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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-21
BALL DROPS FROM SKY
Charlie Street Catches It and
Wins Bet of $500.
Performs Unprecedented Feat OF
Holding Sphere Thrown From Top
of Washington Monument.

Charles Street, catcher Of the Washing
$500 made with Jch,f Biddle of this city,
by performing the unprecedented, though
oft-attempted feat. of catching a regula-
ton base ball dropped from the top of the
Washington Monument.
1t was necessary to secure a permit
from Col. Bromwell, superintendent OF
public buildings and grounds who has
charge Of the monument. before this feat
could be undertaken, because of the ex-
treme danger involved.
A Drop Of $50 Feet.
The ball was dropped from one of the
small windows near the top of the monu-
ment, at a height of $50 feet above the
pavement, where Street caught it on the
thirteenth attempt, the failures being due
to rather brisk wind, which detected
the ball in it's course.
Street was considerably Jared by the
impact of the sphere on his big catcher's
mitt but nevertheless will catch in this
afternoons American League game in
this city.
Goes 135 Feet a Second
Paul Hines, Charley Snyder and Bucl
Ewing are a few of the old timers thai
have tried this feat without success.
The little observation window in the
monument is just $50 feet from the
ground, and the ball, it is calculated
was travelling at the rate Of 135 feet q
second when it reached the catchers
hands. Street wore regulation catch
r'S
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NATIONAL ROGUE TOURNEY.
Morning Games Did Not Clear U
Uncertainty as to Winners.

NORWICH. Conn. August 21.-The
morning games in the first and secont
divisions of the national rogue tourna-
ment today did not clear up the uncer-
tainty as to the winners: Second place in
the third division is yet to be settled.
The morning games were as follows:
c. G. Williams defeated c. Jacobus: J.
F. Carleton defeated l. J. Baker; C. ia
cobus defeated H. T. Webb; c. {. King
defeated c. p. Browning; Eddie Glars
defeated l. ]. Baker; c. G. Williams de.
feated c. c. King; c. Jacobus defeated j.
H. Mcdonald
Second divisiOn-Dr. B. Brooks defeated
H. Wahly; F. FELTON, defeated c. B
Crowell: DR.. B. Brooks defeated J. E.
Webb: F. NJ. Thompson defeated DIR. S
W. Lyman; A. NJ. Pyle defeated E. NJ
Baldwin.
E. Baldwin and also s.. 3. Prentice; c.
H. Goldey defeated S. b. Prentice.
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NABBED BY sLEUTHs.
Former School Teacher Charged
With Raising 81 Notes to IS.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HAGERSTOWN, Md, August 21.-Carl
V. Mong, former school teacher OF this
county, was arrested here at 10 O'clock
this morning by two secret service men,
Charles f. Wright of Baltimore and W.
P. Walsh of Pittsburg, on the charge Of
raising One-dollar notes to f1ve-dollar
notes. The officers are said to have been
on Mong's trail for six weeks. following
him from place to place. and finally land
Of Policeman Barber of the local police
force He will be given a hearing before
United States Commissioner Alex r. Hag-
ner.
After teaching school here for several
years Mong was dismissed by the school
ofifcials because of his conduct. Later,
while in jail here waiting trial for engag-
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LION CUBS NEED MOTHER.
Zoo Keeper Wants Great Dane
Nurse the Youngsters.

CHICAGO, August 2l.-Cy Devery. ami
NAL keeper at the Lincoln Park Zoo, was
searching yesterday for Great Dane dog
to act as mother to four lion cubs. They
were crying piteously for something to
eat. They had been born the day before
and the mother refused to suckle them.
The keeper tried to induce them to drink
out of large nursing bottle that he had
used with success once in the case of a
baby llama. but the whelps shifted 1t dis
dainfully and whined worse than ever.
There is just one thing that will save
them" said the animal keeper. land that
is a great Dane dog TO act as a foster
mother"
The lion mother snarled vicously at
every one who came near her cage. She
would not look at her whelps. If Devery
of their birth the lioness would have
killed them.
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FOREST FIRE STILL RAGING.
Surveyors Party Has Narrow Es
cape in California.

SONORA, Cal. August 21.-The fores,
fire. which is raging In the Hetchy-
Hetchy valley continues unabated ac.
cording to reports received here last night
The fire is sweeping north and already
great damage has been done. number
of houses has been destroyed and many
cattle have perished. The flames are now
raging in the reserve timber tract of the
west lumber camp.
A surveyors party from San Francisco
headed by f. ]. Jones. is reported to have
had narrow escape.
Maj. Benson. superintendent of the Ma
tiOnal Park Of Yosemite, with forty sol
diers as well as several hundred men, are
fighting the flames. 1t is hoped by the
fire fighters to check the fire at Lake
Eleanore.
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AUTO CRASHED INTO TEAM.
Chauffeur Killed and Two Probably
Fatally Injured in California.

SAN FRANCISCO, August 2l.-In an
automobile accident near Hill Crest on the
San Mateo road yesterday Charles Atkin-
son. chauffeur, was killed, Rev. Otto
George and Mrs. Lucy George We're prob
ably fatally injured and Miss Mabel
George was slightly hurt. The automobile
collided with heavy wagon of the West
ern Metal Company, driven by James
Gleason. .
Atkinson was driving his machine at
high speed and as he rounded a curve
near Hill Crest he met the wagon i'll
a narrow road. The chauffeur threw
on his safety clutch and tried to swing
out OF the road. but the momentum was
too great and the automobile crashed into
the team and wagon. Atkinson was In
stantly killed and Mr.. George and his
wife were rendered unconscious by prob
ably fatal injuries.
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IN POLITICAL WHIRI,
GOV. SMITH CALLS EXTRA SES-
SION OF LEGISLATURE.

ATLANTA. Ga. August 21.-Gov Hoke
vening the Georgia legislature in extra
session. August 25. The call sets forth
broadly that the convict lease system is
the matter to be considered.
1ndorse Wadsworth for Governor.
ALBION. n. Y. August o1.-F'ive of
the six delegates from Orleans county to
the republican state convention have
given out a signed statement declaring
for the nomination of James W. Wads-
worth. jr., for governor. The other dele
gate is said to be in accord with the
Of the assembly.
Named for Congress.
BAKERSFIELD. Cal. August 21.-Re-
publicans of the eighth Canforna district
nominated Representative Sylvester G.
Smith for reelection
NORFOLK, Va, August I'D. Law
renee GrOner, an attorney at law of Nor
folk. has been nominated for Congress
by acclamatiOn by the second district re-
publican convention.
Resolutions adopted by the convention
praised Roosevelt and Taft and strongly
indOrsed the. republican national plat
form. Only three colored man were
present. Percy s. Stephenson of Nor
folk had already been nominated fol
presidential eiectOr from the second dis
trict
OSWEGO. n. V. August 21.-After an
eight-day session, in which 332 ballots
were taken, Charles l.. Knapp was today
renOminated for Congress by the twenty
eighth district republican convention.
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ASKS VOTES OF SOUTH
Taft Urges Freedom From
"ThraIdom of the Past"
THRONG HEARS HIS SPEECH
Negroes in the Crowd Never Heard
of Brownsville.
FIRST FAMILIES" TURN OUT
Two Brass Bands Contribute to the
Noise and Enthusiasm-Story
of the Day.
THRONG HEARS HIS SPEECH
FIRST FAMILIES" TURN OUT
CuIIed From Taft'S Speech.

The people have ruled
through the republican party,
and the will of the people has
been expressed in the Roose-
velt policies.
Of all possible agencies of
reform, the democratic party,
under its present leadership,
is the one least entitled to
credit.
A great many democrats
are opposed to the demo-
cratic party under present
leadership, and none of them
will be disappointed if the
democratic party is defeated.
Every one having the in
terests of the country at heart
would rejoice in the breaking
up of the solid south.
If Jefferson were to return
to life he would not recognize
his reputed political descend
ants.
Many Independent demo-
Gratis in the south agree with
the republican party in all its
main economic doctrines.
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SEEK SUICIDES IDENTITY.
London Officials Working on Case O.
John Pedman Reid.

HpecIaI CHbIeRfam TO The Star.
LONDON. August 21-Diligent in
qulry Is being made as to the identity of
John Pedman Reid. an American who
committed suicide yesterday in his apart
ments at BOurnemouth while suffering
from neuritis and insomnia. He came
to England last May and stayed for a
while at a London hotel Then he went
to Bournemouth. a watering place on the
south coast. There he deposited $25,0OO
in a local bank.
1t is understood that Reid once tray-
eled for an American book company, and
that he had been principal of an Ameri-
can school.
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BROKEN WRIST, $25, 900.
Umpire Sullivan Wants Stallings to
Cough Up Large Sum.

ROCHESTER,, n. Y, August 21.-East
ern League Umpire w. J. Sullivan of Ro-
chester. has filed an action against George
r. Stallings. manager of the Newark. N.
j., base ball club Of the Eastern League.
for $25.OOO for bodily injuries allegeu to
have been infiictd upon him by Stallings
after the game at Newark the afternoon
Of April 23 1t is alleged that Stallings
beat Sullivan with a pool cue, breaking
severe bruises
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Chicago Pioneer Merchant Dies.

CHICAGO, August 2l.-John V. Far
wen, ST.. senior member Of the wholesale
dry goods firm Of ]. V. Farwell & Co,
died at his home in Lake Forest, Ill,
last night after long illness. He was
eighty-three years old and had been en-
gagged in the dry goods business in Chi
cago since 1862.
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CHANGE OF VENUE FOR LAN1NG

Representative to Be Tried for Al
legged Embezzlement at fremont.
NORWALK. Ohio, August 2l.-The trial
Of Representative J. F. I4aning. who is
charged with embezzling stock held as
collateral by the Ohio Trust Company,
of which company he was vice president,
will be held in an adjoining county, at
Fremont.
The hearing is set for September s. A
change OF venue has been granted here
after the representative had claimed that
he could not obtain fair trial here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-21

ing in an affray, he broke Jail and fled
to Pittsburg. In the latter city he and his
wife were arrested last winter on the
charge Of raising bank notes, but the
charge could not be proven. The officers
now claim to have positive proof against
Mong who is non-committal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-21

good aeroplanes they are producing they
minimize the horsepower. and when they
want to impress you with their light en-
gines they magnify it. We can develop
from thirty to forty horsepower with our
engine. 1t depends on the rate Of speed.
Ordinarily We do not work the propeller
at over 800 revolutions
Speaking of the details Of the engine,
Mr.. Wright said that they did not use
carburetters. but pumped in the gasoline
direct This. he said. was not a start
lingly new feature. but was one that
hitherto has not been referred to in print.
They use a battery for starting the en-
gine and after that depend on low ten
sion magnetic ignition.
Must Be a Dandy.
The Wright ma achine, to come up to the
War Department specifications, must re-
main an hour In the air and develop not
less than thirty-six miles an hour Forty
miles is the fiat contract speed and over
that there will be bonus for each ad-
ditiOnal mile.
The Wrights have remodeed their aero
plane considerably since the twenty -hve-
mile flight at Dayton two years ago. The
operators now sit upright instead of lying
control the fight mechanism work back
and forth instead of from side to side
While this is a small detail, 1t involves
almost learning the flying business over
dsdIH was cnanSe In tneSe semi
automatic movements that caused the
aerOplane to pitch to earth during the
trials at Manteo this spring Wilbur
Wright was operating the machine when
it dived into the sand at the rate of a
mile minute. Mr. Wright said that IL
It had been hard ground the machine
probably would have skated and with
stood the shock. but, as il was, the mech
aniSm was injured
Another Airv Dinner.
There will be dinner given at the
Press Club tomorrow night by some OF
the newspaper men. at which Mr. Wright
Capt. Baldwin, Mr.. Post and Lincoln
Beachey- will be among the guests.
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Former Gov. Herrick Back.

NEW YORK. August 21.-Former Gov
Ayron T. Herrick Of Ohio arrived here
today from Liverpool on the steamer
Lusitania.
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Named Minister at Tangier.

LONDON. August 20.-Reginald Lis
ter. counsellor Of the British embassy at
Paris. has been appointed minister at
Tangier.
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Weather.

Fair tonight and Saturday;
light to fresh south to south
west winds.
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No Sacrifice to Weight.

As to his own plans and engine, Mr..
Wright said they were not built with any
particular view to lightness.
I'VE have always sacrificed lightness to
what We believed to be safety he said.
''The French have much lighter engines
than we use. For instance. their four
cylinder Antionette motor weighs about
40 pounds. compared with our 16O; but
then you cannot tell much about the rea,
weight and horsepower of the French en-
gines. When they want to tell you what
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CONTINUED on Fifteenth Pagc.)
The Dickinson press., 1908-06-27
LOCAL NEWS.

Martin Connolly, local editor of the
Hettinger County Herald, who played so
we'll in the ball team from the south, re-
turned to New England on Tuesdays
stage.
In justice to Mckenzie & Jones, the
PRESS wishes to state that the firms bill
of s47 appearing in the commissioners
proceedings last week included the cost
price of seven scrapers, freight and
drayage On the same to points in the
western part of the county.
Word was received the past week of
the death of Ray Hilliard at his home in
Washington. Deceased visited his uncle,
A. Hilliard, in this city some years since.
Although quite young, he was already
engaged in the banking business, not far
from his father, Smith Hilliard, also a
banker.
F. G. Reed has been laid up for a few
days as the result Of an accident Tues
day afternoon. He was accompanying
a travelling man to one of the sample
rooms in the St. Charles hotel and was
going down the stairs when he caught his
heel and fell headlong to the bottom.
The back of his head struck on one of
the steps with such force that a cash two
inches long, behind the ear, was cut and
the skull penetrated. One arm was
badly wrenched in the fall. Mr.. Reed
was attended by a physician and taken
to his home. Wednesday morning his
head felt we'll but his arm caused him
considerable pain.
The Dickinson press., 1908-06-27
vERslppl ITEMS.

Able Baxter is breaking for his
brother, Owen.
Those who attended the Farmers
Institute last week enjoyed it very much
Miss Ethel Peck has been visiting hel
little friend, Miss Bessie Flynn, in Dick
inson.
Miss Lena Weagum has been spend.
ing a couple of weeks with her friend
Miss Florence David.
Mrs. Sterland is expecting her daugh'
ter, Mrs, Artie Sterland, to visit them fol-
a few days and will take Miss Thelma
back with her.
The young people of Versippi are
getting up a ball nine and expect tc
practice every Sunday, even the young
ladies take part in the game.
The Dickinson press., 1908-06-27
NEW ENGLAND,

Miss Celia Daily of Grandin, N. D., is
visiting at the Marshall ranch on the
Cedar.
Miss Bessie Duntly of Grandin, N. D.,
is spending the summer with her sister,
Mrs. James Elliott.
A party of our young people attended
a dance given by the Misses Marshall
on the Cedar Tuesday night.
Gordon Gardner bought a pair of
bronchos recently and has been breaking
them to drive the past week.
Robert D. Berry, county auditor, and
H. P. Jacobsen of Mott were business
visitors in New England the last of the
week.
U. B. Harris Of Dickinson was in town
last week and arranged to have some
breaking done on his homestead neal
Rainy buttes.
John Mead, who has been spending
the winter at his home in Vermont,
arrived here the first of the week and is
now at the ranch.
Aanen Carlson, who has a homestead
near the Cedar, finished his springs work
and has gone to Inwood, Iowa, where he
has work for the summer.
Our boys defeated the ball team from
the Iowa settlement Saturday by a score
of - to 4. The team went to Dickinson
on Sunday and were beaten by a score
of 9 to 2. The mex games are to be
played with Mott at New England on
June II and 20.
A big Fourth of July celebration is
planned for New England this year and
every n is working hard to make the
day a big success Prizes will be given
for races and bucking contests and for
the ball game. There will be dancing in
the afternoon and evening.
The Dickinson press., 1908-06-27
snAcKvuLE ITEMS.

VIM. Pfremmier has a house built on
his homestead.
Phillip and Lizzie Sem went to Dick
inson the last of the week.
Miss Verna Pfremmier of Brainerd,
Mimi, is visiting her brother, VIM.
Pfremmier.
ia. Schreiber's shearing crew, con-
sisting of eight men, are shearing in
Shackville this week.
The Dickinson press., 1908-06-27
BORN IN IOWA

Our family were all born and raised in
Iowa, and have used Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
made at Des Moines) for years. We
know how good it is from long expert
ence in the use Of it. In fact, when in
Ell Paso, Texas, the writer's life was
saved by the prompt use of this remedy.
We are now engaged in the mercantile
business at Narcoossee, Fla, and have
introduced the remedy here. 1t has
proven very successful and is constantly
growing in favor. Ennis Bros. This
remedy is for sale by all druggists.
The Dickinson press., 1908-06-27
THE DICKINSON PRESS, JUNE 81, 1903.


Pete REILLY is laidup>with rheumatism.
Tom Evans Of. Taylor was in town
Monday.
Will Brookings of Taylor was in town
on business Saturday.
Nels Cuisine and wife from Taylor
were in town Monday.
C.. R. Hettenbaugh made a business
trip to Dickinson Friday.
Harland Silvernail and Harland Crump
of Taylor were in town Saturday.
DR.. F. T. Rucker and bride passed
through town On their way to Mott.
Halvor Woolsey, the druggist from
Mandan, visited friends in town Sunday.
The Richardton nine played a game
with Hebron Sunday, with a score of Is
to I6, in our favor.
Rev. John Nickerson of Atkinson, ILL.,,
arrived last week to take the place of H.
S. Cofeen, who left for Dunseith, N. D.
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blaine Little arrived
Sunday from Wyoming, where they have
been visiting friends. They took the
stage for Mott Monday.
Mrs. w. J. Frost and Mrs. G. di St.
Clemente, daughters of Mrs. A. B.
Berry, will spend the summer with their
mother on her farm north of town.
Fred E. MoCurdy, states attorney of
Dunn county, was recently united in
marriage to Miss Elsie Lindley at Gil
strap, N. D. Mr.. and Mrs. McCurdy re-
turned to this place Monday.
Miss Clara Hill entertained a number
of her friends Friday evening, it being
her fourteenth birthday. The evening
was spent in playing games, after which
a dainty lunch was served.
The Dickinson press., 1908-06-27
OFFICIAL
Proceedings Of the Bosrd d Csamis-
sloners Of Stark Coaaty, n. b.

Dickinson, N. ~, June 23rd, 1908
The commissioners convened on the
above date pursuant to adjournment; all
members present.
The following bids on bridge proposi.
ton were received, viz: The Fargo
Bridge & Iron COMPANY, one TO It. steel
span on steel legs. on mud sills, for the
net sum of $l,oo8oo.
One 20 #. steel span on steel pile foun.
dation as shown in plan, for the net sum
K. Y. Bayne & Company, 60 BY IS #,
span to be placed on steel legs, pile
foundations as shown on plans and spec.
i6cations, for the net sum S. 10000. One
60 by IS #. span to be placed on steel
legs and wood mud stills foundations al
shown on plans and specifications at.
tached, for the net sum Of 81 o2soo.
On motion Of Fred Koesel, seconded
by Andrew Jopp, the bid of A. Y. Bayne
q Company for 100000, specifying
steel legs and pile foundations, was &C.
cepted and the contract was awarded to
said company, the work to be completed
by the 18th of October, next. Said
bridge to be located one and one.half
miles north of the elevator in the new
village of South Heart, where said board
may direct.
The following road petition signed by
Charles Angel and Clarence J. Parker,
ct al, was received:
To the Hon. Board of County Com.
missioners, Stark county, North Dako.
ia.
We. the undersigned, homesteaders in
the vicinity Of South Heart. N. Dakota,
do petition your honorable board to put
in a bridge across the Heart river and
open up road on township line, COM
mencing at north line of sections ? and
II, township 139, between ranges 81 and
% and running south to south line of
township 13o.
This being our preference to the OPEN
ing of road one mile west of there, as
has been previously %petitioned for.
The following protest regarding said
road and bridge, signed by Albert MUIR
rey was also received to-wit:
To the Hon. Board of County Com.
m%issioners, Stark county.
|. Albert Murrey, being a tax payer of
this county. do oppose to having a road
through between sections II and IL,
thence southwark to the town. 100, R. o8,
seeing it will be a continual expense to
the county, and beg of you to put same
one mile east on township line.
In view of the apparent difference of
opinion relative to the proper location of
said bridge and high way. the board con-
cluded to 60 in a body on JULY 9th and
make a thorough inspection of the prem
ises and decide as to which site is the
best for all concerned.
Carl Stieg made affidavit to the effect
that he was assessed two shares of bank
stock for the vear 1907 to the amour of
$4,000, and that the same bank stock
was also assessed to the State Bank of
Richardton, upon which the taxes were
paid for said year by Mr.. Stieg and also
by the bank, and asks that the amount
of tax paid by him on said valuation of
$4,000 for said year be refunded. On
motion of Fred Koesel, seconded by An.
drew Jopp, the Auditor wa; instructed to
refund to said Carl Stieg the amount of
s4:8o, tax paid by him for said year on
said valuation, account of double assess
ment.
On motion the board adjourned sine
die.
J. S. WHITE,
County Auditor.
The Dickinson press., 1908-06-27
MARSHALL NEWS.

Mrs. Sivests entertained the Larken
Sunday.
Miss Elisa Jersin is having her new
house built on her claim.
The Burgess family is now nicely
settled in their new home.
The Kyseth & Paulson steamplow is
now at work at Schafer's place.
Mr.. Mundy of Marshalltown, Iowa, was
out or business the first of the week.
Messres Carl Siverts and Clarence Lee
made a trip to Taylor Monday in their
autos.
Cantance and Gordon Schafner arrived
from Montivideo, Mimi, where they
have been attending school the past
year.
The Dickinson press., 1908-06-27

The advice of the American
Sheep Breeder is to hold the wool
clips for better prices. After cleo
ton it is likely that prices will ad-
vance, but until then IS cents per
pound is perhaps all that the
wool grower can expect.