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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-09-12

Shc-You say your sisters wedding
went off without a hitch? How nice
Hc-Yes. the fellow she was going
to marry didn't show up-Chicago
DailS News.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-09-12

tte tuSt reirctedl- - shall mover
marry now
She-Fuolish man, Why note
Hc-lf You won't have me. who
Will boston Transcript.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-09-12
ENORMOUS ANNUAL
LOSS BY FIRE
IN AMERICA
FIGURES SHOW NO
SIGN OF SHRINKAGE
Europe Furnishes Object Les
son Of How Uncle Sam Pays
for Neglect of Proper PreCau-
tons.


Especial correspondence To Morning JonrnalI
Chicago, Sept. Sire losses re-
ported for 1909-for seven months.
including July, $119,G33. 950-indicate
a total fire tax for the year nearly as
great as in 1907 and greater than in
1903 and 1905, NJ probably to cx-
coed $200, 600, 600. In previous years
October, November and December
have noticeabIy shown the increase
when autumn heating plants were
started. Efforts to prevent fires
seemingly have made little headwa>
tnd the huge expenditures made for
putting them out merely add to the
toll taken in the United states BY the
fire monster, which during the last
i've years has amounted to much over
"A billion dollars-a dead loss.
The fire losses of 1906. year of San
Francisco's disaster, reached a total
of 1859, 10000, and no adequate
steps have been taken by any city to
thoroughly eliminate the c%onnagra-
ton hazard, which in Chicago is said
by an authority to be now as great as
when the tireat fire Of 1873 broke out,
regardless of the city's splendid fire
| department and its endorsements,
the force paid for by the FIRE under
writers, The efforts which are being
made to secure a high pressure water
system Tor the loop district Of Chi
cago Is a sign of the times. however.
business interests having come to see
their share in the country's fire losses
as Insurance companies necessarily
must attempt to make their rates
bring a revenue to cover their losses.
That they have not succeeded in this
IS shown by the fact that the under
writing loss of ten years of the Amer
lean and foreign" companies has
amounted to $77,221,542. their aver
age expense being 81 cents ON every
dollar of premiums.
Official note has not vet been taken
of the annual annihilation of prom
erty to the value of 5000. 600. 900 and
more. although recent reports from
European countries show that the nr,
loss OF the United states is annuauv
$4,000 600 greater than on the
basis Of European countries.
Reports show thai i'm Germany.
France, Italy. Spain. Belgium. Hot
land, switzerland and Great Britain
the average annual Dire loss per cap-
TIA, the average rate paid for IRE i'm
surance and the average annual loss
OF HE by fire are each about one
tenth of the same averages In this
country Berlin has a population
about one-third larger thai Chicago. |
It has grown during recent decades
as rapidly az Chicago, ana Is quite
as strenuous in its activities. 1t is
surrounded by enormous and rapidlv
growing manufacturing sections Tho
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-09-12

The Pcssimist-WcU pay for ou
this fine weather later on.
The optimist- We'll cheer ur'
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-09-12

stella bid hc say he s1t Dee ln,c,
YOU IN so many words.
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York. Sun
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-09
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL,
dgrHARoY AND NEGLECT.
Attempts to Move Prices Proved Of
Little Avail.

New York, March s.-The stock
market today justified the prophets of
a period o. lethargy ana neglect while
awaiting the clearing up of some of
the obscurities in the situation. One or
two incidents Of the day were trled- as
motive forces for moving prices, but
they proved OF little avail. Different
causes are assigned different degrees
Of Importance in the responsibility for
the halt in the speculation in the stock
market but the principal matter, it Is
generally agreed, Is the framing cf tie
new tariff bill. The experience in the
iron and steel trade following the cut
in prices by the principal interests is
considered a demonstration that bus
ness must wait Oh the tariff bill The
Fcaling down of prices Of stee' products
fails to revive the. demand in any ef-
fective fashion owing t. the remaining
uncertainties OF the new duties. Great
confidence is heard expresse. 10 fin2 o.
cial circles in the prosperous future Of
business. but as large commitments
in stocks as are thought desirable in
the light Of present knowledge are be-
lieved to have been made. The bond
market is beginning 10 present a sim
liar eituation, the rate OF activity there
showing a notable contraction. 1t is
pointed out that the heavy lo&an ex-
pansion of the banks at this time, in
spite Of the desultory demands Of
business, is accounted for ~ the large
holdings of new bond issues by banks
all over the country. What the effect
may be on the bond market when any
effective demand for money shall
spring up is a subject of some solicit
tude. A considerable liquidation OF
bank holdings of such bonds would be
IN implied consequence. some influ-
ence in the stagnGticn must lie allowed
to the activities Of the Hughes COM
mission to Investigate exchange meth
DDS. The attention reported 10 be Civ
en- at recent sittings Of this commission
to questions of stock market manipu-
lations and wash sales has an eff
feet Of prompting to extreme prOpriety
Of experiment on the part Of pOols ant
market organize lions. The recurrence
of the supreme cqlrts decision today
was reflected in the attention given Il
/ Reading by the room traders. A shari
drive against the stock during th'
morning gave place to recovery wher
II became known that no decision Of
th" commodities clause was to 81
handed down today. The decision
against he Missouri two cent rate Law
| BY tbs United Stats circuit court wa.
q favora1le iEdu6 nee on stocks of rail
roads lraversine that state, The shar,
| OF the Goulo stocks insthis benefit wa!
| increased by published reports of ;
| traffic arrangement between the Wa
/ bash and the Union Pacific. Gold ex
ports to South Am erica ana to Londoi
/ are looked for this week. but none!
rates here were unaffected. Bond
were irregular Total sales par value
| s3.01O.00J United States bonds wer
unC banged on cali.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-09
BONES PLAYERS.
New Faces to Be Seen in New Haven
Nine.

Nearly all the New Haven nine
players have now signed contracts.
Manager Bone has secured the sigma
lures of the following players:
Jqhe and Peaster. catchers; Carrick
BehSndt, Keenan, and Fred Doll
pitchers; Havel, second base: Sher-
good, third base: Cantwen. Ambros
Phoenix and Bob Stowe, skortstops
Zacher. center field; Council, right
field. Phil Corcoran, pitcher, and Sny
der left field. have rot signed. but VIII
do 80 soon, it is expected. Sherwood
and Corcoran both get a voluntary
raise in salary this season.
Snyder, the new felt fielder, halls
from Newark, o., and batted for .2sC
last year. Bone will either give Wa
ters and Pleiss for him or else will
buy him outright. Herbst has beer
traded, probably to Lynn.
Keenan, is a youngster from Provi-
dence. r. l. He won 81 out of rs
games for the Independent clubs
around Rhode Island last season. Dol
pitched good ball in the Chicago city
league last summer.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-09

asked him to help out on Sunday, and
the showing he made in this game
really began his baseball career. One
year with Attleboro, another year with
Norwich, and then he jumped into the
American league when it opened in
1861. He signed with Hughey Duffy to
play short, stipulating in his contract
that he should hold down that posi-
ton. Parent came along and he and
"Hobe'' were great friends. Freddie
wanted to play short The kind and
affable. s.Hobe' acquiesced and relin-
ouished the short field to Freddie he
taking second base. Jimmy Collins
bar. "Hobe" was then 81.
. .sHobe" acts on the minute. He is a
natural third baseman, says a st. Louis
baseball writer. Well built and built
close to the ground, fast and clever
with his hands, he Is ideal for the diff
ficult corner. And he studies baseball
He, knows the weakness of batters, Of
pitchers and Of fielders. He knows to
a tee how the great hitters hit, who
hits to right, who hits to left and who
lines them into center. He moves
about his position unconsciously, shift
ing to the right for this man and to
the left for the next. McAleer says he
is one of the games greatest natural
ball players. But with all "Hobe's'
kindness and with all his hearty laugh.
he has a wee bit of a temper He is
irritable at times, but, as McAieer
says, 81 wouldn't give a cent for him if
he wasn't" This year ''Hobe" is in
fine condition.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-09
FRENCH TEAM IN LEAD.
Passed Boston Runners After Midnight
"a Hour Records Beaten.


New York March Sat the end Of
the 10Th hour of the six day go as you
please race the field had narrowed to
is teams from the n that started.
Christie of the West Sides. Higgins OF
the Canadians and the two Greek
teams during the afternoon found the
going too strenuous and quit, and f'errl
of the Italians alsa fell by the way
side Hartley of the Canadian team
coupled up with Ward of the West
Sides, but the latter soon dropped out,
and Hartley east his lot with Pananti,
the Italian. taking the place of Ferri.
At O'clock the ten leading teams
were: Dineen and Pr6uty, 1883; Cibot
and Orphee, 1892: Spring and Adams.
400: Feegan and Curtis, 1856; Davis
and Metkus, 1877; Navez and Doms,
1854; Leoslein and Kllbertanz. l22.l;
Hegelman and Golden, 1904; Corey and
Coleman, 1852; Guignard and Revere,
1853.
At 10 o'clock tonight the leaders
were in the same relative position. AT
that time Sapsford the Englishman,
and Endlich of the military team quit,
and their parners. Wolledge and Sem
eran. Immediately paired. This leaves
II teams in the race.
After having gaInely struggled all
the afternoon to catch P. ]. Dineen
and w. F. Prouty, the Boston team, in
the six day go as you please race at
Madison Square Garden, by a wonder
full burst of speed Louis Orphee of the
French team took lead of two laps
over the Americans shortly after mid
night At 1 O'Clock the French team
was an even mile ahead, the score be-
ing Cibot and Orphee III, Dineen and
Prouty 40.
All records for the "a hours went by
the board ten minutes before midnight
when Dineen had covered 165 miles ana
one lap and exactly on the stroke Of
midnight the French team equalled the
figures ser by Hegelman and Cava-
naugh when they made the record il
1902.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-09
contraets and ReIeases.

New York, March S.-Acting Presi-
denr Haydler of the National Baseball
league issued the following statement
today of contracts anr releases that
have been approved and promulgat-
ed:
Contracts
with Chicago-O. ]. Holman, Frank
NJ. Schultz, John E. Malone.
With Pittsbrg-AGike Simon, assign
ed by Boston.
With st. Louis--Achenbach Baldwin
Beebe. Bresnahan, Byrne, Delehanty
Evans. Gaiser. Gilbert, Higginbotham
Higgins, Konetchy, Larkin, Medwitzky
More, Osteen, Phelps: Rally, Rhodes
Sallee. Shaw, Sullivan.
Releases
BY Boston to Pittsburg (NatiOna
league Mike Simon.
BY Brooklyn, Internationally, A. ]
Farmer.
BY New York to Rochester, Eastern
leagu, r. C. Mcdonald.
BY ST. Louis to Memphis, Southern
league, William Ludwig.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-09

han calling it to order, and ten new
members were received.
This was the principal business. but
q lengthy informal discussion Of the
proposed city amateur league was held.
The outline Of the plan for the league,
published last week. has the interest
Of the amateurs stirred up all over the
city, and 1t is expected that there may
probably be more than four teams that
will want to be counted in. The Falls
team, which was not a certainty last
week, is now considered assured. and
those that are interested in it will
probably propose to combine Norwich
Town and the Falls. A meeting has
been held in Gfeeneville and tbey are
hot to see the league get into opera
ton. and Taftville is also in line, which
with the C. A. c. team makes up a
uuartette Of certain entries.
The meeting for Friday evening in
the c. A. C. rooms, when the league
will be talked over, promises to be
attended by a large representation of
the amateur baseball interests of the
civ
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-09

Monday night witnessed the fitting
of several Of the major league teams
for their spring training quarters IN
the south. With those already in train
ing camps and trying out numerous
squads, the anxious fan left at home
will now have his attention riveteo on
the reports to come for the next mon[n
or so from the sun-kissed diamonds
where managers are developing what
thye hope will prove pennant winning
material.
Athletics Off for New Orleans.
The Philadelphia American league
baseball team left for New Orleans,
their training quarters. There were Il
players in the party. Pitcher Krause
and Outfieider Heitmuller win go a.
rect from California and Outnelder
Jackson and Infielder Barr will join the
team at New Orleans. Pitchers Dy-
CERT, Coombs, Schiller and Showers
are already on the ground.
Wagner Not With Pittsburg.
A dozen members of the Pittsburg
National league baseball team, in
charge of Thomas Leach, left Tor their
spring training quarters at West BAD
en-, Ind. They viii be Joined by half a
dozen other players on their arrival
at West Baden. Hans Wagner IS not
in the party. not having signed yet for
the coming season.
Champions Send a Squad.
The main body of the Chicago Ma
tional league baseball team left for its
! preliminary training work at West
Baden. Ind. The pitchers nd,catchers
under the direction of Manager Frank
I, Chance have already spen- weeH
at West Baden, and are now at Hot
Springs, Ark. The two squads will
unite at Shreveport. La, March 16.
Frazier Signs With Cubs.
Chic Frazer of the pitching staff OF
the Chicago National league team
whose desire for a higher salary has
kept him in Chicago, instead of with
his teammates in Arkansas, signed his
1909 contract Monday.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-09


Tuesday-Al Kubiak VS.. Sandy Fer
guson; Peck LeFavor VS.. Kid Sheen1n,
Willie O'Brien vs. Angus McDoueail'
ana Bob Lee vs.. Pete Wihiaws, Bos-
ton; frankie Nell vs.. Boyo Driscoii,
New York: Jack Drumgoole VS.. Jack
Herrick, Hammond. Ind; Kid Beebe
VS.. Patsy Kline, Philadelphia; Patsy
Brannigan VS.. DENNY Damn, Pitts :
burg.
Wednesday-Abe Attell VS.. Youug
Pierce, EssingtOn, Pa.
Thursday-JohLny Kilbane VS.. Frant
La Masten, Akron, o.; Bob Wilson vs.
]. Kid MERCER. Lawrence; Jimmy Han
lon VS.. Tom Riley, Southbridge; Pau
Moore VS.. Eddie Kennedy. Pittsburg
Friday-Jabez White VS.. Joe Cans
New York; Willie Lewis vs. Marc
Goucher, Paris; Tony Ross VS.. Marvin
Hart, New Orleans.
Saturday-Mike Cunningham VS.
George Murray, Portland, Me.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-09
PEI. wilson MAKING Good.

Allen Sangree in the New York Jour o.
nal pays the following tribute TO Pete
Wilson: Wilson demonstrated yes
terday that he Is valuable man. He
pitches an underhand fast ball that
breaks in close to the batter. When
said batter is scared from the plate,
Zeke, or Pete. as Wilson is Familiarity
known. shoots over a ball with pre-
cisely the same delivery which breaks
out. 1t is not possible to call the turn.
His weakness is that he pitches too
mrch with his arm instead of with hi
whole body. He has never used q slow
ball and Duke Farrell is now helping
him a-velop one. BY the care that is
taken of this fellow / imagine that
Stallings intends 10 hold and use him
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-09
LAWSON WILL MEET HENDEck.
Manager Of Featherweisht Champion
Answers Willimantic Wrestler.

Naugatuck, Conn.,, March 6, 1903.
Sporting Editor, Norwich Bulletin:
Dear Sir:-In answer to challenge in
your recent Issue, will state that as
manager of Chic Lawson, champion
featherweight of the United States, 1
will back Lawson at catch weights
against Hendecks and I will post a
forfeit of $25 that he will not weigh
over 116 ringside. Side bet for match
to be $50, best two out of three falls.
ing best offer or l will let Hendeck's
manager name the club. want only
one condition and that is Hendeck
must not exceed rs pounds ringside.
If Hendecks manager accepts this
challenge 1 will Immediately post for
felt with The Bulletin.
Yours for sport,
GEO. H. WAITE.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-09
coAcH HAueHToN AGAIN.
Harvard Secures Winning Football
cuide-Freshman Game With YAH
and Princeton.

Cambridge, Mass. March S.-All
doubt as to whether Harvards football
team will have the services Of Percy
d. Haughton, coach of the eleven which
vanquished Yale last year after six
successive defeats, was set aside to-
day, when the athletic committee an
nounced his appointment and accept
anee as coach during the coming sea-
son. Coach Hauglton will again serve
without compensation.
The HARVARD freshman football team
will meet the freshman elevens Of Yale
and Princeton, the teams schedule
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-09
sToRRs' SCHEDULE.
Nine to Meet Rhode Island
Aqaies Twice on the Diamond.

Storrs, Conn, March S.-The base
bali schedule of the Connecticut Agr1-
cultural college, announced Saturday,
contains these games:
at Springfield.
April 24AAll-Rockville team az
Stcrrs.
May 1-Weeleyan academy at Storrs
May S-IWorcester academy at Wor-
cester.
May 15-Cushing academy at Storrs
May 22-New Hampshire State col
lege at Durham.
May 31-Rhode Island State college
at Willimantic.
June 5-Williston seminary at East
hampton.
June S-University of Texas al
Storrs.
June 12-Rhode Island state college
at Kingston.
June 15--Alumni at Storrs.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-09
HARVARD ATHLETICS PAID
s2s os1.1o OVER EXPENSES
Money Came from Football and Base
baIl-Other Sports Showed Deficit.

A surplus of s2s,Os1.1O in receipts
over expenditures in all lines of Har-
ward athletics. is shown by the report
for the. college year 1sO7-0S. issued by
Henry S. Thompson. graduate treas
urer. of athletics at Harvard. The to-
tai receipts were $I27,31S.44 and the
total expenditures $101.227.s4. The
total net surplus exceeds by s14,450
the net surplus of the previous year.
the gain being due in part to increased
receipts from football and baseball.
and in part also to decrease in the
expense Of football coaching and train
ing table.
With the exception of football and
baseball all the sports show a deficit
for the year. The total receipts from
i, football of 1907 were $S2,54637 and
the expenses s19,Ss4s7, leaving a sur
plus $62, 651.40. The report says that
there has been a decrease of fit per
cent, within the last three years in
the expense OF football management,
including the training table, supplies
and salaries of coaches. Joshua
Crane, who was head coach in 1907.
refused to accept the salary for his
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-09
wrestIsd -Four Hours with Trsublsy

In Cleveland, last week, Johnny
BiIleter of Toledo and Eugene Trem-
blay, champion lightweight, wrestled
four hours without a fall and then
Rilleter agreed to Trsmblay's proposal
to call it draw and stop. BBeter
claims that Tremblay stalled and hug
ged the mat most of the way. and
that he could surely defeat the cham
pion If Tremblay had been willing to
wrestle.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-09

All are the result Of undigested food
remaining in the stomach and putting
the whole system out Of order-ias 1t
surely will. Kodol digests the food the
way it does, because it contains all the
digestive elements. If it contained only
one or two Of them such as pePsin, ete..)
it could not be of so much help to the
stomach as it is. And there is no ques-
ton but that, Kodol digests all food
anywhere. at any time. When II viii
digest every particle of all kinds OF food,
in a glass test-tube, it should have no
difficulty in digesting food in your stom-
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-09

The Young Potatoes Hard to. Dig
wish to challenge any team under 10
years of age. Their lineup is as fol-
lows: W. Mcknight p, F. Pineau c, II.
Darlie ID w. Ryan 2b, r. Relow SIS,
G. Ryan 3b, F. Mcveigh RI. A. Pineau
Il. They are going to play the Little
Lemons Saturday morning.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-09
BASEBALL BRIEFS.

The New Britain and Hartford teams
will report for practice April 6, four
weeks from tomorrow.
Howard buckley does not intend to
enter the professional ranks this year
He may pitch a few Saturday games
FOR independent clubs.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-09
MORE TEAMS OFF FOR The SOUTH.
Athletics, Cubs and Pirates Left Last Nisht-Six Day
Races Plugging On--Many Drop Ou1Local Anna
tours Interested in City Baseball League.

having been ratified today. Yale will
play at Cambridge on November Is and
Princeton at Princeton on a date yet
undetermined. This will be the teams
first game with the Princeton fresh
men.
Harvard freshman and Cornell fresh
man crews will race at Lake Cayuga
on May 81. preliminary to the Har-
ward Cornell contest.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-09
q Collins Matched for Finish Event.

Bill Collins, the Central Village
wrestler has signed up TO ra finish
match with Jim Barnes of Springfield,
middleweight champion, for the even
ing of March 18th. The match will be
held in the Joy theater, Moosup. Bill
made such a. good showing against
Barnes in a recent handicap match in
WiIlimant;c that he feels confident of
giving the Springfield man a hard go
to a finish.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-09
postnoned puckpin Games.

All the games in the Eastern Con-
necticut Duckpin league were postpon-
ed Monday night. Westerly No. l viii
roll the Norwich Warriors here Friday
night. but the date for Norwich No.
TO roll in New London this week has
not been set.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-09
Harris Hioh at puckpins.

With 100 at duckpins Captain Julian
Harris of the Warriors took the high
single prize Monday at the Rose alleys
Harri5 rolled strings of 100 and los
Just before the 40, giving him three
string OF 323 to start the week.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-09

New York. March S.-Cotton spot
closed quiet: middling uplands, 9.S5;
middling gulf, 1910; sales. 1862 bales.
Cotton futures closed steady Closing
bids; March 9.52, April 942, May $50.
June S.43. July ga, August e.39 Sep
TENDER 9.3l. October 931. November
9.27, December 9.27, january 925.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-09
Want to Play Ball.

Z Tanis Tavernier and George Wood
two baseball players of Moosun write
The Bulletin that they would like to
get on with any club under Is in Con-
necticut. They can fit into any posi-
ton. They can be addressed at Moos-
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-09
Jack Twin Defeats Stewart.

New York, March Sack (Twin)
Sullivan defeated Jim Stewart, the
Brooklyn heavyweight, tonight In
fast ten round. bout at the Marathon
Athletic club III Brooklyn.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-09
Bothner Lost Handicap Match

Corning. y. Y, March S.-Phin Gouid
defeated George Bothner tonight in a
hardieap wrestling bout at the Corn
ing house. Bothner agreed to throw
Gould twice in sixty minutes. Neither
man got fall.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-09
eotoh and PsrrilIi Matched.

Omaha, Neb., March s.-Frank
Gotch, worlds champion wrestler, and
Perrilli Of New York have been
matched here for March 2S.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-09
win PIav IL Warm Enouoh.

The Mt. Pleasant street ninth grade
would like to play the Greeneville
school or any other nine. They will
get out Of school early Friday and play
them il il is warm enough.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-09

services. and thus contributed largely
to the reduction of expenses
The surplus from the baseball sea-
son of 1908 was $7.501.3e the receipts
having been s20,02795 and the ex-
penses $12,526.56
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-09
FERRIS HIT WITH ST. LOUIS.
Globe" Began Baseball Career Wher
, ~, Helping Out in Sunday Game.

Llbert Sayles C'fHobe") Ferris Joined
a minor league club when he was II
At that time he was learning struetura
work and playing ball OF the side. Thl
manager of the North Attleboro team
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-09
MOMEY-

New York, March s-Nfoney on call
easy at / 3-402, per cent; ruling rate
. last loan ] 3-4. closing bid / ga:
offered AZ ,. Time loans very strong:
sixty days Ia to : 1-2 per cent;
ninety DAYS 9 IL to 2 s-4; six months
3-A to . per cent