The Journal and Tribune from Knoxville, Tennessee • 4

THE KNOXV1XJIB DAILT JOTJTLSAXi: HOKDAT, MAT 4, 1896. 4 work in fast company, there is a man! Creed Bates, pitcher, was with Col am bus, and Asbeville, last season INDIANS" READY among country pi tether for a reputation Age 10 years, height 5 feet 104 inches on the diamond. Ivrery little country learn has its Davis and almost every day Moffett receives letters fromtsome Iitti weight liXi WEEK IN CONGRESS Forecast of Senate and House Proceedings. Bate was one of Colnmbns' stand-by For the Opening Game Wed pitcher last year and no doubt thi "phenom" who thanks he a genius in the base-ball tine, and wants to play in year will sumass the creditable roeord nesday Afternoon. be made there.

Bates i touted as Moffett team. A "number of letters of this kind were received last week asking second Davis ami great store is being laid by him by Manager Moffett. Bates 5000 bos at nee balls. for positions, assuring 'Moffett that they couhl bold their own in the box with any has eood sneed. curves, and a cool (bead As compared with Davis and IliH of team tthe country.

Senate Will Take Up River and Harbor Bill. Nothing Definite Agreed Upon in the House. The Nashville Team Will Arrive Tuesday Night. Sketches of the Players for This Season lat Bate wall not be as good bue he- will no doubt do excellent work. Shanks, the Rogersville pitcher wishes Al.

Gibson, catcher from Atlanta a correction made an regard to a state caught for -Richmond and Atlanta last year. Age twenty-seven years; height 5 feet and 11 inches, weight 182 pounds, Al Gabson will, no doubt, be elected cap tain of the Indians, the coming season. Gibson is seasoned leaguer and knows ment which appeared in one of the Sunday dailies. The statement referred to, was that Shanks had signed with Mof-fet and then jumped the game. Shanks says be has not signed' with Moffett, and is not under any obligation to Manager Moffett.

Mr. Shanks will leave for Mad-isonviKe, to-day. He has signed with the Madlsonville team, and if he Can do what he claims, (he Will surely make a reputation greater than that of Rusie. al the tricks of the game by heart. He Is 1 424-426 Gay fet.

THE BASEBALL SEASON in Knoxville will openhis week end we want everybody in Knoxville to know that we are agents for SPALDING'S GOODS. Base Balls. Bate, Masks, Catching Mitts-ria fact everything in the basebalf line. I We can also furnish croquet sets, lawu Tennis Balls, Rackets, Markers, Hammocks, Bicycle, Fishiug Tackle, etc. ttc.

CALL AND SEE US. W. W. Woodruff Co. a great kicker for the rights of his club Washington, April 3.

The senate proceedings for next week is first to take up the river-and harbor bill and when that is disposed of to follow with the bill making appropriations for the District of Columbia. Whether the river and harbor bill "shall' go on longer than two or three days will depend upon the political temper of the senate. The managers will make a strgpuous effort to keep politics and several financial questions in the back ground and to hold the and can make an umpire- unhappy in as short a space of time as any player in the business. He is always in the game with a never-give-up doggedness and bis trusty bat can ever be depended on to drive runs across the plate (and runs are ft what count after, all). Gibson is a valu The (ball season will open ha this city on Wednesday, 41 1 3:30 o'clock, -with, the Nahville team.

Everything 1s in readiness and the "Indians" jhave on their war paint." AH the team except Gibson, are in the city and he will arrive before the opening game. The park has been overhauled, the grounds are In much better condition than ever before iaO(J the grand stand iwill hold fifty per cent mow people than last season. Booths have been arranged for a select few and abo a score box which will be occupied iby the scor-- ers from the city papers. Z. P.

Hale will pass out the cardboards at the gate and it is generally understood that George Denny will officiate as umpire at Baldwin this season. There are only two men spoken of i Xonj this place, Jack Hays- and Denny, but it is generally understood that Denny "will fill the place. THE TEAM. Tie team aa it -will line up in the able coach for young players and never discussion down to the merits of the bill. tires in instructing them in the intrica Manager Moffett will call on a large number of the patrons of the game today and distribute bis ticket books, containing 25 tickets which he will sell for $.

Moffett h'asi been at a great expense in making the improvements at the park all lovers of the game nlhould patronize it liberally. The principal subject of debate in con cies of the game. His selection as captain will be popular with the local play nection with tlie bill itself is the amend ers. wall compare favorably with ment suggested) by the committee on com merce providing" for the expenditure of $3,000,000 for the improvement of tbo any catcher who 'has been in the city for years and will play a game, if possible T. Fosler, better than that, of Grim of last season harbor at Santa Monica, California.

Senator AVhire of that state wiH offer an Fred Hemplemann, of Cincinnati, sec amendment making the appropriation de ond base, -was with Manhattan's of Cin cdnnati last season. Age 23 years; height NATIONAL LEAGUE. TOOK THREE STRAIGHT. Chicago, May 3. hTe Colts made it three straight to-day in a game full of hard bitting and rather loose fielding.

Attendance 17 231. Chicago. ....24200422 5 feet and 6 inches, weight 162 pounds, MANUFACTURER OF pendent upon the recommendation of a committee of engineers which he wilt propose and in case this amendment is lost will make an effort to defeat the Hemplemann is a hard, conscientious entire provision. An effort to snow inaf the anoroiriation has been provided tor St. ..012102010 at the instance of tbe Southern Pacific railroad and it is not improbable tnat Batteries Briggs and Donohue; llsrt and Douglass.

this may be foretaste of the Pacific rail CARBON A TED GOODS. Try my Cream Soda it is unexcelled. The celebrated Sachs Pruden Ginger Ale, Known the- world over. And other Carbonated drinks equally as good. Dealers sell them.

road discussion in tins conuecnon. There will be an effort duruig tbe week COLONELS WIX AGAIN. Louisville, May 3. The Colonels on the part of the republican senators to jurreo unon an order of business for the lost another game to-day through their inability to bat at critical stages and bad remainder of the session. base-running.

Attendance 500. 00 0 00 2 1 0 Washington. May 3. The program for Cincinnati 0 1 0 3 1 0 hR-i the week in the bouse is very unsettled Nothing definite has been agreed upon Batteries Frazer and Warner: Twi-er 519 Campbell 331 -'PHONE- Knoxville, Tenn. 331 ana vaugini.

Umpire. Emslie. except that the Pacific railroad funding bill1 in behalf of which there has been much pressure will not come up. W. Southern League Games.

AT MOBILE. Bartholde. chairman of the committee on 1 1 John Flournoy, Cenjler Fielder. immigration desires to get up the immigration bill the latter part of the week The Knoxville -uo ic 1 0 0 0 0 1 h4 Mon tgmery ..00010033 but it is doubtful whether he will be able Batteries: Wittrock and Fisdier: Drink- to do so. There are a half doen contes water apd Wylae.

ted election cases on the calendar and as they are privileged it is probable that 1 MANAGER McCLOSKEY most of the week will be occupied in tnis Supply Co. See Us For Any or All of these goods. We sell them at a Right "consideration. The cases on the calendar are Johnson Released Last Night by the Louis vs. Stokes from the Seventh South Carolina: Murray vs.

Elliott, from the first South Carolina: Kinakar vs. Downing ville Club Directors. Louisville, May 3. The directors from tlir sixteenth Illinois: Cornett vs. kwdmsoii from the fifth Virginia and of the Louisville 'baseball dub to-night decided to release Manager McCloskey.

Hoge vs. Otey from the sixth Virginia. The reports of the two latter cases favor the sitting members and will occa The team's poor showing 'ha9 be.en at tributed to (McCloskey's bad management sion no debate. In the Johnson-Stokes case the majority report favorw the sit ajxd a new man win be secured. Capt.

Depot St. OPPOSITE Sontfiem Railway Passenger Station. O'Brien will have cbarge of the team un til h. new nianaerer is seleetet NINE HUNDRED STRIKERS ting member but there is a minority report in favor of the contestant. In the Murray Elliott and Kinakar-Dowtning cases the majority reports favor the contestant.

There will be the cases in which findings of the committee will be resisted by the democrats. W. Murray a colored man and was given' a seat by the fifty-first house after a contest. Tomorrow is suspension day. Milwaukee Car Men Have Jumped Their Jobs.

Milwaukee. May 3. A Strike Uf Out of weakness comes strength when the 900 employes of the Milwaukee. Elec 130W bout tric itairo-ay and Light company was the blood has been purified, enriched and vitalized by Hood's Sarsaparilla. inaugurated to-night and as each car was pun into the 'bams motormaa and conductor left it, not to return, until th i SURPLUS OF WATER.

demands of the union for increased pay, recognition of the employes' organization Sprinkler Main Broken on Church nd several manor concessions are eTant- ed. The Electric railwar House iiiiii seen that a srike was to occur and Street Last Night. The supply pipe for the street sprink Al Crawley, Right Fielder. Manager Moffett, Left Fielder. re quietly arranging to fill the strikers' places.

lers wbfc't i located on Church street ball player and 4ike Gibson kicks for ev A number of men have been brought between Cy and Prince was acciden- ery point coming to bis ciud. xie is va-rxcialhr effective on bot hits to his ter tlv broken off last night. Bob Clements here from other cities to take ihe place the driver rf the sprinkler accidentally tue strikers and are ouaifered in the ritory and on smothering grounders. He game Wednesday is I Bates, pitcher; Gibson, catcher; Mc-Ouflooh first base; Hempleman, second base; Jobe, short stop; Green, third base; Moffett, left field; Flournoy, center field and Crawley right field. The out field is the same, as that of last season and no better can be several (barns.

makes few errors of judgment, anu is The strike was determined on at mid verv fsneedy in double plays. red is sure of an ovation on his appearance at night to-night at a mass meeting of members of the union, when it was learned by the officers of tue union that ran against it with his machine with the result above stated. The water ran out of the pipe at a rapid rate and presented the apeparance of an artesian well. The flow continued fully an hour and all of the liquid ran into the storm sewer at Cay and Church streets thereby giving No we doort clean bouses- but vre carpet them and curtain tiem and shade them and nwiish eyerything else that a first class carpet store ought to do- which is more thaa can be said of some other people. Our's is the only house of the kind in the city.

We have new styles, no old ones to palm off on you. New Spring styles rnTCarpetsr Rugs and Matting now ready for your inspection. Baldwin park. Hemplemann -win piay tne sewer a muen needed cleansing. STREET RAILWAY NEWS.

a better game on second than L.itz or last season, from the fact that he has a good arm and is -not handicapped in throwing. He is one of the hardest bitters on the team. John McCulioch, first base, with Mary-vilie last season; age 24 years; height 5 feet, 11 inches; weight 190 pounds. McCulioch, the big first baseman, comes from Ellijoy, the home of AYiley Davis. He is a sure and safe catcher and bandies high and kw throws men from other cities were being imported and that the compajiy; was preparing to immediately fill thej places of the old employes.

I Cooks arrived from Chicago to-night and were at once taken to the car barns where arrangements bad bvn t-ade to feed the new men who; will sleep ia the barns as long as they are la any danger of violence. Sdmilir arrangements will be made at the powsr house on River street. Special policemen will Surely with our assortment we can help you to clean house. Royal Blue Summer Cars Put On Broadway Yesterday, The royal blue cars, donned their summer apearance yesterday. Tbe aides had Allen Stephenson Co.

be sworn in to-morrow, some of whom "been removed and they were in everv re- 623 and 625 Gay St. win iittvt-u vii iut; iin to pruieci pecc vernapie summer cars. A large the new mien. number of people took advantage of tbe 'Jhe strike begun to-night will tie opportunity to ride on them under these tbe entire electric and street railway ser- circumstances, vice Of the city The several lineal are owned by one company, and every Car No. 3 will beput on the road aa employe of the road is a member of oon as the electrical equipments arrive the union.

In addition to tbe street and can be placed on the motor. railway employes, the electric light em- pJoycs are involved and will probably The work on the old open cam eon-strike to-morrow. They number 300 men timies and! the second one wall be trans-and operate the only elcetric lighting fered to the paint shop this week. Du-plant in the city. Unless the company pont trucks have been ordered for these is prepared to man the power bouse the cars also wnd when they are completed Trfty will- be without tight to-morrow they will present a decidedly changed ap- with equal ease.

By many be was considered to be the best hitter that was here last season, a-nd will, no doubt, retain bis reputation at Baldwin park this season. McCulioch Is in excellent condition and will make a first baseman 'equal to the old first baseman, George Mooers. -John A. center field, was with the Indians tost season. Age twenty-five; height a feet and 10 inches, weighs 154 Iounds.

Jobe is a local boy, a fast fielder and a' "good eye' at the bat and was the best base runner the Indians, had on their team last Jobe's mouth will be beard at Baldwin park this season whooping the 'boys up. Jobe plays spasmodically but Moffett says be thinks that one of these spells will last him throughout the season. Jobe is a hard bitter and when not excited fields his positions to Kansas seven miles-from a railroad. There his parents live, and they are in igror-ance of his whensaboots and danger. found in the amateur teams of the country.

i The following is a sketch of the members of the team with weight, age and height I Frank Moffett cuter this season upon his fourth year as, manager and player of the Knoxville teain. Moffett is an ex-. periencod ball clul guide having been In the business as a player and manager for the last four years. He is impartial to the players under his care ami attempts always to possess their good will and friendship. To know i Frank is to like (him.

He is one of the anost obliging of boys and his kindly disposition and hearty good-fellowship has won him a multitude of friends and well wishers among the base ball enthusiasts of the City. Frank II. tMoffett, manager and left-fiekler age tweuity-three years, height 5 feet and! 7 inches; weighs 1G0 pounds. This year Frank has had more trouble In selecting his team than ever before. Hw team of 1805 were all so well versed in the art, nearly all being star that they- sought other teams where, they could win a greater reputation than- in Knoxville end the consequence is that Moffett has been compelled to get entirely new men for bis "vVhen.it was generally known that he wanted men for his team amil-! titude of applications were forthcoan-i ing.

Some of the applicants wanted more money than 'he could afford to give, i others were i no good jwhile others were not the kind of men that Moffett I -desired from the- fact that they did not nave the best reputation. I- Moffett baa always been a ealous I worker and usually makes a success out "of bis teams and this season will open up very awpiciously, with the signs or success. Green, third base, with Abbeville MR. AND MRS. SUTHERLAND night except for gas.

pea ranee. Milwaukee, May 3. That serious Mr. C. C.

Howell, manager of the trouble is expected is evidenced by Knoxville street railway is now east in nnliw hpsHnnn T-flpra anil tha nnffrTW. 'will. 4Ka n- A 1 1 it. 1 vi 1 11 y. ji rr sberilT.

Up to midnight ICQ special po- Tty, lie oxpoded to return some John Flournoy, ohe star fielder of the ucemen naa been sworn in ana more wtir nnie tnis treek. ttmAiairr IfflM ma nf ilia fitiiflh atwI sfF f-f Fast Finding Friends at Danville. Reception Tendered Them. A reception, was tendered Dr. and, Mrs.

R. R. Sutherland Friday evening by the members of the Second Presbyterian church, of Danville, of which Dr. Sutherland recently became pastor. It was a delightful affair and afforded the members of the church an excelint opportunity to become acquainted I with their efTieieat pastor and his lovable i have wid out on promisory notes, signed in behalf of the road.

The sait is directed against the receivers, iM. Cheny ami Bigekw of tbe eastern district and Receiver Burleigh of this district and itlso against tihe Fammers' Ioan and Trust company as holding a mortgage on tine Northern Pacific, the complainant claiming that the money has passed into the bands of the receivers and was used by them to pay interest on tbe- mortgage and that they now bold th -balance in rthe treasury i of which they bave control. Dillman states that the receivers are perfectly willing to make a proper adjudication if the court can decree the real amount of the indebtedness. He asks that the deed the Spokane property be excluded from the mortgage held by tbe Banners Ixn and Trust company. He asks that all persons be enjoined from taking possession of the property nntfl an investigation of the chasTge made by hrm can be bad and that the reorganiza-tion or parsing of the road from fhe bands of receivers into those of bd-(holders be stayed or held subject his rights, and those rights shaU be dereed by the wort.

secured a prize in securing bhn from Co- on duty tomorrow. The shexij wUI i hrmbus. Ftournoy has been playing ball 575 fT 8t W8nhton in Knoxville about six years aoid has Slxh strfet was completed last made quite a reputation as an out-fielder. I wjjh -6 Wld I wo, 00 line out ordering the fourth regiment Wisconsin Sixth will be resumed this week. John as weak in batting but more than once last season, he saved the ''Indians" from defeat by his heavy hitting.

SENSATIONAL SUIT National guards under arms. Tbe troops will nt be called out however, unless the local authorities find themselves unable to protect the property of the railway company. Charging Wholesale Frauds Against a Prominent Capitalist. Stanford's Bequest Paid. Al Crawley, who wSU fill the righi garden this season, has tbe base-ball head of tbe team ukl is surely a graduatein base-ball tactics." Crawley has been playing ball about eight years in Knoxville and is the only player in Moffetfa aggregation who was in the old Reds, which team won so much fame.

Al is a gooI fiesrtle, May 3.P&pers in a San Francisco. Mav 3. Afti thr years' iitigatkm over the estate of the ntlonal suit in the United States court late Senator Stanford Mrs. Stanford has lv erred ami it is the suit of Logan Temple in Lnsk. 1 Sunday was a great day at l4gan Temple.

Rev. Jones preached the annual sermon to the Good Samaritans and it was said to have been the finest rV delivered to that large order of over seven hundred members. The chucch was crowded, the streets were filled wiUa anxious humanity and the porches adjoining houses near the church were packed to listen to th special; ff Sunday" night the pastor fiehed hi last sermon prior to going er conference -which meets In Mobde oa the 6th of this month. Rev. Miss Taylor who is to take charge ta Tmiai tm swav arriTea rrom senator -Wl the Xortbern to Inland Stanford, jr, University.

The, ttw-ifie railroad coispany and in the bonds transferred to the university drew 1 ne teUs fti full tfhe story of the Juft season. Age 2 years, height 5 feet and ten inches, weight 170 pounds. Green is an all round player. "Last year -be flayed every position for. but Manager Moffett says he will pUce Green on the third bag this sea-arm and Veep him there.

Green has led the AdbevilN? team in bitting for the last three yearn and fee is also a good fielder and coacher. Green will occupy the position held by Pat Dilkird last year but it doubtful if he will do a good all-round playing as the bard-bit-ting Tat. Green, however, -will play a good game after be has worked awhiN? in the team. One of the Filibusters. Ohicago, May 3.

Owen Melton. one of the crew of the filibustering schooner gigantic ifww i practiced by Schnh uc uuuvi4U9 ivi iuc iraui ah arrive A uA iavw' rm, rs.f? Tk. mterwt at tbe rate of $10,000 a mOTth. in tbe connect km with lands adjacent to Spokane. Dilhaan asks for the return of $312,000 of wWch he says he "was wolf be of a tncrroon color, with white lettering on the breast of the shirts.

The Electrical Workers Strike. Mirsraukee, Wis- May 3. Strike of defrauded; for $112,400 damages, which caps will be red with a white stripe, dockings red. Competitor, captured bylhe Spaniards, and wbx is likely to be shot within forty eight hours unless Consul General Williams farterfers is a western man. Melton is only twenty two year of age and in boanc Is at au obscure town ia electric raHway; employes and electrical he claims to ImTe suffered by reason NashvUle iast night; Collections during, workers ordered.

Will bcirin fivrrrof a representation a and for the ftrr- the day. $123. Since Davis and Hill hare made their o'clock to-morrow, morninj. Ither sum of Trhich he claims to.