Pittsburg dispatch. (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, January 17, 1892, Page 6, Image 6

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    SUNDAY BASEBALL.
The New York Clnb Comes Out FJat-
footed Against the Sabbath
Day Games.
OPINION ABOUT EQUALLY DIVIDED.
Tom Brown Definitely fiefnses lo Sijrn a
Contract to Tlay With the
LonLvilIe flab.
UEETIXGS OF LOCAL ATHLETES.
Older rjrlrt Terms Accsrted by the Local Bill
Clnb General rporting Sews.
rPrEClAI. TELEGBAM TO TOE DISrATCrM
2Tew York, Jan. 16. One clnb in
the National League has placed, itself
on record as regards Sunday sanies. Pres
ident John B. Dav, of the New
York club, has vrntten to C. H. Byrn
of the League Schedule Committee, that
the Giants will under r.o circumstances
play any championship or exhibition games
n the Kast or West on the Sabbath. Ac
cordingly Mr. Ryrne will take this matter
into consideration while drawing up the
tchedule of games (or ill? coming season.
Just what the Brooklyn club will do in
the matter is a mystery. Mr. Byrne re
fused to say yesterday whether his club
would play on Sundays in the West or not,
but he hinted that anything might be possi
ble. Still, it is thought that the Brooklyn
club will follow in the footsteps of the
Xcw York club. The Bo-ton club has come
out flatfooted against Sunday ball, and the
Philadelphia, Chicago and Cleveland club3
lought against the idea at the Indianapolis
meeting, and are cf the i-ainc opinion,now.
They Drpeml on i-rcmlays.
Baltimore and "Washington have always
been dependent upon Sunday games in- the
past, and will undoubtedly play thera in St.
"Louis, Louisville, Cincinnati, hut not Pitts
burg. St. Louis and Louisiilio were out
spoken in behalf of these games at Indian
apol's, and would not consent to accept
franchises in the new League until this
privilege was granted. John T. Brush
favors nlaying on Sunday for the Cincin
nati club, both at home and abroad, while
Pittsburg inav take a turn at it in St. Louis,
Louisville and Cincinnati, at any rate, and
po-iibly at home if the law will allow it.
From this it will be seen that the League
is nearly evenly divided in the matter, Bos
ton, Brooklyn (probably), New York, Phil
adelphia, Cleveland aud Chicago being
against it, while St Louis, Louisville,
Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Baltimore and Wash
ington are in favor of Snndav playing.
These games in St. Louis, Louisville and
Cincinnati will prove a great financial as
Fistance to tlioc clubs, as it has been proven
more than once in the past.
Some persons have nn idea that the League
in its recent settlement with the Associa
tion merely laid the wires to work a grand
lrtezmg out game for St. Louis Louisville,
Baltimore and ATashingtou, and that the
first evidence of it would crop out when the
League schedule should be taade public.
Aim Get What Ihrj Ask.
But it is stated on ofliei.-.l authority that
these Jour clubs will receive all they ask of
the Schedule Committee, and possibly more
than they deserve when it is considered that
they arc new corners and ordinarily would
l.sie to stand aside r big clubs like
Boston, New York, Brooklyn and Chicago.
Some of the best dates will be given to these
oid Association clubs, and there'll be little
or no dissatisfaction from that quarter.
From present appearances theLeague sea
son will open about April 7, and will close
on October 10, consisting of 154 games di
vided into two series oi 77 games each. The
winners oi the two series will play at the
close of the season another short series ot,
fay, 11 games for the League and the
world's championship. In this way a club
that falls behind during the month of April,
?!ay and Jane will still have a chance for
finsi honors by taking hij.Ii rdacis during
July, August and September. The "Western
clubs will be in the East probably on Dec
oration Day and Labor Day, and the East
ern clubs will plcy in the "West on July 4.
BASLE'S TrHMS ACCEPTED.
The Local Cruli Feels lacliied to Sign a
Discarded Catcher.
Manager Buckcnbergcr yesterday ac
cepted tt.e terms or Billy Italic, tbe catcher.
It may be t".:at Liilo will lie signed to-mor-low
or some day nest w eefc. If he Is signed
the move ill bv no means be a popular one
In Pittsburg as tne patrons of the club think
it a wry loolis.li thing to vet a discarded
player like La: ic and let a man like Mack
go. True the latter did not play his game
last jear. b'ttl.e was kept on tho bench ?o
tilteu that he iui 1 li'tlc chance to plav well.
Atauy r.ite nobody would think of compar
ing a man like Karlo with Connie Mack. The
H'irmngof Katie will only six-e the public to
undo stand mat poo: ..lfd cueap players are
coming horC-
President Temple w ent East yesterday on
business ichmve to the ciil. One author
ity sn.led that he had rone to trv and lr.ako
a deal with the New York Clcb" regarding
Lyons and that as a result B.isjett may
enme to Pitt-burg. None of the offi
cial were inclined to say what the Presi
dent's mission was.
AFTEK BIG GAHE.
The rittsburg Football Train Want
to
Tackle the American-Canadians.
Tlie inanv admirers and snnporters of
Association football will be glad to
ltarn that although the Pittsburg Tootball
Cub cannot for some reason or other, not
known to the local otlicials, get on a m.itch
with the Chicago Thistle team, the s:vcalled
champions of the West, there is a strong
possibility of a match with the American
Canadian team, now ictnrning from a
lengthened tour of Great Britain.
Such a match would cause the utmost en
thusiasm and attract the largest cuowd ever
Feen at A lootb.li match in this section.
Pieident Fred Good-vyn and Secietary
Mathews ate moving In the matter and the
greatest inducements will be held out lor
the famous American-Canadians to visit
Pittsburg and give our local champions a
game.
AS0THES LITTLE LEAGU2.
Raseball Cranks Trying to Jlalto a Circuit
Vp tho Mononahela Valley.
Homtstfad. Jan. 16 .VpecioJ'. Efforts aro
being made 10 organize a basenall league
among the cities of the Monongalicla Valley.
Among the cities named are MeKeesport,
Braddock, Homestead, Dnqtiesne and Eliza
beth. These places are ail located w ithiu
tlie limits ot a lew mile-, and are good base
bull towns. A seiies ot games could he
played w itnout much expense.
The county league, w Inch has been organ
ized for the past ti.ree or four years, has
t.lwr.ysbeen a failure financially. audit is
lively to go to pieces In ca-c the valley
league is oiganizcd. Homestead will fill a
place and no doubt show ip-t ell. T.iu inter
est in baseball here can easily bo jcvived
a-siin. Itisnotsolong.-yjU'wnen this town
ttJsoue of the best known baseball towns in
Western Pennsylvania
Ite.ipirg the Whirlwind.
Cmcoo, Jan. 13. Third Baseman Dahlen
will eventually be a big loser through his
short experience with the Milwaukee club.
Dining the felL si3-s the Milwaukee Sentinel,
Ii'lilea was signed ior Milwaukee at a salary
ot & 000 a veai . Prior to this, however, ho
had sig.ied Cliica-j-o contract for 1H at $1,
tWayear. lie got $X)0 in advance fiom Mil
waukee. When the consolidation was made
Dahlen rcwrted to the Chicago clnb nl a
alary r $1,400 and the Chicairo club became
iceponsible .u Milwaukee lor the $500 ad
vance money paid him. This monC3- will bo
diKtnutcd from Dahlen's salary and the con
sequence rr-li be that uexi'soison Iik will ro
cuif only fjM Instead of ,tliu $.1,000 which
would have teen liis hart Milwaukee stayed.
In tbe swim.
TWO GOOD FIGHTS ON.
Jack 31c Aollffs to Meet Hilly Slyer March S
fora 810,000 I'urnc-Plenty or Outside
Slonej MMicr and Choynski Hatched
for a Good Sam.
Hew Yoiik, Jau. 1C For some days past It
looked as though Captain Frank Williams,
the representative or tllo Olympic Club, of
New Orleans, had come North on a useless
errand. Charley -Mitchell refused to meet
Jim Corbett for n purse of $12 003, and his
sparring partner, Frank Slavin. also de
clined the tempting offer of $15,000
to meet Corbett Then ho offered a
$10,000 pmse between Corbett and Peter
Maher. but Coibett properly iefued
to meet Maher on the grounds that the latter
ha'l never fought a first-class man. .n
$S,0K purse was then offered for a battle be
twecn Corbett and Bob Fitzslnimons, but
oibett ici.sed to meet a middle-weight.
Then a $7,500 purse was offered for a fight bo
tween Fitzsimmonsand Maher, but "Fits'.
declined to meet Maher, considering him a
"second rater." The next move was to offer
an $S,000 purse for a battle between Fitzsini--mont-
and Jimmy Carroll, of Brooklyn, who
Is now preparing to go over to England to
meet Ted Pritchard.'the champion ot that
country. "Fit," however, refused to meet
Carroll, and in conscqucnc" thereof was
dropped by the New OrLrans Club.
The Captain's next offer wnsn $10,000 purse
font light between MalicrandJoeChoynski,
the clever California heavy weight. Madden
could not make the tnatcfi without the con
sent of Mr. S ipe, of Dublin. So Arthur Lum
!ey telegraphed to Mr. s-ago. While' await
ing an answer he hunted up Jack MeAuliffe,
whom he found in coropanv with Jnrk
Dempsey. He made him an offer of a $10,000
purse to fight Billy Mver. the Streator
cyclone, wlm once fought a 73-round draw
with -cAulfffe. He succeeded to-dav In
getting MeAuliffe to slim articles to ficht
Mver March 2, for a $10,000 purse, to weigh In
at' the ring side ut HO pounds, the winner to
rabnalL MeAuliffe als-j agrees to bet from
$5,W9 to $10,000 on the outside. Mver has
mauy admirers throughout the country, and
it is' more than likely that the stake money
will more than double the amount of the
purse.
Tlie Captain received more good news
about 7 o'clock in the crpnint. ns Mr. Lum-
iey rrchel the following cnblesram from
h.v-e, dared Dublin: "Am satisfied if Madden
i." This means that the fight between
Maher and Joe Choynski will surely take
place.
THE rOOXEAlL PLAYEES.
New Cast:e Clnb lrcentcd With the Ten-
nant and a Good Report Read.
A meeting of the local football leagno was
held last evetinr. Tno New Castle club was
presented with the pennant- Secretary
Macpherson submitted an interesting re
port, pointing out that the league had been
a financial success. Among things he t-nid:
"A noteworthy feature of the entire com
petition was the remarkably close games
and small scores which took place duiing
the season. From tho record it will be seen
that New Castle, who won the pennant, only
scored 16 goals and lost 8 in eight cuu'es (tho
remaining two game they won bv forfeit),
giving an average of 2 goals lo 1 for each
game. Homestead, however, heat the record
for taking part in closely contested games,
and during the s-aon never had more than
1 goal -cored ucainst them in any game,
while only on one occasion did they score
more than 1 themselves This makes the
dispute which took place about the middle
of tho season all the more regrernbls,as it
would Do almost impossible to find a league
anywhero where the clubs were all so evenly
balanced."'
The teams finished in tho following order:
cici-s
TliUhi
New Catle
McKee-ntrt....
McDonald
HoiufsU'.id......
Pltti-niirg
Hlouiiincld
15! J-
.6 2-5'
13 II 14
) K 10112
3 6 oil
1 10 11 7
i :iii l
01
fcix of the above ;ames recorded against
Blojinfield were forfeited, rittsburg having
refused to take lurtherpnrt in tliocompe
tion after their dispute with tho league lost
four games by forreit, while Homestead had
one lecorded against them ou that account.
THEIE ANSUAL 1IEEIIKG.
rho
Three A"s aieet and Re-ICIect Their
Old Officers for Another Year.
The annuM t.ieeting of tho Three A's; was
held at tlie Hotel Schlosser last evening and
the attendtnee was only modeiiiti'. . Xo
hnsincs of importance was done. The old
officers were re-elected and a committee
ws appointed to revise the constitntion.
The reports read showed that tho Asso
ciation is in a good financial condition and
Unit it" prospects r.ie very good. It is prob
nb'.e that a building lor a clubhouse will bo
purchased this year.
G number Officials Arrested.
Gettisetjro, Jan. 16. The track to-day
was wet and heavy. There was a large attendance-
A sensation was caused by tho
arrest of President W'altaam and a number
of bookmakers on the technical charge of
keeping a disorderly house. They were sub
seauently released on bail.
First race, sis Jnrlcncs-Prnilignl first. St. Pat
rlc"v second, Sliotnvrr third. Thc :I9!.
Mx.'l riiC4 stvtil a Itilf furloncs Sauffgier
firt, Xcaop'lou sccon'J, Graduate third. Tlaie.
l:iii-.
Ttiird rare, tlirce furlongs Hunker Hill first,
Witch roll serord. Hi nnrlla third. Time, :35,.
Kenrtli race, i.nr mile Te2t first. Glen Lochv
seeono. Joe Courtney third. Time. l:4y.
Fifth race. Svefuriongs-Kawtive llrst. Jay F
Dee mt-mkI. l.lttle Froi tlitnl. Tl'i-.c. I:C4'.
Sixth nc". set en !iir:o'ig-lAingstr!i:eflrst,Xep-tunisstcond.
Sparling thin!. Time, iai.
TIip Western Iicague.
Chicago, Jan. 16. The committee ap
pointed at the last meeting of the Western
Baseball League has completed all nrranco
ments and called a meeting for Saturday,
January 31, to be he'd a the Auditorium in
this city to complete the formation of the
Western League. President James Hart
says that the League will bo lormcd with tho
following cities renre'sentefl: Minneapolis
St. Ptnl, Omaha, Kansas C.tv, Milwaukee,
Indianapolis, Columbus and Toledo.
The Tarentnm Team.
A meeting ,-,f the Tarentnm Baseball Clnb
was held j-cstcrday, when it w:i3 decided to
name tUe club A. C. Gurabert, of Tarentnm.
Tbonias Wills was elected Manager and G.
A. Girt, Secretary. The following players
have been signed: Stevick, catcuer; Ciilla
hun, Hemp'iii:, Cameron, pitchers: Claris,
first: Wills.second; Tnompson, shtirt; D-illas.
third; McKim, lelt: Bisuer, mid 'ie. One of
tlie pitchers w ill play in right field.
Grimm's Affidavit.
Louisville, Jan. Id Special. Chris Von
der Ahcs claim to the services or Fred
Pfeffcr were, n Httic previousand itis among
the probabilities that the second baseman
will be with ixnilsville next season. That Is
what caused the vl?it of Williams and
Pfeffcr to Louisville, An affidavit has been
recorded from Catcher Grimm, stating that
he did not sign a Pittsburg contract until
December 15.
rol Tourney aWConnolIsailte.
Cos.xfxlsville, Jan. 1G SpeciaL Ar
rangements arc being made for :i pool con
test for tho championship of Fayette and
Westmoreland counties Tho contest will
rouimonce Tuesday nest, vi'iluclm. Bush,
White, Bradiev and Williams aro among tho
contestant. ach game avil I consist of W'l
point and tl-e cuttnnce tee $10. C. A. Will
iams Is the present champion of the county.
Itcaver County Shooters.
Be otfu -Palls, J.a n. 1 6.- Special. Tu csday
evening there will lie a meeting at the Cen
tral Hotel in this place of the members ofall
the gun clubs in Beaver comity and other
sportsmen. It is the intention to leae. or
Iiurcimsegioundsln iho lower port or New
trighton it being most central and to ex
pend several thousand dollars in building n,
neat club house, grand stand and in fixing
up the grounds.
Shooting ut Homewood.
There was an interesting shooting contest
at live pigeons at Ilomewood Pailc yester
day arternoon. Tho contestants were: E.
V. Hughes, E. Quiun nnd John Dixon. Each
man shot at 3 birds, 21 jards rise and 60 fall,
and one ounce ot .shot. Each contestant
also put up fi nnd the vi inner took all.
Hughe killed 5 straight; Qulnn killed I and
Dixon 3.
t.-i Blanche in Cover.
San rRAKcisco, Jan. 16. Lu Blanche, not
withstanding his lisgico.uI record in thii
city, appeal s to be Uoitigjetter than the ma
jority of pugilists who profess to bo'square.
He leaves to-night for Los 'Angeles, where
he has agreed to knock out Billy .Manning
in ten rounds before the Lor Angeles Ath
letic Club. After this affair he has a match
in Carson Citv with the Nevada middle
weight champion, and thence be coys to
Denver to spar ten rounds witli Billy Woods.
The Pacific Club has given up all hope of
matching Choynski. Godfrey wanted $5,003
and Joe Lannon $5,500. which tho club
thought too steep. The Pacific Club wants
to match Dempsey and Alec Greggains, but
It is doubtful whether Jack will re-enter the
ring.
COLONEL -NORTH'S HORSES.
A Party of American Sporting Men Visit
the Nitrate King's English Stables and
Inspect His Fnmoax Itnnners Some of
3hem Mny pome, to America.
fEY CABLE TO TnE D1SPATCII.1
LontjOx, Jan. 16. "Colonel North tookssev
eral icpresentatives of the American turf to
visit his training quarters at Newmarket on
Wednesdays The party comprised Colonel'
Thomas V. Ochiltree, Foxnall Keone, Will
iam Enston, "Honest John" Kelly, David
Gideon and William Eustis, who traveled In
a special car aud reached Colonel North's
place about noon. Sherwood, the trainer,
first brought out tho 3-ycar-olds and they
were greatly admired by the visitors. Lsidy
Ileimlt has a great chance for tho Oaks,
more especially now that La Flecho is re
ported'broken down. El Diablo will proba
bly represent the Colonel In the Derby, and
should 'anything happen to Oruic will have
a good chance for the bluo ribbon of '92.
Among tho 2-vear-olds the filly Enita and
the colt Boyal Harry attracted most atten
tion. These youngsters are among tho en
tries foe tlie Chiciuro.Derbv of lff'3. About
the same party was p'ri srntut a dinner given
at-the (.oiilir.eiui'.l liotel i'ridny evening by
the Taticrsalu to their American manager.
William liiston. Mr. Hodge, M. P., presided
and Colonel Ochiltree responded to the
toast of '-Tlie Visitors."
Foxhall Kuene bus been looking around
for a. breeding farm for the mares that he
purchn-ed at Newmarket. He diove a
co.ich down to the famous Middle Park Farm
on rrlday and took a look at the paddocks
and loose boxe". This farm, when owned
by Mr. Blvnkiron, was tho homo of Gladia
tenr. B'air Atbolandotlicrwcll-kiionii thor
oughbreds nnd for the past seven years has
been turned over to the dairv business. Mr.
Keene w ill probably lease the loose boxes
and about CO acres of the paddocks lor his
mates. He has secured nominations to Or
monde. Earcaldine and nearly. all the !cd
ingsiallions in England and will probably
bring h'is mares toAmorica in September in
loal to the best selections that ne can make
fiom English sires. Ho may keep Kathleen
II. and possibly Mavourneeu in training tnis
year.
TOM EE0WK DECLINES.
lie Eefnses to
Sign a Contract to Go to
Txjulsvllle.
BesToy, Jan. 1C ISpectaL Manager J. C.
Chapman, of tho Louisville ball elub, ar
rived In Boston this morning. His special
mission was to sign Tom Brown, who was
assigned to Louisville at tho Indianapolis
mcetin; of the baseball magnates Inst
month. Chapman called on Brown this
forenoon but found that player not quite
ready to fix his signature to a Louisville
contract. Brown .. is stionglv opposed to
playing in that city and Is in tbe hopes that
some deal may be l'natle whereby be will be
able to play in some Eastern city.
Ctiapiuai', however, savs that tho Louis
ville people have their minds bent on necur
inir Jbon and will rfnt listen to any trade.
The Philadelphia club offered to give up
Delehanty and Catcher Bill Brown for Tom
Brows, but it was not considered for a mo
ment. The Prince to Mitchell and Slarin.
Chicago, Jan. IS. 6eefa'.l Yesterday the
English nugillstsSlavin and Mitchell re
ceived a cablegram from HI Koynl High
ness, the Prince of Wales, acknowledging
the previous day's message of sympathy and
condolence with the heir apparent. It sim
ply read as follows: "The Prince thanks
you," nnd was signed by the Controller who
ism.islerof theTiinco'.s household and at
tends to all his telegraphic dispatches.
A Wreatlo Not Worth Seeing.
YocsasTOWS. Jan. 16. yprrfijl. Evan
Lewi, fie 'Stnincler." tonight wrestled
Harvey Parker, of Erie, who was billed ns
"the unknown." putting him down four
times in four ininnfes, Parker refusing to
resnond for the fifth bonf. claiming his arm
had been twisted. Tlie 2(0 sports in attend
ance kicked themselves for staying to wit
ness it.
Wants an Interest In Louisville.
Louisvillf, Jan. lfi. Goorgo Williams, the
Chicago baseball man, is hero and wants to
acquire an interest in tho Louisville club;
also to seenro the transfer of Pfeffer from
Chicago to Louisville. The Louisville di
rectors will -hold meetin.and it is said
are very willing to el! Williams an interest.
They also want Pfeffer upon any leasonable
terms.
Yalfl'a rootball Captsin.
Nov Havist, Jan. 1C rBSnecfa'."! The foot
ball captaincy at Ylo was settled to-nght
by the election of Vance McCormtck, of
Harrishurg, P., a member of the class of '93
Slieffleld Scientific School. MrCormick was
captain of the freshman baseball and foot
ball teams last year and has played football
this year only.
Jnckson'B Forfeit Mcney Up.
Chioaoo. Jan. 16 - Parson Davies and Peter
Jackfon loit to-night for Brooklyn after
placimr In the Globe National Bank Jack
son's deposit o; $1,0 0 for his npnenrnnce In
London, May 30, to light Frank Siuviu.
Catcher Grimm's Af!ldnlt.
Louisville, Jan. IB. ISpccia:. Catcher
Gritnra yesterclayi signed an fffldavit stating
that t.e dill not sign a Pittshurg contract
until December 15. It was received hero to
day. V.'h-e!inen Are Oat a President.
3rAS-iLLox, Jan. 16. ttneciil.y-James Ran
dall Unnn, President of the League of Amer
ican V ee'.men, to-day 'wrote out his resig
nation of tnat office.
Tfcxsrball Jtfntcii.
Glasscock savs now that lie doesn't want to
play In St. I.ouls.
As nobody but rittsburg wants Earle, he is
likely to come hero.
Waiih will pmbablv give his left bander, "Bert"
lul.s, another trial this spring.
CoxTnACTjiiinpers aud other "queer" playeis
are uowreaplng their lust reward.
IF Henrr had resided out West It is certain that
the local cluli would have been after him .
Ex-5tAXArcEK Haxlon- declines to sign a con
tract uut'l his lee furhciug captain ib fixed.
JlAXAGERBccrjrjsr.EKOEis mailed Earte a con
tract from Wheeling yesterday aftcrnooa.
RtrsiE and Boyle will do most of the NewTr ork
club's lattery worfce at least that is what Manager
Powers eas- now.
Jim'' MUTiE Is In favor of a fire months'
nlaylnp season lor the Eastern Association, to be
gin in May and end In September.
mutix DCKE. the pitcher, was signed by Chi
cago sesterdsy. He agrees to fdrfelt half his salary
If tie touches liquor during the season.
Whex Ihc probability of Earle's coming to
Pittburg was muitioned hi this paper some time
ago fcK- people thought he would ever get here.
A Kradeb The clubs are: Plttsbnrir. Cincin
nati. Cie eland. Chicago, l.nnlsrllle. St. Louis,
New Tork. Brooklyn, Baltimore, Washington,
X HllB'lVi)!lK lOSLU:i.
"TOM" Bnowx says he'll die if he plays In
Louisville. Five jears ago. when Brown went
from Pittsburg to Boston, lie was generallvre
garded as "dead" by the profession. It was his
second time on earth in the "IIob."
Now thaf"Burk"Ewlr.g. John B. Day. Man
ager Pnw ers and Directors HuliiTaa and Spalding
want OHfce" Kelly, It looks very ranch as though
the King" win become a Giant after all. In, the
event or tlie eluh arriving at inch a decision, Mr.
Kelly wilt probably be asked to plav in New York
fur a moderate salary compared with that of last
year.-
General Sporting Xotes.
THr local curlers may have some contests this
week.
Leading pugilists are more anxious for show
eugagemrnts than fights nowadays.
Hahvahd's Sophomore lootball eleven has re
elected K. jt. Beats as Captain.
The Boston Aldermen have decided that as"
boxing ls part of pugilism it. must be vetoed by law.
HUUkGolllmje, nnrter-'henameof Ike Smith.
Is to wrestle DcnuisGalkigherat Buffalo to-morrow
evening.
Loud Falmouth, whose homon w,i, cm rn
over S-VKloo u hen he retired from the English turf, J
C. J. Hamlin, whose success in bringing out
racehorse trotters and pacers Is not questioned
sastliathIAreclliig venture has netted htma)
per cent anunally-
Ajury in Kentucky has decided Inc. W. Will
lams' favorjn the suit for 23.000 damages entered
by horseman Massel. injured by the falling of a
platform at the independence, Ia races.
KEITUSBUBO. out in lilfiots. has a crack shot or
a Major-Tom Marshall and he Is matched to
shoeic. . Itinld. tlieeiiamplou "of thellawkeve
state, at Ukaloosu la February fur Jl.ouo a siJe..'
THK Vli 35 nvrAnnwlt for ls'l Is out. it i- -n -
treoiely useful little biok to patrons of snorts', and i
a very interesting feature of It this yearli full re
ports of several memorable old-time prize fights.
IT Is claimed that cocaine was used In the wax of
hypodermic Injections on the stallion Palo Alto to
relief the soreness In one of his fore legs, aud that
It was by reason or this treatment that he was able
to trot In 2.-C8Y. T
A 6IQXIFICANT development In tho proposed
match between Jim Hall and Bob Fltzslmnions
was the report from New Orleans yesterday that
the lankv Australian hid disappeared. The news
cameomclahy from the Metropolitan Club-
JACK TnATrllJta defeated Frank Ives In a handi
cap 14-Inch baU-lina practice game last night by a
score of 153 to 306. The con'litlous orthc game were
Thatcher to plav 165 to lies' 400. Thatcher's high
runs were 33, 35 and 2S. while Ives' were 71, 4b
aud 44.
Thk Paclflo Cluh has given up all hope or match
ing ClioTnssl. Godfrey wauted $5,000 and Joe
Lannnn $,100, which the club thought too steep.
The Facltlc Club wants to match Dempsey and
Alec Greggains, but It Is doubtful whether Jack
wilt re-enter the ring.
Man-aof.k Leavitt. of the WlndsorTheater,
where Mitchell and blavln are giving snarrlne ex
hibitions. h.v-e made tlie pugilists an offer to head
an athletic and vaudeville combination lur a Cana
dian tour. Slavln has made many friends In Chi
cago who will back him to a man In his contest with
Peter Jackson,
Jimmy Mcepiiy, the lightweight of Chicago,
who made such a cleer showing against Kemmick
atbt. Paul lact summer. Is negotiating with Andy
Bowen for an eight-round light, to take place hi
Chicago m tho near future. Murphy broke his
right nana on Keminlck and has been resting the
member since, but he thinks it strong enough now
to stand a fight.
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TUB WEAIHUB,
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West Virginia and Ohio:
OmeraUy Fair Except Snow
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Slightly Warmer, Southeast
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RIVER NEWS AND NOTES.
-
The Washington Weather Bureau Prophe
sies High Water Itelow.
WAsmxGTOy, 1). C. Jan. I6.-The Ohio river
at Cincinnati lu.s risen 13 feet 4 Inches. The Ditto
will rise at Cincinnati to the 47 foot stage by Janu
ary 19: at I,nn1vll1cto the "3 foot stage by the
aoili; at Kvansillle. to SSI rect hy the "dtatMt.
Vern-m. Ind.. to 42 feet by the Sid ; at Cairo, 351eet
by the 25th.
Tlio'itnatlon nt CinclnnalL
CrxcnwATl. Jan. 10. Since 6 o'clock last night
the Ohio river has risen n feet and is still rising,
though not so rapidly as It did yesterday. Be
tween noon to-day and 6 o'clock the average rise
was3 inches an hour. The mer Is still filled with
Ice. which causes considerable annoyance to boats,
though It has not Interfered beriously with traffic.
The new Mary Houston, which hroVc her moor
ings this morning and Hosted down to Aurora, has
nut yet been liroughuir, owing to the heavy Ice.
The stare or the water at 1 o'clock to-night was 37
feet !n the ci'iiinel. Iteports from all points ahovc
show tint the Uteris falling. The cold weather
w II! prevent any serious Hood, and the river will be
falling within 3j huurs -r sooner.
Tj-Hilville Items.
Louisville. .Tan. 16. Special. No business.
Weather clear and cild. Blvir rising at the rate or
two inches an hour, with 10 feetou tlie falls. 12 feet
C inches In the cannl and SB fiet below. The New
South Is clue up from Memphis to-morrow. Tlie
Ch-irlle McDonald and tow are due down to-raor-row.
Tlie new Mary Houston h-arcs for New Or
leans Momlav morning. The Heaver, Smokv City
and Joe Williams go Hack South w ith tows of coal
when the Ice thins out. The Ohio leircs for Mcin-
pnis to-morrow, iso nepariurcs to-oaj.
What tipper Oangps Show.
Allegheny .Tiwcnox Klvcr 12 feet 11 inches
and falling. Clear.
The News From Below.
KYAXSYILLt: Klver 12 feet 2 inches and railing.
Clear.
Wiikeli vo Klver 21 feet and falling. Departed
Co'igo. CIc-ir.
IIaukkrsiu nu-Ohlo IS feet and rislngslowlv.
Ice still running. Little Kanawha tailing. Tfie
Bn Hur attempted to go up, tint returned. The
Oncldi started for the headwaters of the T.lttl
Kanawha. The boom at the inouth of theGuvan
river IiroSe last night, and several thousand logs
broke loose.
Caiko No arrivals or departures. Bivcr 15.C feet
and rising Cicar and moderate.
Sfw Oulkaxs Partly cloudy and cool. Ar
rivedState of Missouri, Cincinnati :S. II. Frlshv,
Ohio river. Departed Oakland and tow, bt.
Louis.
rrvcrxjTATt Blver 37 feet and rising. Fair and
enltl. Departed Hudson, to Pittsburg: Ohio, p,
Memplils.
MiMl'ins Pased up T.nldlrg Star. fnrCincln
nati. Arrived Buckeye state. Cincinnati. River
11 feet 6 Inches and tailing. Cloudyand cool.
LIST 0? SATURDAY SKiKEKS.
Jon Bpowiskt was arrested yesterday by
Officer Meyers and locked up in the Eleventh
ward police station for peddling along
Wylle avenue without a license.
Makt Paeloek claims her house was
robbed while she was absent last evening.
She lives at 101(1 Bradford street, Sonthstde.
A pair of ear rings, a breast pin and S15 aro
missing.
John Botle has 'raving fits, and last even
ing he was locked up in tho Southsido
station. Ho lives with his sisters, but they
are afraid lie will fill them. Boyle's condi
tion will be Inquired into to-day.
Mils. Hall, who boards with Mrs. Buck, on
Troy Hill, is charged with the larcony of $35
belonging to Mrs. Moses Merrick. Mrs. Hall
is one of,Fiithcr Mollinger's patients, and
came here to be cured of deafness. She gave
hail lor a hearing.
Jouk WnioLEY nnd H. H. Simpson aro two
Lawienccville teamsters. Their wagons
collided yesterday and they quarreled.
Simpson claims Wrigley lashed him on tho
he.id with his vt hip, and he sued him for as
sault and battery.
Octavics Smi-bu, a colored man employed
at the Monogahela nonse, was arrested iast
night by Detective llnblnson and locked up
as a suspicious character. Several overcoats
have been stolen tiom the hotel recently,
and it is alleeetl that Smith knows some
thing about the thefts.
Gr.or.c.E Call aud James Sproul, employed
at Moorhoad's Second avenue mill, recently
ljought a HO overcoat which each was to use
wlion he needed it. Cnll paid for the gar
ment, but Sproul never put uphi3 share, so'
Call sr s. The latter claims that Sproul now
has the coat and relnses lo give it up. Ho
has entered suit before Alderman Donovan
to recover it.
STREET C0EN2K G03SIP.
Eight new cases of diphtheria nnd two
new cases of scarlatina were reported at tho
Bureau" of Health yesterday. They are
scattered.
Samuel Moimisox, an old-tlmo resident of
Taren turn, died at that place yesterday at
1:30 v. i., in hisSfith venr. Deceased has been
stone blind for the last 50 years.
A FitFicnT train stalled on tho Twenty
eighth street crossing of the Allegheny Val
ley Hallway last night about 0 o'clock and
delayed tho cars on the Citizens' Traction
road for nearly half an hour.
Chaulis Shoheii and Amelia Hartman, of
the Southside, wote married by Alderman
Succop last evening. Tho young man only
had $2, bnt the Aldeimnn agreed to wait for
the other $3. Tlie marriage fee is $5.
Henry Pnirrs, Jn., lias presented the Alle
gheny Conservatory with abeautlful bronze
vase that he nurehased in Paris. It is three
feet hisrh and the bowl is tw o feet in diame
ter. The desian is highly artistic and of the
very best workmanship.
PEOPLE C0MIKG AKD GOING.
Homer
Laughlin, B. C. Simms and
J. S. Goodwin, of East Liver
J. H, and
pool, returnen yestcruay irom the potters'
convention in Chicaso. They took dinner
at tne Anderson Hotel.
"W. P. Bend, the coal operator, went to
Chicago on tlie-limited last evening to spend
Sunday with his family. George Rice, the
street railway engineer, was a passenger on
the same train.
Harry Passavant, of Youngstown, Secre
tary of tho Mahoning and ,Slienango Iron
Manufacturers' Association, was In the city
yesterday.
"W, A. Magee returned lasl evening from
the annual meeting of tne United Press,
which was held in New York.
C. A. Baird, traveling passenger agent of
the Queen and Crescent Road, returned to
Colnmbus last evening.
It H. Bulley, of Canton, and Thomas P.
Stmpsou and wife, of Bearer Falls, are stop
ping at the Duquesne.
Alonzo C. Hagan Tind bride, of Union
town, were registered at the Monongahela
House yesterday.
Dr. J. AV. Ely, a prominent physician of
Uniontown, was a business visitor to Pitts
burg yesterday.
J. Floyd, of Youngstown, and E. T.
Laslielles, oi Meadville, aro at tho Schlosser.
B. H. Patrick, of Clarion, is at the St. 1
uuaries. j
Wm
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QUAY'S LIBEL' SUIT;
The Trial To-Morrov Is taking on
, the Air of a National Event.
FRESH ATTACKS IJY DEFENDANT.
All the Attorneys in the Case bnt One Are
of Democratic F'ailh.
NEWSY K0TES PR03I KEAEBT. TOWXS
rsrvCTAL Tltt.XORAM TO TIIF. OtSPAaT.Tt.'
Beaver, Pa., Jan. 16. The nil-absorbing
topic of conversation on the streets
here, and in fact in all the principal towns
of the Beaver Valley, is the coming suit
of Senator M. S. Quay against the pro
prietors of the Daily Star, the only Demo
cratic paper in Beaver county, for criminal
libel, and which will come up for trial be
fore His Honor, Judge "Wickham, in the
Beaver courts Monday, January 18.
The trial promises to be one of the most
important ever held in this section. Rep
resentatives from all the leading journals
in the United States will be present, and
rooms have been engaged in the hotels here
for a number of illustrious personages in
political life. Both sides are ready and
anxious for the frav.
For the pro-.ecution Senator Quay has re
tained John M. Buchanan, Seward Thomp
son and Itankin Martin. The other side
have Ed. B. Dougherty, L. W. Beed and
llobert Bichie. The attorneys are the
flavor of the legal iraternity of the Beaver
county bar, and all arc Democrats, with one
exception, Rankin Martin.
The Star people have continued to at
tack the junior Senator with a reck
lessness that is truly amazing.
An editorial published to-day closes
with quotations from the charges
made by the JJcw York World and Tost
against Mr. Quay and reviles him for not
suinf: those papers for libsL
It is said that Mr. Quay's attorneys will
endeavor to use the editorials published to
day in evidence at the trial to prove malice
on the part of the defendants and that the
attorneys for the defense are highly indig
nant at the star Jor giving utterance to such
virulent language just at this time.
AK EXPLOSION AKD SUNAWAY.
An Exciting Railroad W reck at Braddock,
bnt Ko On- Killed.
Biiaddock, Jan. 10. Special. Ono of the
most exciting wrecks in the history of this
place occurred at 10:30 to-nicht, fortunately
without any fatalities. An engine drew a
"inodoc," or car used for hauling hot cin
ders, out of the Carnegie blast furnace and
up tho narrow gauge, intending to dump it
ns usual. Suddenly there was an explosion,
and molton iron, blazing cinders and stenm
filled the endue cab, almost rtrangling tho
engineer and fireman. Th" "modoe" for
some reason, had burst, and Engineer John
Kirk and Fireman Pat .Murray were obliged
to, leap for their lives, both being severely
burned. The engineer did not have time to
reverse the engine, which dashed up the
track, dragging the disabled 'modoe'' nnd
strewing cinders nndredhot iron all alonz
the track. Thesecond section of a fi eight
train was passing tho crossing, and the run
awnyoncino dashed directly into it, strew
ing cars right and left and wrecking at least
a dozen.
The citizens of Camp Copeland and
Rankin met to-night in the Copeland school
house, where enthusiastic resolutions were
passed indorsing the project to unito with
otberplaces and form a borough. Commit
tees were appointed to prepare pet'tions
and secure signers. After the borough
piivilegourc granted it is tho intention of
all these places to incorpoiato with Brad
dock proper, and'ask for a city charter.
A BIG HOTEL SCHEME.
StcKeesport to Hrr Mammoth Six-Story
Structure Soon.
McKEEsror.T, Jan. 10. Special. The
heaviest transfer of real estate for some
time, was the sale of the Centennial block,
ori Fifth avenue. It v,s sold by Mrs. Anna
M.Bnilie to George Altinyer, the resturatenr,
Tor $50,000. The building is a fhrgo three
story brick structure. Tho new owner will
raise ttio building to -six stories and will
have abnlldingndded to the rear the samo
height. It will bo turned into a hotel as
soon as possible after Apiil 1. Seven years
aito tho property sold at $18,000.
This afternoon, when tne 11. ,t O. pay train
arrived here and passed along the lino,
.stopping at intervals to deal on t the monthly
stipend, a.rean limned Patrick Connelly no
sooner received his pay than ho fell to the
floor dead. Heart trouble is the general
verdict.
A Little Girl Missing.
Coxsellsville, Jan. 16. Special. "Bee"
Stunton, a H-yenr-old daughter of John
Stanton, of tho Juniata Coke Works, n few
miles from this piace, has been missing for
Several days. Foul play is suspected. Tho
girl had been visiting her aunt, Miss Sarah
Quinn, a clerk of Frisbes's drygoods stoio,
at this place, for several weeks. She left
Tuesday evenfngon the'Posnm Run branch
train for home, getting off the tiain nt Beat
ty's crossing, the station nearest Jnninta
ville. She has not been seen since. She
wore a brown, and blue plaid dress, n brown
coat and a black hat the day of her disap
pearance. A TTell-Known Oil Man Missing.
Washiugtox, Pa., Jan. 16. rSperfa.1
Alexander McKlhstry.n well-known oil man
nnd gauger lor the Western and Atlantic
pipo lines, left Taylorstown for this city
Friday afternoon, and has not been seen or
heard of since. McKinstry is a married
man, and lives at Cnnonsburg. His friend!
are convinced he his met with foul play. It
was reported this evening that he had made,
two enemies in the Taylorstown field. A
party started out to-nicht to search the
fields and woods alone the route he was sup
posed to have traveled. ,
A Legislator Badly Bnnllrod.
FAitKERSEono, Jan. IS. Special. War
rants are out for a number of poker playeis
of this city for fleecing an ex-member of the
Legislature from an interior county out of
not less than $500. Ho was hero attending
the United States Court. It is alleged that
he ijsned checks for cnips until his' tank
account was gone. Thonolice got wind of
the affair and held him as a uitness, but he
will not liKely Ills a complaint. One who
knows'hiui ay.s that his los-es nt the last
session of the'Lejislature were $3 5C0.
Absconded "With the Ball Proceeds.
GitEEXSBURO.Jan. 16. Last night the Comic
Sons of Moni js, of this city.gave a masquer
ade ball. About 11 o'clock Romig, one of
tbe managers, disappeared. It is said that
he took $75 of the proceeds, a fine gold
watch that was to bo given to the most pop
ular hotel keeper of this city, and nn over
coat belonging to a member ror the commit
tee, and boaided a train lor Pittsburg.
Two Bellaire Men Frozen toWeath.
Bellaibe, O., Jan. 16 John Manley, aged
33 years, pioprietor of tho. Bollalre wharf-
All gone wo
man's .suffering
and" tvoman's
weakness. Dr.
Pierce's Favorite
Prescription puts
a stop to it. It's
a remedy for all
tho delicate de
rangements and
disordors that
make her suffer, and a euro for all the dis
eases and disturbances that make her weak.
It's a legitimate medicine, that corrects and
cures ; a tonic that invigorates and builds
up i a nervine that soothes and strengthens.
For bearing-down pains, displacements, and
all the functional irregularities. peculiar to
tho sex, it's a safe ana certain remedy.
Other medicines claim to euro I
That's true. But they don't claim to do
this: if tho "Favorite Prescription'1 fails
to benefit or cure, in any case for which
it's recommended, the money paid for it is
refunded.
Judge for yourself which is likely to be
the better medicine.
And think whether something else offered
by tho dealer is hkely to bo " just as good."
You pay only for the good you get On
these teems it's tho cheapest
Wrms
1 it "r-Ji mwiir
r
bct, and his son'rPeterManley,rwero" found
frozen to death'io-day'ande'r the Ohio. Val
ley Railroad trestlework. The supposition
Is that they fell from the trestlework while
en route home.
A WABKING TO COASTERS.
The
Sport Results In an Accident Which
May .Coat Two Lives.
Xfw Castle. Jan 16. SDeeiat. A. coasting
accident occurred heie. this evening which
will probably result fatally to two persons.
Four boys were riding down a steep hill on
Jefferson street on a bob sled, and a. H-y ear
old boy named Walter Johnson was acting
as guide. Mrs. Buchunnon, an aged lady of
Mahoningtown, was coming up the hill in a
sleigh. The bob sled ran under the heels of
the horse attached to Mrs. Bnchannon's
sleigh.
The animal took fAght nt.d kicked young
Johnston on the head, cutting terrible
gashes and crushing in tho skull. Mrs.
Buchanpon was thrown from the sleigh nnd
had her head badly cut, besides being hurt
Internally. .It is thought she will die. The
two victims of the accident ate uncon
scious. MASY LAB0BEKS GULLED.
A Sharper Collects 10 a riead From Them
as Alleged Contract Security.
Wheeliho, Jan: 16 Special. For six
months or more a man has been going about
among the country people of this section,
hiring men, as he alleged, to work on rail
road construction at unusually good wages.
The men were to report at some nppointed
place on a fixed day or forfeit $10, which the
men were each required to deposit as se
curity that thev would live up to their con
tract. In this way several .thousand dollars
has been collected. The agent who em
ployed them always failed to show up at tho
meeting piace.
To-day T. P. Sy Ices came to the city from
don n the river to meet the man, but he did
not appear. Later Sykes saw him and
had him arrested. He gave his name as T.
F. Conners.
Tellow Ochre Near Toungstown.
Jouxstowx, Jan. 16. SpeciaL From Jack
son township comes the report that n vein
of yellow ochre, used in the manufacture of
paints, has been found. About a year Rgo,
while prospecting for coal on the farm ot
Georse Pase, a verv yellow substance was
found, and recently Mr. Page nnd Charles X.
Crouse found a well-defined vein of the ma
terial, which experts pronounce to be a
good quality of ochre.
Suicided Tinder Locomotive Wheels.
Grkessbcho, Jan. 16. Special John Mc
Laughlin, ofDonhoe station, quarreled with
his wife about some trifling matter this
afternoon, and she threatened to have him
arrested. He then throw himself tin the
railroad track in front of an approaching
passenger train. His body was literally
ground to pieces. He was a railroad man
and 40 years of age.
Starved to Death In the Woods.
Altooa, Jan. 16. Special. This morning
the body of William llancuff, who has been
missing since January 2, was found on the
mountains near this city. He was supposed
to have wandered away while temporarily
Insane and died of starvation.
Murderer Palnten Mast Hang.
York. Pa.. Jan. 16. In cpurt this morning
Judges Latimer and Rittenger refused Will
iam Henry Painton a new trial and sen
tenced him to be hanged. Painton wns con
victed nt the last term of the murder of Mrs.
Stroiningerat Lewftbury, this county.
Morphine Kills a Beaver Woman.
Beaver, -Jan. 16. Mrs. Zilla Moore.a widow
who had been livintr alone here, died last
evening from the effects of an overdose of
morphino. She was a great sufferer from
rheumatism, for which the drug was taken.
ON'E-Cent-a-Word will secure a situation
ill THK DISPATCITS want columns.
Small. Savings the Foundation
of Fortunes.
A dollar saved is a dollar made, '
This is n saying neither old nornew.
So don't destroy your last season's clothes
If they can still be made to look like now.
Last winter's clothes.no matterofwhatkind,
Can bo cleaned and dyed and made to look
like new,
By taking them to DICKSON'S place,
Which is located at tho corner of Wood
and Fifth avenue.
Jal7
s.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DRUGGISTS,
412 Market St., Cor. Diamond,
"Will sell yon the oldest, the best, the most
popular and reliable aud satislactory
WHISKIES!
For medicinal and family use now sold in
the city of Pittsburg. You get the proper
goods when you ask iorany of the lollow
ing brands:
Fleming's Old Exports, new style,
Quarts, SI; six for ?5.
Finch's Ten-Year-Old Golden "Wedding,
Quarts, 51 25, r six for $6.
Gibson's verv old and fine,
"Quarts, $1 50. or six for 50.
Fleming's Private Stock, Quarts, 52 each.
Fleming & Son aim to treat customers as
they wish to be treated theuifelves. regard
ing the quality of their goods nnd the ship
ment of the same to all points when ordered.
Address all orders to
JOS. FLEMING & SON,
413 Market St., Pittsburg, Pa.
JoIT-ttssu
TOO LATE TO CLASSmr.
Wanted.
AGENTS In every cltVof-Pcnnsylvanla. bright
and Intelligent agents to 6ell the Pearl Type
writer; a practical typewriter for business ant pri
vate correspondence, at only $-5; aeent's oittnt, (.".
Pearl Typewriter Co., J8 and SO North 31oorc St.,
New York.
AGTNT.J To make big money selling our car
riage, sleigh and wagon heaters: no more cold
feet. bpeclaltjC'o.. 0Sudtliaeldt.
DRAUGHTSMAN An architectural draughtj
nian: slate experience. Address Architect,
DUpatch office.
"S TEI.TEB At once, an oDen-Iiearth steel rneltcr.
lvX thoroughly understands roakhiK of steel cab
inet cundoucnlncforaco imctent man
Address
Steil l astlngs. Dispatch office.
OCCUPANT for desirable room; central location;
both gases; rent reasonable. ITS Robinson St.,
Allegheny.
SALESMAN Energetic salesman of good address
to sell Pittsburg druggists and grocers staple
article; references. Box 101. Chicago.
Por Sale.
("Q 000 Grocery Hore doing a business of 700
'IDOj icr week: established 14 yean: the owner
has made a fortune: will trade for small farm.
Holmts ACo.. 43)bmlthtleld street.
To Let.
TOOMS Two furnished front rooms for Hfcht
j housekeeping; one minute from Court House.
223 Flfih avenue.
rpo LET-:Baltery
JL grocery stand.
with 8 dwelling rooms; good
Holmes & Co., 420 Smilhfield
PERSONAL.
"PERSONAL Having disposed of my "book and
stationery Store,
no.
. 3 -yood au. to A. W.
Jlcuior. losretnerwl:
I would be pleased to have my friends continue
their kind, patronage, ana also to accept mr
tbanks fur past favors. 11. C. McKnlght.
FIHG.II.
KL-MHl-JuT:
DR. COPJELANO AND HIS ASSOCIATES
HAVE A BIGHT TO MAKE THEM. .
Because They Are T.-uthfal and Reasona
ble. Training and Edncatlon Havo
Tnnght Them How to Curo Certain
Diseases, Their Experl-ncj lias
Shown Them That They Can Cnro
Them, tho Testimory or llion
sinds or Patient Proves They '
Can Cure Them, and They
Have an Undeniable Elgin
ti Claim, fn Cnro Thr-ro.
It was an honest physician a physician in
regular practice, and a frank, sincere kind
of a man, who, during a visit to Dr. Cope
land recently, made uso of a remark which
was. something like this:
"Doctor, voir will pardon me If I say that
there Is only one criticism that I can pass
upon your way of doing business, mere is
onlvnno thtntr that I fin not understand.
As I take It, von make clear and distinct
claims; vou state that you cure certain dis
eases. Now, I cannot understand how von
can do this. To tell vou the honest truth, I
donot feel sure that'I can enre anything."
The speaker in this case was entirely hon
est. He was a well-educated phvsicinn, in
fact wns n classmate of Dr. Copeland years
hgo. and has devoted many years of his life
to general practice, and stands eminently
M-ell in the community in which he practices.
In spite of his assertion of hisonn lack of
confidence in himseir he is successful as a
practitioner. He was entirely honest In tho
remark above quoted, and he was ju3t as
honest when a few minutes later during the
conversation he :iid:
"Doctor, the fact nbont It is that a man
cannot he a general practitioner anylonger.
Developments in medicine and surgery in
tho last ten years liuve come upon us so
thick and fitst that :i man cannot cover tho
field; he cannot keen tin with all tba't i.-rnew
and nse'nl and wonderful and effective in
relieving sufferimr. He has got to ben spe
cialist. In order to know what he Is doing,
and to b effective in his own work, he has
got to confine himself to certain special lines
oi practice.
Thero had our friend hit the truth,
hit it squarely and fairly, nnd in that re
mark had our friend explained his first re
mark, and his lacs of confidence in him
self.
The man whose work must cover the
wholo rango of disease to which the flesh is
heir, and the whole compass of the theory
and practice of medicine to-day can well s ly
that ho does not feel as if he could curo any
thing. The man who confines his work to certain
special lines of practice to which he devotes
his time and his efforts, his training and his
intelligence for all his life,
Has a Bight to Say,
Speaking from his experience, speaking
from his knowledge of diseases, and sneak
ing from the results to which he can point
with pardonable pride:
"I can cure these diseases: I know whereof
"I speak; I have .given ray life to the treat
ment of these diseases: I understand them;
Iknowhow to cure them: let the results of
my work speak for themselves In this com
munity." This is the position of thoroughly trained,
experienced and successful specialists,
There is no deception; thcro Is no boasting;
there is no untruthfulness about it. When
Dr. Copeland and his associates say:
"We cure catarrh and kindred troubles;
we do cure It every day, nnd no have been
curing it for years in our practice," they are
saying what they know is true: what tho
testimony of hundreds of reputablo citlzcus
in the community In which they practice
s ty is true.
They do curo the trouble in their special
ties, and the reason that they are able to
cure them and are able to speak with such
confidence is, that they devoto their lives to
thorn, and by study, practice and experience,
understand how to he successful in them.
We believe that criticisms are often passed
npon the rtalms of specialists which are
honest ones. Wo believe that tho criticism
with which this article opens is an honest
and fair-minded one. but we believe that it
is based npon an erroneous conception ot
the work and the skill and the success of
genuine specialists.
Xow, just a word in conclusion of nn en
tirely personal nature. There are doctors
and doctors. There are specialists and spe
cialists. , ,
In tho first place, two-third of tho men
claiming to be doctors in the country are
'o Doctors at AH,
Have no legitimate claim to the title. "
A fair proportion of them havo not a legit
imate diploma of any kind. A still larger
proportion nre of:: class, that is aptly de
scribed by.the following language from a re
cent medical publication:
"A boy gets tired of farm or workshop,
packs bis trunk and hies awav to nmii
cheap medical college for ten months, conies
back and is ready to practice medicine.
Kach year 3 000 so-called 'doctors' are turned
loose to practice their Ignorance on the pub
lic.
It is useless to enlarge upon the criminal
looseness which envelopes the rerfuiremeuts
of medical practice in this country.
There are doctors ttnd doctors; there are
specialists and specialists; and of the" spe
cialists a large proportion are no doctors at
nil.
It is useless as well to enlarge upon the
amount of humbug with which thp name
specialist had been clouded within the ln.t
tew years, but we have this to say as well
forself-protectlonas well as the protection
of the public. 9
Dr. Copelnnd nnd associates, after moie
than the usual time spent in the best medl
eal colleges in' the country, after an ex
tended experience and training in hospital
practice, after years of special work, -tudy
and experience in tho lines of their special
ties, have franklyand honestly otlered their
services to the public, have mado and sub
stantiated their claims, have proved their
skill against all sorts of
Challenge and Opposition.
Thclclalms are those which they have a
right to make; they nre truthful, just and
reasonable. They doture the diseases which
they claim to cure, and tho reason that they
are able to make these claims is that they
have given their life to special study,
special training and special work, and know
whereof they speak.
They are able to say from tho basis of col
umns of printed testimonial": "this is tho
work we do; these are the results we accom
plish: let the public judgo and let the pro
lessiort judge, too, ns justly and as deliber
ately as it may be able to.''
FROM OUT OF TOWN.
NOTABLE STATEMENT FROM NOTA
DLEPEOPLK IN OTHER CITIES.
The Evidence of the Remarkable Success cf
Iho Treatment of Dr. CoprUn 1 and Asso
ciates by No Means Confined to l'itts
harj;. The evidenco of the superior skill or Dr.
CopoHnd and his associates, and of the re
markable and successful results which their
system or treatment brings, is not, by any
means, confined to this city: it comes from
all parts of the country. Nover in the his
tory of advertising has there been such an
array of testimony. The evidence is not
from obscure or unknown sources. It comes
from people, many of whom are not only
well known in their own cities, but through
out the country, from clergymen, lawyers,
professional men of every class, from busi
ness men of national reputationrfrom artists,
and even irom physicians the most skepti
cal, and one Would think the least willing to
len I their testimony. The following short
statements represent some of tho evidence
of tho class above referred to. These state
ments, in their original publication, are,, in
every ease, accompanied by the portrait of
the person speaking, or by a fac sunilo of
their signature.
HON. R. W. DUNN,
Mayor ol the City or Franklin, Pa.,
Writes: "My father died from catarrhal
complications. I had been coughing, ach
ing and been converted into a catarrhal
nuisance for 10 or 15 years, bnt was not pro
pired to learn, till I began treatment with
you. that Iliad catarrh with tbe grip of a
vise, chronic in form, and had attained to
the dignity ot incipieit t consumption. I now
see what was meant by the night sweats,
nalnover tho eves, dizzy lmaues dancini;
betimes before my eyes, a eongh which lor
the past year or more has played havoc with
my dreams at night, and my profesiional
duties in the day. 1 got so thin that they
talked of using me for a skeleton at initia
tions. I began treatment with you, and I
just canuct draw a comparison between how
I am now and what I was when I began. I
. sleep , well,' canno ti getenftngh. to- ear. J eel
-TeaTS younger, ana pursao my proiossioi
duties with pleasure. -"I owe ie to yon. tl
une know what other nbvsicians can do. t
, but i
i'tho.
I do know that I can-reooramendyotfin'tha
treatment of seriously chronic citarrn.'
JAMES J. KAITEE.
Attorney at Law, 119 Uortb. Third Street,
EnstSt.Lonls,
Writes: 'Tor the past three years I have
suffered from a catarrhal tronDle. which tho
best doctors and a trip to the Springs failed
utterly to relieve. Under treatment with
Dr. Copeland and associates I improved rap
idly, not only as to mv catarrhal trouble,
bnt also in general health. As courteous
gentlemen and skillful physicians I can.
heartily recommend them."
SUPEKLNTliKDENT HOUR.
Of the Newport lerry Company,
New-
port, Ky.,
Writes; "The symntoms of my catarrhal
trouble are gone. I am all right now. I
am very grateful to Dr. Copoland arid asso
ciates." MK. ASTON" INDOSSEMENT.
The Superintendent of the Mines of the J.Tt,
Stecn Cbiliery Itelat His KxDerienee.
"I had been troubled for about eight years
with catarrh" said Mr. Edwin Aston, tho
well-knonn superintendent of mines ot tha
J. 15. Stecn & Co. colliery at Idlewood, Pa.
"I was unfortunate enough to take 'La
Urippe' last year, and since then have been
much norse'withmy bead and chest,'' con
tinued Mr. Aston.
"My nostrils wereciogzed npso with ca
tarrhal secretfons and swellings that I could,
notbreathe through them. Ibis occasioned
violent neuralsic pains over my forehead
and through mv temples, which almost
blinded me. My chest felt as if held In a
vise all the time una I had constant pains
shooting through to the shoulder blade on
each side.
"My breathing was so oppressed that I
conld not inflate my lnnirs to the full extent.
In the morning I wa3 all stopped up as if I
had been breathing the foul nir of the mines
all night. Although my appetite was good,
what I ate did not seem to do me any good,
as I lost flesh rapidly and was fast going
into decline. After treating a short timo
with I)r3. Copeland, Hall and Byers I can
conscientiously say that my trouble is all
gone. I feel young again and have more Ufa
than I have had foryears.
"I have recommended quite a number of
the workmen under my supervision to theso
skillful gentlemen, and they are all, without
a single exception, improving as rapidly as
I did."
KEV. J. W. ASHWOOD,
Pastor Grand Avonui U. P. Church, 363
Forest Fork "Boulevard, St. Louis, Mow
Writes: "While suffering from a severe
throat trouble, caused by exposure and ag
gravated bv public speaking, I .made appli
cation to Dr. Copeland and associates for
treatment, and I take pleasure in letting;
others know that I am now able to do all my
regnlarwork without difficulty or annoy
ance." KEV. M. CLASS,
3360 Drexel Boulevard, Chlcaio, m.
Writes: "I have been treated by Dr. Cop.
land and associates, and desire to say thatt
tney have afforded me more snbstantiol re
lief'in a few weeks than I have received
from other doctors in years, and I have had
tho best. I am glad to recommend them to
my friends."
SAMUrXSTKIN, , ,
137 Franklin Street, Kocliestor, N. T.
President of the National Cnslcet Mann,
factnring Company, under whose personal
direction the coskots for the late Presidents
Grant and Garfield were made, writes:
"I have had a throat tronble for
many years, caused by catarrh of the nosa
and throat. Everything I had tried failed
to give any permanent relief. Sinco using
the trea tment of Dr. Coneland and associates
my condition has improved, and I am well
satisfied with the result. I believe theso
gentlemen to be competent, reliable and
skillful specialists, nnd commend them to
tlie favorable consideration oi tlie puDiic."
U. EltNEST CRAMKIt,
Of the Cramer Dry Plato Company, St
Louis,
Writes to Dr. Cojelanil nnd associates: "My
object in writing the lines istoexpress my
gratitude and complete satisfaction at tba
snecnHslnland Intelligent manner in which
yon are treating mv catarrhal trouble. Yoa
are perfectly welcome to any use you may
desire to lmtKeoi tins iuht,u.hu a uiuy uopo
it may be of some benefit to you and tho
public."
ALFKKD LEF,
Treasurer A. -F. Shaplelgh Ilardware Com
puny, 319 N. Main Street, St. Louis, Mo..
Write-: "I am under treatment with Dr.
Copeland and associates, and am satisfied
with the intelligent manner in which they
handle my case."
MISS C. A. SAFFIN,
232 West Ninth street, Cincinnati,
A daughter of the late Judge Saffln, and
sister to the present Judge of the Probate
Court of Columbus, O.. after suffering 13
yeara from catarrh says: "1 tried many
remedies and physicians, bnt failed to
derive anv benefit from them. Under Dr.
Copeland "and associates treatment I have
steadily improved. I now go out and could
In the summer when under their treatment.
My nervousness has passed away, the severe
headaches have ceased- I am troubled no
more with catarrh, and feel a relief from
fain that I have not known before foryears.
can conscientiously recommend these doc
tors. They have dono for mc what other
physicians failed to do."
MISS MARIK DRESSLEE,
Commedlenne of the Raker Opera Com
pauy. Now on tho New England Clr-
cult.
Writes: "I had catarrh which had affected
my general health. I had tried a number of
Ehysicians and many remedies without any
elp uutil I tried Dr. Copeland and asso
ciates' ticatment. The caiarrh. Is entirely
gone now, and I am as well as ever I was. I
think people who aro dependent upon the
use of their voiceand who suffer from throat
troubles should krrtjw where thev can gee
cured. That is nhy 1 make this state
ment." DR. C. C. URADBURY,
130S Waahlngton Avenue, St. Louis, Mo.,
'Writes: "When I first took tno treatment of
Dr. Copeland and associates my appetite
ti as so poor I could not eat enough to keep
my strength up. My nights were sleepless.
Under their treatment I gained seven pounds
in four week3. I eat well and sleep soundly
now. I most cordially and fully indorse and
recommend them to iny friends as skillful
arid successful physicians."
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