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LEAVES OF LAUREL.
People's Party Delegates Pay a High
Tribute of Bespect to
THE LATE ALLIANCE PRESIDENT.
Colonel Polk Eulogized Ij Some of the Eest
Speakers in Omaha.
DB. DELAMETEE ALSO KOT FORGOTTEN
Omaha, Neb., July 3. The vast as
semblage which attended the second day's
session of the People's party afforded a
striking proof of the respect in which the
memory of the late Colonel Polk is
held by the supporters of the movement
i which he was instrumental in founding.
The session was devoted exclusively to the
delivery of addressee eulogistic of the dead
champion of reform, and expressive of
the reverence in which his name is
held. Though the speeches contained many
inspiring sentences as to the future of the
fight in which the Independent party is
engaged, the recognition of the loss which
the party has sustained in the death of its
leader seemed to be the one thought which
occupied the minds of the delegates, and
rarely was there a departure from a. solemn
suence, wnicn gave to me garnering more
the air of a church service than of a great
National convention.
After a prayer by Chaplain Diffenbacher,
the opening a'ddres's was delivered by H. L.
Loucks, of South Dakota, who has been
selected for the Permanent Chairman of the
convention. The speech was marked by a
sympathy and feeling which caught every
member of the vast audience and was re
ceived with a silence which bore testimony
to the respect in which the memory of the
late President of the Farmers' Alliance is
held bv those with -whose movement he had
been identified.
Looked Upon as Another Lincoln.
One of the sentences which broke the
painful stillness of the gathering was the
declaration that the people of the new
movement looked to L. Jj. Polk as the Lin
coln of an era of freedom. '"Brother Polk,"
the speaker continued, "was the one man
vhose place cannot be filled. He was the
me around whom all our hopes centered as
bey cau round no other man. It is mete
hat we should pay our respects to his
nemory. He died a martyr to our cause
rom overwork. His kindly spirit looks
lown upon this meeting to-day and will re-
jiain to guide it till our proceedings are
ended."
Editor McCune followed. "I knew our
lost friend," he said, "and it is a pride and
a pleasure to me to be able to say I knew
him. To know him was to love him. Those
who knew him best loved him best The
noble soul, the magnificent brain, the
wonderful oratory of li. L. Polk were given
to the cause of our movement. He devoted
himself to the destruction of sectionalism
which had been fostered by these corrupt
politicians who ruled this land in the in
terest of thee by whom it was robbeJ. The
cause'which Colonel Polk led meant free
dom jot labor, the triumph of the people; it
meant that this country would come bacc to
the principles of those who founded it and
incorporated in its constitution the prin
ciple of government of the people, by the
people, and lor tne people.
ITonld Have Been Their Candlrtatn.
"Had he been here to-morrow," declared
the speaker, amid the rousing cheers of the
assembly, "he would have been selected to
ar your banner alolt. His memory in
us with hope', it reminds us of a
. Ii.tusbe careful how we discharge
i dutv; sewill discharge it as becomes
r manhoodjBy keeping in view the exam
le of our lMt leader, and by determining
that we sbaljRiot lag behind until tne cause
which he cfampioned shall be carried to
success." - -
Mrs.JTld,S9i-WcTrfEafcrp3i(r-a touching
tribute to the memory ot the deceased
leader. His attitude toward the debauch
ery of the present system of Government
gained for him persecution and villainous
slander. She said he was crucified as the
saviors of the people have ever been cruci
fied in one form or other. But he is not
dead; he never lived till now, and the rec
ollections of his deeds will ever act as an
inspiration until victory of our cause is
proclaimed.
General "Weaver was the next speaker.
His speech was brief, but summed up in
well chosen and pathetic words the public
life and deeds of Colonel Polk. He loved
his race, he declared, and despite the fact
he bed a full knowledge and complete
rstanding of the great wroncs under
:h the people of this country were suf
ag, his faith rose superior to all difficul
, and he felt certain of the ultimate
nnph certain to come to the movement
ich shall free the down-trodden people
this nation.
A ume That Will Be a Monument.
l)he sentence received with the loudest
and longest chorus of cheering was a quota
tion from the dead Southern reformer: "I
am standing now just behind the curtain,
and in the full glow of the coming sunset.
Behind me are tne shadows of the tract, be
fore me lies the dark valley. When I
mingle with its dark waters I want to cast
one lingering look upon a country whose
government is of the people, for the people,
and by the people."
"The name ot Colone Polk," the speaker
concluded, "will remain for ages a monu
ment ot power in this country and a great
bulwark against the surging tides of hatred
and political animosity. May we cherish
his memory and may we see that his family,
which lost a head and a father, shall be
cared for."
This reference to the family of the de
ceased was received with a response which
showed that People's partjr delegates are
not unmindful of the services conferred
upon them by the man in whose memory
the meeting was held.
A speech, every word of which was
marked by solemnity and earnestness, by
Mrs. Lease, of Kansas, was followed by the
most eloquent oratory of the day that of
Hon. Ignatius Donnelly.
"A great man," said Mr. Donnellv, 'has
fallen. He has passed from the darkness
nto the light He has stepped from the
risible into the invisible. He has crossed
he dreaded but kindly line which limits
the mjsteries of this imperfect life.
A inishty tree has (alien In the forest,
As fallH on Jlount Avernus
The thnnder-omttten oak.
Far o'er the craspins forest
The plant arms lie spread; .
And the pale augurs, mattering low,
Gaze on the blasted head!
Continuation ot the Simile.
"Through the gap in the forest the light
falls in a flood, disclosing the vast propor
tions of the prone trunk; and amid the
shattered limbs we see the fragments of the
crushed nests where unobtrusive affections
bnilt their humble habitations. AVe erect
to-day, over the dust of our dear friend and
brother, a monument more durable than
brass or marble a monument of affection
and honor. His great heart was in his
work. Can he find in all the speeches through
which his liberated spirit may wander a
nobler task than that in which we are
engaged? If he move among us, invisible
at this moment, he will little regard the
honors we pay his memory, for to the en
franchised soul all glory is dross; but he
sees more clearly than "we can the magni
tude of the world-embracing labor upon
which we 'have embarked; he sees the vast
vista of the future and the uncountable
million's of other nations whose faces are to
be wreathed in smiles or distorted with
agony as we succeed or fail."
Mr. Donnelly then touched upon the char
acter of Colonel Polk, and wound up his
eulogy by calling upon the members of the
audience to look to him as their exemplar.
A fitting epitaph over the tomb of the de
parted leader, he declared, would be the
lines of the Quaker poet of Xew England:
Lnrire Drained, clear eyed or snch aB he
Shall freedom's j oang apostles be.
Delegate Gillette, of Iowa, spoke of Dr.
Delameter, and Delegate Young, of Wash
ington, D. C, added to the tribute already
paid to the memory of Colonel Polk.
Powd-rly Adds HU Mite.
In response to loud calls, T. V. Powderly
came forward and added his quota to the
expressions of regret and praise spoken of
the late Colonel Polk. "So sentiment of
mine," he said, "can add one single gem to
the crown that now sits upon the brow ot
our dead brother. He has been called to
a (uoDler sphere; he has gone to that
Kingdom beyond the clouds where tongue
of calamity cannot reach him, and where
the dagger of the assassin cannot touch him.
And even his enemies will say of him, now
that he has mingled with the dust, the
words which they should have said to him
in life." Mr. Powderly also referred to the
late Dr. Delameter and other leaders in the
fight for humanitv in which he took a part
that could not fail to bear good fruit
Delegate T. E. Dean, of New York, pro
posed a resolution to the effect that collec
tion boxes should be placed in every Alli
ance hall throughout the countrv, for the
purpose of receiving 5-rent. subscriptions to
lorm a fund out of which the family of
Colonel Polk should be protected, to
the memory of the man himself on
the familv farm in Korth Carolina.
The resolution was seconded by Hon.
Ignatius Donnelly, who said he wouldhave
a direct and strong appeal published in all
the Alliance napers of the State. The mo
tion was carried by acclamation. To-morrow
the resolutions will be formally pre
sented, and in it the late Dr. Delameter
will probably be included.
"With the singing of "Sweet By and By"
the gathering dispersed.
KATE FOX DEAD.
She Wa One or the Sisters Famed for
Spirit ItapplncJ How Her Manifestations
VI ere Produced Enough to Deceive Any
body. New Yoke, July 3. Special Kate
Fox Jencken, famous as one of the Fox
sisters, the first producers of spirit rap
pings, died at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon, at
609 Columbus avenue, where she lived with
her two sons, Fereinand aged 19, and Henry
aged 17. As no physician had attended her,
Deputy Coroner Weston was called in. He
gave a certificate of death from natural
causes.
Kate Fox was born in Bath, Canada, in
1839. When she was 8 years old her father,
John Fox, took his family to live on a farm
he bought near Hvdeville, Wayne county,
N. Y. Kate and her sister Margaret, three
years older, werp the youngest children of
the family. When Kate was about 9 years
old the familv was startled bv mvsterions
rapnings beard nightly on the floor of one
of the bedrooms. One night Kate Fox
imitated the rappings by snapping her
fingers. The raps responded with the same
manner of sounds. The raps told the age of
each member of the family, giving one rap
for each year.
The familv moved to Rochester and the
raps followed. In November, 1849, the two
sisters appeared in a public halL Commit
tees reported that they were unable to
explain the sounds. In May of the next
year the two girls came to New York and
the manifestations became the subject of
much discussion. Spirit mediums sprang
up all over the country.
Kate Fox married D. A. Jencken, an
Englishman, 20 years ago. He died four
years later. Margaret Fox was persuaded
to eive un "spirit mediumship" bv Dr.
Kane,thc Arctic exployer,to whom she once
said she had been married, but Kate
Fox kept it up long after she had been
eclipsed by greater spiritualistic lignts.
Four years ago Margaret Fox, who lives
in this city, sent for a reporter and ex
plained to" him that a peculiar looseness of
the ankle joint enabled her, by a slight
movement of the ankle, to produce loud
sounds which she declared were the so-called
spirit rappincs.
In June, 1888, when Mrs. Jencken lived
in East Eighty-fourth street, near Lexing
ton avenue, neighbors complained to Mr.
Gerry's society that she was neglecting her
children. The society took the two Doyi
awayfrom her and kept ihem at its rooms'
tor about two months, when Mrs. Jen'eken
got them back. '
CHA.tJTATIO.TJA. BEGINS IK BAIN.
An Interesting Lectors and a Musical Trei t
the First MUnrday.
Chautauqua, July 2. Special. Chau
tauqua week closed as it began, nnder a
rain cloud, but the assembly starts out
brighter than usual notwithstanding wind
and rain. The attendance is quite large,
all things considered, and the programme
offered is very entertaining. To-day Rev.
E. N. Packard gave his second lecture of
the series. This afternoon he entertained
quite a large assembly at the Hall of Phi
losophy talking about "Evangeline; the
Story and Poem." In the tragic
ta'e of the separation of the heroine
from her husband, Mr. Packard found the
lesson that it is a bad idea to attempt to be
neutral or serve two masters. Iu America
to-day it is necessary for the welfare of all
that those who come to us from other coun
tries should throw off the old allegiance and
become true citizens of the Republic
This evening Mr. I. V. Flagler gave a
musical lecture, taking for his subject
"John Sebastian Bach." Miss Margaret
Gaetz, of Chicago, sang. She has a voice
remarkable for its clear, sweet tones and
great range.
Monday all Chautauqna will celebrate
the nation's birthday in a fitting manner.
Wfiiln tlia em11 linri hava t)i.ii fiM.M.V.
ers. the older visitors will listen to patriotic
addresses, in the evening there will be a
grand display of fireworks.
THE PUPILS AEE CHANGING.
The St ranee Effect of Temperament Upon
the Visionary Organs.
The pupils of the eyes are constantly
changing under various physical states and
the passions of the mind, says a writer in
the Magazine of Art This is well seen in the
case of a highly sensitive child brought
into the presence of strangers, when the
rapid oscillations of the pupils indicate the
various mental changes which he or she it
undergoing, such as strong alarm alter
nating with confidence. I have little doubt
that the eyes of animals in like manner ex
press their feelings.
Iu mv parrot this is markedly the case.
"When the pupils are contracted she is an
gry, and will snap'and bite at anyone ap
proaching her cage; but directly an amiable
mood comes on the pupils become widely
dilated, and she allows herself to be
scratched or otherwise fondled. The size of
the pupils is an exact gauge of her temper.
The Toungrst Newspaper Man.
Master John Stone, editor and owner of
the Daily Huttter, "published in Henderson,
N. G, is only 13 years of age, and is there
fore the youngest editor in the United
Slates, says the Philadelphia Prets. He
writes his own editorials and sets his own
type, he has several hundred subscribers
and from the proceeds of his paper he sup
ports a widowed mother. If young Stone
lives long enough he will make his mark in
journalism.
A Trick That railed.
It is said that a certain Bradford lady
whose husband got into the habit of coming
home tipsy every night resolved lo' try
fright on him for a cure. She dressed np in
Satanic masquerade and met him in the
moonlight. "Come to me, I am the devil,"
she said in low, sepulchral tones. " 'S that
so?" he replied. "Shake, old hoy, 'm yer
brother-in-law. I married your sister."
Ccran Mnumnhlp Arriva'a.
Steamer. 'Where From. Destination.
La Bourgorne..:.Havre..
....NewYofk.
....New York.
....Klnsale.
....Uueenstown.
....Oaeenstown.
....Havret
....Southampton.
Vhaltlo
.Hainhnre
Auranla..
New York......
Lord Gough. Philadelphia..
Aiasica acit lone....
LaTouralne New York....,
Ems Bremen ,
THE PITTSBURG
THE LEAGUE. TOO BIG.
Eastern Authorities Discuss the Pros
pects of the Twelve-Club Plan.
THE BALTIMORES IN THE CITT.
Warren Sports Find a Wrestler to Match,
gainst Ed Eeilly.
GENERAL SPORTING NEWi OP THE DAT
Cincinnati 3
LooUTllle 4
Washlncton O
St Louts 2
New Yobk, July 3. Now that the first
half of the baseball Reason is about ended,
baseball cranks and all people interested in
the game are talking about the 12-club
League. Opinions are divided as to its
worth, but there is a very strong feeling
against it in the East. Large numbers of
Eastern people have never taken kindly to
it, and good authorities claim that the four
Association clnbs admitted will always be a
handicap on the others.
That a majority of the magnates look upon
the 12-club League as a failure is very evi
dent. Those who are opposed to it are the
old League men, who have never turned
from the old principles of the organization,
but who have always been opposed to Sun
day games, the open sale of beer on the
grounds and the like. The former members
of the Association and a few others who
were largely instrumental in the scheme to
bring about the consolidation of the two
organizations last winter are not complain
ing. Thus the organization is divided
against itself, but the agreement drawn' up
by the members at Indianapolis is such as
to prevent the alteration of the present
plans without a serious eruption and the
liability of a series ot lawsuits. The out
come ot snch a move would almost certainly
ruin baseball.
Nobody Can Help Bis Neighbor.
At present the clubs are just hanging to
gether and can scarcely stand many more
blows. Some of the magnates favor a fight,
Fnr tlinv caTr that tlirA fn inn mnh ennti-
ment and not enough common sense at the
bottom of the present combination. None
01 me ciuos is muring uiouey euuugu 10
bolster up weaker comrades, and it would
only be putting off the evil day to tempor
ize until all the weaker clubs are bankrupt.
The old National League was a compact
organization, and each club retaining the
big end of its own receipts, some of the
clubs made money. The American Asso
ciation also made money, or, at least, paid
its way and kept np its existence while
friendly relations existed between the two
organizations.
The 12-club League, by following the ex
ample of the Boston club and reducing ex
penses, may last the season out, but the
chances are that the stronger clubs will be
weaned of the incubus they have assumed
in the shape of the four Association clubs.
Captain Anson has already declared the 12
club League is a delusion and a snare. A
Pittsburg magnate declared a month ago
that the League was loaded down with four
clubs that never would pay expenses. The
Boston people have pretty much the
League idea, and all will be ready to admit,
sooner or later, that the present League is
too unwieldy and carries too many invalid
clubs.
Has Greatly Increased Expanses.
President Byrne, of Brooklyn, and all
the Association contingent, including John
T. Brush, of Cincinnati, declare that the
season has been so backward that the new
scheme has not been given a fair test. They
do not hesitate to say that the 12 club
scheme has greatly increased individual
club expenses. The continual changing
about has been a great expense, and as the
attendance in some of the cities has not
been sufficient to pay the way of the teams,
the clubs have been compelled to put out
money continnally,
This serious strain has caused the re
duction of the players' salaries. All the
high priced men Have had to suffer, and
with few exceptions they have agreed to
the reductions. They see that the crowds
are not large enough to enable the clubs to
keep up their present rates and live
throughout the season.
Unless there is a rapid revival of the in
terest in the game the magnates hint at
another move that will come heavily on the
players. The exact nature of it is not
known, but that they may have to con
tribute part of their salaries toward defray
ing railroad and traveling expenses, which
have heretofore been free, seems likely.
The salary question is also receiving con
siderable attention in all the minor leagues,
several of which are in a serious financial
condition. Some of them have found it
necessary, even with limited salary lists, to
drop some of the non-playing clubs and to
distribute the players' among the weaker
clubs. .
Lonlsvllle, 4 St. Lonls, 2.
Louisville, July a The borne team won a
great game here to-day from the Browns by
hitting Getzein hard. Healv pitched a fine
game. There were about 4,000 people pres
ent. Score:
LOUISVILLE n B P A E
ST. LOUIS.
K B P A E
Brown, m... 1
Weaver, C. 0
Pfeffer. 2.... 0
Jennings, a. 1
Grim. 1 1
Dowse, c.... 0
Viau, r 0
Kuclrae, 3... 1
Healy, p..... 0,
2 3
0 1
S 3
1 2
2 10
I 2
1 4
1 2
2 0
0 d!
Gleason, i. 1
Carutbers, 1. 1
Werden, 1.. 0
Glasscock, s. 0
Brodle, m... 0
Brelt'steln. r 0
Pinckiiey, 3. 0
Moran, c... 0
Uetzeln, p.. 0
0 2
2 3
1 11
0 2
0 0
0 0
0 2
1 6
1 1
0 c
Toul 4 13 .7 12 2
Total 2 5 2715 1
Louisville 0 21 1000004
St. Louis I OOUOO010 2
bUMMART rarned runs Louisville. 4.St 4,uuts,
1. Two-base hits Viau. Brown. ITeffcr, Kuelino,
Healy, Dowse. Werden. stolen bases Weaver. Jen
nings, Xuehne. Grim, Caruthers. (lassrock. Double
plays Pfeffer to Grim to Jennings, First base on
halls Off Healy. 3. Struck ont Brown, Dowse 2,
Viau. Breltensteln. Passed balls Dowi 2. Tim.
of game One hour and 85 minutes. Umpire
ney.
Cincinnati, 3 Washington, O.
CnrcnraATi, July 8. The TVashingtons
were outflelded and their errors were costly,
while the Beds bunched their hits and gave
almost perfect support to taullane. a Cin
cinnati man acted aa umpire. Attendance.
4,000. Score:
CINCIKMATI B B r A X
WASU'QT'Jf K B T A I
McPhee, 2... 0
Latham. 3... 0
O'Neill. 1.... 0
Holllday, r.. 1
Brown'g. m. 1
(Uimlskey, 1. 0
bmtth. 0
Vaughn, c... 0
Muhane, p.. 1
2 4
0 0
0 0
1 0
1 a
0 IS
0 1
1 4
1 0
0 McGulte, c. 0 0 5 2 1
n Dowd, 2 0 0 0 5 0
0 Hov, m 0 2 0. 0 0
0 Larkln. r... 0 2 0 0 0
0 Mllltgan l. 0 0 11 0 0
0 Puffcel 0 0 2 10
1 Rlch'son, 2. 0 0 3 3 0
0 Duryea, p... 0 0 2 5 0
0 Koblnson, 3. 0 0 1 4
unson, s. 0 0 1 4 s
Total.
3 6 27 17 11 Total 0 4 24 20 4
Cincinnati 0 0000120 3
Washington 0 00 0000000
8UMMART Earned rnns-CInclnnatl, 1. Two
base hits Hollldav. Browning, fatolen bases
Holllday, Smith, Vaughn. Double play Smith.
McPhee. Comlskey. Hit bv pltchei ball ByMul
lane, 2 Struck out By Mullane. 4: bv Duryea, 4
lime of game-One hour and 20 minutes, tmnlre
Blttman.
Saturday's League Games.
At Pittsburg
Pittsburg. 0 0002000 02
Mew York .....0 1 '0 00002 3
Batteries Eli ret and Mack; King and Boyle.
At Cincinnati
Cincinnati 0 0102202 7
Washington ......J 10010000-5
Batteries-Chamberlain, Dwyer and Vaughn;
Elllen and MllUgan. '
At Louisville
Louisville 1021000004
Philadelphia 4 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 10
Batterfes-Hemmlng and Grim; Esper and Cross.
At St. Louis
St. Louis 0 0000000 11
Brooklyn .,..0 00000311 5
Batteries Gleason and Buckley; Haddock and
Dally.
At Cleveland
Cleveland 0 11000O0O 2
Boston 0 4000000 4
Batteries Young and O'Connor; Staley and Ben
nett. The Western League.
At Kansas City-
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Columbus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
At Omaha
Omaha 0 10 5 0 0
Toledo 0 0 0 0 0 0
00
-1
06
0-1
To-Day's League Schedule.
Baltimore at Pittsburg; Boston at Cincin
nati; Brooklyn at Louisville; New York at
DISPATCH. MONDAY,
Chicago; Philadelphia at St. Louis; Washing
ton at Cleveland. Morning and afternoon
games at eaoh city.
The Lratne Record.
w t.
Bolton.... 47 18
Philadelphia.. 41 24
Brooklyn 40 24
Cincinnati .... S3 "S
Cleveland 32 29
Pittsburg 32 35
rr
PC
.418
.4U
.438
.413
.403
.2T0
.723
Chlcaro 27 83
Washington .. 30 38
New York 28 35
St. Louis 26 37
LouliTllle 27 40
Baltimore .... 17 48
.631
.625
SSI
.5CS
.478
TO-DiY'S HOME GAMES.
Tiro Interesting Contests Expected Between
the linltlmorps and Our Slnzgen.
If the weather Is all right to-day there
will be two interesting games nt Exposition
Park, between the local, and Baltimore
teams. The morning Rams will commence
at 10 o'clock, and the afternoon game at 3
o'clock. t
The local pitcher will likely he Baldwin
and Terry, and MoMahon and Foreman will
probably be the pitchers for the visitors.
Manager Hani on has his team in rnuoh bet
ter condition than when theyplayed here on
Decoration Day, at-d the locals will have to
play good ball to win. If the weather is fine
the attendance is expected to be great.
Pnnday Western League Gam rs.
At Milwaukee
Milwaukee 0 1 1
Indianapolis 1 0 0
At Minneapolis
Minneapolis .10 0
Ft. Warne, 0 0 0
1 4
0 0
0-8
13
i 0
0 0
1-7
12
Slonmonth 1'ark Entries.
New York, July 3. Following are the en
tries for the opening day at Monmouth Park
to-morrow: 1
First race. sweepstakes, fhree-fotirth mile King
ston 127. Correction. Judge Morrow 117, Addle.
RagnalOl, Picnicker lis. Phonograph 101, sir Mat
thew 106, Crocus 101.
Second race, the Independence stakes. for2-year-olds.
three-fourth mlle-Slr Francis, AJax 122, Sir
Richard 113, Elslno cnlt, 113, Shelnv Tuttlc, FancT
colt. Little Mid 108, Experiment 105. Lovelace 1:3,
Comanche, 133, Spartan 113, The Baron, Ondavra,
BMIadcuarcolt. unicorn 103.
Third race. Fourth of July handicap, first divis
ion, one mile Montana 121. Tournament 114. Mad
stone 113. Reckon 103, Demuth 100, Faulty 106, Nel
lie Bly 106.
, Fourth race, the Ocean stakes, one mile and an
elfthth-Lonntrect 12: Montana, 127; Ozrlc, 114:
Entre. 109: fair Matthew, 109.
Firth race, the 1 ourth of .Julv handicap, second
division, onomlle Nero, 118: Oloamlnsr. 114; Kll
dcer. 112: Fred Taral, 110: Mount Vernon. 106:
Ozrlc 105: Candelabra, 97:Glencornp, CO; Livonia,
IIS: Maywln, 113: Sir Matthew, 110; lampa, 103;
Alonzo, 106: White Rose. 98: Wyandotte colt, 95.
Sixth race, sweepstakes, seven furlongs Arab,
110: Mr. Sass. 103; Volunteer, 103; Soho. 104; Tenny
son. 99; Dr. 'Wilcox. Dr. Ross. 107: Anna B 108;
Fremont, 104;Rapldan. 101:Doncster. 97,
Seven Lh race, sweepstakes, for 2-year-olds live
and a half furlonus Pprrler. Jouet, 111; Rlght
away, ill ; Mendacity, 108; Unicorn. Ill; Little Mid,
St. Lonls Jockey Club Races.
St. Louis, Jnlv 3 The St. Louis Jockey
Club paid out $192,440 in stakes and purses
during the 48 davs' racing that w.is carried
onat the Fair grounds. In the thirtr days
of the spi inj meeting there were 1,418 stiut
crs in 179 races, nn average of 8 starters
per race. In the 18 days of the summer meet
ing there were 1,097 starters in 112 races, an
averace of over nine per race. J. J. Maf
fertv lends the list of winning owners with
$3,774. The Charter Oak stables come next
with 8,04O, the Woodland Park stables
bringing up the rear with $25.
Horse Racing at Braddock.
Braddock, Julv 3. Special. If the
weather permits the horsemen of this place
will have a great day to-morrow, as they
have arranged for some very good races to be
held at Union Paik. There will be a 3.00 race
for a purse of $123 and a pace Tor $50 and $25.
There will alo be a mixed race for a purse
of $50, $30 and $20, and a running race for a
purse of $25, $15 and $10;
OPPOSED TO OUISIDEES.
Complaint Abont Schenley Park Contests
Being Open to All Amatenra.
The following letter, which fuily explains
itself, was received at this offloa last even
ing: Sporting Editor of The Dispatch:
The localathletes areqnlte indignant over
the action or the Athletlo Committee of the
Schenley Park Sports in allowing the crack
athletes from other cities who competed In
the 3-A meet to enter in the Fourth of July
events. With snch opponents the local men
will stand no Show at all. Thev were Mrnn
'to understand that the events wore to be
open to local men only, and the- action of
the committee at this late day of entering
the fast Detioit men and others equally as
good will put a damper on tho growing feel
Inx here in favor o amateur sports.
A protest will be entered against these
men competing. Tho authorities should
take the matter in hand, and give our prom
ising athletes a chance of competing among
themselves. In the future it will be difficult
to get the local men ont if thev know thoy
are to buck against champions and have no
handicaps. Home Talemt.
Pittsburg, July 2.
Will Fight Dixon Again.
New York, July 3. J. Ridgeway Griffith, a
well-known sportsman, saw Fred Johnson
fight George Dixon last Monday night, and
thinks that Johnson is still a great pugilist,
and can defeat the coloied lad at heavier
weight. Griffith, in company with Johnson
and Ben Rowland, visited tho llluxtraUS
News office yesterday afternoon and to d Mr.
Lumley that bo would post $530 and make n
match for Johnson to fight Dixon at 120
pounds. Mr-Lumlev said that hohndie
ceived a letter from Johnny Van Heest, the
clever Chicago feather-weight, to the effect
that he was piepnredto meet anybody in
the orld at 118-120 ponn'ls. Johnson said
that ho would meet Van Heest at 120 pounds,
and weigh in at 1 o'clock on tho day of the
contest. Griffith announced that ho was
prepared to back Johnson for from $2,000 to
$5,000 a side.
Found a Man for Bcllly.
Wahhew, Pa., July 3. Special. Companv
I, Sixteenth Regiment, N. G. P., has a 130
uound man they will match against Wrest
ler Reilly, of yonr citv, catch-as-catcn-can,
best two in three, pnisa of $75, winner to
take all. Will give Relllv $25 for expenses
nnd must bet not less than $100 a side np to
$250 a side, the contest to take place within
tn o weeks from this date. Editor of the
Warren jtfirror holds $50 to be covered as a
guarantee, Reilly to weigh 130 pounds or
thtee pounds either way. Reilly is requested
to answer at once.
Beat the American Record.
Kikgston, Out., July 3. A 25-mile road
race of the Canadian Wheelmen's Associa
tion vesteiday resulted in W. Carman.of the
Toronto Bicycle Clnh, winning In 1 hour 10
minutes and 6 seconds. The American rec
ord is 1 hour 15 minutes and 45 seconds.
The Diamond.
CLARKSOJt may go to Washington.
DICKT JOHNSTON has been released by Elmlra.
Clabkson finished the season of S4 with Chi
cago. He Joined Boston In IMS.
Jonx Ewuro thinks he may be able to pitch for
the Giants during the second championship season.
L? our sluggers can only win two to-day and the
Clevelands lose two, how close matters will be get
ting. Our big hitters are requested to do spme hitting
to-day. Hits are never out of place. 'except when
made by the other fellows.
It Is safe to bet that Jerry narrlngton will be
with the Reds when the flag falls on the start for
the second championship series.
THE Favette City team and the Silver Kings to
day, lhe former team plav the Jcaunettes to-morrow
and the Homesteads on Thursday.
Providence has gone heavily Into the decapita
tion business. Pitcher Knauss Is the last heavy
salaried man to go. Barr has been en gaged.
The appeal of the New York club aga Inst the de
cision of Umpire Macullar. who gave the Pitts
burg club the forfeited game against New York.
nas not Dcen susiaineu aj me rieajcue directors.
Tile Baltimore team arrived In the city lasteven
lng. accompanied by Vice President John Walz,
Manager Hanlou Is confident ol winning to-day.
He says that McMahan and Cobb will be the pitch
ers. AxsON watched McGraw's every movement In
three games he played at Baltimore. Juy before
the old man left town he was asked wha t he thought
of the youngster. His answer was: "He's a won
der."
Tow Mullane has come to the concluslon'that
he Is not built for a left-handed batter. He is not
a left-handed thrower, but for ears he has been
batting left-handed. He never got anv force on
his left-handed blows. From now ot he will bat
rlgbt-hanaed.
Miscellaneous Sporting Motes.
Tnr.RE will be lots of sports in and about the city
to-day.
No. 5 of Goodwin Bros.' Qffictal Twf Guide Is
out, and it Is as usual, a real guide to turf matters.
The value of the stakes alone to be run for at the
Sandown Park, England, on July 15 and IS will be
about $125,000.
A. B. George, the English runner, has had his
entry rejected bv the LoriUard Athletic Club games
because it came too late.
The Amateur Athletic Union and the League of
American Wheelmen will both hold their annual
championship meetings at Chicago next year, dur
ing the progress of the World's Fair.
Tns dividing line between amateur and profes
sional cycling Is becoming so Indistinct-as to be
almost iRdistemable by tne average layman. At
some of the Western meets such prizes were offered
as "merchandise" to a certain cash value, "the
same to be selected by the winner."
George Taylor Is the latest and best acquisi
tion to the already strong team of bicycle riders
that the Manhattan Athlnic CInb has to represent
lt;upon the path. Taylor Is a coming man and
formerly rode for the Springfield Bicycle Club. He
was won over on the circuit at Buffalo by Money-
JULY 4, 1892.
FIRST OF FIREWORKS.
The
Origin of the Delight of Both
Young and Old America.
METHODS OP MANUFACTURE K0W.
Some
Displays That Secured a World
Wide Reputation.
COMPOSITION OP DIFFiEENT PJEES
It matters very little in the long run to
the nineteenth century small hoy when,
how or where fireworks wero first made and
of what they are made now. But the
fact remains that the despised heathen
Chinese first made them and used
them, and that civilized com
munities did not know of them until the
fourteenth "century. The skyrocket was
first invented toward the closh of the ninth
century, and at that time was used, so 'it is
said, in India and China in war. That was
long before the invention of gunpowder.
Fireworks first .became known in Europe
in 1360, when the Italians in Florence man
aged to make some. The first spectacle of
fireworks was in 1588.
Lord Macaulay says that a great display
of fireworks was made in England in 1697 to
celebrate the peace of Byswick. The fire
works, he said, cost no less than 12,000, or
60,000, which was an immense sum of
money in those days, and a sum an ordinary
Government or country would hesitate
upon before spending in these great days of
millionaires.
A very fine display of fireworks was let
off from a magnificent building in the
Green Park, London, in November, 1748,
to celebrate the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle.
A Magnificent Display of rircworks.
The next fine display history records is
the elegant one they had in Paris, on May
31, 1770, m honor of the marriage of the
Dauphin, who was Louis XYX in embryo.
The French, in their intense enjoyment, got
up such a fine crowd and snch an elegant
panic that nearly 1,000 persons were killed.
Some of them were pushed into the river,
and some died ot shook and suffocation in
the crowd.
Then came Sir "William Congreve. He
turned his attention to the improvement of
scy-rockets in lo'Ji. laey nan previously
been made with paper cases, and the guide
sticks were made long and attached to the
side of the base of the excitable part of the
machine. He did away with paper cases
and substituted sheet iron. He
made the guide stick shorter
and attached it at the center. He was not
'in the business for the fun of it, and he im
proved them so much that he used them
with wonderful success at the Siege of Bou
logne and the Battle of Leipsic, and it is
said that he increased the range of the six
pounder rocket from 600 to 2,000 yards.
Sir William Congreve exhibited his
rockets to great advantage on August 1.
1814, when England celebrated the general
peace and the centennary 01 the accession
to the throne of the Brunswick family.
The next great display occurred on Sep
tember 8, 1831, when William IV. ascended
the throne of Great Britain. Nearly 10,000
was spent to celebrate the peace with Bus
sia on May 29, 1856. There were other
large displays in England, and a lot of men
and women managed to have their heads
blown off.
The Composition of Sky Rockets.
Bockets are now built of paper cylindrical
cases filled with a composition of nitre,
charcoal and sulphur, which is like gun
powder, except that the ingredients are
compounded for a slower rate of combus
tion. If the rockets are to be used in war
the cases are made of wrought iron. Bockets
to be nsed in war have their
heads surmounted by a solid shot. If
they are meant just for explosion or incen
diary effect the head is surmounted by a
shell or case shot, with a fuse attached.
The fuse is ignited by the flame of the
composition. The base" of the case is per-'
forated by one or more vents for the escape
of the gas generated, and sometimes with
a screw hoie into which the guide stick is
fattened.
The rocket is set in motion by the "re
action ot a rapid stream ot gas espaping
through the vents and impinging against
particles ot the air, although the reaction
of the escaping gas would cause it to move
'so in a vacuum."
The chief ingredients of all fireworks are
gunpowder ami its ingredients. Iron and
steel filings and cast Iron borings, free from
rust, are used to increase the brightness of
the display and produce the Chinese fire.
When the rocket explodes up in the air the
bright and vari-colored sparks are produced
by these filings as they ignite in the oxy
gen. Secrets of Producing Colored Lights.
Copper filings and copper salts are used
to produce greenish tints. A fine blue is
made with zinc filings. A light greenish
tint with much smoke is made out of sul
phuret of antimony. Amber, resin and
common salt protected from dampness pro
duce a yellow fire. Salts of strontia make a
red light. A green light is also made by
the salts of barium.
The ordinary rocket used on the day we
celebrate is made ol various compositions
packed in tubes rolled tightly round a cylin
drical core. The match by which the rocket
is exploded is placed iu a cavity at the bot
tom. The movement of the rocket would
be irregular if it were not for the guide stick,
uhich is made very light, so that it does
not retard the flight of the rocket when the
gases come out and hit the ground with all
their might and send the rocket up into the
air for all that it is worth.
"We always
fry ours ig
Cottolepe."
Our Meat, Fish, Oysters,
Saratoga Chips, Eggs,Dough
nuts, Vegetables, etc.
Like most other people, our
folks formerly used lard for
all such purposes. WherTit
disagreed with any of the
family (which it often did,)
we said it was "too rich."
We finally tried
COTTOLENE
and not one of us has had an
attack of "richness" since.
We further found that, unlike
lard, Cottolene had no un.
pleasant odor when cooking,
and lastly Mother's favorite
and conservative cooking au-
thority came out and gave it
a big recommendation which
clinched the matter. So that's
why we always fry ours h
Cottolene.
Sold by all grocers. ,
N.K. FAIRBANKS CO.,
CHICAGO.
. PITTSBURGH' AGENTS:
F. SELLERS & CO.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
SS1 LAIRD receives large invoices of footwear daily through
out the entire season direct from the best manufacturers.
Consequently, v-
WHEN OTHER STORES ARE
DULL AND STOCK DEPLETE
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Busy and Stock Complete.
July Bargains
Incomparable.
LAIRD'S Stores show the largest and most complete line of Ladies',
Misses' and Children's Cloth Top Shoes. They are most seasonable, tasty
and comfortable.
Fine Cloth Top, Spring Heels,"
Misses' and Children's,
99c, $1.25, $1.50, $2.
LAIRD'S Stores show an immense assortment of Low-Cut Shoes, Ox
fords, Sandals and Summer Ties. Every bize, every width and every
length.
Lace Uxfords, tipped or plain,
Over 150 styles,
99c, $ 11.25,1.50, $2, $3.
LA IRD'S Kangaroo Shoes and
are warranted to be the best for the
Stock very large.
Finest Calf or Kangaroo,
Lace, Congress, Tip or Plain,
$2.18, $2.50, $2.90, $3.90.
LAIRD'S Stores show this
without goreing,
AT $1.50 AND $2.
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VACATION SHOES for Boys and Girls, Ladies and Gentlemen
adapted to every purpose boating, batting, tennis, seaside or mountain.,
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JsHB9s&sttsiskissiikV
Boys' or-Youths Bals
Or Buttons (warranted),
99c, $1.24, $1.48, $2.
RED GOAT AND TAN. SHOES.
. IAROE INVOICES OUST OPENED.
CLOTH-TOP GOODS IK ABUNDANCE.
W. M. LAIRD,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer,
433-435W00D STREET AND 40B-4QB-410 MARKET STREET.
' Wholesale Department Over Our Wood St Retail Store.
DEALERS SUPPLIED
THIS INK IS MANUFACTURED
J. HARPER BONNELL CO., S
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SHOE STORES
Fine Cloth Top Boots, .
Patent Tips, latest styles,
$1.50, $2, $2.50 to $4.
Gents' Summer Ties, Kangaroo,
Patent Leather, Dongola,
$2.90, I3.90, $5.
Patent Leather Shoes for Gentlemen
money ever offered. Prices very low.
FinestTCalf, Patent Leather or
Kangaroo Bluchers,
$2.90, $3, tS, 16.
elegant Seamless Low-Cut Shoe, with or
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AT $3.50 AND $4.
Wheelmen's and Baseball Shoes,
Canvas or Leather,
74c, 99c, $1.25 to $4.
AT LOWEST PRICES.
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