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Show vr i V "T' BASE BALL MATTERS. Michigan avenue. Mr Burns does eot profrw to know much about the hall business, but associated with him Is George Stillings, a man who has had years ef experience on the diamond, both as a player end manner, a man who is admittedly one of the The floycre of Ik. X. Bettor Xm beet leaders in, tbs American league, rwwl Do Hot kml I bo Old Om a splendid Judge of young players and Hotter Atteodooco to Amf Kwyrt a known developer of talent That is Ktod. sufficient to warrant the prediction that Detroit will have a bail team Buck Ewing does not think (bat the this season. Sporting Life. players of a y are any better than the men who used to work oa the Skoteb of Fltrh.r Homy. diamond la year cone by. Not long of the pitchErwin K. Harvey.-on- e made the Hollowing remark er- of hji Chicago club, was born in ego-b- e n this subject: "1 was asked a ques. Saratoga, Santa Clara county, Cal., Dob th other day which is frequently on January 5, 1878. In April, 1897, put by the newer generation to those Harvey secured hi Orel professional who have been la the game a good engagement with the Minneapolis many year. It was whether th play- team of the Western League. From ers of are better as a general Minneapolis he went to Peoria, where rale than those of 15 or 29 years ago. he remained Until August, when the To this I must emphatically rfyljr.no. W'estern Association disbanded. On The playera bow are on the average September 26, 1897, he Joined the Sacbo faster than they were when I first ramento dub and has been with it dotined a mask. There Is no trick ever since, and has been a large facy that waa- - not known tor In the team's being three-tlm- o practiced and uaed years ago. It la my belief pennant winners of the California In. that Jt would be very difficult to League. IJe waa drafted at the close vent a play or piece of strategy that of last season. He waa worked three bad not been uaed before. At the end of last season I read la several paper that Che Brooklyn team had won the -pennant through their right field hitting and that this waa a new wrinkle, ft being the first time a team bad ever made a feature of that style of batting. Now, tt Is very true that bits In that direction did contribute a great deal .to the success of the Brooklyn, tot to aeeert that this was something new la absurd. Any old timer who has s good memory box will tell you .that tie Chicago under Anton won the pennant In 1880 atvi 1881 through the name style of batting hitting to the right field. The same will be found to be the caae la regard to every artifice or play sprung by good players every bow and then. CURRENT NEWS AND OF THE GAME. NOTES NOT THE PRINCE OF WALES BUT THE OTHER ONE. -- and full brother to the Prince of Wales, has given EurOjean courts and the foreign nobility generally a severe shock The duke by .hi latest Indiscretion. is abjectly devoted to a pretty Paris-lennwho was lately a public performer. and she has welded upon hi royal wrist a gold bracelet of heavy links which the son of Victoria swears be will wear to the day of his death. He is in the fetters of love generally and in every other sense. The first time his royal highness saw the girl who has won his heart she - was- performing, - The prince dropped Into th Ctrque d'Ete, and, unknown to the other people, he stood among them near the passageway. Far np in the sir hung a graceful, willowy form,- - all flashings and silver spangles, light as a. bird blown by the wind and delightful In life for life's sake She waa very beautiful to leok upon; young, fair, and alive with The young form swayed and grace. then leaped Into the net below, and as the applause rose she kissed her two bands at the audience, and smiled beautifully; then she leaped out the net and came directly toward the passageway where stood the royal duke The audience stormed and stormed, and the young girl stood, hesitating, close to the prince, who suddenly leaned toward her and whispered Go back, darling, and do it again e, to-da- itr tbe A master-o- f the field to aee all the plays and he has to draw inference and take a chance. The conduct of the players is censurable, but not to the same extent as in former years.' Still It Is only a question of time when the rowdlee will be la th addle. They are getting holder every game, and so far not one club owner has." so fir known,1 disciplined player for being put out of a game. The New York players indulge In rowdy tactics unrebuked' ind Umpire Connolly Is unable to control them. Supervisor of Umpires and Playera O'Day resides la New York, and the outrageous behavior of Doyle, Gleason t al caa not escape hla attention. Yet he ,1a paaalve... Connolly will .be forced out of the buelnese unless the National League protect him from the New York players, or It may he that Freedman will put him oa his list aad refuse to let him officiate at the Polo ground. & - - ERWIN K. HARVEY. Innings on May 3 against the Cinctn nati club and made a creditable record. rnwdmao Won't Poy. Mr. Freedman declines to contribute five per cent of half of the receipts ol the Giants' games it plays at home or abroad toward th fund for the payment of the purchase price of the four retiring clubs of the National League, courts wiUfce aud it is wild tbwt-'tue" asked to pass upon the right of th seven urviv1ng clubs to compel th new club to pay Its proportlonat share of the obligation. It la contended that the New York club did not consent to the plan, and la noil bound by the action of lta associates, as th unanimous consent of club member! Of the league waa Jieeeasary to bring about the reduction of the circuit It la not probable that a court of equity will allow th New York club to share In th benefit of the reduction without paying it proportionate ehar of the expense In accomplishing It The New York club did not vote on th question, end It did not oppose the plan, but through U only representative at' the meeting Secretary Knowles acquiesced In It The New York club ha been and is playing under an eight-clu- b schedule, and this, the courts will construe. Into consent for Its adoption. The doctrine ef estoppel will apply. James D. Burns Is the new owner of the Detroit club In conjunction with George BUT. Inga, and Is president of the dub. Mr. Burns oan truthfully .he called a Detroit product, as he waa horn In 8prlngwells, just four and mile from the city Jiall, attended one-ha- lf Detroit schools and baa "been in De- troit nearly every day of his life from the time he was years old up to the present day. His father was n - brick maker end that Is the business that Jim learned when n boy, and followed nntll 10 years ego. Always ln- . tereeted In sports of ell kinds he became Identified with the Catholic club Is not playing aa well as last season, due, they argue, to the uncertainty regarding his stay on third base and the talk of McGraw succeeding him In the position. There is a tfemand all over the coun-tr- y for a return to the double umpire system. Playera. umpires antf magnates seem to agree that a mistake has been made in leaving the work to one official. Freedman has written to Barney DreyfuR asking him for In an attempt- to restore the donhte umpire "ay stem. Freedman says that New York has lost four games through bad umpiring. "Playing third' base. says Captain Kelley, of Brooklyn, is like politics. One day they come easy and you are oa top and the next day there la an avalanche and you are underneath. 1 like len field the best. Tbe St, Louis team Is falling, contrary to expectations. If Robison lets go. of McGraw and his team doesnt finish near the top. there'll be some hot shot fired at the magnate in the Mound CitjL... Dick Cooley is making good with the Pittsburg. His first base play has been uniformly excellent. He has been hitting well, but unluckily, but that will even up, as Dick ts a good natural batsman. Sporting Life. Bobby Lowe la being criticised by tbe Boston writers for his failure to back np throw and for being alow in season, acmaking double cording to the same writer, Lowe was the king of them all at second. Pink Hawleys chief weakness, bo far this season, has been lack of speed. As Hswley without speed . neTer Amounted to a great ( Heal. R la not likely that he will be, a success With tbe Giants until he regains the full strength of his pitching am. Southpaw Bert Jonee, of St. Louis, by whom nobody sets great store, to date has done better than the much-toutWaddell or any of th south-pa. If lone could field his position there would not be mail y better twirlers. Hla speed, curve and control are all right t ,, ' - : PRESIDENT1 BURNS, and th M. A. A., and won many prises ns n boxer and' wrestierTtrih amateur classes. The ... possessor of many friends. Burns naturally became k politician, and ts Influential in city and county elections, hla campaign in behalf oL Du If Stewart for sheriff two years ago being well remembered. A man is Jim Burns, who wejt Into business for himself about 19 years ego, and I now on easy street' ' although only 34 year of age. He married seven years ego, has a ion, Jim, Jr.;owns an elegant home at the corner of Church and Eleventh Wceet, la heavily. Inter ested In a brick manufacturing plant at Eprlngwells and baa other business Interests In addition to his cafe on self-ma- THE DUKE AND HIS DARLING. was all said in French excepting the word, darling;. that was, said in, English. It caught the young girl's ear, and she said, archly: Darling is not my name. Monsieur. "It la my seme for you, said the prince, "and when you come down I shall be waiting tor rou." Since that night the fair trapes artist has been seen no mors In the cerques, but her new name. Darling, ia put on all her photographs, and she la known on the boulevards as Darling. She drives one of tbe most splendid equipages In Pari, and Uvea like k princess. Tbe golden chain which la on the arm of the prince was welded on by a goldsmith in 'the presence-o- f Darling, and it has created no little sensation In polite society. The Duke of waa known when in England as Duke of Edinburgh. A few years ago he succeeded to the dukedom of which made him a reigning sovereign in Germany. He is tamed for hla love of music and his parsimony. He ts a skilful player of the violin. He is an admiral in the British navy, And waa for a long time In active service. He is 56 years old, but age has not withered nor custom staled his sentimental nature. The duke married the sister of the late Oxar of Russia, and aunt of the present one. 8he Is a very haughty and rather disagreeable princess. She always felt sore in England because sbe, the sister of the Csar of Russia, had to walk behind the Princess of Wales, whose father is only king of little Denmark. It Diamond Glints. St Louis papers say Lave Cross Wot Two ktrmiftet flashes, Oa Held by a Wseae. York correspondence Chicago bter Ocean: Speaking of the Verity of graight flushes an admirer f the Am-glegame says: tlTplayed pokier for fi years and npfer saw a straight psh. A few nights ago a womst In I millionaire Vrow place held one, ahd. draining the small pile of cash on le table, called for her cheek book, fvery body except an old bachelor who kd learned the game .in the Union Club laid down. He, scorning to take si vantage of a weak woman, said: .B-'N1 r j ... .iet.me. advise yon. to be reful; I shall see you for any amount md raise you. The limit is off, I She said it was and oast a Before I gieck for $600 in the pot that may I ask you a question? he Did to the assembled players. "I want to know this: Incase there are two straight flushes, each ace high, which suit wins? Diamonds, was the snanlmous reply. He handed to Mrs. B her check, and laying down n ten, Jack,' queen! king' and See of diamonds, remarked that she was a very brave woman. But she assured him that her hand was worth $500, and exposed a ten, Jack, queen, king and ace of clubs, How far would you have gone? some one asked her, to which I shouldnt have she made answer: thought of stopping under $5,009, and am half angry that he didn't give me a chance to bet; it's euoh glorious fun." New sup-foe- e? g-- e GothsmllM Ar Roslty Gallo. As the gambling center in America New York city is logically the home of perhaps the most credulous people The notion that the rural districts are the habitat of the does not wear well with those who observe the number of char- on the continent. latan schemes which flourish In New ' York at" the expense mainly of th people of New York. Not long ago aa alleged magician advertised tkat an oriental ancestor had bequeathsd to him a wonderful charm which would bring wealth, health or woman's affections to the fortunate possessor. This talisman could be bought at fl a head. It was simple enough for the magician;" he advertised and thousands of New Yorkers are said to have rushed In to him to buy the charm. Tbe police ran across another lUtle fraud recently in the shape of a good luck" box. which was being sold in considerable q'U&UiiTier city' Intelligent popuJatLa undcf the pretense that It was an Importation from tbe land of the magi, and had the su pernatural power of bringing all klnda of good luck to its owner. Investigation proved that the box was really manufactured in Lynn for metropolitan consumption. All of which Indicates that New York Is the paradise of Impostors and tbe home of fools. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. to-th- e Dotroit'l Freetdent, 1 Duke of The second son of Queen Victoria to-da- y Bolter Atteadaae Hated. The only improvement so far notlce-abl- e In the National League Is the patronage. The playing Is no better than 4t was ia 1899 and the umpiring Is worse. There are not as many poor teams as there were last season, but the standard of playing Is not by any means as much Improved as was anticipated. The return to the single umpire system has doubled the work of the officials, and many derisions are given haphazard because H is STIFF POKER GAME. LED TO j MISUNDERSTANDING AND TRAGEDY. an He Su Shocked the Forctgm Mobility L to ey 11U Uteel lMlamlbs (Irene Girl om of the (models Thai JU A gltet log Coart Circle. to-d- rrmr&yf' IN ONE DEAL. QUEEN'S SINFUL SON. base pI,, I? ed TH Nmoll Roy 1 onfrated Ha IMd It. On a recent Sunday the Methodists of Holton, Kan., were holding an experience meeting when a boy rushed excitedly In and vfl, notice that the I'huroh was oa fire In the basement. The little fellow waa scarcely able to speak. bu( he. said: I done it, and ought to be spanked. After recounting that the lire waa subdued without much damage, 'lhpr-eidin- g clergyman says that of all lbs confessions offened at the love feast of that day the little boy's was probably the most honest, frank and sin- -- A Gvpoy PloprofBt For some time a band of gypsies, headed by King Buckland, have been making their headquarters at Westchester village, N. Y. Persons who visited the camp the other day found everybody In a state of excitement, brought about by the elopement of th king's daughter with a New Yorker, known as Jack Burke. Tbe eloping couple drove to the residence of the Rev. Mr. Mattiel in Melrose, where they were married. King Buckland followed them, but did not, arrive at the ministers home until the cere mony. had been performed. Cat Hla Qaoa. When A Spanish bull fighter named Mocalvo, who was en route to Spain from Mexico, came ashore at Havana, Cuba, he was arrested for drunken ness. Captain Ditcher, who Imposed n fine, ordered also that' Moralvoa hair be cut. This waa done and the Spaniard now claims $3,900 damages, contending now that he has hie hair cut he wilt not be permitted to enter the bull ring. A FrrniM Wh'le In a frenzy O. E. Holman, printer of Louisville, Ky.. cut his wifes Looking for Tronhlo, throat and then rushed from hla house Ludwig Hlmmhen. a shoemaker, en- and shot Leonard Holstein, one of his tered Amlel Saldine s, residence at neighbors. But for a button on HoEast Hamilton. 0 , looking fOT trouble. lsteins coat, which turned the course Saldino jumped up from his supper of the bullet, he would have been labT End with a sharp kniTe proceeded billed. - Holman was arrested. to alice off Hlmcobens right ear. He la th fight r Boom! Gorrla Cptig, ' Gem Pantelon Oarcla. th highest Insurgent officer except Agiiinaid0i been raptured by Lieut, g. V Smith of General Funstona staff i towa of JefeA. three miles north m san Ial New of dor province Eclja. - BA ( Got Oor ts Rota Mm, Hod HI WSIM th OtSer or ts Ey Woo Play Googod Cut to a Pteooo. The man who sits into a gam of oker in a strange region without first understanding the rules of tbe game, to' liable to get into trouble,- - says an old Californian. For there's a lot of different kinds of poker played in this It la that country: and the- - worst-o- f the man who plays the kind of game be was raised on in his own section of the country is alwqys blind to the beauties of the entirely different game that he drifts into when he gets away from his own neck o the woods. 1 once sav 'i 'game or poker that re-suited pretty seriously for two players on account of the lack of understanding betwewen them before the game started as to just what the hands were worth.- - It- waa in Vallejo, back in 69, and Vallejo was then a red-htown. I was In Ned big Vallejo faro mill on Sunday afternoon for the game was as wide-ope- n on Sundays as on any other day trying to pump a little sense into the head of a fool friend of mine who had dubbed away nearly every dollar he had in the world at Vallejos brace games, when one of tbe lookouts, who knew of the Interest took In watching a good game of poker, although I never played the game except with friends, came over to where I was standing and said: "Lous got a good game of draw on with a man upstairs; go np and take it in." He referred to Lou Corby, who was then about the hottest poker player In the state of California he went out to the bark of several Arizona shotguns about 15 years ago. When I went upstairs to the poker room Corby was sitting in his shirt sleeves opposite a man of 40 or thereabouts, dressed in the uniform of a steamship officer. He was tbe chief engineer on one of the big Panama boats, and having been transferred some time before from the east to the west coast, he was Ignorant of the California brand of poker. There was a big Jack pot in the center of the table when I went upstairs to look on at the game. It had been sweetened half a dozen times and already contained something close to 31,000 in double eagles, hill' neither ffiafi seemed tOTTe able to catch openers. It went around a number of times, and every time it passed each man sugared it for $50. The chief engineer dealt a hand. Corby was one of those frappe chaps who pick up, .their card,one by one. and when he bad picked up his first two cards he calmly jolted $200 into the It's open," before pot, remarking: looking at the other cards. This fistful! of mines worth $500 more," said the chief engineer, who was a pretty chap himself, shoving the yellow stuff Into the -- ot Car-baug- two-hand- ed solid-looki- Mayor AM to Amiga. The' Atlanta (Oa) city council adopted n resolution calling on Mayor James Q. Woodward to resign his office. The resolution was the culminasermon by the Rev. L. G. tion of Broughton. In which the minister made n v4olt attack on the mayors personal hAbtts. Aa Editor Shot aa Kill. Benor Alberti, editor of the Don Claridade. was shot and killed Instantly by an unknown assassin at th theater at Glbara, province of Santiago d CubA pot Then you want to play it for keeps, said Corby, standing for the raise, end discarding two of his cards. The chief engineer stood pat, closed np his hand like a fan and laid It face down on tbe table before him. Do your bluffing, said he to Corby. Well, say $1,000 worth, said Cor by. looking up at the celling. Thousand moren you, said the engineer. And another, murmured Corby. Now, I had been standing behind Corby when he drew his cards,' and when I saw him catch a pair of nines to his three klhgs I figured that it was all over, especially as the other Tellow had been nipped In two or three standing pat bluffs before. But the way the sailor man kept hitting back at Corby finally got me to guessing, and by the time that he had scooped out nearly all of the coin from his sack I had almost began to believe that he had caught pat fours. WheiTthe $1,000 raises had gone back and forth several times, and there was nearly $9,000 in the pot, the chief en glneer, cool as a mountain trout in a shady hole, emptied out his sack and found out that he had a little more He shoved the than $1,000 left money to the center. "Call you, he said. Corby spread out his king full. "Wont do," said the chief engineer, spreading out a seven-hig- h straight flush of diamonds and reaching for the ' pot Huh? Whats up? That wont do?" said Corby, with a queer expression on his face. Hands off that pot! What the devil are you talking about? Since when did a flush beat a ' full hand?" "A flush dont, but this thing of mine Is a straight flush, which is good enough to beat a mass of fours, said Take your flippers off the engineer. 7 stone, for he was touchy about th loss of that eye. All of which goe to show that If a man Is going to play Anything more exciting than tag or beantag when he range away from the stretch of country he was raised in be is liable to run .against some embarrassments if he doesnt make some preliminary inquiries. HIS HOPES WERE BLIGHTED. lie Dog Book Didn't Help Hlut to Go Kid of Tlgo. I've gene back to my first love, the great Celebrated Compendium of Universal Knowledge, bound in calf and sold at a price within the reach of all," said the book agent with a igh.-T- b other day the head member of a firm that I am proud to represent called me Into his private office and showed me a book on dogs, telling how to take care of them, what to teed, what to da for the giange, how to tell a mastiff from a pug, how to handle a mad dog in fact, it was a regular dog encyclopedia, bound in cloth and sold at a popular price. The moment 1 set eyes on that book I saw great possiexbilities iq ft. 1 knew from-bitte- n perience that nearly every one kept a dog, and no matter what kind of a cross-eye- d purp It might be the owner couldnt be convinced that his own particular dog wasn't the finest dog on earth. I made up my mind that there was a fortune in the sale of that book, and I secured the exclusive right to this city before I left the office. Cautioning tue head member of the firm to keep the presses going so there would be no possible chance of a short -I started out to place the great rP, work before the public. The first house that I struck my hopes received a sudden chill. I was no sooner in the yard than a big dog came tearing around the corner of the bouse and made for me. There was only one thing to do and I did it. I made for a tree that was near and managed to get out of the way before the beast arrived. As he showed no desire to leave, I yelled for help. A maa came to the door and after calmly looking over asked what I the situation wanted. I am selling a work on dogs, I said rather weakly from my position in the tree. Tt tells how to cure the mange, what to feed, what to Well said he, cutting in, explain it to Tlge and if he cares anything about it Ill buy it. With that he went For two inside and shut the door. mortal hours that miserable cur sat under the tree and licked his chops. Then the owner came to the door again and saidlt was ttfne that Ttge had his dinner and that I could finish explaining the book to him after he got through. If he hadnt called that dog away just as he did Tige would have had his dinner right under the been treand tbe firm would As-f-have "as I short one book agent. am concerned every cussed dog In thla city may die of tht mange. In fact, Detroit Free Press. I hope they will! ar PRESIDENTIAL ed Thought Her m Witch- Because he believed his mother to be n witch, David Clay, in insane frenxy, battered in her head with a hammer at Mount Aetna, Pa. For the past two years Clay has been considered Irresponsible. Th other morning hla mania took a violent turn, and after a slight alteration with his mother he seised a heavy hammer and heat her to death. Clay resisted arrest, but was finally bound hand and foot and committed to jail. When asked what he committed tbe crime for, he said: "I did it because Jesus told me to. cere one. then made a four-inc- h a!h xcrosahis neck, barely missing the Jugaia md wound up by poking his knife through Hlmcoben's face, the blade entering below the left eye and piercing his palate. When arrested 8a!dlne said that he did not remember using knife Qoarrolod vj- VETOES. Statistics Regarding Ezerclss of Ruoa-tt- v Prerogatives "As the veto Is the bludgeon which the masterful executive employs to beat an offending legislative body Into submission, It is clear that the number and Importance of a presidents vetoes will to a certain extent measure Its e The following of vetoes Is Instructive: 9 First six presidents 12 Jackson 3 Lincoln 52 First sixteen presidents 21 Johnson 43 Grant 132 First twenty-on- e presidents 343 Cleveland 3 McKinley ta-bl- 498 Total vetoes to date "It will be noticed that Jackson, a man of strong prejudices, which he man of strong convictions, showed his opinion of congress by vetoing 12 bills, three more than all.his predecessors. "Johnson, who also had an In his own Judgment, used the veto 21 times, twice more than any predecessor except Jackson, and suffered the extreme indignity of having 15 bills passed over his veto. Grant 4n his two terms- - wrote 43 veto messages. Cleveland, fresh from autocracy at Buffalo aad Albany, wrote 301 in his first term over twice aa many as all the 21 presidents who preceded him and 42 In his second term. Washington wrote two. John Adame none, Jefferson none, Monroe one, Van Bu-rnone, Lincoln three, Arthur four, McKinley two. Five bills were passed over Cleveland's veto. Not a single member of either house has yet voted In favor of passing a bill over McKinleys veto. G. L. Hunter In Alnsleee over-confide- en t Magazine. rnhealthfnl Illamlnants, Interesting calculation has reStraight flush be d d! Not on cently been made by an English stathis side of the Sierras, yelled Corby, tistician, in which he show that when the electric light has entirely displaced jumping to his feet The words were hardly out of his gas, oil iamps and candles in the United mouth before .the. .engineer. who was Kingdom, tithfe will be - 40,000 less a big, powerful, man, had Corby by deaths annually these flTumlnanU bethe throat Then he did a cruel ing so much more unhe<hful than thing. Holding the gamblers throat electricity. In the viee-liclutch of his left hand, he deliberately poked his long, horny Dow a to Bedrock. right forefinger with 11 his strength eald minding the b sibyl "What, Into Corbys right eye, putting it out as he entered Manchesters Northside, Craxy with rage and pain, Corby home end found his friend agitating whipped out a long knife, and in an- the cradle Yea," replied Manchesother minute the engineer lay dying ter, Tv got down to bedrock." on the floor, cut to ribbon Chronicle-Telegrap"One-eyeCorby was Plttaburg afterward called, had to skip to ArK A Mcooaro of Tim. tona after that business; and I, for Have you lived very long la th one, wouldnt liked to bare flashed Not so very, long; only any kind of a straight on him when auburba? Tomb about 18 cookA he opened his faro factory-i- a Brooklyn XJf that coin. An ke h. j d |