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LOCAL WRESTLER WON ED C. JOHNSON, OP 3IULTXOMAH CLUB, DEFEATED MAX WILEY. Amateur Champion Declares He Was Not Thrown Referee Budd Smith Says Johnson Won Fairly. Ed Johnson, the clever middle-weight wrestler or the Multnomah Club, defeat ed his opponent, Max Wiley, the amateur light, welter and middle-weight champion of the United States, last evening at the" Multnomah Club. The decision was given for a fall in the second bout by Referee Budd Smith, of Vancouver, and aroused more excitement than has been stirred up In any contest that has ever been held at the club. The men had put up a hard, fat match from start to finish. Johnson's velght and strength had been matched against "Wiley's skill and science. No decision was given In the first bout, ac cording to agreement, no fall having been secured. In the second, Johnson had won ihe upper hold. Forcing "Wiley to the ground, he secured combination crotch and half-Nelson hold, and rolled the clever little wrestler over on his shoul ders. In a flash Wiley had bridged, and wriggled out of danger. The two men were going at their wrestling again, when Referee Budd Smith tapped Johnson on the shoulder, declaring him the winner. Wiley sprang to his feet. "All I have to say,, gentlemen," he ex claimed, "Is that there was no fall. I was not down, and any one sitting on that side of the house can tell you the same," waving his hand to the spectators on the east side of the gymnasium. The decision and Wiley's subsequent statement formed the subject of the con versation for a half an hour after the close of the match. Many of the spec tators sitting on the east side of the house, toward which Johnson had rolled Wiley, say that the fall was fair and square, and agree with the referee that a fall was made. To the spectators on the other side the wrestling maneuver looked very much like a fall. Johnson had Wiley in a sitting position. Wiley was evldently preparing for an attempt to take the upper position. Johnson suddenly seized him with a crotch and half-Nelson hold, and rolled him over on his shoulders. The whole movement was quick as a flash, and Wiley was out of the position in an instant. The decision was given, and met "with the approval of the majority of spec tators. The two men had agreed that if the referee wag unable to give a decision af ter the first bout that the contest should be decided on the result of the second bout. For this reason, winning the fall In the second gave Johnson the match. In the first bout the 'men were seen to be evenly matched. Wiley Is built like a little giant, with a fine pair of shoul ders and a strong, active body. Johnson Is powerful across the shoulders, but has a long body, and seems weak Jn the legs. Johnson took the aggressive at the start and chased Wiley all over the mat. finally getting the upper bold. Then Wiley's cleverness commenced to show. His pow erful opponent tried hold after hold, but could do nothing with him. Wiley gave Johnson opening after opening. In order to get a chance to take the aggressive. but Johnson refused to take them. John son worked like a Trojan, but did not have the skIH to handle his shifty op ponent. Wiley wriggled out of all kinds of dangerous positions. half-Nelsons and crotch holds, until finally Johnson laid himself open, and Wiley obtained the up per position. In a second Wiley had a dangerous leg hold, and Johnson wriggled off the mat to save himself. The referee could do nothing else but reserve his de cision for the succeeding bout. Johnson had kept the aggressive for 23 minutes, but had not shown the skill to merit the decision. Johnson, however, opened the second with a rush, secured the upper position, and worried Wiley considerably. In two minutes he had won the fall by his clever . throw. Johnson weighed 157 pounds and Wiley 137. The preliminary match between Alex De France and Dick Price was won by the latter, who took two falls to De France's one. Price won the first bout In 11 min utes. De France had kept the upper hold during the bout, and was rolled over on his back after having attempted to execute a throw from a good body hold. De France took th second bout in 44 min utes. Price had wriggled out of a crotch hold, but was caught with a half-Nelson. De France took the aggressive In the th'rd bout, but Price turned the tables on him, and secured the upper hold. De France wriggled out of two dangerous po sitions, but was thrown on a half-Nelson. There was no doubt In the mind of Ref eree Budd Smith that the fall had been fairlv won by Johnson. "I was right in front of the two men, and saw the fall perfectly." said he after the match. . "Wiley tried to bridge, but his head was forced down, and his shoulders touched the mat. Only for a second, however, for Wiley wriggled out of danger, and be gan wrestllrfg again. It was a good match, and both men worked all the time. Wiley gave Johnson several openings in the first "bout, and finally won the upper position. I could do nothing else but reserve my decision until the second bout. Then when there was "a fall, I gave the match to Johnson, who had won it fairly and scuarcly." Wiley maintained that he had not been thrown. "I knew Johnson was trying to roll me," satd SV after the match, "so I brldgedas-1 went over, and wriggled out of the position, hoping to get the upper hold. I know I was not thrown, and Johnson evidently did not think so either, for he kept on wrestling." Wiley's next match will be with Ciser Bulllvant. of Spokane, who claims the Northwest championship. THE ICATIOXAIj LEAGUE. Boston Defeated Philadelphia in the Ninth Inning:. BOSTON, June 18. After Philadelphia had apparently won today through Plttln gcr's wlldness in the eighth, Boston bat ted ,out a victory In the ninth. The Na tional League management has decided to reduce the price of admission to 25 cents for the remainder of the season. Attend ance, 125. Score: RHE RHB Boston 5 10 2PhIladelphla .4 6 2 Batteries Willis and Kittredge; Orth and Douglass. Umpire Nash. Brooklyn Bent Xctt York. BROOKLYN, June 18 The Brooklyns returned from a successful "Western trip today and defeated New York in a hard hitting contest. Four pitchers were used up. Attendance. 6000. Score: RHE , RHE New York .... 5 14 2Brooklyn 1012 2 Batteries Taylor. Denzer and Warner; Hughes, Donovan and McGuIre. Pittsburp: Beat St. Louia. PITTSBURG. June 18. Pittsburg made four tallies m the first inning, which seemed to take the heart out of the visit ors, and the rest of the game was slow and uninteresting. Attendance, 3400. Score: RHE RHE Pittsburg 0 13 4St Louis ....2 9 2 Batteries Phllippl and O'Connor; Mur phy and Nichols. Umpire O'Day. Xntlonnl League Standing. .. , wn- Lost. P. C. j-nisours .................... zs New York 21 St Louis i...2l Brooklyn 22 Cincinnati 20 Philadelphia 20 Boston 17 Chicago 17 .IS .609 17 .553 22 .522 22 .COO 21 .488 22 ,476 20 .459 29 .370 THE AMERICA LEAGUE. Boston Won From Chicago on the -! -Home .Grounds. BOSTON, June 18. Griffith was put out of the game In Boston's half of the sixth inning for kicking on the umpire's de cisions., Harvey took his place and did well, but Boston had wpn the game be fore Griffith went out. Attendance, 4076. Score: R H El r H E Boston 4 7 3Chlcago 3 7 4 Batteries Lewis and Schreck; Griffith, Harvey and Sullivan. , Baltimore Beat aiilvrnukce. BALTIMORE. June 18. Williams' home run In the third Inning won the game for Baltimore today. Attendance, 1689, Score: RHE RHE Baltimore ....11 10 2Mllwaukee ... 4 7 4 Batteries Howell and Robinson; Sparks and Maloney. Cleveland Beat Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, June IS. Dowllng's curves mystified the home team today, and Plank was easy for Cleveland. The visitors won without difficulty. Attend ance, SS15. Score: R H El RHE Cleveland ....911 4JPhlladelphia .554 Batteries Dowllng and Yeager; Plank and Powers. Detroit Beat "Washington. WASHINGTON, June IS. Washington and Detroit engaged in a batting exhibi tion today, and the visitors clinched the game In the sixth by bunching five sin gles and a borne run. Attendance, 3195. Score: R H El R H F Washington .. 6 12 4jDetroit 10 15 3 Batteries Carrick, Gear and Clarke; Cronln and Buelow. American League Standing. . , Won. Lost. P. C. vucugo 30 Boston 24 Detroit 25 Washington 19 Baltimore K Philadelphia 20 Cleveland 17 Milwaukee ".15 17 .638 17 ,5s5 20 - .556 19 .500 20 .487 24 .455 25 .405 29 .341 SHverton Beat Mount Ansel. MOUNT ANGEL, June 18.-An interest ing game of baseball between the Silver ton and Mount Angel College team was played on the college grounds Sunday. At the end of the ninth Inning, the score stood 6 to 6: in the tenth, neither side scored. In the 11th inning Mount An gel got one run and SHverton two. Score 8 to 7, in favor of SHverton. Will Play Baseball at Dallas. DALLAS, June 18.-The committee on sports for the pioneer picnic, June 22, "aa u""uieiea arrangements for a game of baseball between Chemawa and Ger vais. THIRD PARTY MOVEMENT. Missouri Fusionists Organize, After a Consultation With Brjnn. KANSAS CITY, MoT, June lS.-The first definite step toward the organization of a new "third party." which is proposed to embrace Missouri and to- form the nucleus for a National growth was taken today In Kansas City at a conference of members of the Populist State Committee and a few free-silver Republicans. The movement is said to have the expressed sympathy of W. J. Bryan, who, it is fur ther hinted. Is to be the new party's can didate for President In 1904. Lee Merri wether, of St. Louis, and 22 other leaders In the public ownership party of St. Louis, arrived In Kansas City this morning af ter having spent the whole of yesterday in consultation with Mr. Bryan at Lin coln. Mr. Merrlwether and his followers went to Lincoln from St. Louis Sunday. Their purpose was to confer with Mr. Bryan and to learn his views in regard to the third party movement. Mr. Merrl wether is guarded in his statements con cerning Mr. Bryan, but says that If Mr. Bryan does not support the present movement he Is at any rate In sympathy with Its purposes, fpr It is to advocate the same principles which Mr. Bryan has espoused. J. H. Cook, chairman of the State Cen tral Committee, Fusion wing of the Pop ulist party, says that If the Democratic party Is captured by the gold-standard element, Mr. Bryan will be forced by the logic of events into the leadership of the new party. The conference was secret. It will be continued tomorrow and end with a pub lic meeting when the result of the gath ering will be embodied in an address to the people of Missouri. Bryan's Lecture Tonr. LINCOLN, Neb., June IS. W. J. Bryan left tonight for an extended lecture tour and pleasure-seeking trip. Tomorrow he will make an address at Estherville, la. The day following, Mrs. Bryan and mem bers of the family will join hm at Chi cago and they will go direct to Buffalo, where-some time will be spent at the exposition. Mr. Bryan will speak at Phil adelphia and at points In New York and Virginia. He will be away from Lincoln three weeks. LOOTING AT A FIRE. Troop Called Out to Protect Prop erty at Greenville, S. C. GREENVILLE. S. C, June 18. Fire which broke out In a bakery early this morning destroyed an entire block In the buslss portion of this city. The loss will reach $75,000. In order to save the stock In other buildings that were threat ened, the goods were carried to the streets. While the people were fighting the flames, negro and white thieves were discovered looting the piles of goods, and the Greenville Light Infantry was called out to aid In preserving order. The Buffalo Flrei BUFFALO. June 18. Fire early today swept out of existence all the buildings on Squaw Island fronting on the Niagara River from the foot of Ferry street to a point three-quarters of a mile north. The loss Is In the neighborhood of $500,000. The principal buildings destroyed were the Frontier Mill, owned by the Scoelkopf es tate valued at $50,000; the Ryan Elevator, the property of Stephen M. Ryan. $75,000 the Queen City Mills, $100,000; Fort Erie Ferry Company's ticket office and waiting room and a part of their dock, $5000. A dozen naptha and steam launches, canal boats and houseboats anchored In the harbor and valued at about $15,000 were destroyed. The dock Itself worth $25,000 and scores of shanties and boat houses, occupied by squatters, stretching along the shore of the river for nearly a mile added fuel to the flames. Deserting Volnnteers Brought Back. SAN FRANCISCO, June 18. Among the 12 military prisoners who arrived from Manila on the transport Pennsylvania are two members of the Fortieth Volunteers under sentence of five years at hard labor for desertion. The prisoners are: Private Alexander McAlfey, of Company I, and Private HIggins, of Company H. According to soldiers who came back on the Pennsylvania, eight men deserted from the Fortieth Regiment while it was stationed in the northern part of Min danao during the period from August to November' last year. It Is claimed they took this action because of alleged HI treatment, and partly through fear that the American forces would be defeated by the Filipinos. It is claimed that two of the deserters were killed by their for mer comrades while fighting with the Fili pinos. General Bates Assignment. WASHINGTON, June IS. Brigadier General Bates, who recently returned from the Philippines, has been ordered to command the Department of the Missouri, with headquarters at Omaha. The de partment for some tjme'has been under the command of General Merrlam, who 's in permanent command of the Department of Colorado. THE HCTRNING RACE WINNERS AT ASCOT FOUR AMERICAN HORSES SUCCESSFUL.' WERE Suppression of BookraoklngPHtii a Stop to Racing on Harlem Track, Chicago. ASCOT HEATH, Eng., June 18.-The aristocratic race 'meeting on the Royal Heath opened today with cold einnmv weather, but though shorn of its chief attraction, the Royal procession and the attendance of members of the Roval fam. ily, the migration of fashionable London Into Berkeshire, made the meeting the usual society success. From the sporting point? of view the hard condition of the course Is liable to upset a number of favorites. All the best horses of the year are engaged in one or more events and upwards of 150 MR. BRYAN, have already arrived here to contest for the rich stakes, aggregating in the neighborhood of 40,000. The racing opened promisingly for the Americans, W. C. Whitney's chestnut colt Watershed (J. Relff) winning the Trial Stakes of ten sovereigns each with 500 added for the three-year-olds, seven furlongs and slxty-slx yards. Douglas Baird's Veronez won the Prince of Wales' stakes of 50 each with 1000 added for three-year-olds, distance about one mile and five furlongs. Padlock II (Maher) was second and St. Amur was third. Sterllngbaum won the Coventry stakes of 10 each with 1000 added for two-year-olds, two-year-old course (five furlongs 40 yards). Port Blair (Milton Henry) was second. W. C. Whitney's Mount Vernon (L. Relff) was third. Fourteen horses ran. Foxhall Keene's bay gelding Synopla (Maher) won the Ascot stakes, a handi cap of 20 each with 2000 added, the second to receive 500 and the third 200 out of the stakes. Distance about two miles. Brlssac was second and Sclntlllant was third. Sixteen horses ran. Tio Betting at Harlem. CHICAGO, June 18. The trouble be tween the poolroom men had the effect of closing the betting at Harlem today, and when spectators reached the track they saw the following notices posted every where: "No selling of pools, betting or gambling on these premises." It was meant, and although there was consider able handbook betting about the ring, It was not with the sanction of the man agement, and track policemen scurried about and stopped this betting If they saw It. The result naturally was a tame af ternoon's sport and a disgusted crowd. ,The Harlem Jockey Club tonight decided to close Its track for the rest of the week on account of the crusade against betting. There will be no racing tomor row. The summary: Six furlongs Nye won, Ora R. second, San Andres third; time, 1:15. Five furlongs Ogle won, Mabel second, Ernest Parham third; time, 1:01 2-5. Six furlongs Gonfalon won, Bessie Macklln second, Money Muss third; time, 1:13 4-5. Graduate stakes, five furlongs Abe Frank won, Ed Austin second,. Aaron third: time, 1:00 2-5. Mile and an eighth Myth won, Hosl second, Golden Scepter third; time, 1:54. Mile and an eighth, selling Leo Newell won, Nettle Regent second, Chorus Boy third; time, 1:55. Races at Shcepshead Bay. NEW YORK, June 18. The Sheepshead Bay results: Five and a half furlongs De Reszke won, Highlander second, Essen t'nlrd, time. 1:06 2-5. ' Six furlongs Morning Side won, Glen Nellie second, Templetton thlrd time, 1:13. ' Five furlongs, Foam stakes Franceso Won, Dlxfe Line second. Dean Swift third; time, 1:00 1-5. Six furlongs, the Coney Island handi capVoter won. Brigadier second. Dublin third; time, 1:22 2-5. One mile, selling Wax Taper won, Scur ry second. Kilogram third; time, 1:39 2-5. One and ja sixteenth miles, on the turf Prince ' Richard won. Decanter second, Belle of Troy third; time. 1;46 1-5. Races at Highland Park. DETROIT, June 18. The Highland Park results:v Six furlongs Flying Bess won, Paraoh second. By George third; time, 1:13. Four and 'a half furlongs Veto won, Woodchunk second, Fany Blazes third; time. 0;57. Mile and a sixteenth Orantus won, Moor second, J. H. Sloan third; time, 1:48. Seven and a half furlongs Algle M. won, Passaic second, Masterful third; time, 1:35. Six and a half furlongs Ida Penzabce won, I Know second, Llllle Hammerton third; time, 1:22. Four furlongs, selling Easter Boy won, Lynden Tree second, 'Halmetta third; time, 0:49. Races at IVeivport. CINCINNATI, O., June 17. The New port results: Six furlongs Dr. Fannie won, Allaire second,. River Princess third; time, 1:15. Four and a half furlongs Corrinne C. won, Scottie second, Martha D. third; time, 0:56. v Six and a half furlongs Lilly Pantland OBEGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, won, Toluca second, Maggie Felix third; time, 1:20. r, Six furlongs B. G. Fox- won, Slasher second, Junior third; time, 1:15. Five furlongs King Daly wop. Found ling second, Montana Pioneer third; time, i;0 Seven and a half furlongs Fairy Dell won, Dr. S. C. Ayers second, Havelock third; time. 1:35. Races at St. Lou In. ST. LOUIS, June IS. The Fair Grounds summary: V Four and a half furlongs Dr. Burns' won, Gallagher second, Quaker third; time, 0:56. , Six furlongs Dave Sommers won. Kaf- I r second, Dlssendlne third: time. 1:1514. Seven furlongs, selling-La Desirous ! n. Sue Johnson second, Fred Hesslg third; time. 1:28. Mile and a sixteenth Ida, Ledford won, Rushfields second, Cogswell third; time 1:47. One mile Menace won, Ladas second. Zonne third; time l:415i. Trap Shooters Entertain. ' LONDON, June 18. The American trap IT'S (UP TO YOU. St Louis Globe-Democrat. shooters were entertained at a farewell banquet in the Cafe Royal by the Middle sex Gun Club tonight. The British team and the editors of the leading sporting papers were present. Secretary Gage, of the Middlesex Gun Club, paid over the 1000 purse and delivered the cups won by the various American shooters. The American team will leave tomorrow for Glasgow, where tbey will shoot Satur day. Practice for Constitution's CrcW. NEWPORT, R. I., June 18. After being laid by for two weeks for repairs to her broken steel mast, the Constitution re sumed her tuning work today, going out side and sailing back and forth between Bremen's Reef Lightship and Point Ju dith for about four hours. The trial to day, while testing the repaired mast and rigging to some extent, was more espe cially, for the benefit of the crew, for, during the tlnfe, practically every sail In the locker was set and taken In. Mr. Dunn said everything went smoothly, and that the yacht would go out every day. His immediate racing plans are not de termined, but he probably will not take the Constitution to Glencove or other events on the round arranged for this month. MacFarland Broke a Record. NEW HAVEN, Conn.,' June 18. At the Coliseum track tonight Floyd MacFar land, of San Jose, Cal., broke the world's bicycle record for one mile In competi tion handicap, covering the distance In 1:55 3-5. Owing to the handicaps of the others, however, MacFarland did not get inside the money. Tiventy-Ronnd Draw. LOS ANGELES. Cal., June 18. Solly Smith .and Joe Bernstein fought a 20 round draw here tonight. RECEIVER WILL BE APPOINTED Highly Watered Company Soon to Go Out of Existence. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.. June 18. Af fairs of the American Mining & Invest ment Company, against which the Attorney-General of the State proceeded two weeks ago, are to be brought to an end at an early date. Attorney-General Doug las and Assistant C. W. Somerly, for the state, and Albert H. Ball, representing creditors of the company, and Attorney Van Valkenberg, representing the com pany, appeared in Judge Pond's court when it was agreed tha,t a receiver be appointed, the charter be "vacated and the existence of the company terminated. In Its formal answer to charges the company admitted that It Is unable to pay Its Just debts and obligations, and that It is insolvent. It Is probable R. S, Kalll ner, attorney, will be appointed receiver. It was developed In the course of a dis cussion relative to a receiver that the company had liabilities to the amount of $2,500,000. and assets not to exceed $1000. First .the American Mining & Invest ment Company was Incorporated with a capital stock of $10,000, of which amount $1000 only was paid in. This company, it is claimed, merely acted in the capacity of broker or agent, and sold mining shares for a percentage or commission. Next, the men who appear as the incor porators of the American Company or ganized and incorporated under the laws of South Dakota the Kettle-Curlew, the Boundary Company and the Queen Bee Mining Companies, and capitalized them for an aggregate of $65,000,000. This stock was put upon the market and disposed of through the American Mining & In vestment Company. The Attorney-General calculated the company's net profits footed up about $250,000. 0 Altitnde Drove Him Crazy. LARAMIE. Wyo., June 18. Marcus "Voe gell, of Sacramento, Cal., en route to Europe. Is In the County Jail here, evi dently Insane. Voegell came In on the limited today, and It took four strong men to hold him. After being turned over to the, local officers, he broke away, but was recaptured a fe.w hours later. He had $36 in his pocket and San Francisco letter of credit for $2100 more. He al leges he wps robbed of $400 In gold be tween Ogden and Laramie by three men ana iwo women, ana inai is wnat made him vlplent. Conductor Kerrigan, of the Jrnilied. says "Voegell's story is wlthput foundation, and that the altltiiri is a6nr responsible for""his condition. JUNE 19; 1901. ONE EXECUTIVE HEAD HAR1UMAN.TO DIRECT SOUTHERN AND UNION PACIFIC AFFAIRS. J. C. Stnbbs Will Be General Adviser . to Traffic Managers of the Syndicate of Railroads. NEW YORK. June 18. The Mall and Express says: 1 1 s"Prted ay m well-informed If was reported today in well-informed I "." , JLr o changes in the management of the Southern Pacific in us relations with the Union Pacific are pending. It is Intimated that there may be one executive head for both companies or possibly an absorption of the execu tive operations of the Southern Pacific by the chief officials of the Union Pacific. The authority for this statement said that Charles M. Hayes would probably continue as president, and Charles H. Tweed as chairman of the board of directors of the Southern Pacific, but that all lmportan? matters would be directed from the office of E. H. Harrlman, chairman of the board, and President H. G. Burt, of the Union Pacific, which now owns enough Southern Pacific stock to dictate the policy of the latter company." A GENERAL TRAFFIC MANAGER. J. C. Stubbn' Duties With the Har rlman Syndicate. SA-N FRANCISCO, June 18.-J. C. Stubbs, the traffic manager of the South ern Pacific, is expected to arrive here to morrow night to settle up his affairs be fore assuming command as traffic man ager adviser of the entire Harrlman syn dicate of railroads. His headquarters will be in New York. It is understood that Mr. Stubbs will still act as traffic manager 01 the Southern Pacific. If is stated that, according to the new policy, the Union Pacific and the Southern- Pa cific will work in close affiliation. The Union Pacific will push with vim the new extension, it is building between Salt' Lake and Los Angeles, and when this is com pleted the roads will be In closer relations than ever. Control of Soft Coal Trade. PITTSBURG, June 18. It Is announced In Pittsburg today that New York finan ciers Interested In and friendly with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, have se cured control of the Fallmont coal com bine and that with this absorption the Pennsylvania interests had obtained full control of the soft-coal carrying trade to the Atlantic seaboard. SEWERING OF HAVANA. Dady Bid Rejected Frauds in Re cent Municipal Elections. HAVANA, June IS. The Government has rejected the bid of approximately $14,000, 000 made by Dady, Onderdonk & McClel land for the sewering and paving of Ha vana, and will readvertlse the contract for three months. Many frauds In tho recent municipal elections have been brought to light as a result of a military Investigation made at the request of citizens In districts where the elections have been contested. From the reports submitted today, the election of at last eight Mayors will be reserved. The work of investigation is not yet fin ished. PRESIDEIVCY OF CUBA. The People a Unit in Support of Falxna. NEW YORK, Jue 18. The Tribune says:. A Horatio 'S. Rubens, ex-counsel to the Cuban Junta in thi city, who came here a few days ago from Cuba; will return to Cuba this week to report to the friends of General T. Estrada Pal ma on the possibility of General Palma's accepting the nomination for the Presi dency of Cuba. General Palma came down from Central Valley, N. Y to talk with Mr. Rubens, and although he said that he did not desire to run, Mr. Rubens thinks he can be persuaded to accept the nomination. Mr. Rubens said: "General Palma Is not seeking office, but I do not think he will be able to re sist the demands of the people of Cuba. They are almost a unit for him. Palma made himself popular with the Cubans by the way he conducted the affairs of the Cuban Junta In this city. A genius is not needed as President of Cuba but an honest man. The only possible opponent of Pal ma Is General Bartholomew Masso, the vice-president of the revolutionary pro visional government in Cuba. The reason that there was trouble about the accept ance of the Piatt amendment by the Cu bans was that it was not understood there. The election will probably he held In the Autumn and the Inauguration of tn President will be In January." CAUGHT AT HIS OWN GAME. Confidence Man Was Too Confiding With the "Sky Pilot." Detroit Free Press. Waiting at the Union depot was a round faced man with an attractive counte nance, eyes that Invited confidence, and rather Jong hair, th.at waved from a fine forehead. He was dressed In clericals and looked the part. When the old farm er took a seat after buying a ticket for Ypsllantl the two fell Into conversation. The minister brought the talk around to pickpockets, and men who fool you out of your money, and expressed a great deal of dread of them. He clung to this topic until the noise of a row was heard from the outside, and he expressed a de sire to see what was the matter. "Come on," he shouted, as he started. "No, my friend," replied the farmer, "not If you have any money about you. It Is sure to be taken from you .In a rough crowd like that." "Here, you hold It and my watch until I run out a few minutes and then I'll hold your valuables while you go." "All right, don't be too long," and the farmer accepted the trust. "When the minister returned the farmer was gone. Never did a clerical masquer ade come to a quicker end. He rushed around muttering things profane, kept his hand In his hip pocket, and told every body but the policeman that he could Hck any farmer that ever wore shoe leather. Half an hour later he was In a saloon making things blue. "I'll know him If I ever see him again, I don't car how he's dressed, and I'll cut him Into square Inches. I don't 'low any man to make a sucker of me, and live to blow about It." "Some guy cross-counter on the con game, Dick?' "None of your blanked business; but If that mug dldnt do the farmer as well as I did the sky pilot I'll Jump oft the dock. He had a bunch with him as thick as your arm. too. But he's got all my stuff and some lamb's got to make good." It had simply been a case of diamond cut diamond. . Originated by Gustavus Adolphus. Running the gauntlet as a military pun ishment was. It Is said, originated by Gus tavus Adolphus to punish thieves In his army. It was borrowed by the English from the Germans, who copied It from Gustavus, and being employed In the Brit ish regiments in America, was readily taken up by the Indians ot,thIs country. No Degree for McKinley. NEW YORK, June 18. According to a Boston dispatch to the Herald. Presi dent McKinley will not be present at the commencement of Harvard University to receive the degree of LL. D., and the uni versity will not confer the degree in his absence. When President Eliot was in- formed that Mr. McKinley would not be present he said: "If Mr. McKinley is not present at the commencement the degree will not be conferred upon him, as there would be no opportunity to do so. Formerly a de gree was conferred occasionally, but the custom of the college for several years has been to present the degree to those only who present themselves In person on commncement day. I presume that? the custom will be adhered to this year." AMERICANS GAINING. TIn-Plnte Manufacturers Entering Foreign Markets. WASHINGTON. June 18. American manufacturers of tin Dlate nr? mnklmr rapid gains In their attempt to enter the foreign markets of the world. To be sure, their exports are yet small, as compared with the domestic demand which they are meeting', but they are again reducing the ,mPrts- which temporarily increased in 1S00 under the exce.-slve demand and ex tremely high price of materials, and are at the same time increasing their exports In a manner which proves Interesting to those who have watched the development of this comparatively new Industry in the United States. The figures of the Treas ury Bureau of Statistics show that try ex ports of tin plates from the United States which In the 10 months ending with April 1S99, amounted to onlv 183,935 pounds, and In the 10 months ending with Anrll. 13C0. to 275,990 pounds, were. In tho m mrmth I endlnc with Anrll iwi 1 3v? inn ,,,-,0 In Imports of tin plates the figures for the iv montns snow a material decrease, as Ine- tho same, -nartnt r U Jl . .... w..,. U4 WIC picucutuK ii-i- ,.f "-.... -o,.w.. iiuuuus. as com- pared with 123,598.773 pounds, for the 10 months' period of last year. Our total exnortatlons of tin plate In the fiscal year 1901 seem llkrly to be from eight to 10 times those of 1S99, while the Importations of tin plates Into the United States promise to b little more than one-tenth those of 1S91. the year of the largest importation of tin plates Into the United States, and but about one-lfth of me avciiBe iuuiuai imoor;auon aunng tne ...- u --" iiui iu iui tLrtuusui.ium oi the tin-plate Industry in the United States. The record of tin-plate prices during the past two years shows a remarkable fluc tuation, largely due to the unusually hitch price of majterlal In 1900. Quotations for tin plates furnished to the Treasury Bu reau of Statistics show the price per box of ICO pounds of tin plates of Bessemer steel In New York In April. 1501. as $4 20. the uniform price since January 1, 1901; in January, 1900. the price was $,' 50, while In January, 1858, It was $3 SO. Meantime the price of Straits tin used In th min ufacture of tin plate has Increased from 13.82 cents per pound in January, 1S9S, to 34.62 cents In July, 1900. and thence down ward to 26.2 cents April 19. 1901, and ncaln advancing to 28.15 cents on June 1, 1901; while steel billets Increased In price from $15 per ton In January, 1S98. to $35 per ton In January. 1900. since which date the price has fluctuated considerably, finally becoming practically stationary at $23 per ton In March. 1901. The following table, from the annual report of the American Iron & Steel As sociation, shows the production of tin plates and terne plates In the United States during each calendar year from 1892 to 1900: Long' Long Year. tons. Year. tons. 1&92 18,303IS97 256.59S li.93 55.1i2lS9S 326,915 1S94 74.2f0lS99 360.875 1895 113,66611900 302,655 1896 160,3l2 The following table shows the Imports of tin plates Into the United States In each year from 1890 to 1900: Year Tons. 1890 329,435 $23.S70,15S 1591 327.SS2 . 25.j00,30o 1592 268.472 . 17,;02,4S7 1893 ,. 253,155 15,559.423 1894 215.063 12,053,lbi 1895 219o45 11.1S2.380 1S96 119,171 6.140,161 1897 83,851 4,366,828 1898 66,775 3,311.t58 1899 '58,'J15 3,Y3ob7 19C0 60,318 4.617,813 The following table' shows the exports of tin plates from the United States In the 10 months ending with April 30, 1899, 1900 and 1901, respectively: Pounds. 1SS9 : 183.955 1900 275,090 1901 1,306,100 Goldvrln Smith on Gladstone. New York Sun. To the end of his life Gladstone appears to have remained sincerely and serenely orthodox. He believed to the last In the personality of evil and In the judgment I day. He was of the high church school, and was constantly accused by his en emies of being a masked Roman Catholic and a Jesuit. He was, however, scarcely a Ritualist, and he was strongly opposed to ultramantanlsm, against which he broke contraverslal lance, though he was much drawn toward liberal Roman Cath olics such as Dolllnger and Lord Ac ton. His bosom friends probably to the last were high churchmen. Nor, though In disestablishing the Irish church he had broken with his early theory of church and state, had he pronounced or made up his mind, against church establishment in general. In the excitement of the home rule conflict he had promised disestab lishment of the Church of Wales. I have always suspected that unwillingness to fulfill that promise had Its share wltn the failure of his onslaught on the lords and his dispute with the Admiralty about increase of the Navy in determining his ultimate realrement from public life. His high church friends had borne the dis establishment of the Irish church, which was separate from the Church of Eng land, and. owing to its local antagonism with Catholics, Intensely Protestant. They would not so easily have borne disestab lishment of the Church of Wales, which was In every respect a branch of the Church of England. Gladstone showed his orthodox simplicity by tilting against Huxley in defense of the cosmogony of Genesis. His contention In effect was that the Mosaic cosmogony was a close approximation to the truth. In other words that the Creator, though not scien tific, had, In describing his own creation to Moses, been acute enough nearly to anticipate the nebular hypothesis. Jowett, when he was told of the sim plicity of Gladstone's habits, replied that he did not object to the simplicity of the habits, but he did object to the du plicity of the character. He would not have gone beyond the fact If instead of duplicity he had said power of self-deception, which was not unlikely some times to wear the appearance of du plicity. On the other hand, simplicity of a certain kind certainly extended from Gladstone's habits to his character. Very simple sayings are reported of him. Men of the world said that he never looked as well as Christian charity, when, ac costed by a prostitute at night in the street, instead of putting her aside, he stopped to corivert her and being pounced upon by a blackmailer, was exposed to the gibes of the wicked. England' American Scout. London Chronicle Mention was made by our correspond ent of the fact that Major Burpham. the famous scout, risked his life In an at tempt to warn General Broadwood's col umn when It was walking Into the trap at Sanna's Post so skillfully laid by the Boers. It may be remembered that at the time Major Burnham was a prisoner in the hands of Dewet. and his keen eye quickly saw that unless Broadwood's force could be warned It was lost be yond redemption. Accordingly and this fact, we believe, has not yet been made public Major Burnham, at the Tlsk of his life, contrived to mount an ambu lance wagon and made signals that were seen by those at the head of Broadwood's column. Apparently, however, our men had lulled themselves into such a false security that the signalling failed of Its effect. We believe that the signals were perfectly understood and the singular explanation was given by those who read The Cause of .Many Sudden Deaths. 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It stands the highest for its won derful cures of the most c'islrccsinp cases. Swamp-Roo is pleasant to talte and sold b7 aH druggists in fifty-cent and one-dollar I sizea Domes, you may PT-'v jt.: J V . .. t!U. Su?.feUa' ." iuk wonasnui new ais-1 -TK58h?iU H-.SHfcr . COVerv and a honk thnt -iST-lOlS-iili covery and a book that .-. .u uuui u, oom Horti.otSw-unp.:tooi. sent free by mail. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co. Binghamton, N. Y. When writing mention reading this generous o.ffer in this paper. them, that they thought the signals were f a Boer trap That lj to say believing t that the signals were mad- by a Boer, i using, apparently, the BrltUh code thty i itvvcLiuvicss uiunucroa on inzo tho pit- fall which had been prepared for them. No less Interesting It, the story also, we believe, h:thert unpublhcd of Ma jor Burnham escape from the Boera after Sanna's Post. lie had b"cn placed In a bullcck wgon at the head of tho Boer column, but by a series of Ingen ious artlPccs he contrived to get placed In the list of the long ll-c of wagons, whence he had an uninterrupted view of the Boer r.ar tjuerd Waiting until nightfall and watching his opportunity, he managed to drop over the front of the wagon just behind the tal 3 of tho last two oxen, and r.imlnlp fl it en tho ground until the wi?i:i had piusd over him. when he swiftly and stealthily crawled away and lay hid In a hollow until the Boer rear guard had passed, ultimately making his way buck to the British lines. As an evidence of Major Burnham's scouting qualities, it may bo seated that hj wa within tho Boer lines. unKnown and unsusp cted, no less than 34 times A Bcntttlful Indian Jlndel. Kansas City Star. Mrs. Tahamont. a famous woman modit I- a pure, fu.I-blood member of the Abe naki tribe, which form?r!y lived In North ern Ma.r.e, and now has Its reservation In Canada. Her people, numbering less than 100) members, are well to do. and fol low farming a their chief occupation. In her early days Mrs. Tahamont was considered the most beautiful of her tribe. The fast pasting away of the aboriginal Indian people, together with their color and plcturesqucnes-s. Is genuine regret to the Indian painters and artists, conse quently a typical and full-blood repre sentative of this race Is much In demand for posunsr purposes. Possessing, as she does, superior mental gifts, an unusually characteristic Indian face, and varied biutl'ul Indian costumes. Mrs. Taha mont Is Rooked upon as an ldal subject for 'Illustrating. One of the most noted paintings In which she appears Is the large wall decoration In the lobby of 'the Hotel Netherland, New York, by Artist Tuttle. The picture represents Peter Min uet buying the Island of Manhattan from the Indlins for the sum of $24 in wampum belt-. The head cf the Indian chief's wife, the most prominent Indian woman In tho foreground, is that of Mrs. Tahamont. Finlen I.ont Ills Suit. BUTTE, Mont.. June IS. Judge Harney, in the District Court today rendered hl3 decision In the suit brought by Miles Fin len against F Augustus Hlnze and the Johnstown Mining Company to recover possession of the Minnie Healey mine, valued at $1,000,000. and It was In favor of Helnze and the compuny. The decision makes It necessar for the defendants to pay Finlen $31,000 to recompense him for the money expended in the development of the property prior to Its sale to Helnze. The decree gives Heinz? undisputed own ership of flve-elghths of the stock, and the Johnstown Company one e ghth. 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