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Evening star., 1907-09-03

Horse Show Association yesterday, and two
of them almost resulted fatally. H. L. Bell
was picked up in an unconscious state and
Dion Kerr of Washington narrowly escaped
being trampled to death.
Bell rode his horse Gold Van in the open
steeplechase, and while leading opposite the
jump there and turned two somersaults.
Bell shot out of the saddle and as he fell
the horse rolled over on him, its neck PIN
ming him to the ground.
When the crowd, which ran across the In
ner field, reached the scene of the accident
the horse, which had broken its neck and
back, was dead. and Bell. to all appear
ances, was dead too Blood was flowing
from his face and from a dozen cuts and
his arms were doubled up under him in a
manner that indicated they had been
broken Two physicians worked over him
and brought him around after few min
utes. but hour afterward he asked If he
had been riding al Morris Park An exam
ination showed that he hat. not broken any
bones.
Kerr was not so fortunate. He had the
mount on his horse Ardette in the second
race. another steeplechase, and fell at the
jump just after the dip in the course. He
Schaick's Adjutor, ridden by Hayden. The
horse went over him without touching him.
but his collar bone was broken by the fall
Despite the accident Kerr attempted 10 re-
mount and finish the race, but he could not
get into the saddle. A stable boy caught Ar
dette and rode over the course
Kerr lodged a complaint of foul against
Hayden, claiming that Adjutor cut across in
front of Ardette just before he fell The
stewards disqualified Adjutor, and Mrs Van
Schalck was much put ,ut over Their action
She declared that If the riders had been re-
versed her horse would not have been dis
quaEhed. Several pople who were at the up
per end Of the course said there was no
1oul and Mrs. Van Schack became so ex-
cited that her huspa nd had difficulty in
quieting her.
A special dispatch from Bay Shore this
morning says Dion Kerr. the Washington
amateur who fell from his horse Ardette
at the meeting of the Bay Shore Horse
Show Association yesterday, was much
improved this morning and 1t was expected
that he would leave Bay Shore today for
home. Beyond the dislocating of a collar
bone. kerrs injuries have not proved as
serious as was at first supposed He spent
comfortable night at Allan Pinkerton
house under the care of doctors. The fall
rain of yesterday morning.
Evening star., 1907-09-03
GIRL HoRsEWHIPs MAN.
Lays on Lashes While 1000 Specta-
tors Watch

MINEOLA, l.. l., September 3.-Saying
that she would teach girls to defend their
own regulations. Miss Freda Horther,
nineteen years old. of Mineola, l.. l., horse
whipped Ferdinand Stabb. twenty-six years
old, a baker. at the Mineola ball grounds
near the Long Island railroad station, in
full view of at least a thousand persons
who had gathered to watch a game between
the Pocahontas Athletic Club and the Min
cola Athletic Club yesterday afternoon.
Miss Horther continued to lash the unre-
sisting baker until she was dragged away
by several of her girl friends.
Andrew Horther. Miss Freida's father,
until a month ago had employed Stabb as a
baker in his establishment. which supplied
the wealthy residential section at Wheat
ley Hill. A month ago he sold his bakery
to Frank Kehringer. baker from Man.
haitian who retained Stabb in his employ.
Two days ago Kehringer told Mrs. Hor-
ther that Stabb had made insulting re-
marks about her daughter. This was re-
peated to Mr.. Horther. who at once started
out to hunt for Stabb
him to leave the matter to her. She looked
for Stabb all day. armed with formida BILE
horsewhip. which she carried under her long
coat. Yesterday afternoon she found him
leaning on his bicycle watching the game.
She went to him and laid on about fifteen
singing lashss before she was interrupted
Evening star., 1907-09-03
TREE DOCTORS" AT PocANT1co.
John D. Rockefeller's Oaks and Elms
BEGINNING to Decay

TARRYTOWN, N. Y, September 3-Half
a dozen tree doctors" are at work at Mr.
John d. Rockefeller's place at Pocantico
Hills, treating trees for the purpose of pre-
venting decay. Mr.. Rockefeller is great
lover of trees, and while riding through his
beautifully wooded country in the vicinity
of Tarrytown he noticed that many of the
great oaks and elms were beginning to de-
cay. This was particularly noticeable in
the lower part of the trunks near the roots
Many of the old trees, those that indicate an
age of two hundred years or more which
Mr.. Rockefeller is especially anxious to pre-
serve, showed decay, and the oil kir;- be-
came very anxious about them
He at once consulted several gardeners
but they could offer no remedy. Finally, he
learned that there were such individuals as
tree DOCTORS" and he Immediately sent for
them.
Evening star., 1907-09-03
PECULIAR DECISION
AT WASHINGTON GROVE

WASHINGTON GROVE, Md. September
3.-The Rockville and Washington Grove
teams Were booked yesterday morning for
a game. but only four innings were pulled
off owing to a dispute which caused the
large attendance to swarm upon the field
The former team had a large lead in the
score, but finding it impossible to get the
crowd back and to resume the play the UNI
pire rendered his decision. giving the game
TO the home team. In the afternoon Ia
koma Park brought out strong lineup
and defeated Washington Grove to in a
siX-inning battle. The game was very close
and interesting for the first four innings,
but in the fifth Zirkle bew up. and the
winners totaied four runs and after this
the result was never in doubt.
The score.
II. II F.
Iakoma fark........... 1-G
Washington GrOyc-..... l o % 3
Ratteri"s-Dent and Graves; Zirkle and Lodge.
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ROSEDALES BEAT
RHODE ISLAND STARS

The Rosedales kept up their winning
streak by defeating the Rhode Island Stars
Sunday before large crowd at McDavitts
field. Dore was retired in the third inning
after seven runs had been scored, Donaldson
taking his place and pitching d great game,
allowing but three hits and striking out
eight men. The winners had their batting
clothes on, getting twenty hits off Buck"
Shedd. The Rosedales are desirous of
meeting the Brooklands and the winners of
the District championship series, as they
have one of the strongest teams in the Dis
triCt. Tomorrow the ROsedales and Rose
buds will clash at 18th and Gales streets
northeast, and hot game is expected.
Manager Dore has selected Hessler and
Corbett to do the honors in this game. The
SCOre follows:
Evening star., 1907-09-03
MAYOR RoUTs TRACK LAYERS
His Pistol and Fire Departments Hose
Check IntruGers

FREMONT Neb., September 3-Mayor
Wojz. with a revolver. backed up by the
fire department with a half dozen swift
streams of water. Sunday, put to flight a
gang of 100 Union Pacific wOrkmen who
were attempting to lay track through the
business section of the city without per-
mission from the city council
The work was begun by the railroad at
daylight. No injunction could be secured
Sunday. Mayor WOLF with his revolver.
appeared on the scene and held the work.
men at bay until the fire department ar
rived. and for hours turned the hose on any
workman who approached the uncompleted
track.
Evening star., 1907-09-03
Base Ball, Racing
and Other Sports
Continued from Ninth Page)

between the Eastern Buds twhite) and the
Eastern Empires Ccoio~ed) both games be-
ing corraiIcd by the latter. the first by TO
and the second by 10 TO >.
The first contest was very close and any
body's game until the last round, although
the Empires led all the way. Consistent
and oppoTtune batting Is what won the
same Tor the coiOred boys in the opener.
IN the second game the Eastern Buds got
off in fine style and for the first five innings
Il looked easy for them, as up until the sixth
they held their dark-skinned Cpponents TO a
to | score. Tut in the sixth and sew
snth the Empires again found their batting
lamps and took the lead by large margin.
The scores:
Evening star., 1907-09-03
SOUTHEAST CHAMPIONS.
Won Sectional Championship at the
Eastern Branch Tournament.

Event No. on the program of the tour
nament of the Eastern Branch Gun Club
furnished interesting contest between
teams of five men each from different sec
tions of the District and adjoining Mary
land counties. The team representing South
east Washington won first honors by mar
row margin, with the Northwest No. l
team second and the Northwest No. 2 team
third
The other nine events of the program were
completed in good time and many prizes
were distributed N the merchandise events.
Evening star., 1907-09-03
GOOD CRICKET MATCH
AT CHEVY CHASE

The Presidents team and the Captains s
team of the Washington Cricket Club had
a match game yesterday afternoon on the
club grounds at Chevy Chase Circle. In
which the former came off victorious by
score of 81 to 40.
The fielding of both teams was generally
sharp and clean and the batsmen were un-
able to take chances in scoring runs.
Dyer and Rawlings in the long fields, play
ed we'll The batting of Finley was the
best of the match, he scored eighteen
in the first inning and three in the second.
The summary follows:
Evening star., 1907-09-03
PUTS OUT
CHAMPION THOMAS

SAN FRANCISCO. September 3.-Young
Ketchell, the middle weight fighter who
came here from Montana short time
ago battled Joe Thomas to defeat in the
thirty-second round of their fight yester-
day at Colma. Thomas weakened and
was knocked out under a terrific shower
Of blows. He was foored in the sixteenth
round and fought back gamely but Ktt-
Evening star., 1907-09-03
BRO0KLAND WINS
FROM GARRETT PARK

Brookland won a very close and exciting
game from the team from Garrett Park
yesterday by the score of s to Z. The
losers made a valiant attempt to tie up the
game in the last round, but failed Cis-
Evening star., 1907-09-03

Earned runs s-FUV VreS. Z. Ieft ha.rs -Em-
pires, s: Buds, 10 First base balls on Young
4: OF Thomas =; on Walker i, on Whratley. l.
Hits madc--On Walker, In lin innings: on
Wheatley, lin . innings. OF Young Tin AS
innings: OF ThomGs. Ch ia innngs) Struck
out-By Walker. - ly Wheatlpy. !; H. Young. T.
by Thomas. =. Three base Ii;-I;aC; utler Two
base hits-MCC CCormCk MYERS. Johnson Cook, Ian
caster. Stolen bases -MCjOrmI"k. Strother. Thomas
81. Lancaster Passed hull Myers. Umpire
Mr.. Kerron Time OF game Eours.
Evening star., 1907-09-03

'Batt~S tor Mack In eighth
tBatted for NOrgle In Linth.
Eastern FnuIrrs w q 0 O o 0 o.
Eastern Buds. ......... o o Is
Earned runs Empires, /: Ruds. 1. Left on bases
Empires 1; Buds = First base on balls-OT
Carroll 3. Struck out-By carroll, 8: by Csllton
3. Three base hits Lancaster, MaGruder. Two
base hit -Gurnrr. Stolen bases -Wheatlcr. Cook.
StrOther. Thomas. Double plays-Hofman tEna>-
sisted. Mack 10 Hoffman; Magruder To Hamilton.
HIT by pitcher-Ry Carroll /. Wild pitch Car
roll. Passed ball Hamilton. Umrire-Mr. ker-
rolf. Time Of game l hour and 55 minutes.
Evening star., 1907-09-03
INTERESTING RACES AT
BRIGHTWOOD PARK

There was a large attendance of harness
race followers at the Brightwood track yes
terday afternoon at the annual Labor day
meet. The original card announced two
running events but neither race material
ized. ard an ordinary harness race was sub
stituted. The summary follows:
Evening star., 1907-09-03
DION KERR HAS
A NARROW ESCAPE

NEW YORK, September 3.-Four bad
spills occurred in the races of the Bay Shore
Evening star., 1907-09-03

Totals 81 IL 3 Totals. 71424 )
Brookland Methodist. ... 3 3 Is
Garrett Park .......... o o i 81
First base on balls-OT Byram. /; OF Cissell, T.
Struck out-By Byram S; by Cissell, s. Hit by
pitcher-By Byrsm. 2; by Cissell /. Double play
-Cissell TO ]. Kelley
Evening star., 1907-09-03

sell pitched good bal for the losers, but
was given poor support at critical times
The daily sentinel., 1907-07-31
THE PENNSY
FORMS MERGER

Philadelphia, July 31.-In accord
ance with what is generally believed
to be the policy of the Pennsylvan-
ia railroad to merge the various in
dividual lines in which it owns a
controlling interest, the stockholders
of the Philadelphia, Baltimore &
Washington Railroad company, at a
special meeting today, voted to merge
the lines of the Baltimore, Chesa-
peake & Atlantic. the Delaware rail-
road and the Delaware. Maryland d
Virginia. Later the stockholders of
the merged companies will vote on
the proposition which it is expected
will be ratified without opposition.
The principal object of the consoli-
dation is to economic operation ex-
penses, as all the peninsular roads,
now maintaining separate manage
ments, would be directed by one staff
of officers. Traffic agreements in the
past have existed between the small
er companies and the Pennsylvania
by which the former were paid for
all business which was diverted over
their lines.
The daily sentinel., 1907-07-31
STAMP BUGS
IN SESSION

Denver, Colo, July 31.-Several
scores of enthusiastic collectors of
postage stamps are in Denver to take
part in the annual session of the
American Philatelic association
which convened today. The conven-
tion will extend through tomorrow
and Friday and will be addressed by
many philatlists of Worldwide fame
Stamp collectors of this city have ar
ranged an extensive program for
their distinguished guests. The re-
port presented by Secretary A. f.
Henkels of Philadelphia, show that
the membership has increased within
the last year from s26 to 1900, in
Guiding practically all the wealthy
and well known stamp faddists in the
United States. Many rare issues of
old postage stamps, valued at thou
sands of dollars are on exhibition,
and ii is likely that many important
sales of valuable varieties will be
made. Stamp collectors of Colum-
bus, o.. are booming that city for the
1908 convention.
The daily sentinel., 1907-07-31
AN EMMENCE
BOND ISSUE

Richmond, Va, July 31.-At a
special meeting of the stockholders
of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
company here today authority was
given for an issue of $1O,0OO,OO b
per cent ten-year general equipment
and improvement gold bonds. Ac-
cording to President George w.
stephens, the purpose of the manage
ment in making the bond issue is to
nay off current liabilities, to buy
more equipment and to provide ad-
ditional facilities. BY this means the
directors hope to relieve the heavy
drain which has been steadily made
of recent months upon the net in
come for additions and betterments.
1t Is announced that the company
has reached the limit in issuing
bonds provided to pay off in the
general 1-2 per cent mortgage. Ad-
ditional funds had to be provided TO
nay off a growing floating debt and
10 provide the equipment needed, and
the financial plan voted on at today 5
meeting was decided upon by the
management, which now rests In the
hands of about forty important
Stockholders. A part of this bond
issue will be used as collateral Tor
the S6,OOO,000 note issue of the road
The daily sentinel., 1907-07-31
THE SCHEDULE
is REVISED

Pittsburg. Pa. July 31.-A sched-
ule of revised classIfications viii be
nut into effect tomorrow by the Cen
tral Freight association. Changes al
fecting 5000 different articles have
been made in the classifications un-
der the revision. of which 2,966 are
advances in the minimum carload
weight. ranging from 1000 to 6'O00
pounds; IS6 additional, Serasures' 81
reductions in rates and 60 advances
caused by changes in the classlhca-
tions or by cancellation of common
tv tariffs. The general advance in
rates due to these chages averages .
ner cent. Lumber. brick, cement
lead. paper and plaster are the prln-
cipai articles affected by the changes.
The daily sentinel., 1907-07-31

was very slight, II any, confirmation
of the astounding story told on the
stand by the scoundrelly Orchard.
Then. again, even If there had
been apparently corroboratiye cir
cumstances, any reasonably fair
minded set of men must have been
slow to think that so base cur as
Orchard would scrupple to add to his
confessed villainies by the commits
sion of perjury, and perhaps the only
grave mistake made by the prosecu-
tion was the insistence of its leading
counsel that this wretch had seen the
error of his ways and because of the
light of religion he was above per
juring himself.
1t is incredible that men should
be asked to believe the word of such
revolving william as Orchard, a man
who glibly confessed to the commits
sion of nearly all the crimes in the
criminal category, and who seemed
to take a sort of degenerate pride
in his miserable pre-eminence as a
master-criminal and that the jury
preferred to believe a manly man, for
such Haywood seems to be even If
the statements of the prosecution are
correct was the most natural thing
in the world.
There is little doubt that there was
much animus in the prosecution. al
though 1t is quite possible that the
Idaho officials thoroughly believed in
the guilt of the accused. but 1t Is to
be hoped that with this trial the
wretched controversy which had its
beginning in the miners strikes
throughout this western country a
few years ago may see the beginning
of the end. 1t is hardly probable that
the cases against the remaining fed
GRAFTON officials will be pressed, as
the states testimony must be the
same as in the one just closed, and
there has been a pretty conclusive
demonstration of the imposibility of
procuring a conviction with It.
1t is possible that this celebrated
case will serve to clear the atmosp-
phere and that hereafter there will
be a better feeling between tn min
ers and the owners, and that both
will have become convinced of the
futility of acts of violence and of the
advantage of mutual fair-dealing.-
Pueblo Star-Journal.
The daily sentinel., 1907-07-31
The BIC POOL
COMPLETELY
FAILS

Chicago, July 3l.-With the with
drawal today of the Chicago a Alton
railway, originally one of the strong
est advocates of the scheme. the
American Railway Clearing house,
which for nearly nine months has
been attempting to form pool of all
the freight cars of the country, is
admittedly in the last stages of dis
solution. The Chicago. Milwaukee &
st. Paul, has already withdrawn
from the pool. and many other of the
leading roads, both of the west and
the east. have announced their inten-
tion of abandoning the project.
The principal object of the clear
ing house and the only excuse for its
maintenance was to insure each road
having on its own rails at all times
the exact number of cars owned by
it. In attempting to>accomplish this
the organization has miserably failed,
chiefly because it had no power to
penalize the roads for disobeylng its
orders beyond the established rate of
daily rental. When all roads were
short of cars no road would give up
any of them when told to do SO by
the pool management.
The project of having the clearing
house keep a record of the inter
change of all cars and collect the
rental due each road has failed be
cause all the big companies have in
sisted on keeping their own records
of their cars and making the collec-
tions due them.
The daily sentinel., 1907-07-31
THE LUMBER
MEN MEET

Cadillac, Mich, July 31.-Nearly
100 lumbermen, representing the
most important lumber interests of
the state, assembled here today to
take part in the first annual meeting
of the Michigan Hardwood Manufac-
turers' association. President Russo
of Memphis and Secretary Fish of
Chicago will represent the nationaf
association at the convention. The
most important item of business is
the selection of a secretary who will
devote his entire time to promoting
the lumber interests of the state.
The daily sentinel., 1907-07-31
WILL BOOST
THE PRICE

jacksonville, Fla, July 31.-In an
attempt to boost lumber prices, TWEEN
ty-seven of the plants Identified with
the Georgia-Flori1a Sawmill associa-
tion will shut down tomorrow for a
period of one month, and seven addi-
tional mills viii suspend operations
for the month of September. 1t Is
possible that the restriction of out
put may be continued for a longer
time If the desired results are not ac-
homplished. The mill men allege
that the high price demanded for
timber is not commensurate with the
present market price of lumber. and
that to continue operations would in
volye heavy loss. 1t is expected
that similar action will be taken by
other southeastern valley pine lum-
Der manufacturers.
The daily sentinel., 1907-07-31
REBUILDING
SAN FRANCISCO

San Francisco, July 31.-Subscrip-
tion books close today Tor the first
S1OOO,OO0 bond issue of the San
Francisco Bond and Mortgage com
pauy organized for the purpose of Sc
curing foreign and eastern capital to
assist In the rebuilding of San Fran
cisco. If the plan is found success
full additional issues will shortly be
offered for sale secured by first mort
cages on income property. The bond
company is backed by leading banks
of San Francisco. Since the fire
100000, 900 has been spent in the
reconstruction of the new city, and
twice as much more will be required
to carry out the building projects for
the next five years. Forty thousand
men are now employed in rebuild
ing the city.
The daily sentinel., 1907-07-31
THE ACQUITTAL
OF HAYWOOD

The acquittal of William d. Hay
wood, the accused official of the
Western Federation of Miners. again
shows the difficulty of procuring a
conviction npon the practically un-
supported testimony of a self-con-
fessed accomplice, and while opinion
as to his guilt or innocence of the
shocking crime with which he was
charged may differ, there can be no
doubt in the minds of all thinking
men that the verdict of the jury was
correct in the light of the evidence
presented.
The case was ably conducted upon
both sides, but the prosecution labor
ed under many difficulties that to the
casual observer looked almost insur-
mountable. In the first place, there
was the natural prejudice against
taking a man far from his home to
be tried for a crime with which he
admittedly had no direct connection.
in the sense that he was an actual
participant, and then seeking to
prove his guilt by endeavoring to
connect him with other crimes which
would tend to show the existence of
conspiracy to perform the act in
question.
Inc uuCSllOh must ldAul any nave
suggested itself to the jury that If it
was so apparently easy to connect the
defendant with these criminal acts
in Colorado, that there was no valid
reason for his being taken to a
strange community to be tried for
his life upon another crime, and the
attorneys for the defense shrewdly
made the most of this point, with the
result that they seem to have won the
sympathies of the jury.
Again, the states case rested al
most entirely upon the testimony of
the wretched miscreant Orchard, sup
ported in spots by certain circum-
stances which might tend to show
that there had been relations be-
tween him and the defendant regard
ing other matters. but absolutely
none as far as the murder of Gov
ernor Steunenberg was concerned.
Under the law of the state of Ida
no st was impossible to sustain con-
viction upon the unsupported testi-
mony of an accomplice, and any fair
minded man will admit that there
The daily sentinel., 1907-07-31
BIG DOINGS In
BOSTON TO-DAY

q Boston, July 31.-With brill a
q liant uniforms, flashing swords x
q and martial music thousands *
q of members of the civic, mill q
q tary, patriotic and fraternal a
q bodies of Boston marched 6
q through the streets today, par *
q ticipating in the great civic a
q and trades parade arranged as "a
q a feature event of old home "a
q week q
Thousands of additional visitors
and home oomers arrived in the city
today and the prospects of an unprece
dented crowd during the latter part
of the week bid fair to be realized
Another important event of the
weeks program will take place this
evening. when the new Cambridge
bridge will be dedicated with cere-
monies of most elaborate nature.
The structure will be illuminated
with thousands of electric lights and
brilliant pyrotechnic display will
take place on the bridge. Plans have
been completed for the grandest mil
itary pageant ever held In New Eng
land to take place Saturday, when all
the Massachusetts militia will mo-
bilize and pass in review before Gov
ernor Guild. 1t is expected that over
5000 men Will be in line. including
naval brigade with is rapid fire
guns and field batteries.