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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1907-01-17
WILL ATLANTIC LEAGUE DROP
FOUR ORIGINAL TOWNS ?
Alfred W. Lawson Will Neither
Affirm Nor Deny the
Report

jThe fans Of Chester, Allentown,
6ottsvine and Easton are up in arms
fdeamnding Of the Atlantic League ofi-
Gals whether they are TO be frozen out
Of the new league. The stories pub
lished IN ali the papers OF the East TO
the effect that the league would take
In Philadelphia, Baltimore, Whining
ton. vark, Paterson. Jersey city and
Hc IN, thereby excluding them, be-
.de cause OF their agitation.
,41frcd W. Lawson. a director OF the
Atiantic League. and manager Of the
Wilmington Atlantic League Club,
when questioned to-day regarding the
report, said that he could neither deny
or affirm the statement.
He said. however. that the circuit
outlined was certainly a most admir-
able and practical one
He further stated that the Atlantic
League was already a reality. and COM
prised the following six cities wis
tingion chester, Pottsvile, Trenton,
Allentown end Easton whore the league
controlled desirable and centrally To-
Gated grounds in each city, and that
there were at least six more cities
clamorlng for admittance into the
league.
The question as to the final compo-
tition OF the circuit viii be determined
M the next meeting Of the league, to be
held in Philadelphia IA February.
Regardless OF Mr.. Lawson's state
n,ent. that the original six cities would
remain a part OF the Atlantic League
the writer IS an q position to know that
there Is movement on foot 70 take IN
the large cities mentioned above. The
promoters OF the movement arc all
hhrewd business men who recognize the
great value OF the territory and know
me venture would ne a paying one
owing to the closeness OF the cities. tho
tremendous population to draw from
and the fact that sunday bah can DO
played In four OF the eight cities.
In two Of the cities. Wilmington AND
Trenton. the Atlantic win encounter
rri-State opposition. and 10 secure thi
patronage OF The fans the Atlantic
League must have stronger clubs thar
The exposition. in which case the teams
IN these cities win surpass In playinf
strength any Eastern League orgnniza
lion. This being the case, there is nd
good reason why the Atlantic canno
compete with the Eastern for suprem'
tcy in its own territory.
Organized ball may look upon the At
hntic League as an outlaw organiza
lion. as 81 did upon the American
Leseue when first started by Bai
Johnson. but the fans who by thei
patronage have made baseball tn
great national same which it IS, vii
hot look down upon the Atlantic Leagu
simply because the National Board O
Arbitration chooses to call Il an out
law body. but viii patronize amy leagu
no matter what its name, so long as
furnishes good. clean baseball
This the Atlantic promises to do.
The baseball season OF 1907 is ye
many months or and regardless Of al
statements to the contrary, presen
siens point 20 a large outlaw organlza
lion at the beginning Of the comm
season.
Harold Harvey.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1907-01-17
BRAKEMAN MANNED
Snow Causes Railroad Man to Fall
From Roof Of Car.

William w. Emery, a brakeman in
the employ Of the p, B. and W. Rail-
road Company, had a miraculous
escape from death beneath the wheels
of a train yesterday afternoon in the
Thuriow freight yard. and though he
is in the Chester Hospital. suffering the
loss Of one Of his fingers. and a badly
confused body and limbs, he congratu-
lates himself that he is living.
A covering of snow on the roof of a
freight car was the direct cause of the
accident which befei Emery. Engaged
in his duties as a brakeman he was
standing on the first Of a draft Of cars
being shifted into a siding and IN at
tempting TO turn the bralle-Nheel his
feet slipped from under him and he
fell headlong TO thet racks below di-
rectiy in front Of the wheels Of the
first car.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1907-01-17
A LIFE SENTENCE

Jim o'RourlSc. OF the Bridgeport Conn.,.
club. says; "a wrong impression has got
abroad about the reconciliation with the
Tri-stato League.
1--WE have given every contract jumper
life sentence in the Tri-state organiza-
tlon. Not one can over be promoted 20 a
major league. We have visited social os-
tmclsm for life on the contract jumpers. %
1t must be admitted that on the surface
O'Rourke is right However II any TIL
State player shows exceptional ability the
big league magnates viii break their
necks 10 get him back in tho fold
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1907-01-17
Officers of w. X. N. S.

At the home Of Mrs. Sarah B. Pickles.
o. 1908 West street yesterday. the auxil-
larry Of the Woman's Home Missionary
Of Grace Church held its annual cleo
ton Of officers. which resulted as fol-
lows.
President. Mrs. j. B. Quigg: vice.
presidents. Mrs. Hiram w. Keilogg,
first: Mrs. Z. James Belt. Mrs. Thomas
Darlington and Mrs. Virginia Culbert~
son. recording secretary, Mrs. Sarah
b. Pickles: treasurer. Mrs. J. p. Dough
ten; librarian. Miss Anna Weldin
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1907-01-17
NOW MANAGER WEIGAND

YORK. Pa. Jan. i7.-At meeting
asst NIGHT of the York Athletic Assoc
,iation. Curtis Wcigard. captain of last
teason's Tr-State champions, was
ihosen to manage tho York nine dur
ng the season of 1907.
There were other applicants includ-
ng Bert Conn, who played first base on
he York team last season; Percy Stet-
cr and King Pittinger. Weigand was
ne unanimous choice Of the directors.
The new manager has played In the
rri-siate since its organization, hav-
big captained Wiliamsport the year IL
NON the pennant, and last year
through his leadership York landed tho
Tag.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1907-01-17
May prchIbit asottIeg Sale.

saloon men. particularly those in rural
districts. are much interested in the pro-
posed legislation repeating the bottle
law There are number q saloons IN
the country districts the trade Of which
depends largely upon the sale OF intoxi-
cants in bottles The bill VIII be intro
duced by Representative W. II. Hbsgs. OF
Smyrna
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1907-01-17
How IS THIS FOR NERVE {?

IT, j. Henebry Ireland's Rugby full
back, played the other day for seventy
minutes against the South Africans
while suffering from a split ear. dam
aged skull, broken middle finger on left
hand strained chest muscles and torn
finger carriages He received the in
las in a tack.e ten minutes after the
game began.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1907-01-17
POLO GAME TONIGHT

Another interesting game 81 polo Is
scheduled TO be played az Tho Eleventh
Street Roller Rink Tonight Orange ana
Rink teams viii furnish che FUN. = th
ives are evenly matched and Well
hiaycd. clean and exciting game should
result Polo is becoming moro popular IN
this city every day ANA large crowd WI
b. on hand when the whistle calls the
teams together at o'clock.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1907-01-17
duPONTERS BOWL

Teams OF the DUPONT Bowling Associa-
toin met on the Academy Alleys last nj 'ht.
Team A won two games from Team b
and Team ID. was credited with three
games as their opponents Team C. failed
to get a team together and were forced
TO forfeit. Bonnie Houston was the only
man TO reach the 500 mark. The scores:
TEA ri A
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1907-01-17
BOXING.

The Terry McGovern benefit held in
Philadelphia last night Melted over $500.
Wilmington fight fans have certainly suf-
fered this winter There has not been n
contest held here FOR months and it looks
aa IL it viii be many more before one is
held.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1907-01-17
TEAMS SPLIT EVEN

Pierce and Crescent oftthe Casino league
rolled "a double header hast night and al
the end each team had won three games.
The contests were very interesting Frank
Day was in excellent form. totaling 81
in the first series and 567 in the second.
The ecoros-
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1907-01-17
WITH 10 ROWLERS.

clubs OF tho Wilmington CITY League
VIII roll their weekly games tonight
The bowlers are taking great inter
est in the Olympia alleys individual tour
hament Taylor IS stiu in-front
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1907-01-17
COMEDY THEATRE
nno MARKIT Street.

4O2 lMARKE.T STREET.
W. o, Hyrup. General Alanasei
Three days commencing Jan. II.
"All Aboard"
"Walting at the Church."
troublesome Flea"
damascus TO Jerusalem"
Baby Cole. buck dancing.
Illustrated songs sung by VIM. Blair
Music by Miss Bertha Peacock
Adults. 10 cents; children. cents
Matinees. $50 p. m. sc to al
Evenings. $50 p. m.
This building IS thoroughly heated.
Come in and wait for your car.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1907-01-17

The wilmington and Newark Eastern
League team will roll on the Academy al
leys on January % Tho Newark nVe-man
team is the strongest I'm the East they
having lost but FIVE games this season.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1907-01-17
MOVING PICTURES

AT Kings Hotel Fifth and shipley
streets. Afternoon and evening
Commencing next Saturday after
noon. January 10. Continuous per-
Torrance. p. m. until 11.30 D.
m. Admission Free.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1907-01-17
sbantv cauoht Fire.

Fire. early this morning. broke out
in a. small frame shanty at Sixth and
Tatnau streets. The damage was
alight.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1907-01-17

BENEDICTS WIN

In an interesting bowling contest last
night the Benedlctsdefated the Bachelors
two games out OF three. The scores.
BlgNEpICTS
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-04-05
MUST VOTE TO GET "WET."
Attorney General Says Only Local Ac.
ton Nav Permit Saloons.

Attorney General Clark, on request
from the Walworth county authorities,
holds in effect that the present liquor
law in the statutes of South Dakota
is in effect a prohibitory statute except
in cases where organized towns or
townships vote to the contrary.
The query came in the way of de
sired information as to the right of
the county commissioners to grant a
license to sell liquor in a village which
is not incorporated and which is o
within the limits of an organized town
ship. That point is at present before
the supreme court in a case from Ly-
man county, and the contention of At
torney General Clark in the Lyman
county ase is hat on which he takes
his position in the Walworth county
case.
II the supreme court sustains Mr..
Clark's contention, then the state has
a prohibitory law, with a local option
provision allowing the sale Of liquor
in case the people of the township,
town or city vote for license each
year, the effect Of a vote not going for
a longer period than a year, that point
having been. settled by the supreme
court in a cas- which came up from
Kingsbury county.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-04-05
SluqQed by "Sky Pilot"

One of the athletic missionaries who
Is working in the country west of the
river is reported to have been up
against a Ralph Conner incident a few
days ago..
The preacher was riding on his cir
cult near Hays, and met two drunken
"cow-punchers." They insisted on his
drinking with them, and on his refusal
they decided to use force.
The minister dismounted from his
horse and as the first approached him
he caught him with a Battling Nelson
hook and the cowboy was temporarily
out. The second one, with the bottle,
clinched the parson, and went down,
losing the liquor flask which was con
fiscated.
BY that time the first had sufficient
ly returned to life to attempt to get his
six-shooter into play, but it was kicked
out of his hand.
The parson was allowed to leave the
battlefield without any further effort
to detain him, the "punchers" evident
~ knowing when they had enough of
muscular Christianity.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-04-05
The Grand Opera Cast.


"Tannhauser.' Tuesday night, April
23; ~Burgstaller at ~Tannheuser, Nine.
Eames as Elizabeth and Olive Frem-
stad as Venus.
"Hansel und Gretel" and "Paglicci,"
Wednesday (April 24) matinee; Nine.
hatfield and Herr Goritz in the first;
Scott and Geraldine Farrar in the
second.
ratio season, Wednesday (April 2I
night; Caruso as Rudolfo and Nine.
Bessie Abbott as Mimi.
The Auditorium.
In addition to hearing the above
matchiess voices the people of the
Northwest will have an opportunity Of
inspecting st. Paul's new Auditorium,
which was formally opened on Tues
day last by a grand concert and ball at
which the elite Of ST. Paul's society
were present.
A little over two years ago st. Paul
decided to build an auditorium. and in
lue suort space or sixty days the peo-
pie subscribed q quarter of a million
dollars. The city then issued bonds
for $4,000, making a total of $500, 900,
and every cent was used in the build
ing. The result is the largest. hand
soonest, most artistic, most elastic and
useful building of it's kind in the world.
Since it's conception the general idea
has been copied by at least two other
cities, Denver and Milwaukee, and no
doubt as it becomes better known 9th
ers will follow.
Its Chief Feature.
The feature that distinguishes it
from all other auditoriums. is it's fexi-
bility as 10 capacity. There are other
features which would command first
attention had not the architects work
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-04-05
WRITES ESSAYS FOR GRADUATES
Syndicate That Seeks to Corrupt Pu-
pills is Warned.

An effectual quietus, SO far as Aber-
deem is concerned, has been put upon
the operations of a syndicate, with
headquarters at Washington, D. c..
which in a circular letter expresses
itself as being solicitous of the well
fare Of prospective graduates Of the
high school. 1t desires, says the cir
cular, to spare the young men and
the shame and humiliation"
of reading poor graduation essays and
offers to write fine essays for a con-
s%ideratiOn, of course.
Prof. r. l.. Kirke, superintendent
of schools, was handed a letter from
the syndicate, written to the presi-
dent of the senior class at the high
school. The professor. enlisting the
aid of a prominent business man, pre-
tending to be a student about to grad
uate.
The reply of the syndicate came
yesterday. 1t stated that it has a
corps of special writer's, and is fully
equipped to handle any and all sub
jects. A range of twelve subjects is
offered, an essay on either of which
will be furnished by the syndicate
for the modest sum Of $40. Among
the subjects offered for selection are
Work" Theodore Roosevelt Tn
dividuality," political Duty" "The
Japanese Soldier" and "Indecision."
The subtle irony of some of the
subjects tended to intensity the wrath
of the superintendent and he sat him
self down and wrote a singing letter
of rebuke to rvnew their attempts to
corrupt the undergraduates of the Alb
erdeen high school. The pupils also
were warned to have no dealings
with the syndicate under penalty Of
immediate dismissal from school.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-04-05
TO SELL CAPITOL LANDS IN MAY.
Sales Will Open in Hyde County on
thirteenth

State capitol lands will be offered in
Nav in all the counties east OF the MIS-
souri river in which lands are located.
Up 20 the present the commission IN
Offering these lands has been held
down by the law to a strict minimum
price of $40 an acre, and cash sales.
The law of last winter gave them far
more latitude in the disposal of such
lands. allowing a minimum to be
fixed at whatever the appraisal board
considered the land would bring, and
allowing the taking of mortgages for a
part of the purchase price, and author
izing the disposal of these securities
on the market.
While the appraisal board has not
yet fixed the minimum on the lands
to be offered, such action Will be taken
whiting a short time, and when COM
pleted, circulars giving descriptions
of the tracts to be offered and the
price, will be sen out.
The sales dates fixed are in the diff
ferent counties as follows: Hyde,
May IS, at Highmore: Hand, May IA,
at Miller; Faulk, May 15, at Faulkton:
Potter, May 16, at Gettysburg; Ed
munds, May q, at Ipswich; MePher-
son, May %, at Leola; Sully, May 25,
at Onida.
The terms of sale which have been
fixed are one-third cash at date of
sale; ~one-sixth, Dec. 1, 1907; the bal
ance in a fve-year mortgage at 6 IL
per cent. A contract for a deed will
be given the purchaser at the time OF
the sale, and a deed will be made at
| the time Of the second payment in De-
/ cember and the execution of the mort
| gage. The mortgage will contain a
provision allowing the payment on the
principal of 500 or any multiple OF
the same at the date Of any interest
| payment, after the second year, which
will allow the purchaser to make pay
| ments before the end Of the f~ive-year.
term.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-04-05
FORECAST OF CROPS.
South Dakota Promises a Big Yield of
Grain,

w. II. Smith of Huron, auditor of
the Van DuSen Elevator company, has
returned from a trip over that portion
of the state and has this to say con
corning the spring work and seeding
outlook: "PlOwing and narrowing is
being done and some wheat sOwn, but
the ground is too wet for general work
There is yet to be marketed about 20
per cent Of the wheat and corn of last
season and less than II per e of
oats, barley and fax. The acreage to
be SOwn to wheat the present season
will be about the same as last year
with a probable increase of oats, flax
and corn of about 10 per cent and the
flax acreage will likely be increased
about 20 per cent. South Dakota's
crop for 1906 was the largest ever
raised in the state; with ample mois-
ture, favorable spring weather, with
lake beds. ravines and small streams
full of water an increased acreage to
small grain is anticipated: in any
event the acreage will be equal to that
of last season. AS indicating last
years acreage and yield, the following
figures are submitted
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-04-05
CALL FOR ALL WARRANTS.
Any Still Outstanding Will Be Taken
Up Next Month.

Returns from the late issue of
enu warrants and the taxes COM
ing in from the March call from the
counties will bring into the state
treasury enough to take up all out
standing warrants Of the state. and
a call will be made on April 3 for
everything which is out. While not
all the counties as yet have RENTED,
the estimated revenue based on what
has come in are believed to be sufn-
cient to take up everything and to
leave free cash In the treasury for
some time. With the assessment
board using the power given them by
the last legislative session to provide
two mill levies for the next two
years, there should be no deficiency
q. the end Of that time and no issue
Of evenu warrants required to hold
the treasury on practically a cash ba-
sis.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-04-05

Meant for Grave Conditions; Used for
Trivial Acts.

One Of the questions which is agi-
tating the minds of those who are in
doubt as to the meaning of the legal
phrases is what is the real fate of an
emergency" bill which the governor
allows to become a law without his
approval. when it vas stated on the
face of the law itself that it shall go
into effect upon it's passage and ap-
prevail"
The last legislative session passed
more emergency laws than has any
session of the past years, and a pro-
vision of the constitution which was
intended at the time it vas adopted to
be used to meet grave conditions has
been led by usage to apply to laws
trivial In their nature, so far as the
veal of the state is concerned, al
though they may be important to some
particular individual.
One of the latter class was a law
which provided three years as the
limit OF beginning the quasi-criminal
suit, the time to date from the time of
the offense; and it is further enacted
that this act shall apply to all such of
lenses and crimes which have hereto
fore taken place, and to all pending
proceedings in any of the courts of
this state" This went into effect at
the time of it's approval on March 4.
The first application of the provis-
ions of this new law comes from S. II.
Wright Of Oenterville, against whom
there is pending in the supreme cour
a disbarment procedure. Wright as a
practicing attorney at Chamberlain
was charged with embezzlement of
sums of money collected for clients.
On n of the charges he was tried
and convicted and given a sentence of
one year in the p~enitentiary. He
served the sentence after the supreme
court had sustained the decision OF
the lower court. About the same time
disbarment proceedings were brought
against Wright and are now pending
in the supreme court. Under the new
law, which was pushed through by Rep
resentative Price Of Yankton, Wright
asks that the proceedings for disbar-
ment now pending in the supreme
court be dismissed, as the OffenSe On
which the proceedings are based was
committed more than three years ago.
The same contention could be APP
piled to the disbarment proceedings
which have been brought against S. a.
Ramsey of Woonsocket in case the
new law is sustained by the supreme
court.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-04-05
GET GOOD PAY; WOO DAUGHTERS
Farmers Ad for Hands Alre ady Has
Had Results,

Daniel Kindred, a prosperous farmer
who has a valuable farm on the Mis-
souri, river forty miles west of Pierre,
and who advertised that farm hands
doing satisfactory work for him, in
addition to good pay, would be given a
chance to win the hand and heart or
any one Of his four daughters, now is
renewing his promise, but with the
number of daughters reduced to two.
The other two girls have made their
choice from among the hands who re-
piled to the first advertisement and
their weddings will soon take place.
The first man to win one of the
Kindred girls came from the East,
where he had graduated from an agri-
cultural college. Before he was at
work on the Kindred farm three weeks
he had installed an irrigation ditch
and a stone inclosed fish pond, which
had been stocked with bass and pick
erel. Then he piped the water from an
artesian we'll into the house and in
duced Kindred to put in a porcelain
bath tub. In addition to this the East
especially pleased Kindred by
curing a disease from which some OF
his cattle were suffering.
When the farmer suggested to this
bright young man hat he would like
to have him as a permanent helper In
the shape of a son-in-law he was In
formed that the young man already
had made his choice and that Miss
Daisy Kindred, the youngest OF The
four daughters, had promised to marry
him.
Early in January another young man
was hired at the Kindred farm. He
was not a college graduate, but he
showed decided mechanical ability.
He installed a small motor at the ar
tesian well, put in an electric genera
tor and supplied crruent to light The
farm house, run the churn, sewing
machine and washing machine. MISS
Nora Kindred, who presided over the
dairy, fell a victim to the genius OF
this young fellow, and she, too, is now
on the list of those taken"
The Kindred girls remaining are
good looking, rosy checked and buXom,
and the hired man that secures II OF
them will have TO make good"