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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-25
Isn is ,hn Test.

II Is not having that makes mon
great. A man Taay nave the largcs,
abundance % Gods 2ifJg--of money.
of mental requirements, OF power, oi
hear. possessions ard qualities; yet
II he only hc'ds and noc-ds wnat 10
has so- himself he IS not great. Men
are great only IN the measure %
which they use what tney nave 10
bless others.-Rey. ~. Miller.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-25
Width of the Old Via Salaria, Rome

While making a new bridge on the
Via Salaria, on the Rome side of
Castel Giubiea, a number of blocks of
the ancient road were discovered in
stu, from which it has been possible
TO ascertain that the road was nearly
IL feet wide
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-25

The vital statistics OF Michigan show
that in that State, as in Massachusetts,
and England, the most popular period
Of the year for marriages IS &c .oa-A
quarter.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-25

Perund is q household friend in more
than a million homes This number is
Increasing ercry day. PerWna has become
household irod al orer the English
speaking ,corId II is an old tric3 remedy
for al catarrhal diseases Of The head,
throat, lungs, stomach, kidneys, bladder
and femGlc orgCns.
Ask Your Druggist for Free PerUhd
.ilptdHuc for 1907.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-25
No Look Ahead.

To most men experience IS Ike
the stern light o. a ship. which illu-
mines only the track It has passed
ColeTidge.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-25
n.fnrrn In China.

In order 20 put a stop TO the prac.
tice Of binding womens feet, the
Chinese board o; education has Is.
sued an order prohibiting the sale Of
small shoes.
shoes.
Evening star., 1907-09-02
SHEPPARD BREAKS 600
YARD RUNNING RECORD

NEW YORK, September 2-Before
crowd of nearly 10000 persons, who fiocked
over every inch of Celtic Park, and often
threatened to interfere with the COM
petitors Melvin Sheppard had the satisfac-
ton yesterday of running 900 yards faster
than it has ever been done in America. He
performed his feat in sensational fashion
in the feature event Of the annual games of
the Ancient Order of Hibernians, and when
he tore across the line in record time the
myriad of athletic-mad Celts gave him
remarkable ovation.
The former American record of 2.04 40
made by Howard Valentine at Travers Is
land in the fall of 1905, was sadly shat
tered by the young Irish-American runner
as he had difficulty in clipping three
seconds off the old mark. The weather
conditions were very fair for record per,
formance, little or no breeze blew and
the track was in better shape than it has
ever been before. There is no reason to
doubt that Sheppard could have gone under
two minutes for the distance if he had had
fast field to overtake or If he had used
better judgment of pace in his second quar-
ter
w. Heating, metropolitan champion
Quaker flyer and pulled him along for the
first fur,ong, when j. H. Teevan, Irish
American a. c.. took him along to the end
of the first quarter in SO 40 seconds. j. A.
bdlloE or ti1e new 1oTh a toDh MN
along in the last quarter. but the pace ne
set was only good enough to bring Shep-
pard home in minutes A. seconds
The half-mile mark was negotiated in
minute l-5 seconds by the new record
holder. The time mark however, is not
the best that has ever been done by an
amateur. for as far back as 1881 w. G.
George of London ran the same distance
at Stamford Bridge one-fifth of a second
faster.
John Flanagan, Irish-American A. c..
was not to be outdone in the record-break
ing lne for he heaved the siXteen-pound
hammer from a nine-foot circle two and a
half feet further than the record he estab-
lished only last week. His throw of 16S
feet inches was nearly fifty feet beyond
his nearest competitors, and made some of
the experts who thought Flanagan was
now dead one' to wear very interest
ed expression.
Evening star., 1907-09-02
FATAL LAUNCH ACCIDENT
Young Man Saves His Brother While
Father browns

NEW YORK, September 2-Willjam
Hirsch jr.. twenty-five years old, of
Montauk and Pitkin avenues. Last New
York. had to determine quickly last even
ing which he would save, his father or
his younger brother Edward, who were
drowning in Old Mill creek, near Jamaica
avenue. He saved the brother. who is
thirteen years old. His father, William
Hirsch, sr., forty years old. sank.
and when taken from the water fifteen
minutes later was dead.
Hirsch had taken the two boys out for
ride in a naphtha launch. and in the era #
they cruised around Jamaica bay all the
afternoon. They arrived in Old Mill creek
at { o'clock, and it was the intention Of
Mr. Hirsch to tie up at the docks in front
of Dave Van Wicklen's Old Mill Hotel.
The engine somehow went wrong. 1t ran
away with them and they could hot stop
1t. The father was obliged to leave the
steering wheel for minute to try and
readJust the machinery. The launch
struck the dock and turned over The
ia'her and his two sons We're thrown into
the water. The tide at that point in the
creek is like millrace A turn in the
creek causes strong eddieS.
William, jr., who is a strong swimmer.
knew that his brother and father could
not swim. He saw his father seized nv
an eddy and carried out into ,he strea m.
Edward was splashing about heIp;essly
Ihe swimmers decision was Guickly
made Several strokes took him to the
side of his brother, who was sinking for
the last time. He dived down for the
boy, who had disappeared. and bringing.
him to the surface fought to get him to
| the shore. 1T was thought by persons
near that ali three would drown. but
William, with the assistance of Iyo men
who threw rope to him from the dock, ,
managed to make a landing.
Evening star., 1907-09-02

also eligible. while the. .Oneck stables CO.
hort, Thomas II. Williams Firestone and
Sam Hildreth's Uncle. purchased at Sara
toga for $4,000, are other probable starters.
If these horses go to the post a brilliant
race is In prospect Colin would again be 4
pronounced favorite, and few would have
the courage to bet against him. but the race
would be worth going miles to see.
Collins other engagement Is the Great
Eastern handicap. at six furlongs, on Sep
tember A. the last day of the Coney Island
Jockey Clubs fall meeting. 1t is hardly
probable that he will go to the post. how
ever. as he would be forced to take up
crushing impost and concede Jumps Of
weight to his opponents.
There is every promise of some high-cass
sport at Sheepshead Bay this week The
good one with the Twin City handicap as
the outstanding feature. Salvidere, the
champion two-year-old last season, has
been carefully pointed to this race, and his
work at Saratoga was of a kind to Indicate
that he will be hard to beat. Nealon, the
Suburban handicap winner, and Superman,
the hero of the Brooklyn, are the, ones most
likely to force him out.
The Partridge stakes, for two-year-olds,
and the Dolphin. for three-year-olds. are
the fixtures tomorrow. The latter is at one
mile and a furlong, and among those elgi-
BILE are w. H. Daniel. Yankee Girl. Veil.
kennyetta, Paumonok. Monfort, Arctic and
Dashaway. The Great Filly stakes is down
for decision on Wednesday. in which Half
Sovereign. Julia Powell Meggs Hill. Mas
querade. Stamina and Lady Winifred may
start, among others. Unfortunately. Nota-
sulga is not eligible. The Flying handicap.
at six furlongs, is also on the card for
Wednesday, for which some of the best
three-year-olds are named.
The Dash stakes, for two-year- -olds and
the Reapers, for three-year-olds, insure
good sport for Thursday, while the Turf
handicap. for three-year-ol and upward.
a one mile and three-sixteenth on the turf,
is the fixture on Friday. On Saturday a
feast is in store. as the Great Autumn stee-
plechase. with $1,000 added; the Fatbush
stakes of 10000 and the Century stakes of
$4,000 are carded. The latter is at one
mile and half. and James K. keene holds
a strong hand with Ballot and Peter Pan.
Ballot will probably be the selected one.
and McCarter appears to be the only one
worthy to measure strides with him.
Evening star., 1907-09-02
COLIN MAY RACE
AGAIN NEXT SATURDAY

NEW YOR- :, September 2.-The brilliant
victory of James r. keenes Colin in the
Futurity on Saturday was the chief sub
terday. His manner of winning was so
convincing that there hardly dis
senting voice in proclaimng him the great
est horse ever bred and raced in this coun-
try Only once this year has he been driven
out to the last ounce to win, when Beau
coup ran him to a head over a muddy track
at Belmont Park. In two or three other
races he has appeared to be straight at the
head of the stretch, notably in the Brighton
Junior but he is the kind of horse which
does only what Is required of him, and in all
probability he has always had plenty in
reserve as indicated by his way of win
ming.
is bred in the purple Commando was a
son of Domino, and he by Himyar-Mannie
Gray. Pastorella is an English mare. i'm
ported to this country by Marcus Daily and
later purchased by Mr.. Keene. She was a
daughter of Springfield, the sire of Water
cress, which has sired many good horses.
Colin is destined for a place at the head of
the Jockey Club lives to carry out his
plans. and he should be a worthy successor
to Domino and Commando, which came to
an untimely end.
Collins next engagement is in the Flat
bush Stakes, at seven furlongs, on Satur-
day. in which he is likely to meet once
more Harry Payne Whitney's Bar None,
which ran such a good race in the Futurty;
Fred Burlew's Chapultepec, August Bel
mont's Fair Play and John E. Madden $
Meelick Notasulga. generally ranked as
the best -year-old filly of the season, is
Evening star., 1907-09-02
LEESBURG AND
SOUTHERN RAILWAY TIED

LEESBURG, Va, September 2, 1907.
A picked team representing the Southern
Railway nine of Washington, D. c., and
the team CT Leesburg played on the local
diamond Saturday afternoon. The score
stood to 8 when the game was called in
the first half Of the eighth inning in order
for the visitors to catch the evening train
to Washington Jackson pitched beautiful
game for Leesburg, but received very poor
support He struck out nine men, frequently
striking out two men with one on third
base The fielding was as poor. however, as
has even been played by the Leesburg team
The features of the game were a three-ba
hit by B. Jackson, the pitching of r. Jack
son, the all-around playing of Stuckart and
the fielding of Mcdonald and Howard. The
Evening star., 1907-09-02
LETTER CARRIERS CONVENTION.
National Meeting Opened Today at
Canton Ohio

CANTON, Ohio September 2-Sundav was
busy day for the officers of the National
Letter Carriers Association and for The
local committees in charge of the all-week
convention, which formally opened TODAY.
Final plans for the big parade were made
and many delegates arriving from all parts
of the United States were welcomed, regis
tered and assigned places of entertainment.
From Pittsburg a delegation of 600 car
riers, accompanied by as many more friends
arrived on special train. Cleveland prom
ised a similar delegation. Many cities have
sent word that large crowds will be here to
participate with the accredited delegates in
the parade this afternoon.
There will be formal public welcome tc
delegates tonight The business sessions
will open tomorrow and continue all week
The ladies' national auxiliary to the car.
riers will also be in session all week.
Evening star., 1907-09-02
NAVY DEFEATS
ENGINEER TRIBE

In hotly contested game at Washing
ton barracks yesterday afternoon the Navy
defeater the Muddiggers by score of 5
to ,. Meister toed the slab at the start off
for the Engineers, but went up in the air
in the third inning, walking four men in
succession. Armstrong relieved him and
held the Navy down to three hits during the
last six innings and walking only two
men. A beautiful triple play was made by
Mulin, Riston and De Witt in the fifth in
ming. Riston landed on Clark for a homer.
while Jones and Ryan each secured a two
bagger Turner did grand work on first
and with the assistance of Clark scored
several putouts. Clark's work in the box
was excellent. With the exception of the
third inning the game was hot and fast
Tomorrow afternoon the Engineers play
st. Teresa at the barracks. Armstrong
and Mullin will be the battery for the home
team. The score
Evening star., 1907-09-02
KoWToW TO MISS LIBERTY.
Chinese Crew Take Her for Mclean
Joss.
From the New York sun.

From the New York Sun.
The orthodox Chinese of the crew of the
Warrack line tea steamship Braemar. which
anchored off the Statue of Liberty on Satur
day afternoon and went to dock yesterday
morning. mistook the bronze young woman
for the image of divine. being of the
orient
In proof TO their orthodoxy they began
the voyage aboard the Braemar at Hong
kong with the demon dispelling ceremony
of the roast pig. The pig was carried
steaming into every part of the ship. In
a berth where it was said Chinaman had
died on a former voyage the pig was kept
so long that ii got almost cold.
First Officer Clark of the Braemer, who
is an authority on Chinese evil spirits, says
that the Chinese sailormen believe that
the demons We're inordinately fond of pig
Were unab Bile to leave it after once being
persuaded to enter and were thus consumed
and destroyed by the good spirits in the i'm
terror of the orthodox Chinese sailors. Mr.
Clark said he gathered most of his knowl-
edge of Chinese religious customs from the
Chinese quartermaster, Mr.. High Wind-at
least that is what the British members of
the crew call him-who speaks the finest
pidgin English ever heard aboard ship.
The moment the big tea carrier let her
mudhoOk stir up the American fishes that
swim around the base of the Statue of Lib
erty every Chink of the nautical thirty
seven In the crew piled up deck, each
with four punches of joss sticks in his
hand. They kowtowed to the bronze lady
and started the joss sticks going.
The skipper, Capt. s. l.. SaXby. did not
understood the sudden eruption OF yellow
folk from forecastle and en.ine hold, and
he asked his first officer what it all meant
Mr.. High Wind was called to explain and
lie said the Chinese had made up Their
minds when they sighted the giant form
OF Miss Liberty from the Narrows that
she belonged to the order of Buidha, she
was so quiescent and big II she had got
down off, her base and walked off toward
Manhattan and sat on the top of the Singer
tower they would not have thought very
much of it. But when she persisted in just
being still-not ever making political ora
tion-they decided she must have unWont ed
power as joss, or, as Mr.. High Wind re-
marked, she must be a NO / topside
Mclean joss" He said the Chinese be-
Heved in lady who knew how to keep her
mouth shut, which, he remarked. was more
than some American statesmen knew how
q
Evening star., 1907-09-02
RESERVOIR LEADS ALL
TEAM BATS 1888 IN INDEPEN-
DENCE LEAGUE.

Following are the official batting aver
ages of the Independence League, which
has just closed its first season.
The Congressionals and Reservoirs have
four regulars batting over 800. the Ecking-
ton and Bioomingdaie teams have three
each who are over 400 while the 1nde-
pendents and Brookland Methodists have
but two each.
Pulliam is leading with percentage of
600 but Dom and s. Hiett are the real
leaders. having played in the most games
Walker, the Reservoirs sturdy little man.
ager. leads the run-getters with eleven.
with Parker and Horrigan tied for sec
ond, each having ten to his credit.
Evening star., 1907-09-02
HANDICAP GOLF
AT CHEVY CHASE CLUB

The handicap stroke competition on the
Chevy Chase links, Saturday afternoon,
was won by F. D. c. Faust, with a net
score of 60. Mr. Faust, who has not COM
peted in the Saturday afternoon play for
some time, went the round of the course in
81, which, with a handicap of lS, gave him
a net score of 3 below par.
Andrew Parker had second best score
with "A. Mr.. Parker's gross score was the
lowest turned in, he having the creditable
score of 80 for the journey out.
J. L. Newbold, with a net score Of 76
stood third. But five of the fifteen who
played in the handicap turned in cards.
The scores of those who turned in cards
fnl0W.
Evening star., 1907-09-02
RUNNING RECORD GOES.
Sheppard Clips Three Seconds Off the
900. Yards.

NEW YORK. September 2.-Before
crowd of nearly 10000 persons, who
focked over every inch of Celtic Park.
Melvns Sheppard yesterday ran 900 yards
faster than it has ever been done in
America. He performed his feat in sem
sational fashion in the feature event of
the annual games of the Ancient Order
of Hibernians, and when he tore across
the line in record time the myriads Of
athletic-mad Celts gave him remarkable
ovation.
The former American record of 204 As,
made by Howard Valentine at Travers
Island in the fall of 1905, was sadly shat
tered by the young 1rish-American run
ner, as he clipped three seconds off the
old mark. The weather conditions We're
fair for record performance. There ls
reason to doubt that Sheppard could
have gone under two minutes for the dis
tance with a fast field to oyertake or if
he had used better judgment of pace in
his second quarter.
w. Heating, Metropolitan champion
sprinter. started on scratch the Quaker
flyer and pulled him along for the first
furlong, when j. ii. Teevan, Irish -Ameri-
can Athletic Club took him along to the
end of the first quarter in Sc 4-5 seconds.
j. A. Bailey of the New York Athletic
Club took him along in the last quarter.
but the pace he set was only good enough
to bring Sheppard home in 2.0l A. ).
The half-mile mark was negotiated in
159 l-5 by the new record holder. The
time made, however, is not the best that
has ever been done by an amateur. for as
far back as 1884 w. G.. George of London
ran the same distance at Stamford Bridge
one-fifth of a second faster.
John Flanagan, Irish-American A. c.,
was not to be outdone in the record
breaking line, for he heaved the sixteen
pound hammer from a nine-foot circle
two and one-half feet farther than the
. record he established only last week. His
throw of 16S feet eight inches was nearly
fifty feet beyond his nearest competitors
and made some of the experts, who
thought Flanagan was now dead one"
wear a very interested expression.
Evening star., 1907-09-02
STRIKES POLE, DIES.
Chauffeur Makes Fatal Turn From
Danger Lantern.

PlTTSBURG, September 2.-Win Arm
strong, twenty years old, died Yesterday
at the West Penn Hospital from a crushed
skull. With two companions he raced his
automobile out Grant boulevard Iester-
day morning. The chauffeur. trying to
turn out from a danger signal, where
work was being done on the road. crashed
into a telegraph pole.
The chauffeur alone escaped serious in
jury. Claude Hess and $. A. Foster were
the others injured. but both VIII live
Armstrong was the son of John II. Arm
strong, formerly police magistrate, who
Is a wealthy real estate owner
Evening star., 1907-09-02

Base on balls-Of Hampton, 2 Hit by pitched
hall-By Jackson, 2; by Hampton, /. Stolen bases
jenkins, r. Jackson. b. Jackson, Littlejohn,
Stuckart %. Left on bases-Leesburg s; s. H.
R. 10. Two-base hit-Hayden. Three base hit
b. Jackson. Sacrifice hits-Alexander, Littlejohn
Moore. Struck out-By Jackson, 0; by Hampton, 1.
Umpire-Mr. LittletOn.
Evening star., 1907-09-02
FOR RENT

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May be subdivided to suit tenant.
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Evening star., 1907-09-02

The Missouri conference of the NJ. F
Church South in session at Moberly Mo
adopted resolution opposing the licensing
of any young man to preach who used
tobacco. Many of the preachers at the
conference are tobacco users
Evening star., 1907-09-02

Those who failed to turn in cards were
f. l.. Whitehouse, F. Freyhold w. M.
Gray, E. F. Ladd, w. c. Ford, H. Putnam,
A. F. King and ]. d. Thomas.
Evening star., 1907-09-02

Mira Ali Asghan T. han. formerly premier
and minister of the interior. was shot and
instantly killed he was leaving tho
national council at Teheran Saturday night.
Evening star., 1907-09-02
BASE BALL NOTES.

out-By Meister 9: by Armstrong. g. by Clark.
Time of game hours Umpire-Mr. Reagan.
Evening star., 1907-09-02
Won Auto Cup Valued at $4,000.

BRESCIA. Italy, September 2.-Cagno,
driving an Italian automobile, won the
grand prize, a gold cup valued at 5000, in
the speed race here today, distance, 4S6
kilometers; time, hours, 81 minutes, 36
contest.
Evening star., 1907-09-02

That draft list sent out by the national
commission is certainly a long one. and
majority of the youngsters will never see
the ma jor leagues.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-15
NORFOLK DOCK SUIT ON.
La5cyer Says His "Connections" En-
abled Client to Get Contract.

Claiming commission of ~ per cent on &
S9l00O contract for the construction of the
Norfolk drydock in 1903. Alonzo Carman. an
attorney, of Washington, appeared the wit
ness stand in the Supreme Court before Justice
Newburger and jury yesterday. He is repre-
sented by John r. Dos Passes, while Ernest
E. Baldwin represents John c. Rogers. a con-
tractor, OF this city. Frank L. Sylvester. for
merly city engineer, was associated with Mr..
Rogers in the contract.
Carman alleges that he obtained the contract
Tor Rogers through his connections" in Wash
lngton, while the contention by counsel for
Rogers Is that Carman never procured the con-
tract for him and that if he did il was con-
trary to public policy. as such contracts are to
ne awarded to the lowest bidders. Carman tes-
titled that he had received 81 800 as a retainer
at the Grand Union Hotel in this city. On July
= 1902. he wrote to Mr.. Sylvester that he could
use 5000 advantageousy.
1T would mako me feel better and make mo
work harder" he wrote
II came out that Carman had written to
George r. Manchester. formerly Secretary Of
the Republican County Committee: "As YOU
are going to furnish the cement. as well as get
snare of the profits 1 think you ought to
chip in that $500 1 sent YOU"
Carlnan stated that Sylvester was in pos
session of information which no one else had
in regard 10 the slope of the banks and ad-
mltted later that he had procured II from Rear
ADMIRAL Endicott. retired who built the first
cock at Norfolk for the government
what were these connections in Washington
You mentOn"' Caunan was asked
We'll, in the many years [ have lived I'm
washington L have made many acquaintances
do not have to send in my card to them; the
messengers see me coming and open the door
Tor me- / go in and discuss what I want to-
How much was Manchester going to get?"
well. 1t might be 10. 20 so or 50 1-3 per cent:
but he knew was going to take care of him."
Rear Admiral Endicott sat in court all day.
expecting to be recalled as a Witness Mr.
Rogers had a conference at Wizards Hotel
with Mr.. Carman. the witness said, at which
Mr.. Rogers promised Mir. Carman to let him
have $1,000 or 81 900 in advance Of the work
But this was to no an advance on the 2la
per cent commission the contract of 100000
You never told Admiral Endicott what your in
terost in the contract was or that George r.
Manchester had an interest in the contract?"
NO"
Rear Admiral EndiCott was thcn the chief Of
the Bureau of Parks and Docks.
The witness had written on August % to Mr
the Norfolk drydocl could not be built for
SS50000 He refused to say where he got tho
information; It might have como from the Navy
Department from some contractor or from
general sources. hut he considered it q good
matter for his client Tho case will go on to-
day