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Show PREMIER TWIRLER OF NATIONAL LEAGUE REMARKABLE WORK OF AMERICAN. PROFESSORS W AFRICA. Attorney General Is a WASHINGTON. Attorney-Genera- l is an American who never has passed out of the dominion of Uncle Sam and who ha3 registered a vow never to do so. When Mr. Ronaparte accepted a position In President Roosevelts cabinet he made known this limitation on his usefulness and took the place only on condition that his official duties should never oblige him to leave the United States. Just why the attorney general has determined never to visit an alien land no one can say positively, though it is easily surmised that he makes this protest against the way in which his maternal grandmother was treated by the great Corsican. During the lifetime of the elder brother. Col. Jerome Ronaparte, Charles Ronaparte frequently was Invited to Paris by the head of the family, then in his prime, Napoleon III., but he always disdained to notice the invitation to join a family circle which frowned on Ameri. can affiliations. . Stay-at-Ho- k me Mrs. Ronaparte has been a sufferer from a peculiar digestive trouble for many years, and she frequently has been ordered to the German spas fot treatment. Mr. Ronaparte has urged her to go, but has refused to be persuaded into accompanying her. Ag blie is a devoted wife of the old fashioned type who would not appreciate a sojourn in Europe without her husband, Mrs. Ronaparte has been compelled to get what aid she could at Ameiican springs. All the w'orld knows how keenly the indomitable Elizadisappointed beth Patterson was when her only son decided to marry an American, Miss Williams of Baltimore, when she had chosen his princely cousin Charlotte Ronaparte for his consort. Rumor has It that Miss Williams, afterward mother of the present attorney-genera- l of the United States, had reason to know H fee I V jE mother-in-law- MONEY of Mississippi has years with a broken neck and did not know It until the other tay. Not until he went to a physician for treatment for neuralgia, from which he suffered for years, did he learn of his real condition. At the first battle of Franklin, in April, 1863, Mr. Money was a cavalryman In the confederate service. While .riding through the streets he was struck by a bullet that circled around his ribs, doing no other injury. The shock was such that Mr. Money was thrown from his horse and struck on his head. Being helpless he was captured and taken within the federal lines. He did not ask for hospital treatment, was exchanged later, rejoined his troop and fought until the war closed. Years passed and Mr. Money en- - - the ordinary thing to say wife of a politician Is his adviser. The politician likes to have it said, for there is a sort of sentiment which attaches to it which appeals to the people. The statement is not always true, but in the case of Senator and Mrs. LaFollette of Wisconsin it is, for Mrs. LaFollette is a keen judge of is quite IT that the conditions. Clear in mind and sound in judgment, it was Mrs. LaFollette who her husband to choose law and politics and to give over all idea pur-suade- d Famous Battle of Manila Bay Recalled MERRY echo of the shot which opened the battle of Manila Ilay was heard at the Raleigh hotel the other evening when Admiral Dewey and many of his officers gathered to celebrate with a banquet the tenth anniversary of the famous fight. The admiral cut a large "victory cake as calmly as he cut the cable a decade ago and the corks popped not so loudly, but as continuously as the guns popped at the Spanish fleet and with happier results. Not all the officers who won distinction at Manila was at the gathering. Grldley, who fired when he was ready, and several others have answered the salute of death, and a number are scattered around the world on active duty, but enough were In Washington to make the reunion a striking one. Chief among these present was Admiral Dewey. Another noted figure A was Rear Admiral Coghlan, who won much fame at Manila and more In the Hoch der Kaiser Incident. Other rear admirals who attended were Lamberton, Walker and Ford. With them were Medical Director Wise, Pay Director Galt, Representative Loud ol Michigan, who was assistant paymas ter on the McCullough; Lieutenant Commanders Brady, Bodderich, Price Irwin, Scott, Kavanagh, Butler and Doddridge; Col. Berryman, U, S. M. C and Pay Inspectors Martin and Price When he entered the harbor of Mar nila Dewey's fleet consisted of his flagship, the Olympia, commanded by Capt. C. V. Gridley; the Baltimore, Capt. N. M. Dyer; the Raleigh, Capt. J. B. Coghlan; the Boston, Capt. F. Wilder; the small cruiser Concord, Commander A. Walker; the gunboat Petrel, Commander E. F. Woody, and the revenue cutter Hugh McCulloch. Railroad China Pays. In 1906 the receipts of the ShanRailroad tung (China) Company amounted to $1,010,706, and expenses to $424,870, and a 4V4 per cent, dividend was paid to stockholders. The passenger rates are 2.5 cents first class, 1.3 cents second class, and .4 of a cent gold third class. In 4 V- - ' t y w- :..4 . - , v EXCAVATORS BENDING OVER THE &AW OE ONE OE THE JWCg'STRM, ELEPHANTS - v A. - ' z x r fc x r 2 ' E & k, s Vvs - - - v , h E 4 X'jl ; , a ''it J1 t! r Christy Mathewson of the New York National league team is generally to be the greatest pitcher In baseball at the present day. Mathewthe National league flag for his team In 1905, and then aided matedefeating the Philadelphia Athletics for the worlds championship. grand shape this season. Y conceded son won rially in He is in wr - - 1 I ... , i- J 7 5 sjf A 4. '' 5 ' X I x, S ' y.v. 4?n w EIGHTH SEASON OF THE SQUEEZE THREE I LEAGUE OPENED , 's. ? yy 4r ' . V- -ir I PPOEEcSSOP ',' r .' , . 4 Oi5BORTL AND TJR ITJpSAP. ZEUGT QDQ2V VAZSEY'. Ever since the discovery of remains of prehistoric animals In the Fayum desert in 1901 made North Africa the storm center of paleontology, men of science have been seeking to exhaust the secrets of that region, and to solve the problems of origin which the Fayum fossils suggested. By 1905 Mr. Beadnell, accompanied by Dr. Andrews of the British museum, had proved that Africa, far from being a continent parasitic upon Europe, was a partly dependent, but chiefly independent, center of a highly varied life, a great breeding place, not only of animals which subsequently wandered Into Europe, but of animals belonging to types hitherto unknown. Before the work of Dr. Andrews had been even begun, Prof. Henry Fairfield Osborn of the American Museum of - ', - IN VhE were and and they had a pair of front teeth as large as tusks, probably foi defense against the actively running carnivora of the period. The Arsln oitheres were one exception, and defended themselves by sharply pointed horns. Two million years ago the Mediterranean bordered on Eocene Libya, and was Inhabited by whales known as the Zeuglodons, remains of which have been found in every part of the Fayum region. These creatures were extraordinarily long and snakelike, and were far more slender In body than any existing whale. Among other discoveries made In Eocene Libya are remains which go to prove that the Sirenia, or represent an aquatic from the very stock which gave rise to the elephant. This kinship was surmised by de Blainville long before Darwin, and It has now been confirmed by the ex traordinary resemblance between the most ancient the Eotherium and the most ancient of the elephants the Moerltherlum. The scene of the researches, El Fay um, a name derived from the ancient Egyptian word Phiom, meaning the lake, lies 50 miles southwest of Cairo and is the fertile alluvial bottom of 8 great natural depression, or basin, en riched by the Nile sediments, whlct have poured for ages into a large nat ural lake of late geological times, anc subsequently into the more contract ed Lake Moeris of the Ptolemies. The brackish lake named Birketel Qurun which bounds the Fayum tc the north-wes- t is the vestigial remnam of these two great sheets of fresh wa ter. It lies 130 feet below and receives such a meager overflow from the vast Irrigation system of th Fayum plains that it Is constantly dl mlnishing in extent and increasing li animals short-foote- slow-moving- d , sea-cow- off-sho- Where the Excavations Made. Are Being Natural History had prophesied that the original home of the elephants and of several other great groups would be found to be In Africa. These animals, he believed, In spite of the contrary opinion of science, had Invaded Europe, Asia and North America from Africa. The American museum authorities, so rich In the remains of the great monsters of their own country, could not fall to be Interested In the Fayum discoveries, and Prof. Osborn longed to fit out an expedition to discover. If possible, and bring back to the New York treasure-housthe African ancestors of the vast creatures which once inhabited the American continent. In due time the plan became an accomplished fact; the Egyptian government, In the person of Lord Cromer, gave the American explorers every help in its power, and Trof. Osborn and his assistants went to work. As their caravan crossed the desert, It amused Mr. Osborn to think that he was going with camels, the gift of the western American plains, to bring back the remains of elephants, which were the gift of Africa to all the other continents. At first, the results of the American Museum's search were disappointing, but after ten days the explorers were rewarded with the jaws and teeth of the ancestral elephant which the expedition chiefly desired, and a fortnight later they found a complete skull of the Palaeomastodon, belonging to the second stage of the evolution of the elephant. A week later, the skull of a Moerltherlum (the beast of Lake Moeris) came to light, and Mr. Osborn knew that he had found the representative of the first distinctive stage In the evolution of the elephant. Twenty-sevespecies of land animals were discovered by the Egyptian survey, and now several new animals were discovered by the American expert! lion. These include the giant the smaller and larger ancestral elephants, the large and small and certain pig like With two exceptions, all these e n rock-conie- anl-jnal- sea-lev- salinity. The rich historical associations o the northerly shores of these anclen and modern reservoirs begin with th Palaeolithic They Include the irrigation works of Amenemhat I. 2200 B. C.; they cover the rise ant fall of populous Greek and Romai cities, now represented by the ruint known as Dime and Mushlm. But far far back of this period of man, th discoveries of the survey on the north erly shores of these same lakes revea the presence of a world of life so an clent that the pyramids seem as o yesterday, of a period when the MedI terranean shores were 140 miles soutl of their present boundaries, whet Mother Nile herself, which impressei us as among the oldest of rivers, hat not come Into existence. Here anothe and much older river system pouret Its sandy deposits Into the ancestra flint-maker- Mediterranean, the ancient orlglna life of Africa found Its burial-placli the shifting sands, and has lain foi perhaps two million of years awaitlnj the evolution of man, and finally thi development In man of the spirit o Inquiry and exploration. e Growth of German Marine. On January 14, 1906 (Dally Consulat and Trade Reports), ope of the Ger man steamship lines owned and lp crated 160 ocean steamships of 818, 000 total gross registered tonnage, em This com ploying 12,000 persons. pany Is now building seven, steam ships of 62,000 aggregate gross regls ter tonnage. Its total tonnage ex ceeds that of the entire seagoing mer chant marine of each of the following countries: Spain, Holland, Italy, Rus sla and Sweden. The German ex port'trade has been largely proinotec by the great fleet of this one com pany. PLAY KILLED BY UMPIRES RULING Hard to Determine Relative Strength of Teams at Present Letter to Club Owners. Decision of OLoughtin In Recent Game at Detroit Practically Put It Out of Existence. The eighth annual season of the I league opened a few days ago with ceremonies at Bloomington, Decatur, Cedar Rapids and Dubuque. At the latter city Charles A. Comiskey and White Sox rooters from Chicago were the feature of the opening. Comiskey pitched the first ball and President Loftus was behind the bat to receive It. There was the usual parade, headed by the White Sox rooters and their band, followed by the ball teams and city and county officials. It Is difficult at present to determine the relative playing strength of the various teams, but the consensus of opinion among the unbiased critics around the circuit Is that Decatur, Springfield and Peoria will be the strongest contenders for the pennant, as was the case last year. Nearly all the teams have lost strong players by draft or sale, but just how the loss of these men will affect the playing strength cannot be positively told until the season Is Umpire Silk OLoughlin made a ruling in a recent game at Detroit be tween the home team and the White Sox which practically puts the squeeze play out of existence. Dougherty started to steal home in the third inning while Siever was standing on the rubber ready to deliver the ball to the plate. As soon as Pat started In Payne ran up in front of Davis and caught the ball, preventing George taking a Bwlng at It. Fielder Jones declared he had been Interfered with, but OLoughlins ruling was that as long as Siever had not started to wind up his delivery he had a right to throw the ball To the plate to stop a runner, the same as he had to throw to first or any other base. Rule 31 of the playing rules describes a fair ball as any ball delivered to the plate while the pitcher Is standing on the rubber and the hall Is over the plate. Any fairly deliv ered ball must be called a strike. An unfairly delivered ball is a ball that li delivered to the plate which does no' come over the plate and the umpin must call It a ball. Manager Jones declared that anj ball delivered while the pitcher L standing on the rubber Is either a bal or a strike, and that the catcher hai no right to run up on the battei and prevent him taking a swing. Ac cording to the ruling made by OLoughlln the squeeze play is practl rally killed, because the runner migh' start before the pitcher winds up, al though he is on the rubber ready tfi deliver the ball. The only way a pitcher can prevent a man stealing from third to hom after he is on the rubber ready to pitch is for him to step back off th rubber and throw to the plate, said Jones. After a pitcher is on the rub her and delivers the ball to the plate It is either a ball or a strike, and th rules explicitly state that. When s batter is on the plate ho would have his back turned to third base and he would be unable to seo that the runner was coming In, and if he swung on the ball he would bo out for interference with the ball acording to the ruling made by OLoughlin. The batter would be un able to determine whether the pitcher intended to pitch or throw the bal to the catcher to prevent the runnel stealing. OLoughlin declares the play ha been ruled on by President Johnson If Siever had started to wind up foi his delivery before Pat started, tho play would have been all right. Three-- sea-co- e cf a stage career. The wife the senior senator from the Badger state met the man who became her .husband at the University of Wisconsin. She was Miss Belle Case, and her intellectual attainments first attracted Mr. LaFollette. A story told of their student days is as follows: neglect. ' '' ,' A c w ? - LaFollettes Wife a Real Help to Him Mr. LaFolIettes great gift was that of oratory. He tried for all the prizes in sight, and had the air of a man who thought he could win. Miss Case had some oratorical talents of her own, and began to cultivate them early and late. She won in the end, for the special prize for oratory at graduation came to her and not to the man who later became her husband. It was not long, however, before the would-bwinner of the prize won the winner, and they were married short ly after their graduation from the uni verslty In 1879. Mrs. LaFollette is very domestic and the social life at Washington hai little or no attraction for her. She spends much of her time In works o: charity and education. When her husband wa3 elected tc congress Mrs. LaFollette spent hei first winter in Washington taking t course in the law school of the George Washington university. Should if ever happen to be the part of this Wis consin womans duty to aid her hus baud in his campaign for the presl dency, it is said he will have at hie command assistance he will In no wise i s Senators Neck Broken 35 Years Ago SENATOR . e J s tr being the only American, and he is so deep dyed in his love of his native country that he will not leave her soil even for a brief visit. He went to New York, osteopathy. accompanied. by his son. Almost the doctor's first remark was: "Why, senator, you have had your neck broken. I would Bay you were thrown from a horse and sustained the broken neck. "That Is just exactly what did happen," replied Senator Money, recalling the Injury at Franklin. "I can cure your neck, said the physician; "It will require but a moments time. The osteopath laid the senator on a table, took hold of the misplaced vertebra with both hands and put It into proper position. The physician told Senator Money that he must take precautions until the weakened muscles regained their normal strength. He was cautioned not to turn his head in looking at anything, but to move his entire body These instructions were observed and the neck apparently became as strong as It was 35 years before the operation. Vv j - & f s tered the senate. Neuralgia had taken a firm hold of him and his eyesight had grown so bad as to approximate blindness. lie was advised to try ' Tj e sentiher august ments regarding her. Charles Bonaparte emphasizes the fact that he at least of the American branch of the great Corsicans family is proud of of $ - j j( j . , - ' well advanced. Bloomington appears to be much stronger than last year, and this Is also true of Dubuque. Cedar Rapids, Rock Island and Clinton are uncertain, due to extensive changes. Clinton has a new manager, Charles Beulow, and It Is believed by the patrons there that he will be able to get results this year better than those Df last season. Rock Island has lost Himes, OLeary, Vandine and Wanner, four of the best men in the league. The management .here believes, however, that the team will make a creditable showing. President Loftus has Issued the following letter to the presidents of the various clubs of the league; I want the presidents of all clubs a assist me In giving the public good 3lean baseball. If you do the success )f the league Is assured, as the American people are clamoring for good and :lean amusements, so start your organization on a good foundation. I on you Instructing your managers and captains to give the umpire a square deal, and when he makes a decision to consider It final, as he Is the sole judge of the play, and when he makes a decision no argument can make him change It. The successful men in business adhere to clean methods. Why not In the great national in-i- game? If the umpire gives . a decision against your club do not imagine he wants to rob you; he give the as he sees It Do not wake me up at midnight with a telegram stating that the umpire Is rotten. He will keep until morning. Write me a letter the next day, after the heat of the battle, and let me know If you think he Is incompetent The mall is fast enough for me to hear bad news. I have been connected with baseball for over 30 years and I have never met a dishonest umpire, hut have seen awful bad ones. .. Instruct your captains to make your clubs more lively on the ball field, as the patrons of the game like quick action. , . right-hande-d Corbett to Pitch for Denver. Joe Corbett, a brother of James J Corbett, who pitched the Baltimore team Into the championship of the Na tlonal league on several occasions and then retired from baseball be cause he and Manager Ed Hanlof could not agree upon terms, will slgj with the Denver Western league team He has been taking splendid care oi himself. At present he Is engaged li business In San Francisco, but Broth er Jim has Induced him to join Derive about June 10. Four New First Basemen. Four new first sackers make their bow to American association baseball Falkenberg Is Suspended. fans this season. They are Lister of Fred Falkenberg, the Washlngtoi Toledo, Rowan of St Paul, Freeman of has been suspended by Presl Minneapolis and Brown of Milwau- pitcher, dent B. B. Johnson of the Amerlcai kee. The veterans are Klhm, Carr, Some time ago Falkenberi Sullivan and Beckley. The Indications league. t are that the newcomers will be forced was with the Harrisburg league team and received about $25 to travel a mighty fast pace to keep In advance money from that club tha their heads above water. he never earned. The national com mission ordered him to pay the money Columbus Gets Pitcher Harris. back, but he has not complied with tbs Joe Harris, the Boston American order. As a result he was suspender pitcher, has been released to the Co- from hts league uni he squares him lumbus American association team. Belt with Harrisburg, i Trl-Sta- 11 |