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game OF ball here 1t was widely stated
throughout the country that this was the
first visit ever made by a President of
the United States to a ball game. This
was mistake. Mr.. Harrison, while Pres
ident attended several OF the games in
Washington. I am not going by hearsay
as to this. I saw Mr.. Harrison at the
games. Not only did he attend some
games, but he ate peanuts at these games
with every evidence Of enjoyment, Just as
Mr.. Taft did at the game the other day.
Moreover. Gen. Grant, while President
was . frequent attendant at the ball
games In Washington. I know plenty Of
old-time Washingtonians-not so old in
years. either-who saw Gen. Grant at the
games.
1t was stated also, after Mr. Taft had
attended his first game as President that
that was his first visit to the Washington
ball park This wasn't straight either.
Mr.. Taft took in the games occasionally
while he was Secretary of War. The only
other member of the cabinet at that time
who took in a ball game in Washington
Postmaster General. I have heard it
stated that during one administration.
quite a number Of years ago. there often
were as many as six members Of the
Presidents cabinet present at the ball
game on a single afternoon.
Base ball never lacked for distinguished
patrons In this town. Senator German,
of course, ranked at the top of the list
as consistent fan. not only because he
was a steady attendant at the games. but
because he had been q pretty highgrade
ball player himself in his young days. 1t
was while he was a page in the Senate
that he first developed his interest in base
ball, and he loved the sport all the rest
of his life Until his sons grew to man.
hood 1t was an ordinary thing for the
folks living in the neighborhood to see
Senator German playing catch with his
youngsters in the backyard OF his Wash
ington home. and the Maryland senator
had an assortment Of shoots and curves
that kept the young fellows pretty busy
handling them, too
Senator Culberson OF Texas has been
base ball fan during all the years Of his
long residence in Washington. as his
father also q senator. was before him.
Senator Bailey used to be a frequent Wis
itor at the Washington games, big shirt
front and all, and he'd look profound and
solemn when a dispute arose over some
constitutional and perplexing point OF the
game.
That huge son of Anak. Representative
Ollie James of kentucky. visits the Wash
inston ball yard whenever he can make
IL, He can keep a score card that looks
like copper plate and reads as plain as
Evening star., 1909-05-01
Dedicated to Cliff Berryman's
AnnaniaS Clubhouse Cartoon

There's clubhouse on the market; it's
a bargain, too. by gracious: with open
plumbing, pleasant rooms anG porches
wide and spacious. 'Tis vacant now and
tenantless. though not so long ago its
halls were thronged; the waiting list was
four blocks long or SO. All day some
faces we all know were pressed at pol
ished pane: aloft the wind caressed a
flag that flew beneath the vane. and as
1t fiuttered out its folds an astigmatic
dub could even read in letters large.
EHE ANNANIAS CLUB"
And when we scan the members roll.
distinction strikes us blind: we murmur
as we spill tear, And are they all re-
signed?' What made them quit, SO sud
den-like, this most exclusive crowd?
Evening star., 1909-05-01

1905, just before the base ball season
opened Ban Johnson, the president of the
American League, visited the White
House and presented Mr.. Roosevelt with
solid gold perpetual pass emitting him
forever to witness all of the games play
ed by the American League. Mr.. Roose-
welt received the gift pleasantly, but he
didn't have much to say on the subject
OF base ball. and what he did say was
ambiguous.
He didn't get himself on record-that is
to say, as either liking or disliking base
ball. AS a matter of fact, Mr. Roosevelt
never was interested in the national game.
knew him as far back as when he was
civil service commissioner here, and he
certainly never attended game while he
held down that job. Newspaper work in
tact with him while he was police COM
missioner of the big town, and he certain
ly never attended a ball game while he
was doing the oun-al-Raschid bust
ness as the top cop Of Manhattan.
I have been told by men who were class
mates of his at Harvard that he never
took the slightest interest in base ball
while at college. In this connection it
may be pat to say. and 1t unquestionably
is the truth, that Mr.. Roosevelt never
took any interest Of an active sort in anv
game or sport in which he himself was
not participant.
*
Miss Alice Roosevelt, now Mrs Long
worth, atoned in a measure for her
fathers lack of interest in base ball by
the enthusiasm she always displayed
when she took in the Washington games,
as she often did before her marriage She
was ''rooter" from away back. and lots
of folks will remember how she used to
lean precariously over the rail of the box
alongside the press box at the Washing
ton ball yard and clap her hands enthu-
siastically and smile all over her express
i've face when the Washington club was
doing itself proud in the matter Of nifty
plays.
Recently when President taft took in
Evening star., 1909-05-01
Men and w omen.

From the Atchison Globe.
When a man Is left with a lot OF
motherless children on his hands he
usually scatters them among his rela-
tives. If 1t is the woman who is left
with fatherless little ones she keeps them
en- develop great energy when left with
out man. In fact. all the widows we
know are getting along a great deal bet
ter than the married women.
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"He grew into a muscular and well
filled out ki-yi. capable, IL he only would,
Of putting up any kind Of scrap with
a dog of his weight. but the truth was
that he didn't have any more pluck than
a caterpillar. My wife considered that
this was a fine trait in the dog, and she
asked me if l wanted to have for a
household pet a bat-eared bully of a dog
that would be biting the heads off the
smaller dogs in the neighborhood and
chasing cats and finally getting himself
poisoned by some neighbor.
II told her that of course / didn't
want any dog like that around. But I
did want a dog. said, that wouldn't
crawl through the fence every time he
saw a measly, half-starved. yailer dog
coming down the street. l don't think
any man likes to have a dog on his staff
that won't give trouble little bit Of Il
hug. anyhow, when 1t comes his way. 1
tried to arouse a sense of shame in that
dog, but 1 couldn't get by with 1t. There
wasn't any shame in him.
Il came pretty near souring on him
for good and all when last fall he per-
mitted a common, snooping little runt
of black-and-tan dog to hop him one
and nail him to an alley fence and give
him all kinds Of sass and back talk in
the canine language. Nary a move did
that dog of mine make to put up his
IL
Didn't even show his toofems. Just
took that other NUTS slack without a
word, till felt like booting him.
X \
We'll, when my medical man ordered
my wife to Florida early in February
and she persuaded me to accompany her.
we had to hunt up somebody to take care
of our dog during our absence. for we
closed up the house. My wife was for
having him taken to regular veterina-
rian's dog boarding house, where the mutt
couldn't see that. Instead, / put him in
the keeping of black man who has q
kind of dog boarding house about half
a mile from where live. The dog looked
very ablect when took him to the black
man. He appeared to understand that he
was going to be deserted by his family for
a spell, and his tail was way down, and
he looked like Ne hadn't friend on earth.
Look lax he all hain't got much
spunk said the black man to me.
Grand guess. that said !. That dog
hasn't enough grit to keep him awake.
He'd let himself be kicked to death by
guinea pigs rather than put up bit of a
scrap for his rights. He's been spoiled
by his mistress and so, as far as being a
regular dog-dog is concerned. he's no good
at all to NEE
man. 'Yo' all will have diffuh'nt davg
wen yo gifts him back, sub"
Il told the black man to go as far as
he liked IL he had way of spunking A
mutt up some, although / didn't have
much hope for the dog. l thought he was
too old ever to have his spine stiffened.
We'll, we got back from Florida one
Evening star., 1909-05-01

they have announced that they will see
to 1t that nothing is done at the present
time. II wouldn't be at all surprising to
some of the House leaders If there were
no census legislation. outside of the ap-
preparation bill. Enumeration could be
made under the law by which the last
census was taken. provided the money
was appropriated Indeed some men,
bers of the House think In view of the
opposition that has developed that this
would be the best way out of the mixup.
Evening star., 1909-05-01

HE late Lucky
Baldwin has been
pictured by his
newspaper biog-
raphers as q sure
thing g . m b ! e r.
That Is to say,
they've portrayed
him rs a bettor
who wouldn't risk
his money unless
he felt that he had
something resem-
Evening star., 1909-05-01

" automobile road
test conducted by
Uncle Sam, and
having for two of its
leading chauffeurs
Tom Pence and
Emerson II o u g h,
would really be
worth more than a
place on the third
page. but that is
where it was placed
by the makeup
Evening star., 1909-05-01

0BODY ever sue
ceeded in finding
out just why Mr..
Roosevelt never
seemed, while in
Washington, to
take any interest In
the game of base
ball. He didn't ex-
press himself on
the subject one
way or the other.
In the spring of
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game at the Presidio. 1t was between
mines composed of Presidio cavalrymen
and heavy artillerymen from Alcatraz
Island. In the sixth inning the score
stood lS to 2 in favor OF the cavalrymen.
This was just the kind of situation
that Lucky Baldwin liked, and he got
busy.
''What'll you people lay me-" he asked
the men who were with him at the game.
that these horse-riding ball players win
this gamer
They laid him as good as s to 1. Bald
win produced his roll and began to take
the long end. They took his money like
carp fighting for smelt bait. The bets
had not been much more than made be-
fore the cavalrymen's pitcher got sWatted
in the eye by a batted ball and had to be
carried out of the lot. The pitcher that
armed wabbler with a case Of acute
chollie hawse, and the artillerymen from
Alcatraz proceeded to knock the swad-
dlngs OF the ball. They rolled up nine
the eighth and six in the ninth. and they
won the game on the bit.
One afternoon Lucky and his retinue
were taking lunch in the Pullet dor
the restaurant the name Of which finally
was corrupted into Poodle Dog"-when
the water main in the street in front of
the restaurant burst and the water
gushed through the pavement in high
fountain at the rate of about thousand
gallons to 4ne minute. quickly flooding
the street Baldwin and his companions
sat at their table and watched the inn
promptu fountain for few minutes. Then
Lucky pulled out his watch.
Suppose we get a little action on this,
he suggested. I'll lay hundred to two
hundred that the water'll be turned Oft
inside Of ten seconds" and he pulled out
his watch.
They all spoke at once. but Lucky
accepted the bet Of the man sitting next
to him.
Now" said the man with whom
Lucky had made the bet. pulling his
watch also and watching the second hand.
Ono, two, three. four, five, six
''There she dies"' yelled the other men
at the table and sure enough, the foun-
tain had suddenly disappeared at the
count Of the sixth second.
The whole town Of San Francisco was
out one day to see the annual parade OF
the Native Sons Of the Golden West.
Four OF the prominent members Of the
outfit sat in carriage drawn by four
milk white horses.
There must be four red-headed girls
somewhere in the neighborhood to match
Evening star., 1909-05-01
PUT PROPER SPIRIT
INTO PAMPERED PET

OW / wonder WhdC
there is in the
makeup of a
plain, ordinary ev-
eryday black man
and brother that
tends to bolster up
the character of a
dog" was the in
quiry, calling for
no particular reply.
submitted by the
man with the rope
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stogie. Il. am the owner OF dog whose
whole nature and temperament have been
revolutioniZed by two months contact
with a black man. That's why I'd like
to know what the game is of black
man in handling dogs, so that in case
my mutt ever backsldes I'll be able to
brace him up again in accordance with
the black mans system.
This ki-yoodle Of mine Is fox terrier
about five years old. I've raised him
from a teenchy purp. He's a nice. clean,
handsome dog. and I'd be afraid to name
in dollars the enormous valuation that
my wife placed upon him. But. all the
same, that dog was keen disappoint-
ment to me up to very recent date.
Why? Well, because he didn't appear to
have any sand. He wouldn't take his
own part. He wouldn't get his dander
up. He wouldn't show me how cute he
could raise the hair on his spine and
look sore when other dogs picked on him.
1T was a moment of anguish for me
when first I discovered that that dog of
mine had no grit. and found 1T out long
before he got his full growth. He'd
four-f1ush around with his tail up and
a cheerful look in his eye as long as nc
bother impended. but just as soon as he
perceived that another dog that he met up
with was even little bit on the fight.
that terrier Of mine would begin to look
as II four or five hired men had been
trying to beat him to death with hoes.
His tail 'ud flop down and his ears would
droop back on his head, and he'd crouch
and sink along In manner that patned
me.
Evening star., 1909-05-01
:ecently when President Taft took in a


place to get the dog. Somehow or another
that dog looked different to me as soon
as I caught sight Of him running around
the black mans yard. He had q certain
fore.
Now yo' alls dawg is whut yo' kin
call a sho'-'nough dawg. suh, said the
black man. In turning the mutt over to
me. ! was in too much of hurry to ask
him any questions, and so just whis-
tied to the dog and started home with
him, letting him tag along after me.
I'VE hadn't gone more than a block be-
fore fox terrier. a good deal larger than
my dog, came prancing up to mine to
look him over and investigate him. My
dog stood stock still and for the first time
saw the hair along the whole length of
his spine go up. He didn't appear to be
hunting for any bother. but when the
other dog gave utterance to just one
short, low Srowl my dog hoped him,
and he hoped him proper. Got the other
dog down and was beginning to swab
up the block with him when l grabbed
his collar and yanked him off
Il had all ! could do to pull him along
with me, and he seemed bound to break
my hold on his collar and go back and
make a meal off that dog that had the
gall to just growl at him. After drag
sing him couple of blocks turned him
loose again. He hadn't been loose more
than a minute before big. good-natured
French poodle raced up to him and
started in to try to play tag with him.
My dog thought. or pretended to think.
that the French poodle's friskiness in
jumping around him meant fight, for lie
grabbed the poodle's right front paw and
hung on TO II till l gave him whack in
the short ribs and yanked him loose.
That's the way 1t was all the way home.
He tackled any old thing on four
paws that he met up with after any
sort Of manifestation Of hostility had
Evening star., 1909-05-01

those four fiery untamed white steeds,"
said one of Baldwin's friends to him as
they stood on Market street watching the
parade.
Evening star., 1909-05-01

He tackled any old thing on four
paws that he met up with after any
sort of manifestation of hostility had
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-10
of his bitterest enemy.

VI DiH UltttItSl
The discovery of cyclones raging in
the sun, as reported by DIR. George E.
Hale, director OF the Carnegie observa-
otry, is accepted by s. W. Burnham,
professor of astronomy at Chicago
university. as a step forward In the
explanation OF sun spots and disturb
ances In the sun. and is considered
a valuable discovery to the scientific
world "Dr. Hale is one of the most
conservative of the leading astrono-
mers of the world" said Professor.
Burnham. Il have no doubt that his
observations are correct. We have
known of disturbances In the sun, but
have made no recent special study OF
them. ! shall be interested in learn
ing of his further studies along this
line" The discoveries were made by
| DR.. Hale by means of an instrument
he has invented known as the spectre
heliograph. His report was made to
300 astronomers assembled in an an
nual conclaye at the Sorbonne.
| Forester Pinchot by letter dated
April 2. has sent to district foresters
at Denver. Missoula. Ogden, Portland
and San Francisco detailed directions
for examining national forest lands
with view ta eliminating lands more
valuable for agriculture than forestr,
and which would best serve the pub
lie interests by being excluded from
forest management. Reversing the
policy adopted during the Roosevelt
administration by Secretary Garfield
Secretary Ballinger has restricted t.
minimum the amount Of land the dc
partment of agriculture may withdraJ
from entry for improvement for ad
! ministrative purposes. The interior dc
partment hereafter will not grant an
request from the forest service TO
the withdrawal from entry for ac
ministrative purposes of lands withi
b.. forest reservations or lands withou
reservations in the states of Colorado
oregon. Washington. Idaho. Montan
: | or Wyoming. In other states. Ian
. outside reservations may be witt
+ drawn when the forest service show
G the necessity for the withdrawal.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-10

in the rioting and killing there people
cannot trust them.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-10

What / have said here OF the Turk
does not, of course, apply to the moreS
progressive element, and while some
o. these attempt to combine the yir
tues of two civilizations. yet It nNst
be confessed that often the new Turk
despising the customs and traditions"
oil his forefathers. apes the manners,
Initiates the graces, and. too often,
copies the vices of the Christians.
Take It all in all, the Turk, with
his sense of loyalty. bis domestic at.
fections, his kindu ssso animals, his
reverence for his ancestors and for the
dead. his unfailing courtesy and inclu'
sive hospitality, his honesty and dig
nifty, merits our admiration. He has
his faults, but these are the defects
OF his qualities. or him also 1t might
be said: ITO know him, when he does
not cut peoples heads off. is to love
him."
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-27

New York Aug. 27-The flag of
Erin floats from Hoffman House to-
day in honor of the national com
mitteemen of the United Irish
League of America, which assembled
today at the call Of President Michael
] Ryan of Philadelphia, to discuss
matters of considerable Importance
In the present work of the Irish
movement.
The meeting will likewise be
availed OF to bid God-speed to Capt.
Edward o. Condor, a member of the
committee. who will sail for Ireland
tomorrow for short visit Capt.
Condor in 1867 was imprisoned at
Manchester by the English authori-
ties for rescuing prisoner from a
prison van and was sentenced to be
hanged; but was reprieved when the
American government intervened be-
cause of his citizenship, and he was
imprisoned for eleven years and ar.
terward released.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-27

Tuesday night about 11:20 the
fire alarm was sounded and awoke
the Midlothian populace to find that
the Page Hotel was on fire. 1t
caught somewhere in the upper story
and was fairly under way when first
discovered The fire boys responded
promptly, but it was so far away
they could get only one stream of
water on it. The house being a frame
structure one stream of water only
served to keep the flames from reach
ing out and possibly endangering
other property.
Mn r. S. Walker the proprietor.
carried about $2,500 insurance, and
he considers his loss to be some
thing near $4,000, above the insur-
ance Just a little furniture was
saved out Of the lower part OF the
building Midlothian Argus,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-27
HILL SLEPT IN A HAY STACK
The Great Northern Railroad Presiden,
Met an Obdurale tarmer

Great Falls, Mont, Aug. 27-Pres-
ident James Hlll of the Great North
ern railway was compelled TO spend
a night last week in a haystack. He
started from Helena to Great Falls
in his automobile. Near Fort Shaw
the machine stuck in a mud hole. He
applied to a settler for a bed and
supper, but was told that he could
find a bed in a nearby haystack and
that he could help himself to re-
freshments at the pump.
When he did not appear here on
time, searching party started to-
ward Helena They found the auto
mobile in the mud hole, aud a short
inspection of the nearby neighbor-
hood revealed Mr.. Hill and his chat
feur sound asleep in the haystack
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-27

Boston, Aug ~ Members of the
Bartlett family from all over the
country, who trace their ancestry
back to Robert Bartlett, first, be-
gan their second annual reunion to-
day at White Horse Beach, Manomet.
Plymouth. Lucius Bartlett of Hart
ford, Conn, Is president of the so
ciety
1t was at Plymouth that Robert
nHrt'ett who came from England in
the ship Ann in 1923, lived and
died. and the old Bartlett house
built in 1880, is still standing, the
farm having been always owned by
members Of the family. Richard
Bartlett's wife was daughter of
Richard Warren, one OF the Pill
grims.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-27
Four Deaths.

Rotterdam Aug 27-At today's
sitting of the municipal council the
burgomaster announced that there
had been four deaths from cholera
and that out of nine suspected cases
now in the isolation sheds three had
been found to be infected with the
cholera bacCilli An examination Of
others had not been concluded. For
ty-two persons, apparently healthy,
who havo been in contact with those
declared infected, are now under OBJ
servation.
There was no fresh case reported
today. The general belief is that
the disease was brought to this port
by the steamer Ellewoutsdyk from
st Petersburg
The burgomaster has issued a
proclamation advising the people tC
boil their water and milk, but adds
that he sees no reason for anxiety
as the city's water supply is quite
free from bacteria
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-27
Taking Precautions. J..

Washington, Aug. 27.-Surgeon
General Wyman of the public health
and marine hospital service last
night cabled Surgeon r. A. c. Wool
enburg, stationed at Naples, to pro-
ceed at once to Rotterdam, where
cholera has appeared, to assist Amer
lean Consul Listoe in seeing that tie
sanitary regulations regarding YES
sells sailing for the United States
are carried out The greatest pre-
cautions are to be taken to prevent
the Introduction of the disease into
the United States.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-27
STORM WARNINGS ARE ISSUED
Weather Bureau Announces Disturb
ancss In Mexican Gulf Waters.

New Orleans, Aug. 27--Two storm
warnings were issued by the local
United States weather bureau yes
terday, the first shortly before 8 a.
IN, aud the second late in the after
noon. These warnings follow the
announcement last night that a West
Indian hurricane was sweeping
through the Yucatan channel.
The storm warning of the morn
ing declared a disturbance to be CEN
tral over the gulf several hundred
miles south of the Louisiana coast,
and was issued to apply especially to
New Orleans and Galveston sections.
The warning of the afternoon eX-
tended the danger zone as far south
as Point Isabel, Texas, and advised
all vessels which We're preparing TO
enter the gulf to cast anchor or re-
main in port until further develop
ments. A wireless message from the
steamer Cartago picked up here late
Yesterday stated that the vessel had
passed through the Yucatan channel
hurricane last night. The vessel
weathered the hurricane all right
but the captain stated in his mess
age that he would be late in reach
, ing New Orleans, which indicates
that the hurricane had caused delay