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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-14

OF the fact that McGraw, Tenney and
others have been laudlng Doyle to the
skies and declaring him to be one of
the best second basemen IN the busl-
ness.
The Phillies are not overlooking any
thing that comes their way this sea.
son. In years past they have lacked
the requisite amount Of life and gin.
ger TO make them winners, but Man
ager Murray has made a few changes,
and the team Is playing 20 per cent
better ball this year than in 1907.
The Pirates have been going along
very well, but there Is no doubt that
still better things are In store for the
followers Of the Pirates. In the first
place, nearly every man on the team
will hit better than he has been doing
of late, and, In the second place the
pitchers Will soon show great improve
ment In form.
What Is most pleasing to Manager
Clarke Is the fact that the Pirates,
though encountering all varieties OF
hard luck, have managed to keep well
up IN the race. This is really re-
markable showing under the circum-
stanc3s and leads Clarke to believe
that when everything starts to going
right there will be no stopping his
Idnen.
Followers Of the Cincinnati team
are aroused as never before over the
splendid showing which Manager Gan
zels men have been making for the
past few weeks They are very much
a factor In the race, and 1t Is to be
hoped that they win maintain their
stride and continue In the fight There
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-14

SECOND nAEEMAN SCHAEFER or THE DE
TRoIr AMERICAN LEAGUE TEAM.
troit Americans, Is about the most hu-
morous fellow that ever broke in. It's
a poor day when Germany" doesn't
pull OF some funny stunt In fact, his
antics have become so much a part OF
the Detroit mode Of play that II he Is
unusually quiet in any certain game
the fanatics go home rather disap.
pointed.
One Of the recent games between
the Tigers and the Clevelands brought
to light some Of the comedians best
hnmor. The diamond was wet, and
the game was deferred some three
quarters of an hour while the efficient
ground keeper massaged and ironed
the surface OF the lot The players,
not being able to practice In the con-
yenlent manner. took recess as an oc-
casion for fun.
Schaefer had been working near the
third base coaching line, and the bugs
that 1nhabit that portion of the stands
had been having some fun with him.
Schaefer saw chance to get even,
so he borrowed camera, squinted
through the view finder, requested the
populace to look pleased and prepared
to make a photograph.
As matter of fact Schaefer knew
about as much concerning the taking
Of picture as Zulu does about Lat
In, but he went through with the joke.
Some of the time the fanatics were
standing up and grinning in great
shape, no doubt expecting the papers
of the coming morning to contain a
huge view by Germany Schaefer,
photographer" Needless to say. the
photo was never printed.
One Of his favorite stunts Is to coach
at first base when that station is occu-
pied and run is necessary for Tiger
success. On such occasions the actions
Of Schaefer are worth the price of ad.
mission. He runs about In circle,
and no mad dog ever had anything on
him. His run more closely resembles
a hot foot than anything else.
After the last game Detroit had In
Cleveland Schaefer sprlnted after May
or Tom L. Johnson's auto, clambered
aboard and rode to his hotel In style.
1t is not known how he halted his hon.
or's gasoline gig, but II would not be at
all surprising If he yelled, "Hey, Tom,
old scout, wait minute and give
fellow a lift~
With all his kidding and funmaking
Schaefer Is never offensive; he never
gets off anything that hurts, and he is
a gentleman at all times. Schaefer
plays ball just as he ''kids"--for all
he Is worth. A few men like him on
every ball club would do lot toward
keeping down strife and jealousy and
In promoting good feeling, The fans
like him; he is a good scout. Arlie
Latham may have been the king bee
Iosher, but he had to so some to have
on Schaefer.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-14
.SCHAEFER ACOMED|AN.
Detroit Second Sacker Probably
the Funniest Bail Player.
HAS PLAYED MANY TRICKS.
His Most Recent Ono Was That Of
Lsspins Into Mayor Johnson's Auto.
Startled the Spectators BY Pretend
Ing to Take Their Pictures.

Possibly ArlIc Latham was the fun.
niest man that ever participated In
the great national pastime. The old
timers will tell you that ArIic was the
prize cut-up, but those who patronize
baseball or the present day are quite
prone TO believe that Germany"
Seiiacfer. second baseman for the DE.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-14
zImnormsn 4 Reliable Substitute.

Chicago's substitute lnhelder, zim.
norman, is developing rapidly In all
departments, but particularly In bat
ting. He Is a very reliable substitute
batsman.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-14
Hal CHASE A MARVEL.
New York Amsricsng First eacksr
Ono Of Greatest Ball stars.

Ono Of Greatest Ball Stars.
Hal Chase. the San Jose Cali peach
and the champion one mitt grabber OF
badly thrown balls. who can take
caro- OF things very nicely around the
first stopping place Of the inHeld for
Manager Clark Griffith. Is now the
leading ball swatter and base purIoln-
or sf the New York Americans, be-
sides being the most spectacular FIRST
sacker In Ban Johnson's league.
But what makes this young fellow
one Of the best first basemen in the
game today Is the way lie handles the
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-14

Il plenty Of good material among the
Reds, and Manager Camel seems to
be exercising splendid Judgment ia
handling II.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-14

siders that he has to compete with
such trusty sphere stabbers and base
stealers as Steinfeldt, Sheckard,
Chance, Killing. Slagle and Schultz.
No ball player IN the game today
works harder than this little bundle Of
nerves and muscles when a battle Is
on. He loves to win and fights to the
bitter end before he Will acknowledge
defeat.
His individual playing materially
aided his team In winning the worlds
championship last fall.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-14

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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-10-08

Udall Of STAFFORD. Mr.. UdalI win oc-
cupy the tenement IS soon as some repairs
upon it can be made. +
Prin. and Mrs.. z. @. Ham and Miss
Esther were summoned to South Parson-
field, Me-, Sunday BY the sudden death
Of Mrs. Hams mother, Mrs. Olive T.
Pearse, which occurred Saturday from
heart failure. Mr.. Ham and Miss Esther
came home yesterday, but Mrs. Ham is
stiIl in South Parsonfeld.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Raymore and
baby returned to Springfield Friday after
a week spent with Mr.. Ravmore's father,
Joseph Raymore, who has been confined
to the bed some time BY trouble with his
limb due to a strain. He Is now better.
The Raymore baby, while here, under
went q second operation for adenoid
growths in the nose.
Rev. Georges, o. Howe viii preach in
Colchester nex Sunday in exchange with
Rev. George Skinner Of that place, who
will take charge Of the service in the
First Congn church OF Brookheld. Rev.
and Mrs. Howe are entertaining Mr.. and
Mrs. AFRO Stockwell OF Rochester and
had also as guests Tuesday and Wednes-
day Mr.. and Mrs. A. L Thomas OF Hard
MALAs III MEAE vi 81 AUAU Trip 10 RAN
dolpb, OF which they were once residents.
Perley N. Terry has discovered q horti-
cultural freak ina raspberry bush bear
ing blossoms and fruit in October.
though its leaves show the reddish tinge
of fall. Every year some ambitious
plants, too shiftless no doubt to do their
work in the proper time, seek notoriety
by Haunting 3 handful Of berries after the
preserving season is over. They are veg
etable analogies of those people who new
er get around to DO anything until there
is no use OF doing it At all
At the seth annual convention CT the
Vermont state Teachers association "a
be held in RutIand, Oct. 1917, Prin. e.
@. Ham win be chairman OF the Second.
airy School department, and Miss MARY
G. TewksbuFy OF the Rutland High
school will speak before the convention
on "Aims and Methods in Teaching An.
Gent History Hon. Andrew w. Edison Of
New York, formerly of the Randolph
Normal, will deliver an address on tbs
"Modern School; It's Strength and Weak,
ness"
Mrs. B. +. Nicksrson gave a supper
after the performances Of "Mrs. Wigs o
the Cabbage Patch'' last Thursday nigh
to q theatre party from East GranviIl,
and Braintree. In the company wer'
: Lucius Webb, Mrs. Fannie vinton, Mr.
/ and Mrs. Preston Forbush, Mrs. L. L
: Dickerman, from East Granville: Mr.. anC
Mrs. Frank Batcheller, William LaduI
and family. Miss Eta Richardson, Mrs
George Cahee from Braintree; with Mrs
Sheriff Of Melrpse, Mass, and Mr.. ans
Mrs. d. T. Dyer OF this village.
George F. Dumas was arrested Satur
r day night for intoxication and lodged il
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-10-08

the lookup. The next morning he was
given permission to go to his home on
Pearl street On his promising 10 appear
Monday morning and answer the charge
made against him. When Monday
morning came he was nowhere to be
found and be has not yet put in an ap-
~pearance. In the meantime the warrant
Is still good for his arrest whenever he
shall see At to become visible in these
parts again.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-10-08

tiIlage land, plenty Of wood and lumber,
with pasturing, never-iailing running
water at house end barn; large two-story
brick house of twelve rooms, in good re-
pair. slated root; new barn 30 feet long,
c~lapboarded and painted, tie twenty
cows. good horse stable, carriage house,
silo. aii under one roof, with q good eel
lar to same. For information, address,
F. H. Packard, Randolph, Vt. II
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-10-08
FERN For Sale.

known as the Irwin Lamson farm, one
mile from thu business part Of Randolph,
consisting OF loo acres Of land, 40 acres Of
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-10-08
Auction.

To settle estate Of L d. Williams, Sat
urday, Oct. II. 1908, at 10 o'clock a. m,
real estate, consisting Of so-called Grange
ball property in Randolph. containing
Tour tenements, hall, dining room and
kitchens personal property consisting OF
piano, chairs. stoves, wagons, sleighs,
sleds, harnesses. COW, etc. 2w
L s. Chase. Administrator.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-10-08
To cIose out ID Once.

l gray horse, weight 1880 lbs, good
worker; / brown horse, weight 100,
good worker and driver; / brown 3-year.
old mare, not broken; / canopy top sur.
rey; 4 single driving harnesses; 1 set
work harnesses. Credit given with good
security. ae IL
]. o. Kendall, Barrett House stable.
South STAFFORD, VT.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-10-08
Excursion 70 Boston.

The Central Vermont railway will run
its annual fall excursion to Boston Tues
Gay, Oct. IA. Round-trip tickets good
going Oct IA, returning to arrive at
starting point until Oct. -, inclusive.
wih Dc sosd at very low fares. See flyers
for particulars. Nv &c
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-11-27

The Chicago Record Herald has fol-
lowed up the football games of this sea
son for the purpose of obtaining the
number of casualties and up to its last
Sundays issue ten men had been killed
and two hundred and fifty injured, many
of them so seriously as to make their re-
covery doubtful. and larger number
who needed hospital care and treatment.
If the revised rules which are supposed
to govern the game have such results,
then further revision is needed to bring
it down to a comparison with prize fight
ing, which has NOT killed ten men in
fifty years, and seriously injured but a
small fraction of those injured by foot
ball this season.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-11-27

The report Of the secretary of state
shows that Wisconsins printing bill has
jumped from forty three thousand dol
lars in few brief years TO one hundred
and twenty eight thousand dollars for
the year 1908. This enormous increase in
one item of state expenditures demands
an investigation into the cause of the in
crease. The state is doing too much pub
fishing, printing too many books and
pamphlets that are absolutely useless for
any purpose. Nobody cares particularly
about the game warden's report, the fac
tory inspectors reports or the decisions
and opinions of heads of departments,
and the publication of such uninterest-
ing matter is an objectionable waste of
public money. Stoughton Courier.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-11-27

POSTMASTER GENERAL MEYER last
week announced the largest postal de-
felt in the history of the department.
The deficit is s16,000,000 and in order to
relieve it he proposes to push immedi-
ately the establishment of the rural par
cells post. And now come the watchful
champions of the country retail mer-
chant. The parcels post, they say, will
opsn vide to the mail order merchant
doors of country homes in America that
are only half open now. The mail order
octopus, with Uncle Sam assisting it in
the transportation and delivery of goods,
will put still another stitch in the local
retailers shroud .-Elkhorn Independent.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-11-27

"A prominent Norwegian. Andrew
Olson, of Blanchardville, Wis 50 years
old, is at Stoughton Surgical hospital
where he Tuesday morning submitted to
cataract extraction for senial blindness.
He is hero and soldier Of two wars. In
1913 he fought for Denmark against
Germany in the so called Slesvig Hol-
stem war. In 1865 he fought in America
in the 10th Wis. Regiment. he is hale
and hearty, but for the six last years the
one eye has been blind and he was now
rapidly going blind in the other.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-11-27
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 81, 1908.
WISCONSIN takes it's stand in the Taft
column with 81 1866 plurality.

The official figures show that Gov.
Davidson ran less than 500 behind his
ticket despite the quiet tip sent out to
the faithful to cut him.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-30
Fly Catches.

The highest ambition of Artlc Hof-
man Is TO become the Chicago Ma
tionals' regular first bascman.
Chicago beat Cleveland on July "a,
1882, 35 10 4. That 35 score has never
been beaten in professional baseball.
Shortstop BrIdwell of the New York
Nationals is an artist with his hands
on ground balls. He recalls Heinle
Reitz in that respect.
In Mitchell and Mclean the Gin
cinnati Nationals have two of the tall
est players in the game and in Hug
gins and Kane two of the shortest.
This Is Bill Bradley's ninth year In
professional baseball, and, although
classed by some with the down and
outs two years ago. he is playing the
most versatile game OF his career.
Umpire Jack Sheridan says that Ar
rellancs, the Boston Americans re-
cruit, Is not only pitcher of excep-
tional ability, but is good all around
ball player as well. Arrellanes is a
Pacific coaster.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-30
Facts From France.

The country stretching from lie
Creusot to ST. Etienne is the Pittsburg
territory of France. Iron and steel
constitute the important outputs in this
region.
France is making rapid progress in
the manufacture of steel, having pro-
duced 2,677. sos metric tons of ingots in
1907 as compared with 2,436,322 metric
tons in 1906 and 2,o40,2si metric tons
In 1905.
The number of physicians in France
has nearly doubled in ten years. There
are now 10000. and nearly 1000 are
turned out every year by the medical
schools. Fees have decreased alarm
ingly because Of this competition.
A new letter carrier has been in.
stalled In the Paris postotFice. The
device is attached to the letter boxes,
and as soon as certain number OF
letters, have been posted the tray on
which they fall Is started by their
weight and carries them TO the sorting
table
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-30
SHORT STORIES.

A ready speaker will utter about
1900 words an hour in making an ad-
dress.
The United States, including Hawaii,
is. with the single exception of Russia,
the largest tea purchaser China has.
Nearly 100000 is spent In the City
of Mexico every week on lottery tick
cts, and in the same period only about
$4,000 is paid back in premiums.
Tint the extinct mammoth was no
larger than the elephant Of the present
day is the statement in n recent report
OF the Smithsonian institution.
A prominent maker predicts that
within the next twelve months every
city of more than 100000 population
in this country will have taxicab
service.
A family luminous mist in the bulb
and on the fingers has been noted by
Professor Sommers on rubbing electric
light bulbs that have been not long in
use. No satisfactory explanation has
been given.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-30

en- by some one not only familiar
with the Office details, but highly
trusted The party en- whom suspic-
ion fell stoutly denied all guilt. A
little later however, man who
represented himself as acting between
the chiefs and those to whom the
letters had been sold proposed to re-
turn some Of the letters for con-
sideration. His story was that the
idea Of the theft had been conceived
by his brother, who had mt one time
been in the company's employ and
that his brother had induced tho
employe already suspected to ac-
complsh the theft. According to the
go-between's story, he had disposed
of the letters, or some of them, to
two men who purchased them on be-
half OF Mr., Heersts newspaper, The
Journal.
mot only had stolen letters been
traded foE but the thief was In,
duced to carry of one or more letter
copying books many OF whose
pages he claims were photographed
other pages being removed alto
gether, The hooks in question wer
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-30
EVEN DOZEN
Continued from Page One.


shut their doors in thirty days. The
most significant general result was
the vote in the cities. With but one
or two exceptions the "drys" obtains
ed a decisive majority in large cen
ters of population.
The vote against the sale OF liquor
in Jackson county was phenomenal.
The "drys" not only captured the
county by majority of 1867 but
carried Welston by 2J3 and the cor
poration OF Jackson by 1G5.
VAN VERT HAS HOT FIGHT.
In Van Vert county the strenuous
part OF the lighting eentered In the
city Of Van Vert, which WIS carried
hy the temperance element by 1893.
Hhe vote in the county was S9i
against the saloon. The sweeping
temperance victory puts to rcut the
interests claiming that the mining
counties would rise up in great num-
bers to protest against the attpck on
the saloons.
Athens and Hooking counties, in
the heart Of the coal district, regis
tered combined majority OF close
to $500 against the "wots." Athens
went "dry" by 1000. The City of
Athens, which went wet" two years
ago by D vote Of thirteen, today went
"dry' by 24O. Carrying Hooking by
800 the 'drys' also won in the city
of Logan by a vote of sixty-two.
The fight in the city of Gallipolis
was, bitter in the extreme. The
'tNys' won in the city by but four
votes while carrying the county.
Gallia by 1852 Noble county went
"dry' l,45S with total vote of g..
461. Macarthur the county seat of
Vinton, Joined in the "dry" process
sion rs did the city OF Cambridge in
Guernsey county.
Sixteen counties have now voted
under the Rose law. All have de
'lared against tho saloon with a total
majority of more than 10000. The
decisive verdict aganst the saloon
has direct bearing on the result OF
the general state election. There is
JOY at Republican headquarters and
corresponding gloom at the Offices OF
lhe Democrat state committee
me special organization effected
Dy the Anti-saloon league TO pusr
tAe local option fights is to be kept
IN motion until after the Novernbel
election for the benefit OF GOV. Iar
IT'S and to aid in the efforts to max,
certain that the next legislature i
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-30
ARCHBOLD SAYS THE
LETTERS WERE STOLEN
Standard Oil Man Declares That Trusted Empoye Car
ried off the Whole Copying Books of the Company and
Sold Certain Pages while Others Photograph
ed-Does Know How Many Dis
posed Of

New York, Sept. 3O-A new phase
of the discussion Of the so-called
'standard Oil correspondence made
public recently by William II. Hearst
was entered upon late Tuesday when
John d. Archbold wee president OF
the Standard Oil company, made a
settlement setting forth details of the
alleged theft OF correspondence from
his files. Former United States Sena-
tor John Lowndes McLaurln OF South
Carolina also entered the field with
signed statement declaring his at
titude In the matter of the cores
pondence between himself and Mr..
Archbold, declaring he had no apollo
gies to make.
Mr.. Archbold said
"ln response to many inquiries as
10 tho theft from my files the fol-
lowing may be made known.
cover three years ago report
reached me that certain OF my letters
had been offered for sole u news
papers of this city avowedly al
stolen letters. Examination showed
that some letters were missing ant
that they could only have been TAX
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-30

the go-between said, returned after
4S hours. 1t Is impossible TO say
how many were stolen and sold In
this way. The thieves worked at,
their leisure. 1t is not thought nec-'
essary to say more at present, or to
mention names.
"Corroboration of the go-between's
story Of three years ago ley in his
return OF the correspondence at the
time. The production of stolen let
ters by Mr.. Hearst IS further cor
roboration now. Obviously among
such coterie, automatically of their
output is not to be lightly accepted
The opportunities for Justification,
suppressing or context, distortion
of passPIges are many
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-30

safely "dIy." Local option elections
will be held in at least twenty more
counties before the general election.
There were big anti-saloon rallies
in Champagne, Pickawry, Union and
Delaware counties last night. Elec-
tions are to be held in all these
counties within the next few days.
The returns from the counties that
voted yesterday were read at big
meetings last night in Marysville,l
Urbana, ClrcIeville and Delaware. .Tho
"drys" are putting the finishing
touches on their campaigns in these
counties.
At Circleville Seabcrn Wright Of
Georgia stirred a crowd of 5000 to
the point OF frenzy. The elections
coming on Immediately the dates for
which have already been fixed, are
in Delaware county, Oct. !; Brown,
oct. .. Columbiana and Ashtabula,
oct. 3; Champaign, Union, Madison,
Logan Pickaway and Wood, Oct. 5;
Wyandottc and Paulding, Oct. 6;
Shelby, oct. Z Putnam, Oct. 10;
Darke. Oct. 10 and Coshocton Oct. 22.
A petition asking for an election was
filed In Fairfield county last might.
1t carries the signatures of more
than GO per cent of the voters.
FIGURES TELL OF TRIUMPH.
So far sixteen counties have voted
under the Rose local option law.
The Antl-Saloon forces have won
every election. The results up-to-date
are as follows:
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-30
Pith and Point.

Some men are always having n "tcr-
riblc time"
Look long enough aud you viii find
the weak spot in every one.
Saving money requires as much gen
ius as writing poetry, and 1t is OF u
better sort.
Men would bear their burdens with
better nature IL they thought they had
n square deal. No man thinks he gets
this.
Think over the worrying you did
yesterday. 1t certainly did you no
good but It certainly did you harm.
Think of this the next time you feel
grumpy. Globe.