT TO Wallece and forced Schlahy Wal
lace got walk In the second half and then
stole second before o. Brien walked Wallace
made dash sor third aad out By
block on Wakefield's fine throw Koehler
famed "a O'Brien stole second. O'Connor
singled through Cross o Brien taking third.
O'Rrien was caught OFF third by short
throw 10 Hughes on an attempted double
steal Washington kept on hammerng at
the door in the eighth and NINTH while the
Browns were doing nothing. In the eighth
Jones singled and stole second. then went
to tl1.rd on Altizer's out from O'Brien to
Tom Jones. Cross drove fly TO Stone With
Anderson down on strikes in the ninth Stahl
and Schlany singled. Wakefield hit a VIC
!ous bounder toward third which Niles was
lucky 70 knock down. He tagged StahI out
going for third. and got Wakefield at first
by quick throw.
Hughes opened up the tenth with his ore
run drive into the left field bleachers and
Nil followed with double 10 center Jones
lined to Glade and Mil was caught off sec
oud for double play Altizer died on
good throw by O'Connor to first. Hartzell
and O'Connor were easy outs in the second
half but Hickey. batting for Glade, drove
out a single. and Niles also got hit
When Hughes heaved wide to the plate
and both runners advanced base matters
began to look serious. Hughes kept after
Tom Jones and made him send up an easy
fly to Anderson for the final out.
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Totals. 2 Is IL IL Totals. o 3.19
1.-Two put when game called: Hook out for
running out CT iase line.
Columbia A. C.............. o O o 0 1-2
National C--.-.-...--.. q a U n u n
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Yesterdays National League Games

Chicago !: Pailadelphia. o.
Chicago. Z: Philadelphia o.
Brooklyn. 2; Pittsburg. /.
New York. 2; St Louis, l.
Boston, 2; c n iunati
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CAPITAL CITY LEAGUE.
Standing Of the Clubs.
Today's Gan,
Nationals Quit.

st. Stephens Institute vs.. Aioysius, North Cap
itOi and L streets.
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American League clubs, Standing.
tionaI League Clubs Standing.
speeLal p!spatch 10 mac star.


ST. LOUIS. Mo. August AFTER waiting
nine innings for his club to give him a
winning run yesterday afternoon Tom
Hughes grew weary and put the ball up in
the left field bleachers In the first half OF
the tenth. Then he trotted around the
bases smiling and cracking jokes with the
Brownies. jokes which the st. Louis players
failed TO appreciate under the c.rcum-
stances. Next Hughes got himself in a
hole in the second half OF the inning only
TO pull himself out again in brilliant
fashion.
1t a pitching battle between Hughes
and Glade. and both were gwen brilliant
support Stanley has not been doing well
since the Nationals came to st. Louis and
Manager Stahi made change in his lineup
this afternoon. Altizer taking Stanley's
place in right field and Nil gong to short
Whether il was the change or not Wash
ington played a game that was in direct
contrast to the one of the previous day
The fielding of the team was sharp and
sure and the plays with which the Browns
put the Nationals up in the air on Thurs
day were broken up with ease. As a re-
suit st. Louis was made TO look cheap on
the bases
1t wss closely fought battle right from
the start. In the opening inning both
Hughes and Glade were unsteady for q
few minutes, but settled down and pulled
themselves out of the tight holes Nil
and A!tlzer walked for the Nationals Jones
splitting them with fan, and both ad-
Nanced on Cross gTourder to O'Brien.
Anderson hit to Wallace and went out at
first Niles and Hemphill walked i'm the
second tnlfJ Tom Jones and Stone making
outs between. and steals put the first two
named on second and third before Wal
lace Int to NH and expired at first.
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DEPARTMENTAL LEAGUE.
Standing Of the Clubs.
Monday.

No games today.
M0ndav
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SUNDAY SCHOOL LEAGUE.
Standing of the Clubs.
Monday-F1fth VS.. Ninth.

No Game Today
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Nationals Won First Game on
Trip, Shutting Out st. Louis
HUGHES PITCHED FINELY
CAPTURED His Own Game With Home
Run in Tenth Inning.
THE SAME TEAMS PLAY TODAY
Brighton Races-Records Broken at
Grand Circuit Meeting-Nahant
Tennis Tourney-Notes.
American League Games Today.

American League Games Today.
Washington at ST. Louis.
Pbiladelphia at Cleveland
Boston at Chicago.
New York at Detroit.
National League Games Today.
Pittsburg at Brooklyn.
Chicago at Philadelpha.
ST. Louis at New York.
Cincinnati at Boston.
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huoson RIver League. -
AT Glens Falls = Poughkeepsie 2; Tri
County. /.
Other games postponed-Rain.
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YESTERDAYS ATTENDANCE,
National League.
American League.

Iotal ----..-..-...--..
Two games.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-17

Meanwhile. a great deal of wire-pull-
ing is going on in favor of the general
proposition. 1t cannot be asserted that
any one of the bills thus
far presented has the approval either
of President Roosevelt or Senator Dry
den. though 1t is presumed that a meas
ure ~embodying their exact views will
be submitted within the next few
weeks. 1t is known that so anxious are
the insurance people for some form OF
legislation taking away from the
States the supervision of insurance
companies that they are prepared to
spend unlimited money in the work OF
education, but thus far they have not
been able to make much Roadway.
Like all campaigns of education to
which Washington has become accus-
toned. it is expected that the usual
amount of speculation a s to the out
come will be INDUCED, but this will
not effect the judgment or the conduct
of those members of Congress who have
the final decision of the question
through their influence with the Judici-
ary Committees.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-17
Aerial Mail Box.

In Delaware, Ohio, an ingenious citf-
gen by the name of Taggart lives on a
high hill some little distance of the
main road. The hill is of loose gravel
and at its foot Is q small creek, inno-
cent looking and easily forced in
ordinary weather, but swelling rapidly
with heavy rains. The rural carrier,
whose route extended to Mr.. TaggartS
residence. found the frequent high wa
ter and the rough, billy road such a
source of delay and inconvenience that
the Department ordered the route
changed and Mr.. Taggart was directed
to place his box ON the main road. Mr..
Taggart protested, declaring that he
would not walk that distance. Then
his inventive brain conceived the troll
ley or aerial mail box. AT a convenient
corner Of his porch he placed a wind
lass, with a small steel cable extending
down to the box-post on the main road,
around a deeply-grooved wheel on the
post, and back to the porch. AS
shown, the box Is connected In this
cable, forming the link for the broken
ends. The box Is fitted with top
wheels, which run on a fixed cable,
stretched tight from the porch to the
post.
When the mall carrier reaches the
b~ox-post (which IS visible from the
porch. be puts In the mail and raises
a signal. Some one at the house takes
the handle of the windlass and turns
II rapidly, and the box, with its burden
OF mail, comes sailing up the w-fe.
The mil Is then removed and the box
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-17
RETURN OF SPEAKER KIEFER
HlS CZAR OF THE HOUSE WHEN
PRESENT SPEAKER JOE
CANNON WAS MEMBER

Is One of the Three National
Speakers Who Have Been Returned
TO Congress After a Long Laspe OF
Years.
The return Of General J. Warren
Kiefer to Congress after an absence
of % years is of more than passing
interest for the reason that he was
Speaker of the House which was or
ganized in 1881. It was a famous
Congress and Kiefer's pathway was
not Il of roses. He became inyol-
we'd in a controversy with IL. V.
Boynton, then dean of the Washing
ton correspondents, and the bitter at
lacks of Boynton had much to do
with Kiefer's retirement from public
life although he was but Is when he
finished his fourth term in b House.
Since then he has not been idle but
has been prominent in civil and mill
tary life. He returns to Congress as
did Nathaniel Z. Banks and Galusha
a. Grow. They had been Speakers
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-17
SAVE FROM SITS to $500

When you buy Wing Piano, you buy atwhole-
sale. You pay the actual cost Of making it with
only cur wholesale profit added. When you buy
a piano, as many still do-at retail-you pay the
retail Dealers store rent and other expenses.
You pay his profit and the commission or salary
of the agents or salesmen he employs-all these
on top Of what the dealer himself has to pay to
the manufacturer. The retail profit on a piano
is from SIS to $500. Isn't this worth saving9
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-17

lOOS NAIL BOA.
his usual fiery manner and all my for
mer admiration for Burr returned and
| became eager to help defend him.
The debater who | was to answer
was a slow, earnest speaking fellow,
not very bright, but accustomed to ar.
gument and fond Of statistics, and even
before he had finished / had again
veered around and found | was losing
my faith in my side of the question.
When my name vas called, | ross as
II In a dream. and for about, / pre-
sumed, ten minutes, talked the veriest
lot Of nonsense that was ever heard
In a debating club. II | looked at my
notes l found that l had said every.
thing about the subject that l could
think of, and If | tried to extemporize,
l repeated the former things over and
over. The ordeal was finally passed
and as | took my seal there was a lit.
tie perfunctory applause, and then the
president promptly decided the case
against Burr.
Grant was sitting quietly and look.
ing straight ahead into vacancy and /
noticed he had made no demonstration
In my favor. Leaning toward him, I
timidly touched him on the shoulder
and said, well, old fellow, did / mako
a complete failure" NO." he an
awered slowly, you did pretty well for
a first attempt, but the devil himself
couldn't have made out on which side
you were debating"
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-17
CHARACTER OF 4AROY BURR

defender of His Fame Was Willing
but Didn't Know Tricks OF Oratory.
The hrst secret society with which
I was ever affiliated was called the
omega" which was t%wo-thirds liter
airy and one-third social, said an old
college man, who has since o dis
tinction as a national orator and CAM
paign speaker. In our rival society,
the "Alpha Rho" this order of things
was reversed and we prided ourselves
greatly on the fact that our feast OF
reason" outranked the FLOW OF soul.
Ours was a good deal of a debating
society. and though | early gained
some reputation as a speaker, l was
either too bashful or too Ignorant u
take part in any of the debates.
One of my intimate chums vac
named Grant, who excelled in that
line and although much younger h
the average member, never hesitated
to cross swords with the older ones
and was not infrequently the victor.
He was very anxious that l should
learn to debate, and frequently urged
int 10 III ltdoI DldhS u
arguing that after | had gotten over
my embarrassment, l would ENJOY Lno
fun and excitement.
The subject of debate one evening
was to be. WAS the influence OF
Aaron Burr, upon the time in which
he lived, good or bad?' Grant knew
that | was quite an admirer OF Burr.
had read quite extensively about him,
both in history and fiction, and said
to me that this would be an excellent
opportunity for me to make my de-
but.
Grant himself was to answer one OF
the Oldest and best debaters and
could answer the n who followed
him. He coached me very thoroughly,
told me to listen carefully to what the
opponents urged against Burr, to cite
my proofs, showing he was neither q
drunkard nor a libertine, as they would
assert, and then show what a deb
Washington and the country owed
him for his military skin and ability
during the Revolution. He said /
must not allow myself to become fur.
ried or excited, that | could occasion
ally refer to my notes and in fact talk
and act Just as If | we're simply argu-
ing with n or two Of my school,
mates.
During the day l thought much Of
the important part | was to play in the
coming drama, and there seemed to me
no reason why | should not score a
complete success. But as the hour of
the meeting drew nearer the success
seemed to grow more problematical
and by the time the debate opened, my
thoughts were completely topsy-turvy
and l could hardly remember whether
Burr was an Italian or a Chinaman.
The man who opened the debate
showed plainly that my hero was ev-
erything that was vile and wicked and
should have been tried and convicted
as a traitor. and l found myself Won
dering how Grant could possibly an
swer all these terrible charges. But
his defense was splendid. He spoke in
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-17

many wears before and their return
was notable. Each. like Keifer, lived
Tor years without prominence in poll
tics but both were older when they
came back. General kiefer is now
GS but remarkably hale and hearty.
He was always a conspicuous man
and is the more so now because OF has
white hair and beard which We're
tawny brown in the days OF his
speakership. lie clings to the garb OF
the old time statesman n wears at
all times an old fashioned swallow
tailed coat cut much like the dress
coats of to-day. General kleier
served four terms in Congress, COM
ing to Washington first for the special
session Of 1877. He was chosen
Speaker Of the 47th Congress, Dec.
9Th, 1881, serving but the n term,
Last year he was nominated for
Congress and had no very hard time
In getting the honor. The district Is
strongly republican and his majority
was the largest ever given any candi-
date.
General Klefer has a great war
record. AS a fighter and leader he
had few equals in the Union army
He was practicing law when the first
alarm of war was sounded in 1851
and he at once volunteered as a priv
ate. Before going to the front he was
commissioned major and was pro
NOTED very rapidly, rearing in 1868 as
brevet major-general and as a br1ga-
der in active service. At the battle
of the wilderness in 1864 he was
....,.l.- ,.,,,VI,J Inf nrai11 npt DiUn
up. He stayed ut it until Lee sur
rendered. A born soldier he could
not resist the call to arms when the
war with Spain came on, and was
made a major-general of volunteers.
He commanded a brigade under Sher-
idan in the Virginia battles that led
up to A~ppomattoX. At the battle Of
Sailors Creek, General Kiefer had an
experience out of n the ordinary.
Going alone at dusk to observe the
lines of the enemy he found himself
suddenly surrounded by a large body
of confederates. They could not dis.
tinguish his Federal uniform in the
dark and he was equal to the occas-
ion. Wheeling his horse about he
cried out in tones of command "Atten-
ton, men, right about face, march,"
Thinking it was one of their own
officers the confederates followed him
into the Union camp where to their
disgust they found themselves prison
erS-
He returns to congress vigorous and
eager for active participation in the
councils of the nation. As an ex-
Speaker he has been given IA chairman
ship and was also allowed the privilege
of choosing his old seat without going
into the lottery scramble. Speaker
Cannon was in Congress during gen
eral Kiefer's term as Speaker and
they were warm friends. General
Kiefer represents one of the best
districts in Obi containing big man.
ufacturing establishments. He has
found few of his old colleagues in the
House. Many are dead and many
more long ago retired to private life.
Cannon and Bingham, Hit end
Payne. also Ketcham of New York,
are about all who are now in the
House who were with Kiefer in the
stirring days of his speakership.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-17

and is being advocated by Senator
Dryden. Of New Jersey, president of
enc of the big life insurance companies,
as we'll as by other financial magnates
who, like Senator Dryden, are directly
interested in insurance and are pre-
sumed, therefore, to know better than
anybody else what the ~eXigencies Of
the situation demand.
Senator Dryden. who studied law in
Yale, but who has not practiced much
in the courts, is of the opinion that
there is nothing in the Constitution,
either expressed or implied, which Con
gress should regard as an inhibition in
this matter. But other members of the
Senate who have practiced law for
years declare that in this the New Jer-
sey statesman is in error. 1t Is as
sumed that, generally speaking, the
picked lawyers of both branches of
Congress compose the Committee Oh
Judiciary in each house, and 1t can be
positively stated that as the case now
stands the majority Of the members of
both committees are opposed to the
general proposition.
1t is, of course, possible that a bill
may be framed bringing the subject
within the united powers of the Con-
stitution. but none of the measures
thus far presented meets the objections
Of most of the experts in Congress who
have been consulted on the matter.
There is a considerable element in the
House insisting that the great CHIEF
Justice Marshall blazed the way for
just such an emergency as this in his
famous decision defining in effect inter
state commerce as intercourse between
States, to say nothing CT the applica-
bility to this case Of anothea alien.
bracing decision of his concerning tne
implied powers o. the Constitution.
Not Satisfactory t. Lawyers.
But broad as those doctrines are.
they obviously are not satisfactory to
members of the two committees on the
judiciary.
AS usual, the Senate has gone more
directly at the subject than has the
House. At the opening of the session
Senator Culberson, of Texas, introduced
a resolution calling upon Congress to
investigate the matter thoroughly,
with the view of determining the dis.
puted point as to the authority of the
lawmaking body to deal with the sub
ject as recommended by President
Roosevelt. This resolution was re-
ferred to the Judiciary Committee.
Two or three days before Con-
gress adjourned for the holiday re-
cess the Senate committee briefly con-
sidered the proposition presented by
Mr.. Culberson, and referred his resolu-
ton to a subcommittee with instruc-
tions to report in extenso as soon as
practicable after the holiday recess.
The members of this subcommittee,
Messrs. Clark, Spooner. Knox, Bacon,
and Culberson, are of opinion that
there is no warrant in the Constitution
for Congress to assert over insurance
the power which the President, Senator
Dryden. and apparently all of the in
uranc magnates appear to think Is
inherent in the legislative department.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-17
Very az.

A man who usually grumbled at
everything and on every occasion, was
attacked by rheumatism. He was
carefully nursed by his wife, who was
very devoted TO him, in spite of his
f~ault-fnding disposition. Sometimes
the sight of his suffering caused her
to burst into tears as she sat at his
bedside.
One day a friend of the invalid came
in, and asked him alphabetically
how he was getting on.
Badly. badly" he exclaimed; "and
it's all my wife's fault"
Eyes. The doctor told me that damp
places were bad for me; and there my
wife sits and cries just to make the
air in the room moist"
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-17
States Insist on Rights.

A factor of no inconsiderable weight
in the matter is the insistence of near
ly all the State governments upon their
rights in the premises, and as Congress
does not seem to care to lend further
aid at this juncture to the centraliza-
tion movement which is rapidly becom-
ing an acute issue in State politics, it
is regarded as altogether likely that the
liberalization of insurance will at
least be held in allegiance for some
time yet.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-17
Would Spoil His Pleasure.

A certain Irishwoman, on her death
bed, called her husband to her side. Pat
rick" she said, I've a last rayquist to
make of ye." 81 couldn't r~ayfuse We
anything, Mary, darlint," responded the
Borrowing husband. Patrick" said
Mary, solemnly, q want ye sh'ud lave
mother ride in the carriage beside ye to
me funeril." otis too much ye're askin'
of me, Maryi" cried Pat, s~pringing to his
feet in desperation. Mary, however, was
determined on this point, and Pat finally
yielded to her "last ~rayquist." I'll lave
her ride be me side he promised, weep
ing bitterly, but mark We, Mary, dar-
lint, twill shpoil the day for me entoire-
ly, that it will -
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-17
no INSURANCE LEGISLATION.
Congressman Will Talk, But Wont
Pass Bill.


Legislative experts at Washington do
not look for the passage of an insur-
ance law during this session of Con-
gress. Statesmen of all sorts and con-
ditions will talk much about 1t. There
will be a great deal of discussion on
the floors of both houses. Senators and
Representatives alike will vie with
each other in denunciation of the meth
DDS of the insurance magnates as eX-
posed in the legislative investigation
which occurred in New York. Already
divers and sundry lawmakers at both
ends of the Capitol have submitted re-
marks that have stirred their constit,
uents to increased admiration Of the
eloquence and alertness of the men
whom they have had the wisdom and
foresight to send to Congress. But In
the end nothing will be done-that is,
nothing except a heap of talk.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-17
No constitutional Provision.

The reason of this is that the Judi
ciary Committees, both of the Senate
and House, thus early have about con-
Guided that the Constitution of the
United States does not provide for the
kind of legislation which is econ
mended in the Presidents message,
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-17

The highest mountain in Africa Is
in Uganda. On this mountain there
are one hundred square miles of snow
and ice directly under the equator.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-17

The English authorities are SO re-
lentless toward the adulteration of
food and drugs that recently a soda
water manufacturer was fined for put
ting too small a proportion of carbon
ate of soda in the water.