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man. center field and Taylor. right
WoLGAST DEFEATS BEEBE.
Milwaukee Fighter Gives Philadelphia
Good Beating.

Milwaukee, Wis. April 24.-Kid Bee
be was given a. bad beating for ten
rounds tonight by AID Wolgast. VOL
CAST started in at the beginning to get
in a knockout punch, and he landed
dozens of jabs that would have put an
ordinary pugilist to sleep for many
minutes but the game Philadelphia
took the pokes with a smile, was all
there in every round but the last, when
he was saved from knockout only by
the bell
Wolgast started in with right and
lefts to the fact, planting jolt after
jolt to the chin. This did not feaze
Beebe who. however, was not able to
get in an effective blow, either at short
range or when working at arms length
In the first round Wolgast put Bee
be to the ropes, but failed to make his
man connect with the pavement. The
same thing happened in the third, and
again in the fourth In the seventh,
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SPORTING NEWS

cross bats with the Chesterton Tribunes
tomorrow in the second OF a series of
games. They were beaten in the first
Q to 4, while Gary was trying OUT its
team, but now that the lineup has
been selected and the boys have had a
chance to practice during the week they
expect to have the better part of the
argument. The game. however, will be
close and well worth seeing.
Where Gary will be vastly improved
over the last time in which she played
will be in team work, the regulars
having had a chance to play together,
and in pitching. 1t is likely that Ford
ham will take the slab in tomorrow S
game. He is now in the best of con-
dftion and is a hard man to beat when
he is in form.
The train will leave Gary for Chest
erton at $50. and it is expected that
200 rooters will accompany the team.
The lineup of the Gary team will be
as follows: Shackleton. catch; Ford
ham, pitcher; Mullin. first base; Bald
win. second base; Jackson, shortstop;
Anderson, third; Capon. left field; Her
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played baseball while Chicago did not
in the opening game of the local Am
erican league season at Sportsman
park this afternoon, and as result the
Browns won out, to 1. That is the
way it looked to most of those who
saw the battle. Some there may be
who will contend that the White Sox
were tender hearted enough to allow
the Browns to get away on the home
grounds with flying colors, but that is
a surmise at best. That st. Louis, on
the other, made the best use of the
chances offered is a concrete fact and
one that can be testified to by Fielder
Jones and some nine other Chicago
White Sox who took an active part in
the contest, besides a few who sat on
the bench and looked on.
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They were not yet clear Of the wv.
way when an extraordinary burst OF
cheering and shouts in English and
Spanish assailed their wondering ears.
The sounds seemed to come from the
sea, from some point very near to the
ship. A loud hubbub arose among the
Indians. Courtenay, clubbing his gun.
rushed past, with the dog at his heels,
and ran up the bridge companion.
They could follow his progress as he
raced toward the port side, and they
heard his amazed cry:
What boats are thoseT'
''Your own, captain" came the an.
swering yell, plainly audible above the
din.
THAT is Mr. Grayw screamed Elsie,
and she, too, ran toward the bridge,
with the doctor close behind
''Sink every canoe you can get along
side of and knock those fellows on the
head who are swimmingw roared Cour-
tenay, who was so carried away by the
fierceness of the fight from which he
had just emerged that he would have
given the same directions to the arch.
angel Michael had that warrior spirit
come to his aid.
He seemed to have eyes in the back
Of his head, he turned so suddenly
when Elsie neared him.
'Ah, thank God, you are safer ht
said, drawing her to him for an in.
slant Stand there, dear hearth
He placed her in the forward angle
of the bridge rail and leaned out over
the side She understood that she must
not speak to him then, but great joy
overwhelmed her, and her eyes melted
into tears
Christobal, who had missed no woro
of Elsie's frenzied protest in the sailor
nor failed to note the manner of Cour
tenays greeting, seemed to take the
collapse of his own aspirations with
the unmoved stoicism he had display
ed in the face of danger
1.-THE ships boats he began, but
the captain raised his gun and fired
twice aft alongside the side of the yes
sci. Cries of pain and a good deal OF
'splashing in the sea proved that be
had expedited the departure of severa
Indians who were perched on the rails
beyond the reach of Walkers steam
jet.
1.-THE ships boats" went on Christie
bal calmly, .'have turned up in SOM
mysterious manner, just in the nick O
time. A few minutes more and the.
would have been too late"
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sTRANG WINS AUTO RACE.

Briarcliffe n. Y, April PA streak
of red, leaving behind a cometlike tail
of blue smoke. flashed through serried
lines of cheering thousands, shot over
the finish line at Briarcliffe manor. go
ing at sixty miles an hour, and re-
turned Frank Lewis Strang. an Ameri-
can, driving a fifty horsepower Italian
car the winner of the Briarcliffe trophy
automobile race today. The fast fly
ing machine had covered the 259 miles
of the twisting serpentine course that
threaded its way through the sloping
hills in 5:14:13 1-5. Strang's machine
was in front throughout the contest.
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WEsTERN LEAGuE.
CENTRAL LEAGUE.
RESULTS YESTERDAY.

NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Chicago, 2; Cincinnati, f.
PittSburg, O.; st. Louis, 8.
New York, /; Brooklyn, A.
Boston. 5; Philadelphia, g.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
ST. Louis, 2; Chicago, 1.
Cleveland. 2; Detroit, 1.
Philadelphia, 8; New York, 2 Twelve
jnnings).
Washington. o; Boston, I.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Columbus. 6; Milwaukee, 0.
Indianapolis, 2; Minneapolis, o.
Toledo. z; Kansas City, f.
LouiSville-St. Paul rain
WESTERN LEAGUE.
Pueblo. 6; Sioux City, Z.
Omaha, 3 Lincoln, 2.
Denver 6; Des Moines, l.
CENTRAL LEAGUE.
Wheeling, 1; Fort Wayne, 6.
Terre Haute. 2; South Bend, l.
Terre Haute. Q; South Bend, /.
GAINESVILLE, 2; Dayton, 2 (thirteen in
nings).
OHIO STATE LEAGUE.
Lancaster, l; Newark. IL
Mansfield. 2; Marion, g.
Lima Springfield. rain.
EASTERN LEAGUE.
Baltimore. 6; Montreal. 8.
Jersey City, g. Toronto, 8.
Newark. 2; Buffalo, IL
providence, 2; Rochester, f.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
nashville Birmingham, rain.
nfngs. darkness).
Memphis, 8: Mobile g.
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BAT NELSON BUYS VINEYARD

San francisco, Cal, April 24.-Bat-
ling Nelson is the latest of the pugil-
istic colony to seek the simple life He
returned yesterday from Livermore
with the announcement that he had
purchased a $4,000 vineyard not more
than a mile and a half from the town
of Livermore. The property comprises
sixty acres and the battler says he ex-
poets a yearly income of $4,000.
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When more extended knowledge OF
all that had happened, joined to nicer
adjustment of the time factor in events,
enabled Elsie TO realize the extraor-
binary dellyerance from death which
she had been vouchsafed that night she
began to appreciate the service which
Christobal rendered her in discussing
matters with such nonchalance.
Barely a minute had elapsed since
they were in the throes of a struggle
which promised to be the last act Of
a tragedy. The ship was then overrun
by horde of bowling savages, mad
dened by the desperate resistance Of
fered by the defenders and ruthless as
wolves in their lust for destruction
Now the Kansas was clear of every
bedaubed Alaculof save the many who
numbered the decks either dead or so
seriously wounded that they could not
move. These men were so near akin
TO animals that this condition implied
ultimate collapse save in a few in
stances of fractured skulls and broken
limbs. From the final stage of a hope
less butchery the survivors of the
ferred to a position of reasonable Sc
curity. 1t was not that the arrival OF
the ships boats meant such an Access
sion of fighting strength that the Ala
culofs could not have made sure of vic
tory Gray and his companions were
badly armed The Indians remaining
in the canoes could have pelted them to
shreds in a few minutes. Even those
on the ship had the power to resist any
attempt by the newcomers to gain the
decks. But the superstitious savages
had already screwed themselves up to
an act of unusual daring in delivering
night attack, and the appearance of
boats filed with men of whose fight
ing qualities they had already such
lively experience quite demoraiized
them. They fed without attempting
q counter assault
At last the sounds Of conflict died
away. The black waters closed over
the dead; the last swimmer vanished
into the silence. The spasmodic bark
ing Of the dog, the groaning of men ~
ing on the decks and the shouts ex-
changed between Courtenay and Gray
for the guidance of the boats were the
only remaining symbols of the fiercest
crisis which had yet befallen the Kan
Sas
Elsie, wandering through a trancelilxe
maze of vivid impressions, awoke with
start to the fact that Courtenay was
giving directions for the lowering OF
the ships gangway, meanwhile receiv-
ing information as to the identity Of
the boats beneath.
"Mr Malcolm is in charge of the
jolly boat" Gray was saying. miss
Barring and Mr. and Mrs Somerville
are with him. Miss Baring's maid is
dead. Senior Jerrera is in my boat,
No. 2. We have been on White Horse
island all this time, but we have seen
nothing of the other lifeboat''
Gro be Ccntinued-y
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PURDUE BEATS NORTHWESTERN.

Lafayette. Ind, April 24-Purdue's
baseball team won its fourth consecu-
tive victory today by defeating North
western in a one sided game by a score
of 10 to l.
Purdue started scoring in the first.
RAIDER being so wild that he retired
with the bases full after four runs had
been scored Young succeeded him,
and, although he was steady. the Boiler
makers hit him safely for six runs
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MATCH IS ARRANGED.

Milwaukee, Wis, April 24.-Stanley
Ketchell. the whirlwind middleweight
of San Francisco, has accepted terms
to box Bill Papke before the Green
Valley Boxing club the last week in
May or the first week in June, the ex-
act date to be selected by Papke and
his manager. T. E. Jones.
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PENN SWIMMERS DOWN
ILLINOIS IN DUAL MEET

Urbana, Ill. April 24.-The university
of Illinois defeated Pennsylvania in a
fierce game of water polo tonight in
the local pool, but the fasteners even
ed up by winning the swimming meet
by score of 33 to 10. Hopkins broke
the local tank record for the plunge.
Woodward was the best Illinois en-
trant in the swimming events.
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HERE'S ANOTHER CHALLENGE

Sporting Editor, THE TINES
Please insert the following challenge
in your columns:
The Chicago American baseball team
Of South Chicago, have organized for
the season of 1908, and are out for all
uniformed teams, averaging from IA to
IS years, the Buffalo Stars preferred.
For all games address, C. Sugine, SS41
Saginaw avenue. South Chicago.
The following is the lineup: ]. Dur
kin, center field; Costello, pitcher and
left field; H. Maloney. pitcher and left
field; Kilman, first base; w. MulIin
second base; c. Sugine, captain and
shortstop; McCue, third base; j. Dugan,
center field; P. Merrill, right field
DON'T ADVERTISE IN A DEAD
PAPER-USE A LIVE ONE. EVER
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eight and ninth Wolgast had Beebe
hugg1ng the clothes line to keep off
his back. but not once did Beebe hit
the floor. The decision for Wolgast
was easily earned.
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BROWNS BEAT SOX.

s., Louis. NO. April 24-st. Louis
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Ihe.Captain of !
the Kansas. |
By LOUIS TRACY,
Author of The Wings of the Mor1ains"
THE Pillar of Light" Etc.
Copyright, 1906. by Edward ]. Ciode.


Copyright, 1906. by Edward ]. clode.
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COLEMAN DEFEATS ANDERSON

Philadelphia, April 24.-'Young"
Tommy Coleman of this city defeated
Mark Anderson of Chicago in a fast
windup at the Ontario Athletic club
tonight. Coleman proved os fast and
aggressive that the Chicago boxer was
forced to clinch and hold on to avoid
the punishment that Coleman was
slamming him. Constant jabbing told
on the western boxer When time was
called at the end of the last round he
was in pretty bad shape.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-06-20

marl1able political feature of the
sists on providing itself with two chief
magistrates. but they must be brand
new every six months. Were the San
Marine system to be adopted in this
country the woes of those who are now
sufferers from the all too speedy re-
turn of the four year period would be
augmented distressingly. The remain
ing European republic is Andorra. a
little state perched among the Pyre-
nees. which has been Independent since
the days OF Charlemagne. With an
area of about $50 miles. it maintains n
democratic form of government, being
ruled by twenty four consulS.
New World Presidents.
1t is the presidents of all the Ameri-
cas-, however, who are of Importance
in this discussion. AS nation we are
so immersed in the contemplation of
our own good fortune in the matter OF
securing satisfactory rulers that we
bother ourselves but little concerning
the presidents of the various great
states to the south of us.
To begin with the oldest, it may be
said of Nord Alexis, president of Haiti,
tueSque among the twenty presidents
of the new world. Originally giant
in physical appearance, his ninety
three years of strenuous living have
bowed his once erect form and shriv-
eled his skin almost into parchment.
Thus far. however, he shows not the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-06-20

gagged in any of the plotting and plan
ming SO characteristic of tropical poll
cies and has never been in sympathy
with revolution in any form. When
the BraZilianS were Scheming to get
rid of old Dom Pedro. Penna KEEP aloof
from their, deliberations and would not
even consent to discuss the overthrow
of the monarchy. After the abduction
he made no effort to connect himself
with public affairs. although there was
demand for his services from all
parts of the republic. An ardent re-
publican, he continued to teach po-
litical economy in the university. and
when he was elected vice president he
did not give up his classes. In 1906
Penna was made president of the re-
public, and so quietly and satisfac-
torily has he conducted Brazilian mat
tiers of state that the revolutionary
idea seems to have died out entirely.
No other president of the southern
republics has achieved his hearts de-
sire without serious opposition. Even
the genius of Porfirio Diaz did not
succeed in making its possessor domi-
nant in Mexico until he had made him
self the winner in at least one revoiu
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-06-20

slightest sign of relaxing his iron grip
on the affairs of his long suffering
country. Alexis has a record, very
bad one. 1t seems incredible in this
age. but those who are in a position to
know assert that this old negro presi-
dent is probably the most undesirable
citizen" of a republic which possesses
surfeit of such. shat he is endowed
with a positive thirst for the shedding
of blood and that he is not at all par
ticular as to whose blood it may hap
pen to be. He is also an out and out
voodoo worshiper and is known to
have been the high priest of supersti-
tious and bloody rites that are entirely
foreign to the duties of president as
they are understood farther north.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-06-20
SEEING THE INVISIBLE.

The surprising results obtained re-
Gently by means of the new kinds Of
glass manufactured at Jena, which
permit the passage of ultra violet rays
invisible to the eye, but capable Of at
fecting a Photographic plate, are well
Illustrated by telescope photographs
of the constellation Lyra. One OF
these, made with an objective Of ordi-
nary glass. shows ISL stars; another.
made with an objective composed Of
the new glass and having the same
time of exposure. shows in the same
field of view 61s stars. It Is hoped that
by means of larger objective still more
surprising results may be obtained
Another method OF photographing by
invisible radiations consists in bath
ing the plates with certain solutions
which render them sensitive to the In
fra red rays OF the spectrum.
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to that part of the world Most Of the
great things expected of Cabrera have
not come to pass. Those who are in q
position to know declare that this Ia
not the fault of the president; that he
Is actually obliged to devote all Of his
energy to the business of keeping him
self from being assassinated His enc
mics have dubbed him 1.-THE Nero of
modern times" and his numerous exc
cutions of political offenders lend
touch of appropriateness to the title.
Still. it must be remembered that the
instinct of self preservation is strong.
A Good Business Man.
Most of these southern chief magis-
trates have really manifested some de-
sire to make good" For example,
President Eloy Alfaro of Ecuador, who
has been the chief promoter and &C
tive manager of more revolutions than
any man in South America, which 10
saying much, made up his mind that
what his state really needed was q
railroad through the mountains Ths
most famous European enG!aeers had
declared these same mountains to be
| impenetrable. but Alfaro did not re-
gard their opinion as final. Instead he
made a. great effort to get American
capital Interested in the scheme and
succeeded. Then he imported a Yam
kee engineer, and in an Incredibly short
time that wonderful feat known as the
Guayaquil and Quito railroad was ac-
complished. This work has been of in
estimable benefit to Ecuador and Al
faro deserves the credit. This enter
prising Latin American has also
proved himself to be no mean dabbler
in political matters. He has put his
country on a gold basis. paid on the
national debt and separated church
from state.
Jose Figueroa Alcorta, president of
the Argentine Republic, is a scholar.
formerly professor in the University
of San Carlos. Rafael Reyes. president
of Colombia, is one of the most famous
and successful explorers of modern
| times. Fully a dozen years of his life
1 have been spent in the interior of the
/ South american continent. He has
made the toilsome journey from ocean
| to ocean through the unknown stretch
es of the Amazon country, crossing
mountains and rivers never before seen
! by white man. One of his achieve
mentS was to make a foot tour of q
thousand miles to the headwaters of
/ the Amazon. From the headwaters of
the Parana river, in Brazil, he padded
in a canoe to the city of Buenos Aires,
distance of over 800 miles.
Altogether the presidents of the
other American states are among the
best specimens of their various races.
/ Some of them are men who would be
great credit to any country.
THOMAS F. RICE.
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THE MAGNET AND THE EYE.

In twenty seven years Dr. ]. Hirsh-
berg, German oculist, has used the
magnet IN SAT operations for removing
particles from the eye. In the space
of eight years he performed the opera
ton sixty four times. securing in thir-
ty-six cases good vision. promisefui of
permanently. In nine OF the thirtysix
cases the bit of iron was removed from
the vitreous, in twenty seven from the
retina. Twenty-Five were fresh cases
and fourteen were old. In twenty two
of the sixty-four cases the injured eye
had to be taken out. the iron pieces
being large or blood poisoning follow
ing the injury.
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Castro, NDeZUeZa

ton. and most of the others have been
the central figures in two or three
1Smael Monies, president of Bolivia
was law student when the war be-
tween his country and Chile broke out.
and he threw down his books and en-
listed as a private soldier in the VOL
unteer army. He fought to such good
purpose that when he returned to his
law studies he was entitled to be ad-
dressed as captain. Although he pre-
fers to be known as a man of peace, 1t
| is fact that President Monies has
twice led his army against Brazil to
settle territorial boundary dispute
Jose Pardo. president of Peru, who
made himself SO agreeable during the
recent call of the United States fleet at
Callao, is also lawyer. He is regard
ed in Washington as one of the best
friends of the United States i'm South
America. The president elect, Au-
gusto b. Leguia. is equally outspoken
| in his admiration of things American.
Leguia spent several years of his early
life in New York city, being employed
I by life insurance company. He has
been prime minister during Pardo's
administration.
Some Are Heroes.
Some of these southern presidents
have been the heroes of many narrow
escapes. Manuel Amador. head of the
republic of Panama who entertained
Mr.. Roosevelt and his party on their
visit to the canal zone, has been com
PEELED to avail himself of more than
one undignifed ruse in order TO save
his neck. At one time he made his
way across the isthmus in a lard bar
rel Jose S. .Zelaya, president of Mica
ra qua. literally fought his way into
the presidential chair. One day after
/ he had led the army of the republic to
q fierccly contested victory he strobe
| into the presence of the president and
his cabinet a revolver in either hand
and announced to the astounded
/ statesmen that he had not been fight
ing altogether for glory; that he had
made up his mind to try the presii-
dency for awhile. An election was held
/ Immediately. and there was no oppo-
sition to Jose s. Zelaya.
Zelaya and his fellow dictator OF
Guatemala. Manuel Estrada Cabrera
seem to have made Central America
practically their own. They are both
brilliant men after the Latin American
fashion, and il cannot be denied tina.
they have done much to benefit their
respective states. During Cabrera's
first term he showed a good deal oil
! energy in promoting various industrial
enterprises. and things began to as
sumo prosperous aspect quite foreign
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-06-20
HOW CHARACTER CAN BE READ

Is your step slow and measured. the
toes turned and the legs Strengthened?
Then it is fair deduction that you
are proud. A gentle and reflective
mind is indicated by slow steps. both
long and short. Preoccupied, absent
minded persons usually possess turned
in toes. Quick steps show energy and
agitation. while wavering steps betray
hesitation and indecision. Curiosity
and discretion are symbolized by tiptoe
walking. If you are obstinate, you will
walk heavily and slowly and keep the
feet firmly and fatty on the ground.