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THE STORmG OKEGOJIAN, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1903. RYAN THE PLUNGER He Backed Cromwell, Owner of The Fiddler. 60T EVEN VITH HIS OLD ENEMY He Be gran on. Outlaw Tracks, and Paid Bets at Saratoga From Bas ketful of Money Famous Plungers on. American. Turf. The Inside story of The Fiddler Is grad ually leaking out, and it now transpires that John .J. Ryan, the -welcher and sky rocket 'plunger, who has again come back to his own, was behind T. T. Crom well, the owner of the horse on which the pool rooms over the country dropped fully ?200,000. Cromwell bought The Fid dler at St Louis last July, after he had run some poor races. From that time on Cromwell worked and "worked on the skate, and he .finally drew -up at Brigh ton Beach. The Fiddler by this time was a clever horse. When Cromwell was ready to spring him, he called on John J. Ryan and told him of his "pickle in brine." Ryan suddenly disappeared from the Eastern tracks, where his plunging had given the bookies a nervous chill, and he turned up in Chicago, and it is he, so the story goes, that got even with his old enemy, O'Leary, by simply playing his books off the earth. When The Fiddler -won, there was an awfui howl and charges of the gelding being a ringer were freely circulated and finally the horse was paraded and the charges fell flat. The stewards are still under investigation, but, no matter what the finding may be,. Cromwell has "his," and so lias Ryan. The story of Ryan's coup and his won derful and daring plunging brings him again in the limelight: also stories of other plungers. Ryan, known as the "get-rlch-qulck" plunger, began his career on tho outlaw tracks in Maryland, Gloucester and Alexander Island. He did not cut much of a figure there, except as prin cipal in some sensational gunplays. Ryan always carried a gun, and when he en gages in an argument there is a general scattering of tho crowd. After the break ing up of the outlaw game, Ryan drifted to Texas, where he made a fortune in oil speculations. Reappears From Texas. He was practically forgotten around the race-tracks, but suddenly he turned up on the tracks literally plastered with diamonds. His appearance recalled his connection with outlaw racing at New port, which he ran on the co-operative basis, and tho bookmakers at Saratoga were inclined to turn down his bets, for they feared that some day ho would fail to return and make good. Some one told Ryan of this and he pulled from his pocket a certificate of deposit for $750,000. "Just go back and tell the bookmakers what you saw," said he to this friend. Still, the layers of odds demanded cash and the plunger was greatly handicapped in his operations. One -day after a heavy losing he appeared on the track with a -wicker basket filled with money and made the rounds of the betting ring paying off. The bookies gradually gained confidence in Ryan, and now his markers are ac cepted without question. His operations have been colossal. On September 19 he started With a bet -of $10,000 on Caugh newega against $40,000. This bet he won, and he dumped the -whole on McChesney at oddsof 1 to 2 and added $20,000 to Ids winnings. Then he bet $20,000 on Irene Lindsay at even money and increased his winning to a total of SS0.009, which is the greatest amount ever won by one man in a sintrle dav on an Eastern mrotrnplr There was still another killing coming to Kyan, and on September 21 he is said to have won $50,000. The man bets his money like so much sand and he is by far tho most daring plunger tho East has ever seen. Ryan is a smooth-faced man of .medium height His eyes are blue, bright and clear, and ho rides to the track each day In lis automohilf whlrh Via HrK-r the same recklessness as he bets his money. Yenger's Great Run of Luck. Every season furnishes Its sensnilnn In the way of plungers only this season jias two. 'itie second is JoeTeager. Yeacer burst uoon the nlunirlnc hnrimn at Hot SDrlnsrs. Formerlv h worked 5n a New York pool room, where he was JOOKed upon as a "clever kid," because he "was exceedlnclv clever in maklnir nrirps. He was In the game a long time before ijame jrortuno looked his way. He worked alonir until he trot n. went West, where the odds were better and winners easier to pick. Suddenly he turned up at Hot Springs last Winter and ho astonished old-timers hv th amount of his wagers and the unerring? way in which -he picked -winners. Yeager beat the Hot Springs pool rooms out of a. tortune. Alter lying up for a time he appeared at Saratoga. In one day he cleaned up $50,000. The largest single bet he won was on Stamping Ground on Sep tember 12 at Sheepshead Bay, when the nay won a race on the grass course. Yeacor bet $5000 on her against JUAfinn This he wrotectcd with bets to shnw nm a bet on a dangerous rival. He cleaned up just $42,000 on the race. The largest single bet he made this year was on Wild Tvme on September 9. Hp hot sis ftM at oven money on this filly's chances, and sne won nanus down. John A. Drake and John W. Gates are two of last season s plungers who hav not been heard of much this seitson. Mr Drake Is said to have recoped a part of the half million he dropped last season when his Trinity Bell won the other dav. Trinity Bell Is the first of the Drake horses that has shown anv form. The mare opened at 20 to 1 and was backed aown to i to l, and now the stewards are investigating tho race Mr. Gates has been 111 most oj tho season. When they were in the game last year, however, it wna n etn worth seeing to watch this sturdy pair oi Dig men pusn their way through the crowa to tne DOoKmaicers' stand and ask "How much do you want?" They used to repeat this performance oeiore naif a dozen books, and often their wagers would aggregate $50,000. Their plunging -was usually confined to the L.TUKO norses. "alike" Dwyer in Poverty. "Pittsbunr Phil fGeorira1 "R. RmftVA about the only plunger able to hold his own. ne nas Deen in the harness for long time, and is still dolnjr business the old stand. Phil Is by long odds the most careful, tho most painstaking piunger tne American turf has ever seen. The finger of suspicion has often been pointed his wav. but tha authnritfoe Iiova never been able to connect him with any joooery. ac nas, perhaps, the largest fortune of any plunger in the business, and the best thing about it is tho most of it is safely Invested. There is a whole list of minor plungers who rose, flourished for a whllo nnrf tv. faded away. Among them is Willie Kerryheart. who ran a $10 bill into $SG,000 in two weeks, and lost the whole bunch as quickly as he won it But undoubt edly the saddesPand most pathetic plcturo of a plunger that got "his" is Michael F. Dwyer, the former racing partner- of Richard Croker. Dwyer was one of the gamiest betters of his day, but his star has set, and almost any day you will find him crouched far back under the shelter of his top buggy watching the throng moving about him. When he was the star of the . betting ring he would wager io.000 or $30,000 with about as much emo tion as the average race-goer would show in placing a. $5 bet He, strangely enough, wanted the short price. He always wanted the sure-thing end 'of the, game. When a long price was laid against a horse that had a gopd chance to win, he In variably would take the short-show price. Finally the Croker-Dwycr deal was en tered into and they went to England. This was the beginning of tho end. His horses were not in the same class with the English, thoroughbreds. He lost his horses in selling races, he squandered a quarter of a million in betting and then returned to America broken in health and pocket He failed gradually, and now, semiparalyzed and poor, ho watches tho races from a buggy which takes him to the track daily. The great crowd surges past him and the man who was so greatly feared that he entered stake horses In selling events is almost forgotten. Ho might as well be dead and burled. INDOOR SPORTS FOR WIXTER. Multnomah Club Will Keep It Muscle Hard by Exercise. With the passing of Summer Interest in Indoor athletics is reviving. This is being shown every night at the Multnomah Ath letic Club, where the Interest In amateur sport has never lagged, as often happens in clubs of that kind. Gymnasium In structor Krohn has organized his regular classes, dcvrtir.g much time to his juniors and to physical culture for women and girls, but he expects most from the gym nasts and athletes that turn out every evening. He has lost an enthusiastic ally CROWD OUTSIDE THE In Bert Kerrigan, who Is only slowly re covering from the Injury to his ankle. But Hal Rasch is setting an example for can didates to live up to. The machines about the gymnasium are not left Idle, and tumbling, vaulting, box ing and wrestling go on In the corners. Wrestling Is to receive particular atten tion this Winter. Instructor Acton has not lost the sporting spirit, he showed Edwin Fredcll, Captain Columbia University Football Team. when a champion himself, and a call for wrestling teams for the St Louis World's Fair has left him all enthusiasm to have the club represented. He has great faith in Ed Johnson, Aleck De France and Ed gar Frank, who are already In training for the event Indoor baseball promises best as a spec tacular feature for the Winter season. Several teams are always organized at the Armoryf the battory usually having a crack team. These, with the club and Y. M. C. A. teams, will form a league and keep fresh the memory of the Sum mer sport Basket-ball already has its devotees, who keep the call going during the odd times that Instructor Krohn has not tlo floor cleared for ancther purpose. This sport attracts large audiences, mostly girls, who take the crportunlty of cheer ing a game they understand. A healthy rivalry always exists between the club and the Y. M. C A. teams, keeping the playing up to the highest standard. The handball court Is lively at all times, but just now It is overcrowded" "by can didates for the tournament which is to be played off this month. No dates have beeiv settled upon as j'ot FIRST TEST OP STRENGTH. Tiro College Football MatchcsVto Be Played Today. The football teams of the four leading Portland school? are beglnnig to take shape. Today the Portland Academy will play Pacific University In Forest Grove and the Hill Military-Academy will play Columbia University on Columbia campus. The High School and Bishop Scott Acad emy teams play their first game against each other next Wednesday afternoon. The Pacific University defeated the Hill Military Academy last Saturday, 14 to 0. The Portland Academy will consequently show its relative strength by its game in Forest Grove today. Coach Blanchard gives the Acedemy's line-up as follows: McAdams left end Kperner (captain) left tackle Clark left guard Cook center Huriburt right guard Seel?; right tackle Whittlesey .....-v. ri5ht end Herrlott i quarter back Fenton left halfback gack i right halfback Floul i fullback The academy has won the inter-scholastic championship for three years, and is beginning this season's work with a great deal of confidence. The High School, however, has Smith and Swope baclc from the B. S. A, and five other old men, In cluding Holcomb, captain. Coach Fisher, of the B. S. A team, has light material to work with, and Is counting on speed. Besides the local games which will occur between now and December 1, tho High School team will make a Thanksgiving trip to the Sound, playing the Seattle and Tacoma High Schools, and the Portland Academy will play outside games with the Eugene, Baker City and Pendleton High Schools. ' CRACK GOLF MATCH TODAY. British. Champion and America's Best Player Will Meet. PHILADELPHIA. Oct 9. The semi finals in the Grlscom invitation golf tour nament were played on the links of the Merlon Cricket Club here today. Never before In the history of golf have women been forced to endure such conditions as prevailed today. A driving rain fell heav ily all day, and at no time was there any sign of a let up. Balls floated about on the teeing and fair grounds, and In some Instances the holes wero completely sub merged. The two big matches today were be tween Miss Rhona Adair, the British champion, and Miss Bishop, of Brooklyn, and Mrs. C S. Stout (Genevieve Heckor), the 1001-02 American champion, and Mrs. R. H. Barlow, of the Merlon Club. Miss Adair and Mrs. Stout each won, and to morrow will see the meeting of Great Britain's leading exponent and America's best player. Xcw Men Showing Up "Well. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, Oct 9. (Special.) The members of the old team are reporting for practice, and the second team Is practicing earnestly BOSTON GROUNDS DURING Tift GREAT MATCH GAME BETWEEN THE BOSTON AMERICANS AND PITTSBURG NATIONALS ATTENDANCE AT THE SECOND GAME REACHED AN AGGREGATE ESTIMATED AT for the game with the Eugene High School lads, which is to be played Sat-' urday. Many of the new men who have been making a lively bid for 'varsity honors have been working with the sec ond eleven this week. Lang, of McMInnvllle, and Moores, of Oregon City, are doing splendidly. Cro nin, who comes from Pendleton with a football record. Is showing up at fullback, , and Temple'ton has been shifted to right half. Will Play at Columbia Campus. Tho manager of tho Hill Military Acad emy football team was informed last evening that on account of the rain it would be impossible to get tho Multnomah field in shape for today's game. The game will have to be played, therefore, on the Columbia University campus at 3 P. M. today. Jack Clifford Knocked Out. HELENA, Mont, Oct 9. Kid Fred ericks, of Buffalo, knocked out Jack Clif ford, of Butte, in the 17th round of what was scheduled to be a 20-round fight here tonight Fredericks was the aggressor all tho way and after the eighth round had all the better of it Hill Caves in and Buries Six Men. GREENSBURG, Pa., Oct 9. While a number of Italians were at work with a steam shovel on the Pennsylvania Rail road Improvement at Bollver, Pa., a por tion of the hill through which a deep cut is being made caved in, burying tho men and the steam shovel. Tho work of res cuing the men Is being pushed, but owing to the Immense quantity of earth covering them the progress is slow. It is believed that at least six men are under the cave-In and that they are dead. Soo Deal In Held Bp. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 9. The organ ization of the Consolidated Lake Superior Company was delayed today by the action of the committee of shareholders, who will submit a counter proposition. The plan adopted yesterday by the directors gave Speyer & Co. physical possession of the various nlants controlled bv tho nnr. poratlon In exchange for an extension of time in which to pay Speyer & Co.'s $5,050,000 loan. M'CHESNEY : Dick Welles. McChesney. - . TWO FAMOUS RUNNERS 3IAY BE MATCHED FOR RACE-TRACK SUPREMACY. Ever'slnce Dick Welles, who was never looked upon as anything more than a very fast .sprinter. Jumped out and won from Grand Opera at. the Harlem track In Chicago August U. McChesney has had a dangerous rival for the Western championship. Just why Welles was always looked upon as a sprinter is puzzling" lots of people these days. In all tho work-outs and races Dick Welles seemed to do everything the most consistent could ask, yet his owner, Mr. Itespress, did not start his horse In the Chicago Derby and the raco went to the Insignificant looking The Picket. Since then Dick Welles has become tho great horse of the West, disputing honors with McChesney, who In tho East the other day -was absolutely last la a bunch of horses he should have beaten. In spite of the top-weight he was carry ing. Accounts of the race, however, seem to save the honor of the horse, for he was badly Interfered with twice and turf writers even marveled that he finished at all. McChesney had no end of hard luck In his 3-year-old days and a couple of nasty falls had made the horse quit when he Is caught In a Jam. This Is one of the reasons given for his crushing defeat In his last race. Dick" Welles, on the other hand. In his 3-year-old form Is at his best. Both are cham pions and there Is lots of talk both East and West of a matched race between these two wonders and It may be that the Western horse, who is at present getUng the worst of it in the East will return West and defend his title of Cham pion of the West with Dick Welles as his antagonist. Welles has done some wonderful work at sprint distance, has shattered the mile record and has won a race at a mllo and a furlong In such a fashion as would Indicate that he could have raced another furlong or two without blowing up. All this goes to show that early dope on the horse was all wrong, and now he Is credited with being the best colt at a mile ever seen In Chicago, or even up to a mile and a furlong. The race. In which Welles beat Grand Opera in a contest for the Chicago championship is credited with being the greatest race of the season. The track was to the liking of tho two. Welles carrying 115 and Grnnd Opera 112. Grand Opera had performed very fast over the distance and many thought the route too far for Welles. The P.cspress horse upset the wise ones and simply walked away frdm Grand Opera, traveling the route fn 1:37 2-5, a newworld's record for a mllo over a circular track, being a fifth of a . second better than the time made by A!an-a-Dale at Washington track. SPOILED BY THE RAIN BROWNS DISCONSOLATE AT MISS ING ANOTHER GA3IE. AHBHal Meeting- of Coast League in 'December Lncns to Be Thrown Out of Orace. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. ' Yesterday's Score. Son Francisco 3; Los Angeles, 0. No tames at Portland or Seattle. Standing: of the Clubs. Won. Lost. Pr. ct Los Angeles 107 62 .033 San Francisco 03 85 .522 Sacramento ........ So S4 .503 Portland ..: 73 S7 .450 SeatUe 74 80 .453 Oakland 7T 102 M30 Another of the Fall baseball games was knocked Into a cocked, hat yesterday by the rain, and the local players were be moaning their-fate all day because they wished to finish up with Pete Lohman's bunch so as to be In trim for San Fran cisco next week. If the weather man will Just behave himself a double-header will be the order of things on Sunday. While the Brown manager has taken no steps toward signing any of the play ers for next year, It Is understood that all that wish to play again with Port land will be given a chance to do so. The men will not be signed until just before the team starts for its final visit to the South. Most of the players will return to their homes at the close of the season. McFarlane, Francis, Nadeau, Blake and several others will go to their homes in the East for the Winter. All of them, however, say that in case they play with the Browns next season, they will make their home in Portland In the future. Charley Shields will return to his home in the South, and Ike Butler may go East If he does not, he will spend part of the Winter near Ashland, where he has a line fruit farm. The annual meeting of the Pacific Coast League will take place In December, but tho date has not been decided upon. The Pacific National League was to have also met In December, but In order to straighten out some knotty financial problems and perhaps to get rid of President Lucas, the meet ing will be called some time this month. Since Lucas made such a miserable fail ure of his alleged war on the Pacific Coast League, considerable adverse criticism has fallen upon his shoulders. Spokane, Helena, Butte, and even SeatUe, are "sore" on their president and it Is more than likely that a new president will be at the helm next season. President Lucas was elected for .three years, but accord ing to rumors this will be overlooked by those who wish to dispose of him. He has been drawing a top salary for doing very little work, at any rate very little that brought results, and If he does serve an other year It will be at a much reduced salary. At this meeting will also be dis cussed the question of granting franchises to Ogden, Vancouver, Whatcom and Vic toria, and possibly, if Lucas is retained, Portland. THere is hardly any question but that two of the places named will be granted franchises, but it Is doubtful whether the league will again try to break Into Port land. Of course, if the Pacific National League could get an angel to put up his HAS A DANGEROUS RIVAL money for the local franchise, the league would not hesitate to deliver him the gold brick. Portland has had enough- of Lucas and from all accounts Is thoroughly satis fied with the article of ball played by the Coasters. Of course the local fans would like to have had the Browns higher up in the race, but- while early hopes were shat tered, tho team has been comparatively well patronized. The local team has lost money, both In bad investments In play ers and because the team has not been a more serious contestant for the bunting, but It has sustained a greater loss on ac count of bad weather. This alone will run Into the thousands, and. If the weath er continues as it has been since the last home series began, the club will stand to lose a great deal more. The men who are financing the club, however, are in the game to stick, and they entered the new league fully expecting to close, the season with the balance on the wrong side of the ledger. Even with the heavy financial losses and with the team in its present condition, there are at least half a dozen men who would snap up the chance to buy the fran chise If it were for sale. Several times flattering offers have been made for It both by local men of capital and by out siders who look upon Portland as a great baseball town and the franchise in the Pacific Coast League as a money-making proposition. But the present management is not In a selling mood and all of the offers have been turned down. A fancy price has been offered a couple of times, a price, which by any one else owning the franchise, would not have been refused. 25,000. -Prom the Boston Post In the next two years, with a team any where near the leadership. It need not be a pennant-winning team, there Is-at least $40,000 to be cleaned up. There has been some question about the Twenty-fourth and Vaughn street grounds being leased for any. length of time, but that has been settled and at present the lease is good for three years, which carries It beyond the Lewis and Clark Fair year. Next year will see a change In the schedule which will give the North almost continuous ball. It will also be arranged. In all probability, so as to give Portland baseball through the months of July- and August and the greater part of Septem ber. There Is hardly any question about Tacoma being In the Pacific Coast League next year. Fisher has denied that be is trying for the Tacoma franchise, but his denial doesn't .count for much, for he will grab the franchise if he can get it His denial of the report can be easily ex plained away. Fisher has to finish the season In Sacramento and he does not wish to kill off what little patronage the game will have when he returns home, Fisher has treated Sacramento a great deal better than Sacramento has treated him, and it's the town's own fault if it loses him. Since he has had the team he has given that city some splendid base ball and he has also been one of Its best advertising cards. If the Chamber of Commerce had paid for this advertising It would havc-had to spend many thou sands of dollars. Fisher's place Is In the North and Tacoma could not do better than to have the ex-policeman and his team there next year. v NO CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. Pittsburg-Boston Contest Put Off on Account of Cold Weather. .PITTSBURG, Oct 9 The Pittsburg Boston world's championship game today has been postponed until tomorrow on account of cold weather. ''FRISCO SHUTS OUT LEADERS. Los Angeles Finds Pitcher Iberg: Is in His Old-Time Form. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct 9. The home team surprised Itself and the visitors to day by breaking the IonK string of de feats by shutting out the leaders. It was IN THE WEST a light hitting, fast fielding game in which Pitcher Iberg carried most of the honors. His delivery was a sample of hl3 old-time effectiveness. Gray was also In good plthcing form, but twice the locals bunched their hits and got runs. Score: R H E San Francisco ....0 010 0 2 0 0 0-3 6 1 Lhs Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 6, 2 Batteries Iberg and Jeany; uray ana Eagan. Seattle Game Postponed. sbiTTT.-R nrt. 9. Tho Sacramento game scheduled for today was postponed on account of ram. Slint Out by Chicago Nationals. CHICAGO. Oct. 9. In the best-played game of the series, the Nationals today r.ntro fho' Jmwliwmi their th!rr1 shutout. Barring a little wlldness. It was strictly a pitchers battle, with hotix twiners, al most perfectly supported. Attendance, 1600. Score: R H El R H E Nationals ....1 3 l Americans ....0 3 0 Batteries Lundpren and Kilns: Owen and Sullivan. Cleveland Games Postponed. CLEVELAND, O.. Oct.. 9. Cleveland Cincinnati game postponed on account of cold weather. The game called yesterday on account of darkness will be played at Cincinnati next Monday, weather per mitting. MORGAN NOT IN IT. Agreement for Underwriting- the Stock of the Ship Trust NEW YORK, . Oct 9. The Evening Post today prints a copy of tho agree ment for underwriting the .United States Shipbuilding Company, mentioned on the witness stand by Daniel LeRoy Dresser on Wednesday. Dresser, Lewis Nixon, Charles M. Schwab and Harris, Gates & Co. were parties to the agreement, but the name of J. P. Morgan & Co. was not signed to it According to the agreement, the Trust Company of the Republic, LeRoy Dresser and Lewis Nixon, were" to acquire from the shipbuilding company 200,000 shares of its preferred stock and 250,000 shares of its common stock, and of this 25,000 shares each of the common and pre ferred were to be delivered to J. P. Mor gan & Co. and 73.000 shares of each to Charles M. Schwab, "such stock having been Issued to said Dresser and Nixon in part payment for the sale and transfer to said United States Shipbuilding Com pany of 300,000 shares of the capital stock of the Bethelem Steel Company." Of the remaining 100,000 shares of pre ferred and 150,000 shares of shipbuilding stock, it was set forth in the agreement that the Trust Company of the Republic and Lewis Nixon were to retain S5.000 shares of preferred and 135,000 shares of common for "a term not less than ona year." The agreement sets forth further that one of the considerations and In ducements by which Nixon and Dressw delivered tho stock of the Bethlehem Steel Company and the funds to pay for the same was that 250,000 shares of the preferred stock and 250,000 shares of tho common stock be delivered to J. P. Mor gan & Co. It is provided that the sale of the Mor gan & Co. stock and the Schwab stock was to be managed by Harris, Gates & Co. It is set forth that the Trust Com pany of the Republic guaranteed that no part of the company's stock except 15,000 shares of each kind to be distributed among the various venders of property acquired by tJfs shipbuilding company should be sold until after the 25.000 shares of the preferred stock and the 25,000 shares of the common stock to be deliv ered to J. P. Morgan & Co. and the 75,000 shares of the common stock to be deliv ered to Charles M. Schwab should have been marketed, sbld and disposed of. According to the agreement, as printed, Harris, Gates & Co. guaranteed to dis pose first of the Morgan stock and then the Schwab stock at 565 for the preferred and $25 for the common, or lower prices If agreed upon, but It was further pro vided that of each 100,000 shares sold J. P. Morgan & Co. was to receive one-fourth of tho proceeds and Charles M. Schwab three-fourths. DIFFERENT STORY BY GATES. No Question Thnt Morgan and Sclivrab Stock Was Sold First. CHICAGO, Oct 9. John W. Gates, whose name has been mentioned In re cent developments as to the underwrit ing of the United States Shipbuilding Company, was interviewed today by a representative of the Associated Press. Referring to the contract that he says ex ists between his house and the house of J. P. Morgan & Co., Mr. Gates said: "There Is no question about the con tract with Harris, Gates & Co., to sell the Morgan and Schwab shipbuilding stock ahead of all others. The contract was signed by Charles M. Schwab, for J. P. Morgan & Co., and C. M. Schwab; by Daniel LeRoy Dresser for the Trust Company of the Republic, and by Lewis Nixon for the United States Shipbuilding Company. Morgan's name was not signed to the agreement I presume that Mr. Dresser furnished the copy. I saw it personally, but had nothing to do with making It "I was one of the unfortunate under writers. Under the terms of the contract the Morgan and Schwab stock was to be sold first, and It was further provided that the rest of the stock should be locked up In a vault and kept until the Morgan and Schwab stock was sold out. They simply made a place to market the stock ahead of any other, if it had been pos sible to market it, but there was no mar ket for the stock. VMr. Morgan acted, as I understood this whole transaction, for the United States Steel syndicate, using the steel syndicate money. I do not think Mr. Morgan will deny that there was such a deal. He says they were not the man agers of the underwriting syndicate, which Is correct; he does not say they were directly or indirectly interested in It I see it Is reported that I was short of this shipbuilding stock. I never sold short a share of stock or a bond. I would be glad to do so today at a considerable sacrifice. I consider the whole thing 'much ado about nothing.' " Steel-Plate Prices to Be Maintained. NEW YORK, Oct 9. At a meeting here of the Steel Plate Association, which In cludes all the principal steel plate man ufacturers, the price schedule Ha3 been discussed, and it Is understood that the association decided to maintain tho list previously in force. OBSERVE CHICAGO DAY. Bnnriuets and Speeches by Prom inent Men Arc the Features. ' CHICAGO, Oct 9. Chicago day was cel ebrated tonight with banquets by the Mar quette and Lakeside Clubs, at which prom inent speakers from various parts of the country wero present. At the Marquette Club, the principal speakers were Frank S. Black, ex-Governor of New York; Gov ernor Wlnfleld T. Durbln, of Indiana; Gov ernor Samuel R. Van Sant, of Minnesota; Judge Peter Grosscup, of the United States Circuit Court, and Frank O. Low den, of Chicago. George R. Peck, of Chicago, was toastmaster. Judge Gross cup responded to the toast of "Incorpo rated Dishonesty." Yellow Fever Still Spreading. LAREDO, Tex., Oct 9. Today's official yellow fever bulletin records: New cases, 29; deaths, 0; total cases to date, 172. Suit the people, because they are tired of bitter doses, with the pain and griping that usually follow. Carter's Little Liver Pllla One pill a dose. Plso's Cure for Consumption always gives relief In cases of coughs and colds. 25c ' ' LANDS $6000 PUR! Caspian Gets Transylva Stake at Lexington. SECOND IN THE BETTI Dnn R. Slakes a World's Record Pacers to a Wagon, by Going a Mile in, LEXINGTON. Kv.. Oct ! KIt J people braved the biting west wind to j to see Caspian, an Ohio orid favorite in the betting, win the 11 Transylvania $6000 nurse Tv Ant a.-hr. . second money, was nurehnspr! trr.m nl Donley, of Wichita, Kan., by E. E. SmaJ ers iur nwi jrst oeiore the second hi and made a strong bid for first place! uiis neat. The feature of tho dav Transylvania, was the new world's recol maae Dy uan K. for a pacer, a mile td wagon. Dan R. went the second heat 2:04?i. There were hut two entrio i the free-for-all race for amateur drivel iv. G. Bluings drove Greenline and K. Devereaux drove Dan Ft Dan R. clipped a full second off Edj W.'a record to waron of 2-ns3: mr. Memphis last October. His time w;j viuaner. 324; half, 1:04; three-quarte 1:31&: mile. 2:04S'.. In the first heat Dan R. broke befel reacning the quarter pole and Greenlli forged ahead a hundred vards. At t quarter stretch Dan R. mii n 1 distance, but was still trailing thrj lengths behind. A hundred yards fro tne wire ne caught Greenline and In driving finish beat him out hv a nu.i- 2:15$2, goino the last ouarter in 29U spI onds. In the next heat Dan R. led fro start to finish and went the mile 2:0434. beating his competitor by sever lengths. Summarv: 2:13 trottlntr. nnr t1(W -Vrvr-in. 4.1S first, third and fourth heats in 2:liv. :.iu!. urav Geni won th ipcnmi v,al In 2:10. Marlon Wilkes, Topsey, Rob zola, Tho Questor, Walter Smith, Pu. Guy Fortune, Tonso and Porto Rico al started. 2:25 class trotting, purse $1000 Grer Spirit won three straight hpntu In -ll 2:14VI. 2:141. Laundrv "Rnv Tfprmmi -roi.l John Caldwell, Tonga, Grocery MaK Kirkwood, Jr., The Crescent Bessie Ker ney. Miss Prlmity, Eunice G. and Georg M. also started. The Transylvania, 2:12 trotting, purs $6000 Caspian won thrpp strnfeht honto 1 2:11. 2:09. 2:10. Kelt. Dillon Boy, Haw uiurne. jonn mc, George Muscovite an. Kinney Lou also starts?. 1 2:19 pace. Durse $1000 "Dlrprtnm -umJ won two straight heats in 2:10, 2:0Sk. Fan! iiue, kj. u., Keaper, Dutch Mowry Ethel Mac. Galetv. Red Rlrrt ATn n? r2J don, Go Direct, Stine, Charley C, Cot tillon and Monev Musk silsn stfirtprt Free for all. naolnir tn wh r-. t ! defeated Greenline in two straight heats xime, -:ia, 2:044. LOWERS SPOKAXE TRACK RECORDj Mack Mack, the Trotter, Clips On Second Off Time for Mile. SPOKANE, Oct. 9. Mack Mack broke the track record at the Tntprtn to Volt Grounds today, lowering It one second.' This Is a half-mile track. Sum m.nrv- 2:14 trot ourse $600 Mack Mnrk- a.-nr, I Briney K. second, Coronado third; time 1 2:19M. Special pace, purse $500 Portia Kr4gatj . u"" Jiimiuc tsecuna, jsensuroal tnira; Desc ume, nzi. Three furlongs Queen T. won. Mis3 Miller second, Kitty Condon third; time, Seven-eighths selling Windward won. Claudator second, Dr. Sherman third; time, 1:32. Four and a half furlones Glarivs TtPii won, Ellis Glenn second, Barney Ownes II inira; ume, 0:55. Four and a half furlongs Cllvoso won. Rose Leaf second, Alesandrothlrd; time. 0:56i. ; At St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, Oct 9. Fair grounds re sults: Seven furlongs Elio won, Bugle Horn second, Thank Heaven third; time. 1:314. Mile Captain Gaston won, Chandoo sec ond. Quiet third; time, l:45Vi. Six furlongs, handicap Miss Crawford won. Major Pelham second, Ben Adklns third; time, 1:16. Mile and three-sixteenths, handicap Josie won, Dan McKenna second, Taby Tosa third; time, 2:03J. Seven furlongs Alcorn R. won, Tempt second, Axares third; time, 1:31. Six furlongs Gus Lanka won, Jean Gra vier second, Sid Silver third; time, 1.17. At Worth. CHICAGO, Oct 9. Worth summary: Six furlongs The Hebrew won, Oudon second; King Ellsworth third; time. 1:20 2-5. Six furlongs Burnie Bunton won, Schwalbe second, Gypsene third; time, 1:17 4-5. One mile Lampoon won, Mr. Dingle second, Tancred third; time, 1:4S. One mile and 70 yards Proceeds won. By Ways', second, C. B. Campbell third; time, 1:42 2-5. Six -furlongs Go Between won, Myron dale second, Dunganlon third; time, 1:18 3-5. One mile and a sixteenth Antolee won. Compass second, Evelyn Byrd third; time, 1:57. At Morris Park. NEW YORK, Oct 9. Morris Park sum mary: Two miles and a quarter, selling hur dle Charawlnd won, Gibson Light second, Cryptogram third; time, 4:20. Six furlongs, selling Duelist won. Lockets second, Highlander third; time, l:22tf. Six furlongs, selling Monadnock won. Thistle Heather second, Flag Officer third; Ume, 1:22. The Withers mile Ormondes Right won. Palette second, Champlaln third; time, 1:43. Jocund finished first but was dis qualified for fouling. Fordham handicap, seven furlongs Young Henry won, Grenade second, Wealth third; time, l:3Si. Handicap, mile and a half Early Eve won, Caughnawaga second, Warranted third; Ume, 2:364. Keene's Horse Wins in London. LONDON; Oct 9. J. R. Keene's Lan cashire, ridden by Lucien Lynne, the American Jockey, won the Imperial Pro duce plate, valued at 3000 sovereigns, for 2-year-olds, six furlongs, at the Kempton Park Autumn meeting today. The War rior was second, and Orient II came In third. Seven horses ran. Ke-rr York ana Chicago Races. Direct wires. Commissions accepted. Portland Club. 130 Fifth street Hamilton1 Fish 111. NEW YORK, Oct. 9. Hamilton Fish, Associate United States Treasurer, in charge of the subtreasury here, is ill, and the doctors say he Is threatened with ap pendicitis. Unless his condition grows much worse, however, an operation will not be necessary. For twenty-five cents, you can get Car ter's LltUe Liver Pills the best liver reg ulator in the world. Don't forest hia X One pill a dose.