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Newspaper Page TextTHE EVENIKQ JOTJBNAL,T PORTIJOTD, 'OBEOQff, THT7BSPAY, ' HAT 1. 1002. - '4 FAIR SITE DISCUSSED Places Sellwood and At a meetlne of the citizen o6 Mount t Tabor, at -which D. A. Grout was chair 4 man and F. S.. Fields secretary.' the va ' liou proposed sites for the Exposition v wer discussed, and It was the unanl ' ; ineui opinion that the Ladd tract and Hawthorne Park "site, is the best. They , offer aa proof the large number of votei received by the Ladd tract in The Jour- nai contest. " ' The Jama B: Stephens Board of Trade - 'snember are of the same opinion. They , . say that the Ladd and Hawthorne tracts comprise, the only site that should be ., considered. " ' The Clinton Kelly Board of Trade has ' also adopted resolutions stating that the Xadd and Hawthorne tracts are the only place for the fair. - The reasons for these opinions are given In each case In a set of resolutions stat ' Ing that the Ladd Field and Hawthorne v Park will be offered on favorable terms , as a site for the 1905 fair; that this arte . offers more advantages than any other r. : MftMlllft Governor Geer Given a Big Reception at . Cottage Grove. " ' (Journal Special Service.) " COTTAGE GROVE, May-l.-A publio : celebration took place here ' yesterday "ip . honor of the beginning of construction '. work on the Cottage Grove and Bohemia , mines railroad. Mayor Job presided and , Introduced Governor . T. T Qeer,' who, . aftf a ' short address, urned tbt lit at " shovelful of earth. A 'force of labortus was" camped on th" edge c( the .own ' ready to push the work. , The Paclfle Construction Company lias the contract for H miles of the road, and ft will pierce some heavy bodies of tint 's ber. Eastern capitalists hare backed the enterprise that crreina ao much to Lane County. ' ; u , Several thousand people, many of thant ' from other parts of Ian County, were present, and gave the Governor a grand reception on his arrival on the train at I. o'clock," at the sod-breaking, and again ; at night-They shouted, "See the Govern , nor dig!" and "He's all right for Sena tor!" when' he 'grabbed the shovel and . broke the earth for the first railroad Into . ..the mines of Western Oregon, At the evening reception to Governor and . Mrs, Gear -the , largest hall In the city was packed to suffocation, and the utmost , enthusiasm prevailed -when hefl poke, ' , , , . , A MINISTER :, IN TROUBLE 'His New Doctrine Not in Ac : ordance With His Church. (Journal Special Service.) CARBONDALB, III.. May l.-Soutbern Illinois Methodists are all Interested In the approaching trial at Freeburg of the Rev. Columbus Bradford,- until recently pastor of the Okaville Methodist Episco pal church, on the charge of heresy, set for trial May 13. , The doctrlnua which the Rev. Mr. Brad ford ,1ns taught in a book recently pub lished, entitled "Birth of a New Chance, and for . which he is to .stand trial, in volve Buddhist tenets with regard to re incarnation, but be rejects entirely the idea of the soul's transmission In the '. bodies of lower animals. The minister - takes as a doctrine a literal acceptance iiof "the scriptural phrase, "Ye must be . bom again." and believes that the souls of persons who die are born again in the natural process of generation Into new bodies, and in this birth a new opportun ity opens for the soul. Hence the title ,t the book. . ..The action of the presiding elder in summarily disposing ltev. Mr. Bradford , la resented by his former congregation, i Rev. Mr.. Bradford still remains at Oka- vllle. and is paid his salary and furnished a hall In which to continue his labors. - He is a man of unusual ability and came , to the conference from Minnesota. JOY IN OHIO. (Scripps-McRoe News Association.) COLUMBUS. .O. Mav L President James Mahon, of the Blast Furnace j Workers of America, has sent out ah of -flclal notice than,, on -and after today eUjrbt - hours shall constitute a day's work at the same rate of pay that the men are now receiving lor twelve hours' work. . The notice affects all the blast furnace Workers In America, and serious disturb ances are expected if the unions Insist : on it enforcement.'; .: THE LETTER WENT WRONG A fellow fit Brownsville wanted some . Democratic campaign supplies, and for getting that such - a thing existed as the fiepubUcao campaign committee, direct ed a letter to this address: Chairman of the State Committee, Portland. Oregon. vt course -the . postmaster, sent it with , Chairman- Mathews'.' mail. Imagine the - eonstrnatlon of Mr. Mathew when he. read this In the lettert "Please end m Leading UOIDTO Are Ladd's Tract, trie location, both, in less cost of preparinf the grounds and for larger gate re ceipts; that these grounds have an ad vantage In sewerage, transportation, wa ter and soil for .landscape gardening not possessed by any other location; that the railroad nd"Tltreet-car facilities to that point are of the best, and that It Is more centrally located than any other proposed Sites. ' ' The Brooklyn Board of Trade Is yet to be heard from. It will bold a meeting this evening at 688 MUwaukle street, near Carl, to discuss the question of a site. The advocates of the other sites are hot Idle. , One of the prominent landown ers of the Peninsula said. that the fair would surely , be located on the Univer sity tract! Another . said that Sellwood alone would carry off the prise. r" But it all rests with the committee, and the proposals must, all be sent In by Sat urday night, v ...... ... . ... Everybody believes that no time should be lost in In making the selection. fO0 Chamberlain buttons at once. There is an immense demand for them." Mr. Matfiewri Immediately sent the let ter to Captain, $am Whits, t Democratic headquarters, with k ' the ' message . that Chamberlain button; were rax around there. rV' ' ' f ' ' ' ' The Democratic of AclaJs mailed Mr, Mathews a letter of thank and suggest ed that an Interchange of visits night add to the gaiety ot nations, v , MISSiSSiPjPilTEACHERS. v (Journal Special Service.) JACKSON, lHss., 5 Mar 1. Teachers from all part of Mississippi have taken poaaesalon' .of ' Jackson for their annual stata convention, which will be In ses sion here during the. remainder of the week. The convention will be opened formally this evening with a big- welcome meeting, and the business sessions will commence tomorrow; morning: The names of a number of prominent educator ap pear on the protreovi and an unusually successful meeting 1 expected. 1 CARRIE NATION ON NUDE IN ART '. - , : r Will Ask Chicago Saloon Keep erf to Veil Pictures. (Journal Special Service.) CHICAGO, May 1-Mra, Carrie Nation suddenly appeared la 'Chief CNetU' of nee yesterday , to begin a campaign against the nude In art as exhibited in saloon. - Not . flndlna; the . chief at his desk, she argued with Lieutenant Beau blen that if the Chicago police Intended to keep women out of saloons, then they ought npt to permit pictures of the nude In dramshop. She said It was her plan to visit Mayor Harrison and interest him In her campaign to compel saloonkeepers to veil such picture or destroy them Mrs. Nation came from Rockford, 111.; where she had delivered a series of lec ture. Before going to the city hall, she visited several resorts on the South Side and read temperance lessons to the in mate. , .... In going- down on h elevator ahe met Chief O'Neill, who declined to talk to her. She left at night for Ann Arbor. . , RAILROAD NOTES. July 22-85, inclusive, the National Asso ciation of Railway 'Agents will hold its annual cot.vrrtlon at Minneapolis, Minn. The Burlington has placed an order for 10,000 brake checks t be made of alumi num for It freight and passenger cars. The new: classification yard of the Pennsylvania east of - Altoona will cost more than 1700,000, - ' .If the work 1 authorised by the direc tors of the Burlington,' the cost of double-tracking 'its line from' St. Joseph to Rulo, a distance of forty-Ave miles, will be $1,000,00(1. ! ' . ' .' The traveling public would like to have a recent ruling adopted by several of the American lines, made universal. It pro vides tht boxes and trunks, when' moved for any distance, ( shall be moved cn trucks provided with a thick pad of fnlt or other similar material. Baggage mas ters are forbidden the practice of "end ing" trunks. The Illinois Central has a plantation at Harahan, near New Orleans, containing SO acres. It has recently Completed the planting of 250,000 catalpa tree.' It Is is calculated that within fifteen years these will produce 600,000 of the very best kind ot ties that can be raised. - - Preliminary survey lines for a railroad' across the island Of Hawaii, ninety-nix miles long, has been made, if congress grants the charter that has been asked for by the Oklahoma Railroad Comp-it y. that company stands ready to begin the construction , of the line In July. The Roger locomotive shops at Pater son, N. J., are building the lartrest loco motive ever constructed In that city .'or the 'Illinois Central,, and will build nine more of the aame kind.. It tit of the prairie type and its -chlf feature Is it length. From the hose of the pilot to the overhang of the cab it is forty-six feet four 'inches. . The weight . on . driving wheel is 120,000 pound and on truck 21,050 pounds;' oh trailers, '22,600 pounds; making, a total weight of 175,000 pounda . ' , RENOMINATED. ... 1 ' . .1 . ' '..'.' (Journal Special .Service.) ' -. AtBION, Mich., May l.-Congressman TVashington Gardner : was renominated without opposition today by the Republi can congressional convention of the Third district, r , Vr,'1 Peninsula POMP AND iSPIlENDORii AT Diamonds for a Catholic Protestant Episcopals (Journal Special Service.) PLYMOUTH. Ind., May L Many dele gates and visitors are her for the thir tieth annual session of the St. Joseph classl of the Reformed Church, compris ing Northern Indiana and Southern and Western Michigan. , ., The gathering will be opened formally this evening in St Paul's church. During the week the Sunday School Association and the Woman' Missionary Society will be In session also. Bishop Coadjutor of Pennsylvania. (Journal Special Service.) PHILADELPHIA, May l.-In the Church of the Holy Trinity this morn ing the Rev. Dr. Mackay-Smith , was consecrated, with Imposing ceremonies, bishop coadjutor of the Eastern Pennsyl vania diocee of the Protestant Episco pal church. . i The church, which was elaborately dec orated, was filled to Us utmost capacity, notwithstanding the act that admission was by ticket .only, i ' ' ' - Those present included prominent Epis copal churchmen from all parts of the Kat. '. . ' ';' A special feature of the ceremonies wai the elaborate musical program furnished by the choir of the Church of the Holy Trinity. -. Rt Rev. William Croewell . Doane, Bishop of Albany, was the consecrator, and was assisted by Bishop Potter of New York, and Bishop Scarborough, of New. Jersey. The presenter were Bishop 8atterlee, of Washington, and Bishop McVlckar, Xf Rhode Island. The sermon was preached by Bishop Potter. 8ilver Jubilee of a Bishop. ...... . (Journal Special Service.) f PSORIA, 111., May L In the presence of the largest and most notable, congre gation that ever crowded ,8t. Mary cathedral and the greatest gathering of digmtariesj of the Roman Catholic church that ever assembled' in this part of the country, the celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the consecra tion of Bishop J. L. Spalding began, to day with a pontifical high mass of thanksgiving celebrated by Bishop Spald ing' himself. Immediately after the gospel Cardinal Gibbons delivered a eulogy on Bishop Spalding) and In behalf of the clergy presented him with a beautiful chalice M. H. OUbertson, a well-known hop man of Aurora, was In the city yester day, and In speaking ot the hop pros pects on the Coast said; ' "Hopgrowers are beginning to tie their hops to the 'wires, and there la an ex cellent outlook for a big . crop, . If noth ing happens between now and hop-picking time, Oregon will produce about 10, 000 bales this season. "Nearly one-third of the 1901 crop has been contracted for, but growers gener ally are refusing to , tie up their crop, and hope for higher quotation, the pres ent contract price Is, as The. Journal is quoting, 12 cent and 12 cents. . "The hop outlook," continued Mr. OU bertson, "la much better in this state than it ha been for a number of years." According to Mr. .OUbertson, who has been traveling- over the Coast for the past few months, there Is also excellent Indications for the crop in California and Washington. Eastern dealers are not so confident on the high prices hops will bring this sea son as the dealers on the Facino coast are. They asaert that the promise of a large crop throughout Europe' Will have a tendency to lower the quotations. Deal ers on the .Coast, however, are holding1 their last year's crop' and will 'wait a while for higher prices. At the present time there are 6,735 bales of last year's crop in the state; 5,600 bales are in the hands of the dealers. V 1 Indications are good in Yakima valley for a large hop yield. The roots have wintered well and are coming up looking strong and vigorous, with very few hills missing. Over 3,500 bate out of a possi ble 14,000 yield in prospect for the current season have been contracted for by hop speculators at prices ranging from 10 to 12Vi cents. The acreage tblt season wUl not be so large as fromerly by at least ioo. . . " ' ' The Oregon hop has the preference In the English markets over the Washing ton product on account of its uniform quality and silky appearance. HOP CONTRACTS. The following contracts have been filed the past few days: George WUl; 6f Au rora, -to A. Lehman & Co., of Cincinnati, C.00O pounds at.lt cents; N, , Gooding, of 8t. Paul, to Lehman & Co., 10,000 pounds at 12 cents; H. R. Smith, of North Slt-verton,- to Backhaus, 6,000 pounds at 12 cents; Samuel W. Norton, of McKee, to A. F. Backhau. 600 pounds, at 12 cents; J. PJ Wllquet to Falk, Wormser & Qo of Chicago, t.000- pound from the yard, one mile northwest of , Buttevllle, " at 11 cents per pound; J. N. and M. A. Stanton to Lillenthal Bros., of New York, 7,000 pounds from the eight-acre farm, ; six miles east of Woodburn, at 12 cents per" .pound; Mrs. M. E. Armes to LWte-Dthal Bros., of New York, 9000 pounds grown on Grantor farm. near -Woodburn, at 12H cents, 8 cents ..a. pound to be paid at the time of picking. the rest on delivery; Myrtle B. Cole and Jim Tong to Lillenthal Bros.-, 10,000 pound grown' oil the Cole fatm. near Woodburn. . the agreed price ' Is 12 cents a pound, 6 cents to be paid at time of picking, the rest ea delivery, V - I i 8(1 CONSECRATIONS Great Show Among Reformed Church. of gold, studded ..with precious stones. An eloquent -aermon was delivered and the reading' of 'a 'congratulatory message from the Pope was a part of the cere mony. - ' ;.' Probably ne churchman in the United States Is more universally esteemed than th Rt. Rev. John J. Spalding. He Is re garded a one of the finest scholar In the Catholic church, and Is a creative literary artist of rare ability. Ite Is a I favorite with Catholic and non-Catholic alike, and hi brilliant essays and philo sophical work have given him an envi able distinction among American church men.. ' t ' New Bishop of Colorado. I (Journal Special Service.) DENVER, May 1. Surrounded by the bishops- of the Protestant Episcopal church, accompanied by a host ot cler gy, and ' amid the moot elaborate cere monial. Rev. t-uarle 8. Oimetead was to day consecrated a Bishop of the Epis copal Diocese of .Colorado in succession to the late Bishop Spalding. The ceremony vat in St. John' cathe dral, one of the finest church edifices in the Weet.; 'CV.;; . Unusual pomp and splendor surrounded the ceremony for the reason that It was the first of the kind 'to take place in the Rocky . Mountain region. It was a little after 10 o'clock when the bishop, led by Bishop Tuttle, of Mis souri, left the parish house and proceed ed to tb cathedral,. The bishop-elect was escorted by his presbyters, and behind him came the vis iting clergy, and then the surpllced choir of the church, singing a processional. By the time the head of the procession entered 8t. John's church the pews had been filled by the members of the parish and visitor. The ceremony began with the reading of the prayer of the morning. Then came . a , tfermon by Rt. Rev. Leighton Coleman, Bishop of Delaware... The ceremony of consecration followed, according- to the ritual of the church. Bishop Tuttle acted as consecrator, and among- the other participants were. Bish ops Mlllspaugh, of Kansas; Hare, . of South Dakota; whits, of Michigan City; Graves, of Laramie; Leonard, of Utah; Gellor. of Tennessee, and Brown, of Ar kansas. . At the conclusion of the ceremonies there was aa informal reception in honor of the visiting clergy. NAVAL CADETS ' TO GRADUATE ! (Journal Special Service.) ANNAPOLIS, Mr., May L On account of the lack of line officers In the Junior grades for ships In commission, the fourth year class of cadet at the United State naval academy will be graduated tomorrow Instead of In June, Of the sixty cadets In the class about three-fourths will be sent to ship In the Aslatlo squadron. v Under the law they must serve two years at sea before receiving , commis sions as ensigns. ' " -' r rf mil Jul Colonel James H. Raley, of Pendleton, the Democratic candidate for attorney- general, says that Eastern. Oregon Is Democratic beyond a shadow 'of a doubt. Colonel Raley is known to be a conserva tive man, and one whose knowledge of the conditioina in that part of the state make his opinion a safe one. For sever al days he has been in conference with the leaders from the various Eastern Ore gon counties, and Is thoroughly posted on the situation. ',$ He said today: "Positively the Demo crat will come down to Wasco county with a majority for the whole ticket ot from 1.2u0 to 1,600. I believe these figures to be absolutely correct, and I found that the conditions were getting better every day. This estimate include the whole of .Eastern Oregon, and takes in the counties of Wallowa, Union, Baker, Mal heur, Grant, Harney, UmatiKa, Wheeler, Crook and Gilliam. WESTERN UNION MAKES A CHANGE (Journal Special Servlca) 4 NEW YORK, May L B. M. Brook to day succeeded Charles A. Tinker as gori eral superintendent of the Eastern divis ion of the Western Union V Telegraph Company. .t;ih;tt.'i:.';.f; ' . Mr. Tinker, the retiring offlcfal, has been With the company twenty-one years. He was an operator during the civil war for the war department In Washington, and a ,-warm friend of President Lincoln. Mr. Brooks comes from Denver, where he has served as manager for the past twelve years, t LAYS DOWN : THE SCEPTER (Journal Special Service.) : LOWELL, Mass.. May L WUllam T. Martini for thirty-seven , years superin tendent of the Lawrence Hosiery Mills, retired today. . . Mr. Martin came to this city from Eng. land to accept the position from which he now retires. ' Everett H. Walker,- overseer . of the winding and spinning departments, of the hosiery mills, succeeds Mr. Martin. . SLAVERY AFRICA Coii?6 State. . (Journal Special Service.) . LONDON, May 1. It is reliably re ported In London tha"t notes are being exchanged between the great, powers re specting a European congress to inquire into the condition of the Congo Free State. Whatever the outcome, no one need be surprised if the frivolous Leo pold Is called to account before long for tolerating shocking wickedness In the Af rican dominion Mistrusted to his sway., Europe organized the Congo Free State principally to resist the slave trade in Central Africa, and the convention which adopted the organic law for the territory expressly reserved to . the constituting powers the right, to interfere on certain conditions., ' : i If recent reports from the 'Congo are reliable, the Ivory and rubber conces slohlsts have been committing or tolerat ing frightful atrocities. It 1 feared that behind the curtain which hides Central Africa from the view-of the civilized wui iu urriuia nau in til (vbi.H by Belgian and French colonels have reached Berlin and .London. Religious Journals here publish advices fiom mis sionaries In the region conceme-1 that In dicate a re-establlshment of the slave trade by white traders under ' peculiarly cruel conditions. i The evidence Is cumulative and strong and ' the' British religious community 1 amased at details of outrage perpetuat ed, by those whose duty It ia to repress trotrag.-" , IQng Leopold Is directly responsible for the administration of the Congo Free State and a congress to call him to book may be an event of the early future. The welfare of 20,000 blacks is involved. CONVENTION OF NURSES (Journal Special Service.) , CHICAGO, May L The Trained Nurse Associated Alumnae of the United States laving a membership extending through out . tho country, began Its flf t" annual con v ration today at the Lexington no $1. At the formal opening the visitors were welcomed' by Miss JuMa C. Lathrop, and the response was by the president, M1M Annie M. Darner, of Buffalo. Commltteo appointments and other routine business oroupled the remainder of the session. Thl.i evening a reception to delegates and visitors Is to be given at St Luke's Nurses' Home. ., FREjOHT TARIFF SUPPLEMENT Supplement No. 46 of East-bound tariff No, 3-C which took effect January 18, 1900, has appeared here. It names class and commodity rates from Paclfio Coast points and terminal. It applies to points located on or east ot the western bound' ary of Missouri common points' , terrl tory "and points east thereof, on lines with which an agreed basis of divisions Is in force, within ' the following terri tories: New York, Boston and common points; Pittsburg, Buffalo and common points; Cincinnati, Detroit and common point; Chicago and common points; Mississippi river common point; Missouri river common points. By this tariff, in guar anteeing the rates it names,: -"the abso lute and unqualified right of routing be yond, its own terminal is reserved to In itial .carrier giving the guarantee." An exception Is noted providing that the rates will not apply in connection with the Southern Paclfio Company (the Pacific system) from points In California south, of Stockton, Lathrop, Tracy or San Jose on shipments routed via Port land 'or East, Portland. NO MORE CHEAP FARES (Journal Special Service.) NEW YORK, May 1. Second-class pas senger fares between New York and Chi cago were abolished' today by action of the trunk line passanger oommlttee. The reform is one for which efforts have been making for a long time. Hereafter the minimum rate is to be $18 via the Erie, Lehigh Valley, Lacka wanna, Ontario & Western and the West Shore In connection with, their connec tions at. the Western termini. .' The standard lines are to charge 120.- MORE PAY FOR RAILWAY MEN (Journal Special . Service.) WILMINGTON, Del., May L The ad- Vance in wages of . conductors and mo- tormen employed by the People's Street Railway became effective today. The In crease amounts to ! cnta an hour, and I greatly appreciated by the men, as It was yoluntary on the part ot the com pany. r . FOUND GUILTY. Judge Cameron Handed down a decision today," In thS -case of( N. W."-Daniels, charged with selling short-weight butter. The defendant was found guilty and fined fao. Notice of an appeal was given. " - fiHggyltfftitty?rtit;ygtr??f;tttTyTs Se-FIELD U Portland..; Tacoma, 1 : ' , ' A Spokane 5; Butte, I." r.-y - ' - ' Seattle, ; Helena, 1 ' .f " , Portland won from the Tacomss'agaln yesterday, 'duplicating the previous day's score. ? It was: a "stubbornly contested game, and Portland's superior team work won the day. ' The-summary; i 1IIIMTII Tacoma 7..;ir..ir.l" IT 00"0 fff 9 X S Portland l i t 9 1 - Struck out By Whltbeck. 7; by Engl. 1; by McCarthy, I, Basses on balls Off Whltbeck, 4; oft McCarthy, t: Stolen bases Murdock, Z; Smith, Vlgneux. Dou ble plays Anderson to Mahaffey; Fisher to J. McCarthy to Hutchinson. First base on errors Tacoma 1; Portland, 9. ; Left on bases Tacoma, 6; Portland, f. v Tim of game -1 hour and 43 minutes. , Um pire -Colgan, - Spokane turned j.he tables on Butts yes terday and would have shut them out but for Mclntyre's home run, Butte's infield did very poor work. The summary; ; - I 8.4 B -.. t v.' Spokane T... ...... .3 1 1 0 0 1 0 9 0 B Butte ;.-..V"i.v.,0 I 0 0 08 0 'wt Earned runs Butte, 1; Spokane, L Sac-'l rlflce hits Elsey, 2. Two-base hits Mc. Kevltt, McLaughlin. Stolen bases How ell, Elsey.- Struck out By; Burns, J; ,by Russell, (. Bases on, ballsOff Burns, 4; Off Russell, L , Left on bases Spokane, S; Butte,.. 1.. Umpire Mullane. , Time of game 1 hour and 40 iainutes. .- . Better all-round playing won. the game for Seattle yesterday-4n Its second gam with Helena. The summary: ' iy ;" r.' ;v-":i -:;4- m Seattle ....t,;,...v.4'9 4 01 6 t 0 -i Helena ..1 I d. 9 t Two-base hit Bodle, Hurley, Ellis, Bruyett. Three-base hit Stanley, Shaf fer. ' Double play Babbitt to Stanley to Hurley. Base on -balls Off Hcgg,' t; off Hartwell, 4: : off Partridge, 8. Hit by pitched ballHurlburt Struck out By Hogg, 6; by Hartwoll, 1; by Partridge, 9, Wild pitches Hartwell, I; ' Partridge, L Passed balls Sullivan, ' 1 " Umpire Cun ningham. ' ' . MISCELLANEOUS. T - -f Robert Leighton, one of the best-known racing men on the North Pacific Coast, is a guest at the Grand Hotel, say the San Francisco Bulletin, and is bent on business of much importance to racing men in California. In addition to being secretary of the Vancouver Jockey Club of Vancouver, B. C, Mr. Leighton Is secretary of the North Pacific Racing Circuit, and it is In connection with the tatter's affairs that he Is now working. He is trying to Induce a number of prom inent California horse owners to race their horses in the north, and- he offers big inducements for. them to do so. "We offer over $100,000 in .prises on the North Pacific circuit" Mr. Leighton said this morning, "and there is no reason Why California owners should not take away a large share of this amount. In Vancouver we race oh May . 23 and 24, July 1 and 2, August SO and September 1. In Seattle the dates are from August IS to 28; then we have four days In What com July i, 4, 5 and 6 and September 8 to IS In Everett, and visit Salem, Port land, North Yakima,-' New. Westminster, B. C; Victoria, B. C; Spokane, Lewlaton and. Boise in turn. The circuit closes at Boise on October 26. In the past the California Jockey Club members have given us all possible support, and I think they hare been well satisfied. At all events, we are hoping to have them with us again this year." CHICAGO, May 1. The Iowa, Indiana and Illinois League of Baseball Clubs opens Its season today. The schedule provides for a series of 128. games for each of the eight clubs. The opening games take place as follows: . Bockf ord at Terre Haute, Davenport at Evans vills, Rock Island at Decatur and Cedar Rapids at Blopmlngton, .... ' i Dave Zearfosst the catcher of the Butte baseball team, has been chosen by Manager McCloskey to be captain of the team. Butte has also signed a new pitch er, Robert Clark; who comes from the Butte School of Mines. George T. -Pratt has Just been elected manager of the Albany College track team to succeed C. A. McFarland,- who U unable to attend to the duties of the position. The team wlU consist of the same men Who won the intercollegiate meet at McMlnnville last year, and sev eral strong additions. , At the conclusion of a conference of; the American League magnates, Presi dent Ban Johnson stated that it had been decided to fight the Injunction case's against Lejole, Frazer and Bernard to the FIRES SERIOUS IN RUSSIA. No Electric Alarms There and Fire man Watches' In Tower to - -"';, See Blaze.'. When a lire occurs in St. Petersburg the nearest citizen doesn't step to a red box and ring in an alarm for the engines by electricity. They haven't advanced so far yet. The Russian ' system of spreading news of a fire is the moat primitive in Europe. , -. They don't send out any .firo alarm at all In St. Petersburg until ths fir has biased out fierce and strong. ; In fact, . the fire department doesn't know It. One fireman, comprises 'In himself th St Petersburg alarm system. At all times a fireman is on duty in the tower of the. city hall. HS watches the City, and When the tire burns up he no tices it, or 1b expected to do so. If it 'is in the daytime he runs up a number ot black balls on the outside ot the tower. If it la In the night he uses red lantern instead of bails. The num ber of the balls or lanterns indicates the district in which' is the lire. . . " On seeing the signal the 'firemen turn out. Naturally this method Is not productive of groat speed in reaching the fire. From 20 minutes to half an hour is good time, unless the fir occurs Quite near an. en gine company's quarters.' - . , . The - result Is - that the cltlsen of St. Petersburg tjry to do most of the .fir ex tinguishing' themselves, and as there Is no order and no discipline ths wildest 'OF SPORT end. The perpetual injunctions granted by the Common "Pleas Court ia Philadel- phis against these players wUl at once be carried to the Pennsylvania, Supremo ,: Court . , - . '.1 ' Lf ' -" tJ " 1 " " 1: In the second" night's playoftnS 00 baU championship pool match between ' Champion W. H. Clearwater and ex- ' Champion Frank Sherman, at Baltimore, th furmer , pocketod 111 balls ahd the latter 174,' making th total score: Clear- v water, 403; Sherman. 177. . ,-. ' ' .-. NEW YORK, May L-Tbs Eastern League today begins what promises to be the most successful season la Its bis- .' tory. The playing scheduie . consists of T 128 gams, and the season will close "about ' September W. The season open. J with Jersey City at Providence, Newark . at , Worcester, Toronto at Buffalo and Montreal at Rochester, v, , - ' 1 - , ' a' "Kid" McCoy U bard at work at thsf most ideal training ground In the stats William Jduldoon's "farm" at Portches ter, and a 'week atMuldoon's has put McCoy in fighting trim. -: "I've gained five pounds - in the last five days," said McCoy, Then h stepped on tho scales, and the beam registered 187 pounds. That means 176 pounds of fighting, weight. . " This' Is the w6rk for me," continued the "Kid." '"If I keep on T can fight Jeffries without giving him . something like 40 or 70 pounds' handicap. But I' ml willing to fight him at any weight. I will never fight at th middleweight limit ' again. "I'U not fight any mari at a "weight - llmH, but I'll fight any man in the world at any weight, I wouldn't car If b weighed a ton." .. ' r Young Oibb has engaged Ted Wolff e to help him train for his go with Tim Mur- . phy. Glbbs is ; satisfied .to give . away weight to the Australian, as he thinks hi cleverness will offsuind the pounds prob lem. He thinks it easier to fight at catch weights than to drag himself down to light, as he was forced to do In the case of O'Brien. t After Joe Walcott had finiBhed dreaalnaf "Friday nlrfht Be went into Gardner's room ' looking for either sympathy or more fight. He asked Gardner It he didn't thlnkMt should have been a draw, and when, George replied, "No. I think I had a little the best of you," Jo got mad. "Well, I got a brudder In Boston who made your brudder flunk out ot 'matches, anyway said the "Barbadoea Wonder,'1 : "I shall post a big forfeit, claiming the 122-pound championship for Benny Yan ger," says Johnny Herts. "He is it. Who la there to fight him at that weight and make good against hlmT He Will fight McOovern at 126, ringside, and .Young Corbett at 128.", Kid Carter is umpiring ball games round Cincinnati. That's dangerous training. Benny Yanger thinks of taking an East rrn trip. He feels pretty joyous after his win from AttelL Dutch Thurston and Mike Donovan wilt have it out tomorrosrwnight at Bakers field for the secondtime. Their first go at Portland ended In a draw after 20 rounds of fierce scrapping. NEW YORK. May 1.-A three days' in vitation tournament began today on th links of the Garden City Golf Club with a number of well-known players taking part. Judging from the auspicious man ner In which the preliminary rounds were played, the tournament will be one of the most successful in .the history of the club. "Kid" (Parker and "Kid" Lavigne art working together at Blanken's Six-Mile House. .Quite' a friendship has sprung up between the two "kids," and they train faithfully together Parker Is preparing for his contest With Bute Turner at Stockton next month. CHICAGO, May l.--WBat promises to be one of ths most successful meetings held in the vicinity of Chioago for a long while will be Inaugurated at Worth tomorrow. For several weeks the stables have been filling up with fast horses that have been campaigning in the South this . winter. . The club announces a number, of special over-night events,, with from $800 to $2000 added, and ho, purses of a less ' amount ' than $500. - The baseball game for the benefit of the Baby Home, between nines' representing Armour & Co. and the Cudahy Packing Company, will be played at the baseball grounds, ; Twenty-fourth and Vaughn streets, Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, ram or shine. . tt V .. . , . contusion usually prevails. At every hint of a fire, no matter how slight, the neighbors begin' at once to strip their homes of everything of value.' The police make no attempt to establish fire lines, , so the mob hampers th firemen rather than help them.1 "' -- But all this is nothing beside the excite ment of the progress of the engine or en ginesthere . are seventy-four pieces of apparatus and 1,027 firemen, in the oityU,. to th fir. In snowtime the engines travel on runners Instead of wheels.. Be side the driver, sits a man ringing a big bell to warn other vehicles to keep out ot the wky. ,'-. ' tix,-y f , v-;i.''-? After the engine "hve "tenders 1 fouow, one after the other. .One carries th hose another a water tank. Then comes three more, alH filled with firemen. . . In the last century Russia has lost property to the amount of fi5,000,000,out by fire.. The loss averages 1160,000,000 a year. , i , I.' ONLY ONE MONltOH MAN LEFT . Of the officers of the ; little ironclad Monitor, which went into, commission January 20, 1S62, andhefore March 10 had achieved her momentous victory over th Merrlmac, only one remains. His nam la Captain Louis N. Stddder and hs is St present supervisor of anchorages at 'tbt. port of New York, and a veteran of ths United States .Revenue service.. Captain Stodder was born In Boston In 1833., .... . 'Subscription recevied for The Journal at any of B. B. Rich' cigar stores. . . . vt; 'x 1 '!"! I!' " i- j Peacock flour for sals at all grocers. LJ zr n