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NEOnLnueQ from flTSN BhRe.l
stage. Then It is up TO Matty. while
any one of four frst-rate twirlers may
be called upon to rescue Brown should
the Giants seriously threaten him. Big
Ed Reulbech may start the game for
the Chance outfit Ed has not been
scored upon In thirty-two innings
PfeIster Is another twirler on whom
Chance can rely in an emergency. over
all is as hne as he was last year, when
he played a prominent part In bringing
a worlds championship TO the Windy
City.
Still Matty is a little better than any
of these II he is in form, and there is
little question as to that. From this the
inference may be drawn that the game
will be won in the box.
Unless the contest runs into a tie the
perrant will be decided this afternoon.
In such case, Frank Chance threatens
trouble in demanding a three-game
series. But Chance and his Cubs aside,
every one who can get within the
grounds will be on hand for the killing.
faithful as MCGraw and his legion are
brave and capable. they'll give the
grand old team a great send-or, even
should the worst happen
But the Giants will win. big Six
will see TO that. He's ft and that is
enough.
Cubs Make Arrival.
The Cubs came 20 town today on me
Twentieth Century Limited in splendid
shape.
They looked well. confident Gnd en-
thusiastic But the engineer OF the
Twentieth Century is loyal Giant fs-n'
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PAINLESS DENTISTRY.

How much for the Job. doc?"
"One dollar. That's reasonable
enough"
I s'pCse so, but I do hate TO part
with money. Take 1t out of my pocket
while I'm under the influence Of the
gas. Exchange.
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DOMESTIC POLITICS.

Whom did you support during the
asst campaign"
A wife, two children, and a mother
in-law and kept up my life insurance
at the same time."-Puck
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HER FIGURE.

Papa what is a figure Of speech -
"A figure Of speech, my son? Well.
II I were TO say that the skinny Mrs
Chatterbox had a willowy figure that
would be a figure Of gpehnA 'EREx-
change,
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Marriage Licenses.

Joseph NJ Lloyd and Mary F. Kramer,
Northumberland, Pa.
ROlla y. Beighey and ollie 8 Hagen
maker, Washington.
Andrew J. Mullen and Mary Ann Wood,
Washington.
Arthur +. Trammelle and Alice NJ.
Ford. Washington.
Joseph I. Sueter. Emporia, Va, and
Mary V James, City Point, Va.
Robert Morgan and Laura V. Harding
Washington.
Max S. Fronsley. Wytheville, Va. and
Alice B. Carter, Baltimore.
Sam Guglielnimi and Rose Crivella7
Washington
John A. Stuart and Susan P. Bayne,
Washington.
Edward R. Magic and Agnes woltz,
Washington.
Daniel II. Russell and Lizzie NJ. Baugh-
man, Lancaster, Pa.
William o. COnnOr and Josephine 3.
Shreve. Washington.
Harry p. Collins. GlendOwn. Va, and
Myrtle o. Goods, Washington.
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THE SITUATION.

Boys viii be boys
How about giris2"
On; they have 20 be whatever fash
ION ctates.'-LOuisviIle Courier-Jo,ir-
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BALTIMORE, Oct. S.-WeddIng IL
Censes were issued here today for Cora
NJ. KendriclE. twenty. Washington, d.
c., and Harry y. James, twenty-five,
Baltimore. Robert Hamilton and Sarah
l. Hefiin, Of Washington.
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FANCY, LOOSE GRAPES for JeuIes,
Wines and Preserves. etc. arrives Oct.
6. Joseph DiGiorgio & Co, S21 La ave.nw.
Oc4-7t
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TO THE PUBLIC-J 3. Armstrong. for
merry at 9Th and 7, has opened an oyster
business a. COS New York ave. NV.
seIS-s0t
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Printing Possibilities

We're never AZ a loss Tor ideas z ycu
want a-lilE-s0ule-lic-s particularly s-rik-
ing IN p-l0-lCE-yCul get il here Largest
and - e------- Print Sa2- u M-z---E-ar-
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JUDD s. DETWEILER Inc.
TIE BIG PRINT SHOP. 4s0-G2z nth s..
Sp21-fF
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Taft. Mr. Vorys is free to exercise his
influence for the success Of the ticket.
but he IS not in position 10 go counter TO
Hitchcocks plan Of organization
II is a nice position that Is made for
Mr. Dover as chairman Of the advisory
board at the same salary as he received
as secretary but there Is this difference:
The $3.50 year that It pays does not
carry all the year around The job OF
secretary Is a better JOB. being perma~
nent- Then there IS the IimeIight
II IS said OF Hitchcock that there Is
nothing vindictive in his makeup. II IS
all a reckoning Of results with him He
has his ideas and his own way of doing
things. IL is said. and those out Of accord
with him have either got to take the
wheel OF make way
In the case Of M Dover, who was
credited with antagOnizing Mr.. Hitchcock
at each step Of his rapid rise from the
bottom 70 the top OF IN, adder IN p0litf-
cal management. there IS a sly opinion
that Mr.. Hitchcock, being human. had all
the facts laid away IN his recesses OF
memory TO be called Up for consideration
when the time came
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VICTIM NAY BIZ NOTED CROOK
Bryan May Have Been Fleeced by
Philadelphia Man.
Detectives Arrest 4. G. Burns on
TechnicaI Charge of
ShOpIIftinE.

Philadelphia. Aug SIN the arrest of
Alfred Gordon Burns. who was caught
after a sensational chase. detectives be-
leve they have captured a man with
an international reputation for victim
izlRg famous and wealthy men and
women.
William J. Bryan. Democratic candidate
for President. apparently is one OF the
correspondents Of Burns Detectives
Joseph MoyIand. Joseph Coogsn, and z.
c. Young. while going over piles OF let
tiers from prominent persons in Burns
room in q hotel. came across a letter
dated only q few days ago from Charles
Bryan. who. in the absence Of the candi2
date from Lincoln, acts in behalf Of his
brother TIE letter is written on STA
tionery Of the Commoner.
Scores Of other prominent people astute
politicians as well as society and sta
lUminaTies. seem &c have written TO
Burns in regard 10 some mysterious
proposition which ne made, but reference
to which in the letters Is always so hazy
that the detectives say that they can
not surmise as to what Burns scheme is
The specific charge upon which Burns
was arrested was shopiifting. Found n
his room was more than 800 worth OF
valuables. which il is said were "a ken
from department stores. At hearing
before Magistrate Gallagher to-day,
Burns. who claimed TO be connected with
a wealthy Pirtsburg family. was held
in 500 bah for further hearing.
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FARMAN WANTS HIS PAY.
Aviator Declares He Cannot Fly
without Money.

New York Aug. s-Henry Farns,
who has been awaiting at Brighton
Beach. announced after his fight TO-DAY
that there would be no more Aylne untT1
he got his pay
The S2oo a skim has not been rortbcom-
ing. ne declares, nor has his salary bse,
paid Farn.an's contract. outside the
bonus for flights, called for s24so0
The wing iier says that he had = hard
time collecting the original 5000 e7,ar-
antee to come to this country. and that
after that he had got an advance Of only
S1.sSO Anybody ought to know that a
man cannot hy very high on that amount
especially If he Is stopping at the Hotel
Astor. with other things in proportion
Thomas R. NIacMechin. OF ST. Louis.
publisher Of the American Aeronaut. saws
that samuel Bowman. the ST. Louis real
estate dealer. who has been poromotine
the venture and acting as president Of
the company organized to back Farman.
has gone home
MacNechin says that bad management
was largely the cause OF the failure OF
the enterprise.
Farman made three flights to-day at
Brighton Beach, the longest about 600
yards.
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ANOTHER HITCHCOCK VICTORY.
Politicians Here NOt Surprised a
DOver'z Resignation.

Politicians Here Not Surprised at
DOver's Resignation.
None Of the political coterie in Wash
ington was surprised 10 learn that Elmer
Dover had passed as secretary Of the
Republican National Committee.
II was counted as just one more tri-
unlph in the march Of the invinciale AIr-
Hitchcock
When Hitchcock started out as political
manager for Taft, the old-timers. Of
whom Dover is reckoned as one. said
What does he know about politics.
After The vote was announced for Taft
IN the Chicago convention, and IL was
found to tally with the figures Mr. Hitch
cock gave out for publication a month
before, IL was conceded by oId-timers that
possibly he did know something about
politics after all
Next came The silent battle for the
Craftsmanship Of the national committee
and the o. is exclaimed.
What Hitchcock What does he
know about managing a campaigne"
Il vas said he could not be made ra-
tonaL chairman. but he is the national
chairman No one else was in the run
ming when the vote was taken
All along before and after the conven-
ton two men showed a disposition 70
take the measure Of Hitchcocks abilities
and force Of character One was Vorvs
or Ohio; the other was Dover. vo-vs
met the fate Of those who got IN the W.
OF the Hitchcock steam roller at Chicago
AS the personal representative Of Mr..
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over former Gov Yates. including the
Cook County majority Of 1881 Of approx
imately 300
Deneen's managers claim his nomi-
nation by not less than 10oo0. or this
majority. 250o is claimed in the State
outside Of Cook County
Former Gov Yates. after going over the
late returns tonight. said he did not con
cede Gov. Deneen's nomination at this
time. Until ali the Official returns were
IN. he said. he would not be able to make
a statement. other than he sun believes
the official canvass viii give him much
larger maj0rities in many OF the counties
out in the State
Await OFFICIAL Returns.
Reports from many Of the counties IN
the south end Of the State Indicate that
the complete returns wiz not be available
until the returns are officially cauvassed
by the local boards The vote IN the
cities was taken as a basis upon which
to estimate the probable vote Of the
county
Adlai Stevenson who carried the State
on the Democratic ticket. had as his
nearest competitor Col. James Hamilton
Lewis. OF Chicago. who carried this city
BY about 13.0l0. Down the State Steven
son easily overcame this lead and has
been indorsed by about I7.600
So close IS the Deneen-Yates fight that
It is more than likely that contest viii
be made and q recount demanded
Senator Hopkins. while having a plural
itv, has not a majority. and on this ac-
count the Senatorial contest viii be car
ried TO the Legislature
New Law Not Complete.
That the new direct primary law. which
had its initial Statewide test yesterday.
is by no means perfect and that II II
is to fulfill the mission for which It was
intended the next legislature must amend
Il in a number Of respects. seems 20 be
and leaders in both parties so far as ex-
pressions could be obtained tonight
The majority OF those whose opinions
as 10 the merits and faults Of the new
law from the standpoint Of its first work
ing trial were asked were chary about
discussing Il until complete returns and
reports from the workers in the various
voting precincts had been received. II
IS generally agreed that the law Is, IN
the main. a meritorious one, but some
Of the weak points pointed out tonight
are as follows.
It is possible for voters affiliated with
one party 10 take part IN the nominal
ton Of candidates of another party.
It is too complicated and cumbersome.
The secrecy which obtains under the
Australian ballot law is destroyed so far
as the party for which a voter casts his
ballot is concerned
The independent candidate does not get
an even chance with the party caucus
selections
Marked sample ballots should not be
permitted
A combined State, county and city
primary election Is too large to work 10
the best advantage.
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TAFT IS HAUNTED
BY WEST VIRGINIA
ContInued from Pare Ono.

hin1ssh. Representatives Joseph H Gaines
and James T. Hughes. Senator Scott. and
Elliott Ncrthcott, United States district
attorney for West Virginia Senator Ste
phen Elkins also will be there. Secretary
Mcintosh viii probably lead the move
ment by the Scherr contingent
Mr. Hitchcock in his conference with
Mr. Taft at Hot Springs on Wednesday
VIII report on his observations in New
York in regard 10 the Hughes candidacy
Up to- the present. however, there is no
reason to believe that Mr. Taft has
changed his opiRion that Mr. Hughes
would be the strongest available candi-
date
The White Sulphur Springs Hotel mar
agement took advantage OF the candi-
dates presence TO reap a summers har-
vest IN a few days. and not more than
half the guests could be properly accom-
modated-
Slowed in Hall Bedrooms.
Members OF the Taft party were slowed
away in hall bedrooms. and other guests
were put IN old tumbIe-down cottages
filed with mold. The price Of drinks
was boosted to p cents each. beer and
hard stuff alike. no mixed drinks being
served The proprietor OF the hotel him
SELF stood at the end Of the bar and saw
that tbis rule was enforced Only one
exception was made. and this is how II
happened:
Boys said Gen. Clarence Edwards.
chief Of the Insuiar Bureau at Washing
ton. they tell Us the proprietor won't
serve mixed drinks at the bar Let's
have a little fun with him. Here are
half a dozen of US Wen walk in and
order the best mixed drinks we can think
OF. and when he refuses Wen turn right
around and walk out
Everybody was on for the Edwards
Joke. ami there were about dozen in
the crowd when the barro0m was reached
We'll. gentlemen. what viii you have2T
said Gen. Edwards, winking slyly.-
Takes a Bronx Cocktail.
TIL have a Bronx cocktail" said the
first man
Give me a sherry flip" said the second
Gen Edwards glanced with alarm to-
ward the proprietor.
And III have a champagne cocktail
said a third
l. a gin rickey1 ;. a mint julep; 8. q milk
punch, I. a pousse cafe; 8. absinIhe
frappe; g, claret lemonade. &C
Wen. gentlemen. said the proprietor.
smiling sweetly at the general. IN make
an exception TO the rule this time. Go
ahead bartender
How muCh7 said the general as the
last drop OF the joke disappeared
-Four dollars and Fifty cents said the
bartender. and then the general went 10
bed.
The indignation Of some OF the natives
at the raise IN price led 20 trouble on
one or Two occasions. one citizen having
been raped gently over the top Of the
head with a club BY q local policeman
when he protested and refused TO leave
the hotel
Mr. and Mrs. Taft attended the Epis-
copal church here to-day. They viii leave
for Hot Springs al SD O'Clock in the
morning
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New York. Aug. 9-Elmer Dover, who
resigned his JOB as secretary Of the Re-
publican National Committee TO become
secretary TO the advisory subcommittee
OF the national organization, said to-day
before leaving for a weeks stay AZ his
home in Cleveland that his relations with
and harmonious. and that his new sob
was satisfactory to him
Whatever rumors there have been
that Mr. Hitchcock and I were even
slightly on the outs had no foundation
whatever. AS a matter Of fact. the or
ganization Of the working force under the
direction OF Chairman Hitchcock Is pro-
crossing with the greatest harmony
among all concerned I viii be back in
town in a week 10 take up my duties as
secretary Of the advisory committee,
which IS 70 help Treasurer Sheldon col
lect funds for the campaign. and guess
You VIII see about every one in these
parts pulling in the traces with all their
might"
Hitchcock Takes Day on.
0Ir- Hitcncock kept to himself all day
to-day. holding no conferences and see
ing no one He got pretty well behind
hand with his correspondence while talk
ing over the candidacy Of Gov. Hughes
FOR a denomination.
AIr- Hitchcock leaves on Tuesday for
Hot Springs TO settle on the roster Of
the new advisory committee Of nine. of
which Dover has been made secretary. He
viii see Tim Woodruff. who arrives n
town from his Adirondack camp tO-mor-
row
BY Tuesday most Of the members Of
The Republican State committee VIII be
here ready for the meeting Wednesday AT
Republican headquarters The principal
matter the state committee is expected
10 talk over IS Gov Hughes renomina-
ton
The sentiment in the State committee
Is known 10 be anti-Hughes. while the
sentiment outside is known TO be grow
ing in Gov Hughes favor.
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fifth. as large as was the Zeppelin dlrigi-
Bile. Therefore. while the Baldwin d!rigi-
bic viii be Of inestimable value IN recon
noissauce and military and naval maneu-
vers. Il IS hardly OF the size to be called
4 war ship Of tie afr. Il Is rather for
the purpose Of experimentation. and for
Corps in handling airships. For these
Of it,"
OF Use to the Congress.
One member Of the official army board
OF Signal Corps officers said the Baldwin
dirigible balloon would be Of more use
demonstrating TO Congress at the next
session its adaptabiijty to the use Of both
the army and the navy II was hoped.
he said, its acceptance and success in
use afterward would serve IS material
evidence 20 Congress as 70 the advisab bill
ity Of aPPropriatins at least Sl.0oQ.e)a. if
not more. for -he upbuldiuE Of the aerial
fleet Of the United States army for the
auxiliary defense Of The coast line OF the
United States. both on the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans
This officer expressed the belief that
with iberalty on the part Of Congress
progress would follow that would enable
this country 70 soon obtain and hold fore
most rank in aeronautics. TIL then. he
said. Il was advisable for the peopfe Of
the country 20 withhold too much hone
in the work Of the Baldwin dirigibIe. add
ing. however. that for its size and pur-
pose. the Baldwin dirizfble excelled even
those Of foreign countries.
The Washington herald., 1908-08-10
BUFFALOALL FOR GOV. HUGHES
Canvass Shows Business Men Want
Executive Renamed.
Many Declare that He Is the Only
Candidate Who Can Save
the 6. o. p.

Buffalo. y Y. Aug s.-The Express to
day announced the result of careful
canvass OF the Hughes sentiment in Buf-
faio-
Scores OF the city's most prominent busi-
ness men. professional men. fnanciers.
and others gave interviews which show
al overwhelming sentiment in favor Of
the denomination OF the governor.
Many Republican and Democratic mem
bers Of the city government expressed the
opinion that Gov. Hughes is the only
man who can save New York state for
Taft and Sherman. and predicted defeat
for the national ticket in this city # the
Republican convention does not renorui-
nate Hughes.
The canvass seems to show that the re-
ported arti-Hughes sentiment does not
want TO come out II print
The Washington herald., 1908-08-10
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
{ S, Dept, q Agrculture Weather Bu-sau.


" Nasn1ns-on- Sunday. Aug g leR-s n n,
Pressure Is heloF normal Throughout alro=- -. r7
tlre country OTer the western half of rhe -r,-.-r
ne lowest pressure Is vel to the no-rhvrar5 -s,I,
IN ID hlEh Temperatures and generally clear r-afb-
ezcpT[ n Utah Arizona Sozlthera Nevata and ~.
irene Southern California where there ve-a -
sHo7Te7s- IN the eastern half of The r,7r-f-- ~
lowest TressIre vas over the south Atlantic rs-.
Sunday morning and extended nor-huur,I during -
oay- crs-nE general rains IN. the Middle ard So7-b
Atlantic states There we're also -ho--ers IN -.
Lest GuE states and the CTper AIissiszirri Waller
TIE weather VII b unsettled during the -svr -,
GAYS ever nearly al districts. bt without r77 n
Consequence N tie Atlantic States Sb----z ~
Irohabe Monday and TUESDAY IL the PIseear arlI
Eocky Mountain region. and OF Moaday N the T-r-
Ier LaEe reElnn. extending AZ night o. TUESDAY into
1he Ohio VALLEY and Love Lake reEion
Temperatures VII not change materially evc-r- n
the eIt7sl1e Northwest where Il viii Be s7-ne,-b7r
cooler
TIE Wlucs along the New England ard NTf5dle A.
lantic cnasts VII be light and variahe on the SIth
Atlantic ooast light and mostly so,thvesterlr on fe
EasJ GuI coast light n0rttefIy. booming rzriable
On The West trf coast light 70 fresh so1the-iv and
OF the Great Lakes light and variable
stesuers deIar-ing Monday f0r EuroDaan ports
N1il have hsEt- variable winds with partly cI-15r
weather to the Grand Banks
The Washington herald., 1908-08-10
NORMAN MACK IS BUSY.
Puts in Day at Chicago Fixing Up
HeRdquarters

HeRdquarters
Chicago. Aug 9.-Norman E. Mack. na-
tional chairman Of the Democrats partv
was too busy with furniture movers to-
day 10 enter into the subject Of boIitfcs.
It was Mr.. Mack's busy day. A suite Of
rooms at the Annex had been engaged By
the Democratic chief. and before the men
laden with desks. typewriters. chairs.
and other Office paraphernalia. arrived
Mr. Mack, in his shirt sleeves. assumed
the task OF arranging the furniture.
What's new in poiitics2-' the national
chairman was asked.
Mr.. Mack wiped a streak Of dust from.
his forehead and looked b1ankly 81 the
inquisitOr. Eh2 What's that2" he
said. "Oh. politics. The Democrati..
party-8Ir- Bryan? Well, there's nothing
new in politics. nothing new here at all
to-day. except the furnitureF'
National Secretary WoOdson, of Ken
lucky. is expected to arrive within a day
or two. and by next week the Democratic
headquarters viii have been well stocked
with furniture, stenograp'sers, and Office
assistants
The Washington herald., 1908-08-10
GIVES KENTUCKY TO TAFT.
Bennett Declares c. o. P VIII Carry
State Easily.

Lexington. Ky. Aug s.-TEe Republican
National Committee viii not overlook
Kentucky when distributing its campaign
fund
This news comes from Republican man
ayers. who met Chairman Hitchcock IN
Chicago. and who explained TO him how
Kentucky was certainly in a position to
fall into the Republican column this fail
They place their reliance chiefly on the
Eleventh and Fifth districts They ex-
pect in both 10 pile up such majOrlties
that the small majorities for the Demo
Gratis in the First. Second. Fourth, Sew
enth, and Eighth districts cannot over
come them, after small majOrities in the
Sixth. Ninth. and Tenth have been count
ed Tor the Democrats.
They place the majority for Taft as
high as 500 fl the Eleventh districr
alona-
1t could net be better in Kentucky"
said Secretary 4 Bennett, of the State
central committee. Under no cOmbi-
nation OF political circumstances that I
can think OF could prospects be more
rosy for six or seven Republican Con-
gressmen and the electoral vote for Taft"
The Washington herald., 1908-08-10
USE OIL TO FIRE HOUSE.
Midnight Visitors Cause Loss of
$4,000 to Indiana Nan.

Princeton. Ind. Aug sat midnight
Eve men drove 10 the home Of William
McAtee in a closed carriage. climbed to
the roof Of his house. poured coal oil on
It. and then set il on fire
They then went to the barn. led the
horses out. and fired the hay. They rang
the farm bell 70 arouse the occupants OF
the house, jumped into their vehicle. and
rode rapidly away.
They were not identified
The loss is Si0,eeo, with no insurance
The Washington herald., 1908-08-10
GIRLsLAYER FOUND GUILTY.
Man Who Shot TO Make Child Bounce
Is Convicted

Asheville. n. c. Aug. 9.-Joseph Lance.
who shot and killed Alma Green, aged
fourteen, from a passing train at Buena
Vista. last December, was found guilty
Of manslaughter, in the Criminal Court
yesterday
The evidence showed that Lance. while
under the influence OF liquor. aimed his
revolver through the car window. say
ing. Watch me make that girl bounce %
The bullet Struck the girl. who had come
TO the station to see her uncle, an en-
gineer. IN the heart, and she fell dead
IN her brothers arms Sentence will be
passed MOnd1y.