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Show - I - t L.D Correspondent Tells of Most Terrible Scenes of the War Michigan Overwhelmed Purdue. 1 l.t itr icli r Mihig.m iron ibikmiw took pl.u e whin the M icing. i ii March ui due n e t imUii 1' 11 til, tiling 51 to lh spit mint Mull, an ,110101 ti am wliu h In rt cord was half loin posed mailt ..i i ati"-- 1 National League News. I i a. h i't week sjgned a rntsi,,,, (imnact without a murmur. ) lit it i l,.nanl Shat pc, of West ! Ik sit i a ignttl a Boston contract 'as! wet k The Pit (shmg club has transferred calc her Art her and outfielder Cassidy u the Atlanta club Fred Tenney has at last consented to play Snnday games for Boston. Roy- - Thomas of the Phillies, remains to fall into line on this question. In addition to the unknown Clyde McEwen Manager McGraw of the Giants has signed Inflelder Robert Hall who played with the Pbllllti part of laat season Charley Bennett, the great catcher of a few years ago, who lost both hla feet in a railway accident In 1894, does not agree with people who say the game is faster than it waa In hla time. The Pittsburg CTnb has received the contract of Homer Hlllbrand, now a South Dakota, ranchman, as catcher fot the coming season. Hlllbrand la one of the famous brothers, an athletic reproduction of Doe Hlllbrand, the Prince pitcher. of catcher John J. War-nThe for" $500 extra compensation from the New York club for coaching young has been referred pitchers last sea-o- n to the National League by the National Commission, which holda that the player should st appeal to the league of which he Is a member. T Min v v -- will cur forget sight of th wounded babies tn anus, the mothers shot accidentally while nursing their children and the boys, scarce able to toddle, cut down b shrapnel Are No scene stands out more vividly than the horrors of Rice Cake Hill, the Splon Kop of Manchuria A bat tie raged around this for nearly a week, and ihe hill was taken and retaken by either side At the end It was a horrible bhambles, gorged with blood. I was with Gen Kuroki's army when it mad its quick move ardund Liaoyang and sought to cut off Kouro-patkln'- s the- - Jang retreat ', We found ourselves held up bv the Russians on three for tided hills, and our troops at once set out to attack the central defence. Six batteries of Japanese artillery, standing out boldly on a ridge of the taller, engaged the Russians on the hills The heavens seemed covered with bursting shells as with a curtain. The Russians of fired thousands rounds in tep'j. When the full chorus of artillery began, and each second had Its racking explosion, we held our breath. Taut nerves and electrified brains pictured the scene in front. ' My God my God'" hurst from the lips of a hardened fighter at my side "Can a man be left alive?" Yet when the Russians made momentary pause, quick reply came First one gun spoke, then came a sue cession of flashes, and our gunners. Jumping out of the narrow pits they had dug for shelter places, poured out round upon round The sun sank behind the heavens. a tremendous crackle, Suddenly caused by thousands of Infantry volley firing, struck our ears, and the lines of spitting brightness showed that our infantry attack oq the central hill had begun. Our solders, who had been creeping closer through the millet. rushed the village at the foot of the hill, and prepared to ascend. There were gullies up one side of the hill, through which they could creep, but they were greeted with o heavy a fire that even the fearless Japanese soldiers paused Then their officers sprang up. One, with drawn sword, rushed where the firing was thickest, shouting before he fell: "Now Is the time to die for the Emperor!" Others took up the cry, and the whole body of men moved for- - "What could we do?" the soldiers asked me afterwards, when telling me What could we do but of their rush follow when otir officer's led the way? On the Russian side heating drums hade the nten stand ast, on the Japanese, bugle calls encouraged advance Shouts of exultation, of en- WANTED TO HELP HIM OUT, Believer in Health Fad Victim of Humiliating Mistake. A certain man well known in local real estate circles recently became a convert of the physical culture craze, in addition to certain prescribed exercises. he was made to believe that the wearing of an overcoat was merely a matter of habit and that any healthy being should be ashamed to be seen with one on His three overd coats (one of them a handsome garment) were therefore laid aside, and much to his surprise he exOne no inconvenience. perienced morning, as he sallied forth, he made a mental note of the fact that the mercury was exceedingly low, while a light snow was falling. Nothing daunted, however, he walked briskly on Ar he was crossing a small street a short distance from his place of business, he was suddenly accosted bv a rather seedy looking Individual, who, with a glance, eyed him from head to foot and then, with the air of a confidence man, exclaimed. a Say. pard, do you want to buy pawn ticket for a good overcoat? Pniladelphia Ledger. fur-line- Sense and Figures. The difference between common sense and arithmetic was illustrated In a remark which Tommy Jones who is not exceptionally bright, but Just a common, natural boy made in his rlass at school the other day. It was the lesson in mental arithmetic. The teacher asked Willie Smith: "Which would you rather have. Willie, half an apple or of an apple?' Wouldn't make any difference," said Willie. "Why not?" eight-sixteent- "Eight-sixteenth- s and one-hal- f are all the same. Jones, who At this reply Tommy was several steps lower' down the The teachclass, sniffed 'scornfully. him. er heard Well. Tommy. said he, "don't you agree with Willie?" Ida good - - "No, sir," said Tommy. an apple. deal rather have one-hal- f And why. please More Juice. Cut up half an apple and Into half the Juicedolng ft." r elgbt-slxteent- J'd le iht hill We h Id the hill all dav our sol. (tiers digging holes in the earth and croud tng in them fot shelter from darknes the pouting shell fire drew neat the sound of nni'ie swept across tie valle) The Japaiese look ed up and saw on the opposite hill massed Russian bands of musicians assembled and blaring out, (tauntingly and defiantly the Russian national anthem. The Japanese heard urdismay-ed- . They had no bands but they assembled their buglers, and with equal defiance, played bark the Japanese national air Darkness fell The Japanese soldiers crept from their gullies and lined the trenches round the hill Suddenly, right from the ground immediately in front of their trenches lights flashed out, soldiers jumped to their feet to As they rose bombs fire downward were thrown at them exploding with horrible effect wherever they touched The Russian pioneers throwing away their lives for their fatherland, had crawled right up tinder the trenches with infinite care, and had hurled hand grenades into the Japanese line. The Japanese front was shaken: then came the pouring ranhb of the Russian storming party, and a fight on the lull followed, last tng for seven hours Pen fails to convey the slightest impression of the horrors of that time An examination of the weapons and dress left on the field might do some, thing Here were the rifles splintered at the magazine-caswhere a soldier had been shot as he ratbed his weapon to fire Here were others with shattered stocks, here bent bayonets, riddled hats, drums, with hole through and across them, showing where bullets had gone. -The Japanese rallied and a the Russians advanced on their second line they met them with a steady fire. Line after line of Russians fell, aa though the Angel of Death had drawn a straight furrow. The ground be came, and remained for many day after, literally soaked with blood. Now men were filing at tine another a within a few yarda; now did Work more deadly than bullets. k In the end the. Russians the hill, but they could not hold it, for their army was retiring all along the rest of the line. A few hours later I stood on the hifl. The sickly smell of the dead was in the air. Blood was everywhere. In the valleys below, thick, nauseating smoke was pouring tip from the points where the Japanese were heaping their own dead and burning them As 1 gazed at the lines of the dead I realized that this was the culmination of the horrors of war. hand-to-han- d e to the various grounds if thi I In Ian is t. vest !hu.Ks l t f m T i e demurrer to Km kf. d s u f. I A injunction to rtstra'n tl hue offlu is from tjc tl tiunchise to Peor.a wa uigutd in he Circuit Court at Bloomington 111 teb )s' Judge Mevtrs iistaiii d the fcmurrer He held that Rotkfonl did at have any proierty rights that the Ittlon of the St meeting in ex not in violation Idling Rockford t a contract, and that the league d! ctors acted within their rights, League Newt. .Several Kitty players of 1904 will 8 to the big leagues (his year Fans Ve promised for this season a grade ball equal to that iu leagues of kgher classification John S. Rays record and reputation 8 a manager and player make him to the Princeton club, and te will doubtless make that city one of the K 1 T League the stand-byIt is thought by those interested hat every city in the K I T this sea-w ill make money Henderson last ha son lost nothing, and is this year tetter prepared financially and artistl-ttll(L-- tight clubs this 8 tv in Uit; tran-- i -- trt shun u On! tirsls iimi secoui s counted, with twtlve nun on eui h team, and Put due was aitual'y smothered with out a point In all the running events The Mulligan athlites run sometimes good indoor timo, but always fin lied laughing and full of reserve t i Han-tcriin- g -- one 11 I 1 1 1 1 Schutt Beats Englishmen. d iitmirMtv Sit UI .polls at Warren Libs Schutt, RliOiU s .hidur irnm fnrneli won the time mile run in At tin hi Ox-fot- unl-ersit- y, 04 1 5 Sehutt won bv five vards from II. Godbv the winner of the two-milevent at the Oxford Cambridge-Har-varYale games of 1904 e d Many Nations to Compete. Several nations will be represented the lawn tennis contest for tho Dwight Davis international challenge cup when the matches are played at Wimbledon, England, during the Utter part of June or the first of July. The competing nations are the United Buffalo's Harness Stakes. The eatly closing purses for the States, Australia. Delgiuro, France, grand circuit meeting at Buffalo this am! probably Germany The summer have been announced Empire State, a $10 100 purse for 2' 10 trotters, is the principal event Others announced are The Genesee Hotel, for 3 year-ol- K.-l.-- s d n trotters, $1 000 Hotel for The ters, y 2 17 trot- $2.00(1 The Liquid Veneer, for 3 year-olpacers, $1,000 Iroquois Hotel, for 2 17 pacers, $2, d ei s Eddie Kolb, manager of the base ball club, has announced te players he has so far signed and They are I.ee Lemon of Ander-o- n Iddie Hugg oi Cincinnati, catchers; Frank McMUlen of Pleasantville. Pa., tnd Luke Duffy of Madison, twirlers; Fred Schmelts of Toledo, short: with American League Notes. Jeorge Wilkinson, forme-i- y Crini'-hasigned a Boston contract Marion, first, John Blerkortte of last week second; Fred Young of the Bill Conghltn is to be made captain fnstate League, third, Louis Barbour If San Antonio, left, and Preston of of the Detroit Tigers. Shortstop Turner last week came to lushvllle, center. Kolb will likely lay right the Cleveland clubs terms. Pitcher George Winters may. It la Central League Chatter. said, sign with the Lancaster (Pa.) The Evansville Club has signed la club Jess Tannehtll has sent word to lelder Jask Bonner of DrlftoB, Pa. Vln-tinne- OOP. The Dominion of Canada, for 2 08 pacers, $5,000. All these events will be decided by Ithe three heat method, which was ried so successfully last year. Entries close on April 6. Predicts Big Year in Archery. call to arms has been made to the archers of the country by Dr. Ed ward B. Weston, Chicago, who Is the president of the National Archery as Dr. Weston, in a circular soclation. THOMAS L (T. OKRMAUia. greeting to the devotees of archery A leading member of the Unlveraity thioughout the country, urges all archers to begin practice as early In of Wisconsin swimming team la a the spring as poslble, and each mem' American Indian. Hla ber of the association la exhorted to name is Thomas L. St. Germaine and bring at least one novice to thd an be la an earnest, unassuming young nual meeting, which will be held ber man of much strength. He waa a subAug. 15, 16, 17. stitute member of the unlveraity footFrom the Impetus which archery re- ball team last fall, playing nt guard ceived at the Olympian games at 8L and tackle. Much la expected of bin Louis last summer Dr. Weston pre- on tbe gridiron next fall nnleaa Conch dicts the most successful season Pbil King dislike blm. known to the association this year. ' McCoy Ratiroa Again. Jiu Jltau Beaten Again. Kid McCoy baa been offered n The Japanese style of wrestling re- match with Hugo Kelly of Chicago by ceived another Setback at, Baltimore Andy' Mulligan of the Whittington March 8 when Columbus, the champiPark Athletic club of Hot Springs. on featherweight wrestler, defeated McCoy promptly declined tbe offer, Hako, the Jiu jltau champion. Colum saying be baa quit the ring for good, bus was but four pounds heavier than and In tbe future will cqnfine bla athlf opponent, wno wore a kimono. tention to betting on the races. The local boy won the first fall hold In twelve mln with a , Pay Well for Players. utes Hako took the second with' a Football advlcea from England have kimono throat hold In eight minutes It that tbe Mlddlesborough club baa xml Columbus In the third went at his bought the release or transfer of n opponent In American style and after fot ward player named Common, (Tom four minutes had the Japanese dnyn Sunderland, at what Is said to be a The contest was to be best three falls record for an English league transtn five, but the Jap quit, admitting fer, $5,000. Cbmmon was sold three that he was a beaten man. years ago for $1,500. l, A re-too- TOAST ALWAYS for the slower, watting rings tii round straight-1- 1 m to nt v Mi rouch is a side '1 r touch an get to p wiik tasii r with both hands ' Th.it In the three field events, the high Jump, shot put and pole vault, Michigan had only one entry apiece, aud here Purdues score of ten points was Purmade with two second places due also got a tie for first place In the pole vault rifle-stock- ONE I iroi.ih gum half-Nelso- POPULAR. To Our Mothers" a Sentiment Everywhere Appreciated. In all laughter and in all joyousness and song, there is one sentiment which invariably takes precedence, one sentimenf In which all men join. It matters not who the men may be nor in what land they are, the toast To Our Mothera" brings every man to his feet and his P77UP. heart leaps in response, for as Mark Third Baseman of the Twain Bays: We haven't all had the good fortune to be ladles; we have not all been generals, or poets, or Bostonians not to worry about hi statesmen: but when the toasts work condition. down to the babies we stand on comThe White Sox started for New Ormon ground for we've all been baleans on March 7, under the wing of bies", and because of this we can join Manager Fielder Jones lh a toast to our mothers Of these Reports frutijOlot Springs say that there have been many, but the Earl Moore Is showing his 1903 form est circulation has been won by this. again in his early workouts. Lou CYiger has won a five weeks' W have toasted oui swoethiarta. Oui frt ndi and out wlxe. tussle with grip, hut will be unanle Wo hivo toasted taih other to join the Boston Americans in the Wishing all merry Ihe. South Don t frown hn I tell you Ihts toast heat all others. Manager Watkins stakes bis repu But drink om moie toast, boy tat ton a a Judge of ball players that A toast to Our Mother' Pitcher Pelty wil) make good for St Baltimore Sun. Louis this season. Ganzelasserts that he has an agreeAn Expentivc Bouquet. ment with President Farrell, of the Chamberlain Is Joseph known to that 'will permit him to Highlanders, have other lnteresfs than protection. He has long been a collector of or- play at Grand Rapids. Pitcher Owen, of the White Sox, chids, his collection being otll of the finest in the world. During a recent has been assisting Jack McAllister In visit to Paris he Baw a rare orchid, coaching the University of Michigan the duplicate of Which he had added baseball candidates. to his collection with the idea that It Three-- I League' Tips. was the only one of Its kind in the of George Harms by The signing world He asked the price of the Cedar Rapids tor first baseman is the flower and was told 20,000f. Mr. Chamberlain instantly paid the mon- first announcement by the Rabbits of of this year's team. the make-uey. and then, throwing the flower on the floqr, ground it to plecea with hla Harms was formerly with "Omaha. reManager Donnelly of Springfield foot. ceived word las: week that Buck had reconsidered his determinaTomato Packing States. he In marked contradistinction to the tion to give up the diamond, and will be found on seebnd, as vsual, phenomena! corn pack of the year the with the Capital City team. quantity of tomatoes packed in 1904 dates have been anshows a decrease of about 16 per cent, nounced for Dubuque, aa follows: compared with the previous year's April 8 and 9, Milwaukee at Dubuque; output The toUl number of cases 15 and 16, Sioux City at Dubuque; for the United States is placed at " 23, Dubuque at Waterloo, and 8.671,000. Maryland lead among in29 and 30, Waterto at Dubuque. April dividual state records with nearly Aa a result of a conference between 8,600 ,0O0 cases. Indiana rmnka second, Holland and Vice President with little more than 1,000.000, and President the latter of Davenport, the Hayea, r Jsew Jersey third, with 800,003. leaf up will conduct a tew ay stem of love-makin- p Eb-rig- Ante-seaso- 22-tn- d Harvard and Penn Nov. 11. Marshall Wins Series. and Harvard have Pennsylvania Frank J. Marshall of Brooklyn took practically agreed upon Ndv. 11 for the, eighth game In the chesa match their annual football game this year. with D. Janowskl of Paris, thus winThe Pennsylvania schedule had been ning the contest. The final score waa: made out with Nov. 4 as the date Marshall, 8; Janowskl, 5; drawn, 4. but Harvard wrote asking for a week Marshall intends playing at various later, which had been the time for European cltlea before returning te some years, and Pennsylvania did not tbe United States. object. The change will require a shotting Will Race Locomotiva. of other dates, most important being C. S. Henshaw, the the Columbia game, which was set for automoblUst, Is making preparations 72ZY' Nov. 18, and will now have to be on lot a race between a huge locomotiva Nov. 25 or Oct. 28. and himself In an auto. Henshaws New York (N. L.) Club. plan Is to run lhe race next year or sooner, if possible, at the Ormond The Central League teams will cut beach tournament. down to thirteen men after June 1 this number including a playing man Fast Trotter Changes Hands. ager. Fred Cline of Indianapolis has sold to Murray Hone, Memphis, Tenn., preJimmy Cameron, the half bat k of the Marlon Polo club, has signed for sumably for F. O. Jones, game city, an infield on the Springfield the Graydou gelding, Choir Boy, (C.) club. 2:17(4, for $5,000 Choir Boy Is looked The latest Davton plavir to jump upon as a coming sensational trotter. the fence is said to be Earl Beverly who la reported to have signed with Greek Enters St. Louis Marathon. the Lancaster milt pendent team lands I) Lantbrackl. aged 22, a Mr. Mautner of Fort Wavne. fried native of Greece, who has lived la to land a Columbus catcher of the St Louis for some time, has entered name of Simon for the Grand Rapid for the Marathon race, to be held team, but the Peoria elub had already there the first Saturday In May. Thla engaged him. n a lies the eighteenth entry. has signed "Dutch" Wheeling Coight, with South Bend last season Michigan to Meet. Pennsylvania. and he and Ben Wilson of Cincinnati, reMichigan 111 send a four-milwill have to settle the second base lay team to the Pennsylvania meet position between t h m next month, and may enter four other More than a majority of the league events, two ot which, the shot put and presidents have gone on record the pole vault, are practically settled against Increasing the salary limit This Frenchman is a skillful lad uion already. ( from fl.200. It is practically assured, has a fine pair of hands and knows too, that there will be no change in well how to be patient on a horse Iowa's Baseball Schedule. the limit to 12 men. Tlie plajlng schedule of the Iowa back This is one of the main points Baseball league was given out March of his successful career. Western Association Facts. 6 It embraces 126 games. The season opens May 4 and closes SepL 1L Joseph. B. Roe of Sedalia has notl-- I Kramer to Rldo Abroad. cd President Shively that the sched-Frank L. Kramer, the national Tbe northern clubs open In the southle that the schedule upon which he champion bicycle rider, has sailed ern cities. as been working is complete. This for Paris. He Is to appear on the e schedule wa adopted at a French courses during April, May and Bowker Not Coming. meeting of the association on March June and the early part of July. According to a cablegram received 9. .The season will open April 29. Returning about the middle of July, from Manager Bettlnson of the NaPresident Shively of the Western he will follow the national cycle cir- tional Sporting club of London, Jem Association has gotten together a cuit While racing on the foreign Bowker has no Intention of leaving Compact circuit of fast growing cities. tracks Kramer will meet the fleeteat England. Their relative xlxe in population, riders of England and France. to latest authorities, 'are as Mias Saitonatal! a Golf Champion. ft. Hows: Mis Rosmon Saltonstall of Boston Has to Quit Hit Crouch. Topeka. 40,0fHJ ; Joplin 1 find that tn Wichita, 35,009; Springfield, fighting I won the finals for the women's golf Oklahoma City, 3",000; Leaven- have to come up out of my crouch, championship of southern California. d Sh ia a cousin of Miss Alice Rooseworth, 25,000; Guthrie. 20,000; Seeys Eddie Hanlon. "Tbe da lin, 20,000. game is fast from tbe jump, and tbt velt , well-know- n po-iti- -- e d.uscnyfcvr 1 85,-OC- 82,-90- 0; d |