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New-York tribune., 1908-01-05
RACING At NEW ORLEANS.
The Corrigan-Koerner Combination
Wins zcith T1co Long Shots.

New Orleans Jan 4-St Iario a Iukewarm first
choice, the only winning favorite at City Park
this afternoon. Five other public choices went
down to defeat. the majority of them failing to
finish in the money. The talent was hit hardest Tn
the last race, when DR. MeCluer was sent to the
post Z to 10 choice but after leading for mile,
tired and failed miserably-
The Cosmopolitan Hurdle Handicap. the feature
of the card resulted in desperate finish between
Kflldoe and Bob Murphy. the latter getting the
decision by a nod. Both were at long odds. ST.
Volna the favorite, finishing third.
In the baby race Anna Magee, owned by Ed Cor
rigan srornped out in front all the way, and c.
Koerner kept the illy going long enough to stall
off the challenge Holy Mass Smart. cut for the
third time, showed speed and got the short end OF
the purse. The Corrigan-Koerner combination also
the second race with John Carroll which out
classed Green Seal in the stretch drive.
Nicoi, the jockey. set down for three days
for his action at the post in the first This
is the third time Nicol has been suspended re-
Gently The Fair Grounds track will reopen
Monday for a two weeks meeting.
P NJ. Civil won two races with Orly III and
Doubt. The summaries follow:
First race dhree furlongs>.Anna MAGE 100 &C.
Koerner, 10 to l. woa' Won Holy Mass 1es tdoyd>; to
Time o:Ss As Mrs sewaIi prosper. Roseburg II,
rioe Nv Lady Frances aHd Lightning FLASH also ram
e xo6 Fssn s zoe aTG re o &c
I. second: Froptenac 103 (Fairbrotherl 90 to I.
shTd nn Fa1 % aoray Crazy m esae and m
Escutcheon finished third, but
disqualified.
Third race tseven furlonss handicapl-ss naro. 1o7
(Powers) to ). Woodlane lis "a Leel. to 1.
Melange. q2 (Flynnl. 10 I. third Time.
Albert star. Evelyn S. Infanta. Gold
quest. Lsterne Yankee Rose also
Fourth rase cosmopolitan Hurdle Handicap
and one-auarter miles)-Kdoe. 14s Chandler). 25
to l. won: Bob Murphy. las (MeClanl IS TO l.
Voima- 165 (ArchibsIdl, to 5. third Time.
221 Profitable Rip Bank Holiday. sam Hon-
heimer. Aules and Woodside also
Fifth and sixteenth miles
Ory II. u Powers. to l. won. Old Honesty
o L. second Tileing no (Sumterl. "a
to third Time. Al 3S. Carthage. Gid Lotus
Eater and Nav Rowe also
Sixth tone mile and a half. selling )-DouAt
1o7 u. Leel. 4 L. Flavisny 40 (Surter).
a. second Rio Gsrande 107 tPowersb. 13 I. third
, Time. 2:36 g B DR. McClusr, Miishora. Amberiack.
Lady Oakland Ell Captain
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05

these matches alone his earnings were more .hah
$S00OO and these and other races anu eA"i
netted him at least SSoo,Vo
His first race outside of his own country "as
rowed at Philadelphia in 1876, when Hahlah WON
three heats in as many days Then ne capture
the championship of America by defeauns Eva"
Norris over the Hutton course at Pittsours. iho
same wear he won his memorable Victofy Over
Charles (.Pa') Courtney, the present Corheh t""
ing coach In 1877 Hanan went TO England ana
Africa winning after race
The championship of the world came INTO hiS
possession in 1875 He defeated Laycock. OF Aus
traia the following year. and became the owner
of the famous Spertsman's Cup In July, lss5. ne
broke the worlds record for four miles he es-
tablished the three-mile worlds mark IN Ies''
covering the distance in 10 minutes 23 seconds IN
1887 Hanlan lost the championship of America 10
C1audaur Hanlan rowed return race with eau
daur and recaptured the championship He oio
little racing after this devoting most of his time
to exhibitions. by which he made much money he
also acted as college rowing coach for Coiurnoia
University
The distinguishing characteristics OF Hanidn
as an oarsman were the extreme apparent ease
and finish of his style AS rover he was not
greatly if at ALL superior to many other conteFn-
porary professors of the art, but as sculer lie
was supreme both in pace and style When going
al full speed his body moved to and fro with a
nerfectIv rhvthmc motion. without any spasmodi1
action either at the beginning at the ending or
his stroke The blade of the oar entered ana
left the water with wonderful cleanness and pre-
cision.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05
SHOOT IN HALF Il GALE.
Tanderceer Wins Stake Trophy at
the Crescent Traps.

Half gale accompanied by frequent rain squalls.
was the adverse condition under which the plucky
trapshooters of the Crescent Athletic Club made
some good scores yesterday In their first weekly
shoot of 1908 at the Parkway Driving Clubs track.
Eight matches contested the two sets of
traps. The high gun in the first shoot for the
January cup proved to be J. H. Ernst. whose score,
with a handicap Of four. % of possible o5
Ii. B. Vanderveer. with handicap of four,
killed twenty three clay birds and the Stake
trophy from twelve others, and the team captained
by F. B. Stephenson won from two other pairs
with total of IL to their credit beating @. q.
Stephenson and D. Leahy by bird F. B.
Stephenson a scratch shoot with full score
of Is. He also 15-target trophy and in a
third he divided with D. Leahy after they had
tied with of II each. D. Ieahy and H B.
Vanderveer also tied for trophy with 13 each
and account of the approaching darkness they
divided the prize rather than shoot it off.
The summaries follow:
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05
Wanderers 0.

Peferee-S. Christv, Brooklyn FoobaI CIub ffVat3
Kerr s) Parsons (25 Jackson %. Salter Armstrong
Time of halves-35 minutes
The Crescents have arranged home and nome
matches with the Staten Island Football Club, the
first TO be played Livingston, Staten Island next
Saturday and the return game at Bay Ridge on
January Is
Playing with one man short. the Zingari eleven
of the Brooklyn Football Club was defeated by
the Bensonhurst Thisties by score of goals to l.
The Thistles took the places of the Freebooters,
who were TO have been the opposing eleven at Mar
quette Oval After about ten minutes of play u
White, OF the visiting team, scored from well
judged shot, which followed shortly thereafter
with good one from Captain G. Watts of the
Brooklyn eleven who tied the score. This ended
the scoring for the first half. After the restart w
Stiles put the Thistles in the lead by finding the
Brooklyn net from a mix-up in front of goal 1t
proved be the winning tally. The lineup fol-
io,-c
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05
MIESES MEETS DEFEAT.
German Chess Master Is Defeated
by L. Rosen, of Ne1c York.

l.. Rosen. leading member of the Rice Chess
Club. of this city. enjoyed the distinction ysster-
day. of administering defeat to Jacques Mieses
of Leipsic the visiting German chess master in a
game arranged for the entertainment of the mem
bers at the local club Herr Mieses played the
black pieces and adopted the Centre Counter Gam
bit. In attempting combination ne was out
maneuvred by Rosen. who scored the game after
thrty-hve moves. This afternoon the master Will
begin series OF exhibition games at the rooms of
the Manhattan Chess Club meeting A Ettiinger In
the first game.
The score of the game between Rosen and Miss.z
follows
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05

NED HANLAN,S CAREER.
Yeteran Oarsman Won Races A"
Oper the World.

Edward HanIan winner Of more than MN
dred rowing races. who died from phea'io."N
Toronto early yesterday morning oosa" -
. sb.u ~ben he was sixteen years old. or thirty
six wears ago He was born of irish parents :"
Toronto IN 1856 In his first race he roSed "'I
Berry and Duncan in three-par anair- han".
was at DOW His crew beat the tas' thre7
stroked by Pat Gray. The same year fiaiAi'
won two races in the singles
From that time until lsso Ne" hailia 90
uratfveIy lived in a she'll rowing more than TWO
hundred races in all parts of the world. one nun
dred of which were for the championship IN
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05
CRESCENTS WIN EASILY.
Camerons Get Revenge for Recent
Defeat at Soccer.

Having everything their own way IN the asso-
ciatton football match at Bay Ridge. Brooklyn
Yesterday afternoon, the fast eleven OF the Cres-
cent Athletic Club defeated the Wanderers oi
Brooklyn In steady. drizziing rain oy score
of II goals to O. The Crescents played a man snort
at right halfback; nevertheless they outciasseo
their adversaries at all points Of the game ow-
ing to the wet weather. the footing was not Wholly
secure but considering the season OF the year tiie
turf was in prime condition. AT half time the
home team had scored four goals without much
difficulty and the match practically was decided at
that stage
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05
ONLY FOUR WORK AT TRAPS.

Four gunners braved the storm Of yesterday and
shot over the traps of the Marine and Field Club
1t was the weekly shoot of the Bath Beach Or
ganization to count on special trophy. The leg
was at fifty targets and by Isaac Sned-
;,er who broke thirty-eight of the flying blue
rocks The other scores were: j. M. Knox %;
c. NJ Camp, IS, and w. H Davo. 2S The condi-
tions were exceedingly hard.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05
FAIR PLAY IN BIG STRING HANDIcAPs

August Belmont. chairman of the Jockey Club
has entered his good three-year- Fair Play In
the Brooklyn Suburban and Brighton handicaps
Additional entries to the Brighton Handicap up
to noon yesterday brought the total up to forty
nine, The late nominations include Riheman Sur
Huon. Arctic. Colonel Bob DR.. Mathews. Dick
Ftnnell Fair Play. MastAr Rahsrt and Kerchsval
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05
J. G. STEVENS STRONGEST MILDLY.
IBy Telegraph to The TribuneI


ANNAPOLIS Jan. 4-The Naval Academy strength
record has lust been broken by Midshipman
James G. Stevens of Summerield Ohio, who
scored 14sl points in the tests, the former record
being 49o points held by Robert F. Chambers.
also of Ohio. Captain a. H. Douglas of the foot
ball team is third, and will shortly make an effort
to raise the figure held by Stevens
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05

At Van Cortlandt Park yesterday afternoon the
Camerons, champions Of the New York Amateur
Association Football League, made amends for
their recent defeat at Livingston by defeating the
eleven of the Staten Island Football Club by
goals to l. The half ended in favor of the cham
pions, A Bowerman at outside left shooting a
goal after a run down the field. In the second
period w Cameron centre forward, and w Hast
ngs inside right, added goals to the Camerons
total A. Van Laar saved the Staten Islanders
from being bIanked by scoring in the last five
minutes of play. The lineup follows:
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05
MORE FOOTBALL GAMES.
Michigan to Resume athletic Reld-
tions uith Big Nine.

Chicago Jan AT the meeting of the western
intercollegiate Conference to-day it was decided
tho, ,,. foo.n,1 schedule should be extended from
FIVE to seven games for each college team Inc
rule however, will not become operative uhtii fau
6ed by the members of the conference
II was also announced that under the ehtarseu
schedule the University Of Michigan "ouio ie 80.
athletic relations with the other western uhi'
ties included in the conference
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05
zingari %.

C;oals-White Stiles Watts. Referee-H NJ. Tierney,
Brooklyn Football Club. Time of halves, 35 minutes
After a close and exciting struggle at Bronx
Oval yesterday afternoon the team of the Bronx
United Football Club at the expense of the
BOYS Club by score of l goal to 0, the single
tally being obtained in the last three minutes of
play r. Rimmer of the winning side. shot for
goal from n1ix-up and the ball, bounding from
the back Of one Of the defending players landed
in the net. The lineup follows:
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05
HAsKINs WINS CROSS COUNTRY RUN.

Philadelphia. Jan. Guy Haskins the Uni
versity of PENNSYLVANIA runner. the cham
ponshp efoss country of the Middle Atlantic
Association of the Amateur Athletic Union to-day
1t was run through Fairmount Park. His time was
81 min, % About twenty five runners started
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05

College and schoolboy matches outdoors form an
other feature of the programme which the Ma
tional Rife Association is preparing to put into
force. Do not let your interest Go from
where You now until each of you develops to
the maximum ali the capacity which he may have
for sure holding. straight pointing, centre striking
shots
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05
BROKER BUYS F. A. HEINzE's YACHT

tBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune.
Boston, JAN 4-Colonel Charles Hayden, the
broker. has purchased F. Augustus Heinze's fast
steam yacht. the Revolution. at private sale She
formerly turbine. but remodelled with
reciprocatng engines.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05
ENTRIES FOR SADDLE HORSE SHOW,

Entries for nfteen classes al the saddle horse
she" 10 De held at the American Horse Exehanss
on january Is and "a ~iii close with =. NJ wAN
On January %. Cups VIII be awarded % asa sa9
second horsse
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05
The lineup and score follow

Goal for Princeton-PhiIlips. Referee-Dr Mckenzie
Hockey Club. Assistant referee-R G. Cas<leman New
York Athletic Club Umpires-R. Leake and D. Carter
Time of halves 20 minutes
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05
WITH THE BALL PLAYERS,
Promising Fight Betzceen Tenney
and MerkIe for First Base.

Fred Merkle, the Michigan youngster, who cut
promising capers around first base for the Giants
at the tail end of the 1907 and was one
of the first to send in his signed contract to Fred
Knowles. will be watched with great interest by
the fans this year. The young player-he is only
twenty-has big odds to contend with for he will
have to fight against Tenney. veteran of many
years, for Dan McGann's old place at the first
sack. 1t will be of experience against young
blood. Probably experience will come out ahead
this year, but the test will help the youngster and
next year he may be McGraw's regular first base
The first appearance of minor league player
in fast company often decides his future base
ball career. 1t is something of change for a
bush Lacquer when he gets chance to show his
ability before crowd of 1900 persons The great
est strain falls to the pitcher because his many
opportunities. There is always for the
veteran and always the Get the hook" Take
him OUT for the beginner. One of the sensations
last Walter Johnson, of the Washing
ton American League team He faced Detroit
starter. The Tigers at that time leading
the American League Johnson was the most
confident player his team and had the batters
at his mercy until Hughey Jennings told his men
to bunt. This tangled up the young fellow and
he finally lost his first game by two runs. But
he had made good, and he hailed the
find of the season. Great things are expected
of Johnson this year.
Here is another case: Mcdonald a minor Lacquer
picked up by Cantillon. the manager of the
Washington team. and sent in to pitch against
the Philadelphia Athletics The near pennant win
ners had their batting clothes that day and
the Senators were fielding like lot of schoolboys
When Mcdonald retired at the end of the first
inning the Athletics had scored nine runs. The
young twirler said he thought he had been pitch
ing for two hours. and the scorers had cramps in
their hands.
The Boston Americans will have their training
camp at Columbus S. G., this year. The following
men have signed and sent in their contracts: '.Cy
Young. Lou Crger, Morgan, Wagner Frank
Donahue Patrick Donahue, Sullivan. Prutt. I'm
glaub. Carrigan, Burchell, Barrett. McHale and
Tannehi
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05
Positions. Bronx United ~.

Referee-G s. Shand. Goal--R RirIner Time
la lalyes-Thirty- minutes
New-York tribune., 1908-01-05

Apprentice allowance.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-22
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT.

presented he received three votes.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-22
TELEGRAPH RREvITlEs

With "A portion of his brain as large
as a teacup exposed to view. William
Goodwin of Willard, N. NJ, is still
living and will probably recover.
Goodman was watching the work of
digging a well at the ranch of Gus
Woodward and while looking into the
excavation there was premature dy-
Mantle explosion, fragment of iron
striking him in the forehead, tearing
away piece of the skull and throw
ing him into the well.
That three lives have been lost in
the far north of Quebec and that two
OF the men ate portions of the third.
while one of the two remaining par
tally devoured his companion and Ia
ter died himself, appears from infor-
nation in possession of the authori-
ties. The partial remains of - OF
the men have been found and The
provincial detective department
has officially announced that It has
given up further efforts to find the
third man, believing that he perished
Chicago anti-Bryanites deny leaders
claim that he has 697 votes and as
'ert that his strength in delegates in
Denver will not exceed SAC.
Somebody has Just added $4,000 to
he governments conscience fund.
There is no likelihood that 1t was
by any Of the New York
who have been swearing
II their taxes.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-22
The Call to Public once.

He was hardly out Of his boyhood
when he was called to public office,
and IN most OF the years since then
he has devoted himself to the public
service. First he was assistant prose
cutting attorney of Hamilton county,
and helped to drive out the old Camp
bell ring. whose influence long had
dominated the Cincinnati court house.
In 1881 he became collector OF Internal
revenue for the frst Ohio district, and
demonstrated the same ability in bus
mess that he had shown In the law
A year later he resigned that Office
and went back to the practice Of
law, with his fathers old partner, H.
+. Floyd. In 1888 he became assistant
county solicitor. Two years later Gov
ernor Foraker appointed him Judge Of
the superior court to succeed Judson
Harmon who had resigned to enter
President Cleveland's cabinet.
In 1885 Judge Taft married Miss
Helen Heron. daughter Of Hon. John
w. Heron. Of Cincinnati. They have
three children. Robert Alphonso, a
student at Yale, Helen, . student at
Bryn Aawr. and Charles Phelps. Cd,
who attends the public schools In
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-22
Buildinu the Canal.

When Mr. Taft became secretary OF
war this country had just taken pos
session of the canal zone, under treaty
with the republic Of Panama. and of
the old canal property. including the
Panama railroad. by purchase from
The French company. The work was
all to do. The country expected the
dirt to begin to fly at once. The news
papers and periodicals were full OF
cartoons representing Uncle Sam in
long boots with 4 spade ON his shoul
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-22
Secretary of War.

1t is not important here to discnss
In detail Mr.. Taft's administration of
the war department since he sno-
ceeded Elihu Root as secretary Of
war on February /, 1904. He has been
at the head of It during the years of
its greatest range of activity. He is
not merely secretary of the army, as
almost all his predecessors were. He
is secretary OF the colonies. Under
his direction fall matters OF the utmost
Importance affecting every one of the
oversea possessions Of the United
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-22

Four persons were drowned when
touring automobile, in which they
were passengers, got beyond control OF
the chauffeur, and while running at
top speed plunged into the North
river from the end of pier at Fifty
sixth street New York city.
Chas. Cavendar of LeadviIle has
been named as national committee.
man from Colorado.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-22
Overcoming the Barrier Between the
.a East and West.

Overcoming the Barrier Between the
~ East and West.
Moreover. their leaders had been
inoculated with the belief that be-
tween west and east there is an i'm.
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'passible barrier which will always
prevent the occidental from under
standing and -sympathizing with the
oriental. The experience of genera
tions had confirmed them in that be-
lief The only government in their
knowledge was tyranny. The only
education in their history was deceit.
The only tradition they possessed was
hatred of oppression, made concrete
for them by their experience with
western denomination.
That was what Mr.. Taft had TO
face. and In three years he had over
come and changed II all. He did II
by the persuasive power of the most
winning personality the F'ilipinos had
ever known. He met them on their
own level. He lived with them, ate
with them, drank with them. danced
with them, and he showed them that
here was an occidental who could read
and sympathize with the oriental
heart. He gave them new conception
OF Justice. and they saw with amaze
nent that 1t was even-handed, re-
specting neither person nor condition,
great leveler. equalizing all before
The law. They saw Mr.. Taft under
them better than they had
understood themselves. comprehend
ng their problems more wisely than
heir own leaders had done, and stand
ng all the time like rock solidly
Or their interests. They saw him op.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-22
cH1cAeo. Juns 1a.-wlll,am How.

CHICAGO, June 1e.-william How
ard Taft received 7os on the first
ballot for president yesterday. The
vote was taken at 4:so but 1t was half
an hour or more before the convention
quieted down and The announcement
made. The vote given the different
men placed In nomination was as fol-
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-22

His judicial Career Besun.
His appointment a. Judge Of the su-
psrior court was the beginning Of the
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-22
Pioneering the Roosevelt Policy.

Pioneering the Roosevelt Policy.
Mr.. Taft In an address to the Amer.
lean Bar association at Detroit In
the summer of 1895, had enunciated
eyelt has made his great fight for the
suppression of monopoly and the abo
iition of special privilege. Thus Mr..
Taft pioneered the way for the "Roos-
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-22
On the Federal Bench.

Mr.. Taft's record as. solicitor gen
eral SO clearly proved his fitness for
the bench that after three years in
Washington he was sent back to Ohio
as judge of the Sixth federal circuit,
a post generally recognized as pre-
liminary step to the supreme court,
which was then the goal of his ambi-
ton.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-11-28
a poptttARsHoTEt.

The number Of people from Fair.
mont registering at the Hotel Waldo
exceeds that OF all other places in
Clarksburg combined. And, why not?
It is the leading hostelry Of this part
Of the United States, its rooms are
elegantly fitted out, its table service
unsurpassed, and besides, its rates for
meals IS only fifty cents, American
plan, The la carte dining room af-
lords the opportunity for guests or.
dering Just what is desired at reason.
able prices.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-11-28

to either Acid, Stomach gas or stom-
aeh poison, causing q lack II gastric
Juice. Your food sours. is only haltdi-
gested. and you become affected with
loss Of appetite, pressure and fullness.
after eating, burning sensation, feel
ing Of vomiting, heartburn, water
brash and tenderness in the pit of the
stomach, Shiny tongue, bad taste in
tie mouth, constipation, nausea, belch.
ing OF gas, dizziness, sick headaches,
mental depression, and many othes
common symptoms
You can cure all this by not eating,
by not putting any food in your stom.
ach to ferment; but how about the
nourishment needed t. sustain your
bodily strength? II you are stom-
zach sufferer. either man or woman,
your or old, whether you call 1t Indi.
gestion or any other name, go now tc
your druggist and give so cents for a
case of Pape's Dlapepsin.
Every p1ssible kind OF stomach
trouble is readily cured by Diapepsin,
which takes right hold Of the food in
your stomach and digests 1t alone,
without the help Of the stomach, just
as II your stomach wasn't there.
j
After a few days use Of Diapepsin
sour stomach will again be in good
working order, your meals will thor
oughly digest and your intestines will
be clean and fresh. and you will have
no use for laxatives or lives regu-
lators.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-11-28

Extracting is easy by Hill Bros.
methods OF removing decayed and I'M
usable teeth. All other branches OF
endstry practtCed successfully in
their well equipped and comfortable
parlorG