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Show I 1! WASHINGTON. The Interest of Grover GROVER CLEVELAND naturally lncldenta of the days when hla was , the mot forceful figure In American public Ufe. Nothing which moreV1HWh11" prealdent attracted than the famous mes- ,n DMwnber, t0K?ngreM ttS 1896, on of Great inging, shootings drowning controversy with Venezuela overth! HAVE ALU POISON boundary between the latter country PROVEN unsuccessful. 10 ftn Interview Jrifh K8h vUllna a Times correspond-en- t Hilary A. Herbert, then Mr. Cleve. TIMES land DEATH 26 SOUGHT secretary of the navy, now for iS the first time tells the true inwardness of that historic episode. (farina The foundation for Mr. Cleveland's frm MlnchoU, Cincin- celebrated Venezuelan message, said a Period of nati Girl, During Mr. Herbert, was the note of Secre-tar- y ReMada Hee Yeere, Three of State OIney to Lord Salispeated Atempta on Life. bury, the British minister for foreign affairs. That note was written who have the during 'Inclnnatl. Phyelclana congressional recess, three months a before idled the case of Etta Saulters, congress convened, and before who attempted Bulclde Mr. Clevelands ung woman, message was prepared. suicide la a disease and The times, say OIney note was drafted after a This Is theory lt it Is Infectious. consultation between the of lorsed by others who have given state and Mr. Cleveland secretary the during aubject study. summer at Great Gables on Buzzard's who has hay. Mr. The care of Miss Saulters, OIney went there, as I have the suicide queen by always lB dubbed to confer with the understood, is a re- president , police and newspapers, about the Venezuelan question. The note was submitted to liable one. every suicide cover a member of the Her 26 attempts at cabinet I remember she three and of years nearly rlod distinctly I was In Washington that of meth-- 8 summer and a s adopted a great variety copy of me note came to me and Mr. Carlisle, the of self slaughter, none of which secretary successful. of the treasury, and Mr. s proven Lamont, the That she will kill herself ultimately secretary of war, and we considered She Is the policy together. bse who know her believe. I remember that as the note develin the bloom of youth. Her beauty She la intelligent and oped lt almost took my breath H remains. away, moments when, and I was Inclined to pable. Yet she has oppose Its presem melan-olsave reason th no apparent tatlon, but before the reading was finlife Is too heavy a burden. She ished I realized its force and value and I heartily approved It. Between Mr. tka death with the sahie Intensity at acme men and women seek drugs Carlisle, Mr. Lamont and myself some an ii seif E 14 H i. 5 i b Mi i II, (; ! 11 Si y, f -' i om itlmular.ts. not suffering from acute she is reticent about the strug-i- j (be has made to rid herself of d mm mel-hol- When tW JtSi p She iCttj my yBUSYLI make every effort to Induce Mr. Cleveland to attend his church. Immediately after the Inauguration Dr. Sunderland called upon the president, and the latter agreed to be enrolled among hts parishioners. Cleveland was very regular in attendance. Always a largo crowd assembled in front of the church to see him entering And leav-In- g The crowd was amazed to find that when the carriage stopped Cleveland would leave the vehicle and start for the door, while some one else would have to assist Mrs. Cleveland to alight. Then she would hasten after her husband and, catching up with him, the two would walk up the aisle together to their pew. ter when his pen touched the paper. Ills handwriting was small, but clear. It was like copper-plate- . Probably no president of recent times used a pen with as much frequency as Cleveland. The painstaking character of Mr. Cleveland's work will be realized when lt Is known that he made a personal examination of every paper that came before him. This particularly was true of the records of courts-martia- l of officers of the army and navy. Whether the defendant was an ensign or an admiral, a lieutenant or a general, he could depend on Mr. Cleveland to give fair consideration to the report of his trial. It frequently happened that Mr. Cleveland detected flaws in the proceedings of the court, A BAD CAMPAIGNER. In which case the officer benefited was known always as either In the way of modification of CLEVELAND It was an ex- his sentence or a new trial. tremely difficult thing to get him to take an active part In politics, even when he was running for office him- EMBARRASSING FRIENDSHIPS. self. When he was nominated for mayof the remarkable traits of Mr. or of Buffalo, a quarter of a century ONE character lay In his ago, his political managers were In ability to shake himself loose from despair because of his Indifference. embarrassing friendships upon reachThe future president would promise to ing a position where he was charged speak, but when the time came he with the responsibility of filling fedwould fall to appear, and then lt was eral offices. Probably this was most torney for the northern district of New York.- - This was Indignantly declined at first, but subsequently accepted for the benefit of Lockwood's young associate, WlUIam B. Hoyt. SOUTHPAWS NOW CLEVELAND'S HOME LIFE. ONE occasion a New York paper ONwhich was especially virulent In Its treatment of Mr. Cleveland printed a story to the effect that on the previous night he had gotten beastly drunk and had kicked his wife down stairs, bruising her terribly and blacking both her eyes. Those who knew the charming relations which existed between the president and his wife were. Indignant M the publication. That lt was absolutely false I quickly discovered for myBelf. Crossing the White House grounds, 1 saw Mrs. Cleveland bending over a bed of pansies in which she took special Interest. She was a beautiful picture that morning. Her eyes were as clear as crystal, showing that she had slept well, and her skin without a blemish. The alleged brutality of Mr. Cleveland towards his wife was frequently described by the paper referred to, but never did I see any Justification or foundation for the statements lt published. Because the president and Mrs. Cleveland refused to exhibit their children to tho gaping crowd reports were published that they were Idiots and that one of them was blind. These reports were not only false, but so cruel as to arouse the hearty Indignation of tho friends of the president and hla wife. It has been often said, and with Justice, that Mrs. Cleveland made an Ideal First Lady of tho Land. Probably Mrs. Cleveland did what no other wife of a president attempted. At receptions she would take a step forward and shuke hands with the caller, returning to her position before saluting MORE y has been taken Into custody times on charges of attempting She recently ediJudge Leuder, when ralgned, that this practice on her t had resulted In 31 arrests, 16 irkhouse sentences and four terms, abort, in the county Jail. She also been sent to the City hospital as suicide. commit ted to Police ik: id .L any as 20 times. One night, about Mm three years ago, her hair blowing in woman, young ' r x - ik: Spli emox bona XV irtt I f in ROT. . "II t x J V - . jr ' , ' ?- - I' l: T' - 'Lv, ' v ; ' ", ; t jkL ' 'c i VV A W. v V AA ... V'Xryr a id hi viJ V tuts dam uui f ml. .I.-.- . F : near : Y I " v. ,Yv i da Tries Suicide 26 Times. itie: 6-- Wtf iSitt street She as she ran, and pedes-ian- s paused. She stopped at a cor-t- r, lifted a hand to her lips, uttered prolonged moan and lunged forward sobbing the I'tak rushed to her. They seared with acid, and a bottle that drug lay scattered about cments of trained the 16 half-ounc- An e became frequent. ' Hre times since her first attempt tried carbolic acid. She has taken s0 laudanum, paria green, Wile and other poisons. morning pedestrians and real-- t In the same neighborhood were Tltod as a body shot from a high One Ircdow. bruised, maimed and tincon-llolt lay on the sidewalk. The iilceman thought her dead, and the patrol wagon. But before rrlved he sent in another call, this la for an ambulance, t iPCmed as If the idea of suicide lwion of her every time she th "blues." Tftnible or worry, , 0r Imaginary, seemed, In her 6 of mind, to call for a revolver, a 'wi I vial of poison or the waters river, luu success always eluded I 8 e king after denth. ually mme policeman happened In the nick of time to cut her j u ' ,0 nr it she had ru!,E' in i f west u ndn,. rate It 'in f Hie ofF F108' Ul "l'Pn B,ie pulte BUC' every druggist In 8t,FF poison to the ? Iunl,l'8 large enough to F518 circumvented that v not t0 y Rnn ro,n one pharmacy a small amount of iimn .!r Fj1'IK un,F he had enough catiAA Fi cath of aeveral persons, I anmh ufigisttl F p,:llce had to rder the refuse her poison. let I R police warned 1 at ier taken poison. tiler EEut8 8 he has been own request when the was working wlthlii her ,8e a8 striving to resist it. The her situation, always or if. . A' ; t A 'iwwwC- ' - - . v, i . - - 4 ! i ; r ,1 f ' vy ,iS0p!omrh.mftkC' E fr,enJ- '- i '"e 'fti' i : - t s j . ' tr f 4 ' , 1 K '4 S'- - t A ' r or? ' ? i ' - e. - J ? "t , i 4 ? , ' A ' - Jp5 . , r ambulance was called and as hurried to the hospital, where tupt treatment saved her life. From t evening her attempts to commit Yoide rufc . & - s; sidewalk. dany persons nd her lips r. 'i 4 dashed along' Sixth Is, u ad HAVING THEIR DAY BEING DEVELOPED AT PRESENT THAN AT ANY TIME IN GAME'S HISTORY. LEE RICHMOND r FIRST STAR t Baldwin, Ramsey Great Also Left-Han- and d Kllroy i Were Twirlert Some Who Acquired Fame In tho Nineties 8outh Slingere Instrumental In Landing Pennants. More pitchers have been developed In the last seven or eight years than during all the seasons prior to the last decade. The baseball patron of thinks that pitchers have always been as prominently Identified with the game ns at present, but they have not. In fact, during the early 80's they were looked upon almost as freaks. Lee Richmond ofItrown university was really the first southpaw to attain lie had the goods and prominence, his success with the Worcester team caused other managers to try to dig Their efforts, up offside' throwers. however, were unavailing, as lt was not until soveral seasons later that Lady Baldwin, Toad Ramsey and Mat Kllroy sprang Into prominence on the diamond. Richmond was particularly effective against the left handed batsmen. The three real stars after Richmond were Baldwin, Ramsey and Kllroy. Many think that Ramsey was the greatest southpaw that ever pitched. He was almost unhit table, but had one great fault he could not field his position. His first baseman, knowing that his control was good, often bogged him to pitch the ball Instead of throwing It to first, but Ramsay failed to do so, and so was as likely to throw the ball ten feet over the first sackers head ai he was to got it anywhere near where be could catch It. He was the star pitcher for tbs Louisville team, and created a strikeout record fur a nine inning game that has never been lie whiffed 23 men. Ones equaled, when working against Cleveland in that city be struck out 17 men In nine Innings. They bad four striket in those days, Kllroy was a tower of strength for the old Baltimore team, and in addition to being a great puzzler, was a grand fielder and one of the most skilled men that ever lived In holding the runner close to first base. In fact, lt was almost impossible to steal second on him, so carefully did he watch the sack, and so cleverly did he shoot the ball over, lie was finally eo much feared that the opposition players would wait on the bases to be batted Of course, the balk rules around. were more liberal In those days, so r a had a bigger advantage than at the present time. The" Dreltensteiu Then Theodore began to attract attention in Bt Louts. He proved to be the real goods and pitched for nearly a dec ade at Cincinnati, after being sold by St. Louis. Later he drifted Into the Southern league, pitching Oral for Memphis and Inter for New Or leans. Last year he was used mors in the outfield than In the box. but this year he expects to bn on tbs rubber again. Ills record for servlci is better than that of any olhe southpaw, few of whom last a long as do the righthanders. Others who acquired more or less fame back In the nineties were Ed Vee Willie McGill, WilCushmnn, lie Demmnnn, Pete Dowling. Jerry Then Nops, F.sper and Klobedanz. there were Noodles" Hahn, Cy Seymour, Eddie Dohnny, Doc" Newton and Wiley Platt, who bring the game up to the present century. Nowadays every club has Its quota of pitchers, which consists of anywhere from one to three. The American league has the greatest num ber, and the more famous. In fact only two American lengue pennants have been won without assistance of Chicago got along with southpaws. s In 1900. but In the only following year Wiley Itatt helped out The Atha little, but not much. letics had Plank and Waddell iu 1902, but In 1903 Boston took down the pennant by means of five Young, Dlneen, Iluglie.-- , Winters and Gibson. Jesse Tannehll! was added In 1904 and led the Boston pitchers In victories that year. Plank and Waddell were on the the next year, Job tn Philadelphia while In 1905 "Doc White and Nick Altrock delivered the goods for Chicago. Last season the Detroit chamin pions had a pair of Killian and Slever. Take the National league roster of champions since 1900. In that won out without yenr Brooklyn a southpaw of note. Tho next year Pittsburg took off the championship with Tannehlll helping, while In the year following the Pirates had two Tannehlll and strong southpaws, Doheny. Tannehlll then went to the American lengue, but Pittsburg won again. left-hande- d to-da- y i s i ) I 1 i t Sprj J! i i v '.1 v ' j , i wl From stereograph, First Photograph of coyprlglit, 19t7, ly t'mlerwood suggesflons were made as to amendments, perhaps slight, and my understanding Is that these amendments were subsequently adopted. All the cabinet knew for three or four months before congress convened that this bombshell had been prepared. Neversecret. theless,- It was kept absolutely As Nobody knew anything about lt. Mr. Cleveland himself said, he did not believe In doing public business on the sidewalk. The message that Mr. Cleveland afterwards wrote was prepared by himself Just after be had returned from the an outing. He had gone down river on a flBhlng excursion, and when he got back the message was written,o The occupying him for two days. before It was read to the cabinet wheth-e- r was sent In. I do not remomber asked or ofwere suggestions any condensafered. the message being a note. tion of the very powerful OIney would war that Did you anticipate result from the fessage?" I No I did not think so, because the In was enough did not think there war between controversy to cause a were so close-!the two countries which or allied In blood and business, c"',ld 88 measures J course, such band to taken with the means In were taken trouble prerared In case of but there bv the navy department, nor oppor-tunltmoney nor time wns neither to make any extensive preparations. mes-sag- and lnd-rwood- , CIs veland and His Family Taken N. Y. necessary to send carriages for him and drag him to the meeting. But his popularity was so great that he experienced little difficulty In polling a large vote for mayor. This campaign occurred during a time of political upheaval, when Buffalo was one of the doubtful cities of the state. From the close of the war up to the 90s no one could foretell Just how the municipal elections In Buffalo would turn out. Cleveland was made candidate for governor particularly because of his vigorous administration of the mayor's office. His most conspicuous act was the veto of an ordinance of the council granting a contract for cleaning the Cleveland city to personal friends. regarded this contract as against public policy, and, notwithstanding the adpressure exercised by his closest and measure, the he disapproved visers, attention of by this act attracted the the state. There is not the slightest on doubt that what Mr. Cleveland did that occasion had a greater bearing on his future political career than anything he had done. y FRIEND OF THE PEN. CLEVELAND took a great In pension legislation. ObMU. serving a discriminating attitude, for which was most Important, both tho from and point trcBBury tho public of unblemof view of those veterans to ished records, It was his custom fuels the all and act each with Ihe claim of the beneflcl-rCHURCHGOER. REGULAR A with the greatest care. If ne found fvELAND'S father was a Presby- a flaw In the record be would put a the son was terian minister. When on the back of the ait In his own Rev. Dr. Sun-- . veto the fleeted president handwriting. Cleveland rarely f the First Presbyterian He found bis Ideas flowed betdetermined to Washington In church A con-lecte- d v Cl die-tnie- 3 X at Their Princeton Home. strongly Illustrated during the months following his Inauguration as president, when Washington was crowded with hungry place hunters. Two days before the 4th of March, 1885, about 3'10 Ruffalonlans came to the Capital, marched from the freight depot on Virginia avenue to Odd Fellows' hall on Seventh street, and took, up their quarters In the latter building. This contingent lustily carried out he ostensible purpose of Its visit to "Whoop It up for Grove." The main object of every man, however, was to Becure a Job under the federal government. Their ambitions ranged from collector of Internal revenue down to driver of tho mall wagons. The candidates remained In Washington seven days and then departed without a slnglo plum in their possession. Of that noble baud of 300 none secured an appointment from Mr. Cleveland during either of his administrations. The most conspicuous example, perhaps, of Mr. Cleveland's unwillingness to consider friends for public office was that furnished by the case of the late Daniel M. Ixickwood. Lockwood placed the name of Cleveland before Democratic conventions for mayor, governor and president. As his reward he sought appointment as United States minister at Madrid. He secured enough Indorsements to qualify himself for a cabinet office. Mr. Cleveland had other views, however, with the result that the close friendship between the two men was ruptured, and Mr. Lockwood did not renominate Cleveland In the convention of 1888 The breach was apparently unclosable. but at last Mr. Cleveland tendered Lockwood the posttlon of district at- the next In line. This was a task which only a woman of tfemendoui physical endurance could carry out successfully. At the New Year's re ceptlons, for example, 9,000 person greeted the president and his wife. St that Mrs. Cleveland took 9.000 step and shook hands 9,000 times on each of these occasions. AS FRIEND AND LAWYER. was more of s a social one. He en Joyed few social relations In Buf falo, rarely visiting the houses ol the same time he was friends. most convivial with his male acquaintances. He was fond of playing cards In hts youth and spent most of his time with the boys. As a lawyer he seldom practised in court, and. while never regarded as a close student, he had the facility of grasping a legal problem, which mnde him ltivaluablo as counsel. Ills practice was confined almost altogether to his office, his associates making the arguments In court. CLEVELAND PRESIDENTIAL LOVEMAKING. CCORDINO to a story In circulation at the time, Daniel S. Lamont was the John Alden of Grover Cleveland In connection with the latter's marriage. Lamont was sent by the pret!dut to Buffalo to ask Miss Folsom to marry his chief. There was no "Speak for yourself, John, as Miss Folsom accepted the offer. Miss Folsom, of course, knew her future husband very well, as she had been, his ward, and had come Into frequent and Intimate contact with him ; t I I t i I I a j i t r i, i i ? 4 i d right-hander- rljlit-hander- s Errors Preferred to Bits on Balls. I'd ruthcr see any kind of an error made by our team than to see a pitcher give a baso on balls, says Manngcr Lajole. "Go over the record of our defeats for a season and you'll find that tn half of them the trouble started with a base on halls," ' I f I I |