"? " J"! IWKIPH,- "V mm m&rzjm vaT'Tyr 6 THE PITTSBURG-' DISPATCH, FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1891 3 DOWN WE GO AGAIN, Our Sluggers Suffer Another Knock, Out at Cleveland and Drop to the Bottom. LTJCK WAS DEAD AGAINST THEM". The Local Club Directors and Mr. McGun nigle Fail to Agree and He Won't Manage the Team. GOOD RACING AT JEROME PAKE THICK. Iain Stops the Trotters and raters at Detroit General Sporting ewB of the Day. YESTERDAY S LEAGUE GAMES. Cleveland 5 Pittsburg 4 Cincinnati 4 Chicago 2 Philadelphia 5 ew York 4 Hoston .. 8 Brooklyn... 6 yesterday's association games. St. Loots ..... 7 Cincinnati 4 Colnmbns 8 Louisville G Boston ........ G Washington 1 Athletics 8 Baltimore '5rFCIAI TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.! CLErtLiMi, July 23 In days of old Pitts burg enjojed tho pleasure of hiving nioro luck in Clci eland than in anj city in the League. Xoff it appears to be just the opposite. One little M il muff, an easy throw to yfcSiJi) Jy Beckley by King, started an tne miscmci mat e en- T- tualiy pave Cleveland the j JV game- It rained for half ij C nn hour before the garni - y 'wa, called, but finally v" "(f abated sufficiently to let li J i ijLio suiiuueui:u work about ten minutes behind time. Before the game was over run fell and time was called for five minutes Pittsburg was sent to bat first and Miller had just been put out on a long line fly to Da is m the first half of the ninth -when the dow npour started again and Umpire McQuaid called "time."' He waited for CO long minutes, that seemed doubly long to the hungry sprinkling of a crowd on tho urands, and theie being no cessation of the drizzle announced that the game was over. A Lucky One for Cleveland. The Cleveland!- put another to its credit. The Fittsburgs did not m ike mmy hits, but cverj one ot thera counted except one in the first inning All four of the lunswcre earned and there was not the shadow of a doubt as to the claim that Hanlon put upon thera In spite of the wet grounds it was a remiukablj brilliant fielding gime, and lteillj and Sbusrart can 1 ty claim to spoiling about four fine base hits while Hanlon pulled a low fly off the ground by a desper ate run m from center field He was not be hind in scnsition.il plaj s, and Davis, Mc Aleerand McKcan performed some wonder ful tents in the wav of catching and stopping the ball. Hnnlon began the first Inning w ith a hit too hot for Mc Kean to handle accu rately, but was retired on a double play on lteckiev"s bit to Childs that spoiled Pitts burcs first chance for a run. King struck out two IClevelauders in the very first inn ing and not another during thesoven that followed. After Bierbiuerhad been thrown out b Tebeau in the second, Miller caught a straight ball on the end of his bat and cracked out a hard line hit to left field for two bases Carroll was decei ed by a drop ball and struck out lteillj Slapped a not Grounder between Tebeau and third base, and Miller scored. King reached out for a low cur e, an ith the intention of pushing itoverVh tne's nea d, and succeeded admirably. The ball went twisting through the grass and over to the right until King had reached third base before Johnson could stop it, and llcilly had scored. Hanlon banged a hot liner to right field for two biscs, and King crossed the lubber Beckley was thrown out by McKean 1 he first batter for Cleve land "was childs who was retired byShu garts throw Johnson made a safe hit be tween Keillx and s;hugart math tw o strikes against lmn Tebeau hit the bill to the fence for two bases, and.Tolmson scored. irtue filed out to Hanlon, who made a fine catch. Zmimcr popped upa short fly to right Held, and ( arroll made a desperate but un-t-ut "csstul effort to get the ball, running ncarlj to first base and Tebeau scored, Zim mer passing second, and being thiown out m an effort to get to third. Aerj Costly Krror. In the fourth Beckley muffed King's easy throw and Davis, Cleveland's first batter, was safe. Childsinade seen unsuccessful attempts to sacrifice, and finally King sent lmn to first in sheer desperation. Johnson fouled out to Mack. Tebeau cracked a hard line hit to Miller, -who held Da is on third, and the bases were full. Then King foieed in a lun by giMiig Virtue a base on balls Zimmer followed with a hot grounder past lteillj and Childs, and Virtue scored. Pitts lmrg got its lourth run in the eighth on bhngait's tuple and Mack's lcriflce. Score: f?T, mi i m CLEVELAND. BETA ririTTSnCEG. R B P A E "M Mvtr. 1 0 0 4 fl n'llanlon, m. 0 2 2 0 0 MrKcau. a 0 10 5 1 Becklev. 1 0 0 J 1 Staxlr. in ... 10 4 0 h slmgirt, s . 1 1 2 3 0 Child. 2. 1 0 t 1 (l Mark. c.. .. 0 0 5 1 0 Johnson, r 110 0 0 ltierba"r.2.. 0 0 2 2 0 JilK-iu.3 .13 12 0 Miller, 1 .. 1 1 ,01 Ylrtl-c. I. n II 1 0 llOarroll, r.. 0 0 1 0 0 Slliimer. C 0 2 12 0 Helllj, 3.. . 112 10 loung. p. 1 0 2 OjKlng, p 110 4 0 Totak... 5 8 24 12 21 Total 4 6 24 11 2 Cleveland . 02030000 5 Pltlsburg . . 0300000 14 susrMAKi Earned runs t lereland.2: Pittsburg. . Two-base hlts-Tebt-w. Zlmmer. Hanlon. Mil ler. Three-base hits Young, Shiigirt, King. Moien bases Tebeau. Double plars McKean. Childs to Mrtue. First base on balls Bv Yonng. 1. 1V Klnir. 3 Hit bv nltched ball-Berkler. S'ruck out Bv Young, 3; bv King 2. Passid ball dimmer, Leu on bases Cleveiana; 8; 1'lttsburK. 5. i li-st base; on errors Cle eland. 1; Flttsburg, 2. Time of game Two hours. Umpire McQuaid. COONEY'8 BAD EBE0B. le Made a Wild Throw and Allowed the Hods to A in. Chicago, July 23 It lookcdvcrymuchas if the visitors were going to be shut out to day, but in the eighth an unfortunate throw by Cooney turned the tables and allow ed hem to win the game. Theresas no bat ting done en cither side, both Mullano and I I.nby being -y ery effectn e. Score CIVCN'T'I. It 11 I' A F CHICAGO. K B PA E McPliee. 2.11211 Hums. 3. ... 0 G 1 1 1 Latham. 3 .0023 1A llmot, in.. 113 0 0 lirowninsr, 10 12 0 0 Dahlen. 1. 10 10 0 "urtis. in 0 0 3 0 0 Allfcou. 1 0 2 ! 0 0 HalilKan, r 0 12 0 0 Carroll, r.. . n o o 0 n Uelllv. 1. 11110 0 toorev, s... 0 0 2 4 1 smltli. s .00450 I'lcftcr. 2 . 0 0 3 3 0 Har'ngttm. c 11111 I.ub. p. 0 110 0 MulUne. p 10 0 1 0 Bow man. c 0 0 3 3 0 Total 4 J 27 11 Si Total 2 4 27 21 2 Cincinnati 00 0 000040 4 Chicago .000101000-2 iuiM ni riirned runs Clilciuo.l. atiI"ii base Ausou. Keilh. DonMe plas-Pietrerand Ansin; smith and Reillv. First bise on balls Off Mnl laiu. 6: off I.ubv, 3. strnr out B Mullane. 1; by Lubj, 3. Time of gjme One hour and 50 minutes. Umpire Hurst. MADE A GOOD GAME. The Ilrooklyns Batted Well, but the Bostons Won the Contest. BoflTov, July 23 The Bosfons defeated tho Brooklyns for the second time to-day. At tendance, l,eli Score: BOSTON. K H ! A EBROOKLT.. R B P A E Lone f- 2 114 0 Wanks. - 1 1 I S 1 ;ii)ev, r .. 10 10 O'Caruthcrs, r 0 0 1 0 1 lirodie, m... 114 0 O.Foutz. 1 .. 1 2 14 0 0 Na!.h. 3 . 0 114 oUl'Brion. 1 2 a 2 0 0 yulnn. 2 114 4 lll'ineknei. 3 12 111 mckr-. I.... 12 9 1 0 Griflin. in.. 0 12 0 0 danik I.. 112 0 llllturdo k, 2. 0 0 13 0 Itennrtt. c.O 0 4 0 llllaih. c ..13501 Clarksuu, p.. 1 110 llHemmiug, p 0 10 4 1 Total 3 27 13 SI Total 6 n 27 n 5 Boston 1 300000208 ilroollyn 1 0 0 C 0 0 0 4 1 6 bLsiMARY Earned ruus Boston, 4; Brookh-n, 4. Two-hat lilts ash. O'Brien and Pinrkney. Vliree-base hit 1 outz. Home runs Quinn, Tucker, Ganzel and Ward. Double plays StoTey. Carufh crsC), Dallv. First base on balls Ganzel. Hit by pitched ball Stovev. Ganzel, Bennett O.Clark ton. Carailiere (2). First on errors Boston, 2: Brooklyn, 1. Time or (tame One hour and S3 minutes. Umpires Morrill and Battln. i EH0CKED OUT AGAIN. Harry Wright's ieam Once More Defeat the Giants In a Good Game. New York, July 23. The Giants were again beaten by the (Junkers at theTolo grounds to-day. 1,680 persons turning out to see the show. O'Kourko batted In all four runs for Sew York. Brown and Allen, did gieat work. Score: S.EW10BK. R B P A El PIIILA. II B P A'S Gore, m .... 1 Kleh'son, 2 1 Tlernan, r 2 Connor. 1 0 O'Kourke, 1. 0 Bassttt. 3.... 0 M blstler.s .. 0 wing, e.... 0 AVilch, p .... 0 Hnckle , c .. 0 2!HamIlton.l.. 3 1 1 1 S 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 tl 1 3 0 0 1 nompson. r o Del'anty. m. 1 Clemeuts, c 0 Mxcrs. 2 1 shlndle, .... 0 Brown. 1 0 Allen, s 0 (tleaeon, p... 0 1 2 Total 5 5 27 11 1 Total 1 fa 17 S, One out in last Inning. iw York 2 020000004 Philadelphia 1 0012000 15 Slmmabt Earned runs Xew York. 1; Philadel phia, 1. Home run Delehant. stolen bases lilchardson. Hamilton 2, Delehantv 2, Myers, Alltu. Double plavs Allen. Myers and Sliludle, Tiirmn and Bj'et. First base on balls Off Weh h. 7: off Glcason, 3. Hit by pitched ball 1 telehant t . struck out By "tt elch, 2: by G !eon, 2. Passed ball Clements. Wild plteh Gleason. irst base on errors ew York. 1: Philadelphia, 2. Left on bases New York, 0; Philadelphia, 6. Time or game One hour and 43 minutes. Um pireLynch. The Lcagtie Kecord. w.t r.c. CMcac-o 44 12 .579 Philadelnhla r,. p.c. 37 38 .433 New- iorli 40 SO .571 Brooklvn 34 41 .453 .421 ' Hrv.tnn J?. 3.1 1AO nirirlnnittt S2 U Boston 42 33 Cleveland 40 38 513lPlttsburg 30 43 .411. To-Diy's Tajrue Scliedulo. Flttsburg at Cleveland. Brooklyn at Boston Cln lnnatl at Chicago. Phlla. at New lork. QUITE A SURPRISE. Mr. DIcGunnigle Is Sot to Be Manager of, Local Team. Local baseball patrons will be surprised to learn that afte? all AV. IL JIcGunnigle lias not been and will not be engaged as mana ger of the local ball team.,Negotiations -were declared off yesterday. Mr. McGunniglo met the directors of the club and it was soon appirent that there was a misunderstanding about the terms. A telegram Imd been sent Mr McGunnigle asking his terms, and he replied, naming them as $L8C0 and $500 in advance. These w ere accepted, but yesterday it was found that the directors expected these terms to be lor 12 roonths.and Mr. McGunniglo meant onU the balance of tne senson. Mitters cotildTiot be reconciled on this poiut, and Mr. McGunnigle stated that he had been ieceivingS2,000 for the seison atr Providence. He then offered to engage for the balance of tho season at the same rate of silary that he receh ed at Brooklyn last j ear, viz.: at the rate of $2,200 for seven montns. xnis was aeciinea, tne directors offering to piy him at the rate of $2 200 for 12 months. All negotiations were then de clared at an end. Mr. McGunnigle will stay here until to-morrow and -will likely apply for the management of the Athletic club at Philadelphia. The directors will meet to-day and discuss tho situation. It is to bo hoped that some thing definite will be done, and the best thing to do at present is to hand oer to Manager Hanlon entire control of tho team and fit matters up in a way that officious people, can in no way inteifere Tilth him. It maybe that eien more than this might be done to save the reputation of the club. It this is done, then Hanlon w ill be absolutely responsible, and time Tt ill soon tell whether or not ho is the right man in the right place. If he is, keep him: if he is not. make a change. That's all there is about it. And it may not be out ot- place here to remark that the man among the officials who h is the best practical knowledge of the game has not by any means the authontj that he should have. The gentleman referred to is Mr. Scandrett. Association Games. At Cincinnati Cincinnati 0 000200204 fri. Loul 30010030 7 bUMMARY Batterier WIdner and Kelly; Sttvetts aud Munvan. Hits Cincinnati. 8; St. Louis, 13. Errors Cincinnati, 0:St. Louis,3. At Columbus Columbns 3 1112 0 0 0 0-8 Louis tile 0 220020006 Scjimart Batteries Clark and Donahue; Meakln and Rvan. Hits Columbus. 11; Louis ville, 10. Errors Columbns, 3, Louisville, 3. At Washington Washington 0 0 0 0 11 Boton 1 (0005-6 SUMMARY Batteries Carsey and Sutcllfie; Buthuton and Murph. Hits W atblngtmi, 2; Boston, 8. Errors W ashingtou, 2; Boston, 1. Stopped by the rain. At Philadelphia Athletics 11030000 38 Baltimore noIlOOOOO 2 bUMMABV Batteries W ehying and Milli; igan; ; Bal- McMahou and Robinson. lilts Athletic: tlinore, 7. Lrrors Athletics. 5: Baltimore, 5. Assoclatlon Record. w. l. p c. w. i,. p.c. Boston 50 25 .CM ( Columbus .... 40 43 .483 "t. LolIs 55 29 .C5i Cincinnati .. 35 47 .47 Baltimore ..41 31 .597 LouisUllo .29 58 .Sa Athletics 39 40 .4 M Washington. 2j 52 .325 To-Day's Association Schedafo. Baltimore at Phila. St. Louis at Cincinnati. Louis ille at Co uuibus. The War Must Stop. rSPFCIAL TELEGRAM TO TIIE DISPATCH. Ci.cij. tTi, July 23. President Kramer, of the American Association, says for publica tion thit the Association as a body will ex tend no aid to tho Louisville club. This makes it necessary for the club to raise the needed mono on its own resources or go under. President Kramer also says the war between the League and Association must stop, o en if he has to propose peace first. It Wns Very Exciting. ISPECIAL TFLI GRAM TO THE DISPATCn. Waf,hijgto, Pa., July 23 The most ex citing ball game that has occurred hero smce the opening of the season, took place this afternoon on the localgrounds. Patter son and Mallory, of the Bridgevillo County League team, formed the battery for the local boys, and only six hits woro made off Patterson's delivery. Jones started in to pitch for the Wellsburgs champions of the Ohio Valley League, and was hit rather freely and gave way to Paddon, who did much better. At the end of the seventh inn ing the score stood 5 to 5, and from that point on to the end of the 11th when the game as called on account of ram. Gibson, of the Jamestowns, plaj ed an excellent game for tho home team. "Score: W jshlngum 1 01010200005 Wellshurg 2 3000000000 S bCMMABl Hits Washington, 8; Wellshurg, a. Struck out Br Patterson, y; br Jones and P&den, 13 Errors Washington. 6; W'ellsburg. 10. The famous "OnrBojs," or Pittsburg, wiUplay here next Saturday. New York and Pennsylvania League. At Jamestown Bradford 0 2 0 2 4 412 Jamestown 0 0 0 3 115 Ca'led on account or rain. biMMAR Hits Bradford, 13; Jamestown, n. Errors Bradford. 1: Jamestown. 5. Batteries- Jones and Hess; Wehrle and Grar.lich. Umpire- O'Brien. s.t Erie Erie 0 0O00000 1 1 Olean 5 1 0 0 2 u 0 0 08 hUMMARl Hits Erie, 5; Olean, 11 Errors Erie 3;01eau, 2. Batteries Jones and Coyle; Agan and I)oi le. Umpire Hoaghtnd. o game between Meadrilleand Elinlra; rain. Made a Failure of It. rSPFCIAl, TELFGBAM TO THE niSPATCII.l Es-st Liverpool, July 23. The famous world-beaters from Jcannctte, Pa., played here to-day, and rain in the fifth inning w as all that sa ed them from a worse defeat than the Eclipse gate the Bed Cross team last week. The Jeannettes went from hero home, their tour being an utter failure in a financial w ay, they having lost on the trip o er $300. Jeannttte 0 0 1 0 01 Eclipse 4 16 1 3-15 SLMMAR1 Hits Jeannette. 3: Eillnse. 14. Er rors leanni tte, 5; Eclliw. 0. Batteries West and B eblc; Daniels nnd Hanlon. Beat the Drookvilles. fKPFCIAL TFLEGP.IM TO THE DISPATCH. Brookville, July 23 The local teams plnjed an interesting game of ball here this afternoon with the Reynoldsvillo team. The visitors for the second time proved too strong for Brookville, and won by a score of 4 to 2. The g-iuie was a pitcher's battle all through. Datcnport Drops Oat. Dave-sport, Ia., July 23 Davenport was this morning dropped from the Illinois-Iowa League, and the six remaining clubs will play out the season. Defeated Our Boys. rSPFCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCTI.1 Fatette Citt, July 23. The Fayettes de- feated the Our Boys, of Pittsburg, by the scoTO of 5 to 2 to-day. Base hits Our Bors, 6; Fayette, 6. Errors Our Boys, 7: Fayette, 3. The Our Boys play at Uniontown to-morrow. The Ansons "Were Beaten. fEPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.! COITSELLSVILI.E, Jnly23 The C. W. Mauk base ball team, of Conncllsville, defeated the newly-organized A. C. Ansons, of that plnce. to-day by a score of It to 2. Murphy and Echard were the Mauks' battery and Kickle and Whaloy for, the A. C. Ansons. THE RACING RECORD. Rain Stops the Trotting Contests at Detroit and the Itunnlng Races Are Declared -Off Demulh Knslly Wins tiie Harvest Handicap at Jerome Park Track. Detroit, July 23 Bain spoiled the fourth day's racing qf the summer meeting of the Detroit Driving Club this afternoon. The track was in bad shape from a heavy rain last night. Just as the horses started in the first race on tho program, the 2 30 trot, a heavy thun der storm broke o er the track. The storm did not last long but it loft the track a sea of mud. Aftera consultation tho Judges an nounced that to-day's programme would go to-morrow, and tomonow's program on Saturday, tho running races scheduled for Saturday being declared off. There was a crowd of 8,000 spectators present. The only heat trotted wns the 2:J0 class, trotting, re sulting as follows : Prince Hogarth first. Pilot II second. Little Albert thinl. Lncv M fourth. Yankee H fifth, Frank F lvth, Mtgnoma sevi nth. Waco eighth. Lord Clinton ninth, Letltia tenth, Happy Bee eleventh, Wyandotte twelfth. Time, 2 30!. GOOD DAT AT JEROME. A Fast Track and Delightful Weather Attract a Largo Crowd. Jerome Park, July 23 The fact that the Elizabeth and Seaside stakes and Harvest handicap were to be decided to-day at the track attracted a crowd of about 3,500 per sons here to-day. Tho weather was delight fully cool, the track w as in first-class shape, and, while the entries were not heavy, they were full of qualitv and furnished some very fair contests. The Elizabeth, theirst of the stake e onts, was thought to be a good thing for Beckon, and she was made a red-hot favorite, but tho best she could do was to finish third. rirst race, mile and a sixteenth May Win first. Long Dance second. King Maker third. Time.liiJ. Second race, mile and a furlong Kildeer first, Sellle Blv second. Reckon third. Time, 1:.9. Third race. Harvest handic-.D. mile and a quarter Demuth first, Raceland second. West Chester third. Time. 2.115j. Fourth race, slxfurloncs rremont first. Acil- -ojam second, Hapennv third. Time. 1:11. ruui race, six mnongt suver rrince nrst, Jir. Cass second, St. Pancras third. Time, 1:18. Sixth race, five furlones Sirroco first. Daisv Vi oodruff second, Fatrii les third. Time, 1 :02. r oliowlng are the entries lor to-morrow: First race, free handicap, swreepstakes of $10 eacn, wiin ?i,uvuauuci, oi wnicn -tju xo me secona and 100 to the third, three-fourths of a mile Vol unteer H., 110; Arab. 108: Heathen, 107: Patrocles, 103: Queen of Trumps, 93; Grageuse, 93; Vintage Time filly, 90. Second race, sweepstakes for 2-vear-olds that haienotwon 11,000, ot 810 each, with $1,000 added, of which ?20O to the second and SIOO to the third, horses that have not run second allowed fire pounds, three-fourths of a mile I)r W ilcox, 118; Aleade. in: Kilkenny, 113; Lamplighter, 113; In vermore filly, 110. Third race, sweepstakes for maiden 3-veir-oIds, of $10 each, with J1.OO0 added, of which $200 to the second and $100 to the third, weights tin pounds below the scale, one thousand four hundred jards Vanquisher, 112; Sir George, 112; C Mavwood, 115; Catlan, 112; Donohue, 11; Register, 112; Laurel. 107. Fourth race, sweepstakes for 2-rear-olds of $10 each, with $1,000 added, of which $200 to the second and $100 to the third, to carry se en pounds above the scale, selling allowances, five furlongs straight Wan Jim, 112: Prohibition. Iff); Hamilton, 109; Disappointment, 105; Knapsack, 101; Fagot, 101; Absconder, 98: Little Hope, fillj. 86. Fifth race, sweepstakes for 3-year-olds and up ward of $10 each, with $1,000 added, of which $208 to second and $100 to third, selling allowances, four teen hundred yards Vintage Time, fllly, 102; Fern wood. 90; Delia. 90. Sixth race, handicap steeple chase, with $750 added, of which $100 to the second and $50 to the third, the short steeple chase course Futuritv, 152: Delaware. 145: Westmoreland. 147; Troy, 14S; Gladiator. 144; Rorv O'Moore, 140; Bassanio, 140; Ecarte, 134; Fountain, 134. Saratoga Winners. Saratoga, July 23. Following were tho results of tho races here to day: First race, introductory scramble for 3-year-olds and upward, Re furlongs La Tosca won, witn Bolero second and Penny Roj al third. Time, 1:02. Second race, purse 8SO0, one and one-clehth miles The race was won bj Eon, and Judge Morrow second and Text third. Time. 1:58 Third race, the Trarers stakes for 3-vear-olds, one and one-halfmlles Vallera won, withHoodlum second and sllrer King third. Time, 245. Fourth race, the Flash stakes for 2- ear-olds, one-half mile The race was won by Zorllng, with Promenade second and Tom Tough third. Time. 9. Fifth race, purse $100 for 3-year-olds and upw ard, seren furlongs Calcium won. with Jake Saunders second and Snowball third, lime, 1:J0V. Sixth race, setcn-elghths of a mile Starter Caldwell won, Eoa second, BiU Jf 1 c third. Time. l:29S. Hawthorne Track Races. Chicago, July 23. Following were the re sults of the races at Haw thorne track to day: First race, three quarters of a mile Phil Dwyer won, Minnie Cee second, Buckhound third. Time, lil-'i. Second race. one and one-sixteenth miles Brook wood won. Silver Lake second, Tenteen third. Time, 1:50V Third race, the Illinois stakes, one mile Dun- farven w on, Llla Blackburn second, Ed Bell third, ime. 1-45. Fonrth race, one and one-eighth miles Gov ernor Adams won. Insolence second, St. Albans, third. Time, l:5sM. Fifth race, five-eighths of a mile Little Billy won. Lord W lllowbrook second, C. L. Brown third. Time, 1:03. Results on Garfield Track. CnicAGo, July 23 Tho Garfield track was fast to-day and racing good. First race, three-quarters of a mile Koko won, Fremont second, Ronser third. Time. 1:16. Second race, one mile Lord Londsdale won, Zeke Hardy second, Ira E. Bride third. Time, 1.43S. Third race, three-qarters of a mile Odrey w on, BoiD'Or second, Somerset third. Time, l:15s. Fourth race, one one-sivteeuth miles Enrnest Race won. Brandolette second. Longshore third. Time. l-Ai'4. Fifth race, nine-sixteenths of a mile Ormle won, Quceu Deceiver second, Ulster third. Time, 55. SOME EXCITING CONTESTS. Spirited Tennis Fluted Witnessed by Large Crowd at Altoona. Axtoowa, Pa., July 23 The fourth day of the tennis tournament drew a larger ciowd than ever. The playing of each of the players drew forth merited applause, espe cially the extraordinary efforts of C. A. Bueh, of this city. The championship bowls will be plaj ed for to-morrow Between Buch and Fay, ot Altoona, and Lee and Hoopes, of Philadelphia, and this match will be watched with interest. The scores of to-day were as follows: Ladies' singles Miss A. Holmes beat Mr. Simpson and Miss Miller 9 7, 6-3. Mr. Buch and Miss Askew beat Mr. Brown and Mrs. Butz 7-5, 6-L In tho gentlemen's doubles for second place, MessiH. Sadlerand Biddlc beat Messrs. Hdeand Whelan in the finals, 7-5, C-2, 1-C, 6-0. In the gentlemen's singles Mr. Lee beat Mr. Buch in the finals, 6-3, b-3, 6 1 64. In the gentlemen's singles consolation prize, Mr. Hoopes beat Mr. Sadler m the finals, b-8, 9-7, 9 7, 6-0. MAT FIGHT IN NEW ORLEANS. The Fltzstmmons and Hall Contest Will Not Occur in Minnesota. St. Paul, July 23 The Fitzsimmons-Hall contest is off, so far as this State is con cerned, as has already been published, but rumors are still rife that it will come off elsewhere. P. M. Frank, of the Olympic Club of Xew Orleans, is negotiating with these men in hopes to seenre them for his club during tho late fall or early winter, probably in December. They will fight for a purse of $9,000 if they go to New Orleans. To night he completed arrangements with Carroll and Myer for a fight to tako place be fore the Olympic Club of New Orleans, for a purse of $3,000 at HO pounds weight and for the lightweight championship of the United States. A Letter From Prlddy. A letter was received in the city yesterday from Peter Priddy, tho lo'cal pedestrian, now in England. Priddy states that ho is getting along all right, and is staying with Tom Connors, the wrestler, in Manchester, and is matched to run an Englishman a half-mile race for .25 a side. Priddy likes the country very well, and says that there are athletic contests going on daily. The Butler Wheelmen. rBPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TIIE DISPATCII.3 Bctler, July 23 The bicycle club of this place has leased several acres of land from the Duffy people, and intend having it fitted up with track and baseball grounds. The members ot the club are complaining greatly of the manner in which they are treated by the livery and horsemen of this place. During tho past two weeks several members have been deliberately rundown by fast diivers and their wheels either ruined, or they themselves recei ed some bruises. As heeltnen are protected by law, it is the intention to vigorously prosecute should another accident occur on account of driver's carelessness. BAD FOB THE SAILOR, Pat Farrell Knocks Him Out In less Than Minute. Pat Farrell, the local pugilist, met Sailor Brown yesterday afternoon quite acci dontly, and in a way that Sailor will not for get. For somo time past Brown has been challenging Farrell and arrived in tho city esterdnv. He landed as a "ringer," and after lots of talk about Farrell, ho wns in vited to put the gloves on with Farrell on tho stage of Harris' Theater after the after noon perform nice. A man 1,1 the little crowd oon recognized the stranger as Sailor Brown, but TarroU laced him. In less than one minute Farrell had Brown knocked stupid. There was no time limitation, but Mr. Brown could not by any means be induced to lace Farrell again. Sullivan Pats Up His Money. New Yore, July 23. Charier Johnston, of Brooklyn, on behalf of John L. Sullivan, called at the Herald office to-day and de posited $l,CO0 to bind a match with Francis Patrick Slavin to fight for the championship ot the world. The money is to be held until September for Slavin or his backers to cover. Johnston insists that the fight take place in America. The new s that Sullivan had posted the money was cabled at once to England. Will Play at Chicago. Chicago, July 23. Tho Germantown Cricket Clnb, of Germantown, Philadelphia, the notable cricketers, who have been mak ing a tour of Canada, airived here to-day. They will meet tho Chicago Cricket Club at the wickets to-morrow. General Sporting Notes. TheL. T. Shulers want a pitcher and catcher. Ylstehday's game at Cleveland was quite a hard one to lose. Let the directors of the local club do something heroic to-da for once. G. V. It. He had aright to play under the cir cumstances you name. J. M. F Oil City No official statement of his weight was givenas themeu did not weigh atthe ring side. WE have received a check for $100. being tho stake money of the Eclipse team of East Lh erpool, for their ball game against the W ooster team. THE Washington. Pa , ball club w ants to know the address of Montrose Hei es at one . The latter has to wire to W. T. dishing at Washington this morning. The Du Bois Agricultural and DriIng Park As sociation will gri e a 150-jard handicap loot race lorapursoof?150Saturda, September 5. Purse in four monei s. first, $100. second. $25. third. $15. fourth. So. the remaining five to be awarded to the runner appearing in the richest costume. An en trance fee ol $1 00 will be charged. THE release of "Tim" Keefe wa the principal topic discussed betw een innings at the Polo Grounds yesterda, and a most pronounced feeling of regret was expressed by the cranks on all sides Manager Harry V right, of the Phlladelphias, met Ktefu at the clubhouse before the game aud made An ap nolntiiicnt with him, when the prospett of his signing "Tim" for the Phillies win be considered. Kcele said he didn't beliee he would sign with anr club until the ten t'aj s were up. Aeio York Herald. SUBURBAN TELEPHONES. A Line to Be Constructed Through Cora opolls Connecting With Various Oil Fields Poles in Place and Everything Pointing to a Speedy Completion. Coraopolis is to bo connected with the world by telephone. Up until within the past few days it seemed that there need be no fear for some time of the serenity of Coraopolis being disturbed by the tell tale telephone andno need of any borough father putting on war paint and demanding tribute as tho companies evmoed no disposition to go unless the boot Tiere changed to the other foot and inducements held out instead of obstructions being thrown in the wav. Some time ago one of the borough Board of Trade, J. D. Ilaniilton. made an effort to get a line and a pay office established, but after he had given all the encouragement he dared offer, he was informed that owing to the fact that there was a six-mile break between McKee's Hocks and Cora opolis and no towns between the latter place and Phillipsburg that would give paving business, the idea was not feasible. The lino might be established if those along it woud put up a subsidy, but not other wise. Mr. Hamilton gathered the impression that no telephonic connection need be ex pected until the town is connected by a bridge with Xevillelslandandthelattcr built upbyan electric rnirwav connection with the city, and from the present spirit mani fested by the people both of the island and the south shore it is possible that by the year 2,000 such communication may bo es tablished. According to the manner in which Kalph Bagalv states the lurnaco project was received some years ago we will be somewhat advanced into the sweet b an-bj before theie is much hope of fruition. Inducements must be offered to capitalists, such as hnte never yet been offered, before they will risk money worth speaking of. Xow , howover, it is stated that the tele phone line is assured. Foi some time people hi e been w ondering w by telegraph poles were strung along the Steubenvillo pike. They are for the purpose of running a tele phone line from this city to Steubenvillo and connecting with all the villages along tho route taking in the McCurdy oil field and and tho oil tow ns along the oil belt lj ing in that district. Coraopolis gets in on this lay. A line is to berunfiomthe pike north to the latter place, a distance of about four miles and a pa station established there. Coiaopolis Council, says Clork Guy, will meet and ar range to connect and it is not likely that that body will throw any obstacle "in the way of an institution so badly needed on that side of the liver. Found a Houseful of Goods. Officers seircBing the house of John Miller on Forty-fourth street yesterday found a great store of merchandise of all kinds. Among this was a harness which John A. Carlin, a butcher identified as hav ing been stolen fiom him. Miller was com mitted to jail. Gone to Attend Ills Cousin's Funeral. Conductor W. C. Irvin.of tho Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad, left for Tyrone last evening to attend the funeral of Ins cousin, Frank Woods, an engineer on the Bald Eagle branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad, who was killed in a wreck near Tyione Wednesday. Jacob Franz to Have a Hearing To-Day. Jacob Franz, who was remanded to jail to await tho recovery of Miss Ida James, whom ho shot in tho leg somo time ago, will have a hearing beforo Alderman Succop at 10 o'clock this morning. The womin has re covered and will be able to attend. Another Failure in McKeesport, A. A. Hassen, doing business as tho HaBsen Drygoods Company, at McKeesport, was closed yesterday by the Sheriff. Executions were issued against htm by Elizabeth L. Hassen for $7,353 50, and by S. Dillinger & Sons for $1,062 17. Typhoid Fever at Braddock. Typhoid fever has again struck Braddock, and the doctoissay it is in a worse form than heretofore. Threo deaths from the dis ease were reported yesterday. Abbio Branch, a young lady visiting there from Portland, Ore , was a victim. Overcome by the neat. The men employed at tho Edgar Thomson Steel Works suffered terribly from tho effects of the heat yosterday, aud had to quit woik. Paul Clusin -was overcome by gas on the top of a furnace, and was taken to his home in an unconscious condition. The Third Select Seashore Excursion Via the Pennsylvania Railroad Will leave Pittsburg Thursday, August G. Tickets at the rate of 10 for the round trip, and good 10 davs from date of sale, will be sold from Pittsburg and corresponding low rates lrom points east. 'Special train of Pullman Parlor cars and day coaches will leave Union station at 8:30 A. M. These special tickets will also be sold for regular trains at 4:30 and 8:10 P. M., on that date. They give the excursionist lour of the most prominent seashore points for their trip Atlantic City, Cape May, Sea Isle orOcean City. Wash suits reduced to about half price. We have too many. Price will sell them. John P. Kir able Co., 33 Fifth avenue. DIED. HAMILTON On Thursday night at 11-15 o'clock, Damel C. Hamilton, in tho 49th year of his age. Notice of funeral hereafter. M'KAY CALLED -DOWI. Humble Apology From the Defiant Farmers' Alliance Judge, WHO UPSET THE SUPREME COURT. He Pleads an Old Statute to Justify His Strange Decision. RELEASED ON TWO MOXTIIS' PilOBATION fgrlCIAL TELEGRAM TO TnE DISPATCH.! Topeka, Kas., July 23. Chief Justice Horton took but little time this afternoon in convincing G. TV. McKay, the Alliance Judge from Harper county, and the guar dian and attorney of Albert Honeywell, that the orders of the Supreme Court must neither be ignored nor evaded. Judge Mc Kay, Q. C. liooker, Honeywell's guardian, nnd J. B. Bradley, his attorney, were in the courtroom when the Supreme Court judges appeared to hear the defcuse. A. Mackey, law partner of the late Col. Sam Wood, appaared for the defendants, Martin and Keeler, whom Judge McKay endeav ored to retaio, declining to take the case. Judge McKay was charged with having issued orders iii direct violation of an or der issued by the Supreme Court In be ginning his argument for the defense, Mackey particularly admitted the allega tions made by the plaintiffs, there being no dispute as to lacts, but he attempted to jus tify the action of Judge McKay by reading an old statute, which, he said, he thought was sufficient authority to justify the Judge in pursuing the course he had. Called Down by the Court. He was interrupted in this by Judge Horton, who cited an old decision of the Supreme Com t, where it was held that the statute did not apply in cases of this kind. Then Mackey tried to enter into the merits of the case, but he -was informed that the only question at issue was whether the de fendants had disobeyed the instructions of the Supreme Court, The defense could go no farther. All of its arguments were promptly met by the thiee Judges on the bench, and it was not necessary tor the law yers for the plaintiff to ask any plea. Chief Justice Horton then stated that if Judge McKay and the other defendants n ere willing to assure the court that they wouia carry out ine orders already made, the matter would be disposed of tcry easily, but if they were not, he could show them in a manner that would not be at all pleasant that the rulings of the highest court of the State could not be treated with impunity. He then called upon Judge McKay to make a statement. The little man reported promptly, and with some em bairassment declared that he belieed he had proceeded according to law, and that he had no intention of holding the Supreme Court in contempt. 'Sow that he thorough ly understood the position of the Supreme Court he promised to goern himself ac cordingly. Trying to Excuse McKay. Attorney Bradley then, in a long and evi dently carefully prepared speech, made an explanation. He went into the history of the case in detail, and explained how his client had been a& iscd. He thought the circumstances surrounding the case war ranted him in taking the course he had. He finally made the promise demanded by the Supreme Court judges. O. C. Hooker, the guardian, next told his story. He was the best talker of them all, and he pictured graphically the imposition to which Honevwell, his ward, had been subjected. He declared that he had no in tention of disobeying the Supreme Court. When he had finished, Chief Justiee Hor ton, in very severe terms, criticised Judge McKay, and continued the case until the regular term of court in September, when he promised that if no further attempt was made to disobey tho injunctions of the Su preme Court no punishment would be meted out to the defendants. LOST AN ARM AT PISA0.UA. Captain Dodge Tells How Balmaceda's Powder Magazine Was Destroyed. New York, July 23. Captain Dodge, who arrived to-day in the British ship Cor inga, fromPisaqua, Chile, lost his arm by the premature explosion of a dynamite cart ridge with which he intended to kill mack erel to keep his crev from starving. "We arrived in Pisaqua," said the Captain, "dur ing the latter part oi last March. Our stock of provisions was nearly exhausted. The town was in a state of great excitement. It was dangerous to go ashore. Battles were constantly taking place between the troops of Balmaceda and the party opposed to him. We could not communicate with anyone. I attempted to go ashore in my boat one morning. I wanted to enter my ship and get soma provisions. When only a short distance from the ship bullets "began to whiz by us. One passed through the top of my slouch hat. It was a sudden and unex pected outbreak. We put back to the ship. After using all the food there was on board, the Captain attempted to secure fish by dynamite with the result that he lost an arm. The Captain described the storming of Pisaqua by the Congessionalists. He said: "The first gun fired did great damage. The cannoneer was once a resident of Pisa qua. He knew the location of Balmaceda's magazine. Directly after the first cannon w as discharged there w as one of the most terrific explosions I eer heard. It sounded like the discharge of 1,000 cannons. I rushed on deck. The air was filled with flying debris. Hatches had been torn from ships, masts were shattered and skylights were smashed. All was confusion in Pisa qua. The first cannon had hit the mark. It struck the powder magazine, which was filled with tons and tons qf dynamite. The explosion killed hundreds of people. Houses were wrecked for miles around." DRIVEN INTO HIS HEAD. A Splinter Removed After Giving a Man Tour Years of Trouble. Peoria, III., June 23. Lewis E. Bot terman was one of the passengers on the Niagara Falls excursion train which was wrecked at Chatsworth. He was leaning on his hands at an open window when the smash-up came. Kottcrman's face was badly cut and bruised and he was uncon scious for several hours. His face was sewed up and healed rapidly. Since then he has suffered considerable pains in his head. Last November, while blowing his nose vigorously, he blew out a wire nail 1 inches long, badly rusted. He still suf fered a dull pain in his head. In June he went to Chicago and was examined by the staff surgeon at Kush Medical College. The physician found a foreign body in Botter nian's head at theinside corner of the left eye. Imbedded in the head, back of the nose, was fodnd an irregular piece of oak lV inches long, five-eighths of an inch thick and three-eighths of an inch w ide. This fragment of the window sill has been carried in Kotterman's head for four years. The paint had been absorbed by his blood. RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE. An Immense Quantity of Matter Handled Daring the Fast Year. New York July 23. The report to the Post Office Department of the work for the fiscal year ending on June 30 of the railway mail sen ice of the division compris ing New York, Pennsylvania, 'New Jersey, Delaware and the pen insula of Maryland and Virginia shows the following: The number of postal clerks assigned to the distribution of mail in transit is 726. The number of postoffiees whose daily operations are supervised by the Railway Mail Service is 9,534. The number of pieces of mail handled by the railway postal clerks was 993,173,250, an In crease of-8 per cent over last year. The number of errors reported shows a decrease of 18 per cent. During the past five years the working force has been increased 13 per cent, the amount of mail distributed has increased 36 per cent, and the errors in distribution have increased less than 10 per cent. The New York city mail separated on the cars for direct delivery from the branches of the New York Postoflice numbered 103,354,960 pieces, as compared with 89,632,350 pieces for last year, an in crease of over 15 per cent. The amount of New York City mail thus separated daily is not far from 400,000 letters. A competi tion for a gold medal offered by the General Superintendent of the service at Washing ton, James E. White, and for five gold medals offered by the Superintondent of the Division, B. C. Jackson, is going on among the railway postal clerks. IT BOBS UP SERENELY. THE SH1RON CASE AGAIN BROUGHT TO TilE PUBLIC NOTICE. A Widow Who Demands Firty Thousand Dollars for Letters She Holds They Were Written by Justice Field to a Lawyer's Manager. rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. San Francisco, July 23. Publication was made to-day of the fact that a bundle of letters written by Justice Field and Francis J. Newlands, Senator Sharon's son-in-law, and bearing on a peculiar procedure in the Sharon divorce case, were in the hands of Mrs. Sarah Mitchell, the landlady of Newlands' confidential manager, Charles Livingstone. It is said the woman wants 50,000 for the delivery of these letters, but it is very doubtful whether she lias realized anything. There is no question that many "shadv things occurred in the Sharon divorce trial, and that Sena tor Sharon spent money like water to de feat Sarah Althea. His dying injunction to the heirs was that he would haunt them if they ever al lowed one cent to go to the woman who had cut short his own days by scandal and worry. He also enjoins upon them to spare no expense in defeating political as- fiirations of Judge Snllivau, ' who de ivcred the decision which gave Sarah Althea the rights of wife. That injunction was carried "out religiously. A powerful Sharon interest was exerted throughout the State wher. Sullivan ran for Judge of the Supreme Court. All the resources of the corrupt lobby, of which Boss Buckley was at the head, were used in the contest, and the result was that Sullivan, though very popular, was beaten. Livingstone, during this contest, was manager of the Palace Hotel and knew much that was going on. About two years ago he was deposed from his place by New lands. Justice Field was Livingstone's strong personal friend, and wrote several letters saving he would see that Newlands' treated Livinstone squarely. It is these letters and correspondence between New lands and Livingstone that Mrs. Mitchell holds. She demands 530,000 from the Sharon estate for their delivery, as she de clares they areworth that money should she deliver them to Sarah Althea. She hints that they reveal many compro mising transactions in the Sharon case especially after the Senator's death, but young Sharon and Newlands both assert that no such letters are in existence. Justice Field also savs that she may print any letters of his which she holds. Mrs. Mitchell is the widow of a mining man who left several valuable properties. They were badly involved, and Livingstone rescued them from ruin. He also aban doned his wife and lived at Mrs. Mitchell's house until he died. He was buried in her family plot. He used her money as freely as his own, and when he died he eidently gave her to understand that the Sharon estate owed him a large sum for valuable political services he had rendered. The case excites much at tention here, because of the mystery that has always hung around the Sharon case and because of the general belief that the Court was influenced by Sharon money. TWO PITISBURGESS IN CAMP. The Third Brigade Reviewed at Mt. Gretna by the Governor. rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Mt. Gretna, July 23. The Third Bri gade was reviewed this evening by Gover nor Pattison and his staff The Governor will inspect the regiments separately to morrow, and in the evening return to Har risbnrg. The percentage of attendance of the brigade is as follows: Fourth Begiment, 99.37; Eighth, 99.66; Ninth, 98.02; Twelfth, 96.73; Nineteenth, 97.02; Governor's troops, 89 05; Battery C, 100; City Grays, 100. Ex-Sheriff A. JE. McCandless, Surgeon of the Second Brigade, and Adjutant Charles Iteese, of the Eighteenth Begiment, both of Pittsburg, are in camp. RIVER NEWS AND NOTES. Louisville Items A Rumor of the Consoli dation of Two Packet Companies. TSrECIAL TELEGRAM TO TnE DISPATCH. Louisville, July 23. Business on the wharf was not good to-day. owing to the heavy rain. A fog made all the packets late In arriving this morn ing. Major Lockwood, United States engineer in ch into of the Kentucky river improvements, and Captain James Browninski, camo down after the Fulton, which they have chartered. The Sam Brown and the Charles left their loaded boats at Cawyvllle, being unable to get over the bar. The empty barges were taken to Cairo. The Ohio, from Cincinnati, passed down at noon for Memphis. Tho transfer boat George A. Mesdlll lclt last night for fat. Louis. B. b. Lelther's blglvew Orleans andVicksburg racket, Isachez. is rapidly rearing completion at toward's shipyard. The work on Captiin Ed Comeaux's steamer Mabel Comeaux is progressing rapidly. It Is rumored here that the Memphis and Cincin nati Packet Company and the Southern Trans portation Company have consolidated, and lint th" lines will be run under one management in the fall. 'There will be one boat a w eek to Memphis and one to New Orleans. The Memphis Packet Companv's three steamers, Opic, Buckeye State and ew South, will run to Memphis, and their new steamer, John K. Speed, will go In thelsew Orleans trade with the Guiding Star, A. P. Sehenk and Slary Houston. The Golden Rule has not yet entered the new line, and report has It that Cap tain O. P. Shlnkles Intends to run independently and is backed bv the owners of the other boats, who are anxious to form a new line between Cincinnati, Louisville and New Orleans. The river is still fall ing, with 3 feet 4 Inches at the foils. 5 feet 0 Inches in the canal. What the Upper Gauges Show. Allegheny JcxcTios River 4 feet 4 inches and falling. Weather cloudy and warm. MORCANTOW River 4 ttfet and stationary. Weather cloudy. Thermometer 86 at 4 r. M . BuOWjs ille Hirer 4 feet 6 inches and sta tionary. Weather cloudy. Thermometer 77 atS P. M. Warren Klvcr 1.3 feet and rising. Heavy rains. Tho News From Below. Wheeling Biver6 feet 6 Inches and falling slowl. Departed Courier, Parkersburg; Bed ford, Pittsburg; Hudson, Cincinnati. Raining. New Orleans Arrived City of bt. Louis, from fat. Louis. W arm and shower . Cairo Arrived City of Sheffield, St. Louis. Rier 17 feet and falling. Clear and warm. MiMi'Hib Arrived John Gilmore and tow. St. Louis; John A. Wood and tow, JSew Orleans. De partedJohn Gilmore, N,ew Orleans: Congo, Cin cinnati; Chlckasiw, Arkansas On ; John A. Wood and tow, Ohio rncr. Klver 13 feet 8 inches and falling. Cloudy and cool. Cincin3ati Hirer 9 feet 3 inches and falling. Cloudy and hot. Departed Keystone State, Pitts burg. St. Locis Arrived City of Padncah. Tennessee river: Cherokee, Jlemphis. Departed CItv of A lcksburg, atchez. River down, 14 feet 6 inches. Hot, with a good breeze. Gossip or the Wharves, , , It was very quiet along the whan es yesterday. The only boats were the Elizabeth and Morgan tow n packets. About the ouly thing talked of was the shooting affray of Wednesdaj . The marks show 5 feet 6 inches and stationary. The II. K. Bedford will leave to-day at noon for Parkersburg. Till. Sam Clark and Crescent arrived in port yes terda with empties. Tilt Scotia will leave to-day at 4 P. M. for Cin cinnati. The Batchelor is due to-night from that port. CRO'S, the colored man shot on the wharf by Abriola.was resting easy at the Homeopathic Hos pital lasteveniug. He will recover. Af explosion occurred on the naphtha launch Tlllle M. yesterday morning while passing through the locks at Davis Island dam. The lire was ex tinguished, but the gas was not turned on and considerable gas accumulated, and in attempting to light it the explosion took place, blowing the smokestack into the river. The engineer had his hair and eyebrows singed. AMOK PLATE TESTS. The Nickel Steel of Carnegie, Phipps tt-'Co. Superior to Others. FIVE SHOTS FIRED AT EACH MARK. The Projectiles Fly in Many Fragments TOen They Strike. PEOTECHYE DECKS FOR NATAL SHIPS SPECIAL TELEGR tM TO THE DISPATCH. Washington, July 23. A comparative armor test, to ascertain the relative qualities of all steel plates and nickel steel plates for use in arming the protective decks of naval vessels, occurred at the naval ordnance proving ground at Indian Head this week. The objeot of the test was to obtain data to be used in determining, whether the pro tective deck of armored bruiser No. 2, the New York, being built at the shipyard of AVilliam Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, should be made of ordinary tough steel plates or of nickel steek Two pairs of plates were tested. Those of all steel were furnished by Cramp & Sons, and were each i inches thick and had 80,000 pounds tensile streneth. The nickel steel plates were from Carnegie, Phipps & Co.. of Pittsburg, and had 92,000 and 102,000 pounds tensile strength and 12 and 26 per cent elongation. Each pair of plates was bolted to substantial live oak supports, one plate being placed directly on top of the other. This gave the all steel target a thickness of 2 inches and the nickel steel a thickness of 3 inches, giving the nickel steel inch the advantage. The plates were inclined at an angle of 22 degrees to the line of fire, that being the angle at which deflection decks are inclined. Projectiles Break on the Steel Plates. The gun used was a six-inch breech loading rifle, firing cast iron projectiles weighted with sand to 100 pounds. The striking velocity was fixed at 1,513 feet per second, that being about the elocity at which a.six-inch shell fired with the service charge would strike at a range of 2,000 jards. On the first day of the firing the all steel plates were tested. The first shot was fired at a spot 26 inches from the top of the target and 19 inches from the right hand edge. It struck the mark square and bent the plates downward, forming a dish or depres sion ecliptical in form, with its apex three inches below the normal surface ot the plates, and with the longest axis in the di rection of fhe line of fire. The surface of the plate in this depression was smooth and co ered with copper from the rotating band o'f the projectile. There were no cracks and no bolts broken. The projectile broke up, as did all the others fired during the trial, and the fragments were deflected onward through a backstop of heavy timbers, laced with a wrought iron plate, and were stopped by a pile of sand bags built up behind this. Other Shots Have the Same Effect. The second shot struck the target 26 inches from the top and 22 inches from the left edge, and was in effect an exact repeti tion of the first. The third shot was aimed I at the center of the plates, but an almost imperceptible error in pointing the gun was so magnified by the inclination of the plates that the shot was too high and struck: just between the two previous ones. This made a row of three shots directly across the upper part of the plate, and subjecting it to a very severe test. The two previous depressions were connected by this one, which bent the plates down to 7 inches be low the normal, and the center bolt, which was just ahead of the point of impact, was driven down through its hole. Both plates were cracked from the center of their upper edge through the bolt hole, and in the upper plate the crack extended in a curve to the rear of the first point of impact. The fourth shot struck at a point 21 inches from the bottom of the target and 19 inches from the right edge and was in effect a repetition of the first two shots, as was, also the fifth and last shot, which struck 21 inches from the bottom and 22 inches from the left edge. The target had stood the trial admirably and though cracked by the third shot, nothing had gone through it. Nickel Plates Show Great Toughness The nickel plates were then put in place and were fired at Wednesdav. The first shot was at a point 20 inches from the top and 16 inches from the right edge, and it made a depression but 1 4-10 inches below the normal surface. The ridges found on the surface of the plate by the mill seals were slightly smoothed, and ti ere polished and burnished with copper by the force of the blow, but no other effect on the target was visible. The second shot was at a point 30 inches from the top and 17 inches from the left edge, and it made a depression 1 6-10 inches deep. The third shot struck in the exact center of the plate, and was in effect an exact repetition of the first. The fourth shot struck 22 inches from the top and 18 inches from the right edge and made a depression 1 9-10 inches below the normal, as did also the fifth, which struck 32 inches from the bottom and 14 inches from the left edge. The greater apparent depth of the depressions caused by the last two shots was due to the fact that the plates were made longer than was expected and there was no room under the target structure for putting nuts on the lower bolts, which were merely driven in and al lowed the bottom edge ot the plates to curl. It is thought that the normal depression in both these instances was about 1 4-10 inches. The wonderful toughness of nickel steel was again demonstrated by the test. RIVAL L0VEE8 MAY DIE. They Fight for the Hand of a Lass and Are TJoth Badly Hurt. (SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TnE DISPATCH. Erie, July 23. Robert Crothers, of Bal timore, lies to-night in the County In firmary, horribly cut and slashed, aud Lewis Derry lies in the same situation with a bullet wound in his groin, as the result of a sancuinary meeting to-day. Several weeks ago Derry warned a young lady to whom he and Crothers were both paying attention that she must cease receiv ing the attention of his rival or he (Derry) would cut her heart out. Crothers being in ignorance of Derry's threat, came down from Concaut, O., where he was employed as a fireman, and while on his way to call upon the young lady was set upon and stabbed by "Derry. Eeturning to Erie to day the two young men met unexpectedly near the young lady's house. Crothers drew a revolver and Derry a knife, and, being at close quarters, they fought with the desperation of fiends. Derry's most serious wound is in the groin, while his rival is disfigured for life and is in a very critical condition. RUSH WILL 3E SUBPOENAED. The Democratic Administration of Wiscon sin Suing Ex-Treasnrcrs. Viroqua, Wis., July 23. An officer was sent here by the Attorney General to serve papers on Secretary Rusk to-day for his examination in the suit brought by the Democratic State administration to recover money alleged to hae been received by ex State' Treasurers as interests on State deposits. ltis claimed that during Governor Busk's administration 530,000 was left on deposit in a Viroqua bank, and he is to be examined as to this, the testimony to be used in the suit of the State against ex-State Treasurer Mc Fetridge. Ocean Steamship Arrivals. Steamer. Where From. Destination. Teutonic Liverpool New York. Noordland Antwerp N,ewYork. Spain New York London. Trave New York London. Kansas Liverpool Boston. Italy Liverpool New York. FuerstBlsmarck.ew York SoiifhamD'n. Trave New York Sonlhamp'n. Minnesota London Philadelphia Amsterdam Amsterdam New York. THE WEATHER. For TTesfern iVnnsjfca , m'a, West Virginia and Ohio: ' Stioicen, Sligldly Cooler, Ex ant Stationary Tcmveratura xr nt rffnZri'nntS IVmji 7?WYm 'M&igttMy ing Xortlmcsterl'j. t-f Comparative Temperature. Prrrsncp.G. Jnly 3. The United States Weather Bureau officer in this city furnishes the following: 4 Julyt3,lS00. JulytS,lS01. s O 4 r- 'r O 4 8AM 70 a8ah 70 A t 10 am ... 10 am ... 4 1 4 h MlAM ... 411am ... 12 M 71 12 M ... $ O 4 2 PM 71 4 2 PM 86 O 45fm CG 3?M ... OO O 8 PM 63 3 PM 73 O O o o o O 4 O s v O04OO4d 0&$$$$O$ TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL. Maximum temp 87'Mean temp -. 73 Minimum temp 67lKalnfall Range 201 THE FIRE RECORD. AT Cairo, Egypt, the Abdin palace caugh fire yesterda v. In spite of the efforts at con trol only a part of the building was saved. A slight fire on the roof of a house occu pied by Mrs. Gorman, on Evans alley, Alle gheny, caused an alarm from station 13, as 4:15 o'clock yesterday afternoon. At Spencerville, O , near Lima, last night, the extensive stovo factory, owned and operated by Robert II. Harbison, was totally destroyed. Loss, $7,000: partly Insured. Tho works were tho mam industry of the town and 60-nien are thrown out of employ ment. It is said tho Harbisons will rebuild. As alarm w as sent in from station No. H3, at S o'clock yesterday afternoon, for a small fire at the cjaner of Nineteenth street and Larkins alley. The lire started in tho kitchen of the frame house owned by B. Erbe and occupied by a man named Ender lin. Tho damage, amounting to about $230, was caused as much by tho water as the fire. AT Rochester, Pa., yesterday afternoon, fire broke out in the storage barn belonging; to Captain R. F. Mcllvam, nsed by F. K. Work as a storage room. At the time thera were stored in the barn 32 Lo e sewing ma chines, five tons of fine steel, 800 pounds of emery and vome carpetsandfurniture, which were all destroyed. Loss, $l,3C0; insurance, $300. The mines of the Deer Creek Coal Com pany at Glenrock, Col., arc on fire. Smoke was discovered pouring from the main shaft early Wednesday morning. Every effort was mado to reach the flames, but the firs only seemed to increise. At noon it was de cided to flood the mine, nnd it will close for weeks. Loss probably W 000. Fuel was sup plied to the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railway and to towns on that road. At Steubenvillo Wednesday night and early yesterday morning the business block owned by J. Hagan, occupied by William iiuddick, with a shoe store; the Opperman sisters, with a novelty store and news depot; James Burns, with a restaurant; the Knep per sisters, with a dressmaking establish ment, and Mr. Stephens as a residence, was partly burned. The building was a two-story brick. The fire started in the rear of the top story,and before it could be subdued all thac part was burned out. The loss on the build ing is estimated at $4,000, that of Ruddick's at $5,000; Opperman sisters, $L0C0; Burns, $200; Knepper sisters, $500, and Stephens, $300. Hagan, Rnddick and the Opperman sisters have their losses covered by insurance, but Burns, Knepper sisters and Stephens have) none. oooov-e$oeo$ We are selling Clothing, Hats and Furnishings just as rapidly as though they were under the hammer, and they are going at prices lower than you would bid for them if they were in the hands of an auctioneer. Prices have fallen so heavily that you could hear the crash half a dozen blocks away. Jacksons spell Bar gains with a big B because there's nothing small about them. Do you want to make a dollar go a long way? Jacksons can give you a bet ter return for your dollar than you can get for a dollar and a quarter elsewhere, and 25 cents saved is 25 cents gained. Bear this opportunity in mind, our stock of fine HOME MADE SUI.TS 25 per cent less than sweat-shop for eign goods' can be bought for, and remember every suit costing 10 or more dollars repaired for you free of charge in one year from date of pur chase. Clothiers, Tailors, Hatters and Furnishers, 954 and 956 LIBERTY ST. Jyl941-xwrsaU QwJi jitasMtttt&yiiiibi
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