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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1904)
THE SUNDAY OREGOJSIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 25, 190 MILITARY IN FRONT Finishes Ahead of Field of Fifteen Selling-Platers. SEVEN - FURLONG SCRAMBLE Winner Was Played for a Killing He Took the Lead and Never Was Headed No Choice In" Betting. SAX FRANCISCO. Dec 21. At Oakland today 15 selling-platers lined up- for the even-furlong scramble, and there was no preference in the favorite. The shortest priced horse in the race "was Sugden. closing at S to 1. The start was a very good one for such a large Held. Military. Played for a killing, went to the front and made a fine race. Results: Seven furlongs, selling Military won, Sugden second. Dotterel third; time, 1;30V Six furlongs, purse Prince Brutus won, Tada second. Squire Johnson third; time, 1;15. Third race, selling, futurity course W. R. Condon won, Sol Llchtensteln second. Cousin Carrie third; time, 1:12. One mile and one-sixteenth, selling Northwest won. Lady Kent socond, Qpl. Anderson third; time. l:40i. Seven furlongs, selling Albemarle won. Bard Burns second, Mr. Farnum third; time, l:23i. One mile, selling Dungannon won, Dusty Miller second, Scherzo third; time. Bragg Led All His Field. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 24. Cloudy weather, with a little rain in the fore noon, were the conditions at Ascot today, when with 116 pounds up Bragg again led his field from start to finish over a mile and one-sixteenth. He was the only fa vorite to win. Results: One mile Exaho won, E. Scruggs sec ond. Autumn Time third; time, 1:45". Six furlongs, selling Durbar won, Dan Collins second, Bdinborough third; time, 1.16. Handicap, one mile and one-sixteenth Bragg won, Hans Wagner second. Milton Young third; time. 1:48. One mile and one-eighth, selling Rough Rider won. Nam tor second, Glisten third; time, l:57fc. Five furlongs, purse Line of Life won, Arabo second, Americano third; time, 2-S3H. , On mile Conger won, Liberto second, HuapalahiKl; time, 1:44. Races at New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 24. The results are: One mile Love's Labor won, Gold Spink second. Hickory Cornors third; time, 1:43 3-5. Five furlongs Norwood Ohio won, Jake Sanders second, Sponge Cake third; time, 1:02 1-5. One mile Misanthrope won, Worthlng ton second, Rabunta third; time, 1:44. Christmas handicap, one mile Floral King won, Grcgor K. second, Aurevolr third; time, 1:41. One mile Garnish won. High Wind sec ond. Topic third; time, 1:41 4-5. Two miles Treacy won, Hymetus sec ond. Lord Tennyson third; time, 3:34. TELLS OF LUKE BLACKBURN. Speaks of Famous Racer That Was Recently Sold for $20. Many stories have been told and re told of Luke Blackburn, the once fam ous racehorse which was sold recently for 520. Time was in this great horse's history that one would have had to bet $20 to win a single dollar, and yet, at the closing out of the Belle Mead stud, he was sold at a "knackers' " price, as they say in England when a horse is sold for his hide and bones. A noted turfman, in discussing tho isale of poor old Luke Blackburn, says the Chicago Inter Ocean, tells the fol lowing story of the noble son of Bonne Scotland: I thjnk that Luke Blackburn when he dies should have a monument such as there Is at Erdenheim for Leaming ton. If Leamington founded a racing family, Luke Blackburn is as great for having made modern racing possible. "Luke Blackburn arrived at an epochal time. American racing was about to change from a limited, seml aristocratic sport to a period of meet ings supported so liberally by the pub lic as to entirely change the great game. As owners the rulers of the Northern turf were Pierre and George Lorillard, August Belmont. D. D. With ers and men of that stamp, and their most active rivals were from the South. "The exceptions were the Dwyer brothers, who had become a power to be reckoned with, and were the first to show the American public that men of grit, even if of comparatively limited means, could hold up their end with the millionaires. Practically, they had but two horses, Rhadamanthus and War field, and so they could only, fly at overnight events and selling races. "They needed a stake horse, and they got one In Luke Blackburn. An indif ferent 2-year-old, and owned by the forgotten firm of S. Watzfelder & Co., the colt's first great showing," con tinued the old timer, "was to win the Ocean Stakes at the inaugural meet ing of the Coney Island Jockey Club, in the Fall of 1S70. Quito, owned by the Dwyers, ran second, and they forth with purchased Luke Blackburn. "The colt carried the red and hlue for them at the Phoenix Hotel Stakes the next Spring at Lexington, with Jimmie McLaughlin up, and was third to the favorite. Fonso, and Kinkead. Quito and Warfleld carried the Louis ville along through that meeting to Louisville, for they were playing a "waiting game with Luke Blackburn the card up the sleeve. "It was a reaping of the harvest at the Jerome Park Spring meeting, where he won four purse races. In the first Checkmate was a 3-to-l favorite, and it was 6 to 1 against Blackburn, who won by three lengths: in the next Checkmate was at 11 to 10 on, and threes could be had against Blackburn, who won by four lengths. The Dwyers had always to give odds after that on Blackburn, but what a killing they must have, made on the first two wins! "Luke Blackburn was a stake horse after that, and he broke the hearts of the old guard of turf aristocrats. In 24 starts Luke Blackburn was first 22 times and third once, winning $46,975. I have told of the time the colt was hlrd in the Phoenix Hotel Stakes. The nther defeat was at the Coney Island Jofkey Club Spring meeting, in a purse race at a mile and a quarter, In which Blackburn sold in the pools at $450. to $325 on Pierre Lorillard's Duke of Montrose and $70 on the field. Black burn fell and Duke of Montrose won by 50 yards. "At Saratoga the Dwyers had their revenge by winning a $4000 sweep stakes from Duke of Montrose and George Lorillard's Grenada. Then the Dwyers bought Hindoo as a 2-year- old from Dan Swigert, and in succeed ing years they cut a wide swath with George Kinney, Miss Woodford and all the rest. Jimmy Rowe doing the train in sr and McLaughlin the riding. "Luke Blackourn only started twice js a 4-ycar-old, winning at Jerome P3c and breaking down In his race for tho Coney Island cup, won by Glen more. -In the stud the old horse sired the Futurity winner Proctor Knott and the Chicago Derby winner Uncle Bob, but never another Luke Blackburn. His fame as a ra'.norse his 2:34 for a mile and a half, was not surpassed for many years deserves a monument when he dies, a :d I hope Luke Black burn is happy In his old age at his new home in Tennessee, even if he only brought $20." NEW "BIKE" ASSOCIATION. "Bobby" Walthour and Other Riders Suspended in Race to Organize. Bobhy Walthour, champion "bicycle rider of the world, who. with Moran, Maya, Bowlers, McLean, Munroe, But ler and Bedells, quit the recent six day bicycle race held at Madison-Square Garden, will not submit tamely to ac tion pf the National Cycling Associa tion, which suspended the riders. Walthour declares that if the asso elation makes good Its threat that he and the other suspended riders, backed by wealthy New Yorkers, whose names he did not divulge, will form a rival as soclation. In a recent interview Wal thour said: "I rather expected the action of the National Cycling Association and am not surprised to know that we have been suspended. I believed that just as soon as we left New York and the riders became scattered all over the country, with apparently no chance for a general meeting and the formation of a new organization, a meeting would be held and the entire matter settled. with fines and suspensions for all of us, It seems to me that the racing board had it in for Moran and myself, as we received a heavier punishment than any of the others, while w'e were no LOW RAILROAD BATES. The transcontinental railroads next year will offer to Eastern people tho bencflt of the lowest rates ever al lowed on the transcontinental journey. This rate will be given to the public who may want to visit . the World's Fair that will be opened In Tort land on Jane 1 next. The New Year's Oregonlan that will be published on January 2 next will tell all about the preat Fair, the numerous transconti nental lines which have their western termini at Portland, the architectural and other beauties of the Exposition itself, and the advantages Portland's local transportation lines offer for numerous excursions to points of spe cial interest. The paperSrill be mailed to any address In the United States or Canada, postage prepaid, for 10 cents a copy. Address The Qre;onlan( Portland, Or. more in the wrong than the rest of the riders. Besides this, I could have gone back on the track, as I was offered per mission to do so, but refused out of loyalty to my friends, who had gone out on a strike with me. "Anticipating such an action on the part of the racing association, and wishing to block it, before leaving New York a meeting- was held at which all the striking riders were present, and then and there an association was formed, to be known as the American Cyclist Association, which was to go Into effect provided that we were sus pended on account of leaving the New York track. "This contract was signed by all the riders and was drawn up by the man ager of the Revere Beach track of Boston. As to tracks, we will have, all we want, and all we want are tho pay ing tracks. We will have the Revere Beach track in Boston, the tracks in Manchester. Lowell, Buffalo, Birming ham and Atlanta, with others in sight. "We are backed by men of wealth, and the association is already an as sured success. I believe that all tho riders will live up to their agreement and refuse to agree to the suspensions of the National Cycling Association. We have the best riders In America, and besides wo have been joined by Lawson, Turville, Saundors and a num ber of others. "A New York capitalist is anxious to pull off another race In New York some time in February. In case the plan does not fall through, and I do not think it will, we will have one of the best races of the season In New York on that date. I will take part. "In all probability, Mr. Kerriman, of the Boston Globe, will be elected president of tlw new organization, and Gus Castle, of Atlanta, will be chosen vice-president. We intend to Improve and to purify the cycling game In America." JUNIORS CLAIM HONORS. Coach Long Writes That Last Satur day's Defeat Counts Nothing. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, Portland, Dec. 24. To tho Sporting Editor.) Al though the Columbia Juniors lost last Saturday's game to South Portland, still the defeat does not deprive the juniors of the title of lightweight champions of Portland and the state. The South Port land boys were considerably above the stipulated weight, 110 pounds and many of them were older than 16. Besides, the South Portland team was not a rep resentative junior organization, as it was composed of boys not residing In South Portland and of the very best young football players In the city. Nob Hill furnished them three of the best play ers, and Newell's Riverside Academy gave them the sub-quarterback of Its first tean- The South Portland team that the Cqlumbia Juniors plaea was above the stipulated weight, 110 pounds, and above the .stipulated age, 16, so they cannot claim lightweight championship of Port land, as they themselves admitted after,, the game. The only reason why Captain O'Brien and Coach Long agreed to play them was that they preferred to lose a game rather than forfeit one. South Portland was so heavy that the juniors were com pelled to use third team men in order to pr-v-ent injuries to themselves. The "Hole-in-the-Wall" team of Che mawa may consider themselves fighting for the lightwe'ght championship of Ore gon when they play the Columbia Juniors provided a game is arranged. The Juniors will not play the Chemawa team If any of their boys are above 16 years of age. The juniors are able., with their team work, to beat any team with an average weight of 110 pounds and with members not more than 16 years of age. The South Portlands will play at Co lumbia shortly after the holidays, and then the juniors intend to defeat them, as they will use men equally as old and heavy as the South Portland team last Saturday. The Chemawa babies and all the 110 pound junior teams in Portland and vi cinity have no justifiable grounds to hold that the Columbia Juniors have lost the lightweight championship of Portland and the state. Furthermore, the team is ready to defend its title against any team that will comply with tho rules re lating to age and weight. T. LONG, Coach. HARVARD WINS CHESS TOURNEY Second Place to Princeton, and Yaio Finishes in the Rear. NEW YORK, Dec 24. The third and final round of the Intercollegiate chess tournament between Columbia, Har vard, Yale and Princeton was concluded tonight and Harvard won with a total of 8& points as against C for Prince ton, -which finished In second place. Co lumbia was third, with 5 points, as against 4 for Yale. Rival Employes to Meet. In spite of the rush of Christmas shop pers, the employes of the Meier & Frank and. Olds, Wortman & King Companies have had time to practice for a football game between the two stores to be played tomorrow morning at 10:30. Both elevens are keen for the game, presumably having- learned a few tricks from shoppers. The line-up follows: M. & F. Position. O., W. & K. E. Spooner L. EL R Montag Heaman L. T. R Madison Woods L. G. R Cook Schad. Lovel'd...R. L. C Parson Sparks ;....R. G. L...i Olds Steehr R. T. L Van Gress L. Spooner R. B. L Godfrey Calivan Q , Saling Stanbury L. H. R G. Godfrey Cbrbett R. H. L Hopkins Nelson F McLeod F. Morris Dunne Wins Handball. The handball tournament at the Multnomah Club came to an end Fri day night. F. Morris Dunne having won the singles championship. It was a close run between him and Moore, both coming up to the semi-finals, with many games won behind them. In the finals, however, Dunne led off and won SIGNED BY PITTSBURG JOE KOSTAL, FORMERLY OF PORTLAND BROWNS. Joe Kostal, who once sported about In a Portland uniform, on his last season's showing In the box has been signed by the Pittsburg National League team. Kostal. while he was with . the old Browns, suffered the hard luck that all of the pitchers on the 1003 team did. Some of his critics said of him that he had nothing to show that he was a pitcher. save his too plate, but tho little fellow la the early part of the season pitched good balL He was re leased and returned home to Chicago, and last year pitched for Jay Andrews. Lator he was released and played with same team In the South. Ills work In the box attracted the Pittsburg magnates and Joe was signed up for 1005. Joe Kostal was one of the best Httlo fellows on earth. He was not much of a mixer, and gave up a position in tho rolling mills In Chicago to become ballplayer. He was a boy without much education and was the butt of many a joke when he first fell into the professional ranks. His good nature and good fellowship soon won lor him many friends, and they will bo glad to learn that he has been signed by the major league. When Portland dropped Kostal, Pete Lohman, for whom Joe had pitched several games, was anxious to sign him. but Joe wanted to. get home to the wife and kiddles and turned the offer down. For a small man, Kostal had a world of speed, and, owing to his years of hard labor In the rolling mills, he has great endurance. the first two sets. .21-14 and 21-13, tak ing tho championship. Boxers for Vaudeville. Dave Barry, the boxer, and his sparring partner, while waiting for that long-deferred match with Tommy Burns, arc going to make capital out of their prac tice and appear three times daily before the audience In the Lyric vaudeville house. This is not only a new departure in vaudeville, to have boxers of such ability appear on the stage, but it is something new for the boxers, and may come to be a regular vaudeville feature. Will Pitch Minus His Appendix. Dr. Allen, Pennsylvania's noted author ity on appendicitis, today removed the vermiform appendix from Charles Ben der, the Indian baseball pitcher of the Philadelphia Athletics. The operation will better Bender's physical condition, which had been run down by chronic appendi citis for the past year. He was in bad condition when operated upon at Todd Hospital, but will recover. Skater May Lose Laurels. Morris Wood, the amateur champion speed skater,, may lose several records PORTLAND, OREGON. Portland Is perhaps the most attrac tive city of the continent. The Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition will be formally opened to the public In Portland on June 1 next. This Fair with its exhibits will represent an actual outlay In excess of 525,000,000. The New Year's number for 1905 will be published on January 2 next. It will be a special Exposition number. The paper will be mailed to any ad dress in the United States or Canada, postage prepaid, for 10 cents a copy. Address Tho Oregonlan, Fortland, Or. made by him last year. The officials of the National Amateur Skating Asso ciation are investigating charges that the records were made over short courses through connivance with the officials of the meets. Tod Sloan's Home Sold. The home of Tod Sloan, the jockey, on the northeast corner of East Twelfth street and Avenue U, Sherepshead Bay, was sold today at public auction, at the Real Estate Exchange by Auction eer Smith, under foreclosure proceed ings Instituted by the Title Guarantee & Trust Company. The place was bought by Aid. Fred Lundy for $4650. A Rhyme Reversed. Llpplncott's. 'Tls the first rose of Winter Left blooming because Tbe price of quotations Zs "fifteen per doz." MISS JOHNSON IS WISE ENGLISHWOMAN W1LLFIND EIMO TIONAL SUBJECTS HERE. Brings a Gymnastic System Fronrtha Old Country That Is Sure to Find Many Disciples. ' Chicago Inter Ocean. Miss Theodora Johnson, of Bristol, Eng land, has arrived In New York, bringing with her a new message to the American people. She has Invented a system of gymnastic movements which she contends are based upon certain emotions. These emotions, she says, can be fostered or repressed, ac cording to the wish of the possessor, by a series of exercises which she prescribes. Her own people being less emotional than their cousins on this side of the At lantic, and, In fact, exhibiting no emotion at all, except on those happy and mem orable occasions when the Hon. Joseph Choate touchingly alludes, over the wine, to the hands across the sea, she believes, perhaps, that the opportunities for demon strating the soundness of her theories NATIONAL LEAGUE TEAM will be more numerous over here than over there. It Is easy to see how she might meet with obstacles In England. The people whose patronage would be necessary to her success In London, for Instance, could not be successfully tried by her. One can not Imagine the Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, or the Hon. Arthur Balfour, or the Duke of Devonshire, or Lord Rosebery walk ing Into Miss Johnson's treatment parlors In Piccadilly, removing their monocles and asking her to find their emotions and exercise them. Even If the unemotional Britisher did go, so far as to try the movement, the result would not be fair to Miss John son's theory, for she probably would nev er know whether it was his emotion or his digestion that was responding. But It will be easy for Miss Johnson in this country, for we are above all things an emotional people. Subjects for her demonstrations will be. If anything, too numerous. She will experience her great est difficulty In preserving order in tho line awaiting- admission to her gymna sium. Besides the people who have tried tho water cure, the wind cure, the blue grass cure, the Knelpp cure, the massage cure, the Graham cure; who have gone to Colo rado, Southern California and Florida; who have tried West Baden, French Lick, Battle Creek and Saratoga; who have worked with the health lift, the lung tester, sanitary underwear, and the mag netic belt; who have eaten breakfast foods, predigested foods and baby foods; who have taken cold plunge bathB, sea salt baths, Turkish baths, Russian baths, and gone without baths; who have tried sedatives, tonics and stimulants; who have walked, ridden horseback, studied anatomy, physiology, and hygiene be sides all these, she will be called upon to treat the men whose emotions drive them to make eccentric election bets, to go deer hunting in the Northern woods, to lend -money to strangers, to subscribe to "reform" leagues, to vote the nonparti san ticket, to sympathize with Japan, to quit smoking, to buy gold bricks and to shake their fists In the faces of bigger men with larger emotions. If she has something that will work the emotions of our people to the limit she would be consulting her own inter ests before coming to Chicago by rent ing the Coliseum for her gymnasium, be cause this Is the great emotion center of the land. Ousted an African King. New Orleans Times-Democrat. Among the professors at Newcomb Col lege Is a gentleman who once had a per sonal encounter with a tribal king of .Africa, He forcibly, thrust "his black majesty" from a- room where he had in truded, and then led a force of white men against the dark-skinned monarch, rout ing the fellow and defeating him decisive ly. The one who conquered a King is Professor Frederick Wespy, instructor In Greek and German at the Women's Col lege of Tulane University. During his youth Professor Wespy was a trading agent in the Congo Free State. While he was agent at one of the stations a tribal king who had been .partaking too freely of nativo whisky sauntered into the chief chamber of the establishment and sat in the agent's cusir. Professor Wespy picked up the chair, king and all, and threw his highness out of one of the doors Into the sand. The king's retinue made hostile movements, but Professor , Wespy's men were armed with rifles and were prepaied to resist any attack. The king realized this and sullenly withdrew. When nightfall came an attack was made on the agent's stronghold, and a battle ensued, in which half a dozen of the black king's men were killed and 18 or so wounded. Only a few of the men in Professor Wespy's fort were hurt, but among 'them was Professor Wespy, who received an ugly wound In the leg, which afterward would not yield to treatment and which flnallv necessitated his ture from the region of the Congo. Pro- icssor wespy said the king had had one of his ears shot off, and this had tended to sober his highness. He realized he was In the wrong, sued for peace and paid the demanded Indemhity. ENGLAND'S EALE OLD MEN". Exemplars Who Have Known Secret of Long Life. London Cable to New York Herald. The secret of long life is a question which the editor of the weekly paper called the Young Man has been asking of a number of well-known septuagena rians and octogenarians, and the result of the inquiries is now published. Lord Avebury, who. notwithstanding a busy life in the realms of commerce, sci ence, literature and politics, is still a hale man at 70, thus replies to the query raised. In a clear, steady handwriting: "I believe the secret of health Is to eat little, drink little, be as much In the open air as possible, keep the mind from inxi ety and the conscience from remorse." Mr. Frederick Harrison, chairman of the English posltlvlst committee, who long since passed his three-score years and ten, and who ha3 been a great trav eler in his day, and, notwithstanding his years, still takes pleasure In long walks, gives the following advice: "Touch not tobacco, spirits nor any unclean thing; rise from every meal with an appetite, walk daily two hours, sleep nightly seven hours, reverence all to whom reverence is due and be content with what you have." To look at Dr. Halg Brown, master of the Charterhouse, none would ever think he had attained the age of SI, and he at tributes his long life and freedom from sickness to a spare, temperate diet, in which he always indulged, freedom from financial care and abundant work with little leisure. Mr. Justin McCarthy, who Is 74, says: "The best way to grow old is. according to my experience, to keep tip steady, reg ular work, have as much open air and physical exercise as possible, and think as little as 'may be about the advance of years." William Tomson, Lord Kelvin, the first scientist to be made a peer, who Is now in his 81st year, was installed chancellor of Glasgow University last week. It Is remarked of him that, even at that good old" age the brilliant Intellect which has done mankind such Infinite service for 60 years Is as keen as ever. The Imagination which has pioneered so many epoch-mak ing discoveries Is still as vivid as in his early days. Wealthy, famous and of pro digious learnings, he Is still one of the most modest and simple-minded of men with a gentle face framed in snow-white hair, and with the pleasantest of smiles. FOREIGNEES BEST SPEAKERS Have Much Greater Skill as Orators Than Americans. New York Sun. '"Tho more I see of our foreign popula tion," said an East Side settlement work er, "the more I realize that Americans are the poorest orators in the world. Go to any committee meeting, any club meeting, and notice how even the best .diiratfl Americans hesitate and shuffle about unconvlnclngly for words. "For contrast you ought to auena a meeting of an Italian society. The poor est and most Ignorant worklngman of them all has the art of talking convinc ingly. He knows by instinct how to hold a rvatisa fnr an fiffeet. how to slide Off gracefully Into a period. I've seen a little Italian barber Just lirt nis auaiencq on their feet. "Vptt tn th Italians the Jews- are the best orators on the East Side. I don't understand Yiddish, but from their man npr nnri tnno. and the effect on the audi ence you can tell they're the real thing. "I attended the pusncart peauiers meetlngs last month, and I've ' attended sessions of the House of Representatives In Washington. Leaving out language and thought, I must say that the compar ison Is In favor of the pushcart men for ease of manner, naturalness of gesture. magnetism ana action. "Tho Greeks. Hungarians and. in fact. all the Slavonic people are good, ready speakers. The Germans, I suppose, are the poorest talkers, next to the Anglo Saxons. There's a certain restraint In the Northern nature, I suppose, which keeps the men of .Northern races from throwing themselves into the subject when they are making speeches. New Telegraph Instrument. London Daily Mail, A remarkable high-speed telegraph in strument has been invented by a Mr. Donald Murray, who claims that It Is as great an advance upon the. Morse Instru ment as the Morse was upon its predeces sor, the single needle. For 12 months the po'stofflce has had the instrument working for experimental purposes -between London and Edinburgh, apparently with promising results, for It has now been decided to test further a perfected Instrument that has been devised by Mr. Murray during that period. If the Murray transmitter ever becomes universally adopted it will mean that telegraph clerks will never have to put pen or pencil to a telegram, beyond perhaps marking upon It the time of hand ing In. The system Is In some respects similar to the Wheastone. It uses a paper tape, which, Instead of being hand-punched, Is perforated by an Instrument. The tape at the other end of the wire Is similarly per forated. Instead of being marked by dots and dashes. This tape can be placed upon another machine, which converts the per forations Into printed words on telegraph forms, at the rate of about 120 to 150 words a minute. The system Is four or five times as fast as the Morse, and consists of three stages: L The telegram is copied on a machine resembling a typewriter. Paper tape runs through this and Is perforated as each let ter Is struck. 2. The message, as It appears on the tape. Is run at a very rapid rate through a transmitter,, and an exact facsimile of the tape Is produced at the other end of the wire. 3. The tape Is put through a typewriter with automatic mechanism, driven by a small electric motor, and tho message re appears neatly printed, lined and spaced. This last stage may be described as being similar In effect to the placing of paper rolls of music in an automatic pia no. Whereas in that case the perfora tions are the cause of the notes being struck and the music being produced, so in this Instrument the perforated paper Is the cause of the typewriter keys going down and the hammers containing the let ters striking the telegraph form and pro ducing letters and words. One of the effects of the use of this in strument, provided It be found ultimately to come up to expectations, would be a great saving of time, as a wire would be capable of carrying four or five times a3 many words as at present, and fewer per sons would consequently be required to perform the work. Any person able to operate a typewriter can transm.it mes sages by the Murray system. . Glffle Bllklns got unmercifully ' snubbed by that girl at .the haberdashery counter. He went In and called for a standing collar. smirked at her Splnks Tes? Glffle And got a turn-down, Houston Chronicle. HITS WJFE AND GUESTS ANGRY PAINTER GOES AFTER VISITORS FROM PORTLAND. Mrs. S. S. Graham Runs to Sister's Protection With Husband Has Des perate Fight With McDevitt. SEATTLE, Wash., Dec 25. (Special.) Mr. 'and Mrs. S. S. Graham, of Portland, were beaten over the head by a revolver held by the Infuriated Lee W. McDevitt, a painter out of work, because they at tempted to Interfere In a family quarrel. McDevitt was driven from his home by the Grahams and his wife, but he re turned a short time later, and demanded an entrance. This was refused, and the painter rushed around to a rear door. The three people Inside the house placed them selves against the doorand held him out side when he attempted, to break It down. McDevitt drew back and fired a shot from his revolver. The bullet passed through a panel of the door and wounded his wife In the left limb. Mrs. Graham is a sister-in-law of Mc Devitt, and the Portland people were pay ing a visit to him and. his wife. McDey Itt had been out of employment for some time, and he wanted to sell his furniture to obtain money. His wife refused to agree, and the couple quarreled. Tonight the quarrel was renewed, and finally Mc Devitt struck his wife. Mrs. Graham sprang to her sister's pro tection, but was felled by- a blow, from McDevitt, who drew his revolver ana struck the Portland woman with the gun. Graham immediately ran to save his wife and was hit by McDevitt. He, too, fell to the floor, and when the Grahams arose to rush at him again, McDevitt left the house. His return and the shot that wounded his wife followed. When Mrs. McDevitt was struck by the bullet, both of the Grahams ran and summoned the police. McDevitt disap peared during the excitement. His wife Is in the hospital and will recover. (The name of S. S. Graham does not ap pear in the Portland city director-.) FEED BABIES TO DEATH. Man Given Divorce Because Wife Did This, the Doctor Said. SEATTLE, Wash., Dec 24.-(SpecIal.) Charles W. Armstrong, in support of his application for a divorce, testified thi3 morning that his wife had caused the death of his three children by overfeed ing and by drugging them with soothing syrups and patent preparations designed to Induce sleep. The wife, he said, was a woman of social habits, who preferred to stay out evenings rather than attend the children. So that the children would sleep during her absence she dosed them liberally with drugs. During the day each time one of them cried it was fed until it fell into a stupor from the excessive eating. That this was the cause of the children's death the husband was told by the attending physician. The court granted the di vorce. HELP FOR NORMAL SCHOOL. Weston Needs $50,000 Appropriation, Say Members of Legislature. WESTON, Or., Dec. 24. (Special.) The Weston State Normal School will re ceive an appropriation of $50,000 from tho Legislature If the Eastern Oregon mem bers have anything to say about it in Jannary. Of this sum $25,000 Is for main tenance, and $25,000 for a new dormitory. The present dormitory is so crowded that additional capacity has become impera tive. A number of State Senators and mem bers of the Lower House paid a visit to the institution last week, and they are unanimous as to the sum required. 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C, to be present at the negotia tions between the Government and the O. R. & N. Co. The railroad has submitted a proposition to the Government to sur render possession of Washtucna Coulee for approximately $200,000, so that it can be used as a reservoir for Irrigating about 75.000 acres. The building of the proposed Irrigation system is part of the work designed by the reclamation act, and the Secretary of the Interior has already set aside $1,000,000 for the scheme. As the scheme was out lined, the coulee was the key to the sit uation for the storage of water. The O. R. & N. Co', laid a track down the coulee to Cpnnell ten years ago, but ceased to operate It for sevoral years. Early last Spring the company reconstructed tho track into Connel!. KNOWN"Tfcl OMAHA. Epileptic Taken to Salem Hospital Was a Soldier. OMAHA. Neb., Dec. 24. (Special.) Wal ter A. Daly, recently taken to a hospital at Salem, suffering from severe convul sions, was Identified today by Major Adri an Polhemus, commanding the hospital corps detachment at Fort Crook. It appears that Daly was at one time in the hospital at Fort Crook, suffering in a similar manner. He was a member of the Twenty-second Infantry at that time, but later was discharged on account of his ailment. He enlisted from Omaha, and was then known as Walter M. Daly, but also gave the name of Walter A. Ottey. He was not known to have any relatives living in Omaha. But little was known of him, beyond his misfortune of being an epileptic. AT PEACE WITH MANAGER. "Battling" Nelson and Murphy Quash Embezzlement Charge. SAX FRANCISCO, Dec. 24. "Battling" Nelson will not prosecute his manager, Teddy Murphy, who. with Eddie Santry, was brought from Stockton to this city today by a detective on charges of em bezzlement. 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