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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-05-03
The GHOsTLY SOLDIERS DRILL
Special Maneusers On College Campus And
Display Of Fireworks.

a crowd of between eight hundred
and thousand citizens of All sizes.
compilations, classes and conditions
were gathered on ST. Johns College
campus last night to witness the an
nual May festivities of the cadets.
which are not laid down or referred
TO in the curriculum.
The crowd stood shivering i'm fhe
cold winds and with wet damn soil
penetrating their lower exrremities
while they watched the spectral ma
neuvers of the ghostly soldiers who
drilled on the campus. Nav first.
like class day, belongs to the college
cadets. They are privileged TO do
what they please and say what they
please without interference from the
faculty or trustees. All professors
are out of sight, and out of sight
means out of mind so far as the col
legians are concerned.
The pajama, or nightshirt drill, as
the students are pleased TO call their
first of May celebration, W as postponed
from the regular date this year be-
cause of the inclement weather of the
night previous, and was held last
night instead The drill took place
on the front campus, which was
strung with Japanese lanterns and
where colored lights-red and green
were burned TO heighten the effect.
The parade began promptly at s
o O'Clock, and the two companies of the
battalion marched from the rear of
the college buildings headed by the
college band playing lively airs.
Both the band and the cadet battalion
wore white, presumably pajamas. or
long nightshirts. They carried long
staves (bed stats, or the like) instead
of guns, and~ wore white Ounce
caps made of paper. Their faces
were whitened and there were few
clowns and two or three women in
the procession, also an Aunt Dinah,n =
whose crinoline was fearfully and
wonderfully made. These grotesque
figures made fun for the crowd. The
''officers' of each company carried
transparancies with humorous letter
ing, and charicatures of professors
and students.
The battalion was put through
drills by the drillmaster, who did
not hesitate TO use occasional words
not found in a Sunday school book,
and with this exception the ''cere-
monies" were very enjoyable. Ger
tain members of the battalion found
it necessary to say d. and h and
this made the small boy on-lookers
laugh, but was not pleasing to the
of the grown-up crowd,
most of whom were ladies'. After the
drill and numerous stunts there was
o bon fire and display of fireworks
on the rear of the college campus
and the May pajama parade of 1907
passed into history.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-05-03
A FORMER STATE SECRETARY I'LL.
Hon. WiIfred Bateman In Critical Condition
at Easton Hospital.

Much regret is felt here over the ser
ious illness of Hon. Wilfred Bateman,
former Secretary of State, in the ad-
ministration of Governor John Walter
Smith. Secretary Bateman is criti-
cally i'll at the Emergency Hospital in
Easton, Md. For a long time Mr..
Rateman has not been in robust
health, and his friends are very anx-
ious about his condition.
Wilfred Bateman is the young
est son of the late Col. Ii. II. Bateman.
He was born in Washington, ID. c.,
January IL, 1859, was educated in the
public schools of Talbot county and
at Bethel Academy, Virginia. After
graduating he taught school for two
years and read law with tho late Gov.
ernor Philip Francis Thomas. He was
admitted to the bar in 1881. Soon
afterward he received the appointment
of examiner in .chancery for the Cir
cult Court for Talbot County. Upon
the death of Col. ThomassHughlett the
Office of Clerk of the Circuit Court be-
came vacant, and the judges appointed
Mr.. Bateman to succeed him.
Mr.. Bateman filled that Office until
1899, when Hon. John Walter Smith
was elected Governor. He became the
Secretary of State, the duties of which
Office he performed with ability. He
was always distinguished for his
courtesy and for his obliging dispo-
sition. In Talbot county he enjoyed
a strong political and social influence,
and when he became Secretary of
State he greatly enlarged his already
large circle of warm personal friends.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-05-03
GET-RICH-QUICK SCHEME.
Net Nrom Far Away Old Madrid Cast 10
Catch AHnapOlitans.

Far away in Old Madrid there has
been concocted scheme for get
rich-quick game. It's the same old
story, but in this day there is scarce
ly a person so easily caught in the
meshes of a net thrown across the
seas by the writer Of the letter here
with appended.
Bearing the postmark Mardid, April
Is, there was received in Annapolis
yesterday by a prominent business
man of this city, the following letter !:
Gentlemen "A highly important
matter obliges me to write 10 you al
though / only know your name by ref
erence. ! need the cooperation of an
honest man for recovering $3.50, GOO
that have within a trunk deposited
in a railway station of England and
also of check for So, 200 payable to
bearer, being this check, together with
the railroad receipt for the recovering
of said trunk, hidden in a secret
drawer of hand valise forming part
of baggage of mine seized in Spain.
| am into prison for bankruptcy and
shall be necessary at all that you
come to Spain to leave free said seiz-
ure paying the tribunal the necessary
charges.
In recompense I will reward you
with the third part of the total
amount. | cannot receive your reply
at prison, so it must be sent to my
old servant by cablegram thus adj
dressed: Jose Binuesa, Prado l2 20
Mardid.
Being not sure you will receive this
letter, / await your reply TO sign
full name. X. ID.
+. S.-Please reply by cable and
not by letter and for precaution
please sign with this name Badvelet.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-05-03
A N N A P OILS.

Annapolis, Annapolis;
Was ever city as fair as this?
The home of Carroll, Paca, Chase,
And Stewart, of noble race,
Who, in the day, where all might see,
Destroyed the ship that brought the
tea.
Annapolis, Annapolis;
Let me repeat for emphasis.
The home of men of noble mold,
With frames of oak and hearts of gold,
Where MANLY deed and womanly
word
Unloosed the grasp of George the
Third.
Annapolis, Annapolis;
The mem ry brings us perfect bliss,
That our immortal Washington,
BY battles fought and vic'tries won,
Has~driven out the vandai horde
And here resigned his cleaning sword.
Annapolis, Annapolis;
Whose shores the Severn waters kiss,
'Tis here the youth of this broad land
Are taught and trained to take com
mand
OF vessels, built for our defense
'Gainst foreign greed or insolence.
Annapolis, Annapolis;
A place beyond compare, l wis;
For fish and oysters, fruit aud game,
1t bears an enviable name;
1t is, besides field for sport,
veritable health resort. J. b. l..
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-05-03
ATTACK 0. S. SAILORS IN CUBA.
Santiago Police Wound Nine OF The TaeOma's
FIeet-0ne Likely 10 Die-Were
Returning From Leave.

The police of Santiago attacked
Tuesday morning party of enlisted
men from the cruiser Tacoma who
were returning to the wharf upon the
expiration of their shore leave To re-
join the cruiser. Three of the Ameri-
cans were seriously injured, and one,
whose skull was fractured, will prob
ably die.
Ensign a. L. Bribsin, who was
ashore in civilian clothes, was also
injured, but not seriously. His par
iicipation in the affair is not fully
explained. The only news OF the
fight came here to Commander Wood,
.of the cruiser Dixie, he being the
senior officer in Cuban waters, from
the commander of the Tacoma, which
is regularly stationed at Santiago.
The police evidently used guns,
knives and clubs, while the sailors
were certainly uuarmed, as they are
not permitted TO so ashore with weap-
ems of any kind. The three men re-
ported seriously injured are Henry
Lee, second class fireman, skull frac-
tured and gunshot wound in left lung;
Joseph Chandler Pember, electrician,
incised wound in left forearm, and
Leslie Baldwin Dustin, seaman, COM
DOuu0 VI bllN HitlN iOANNAits
Six other seamen were injured, but
their wounds are said not TO be SER
ious.
Commander Tappan specifically says
that his men were attacked. IL EN-
sign Brisbin was attacked because of
being an American il is certainly an
ugly situation. lie may have become
involved by trying to stop tho fight.
There has been a great deal of evi-
dence of covert anti-Amoricanism IN
Santiago, where tho negroes among
themselves dream of the establish
ment of another IIayti. Governor
Magoon has ordered the provincial,
municipal and army officials TO in.
vestigate the affair fully.
Since the Intervention, il has been
the American policy TO keep warships
stationed at various ports. Tho Ta-
coma has been at Santiago for many
weeks. The relations heretofore be-
tween the police and sailors have been
generally peaceable.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-05-03
College Girl Visitors

Tomorrow the students OF the Wo-
mans College, Baltimore. will make
q trip TO Annapolis on the steamer
latrobe, according to an annual Gus
tom of the college girls. The students
will visit places of interest in the
town and Naval Academy, including
the state House, State Library, st.
John S College, etc. In the afternon
they viii witness the boat races, dual
track meets and baseball game at
the Naval Academy and viii later re-
turn TO Baltimore on the Latrobe. In
the number of visiting collegians
viii be Miss Ethel Feldmeyer,a a mem
ber Of this years graduating class of
the Woman's College, and daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles q. Field
meyer, of this city.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-05-03
To Run Extra Train.

The Baltimore and Annapolis Short
Line Railroad Company has arranged
for a special train back TO Baltimore
on Friday night, May 10, after the
entertainment to be given by Mark
Twain at the Executive Mansion.
There will be reduced rate for the
round trip. Mr.. Samuel l.. Clemens
(Mark Twain), who viii be in Annap
oils as Governor and Mrs. Warfeld's
guest from May 0 to l3, will give a
reading or talk in the drawing
of the Executive Mansion on tho
evening of May 10, for the benefit of
tho Presbyterian Church of this
city, in which Mrs. Warfield is great
ly interested. Tickets can be OBJ
tanned of Mrs. Warfield at the Execu-
tive Mansion or at the, Capital office,
Mrs. Warfield having sent some here,
for those who may desire to hear the
famous humorist.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-05-03
FOsEIGN VISITORS.
Midshipmen of British Navy Shown Through
Naval Academy.

Twenty-four midshipmen of the Brit
ish Navy spent yesterday afternoon
at the Naval Academy, under the es-
cort of eight midshipmen of the Uni
ted States Navy.
The visitors are attached to the
British squadron now in attendance
upon the jamestown Exposition.
They have been paying visit 10
Washington, and spent the afternoon
here. They were shown around the
different departments and buildings
of the Naval Academy, but spent the
lsrger part of their time in seeing a
good exhibition of the American
game, as the contest between the base
ball mines of the midshipmen and
Randolph Macon College was GO
ing on.
The British midshipmen are from
the ships Argyle, Roxburgh, Hamp-
shire and Good Hope, and their es-
corts are from the battleships Vir-
ginia, Missouri, Maine and Louis
lana. Among the latter were Midship-
man Roland NJ. Brainard and Harry
G.. Knox. both former residents Of
Annapolis.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-05-03
Monthly Health Report.

The monthly report of City Health
Officer William 5. Welch for the month
ending April 30, 1907, is as follows :
Estimated population, 10000; total
deaths, l6; monthly death rate per
200, l.33. Mortality by
Diseases es-Appendicitis, /; Apoplexy,
/; Bronchitis, Cancer, 1 Drowned,
/; Fibroid Tumor, /; Indigestion, / :
Marasmus, /; Nephritis, 2; Old Age,
2: Pneumonia, 2; Still Born, l. Tuber-
culosis, /. Race and Sex-Whitc, s,
Colored, s; Male, 3; Female, z. Con-
tagious Dsieases-Measles, 10 cases.
(Signed)
WM. S. WEIGH, NJ. D.,
Health Officer.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-05-03
THE LAUREL FIREMEN COMING.
Will Contest In The Convention TO Be Held
Here Next Month.

The Laurel Volunteer Fire Depart
mont, comprising three compauies,
together with the Laurel Military
Band of thirty-fiye pieces, will attend
the State Firemen's Convention 10
be held here June l2 and 13.
The department has just received
the new dress parade uniforms, and
Chief Timanus expects to make a
good showing. The Laurel Military
Band has been engaged for $100, and
1t is likely the band will enter the
band contest TO take place here on
the evening Of the 18th. Each of the
three companies will send about
twenty five firemen, and, with twenty
five pieces Of the Laurel Military
Band, they will have one hundred
men in line.
About twenty firemen and the Laurel
Military Band viii go TO Relay on
Friday evening as the guests of the
Relay Volunteer Fire Company, when
Governor Warfeld will deliver an
address to the firemen and their friends
i'm the Presbyterian Church OF that
place.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-05-03
Col. DOyen Ordered Here.

Among the marine orders issued at
Washington are the following: Lieut.. :
Colonel Charles \. Doyen is detached
on May S from the headquarters of
the Marine Corps and ordered to duty
in.command of the Marine Barracks
at the School of Application at the Ma
val Academy. Lieut.. Colonel Doyen
is also granted extension of leave to
include May s. Colonel Doyen married
Miss Claude Fay, of Annapolis, and
both are hig : esteemed here. Colo
mel Doyen was at one time ia charge
OF the Marine Barracks here and was
one Of the most popular commanding
officers the School of Application ever
had. His return is looked forward to
with much pleasure.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-05-03
Yale Crew Expected.

The Yale University crew which
rows the midshipmen tomorrow after
noon is expected here this afternoon
and will be quartered at Carvel Hall.
The Yale crew left New Haven, Conn,
yesterday for this city, but spent last
night in New York. 1t is the first time
in several years that the university
eight has been brought TO Annapolis,
the second crew usually meeting the
Navy oarsmen. Yale's boat will be
made up as follows: Bow, Boulton !;
z, Captain Ide; 6, Howe; 5, Taft; 4,
Hoppin; 3. Rice; ?, Griswold I;
stroke, Auchincloss. Brown and Bab-
cock are the substitutes.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-05-03
THE MIDDIES WERE VICTORIOUS.
The, Defeated The Randolph Macon Team
By Score Of TO 2.

rrhe midshipmen defeated the nine
- Uaudolph-M Macon College yesterday
efterpoon by score of to 2, making
sIi n their runs in the first inning.
Gnvely started to pitch for the visi-
tors. lie gave two bases on balls and
bif one batsman, and these with
stiles single and Gillam's triple, gave
ths midshipmen their FIVE runs.
Martin then went in the box and al
tboueh the Navy got eight hits, they
were SO scattered that they made no
more runs. Meade pitched a good
came for the midshipmen. allowing
Iut four hits. In the sixth inning
fhe visitors scored one run, Pritchard
geting his base on Strickland S
error and coming home on Meade's S
lid throw past first.
They scored agiin in the last in
ming. Martin being safe on a fielder's s
choice and scoring on Newman S
donble. Lancaster played a great
eame az third for the visitors and
Pnrnell and Gillian took the fielding
honors for the midshipmen. The
players were:
Naval Academy Battle, c. r. Pur-
nell. 2b.; Lange. ]. f.; Sites, 10. !;
Dague. r. f.. Gillian, S. s.; Strick-
land, 3D.. Hambsch, c.. Meade. p.
Randolph hMaeon-Stewart, C. ; Mar
tin, ID and D.. Pritchard, S. s.; Hite,
G. f.: Jordan, 2b.; Yancey. r. f. !:
Lancaster, 3b. Gaver, ]. f.; Grave
ly. +. Newman, lb.
The score by innings:
Naval Academy 0 0 0 o o 0 0 O--5
90 o 00l0O o I-2
Batteries Meade and Hambsch !;
Martin and Stewart.
The midshipmen will play the nine
of North Carolina Agricultural and
Mechanical College this afternoon.
This game was scheduled for Hednes-
day, but was postponed on account of
rain.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-05-03
An Honor Pupil.

Among the fourth grade honor pu-
pills of the Chattanooga High School,
who will graduate at the annual COM
mencement on May 2S at Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, is Miss Clara Pindell,
a daughter of Mr.. Millard Pindell,
formerly of Annapolis. The Chatta-
nooga Sunday Times, which contains
a picture of Miss Clara Pindell, says !:
miss Clara Pindell, the daughter OF
the weather man, depends more on
the exact sciences than does her faith
er, having figured to 92.700 in her pre-
dictions of the result of her work. -
The young lady's father is attached
to the Weather Bureau service at
Chattanooga.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-05-03
Married at Rectory.

A quiet wedding was solemnized on
Tuesday evening, April 30, at the
rectory of st. Anne's Church, Duke
of Gloucester street. The bride was
Miss Helen +. Mitchell, of Eastport,
and the groom was Mr.. Ray w.
Dickerson, of St. Louis, Mo. The
ceremony was performed by the rec
tor, Rev. Joseph II. McComas. The
groom is hospital steward at the sick
quarters, Naval Academy.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-05-03
Presented violets.

Each lady who attended the p. o. s.
of A. ball at the City Assembly
Rooms on Wednesday night besides
being given beautiful souvenir pro-
gram was also given bunch of yio-
lets. The ball is said to have been a
great success.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-05-03
GENERAL TELEGRAPH NEWS.
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST TO
THE PUBLIC.
Glass Works to Shut DOwn-fIOrse Show
In Macon Interstate 0ratoricaI Con.
test + Mississippi Teachers.
NEW JERSEY REMEMBERS HER
GALLANT DEAD.

Plttsburg, Pa, May 3.-Representa-
tives of the Glass Bottle Manufacturers
and the Glass Blowers Association
assembled for joint conference here
today to decide on date for the be-
ginning of the usual summer suspen-
sloo. Thefactories of New Jersey,
pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana were
represented.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-05-03

Lieuts. NJ. G. Cook, o. G. Murfin
aud F. d. Karns have been detached
from the Naval Academy and ordered
to duty in connection with fitting out
the Olympia at the Norfolk navy
yard, and to duty on board when
placed in commission.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-05-03
Before The Squire.

Officer Jackson arrested Samuel
Diggs, eolored, for drunk and disor-
derly conduct on West street. Diggs
had hearing today before Squire
Feldmeyer and was fined $2.75, which
he paid and was dismissed.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-05-03

Macon, Ca, May 3.--The Log Cabin
Club was the mecca for society this
afternoon, the occasion being the
opening of the hig outdoor horse
show for which Preparations have
been making for many weeks. The
opening was most successful in all
respects. All classes of the exhibition
are well filled, many of the horses
coming from great distance. The
exhibition is 10 continue over tomor-
row.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-05-03

Gulfport, Miss, May 3.--This was
an exceedingly busy day for the scores
of Mississippi teachers who ARE hold
ing their annual convention here.
With number of departmental con-
ferences this morning in .a.liiien to
the general session, followed by NJ
outing on the Gulf this afternoon the
visiting pedagogues found little leis-
ure on their hands. This evening the
teachers will listen to addresses by
two educators of wide note, President
Il. B. Craighead, of Tulane Univer-
sity, and I.aton b. Evans, superin-
tendent of schools of Augusta, Ga.
The general session will close tomor-
row morning. Officers for the ensu-
ing year will be elected and installed
and another interesting feature of the
session will be the presen-
tation of the Irin Russell memorial.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-05-03

Parkville, Mo-, May 3.--William
Jewell College today welcomed scores
of students and other visitors come to
attend tonight's interstate oratorical
contest. More than dozen collegiate
orators are to engage in the contest and
the rivalry is intense. The states rep
resented include Michigan, Kansas,
Illinois, Nebraska, Wisconsin, ohio.
Indiana, Minnesota, Iowa and Colo
RADIO.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-05-03

fredericksburg, Va, May 3.--The
monument erected near Salem Church
to commemorate the valor of the
Twenty-third Regiment, New Jersey
Volunteers, in the battle at that place,
was dedicated today with imposing
exercises in the presence of a large
crowd. The State of New Jersey
erected the monument at cost of
over S., 600 on n site purchased by
Gen. +. Burd Grubb, former COM
mander of the regiment, and present
ed by him TO the Association OF the
Survivors of the regiment. The mon
ument is fifty feet high, and topping
with a statue of a soldier advancing
and loading.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-14
90 oounsg qEDD9 2'a49 @z Dg2as5ee.t3G5o

ever seen since the amateur cham.
pionship tournaments were started
Travers played beautiful golf today
almost as perfect in fact as that shown
in yesterdays sensational game with
Warren X. Wood He was In trouble
occasionally. but his iron shots sew
eral times won him holes, when, ap
parently, he had lost.
Only once did he display poor judg-
ment. That was on the seventh hole
of the afternoon play. The distance
to this hole Is i62 yards. with a big
bunker guarding the greet thirty yards
from the cup. Graham took a chance
after his long drive and brassied. over
the bunker. a low ball that carried
more than two hundred yards. TRAY.
ers tried the same shot bur could not
get the distance. although he made a
perfect stroke, and his ball pumped
into the bunker. this shot losing him
the hole. Travers generally outplayed
Graham. his iron shots we're almost
Invariably better played. aud his work
on the greens. The most delicate
strokes of golf. was far superior %
that fthe North Jersey man.
Jerome ID. TraveFs now holds the
National. Metrr politan and New Jer-
sey championships. He has won the
Metropolitan championship three times
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-14

who was brought into prominence By
arresting the Duke of Abruzzi and
several members of the diplomatic
corps on a charge OF excessive speed
ING was instructed to enforce the ordi-
nance rigidly and to serve warrants
on about hundred and fifty Offend
ing automobilists who have failed to
appear in court at Rockville. Mary
land. for trial A conflict of authority
is looked for. as the secretary of war
has been advised by the attorney gen
eral that jurisdiction over the road.
which is a military reservation, is
vested In the war department.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-14
7RAV{RS WINS
CHAMPIONSHIP
GRAHAM PLAYS PLuckY GAME
BUT Is OUTCLASSED BY
MONTCLAiRE, MAN.
TAXES LEAD AT START
Gradually Increasing Until the Thirty
First Hole Decided the Victory
Nov Holds Three Cham
pionships.

Cleveland, July 49,. Playing the
same unbeatable game or golf that has
characterized his play since the lie
ginning OF the tournament. Jerome y.
Travers the 10 yearold golfer CT
Montclair, N. j., today won tho M.
tional Amateur Golf Championship
from Archie Graham, OF the Nor;h
Jersey Club. Travers won decisive
vict; ry, six up and FIVE to play He
was two up at the end of the morning
round of IS holes and gradually in
creased his lead. The end came at
the thirtyiirst hole, when Travers az
ter dropping a IT'S yard midiron shot
10 yeards from the cup, ran the ball on
the next shot to within less than a
foot of its goal and holed the little
putt after Graham had narrowly miss.
ed a l,ng putt that would have pro
longed the game. Travors medal
score for the Is holes play this morn.
ing was rs: for the frs nine holes OF
the afternoon play 2G, and he was one
under Bogey on the last four holes
played. Graham took rs IN the morn
ing. 3S for the first nine holes this
Afternoon and was one over Bogey in
the last four holes Graham played d
piucky game he was simply outclass-
ed by golfer, who, TO quote the Ian
guage Of President Chauncey of the
United states Golf Association in pre-
sentlng the bold championship medal
to the new champion, said "he had
given the finest exhibition of golf