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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-04

victim, after delivering the ball,
had turned his back to the catcher
That's bad base ball." said
Matty. Some day a batter will
ram one at your feet or lace one
at the back of your head if you dc
that in a game. Do it like this"
Mathewson grabbed the ball
and shot it to the catcher, imme-
diately taking three quick steps
and crouchiug. with outstretched
hands, like an infielder. E
You are apt to get touched UP
and you must be ready for any
thing all the time he said. Is
Hey! What are you doing
there?'
The query was directed to a
pitcher shooting balls over with a
side arm movement Gt
stop that underhand throw. Joe
McGinnity was a great underhand
pitcher but l don't believe you are
another Iron Mon.
81 want yeu fellows to pitch over
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-04

ST. LOUIS. March 4.-Few base
ball players have jumped into the
limelight of big league base ball
with the speed displayed by Steve
Evans. who will perform high links
IN the Cardinal outfield this year
under the leadership Of Roger Bres'
nahan.
Three years ago he was playing
lin a six by eight league--unknown
to fame. Today he is regarded as
one Of the most promising young
players In fast company. Last year
Evans was drafted by New York
and after a trial. In which he gave
promise, was sent to Montreal In
the Eastern league. He played first
in fine style and McGraw drew him
in last fall. Bresnahan secured the
youngster for st. Louis after con
siderable trouble.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-04
GRAND JURY PROBES CHARGE

PORTLAND, Ore, March 4.-The
O'Connell- Heinrich wrestling bout
in this city recently Is now sub
ject of investigation before the
grand jury. Parker and King, two
of the men who alleged Heinrich
received 500 to clay down." re-
peated their testimony under oath
before the grand jury yesterday.
O'Connell appeared and testified he
knew nothing about the frameup as
did Edgar Frank of the Multnomah
club.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-04

1t Is only about nine months
since Frank Navin, owner of the
Detroit club. champions of the
American league and almost near
champions of the base ball world.
admitted the authorship Of this
statement.
"If the Boston club should put
'Cy' Young upon the market,
would not give a nickel for him."
From all parts of the country pro-
tests poured into Detroit. ridiculing
Navin. He was deluged with postal
cards. letters and kilograms, tell
ing him how many kinds of base
ball experts he wasn't. Every time
"Cy' pitched one OF his remark
able games, and he pitched a heap
of them last season, Navin was the
receiving end of a deluge from the
fans. who. didn't agree with him.
At the big base ball meeting in
Chicao grecently, ohm l. Taylor,
owner of the Boston club. sold
ICY" Young to the Cleveland club
for $4,000 cash and two pitchers,
valued by the Cleveland people at
$4,000, thus placing upon Young
value of $17,500.
And almost every base ball critic
in the country expresses the opin-
ion that the Cleveland club paid no
more than the veteran pitcher is
worth. and received the best OF the
deal.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-04
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AMEDlCAN INDIANS TO
ACT ON THE STAGE

~ yin TIE y AVE
} CARLISLE. Pa, March T.
An Indian stalking across
} the stage with "Me lud, the
carriage waits below"-an-
, other redskin with Here's
the papers-where is meh
che-e-i-ld?" and still another
Poor 10 with "Hah, Jack
Dalton, take that-and that
and that" This is the
spectacle which the town of
Carlisle can hardly wait till
June to see. For the Indian
students at the government
school here are going to
give play at commence
ment.
AT previous graduations
the Indian students have
} contented themselves with
, set speeches, an Grafton or
two, and little singing.
This year they are more Vm-
bilious. They are going to
stage a play of their own,
and 1t will be the first time
American Indians will have
appeared as actors on any
stage.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-04
COLLEGE CHALLENGES CLUB

The wrestlers from Washington
state college have challenged the
mat artists of the S. A. A. c. for a
series OF bouts to be held at the
club Saturday evening. The con-
test with the o. A. c. at Corvallis,
Ore, has been postponed until later
this month. The state college
wrestlers are hard at work and
will keep in training.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-04
COOKS LOSE MEET.

The Occur d'Alene Athletic club
boxers and wrestlers defeated the
team from Cooks gym last night
by winning four out of the five
bouts. The defeat OF Lyle Mccoy,
the little l05-pound boxer. was the
feature of the program.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-04
TRUNKS CiNcH REMNANT,

BY winning two out of three
games from the Walkovers last
night in the City Bowling league
the Trunks cinched the pennant
for the season. In the last game
four of the Trunk team scored over
the 200 mark.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-04

Ladies and gentlemen, with your
kind attention we viii now tell y0v
about Owl Creek coal.
It has very little ash.
1t Is a lasting coal.
It contains wonderful heat
It is q clean coal.
And numerous other good quail.
ties which we will explain to You
II you will call Main COS. Standard
Fuel & Ice Co. 80
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-04
MYERS GOOD AT ANY DISTANCE
FROM SPRINTS TO CROSS COUNTRY
BY L. DE B. HANDLEY.

BY L. DE 3. HANDLEY.
Special Correspondence to The Press
NEW YORK, March 1.-THE in
terest in athletics. especially run
ming, now sweeping the country,
recalls Lon Myers, by all odds the
most versatile runner America ever
produced, and whose appearances
stand as bar to claims of superb
GRITTY for the stars of today.
Lon Myers had speed to burn.
Endurance and versatilitya COM
bination seldom found. Every old
timer has anecdotes relating to the
days when Myers used to clean up
at meet. often competing in
events ranging from the 100 yards
to the mile. In the days of his
best form he was never pressed,
winning with ease. yet establishing
records which the speediest men
have been unable to dislodge.
Today a half in :55 Is wonder
full. yet unpaced, Myers did II in
1855 2-5 in the face of strong
wind and mistake in calculations.
He prepared schedule which was
to carry him to the tape in 1854 or
better, and his first quarter was
to be in ;51. A wrong signal at the
furlong caused him to slow up. and
II was 55 seconds when he passed
the quarter. At this point some one
yelled, and he cut loose. but 1t was
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-04
ROLLER MARATHON RESULTS

In the roller skate Marathon
race at Butte last night Wally
Bradford won by half lap in
1:2s: 5s As. Reynolds, winner of
the first Marathon. lost his chances
by colliding with Bradford near the
end of the race.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-04

paid for Young by Charles Somers
and the five cents estimate of the
Detroiter, is $17.499.95.
But, as has been said more than
once. differences of opinion make
boss races-and also base ball
games.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-04
ing the race to a man he had prac
tically defeated already.

as Miss .Thumpe making much
progress in her piano lessons?"
81 should say so; the houses on
both sides of her are now vacant"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-04

while they were performing IL
operation. we're yoa IN fun pcssep-
sion Of your sensesr
mo. The cbloroform was IN fa1l
possession Of them"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-04

is here shown applying the hold to
his wrestling partner. Once OBJ
tanned, there is no escape form this
grip. and the man getting it can, il
he desires, break his opponents
neck. The hold ends in a fall 80
times out of 100.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-09-04

fun Of Jims catching his horses
bride and demanding payment for
the worthless runt; and then of the
cruel, singing back-handed cut
across the face with Billiards. buggy
whip and Jim's sullen threat ito git
even with the damned stuck-up eff he
had to fill him full Of buckshot."
And there was the evidence Of Bal
lard's often walking home past Jim's
house and through the timber, when,
with the open-heartedness that was
one Of his many weaknesses, he had
loaned the mare and buggy to some
one of his cherished town compan-
ions; Of the finding of the body just
beyond the Dismukes fence corner;
yes, even the marks of feet that Jims
boots fitted so exactly.
Then the states attorney sprung
the star witness, mute one but with
story so plain that duller jurymen
than these II could have read it
| from afar. 1t was but a circular bit
of newspaper probed by the doctor
from the wound in Arthur Billiards.
breast. Alone it meant nothing.
Fitted into the newspaper found I'M
der the Dismukes family bed, with
every indenture interlacing with a
nicely that could never have been &C
cidental, it was as damning as the
warrant Of death itself. Then there
was the muzzle loading shotgun be-
hind the door, freshly fred according
to the firm opinion of we'll qualified
experts in the person of local sports
men and the village gunsmith.
What had Jim Dismukes to offer to
all this crushing weight of evidence?
What mattered it though he declared
in an aggrieved tone to the Judge,
whom he persisted in addressing in
stead of the jury:
ledge, l found that paper the
mornin' / went to look at the corpse.
fetched it home fer Bills jest learn.
in { read an / thought as how he
mought spell out some O. the news
{ me an his ma. l jest showed 1t
under the bed an forgot all about
1t. AS fer shootin' the gun, reckon
that parts kerrect l shot her ena-
most every day, an we he'd rabbit
tibet evenin' by reason Of me shootin'
IL. But / amt never kilt nothin' but
critters an varmints 18th tibet gun.
Honest, l amt jedge."
OF what avail was the evidence of
young Bill that on the night in ques-
ton his father had not left the house
but had sat up nearly all the night
blowing tobacco smoke into young
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-09-04

Bills ear for the ear ache. But then
what match was young Bill for an as
tute and ambitious states attorney.
1t might have been some other night
that young Bill had the ear ache.
He had it many times, and young Bill
wasn't very strong on the calendar,
anyway. The evidence of Sally Ann
might have corroborated that of her
first born, but wise and beneficent
law holds such evidence prejudicial
to the minds of jurymen, and a wife
cannot come to her husbands aid in
such a dire extremity.
The usual character witnesses, the
last ditch of tottering cause, put in
the usual evidence that Jim Dis
utation in his neighborhood for
peaceableness and quiet, and this evil
dence was duly torn to pieces under
the cross fire of the prosecution.
When the arguments came at last
Jim again sank down as far as pos
sible in his cane-bottomed chair and
stared In wonder and admiration at
the ambitious young states attorney
as he writhed and perspired in burst
Of oratory that painted Jim Dismukes
terrible, blood-sucking monster go
ing up and down the earth seeking
whom he might devour; as he threw
back his long black hair and raised
ceiling and called down the ven
geance of high heaven upon the foul
murderer of Arthur Ballard.
Jim wondered if God could see the
states attorney through the cracks
in the plaster. Sally Ann Rugged Bud
dy to her breast and wept softly. Old
Tom Robinson hoped the jury saw
her.
And then everybody wept when old
Tom rose and got his foot on the soft
pedal. Even the judge buried his
head in the record before him
and blew his nose tunefully. The
states attorney began to wonder IL
being the stern avenger OF An out
ragged la was such an honor, after
all.
Jim listened intently to the judges
Instructions, but could make neither
head nor tail of them. Something
about mallets. he thought, but he
couldn't remember anything about
mallets, and he had understood all
along it vas a shotgun. But the Judge
knew better than he did, perhaps.
When the jury filed off into the
little room back of the judges ros.
trum, the tension broke and the court
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-09-04

and misery. 1 advise all suffering
women to take Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound" Mrs. EMMA
WHEATON, Vienna, w. Va.
Lydia e. Pinkhams Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or HARM
full drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number of actual cures
of female diseases of any similar medi-
cine in the country, and thousands Of
voluntary testimonials are on file in
the Pinkham laboratory at Lynn,
Mass, from women who have been
cured from almost every form Of
female complaints, Inflammation, Ill
ceration, displacements,f ibroid tumors,
Irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
indigestion and nervous prostration.
Every such suffering woman owes it to
herself to give Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound trial.
If you would like special advice
about your case write cOnfiden-
tial letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free,
and always helpful.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-09-04

room hummed like a hive Of bees.
Above the hum could be heard the
scratch, scratch, scratch Of the
judge pen as he wrote up the chancery
record.
Jim felt like a shipwrecked sailor
who had a breathing spell in his fight
for life during lull in the storm. He
played with the Growing and strenu-
Gus Buddy and when he thought no.
body was looking seized and pressed
Sally AIMS workworn hand.
"Ets all right, Sally" he whispered.
reckon"
The minutes dragged into hours.
and the jury had not returned. The
Judge fidgeted and finally sent bailiff
to inquire if the jury wished any fur
Their explanation of the law. AS the
shadows through the small PANIED win
dows heightened into evening the
word came that the II were in hope
less disagreement. Something at the
judges waistband reminded him that
his supper was getting cold and he
ordered the jury in. The whisper
went round that they stood IL for
conviction and one for acquittal.
Only mental telepathy can explain
how news like this flies through a
crowded court room.
The judge was angry. He had
two powerful motives for anger, his
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-09-04

killed Ballard. l waited for him In
the bushes by the side of the road
where / knew he would pass, and I,
shot him down. So certain did 1 seek
to make good my work that when I.
recalled that my shotgun had been
loaded for some time. l drew the load
as ! waited and put in a fresh one,
wadding it with a piece OF newspaper.
The rest Of the newspaper i threw
into the bushes, and Jim told the
truth when he said he found it there.
1t is true that Jim's boots fitted in
the tracks, and | wonder that Tom
Robinson did not inquire where Jim
got his boots. Well l gave them to
him"
when Jim was arrested / wanted
to tell, but l could not. / put the
terrible truth off from day to day
Always tomorrow l was going to lift
the weight from my mind, but look
ed at my position in the community,
at my family and at all the things
that mean so much to a man and
could not.
When l found myself drawn on
the jury the devil tempted me to &C
cept and secure Jim's acquittal. Then
he would be free and no one would
ever know. But the evidence was SO
strong that my arguments were
weak against my fellow jurymen.
knew then that the truth had to come
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-09-04

spoiled and sodden supper and the
double cost to the county in another
trial. He mentioned only one of these,
however, in his scathing rebuke to
the IL men that stood before him. He
reminded them that they had failed
in their sworn duty and were I'M
worthy to bear the name Of citizen.
Then stood forth Amos Watson, the
ideal juryman.
May have the permission OF the
court to say q few words" he be-
gan. Eleven men on this jury are
not deserving OF this rebuke. One
man deserves 1t all and more. I am
that man. / have held out in this
case for acquittal and rs my fellow
to their way OF thinking have fought
out a battle with myself and my
maker. 1t has been a fight that has
extended beyond this court room back
six months to the time Of the death
OF young Arthur Ballard. II has been
with me waking and sleeping But
now, thank God, l have won the vic
tory and am ready to tell this court
why / could not consent to the con-
viction OF Jim Dismukes for murder.
1t is only because he is innocent.
killed Arthur Ballard"
There was hush, and then a MUIR
muir and then a roar which it took
the combined rappings Of the sheriff
and all his deputies to ouell.
Go on, Mr.. Watson, tell what you
have to tell" sternly commanded the
Judge, as the ideal juryman" stood
and mopped his brow.
"Yes, Judge, / will tell It all.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-09-04

bathed in tears when Old Tom Rob-
inson returned to this motif in his
closing appeal.
And the evidence began to pile up
that sent Jim farther and farther
away from the little log home and
the ten acre patch. Circumstantial all
of it, but each link forged and pol
ished into perfect chain that it
would take stronger hand than
Jim's to break. There was the quar-
rel over the sucking pig that young
Ballard killed while driving over the
big prairie farm in his light top buggy
to hit it up with the boys in town.
There was the story Of Jim's way
laying him, as with companion, he
dashed back again late in the night,
and much the worse for his evening s
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-09-04

E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound.
Eleven years ago l
was a walking
shadow. had been
under the doctors
carebutgotnorelief.
My husband per-
suaded me to try
Lydia E. Pinkham's
V e eta bic Com
pound anditworked
like q charm. 1t re-
lieved all nv Mains
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-09-04
OWES
HER
LIFE TO
Lydia E. Pinkl1am'S
Vegetable Compound

Vienna, w. Va. -"I feel that owe
the last ten years of my life to Lydia
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-09-04

out. knew that another jury would
hang Jim. And then, thank God, the
victory was given to me and IL you
knew the load of remorse and agony
that the telling has lifted from nay
shoulders you would not wonder at
my GOODNESS"
But, Mr.. Watson, you had mo-
tive, strong motive?" queried the
Judge.
Eyes, Judge, l had a motive, q
strong motive. You have q daughter,
judge So have l. You would not
want to see your daughters name
dragged in the mire OF case like
this. Neither do |. But had a
strong motive"
James Dismukes 10 discharged
from the bar of this court, and the
court regrets the injustice that has
been put upon him. The sheriff will
take Amos Watson into custody.
I'm sorry for you Amos. I'm glad
for you, jim" said the Judge. hastily.
81 knew Mr.. Robinson would fetch
EN-" cried Jim Dismukes, loyal to
the last rs he lifted Buddy In his big
strong hands and kissed the dirty,
chubby face.
II would not be becoming in the
author of these narratives to mention
the reception accorded by the Calf
Skin club to Judge Sturgis story.
And were you the judge?" quer.
led half a dozen members in unison.
mo. gentlemen" answered Judge
Sturgis. II was the ambitious young
states attorney"
Copyright 1909. by w. G. Chapman)
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-09-04

When you hear a girl speak of
young man as being a bear-well, you
can draw your own conclusions.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-09-04

Sore throat is no trifing ailment. It
will sometimes carry infection to the en-
tire system through the food that is eaten.
Hamlins Wizard Oil is a sure, quick cure.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-09-04

An easy beginning doesn't always
Justify the finish.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-09-04
HEARTFELT SYMPATHY.

Wife-If my first husband were
alive we should be celebrating out
silver wedding to-day.
Husband+What a pity he died so
soon.
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-09-04

Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng softens the gums, reduces In
hammation. allays pain cures wind collie. Csc botto
Charlevoix county herald., 1909-09-04

HAVE attempted to
vary these stories
Of cumstantial
ev i d e n C e." S a ! d
Judge Sturgis at
the weekly meeting
Of the Calf Skin
club, "by putting in
my little contribu-
ton to this SYM
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-11

to the north pole. There they VIII
find small brass tube which | buried
under the flag That tube contains
short statement about my trip. |
couldn't leave my visiting card. be-
cause | did not happen to have one
with me.
. Perhaps said the explorer, dryiy
/ should have stayed there longer had
it not begun to freeze us in our idle
ness The Eskimos were uneasy and
the dogs howled fearfully. On Aprn
%, therefore, again turned my nose
southwark, which was much easier, as
you cannot turn your nose in any
other direction
Describing the return journey. DR..
Cook said:
" Fortune now smiled. We did
twenty miles per day until We reached
the ominous eighty seventh degree
Then | felt the ice moving eastward,
carrying us with it. A terrible fog
swept around us and kept us for three
weeks We got no further than the
eighty-fourth degree. Then began a
heavy walk toward Helbergsland and
another three weeks of fog. When that
cleared | saw we had drifted south
west to Ringnesland. where We found
open water and tower-high screw ice.
which stopped our way eastward.
We now began TO suffer hunger.
Our provisions were becoming ex.
hausted and we were unable to find
depots. We entered Ringnesland and
on june 20 found the first animals OF
our return-bear and seal. We shot
bear.
And now our goal was the whal-
ers at Lancaster Sound. We followed
the drift ice to the south.
We were stopped by pack ice in
Wellington channel, which was impas
sable either by boat or sledge.
" Here was lots of game. but we
did not dare shoot it. We had only
taken 100 bullets to the pole. and now
only fifteen were left. We went into
Jones Sound after walrus and bears
and found open. calm water. We met
polar wolves, with which some Of our
dogs made friends and ran away.
." Now we spent day and night in
an open boat ten miles from shore.
This lasted for two months. while
storms often ragged over our heads. At
last we got ashore again. but We had
no fuel and were obliged to eat un-
cooked food. Next day we found fuel.
and what feast we had. But we suf-
fered much hunger during this period.
One night bear came and stole our
food. We had many fights with musk
oxen which attacked us. Our best
weapon against them was the lassoo'."
The correspondents story quotes
DR.. Cook as saying in conclusion:
' Say that the day We reached our
provisions stores at Etah was a great
er day than April 81. l long to get
back to civilization to move among
my fellowmen: l long to press my
wife to my heart. I am the happiest
man living. Tell the whole world I
thank God / am back
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-09-11

o HE E

amount of fuel used on the tip
showed that kerosene Is at least
fifteen per cent. more efficient, gallon
for gallon, than gasoline. The car in
other respects made most creditable
showing, and there was the usual riv-
airy among the observers to be az.
signed to the White SO that they
could ride with the maximum of COM
fort The only adjustments or re-
pairs charged against the car during
the long trip were tightening lubri-
Gator pipe and wiring damaged mud
guard. These penalties were not in
fiicted until more than 1000 miles
had been completed with an absolute.
ly perfect score"
A particularly interesting feature
of the new White Steamer is that
either kerosene or gasoline may be
used as fuel The necessary adjust
ments SO that the fuel may be changed
from kerosene to gasoline, or vice
versa, may be made in couple OF
minutes; but SO completely successful
has kerosene proved to be. that it 10
care to use gasoline.
The White Company report that
the demand for their new steam cars
both the $2000-model and the
$40OO-model-exceed their most SAN
guine expectations. 1t is evident that
the combination of steam-the pow.
er which everyone understands and
has confidence in-with kerosene
the fuel which everyone has on hand
and can handle without any danger
is thoroughly appreciated by
up-to-date purchasers Of automo
biles.