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' Washington, D. C. (Special).—Ad
miral Dewey will arrive at New York
about October 1. This information
was received by Secretary Long a few
days ago, and was immediately Navy an
nounced by the officers of the
Department.
Two or (three days before Secretary
Long cabled Admiral Dewey at Hong
Kong asking hun to state about when
he would arrito in the United States.
Admiral Dewey was informed that he
•was to govern himself entirely by hia
own wishes in the matter of coming
home. The Department desired that
he feel no, official restraint whatever.
The hero-of Manila Day was to take
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his time, if he desired, and stop wher
ever lie wished. Of course the official
despatch to Admiral Dewey conveyed
this information very briefly, but
enough was said to lot him feel that
he was to govern himself according to
Mis individual desires.
Soon after the Admiral cabled from
Hong Kong the announcement that, he
would stop at various places ou his
way home. Lieutenant Ward, of the
Navigation Bureau, then made the
following official announcement:
“Admiral Dewey telegraphs that he
will stop at various places on his way
to the United States and will reach
New York about October 1,
’ George Dewey—the man who in one
day made his bare name bigger than
all the titles that could be fastened to
it and whose home-coming the entire
United States are now awaiting with
feverish impatience—is a strictly
American product.
For nearly ten generations, cover
ing the greater part of three centuries,
the blood that feeds his cool, clear
brain has drawn its vigor from Yan
kee soil.
He is an American, and that is
enough. Just as his name needs no
official flourishes, his fame has no use
for heraldic tinsel; and the pedigree
cranks who profess to trace back his
lineage through English barons and
mediaeval kings even to the pagan
gods, will do well"to carry their wares
to a cheaper market. George Dewey
is no proper subject for trifling of this
eort.
The lively baby who was destined
Borne sixty years later to .smash the
bubble of Spain’s pride was born at
Montpelier, Vt., December 26, 1837.
His father was Julius Y. Dewey, a
physician of Montpelier, and one of
the founders of the National Life In-.
Burauee Company. Ho was a fine,
dignified specimen of an old school
New England gentleman, very scrup
ulous about small things. He was
one of the first communicants of
Chr st Episcopal Church, iu Mont
pelier.
George Dewey’s mother died when
he was five years old. His insepara
ble companion and closest confidante
from infancy was his sister, now Mrs.
Mary P. Greeley, of Montpelier.
The affeotion between George and
his only sister, Mary, is touching.
They are of about the same age—only
some eighteen months apart—and
were constant playmates during their
whole childhood. When George got
up a “show” in his father’s barn,with
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a buffalo-robe for a drop-curtain,Mary
was the “leading lady,” whose duty
it was to fall on her knees and weep
when George “shot ofl’the pistol.” It
was Mary who would glory when
George was victor in a fist fight. It
was Mary who would go along to bait
the hook when George went fishing in
Onion liiver or Dog Creek. This same
sister, now Mrs. Greeley, a cultured
widow, is living in Montpelier.
Like Nelson and Lord Clive,George
Dewey was a very bad boy at school.
He used to be known in Montpelier
as “That naughty Dewey boy.” He
was a recognized leader among the
boys lie of bis age in the town.
could stay under the water of
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the Winooski River longer than any
of them. He could skate and swim
and run as no other boy in Montpelier
could. Rut at the little old district
school where he learned to read and
write and multiply, he was a thorn in
the flesh of any one who had the mis
fortune to try to teach him. Teacher
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after teachor loft the school in dis
gust. “That Dewey boy runs the
school,” was yie complaiut of all of
them.
But the Dewey boy found his match
and his master at last in Z. K. Pang
born, his teaoher, who is now promi
nent in the politics of New Jersey.
Mayor Paugbom ouoe when George
was unusually bad licked him within
an inch of his life. Says the Mayor,
describing the incident:
“I escorted George home to his
father that day. He looked at the
rawhide and at. the cuts on his sou’s
face. ‘Well, Mr. Paugbom,’ he said,
sternly, ‘I don’t, care what you’ve
done, if you’ve only made him mind
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And George Dowey did mind after
that. At a meeting many years after-
ward with his former teaoher and dis
ciplinarian ho said:
“That rawhide came just at the
right time. It made a man of me.”
The Norwich Military Academy
was the successor to Pangborn’s
school. (Here George learned the
manual of arms and prepared for tiro
Naval Academy, the one goal on whioh
all his boyish hopes were centred.
Through the influence of Senator
Foote, of Vermont, he was appointed
to Annapolis in 1854.
He graduated in 1858, and h* s pub
lic career since then is found in the
books 6f the Navy Department. As a
lieutenant he was detailed to the Mis
sissippi, one of Farragut’s fleet in the
West Gulf sqnadron. The Mississippi
took part in the capture of New Or
leans.
It was when Dewey was thirty years
old and stationed at the Kittery Navy
Yard, off Portsmouth, N. H., that he
first met Miss Susie Goodwin and fell
desperately in love with her. She was
the daughter of the tine old fighting
Governor of New Hampshire, Ichabod
Goodwin. Commander Rhind, of the
Navy Yard, who outranked Dewey by
a good many numbers, was also deeply
attached to Miss Goodwin, and for a
long time all Portsmouth wondered
which of the two navy officers would
he Miss Goodwin’s choice. Dewey
won and Commander Rhind sailed on
a fine old ship, the Narrangansett,
just about the time that Susie Good
win and George Dewey were married,
October 24, 1867.
The great sorrow of George Dewey’s
life came in 1872. While on his first
cruise on the European station as com
mander of a ship, the news came that
a son had been born to him. Five
days later Dewey received the saddest
cable message of his life. It told him
that his wife was dead. For a long
time Dewey was .inconsolable. More
than one of his friends thought his
career had ended with the cablegram
announcing his wife’s death.
His son, who is now iu New York,
was named George Goodwin Dewejj
in honor of his father.
From 1872 to 1876 he superintended
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the Pacific Coast survey. He was
made a captain iu 18S4 and chief of the
Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting
iu 1889. From that time up to 1897,
when he went to Hong Kong to as
sume command of our Asiatic squad
ron, the greater part of his time was
spent in Washington.
No one in all Washington was more
sought after in clubs or a greater
favorite {iu society than the quiet,
kindly, gentle .mau of the world,
George Dewey.
He had a suite of apartments in the
Metropolitan Club at Washington,
and was for years a member of the
House Committee. He was scrupul
ous in his attention to dress. He is
always fond of a good cigar and a
good story.
Wrecks Around Sable Island.
Since 1802 a wreck register has been
carefully kept of the disasters around
Sable Island which shows more than
150 wrecks. Once entangled in the
shallows of Sable Island, once stranded
upon the bars, and it is all over with
the hapless craft. Men-of-war and
stately frigates have been wrecked
here as well as steamships, harks and
Ighting smacks.
Storing ITp Knowledge.
“Edith, what made yon ask Mrs.
Crumpet how to make tea? You
know you don’t like her tea.”
“Yes, mamma; but, you see, I think
I ought to know how not to make it.”
— Chicago News,
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BOILER MAKER WRESTS LAURELS
FROM FITZSIMMONS.
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Both Men Receive Severe Punishment.
Fitzsimmons Went Down to
Defeat Gamely.
James J. Jeffries, another sturdy
young giant, has come out of the west
to whip champion pugilists. At the
arena of the Coney Island Athletic
Club Friday night he defeated Robert
Fitzsimmons, world’s champion in two
classes — middleweight and heavy
weight—in eleven rounds of whirlwind
fighting. rank outsider
He came to the ring a
and left it the acknowledged master of
the man he defeated. He was never
at any time in serious danger and af
ter the sizeup in the early rounds of
the contest took the lead. He had the
Australian whipped from the ninth
round.
It was acknowledged that Jeffries
would have an immense advantage in
weight, height and age; but the thou
sands who tipped and backed his op
ponent to win were sure that he
was slow and that he would
in that respect be absolutely
at the mercy of the past master at the
science of fighting that he was to meet.
He proved on the contrary that he
was just as fast as the man he met
and beat him down to unconscious de
feat in a fair fight. He is a veritable
giant in stature and marvelously
speedy for his immense size.
Less than a year ago he appeared in
New York a great awkward, ungainly
boy. Today he is the lithe, active,
alert, trained athlete. The men who
prepared him for his fight worked
wonders with him. They taught him
la nearly perfect defense, improved his
foot movement and instructed him in
the methods of inflicting punishment.
The transition since he appeared last
has been little short of miraculous.
At twenty-four he has defeated Rob
ert Fitzsimmons, Tom Sharkey and
Peter Jackson, and if he cares for him
self he will probably be able to suc
cessfully defend the title for many
years.
Jeffries fought from a crouching at
titude that was hard to get at. He
held his head low, his back was bent
down and his left arm was extended.
He kept jabbing away with the left
and found no trouble in landing it. It
was there his superior reach told. That
giant arm served as a sort of human
fender to ward off danger. He showed
an excellent defense and the ability
to use both hands with skill. He is
game, too, for he never shrank from
his punishment. It was a great fight
to watch and commenced and ended
amid scenes of intense excitement. It
was all very dramatic.
Flrt W»s In Good Form.
The defeated man was just as good
as when on the crispy morning on the
plains of far-away Nevada he lowered
the colors of the then peerless Cor
bett. He was just as active, just as
clever, just as tricky and just as fear
less of punishment. He went unfal
teringly to his defeat. He was the
aggressor even at moments when he
was bleeding and unsteady, and when
stunned by the blows he received
he reeled instinctively toward his op
ponent. He was fighting all the time
and punished his opponent, but found
him a different opponent from any he
had met and a different man to fight.
The men fought before a crowd of
9,000 persons, and there was not a
suggestion of interference from the
police.
The contest was pulled off without a
wrangle and was devoid of the brutal
element that Chief Devery alleged he
feared. Never was a crowd handled
with greater order and less friction.
It was all perfectly orderly.
Fitz Dies Game. *
The knockout blow came in the
eleventh round when Jeffries assumed
the aggressive and jabbed his left to
head. A left on the jaw from Jeffries
dazed Fitzsimmons, who stood in the
middle of the ring. Jeffries looked at
him for a second and when he had him
at his mercy swung his right to the
jaw and Fitzsimmons went down and
out, relinquishing the championship
to the Californian.
KLONDIKE DEATH LIST.
Number of Fatalities In the Gold Region
of Alaska Is Appalling.
A dispatch from Seattle, Wash.,
says: The list of prospectors who have
perished in their rush to the Yukon
gold fields over the Edmonton trail is
growing, and, if reports brought down
by the steamer Laurada from south
eastern Alaska are accurate, it will be
very large when the full story is told.
Fifty are reported to have been
drowned in Great Slave lake; twenty
have perished in the rapids of the
Mud and Laird rivers; ten have frozen
to death and twenty-five have died
from scurvy. The bodies of a score
who died of exposure have been found.
Hanna Denies a Report.
Senator Mark Hanna has flatly de
nied the report sent out from Wash
ington that he intended to retire from
the chairmanship of the national re
publican committee.
Cremated His Own Son.
Gary Booker, a negro, is in jail at
.Jacksonville, Fla., charged with the
murder of his ten-year-old son. The
coroner’s verdict was to the effect that
the boy was burned to death by his
father.
ENGLISH THREATEN KRUGER
Affairs In the Transvaal Are Far From Being
Satisfactory Just Now.
WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA MAY BE PRECIPITATED ANY TIME
Diplomatic Resources Have Been Exhausted In Trying
To Maintain Peace.
The morning papers of London are
beginning to talk quite seriously of
the possibility of war in south Africa.
Mr. Chamberlain, secretary of state
for the colonies, in bis speech in the
house of commons Thursday, an
nounced that his reply to the petition
of the Uit(anders which had been held
back pending the result of the confer
ence at Bloemfontein, would now be
presented to the Transvaal.
This reply is semi-offieially describ
ed as “explicit but conciliatory,” but
It is believed to be in the nature of a
practical ultimatum, The resources
of diplomacy are .regarded as exhaust
ed with the failure of the conference.
Nothing is left, it is felt, but a re
course to force.
The Daily Mail says it learns that
it was President Kruger himself who
suggested the conference,and it claims
to have reliable authority for declaring
that Sir Alfred Milner, the British
high commissioner, has his back to the
wall and is supported to the utmost
by the cabinet.
Commenting editorially ou the sit
uation, The Daily Mail says:
“If we know our Kruger aright, he
will back down, and if not, why—
The Daily Chronicle deprecates Mr.
Chamberlin’s warlike attitude, but
does not deny the gravity of the situa
tion and seriously counsels the Boers
to grant reasonable reforms, “as the
only means of preserving their inde
pendence of the plots against the
stock exchange and the violence of
Downing street.”
The Standard, which reminds the
Transvaal that its independence is not
absolute, but is contingent on a faith
ful execution of the agreement stipu
lating equal rights for all white inhab
itants, says:
“We now demand that all English
men resident in the Transvaal shall be
treated with justice and President
Kruger may rest assured that the
whole country will support the gov
ernment in any measure required to
make this demand effective.”
The Times says:
“Let Mr. Kruger grant the Uitlan
ders full citizenship and the whole
question is ended. At present he only
offers a note of hand for a ridiculous
sum, payable many years hence, in re
turn for our immediate abandonment
of all the legal rights wa now possess
for enforcing the payment of debts
long overdue.”
The Cape Town correspondent of
The Times says:
“At the close of the conference Mr.
Kruger declared that he was pleased
at the friendly way in which matters
had’ been discussed and hoped they
would understand each other better in
future.”
BARROWS IN THE TOOMBS.
Alleged Kidnapers of Baby Marion Clark
Are Remanded By Justice Fursman.
George and Addie Barrows, who are
accused of kidnaping Marion Clark,
were brought to New York from New
City Thursday and were taken to po
lice headquarters.
Bell Anderson, alias Carrie Jones,
was taken to police headquarters soon
after the arrival of the Barrows.
The Barrows and Carrie Jones were
arraigned before Justice Fursman.
Before pleading, Attorney Howes said
that counsel for Mr. and Mrs. Barrows
had had no notice of the arraignment
of his clients and had asked him,
Howe, to have pleadings deferred until
Friday. Justice Fursman ordered a
plea of not guilty to be entered in each
ease with leave to withdraw and demur.
Bail in each case was fixed at $10,000.
Former Assistant District Attorney
Davis was assigned as counsel for
Carrie Jones. The- prisoners were
then taken to the Toombs.
MUST PREPAY FREIGHT.
New Rule Which Will Greatly Benefit
Shippers of Fruit.
A New York dispatch says: Most of
the roads in the Central Freight Asso
ciation have abrogated the rule gov
erning the transportation of fruit,
melons and other perishable freight
from the south by which the freight
charges were prepaid, delivering com
panies being held responsible for dam
age claims after their establishment
and the amount prorated among the
lines sharing in the haul.
This is due to the fact that deliver
ing companies have been compelled to
phy the claims and then found it diffi
cult to collect from the other lines.
WANTS OPEN SESSIONS.
Germany Don’t Like Secrecy of Peace
Conference Meetings.
The chief delegates to the peace con
ference at The Hague met Saturday to
discuss'Germany’s complaint against
the secrecy imposed upon the dele
gates and the consequences of mislead
ing reports published and it is under
stood that Count Munster, of the Ger
man delegation, was instructed to pro
pose that the protocols for the plenary
sittings of the committee be published
NEGRO WAS CHARGED WITH AS
SAULTING MRS. LUMPKIN.
VERDICT OF JURY “NOT GUILTY”
Victim Could Not Pqpltlvely Swear That
Her Assailant Was Bell, and This
Fact Saved His Life.
At. Cedartown, Ga., Thursday after
noon, the jury in the case of Grant
Bell, colored, charged with assaulting
Mrs. Susan Lumpkin, returned a ver
dict of not guilty. The jury had been
out over twenty-eight hours and the
opinion prevailed that a mistrial would
result. In the meantime feeling and
excitement were dying down and the
public rapidly drew its own conclu
sions as to the guilt or innocence of
the prisoner.
The failure of Mrs. Lumpkin to
positively identify the negro at the
time of the assault proved the salva
tion of Grant Bell.
Nine-tenths of those who heard the
testimony and know all the parties
accept the jury’s conclusion as a right
eous verdict.
The first ballot with the jury stood
seven for acquittal to five for convic
tion in some form. The second bal
lot was ten to two and the third and
last ballot was the verdict.
When the jury announced that they
were ready to deliver a verdict, Judge
Janes, desiring to protect the negro
from the possibility of any form of
mob violence, quietly directed Sheriff
Crocker to spirit the negro out of
town to a place of safety.
A swift horse was procured, and a
trusted officer drove quietly to the rear
of the jail, as the strong guard lounged
idly on the front porch of the jail to
prevent the possibility of trouble. All
unknown to the town, then peacefully
awaiting the jury’s verdict, the de
fenseless negro, liberated by a verdict
of twelve men, was putting miles be
tween him and Cedartown toward the
Alabama state line, just seven miles
away.
The jury’s verdict was received iu
the presence of only the lawyers in
the case and a few individuals. Judge
Janes thanked the twelve men for their
excellent course throughout the trial
and assured them that the publio
would accept the conclusion as a con
scientious deliberation.
Thus closed the most intensely ex
citing courthouse drama ever enacted
in Polk county and the conduct of the
people throughout the trying ordeal is
certainly a tribute to their self-control
and conservatism.
BLAND’S CONDITION HOPELESS.
Physicians Have Abandoned All Expecta
tion of Prolonging Life.
A special from Lebanon, Mo., stated
that at 10 o’clock Thursday night Mr.
Bland appeared somewhat brighter
and would probably live through the
night. He had been speechless for
twenty-four hours. The physicians
regard the case as hopeless and have
so informed the family.
All of his family are at the dying
man’s bedside except his brother,
Judge C. C. Bland, of the St. Louis
court of appeals, who has been tele
graphed for.
Filipino Congress (Juits.
Special dispatches received in Lon
don from Manila, say it is reported Fili
that Aguinaldo has dissolved the
pino congress and has proclaimed him
self dictator.
AFTER GEORGIA RICE FARMS.
Syndicate Headed By George Baldwin To
Pool tlie Planters.
An eastern syndicate is the prime
mover, in which is George C. Baldwin,
of New York, after Georgia rice plant
ing interests. The company is to be
formed, says Baldwin, with a capital
of $1,000,000 to consolidate the rice
farms of Georgia.
A levee is to be constructed twenty
miles long to protect the crops during
the harvest season from heavy storms
and floods. Four hundred thousand
dollars’ worth of bonds will be issued.
The planters, approached appear to
be desirous of furthering the scheme,
it is said.
Named for Army Officers.
By direction of the president two
forts in Alaska have been named in
honor of General John Gibbon and
Colonel Henry C. Egbert. The latter
was killed while leading his regiment
in battle in the Philippines, March
26th.
Will Replace the Steamer Paris.
The American line has decided to
bnild in this country a $2,000,000
ship equal to the St. Louis and St.
Paul to replace the steamer Paris.