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Departmental Chess League.

The executive committee of the De-
partmental Chess League met last We'd
ncsday evening at the Chess Club and
transacted some important business con-
nected with this seasons team cham
pionship competition. which is soon to be
commenced. The date for the first match
was fixed for Wednesday. November Is
Thereafter the contests will he held
weekly, on Monday and Wednesday even
inss No team. however will be required
to play more than one match a week.
A committee consisting of Messrs. Rob-
erts CAgriculture>. Halstead TreasurO
and Pratt Unterior was appointed to
draw up the schedule of the matches, the
pairing to be decided by lot and arranged
In accordance with the system in vogue
for tho European tournaments. The
committee will receive any entries which
may he sent in during the next week.
Those heard from to date are as follows:
Agriculture. two: Commerce and Labor,
Government Printing Office. Interior, two;
Navy. Treasury. War and Independent
Bureaus. Additional entries, we'll as
-communica tons upon other matters, are
requested to be sent to the secretary Of
the league. l.. B. Napoleon. Department of
stated. allows members of the league the
use of the club rooms and paraphernalia
AT nominal rates. The rooms are sit
uated at 613 18th street northwest.
The personnel of the teams as SUBJ
mitted by the various captains was as
follows. the names being subject to re-
vision before the date of commencing
play and the actual participants in each
,xA1, v..ilI 10 IN
riculture--Team captains, J.. Roberts and
@. H. Parks: F. Huntington. l.. B. Zapo-
leon. n. c. Murray. A. S. Hitchcock. c.
II. Stephenson, 8. NJ. Woodward. V. Ohm
stead, G.. II. Cross and /. w. Pew. Conn.,
merce and Labor-Team captain, D. ].
Richardson: w. A. Gwyer. w. A. Ruff.
G.. Zimmerman and w. w. Housknecht.
Government Printing Ofce-Team captain,
II. W. Graham; J. L. Mccormick. Fred L..
Arends. A. j. Benton E. o. Schneider,
b. p Entrikin. ]. 8. Kistler and W. L.
Gutelius. Interior-Team captains. F. b.
Walker and W. H. Written: w. A. Boy
kin. j. A. Tharp, Capt. Hill. j. w. Byler,
w. NJ. Beatty, 0. n. Burke, N. Cohen.
Col Lounsberry, w. r. Pratt and g. 8.
Rafter. Navy-Team captain, C. L.
smell: y. B. Webster. F. 5. Molkow E. p.
Hanna. r. l. Lerch and E. W. Collamore.
Treasury-Team captain. F. NJ. Halstead
w. ID. Cannon. c. A. Ray. j. B. T. Tup-
Ter. o. L. Telling. j. Prender and e. Sat-
tain. W. p. Borland; c. D. Drayton Gn-
terstate commerce commission }. X. c..
Nipond Civil service commission), l.. b.
Smith. Henry G. Croker and F. N. Bans
kett.
The club announces the individual
championship annual tourney to COM
mence on the first Tuesday in December.
Entrance fee 81. The present holder of
the title. E. b. Adams who. 1t will be
remembered. went through the tourney
last wear without a defeat has signifed
his intention of again entering the lists
and number of other strong players are
eagerly awaiting an opportunity to cross
swords with him.
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|JEFF. SAYS A FEW THINGS.
Claims There Are Only Four White
Fighters in Ring Who Have
His Confidence.

LOS ANGELES. Cal. October 31.-Jim
Jeffries, the big chief Of the fight game.
says that the boxing game In New York.
which only allows the boys to go six
rounds, is something like man who has
a banquet appetite and then finds that he
is only getting lunch-counter meal.
There are four white fighters before
the public that I have great confidence
in" says the big fellow. They are Billy
Papke, Battling Nelson, Abe Attell and
little Johnny Coulon. 1t makes no differ
ence when this quartet starts. you are
sure to get a run for your money. Papke
has demonstrated that he has a cool way
Of doing business whenever he starts. and
in addition to that he uses his brains. and
he has everything which is needed in the
making of champion. He is also as
game as they make them. and it will take
a real strong boy to take the title away
from him.
"Then take the Dane There is warm
spot in my heart for this boy. Nelson
never sidestepped any one. no matter how
strong he thought the other fellow was.
When one looks over the Danes record
with some care and nnds that ne mas
beaten the following men it makes you
look up and think some: Joe Cans. Jim
INV Britt. Abe Attell. Boer UnholZ. Terry
McGoyern. Kid Sullivan, Young Corbett,
Aurelia Herrera, Eddie Hanlon. Martin
Candle. Clarence English, Charlie Neary
and George Memsic.
"Then take Attell. The Hebrew boxer
is a wonder There is no other way that
/ could express my opinion about Attell.
He is as clever as they make them. His
record is what we might call dream
when it is looked over. Johnny Coulon is
coming fast, and I look for him to clean
up every bantamweight in the land in an
other year"
Golf Arrangements Complete.
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ j., October 81
Arrangements are complete for the annual
fall golf tournament of the Country Club,
which will be held over the club course
November 5, 6 and Z. The first and Sec
ond rounds of match play will take place
November 8, and the third and final
rounds November I. All matches will
consist of eighteen holes.
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Mccoy GETS COLD FEET.
After Reading Newspaper Reports
Of Fight With Stewart Decides
to Quit,

NEW YORK. October 31-Kid Mccoy is
through with the fighting game. He told
Johnny White, manager of the National
A. c.. the other day that he had decided
not to fight again, as he was of the opin-
ion that he could not regain his former
fighting form which won so many battles
Cor him during the Horton law DAYS.
After my fight with Stewart" said
Mccoy to White 81 sat down and read
al the renorts Of the battle The ma tor-
ity of the writer's stated that I was far
from being the Mccoy of former days
and as they also went on to say that |
could never regain my previous form l
have decided to take their tip and quit
the game -
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Yussin Is Matched.

NEW YORK, October 31.-Probably the
happiest man in New York is Yussiff
Mahmout, the Bulgarian champion wres-
tier Yussiff is happy because he at last
is to have the opportunity of meeting an
American wrestler on the mat. He came
$500 miles to get match. challenging
Frank Gotch and Tom Jenkins. but for
weeks could get no satisfaction from
either Gotch sidestepped him altogether
and Jenkins apparently was not too anx-
ious to risk his laurels in the proposed
match. Finally Jenkins consented to
meet him and the match was closed. The
men agreed to wrestle catch as-catch-
can style. three out of five falls. They
made "A side bet Of 81 900 Several west
ern clubs are bidding for the bout and 1t
will take place in either Chicago. Cleve-
land or Kansas City within five weeks.
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Western Basket Ball.

NEW YORK, October 31.-Although the
Eastern Intercollegiate Basket Ball As
sociation has gone out of existence for a
year at least, the conference colleges have
grouped together to play a regular sched-
ule of games. 1t Is expected that Mis-
souri, and Nebraska will join with Chica-
go, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois and
Purdue in forming this schedule me
fact that Chicago won the national inter
collegiate title from Pennsylvania last
March has helped TO boom the game
greatly in the west. Meantime a rather
wiser control has prevented the game
from getting into such condition as in
this section, where 1t was thought wiser
to abandon it for time.
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GOLF.
Continued from First Page.)

seventeenth green was a great one. II
went true. but as the green is A.
yards away it landed about half way to
the position. The Columbia golfer USED
an iron on his next shot and approached
we'll Lard drove out OF bounds on his
first drive. His second was a clean one.
He came strong on his approach shot. but
at the hole was unable to take advan-
tage of Dr. Harbans inability to enter
on his fifth, and they halved the hole
in 6.
Other Winners.
In the second sixteen Walcott Tucker
man of Chevy Chase won from Morven
Thompson, also of Chevy Chase, by 4 up
and to play.
J. w. Lockett of Chevy Chase also
played well in his match with Robert ID.
Dalzell of the same club in the third
sixteen and won from the younger man
after hard play by up.
Two Columbia men. David Weaver and
P E. Brengle, contested in the fourth
sixteen for the winners cup. and at the
close the former won by up and l to
60.
S. d. Bowers of the Brooklawn Country
Club and w. r. Tuckerman of Chevy
Chase tied in the qualification Thursday,
they each making 165 on the thirty six
holes. An agreement was reached that
they play another thirty-six holes for the
cup. and late yesterday afternoon they
finished eighteen Of the holes with Tuck
erman two to the good. The other eigh-
teen holes will be played later during
the week
The golfers gave much credit to James
Douglas, the Chevy Chase professional,
for the excellent condition of the links
at the close of the play in the tourna-
6e down
quantities on Thursday, Douglass went to
work with his assistants to do all in
their power to bring the course back to
the best condition for the following day.
AS soon as the ground dried out bit
the green's were rolled and their fine
condition in the play yesterday afternoon
caused much favorable comment to be
made by the golfers. =
The following cards were made in the
handicap competitions:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-01

Outside of Williamsport. Pa. where he
holds winter job. Bob Unglaub thinks
there is no place like Boston. He is at
all times sounding the praises of that
worthy city. and it is always Delehanty's
aim to throw little danper on his ar1or
One day when walking down State
street in Chicago both gazed at the dark
ened buildings. One suggested washing
them down and the other painting them.
You know" said Unglaub 'in Boston
we have an inspector of painting
Are you sure 1t is Boston and not Will
liamsport?" inquired Delehanty.
why OF course, it's Boston. Why
not?''
II should imagine replied Del. that
in Boston he would be called the cursory
observer of mural art"
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RACING.


from Queen Lead with Florence III in
third place. The time was lie
The summaries:
First race, two-yrar-olds: selling: six furlongs
-Spellbound, rs Urall. won: Jeanette NJ. ~
Creevyl second: Golden Legend. 1o3 elements.
third Time. ]. IA 40 La Belle Agnes. Scnieu-
tious, Siskin. Bird OF Flight III, Dactyiis amd
Trnis Temp also ran.
Second race. three year-olds and upward: milo
and sixteenth: scliing-Bad News. 1o5 Her
bert, Won: Rockstonr. ~ iking,. second San
guine, % Creeyy), third. Time. LAO. okenitc.
Cary. st. Joseph, Battleaxe, Faust, Punch and
Goconda also ran.
Third race. mares: three-year olds and upward;
selling: one mile and Observation-Disclosures lh5
tCreevyl, first: Fancy. a5 Bergen. second
Queen Marguerite. 9a Ural. third. Time
l. 4S 2-5. Mombassa, Coincident and Umbrella
also ran.
Fourth race. handicap: two ycar-oIds six fur
longs-Waponoca. 10 SUMTER won. Wise Ma
son. lis lNotter'. second: Sentantious "a Uran
third Time. LA 3-5. Killcreen. Encndl aud
Merlse also ran
Fifth race. handicap: all ages: Eve and ono
half furlongs-Royal Onyx. 40 u.iebertl, won.
WOODLAND, no tNotter,. second: Notasuiga. %
Cral. third Time. 1.O7 3-5 Crcssina, Earl c..
Glucose and l. Amour also
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PALACE BOWLERS
TRIM BAIT|M0REANS
Nauss Has Easy Time in In
dividuaI Match-LocaIs Only
Lose Four Contests.

The Palace team. comprising five of the
best bowlers of this city, journeyed over
to the Monumental city Friday night and
contested in series of one, three and
five man matches with the Criterions of
that city. The local boys were in form,
capturing ten matches and dropping four.
In the individual match krauss. our
twenty four hour endurance champion,
held the Baltimore bowler safe at all
stages, winning the five games easily. with
grand total of 1.O35 and with an aver
age of POI. Allison and Brown. in the
two-man match, ran up against some
hard luck and dropped the last two
games by close scores. In the three-ma n
match Waters, Allison and Krauss came
back in their grand old form and made a
clean sweep of the three games and
having team average of 552. The
next and most interesting match of the
evening was the tive-man team, in which
the local boys again displayed their con-
slstent bowling. and defeated their oppo-
nentS two out of three and having a team
average of or. krauss was in grand
form throughout the evening ontesting
in eleven games, and only once fell below
the It's mark. Following are the official
scores:
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Rector Won't Quit.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, october 81.
There is no truth in the report that
James A. Rector. the Virginia flyer. is to
retire from track athletics. Rector will
again lead the Virginia track team during
the coming season. Negotiations are
under way for dual games with Princeton
and other colleges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-01

Fl. 8. Purcell. at one time a champion sculle
on the Charles river. Massa chusetts has JOINED
sports sake. "Pursey' was a wonder in BIZ
day.
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IT'S UP TO ATTELL,

$40 S!b6 1858 95S S92
Team average, 912. Team average, 92j
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The Analostans intend revivng the old style
club regattas next year. In order to bring out
new interest in rowing and infuse new life into
the organization. 1t is the best means of keep
Potomacs would follow the lead the Analostans
will set.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-17
Odds and Ends.

In Austria no less than "A out of every
100 doctors die of heart disease.
Grapes are still trodden with the bare
feet in many of the vineyards of Spain
and Italy.
The Berlin police are about to adopt
color photography FOR the Identification
Of criminals.
Statistics recently compiled in regard
to German university life show that men
are dropping medicine as a profession,
while women are turning to it.
A pet dog of John Case Of Long Island
bit off his owners nose while Case was
caressing the animal.
Fifty vessels are constantly employed
in repairing the submarine telegraph ca.
bles of the world.
A New York young man committed
suicide, leaving, a note saying his mother
in-law had driven him to the act.
The newly formed Chinese cabinet has
decided on the regular publication of a
government newspaper.
China imported S1,500,OOO worth Of
American cigarets last year, besides an
,increased amount of American pipes and
tobacco.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-17
Neglect Making of Alcohol.

Tn report of the commissioners of inter
nal revenue shows that since the passage
of the free denatured alcohol bill only ten
mills have been set up for turning out
this product, Notwithstanding the fact
that the Treasury Department has sent
out pamphlets instructing the farmers
how to manufacture the spirits. While
the distilIeries are permitted to use any
material whatever in producing this spirit,
the product so far has been mainly from
corn. 1t is said that in Germany there
are about 10000 farm distilleries produc-
ing industrial alcohol, which is sold to
consumers for about 81 cents a gallon.
while in this country the average price in
Sarrel lots is sc cents a gallon.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-17
periences enough back Of her to fill sew.

periences enough back of her to fill sew.
eral lifetimes. Her girlish, almost in.
fantile. appearance and her counterfeit
ing of confiding innocence at the first
trial had a tremendous effect. 1t is
doubtful If they viii be much of a lever
this time in moving public opinion or in
~impressing the jury.
Judge Victor J. Bowling is doing ali
Se can to expedite the proceedings
There has been at this second trial no
great crush to attend the proceedings,
though there is a daily assemblage out.
side to see Evelyn pass from her auto.
mobile to the court room or to see
Thar crc-s the bridge of sighs'' on his
way back to the Tombs.
Thaw Is in good health. Regular
hours, plain food and forced decency OF
life have had Il good effect on his ply,
sical condition.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-17
CARE FOR EX-PRESIDENTS, IS
PLEA OF GROVER CLEVELAND
Urges Duty to Make Provision for
Men Who Have Filled Highest
Post in Nation. 'u

Referring to the poverty Of Jefferson
when he left the presidency as a blow
to national pride, Grover Cleveland,
writing in the Yo: this Companion I'M
der to title Our People and Their ex.
Presidents argues that definite and
generous provision should be made for
the maintenance of chief magistrates
ut the expiration of their terms. He
deals with the subject at length and
explains that he feels he can do so
without his sincerity being questioned,
since he is beyond the nee Of aid
from the public treasury. o. -
1.-THE condition is by no means met"
Mr.. Cleveland writes, by the meager
and spaSmodic relief occasionally fur
nished under the guise of a military
pension or some other preteXt, nor
would it be best met by making COM
pensation dependent Upon the discharge
of senatorial or other official duty. Our
people ought to make definite and dec
orous provisions for all cases alike,
based on motives of justice and fair
ness, n adequate to the situation"
Mr.. Cleveland describes the limita-
tons that his former high office place
on a retired President in his choice of
occupations and means. Of livelihood,
and how popular conception of him as O.
repository of national dignity enforcea
a scale of living that may not be within
his private means. =
There is Il SOrtIof vague, but none
the less imperative, feeling abroad in
the land t'%t Cne who has occupied the
grcat-oti', If President holds in trust
for h,; fellow citizens a certain dig
nifty which, III his conduct and ann
of life, he is bound to protect against
loss or deterioration. Obedience to this
obligation prescribes for him only such
work as in popular Judgment is not
~undignified. This suggests without ar
gument 4 reciprocal connection be-
tween the curtailment of opportunities
and . reasonable obligation of indem-
niticatiOn." ,.r .r1 .a. .gzs
One division of the Cleveland article
is devoted to the Occupations of an
ex-President,' and in it the former
President reveals' the multiplicity of
things which persons endeavor to bring
to the attention of the retired states
man and the class of affairs he is asked
to engage in.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-17
Young Millionaire Who Shot STAN
ford White Again Faces the ,
Charge of Murder.
SCENE IN NEW YORK COURT.
Evelyn Will Repeat Her Story, but
"Unwritten Law Will Not Be
Relied On.

The second trial of Harry Kendall
Thaw. the young Pittsburg swell and
spendthrift. for the murder of Stan
ford White, the New York architect
and man about town. is again under
way. 1t was tedious work securing a
jury. The first trial was reported so
completely and was so widely read in
all its sensational and ~nauseating de-
tails that an attempt to secure twelve
men who had not read of the case and
formed more or less of al opinion vas
hopeless. The most acceptable Jurors
then, were those who could swear that
despite reading an opinion they could
judge Thaw's guilt or innocence purely
on the evidence submitted to them.
AS to the actual commission of the
deed. of course. there is no question.
The defense is not to combat that pal
pabie fact. Neither is it relying, as
DeImas did in the first trial, on 'the
unwritten law Martin w. Littleton,
Delmas' successor as chief counsel. de-
ponds entirely on the plea that Thaw
was insane and irresponsible at the
time of the shooting.
The prosecution is devOting itself to
proving the commission of the crime
and to c~ontroverting the evidence for
the defense. Littleton will put Evelyn
Thaw upon the stand and she will tell
her story all over again. This is neces-
sary in order to demonstrate that there
was reason for Thaw's attack of brain
storm or insanity. but the young wife
will not be handled is tenderly by the
prosecution in cross-quostioning us she
was before. Jerome has had one OF
his assistants follow out the European
tour, mile by mile. which Thaw and the
girl took before marriage and will be
able to catch up the witness at every
MEASUREMENT rs 10 that Trip.
Evelys has so far been in daily at
tenda1ee on the trial and is putting up
the same bluff OF appearing in the SIM
pie garb of an fflgenuous school girl,
though she is a mature woman with ex-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-17
EPIDEMIC OF GRIP IS
SWEEPING COUNTRY
Tens of Thousands Of Cases of This
Pestiferous Disease Are Being
Reported.
SUFFERERS IN MANY CITIES.
Business in Many Places Is Disor-
ganized on Account Prostrations
from This Ailment.

An epidemic of la grippe seems to be
sweeping over the country, and tens of
thousands of people are suffering from
the disease. Pittsburg reports the worst
visitation in its history. The business
of the city is disorganized on account
of the large number of people who have
been suddenly forced to remain absent
from their places Of employment.
Factories and mills, Offices and stores,
are affected seriously. .
There is a notable uniformity in the
symptoms of the present epidemic,
which appears to affect principally the
bronchial passages. Bronchitis and
pneumonia are it's most common accom-
paniments, and it aggravates fully so
per cent of the tuberculosis cases. Those
most injuriously affected are persons
who before the attack were badly run
down in their general health. In their
Eases pneumonia quickly develops,
while the heart, brain and other or
gans become affected.
In Philadelphia an epidemic Of grippe
is sweeping the city II whole fami-
lies are Frustrated by it. Pneumonia in
many cases is followed close upon it's
heels, and last week many persons died
of that disease. Doctors are scarcely
able to keep up with the demands made
upon them. Baltimore, too, is expert
encing an unusual amount of sickness.
Other cities where grippe has made
its appearance are Boston, Chicago, Gin
%cinnati, Cleveland, Denver, NilM aukee
and New York, III reportS from these
places indicate that the health authori-
ties fear that the outbreak is only at
the beginning. Health Commissioner
Evans. of Chicago, has issued Il warn
Ang to the people, urging them to get
plenty of fresh air and to exercise in
the open as much as possible. Chicago
knows the danger of grippe. for it has
been frequently visited by the disease.
In 1890 that city had 100000 grippe suf-
ferers and 112 deaths directly resulted.
In 1899 over 800 persons died from the
disease, and since the first appearance
tribute of 2,2OS lives.
In New York, where the disease is
now gaining a strong foothold, sixty
eight deaths resulted last week and
there are many cases scattered about
the city.
Boston is the worst sufferer OF the
Atlantic seaboard. There are nearly
100000 cases there and sixty deaths
have resulted. Cincinnati has 1000
cases and the disease seems to be cpl
demic in form.
The open winter is held responsible
for the spread of the disease. Where it
originated no n seems to know. 1t
travels with wonderful rapidity. In
1889, when the grippe appeared in viru-
lent form all over the country, it was
tracked back to Europe and thence to
Hong Kong in China. The germs of
the present epidemic may have come
from the same source.