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death, Colonel Henry Watterson said:
1.-The attempt to drag the dead body
of Grover Cleveland from its new
made grave into the tumult of ma
tional convention will deceive no one.
An invasion of the grief of the noble
lady who weeps amid the silence and
the solitude of the granite hills, a
blow at party concord, it is the act Of
shameless hypocrites nor was ever a
professional ghoul inspired by a more
mercenary spirit, because the sole aim
and end of the Murphy-Con crowd
aided by Judge Parker, is the perpet-
uation of the ascendency of the Bel
mont-Ryan combination to which
Democracy owes it's last ignominious
and we'll deserved defeat. 1t was Bel
mont-Ryan money that financed
Judge Parker's campaign for the
nomination in 1904. 1t was Belmont
Ryan money that nominated him;
and it was the Belmont-Ryan tag that
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THE GANS-NELSON BOUT.
Referee Welsh Declares He VIII Inter
pref Rules as He Knows Them.

San Francisco, July SACK
Welsh, who will referee the fight be-
tween Joe Cans and Battling Nelson
on the afternoon of July 4, visited the
headquarters of Nelson to talk over
the rules. Nelson told him he wanted
it understood that the referee Is not to
put his hands on the men during the
fight. Welsh replied that he would
interpret the rules as he knows them.
Ben Selig, manager for Joe Cans,
made bet of $500 even with Battling
Nelson that Cans would defeat Bat in
twenty rounds. Selig also bet $1,000
to $500 that Cans would win. Nelson
when asked his opinion of the result
simply said: MY money talks"
Later Referee Welsh said:
"I understand the Queensbury rules
and as the men signed to fight under
them, that is what they will do. If
one man is holding and the other
wants to fight, he can fight. If both
of them are holding, as they did sew
eral times at Goldfield, and they re-
fuse to break at command, will
break them by force, if that is neces-
sary.
1.-THE public has a right to be con-
sidered as we'll as the fighter and they
must be fighting. 1 must say / have
never had any trouble with Nelson
but in this case I will use my own
judgment and follow the rules"
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head in comedy of a mock funeral.
would be too dastardly and too ghast-
ly for belief IL 1t were not the last
desperate play OF a clique of discred-
tied politicians seeking to rule or to
ruin at any cost.
Name Spells Ffrebrand.
standing about the open grave of
Mr.. Cleveland. those of us who knew
him but did not always approve him.
or agree with him. were not only will
but that the good alone should live af-
ter him. He IL dead. He sleeps with
those that went before from Jeffer%
son to Tilden and history can be
trusted to do him no Injustice.
Resurrected at Princeton and pro-
claimed at Denver, his name spells
f1rebrand and only firebrand and fire.
brand is the sole initiative and pur-
pose Of the body-snatchers who pro-
pose to use it to conjure dissension
while they try to corrupt delegates.
"In Mr.. Bryan and a reunited party.
Democrats saw hope of victory. On
none other was there the smallest
hope of union. That they reason truly
has been shown by the fact that with
the Ryan-Belmonts barrel on tap and
its agents flying about in every direc-
ton, state after state. refusing to be
tempered with or tainted, has de-,
clared for the Nebraskan. Seeing this
Judge Parker is put forward to deliver
the final stroke Of the bravo and un-
der the pretension OF honoring the
memory of Cleveland, to plunge q
blade reeking with poison artfully
prepared into the heart of Democracy.
That he should lend himself to such
a villainy Will engulf him in the scorn
of honorable men and the detestation
Of thoughtful Democrats. ~
There is no more reason why o.
Democratic national convention
should go out of its way to signalfEe
one former Democrat power than an
other; why 1t should rush upon Cleve-
land with a frenzy or words, than
with q hysterical shrek 1t should rush
upon Buchanan; each Buchanan and
Cleveland having had the misfortune
to divide the party. The spectacle I'm
| the case of Mr.. Buchanan would lack
common sense. In the case of Mr..
| Cleveland it lacks both common sense
and common decency. AS well dig up
| the will Of Mr.. Tilden which Judge
Parker decided against the INSTRUCT
| lions and wishes OF the sage of Grey
stone, and make 1t the subject Of
eulogy for the sake of controversy.
AS we'll invoke the spirits OF the war.
( force the Douglas men to pay tribute
| to Breckenridge. Under any con-
| dition and from any quarter the pro-
posal to revitalize old Quarrels By
preamble and resolution on the
| threshold of a national movement
would be thrown out as insane. Com
ing from Connors and Murphy, from
Belmont and Ryan. from Parker and
| Sheehan, 1t will be thrown out as In
| famous. They may, defeat US, but
they cannot debauch u.s."
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and his fielding has suffered from the
depression caused by his batting slump.
Time and again Emory has lost men
at third through his apparent fear that
he would be cut. His haste to give
the base runner all the room at the
third corner has cost many a run and
prevented one or two double plays.
Pokorny seems to be about the best
hitter in the association at the present
writing but he has to hit for his field
| ing would never hold him a Job in any
| circuit.
If the dope printed in the Joplin Globe
concerning Slapnicka, the new twirler
| of the Miners, is anywhere near cor
rect, he ought to be a world beater.
Here is what the Globe says: big
Bob Corkill, left fielder for the Miners,
| has played both with and against Slap
nicka, the new twirler secured by the
Joplin team. and Corkill is sponsor for
| the statement that the pitcher Is one
| of the best in the minor leagues. Slap
| nicka is not only a cracking good ball
| player, but he is also a wonderful all
| round athlete, and was once picked to
represent the All-Bohemian Turnverein
team which was to leave the United
| States and to our Bohemia. After the
| baseball season Slapnicka is a profess
sional acrobat and juggler on the stage
| and has earned no small reputation in
| this Work. his great atnletlc aDluty
| and his remarkable form in the pole
vault caused the judges of the ALL
| Bohemian team to pick him to repre-
| sent the team in that event. Slapnicka
| is also a wonderfully fast man on his
/ feet and possesses great strength and
| agility. The Bohemian Is a very young
man, not yet having reached his TWEEN
| ty-second year. He has been in the
| game only a couple Of years. He made
| his debut in the old Iowa State league
in 1906 with the Marshalltown team
/ winning four and losing eight games
Last season Waterloo released him tc
| Burlington, with which team he proved
| to be star, winning II and losing II
/ games. His work was so good tina,
| Omaha of the Western League draft
i ed him at the close of the season, but
| failing to come to terms with him turn
| ed him back to Burlington, with which
/ team he started this season. Thus far
| Slapnicka has pitched IA games fol
4 Burlington. winning ten and losing four
/ A multiplicity of cheaper siabmen and
1 the return of Schroeder by the White
| Sox to the Burlington club, caused the
| disposal of the Bohemian. Slapnicka
| Is q right handler, slightly above the av-
erage height and weighs about 16(
pounds. His splendid athletic training
4 and his magnificent physique enable
/ him to constantly be in excellent con-
dition and he is never troubled with
| that nightmare of twirlers In general
failure to get into good shape.
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Lascares of DeDiOn Crew Tells
of New York to Paris Race.
Went $4,000 Miles i'm Strange
Country i'm Four Months.
A NOVEL EXPERIENCE.
Could Keep Ahead of Russian
Trains So Used Track.
In Japan the Roads Almost Too
Narrow for Machines.

Chicago. July 3.-Twenty-two thou
sand miles by automobile, railroad
train and steamers in four months is
the record established by Emanuel
Lascares of the Chicago Motor club,
who reached this city last night. Las
cares is one of the two local motorists
who joined the New York-Paris racers
when they passed through Chicago
last February, he having been one of
the crew of the French De Dion,
which abandoned the race at
Vladivostok. He returned to Chicago
by way of Paris.
Lascares reports an adventurous
time, but says the most interesting
part of the race is now on, for the
hardships are about over and the
three cars-the American Thomas, the
German PrOtos and the italian ZuSt
are now on the last leg of the jour-
ney and racing to see which will be
first to reach the French metropolis.
tracks. which are so we'll ballasted
that fast time can be made. No
objection Is made to this, for the Rus
sian trains never run more than
twenty-five miles an hour, and it is
easy for the automobiles to keep
ahead over the smooth roadbed.
Last reports, he says. had the
Zust creeping up on it's rivals and he
predicts a pretty race If the three
cars ever get on even terms, which
seems most likely now.
1.-THE hardest part of the race was
across the American continent" says
the Chicago Motor club man. I'VE ex-
perienced all sorts of adventures and
our greatest trouble was with the
souvenir hunters. Nothing was safe
and we lost valuable clothing and
1amps-in fact, anything that the
souvenir hunters could get hold of dis
appeared. When we appealed to the
police we could not get any satisfac-
ton. Out In the wilds it was case
of extortion. We had to pay $50 in
some cases for guide and If we
needed any help they awlays asked us
IL we had any money and how much
we would pay. In one place we had
to nay $25 just to keep our car in a
garage over night. Gasoline was 60
cents and 20 cents a gallon and 1t was
a case of shell out money all the way.
"Our experiences in japan were
novel; We had to make a journey of
about 500 miles in that country and
II took us a week to do it. The roads,
while good, were too narrow for auto
mobiles You know there they use
men to haul their vehicles and so the
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made an antitrust government under
such brand absurd and impossible.
Pnrker's NfaIevolence.


made an antitrust government under
such brand absurd and impossible.
Pnrker's Nfalevolence.
cit seemed hitting that having made
sacrifices for predatory wealth, Judge
Parker should. have his recompense In
a rich law practice In the city of New
York. He has had 1t, and with It and
its enrichment, he should rest well
content. That he should emerge from
this highly paid obscurity to, MAKE
trouble through sheer malevolence
were pitiable Indeed; but that he
should appear. backed by money. Of
the trust magnates and traction
thieves appealing to Jefferson and TIL
den, the dead body of Cleveland
stretched upon dissecting table is dis
graceful.
at is not only disgraceful. but its
motive is grotesquely and transpar-
emily obvious. The wing OF the Demo-
cratic party in the state of New York
to which Judge Parker and the group
with which he is now acting belong
ed was the David Bennett Hill wing.
They were the inveterate. the implac-
able enemies of Grover Cleveland.
They hated him and he hated them.
Although amid the gloom of the de-
feat, a kind OF truce was reached
there was never a real amnesty or OBJ
livion on either side, so that the
scheme to recall the shade of Cleve-
land and to set this up as a deaths
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BURNS OFF FOR ORIENT.
The Champion VIII Leave England for
Australia Today

London, July 3.-Tommy Burns
sails from England today to keep his
pugilistic engagements in Australia
and pick up some more easy coin dur
ing the fight carnivals in kangaroo
land. 81
Burns will arrive in Australia on
August IS, and five days later will
meet Lang. The champion will be
forced to do most of his training
aboard the steamer Mongolia, on
which will sail. Burns confides that
he expects to pick up considerable
money around Sydney and other big
sporting centers of Australia.
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CENTRAL KANSAS LEAGUE.
SaIina 8. NfcPherson 4.

Sa1ina s, Mcpherson 1.
MCPHERSON, Kan, July 3.-The first
game in the Central Kansas league be-
tween Mcpherson and Salina was play
ed there Thursday resulting In a victory
for Salina by score of to 1. Salina
won the game on errors in the fourth
inning, letting in three scores.
Score by innings:
~ " D v w W.
Batteries-Baird and Mack; Clawson
and Hoggatt- Clawson struck out nine
men; Baird four men. Mcpherson Sc
cured four hits off Baird; Salina Sc
cured six hits of Clawson. Time of
game, lao.
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trip will take in the best towns in
Kansas, making a circle of the east
ern and southern part of the state.
The schedule has not been completed
and towns wanting games can write
Manager Baseball Team, Great Bend,
Kan. for dates.
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Toledo Hits Hopkins Hard.

Toledo. o., July SACK Hopkins,
left fielder Of the Toledo club. was in
definitely suspended by President Ar
mour and fined all the SALARY due him.
This drastic action resulted from in
kins during the western trip, which
ended at Milwaukee. Joe Mccarthy,
utility man, takes Hopkins place tenn
porarily. but Armour has lines out for
another outfielder.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Chicago so. St. Louis 1.g

Chicago. July 3-Chicago won the
first game and st. Louis the second in
the double header. The scores were
5 to and to 0, conditions being prac-
tically reversed in the second. Waddell
was knocked out of the box in a hurry
in the first contest and in the second
Owen lasted seven innings.
Score by innings: RHE
Chicago ............3 O10O0s5 II o
st. Louis ...........-.1 0 90 o 000I s 5
Batteries-Walsh and Sullivan; Wad-
dell, Bailey and Spencer
Second game-Score by innings: RHE
Chicago ......-....-...00 o o o 90 s 8
ST. Louis ....-....---.01 0OO14 80 ID o
Batteries-Owen, Olmstead and Shaw !;
Dineen and Blue.
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Ferns Won Fight Quickly.

Joplin, July 3.-"Rube" Ferns
knocked out Walter Burgo of st. Paul
in the third round of what was
scheduled to be a 20-round bout here
last night. Ferns had all the better
of the fight, although Burgo knocked
him down in the second round. Two
hooks to the stomach followed by a
couple of short jabs to the jaw ended
the fight. The battle was for $500
purse. Both weighed in at 155
pounds.
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American Association.
WESTERN ASSOCIATION.
Hutchinson 4 wichita 8.

Wichita, Kan, July 3.-Errors
proved costly for the locals Thursday.
Hutchinson winning to g.. Andrews
single in the seventh brought in the
winning run. The good work by Stof-
fer and link in the ninth prevented
Wichita scoring.
The score.
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Griffith to Be a Magnate.

Birmingham. Ala. July 3.-Clark
Griffith, formerly manager of the New
York Americans, wants to purchase
the Birmingham franchise He has
wired asking for a price. President
Baugh offered the franchise for $780,
900. Some days ago Billy Smith, man
ager of Atlanta, hand in glove with
Griffith, asked for a figure on the local
franchise, and at the time 1t was
thought he was acting for the ex-
Highlander.
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OKLAHOMA CITY,

SCORE BY INNINGS.
Oklahoma City 30 o o o 2 o o o.
Enid .........0 o o o o o 90
The summary: Stolen bases-Kel-
sey, D. White. Two-base hit-W.
White. Double play-W. White to
Love. Bases on balls-Off Folbre 1,
off McGill 1. Hit by pitched ball
Kelsey. Struck out-By Folbre 10. by
McGill 2. Time of game-1:35- UNI
pire-Finney. Attendance-300.
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to 1. The locals could not hit Will
helm with men on bases.
Score By innings: RHE
Brooklyn .,...-........O o o o 1 90 o.
Boston ................0 o o 90 00-1
Batteries-Wilhelm and Bergen; Fla.
herty and Smith.
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Col. Henry Watterson's Bitter
Arrangement Of Parker.
Flags New Yorker for His Pro-
posed Cleveland Move.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
That will Be Effect Upon the
Party.
Should Bring Upon Him Detes
tatiOn of All Democrats.

Louisville, July Accommodating
upon the report from New York that
Alton B. Parker had been selected to
present resolutions at the Denver con-
vention upon ex-President Cleveland's
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

At Kansas City-Kansas City Mime
apolis game; postponed; rain.
At Toledo-Toledo 8, Columbus O.
AT Indianapolis-Indiana
vile game postponed; rain.
At Milwaukee-Milwauk Paul
game postponed; rain.
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Minneapolis 6. Newton o.

Newton. Kan, July 3.-Minneapolis
and Newton played a clean game up to
the eighth inning when the ball hit the
umpire and allowed a runner to score.
The locals went to pieces and Mime
apolis by hitting freely scored five more
runs.
Score by Innings: RH.E.
Newton -. ...... O0O0OooOo-O 6. 5
Minneapolis 80. 80. % o 0 0 06 0-6 II 0
Batteries-Solter and Goothwaite;
McElroy and Nye
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Trip for Great Bend Team.

Great Bend, Kan, July 3.-The To-
cal baseball team. known as the Great
Bend Millers. will start on a two
weeks trip about the 18th of July. The
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Totals
WICHITA
IOtdlS --.--s54 ?
atfed for Midd1efop-

"Batted TOT M1ddletOn IN NINTH.
SCORE ny INNINGS.
Hutchinson ..o O o 11O o.
Wichita .........s...2 o 90 O-3
Summary: Two base hits-An-
mis- link, Atchfson.s Sacrifice hits
McLear, Hetling. Ffrse base on balls
OFF Atchison, 2; off Fogerty. s..
Struck out-By Atchison, 9; by Foyer
ty, IL Left on DISQUALIFICATION, s.;
Wichita, 9. Wild pitches-Fogerty.
way.
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Oklahoma Csfty 4. Enid o.

Enid, Ok, -2zOklahoma City
made it three strafghts Thursday,
shutting Enid out, 4 to o.
The -Score. -. ~. : .
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Chicago 8-4, Pittsburg %

Pittsburg. Pa. July "a crowd of
nearly $4,000 enthusiasts saw Pittsburg
and Chicago divide a double header
here, the visitors shutting out the To-
Gals by 3 to o in the first and losing
the second game to 4. thus reaching
first place; again in the second contest
dropuing to second position. Young
weakened in the fourth inning of the
first game, allowing the visitors a base
on balls and three hits. which netted
them three runs. At all times this
game was interesting and the final re-
suit was not a certainty until the last
man was out. King had his hand
badly cut in the, sixth inning. The
second game was never in doubt.
First game:
Pi Htsb .........."...oooooooeoos Q
Chicago .....-.........0 30000O3 s 2
Batteries-Young, Camnitz and Glib
son; Brown and King, Marshall.
Second game-score by innings: R-HE
c cfitsgu3s ...............oo ooo1sSoI
Batteries-Maddox. Camnitz and Glib
son; Pfeister and Marshall.
New York 4, Philadelphia 8.
New York, July BY score Of 4
to 8, the locals beat Philadelphia Foxen
held the locals fairly well in hand until
the seventh when they hit him five
times.
Score by innings: R.H.E
Philadelphia .........1 000110
Batteries-Foxen and Doom Mathew
son and Bresnahan.
ST. Louis A. Cincinnati 2.
St. Louis, July 3.-St. Louis took the
opening game of the series with Gin
cinnati, to 2. Both Frcmme and
Campbell pitched good ball, and ragged
hod To n vvft Rxo
result F'romme struck out ten men
and allowed but four hits.
Score by Innings: R.HE
st. Louis .-...-.......0 o. =" 3
Batteries-Fromme and Hostetter;
Campbell and Schlei.
Brooklyn 2, Boston 4.
Boston, July 3.-Brooklyn won the
first game Of the series from Boston,
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Washington. July 3.-Washington
scored a double victory over New York.
4 to 3, and to 8. Phenomenal fielding
by Mcbride, Ganley and Milan won the
first and timely batting the second
Score bv innings: RHE
WASHINGTON ........oo20 Ooo2I 3
New York ..........01 90 1O001-3 II 3
Batteries-Tannehill, Falkenberg and
Street; Orth, Newton and Kleinow.
Second game-Score by innings: RHE
washington ..........0 900 41Os5 IL 8
New York ....--......0 00OO12 0O-3 6 o
Observation-Disclosures Gates and
Street; Hogg, Manning and Blair,
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Other Baseball Cannes

Denver 4, Omaha l.
Pueblo 8, Lincoln 4.
Sioux City 1, Des Moines o.
Yates Center 4, Geneva 0.
Ell Reno'1, Ponca City 4.
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Philadelphia 4, Boston l.

Philadelphia, July 3.-Philadelphia
broke up pitchers battle and beat
Boston by scoring four runs in the
eight on four hits, a pass and a wild
pitch by Ccotte. Unglaub and Man
ager Mcguire of Boston were sent Off
the field for disputing decisions.
Score by innings ~H R.HE
Boston ...............O 90 O00oO1I 6 o
Batteries-Cicotte and .Crieer. Rem
der and Smith A "a %
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Western
hSSO-
6ldtiOIl
GOSSIP
WHERE THEY PLAT
} TOMORROW.
Springfield at Topeka.
Webb City at Joplin.
Enid at Oklahoma City.
Wichita at Hutchinson.

Jack Forester has made his debut
with the Fort Worth team. Jack went
in at the beginning of the second in
ming last Monday against the leaders,
Dallas. The score than was to Tor
Dallas. The final score was 10 to 4
for Dallas. Forester allowed nine
hits, famed seven, hit one and mad
one wild pitch. He was UP four times
without a bingle. ~
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Detroit II, Cleveland I.

Cleveland, July 3.-Detroft defeated
Cleveland easily by II to /, outplaving
the locals, throughout.
Score by innings: R.HE
Cleveland ..........O O0O0OOOLi
Detroit ...--......-...2 3 O1O2 2-lI is 2
Batteries-Chech, Thielman. RYAN
Hess and N. Clarke; Davidson, WilIett
and Schmidt.
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TOT M1ddetOn IN NM
SCORE ny INNINGS
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St. Louis A, Cincinnati 2.

Brooklyn 2, Boston 1.
Boston, July 3.-Brooklyn won the
first game Of the series from Boston,
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McGill rejoined the Enid team yes
terday and was shut out in. a pitch
er's battle by Folbre, the Arkansas
wizard. Both twirlers allowed but five
hits
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McLear is playing with Hutchinson
for a few days. Scrappy Mac has quit
the Enid team as he was not paid as
much as he was promised. He is
merely helping out the Hutchinson
team and doesn't know yet where he
will play Mac is pretty good player
and one of the best hunters in the
business.
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Pokorny seems to be about the bes
hitter in the association at the preser
writing but he has to hit for his field
ing would never hold him job in an
circuit.